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2018, November 8 One of the many reasons we made this trip, besides visiting friends and former students, is to collect more photo resources for further art making. The following are some examples of the wonderful sights and images of this ancient and great land. The...

2018, November 8 During the same visit with Mr. Wang Dong were Mr. Fan (on the left), a colleague from Shandong University of Arts and former student; and Mr. Kang (on the right), another former student. An interesting story about Mr. Kang...He is a very successful...

2018, November 8 A visit to the studio of Mr. Wang Dong. He is a senior curator at the Shandong Provincial Museum. He is one of my former students - an excellent artist and wonderful man... Stay Tuned.........Still More To Come..........

2018, November 8 Shao Dan aka Dandan... Stay Tuned.........Still More To Come..........

2018, November 7 My dear colleague, Professor Zhang. We have forged a close and lasting friendship. It is so wonderful to see him again and his charming wife Shao Dan (nicknamed - Dandan). We had an intense and pleasant time having coffee and tea for 5 hours! It...

2018, November 7 Yet another day of visiting friends and former students - here we are with our dear friend and interpreter / translator Guosong and my former student Wong Lu. We are having coffee and tea at Maan Coffee; a WiFi cafe where I used the public network to...

2018, November 7 This is one of the cutest little girls in China (and there are many)! Her name is Song Tentian. She is the daughter of the dear lady and her husband that operates the 'corner store' near one of the University's canteens... Stay Tuned.........Still...

2018, November 7 So, serendipitously I meet one of my former students straight away. After I take a photo of the new front gate, along comes Xu Yong, his wife and daughter. A wonderful artist and family. So, good to see them... Stay Tuned.........Still More To...

2018, November 7 This is the new 'front gate' / 'entrance gate' to the residential area of the 'old campus' where my dormitory is located... Stay Tuned.........Still More To Come..........

2018, November 7 This is an underground parking garage - the cement floors are indeed polished! I am not exaggerating - you can literally eat off these floors. As you look down the rows of cars, there are lights above each parking space - either lit green or red. Yep!...