tianenmen square in beijing, largest public plaza in the world
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Tianenmen Square in Beijing, largest public plaza in the world
Delivery “truck” in Beijing
How many privately owned automobiles are there in China?
Zero
Chairman Mao
Tiannenmen Sq.
Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek with Roosevelt and Churchill
World War II
The “Rape of Nanking” 1937 by the Japanese
A Japanese soldier displays a Chinese head and the sword he used to cut it off. One soldier beheaded 105 in one day, a record
The Great Wall
Chairman Deng Xiaoping during U.S. tour of 1979 and in youth
Deng salutes Lincoln, significance?
A crowded street in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan
The gate to Chiang’s tomb
The Golden Buddhas of Taiwan
Hanoi
Hue, Da Nang
Ho Chi Minh City
(Saigon)
Vietnam
Laos Cambodia
Angkor Wat, a Buddhist temple built in the 1100’s in Cambodia
A relief sculpture at the west entrance
Cambodian boy
Finalists from the Miss Cambodia pageant 1998
Pol Pot, Cambodian communist, murderer of 3 million
Amputees are a common sight in Cambodia today, millions of landmines are still waiting to explode when touched
Skulls from Pol Pot’s killing fields
Most of the missing are presumed dead.
Vietnamese girls on the way to school, the traditional white suits are called . . .
Ao dais
Ho Chi Minh
Tomb in Hanoi
Thich Quang Duc’s suicide 1963
Girls take a pedicab in Saigon.
A Vietnamese woman harvests rice.
Bangkok, the capital
The “Big Buddha” of Thailand (100 feet tall)
Floating grocery stores in Bangkok
Pagoda
Mt. Fuji
Cigarette vending machines
Japanese bullet trains take commuters to work.
Japanese punks with mohawk haircuts
South Korea’s flag
North Korea’s flag
Seoul, South Korea, 1988 Olympics held here, modern city
Flo-Jo
Canada’s Ben Johnson ran the fastest 100 meters ever (9.79)
Dried fish for sale in a Seoul fish market.
Korean Yin and Yang symbols
Balinese farmer,
on ox, playing flute,
under umbrella
Rangoon, the capital
Pork on a stick and fish for sale
Thingyan, Burmese water festival
Burmese girls pour water on each other during Thingyan celebration.
Burmese monks (Theraveda Buddhism) What possessions are they allowed to have?
Ulaan Baatar, the capital
Downtown Ulaan Baatar
A three-year old Mongol boy on horseback, nomadic herders
Mongol family in front of their yurt
Mongol girls in brightly colored dresses
The Sultan of Brunei, one of the richest men in the world
Sultan, born 1946, became 29th Sultan of Brunei in 1967
The mosque in Bandan Seri Begawan, the capital city
Oil-rich Bandar Seri Begawan
Luzon
Mindanao
Luzon, the big island in the north
Mindanao, the big island in the south
A cockfight in Cebu, Philippines
Steel claws attached to feet for maximum kill