Photo feature story of a couple of a disable beggar and a street cleaner.
Three days after the “5.12” Sichuan earthquake, Shantou University students gathered and offered prayers for mourning for the people killed in the “5.12” Sichuan earthquake .
May 10, the Olympic flame arrived in Shantou, the last leg in Guangdong Province. Beginning with heavy rain, The torch was relayed through the city, firing the spectators along the routine despising the rain.
By Andy
They are a hard-luck couple. He lost the use of his legs to disease ten years ago. To make a living, he begs for money on the street. She works hard all the time. But they share happiness and hardship together. She takes care of him with no complaints. It seems that difficulty makes them cherish each other even more. Read more…
Shantou has begun to ban free plastic bags commonly given out at supermarkets and shops from Jun 1st, according to an article in the Shantou City News (SCN). Instead, consumers are encouraged to use recyclable bags, such as cloth bags, to carry their items, or to pay for plastic bags. Read more…
Wearing loose T-shirts marked “I love ST” (ST meaning Shantou), baggy pants, hats, head scarves and fat shoes, the rappers looked slightly out of place on stage in the Great Hall of Shantou University on May 4, 2008. They looked as though they were being controlled by the music and they swung their bodies to the beat. The audience was riveted to the music and clapped along, even thought they didn’t understand what the group was saying: Unique among hip-hoppers, these artists were rapping in Chaoshan dialect. Read more…
Located in the west gate of Jinmei Garden in Jinsha road, there is a parlor called “Red Dragon Tattoo Studio” (赤龍紋身)—four words in red lettering. Different tattoo designs lay in the shop window, artistic though simple. Separated from the waiting room with the glass door, a curtain provides some privacy for customers. It’s easy to see the equipment and tools in the studio are quite professional, and everything there seems in order. Perhaps it’s part of the reason that there’s a new type of customer these days at the parlor: young professional women. Read more…
The man was repeatedly flinging five tennis balls into the air. After launching the balls, he would catch two in his hand and keep the other three in the air doing all kinds of fancy tricks. He calls the tricks “hand skills.” 33-year old Yang Yong is one of a number of Henan acrobats who left declining interest in the art form back home to find it thriving in Shantou. Read more…
Six days after the deadly earthquake in Sichuan, rescue workers were both finding survivors and recovering bodies. According to the Emergency Office of the State Council, as of 2 PM on May 18th, the official death toll from the calamity was 32,477. Along with many cities in China, Shantou reached out to Sichuan, donating money and necessities for emergency aid to the Sichuan people. Some Shantou residents even drove to Sichuan with food on their own and provided assistance directly. Read more…
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