His ‘n’ hers: street fashion China style

Have you ever noticed, that when you start to notice something, you can help but notice the thing you noticed with increasing regularity? Like the time I found out that Volvos always drive with their headlights switched on. At first I didn’t believe it. But after I noticed one and then another of these Swedish behemoths happily going about with their lights all bright and shiny, it was soon as if every second car I saw became a Volvo I was seeing them so often.

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Qingdao: beaches, beer and more besides

Beer or beaches? Hear the word Qingdao and the thought of one or the other will no doubt be the first that springs to mind. But Qingdao’s trump cards are not the only cards it holds. Regarded by many as one of China’s most beautiful destinations, Qingdao was named the country’s most livable city in 2011, and with an eye to future development to match the legacy of its colonial past, it seems unlikely the city will want to relinquish that honour any time soon.

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