I used to love taking visitors in Beijing to the Wangfujing Snack Street, where vendors sell all manners of food deep-fried on a stick — everything from silkworms to scorpions to unmentionable body parts. In the middle of it all there is one stall that sells candied fruit. Other Friday Photos: Schoolboys Blue Doors of Kashgar Reading…
Wangfujing
Wangfujing, Then and Now
This morning I made a trek down to Wangfujing, Beijing’s main shopping street. I don’t go down there too often, but today one of the things I wanted to do was take a picture for a “then and now” set. This first photo was taken on the corner of Wangfujing and Changan Avenue, looking towards…