A Glimpse of North Korea

Yi Li & Liu Xiang

IMG_1030, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

An image of China's champion hurdler Liu Xiang, promotes Yili, a brand of dairy products in a Beijing supermarket July 18, 2006. In China, Liu, has become a popular pitchman, his image adorns advertising throughout the country, endorsing everything from cigarettes and beverages to clothing.

tanzhesi 07

tanzhesi 07, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

Fortune teller

MM

MM, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

Women queue for ice cream at McDonald's in Beijing

Tiananmen Gate after rain

Tiananmen Gate after rain, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

Chinese tourists vitsit Tiananmen Gate after a rain in Beijing July 10, 2006.

mao & hot pants

mao & hot pants, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

Dandong, China

DPRK 01

DPRK 01, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

A North Korean soldier walks along the river port town of Sinuiji July 8, 2006. China and North Korea are separated by the Yalu River, upon which Chinese tourists take pleaure cruises across the water to observe their less economically developed neighbors. North Korea has threatened to take "stronger physical actions" after Japan imposed punitive measures in response to its barrage of missile tests and pushed for international sanctions. North Korea has vowed to carry out more launches and has said it will use force if the international community tries to stop it.

dongzhimen

dongzhimen, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

东直门发展很快！

hula in Mudanjiang

hula in Mudanjiang, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

A woman with a hula hoop socializes with her neighbors in Mudanjiang in China's northnern Heilongjiang Province, July 4, 2006.

Jingdezhen - workshop

ceramic 09, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

A artisan decorates a vase in a Jingdezhen pottery studio June 26, 2006. For more than 1000 years Chinese porcelain has been produced in the small town of Jingdezhen, Chinese Emperors once had their imperial kilns here, which produced the teacups they drank from for centuries. Today the tradition of creating ceramics and porcelain as art as well as for practical use survives in the town, which has hundreds of factories and workshops that export their wares all over the world.

Beijing Apartments 01

Beijing Apartments 01, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

near Dongzhimen

Lunch: Jingdezhen

Lunch: Jingdezhen, originally uploaded by www.nataliebehring.com.

An elderly couple have lunch on the stoop in front of their modest home in Jingdezhen June 27, 2006. China seems to be following the same trajectory as Europe. The elderly, of whom there are roughly 100 million at the moment, will number almost 300 million by 2050, according to the World Bank's forecast.