A more authentic face of Beijing

This clip comes from a Flickr collection in CDT’s photo offering this morning.

The baked yam seller’s face shows the real anxiety of Beijing dwellers contrasted with the ad image of a young boy over his right shoulder. China is one and the other, an anxious man scrapping by and an image of youthful amazement harnessed to sell some consumer product other than baked sweet potatoes.

 

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