They say
that you can buy anything in the markets...
We haggled,
he was asking too much.
But there are other things
that are a bit too wierd...
The Chinese have this
thing where they take studio photos of their baby boy with his genitals hanging
out. This they display to show to the world that they have a baby boy. Even
more important now with the One Child Policy.
Did somebody say something
about child labour laws?
The realities of life.
This boy of about 10 or 11 working a lathe, carving wooden posts for furniture.
He was bloody good and his family is making money. This is the norm everywhere.
And Xinjiang is...

It's on the left with Urumqi as it's Capital, and it's lower border is about half-way between Urumqi and Lhasa (Tibet) - big place.