Views from Inside the Hot Pot

This page is dedicated to signs in China. Everything from billboards and store advertisements to park signs and t-shirts. I’ll be continually updating it over the next year as I come across signs which utilize both Chinese and, shall I say, innovative uses of English.

Perhaps the mirror opposite of the popularity of having Chinese characters on t-shirts, cups, wall hangings and tattoos in the US is the sheer volume of English language used in promotions and especially on young people’s t-shirts here. As of yet I have not seen anyone with “Apple,” “Nike,” or “USA” tattooed on any part of their body, however.

I particularly like the blood dripping from the monkey’s teeth. This was on a tourist island (4 Island Tour!) where we didn’t see any monkeys.

This was a place on a back street in Bangkok. It offers two of my favorite things, but actually has neither available. You can get a room here though.

This is the back of someone’s t-shirt on a water taxi in Bangkok.

Strangely, this is the last photo I took in Thailand.

This is a little ice cream place, just outside the South Gate at our University. For awhile the workers there wore baseball hats, with Jack Hut emblazoned on them.

An unfortunately named jewelry store.

“The Dementia man, Disabled person and Not automatic control ability old agepatient …” and other prohibitions.

But shuffling is encouraged.

Every street light we have seen has a Green for bikes. More rare is the Green for the overweight.

The Olympic Countdown Clock, Tiananmen Square, Beijng.

These establishments occupy one side of Tianfu Square, central Chengdu. On the other side is the huge statue of Chairman Mao.

Lara took this one. It’s a little place in Beijing.

If you can read Tibetan, tell me what this says.

Lara, outside the main gates at Sichuan Normal University, what we call home. This is the shopping mall right next to the gates. It’s comprised of hair stylists, restaurants, street vendors, and fruit and vegtable sellers. The place has a slight Blade Runner feel to it.

The Shangrila Towers dwarfing a local teahouse.