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1979 The year when I was born!

bravo~
fabulous~
impressionant!
magnifique!

Impressive! This really show how much China had changed during last few decades.

Awesome and even romantic! Hope u will continue to present more pics of that era...

那一年, 我出国. 整个北京城, 似乎找不到象样的皮鞋.

^^Kevin你居然已经离开祖国快30年啦?!!!

http://img1.qq.com/view/pics/1114/1114293.jpg
^^ What's that?

Kelvin said 1979 was the year he left China... I can't believe it.. that's crazy..

图片让人感慨。真是有幸经历中国历史上最大的变革and be part of it.

how funny these people.

I love this pic
http://img1.qq.com/view/pics/1114/1114298.jpg

They look like ancient soldiers with suits of armour on!

Kelvin said 1979 was the year he left China... I can't believe it.. that's crazy..

Why can't you believe it? How old are you?

Awesome and even romantic! Hope u will continue to present more pics of that era...

Yeah, maybe for us, not for the people at this time. Some photos reminds me to North Korea in this days.
Then my romantic feelings will be crushed.

I don't feel depressed, I see in no more than another 30 years, China will be the toppest of the world... :D

http://img1.qq.com/view/pics/1114/1114300.jpg

This is not photo of 1979 because Coco-cola was not in China in 1979.

Yeah, maybe for us, not for the people at this time. Some photos reminds me to North Korea in this days.
Then my romantic feelings will be crushed.

I don´t completely agree. Although poverty has definitely still been a problem in China during late seventies (and obviously even is nowadays), overall life quality was not that bad at that certain time. At least noone had to starve and nearly everyone had his share of work and a place to live. Life was simple but not like a torture. The current situation in North Korea - which is indeed dramatic and in no way romantic - might better be compared with China's years of the "great leap forward", the late fifties. Speaking to elders in China I had the impression that there are quite many among them who on one hand welcome the comfort that goes ahead with modernization while on the other hand miss the strong sence of community and friendship that has been typical for the older days (and got more and more replaced by competition and unequality).

中国朋友们怎么看呢？

I don´t completely agree. Although poverty has definitely still been a problem in China during late seventies (and obviously even is nowadays), overall life quality was not that bad at that certain time. At least noone had to starve and nearly everyone had his share of work and a place to live. Life was simple but not like a torture. The current situation in North Korea - which is indeed dramatic and in no way romantic - might better be compared with China's years of the "great leap forward", the late fifties. Speaking to elders in China I had the impression that there are quite many among them who on one hand welcome the comfort that goes ahead with modernization while on the other hand miss the strong sence of community and friendship that has been typical for the older days (and got more and more replaced by competition and unequality).

中国朋友们怎么看呢？

You are right, at that time, China has the lowest Gini coefficient of the world... Perhaps lower than 2.0!

I don´t completely agree. Although poverty has definitely still been a problem in China during late seventies (and obviously even is nowadays), overall life quality was not that bad at that certain time. At least noone had to starve and nearly everyone had his share of work and a place to live. Life was simple but not like a torture. The current situation in North Korea - which is indeed dramatic and in no way romantic - might better be compared with China's years of the "great leap forward", the late fifties. Speaking to elders in China I had the impression that there are quite many among them who on one hand welcome the comfort that goes ahead with modernization while on the other hand miss the strong sence of community and friendship that has been typical for the older days (and got more and more replaced by competition and unequality).

中国朋友们怎么看呢？
I agree with you since my parents have the similar ideas. However I was born in 1979 so I couldn't really say I'm aware of that very well. Outsiders know China by what their government told them. They need to live here like you to understand this country better.

Some of the pics are actually from the tread "Shanghai in the 80s" I recall. So yea, not all the pics are taken in 1979, if any at all..

Why can't you believe it? How old are you?

I'm 21. But having left China for 28 years is just... I can't imagine what it would be like....