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A White Hafei Minivan In Beijing

This is a personally historical photo because it was the first photo I took with my brand new China-made Nokia telephone, which I got in the great year of 2003. Photo quality was still far worse compared to a real camera, which I always carried with me until 2012, when I deemed the iPhone good enough for street pics.

The picture shows a typical street not far from my home in the Dongzhimen area, with 1970’s 6-floor apartment buildings on the left side. It must have been winter, the trees are leafless and the air looks cold. A woman in a brown jacket tried to ruin my picture but failed.

The Hafei minivan is still clearly visible. It is a standard-roof passenger variant. The blue 京A license plate indicate this is a very early privately owned car. Blue A’s are very rare nowadays but back in 2003 I had no idea about that. May I be able to look into the future in my next Hafei life.

Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas 4.0-V8 Supercharged Is Black In Beijing

From the days Jaguar was cool: a Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas 4.0-V8 Supercharged, seen on an ice cold winter day in Beijing in 2018. The great Jag’ looked great in black and Beijing dust!

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Hongqi Double: CA180A2E Mingshi and CA7182MT3 Shijixing

Here we have two great Audi-based Hongqi’s. I saw them during a very long bicycle ride from the east of Beijing to the west in May 2010. They were parked in front of an office building and they were both in great shape.

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My Beijing-Jeep Cherokee BJ7250 City Special

Here we have my very own Beijing-Jeep Cherokee BJ7250, photographed in Beijing on a cold and smoggy winter’s day.

It was 16-01-2013 and I took my Jeep to the Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing. Back in those days you could drive your car straight up the main hall when there wasn’t any exhibition. No way today! Anyway. I parked my Jeep bang in front of the main hall.

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Bentley Continental GT Is Pink In China

Bentley Continental GT pink — Pink Bentley Continental GT

A pretty pink Bentley Continental GT, seen in May 2011 opposite the Opposite House hotel in the Sanlitun bar area in Beijing. I sat on a terrace across the street and there was a big bright sun, hence the somewhat un-sharp picture. Note the flyer under the door handle, which the driver hadn’t care to take away. As far as I could see the driver was a female, with long black hair and large sunglasses.

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Taking The Tree For A Ride In China

Tree transport in China — Truck carrying 3 trees in China.

Three super fresh trees, seen on a classic-blue diesel-powered truck on a highway south of the Chinese capital in April 2011. Trucks carrying trees are a returning occurrence in spring in Beijing, when trees from plantations in the suburbs are brought into town for planting. Green city!

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Hyundai Tucson Urges To Apologize In China

A black Hyundai Tucson, seen on a highway south of Beijing in April 2006. The Hyundai has a very interesting sticker on the back, saying, in English and Japanese: “Japan apalogize to NanKing!” with the date 1937.12.13. Continue reading “Hyundai Tucson Urges To Apologize In China”

Washing The Taxi In China

A taxi car-washing place, seen in the not-so far east of the Chinese capital Beijing in 2011. In those days, the mandatory color was yellow, with taxi companies allowed to choose a second color.

The yellow shirt for taxi drivers was, and still is, mandatory as well. This famous shirt-rule came into effect in 2007 in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Bentley Azure Mulliner Is Dusty In Beijing

Beijing’s famous dust makes classy cars even classier. Case in point: this majestic Bentley Azure Mulliner, seen in 2014 at the Beijing Tuning Tribe. The car was at SCC for maintenance and stood uncovered on a parking lot.

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Volkswagen Santana Variant Is Very Unlucky In China

A dark blue Volkswagen Santana Variant, seen near Ikea in Beijing in 2009. The license plate reads 京E·04444. In Chinese culture and tradition, 4 is a very unlucky number, comparable with 13 in the West.

Most people therefore prefer to avoid a 4 on their license plate, fearing bad luck. The driver of this car is not so superstitious, he got himself four fours! That’s bad luck².

The Volkswagen Santana Variant station wagon was made by Shanghai-Volkswagen from 1987 until 2013, yes you read that right. It was a very popular carrier and today it has achieved somewhat of a cult status. Deservedly so!

Also note the Sinopec 2008 Olympics sticker on the left side of the window, this was for a nation-wide sponsored competition in 2007, just before the start of the Beijing Olympics. Whoever had the sticker on their car could win huge prizes. There was a TV show about it and what not.

Also, in the background, a Beijing subway train.