Summer in the city

Beijing delivery people sanitizing their food boxes before heading out on their morning runs. 

You can find fantastic melons in China. 

A bad air day in Beijing so I switched over from my cloth virus mask to a pollution mask. Despite a lot of poverty and many many smokers China has, amazingly, managed to quell the pandemic. On the other hand the air pollution problem persists. 

As you enter Solana Mall in Beijing your image comes up on a screen, along with your temperature. 

Above 3 photos: Qianmen pedestrian street in Beijing on a sultry summer evening. 

If riders' masks aren't covering their nose Beijing subway security will tell  to them to cover it up. 

Once in a while in Beijing I spot a roadside knife sharpening service. I saw this guy out the other evening so I rushed home, gathered up all of our kitchen knives, then took them to be sharpened. Regardless of the size, sharpening cost is 10 kuai per knife, about $1.40. A real bargain, and it's great to have sharp knives again for cooking.  This is just one of the many things I'll miss about living in China.