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Sword swallowing in Beijing

Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, April 3, 2008 11:58 AM
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The images reproduced here are from the photoblog of Janek Zdzarski, a Polish photo journalist based in Beijing. They show a couple of kids who do acrobatics, sword swallowing and other tricks to make money from passers by.

The photoblog is a little reminiscent of Ziboy, one of the earliest Beijing photoblogs, but now about the U.S. where Ziboy is currently studying.

Zdzarski also a portfolio website here.

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Posted by: Xi | April 4, 2008 7:17 AM

Oh jeez, that looks painful...

Posted by: AppetiteforChina | April 4, 2008 9:49 AM

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