Dark Side of Toys

Entrance of one of the closed Lee Der toy factories in Foshan, Guangdong Province in China. The owner, 52 year old Zhang Shuhong, committed suicide after Mattel, the world's largest toy company,recalled one million toys made by his company, coated in toxic lead paint. Today in the New York Times by David Barboza.

© Kees Metselaar

Equestrian Hong Kong

Dark clouds over Sha Tin.
The first morning of the Good Luck Beijing 2007 Equestrian Event.
A test of the Hong Kong venues where next year the olympic equestrian events will be held.

© Kees Metselaar August 11, 2007

Glorious Sunrise Over Hong Kong Island

© Kees Metselaar July 25, 2007

Last Night of Queen's Pier

Activists and hunger-strikers spending their last night at the doomed Queen's Pier in Hong Kong.
The next day they were evicted.

© Kees Metselaar 2007