Play ball!
In China, as in much of the world, the premier sport is what Americans call soccer and others call "Football." This evening, Professor Li, Vice President of North China University of Technology, asked if we'd like to go to a game at Labor Stadium in Beijing.















The Beijing team did well, scoring three to one against the opposing team. When the Beijing team scored, spectators shouted, waved flags, blew horns; and threw paper planes, bits of newspaper and colored confetti up in the air.

Crowds are not permitted to become overly exuberant at such events, however. The military were much in evidence, and in a margin between players and spectators at the front of the stadium, a group of security sat observing the crowd (see above).

Below: A child and his father making a paper plane.
Second Below: Military police at the game.