{"id":3667,"date":"2018-03-25T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T01:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2018-03-25T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:15:54","slug":"china-one-poem-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=3667","title":{"rendered":"China &#8211; one poem at a time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve gone dark for a few weeks. We are taking 6 weeks in China &amp; Japan. I didn&#8217;t realise that Facebook, Gmail and Google would all be blocked in China&#8230; Meanwhile I&#8217;ve decided to set myself the challenge of writing a poem every day. There&#8217;s plenty to reflect on&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3669\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3669\" class=\"wp-image-3669 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050627-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cycling the city walls, Xi&#8217;an<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3668\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3668\" class=\"wp-image-3668 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050599-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Squirrel, Temple of Heaven, Beijing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3671\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3671\" class=\"wp-image-3671 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050666-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeologist inspecting his terracotta troops<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3672\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3672\" class=\"wp-image-3672 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050667-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terracotta Army, Lintong via Xi&#8217; an.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3673\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3673\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3201922-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower fortress, Great Wall, Badaling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3674\" style=\"width: 1711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1701\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977.jpg 1701w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P3211977-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buddha&#8217;s Angels, Great Wild Goose Pagoda, 7th C.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3679\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3679\" class=\"wp-image-3679 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/P1050722-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant Panda Research Base, Chengdu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve gone dark for a few weeks. We are taking 6 weeks in China &amp; Japan. I didn&#8217;t realise that Facebook, Gmail and Google would all be blocked in China&#8230; Meanwhile I&#8217;ve decided to set myself the challenge of writing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=3667\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}