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The Battle Over Privacy in Chinese Street Photography

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After a recent scandal, street photographers face backlash for invasion of privacy and targeting young women

On a Saturday evening in June at Beijing’s upmarket Taikoo Li Sanlitun mall, Li Shaobai spots another target. “There goes a beautiful woman,” he says, abruptly breaking off his conversation with TWOC, readying his heavy black camera, and bustling forward to get a good angle of the young, slim, blond-haired woman.

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Elizabeth Gonzales is an editorial intern of The World of Chinese. She is currently a graduate student at the John Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. She enjoys learning about Chinese history, culture, and language.

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