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A surfer and a Rockstar?! What more could you want

Enjoy the only rendered art yall getting this year hshshs

the 'tropics' vs 'temperate regions' has its roots in colonial European views of climate and its affect on health, particularly how 'Tropics' were considered deeply other and foreign to Europeans and many doctors thought it inherently brought down the health of the people settled there. The ways the different climate zones were treated are stark, as seen in the views of medical officers stationed in China who had to rotate between vastly differing climate zones at regular intervals. Reading: 'Life in Treaty Port China and Japan' chapter 4: Treaty Ports and the Medical Geography of China, and 'An Epitome of the Reports of the Medical Officers to the CMCS'

the ways tropical regions were viewed as 'paradise retreats' and its people/women uniquely(?) sexualized/commodified

the colonial stereotype of the 'tropical paradise' and the imagery that came out of it

tropics as the ultimate 'other' in both climate and people, and the contemporary view of climate as defining biology

the difference in how Hong Kong is viewed VS Weihai or Dalian - consider this might be more influenced by lease type and security

???? idk if there's anything here lol maybe not