Rental Rowboats Crowd A Shoreline Of BeiJing's KunMing Lake. The Temple Of Buddhist Incense, With Its Multi-Tiered Roof, Rises From The Famed Summer Palace On Longevity Hill In The Background. The Opulent Summer Palace Complex, Located On The Western Edge Of BeiJing, Was Built In The Mid-1700s As A Retreat For Qing Dynasty Imperial Rulers.
Buddhist Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, 2003Photograph By Galen RowellPedestrians Walk Near A Temple On The Famed Barkhor Promenade In Lhasa, Tibet, With The Grandiose Potala Palace Sprawled Atop Nearby Red Mountain. Once A Spiritual Epicenter, The Barkhor Is In The Midst Of A Chinese Government-Led Modernization Effort That Many Believe Has Stripped The Ancient Neighborhood Of Much Of Its Unique Tibetan Culture.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai Life And Style
Symbol Of ShangHai's International Heritage, The River-Skirting Bund Area Has Been A Popular Site For European And U.S. Businesses Since The Late 19th Century, When It Grew Into A Major Asian Financial Center.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai Life And Style
ShangHai Moment: A Dog And His Pajama-Clad Master Watch Bicycles Pedal By Their Longtan, Or Communal Housing Area. Casual Clothes Have Been Common Daytime Attire For Older ShangHaiers, Though The Custom Is Fading In Favor Of Western Suits.
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Open-Air Dance Lessons—Here Along ShangHai's Bund—Have Proven Popular In China Since The Lifting In 1976 Of A Cultural Revolution Ban On Public Displays Of Personal Emotion.
Open-Air Dance Lessons—Here Along ShangHai's Bund—Have Proven Popular In China Since The Lifting In 1976 Of A Cultural Revolution Ban On Public Displays Of Personal Emotion.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai Life And Style
Silhouettes In Motion, Tai Chi Practitioners Greet A Shanghai Sunrise Framed By The Needle-Topped Oriental Pearl Tower (Left) And Pudong's Burgeoning Phalanx Of Skyscrapers.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai Life And Style
ShangHai's New Skyline, A Point Of Civic Pride, Inspires Depictions Everywhere, From Souvenirs To This Bicycle-Cart Mural Promoting Safety.
ShangHai's New Skyline, A Point Of Civic Pride, Inspires Depictions Everywhere, From Souvenirs To This Bicycle-Cart Mural Promoting Safety.
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A Tangle Of Corkscrewing Ramps Worthy Of Star Wars Funnel Traffic On And Off Nanpu Bridge, Completed In 1991 To Connect Old Shanghai With The Rapidly Developing Pudong New Area.
A Tangle Of Corkscrewing Ramps Worthy Of Star Wars Funnel Traffic On And Off Nanpu Bridge, Completed In 1991 To Connect Old Shanghai With The Rapidly Developing Pudong New Area.
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Colorfully Mismatched Socks Make A Striking Fashion Statement On A Modern-Day ShangHai Street, A Sight Unthinkable During China Conformity-Driven Cultural Revolution.
Colorfully Mismatched Socks Make A Striking Fashion Statement On A Modern-Day ShangHai Street, A Sight Unthinkable During China Conformity-Driven Cultural Revolution.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai Life And Style
Decked Out With Paper Banners And Lanterns For The Chinese Lunar New Year, Or Spring Festival, The Yu Yuan District In ShangHai's Old Town Surges With Celebrants Of China’s Biggest Holiday.
Decked Out With Paper Banners And Lanterns For The Chinese Lunar New Year, Or Spring Festival, The Yu Yuan District In ShangHai's Old Town Surges With Celebrants Of China’s Biggest Holiday.
Photo Gallery: BeiJing Sights Morning Finds A Woman Practicing TaiChi Alongside Kunming Lake At The Summer Palace, A World Heritage Site.  |
Photo Gallery: BeiJing Sights
Framed By An Intricate Screen, The Forbidden City's Grand Hall Of Supreme Harmony Sits Across A Broad Courtyard.
Framed By An Intricate Screen, The Forbidden City's Grand Hall Of Supreme Harmony Sits Across A Broad Courtyard.
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Customers At An Outdoor Market Look Over A Vendor's Red Lanterns, A Symbol Of Prosperity To Celebrate The New Year.
Customers At An Outdoor Market Look Over A Vendor's Red Lanterns, A Symbol Of Prosperity To Celebrate The New Year.
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One Man Wears A Logo For The 2008 BeiJing Olympics As He Takes Part In 29th BeiJing Ice Swimming Competition.
One Man Wears A Logo For The 2008 BeiJing Olympics As He Takes Part In 29th BeiJing Ice Swimming Competition.
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Drive-Through Service Is Available At This BeiJing McDonald's, One Of Nearly 800 McDonald's Franchises In China.
Drive-Through Service Is Available At This BeiJing McDonald's, One Of Nearly 800 McDonald's Franchises In China.
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Work Proceeds On The National Stadium, Where Ceremonies And Events Will Take Place In The 2008 Summer Olympics.
Work Proceeds On The National Stadium, Where Ceremonies And Events Will Take Place In The 2008 Summer Olympics.
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To Celebrate The New Year, Thousands Of People Climb Restored Sections Of The Great Wall Not Far From BeiJing.
To Celebrate The New Year, Thousands Of People Climb Restored Sections Of The Great Wall Not Far From BeiJing.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
Easy Rider ShangHai-style, A Motorbike-taxi Driver Awaits Customers In Parked Comfort.
Easy Rider ShangHai-style, A Motorbike-taxi Driver Awaits Customers In Parked Comfort.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
Classic ShangHai Scene: Misty Drizzle Lends A Lustrous Sheen To The Neon Lights And Colonial Facades Of NanJing Road, One Of The World's Busiest Shopping Streets.
Classic ShangHai Scene: Misty Drizzle Lends A Lustrous Sheen To The Neon Lights And Colonial Facades Of NanJing Road, One Of The World's Busiest Shopping Streets.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
Locals Burn Incense At LongHua Buddhist Temple, ShangHai's Largest And Most Complete, Offering Homage To Their Ancestors, The Gods, Or Sending A Wish To Heaven.
Locals Burn Incense At LongHua Buddhist Temple, ShangHai's Largest And Most Complete, Offering Homage To Their Ancestors, The Gods, Or Sending A Wish To Heaven.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
Young Acrobats Perform At The ShangHai Centre Theatre, On NanJing Road West, One Of The Many Performing Venues In The City.
Young Acrobats Perform At The ShangHai Centre Theatre, On NanJing Road West, One Of The Many Performing Venues In The City.
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Fragile Artifact, A Decades-Old Apartment Building Defies—For Now—The Inexorable Development That Is Transforming Today's Go-Go-Go ShangHai.
Fragile Artifact, A Decades-Old Apartment Building Defies—For Now—The Inexorable Development That Is Transforming Today's Go-Go-Go ShangHai.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
The Galvanic Energy Of ShangHai's NanJing Road Lights Up The Windows Of An Ice-Cream Parlor, Itself A Fairly New Phenomenon In This Land Where Dairy Foods Aren't Traditional Fare.
The Galvanic Energy Of ShangHai's NanJing Road Lights Up The Windows Of An Ice-Cream Parlor, Itself A Fairly New Phenomenon In This Land Where Dairy Foods Aren't Traditional Fare.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
Not Their Fathers' China: Young ShangHainese Move To The Rhythm Of The Night In One Of The Edgy New Dance Clubs That Pepper 21st-Century ShangHai.
Not Their Fathers' China: Young ShangHainese Move To The Rhythm Of The Night In One Of The Edgy New Dance Clubs That Pepper 21st-Century ShangHai.
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A Mural Of Pastoral Woodland Gives Migrant Workers From China's Countrysides A Touch Of Home At A ShangHai Construction Site.
A Mural Of Pastoral Woodland Gives Migrant Workers From China's Countrysides A Touch Of Home At A ShangHai Construction Site.
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Advertising Takes To The Huangpo River In Buy-Buy ShangHai, Where Boats Outfitted With Large Screens Float Out Product Pitches Along The Bund.
Advertising Takes To The Huangpo River In Buy-Buy ShangHai, Where Boats Outfitted With Large Screens Float Out Product Pitches Along The Bund.
Photo Gallery: ShangHai, City Of Contrast
A Scene Straight Out Of New York Finds A Wine Server Making The Rounds At An Art-Gallery Opening Along ShangHai's Fashionable Bund.
A Scene Straight Out Of New York Finds A Wine Server Making The Rounds At An Art-Gallery Opening Along ShangHai's Fashionable Bund.
Photo Gallery: Jurassic Period
Four Women At The Institute Of Vertebrate Paleontology And Paleoanthropology In BeiJing, China, Underscore A 19-Foot (5.7-Meter), 200-Million-Year-Old Ichthyosaur Fossil From Southern China. Although Its Name Is Greek For "Fish Lizard," Ichthyosaurus Was No Fish—It Was A Reptile That Swam The Mesozoic Oceans.
Four Women At The Institute Of Vertebrate Paleontology And Paleoanthropology In BeiJing, China, Underscore A 19-Foot (5.7-Meter), 200-Million-Year-Old Ichthyosaur Fossil From Southern China. Although Its Name Is Greek For "Fish Lizard," Ichthyosaurus Was No Fish—It Was A Reptile That Swam The Mesozoic Oceans.
Li River, China, 1974
Photograph By Luis Marden
Jagged Tower Karst Formations Rise In The Distance As The Li River Flows Past A Quiet Landscape Near GuiLin, China.
Photograph By Luis Marden
Jagged Tower Karst Formations Rise In The Distance As The Li River Flows Past A Quiet Landscape Near GuiLin, China.
These Karst Mountains Are What Remain Of An Ancient Seabed That Was Lifted And Subsequently Eroded Away. The Formations Line Much Of The Li River And Have Inspired Chinese Poets And Artists For Centuries. They're Also A Source Of National Pride, Earning An Appearance On The Back Of China's 20 Yuan Note.
Beer Factory, Qingdao, China, 1980
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Workers at the Tsingtao Brewery bottle beer for export. The brewery was founded in 1903 by German settlers in Qingdao, China, and since then it has become the most popular Chinese brew in the United States. Every August, Qingdao hosts the International Beer Festival, a two-week-long party which features parades, fireworks, and, of course, a lot of beer drinking.
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Workers at the Tsingtao Brewery bottle beer for export. The brewery was founded in 1903 by German settlers in Qingdao, China, and since then it has become the most popular Chinese brew in the United States. Every August, Qingdao hosts the International Beer Festival, a two-week-long party which features parades, fireworks, and, of course, a lot of beer drinking.
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