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    Three generations in Dimen, a Dong-minority village in China's Guizhou Province. Since the young generation often has to leave their homes for jobs in the city, it's the grandparents who bring up the children. The Dong people teach children about life by making up songs - something that is also used when trying to impress a love interest. by: guizhouimpressions Views[1253] The whole village works on a new building, even children and elderly are involved. Since Dimen is hidden amidst Guizhou's endless mountain ranges, the villagers are still used to making everything themselves -mostly as a community effort. by: guizhouimpressions Views[1247] A grandfather & his granddaughter are resting in the shade of one of Dimen's bridges. These impressively colourful constructions cater for the community as a meeting space, shade and to connect the different parts of the village that embrace the river running through it. by: guizhouimpressions Views[1202] A grandmother carrying her grandchild on the back, chats to two farmer women who are washing the crops in the village river. The majority of traditional Dong villages are settled along rivers. The water is their centre of life. by: guizhouimpressions Views[943] A father carries his child on a hay cart in Dimen, a Dong-minority village in China's Guizhou Province. Time seems to have stopped 100 years ago in this little hidden place. Only a few researchers are invited to live among this remote community every year. by: guizhouimpressions Views[1197]
     
    As the world’s surging superpower, China should become a model for other newly industrializing nations to find the balance between economic growth and environmental conservation. Though much of the eastern half of China is covered with cities, the western half remains largely undeveloped. Chinese businesses and government need to set a new standard in adopting environmentally-aware development policies to protect wild areas such as the Meili Mountains in the fabled land of Shangri-La. by: traveltransmissions Views[1322] From the Canton Tower in Guangzhou I saw the sun setting into pollution before it disappeared beyond the horizon. Lenient environmental regulations are destroying the health and vitality of China’s air and water supplies. by: traveltransmissions Views[1102] The city of Guangzhou is at the heart of China’s developmental dilemma. At the epicenter of the “world’s factory,” the city is simultaneously generating astronomical amounts of wealth and severe levels of pollution. by: traveltransmissions Views[1044] As China’s economies scale in size, even former markets on the fringe like the selling of exotic animal parts for Traditional Chinese Medicine are pushed into the open. by: traveltransmissions Views[889] When thinking about China, outsiders tend to use an image of the Great Wall to symbolize the ancient traditions, sagacious philosophers and ambitious rulers of the Middle Kingdom’s past. Although modern China is characterized by unfathomable levels of growth, her societies and lands are now pressed by tremendous new stresses. by: traveltransmissions Views[1201]
     
    Tianjin is the fourth biggest city of China, but it doesn't look like a big metropolis but more like a big village for the spirit and soul that keep people life the same as always with their rhythm and life style. Sometimes is incredible to see and empty place a day, and the day after something is building, and the third day you have a new skyscraper . This is Tianjin. by: simonesantoba Views[1389] The thing i like most of Tianjin is recycling. It's a big metropolis but still old mentality and way to organize things are useful and functionality. The recycling works in different ways. The most common is that every morning a man of a lady, Shifu, carries a handcart bike to collect all the recycle materials. They collect and pay you for the quantity of material you give to them. Another is that worker of the residence look to your rubbish and select the recycle materials. Another one is that some people, poor, look for your recycle trash. Anyway if all funcionality for the purpose of recycling. by: simonesantoba Views[846] Fishing on the Haihe river 海河大桥. During the winter time Tianjin River it became a long piece of ice. Tianjin people like to fish a lot, and the ice doesn't stop them by: simonesantoba Views[1605] Since 2008 this beautiful lady is my baker. She works in a small market in the middle of a residence buildings, close to alibaba (place where foreign students use to meet). She remember everything about me, even when i was outside China for a year and one back to her bakery she remembered about me, like it was yesterday. She always smiles by: simonesantoba Views[818] Mr Lee is 91 years old, he can speak a little bit of English and he explained me a little more about the foreign district of Tianjin. I met him during a photoshooting. He was interested and he approach me. He started to tell me lot of stories and when he workd in the harbor for the foreign in the ealier '900 . People like him are living books. http://instagr.am/p/K4NgPDsDiU/ by: simonesantoba Views[2255]
     
    Evolving music: Laying Mandarin lyrics over the musical sounds of the West, a Chinese rock band rehearses in one of Beijing's historic hutong houses. Facilitated by increasing access to the internet and international travel, China's middle class has unprecedented exposure to a world of cultural influences. This is creating new and unique forms of cultural output that fuse elements of East and West. by: micro Views[1204] Evolving fashion: A bridal fashion shoot takes place on The Bund, Shanghai. Traditionally, Chinese brides wore red, a colour associated with luck and prosperity. The colour white, symbolising death and mourning, was considered taboo. Nowadays, white, western-style dresses are popular as a symbol of middle class status and progressive ideals. by: micro Views[1460] Consumer goods boom: Chinese tourists capture the lowering of the flag in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on their smartphones. China has over one billion mobile phone subscribers, making it the world's largest mobile phone market. About 80% of the population uses a mobile phone, and about 45% of the population has internet access. Demand from the growing middle class recently led China to surpass the US as the world's leading consumer of smartphones. by: micro Views[1756] Travel boom: Chinese tourists pose in front of the Forbidden Palace, Beijing. With the easing of government restrictions on movement, China's burgeoning middle class is driving a domestic tourism boom. China already has the world's largest domestic tourism market, with close to three billion individual visits per year. The number of Chinese tourists visiting overseas destinations is expected to increase exponentially in coming years. by: micro Views[1263] Shanghai: A view of the modernising Middle Kingdom. Mainland China's most modern city, Shanghai is the country's beating economic and commercial heart, and attracts people from all over the country and the world. Packed with bright lights, skyscrapers, shopping malls and Western brands, the metropolis is a mecca of consumerism for China's burgeoning middle class, and is symbolic of the country's future. by: micro Views[1435]
     
    Evolving music: Fusing Mandarin lyrics with the musical sounds of the West, a Chinese rock band rehearses in one of Beijing's historic hutong houses. Facilitated by increasing access to the internet and international travel, China's middle class has unprecedented exposure to a world of cultural influences. This is creating new and unique forms of cultural output that join elements of East and West. by: micro Views[997] Consumer goods boom: Chinese tourists capture the lowering of the flag in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on their smartphones. China has over one billion mobile phone subscribers, making it the world's largest mobile phone market. About 80% of the population uses a mobile phone, and about 45% of the population has internet access. Demand from the burgeoning middle class recently led China to surpass the US as the world's leading consumer of smartphones. by: micro Views[749] Travel boom: Chinese tourists pose in front of the Forbidden Palace, Beijing. Facilitated by the easing of government restrictions on movement, China's burgeoning middle class is driving a domestic tourism boom. It already has the world's largest domestic tourism market, with close to three billion individual visits per year. The number of Chinese tourists visiting overseas destinations is expected to increase exponentially in coming years. by: micro Views[811] Evolving fashion: A bridal fashion shoot takes place on The Bund, Shanghai. Traditionally, Chinese brides wore red, a colour associated with luck and prosperity. The colour white, symbolising death and mourning, was considered taboo. Nowadays, white, western-style dresses are popular as a symbol of middle class status and progressive ideals. by: micro Views[1385] Shanghai: A view of the modernising Middle Kingdom. Mainland China's most modern city, Shanghai is the country's beating economic and commercial heart, and attracts people from all over the country and the world. Packed with bright lights, skyscrapers, shopping malls and Western brands, the metropolis is a mecca of consumerism for China's burgeoning middle class, and is symbolic of China's future. by: micro Views[861]
     
    As a foreigner, the barrage of stimuli is constantly assaulting, especially during afternoon traffic. by: briangooding Views[955] The frenzy of construction in Shanghai, China, an ever-expanding metropolis full of color, energy and over 23 million people. by: briangooding Views[799] Sometimes, after a lot of traveling via foot, it is so lovely to relax on a beautiful boat. This is what I did after venturing around China. Just me and my family and a variety of new people to meet and gourmet food to try. A lil bit of r'n'r in the most luxurious of ways. by: sianmercel Views[776] I am in LOVE with ancient Chinese architecture. This building however is only a few decades old but is still so lovely. One thing I am unhappy about this shot is the air conditioning unit on the roof of the background building. If I had photoshop I would edit it out in a heartbeat. by: sianmercel Views[974] On my travels around China, I was always impressed with the colourful sculptures hidden around the buildings. I only wish I could speak Chinese to find out what each one means. by: sianmercel Views[718]
     
    If you refer to my journal A College student enhances his Grand Canal tour with songs on his iPod. by: firstimpressions Views[684] A woman cleans her clothes in outside of her back door in an unsanitary area of the Grand Canal by: firstimpressions Views[802] In the early morning, a toddler enjoys a moment of childhood while his mother works in her small Zuzhou liquor/tobacco shop. by: firstimpressions Views[711] A gracious man dressed in an old army coat and hat at a McDonald's in a tourist area of the city of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. Each day he spends his time offering to take people's trays away for a little bit of change. by: littletrades Views[1193]
     
    A laborer walks down a busy Zhangjiajie street with his biandan (two baskets and bamboo pole) slung casually over his shoulder and a cigarette dangling effortlessly from the corner of his mouth. by: littletrades Views[918] A butcher at a small improvised market in Hunan Province's Zhangjiajie, one of China's many cities with a population of over 1 million that is little-known outside of the country. by: littletrades Views[1042] A street market in Hunan Province's Zhangjiajie. Everyday produce is brought into town and sold in makeshift markets scattered throughout Chinese cities. This basic form of commerce is still widespread in a country that also counts luxurious supermarkets and high-end car dealerships. by: littletrades Views[1320] Detail of Screen at museum by: emacinat Views[686] Waterwheel at entrance to the Old City by: emacinat Views[760]
     
    Bar Street Canal by: emacinat Views[696] Bar Street by: emacinat Views[640] Raw honey from the mountains by: emacinat Views[598] Eleanor, my guide by: emacinat Views[527] Traditional dress in museum by: emacinat Views[548]
     
    Mahjong by: emacinat Views[539] Traditional clothing by: emacinat Views[495] On Black Dragon Pool by: emacinat Views[522] Jade Dragon Snow Peak Mountain by: emacinat Views[526] Entrance to Lion Park by: emacinat Views[541]
     
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