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Scenes from China
The past several months in China have brought devastating floods, a mysterious North Korean jet crash, the Mid-Autumn festival, crackdowns on gambling and much more. A country with nearly the same land area as the United States, China is home to over a billion more people than the U.S. (1.3 billion to be more precise), and as it grows economically, it is grappling with environmental, social and political issues that affect people and places around the world. Collected here, from the past several months, are photographs from around China, the land and the people - their daily lives, challenges, work and play. (43 photos total)

Tourists climb the Singing Sand Dunes near the Crescent Moon Spring on July 20, 2010 in Jiuquan of Gansu Province China. The Crescent Moon Spring, named after its unique moon-like shape, is located at the north foot of the Singing Sand Dunes, about 50 meters (164 feet) from north to south and 5 meters (16 feet) deep on an average. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

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A participant takes part in a lassoing competition during the Nadam festival at a race ground in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Patty Chen)#

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Journalists take photos of flood water being released from the Three Gorges Dam's floodgates in Yichang, in central China's Hubei province on July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cheng Min)#

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A Chinese Peking Opera performer waits for the opening ceremony of 12th Beijing International Tourism Festival at Qianmen Commercial Street, in Beijing on September 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)#

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Hyundai automobiles move towards the paint shop at the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. and Hyundai Motor Co. factory in Beijing, China, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (Nelson Ching/Bloomberg)#

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Japanese adult actress Saori Hara (pink robe) and actor Hayama Hiro (blue robe), both wear 3D glasses as they watch a replay of their acting during the making of "3D Sex and Zen", with director Christopher Sun (standing, center) in Hong Kong on August 13, 2010. The producers are hoping the erotic period drama based in ancient China will prove a titillating hit with 3D-glasses-wearing audiences and develop a lucrative, niche market for pornography productions in future. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip)#

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A military officer helps members of an honor guard line up before the arrival of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)#

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Floods run through a newly built residential area in Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, in southwest China's Sichuan province on Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo)#

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A landslide swept aside buildings at the village of Wangong village in Hanyuan county in Ya'an of southwest China's Sichuan province on July 27, 2010. Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a landslide in Hanyuan County in China's southern province of Sichuan on Tuesday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Rocks and mud buried 58 homes and about 4,000 villagers were evacuated from their homes. (AP Photo)#

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Officials inspect a train on a bridge after passengers were evacuated near Guanghan in southwest China's Sichuan province on August 19, 2010 an area hit hard by flooding that plagued China for weeks. The train traveling in southwestern China derailed after floods destroyed the bridge, plunging at least two carriages into a river, but all passengers were safe. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A woman sits under her umbrella in People's Square in Shanghai during a heavy rain storm on August 3, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)#

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Building debris near an explosion site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province on Wednesday July 28, 2010. A powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least five people and seriously injuring 28. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Sun Can)#

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Inmates listen to a speech at Taiyuan No.1 prison in Taiyuan, Shanxi province September 1, 2010. Some 1,000 inmates attended the speech which was considered one of the educational and reformation measures organized by the prison, local media reported. (REUTERS/Stringer)#

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Workers clean the exterior of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai September 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Aly Song)#

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A Hui ethnic minority mother holds her daughter while standing in front of their house at Xinyuan Village on July 18, 2010 in Yinchuan, China. The Hui ethnic minority are descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century. With a population of 10 million, the majority of the group lives in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, however there are Hui living in almost all the provinces and cities of China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)#

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A statue with graffiti written on it stands in front of residential and government buildings under construction on land previously used for farming in the town of Gushi in Henan province. Gushi, a county some thousand kilometers south of Beijing, is a microcosm of the urbanization tide reshaping China, driving investment to the country's poorer interior, devouring farmland and creating cities that will absorb more residents than the total population of the United States in coming decades. (REUTERS/David Gray)#

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A crashed aircraft is seen in this picture distributed by Yonhap news agency on August 18, 2010. The aircraft which crashed in northeast China was thought be a plane from North Korea, China's official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing unnamed government authorities. The aircraft came down in Liaoning province on Tuesday, prompting reports by South Korea's Yonhap news agency and Chinese Internet speculation that it was a North Korean military aircraft flown by a pilot trying to flee the poor and isolated country. (REUTERS/Yonhap)#

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A worker arranges confiscated video game and gambling machines before destroying them in Jinan, Shandong province September 8, 2010. Local police destroyed about 600 video game machines used for gambling as part of its anti-gambling operations, local media reported. (REUTERS/Stringer)#

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Illegal gamblers are seen after they were arrested in Kunming, Yunnan province, September 6, 2010. Local police arrested 91 gamblers and seized over 100,000 yuan ($14,738) and more than 20 vehicles, local media reported. (REUTERS/Wong Campion)#

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A Chinese rescuer (center left) prepares to help airlift the crew off the damaged oil rig on the Shengli oil field off Dongying in northeast China's Shandong province on September 8, 2010. Two oil workers were missing but more than 30 others were rescued from a listing Sinopec rig off China's northeast coast, the government said, as the company insisted no oil was spilled. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Young Chinese women hold batons as they take part in a practice session at a dance center in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on July 26, 2010. Sexy and creative modern dance is becoming increasingly popular as Chinese society becomes more open, allowing different trends to gain wider acceptance, especially by urban white collar women who can now lead more colorful lives. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Fishing boats sail through the sea to resume fishing after a two-month annual ban imposed by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, at Shenjiamen fishing harbor in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province on Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo)#

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Nurses attend a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, in Shenzhen city, south Chinas Guangdong province on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Shenzhen was once regarded as one of China's most successful special economic zones under the economic liberalization policies championed by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)#

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A student is helped by an instructor as she decorates a cake during a cooking class at a youth recreation center in Shenyang, Liaoning province September 24, 2010. The center conducts several weekend courses for children such as fencing, taekwondo, dancing and cooking. (REUTERS/Sheng Li)#

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Chinese women lay straw in a grid to prevent the sand from drifting in the wind in the desert of Baijitan Conservation Area near Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on July 17, 2010. Almost 800 million hectares of farmland have been turning into desert over the past few decades; many people including the government have been trying to reverse this trend. (Feng Li/Getty Images)#

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An artist works on a customer at the National Tattoo Competition in Shenyang, Liaoning province August 6, 2010. Some 100 tattoo artists from all over the nation compete in "traditional", "western", "black and white" and "colored" categories during the three-day competition from Friday, local media said. (REUTERS/Sheng Li)#

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Paramilitary policemen take part in a training session in a river on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province July 30, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai)#

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A resident hangs clothes to dry in the sun in front of a row of newly built apartment buildings in Hefei, Anhui province September 24, 2010. (REUTERS/Stringer)#

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A hazy valley is seen below a hiker's trail near rock formations at Mount Danxia in the northern part of Guangdong province on August 9, 2006. Mount Danxia, famed for its rugged red landscapes that emerged from river silt deposits, was one of six sites which won World Heritage status on August 1, 2010 from a UNESCO panel meeting in Brazil. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Participants run during a mud racing competition held by the local tourism organization in Daishan county, Zhejiang province July 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Lang Lang)#

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A man walks past a monument marking the September 18th Incident in Shenyang, Liaoning province on September 17, 2010. This year marked the 79th anniversary of the September 18th, 1931 Mukden Incident - a railroad bombing that led to Japan laying siege to Mukden (now Shenyang) and beginning the military occupation of northeast China, then known as Manchuria - the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. (REUTERS/Sheng Li)#

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Pupils salute during a flag raising ceremony on their first day of the new semester at Youfuxijie primary school in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Sean Yong)#

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Han Ziwen celebrates his purchase of the first Apple iPad tablet computer in China at the Apple store in Beijing on September 17, 2010 as Apple began selling iPads in China. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)#

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A visitor prays as she burns joss sticks at the City God Temple in Shanghai on the Mid-Autumn Festival Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)#

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A military officer instructs college freshmen during a military training program at a college in Suining, Sichuan province September 9, 2010. Most Chinese university students are required to go through military training to enhance patriotism and self-discipline when they enter universities in China. (REUTERS/Stringer)#

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Attendants place biodegradable urns on a table at a cemetery in Tianjin, northern China, for a collective eco-burial on July 20, 2010. In a country with 10 million deaths per year, China still faces hurdles promoting environmentally-friendly types of funeral and interment like sea-burials and cremation, which was first encouraged in the 1950's and currently accounts for nearly half of the interments nationwide. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)#

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A Chinese woman poses for souvenir photo at a lavender farm on the outskirts of Beijing, China Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)#

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A worker walks out of a factory building outfitted with nets, installed to prevent workers from jumping to their deaths, at a Foxconn factory, in Langfang, Hebei Province August 3, 2010. There have been nearly a dozen suicides at Foxconn plants around China this year alone, prompting calls for investigations into poor working conditions at the plants that make parts for customers such as Apple, HP and Dell. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)#

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Children play as villagers gather their belongings together while relocating to make way for the South-North Water Diversion Project in Yunxian county, Hubei province August 29, 2010. The relocation for the building of the central route of the project, which will be finished by 2014, will involve 330,000 residents - 180,000 in Hubei and 150,000 in the neighboring Henan province. The project is designed to take water from a section of China's largest river, the Yangtze, to satisfy demand in north China's drought-prone megacities - Beijing and Tianjin, Xinhua News Agency reported. (REUTERS/Kevin Zhao)#

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A worker inspects lettuce plants growing under artificial light and in a liquid solution at China's first computer-controlled greenhouse seedling factory located on the outskirts of Beijing August 27, 2010. The factory will supply 15 million pesticide-free vegetable, fruit and flower seedlings per year to domestic growers, China's Xinhua News Agency reported. (REUTERS/David Gray)#

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A trader rests at the stock exchange in Hong Kong on September 2, 2010. (MIKE CLARKE/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Chinese students practice marching under the supervision of a PLA soldier during their one week of first-year high school military service at a military base in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on August 5, 2010. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)#

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Chinese babies accompanied by their parents take part in a baby swimming contest, which the organizer hopes to break the Guinness World Record for the most babies swimming together, at a stadium in Beijing September 11, 2010. China's government maintains that the one child policy has averted 400 million births since the strict policy implemented in 1979 and has vowed to enforce it until at least 2033, when the population is expected to peak at 1.5 billion people. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)#
More links and information
China's environment challenges eyed - UPI, 9/21
Inside Foxconn's suicide factory - Telegraph.co.uk, 5/10
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I LOVE MY COUNTRY------ CHINA
Posted by Wandyhang September 25, 2010 07:31 AM
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It's proud to be a Chinese also It's puzzled to be a Chinese.Everyday all the f*cking problems we must face,every time u find the people here are so nice.It is the country we hate and love.But it's the state which rise me up.
Posted by Franklin Wong September 25, 2010 07:35 AM
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Cool photo!
Posted by Anonymous September 25, 2010 08:14 AM
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Bill,
I am guessing that you are not aware that the godless have killed approximately one hundred million people in the Twentieth Century alone.
Posted by Bill K September 25, 2010 08:45 AM
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Awesome pictures, makes one feel small and humble.
Comment #19: Erm Kay, "democratic and liberal" like USA? Where enterprises are gaining more and more power in decision making? They can vote, in future they can become candidates, just a matter of time when Apple holds the nuclear football.
I'd rather let China rule over the world than Islam or "democratic" nations.
Posted by Cain September 25, 2010 09:09 AM
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@51, I feel very very sad when looking at #33 and #38 at the same time.
Posted by Liu Lei September 25, 2010 09:18 AM
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一楼的沙发居然还是用拼音写的
Posted by 小皮 September 25, 2010 09:27 AM
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不错
Posted by Anonymous September 25, 2010 09:28 AM
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Absolutely awesome. Beautiful photos just love em. I'm planning to visit China hope 2012. Wonderful mate
Posted by Rosie September 25, 2010 09:54 AM
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Dear editor, phone# for the #21 please!
Posted by dream September 25, 2010 09:58 AM
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Had the opportunity to work and live in this amazing country for 2 years and these photos bring back some great memories. When I first saw 2500 students a flag in the same uniform with similar haircuts I thought I would never be able to tell them apart but 3 weeks later I was wondering why I ever thought they looked the same. It is a country of contrast and although communist the most entreprenurial spirit I have seen. It is growing so fast at such a cost to their culture and people.
Posted by Chico September 25, 2010 10:12 AM
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Big Picture I love you!
Amazing and high quality photos with a diverse portrayal of China.. thanks for the constant awesome updates!!!!
Posted by Anna September 25, 2010 10:12 AM
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China run out end of dark soon, we will see, you will see
Posted by henryvoc September 25, 2010 10:45 AM
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so great.
Posted by Anonymous September 25, 2010 11:40 AM
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I'm struck by how similar life in China is to life in other places. People, love, suffer, care for their children and fight for a better life, just like anywhere else. This photo essay exposes the humanity otherwise hidden from western view. Thank you, Big Picture!
Posted by Irene September 25, 2010 12:04 PM
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Amo a Big Picture, me encantan todos las series fotograficas que comparten, felicidades...
Posted by Pedro Guevara September 25, 2010 12:10 PM
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Good pic's!
Posted by Stoicone September 25, 2010 01:24 PM
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blin, kitaitsi jarkie cheloveki=)
Posted by tetia lusa September 25, 2010 01:30 PM
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justin, comment #6, what's wrong with?? because you'd rather not see nor know, it should be suppressed from the news? C'mon we don't even see a boob in the picture!!
Well I'd rather not know you nor read your stupid comments either but I'm glad to be aware about sour people like you. I don't want to live in a bubble you see...
Posted by ben September 25, 2010 01:50 PM
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This is not the China I knew.I arrived in Teinsen in early 1946 to help send Japanese military and dependents to Japan.That completed I was sent to Peiking,where I lived until 1947.Life was barely liveable for most Chinese.The communist takeover was a blessing,followed by the rebuilding of the cities and the creation of improved living standards.The pictures are totally amasing to me.Thanks to those who put them on the web.It is my fondest wish to return to China.Age and health prevent that.
Posted by William F. Shorey,USMC Ret. September 25, 2010 01:57 PM
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The pics captured a tiny sliver of China. They are good. I've been in China about 17 yrs. China is infinitely more diverse. What the outside world know of China is the news of its phenomenal economic progress and achievements, and the views of the more prosperous parts esp. the big cities like Beijing/Shanghai/Shenzhen. But China is basically still a rather poor country with perhaps 70% of the population still trying very hard to make a decent living. I'm sure the government, for all the insinuations by the western press never ceasing to paint it as being very corrupt and dictatorial, and harping on the people lacking freedom etc, etc., is really trying very hard to uplift the country to a level approximating to some of the developed western countries. The biggest problem with those writing about China is that they did not spend a sufficiently long period of time in the country to get to understand even just a little bit of it. They look and judge China using the standards(western) that they have been brought up with.(This was the problem I had and the same mistake I made in the inital years of my stay in China). As my stqay got longer, I slowly began to see and understand its diversity, its culture thats still very much steeped in traditions, the clashes between the old and the new, the memories of its dynastic past, its domination and humiliation by the western powers, its sufferings under the Japanese, and the travails wrought on them by the Cultural revolution. The Chinese are very much all these rolled into one. Without a protracted stay in China, and having a sufficient level of proficiency of the language to communicate with the ordinary people, one one can really understand the Chinese and China properly. I can go on and on but I don't think the space here will suffice. One point I would like to make is the naive perception of China being a communist country. Somehow the word "communist" evokes in the westerners as something evil/terrible/frightening. I suppose they can be forgiven for all those years(and even today) of brainwashing by their governments/media during the Cold War period. If u want to look at China in the proper light of what it actually is today, you better discard all these bad notions about it being communistic! Yes, China still maintains that its a socialistic/communistic country. But really this is only just a name. You better think of China as a very capitalistic country! Sounds contradictory, doesn't it. But this is exactly what it is! You will never find another person in the world who is more capitalistic than a Chinese in thoughts and actions. So watch out world! Remove the blinders from your eyes!
Posted by Ken September 25, 2010 02:23 PM
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请各种＂观光团＂不要在景区墙上留下＂到此一游＂好吗？有点素质，给自己和自己擅自代表的团体长点脸。
Seeing "XX观光团＂everywhere on the Internet is just disgusting. It's like having amateur graffitis on the walls of a protected heritage. Please get yourselves some respect.
Posted by Bohan September 25, 2010 03:17 PM
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Love China~!!!
Posted by Yang September 25, 2010 05:16 PM
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Always fantastic journalism Boston Globe!
Posted by Josh Winslow September 25, 2010 07:16 PM
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Number 6 really was necessary to report on. I would rather learn about “news” from the adult film industry on Big Picture.
Posted by Justine September 25, 2010 07:33 PM
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I love bighead babies
Posted by Wo Nt Te LL September 25, 2010 08:27 PM
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Justin: The adult film industry brings in 13 billion dollars annually, and is, in some cases, the first to release videos using a lot of the technologies we use today. Weather you like it or not, it's extremely relevant.
Posted by Jon September 25, 2010 08:53 PM
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The pictures are wonderful. Enjoyed seeing them.
Posted by Shirley Marion September 25, 2010 09:04 PM
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拍的不错！照片中有好多中国的文化在里面。
Posted by shaowei September 25, 2010 09:58 PM
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So nice pictures :)
But,
#33, Han is really stupid to do that!
Posted by jubitor September 25, 2010 11:19 PM
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Number 6 made me do a double take, then it made me laugh and forward this page to my friends.
Posted by Melodie September 25, 2010 11:51 PM
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Love China!!!
Posted by Ning September 25, 2010 11:52 PM
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Beautiful and engaging photos well beyond the basic calender shots
lani
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 12:36 AM
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There's nothing wrong with a photo that shows people in the adult sex film business, so long as a 3-D sex toy doesn't leap from the screen and poke me in the eye.
Great photo mix. I don't know anybody else doing this. The Big Picture reminds me of the old Life magazine photo essays, or National Geographic.
Posted by Max September 26, 2010 12:44 AM
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#43... D'AWWWWW!!! So cute!
Posted by Krystyn September 26, 2010 01:43 AM
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#24 - the most adorable cake and little boy, because you can tell he's been helping himself to some of it
Posted by jay September 26, 2010 01:56 AM
112
Shame to see so many Wumao Party comment here.
Posted by Grassmudhorse September 26, 2010 03:41 AM
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I wanne say to Stair #96,as a ordinary Chinese,I seriously agree with your point of view.
Posted by Hill September 26, 2010 04:04 AM
114
Very impressive, thanks a lot. Photo #4 is extra ordinary
Posted by Michael Holakovsky September 26, 2010 04:43 AM
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不完全是一个真正的中国！
Posted by young September 26, 2010 05:02 AM
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Still need time to grow up...BTW, the tatoo is so cooool.
Posted by Luxoracle September 26, 2010 05:09 AM
117
great pictures
Posted by Nametso September 26, 2010 05:23 AM
118
This is part of real China.
Some other interesting places are not shown in this series of potos.
Come to China and see the true face of it.
Posted by rickey September 26, 2010 05:27 AM
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围观完毕
Posted by 夺 September 26, 2010 07:14 AM
120
居然可以留言？
Posted by jajaja September 26, 2010 07:48 AM
121
观光团到此一游
Posted by 4778 September 26, 2010 07:52 AM
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nice picture!
China is a great country!
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 07:56 AM
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very beautifull pictures!China is a continuously progressing country!
Posted by vasilis tsilivakos September 26, 2010 07:58 AM
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Looking for work, buy a house, children -- this is the real China dream
Posted by byChinese September 26, 2010 08:56 AM
125
Picture is nice,and the people and the government?
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 09:11 AM
126
my english is poor!sorry!
Posted by liuosen September 26, 2010 09:17 AM
127
祝南京爆炸中“复活的”和撑过3天再死的重伤员以及不知道怎么消失的100多位同志在天国安息
Posted by Kafuka September 26, 2010 09:21 AM
128
love China
Posted by 711 September 26, 2010 09:33 AM
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zjucc98 tourist,just have a look,it's good for more and more people learning about china.
Posted by zjucc98 September 26, 2010 09:48 AM
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路过
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 09:56 AM
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可以留言?
看个外国网站尤其美国的非常不容易
Posted by Jack Li September 26, 2010 09:57 AM
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good，i am from china 哦 哈哈
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 09:57 AM
133
I want to say is that you see here and not a comprehensive Chinese
I am a Chinese college students, you want to know more about China, can contact me
chenhuang395@126.com
Posted by chenhuang September 26, 2010 10:01 AM
134
these pictures are the real discription of China！
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 10:11 AM
135
Nice pictures
I love China,but not the goverment.
Posted by brocade September 26, 2010 10:22 AM
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It is not all sides of china, you cannot use 43 pics to understand one complex country. Try to talk with more chinese to know more sides of china.
However, all pics are very nice!
Posted by oliver September 26, 2010 10:29 AM
137
great cross section of dramatic photos
Posted by fulin September 26, 2010 10:41 AM
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Great images. Can't help noticing many of them have been made with a long zoom lense and one has a feeling of the photographers being detached, not close to their subjects. Which supports the lack of people's names in the captions. There is no individualism here. Uniformity. Obviously pictures shot by news photographers. Without being technical these are pictures made for western newspaper, magazine, web etc market. Would be nice to see how individual families live in china. quality wise spot on.
Posted by George September 26, 2010 11:09 AM
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to #96----I TOTALLY agree with your perspective on China :) and I'm glad you took the time to write about it so beautifully and succinctly. I, too, live in China and this is my 6th year here. To the average westerner who has never spent sufficient time in China you can NEVER even hope to understand them. I am intensively studying the language and I am getting a glimpse of how diverse, complicated, beautiful, contradictory, etc...... this nation can be. It is an incredible place to live and I am blessed to live here. China is a country of contradictions and such an interesting place to live. The people, by and large, are a very loving, hospitable people and I have been blessed by many friendships. Their language speaks volumes about who they are as a people and how they think---it is a beautiful, intellectual yet highly efficient language.
But I do see a country in angst-----we see physical fights everyday and lots of unhappiness bubbling beneath the surface. Until a nation can provide clean drinking water for its people and have the political system that REALLY provides freedom they will not be a first world country much less the next superpower anytime soon....get these issues changed THEN look out world :)
Posted by Renee' September 26, 2010 11:15 AM
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In China，everything is possible.Everyday our land is disappearing.In my hometown,most of land becomes small lakes because of the undergoround coal.Our goverment only knows to show their achievements to the world.WE NEED HELP BUT NOT IGNOREMT!!!!!!!
Posted by PINGAN September 26, 2010 11:52 AM
141
A good pics of china.........
Posted by meena September 26, 2010 12:30 PM
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Interesting picture I would love to travel to china to photography around the country.
Posted by Ray September 26, 2010 03:34 PM
143
very nice choice
Posted by rascarlo September 26, 2010 04:17 PM
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great pic! great China!
Posted by Anonymous September 26, 2010 06:06 PM
145
these are great pictures for some one from southern sudan who don't know a lot about china
Posted by luaker September 26, 2010 08:41 PM
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每个p民的中国梦:赚钱,移民.
Posted by pmin September 26, 2010 08:46 PM
147
#21 - shes a babe :D
Posted by zzzttt September 26, 2010 09:14 PM
148
This is a part of ture china
Posted by zonghust September 26, 2010 10:17 PM
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@Ken, #96 - I'll give you an AMEN on the arrogance and ignorance of the western view of China. I've been saying that since my first trip in '78.
China is a magnificent country. The Chinese government has done more to improve the quality of life for it's people in the last 32 years than any country ever has; for this it gets bashed and branded.
Certainly China has a long way to go if only because of the scale of its struggle. But consider this: if asked what 5 countries will have the most freedom, best quality of life and greatest opportunity in 20 years - what countries would you name?
Unless something changes, the USA will be very lucky to be in the top-5.
Posted by griz326 September 26, 2010 10:18 PM
150
让外国人了解中国
Posted by mag September 26, 2010 11:10 PM
151
WOW观光团驾神兽草泥马路过此地，发现居然没有腐败主题的图片，难道你们也被我兲朝政府和谐了?
Posted by 太癫狂 September 26, 2010 11:14 PM
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These pictures are so beauful that I am so impressed.
Posted by zzc September 27, 2010 12:43 AM
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twitter观光团, 50楼就一sb~
#21 的美女不错
#19 昆明抓赌居然上国外新闻了,笑
Posted by 太岁 September 27, 2010 12:50 AM
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Of course you can't photo all the aspects, but all this pics just show you very common scenes in China.
Posted by Yanan September 27, 2010 12:51 AM
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人民广场的MM是在等GG吧
Posted by Anonymous September 27, 2010 12:52 AM
156
gr8 pics
Posted by rishabh jain September 27, 2010 01:13 AM
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great photos... nature's fury, joy and sorrow, pride and courage all covered for a nation.
would like to see how chinese are outside china....
Posted by Raj September 27, 2010 01:18 AM
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96 楼写的很好啊 赞一个
Posted by xXx September 27, 2010 04:20 AM
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我插，纯围观
Posted by qqq September 27, 2010 04:48 AM
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Even the inmates (#13) are lined up and orderly.
Posted by laha September 27, 2010 07:03 AM
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我不知道为什么每天都有人在抱怨~！虽然我每个月只有1500RMB的工资~~但是我很幸福！有吃的~有穿的~有个温暖的小窝！
Posted by jshxxb September 27, 2010 08:31 AM
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To Ken at # 96
Well said. If only more "westerner" know as much about China as you do.
Posted by Lucy September 27, 2010 08:46 AM
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to #96 thx for the comments on China.
to others, China is still in development as #96 mentioned 70% of the populations are in hard life. but considering the big population with diversity of culture and living environment, I would say the government has done a lot. On the other side, I am complaining a lot in my daily life of course.
Posted by WY September 27, 2010 10:41 AM
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I'd love to know what the grafitti in #16 means... Great series, shows how discipline can lead to the best or the worst in the world!
Posted by Tom September 27, 2010 11:24 AM
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Ha, great pictures! nice work!
Posted by papa99do September 27, 2010 11:33 AM
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#96 and #139
True, If you never live in China for too long you never understand China. China is great and friendly country.
Posted by laowai September 27, 2010 11:45 AM
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图片很不错。
有没有南公图的观光团？
Posted by 林晓阳 September 27, 2010 11:49 AM
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No, China is not diverse. At least ethnically speaking. It kinda frightens me that a country so monoracial (and communist!) will soon be the superpower of the world. At least America is fairly racially diverse.
Posted by Adrienne September 27, 2010 12:13 PM
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Breathtaking photos!!! amazing
Posted by wjong September 27, 2010 12:16 PM
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China is great is many things but diversity of thought and tolerance of dissent are not among them. I am Chinese, and I recognize our own weaknesses. Until we acknowledge that and seek to change it, we will continue to be second to the west in critical thought and creativity.
As an example: Yes, all the Apple products are made in China, but without western creativity, they wouldn't have been made anywhere.
Posted by Xin September 27, 2010 01:12 PM
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這些是好的照片。 我在11月被激發去中國!
And btw,
Please leave America, griz326. We don't need you here.
Posted by Li September 27, 2010 02:22 PM
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Staggering diversity and enormity of people,topography and culture.Here truly there is validity to the statement "A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words."
Posted by Alan Klaw September 27, 2010 05:28 PM
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Out of these most beautiful photos for the World to see in sharing, If I may say, I beleive some great Wisdom can be extrapolated, this, in sharing about China's Culture towards our own in the Occident and by which the seed of mutual influence, cultural exhange, economic trade and Diplomaty in passing time with goodwill "diversity of thought and tolerance" should gradually emerged. Very beautiful photos...Thank you, Merci , again for sharing with us. Lucien Alexandre Marion from Canada
Posted by Lucien Alexandre Marion September 27, 2010 06:59 PM
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quan shi hao tu a ~!!!
Posted by Anonymous September 27, 2010 09:30 PM
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it's the first time i saw china scenes from foreigner'eyes, very good pics. I love china much more, even she is often in danger, but chineses never lose confidence in her. china is great!
Posted by july September 27, 2010 09:47 PM
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