Slideshow: Life on a People’s Commune, 1975
Michael Rank was a British Council student in China from 1974-1976. During his time at Peking...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 5, 2014
Michael Rank was a British Council student in China from 1974-1976. During his time at Peking...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 6, 2013
The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog presents 40 recent images of China, from homemade robots...
by Cindy | Jul 23, 2013
A photo essay at Vice by Oscar Holland and Lukas von Rantzau shows an entire day on Line 2 of Beijing’s subway, from the first train to the last: 5:05 AM – The doors to the first train open. “Welcome to Subway Line...
by Cindy | Jul 15, 2013
At The Atlantic, American documentary photographer Michael Steverson unveils a photo essay on the ancient yet dying Chinese art of cormorant fishing, featuring two elderly brothers who supplement their income from fishing by...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 13, 2012
Beautiful scenic photos of Tibet are a controversial matter. Posting them on Twitter will often lead to rebuke from vocal activists who argue that they gloss over the realities of Chinese rule: Typical #Tool used by #China...
by Anne Henochowicz | Sep 16, 2012
CDT Chinese collected these photos from anti-Japan protests over the weekend. Many have already...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 19, 2012
Ministry of Tofu translates, together with comments from Sina Weibo, a Sina.com photo essay showing migrant workers in Chongqing living in improvised tents and shacks, under bridges or on construction sites. Mr. Zhou, 47 years...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 18, 2012
Beijing’s dismal air quality has repeatedly made headlines, grounding flights and eventually shaming authorities into reforming rose-tinted official readings. One leading meteorologist recently warned that substantial...
by Sophie Beach | May 19, 2011
The Atlantic has posted a collection of 48 stunning images of China: China, now the second-largest economy in the world, is a vast and diverse country that is nearly impossible to sum up in a single photo essay. But here is an...
by Sophie Beach | Feb 23, 2011
Foreign Policy has posted a slideshow of images documenting China’s growing influence in the far-flung corners of the world: China’s rise is no longer just about China — and over the past year, journalists...
by Xiao Qiang | Dec 18, 2010
A collection of photos entitled, “The History of Forced Demolition in China”, has been published on one of China’s leading intent portals Netease. Please click here.
by Xiao Qiang | Sep 17, 2010
Following images and commentaries are from a popular post in Chinese blogosphere, translated by CDT: (1) The reason the Ministry of Education reduced the emphasis given to Lu Xun’s writings in middle school textbooks was not...
by Xiao Qiang | Aug 27, 2010
On the wall of a public toilet: “Use of Party newspapers and magazines as toilet paper is strictly forbidden.”[Source ]
by Sophie Beach | Aug 18, 2010
Foxconn, the manufacturing giant which was the scene of 13 worker suicides this spring and summer, has held company-sponsored rallies in support of its staff. From the BBC: At the company’s campus in the southern city of...
by Xiao Qiang | Aug 5, 2010
Photo: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. (Source)
by Sophie Beach | Jun 23, 2010
A photo essay in Newsweek by Mark Leong looks at the growing numbers of young, urban, white collar workers in China’s IT industry: The number of college graduates in China is growing far faster than the number of...
by Xiao Qiang | Jun 3, 2010
Two amateur photographers line up their snapshots of Beijing’s newest tourist attraction, the democracy statue erected by protesting students in Tiananmen Square, Thursday, June 1, 1989, Beijing, China. To see more photos,...
by Xiao Qiang | Apr 11, 2010
From the Time magazine: Key Posting Hu’s ascent was greatly enhanced by his appointment in 1988 to Party Chief of the restive Tibet Autonomous Region, where he oversaw a political crackdown the following year. In this...