| China Album |
| China has 1.3 billion people in a area slightly smaller than the US. It has had a communist government since 1948. Reforms have allowed private ownership of businesses and farms since Chairman Mao died in 1976. China had rule by emperors dating back to the Xia Dynysty in 1900 BC. The last emperor was Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor in 1908. |
| Tiananmen Square, famous site of the 1989 massacre of protesters. This is a view looking toward the Forbidden City. |
| Parking lot in a Bejing shopping center. |
| A elderly smoker in the very polluted city of Xian. A medical miracle. |
| Water Buffaloes cool off in a mud hole in scenic Guilin. |
| The Great wall of China. A 4000 mile wall was started by the Ming Dynasty in 220 BC to keep out enemies. At its peak it took 1 million men to guard it. |
| Cooking fires in Xian-one of the reasons the city has extreme air pollution. |
| Anything can be found for sale in the Chinese markets. |
| The best souvenir from China--a carving of 17 balls in one, each rotates independent of the others all carved from a solid piece of bone. It takes one person a year to make. |
| From 2016 |
| From 1993 |
| The Hong Kong album includes photos from the cities highest building, the Sky 100. |
| The Summer Palace album includes a manmade lake. |
| The Tiananmen Square album shows the square in 2016. |
| The Forbidden City album is a walk through the emperor's home for 700 years. |
