China

Welcome to China. Home to one fifth of the world's population. The land of temples and rice paddies, Mao and the cultural revolution, and ping pong. And a surging, charged economy that is changing the face of world trade and the lives of all Chinese.

Xiamen is a bustling city of over one million in the southeastern province of Fujian, across the strait from Taiwan. It was one of four original special economic zones named in China in 1980, where foreign investment was encouraged and business restrictions eased. It's now exploding with construction as companies pour money into the region. It's also in the news these days as a staging point for smugglers moving human cargo to the United States.

This is a sampling of images from this fascinating country. There are more images on a second China page.

To inquire about licensing a stock image from China, contact Dwight.

You can also view photos and read Dwight's story on Barbara Sale, an American teaching at Xiamen International School.

Tai Chi, 6:00 a.m., neighborhood park	Babies in Ching Xi hospital	Street seamstress in city of Quanzhou	Monk in Jin Ji Ting Temple
Boy gazes out bus. Bus ride costs equivalent of 12¢ U.S.	Pedicab driver on busy Quanzhou street	Farmer watering his crops	Players in the park
Portrait of young woman	Military band plays outside department store	Fisherman in waters off Xiamen	Portrait of woman on island of Gulangyu
Children in Ying Cai School, a private school in Xiamen	Exercise in Ying Cai School	Mother and son in Jing JI Ting apartment complex.	Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou