China Everbright (59 images)
The title of the essay, "China Everbright," comes from a bank ubiquitous in China's eastern provinces. This rough direct translation, seen on the sides of buildings and on advertisements throughout most of modern urban China, symbolizes the optimism and hope of contemporary Chinese society while making reference to traditional Chinese literary language. It's an idea about prosperity and development in concert with the traditions of the past. The images in the essay, similarly,...
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An Army soldier stands in a field of plum trees...
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Children play in giant inflatable balls on a...
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A young girl looks watches a ring-toss game on...
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Tourists walk past construction outside the...
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The cook at an alley restaurant begins work for...
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Houses and farm plots cover the ground...
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A man's hat rests on a fence post during work...
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Buddhists worship at the Qixia Temple outside...
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Wang Shou Ha stands inside her home in...
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Yan Jing Ya, 9, was orphaned and now lives with...
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Guo Yu Hua sits in her home in Fanzhuang...
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Shoppers and tourists walk into a subway...
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Construction workers work on the new printing...
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Women clean benches in a canal in Suzhou,...
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A passenger sleeps on a long-distance sleeper...
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People wait for trains outside the train...
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A boy stands in the muddy streets of Sheng Cun,...
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Men fish in the Yangtze River as barges pass by...
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People wait to meet travelers as they arrive at...
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Workers load up a truck in Nanjing, China.
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A statue resembling Pere David's Deer, a native...
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A family lights sparklers and other fireworks...
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A tiger skeleton stands in a vat of tiger wine...
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A public service film about medicine, health,...
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A Goodyear Blimp flies over swimmers in the...
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Tourists ascend the Great Wall at Badaling...
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People climb up a rock face at the top of the...
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Palm trees are visible through a hole in the...
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A bicyclist rides down a street during a late...
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An Army band performs in a public square at the...
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People dance with colorful folding fans on a...
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Construction workers in Nanjing, Jiangsu,...
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Jobby, of the punk band Overdose, (right) and...
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A mural depicts early 20th century Communist...
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Freshmen at the Nanjing University of...
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A sculpture stands in Nanjing, China,...
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A diorama in the Beamless Hall in Nanjing,...
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A woman fights with chengguan police as they...
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A young boy plays with fireworks near a garbage...
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A young girl looks at a mural depicting a 20th...
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Visitors to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial...
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People surround a girl lying injured on the...
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Police hold back travelers trying to enter the...
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People walk through a street market in the city...
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A woman butchers dogs at the central downtown...
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Shoppers reach towards a jewelry merchant in...
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Torn advertisements surround a parking lot in...
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A woman and child wait for a ferry in...
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An advertisement encourages...
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A lone smokestack peaks above the horizon in...