A little girl with a wonderful smile in a market in Wushan

A wonderful piece of street art - set of life size bronzes of 3 girls displaying contagious high spirits

Two farm workers along the Yangtse. A poor agricultural area. Most labour is manual with few machines

Chongquing -at the zoo on childrens' day. These three children probably couldn't understand why everyone wanted to photograph them

Chongquing city in a modern shopping mall. These girls wanted their pictures taken with us

Picture of people taking pictures in Tianamen Square Beijing

Tourists in The Forbidden City with a Chinese guide

School children in Wushan - all delighted to see you

If this page is to do with people in China it must mention Chairman Mao - this is the huge portrait in Tianamen Square.

Very early morning in Wuhan with people doing their morning exercises

People delighted to pose for pictures in Tianamen Square

The first taste of Chinese hospitality - on the Air China airplane to Beijing

The boatmen on the tourist boats on the Lesser 3 Gorges. they pole the boat away from rocks in the rapids. Lean and very fit. The right hand picture shows them in action on a quiet stretch of river.

The parasol in the distance is the river warden who watch for overladen boats, crew with no lifejackets or more than 4 tourists up front in the open

You insist on a panda! - this is a panda in Chonquing zoo - they have 5 of them

Children in ChongQuing on an organised outing

Dancers
Kids in the street
Adults in a "floor show" abord the tourist cruiser