China, Land of History, Place of Legend (Misc post about china)

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Fan Bing Bing in Cannes Film festival may 16, 2012.

 

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Fan Bingbing shows off dynasty dress at Cannes

Actress Fan Bing Bing arrives for the opening ceremony and screening of Moonrise Kingdom at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012

 

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HK cosplay

 

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Serene: A boat sails down a river in the Jiangsu province of China in 1946. The placid scene belies the rebellion, occupation, civil war and natural disasters of the previous half-century

 

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A Russian soldier talks with Chinese camel owners in Beijing in 1901. Beijing was one of the many Chinese cities that remained under occupation by foreign powers in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900

 

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The whipping or flogging with a paddle, known in Chinese as 'bastinado', was one of the many forms of corporal punishment employed in Qing China to maintain civil obedience

 

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Boxer Prisoners in Tianjin in 1901. Their captors - soldiers of the 6th US Cavalry - can be seen in the background

Armed guards escort carts through the southern gate of the Imperial City in Beijing, 1901. The archway was considered the ceremonial gateway to China

 

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On the prowl: The police force of turn-of-the-century Canton used these bridges to patrol the roofs of the city at night

East meets West: Children at the Peking Christian Mission School, in modern-day Beijing, form a dragon's head for the American photographer, Carlton H Graves