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Qing Dynasty photos and articles: The Jesuits at the Chinese Imperial Court , The Art of Giuseppe Castiglione at the Chinese Imperial Court , The best old photos of China , amazing old maps of China, eunuchs of Imperial China , the dramatic Henan famine in 1942 , Lost City Shicheng found underwater ,  episodes of cannibalism in China during the famine , lotus feet , torture in ancient China , old pictures of Tibet , boxers during late Qing dynasty , Facts, History & Combatants of the Boxer Rebellion , the history of Chinese prostitution , The first photographs of Hong Kong , the Second Opium War, and Beijing, Felice Beato (1860) , Capturing China in Nineteenth-century: the Photography of Isabella L. Bird , Chinese opium-smockers , paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties , History of Chinese Diaspora in America, The Taiping Rebellion: facts, causes and effects.

Chinese Folklore: Chinese hell images and description , Chinese spirits and demons , Black magic in China , Tibetan sky burial pictures , Traditional Paintings of Chinese Dragons , Paintings of Demons and Mythological Creatures of the Chinese Folklore.

1890-1934: Xinhai revolution (1911 revolution of China) pictures , 65 rare images of old China by Maurice-Louis Branger , Chinese during World War I in France , The curious case of mr Alfred Raquez, a Parisian fugitive on the run in the Far East , The first Sino-Japanese War, Amazing Japanese war prints of the Sino-Japanese war , history of the Shanghai’s Triad , The Triad in China and Hong Kong .

Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II: Unit 731 part 1 and 2 , Japanese officer committing seppuku , Liberation of Shanghai (1949) , The Chinese Flying Tigers & The American Flying Tigers.

Mao Era pictures: the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949) from the perspective of the Nationalist Kuomintang ,  Sino-Soviet images , Propaganda during Cultural Revolution , Propaganda for Chinese children during Cultural Revolution , The beginning of the Cultural Revolution , the trains of Mao , Cultural revolution memorabilia , the Great Tangshan earthquake , the ‘Ping Pong Diplomacy’ .

After 1978: 30 beautiful pictures of a traditional Chinese sauna , Pictures of the war of China against Vietnam , 40 years of history of China , China in the ’80s , Chinese Space Program photostory , The colors of China: 30 years of China’s history in pictures , 14 Flags of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Culture: How Much Do You Know About China & Chinese Culture? (quiz) , Chinese numbers: Symbols and Counting with Images , Chinese Native Plants that changed Western food culture and habits , American native plants that changed Chinese food culture and habits

Ethnic minorities: The Ahxia walking marriage of the Mosuo People , The history of Yunnan , Old pictures of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples  and Taiwan aborigines headhunting (1981-1944), South of Clouds (documentary about ethnic minorities in Yunnan province), the Ancient Earthen Castles in Tulou, Fujian,

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Chinese tortures
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25 Western Depictions of Punishment during the Qing Dynasty

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This collection of 51 images on crime and punishment in late Imperial China has gleaned from the 19th century Westerners’ China travelogues at the George … Read more

propaganda posters for Chinese children
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41 Chinese Propaganda for Children

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A unique collection of vintage propaganda posters directed to children. The images have an obvious meaning and were produced during the early Chinese Communist regime. … Read more

Chinese brothels
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22 images of police raids on brothels in China

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Chinese brothels: From time to time in major Chinese sites are posted pictures of police raids on brothels.

Photos of arrested people, taken by photographers who accompany police during operations, are published as a warning. A modern form of a medieval pillory, in order to discourage customers.

Related: Pictures of raids on Chinese prostitution, The history of prostitution in Modern China

August 31, 2010. Police in Fuzhou arrests two transvestites who used fake breasts.

Related: Pictures of raids on Chinese prostitution , The history of prostitution in Modern China


November 2010. The police of Guangxi breaks into a 4-star hotel where they found 6 prostitutes, students of a local school, some of which pregnant.

August 2010. Fujian. 6 men and 6 prostitutes arrested.

May 2010. Beijing police during a large-scale raid on 4 nightclub arrests dozens of prostitutes.

July 9, 2010. Kunming. Man pleads to let him go, but the pictures are published in all the major sites.

Guangxi police crushes a huge traffic of more than 90 men and women forced into prostitution.

Chongqing


Dongguan. Four prostitutes are arrested during the Asian Games

Xi’an


August 3, 2010, Nanning. Police arrested 26 people. They also seized two homemade guns.

30 agosto 2010. Shanghai.

November 2010. A drunken customer challenged and mocked photographers.

December 3, 2010. Police in Guilin crushes a network of African women forced into prostitution.

Sometimes raids may turn in grotesque. A customer in Jilin, still naked, tries to escape by climbing on the roof.

Topic: Chinese Brothels,brothels pictures,Beijing prostitutes pictures,photographs of prostitutes

removing corpse teams
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12 rare pictures: removing corpse teams in China (1948)

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The disastrous years of the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression and the War of Liberation devastated China: corpses were scattered along Chinese roads. Natural … Read more

Nude art in China
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The first photographs of nude art in China (15 rare images)

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Nude art in China Artistic nude and human body model was introduced in China about a century ago by Chinese students who studied abroad and … Read more

Chinese advertising posters of the 30s
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36 beautiful Chinese advertising posters of the 30s

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Advertising in pre-communist China Before the advent of the Communist regime in 1949, China, and especially Shanghai began to experience some forms of advertising borrowed … Read more

slow slicing during the Qing Dynasty
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Postcards of slow slicing during the Qing Dynasty (Graphic content)

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Slow slicing during the Qing Dynasty A series of French postcards depicting one of the most gruesome punishments in China: Death by a thousand cuts … Read more

Chinese Circus
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The slow death of Chinese rural circuses

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The story of a Chinese Circus – Yongqiao, in northern Anhui, is considered the birthplace of the Chinese circus with more than 300 companies, employing … Read more

Cannibalism in China
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A tragic episode of cannibalism during the famine of the Great Leap Forward (Graphic Content)

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Cannibalism in China. During the disastrous country renovation of the Great Leap Forward, China experienced one of its darkest periods, called the Three Years of … Read more

anti-Japanese demonstrations
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Chinese Women of America anti-Japanese demonstrations in New York in 1938: 15 beautiful pictures

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A fundraiser parade of Chinese beauty activists organized by overseas Chinese in order to fund anti-Japanese activities in Wuhan. New yorkers not only threw money … Read more

images of Shanghai 1949
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15+ images of Shanghai 1947-1949, on the eve of the communist liberation

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A collection of fascinating historical photos of Shanghai made by the American photographer Jack Birns (1919-2008). Life magazine hired Birns to produce a report on … Read more

henan-famine
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30 dramatic images of the 1942 Henan famine

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Henan Province was hit by a terrible famine between the summer of 1942 and the spring of 1943 that led to the death of 3 … Read more

Sky Burial: the Tibetan ritual dissection
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Sky Burial: the Tibetan ritual dissection

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Tibetan communities continue to celebrate their ancient customs and traditions.  Among these, one of the most special funerary traditions is related to the open-air sacrificial … Read more