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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,

Topics: photos of ancient china, historical photographs archive,oldest photos of china, history of photography in china, ancient china photos

Chinese students from the eighties vs 2012: 20 images
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Chinese students from the eighties vs 2012: 20 images

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Two galleries issued respectively on Xinhuanet.com and 163.com. In these photos, we can see portraits of Chinese students in classrooms, libraries, and dormitories. The two … Read more

Woman with bound feet, photograph by John Thomson
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Footbinding in China: 25+ old pictures of lotus feet in China

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Foot binding in China Footbinding, 缠足, is the antique custom of traditional Chinese society of binding the feet of girls painfully tight to prevent further … Read more

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21 rares and beautiful hand-painted pictures of old China

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Directly from the archives of the University of Southern California (UCLA) twenty hand-painted shots of China almost completely disappeared. Related article: Old Restored Images of … Read more

Yang Kei village
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Disappearing China: Yang Kei village, Guangzhou

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Guangzhou urban village – On July 1, 2010, Guangzhou began the demolition of Yangqi village. The work went on for over a year.  On August … Read more

Sino Soviet Propaganda Images
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Cool Sino Soviet Propaganda Images

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Sino Soviet Propaganda During the fifties, sino-soviet relations were essentially benign, even if the ideological roots of the Sino-Soviet split originated in the 1940s and … Read more

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A 40-year history of China in the photos of Zhu Xianmin and Wang Yuwen

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History of China pictures Shenzhen hosted the “Workers, Farmers – Zhu Xianmin, Wang Yuwen image collection exhibition”, organized by the local photographers association. The two … Read more

Found films in China
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Lost & Found: forgotten memories – Found films in China

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Found films in China – What happens if some old films are found in the debris of a city? During this period Kunming, the capital … Read more

Cultural Revolution Propaganda Images
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Chinese Navy Drills, Cultural Revolution Propaganda Images

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Cultural Revolution Propaganda Images – Defend the territorial waters was the priority of the People’s Liberation Army troops. Following a series of images depicting rare … Read more

Chinese Opium-Smokers
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Chinese Opium-Smokers in the late XIX Century in the US

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Chinese Opium-Smokers In the nineteenth century, thousands of Chinese people crossed the ocean to find work in the United States. They began arriving in San … Read more

Cultural-Revolution-Propaganda-Postcards
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14 Cultural Revolution Propaganda Postcards

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1971 was a critical year for the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese government issued this series of postcards to tackle the “traitor” Liu Shaoqi and the … Read more

images of Old Tibet
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40 rare images of Old Tibet

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Images of Old Tibet: These photos were taken by U.S. military personnel during the period 1942-1943. American soldiers arrived in Tibet from India to support … Read more

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The Eighteen layers of Chinese Hell

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Diyu, 地獄, the Traditional Chinese Hell, based on the Buddhism concept of Naraka, is an underground maze with various levels and chambers, where souls are … Read more

Huashan Mountain's Last Taoist Immortality seekers depicted by foreign journalists in 1935
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Huashan Mountain’s Last Taoist Immortality seekers depicted by foreign journalists in 1935

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Huashan Mountain, located in Shaanxi Province, about 110 kilometers east of the city of Xi’an, is one of China’s Five Sacred Taoist Mountains and has … Read more