scenes from far west Xinjiang, China - xuar

The China photos (mostly around Urumqi, but also some from the silk road town of Turpan; also from up north: Altay prefecture)

are online at http://bit.ly/altay2012xuar

The photos by theme/topic are also at http://www.slideshare.net/anthroview/presentations

These include shots of Chinese language signboard and announcements.

These also include pictures of Uyghur language, since this part of China is their homeland.

old China photos

Searching for Photos of China's Past
An historian's project to locate and disseminate photographs from late 19th- and early 20th-century China is yielding uncommonly seen results, and they're freely available to the public for study. > Watch this BBC slideshow of carefully preserved images rarely seen in China; access the entire Historical Photographs of China library; and spend some time with the innovative and interactive Visualising China site.