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People wait to meet travelers as they arrive at the Hefei, China, train station.
Police hold back travelers trying to enter the train station in Nanchang, China, during the heavy traveling period before the Spring Festival. The country's train system was severely crippled by some of the worst winter weather in China in more than 50 years, and many travelers were forced to abandon travel plans or wait out the weather while stranded in train stations far from home.
A woman butchers dogs at the central downtown market in Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China. As consumer demand for meat increases, dog meat production increases because it is relatively cheaper, easier, and quicker to produce than pork, beef, or chicken.
People dance with colorful folding fans on a sidewalk in Beijing, China.
An Army band performs in a public square at the Keqiao World Trade Center in Keqiao, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, China.
Shoppers and tourists walk into a subway station near the Nanjing East Road walking district in Shanghai, China.
A woman fights with chengguan officials as they dismantle part of her small restaurant and confiscate equipment that she stored on the sidewalk outside of her shop in the Fuzi Miao tourist market in central Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The chengguan metropolitan law enforcement in Nanjing began a crackdown on sidewalk vendors and shopowners in advance of the May 1st worker's holiday.
A man tends a small patch of vegetables surrounded by new construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The city has set aside more than US$1 billion for new construction over the next few years.
A passenger sleeps on a long-distance sleeper bus in Shandong Province, China.
People surround a girl lying injured on the pavement in Nanjing, China. Increased traffic in China's cities makes it difficult for emergency crews to respond quickly when needed.
An imitation deer resembling the species Pere David's Deer stands in a decorative sculpture garden in the parking lot of a luxury shopping mall and apartment complex in Haikou, China. Pere David's Deer has existed only in captivity since the late 1800s due to Chinese development and the use of its antlers in traditional Chinese medicine.
A lone smokestack stands against the evening sky in rural Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu is one of the most prosperous provinces in China, and the local government is working to increase industrial production in rural areas.
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People wait to meet travelers as they arrive at the Hefei, China, train station.
People wait to meet travelers as they arrive at the Hefei, China, train station.
Police hold back travelers trying to enter the train station in Nanchang, China, during the heavy traveling period before the Spring Festival. The country's train system was severely crippled by some of the worst winter weather in China in more than 50 years, and many travelers were forced to abandon travel plans or wait out the weather while stranded in train stations far from home.
Police hold back travelers trying to enter the train station in Nanchang, China, during the heavy traveling period before the Spring Festival. The country's train system was severely crippled by some of the worst winter weather in China in more than 50 years, and many travelers were forced to abandon travel plans or wait out the weather while stranded in train stations far from home.
A woman butchers dogs at the central downtown market in Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China. As consumer demand for meat increases, dog meat production increases because it is relatively cheaper, easier, and quicker to produce than pork, beef, or chicken.
A woman butchers dogs at the central downtown market in Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China. As consumer demand for meat increases, dog meat production increases because it is relatively cheaper, easier, and quicker to produce than pork, beef, or chicken.
People dance with colorful folding fans on a sidewalk in Beijing, China.
People dance with colorful folding fans on a sidewalk in Beijing, China.
An Army band performs in a public square at the Keqiao World Trade Center in Keqiao, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, China.
An Army band performs in a public square at the Keqiao World Trade Center in Keqiao, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang, China.
Shoppers and tourists walk into a subway station near the Nanjing East Road walking district in Shanghai, China.
Shoppers and tourists walk into a subway station near the Nanjing East Road walking district in Shanghai, China.
A woman fights with chengguan officials as they dismantle part of her small restaurant and confiscate equipment that she stored on the sidewalk outside of her shop in the Fuzi Miao tourist market in central Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The chengguan metropolitan law enforcement in Nanjing began a crackdown on sidewalk vendors and shopowners in advance of the May 1st worker's holiday.
A woman fights with chengguan officials as they dismantle part of her small restaurant and confiscate equipment that she stored on the sidewalk outside of her shop in the Fuzi Miao tourist market in central Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The chengguan metropolitan law enforcement in Nanjing began a crackdown on sidewalk vendors and shopowners in advance of the May 1st worker's holiday.
A man tends a small patch of vegetables surrounded by new construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The city has set aside more than US$1 billion for new construction over the next few years.
A man tends a small patch of vegetables surrounded by new construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The city has set aside more than US$1 billion for new construction over the next few years.
A passenger sleeps on a long-distance sleeper bus in Shandong Province, China.
A passenger sleeps on a long-distance sleeper bus in Shandong Province, China.
People surround a girl lying injured on the pavement in Nanjing, China. Increased traffic in China's cities makes it difficult for emergency crews to respond quickly when needed.
People surround a girl lying injured on the pavement in Nanjing, China. Increased traffic in China's cities makes it difficult for emergency crews to respond quickly when needed.
An imitation deer resembling the species Pere David's Deer stands in a decorative sculpture garden in the parking lot of a luxury shopping mall and apartment complex in Haikou, China. Pere David's Deer has existed only in captivity since the late 1800s due to Chinese development and the use of its antlers in traditional Chinese medicine.
An imitation deer resembling the species Pere David's Deer stands in a decorative sculpture garden in the parking lot of a luxury shopping mall and apartment complex in Haikou, China. Pere David's Deer has existed only in captivity since the late 1800s due to Chinese development and the use of its antlers in traditional Chinese medicine.
A lone smokestack stands against the evening sky in rural Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu is one of the most prosperous provinces in China, and the local government is working to increase industrial production in rural areas.
A lone smokestack stands against the evening sky in rural Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu is one of the most prosperous provinces in China, and the local government is working to increase industrial production in rural areas.

China Everbright

China is developing and urbanizing faster than any population in history. A small percentage prosper beyond imagination, and others are left penniless, caught between the government’s authoritarianism, the ruling class’ hedonism, and the economy’s overall optimism. These stories are well known, but do not address the circumstance of the majority of the population.

The pictures here, part of a larger book project, describe the middle situations, which are extraordinary precisely because they are so ordinary. The people in these pictures do not make headlines, but they are important. They are the ones buying the goods produced by China’s captains of industry, and they are the ones who can push for the government to assist those most needy. They will be the future of China.

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