China Is Its Own World And These 50 Pics Prove It

Hate it or love it, China is a global superpower, and in order to understand its complexities, one must look not just at theheadlinesbut also at everyday life, where nuanced societal trends and traditions quietly unfold.So we put together a list of pictures that capture the many faces of this Asian nation, offering a glimpse into its urban environments,rural areas, and of course people.Continue scrolling to check out the images but remember — there is always more to a country than what meets the eyeThis post may includeaffiliate links.

So we put together a list of pictures that capture the many faces of this Asian nation, offering a glimpse into its urban environments,rural areas, and of course people.

Continue scrolling to check out the images but remember — there is always more to a country than what meets the eye

This post may includeaffiliate links.

Beijing Subway Allows Riders To Pay With Plastic Bottles, A Good Way To Re-Cycle Them

Words Of Wisdom From The Local Police (China)

China is the largest of all Asian countries. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as big as the whole of Europe.

Crescent Moon Bridge In Guangzhou, China

This Coffee Is Served With A Cloud Of “Cotton Candy”, The Coffee Vapor Rises To Dissolve The “Cotton Candy” And The Cloud Begins To Rain With Sugar Over The Coffee. Coffee “Mellow” In Shanghai, China

This Chinese Dragon Is Made Out Of Fine China

Withmore than 4,000 yearsof recorded history, China is one of the few countries that have flourished economically and culturally in the earliest stages of world civilization.Despite the political and social upheavals that frequently have ravaged the country, China is unique among nations in its longevity as a politico-cultural unit.Much of China’s cultural development has been accomplished with relatively little outside influence, the introduction of Buddhism from India being a major exception. Even when such foreign powers as the Manchu penetrated the country, these groups soon became largely absorbed into the fabric of the Chinese culture.

Withmore than 4,000 yearsof recorded history, China is one of the few countries that have flourished economically and culturally in the earliest stages of world civilization.

Despite the political and social upheavals that frequently have ravaged the country, China is unique among nations in its longevity as a politico-cultural unit.

Much of China’s cultural development has been accomplished with relatively little outside influence, the introduction of Buddhism from India being a major exception. Even when such foreign powers as the Manchu penetrated the country, these groups soon became largely absorbed into the fabric of the Chinese culture.

There Is A Mall In China That Offers “Husband Storage” Where Wives Can Leave Their Husband While They Shop

Fluorite Found In The Jiangxi Province Of China

My Once-In-A-Lifetime Photo Of A Foggy Road On Mount Lushan, China

I Took A Picture Of A Girl Playing The Guzheng In Chengdu, Sichuan, China

China has been a socialist country since 1949, and, for nearly all of that time, the government has played the top role in the economy.

That’s Not What I Meant, And You Know It

Exercise Bikes At A McDonald’s In China. The Bikes Generate Electricity As Part Of The Chain’s “Upcycle For Good” Initiative And Can Be Used To Charge Your Phone

I Felt Quite Lost In China, But Fortunately I Found This Sign

In Shanghai, China Has Autonomous KFC Cars That Roam Around And Allow You To Buy Food Without Human Interaction

In the urban sectors, the government sets the prices for key commodities, determines the level and general distribution of investment funds, prescribes output targets for major enterprises and branches, allocates energy resources, sets wage levels and employment targets, runs the wholesale and retail networks, and controls financial policy and the banking system. The foreign trade system became a government monopoly in the early 1950s. In the countryside from the mid-1950s, the government has prescribed cropping patterns, set the level of prices, and fixed output targets for all major crops.

The Traffic Lights In China Are Shaped Like Pandas

I Took A Picture Of A Manhole In China

A Curved Escalator In China

This Handwritten Note I Received With A $13 Product From China

By the early 21st century, the system was changing, as the role of the central government in managing the economy was reduced and the role of both private initiative and market forces increased. Nevertheless, the government has continued to play a dominant role in the urban economy, and its policies on such issues as agricultural procurement still exerted a major influence on performance in the rural sector.

I Live In China And The Barcode On My Bottle Of Coke Has Chopsticks Pulling Up The Barcode Like Noodles

I Got To Chill With This Little Guy For 5 Bucks While I Was An Exchange Student In China

Some Buses In Guangzhou Have Vending Machines With Water, Umbrellas On Rainy Days And Tissue

This McDonald’s In Lijiang, China, Has To Confirm To The Local Building Style

Well, I’m Convinced

Visiting China And Found These Stones That Look Like Pork Belly

This Building In Shanghai

My Girlfriend’s In China, She Sent Me Photo Of Girl Wearing Mickey Mouse Shirt, But Something’s Not Quite Right

According to Amnesty International, China’s national securitycontinuesto be used as a pretext to prevent the exercise of rights including freedoms of expression, association, and assembly. Both on- and offline discussion of many topics are subject to strict censorship. Human rights defenders are among those subjected to arbitrary detention and unfair trials. The human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region remains grave and there’s no accountability for grave human rights violations committed against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in the region. UN experts raise new concerns that government policies and programs are contributing to the destruction of the language and culture of ethnic groups, including Tibetans.

Beijing Has The Coolest Traffic Control Room

In Beijing, The Markings For Blind People Can Exist Purely To Guide Them Around A Manhole, As Stepping On One Is Seen As Very Bad Luck Here

These Shirts I Found While Shopping In China

Very Long Escalator At The Subway Station In Chongqing, China

Furthermore, women’s rights activists are subjected to harassment, intimidation, arbitrary detention, and unfair trials. Civic space in Hong Kong has become ever more curtailed as the authorities maintain wide-ranging bans on peaceful protests and imprison pro-democracy activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and others on national security-related charges. They also seek out the arrest of opposition activists who are fleeing overseas.

This Airplane Themed Restaurant In China