This picture of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu near Beijing shows how steep this part of the wall can get. Basically here it is as often the great stairs of ...

I thought this picture captured some of the beauty and variety of the Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China. It is a very touristy area but also has locals getting about their lives ...

One thing that I liked about this photograph from a foggy day on the ancient walls of Xi’an China was the more modern building looming in the fog behind the watch tower. ...

The Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China is filled with interesting and colorful food stalls including this one, although this meal was a bit greasy for my taste.

We did not see many other tourists at the Qibao Ancient Town area in the outskirts of Shanghai, but the Chinese seemed to visit it in great numbers including this field trip ...

I found something strangely meta about this statue of stone carvers in Suzhou, China. It looked like they were trying to carve themselves out of the stone.

Jin Mao Tower on the left is one of the tallest buildings in Shanghai, but it will be eclipsed by the Shanghai Tower when it is complete.

Many of my photographs, even at crowded locations, don’t have any people in them because I patiently waited for crowds to move on. Sometimes that isn’t possible, but I have also learned ...

Way out in what is now the suburbs of Shanghai is the “Qibao Ancient Town” neighborhood. It has a colorful shopping area with a few canals and shopping areas thrown in and ...

Suzhou is known for its wonderful gardens (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and for its canals where, like Venice, you can take a canal boat ride.