In the 798 Art District of Beijing, there is a complex mixture of overtly political art. The district is made stranger by its old factory shell which still bears maoist slogans from generations prior who worked under the regime.

Gathering in the early mornings at parks and gardens across China's large cities, the elderly come together to warm themselves in the sunshine, dance and take a little exercise. These gatherings are a remarkable example of community in China's increasingly modern and socially disconnected big cities.

A duck cranes its neck through a well worn hole in the bottom of a house door, in a remote minority village in Guizhou Province, China. In less developed areas, livestock and people live in very close proximity, sharing what little space there is left in a crowded world.

The Dong people are a minority culture in mainland China, dating back almost 1000 years. Taken in a remote village in Guizhou province, this man warms himself at one of the characteristic communal fire pits housed beneath a ziggurat shaped "drum tower", while smoking an opium style pipe. 

The city of Xi'an in central China, offers a remarkable surprise of the largest muslim population in the country. The muslim quarter in Xi'an is known for its vibrant and eclectic night market which in the dead of winter is a sea of flickering stall lights and steam from food vendors. This stall owner has grown up in the quarter and her smile and fierce pride in the neatness of her shop, are typical of this extraordinary and unique community in China.