China

«China has some cities, traditional cities, with a long history. They are so beautiful, and they were planned so smartly. I call them gardens on the city scale. For example, Beijing has mountains, waters, lakes, bridges, towers. It was a very poetic city.»

Ma Yansong, Chinese architect

At night in the traditional Hutong area southwest of Tiananmen square in Beijing.

Sun is going low over an arts and crafts market in Xian.

Regular living in megacities of China.

Rice terraces in the Guilin area, especially pictoresque on rainy, cloudy days.

Chinese women know how to travel in style even on a rainy day on a Jangtse river cruise.

Most famous ancient Chinese monument flanking Chinas largest city, Chongqing.

It's not only decades separating those generations, but ages.

They live all in the same country, but it could be almost different universes.

Two megacities of the World. But which?

Three markets, three generations.

One iconic view of Bejing and one of Shanghai.

Five impressions of China.