China

Beijing

Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven

Olympic Park

The Bird's Nest, Beijing Olympic Stadium, 3 years on

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City, viewed from Jingshan Hill

Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen Gate), entrance to the Imperial City

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, inside the Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

The flag lowering ceremony. Alongside the military, the days work crews all get involved.

The military all line up in Tiananmen Square for the flag lowering ceremony at sunset

Statue to the People

The Great Wall at Jinshanling

The Great Wall of China at Jinshanling

Street vendor making pancake/omelette outside the Temple of Heaven

These Chinese Police golf buggies seemed to be everywhere

Bridge on Houhai Lake

Shanghai

People's Park

Gambling in People's Park

Marriage market. Families playing matchmaker for their busy sons and daughters

Skyline at Pudong, from the Shanghai World Financial Center, the world's highest public observation floor (2011)

Overlooking the Pearl Oriental Tower

Shanghai World Financial Center

Lions outside Jing'an temple

Sculpture of a British Fat cat gentleman outside the City Supermarket Shopping Centre near Jing'An Temple

Shanghai from above, a 3D model at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Yuyuan Garden Bazaar Buildings

Post box on Tian Zi Fang

Pudong

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel in Shanghai. A tourist rip-off so laughably bad that it should be high on the list of any visitor

Xi'an

Huaqing Hot Springs

House at Huaqing Hot Springs

Bridge at Huaqing Hot Springs

The Terracotta Warriors

Tourist Tat

Terracotta Warrior

Prayer Cards outside the Big Goose Pagoda

Statue of Chinese Lion

Shaanxi Provincial Government palace on Renmin Square