China 1997

Photographs from a 1997 trip to China by Gil and Judith Nicholls. We saw the Yangtze and its fabled Three Gorges before the Three Gorges Dam was finished and the Yangtze valley inundated. We saw the Lesser Three Gorges when they weren't inundated. We saw Fengdu before they moved it to higher ground. And of course the banks of the Yangtze as it has been for hundreds of years...

More information about the trip and the photographs

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  • Shanghai is the country's largest city in China and a global financial hub. Its heart is the Bund, a waterfront promenade lined with colonial-era buildings.

    Shanghai

    Shanghai is the country's largest city in China and a global financial hub. Its heart is the Bund, a waterfront promenade lined with colonial-era buildings.
  • The Chinese will tell you that the Yangtze doesn’t even exist. The name is a mispronunciation of Changjiang, the waterway’s true name, which means Long River.

    Yangtze

    The Chinese will tell you that the Yangtze doesn’t even exist. The name is a mispronunciation of Changjiang, the waterway’s true name, which means Long River.
  • Xian is one of the oldest cities in China and the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held the position under several of the most…

    Xian

    Xian is one of the oldest cities in China and the oldest of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, having held the position under several of the most…

  • Beijing