Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.

Heather Angel / Northern white cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) female standing in tree with baby aged two weeks. Parents captive bred and released. Wild Elephant Valley / Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, 2...

Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby in arms of research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sitting with Bamboo in background. Shenshuping Panda Base, Wolong Nature Reserve, Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, China. Captive.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae) perched on branch, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) feeding on leaves, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, April.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China. April.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / White-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) stags in mountain landscape, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis) Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) in mountain landscape, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) with Bharal (Pseudois nayaur) prey, Serxu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) hunting and stalking through the mountains in Serxu, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / White-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris) male, Serxu, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China.

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Injured Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) swimming in a small creek after unsuccessfully attempting to jump across it. This muntjac was unable to get out of the creek himself, and was later rescued by the p...

Jed Weingarten / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) carrying young baby, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) male walking in the morning,Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) stag, walking in the morning in Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus), two stags testing their strength in Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus), walking through water of Yangtze river, Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pere David's deer / Milu (Elaphurus davidianus) stag wading through the water of the Yangtze river, Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Hubei, China

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse from day to night looking over Tsing Yi container port, with cranes filling container ships, Hong Kong, China, 2017.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) juvenile climbing in a tree in Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Stellar rockskipper (Entomacrodus stellifer) hiding in a barnacle. Sai Kung East Country Park, Hong Kong, China.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China. July.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Central Yunnan black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis), mother and baby hanging in canopy. Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Jingdong, Yunnan Province, China.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Sichuan / Tibetan takin (Budorcas taxicolor tibetana) walking through a forest in Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve,Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Great pied hornbill (Buceros bicornis) male bird photographed in flight in Hong Bung He, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Portrait of a Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) full frame of the face, Foping Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China. Endangered species

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) jumping from branch to branch, Foping Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China. Endangered species

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) male jumping, Yangxian Biosphere Reserve, Shaanxi, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) male displaying in grass in Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, September.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) flying, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, September.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Tree frog (Amolops afghanus) female sitting on moss Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, April.

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of the sun rising over Hong Kong Central and Victoria Harbour, seen from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, China, June 2017. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night of people visiting the illuminated ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, Heilongjiang Province, China, February 2015. Hellier

Edwin Giesbers / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in snow, captive.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France. The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, out in her enclosure in mist, Captive at Beauval Zoo, Saint Aignan sur Cher, France The mist is created artificially by machine, in order to cr...

Philippe Clement / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) eating bamboo leaves. Captive, native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red panda or Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the humid montane mixed forest, Laba He National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Tibetan wolf (Canis lupus) in snow, Keke Xili, Changtang, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Saker falcon (Falco cherrug milvipes) in flight, Keke Xili, Changtang, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) two sitting side by side, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Andy Rouse / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub aged five months falling asleep in a tree in a breeding centre, Chengdu, China. Captive.

Andy Rouse / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub aged five months stuck after climbing a tree in a breeding centre, Chengdu, China. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / China mark moth (Nymphula nympheata) on water surface, having just hatched underwater

Francois Savigny / Chinese tiger {Panthera tigris amoyensis} chewing & scratching tree bark to clean claws & teeth. Meuachan Mountains, China, captive.

Ingo Arndt / Black breasted hill turtle {Geoemyda spengleri} from China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub, Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Shenshuping Panda Base, Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub in tree, Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub feeding on bamboo, Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub drinking milk from bowl, Chengdu, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cubs playing in tree, Bifengxia Panda Base, Sichuan, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub in tree, Chengdu, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub in tree, Chengdu, China

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) six-to-eight month old cub, Chengdu, China

Tim Laman / Skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) formerly described as Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) Gaoligong Mountains National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

Tim Laman / Skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) formerly described as Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) Gaoligong Mountains National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) male showing canine teeth, Qinling Mountains, China.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) juveniles interacting, Qinling Mountains, China.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) females sitting close together with baby inbetween, Qinling Mountains, China.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) female with young suckling, Qinling Mountains, China.

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) jumping over a frozen stream, Qinling Mountains, China. Sequence 2 of 7

Cyril Ruoso / Golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) adult male and female hugging, Qinling Mountains, China.

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Red-tailed Laughingthrush (Garrulax milnei), Yunnan, China

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Large Niltava (Niltava grandis) male, Yunnan, China

Dong Lei / Plants growing in woodland (Kingdonia uniflora) Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, August.

Dong Lei / Flowers (Notholirion bulbuliferum) Basongcuo National Park, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet, July.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Chinese lady slipper orchid flowers (Cypripedium tibeticum), Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) male displaying, Kanding, Sichuan, China. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Woman selling live fresh Fish and Shellfish in plastic baskets tethered to boat. Ha Llong Bay, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. 2016.

Gerry Ellis / Logs being loaded on ships bound for China, Rajang River, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / White-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica) Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Common emerald dove, (Chalcophaps indica) Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) Kanding, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) Kanding, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) Kanding, Sichuan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China