Florian Möllers / Chinese farmers 'separating the wheat from the chaff', here with yellow peas (Pisum sativum). Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, October 2006.

Gavin Hellier / Shops selling tropical fish, koi carp and goldfish in bags, Mongkok, Hong Kong, China 2007

Gavin Hellier / Typical shop selling cooked chicken hanging on display, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China 2007

Gavin Hellier / Dim Sum preparation in a restaurant kitchen in Hong Kong, China

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Man holding up Pontic shad / Danube mackerel (Alosa pontica) and Chinese grass carp (left), fish catch in Sfinthus Gheorghe, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Pontic shad / Danube mackerel (Alosa pontica) and Chinese grass carp (left), fish catch in Sfinthus Gheorghe, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania

Roland Seitre / Malayan Pangolin meat. Pangolin meat is valued as tonic in Chinese culture. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 1992.

Florian Möllers / Corn (Zea mais / mays) hanging outside a Chinese farm house. Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, October 2006.

Florian Möllers / Chinese farmers 'separating the wheat from the chaff', here with yellow peas (Pisum sativum). Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China, October 2006.

Juergen Freund / Dried sea cucumbers or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy. Green Island, Palawan, Philippines, April 20...

Juergen Freund / Dried sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities undergoing the drying process. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy...

Juergen Freund / Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) or beche-de-mer gathered from daily gleaning activities undergoing the drying process. Coastal communities are the main supplier of this high value Chinese delicacy. Gree...

Florian Möllers / Chinese woman cooking dumplings in mountain village of Zhouzhi Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China, April 2006

Philippe Clement / Cross-section of Chinese Gooseberry / Kiwi fruit (Actinidia chinensis) showing fruit flesh and seeds, native to China, New Zealand

Adrian Davies / Red Birds Nest for sale in Chinese Herbal Medicine Market, Hong Kong, China

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) next to Saxaul trees (Haloxylon ammodendron), their favoured food plant, in the Chinese desert. September 2006

Juergen Freund / Jellyfish and Sea cucumbers served in a Chinese restaurant, Manila, Philippines

Pete Oxford / Local Chinese people carrying chickens in a basket on her back, Yuanyang Market, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Chinese child eating with chopsticks, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Chinese tofu vendor, Yuanyang Market, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) researcher feeding cub special milk, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Pete Oxford / Chinese radish crop (Raphanus sativus) drying on line, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Chinese radish crop (Raphanus sativus) drying on line, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Chinese tea shop, Dali city, Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Traditional Chinese cantilever fishing nets used along the coast of Cochin, Kerala, Southern India

Pete Oxford / Dai woman cooking at market stall (ethnic minority group) Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. 2002

Pete Oxford / Dai woman cooking at market stall (ethnic minority group) Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China 2002

Pete Oxford / Chinese radishes drying on line Kunming, Yunnan, China 2001

Pete Oxford / Butchered dog for eating being transported by bicycle, Yunnan Province, China

Pete Oxford / Chinese radishes drying on line Kunming, Yunnan, China