George Chan / A fisherman from the Hezhe ethnic minority fishes through holes in the ice on the Black Dragon River, Heilongjiang Province, north-east China. January 2007

George Chan / Old Muslim man, of non-Chinese ethnic minority, in Hotan (Hetian) City, on the ancient Silk Road, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. BBC Wild China: Prog 4. - Beyond the Great Wall. July 2006.

Pete Oxford / Naxi wom with man smoking long-stemmed bamboo pipe, Lijiang Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Naxi woman with man smoking a long-stemmed bamboo pipe with a dog at his side, Lijiang Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority with modern plough for paddy field work. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stems / chaff. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority woman, Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority using water buffalo to plough paddy field. Zhongdian. Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stem. Jianchuan County bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006