These impressive color photos were taken by Austrian photographer Herbert Stachelberger when he traveled in China in September 1978. The cities include: Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shanghai.
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| Beijing. City of bikers |
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| Beijing. Close ties |
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| Beijing. Distrustful boy |
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| Beijing. Emperor's Palace |
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| Beijing. Enjoying off-time |
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| Beijing. Family portrait |
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| Beijing. Leisure time on the lake |
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| Beijing. Off-time |
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| Beijing. Pedestrians and bicycle riders in the Forbidden City |
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| Beijing. Rearing offspring |
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| Beijing. Returning home from work |
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| Beijing. Rush hour |
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| Beijing. The general is watching |
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| Guangdong. Daily wash, Guangzhou |
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| Guangdong. Dreaming of a better future at a factory producing silhouettes, Foshan |
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| Guangdong. Means of transportation, Guangzhou |
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| Guangdong. Pottery in Foshan |
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| Guangdong. Pride of possession, Guangzhou |
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| Guangdong. Rainy day, Foshan |
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| Guangdong. Strong habits, Guangzhou |
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| Jiangsu. A woman in Zhongqiao |
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| Jiangsu. At a high school in Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Caught by surprise, Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Chinese family operating a small freight barge on the Emperors Channel, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Crossing the Yangtze, Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Daily cooking, Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Daily woes in Zhongqiao |
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| Jiangsu. Eating out, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Electronics lab, at a high school in Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Emperor Canal, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Extreme curiosity, Zhongqiao |
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| Jiangsu. Faces in the crowd, Zhongqiao |
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| Jiangsu. Fishing on Lake Tai |
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| Jiangsu. Going to work |
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| Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Living on the lake, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Off-time pleasure, Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Open air kitchen, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Physics lab, at a high school in Nanjing |
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| Jiangsu. Suspicious glance, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. The dawn of economic growth, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Total emancipation, Wuxi |
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| Jiangsu. Total emancipation, Zhongqiao |
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| Jiangsu. Ultimate cleanliness, Zhongqiao |
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| Shanghai. Livingroom outdoors |
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| Shanghai. Livingroom outdoors |
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| Shanghai. Quality check of silk worm cocoons prior to processing in a silk mill |
