The result is by turns lyrical and’exquisite，stark and beautiful．Powerful images and informative text combine to create an account that is both personal and documentary．China Revealed is a profoundly important and visually stunning record of one of the most powerful nations on earth．

CHINA，a vast nation of 1．3 billion people，was unt relatively recently a closed book to most in the VVest but with the advent of the Olympic Games in Beijing both trade and tourism have flourished and it is attractinc more and more visitors．Partly with that in mind，thE Hong Kong—based photographer and writer Basil Pac determined to travel through every province of China capturing history and landscape，people and places，tc give a comprehensive snapshot of China today．But was also a journey of redemption；an opportunity for hirr to finally embrace his own patrimony,overcome”hie prejudices and reach an understanding with the cultura heritage that runs in his blood．

The result is by turns lyrical and exquisite，stark and beautiful．Powerful images and‘informative text combine to create an account that is both personal and documentary．It shows China in transition a country in the grip of an industrial revolution，absorbing a large part of the world's resources，whose 4，000 years of cultural history are being rediscovered even as th钳are being destroyed：New urban wealth and rural poverty coexist uneasily as a new regime tackles a legacy of corruption， anarchy under Mao’S cultural revolution and repression in its aftermath．

Never before has such an ambitious joumey-contem—plating orchids from a galloping horse’as the old proverb has it—been undertaken．China Revealed is a profoundly important and visually stunning record of one of the most powerful nations on earth．

中国

四川

重庆

湖北

湖南

江西

安徽

河南

陕西

宁夏

甘肃

新疆

山西

河北

北京天津

辽宁

吉林

黑龙江

内蒙古

山东

江苏

上海

浙江

广东

香港

海南

广西

贵州

原难

青海