The People of China
The youngsters are full of hope and ambition, eager to exchange ideas and practice their English – many a night barging into our hotel room to chat, ignoring our very evident fatigue. See pic: Every night we abandoned our filthy shoes for the dubious footwear supplied by even the dodgiest hotels.
In stark contrast to the youth the older generations carry the scars of their great suffering and kept us at a safe distance.

But the Chinese people are rising again. They labour tirelessly – chasing after wealth and the hope of better times. When it comes to hard manual labour there is no distinction between men and women


In rural China entire families are out on the fields, planting, pruning, plucking, watering…you are never too young or too old to do your share.