"China" (by Dave Tacon)

August 8, 2012, Shanghai, China - A woman rushes to avoid heavy rain and wind as Typhoon Haikui lashes China's financial capital. 200,000 residents were reportedly evacuated ahead of the incoming storm. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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August 8, 2012, Shanghai, China - A woman rushes to avoid heavy rain and wind as Typhoon Haikui lashes China's financial capital. 200,000 residents were reportedly evacuated ahead of the incoming storm. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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August 14, 2012, Suzhou, China - With such an enormous scale of production, it is unsurprising that Kingdom is the world's largest manufacturer of linen, producing 13,000 tons of material per year. Their factories run in three eight hour shifts, 24 hours per day. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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August 14, 2012, Suzhou, China - With such an enormous scale of production, it is unsurprising that Kingdom is the world's largest manufacturer of linen, producing 13,000 tons of material per year. Their factories run in three eight hour shifts, 24 hours per day. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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April 12, 2012, Shanghai, China - An overpass lined with neon lights is the dominant feature near Sanmen metro station and its surrounding shopping malls.

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April 12, 2012, Shanghai, China - An overpass lined with neon lights is the dominant feature near Sanmen metro station and its surrounding shopping malls.
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July 8, 2012, Lijiang, China - A woman poses on top of a pony inside Lijiang's Old Town. Chinese domestic tourism is booming with Yunnan Province the most desired destination. Local ethnicities such as the Naxi are looking to capitalize on this boom. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 8, 2012, Lijiang, China - A woman poses on top of a pony inside Lijiang's Old Town. Chinese domestic tourism is booming with Yunnan Province the most desired destination. Local ethnicities such as the Naxi are looking to capitalize on this boom. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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August 14, 2012, Suzhou, China - Workers gather outside the Kingdom linen factory in Suzhou for a daily meeting about production. Kingdom is the world's largest manufacturer of linen, producing 13,000 tons of material per year. Their factories run in three eight hour shifts, 24 hours per day. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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August 14, 2012, Suzhou, China - Workers gather outside the Kingdom linen factory in Suzhou for a daily meeting about production. Kingdom is the world's largest manufacturer of linen, producing 13,000 tons of material per year. Their factories run in three eight hour shifts, 24 hours per day. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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June 16, 2012, Shanghai, China - A bride to be poses for a wedding photographer in front of a soccer field. Elaborate wedding photography shoots are highly popular in China. (Dave Tacon / Poaris)

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June 16, 2012, Shanghai, China - A bride to be poses for a wedding photographer in front of a soccer field. Elaborate wedding photography shoots are highly popular in China. (Dave Tacon / Poaris)
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October 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - A demolition team work to demolish an old lowrise building marked for demolition with red spray paint as pedestrians and cylists pass by. The community is one of few remaining that have not been replaced with modern highrise apartments.(Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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October 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - A demolition team work to demolish an old lowrise building marked for demolition with red spray paint as pedestrians and cylists pass by. The community is one of few remaining that have not been replaced with modern highrise apartments.(Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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October 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - A demolition team work to demolish an old lowrise building marked for demolition with red spray paint as pedestrians and cylists pass by. The community is one of few remaining that have not been replaced with modern highrise apartments.(Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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Shanghai is regaining its reputation as one of the world's most decadent cities. Number 88, playground of Shanghai's new rich, is its most decadent nightclub, China, Monday, Mar 8, 2010.///Shanghai's New Decadence

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Shanghai is regaining its reputation as one of the world's most decadent cities. Number 88, playground of Shanghai's new rich, is its most decadent nightclub, China, Monday, Mar 8, 2010.///Shanghai's New Decadence
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July 12, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Domestic tourists pose in front of a Buddhist site near Lake Lugu. According to locals, tourist numbers have doubled over the last year. The opening of an airport in the next two years will greatly increase tourist numbers. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 12, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Domestic tourists pose in front of a Buddhist site near Lake Lugu. According to locals, tourist numbers have doubled over the last year. The opening of an airport in the next two years will greatly increase tourist numbers. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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Outside the soon-to-open Louis Vuitton flagship store on West Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China, Friday, Mar 4, 2010. According to the Chinese national television broadcaster CCTV, China has surpassed the United States to become the world's second largest market for luxury goods.///Shopping Shanghai-style

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Outside the soon-to-open Louis Vuitton flagship store on West Nanjing Road, Shanghai, China, Friday, Mar 4, 2010. According to the Chinese national television broadcaster CCTV, China has surpassed the United States to become the world's second largest market for luxury goods.///Shopping Shanghai-style
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September 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - Chefs and kitchen hands take a break before dinner rush on at a restaurant on The Bund riverfront. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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September 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - Chefs and kitchen hands take a break before dinner rush on at a restaurant on The Bund riverfront. (Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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April 5, 2012, Shanghai, China - A man takes a break on an abandoned arm chair and checks his phone messages near South Shanxi Station in the former French Concession. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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April 5, 2012, Shanghai, China - A man takes a break on an abandoned arm chair and checks his phone messages near South Shanxi Station in the former French Concession. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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April 15, 2012, Shanghai, China - Two Chinese models photograph themselves with an iPhone backstage at the runway show by Chinese label Renaitre at Shanghai Fasion Week. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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April 15, 2012, Shanghai, China - Two Chinese models photograph themselves with an iPhone backstage at the runway show by Chinese label Renaitre at Shanghai Fasion Week. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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An expat shouts his order to a barman at Number 88, playground of Shanghai's new rich. Shanghai is regaining its reputation as one of the world's most decadent cities China, Monday, Mar 8, 2010.///Shanghai's New Decadence

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An expat shouts his order to a barman at Number 88, playground of Shanghai's new rich. Shanghai is regaining its reputation as one of the world's most decadent cities China, Monday, Mar 8, 2010.///Shanghai's New Decadence
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July 11, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Tourists pose with a Mosou woman in tradional dress at a fire dance event for tourists at a village on the edge of Lugu Lake. The region, which is experiencing a tourism boom is home to the matriarchial Musuo ethnic minority who practice Tibetan Buddhism. Hundreds of domestic tourists pay 30 Yuan (about 50 cents) each night to view and take part in the spectacle. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 11, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Tourists pose with a Mosou woman in tradional dress at a fire dance event for tourists at a village on the edge of Lugu Lake. The region, which is experiencing a tourism boom is home to the matriarchial Musuo ethnic minority who practice Tibetan Buddhism. Hundreds of domestic tourists pay 30 Yuan (about 50 cents) each night to view and take part in the spectacle. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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July 9, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Locals on the barge at Fongke that will continue links the road from Lijiang to Lake Lugu until the large bridge in the background is completed. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 9, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Locals on the barge at Fongke that will continue links the road from Lijiang to Lake Lugu until the large bridge in the background is completed. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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August 22, 2012, Shanghai, China - Skyscrapers in the Pudong district: (L-R) Shanghai World Financial Center (492m) , the unfinished Shanghai Tower, soon to be the city's tallest at 566m and Jin Mao Building (421m) . (Dave Tacon/Polaris)

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August 22, 2012, Shanghai, China - Skyscrapers in the Pudong district: (L-R) Shanghai World Financial Center (492m) , the unfinished Shanghai Tower, soon to be the city's tallest at 566m and Jin Mao Building (421m) . (Dave Tacon/Polaris)
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July 12, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Mosuo villagers in traditional dress wait to perform a fire dance for tourists. An ever increasing number of domestic tourists are drawn to the previously impoverished area around Lugu Lake by the stunning landscape and an exotic ethnic culture. Each night, around 400 tourists are charged 30 CNY (around 50 cents) to attend these spectacles. Profits are evenly distributed throughout the surrounding villages. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 12, 2012, Yunnan Province, China - Mosuo villagers in traditional dress wait to perform a fire dance for tourists. An ever increasing number of domestic tourists are drawn to the previously impoverished area around Lugu Lake by the stunning landscape and an exotic ethnic culture. Each night, around 400 tourists are charged 30 CNY (around 50 cents) to attend these spectacles. Profits are evenly distributed throughout the surrounding villages. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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April 15, 2012, Shanghai, China - Femina X runway show at Shanghai Fasion Week. Chinese Femina, part of the Hachette publishing group, has a circulation of 1.8 million copies each week. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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April 15, 2012, Shanghai, China - Femina X runway show at Shanghai Fasion Week. Chinese Femina, part of the Hachette publishing group, has a circulation of 1.8 million copies each week. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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A migrant worker sells baked sweet potatoes by the road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Thursday, Mar 10, 2010. Most of China's residents live in relative poverty despite the country's economic boom.///China poverty

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A migrant worker sells baked sweet potatoes by the road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Thursday, Mar 10, 2010. Most of China's residents live in relative poverty despite the country's economic boom.///China poverty
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July 12, 2012, Lugu Lake, China - An ethnic Musou fisherman in his canoe near the shore of Lugu Lake. The area is home to the matriarchial Musuo ethnic minority who practice Tibetan Buddhism and 'walking marriage'. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)

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July 12, 2012, Lugu Lake, China - An ethnic Musou fisherman in his canoe near the shore of Lugu Lake. The area is home to the matriarchial Musuo ethnic minority who practice Tibetan Buddhism and 'walking marriage'. (Dave Tacon / Polaris)
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A visit to Ikea has become a hugely popular way for Shanghai locals to spend their weekends, Shanghai, China, Saturday, Mar 13, 2010. They approach the store as a kind of Western lifestyle theme park rather than a shopping centre.///Ikea in Shanghai

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A visit to Ikea has become a hugely popular way for Shanghai locals to spend their weekends, Shanghai, China, Saturday, Mar 13, 2010. They approach the store as a kind of Western lifestyle theme park rather than a shopping centre.///Ikea in Shanghai
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