Tom Carter of San Francisco is an internationally published freelance photojournalist, travel writer and author specializing in the People’s Republic of China. Tom has traveled extensively throughout all 33 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions and currently resides in Beijing. Tom’s byline credits include writing exclusive travel features for every major English-language publication in the P.R.C., and he is the author of ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People,’ a definitive 600-page book of photography focusing on life and humanity in today’s China, due out in late 2007. He is presently accepting editorial and commercial photography and writing assignments specific to China.