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Most controversial of China Photography

Take pictures in China may end up in a Chinese prison if you are in the wrong place at the right time! This is exactly why, compared to the rest of the world have been so few published photographs of Chinese culture. In fact, most commercial coffee table books and photo archive and China focus entirely on attractions rather than people or life on the street. It requires a sharp eye and familiarity with Chinese culture for a photographer to evade and escape the communist authorities in the country with the roll of film in tact. The following fourteen famous photographs China, ranging from antiquity to the digital age, even more scandalous (but still iconic) images, managed to circumvent the Communist censorship and have come to define the "New China".

1) Air-Yu Zhu Soup

Most Chinese performance famous artist Zhu Yu conceptual art piece, entitled "People who eat," took place in a Shanghai arts festival in 2000. It consisted of a series of photographs of him cooking and eating what is supposed to be a human fetus. One of the images circulated on the Internet through e-mail in 2001, research caused by both the FBI and the subject of Scottish cannibals Yard.The piece caused a stir in Britain when Yu's work was featured in a Channel 4 documentary exploring Chinese modern art in 2003. In response to public reaction, Mr. Yu said: "No religion forbids cannibalism. I can not find any law that prevents us from eating people. I took the space between morality and law and based my work on it. "Yu said using a real fetus that was stolen from a school medicine.

2) Edison Chen sex scandal

The Edison Chen photo scandal involved the distribution Illegal Internet intimate and private photographs of Hong Kong Actor Edison Chen with various women, including actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, Rachel Ngan and Cecilia Cheung. The scandal rocked the entertainment industry in Hong Kong in early 2008 and received high profile media attention locally and around the world. Chen admitted be the author and owner of the rights of the majority of the photographs, and said the private photographs had been stolen and published illegally without his consent. He made a public apology, especially to the women involved, and also announced that "step indefinitely," the entertainment industry Hong Kong.

3) Tank Man of Tiananmen by Jeff Widener

Tank Man or the Unknown Rebel is the nickname an anonymous man who stood before a column of Chinese Type 59 tanks the morning after the Chinese military expelled the demonstrators around the Plaza Tiananmen on June 4, 1989. The most representative picture of the event was taken by Jeff Widener of the Associated Press, from a sixth floor balcony of the Hotel Beijing half a mile (800 meters) away from the scene. Widener was wounded and suffering from flu at the moment. Although he was concerned that his shots were not good, his image was syndicated a large number of newspapers around the world, and is said to have appeared on the cover of every newspaper in Europe.

4) Slaughter of Nanking by Unknown

The slaughter of Nanking or Nanjing Slaughter, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a mass murder and rape that occurred during the war period of six weeks after the Japanese captured the city of Nanjing (Nanking), the ancient capital of the Republic of China, 13 December 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During this period, up to hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed and 20.000 to 80.000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. Although the Japanese government has admitted the facts of the death of large numbers of noncombatants, looting and other acts of violence committed by the Japanese Imperial Army after the fall of Nanking, some Japanese officials have argued that the death toll was military in nature and that no such crimes never happened. The denial of the slaughter has become a staple of Japanese nationalism.

5) Mao Portrait of unknown Zedong

In 1962, Mao proposed the Socialist Education Movement (SEM) in an attempt to educate the peasants to resist the temptations of feudalism and capitalism outbreaks has been re-emerging in the field of economic reforms Liu. Large amounts of politicized art were produced and distributed - with Mao in the center. Numerous posters, badges and musical compositions Mao reference in the phrase "Chairman Mao is the red sun in our hearts" and "Salvador the people. "In October 1966, Mao Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, who was known as the Little Red Book was published. Party members were encouraged to make a copy them and possession was almost mandatory as a criterion for membership. Over the years, Mao's image became displayed almost everywhere present in the household offices and shops.

6) Big Eyes by Xie Hailong

Your Mingjuan became the image ambassador for the Project Hope. The Youth Development Foundation of China uses "Big Eyes" is the icon of the promotion. Based on an incomplete count, since 1994, this photograph was used more than 100 million times in newspapers, posters and other materials and that probably made the most printed photograph in history. The number one in the poll of "most memorable pictures in the first 50 years of the nation." Project Hope has collected 2 million yuan [ed. U.S. $ 300 million) in contributions. A survey of donors showed that half of them were not familiar with Project Hope and his work, but there were few who did not know "Big Eyes "and many of them donated money on account of that image. In January 1994, the Hong Kong newspaper reported that next week's Project Hope could not account HK $ 70 million in grants, which involves donations from people in Hong Kong to help Chinese children who have been misdirected into the pockets of certain people. Part affected filed a defamation lawsuit is not resolved by six years. The net result was that next week had to pay HK $ 3.5 million in damages and as litigation costs. In 2002, Project Hope has allegedly participated in the embezzlement of donations. National Audit Office confirmed in 2002 audits the financial position of Project Hope, but the report was never published.

7) fall into potholes Liu Tao

A photographer has been criticized in China for his pictures of a man falling off a bicycle. Liu Tao was accused of lying waiting to take their pictures instead of warning people from danger. Readers of Beijing Youth Daily, which published the photos, wrote to express their feelings. One wrote: "The pictures are good shot, but the person who shot this is disgusting. I knew there was a hole, but was waiting for someone to fall. "The photographer was accused of lying to the waiting to take their pictures instead of warning people of danger. And another said: "The photographer should be condemned since he knew he would no doubt other victims. "Liu defended himself, saying:" I just knew that the city government has opened heaven, and without my pictures, the well is not realized by the government, and perhaps more people would fall off. "

Photo false rare antelope Liu Weiqing

Xinhua, the state news agency of China, issued an unusual public apology for publishing a doctored photograph of Tibetan wildlife frolicking near a high-speed train. The deception - uncovered by Chinese Internet users who sniffed out a Photoshop scam in the award-winning picture - has provoked much debate on media ethics, China's troubled relationship with Tibet, and how pregnant antelope react to noise. The photo was the work of Liu Weiqing, a photographer for 41 years of age who had been camped with his Jeep on the Tibetan plateau since March, as part of a highly publicized series by the Daqing Evening News, a regional newspaper, to give know the rare Tibetan antelope. Mr. Liu was also under contract with Xinhua to provide photos for China's largest news service by the government.

9) False Picture of the South China tiger in Zhou Zhenglong

Chinese photographers said the South China tiger on digital pictures, released by forestry authorities and widely discussed on the Internet is a fake. Technological analysis showed the South China tiger in the 40 images that was not real and could not serve as evidence of the existence of wild animals. The digital image, intended as a wild South China tiger crouching in the midst of green bushes, was published by the Forestry Department of northwest China's Shaanxi province, in a press conference Zhou Zhenglong, 52, a farmer and former hunter in the village of Shaanxi Chengguan Zhenping County, photographed the tiger with a digital camera and on film.

10) Live Blow-up doll by Wang Jiayun

China high school student Wang "Blow-up doll" Jiayun has received much attention in the Internet. After pictures High school student Wang Weibo Jiayun broadcast on the Internet, his name became a search term in the top several Internet portals. Wang Jiayun height is 164cm, 42kg weight. From the afternoon of day 17, the number of visits to Weibo Wang Jiayun already exceeded 3.5 million. On day 17, the number of visits exceeded 1.18 million. Jiayun Wang says he was born in Kowloon Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and currently lives in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province China.

11) District of light pink by Tom Carter

Few foreigners have been photographed in China travel as widely as an American photographer Tom Carter, who spent two years backpacking 35,000 miles in all 33 provinces. His seminal book of photography CHINA: Portrait of a People has received critical acclaim for fair representation of life and humanity in modern China. But Carter's best-selling book was banned for sale in mainland China by the Communist Party for inclusion of 15 images (900) of Chinese prostitutes and brothels (including Carter coined the phrase "pink zone" in several cities, including Beijing and Hong Kong. Carter refused to defend either or apologize for his "pink" photos, except to say "good photographs - especially these -. they speak for themselves "

12) Head of Government Reporter beats Wang Xi

From (the victim) Xi Wang blog: "You may have seen the news that I have done about deforestation in Niujie town, city Lihe, Dezhou / city of Linyi in which was pushed around by the director Tan Zhuanhe people. Thus, I left the office of village government and he was there waiting for me. I told him I was the village with him. She said fiercely: "Come on, let the people go!" I asked, "What kind of attitude is that?" Suddenly opened fist and hit me in the temple. I was stunned. I reacted and shouted: "What are you doing!" He raised his hand and hit me. This is the moment captured by the camera. During this episode, the government of the city's party secretary Ying name was on the side and watched with his arms akimbo. No intercession. When I asked the secretary Ying for help, he turned and left. "

13) Show Strip Rural China by Unknown

Nothing is known about the origin of these images are accepting that show a band of underground in a rural village in China, state unknown. Such actions are illegal in China (along with pornography), but notoriously corrupt police bribes to local China usually allowed to stay open.

14) Nude Photo Shoot Villager protests by Unknown

A nude photo shoot in China was interrupted when a local villager angry began attacking photographers. The 20-year-old model and photographers fell over 10 Shenxiandong Forest Park in Henan province center China to shoot a series of artistic nude pictures. They were discovered accidentally by a local villager who quickly informed other residents to come and see. As Unsurprisingly it was not long before a group of lovers of 'art' men had gathered at the site to see. However, his wife was not very grateful and rushed to scold their husbands stray and sent home. After several hours in the shoot of a local board, armed with a branch of a tree made his disapproval clear when he attacked photographers. The man, Shen Guoxi, 60, said: "These people are here to take nude photos, which is very dirty and polluting the environment is damaged family ties. . the people "However, one of the photographers involved complained that the inhabitants the people were "too parochial" Another added: ". Body art is a high art. The human body is the most beautiful. The work of Mother Nature "Said Wu Guangwei Park manager:" They like tourists, bought tickets and are entitled to take photographs. It is difficult for us to balance two extremes, the villagers and artists. "

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