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Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.

Senior woman wearing a striped blazer sits in a chair opposite camera with eyes downcast.

Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.

Digital Illustration shows Chinese architecture, a bridge, and two trees against an orange background. Text reads, “All About China For Kids.”

Silhouettes with gong and torch in foreground. Blue dragon, Nian, floats above mountains and buildings in background. Caption. Was frightened by loud noises, fire, and the color red.

A C, G, I rendering of an ancient machine within a framed structure that includes a wheel operated by several vertical and horizontal cogs.

Overhead view of the thousands of red clay sculptures of soldiers in China known as The Terracotta Army. Caption. "This formidable army of Terracotta Warriors."

Aerial view of a segment of the Great Wall of China with brown foliage on either side. Caption. "Work began on the Great Wall of China around 220 B, C."

People stand in lines with luggage at airport gates.

Rope and pulley bridge in China above a slow moving river.

Physical map of China with a blue line from southeastern China connecting to a red marker on the central coast. Caption. Shanghai is its gateway port to the sea.

Man in collared shirt, tie and vest sweeps ground outside a doorway. Caption. In the past, most villages were poor.

Woman, man and two children crouch down and huddle together on the ground. Caption. Stay down, stay down.

Digital illustration shows a person holding out a red book with Chinese characters on the cover. Text reads, “China’s Little Red Book: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. 1964.”

Closeup of rice blades, some flowering. Caption. Rice is easily the most important crop.

Closeup of a green map with 4 of China's regions outlined in white. Caption. You will find a lake over half the size of Seoul.

Exterior of 2-story buildings in a rural area. Caption. Da Meize. Southwestern China.

Green fields partially flooded with water from a winding brown river. Caption: The Yangtze River rose many meters.

Young boy wearing a shirt and shorts in camo print holds his arms out as a man in the foreground claps. Caption. Come here daily to consult deities and ancestors.

5 ceramic copies of a Ming Dynasty Chinese soldier standing in a walled area holding spears, dressed in long robes with wide sleeves, protective leather shoulder pads, belted chest armor, bronze helmets with a spike.

Still image from: Crash Course World History: 2000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions

Still image from: Crash Course World History: The Silk Road and Ancient Trade

People watch a parade of green, red, and white Chinese dragon statues on a city street. Caption. The fabulous place where this celebration takes place.

Taiwan's Lunar New Year customs and traditions displayed as a large white animal sculpture with a religious figure on top. Caption. In Taiwan, having received blessings from the gods.

Many tall, modern-looking skyscraper buildings in Hong Kong against a sky with fading light. Caption. "Taxes are extremely low--no higher than 15 percent."

Closeup of the face and shoulders of one of the Terracotta Warriors. Parts of other Terra Cotta Warriors and one of the horses are visible in the background.

Cartoon of a crowd of people yelling and raising their fists against a background with strips of yellow and shades of orange. Spanish caption. Frente el abuso imperialista y a la ineficiencia de los manchú.

Smoggy city street crowded with vehicles. Caption: China is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world,

Black and white photo of a man on a boat holding a baby panda bear. Caption: Her export papers read, "One dog. Fee: $20."

Group of Chinese people viewing the terracotta army under a wooden pavilion. Caption. It would have to be a grave unlike any other.

Billboard with smiling men and women at work stands above a field where thin men and women wearing tattered clothes take a rest. Text reads, "The Great Leap Forward, 1958 to 1962."

More than a dozen women, wearing flowing yellow pants and sparkling tops, perform in three coordinated columns on a golden stage in front of a flame-edged arched backdrop. The women on the left perch bend to the left with their arms over their heads, while the women on the right do the same in the other direction, and the women in the middle sit up with their arms up at different angles.

Dark stage with dancers dressed in lilac and blue garments in a circular formation, their long blue and lilac sleeves billowing high up in the air.

Line of women wearing white collared shirts underneath black dresses that are ornately adorned with bright neon threads, streamers, pompoms, and beads, and wearing hats decorated with silver and neon baubles and feathers.

Four women stand in a circle looking down to the ground at us. The women wear sloping gold helmet-crowns and festive dresses layered with shiny pink, gold, and green triangle shapes, green bodices, and gold collars.

Dancer wearing a crisp green outfit waves a wide pink fan in front of her body while another dancer out-of-frame does something similar.

Digital illustration of ancient artifacts from the Shang dynasty including a stone dragon and oracle bone script with early Chinese calligraphy. Caption. Because the rulers were all from the same family.

Simple map with brown edges is labeled, "Dinastía Qin." Spanish caption. Qin Shi Huang se proclamó emperador.

Chinese woman wearing a white blazer and oval glasses sits in a modern lobby. She's looking just off camera like she is in an interview. Caption. Sun Yan Yan as narrator. We provide a kind of platform-like facility.

Low-angle view of the upper half of a Greek sculpture of a bearded man with his left hand outstretched in front and his right hand with palm up behind him. Caption. But the water that flowed contained salt.

Closeup view of an enormous brown tree trunk with smaller vines growing up it, with a canopy of trees visible in the background.

Woman in a tan ranger's hat leaning out of a window and handing something to a person in a blue vehicle with 1 brown and 1 tan wide-brimmed hat in the dash. Caption. Made the Grand Canyon a national monument.

Child sits on his knees watching a monkey who is crouching over nearby. Also in view are 2 people's legs and a collection of sundry items. Caption. I'm worried people will be afraid of him.

A large dam spanning across a lake. Caption: It's the world's largest hydroelectric dam.

Side view of a man and woman with dark hair inside a dimly lit ornate building looking up. Several marble pillars on shiny floors are visible behind them. Caption. In June 1923, the neoclassical H, S, B, C building was completed.

Large fish with a white underbelly and gray upper body. Caption: known as the underwater panda of China.

Person playing with pandas. Caption: China is committed to saving its best-known species.

Wide shot of a car passing through an intersection with traffic lights. Caption. We met with Hu Jia.