George Chan / A fisherman from the Hezhe ethnic minority fishes through holes in the ice on the Black Dragon River, Heilongjiang Province, north-east China. January 2007

George Chan / Old Muslim man, of non-Chinese ethnic minority, in Hotan (Hetian) City, on the ancient Silk Road, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. BBC Wild China: Prog 4. - Beyond the Great Wall. July 2006.

Pete Oxford / Hani Woman in her doorway. Domestic water buffalo dung is being dried on the wall to be used for cooking fuel. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Hani woman carrying a domestic duck on her shoulder. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Hani Mother and Child. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Hani child in traditional costume sitting beside domesticated water buffalo used for ploughing the rice paddies. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Yi Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Yi Ethnic minority women walking along ridge between flooded rice terraces. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Hani people carrying bricks. Hani Ethnic minority people. Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Yi Ethnic minority women walking through rice terraces, Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Portrait of a Yi Ethnic minority man, Yuanyang, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority woman, Dali, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Colourful belt Yi women - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Colourful belt Yi women - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Close up of colourful belt Yi womans clothing - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Close up of colourful belt Yi womans clothing - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Colourful belt Yi woman - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Colourful belt Yi woman - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Colourful belt Yi woman - one of the sub-groups of the Yi Ethnic minority people from the mountains near Liuku, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority man at a market near Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority man smoking a pipe, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman smoking a pipe Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman at a market near Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman smoking a pipe, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman at a market near Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman standing infront of Stone Moon Mountain. Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority woman, near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority man sitting next to fire with crossbow - used to hunt wild animals that live in the hills near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority man smoking wooden home-made pipe near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Black Lisu ethnic minority man with crossbow - used to hunt wild animals that live in the hills near Fulong, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Hua Lisu ethnic minority woman near Lushui, Lishui County, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority using Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) to plough paddy field, Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stem. Jianchuan County bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stem. Jianchuan County bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority person laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stem. Jianchuan County bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stem. Jianchuan County bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority using water buffalo to plough paddy field. Zhongdian. Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Lisu ethnic minority with modern plough for paddy field work. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority woman, Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people laying wheat on the road for vehicles to drive over to separate the wheat from the stems / chaff. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Bai ethnic minority people carrying rice plants in baskets through paddy fields for replanting. Jianchuan County, bordering Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Naxi woman with man smoking a long-stemmed bamboo pipe with a dog at his side, Lijiang Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Naxi wom with man smoking long-stemmed bamboo pipe, Lijiang Yunnan Province, China 2006

Pete Oxford / Dai woman, ethnic minority group, harvesting sugar cane, Yunnan, China