George Chan / Mist shrouds the Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains) in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Mist shrouds the Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains) in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Mist shrouds the Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains) in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / The snow-capped Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains) viewed from amongst the Saxaul Trees (Haloxylon ammodendron) in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Saxaul trees (Haloxylon ammodendron) in the Junggar basin at dusk. Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Saxaul trees (Haloxylon ammodendron) in flower in the Junggar basin. Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. The adult horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme,...

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. The adult horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme,...

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. The adult horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme,...

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006. The adult horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme,...

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006. The adult horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme,...

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. The horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme

George Chan / Przewalski's Horses (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006 The horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme

George Chan / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. BBC The horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme

George Chan / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalski) in Kalamaili National park, Xinjiang Province, North-west China, September 2006. The horses have been re-released after a captive breeding programme

George Chan / Nomadic Kazakh woman packing belongings on a camel as her family migrates from summer to winter pastures in the Altai Shan Mountains, near the Mongolian border in Xinjiang Province, North-west China....

George Chan / Nomadic Kazakh family moving from summer to winter pastures in the Altai Shan Mountains, near the Mongolian border in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Nomadic Kazakh family moving from summer to winter pastures in the Altai Shan Mountains, near the Mongolian border in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Close-up of desert plants in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Desert plants in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / Two Giant / Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006,

George Chan / Two Giant / Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Two Giant / Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert and looking out for danger in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), alert in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) standing on hind legs in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) next to Saxaul trees (Haloxylon ammodendron), their favoured food plant, in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Giant / Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) in the Chinese desert. September 2006

George Chan / Cracked rocks in the Five-Coloured Mountains, Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / The stripes and gullies of the Five-Coloured Mountains in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / A small stream flowing through the Five-Coloured Mountains in Xinjiang Province, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / River flowing through Xinjiang Province from the Altai Shan mountains near the Mongolian border, North-west China. September 2006

George Chan / A man in Hotan City making bread in a muslim part of Xinjiang Province, north-west China. July 2006

George Chan / Wild flowers cover the ancient walls at Xanadu (also known as ShangDu), the summer capital of the Mongolian empire under Kublai Khan. Inner Mongolia, northern China. July 2006

George Chan / The crumbling remains of walls at Xanadu (also known as ShangDu) where Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian empire, had his summer capital. Inner Mongolia, northern China. July 2006

George Chan / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) foraging in the forests of Heilongjiang province, north-east China, in winter. January 2007

George Chan / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) foraging in the forests of Heilongjiang province, north-east China, in winter. January 2007

George Chan / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) foraging in the forests of Heilongjiang province, north-east China, in winter. January 2007

George Chan / Turpan Mosque in Turpan City, Xinjiang Province. North-west China has a large muslim population from many different ethnic groups. July 2006,

George Chan / Turpan Mosque in Turpan City, Xinjiang Province. North-west China has a large muslim population from many different ethnic groups. July 2006

George Chan / Women extracting raw silk fibres from silk-moth cocoons by boiling them, a traditional method for silk-making. Hotan City on the old Silk Road south of the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Province, north-...

George Chan / Woman extracting raw silk fibres from silk-moth cocoons by boiling them, a traditional method for silk-making. Hotan City on the old Silk Road south of the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Province, north-...