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.

It is hard to imagine anywhere in the People's Republic untouched by civil engineers, the levelers of history. But truly nowhere else in China has life remained perfectly intact as on the Dragon's Bac...

Some foreign English teachers may be shanghaied at least once during their time in China. Baiting unsuspecting Westerners to China with false promises...

Photojournalist Tom Carter goes inside China's legendary martial arts schools at Shaolin Si.

Was it calamity or capitalism that caused the telecommunications blackout of an entire nation? Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates.

A million red hat-wearing Chinese tourists spoiling your holiday? Read why...

Having trouble finding a hotel in China? Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates why...

Hearing many tourists horror stories about China?  Tom Carter gives a first-hand account about crime in the P.R.C.

Unemployed? On the lam? Get the skinny on teaching English in China by seasoned China expat Tom Carter.

Photojournalist Tom Carter goes inside China's legendary Shaolin Kung Fu schools.

Was it calamity or capitalism that caused the 2007 internet blackout across China? Photojournalist Tom Carter investigates.