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Today we visited China through the camera lens of Bob Morrow as he recalled his recent visit to that country of over 1.1 billion inhabitants. As is Bob's usual custom, he wrapped the photos into a package of history, geography and civics. He talked about the huge changes over just the past 15 or 16 years as the country rushes from a rural to an urban society. In some cities, buildings over 15 storeys are being erected at the rate of 15 per week bringing with it traffic congestion and pollution issues.

The country's gross domestic product has increased to the point where most households save over 25% of their income. With this extra cash there is plenty of investment in the country and the standard of living is rapidly improving. Travel by the Chinese within China is on the upswing with many high tech roadways and super fast trains linking the country. His photos showed spectacular new high rise buildings with a young population in up-to-date clothing styles surrounded by leading edge communications technology.

Bob felt the country is successfully separating the concepts of capitalism and communism and working within them to become the number one trading partner in the world. His many photos showed the greening of China, the links with its past, the rural and the urban, and, the influx of international companies.

China is dealing with environmental issues of air pollution, garbage and serious erosion problems. As well, there are ongoing problems with other countries over boundaries. All these things aside, his photos indicate a country worth visiting and one which will soon move out of the classification as a developing nation.