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About Tom Carter ~ Travel China Expert
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I am an American photojournalist and travel correspondent based in Beijing and have traveled extensively to all 33 provinces in China. I specialize in budget travel and have a personal affection for remote villages, ethnic minority culture and uncharted locales. I am also the author of CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive collection of imagery of contemporary China ever published by a single author.

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In 2006, photojournalist Tom Carter embarked on a historic, 2-year journey that would take him throughout the 33 provinces of China, making him one of the first foreigners in China’s 5,000 year history to do so. From the Yellow Sea to the Himalayas, Tom traversed 56,000 kilometers and visited well over 200 cities and villages in a determination to understand, and thoroughly record, life and humanity in today’s People’s Republic of China.

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TOM CARTER

Publications:
Author, CHINA: Portrait of a People (2008, Blacksmith Books, Hong Kong). View the China portrait book trailer on YouTube!

Tom Carter's China travel articles have also been published in every major English-language periodical, newspaper and travel guide in China.

Education/Credentials:
American University, Washington, D.C., BA Political Science, Communications, 1997

Note:
Help support Tom by purchasing a copy of CHINA: Portrait of a People today. Also available: Tom's super-cool postcards of China.



 
   

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Expert: Tom Carter ~ Travel China Expert - 9/24/2008

Question
The son of two teachers, what famous Chinese pop star allegedly evade Taiwanese military service by feigning back pain?

Answer
The media once accused Jay Chou (Zhōu Jiélún) of evading compulsory Taiwanese military service by feigning ankylosing spondylitis (back pain).

Sincerely,
Tom Carter
author, CHINA: Portrait of a People
http://www.blacksmithbooks.com/9789889979942.htm

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