The Chinese Art of the Crowd

Alan Taylor has gathered together 35 stunning images of large crowd formations in China.

Participants perform Taiji during a public fitness activity at the
Olympic Central Park in Beijing on August 14, 2010.
Jason Lee / Reuters

Students of Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School are suspended in mid-air as
they practice in a rehearsal for a stunt performance for the opening ceremony
 of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, at a stadium in Nanjing on
August 9, 2014.
Reuters

Chinese People's Liberation Army sailors march past Tiananmen Square
 during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding
of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2009 in Beijing.
Feng Li / Getty Images

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