City workers watering a street (dust control), Beijing

A funeral procession going through a city gate, Beijing

Imperial boathouse (颐和园大船坞) and the paddle steamer ‘Yonghe’ (永和), Kunming Lake (昆明湖), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Interior of pavilion at Zhuanlun Zang (转轮藏), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing, showing altar with statues of Buddha and attendants

Inner Golden Water River and the Gate of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing

The Old Library (图书馆老馆), Tsinghua University (清华大学), Haidian District, Beijing

Sculpture at Si Ling, the mausoleum of the Chongzhen Emperor (崇祯帝), Ming Tombs, near Beijing

Sculpture at Si Ling, the mausoleum of the Chongzhen Emperor (崇祯帝), Ming Tombs, near Beijing

Japanese surrender, Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

Japanese General, at Japanese surrender, Peking, 10 October 1945

General Sun Lianzhong signing Japanese surrender documents, 10 October 1945

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, with a Dakota, Peking

Major-General Ho Kan Tzen, Adrian Evans, John E. Stanfield, and Mr Chu, Peking

Photographing the Japanese surrender documents, Peking, 10 October 1945

Nationalist Army brass band at Japanese surrender, Peking

Captain J. E. Stanfield, Royal Signals

SOE officers and Chinese Directorate of Military Intelligence, Sian, 1945

Table with Japanese surrender documents, Peking, 10 October 1945

Japanese surrender, Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

Japanese surrender in the Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

General Sun Lianzhong with aides and officials, Japanese surrender, Peking

General Sun Lianzhong with aides and officials, Japanese surrender, Peking

Japanese commanders before surrendering their swords, Peking

Hiroshi Nemoto signing Japanese surrender, Peking, 10 October 1945

Japanese commanders before surrendering their swords, Peking

General Sun Lianzhong signing Japanese surrender documents, Peking

Chinese Directorate of Military Intelligence staff with British Special Operations Executive colleagues, Peking

Adrian Evans, Major-General Ho Kan Tzen and John E. Stanfield, Peking

John Stanfield, Major-General Ho Kan Tzen, Adrian Evans, and Colonel Guo, Peking

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart boarding a RAF Dakota, Peking

Major-General Ho Kan Tzen and Mrs Ho, Sian

Chinese and British Military Intelligence officers, WASC Hostel, Peking

Chinese and British military Intelligence officers, Peking

Japanese soldiers with their swords

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Chairs and tables outside entrance gate, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Touring the Jade Fountain Marble Pagoda and Jade Peak Pagoda, Beijing

Picnic in a pavilion, Summer Palace, Beijing

Panorama of the Forbidden City, Peking, 1945

View of Peking

View of Peking

View of Peking

View of Peking

Ancient Observatory (Guanxiangtai), Peking

Ancient Observatory (Guanxiangtai) and city wall, Peking

John E. Stanfield at the Ancient Observatory (Guanxiangtai), Peking

American, French, and British attendees at Japanese surrender, Peking

Japanese surrender in the Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

Leo H. Lamb at the Japanese surrender, Peking

Japanese surrender in the Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

Hiroshi Nemoto signing Japanese surrender documents, 10 October 1945

Japanese commanding officers surrendering their swords, Peking, 10 October 1945

Surrendered Japanese swords on the treaty table, Peking

Photographers at Japanese surrender, Peking, 10 October 1945

Japanese surrender, Forbidden City, Peking, 10 October 1945

An American soldier with John E. Stanfield, at Japanese surrender, Peking

Corporal Best, Major-General Ho, and Colonel Guo, at Japanese surrender, Peking, 10 October 1945

Sunset over Peking

View of Peking

Circular Mound Altar and Triple Gateway, Temple of Heaven, Peking