Minister's house, British Legation, Peking

Bridge leading to Hsiang-chieh-ssu, Western Hills

Bridge leading to Ta-pei-ssu, Western Hills

Temple of Pao-chu-t`ung, Western Hills

Seventeen-arch Bridge at Wan-shao-shan, Summer Palace

Chancery Lane, British Legation, Peking

American Legation, Peking

Lodge in the imperial hunting park, Western Hills

A group at the British Legation, Beijing

Incense burner, Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Islam in Peiping. Zhang family residence. Entrance with inscriptions in Chinese and Arabic.

Xing Qiao (荇桥) viewed from the Marble Boat (石舫), ‘Boat of Purity and Ease’, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing

Emperor’s viewing platform, Temple of Agriculture (Xiannongtan 先农坛), Beijing

Buddhist shrine in Hsuanyang Cave, near Qinhuangdao (Shanhaikuan)

Bronze cranes and white marble sun dial, Summer Palace, Peking

A well with metal post and pulley, Beijing

The funeral procession of the Empress Dowager Longyu, Peking

Bier of Empress Dowager Longyu, funeral procession, Peking

A notice for car drivers on a wall

Money changer, Beijing

Peking Bicycle Company shop, Beijing

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