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From Eggplant by Alice Fitzgerald and Thomas Geoghegan.

‘Eggplant!’ (‘Chiezi!’) is the Chinese equivalent of ‘Smile!’ or ‘Cheese!’ — an instruction given by photographers to get subjects to smile.

Soldiers photographing each other in formation, Tiananmen Square, Beijing

On Lion Hill, above Lijiang old town, Yunnan Province