More foreigners are traveling, working and studying in China. Many are fascinated by the country's culture and impressed by its rapid development. Using smartphones, they share photos online that they have taken in China, showing an innovative country and the prosperous lives of its people. The pictures here are from a collection called Forging Ahead (2012-2017): Amazing China - A Fresh Perspective.

Skyscrapers in Lujiazui in Shanghai's Pudong New District are tinged by the sunset on Dec 17, 2015. Steven Weathers (United States) / For China Daily

Vendors, dressed in traditional Mongolian robes, sell shish kebabs at a temple fair in Beijing, on Jan 28. Shahidafraz Khan (Pakistan) / For China Daily

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