President of the China Exploration and Research Society, former photojournalist and expedition leader with the National Geographic Society Photo Page Three Muslim Wise Man. Taken during a 1984 National Geographic Society Expedition. This Hui Muslim man of northwest China was sporting traditional quartz glasses in a park of Lanzhou. Wild Asses in Wilderness. At an elevation of over 4,500 meters in the wilderness of western Tibet, Tibetan Wild Asses display their ability to sprint up to 50 km/hr, an impressive speed in such rarefied air. Path to Enlightenment. Hua Shan is one of the five most celebrated mountains of China. Situated in Shenxi Province, it boasts some of the most difficult and precipitous trails leading to several Taoist temples in the mountain. Rice Fields. Taken during a 1983 National Geographic Society Expedition. Zhaoxing Village in southern Guizhou is a settlement of the Dong ethnic group. In Dong villages, each clan builds a high drum tower which is their point of focus and symbolizes unity.