Close up: Photographer Andy Wong

Andy Wong joined the Associated Press as a photojournalist in 1998. Based in Beijing, China, Wong's work includes coverage of headlining news stories, such as the Malaysian plane crash and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. His main focus is in China's politics and its people's daily life. Wong's keen eye elevates his imagery through vivid color and kinetic composition. 

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A Chinese boy in a traditional costume reacts while posing next to a tiger poster displayed at a shopping district in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A group of artist from Shanxi province perform drum dance outside an office buildings on the 9th day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Millions of Chinese are returning to work or study when the week-long Spring Festival holiday draws to an end on Friday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Chinese usher in ethnic headwear, center, look back as they pose for photograph on the Tiananmen Square during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Tibetan woman stands on top a collapsed building in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai province, Friday, April 16 , 2010. Armed with life detectors, rescuers searched for survivors Friday more than 48 hours after an earthquake leveled homes in western China, killing at least 760 people. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Chinese man looks out from his trishaw as he waits for customer at a hutong alley near the drum tower in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese workers labor below the site of an under construction highway in Tianjin, China Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second largest-economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A journalist takes photos of Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates during a news conference with American billionaire Warren Buffett in Beijing, China Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker takes a break on a truck loaded with goods in between balloons sold by vendors in Beijing, China Thursday, April 10, 2014. China reported an unexpected contraction in exports in March, raising the danger of job losses as Beijing tries to overhaul its slowing economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A spectator poses for photos with Sochi Winter Olympics mascots during snowboard parallel giant slalom qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beads of sweat drip from the forehead of Andy Roddick of the United States during a break in his game against Marin Cilic of Croatia during their Men's singles quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday Jan. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AP10ThingsToSee - Hotel security officers guard at an entrance door of a hotel room set aside for relatives or friends of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in Beijing, China Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama plays table tennis at the Beijing Normal School, a school that prepares students to attend university abroad in Beijing, China Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

A Chinese guard of honor is covered by a red flag as he waits for the arrival of Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko at a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Brita Sigourney of the United States falls during women's ski halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A girl is applied a makeup before a training at Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The summer training course was held to attract the public to Chinese traditional performance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AP10ThingsToSee- A Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier adjusts a hat of a member of a guard of honor as they prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A child plays on an inflatable balloon bouncer fill with balls set up by an exhibitor during the Kids Fun Expo in Beijing, China Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Chinese ethnic minority delegate wears a traditional costume arrive to the Great Hall of the People to attend the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing, China, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A woman walks through a neighborhood near a coal-fired power plant in Beijing on Friday, April 12, 2013. China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Serena Williams of the U.S. returns a shot to Francesca Schiavone of Italy during the second round of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese astronaut Nie Haisheng, center, salutes from behind a glass enclosure next to Wang Yaping, left, and Zhang Xiaoguang, right, as they meet the press at the Jiuquan satellite launch center near Jiuquan in western China's Gansu province, Monday, June 10, 2013. China's astronauts have braved the tension of docking with a space station and performed delicate tasks outside their orbiting capsule, but now face a more down-to-Earth job that is perhaps equally challenging: Talking to young people about science. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker on a crane sprays color at a peony replica on a giant basket on display at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Hundreds of thousands foreign and domestic tourists are expected to flock to the square to celebrate National Day, the 64th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese shoppers take a rest on cushions placed underneath parasols which displayed at a shopping mall as a fashion brand promotion in Beijing Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Stray dogs take rest together with a man on the broken sofas placed near a hutong in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A man takes a nap as he waits for customers inside his souvenir shop at a "hutong" near Drum Tower, a tourist spot in Beijing, China Friday, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A Chinese military officer watches members of a honor guard march into a hall for a welcome ceremony for Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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