Zhang Huan invited 40 Chinese peasants to be photographed standing in a pond in an effort to
A) make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
B) show how Western culture was drowning the Chinese.
C) raise Beijing officials' consciousness about the poor.
D) show how the Chinese class system caused loss of self.

Question

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The mention of peasants and raising officials' consciousness about the poor suggests that the purpose of the photography was meant to highlight poverty and potentially bring attention to the issue from those in power. The other answer choices do not have any clear connection to the given information.

Zhang Huan Invited 40 Chinese Peasants to Be Photographed Standing