Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide005

With the chandelier reflection, a photograph of Lady Gobulo (Empress Xiaokemin) remains at the former Imperial Palace of Manchukuo, or the Manchu State, where her husband, Manchukuo emperor Puyi, or China's last emperor of the Qing dynasty before the throne, stayed as Japanese puppet from 1932 to 1945. Changchun, Jilin province, China's North East.China's North East was once called Manchuria. The region was at a crossroads that was manipulated in history, including the occupation by Russia and Japan. And now the area is facing upheavals due to the globalization with China’s rapid economic growth itself, creating the gap between the rich and the poor and even more unemployment.

With the chandelier reflection, a photograph of Lady Gobulo (Empress Xiaokemin) remains at the former Imperial Palace of Manchukuo, or the Manchu State, where her husband, Manchukuo emperor Puyi, or China's last emperor of the Qing dynasty before the throne, stayed as Japanese puppet from 1932 to 1945. Changchun, Jilin province, China's North East. 

China's North East was once called Manchuria. The region was at a crossroads that was manipulated in history, including the occupation by Russia and Japan. And now the area is facing upheavals due to the globalization with China’s rapid economic growth itself, creating the gap between the rich and the poor and even more unemployment.