Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide013

Women scavenge useable coals from a slag heap near a factory in Jixi to make home warm, in the frigid temperature - nearly minus 20 C or minus 4 F. Many of the remote areas, like Jixi in China’s North East, remain in poverty, despite China’s miracle economic growth for more than decades. Coal is still a primary source for power, heating and cooking fuel in China, despite the environmental health hazards.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.

Women scavenge useable coals from a slag heap near a factory in Jixi to make home warm, in the frigid temperature - nearly minus 20 C or minus 4 F. Many of the remote areas, like Jixi in China’s North East, remain in poverty, despite China’s miracle economic growth for more than decades. Coal is still a primary source for power, heating and cooking fuel in China, despite the environmental health hazards. 

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.