Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide018A

A woman is slightly seen through a frozen window glass of a bus in the extremely frigid and remote town of Jidong in China's North East where many people still remain in poverty.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.

A woman is slightly seen through a frozen window glass of a bus in the extremely frigid and remote town of Jidong in China's North East where many people still remain in poverty. 

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.