Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide012

In the frigid remote town of Jixi, Heilongjiang Province, in China's North East, in the temperature of minus 20 C or minus 4 F or so, a woman slipped down, hurting severely, since the unsealed downhill street was frozen.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.

In the frigid remote town of Jixi, Heilongjiang Province, in China's North East, in the temperature of minus 20 C or minus 4 F or so, a woman slipped down, hurting severely, since the unsealed downhill street was frozen. 

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.