Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide015

A shepherd stays near coal burning power plants at the suburb of an extremely frigid and remote coal industrial town of Jixi in China's North East where the majority used to be Manchu, Tungusic nomad people. Coal is a primary source for power, heating and cooking fuel in China in modern days, 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.

A shepherd stays near coal burning power plants at the suburb of an extremely frigid and remote coal industrial town of Jixi in China's North East where the majority used to be Manchu, Tungusic nomad people. Coal is a primary source for power, heating and cooking fuel in China in modern days, 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.