Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide016

Snow covers the garden of the former Imperial Palace of Manchukuo, or the Manchu State -- a puppet state of Japan from 1932 to 1945. Changchun, Jilin province, Manchuria or China's North East.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.

Snow covers the garden of the former Imperial Palace of Manchukuo, or the Manchu State -- a puppet state of Japan from 1932 to 1945. Changchun, Jilin province, Manchuria or China's North East. 

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.