Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide028

A couple, with a bicycle, walks near Lao Long Tou, or Old Dragon's Head, in Shanhaiguan that had experienced many severe fightings in the history between the Han Chinese and people from the North, such as Khitns and Manchus. Lao Long Tou is the starting point of China's famous Great Wall and at the point the wall meets the sea. The lands to the North East of the Great Wall was once called Manchuria.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 and worrying for the future.

A couple, with a bicycle, walks near Lao Long Tou, or Old Dragon's Head, in Shanhaiguan that had experienced many severe fightings in the history between the Han Chinese and people from the North, such as Khitns and Manchus. Lao Long Tou is the starting point of China's famous Great Wall and at the point the wall meets the sea. The lands to the North East of the Great Wall was once called Manchuria. 

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 and worrying for the future.