Projects: China's Outer Lands: qsakamaki_china_slide059

Ripped off posters remain at a wall of a house in the working class area that is facing demolition to convert to luxurious residential buildings, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, in China's North East. Like other areas in China, this region is in the real estate boom, but working class people are often grabbed their land unfairly.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.

Ripped off posters remain at a wall of a house in the working class area that is facing demolition to convert to luxurious residential buildings, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, in China's North East. Like other areas in China, this region is in the real estate boom, but working class people are often grabbed their land unfairly. 

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.