Poignant China images, 2005 (Part III)
Labourers in dangerously polluted workplace.
Woman exploited for sex.
Nowadays even the rubbish collectors have to buy an entrance ticket.
The flowers of our nation on a pile of garbage.
Honour medal for military achievement.
Black vs white. (White: Demolish. Black: Dead against demolition.) 
Silkworm farmer.
A tailor earning her livelihood by offering roadside services.
At the scene of a traffic accident.
Every liang counts.
Collapse at construction site.
Farmer's children lying on the plough to help till the land.
The first batch of emigrants displaced by the Three Gorges project moving their belongings down the mountain. The pain of being forced to leave one's home is unspeakable.
Laid off workers queue to receive unemployment benefits.
Jobseekers brave the snow to look for employment opportunities.
Young school dropouts selling roasted sweet potatoes in the streets and alleys.
A gold prospector in the West mourns the death of a loved one.
A miner manually hauls coal out of a small pit in Qianxi while the boss observes from the sidelines and measures the weight of the coal.
posted by Jo at 7:16 PM
4 Comments:
I am not shocked by the images. But I am sure many in US will be.
Thank you for your contributions. I like it.
I can't find your contact email. I love your images and want to exchange links with you admin@asiaexpat.info
All 3 are extremely good posts… In fact I’m rather impressed with the blog as a whole, one yo TSS for sure…
Anyway, the images are not so much shocking, in that it’s nothing more than I already knew, but certainly very poignant and saddening. They should be on the compulsory viewing list for those getting interested / involved in China for the first time as they represent many of the major issues facing China, in a nutshell.
Hi everyone and thanks to all for your comments.
I don't think the images are shccking per se. We all know that economic development, like everything else, comes with a price and also that not everyone benefits equally from them. China is no exception. It's just that all we hear in the mainstream media is how rosy and wonderful life is in China. The fact of the matter is - it's not! These images have made their way around China and most probably among Chinese speakers all over the world. I decided to translate it into English in order to reach a wider audience and I'm glad that it has. I'm trying to give a balanced view of the China I see so I will certainly not be posting only doom and gloom stories. Watch this space!
Nick: good luck with the Law degree at Cambridge. I've walked down that same road myself and just know that there IS a future beyond those lonely hours in the law library. :-)
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