Baishizhou | Children’s Graffiti
on September 8, 2016
Graffiti left by children in a Baishizhou alley.
Baishizhou | Handshake Buildings
on September 8, 2016
A spaghetti of telephone and Internet cables between Baishizhou ‘handshake buildings’ are marked by advertisements for Internet services.
Baishizhou | Neighborhood at Dusk
on September 8, 2016
Baishizhou at dusk.
Baishizhou | Umbrella Underpass
on September 8, 2016
Baishizhou is a dense maze of alleys on 0.6 square kilometers (0.23 square miles) of mixed-use residential space, with a population density more than 20 times the city’s average.
Baishizhou | Medicinal Tea Seller
on September 8, 2016
A medicinal tea seller from Guangxi province cleans the bottoms of his tea kettles in a market in Baishizhou.
Baishizhou | Demolition Begins
on September 8, 2016
Demolition is underway in the Shahe Industrial Park in Bashizhou.
Sergey Radchenko
on September 8, 2016
Sergey Radchenko is a Professor of International Relations at Cardiff University and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
He is the author of Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy (Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Stanford University Press, 2009) and Unwanted Visionaries: The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2014). He is currently working on a history of Chinese foreign relations since 1949.
Dan Whelan
on September 8, 2016
Daniel Whelan, director of the documentary film Bulkland, grew up in a small town in Australia. Since 2009, he has made two acclaimed short dramas, commercials, and a host of other content. Whelan moved to China in 2010 and started to focus on documentary production. His work has been shown on ABC, PBS, and the BBC. His short films have played at festivals in Australia, China, and the U.S., where he also has worked as an assistant director for various companies and networks.
Fears Raised Over New Amazon Railroad | Map
on September 8, 2016
King of Gambling | iFeng
on September 8, 2016
In 1993, Yao Jianyun lost three fingers and both legs below the knees when a group of businessmen took revenge on him for cheating at cards. Following the incident, the former gambler from Jiangxi province spent almost a decade wallowing: he separated from his wife, and for years, rarely left his apartment. Eventually, Yao got his life back together: he remarried, and today he tours the country giving speeches and teaching people how to spot gambling scams like the ones he used to concoct.
