The Hu Line | Sixth Tone
Zhou Pinglang—Sixth Tone
The Hu Line is an imaginary line crossing diagonally through China and marking a vast demographic, environmental, and political divide between the west/northwest and east/southeast. Just four percent of the country’s population inhabits the land west of the line, while 96 percent live to its east. For several months, photographer Zhou Pinglang documented life along the Hu Line, with a special focus on heavy industries’ laid-off workers in Fularji and the last hunters of the indigenous Oroqen people in Heihe, both in Heilongjiang province.
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The Hu Line is an imaginary line crossing diagonally through China and marking a vast demographic, environmental, and political divide between the west/northwest and east/southeast. Just four percent of the country’s population inhabits the land west of the line, while 96 percent live to its east. For several months, photographer Zhou Pinglang documented life along the Hu Line, with a special focus on heavy industries’ laid-off workers in Fularji and the last hunters of the indigenous Oroqen people in Heihe, both in Heilongjiang province.