Living Large in Huzhou | Sina “Witness”
Zhao Caixia—Sina “Witness”
Today, more than 300 million people in mainland China are considered to be middle class, and the number is fast growing. Photographer Zhao Caixia made portraits of dozens of people in their homes in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, the richest province in China after the municipalities of Beijing and Shanghai. In the picture above, Wei Sanshu sits in an egg chair in his home, which he decorated in a mixture of European styles. “My home and its interior decoration is the best in my village,” Wei avers, “and the interior itself cost more than 1 million yuan.”
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Today, more than 300 million people in mainland China are considered to be middle class, and the number is fast growing. Photographer Zhao Caixia made portraits of dozens of people in their homes in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, the richest province in China after the municipalities of Beijing and Shanghai. In the picture above, Wei Sanshu sits in an egg chair in his home, which he decorated in a mixture of European styles. “My home and its interior decoration is the best in my village,” Wei avers, “and the interior itself cost more than 1 million yuan.”