Tombs Covered in Poppies | Tencent
Sun Junbin—Tencent “Living” Channel
Kokang, Myanmar is a region bordering Yunnan province where casinos and gambling are legal. It is a destination for many gamblers from China. Here, drugs are easily accessible because they are provided by the casinos and easy to obtain on the street. According to Tencent, thousands of Chinese gamblers have lost all their money in casinos, become addicted to drugs, and wound up stranded in Kokang over the past decade. Traveling to Kokang, Sun Junbin photographed some of those who had lost it all, some who have lived there for years, others only months, and others suffering from addiction and struggling to survive.
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Kokang, Myanmar is a region bordering Yunnan province where casinos and gambling are legal. It is a destination for many gamblers from China. Here, drugs are easily accessible because they are provided by the casinos and easy to obtain on the street. According to Tencent, thousands of Chinese gamblers have lost all their money in casinos, become addicted to drugs, and wound up stranded in Kokang over the past decade. Traveling to Kokang, Sun Junbin photographed some of those who had lost it all, some who have lived there for years, others only months, and others suffering from addiction and struggling to survive.