The Transformation of Beijing’s Garbage Villages | Tencent “Pictures Talk”
Wang Jing–China Daily
In 2013, photographer Wang Jing visited villages on the outskirts of Beijing where the residents were mainly migrants who worked for nearby garbage and recycling stations. Alongside Beijing’s rapid urban expansion has come a recent push to clean up the outskirts of the city. In 2017, Wang returned to the villages he had photographed four years before, to see what they are like now. The answer he found: everything is gone.
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In 2013, photographer Wang Jing visited villages on the outskirts of Beijing where the residents were mainly migrants who worked for nearby garbage and recycling stations. Alongside Beijing’s rapid urban expansion has come a recent push to clean up the outskirts of the city. In 2017, Wang returned to the villages he had photographed four years before, to see what they are like now. The answer he found: everything is gone.