https://www.ianteh.com/merging-boundaries daily 0.75 2017-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445136363-0T7PNZDFS8CFMY1GA2MC/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0001.jpg Merging Boundaries Sino Russian North-Korean tri-border. China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445136363-0T7PNZDFS8CFMY1GA2MC/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0001.jpg Merging Boundaries Sino Russian North-Korean tri-border. China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445133571-3XBQZ3LBPEIUMWJXUDEK/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0002.jpg Merging Boundaries New residential complex under construction. Tumen, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445137489-L7H1VTEZJMUYXX8YYMZJ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0003.jpg Merging Boundaries Looking towards the Russian border. Dongning, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445140151-HQUQ3UUOL3FJO57WHHJN/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0004.jpg Merging Boundaries Skating ring. Hunchun, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445140865-SV7E1REABQW34EY4RJBU/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0005.jpg Merging Boundaries Waitress. Hunchun, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445143385-O4TSXVX6A7Q32TBDBIZ3/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0006.jpg Merging Boundaries Labourers. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445142785-K2R984KRPDQH7YQ911D1/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0007.jpg Merging Boundaries Russian prostitute. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445144951-2MA2RDPOX6I8N2P49EN1/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0008.jpg Merging Boundaries Chinese bosses and Russians. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445146951-QQG2BU0PBDPCIKQRQ8IB/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0009.jpg Merging Boundaries Luxury massage parlour. Hunchun, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445147661-TEGKHRIAZVWS8ERR3CLW/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0010.jpg Merging Boundaries Karaoke hostesses. Hunchun, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445150152-JDVHTYJKSAEUJZKQIVIX/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0011.jpg Merging Boundaries Chinese bosses. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445149873-CTPJFFTXE8LUVIW7OXZZ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0012.jpg Merging Boundaries Russian prostitutes. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445152585-XI542GOZSPIECNIL32CK/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0013.jpg Merging Boundaries Border hotel. Dongning, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445152892-8VI8YFGQ1G5POC4KYJIG/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0014.jpg Merging Boundaries Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445154469-ZJMLBIC2S069ING30RU0/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0015.jpg Merging Boundaries Brothel entrance. Hunchun, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445154504-69SYMJQIJEHUZYTYKB9F/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0016.jpg Merging Boundaries Bus bar. Dongning, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445157221-46QF3B24EEM2E90ZGAB5/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0017.jpg Merging Boundaries Sunday. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445157991-9A9W0SOA9C1MI0W2XZCJ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0018.jpg Merging Boundaries KTV. Hunchun, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445161315-1215KQ55E42YJUA9U362/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0019.jpg Merging Boundaries Railway to Russia. Suifenhe, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401445160435-XGD9I62JC481TPVW6ILV/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0020.jpg Merging Boundaries Reindeer sculpture. Dongning, China.   https://www.ianteh.com/the-vanishing daily 0.75 2016-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1403166599434-8TBQZMPUTOJQLP5H4KPW/IAN+TEH-+02.jpg The Vanishing Worker returning home from the construction site of the Three Gorges dam. In the distance a large passenger boat is dwarfed by the 1.3 mile wide dam. Yichang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1403166599434-8TBQZMPUTOJQLP5H4KPW/IAN+TEH-+02.jpg The Vanishing Worker returning home from the construction site of the Three Gorges dam. In the distance a large passenger boat is dwarfed by the 1.3 mile wide dam. Yichang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055407826-XPYA4YO74UDE3W5GYKD5/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+001+copy.jpg The Vanishing The Yangtze River. The construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest in the world, displaced 1.5 million people and submerged cities, towns and villages, the collective total exceeding over a 1000 along a 700km stretch on China's longest river. Chongqing, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055406946-TQ6P7SAS19GDGKTDLCRG/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+002+copy.jpg The Vanishing A worker returning home after a day’s work at the Three Gorges Dam construction site. In the distance, a three-storey boat is dwarfed by the gigantic 1.3 mile wide construction which has nearly blocked off the river. Although the final completion date for the dam was not due until 2009, the dam has been operational since 1st June 2003. Sandouping, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055415603-7HKWRHJO1BKX9QWPOSMN/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+003+copy.jpg The Vanishing An old passenger boat on the waters of the Yangtze River by the Three Gorges. Hubei, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055412796-59UNOQZGW2DJ1AYC77R3/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+004+copy.jpg The Vanishing The last vestiges of normal life in a town that has virtually been destroyed. The mass exodus of its population has turned the old section of the city into a ghost town. This bridge once the defining landmark of the city is just weeks away from being dynamited. Wanzhou, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055414828-K92EJ7GYWM8PE77PJ1LS/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+005+copy.jpg The Vanishing The destroyed old city of Wanzhou, only a few remaining local inhabitants are left behind. Mostly migrant workers remain to dismantle the city by hand and occasionally by using explosives. Wanzhou, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1403166607719-L17G39ANITSIBGSOL631/IAN+TEH-+07.jpg The Vanishing Inhabitants relocating by boat. Yunyang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055417112-KE6HGGBD2SYUDWSRXQNF/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+006+copy.jpg The Vanishing Recent settlers from the new city return home after a visit to the banks of the river. In the foreground the old city of Fuling has been razed and the land reclaimed to protect it from the soon to be rising waters. The front row of darker buildings are all that is left of the old city. Higher up in the distance, a strip of lighter buildings mark the beginning of the new city. Fuling, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055418246-1LKKX4ZHWRCZBIJXBXPF/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+007+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant worker and travellers. Boat services to Yichang are disrupted due to the construction of the dam and the last section of this journey are replaced by bus services. Yichang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055420919-25CJH9U2QUA1VGUH76KI/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+008+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant worker heading to the local docks after the recent demolition of the old town. Zigui, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055422770-FNE7HHQAXV5G8STLVC07/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+009+copy.jpg The Vanishing Two brothers playing in their home. Their family are one of the last remaining inhabitants in this partially demolished town. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055428443-N3R5VDN93GJC4K0V5OVR/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+010+copy.jpg The Vanishing Families relocating by boat. Yangtze River, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055425014-CK4TID8SU6O02VYWDA2C/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+011+copy.jpg The Vanishing Labourers unloading sacks of salt from a nearby barge. Many of the labourers in cities and towns along the river come from surrounding villages in the hills, they flock to the larger towns for jobs and better wages. Yun Yang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055427003-BU9IN09QAD9ILITD3YFH/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+012+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant workers carrying a heavy concrete block using a modified traditional shoulder pole. They sing in unison to coordinate their movements. The destruction and and relocation of the population living on the banks of the Yangtze is one of the largest of such projects in history. Zigui, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055428414-TNB25Z5NM0TVBYVQQQ6S/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+013+copy.jpg The Vanishing Labourers carrying belongings with a traditional shoulder pole at the bus station for inhabitants relocating to the new town. Yunyang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055430390-BTFWX2XB8GR0JNDWO3XX/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+014+copy.jpg The Vanishing One of the last remaining inhabitants, a barber works in a demolished high-rise building where only the ground floor remains intact. Wushan, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055429914-1RQPCEILYGR5SRJOFHQ6/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+015+copy.jpg The Vanishing Workers in a small privately owned noodle making factory along the Yangtze River. There are often complaints of state compensation not reaching displaced inhabitants due to local corruption by local authorities. Chongqing, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055432083-B4MPJ4XYN6T1FE5GC63M/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+016+copy.jpg The Vanishing Locals looking at Badong, a town that will eventually be two thirds submerged when the Three Gorges Dam is completed. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055431807-Q5LD2YLXRWM43N4SIPXW/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+017+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant worker at a construction site in the new town. The town is built higher up the mountains and will replace the old town that will eventually be submerged upon the completion of the Three Gorges Dam. Yunyang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055433173-T56Z84ZVUIND9D3GBJA0/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+018+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant workers dismantling a recently vacated building. The workers supplement their poor income by selling scrap metal and bricks salvaged from demolition sites. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055436977-CYAMU3DD8MSZM1EG0IWK/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+019+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant workers from surrounding villages dismantling a recently vacated building. The dam has had many far-reaching impacts, one of which is the destruction of a combined total of over a thousand cities, towns and villages along the river. The purpose of dismantling buildings are to clear a path for the eventual submergence and to prevent disenchanted ex-inhabitants from returning to their old dwellings. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055434548-RNE21UDDC7NB3MJG2VB8/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+020+copy.jpg The Vanishing Daily life on the Yangtze River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055436595-KHTXQX8XC8NONT0HG6V9/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+021+copy.jpg The Vanishing Last inhabitants. As the last inhabitants move out, the business activity of these old towns ground to an inevitable halt. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055438871-Z2DFID6YJDVPNQIKAX2U/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+022+copy.jpg The Vanishing Last inhabitants. As the last inhabitants move out, the business activity of these old towns ground to an inevitable halt. Badong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055438976-877E11573FW2B1F98LZC/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+023+copy.jpg The Vanishing A street vendor selling food to passengers on a boat. Yichang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055440889-68UCHJH2EA1OLZDVE5FU/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+024+copy.jpg The Vanishing A displaced family traveling by boat to relocate to one of the coastal cities in the East. The displaced are encouraged to move to the new cities or under-populated regions, which are generally impoverished areas such as Xinjiang, Tibet and Gansu. However, many have also taken their chances by joining China’s 150 million floating population and travelling to the richer coastal cities in the East in search of work. China’s complex residential laws mean that many of those who choose to relocate to places that do not fit with the Government’s relocation programme will lose out on social benefits. Yangtze River, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055440956-HPV2QH1Z9NHV509OH4PI/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+025+copy.jpg The Vanishing Night life on Chaotianmen docks. Business men go for dinner on floating Chinese restaurants on the river. Chongqing, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055443245-07TVAQ7EBLQUM52WEULE/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+026+copy.jpg The Vanishing Living quarters of construction workers at the Three Gorges Dam construction site. Sandouping, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055445156-PL1KWWVXW7B8FOY5XNPO/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+027+copy.jpg The Vanishing Migrant workers. Yichang, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055444614-ZW5UUNHU3IVBUIDD4KWB/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+028+copy.jpg The Vanishing The last remaining family moves home. In the background is a levelled construction site, this used to be the site of the old city. Wushan, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055445620-S1URNGTE709T739FK6HB/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+029+copy.jpg The Vanishing A view of the The Three Gorges a few days before the waters rise due to the inundation of the dam. Yangtze River, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055446854-QHSFYHNFKE8Q4U6PIPDX/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+030+copy.jpg The Vanishing The new city of Mao Ping, hailed as a model city by the government, it is an example of the new redevelopments that are supposed to replace the old cities and towns along the Yangtze River. However, many new cities suffer from high unemployment, often as high as 50%, and many residents complain about the high cost of renting and buying property. Mao Ping, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055446954-CM7T8JY91RF9OXR5PUJ9/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+031+copy.jpg The Vanishing New construction high up on the surrounding hills of the Yangtze River. Chongqing, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055448506-CFK1RHF0N42RAFXST4LL/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+032+copy.jpg The Vanishing New settlers visit the riverbanks by the newly built docks in Fuling. Land has been reclaimed and the docks built to accommodate the rising waters of the river in the coming months. Fuling, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1475055448020-GNC4ZPHPS3HXCOLMCMNX/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+The+Vanishing+-+033+copy.jpg The Vanishing A view of the Three Gorges Dam under construction seen from the Yangtze River. Sandouping, China. https://www.ianteh.com/tainted-landscapes-2 daily 0.75 2014-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467297174-DEVKULR73BQ3KXX74ARW/IAN+TEH-+001.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 A mural in a village depicts a famous Chinese waterfall. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467297174-DEVKULR73BQ3KXX74ARW/IAN+TEH-+001.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 A mural in a village depicts a famous Chinese waterfall. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467296422-TCIE72IQIJCNCPJL4FET/IAN+TEH-+002.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Reserves of coal at a large coking plant. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467300194-M7M4XXIVIWAXLS81DHW6/IAN+TEH-+003.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Coal depot. Linfen. Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467300432-5XO9XF3J90V6TSCDYJON/IAN+TEH-+004.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Crops by a dirt track going past a coal power plant. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467302996-4Q954IBNU9YLZ2638PS5/IAN+TEH-+005.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Tar refinery plant. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467302852-2H8PQEL4E9XHELGA8ALA/IAN+TEH-+006.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Coking plant. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467305186-WRXMILY8AIJBXQUHYB78/IAN+TEH-+007.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Workers unloading coal. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467306270-UZZC7OCW8XS25L9FR617/IAN+TEH-+008.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 An electrified fence surrounds the perimeter of a small coking plant in a village. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467308432-EEH8YPXZJW2443G6HDS2/IAN+TEH-+009.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 Slag heap. Industrial waste by a river from a nearby plant. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1402467309000-DTFCXV48UY4B4JBJ35TN/IAN+TEH-+010.jpg Tainted Landscapes 2 A disused community hall at a village nicknamed 'Cancer Village'. Linfen, Shanxi, China. https://www.ianteh.com/dark-clouds daily 0.75 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273228505-TX4G1M212FXRPWJFREJI/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0001.jpg Dark Clouds A new cooling tower looms above workers returning home from a coal power station. China’s rapid industrialisation over the past 20 years has seen the construction of huge numbers of mainly coal fired power stations. According to the World Resources Institute, throughout history the cumulative emissionsbased on CO2 data, show that the five major emitters—the United States, European Union, China, Russian Federation, and Japan— together contributed to two-thirds of the world’s historic CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2011. Tonghua, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273228505-TX4G1M212FXRPWJFREJI/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0001.jpg Dark Clouds A new cooling tower looms above workers returning home from a coal power station. China’s rapid industrialisation over the past 20 years has seen the construction of huge numbers of mainly coal fired power stations. According to the World Resources Institute, throughout history the cumulative emissionsbased on CO2 data, show that the five major emitters—the United States, European Union, China, Russian Federation, and Japan— together contributed to two-thirds of the world’s historic CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2011. Tonghua, China.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273223558-WVDL1SXC4RWREJ2AC9ZP/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0002.jpg Dark Clouds Workers having an evening off at a games hall. Tai Yuan. China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273226297-RVW7H11AQOIDFH400U1I/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0003.jpg Dark Clouds China has been the biggest emitter of CO2 since 2007. In 2013, China exceeded the EU’s emissions on a per capita basis for the first time. It produced 7.2 tonnes per person to the EU’s 6.8 tonnes, whilst the US remained far ahead at 16.5 tonnes per person. However, it is worth noting that 20% of China's emissions, are driven by demand for Chinese products from consumers in Europe and the US. Benxi, China.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273230509-NMMJGIC6Q9UFLTZAPGG0/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0004.jpg Dark Clouds A bar hostess at a workers' games hall. Tai Yuan, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273232075-6WN66FH3HRM0JU8EAQXK/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0005.jpg Dark Clouds Steel plant at night. Tonghua, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273234287-ZG6MKC0OOQ3Z03AFF3ZZ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0006.jpg Dark Clouds Miners return home after a shift in the coal pits. The journey back to the surface is made by train and takes about 40 minutes. In general, safety standards in the large government owned mines have a higher level of safety standard. Shanxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273234847-AXRAMM81SDE7538Z2JIY/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0007.jpg Dark Clouds Workers at a steel and iron plant. Steel and iron production is one of the most energy-intensive industries worldwide, its use of coal and coke as the primary fuel for production means that it has the highest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in any industry globally. Tonghua, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273236142-YTLQIEOCXE4BH29I48RZ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0008.jpg Dark Clouds Coal miner in a small colliery. Linfen, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273237527-EVGUJC6ZN5GHIOLAEY7B/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0009.jpg Dark Clouds Coal miner in a communal bath at a colliery. Linfen, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273239509-YTSLYTGAE333VI8D3R2S/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0010.jpg Dark Clouds Workers working at a coking plant. The production of coke releases highly toxic substances into the atmosphere that are often carcinogenic. Workers in these industrial plants are often directly exposed to the fumes that are emitted from this industrial process. Benxi, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273244496-1CXBALAJCJ86Y3SELRTJ/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0011.jpg Dark Clouds Workers at a steel and iron plant. Tonghua, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273244997-UIN4MKO1MVMBB5SOW855/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0012.jpg Dark Clouds Worker in a small coal mine. China is the largest coal user in the world and has the unenviable record of the highest number of coal miners with lung problems. Datong, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273250409-OV22NGKLMO87RW2LT8NW/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0013.jpg Dark Clouds Migrant workers at coal mine outside Datong in Shanxi Province. Datong is dubbed as the coal capital of China and the province Shanxi is the largest producer of coal in the country. China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273250725-BOUWKLW4P1YMUBT8W05A/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0014.jpg Dark Clouds Communal baths. The grounds of this steel plant is covered by a layer of dust from the emissions of the factory. China is the largest producer of sulphur dioxide in the world, a major component of acid rain that comes from the burning of coal. Tonghua, China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/534536dfe4b00e0d727be150/1401273254356-4AUDA79Z8Z77LS32AKS5/%C2%A9IAN+TEH+-+0015.jpg Dark Clouds An employee from a coal mine plays pool late in the night after work. 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