Economic  photo essays 

In Pictures: A New Home in the Desert

Desertification drives a nomadic community in inner mongolia to settle in a new land.

1月25日 16:55

In Pictures: Chinese in the Russian Far East

Crossing borders into the unknown, Chinese sought new opportunities in Russia.

1月18日 17:58

Donghu, an AIDS Village

Years after illegal blood banks infected Henan donors with HIV, villages are struggling to survive.

1月11日 16:51

Along the Tracks

Railway lines in northeastern China once gave life and vigor to communities living along the tracks until market economy changed that.

1月4日 21:59

The Road to Urbanization

For the Miao minority living in the mountains of Rongjiang, a lack of transportation access has helped keep their traditions and culture intact. Slowly, however, change is coming.

12月28日 19:50

The Village of Hepatitis B

Many villagers have fled Xingwang village in Hubei province, whose waters are coursing with Hepatitis B and other disease. Those who remain struggle against discrimination and the constant threat of infection.

12月21日 20:46

Life in Symbiosis

At a frontier outpost between China and Vietnam, thriving trade has attracted illegal immigrants, whom the locals depend on for labor and side incomes.

12月14日 17:00

The Lonesome Guardians of the Tibetan Antelope

In a vast, unpopulated region bordering Tibet, stalwart communities of rangers edure perpetual solitude and the forces of the nature while guarding over an endangered antelope.

12月7日 16:17

Surviving a Scorched Land

Xihaigu region in Ningxia province - a Hui autonomous region - has been termed as one of the most unsuitable places on earth for human habitation.

12月3日 17:06