BY: ROB HOFFMAN Far off China’s eastern shore lies the once-thriving and now-abandoned community of Gouqi island, which has received its fair share of attention from the stunning photography of Jane Qing. Gouqi is clustered into a group of about…
Ghostly photos of workers might taint your fond memories of your favourite childhood toys
BY: CONNOR BRIAN The truth is innocence is never pure, not even your childhood memories are safe. The excited squeals of a child unwrapping their presents is a warm embrace, and not often does the thought of millions of labourers…
These aren’t photos of traditional Chinese landscapes; they are mountains of man-made garbage
BY: ELI ROSS All too easily your eyes can mislead your mind. Nostalgic imagery is deceiving. As your eyes scan across the foggy mountain peaks and calm rivers that wind through green pastures you probably mistook these photographs for a…
This Chinese amusement park has a death simulator where you can be “cremated”
BY: JESSICA BEUKER People have always been fascinated with death. The uncertainty of what is an inevitable event causes many to wonder, “Will it hurt?” “What will happen to me after?” While there is no way to answer these questions,…
With this 3-D printer you can build 10 tiny houses in under 24 hrs for less than $5,000 each
BY: EDITORS A new technology is hoping to give a facelift to the dilapidated living conditions of rural villages in China. See, China has a problem—income in urban areas is three times higher than in rural areas and as time…
China’s state surveillance proposal might as well be straight out of a George Orwell novel
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Big Brother is watching you.” The chilling slogan was once only part of George Orwell’s fictional dystopia – a totalitarian society where every citizen is under constant surveillance by the government. Now, the idea of “Big Brother”…
25 activists are biking across America to fight persecution of meditation in China
BY: JESSICA BEUKER I find it difficult to imagine a world where my core beliefs are subject to persecution. A world where I have to walk on egg shells every single day. Where I can’t freely say what I think…
An abandoned fishing village in China literally being swallowed by nature (Photos)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Gouqi Island, located in the mouth of the Yangtze River, is one of the 18 inhabitable islands of the nearly 400 in the Shengsi archipelago. The islands are surrounded by vast blue sea, golden beaches, deep caves…
These alarming photos show how bad pollution in China has become
China is perhaps one of the most polarized landscapes, home to the strikingly beautiful Yellow Mountains and Great Wall of China, yet in other parts pollution runs rampant and completely unchecked. Unregulated dumping in various watersheds throughout China is fairly…
There are massive cities in China where no one lives
BY: Ted Barnaby If you were to walk into a full-scale city with skyscrapers, condos, malls and shops—and there wasn’t a single person to be seen for miles, your first question would probably be: where the hell did everyone go?…