Another meanwhile in China Thread ! ** lots of pics !

[sammk2]

Pollution in China !

October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”

Lu Guang (卢广), freelancer photographer, started as an amateur photographer in 1980. He was a factory worker, later started his own photo studio and advertising agency. August of 1993 he returned to post-graduate studies at the Central Arts and Design Academy in Beijing (now is the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University). During graduate school, he studied, traveled all over the country and carved out a career, became the “dark horse” of the photographer circle in Beijing. Skilled at social documentary photography, his insightful, creative and artistic work often focused on “social phenomena and people living at the bottom of society”, attracted the attentions of the national photography circle and the media. Many of his award winning works focused on social issues like, “gold rush in the west”, “drug girl”, “small coal pit”, “HIV village”, “the Grand Canal”, “development of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway” and so on.

1. “At the junction of Ningxia province and Inner Mongolia province, I saw a tall chimney puffing out golden smoke covering the blue sky, large tracts of the grassland have become industrial waste dumps; unbearable foul smell made people want to cough; Surging industrial sewage flowed into the Yellow River…”

- Lu Guang

. Chemical waste from Jiangsu Taixing Chemical Industrial District (江苏泰兴化工园区) dumped on top of the Yangtze River bank. May 15, 2009

Fan Jai Zhuang in Anyang City, Henan province, (河南安阳市范家庄) there is only one wall separating this village from the steelmaking furnaces. The villagers live in this heavily polluted environment where the village is under the iron rain every day. March 24, 2008

Industrial sewage of Zhejiang Xiaoshan Industrial District (浙江萧山化工园区) eventually flowed into Qiantang River. April 24, 2009

Henan Anyang iron and steel plant’s (河南安阳钢铁厂) sewage flowed into Anyang River. March 25, 2008

Guiyu, Guangdong province, (广东省贵屿镇) rivers and reservoirs have been contaminated, the villager is washing in a seriously polluted pond. November 25, 2005

Shizuishan Industrial district in Ningxia province (宁夏石嘴山湖滨工业园区), the tall chimneys spitted out smoke and dust. Residents took preventive measure for the falling dust from the sky when going outside. April 22, 2006

In the Yellow Sea coastline, countless sewage pipes buried in the beach and even extending into the deep sea. April 28, 2008

n Ma’anshan, Anhui province (安徽马鞍山), along the Yangtze River there are many small-scaled Iron selection factories and plastic processing plants. Large amounts of sewage discharged into the Yangtze River June 18, 2009

In Inner Mongolia there were 2 “black dragons” from the Lasengmiao Power Plant (内蒙古拉僧庙发电厂) covering the nearby villages. July 26, 2005

Jiangsu province Changshu City Fluorine Chemical industry land sewage treatment plant (江苏省常熟市氟化学工业园污水处理厂) was responsible for collection and processing of the industrial sewage. However they did not, the sewage pipe was extended 1500 meters under the Yangtze River and releasing the sewage there. 2009 June 11

Soil by Yangtze River, was polluted by Anhui Province Ma’anshan Chemical Industrial District (安徽省马鞍山化工园区). June 26, 2009

Large amount of the industrial wastewater flowed to Yellow River from Inner Mongolia Lasengmiao Industrial District (内蒙古拉僧庙工业园区) every day. July 26, 2005

A Large amount of the chemical wastewater discharged into Yangtze River from Zhenjiang Titanium mill (镇江市钛粉厂) every day. Less than 1,000 meters away downstream is where the water department of Danyang City gets its water from. June 10, 2009

In Haimen city, Jiangsu province Chemical Industrial District sewage treatment Plant (江苏省海门市化工园区污水处理厂) discharged wastewater into Yangtze River. June 5, 2009

Hebei Province Shexian Tianjin Iron and steel plant (河北省涉县天津钢铁厂) is a heavily polluting company. Company scale is still growing, seriously affecting the lives of local residents. March 18, 2008

Longmen town in Hanchen city, Shaanxi Province (陕西省韩城市龙门镇) has large-scaled industrial development. Environment is very seriously polluted there. April 8, 2008

There are over 100 chemical plants in Jiangsu province coastal industry district. (江苏滨海头罾沿海化工园区) Some of them discharge wastewater into the ocean; some heavily contaminated sewage is stored in 5 “Sewage Temporary Pools”. During the 2 high tides in every month, the sewage then gets discharged into the ocean with the tides. June 20, 2008

Jiangxi Province Hu Ko County Chemical Industry district (江西省胡口县化工园区) is by the Yangtze River. Chemical factory landfill the Yangtze River bank to expand the scale of the factory without authorization.

Anhui Province Cihu Chemical Industry District (安徽省慈湖化工园区) built a underground pipe to discharge wastewater into the Yangtze River. The wastewater sometimes is black, gray, dark red, or yellow, wastewater from different chemical factories has different colors. June 18, 2009

Shanxi Province is the most polluted areas of China. It is also the province with the highest rate of birth defects. This loving farmer couple adopted 17 disabled children. April 15, 2009

“In Some areas of China people’s lives were threatened because of the environmental pollution. Residents suffering from all kinds of obscured diseases, the cancer villages, increase of deformed babies, these were the results of sacrificing environment and blindly seeking economical gain.”

- Lu Guang

Elder shepherd by the Yellow River cannot stand the smell. April 23, 2006

15-year-old boy from Tianshui, Gansu Province (甘肃天水), dropped out of the school after 2nd grade, followed his parents to Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District. He earns 16 yuan a day. April 8, 2005

. Inner Mongolia province Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District, the couple who worked at the Plaster Kiln and just got home. March 22, 2007

Villagers from Kang village in Linfen City, Shanxi Province (山西省临汾市下康村) due to long-term consumption of the polluted water contaminated by industrial waste, there were 50 people who have cancer and cerebral thrombosis. 64-year-old Wang Baosheng got ill since 2003, he has fester all over his body so he cannot go to bed and lying face down on the edge of the bed each day. July 10, 2005

Breathing in large amount of dust into the lungs, people gets sick after working there for 1-2 years. Most of these migrant workers come from area of poverty. April 10, 2005

Zhangqiao village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan Province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的张桥村), a 45-year-old woman Sun Xiaojun (孙晓军) could not move her feet and hands since 4 years ago. The numerous hospital treatments were not effective. April 7, 2009

Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的赵庄村), 66-year-old Zhao Bingkun suffering from esophageal cancer since 2004, after the second surgery, treatment cost already have reached over 200,000 yuan. His condition is in late stage, he is having fever everyday, waiting for death. April 7, 2009

Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (洪河边的河南省西平县张于庄村), Gao Wanshun’s (高万顺) wife died of cancer. Now he lives in poverty. April 3, 2009

Linfen City in Shanxi province (山西临汾市) is seriously polluted area. Farmers after working in the cotton fields for 2 hours are filled with coal ashes. September 24 2007

Salt factory worker in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province (江苏连云港) said angrily, “when the wind blowing towards our side, the foul smell from the chemical factories is unbearable. There is even more poison gas at night.” July 19, 2008

People form Fanjiazhuang (范家庄) are ready to submit a complain filled with their fingerprints, to seek compensation for pollution damages. March 19, 2008

In Shanxi Province there are a lot of charitable nursing homes, to help disabled infants abandoned by their parents. April 14, 2009

Liujiawan village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的刘家湾村), 13 year old Yang Xiao in November 2008 was ill with obscure disease. She was saved by the donation of the villagers. When the grandmother saw the old village chief came to visit his granddaughter, she kneeled on the ground holding granddaughter’s hand. April 19, 2009

he oldest is 9, not going to school. The youngest is less than 2 years old. They lived in severely polluted area. They hands and faces were always dirty. April 10, 2005

Mazhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province, (河南省舞钢市洪河边的马庄村) 58-year-old Ma Haipeng (马海朋) was suffering from stomach cancer since 2006 and could not work in the field. He must take medicine every day, otherwise it is too painful. April 6, 2009

Every year, a lot of deficiency babies in Shanxi Province were abandoned. Kong Zhenlan (孔贞兰) in Qi town (祁县) who was making a living by recycling trash adopted 25 abandoned children. April 14, 2009

Xuanwei (宣威) in Yunnan province is a cancer village. Every year there are more than 20 people die of cancer. 11-year-old student Xu Li (徐丽) is suffering from bone cancer. May 8, 2007

In Shexian Village, Hebei Province, (河北省涉县固新村) the existing cancer patients are more than 50 people and more than 20 cancer patients die each year. March 18, 2008

Source: http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/

 

[NisMobile]

thats disturbing theres nothing to enjoy idiot

 

[sammk2]

thats disturbing theres nothing to enjoy idiot

hey i know it's disgusting bro ! I meant enjoy the quality of the pictures ....

why so mad

 

[NisMobile]

it came out wrong what you said

as much as i hate china, enjoying sick children is never fun

 

[sammk2]

it came out wrong what you said

as much as i hate china, enjoying sick children is never fun

yeah i know budy imma correct it !

sorry about that !

 

[MrSpace]

from many expats I know living there, it's the main thing that bothers them. All said they would not live there more than a few years as it is always heavily polluted (air).

these pictures are showing more "random" spots. Near big cities it's not that ugly, but the air quality is incredibly poor and bad for health.

 

[MattRC51]

Those are very "nice" pictures.
So sad to see this.

 

[BoxsterBoy]

Ben non, y'en a pas de troubles... Fiez-vous sur EdT... La Chine est prospère et tout va bien.

 

[GLL]

C'est vraiment, vraiment triste.
Tout ça pour nous offrir des produits cheap et pas cher...

 

[logik23]

They are going through their own industrial revolution.

 

[Duberman]

Better them than us right? I mean we all want the latest electronics even if the old unit we're replacing still works. Hooray consumerism!

 

[BoxsterBoy]

They are going through their own industrial revolution.

Ouais, mais le trouble c'est que les révolutions nord américaines n'utilisaient pas autant de plastique et de chimique, c'était très axé sur le métal. je ne suis par expert et je ne connais pas les différences, mais ça me semblais moins pire ici...

 

[Gatz]

Neither EdT nor counter-China MR-members are right. You think a wealthy person lives in these conditions? You think anywhere near a majority lives in these conditions? Do you know any 'real' Chinese people, not the Canadian-borns -- people who have lived in China for at least 15-20 years. If they had the means to move to another country, then they do not live in these conditions. Depending on EdT's attitude toward the lower class, he may not even really care.

China may be seen as 'communist' by Westerners, but it is not. They do not share the 'help a brotha out' mentality.

By the way, I don't like Chinese people and I complain about them often, but not the way it's done on MR. This thread is good; pictures are good. However, I'm afraid of the kind of interpretations that stupid people are likely to make based on these images as if every part of China is like this or that every part of Asia is like this. Then, I would be very offended.

This is the part where EdT says that nobody in his family has cancer or organ cysts, which is probably true.

 

[Chinnu]

Quand tu y penses!! C'est eux qui écopent pour nous donner la qualité de vie que nous possèdons en terme de matériel.

 

[mksTurbo]

wow just wow .. so sad

 

[MTV]

Neither EdT nor counter-China MR-members are right. You think a wealthy person lives in these conditions? You think anywhere near a majority lives in these conditions? Do you know any 'real' Chinese people, not the Canadian-borns -- people who have lived in China for at least 15-20 years. If they had the means to move to another country, then they do not live in these conditions. Depending on EdT's attitude toward the lower class, he may not even really care.

China may be seen as 'communist' by Westerners, but it is not. They do not share the 'help a brotha out' mentality.

By the way, I don't like Chinese people and I complain about them often, but not the way it's done on MR. This thread is good; pictures are good. However, I'm afraid of the kind of interpretations that stupid people are likely to make based on these images as if every part of China is like this or that every part of Asia is like this. Then, I would be very offended.

This is the part where EdT says that nobody in his family has cancer or organ cysts, which is probably true.

Remember the video of the kid getting run over multiple times? Prime example....

 

[lord_galathon]

When the industrial revolution happened in America and Europe, the technology was "cleaner" meaning we didn't use advanced toxic chemicals to refine plastics, glass, silicates, petrol, lubricant, etc.

That's why it polluted less and killed less people, keep in mind that a lot of people were still killed by working in steel/glass mills, and other places like coal mines, etc.

 

[-Mike-]

Venez chialer que sa coute chere faire de quoi au Quebec, au moins on protege nos ressource et on travaille pas n'importe comment..

 

[Gatz]

Remember the video of the kid getting run over multiple times? Prime example....

EdT wouldn't admit to that being part of Chinese culture, neither would lots of proud Chinese people. I have tried numerous times to use these examples to justify why China has such flaws, but most Chinese people don't listen to these kinds of arguments. Close-mindedness I agree.

When the industrial revolution happened in America and Europe, the technology was "cleaner" meaning we didn't use advanced toxic chemicals to refine plastics, glass, silicates, petrol, lubricant, etc.

That's why it polluted less and killed less people, keep in mind that a lot of people were still killed by working in steel/glass mills, and other places like coal mines, etc.

The acid rain of the 19th and early 20th century in England and New England was ridiculous. A lot of workers also got many diseases (cancer and lung hemorrhage). This is heavily downplayed in schools when they teach history, but that's normal.

 

[Carbon_Blue_GT]

Life expectancy

11 Canada 80.7 78.3 82.9
36 United States 78.3 75.6 80.8
80 People's Republic of China (mainland) 73.0 71.3 74.8

Edt will never post in this thread since it's truth revealing and incriminating to China. He's a wuss that left his country to live in a way better "life quality" country. I find it very disturbing to ear constant arrogance from a deserter that would never be allowed to post on any forums, or be incarcerated or executed for stating his opinions if he stayed in his beloved country, yet appreciates every bit of comfort and quality of life america provides him, while promoting a way of life that jeopardize this same quality of life.