China has always existed in a sort of time warp, but in this rural corner time may well have stopped a hundred years ago.I stay the night in my grandmother's house, dreading the lack of Internet. She slaughters a chicken for dinner to celebrate my return to China.
Some beautiful photography from Jack showing life in rural Inner Mongolia and some of the northern "ghost cities" of China.
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thenewgreen: Despite appearances, many residents here are wealthy. The government has appropriated much of the village land for a highway expansion project, rewarding the displaced farmers with considerable sums.
China seems like such a weird juxtaposition of wealth/poverty, old customs/new technology. His grandmother is awesome looking. Almost looks like she has a "grill." -Maybe via the bounty from the government appropriated land.