Yuyang Liu
Project Title: 5986 Kilometers
Apandi Theme Park is invested and constructed by a real estate company from Guangzhou since 2011. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
South Xinjiang Venice is a villa area in Guangzhou New City, which is about 10 kilometers away from the downtown Kashgar. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
A young man tries to stand on his head in iced Xiaoyalang Reservoir. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
Local villagers are pledging to the Flag of China. It’s a weekly meeting for Uyghur residents. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
A singer is singing in a downtown club. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
Spring Shopping Mall is deserted after its opening ceremony. It’s one of the malls invested by Guangbai Group in Guangzhou New City. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Models are covered by plastic paper in T.I.T Lifestyle Store. There are only 2 staff in whole store. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
A guard is sitting in Kashi E-commerce Headquarters Base of West China. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Han people, the majority ethnic, are fishing in a pond in South Xinjiang Venice. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Uyghur surveyor are measuring planning green space in Guangzhou Industrial Park, a new railway station to Central Asia will be built here in the future. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
Some Uyghur guards are working in the Adil Performance Center. According to the company， the performance center will create about 5，000 jobs in the future. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Guards are standing around the dancing floor at night. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
Policemen are on duty in a local horse riding match. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2016.
Uyghur workers are working in a factory established by Guangdong Sike Electronics where local workers can work somewhere near home. Their monthly salary is about 1500-2000 RMB (200-300 USD). Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Actors are filming a TV drama ‘In-Laws, Out-Laws’ which is well-known in Guangdong Province in front of Apandi Them Park. It’s a special edition showing the life of carder in Kashgar. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Kashgar Old City at night. The biggest Bazar in Kashgar is at the opposite street. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Two Women are sitting in the cosmetic shop, waiting for customers. The most famous Heytgah Mosque is beside this underground shopping street. Kashgar, Xinjiang. 2015.
Workers are working at the construction site of national highway G314 to Pakistan. Since a special economic zone establishes in Kashgar in 2010, the government begins to renovate the old highway to Pakistan. Kizilsu, Xinjiang. 2015.
Project Description
As a result of violent events led by Uyghur’s separatist forces that have been frequently taking place in China since 2009, the Chinese central government is providing the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with several aid projects, including investments, construction, labour exports, etc. Kashgar is one of the cities in China’s far west border area, neighbouring Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Guangzhou, the coastal city in southeastern China, is one of Kashgar’s sister cities, which aids Kashgar in developing its infrastructure and social stability. The aid project includes two parts: investments come into Xinjiang and labour goes out to inner China. I spent 2015 and 2016 travelling around Kashgar to take these images. This project aims to explore how policies impact a region and its residents, and discusses whether it is possible to solve a tense social problem with an economical method.
Biography
Yuyang Liu was born in 1991 and graduated from the Department of History at East China Normal University in Shanghai. He is a freelance photographer for Getty Images Reportage Emerging Talent and The New York Times based in Beijing, China. When he was a high school student, he started to love taking photos and decided to become a photographer. His images focus on social justice, environment and urbanisation in China. He has won the Magnum Foundation Human Rights & Photography Fellowship, the Ian Parry Scholarship and the Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography. His work has been published in TIME, The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR and BBC World Service, among others.
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