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  • Women belonging to the Miao tribe in south-west China
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  • Young people in Guiyang, China
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the most remote parts of mountains and are very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored. The economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
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  • A coal miner in Wangjiazhai, South West China, working over-ground mining. Coal miners carry up to 50kg of coal on their back. They are paid by the amount of buckets they fill and carry.
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  • wjanghazai, a coal mining village in Guizho, South West China. Miners collecting coal in an open cast area in the middle of the village.
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  • Families live close to the mines.  Their homes and lifestyles are connected to mining and to the use of coal.  Liupanshi, China
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  • A coal miner working overground digs and carries coal in wicker buckets. Wangjiazhai, China
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  • Illegal coal mining is widespread in China. Coal mines illegally run are operated under the corrupted eye of a local sheriff. Outdated equipment is adopted in coal mining.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The health and safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
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  • Families live close to the mines.  Their homes and lifestyle is connected to mining and to the use of coal.  A woman and child outside their home.
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  • Surface mining from an open cast mining covers large areas of the village of Wangjiazhai.  Coal is extracted and carried into wicker buckets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
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  • Coal is everywhere, even at the footsteps of homes.  A home in the village of Wangjiazhai.
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  • Wangjiazhai, a village of coal miners.  Coal seems to be everywhere, on the roads, on the colour of the houses and on people.
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  • Wangjiazhai is a coal village. Coal permeates the life style of its inhabitants and it is the main source of income.  Coal is employed for heating and cooking.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. Normally, these are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff. Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small. The miners are often recruited among migrant workers with a farming background.
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  • Liupanshi, South West China
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  • There are a lot of women working in coal mining overground in China. They are not allowed underground due to superstitious belief that they would bring bad luck. Their tasks are equal to men.  Overground they dug coal and carry to refineries. Wangjizhai, South West  China.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.   Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment
    cinzia_chinacoalminers04.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers02.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they just shut and covered as if nothing ever was running there..A coal miner outside the cave working on the coal extracted.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers02.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. They are able to operate because of the complicity with a local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.. In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur  frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers015.jpg
  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho region, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 06.jpg
  • Wangjiazhai is a coal mining village in South West China.  Many of its inhabitants work with coal from digging, transporting and removal.  Surface mining from an open cast mining covers large areas of the village...
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_043.jpg
  • Large groups of coal miners live in the same accommodation in the proximity of the mines.  They share all the amenities. Yushe Coal Mine, illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountain.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers014.jpg
  • Young people in Guiyang, South West China
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  • Liupanshi in Guizho region, South West China.
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  • Young vendor selling food in Guiyang, South West China
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  • There are a lot of women working in coal mining  in China. They are not allowed underground due to superstitious belief that they would bring bad luck but they work in overground mining. Their tasks are equal to men.  Wangjizhai, South West  China.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers05.jpg
  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are generally situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoal_miners09.jpg
  • Many women work in coal mining. They work in overground mining. Wanghazhai, South West China
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  • Coal miners villages rely heavily in coal as a means for cooking and heating.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers050.jpg