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Lucky or left-behind? Portraits from rural China
Working with families and pensioners in her home province, photographer Tami Xiang reveals China’s stark rural/urban divide.
Andy Butler
Archive
Working with families and pensioners in her home province, photographer Tami Xiang reveals China’s stark rural/urban divide.
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