Ma Xinqing worked in this factory in Tengzhou, Shandong, for 20 years before it was shut down. He now works as a security guard, keeping watch over the empty, decaying buildings.
Ma Xinqing worked in this factory in Tengzhou, Shandong, for 20 years before it was shut down. He now works as a security guard, keeping watch over the empty, decaying buildings.
Wang Dishan works with Ma. Like Ma, Wang used to be a farmer before getting a factory job. Now, they tends crops inside the deserted factory compound to keep themselves busy.
Wang Dishan works with Ma. Like Ma, Wang used to be a farmer before getting a factory job. Now, they tends crops inside the deserted factory compound to keep themselves busy.
Together with her son, Wang Changmei, 53, sells cold noodles in a small market in Tengzhou.
Together with her son, Wang Changmei, 53, sells cold noodles in a small market in Tengzhou.
Zhang Houde has run a shop in one of Tengzhou's industrial zones for the past 20 years.
Zhang Houde has run a shop in one of Tengzhou's industrial zones for the past 20 years.
Almost 400 miles away in Beijing, the slowdown hasn't affected everyone.
Almost 400 miles away in Beijing, the slowdown hasn't affected everyone.
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Here, the economy is more diversified and less reliant on exports.
Here, the economy is more diversified and less reliant on exports.
But rising prices hurt everyone's pockets.
But rising prices hurt everyone's pockets.