China is one of the biggest construction sites in the world. In the top ten of most rich chinese, there are eight real estate agents.
Ten years ago, a building with more than 15 floors was an exception in Xiamen. Nowadays,the city has to offer 3 million inhabitants a home, and skyscrapers arise like mushrooms.
Enormous realisitions are based on manpower mostly, thousands of workers live in bleu and white sheds next to the construction sites. They are often poor farmers, who come to the city for a season, to earn a living. When we travel by bus from the countryside to the city centre, we see how te edge of the modern city is expanding. The paltry, busy houses and appartments, are a few kilometres further abandonned, the bulldozers announce the comming changes. Then the new buldings, often still wrapped in cloths. No residential districts, because private houses are now forbidden by the government, and you only find a them at the beach. In the very centre, the impressive skyscrapers, like the golden sherraton hotel. There isn't much left from the ages of history the city has. The few inhabited tempels, honoured by the monks, are often touristic, others fell into desrepair. The pictures below give an impression.
Ten years ago, a building with more than 15 floors was an exception in Xiamen. Nowadays,the city has to offer 3 million inhabitants a home, and skyscrapers arise like mushrooms.
Enormous realisitions are based on manpower mostly, thousands of workers live in bleu and white sheds next to the construction sites. They are often poor farmers, who come to the city for a season, to earn a living. When we travel by bus from the countryside to the city centre, we see how te edge of the modern city is expanding. The paltry, busy houses and appartments, are a few kilometres further abandonned, the bulldozers announce the comming changes. Then the new buldings, often still wrapped in cloths. No residential districts, because private houses are now forbidden by the government, and you only find a them at the beach. In the very centre, the impressive skyscrapers, like the golden sherraton hotel. There isn't much left from the ages of history the city has. The few inhabited tempels, honoured by the monks, are often touristic, others fell into desrepair. The pictures below give an impression.
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1) the edge of the poor city and the construction sites.
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2) The bulldozer...
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3)... and his work.jpg)
4) A crane....jpg)
5) ... and its worker(s).jpg)
6) abandonned houses, new road..jpg)
7) After the bulldoser came... + workers village (blue and white)
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8) The edge
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9) New buldings in cloths.
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10) Buildings in cloths, buildings out cloths, workersvillage.
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11) The 'betonvlechterij'
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12,13) The old marina...
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14) and the building of a new one
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15) Mathieu running, our bike, buildings.jpg)
16) Cow, kids, constructions.
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17) Workers houses....jpg)
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18) and the ones of their bosses?.jpg)
19) The golden sherraton.jpg)
20) old china, new china.jpg)
21) old china, new china, young girl..jpg)
22) bye!
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