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Ronghui Chen Freezing Land [ EPF 2018 FINALIST ] We’re used to thinking of Chinese cities in the context of growth, but the country’s northeast region is an exception. Bordering Russia …

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My project, Freezing Land, aims to explore descendants of immigrants living in the northeast. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping started a campaign called the “Chinese Dream”. But what does this mean to the the once prosperous land? What’s the story of today’s northeastern China?