China,  Ningbo

Old Ningbo

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Ningbo like any other Chinese city is constantly growing, adding new buildings and metro lines at breakneck speeds. The neighbourhood where I grew up as a child is such an example. The old houses have all been vacated, now a ghost town of the past. Brick and mud to be turned to glass and concrete.

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The doors leading to lively courtyards housing multiple families are now shuttered.

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The sun dappled streets silent and empty of any inhabitants, a rare sight in a populous city in China.

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Stray cats peek from an old gate.

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Those families who still live in the area make full use of their roofs to grow their own vegetables.

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Soon all this will be gone. Until then, there is still a little corner available to enjoy the warm afternoon sun.

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