Ye Ming

Ye Ming is a writer, photo editor, and photographer. She is a frequent contributor to TIME LightBox, TIME Magazine’s photography site, with a focus on the introduction of Asian photography. Her...
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Yan Cong

Yan Cong is an independent photographer based in Beijing, where she was born and raised. She focuses most of her long-term projects on women’s issues, rural China, and China’s relations with its...
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David M. Barreda

David Barreda is an editor of photos and visuals at First Look Media. He was the founding Visuals Editor at ChinaFile, a post he held through December 2016. He has more than 15 years of media...
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In this issue of Depth of Field, we take a ride on one of China’s slowest trains, meet the workers who cut the ice for Harbin’s winter festival, and follow two mentally disabled “sent-down youth” on a rare trip home to visit their families. Also: baijiu brewers, shrinking boomtowns, luxury retirements homes, and two families in mourning.

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