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The drastic economic disparity between rural and urban areas in contemporary China causes large numbers of the rural population to pour into cities. The Chinese laws and regulations on the detention and repatriation of permit-less vagrants and
beggars in the cities have made these new migrants susceptible to punishment and discrimination.
Originally coming from the rural Henan Province, Yang is a singer who scratches a living by singing in the underground passages of urban business centers in the city of Guangzhou. Everyday he carries with him his temporary residency card and ID card
to avoid being caught and detained by the local police. To protect his business, he has to bribe the security guards who are in charge of the underground passages where he sings. Many of Yang抯 friends have been detained by the local police and sent
back home, but soon after that they come back to the city and continue their drifting life. Already turning thirty, Yang is thinking about ending his drifting life and going back to his home village to start a married life with his first love. But
back home life is even more chaotic. In the end Yang, like his other friends, is caught by the police in Guangzhou and sent back home.
2005 Yunnan Multi Culture
Visual Forum
Black Pottery Prize Award and Audience Award |
