Photographer Thomas Haugersveen

Story-The coalbelt, China (17 images)

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  • View from the "twin towers" in Taiyuan. The city is covered in smog...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Industry in Taiyuan...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • A local man on his bike on the road leading to the mines...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • A local man who will not give his name, preparing leftover coal. He makes a decent living doing this he says...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Local miners on a hilltop near the main mine...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • A mine behind a massive concrete wall. Close to Taiyuan...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Everything within a few kilometers from the mines are covered in thin layer of grey dust...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Kids at their home, just a few hundred meters from one of the coalmines. A thin layer of coal dust covers everything...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Teenagers playing basketball, just a few hundred meters from the coalmines. Most of the workers live close to the mines..Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Late evening, a former miner is on his way home from the store. For a split second, the sky clears up and the moon is visible....Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Downtown Taiyuan. The heavy smog prevents any view of the river...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Outside the head office of a local mining company. A mine is seen on the left side of the painting. ..Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • Local kids play in the mining community on the outskirts of Taiyuan...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • A retired miner who still lives close to the mines. Why should I we care about the environment, the most important is to have enough food to eat, he says....Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

  • A local butcher preparing meat in the mining community outside Taiyuan...Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. December 2008. Taiyuan is the capital of the Shanxi province of China; also know as the coal belt. Taiyuan is one of the most important industrial cities in China. However, the industry has also made the city to one of the most polluted in China. There are believed that hundreds of thousand Chinese dies from air pollution each year..

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