• A woman walks near mounds of garbage, which were abandoned by recycling workers, at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A woman walks near mounds of garbage, which were abandoned by recycling workers, at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Children play on abandoned wood panels in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Children play on abandoned wood panels in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A garbage collector carries a sack of items abandoned by recycling workers at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A garbage collector carries a sack of items abandoned by recycling workers at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A woman sleeps in a shop which sells recycled electronic goods at Yaojiayuan village in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A woman sleeps in a shop which sells recycled electronic goods at Yaojiayuan village in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A recycling worker stands in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A recycling worker stands in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Laundry is hung out to dry in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Laundry is hung out to dry in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A recycling worker moves air-conditioning units in the yard of her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A recycling worker moves air-conditioning units in the yard of her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A woman dismantles a broken air-conditioning unit to sell its parts as scrap, outside a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A woman dismantles a broken air-conditioning unit to sell its parts as scrap, outside a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Children’s shoes rest against a window at a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Children’s shoes rest against a window at a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A recycling worker looks at a broken piano in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A recycling worker looks at a broken piano in the yard of a tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • A puppy stands next to parts of dismantled electronic goods in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A puppy stands next to parts of dismantled electronic goods in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Broken fridges are seen in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Broken fridges are seen in the yard of a recycling workers’ tenement house in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Recycling worker Gu Zhaofang is seen behind a blind as she speaks on her mobile phone at her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Recycling worker Gu Zhaofang is seen behind a blind as she speaks on her mobile phone at her tenement house at Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Recycling workers play poker in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Recycling workers play poker in Dongxiaokou village. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

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In pictures: Beijing’s ‘recycling village’ faces demolition

Liz Claus

June 08, 2014

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On the outskirts of Beijing lies Dongxiaokou village, a major centre for recycling old electronic goods which are collected and recycled mostly by migrant workers who either repair them or sell them on as scrap. The village is now facing demolition to make way for an ambitious urbanisation plan.

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