The ‘faceless’ folk are what I remember best about China
Ordinary people – farmers and migrant workers – don’t make headlines as national leaders do, but their response to what life throws at them leaves an indelible mark on the writer.
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Villagers climbing a series of steel stairs and ladders to reach their homes in the village of Atulie’er in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China.
ST PHOTO: DANSON CHEONG
Earlier in 2023, I left Beijing after spending five eventful years there as one of The Straits Times’ China correspondents.
So much has happened since I was posted to the Chinese capital in early 2018. In my time there, I saw the start of the US-China trade war and how Beijing’s relations with the West nosedived.
