Zheng Xiuzhi, right, and her fellow villager Chang Laixun, poses in front of pear trees and an illegal cement plant at Wushizhua

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Zheng Xiuzhi, right, and her fellow villager Chang Laixun, poses in front of pear trees and an illegal cement plant at Wushizhuang village in Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province, China. Dozens of polluting firms surrounding Wushizhuang village have severely affected the pear trees which villagers live on, and some of them have to give up pear planting and get a job in these firms. 26-Mar-2014 (Original reportage for Swedish Daily Svenska Dagbladet)

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Location: Wushizhuang Tangshan Hebei China
Photo credit: © Lou Linwei / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: affect, affecting, agriculture, cement, china, chinese, farm, fruit, hebei, plant, pollution, trees, village