The Last Match Factory—Tencent “Living” Channel
Bai Shi—Tencent “Living” Channel
Photographer Bai Shi documents the struggling match factory Lucky Star, the last of its kind in Dongbei, northeast China. At its peak, from 1987 to 1997, Lucky Star had 400 workers. But in today’s China, matches are not the necessity they once were. The factory currently employs only 14 workers and runs limited production from May to October each year.
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Photographer Bai Shi documents the struggling match factory Lucky Star, the last of its kind in Dongbei, northeast China. At its peak, from 1987 to 1997, Lucky Star had 400 workers. But in today’s China, matches are not the necessity they once were. The factory currently employs only 14 workers and runs limited production from May to October each year.