A triple shock slows China’s growth
Coal shortages, covid-19 and a construction slowdown all take their toll
IN A SCENE from “Manufactured Landscapes”, a documentary released in 2006, Edward Burtynsky, a landscape photographer, seeks permission to take pictures of the black mountains of Chinese coal awaiting shipment in Tianjin, an industrial city near Beijing. “Through his camera lens, through his eyes, it will appear beautiful,” Mr Burtynsky’s assistant assures his sceptical host. That turns out to be not quite true. Through the photographer’s lens, the piles of coal have a dark, satanic geometry—not beautiful exactly, but awe-inspiring in their immensity.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “From the sublime to the subpar”
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