中国采棉花的妇女Women Picking Cotton, China

Women Picking Cotton, China,中国采棉花的妇女 2003


中文注释：（网友翻译，有待改进，请跟帖发表自己看法）
时间&地点：2003年，中国，采棉花的妇女
摄影：Michael S. Yamashita

在中国一群妇女正在摘采棉花，她们将采下的棉花捆绑好以防止被风吹走。该国是世界上领先的棉花生产国，棉花产量达到每年673万吨。然而，农民们却不能跟上新兴纺织业的发展步伐，每年仍然需要消耗掉约1300万吨棉花。中国经常依靠进口来填补这个缺口，也导致了世界纺织品消费价格的上涨。

  


英文注释：
Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita

Bundled against the wind, a group of women picks cotton in China. The Asian nation is the world’s leading producer of cotton, with an output of 6.73 million tons per year. Farmers can’t keep up with the burgeoning textile industry, however, which uses about 13 million tons of cotton a year. The Chinese often rely on imports to close the gap, which drives up textile prices for consumers worldwide.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Chasing the Wall,” January 2003, National Geographic magazine)






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