Fujian Blue (2008)

In the wake of Chinas opendoor policy in the early 1980s Fujian was one of the first Chinese coastal provinces to be opened to the outside world Many of the male residents opted to go abroad for work leaving behind their wives and families Two decades later Fujian is a microcosm of Chinese modernity there are palatial suburbs populated by lonely remittance widows neonlit discotheques frequented by karaoke kids coastal villages inhabited by impoverished fishermen and city centers dominated by gangs snakeheads and language schools acting as fronts for organized human trafficking