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CHINA-LHASA-WELFARE SCHOOL-HANDICRAFTS-PRINCIPAL ZHANG LI (CN)
(110420) -- LHASA, April 20, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 6, 2011 shows a student gilding the scroll of a brass thankga at Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Located in a common residential area in eastern Lhasa, the classrooms and dormitories of Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School are scattered in five corners of the community. Now the school is home for about 80 Tibetan children, who are orphans or from poverty-stricken families in Tibet Autonomous Region and adjacent Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. They are divided into five classes, each studying one kind of Tibetan handicraft, such as thangka painting, carpet weaving, metal carving, brass molding, etc. At daytime, students learn different handicrafts, and in the evening, they have classes of Chinese and Tibetan language. All their expenses at school, including boarding cost, medical treatment, studying materials, are all free of charge.
Though single and childless, Zhang Li, a 1970's girl from southeast China's Fujian Province, is the guardian of the 80 children. As the school principal, for half a year, she lives in the school with her students, whom she called "my children", for the rest of the year, she frequently shuttles between big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen to do projects of real estate consultation and management, which is her previous profession and now the main source of money supporting her school. Zhang used to own two real estate consulting companies in Hangzhou and Xiamen. Then, earning a lot from the profitable business, she lived a delicate and wealthy life of a typical urban girl, wearing clothes of luxury brands. But she always felt a sense of emptiness, no matter how hard she worked. In 2000, she took a trip to Tibet and instantly fell in love with it.
Deeply appealed to the beauty of this land and the faith of Tibetan Buddhism, she wanted to do somet
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DUKAS_18261034_EYE
(BRIDGING WE)CHINA-LHASA-WELFARE SCHOOL-HANDICRAFTS-PRINCIPAL ZHANG LI (CN)
(110420) -- LHASA, April 20, 2011 (Xinhua) -- The combo photo taken on April 20, 2011 shows Zekyi (L) learning from thankga master Puncog Doje and his thankga paintings at Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Located in a common residential area in eastern Lhasa, the classrooms and dormitories of Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School are scattered in five corners of the community. Now the school is home for about 80 Tibetan children, who are orphans or from poverty-stricken families in Tibet Autonomous Region and adjacent Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. They are divided into five classes, each studying one kind of Tibetan handicraft, such as thangka painting, carpet weaving, metal carving, brass molding, etc. At daytime, students learn different handicrafts, and in the evening, they have classes of Chinese and Tibetan language. All their expenses at school, including boarding cost, medical treatment, studying materials, are all free of charge.
Though single and childless, Zhang Li, a 1970's girl from southeast China's Fujian Province, is the guardian of the 80 children. As the school principal, for half a year, she lives in the school with her students, whom she called "my children", for the rest of the year, she frequently shuttles between big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen to do projects of real estate consultation and management, which is her previous profession and now the main source of money supporting her school. Zhang used to own two real estate consulting companies in Hangzhou and Xiamen. Then, earning a lot from the profitable business, she lived a delicate and wealthy life of a typical urban girl, wearing clothes of luxury brands. But she always felt a sense of emptiness, no matter how hard she worked. In 2000, she took a trip to Tibet and instantly fell in love with it.
Deeply appealed to the beauty of this land and the faith of
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DUKAS_18261033_EYE
CHINA-LHASA-WELFARE SCHOOL-HANDICRAFTS-PRINCIPAL ZHANG LI (CN)
(110420) -- LHASA, April 20, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 4, 2011 shows Gyangtso casting a Buddha statue at Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Located in a common residential area in eastern Lhasa, the classrooms and dormitories of Tibet Pende Targye Vocational Technical Welfare School are scattered in five corners of the community. Now the school is home for about 80 Tibetan children, who are orphans or from poverty-stricken families in Tibet Autonomous Region and adjacent Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. They are divided into five classes, each studying one kind of Tibetan handicraft, such as thangka painting, carpet weaving, metal carving, brass molding, etc. At daytime, students learn different handicrafts, and in the evening, they have classes of Chinese and Tibetan language. All their expenses at school, including boarding cost, medical treatment, studying materials, are all free of charge.
Though single and childless, Zhang Li, a 1970's girl from southeast China's Fujian Province, is the guardian of the 80 children. As the school principal, for half a year, she lives in the school with her students, whom she called "my children", for the rest of the year, she frequently shuttles between big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen to do projects of real estate consultation and management, which is her previous profession and now the main source of money supporting her school. Zhang used to own two real estate consulting companies in Hangzhou and Xiamen. Then, earning a lot from the profitable business, she lived a delicate and wealthy life of a typical urban girl, wearing clothes of luxury brands. But she always felt a sense of emptiness, no matter how hard she worked. In 2000, she took a trip to Tibet and instantly fell in love with it.
Deeply appealed to the beauty of this land and the faith of Tibetan Buddhism, she wanted to do something for Tibet
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(BRIDGING WE)CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Workers of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd make violins at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
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DUKAS_18181898_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Pupils learn violin at a primary school in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To inherit his business, Geng's
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DUKAS_18181897_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Worker Chen Weiling of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. lacquers a violin at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my busines
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DUKAS_18181896_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Geng Guosheng of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. remedies an old violin from Japan at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand
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DUKAS_18181893_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Geng Guosheng of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. remedies an old violin from Japan at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand
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DUKAS_18181892_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Worker Liu Shiqin of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. makes violin at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried about the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business
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DUKAS_18181891_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Cui Sufen polishes a semifinished violin at a workshop in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To inheri
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DUKAS_18181890_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Geng Jia (2nd L), the son of Geng Guosheng, performs violin for visitors in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
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DUKAS_18181889_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Pupils learn violin at a primary school in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To inherit his business, Geng's
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DUKAS_18181888_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng listens to distinguish the tamber of a violin in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To i
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DUKAS_18181887_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Workers of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. make violins at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
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DUKAS_18181885_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. polishes a violin at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laug
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DUKAS_18181884_EYE
CHINA-BEIJING-MUSIC INDUSTRY-RURAL AREA (CN)
(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- A worker of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd makes violins at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng (1st L) repairs a violin at a workshop in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To inherit
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng makes cello at a workshop in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To inherit his business,
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng (C) makes violin with his wife and son at a workshop in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng (R) introduces his invention for violin manufacture at a workshop in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," h
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Villager Geng Guosheng polishes a semifinished violin at a workshop in Nanniantou Village of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand my business," he laughed.
To in
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(110414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Chen Weiling, a worker of the Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd, arranges painted violin at a plant in Donggaocun Township of Pinggu District in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2011.
The 49-year-old Geng Guosheng, a native of Donggaocun Township in Pinggu District, dubbed "China's Violin Production Base," is a violin production workshop owner in rural Beijing. He is worried the labour shortage of his workshop.
"I fail to keep my staff by offering a salary of more than 2,000 yuan (305.6 U.S. dollars) per month on average, although the amount is adequately attractive in rural China," said the 49-year-old Geng. "I can't accept any more as the manpower is not enough." Since the beginning of this year, the number of the workers in Geng's workshop has fallen from 10 to no more than five, including his wife, his son and himself. Most of his employees have turned to work in other workshops or factories in his township.
The popularity of skilled workers in the township has embodied the booming violin production business here. Since 2006, the township government organized 15 instrument manufacture trainings and more than 1,500 farmers participated. To attract more, each trainee was granted 500 yuan as an allowance.
Currently, 3,000 farmers from Donggaocun, or 20 percent of the township's labor forces, are engaged in violin-related business, creating a manufacturing chain from material supplies, parts manufacturing to violin assembly.
Starting in the early 1990s, Geng's workshop produced 280 violins every month with sales prices from 300 yuan to 200,000, depending on different wood categories, handiwork quality, and sound effects.
"Much better than farming," he said, adding a farmer could only make 1,000 yuan per mu (0.06 hectare) every year at the township.
Despite the labor shortage, Geng is optimistic about the future of his workshop. "Once there is an investor, I'll immediately expand m
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Bushman (San) People. Dancing. Near Kalahari Gemsbok National park. South Africa. (FOTO: DUKAS/AFRICANPICTURES.NET)
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Forty eight years ago, apprentice dairy woodcarver Ken Whittle was told his was a dying trade. Today, his dairy moulds are in demand all over the world, and he even has an apprentice of his own.
Now an energetic sixty two year old, Ken still practices his ancient craft in the workshop of Howard Brothers, woodware manufacturers, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Seen here with his 250 carving tools, working on another butter mould, created out of sycamore.
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A wood carver practicing his ancient skills in his workshop, gouging out a detailed swirl pattern.
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Mrs E Rushworth seen at work on her wood-carvings at her Old Windsor, Berkshire, home which is lavishly furnished with lovely examples of her craft.
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An Arab boat builder at work on the stern of a dhow under repair in a Doha yard . (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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PICTURE SHOWS:- Carpenter at Shell's industrial site at Ras Babut , near Doha .
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Carver John Hudson at work in the factory of Nicholls and Janes, High Wycombe, furniture makers.
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Designer Digby Morton discusses the new shorter length of a jacket with his French head tailor, Roger Brines. Morton's workroom is in a complete contrast to his home, it is almost bare with only high drawing bench, shelves for materials and a dressmaker's dummy.
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Miss Hilda Connolly from South Tottenham, London, a student at Stoke House, Stoke Hammond, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, attending a course in the art centre. Seen here cutting the block for fabric printing.
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Busy in the watch room of the old King's Bench prison (where Smollet served a term, and Dickens placed Micawber) wood carvers are still cutting up rough special work for the new Houses of Parliament. The main buildings were demolished in 1869 and the firm E.J. Bradford - stone and wood carvers occupy the watch room.
Seen here Mr J Senyard carving a coat of arms in wood in the watch room of the old King's Bench Prison, Southwark, London, England.
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Stoke-on-trent , Staffordshire : Irene Tennant fixes a transfer to a china plate , one of a consignment for Cornell University , USA at the Wedgewood potteries here
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Stoke-on-trent , Staffordshire : Fred Simpson , 41 , a thrower at the Josiah Wdgewood potteries sits astride a bench while working on a vase
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A craftsman hand sewing leather gloves in his workshop.
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