Inner Mongolia and the impact of desertification | VPRO Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In inner Mongolia the impact of desertification hits hard on the inhabitants. Nomads used to move if herds needed new and fresh grassland. With climate change the grassland is turning into a desert. Inner Mongolia is facing a desertification that costs many Mongolian their work and home. But not only the impact of desertification is a problem, also the mines are causing a lot of pollution. How are people in inner Mongolia living with the impact of desertification?
In the past 30 years life for people in China has changed drastically. The third world country has become one of the world leaders and still most of us don´t know a lot about China and their habitants. How is internet access, how is life as a homosexual and why is football so popular? Photographer Ruben Terlou wants to know all that and much more. He starts a new journey through China and travels from North to South, from the steppes to the tropics. While doing that, he tries to look for answers to his questions with a camera in his hand.
The first episode starts in the inland of Mongolia, where climate changes have major consequences for both ranchers and miners. Persistent droughts caused by climate change draw heavily on the lives of Mongolian herders and miners in the far north of China. On the yellowed grassland horse races and wrestling contests are still held. But many cattle farmers are forced to move, as the grassland turns into a desert.
Photographer Ruben Terlou visits the inland of Mongolia with a guide and meets locals that are victims of the climate change. On his journey he sees how the mines destroy the landscape and assists an operation of a horse.
Original title: Mijnen en woestijnen (1/7)
Maaik Krijgsman
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Thank you for providing subtitles for this documentary! Ruben Terlou is fantastic!
Hi Kuku Quix, thanks for your comment!
On 18:02 the jockey boy says "I don't understand you." instead of "Piss off".
I am from the exact region of this video, people there are very friendly and kind, Mongolia people and Han people are getting along well.
Aobao is sacred to the Mongols, taking pictures of Aobao is a taboo, just like Buddhists think you‘d better not take pictures of Buddha
Terlou, your documentaries are excellent. You know the right way to communicate with the people.
Thank you Felipe K.!
Excellent work of documentary, youtube should recommend this video to more people.
You all always impress me with these documentaries. Another job well done.
So excited these are now with English subtitles.... Cant wait to watch these with my English speaking friends.
Hi Renee Groeninx, happy you can share your experience!
As always, great documentaries, charismatic reporters.
Thanks Bogdan! Which is your fav one of the one you have seen so far?
its true a good story as a documentary, but charismatic reporter? really? he talks and acts like a new graduated student major in media or communication studies, has no idea about how to do a good interview. I know its hard to communicate with locals in a non-native language, but he should at least know what he wants to ask and what he wants to dig in. insteas he just keep asking questions like "what are you doing here?" "what did they say?" "why they dont allow me go inside?"...
The land that has subsided and has sink holes reminds me of a mining area in South Africa, Carltonville in the Transvaal, the mine pumped out the underground water, and the land caved in.
18:04 "Piss off"" he said he don't understand what you saying
I am Turkish and from Turkey . Our Ancestors came to Anatolia because of drought tousend year ago. Mongolia must understand it long time ago. They have to catch rainwater and Build ponds. There is snow . Snow means water. They have big population of sheep and horse. They need grass end weeds.
Ruben, how is your back going?
awesome. :)
Dies ist ein sehr informativer Dokumentarfilm. Wir wussten ein wenig über die Mongolei.
Danke Herzl Iskänder Wiener - wir haben übrigens auch einen Kanal mit Deutschen Untertiteln, vpro dok - ruclips.net/channel/UCBi0VEPANmiT5zOoGvCi8Sg
Their horses are different from the smaller horses in Mongolia.
The kid jockey said “i don’t understand you. Not “piss off”.. n it’s offensive to touch a Mongolian man on his shoulders🤦🏻♂️. Tensions have been high between the mongol and chinese population so it wasn’t the brightest idea following a han chinese guy around...
如果有中文字幕就好了！
Where are you from?
If u come with Mongolian, they ll let you go to ovoo
Why dont they plant trees to stop desertification?
It's doing there, check out the great green wall or three north shelterbelt. The fight of desertification doesn't be done in one day, likewise Rome wasn't build in one day.
Cjango Freeman the solution is asking Chinese Han getting out from Inner Mongolia
why he can speak so fluency chinese
You know what? Why we need a race every year? Because only the winner has the opportunity to sell the race horse to HongKong billionaires. My brother used to be a broker.
The Ovoo is very sacred, we don't allow outsiders and foreigners to go up. The relationship between Mongolian and Han is not good! It's very complicated, you know ~
The German "journalist " speak well Chinese, I am impressed !
Which German journalist? Ruben? He is Dutch! :)
@@vproworldstories , I am sorry, The Dutch journalist speaks well Chinese !! 你在那里学到的中文？
good story, nice cinematography, but horrible interview, when there are so many questions the reporter could ask the locals, he just mumbles about random things and turns the conversation into an awkward situation. When the reporter asks the Han Chinese farmer why the Mongolian people are not polite, you could just ask confidently, he acts very sneaky and looks like he is trying too hard to get some controvercial answer.
HI Lewei He, thanks for your interesting feedback. It is the first time we read that the interview is horrible. Perhaps this has to do with cultural differences?
vpro world stories to make my comment more responsible, i watched the documentary and some of your others again. now i think i kind get the answer why i feel the interview is awkward. First, i know the reporter tries to keep a low profile and be very polite to the interviewee, but sometimes he acts too secretively, especially when he asks some controvercial questions. The problem is when you act like that you make the interviewee more nervous. Chinese are generally more cautious to western news media. If the way of your talking and acting in the interview are not natural, they will instinctly go back to their "self-defense" stance and not give you some valuable information. To make the situation worse, the reporter likes to pause for a couple of seconds between every questions, it creates an awkward silence and gives more tension to the interviewee. I suggest the report to talk and act more natural, like a real small talk in pub
Hi Lewei He, thanks for your analyze, that is really interesting! As I think you have a different look at it! Where are you from?
vpro world stories im from China, Beijing. Im working in film industry here, which I believe could give me a little right to provide
some suggestions. im sorry to say its a horrible interview, maybe its too harsh, but i said that because I do like the series of the documentary and believe it could be done better.
Feedback is really appreciated, especially if it is coming from a pro:)