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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 12:00 AM

The circuit board bakers of Guiyu

A documentary filmmaker visits the town in southern China where computers go to die
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 01:56 PM

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0254/is_n1_v57/ai_20538772

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007 02:49 PM

This brings to mind the documentary MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES

It follows Edward Burtynksy as he photographs the new industrial revolution in locations in China and India, including a site that sounds a lot like Guiyu. (I particularly remember a shot of thousands of now-useless rotary phone dials.)

http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/ManufacturedLandscapes.html

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