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Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: A Chinese worker standing next to the Merowe dam site in Sudan.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Chinese canteen. Price has been the key advantage for Chinese firms internationally. Profit expectations are 'much slimmer' than those of western rivals and expatriate staff costs are similarly lean. The personnel cost of Chinese companies is lower than that of western companies.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Portrait of a Chinese worker on top of a crane.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: A Chinese cook. All managers, 90% of engineers and 75% of technicians will be Chinese. Local staff accounts for 20% of skilled workers and all general labor. Sudanese staff earn on average $22 to $350 a week, while expatriates’ earnings are $220 to $600. The site now works two 10-hour shifts a day but may change to three 8-hour shifts
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: A Chinese worker is reading a book during his lunch break. All the Chinese workers based on the Merowe dam site are wearing the same blue uniform, a sun hat and a pair of trainers.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: A group Chinese engineers are discussing the quality of the soil before starting a drilling test. Layers of silt in the Nile after the river has been diverted.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Portrait of a Chinese worker in his bedroom. All managers, 90% of engineers and 75% of technicians are Chinese. Local staff accounts for 20% of skilled workers and all general labour. Sudanese staff earn on average $22 to $350 a week, while expatriates’ earnings are $220 to $600. The site now works two 10-hour shifts a day but may change to three 8-hour shifts.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Chinese workers compound
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Construction of a swimming pool for the Chinese workers based on the Merowe dam site.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: A group Chinese engineers are discussing the quality of the soil before starting a drilling test.
Merowe Dam, Sudan

Merowe Dam, Sudan

Collection: frederiquecifuentes.merowedamsiteinsudan
Description: Two local Sudanese men collecting wood next to the Merowe dam site. The Merowe dam project has already displaced more than 50,000 people (mainly small farmers living along the Nile, whose lives will never be the same). It has far-reaching environmental consequences and floods a historically rich area.
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