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![Final phase of tea-leaf processing in the Yaan factory.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/e64c27ce-53d8-11e0-ab76-d58497e70277/98001000033_xgaplus.jpg)
![The shoes on the left, looking like those of a toddler, belong to an eighty-year-old-women, whose feet were bound when she wa...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/e4b84794-53d8-11e0-8ad4-5d4d328ba454/98001000034_xgaplus.jpg)
The shoes on the left, looking like those of a toddler, belong to an eighty-year-old-women, whose feet were bound when she was a child.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
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![In busy Xiahe, close to the Labrang monastery, youngsters in their finery prepare to celebrate Monlam, the Buddist New Year.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/de8e3892-53d8-11e0-8747-65600bf9123c/98001000037_xgaplus.jpg)