This is China’s “Blood Village”
In Gung Dong, China, the Jie Yang village is also called “Blood Village”, where hundreds of locals make a living as professional blood sellers.
Groups of people will sell their blood to a local blood leader for some quick cash. They will often sell their blood up to 15 times a month and sometimes take illegal drugs to help the body produce more blood.
The group can get $25 per 400cc of blood and after the leader gets his cut they have about $15 to take home each time they give blood.
The government has tried to put a stop to this operation by arresting the leaders and forcing the blood sellers to get real jobs, but as long as they can find a way to sell their blood they are sure to keep on doing it.
Sun Tzu has spent about 7 years in Asia traveling through Japan, Hong Kong, China, and Korea. A true fan of everything that is weird and strange, he decides in the end what is displayed and published on this site. Sun has previous experience writing for numerous print mags such…
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