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Kai Liu Anren, China

Occupation: Convenience store manager
Date of Birth: 1973
Religion: Non-religious
Income: $7.5-13/day

Kai Liu grew up in a small village in rural Sichuan, China. After marrying Delian, they migrated to Anren— a “national key town,” 25 miles from the city of Chengdu—where they found work and lodging managing a convenience store. They have one daughter, and much of their resources are devoted to providing for her education. Kai works a second job as a purchasing officer at Anren middle school where he manages the procurement of food for the school’s 2600 students. He was 37 years old during his 2008 Global Lives Project shoot.

This video was produced by Ya-Hsuan Huang, Yi Han, Nobuhiro Awata, Irene Herrera, Bastien Robilliard, Hiroko Sumikura, Fang Liang, David Evan Harris, Chieko Kato, Major Tian, and Christina Liu.

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