When the sun sets over Guangzhou’s glittering skyline, wildlife photographer Li Junjie swaps his camera’s daylight lens for a nocturnal adventure. 🦉 For two decades, Li has captured China’s evolving relationship with nature – and he says the results are ‘more dramatic than a Marvel movie’.
🏙️ While skyscrapers dominate the city’s postcard views, Li shows us the hidden stars of Chinese modernization: frogs croaking in apartment complex ponds, fireflies lighting up urban parks, and migratory birds nesting between office towers. \"Twenty years ago, these species avoided cities like they were haunted houses,\" he laughs. \"Now they’re part of the neighborhood squad.\"
🌳 Guangzhou’s secret? A green revolution that treats eco-spaces like VIP club sections. Over 1,500 parks now dot the metropolis, with new wildlife corridors functioning as ‘nature’s bullet trains’ for animals. The city even has an AI-powered ‘animal census’ to track its non-human residents!
📸 On our moonlit walk, Li spots a rare Chinese pond heron – once nearly extinct – hunting fish in a downtown canal. \"This bird’s comeback is better than any TikTok trend,\" he whispers, snapping a photo. As dawn breaks, we realize China’s modernization story isn’t just about tech and trains… it’s writing a new ‘Jungle Book’ where concrete and nature coexist. 🌇🐸
