Some might not have even heard of Daqing in Heilongjiang province but it is an oil town, or rather an oil city, in the true sense of the term.

Daqing, China's largest producing oilfield, covers an area of 800 square miles (2070 kilometres), including the city itself.

People get on with their day-to-day lives as nodding donkeys pump crude at busy intersections of main shopping streets and within metres of apartment block windows.

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