Ethnic minorities fish on the Songhua River in Fuyuan

Northern China ethnic minority fishermen ply the waters of the Songhua River and its wetlands, which serves as a natural border between China and Russia, in Fuyuan, a frontier town in China's northern Heilongjiang Province on August 4, 2013. China's ethnic minorities and their cultures are vanishing as development and urbanization pressures compete with their ability to sustain their traditional ways of life. UPI/Stephen Shaver