The struggles of Wang Tiancheng, an elderly and cantakerous street vendor in Wuhan, China, whose business is threatened by the development of a new retail district.

中南医院妇产科，形形色色的故事上演从没有停过，5万块钱能救一大两小三条人命，手里只有5千元的丈夫，借钱、贷款、抵押房产此时都行不通，“拯救小凤之女”变得不可能完成；李家福——“拆弹部队”首领，面对夏锦菊保住子宫的请求，露出艰难而犹豫的眼神。心脏两次停跳，换血2万毫升，他如何剪断“炸弹”上的红蓝线，她又能否在“鬼门关”前转身？命悬一线之际，“生死时速”让人目不转睛。年轻妈妈李双双腹中的胎儿，引产似乎已被当地优生科判定，李家福团队却提出实施刨宫产，抢救微弱的性命。救，可能倾家荡产，一生背负沉重的负担；不救，可自己的骨肉，如何走上内心的审判厅。年轻的爸爸该如何踏上这段产房的“釜山行”。

In the 1990s HIV/AIDS came to Wenlou through a blood purchasing program. To supplement their income many poor villagers sold their blood and 60% of those who sold blood contracted HIV/AIDS from unsanitary equipment. Many have died from the disease. In his documentary film, To Live is Better than to Die, Wiejun Chen tells of the impact AIDS has had in parts of rural China by showing how it has affected the Ma family. It is spring when the film takes up the family’s story.

2007 film by Weijun Chen