this guy runs a really popular tourist photography show in Yangshuo, China, which is one of the most popular tourist destinations within China both for local Chinese and foreigners. He uses a bird to catch fish for him. The birds throat is clamped so it cannot swallow the fish. I think it reflects an old way that fishing used to happen, but nowadays it’s purely a show for photographer tourists and you have to pay him some money for the show. (Shamless plug, but here is a video my wife and I made of our climbing trip to the region - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnlYUA-fmTE)

"Fisherman/men in a canoe like boat at dusk/night in asia" is such a cliche it should be forbidden...

Knowing the journalist/fixer trade a little, this is some well known place/person, and photographers who go to China are taken by their local helpers (who know the drill) there to shoot "interesting" pictures.

This fisherman guy probably makes (or could make) more money posing for tourists than fishing...

Because it's a tourist trap, they're all staged for tourists who pay about 10 yuan (maybe more nowadays?) to snap their picture. Cormorant fishing hasn't been used in decades, so instead the fishermen charge and pose for photos for tourists.