'A road on the cliff'
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Villagers build a road on the cliff by themselves. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] |
Xiazhuang village in Wushan county, southwest China's Chongqing has been locked in the mountains for generations, isolated and impoverished. To create a better future, the villagers started to build a road by themselves in 1997. Most of the time, they hung from the cliff and dug by hand. Six got killed during the construction of the 8-km-long road.
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