30 years after her abduction, mother travels back home

A young man in northern China's Hebei province has taken his mother - who was abducted from her home in Sichuan province three decades ago - back to her birthplace to find long-lost relatives.

Pang Hao, 24, started the nine-day journey with his mother, Liu Chengfeng, in October when she reiterated her desire to return to Sichuan, in the southwest, where she was born and lived for 19 years.

Liu was lured to Hebei by the promise of a job in 1988. But it turned out to be a scam, and she was instead sold as a bride to a man 10 years her elder in Pangzhuangzi village, Cangzhou.