23 years after 3-year-old was abducted, mother rewarded in flood of tears

For the last 23 years, vegetable vendor Fan Shiying has refused to relocate her stall in Kaili, a county-level city in Guizhou province.

The mother has held a glimmer of hope that her son, Liang Shuisheng - who was abducted from the market in the summer of 1995 when he was 3 years old - would find his way back.

Her dream came true on Sunday, as the volunteer association Baobei Huijia (Baby Back Home) helped reunite the pair at the local police station after a DNA match was made. More than 30 of her relatives were present.