Village that beat occupation and floods plans tourist boom

An ethnic Korean settlement that was founded during World War II aims to make history once again. Cheng Si reports from Antu, Jilin province.

"When we came here in 1954, there were willows everywhere. There was no arable land in the village because the population had left as a result of extensive warfare," recalled Piao Mingchun, an 80-year-old ethnic Korean, who lives in Hongqi village, a Korean settlement in the northeastern province of Jilin.

"Responding to State appeals for land reclamation, we were part of the second batch of immigrants from Helong city in the province to clear forested land in the outlying areas.