Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village

Xinhua | Updated: 2023-06-05 10:11
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This combo photo shows Meng Xuanren (left), who is a sophomore in a college, and his brother Meng Xuantai, who works in a car repair plant after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo near a tunnel linking to their primary school on Jan 20, 2023 (above) and the brothers (2nd left and 1st left) on their way to school on Sept 3, 2012 (below) in Nongyong village of Dahua Yao autonomous county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]

DAHUA -- Meng Xuantai unknowingly made news headlines nearly 11 years ago during his hour-long trek to school in the craggy mountains of Dahua, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

In a photo taken by a Xinhua photographer in September 2012, the eight-year-old was struggling to climb up a cliff, with one hand pressing against a rock to keep his balance and the other holding a plastic bag containing everything he needed for school.

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