Senior smooths village's rocky roads

Five decades ago, Liu Shide built a thoroughfare to connect his home with the outside world

Over the past 47 years, Liu Shide has not stopped doing volunteer repair work on the roads in his village.

Liu, 83, a resident of Xinhe in Mishan, Heilongjiang province, began the work in 1972 when he noticed villagers and vehicles were inconvenienced by the terrible condition of the dirt roads, especially on rainy days.