Residents of a mountainous Chinese village will soon get a set of stairs, after photos of children using bamboo ladders surfaced online this week. Children returning home from school must climb more than 2,500 feet to reach their village of Atuleer, in Sichuan province, the Associated Press reports. They are members of the Yi minority, a poor group that subsists mainly by farming potatoes, walnuts and chili peppers.
Comment on Chinese Mountain Village Will Finally Get a Set of Stairs
Daniel White, Time: World
Fri, 05/27/2016 - 11:29am
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more