Road, rail links underway as poverty shaken off
Qin Zhaozhi, 29, a roads inspector from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, has visited the regional capital, Nanning, only four times.
For decades, there was just one road for people to escape the monotony and isolation of Qin’s home in Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in northern Guangxi, where he was born, raised and educated.
Cars recently became affordable for members of his Maonan ethnic group, but before that, Qin would set out by bus for Nanning before dawn to visit its shops and entertainment venues.
Reaching the city entailed a lengthy journey in a darkened vehicle that crept along winding lanes clinging to cliffs. He was lucky to reach his…