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The uplifting story of an armless man and blind friend who planted 10,000 trees in China

by | 18th, March 2015

Samuel Beckett, eat your heart out. Two men in a barren landscape have not sat around bickering as they wait for nothing; they have planted 10,000 trees over ten years. Jia Haixia is blind. Jia Wenqi is a double amputee. And rather than sitting around doing nothing they have set about enlivening the barren landscape around Yeli Village in northeastern China.

 

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Spotter: mymodernmet



Posted: 18th, March 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink