A child from Atuler village in Sichuan province on his regular long trudge to school. CHEN JIE/ FOR CHINA DAILY The children reached the highway at 12:35 and spent another 20 minutes in a car from ...

For more than a dozen children in a small, remote village in southwest China, the mountainous route home from school is long — and extremely steep. Every two weeks, when the students, ages 6 to ...

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A tourist village in China's southwestern province of Sichuan famed for its scenic snow landscape said it was sorry for using cotton wool and soapy water to create ...

Children from Atuler village in Sichuan province take a rest during their regular long trudge to school. [Photo/China Daily] Their walks to school made headlines around the world.