China: Cliff-top village builds steel ladder for children to go to school

By Serenitie Wang and Katie Hunt, CNN

Updated 0433 GMT (1233 HKT) October 26, 2016

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A mountain village on a cliff in southwestern China has been building a huge steel ladder to connect it to the outside world.
Photos: Steel ladder to connect cliff-top Chinese village with outside world
A mountain village on a cliff in southwestern China has been building a huge steel ladder to connect it to the outside world.
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The village started to construct the ladder in August with an investment of 1 million yuan ($147,928) from local authorities.
Photos: Steel ladder to connect cliff-top Chinese village with outside world
The village started to construct the ladder in August with an investment of 1 million yuan ($147,928) from local authorities.
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School children had been forced to use unsteady vine ladders to reach their boarding school in the valley below.
Photos: Steel ladder to connect cliff-top Chinese village with outside world
School children had been forced to use unsteady vine ladders to reach their boarding school in the valley below.
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