Wang Liuyang talks with his colleagues via shortwave radio at the watchtower. CHINA DAILY In 2014, the now grown-up Wang Liuyang left his job in nearby Jilin province and returned to his hometown to become a watchtower ranger about 30 kilometers from where his parents worked. Every time Wang came home from the tower, he asked his parents how he …
Wang Liuyang and his wife, Xu Pan, guard the forest from their watchtower station at the Zhanhe Forest Bureau in Heilongjiang province. CHINA DAILY Rangers help keep animals, woodlands safe in Northeast China Xu Pan can't remember how many times in recent months she has climbed the 95 steps of the 24-meter-tall watchtower that her relatives climbed before her to …
