A bridge is to be built in a Chinese village where children are forced to cross a raging torrent on a steel cable to get to school.
Nearly 500 children, from Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, cross the most dangerous stretch of the Nujiang River each day.
They fasten themselves to the cable with a metal carabiner and a rope and slide across the 200 metre wide canyon.
Officials finally agreed to spend £35,000 on a bridge after a TV programme was made about the children’s dangerous daily journey.
Update: Many thanks to Michael in the comments for the video!
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