A welcome change

Beatiful scenery: The Shibadong Village in Hunan province has had its poverty cap removed. (Inset) Shi is all-smiles as she talks about how her livelihood has improved.

A visit by a group of strangers years ago changed the lives of China’s poverty stricken Miao minority tribe.

DEEP in the remote mountains of western Hunan province sits Shibadong village.