| Abstract: | Eighty-one-year-old Shi Huifang could never forget her life-changing deci-sion to venture out into Xinjiang, a remote and bare land to her in north-west China, some six decades ago.She wanted to escape poverty and create a better life for herself by putting in hard work in a new place.At the same time, this was also a good chance for her to step away from a relationship with a young man who she was not fully committed to. His shanty with thatched roofs did hold me back, Shi said, half jokingly. |
