A daughter’s devotion and a dedicated group of internet volunteers have solved a decades-old mystery that shattered one family and haunted another.
The daughter, Li Yantao, grew up wondering why her mother looked so different from everyone else in her village. She also spoke a language that nobody could understand.
When she was 11 years old, Li found out the truth – her mother had been abducted and sold to her father as a bride five years before Li was born.
Determined to help her mother return to her childhood home, Li started a 19-year journey of discovery.
Now 30, that dream has come true, thanks to a group of keen internet users.
Li learned her mother is 59 years old, of the Buyei ethni
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Dec 16, 2020