Island of duty stands firm
China Daily |
Updated: 2024-11-02 00:00
Conditions have improved but mission to guard territory remains the same
About 22 kilometers from the Yanwei port in Guanyun county, Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, Kaishan Island, the size of about two soccer fields, is an outpost in the Yellow Sea.
The distant island has become known after the touching story of a couple — Wang Jicai and Wang Shihua — guarding the island for more than three decades hit national headlines in the early 2010s.
Their job since 1986 may have been one of the loneliest and toughest jobs in the world.
