Australian rescued after he got lost on mountain in China

A 24-year-old Australian had to be rescued when he got lost in a mountainous area of eastern China over the Lunar New Year holiday weekend, a news website reported.

The man got lost in the Huangshan range in Anhui province on Sunday when he went looking for a missing drone, Ahwang.cn reported.

More than 100 police and mountain rescue staff were involved in the search mission, the report said.

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Rescuers found the man curled up next to a rock and almost unconscious at 2.20 am on Monday.

The man, who was only identified by his surname Zhang, was not seriously injured and was taken back to his hotel later in the morning after a medical check-up.