https://www.scmp.com/rss/329046/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Duojie Caidan, a 13-year-old Tibetan boy, lives among the mountains of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, northwestern China, more than two miles above sea level. Like many generations before, he and his family are nomadic herders. Duojie and his siblings spend their school holidays on a pasture herding yaks. Their days start at 6am, helping to milk the yaks, before they drive them out to graze. It’s fun work to do when school’s out: but Duojie has his own dreams and doesn’t envision being a herdsman... https://www.scmp.com/society/yak-herding-and-growing-zekog-county-chinas-qinghai-tibet-plateau/article/2171223?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/yak-herding-and-growing-zekog-county-chinas-qinghai-tibet-plateau/article/2171223?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:45:30 +0000