Li Jingwei’s image was matched by police to a small village 1,000 miles away from where he had been taken, and a woman whose son had disappeared, leading to an emotional reunion after more than 30 years.
Summary
- Li Jingwei, from the Chinese province of Yunnan, said online that he had endured “countless nights of yearning” and been “homesick since I was little”.
- The link was made despite Mr Li remembering neither the name of his birthplace nor his road.
- After being abducted in 1989, Mr Li was taken to a family in Lankao, 1,000 miles from his family home.
- Discussing the abduction, Mr Li said he was taken by a man with a bald head.
- Mr Li said his birth father is “gone” but he has a younger brother at home.