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Tired of urban life, young Chinese hit the road

by Rob Schmitz

Jul 6, 2016

More office workers are quitting their jobs to explore remote corners of their country.

Ye Tong, left, and Lu Cheng, right, have quit their jobs among the office towers of urban China in favor of hitchhiking the backroads of the country’s far west.

Rob Schmitz/Marketplace

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