Hospital staff in China came to the aid of a farmer who suffered a stroke while trying to sell 4,000kg of apples. They successfully sold his entire stock within 19 hours, and reciprocal arrangements were made for residents to visit tourist spots.

Two small counties in China have put in place reciprocal arrangements for their residents to visit tourist spots following a moving story involving people in one place buying the apples of a sick farmer from the other. The story began on May 2 when Ji Yaozhong, a farmer from Yangxian county of northwestern Shaanxi province, drove a truck carrying 4,000kg of apples to sell in Xianfeng county in Hubei province, central China, the Hubei Daily reported. He suffered a sudden stroke which left him...