Across China: Guardian of red-crowned cranes
(WorldNews China)

HARBIN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Carrying a bucket of small fish, Xu Hui starts his daily work patrolling the Zhalong National Nature Reserve, where red-crowned cranes roam in tall reeds. Xu says the cranes are like his `beloved children` that fly across the vast marshland every morning and gather around him, waiting for him to feed them. `I would feel upset if I couldn`t see them every day,` he says. `It`s even worse than not seeing my own kid.` Located in northeast China`s Heilongjiang Province and covering an area of 2,100 square km, the Zhalong National Nature Reserve...