Internet access a boon for remote herders keeping eyes on flocks
(WorldNews China)

Sonir wrestled with dropped calls for years as he herded sheep on grasslands in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, close to the border with Russia and Mongolia. If there was an emergency, he would race on horseback to higher meadows in search of a better cellphone signal. But the expansion of internet access now allows him to contact buyers on the WeChat instant-messaging app, watch local and national programs on a smart television and monitor his livestock remotely on his...