Wang Jicai, Wang Shihua: a couple guarding the nation’s island

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In 1986, Wang Jicai and his wife Wang Shihua took up the job of guarding the remote Kaishan Island in the Yellow Sea off China’s east coast. During 32 years, despite the harsh condition short of water and power supply, the couple has devoted themselves to the coastal defense of the nation.