The only full-time delivery rider in a remote county in the Tibet region of southwestern China delivers up to 200 orders a day while juggling multiple roles.
Huang Kaihong, 24, who is known as “China’s loneliest rider”, works in Medog, a county of Nyingchi, once the last place in the country to be linked by a road.
Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas and home to fewer than 15,000 residents, Medog relies on Huang as its lifeline, keeping the community connected.
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‘Loneliest’: meet China remote town’s only delivery rider who completes 200 orders daily

