Wind power generates better lives
By Wang Zhuoqiong (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-09-26 11:39
The local government has subsidised the purchase of the panels. A 1500-yuan
(US$187) panel is therefore sold for 300 yuan (US$37). Not every household can
get the subsidy due to the large number of herders. But the advantages of the
panels have lured many herdsmen into buying them. Kelimu Samaiti, 24, from
the Subashi Village, saved for two years to buy a panel.
In the small
yard of Samaiti's two-room house are the lines connecting the panel to a tape
recorder. The household might not have access to a radio but at least they can
listen to music.
Most of the Kirgiz are talented dancers and singers.
Samaiti's wife, 21-year-old Abake, was listening to a recorded song called
"Pretty Girl."
Samaiti has a family of seven and owns 40 sheep and six
cows, making their average per capita income 800 yuan (US$100) a year. It is
considered one of the high-income families in the poverty-stricken
village.
"We have light at night, which prolongs the time we have to make
blankets and rugs," said Kelimu, standing next to the stove in the middle
of the two-room house. A 1-square-metre handmade rug, which took nearly one
month to make, can be sold for 200 yuan (US$25).
Abudulamuti, who has
been to Kashi only three times, sees the world differently from the television
programmes he has watched.
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