HOHHOT -- Sanding pieces of wood, cutting leather, and carving delicate patterns, Qinggltu, 39, makes saddles in his workshop in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The city expansion halts at the edge of Black Forest, and here at the end of a dirt road, a barn sits between the tall pines. Through the front doors, an old tune faintly plays from an old radio — the ...