On the way to Yingxiu Town, he encountered a landslide and was fortunately rescued by the PLA; journalists who traveled with him for 9 days were unaware of his identity.
"I don't belong to any organization. I'm here in the disaster area on a personal basis, trying to lend a helping hand with my own strength."
"What's your name?"
"My surname is Liu."
Of medium height and slightly slim, dressed in a set of black sportswear, wearing a pair of hiking shoes, and sporting a pair of black-rimmed glasses, he looks like a newly graduated college student. Among the earthquake relief volunteers, apart from speaking fluent American-accented English, he appears very ordinary. Like all volunteers, he is kind, enthusiastic, brave, and sincere. He has crossed mountains and valleys, climbed sheer cliffs, and waded through mud pits, making two trips into Yingxiu Town. During his second journey into the disaster area, while carrying heavy loads of medicine, water, and milk powder on his back, he encountered a landslide and survived the ordeal.
During the more than 30 hours they traveled together, he never revealed his identity. Yesterday, the reporter accidentally discovered that this ordinary volunteer who spent the night in Yingxiu with the reporter, huddled together in raincoats to keep warm, is not so ordinary after all. He is Liu Xiangyu, the son of Liu Yongxing, the former richest man in mainland China, and a director of Orient Hope Group. [Photo]