A Chinese man has been reunited with his mother 33 years after being abducted, with the help of a map he drew from memory of his long-lost village.
Li Jingwei was 4 when he was taken by a neighbour in Yunnan province, in southwest China, and trafficked some 1600km away.
There he was sold to a family who went on to raise him, but he said he never forgot his abduction. Growing up, he would often map out his old village with a stick on the ground to help keep its memory fresh in his mind.
In mid-December, Li, 37, posted online a drawing he had sketched of the village, and asked for help from the public to identify it.
![The map he drew from memory. Photo / Weibo](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/CJWM4UEPKCI3YF5DVXE5Q2TOWQ.jpg?auth=ad9a699b326435d4c700f12ed9ac7de12dc47f8445dba8429c9f77d92f10cf16&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)