An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to

touch the world.
It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love
each other in peace for over half a century.

The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a
mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has
been the couple's home for the last 50 years.

Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29
year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..


In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives
criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact
that Xu already had children.






At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an
older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their
communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin
County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.



In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or
even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and
Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives.

Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you
regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will
improve.'

In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for
over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the
mountain easily.

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the
forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000
hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My
parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50
years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000
steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go
down the mountain that much.'

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now
72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and
prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu,
was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's
hand even after he had passed away.
'You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until
the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without
you?'

Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's
black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China ,
collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to
preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this
love story can live forever.

SOCIALISM:

You have 2 cows, so you give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM:

You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM:

You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM:

You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:

You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

MALAYSIAN BUMIPUTRAISM:

You have two cows, the State takes one and gives itto your bumiputra neighbour. From the milk you sell from the remaining cow you buy a bull and mulitply your herd.The State take 30 per cent of your herd as it grows and give them to yourbumiputra neigbour. Your bumiputra neighbour has a kenduri each time they receive a cow.

UMNOPUTRAISM :

The State takes 30 per ent of your herd and parks them in Switzerland in the name of some UMNO official or close relatives, friends and sons-in-law.

MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT LINKED OR BUMIPUTRA CORPORATION :

You have two cows. You employ mainly bumiputras to milk them. But both cows have been sent to the kenduri, so the State gives you more cows and write off the losses of the first two. After several kenduris later, you invite an American or German Corporation to turnaround the losses. The Japanese have however already taken their two original cows back home to Japan .

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM:

You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated
general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows because you're sobering up and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION:

You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.

A CHINA CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION:

You have two cows. You worship them

A BRITISH CORPORATION:

You have two cows. Both are mad.

IRAQI CORPORATION:

Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy...