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The light beyond our sight
China Daily 3rd November 2025 The light beyond our sight Visually impaired traveler uses a guide dog and digital tools to navigate cities and break stereotypes, Guo Yanqi reports. By Guo Yanqi After witnessing a demonstration from Zhao Qiubao on how he books and completes rides alone using his phone and AI, a taxi driver in Guangzhou gained a profound new understanding of the visually impaired community. For Zhao, such exchanges are everyday scenes. Once a mid-level manager i
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High-tech on display at smart healthcare zone
China Daily High-tech on display at smart healthcare zone By QIU QUANLIN At a smart healthcare exhibition booth inside the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, a wheelchair demonstrates its ability to independently navigate the stairs, attracting the attention of many foreign visitors. "It is not just a wheelchair — it is a robot with the form and function of a wheelchair," said Huang Zhou, deputy general manager of XSTO Co, which is based in Zhong
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Initiatives aimed at engaging children with special needs underscore China’s strengthened commitment to inclusion and social support systems
Global Times 13th October 2025 Initiatives aimed at engaging children with special needs underscore China ’ s strengthened commitment to inclusion and social support systems By Huang Lanlan in Shanghai Editor's Note: China's human rights stories are unfolding in a new era of comprehensive deepening reform and historic changes. It is a key component of China's poverty alleviation and whole-process people's democracy, a thorough reformation in judicial, medical insurance, and
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China releases first mass-produced barrier-free domestic, world maps
Global Times 15th October 2025 China releases first mass-produced barrier-free domestic, world maps Seeing culture through fingers By Li Hang For 17 million or so visually impaired people in China, the beauty of the nation's cultural relics and landscapes has long been out of reach. But that's beginning to change. On Monday, ahead of White Cane Safety Day, which falls on October 15 each year, China unveiled a series of accessible cultural publications: China and World Maps, T
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Chinese university startup’s new AI platform translates text to sign language for deaf
Interesting Engineering 11th October 2025 Chinese university startup’s new AI platform translates text to sign language for deaf The tool...
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Signs of Change. Equipping Teachers with Tools for Inclusive Classrooms
PR Newswire 8th October 2025 Signs of Change. Equipping Teachers with Tools for Inclusive Classrooms Education Cannot Wait Education...
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AI-powered hearing aids bring clearer sound to China's elderly
Xinhua 29th September 2025 AI-powered hearing aids bring clearer sound to China's elderly In a hearing aid store in Taiyuan City, north...
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China shares "dividend of intelligence" with the world
Xinhua 15th September 2025 China shares "dividend of intelligence" with the world At the recently held 2025 World Smart Industry Expo in...
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Guidelines to make medical institutions more barrier-free
China Daily 10 th September 2025 Guidelines to make medical institutions more barrier-free The National Health Commission has issued a...
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Beijing expo to showcase state-of-the-art assistive devices for disabled and elderly
China Daily 5th September 2025 Beijing expo to showcase state-of-the-art assistive devices for disabled and elderly By Cheng Si The Care...
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Chinese ‘folded boy’ goes home, stands upright after 4 operations to break, reset body
South China Morning Post 28th AUGUST 2025 Chinese ‘ folded boy ’ goes home, stands upright after 4 operations to break, reset body...
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Rural Chongqing's 'Stephen Hawking' blazes a trail for smart agriculture
China Daily 29th August 2025 Rural Chongqing's 'Stephen Hawking' blazes a trail for smart agriculture By TAN YINGZI and DENG RUI In the...
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A song on the moon brings theater to autistic children
City News Service 27th August 2025 A song on the moon brings theater to autistic children The theater lights dim. Gentle guitar chords...
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China's gene therapy research making strides to restore sight for RP patients
China Daily 7th August 2025 China's gene therapy research making strides to restore sight for RP patients At 61, a retinitis pigmentosa...
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Guangzhou launches WeChat mini-program for 15th National Games
Guangzhou International 31st July 2025 Guangzhou launches WeChat mini-program for 15th National Games A new WeChat mini-program,...
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Blind Tibetan opens horizon to wide world of opportunitiesDachung Wochen's many talents and passion stretch far beyond any disabilityBy Palden Nyima and Daqiong in Lhas
China Daily 17th July 2025 Blind Tibetan opens horizon to wide world of opportunities Dachung Wochen's many talents and passion stretch...
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Guangzhou deploys cutting-edge tech for national games, boosting urban innovation
Guangzhou International 17th July 2025 Guangzhou deploys cutting-edge tech for national games, boosting urban innovation As China...
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Revolutionary laser eye procedure now available
Guangdong News 7th July 2025 Revolutionary laser eye procedure now available The introduction of the Zeiss VisuMax 800 device has reduced...
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Gaokao opens the door wider for all
People’s Daily Online 4th July 2025 Gaokao opens the door wider for all By Li Xinshu Amid China's 2025 national college entrance...
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Eyeing new ways to curb myopia among students
Xinhua 1st July 2025 Eyeing new ways to curb myopia among students At a primary school in Jinan, Shandong province, students are...
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