South China Morning Post 31st July 2026 Paralysis inspires Chinese man to build mind-controlled wheelchair that wins top prize A man from southeastern China transformed his experience with paralysis into a source of inspiration, creating a mind-controlled wheelchair prototype in just 48 hours during a technology competition. Wang Ning, 33, and his wife from Shenzhen recently took part in a Shanghai-based Hackathon hosted by RedNote, where they earned first prize in the hardwa

Xinhua 31st July 2026 2 mln elderly people receive caregiving service subsidies in China in 2026 About 2 million elderly people with disabilities in China have received government subsidies to purchase caregiving services so far this year, the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs announced Thursday at a press conference. The subsidies are available to older individuals who have been assessed as having moderate or more severe disabilities, based on criteria that evaluate their

China Daily 25th July 2026 Disability cannot stop an honest poet By Yang Yang Mother-daughter relationship and an arranged marriage make for profound collections of works, Yang Yang reports. In the summer of 1992, 16-year-old Yu Xiuhua graduated from junior middle school and was unexpectedly admitted to a local senior middle school. Her parents decided to take her to Beijing to try, for the last time, to treat the cerebral palsy she was born with due to breech presentation an