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China to launch 3rd national sample survey on disabled population
State Council People’s Republic of China 29th May 2026 China to launch 3rd national sample survey on disabled population China will in June launch its third national sample survey on people with disabilities, which is set to run through December 2028, according to a statement released by the General Office of the State Council on Thursday. The third survey comes 20 years after the second one, conducted in 2006, and nearly four decades after the first one was carried out back
Chris McMillan
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Using good as bait’. blind China girl detained after fake hit-by-bike clip gets 100 million views
China Daily 26th May 2026 Using good as bait’. blind China girl detained after fake hit-by-bike clip gets 100 million views A viral video of a blind woman on a tactile pavement being hit by an electric bike, which turned out to be staged, has sparked a wave of public anger in China. The video has been viewed more than 100 million times online. It has also raised questions about similar scams involving the visually impaired and fears that it could diminish public’s trust in t
Chris McMillan
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Discovering white-knuckle thrills in an unlikely place
China Daily 25th May 2026 Discovering white-knuckle thrills in an unlikely place By Wang Xiaoyu | As a sports fan, I grew up watching the Olympics, but I had never paid much attention to the Paralympics. That was probably because I rarely encountered visibly disabled people in my daily life, and I also assumed that Paralympic events lacked the same drama and excitement as able-bodied competitions. So when I went to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics in early March as a
Chris McMillan
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