China Daily   15th October 2025   Disability-inclusive youth band wins national recognition   By Deng Rui and Tan Yingzi   Emerging from over 400 participants nationwide, the band secured an impressive fourth place in the mixed-age group category. They also received a special award from the festival's organizing committee. "The challenges we faced were beyond imagination," said Deng Han, their guiding teacher. "While others rely on listening to melodies and reading sheet musi

Xinhua 15th October 2025 Blind writer in rural China carves her own path with words Lan Yezhen drinks water while walking in a residential area with her sons in Fengshan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 14, 2025. Lan Yezhen, a visually impaired writer from rural Guangxi, has carved a path of resilience through words. Life took a harsh turn when she had to forgo the national college entrance examination after her mother's passing. She then spent yea

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