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China Focus. Bridging life and death, resolving the final dilemmas of vulnerable seniors
Xinhua 23rd January 2026 China Focus. Bridging life and death, resolving the final dilemmas of vulnerable seniors Editor: Huaxia Ms. Luo, a widow in her 70s living in Shanghai, spent most of her days consumed by worry for her son, who has an intellectual disability. Her twilight years, she said, had been shadowed by questions of who will care for him after she is gone, and how she should manage family assets to secure his future livelihood. But recently, some of her worries h
Chris McMillan
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Disabled kids get gift of education
China Daily 19th January 2025 Disabled kids get gift of education Free rehabilitation center in Tianjin helps 400 children with cerebral palsy into the classroom By yandongjie@chinadaily.com.cn A pioneering rehabilitation model in northern China is breaking the cycle of poverty and disability, successfully transitioning over 100 children with cerebral palsy into the education system through a unique "zero-cost" therapy and schooling program. The Tianjin Jinnan Boneng Rehabili
Chris McMillan
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China woman who lost limbs in car crash assigns disabled staff to jobs based on their strengths
South China Morning Post 10th January 2026 China woman who lost limbs in car crash assigns disabled staff to jobs based on their strengths 30-year-old who suffered 3 heart attacks, 14 rounds of surgery dresses like a ‘warrior’; is described as the ‘pride of all women’ online By Fran Lu in Five years after she lost her left arm and leg in a car crash, a Chinese influencer started a shoe-cleaning business that provides jobs for disabled people. Weng Xinyi has continued to move
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