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 in a state-owned enterprise, he lost his sight in 2017 due to retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that gradually robs people of vision.
Today, with his guide dog Alpha at his side and technology in hand, he is traveling across the country on a journey he calls "Walking through China" (Xingzou Zhongguo).
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