Wheelchair user empowers over 1,800 fellow disabled people to "conquer" Great Wall

Chris McMillan
May 20, 2025
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Bastille Post

18th May 2025

Luo Dongsheng, a Chinese wheelchair user, has spent the past decade helping more than 1,800 fellow disabled individuals fulfill their dream of climbing the ancient Great Wall of China.

This Friday, just ahead of the 35th National Day of Assisting Persons with Disabilities, 174 physically disabled people from Malaysia, Hong Kong, and various regions of the Chinese mainland, assisted by volunteers, achieved the once-impossible feat of climbing the Great Wall.

https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/4859562-wheelchair-user-empowers-over-1800-fellow-disabled-people-to-conquer-great-wall

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