A man with cerebral palsy in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province has won hearts online after media reported he opened a photo album plant to employ people with disabilities.
Portrait of Kindness
A man with cerebral palsy in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province has won hearts online after media reported he opened a photo album plant to employ people with disabilities. Lu Hong said that he had been made fun of and bullied since childhood, but he found solace in photography. Lu’s photo album factory employs 42 people, 30 of whom have disabilities. Lu said he hopes his factory will help support his disabled employees and thanks them for their trust.
Therapy Wall
For years, Hu Dingguo, a man in his 70s, has been building a 100-meter scale model of the Great Wall as a way to cope with the loss of his wife. Hu said that his wife had always wanted to visit the Great Wall but passed away 10 years ago before she had the chance. Hu has spent four years working on the replica and 20,000 yuan (US$3,085) on materials. He plans to exhibit it to the public free of charge once it is complete.
Lipo Malpractice
Wang Liangfa, a cosmetic surgeon in Beijing, faces charges after one of his patients died 10 years after a liposuction procedure. Media reports said that Wang operated on the victim, Zhang Jinhua, in 2010, who court medical experts said had fallen into a coma from excessive anesthetic. Zhang, a businesswoman, died in 2018 in Hungary where she lived. Wang was arrested in 2020 thanks to the tireless efforts of Zhang’s husband. Media reports said that while Zhang was 1.7 meters tall and weighed 61.6 kilograms before the operation, staff at the cosmetic hospital where Wang worked had convinced Zhang she was overweight and required immediate liposuction.
Organic Furniture
Zhang Yongpeng of Shandong Province has reportedly spent eight years literally growing his furniture business from the ground up. He plants, prunes and shapes trees as they grow into chairs that can be harvested. Zhang told media that learning how to make branches twist and turn took a lot of trial and error. He tried over a dozen varieties and over 40 techniques in the first year alone. Although each chair is one of a kind, some netizens criticized Zhang, saying his efforts went against the laws of nature.
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