People with disabilities embrace better life in Ningxia, China

STORY: People with disabilities embrace better life in Ningxia, China DATELINE: May 17, 2021 LENGTH: 0:02:27 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people with disabilities living better lives 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MI YUNYUN, Hairdresser 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PENG CHENG, Audiovisual post-production editor 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MA YOUYUN, Hemp weaving worker 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG XIAOBAO, Massagist with visual disability STORYLINE: Sunday marked China's national day of persons with disabilities. In Ningxia, people with disabilities are embracing a better life through their hard work. Mi Yunyun, a hairdresser, wears a prosthetic leg due to her right leg amputation. Her husband, also a hairdresser, has difficulty moving due to necrosis of the femoral heads and ankylosing spondylitis. The couple runs a barbershop, which provides help for those in need. 　　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MI YUNYUN, Hairdresser "We provide free door-to-door haircut services for the elderly and

Visually impaired people in Shanghai receive support amid COVID-19 resurgence

STORY: Visually impaired people in Shanghai receive support amid COVID-19 resurgence DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG ZHENGFENG, Massagist 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG ZUHUAN, Manager 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): QU JINGLE, Staff member of The Disabled Persons' Federation of Yangpu District STORYLINE: Shanghai has set up a special mechanism to guarantee that the disabled people and other groups with special needs get daily necessities amid the recent COVID-19 resurgence. This is a massage shop hiring visually impaired people. Employees here have just received rice, eggs, vegetables, oil and other daily necessities from the Shanghai Disabled Persons' Federation and the Soong Ching Ling Foundation. Huang Zhengfeng, a massagist from Jiangxi Province made a delicacy of her hometown to express her joy. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG ZHENGFENG, Massagist "Usually, we make the fried pie for the Spring Festival in our ho