 China Scene: East
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-02 07:38 Shanghai organ transplantee sports day The national sports meet held in Shanghai on June 14 was unlike any other. None of its participants would have survived the past few years if not for heart, liver or kidney transplants. Although no one made any new world records, all received fervent applause from spectators. Lu Jieqing from Hong Kong was champion of the badminton event that day. Four years ago, a failing liver made it difficult for her to stay conscious, and she weighed only 30 kg. Since recovering from her liver transplant Lu goes running three times a week, regularly plays badminton and is generally fit. (Xinmin Weekly) Fraternal tiff ends in a 41-day footslog Han Shixiang, 35, from Fengxian county, Jiangsu province, and his elder brother had been doing odd jobs in Beijing before falling out over a trivial matter. Han was so angry after quarreling with his brother that he decided to go home alone. But his wallet, purse and baggage were stolen just as he was about to purchase a ticket at Beijing railway station, leaving him no choice but to walk the hundreds of km home. After walking for 41 days, he reached Qingcheng town, Gaoqing county in Shandong province in the middle of June. Hungry and tired, he slept by the road that night, where local police found him and offered him assistance. (Qilu Evening News) Jinan's dedicated blood donor Ma Junan, a 55-year-old citizen of Jinan, Shandong province, has made regular blood donations for 15 years, over which time he has donated 8,400 ml of whole blood. Since the May 12 earthquake, many people in Jinan have donated blood to earthquake-hit regions. Whenever in the donating process, Ma keeps up a running commentary on the benefits of donations to both blood donors and receivers, for the benefit of curious onlookers who might possibly follow his generous example. (Jinan Times) Grief postponed with white lies Dai Lin, a construction engineer from Jiangsu province, went to Beichuan county in Sichuan province on May 3 to assist in the construction of a local cement plant. He was killed in the May 12 Sichuan earthquake. In order not to distract Dai Ci, his daughter, from her revision for the national college entrance examination in early June, Dai Lin's wife Chen Suwen imitated her husband's text "tone" when sending their daughter daily messages; they told her that he had been injured in Beichuan, but was receiving treatment and that she should not let this distract her from study. Dai Ci only learned the truth about her father's death after taking the exam on June 8. Dai's funeral was held on June 15 in Jurong, Jiangsu province. (Yangtze Evening News) (China Daily 07/02/2008 page5) |
