Reporting from the front, for all to see

A guide stick usually lasts at least a couple of years. But his has worn out in just a few days.

There is good reason for that, though. The ground Yang Qingfeng has covered as a radio journalist at the Beijing Paralympic Games is perhaps more than what he has during the rest of his 26-year life.

"I've never walked so much in my life. Normally, a guide stick can be used for years, but last night I noticed its bottom was gone," said Yang, the first accredited visually impaired Chinese reporter covering a sports event, yesterday.