Chiropodist in step with patients' needs

Dai Hong, a 30-year-old Inner Mongolian woman who is crowned "the most popular female chiropodist" by her clients serving the capital's well-known Qinghuachi Bathhouse & Chiropody Center, talks to METRO about the reasons why she has devoted her life to taking care of people's feet.

METRO: How did you become a chiropodist in Beijing?

Dai: When I first came to Beijing in 2002 from my hometown, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, my dream was to run my own clothes shop or to be a fashion designer one day. But my Mandarin at that time was not good at all. Sometimes I could not even understand what other people said and therefore I was embarrassed to speak with others.