Musician versus masseur

In 2013, the story of Guo Bin, a 6-year-old who was deliberately blinded, shocked China and made headlines across the world. Now, three years after the attack, the school student is recovering and is determined to walk his own career path. Hou Liqiang reports.

In late August 2013, Guo Bin, then a 6-year-old school student, was lured into a field near his home in the northern province of Shanxi by a woman who blinded him by gouging out his eyes.

The motive for the attack has never been determined, but the police named Guo's aunt, who committed suicide after the incident, as the assailant. According to Guo's parents, his first words to them after the attack were, "Why is it dark all the time?"