Taking stronger steps

The annual Wishbone Day hike is helping to raise awareness of a debilitating bone disorder that affects thousands of people in China. Liu Xiangrui reports.

A group of 300 people took part in a charity hiking event held on May 6 at Chaoyang Park in Beijing to celebrate Wishbone Day, an international awareness event to highlight osteogenesis imperfecta - a brittle bone disease known as "China doll syndrome".

The participants included 10 sufferers of the genetic condition, supporting members of the public, staff members from the China-Dolls Center for Rare Disorders, the organizers behind the event, as well as volunteers from its partner organizations.