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Blind millionaire opens massage center
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-11-04 14:01

A blind massage parlor owner is grooming ever-growing numbers of apprentices after making millions from his business in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province.

Tian Chao, 42, lost his sight while still a high school student and is now teaching massage to blind people at a new school he inaugurated on Oct 1.

A total of 105 blind people are now receiving free three-month training at his school.

Tian borrowed a total of 70,000 yuan ($10,000) and opened his first massage parlor in 1997.

Now his business involves hotels, restaurants and training.

Tian is head of more than a million blind people in the central province after being selected chairman in May.

(Dongfang Jinbao News)