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People: A darn good reason to stitch together a new career

Nineteen years ago, Lu Zihao, saw a TV program lamenting the dying trade of darning. He had just moved to Shanghai with his family from Fujian province and needed a job. "Why not darning?" he asked himself. Now, almost two decades on, he is considered a master of the trade in Shanghai, where he is deputy manager of a cleaning store, an outlet of Zheng Zhang Industry Co. He has won prizes for his skill in national competitions. He has also been honored as an outstanding worker in Shanghai.