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Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, took effect in China on May 5.It is a copyright law adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco on June 27, 2013. The treaty achieved the deposit of...
Li Huitong is a painter, he draws on the inside surface of snuff bottles usually about half the size of his palm. What Li makes is called inside painting, or inner painting, which was born after snuffing tobacco was introduced into China during the Ming and Qing...
A stem cell transplant reversed a debilitating neurological disease that causes half of the patients to go blind and lose the ability to walk five years after diagnosis, according to a news release posted on the website of Northwestern University on Monday. The...
More than 15 million persons with disabilities in China received help from assistive devices, according to the China Assistive Devices and Technology Center for Persons with Disabilities Friday. Over 3,000 assistive devices service organizations affiliated to disabled...
Nearly 90,000 wheelchairs and car safety seats have been donated to disabled children in China during the past 10 years through a charity project, the China Foundation for Disabled Persons said Saturday. Over 95 percent of the donated items are wheelchairs and the...
As a former helicopter pilot for the Italian armed forces, Roberto Punzo loves plotting out trajectories. He adores things that fly, and he seeks that in sports, too. At the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, China, Punzo competes for Italy in archery as a...
New Zealand government announced Friday an action plan to improve the wellbeing of disabled New Zealanders by addressing inequalities in play, active recreation and sport. The initiative includes training to develop a workforce that understands the needs of children...
Indonesia has won five medals at 2019 INAS Global Games in Brisbane, Australia, hoping to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games, an official at Indonesian Paralympic Committee said on Monday. From the Para Games, Indonesia won the women's 400m sprint gold, two...
If we say art is the greatest spiritual jewel for all human beings, is it true that EVERYONE gets to appreciate its beauty? Well, some of us are actually having a harder time than most people would imagine and China, like many other countries across the world, is...
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