ZAHNG HAIDI
60 years old Zhanghaidi is one of the most famous inspiring women in China. She is born in Shandong province. Despite having a disability, she is a well-known writer and chairman of a disabled organization in China. Her inspiring stories are encouraging people from different generations.
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The second incredible thing about her is her writing ability. It's really hard to believe that for a person, especially a disabled person, who hadn’t been able to attend school for a single day become one of the famous writers in China. She has published 3 books and a lot of short literature. Her first book entitled Questions for Life has been republished 4 times in half a year. Her second book Dream on Wheelchair has been published in Japan and Korea as well. Her third book Tiptop which contains more than 30 million words has won 6 different awards in China. Her novel My Dream on Wheelchair also being filming the movie called “ My girlhood” in 2011. This movie and book are based on her own story.
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I can’t count how many rewards she has, as she has won awards every other year since 1981. She has been to Japan and Korea to host her own concert. She had been representative China at a Woman’s conference in 1995. Japanese TV, NHK ranked her as one of the most successful disabled person in the world in 1997. She has been the chairman at China disabled organization since 2008. And in 2009, she was awarded as one of the 100 most inspiring people in China. She has been awarded Asia-Pacific disability leadership in 2012 because of her great contribution in disabilities career.
She married Wangzuoliang, who is a college teacher in her town. They knew each other from a friend. They both have the passion for writing and they love each other a lot. They can’t have kids due to her body situation, but her husband always supports her. She said the most enjoying time with him is when he is pushing her for walks every day, even though sometimes it's just at home. After almost 30 years, she is happily married even though she had not a wedding.
She married Wangzuoliang, who is a college teacher in her town. They knew each other from a friend. They both have the passion for writing and they love each other a lot. They can’t have kids due to her body situation, but her husband always supports her. She said the most enjoying time with him is when he is pushing her for walks every day, even though sometimes it's just at home. After almost 30 years, she is happily married even though she had not a wedding.
I was inspired a lot by her from her story and words. She always uses her actions to prove to the society that she can be someone useful. Every time I feel life is hard and down, her words always appear in my head. She is one of the reasons I never want to give up on studying, even though it's really hard for me. In her words, “ As long as your heart is still beating, you should keep studying.” During her time, things were twice harder as it is now, but she never feared. She has continued doing something meaningful. “To be someone useful to the society.” is her words all the time. This is also what I want to do in my life.