The Old Man and The Peak
Mar 17, 2022
4 minutes
By Li Nan
Xia Boyu, 73, had both legs amputated due to ill-fated frostbite. Wang Zilong, 9, lost both hands following an accidental electric shock.
But both were “flying with wings” together at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, demonstrating to the world the true meaning of the Paralympic “Flying High” emblem at the China’s National Stadium (the Bird’s Nest) in Beijing on March 4. “The emblem conveys a message that people with disabilities, too, can aim high and realize their dreams despite their disability,” Xia told Beijing Review.
Xia was born in 1949, the same year the People’s Republic of China was founded.
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