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Blind Chinese teen aces gaokao, chooses medicine to help others

Guo Bin, a teenager from Shanxi province, China, has achieved a high score on the national college entrance examination (gaokao) despite being blind. He lost his sight at the age of six due to an attack by his aunt, which resulted in irreparable damage to his optic nerves. Guo Bin has chosen to study medicine, inspired by the care he received from a medical team led by Hong Kong ophthalmologist Dennis Lam Shun-chiu, and aims to help others. AI

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Blind Chinese teen aces gaokao, chooses medicine to help others

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zoey Zhang ·

    ‘Pass on the warmth’: blind Chinese teen aces gaokao, chooses medicine to help others

    A teenager from northern China who lost his sight in a brutal attack has emerged as one of the top scorers in the national college entrance examination for students with disabilities. Thirteen years ago, Guo Bin was just six years old when a middle-aged woman lured him away from …