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Chinese retiree dedicates life to photography after cancer remission

A Chinese retiree named Wang Ying has dedicated her life to photography after her cancer tumor significantly shrank following a trip to Antarctica. She has since traveled to 30 countries, investing her pension in photography equipment to pursue her passion for capturing images of birds. AI

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Chinese retiree dedicates life to photography after cancer remission

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Chinese retiree devotes life to photography after tumour shrinks post-bucket-list trip

    After spending all her savings on a month-long trip to Antarctica following a cancer diagnosis, a woman from southwestern China discovered that her tumour had shrunk. Wang Ying, 67, is an amateur wildlife photographer who has photographed more than 1,200 bird species. In 2013, as…