Biography of zhang haidi

Chinese writer, politician with physical disability

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Haidi (Chinese: 张海迪; born September 1955) is a Chinese writer, translator, and chairwoman of China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities (CASPD); the national paralympic committee of China. A paraplegic since early childhood, she has been called the Helen Keller and Pavel Korchagin of China.^[1] Since the early 1980s, she has been hailed as a role model for disabled people and for Chinese youths in general, a "Lei Feng of the 80s".^[2]

Early life

Zhang Haidi was born in September 1955 in Jinan, Shandong Province.^[1] She became a paraplegic at age five. Due to pathological conditions in her blood vessels near the dura mater of her spine, she underwent six major operations to have six of her spinal plates removed between 1960 and 1976. As a result, she became paralyzed in her lower body.^[2]

Biography of zhang haidi yang.