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Abandoned disabled China girl sells hairpins on street, dreams of trip with grandma

Determined youngster with cerebral palsy displays true grit despite hardships, describes herself as ‘lucky’, vows to ‘stay strong’, live happy life

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A disabled and abandoned girl in China is making ends meet by selling hairpins on the street while dreaming of taking her grandmother on a trip. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Yating Yangin Beijing

A young woman in China with cerebral palsy has deeply moved people on mainland social media after she was found selling hairpins on the street to support herself.

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The woman, known by the pseudonym Huanping, who is estranged from her parents, has also said that her greatest dream is to take her grandmother on a trip.

Huanping, from Tangshan in northern China’s Hebei province, was discovered selling her wares outside a shopping mall.

Her unsteady gait caught the attention of an online content creator, Sanzhenban, who is also a photographer with almost 100,000 followers on a major social media platform.

He captured their interaction and shared it on social media on January 9, in a post that went viral.

Huanping sells her hairpins by displaying them on a black umbrella on the street. Photo: Facebook
Huanping sells her hairpins by displaying them on a black umbrella on the street. Photo: Facebook

Huanping revealed that she was born prematurely and suffered from a lack of oxygen, resulting in cerebral palsy and mobility challenges.

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