Burning Candles Of Hope

Hundreds of volunteers went to the streets of Chengdu city, holding candles and praying for children with blood diseases, as the Chengdu Media Group sponsored various fundraising events through out the Sichuan capital to draw attention to this less fortunate segment of the community. Locations included Hong Xing Road, Jin Li Pedestrian Street, Wenshu Temple and Shuang Lan Street. In the Wenshu Temple tourist district, kind-hearted students from Chengdu University of Information Technology braved miserable winter cold & rain.




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Expatriate writer Warren Rodwell has been in China since 2002, and teaches university postgraduates in Chengdu. Many of his feature stories, reviews & photographs have been published online or in hardcopy media form. Warren also narrates documentaries and administers various websites as part of his efforts to promote Chengdu & Sichuan culture(s) more globally.


http://writer.warrenrodwell.com/


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