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Football team of masseurs casts spotlight on China's blind

On a sweltering day in eastern China a squad of footballers wearing blindfolds hurtles after a ringing ball, occasionally clattering painfully into each other.But Jiangsu province's blind football team hardly care -- even when they break the odd bone -- because the sport is a rewarding break from the massage parlours, where many of China's visually impaired population are employed.Chen Shanyong, the star player and almost completely blind since birth, co-owns a massage business adorned on the outside with a picture of him wearing a gold medal.

Skin in the game: Hong Kong protesters get inked

As a tattooist's black ink fills the petals of Hong Kong's Bauhinia flower on her upper thigh, 'C' says the indelible act of rebellion will forever serve as a reminder of the city's summer of defiance."No matter how many years pass, I'll remember this year; I decided to stand up to fight for my freedom and to fight for what I really care about," said the finance worker who asked to be identified only by an initial.

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