For the past 20 years, the Touching China Award has honored people across the country every year. They are people who warm our hearts with their actions. Let's look at three of them. They all have something in common: they make a great difference to the country in their own way.
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●Name: Yang Zhenning ●Age: 99 ●Job: physicist ●Chosen for: making great contributions (贡献) to physics. |
Main events: In 1957, he and another Chinese student, Tsung-dao Lee, came up with a physics theory together. Months later, the two won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theory. Their achievement proved that Chinese scientists could be on the global frontier (前沿). Then, in 1971, Yang finally got the chance to return to China for a visit. Later, Yang sold a house in the US, giving away the money to Tsinghua University. In 2003, Yang returned to China and also taught at Tsinghua. |
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●Name: Janis Chan. ●Age: 40 ●Job: reporter and TV host ●Chosen for: making a documentary to break bias(偏见) about China. |
Main events: In 2021, Chan hosted a show called No Poverty Land. The show records how people in poor areas of China get rid of poverty. In the documentary, Chan spends three months reaching many poor villages in China. Chan not only talked with locals but also experienced their lives. She wanted to show the changes in these areas. In the end, the show was popular all over the world. Chan said she wanted to produce more shows to get more people to know China better. |
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●Name: Su Bingtian Age: 32 ●Job: sprinter ●Chosen for: challenging himself and breaking limits (极限) |
Main events: On Aug 1 of that year, Su set a new record of 9. 83seconds in the Tokyo Olympics Men's 100m semifinals(半决赛), making him the first Chinese runner to enter the final in the event. For a long time, there was an idea that-Asian people were not physically built to succeed in sprinting. Su's success broke this idea and inspired many people. |
