Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light, though wise men at their end know dark is right, because their words had forked no lightning they, do not go gentle into that good night.
Korean Chinese nominated for 'Inspiration China'
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Kim Wook
By Jhoo Dong-chan
By Jhoo Dong-chan
A Korean-Chinese man, Kim Wook, 44, has been nominated as one of this year’s 10 most inspiring people in China for his efforts to help the disabled.
Since 2002, China’s state broadcaster CCTV has selected 10 people every year for the “Inspiration China,” or “Gandong China,” award. (Gandong implies inspiration.)
Public figures, who contribute to Chinese society or move people’s hearts, have been nominated for the award.
Twenty-seven candidates were shortlisted for this year’s award, and Kim took the ninth place by winning some two million votes out of nearly 60 million online poll participants.
Kim was paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident 20 years ago. Desperation even drove him to consider suicide he once said.
However, his life has been changed by a computer his parents bought him.
In 2000, Kim built a computer school in Yenji, Jilin Province, northeastern China, providing free education for fellow disabled people. Kim’s school benefits economically poor students by providing them with half of the tuition fee.
Some 13,000 poor and disabled students have so far benefited from the school’s education.
Kim is also contributing to society by building a culture and rehabilitation center for the disabled. In 2011, he started a mineral water business and hired 220 disabled and unemployed workers.
Separately from his public service for society, Kim donated some 640,000 yuan ($101,954) to the poor and disabled.