A visually impaired girl uses a magnifying glass as she studies in her class at the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

A visually impaired girl reads a text during a class at the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

Blind and visually impaired children are seen as they wake up in the dormitory of the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

Visually impaired children are seen in the dormitory of the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

A nursemaid helps a blind boy to dress up at the dormitory of the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 of them are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

A blind girl reads Braille text in her class at the Shanghai School for the Blind in Shanghai January 23, 2007. The school has 180 students out of which about 150 are boarding students. The school aims to teach the students acupuncture, massage and piano tuning among other skills.

(China Daily via Reuters January 25, 2007)