蜜芽传媒

As a result of polio, Dr Li Chuangye walks with extreme difficulty - by squatting on his heels. To get stronger he began climbing mountains in his 20s, and despite a gruelling first ascent he loved it and now shares his hikes with thousands of followers on social media. 鈥淲e shouldn't fear setbacks and failures鈥攖hey're stepping stones on our path forward,鈥� he says.

And Li Chuangye knows all about setbacks. He contracted polio as a baby, and his parents - hard-up farmers from Henan province - got into debt trying to find treatment for him. When a stranger approached him aged nine offering work, Li Chuangye thought he could help repay his family鈥檚 debts and followed him - against his parents鈥� wishes. But it turned out the stranger ran a begging operation, and that鈥榮 how Li Chuangye spent the next seven years, before making it back home. By then he was 16, couldn鈥榯 read or write, and was desperate to go to school.

Joining a class with children ten years younger didn鈥榯 put him off, and hard work led to a degree in medicine. Dr Li now runs a clinic in Xinjang province, where his patients call him their 鈥渕iracle doctor.鈥�

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Vibeke Venema
Translation: Benny Lu
Voiceover: Tony Han

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(Image: One photo showing Dr Li Chuangye on a mountain hike in China, another photo showing him reading a book wearing his doctor鈥檚 coat. Credit: Courtesy of Li Chuangye)