In 1987, a 74-year old rickshaw puller by the name of Bai Fangli came
back to his hometown planning to retire from his backbreaking job.
There, he saw children working in the fields, because they were too poor
to afford school fees.
Bai returned to Tianjin and went back to
work as a rickshaw puller, taking a modest accommodation next to the
railway station. He waited for clients 24 hours a day, ate simple food...