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Man often mistaken for child runs drugstore

(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-08-24 08:48

A 23-year-old man from Rongchang of Sichuan Province was so short that he was often treated as a 5-year-old boy.

Zhong Huawei's body stopped growing when he was a child due to dwarfism. He is now only 1.1 metres tall and weighs less than 24 kilograms, like an average kid at the age of 5. Despite his appearance and resulting prejudice, Zhong has helped his mother run a drugstore to support his disabled father.

Chongqing Evening News