Voices for the Visually Impaired

For sightless Liu Jianwen， much ofthe joy in life is found in an old-styleChinese courtyard compound. On themorning of April 2， he rose early andspent two hours on a jolting bus to reachthe courtyard on a street west of the DrumTower， the centuries-old symbolic buildingnear downtown Beijing’s North SecondRing Road.