Lead by example: young Chinese man donates blood 18 times in three years and gives hair to cancer patients


A young man in southwest China has refused to cut his hair for three years, and it has nothing to do with style.

Tang Yazhu, 21, who lives in the municipality of Chongqing, had not visited a hairdresser since 2019 before this month after he read an online post about how cancer patients often need donated hair, local media reported.

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