Inspiring youthful spirit subverts expectations

I feel that I didn't do anything earth-shattering in my younger years. The only thing that comes to mind is the time that I donated blood in my first week as a postgraduate student, and my passing out at the sight of blood.

I was curious about these young people who choose to pause their life after graduation or put their postgraduate studies on hold, and spend one, two or even three years volunteering in some of China's least-developed places.

Their choice to volunteer goes against the grain of the traditional progression from study to graduation to a working career.