Retiree Cai Minyi, 84, makes shoes for soldiers and officers at the Shizhong District Fire Brigade in the city of Zaozhuang in east China's Shandong Province on January 5, 2012. She has made over 1,100 pairs of shoe pads for local soldiers and officers and sent another over 100 pairs of shoe pads to fire fighters, earning the affectionate nickname "shoe pad mother" (XINHUA) |