A combo picture shows Liu Jing before and after a surgery to reconstruct his deformed skull at a hospital in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, August 2, 2007. Liu Jing, 9, suffering from hydrocephalus at his birth and later the deformed skull, received a 13-hour surgery on July 15, 2007 and is in stable situation now, Xinhua said.

Chinese boy Liu Jing (2nd R) talks with his parents and younger brother as he recovers from a surgery to reconstruct his deformed skull at a hospital in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, August 2, 2007. Liu Jing, 9, suffering from hydrocephalus at his birth and later the deformed skull, received a 13-hour surgery on July 15, 2007 and is in stable situation now.

(Xinhua News Agency August 4, 2007)