Is it a thing? 10 odd jobs where you can make good money

10. Human punching bags

It's been reported dozens of times that people make money from letting people beat them.

Many of them are in a hopeless situation where they need money, usually for some family member's surgery. But some take advantage of their physical practice of kung fu or other exercises and choose it as a profession.

Xinhua's Telegraph Daily reported that 48-year-old Xie Shuipeng has made a living by having people pay to punch him in the stomach, which earns him around 20,000 yuan each month.

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