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‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care

‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care
South China Morning Post Sunday 25 October 2026, 02:15 UTC By Alice Yan 1 min read
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A woman in eastern China has been devotedly caring for her daughter-in-law for 17 years, ever since she fell into a vegetative state, moving social media users. The younger woman, surnamed Xu, fell into a vegetative state in 2009 after being struck by a truck in her village in Qingyun county, Shandong province. The accident happened just one month after she got married, Shandian News reported.

A woman in eastern China has been devotedly caring for her daughter-in-law for 17 years, ever since she fell into a vegetative state, moving social media users. The younger woman, surnamed Xu, fell into a vegetative state in 2009 after being struck by a truck in her village in Qingyun county, Shandong province. The accident happened just one month after she got married, Shandian News reported. Since then, her mother-in-law, Xuan Fengying, has cared for her around the clock. “She married my son,...
Chinese (ORG) China (LOCATION) Xu (PERSON) Qingyun county (LOCATION) Shandong province (LOCATION) Shandian News (PERSON) Xuan Fengying (PERSON)
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