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‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 25 Oct 2026, 02:15 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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…
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‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care
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- South China Morning Post‘Mum, good’: Chinese woman wakes vegetative daughter-in-law after 17 years of care