Sina yesterday published an article about a woman named Li Yan who writes a blog called A call for a euthanasia law (in Chinese).
According to her blog, Li developed what she “super cancer” an infant. Now 28, she has lost the use of her limbs and no longer wants to live. She is using her blog to call for a law legalizing euthanasia for people in her situation.
The Sina article Girl cannot provide for herself, asks NPC delegates to propose euthanasia law, summarizes Li Yan’s case, and looks at the benefits of legal suicide.
UPDATE:China Media Project has more:
Li Yan Case sparks nationwide debate in China over “peaceful death” and euthanasia
The story of a 28 year-old woman from China’s northern Ningxia Autonomous Region suffering from terminal cancer has sparked a nationwide debate in China over death and euthanasia, in a case that recalls but bears marked differences with the 2005 case of Terry Schiavo in the United States … the topic became a Web sensation yesterday after popular CCTV investigative news anchor Chai Jing (柴静) posted a message from the cancer patient, Li Yan (李燕), on her personal Weblog conveying Li Yan’s wish that the NPC consider drafting a proposal on “peaceful dying” (安乐死), or euthanasia…