A 28-year-old woman in China without forearms has been living a colourful life with confidence, amassing a large number of online followers who have been moved by her spirit.
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Xu Fangyan, from southwestern China’s Sichuan province, lost her forearms after touching a high voltage transformer at the age of seven.
Xu said she remained strong-minded even right after the amputation.
She did not want to rely on her elder sister who had been helping with her daily life.
As a result, she learned to look after herself, managed to use what is left of her affected limbs to write, and returned to school within a few months.
Using the social media handle @haimianbaobao, she has been posting details of her colourful life, which has inspired many people and helped her amass 36,000 followers.