A paralysed woman in China who fell in love and married a “doctor” she met during rehabilitation has been left distraught after he disappeared with a loan of more than three million yuan (US$420,000).
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Li Shangxuan, 31, from Hebei province in northern China, shares her life as a single mother with 220,000 followers on a popular short video platform.
Li’s family was once well-off, with her parents working in business.
Paralysed from the waist down in a 2013 car accident, she has used a wheelchair ever since.

During her rehabilitation, Li met a man surnamed Ding on social media who claimed to be a surgeon.
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