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Feng Zhiyan, a girl in a new family

China SCIOUpdated: May 9, 2018

Feng Zhiyan was less than 7 years old when the quake took her father's life, and she came to the downtown area of Shifang city, Sichuan province, with her mother who had quit her job to receive primary school education. In July 2010, her mother married a man with a son, and a family of four was thus united. Now, Feng is in the second year of high school, and she ranks first in her class. The girl talented in singing and dancing dreams to enter the Communication University of China next year.


Feng Zhiyan mourns in front of her father's tomb in Deyang city, Sichuan province, on May 20, 2008. [Photo/VCG]

The photo taken in Deyang city, Sichuan province on April 22, 2018, shows Feng Zhiyan's new family after her mother remarried. [Photo/VCG]

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