{"id":11697,"date":"2007-03-14T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/14\/li-yan-case-sparks-nationwide-debate-in-china-over-peaceful-death-and-euthanasia-david-bandurski\/"},"modified":"2007-03-14T18:34:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-15T01:34:13","slug":"li-yan-case-sparks-nationwide-debate-in-china-over-peaceful-death-and-euthanasia-david-bandurski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/li-yan-case-sparks-nationwide-debate-in-china-over-peaceful-death-and-euthanasia-david-bandurski\/","title":{"rendered":"Li Yan Case Sparks Nationwide Debate in China Over &#8220;Peaceful Death&#8221; and Euthanasia &#8211; David Bandurski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/get_img-euthanasia.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/get_img-euthanasia.php','popup','width=460,height=312,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/get_img-euthanasia-thumb.jpg\" width=\"176\" height=\"120\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> From China Media Project:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The story of a 28 year-old woman from China&#8217;s northern <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ningxia\">Ningxia<\/a> 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terri_Schiavo\">the 2005 case of Terry Schiavo<\/a> in the United States. Chinese media have followed the case closely over the last two days, and the topic became a Web sensation yesterday after popular CCTV investigative news anchor Chai Jing (\u00ca\u00fc\u00a5\u00c8\u00f9\u00f4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cctv.com\/tvguide\/anchors\/chaijing\/\">blog<\/a>) posted a message from the cancer patient, Li Yan (\u00ca\u00f9\u00e9\u00c1\u00e1\u00ef), on her personal Weblog conveying Li Yan&#8217;s wish that the NPC consider drafting a proposal on &#8220;peaceful dying&#8221; (\u00c2\u00c6\u00e2\u2030\u03c0\u00ea\u00ca\u2260\u00aa), or euthanasia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;An editorial on Eastday.com expressed sympathy for Li Yan&#8217;s situation, but said a proposal by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_People%27s_Congress\">NPC<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_People's_Political_Consultative_Conference\">CPPCC<\/a> representatives would be an &#8220;abuse of rights&#8221;&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/look\/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&#038;IdPublication=1&#038;NrIssue=1&#038;NrSection=100&#038;NrArticle=819 \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>-Chinese source: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinglun.eastday.com\/p\/20070314\/u1a2680300.html\">&#8220;It is not time for a law on peaceful dying&#8221;<\/a> by Eastday.com via China Media Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From China Media Project: The story of a 28 year-old woman from China&#8217;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. 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