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BEIJING, China / CRIEnglish.com / Frontline Features / March 9, 2009
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Hello and welcome to another edition of Frontline, the features segment brought to you by China Radio International. I'm your host Wu Jia. Today's story is about a large sum of donated money that damaged the relations between two women. To settle their dispute and determine who should have the money, the two have been engaged in a lawsuit. Let's follow our reporter Yang Lei to learn more.
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Zhu Dongying and Zhang Hua are neither relatives nor friends. Just one year ago, they were like a family. Zhu Dongying's daughter was sick and she considered Zhang Hua their benefactor. But one year later, the two women had a bitter quarrel over the ownership of a large sum of money.
"It's useless to talk to you. You are unreasonable."
"You always say you're a swindler. How could I reason with a swindler?"
"You considered me a swindler. Why should I call myself a swindler?"
"I didn't say such things about you."
"It was in the newspaper. You accused me of cheating money here and there by making use of your child's illness."
Why did Zhu Dongying call her benefactor a swindler? What happened that changed the once close relationship?
Zhu Dongying is a villager from Quxian County of eastern China's Zhejiang province. She got married to Chen Fangwei in 1995. One year later, their daughter Chen Shuang was born, whom they lovingly call Shuangshuang. Shuangshuang is a pretty girl with big eyes and brought the family much happiness. However, when Shuangshuang was three years old, a remark by a neighbor shattered the peace of the family. Zhu Dongying recalls.
"My daughter couldn't walk even at the age of three. An elderly woman said to me 'there must be something wrong with your daughter's legs, one being thin and the other is thick'."
It was then that the mother noticed that her daughter's legs were not the same in terms of thickness. The couple hurried the kid to a local hospital for a checkup.
"The illness was diagnosed as angioma."
The bad news struck the family like a bolt from the sky. Yet they were confronted with an even more serious problem. Doctors told the couple that the treatment of the sickness would cost 100 to 200 thousand yuan, or 12 to 24 thousand US dollars. This was beyond the poor family's ability to pay. Here is the father Chen Fangwei.
"Once they knew about our situation, the doctors told us sadly that 'you won't be able to afford the treatment'."
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Zhu Dongying and Zhang Hua are neither relatives nor friends. Just one year ago, they were like a family. Zhu Dongying's daughter was sick and she considered Zhang Hua their benefactor. But one year later, the two women had a bitter quarrel over the ownership of a large sum of money.
"It's useless to talk to you. You are unreasonable."
"You always say you're a swindler. How could I reason with a swindler?"
"You considered me a swindler. Why should I call myself a swindler?"
"I didn't say such things about you."
"It was in the newspaper. You accused me of cheating money here and there by making use of your child's illness."
Why did Zhu Dongying call her benefactor a swindler? What happened that changed the once close relationship?
Zhu Dongying is a villager from Quxian County of eastern China's Zhejiang province. She got married to Chen Fangwei in 1995. One year later, their daughter Chen Shuang was born, whom they lovingly call Shuangshuang. Shuangshuang is a pretty girl with big eyes and brought the family much happiness. However, when Shuangshuang was three years old, a remark by a neighbor shattered the peace of the family. Zhu Dongying recalls.
"My daughter couldn't walk even at the age of three. An elderly woman said to me 'there must be something wrong with your daughter's legs, one being thin and the other is thick'."
It was then that the mother noticed that her daughter's legs were not the same in terms of thickness. The couple hurried the kid to a local hospital for a checkup.
"The illness was diagnosed as angioma."
The bad news struck the family like a bolt from the sky. Yet they were confronted with an even more serious problem. Doctors told the couple that the treatment of the sickness would cost 100 to 200 thousand yuan, or 12 to 24 thousand US dollars. This was beyond the poor family's ability to pay. Here is the father Chen Fangwei.
"Once they knew about our situation, the doctors told us sadly that 'you won't be able to afford the treatment'."
Click here to continue reading the next 7 pages
Web Editor: Yang Yang
E-mail: crieng@cri.com.cn
Copyright by CRIENGLISH.com, 1998-2009.
