Competition encourages child artists and charity

Viewers online may 'tip' their favorite paintings with a few yuan

An 8-year-old girl who gained admirers nationwide by selling her paintings to earn money for her leukemia-stricken father's medical treatment has a new venue for marketing her art: a national painting contest for children.

Jiang Yake, from Changsha, the capital of Central China's Hunan province, touched the hearts of many Chinese people in September with her series of inspiring paintings and her goal of paying her father's bills.