Girl with leukemia dies after fundraising effort
By Xinhua in Shenzhen | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-26 07:43
A 5-year-old girl with leukemia has died one month after her father's fundraising blog received wide attention from Chinese netizens.
The girl, nicknamed Xiao Xiao, died at Shenzhen University Health Science Center at 6 am on Saturday. Her parents donated her body to the center for clinical research.
Gao Min of the Shenzhen Red Cross Society told Xinhua News Agency that Xiao Xiao's parents had bought her some new clothes and planned to dress her up as Santa Claus to celebrate Christmas.
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