Videos of Chinese girl running for first time since being paralysed in a dancing accident captivate 160 million across nation

The girl had a spinal cord injury in 2020 while dancing and lost all of her motor skills below the waist leaving her effectively paralysed. After two years of gruelling rehabilitation she can now run for the first time since the accident and videos of her journey have gone viral online. — SCMP

Videos of an eight-year-old girl in China running for the first time in two years after she was paralysed below the waist in an accident have received more than 160 million views on Weibo and brought many people to tears.

The girl, named Anqi, is from Xiangtan in Hunan province in central China. The videos show different stages of her recovery over the last two years in which she is seen participating in gruelling rehabilitation exercises and finally running.