https://www.scmp.com/rss/510276/feed Chloe Feng is a graduate of the master’s programme at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On Christmas Day in 2010, I turned 17. As I blew out my birthday candles, I wished that I could be healthy, as I was in some discomfort. Less than a month later, I was in hospital in Hebei province, in China, for a check-up after suffering severe stomach aches. The doctors sent me home. In February 2011, I was in hospital again, and in much more pain. Surgeons removed a 22cm (8.7 inch) tumour from my abdomen. My friends and classmates visited me in hospital and brought lovely gifts – crystal... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3141380/why-my-chinese-parents-hid-my-cancer-diagnosis-me-and-how?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3141380/why-my-chinese-parents-hid-my-cancer-diagnosis-me-and-how?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jul 2021 06:15:11 +0000