China ‘wheelchair anchor’ Liang Yi becomes first disabled TV host after spinal cord injury

Chinese television personality Liang Yi became China’s first “wheelchair anchor” despite a sudden illness taking away her health and bright future.
Born in central China’s Hunan province in 1979, in 2001 Liang became an anchor at Hunan TV, one of China’s most popular television channels for the following two decades.

She had a bright future, but just four months after starting the job, she suddenly lost consciousness while backstage preparing for a show.
Liang was diagnosed with a spinal cord…