Chinese woman reunites with family 22 years after fleeing over broken shower gel

A Chinese woman, Liu Xiuhong, has been reunited with her birth family after 22 years, having run away from home at the age of nine. The incident occurred in 2004 when Liu, living with her migrant-worker parents in Jieyang, Guangdong province, accidentally broke a glass bottle of shower gel. Fearing her mother's reaction, she fled and became lost. She was subsequently found by a man who became her adoptive father and was cared for by her adoptive family. Her birth parents had searched for her unsuccessfully for three days via a local television station. Now 31, Liu, with the assistance of volunteers and police, recently traced her birth family back to Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, leading to the reunion.