In 1995, a routine day at a funeral home in southern China took an extraordinary turn when a worker noticed that a young woman who had already been declared dead was still alive. Without any identification, no family beside her and barely any signs of life after collapsing days earlier, she had been mistaken for a corpse.

After 1995 brush with cremation, Chen Cuiju reportedly now an award-winning artist after teacher’s support helps her create a new life.

In 1995, a routine day at a funeral home in southern China took an extraordinary turn when a worker noticed that a young woman who had already been declared dead was still alive.…