Li Yuchuan needs a protector to prop herself up when she is painting.

August 6, China Daily - Li Yuchuan, 21, a resident of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, has been enrolled in the Central Academy of Arts, China's foremost art university, by virtue of her high score in this year's college entrance exams.

What singles Li out is that she has been paraplegic for the past decade.

A mentally disabled man pushed her out of the fifth floor of the classroom building on Nov 12, 1998. Li's injuries have rendered her bedridden ever since, but she never lost hope and studied as hard as possible to be accepted by the country's top art university.