Chinese woman, 20, survives 18th floor ‘impulsive’ jump after argument with boyfriend

A 20-year-old woman in eastern China miraculously survived after jumping from the balcony of her 18th-floor flat following a heated argument with her boyfriend. The woman, known by the alias Xiaoyi, had been quarrelling with her boyfriend for hours in their rented flat in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, before she impulsively jumped from the balcony at 4am on July 12. Miraculously, she survived the fall, thanks to a tree that broke her descent before landing on nearby brushwood, according to the...

By Alice Yan