Mystery Donor Dumps 50 Tons of Sweet Potatoes to Fund Cancer Treatment

A Chinese man selling sweet potatoes to pay for his wife's cancer treatment received an astonishing donation: 50 tons of the vegetables from an anonymous source. Jia Changlong, 35, needs two million yuan (US$285,000) for his wife's medical care. He was recently seen selling the sweet potatoes from a street stall in Jinan, Shandong province. All proceeds go toward her bills. The massive delivery of root vegetables arrived without warning from a mystery donor. Jia's story has since spread widely across Chinese social media, moving countless people online. Jia is from Dezhou in Shandong. He continues to sell the donated sweet potatoes in his urgent effort to raise the required funds.