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Husband Moves On While Cryogenically Frozen Wife Awaits

11/18/2025

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Gui Junmin, husband of Zhan Wenlian, China's first cryogenically frozen woman, has started a new relationship while she remains in cold storage, sparking moral controversy.
Gui Junmin signed a 30-year agreement in 2017 with the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, enabling Zhan Wenlian to be cryopreserved after her late-stage lung cancer diagnosis.
A 2020 gout attack left Gui incapacitated for two days, altering his commitment.

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Gui Junmin, husband of Zhan Wenlian, China's first cryogenically frozen woman, has started a new relationship while she remains in cold storage, sparking moral controversy.
Gui Junmin signed a 30-year agreement in 2017 with the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, enabling Zhan Wenlian to be cryopreserved after her late-stage lung cancer diagnosis.
A 2020 gout attack left Gui incapacitated for two days, altering his commitment.