Song Xinran [L] and Shi Zhenwei hold hands at their wedding in Lianyungang city in east China's Jiangsu province, August 2, 2009. Song and Shi have been in love for eight years after they met on the Internet. Song suffers from terminal colon cancer and the couple decided to get married even after doctors told them she had only a few months left to live. [Xinhua]

Song Xinran poses for her wedding photo with her groom, Shi Zhenwei, in Lianyungang city of east China's Jiangsu province on July 24, 2009. [Xinhua]

Song Xinran passes out while taking wedding photos in Lianyungang city of east China's Jiangsu province on July 24, 2009.[Xinhua]

Song Xinran and Shi Zhenwei encourage each other in a hospital of Lianyungang city of east China's Jiangsu province on July 31, 2009.[Xinhua]