Single mother Li Tao accompanies her daughter. [Photo provided to China Daily]
In the documentary, she has gone through the stress of moving homes and is wrestling with the dilemma of balancing life as a single parent of a sick child and maintaining a career.
There is a scene in the documentary featuring Li as she hosts a livestream wearing the costumes of Dongfang Bubai, a character in Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The character is a formidable leader who castrates himself to be able to master the world's most powerful martial art.
Dong Xueying invokes the character to indicate that women are becoming independent and strong these days. Facing these challenges, Li insists that "a woman should not find a man just because she needs someone to shoulder responsibility".
During another livestream on Valentine's Day, Li, wearing a bride's veil, expresses hope that all her followers will marry for love.
