A Chinese woman, who was adopted by a couple from the Netherlands 23 years ago, has successfully identified her biological parents through DNA tests, after being helped by local media in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.

The 23-year-old Linsey van Santen was abandoned five weeks after she was born.

Having learned about other successful cases, she came up with the idea of searching for her birthparents via the media last year, with the Wenzhou Metropolis Daily publishing her story last month.