- A Chinese man who had disappeared for 16 years was finally reunited with his parents.
- This man, only known as the “king”, was ashamed to face his family after his university failure in 2005.
- After he appeared at the local government office this year to update his identity card, he was confirmed as a missing person and reconnected with his family.
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A Chinese man who failed to graduate from university and disappeared for 16 years is finally reunited with his family.
On November 16, the 39-year-old man named Wang was reunited with his family in Xi’an, China. Xiashi News, A local media in northern Shaanxi, China filmed the reunion.
in a video On the Chinese version of Twitter, Wang was seen kneeling down and apologizing to his mother, who saw him on Tuesday for the first time since 2005.
According to a statement In 2001, Wang from Xi’an Customs was a high school student with honors. But in 2005, he severed contact with his family in Shandong Province, a 10-hour drive away. This is because after he was addicted to video games and failed from college, he felt very embarrassed and couldn’t face his parents.
Chang’an University where Wang studied was designated as 211 College of Engineering, The Chinese government’s general term for more than 100 colleges and universities across the country.
According to Xi’an Customs, Wang had been away from home for 16 years and had taken a series of odd jobs in Xi’an without requiring him to be formally registered with the local government. But after he appeared at the local government office in Xi’an to update his ID, he finally got in touch with his family. Government officials later discovered that Wang was listed as a missing person and contacted his family in Shandong.
Address to Chinese online media Bailu TVWang said that in the 16 years he was away from home, he did some chores like eating, eating, housing and transportation, but he didn’t come back because of his shame.
Although Wang’s reaction may be extreme, China’s education system Known to cause high levels of academic pressure. Although continuing to push young people to succeed at all costs may result in Some people in their 20s “lie flat” to rebel and reject the trend of rat race, Chinese parents continue to enthusiastically Buy “jiwa” (or “chicken blood”) raising methods, Designed to make children work harder to exceed expectations.
The Chinese education system itself may also exacerbate the fear of academic failure. On the one hand, in 2018, tThe Chinese government changed its policy to prohibit “customs clearance testing”, It is also known as the retake of college students who have failed two exams. The purpose is to put pressure on the undergraduates to get a passing score in the first exam.
Wang’s father told Bailu TV that he had gone to Xi’an at least twice a year to find his son for the past 16 years.
“Every time I come, I will stay for about a week. I walked every street in Xi’an and went to every Internet cafe. We couldn’t find him and our hearts were broken,” Wang’s father said.
Wang’s mother told Xia Shi News that she had “prepared for the worst” and had thought for years that her son might be dead.
Wang’s mother told the news media: “We haven’t heard from him for a long time. Thinking about what might happen to him, I’m very upset every day.” “But I don’t blame him. I’m just happy to see him again. .”
