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Disaster● LowJul 21 · Jul 21, 2026, 1:00 AM

Chinese teenager lies to parents about holiday to secretly help flood victims in Guangxi

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post

A teenager from eastern China told his parents he was going on holiday, but secretly travelled with a friend to a flood-stricken region to join relief efforts. Earlier this month, 18-year-old Shanghai student Wu Yulun had just completed the gaokao, China’s national college entrance examination, and was planning a graduation trip. But after seeing an online appeal from a volunteer group in the southwestern Guangxi region, he abandoned those plans and headed for the disaster zone instead. Days of...

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