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Liya Su

A 15-year-old boy in China has been hailed as “a kitten superhero” after he caught a tiny feline falling from a third-floor balcony in his coat.
The boy, surnamed Zeng, from Hubei province in central China, caught the cat on December 24 while he was feeding a stray dog and looked up to see two kittens dangling from a metal sheet overhanging a balcony.
Zeng was not quick enough to catch one of the kittens, which sadly died.
However, the boy removed his coat and waited in the cold weather for 20 minutes before the second kitten fell. Zeng used his coat as a makeshift net to catch the baby cat before feeding it as its owner was not home.
Many people on mainland social media praised Zeng.

One online observer said: “What a good boy!” While another added: “This is very touching.”
Vacuum-sealed love
A viral video of a father preparing vacuum-sealed meals for his 29-year-old daughter has attracted nearly 6 million views on mainland social media.
The daughter, surnamed Zou, from Hunan province in southern China, did not live with her parents, which meant she was used to eating takeaway food.
However, Zou fell ill, and her father, who was worried about what she was eating, began to cook for her.
In the beginning, he would send food to her every day, but that became untenable. So, the caring father thought of cooking her meals once weekly and storing the food in vacuum-sealed bags, which he sent to his daughter’s home.

As a result, Zou has stopped eating takeaway and enjoys her home-cooked meals, which typically include rice, noodles, beef, tomatoes and cabbage.
At the time of writing, a Weibo news story on the foody-supplying father had received 3,389 comments.
One online observer said: “I am jealous because she has such a sweet father.”
Boy messages dead aunt
A little boy in China has continued to send WeChat messages to his aunt about his life and studies even though the woman died three years ago.
The boy, nicknamed Xiaoao, said he did not mind that the aunt did not respond to his messages and shared exciting news with her, like when he won a prize in September, according to Guan Tianxia.

The dead aunt’s daughter, who has not been identified, discovered the behaviour after she opened her deceased mother’s phone and found a large number of unread messages sent by Xiaoao.
The woman continued to check other messages and found that Xiaoao loved to share updates with his deceased aunt, and he once sent a video clip about how he learned to wear a red scarf.
“Although my mother is dead, he still wants to share his happiness with her,” she said.
The story has touched many people on mainland social media.
One person said: “It makes me cry,” while another commented: “He must really love his aunt.”


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In this edition of ‘Loving China’, a 15-year-old boy saves a falling kitten, a doting father cooks and sends weekly meals to his adult daughter and a little boy sends messages to his dead aunt.


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Loving China: ‘kitten superhero’ catches falling feline, doting father sends meals to adult daughter, boy messages dead aunt

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Young boy catches falling kitten in his coat, feeds it while owner away

Father sends home-cooked meals to takeaway-mad daughter