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China abductee reconnects with family after 34 years, is quickly estranged again over money

Reunited biological family rake in cash by telling kidnap story in live-streaming session then fall out over how much money it earned

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A man in China who was abducted 34 years ago, was reunited with his birth family then promptly fell out with them over money. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Sohu
Fran Luin Beijing

A man in China who went through many hardships to reunite with his family 34 years after he was abducted has announced a tragic rupture with them one year after the reunion.

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Yu Baobao, 37, said on his social media account, which has 326,000 followers, that he had severed ties with his birth family because of money.

Yu lived using the name Li Qiang for 34 years until he found his birth family and discovered his real name in September last year.

He was abducted at his grandparents’ home in southwestern China’s Sichuan province at the age of two.

Yu was abducted at the age of two by human traffickers and sold to another family. Photo: Weixin
Yu was abducted at the age of two by human traffickers and sold to another family. Photo: Weixin

A rich family in central China’s Henan province bought him from the human traffickers, but did not treat him well and often beat him.

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