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A Chinese teen found his birth parents with a social media appeal. He killed himself after the reunion took a dark turn.

January 27, 2022
Source: sfgate.com sfgate.com
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It began as a feel-good story for China's modern age that played out in the bright glare of social media. Liu Xuezhou, a teenage teacher in training who had been adopted as an infant, found his birth parents after posting a video about his search. In a remarkably short time, police found them and organized a meeting. On Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, Liu shared photos of the reunion dinner, his birth father beaming beside a police officer, as well as a screenshot of his birth mother asking for an address to send winter clothes. But within weeks, the...
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