‘Haha, yiyi’: man woken at 5am daily by elderly runner’s weird exercise noises confronts noise-maker, striking a chord with many online in China


By Liya Su

A man confronted an elderly jogger who shouted loudly during his early morning exercise and his grievance has struck a chord with many on mainland social media.

The unidentified man, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, was woken at dawn every morning for more than a year by the runner’s yelling.

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