Heart And Soul: Malaysian family reconnects with relatives in China through TikTok discovery


Photos By ANG SENG CHAI 
A family in Malaysia reconnects with long-lost relatives in China through an unexpected TikTok discovery.

How time flies! Through the mist of the years that had gone by, spanning a period of more than a century of estrangement with our relatives in China, the video call finally came through on a bright Sunday morning at 11am on 12 April 2026.

Literally, it was a dream come true.

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