A couple in eastern China has been bankrupted by their teenage son after he spent almost all of their savings – more than US$37,000 – trying to curry favour with a live-stream host he claimed was his girlfriend, mainland media reports.
When the 19-year-old, surnamed Lee, started working odd jobs in Jinan, Shandong province, he started spending his earnings of just a few thousand yuan a month on gifts for hosts on the website Juxing Kuwo, Sina News reported on Wednesday.
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