‘Most powerful uncle in the universe’ who splurges US$8,800 on hosting 16 nieces and nephews at his home for two months a viral hit


An online series of videos uploaded by an uncle taking care of his four sisters’ 16 kids and his own two daughters has been a hit in China. The creator of the videos said he and his sisters are close and want their children to be the same and so they all stay with him during the summer holidays. — SCMP

Millions of people in mainland China have been entertained by a series of videos about the daily trials of a man looking after his 16 nephews and nieces and two daughters during the summer school holidays.

The series began on June 28, and ended on Aug 22, when the video poster, Gong Lingjun, 35, from Chongqing, southwestern China, uploaded his final episode in which he bids farewell to his nephews and nieces as the holidays draw to an end.

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