‘He looks 60% like him’: Grieving mother in China befriends young man resembling policeman son who died in line of duty


A grieving mother saw a stranger resembling her dead son and was so moved she introduced herself. After explaining how much the young man looked like the son she missed terribly, they bonded and became friends. — SCMP

The story of an unlikely friendship in China between a grieving mother and a young man resembling her dead son has struck an emotional chord on mainland social media.

The pair met when the woman, Dou Meijuan, spotted the 24-year-old man, nicknamed Xiaoyu, earlier this month while he was shopping with a friend in Jiangsu province, eastern China, the Yangtze Evening News reported.

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