‘Mama’: Video of distressed China girl, 5, pining for absent mother breaks millions of hearts online, highlights plight of left-behind children


Sad home-alone girl repeatedly calls out for mother who works in city 10 hours drive away. Home surveillance footage of downhearted child goes viral, attracting 70 million views on Weibo alone. — SCMP

Video footage of a home-alone five-year-old girl in China repeatedly calling out “mama” as she searches for her mother who is at work many miles away, has tugged on the heartstrings of at least 70 million people on mainland social media.

In the distressing clip from a surveillance camera at a home in Zhoukou, central Henan province, the girl appears to be on her own as she wanders around the courtyard.

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