Nanny granny: Woman hired to care for China toddler 16 years ago who adopted abandoned child now sends boy, 18, to university using pension; wins netizens over

Selfless woman goes through hardship to take care of abandoned boy. She walked 4km every day to drop off and pick up child at school because she had no money for transportation. — SCMP

A woman in China who was hired as a nanny for a toddler and adopted the boy after he was abandoned by his family 16 years ago is now paying for his university with her pension, moving many people online.

Liu Fang, 68, from central China’s Hubei province has been Zhou Jie’s “granny” for 16 years, despite having no blood relationship with him, CCTV reported on October 23.