‘It’s from my dad’: Happy China boy, 6, shows off new coat gift from single, migrant worker father which proves ‘he still loves me’

Pride in gift from dad prompts youngster to show off new coat at school. Boy just one of millions of so-called ‘left-behind children’ in China. — SCMP

The story of a six-year-old boy in China who proudly showed off a new coat bought for him by his single, migrant worker father to his classmates and teacher has delighted mainland social media.

His teacher, surnamed Wei, at a countryside primary school in central China’s Hunan province posted the moment of his happiness on Douyin, the mainland version of TikTok, using the account @Yaoyaofadainao on December 20.