Quirky China: Boy rides 200km after fight with mother, 11-year-old is almost 2 metres tall and 10 years of rubbish cleaned up
- Boy rode 200km from home after a fight with his mother over homework and survived five days alone
- Residents report stench near homes and discover 10 years’ worth of rubbish
A 13-year-old boy rode his bike 200km from his hometown to Shanghai after a fight with his mother over homework.
Shanghai police found the boy in Yangpu District following a tip-off from local residents about a “suspected missing boy with clothes covered in mud”, the Xinmin Evening News reported.
The boy, surnamed Yan, said he comes from Danyang, Jiangsu, eastern China. He ran away from home five days before he was found. He survived the journey with 50 yuan (US$8) and help from strangers he met on the road, the report said.
The police contacted his family. When his mother came to pick him up, she said she regretted scolding the boy.
Boy almost two metres tall and not yet a teenager
A Primary six student in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, eastern China, is already 191cm tall, with his shoes measured at 32.5cm long.
The boy, who will turn 12 in a few days, has tall parents. His mother is 170cm and his father is 183cm, the Zhejiang Daily reported.
His mother said another major contributing factor to her son’s staggering height is that he has a lot of good quality sleep, the report said.
The boy, surnamed Zhang, was born 56cm long, while most newborns are generally 49-51 cm. He grows at about 10cm every year.
