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Loving children in China: girl’s heartwarming birthday speech to mother, daughter, 6, becomes grief counsellor, anxious boy fears for sleepy parent

  • Post selects best, most recent viral stories about loving children in China
  • 2-year-old’s birthday speech, grief counsellor aged 6, anxious son, 2

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In our “Loving children in China” feature we present the stories of a little girl’s heartwarming birthday speech to her mother, a daughter who comforts her downhearted mum, and a boy who is anxious over his sleepy mother. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Weibo
Alice Yanin Shanghai

Everyone loves a story about cute and loving children, so the Post has put together a selection of some of the most enchanting and recent tales to go viral on mainland social media.

400 year-old mum

A two-year-old girl in China has captivated mainland social media by making a heartwarming speech on her mother’s birthday.

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On December 24, the little girl, nicknamed Niu, started her cute blessings speech by saying: “It is my mother’s birthday today. Thank you for being born 400 years ago.”

In a viral video, the surprised and slightly embarrassed mother jokingly chided her daughter by saying: “It is not that long ago”, Jiupai News reported.

Little Niu’s mother caresses her daughter’s face after she made a touching speech on her birthday. Photo: Douyin
Little Niu’s mother caresses her daughter’s face after she made a touching speech on her birthday. Photo: Douyin

Undaunted little Niu then said: “You came to this world first so I can come too. Thanks for waiting for me after you were born.”

Her mother’s instinctive response was simply: “I love you!”

The girl then uses her hands to make a heart in front of her face as she says: “Happy birthday mum! This heart is for you.”

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Their exchange between the mother and daughter from Beijing has received more than 1 million likes on Douyin alone.

“I cried when hearing the girl say ‘thanks for waiting for me after you were born’,” one online observer said.

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