Chinese man who was abducted by a child trafficking gang when he was four is reunited with his mother 33 years later after police match a drawing he made from memory of his original home to a village

Daily Mail ^ | 2 January 2022 | Chris Mathews

[Trillian]

[lee martell]

That’s equal parts Amazing, Tragic and Heartwarming!

[Reddy]

God bless him and his family. I can’t imagine what his family went through, and to be reunited with him must have been heaven!

[Sacajaweau]

Pretty intense drawing. A Christmas Miracle!!

[Olog-hai]

Li Jingwei, 37, grew up in Henan, north-central China, after he was taken but said he had “countless nights of yearning” and was “homesick since I was little”.

When he learn(ed) about other abducted children that were reunited with relatives, such as Guo Xinzhen, Mr. Jingwei shared a map he had drawn of his home village. …

Mr. Li, not “Mr. Jingwei”. Family name comes before given name here. Nobody calls Chris Matthews (not formerly of MSDNC) “Mr. Chris”, do they?

[FamiliarFace]

Incredible! God bless him and his family!

[Vigilanteman]

Nobody calls Chris Matthews (not formerly of MSDNC) “Mr. Chris”, do they?

Most of us call him a pompous arse.

[Olog-hai]

Count me among their number.

[Jonty30]

That’s very artistic.
I’m glad he wasn’t otherwise harmed.

[GOPJ]

The detail of his maps, which included what certain homes looked like and what villagers used to cook rice, surprised many people. Police matched the map to a village in Zhaotong, a city in the mountains of Yunnan, southwest China.

It was probably one of the few comforting memories he had from his childhood - that he once had a home and was loved.

[Michael.SF.]

Witt try hour then DNA proof: Would the mother know it was her son?

I say: probably.

[Valpal1]

Another victim of the One Child policy. Trafficking stolen male infants and young boys to sell to families that failed to produce the coveted son, while their female offspring were killed or abandoned.

[Hot Tabasco]

Mr. Li, not “Mr. Jingwei”. Family name comes before given name here.

It's the story that counts, not the name unless you're a relative.......But thanks for your correction ( not that anyone really cares)

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Totally agree. What a head on that child to have kept the detailed memories alive over so many years. I needed a "feel good" story.

[skr]

He was very aware of his surroundings for a four-year-old. I only have a few memory flashes from around that age, certainly not enough to draw a map from.

[crazy scenario]

" It's the story that counts, not the name unless you're a relative.......But thanks for your correction ( not that anyone really cares) "

Don’t be offended, Olog-hai is the resident fact-checker. he/she/it will make sure no one gets it wrong.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Nobody calls Chris Matthews (not formerly of MSDNC) “Mr. Chris”, do they?

When I have been in China, they called me "Mr. First Name" all the time. Same problem we have with being unused to the order.

[MercyFlush]

Child trafficking? Did Hillary get her cut of the racket? Or did The Big Guy score that pay day?

[Tacrolimus1mg]

And now because there are so few women to marry, they’re being kidnapped from other countries or lured and sold as brides to lonely (and usually angry) men.