Chinese teenager lies to parents about holiday to secretly help flood victims in Guangxi

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An 18-year-old Chinese student from Shanghai secretly traveled to Guangxi to assist flood victims after completing the national college entrance exam, abandoning his original graduation plans. His volunteering effort highlights youth engagement in disaster relief in flood-affected southwestern China.

A teenager from eastern China told his parents he was going on holiday, but secretly travelled with a friend to a flood-stricken region to join relief efforts. Earlier this month, 18-year-old Shanghai student Wu Yulun had just completed the gaokao, China’s national college entrance examination, and was planning a graduation trip. But after seeing an online appeal from a volunteer group in the southwestern Guangxi region, he abandoned those plans and headed for the disaster zone instead. Days of...