But when she gets there, she finds that he’s already married and lives in poverty. He burns her passport and forces her into hard labor and prostitution. She has a glimmer of hope when she meets a Chinese engineer and contacts her family. But when her parents come to the rescue, they’re unable to figure out how to get her home. They leave her behind, condemning her to a life of destitution with her mixed-race child. Oh, and her dad dies of a broken heart when he gets back to China.

A tragic two-minute video spread over Chinese social media early this summer. A Chinese woman goes to university and falls in love with a Black student. She’s impressed when he tells her that he owns a mine and doesn’t break up with him when she finds out he bought her knockoff designer clothes. Eventually, she decides to move to his unspecified African homeland, despite her parents’ protests.

A tragic two-minute video spread over Chinese social media early this summer. A Chinese woman goes to university and falls in love with a Black student. She’s impressed when he tells her that he owns a mine and doesn’t break up with him when she finds out he bought her knockoff designer clothes. Eventually, she decides to move to his unspecified African homeland, despite her parents’ protests.

But when she gets there, she finds that he’s already married and lives in poverty. He burns her passport and forces her into hard labor and prostitution. She has a glimmer of hope when she meets a Chinese engineer and contacts her family. But when her parents come to the rescue, they’re unable to figure out how to get her home. They leave her behind, condemning her to a life of destitution with her mixed-race child. Oh, and her dad dies of a broken heart when he gets back to China.

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