Chinese man reunites with family after 25 years in total isolation to honour a promise
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Sat, 22 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post10:00first to report
A Chinese man in his 60s has finally reunited with his family after spending 25 years in isolation to care for a house deep in the mountains, even after the owner had forgotten about it. Li Guoyou, 63, recently received his renewed hukou booklet, China’s official household registration, at a police station in Pingtan, a town in southwestern Sichuan province. This marked his official identity registration in his hometown after nearly three decades away. Li left home at the age of 24 in 1987,...