China is sad after the suicide of a teenager whose parents sold a child and abandoned him after they were found

A huge wave of sympathy is experienced by social media platforms and media with the story of a teenager who committed suicide after a dramatic family story.

A Chinese teenager who was sold and abandoned by his parents as a child died shortly after they were found, and reports said that the young man "Liu Xuzhou" appeared to have committed suicide in Hainan Province on Monday morning.

According to "BBC".

His story captured the attention of the Chinese and aroused an avalanche of sympathy.

The story of the 17-year-old drew public attention in China for the first time, after he posted a video asking for help in finding his biological family.

According to media reports, Liu was sold by his real parents in 2005 and taken by another family.

But his adoptive parents later died in an accident, and the boy spent most of his life with his grandparents and other relatives.

In December of last year, the young man was able to track down his parents, who have since separated and remarried, after he began searching for them online.

Liu said on social media that the reunion was a happy thing at first - but things changed after he told his parents he needed financial help.

He said he asked his parents if he could live with them, or buy or rent a house for him because he did not have a home of his own.

He was allegedly boycotted by his parents instead, and his mother even deleted him from her account on the Chinese messaging platform WeChat.

Liu later said he would sue his parents for abandoning him, saying in a post on China's Weibo blogging site that he would "see them in court."

The teen was reportedly bullied online, with many saying he only wanted a home from his parents and was trying to win sympathy.

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Liu posted a long article on Weibo, detailing the events of his life and how he was attacked online.

"I have endured to have many names," he said, noting that his real parents "abandoned him twice."

In the last lines of his post, he said, "I will end this life."

The publication sparked many comments urging him not to commit suicide, and calling on those who live near him to take care of him.

His aunt later confirmed his death to local media, saying that his body was found hours later, hours after his blog was published, and he was rushed to hospital, where he died in the early hours of Monday morning.

Since then, Liu's page on China's Weibo website has been filled with sympathetic comments, with many expressing their anger at the young man's online bullies.

One said, “The cyberbullying he was subjected to was too much for an adult, let alone a child, to bear.”

One person wrote: "I hope that in your next life you will find parents who will protect you, brothers and sisters who will love you and to live a life without worries."

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