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Videos of strangers offering parental love are gaining traction in China. POV videos of parents doing everyday things - like telling you to wrap up when it鈥檚 cold outside or reminding you not to skip meals - are racking up millions of views. Fans leave lots of comments sending love to their digital mums and dads, but lots of the most popular accounts weren鈥檛 originally set up for this purpose. So - why are they so popular? The 麻豆社鈥檚 Eunice Yang, who鈥檚 based in Hong Kong, joins us to explain what鈥檚 behind the trend - and what it could have to do with China鈥檚 former One Child Policy. Assistant professor Ting Guo from the University of Toronto unpacks this too. Plus, we hear from a fan of these internet parent videos, who tell us what the content means to them.
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