Man Begs On Knees In Shenzhen For Help Finding Missing Wife

Two Chinese men crawling on their knees on a pedestrian overpass in Shenzhen, China.

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“Apologetic Wife-Searching Man” appears on  Shenzhen street, kneeling and crawling , attracting attention

A photograph of the man's wife and child.

Today (August 18th) at 12 noon, [I] received a phone call from some newspaper reporter in Shenzhen, saying that on a pedestrian overpass near Long Gang Bu Ji Hospital in Shenzhen were two men with their clothes removed, carrying briers kneeling and crawling on the pedestrian overpass. After [I] heard the news, I rushed to the scene with my camera.

At 1pm, [I] arrived at the scene, and saw two topless men carrying briers on the pedestrian overpass kneeling and crawling passing out leaflets about the person they are searching for. One of the men had a cardboard sign hung around his neck, featuring a photograph of a woman holding a child, with the words “begging to find wife” written on top, being interviewed by multiple media organizations at the scene. As it is understood, the man with the sign hung around his neck is surnamed Wang, from Nanyang in Henan province. The other man is Mr. Wang’s friend, helping him out, which is why he was with him doing this performance art, hoping to find earlier the wife that has been missing for over a year.

Mr. Wang told [me] that last October, him and his wife (from Guangxi) Li X had a fight over their child, and on the 10th of that month, Li X secretly left with their one and a half year old child, and has not been heard from since. Mr. Wang says him and his wife met 4 years ago while working in Shenzhen, and that she might come back here to work after leaving, so he choose to do a “abject apology” performance art in Shenzhen.

The wife’s information as provided by Mr. Wang:

Li Yuanzhen
ID #450924198503114940
Address: Guangxi, Yulin, Xingye County, Gaofeng Xiang, Longwen Village
Her [parents'] home telephone number: 07753703807
Her second brother: 15077717377
We met at the beginning of 2006 and had a child in December 2007. In July 2008, we returned to Henan. We have been at home the entire time, with nothing to do, (often fighting during that time). On 2009 October 10, [she] took our 2-year-old child from Nanyang to her cousin Li Xia’s home in Hunan, Yueyang, Xiangyin County, Dongtang Town, Baishui Village (cousin’s husband is named Wang Qin) until around 2009 November 10 when their whereabouts became unknown. [I] first went to Hunan, then Guangxi, Shenzhen, and again to Hunan back and forth looking for them to this day without finding them.

Chinese man searches for his wife in Shenzhen, who left him with their child.

Chinese man searches for his wife in Shenzhen, who left him with their child.

Comments from Tiexue:

sossosd:

Should have known better,

should have treated her better when she was still around,

instead of losing her and then regretting.

Another thing,

doing something like this is too “showy”,

seems artificial/trying too hard.

核生化专卖:

And coming out with a group? Did she have multiple husbands???

广西特警:

His wife looks okay, I wonder if she sought refuge with another man.

李国委:

The other guy in the back is also searching for his wife? Two people searching together?

我爱嘿咻:

I think that kind of woman is not worth doing something like that.

饮黄泉:

Not reading carefully. Ha. That’s just his friend helping him to create more awareness, to get the attention of the media.

我是一个炊事兵:

Shameless man~!

火狐338:

Running away just because of an argument? This kind of wife…[I'm] speechless.

土目:

When your wife leaves you, it shows that there is something about you that doesn’t make her think twice about leaving!

京府通判:

A guy who so easily gets on his knees, your wife was right for leaving you.

京府通判:

Looks like Chinese men have been feminized too much! Can begging bring happiness and love? Looks like this kid is confused! Using this kind of exaggerated act only makes people feel he is putting on a show, overlooking the original purpose.

Chinese man passes out leaflets searching for his wife in Shenzhen, who left him with their child.

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  1. first. first. first. first

  2. He was the most subservient husband but one day he beheaded her….

  3. Usually in China when wife live you (specially with a young son) it’s because you are a fucking bastard.

  4. Capt. Wed.. is that you?

    Some guys are gluttons for punishment.

  5. white people like to say the dumbest shit and then when they get punched in the face they reply with the dumbest shit ” dude, i was just kidding “

  6. Wow, you would never find a friend who would go the distance for you like this man’s buddy. Incredible. Is that how people are in China? I mean seriously. They would do such things? Go to such lengths in the name of friendship? I think if this is the case, that man really needs to re-evaluate his situation and think of how great a friend he has to take off his shirt and crawl around all day on all fours like a monkey in heat. Insane.

    I couldn’t get any of my white buddies in America to give me a ride to the bus station for Christ’ Sakes. How rotten is that?

    Anyhow, this is really bizarre. I can always count on this website to bring me the latest nutjob cases from China.

  7. “We have been at home the entire time, with nothing to do, (often fighting during that time).”
    Can’t blame her for leaving, especially if the fights were also on a physical level.
    He should have treated her better.

  8. “at home the entire time, with nothing to do…”

    Isn’t it likely that the above is *code* for the fact that this man had a child, but wasn’t very likely to be working? This “performance artist” doesn’t appear to be independently wealthy. I’m guessing that the wife simply got tired of such a miserable existence.

  9. Wow! Why now? Took him quite a lot of time to begin his searches…

  10. What’s with the dude crawling behind him? Reminds be of that retarded movie the Human centipede I was forced to watch >:

  11. why can i not post a comment ????

  12. Marlon Brando as the Godfather should slap him. “You can act like a man!”

  13. I get the wife leaving but in the U.S. kids belong to both parents and both parents have a right to access to the child.With the except of Florida which has become the state with parents hiding with abducted(if you take the child without permission of courts or the other parent you are considered a kidnapper) children and creepy sex offenders.Sad, every parent has a right to see their child grow up except abusers.

  14. Exactly what every woman wants: A pitiful man. /sarcasm

  15. I feel sorry for him.

    (but I still think he’s guilty)

  16. This reminded me a quote from the Movie, Conan the Barbarian – as spoken by Max Von Sydow: “There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father’s love for his child.”

    Let’s face it, some of us have encountered that situation in our lives…

  17. from my guess it’s the name of the hotel. which i think is named Home Inn.

  18. hey you look scrawny dude !!!!
    and actually more like someone who is not touched by the ugly stick but severly battered by it, say a minger. I bet you may score 7 points in amiaminger.com

  19. By God, you can insult the two of them all you want, but I’ll be damned if you’re gonna drag Snow Beer’s good name into this

  20. Hahaha….nice one!!

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