Newborn Chinese baby survives being left overnight in rubbish bin by mother who ‘thought he was stillborn’

A newborn Chinese baby boy survived being left in a plastic bag and dumped in a street rubbish bin overnight by his mother, who claimed she believed the child was stillborn, mainland media reports.

A street cleaner found the baby, who was cold and shivering, after hearing his weak cries on Tuesday morning last week in Yantai, Shandong province, Qilu Evening News reported.

Doctors at a nearby hospital examined the baby, who weighed about 3kg, and found that he was healthy and had survived without suffering any harm.

The unnamed mother, 32, who gave birth to the baby on Monday last week, later visited a hospital in Yantai’s Laishan district.

She told the newspaper she had left the baby in the rubbish container because she thought he was stillborn.