Thousands of Chinese internet users subscribe to live-streamed homeless rescue
Good Samaritan borrowed heavily so he could live out of second-hand car during journey through southern provinces
A man from Jiangxi is live streaming his work helping homeless people in China, and everyone is tuning in.
The 32-year-old, surnamed Tsai, amassed about 250,000 subscribers while driving across Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong provinces looking for people in need, living and live streaming from his second-hand car almost daily.
In the past six months, Tsai has helped reconnect five wandering souls with their loved ones and 20 other with local agencies, mainland media reported.
The story has captured people’s attention, with the topic about his work reaching more than 1 million views on Weibo as of midday on Friday.
On Monday, Tsai helped reunite 61-year-old Li Hongfeng with his family after 11 years. Tsai discovered Li, who had been living on a bench for one or two years, on the side of a village road in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Daily reported.