On September 8th, Beijing woman Sun Meihua, who was abducted to Cao County, Heze, Shandong Province, was finally reunited with her family with the help of online friends such as “Chuxin”. The news quickly gained attention on overseas social media platform X, with related videos, images, and posts continuing to spread. In contrast to the heat on overseas networks, domestic media remained silent, with Weibo suppressing related information.
For the past 26 years, Sun Meihua, a woman from Beijing who used to enjoy social dancing and ballet in her youth, lost contact with her family at the age of 32 and later appeared in Cao County, living with an older man known locally as “Uncle Long”.
The article “Beijing woman abducted for 26 years finally returns home, suffering from long-term abuse and unrecognizable (2026.09.08)” highlighted the story of Sun Meihua who lived in Cao County, Heze, Shandong Province for over 20 years and was finally reunited with her family in Beijing with the help of local friends like “Chuxin”. However, after 26 years of separation, everything had changed drastically: her parents had passed away, leaving only her elderly brother and a sister settled in the United States in the family. Once a young and carefree person…
According to online sources, Sun Meihua was described as “very fair and beautiful” when she first arrived in Cao County, but over time, she was subjected to control and mistreatment by “Uncle Long”, leading to situations where she was unable to care for herself and suffered from mental abnormalities. Some netizens mentioned, “The old man mistreated her and used her to make money, causing her to lose control of bodily functions and eventually going insane. Without going crazy, she might not have survived.
After intervention from online friends like “Chuxin” who were dedicated to reuniting families, they searched for clues on the internet and helped Sun Meihua’s family establish contact. Through various searches and confirmations, Sun Meihua was finally able to reconnect with her relatives in Beijing.
Living together with “Uncle Long” and later experiencing similar mental abnormalities, was another woman known as “Xia”. Recently, with the help of online friends like “Chuxin”, “Xia” also found her family.
A video uploaded by a blogger showed a lady saying, “Let me tell you, yes, Meihua Auntie was born in ’68, a Monkey zodiac, and has been taken back to Beijing by her family.”
Based on online reports, Sun Meihua lived within the second ring road of Beijing, born into an educated family, adept at writing beautifully, fluent in English, and skilled in social dancing and ballet. Approximately 26 years ago, she was deceived and sold under the guise of going out to work, ending up in a village in Cao County, Shandong, where she was sold to an elderly man over 20 years her senior, known as “Aunt Long” by the villagers.
During the following 26 years, she toiled in the fields, endured harsh living conditions, often went hungry, faced abuse, and eventually suffered a mental breakdown. Despite her unclear mind, she always remembered her name as Sun Meihua, her father as Sun Dengke, her brother as Sun Baohua, the family home within the second ring road of Beijing, repeatedly writing down these vague memories on paper, holding onto hope of returning home through her faint recollections.
In May of this year, a blogger shooting a video noticed that Sun Meihua spoke Beijing dialect fluently, hinting at her origins. With the assistance of enthusiastic netizens, her identity was confirmed through DNA matching after tracing back along the line.
On September 8th, Sun Meihua’s elderly brother rushed to Shandong to bring her back to the family home in Beijing. Sadly, her parents had passed away, with the father instructing his brother on his deathbed to find his sister, who also has a sister settled in the United States.
Videos and screenshots circulating on the internet depicted a stark contrast between Sun Meihua’s youthful photos and her present-day appearance.
For Sun Meihua, this 26-year-long search for relatives had been a nightmare. Now, she has finally reunited with her family. As related information continues to ferment online, the focus of public attention is shifting from the success of the family reunion to questions about what Sun Meihua experienced 26 years ago. Why did local officials turn a blind eye? Should someone be held accountable?
Moreover, it’s baffling that such a significant 26-year-long family reunion story has garnered little attention in the Chinese public opinion arena.
A search by reporters from Dajiyuan found various related topics on Weibo, but discussions were noticeably suppressed. Clicking into these topics either yielded no posts from users or only a few comments. Some netizens shared screenshots of the blogger “Yesterday’s” posts on Douban, which have yet to be removed. NetEase had published three related reports, but they were deleted. As of now, domestic media collectively remained silent.