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Real-life ‘gold-devouring beast’: Chinese girl, 5, hospitalised after swallowing gold bar

South China Morning Post 21 August 2026 3h ago
Real-life ‘gold-devouring beast’: Chinese girl, 5, hospitalised after swallowing gold bar
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A five-year-old girl in northern China accidentally swallowed a 50-gram gold bar, sparking viral jokes online that she took the mainland nickname for children – “gold-devouring beasts” – far too literally. The Beijing Children’s Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medicine University, reported the case that was treated on August 16. The girl was brought to the hospital after accidentally swallowing
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