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Whose surname should a child be given? Aye, there’s the rub

Lu Feiran

Whose surname should a child be given? The father’s or the mother’s?

The question aroused heated online discussion recently in China after an Internet celebrity famous for her individuality adhered to tradition and gave her newborn son her husband’s surname.

Jiang Yilei, an online video provider widely known as Papi Chan, or just Papi, is famous for her humorous scripts, lively performing and the ability to play numerous parts in a mini-play.

Jiang has more than 33 million followers on China’s social media site Weibo and more than 418,000 subscribers on YouTube. Jiang partially stopped video performances for half a year when she was pregnant.

Read more at Shanghai Daily.

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