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Chinese girl, 5, hospitalized after swallowing gold bar, sparking online memes

A five-year-old girl in China was hospitalized after accidentally swallowing a 50-gram gold bar. Doctors at Beijing Children's Hospital successfully removed the bar through an endoscopic procedure. The incident led to widespread online jokes, referencing the Chinese nickname for children as "gold-devouring beasts." AI

RANK_REASON The story is a human-interest anecdote that became a viral meme, not a significant industry event.

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Chinese girl, 5, hospitalized after swallowing gold bar, sparking online memes

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

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

    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 Universi…