Misinformation row hits tiny China ‘cabinet flat’ where man sleeps with legs bent, uses bottle as toilet
- Space features water pipes, which migrant worker uses as shelves
- 25-year-old resident measures longer than ‘plumbing cabinet’ he calls home
A tiny living space occupied by a migrant worker in China has caused consternation on mainland social media amid an ongoing official clampdown on online misinformation.
The 1.5-metre-long plumbing cabinet in Shanghai appears to be the rented home of a 25-year-old man who stands 1.7 metres tall, meaning he has to sleep every night with his knees bent.
In a viral video on Douyin, China’s TikTok, a vlogger sought to cast doubt on the worker’s story.
“Is this a drawer?” the vlogger asks as he follows the man through the residential building towards a tiny unlocked cabinet filled with daily necessities.
“Are you really living here and not just putting on a show? This is not for streaming but just to survive?” the vlogger adds.
A report in the state-owned local newspaper Jiefang Daily suggested that the man’s story was not true and referred to an ongoing government crackdown on internet misinformation.
