Pakistani couple leave babies with security guard at China park, locals play with twins, change nappies; watch

The viral video shows locals stepping in to help and console the babies (Image source: @iheanan_/X)

A Pakistani couple visiting China has sparked a debate after briefly leaving their infant twins with a park’s security guard so they could sightsee.

According to The South China Morning Post, the incident unfolded at Qianling Mountain Park in Guiyang. The couple asked a security guard to look after their five-month-old twins while they went on a cable-car ride. However, they could not share any contact information due to the language barrier.

The babies, a boy and a girl, were resting in strollers, under blankets, and wearing pink hats. Their crying soon drew attention from nearby visitors. The viral video shows locals stepping in to help and console the babies. One woman gently pushed a stroller, another adjusted a blanket, while the security guard, Chen Daying, fed the infants using their bottles, the newspaper reported.

Sharing the video, an X user wrote, “A foreign couple visiting Qianlingshan Park in Guiyang entrusted their twin babies to a female security guard. Many warm-hearted tourists also helped look after the babies together. Really love this kind of trust and harmony between people!”

When the crying continued, Chen noticed that one baby had a dirty nappy. After the nappy was changed, the baby settled down. At one point, one of the infants even “coughed up milk” onto Daying, the report added.

Almost an hour later, the parents returned holding ice creams, thanked those who had helped and took their children with them. Speaking later to local media, Daying said the parents “just wanted to explore the park”. She added that, as both a security guard and a grandmother, she felt it was natural to put the babies’ safety first.

The video has gone viral, amassing more than 22 million views on Chinese social media, the newspaper reported. While many users applauded the kindness of Daying and the visitors, others criticised the parents for being “too carefree”, warning that such an arrangement might be unsafe in other places.