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Born on nation's birthday and named accordingly
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-09-18 10:11

A total of 7,147 residents of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region share the same given name Guoqing, meaning the National Day in Chinese.

All the Guoqings were born on China's National Day of Oct 1.

There are more than 400,000 residents nationwide with the given name of Guoqing.

Many Guoqings are happy with their names.

A female Guoqing said she was given a surprise birthday party when she was in college.

When she asked her roommates how they knew the day of her birthday, they replied: "You must have been born on Oct 1 because your given name is Guoqing."

(Nanguo Morning Post)