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You might expect love to hurt, but for one lovesick Dutch man in China it resulted in a hospital trip for exhaustion.<\/p>\n

Alexander Pieter Cirk, 41, recently flew from Holland to Hunan province in the hope of meeting his online girlfriend, a Chinese woman known only as Zhang.<\/p>\n

But he ended up spending 10 days waiting at Changsha airport, after she failed to show up. And he has won little sympathy in China.<\/p>\n

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Ms Zhang later told local media that she “thought it was a joke”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Mr Cirk told Chinese media that he met Ms Zhang, 26, in an app two months ago and romance blossomed.<\/p>\n

He decided to fly to visit her, but when he got to Hunan found no-one had come to meet him.<\/p>\n

He refused to leave the airport for the next 10 days, and was eventually taken to hospital suffering physical exhaustion, according to reports by Hunan TV.<\/p>\n

Ms Zhang contacted the TV channel a day after the report aired to give her side, saying that she had thought it had all been a joke.<\/p>\n

“We had advanced our romantic relationship but later he seemed a little callous towards me,” Ms Zhang told Hunan TV.<\/p>\n

“One day he sent me a photo of air tickets abruptly and I thought it was a joke. He didn’t contact me later.”<\/p>\n

Ms Zhang also added that by the time Mr Cirk arrived at the airport, she was away having plastic surgery in another province and had turned off her phone.<\/p>\n

‘Doesn’t he know that everything in China is fake?’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr Cirk was later hospitalised for physical exhaustion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

On Chinese social media, the majority of users were keen to point out the apparent absurdity of the man’s actions.<\/p>\n

The hashtag “Foreign man went to Changsha to meet his online girlfriend” has been trending on micro-blogging site Weibo.<\/p>\n

“He must be stupid, why would anyone do this?” asked one user.<\/p>\n

“Doesn’t he know that everything in China is fake?” said another.<\/p>\n

“Perhaps she did go to the airport, saw what he looked like, and promptly turned back around,” was a theory proposed by another user.<\/p>\n

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“A foreigner taking off his shoes at the airport and sleeping on a sofa! How ill-mannered!” says the comment in the middle who tried to make light of the situation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

Others, however, had some sympathy.<\/p>\n

“Here’s a guy taking a relationship seriously, don’t play around with his feelings,” the netizen said. “If you don’t want him anymore, tell him so he can go home.”<\/p>\n

“What does this say about Chinese integrity?”, asked another.<\/p>\n

Mr Cirk was scheduled to fly home earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Ms Zhang reportedly said she would be keen to meet him after her recovery, saying she was still interested in maintaining their relationship.<\/p>\n

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