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'Love knows no boundaries'. A man in China has given a strong meaning to this phrase by showing commitment to his relationship.
As per a report by South China Morning Post, 28-year-old Xu Guangli is a student at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, studying arts management.
Xu's home is in China's Shandong province where his girlfriend also resides. Xu's girlfriend had completed her studies from Australia and was living in China.
For three months, from August to October, Xu commuted between China and Australia as he only needed to attend one class a week.
Xu took a layover flight to Melbourne, attended the class the next day, and left for China the day after. Each trip took him three days in total to return, the publication reported.
He used to stay at his friend's place when in Melbourne.
During this course, he said that he got to visit various cities in China as he purchased tickets for different airlines connecting flights.
Shandong newspaper Dazhong Daily, as cited by SCMP reported that this was the last semester of his master's course, and to meet the standards to graduate, he was supposed to attend only one class a week.
This is when Xu decided to travel to and fro and got to be with his girlfriend every week.
He expressed that his life in Australia was 'lonely'.
Xu had been living in Australia for eight years and planned on further studying domestic work environment.
He usually posted videos of his trips online, which garnered him around 10,000 followers.
Xu in one of the videos mentioned the total expense he paid while travelling between the two countries.
The total estimated cost of one trip was said to be Rs 78,194 (6,700 yuan) and Rs 396,792 (4,700-yuan) for a return ticket.
He also mentioned that the trips expense is comparatively more than renting a flat in Melbourne, however, Xu believed that the time and money spent is worth the love and for good food at home, the publication reported.
SCMP mentioned some of the comments on social media, who gave their opinion on Xu's idea of travelling weekly.
A user commented saying, "I have never seen anyone so devoted to love before."
"I would not travel such a long distance every week for anything. It is simply too tiring," another user commented.
"I would not commute between school and my home every week even if they are in neighbouring cities," commented a third.