{
  "id": 7290512,
  "title": "‘That’s a lot of kids’: US surrogate learns she is carrying Chinese billionaire’s child",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/thats-a-lot-of-kids-us-surrogate-learns-she-is-carrying-chinese",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T09:47:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/us-surrogate-learns-she-is-carrying-chinese-billionaire-xu-bo-child-10877505/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In California, a woman has discovered she is carrying a baby for Chinese gaming billionaire Xu Bo. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was approached by a surrogacy agency that offered $120,000 for her services. She had initially seen the offer on Instagram, seeing it as a means to buy a home and improve her family's circumstances. However, she only learned that she was carrying the child of Xu Bo after asking about the number of other women involved in the arrangement. The woman was reportedly told there were close to two dozen, which she described as a large number, stating, \"That's a lot of kids at one time.\" Despite her reservations, she continued with the pregnancy due to financial necessity and encouragement from friends and family. Xu Bo, a 48-year-old founder of Duoyi, a Chinese online gaming company, has been the subject of growing interest and controversy in recent years. He has claimed to have fathered more than 100 children through US surrogacy arrangements, with Chinese social media suggesting even higher numbers, up to 300 children. Xu is currently embroiled in a custody dispute with his former girlfriend over two daughters, claiming she owes him millions in expenses. He has also expressed a desire to have at least 20 or more US-born children, potentially for his business and to marry the children of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. A California judge has previously denied Xu's petitions for parental rights over some of the children he paid for through surrogacy.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "How did US woman became surrogate for Chinese billionaire Xu Bo? Here's all we know about the surrogacy network",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/how-did-us-woman-became-surrogate-for-chinese-billionaire-xu-bo-heres",
        "published": "2026-09-14T05:15:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}