On 11 April 2024, at 4:00 AM, a 20-year-old Chinese male gamer known as "Fat Cat" (simplified Chinese: 胖猫; traditional Chinese: 胖貓; pinyin: Pàngmāo) committed suicide by jumping off the Shibanpo Yangtze River Bridge after transferring RMB 66,000 (US$9,000 at the time) to his girlfriend, who wanted to break up with him. The incident gained widespread media attention the following month, especially in Southeast Asian countries.[1][2] The incident has been called the Fat Cat Jumps into the River Incident (胖猫跳江事件), the Fat Cat Tan Zhu Incident (胖猫谭竹事件) and the 11 April Chongqing Young Man Jumps into the River Incident (4·11重庆男生跳江事件).
