Kihaan Kylas on exciting YouTube adventure in China

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Kihaan Kylas and his mother, Kashmira, have embarked on a YouTube adventure, sharing their experiences as a South African Indian family living in China.

- MONISHKA GOVENDER

The YouTube channel is called SouthAfricanIndianBoyInChina.

Kihaan and his family, who are formerly from Durban, moved to China in 2023. Kashmira Kylas's mother, Nirupa Dayaram, joined them.

The Grade 2 pupil is homeschooled. This has left him with extra time to make fun videos.

Kylas and her husband, Dhiren, are both ESL (English as a second language) teachers.

The couple moved to China for better opportunities. Kashmira was a property administrator at Maxprop and Dhiren was the Durban regional manager for Hisense.

"Back home, we faced financial difficulties and I just had my second baby Mihaar (aged 2), so moving to China gave us a chance to rebuild, grow and provide a more stable life for our little family. It was not an easy decision, but one filled with hope to give our children a better future," said Kylas.

The family live in Hainan province, an island, and Kihaan decided to show the rest of the world his daily life as an 8-year-old Indian.