Bhubaneswar, May 24 -- A heartbreaking video of a Chinese father falling on his knees and bursting into tears has gone viral on social media. The man knelt and cried as he apologised to his daughter after she publicly shamed him for not having money to buy her an iPhone.

The shocking video has left netizens angry on social media who lambasted the current generation for running behind luxuries, despite their parents struggling to make both ends meet.

The heartbreaking incident was filmed in Taiyuan, in central China's Shanxi province. As per an eyewitness, the girl shouted at her father, yelling, "Other parents can buy their children iPhone. Why don't you have the money?"

After the severe rebuke, the father got down on his knees and sho...