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Handsome Chinese vagrant draws fans of 'homeless chic' - Asia, World - The Independent

The photograph shows a starkly handsome Chinese man walking with a model's measured gait, and wearing a rag-tag but well co-ordinated overcoat on top of a leather jacket. His eyes peer into the middle distance, in what one fan described as "a deep and penetrating way", and he strides confidently forward.

But this is no catwalk model. This is a homeless man in the city of Ningbo. And now a band of web followers are calling him the coolest man in China.

His good looks and bohemian dress sense have won him thousands of online fans after a resident of Ningbo posted a picture online. Web users in China have called him the "Beggar Prince", the "Handsome Vagabond", and, most often, "Brother Sharp".



Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 4th, 2010 at 01:43:02 PM EST
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vomit
by paving on Thu Mar 4th, 2010 at 07:41:59 PM EST
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A Chinese Emperor Norton I?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Mar 4th, 2010 at 09:31:26 PM EST
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shabby chic rulz.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Mar 5th, 2010 at 09:05:26 AM EST
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