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Brawny man, dubbed China’s ‘hottest village cadre’, promotes local produce, tourism

28-year-old former professional kayaker attracts millions of mostly women online with his physique; teases with tank tops, fitness shirts

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A 28-year-old man in China has been nicknamed “the most handsome village cadre” after videos featuring him flaunting his muscles to promote local agricultural products went viral. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote
Fran Luin Beijing

A 28-year-old Chinese man has been nicknamed “the hottest village cadre” after videos of him promoting agricultural products by showing off his muscular physique went viral.

Lin Yangduo, who goes by the nickname Lin Xiaobai, is a former kayaker and an influencer with 370,000 followers on a social media platform.

Lin Yangduo gets down to work and shows off his muscular arms in a rice paddy. Photo: QQ.com
Lin Yangduo gets down to work and shows off his muscular arms in a rice paddy. Photo: QQ.com

Recently, Lin went viral for his physique in videos he posted promoting persimmons grown in Jingshan village, Xinchang county, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.

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In the videos, Lin transforms from a serious Mao-suit wearing village cadre to a muscle man wearing tank tops or fitness shirts.

He sometimes uses his muscular arms to squeeze the juicy persimmons in the videos.

Lin was a professional kayaker before he turned to promoting tourism and agricultural products. Photo: QQ.com
Lin was a professional kayaker before he turned to promoting tourism and agricultural products. Photo: QQ.com

In each of them, he calls the viewers “Baby” in Chinese, inviting them to buy the village’s products or to visit the village.

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