Who is Ryan Chen, the “Chinese Trump” who went viral on TikTok | EUROtoday

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Extending his palms, he imitates Donald Trump’s voice and gestures with astonishing accuracy. Ryan Chen, 42, lives in Chongqing, southwest China, and has turn out to be a social media phenomenon due to his comedy movies. It avoids political satire, a slippery slope within the nation, however has received hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, TikTok and Chinese platforms.

“When you meet a friend in a foreign country, far from home, another world, another city, and suddenly you find someone who knows you: it makes you feel good, it makes you feel safe,” Chen jokes, imitating the US president. “But that’s the Chinese Trump, come on – says a fan – I always see you on Tik Tok, brother.”

«His imitation – says a girl from Chen’s employees – is admittedly very real looking, even when he generally doubts himself and thinks he nonetheless wants to enhance. I usually inform him that his interpretation is spot on, and I consider that he’s now unmatched on this sector.”

«On the day of President Trump’s inauguration – explains his impersonator – a friend and I bet whether I would have the courage to imitate him and publish the video on social media. I tried it and the response was great. From that moment I decided to continue.”

In his movies Ryan Chen talks about meals, each day life and Chinese tradition in English, with subtitles, all the time utilizing Trump’s actions and language. A hit constructed on leisure, which has remodeled him right into a recognizable face far past the borders of China.