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Handsome Chinese vagrant draws fans of ‘homeless chic’ – brother sharp

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Yao Yuan.

Identity of ‘Brother Sharp’ – dubbed China’s coolest man – remains a mystery

By Clifford Coonan in Beijing

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”.
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