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Horse Prince, Ambassador, Money Maker - Ding Zhen is China's 2020 Viral Hit

December 04, 2020 • What's on Weibo • Season 1 • Episode 4

His name is Tenzin, now known as Ding Zhen, and this Khampa Tibetan young man is China's online sensation of the year. Within a matter of days, the 20-year-old from Litang has taken Chinese social media by storm. In this latest What's on Weibo podcast, we explain Ding Zhen's fame from the very beginning, showing how one video clip snowballed into something much bigger than Ding Zhen alone.