China’s Answer to Matt Damon

People magazine recently crowned Matt Damon as the sexiest man alive, but China has countered with an offering of their own. Much like capitalism in China, Takeshi Kaneshiro has been deemed sexy “with Chinese characteristics.” Whether it’s moon explorations or track records, you know China always has to put its two cents in anything and everything happening in the global forum. Not to be left out of bringing sexy back, according to a study done by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Takeshi Kaneshiro has been deemed the hottest out of 18 other famous Chinese figures such as Jackie Chan and Tony Leung . The study, conducted by Professor Zhang Jiehai and a team of 11, was for scientific purposes, seriously, as a pool of 108 Western women living in Shanghai were asked to rank the men according to who they thought was the best looking, who they would like to work with, who they would marry, and many more hot button superlatives.

According to China Daily, this sociology experiment was a litmus test to see what “Chinese movies are bringing to the world” as movies are “the most influential way to build up images of people from different countries.” Yes, I’m sure this has some merit, and wasn’t merely an excuse to heat up those oh so cold Shanghai nights. Not only did Kaneshiro, who is also half-Japanese, take the title of most handsome, but he was also voted most likely to be “the best lover.” Best lover? I wonder what kind of pictures they used to determine that. I guess the censors were out making a tea egg run at Lawsons when the best lover category had to be “researched.”

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