"The five-bar youngster": Huang Yibo

 

In the picture, Huang Yibo is shown reading some documents, posing like a professional politician and wearing an astonishing "five-bar" armband.

This May, a 13-year-old schoolboy who speaks and acts like a government official shot to overnight fame after Internet users latched on to his lack of childlike innocence and criticized the education system for the way he's turned out.

Huang's popularity started with a picture he posted on his microblog. In the picture, he is shown reading some documents, posing like a professional politician and wearing an astonishing "five-bar" armband. Internet users hence nicknamed him as "the five-bar youngster." [Full story]