After our dinner last week, Xiao gave us a deeper glimpse of his Obama persona with an eye makeup, especially the brows of the US president. Then he put on a white shirt and a necktie to pose for photos and videos. In 2008, when he was working as a security guard in the southern province of Guangdong, a colleague had told him that he resembled Obama.
Xiao shares some facial similarities with Obama when viewed from the side, but the actor doesn't literally measure up in height.
"I generally watch Obama's speeches on the internet," Xiao said of his research.
Xiao has joined the Beijing Film Academy to refine his acting skills. On and off, he has lived in the city since 2017.
The son of farmers from Neijiang City, Xiao studied until junior high school before joining work in 2003. His grandfather had fought in the Korean War.
When we asked him about President-elect Donald Trump, Xiao said: "I feel imitating Trump will be easier than copying Obama."
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Satarupa Bhattacharjya is a senior editor at China Daily. A longtime news reporter in India and Sri Lanka, she now writes stories of transition in China, mostly in the smaller towns.
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