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What did Janet Yellen eat in China? US Treasury secretary’s food and drink picks fascinate Chinese politicians, internet users
- Since she ate mushrooms with psychedelic properties in 2023, the internet has been obsessed with what US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen eats in China
- Yellen, in the country to improve relations between the US and China, was spotted drinking beer and praised for her chopsticks technique
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Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Janet Yellen has united Americans and Chinese in wanting to know what she will eat next.
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And with the US Treasury secretary back in China this week, having stopped in Guangzhou and Beijing, many people are less interested in her travels to rebuild relations between the world’s two biggest economies and more fascinated with what she will eat next and where.
From her forays into Sichuan dumplings to Peking duck, mouth-watering chicken or twice-cooked pork, even Chinese politicians in the highest ranks of the Communist Party are taking notice of her popularity on the culinary arts scene.
Ahead of a highly anticipated bilateral meeting on April 7 between Yellen and Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he noted in his opening remarks that Yellen’s visit has “indeed drawn a lot of attention in society” with media covering her trip.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unknowingly ate hallucinogenic mushrooms in China
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unknowingly ate hallucinogenic mushrooms in China
She prefers to dine among other patrons and does not like partitions keeping her from other diners – making her silver hair highly recognisable when she is out and about.
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