Beijing subway ad for an anti-smog rebreather

Yes, but in China it’s basically impossible for an outsider to become a citizen. Furthermore, by official government definition, all Chinese citizens are of one of the fifty-something official Chinese ethnicities.

Now of course, it is possible to be Chinese and have a non-Chinese (both ethnically and nationally) parent. In theory, a Chinese person with enough Caucasian forebears could resemble this woman. Chinese women already strive to be this pale, and they very frequently dye their hair. I didn’t even notice that the model wasn’t Chinese at first glance.

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