Liu Shichao, aka Hebei Pangzai, won over Twitter with videos of himself chugging six beers in under a minute and smashing bricks with his bare hands. Fans started calling him “The King.”
But how did a man in rural China break through the Great Firewall to become a global internet sensation? We went all the way to Hebei to find him and ask how he feels about becoming everyone’s “king.”
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Producer: Jessica Novia Videographer: Hanley Chu Editors: Nicholas Ko and Hanley Chu Mastering: Victor Peña
