Tenzing Tsondu

Tenzing Tsondu[2] (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་བརྩོན་འགྲུས་; Chinese: 丁真珍珠; Pinyin: Dīngzhēn Zhēnzhū; born 7 May 2001), known professionally as Ding Zhen (Chinese: 丁真[3]), is a Tibetan singer, Internet celebrity and businessman from Litang, Sichuan Province, China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying also reposted photos of Ding Zhen on Twitter.

[15] On 4 February 2021, Ding Zhen released his first album 1376 All Wishes Come True (1376心想事成) in collaboration with a Tibetan band, ANU.

[16] Ding Zhen's sudden ascension to wealth and fame caused great controversy, especially among China's Small-town Swots.

[1] Ding lacks formal education and yet gained wealth and status, including a job in a Chinese state-owned enterprise, which usually requires fierce competition to obtain.