Smiling boy
By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2018-11-19 07:35
The 8-year-old American, who has online fans in China, will soon see T-shirts with his facial expressions on them, Chen Nan reports.
Chinese fans know him as "the boy with a fake smile".
His facial expressions have been used widely on Chinese social media as emojis and animated GIFs, which are compressed image formats, making Gavin Thomas, 8, a net celebrity in China. He gained more than 1 million followers on his Sina Weibo account within 24 hours of his page being launched on July 12. Four months later, the number nearly doubled.
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