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Julia Hollingsworth

Identical Chinese twin sisters who gained internet fame for being both intelligent and beautiful have graduated from Harvard University’s graduate school.
Nanjing-born Sun Yutong and Sun Yumeng graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education in May with masters’ degrees – and live-streamed the experience to their internet fans.
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More than 170,000 internet users watched Yumeng’s 26-minute clip posted online that showed her walking along the road with her sister and fellow graduates, wearing black and red robes.

“Happy graduation sisters!” wrote one user. “Is America’s air sweet?” quipped another, referring to University of Maryland student Yang Shuping’s controversial graduation speech last month, where she complimented America’s air quality.
Many praised Yumeng – who also goes by Sara – on her good looks.
Yutong – who is also known as Lara – celebrated with a softly-filtered Instagram post, showing her alongside a male graduate.
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“So beautiful!” wrote one of her followers in Putonghua. “Congratulations!” wrote another.
The pair previously made the news when they graduated from Fudan university in Shanghai last May. At high school, the twins were members of the bodybuilding team and won the title of National-level bodybuilder, the official People’s Daily reported.
The Sun sisters became popular with Chinese internet users who were impressed with both their beauty and academic achievements.



 

A post shared by 雨朦Yumeng (@kriseraph) on May 30, 2017 at 8:45am PDT



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Yutong now has almost 291,000 fans on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, while Yumeng has more than 371,000.
A handful of Twitter users also weighed in on the Sun sisters’ graduation.
“Skip the beauty, scholastic abilities of these Chinese women twins is just all you need to say,” wrote one.
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“A dangerous combination brains and beauty. Best of luck to them,” wrote another.
Almost 800,000 Chinese students studied overseas in 2015, with almost half opting to go to the US, according to Unesco estimates.
Over 20 per cent of Harvard students are from outside the United States, according to the university.



 

A post shared by 二驴子拉小拉 (@larayutong) on May 26, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT



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The identical Sun twins Yutong (Lara), left, and Yumeng (Sara) - or perhaps vice versa. Photo: Handout

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Siblings first became an internet sensation after graduating from China’s prestigious Fudan University


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