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What did Janet Yellen eat in China? US Treasury secretary’s food and drink picks fascinate Chinese politicians, internet users

  • Since she ate mushrooms with psychedelic properties in 2023, the internet has been obsessed with what US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen eats in China
  • Yellen, in the country to improve relations between the US and China, was spotted drinking beer and praised for her chopsticks technique

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US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen tastes a glass of beer at Jing-A Brewing Co in Beijing. Chinese internet users and politicians have been obsessed with what Yellen is eating and drinking in China. Photo: Reuters

Ever since she ate mushrooms that can have psychedelic effects in Beijing last July, Janet Yellen has united Americans and Chinese in wanting to know what she will eat next.

And with the US Treasury secretary back in China this week, having stopped in Guangzhou and Beijing, many people are less interested in her travels to rebuild relations between the world’s two biggest economies and more fascinated with what she will eat next and where.

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