Ugandan Tiktoker Rose Adikin back home from China

Adkin touched down at Entebbe International Airport on Saturday, together with her husband Wu Jianyun and son Anzai.

The couple, which has become a sensation on Chinese Social media, is here for a one month visit to her family in Tororo district.

The TikToker and vlogger also travelled with a Chinese television crew to document the entire trip.

With over 1.2Million followers on TikTok and nearly 300,000 on YouTube, Adkin has become an internet sensation especially in China where her videos about living a rural Chinese life are beloved.

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Rose Adikin has lived in China since 2016 and where she has become a celebrity pulse uganda

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The 29 year old speaks perfect Mandarin and cooks authentic Chinese dishes in her videos.

Adikin quickly found her fame when she started vlogging on Chinese social media platforms Douyin (Chinese TikTok) and XiaoHongShu (Chinese Instagram).

By 2021 she had over 13 million followers, making her one the most followed non-Chinese influencers and most followed African influencer in the country.

She currently has a five-person team for the filming and making short videos at their home in Yecun Village of Suichang County, Lishui City in east China’s Zhejiang Province.

Rose speaks perfect Mandarin and cooks authentic Chinese dishes pulse uganda

Born and raised in Tororo, met her husband Wu Jianyun online, through his cousin who was Uganda.

In 2014 she moved to China and in 2015 she married Jianyun and started a family in his hometown of Yecun Village.

Rose Adikin and her husband planting rice in China pulse uganda

In June this year, she was featured in Lishui “Two Mountains” Practice Achievement Promotion Week, which celebrates the efforts of local food and agricultural content creators.

In recent years, in line with China’s rural vitalization strategy, the city of Lishui has been developing countryside tourism and rural industries to help farmers improve their livelihood.