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Loudest man in China promotes Olympics

A man who claims to have the loudest voice in China is touring the country to promote the Beijing Olympics.

Li Xuedong, 45, of Shangfan city, once caused traffic chaos because people mistook his shout for an air alarm. He is currently on a tour of 12 cities while hoping to find people to compete with him.

Li said his personal record was 120 decibels, and that he was once invited to demonstrate his talent at the opening ceremony of a new building, but attracted police attention instead.

“With one shout, more than 60 cars on the street suddenly came to a stop, causing traffic chaos. People thought that it was an air alarm,” he said.

Li puts his special ability down to competing in many different sports, including river swimming, when he was at university.

“My lungs are probably bigger and stronger than other people’s,” he explained.

He has been practicing his shouting skills for more than 20 years, each day shouting at least twice, in the morning and in the evening, in closed rooms.

Li used to work as a teacher, then in business but now works as a full-time shouter: “To hire me to shout on business occasions, I won’t work for less than 2,000 yuan (£150),” he said. ananova

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