Here's US Ambassador to China Gary Locke on the cover of Men's Health

By James Griffiths, February 7, 2014

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Fulfilling a desire we didn't realise we had to see the US ambassador to China in a tight black tshirt looking like a just divorced middle-aged man out to meet younger women, Gary Locke has appeared on the cover of Men's Health China. 

While one's first instinct might be to assume this is a clever photoshop (as well as the photo, the text reads "You can't keep up with Ambassador Gary Locke"), the cover does seem to be genuine. In November, the editor of Men's Health China praised Locke's fitness, saying that the two shared the same trainer. 

Late last year, Locke announced that he would resign as US ambassador to China in order to return to Seattle amid rumours of an affair. This week, his replacement, senator Max Baucus, sailed through his confirmation hearings

[Via @maximduncan]

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