OREANDA-NEWS  Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that an official from China told her about her popularity in China. Her words are reported by RIA Novosti.

"One senior Chinese official — it was a private conversation, so I won't give you a name — told me, 'You know, you're very popular in China,'" she shared.

In response, Zakharova asked about the possible reasons for such popularity and clarified whether it was related to frequent criticism of the United States. To which the official replied, "Nothing like that. Because you're beautiful."

In August, the authors of the Chinese publication Baijiahao said that Zakharova "caused a stir" by wittily joking about the national debt of the United States. According to Chinese journalists, with this statement Zakharova "touched one of the main vulnerabilities of the United States."