An Uyghur woman from China’s Xinjiang region reportedly celebrated her 134th birthday last week.
Alimihan Seyiti, according to Chinese government officials, is the oldest person in China, and if her documents contain accurate data, she could be the oldest person in the world.
Seyiti, whose record shows her to be born in 1886, celebrated her 134th birthday in her home in Shule county on Thursday, according to the Shule Integrate Media Center.
The centenarian was surrounded by loved ones who organized a grand banquet, which featured three layers of cake.
If Seyiti is indeed 134, she is 17 years older than Japanese Kane Tanaka, who is currently regarded as the world’s oldest person by the Guinness World Records.
However, western media have expressed doubts over the authenticity of her birthday for years.
“Birth records in the outlying regions of the 19th Century Chinese empire were sparse and unreliable, especially for the ethnic minorities, and China has reported Uighurs living into their 120s before without any solid evidence,” the BBC wrote in 2014.
The Chinese branch of Guinness World Records has not received any application from Seyiti to claim the title for herself, too.
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