(Image: AsiaWire / Shule People's Government)Almihan became China’s oldest citizen in 2013 when she was 127. Guinness World Records said it had not been invited to independently verify Almihan’s age. But she is accredited by London-registered Carrying the Flag World Records and Shanghai China Records. (Image: AsiaWire / Shule People's Government)It means she could be 27 years older than Guinness’s oldest living person, Japan’s Kane Tanaka, who turned 117 in January. Guinness World Records has France’s Jeanne Louise Calment as the world’s oldest person ever.

Source: Daily Mirror June 26, 2020 18:21 UTC