Ready for it? What do 18-year-old leaders of nations look like?

By APD writer Xiao Yunhong

People from all over the world are making wishes as the year of 2018 is around the corner. Notably, the "18-year-old game" goes viral on social media across China. Users from Wechat (Facebook-like app) and Weibo (Twitter-like app) are taking an active part in posting their 18-year-old photos on Wechat or Weibo to recall the best time of their golden age.

It is said that there are two main statements about the "18-year-old game" . One is people in China want to use their 18-year-old pictures to make wishes for the upcoming year. They can recognize that 18 is the last two numbers of the year of 2018.

Another is that the last group of post-90s generation (people who were born in 1999)

are going to enter the adult world, which means the golden age (18-year-old) of all group of post-90s generation will "fade away," and the group of post-00s will take their places as being "young in vigor." Therefore, they figure out a way - posting their 18-year-old photos on social media to cherish the last minutes of being a teenager before being an adult .

With the heat wave of '18-year-old game" in China, Asia Pacific Daily also collects some of leaders of countries when they were at a young age:

US President: Donald Trump

File photo: 18-year-old Donald Trump was studying at New York Military Academy.

Former US President: Barack Hussein Obama

File photo: 18-year-old Barack Obama.

Russian President: Vladimir Putin

File photo: 14-year-old Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, Russia in 1966.

Prime Minister of the UK: Theresa May

File photo: Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May's wedding photo in September 1980.

German Chancellor: Angela Merkel

File photo: German Chancellor, Angela Merkel (L) was celebrating new year with friends in Berlin, 1972.

Canadian Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau

File photo: Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

France President: Emmanuel Macron

File photo: France President Emmanuel Macron at young age was taking photo with classmates.

South Korean President: Moon Jae-in

File photo: South Korean President: Moon Jae-in at young age.

Japanese Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe

File photo. Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was at young age.

File photo: Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe was taking photos with friends at young age.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)