Adili Wuxor (; zh, s=阿迪力·吾休尔, p=Ādílì·Wúxiū'ěr; born July 1, 1971) is a

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walker who was reported to have set a new

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on July 1, 2010, after he spent 60 days walking on a tightrope in the

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. Wuxor is an ethnic Uighur from Xinjiang Province. He has been dubbed the "Prince of tightrope walking" by national and international media.

Controversy

On July 2, 2010, the Chinese state-run

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news agency reported that Wuxor set a Guinness World Record for tightrope walking. It was later reported by

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, however, that Wuxor's achievement was not recognized by the London-based

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.Reuters
China tightrope walker set up for a fall
, "Ben Blanchard", 5 July 2010, Retrieved 13 July 2010. The certificate Wuxor received was from Shanghai Great World, whose Chinese name, "Jinisi", sounds similar to the Mandarin pronunciation of "Guinness". The firm is not connected to Guinness World Records, but is managed by the Shanghai Media Group, run by the

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government. According to Guinness, the world record is held by Jorge Ojeda-Guzman, who spent 205 days on a wire in 1993.

References

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