Chinese officials have said.Almihan Seyiti, who claimed to have been born during the Qing dynasty, passed away surrounded by her family on December 16.The elderly woman was born on June 25, 1886, and managed to survive two battles with cancer before she died at home last week.Ms Seyiti married when she was 17 with her husband passing away in 1976, according to the Communist state's media.
Her hobbies included singing and playing musical instruments.Until her death, she was still able to hear and see but was unable to walk.According to The Sun, her age would make her 17 years older than the Guinness World Records' oldest living person, Japan's Kane Tanaka.
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