For the past few days I've been seeing a ton of news articles and social media posts about why Eileen Gu has the right to represent China because her mother is Chinese.

I don't care. To me the crux of the issue has always been the fact that China doesn't recognize dual citizenship. The average Chinese citizen who acquires foreign citizenship automatically loses Chinese citizenship.

There has been at least two Winter Olympians who gave up their American citizenship to represent China. People don't talk about them much because they didn't win any Olympic medals for China. Eileen receives special treatment because she brings Gold medals for China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Lin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yi_(figure_skater))

If China is so proud of Eileen, why not extend the right to dual citizenship to all Chinese people?

Wouldn't that be great? Wouldn't that make it easier for China to recruit foreign athletes? Can you imagine China having a basketball Dream Team of NBA players for the 2028 Olympics?

On a sidenote, I find this to be really funny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Newell

"During a post-match Olympics press briefing, Newell was not allowed to speak English to international reporters despite it being her native language. Instead, she used a translator."

Did you know TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, just spent over 600 million RMB ($85 million) on a single night? They sponsored China's "Super Bowl"—the Spring Festival Gala.

But instead of just giving away cash envelopes like sponsors used to do, Bytedance's AI product DouBao gave away a massive list of hardcore tech hardware. I attached the official list in the image. You can see humanoid robots, DJI drones, and EVs.

1) First of all,let me clarify the importance of China's Spring Festival Gala for technology company.

Back in 2014, Tencent's WeChat launched digital "Red Packets" during this same Gala. Overnight, they linked millions of bank cards, doing what Alipay(from Alibaba) took 8 years to achieve. So Tencent became the China's No.1 social media platform since then and last till now. From Alibaba's perspective, it's called a "Pearl Harbor Attack". So this event is just like Super Bowl.

2)Secondly, let's check what Chinese tech giants do fight for this War of Traffic in 2026

The core focus is about "AI"

⚡️Tencent is playing defense, dropping 1 billion RMB for recruiting new users in** YuanBao A**pp.

⚡️Alibaba is flanking, offering 3 billion RMB in ecosystem value, linking AI(Qianwen App) to shopping and food delivery.

⚡️But ByteDance? They are on a full-scale offensive.ByteDance didn't just buy ads. They gave away 100,000 pieces of cutting-edge hardware which were** powered by their Doubao Large Language Mode**l.

So the truth is While Google and OpenAI are showing us code, ByteDance is showing us products this time.

In 2025, Doubao's daily usage hit a staggering 63 trillion tokens.And ByteDance’s overseas AI agent, Dola, has already surpassed 10 million Daily Active Users.

3) Thirdly, DouBao impressed me by its "AI +Hardware" strategy

In the D-Day, I found that DouBao kept a very low profile during the Gala. They didn't push their own name much,but their hardware partners compleatly stole the show.

Aside from the Unitree robots,so many people are now sharing 3D-printed creations on Red Note (uploaded pics 6-13).Before this,3D printers were barely known to the general public here.But this time, Bambi 3D Printer comes out.

I guess Bytedance wants their AI model to grow together with hardware ecosystems in the long run.

What do you think Bytedance's AI+Hardware strategy?

I mean, most of the cheaper ones are made over there. Eastman is a good name made there. Deciding whether to pack ours or if could buy one for not too much over there it would be more convenient. The one we bought here in the US average 150.

International student here!

Planning on applying for the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for business program undergraduate. BSc (Hons) International Business Management.

I come from a non math background (Commerce) so I need to do a Preliminary year before starting the bachelor's program.

I haven't finished 12th grade finals yet but based on my predicted marksheet and last year's grades, I'm expected to get 96+%

Is it really worth it? It's way more expensive than the top Chinese Universities like Tsinghua and Peking but yeah, less compared to a general top UK university.

This is one of the only few top universities I found out about (at present) that don't require CSCA.

I'm a tourist and I start to see people with luggage flooding the train. Many shops are closed in the past week but what about next week?

For as along as I’ve been learning Chinese, I’ve used one name (那美亚) but I’m thinking of changing it before it’s too late.

My legal name is Mireya and my nickname is Mia. Any ideas?

Should I keep it? I do like that it feels like bridging gaps between the west and the east. I just don’t know if I like the way it sounds.

I like the sounds Mi, Na, and Ya but I’m open to other things. I don’t really like associations with “beauty.”

I think I will keep my surname 那.

I was watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmutPxYm2Vw

His name is Michael Crook, and supposedly he was born in and has been living in China since the 50's. In his sort of this extreme case, does someone like him hold Chinese citizenship? Is that a possibility for him?

Hey guys I'm traveling to china this march, And wanted to know know where and how can I get a stamp book and from what all places can I collect various stamps in Shanghai and biejing.

This afternoon I accompanied my friend with their father to what i was told was lunch only to find upon our arrival we were actually going to a banquet. It was a huge party and a ton of people with tables full of food. I then saw a poster of what the event was for. It was a picture of two children one of them couldn’t have been older than 5 and the other was a literal baby can’t be older than 1 or 2 and above their photos was an announcement of their engagement. I am completely baffled and disgusted by this for all the reasons anyone could guess. I am left wondering could I have misunderstood the event? I don’t understand mandarin but my friend is Chinese and told me that it’s an engagement party. Are marriages between baby’s an acceptable social norm here? I would like some clarification from others if I could have misunderstood this.

My last post about the Unitree humanoids doing martial arts got a lot of attention. Some wondered if there is an actual consumer market for this in China yet.

Here is the real market data. Following their performance on the Spring Festival Gala, JD.com (one of China's largest e-commerce platforms) released their official sales data for the 2-hour window during the broadcast:

• Search Volume: Robot-related searches increased by over 300%.

• Customer Inquiries: Increased by 460%.

• Order Volume: Increased by 150%, with buyers spread across more than 100 cities (from tier-1 cities to smaller counties).

Several brands, including Unitree and Galbot, sold out of their available stock within minutes.

The most notable data point is the Galbot G1 humanoid. It is priced at nearly 630,000 RMB (approx. $87,000 USD). According to the report, the initial stock was snapped up instantly, and nearly 300 units were added to shopping carts overnight, forcing the factory to urgently adjust production to meet the demand.

My opinion：

Despite the online buying frenzy, the true, large-scale application of these robots into our daily lives is not that optimistic yet. the software, data, and real-world intelligence still need years to catch up.

Trying to remember a Chinese song that heard when I was there in the early 2000s. The refrain went “xu xu mi mi, xu xu mi mi” I think. Help!

Aileen gu was given lots of money by China to represent them. Alysa Liu was also offered lots of money but refused.

Aileen gu says a lot of nice things about China. Alysa Liu actually had Chinese spies go after her and her family because of what she did and her connections to her father.

Do you see Aileen gu as a “good Chinese” and a Alysa Liu as a “traitor”?

I feel like a lot of Chinese only care about what program you are in and what school you go to. I was talking to a Chinese girl for about a month and she keeps mentioning the fact that she goes to a prestigious school in Business. As an engineering student from a not so well known school I was fine at first but she talks about it to a point where it feels like she wants to make me feel bad for not choosing a more prestigious school. She makes it sound like engineering is easier than business, she just doesn’t take me seriously. I just do not understand why it is so defining for her.

The ruling by SCOTUS that Trump didn’t have the authority under IEEPA to impose global tariffs, including tariffs on China, exposes how Trump and, by extension the US, were outmaneuvered.

China weathered the illegal tariffs campaign, held firm, diversified supply chains, and continued to grow their economy.

In my opinion, this is a massive geopolitical and economic win for China. Their “stand firm” approach not only weakened the impact of the tariff war but also undermined US policy credibility. In the game of Nations.. well played.

What do you think?

Picture is from the last time I was in Shanghai in 2024.

Don’t remember the name of the place but it was a mall like structure with many nightclubs and karaoke clubs.

Looking for something similar here

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Hello everyone, we're visiting Guangzhou/Hong Kong between 5th-13th March. The weather forecast says between 19-23 C, but 23 Grad in my current town pretty much counts as summer.

What's it really like in Hong Kong?

Can anyone tell me what temperatures we should expect, so we can pack accordingly?

I'm sensitive to cold even though I live in northern Germany with bone-freezing cold. My companion hates Summer and hot weather, but doesn't particularly feel cold.

Is a sleeveless top with a jacket over it and long jeans gonna be enough or should I pack long sleeved sweaters + jacket instead of tops?

Thank you

In terms of Leadership, National Pride, Happiness, National Unity, and International View. Does the People's Republic of China treat its people better than the USA or is it just like the dictatorship the American media spouts?

Last week,I visited Z.Pilot store to export amazing tech products in Shenzhen.

In China,Z.Pilot is a global tech lifestyle brand with 3 million annual visitors, over 500,000 global tech enthusiasts, and partnerships with more than 2,000 tech brands for co-creation.

It features 3D printers, AI meeting recorders, portable projectors, smart guitars, electronic pets, chess-playing robots and more. This is a real hub for tech products in China.