I was scrolling through my Weibo feed during my lunch break at a dim sum restaurant in Toronto when I stumbled upon that video – Fan Zhendong standing at attention, his right hand snapping up in that perfect military salute as the Chinese national flag rose behind him. The steam from my har gow suddenly felt warmer against my face, and I had to blink a few times.
That clip from six years ago, when he dominated the World Military Games, hit different when you’re watching it from thousands of miles away. My cousin back in Beijing had sent me the link with the message ‘Remember when we used to watch these games together?’ – but the video kept buffering, that spinning wheel of death that every overseas Chinese knows too well.
There’s something about that particular salute that got me. It wasn’t just the precision of it – though you could tell he’d practiced it until his muscles remembered the motion. It was the way his eyes stayed locked on that rising flag, the slight tremble in his jaw that you’d only notice if you were looking closely. I’ve seen plenty of athletes stand on podiums, but this was different. This was military discipline meeting raw emotion.
The reporter Li Wujun was right – it was unforgettable. But you know what else is unforgettable? Trying to explain to my Canadian-born daughter why we can’t watch the new Chinese drama everyone’s talking about, or why her favorite variety show buffers every two minutes. She doesn’t understand why the internet ‘works differently’ for Chinese content, and honestly? Neither do I most days.
Watching Fan’s salute reminded me of last Mid-Autumn Festival, when my family gathered around the laptop trying to stream the CCTV gala. My aunt kept shouting ‘Is it loading yet?’ while my uncle complained about the pixelated video quality. We eventually gave up and watched some random YouTube video instead, but it wasn’t the same. That collective sigh in the room? That’s the sound of cultural connection being interrupted by technology.
Maybe it’s dramatic to connect a table tennis champion’s military salute to streaming frustrations, but hear me out – both represent something fundamental about maintaining connections to where we come from. For Fan, it’s the discipline and pride of representing his country. For us overseas Chinese, it’s about staying connected to the culture, the stories, the moments that define home.
As I finished my lukewarm tea, I thought about how Fan probably trained for years to make that salute look effortless. Meanwhile, we’re over here trying twenty different methods just to watch a drama without constant interruptions. There’s got to be a better way, right?
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