Last Tuesday, my 12-year-old daughter shoved her iPad into my hands while we were making dumplings in our Sydney kitchen. ‘Baba, why does Netflix work but iQiyi says ‘this content is not available in your region’?’ She pointed at the frozen screen showing a popular Chinese historical drama her cousins in Shanghai had been raving about. The dough on my fingers suddenly felt heavier – how do you explain geo-blocking to a child who just wants to watch the same shows as her friends back home?
I remember visiting my brother in Beijing last spring. His kids were watching this reality show where celebrities farmed vegetables in rural China – the kind of program that makes you nostalgic for those humid summer nights eating watermelon on grandma’s porch. But here in Australia, my daughter gets error messages while trying to watch the same show. The ‘buffering’ icon spins endlessly like some cruel digital hourglass reminding us how far we are from home.
It’s not just about entertainment though. Last month, my wife tried to video-call her parents during the Mid-Autumn Festival gala – that annual variety show that’s been our family’s tradition since I was a boy. The stream kept stuttering, cutting out right when the host was explaining the mooncake-making competition. My mother-in-law’s voice crackled through the lag: ‘Can you see the performances? They’re wearing beautiful traditional costumes this year!’ We missed the lion dance completely because of the buffering.
What surprised me most was discovering how common this struggle is among overseas Chinese communities. At my daughter’s Chinese school last month, three different parents complained about similar issues – one couldn’t watch the new wuxia series everyone was discussing on WeChat, another’s music app kept skipping during their child’s guzheng practice. Our teacher Mr. Li chuckled wryly: ‘My wife and I actually schedule our drama binges for 2 AM when the servers are less crowded – it’s the only time the streaming works smoothly.’
The irony hits hardest during cultural moments. Last Dragon Boat Festival, my daughter’s class was assigned to watch a documentary about zongzi-making traditions. She came home frustrated after two hours of ‘this video is not available’ messages. We ended up watching a British documentary about Chinese festivals instead – informative, yes, but it lacked the familiar voices and inside jokes that make our culture feel like home. That night, I found her scrolling through screenshots her cousin sent from the actual documentary, zooming in on the details she’d missed.
Maybe you’ve experienced this too – that particular loneliness when you’re trying to share a cultural moment with family back home, but technology keeps getting in the way. How do you handle these streaming frustrations in your household? Share your stories below – sometimes knowing we’re not alone in this makes the distance feel a little smaller.
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