I was scrolling through Weibo during my lunch break in Toronto when I came across that hilarious video of swimmers Wang Shun and Pan Zhanle trying (and failing) to keep straight faces during the World Games rehearsal. You know the one – where they’re supposed to be serious flag bearers but end up looking like two kids caught passing notes in class.
The clip from CCTV Sports had me laughing so hard I nearly spilled my timbits. But then it hit me – if I hadn’t been using a VPN, I wouldn’t have been able to watch it at all. That ‘This content is not available in your region’ message has ruined more entertainment moments for us overseas Chinese than I can count.
Remember last month when everyone was talking about that new historical drama? My cousin in Shanghai kept messaging me about the plot twists, while I was stuck staring at a buffering circle. ‘Just watch it on Weibo!’ she said, as if it were that simple. Meanwhile, my attempts to stream it made our family WeChat group look like a tech support hotline:
‘Try clearing your cache.’ ‘Did you turn it off and on again?’ ‘Maybe your internet is slow?’ No, Auntie Li, it’s not my internet – it’s the Great Firewall keeping me from watching actors in period costumes dramatically sip tea.
The worst is when you finally get something to load, only for it to freeze at the most dramatic moment. Last week during the championship finals, my stream cut out right as the underdog team was about to score. By the time it came back, my Weibo feed was already flooded with celebratory posts. Talk about spoiler alerts!
But here’s the funny thing – sometimes these restrictions create their own comedy gold. Like when my friend in Melbourne tried to watch a variety show using three different VPNs simultaneously, only to end up with audio in Mandarin, subtitles in Korean, and buffering symbols that danced across the screen in perfect rhythm to the theme song.
At least we can all bond over our shared frustration. That viral Wang-Pan laughing clip? My cousin in Beijing, my aunt in Vancouver, and my former roommate now in Singapore all sent it to me within five minutes of each other. Maybe geo-restrictions can’t stop us from sharing the moments that make us laugh until our dumplings go cold.
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