I was scrolling through my phone at a Melbourne coffee shop when Sun Yang’s training video popped up on my feed—or at least, it tried to. The familiar buffering circle spun endlessly, and that dreaded message appeared: ‘This content is not available in your region.’
The clip showed Sun Yang training at high altitude, his muscles straining against the water as he prepared for the National Swimming Championships. At 33, most swimmers would have retired, but there he was—still pushing, still fighting for that feeling of water slicing past him. I could almost smell the chlorine through the screen.
It reminded me of my cousin back in Beijing, who used to swim competitively. She’d send me videos of her meets, but half the time they’d take hours to buffer. ‘The struggle is real,’ she’d text me, ‘even when I’m just trying to watch Sun Yang’s races.’
What hit me hardest was reading about Sun’s motivation—how he keeps going because ‘the love has never faded, the responsibility remains on his shoulders.’ Isn’t that what we’re all doing? Trying to maintain connections to home, even when technology puts oceans between us and the content we love?
I remember talking to a friend in Toronto who missed the entire season of a popular singing competition because of regional restrictions. ‘I just wanted to hear the contestant from my hometown sing,’ she told me, her voice cracking slightly. ‘It’s these small things that make you feel homesick.’
Sun Yang’s story—competing in three freestyle events despite his age—resonates because it’s about perseverance. And isn’t that what we’re all doing when we spend hours searching for workarounds to watch domestic sports events, variety shows, or our favorite dramas from abroad?
The funny thing is, my Australian roommate doesn’t understand why I bother. ‘Just watch local sports,’ she says. But it’s not the same. There’s something about hearing Chinese commentators, seeing familiar athletes, that feels like home.
So to all my fellow overseas friends who’ve faced the spinning wheel of doom: What’s the one show or event you’ve struggled most to watch from abroad? Share your stories below—maybe we can help each other find better ways to stay connected to home through the content we love.
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