I was scrolling through my phone during lunch break at a local café here in Toronto when the video popped up – Wang Shun, completely drained after winning the 400m medley gold at China’s National Games, leaning against the pool edge with his chest heaving. The steam rising from the water mixed with the sweat on his face created this hazy glow around him, and for a moment, I could almost smell the chlorine through the screen.
You know that feeling when you watch something and your own muscles ache in sympathy? My shoulders actually tensed up watching him struggle to pull himself out of the water. The commentator’s voice was cracking with emotion too – ‘Wang Shun has given everything he has today’ – and suddenly I was back in my college dorm, watching the 2012 Olympics with my roommates, all of us screaming at the screen when Sun Yang won his gold.
But here’s the thing that hit me harder than nostalgia – this video took me three different VPN attempts to actually watch smoothly. The first time it buffered right when Wang was touching the wall, the second time the quality dropped to 144p, and by the third try, I’d missed the live comments flooding in from friends back home. My cousin in Shanghai had already sent me five excited voice messages about the race while I was still troubleshooting my connection.
I remember back in 2016, when I first moved abroad, watching Chinese sports events was simpler. Now? Last month I tried to watch the Asian Games and gave up after twenty minutes of ‘This content is not available in your region’ messages. It’s not just sports either – my mom keeps telling me about amazing new Chinese dramas she’s watching, while I’m stuck waiting for international releases that sometimes never come.
There’s this particular moment in the Wang Shun video that got me – after he finally climbs out of the pool, he just stands there for a second, breathing heavily, and gives this tiny, almost imperceptible nod. It’s that quiet pride after immense effort. And I realized we overseas Chinese put in similar effort just to witness these moments that connect us to home.
So here I am, writing this from my apartment in Canada, the winter wind howling outside while I rewatch Wang Shun’s victory for the fifth time. To all my fellow overseas friends who’ve ever struggled to watch Chinese content abroad – you’re not alone in this digital distance. What’s the Chinese show or event you’ve missed the most while living abroad? Drop your stories in the comments – maybe we can start a support group for geographically-challenged streamers!
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