"In case you didnât get the memo, everyone is feeling very Chinese these days. Across social media, people are proclaiming that âYou met me at a very Chinese time of my life,â while performing stereotypically Chinese-coded activities like eating dim sum or wearing the viral Adidas Chinese jacket. The trend blew up so much in recent weeks that celebrities like comedian Jimmy O Yang and influencer Hasan Piker even got in on it. It has now evolved into variations like âChinamaxxingâ (acting increasingly more Chinese) and âu will turn Chinese tomorrowâ (a kind of affirmation or blessing).
Itâs hard to quantify a zeitgeist, but here at WIRED, chronically online people like us have been noticing a distinct vibe shift when it comes to China over the past year. Despite all of the tariffs, export controls, and anti-China rhetoric, many people in the United States, especially younger generations, have fallen in love with Chinese technology, Chinese brands, Chinese cities, and are overall consuming more Chinese-made products than ever before. In a sense the only logical thing left to do was to literally become Chinese.
âIt has occurred to me that a lot of you guys have not come to terms with your newfound Chinese identity,â the influencer Chao Ban joked in a TikTok video that has racked up over 340,000 likes. âLet me just ask you this: Aren't you scrolling on this Chinese app, probably on a Chinese made phone, wearing clothes that are made in China, collecting dolls that are from China?â"
https://www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-chinese-time-of-my-life/
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