From hot pot and skewers, to wholesale markets, square dances, and Chinese nightlife, American athletes have truly experienced the charm of Chengdu by taking the opportunity to participate in the Chengdu Universiade. Before returning home after the competition, American athletes went to the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base to watch the giant pandas under the arrangement of the Universiade organizers.
American athletes filmed their experiences along the way and posted them on online platforms, which triggered replies from many American netizens. Among them, some American netizens said that seeing this video, comparing the living environment of giant pandas in China and the United States, he was very sad about the experience of giant panda Yaya in the United States. PS: Yaya went to the United States with another giant panda Lele, which caused a panda boom in the United States at that time. Lele died in the United States, and Yaya returned to China in April 2023, when she was skinny and was suspected of being abused in the United States.
Some American netizens complained about the US delegation, saying that the performance of American athletes was unprecedented, questioning why their results were so bad. With only 1 gold medal, 9 silver medals and 13 bronze medals, the United States ranks 24th in the Universiade medal table as a sports powerhouse. The United States ranks behind Macao, China, and you can imagine how bad the United States' results are this time.
In addition, some American netizens said that China is different from the American media reports, and the Chinese environment in the American media reports is very bad, but the environment seen in the video shared by the athletes is very beautiful, full of greenery, and does not look like a developing country at all. Next, let's take a look at what American netizens say.
American netizen 1: "As an American, I am very saddened by the experience of giant pandas in the United States, and I am ashamed of Memphis Zoo to see that China's giant pandas live in such a good environment." ”
American netizen 2: "Our media reports that China's environment is bad, but what is the real situation?" Chengdu looks full of green, beautiful environment, it is a very beautiful city. ”
American netizen three: "When you see children from other cars waving and kissing you on the bus, I understand how touching it is Chinese how to educate their children." ”
American netizen four: "It's a pity that your results in the competition are not ideal, but it doesn't seem to be very important!" Sportsmanship and peace and fraternity, this is what I saw at the Chinese Games. ”
American netizen five: "Ah... It's really cute, especially the panda sleeping on the ground, it's really too sweet. It's not fair, why only China has such a baby. ”
American netizen six: "I am very obsessed with Chinese culture and food, I have eaten Chinese food many times in the United States, but when I first came to China to eat the real thing, I knew that what I had eaten before was garbage." ”
American netizen seven: "My God! You guys are really lucky not only to participate in such a great event, but also to travel in China to see pandas. Chinese very intimate trip for you. ”
American netizen eight: "What animal in the world can be cuter than a panda." Seeing Chinese's attitude and living environment towards pandas, and thinking about how we treat Yaya, we should apologize! ”
American netizen nine: "Chinese holding the Universiade this time is unprecedented, but the results of our American athletes are also unprecedented." I'm curious, why are your grades so bad? ”
American netizen ten: "I see that China's environment is green, the construction of cities, the construction of sports institutes, they are not at all like developing countries." ”
American netizen eleven: "Chinese has surpassed us in many ways, as Americans, our local education has problems, and almost all immigrants in Silicon Valley work. ”
American netizen twelve: "That's why we suppress them, because head-to-head fair competition, we have almost no chance of winning, so we will use other means." ”
American netizen XIII: "The trip to China opened my eyes, very good sports meeting, very beautiful Chinese city, bless China, I will go to China to watch giant pandas." ”