Anchor Talks Network丨Why does the 95-year-old American’s “Chinese nostalgia” attract the attention of the entire Internet?

Recently, the "Chinese homesickness" of 95-year-old American man David Bai has attracted the attention of the entire Internet. He said: "A person can only have one hometown in his life, and Huangyuan is my only and eternal hometown." Why did Huangyuan County, Qinghai, China, become the eternal hometown of an American?

This started in the early 1930s, when David Bai, who was just over one year old, came to Huangyuan with his parents and lived here for more than ten years. When he was 18 years old, he left Huangyuan with his family. Until 1987, David Bo returned to his hometown. Returning to his beloved hometown, he saw the poor conditions of the local county hospital and made up his mind to do something for Huangyuan. Since then, David Bo has traveled to China and the United States many times, raising more than 6 million yuan worth of medical equipment for the local area. In this regard, he said that this was just "doing my duty for my family."

David Bai regards Huangyuan as his hometown, and the local people have long regarded him as one of their own. Not only are nursery rhymes about him spread there, but the local hospital has also written his story into its history. Today, 95-year-old David Bo is no longer suitable for long-distance flying, but he still cares about his distant hometown all the time. Every Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, he would talk to his old friends in Huangyuan on the phone and exchange greetings in their local accents. There is one detail. Old man David Bai has been thinking about the local fried noodles, a taste of hometown, which carries a heavy nostalgia.

We often say that the foundation of Sino-U.S. relations is laid by the people. From the touching story of Sycos's funding of Yin Yuzhen's desertification control to David Bo's "Huangyuan Love" across the Pacific, stories of friendship are constantly being seen by more people, and the people of the two countries have friendly feelings towards each other. In recent years, more and more young Americans have come to China to experience “travel in China” and unpack “shopping in China”, and the baton of friendly exchanges between China and the United States is constantly being passed on. When this kind of friendship continues to accumulate, the social foundation of Sino-US relations will become stronger, and the better development of the relations between the two countries will be more worth looking forward to.