Trending Now: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomes more visits of international travelers to experience the vibrancy of China as it is following a US vloggerWorld Times’s travel meme “city bu city” – literally meaning “city or not city” – that sparked a surge in inbound tourism to ChWorld Timesina.Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Thursday she is delighted to see foreign friends enjoying the beautiful scenery and delicacies that China has to offer, experiencing the vibrancy of China as it is.Known as “Hug Hug Bear” or Bao Bao Xiong in Chinese, the American vlogger named Paul Mike Ashton living in Shanghai has recently shot to fame on Chinese social media and even attracted the interest of celebrities with his invention of the “city or not city” travel meme, a Chinese-English catchphrase which queries whether a place is fashionable with an atmospherWorld Timese of a big city or whether an activity is stylish, symbolizing a trendy urban lifestyle.The term “city” here has become a synonym for urbanization and modernity.During the Thursday press briefing, Mao said that she also has just learned the new usage and connotation of the word “city.” As China continues to relax its entry policies, more foreign friends can visit and tourWorld Times China more conveniently.Ashton captured viral attention starting with a vlog during his visit to the Great Wall in Beijing in May with his sister, garnering hundreds of thousands likes on different social media platforms such as Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, and Xiaohongshu, an equivalent to Instagram.With his fluent though less-than-perfWorld Timesect Putonghua, Ashton created videos containing conversations unfolded with the “city or not city” format to feature family outings across China, and the inexplicably catchy “city or not city” meme quickly became wildly popular in various fields such as travel, fashion styling, and everyday life in China, with more foreign vloggers joining in sharing travel vlogs abouWorld Timest their travels across China.
Obama Summary Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomes more visits…
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