A bouncy 20-year-old livestreamer from Ohio called Darren Watkins junior, known online as "IShowSpeed", has done a lot during his visit to improve China's image abroad. On a two-week trip in March and April he showed his 38 million followers the country's rich history (with a backflip on the Great Wall), friendly people (he joked with China's finest Donald Trump impersonator) and advanced technology (he danced with a humanoid robot, had a KFC meal delivered by drone, and tried a flying taxi).
“甲亢哥”,本名小达伦·沃特金斯,是一位来自美国俄亥俄州、年仅20岁的网红,短短几天的中国行里,他出人意料地提升了中国的国际形象。在今年3月至4月期间,他通过社交媒体向3800万粉丝展示了中国悠久的历史、热情友好的民众以及先进的科技。他的直播内容包括与人形机器人互动、体验送货无人机和“空中出租车”,甚至还在长城上表演了后空翻。
DeepSeek, an artificial-intelligence star, made headlines in December when it announced models that were much cheaper to train and nearly as effective as Western ones. Chinese electric vehicles are being snapped up by overseas buyers, and Chinese consumer drones have been world-leading for years.
2025年初,中国科技公司深度求索(DeepSeek)推出了人工智能模型,训练成本大幅降低,性能紧追西方顶尖水平,引发广泛关注。与此同时,中国制造的电动汽车在国际市场上持续热销,消费级无人机也多年稳居全球市场主导地位。
Four of the ten highest-grossing mobile games of 2024 were made in China. ... Last year a Chinese firm released Black Myth: Wukong, the country's first blockbuster video game. Featuring the mischievous Monkey King, it is steeped in Chinese folklore. Some 30 percent of its 25 million players are said to be outside the country.
2024年,全球收入最高的多款移动游戏皆出自中国开发者之手,《黑神话:悟空》一经发布就迅速吸引了约2500万玩家,其中约30%来自海外。
Viewers in countries such as Mexico and Indonesia have also embraced Chinese "micro-dramas", minute-long episodes designed to be watched on mobile phones.
墨西哥和印度尼西亚等国的观众也喜欢中国的“微短剧”,即一分钟长的电视剧,可以在手机上观看。
Every year Brand Finance, a consultancy, asks 100,000 respondents worldwide what they think of different countries and their influence. The results put China's "brand" at eighth in the world in 2021 and second this year, behind America.
咨询公司Brand Finance每年都会向全球10万名受访者询问他们对不同国家及其影响力的看法。结果显示,到2021年,中国的“品牌”排名世界第八,今年排名第二,仅次于美国。
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