To set a world record is surely an accomplishment one can only desire. The record to set also can be varied from something common to something very peculiar. As long as no one ever did it, who knows it could be one of the world records.
To Chinese vlogger, Li Ziqi, the record she sets in is something worthy to be proud of as it embraces her tradition and her country. She was just announced to have the “Most subscribers for a Chinese language channel on YouTube”. Her subscribers skyrocketed from 11.4 million in July last year to 14.1 million subscribers at the end of January.
Her past record was verified on July 16, 2020, while the new one was verified on January 25, the post said – an increase of almost 3 million within half a year.
According to the Guinness World Records of Sina Weibo account, it’s “The poetic idyllic life and profound traditional Chinese culture in Li Ziqi’s videos have attracted fans from all over the world, with many YouTube fans expressing their admiration under her videos.”
Li started her YouTube account by a video of how to make a dress using the skins of grapes, in 2017.
The news has been viewed more than 400 million times as of Tuesday on Sina Weibo and Chinese netizens promptly reacted to her new record, hailing the vlogger and expressing the hope she can produce more brilliant videos to advocate Chinese culture around the world.
A fan claimed that she is happy to see how a Chinese vlogger can embrace and portray Chinese culture and have much influence on the international platform. She also expresses her comments on how Li’s videos seem genuine and sincere.
Li has brought rebuttals among her followers on YouTube since her first appearance and the responses came from different countries for different occasions.
As one example, she once posted a 20-minute YouTube video on December 9, in which she is shown preparing pickled vegetables which lit upa debate whether it was Korean kimchi or Chinese pickled vegetables, which then caused heated conversation between netizens in China and South Korea since the tail end of 2020.
After all, every culture has its own authenticity to embrace and portray. For us Malaysians, we are unique because we have lots to share with the world. We just need a bigger clout to make it to the Guinness World Record.
