American YouTube star IShowSpeed's recent whirlwind tour in China has gone viral both at home and abroad, sparking widespread discussion. His idol, Cristiano Ronaldo, commented on the tour via the Chinese social media platform Kuaishou, calling it an "amazing trip."

近日,，美國油管（YouTube）網(wǎng)紅博主“甲亢哥”游歷中國之旅引發(fā)海內(nèi)外熱議,。其偶像克里斯蒂亞諾·羅納爾多（Cristiano Ronaldo）通過中國社交媒體平臺快手對這次旅行發(fā)表了評論,，稱其為“了不起的旅行”,。

The 20-year-old content creator, whose real name is Darren Jason Watkins Jr. and whose zesty and contagious shows have won over 38 million subscribers on the social media platform YouTube, embarked on his first tour in China since the end of March, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

據(jù)新華社報道,，這位年僅20歲博主的真名為達(dá)倫?杰森?沃特金斯（Darren Jason Watkins Jr.）,，他熱情洋溢,、極具感染力的節(jié)目在社交媒體平臺油管上吸引了超過3800萬粉絲。自3月底以來,，他開啟了自己的首次中國之旅,。

Unlike the bleak and even grim pictures often painted by some Western media, IShowSpeed's unedited and unscripted shows reveal a China that is perky, diverse, hospitable and prosperous, Xinhua said.

新華社稱，不同與部分西方媒體時常描繪的黯淡甚至悲慘的景象,，“甲亢哥”未經(jīng)剪輯,、沒有劇本的視頻里展現(xiàn)出了一個充滿活力、多元,、熱情好客且繁榮的中國,。

He held several live-streaming sessions in cities such as Beijing, Southwest China's Chongqing, and Changsha in Central China's Hunan Province, and his live-streaming event in Changsha, after joining domestic platforms, attracted 47.21 million viewers and gained over 700,000 new followers in just one day, the Hangzhou Daily reported on Wednesday.

據(jù)《杭州日報》4月9日報道，他在北京、中國西南部的重慶以及中國中部湖南省的長沙等多座城市進行了直播,。而在入駐國內(nèi)社媒平臺后,，其在長沙的直播活動就吸引了4721萬觀眾觀看，僅一天時間就新增了70多萬粉絲,。

IShowSpeed met Cristiano Ronaldo, his idol, in person in 2023, Spain's sport newspaper Marca reported in June 2023. The media report said "IShowSpeed's extreme fanaticism for Cristiano Ronaldo had gone around the world."

據(jù)西班牙體育報紙《馬卡報》2023年6月報道顯示,，“甲亢哥”在2023年就與自己的偶像克里斯蒂亞諾?羅納爾多本人見過面。該媒體報道稱“‘甲亢哥’對克里斯蒂亞諾?羅納爾多的極度狂熱已經(jīng)傳遍了全世界”,。

As of Wednesday, the IShowSpeed account on Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok) had 4.11 million followers with more than 8 million likes, as the platform showed. He also launched an account on RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu on Monday, which has gained over 577,800 fans.

截至4月9日,，抖音平臺顯示，“甲亢哥”的賬號粉絲達(dá)411萬,，獲贊超過800萬次,。他還于7日在小紅書上開通了賬號，目前已吸引了超過57.78萬名粉絲,。