‘Becoming Chinese’: foreigners adopt habits of drinking warm water, practising qigong

Many overseas internet users have recently embraced a new trend of “Becoming Chinese” by incorporating elements of everyday Chinese life into their routines. These lifestyle changes predominantly involve common self-care practices in Chinese culture, such as drinking warm water instead of cold, wearing slippers indoors rather than walking barefoot, consuming cooked vegetables instead of raw greens in salads, and practising baduanjin qigong, a slow rhythmic exercise popular among the elderly, as...