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How Candise Lin Became the Unofficial Ambassador of Chinese Internet Culture

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Summary
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66% Informative

Candise Lin has become an essential link between Western and Chinese social media.

The California -based social media influencer has more than 2.3 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram.

She has become a minor celebrity and earns a stable income from TikTok that subsidizes her job as a Cantonese tutor.

Candise Lin has been a viral sensation in China for over a decade.

Her videos are often viewed as apolitical and as neutral by Western viewers.

Despite their deep ideological and cultural differences, Lin has proven that one thing people in the U.S. and China can agree on is humor.

VR Score

53

Informative language

44

Neutral language

35

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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