Thank you for sharing. Nathan chen is adorable. Thank chen for giving us so impressive performances up to now. Looking forward to seeing him again in Japan.
Oh thank you so much for sharing this with us! Nathan when speaks chinese looks adorable very very cute! His tone of voice is cute in english and chinese! I love him. And he is so modest! He does it really well in chinese! I love you Nathan! You are the best! We are proud of you! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nathan ! Well done ! So proud of what you and your family has achieved. America is still the land of opportunity. My son is also Nathan. Born in America Chinese. You are such humble. Congratulation!
Nasty, jealous and toxic people will always resent the successful, it’s natural. My mentor always told me if you have vicious haters , especially a state-sponsored army of them - barking at you, you must be doing something right.😉
Haters are going to hate. As soon as I saw his interview, I knew he’s going to catch some heat from Chinese adults, as if he is committing treason for not speaking Chinese. He grew up in a community where English is the predominant language so of course he is English speaking. China are just envious that he got the gold for USA versus China! Remember Nathan, don’t let these haters get you down. Even if you are the sweetest peach, not every likes peach! We love you and you deserve your moment of glory, you worked so very hard all your life for this moment so immerse in this moment and tune out the yackety yaks.
Nathan does not strike me as a petty, vindictive person. Unlike his haters. So no worries about that- he’s much loved by all the decent people in the world, maybe not so much by the mercenary / materialistic ones. Which is actually a blessing for him.
He is an American 🇺🇸, born and raise in America 🇺🇸 . can’t stand that China 🤔 🧐 thinks every Chinese looking person should representing them. Narrow-minded processed jealousy nature. Nathan does not owe China anything , it’s naturally that he represents the USA 🇺🇸👍👍
He speaks Chinese the same way my younger brother speaks Chinese. He has two older brothers. I’m sure his oldest brother speaks the best Chinese. By the time Nathan was born, the entire family prob speaks more English than Chinese. It’s the same as my family.
What a shame…. Only Chinese are ashamed to speak Mandarin or their dialects. I’ve yet to come across overseas born Koreans or Japanese who are not fluent in their own languages
I think his sister Janice is the oldest. He’s the baby of the 5 kids so you’re probably right about the household speaking mainly English at that point.
LOL this happened in my family. I was born in the US but didn't really speak English until kindergarten. My brother could practice English with me as soon as he was ready to talk, so his Chinese is inferior
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
This is call lack of confidence, don’t want to show ignorant when it is not their best. Did you see how well his English is? That has become his native language , full of confidence. Proud of you Nathan Chen. You are doing just fine, superb. Brilliant.
I hope Nathan picks up a little more Chinese as he moves forward. I can understand why he wouldn't speak a whole lot or would be too shy to speak it in front of a camera, but he has a solid base to build from.
A beautiful wonderful boy! You do what you good about ! Have your own minds! Have you own freedom! To be your own self! I like your Chinese, your English, your thoughts! Your music and your style! Be a free person, that is why we are on this beautiful free land! Go far, go high! Great world!
Nathan is a very lovable young Chinese American. His Chinese speaking is very good too. The fact is most Chinese parents have to make a living and are unable to share a lot of family time with their children. Chinese kids have to speak English in schools to fit in. I am sure Nathan must have tried hard to learn Chinese from his parents because he speaks American English with some Chinese accent, just like a lot of second generation Chinese in North America. Well, Nathan, we are very proud with your success. Great champion!
@@tedbreadth2005 I hear China pays white wumaos like you $500 per troll post. Not bad, not bad - sure beats working minimum-wage at Starbucks, huh. But why the discrepancy - they pay their own Chinese trolls a paltry $0.50...oh no.
@@Renegade_rm56 ??? I never said he's Chinese...I clearly call him a 'WHITE wumao'. There are American and European communists too, you know. All of them are all under the CCP's payroll.
He is a terrific skater and role model. No short cuts to greatness, just dedication and hard work for many years. And he's a college student. What more could you want in a young athlete than this?
His performance was so amazing. Hard to imagine how much hard work he has put into it. I don’t understand why people think he should speak Chinese, he is not Chinese, he is American, official language here used in US is English! To him, or kids like mine who’s born and raised in US , Chinese is the foreign language! No difference from Spanish, Japanese, Italian …
@@leishi8911 English is the OFFICIAL language in America 🇺🇸 what are you trying to say? Like in China , mandarin is the official language, Do they not? All documents are written in English.
If you were the parents lived in US for long time and needed to speak English at work, and at the same time you raised your American born children, even you speak Chinese at home, they understand but it's convenient for them to use English to communicate. Language is tool, you use the tool that is more convenient and easier to you. I speak both English and Chinese, my son is like Nathan who understands Chinese for about 45%, but cannot write, and struggles when trying to put Chinese phrases together to express well. They are all good kids and love Chinese culture. They love to pick up Chinese when they get a chance to focus on learning the language.
My son stopped speaking Chinese once he went to pre school. He realized quickly no one else was speaking Chinese so he decided to stop. I think our community is only 2% Asian. His twins sister continues to speak Chinese and is much more fluent - she’s decent for a 3rd generation multiracial Chinese American.
Most time learning another language is not about culture, it is about having more oppurtunities in the future, more languages can speak means more oppurtunities. I think it is a pity that a kid grew up in a Chinese familty but can't speak Chinese. And I think it is not the kid doesn't want to speak, it is the parents are lazy and not patient to lead the kid to learn another language. It is the parents want to have a easy life and giving up the oppourtunity for the kids to develop a new skill.
Understand that in the US we do not need to speak Chinese. My son 4 years old is learning Chinese in a bilingual school. He can speak Chinese and English now, but I know he can not speak Chinese well like kids in China. He can not speak English well like kids in american family. Like one of my friends, I try to only speak Chinese at home. Hope he can speak Chinese confidently when he grow up.
@@810liga2 That is old thinking. Even Elon Musk said that AI will take over translation of languages. Nathan is more successful than many kids in HK and China, even though he only knows how to speak English. Leave kids be and have them do what they are passionate about. Don't accuse the parents of being lazy or wanting an easy life. Each family's situation is different.
That’s exactly the point - Nathan is a good human being who does not centre his life and priorities on $$$$ alone. Unlike some materialistic athletes (add politicians and entertainers too) who are happy to sell their souls for the most evil regime on earth. Im
Some chinese american can listen and understand chinese, but can not speak too much Chinese. Cause we do not need to speak Chinese in the US. Hope my son 4 years old now can learn to speak fluent Chinese and English.
@@miakitty6 meaning he is not fluent in speaking Chinese. Understands but can’t say it in a fluent sentence . So he is humbly said he does not speak Chinese very well!!! He is such a talented, humble and handsome lad.
I would imagine that he probably understands Chinese quite well but has a lot of trouble speaking the language. That's pretty typical of younger Asian-Americans...especially if they're the younger children of the family. For those who know the language, even if Nathan doesn't know a lot, does he speak perfect Chinese? How is his accent? ^^
I m a Chinese grow up in china. I m so proud of you not forgetting your root. It is the America your parents to choose, it is the America that accept and appreciate your parents, it is the America gives you the best educatio. You wouldn't achieve so much if you live in china. You are the role model for all Chinese and American no matter in china or abroad.
You are one of the few reasonable and moderate Chinese with LOGIC and BRAINS. I believe there are even more in China, but they fear speaking out because of the tyrants CCP and their figurehead, Xinnie the Flu.
@@honourhume5906 you are absolutely right. That because I don't live in china. But I would not dare to stand on the US or any foreign street to protest the CCP. Because they hv ears and eyes in every corners.
My grandparents came over in 1911 from village. When my family went to visit China a store clerk said you all sound like village people. My grandma spoke Cantonese to me but some times mixed English. My dad could write more Chinese than guys who went to college in China, he was told that many times. He said he wanted me to treat American patients so stopped the brushwriting classes. Where I grew up in MidWest only Chinese were relatives. Nathan growing up in Salt Lake same environment. Bet his future is some kind of doctor. All the best to him✌️✌️✌️
Your grandparents spoke a subdialect of Cantonese from a region about 100 miles west of Hong Kong. Before 1960's, probably more than 98% Chinese in America came from this region, which is only about size of Delaware. City people in Hong Kong or Canton used to stereotype ones with this "village" accent as the Beverly Hillibillies -- country bumpkins who became more well-off than they with American money.
My kids doesn’t speak Chinese either, they understand somewhat but nothing too complicated. Their fav line ‘我不知道’ or ‘I don’t know’ and they sound exactly like Nathan trying to speak Chinese
I am a professional Chinese language teacher and impressed by his Chinese language. Even though he cannot speak a lot, but his Chinese tones are super good! Nathan, please keep speaking Chinese.
@@nith5663 If you taught a CSL (Chinese as Second Language), you would know his pronunciation is very good, comparing the rest of the students. Thanks for your opinion though.
@@rc3443 He grew up outside of China, so Mandarin is his second language. The most difficult part of learning a language is different to native speakers and to second language learners. To native Chinese speakers, the most difficult part is learning to write the Chinese characters while the second language learners’ is learning the tones. Chinese is a tonal language and English is not. Tones are very difficult to learn for people who grow up in non-tonal language environments. I know some college professors who are not native Chinese, but teach Chinese language at the college level. They still have accents. But, their Chinese language skills are professionally rated as super good, good enough to teach college students. Learning a second language is very difficult. As educators, it’s very important to build our students’ confidence for them to master the language they are learning.
@@maydelosh as a Chinese parent, I'm sure his parents wanted him to forget about his Chinese blood and culture and enbrace his American identity, otherwise he should be able to speak much better without any intentional effort. take a look at Eileen Gu
Parents, grandparents, parents working environment, siblings, family economic status…all that contributes to one’s Chinese language fluency level for American Chinese kids. I don’t see any issue that Nathan doesn’t speak much Chinese. He is an American and his language at school, at work, with friends and even among siblings is English.
@@williamchoi6902 Not fully true. “American’ is a nationality unless you are native. So anyone can be an American, but if you are talking ‘ethnically’ than yes, the only ones who are truly ‘ethnically’ American are the natives.
@@divinearia1601 The United States is also a free country. As long as it does not violate the laws of the United States, everyone has the freedom to choose their life. By the way, what did Eileen Gu do wrong? Did she do anything illegal?
A lot of volunteers from beijing Olympics said that they communicate with Nathan in Chinese, I’m sure his chinese is sufficiently fluent. Maybe he got stumped and wasn’t confident enough to articulate his thoughts in chinese in front of the camera
People prefer to speak one Language he is the most familiar with, unless kid is good at multi-language or be encouraged at home to speak another Language by the parents.
I saw a clip of saying some Chinese during the Olympics to the Chinese volunteers... it’s actually a lot better than what’s shown here... here it doesn’t even sound like he can say the 4 tones correctly 🤦♀️
lol, My two kids sound like that. They can understand a lot more though in both Cantonese and mandarin. High school only offers mandarin, so they both are taking it.
My Friend also can not speak even she is Chinese blood 100 % ( she born and grow up in Thailand from parent who move from china). Both of parent speak chinese very well but she can't. They had to work hard to treat 5 children to improve their life. This is due to parents didn't focus on this much. Environment is so Thai, I understand her.
My older brother is the same, we were both brought up speaking spanish only in the house so we would know our language. He and his wife both spanish speaker never taught their kids how to speak it. Now in their early 20s they realise what they missed out on. When i have kids, I will do what my parents did for us, Spanish at home, French in school.. English in after school programs.
That’s great and it was a disgrace the haters on Weibo called him a traitor ...Just because he’s Chinese doesn’t make him a citizen of China ...what about all the Canadians on the China hockey team or Gu - the American who skied for China ? And cyber bullying the American women who figure skated for China but fell is disgusting ...I’m very embarrassed by my fellow Chinese
Do you know that CIA sponsored countless people in China to spread hatred words against any successful Asian figures? They’re misleading people with false information, creating controversy, and yes, many Chinese people will fall into it (mostly less educated Chinese, no offense) and that’s exactly what US government did to their own citizens. There’s always multiple sides of a problem, the best we can do here is to spread positive about China in the internet and hoping one or two will stop stereotyping the Chinese and start to do some critical thinking (jokes on the Americans , they all passed the SAT, and now the majority are brainwashed so easily )
China has an inferiority complex. They are especially envious and resentful of Asians, esp Chinese who are successful in the West. They think all Chinese (or all who ‘look’ Chinese) should suffer their self- imagined ‘racism’ from white people - and be equally miserable like them.
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj Bruh what> You think Asians are NOT racist themselves? Just look at how they worship Ms Half-White Goo...scratch that, just look at how they treat WHITE vs non-white expats within their own communities.Duh!
Do you know that so kinds of language in China, don't you? Like I was from South of China,but I can speak more than 3 kinds of Chinese language language.
Lol...We first-generation Asian Americans are raising first-generation Americans just like REAL Americans. Why apologizing? Like my kids, Nathan is 100% American and doesn't need to be fluent in a foreign language.
Sadly, Nathan probably gets asked, "Where are you from?" everywhere he goes in the U.S even though he was born and raised in the U.S!! He is an American who speaks perfect English. So, stop asking Asians in the U.S this type of question!!! It's inappropriate and racist. Stop hate crimes against the Asians in the U.S!!
That kind of ignorance may be common about 10 years ago, but people now are very used to seeing Asians in countries not traditionally associated with Asians, like the US, UK, Australia, even France. Similarly, there are so many Caucasian looking people across Asia that they fail to cause curiosity and wonder anymore it seems. The worlds gone global now dude.
There is only one language-- mandarin, all the others are dialects. In Hong Kong, Cantonese is their official language, ever since 1997, mandarin introduced as another language, people in Hong Kong can speak either mandarin or Cantonese.. tv presenters speak all-- English, Cantonese and mandarin.
Not necessarily true.! His parents are Chinese ethnic, but are Americans citizen. Nathan was borne in the US, raised in The US, growing up in the American environment, goes to school, college and university, ( one of the best universities Yale) in America 🇺🇸 he looks like Chinese but he is NOT Chinese. I think 🤔 presumably, if he had done something wrong , I beg they will deny him as “Chinese”, now because he does so well, they want to classify him as one of their own? Trying to take his glory belongs to them? Sickening even to think about it.🤢🤮
@@angelajohnston1010 Yes, remember that poor Chinese-American girl who chose to represent China who fell in her skating competition? The CCP narcissists immediately condemned her fast and furious, calling her a "disgrace" and that "she should go back to America". Then she gets mercilessly trolled online, with nasty haters picking on her looks, her perceived fluency in Mandarin (similar to Nathan Chen's) , her family, among other things. CCP China gives me the impression of an insane asylum where the inmates have run wild and taken control.
@@honourhume5906 the ccp is a processed nature. They want to own you so bad, but if you do not listen to them, control by them, have your own opinions; and if you did a slightest mistake, you will be crucify. Take a look at the great pianist , being called the Chopin of China, just one tiny mistake, he was being crucified. All the glory does not meant a thing to them. No protection, discrimination, wipes out all the glorying he brought for China!!! It’s scary to just to think about it. If Eileen Gu wants to represent and give them glory, that’s fine with us. We as American 🇺🇸 are very generous, she can do whatever she wants, just don’t cry when she is not getting her way, lack of freedom might be just one of it. You can’t say a boo to the ccp. See what will happened if you criticize the president like you would do In The USA . Eileen Gu is naive to believe and think she will get the same kind of freedom and liberty 🗽 just like she is in the USA. ----we will see.
@@angelajohnston1010 Well if they can even crucify the likes of Jack Ma, what is some half-white American-Chinese female to them? But I don't think GooGoo-Girl is that naive - rumour has it that she plans on using her Olympic win for China as a platform to immigrate to a country in Western Europe (they haven't decided which). Both mother and daughter strike me as very calculative, mercenary and opportunistic. No wonder china admires tham.
