Why Chinese youth are turning to an 84-year-old Cambridge professor for support
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Sat, 15 August 2026Wed, 26 August 2026
What it is about
Alan MacfarlaneCambridge UniversityCambridgeQin YuchenWang ZilanUniversity Of CambridgeKing CollegeBritish AcademyBritishAmericansBritainNepalJapanChinaChineseCambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomShenzhen, Guangdong, China
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
South China Morning Post
globaltimes.cn
15 Aug, 10:26over 11 days26 Aug, 18:00
How it spread - 2 original reports
Sat, 15 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post10:26first to report
Wearing a black mariner’s cap and with a wall-to-wall bookshelf as a backdrop, Cambridge University professor Alan Macfarlane greets his social media audience with a soft ni hao – “Hello” in Chinese. In his latest video, Macfarlane follows this signature opening by thoughtfully answering a question pulled from the comments: why has making genuine friends become so difficult? Few would have expected an 84-year-old British anthropologist and historian from Cambridge University to become a...
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- globaltimes.cn18:00
Alan Macfarlane, 84, an emeritus professor of anthropological science at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of the British Academy, has become an unexpected source of calm for millions of young Chinese.