We Talk: Online gaming friendship promotes understanding between Chinese and Uzbeks

Rashidova Khulkar from Uzbekistan is currently studying nuclear power engineering and management at Tsinghua University. Khulkar feels that Uzbekistani youth are experiencing China through popular culture, such as animation and games. She mentioned that while playing a Chinese MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game, which is popular in Central Asia, her teammates from China, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have come to understand each other through teamwork and strategy. They have built transnational friendships through the internet. In addition, she also hopes that China and Uzbekistan can have more exchanges on academic, cultural and life levels, so that the friendship between China and Uzbekistan can last longer.