Name: This British professor has quietly won the hearts of millions of young Chinese online
Uploaded: 2026-05-26T19:49:35+08:00
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Description: Over the past year, British scholar Alan Macfarlane has quietly built a massive audience on Chinese platform RedNote, where he now has more than 2.3 million followers. And somehow, millions of young people can't stop watching. Many Chinese users affectionately

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Over the past year, British scholar Alan Macfarlane has quietly built a massive audience on Chinese platform RedNote, where he now has more than 2.3 million followers. And somehow, millions of young people can't stop watching. Many Chinese users affectionately call him "Grandpa Cute" or "the British Dumbledore."

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