Feature: Friends reunion evokes nostalgia in Chinese fans
Xinhua
by Xinhua writers Liu Xinyu, Sun Wenji, and Chen Aiping BEIJING/SHANGHAI, May 28 (Xinhua) The highly anticipated reunion special of the American sitcom Friends has taken its massive Chinese fanbase by storm with a nostalgic and tear-jerking tribute to the all-time hit series. The unscripted, one-off reunion episode, Friends: The Reunion, brings together the sitcom s six stars on screen for the first time since the series went off the air in 2004. It premiered on several Chinese streaming platforms on Thursday afternoon. The reunion special skyrocketed to one of the top 10 trending topics on China s Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Thursday night, with a bevy of netizens saying the reunion has allowed them to relive their youth or simply expressing their longtime affection for the series.
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