Tencent Chinese New Year Advertisement: Your Companion of 12 Years

Tencent is the maker of QQ, a popular Chinese instant messaging service. This video commercial released during 2011's Chinese New Year (aka Spring Festival) has received over 450k views so far on popular Chinese video sharing website Youku, moving Chinese netizens both at home in China and abroad to tears.

More information & translated Chinese netizen comments @ http://advertising.chinasmack.com/2011/tencent-your-companion-of-12-years-mov...

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• Tencent
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• children
• studying abroad
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• Chinese restaurant
• Chinese take out
• China
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• Chinese New Year
• Spring Festival
• family
• holidays
• moving
• touching

[liangc6]

@IwasBannedfromYtube 千里共婵娟 by wangfei

[IwasBannedfromYtube]

Hey anyone know the original chinese song on the background?

[jamesshao2009]

@Dykenlee thats good.keep it up! haha

[Dykenlee]

I'm brasilian girl, and I LOVE CHINA, I DO A QQ YESTERDAY FOR I CAN SPEAK WITH CHINA! I really like this

[rosaliu19940528]

@fernandesfran People line up for train tickets because everybody knows the importance of being with their family especially during holidays. What u r talking about are just exceptions, it do not happens a lot. We don't use exceptions to judge a integral circumstance, right?

[rosaliu19940528]

@fernandesfran It will be very sad if you have to spend it alone. BTW I think it is very extreme to say "is it a big deal to spend it alone". Nobody commit suicide because they r spending it alone if that is what u mean by saying"a big deal". Spring Festival represent part of Chinese culture. If u don't understand, u don't necessary have to.But PLEASE don't be mean.

[rosaliu19940528]

@fernandesfran You can consider Chinese Spring Festival as Christmas day. It is a day just for gathering family, It is tradition. And it has been there for thousand years. But I m glad that you are fond of Chinese culture

[fernandesfran]

@segaboy1983 I understand when it is possible to do so. But, when it is impossible to be with your family, for education or for work, is it a big deal to spend it alone? Me and so many I know have been doing it without an issue.

And, while we're at it, how about the impossible queues for people fighting for train tickets during the holiday period?

[segaboy1983]

@fernandesfran is it hard for you to understand western family flying together for Christmas/Thanksgiving reunion, especially grown up kids?

[innumerabilis]

Haiz... this ad reminds me so much of me. 樹欲靜而風不止；子欲養而親不在。

[MagikGimp]

*puke*

[xCMonstah]

The guy's cute. Oh and its a good ad.

[benadamutk]

it moves me

[fernandesfran]

I am fond of Chinese culture, but could never understand the fascination of the Chinese people to spend the New Year festival with their family, especially grown up kids.

[imadnaffa]

Excellent. An ad where you don't have to understand the language to get the universal message. I was moved and watched again and again. Maybe because I too have two boys and going through the whole same thing. Loved it.

[michaelkam]

really good ad for targeting study aboard students. but rather believe tencent copied this idea. but really good ad!

[fc3603]

despite that tencent is assfuck company, this is a great ad.

[OhSnapitsJuzDin]

LOL! i know that restaurant, its awesome!

[mihulong]

@ltq19900310 : That's easy. To not be part of this, just stop using any of their products or service.

[mihulong]

nice!

[nangergong]

加上英文字幕吧： she is my closest person However, closeness creates division of feelings "press this button" at that time, I'm eager to escape from her care and finally my wish came true "please try to add this contact" "wow" One day, she comes on-line in QQ！ When we are far away from each other on the two sides of the ocean, I gradually get to understand the life and her

[xFuJai]

long ass comercial..

[ltq19900310]

this ad is awesome , but it can't change the fact that Tencent is an asshole company

[afinitimyob]

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