I am Chinese; I grew up in China, moved to the US when I was 15. Nobody(Chinese) around me ever celebrated the event (including school teachers, elder adults) and usually talk about this as a tragedy. This includes both my friends and circles in China, and my Chinese circles in the US. I was still in China when 9/11 happened.
I also just asked my Chinese Canadian friend by my side (grew up in China, moved to Canada, now Canadian Citizen) if she ever recall any Chinese celebrating 9/11, or if this was a thing at all. I said the word celebrating in English. Initially she thought “celebrating” means taking this day as a Memorial Day to remember and mourn the loss. Then I explained by “celebrating” I meant being actually really happy about the event itself, and she seems to be really confused.
Since I was quite young (elementary school) when this happened, I also asked my mom if this was a thing. She said nobody she knows of felt happy about 9/11, and only saw once on a social media, which she was quite angry about.
I am Chinese; I grew up in China, moved to the US when I was 15. Nobody(Chinese) around me ever celebrated the event (including school teachers, elder adults) and usually talk about this as a tragedy. This includes both my friends and circles in China, and my Chinese circles in the US. I was still in China when 9/11 happened.
I also just asked my Chinese Canadian friend by my side (grew up in China, moved to Canada, now Canadian Citizen) if she ever recall any Chinese celebrating 9/11, or if this was a thing at all. I said the word celebrating in English. Initially she thought “celebrating” means taking this day as a Memorial Day to remember and mourn the loss. Then I explained by “celebrating” I meant being actually really happy about the event itself, and she seems to be really confused.
Since I was quite young (elementary school) when this happened, I also asked my mom if this was a thing. She said nobody she knows of felt happy about 9/11, and only saw once on a social media, which she was quite angry about.