Hamid is a blogger from Afghanistan who has lived in China for years. His videos share his stable daily life in China.
He records ordinary days: going to work, buying groceries, cooking, drinking tea with friends. These plain routines are precious to him.
Afghanistan has known turmoil, Hamid says — he cherishes peace more than most. In China he can plan his future with peace of mind: studying, working, building a family.
China gave him a new beginning, he says. From Kabul to China, he wants to show more people: life can be peaceful, the future can be bright.
Hamid is an Afghan friend who has lived in China for years and settled down. "China gave me a new beginning" - he treats China as his second home.
His choice: he came years ago to study, then stayed to work. He learned Chinese and Chinese cooking - "I found the feeling of home in China."
Content: "an Afghan day in China", "my Chinese colleagues", "taking my family around China" - recording his settled life.
Going viral: his "in China, I learned to cook a full Chinese table" video spread - his braised pork and yuxiang shredded pork praised as authentic; he beamed with joy.
His feelings: "the most reassuring thing about living in China is walking the streets without fear" - that sense of safety is what he treasures most.
Significance: he represents foreigners who settle in China - proving China can be a second home for many.
Plans: he is learning Chinese pastries, hoping to open a small bakery combining Afghan naan and Chinese baozi.
For readers: his videos let you feel the power of home - a stranger found belonging and safety in China.
He remembers his early days: the landlady taught him dumplings, the downstairs uncle taught him Chinese chess, colleagues taught him WeChat red packets. "Help China gave me is like a table that never empties." He does something heart-warming: every weekend he brings Afghan naan to elderly in his community - "Chinese people helped me so much; I want to help them too." His story is the warmest footnote of a "new hometown".
His words to China: "thank you" - "when I most needed a new start, China accepted me." His greatest wish is bringing his parents to see where he works, lives and who his friends are. "I want my parents to know their son lives well here." His story mirrors everyone who found a home abroad - the homeland lives in the heart, and home can be found along the way.
"Afghanistan and China are both my homes" - this settledness makes him root deeper.
"With home in your heart, anywhere is a hometown" - no one understands it better now.
