RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you'd associate with China's Olympic team.
In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians are breaking the mold and shaking up social media.
There's diver Qin Kai, who walked up to the podium with a ring and a rose to propose to his girlfriend He Zi during her Olympic medal ceremony. Was Qin a true romantic or an entitled man gatecrashing a woman's big moment? It depends on your view. What's certain is that his gesture would have been unimaginable even a few years ago.