Moviegoers hold posters of the Chinese film
Dear You during its premiere in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
Du Ting traces his roots to the Chaoshan region in South China's Guangdong province. Living near the coast where ships had set sail for Southeast Asia, his family members have vivid memories of waiting for qiaopi, or remittance letters, sent by early Chinese migrants to their loved ones back home.
"Whenever someone from the village sent qiaopi back, the whole village would wait for them with great hope and expectation," he said.
Du, who is president of the Australian Chinese TeoChew Youth Association Inc, was relating his personal experience with the main themes of the Chinese box-office hit, Dear You.
