. ▁He ▁first ▁gained ▁media ▁expos ure ▁in ▁China ▁when ▁he ▁got ▁a ▁single ▁appar ance ▁on ▁television . ▁▁ ▁Tang ▁stated ▁that ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Gal - Or ▁was ▁embedded ▁in ▁a ▁Chinese ▁l ifest yle ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁Mand arin ▁was ▁" fl uent ". ▁▁▁ ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁Be ij ing . ▁ ▁Foreign er ▁Research ▁Institute ▁China ▁Gal - Or ▁oper ates ▁the ▁ ▁( F RI ; ▁), ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Y - Platform , ▁a ▁social ▁media ▁group ▁which ▁documents ▁lives ▁of ▁foreign ers ▁in ▁China . ▁It ▁is ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Zh ong gu anc un , ▁Ha id ian ▁District , ▁Be ij ing . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁a ▁pun ▁as ▁" cro oked ▁nut " ▁() ▁sounds ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁to ▁the ▁word ▁" fore igner " ▁( ). ▁The ▁organization ▁had ▁been ▁established ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁by ▁Gal - Or ▁and ▁his ▁Chinese ▁co - found er ▁F ang ▁Y ed un ▁( 方 <0xE6> <0x99> <0x94> <0xE9> <0xA1> <0xBF> ), ▁who ▁Gal - Or ▁met ▁in ▁university ▁and ▁origin ated ▁from ▁Z he ji ang . ▁The ▁series , ▁which ▁as ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁had ▁fifty ▁episodes , ▁has ▁accounts ▁on ▁B ilib ili , ▁S ina ▁We ib o , ▁and ▁You ku . ▁Several ▁of ▁Gal - Or ' s ▁social ▁media ▁profiles ▁are ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Y ch ina ▁( mean ing ▁" why ▁China ?