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中国人能飞: from a rap refrain to a rocket, a meme gains altitude

“Chinese people can fly” already has a song, a history of remixes and now a proposed photo mosaic on a rocket. On BNB, traders connect those stories to one contract. On September 21, 2026, its reported peak reaches $4.24 million in market capitalization.

Blockchain : BNB6 minWritten by Jérôme L.
Sound waves from a microphone turn into photographs forming a rocket beneath a navy and golden sky.
AI-generated editorial illustration: a microphone gives way to a rocket made of portraits. The composition represents the meme’s narrative, not an actual launch.

Five characters, several ways to take off

At 09:40 on September 21, the X account 顶尖 BNB describes a rocket decorated with ordinary people’s faces. From a distance, five characters: 中国人能飞. Up close, photographs. In the replies, web3池掌柜 immediately challenges the connection: to this participant, the meme refers to qinggong, the supernatural lightness of martial-arts fiction, rather than rockets. The exchange captures the issue: a phrase is circulating, but people do not give it precisely the same meaning. [5]

Hours later, the peak supplied to the editorial team for the BNB token is $4.24 million, recorded at 20:24 Paris time. Between those reference points, the rocket has become a market argument. Understanding the move means following three overlapping stories: a rap track, a participatory project and an asset traders connect to both.

Before the contract, a refrain already in circulation

中国人能飞 means “Chinese people can fly.” The phrase did not begin with this contract. The official On The Radar Radio channel publishes a freestyle by SKAI ISYOURGOD, known as 揽佬, on July 17, 2026. The following day, MEROS posts an excerpt on Douyin naming SKAI ISYOURGOD and Chalky Wong. Two months before this Runner, the words already have a stage and identifiable performers. [1] [2]

One detail helps keep the story straight: YouTube’s music panel lists 中国人会飞 alongside “The Chinese Can Fly” and Chalky Wong, while the slogan and token use 中国人能飞. The characters 会 and 能 differ; the usages converge as the meme circulates. Treating every title variant as a separate project would be misleading, as would inferring ownership of a token from the title of a song. [1]

The premise travels easily: a short phrase, an impossible ability taken literally, and a verb that can also suggest ascent. Martial-arts imagery, performance and spaceflight can take turns without removing the original expression. Our reading is that this flexibility allows people to change the setting while retaining the same point of recognition.

MediaStorm gives the slogan a physical surface

On September 21, MediaStorm, or 影视飓风, invites its audience to help decorate a rocket. According to the project presentation reported by STNN, selected photographs will form a mosaic: the five characters will be readable from a distance, the people visible on closer inspection. The announced submission window runs from September 21 to October 12. That deadline concerns contributions; it is not a launch date. [3] [4]

The connection to the song is explicit. In the comments on its Douyin post, the author account tags SKAI ISYOURGOD and Chalky Wong and says it wants to take their phrase into space. The proposal turns a refrain into something people can participate in: choosing a photograph, submitting it and imagining its place in a collective composition. [3]

The image attached to the token on DEX Screener narrows the idea further. It shows a vertical portion of a white rocket, with the characters stacked one beneath another against a desert landscape. There is no animal mascot or rapper portrait: the displayed identity already foregrounds the spacecraft. The image connects the token visually to the story; it does not establish an agreement with the people behind the project. [11]

On X, the rocket becomes a market proposition

The post from 顶尖 BNB provides a visible crossing point between the participatory project and crypto conversations. Paurojay then shares it in English, describes the rocket artwork and includes the exact contract examined here. He accompanies the connection with a $10 million target. The target is promotional; what the post documents is the translation and linking of a Chinese publication, a story accessible in English and a BNB address. [5] [6]

Crypto北斗 offers another interpretation. In his 17:51 thread, he quotes an earlier message timestamped 13:17 that paired 牛来 with 中国人能飞 and mentioned a range of $1 million to $1.3 million. This records what the account was writing at the time. It establishes neither an executed purchase at that valuation nor the entry point of the very first KOLs. [7]

His argument concerns BSC’s ability to generate Chinese memes after 牛来. The song, derivative creations and easily repeated name become ingredients in a potential narrative successor. In the replies, 金石 stresses precisely the rough but memorable quality of the name. These participants are interested in more than a rocket: they see an expression capable of continuing to circulate across communities. [7] [12]

The same story does not produce the same decisions

Reactions do not amount to uniform enthusiasm. At 13:18, Greek says he is taking profits on the exact contract. He cites numerous snipers and says he does not expect much further upside. The message establishes his stated position, not a verified analysis of wallet distribution. One reply reminds him that profit is profit: this conversation is already about exiting while others are still looking for an entry. [8]

Leslie, meanwhile, says he chooses to bid on the token, connecting market conditions to ordinary people’s dreams of space. In this interpretation, participation in the mosaic becomes a story strong enough to sustain a trader’s interest. The coexistence is revealing: people can look at the same characters and see a collective project, an opportunity for continuation or a move to leave behind. [10]

What the Gate announcement actually establishes

At 16:35, Gate Trenches announces several new assets available through its onchain trading aggregator, including 中国人能飞. The BSC link contains exactly 0x108876c3df3d893350e9b780563b3697aa3e7777. This is an identifiable distribution and visibility channel; the post should not be presented as a conventional spot-listing announcement for Gate’s centralized exchange. [9]

DEX Screener also connects the contract to BNB Smart Chain under the full name 中国人能飞火箭, with a PancakeSwap pair against FXIon. The contract provides continuity between the publications. The sources reviewed do not, however, identify its creator with certainty or establish a partnership with MediaStorm, SKAI ISYOURGOD or Chalky Wong. Their role in the cultural story does not constitute endorsement of the memecoin. [11]

$4.24 million: a reference point in an unfinished story

The figure retained is the peak supplied by the publisher: $4.24 million in market capitalization on September 21, 2026, at 20:24 Paris time. It is a dated snapshot, not a live value or a peak independently reconstructed to the exact minute. Targets posted on X are not additional recorded highs.

The narrative draws strength from its changes of scale: a few sung words, a community remixing them, photographs intended to form a mural, then an address that becomes tradable. Its vulnerable point lies in the same transitions: moving from one stage to the next establishes no official connection. What follows will depend on whether participants can create conversations and material specific to the token, beyond the announcement whose momentum they borrowed.

Sources

Sources consulted on 21 September 2026. Figures reflect the cited snapshots and are not updated live.

  1. On The Radar Radio — The Skai Isyourgod Freestyle, 17 juillet 2026
  2. MEROS — SKAI ISYOURGOD × Chalky Wong, extrait On The Radar, 18 juillet 2026
  3. MediaStorm / 影视飓风 — invitation et échanges autour du projet spatial, 21 septembre 2026
  4. 星岛 / STNN — principe de la fresque et calendrier de collecte des photos, 21 septembre 2026
  5. 顶尖 BNB — reprise du projet de fusée et discussion sur le sens du meme, 21 septembre à 9 h 40 (Paris)
  6. Paurojay — rapprochement entre le projet de fusée et le contrat exact, 21 septembre 2026
  7. Crypto北斗 — récit BNB et citation de son message à 1–1,3 M$, 21 septembre à 17 h 51 (Paris)
  8. Greek — prise de bénéfices déclarée, 21 septembre à 13 h 18 (Paris)
  9. Gate Trenches — annonce et lien BSC portant le contrat exact, 21 septembre à 16 h 35 (Paris)
  10. Leslie — interprétation du rêve spatial et achat déclaré, 21 septembre 2026
  11. DEX Screener — 中国人能飞 / FXIon sur PancakeSwap, contrat BNB et visuel
  12. 金石 — discussion sur la mémorisation et la diffusion du nom