Study cultural context of Xi Dada video

What would people say if a US reporter rounded up a dozen international students on a US college campus and queried them on their impressions of the US president in the lead-up to his state visit to China? And what if they were to give their answers in Chinese?

First, they'd probably say something nice. Second, their linguistic limitations would lead to the misuse of some words since they are not using their native language.

That's exactly what happened - except that the scenario is reversed as it's the Chinese president on a state visit to the US - to a video titled Who is Xi Dada?, released by the People's Daily both in and outside China. Unlike the impression of Dan Levin, a blogger on the website of The New York Times, I did not find much resemblance of the students in the video to "Justin Bieber fans gushing about their pop idol".