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- I tell the story of how I got my family out of mainland China.
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Nothing but Love buddy
Don’t feel surprised that u forgot her name. It’s normal when people are stressed
My student got home and back safely!
She was there a year... half of it quarantine. She's back now with her family in 2 week quarantine.
Glad y'all came back to US. I told you guys 2-3 years ago to do it, and it was getting so obvious you needed to leave. Much love from KY. (come see us and drive the motorcyles on these hidden roads man)
I watched the interview you and Winston did on China Unscripted last night. I guess I was a few months late on that one, but it was great. Very interesting to hear how this big change transpired for you and your family. Glad you and Winston have both settled into a more stable environment and have a safe place for your wife and children. Looking forward to your future ADVChina adventures. Any chance we might see a bike build on Worthless Whips?
Why giving you money thr PayPal or patreon when you already just got a full time job from a US anti communist group?
Thanks for sharing. It's a pretty scary thought that there's no rule of law there. You did good getting you and your family out of there 👍🏻
Kaishay ho ji Karl rock I am one of your subscribers
hi
Karl to China : Nhi chahiye ji
Namaste dosto lol
There is rule of law. Just not what we in the West are used to.
People with freedom usually don't realise that freedom isn't granted until it is taken away. Treasure it if you are living in the free world
Here inb4 Dennis hink says something bad about the USA
Hah, the west is losing its freedom precisely because all too few are willing to fight for it.
Read The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff. We are heading for digital dictatorship!
@@Omegaures Not all of the west
there is no freedom left, no free world!
When I flew out of the Shanghai lockdown last year on a one-way ticket, I have never felt so relieved in my life. I cried upon landing in the USA. The immigration officer stamped my passport and she was shocked to see my eyes filled with tears. I learned my lesson. Never again. I will NEVER take my freedom for granted EVER again.
don't take freedom for granted.
@@loveskngm31hstsdaily1 they should ship all the CCP-defending, pro-authoritarian people to China if they love them so much, let's see how long they'll love it especially if you're not white. Democracy has its own flaws but people take it for granted until they end up in a police state.
I lived in China for a while. I taught English in the university. I loved my students. I was kicked out of China because I downloaded a book from Amazon that was critical of the Party.
Did you tell anyone you downloaded it? Or did they just know through the internet?
how did they know
Download a book criticizing CCP? What’s the name of the book?
strange they even know which books you downloaded
@@roostersideburns3440 remember the ISP knows everything you do, and the ISP has every right to rat you out to the government. If search something sketchy best believe the ISP is gonna know everything, that's why even though VPN is a meme right now it does help a lot since it makes tracking really difficult for them.
You hit the nail on the head with people being spoiled in western democracies. They don’t understand what everyone in the world suffers through.
I agree, although weak leadership and poor international interest from democratic countries allows regimes to do more of what they want.
@ROSE DIAMOND Rose, I think we all understand who the "spoiled Americans" are! 😏
I spent three weeks in KSA in 1997, and was glad to leave.
In western democracies you have choices but they are limited. It really doesn't matter that much who ends up in power, the big parties mostly serve the special interests, who always get their way, no matter who rules.
@@anng.4542 I'm curious as to who you think they are. 🤔
America and other Western Countries may not be perfect, but they sure are worth fighting for.
100%
👍👍👍
And that is why I served.
Trump 2020
The greatest threat to the United States is not China, but government and capitalist elites who flout its Constitution and rule of law.
That's who we must defend America from.
So glad you got your family out. As someone who taught English in Russia, married a Russian woman, and brought her to my home in Canada, I feel you.
In what way?
Russia doesn’t have mandates but trudope is mandating jabs for domestic flights. Que bono.
Glad to hear you, your wife and kids doing well.
Well done, hope you are doing well.
russia is no where near china yet. you can still, while dangerous, criticize the government so long as you aren't too popular. in china even doing it in private circles is a good way to get a knock on the door
As much as we like to joke about "'Merica f*ck yeah" and freedom, we really have it better, don't we.
We did. Until today.
@@maybesomaybenot1652 oh, what happened today? I know the inauguration, but did Biden say something important?
@@maybesomaybenot1652 In the US you can still say anti-government stuff without getting sent to a labor camp lmao. We still have it better than China.
@@mosterchife6045 for now.
@@sjwarialaw8155 Yes, for now.
From one communist escapee (Vietnamese boat person) to another: Glad you got out and back to the land of freedom. You did the right thing for your family.
I am so glad that you got out after the North Vietnamese invasion. Do you and your family live in America now?
It’s unfortunate what happened to South Vietnam.
America failed you and your people, the hippies like John Kerry lied to the American people and the American government just because they didn’t feel like fighting.
I’m glad you made it out. My “uncle” Dat made the same journey to America when he was a kid. Told me all about the horrors of communism.
Let’s take a moment to also appreciate how much his wife must love him to overcome her life-long goverment brainwashing,to risk being at odds with family and lose face,getting out of China with you...dude...she’s a keeper.Wish you and your family the best!
Completely agree with this statement! I have watch a few video with you and your wife and I can see that she is open to what I call the free will ideology! Which is our God given right! You have a beautiful family and you are blessed! I am a French woman married for over 22 year to an American! I love my husband and I have learned to love this country! But don’t be surprised if at times your wife become sad and misses China! She might not like the CCP. But the CCP did not make her who she is! She has grown into who she is because of her family! Be kind and patient to her! Marriage is like a good Cognac, it only gets better with ages! Keeping you guys in my prayers! 🙏🇺🇸❤️
In Watchings Um...prove it.
@In Watchings Ahh yes, the mad fantasies of Western reject who can't get laid because he thinks all women think the same way
I agree, but to add some context she:
1. had a university education in
2. Macau which at the time was an autonomous region run by a government that was independent of China.
Of course, it is good to see that free thinking is something that stays with you no matter how much propoganda is thrown at you
fotopoulos WS blanchette Way to try to shift the burden of proof. FAIL!
I feel so sorry for your innocent friend locked up somewhere.
@@garypayne423 we don't
It's been 9 months since you made your comment. In case you haven't heard, the friend Michael Spavor is back in Canada.
So it's the same Michael they are talking about?
@@sephypantsu yes. The same Michael Spavor in the headlines back in 2018-19.
"If you live in a free, democratic country, you have no idea of how lucky you are"🇮🇹🇹🇼🇺🇲
i'm begining to think ppl are starting to learn how lucky we were.
@@Ramotttholl This made me feel so lucky to be in America, I already valued my freedom very much because of north korea stuff, But this makes me Value it 10 times more.
Am very happy to hear C-Milk that you and your family is safe now.
@jason9022 The sentiment is the same no matter when it happened.
My son in law in the uk is planning to come here to NZ. ..he won't be seeing HK again probably. ...so glad 😃this brave soul and his family got out.
He consumed this topic for over a year at least，pathetic
@Ultima MIc evil CCP vachina
You’re right. My friend was young and full of ideas and wanted to explore everything. He said he wanted to get out of the states for something new. Now that he’s returned… He says the average American has no idea how Valuable their freedom is. Thanks for sharing that. I do appreciate it
I very much know, as an American, and vote and teach my children how lucky we are. Voting to never become a commi country
Freedom is good when you can choose to NOT to wear a Mask during the pandemic or practice social distancing and now NOT to get Vaccinated! FREEDOM is GOOD when you selfishly endanger the lives of others by your own selfish acts! This Pandemic has taught us a lot about freedom. tell those to the families of the more than ALMOSR 600,000 dead Americans and counting from Covid19 that they are free to die unnecessarily as they so wish but the pain and agony to their survivors can be measured and replace by the price of the freedom they have? Same questions to the Europeans. Look to the Chinese in China (1.3billion of them) in Taiwan and Macau, including HK (who have just lost their freedom) Their economy are now back n track the Chinese have 100 of millions of visitors travelling across the country just this Tomb Sweeping Festival wothout any worry of the Covid19. Who is better off now???? Freedom??? Who is having the REAL FREEDOM now???
@@slee4039 sounds like communist propaganda but ok
@@slee4039 don’t even act like you have any reasonable plausibility, at any instance in any time. It’s a shame what is going on with the government trying to pervert so much, because so many people are great people over there, with a constricting, stalking government at their throats. It’s scary. Thankfully they will never truly amount to too much power and restrict more of the world.
@@slee4039 You don’t even comprehend how vaccination works.
The vaccine does nothing about transmission of virus. It only affects your own bodies ability to fight off said virus.
So in reality, if one chooses NOT to vaccinate it doesn’t matter if the person who’s sitting next to you is vaccinated or not.
A standard surgical mask doesn’t inhibit the spread of airborne pathogens and using one in this manor is not what they are even designed for. It’s stupid all the way around and to suggest otherwise flies in the face of legitimate, bias free science.
This is how I left China. I had to fly to Hong Kong to Taiwan and work for a month to get back to the U.S. out of Hong Kong. I left just like how you did. It was so quick and scary.
The last 60 seconds of this video really hit home, for me. We're so lucky to be citizens of a democratic system, and we shall honor this privilege by voting, getting involved and participating as much as we can. Disenfranchisment is the first step to lose your freedom.
Go to sleep
Sheeple
@@solidsnake3304 mad?
I had to flee China after the Tiananmen massacre and it was the first time I really value my Canadian passport. Happy you and your family are safe!
When you say "flee", do you mean "I got on an airplane"?
@@pneron2032 I studied at the time at the university in Tianjin. I was on Tiananmen Square the day before the massacre. I went in to tents and spoke to the kids tha were fasting. The next morning we woke up. On TV and Radio, there were playing old discourses of Deng Xiao Ping. There was no phone at the time, but already everywhere on the walls, people had placarded posters with the number of death. A week before my embassy had sent us a Telex, in case of civil war, fill up your bathtub with water and buy tin can food. They never contacted us again. We waited 10 days. It was very hard to phone overseas so our family didn't know what happened to us. All the students on campus left. My Chinese friend who had an underground newspaper, entrusted me with documents, before going back to his village in hiding. He told me the kids in the tents that were fasting were all dead, A professor that just got back from the US and had spoken freely in class was arrested, many other people were arrested. We needed to figure things out ourselves. Most countries were repatriating the students but Canada didn't. We were left with North Korean and African countries. Finding plane tickets was not easy, We managed to find tickets out of China to Hong Kong. So if you are saying you "mean got an airplane" to minimize my experience, you need a little more historical perspective. China was not like it was now, and leaving my Chinese friends behind and not knowing if I would ever see them and go back to the comfort of my country was a lesson for my young self.
@@YoginiLindaMadani to add to it: even if it's "just" going on an airplane, it would still be fleeing. people have to leave a lot of things they value dearly behind and flee. even if the escape itself isnt always spectacular, it still is a scumbag move if someone diminishes it
@@pneron2032 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
@@pneron2032 Sh*t your mouth Wu Mao.
As someone that met and still keeps in touch with many Hong Kongers whilst studying abroad, I always get depressed when I hear about what's going on over there.
With the passage of NSL, we need to be ready to speak for people of Hong Kong when they themselves can no longer
This is why I'm always proud to show up for jury service when summoned, even if it is a slog. The fact that I CAN is something I never want to take for granted here in the US.
My in-laws escaped Laos in the 1980s to settle in my hometown in Ohio and it was a similar story, so glad yours has a happy ending.
Social Score: -9000
Lol so true
As long as it is not below that, it is manageable.
Fico score +700 points.
ITS POWER LEVEL IS UNDER -9000!
@BIGFOOOOOT underrated comment.
I’m so happy you made it out, use what you know to help make a difference
True. I am always shocked by the naive and unrealistic illusions that some westerners have on China.
I live in sweden and after hearing this I love my country
Hope some day I can visit ur northern lights, and the spooky MidSommar event(I know the movie it's fic.)
@@gabrielbaruck9152 yess bro you have to some day
There will be no Sweden left soon, so enjoy your memories.
@@pneron2032 same goes for most Western countries. America is leading the charge into unrepairable change. The cold winds of socialism are creeping into America faster than ever before.
@@matty6848 Oh, we are much further down the road over here in Europe. You at least still have an independent government. We have "the European Union"... Good luck
I never realized how privileged I was. Thanks for this series
Me: Give me liberty or give me death!
Chinese government: *So you have chosen death.*
@Ultima MIc Agreed man
*or
Papyrus Okagbue bull shxxt
:) lol
Then you have elected...the way.....OF PAIN!!!!
This story is stressful for me and I'm not even you. lol
@ misses the point.
Yes! You are lucky. And some Chinese have the same experience in America even though they get their American citizenships. They were arrested and put into jails under the name of spies. We are all in conflicts between the US and China. We are just normal individuals. Once the government want to take advantage of you to protect their national benefits, they will sacrifice you. For America, Asian especially Chinese foreigners are the first target; For China, Western foreigners are the first targets ! So cheer up and stay safe.
@ Wrong. Keep seething.
@@johnnystorm74 Weak. I've watched them since nearly the beginning and they are honest people. Their previous jobs are irrelevant. They made videos because they wanted to bring China to Westerners; Western opinion of Chinese conditions and government was much worse than what he was showing. He could've only helped. There were many more awful things they could've focused on instead of showing that Chinese people are mostly decent living under a ruthless and corrupted regime.
@@johnnystorm74 so how much were you paid to say that.
Your last sentences are exactly what I want to say as a person who move here from China. Treasure your freedom, participate to improve the system and work hard for a better future!
I just love the storys about you and your family. My Dad went to China twice and he said the Chinese people were the friendliest in the world. This was like 30-40 yrs ago though. Him and my step mom were on Shanghai just walking the streets at about midnight. They met some students that just made them come up to their tiny apartment. They were so proud of it and wanted to show my parents how they lived. Dad said they visited with them a few hours. They were excited to use their English skills. Dad just said that every time they went to China they were made to feel so welcome!!!!
This is why I take nothing for granted. My wife's family rode on a fishing boat to escape Viet Nam during the war.
@Papyrus Okagbue Only because Vietnam has vastly opened up in terms of freedom recently. If it were as repressive as the PRC, they would not have returned.
SonnySon we had a man and his two children over for dinner and helped him settle in Australia. His wife and another two small children were captured and didn't make it out of Vietnam. He was so excited when my wife made him authentic Viet meal I lost contact with him .
My wife’s first husband was Phung Vong from Saigon.
He escaped in his oil tanker with all his friends to the Philippines where they took his tanker.
Is it something to be proud of when your family fled the country after Vietnam war? First wave fled because of the fear of “communist retribution”, which never happened. Second wave fled due to economic hardship thanks to US sanctions. I have family members that fought on both sides during the war and non of them left even they have the chance to. Yes my grandpa’s brother is force to go to education camp and the condition there was terrible but so did everywhere else in the country at that time.
my sister became an orphan...and when my mom was in the process of adoption...her plane was shot down on their way to Canada from Vietnam (towards the end of the war)...she survived but there were a few others that never made it...
"We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it."
I had always seen this coming since when am a kid.
been 3 dacades, and people just realize it around now? what a joke.
Like they say, "choose to be stupid; earn stupid prize."
Too bad the young people in the USA are begging for this right here! Tell me them dumbasses don't know shit about true suffering like the Chinese people have suffered
- Boris Yeltsin
@@t8r507 100% agree the USA is sinking into an authoritarian Leftist nightmare! Tow the line or you're cancelled or worse. America is somehow now the most racist country on the planet now?!?!?!?
@Papyrus OkagbueNext on "foreigner oversimplifies a complex situation in a country they don't understand"
This video really touched me. Recently discovered your channel and have been binging it since. We are lucky to have you man. God bless you and your family. Keep doing what you are doing, please. You are shining light not only on the darkness abroad but I think it bridges the gap we have here in the US. Many have forgotten what makes the US so great.
So glad you and your family are able to escape China. My family too escaped communist Vietnam in 1982 so I completely understand. Freedom is never free.
"It's not mature enough to be on the world stage" - Best line ever, well said.
videoloops1 No country is mature enough lol
The CCP is behaving like a spoiled child. Somebody criticized it in the playground, so it's going to smash everyone's toys in retaliation.
How dare you mock the CCP! Winnie the pooh will not be happy!
gam mal That applies to many in the world. Although being a ‘zealot of justice’ only blinds true justice.
@gam mal Are her parents, extended family & friends still there? It makes a difference as CCP will pursue & harass them.
When your daughter learns about this, I wonder how she’ll react to this great escape.
She'll ask her mom about her name.
Ravenous Turtle - PRIDE.
She will experience racism in the USA.
Lawrence L are you apart of the 50 cent Army? Hater.
She will deeply regret her father's actions. Whatever you think of the CCP, China is a land of opportunity especially for a young mixed race person. So pointless to close that door to her.
Dude I’m so glad I found your channel. I’ve been telling all of my friends about you. What your doing is extremely important and I commend you for it sir.
Welcome back. Thank you for sharing.
Now you know how refugees feel when fleeing war. That's how I felt when we managed to escape my war torn homeland in 1993. A day before we were being shot at from afar and also had to stand in a massive crowd for 16 hours trying to board a ferry across a river (the bridge between 2 countries has been blown up on purpose). Every minutes is like an hour. You don't know if that bus is going to come to pick you up. You don't know if you are going to be refused at the next country border and maybe you will have to sleep in some strangers home (or worse, on the street). After a few days we were eating street food in a relatively safe country while waiting for relatives to pick us up. I was 8 at the time, my sister was 4, my mother was alone with the two of us. My dad was not allowed to leave the country. I cannot fathom what went through my fathers head. I know exactly how that flight of yours felt like. You are filled with endorphins, ecstatic, occasional tears of joy, hugging your loved one, kissing them. These situations change you forever. Even now, my wife, who has never experienced these kind of events, does not understand how I don't fuss over irrelevant things. They are irrelevant to me, because I know how bad life can get.
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If the chips fall the right way, the US will be a war zone soon enough. Make your alternative plans soon.
@cm. CG these events are indelibly imprinted in the psyche. Ptsd happens at any age and unless you've walked in their shoes you can't say "get over it. "
You described your experience very well and have given us a glimpse into your escape. Your mother was amazingly brave as I think your father must have been to let you go. Did you reunite with him?
This account must have stirred some memories and I'm glad the family got out, not quite bullets flying but then the CCP is not one to mess with either.
Yes I agree, the emotions would have been tremendous and I can imagine it does change you.
holy crap are you from mostar? im moving there next year
this is a really eye opening video given the current situation everyone is finding something to be upset about while you're just happy you're free again max respect man
Yes. Real American Freedom. We have to hold onto it, or we will be like China.
@Papyrus Okagbue Nonsense. Are you CCP, or perhaps they just hold something over you?
@@razeezar just a wu mao. The ccp pays people to spread propaganda on non chinese sites
I'm so glad you made it out. And I'm also glad you said what you did at the end. The people who are unhappy in the US right now have NO IDEA how bad it could get. They literally don't even try to educate themselves. It's dangerous & scary. Stay safe.
I am honestly crying right now that's a horrible thing to go through. I'm beyond glad you and your family made it to safety and I hope to God they never decide to come for you. You made it. You're free. You're safe.
"It's not mature enough to be on the world stage" is so true. After watching and listening to the CCP mouthpiece here in Australia, the language they use and how they say it clearly shows that their mindset is 'i talk to, and treat, the Chinese people this way, therefore I can treat the international community the same way'. Not once have I heard any utterance from a CCP official that tells me that they have any capacity for 'Statecraft' or 'Diplomacy' at all.
(A separate rant)..The concept of 'saving face' is at best, a way to not take responsibility for one's own actions.....very reminiscent of a Narcissist if it came from an individual.
Australia is a joke mate.
@@archangel7052 A joke with the highest average saving per capita in the world.
@@chunchunmaru3644 Where did you get that from? Just curious could you share a link?
Anyway it's still a joke compared to China's savings rate....and don't forget how much it benefitted from trade with China.
@@archangel7052 they have a superannuation system, which means that you're forced to save money that may increase in value, and when retirement is reached, you'll most probably be a millionaire.
(Economics explained has a video on it)
@@chunchunmaru3644 Isn't the Norwegian pension fund larger.
It's time the EU the USA, CANADA, AUS and NZ stopped giving buying rights of property to Chinese citizens if they have no plans on staying in the country they're buying into. Shouldn't let them benefit from foreign nations when foreigners in China are not being given the same basic rights
Count on Five Eyes, but not the EU. Merkel will not say no to the CCP. Germany's car vendors are so closely linked with China.
Not just property rights, western companies need to consider taking their manufacturing elsewhere. If they had done so in the first place and ol' Bill Clinton hadn't invited China to the WTO, China would still be poor and not this emboldened.
talking is easy...nothing of your words will take place...
we all need to have 'mirror image' laws that would mean we would apply any and all laws and actions that china uses against foreigners back against any chinese citizens in the EU the USA, CANADA, AUS and NZ
loawhy86 worse is than trump. He lies without blinking. Visit China and see for yourself whether he is telling the truth. loawhy86 thinks that his viewers are all stupid.
Watching this made me so happy about my country. I'm a Bangladeshi and i always had all sorts of freedom. I enjoy the liberty in our free country so much. Yes my country is not rich, yes my country has some issues but the taste of liberty is so much beautiful that I won't trade it for anything ❤️
Aside from the militant ultra religious guys, your country seems pretty good.
Our country has no militant group lmao. It has ultra religious people but hey i never saw any militant group here 🤷🏽♂️
@@itsprotik60 That's not what militant means, I am referring to ultra conservative groups that accept violence, not paramilitary organizations.
Owh. But that's in a decline too. I am a member of minority group in Bangladesh, but i never faced any sorts of oppression. I am treated like everyone else equally in this country. So I'd say i am leading a happy life in Bangladesh
Yeah buddy i am Bangladeshi too.
The Chinese people are not bad or evil. Communism is. I think that’s important to remember
I'm okay with this sentiment. Too many retards on here saying "CoMmUnIsM iSnT baD!"
How many you understand abou communist ? How many you know about China political and economy system? As a Chinese I can tell you that Nowadays China have little relationship with socalled communist. We are socialism.
Communism is bad but capitalism has objectively killed more people
Poppa Ganda I agree with you 100% , Chinese people are so nice and hospitable, I myself once had a Chinese wife her family and relatives were and still the sweetest people I've ever knew and they deserve a better life under a free Government rather than this CCP
"A place that is not mature enough to be on the world stage." I couldn't have put it better myself, my literal thoughts. And this is exactly how I also feel about all my friends and loved ones from Russia - I want a better Russia for them, because hey clearly when faced with such an inhumane system - your only option is to run and live free somewhere else.. if you can
I get what you're saying here, but we can't forget that for decades, even cities like NY have had miserable treatment of minorities. Everything from stop-and-frisk to shootings of unarmed people, the death of so many like Eric Garner with little to no punishment of the officers involved. Kalief Browder held in Rikers for THREE YEARS without trial, two of those in solitary, while being abused by guards and other prisoners until he took his own life. It's easy to say New York is the capital of the world, and China is a backwards country, but a lot of the same brutal systems affect both.
Seems to me like you are making the mistake of comparing poor russians to rich americans. The russian middle class is living good/fine.
@@spankminister are you really throwing comparison between us and china lmao
A cold war with china won't help to shape a better future for the chinese. On the contrary. Deng Xiao Ping economic reforms came after Nixon visit in 1972. Trump is reseting clock to cold war times. Sad. Meanwhile russia has green pass from Trump
Kissinger and Nixon back in 1972 reached the conclusion China should be engaged not isolated which was impossible anyway. 45 years later, when China makes tons of goods consumed in the west, people believe China can be isolated. Conclusion. Internet is making people dumber. Stop buying iphones made in china if you think China not mature enough to be in world stage
i hope Michael does well and gets help getting out
considering he was arrested in relation to Canada holding Huawei CFO, it is unlikely. a tragedy for sure
Because canadas spineless liberal government will help Him? Lol I can tell you thats not going to happen.
@@saskmuddinatv I wonder how long they will have him in for
@@NB-gc8sq The bigger issue is even after the Huawei stuff is long over with, it's very possible Canada will never push for his release.
Help may have to come through other means, unfortunately.
This channel when you where in China.. taught me of the beautiful people in China...
"If you live in a Western democracy, you have no idea how lucky you are. I wish more people would understand that instead of being spoiled to not participating in these systems, because it's easier to be told what to do and what to think. "
As a Taiwanese immigrant living in the the states, as I watch all the "social justice" that goes on, they have no idea that everyone is privileged, that they're able to live in such a wonderful country. The fact that you are allowed to burn the american flag is a testiment to how wonderful this country is. They truly truly have no idea, I would love to see their protests in China.
People are being kidnapped and their skulls cracked by federal militias for protesting against police brutality and impunity. The USA still has a long way to go.
@@johnny_eth At least we can vote our leadership out if we don't like them
@@yuenwang4894 The is actively trying to sabotage the election process as we speak. People have a right to pissed they dont want their country to turn into a shithole like russia
@@yuenwang4894 To what end? Another corporate centrist offering you the same garbage.
@@dwaynebruny nothing stops anyone complaining from going out campaigning and trying to get elected. Change Is never easy but all the people who complain universally also do absolutely nothing to bring a different result
“Not mature enough to be on world’s stage. ” Well said.
I said it to him before, but he has a weird naive-utopian idea of that "world stage".
Who does he think runs the theater show?
Not sure the U.S. is mature enough to play with the big kids either. 🤦♀️😡
🌊🌊🌊
Kind of like President "Bone Spurs" Drumpf
@@Dowlphin "Politics is the entertainment branch of industry." - FZ
Giant crying baby is what it is.
The last two videos have been heart wrenching testimonials. My wife’s father lives in Hong Kong and in light of recent events my wife and I have talked about trying to convince him to come back to America. In our trips to Hong Kong I’ve had the fortune to make friends there, and now I worry about their future especially since they are Christian. You are right far to many Americans take their freedom for granted!
Christian or Muslims as long as they stay in the mainstream there nothing to worry about as long as they don't mix religion with politics. stop using the boogie man to frighten others..
@@slee4039 Ok CCP Shill😂😂
@@slee4039 yeah nothing to worry about cept a lil reeducation
Just came back to your channel, I'm glad to hear that you are living without looking over your shoulder all the time,
Belated glad you and family got out!😀
Chilling stuff, absolutely terrifying. My heart breaks for my fellow canadians who were taken prisoner as a petty political retaliation.
Decanta That's bad news. The CCP has also decided to execute an Australian who smuggled a small amount of drugs - after holding him for 7 years. An obvious payback for the Australian government standing up to them. What makes it more absurd are the Chinese drug cartels and money-laundering operations in our country, as well as dealing with 100s of drug packages in customs every day. There are spies on every corner and in every university. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
@@sovereignspirit7640 So in what hell part of the world that 7.5kg of methamphetamine is "a small amount of drugs"?
@@sovereignspirit7640 'a small amount of drugs'
When did 7.5 kilograms (16 pounds) of ice became 'a small amount of drugs'.
This comment is so typical of the racist lies that inundate the comments of the pages of Laowhy86's postings.
Laowhy86 should read the classic Goethe's Faust: it's about a man who sells his soul to the devil.
@@sovereignspirit7640 This is why Aussies, Kiwis, Brits, Cannucks & us Yanks need to band together.
@@JMKeynes8491 You obviously missed the 'drug cartels and customs officials dealing with hundreds of Chinese drug shipments daily' in my comment
Love the quality of your work, glad you managed to get out of China and Hong Kong
This was a scary story. I can't imagine being in that situation. Thank God all of you got out. I hope your friend makes it as well although it may not be good for him.
Glad you and your family got out, safe! Thanks for your work!
Chinese Canadian here. Appreciate your work! Thank you for loving Chinese people who deserve the same freedom that we enjoy in the western democracy! Pray for your friend Michael!
I'm a Taiwanese Canadian. I lived for 10 years in the mainland and went to Uni. there so I really understand. China has gone so far backwards. Recent news is that the Chinese gov. is hinting that the 2 Michaels could be released if the Huawei extradition case to the USA was swept under the rug, Meng Wanzhou set free. Typical Chinese CCP bullying. The CCP has turned innocent people into political pawns and accused them of espionage. I read somewhere that the lights in the cells are left on 24 hours a day. My prayers are also with your friend.
Hey Old Outsider! (I think that's what "Laowhy" means. . .) fantastic story, so glad you made it home. My wife and I lived in Korea for several years (the good one in the South). I had a few trips to the PRC, and we both spent a week in Hong Kong. We are so glad to hear that you appreciate American freedoms, too few people really understand how rare they are. Even South Korea, however great their progress has been the past forty years, does not enjoy the degree of freedom of which too many Americans are ignorant. Keep up the good work, as we all grieve for Hong Kong.
It's incredibly frustrating to talk to my friends or family about China. When I say that tik tok is a CCP spy software they invariably go "well, google spies you all the time" and yes, while that is true, trying to explain to them why it's not the same is really difficult. They actually think the US is no different from China and that I am somehow just against chinese people.
Many Taiwanese people can understand your experience very well and many Taiwanese business people were the victims of this regime. Thanks for sharing your experience. It helps people in free world appreciate what they’ve got is precious. Please continue to let the world know the true China from someone who actually lived there.
That was a really scary time. Super relieved that everyone is out and the future is open. We had a ton of fun in China but I'm glad we got out when we did/could
That's the main problem with many people. For once when you visited China, you think its a great place to live and maybe work due to low costs living in some province etc. But when things gets soured, they criticised the system and missed the freedom, and forgetting the reason why they wanted to lived there knowing the system in the first place?
Probably when they got back home, they feel the freedom, but when the bills started pouring in, they may begin to realise had they actually make the right decisions? You can't changed the environment to suit you... Only you had to change yourself to suit the environment you planning to lived your life...
Prozzie, I called laowhy and Winston out for being full of shit over the years, but I want to say you always kept it real and that is why I always liked your channel more!
You are awarded the Claw of Courage for saving your friend and getting him and his family out of China by The Bear Claw Regime. We are a small force that defends the freedom of the western world, and defend life and liberty.
@@MLOO123 No, what they thought was that China was more like the US they came from only with lower cost of living. They were ill informed. Unlike China, the US is not a totalitarian state.
@@imerupp And how much does the CCP pay you monthly to lie?
Crazy stuff.... but on the lighter side: congrats on half a mill subs!
It's Allen! :-)
now 3/4 of a million!
Beautiful saying in this video , good advices , thank you 🙏✌
Of course the conviction rate for "crimes" is only 99%. If it were 100% people might get suspicious. As if it matters there. lol
I edited the comment so now you'll never know what I said lmaooo
Lmaooooo
I just posted that meme to my WhatsApp status a few minutes ago!
Tyler Kline *astronomia plays*
Tyler Kline together with you to the box
Chinese nationals be like NO MIND TO THINK
Step in or they will throw you in.
There's an old saying in the Chinese Communist Party about freedom and how it applies to the people in China. It goes something like: "The people of China will always be free as flying birds". "Birds flying in a cage".
More Americans need to hear this story. I don't feel like they have any idea what true oppression, dictatorship and suppression of speech means. Most people just don't realize how good we have it.
It’s happy to hear that you’re save now. Hope you can keep doing the thing what you want and what you love. Maybe CCP can control Your behavior, but CCP can’t control your mind of freedom. If you have one day can come to Taiwan, welcome!
As a Hong Konger I am glad that you leave China safely, I hope one day Hong Kong will become free city again.
Live long and prosper.
I have friends lives in Hong Kong
Please stay safe friend.
That day of free Hong Kong is not too far. North Indian astrologers are releasing every alternative day videos on you tube about unrest in China and its dismemberment. Before 2023. Good Luck. Let us pray God for the division of China not because of hatred but because it has become a threat to the international community. May God bless us all
@@Madraswala lol, asking help from GOD in Border matters seriously? You are pathetic. You should also ask your GOD to help you with coronavirus pandemic instead of lockdowns and hospitals.
I hope i live to see that day. Keep fighting I have hongkongers backs from Canada.
After following you and Winston for years, I am nearly in tears hearing your escape story.
@ Wait this isnt recently? So what actually happened? Im so confused
@ It's true that this happened few years ago and he didn't see anything different but do you have any proof that he lied?
So I'm finally catching up with you. I am so thankful Vivi is with you and your daughter will enjoy the freedom we have today.
"Truly, if you live in a western democracy you have no idea how lucky you are."
All those who have migrated to the US from the former USSR and Communist Europe, from Viet Nam, Communist China, Venezuela, Cuba, the Ayatollah's Iran, Nicaragua and many other places know this very well.
but young americans want authoritarianism under the guise of "security"
Oh, they are happy to be racially discriminated~
@Árpád Truth. In 30 years time it will be like how South Africa is now.
@@llkk290 Clearly you know little about USA society.
In plenty of cases communist europe was simply uncomparable to china today.
Here in Hungary, sure, we had communist law, buf it WAS rule of law.
This is a Hollywood movie right here " Escape from the Mainland"
It wasn't actually anything extraordinary. He got out in time. As he said, he wasn't exit banned (as he said). It's still not easy, and nervwrecking, but it's not like he had to escape china while being exit banned.
It's a nice thought, but Hollyweird's too eager to bend over for the CCP to green-light such a story.
We've already had escape from NY and escape from LA
Great escape
muuubiee
Like EXTRACTION movie on Netflix
Wow. What a powerful testimony. Glad you and your loved ones are out and safe.
My eyes got full of tears with that Liberty Statue footage at the end of your story
You need to do a TED talk on this.
Why? He has a TH-cam channel as a platform already.
Osama an how is he a puppet he’s not like those chinese propaganda tiktoks
This
RoxAnne Livengood It’s good to teach new audiences and spread this information to others who don’t usually watch about China
@Osama an be gone - china bot
RIP to Hong Kong, and glad you were able to escape safely you and your family!
I'm glad that your friend is now out of China. I can't imagine what they did to him his fellow Canadian during the two years he spent in jail while their exchange policy was living in a luxury villa in Vancouver.
You made the right decision. I was born and raised in Shanghai China, I escaped from China to Canada in 1998. Even though Shanghai is the best city in China but I still didn’t feel I had basic human rights and the air quality was so bad back then, so I give up everything in China moved to Canada. So far I don’t regret my decision, actuality it was the best decision made ever in my life!
you now have the freedom to travel to any country in the western world. good on you for escaping china before it got horrible.
This man is going to be telling his daughter how they escaped the Chinese Government... bad... ass.
The crazy thing is his daughter will be brainwashed by the US left as she grows up to hate America. I can honesty see her resenting him for taking her away from a "communist utopia". Very sad.
I wish he posted screenshots of those phone conversations, he could hide that anonymous guy's name everything he said in the video is by word of mouth
@@nitrobob89 xactly
@@nitrobob89 ummm i dont get it. May you help me understand?
@@Lisa-is2ty Do you know the crazy leftist rainbow hair activists there? Yeah, she's gonna be like that IF the Democrats brainwash her. Democrats always target non-white people to get more recruits of their tyrannical cause.
"They aren't mature enough to have a place on the world stage." Amen to that. Your vblogger efforts made it so easy for me to travel from Silicon Valley to China 6 times over the past 4 years. I developed deep friendships in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Shanghai. I am terribly sad for your family to have to leave. I am left with only one question: "How may I support you?" -Frank
Your stories are always interesting and important. We all hope for a better life for all residents of China. Glad that you and your family are safe and sound.
Welcome back. Glad to hear you made it out safe.
It's crazy. What caused me to leave China was my ex sending two guys to try and assault me. It was quite a violent scene and I am glad I had a nice big umbrella, which actually gave me the advantage. But that was IT! I went back to my apartment and purchased my ticket back to the states. The next morning I went to the office before opening and cleared out my shit. The few days after that were intense as I did what I could to get paid what was owed me and leave for good. I will never, ever go back.
By the way, I managed to work in an 8-day stop in Thailand when I left China. Within two days all of my China "environment" created health issues disappeared. The constant coughing, soar throat, the chronic laryngitis, the stomach pain (food poisoning), ALL GONE! Amazing.
A guy was dating his girlfriend and then her ex-boyfriend came and called his wannabe gangster buddy who pointed a gun at him. His whole life passed in front of his eyes.
Ever since that he is wearing a combat vest in public.
Now police are pointing guns at him.
True story from the USA.
(Naturally he's also carrying guns. And getting into even more trouble because of that. ... Even though it's not illegal, and neither is the vest.)
So glad you were able to get them out of there!
Im so glad you got out! My relatives dear friend is having a... very hard time getting out. He got in trouble because his friend was being investigated. His fellow American friend there was cought with a laptop with apparently an illegal program on it (I think it was a VPN kinda thing?) so he could have video chats with his family and outher things. So his friend got arrested in his home just hours of leaving his place. And of course he was guilty by association because they were both foreigners.
It was with insane luck and a dear friend/neighbor of his there gave him the heads up they were looking to talk to him and helped him skip town to lay low with a sympathetic relative. But updates on his whereabouts end about there roughly. It's unfortunately been a while since last contact, going on about six weeks now and they still haven't herd from him so... yeah.
Thank you for sharing your story. Have enjoyed yours and Winston's videos over the last few months, and the tightness of your escape is terrifying. During my year + in and out of China for work, I never felt that I might be in danger. But looking back - considering I often stayed at AirBnBs without checking into the local police station - and other, relatively minor infractions...given the climate you have described, post 2016, I was damned lucky I never got targeted.
I hope people who watch this understand why Hong Kongers fought so against extradition to China. The new NSA they implemented there is a travesty, and the citizens feel the same fear and despair as you, except they have limited options to leave.
Its easy to take for granted the rights and liberties we enjoy in western democracies.
Watching your videos, and other videos from people around the world reminds me of all the amazing freedoms we enjoy in America and other democracies.
All humans have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Really appreciate you sharing your story. Eye opening for sure. Thank you sir
Please continue to keep us up to date with what’s really going on.
From Las Vegas,
Sean
Very happy for you!!
Wow my heart was pounding listening to this... so glad you got your family out!
I first went to China almost 10 years ago and it's so sad seeing how things have changed :( My husband and I high-tailed it out of China this past February and I 100% get what you're saying, I'm SO grateful for all of the freedoms and the justice system and rights and general ease of life back home! I'm more patriotic than I've ever been!
Is your wife's family going to face any problems due to this? How does she feel?
We met in China but we're actually both originally from the US!
C milk I’m so happy you and your family are safe, thank you for the past 3 years of amazing insight regarding China, I seriously trust you and Winston more than pretty much any News outlet or journalist. I appreciate you and good luck
Dennis Hink I know, still glad though
Thanks for sharing. It just dawns on me that you call yourself Lao Why. Hilarious. Keep up the good work. I have subscribed both you and your South American friend’s channels.
I have been a happy "expat" in China for over 5 years, before all this madness happened (left in 2014), it is really sad hearing all of these... Is there a video telling the story of your friend running the tour company?
It's surprising to think that there are detectives in China who have time to be hunting down harmless youtubers, like they have nothing better to be doing...
Labor is cheap, and the Chinese government is flush with foreign cash and printing press hot money.
In all seriousness the Chinese government knows they can get away with anything as long as the masses think they have the "mandate of heaven" Exposing the truth about China, even while cheer-leading how great it is, is a threat to the party.
Well, it is communist country.....spies everywhere, no doubt.
They have better things to do, but theyre harder and don't win them as many favours as investigating outsiders. Insiders might any number of connections that could screw you over if you upset those parties/people
Harmless you Tuber? May look harmless as you seen, but from the Chinese government, he is not harmless. Why? Because he's a freaking "TH-cam" reporter, he was supposed to report what he told to report, like the rest of the world. To get out from the hell granted is trully a bless, but I doubt that you should be given any pity from what I seen you had been doing all the years. As said, advice for you, don't come back there
He is not harmless, he is dangerous to CCP
“If you live in a western democracy, you’ve no idea how lucky you are”
Wise words. I wish more people realised this.
Sadly, more and more Americans are losing their jobs for public non PC speech.
Wish someone would tell the young adults in our country the USA, They are fighting for Communism tooth and nail and they don't even know the half of it how bad Communism is, go to any Fox news upload and look at the comments section, they are there arguing till they fingers bout to fall off, they will deny every bit of evidence and common sense, to them it's just a giant competition ..my sides is better than yours, They are literally STUPID, taught nothing about history by professors who have been bought off by the CCP, Now they are seeing the fruits of their labor, getting Americans to destroy America for them
@@t8r507 yep, the decades of Soviet and CCP subversion are destroying america from the inside, and it really sucks... i dont know how people can be so blind to whats happening.
how much more evidence do they need when the communists are literally painting hammer and sickle Soviet icons everywhere lol.
@@tommyt8998 America doesn't qualify as a democracy anymore. The opinion of the public has virtually no impact on public policy, according to the 2018 Princeton study.
@@Big-Government-Is-The-Problem sadly when are we going to get up off our a$$ and remove these communist from our land.
Thank you for sharing. Praying for positive change.
You and your family are incredible!! Wow! I don’t know how may people could get out of China in your situation!