This was such a good open friendly video. Nothing held back, every spoke how they felt & still encouraged other to visit on their own will. ❤Informative yea🎉
9:06 I totally agree with her. The Chinese apps like Meituan and Gaode are ESSENTIAL for living in China, and the fact they don’t have English translation or EVEN PINYIN, makes basic life very difficult for foreigners. This is actually a huge barrier to tourism also as I tell my friends back home that China is way more difficult and not tourism friendly than other countries.
i agree with u but i think its a good thing they make it difficult (but not impossible) for westerners to immigrate. we all know what happened to japan and thailand as a result of this. it directly makes my life harder by having to learn the characters but honestly i dont think i would've went to china if they weren't so strict on keeping china predominantly chinese (with the internet, tourism, etc). we agree but i guess i have a different conclusion
i said i agree with u but i think its a good thing they make it difficult (but not impossible) otherwise it would end up like tha._iland or ja_pan. it forces u to actually care about the culture and have to commit to it, instead of just seeing it as a temporary cheap getaway and trash the place. nothing beats homogeneity and we know how mixing worked out in america, UK, etc. stats dont lie
@ I totally agree with you 👍 keeping the homogeneity is extremely important and I feel sad to see Japan being pressured to lose its homogeneity. Overall it’s a good thing that China is not so accessible and easy. It means that those who do commit to go there are a type of people more willing to adapt.
As an overseas Chinese, I don't think language is a barrier, you just have to learn it. For a turist visiting China, sure there is no need to learn Chinese, but if one is considering to settle in a foreign country, it is better to learn the local language. I live in Portugal, for an adult to aplpy for a long term residence permit, one of the conditions is having a A2 level proficiency in Portuguese. The things that truely make dificult for a foreigner to settle in China are the policies and bureaucracies. I worked for a couple of years in China for Portuguese companies, and I had to apply every year for the residence permit for work. Also, not every Chinese company is allowed to hire foreigners, those are the major barriers for foreigners to work in China. Also, foreigners don't enjoy Chinese social security, so they have to pay a lot of money to go to doctors. Lucky me, the companies I worked for had medical ensurance for all foreign workers, but not every company is willing to do so, since it is not cheap. Foreign kids are not allowed to study in Chinese public schools, they have to go international schools, which are prohibitively expensive. The CFO of one of the company I worked for paid 3000 USD a month for his kid to be in an american school. For a foreigner to constitute a company in China is very complicated, I gave up the idea after months of research and having a conversation with one of the Big 4. There is also no way for a foreigner to register as freelancer in Chinese tax system. Just my two cents.
If you can obtain a five-star card, you can settle it's not easy to obtain. Many other countries also require you to renew documents every so often if you are trying to stay as an immigrant for a long period of time.
very few people are able to get the five-star, one requirement is great contribution to the country, for example a popular content creator who is introducing China to the world. I will try to find people with this card to interview.
@aiden_qiuu That was the old way. There is no longer a significant contribution needed like a few years ago or being at the top of an industry. So there are actually different level 5-star cards. The first one is a spousal 5-star card, which only requires a marriage of 5 years and having worked on a work visa for 5 years. This one is good for people close to retirement; if you still need to work, you still need to have a work visa. Basically, it's only good for entry and exit out of China. The next level up requires a yearly salary of 780,000 RMB. pre-tax for five years. so yes, that's a salary of 65 000 RMB a month pre-tax, so people here teaching won't get one; however, china is rich in business opportunities, and many people doing business and trade do make that, so it becomes an option for them. Now, this is also the requirement for a five-star card in a tier-one city like Guangzhou, where I live. The lower the tiered city, the less the requirements. I've met a handful of people who have obtained a five-star card in the past few years, unlike before covid, I had never met a single person with the old chinese green card.
With regards to apps not having translation options in China, a good idea is to screenshot things and put them through translation apps. The guy who said that Chinese food has too much seasoning, I would recommend for him to try some Southern Chinese cuisine such as Hangzhou cuisine as it is much lighter in flavour then the food in the North of China, Chinese cuisine is very varied depending on the region
@@mariarak8328 do you know how ridiculous that is to screenshot every page, go to your camera AI translation app and translate it, then go back to Meituan, scroll further down, screenshot again and then leave app, open translation app, insert new screenshot image. You srsly think this is convenient ?
I absolutely agree, as a foreigner i've never found such a diverse variety of spices and tastes in any other country so i think its just about trying foods from different provinces and being open to experience all china has to offer
China with a huge population and its hard to manage such big population. Thetefore can unserstand their reluctanxe to admit more people into the country😮.
It's not about the population. These people is not growing up and educated in China. They maybe love China but they just like the convenience in China they just like good things. They are not Chinese blood so most of them will not understand what is China.
The puppies are too cute lolol! It is so funny seeing a Carribean guy saying there's too many spices haha! Btw Aiden you've got a gift for interviewing! I hope to see your channel grow and expand into different avenues! Keep it up! 加油!
Yes, I think it is because East Asian countries are not immigrant countries, but are more homogenized countries. Especially when the people around you are all so-called Asian faces, and you are a foreign face, it will be difficult for you to integrate into the society, because there will always be people who have never seen you before, and they will always treat you as if you just arrived in this country.
@@breadman5048 It's not even a real country, it's a disputed region, it's part of the Republic of China, that's written in their constitution.We were talking about East Asian countries in the traditional sense.Stop playing word games or boring political games with me, it only makes you look stupid bro💩
Here's the situation during covid time in China, let's start with a story. I was in Hainan island with a very close friend, he is white American. I have heard many stories from him about the covid time how he was treated poorly. For example, restaurants, taxi driver, shopping malls refuse to serve foreigners. like if you are foreign you cannot get in the mall/restaurant/car. So basically people are trying to avoid foreigners, once we were in a small grocery store, an old Chinese lady saw him and immediately put the mask back on her face. Here's the reason, the gov said that covid was from outside of China, therefore many non-government media channels are spreading news about this and somehow foreigners (people relate it with people that just came from outside of China), they might carry this covid, that's how everything started. Also, Chinese who just came back outside of China were treated poorly either, especially online, if you post anything on social media about you just came back to China, people would comment: leave China and don't bring virus here...etc...I was one of them who return back to China in 2020, but I didn't post anything.
Chinese people would never understand this situation, only foreigners who were in China could relate to this experience. That's why many people left China, like I don't want to be treated like a walk-virus-man ...it wasn't the government's fault, it was the social media channels, they are popular for the fake information. especially WeChat video channel.
during covid19 time, China practice zero infection policy, when Chinese meet a different race people, they are more tend to assume this person came in China recently and less tend to assume this person live through the lockdown with them. you live in a zero infection society and you identify a person came from other place don't apply this kind of policy, what will you react, of course you will more alarm toward those person.
the government didnot said covid was from outside of China, the government said the area apply zero infection policy people have more chance infected by people from areas don't apply zero infection policy not the reverse way. if you can give people the impression you live inside the zero infection area the whole time, people don't give a damn what race you are.
I think you're mistaken, China never said covid was from outside of China (even though many western experts, including Jeffery Sachs, have since suggested it may have originated from US biotechnology). But what was freaking out Chinese people at the time is that foreign countries had WAY MORE covid cases than China. And the ignorance of some people meant they illogically associated any foreigner with a heightened chance of infection .
I also agree china was much more fun and interesting before 2008. Even though china is more rich now, the sad thing is all the same boring shopping malls and consumer culture. Before people were more original and less consumeristic. Not so worried about fashion and social media and trying to appear rich. Chengdu in 2006 was like heaven. So much fun and really felt free.
As a chinese, nowadays is much better. Before it was better for foreigners, not for chinese people. Every place is a heaven when they treat you like kings. Every place is a hell when they treat you like a third class citizen. For me China is heaven, and the West is hell.
they still haven`t introduced a long term residence permits. the immigration policies are very strict. even if you work legally, you have to prolongate the work permit each year, if you wan`t to change work place you have to apply for a new work permit, etc etc. Hope they fix that and introduce at least long term residence permits for foreigners . Even those who marry Chinese citizens, in majority of times cannot get a 5 star green card, coz it`s a pain in the ass: 5 years of marriage, own house, 200000yuan deposit for who knows what reason, etc. I kinda understand their policy : " China is for Chinese first", but being completely foreign repellent in 21th century, like North Korea, ain`t right.
@@allenclw3361 It's forgivable if don't know the language in 4 years, but after that, you should at least know the basics, enough to communicate with others. 9 years not learning mandarin is unacceptable.
People density USA - 38 per sq km; China - 149 per sq km Too many people in China so there should be less immigrants whereas America should accept more immigrants...
Thank You for making this video! Actually it's a huge help for me right now,because I really want to visit China, perhaps in 2-3 months, as a tourist first, and really really planning to stay there for a longer time (maybe for a life time)😊 I can't explain it why, but I feel like if belong to there.❤
@ yeah,I am Chinese,welcome to China,You can leave your contact number ,instagram or other app . If you need any help, you can ask me. hope you can leave a good memory in China😊
If you are there as a foreign tourist, just use a translation app, at least in East Asia th peoples are patient enough to do that with you. But learn just a few everyday basic words without having to use the app. But if you've already been there for 9 years, and you can't speak basic sentences to get by, one wonders what kind of efforts she has made. Same thing when I was in France, people generally won't speak English to you. You've got to at least make some efforts in French, babe. And one must be crazy to go to China thinking you can get by everywhere in English. It's akin to saying a Chinese going over to western countries because they think Mandarin is spoken by everyone. English is a lingua franca, but in some parts of the world, people don't actually use English in their daily communication to be conversational with it.
I lived in China for years, and speak fluent Chinese (to the point where people think I'm Chinese until they see my white face). Despite this, I'm always an outsider and get treated as one. The constant "waiguoren" (foreigner) shouts daily, the big fuss of a foreigner hanging out with a new Chinese group (just treat me normally bro), the bizarre situation where someone will ask "does he speak Chinese?" to either friend or gf and once we've established I do they still continue NOT to talk to me directly. Until recently many hotels wouldn't accept foreigners (now it's law that they must). It doesn't come from a bad place, but it's the common things that long-term foreigners struggle with daily as it makes you feel like a thing rather than a human. Also, even if you speak the language, there's a lot more restrictions on foreigners that are easier to use a Chinese person. Then, there's the job and business opportunities -- this is quite common amongst asian nations, but, there's always some weird restriction in the law which you end up breaking and so you could always get in trouble (for example, if I were to open a business and I am providing a service not in the specific location of my work visa I would be technically breaking the law. While in practice you might not get in trouble 90% of the time, the 10% of the time you have to be careful so as not to get put in jail or heavily fined.) In my opinion, China is great when you first move there. But the longer you stay, the harder it gets to have a "normal" life. This is a complete contrast to western countries for foreigners where it's hard to get in, but once you are in with residence you have access to a completely open market where all laws are the same for locals and foreigners.
@ it’s the constant reminder. The constant highlighting. I migrated to a second western country growing up and 7 years in I was treated like a local. Would never happen in Asia. Never.
Act funny ? People may stare sometimes, but they usually don't mean anything sinister. Don't keep onion skin. People may stare but they aren't judgmental. People are'nt judgmental. Difficulty in language ? It's up to foreigners to learn.
China's five-star cards (similar to green cards in the United States) are issued to a small number of people each year, and only those who have made significant contributions to China or Chinese spouses who meet the requirements can get five-star cards. Because China is not a country of immigrants.
I don’t think you have the exposure and skill to interview people. You tend to ask questions like a textbook type which are incoherent to the interviewers and at times you are dumbstruck to a conversation which inadvertently makes the interviewee uncomfortable. At times you seem to lack the confidence in probing a conversation, like repeating a question, probably due to a lack in skill in engaging a two way conversation. Anyway I gave credit to you in making an attempt to gauge people’s opinions.
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This was such a good open friendly video. Nothing held back, every spoke how they felt & still encouraged other to visit on their own will. ❤Informative yea🎉
9:06 I totally agree with her. The Chinese apps like Meituan and Gaode are ESSENTIAL for living in China, and the fact they don’t have English translation or EVEN PINYIN, makes basic life very difficult for foreigners. This is actually a huge barrier to tourism also as I tell my friends back home that China is way more difficult and not tourism friendly than other countries.
i agree with u but i think its a good thing they make it difficult (but not impossible) for westerners to immigrate. we all know what happened to japan and thailand as a result of this. it directly makes my life harder by having to learn the characters but honestly i dont think i would've went to china if they weren't so strict on keeping china predominantly chinese (with the internet, tourism, etc). we agree but i guess i have a different conclusion
bruh am i shadow banned. edit: yes i am, i literally HATE this app jesus christ cant even have an opinion anymore
i said i agree with u but i think its a good thing they make it difficult (but not impossible) otherwise it would end up like tha._iland or ja_pan. it forces u to actually care about the culture and have to commit to it, instead of just seeing it as a temporary cheap getaway and trash the place. nothing beats homogeneity and we know how mixing worked out in america, UK, etc. stats dont lie
@ I totally agree with you 👍 keeping the homogeneity is extremely important and I feel sad to see Japan being pressured to lose its homogeneity.
Overall it’s a good thing that China is not so accessible and easy. It means that those who do commit to go there are a type of people more willing to adapt.
“Learn Chinese” - MC Jin
As a Chinese, I think what they said is very objective.
As an overseas Chinese, I don't think language is a barrier, you just have to learn it. For a turist visiting China, sure there is no need to learn Chinese, but if one is considering to settle in a foreign country, it is better to learn the local language. I live in Portugal, for an adult to aplpy for a long term residence permit, one of the conditions is having a A2 level proficiency in Portuguese.
The things that truely make dificult for a foreigner to settle in China are the policies and bureaucracies. I worked for a couple of years in China for Portuguese companies, and I had to apply every year for the residence permit for work. Also, not every Chinese company is allowed to hire foreigners, those are the major barriers for foreigners to work in China.
Also, foreigners don't enjoy Chinese social security, so they have to pay a lot of money to go to doctors. Lucky me, the companies I worked for had medical ensurance for all foreign workers, but not every company is willing to do so, since it is not cheap.
Foreign kids are not allowed to study in Chinese public schools, they have to go international schools, which are prohibitively expensive. The CFO of one of the company I worked for paid 3000 USD a month for his kid to be in an american school.
For a foreigner to constitute a company in China is very complicated, I gave up the idea after months of research and having a conversation with one of the Big 4. There is also no way for a foreigner to register as freelancer in Chinese tax system.
Just my two cents.
3000 US dollar😮
If you can obtain a five-star card, you can settle it's not easy to obtain. Many other countries also require you to renew documents every so often if you are trying to stay as an immigrant for a long period of time.
very few people are able to get the five-star, one requirement is great contribution to the country, for example a popular content creator who is introducing China to the world. I will try to find people with this card to interview.
@aiden_qiuu That was the old way. There is no longer a significant contribution needed like a few years ago or being at the top of an industry. So there are actually different level 5-star cards. The first one is a spousal 5-star card, which only requires a marriage of 5 years and having worked on a work visa for 5 years. This one is good for people close to retirement; if you still need to work, you still need to have a work visa. Basically, it's only good for entry and exit out of China. The next level up requires a yearly salary of 780,000 RMB. pre-tax for five years. so yes, that's a salary of 65 000 RMB a month pre-tax, so people here teaching won't get one; however, china is rich in business opportunities, and many people doing business and trade do make that, so it becomes an option for them. Now, this is also the requirement for a five-star card in a tier-one city like Guangzhou, where I live. The lower the tiered city, the less the requirements. I've met a handful of people who have obtained a five-star card in the past few years, unlike before covid, I had never met a single person with the old chinese green card.
The West, especially Anglo countries, welcomed immigrants and now the rise of Far Right in their countries. 🤔
Great Job Aiden, im looking forward to seeing many more videos, you are a good interviewer, keep it up 👍
With regards to apps not having translation options in China, a good idea is to screenshot things and put them through translation apps. The guy who said that Chinese food has too much seasoning, I would recommend for him to try some Southern Chinese cuisine such as Hangzhou cuisine as it is much lighter in flavour then the food in the North of China, Chinese cuisine is very varied depending on the region
Yes southern Chinese cuisine is lighter
@@mariarak8328 do you know how ridiculous that is to screenshot every page, go to your camera AI translation app and translate it, then go back to Meituan, scroll further down, screenshot again and then leave app, open translation app, insert new screenshot image.
You srsly think this is convenient ?
I absolutely agree, as a foreigner i've never found such a diverse variety of spices and tastes in any other country so i think its just about trying foods from different provinces and being open to experience all china has to offer
China with a huge population and its hard to manage such big population. Thetefore can unserstand their reluctanxe to admit more people into the country😮.
We have accepted refugees before. It’s not that we are cold-blooded, but the lessons of history are too profound!
Manage a population??!
It's not about the population. These people is not growing up and educated in China. They maybe love China but they just like the convenience in China they just like good things. They are not Chinese blood so most of them will not understand what is China.
they welcome ceo's with millions lol
@@daltonwyant5154 like you guys manage palistine and ukraine population! best money spent
The puppies are too cute lolol! It is so funny seeing a Carribean guy saying there's too many spices haha! Btw Aiden you've got a gift for interviewing! I hope to see your channel grow and expand into different avenues! Keep it up! 加油!
Thank you !
It is hard for foreigners to settle down Not only in china but whole East Asian countries.
Yes, I think it is because East Asian countries are not immigrant countries, but are more homogenized countries. Especially when the people around you are all so-called Asian faces, and you are a foreign face, it will be difficult for you to integrate into the society, because there will always be people who have never seen you before, and they will always treat you as if you just arrived in this country.
I don’t think that’s true.. probably Taiwan, Phillipines, Thailand are easier
@ bro we said East Asian Countries,what are you talking about 😅
@@左家垅扛把 you don't consider Taiwan east asian?
@@breadman5048 It's not even a real country, it's a disputed region, it's part of the Republic of China, that's written in their constitution.We were talking about East Asian countries in the traditional sense.Stop playing word games or boring political games with me, it only makes you look stupid bro💩
Here's the situation during covid time in China, let's start with a story. I was in Hainan island with a very close friend, he is white American. I have heard many stories from him about the covid time how he was treated poorly. For example, restaurants, taxi driver, shopping malls refuse to serve foreigners. like if you are foreign you cannot get in the mall/restaurant/car. So basically people are trying to avoid foreigners, once we were in a small grocery store, an old Chinese lady saw him and immediately put the mask back on her face. Here's the reason, the gov said that covid was from outside of China, therefore many non-government media channels are spreading news about this and somehow foreigners (people relate it with people that just came from outside of China), they might carry this covid, that's how everything started. Also, Chinese who just came back outside of China were treated poorly either, especially online, if you post anything on social media about you just came back to China, people would comment: leave China and don't bring virus here...etc...I was one of them who return back to China in 2020, but I didn't post anything.
Chinese people would never understand this situation, only foreigners who were in China could relate to this experience. That's why many people left China, like I don't want to be treated like a walk-virus-man ...it wasn't the government's fault, it was the social media channels, they are popular for the fake information. especially WeChat video channel.
during covid19 time, China practice zero infection policy, when Chinese meet a different race people, they are more tend to assume this person came in China recently and less tend to assume this person live through the lockdown with them. you live in a zero infection society and you identify a person came from other place don't apply this kind of policy, what will you react, of course you will more alarm toward those person.
the government didnot said covid was from outside of China, the government said the area apply zero infection policy people have more chance infected by people from areas don't apply zero infection policy not the reverse way. if you can give people the impression you live inside the zero infection area the whole time, people don't give a damn what race you are.
@@fireflyd-q3v true true, just like how some asian are treated in America during covid time, thank you for sharing
I think you're mistaken, China never said covid was from outside of China (even though many western experts, including Jeffery Sachs, have since suggested it may have originated from US biotechnology). But what was freaking out Chinese people at the time is that foreign countries had WAY MORE covid cases than China. And the ignorance of some people meant they illogically associated any foreigner with a heightened chance of infection .
Very fair and objective responses
I also agree china was much more fun and interesting before 2008.
Even though china is more rich now, the sad thing is all the same boring shopping malls and consumer culture.
Before people were more original and less consumeristic. Not so worried about fashion and social media and trying to appear rich.
Chengdu in 2006 was like heaven. So much fun and really felt free.
As a chinese, nowadays is much better.
Before it was better for foreigners, not for chinese people.
Every place is a heaven when they treat you like kings.
Every place is a hell when they treat you like a third class citizen.
For me China is heaven, and the West is hell.
As a chinese, nowadays is much better.
Before it was better for foreigners, not for chinese people.
Many foreigners cannot speak fluent in Chinese so how to get a permanent residency in China???
因为他们 特权少了，以前被 尊为 洋大人。所以他们觉得中国以前好
终于有中文评论了，我自己很想知道还有哪些区别，过去的中国和现在。我还听说了以前的限制更少，互联网也没有限制，或者是人们更纯朴，更像现在的东南亚
It seems Western countries are better than before for Chinese people. A lot have migrated in the last 10 years.
是的， kfc也这么想，以前那个大长队排的。。。😂 现在早餐都要卖粥了, it was better indeed.
@@EB-jf5oior China has developed, many can afford to travel legally and freely. 😁
@@radiosparrow851 Not travelling. Migrating.
Aiden could you had the comment you said you will post about the foreigner situation during th pandemic?
Yes I just posted it in the comments
The British lady living in China for 9 years answered the interviewers questions very eloquently.
There's a huge African village in kwangchou
I am really enjoying your videos, you ask very interesting questions and you are good at interviewing people I look forward to your future videos.
Thank you!
they still haven`t introduced a long term residence permits. the immigration policies are very strict. even if you work legally, you have to prolongate the work permit each year, if you wan`t to change work place you have to apply for a new work permit, etc etc. Hope they fix that and introduce at least long term residence permits for foreigners . Even those who marry Chinese citizens, in majority of times cannot get a 5 star green card, coz it`s a pain in the ass: 5 years of marriage, own house, 200000yuan deposit for who knows what reason, etc. I kinda understand their policy : " China is for Chinese first", but being completely foreign repellent in 21th century, like North Korea, ain`t right.
back ur country
wait is this in hong kong or mainlaind china?
My dream is to come to China for a long time if I can find an opportunity.
5:50 she thinks this is a bad thing. But I think this is a good thing and I am a foreigner. Protect the social harmony
She has been there for 9 years and she did not bother learning the language.
I don't get it
@ yep that tells me all I need to know about her. She is an economic opportunist and not someone who wants to contribute or embrace Chinese culture.
Anyways China doesn't really have the space to be accepting all these foreign citizens, it makes sense why they are super strict about immigration.
Hmm seems like my replies to this thread are being deleted
@@allenclw3361 It's forgivable if don't know the language in 4 years, but after that, you should at least know the basics, enough to communicate with others. 9 years not learning mandarin is unacceptable.
People density
USA - 38 per sq km; China - 149 per sq km
Too many people in China so there should be less immigrants whereas America should accept more immigrants...
3:50 Don't you think it is because you were a handsome young man back then, but now you are an old married uncle lol?
Looool
Thank You for making this video! Actually it's a huge help for me right now,because I really want to visit China, perhaps in 2-3 months, as a tourist first, and really really planning to stay there for a longer time (maybe for a life time)😊 I can't explain it why, but I feel like if belong to there.❤
Where are you from? Have you been to China?
@ 你是中国人吗？我是匈牙利人。我从来没去过中国😊
@ 我的答案消失了😲你是中国人吗？我是匈牙利人。我从来没去过中国😊
@@KenKevin-pp6fp no， i haven't。 😊
@ yeah,I am Chinese,welcome to China,You can leave your contact number ,instagram or other app . If you need any help, you can ask me. hope you can leave a good memory in China😊
If you are there as a foreign tourist, just use a translation app, at least in East Asia th peoples are patient enough to do that with you. But learn just a few everyday basic words without having to use the app. But if you've already been there for 9 years, and you can't speak basic sentences to get by, one wonders what kind of efforts she has made. Same thing when I was in France, people generally won't speak English to you. You've got to at least make some efforts in French, babe. And one must be crazy to go to China thinking you can get by everywhere in English. It's akin to saying a Chinese going over to western countries because they think Mandarin is spoken by everyone. English is a lingua franca, but in some parts of the world, people don't actually use English in their daily communication to be conversational with it.
Meanwhile in Europe, "yet another Chinese shop at the corner". Why do we let it happen? Are we crazy?
China need more open on outsider and ppl to ppl connect and friensship❤❤ As china is Super power So need more openess .open heart ❤️ welcom..
Same here, I won't think I can live my whole life in the US
I lived in China for years, and speak fluent Chinese (to the point where people think I'm Chinese until they see my white face). Despite this, I'm always an outsider and get treated as one. The constant "waiguoren" (foreigner) shouts daily, the big fuss of a foreigner hanging out with a new Chinese group (just treat me normally bro), the bizarre situation where someone will ask "does he speak Chinese?" to either friend or gf and once we've established I do they still continue NOT to talk to me directly. Until recently many hotels wouldn't accept foreigners (now it's law that they must). It doesn't come from a bad place, but it's the common things that long-term foreigners struggle with daily as it makes you feel like a thing rather than a human. Also, even if you speak the language, there's a lot more restrictions on foreigners that are easier to use a Chinese person. Then, there's the job and business opportunities -- this is quite common amongst asian nations, but, there's always some weird restriction in the law which you end up breaking and so you could always get in trouble (for example, if I were to open a business and I am providing a service not in the specific location of my work visa I would be technically breaking the law. While in practice you might not get in trouble 90% of the time, the 10% of the time you have to be careful so as not to get put in jail or heavily fined.)
In my opinion, China is great when you first move there. But the longer you stay, the harder it gets to have a "normal" life. This is a complete contrast to western countries for foreigners where it's hard to get in, but once you are in with residence you have access to a completely open market where all laws are the same for locals and foreigners.
Thank you so much for sharing, it is 100% true
Hard to get in? Literally everybody enters legal and illegally and that's one of the big problems in the west.
But you are a foreigner. Just because you speak chinese doesn't make you a local.
@ it’s the constant reminder. The constant highlighting. I migrated to a second western country growing up and 7 years in I was treated like a local. Would never happen in Asia. Never.
Thank you Aiden for yet another great great video! What is controversial exactly? I only see very valuable information...😉☺️✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🍀🕊️
The controversial part is: people will say if you don’t like China, why don’t you leave 😂😂😭😭
@@aiden_qiuu ;-)
CHINA MAINLAND NOT TAIWAN
English is a colonial language. China wint accept that
Caribbean guy must not eat spicy scotch bonnet from Caribbean
1:25 the fact that people don't speak english can't be a con... You just should speak chinese
Which African country? Africa is revamping its immigration rules.
Act funny ? People may stare sometimes, but they usually don't mean anything sinister. Don't
keep onion skin. People may stare but they aren't judgmental. People are'nt judgmental.
Difficulty in language ? It's up to foreigners to learn.
6:15 the you g lady speaking truth !
yess
China shall offer green cards to international students who graduate from Chinese top universites.
China's five-star cards (similar to green cards in the United States) are issued to a small number of people each year, and only those who have made significant contributions to China or Chinese spouses who meet the requirements can get five-star cards. Because China is not a country of immigrants.
China don't need people,too many Chinese are still poor
Nope. That's an open door to imperialism
Hong Kong? Lol, be more honest. you are from Mainland China and your interviews reflect that.
where does he say that ?
Why don’t you just enjoy my friend
12:13
你带着高新技术和资金，不管哪个国家都会欢迎你移民吧？
I don’t think you have the exposure and skill to interview people. You tend to ask questions like a textbook type which are incoherent to the interviewers and at times you are dumbstruck to a conversation which inadvertently makes the interviewee uncomfortable. At times you seem to lack the confidence in probing a conversation, like repeating a question, probably due to a lack in skill in engaging a two way conversation. Anyway I gave credit to you in making an attempt to gauge people’s opinions.
Take all arabs and africans in china.. we have too many of it in europe
But there already is more than twice the amount of people in China than Europe 😅
@never4ever386 doesn't harm.. all city ppl together in one country
NATO ruined northern Africa and middle east, and created the refuge problems, so it is karma after all.
@@tyson00001 You’re not making any sense. China is already twice as crowded. Try using your brain for once.
Clean ur own mess, dont ask other to clean ur own mess from midle east.
President Kennedy:
Ask not what the country can do for YOU,
but ask what you can do for the COUNTRY!
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