Do You Have Marco Polo Syndrome?
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Marco Polo Syndrome. The idea that you are going to be the first person to discover a place. You will meet a ton of expats in China with this trait, and they will often find tiny little cities to call their own. They often feel challenged or anti-foreigner when confronted with the fact that they are not the only ones there. Today we talk about this in depth.
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hey long time fan, sorry to her about the current political situation in china atm must be such a drag. i feel like ive watched most of your videos so sorry if youve done this before but can you do one on shoplifting, i understand pick pocketing is rampant but is it te same with stealing from shops. please shot me out if you decide to do a video
Too late because I subbed back in 2010 and never unsubbed, so, oops? Then, it's China Vlogger. History in China, Winston style!
Check out cmilk old one as well ;)
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lol Winston so casual as his friend drowns.
You can tell he was wearing the shoes he cared about.
Thanks for peppering in those clips from South Africa. It's a hard thing to talk about, but if you let people at least see it they will understand. Nobody believes it until they see it with their own eyes.
Totally agreed. I had no idea that kinda shit happens in africa. That is one messed up country.
Nationalist China and South African blacks are aligned in a lot of perceptions
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thanks to lauren southern for bringing the boer situation in SA to the rest of the world, no matter what you think of her it needs to be seen
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Talk about the Boer wards or the apartheid and suppression and oppression of native South African whose land was robbed by the white European.
Definitely miss these bike rides
It was the reason I subbed
I surprise all my Chinese co-workers with knowledge and observations you guys have shared over the years
I like the "Road less travelled" format
Well done!
Ignore the haters - just carry on doing what you are doing - each of us has a choice to subscribe or not - Keep it up!!
How does this sound? "Don't kill black people, for now"
fair
''You cant predict the future'' is the most stupid excuse i've ever heard.. is it even an excuse? or does he not see anything wrong with that statement?
R. DB Technically it isn’t worse, but practically it is. That’s because the media never covers it, they only care about “white privilege” or “white supremacy”.
The road goes very well with the buildings.
This is the quality content I subscribed for.
G Man 😂👍🏻
lmfao....like you pay for it or something. Dont take some kind of credit cowboy!
I think a lot of people don’t realise that you’re basically a business, they don’t like it because you’ll charge to see certain videos etc.
You’ve gotta make a living somehow, good luck to yous both.
I appreciate you inserting some most clips about the political situation in South Africa. Most people are rather apathetic or ill-informed about what's going on in ZA.
As an expat in China, I appreciate what you do! I first came to China eight years ago and completely migrated here four years ago. I discovered your videos last year and I look forward to watching every video. Keep up the good work!
My first trip in China was 1994 and I still appreciate your good videos. The negative comments on your blog are made by jealous or envious people because they didn’t have the guts to do good and honest videos (pros & cons) like you are doing both of you.
I've watched a lot of your videos over the past year or more and I have never heard you guys claim to be experts. I was never led to believe you guys were experts and the main reason I love your videos is because you come across as two very normal guys sharing your observations and adventures in China. Let the haters hate, you just keep doing your own thing!
much love to you guys for actually telling it how it is, keep up the great vids. Lived in China before and have to say in my opinion you guys are spot on
I tried watching other TH-camrs in China and they are just too whiny boring and ignorant. As well as badly filmed and edited. So I stay with your channel.
I love what you two are doing. I first discovered SerpentZA from Collin Abroadcast's Fake Yeezy store video when it was trending, which made me watch more of his videos until one featured SerpentZA and that led me to here. China is such a foreign country and mysterious to me that I love that you two explore and show what it is like to live there. Never stop what you guys are doing!
Chicken Biscuits that’s the same video that got me hooked on ZerpentZa and eventually C-milk as well!
Having lived in rural China and Beijing for a few years, I really appreciate your videos covering some of the less covered aspects of China, especially coverage of more rural locations.
Completely agree that many Chinese from big cities have not been to a lot of the rural places you visited in your documentaries.
Will continue to watch your videos.
I have followed your videos for the past 8 years .I think you have done a a great job at showing China its good and bad light. But as with any place to fair you will see the good and bad. I started out watching serpentza about 10 years or so ago and have been follow guys ever sens. I went to China with my wife in 2006 she was born in Qingdao and fell in with it. I just wish I had been able to watch all of your videos before I gone. so I want to say thank for all good work you two have done and be safe.
Sorry to hear about the grief you guys get. As an expat living in China, I always look to forward to every Monday to see what you guys come up with; it's usually pretty informative.
Empty high rises along with Winston and C-Milk fighting wet crappy roads. Classic ADV China.
I'm an "old guy" expat Aussie and I've been here for almost 5 years now. I am definitely NOT like one of those other "old guys" you described. Winston's videos are part of the reason that inspired me to move to China. It was going to be for one year and now it's five. Not sure if I can stay longer because of the strict visa laws now. But I love your videos, because they really do show it like it is, both the good and the not-so-good. Keep 'em coming, and ignore the haters. Haters will hate no matter how much common sense or facts you try and drum into them. The problem is within themselves, not with you guys.
So did you move back to Australia?
I dunno what all the fuss is about. Your videos are great ( only found you guys recently and I'm binge watching you like a box set of some old sitcom ) and I've suddenly got a load of new music faves on my spotify. Stay awesome!
From where I sit, I find that the two of you are not only two of the coolest people, you are inspiring and very entertaining. Thank you for doing what you do because it is awesome!
I learn as much from the drives and the roadside scenery as your conversation while driving, which I think is a great format.
Keep it up guys. I love watching your channels. 😁
The amount of determination in the the mud and trying to learn culture,language, and making videos, etc.. is all so f-ing awesome that many folks are just jealous of y’alls accomplishments 👍🏼
Love your videos. The thing that is striking watching them is the disconnect between the urban looking landscape and the almost empty roads you drive on.
I literally discovered this channel yesterday, and have been binge watching them since then! Great videos guys, love the conversation and the scenery. China really is a fascinating place. Keep up the good work!
the drone footage at the end is surreal
There's a kind of expat one-upmanship in Taiwan, and it looks to be much the same over there. Foreigners here are often not friendly to one another, often deliberately looking away or pretending not to see other foreigners in the street, even in places where foreigners are not common. Online expat communities are often cancer. I always called the phenomenon Robinson Crusoe mentality, but Marco Polo syndrome describes it aptly as well. Whenever I find myself criticizing another foreigner's Mandarin, I always remind myself that I've never actually listened to a recording of myself, so I might be even worse.
People become expats for different reasons and they all think that their reason is fine, but in reality most expats think they magically found a paradise on their own and were somehow special in that regard. Once someone else shows up, the attention gets divided until expats become "normal". Once they're "normal" then it isn't special, or a paradise.
We're weird.
(but think about it... if we LEAVE somewhere to have a certain lifestyle, and then more and more people show up from where we left, then the new place becomes like the old place.)
True.
I love what you are doing. These videos are intellectually honest and very refreshing. Thank you please do many more.
Both of your vlogs, which I came to independently (most likely as a result of youtubes algorithms, but clicked on by me) have been really helpful to me. Its the sort of information I want, not just a wikipedia paragraph with little context. Keep it up!
May I make a suggestion?... Make a video about those houses and buildings that are falling apart. I have a hard time believing these were only 5 years old, so I would like see why I should not invest in China's Real Estate or perhaps come to manage them. Keep up the good work and don't let yourself be influenced by those who don't understand the good you are doing.
that is next weeks video
Meanwhile, a number of houses here in Stockholm that people live in were built in the 1600s. The foundations of a number of other houses in Stockholm are from the 1300s. (The oldest building in Sweden that people live in is from 1240, located in the World Heritage city of Visby, but that was a storage facility, remade to a house not much more than a 100 years ago)., Sorry, but the source is in Swedish: www.avestatidning.com/artikel/allmant/har-finns-sveriges-aldsta-hyreshus The house I live in is just 15 years old. It feels "new" to me.
Winston hasn't bought a house and doesn't plan to because the houses their fall apart in few years.
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Why would you want to burn your money in China's house anyway? China has the biggest housing bubble ever.
It's an easy question and a complicated answer. For starters commodity prices dropped and fell through the floor. They were investing in them before the crash of 2007. The state demands 7 % growth rates, and the norm is 2-4%, driving up inflation yet wages remain stagnant. Confucious ideas very much exist in China despite the communist revolution, and it is a caste system. The Maintenance business is not driven by free market prices, never has been and the wage for the cooli is determined by the state to control inflation even further. Their's lack of trained maintenance people and shortages due to outlawing guilds and unions.
I am also interested to understand if there is some kind of widespread mentality that allows poor work to be done. Do the Chinese tend toward a "good-enough" attitude or any other general work ethic problems? I consider Chinese business and products unmatched in the world market place, with China doing things that are untenable anywhere else. And I have heard that president Xi is interested to overcome stereotypes and usher in an age of technological advancement and quality. This begs the question. Are quality and effort taught at home in China? How much does the majority of China care about it's output?
You guys and your vlogs are awesome. Those who think otherwise can go elsewhere. Stay awesome and a big thumbs up to you!
I love y'alls videos. Very informative stuff and there's nothing better than live exploration to show what a place is actually like.
Dudes - your ranty videos are the best. They contain great little insights, like Winston's final observations about not intending to learn Chinese. Pure gold. Both you guys are great.
Winston, up to his axle in water and mud, "Oh, this is annoying." - that's so restrained :-) - followed by Matthew - "Oh s**t."
*THANK YOU BRO FOR THE REALLY INTERESTING VIDEO. I LOVE YOU*
Well, I personally LOVE you guys! You are doing the things that I am exactly interested in! I want to see the shops, the streets, the views, the buildings, the people, the food, everything! I watch every video from all the channels. I think you are great, and just know that in my friend groups of professionals and travelers; we view you very highly!
I love how y'all kept your cool while going through that mud. Just kept on vlogging. As a small TH-camr I get a lot of haters sometimes, and it can be quite discouraging. But, you know, it's the internet. No matter what someone is gonna dislike you, someone is gonna disagree and someone's gonna be crazy. Can't let it get to ya. Just keep doing what you do.
This is the kind of content and adventuring I subscribed for great video guys
Yes sir, you guys really know how to have a good time.
Thanks for making so many videos guys. I'm glad you were able to get your motorcycles out of that rut. Have A Nice Day :)
Fantastic stuff guys! Looking forward to seeing those catastrophe villas in more detail
Well I love ya’ll and recommend people to watch your channel.
Wait what? This is up 6 hours and no real hate comment? No one posting big words in capital letters? Pityful! I am unsubbing!!!!!1111 Nah ;) Keep up the great work guys.
DISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM!
YOUR vids, plus Vivi and Prozzie's are the reaaons I feel confident in planning my first trip to Asia. Really intrigued by the lifestyle, food and economic advantages of traveling to Vietnam, but you make China (especially Southern China) feel so accessible. Lots to think about to plan this adventure!! Keep posting, all of you on your separate and collaborative vids, they are a help!
i honstly cant miss a vloge . thank you guys for the great work
Holy shit what a waste of money on these buildings.
Frank Winkhorst
DW sugarcoats many things, this is just one of them.
the jobs being created get a minor faction of the capital investment, the ones organizing the build an taking everyones money are the only ones getting rich. The laborer just makes ends meet, an the investor gets shit at the end of this, cause the property is worthless. The entire thing is a scam that everyone just plays along with.
BTW are all these buildings built by goverment or private companys? I can imagine only a goverment would waste a vast amount of money to build something and would not even care of the quality control? It looks like they are build from shit and sticks.
these are priviate house the owers built by themselves or people they hired, not from government or official construction company. cost not too much so the quality , you know........ from a Chinese with poor enlight.haha
This reminds me so hard of the good old ADVChina getting in trouble on bike days.
Just stumbled on your video, I found it very interesting, keep up the great work guys.
This was a great video! Love the bikes.
That villa is the epitome of the saying "They don't make 'em like they used too" - Think of the Great Wall - LOL
Maybe that water will fix Winston's tachometer.
Your channels are fantastic! They're honest and accurate whilst being very informative. Many people will be jealous of your success.
A trend over the last few years is that no matter how well done a video is someone has to give a thumbs down or say a discouraging word. Iv'e been to China a few time and I like your videos!
Love what you are doing
You guys are basically off-roading at this point. I was kind of hoping for c-milk to fall in lol.
China’s gonna have a housing crisis on their hands soon enough. That villa is just another in a long line of examples. The only thing they house is squatters.
Great video, keep up the good work, guys.
They were there falling apart last time I was in China, aweful build quality... even Vietnam foes way better
I stumbled upon your videos a few weeks back and I just love them. As a historian and a general sociologist enthusiast I like hearing about first hand account from other parts of the world. China seems to be a place where it was so hard to get information on. And your videos are good, you go out and show the countryside or the streets, etc... some vloggers just talk about their experience while sitting in hotel room.
It helps that you guys are intellegent as well and just stick to what you've seen and experienced.
Great content as always. As a recent expat of four months, I just want to thank you guys. Your videos have aided be significantly over last few months, and I know they'll continue to help me for many months and years to come. You tell the truth about China, yet also are so positive about it. I love your positive vibes and it has helped me accept and understand a few of the customs and quirks over here. Really hope to meet you both one day :)
Great video, good fun. I've checked out some of the other China ex-pat vlogs, and can't find any that I will consistently go back to, (boring) and then some others who have left China for one reason or another, like Haley's channel. Poppy and Travelight have had good content about China, but they are more touristy and their channels are not always about China. You guys live there, and the quality is consistent. Even watching you get stuck in the mud.
Some people wind up old and on thier ass full of regret, and thus angry at the world.
When you live thier dreams that they talked themselves out of for one reason or another, it can make them very angry and hostile towrds you!
I am going through the same thing, I sold everything, bought a boat and I am setting off to see the world.
Some people have said a lot of really harsh things about this trying to tell me I am throwing my life away.
I have never been happier.
Definitely looking forward to the next vid.
As always you guys make the most informative , and educational video's. Keep up the good work. As for the villas. It's interesting to see the amount of work and materials all going to waste.
I got lucky to find you guys a few months ago stay Awsome.
Are ALL those villas empty?
Nah squatters live there
Yes they're uninhabitable! They are found everywhere!!
china doesn't have so much money. They have tons of debt liablities. Some companies use the same "asset" to go to different banks for loans, then they sell the asset! There "shadow assets and shadow liabilities" all over.
Chinese also don't build things to last. New apartments start to crumble and break in less than a year. Just because they have tons of housing doesn't make it livable or lasting.
When you set conscription to "Volunteer Only", and you have 0 recruitable manpower
Very fun episode to watch you two trudging through the mud. Thanks for the videos, I enjoy experiencing China vicariously through you guys.
Another awesome video!
Keep it up guys!
I noticed that someone is still doing landscaping, as many of the bushes are nicely squared off. Why would anyone do this on an incomplete and dilapidated housing complex? PS Stay awesome guys!
Square bushes take about a day, once or twice a year, with a weed whacker. As long as THAT much gets done - they keep getting the contract money for "landscaping". They are clearly not doing any of the other tasks that normally fall under a "landscaping" contract in the US. But... they probably aren't getting paid for that either.
One of the most interesting episodes so far! Those motorcycles were an effort and a half haha
Great video guys! I liked the footage showing how run down those new apartment buildings were. Really interesting stuff. keep up the great work!
I don't even ride a bike but your videos are compelling. Your sense of adventure is great. Keep up the good work :D
@7:22 I just spit out my tea. Sweet mother of God did that guy really say, “ I’m not calling for the killing of white people at least not yet”
I just can’t even deal with that. Vengeance and resentment is never the answer. We are all brothers and sisters in the big human family.
dude, I know, what in the fuck.
He’s the leader of one of the largest South African political parties the EFF
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Thank you for letting me know. Either way it is disgusting. I’m a mixed ( black and white) from New Jersey and was raised to believe we are all the human family. I grew up with white and African Americans grandparents. They both taught me we should learn from the past and all work together.
I think in the case of South Africa you have people that want to punish people alive today for things long ago. That don’t see by doing that they are allowing themselves to become the monster.
Also if they spend less time on hate they could have more time to solve South Africa’s water shortage that is dangerous levels, the crime and failing economy.
They could learn from many in history blaming and killing one group of people for all the problems of a country never works.
what's being done to whites in south africa is heinous, and when they have no food because they've killed their farmers, they'll cry out for aid.
Waking up to ADV is a blessing
We love the market videos and they are very informative, always stuff to learn, THANKS! :D
Fellow expat here and you guys have great spot on commentary. Love it. Subscribed.
I like your content and topics. They are very often quite informative. But at least speaking for myself, I hate those long videos like this one. Information that could be summarized in 5 minutes takes 20 minutes to watch. As someone who is interested in China and someone who has lived there and still trying to understand their culture and life there, I would prefer a much shorter and to-the-point format. Just some feedback.
I'm actually completely the opposite, whilst I am listening to what they're talking about, I'm also enjoying the scenery and looking at where they're riding... And laughing at them trying to take street bikes through a pond!
I do ride bikes too, so I guess I do pretty much the same when I go out and about on a random ride, I just don't take youtube along with me.
I actually found ADVChina first. I didn't have a serious interest in China, but was enjoying the riding. Now I follow all their channels and Vivi and Hu Knows and have learnt a hell of a lot about China.
Steve Evans I agree with you, I prefer the longer videos. I like to wash the dishes or something and just have them on in the background.
Yeah I prefer long ones as well which is more beneficial than watching a one-time movie. At least you are connected with people and interacting through comments and live feed, and you can see what other people think as well.
FWIW, the two of you are my three favorite channels, followed by those of your wives. The root of all the shite from the native English speakers has to be just plain envy - the green-eyed monster. You're doing things they aren't and can't and it galls them to see you do it and do it well. I and (obviously) thousands of others are glad you're out there showing us things that most of us will never be able to see for ourselves. BTW, I think I have a couple of spare snorkels if you need them for the next ride...
These early expats may also sense that a few foreigners are a novelty, but if it turns into a flood, resentment against foreigners always follows. Weaponized migration is causing this effect all over Europe and the US.
Hs Hs that is true, i dont want to see east asia suffer the self inflicted wound the west has... multiculturalism is a farce and too many foreigners will trigger a very natural backlash
Hs Hs, ahahahaha. I'm sorry, but are you seriously afraid of westerners OVERCROWDING Chinese? It's like Inuits overcrowding Americans.
Bear Arms, "overcrowding" isn't necessary to trigger backlash, just a visible presence, _especially_ when they start marrying your women, who are in short supply already. And the more homogeneous the culture, like China, the lower the threshold to trigger alarm.
" resentment against foreigners always follows"
Bear Arms, do you see the word "Westerners" in that quote from my comment? This is a universal human reaction to the influx of too many outsiders. There is a lot of resentment against Chinese populations in Southeast Asian nations. If millions of Europeans flooded into Africa demanding welfare, Africans wouldn't like it. If there were as many millions of US citizens in Mexico illegally as there are Mexicans in the US, Mexicans wouldn't like it.
I love your content. I went to China on a school trip in high school around 1999 and I enjoyed my time but it felt very curated. I really would have loved to explore and see the everyday life of China. I will probably never go to China again bc if financial reasons so seeing your videos and learning more about life there as you live it is incredibly interesting to me. Keep it coming! You guys are doing awesome work!
That road was a headache! Great vid, you guys!
Great content but your path selection could use some work haha
Cheers from Japan
Not hating, but imho everybody that lives in a country for a longer period (>3 years) and/or is planning to stay there (you both are married to a chinese and at least winston doesn't seem to want to go back to south africa at any point) should get as proficient as possible in the local language. My english is sufficient for everything i do, but if i'd live in an english speaking country i would still propably turn to a professional to work on my accent (even though it is virtually non-existant compared to many others) and try to further expand my vocabulary. just my two cents.
Nobody cares if you think that foreigners should get super "proficient". Youve never done it yourself, you havent grown up in it. Winston is right when he says that it is enough to speak and read everyday language as long as youre not interested in ancient poems and shit. Whats the point proving your new neighbours that you perfectly speak their language? Youll be a foreigner to most anyway. Theyll never accept you 100%, youll never be one of them. Heck, not even your child will be 100%. Speaking 2 or 3 languages from completely different language-trees is not easy, its tiring and its not very common, thats why its ok not speak perfectly and seriously nobody cares if you have an accent or miss a vocab or two. So to this point it is just nationalistic idealistic nonesense youre thinking. grow up.
Most folks can't get rid of their accent because secondary languages learned after 4 or 5 years of age are learned in a different part of the brain. That part of the brain cannot identify accent while speaking.
Charlene Sipp sounds like the voice of experience. Living in Korea, everyone expects that i can barely speak korean. When i do i either get patronizing compliments or people think it just coincidentally sounded like korean but must be english (?)
I'm learning the language for fun but if you can order food, ask about simple problems, take taxis and give directions etc, you're good. You never NEED to discuss abstract stuff and even if you do most people will not take you seriously. I have a friend who's fluent in Korean, been here >10 years, works in a job using only Korean. He is still just peoples' "foreign friend" that they lose interest in when the novelty wears off.
C-Milk's mandarin (I forgot his real name) is better than probably 98% of the foreigners who come to China.
Ramon Burgos that is just not right! Anybody can get proficient at any time. The "Critical period theory" is rejected by almoust every linguistic researcher, there is just no empirical data for saying there is this one right age to learn a language. On the contrary, grown ups learn better, because the can enhance their implicit learned language skills with explicit learned grammer rules etc.
Great vid as always! You’ve rekindled my desire to have a bike again to explore... sigh...
Really enjoy your videos. I lived in China for quite a few years and can attest you guys are spot on
Props for carrying a thought and convo while riding in soup...kinda haha
Love the off-road talk SerpentZA and C-Milk a tad on the moist side but very good thoughts ☺️ I agree if people do not like the two of your content they can go elsewhere 👍 Till the next set of videos Stay Awesome and keep Laowinning 😉
I enjoy y'alls content quite a bit. I've learned a lot from you guys. I've been in China for 3 years now and your advice/knowledge has been really invaluable. You can't please everybody. Even my own buddy here that I work with said he doesn't like you guys. He said he met Winston in a bar in Shenzhen and said he was very rude. Lol. *shrug*
Seeing C-Milk struggling through the mud with the intro music was hilarious and I couldn't help but laugh a bit xD Muddy ADVChina indeed!
So what you traveled an entire 100 yards in this video. :)
Awesome video.
Alway surprises me learning that even people who have been as impactful and successful as you two even care what these trollers and haters say. You've no doubt taught the world more about China than anything or one else in the world has. So be proud and know you do an amazing job.
I agree you are not experts. But that's why I LIKE your content! I appreciate YOUR opinions, points of view, experiences and your personalities. Thanks for continuing to share YOU for us! 😊 Keep it up!
Lovable vloggers and bikes. What more do you need?
Leone some Chinese ass
BUU KOKKI, you can buy a silicone one on aliexpress
Bear Arms naw I only accept the real deal 😈
This could have been two hours and I would have watched it too. Perfect balance between rambling, having good honest points and real life happening (and GDS).
Love this channel, your personal channels are great too.
For what it is worth I really enjoy watching everything you guys do. I'm 62 years old and partially disabled. Although I have had many adventures in my lifetime none of them involved living in another country. As I get older I really regret that I didn't see more of the world and now it is difficult for me because of my limited mobility. So, that said I live vicariously through your adventures and the adventures of a couple other vloggers in Thailand. Chances are I'll never get to China or SE Asia and the National Geographic sort of travelogues are just not how I would like to see the world. As a former motorcyclist your bikes add another level that is fun to watch (I was actually struggling as you tried to get your bikes through the mud LOL). OK. I've tugged on your jacket enough now, but I wanted to thank you both and please keep it up where ever you go.
Thanks,
Steve McV in the USA
They're just trolls... don't feed them (too much -- "dodgy old geezer sexpat", LOL) 😀 Great video -- glad you made it out of the flood zone!
Haha SerpentZA you better not go back to South Africa, the shit can hit the fan at any time.
David Brown. Good recommendation. I think tribalism is always inevitable and it can become the Achilles tendon of the US. However, it is also true that so far integration has worked pretty well, though there are some crazy Mexicans that call themselves "La raza" and they want to take over California (-.-')
Great vid guys. I haven't been to China but I got to say your channels have opened my eye to what an interesting & beautiful place China can be. It makes me e want to visit. I have to imagine for every person that leaves negative comments there would be at least twice that number that would wish to visit china for the first time
The Marco Polo syndrome increases the more remote you live, I have just started watching your content on two channels now and I like your approach of explaining things, straightforward and to the point