May I aks how you're children get education in China as a foreign national can you go to Chinese public school or do you have to go to a private school?
Ramsey speaking more facts than 90% of the world leaders and your friends. This was a great video mate. I learn new things from you everyday. Greetings from Turkey.
I only saw 2:30 minutes. He said he doesn't feel the agenda. . Personally I'd be very surprised if he criticized xi no ping or the CCP. I'm sure he doesn't want to get Peng Shuai ' Ed . Use your fucking logic mate
@@jaimedelgado7529 I know that ccp is good at evaporating people. My japanese teacher was uyghur. His 3 brothers disappeared one day. I've seen and heard worse things happen to a lot of people. However that doesn't mean everything in China is bad. Western media is good at making easterners look bad. For some europeans, every middle easterner is a terrorist.
@@Tolabay every culture, every country has morons. Religious fanatics are dangerous. Be them from middle east or anywhere else however you need to understand when ppl believe it is their duty to kill infidels how that might raise an eyebrows amount the so called "infidels" . It is true Christians have done the same or worst, so back to my religious fantastic statement. Now if anyone believes Ramsey would offer a sincere critique of China's government on TH-cam while living in China then I've got a bridge to sell you. China's government is notorious for not accepting criticism. This isn't something the west has made up, sorry.
As a person who grew up in a "totalitarian authoritarian dictatorship" (Kazakhstan) and currently lives in a "free democracy" (US) I totally agree with your video. People often don't understand that you can live a normal life under (almost) any modern government as long as the economy does well. And when the economy doesn't do well, any kind of government forgets about democratic rights and does whatever it can do to protect the banks and corporations.
Yes, just need to be compliant with your one and only government party. If you disagree you are fucked. This is not something that happens in a democratic country (exceptions might exist, but they are that). Take e.g. the criminal record, yes it exists in democratic countries, but you'd not get an entry for simply disagreeing with the countries president or party. As well you can mostly insult him/her to your liking, only few and reasonable boundaries exist there. No, countries like Turkey are not really democratic anymore, even if they label themselves as such.
If you want to express your basic fundamental rights like the right to free speech then you’ll be thrown in jail and tortured to death, great country, China is so awesome… you guys are pretending to love China because if you didn’t, they would arrest you and you’d never be seen again that’s the true we know you’re pretending to be happy or your government will kill you…
@@ramichahin2 I don’t think they care about what everyone thinks as long as you don’t publicly speak out against them. And I think most governments will throw people in jail just because they feel like it.
@@maggnet4829 A quick follow-up about free speech in Kazakhstan. The liberal opposition in Kazakhstan lives perfectly fine, criticizing the government and Nazarbayev's family 24/7. No one got to jail in Kazakhstan only for criticizing the government publicly. The only people that get thrown in jail are workers strikes or (more rarely) social protests organizers. I have to admit that in this respect, Kazakhstan has one of the most terrible governments in the world. The labor activists get killed and tortured. This is the dark side of Kazakhstan, but it's not unique for dictatorship regimes. Many liberal democracies regularly violate workers rights around the world. At this point, this is a question of economic performance and whether the state has enough money to deal with the problem. Otherwise, brute force is used. India is a good example. It is a liberal democracy with free speech, but it also throws labor activists in jail. Guess why? Because India is also poor and it cannot afford to give a precedent of government actually listening to people and securing their economic rights.
Now a silly question of my own: I have a friend who's half japanese, half chinese (but entirely brazilian as well as I am) He once told me that when visiting China, he rolled up to a street food thing that sold those "weird" foods, like scorpions on a stick, other sorts of bugs and such. When he asked the lady if she ate those things, she replied with "No, it's for the tourists". I laughed out loud at the irony. So many people think weird things about the chinese, to the point where it becomes profitable for the chinese to sell these narratives. Anyway I was wondering if you ever had a similar experience? Anything that is sold or marketed mostly because tourists believe it's a thing, but isn't too important to locals? i.e. here in Brazil people come up with all sorts of weird sushi. There's this thing called a Temaki (kind of a seaweed cone with fish and rice) that has become 100%synonymous with japanese cuisine and I've heard more than once that the Japanese themselves barely consume it.
Sounds like he went to the Beijing night market. That’s been closed down for a while now. To answer your question, there are a bunch of tourist shops that sell revolutionary era communist merch because it’s what a lot of tourists are expecting (like the 1950’s style green party hats with red star, and copies of Mao’s little red book) None of locals give one flying flip about that stuff, but those shops exist entirely because foreigners want to take some old school CCP stuff home to show their friends.
@@maurossauro8088 although temaki specifically isn't very Japanese, you can definitely find it across North America. I'm sure there's more unique things like that about Brazil but I thought you'd find it interesting
I have a friend who went to China and he loved it and said it was great. I’ve never been to China but I’ve traveled all over the world and one of the best trips I had was to Japan. The people were great, I loved it when people pointed at us and got excited or laughed. It made us feel famous lol one night a Japanese man bought us dinner because he was so excited to meet some young Americans
This video got me thinking of the fact that the wife and I are visiting her family in the Philippines next year. We go every other year. People, if you go to another country, and are interested in learning the language, pay attention to the billboards. It sounds stupid, but my Tagalog vocabulary and grammar improved so much by reading billboards. Main reason is if you see a word you don't know, a family member can help you out with it.
hey what up you know i been deciding on what i want learn from krav maga,combat sambo,sanda or krav maga,wing chun ,muay thai but i will let GOD decide that because both option are the best of all time good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers fact and true and i know i can them in uds where i live
@@gerardocovarrubias3058 if you come up against multiple attackers the best THE VERY BEST MARTIAL ART is Runn Foo. Make sure you have a black belt in Runn Foo.
@@gerardocovarrubias3058 sorry to dampen your spirits. But have you been watching Ramsey a lot? There is not martial art for multiple attackers except to get away. Run fu possibly gun fu
I actually hadn't seen a black person in real life until I got to my freshmen year in high school. Whenever I tell people that, they think I come from some kind of racist community where I was indoctrinated by the KKK or something. It's not like I didn't know about black people though. Just like you, I'd seen them on TV and also learned about civil rights in school and leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
Just from the first few minutes it's obvious that a lot of people are ignorant on life in China (myself included). It would be cool if you did a series discussing any misconceptions people may have. Yes it does come very close to being political in nature, but i think you can side step that and just talk about your own experience. Or at the very least talk about the politics objectively. Also get Xaio on there as well. :D.
I remember when I was a kid a Korean family visited our church(I missed that service) and people talked about it for days. Even years later people made reference to that day. But yeah, everybody needs to have that first exposure otherwise it will never be normal.
I'll try to leave my political alignment out of this, but just something I want to point out: Most Americans I have interacted with (or seen speaking publicly about China) have been taught for decades that China is this monstrous boogeyman. As if every citizen had a gun pointed at the b ack of his head at all times. This doesn't make sense. You can't rule millions of people (billions, in this case) if these people aren't happy, or at least content. But I don't want to antagonize anyone too much, so I'll just say this: The greatest success of the US government is making their people believe that every *other* country engages in massive, nefarious propaganda, *except* for the US. Guys, at least do your own research. Try to visit the places you believe are hellholes of hunger, poverty and authoritarianism. Don't insult your own intelligence. You owe yourself this.
But it’s not the US talking about the concentration camps and slave labor of minorities in china, it’s independent human rights groups, most of whom are not affiliated with the US. The US isn’t perfect but when independent human rights groups are showing actual evidence of state run slavery and organ harvesting I think the rest of the world should at the very least look into it. The US had issues and it’s called out on those issues all the time, it doesn’t hide it because the media won’t let them hide it (to an extent but even then thank goodness for Edward Snowden) but China is a totalitarian government with state run slaves.
@@cbdy1358 Right, so how many times have you heard the media and independent entities talk about CIA-backed coup-d'etats in latin american countries? My country, for example, Brazil. Where in 1964 a democratically elected left-wing progressive president suffered a coup and at the same time there were US navy in our coast, because if things didn't go the way they wanted, then it'd have been "boots on the ground"; A similar thing happened in 2018 when Bolsonaro was elected - The PMC called SilverCorp (which had serviced the US government before) was here, just in case things didn't go their way. Same thing happened in Venezuela in 2020, THE SAME american PMC were captured in a fishing village (a laudable display of self-determination by the people of the village of Chuao). These same mercenaries were under orders to capture or kill the president. Did you know about any of that? Like I said, I'm not looking to antagonize you, but assuming that media is above good and evil is naive. Same goes for non-governmental entities. PragerU is not affiliated to a government. Same goes for many other think-tanks. We have our own here in the BR, it's called MBL and it's cancer. Helped elect a fascist president and, lo and behold, people are going hungry, ACTUALLY making lines for BONES because nobody can afford meat. Even though we're THE FOURTH BIGGEST PRODUCER OF MEAT! In summary: Do your own research, see with your own eyes. You owe yourself that.
LOL! That's like me going to the Philippines all the time. So many people here in the States act like some terrorists are gonna pick me up at the airport and execute me right there. Never mind that I speak the language, but man, I get a lot of "You don't belong there because you're white". And trying to tell them that a LOT, and I mean a LOT of Caucasians live there does not register. I remember once being told that I better sleep with a gun under my pillow. Riiiiiiight.
@@blockmasterscott I mean, right? Brazil has a big problem with violence and crime, especially in certain states and regions (talking about you, Rio) but for christ's sake, just exercise common sense, people aren't out to stab you all the time. If it was like that I'd be dead long ago, since I grew up two houses over from a drug dealer. And I don't mean university student, blond hair with dreads drug dealer, I mean HARD DRUG DEALER FROM DA STREETZ!
@@maurossauro8088 i do like your critique on trusting the media and I agree, and do not feel antagonized. The first event you mentioned I actually did learn about in a college textbook and the second event I saw on the news, however I agree that the media is biased snd we should be careful in what we listen to. My point was to criticize the CCP, not to glorify the US or any media for that matter. Neither was my point to glorify the US government because they are for sure not perfect. I just think that when government do wrong they need to be called out. I am sorry for any suffering that my country has caused you. I am thankful that we have these platforms to which we can discuss each other’s views and I hope that you reply to this message with further criticisms.
Omg, so many Asian people have a picture of me😂 The Chinese just take them, without hiding but sometimes ask and I'm happy to pose with them. The Japanese try not to stare but sometimes I can see they're taking a picture very discreetly. Even in France where I grew up, a French lady asked if she could take a picture because I was walking in a camping with a bucket on my head (heading to do the dishes). She must have found it very "ethical" 😅. The first time I went to the US I was 23 and I was hoping I'll see a native American and I did. I was kind of impressed. Didn't take a pic but took one with a policeman or something because he had a round hat "like in the movies". The craziest thing was when I heard a black man speak Dutch for the first time. I wasn't speaking Dutch at the time so when he opened his mouth, those strange sounds from a cold country in Northern Europe came out. It blew my mind😂 Life is so much fun when you're not thinking about racism but just about how different we all are ❤
A most excellent video Ramsey! Thank you!! Yours is one of my favorite channels so keep it coming! 100% agree that "Attitude gives Altitude" and people are people are people!! I have never visited China but I certainly would love to! I have my "bucket list" of places I want to go explore throughout China! If only people saw other people through the eyes of our Lord Jesus, what a different world this would be! I find people from other countries interesting and fascinating! We can learn so much from each other, if we have the heart of a child....curious, inquisitive and non-judgemental!
This is a great assessment of what it's like to live in China, or in most any culture that isn't the one you grew up in. Each one has its idiosyncrasies that cause frustration, but your attitude and how you treat others have a much greater impact on your experience/outlook on it. I lived in "real" China (lol!) for about two years out in a small city northwest of Xi'an, I loved the people there (and the food!) and would love to go back again some day. Not long before I left, I was invited to learn some of the local gungfu which was a great experience!
Thank you for your answer Ramsey! Also thank you for being honest about what you thought about my question. It really changed my view on China. A friend lived in China and worked for Huawei. She left because of the discrimination she faced. It was wrong of me to portray this one example on the entire region. This may be more of a corporate issue than a cultural one.
I went to basic training with a kid who grew up very sheltered on a farm in either Nebraska or Montana. I don’t remember which. Never saw a black guy before either. In BMT he shared a bunk with me (I had the top bunk) and on either side of us were black dudes and one Mexican. He was trying to talk to me about his apprehension about being around black guys because of what he’d seen on tv and movies. So I invited the guys over so he could meet them and see that they weren’t any different from us. They just had darker skin and different type of hair. Fast forward four weeks and this skinny little farm boy from the middle of nowhere is talking east coast hip hop slang 😂😂😂😂
@@rjohnson2813 Not really. People who've never met different people have caricatures of other people in their heads. One big example is here where I'm from, people will assume that Japanese people only eat fish and serve them fish to be polite. It's for burgers for Americans, pasta for Italians etc.
@RamseyDewey Good video!!! Thanks for speaking truth. I'm a felon in the states. When I was younger,I wrote a bad check. I was arrested,tried for it on state felony charges. I was then put on probation. Over a course of a year,I paid off the probation fees. Even though I served probation, paid it off, never been in any serious trouble. There are a lot of well paying jobs I can't get today.
@@Shrapnel82 Its not, phobia means fear. If you don't want nothing to do with strangers doesn't necessarily mean you fear them. Like the restaurant owner that didn't want Ramseys business, do you honestly think he fears him? I don't incorporate newspeak in my vocabulary. Maybe you should take your own advice. I don't think i would regard the Chinese as racists in their own country. Doesn't seem fair or polite.
@@fridolfmane1063 There is fear behind it, as well as hatred. I can't speak for that incident, since I don't know all the details. Perhaps he did fear him, or just had an aversion. Good for you. However, you should learn "xenophobia", and add it to your vocabulary. I do take my own advice. I don't intentionally leave my vocabulary lacking. It is fair and accurate. If you prefer to ignore facts because you think it's "polite" to do so, that's your business. Evaluating racists as such is accurate. Not regarding racists as racists due to them being in a particular country is nonsensical. Additionally, not all Chinese as a nation, but individuals in the country are racist. There is a lot of racism in China, and it is culturally tolerated. That breeds racism. Ignoring it and pretending it doesn't exist won't help.
"have you experienced racism in China?" As opposed to the US, where it certainly doesn't interlope with our daily lives, laws and headlines? In what country can zero racism be observed?
I know we all talk about the differences, especially when it comes to China but what I really want to know is what are the things that are *exactly the same*? Sometimes we forget to point out similarities because we focus too much on the differences. I'm moving from Brazil to the Philippines with my wife and that's one of the things I started paying more attention to. It's more important for me to know how similar people will be to my home country so I know how well I'll be able to make friends and get to know people around and in which settings.
At our cores I think most people are about the same as far as values and whatnot: we wanna do something meaningful with our lives, most of us would like to have a healthy family, a good love life, a job we like or at least don't hate, a decent amount of money and enough time to relax/have fun every now and then. I've noticed no matter the surface level differences most people can agree on that.
I don't get people who are super into political leaders and politics. I've lived through 13 Presidents. They haven't really affected my life. On my death bed, friends and family will be important, not politics. Life is short.
honestly, im very supportive of those businesses putting up signs that prevent westerners or other tourists from entering think about it, super dangerous and transmissive pandemic that needs to be contained, whats the best way to make sure its contained? by limiting the areas where tourists (who will later go off to an uninfected area) could become infected its not racism, its necessary precaution and prevention
Ramsey,I got a question about Shotokan:what is your opinion about Sports Karate Kumite in comparison with Jiu Ippon Kumite in Traditional Shotokan? Which one is better?I ask this question because I know you have trained in Shotokan and have experience with it.Another question:in a fight between you and Firas Zahabi who would win in your opinion?About life in China and the social credit score in this country:all those who live in Europe and other countries in the so called free world and ask about the Chinese Social Score do not know about the Social Credit Score that was introduced in their home country because of the pandemic.And this Social Score is here to stay and will expand.Those who complain about this Chinese aspect do not know what is happening in their home countries.It is my personal opinion.
Also the problem isn't that the credit score and criminal justice system are similar to a social credit score it that they go hand in hand and china is more strict. I get a traffic violation, even multiple tickets my credit stays the same, in China my social credit score goes down. Or if you get caught using a illegal website there your social credit score goes down. Every score in America is completely separate from each other.
@@RamseyDewey I meant my credit card score. Sure my insurance rate goes up but thats it. My credit card score , ability to travel by plane , use the internet etc stay the same, my cost of living aside from increased insurance rate stay the same. If I get banned from facebook I simply get banned from that social media site nothing else in my life is impacted.
@oui oui Yeah I'm biased asf against the whole put the community first aspect of East Asian culture. That breads the respect much more than any social credit score. The few east Asians I am or was friends with were hyper individualistic and moved here or didn't communicate with their 1st generation family due to how over bearing that is. It creates manners and supposedly good people but the trade off isn't worth it. We are going way outside of social credit now and talking different ways of life. Also the only reason the number of east asians I am friends with is low is because buffalo ny has a really low asian population in general.
I have a question about living in China (sorry for my bad English, though - I'm Swedish): I have never been to China myself. I grew up in the 70's and was in my teens in the 90's - so there was a trend here in Sweden of "Chinese food". Many restaurants started - but all of them serving "Chinese food". However - I presume that the Chinese cuisine is as varied as "European" food - where we - for example - associate Pasta and Pizza with "Italian" food, Calf's liver and onions with "French" food, Haggis with "Scottish food" etc. China - although being one country - since it is so big sure must have "regional" cuisines? Or is "Chinese food" always "Chinese food"? Is there for example a difference between Kanonese food and Szeshuan food? And if so - what is your favourite chinese food or "food region" in china?
Yeah, there are MANY regional styles of Chinese food. Chinese food varies greatly from one province to another. In America, Chinese restaurants usually serve a very limited number of Americanized Cantonese or Hong Kong dishes (which are great, by the way) and I’ve never seen any of them in the mainland. The reason being most Chinese immigrants to the USA came from Guandong and Hongkong, and tried to make their traditional dishes but couldn’t find the right ingredients in America, so they used what they could find instead. A lot of my European friends tell me it’s similar in their countries- that there’s a very distinct style of Chinese/Spanish food, or Chinese/German food that you will never find in China.
All true from my experience in China. I've spent months in Shanghai, and Beijing also. I spent the longest in Zhengzhou Henan in different years. A lot of great people there. Some racism. Not much. I tried to get a woman there to come live in the USA, but good luck getting ANYBODY to leave China. As to social credit: money! - without it you can't do too much no matter where you live. But China - despite having a tremendous population, does what it can to provide for its people. There are far too many places in the world that do not.
I'm half first nations from northern canada, i went to toronto to see my gf who was in college and we went into a bar, the bartender took one look at me and said "we don't get many of you guys around here, what brings you around?" One of our mutual friends called him racist but i didn't see it so i just answered "visiting friends" because you seriously don't need to call racist on simple looks and questions
Hey Ramsey, thabks a lot for sharing your experience/opinions! I agree with you on a lot of these points. However i would like to know your views on the xinjiang internment camps. By some media outlets over here in the west they are described as concentration camps where a lot of human rights are violated. However there seems to be some debate as to what actually goes on in there. I hope to hear about it from you!
I don’t have any insider information on that, sorry. You might want to check out Daniel Dumbrill’s channel. He’s a journalist living in China who has travelled in Xinjiang quite a bit, and conducted interviews with people there. th-cam.com/users/DanielDumbrill
I travelled around China and had a great time. Food is much cheaper and healthier than in the UK. Only problem is I don't have a degree so can't work there.
@Ramsey Dewey yeah fair enough i dont think it was that one , u mention in even this video that made a specific video on the topic but yeah cant seem to find it Its all good though u pretty much answered it in this video anyway 👍
It’s an economic power play. It might sound nefarious, but think about this: Google, a publicly traded company who’s interests tip in the favor of the highest bidder, controls the viewpoint of a significant percentage of the human population. That’s absolutely terrifying when you consider the ramifications. China blocked google (and google properties like TH-cam) in order to promote their own search engines, video sharing sites, and social media.
21:56 I remember seeing a few white tourists, presumably American, for the first time in my life at a popular touristy place when I was about 12 years old. I was new to the city as well, having spent most of my life in military towns, so I hadn't previously been to any popular touristy locations either. My first reaction was "holy shit wow, a foreigner, I've only seen them on TV!". If I think of it now, I probably made them a bit uncomfortable by staring at them for 2 minutes straight, but I don't think they thought anything of a 12 year old doing that.
Shanghai has a fascinating and turbulent martial arts 20th century history. WW2 combatives legend W.E. Fairbairn spent years training in Japan and China. He was a Jigoro Kano black belt and is credited for setting the foundation for modern police SWAT tactics. He spent years in Shanghai with the police department, back when Shanghai was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Apparently, Fairbairn studied what he referenced as "The Shanghai Method" (possibly Bagua, Xingyi and other arts) and then condensed these methods into his CQB tactics for OSS operators and Canadian Special Forces. Dude was a masterful knife fighter too. Really interesting cat.
I have one question that maybe you don't get often. How are celebrities in China portraited? The one we know like Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen are super massive stars or just regular star? What super popular stars we don't know here in the west?
I think the questioner was getting Hong Kong confused with Shanghai. But dude Shanghai is on the coast. It’s a port city. The name LITERALLY means “upon the sea”.
I found the most Xenophobia in South Korea actually, Thailand was fine, China they just ignored me for the most part. The crowd loved the foreign fighters and taking pictures with us in China the most.
@@RamseyDewey were there xenofobia when you lived in Argentina? I feel like racism (against whites) doesn't exist in South America because there is a ton of those here too, majority even in a lot of countries, but Argentineans are know to have a visceral hate towards North americans
How do I submit questions for Q and A? Ramsey, if your reading this, what is a good way to practice missing? As in throw a turning kick and missing completely, so that you can see if you are following through, and to see if you can keep your balance?
Are you asking me how to throw a round kick at the air? Well, that’s all you need to do, just practice whiffing your kicks at the air and turning around. That’s it.
@@RamseyDewey I think I am trying to over complicate things. But to rephase; does it matter if I KNOW that I'm going to miss when I practice missing. It feels mentally very different to intentionally kick thin air, compared to a heavy bag.
I live in Alaska, about 10 years ago I happen to work with some college kids on culture exchange program, and they were cool to experience lifestyle in US vs China as part of their university guidelines, b/c they were I'll equipt, they were taken advantage by employer b/c they didn't know all the rules b/c the Universities have never provided guidelines for them. They just flew them to destination and they had to navigate on their own as soon as they landed in Anchorage or some other major city in US!
also one more thing from the three main wudang styles tai chi vs xing yi vs bagua which is good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers which which wins please tell me mr dewey
How would financial credit scores in America compare to the histrionic fear over social credit scores? Your actions or inactions are used to dictate and guide what car you can drive, homes to own, money to loan, etc. Would we argue that there's not statistics of favoriti in such a system? What classes, races, zip codes are predisposed to higher scores and qualities of life than others?
The company I work for has a major client in Shanghai so there's a distinct possibility that one day I use that as an excuse to visit the city. Is there something particular you would recommend to see or do in Shanghai? Aside of your gym of course. Have you ever gotten ill from seafood bought from the local seafood markets? I love seafood but in many places it kinda feels like you should be a local to really understand what's fresh and what isn't. I know English isn't very widely spoken in China, but Shangai being the largest city and quite international, how many people there understand or speak English? Can a tourist-y foreigner easily rent an apartment for say one month? I quite dislike hotels and would prefer a single room apartment with a small kitchen. I know you don't drink but over a month long stay I just might once or twice try out some local bars. I'm sure Shangai has both good and bad neighbourhoods like any large city, but overall how safe does it feel when moving around alone at night?
I’m not much of a tourist. I have no idea what the sites are supposed to be. No, I have no become sick from eating seafood. Here’s how to tell if your seafood is fresh at the fish market: it’s alive when you buy it. It’s very simple. English is all over the place here. You’ll be fine. Shanghai is one of the safest cities on the planet. I walk around at night all the time. No worries.
As far as renting an apartment for a month, I don’t know. Usually rental agreements with foreigners require you to be a Shanghai resident, as opposed to a tourist.
hey what up mr ramsey dewey you know i been deciding on what i want learn from krav maga,combat sambo,sanda or krav maga,wing chun ,muay thai but i will let GOD decide that for me because both options are the best of all time good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers fact and true and i know i can learn them in usa where i live it all depends on the teacher not the school and look sir ramsey dewey is not that i don't want to train i want to but until covid 19 is all clear no more mask i can't do anything but like you martial arts have no age limit so i got time.
i've seen a lot about china's rapidly growing economy, and about the development of more infrastructure, high speed rail roads, etc. how much or little has this impacted the average person's daily life, have there been significant changes to the standard of living in the recent past?
Hi Ramsey, big fan here. Keep up the good work! Is it really expensive to live in Shanghai ? Also what attracts you to stay in china and being a mma coach their rather then being a coach ij the states ? Keep up the videos! They are awesome !
10:00 One of the major differences is that in the West it's a miscellanea of companies controlling your credit score, and you can protest and fight against them. It's not dependent on only the government, which you cannot protest against at all.
@@RamseyDewey The arguments you levy in the video are valid and are some I often put against people who take a one-sided approach to this discussion. Nonetheless, I still disagree with most of what you exposed. I think @laowhy86 and @serpentza would be willing to have a civilized discussion about all this.
Ramsey,in China are there competitions dedicated only to Tai Chi?And when I say Tai Chi ,I do not mean forms,I mean pure Tai Chi fighting.It is very hard or almost impossible to find that on You Tube.Another question:which of those fighting games do you consider the best or very realistic(Ultra Street Fighter,Mortal Kombat 9-10-11,Dead or Alive 6,The King of Fighters 14or Tekken 5).Thank you for your kind answer.
@@RamseyDewey China is claiming Taiwan isn’t a country. Not sure exactly what they said but after US pulled out of Afghanistan China said to Taiwan basically we are coming for you and literally said the US will not protect you. Now they are threatening any country about defending Taiwan. They recently threatened Japan over Taiwan.
@@Smoker5739 This isn’t new. This has been going on for almost 70 years. The PRC (China) has always claimed the ROC (Taiwan) while the ROC has always claimed the PRC. Each of these political entities will never recognize the sovereignty of the other because doing so would mean relinquishing the right to rule to the other. Countries that recognize the sovereignty of the ROC are basically making the public statement that the PRC is not a real country and the ROC is the legitimate government of China and vise versa. You should at the very least read the Wikipedia article on Taiwan (the Republic of China) before jumping on any sensationalist propaganda bandwagons.
@@RevRyukin7 I probably can provide Another version of the story to you as reference: in late December 2019，doctor Li's colleagues suspected there was Sars alike disease found in patients, and they discussed on their online group after they reported to the hospital management. Short afterwards, doctorLi exposed the information online to his social media which caused huge panic. Some of Couples of days later, the local police called him to police station and reprimanded him for spreading the information without being proved and left from the police station. The same night the Chinese government announced there was new type disease found and reported to WHO. According to this version, there were difference from the western version: 1. Li was never been arrested like western version asserted. I saw a copy of the document showed on Internet Before But couldn't remember where exactly. But for me, if Li was arrested, it will be reasonable to tell how long he had been arrested. But No one ever did. 2. From receiving the Report to informing the public and reporting to WHO on 01.01.2020，i remember it happened within one week. Therefore i won't say Chinese government was trying to hide, particularly compared to some other governments's initial response after being aware of the existence of covid in China; 3. The local city government tried to calm citizens down by stating that there was no evidence showing the disease can transit among people. They even organized big dinner celebrating an event to show it. It is stupid Before They had more evidence. I remember They All lost their jobs. While you might suspect this version is false, you shouldn't totally believe the western news about other countries. Check stories from both sides, you will be surprised.
Gotta love how Ramsey Dewey is literally more qualified to be a China expert than anyone employed as such in Washington DC, and his opinions can be confirmed by most Chinese people from China, and yet some of y'all in the peanuts gallery will still insist that he's speaking under duress. Please share with me your secrets: how do you speak with such confidence even though you wouldn't know Xinjiang from Xintiandi or Li Peng from Peng Shuai?
Have you ever watched anything from Laowhy86 Ramsey? You two are the only youtubers I watch that have lived in China and you both got Drastically different viewpoints on the state of affairs. I think there's something to your "you get what you put into your experience" outlook and totally agree. I definitely think you should watch some of his stuff if you haven't yet though. He's very likely a huge source of where the Dystopian china image comes from since his primary content is ccp human rights violations.
That Black Mirror episode wasn't about China though, rather the influence of social media, subscribers, retweets, etc on everyone across the whole world and what might happen if it does become a tangible factor. Not sure why the people asking you about it link it to Black Mirror.
Heyo Ramsey, heyo people scrolling by. I really hope you can help me out here, since I have a bit of a situation going on and would really appreciate your advice. I have been doing Kung Fu (well, officially we call it Kung Fu) for almost 7 years now. While we do indeed follow traditional forms we also do self defence, sparring and just general workouts etc. Just calling it "Kung Fu" classes would probably give off the wrong impression there. Well, our Sifu got sick with 'rona and is probably gonna be out for a while. The other person who usually filled in for him (long time student) now can't enter the gym due to not being vaccinated yet and new rules regarding the whole virus situation. This leaves me as the next most qualified person to run the whole thing, which is what I wanted your advice on, cause I am terrified of that. I am pretty confident, that I can hold sparring and kickboxing/fighting classes, since that is what I mainly focus on, but that's not the only thing what my school teaches. I definitely don't feel qualified to also teach the other aspects. It's not a super big amount of people every time we train, but I am really scared I will misrepresent the way the school has been run so far. Should I risk changing the formula a bit to actually be comfortable teaching things I am confident in? Would it be a better idea to apply all the knowledge I have in the other areas and keep the spirit of the school as alive as possible? What else could I do? I want to coach and teach martial arts at some point myself, that's a dream, so I realize this is also an opportunity, but it's not one I can say I wanted. I hope someeone can help me out here. Bit of a moral dilemma for me. I appreciate all your time, best wishes from germany ;)
As an American, is there any American food you miss living in China for so long? My cousins who studied abroad in the US come back missing buffalo chicken and ribs XD
No. I’m actually a British person who grew up in America eating old timey British food my mom learned to make during post war rationing after the Nazis bombed the English countryside. That means food that’s boiled and burnt to a crisp until all the flavor and joy is gone so that it saps your will to yearn for actual food anymore.
Yo Ramsey I need your help. How do you use jack dempseys falling step in boxing nowadays because first of all he doesn’t specify how to throw the second right after the left and also whenever I try the falling step my spar mate usually figures it out then starts to step to the side as I do the falling step and starts to bomb myself. So I’m asking how can I use the falling step properly. Also it’s very hard to do any of dempseys body motion techniques when the coach teaches boxing the more modern way
My only question is about the reported dark sides of the social credit score. For example, not being able to leave the country is a big one. Also, I understand that there is a lack of freedom of speech and massive amounts of censorship (more than most countries). Again, no country is perfect but some are better than others.
I heard that Kengan Ashura and its follow up series Kengan Omega are blacklisted in China and they'll fine your social credit if you read them. Has that impacted you having made Kengan videos in the past?
Got questions about life in China? Let me know in the comments below.
Might be a silly one but actually curious, how often is fried rice eaten over there
@@frodokhunt As often as you want it.
What about the Videos where they force people to take the vaccine? Are u not concerned?
Are Eggrolls made out of Egg there?
May I aks how you're children get education in China as a foreign national can you go to Chinese public school or do you have to go to a private school?
Ramsey speaking more facts than 90% of the world leaders and your friends. This was a great video mate. I learn new things from you everyday. Greetings from Turkey.
I only saw 2:30 minutes. He said he doesn't feel the agenda. . Personally I'd be very surprised if he criticized xi no ping or the CCP. I'm sure he doesn't want to get Peng Shuai ' Ed . Use your fucking logic mate
@@jaimedelgado7529 I know that ccp is good at evaporating people. My japanese teacher was uyghur. His 3 brothers disappeared one day. I've seen and heard worse things happen to a lot of people. However that doesn't mean everything in China is bad. Western media is good at making easterners look bad. For some europeans, every middle easterner is a terrorist.
@@Tolabay every culture, every country has morons. Religious fanatics are dangerous. Be them from middle east or anywhere else however you need to understand when ppl believe it is their duty to kill infidels how that might raise an eyebrows amount the so called "infidels" . It is true Christians have done the same or worst, so back to my religious fantastic statement.
Now if anyone believes Ramsey would offer a sincere critique of China's government on TH-cam while living in China then I've got a bridge to sell you. China's government is notorious for not accepting criticism. This isn't something the west has made up, sorry.
@@jaimedelgado7529 I don't think I denied that. Like I said before, that happened to other streamers and videographers many times.
There is someone always trying to deny the truth because they too brainwashed by western media propaganda
As a person who grew up in a "totalitarian authoritarian dictatorship" (Kazakhstan) and currently lives in a "free democracy" (US) I totally agree with your video. People often don't understand that you can live a normal life under (almost) any modern government as long as the economy does well. And when the economy doesn't do well, any kind of government forgets about democratic rights and does whatever it can do to protect the banks and corporations.
Yes, just need to be compliant with your one and only government party. If you disagree you are fucked. This is not something that happens in a democratic country (exceptions might exist, but they are that).
Take e.g. the criminal record, yes it exists in democratic countries, but you'd not get an entry for simply disagreeing with the countries president or party. As well you can mostly insult him/her to your liking, only few and reasonable boundaries exist there.
No, countries like Turkey are not really democratic anymore, even if they label themselves as such.
If you want to express your basic fundamental rights like the right to free speech then you’ll be thrown in jail and tortured to death, great country, China is so awesome… you guys are pretending to love China because if you didn’t, they would arrest you and you’d never be seen again that’s the true we know you’re pretending to be happy or your government will kill you…
@@ramichahin2 I don’t think they care about what everyone thinks as long as you don’t publicly speak out against them. And I think most governments will throw people in jail just because they feel like it.
@@maggnet4829 A quick follow-up about free speech in Kazakhstan. The liberal opposition in Kazakhstan lives perfectly fine, criticizing the government and Nazarbayev's family 24/7. No one got to jail in Kazakhstan only for criticizing the government publicly. The only people that get thrown in jail are workers strikes or (more rarely) social protests organizers. I have to admit that in this respect, Kazakhstan has one of the most terrible governments in the world. The labor activists get killed and tortured. This is the dark side of Kazakhstan, but it's not unique for dictatorship regimes. Many liberal democracies regularly violate workers rights around the world. At this point, this is a question of economic performance and whether the state has enough money to deal with the problem. Otherwise, brute force is used. India is a good example. It is a liberal democracy with free speech, but it also throws labor activists in jail. Guess why? Because India is also poor and it cannot afford to give a precedent of government actually listening to people and securing their economic rights.
Is Kazakhstan very nice?
Now a silly question of my own:
I have a friend who's half japanese, half chinese (but entirely brazilian as well as I am)
He once told me that when visiting China, he rolled up to a street food thing that sold those "weird" foods, like scorpions on a stick, other sorts of bugs and such.
When he asked the lady if she ate those things, she replied with "No, it's for the tourists". I laughed out loud at the irony. So many people think weird things about the chinese, to the point where it becomes profitable for the chinese to sell these narratives.
Anyway I was wondering if you ever had a similar experience? Anything that is sold or marketed mostly because tourists believe it's a thing, but isn't too important to locals?
i.e. here in Brazil people come up with all sorts of weird sushi. There's this thing called a Temaki (kind of a seaweed cone with fish and rice) that has become 100%synonymous with japanese cuisine and I've heard more than once that the Japanese themselves barely consume it.
50% + 50% + 100% = 200%
Sounds like he went to the Beijing night market. That’s been closed down for a while now. To answer your question, there are a bunch of tourist shops that sell revolutionary era communist merch because it’s what a lot of tourists are expecting (like the 1950’s style green party hats with red star, and copies of Mao’s little red book) None of locals give one flying flip about that stuff, but those shops exist entirely because foreigners want to take some old school CCP stuff home to show their friends.
@@RamseyDewey gotta admit I would fall for that like a duck.
@@RamseyDewey ah here in germany we do the same thing its called "neonazi demonstrationen"
@@maurossauro8088 although temaki specifically isn't very Japanese, you can definitely find it across North America. I'm sure there's more unique things like that about Brazil but I thought you'd find it interesting
I have a friend who went to China and he loved it and said it was great. I’ve never been to China but I’ve traveled all over the world and one of the best trips I had was to Japan. The people were great, I loved it when people pointed at us and got excited or laughed. It made us feel famous lol one night a Japanese man bought us dinner because he was so excited to meet some young Americans
This video got me thinking of the fact that the wife and I are visiting her family in the Philippines next year. We go every other year.
People, if you go to another country, and are interested in learning the language, pay attention to the billboards. It sounds stupid, but my Tagalog vocabulary and grammar improved so much by reading billboards. Main reason is if you see a word you don't know, a family member can help you out with it.
hey what up you know i been deciding on what i want learn from krav maga,combat sambo,sanda or krav maga,wing chun ,muay thai but i will let GOD decide that because both option are the best of all time good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers fact and true and i know i can them in uds where i live
@@gerardocovarrubias3058 if you come up against multiple attackers the best THE VERY BEST MARTIAL ART is Runn Foo. Make sure you have a black belt in Runn Foo.
@@6nosis look some martial arts are made for multiple opponents attackers krav maga is number 1 it all depends on the user
@@gerardocovarrubias3058 sorry to dampen your spirits. But have you been watching Ramsey a lot? There is not martial art for multiple attackers except to get away. Run fu possibly gun fu
Hearing you have that perspective about needed experiences moved me, thx for sharing.
Good one, I've been in China and I experienced most of the things you mentioned, and people were actually very kind and curious about me!
I actually hadn't seen a black person in real life until I got to my freshmen year in high school. Whenever I tell people that, they think I come from some kind of racist community where I was indoctrinated by the KKK or something. It's not like I didn't know about black people though. Just like you, I'd seen them on TV and also learned about civil rights in school and leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr.
Lucky
@@aliensdidit8452 how is he lucky?
@@aliensdidit8452 - You clearly are a silly little bell-end.
Really appreciate your honesty about China. God bless.
I agree completely about the president not affecting your day-to-day life
That view from the intro is nice
Just such a wise man. Love listening to you
When you go to the North Pole with a good attitude and no means for survival, you’re gonna have a good time.
Hahahahahaha!
I love Ramey’s commentary on martial arts and on life he gets me through work.
Just from the first few minutes it's obvious that a lot of people are ignorant on life in China (myself included). It would be cool if you did a series discussing any misconceptions people may have. Yes it does come very close to being political in nature, but i think you can side step that and just talk about your own experience. Or at the very least talk about the politics objectively. Also get Xaio on there as well. :D.
I remember when I was a kid a Korean family visited our church(I missed that service) and people talked about it for days. Even years later people made reference to that day. But yeah, everybody needs to have that first exposure otherwise it will never be normal.
I'll try to leave my political alignment out of this, but just something I want to point out: Most Americans I have interacted with (or seen speaking publicly about China) have been taught for decades that China is this monstrous boogeyman. As if every citizen had a gun pointed at the b ack of his head at all times. This doesn't make sense. You can't rule millions of people (billions, in this case) if these people aren't happy, or at least content.
But I don't want to antagonize anyone too much, so I'll just say this: The greatest success of the US government is making their people believe that every *other* country engages in massive, nefarious propaganda, *except* for the US.
Guys, at least do your own research. Try to visit the places you believe are hellholes of hunger, poverty and authoritarianism. Don't insult your own intelligence. You owe yourself this.
But it’s not the US talking about the concentration camps and slave labor of minorities in china, it’s independent human rights groups, most of whom are not affiliated with the US. The US isn’t perfect but when independent human rights groups are showing actual evidence of state run slavery and organ harvesting I think the rest of the world should at the very least look into it.
The US had issues and it’s called out on those issues all the time, it doesn’t hide it because the media won’t let them hide it (to an extent but even then thank goodness for Edward Snowden) but China is a totalitarian government with state run slaves.
@@cbdy1358 Right, so how many times have you heard the media and independent entities talk about CIA-backed coup-d'etats in latin american countries? My country, for example, Brazil. Where in 1964 a democratically elected left-wing progressive president suffered a coup and at the same time there were US navy in our coast, because if things didn't go the way they wanted, then it'd have been
"boots on the ground"; A similar thing happened in 2018 when Bolsonaro was elected - The PMC called SilverCorp (which had serviced the US government before) was here, just in case things didn't go their way. Same thing happened in Venezuela in 2020, THE SAME american PMC were captured in a fishing village (a laudable display of self-determination by the people of the village of Chuao). These same mercenaries were under orders to capture or kill the president. Did you know about any of that?
Like I said, I'm not looking to antagonize you, but assuming that media is above good and evil is naive. Same goes for non-governmental entities. PragerU is not affiliated to a government. Same goes for many other think-tanks. We have our own here in the BR, it's called MBL and it's cancer. Helped elect a fascist president and, lo and behold, people are going hungry, ACTUALLY making lines for BONES because nobody can afford meat. Even though we're THE FOURTH BIGGEST PRODUCER OF MEAT!
In summary:
Do your own research, see with your own eyes. You owe yourself that.
LOL! That's like me going to the Philippines all the time. So many people here in the States act like some terrorists are gonna pick me up at the airport and execute me right there. Never mind that I speak the language, but man, I get a lot of "You don't belong there because you're white". And trying to tell them that a LOT, and I mean a LOT of Caucasians live there does not register.
I remember once being told that I better sleep with a gun under my pillow. Riiiiiiight.
@@blockmasterscott I mean, right? Brazil has a big problem with violence and crime, especially in certain states and regions (talking about you, Rio) but for christ's sake, just exercise common sense, people aren't out to stab you all the time. If it was like that I'd be dead long ago, since I grew up two houses over from a drug dealer. And I don't mean university student, blond hair with dreads drug dealer, I mean HARD DRUG DEALER FROM DA STREETZ!
@@maurossauro8088 i do like your critique on trusting the media and I agree, and do not feel antagonized. The first event you mentioned I actually did learn about in a college textbook and the second event I saw on the news, however I agree that the media is biased snd we should be careful in what we listen to. My point was to criticize the CCP, not to glorify the US or any media for that matter. Neither was my point to glorify the US government because they are for sure not perfect. I just think that when government do wrong they need to be called out.
I am sorry for any suffering that my country has caused you. I am thankful that we have these platforms to which we can discuss each other’s views and I hope that you reply to this message with further criticisms.
Good explanation and very matured answer. Well done
I am loving your message of self reflection and love
I think you've changed my views on China, I never disliked it per se but there's definitely a lot of people complaining on TH-cam
Omg, so many Asian people have a picture of me😂 The Chinese just take them, without hiding but sometimes ask and I'm happy to pose with them. The Japanese try not to stare but sometimes I can see they're taking a picture very discreetly. Even in France where I grew up, a French lady asked if she could take a picture because I was walking in a camping with a bucket on my head (heading to do the dishes). She must have found it very "ethical" 😅. The first time I went to the US I was 23 and I was hoping I'll see a native American and I did. I was kind of impressed. Didn't take a pic but took one with a policeman or something because he had a round hat "like in the movies". The craziest thing was when I heard a black man speak Dutch for the first time. I wasn't speaking Dutch at the time so when he opened his mouth, those strange sounds from a cold country in Northern Europe came out. It blew my mind😂 Life is so much fun when you're not thinking about racism but just about how different we all are ❤
A most excellent video Ramsey! Thank you!! Yours is one of my favorite channels so keep it coming! 100% agree that "Attitude gives Altitude" and people are people are people!! I have never visited China but I certainly would love to! I have my "bucket list" of places I want to go explore throughout China! If only people saw other people through the eyes of our Lord Jesus, what a different world this would be! I find people from other countries interesting and fascinating! We can learn so much from each other, if we have the heart of a child....curious, inquisitive and non-judgemental!
This is a great assessment of what it's like to live in China, or in most any culture that isn't the one you grew up in. Each one has its idiosyncrasies that cause frustration, but your attitude and how you treat others have a much greater impact on your experience/outlook on it. I lived in "real" China (lol!) for about two years out in a small city northwest of Xi'an, I loved the people there (and the food!) and would love to go back again some day. Not long before I left, I was invited to learn some of the local gungfu which was a great experience!
My low social credit score in America
Low credit rating
Bad heath history
Arrest record
Work history
Minimum education record
Yep, that’s all part of it!
Thank you for your answer Ramsey! Also thank you for being honest about what you thought about my question. It really changed my view on China. A friend lived in China and worked for Huawei. She left because of the discrimination she faced. It was wrong of me to portray this one example on the entire region. This may be more of a corporate issue than a cultural one.
And of course it didn't intend to say that xenophobia or racism was exclusive to Asia. I absolutely agree that racism in the US is a real big problem.
I went to basic training with a kid who grew up very sheltered on a farm in either Nebraska or Montana. I don’t remember which. Never saw a black guy before either.
In BMT he shared a bunk with me (I had the top bunk) and on either side of us were black dudes and one Mexican.
He was trying to talk to me about his apprehension about being around black guys because of what he’d seen on tv and movies. So I invited the guys over so he could meet them and see that they weren’t any different from us. They just had darker skin and different type of hair.
Fast forward four weeks and this skinny little farm boy from the middle of nowhere is talking east coast hip hop slang 😂😂😂😂
Calling BS
@@rjohnson2813 Why? This story is very realistic, it happens all of the time.
@@rjohnson2813
Not really. People who've never met different people have caricatures of other people in their heads. One big example is here where I'm from, people will assume that Japanese people only eat fish and serve them fish to be polite. It's for burgers for Americans, pasta for Italians etc.
“I’ve done a deep dive on China”
Proceeds to make basic mistakes about Chinas geography
You should be a ring announcer when you retire coach. You definitely have the voice for it.
I have worked as a ringside commentator for Kunlun Fight for 2 years.
Always keeping it real and spreading the truth as usual!
@RamseyDewey
Good video!!! Thanks for speaking truth. I'm a felon in the states. When I was younger,I wrote a bad check. I was arrested,tried for it on state felony charges. I was then put on probation. Over a course of a year,I paid off the probation fees. Even though I served probation, paid it off, never been in any serious trouble. There are a lot of well paying jobs I can't get today.
It’s a shame, my friend, that a man can pay his debt to society in full and still be considered in deficit.
I wouldn't use the word xenophobia.
Being suspicious to strangers is only natural, there is no malicious intent behind it.
Have you lived in China? Xenophobia at best, outright racism at worst.
@@Shrapnel82 Xenophobia is a stupid word, its not within my vocabulary.
Ive been around the world, yes.
@@fridolfmane1063 It's the appropriate word in this case. You should improve your vocabulary.
@@Shrapnel82 Its not, phobia means fear.
If you don't want nothing to do with strangers doesn't necessarily mean you fear them.
Like the restaurant owner that didn't want Ramseys business, do you honestly think he fears him?
I don't incorporate newspeak in my vocabulary.
Maybe you should take your own advice.
I don't think i would regard the Chinese as racists in their own country.
Doesn't seem fair or polite.
@@fridolfmane1063 There is fear behind it, as well as hatred. I can't speak for that incident, since I don't know all the details. Perhaps he did fear him, or just had an aversion.
Good for you. However, you should learn "xenophobia", and add it to your vocabulary. I do take my own advice. I don't intentionally leave my vocabulary lacking.
It is fair and accurate. If you prefer to ignore facts because you think it's "polite" to do so, that's your business. Evaluating racists as such is accurate. Not regarding racists as racists due to them being in a particular country is nonsensical. Additionally, not all Chinese as a nation, but individuals in the country are racist. There is a lot of racism in China, and it is culturally tolerated. That breeds racism. Ignoring it and pretending it doesn't exist won't help.
Ramsey social credit score: -100000
(Just kidding)
credit cards are literally social credit
"have you experienced racism in China?"
As opposed to the US, where it certainly doesn't interlope with our daily lives, laws and headlines?
In what country can zero racism be observed?
I know we all talk about the differences, especially when it comes to China but what I really want to know is what are the things that are *exactly the same*?
Sometimes we forget to point out similarities because we focus too much on the differences. I'm moving from Brazil to the Philippines with my wife and that's one of the things I started paying more attention to.
It's more important for me to know how similar people will be to my home country so I know how well I'll be able to make friends and get to know people around and in which settings.
Like I said in this video: people are people are people.
At our cores I think most people are about the same as far as values and whatnot: we wanna do something meaningful with our lives, most of us would like to have a healthy family, a good love life, a job we like or at least don't hate, a decent amount of money and enough time to relax/have fun every now and then. I've noticed no matter the surface level differences most people can agree on that.
I don't get people who are super into political leaders and politics. I've lived through 13 Presidents. They haven't really affected my life. On my death bed, friends and family will be important, not politics. Life is short.
honestly, im very supportive of those businesses putting up signs that prevent westerners or other tourists from entering
think about it, super dangerous and transmissive pandemic that needs to be contained, whats the best way to make sure its contained? by limiting the areas where tourists (who will later go off to an uninfected area) could become infected
its not racism, its necessary precaution and prevention
Just a comment in support of the video. Keep it up!
Do you speak any other languages? Also should you learn Mandarin if you want to live in China?
Yes. And yes, you should, but you’d be shocked how well you can get by without it.
Ramsey,I got a question about Shotokan:what is your opinion about Sports Karate Kumite in comparison with Jiu Ippon Kumite in Traditional Shotokan? Which one is better?I ask this question because I know you have trained in Shotokan and have experience with it.Another question:in a fight between you and Firas Zahabi who would win in your opinion?About life in China and the social credit score in this country:all those who live in Europe and other countries in the so called free world and ask about the Chinese Social Score do not know about the Social Credit Score that was introduced in their home country because of the pandemic.And this Social Score is here to stay and will expand.Those who complain about this Chinese aspect do not know what is happening in their home countries.It is my personal opinion.
"this may sound controversial, but in america..."
this is a new template
Also the problem isn't that the credit score and criminal justice system are similar to a social credit score it that they go hand in hand and china is more strict. I get a traffic violation, even multiple tickets my credit stays the same, in China my social credit score goes down. Or if you get caught using a illegal website there your social credit score goes down. Every score in America is completely separate from each other.
Is that right? Your car insurance stays the same after traffic violations? What country do you live in?
@@RamseyDewey I meant my credit card score. Sure my insurance rate goes up but thats it. My credit card score , ability to travel by plane , use the internet etc stay the same, my cost of living aside from increased insurance rate stay the same. If I get banned from facebook I simply get banned from that social media site nothing else in my life is impacted.
@oui oui Yeah I'm biased asf against the whole put the community first aspect of East Asian culture. That breads the respect much more than any social credit score. The few east Asians I am or was friends with were hyper individualistic and moved here or didn't communicate with their 1st generation family due to how over bearing that is. It creates manners and supposedly good people but the trade off isn't worth it. We are going way outside of social credit now and talking different ways of life. Also the only reason the number of east asians I am friends with is low is because buffalo ny has a really low asian population in general.
I have a question about living in China (sorry for my bad English, though - I'm Swedish): I have never been to China myself. I grew up in the 70's and was in my teens in the 90's - so there was a trend here in Sweden of "Chinese food". Many restaurants started - but all of them serving "Chinese food". However - I presume that the Chinese cuisine is as varied as "European" food - where we - for example - associate Pasta and Pizza with "Italian" food, Calf's liver and onions with "French" food, Haggis with "Scottish food" etc. China - although being one country - since it is so big sure must have "regional" cuisines? Or is "Chinese food" always "Chinese food"? Is there for example a difference between Kanonese food and Szeshuan food? And if so - what is your favourite chinese food or "food region" in china?
Yeah, there are MANY regional styles of Chinese food. Chinese food varies greatly from one province to another. In America, Chinese restaurants usually serve a very limited number of Americanized Cantonese or Hong Kong dishes (which are great, by the way) and I’ve never seen any of them in the mainland. The reason being most Chinese immigrants to the USA came from Guandong and Hongkong, and tried to make their traditional dishes but couldn’t find the right ingredients in America, so they used what they could find instead.
A lot of my European friends tell me it’s similar in their countries- that there’s a very distinct style of Chinese/Spanish food, or Chinese/German food that you will never find in China.
@@RamseyDewey Thank you so much for taking the time to answer. Best wishes for you and your family.
All true from my experience in China. I've spent months in Shanghai, and Beijing also. I spent the longest in Zhengzhou Henan in different years. A lot of great people there. Some racism. Not much. I tried to get a woman there to come live in the USA, but good luck getting ANYBODY to leave China. As to social credit: money! - without it you can't do too much no matter where you live. But China - despite having a tremendous population, does what it can to provide for its people. There are far too many places in the world that do not.
Money- the real social credit. Truth.
I'm half first nations from northern canada, i went to toronto to see my gf who was in college and we went into a bar, the bartender took one look at me and said "we don't get many of you guys around here, what brings you around?" One of our mutual friends called him racist but i didn't see it so i just answered "visiting friends" because you seriously don't need to call racist on simple looks and questions
Hey Ramsey, thabks a lot for sharing your experience/opinions! I agree with you on a lot of these points. However i would like to know your views on the xinjiang internment camps. By some media outlets over here in the west they are described as concentration camps where a lot of human rights are violated. However there seems to be some debate as to what actually goes on in there. I hope to hear about it from you!
I don’t have any insider information on that, sorry. You might want to check out Daniel Dumbrill’s channel. He’s a journalist living in China who has travelled in Xinjiang quite a bit, and conducted interviews with people there.
th-cam.com/users/DanielDumbrill
@@RamseyDewey ty! I'll definitely check it out.
I travelled around China and had a great time. Food is much cheaper and healthier than in the UK. Only problem is I don't have a degree so can't work there.
Yep, education level is part of anyone’s “social credit score” in any country.
Wheres the social credit score video has it been taken down cause i cant find it ?
Which one? This one? th-cam.com/video/QSJsMLwJtIY/w-d-xo.html
I’ve talked about that topic in at least half a dozen videos.
@Ramsey Dewey yeah fair enough i dont think it was that one , u mention in even this video that made a specific video on the topic but yeah cant seem to find it
Its all good though u pretty much answered it in this video anyway 👍
Why.. is TH-cam blocked in China?.. riddle me this, batman
It’s an economic power play. It might sound nefarious, but think about this: Google, a publicly traded company who’s interests tip in the favor of the highest bidder, controls the viewpoint of a significant percentage of the human population. That’s absolutely terrifying when you consider the ramifications.
China blocked google (and google properties like TH-cam) in order to promote their own search engines, video sharing sites, and social media.
But Ramsey, can u please explain how people like Xu Xiaodong are not able to travel like other persons can, in relation to their social score?
Best video ever!
My neighbours here are really chilled out so I’m gonna move to Somalia, probly pretty much the same..
Probably. All the Somalians I know are super nice people. I meet a lot of people from all over Africa who travel to Shanghai for work.
the line i love is the sky the sky and people are people dont matter were you go.
21:56 I remember seeing a few white tourists, presumably American, for the first time in my life at a popular touristy place when I was about 12 years old. I was new to the city as well, having spent most of my life in military towns, so I hadn't previously been to any popular touristy locations either. My first reaction was "holy shit wow, a foreigner, I've only seen them on TV!". If I think of it now, I probably made them a bit uncomfortable by staring at them for 2 minutes straight, but I don't think they thought anything of a 12 year old doing that.
Shanghai has a fascinating and turbulent martial arts 20th century history. WW2 combatives legend W.E. Fairbairn spent years training in Japan and China. He was a Jigoro Kano black belt and is credited for setting the foundation for modern police SWAT tactics. He spent years in Shanghai with the police department, back when Shanghai was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Apparently, Fairbairn studied what he referenced as "The Shanghai Method" (possibly Bagua, Xingyi and other arts) and then condensed these methods into his CQB tactics for OSS operators and Canadian Special Forces. Dude was a masterful knife fighter too. Really interesting cat.
I have one question that maybe you don't get often. How are celebrities in China portraited? The one we know like Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen are super massive stars or just regular star? What super popular stars we don't know here in the west?
How did you go about learning Chinese? Did you have a teacher, or just students?
I think the questioner was getting Hong Kong confused with Shanghai. But dude Shanghai is on the coast. It’s a port city. The name LITERALLY means “upon the sea”.
I found the most Xenophobia in South Korea actually, Thailand was fine, China they just ignored me for the most part. The crowd loved the foreign fighters and taking pictures with us in China the most.
Interesting. When I went to South Korea, everyone just ignored me! Where’s my serving of xenophobia? I feel like I missed out.
@@RamseyDewey were there xenofobia when you lived in Argentina? I feel like racism (against whites) doesn't exist in South America because there is a ton of those here too, majority even in a lot of countries, but Argentineans are know to have a visceral hate towards North americans
How do I submit questions for Q and A?
Ramsey, if your reading this, what is a good way to practice missing? As in throw a turning kick and missing completely, so that you can see if you are following through, and to see if you can keep your balance?
Are you asking me how to throw a round kick at the air? Well, that’s all you need to do, just practice whiffing your kicks at the air and turning around. That’s it.
I take all the questions for Q&A videos from the comments section, by the way.
@@RamseyDewey I think I am trying to over complicate things. But to rephase; does it matter if I KNOW that I'm going to miss when I practice missing. It feels mentally very different to intentionally kick thin air, compared to a heavy bag.
I live in Alaska, about 10 years ago I happen to work with some college kids on culture exchange program, and they were cool to experience lifestyle in US vs China as part of their university guidelines, b/c they were I'll equipt, they were taken advantage by employer b/c they didn't know all the rules b/c the Universities have never provided guidelines for them. They just flew them to destination and they had to navigate on their own as soon as they landed in Anchorage or some other major city in US!
also one more thing from the three main wudang styles tai chi vs xing yi vs bagua which is good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers which which wins please tell me mr dewey
The adaption of the song "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" into a Coke commercial was very beautiful.
This guy is wise beyond his years.
Well, I’m 43.
The Orville also had their own take on the Black Mirror episode of a dystopian society credit score system.
Are you planning to return to either US or UK?
Yep, he’s going back to the US and fight icy mike for the TH-cam championship belt
How would financial credit scores in America compare to the histrionic fear over social credit scores? Your actions or inactions are used to dictate and guide what car you can drive, homes to own, money to loan, etc. Would we argue that there's not statistics of favoriti in such a system? What classes, races, zip codes are predisposed to higher scores and qualities of life than others?
$$$ = the real social credit system
The company I work for has a major client in Shanghai so there's a distinct possibility that one day I use that as an excuse to visit the city.
Is there something particular you would recommend to see or do in Shanghai? Aside of your gym of course.
Have you ever gotten ill from seafood bought from the local seafood markets? I love seafood but in many places it kinda feels like you should be a local to really understand what's fresh and what isn't.
I know English isn't very widely spoken in China, but Shangai being the largest city and quite international, how many people there understand or speak English?
Can a tourist-y foreigner easily rent an apartment for say one month? I quite dislike hotels and would prefer a single room apartment with a small kitchen.
I know you don't drink but over a month long stay I just might once or twice try out some local bars. I'm sure Shangai has both good and bad neighbourhoods like any large city, but overall how safe does it feel when moving around alone at night?
I’m not much of a tourist. I have no idea what the sites are supposed to be. No, I have no become sick from eating seafood. Here’s how to tell if your seafood is fresh at the fish market: it’s alive when you buy it. It’s very simple.
English is all over the place here. You’ll be fine.
Shanghai is one of the safest cities on the planet. I walk around at night all the time. No worries.
As far as renting an apartment for a month, I don’t know. Usually rental agreements with foreigners require you to be a Shanghai resident, as opposed to a tourist.
Its okey Ramsay just double wink when you're in trouble, we'll save you
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hey what up mr ramsey dewey you know i been deciding on what i want learn from krav maga,combat sambo,sanda or krav maga,wing chun ,muay thai but i will let GOD decide that for me because both options are the best of all time good,effective in self defence,street fighting against multiple opponents attackers fact and true and i know i can learn them in usa where i live it all depends on the teacher not the school and look sir ramsey dewey is not that i don't want to train i want to but until covid 19 is all clear no more mask i can't do anything but like you martial arts have no age limit so i got time.
I have a parable for yo'll.
You take the good
You take the bad
You take them both
and there you have the facts of life.
i've seen a lot about china's rapidly growing economy, and about the development of more infrastructure, high speed rail roads, etc. how much or little has this impacted the average person's daily life, have there been significant changes to the standard of living in the recent past?
Yep. Travel, communication, infrastructure, quality of life, etc have come a very long way just in the time I’ve been here alone.
Hi Ramsey, big fan here. Keep up the good work!
Is it really expensive to live in Shanghai ? Also what attracts you to stay in china and being a mma coach their rather then being a coach ij the states ?
Keep up the videos! They are awesome !
1. I can be. But it doesn’t have to be. 2. I enjoy life here and the unique challenge of promoting MMA in China.
Spitting facts, some people depict China as practically North Korea and that's crazy
Ramsey what would you choose if you could only pick one. Double end bag or speed bag?
Coach my tummy hurts what do I do
10:00 One of the major differences is that in the West it's a miscellanea of companies controlling your credit score, and you can protest and fight against them. It's not dependent on only the government, which you cannot protest against at all.
“16 privately owned companies” that was repeated more than once.
@@RamseyDewey all under the immediate trigger of any in the politburo.
@@RamseyDewey The arguments you levy in the video are valid and are some I often put against people who take a one-sided approach to this discussion. Nonetheless, I still disagree with most of what you exposed.
I think @laowhy86 and @serpentza would be willing to have a civilized discussion about all this.
Ramsey,in China are there competitions dedicated only to Tai Chi?And when I say Tai Chi ,I do not mean forms,I mean pure Tai Chi fighting.It is very hard or almost impossible to find that on You Tube.Another question:which of those fighting games do you consider the best or very realistic(Ultra Street Fighter,Mortal Kombat 9-10-11,Dead or Alive 6,The King of Fighters 14or Tekken 5).Thank you for your kind answer.
No politics in the Dojo!
P.S. Happy Gobble Gobble, from Seattle, Washington, USA
What’s your view on the country of Taiwan and what’s happening with China and other countries over Taiwan?
What exactly do you think is happening in Taiwan?
@@RamseyDewey China is claiming Taiwan isn’t a country. Not sure exactly what they said but after US pulled out of Afghanistan China said to Taiwan basically we are coming for you and literally said the US will not protect you. Now they are threatening any country about defending Taiwan. They recently threatened Japan over Taiwan.
@@RamseyDewey I’m just curious about what you think about all of it since you live in China.
@@Smoker5739 This isn’t new. This has been going on for almost 70 years. The PRC (China) has always claimed the ROC (Taiwan) while the ROC has always claimed the PRC. Each of these political entities will never recognize the sovereignty of the other because doing so would mean relinquishing the right to rule to the other. Countries that recognize the sovereignty of the ROC are basically making the public statement that the PRC is not a real country and the ROC is the legitimate government of China and vise versa. You should at the very least read the Wikipedia article on Taiwan (the Republic of China) before jumping on any sensationalist propaganda bandwagons.
We call them central government, not federal government.
It sucks you can't tell the truth without being disappeared...
Are you kidding me? This isn’t Guantanamo Bay, kid.
@@RamseyDewey the covid whistleblowers got disappeared.
Guess you need real info...
Sucks you won't listen to information unless it fits with what you already think...
@@RamseyDewey then say you acknowledge organ harvesting is proven and disturbing. ( it is)
@@RevRyukin7 I probably can provide Another version of the story to you as reference: in late December 2019，doctor Li's colleagues suspected there was Sars alike disease found in patients, and they discussed on their online group after they reported to the hospital management. Short afterwards, doctorLi exposed the information online to his social media which caused huge panic. Some of Couples of days later, the local police called him to police station and reprimanded him for spreading the information without being proved and left from the police station. The same night the Chinese government announced there was new type disease found and reported to WHO.
According to this version, there were difference from the western version:
1. Li was never been arrested like western version asserted. I saw a copy of the document showed on Internet Before But couldn't remember where exactly. But for me, if Li was arrested, it will be reasonable to tell how long he had been arrested. But No one ever did.
2. From receiving the Report to informing the public and reporting to WHO on 01.01.2020，i remember it happened within one week. Therefore i won't say Chinese government was trying to hide, particularly compared to some other governments's initial response after being aware of the existence of covid in China;
3. The local city government tried to calm citizens down by stating that there was no evidence showing the disease can transit among people. They even organized big dinner celebrating an event to show it. It is stupid Before They had more evidence. I remember They All lost their jobs.
While you might suspect this version is false, you shouldn't totally believe the western news about other countries. Check stories from both sides, you will be surprised.
So coach, most dank question about life in china
Boxing vs kung fu
What’s the question?
@@RamseyDewey what is your take on the effectiveness of kung fu, have you tried it or have you fought a kung fu stylist
Gotta love how Ramsey Dewey is literally more qualified to be a China expert than anyone employed as such in Washington DC, and his opinions can be confirmed by most Chinese people from China, and yet some of y'all in the peanuts gallery will still insist that he's speaking under duress.
Please share with me your secrets: how do you speak with such confidence even though you wouldn't know Xinjiang from Xintiandi or Li Peng from Peng Shuai?
Hahaha! Truth. I get the craziest comments about China on this channel.
Have you ever watched anything from Laowhy86 Ramsey? You two are the only youtubers I watch that have lived in China and you both got Drastically different viewpoints on the state of affairs. I think there's something to your "you get what you put into your experience" outlook and totally agree. I definitely think you should watch some of his stuff if you haven't yet though. He's very likely a huge source of where the Dystopian china image comes from since his primary content is ccp human rights violations.
As another person from Idaho I can confirm
International man of mystery. Auston Powell
That Black Mirror episode wasn't about China though, rather the influence of social media, subscribers, retweets, etc on everyone across the whole world and what might happen if it does become a tangible factor. Not sure why the people asking you about it link it to Black Mirror.
No kidding. People think China is like that because of sensationalist news that told them so.
Facebook...err Metaverse! is basically trying to get there.
Heyo Ramsey, heyo people scrolling by. I really hope you can help me out here, since I have a bit of a situation going on and would really appreciate your advice.
I have been doing Kung Fu (well, officially we call it Kung Fu) for almost 7 years now. While we do indeed follow traditional forms we also do self defence, sparring and just general workouts etc. Just calling it "Kung Fu" classes would probably give off the wrong impression there.
Well, our Sifu got sick with 'rona and is probably gonna be out for a while. The other person who usually filled in for him (long time student) now can't enter the gym due to not being vaccinated yet and new rules regarding the whole virus situation.
This leaves me as the next most qualified person to run the whole thing, which is what I wanted your advice on, cause I am terrified of that. I am pretty confident, that I can hold sparring and kickboxing/fighting classes, since that is what I mainly focus on, but that's not the only thing what my school teaches. I definitely don't feel qualified to also teach the other aspects. It's not a super big amount of people every time we train, but I am really scared I will misrepresent the way the school has been run so far. Should I risk changing the formula a bit to actually be comfortable teaching things I am confident in? Would it be a better idea to apply all the knowledge I have in the other areas and keep the spirit of the school as alive as possible? What else could I do?
I want to coach and teach martial arts at some point myself, that's a dream, so I realize this is also an opportunity, but it's not one I can say I wanted. I hope someeone can help me out here. Bit of a moral dilemma for me.
I appreciate all your time, best wishes from germany ;)
It might be important to mention that I will only turn 19 in a few months time, sp that's a bunch of life experience i am missing aswell
sounds like sanda
@@Skalias that's in there aswell and is what I train for. It's a whole bunch of stuff cause our Sifu learned a shit ton of different martial arts lmao
As an American, is there any American food you miss living in China for so long? My cousins who studied abroad in the US come back missing buffalo chicken and ribs XD
No. I’m actually a British person who grew up in America eating old timey British food my mom learned to make during post war rationing after the Nazis bombed the English countryside. That means food that’s boiled and burnt to a crisp until all the flavor and joy is gone so that it saps your will to yearn for actual food anymore.
13:390 ohhh snap, was that a shot at Serpentza?
Yo Ramsey I need your help. How do you use jack dempseys falling step in boxing nowadays because first of all he doesn’t specify how to throw the second right after the left and also whenever I try the falling step my spar mate usually figures it out then starts to step to the side as I do the falling step and starts to bomb myself. So I’m asking how can I use the falling step properly. Also it’s very hard to do any of dempseys body motion techniques when the coach teaches boxing the more modern way
My only question is about the reported dark sides of the social credit score. For example, not being able to leave the country is a big one. Also, I understand that there is a lack of freedom of speech and massive amounts of censorship (more than most countries). Again, no country is perfect but some are better than others.
This isn’t a question.
@@RamseyDewey Is this actually a thing or is it anti-China rhetoric?
I have quite an oddball question about living in China, what are some of the tastiest delicacies you’ve had in China?
Frogs.
Let’s be honest. They were taking pictures of Xiao.
I heard that Kengan Ashura and its follow up series Kengan Omega are blacklisted in China and they'll fine your social credit if you read them. Has that impacted you having made Kengan videos in the past?
Where did you hear that from?
Here's a different question: Are there any traditional art dojos around you that're willing to spar and can you make a video there?
Gday Ramsey
Not that I’m aware of. Unless you count taekwondo or judo.
You make West Taiwan sound okay.
I wish Fite/Triller can actually set up a fight with You and Master Wong.