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A little tip here from someone who has experience with distilling and thus the difference between ethanol and methanol. If you buy hard liquor and you want an easy test to know if its safe. Put a bit on a spoon and light it. If the flame is yellow then DON'T drink it. It means its methanol. If the flame is a near invisible blue then it's ethanol and safe to drink.
Methanol boils at a lower temperature (68C) than ethanol (78C) so I'd say bootleg booze places see some vapour come from the mash and assume it's ethanol. But if it's lower than 80C it isn't hot enough to boil off the methanol.
Looks like hot June in Taiwan with all the sweat and rainbow gay pride flag for that is June time where Taiwan follows America on that sort of liberal thing. It's too hot for serpentza otherwise it would be the alternative to China itself with how bad things are getting over there.
@@davidj4662 We choose large profits over misery. Most of the companies that are doing this are not american anymore, the are globalist. Apple, Microsoft, GM, Ford for example....
You would think making watered down homebrew would be great business to sell as brand name beer. Brew it from corn and rice with sugar and a tiny bit of malt syrup, cheap hops. 200 gallon for $50.
Not fake alcohol, but I have been informed personally about a fresh development from the villages, just outside main cities in Shandong. (I won't name the town here) It's dammed cold there at the moment (-8º yesterday) and most of the homes are unheated except for a small cast-iron stove in the cooking area where a few lumps of black coal are burned for food preparation. These are not wealthy people. They have recently been told that they are not allowed to burn regular coal, they must only burn an alternative 'low pollution' coal. This coal is more than double the regular price and burns poorly, so they must burn much more to get the same heat. A few villagers have not yet purchased this other coal and keep burning regular coal. Over the past few days police have been raiding homes and arresting people for trying to stay warm with the old coal. A couple of years ago I stayed in one of these villages for a week during high winter as a guest. -15 outside, unheated rooms so everyone wears 'ski clothes' all day. I was made extremely welcome and ate well from meals prepared on their single-pot coal stove. The ability to cook this way is central to survival, but unlike city folk, many in villages lack the hard currency to buy this alternative fuel. They are very unhappy about this development. The feel that they are bearing the burden of anti-pollution measures with their one or two lumps of cooking coal per day, so that heavy industry burning nearby can continue unchanged. It is quite distressing to hear these stories firsthand from people I know, even though I understand how bad the air quality has become in this region.
Ones wealth in one country might be poor in another country. Heck even in the same country it can be drastic, Make $120,000 and live in Kansas you are doing pretty damn good, make $120,000 and try living in NYC you are going to have a harder time with life.
Your story is strange. Coaked Coked, Coal or any Carbon Base coated in #PlantFats, also known as CarbonHydrogen or HydroCarb cook really well and last much longer flame, than the very very fast burn of porous carbon matter. ~ the cost difference is the oil it's soaked in. This goes back to the invention of Mauve in Europe, and first Bible texts of Jesus 2,000 years before with #ClingStone plantfats on every person and surface. ~ quadruple or more heat fuel life, if add liquid plant fat oils or solid waxes.
No way!!! China? Finally a good old fashioned video... sitting at a humble street food joint, just like the first days of your China vlog Winston! Yes, in Athens Greece, I once drank a glass of Drambuie, got the shits, went blind for a minute or so, and then was out on the floor like some kind of crackhead who had overdosed. ...no one in the entire bar cared to help!!!
Come on, really man? Feel sorry for you. Hopefully it didn't do any permanent damage for your health. How did that happen and where was that place in Athens? You know, so I can avoid it :P People not helping in such terrible circumstances is not the most regular thing in Greece, I mean, I hadn't had that experience here yet, at least.
Ugh it’s so scary and painful to watch the footage of you guys imbibing actual poison! So glad you’re ok. Cheers to future vids, success, and real beer!
I have never ever considered that what I buy as food or drink could be anything other than exactly what it says it is. The idea of no food or drink safety is, all by itself, enough for me to never go to China. Thanks, guys, you just sealed it for me. Not that I was thinking of going, mind you, just that now I will never go.
Sounds like, as intriguing and wonderful as the Chinese people and culture are, the accumulated effects of corruption, theft, and the dictates of a communist state, are wearing you down and forcing you out. As I think you've already alluded to but cannot state explicitly.
@Lon Spector what kind of jibber jabber you talking?? You morons are on repeat. Trump is killing your country and you Republican justice warriors are going to defend him while his locked up. If your not a troll WoW.... just wow
It is very bad that many Chinese farmers are not aware of methanol. They will drink the first dip too. Many still believes it is good since it is natural and "fresh" (first dip of the distillation) But, such homemade alcohols are banned across the country for sale. Even for delivery. Alcohol examinations are so tough now across the country. I don't know why they are complaining fake foreign alcohols, maybe they passed the safety test but is still fake? Or just to blame China with a video recorded 5 years ago, again and again, to get sponsorship?
The free alcohol in the sanlitun night clubs (Beijing) is lethal, when you hold it near your nose it smells like window cleaner. My heart would palpitate the day after drinking this stuff. Scary stuff, stay away from free booze
I find it funny that the Chinese are so protective of each other when an outsider is involved, yet they can back stab, cheat, or outright kill one another for personal gains. Edit: I'm talking about some mainland Chinese nationals, as discussed in the TH-cam clip, not other nationalities.
g43654. You're generalizing, we've got over 1.5 billions population, with such a massive population people comes in many different shades and family and social backgroud, How about USA? People shoot each other for a groceries outthere, atleast crime rate is extremely law in China comparing to USA South America, Eastern Europe and other part of Asia. Outhere nobody will try to steal your belongings or kill you even if you're totally drunk and lie flat on the street, imagine the same in America. This is what happen when people forget to clean thier own backyard and preaching others. Look at yourself first.
@@sino-centrism7013 You have just proven my original observation by assuming that I were an American - an outsider, and proceeded to attack me with "Look at yourself first". I looked at my country and you know, there are so many Chinese communities growing here, if it were that bad, surely they wouldn't be here, right? Our backyard is a bit messy but we're doing just fine. Please take care of your own backyard, or else every time you start killing off your babies with melamine-laced milk powders or dodgy vaccines, or poison your own people with fake alcohols, medicines, food and drinks that you start grabbing things from our hands and leave little left. It's a China's problem so deal with it and please refrain from inconveniencing others.
My colleague got poisoned by fake alcohol in Shenzhen on a business trip. Luckily it was our last day there and I could handle the rest of the negotiations myself as I gave up drinking alcohol years ago, although to our Chinese business partners we had to say that it was for religious reasons or they wouldn't accept it. I had to physically carry my colleague onto the plane. Fortunately it was an Aeroflot flight out of Shenzhen so the stewardess on the plane was used to it and just laughed. Oh, the business partners were absolutely hammered as well while I was clean as a whistle, so we ended up getting an exceedingly good deal. So something good come out of it at least.
In Bulgaria, they take personal offence if you do not drink what they offer. The only exception is if you're the driver, but even then it's kind of a let-down. But I guess if you make up some religion, it's as good an excuse as any! :D
@@kebman They most certainly would and do take offense in China as well if you do not drink alcohol. However, I'm alcoholic that has not had alcohol for almost 8 years now. And we sought advice before our first trip to China, and our advisers told us that religious reasons was the only excuse that would not be questioned for not drinking alcohol while doing business in China. So while not exactly forthcoming and honest, it was an acceptable solution as it would raise the least amount of problems.
@@kebman Wow. I'm thinking of a jacket with a quiet vacuum and a bladder of decent healthy fluids that makes you look drunk but 100% alert and not drunk at all, that would pop into the drink out of their sight as you hold it and swap the liquids ... maybe while it's at your mouth it could just suck up the drink and not even bother with refilling. The sucker stem would have to be the same color as clear cups in case they get suspicious. You could carry a lime that visually looks the same as the straw that sucks the liquid out so they don't catch on.
When distilling alcohol, you have to discard the first 5 to 30% (called the foreshot, the amount depends on how well the fermentation was done.) as it is quite toxic as it contains methanol and harsh tasting acetones. When you do not, you get poisoned. When trying to get the maximum distillate, you may not discard it and hence people get poisoned. There is bad tasting stuff at the end of the distillation cycle called the tails. It may not be toxic, but does not taste good.
The thing I don't understand is why would their beer contain high methanol. My guess is they possibly added ethanol mixed with methanol to diluted beer because this doesn't make sense to me. Getting methanol poisoning from beer or wine is extremely rare.
@@winecraft5009 It can be both, brewed alcoholic beverages in general have methanol in them but it is not a lot and it is evenly spread out. Distilled beverages, on the other hand, contain a LOT more methanol but it is usually in the foreshots, that is why you get rid of it when distilling, if you don't you can go blind or suffer other symptoms of methanol poisoning or end up with consuming a lot of poisonous chemicals that occur in small quantities but are quite toxic. I assume these fake beers are made specifically by adding methanol to low quality brews or real beer, this is usually how fake booze is made in general. But obviously they can add other shit to it that is even worse for you, the classic one is acetaldehyde (which i think is what the smell reveals) because it is basically the chemical that your body makes when metabolizing alcohol, which is what causes all the shitty side effects and I would assume makes the hangover a LOOT worse.
The counterfeit production industry isn't a secret of China. Everybody knows that they're knocking off literally any product/thing they can get their hands on.
Did not you notice that they have left China for months? Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
This "fake industry" is a problem Chinese society needs to address. Everyone agrees on that. It's not like human right abuses and stuff like that, which has different opinions and ways to look at it.
Currently in China (Beijing) drunk 3/4 of a fake jack Daniels on my birthday last month and spent two days feeling like death and missing work not a normal hangover couldn't stomach any food or drink and had to get a IV drip to stay hydrated
Also on another note I once brought a bottle of black label and put it in the freezer and it froze solid so I threw it away god knows what was actually in that bottle
you can just call 12315 to report that scam. BTW, I never encountered that problem probably because I bought alcohol in chain liquor store. And I seldom bought them.
It is very bad that many Chinese farmers are not aware of methanol. They will drink the first dip too. Many still believes it is good since it is natural and "fresh" (first dip of the distillation) But, such homemade alcohols are banned across the country for sale. Even for delivery. Alcohol examinations are so tough now across the country. I don't know why they are complaining fake foreign alcohols, maybe they passed the safety test but is still fake? Or just to blame China with a video recorded 5 years ago, again and again, to get sponsorship?
@@zhaoxunyan4016 Because people are still getting very ill from these products! It is an ongoing problem! Why are You getting so out of shape, for all the wrong reasons? They are entitled to post whatever they want.. it is their experiences and opinions! No one forces you to watch their channel!
Maybe it IS that shirt! - haha! - Don't think WinZA takes any prisoners when he gets really pissed off! (see the vlog of the road diggers making noise outside his apartment in Shenzhen and his ..... emmhh, displeasure about that!)
Wow, that's kind of scary. I drank a lot when I was in china. I remember there were weird nights where I was able to drink a surprising amount, and other times I would feel bad in a weird way after drinking. I guess I now know some of that could have been fake alcohol
Maybe that is what he want's, be a good reason not to return then he might be able to claim asylum seeking married to a Chinese women and needs to escape to someplace. South Africa is going down the tubes so he really can not return there.
In 2008 there was the first publicized baby milk scandal effecting 300K infants, 54K hospitalized, and 6 dead. Later found that it was just the biggest of 3 incidents that year.
I've had first hand experience of this too. I went to a club called Muse in Shanghai about 3 years ago. Had one drink there and then felt dizzy and was sick in the toilet there after about 30 minutes.
I had fake beer in Hong Kong. At a street shop in Kowloon they brought a bottle of Japanese Asahi Super Dry. Tasted it and was like "wtf is this?" Thought I'd gotten a bad bottle . Ordered another one , same. Nasty. I live in japan and I'm a boozebag lol I know what Asahi tastes like and that WAS NOT Asahi or even beer.
Does Hong Kong make their own Ashai. Where in live I believe a company has the rights and brews/bottles it locally. Doesn't taste as good as imported bottles.
Countless Chinese companies practice that. My bet is, a company in China brewed lousy beer, and simply labeled it as Asahi. I remember reading there are more fake Yamaha motorcycles in China than the real ones, and since the courts and local governments showed zero intention to stop it, Yamaha decided to buy the companies that were selling the fake ones to protect the brand image. LOL.
You had these stories about how it is unsafe to drink the tap water and you must drink bottled water etc, but(considering the profit margin that is huge) have you guys consumed fake bottled water? if so can you tell when it is fake or the effects it has?
Thank you for supporting their work. Did not you notice that they have left China for months? Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
@@zhaoxunyan4016 And so? What is your point? The things you have mentioned are petty on your part! Or, as we say, you are making mountains out of molehills!
I don't agree with that. Their videos have made me want to visit china more, because I've watched most of them, and all the video overall have shown me how great China can be. That being said, it's also shown me the negative and enforced the fact I could never want to live there as a foreigner. Just because you watch all the negative videos, and not the good ones too, doesn't reflect the real china
oh jeez, same story here, i once got poisoned with fake baijiu, nearly died, ended up in the ER for 12 hours with severe heart palpitations, constantly throwing up, extreme stomach pain, headaches and throbbing veins all over my body, i felt i die or get a stroke but was total awake, terrible feeling, the ER doc told my wife that i have to stay and be monitored or i could potentially die, pulse rate fluctuated from 25 to 185. Always check whether the stuff you get offered is genuine. The found formaldehyde and a plasticizer (commonly used in fake baijiu) in my blood. So they knew what happened to me.
I've had to stop drinking beer altogether in Jinhua, China. I found myself in the same situation, sweating, wretching, unable to work - after 3 beers. I felt like my body was dying screaming. One can only wonder where these beers come from.
You guys should do a video of how you first met.. if you haven’t already, sometimes it’s seams you are both completely different and other times not! Love both your videos and watch you both together. Keep up the good work! 2021
That is correct. They have a custom like persuading drink. You can just say you do not drink to avoid it. But once you do, they will toast you one by one, until your tongue is as stiff as wood. This is a bad habit in Northern China.
You're a brave pair of men. One poisoning and I'd've never trusted alcoholic beverages again. Sitting there drinking beer talking about the risk of counterfeit beer. Now that's journalism.
Couple of days before I was to get married in Russia to my now wonderful wife (I am Russian also), me and my mates went to a good solid looking bar place in Vladivostok to celebrate. Now, I am a semi-solid vodka drinker. I can do half a liter over a couple of hours with some food, and be totally fine. What we drank at that bar, I cannot really describe. After I took the first shot of that vodka, I thought to myself...hmmmm, strange, but you know, f it. After about 8 shots, it was total lights out. I was completely out of character, I went and jumped into the Sea with my clothes on (my mates fallowed suit), and was just rowdy as hell. The next day, I woke up at my wife's tiny apartment, and for the first time in my life (and last), i literally could not remember what the hell happened the night before. I first started to panic after I noticed that my wallet was completely out of cash, which had around 300 USD worth of money in it. After I called my mates, they all told me how I was spending heaps, lots of food, kept on drinking, etc etc and that at one point I gave my wallet to my mate and said to him :"Keep this safe, because I don't think I can anymore". Anyway, that was my experience with total fake stuff. In Vladivostok, what people do to avoid this is order things straight from japan that is legit. Usually the package arrives in 2 days (sometimes overnight) and its fully legit, very very good stuff. But yeah, fake alcohol in Russia is also very rampant and people try to be super careful. PS: You guys should visit Russia. Big similarities with China, but also huge differences. It's like Euro-China. I think you guys would find it fascinating.
I have recently had a bad experience with fake alcohol 3 months ago in Shanghai. We went to a club were we bought some beers, everything was fine until some foreigner took us to the 'free drinks for foreigner's table'. After that I went missing for 3 hours and my friend couldn't find me anywhere... I can remember I only drank one or 2 glasses of the alcohol (I suppose vodka) they were giving me. At 6 in the morning I suddenly stood in front of the club outside wondering why I was there and what had happened. Luckily I got to my hotel safe. The next day I had the most strange hangover I ever had, I felt very weird. My friend suddenly fainted that same day around the evening. We went to a hospital but they didn't do shit and it cost us 200$ per person. My advice to you: Never take any free alcohol in China if there are a lot of foreigners around because if there are a lot of foreigners I think they are more likely to give fake alcohol since they have to give it for free so it's cheaper for them. Yes this is a scary story, however in Hangzhou I had an amazing experience where we also got free alcohol but this time we were the only foreigners and a worker gave us the alcohol himself. He even drank with us himself, which is why i conclude it was real alcohol. I didn't have a strange feeling the next day and I still could remember everything. Ofcourse I was also very drunk since we got free booze. My advice here is that if you get real free booze, still keep an eye out since you might drink too much of it because it's free ;) I hope I could help some people with this... Stay awesome!
I remember the time, when I was in China first time, 97 nobody talked about fake food, alcohol etc and I did not come across any to my knowledge. Last time few years ago, my associate warned me of what places to stay away from, how to check for fake food etc.
When we went china, we had horrible stomach aches from the bottled water we bought in shops, especially when it contained “minerals”. The safest we could have was so called boiled water from Pharmacy with the big blue cap on top. Whats your experience with China water
@Irene Irene We bought in corner shops like 7-eleven and pharmacy. There is about 6 brands i saw every time and i eliminated ones giving me and my wife worst symptoms until we settled on 1 brand from pharmacy. . . . It did not help that it was Hot & very humid as it was in August. Worst diarrhea causing food for me was not actually the chinese food but Pizza hut in Shanghai main street & some grilled squid i got from the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
@@DJNashyB it's yuans in China :) and actually c-milk filmed how some people just took some water from a river or something and transported it somewhere... so that's why I use my home filter for water in China
@Irene Irene I bought my filter back in Russia 😂 But here you can buy them too in a supermarket or on the internet. Also, you can buy big bottles of drinking water (like you see every day in office buildings). Chinese people just drink it from bottles but I still prefer to filter it 😀 And about a shower... Of course you can take a shower but just don't drink tapwater accidentally. For example, when I go to brush my teeth, I take a glass of boiled water with me 😁
Home made rice wine kills here in Cambodia. Apparently it's because methanol is added. From 2015 to 2017, there were 389 cases of rice wine poisoning which caused 50 deaths. Never heard of fake production of branded drinks, though.
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How can you even try a sip of any Chinese supposed alcohol beverage? I could not now that I have seen this.
@Neon Flex "anyone stupid enough to eat or drink in china deserves to die"... Do you read any of the shit you type? Do yourself a favour, and get off the internet. You're a twat.
We once bought some chocolate biscuits in China that looked suspiciously a lot like Oreo biscuits just much cheaper. Upon opening the package we discovered that the biscuits were identical to Oreo's except for the 'Oreo' characters that are normally printed on the side of each biscuit. Well, except that on a few of them you could still see a few remnants of the 'Oreo' characters. So apparently these were original Oreo biscuits that somebody had done the effort of trying to scrape the 'Oreo' characters off each biscuits and then sell them in the supermarket at a lower price than original Oreo.
I got a bottle of fake Jack Daniels from Jennie Lou's Chaoyang Park in Beijing - I bought it with a friend to show my home state's whiskey, and when we got back to my house and opened it, it tasted like black pepper and water. burned my tongue and throat really bad...Szechuan peppercorn bad. 2nd time was at Jennie Wang (Lido) Beijing - a fake bottle of Russian vodka. had 3 or 4 shots before bed one night; when I woke up, the pain was beyond a hangover. just blinding pain in the head. I was also very dizzy when I stood up - complete vertigo. blood pressure was up really high, too. took me a few days to recover from that. god knows how many fake bottles of wine I've had in BJ or Guangzhou, but haven't suffered any ill effects from the wine. I've had fake beef, fake pork, definitely fake cigarettes. Be careful in china, guys.
I honestly think you two guys need to quit China for a while i feel its getting to hot for all foreigners especially guys like you that know your way round the law Etc .no longer a country on my wish list ever since Mao tse tung the second took over .PD
That is true 'Xcaliber Trekker' had a dude on the street in Dominican Republic try that with a buddy and I. We asked the bar tender how much he just smiled and ignored us and we asked 3 more times, he poured something and we turned and walked away and left. The street dude came up and was pissed saying he would have to pay for it and we told him "look we asked how much you nor the bar tender would say so fuck that", the guy proceed to grab my arm which I turned and yelled after pushing him away "WTF are you doing grabbing my arm dude? I'm a fucking US Diplomat if you got a problem then call the police" we continued walking and the dude just dropped it. My buddy and I grew up as depends of Diplomats so we understand the words to scare someone because touching and harassing is very frowned upon. I had a skinhead kick me in the face on a train in Vienna, he and his friends were caught just for him kicking me he got 5 years mandatory prison not to mention what he got from assaulting others that night. Yeah, it's no joke...so knowing what to say to someone to get them to leave you alone is key.
@Lon Spector that sounds fun don't know if I like your sort of politics my friend you just keep that right wing stuff on your side of the ocean mate where quite happy here in britian thanks 😂
@Lon Spector your off your head mate none of that is going on in Britain are you joking we've got lower crime no guns it's you knob head yanks who have to worry every black guy has got a gun son 😀😀😀😀
@Lon Spector I like Muslims I'd invite one in my house for a cup of tea 😀😀😀it's funny Americans telling us what it's like in Europe it's all propaganda son it's not true Europe hasn't got high crime you Americans have sort your own country out don't worry about us where happy here
@Lon Spector let's face it the petrol dollars had it your only hope is to attack Europe to stop us being the head honcho and the world trade in the Euro instead America is on borrowed time
Recently, it was disclosed that at an expensive Chinese hotel, the same toilet wipe was being used to clean both the kitchen and the toilet. Unfortunately, no matter how much you pay, you can't be certain they adhere to the minimum level of hygiene in China.
A few years back, here in Texas, you could purchase heads of garlic grown in mainland China. I never bought any, because I knew back then, that it was probably contaminated.
"We have evidence, we have evidence" - I get the same vibe I got from Winstons video the other day, be safe guys. Been following you a while and I feel you could be in hot water, real fast.
Well, as far as the powdery bits of stuff in the wine go. It may well be sediment that does from in good red wines. In fact, if you watch a wine drinker decant an older red wine they take great care to see that the sediment stays in the bottle. THe sediment is cream of tartar (the salt of tartaric acid that forms naturally in the wine).
My friend was an expat living in China. She bought a bottle of alcohol at a bar, and she kept it there so it can remain on reserve for her use. Numerous visits later, she noticed her beverage tasted more watered down. I wish she refused the offer to have the bar "hold onto it for her." It sounded like a scam from the moment she started telling her story. No guarantee she'd receive her product back, let alone using it for other customers.
sounds like methyl alcohol aka wood spirit. Some of the first symptoms are vision problems followed by blindness and death. you two are very lucky it was beer and not wine or 52% 白酒!
I can't believe you guys do stuff like this, the clip at 9:10 "Is this alcohol?" "This smells bad!" and you drink it anyway. WTF? You already know there's bad fake stuff all over the place and you drink something that smells bad anyway or did you not know that the Chinese make fake booze at this point?
Winston needs a third line on his shirt that says... 我们是人人 or is that too hippy-dippy, touchy-feely, Subaru Outback-granola? Also, C-Milk was so delirious he put on those earrings and looked like he was in a boy-band.
There were definitely at least a few time I got fake beer in China. The worst part is when the beer seems only "slightly off", so you drink it anyways. There were a few times however I definitely got a 22 of Tsingtao and 3/4 of the way through the bottle I legit was just DONE. Not from being drunk, but from a headache and feeling poisoned. Not good.
I was so exciting few months ago knowing that i will go to China next year, and now i am not so sure. I am scared a little a bit. Where the hell is safe to buy beer and groceries apart from western stores and supermarkets. If i order a Tsingtao beer in a pub how can i be sure if it is a real one and not fake ?????
Remember most of us survive here for years. If it's a decent bar then it should be ok. There are few real bars, most chinese combine eating with drinking, so go to a foreigner bar. I often drink beer locally, god knows if it's fake or not, I just dont overdo it and I dont drink spirits unless they're from a trusted source. You should be fine! Just be cautious.
Thank you for supporting their work. Did not you notice that they have left China for months? Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
@@zhaoxunyan4016 I find a lot of Chinese really cannot take any criticism of aspects of China. Stop winding yourself up and get off these videos. You aren't going to persuade anyone that they're lying (except Chinese), because they're not. China has flaws, deal with it.
@@cbrtdgh4210 You're absolutely right! But to be fair, in private many Chinese can be more relaxed about criticism and we can laugh about their faults and ours. But publicly it's true what the guys say; it's like some kind of teenage, almost sulking, to dare say anything about the obvious problems in China. I think that's more a party thing than a people thing; the party likes to portray a life of calm balance and harmony, everything is well, everything is ok, everything is beautiful. Anyone who cracks, let alone shatters, that illusion is in for a rough ride. My point would be this; how can things improve if no one is allowed to mention there might be things that need improving? So, this paranoia about foreigners trying to do China down is missing the point and only goes to show why there's a problem in the first place.
I thought i was gonna die after a night drinking beers bought from a shop in Foshan 2007. Spent two days shakin and sweats,killer head aches.No normal hangover,cheers. Great video,thanks Lads
jesus that glass is fit for a king, like you bros. Keep up the good work, vids are a delight even if I dont care for china at all, I love learning about the culture, and exploring it vicariously from you lot is great, amazing commentary engaging.
This happens in Russia, Mexico, Philippines, India, etc etc! China seems the worst in just a sheer number of food products and meds that are adulterated with the known poisons and harmful additives!
@@birdbirdbird1565 They're mixing talc powder and chemicals in baby milk, which caused the death of thousands of babies in China, so I wouldn't rule it out as just a rumor.
It doesn't make sense unless they're actually putting something in it because even bad fermentation is usually safe, it might taste like hot garbage but it's usually safe either way.
I'm 70% sure one of my faivourite Sichuan places in Melbourne served me and my dad fake Carlton Draught about 6 months ago. Label was ever so slightly off, and my dad instantly realised it tasted nothing like Draught. I drank a little and it tasted completely wrong. I don't think I'll be going back.
These videos made me realize I take a lot things for granted as an American. Fake booze that can kill you, never even imagined that was a thing, and I've drank my fair share of moonshine.
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ADVChina Ho Ho No... I do not want any one of you from the anti-China quadruple go into jail or the re-education camp. I only want all your visa applications for entering China Mainland ( _especially Vivi (Cmilk's wife) and Winston_ ) get rejected 😁 Being prepared and Good luck.
@@redflag6906 Just stay AWESOME
that Fonze joke tho
kerry murphy OKAY.. I will try to stay awesome, positive, or prozziitive......
kerry murphy ... Or being a liar and hater for your own profit.
A little tip here from someone who has experience with distilling and thus the difference between ethanol and methanol. If you buy hard liquor and you want an easy test to know if its safe. Put a bit on a spoon and light it. If the flame is yellow then DON'T drink it. It means its methanol. If the flame is a near invisible blue then it's ethanol and safe to drink.
Methanol boils at a lower temperature (68C) than ethanol (78C) so I'd say bootleg booze places see some vapour come from the mash and assume it's ethanol. But if it's lower than 80C it isn't hot enough to boil off the methanol.
I thought regular 80 proof booze doesn't have enough acholol content to burn. I've always used bacardi 151 for flaming shots.
I’ll remember this while buying alcohol from sketchy distillers overseas =)))
@@aaronbays4 It burns, it just takes a while to light.
chinese people even fake the light
wtf...this is the first time for a very long time that serpentza is not wearing a suit!
Sounds like it might have been a little too hot for a suit!
Looks like hot June in Taiwan with all the sweat and rainbow gay pride flag for that is June time where Taiwan follows America on that sort of liberal thing. It's too hot for serpentza otherwise it would be the alternative to China itself with how bad things are getting over there.
Hes so fucking sexy god damnit
The universe will never be the same...
After
Chinese will choose small profit over someone else's misery.
So...like America?
Its not good business practices go kill your customers but Chinese people cant put 2 and 2 together
David J Like the man in your mirror, you should take a look.
@@davidj4662 We choose large profits over misery. Most of the companies that are doing this are not american anymore, the are globalist. Apple, Microsoft, GM, Ford for example....
@@gavincurtis globalist is a fancy word for jewish
One thing China always amazes me is that they counterfeit everything no matter how cheap the product is. No idea where the marginal comes from.
You would think making watered down homebrew would be great business to sell as brand name beer. Brew it from corn and rice with sugar and a tiny bit of malt syrup, cheap hops. 200 gallon for $50.
@@brooks274 Arrgh fuck. As a brewer that was painful to read. What you described would not result in a beer by definition.
They fake EGGs just FYI
Not fake alcohol, but I have been informed personally about a fresh development from the villages, just outside main cities in Shandong. (I won't name the town here) It's dammed cold there at the moment (-8º yesterday) and most of the homes are unheated except for a small cast-iron stove in the cooking area where a few lumps of black coal are burned for food preparation. These are not wealthy people. They have recently been told that they are not allowed to burn regular coal, they must only burn an alternative 'low pollution' coal. This coal is more than double the regular price and burns poorly, so they must burn much more to get the same heat. A few villagers have not yet purchased this other coal and keep burning regular coal. Over the past few days police have been raiding homes and arresting people for trying to stay warm with the old coal.
A couple of years ago I stayed in one of these villages for a week during high winter as a guest. -15 outside, unheated rooms so everyone wears 'ski clothes' all day. I was made extremely welcome and ate well from meals prepared on their single-pot coal stove. The ability to cook this way is central to survival, but unlike city folk, many in villages lack the hard currency to buy this alternative fuel. They are very unhappy about this development. The feel that they are bearing the burden of anti-pollution measures with their one or two lumps of cooking coal per day, so that heavy industry burning nearby can continue unchanged. It is quite distressing to hear these stories firsthand from people I know, even though I understand how bad the air quality has become in this region.
@Geronimo McDuggins What do you classify as "rich"?
hey ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) in what country and are you talking monetary wealth or otherwise?
Ones wealth in one country might be poor in another country. Heck even in the same country it can be drastic, Make $120,000 and live in Kansas you are doing pretty damn good, make $120,000 and try living in NYC you are going to have a harder time with life.
You have to add #PlantFats to the coal. USA calls this coking.
Your story is strange. Coaked Coked, Coal or any Carbon Base coated in #PlantFats, also known as CarbonHydrogen or HydroCarb cook really well and last much longer flame, than the very very fast burn of porous carbon matter. ~ the cost difference is the oil it's soaked in. This goes back to the invention of Mauve in Europe, and first Bible texts of Jesus 2,000 years before with #ClingStone plantfats on every person and surface. ~ quadruple or more heat fuel life, if add liquid plant fat oils or solid waxes.
No way!!! China?
Finally a good old fashioned video... sitting at a humble street food joint, just like the first days of your China vlog Winston!
Yes, in Athens Greece, I once drank a glass of Drambuie, got the shits, went blind for a minute or so, and then was out on the floor like some kind of crackhead who had overdosed. ...no one in the entire bar cared to help!!!
Come on, really man? Feel sorry for you. Hopefully it didn't do any permanent damage for your health.
How did that happen and where was that place in Athens? You know, so I can avoid it :P
People not helping in such terrible circumstances is not the most regular thing in Greece, I mean, I hadn't had that experience here yet, at least.
Ugh it’s so scary and painful to watch the footage of you guys imbibing actual poison! So glad you’re ok. Cheers to future vids, success, and real beer!
Isne't alcohol a registered poison?.... They do that in all their videos...
Oh how clever you are. Truly a master of wit
Was it just me or did anyone else feel actually kind of sick watching them getting sick?
I have never ever considered that what I buy as food or drink could be anything other than exactly what it says it is. The idea of no food or drink safety is, all by itself, enough for me to never go to China. Thanks, guys, you just sealed it for me. Not that I was thinking of going, mind you, just that now I will never go.
Sounds like, as intriguing and wonderful as the Chinese people and culture are, the accumulated effects of corruption, theft, and the dictates of a communist state, are wearing you down and forcing you out. As I think you've already alluded to but cannot state explicitly.
@Lon Spector nothing wrong, they love the bbc
@Lon Spector what kind of jibber jabber you talking?? You morons are on repeat. Trump is killing your country and you Republican justice warriors are going to defend him while his locked up. If your not a troll WoW.... just wow
... puts a new spin on the old question "name your poison" 😆
Woah Winstons accent used to be a lot more "South African" than the "International British-ish" that it is today
I quit drinking in China altogether. I only drink alcohol I've bought overseas.
Make your own. That way you know exactly what goes into it.
Good habit. Especially in dinner! They will toast you endlessly.
It is very bad that many Chinese farmers are not aware of methanol. They will drink the first dip too.
Many still believes it is good since it is natural and "fresh" (first dip of the distillation)
But, such homemade alcohols are banned across the country for sale. Even for delivery.
Alcohol examinations are so tough now across the country.
I don't know why they are complaining fake foreign alcohols, maybe they passed the safety test but is still fake?
Or just to blame China with a video recorded 5 years ago, again and again, to get sponsorship?
Well, what was that advice again? ... If you take drugs in China, you're gonna get into trouble. ;-)
I'm in China too. I don't drink their alchol here so many horror stories
From personal experience this video is spot on truth.
All of your videos have convinced me to never set foot in China.
Don't it's a shithole.
Good one
Jake Cutter Triggered much?
The free alcohol in the sanlitun night clubs (Beijing) is lethal, when you hold it near your nose it smells like window cleaner. My heart would palpitate the day after drinking this stuff. Scary stuff, stay away from free booze
I find it funny that the Chinese are so protective of each other when an outsider is involved, yet they can back stab, cheat, or outright kill one another for personal gains.
Edit: I'm talking about some mainland Chinese nationals, as discussed in the TH-cam clip, not other nationalities.
g43654 true story
Collectivism is cancer. Individualism is virtue.
Chinese take ownership of each other "TW belongs to us!" "XX has been china since ancient times!" "It's OK if Chinese kill chinese!"
g43654. You're generalizing, we've got over 1.5 billions population, with such a massive population people comes in many different shades and family and social backgroud, How about USA? People shoot each other for a groceries outthere, atleast crime rate is extremely law in China comparing to USA South America, Eastern Europe and other part of Asia. Outhere nobody will try to steal your belongings or kill you even if you're totally drunk and lie flat on the street, imagine the same in America. This is what happen when people forget to clean thier own backyard and preaching others. Look at yourself first.
@@sino-centrism7013 You have just proven my original observation by assuming that I were an American - an outsider, and proceeded to attack me with "Look at yourself first". I looked at my country and you know, there are so many Chinese communities growing here, if it were that bad, surely they wouldn't be here, right? Our backyard is a bit messy but we're doing just fine.
Please take care of your own backyard, or else every time you start killing off your babies with melamine-laced milk powders or dodgy vaccines, or poison your own people with fake alcohols, medicines, food and drinks that you start grabbing things from our hands and leave little left. It's a China's problem so deal with it and please refrain from inconveniencing others.
My colleague got poisoned by fake alcohol in Shenzhen on a business trip. Luckily it was our last day there and I could handle the rest of the negotiations myself as I gave up drinking alcohol years ago, although to our Chinese business partners we had to say that it was for religious reasons or they wouldn't accept it. I had to physically carry my colleague onto the plane. Fortunately it was an Aeroflot flight out of Shenzhen so the stewardess on the plane was used to it and just laughed. Oh, the business partners were absolutely hammered as well while I was clean as a whistle, so we ended up getting an exceedingly good deal. So something good come out of it at least.
In Bulgaria, they take personal offence if you do not drink what they offer. The only exception is if you're the driver, but even then it's kind of a let-down. But I guess if you make up some religion, it's as good an excuse as any! :D
@@kebman They most certainly would and do take offense in China as well if you do not drink alcohol. However, I'm alcoholic that has not had alcohol for almost 8 years now. And we sought advice before our first trip to China, and our advisers told us that religious reasons was the only excuse that would not be questioned for not drinking alcohol while doing business in China. So while not exactly forthcoming and honest, it was an acceptable solution as it would raise the least amount of problems.
@@kebman Wow. I'm thinking of a jacket with a quiet vacuum and a bladder of decent healthy fluids that makes you look drunk but 100% alert and not drunk at all, that would pop into the drink out of their sight as you hold it and swap the liquids ... maybe while it's at your mouth it could just suck up the drink and not even bother with refilling. The sucker stem would have to be the same color as clear cups in case they get suspicious. You could carry a lime that visually looks the same as the straw that sucks the liquid out so they don't catch on.
Thx
"to our Chinese business partners we had to say that it was for religious reasons or they wouldn't accept it. "
haha - forced toasting, so true.
When distilling alcohol, you have to discard the first 5 to 30% (called the foreshot, the amount depends on how well the fermentation was done.) as it is quite toxic as it contains methanol and harsh tasting acetones. When you do not, you get poisoned. When trying to get the maximum distillate, you may not discard it and hence people get poisoned. There is bad tasting stuff at the end of the distillation cycle called the tails. It may not be toxic, but does not taste good.
Actually they have no idea of what methanol is.
Well said.
Or you distill from fermented fruit; zero chance of methanol this way.
The thing I don't understand is why would their beer contain high methanol. My guess is they possibly added ethanol mixed with methanol to diluted beer because this doesn't make sense to me. Getting methanol poisoning from beer or wine is extremely rare.
@@winecraft5009 It can be both, brewed alcoholic beverages in general have methanol in them but it is not a lot and it is evenly spread out. Distilled beverages, on the other hand, contain a LOT more methanol but it is usually in the foreshots, that is why you get rid of it when distilling, if you don't you can go blind or suffer other symptoms of methanol poisoning or end up with consuming a lot of poisonous chemicals that occur in small quantities but are quite toxic. I assume these fake beers are made specifically by adding methanol to low quality brews or real beer, this is usually how fake booze is made in general. But obviously they can add other shit to it that is even worse for you, the classic one is acetaldehyde (which i think is what the smell reveals) because it is basically the chemical that your body makes when metabolizing alcohol, which is what causes all the shitty side effects and I would assume makes the hangover a LOOT worse.
Last week: I don't air China's dirty laundry.
This week: I was POISONED in China!
The counterfeit production industry isn't a secret of China. Everybody knows that they're knocking off literally any product/thing they can get their hands on.
Did not you notice that they have left China for months?
Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
@@BarryMaskell i don't care when the post things. i watch them when they are available
This "fake industry" is a problem Chinese society needs to address. Everyone agrees on that. It's not like human right abuses and stuff like that, which has different opinions and ways to look at it.
@@zhaoxunyan4016 but what time are they posting on the moon? that's the real question
Currently in China (Beijing) drunk 3/4 of a fake jack Daniels on my birthday last month and spent two days feeling like death and missing work not a normal hangover couldn't stomach any food or drink and had to get a IV drip to stay hydrated
Also on another note I once brought a bottle of black label and put it in the freezer and it froze solid so I threw it away god knows what was actually in that bottle
@@a_panda thats a good way to test the alcohol, put it in the freezer
you can just call 12315 to report that scam.
BTW, I never encountered that problem probably because I bought alcohol in chain liquor store. And I seldom bought them.
It is very bad that many Chinese farmers are not aware of methanol. They will drink the first dip too.
Many still believes it is good since it is natural and "fresh" (first dip of the distillation)
But, such homemade alcohols are banned across the country for sale. Even for delivery.
Alcohol examinations are so tough now across the country.
I don't know why they are complaining fake foreign alcohols, maybe they passed the safety test but is still fake?
Or just to blame China with a video recorded 5 years ago, again and again, to get sponsorship?
@@zhaoxunyan4016 Because people are still getting very ill from these products! It is an ongoing problem!
Why are You getting so out of shape, for all the wrong reasons?
They are entitled to post whatever they want.. it is their experiences and opinions! No one forces you to watch their channel!
Haha Winston’s shirt reminds me of that Chinese guy who kept on saying “hello foreigner” 😂
That’s why I made it, because of those sorts of interactions
Maybe it IS that shirt! - haha! - Don't think WinZA takes any prisoners when he gets really pissed off! (see the vlog of the road diggers making noise outside his apartment in Shenzhen and his ..... emmhh, displeasure about that!)
ADVChina Oh, I had a great guess then 😂 I like the inspiration
HOW WERE YOU HERE TWO DAYS AGO IT WAS JUST POSTED
@blackkey1976 "I am a foreigner, you are chinese."
Wow, that's kind of scary. I drank a lot when I was in china. I remember there were weird nights where I was able to drink a surprising amount, and other times I would feel bad in a weird way after drinking. I guess I now know some of that could have been fake alcohol
Are you going to be ok Winston, next time you try to fly into China? I’m concerned they may stop you at the airport.
I was thinking the same.
That's my thought as well.
Or worse the CCP arrests, harasses and/or torment his wife or her family members. Its one of their intimidation tactics.
Maybe that is what he want's, be a good reason not to return then he might be able to claim asylum seeking married to a Chinese women and needs to escape to someplace. South Africa is going down the tubes so he really can not return there.
What do you guys mean? What are you talking about?
In 2008 there was the first publicized baby milk scandal effecting 300K infants, 54K hospitalized, and 6 dead. Later found that it was just the biggest of 3 incidents that year.
come to belgium guys we won't poison you
They won't poison you . . just bore you to death. Belgium is a non country with little, if any, redeeming qualities.
@@IanRM ever been here?
No joke we have the best beers here
Your Beer was OK but ours in Germany is much better
@@freddyrassinger8198 that joke is so old man got some thing fresh?
I've had first hand experience of this too. I went to a club called Muse in Shanghai about 3 years ago. Had one drink there and then felt dizzy and was sick in the toilet there after about 30 minutes.
I had fake beer in Hong Kong. At a street shop in Kowloon they brought a bottle of Japanese Asahi Super Dry. Tasted it and was like "wtf is this?"
Thought I'd gotten a bad bottle . Ordered another one , same. Nasty. I live in japan and I'm a boozebag lol I know what Asahi tastes like and that WAS NOT Asahi or even beer.
Does Hong Kong make their own Ashai.
Where in live I believe a company has the rights and brews/bottles it locally.
Doesn't taste as good as imported bottles.
Countless Chinese companies practice that. My bet is, a company in China brewed lousy beer, and simply labeled it as Asahi. I remember reading there are more fake Yamaha motorcycles in China than the real ones, and since the courts and local governments showed zero intention to stop it, Yamaha decided to buy the companies that were selling the fake ones to protect the brand image. LOL.
Did u return it and complain? I wonder what their response was..
501 amiga I’ve heard that
It was pretty terrible though
Like, undrinkable bad!
Lenita A nah, my Chinese is non existent and I could tell from the demeanor of the staff it wouldn’t have gone anywhere
This is not a perfect solution but it help. Break all bottles after you finish your drink. For plastic bottles, poke a hole with a needle.
You had these stories about how it is unsafe to drink the tap water and you must drink bottled water etc, but(considering the profit margin that is huge) have you guys consumed fake bottled water? if so can you tell when it is fake or the effects it has?
Yo! Interesting point man. Upvoted.
Thanks for promoting our Belgian beer, Winston!
this channel is just top ten reasons not to live in china, and its great
Thank you for supporting their work.
Did not you notice that they have left China for months?
Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
Yeh, and because of them i never want to go, their channel is great
@@zhaoxunyan4016 And so? What is your point?
The things you have mentioned are petty on your part! Or, as we say, you are making mountains out of molehills!
every time i watch a video i keep asking myself why are they still living in china? lol
I don't agree with that. Their videos have made me want to visit china more, because I've watched most of them, and all the video overall have shown me how great China can be. That being said, it's also shown me the negative and enforced the fact I could never want to live there as a foreigner. Just because you watch all the negative videos, and not the good ones too, doesn't reflect the real china
oh jeez, same story here, i once got poisoned with fake baijiu, nearly died, ended up in the ER for 12 hours with severe heart palpitations, constantly throwing up, extreme stomach pain, headaches and throbbing veins all over my body, i felt i die or get a stroke but was total awake, terrible feeling, the ER doc told my wife that i have to stay and be monitored or i could potentially die, pulse rate fluctuated from 25 to 185. Always check whether the stuff you get offered is genuine. The found formaldehyde and a plasticizer (commonly used in fake baijiu) in my blood. So they knew what happened to me.
I've had to stop drinking beer altogether in Jinhua, China. I found myself in the same situation, sweating, wretching, unable to work - after 3 beers. I felt like my body was dying screaming. One can only wonder where these beers come from.
Where did you get the beers from? I heard even some pubs where you'd expect they know what theyre selling sometimes sells fake alcohol
@@maka6134 Supermarkets and bars, basically anywhere that sells beers. You're safer in a major city I think, I was in a tier 3 city.
@@ChefZak didnt know there are different tiers
You guys should do a video of how you first met.. if you haven’t already, sometimes it’s seams you are both completely different and other times not! Love both your videos and watch you both together. Keep up the good work! 2021
Lesson learned, never drink alcohol in China! lol
That is correct. They have a custom like persuading drink. You can just say you do not drink to avoid it. But once you do, they will toast you one by one, until your tongue is as stiff as wood. This is a bad habit in Northern China.
tru
WHY GO TO CHINA? TRUMP IS FIXING XI JIN PING ALRIGHT.
You're a brave pair of men. One poisoning and I'd've never trusted alcoholic beverages again.
Sitting there drinking beer talking about the risk of counterfeit beer. Now that's journalism.
Couple of days before I was to get married in Russia to my now wonderful wife (I am Russian also), me and my mates went to a good solid looking bar place in Vladivostok to celebrate. Now, I am a semi-solid vodka drinker. I can do half a liter over a couple of hours with some food, and be totally fine. What we drank at that bar, I cannot really describe. After I took the first shot of that vodka, I thought to myself...hmmmm, strange, but you know, f it. After about 8 shots, it was total lights out. I was completely out of character, I went and jumped into the Sea with my clothes on (my mates fallowed suit), and was just rowdy as hell. The next day, I woke up at my wife's tiny apartment, and for the first time in my life (and last), i literally could not remember what the hell happened the night before. I first started to panic after I noticed that my wallet was completely out of cash, which had around 300 USD worth of money in it. After I called my mates, they all told me how I was spending heaps, lots of food, kept on drinking, etc etc and that at one point I gave my wallet to my mate and said to him :"Keep this safe, because I don't think I can anymore".
Anyway, that was my experience with total fake stuff. In Vladivostok, what people do to avoid this is order things straight from japan that is legit. Usually the package arrives in 2 days (sometimes overnight) and its fully legit, very very good stuff. But yeah, fake alcohol in Russia is also very rampant and people try to be super careful.
PS: You guys should visit Russia. Big similarities with China, but also huge differences. It's like Euro-China. I think you guys would find it fascinating.
we plan on it, thanks for sharing!
I have recently had a bad experience with fake alcohol 3 months ago in Shanghai. We went to a club were we bought some beers, everything was fine until some foreigner took us to the 'free drinks for foreigner's table'. After that I went missing for 3 hours and my friend couldn't find me anywhere... I can remember I only drank one or 2 glasses of the alcohol (I suppose vodka) they were giving me. At 6 in the morning I suddenly stood in front of the club outside wondering why I was there and what had happened. Luckily I got to my hotel safe. The next day I had the most strange hangover I ever had, I felt very weird. My friend suddenly fainted that same day around the evening. We went to a hospital but they didn't do shit and it cost us 200$ per person. My advice to you: Never take any free alcohol in China if there are a lot of foreigners around because if there are a lot of foreigners I think they are more likely to give fake alcohol since they have to give it for free so it's cheaper for them.
Yes this is a scary story, however in Hangzhou I had an amazing experience where we also got free alcohol but this time we were the only foreigners and a worker gave us the alcohol himself. He even drank with us himself, which is why i conclude it was real alcohol. I didn't have a strange feeling the next day and I still could remember everything. Ofcourse I was also very drunk since we got free booze.
My advice here is that if you get real free booze, still keep an eye out since you might drink too much of it because it's free ;)
I hope I could help some people with this...
Stay awesome!
So why did they keep on giving you free alcohol?
I am very ashamed of their doings!
I remember the time, when I was in China first time, 97 nobody talked about fake food, alcohol etc and I did not come across any to my knowledge. Last time few years ago, my associate warned me of what places to stay away from, how to check for fake food etc.
can you tell us how? I live in China and want to know!
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 how ? Not all copies are great.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671dont buy cheap and the label may just have very little difference from the real
When we went china, we had horrible stomach aches from the bottled water we bought in shops, especially when it contained “minerals”. The safest we could have was so called boiled water from Pharmacy with the big blue cap on top. Whats your experience with China water
@Irene Irene water in China is really bad. you can't drink tap water, cuz it's not filtered. Some bottled water is dirty too.
@Irene Irene We bought in corner shops like 7-eleven and pharmacy. There is about 6 brands i saw every time and i eliminated ones giving me and my wife worst symptoms until we settled on 1 brand from pharmacy. . . . It did not help that it was Hot & very humid as it was in August.
Worst diarrhea causing food for me was not actually the chinese food but Pizza hut in Shanghai main street & some grilled squid i got from the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 i wouldn't be surprised if they would just use tap water as it cost about 4 - 7 yen a bottle
@@DJNashyB it's yuans in China :) and actually c-milk filmed how some people just took some water from a river or something and transported it somewhere... so that's why I use my home filter for water in China
@Irene Irene I bought my filter back in Russia 😂 But here you can buy them too in a supermarket or on the internet. Also, you can buy big bottles of drinking water (like you see every day in office buildings). Chinese people just drink it from bottles but I still prefer to filter it 😀 And about a shower... Of course you can take a shower but just don't drink tapwater accidentally. For example, when I go to brush my teeth, I take a glass of boiled water with me 😁
How is Winston not wearing a suit? He feeling ok?
Thats a fake Winston, haha
These videos are fantastic. Great conversations, incredibly interesting stuff.
It's not just China. I have had fake alcohol here in the UK. It's a growing problem.
Yet, in some countries, such as China it is much more likely! That's the point made in this video!
Home made rice wine kills here in Cambodia. Apparently it's because methanol is added. From 2015 to 2017, there were 389 cases of rice wine poisoning which caused 50 deaths. Never heard of fake production of branded drinks, though.
How can you even try a sip of any Chinese supposed alcohol beverage? I could not now that I have seen this.
@Neon Flex Hatred is a poison. Just stay AWESOME
@Neon Flex SECRET: many of the people of China do not like the Chinese Government either....
China is their extreme sport.
I wouldn't drink alcohol there. But I don't drink. No drugs there except alcohol and ketamine.*wink*
@Neon Flex "anyone stupid enough to eat or drink in china deserves to die"... Do you read any of the shit you type?
Do yourself a favour, and get off the internet. You're a twat.
Once again, out of the HUNDREDS of your awesome videos I’ve seen, I have yet to find ONE reason to want to go to China!
I think the vegetable is 地瓜葉 sweet potato leaves. It's a Taiwanese classic, and it represents Taiwanese identity.
And the fish is Tilapia
We once bought some chocolate biscuits in China that looked suspiciously a lot like Oreo biscuits just much cheaper.
Upon opening the package we discovered that the biscuits were identical to Oreo's except for the 'Oreo' characters that are normally printed on the side of each biscuit.
Well, except that on a few of them you could still see a few remnants of the 'Oreo' characters. So apparently these were original Oreo biscuits that somebody had done the effort of trying to scrape the 'Oreo' characters off each biscuits and then sell them in the supermarket at a lower price than original Oreo.
I am glad that I left Shenzhen few years ago, I did have twice hungover that I will never forget. Stay awesome guys.
Cheers guys for another awesome vid, I hope you have a wonderful week ahead. Happy travels
I got a bottle of fake Jack Daniels from Jennie Lou's Chaoyang Park in Beijing - I bought it with a friend to show my home state's whiskey, and when we got back to my house and opened it, it tasted like black pepper and water. burned my tongue and throat really bad...Szechuan peppercorn bad. 2nd time was at Jennie Wang (Lido) Beijing - a fake bottle of Russian vodka. had 3 or 4 shots before bed one night; when I woke up, the pain was beyond a hangover. just blinding pain in the head. I was also very dizzy when I stood up - complete vertigo. blood pressure was up really high, too. took me a few days to recover from that. god knows how many fake bottles of wine I've had in BJ or Guangzhou, but haven't suffered any ill effects from the wine. I've had fake beef, fake pork, definitely fake cigarettes. Be careful in china, guys.
I honestly think you two guys need to quit China for a while i feel its getting to hot for all foreigners especially guys like you that know your way round the law Etc .no longer a country on my wish list ever since Mao tse tung the second took over .PD
There's rumor that "SNOW" the biggest brewer in the world is trying to cut cost and is now not putting real good ingredients to make their beer.
Another great video. Thanks guys!
Are cardboard dumplings still a thing?
As long as you can buy cardboard
Yes I ate some
Wait, did you know Winston's wife is a doctor?
Yes I think I remember, he might have mentioned that once.
Even I may not already know that Winston's wife is a doctor
Haha but a fake doctor right? Gotta be, it’s China
That phrase always reminds me of Ben Shapiro.
Well as much of a doctor that you can be in China..
Nice to see you in a TSHIRT!
Stay safe guys! Enjoy your videos - thanks for sharing.
I was offered some free tequila at a high end bar. It was like you described---really awful. My kidneys hurt for two weeks.
T Warwick wow that is scary. I like to be adventurous and drink anything but that can be risky.
That is true 'Xcaliber Trekker' had a dude on the street in Dominican Republic try that with a buddy and I. We asked the bar tender how much he just smiled and ignored us and we asked 3 more times, he poured something and we turned and walked away and left. The street dude came up and was pissed saying he would have to pay for it and we told him "look we asked how much you nor the bar tender would say so fuck that", the guy proceed to grab my arm which I turned and yelled after pushing him away "WTF are you doing grabbing my arm dude? I'm a fucking US Diplomat if you got a problem then call the police" we continued walking and the dude just dropped it. My buddy and I grew up as depends of Diplomats so we understand the words to scare someone because touching and harassing is very frowned upon. I had a skinhead kick me in the face on a train in Vienna, he and his friends were caught just for him kicking me he got 5 years mandatory prison not to mention what he got from assaulting others that night. Yeah, it's no joke...so knowing what to say to someone to get them to leave you alone is key.
Meeker Extreme why would a skinhead kick you in the head lol
@@deusfusion7945
Do skinheads really need any reasons to do anything nasty?!? LOL!
Meeker Extreme lmao are you serious? A skinhead kicked you in the head? For no reason? Lmao
It's a good thing you guys are young, healthy, and alert. The amount of times you've avoided serious negatives on those merits must be enormous.
That's the best thing about living in the UK and Europe clean food high hygiene standards people in Europe take that for granted
@Lon Spector you might be right I hope your not our food standards are fantastic why go backwards
@Lon Spector that sounds fun don't know if I like your sort of politics my friend you just keep that right wing stuff on your side of the ocean mate where quite happy here in britian thanks 😂
@Lon Spector your off your head mate none of that is going on in Britain are you joking we've got lower crime no guns it's you knob head yanks who have to worry every black guy has got a gun son 😀😀😀😀
@Lon Spector I like Muslims I'd invite one in my house for a cup of tea 😀😀😀it's funny Americans telling us what it's like in Europe it's all propaganda son it's not true Europe hasn't got high crime you Americans have sort your own country out don't worry about us where happy here
@Lon Spector let's face it the petrol dollars had it your only hope is to attack Europe to stop us being the head honcho and the world trade in the Euro instead America is on borrowed time
Man that glass of Hoegaarden looks unbelievable, I'm drooling so hard the water level rose in the apartment by 3 cm.
I don't drink fake alcohol, I don't make alcohol, because I don't drink alcohol. Water is gud, water is life. *dies from tap water poisoning*
This is why I quit drinking when I lived in China. I don't know how or why anyone bothers to really drink there. Fake alcohol poisoning is THE WORST.
It was probably fake poison, still kills you though, but fake.
Recently, it was disclosed that at an expensive Chinese hotel, the same toilet wipe was being used to clean both the kitchen and the toilet. Unfortunately, no matter how much you pay, you can't be certain they adhere to the minimum level of hygiene in China.
Have you ever encountered gutter oil used to cook your food?
They did mention gutter oil in the past, but not knowingly eating it.
Love this Episode; keep it Up!
2 Rules
Rule #1 Never consume food products from China. Period!
Rule #2 See Rule #1
no, the #1 rule is don't go to china
A few years back, here in Texas, you could purchase heads of garlic grown in mainland China. I never bought any, because I knew back then, that it was probably contaminated.
Yea! Pet food and treats too. My aunt’s dog died from contaminated food imported from China. It’s just not worth the risk.
"We have evidence, we have evidence" - I get the same vibe I got from Winstons video the other day, be safe guys. Been following you a while and I feel you could be in hot water, real fast.
Well, as far as the powdery bits of stuff in the wine go. It may well be sediment that does from in good red wines. In fact, if you watch a wine drinker decant an older red wine they take great care to see that the sediment stays in the bottle. THe sediment is cream of tartar (the salt of tartaric acid that forms naturally in the wine).
My friend was an expat living in China. She bought a bottle of alcohol at a bar, and she kept it there so it can remain on reserve for her use. Numerous visits later, she noticed her beverage tasted more watered down. I wish she refused the offer to have the bar "hold onto it for her." It sounded like a scam from the moment she started telling her story. No guarantee she'd receive her product back, let alone using it for other customers.
sounds like methyl alcohol aka wood spirit. Some of the first symptoms are vision problems followed by blindness and death. you two are very lucky it was beer and not wine or 52% 白酒!
I can't believe you guys do stuff like this, the clip at 9:10 "Is this alcohol?" "This smells bad!" and you drink it anyway. WTF? You already know there's bad fake stuff all over the place and you drink something that smells bad anyway or did you not know that the Chinese make fake booze at this point?
Winston needs a third line on his shirt that says...
我们是人人
or is that too hippy-dippy, touchy-feely, Subaru Outback-granola? Also, C-Milk was so delirious he put on those earrings and looked like he was in a boy-band.
There were definitely at least a few time I got fake beer in China. The worst part is when the beer seems only "slightly off", so you drink it anyways. There were a few times however I definitely got a 22 of Tsingtao and 3/4 of the way through the bottle I legit was just DONE. Not from being drunk, but from a headache and feeling poisoned. Not good.
I was so exciting few months ago knowing that i will go to China next year, and now i am not so sure. I am scared a little a bit. Where the hell is safe to buy beer and groceries apart from western stores and supermarkets. If i order a Tsingtao beer in a pub how can i be sure if it is a real one and not fake ?????
Remember most of us survive here for years. If it's a decent bar then it should be ok. There are few real bars, most chinese combine eating with drinking, so go to a foreigner bar. I often drink beer locally, god knows if it's fake or not, I just dont overdo it and I dont drink spirits unless they're from a trusted source. You should be fine! Just be cautious.
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billion people living there. These two guys are really good at bashing China. China is not bad.
Thank you for supporting their work.
Did not you notice that they have left China for months?
Did not you notice that they always post videos at 2~3am in Beijing time, but 6~7 pm in London time?
@@zhaoxunyan4016 I find a lot of Chinese really cannot take any criticism of aspects of China. Stop winding yourself up and get off these videos. You aren't going to persuade anyone that they're lying (except Chinese), because they're not. China has flaws, deal with it.
@@cbrtdgh4210 You're absolutely right! But to be fair, in private many Chinese can be more relaxed about criticism and we can laugh about their faults and ours. But publicly it's true what the guys say; it's like some kind of teenage, almost sulking, to dare say anything about the obvious problems in China. I think that's more a party thing than a people thing; the party likes to portray a life of calm balance and harmony, everything is well, everything is ok, everything is beautiful. Anyone who cracks, let alone shatters, that illusion is in for a rough ride. My point would be this; how can things improve if no one is allowed to mention there might be things that need improving? So, this paranoia about foreigners trying to do China down is missing the point and only goes to show why there's a problem in the first place.
You guys are great! Keep up the good work!
That giant glass of beer in Winston's hand is the opposite of that can of Molson beer in Andre the Giant's hand.
I thought i was gonna die after a night drinking beers bought from a shop in Foshan 2007.
Spent two days shakin and sweats,killer head aches.No normal hangover,cheers.
Great video,thanks Lads
Those earings were so bad
oh, I know
Horrific really
hes a prettier Linus!
lmao
laowhy86
Have you been working out? Looking quite good lately Matt! 💪 This woman approves.😍 (Sorry Viv)
jesus that glass is fit for a king, like you bros. Keep up the good work, vids are a delight even if I dont care for china at all, I love learning about the culture, and exploring it vicariously from you lot is great, amazing commentary engaging.
And why don't we guys stop drinking alcohol.
Awesome video guys.
And a conclusion we may come to is do not drink alcohol, at all.
well, easy to say...
Fuck that
if it's from China yeah a lot of people from China don't even drink alcohol in China they get it imported
This happens in Russia, Mexico, Philippines, India, etc etc! China seems the worst in just a sheer number of food products and meds that are adulterated with the known poisons and harmful additives!
The worst food ever was on a ship on its way to the 3 gorges dam , the last 2 days i didnt eat and lived on beer pretty much and even that was shit .
Serpentza you get an upvote today for dressing like us. Everyday men.
Serpentza wear suits to hide his man boobs. FACTS
This guy reddits
@@unsexyman That and growing up poor in South Africa as well as being flat broke in China. He is very self conscious.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It is truly a rude awakening on the alcohol. Great advice. You have just saved my life!
Thank you
I heard about fake white rice with plastic mixed in.
That's only rumor, probably not true
@@birdbirdbird1565 They're mixing talc powder and chemicals in baby milk, which caused the death of thousands of babies in China, so I wouldn't rule it out as just a rumor.
@@lourencoalmada1305 it seems ok now
some found in Singapore as well that came in from China.
It doesn't make sense unless they're actually putting something in it because even bad fermentation is usually safe, it might taste like hot garbage but it's usually safe either way.
Any time you consume a product made in China, you are playing Russian Roulette.
You two have been through it. Lucky 🍀 that your still here.
Wtf! Why is every beer in Asia over sized? I swear Winston is always holding these massive bottles and glasses of beer. lol
I'm 70% sure one of my faivourite Sichuan places in Melbourne served me and my dad fake Carlton Draught about 6 months ago. Label was ever so slightly off, and my dad instantly realised it tasted nothing like Draught. I drank a little and it tasted completely wrong. I don't think I'll be going back.
I knew something was not right. Winston's suit is missing hehe
Glad you two woke back up.
So what are y'alls thoughts on Huawei?
They will escape your question since blaming China is their job, supporting is NOT.
I will never buy any electronic products made by Chinese companies like Huawei, Xiaomi, Lenovo, etc.
These videos made me realize I take a lot things for granted as an American. Fake booze that can kill you, never even imagined that was a thing, and I've drank my fair share of moonshine.
if you guys make it to milwaukee we actually have Fonzie statue lol