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Why I've SPENT a 3rd of my LIFE in CHINA!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2017
- What have I learned having spent a 3rd of my life here?
So I turned 37 years old the day before yesterday (17th of August), and it hit me... What are the biggest impressions, highlights and disappointments I've experienced having lived here for so long!
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Winston I am 58 just today. I have watched every single one of your videos over the last 3 years. So I subscribed.
And eventually I decided to become a Patreon.
I was born in South Africa, my family moved to Australia when I was young. And when I graduated from University (Electronics) I moved to England where I finally met my Chinese wife, from Heilongjiang province and she loves your videos, especially those with Sasha, so please include her more in your adventures.
You are a great presenter, and you deserve a good life.
Well done Winston, you are a treasure.
Glynn Morgan
Thank you mate, that certainly means a lot to me!
MORE SASHA. WINSTON, SHE MAKES YOU LOOK AWESOME
I'm from Harbin! I think its because Winston lives in Shenzhen(Southern China) that's interesting to us northerners. Very different culture north vs south.
"You are a great presenter, and you deserve a good life.
Well done Winston, you are a treasure."
Well Said.
+Glynn Morgan what is "Patreon"
Check out the website of the same name, or look in the description above to go directly to Serpentza's page.
Winston, I can relate to a lot of the sentiments in your videos. I've been living in China for nearly a decade (also roughly 1/3rd of my life) and for years I've wanted to share some of the experiences/things learned from my time here. There's some bad, some good, but overall I'm happy to be here. It's true though, that no matter how long we spend in China, we'll always be viewed as foreigners. I find that it often works to our advantage, though. Great job on the vids, keep up the good work.
You're such an intelligent person. The careful organization of your presentation conveys a real sense of perspective that westerners can appreciate; very heartfelt. Thanks for the gratitude, recognition and hard work. God bless.
我也是一个中国人，中国文化输出很差，加上台独和反中国人士，导致很多外国朋友对于中国的印象很差，中国也有那些恶心的人，毕竟14亿人，有几百万个恶心的人是正常的，中国其实总体很好了
几千万吧
台湾2000多万人，2015统计被抓的诈骗犯就有4.9万。没被抓的还没算
刘正城 英文翻译 Translation for English(maybe there are some mistakes)
I am a Chinese as well,the output of Chinese culture is not very good,this is why so many foreign friends didn't have good impressions with it,China has somebody make others sick,according to one billion four hundred million people,so there will be a little bit bad guys is very normally.Generally speaking China is very well now,in whole.
这个博主就是一个反中国人士
无所谓啦，我看他的视频学英语的，油管看多了 各种立场的言论都见过了 我挺无感的
A foreigner who comes to China, married a Chinese girl, loves China for what it is, has a right to say what is good or bad in China. It is a third eye, telling you what you are as you cannot always see yourself in a true light. One should listen and improve on it.
I find it equally annoying, being a person of Chinese ethnicity living and working in UK for over 50 years, to be commonly told " if you don't like it, go back to China", as if I have no right to criticise on anything that is on the down side.
+Mingpo Yang yeah, I feel you
He didn't leave China, he left Hong Kong as a British subject, HK was a British colony. Also as a HKer, he might be offended to be called Chinese.
+Mingpo Yang
You are not British and never will be. You do not belong in Europe.
Anonymous
You are an imbecile, blockhead.
Charlie Li
Do you think for once?
Winston, as an ethnic Chinese, I must say you are doing your best out there. you made lots of fair comments on Chinese society,which i app reciate alot.you are A nice mirror for me and my people.
i can totally understand your feeling, however, when talking about the immigrant culture inChina, you just like A player coming too early to the playground, the others will come sooner or latter, but you have to endure the empty so far.
you may notice that 38years ago, most of the Chinese people can only see foreigners on pictures. nowadays,igusee most ordinary people are just getting used to see those people looking different to their own, not to mention the way to live together🙄. so mostChinese people when having problems with their friends from different cultural bgd, will instictly responsed as more introversive and sometimes negatively. we just simply not used to GET along with you guys, and we don't want to make any embarrsment. but that doesn't mean we cannot get along with sincerity.
So, i wish you cheer up, and be ware of your outstanding role in the movement of our society, because of people like you, our people will be less cut off day by day.✌
Wow, just watched this video couple minutes ago. I can explain to you some reasons why some chinese hate and even insult you.
First and most importantly, we have been teached in our history lessons that our ancestors were treated badly and our homeland was invaded by those westerners and Japanese for more than 100 years since the 1840s. And thus there is a subtle feelings within the chinese that they feel both self-abased and admiring in front of the westerners. Well,things is getting better as china grows more and more powerful and more young people have the chance to communicate with outside world , but the self-abasement can't be got rid off easily.
And second, the education system of china doesn't mean to educate people think indepently. Well, of course, people can think more independently than any time thanks to the prevailing of the Internet, but it's still a long way to go.
And the last reason I wanna say, is that it's really hard for every individual to have an wide sight and also keep an open mind. Some of them don't even have the chance to see the outside world with their own eyes and don't have the patience to read to think.
However, I do believe the whole society will evolve gradually. And we need to hear your voice. So keep awesome!
Love all the people in the background trying to get into your video.
Happy Birthday! I'm 37 this year too! Stay awesome and keep those fantastic videos coming!
Dear Serpentza why you sound sad in this episode???? Don't worry you always have us !!! #Serpentzers
Because it's his 37th birthday. Getting closer to 40. I wasn't thrilled when I turned 38 this year.
Worrying about age is kind of silly and vain. Who cares about a number anyway? It doesn't really mean much once you get out of your teens and pretty much nothing at all once you get out of your 20s. With good modern health, 30 is the new 20 anyway. Healthy and active people don't really start getting "old" until their mid 50s to 60s.
At that point, I'd view it more as a victory, honestly... But, I guess it gives some people something to complain about.
Thanks I just turn 55 LOL,
I was born and raised in China and immigrated to the US when I was 15 with my parent. Spent 16 years being American, and ya people still treat you like Fresh of the Boat (was called that in my face once as well), even though the States is supposed to be one of the most open-minded countries, not to mention the long-existing history of immigration. You are not alone you know
Yeah that actually makes sense a little though. People are usually polite but also try to connect with what they know.. so they start with the obvious. My buddy from German (moved to the us when he was 15.. didn’t speak English) and he still gets asked. Very slight accent (learned English in the Midwest so the dialect is unique but also very mixed between northern and southern draw with some Germans and polish elongated vows). I don’t think people are broadly making assumptions over simply trying to make conversation.
@@SA-5247 I guess the problem is that media keeps emphasising the differences between countries and cultures as it is overall driven by people in power who wants to remain in position to control their portion of the humanity, therefore differentiation must be sustained. It's universal and ideology makes a very small difference. I've lived in a few different countries now and I am always amazed by the commonality across cultures, but you don't get to see it just unless you travel
@@JK12345-z Yeah I mean people usually try to avoid conflict lol so being polite and asking questions is an easy way to communicate. I wouldn't take it too seriously though if you have a negative interaction. Most people want what you want.
@@SA-5247 ya ... maybe you'll see things differently if you are in my position, but I appreciate your kind words.
没有一个国家是完美的 只有看到自己的不足才能进步
你说的对！！
中國沒有不足的地方
张驰 lol 那他作为美国人干嘛不吐槽美国lol 能不能不要be a white wsshed，ur are ethnically Chinese for God's sake. Be proud of ur ethnicity lol
他是南非的吧
sakura li 不管他吐槽谁，我们自己要认清自己，
Wow! Thanks for the shout-out! I was sitting here watching the video and you thanked me personally, since I was the one watching! Thanks! :-D
@Serpentza:
You can look at this as spending 1/3rd of your existence in a faraway land, or you can look at this as having been a fantastic adventure.
You've gotten out of somewhere's that's rapidly falling to pieces, and taking a tremendous leap of faith to go 'Into The Breach' as it were, of unexplored, and unknown territory.
There's a phrase, or T-Shirt I read somewhere, that says: *'Africa - None But The Brave'* , and that definately applies to you!
I've been to Sierra-Leone, been/lived-in the Middle East, and I've lived to hate both of them, but the difference was always: I've had an easy Escape-Route out; you didn't!
Yours' has been a fantastic adventure, and you've helped us all by just showing the best portrait of China: Everyday Life!
Without you, we'd (Gwylo's/Gaijin's/Miguk's/Westerner's) would continue to flood there, and get both seriously dissapointed, overwhelmed, incarcerated, and just plain broken! You help us all by teaching us all what's real.
Whether it's how to buy Street Foods, how to watchout for bad Vege's, where to buy quality electronics, where to find American Foods, or the folks you've introduced us to, or just even showing us how to drive through Shenzhen on a Motorcycle! All of it's been a spectacular guide!
You might be getting restless, and might even feel the calling for Brighter Shores once again, and that's okay. There's plenty of us who'd like to help you and your Lady, should you choose to.
You stayed for the best reasons of all: *Love is worth fighting for!*
You can think of this as either 'I've wasted 1/3 of my life', or...
*'What A Long Strange Trip It's Been!'*
Happy Birthday Winston
+Dreaded88 that is a fantastic comment mate! Thank you for that, it really made my day!
are you going to film Conquering western China serpent_za
At some point, yes!
Well said. Truer words were never spoken...on all counts!
it's just naivety and having homogeneous social circles that leaves people with unrealistic expectations about living in a foreign country. New language, completely different culture, food, etc...anyone who knows ppl who's lived abroad knows it's a tough . ..first generation Asian immigrants in North America still live a very Asian lifestyle, Whites in places like Hong Kong hangs around in lan kwai fong with other whites and Chinese Americans...first generation immigrants seldom adapts/integrates unless they are in an environment where they are forced to and they will not like it.....If this winston dude were american/brit, he'd probably hauled his ass back to America/UK long ago (possibly with or without his chinese bride), but he's from South Africa..so there goes his plan-B...I can tell he's still not well-adjusted to the place, although he's trying, ..he's just tolerating the China life and that's why some nationals are getting glass hearted because they didn't know what he's going through and thought he's just an arrogant white dude
为什么我们某些人不愿意面对西方的某些批评和负面评价？
不是因为某些人玻璃心，而是因为很多西方人忽略了文化的差异、思维方式的不同，只是一味地用他们自己的文化和价值取向来对中国的事物进行评价，从不向他的观众解释说明这些深层次的原因，这样的结论显得自私和不中立，更显得某些西方人面对不同文化时的傲慢与自大。
最典型的例子就是“墙”的存在，在西方人看来这显得很不民主，是一个政治色彩很浓的措施，但是在我们中国人自己看来，更多的是面对西方优势舆论和资本优势，作为弱势一方保护自己独特文化、价值取向和本土资本的无奈措施。事实上翻墙对大陆普通人来说真的很容易，墙内网上用百度随便一搜就能找到大量合法备案的翻墙软件。但西方人只会从自己价值观角度去解读，用最大的恶意来揣测他们无法理解的行为方式，即使如serpentza这种在中国生活十几年的西方人也不能免俗。
西方表面声称自己多元、民主、包容，其实骨子里非常保守刻板，对迥异于西方的价值取向非常排斥，典型的就是美国的《排华法案》，他们无法理解当时的华工为什么漂洋过海到美国工作挣钱却不在当地消费享受、置产安家，再苦再累的活儿华工都愿意干。当时的美国人无法理解华工这种勤劳的根源，无法理解华人这种对于血缘、家庭甚至后代的深深责任感和紧迫感。华工在当地不消费、不置产得罪了美国上层商业精英，吃苦耐劳拼命干活得罪了黑人、印第安人、爱尔兰人、墨西哥人这些美国底层，所以一个自称民主、自由的移民国家却出台了一项针对特定族群的《排华法案》。
即使进入了现代，还有很多西方人还无法理解中国的无宗教信仰思维，在西方人的价值取向里，很多道德规范和思维方式都是通过宗教进行传承，无宗教信仰在很多西方人看来就是无道德无敬畏的体现。但这些西方人哪里知道我们中国人的道德规范和思维方式更多的是儒家思想、历史典故、家规家训等等文化方式进行传承，中国几千年的历史上就从没出现过任何一个政教合一的王朝就能说明很多问题。
基于以上文化独立对于中国人重要性的原因，所以这又回到了“墙”这个问题上，中国是一个传承几千年文化不断绝的文明，我们的价值观取向和思维方式是一整套完善而迥异于西方模式的体系，但是西方人喜欢用自己的思维方式片面地进行解读，这样的结论肯定是不公正的，自然引起很多“玻璃心”的反感和厌恶。（有英语大牛吗？请给这帮傻老外翻译一下）
为毛我们要接受白皮给我们定的标准？他们说有问题就有问题？ 白皮自己的制度就一大堆问题为毛不自己先去面对而来中国当活雷锋呢？都什么年代了还在听洋大人忽悠
民主嘴炮的伪逻辑就是“成功的民主才是民主，失败的民主正是因为他们不民主”。
一讨论民主这些意识形态必说欧美，从来不提这世界上一百五十多个失败的发展中民主国家，因为在这些民主信徒眼里，那一百五十多个失败的民主国家不是民主！
就像你给这帮上帝信徒解释无神论，简直对牛弹琴，根本就不在一个价值框架里。民主信徒的伪逻辑和这些宗教狂信徒没有任何区别“你之所以遭遇不幸是因为你不信仰上帝，你信仰上帝后再遭遇不幸是因为你信仰上帝不够虔诚”。
这是什么狗屁不通的逻辑，所以碰到那些意识形态的逻辑智障最好还是别白费口舌！
天地人贯通三界 哇兄dei玩剑三吗
@Caroline Lopez
以前玩，现在早都不玩了！少林、天策都会，公会主T。只玩到出唐门职业的那个版本。
Not because some people have a glass heart, but because many Westerners ignore cultural differences, different ways of thinking, and simply use their own culture and value orientation to evaluate things in China, and never explain these deep-seated reasons to his audience, this conclusion seems selfish and neutral, It also appears that some Westerners face different cultures of arrogance and arrogance. The most typical example is the existence of "wall", in the Western view this is very undemocratic, is a strong political color measures, but in our own view, more is facing the Western advantage of public opinion and capital advantage, as a weak party to protect their unique culture, value orientation and local capital of the helpless measures. In fact, the wall on the mainland is really easy for ordinary people, the wall online with Baidu can find a large number of legitimate filing of the wall software. But Westerners will only interpret it from their own values,More than 10 years of Western people can not exception. The western surface claims to be pluralistic, democracy, tolerance, in fact, very conservative and rigid, very different from the Western value orientation is very repulsive, typical of the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act, they can not understand why the Chinese laborers across the sea to the United States to work for money but not in the local consumption enjoy, home production, The laborers are willing to work hard again. At that time, Americans could not understand the root cause of Chinese laborers, and could not understand the deep sense of responsibility and urgency of their descent, family and even future generations. Chinese laborers in the local do not consume, do not produce offended the American elite business, hard-working and hard work to offend the blacks, Indians, Irish, Mexicans, such as the bottom of the United States, so a self-proclaimed democracy, freedom of the immigrant country has introduced a specific ethnic groups of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Even into the modern，There are still many Westerners who cannot understand China's belief in religion without faith.In the Western value orientation, many moral norms and modes of thinking are passed down through religion, without religious belief, which is the embodiment of moral and non-reverence in many westerners. But what do these Westerners know about us? Chinese people's moral norms and ways of thinking are more Confucian ideas, historical allusions, family rules and other cultural methods of inheritance, China's thousands of years of history has never appeared in any one of the Government and the unity of the dynasty can explain a lot of problems. Based on the reasons for the importance of the above cultural independence to the Chinese people, so this is back to the "wall" of the issue, China is a heritage of thousands of years culture does not sever the civilization, our value orientation and thinking mode is a set of perfect and different from the Western model of the system, but westerners like to use their own way of thinking one-sided interpretation, Such a conclusion was certainly unjust, and naturally aroused many a "glass-heart" aversion and Disgust.
我倒觉得他说的很真实，让我感受到了一个外国人在中国的感受。
I had a lot of misconceptions about China ....until that is I started watching your channel. Now I think I'll visit someday.
surprised you want to go with all the Chinese racist people in the comment section lol
Talon Eisenberg
no, your misconceptions are most likely correct, just remember if you do visit. don't expect much
China, well, everything not related to political stuff are fine. People still got their freedom as soon as it does not related to political thing, or what the center govern not want people to do. well, that says, as soon as nothing affect the so called Communist party dictatorship, everything can be done like in the rest of the world.
Wei, of course he is an outsider sort of. China is not a county for immigrating. At least it is way too hard an outsider to obtain it, plus not that many people around the world want to be anyway.
Visiting China, on the other hand, is easy. Basically all it take is apply the VISA, and pay the fee for it. Some other advance would be, well, bring one more smart phone, and load it with a lot of China only map, China only translation software, and try to get a China data sim card for that phone.
The reason you need another phone is that, you do not want these China software, well, sort of, but not exactly, hijack your normal phone.
No, Google map, google translation is NEVER going to work unless you have a VPN service, but take a note, VPN is not always working in China, and the China Grate Firewall, is become smarter and smarter that can filter out VPN package on the fly. VPN is the sensitive area like Xinjiang would never going to work.
Talks about money, cash. Well, make sure the ATM card you are using is accessible in China. Of course, fee would be charge while you are taking the money from the ATM machine, but well, it is better than bring too much cash with you. Or well, depending on what you are going to do in China, and how long, which part are you going to stay. Consider about 2xx RMB for a regular room, of course could be much cheap for hostel, and the food there is not that expensive if you ain't trying something too special, 50 RMB is good for a dish. Fired rich could be as cheap as 20 RMB or even lower. 1 USD is about 6.x RMB for now, I think. Entire fee for tourist spot would be as much as 2xx RMB, well, some at lowest as 50 for the forbidden city. Local Bues, at most 2 RMB for the whole trip... Metro for most places max with 10 RMB.
Consider China is still a 3rd world county, although some places like Canton, ShenZhang, ShangHai are world class cities, there still mixed with some people, that is kind of what you expect form the 3rd world country since most of the people can go freely to whatever they want to go in China. So you might still see Children going to the bathroom not exactly doing it in the actual bathroom. All in all, going there to take a look is fine, as soon as you do nothing with the political stuff, or something that related to Liu Xiaobo sort of things. China Communist party is still very straight in that kind of thing, but for travel for fun, they do not care.
How I know it? Well, I have been staying there long enough to know it.
Happy birthday and love from America ! My kids and I love learning about China from you. It's sad that you do so much good for the way foreigners view China and the ppl of China and government doesn't see how good you are for and to them.
God bless you and your wife
Thank you mate, same to you and the family!
serpentza - thank you so much. I've had my comments highlighted by you and once by cmilk :) I feel awesome.
This because of the history of china
I have never been to mainland China. This Canadian (of Chinese ancestry) thought mainland China was a backward communist hellhole as often portrayed by mainstream American and some right-wing Canadian news media. Compared to those biased western reports, Winston (serpentza) has been quite fair in presenting the real China, both good and bad side.
The Chinese government and the Chinese people should be grateful to Winston and perhaps pay him as a tour guide or presenter because he dispels the myth of China as a communist hellhole. No Chinese person can do as good a job as Winston in promoting the real China to the rest of the world because non-Chinese will not trust a native Chinese presenter, prejudging everything he/she says as communist propaganda.
As for those Chinese glass-hearts who wants to kick out all foreigners. Be careful of what you wish for. Banning foreigners will cause billions of dollars of foreign investments to leave China; those foreign investments are vital to China's economic growth. It will also stop millions of tourists from spending valuable foreign currency in China. China will go back to being a backward isolated poor country, ie China of the 1950's, 60's & early 70's, or similar to present day North Korea.
I agree with you, but you do know Chinese people don't get access to youtube right? I'm sure 99.9% of people in China don't know who Winston is.
I'm one of those that is just interested in China without any particular plan to visit or stay, I just want to say thank you for making these videos and point out both positives and negatives.
And just from watching you and C-Milk I somehow decided to buy the documentaries and I truly enjoyed both southern and northern and I'm heading into the next one as soon as I get time!
Thank you, carry on and stay awesome @Serpentza & @Laowhy86 and let's not forget your channel @Advchina
我觉得说的也没错，很多实际情况就是那样的。还有就是一个人在一个地方呆久了也了解了这地方的优缺点有些抱怨也正常。
Thanks for the video bud. Hope it carries on for many years
Peace
Me too. If things go bad maybe he can vlog from Siberia or North Korea idk, but I just hope he keeps doing what he's doing.
Serpentza, I really appreciate your videos. I doubt I will ever get a chance to visit China so it has been really interesting to watch your videos and learn about the country and the people. I know it has to be a hard job to shoot everything, edit and then upload, but we enjoy the vids and hope you keep putting them out!
Nick Lavender
Amen to that brother.
China is a great country with no arguments. I have been here for a month and will be for months ahead. People are generous and so friendly with you. Hope you make a moment here.
Love your videos. Keep it up as I know you will. You are doing what many many people would love to experience but will never do. Cheers
Hey man, I am from RECIFE in Brazil, South America and your videos are Awesome you know that they’re just completely awesome and thank you for sharing all these things to us here in Brazil at this part of the world and all the happiness in the world to you and your family and wife deserves it
Winston, you are using this platform to make you look good whilst feeding your subscribers BS. As an South African, I have spend 18 years of my life scourcing, buying and importing products from the PROC to SA. My knowledge far exceeds yours. At this point I arrange travel groups to accompany me to the Mainland to do buying.
You should not be misleading your subscribers, back down and just sort out your future life.
+Ray Fourie you mean as *a South African not as *an. Fun little visits to source products have dinners and drinks with factory bosses and naughty KTV nights is not the same as living non stop for 12 years here, add up all your visits and how much actual time have you spent here? I'm not misleading anyone, I'm showing the reality of living here which is something your "far exceeding knowledge" has evidently never been exposed to, have you seen my travel documentaries? Are you married to a local? Can you speak, read and write Chinese?
Im planing to move to Iran barely becoming 21, I want to explore my other half because I’m Mexican/Iranian , I have only been to Iran 5 times in 15 years
Come to Northern Iraq The Kurdish part
animo suerte
Luis Chavez gracias:)
nomans land my dad was an Iranian tourist and my mom was the tourer, they both met in Syria because my mom at the time was out of work in Mexico, after 3 months dating they both moved to the us and married, they’ve been married for 15 years so far
Yejiang Wang TH-cam is banned in Iran
i‘ve watched ur videos for years. I thought u would not go this far but u made it. respect
I can't agree more with what you said at the last minute 9:05, and what I love the most about your channel is the neutrality of the narratives and contents. It is just praiseworthy to let viewers know WHAT CHINA IS REALLY LIKE. That's what is precious about the channel.
Love the quality of the footage and editing in these channels. The investment in equipment and skill is noticeable. Wish there weren't so many 50 cent soldiers in the comments, though.
Agreed.
I am an American Chinese who can read and write Chinese. My friends are diverse and I can switch my personality to blend in to the occasion. I understand what you are going through and I admire your bravery. Stay awesome and keep up the good work.
DavidRsaid no. He can speak Chinese.
"American Chinese"
No such thing exists. Only Europeans can lay any claim to be American. "English-Chinese" people don't exist, and neither to "chinese-Americans". Fuck off back to China.
Nothing worse than a chinese or nigerian racist. Its like a turd 💩 who hates another turd 💩 that both came out from the same butthole.
Where I come from in America you don't have to switch your personality to blend in.
ThedeathofGrace - so in that case you live on a desert island in the middle of nowhere. How did you get internet access?
The reason why you don’t melt into the society is because you don’t study the culture in depth.
Great to see your objective point of view. I'm a local Japanese but I have several Chinese friends and visited China twice. It's been 2 years I visited there last time since then. Please keep your amazing job and inform me through the video.
Thank you Winston from Poland! Happy Birthday!
DavidRsaid Estern Europeans are not that welcomed in western Europe. Just like Mexicans in the US.
Xingmeng is an ignorant spiteful knob-jockey. Is that why 700,000 Polish people live in Ireland?
slavmart Too many eastern Europe immigrants. A major reason Britain wants to leave the EU.
poland ? iam a chinese ,read some history book ,i know poland is the best country ,did many bad think to china in ww2,so hate you ,fuck
That's only because you read it upside down!
Happy birthday mate!
I believe that in this world, there are good and bad people in any race. Speaking Chinese doesn't mean he must be Chinese. In this world, some people can accept objective criticism, some cannot. For them I apologize to you, but I believe most of the Chinese people are friendly, I am a Chinese, I like your video, insist that you think right, that's good, come on👍👍
Thanks so much for the creation of this channel and how you have shared your ideas. There are lots of 20s kids, Expats, doing these videos with a lack of content or just too childish. I studied in Fudan University and left Shanghai after a year. I am watching your videos a lot because I am thinking of comming back for business. I hope you can talk more about the differences between 8 or 5 years ago and now.
The sunglasses sound effect made me spit out my pepsi.
Why does TH-cam say this was uploaded 34 seconds ago, yet there are comments from over 12 hours ago? TH-cam is absolutely broken.
Yes, I give my Patreons early access to certain videos
serpentza Ah, that explains it. Thank you for replying to my comment despite having such a large channel. It means a lot!
Lysander45 Thank you for enlightening me.
TH-cam is fucked,. I'm having all sorts of problems with the new foramt
Calm down, zipperhead.
Thank you so much for your excellent work on this channel. I would really enjoy to see you start a channel that had you traveling around all over East Asia and possibly ASEAN countries too. Very much appreciate your sincere and mature take on subjects and social observations delivered with tastefulness and socially sensitive discretion.
First of all, China is a non-immigrant country, so foreigners are still rare in China. In addition, the Chinese government’s attitude of not allowing too many immigrants to come in keeps the stability of Chinese society, so it is rare to see many disputes in China. A little bit makes the Chinese very special and very specific.
I'm a Chinese person, and I agree with 90% of what you said about China, including most of the negative ones: such as the self-interest moral values, scammers, nationalisms, pseudoscience. Generally, these differences are due to the lack of access to western philosophy in general.
Please come on ! Scammers are everywhere in the world including the country he came from. He is one himself, sold his soul to earn big in anti-Chinese videos in TH-cam. This person has no intigrity for his life, bad mouthing Chinese on the expense of his wife's heritage. No respect whatsoever to culture he lives in. The suit won't him look more gracious.
@@cathywoodward6171 So how much money does the CCP pay you, I want a piece of the action. ;)
@ChenLu (Lucya) Yang My prime minister Ulisses Correia e Silva doesn't pay me anything. (in case you're stupid, he's the leader of my country)
@ChenLu (Lucya) Yang *Telling people not to assume stuff
*assumes I'm American
Is stupidity just your natural state of mind or did you turn off your brain when you posted this lol.
For one thing, his videos are not anti-Chinese, but anti-CCP. Then, why making a certain type of videos would amount to selling one's soul? Your reaction is so exagerated... Either you are a Communist agent, either you are one of those liberals/christians who hate nothing as much as criticism; who construe any negative remark, as true as maybe, as 'evil', because it hurts feelings etc and then are able to detect 'racism' and 'hate crimes' everywhere.
Most chinese have only met foreigners as tourists, so it is obvious that they always treat you as a tourist. The west is different because it is a land where foreigners arrive to be immigrants. Hence people will likely treat you as one of them. In non-immigrant countries, this is just the way it is. Sad but nothing you can change.
dude, genetically immigrant doesn't mean actually immigrant, the cultures are quite native and local which are developed by thousands years of farming in the area.
None of that explains why a functioning member of society can't become a citizen in China. Why a guy like Winston would never be able to be a citizen.
Sharing yr 12 yrs in China with yr online followers is awesome!!!China needs your honest opinions .keep it up!!
It doesn't matter to which Asian country you emigrate and stay so long, you will be treated the same as you are treated now. Let us say if an Asian emigrated to West. No matter how long he stays there, he will be treated the same as you think you are treated in China
You think that if you lived in Japan, India or Thailand for that long, you would be treated differently. China has a over a billion population and you just one billionth of that. So that fact that you and me are treated differently no matter how long we stay is but natural.
Women in America vs women in Asia is a world of difference. Completely different philosophy on life.
Totally. My wife have changed my life dramatically. I don’t think I would have had the drive to accomplish what we’ve done without her
Never been to China but if I criticized American women, I would be labeled a bigot.
Let see, bitch about their men is not doing enough for them. You know what, I believe it's the same.
Because I don’t have any skills to get better job in another country and women are so cheap and I got honey trapped
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Why is there nobody talking about the dude with blue shirt in the back 0:14😂💀
Hi Winston
I live in Hong Kong. My aunt married a foreigner Brian years ago and now they live in Guangdong province together. I am very interested in knowing more about u guys' feeling about China.
Everytime i went back to my home country and visit my aunt. Brian seems didn't enjoy his life in China. After watching your videos, I realized that the points you mentioned in this video hit the subjects and sure people want to get some recognition when you try hard to integrate into this society.
I feel sorry about this and hope you guys can get over it as you guys are doing a very great job and China is working on it (I guess).
Being a pioneer is never easy.
Cheer up
Eric
It’s the same happened to me in reverse. Even it’s been 31 years in the US, people here takes me as if I just got here first day. Just don’t mind them.
i never said this before, Winston your like my best friend from South Africa that lives in China and does youtube vids that i never had. its not a joke
So proud of you mate, you are already a REAL Chinese to me . You showed people the real China , positively and negatively. Stay awesome!
+Rui Chen thanks mate
He has been in China for 11 years and can't speak Chinese. He shouldn't be in China.
he does speak chinese
I've lived in Hong Kong 17 years and don't speak Cantonese much.
I have apartments in China but if anybody called me Chinese i would be GREATLY insulted.
Rui Chen he white.. Not yellow.. You dumbass
Mad respect for you man, the fact that your showing your life as a somewhat unusual adventerous person is something I really love.
+RisingStudio thanks mate! That means a lot
serpentza Im thinking of maybe moving to China if I can get a nice job there, I wouldnt want to stay at the village that Im raised in for the rest of my life thats for sure
its pretty great that you point out the things that are true, but to my opinion. if someone hates you, really don't worry too much, just ignore, cause only make yourself feel bad, why not stay happy
China is not an immigration country, and you are ethnically different from 99.9% of the people around you. You should not expect to be able to blend in, never. Honestly, you will feel the same in any east Asian countries. Yet you still find China full of opportunities to you, don't you? You are not there to love the country. You are there to make a living as you cannot find similar opportunities elsewhere in the world. Fair enough? If you really wish to live somewhere that you can blend in, come to USA, UK, or go back to South Africa, where you were from. You will be much better off.
Do you really know what you are talking about? Do you know what a country of immigrant means? Try to apply for Chinese citizenship, and see what you get. ---- I know you are playing around with the term "immigration country." But it's not funny.
What's your point fella? I was trying to tell the video-er it is natural that he feels he is different from most of the people around him because he IS different, and Chinese people, as a whole, is not yet ready to accept other race. But what is YOUR point in responding to my post? If you want to open a different topic, then do not respond to MY post. Open one for yourself. BTW, I currently live in the US, not China.
You forgot that globalization has struck China only recently, and that is about 40 years, and will take another 40 years until China accepts diversity as a sign of strength instead of weakness.Many things will change all over the world and China will be affected and will affect others, and that means there will be more inter reactions all over the world as barriers break down and people slowly but gradually getting to know more about others and vice versa.Globalization by the end of the century and that is by the year 2100 will be completed more or less and Artificial Intelligent governments will be established all over the world as the only way for people to function properly in their daily lives.
stupid, China is called China after homosapiens arrived at that place...
非常正确的表述！支持！总是听不得任何批评的玻璃心们还是不要翻墙看视频了！不就是为了听不一样的声音才去翻越那道墙吗？
Mr. Winston, love your video. Do not pay attention to the negative crab they say about you and your videos. The majority of us love your videos. I lived in China for 6 years ( I married a Chinese girl)I am divorce now but, still I love China. There is so much to see and do. Many of the things you say is true about China. There is good and bad in every country. I am an American and I love my country..... but it is not perfect. You and your wife visited America. I am sure you saw some things that were not that great about us. But, we are friendly and have a lot to offer and show-off. Keep the videos coming and have your lovely wife in some of them. She compliments you Mr. Winston. Thanks
+Joey Garza thanks mate, your words are wise!
I met a Chinese lady online. We are on holiday in Thailand. She is wonderful. I am 57, she is 50. I saw several videos before I met her. I like yours the best.
It's been so many years indeed. I can still remember that very first video I watched on this channel, one that features you went out to buy breakfast on a scooter or something, then went back to sit on a chair on the balcony or just outside of your room, drinking beer. It was a simple video of a guy talking about his life in China. I subscribed to the channel that day because of the simplicity of the content of that video, it involves nothing of politics and isn't extremely left or right, neither liberal or conservative, which are the tendency of videos about China tend to incline.
The life footages showed in your video is something I'm familiar with and relate to. It's good to see that it stayed the same for the most part over the years.
说实话 在欧洲好几年同样别人不会把你当成本地人 不管哪个国家 都会排外 特别是不同种族不同肤色的人 并不是就中国这样 别人同样会问你喜欢这里吗 你觉得这里的食物怎么样 你们国家怎么样 你喜欢哪里 只要你不断遇到新的人 你总会遇到这样同样的旧问题 中国也一样
海贼 北美稍好，没什么文化底蕴
去看看台湾香港吧
海贼 的确是这样
Happy Birthday brother all the best for you
Thomas Paine also condemned the religion of Christianity saying that Christians are brainwashed to worship a fabricated god.
The is a quote from Thomas Paine: all national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave humankind, to monopolize power and profit. Thomas had time and again condemned Christians for trying to justify slavery in the bible and he stated that stealing humans to be the most heinous crimes and these were committed by Christians.
Congratulations on the milestone. Look forward to the 20-year video. By that time you might have your own local tv show or star in local flicks!
well i have left china since finishing my study and by your videos i can remember my good days that I've spent over there so keep on going........ jiayou jiayou
will you conquer western China any time soon? would love to watch :)
:-3
我喜欢你的视频
and eastern china
he is already in eastern china
south east china
Aweee Winston buddy. You're welcome. Stay Awesome. Really enjoy your vblogs. Great info and presentation. Hey you guys, migrate to Australia. Tons of adventures here buddy.
i tried mate no joy, I'm from the UK. so been living in NZ 4yrs now. no worries you guys only across the pond when i visit my mates, plus don't have to worry in the bush no more :)
tried 2yrs in OZ you guys wouldn't let me stay and get residency
So sad that some people are writing negative comments about something that they don't know about. Anyways, thanks for showing the parts of China life that only the ones living there have seen. I always wanted to visit there and wishing you a Happy Belated Bday!! God Bless, you and your family. Keep making good videos!! 😊👍
Hello I just got veryyyy moved by ur last remark tht u do this for us and u cherish the actual relationship btw us. Tho it is us who should be thankful for... Anyway I am from Korean college student in Seoul and I've been watching ur videos with an interest in China. It has been super helpful for me. We appreciate ur time and effort :)I will support u in minded in a time to come as we'll
China is good but not great yet. Hopefully you enjoy your life in China.
The fact that China does not allow immigration shows that China hasn't yet joined the international community. It is representative of the attitude that China is the "center" of the world and that the rest of the world will have to conform to China's perspective. This attitude is so deeply ingrained in the Chinese that I don't think it will change for many generations if ever. Therefore, I think the international community should require China to be reciprocal in it's policies. In other words, if an American or South African can't immigrate to China then Chinese citizens should not be able to immigrate abroad etc. It's time for the world to reassess and stop giving China a free ride.
When China opened up and adopted a market economy, China was given a lot of advantages based on the idea that it was an emerging economy. China is now the world's second largest economy. Time to rethink the deal. (I am not a Trump supporter, BTW and I do not support his ideas on China.)
sunbin64
I actually can't believe I am going to defend China.
People of the west are impatient when it comes to wanting the rest of the world to adopt it's values and lifestyle. China has come a very, very long ways in terms of openness in a relatively short time.
It simply wasn't that long ago that China was like North Korea.
Thirty years ago people like Serpentza would not be allowed to live in China.
He walks around China recording freely in the open without any fear of arrest. Then he says whatever he wants.
Anybody who doesn't think Chinese authorities know what he's doing is a fool. They know he is no threat to China.
By letting him and other vloggers operate this way says a lot about their willingness to join the world community.
If Serpentza and his cohorts in China ever simultaneously completely stop communicating with the rest of the world, be afraid. Very afraid.
DavidRsaid don't assume western countries are doing charity to give Chinese immigrants green cards. Those Chinese are not refuges! They are mostly highly educated, rich Chinese elites! They contribute much much more than those white local loosers who only know sleep on national welfare system.
At the same time, China has a Brian drain problems!
Don't be hypocritical. You know west countries don't welcome every Chinese and Indians.
obsidianstatue I have to agree, the one idea they haven't stolen from the West is that of multiculturalism and globalism, the utterly insane idea that they should love other people more than their own, welcome them and their children in at the expense of their own.
Don't push western agendas into Asian countries pretty please. It's not their fault you fell for the false promise of multiculturalism
I wonder how many Chinese people like me are watching your videos. I appreciate your criticism to my country as much as the compliments, cause like you said, it means you cared about things in China. I like your videos, fun to watch how western people see things in China from a different angle.
Very honest balance of the pros and cons of living there. Many expats in your situation rarely do such reflections. Keep the good work.
Interesting, but I always find there're more Sinophobians than Chinese ultra-nationalists in the comment section.
rayr Just remind me the fact hardworking mid or upper class ppl who are nice and educated don't often waste their time on TH-cam spreading hatred and racism. These stupid comments on both sides here must be from those brainwashed stupid twats
rayr Morons are on both sides, mate. Sometimes I get depressed about humanity, when I read certain comments but then I look out of the window and everything seems fine. Don't let the internet distort your view of life, it's a tool very easily abused.
rayr well, there are way more "Sinos" in the West than Westerners in China. Maybe that's a source of anger and frustration for Westerners (Whites)?
+Tom T China has never claimed to be an immigrant country whereas the west does, does this difference hold legitimate ground to criticise China? I bet not. If it's the non-equivalence which westerners are discontent about, they should know this is created by their own democratic government who have decided on their behalf to take in the number of Chinese nationals that they have; complainers should know where to toss their complaints and whom to rally against, their own decision makers that is. Secondly, while the west stay fully committed to portraying China as an evil, authoritarian, red Communist state, why would one even ask to migrate here or even come? Why would they even expect anything at all? Are they not hypocritical?
DavidRsaid fuckin nonsense speech. I am minority Chinese and Tujia is the name of the ethnic group to which I belong. We Tujia ppl are living well and still keeping our traditions. China is a multi-ethnic country and the 56 ethic groups including Han together forms the modern China. The Americans slaughtered the Indians and conquered the whole North American continent, while China has a completely different history.
You should do travel vlogs.
That's essentially what most of his earlier videos are. Focused on Shenzhen and the surrounding area, but still travel-vlog style
I have a brother who is married to a Chinese woman, and just from that she’s opened my eyes to soo many things.when we went to China for 9 days, it was the best experience in my life! The culture Was beautiful and the people were much more welcoming than I could have ever imagined! I loved it! And watching your videos is an amazing way for me to reminisce! I dream of going back! Thank you for your videos!
I am not saying it is the same, but as a Middle Eastern woman who lived in the US for 13 years and In Canada for the last 16, I am often asked if I like it "here", and I receive comments on "how does it feel to be finally free" and on how how good my English. I used to answer that I have lived in North America for most of my life; now I just smile.
진짜 대박! Living abroad is awesome. I lived in Korea for 4 years and will go back when I can.
checkacola lucky! I'm working up the couragw to do that also.
I recently find out your TH-cam channel, watch a few video on your channel and I like your video how you think about China, keep up your good work.
Same, I agree with you. I am a chinese girl who lived in Italy for the last 13 years of my life since I was 6 but I still get treated as someone who just came off of an airplane by the locals, by the teachers, by everyone. I’ve come to accept that fact but I still feel sad because I’m not seen as one of them but as an outsider, even by my friends.
One of the most genuine thank you to subscribers I've seen. Keep it up!
Best B-roll yet!!
Happy birthday! 🍺
Happy Birthday Winston. I have totally enjoyed all of your videos that i have seen. i haven't seen them all yet, as I am a recent subscriber, but I liked all that I have seen. You have provided variety and topics of interest for all. Keep up the good work. I especially like that you have learned the language. This is very important if you intend to live in a foreign country for any length of time. It shows that you respect the citizens of the country that you are visiting or living in. If all of the human race learns more about those in other countries and cultures it can help to bring us closer. I believe that most people in the world are tolerant and good, we are separated and taught to hate and fear each other by our governments and media.
This is why travelling and living abroad are such great ways to understand how the world works. There are pros and cons to living anywhere. Admire his refreshing honesty and he certainly does not window dress anything, it is what it is.
To blend into the Chinese culture, you have to 1. First speak frequent Chinese 2. behave like a Chinese. I guess it works in any other countries. I tried to hard to learn English in the UK and don't feel frustration when I was treated as a foreigner. How could you convinced me that you speak limited level of Chinese, wear suits everywhere, talk in English on the street and has no (at least I can't see any in the videos) serious Chinese friends, and you want so hard to be a accepted that you are one of them (Chinese)?
Han Winter so basically you just being something that your not. Like throwing away your identity and etc.. That's just pathetic....
Oh what an idiot you are. The suit thing is to help him create a Media persona. He does speak Chinese. And no you don't put friends on film, maybe your partner if they want to.
@@gregchan2640 can't understand people who thinks learning a foreign language will make you lose your identity...
@@gregchan2640 yeah, keep youe identity in america and speak madarian everyday in usa, that will make sure you blend into that shit culture. Bravo
@@gregchan2640 What if a Chinese don't speak English in a English-speaking country? Do people like Australian think comfortable or being respected? U can still keep u identity even if speaking another language. Hope u can re-think that.
Serpentza loves his adopted country china without doubt, he is an ambassador for china.he is more Chinese than Chinese in china.
Hes a white colored African man who is
Culturally Chinese...its pretty cool...
No way, he should be deported out of China.
I've been watching your videos for the past several months, appreciate getting a window into that part of the world via your experience there.
As for the trolls who seem determined to extract something negative from your content and then post the worst possible commentary, the reality is that internet trolls exist everywhere, in every country and culture. They are a strange lot . . . usually insecure and desperate for attention.
Not to worry . . . stay awesome!
You have been in China for more than 11 years and they treat you like a new-comer; I have been in UK for more than 8 years and I am also treated a lot times as a tourist. So I can feel your feeling and the sympathy. No matter you like the country or not, it becomes part of you already.
Winston, Thank you very much for your efforts. I am a former Motocross & Speedway motorcycle racer. So we are mutual enthusiast's. Believe me riding a street bike is more dangerous to me than what I did on the track. I also am a admirer of Asian Women. I am not a womanizer, I only want one woman, which I have not found yet. I am very happy to see you with your current wife, yes you 2 are meant for each other and I enjoy your wife's genuine sweetness, smile and just how she is.You both give me hope for the future! Your video's are all a gift to us. Please be safe, be yourselves and be together with your wife forever as well! Great Filming skills, orchestration, music, use of the drone. Your doing an excellent job!Sincerely, Bill Lingley
被当做外国人对待这无法改变，之前遇见一个在中国待了20多年的俄罗斯人，大家依然把他当做短暂的过客。我时常看你视频的一大原因也是想知道外国人对中国文化的看法，我认为这与中国人对本土文化无比的自豪有关。当然，我认为视频结尾的描述是对的。
This is the best one I've watched so far. I can't really tell why though. Thanks again for making these videos. And I'm quite sure I can say this, your videos are very very important to me as well. The perspective and the genuineness, fully demonstrate what the world and real life are. Please keep making the video you want to make and I will keep supporting your channel.
Awesome video. Thank you for making another great one. I can't stop watching!
I never felt he get in to any Chinese culture. His video made me feel that he is always outside of Chinese circle and keep judging on China. I agree he said mostly true about china. However, I barely sea him with a Chinese friend in his video. According to local people around him( or in his city), he barely had any Chinese friend. I feel he never try to understand Chinese culture, but critics on China's issue. China has many philosophies that made up my culture, but he speak nothing about it. For me, he is trying to grab western people's attention by critics china. OF COURSE, IT IS ONLY MY OWN OPINION! So, if you don't like my comment, please don't judge me. I do see many western people who gets more fans on internet and have friends there. They lived good and have a bright future with good jobs.i think one main reason is that those people get to understand Chinese and be friendly to us. Those are the typical one I know: Fulingfang，inno巧克力，高乐思 and his crews，his sister，etc. Those people are from all around of the world. I believe most of them have a well paid job in china. So, why don't you change your attitude to china, I believe Chinese people welcomes you as a person, not a white person if you are not just criticize with your white superiority. Thank you!
DavidRsaid DavidRsaid I am sorry if I don't use the word accurately. I am not saying he got benefits in china as a white. He can't own a green card is not because he is white, it is a rule to all the foreigners(I don't really know why those rules set up). Same, Chinese don't hold privileges in other countries. They can work and hold properties because those countries allowed everyone to, not just Chinese.
DavidRsaid by the way, Chinese immigrates bring large benefits to USA. U can learn more about this. For example, if I move to USA, one way is to bring 500,000 dollar to USA, so I MAY get a green card. And I think Chinses contributed much to those foreign countries.
Yes there is White privilege in Asia. You can see many foreigners in China choose to be a teacher and yet by far I don't think most of them are qualified enough. They get that jobs simply because they are native speakers and they are white, isn't that funny?
Li Kylie
Those people are getting further and further west (aka poor region) to have a job in China, which is good.
What do you talk about EZ? He married a Chinese. Why complain no other Chinese in his video? I was born and raised in China until I was 27 years old. I live in America now. I know Chinese, good, bad and ugly. Nothing wrong with his attitude. He talked about the Chinese small punk who talk shit about China here. He tried to defend China. If you dislike him, stay away from his video. Why bother to suffer here? Million of video on U tube. I do not get it. Chinese work hard, care for family, save money, many many good stuff, but Many of my country men if not most suffer the jealous syndrome. I know them too well. Even oversea, try to find bone inside an egg. There is no bone in egg, EZ. Mr. Serpentza did not hurt you, did not steal from you, did not sleep with your sister. Leave him alone for God's sake. Be positive, one more time, no bone in this egg, or any egg in the world. Be a winner, not a loser. Take care EZ.
I love your work because when you speak, you're speaking to ME. You come across as having a personal conversation and not just a narrator. You would make an EXCELLENT host for a major China documentary for National Geographic or Discovery Channel. They would be lucky to have you. Stay awesome!
I have been watching your videos non stop for the past two days. I had no intention to ever visit china and you have changed my mind. I want to experience China. Thank you buddy
Thanks for videos, as ever , stay awesome in China.
Omg hey man, you gotta be shadow band or something. I was talking with my friends and you came up and when I tried to search you because I forgot ur name I had so much trouble finding ur channel even when I'm subscribed already
playing with the filters I see. Making it look old.
nipper4369 looks awesome... Do You happen to know his setup?
do u happen to know what filter that is ?
Thank you to share your experience in China. I have been in Texas since 1991. As a Chinese American, I have the similar treatment once a while. I am a Texan. Do not worry about these small people who talk shit here. They always there. They never knock off.
I love your videos,in the last several days,I have being watching your videos one by one all day long , you are a wonderful human being .
+eko hu thank you! So glad you enjoy them
Conquering Birmingham can be a real challenge. It's cold and constantly rains, it's full of immigrants from Africa who might stab or rob you, there is nothing really to see or do unless you're into second-rate museums and art galleries, and your suicide risk will become much higher as your life becomes as grey and meaningless as the city itself. Luckily I escaped a year ago. ;)
+anarki777 now I have to do it!
anarki777 now there's a Conquering series destined for greatness. Deus Vult!
conquer birmingham back, from the Afrikaans and the Moslems 😉✌
I've only just discovered your channel, and I've been watching some of your vids in the last few days. Great and informative content. Stay awesome...
Love watching your videos! Thanks!
Thank you for the continuous updates of life and everyday situations of Shenzhen and China, I love the videos and have been a subscriber for almost a year now.
Again Thank you and keep up the awesome work.