How China has DRASTICALLY Changed in 10 Years

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    China has changed drastically in 10 years. SerpentZA and Laowhy86 have lived in China for over 10 years, and the country has changed for the better and for the worse.
    Things like personal safety are at an all time high, and things like personal freedoms are at an all time low. We have dealt with full support, and backlash from the locals, and it has had influence on how we, as westerners, have dealt with life here.
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Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @DWink-bp8vw
    @DWink-bp8vw 6 лет назад +144

    I do hope you gentlemen realize and appreciate the special relationship you have formed over the past few years. Really close friends reach a level of understanding and agreement that is truly quite rare and unique. This seldom happens in any given lifetime and it is certainly rewarding to behold at arms length here on RUclips. Good work, gentlemen!

    • @melvinkeller3629
      @melvinkeller3629 6 лет назад

      DWink 9909 qqqqQ

    • @tashajoykin5192
      @tashajoykin5192 4 года назад +3

      @@melvinkeller3629 u alright there m8?

    • @bryanryan4504
      @bryanryan4504 4 года назад +1

      Do you really believe close friends only happen seldomly? Just wondering because I see where ever I go , office , school, church , etc I see so many people in their close ties or cliques. Except for me. I'm never able to break into those.

    • @PhuocNguyen-zy8px
      @PhuocNguyen-zy8px 4 года назад +4

      I don’t agree. These two have a very organic relationship. They have similar interests and values and experience. Whereas relationships in office, school are so artificial and fake, at least in the US. People smile at and agree with you all the time but when shit goes down they’ll stab your back or won’t do shit to help you. Comradeship is dying in America. In reality, it’s just hard to find someone who you can call good friend.

    • @allenhammer7923
      @allenhammer7923 3 года назад

      @@bryanryan4504 You probably have a curse on you and an evil spirit of rejection. Look up Win Worley

  • @johncheresna
    @johncheresna 6 лет назад +149

    You are a great source of insight to the Chinese mentality. I don't know of anywhere else to get honest, unbiased opinions.

    • @rogernout941
      @rogernout941 4 года назад

      Try the "Gweilo 60" channel

    • @Mixima101
      @Mixima101 4 года назад +3

      I like how chill they are too. Their stories are much more palatable than other channels. Also, they're way more experienced than other bloggers.

    • @SergioBlackDolphin
      @SergioBlackDolphin 4 года назад

      This is really true.
      It is un else able the amount of ignorance there is outside of China about what the “real China” is.

  • @thegrimyeaper
    @thegrimyeaper 6 лет назад +143

    - They grow heroin here.
    - Anyway let's talk about what's changed for the better.

    • @no0bbbb
      @no0bbbb 4 года назад +4

      Poppy* which is used for opioids..... And heroin... Lol

    • @Andronicus87
      @Andronicus87 3 года назад +3

      aint nuttin' wrong with good ol' Heroin if you take it responsibly! So sick of the stigma on drugs. If parents learned how to raise their kids properly drugs wouldn't be a problem. Portugal legalized all drugs and guess what they are doing just fine. When you make everything normal people don't wonder about it, they don't wonder why is it illegal whats the big deal?

    • @SombreroPharoah
      @SombreroPharoah 3 года назад

      @@Andronicus87 the intricacy of Portugals legalisation isn't as grand as you'd think. (THC limits, 1g per person, some the best powders Imo anyway, aren't as happily free). It works most for smack (which is fun when used responsibly sure Ngl), but H is one that's really had a blessing. I looked into moving to Portugal, so naturally checked that jazz, and was quite disappointed tbf as H isn't exactly DOC

    • @stillsearching5816
      @stillsearching5816 3 года назад +2

      @@Andronicus87 There is no good way of taking heroin. Yeah but that doesn't mean it should be illegal though.

  • @person9101112
    @person9101112 6 лет назад +69

    The Juri Pootsman song "I remember you" is a great intro song for your videos.

    • @viciousvictortee1298
      @viciousvictortee1298 4 года назад

      Well This aged well. Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money ... However, The goal of Socialism is Communism... Vladimir Lenin. Ok Ok bad examples.

    • @TheSozeone
      @TheSozeone 3 года назад +1

      @@viciousvictortee1298 wat

    • @TheSozeone
      @TheSozeone 3 года назад

      Its a banger

    • @viciousvictortee1298
      @viciousvictortee1298 3 года назад

      @@TheSozeone what way!?

    • @TheSozeone
      @TheSozeone 3 года назад

      @@viciousvictortee1298 your comment saying this aged well, i dont understand

  • @cupid_47
    @cupid_47 6 лет назад +176

    I am a brit living in Germany. I never intend to go to china but i still watch all your videos. well done!!!

    • @TheWTFTroll
      @TheWTFTroll 6 лет назад +10

      As a German, I'm kind of curious; How do you like Germany?/ What made you move towards Germany?

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli 6 лет назад +1

      Just go, you won't regret it

    • @meixingmichael2480
      @meixingmichael2480 6 лет назад

      Dirk Fuller good

    • @angrysocialjusticewarrior
      @angrysocialjusticewarrior 6 лет назад +1

      TheWRFTroll probably has something to do with Germany having the best European economy........... and getting discounts when buying German vehicles?

    • @yannickandrle7402
      @yannickandrle7402 6 лет назад

      Functional - but ALWAYS late.

  • @qj7205
    @qj7205 6 лет назад +26

    Sadly, I can confirm this all... I have been in China twenty times, between 2004 and now (More than 200.000 km on Chinese trains!), and during my last trip I couldn't enjoy myself anymore... Luggage scanners, police checks, barb wire, militarized train stations, extreme amounts of surveillance cameras, greatly increased internet censorship, etc... :-/ While on the other hand the enjoyable, beautiful things are all disappearing through overdevelopment... :-( Old historical buildings are torn down, previously pristine landscapes are totally destroyed, etc... My first vacations in China were fabulous (Maybe the best vacations in my life!), but such trips are not possible anymore, it's all becoming cold, boring and materialistic in my eyes... As a result, I'm not planning any trips through China anymore, it's now simply too much effort for way too little reward... Good food and meeting local friends are perhaps the only remaining fun things...

  • @philipvjones397
    @philipvjones397 6 лет назад +56

    lived in China 2004-2015; most of which was an amazing experience and the happiest times of my life. Couldn't disagree with anything said. Clear change in the atmosphere around 2012. Wish both Winston and CMilk a good future.

    • @stlouisix3
      @stlouisix3 Год назад

      yes. Nationalism and collectivism rapidly rose!!

  • @englishteacherdon
    @englishteacherdon 6 лет назад +65

    That was an astonishingly accurate and balanced assessment of what life is like in China. I have noticed the greater emphasis on the "hammer and sickle" in the north as well.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 6 лет назад +9

      Donald Knoblet
      Well that's worrying.

    • @rsnerd008
      @rsnerd008 6 лет назад +9

      DEATH TO ALL COMMUNISTS!

    • @dougs7367
      @dougs7367 6 лет назад +1

      "How many 'broken eggs' (human corpses in this case) does an ideology get to create in order to deliver heaven of earth , before said ideology by its death toll is considered invalid?"
      Good question! Christianity has murdered millions upon millions and has been allowed to prosper for 2000 years now. And it has a far higher body count than any other ideology. Terrorism btw is overwhelmingly religiously motivated, mainly by the two Abrahamic siblings Christianity and Islam.

  • @sibyl5244
    @sibyl5244 6 лет назад +45

    Something else that has seen a staggering jump is debt, it's just so easy to borrow money in China nowadays, all the Chinese I know are heavily in debt, so much that it makes Americans look reasonable. Lots of them also believe or act like they will never need to reimburse that money somehow. Public debt is over 300% of GDP, consumer debt is over 220% of all assets.

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад +9

      It’s an uncomfortable truth

    • @heinuchung8680
      @heinuchung8680 2 года назад +1

      Due to chinas growth rate and economy growing so fast then it the high debt isn’t terrible the issue will be if or when the economy slows.

  • @YoungBritishLad
    @YoungBritishLad 6 лет назад +42

    I recently started watching these videos, I really had little to no interest in China before I discovered them, now I know more about the place than most people I know! I think these guys are great and should keep up the good work.

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti 3 года назад

      True a few yesrs ago they made me want to move there before the country went totalitarian

  • @peterbat1213
    @peterbat1213 6 лет назад +29

    Unfortunately nothing good ever lasts forever and even though I have happily lived in China for the last 37 years I'm leaving next month and for the very reasons you highlighted so well in this video
    .

    • @Andronicus87
      @Andronicus87 3 года назад +3

      Thats unfortunate. I hope you are doing well now in your new home.

    • @randomchannel-px6ho
      @randomchannel-px6ho 3 года назад

      37 years? Were you a foreigner? What's your story?

  • @claudiabettina
    @claudiabettina 6 лет назад +24

    It's so much fun watching you guys navigate down the roads and talking away at the same time. You must be totally ambidextrous or great multitaskers or something. And the way you talk to each other, you must be great friends. It's interesting listening to you both gabber away. One leaves off and the other picks it up. It's like a dance, lol, back and forth. What do you guys do for a living and why in China for so long? Don't you miss your homeland?

    • @ItsameAlex
      @ItsameAlex 6 лет назад +5

      RUclips obviously. That's what they do for a living. And Winston doesn't live in his homeland because they brutalize or murder white people often, and the government discriminates against white people too.

    • @MrChannel19
      @MrChannel19 4 года назад +1

      If they're happy why go back to any place when doing well.

  • @skylinec83
    @skylinec83 6 лет назад +62

    One bad thing about China today vs 10 years ago is the airline industry. 10 years ago, air transport in China was like the US in the "golden age" (20 years ago) with superb service and comfort. Now anyone can get on a plane and it's worse than riding the bus.

    • @danblumel
      @danblumel 6 лет назад +6

      skylinec83: But a hell of a lot safer and on time more, that's more important to me. But there are the crazies that jump up as soon as the wheels touch at landing.

    • @skylinec83
      @skylinec83 6 лет назад +22

      Dan Blumel - You're probably right. Last time I was on a plane in China, the old lady next to me argued with the flight attendant for 10 straight minutes while we were descending about why she should be allowed to keep her overhead compartment sized suitcase on her lap as we're landing...as if that would really give her a head start in getting off the plane before everyone else.
      But at least while riding a Chinese bus, you can always get off on the next stop. With the planes, you might get stuck on the tarmac for several hours with zero notice. And heaven help you if you're next to a dude with bad BO or a screaming kid.

    • @seething8614
      @seething8614 6 лет назад +2

      It is pretty much like the traffic jam they mentioned in the video. Remember that the traffic jam is caused by the raising live standard that everyone is able to afford a car. So, I would not say having everyone enjoying the airline services is essentially a bad thing, but I do feel sorry for your feeling, and I will miss it with you.

    • @Wysiwyg43
      @Wysiwyg43 6 лет назад +1

      That's sad about the airline service because back in '97 my group had a good flight going in and leaving China. Popularity of flights has made them less special.

    • @PVAPPE
      @PVAPPE 6 лет назад +1

      poortaiwanese : Agreed. After waiting 19 hours to get out of Guangzhou Baiyun airport, because of delay-after-cancellation-after-delay (the high-speed train would have got us into Shanghai in 7 - 9 hours!), my wife and I have agreed to use the train in preference in future. We have to go to Beijing in a couple of weeks and it is no contest - we will be taking the train!

  • @mrsqueakyvoice97
    @mrsqueakyvoice97 6 лет назад +19

    "Just around the corner" is my trigger phrase because of a video we had to watch about puberty in elementary school.

  • @novax-ig9yt
    @novax-ig9yt 6 лет назад +2

    I recently discovered ADVChina, SerpentZA, and Laowhy86. You guys create so many great videos! I know very little about modern China, though I have taken Chinese History classes. It is so great to see a glimpse of what modern China is like, especially for someone like me who cannot afford to visit China at the moment. Thank you for doing what you do!

  • @person9101112
    @person9101112 6 лет назад +14

    Fantastic video. Very insightful. The changes sound significant. Last time I went to China was 10 years ago and it would be great to see in person how it has changed.

  • @tony2767
    @tony2767 6 лет назад +8

    I'm a very dedicated subscriber and I sincerely hope you guys never have to leave China, I would really miss the China-specific content you provide. Great video!

  • @SynthoidSounds
    @SynthoidSounds 6 лет назад +5

    These videos are very informative, and much appreciated. The choices of topics are spot on, in sync with most of the questions I would have if traveling to China.
    Having said that, my personal interest in going there for any extended length of time has dropped to almost zero.
    While current China and its history, even in just the past several decades is intriguing, the current take away message is radically accelerating growth, as in perpetually pervasive construction projects everywhere and enormous, densely populated mega-cities.
    The intersection of a purported "communist" government merging with capitalist enterprises everywhere, at all levels of scale, really is intriguing, to say the least.
    What I sense, though, is an increasingly nationalistic mindset spreading throughout the populace. Anyone from elsewhere in the world who tries to connect with the local culture will soon discover that they will always be an outsider, no matter what the circumstance or length of time spent there.
    In any case, I find it all fascinating, even if only experienced through the lens of your YT video series.
    Stay awesome!

  • @nonyabusiness3859
    @nonyabusiness3859 4 года назад +2

    I love how Winston sings 🎤 that intro song. He really puts his heart into it.

  • @thetruemorg
    @thetruemorg 6 лет назад +2

    Really great conversation. Having lived in China 20 years ago your videos really illustrates a very different path the country has taken. Love the videos

  • @JimnyVR5
    @JimnyVR5 6 лет назад +12

    100% agree. I was in Shanghai 2012 and 2016.
    2012: "OMG everyone treats me like a celebrity"
    2016: No one cares or worse

    • @Checkmate1138
      @Checkmate1138 4 года назад +2

      Honestly though, why would you want to be treated like some hot shit celebrity? Surely you would want to blend in with the people and integrate to the culture? Unless you crave attention, that is.

    • @Checkmate1138
      @Checkmate1138 4 года назад +1

      By the way, sorry if that comment sounds passive aggressive, I was just using it to question why you would state your comment, with the implication that things are now "worse" for foreigners because we don't get a special treatment or anything.
      Or is your emphasis on the "or worse" part of your comment?

    • @JimnyVR5
      @JimnyVR5 4 года назад +3

      @@Checkmate1138 I didn't want to be treated like that - just an observation. People were lining up to take pictures with me in 2012...

  • @sapulpaorganics5402
    @sapulpaorganics5402 6 лет назад +20

    Another awesome video from ADV.....Thank you guys! Love these!

  • @mandyc.8436
    @mandyc.8436 4 года назад +2

    i was born in HK and moved to US when I was 11. Then I went back and lived in HK again from 2009-2018, with numerous visits to CN, for leisure and some work as my family has some ties there. I find this channel fascinating in that you guys articulate in such clear and concise ways what I've came away with about CN since Xi came to power. I also find it amazing that you've stayed true to yourselves because I've seen other youtubers sprout the same type of nonsense as those 50cents nationalistic rhetoric. And I'm also worried for you guys for being this outspoken and truthful. Stay safe and I will watch a lot more of your content. Thank you.

  • @dealstogo2649
    @dealstogo2649 5 лет назад +2

    Great video. I was there in 1988 when a nice bicycle was all the rage!

  • @SsiolisP
    @SsiolisP 6 лет назад +23

    10:23 there are another 17 minutes until the end of this episode... NICE!!!

  • @Nixon2142
    @Nixon2142 6 лет назад +8

    Great episode, super informative! Thanks!

  • @natagua1234
    @natagua1234 6 лет назад +1

    You guys are the best. I've been studying Chinese for half a year, and it's certainly a tiny amount of time compared to what I'll spend studying this language, but you guys add so much richness to my decision.
    China is a great country, there's so much to explore and it has this enourmous potential as a whole. I find both your ADV videos and your videos from your personal channels very informative and oddly amusing to watch.
    I hope one day I can find myself in the same kind of places you visit.
    Keep up the good work!
    (Fan p.s.: I could listen to SerpentZA for hours, and Laowhy86 makes my day.)

  • @Wysiwyg43
    @Wysiwyg43 6 лет назад +62

    Very informative video, guys! The only thing is that y'all apologize too much for your opinions. I get that there are people who may disagree, but that's how life is. Stop trying to please everyone or you'll end up pleasing no one. Not me though, ADVChina is life! PEACE

    • @paulv69
      @paulv69 6 лет назад +3

      My guess is they apologize for some of their Chinese viewers, not their western viewers. I think they are exercising diplomacy towards a culture that requires certain behaviors from 'foreigners.'

  • @YJ0AUF
    @YJ0AUF 6 лет назад +3

    Fair comment on changes. The backlash to improved living for Chinese is any small reversal is glaring and its easy to point at foreigners and say "They did this to us" because it's easier to do than than finding their own inherent flaws. Happens everywhere. BTW, been watching Northern China. Nice cut guys. Time is always at a premium for filming. Diversity versus depth. Hard to get right, but you have a good mix. Great audio cuts, everything fits. Got to say you missed a big Opportunity in Harbin. Maybe you noticed that there was not much retail on the streets around St Sophia Church. Every 200m there is a set of steps in the street that goes down and down... About 40m below the surface is a huge vanishing point of narrow tunnels for several km, lined with tiny shops, all converted from redundant nuclear fallout shelters. Wife and I got lost down there for a couple of hours, more than once. Quite unique. Warm too. You guys will have to go back in the Winter and have a closer look. Lots of special stuff in that city. Oh yeah, in Qingdao, you should have gone to the Tsingtao Beer Museum. Awesome. They have a miniature bar in a room tilted 30º so you have to walk through hanging onto chairs and walls. Cameras show your bar room crawl efforts to people watching outside. The room looks normal, but everyone walking through it looks utterly pissed. Beer tasting at the end of the tour. Totally worth it. Although Qingdao was friggin cold when I was there last. Big chunks of sea-ice washing up on the beaches. Brrr. Until next time... (you know the drill)

  • @stevenjones19-m8i
    @stevenjones19-m8i 6 лет назад +4

    Great video Winston, I like these ADV China vlogs.

  • @visitur4914
    @visitur4914 6 лет назад

    Your first-person perspective provides a valuable counterpoint to other news media, and your candor is much-respected. I lived in China for 13 months circa 2009, so this was a particularly interesting video for me.

  • @michaeljohnmarx
    @michaeljohnmarx 6 лет назад +3

    Love these driving around talking videos, please don’t stop.
    Greetings from a fellow saffer.

  • @CubasAutomotive
    @CubasAutomotive 6 лет назад +5

    Great topic! Always manage to come up with something new or add to older topics. Happy Thanksgiving guys! Big hugs! 🤗🤗

  • @SuperCatman
    @SuperCatman 6 лет назад +23

    Finished Conquering Southern China and Conquering Northern China earlier this week... Really good, guys, makes me want to go to a bunch of villages

    • @MrTynanDraper
      @MrTynanDraper 6 лет назад +3

      I watched Southern China a few days ago . .will watch Conquering Northern China over the Xmas holiday. Don't usually pay for content but these guys have provided a lot of interesting content over the years.

  • @andrewsturmey
    @andrewsturmey 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you, as always, for the insight. I hope you both feel contentness from fulfilling the “laowai golden era” experience while it was still possible. Whatever the future holds, you will always have that.

  • @michaelkenyon3372
    @michaelkenyon3372 6 лет назад +1

    I like how you added a map showing the places you are talking about. Small touches. Great content.

  • @realfloridaredneck1988
    @realfloridaredneck1988 6 лет назад +14

    C-Milk, don't hate on us Southerners....

    • @nutlover3609
      @nutlover3609 5 лет назад +1

      Why do you have the battle flag of a traitor army?

    • @jasongray8016
      @jasongray8016 5 лет назад +1

      @@gregkosinski2303 He didnt his ancestors might have done it. On that note, should all vietnamese hate all americans?

  • @skylinec83
    @skylinec83 6 лет назад +94

    Who would have thought that McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks would view China as their most important market in 2018, 10 years ago? Who would would have known that Dairy Queen, Burger King, Domino's, Pizza Hut, and even *WHITE CASTLE* would be in China. I'm gonna bring Panda Express to China.

    • @josephbeineke1175
      @josephbeineke1175 6 лет назад +6

      Shenzhen NEEEEEEEDS a Taco Bell. Like I'm seriously considering flying from Shenzhen to Manila just so that I can buy some tacos.

    • @wenqiangliu8011
      @wenqiangliu8011 6 лет назад +1

      shanghai has Taco Bell , i''m sure Shenzhen will too

    • @user-cc4kq6hl4c
      @user-cc4kq6hl4c 6 лет назад +1

      skylinec83 the Jews did this

    • @caligoclarus
      @caligoclarus 6 лет назад +1

      You can more easily pop over to HK and go to one than most of us in other cities can.

    • @xXxRapBxXx
      @xXxRapBxXx 6 лет назад

      Welcome to the 19th century. Even the first presidents of the US have thought that.

  • @r64g
    @r64g 6 лет назад +1

    The changes in China was far greater from mid 1990s to mid 2000s than from mid 2000s and today. The pace of changes are actually slowing down.

  • @letsgame8271
    @letsgame8271 6 лет назад +7

    I havent watched it and already kudos to you guys for making this episode long. You have no idea how fast a video is over when you are high. So yes please 30+ minutes spisodes for ADVChina !! Lets do this lol

  • @slapnut892
    @slapnut892 6 лет назад +42

    Maybe now with the country becoming so developed they can finally find a solution to their pollution problem.

    • @Guanchen
      @Guanchen 6 лет назад +19

      It's actually a huge business in China atm. If you have the skill or product that can reduce pollution or improve environment you will certainly make money in China. China has been doing a lot to reduce pollution it's getting to the point of absurdity actually.

    • @seething8614
      @seething8614 6 лет назад +9

      It is getting better. I was surprised about the air quality last time I got back, it was really good in the summertime. Surely it is far from satisfactory in general, and especially for most of the industrial areas, but it is being resolved progressively.

    • @seething8614
      @seething8614 6 лет назад

      Not really. I have experienced the worst era of pollution in China and those summers suck af. Btw I dont have the incentive to lie anyways since I think the pollution now is still awful af. So I dont know why you have to be rude.

    • @osmo8281
      @osmo8281 6 лет назад

      CHINA is shipping its population abroad in a mass colonization push. Buying off politicians and silencing opposition is a key factor in the success of this master plan.

    • @seething8614
      @seething8614 6 лет назад

      Osmo Oppenheimer it is odd for you to comment on population issues under the discussion of pollution lol

  • @plendafuture7451
    @plendafuture7451 6 лет назад +4

    One of the best RUclips video on China I got in a long time . Good unbiased report .

  • @Aydurmus
    @Aydurmus 5 лет назад +2

    I have seen "No Japanese" signs in China (2012).

  • @smoothietide
    @smoothietide 6 лет назад +16

    Winston: What's that place you like so much? LaoWhy: Harbin

    • @gaiusjiau
      @gaiusjiau 6 лет назад +1

      For prostitution?

  • @jinjysbro
    @jinjysbro 6 лет назад +7

    Exited to see Concerning Northern China and you guys in LA

  • @JimN5QL
    @JimN5QL 6 лет назад +13

    You guys have the most interesting Channel on RUclips. I look forward to every episode. Is there a speed limit in China? How much is gasoline? Thanks

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад +3

      It’s between 6 and 7rmb a litre so about a dollar a litre

    • @PhilipHowson
      @PhilipHowson 6 лет назад +1

      Speed limits are low. It's often

  • @thehalvening8942
    @thehalvening8942 6 лет назад

    man you guys really nailed it. I mentioned basically all these things today I was explaining to a friend how things have changed before I saw your video. Totally mirrored everything

  • @djtforever1414
    @djtforever1414 4 года назад +2

    I visited China in 2011, 2015 and 2019. Yes, it has changed a lot.

  • @ADVChina
    @ADVChina  6 лет назад +496

    First

  • @PeterKruseMusic
    @PeterKruseMusic 6 лет назад +4

    I spent five years in Shenzhen, 2013-2017. I'm now back living in Chicago. I can honestly say I'm much happier in Chicago. Of course I miss many great Chinese and foreigner friends in SZ.
    But... I own a home here now. Have solid income. Most importantly... Treated with RESPECT and not constantly referred to as Lao Wai, etc.

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад

      It’s an important difference

  • @billalexander8011
    @billalexander8011 5 лет назад +1

    Your videos are great!

  • @peterscotney1
    @peterscotney1 Год назад

    Luv watching you 2 razzin around on yer bikes , I used to do this 30 yrs ago around the Mediterranean, I used to visit slums and abandoned villages in the mountains. .and you guys bring back those memories for me !

  • @claudia-ob2wv
    @claudia-ob2wv 6 лет назад +45

    just arrived in china two days ago, already enjoying it!

    • @user-he6gl8ri8e
      @user-he6gl8ri8e 6 лет назад

      claudia hope you enjoy your trip and see the true China, no matter good or bad

    • @DRAMMAR05
      @DRAMMAR05 6 лет назад +1

      Honeymoon period lol.it all fades away.been here for 8 years.

    • @sophiazhu8656
      @sophiazhu8656 5 лет назад

      Ammar 05 it’s time to leave. Try new place

    • @johnharvey4448
      @johnharvey4448 5 лет назад

      How r u on RUclips then ? It’s supposed to be illegal in China.

    • @vincentas1
      @vincentas1 4 года назад

      @John Harvey late but VPN’s let you use blocked websites.

  • @peternorton7665
    @peternorton7665 6 лет назад +9

    Winston apréciate the video..

  • @nathandenault3136
    @nathandenault3136 6 лет назад +1

    Great video guys! There is a lot of growth that has occurred in China over the past ten years. However, that growth is slowing, and most economists predict that a massive economic recession is headed in China's direction when that growth stops. That's why you have so many Chinese businesses expanding into Africa and why there was a big hit to the Chinese stock market about a year and a half ago. I would love to hear your opinions on it. Keep up the great work! I love all three of your guy's channels!

  • @EdwinaTS
    @EdwinaTS 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for making another insightful video.

  • @BikingWIthPanda
    @BikingWIthPanda 6 лет назад +41

    there's so many variety of dragon fruit, they all grow from hylocereus cactus, i grow them in canada :-)

    • @MrTynanDraper
      @MrTynanDraper 6 лет назад +2

      You must have a really nice greenhouse or you grow them inside your home?

    • @joey5525
      @joey5525 6 лет назад

      Might not work coz Chinese ppl don't take it as authentic Chinese food

    • @ub3rfr3nzy94
      @ub3rfr3nzy94 6 лет назад

      I always wondered if it was from a cactus after seing a cactus in spain that had weird, red fruits on it. I cut one in half with a knife and it looked like a red/orange dragon fruit.

    • @zachmiller9175
      @zachmiller9175 6 лет назад

      yidi Liu dragon fruit is popular in other countries too... Not just with Chinese people

  • @gus2747
    @gus2747 6 лет назад +13

    This was the best ADVChina I have seen. BTW there's a sad symmetry between increase in xenophobia in America and the increase in Chinese xenophobia. America's not nearly as bad in this regard as China, but both have gotten worse and I hope both get better in the future.

    • @rogerfaint499
      @rogerfaint499 6 лет назад +2

      I've travelled and lived in both places for years. US is more xenophobic than China.

  • @ynwaaiy9640
    @ynwaaiy9640 5 лет назад +1

    Salute to you guys. 100% Valid + Genuine talk!

  • @Krath1988
    @Krath1988 6 лет назад +2

    Well here we are in 2018 and I am sure thing's have only gotten worse. Would you guys ever consider leaving China is things got extremely hostile for "Foreigners"?
    Btw, I love these deep and introspective looks at the culture from your unique perspectives. I am not trying to find an Asian wife or immigrate somewhere but I've been binging these videos recently and there is no doubt that I have been able to absorb some of your shared experience and perspectives. Thanks for sharing all of this.

  • @thomasthomaslai
    @thomasthomaslai 6 лет назад +3

    love the walk and talk, ride and talk. just be careful. A lot of observation is valid to what I saw.

  • @aaronbaughman6264
    @aaronbaughman6264 6 лет назад +19

    How is ADVChina the first comment, but it's from 3 weeks ago? I want to see where you guys are hiding your Delorean and Flux Capacitor. LOL

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад +9

      Haha, Patreon early release

  • @resultspaid7250
    @resultspaid7250 4 года назад +2

    For 10 years I had a factory in Iowa making exercise equipment and employing about 30 people. When China got into the WTO and was able to pay their people next to nothing there was no way I could compete with that and had to close my factory. 30 good people lost their jobs and I lost my life's savings and my job. Maybe you can see why I love Trump. Now I would advise young people to work for the government.

  • @spudboy56
    @spudboy56 5 лет назад +1

    I learn so much from each of your videos. Your work should be part of some curriculum of social studies. I never see and hear these things elsewhere, including Public Broadcasting in the US and the BBC in Britain. I feel like I am learning so much more about the world. Hats off to you guys as you make it fun and so interesting to learn.

  • @C4nn15
    @C4nn15 6 лет назад +4

    How come your gauges don't work? Reminds me of a Breitling watch I got from China about 16 years ago the main dial worked but the surrounding ones were just stuck down with glue.

  • @njv1234
    @njv1234 6 лет назад +15

    I DONT HATE A WESTERNERS

    • @mikehonda5
      @mikehonda5 6 лет назад

      Please learn English grammar. your English is atrocious.

    • @ecks7165
      @ecks7165 5 лет назад +5

      @@mikehonda5 don't be mean, they're trying their best

    • @ecks7165
      @ecks7165 5 лет назад

      I appreciate your kindness 😌

    • @johnharvey4448
      @johnharvey4448 5 лет назад +3

      Michael Yoshida It’s not atrocious. No full stop, and, all caps. Does it harm you in any way ?

  • @xiaohuang9053
    @xiaohuang9053 6 лет назад +1

    Men, I love your videos, I've been binge watching your contents for a couple of days, you guys are awesome ! Have you thought about starting a podcast, I think it would be really cool ! 加油!

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад

      Thanks! Yeah we thought about it

  • @JasonZeppelin1
    @JasonZeppelin1 3 года назад +1

    "If things don't get better, we're probably going to have to go" How prescient.

  • @RedJonChina
    @RedJonChina 6 лет назад +3

    Only been living here coming up Five years (compared to you guys not long ) but I personally feel it's been getting easier being a foreigner. Year on year more foreigners about and the younger generation are generally more open minded. I think your opinions would be more better suited to maybe the older generation as a whole with a few exceptions. Still liked the vid as your opinions are always worth a listen :o)

  • @sednalkram
    @sednalkram 6 лет назад +5

    Yah, you showed a map of where you are. Some of us really like to get oriented. Good job.

  • @LesPeterGuitarJam
    @LesPeterGuitarJam 6 лет назад +2

    you guys should visit the Qingdao factory who make Epiphone guitars for Gibson. that would be a awesome episode..

  • @Quarton
    @Quarton 6 лет назад +1

    Great discussion of the good and the bad, and China in the past, compared with the current situation. I appreciate the honesty, and openness in discussing issues. I hope that things will get better in China! God bless you guys and your families. Keep up the good work in regards to China!!

  • @anitahelton8695
    @anitahelton8695 6 лет назад +6

    Why do you hate Alabama? I have a lovely home town you should visit. Check out Lake Guntersville

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад +5

      It's a running joke from when I misspoke on a video last year. I like Alabama, and have a few friends from there. Pay it no mind.
      C-Milk

    • @anitahelton8695
      @anitahelton8695 6 лет назад +1

      ADVChina which video was that I though I’d seen them all. Lol

  • @TheU2now
    @TheU2now 6 лет назад +13

    I have been living in China for more than 12 years now. I lived in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Xian and other smaller cities. IMHO, you guys live in the worst part of China with respect to crime, social behavior and personal freedom. In my first few years there, I noticed that the civil laws were not "executed" according to the book. People may think that there were more freedom. In the last few years, I started to notice that civil laws were started to apply and things were started to get more restricted. People here in China still have plenty of freedom as long as they abide by the law. Things that people here are not allowed to do are very much similar what we can't do back home in America. This country has changed a lot. Well, if we don't like it here, we can always go home.

    • @Checkmate1138
      @Checkmate1138 4 года назад +1

      @@kennmossman8701 You could argue that with any free Western country. Laws are still laws; otherwise, we'd live in anarchy.

  • @jangelbrich7056
    @jangelbrich7056 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for all Your first-hand insights and especially the very balanced reasonings You are giving to the audience! It is difficult to find so genuine documentations on countries like China. Keep on! Xie Xie!

  • @kmm129
    @kmm129 6 лет назад +1

    Oh how beautiful this is. Sorry I missed you in LA. Have a great year.

  • @scottleeper5645
    @scottleeper5645 6 лет назад +8

    Hello Winston nd Matt .

  • @OfficialUsername
    @OfficialUsername 6 лет назад +3

    Just wondering, where any of your videos demonetized when youtube decided to switch it's gears up recently ?

  • @MatheusCarvalho-ji5uc
    @MatheusCarvalho-ji5uc 6 лет назад

    It's been a long time since I saw a video here, thanks for sharing such a great content. Cheers from Brazil!

  • @davidburroughs7068
    @davidburroughs7068 6 лет назад +2

    I enjoyed your video and appreciate your work, thank you. I would suggest golden periods come and go in every society, and is affected by many transient reasons. Perhaps lf you interview a few other longterm expats residing there, especially one who is 60 and another 80, they might cite other times and reasons their most favorably remembered golden age was such an age.

  • @jianwen5760321
    @jianwen5760321 6 лет назад +122

    Name a country that doesn't blame migrants/foreigner when something goes wrong...

    • @milford30
      @milford30 6 лет назад +11

      Exactly, look at the US H1B BS, as Asian that graduated in a US university (even IVY league) you have to get a company to sponsor you, then win the H1B lottery, pray you don't get fired for the next 6-10 years (or have another company lined up within a month or so to sponsor you), and THEN you might get a green card. Btw you get paid less than your peers just because H1B.
      These 2 are just complaining about crap that millions of Asian immigrants went/going through, probably worse for the Asians depending on country policy, which changes all the time.

    • @TheAschr
      @TheAschr 6 лет назад +18

      I think the point is that once you become a citizen in the US you don't have do deal with that stuff anymore.

    • @milford30
      @milford30 6 лет назад +4

      The stats say it's nearly impossible to get a citizenship in China, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality_law_of_China
      If they say they "have to leave China", it strongly suggests they don't have citizenship, most likely have a Chinese version of the green card.
      ruclips.net/video/ajTHytS9iuI/видео.html
      Shows serpentza using his passport to get into the beach, not Chinese ID card.
      ruclips.net/video/BIDiWQwl0kU/видео.html
      Video about marriage visa and permanent residency
      As you can see this video has arguments all over the place, and is very misleading.... Obviously permanent residency and citizenship has very different rights.... No voting, government job etc etc.....

    • @joojoojeejee6058
      @joojoojeejee6058 6 лет назад +10

      Most democratic, civilized countries don't blame foreigners as a group for anything (even if warranted). People are individuals in the west. You are an individual regardless of your origins. If you do stupid shit then we blame YOU, not your peers. And even if, say, a certain group of people does bad shit more than general population, we don't blame that group as a whole officially. Only in private discussions maybe.

    • @rogerfaint499
      @rogerfaint499 6 лет назад +9

      Trump blaming Mexicans . . . . a point to refute your propaganda.

  • @josephbeineke1175
    @josephbeineke1175 6 лет назад +11

    I do want to say that I just rented an apartment in China as an American. The landlord asked what nationality I was and seemed to be much more willing to rent to an American than someone from Europe or another area of the world. I don't buy the American hate story because it has been my experience that there is some pretty serious American foreigner privilege in China even right now. I've never once been treated badly because I was an American. It has always been seen as a positive by the people I do business with or the people I meet face to face in China. If you meet a Chinese person who irrationally hates Americans they are probably some seriously poor heavy drinking moped taxi guys or something like that.

    • @exposingliars9824
      @exposingliars9824 6 лет назад +1

      Oh, just you wait. I was driven out of china as an American. Lived and worked there. Watch the smiles, and then suddenly they will want more money from you and steal, lie and cheat you. They will turn on you. They love you and then suddenly become jealous and want to kill you. Don't be fooled by it. I didn't want this to be true. Just had a layover in Shanghai two weeks ago, and it's even worse now. Had my coat stolen at the airport and was treated by some nasty Chinese woman on my flight. She refused to serve the Americans. Watch your back. Always have an escape route out of there. They are a devious people.

    • @user-he6gl8ri8e
      @user-he6gl8ri8e 6 лет назад

      Exposing Liars if I am not a Chinese, I almost believe in your words😏

    • @cfan1270
      @cfan1270 6 лет назад

      Money is king. They associate Americans as cash cows.
      Of course there are genuinely nice people in China, but you should learn to discern face and genuine.

  • @givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983
    @givemepizzaorgivemedeath3983 6 лет назад +1

    have you ever done a video on taxes in china? i'd like to see it.

  • @ryanbruh752
    @ryanbruh752 2 года назад

    miss these old vids guys ive watched so much. wish you were still able to be there

  • @Ic3B4g
    @Ic3B4g 6 лет назад +4

    You mentioned voting at one point. Is there a democratic process in China? Would you guys mind explaining how it works?

    • @astonm1990
      @astonm1990 6 лет назад +3

      You can only vote in municipal elections.

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 6 лет назад +3

      astonm
      The candidates would usually be nominated prior to the election, so there's no competition even in municipal elections. Those votes are meaningless.

    • @liaosanke
      @liaosanke 6 лет назад +1

      Democracy means nothing to them, they just want to have a better life regardless who's in charge, if they can live well, they don't care, if they can't, another revolution comes in....

  • @flipperbear9
    @flipperbear9 6 лет назад +4

    You should call this the warble episode

  • @flower-uw1hm
    @flower-uw1hm 5 лет назад +1

    Please do a video on -
    How can the Chinese afford cars, holidays, property etc when they are paid peanuts?
    Many Chinese people are still paid very low wages, but at the same time there many Chinese people buying up expensive property in Canada and Australia.

  • @bobs_toys
    @bobs_toys 6 лет назад +1

    This is why my parents stopped teaching in China a year or so ago.
    They'd never felt unwelcome until recently.

  • @almoteer5656
    @almoteer5656 6 лет назад +4

    Well as of today it looks like China wont be rid of the Xi regime anytime soon, so i guess the trends will continue.

    • @seanrodgers1839
      @seanrodgers1839 4 года назад +1

      Never assume a trend will continue. Something always happens. Xi is not popular now.
      Things have changed a lot now. Can't say how much will change or if it will go back to as before.

  • @topbiggun
    @topbiggun 6 лет назад +8

    基本说的是事实,或者up主感受到的事实。让我感觉,人民素质跟不上经济和科技发展,仇恨比感动更容易传播,所以政府加大限制言论自由的力度,但你觉得受压,是因为现在言论太容易散播,十年前,网络没这么发达,你喊也喊不多大声,现在人手一部智能机,你喊的可能每个人都能听到。中共是一党专政,为了维护政权必然打压反政府的言论,不像多党执政,需要利用舆论攻击对手,需要讨好选民来赢得执政。但是说到自由,我并不觉得有所限缩。我是最近才翻墙上RUclips的,之前国内可以自由上RUclips的时候,小弟还没有电脑。相信对大部分中国人都是如此,从RUclips上活跃的中国人数量可以看出,越来越多。

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 6 лет назад

      国内私人用的VPN快被封完了吧?

    • @topbiggun
      @topbiggun 6 лет назад

      wisdomleader2017 没太注意,换手机后换了VPN,我只用免费的,目前没啥难度,可选的挺多。应该会越来越少吧,哪天我不翻墙了,可能就是想好好工作,积极生活了吧。我目前翻墙的原因就是看看台湾的政治节目,然后骂骂台独,然后看看外国人看中国,印证一下。

    • @hanwinter6297
      @hanwinter6297 6 лет назад +3

      同意。以前不是没有,只是听不到。现在声音太嘈杂了,他执政党自然要加强管控。虽然这种管控让我十分的不舒服,但不是不理解这种管控的动机。
      另外,我觉得中国需要加强民族主义教育,以前对外国人太好了,虽然政策上对外国投资不开放,对移民有限制,但中国人心理上普遍的崇洋媚外,Winston说自己在中国是二等公民,实际上日常生活中,中国人才是二等公民。到现在上海酒吧外国人去可以喝免费酒,还有N多女生主动搭讪。只要白种人,英语母语,随随便便教英语拿和白领一样的工资。
      Winston从自己角度看,当然是中国人可能没以前那么友好了。但从中国人的角度看,虽然这个过程可能偏激,让呆在中国的外国人不舒服,但这是一个必须的过程。中国人想要让外国人尊重,首先得学会尊重自己。

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 6 лет назад

      阁下英文好的话,墙外还有很多有价值的东西,尽管这些东西可能和中国无关。

    • @topbiggun
      @topbiggun 6 лет назад +1

      Han Winter Winston说的也没错,国家在政策上对外国人有很多限制,这也是为啥中国绿卡如此难拿。但我觉得这是对国人不得已的保护。不然都是混血儿了,哈哈。我不是歧视混血,相反觉得混血很有优势,所以我跟人比竞争力更弱,我还能成家吗

  • @liangqian9461
    @liangqian9461 6 лет назад

    i am chinese live in NZ over 15 years, When you watch the western media, majority message is negative , what can i say, we need more ppl like you guys to help two worlds to understand each other better

  • @SteelmanArgument
    @SteelmanArgument 6 лет назад

    Nice, a good old bike ride with a balance of serious discussion and banter! What more could I ask for?

  • @press2701
    @press2701 6 лет назад +34

    I do business in China for over 7 years now. I see nothing like you describe. Vendors are as desperate today as years ago. Nobody cares about politics. It's all about money. The only trend I perhaps discern is more complaining about their government not fixing problems with air, mess, traffic, taxes, cheating,, corruption... Nothing new about that, west or east.

    • @messiahking1710
      @messiahking1710 6 лет назад +12

      Hey,they need feed their subscribers with hates,you know that!

    • @jw934
      @jw934 6 лет назад +4

      @press2701 That is very interesting. Perhaps vendors and all businesses who work with foreigners have a slightly different viewpoint from others who strictly interact with other Chinese.

    • @user-fw1hm8uq6i
      @user-fw1hm8uq6i 6 лет назад +1

      You just haven’t run into the winners yet .stop hanging around losers

    • @tielohnoms
      @tielohnoms 6 лет назад +9

      @Messiah KING They are feeding them their experiences, not hate.

    • @chrisdef15
      @chrisdef15 6 лет назад +14

      Big difference between living somewhere and just doing business. Of course those businesses and vendors are happy to work with you. They want your money.

  • @SirRaVenV
    @SirRaVenV 6 лет назад +5

    End this with a photo. Nice photo😂

  • @urbanmouseification
    @urbanmouseification 6 лет назад

    Great video as always dudes, thank you for your honesty and fairness in the topics you approach.

  • @eruetifoster5162
    @eruetifoster5162 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the upload excellent quality.

  • @abrahamlee179
    @abrahamlee179 6 лет назад +17

    China is not an immigrant country. You can not judge it from an immigrant country's perspective.

    • @ADVChina
      @ADVChina  6 лет назад +17

      We can judge since we live here

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 6 лет назад +2

      C-Milk is from the US, which is a country of immigrants.

    • @abrahamlee179
      @abrahamlee179 6 лет назад +10

      ADVChina Don't get me wrong hahaha. What I mean is you should not use an immigrant country as criteria.
      Of course, you can judge or even criticize!

    • @truth135
      @truth135 6 лет назад +3

      Resistance to outside influence is a legitimate approach for any society. It's not wrong, and it isn't neccessary right. It's propagandized as evil by leftwing these days as a mechanism to skew political thought. What happens if millions of chinese go to america and no americans go to china? China extends its influence and america is diluted.

    • @Adohleas
      @Adohleas 6 лет назад

      All humans are immigrants, humans didn't always exist on every continent. Only those that live where we evolved are technically not immigrants.

  • @Dagarb
    @Dagarb 6 лет назад +57

    That remark about the "Deep South" was rather bigoted. I am from Georgia and we have a plenty of people from around the world, especially Asia. I grew up in the 70s and had Asians in school and everyone was cool with it. And quite frankly I know people from up north that are more racist and bigoted to other races. So please don't stereotype southerners.

    • @1oftheother
      @1oftheother 6 лет назад +7

      Georgia isn't Alabama. Alabama almost elected a molester to public office. Also, Mainah heh. Even here in the southern part of the state, lots of racists and homophobic people. Up north, black men don't dare go. Well, except all NY drug dealers our crazy, racist, governor thinks are up there feeding the heroin epidemic he refuses to act on. Easier to blame other people, like foreigners for your problems...
      *cough*China*caugh*America*caugh*.

    • @LouieSmithSenior
      @LouieSmithSenior 6 лет назад +3

      What molestation crimes has he been convicted of?

    • @skylinec83
      @skylinec83 6 лет назад +5

      Dagarb - _"I am from Georgia and we have a plenty of people from around the world, especially Asia."_
      I am from -Georgia- *Atlanta* and we have a plenty of people from around the world, especially Asia.
      FTFY
      Georgia outside Atlanta isn't that much different than Bama

    • @skylinec83
      @skylinec83 6 лет назад +4

      Louie Smith - Well....he may not have been _convicted_ ......but it's some alarming ass allegations. With pretty convincing evidence and even worse defense from Moore himself.
      To say that he's never gone out with a girl without the consent of her mother? Ouch.

    • @skylinec83
      @skylinec83 6 лет назад +2

      Kenny Miller - You're probably right. The South has really progressed. They've gone from being racist against foreigners to being against non-Christians/non-Catholics and democrats. Foreigners aren't as big of a threat to the Southern way of life compared to the gays, the crazy pro-choice people, and the people trying to take away the guns!
      Plus Mr. Wang serves the best Chinese food in all of Tuscaloosa county! It doesn't get more authentic Chinese than his signature Kimchi Sashimi Pho Eggrolls! The Yum-yum sauce is just like they made it in the Cultural Revolution days!

  • @franciscocevallos5084
    @franciscocevallos5084 6 лет назад +1

    The Filipino Chinese community in the Phillippines call the Chinese from Mainland in the Philllippines TAIJOKs,they are usually vendors in Downtown Divisoria,Manila but they live in condominiums,they obviously bought capital with them,that seems to be a good thing

  • @chrismd00
    @chrismd00 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video! What does C-Milk mean? Looks like some rough roads.