Only 4 Types of Foreigners go to China!

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @HT-yx7ek
    @HT-yx7ek 3 года назад +624

    You're forgetting about the 5th category. The 5th category is being under 18 and dragged to China by a parent that falls under one of the four categories that you spoke of.

    • @bobbiedaniel9347
      @bobbiedaniel9347 3 года назад +56

      That sounds like a bad situation

    • @arcyfilm
      @arcyfilm 2 года назад +48

      sounds like you are in this situation…

    • @invisi6l339
      @invisi6l339 2 года назад +12

      lmao whats that like?

    • @SuperLordHawHaw
      @SuperLordHawHaw 2 года назад +4

      I think he means voluntarily

    • @amorokai7187
      @amorokai7187 2 года назад +39

      "I hate it here! I wanna go home!"-Jayden Smith

  • @FourOf92000
    @FourOf92000 4 года назад +780

    I know you're using a green screen, but I like to imagine it's standard practice in China for laowai to set up a camera and chair and lighting in the middle of the street and talk about random stuff for an hour at a time

    • @micco6020
      @micco6020 4 года назад +8

      This

    • @brijeshdas3331
      @brijeshdas3331 4 года назад +8

      Any idea how he hid the camera to get these videos?

    • @saintnicholas643
      @saintnicholas643 4 года назад +21

      @@brijeshdas3331 He hid it by concealment.

    • @clashynxg
      @clashynxg 4 года назад +6

      It wouldn't work because he'd be interrupted by damas and ayis all the time :D

    • @7654321220
      @7654321220 4 года назад +1

      step 1: destroy the CCP

  • @Dowlphin
    @Dowlphin 4 года назад +375

    Winston to CCP: _Don't mess with me. I have tons of incriminating footage of politicians._
    CCP to Winston: _We have a recording of your Lemon Tree singing performance._

  • @daveblackmoto
    @daveblackmoto 4 года назад +61

    When I lived in Beijing, we had a saying to describe the 3 (m) types of foreigners “mercenaries, missionaries, and misfits”. I guess we could add “miscreant”.

  • @breembo
    @breembo 4 года назад +24

    I love that c-milk is off in the background. You guys having escaped china and keep working together is inspiring. I hope you continue to have fun adventures around the world.

  • @terryfoss4845
    @terryfoss4845 4 года назад +336

    I'm a clean slate foreigner here in China. Not that I'm a criminal. But I went thru a bad divorce and moved to Central America for a few years. Then came to China last August. It is def a different world here. Your videos give a lot of great info. Helps me to survive here.

    • @conbatengineer
      @conbatengineer 4 года назад +28

      Why is this guy wearing an SS Uniform?

    • @terryfoss4845
      @terryfoss4845 4 года назад +16

      @Hope For the Planet I'd rather be here than anywhere else at the moment.

    • @MiaogisTeas
      @MiaogisTeas 4 года назад +19

      @@terryfoss4845 It's ok, you'll understand in a few years. Just don't cut ties with overseas countries or people. You'll need them.

    • @simeonadams6065
      @simeonadams6065 4 года назад +6

      Terry, why are you wearing the SS uniform?

    • @terryfoss4845
      @terryfoss4845 4 года назад +15

      @@simeonadams6065 I taught History in USA for several years. The uniform is at a historical reenactment. And no...I'm not a Nazi.

  • @44song
    @44song 4 года назад +311

    About being a "phile" to a country then have the dreams shattered by the reality when actually arrived in that country. The Japanese have a social syndrome called "Paris Syndrome". This occurred due to Japanese's love to Paris as they view Paris is a elegant and romantic place. When they actually arrived in Paris, all they could see are the littered street and people moving in rush. Which they feel depressed as they had very high expectation, especially seeing large number of local working class not acting elegant and romantic in the way which the Japanese people would imagined.

    • @sebastianschulz6531
      @sebastianschulz6531 4 года назад +53

      Anyone who has some reason to believe the country he grew up in makes it hard for him to thrive can be open to dream a better future elsewhere.
      The realitiy is that there is no paradise awaiting you anywhere, and it seems like each generation, from emigrants from poorer places to refugees escaping pure obliteration at home, will eventually realize that the society you move into does not really appreciate you because you are competition for resources!

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 4 года назад +4

      Dog shit of chiens everywhere! C'est très chiant!!

    • @alexanderchenf1
      @alexanderchenf1 4 года назад +14

      It’s the French, what do you want

    • @k3th.b.w122
      @k3th.b.w122 4 года назад +21

      Katrina Morningstar liberal city’s anywhere are shit because liberals don’t take responsibility for anything so when everyone is a liberal nothing is fixed or clean.

    • @dingus_doofus
      @dingus_doofus 4 года назад +15

      @@k3th.b.w122 Spotted the American Trump-voter.

  • @garettjames6349
    @garettjames6349 4 года назад +172

    I lived in China for 13 years and while I feel myself wanting to chime in on the guy's points like "well there's an exception to that" or "you could have said it this way more effectively", this guy is pretty much bang on. I mean ultimately, anyone who has clearly spent the time in country and isn't self dellusional should eventually come to the same opinions. Definately a good series of videos to watch if you're interested in China.

    • @americanpatriot3710
      @americanpatriot3710 2 года назад

      I would not survive an year in communist China.

    • @andoriannationalist3738
      @andoriannationalist3738 Год назад

      He is dangerous to Americans by distracting them from our countries problems. In 500 years, the majority Hung China will still be full of Hung Chinese. You can’t say the same for the west. In 500 years founding western stock Whites will be a minority at best in our own western homelands.

  • @incredibleedibledez
    @incredibleedibledez Год назад +13

    One of the smartest most respectable people I know went to Beijing and taught English for years. And said they’d never do it again.

  • @beyondthegong
    @beyondthegong 4 года назад +286

    Hilarious: “I learned very quickly to not hang out with the foreigners who used to work at the Kindergarten with me.” Most ironic statement I’ve heard in ages.

    • @jaggirl
      @jaggirl 4 года назад +12

      That's frightening

    • @dewok2706
      @dewok2706 Год назад

      @@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten What a pathetic life you must lead.

    • @XZ1.
      @XZ1. Год назад

      ​@@2b_or_not_2b_4gotten either that or they're a pedo. That goes for most of that part of Asia tbh

    • @evelynmcelroy1224
      @evelynmcelroy1224 Год назад

      ​@@2b_or_not_2b_4gottenppqa ==

    • @jordanbabcock9349
      @jordanbabcock9349 Год назад +3

      ​@@2b_or_not_2b_4gottensome value community, some value solitude. Some enjoy playing pool with others, some like playing video games on their own. Woot.woot.

  • @wheresmyeyebrow1608
    @wheresmyeyebrow1608 4 года назад +21

    All these personal stories from you two is what makes your work the best when it comes to China and your adventures in general
    Keep up the great work!

  • @LaowaiTaipei
    @LaowaiTaipei 4 года назад +68

    Totally agree with the four (maybe five) categories. Most of expats I know or have run into in Taipei are #1 ("Taiwanophiles"), who were drawn by just the abject "foreign-ness" of the society, culture, way of life, and language. A subset of this group are the types that have never felt particularly comfortable in or connected to their home culture - so, I guess there's a bit of the "clean slate" group in them, because they're looking for a place where they can fit in. It's seems like a bit of a contradiction, of course, because, as foreigners, we can never fully become Chinese/Taiwanese. But, in a strange way, I think being a total outsider works for these types, because then there's no expectation that they should "fit in," so they can be comfortable in their "outsider-ness", in contrast to the "black sheep of the family" feeling they have in their own society.

    • @jaspermartin7444
      @jaspermartin7444 2 года назад +4

      this is a very under-rated comment. It's extremely accurate, thank you

    • @rubyy.7374
      @rubyy.7374 2 года назад +5

      To follow up on what you said: if you don’t feel at home, it’s worse because it’s your home, but if you go elsewhere and know you’ll never blend in and accept that, it’s far easier to swallow.

    • @h8GW
      @h8GW Год назад +1

      @bifrostbeberast3246 I'd like to know what you do to be able to work 1 day a week and maintain a comfortable lifestyle. Sounds like something that's more an exception than the rule.

  • @TheObSeRvErTheObSeRv
    @TheObSeRvErTheObSeRv 4 года назад +336

    An old Arab saying. Believe half of what YOU SEE, And nothing of what YOU HEAR.

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 4 года назад +9

      Especially in Arabic!!
      But I have a hard time listening to that hauty guy.

    • @DewTime
      @DewTime 4 года назад +7

      Why do I keep seeing this phrase everywhere when I haven’t heard it before?

    • @ducksinarowpatience
      @ducksinarowpatience 4 года назад +4

      @@DewTime collective conscious ..it is so true, though.

    • @MishaFlower
      @MishaFlower 4 года назад +22

      That's Edgar Allan Poe who said this

    • @ducksinarowpatience
      @ducksinarowpatience 4 года назад +16

      That quote is attributed to edgar allen poe

  • @acmelka
    @acmelka 3 месяца назад +1

    I was a corporate type who wanted to be there. Took a paycut to move there in my early 30's. I saw great opportunity in China in the early 2000s. I worked for a foreign hospital in Beijing the first gig. Had an excellent group of foreign doctors and proffesionals, none of the dregs more like people who wanted the experience.

  • @operationsmanager9755
    @operationsmanager9755 3 года назад +7

    Love your videos! I was there from 2006-2017 in Guangdong, and you hit everything on the head. Glad you got out in time brother!

  • @MNkno
    @MNkno 4 года назад +166

    I'm in Japan, where there may be a 5th category: Introverts and Aspies, who find a friendlier environment than overseas (or China).. This doesn't mean that Japanese are all introverts or Aspies, but there are enough of them that they know how to work with us in a pleasant and productive way.

    • @bellorusso
      @bellorusso 4 года назад +30

      Good point. Asians are often gentler in that sense. Western culture is quite shallow and stigmatizes shy people.

    • @bellorusso
      @bellorusso 4 года назад +24

      @ I've been to China and am fully aware of what you say. Chinese are very direct and openly make fun of people who they consider obese, ugly or something. But in East Asian culture being quiet or mentally absent is not stigmatized as in the West. In the West people think you are weird if you're not constantly playing the social game.

    •  4 года назад +2

      @@bellorusso But there you go again judging us from your Western viewpoint. While in comparison we seem more quiet than you, we have our different levels of social engagement just the same, so in the end we still stigmatise people that are TOO quiet. You really think we don't make fun of the shut-ins in Japan, the people that "date" their anime character, people that don't talk much, etc? We definitely still do, but we show it on what you Westerners would call a passive-aggressive manner, such as shunning others (yes, sometimes that lack of social content isn't out of being polite, many times we just don't want to be around you weirdos)

    • @bellorusso
      @bellorusso 4 года назад +9

      @ Hahaha...you obviously don't know what you're talking about. You were probably born or raised in USA and hang out with other Americanized Asians. I've been traveling to China on a regular basis and the least I need to do is pass judgments. Never heard of shyness being an issue in China. People are neither bullied or stigmatized for such a thing. And I see in the comment section that you're here to wreak havoc, nothing else. Take care, you little ABC

    • @mareknovak5290
      @mareknovak5290 4 года назад +9

      Nah most of those guys(and gals) fall in the "I want to be special category."
      Just google "the charisma man" its painfully realistic.

  • @valetudo530
    @valetudo530 4 года назад +23

    This type might be a sub-category of them all... but a common type I've noticed is foreign men who come here, still in the honey-moon phase and get wife'd up by the first halfway decent Chinese girl they date and have kids.
    I've noticed they often tend to be nice-guys that don't really know what they're getting into and get pushed by their Chinese girlfriends into marriage. Often they end up regretting it later and/or getting divorced.
    I've noticed Chinese girls can be quite good at getting foreign men to marry and have kids when these same men probably wouldn't have done so as easily to women in their home country.

  • @CrimsonStrider
    @CrimsonStrider 4 года назад +171

    7:00 This whole story is believable. I've had an expat in a bar approach me, and after a little bit of talking decided to tell me his secret to teaching little kids was coke. Gave him lots of energy which the children loved.
    Seriously man. What the f?

    • @theGENIUSofART-understood
      @theGENIUSofART-understood 4 года назад +5

      awesome

    • @Leispada
      @Leispada 4 года назад +33

      With how annoying kids can be, I do get it

    • @jonathanlee5520
      @jonathanlee5520 4 года назад +2

      That means a few things
      *You are as abnormal as Satanic Serp
      *U easily buy into Goebbelsesque Poopaganda, so if u live in Nazi Germany, u WILL kill innocent Jews, no less
      *"Free Speech" is not only Overrated, as in the effects of these Junk videos, It is actually how "democracy" would destroy itself, melancholically unavoidable

    • @sspbrazil
      @sspbrazil 4 года назад +1

      Crim that’s nuts

    • @NuonCheaKhmer
      @NuonCheaKhmer 4 года назад +11

      it's amphetamine. the secret is amphetamine

  • @susanbulkeley9307
    @susanbulkeley9307 3 года назад +4

    I love your honesty. Congratulations being a Dad The Best

  • @YokoshimaSTAR
    @YokoshimaSTAR Год назад +5

    I just love everything about your content, even your personality is so bold, like you're so strong that you talk about many deaths of people you know so casually and its impressive how strong you are, and it inspires me how you somehow can always steer things positively.

  • @ZeVexGaming
    @ZeVexGaming 4 года назад +208

    Honestly, I went for 3 reasons:
    1. Stable income and savings for my 10 year plan, which is IMPOSSIBLE as an educator with student loans in the U.S.
    2. I was already learning the language in college and wanted to put it to use.
    3. I had NO IDEA what China was really like. I imagined neat architecture and an ancient culture to delve into.
    I'm still in Beijing 5 years later...but only because my wife is here. To me, China is like Cyberpunk 2077 gone wrong. We're working on a strategic exit plan, not sure what country to pick.

    • @michaelrenper796
      @michaelrenper796 4 года назад +8

      @@jamescorbett8261 While obviously an exxageration, I see the point he makes. Have you ever lived in Beijing. I mean outside a Hotel?

    • @michaelrenper796
      @michaelrenper796 4 года назад +14

      @@jamescorbett8261 Well, to appreciate Batman once needs to have seen New York. To appreciate Cyberpunk 2077 it helps to have been to Tokyo and Beijing. There are dystopian aspect in the way Chinese (and Japanese) megacities work which reflect in Bladerunner, Cyberpunk 2077 and such. The same way as Batman is a caricature of American cities.

    • @lib3rat3
      @lib3rat3 4 года назад +3

      Cyberpunk 2077 is a dystopia , so if it's the opposite it's a utopia.. but for real tho it's just a dystopia

    • @michaelrenper796
      @michaelrenper796 4 года назад +8

      @@lib3rat3 The last time I checked "ABC gone wrong" meant "something gone worse" in common English. A good thing gone bad or a bad thing gone worse.

    • @lib3rat3
      @lib3rat3 4 года назад +2

      @@michaelrenper796 go to China and be an English teacher lol. But thanks tho, I always thought it was implying the opposite of something. Good on you for not being condescending.

  • @MuhammadAliGOAT
    @MuhammadAliGOAT 4 года назад +94

    21:55 Love how casually you say "We have been almost everywhere in China except for the west, you know', where all those concentration camps are"

    • @wheatontisoy8047
      @wheatontisoy8047 4 года назад +12

      Funny isn’t it? Just so accepted and known that there are concentration camps there.

  • @romanpavlovich
    @romanpavlovich 4 года назад +67

    I lived in Russia for many years, and it's astounding how this resonates with my experience. Obviously it's a LOT easier to blend in, but these categories of foreigners are EXACTLY the types I would see there. The only difference is, most of the corporate guys were happy to be there seemingly :)

    • @mojolotz
      @mojolotz 4 года назад +9

      From what i've heard being in russia for business is very pleasant. (except maybe for all the mandatory vodka)

    • @Raumplestomp
      @Raumplestomp 4 года назад

      Fellow CIA 😂🤣

    • @romanpavlovich
      @romanpavlovich 4 года назад +3

      I was there not on business, but I understand that businessmen enjoy it:)

    • @shipoffulls
      @shipoffulls 3 года назад +4

      Same in Mexico.

    • @aoeu256
      @aoeu256 2 года назад +6

      Those four types are not just foreigners, aren't they for all type of people... You have the people that are absorbed cultural/hobby aspect of their place, some people that like booz and women, some people that live for their job/career, and some people that try hard to cover up their loserness.

  • @ecalibay9069
    @ecalibay9069 11 месяцев назад +1

    As an American who came as an immigrant….seeing the riots -
    I still feel safe and blessed living in the USA. Unfortunately those born here or more recent generations in the ‘land of freedom’ do not appreciate what they have.

  • @2pintsofcremedementh
    @2pintsofcremedementh Год назад +31

    The story of your arrival in China is fascinating. I have so much respect for all the South African expats in New Zealand. So often it has cost everything but the shirt off their back to get here, and they always grind hard to start a new life from scratch, often doing so whilst providing for their families as well.

  • @hotelpilot3112
    @hotelpilot3112 4 года назад +59

    I was an American sent to China as a hotel manager, first to Guilin, Dalian, and Shanghai. Company sponsored visa, suite in the hotel, no utilities, food etc. I enjoyed China learned the language culture and married a Shanghai girl. This was back in 1994 to 2001. I think China has changed since then so I felt I was there doing a great time.

    •  4 года назад +3

      The thing is, it still was run by an authoritarian regime, they just hid their atrocities better by being cooperative with the West and not being aggressive. Even during your time there they were already rounding up Uighars and putting them in concentration camps, so I think it's more of you just didn't notice things, that idyllic time was a sham in a sense

    • @JC-zv3cv
      @JC-zv3cv 4 года назад +7

      @ I think its more likely that such tings are not widely reported locally in China; theres probably far more information about China available in the west than in China itself.

    • @ESL-O.G.
      @ESL-O.G. 4 года назад +9

      You were there during the golden years. It's not the same friend

    • @30803080308030803081
      @30803080308030803081 4 года назад +5

      Wow. That’s an interesting life. You lived in some nice places too: Guilin, Dalian, Shanghai. Shanghai girls have a bad reputation now, but I think you must have done well.

    • @dannytran1587
      @dannytran1587 2 года назад +1

      Sad to see that it was beautiful before.

  • @Warlock_UK
    @Warlock_UK 4 года назад +17

    I was a little bit type 1 - grew up on Chinese movies and fantasy movies, and when I got the chance to go to Beijing as a type 4 I loved it. All the food they thought I wouldn’t eat, the tourist locations, work, people, pollution etc. I really feel for those guys for what they’re going through currently.

    • @Warlock_UK
      @Warlock_UK Год назад +1

      @Maharaaja. ah, I’ll never not love them. So… wah, I guess?

  • @jamesmcmillan9296
    @jamesmcmillan9296 4 года назад +15

    Thanks for such an objective presentation! I have been to China 4 times with my Chinese wife and can relate to feeling isolated by Cantonese family conversation. I was “trapped” in Guangxi in January this year due to return flights being difficult to the U.S.A. The authoritarian shut down felt like trying to escape from an occupied country during W.W.2. It gave me a negative attitude toward the CCP but that is only a part of the China experience. I am 77 years old and worry a bit about needing any serious medical help in that country.
    In any case I will probably return again.

  • @tchristopoulos518
    @tchristopoulos518 2 года назад +3

    I moved to Shenzhen 2002-2005. Corporate move, Automotive background. Hired by a Chinese Company named Bailong headquartered in Guang Ming Bao. I know exactly what you are talking about. Hands off to you Mate for sharing your experiences Cheers

  • @rumpstatefiasco
    @rumpstatefiasco Год назад +3

    Winston, as an immigrant to America you probably appreciate this nation more than the average native. The Second Amendment is a big part of what makes the USA what it is. Please consider supporting The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF ORG ) verbally and / or financially, at any one time they have some 4o or more pro gun freedom cases in court, and they win circa 80% of them!
    So glad that you chose America.

    • @MikeRyzhikov
      @MikeRyzhikov Год назад

      LOL. I have multiple guns and you need to stay in CHINA. Winston doesn't have to advocate for ish.

  • @hisashi2000
    @hisashi2000 4 года назад +137

    U forgotten the 5th type. Foreigners who go to china because of their spouses.
    Stay awesome.

    • @buda3d2007
      @buda3d2007 4 года назад +4

      Met my wife at Uni in Australia, thing is everyone would try to guess how we met, and they would always guess I traveled abroad to meet my wife.

    • @michaelrenper796
      @michaelrenper796 4 года назад +5

      This qualifies as "Sinophile".

    • @Halfdanr_H
      @Halfdanr_H 4 года назад +16

      @@michaelrenper796 Falling in love with someone who happens to be Chinese isn't the same thing as hanging a deep interest in Chinese culture and history and such other things, so it can still be a separate category.

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R 4 года назад +3

      Michael Renper nope

    • @wellmakeitworth1316
      @wellmakeitworth1316 4 года назад +3

      @@Tank1 well, that went nowhere fast.

  • @rosannelin4714
    @rosannelin4714 4 года назад +7

    PS I really wish I had watched you live. So many comments to make .... This is why I love watching your podcasts. You really know your stuff and put it out there. I'm so happy you left China so you can speak out on the reality of life in China -- both the good and the bad and the weird. Thanks.

  • @nortfishlsweetnr6026
    @nortfishlsweetnr6026 4 года назад +73

    You’d have to be nuts at this point. I think they’re talking about executing a couple of Auzies and are charging 2 more Canadians with espionage or vise versa.

    • @syntaxerror8955
      @syntaxerror8955 4 года назад +9

      He HAS nuts, but he ISN'T nuts -- big difference. :-)

    • @MA-fg5hz
      @MA-fg5hz 4 года назад +18

      1 more- a Canadian named Robert scheller originally sentenced to 15 yrs jail, then Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou Huawei's CEO & daughter of the original owner. A couple days later he was resentenced to DEATH. Along with the 2 Michael's arrested on fake spy charges to retaliate for her arrest. 20 months later they are still sitting in a cell without formal charges.
      Edit-Looks like charges were filed friday. Accused of spying.

    • @旮旯北京
      @旮旯北京 4 года назад +9

      Serpentza forgets foreign scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, business man and more.

    • @soul832006
      @soul832006 4 года назад +5

      Watch Red Corner and you'll understand just how bad it can get for anyone charged and incarcerated in China!

    • @AntiquityCentury21
      @AntiquityCentury21 4 года назад +4

      That's what happens to your citizens when your government doesn't stand up to the CCP.

  • @gerardalain4259
    @gerardalain4259 4 года назад +29

    Good video man I was living studying and working in China during 7 to 8 years and if I wouldn’t have met my girlfriend (Chinese) I would have fall in the second category. She really saved me from this self destructive habits that foreigners have there and can drag you along with. However after a while the local behaviours got under my skin . I felt I add to leave .. fortunately my jobs offer me to work in Bangkok it was a tough decision cause I felt good with my girlfriend . Anyway I took the opportunity and that was a complete change of my self I got into Muay Thai and learn to respect my self no more drinking habits nor smoking . Fortunately me and my girlfriend are still together even though she lives in China still. And due to covid it s hard not to see her . But I agree China is challenging and many people try to escape themselves by changing location . Sports helped me to solve those issues . Thank you and Godspeed to you and your wife.

    • @NineSeptims
      @NineSeptims 2 года назад

      does she speak english

    • @gerardalain4259
      @gerardalain4259 2 года назад +2

      Comment section Expert yes she was a gem

    • @lerx5799
      @lerx5799 Год назад

      @@gerardalain4259 how did it go gerard

    • @Entropy67
      @Entropy67 Год назад

      Good luck to you and I hope your girl is more faithful then the average girl in Chinese society. Out of curiosity, how come she didn't come with you?

  • @johnmcclellan9020
    @johnmcclellan9020 3 года назад +7

    I think this guy is honest and has true value. Worth the listen.

  • @Mikere5
    @Mikere5 4 года назад +39

    Pretty spot on. I ran my factory in Shenzhen for 5 years and was very happy to move in January to Taiwan. Still setting up again here just like starting over BUT very happy to be OUT of China. I guess I'm category #4 hahaha.

    • @stonephotogrqpher
      @stonephotogrqpher 4 года назад

      Hi Mike

    • @robertbrozewicz8003
      @robertbrozewicz8003 4 года назад +1

      It is destiny. You were lucky to do all those things. Now enjoy. We do what we can and what we enjoy.

  • @brianrichards7006
    @brianrichards7006 4 года назад +4

    You are not a "wierdo". I've watched a lot of your wonderful videos on China, and you are consistently well spoken and obviously have above average intelligence and compassion.

  • @jgdooley2003
    @jgdooley2003 4 года назад +45

    I recall a story my late uncle told me regarding China. He was a missionary priest who initially trained for the missions in China. His timing could not have been more unfortunate. He entered China in 1949, when the Communists won the Civil War and the Nationalists were pushed out to Taiwan. He was, as a foreign Catholic priest, in grave danger of being executed and was placed under house arrest. With the aid of a catholic chinese boatman he was smuggled out to Hong Kong and managed to get home (Ireland) from there. He retrained in the Korean language and spent time as a Chaplain in the US armed services in Korea in 1951 and eventually trained in the Japanese language and became a priest in Japan. While he was in China he was subject to psychological torture and many of his fellow priests were killed by the Chinese Communists. This made him very anxious and led to a destructive abuse of tobacco and alcohol and his premature death at the age of 55. While China was a highly stressful place and time for him he found the Japanese very kind and hospitable to work with. I have no doubt that his time in the far east, on his own as catholic priests are celibate, contributed to his early death.

    • @Johnny-te4rv
      @Johnny-te4rv Год назад

      They desperately need Catholic priests in China. As Anielesse Michel under possession by one of the demons told the Father during one of many Exorcisms, “you have stolen many souls
      from us”. In Chinese! Anielesse spoke only German , the German Priest new Chinese because he was a missionary there.

    • @asole100
      @asole100 Год назад

      So basically he did all this to end up partly giving up on his faith

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 Год назад

      @@asole100 In what way did he give up on his faith?

    • @asole100
      @asole100 Год назад +1

      @@brendancoulter5761 The fact that he ended up turning to drugs for his problems instead of turning to God.

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 Год назад +4

      @@asole100 I think that proves he is a sinner, its not quite the same thing as giving up on his faith.

  • @timtrolll
    @timtrolll Год назад +2

    I found your channel just a few days ago. Im really enjoying the stuff you talk about. Much love from another Okie

  • @4creilly128
    @4creilly128 3 года назад

    Thanks

  • @johnkarls2132
    @johnkarls2132 4 года назад +5

    You guys hit it out of the park; great pod cast!!!

  • @jammyd33
    @jammyd33 4 года назад +79

    Also after my year in China I've grown to resent the attention.... it's no longer fun hearing "FOREIGNER" every-time you go for a walk. :/

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  4 года назад +26

      I hear that

    • @Limastudent
      @Limastudent 4 года назад +5

      That will never stop. I know the frustration from living in Japan.

    • @30803080308030803081
      @30803080308030803081 4 года назад +3

      The way we behave is subtly different in many ways from the behavior of Chinese people. I think that makes them curious and often confused by us. The behavior of other Chinese people is predictable to them, but the behavior of foreigners is unpredictable.
      One time I was eating at a McDonald’s in China, and I put some French fries on my cheeseburger before eating it. Two women at a table nearby were staring at me and my burger, so amazed by this bizarre way in which foreigners eat their hamburgers.

    • @noth606
      @noth606 4 года назад +3

      @@Limastudent I haven't lived in Japan but I've been there for quite a bit, and never had that there. I was in Tsuyama-shi Okayama-ken most of the time, some holidaying in Kyoto and Osaka. The only kind of odd thing I have had is girls trying to chat me up while I'm standing next to my now wife - and sometimes shopkeepers getting frustrated that I don't understand some specific thing in dialect. Oh and old guys striking up talking to me out of the blue while I'm at a smoking spot.
      But I think it also has to do with how you dress and behave, I wear business casual or business attire always, you'll never see me in shorts and a tshirt or other bizarre stuff tourists (americans/canadians mostly) wear.

    • @PARABOLA1966
      @PARABOLA1966 4 года назад +3

      Why even move to China in the first place?

  • @oakstrong1
    @oakstrong1 4 года назад +75

    You forgot one category: travellers. They will stay in one country 3-6 months and teach English, just long enough to save money to go to the next place. Repeat and rinse. Or, then there are people like my American friend: he went to work in China because he could managed to save money from his salary towards paying his student loan. (He studied Far Eastern cultures.) And he could get work/ teaching experience, which he couldn't do in America.

    • @lulu20463
      @lulu20463 4 года назад +2

      I met some foreigners doing export business in China, they live in China for most of the year, some for tax purpose, some because of the lifestyle.

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 4 года назад +3

      Maybe they are essentially just temporary tourists who aren't really included in Winston's classification system.

  • @xuyahfish
    @xuyahfish 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm 1 & 3: I studied to High Intermediate Chinese, but I graduated 2009 - middle of the slump & couldn't find a job. I went to a Food industry fair & interviewed at Chinese companies & found someone to hire me. I wasn't disillusioned tho bc I had a tutor that lived through the Cultural Revolution-she was a college student.
    Even so, the levels of pollution WAS a little shocking. Especially after having studied in Taiwan.

  • @michaelglynn4641
    @michaelglynn4641 6 месяцев назад

    Love listening to you Winston.
    I lived in South Africa in 19 8182. I loved it never forget it. I know things have changed. Glad you made it to the USA. Hope to meet you one day.

  • @fjculver4413
    @fjculver4413 4 года назад +4

    You have given out great information over the years such as Chinese mother-in-law leaving veggies in the corners lol. Unfortunately things have changed a bit in the past couple of years since you left. Google translate absolutely does work without a VPN and isn't blocked. I'm in western China far from the first tier cities and there's English on nearly every street and highway sign here. When you get married you don't have a criminal check although you do have a single status certificate required from your native country consolate. Nothing was required for a residence visa either. C-milk also stated you need a STI test prior to marriage in a video once and that isn't the case (in Sichuan province anyhow). I was able to easily get a bank account here with bank of China within a day and link to WeChat pay moments after. Sure it's different here but it's still better than living with the turmoil in the west. I'll go back to Canada when they all can figure out a mask works. By the way, you were confused as to why an Asian woman may want to bring her foreign husband back to China. That's simple. Status symbol to wave about her friends and likely past boyfriend/ex husband.

  • @krisnuful
    @krisnuful 4 года назад +16

    Thanks Serpentza you have broken the culture barriers....Keep up, guy for reaching out to the rest of the globe

  • @joeybill5856
    @joeybill5856 4 года назад +8

    Visiting China (on vacation) was definitely my most exhausting trip for the reasons you mentioned (noise, pollution, etc). However, it was a very good trip.

  • @juanitarichards1074
    @juanitarichards1074 Год назад +17

    One of my friends husband is an engineer and he spent a year in China supervising the building of factories (We are from NZ) and he hated it there. Not the ordinary people but the regime and the corruption. He also got sick with a virus he caught there and passed onto his wife and toddler son (this was 12 years before Covid) and they were all really sick for months and couldn't shake it off. It also kept recurring.......

    • @Sam-ty4rp
      @Sam-ty4rp Год назад +5

      Sad story... And here is just an example: go to any supermarket and in the herbs and spices department you will find Mrs Rogers or Master Foods garlic powder. All imported from China. Who knows what conditions this garlic is grown in or what pesticides and whatnot are used.

    • @x6535
      @x6535 Год назад

      Didn't your mother teach you not to lie?

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 Год назад

      Didn't your mother get your toxic personality disorder treated? As I thought, your channel is as empty as your head. @@x6535

  • @2000globetrotter
    @2000globetrotter 4 года назад +6

    Interestingly enough, I lived in Portugal as an expat for 18 years and the four types of immigrant you described are exactly the same as in China

  • @arthurjohnson119
    @arthurjohnson119 4 года назад +170

    There's a fifth one: Evangelical Protestant missionaries working a 'cover' job as an ESL teacher.

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 4 года назад +2

      Interested ones on Mission...

    • @arthurjohnson119
      @arthurjohnson119 4 года назад +19

      ​@@jossdionne9810 Speaking of interesting, in many cases, the Protestant missionary 'role' is also a 'cover'. These 'missionaries' are almost always white men from English-speaking countries who are quite alienated from white women. If you bring up the topic of love, romance and sex, they can talk your ear off about how inadequate white women are in those aspects of life, along with various theories about why they''re inadequate. I suspect some of them are incels; there's little doubt that all of them, to one degree or another, are starved for female affection. Basically, they've 'given up' on white women, and have come to China hoping to receive that affection from a Chinese girl (they've heard 'stories' about Chinese girls, you know) as a girlfriend, or maybe even as a wife. I often get the distinct impression that if things don't work out in China, when they return to the States, or Canada, or Australia, etc., they will swallow a handful of Red Pills and go full MGTOW, become part of the manosphere, and spend much of their free time watching RUclips videos by Sandman, Better Bachelor, Donovan Sharpe, Strong Successful Male, etc. And so it goes, I suppose.

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 4 года назад +11

      @@arthurjohnson119 Ok . I'll just tell you my favorites are the Mormons...we rather call them: the Morons.

    • @jerimow8400
      @jerimow8400 4 года назад +1

      Arthur Johnson Interesting opinion and thank you for sharing it. One question what does “go full MGTOW” mean?

    • @精萃篇
      @精萃篇 4 года назад +14

      Yes, thanks for them to take risk to spread out God's messages. I met a young handsome gentleman in his senior year in Cambridge. He learn Chinese and plan to do his mission in China one year before graduation. Any other young lady in Taxes. She went to China to send out God's messages. In her email she mentioned some of them lost job visas and can't stay. The mansion became harder and harder. Fully respect them.

  • @jgdyt
    @jgdyt 4 года назад +71

    Some of us corporate types enjoy the country, learn the language, integrate, have Chinese spouses, and do ok, though we still sometimes - ok often- bitch about it. Perhaps we're category 5, people who have a responsible reason to go, live responsibly, and end up acclimating and fitting in.

    • @k3th.b.w122
      @k3th.b.w122 4 года назад +1

      You’d like the oppression 🤔

    • @jgdyt
      @jgdyt 4 года назад +2

      Chow Chee Bai Your choice for use a vulgar expression suggests you'd fit right in to what you imagine it to be.

    • @frenchdude3052
      @frenchdude3052 4 года назад +2

      @Chow Chee Bai now that sounds racist

    • @robertbrozewicz8003
      @robertbrozewicz8003 4 года назад

      You are all the 5th column. So dont say something you do not knjow why it is happening. Maybe US is forcing CHina to accept you . Maybe China wants to make you Communist. We do not know. Just hope we can live our lives..

    • @jgdyt
      @jgdyt 4 года назад

      Chow Chee Bai I'm an insider, and I'm also a westerner. With a bit of adjustment to expectations, it's not so bad.

  • @randomlifts
    @randomlifts 4 года назад +19

    The things We do as children and later realize it wasn't nice.

  • @paulpierce1001
    @paulpierce1001 4 года назад +23

    I would love a series where you guys travel the States! :D
    Additionally, for Americans/Canadians, it would be a good idea for people who want to travel to China to go to Taiwan. Taiwan is an independent state right now and has been actively building relations with the US. China says the world needs to repect the "One China" policy and that Taiwan is a rogue independant state that will be taken back by force if necessary. If I'm not mistaken the US put their embassy there recently. Seems like a lot safer way to experience some Chinese culture in the world's current state.

    • @sofasniperman
      @sofasniperman 3 года назад +5

      yes! I just wish they used Simplified Chinese instead of Traditional Chinese. Same with Hong Kong (not that it matters anymore bc theyre a part of the mainland now)

    • @AdamOwenBrowning
      @AdamOwenBrowning 2 года назад

      KMT aren't particularly nice either. They're not as bad as the Chicoms, whilst Taiwan is a righteous opponent to the oppressive Red Chinese regime? they aren't particularly righteous in their social and legal system

  • @abrahamlincolnramlochan9787
    @abrahamlincolnramlochan9787 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for doing these videos, I've found many of them to be very hardworking, career driven ,brilliant, skilful and very beautiful, when I look at your videos and one other guy with his baby's name is Lincoln you two guys do a hell of a job because you do it to expose the reality of China and everything that's involved with them,not like others who does it because someone is funding their pockets and they spread lies and hide the bad things about China, so keep up the awesome work bro,Abraham Lincoln Ramlochan from Trinidad 🇹🇹God bless and Godspeed,stay awesome.

  • @mostlypeacefulrowan8747
    @mostlypeacefulrowan8747 4 года назад +12

    my work mate, 50s, was divorced and his heart health meant he couldn't work in his trade, so he packed up and went to where the economy was booming. I can imagine he was a sexpat but he did bring an appropriately aged girl friend back to nz

  • @cmac6136
    @cmac6136 4 года назад +16

    Love the green screen choice. Actually made the video way more interesting being able to watch the people in the background while listening to you talk

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  4 года назад +5

      Thanks, I shot all that footage myself

    • @hoyinwong
      @hoyinwong 4 года назад +3

      Winston and Matt both have always had an excellent eye for all the "details" like this that surround their productions, that make their efforts superior to so many other vloggers.

  • @Fight2Survive
    @Fight2Survive 4 года назад +3

    i fit into the last one but i do enjoy going everytime. i usually go twice a year to canton fair and stay for 10-12 days. It is exhausting for sure, but it is always a great time and i leave with lots of memories :)

  • @gardenjoy5223
    @gardenjoy5223 Год назад +1

    Oh dear, you just shattered one of my illusions. I thought that the Chinese kept their streets neat and free from waste. But the street behind you is a mess!

  • @samiryahiaoui
    @samiryahiaoui 4 года назад +1

    Always very informative. Thanks.

  • @tjippo8197
    @tjippo8197 4 года назад +73

    I'm high as a kite and Serpentza looks like he's flying above the street in his magical desk chair @19:08 and I think I'm losing it.

  • @alexcarter8807
    @alexcarter8807 4 года назад +7

    I grew up in Hawaii which is basically an extension of Asia, and yes, respect for teachers is strong. In return it's just expected that a teacher isn't going to be a drunk or an adulterer etc.

  • @PrimeInChina
    @PrimeInChina 4 года назад +44

    100% spot on. #2 You really mean Sexpat, AKA: Gweilo60. #3 Yeah, I think that is interesting. I met a lot of wonderful people from countries that just didn't offer them any opportunity. The criminals thing is also funny you mention. I never met so many criminals until I moved to China. I was so confused about how all of these dudes were criminals that just ran away from the west. I guess that would be like Nathan Rich. In America that dude would be delivering Pizza's. Instead he's in China... Well, where is he?Dude hasn't made a video in a month. Maybe he's out having tea with the police? Who knows. #4. Yeah, that's so true, I had a really good friend in Shenzhen that worked in the oil industry. Really awesome guy, but after his contract ended he returned back to America. It's funny how all of the stuff you mention is this video is so real.

    • @philliangbeihai5388
      @philliangbeihai5388 4 года назад +3

      @ he really doesn't like China but that's the only place where he can 🥒🐈

    • @mikehueter3982
      @mikehueter3982 4 года назад +6

      Christ.... Imagining Gweilo60 as a sexpat will bring nightmares for sure!

    • @danthetravelman9113
      @danthetravelman9113 4 года назад +2

      Nathan isn’t rich he’s a B####

    •  4 года назад

      0r#2 Prozzie

    • @111bryson
      @111bryson 4 года назад +1

      Any more info about Gweilo60 please let me know haha I find this dude to be so strange. Seems to be living in his own willingly ignorant world.

  • @Golden_Age_Flash_
    @Golden_Age_Flash_ 4 года назад +2

    Starting to watch your vlogs...enlightening down to Earth social, cultural and political insights
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @schrobro8964
    @schrobro8964 Год назад +1

    China is a truly sobering place to live, I lived there for a year, it was tuff. I was 21. Now I’m 47 and I can live anywhere in the world because of my experiences in China.

  • @poetryforyou1981
    @poetryforyou1981 4 года назад +6

    Jesus Christ! You have opened my eyes on some really serious things! Thanks a lot!!!

  • @djtforever1414
    @djtforever1414 4 года назад +5

    12:54 I'm Australian. I visited China for the 3rd time last year. I asked about 10-year tourist visas and i was told they don't exist for Australians.

  • @laraoneal7284
    @laraoneal7284 4 года назад +68

    Love your no nonsense personality Winston. I have learned a lot from you. God bless u and ur family. Love ❤️ from so California.

  • @noammkw3770
    @noammkw3770 Год назад +2

    i visited china twice and i fit the business category as i went there because im an electric bicycle mechanic and i needed to help my boss check the factories and stuff. while the factory visits themselves were boring (and often awkward) the rest of it was fun, but mostly because my boss is my dad and we pretty much visited factories for half a day then traveled around the town we were in for the rest of the day, and once few days you travel to another town

  • @waynehewett4017
    @waynehewett4017 Год назад +1

    Yes
    1 / idiots
    2/ fools
    3/ incompetent ones
    4/ dreamers

  • @jztjzt2135
    @jztjzt2135 4 года назад +105

    You forgot about the American SPY that all of those “Evil Uncles” are on alert/patrol for.

    • @turritopsisrockola
      @turritopsisrockola 4 года назад +9

      Lmao

    • @cucumber623
      @cucumber623 4 года назад +5

      @Ultima MIc copy and paste? earning your 50 cents

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 4 года назад

      thats everyone from all 4 categories.

  • @Zoranurai13
    @Zoranurai13 4 года назад +42

    A funny story for me in regards to the foreigner “that is special because he’s not chinese” 3 years ago I lived in shanghai for studies and internship for about a year, and one time around christmas i walked out of the gym and saw something hanging off the side of my scooter. I initially thought it was just one of those marketing things that they often give around, but when i looked closer it was a bracelet with a medal with a chibi version of me on it. It had way too much detail including the logo on the shirt i was wearing, which was something you can only buy from a local shop in the us.. and i’m half asian half western european lol.. i never found out who it was. It even said merry christmas on the back of the amulet.
    Which means someone knew it was mine, and it was a very generic looking scooter. Also the person must have taken a picture of me or stalked me in order to know exactly what i was wearing to the gym in full detail.. it gave me the chills

    • @Zoranurai13
      @Zoranurai13 4 года назад +3

      Ultima MIc that’s exactly the first thing i thought, it made me really look around like an eagle for the next couple of weeks. It scared me shitless

    • @30803080308030803081
      @30803080308030803081 4 года назад +8

      Wow, somebody had a crush on you. I imagine I would react more positively than you did. I wouldn’t judge someone negatively for behaving that way. My only concern would be the small chance that it was actually a man.

    • @Zoranurai13
      @Zoranurai13 4 года назад +1

      30803080308030803081 i thought maybe someone would come up to me but after a few months no one did

    • @30803080308030803081
      @30803080308030803081 4 года назад +7

      J Y Then, I think she was a girl, and she was very shy.

    • @lordjim3109
      @lordjim3109 4 года назад +2

      "Half Asian half western european lol" And I am half woman half fish. I am a mermaid.

  • @DM-wk3gz
    @DM-wk3gz 4 года назад +48

    I was wondering if you will talk about your opinion on De Blasio saying he wants racial justice using South Africa as a model.

    • @MVDrudge
      @MVDrudge 4 года назад +6

      who the fuck cares what that fat fuck thinks? seriously have never seen such a type b loser politician. cuomo is like his dad taking care of him when he doesn't know what to do.

    • @blasterelforg7276
      @blasterelforg7276 4 года назад +2

      @@MVDrudge Loser? Was it him or deBlasio whose wife stole $500 million of taxpayers' money, saying they will spend it on autism programs but did not and the money just disappeared. They are laughing all the way to the bank.

    • @MVDrudge
      @MVDrudge 4 года назад +1

      @@blasterelforg7276 Are you talking about Cuomo? Dude isn't even married right now. What are you talking about?

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 4 года назад

      He wants farmers shot I guess.

    • @Pwood1488
      @Pwood1488 4 года назад +4

      yeah please talk about south africa and the farm attacks and how white people are experiencing racism as you told because theres sadly alooot of ignorant people who only think black people can experience racism

  • @antonyloc
    @antonyloc 2 года назад

    This is one of my favorite videos from serpentza - I can’t believe it’s already 2+ years ago, time is flying!

  • @HassanAbramowicz
    @HassanAbramowicz Год назад +1

    Good mic -- sound of whirlybird did not come through it loudly.
    Gather on Me!
    Listen to Prem Rawat!

  • @masonwebster2628
    @masonwebster2628 4 года назад +175

    1. Sinophiles 2. “Play-a-bouts” 3. Criminals and clean-slaters 4. Corporate types

    • @sebastianschulz6531
      @sebastianschulz6531 4 года назад +20

      what the difference between (3) and (4)?

    • @Nebel_des_Krieges
      @Nebel_des_Krieges 4 года назад +21

      @@sebastianschulz6531 4 are white collars who are most likely forced to go there for business, while 3 are people looking for a new start.

    • @sebastianschulz6531
      @sebastianschulz6531 4 года назад +1

      @@Nebel_des_Krieges true!

    • @spicysalsaking791
      @spicysalsaking791 4 года назад +7

      @@sebastianschulz6531 What's the difference? What? How are #3 and #4 remotely related? Lol...

    • @spicysalsaking791
      @spicysalsaking791 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, or students

  • @juliencote78
    @juliencote78 4 года назад +3

    It's always interesting to hear someone else's observations and experiences about China. Listening to you confirms and relates to some of mine and expands my knowledge of this brave nation. Congratz for the new start in the US. Blessings to your family and best of luck. Cheers

  • @user-jl2wd1it8h
    @user-jl2wd1it8h Год назад +8

    We need more journalism like this! Thank you for having balls and intelligence. A rare combo in the age of batty losers. Thanks from a Chinese Australian 👍

  • @AwesomeFish12
    @AwesomeFish12 Год назад +1

    I know a guy who dropped out of high school as soon as he was old enough and went from working a checkout in a supermarket part time to teaching English in a university in China. They don't check credentials at all.

  • @KT-gt8no
    @KT-gt8no 2 года назад

    I used to own a 77 trans Am. I sold it bought an 82 Toyota Supra. Now I miss them both. I am now down to a ford box truck converted into a home on the road.

  • @seankrug4995
    @seankrug4995 4 года назад +3

    Winston, love your & C-milk's videos. It is heartbreaking what's happened in China, I have a Chinese (Hong Kong)ese friend who is trying to relocate to the U.S. due to all the craziness. I hope that things calm down here in the U.S. and also in China once better leaders get into power.

  • @devono7230
    @devono7230 4 года назад +19

    Gotta say I noticed the same thing in the Philippines. In the end I would avoid meeting new foreigners

    • @frankom2862
      @frankom2862 4 года назад +2

      This guy is talking just out of his own frustration... I don't know the Philippines, but not all the foreigners in China fit in that 4 boxes as he said... There are many scenarios... Even the ones that go to China so the wife or husband could be close to their family or because they measure the situation and thought that China was better for their future...
      That somebody is ok or even like to live in China doesn't mean its necessarily a loser, as he expressed...

    • @TynanCreations
      @TynanCreations 4 года назад +4

      @Valeriy TV Thought that was Thailand.

    • @crankypipo
      @crankypipo 4 года назад +9

      @Valeriy TV kind sir please dont promote philippines like that..

    • @whoizrez
      @whoizrez 4 года назад +4

      Valeriy TV yeah the busted old ugly guys who can’t accept that they’re too old to be whoring around go be sexpats in the Philippines. but there’s a lot more to appreciate than it being the “number one sex destination”...

    • @whoizrez
      @whoizrez 4 года назад +1

      Valeriy TV in demand by the same old ugly dudes that can’t get any in their own country

  • @ivan7453
    @ivan7453 4 года назад +34

    I am very grateful to live in Australia. I have no intention to live in or even to visit China.

    • @quoth_raven
      @quoth_raven 4 года назад +3

      Won't Australia be chinese very soon?

    • @ivan7453
      @ivan7453 4 года назад

      @@quoth_raven Quoth, go back to CCP headquarters, please.

    • @quoth_raven
      @quoth_raven 4 года назад +10

      @@ivan7453 i love Australia and have no sympathies for the ccp, but you guys are selling out to china for decades now because of your dependency on coal and steel industries. Such a big country with so many possibilities and resources but sometimes with a very bogan and docile mentality, used to doing what you are told by your corporate and colonial masters.

    • @ivan7453
      @ivan7453 4 года назад +2

      @@quoth_raven Unfortunately these are the decisions which I do not make nor agree with. Perhaps you might express your opinion to the greedy people profiting from selling my country out and the grubby politicians whom back them.

    • @innocuousmerchant8766
      @innocuousmerchant8766 Год назад

      real@@quoth_raven

  • @matthewknight766
    @matthewknight766 3 года назад +1

    Same 4 categories here in Thailand.

  • @MrMaefiu
    @MrMaefiu 4 года назад +2

    I have been watching your videos for a few weeks now and I have to say, they are very interesting. You and laowhy86 show a lot of content that I would never see in my life given how closed off China is. Also good common sense, keep up the good work!

  • @lifeinzed7360
    @lifeinzed7360 4 года назад +101

    45:50 serpentza: I'm an African American 👍😂
    Funny but true

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 года назад +2

      Does he hold US citizenship? If not, then it's not true.

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 года назад +5

      @ Every time I see your face, you are being a douchebag.
      (Which is no surprise to me, because I can read faces quite well.)

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 года назад +4

      @ dude calm down, that's a stretch to say the least

    • @arthurjohnson119
      @arthurjohnson119 4 года назад +2

      Actually he can't be. 'African-American' is specifically defined in the U.S. to be a person who is, or is descended from, one of the Black peoples of sub-Saharan Africa. He can only legally check the 'White' box on the racial classification forms. To do otherwise would be wilful misrepresentation. Depending on the particular situation, doing so could lead to a fine and/or imprisonment, or even deportation.

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 года назад +1

      @@arthurjohnson119 aw, get out of here with your semantic facts and logic 😜

  • @wartlme
    @wartlme 4 года назад +10

    My friend is a playabout. He lives near hong kong, you said the town. He teaches English to kids. Only works a few hours a week. Living off of the money he got from the divorcee.

    • @wonderwhy6133
      @wonderwhy6133 4 года назад

      Guangdong or Shenzhen? Shenzhen is the nearest to Hong Kong, Lowu is the border between that 2 cities.

    • @wartlme
      @wartlme 4 года назад

      @@wonderwhy6133 he used to live in Guangdong, moves because he found a cheaper place on the outside of Shenzhen. He seems to like it

    • @wonderwhy6133
      @wonderwhy6133 4 года назад

      Reality I hope your friend is enjoying his life over there, stay safe and healthy. Stay away from trouble 😊

    • @YouareaN00b
      @YouareaN00b 4 года назад

      LBH I imagine.

    • @wartlme
      @wartlme 4 года назад

      @Ultima MIc She has money, he got a lawyer. I don't know the laws in China. I live in the USA.

  • @elvinong8783
    @elvinong8783 4 года назад +8

    I have family in China, I often stay and travel in and out of China. But I never like to mixed around of China people beside My Wife direct family. I am from Singapore.

  • @g.s.3450
    @g.s.3450 Год назад +1

    I appreciate your 'shoe leather' videos. They are so much more real than the fluff pieces put out by pampered ex-pats or an Asian Studies professor at an American university. You have walked the walk among the locals and offer perceptive observations. Good job!

  • @fabiorodrigues7128
    @fabiorodrigues7128 4 года назад

    I am enjoying a lot your channel I am from Brazil and It is been amazing knowing China throw your point of view, thanks a lot and stay awesome. God Bless You and Your Family.

  • @Nihaopaul
    @Nihaopaul 4 года назад +5

    I have different categories, I also think you need 2 more categories: those that grew up in China (myself). And career builders, things move fast with little oversight.
    my categories are: expat, halfpat, quarterpat and nopat
    Also if they survive the 18months honeymoon period, they will stay longer

    • @gregpringle1299
      @gregpringle1299 2 года назад

      I think you're right. There were a lot of people who went to China because it was the next "happening place" for business. (There were a lot of people who went to Japan during the Bubble Years (late 80s) for exactly the same reason.) One American I worked with in Japan (knew no Japanese) came to Shanghai after a couple of years. He was definitely on the "what's the next place for business" trail.

  • @TravelingKen
    @TravelingKen 4 года назад +9

    Always informative watching your channel! All of 2019 I spent teaching in China and yours along with Laowahy86's channels have been so helpful in surviving the life there!

  • @SuperLordHawHaw
    @SuperLordHawHaw 2 года назад +4

    1. Sinophiles 2:25
    2. Playabouts: 4:15
    3. Criminals/Clean Slaters: 10:54
    4. Business Types: 19:42
    I fell sort-of into 1. I'm a semi-sinophile. I only went for about a month and visited a few Chinese private school/wushu schools, a few cities, climbed Mt Hua, Hong Kong and a Shaolin temple. I don't know more than basic Chinese and a decent amount of history. I do kung fu/tai chi but I'm not under any delusions about the reality of China. I don't know if I could live in China, it is hot and humid as hell. I could never keep up with them when it comes to baijiu drinking. Omg
    2nd category is commonly found in thailand too. The well-to-do hippy. It costs money to pretend to be poor overseas. I can think of much better places to be a bum though. They'd be disgusting in any country though.
    3rd category, I'm amazed the Chinese gov would let someone with a criminal record in. They could do a background check.
    I think the people you describe says more about the people you associate with? Scammers? Drug dealers? Celeb rapists? You have to be a little different to go to the other side of the world though, a language very few westerns can read or speak, alien culture, food, very undemocratic gov, etc. You have to have an escapist and adventurous mentality to even consider it. You have to be out of your mind to go to China to be a druggie though.

  • @jyen2168
    @jyen2168 2 года назад

    Just found your vlog few days ago, I hv to say that you know China very well and what you said it’s very true. Love your channel and just subscribed try to catch up all your past videos.

  • @DeclanRyanRising
    @DeclanRyanRising 2 года назад

    Was impressed initially but when you acquired Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am, won me over.

  • @be2Gee
    @be2Gee 4 года назад +7

    "Kurt Russell, who's your favourite 80's action movie hero?"
    - I'm a big fan of Winston.

  • @gbpfx472
    @gbpfx472 4 года назад +4

    Good video at last, unbiased and to the point. Thumbs up from me for this one. Well done.

  • @redpilltiktok3699
    @redpilltiktok3699 4 года назад +27

    It's pretty telling that South Africa has gotten so bad that he'd rather be in China.

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 4 года назад

      Sitting pretty!!

    • @zumbc
      @zumbc 4 года назад +2

      There are a lot of South Africans living in China for the same reason

    • @randolfo1265
      @randolfo1265 4 года назад

      If he was smart, he would have come to Canada, but whoever lets you in...
      Plus he can be with C-Milk

  • @stefandedalus4097
    @stefandedalus4097 Год назад +1

    Just recently discovered Your stuff (1st was an RSA 'flick', and I went flabbergasted! Really that bad?).
    You really know how to tell a story, Almost like Pynchon, Chatwin, or Conrad!
    Keep up Your excellent work: Kudos and cheers from Sweden!

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  Год назад +1

      Thank you! Welcome to the channel

  • @ilovejesus9303
    @ilovejesus9303 3 года назад

    You are very interesting human being. I love your honesty and how you explain things. Coming from a Tanzanian.