It seems too many people who have never been to China think they are an expert on this country, I can't fathom it!? Feel very fortunate to have learned this lesson at a young age... do you have any similar experiences?
As a Chinese, I hope you can come to Xinjiang to travel very much. See for ourselves if the Communist Party is oppressing and enslaving the Uighur people as the Western media claims. The Uighur people would never imagine that they are living a happy life, but some say they are being imprisoned in concentration camps.
Yep... was told not to go to China for work by family before I left the UK... I was given all the reasons you could think of - and I am a black woman, so that made all the reasons given worse. My experience was far from anything they all expected! I had a very positive experience and absolutely love China.
Our friend in England, a loyal supporter, sent you an email on 8 January at 10:40 UK Time (18:40 Beijing Time). Thank you poem: Thank you for all you do for the communities; You make life better for people around you; Your continual acts of kindness brighten each day; What you do for people will glow in their memories.
Before I came to Switzerland, people said it's the best and welfare country in the world, but I found it wasn't ture for me. I more prefer living in China for its vibrant city life and marvious food.
I agree with you. My Father was in one of the first tourist tours of China in the 70s when it started opening up. He then visited again in the 80s and 2000s. He kept saying to me, you have to visit China. However, it was not until I visited China, I realized how brainwashed I was. It was nothing like I was led to believe during my education and also the media portrayed. I love China and and want to go back when we can start travelling again. Travelling is the greatest education in the world. Seeing is believing :) Love your Channel :)
Traveling experience is better than reading thousands books sometimes! I should say you have great experience than most of western people, and thank you for sharing that! Good luck with your family in China. China may not be the best country to live in, but it must be the most successful developing country in the world!
@@Ana71st Sadly, he passed away 8 weeks ago, however, Dad did live a wonderful life, and yes, was able to tell us some amazing stories. He was aged 92, close to 93. Now he travels in his next life :)
The more I learn about China, the more I realise there is still so much I don't know. I'm here to learn about China, try to understand this country, and expose myself to different lifestyles and opinions. Living abroad, especially in a country like China, which is so different to what we as Westerners are used to in our home countries, is a massive learning curve and also a great chance for personal development. After ten years here, I feel I've only just scratched the surface. At the same time, being away from home makes you appreciate where you come from more for various reasons, so I think that before I left Australia I didn't consider myself as a patriotic Aussie - but after living here, I now feel I am. Meanwhile, I've also grown to appreciate an entirely different culture and society - which is why I feel so strongly that we should all find a way to coexist peacefully. It is okay, and more than possible, to appreciate two ways of living, two countries, and two cultures at the same time. Different doesn't equal wrong, it is just different, and that is okay.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, I used to have no sense of belongings or even felt embarrassed of being Chinese... until 2003, I went to Beijing, learn about the history, the people, the culture and I was confused (because things are not the same as what I heard/thought)... on the last day, my sister and I went to see the flag raising in Tianamen Square... we both cried just watching the flag goes up, that's sense of belongings and I know... I found the root, I found my country... and I can tell you very proudly that I'm Chinese, not Hong Kong Chinese, not HongKonger... but, Only - Chinese !
It’s very touching to hear your story. I ran into a HK born Chinese Canadian on YT, who said his family had run away to Canada before 1997 take over, because they were afraid of CCP. And he was totally western minds full of that democracy and autocracy camp thing, I tried to explain how we feel about being a Chinese nowadays but why would I bother, he has his own value, just by told by people he would feel anything. I wish someday he can come to China and he said he’s afraid of poisonous food and milk of China, Oh gosh!
I am Tujia, one of the ethnic minority groups in China. My Mom is Miao and my dad is Tujia. My grandpa used to live in one of the poorest villages in Guizhou China, and he was the first generations to leave that village for city. I was born in a city in China and now I have been living in England for 5 years so far. Every time when I mentioned I am an ethnic minority Chinese they always asked me '"have you been to the concentration camps" "have your parents been forced to work" or "have you ever been tortured by CCP". I get really tired of answering this kind of questions, and I always tried to change their perception about China, but all ended up with "you have been brainwashed." So now I am trying to avoid any topics related to China. This is so sad.
You cannot change perception when all they hear about China is negative things from their media since the day they were born. If you are born in the west, you will think like them too. But it is also these perception that got China starting to get ahead of the west in many areas. People in the west believed that China is backwards and minorities are being suppressed and they lived with that false sense of superiority and continue to be complacent! Leave it, they will wake up one fine day, but that day will be too late for them to wake up.
Totally feel what you feel.. Most time when people ask me something about China I found they are not really interested in what's the truth about china but only looking for another reason to criticize. Now I was like, whatever, believe whatever you want to believe about China. At least its not going to hurt China but only hurt yourself eventually
I’m a non-Chinese Canadian and I’ve been to China several times and I can attest that you are 100% right that China is not the ‘bad place’ the western media and western politicians proclaim it is. The fact is that China is a country with hundreds of millions of intelligent people who are educated and industrious. The government of China is the CCP that rules the country with a unique governance system that works incredibly well for the 1.4 Billion Chinese citizens; the country is a mix of communism, socialism, and capitalism; and this mix works very well for China. No other country on planet earth is governed better than China, just look at their progress!!
First generation Chinese American, growing up was hard to embrace that but now I’m proudly to embrace being Chinese. I visited China 2 times, the last time was 2 years ago was supposed to go summer 2020 I am actually sad I can’t go for awhile.
As an Australian living in China, I still see comments made by people online, who really have absolutely no idea!! My mother worked here for 6 years before me, and although I never visited in that time, I was fairly well informed about life here. But there were still a whole lot of preconceived ideas I had, which it took actually being here to dispell. A great song by John Williamson, an Australian songwriter, has the line "Good news never made a paper sell", which sums things up beautifully. The only time we see China in the media in the west, it is the negative news, and whether the stories are accurate or not, some are, but many are not, it fails to show the great stories that far outweigh the negative!! It is a beautiful place, with beautiful people, and hopefully with channels like yours, and the videos I plan to start making soon, the outside perspective on China can become a fairer representation of what the country actually is!! Great work, only just found your channel, but I'm impressed with your work!! Keep it up!! 😄😄
As a Malaysia born chinese my grandparents are from China. When i was young through western education graduate from university of winnipeg at a younger age i was really ashame to be a chinese from all the negative things i read from western media. After me n family visited China few years back, i really understand how u feel. My siblings n parents love China so much they visited almost all major cities of china over the years, it became our family 1st choice of vacation. This is a great country believe me cos my family n me basically visited most part of this world - USA, Canada, Europe ,Australia and most of Asian countries. Our only blank is south America just being to Mexico. Watch ur channel for a while, doing a great job not for promoting China but tell people the truth about this country.
Welcome home brother.don't forget we are descendants of the dragon and the only oldest civilization in the world that has not been interrupted for five thousand years
as chinese I have never felt ashamed of my country, in Malayisa the richest people most hard working people are Chinese, same in Thailand, Indonesia, Philipines, they should be shamed of this. I only pity those who feel ashamed of their origins
I am also from Malaysia my dad is Chinese my mom is Portuguese Chinese I feel so proud of chinese history since my dad told me stories so I have been fascinated with China ever since been to many cities just love it such a rich culture there the people are great as well thx for sharing
yup, I'm HK chinese lived in the UK for a long time grew up holding the same prejudice against my own country. So I really thank people like you and your Dad, Matt, Cyrus, Gwailo60 for showing what is like on the ground and debunking the propaganda the west that has been pushing for decades. Thank you for the positivity and wish you and your dad the best
If there is a chance, I sincerely hope that you can come to see cities in China. Not only Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou or your hometown Hong Kong. As a Chinese in Tokyo, I still feel proud that I am a Chinese. I hope everyone can eliminate the prejudice in their hearts and come to China at the right time! I believe you will fall in love here.
Thank you for what you do. I’m Chinese American and I grew up feeling ashamed of being Chinese because of all the racism I experienced. When I went to college, I experienced racism from other Asians against Chinese and that was really disappointing because it was the first time I ever experienced that. RUclipsrs like Serpentza and others fed into my insecurities and the comment sections on youtube would make me feel so bad because people really expressed so much hate for Chinese people. It really messed up my mental health and I felt really insecure and depressed about that. Then I discovered channels like yours and it helped me so much over come that. I realize that the western media has demonized China and videos like your give me courage to hope. If only people would stop judging and being so ignorant...use their brains to think a little harder than to just believe everything they hear on the news. Please don’t stop what you are doing, it’s so important we have some positive videos on China amid the massive amounts of negative videos. I just want to people to know that Chinese people are also human beings deserving of dignity and respect.
Spot on brother! For me that’s one of the main reasons I want to travel the world. My opinions about China were so wrong and probably are about other places I’ve never been to before.
look up the channel 'china in focus' and you’ll see how it is there. this channel was paid for the trip to china, so obviously they had the best treatment possible.
Remember China is a massive country, it's hard to judge a country without being able to speak the language and not travelling the entire country to get a broad view.
I’m a Chinese international student in UK, and my girlfriend is a British. She totally agree with ur options somethings about China since I showed ur videos to her! I’m so proud of being a Chinese, especially when u were introducing what is real China on ur video! Thank u so much!!
I am a Chinese in my whole life. I’ve been to America for many times (6 times 2019). For many of western people I met, I wanted to say to them: we don’t expect you to like China, just please don’t lie about China. or maybe don’t help spread lies when you don’t know China. Being a Chinese, I was too conservative to say. Chinese people tend to avoid face to face conflicts, you know that.
@the Oracle of Delphi Of course we don't like talking about that, cuz thats not true. The media only let u know what they want you to know. The best way to know the truth is to go to China and see it yourself
@the Oracle of Delphi then you shouldn't make assumptions about a place if you have never been there. Fact check before you speak, and don't let personal experiences make you prejudiced against an entire group. The Chinese are actually very friendly although there are few exceptions, just like how there are westerners talking so negatively about China but the non-Chinese around me are actually very nice
@the Oracle of Delphi What I actually meant was that don't assume how a group of people is like just because of your experience with some of them. I do agree personal experience is good, that's why I told you the best way to know about Xinjiang is to go there
Barrett, I’m a Chinese Singaporean. Watching your videos has changed dramatically my thought about China. Now I’m extremely positive about China. Thank you👍👍👍
You are kidding me? You are a Chinese Singaporean, and then you don't know anything about China? I remember that lee kuan yew always talked about China in front of you guys and so many Singaporean had invested china after opening up of China. So i believe that most of you knew about China, from your neighbors johor bahru.
@@aaronlee8251 Chill out... :) we don’t mean no harm, the reality is there is still quite a cultural gap between Chinese-Singaporeans and Chinese-Malaysians, mainly due to the fact that we Chinese-Singaporeans are better in English but most of us are pretty terrible in Chinese, so we mainly take in English content (which has a western mindset), while it is the direct opposite for you guys, your Chinese is so good that back in my secondary school days (十多年前), the Malaysians ALWAYS get No. 1 in Chinese, not the Mainland Chinese students, you guys read and write in traditional Chinese, so you guys mainly take in Chinese content on the internet (which has a eastern/chinese mindset)
@@aaronlee8251 Reason he do not know enough about China is simply because he mostly read or see whatever news there is in RUclips.... from American media, reporters. Their job is to critisize and condemn China, that's why his knowledge of China was not much, wondering why Singapore LKY was so close to China.
@@aaronlee8251 It is normal that people in south east asia especially, know nothing about China. Because United SHITS of america's propaganda has penetrated deep into those countries. They have so many propaganda machines. From selling their bible to selling their hollywood movies.
I first visited China in 2003 and it was nothing like I thought it would be. No Mao uniforms no dour miserable people but a vibrant country building and developing at an amazing rate. People who were genuinely happy and friendly, who went out of their way to help me. I can't wait to go back again.
When I was in San Diego, I have a white friend who love to go to the beach. I told him that in my country, Indonesia, there are several good beaches that he should go. He told me, US is the greatest country on earth, and have the best of everything. Why would I need to go outside US just to find worse beach than what we have here. From that moment I realize it is useless to give them a rose if we need to break their nose. American are overly proud about themselves. I rest my case.
Best way to describe him is this Idiom in Chinese: 井底之蛙 Jǐng Dǐ Zhī Wā Frog in the well. Many American thought that they are the best and the world should emulate their way.
As a Chinese living in Canada, I have faced some discrimination over the years. I long ago accepted my heritage, my nationality, and my history. I went to school in China while in primary school, therefore when my friends talk about Xinjiang I know it isn't true. China is actually a very advanced country in a primitive development stage. Many young people's minds are disinformed about China from the Western media.
Yup most of my classmates believe the media as well. They don't even try to consider if it is fake or not. Whenever I tell them it is not true nobody believes me.
@@icewingdragon3297 The American's manipulations tactics are beyond what we think they are. With the Western media forming an alliance. They back all of the Chinese affiliated medias in the corner. People these days rarely do any thorough research anymore. They only follow the national news or a popular news source. This causes an anti-China news popularity among the masses. Currently, the master mind behind this is unknown, but this strategy deserves to be called a smart move.
Thank you Barrett for what you are doing. I used to live in Hong Kong and the very sad thing is so many HK people being connected to their mother land, they don’t bother to visit and see what is really happening in China, instead they listen and believe the misleading information about China painted by the western world and they hate their own country and refuse to admit they are Chinese..that is a tragedy!!! Wish more foreigner like yourself in China can speak up... thank you again!
I also had thought China is all bad and dangerous for years and years because I grew up feeling so. I did randomly stumbled across your channel when I started questioning the narratives from the western media as I never hear anything good about China which of course can't be true. Your channel is a great find as it showed me loads of modern China as well as the network of great RUclipsrs who want to show the real China. I now realised my impression of China was so unbelievably wrong and want my peers to know too. Thank you for your great work Ollie and Lee!!
Same here. I remember being so scared getting a Chinese visa and entering the border for the first time. Then after travelling into China, travelling, doing business and making friends... And speaking to real people, Uyghurs, everyday people... You realise the narratives in the mainstream media are complete BS
Many Chinese from China do comment or criticize the Chinese government, but usually, they won’t just simply do it in front of you unless you are close with them, or unless they found that you are someone able to talk to. Because most of them understand that the political views of each person even in the same country also could be very different. And sometimes, you will find it very surprising that the Chinese even know more than you, they even know the background or the history of the president of other countries (even just some small countries) if they interested to know about. And also sometimes you will find it very surprising that, their understanding of politics and history of the world and China itself even stronger than any foreigners (I am a Malaysian Chinese, not Chinese from China). Yes, there are some amount of Chinese not agree with CCP, and it’s a normal phenomenon, but many of them still understand that communism is a current system that is more suitable for China. (If you understand the flow of Chinese history, it‘s always apart, then combine, apart combine, apart combine, and the current situation is combining for their country. Dynasty Qing is combine then after that civil war between Guomindang and CCP is apart, then now is combine, and Chinese alway suffered during the period of apart). Chinese actually are very clever, yes the management part of CCP is without freedom of speech, but they manipulate a capitalism like of economic system in certain region of China, or slowly the whole China, otherwise, CCP won’t be survived until today. Try to track the Chinese history, the civil war alway more extreme than many western countries nowadays from the history. Each civil war, involved many millions chinese died. So this is the political views of Chinese. They don’t judge or comments if they don’t know. Something I admire that, sometimes I criticised my government in front of my Chinese friends, usually they don’t comment but just listen, they don’t comment if they do not know it. But for sure, certain amount of CCP irrational fans will attacked some countries like US, Japan, Australia or others which ever brought troubles to them. But usually the comments not as harsh as westerners. Unless you really make them very harsh. And one thing that I realised recently (I am studying in Shanghai now), they did collect opinions or suggestion (via certain form or survey) from the students regards the school, the system, lecturers and etc. My Chinese friend worked in a government water department, they did collect the survey or opinions from their customers, if the survey show that there are many negative Feedbacks, then they will change or reform the policy based on the majority opinions. So I think this is the way they collect opinion and do reform, I think this is also another kind of freedom for them.
@sarah LL Maybe you are not close with them yet, or maybe they found that you don't have the same languages like them. If you can understand Mandarin, Cantonese, or even Hokkien, you will know their opinion. And currently, the comments from Hong Kee and Taiwanese (of course not all) are very harsh towards CCP, I believe this is because how the media brainwash them China CCP is a devil. I was surprised that some of them even only have the impression of the 80s period of China. Not everyone willing to travel to other places even their "own country". The time they will tell you what they think is after you have a long talk with them during eating and drinking, this is how Chinese deal and interact if you want to know what's their drinking. If a Chinese willing to have a meal or drink with you that's mean they started to include you in their circle...
The main reason China is so successful & combined today is due solely to her excellent leadership under the Communist Party. I lived in Taipei for almost a year (in those days) under KMT, it's a mess, a shithole. China, without CPC, would never have made so much progress today, especially lifting almost a billion people out of poverty, that is totally impressive, unprecedented because this has NEVER happened in any country in the world including democratic countries where people get to vote & look at them. Oh, look at the homeless in the USA. How can your leaders look away and do nothing? Any elected government anywhere in the world, who did nothing abt growing hunger & homelessness is totally heartless.
Good speech Oli. As a Chinese living in the UK, how I see it is that the stronger China is the more proud I am being a minority here. I rather have this than not. I believe any ethnic group in the Uk would feel the same about their motherland and hope it can rise soon.
@@kursdmappingandco.4409 i just saw a Republican Rep during the 2nd trump impeachment say 'they' hate riots (only if it's in the USA apparently) but weren't they the staunch supporters of the rioters in Hong Kong not too long ago? the hypocrisy --_____--"
I am from Hong Kong and let me remind you in the last genuine election (probably the last one in a very long time) the majority of us voted for pro-democracy and the pro-Chinese camps lost. Now what did you say?
My whole life I imagined Chins as a bit of a back water... Then I visited Chongqing. I was honestly a bit dumbstruck at how amazing and huge it was compared to London. Most China haters have an image of China that is 20+ years out of date
I am glad to see that there are people like YOU who go out and see with your own eyes and experience your own experience before you judge anything. And your voice matters because your video can help those who can’t go out see the worlds themselves. All the best to your channel.
My daughter is half German half Chinese. I teach her Chinese, I spend time with her in China, I tell her our tradition, I bought her Qipao. She should be proud to be both in the future.
Chinese traditional attire is actually Hanfu instead of Qipao. Qipao belongs to the Manchurian people which is the minority in northern China and cannot represent the majority Han Chinese.
@@manonxiong5113 it's skinny fit that you could show your body shape which makes you look sexy, but it is just not the original Chinese custome like Hanfu.
Barrett you are correct. China is truly amazing country to visit. I myself is 3rd generation Chinese born in South East Asia in an English based environment, can't speak Mandarin, yet upon visiting China (2015, 2016, 2017) I was amazed by their culture, landscape varieties, had many lovely meals there and would very much like to visit China again. China is one of the few countries in the world with continuous history/cultures going back up to 5000++ years ago. So rich.
Though I grew up in the States, I'm lucky that my family has been adamant about teaching me Chinese and Chinese culture. If it weren't for such a strong support system, I don't think I'd be as proud of my heritage as I am.
Normally I don't make comments on youtube, but been a Chinese American ,father of three living in New York for over 35 years. I do appreciate your video telling the truth about how people living in China and your experiences with no color blind sighted by most of the western wold. Thank you for your hard effort for making this video.
I was born in Vietnam, lived in Indonesia, and now live in the USA (by far the worst country I've experienced). My dad is 100% Chinese (but has never been to China) and my mom is French/German but they're both American citizens. For the past 10 years I've lived in America and I've always felt like I can't accept the Asian side of me (especially being Chinese) because of all the misconceptions. Even my dad has a lot of misconceptions about China, and he's full Chinese. Now I realize that America is actually in the wrong and China isn't as bad as they say. Also, I hate when Americans bring up that Chinese individuals aren't allowed freedom of speech. AMERICA DOESNT ALLOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH. If you end up saying anything that doesn't align with the majority, your life is pretty much over. I'm actually looking to move to China after university, maybe even during university. Hopefully I never have to deal with ignorant Americans after that, but I know it'll still happen.
@the Oracle of Delphi I...You know that Asians can be Americans, right? The reason that I havent moved yet is because I'm still financially dependent on my parents, if thats what you are asking.
I'm Chinese living in China, just wanna thank you for making these video and telling the truth to western people, that's something we can't do by ourselves.
I had to use Google translate to know what you said, but I agree. Chinese people have every reason to be proud of their culture and country, but we in the West fear your communist regime because of expansionist policies.
@@lu-uf8zj Hello, I am a Chinese graduate student. What I find interesting is that most Chinese people think that the government is too conservative in international affairs. So I am very interested. Why do Western friends think we are expansionist? I don't know much about politics, but I hope that friends from various countries who hold various views can seek common ground while reserving differences. It is better to investigate in person instead of listening to certain media. To be honest, I also have reservations about the Chinese media's foreign reports, but I have not had the opportunity to go abroad to learn about it, so I will definitely go out and have a look when I have a chance. Finally, I hope world peace
@@网络连接无响应 The News we see here has shown some very disturbing reports from China. For instance we are disappointed that CCP did not honour the agreements on Hong Kong. Certain speeches about the country we call Taiwan did not sound like their right to sovereignty will be respected. Xinjang to you, just means "new territory"... but it's the home of people with their own culture.... Here in the West we believe in supporting a rich diversity, but it seems CCP today wants to eliminate all that in China. That would be a tragic loss for the world and especially for those people whose cultural heritage is destroyed for no benefit to anyone.
@@lu-uf8zj I don't know where you are from, but I sincerely recommend you to watch the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The problems you mentioned are left over from history in China. If you want to clarify these, you need to know more about China's history. I can't arbitrarily deny your opinion, I can only say that things are far less simple than you think. If the conclusion or point of view of the relevant report you see is very clear, then it must be one-sided, because these issues are too complicated.
hi OLI. having from a very early age (now 60) i wanted to go to China, when asked by my parents where to go on holiday i said China but they could never afford it. Now i have been a few times and married to a beautiful Chinese lady. With 2 lovely step daughters and a Chinese family mainly living in Guangdong i would never say i am an expert on China but know more than most in England and i find most English peoples ideas of China quite comical. by the way i have always been told i look a bit Chinese mainly because of the shape of my eyes and a Chinese girl from the dreaded fulan gong thought i was Chinese
I am a Chinese, and now I work abroad. Thank you for sharing the real China. China is not what the western media say it is. I wish you and your father a happy life in China!
That's why I basically never take anyone's word for pretty much anything!! One of my most important principles is to always find out the truth for yourself! This applies to just about anything! Example, movie reviews, food reviews, etc, etc. My attitude is, I'LL decide for myself whether they're any good or not!!
I'm a Chinede born in Singapore, and I've been travelling to China since 1994 for about 100 trips and visited more than 40 places. And I also traveled to lots of countries in the world. To be honest, in my opinion, there is no countries that can amaze me in term of freedom in living standard, safety and prospect in business advancement. Scientically China is using science to improve their citizen and protecting its own country against foreign treat which is absolutely right... I envy you and your dad have the opportunity to travel and live in China and filming the real situation there. Singapore is westernise but also is very control in the political front, today just announce all citizen messages via WhatsApp and phone calls will be monitored. No polical or religious or false information will be allowed. I totally agree with these control because not all people can have the right mindset about these issues...
Totally agreed. I born in China and I am staying in Singapore now.. From the western country point of view, Singapore is not democratic country. However I love it. Who care what the western country say? And why should we care?
Preferably no religious msg but need to have other political views and opinion. As for false information, how do you know it is false, because pap said so. I think you guys need to be more discerning and think out of the box.
I am a Chinese living in Hong Kong. I feel lucky that I just received Covid vaccine in Hong Kong. I told my friends in UK that we are allowed to choose the vaccine brands in Hong Kong and we have two choices Sinovac and BioNTech. My UK friend said we don’t even have a choice! I received Sinovac made in China finally and my Philippine maid made the same choice as me. I love my city and I love China too ❤️. Thanks for sharing the great video to everyone!
It is so important that telling a Chinese story from a foreigner. Please continue to do what you think is right, and showing the truth to the world. Always support you from Hong Kong
I am Chinese born in Indonesia, but I always proud of my Chinese ethnicity & culture 👍 Thank you for telling the Truth about China to international audiences
I’m a Chinese living in Australia, I’m from Hebei (next to Beijing) but I grow up in XinJiang, sometimes it’s hard to explain to other people that they (Uighur) are actually having a good life in XinJiang and there is also much love between the average Chinese and Uighur Chinese. some people are just so ignorant and believe in the nonsense that is totally made up by the stupid medias. I really wish if you can take a visit there and make videos! Thank you Barrett.
You don't live in Australia ! If you did, you wouldn't be so grossly ignorant. Given your likely association with the CCP, (you now need to declare it on the visitor VISA application), nor will you ever be allowed to visit. This includes, Canada, USA, UK and NZ. Something to think about.
@@matthewmorgan7106 im here in central sydney and btw you can just say the five eyes. The one that is grossly ignorant are you, get some fresh and get some human society dude.
@@matthewmorgan7106 man, you know how it feels when having people that believe communism/communist is evil and hate it so much for no reason when they dont even know what it is? Jesus chirst dude, you really think you're supporting justice while you're actually supporting nonsense? if there are people selling brains i'd recon you buy one.
@@bilibili4540 That pretty much answers my question. You're a fake. Your name is fake and you're comments are vacuous. You don't live in Sydney and you're probably being paid to make make comments... although you might be a genuine Nationalist, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I picked your comment almost at random because it was the dumbest and most dishonest one I could find, so don't feel special. Chinese people who live outside China DO NOT support Barrett. They see him as a traitor and conspirator with the CCP.
I am Chinese living in Germany. i strongly agree to what you said: never ever set a preconception on something before you really understand it. Be full of respect on someone until you find a good reason against it. Unfortunately, way too many people in my daily life behave in the contrary way...
I doubt if you live in Germany. Here is a part of an interview with Cia Xia, who was expelled from the Communist party and now lives outside China.. (unlike you) She says later in the interview that this is how around 70% of the CCP cadres feel. Don't be caught on the wrong side of history, or it will completely fuck your prospects for the future. Q. You said that after changing the constitution to abolish term limits, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would die a death without a burial. What do you mean by that? Cia Xia: China is bound to go through political transformation, toward democracy, political freedom, rule of law and constitutionalism. This is the inevitable trend of modern human political civilisation. China will enter this stage sooner or later. Because the CCP has been in power since 1949, they have made many mistakes and even crimes. Between 1959 to 1961, nearly 40 million people starved to death. The anti-rightist movement of 1957 and cultural Revolution hurt almost all Chinese elites and intellectuals. Also the Tiananmen protests in 1989 when the CCP, under the direct order of Deng, used its army to shoot the people. No matter what, this is unacceptable to Chinese people. It is the People's Liberation Army, right? It is the people's country. Yet we see corruption within the party and the growing gap between the rich and the poor. In the future, when China transitions to a democracy, all of these will be seen as a the major mistakes or the sins of the CCP.
@@matthewmorgan7106Das ist genau die Weise, durch die die deutschen Medien die Deutschen so denken lassen. Ich wohne auch in Deutschland, und ich habe viele Nachrichten über China gelesen. Beispielweise ist die Zahl von der kontrolierten Uigurische 3~5 Millionen, die von der Medien berichtet wird. Wisst du wie berechen die Medien? Sie haben 8 Leute befragt, 2 davon sagt ja. Dann sie mutipuliert 25% mit die ganze Bevolkerungszahl in Xinjiang. Gleichzeitig werden die Terrorangriffs bevor nur winig oder gar nicht berichtet. Und es ist normal für die Medien , dass sie nur teilweise Wahrheit ausgeben. Es führt dazu, dass die Deutsche nicht ganze Informationen bekommen können und zu eine gewünschte Wahrheit geführt wird.Jeder Land hat shlimme Zeit, oder liegen Belsen oder Buchenwald nicht in Bundesland jetzt？ Auch wenn du die Nachrichten über China in Deutsche Welle geschaut hast, kannst du genau wissen , was in den Video genau gesagt hat.
@@matthewmorgan7106 Was wichtig ist, wegen der unverantwortlichen und unrealen Nachrichten über China, haben jetzt die teilweise Deutschen starke Feindschaft zur die normalen Chinesen，wer nur arbeiten oder studieren in Deutschland. Das ist ganz Sheisse. Willst du natürlich nicht von anderem beleidigt werden und immer bereit mit anderem zu streiten sein oder?
@@matthewmorgan7106 Ich studiere jetzt in Deutschland.Und eine beste Freundin von mich hat ein deutschen Freund. Sie streiten sich immer über China. Und viele Kommilitonen hat mir auch manchmal komische Fragen über China gefragt.
I’m a Chinese, studied for 7 years in Russia, and now living in Canada. I have suffered a lot in Russian for being a Chinese because of the social media , Thanks for your videos, appreciate, subscribed.
I've been to China four or five times. I've had both good and bad experiences there, but I can't wait to go back. I just hope that the US-Sino trade war doesn't make it harder for me to go. My visa is still valid for two years, but who knows after that...
I agree with you totally that one just has to go and see with their own eyes. I had prejudice before I had interactions with mainland China. China is changing in the speed that you can’t imagine! I love the place and people in China 🇨🇳
Thank you for introducing China! I have been in Canada for 5 years. I really like the introduction of you and your father. It also allows more Westerners to understand the real China. Although China has many imperfect places, I have worked in government agencies for more than 20 years. The current Chinese government is much better than before. I hope that one of my children can return to work in China in the future. Thank you very much!
Your mind is really very positive that you could even affect someone who is a Chinese herself by only seeing your video and that her mind changed from negative to positive upon her own country. You had done a very good job. Your subscribers are reaching 200k. Wish you every success!
I'm chinese and I grew up in china for 7 years and came to UK for 10 years, before when the Western Media spoke bad of China, my attitude was mutual but during the pandemic my attitude has changed towards China. (Video like yours and my own experiences going to China in a long time). China is my country and I won't let people speak bad of it, like everyone that protects their countries. Im proud of being Chinese and proud of China. Thank you for your videos, good people will have good karma, thank you 👍
Great video, you have brought a very important point that rather than trusting information from mass media, you have to proof it by your own eyes and ears.
I am always proud of being a Chinese. From my life in Europe for more than 10 years, even more clearer picture drawing in my mind. 有容乃大， Chinese core value is to respect, based on which we welcome all the different cultures to join and to flourish altogether, peaceful and happy life together Thank you for all you have done for making people around the world to understand better China. Amazing videos!!
I now live in US. In researching for Ugur cotton I stumbled on your channel, it's funny, down to earth, your commentaries (and with your dad) made me laugh, and brought me to many places and things I never heard of too. I thought I have been to Chongqing, and I grew up in Shanghai, but your video showed me new things and places fascinated me. It's really heart warming to see people with conscience and courage to explore the different aspects of the world, and see the world from the different angles rid of politics but with a great touch of humanity. Good job! Looking forward to more, and your journeys to Xin Jiang one day!
This is my first time leaving a comment in your channel cuz I am so impressed~ I am from Hong Kong and I got similar experiences and thoughts as you, many people from HK (especially younger ones like me) do not want to recognise themselves as Chinese and their perceptions to China are affected by the western media continuously. I used to have bad perceptions towards China in the past, but after watching lots of videos about China’s development, my thoughts changed, I know that we should not judge people only by its appearance and now I am looking forward to visit mainland. Thank you for bringing us to different places in China (that I want to visit for long) during the COVID hard times, I hope your videos can change more people’s values and perceptions towards China!
From Beijing myself. 正宗北京人儿。The sound of bicycles and the bustling of the streets bring nostalgia. I used to walk these streets myself and enjoy this city that I grew up in. Thank you so much for making these videos and showing people what China is really like! I wish more people can see them!
I had not been in China from 2014 to 2019... and I was shocked in 2019 how much China has been developed. You are completely right. Don’t judge if you have not been there including overseas chinese. Btw, your walking and talking Video is great. I always thought people have script when they talk to the camera. You walked through some really nice streets and still have high quality Video
As a Chinese, I'm so glad to see the amazing thing you are doing. Nothing could be more convincing than this, especially compared with Chinese themselves trying to remove others' preconceptions. Sometimes I would just give up because it's difficult to change the minds of people who have never been here but are confident enough in their judgments.
Hi Barret, so glad to watch your videos talking about your own real experiences in China. I am living in Canada. When I chat with people, I notice that if the people have visited China for either tour or business, most of the case they are expressing the happiness and excitement. For those who have never been there, they are mostly influenced by the local media to have labelled impression. So, go there to make a real experiense, then you can have your own thoughts. Thumb up for your actions!
Thank you for making videos about China. I have learned a lot about today's China from China loving RUclipsrs like the Barrets. Although we are so near mainland China in Hong Kong, we don't get the full picture if we don't really visit today's China. You are indeed changing lives.
Can't agree more! Thank you so much for letting others people outside China know how's the life here. There're so much misunderstanding and therefore, so many rediculous comments under some videos on RUclips. Sometimes I want to tell them that some of their ideas are so wrong and are definitely misleaded by the mainstream media in western, but most of the time I just ignore those sounds. But what you guys did here is absolutely meaningful.
As a Chinese native living in North America, I like this channel because of (1) the British accent, (2) the familiar Chinese streets/people. I am also glad to see several cities through their videos that I haven't got a chance to visit yet.
Great Job Oli!! Love you and your dad's channel. There are some truly unique places and people you've encountered in China. And as I write this... I can't believe I actually feel better about the country that I once had only ill-will towards. Continue this work where you help shape new perspectives and create a 'massive' paradigm shift brother!
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It seems too many people who have never been to China think they are an expert on this country, I can't fathom it!?
Feel very fortunate to have learned this lesson at a young age... do you have any similar experiences?
You already put a seed in those 97% viewer
As a Chinese, I hope you can come to Xinjiang to travel very much. See for ourselves if the Communist Party is oppressing and enslaving the Uighur people as the Western media claims. The Uighur people would never imagine that they are living a happy life, but some say they are being imprisoned in concentration camps.
Yep... was told not to go to China for work by family before I left the UK... I was given all the reasons you could think of - and I am a black woman, so that made all the reasons given worse. My experience was far from anything they all expected! I had a very positive experience and absolutely love China.
Our friend in England, a loyal supporter, sent you an email on 8 January at 10:40 UK Time (18:40 Beijing Time).
Thank you poem:
Thank you for all you do for the communities;
You make life better for people around you;
Your continual acts of kindness brighten each day;
What you do for people will glow in their memories.
Before I came to Switzerland, people said it's the best and welfare country in the world, but I found it wasn't ture for me. I more prefer living in China for its vibrant city life and marvious food.
I agree with you. My Father was in one of the first tourist tours of China in the 70s when it started opening up. He then visited again in the 80s and 2000s. He kept saying to me, you have to visit China. However, it was not until I visited China, I realized how brainwashed I was. It was nothing like I was led to believe during my education and also the media portrayed. I love China and and want to go back when we can start travelling again. Travelling is the greatest education in the world. Seeing is believing :) Love your Channel :)
Thats a great comment, Thank you for sharing.
Traveling experience is better than reading thousands books sometimes! I should say you have great experience than most of western people, and thank you for sharing that! Good luck with your family in China. China may not be the best country to live in, but it must be the most successful developing country in the world!
Wow, your dad can write a book. It must be interesting.
wow，your father is really brave and have an open mind when he visited China in 70s! Salute.
@@Ana71st Sadly, he passed away 8 weeks ago, however, Dad did live a wonderful life, and yes, was able to tell us some amazing stories. He was aged 92, close to 93. Now he travels in his next life :)
The more I learn about China, the more I realise there is still so much I don't know. I'm here to learn about China, try to understand this country, and expose myself to different lifestyles and opinions. Living abroad, especially in a country like China, which is so different to what we as Westerners are used to in our home countries, is a massive learning curve and also a great chance for personal development. After ten years here, I feel I've only just scratched the surface. At the same time, being away from home makes you appreciate where you come from more for various reasons, so I think that before I left Australia I didn't consider myself as a patriotic Aussie - but after living here, I now feel I am. Meanwhile, I've also grown to appreciate an entirely different culture and society - which is why I feel so strongly that we should all find a way to coexist peacefully. It is okay, and more than possible, to appreciate two ways of living, two countries, and two cultures at the same time. Different doesn't equal wrong, it is just different, and that is okay.
Yes, I agreed with you. First, there must be a change of government in Australia. This LNP is following Donald Trump taking Australia down the toilet.
Well said! Totally agree with you ☺️
Wish we can build an equal prosperous global village in the 21st century.
We learn partly Australia from you, thank you for sharing
@@zhugeliang3905 in Australia, very concerned, very puzzled
Born and raised in Hong Kong, I used to have no sense of belongings or even felt embarrassed of being Chinese... until 2003, I went to Beijing, learn about the history, the people, the culture and I was confused (because things are not the same as what I heard/thought)... on the last day, my sister and I went to see the flag raising in Tianamen Square... we both cried just watching the flag goes up, that's sense of belongings and I know... I found the root, I found my country... and I can tell you very proudly that I'm Chinese, not Hong Kong Chinese, not HongKonger... but, Only - Chinese !
It’s very touching to hear your story. I ran into a HK born Chinese Canadian on YT, who said his family had run away to Canada before 1997 take over, because they were afraid of CCP. And he was totally western minds full of that democracy and autocracy camp thing, I tried to explain how we feel about being a Chinese nowadays but why would I bother, he has his own value, just by told by people he would feel anything.
I wish someday he can come to China and he said he’s afraid of poisonous food and milk of China, Oh gosh!
You are very intelligent man GOD bless you and your family.
我去，关于朝鲜的言论，你真的很让人尊敬，我觉得一万个西方人都不一定有你这种思考的言论，你很棒
对，所以印度和朝鲜 我也应该去自己去看看，或许能了解他们究竟是什么样子的
可是朝鲜人不能自由出国 这个接受不了
@@jimmymofanfan5839 我赞同，但不能拿我们这个阶段去看朝鲜，我们也有过那个时期，他们现阶段比我们那时候强很多，毕竟后发优势是可以夸阶段发展的，开放的前提是当他们不被制裁，这和台湾政权拥抱西方后，对着大陆喊投奔的人赏500两黄金一样，现在还不是倒过来了。我们现在经历的一切告诉我们面对制定规则的那几个国家，民族自主有多么重要
这个博主看世界很客观，是挺让人尊敬的
西方的制裁，其实是造成朝鲜贫穷的原因，没有发展的权利。没有和全世界做生意的机会，除了大米，煤，几项最基本的。
I am Tujia, one of the ethnic minority groups in China. My Mom is Miao and my dad is Tujia. My grandpa used to live in one of the poorest villages in Guizhou China, and he was the first generations to leave that village for city. I was born in a city in China and now I have been living in England for 5 years so far. Every time when I mentioned I am an ethnic minority Chinese they always asked me '"have you been to the concentration camps" "have your parents been forced to work" or "have you ever been tortured by CCP". I get really tired of answering this kind of questions, and I always tried to change their perception about China, but all ended up with "you have been brainwashed." So now I am trying to avoid any topics related to China. This is so sad.
Thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear your experience. But China always welcome someone like you back. So think about it.
That's what they want you to do
You cannot change perception when all they hear about China is negative things from their media since the day they were born. If you are born in the west, you will think like them too.
But it is also these perception that got China starting to get ahead of the west in many areas. People in the west believed that China is backwards and minorities are being suppressed and they lived with that false sense of superiority and continue to be complacent! Leave it, they will wake up one fine day, but that day will be too late for them to wake up.
Totally feel what you feel.. Most time when people ask me something about China I found they are not really interested in what's the truth about china but only looking for another reason to criticize. Now I was like, whatever, believe whatever you want to believe about China. At least its not going to hurt China but only hurt yourself eventually
多謝你告訴外國人有關中國對少數民族政策的事實，改善外國人被外媒誤導後對我國的負面印象👍
感謝你們能夠發出正能量，讓世界各地能夠認識中國，在香港出生長大的我，同樣希望能夠有日能走遍全國城市，亦都希望其他香港人能夠放低偏見，認識祖國！再一次感謝你們，謝謝🙏🏿
很多香港人对祖国的偏见，都是来自反华媒体宣传的，香港回归二十多年了，居然在教育课本上还有反华的内容，真是岂有此理！中央对香港真是过分宽容了。爱国在任何国家都是最高道德，不管这个国家是什么体制。
欢迎你来大陆，希望有香港同胞也来走遍中国做这样的视频，让香港年轻看看自己的祖国！！！
兄弟，山东欢迎你！我也想早日去香港祭拜我的偶像黄家驹-v-
反复在耳边说坏话20年，就是亲生父母都会恨吧。没啥用了，毕竟抱着新闻自由这个挡箭牌，洗脑就不会停
西方人一贯的自傲与歧视，各大媒体，政客明明知道是他们的报道是在污蔑这个国家，这里的人民，但是他还是要这么做，这是他们意思形态。问题不是在于西方世界的人民有没有认识到这个东方国家是怎么样的。，而是西方世界的人民有没有认识到他们的媒体，政客，甚至是他们自己为什么要秉持着几百年来对东方人的污蔑与歧视。这是殖根于他们血脉里的高傲和歧视，没有几百年的时间，他们还是这样的。
I’m a non-Chinese Canadian and I’ve been to China several times and I can attest that you are 100% right that China is not the ‘bad place’ the western media and western politicians proclaim it is. The fact is that China is a country with hundreds of millions of intelligent people who are educated and industrious. The government of China is the CCP that rules the country with a unique governance system that works incredibly well for the 1.4 Billion Chinese citizens; the country is a mix of communism, socialism, and capitalism; and this mix works very well for China. No other country on planet earth is governed better than China, just look at their progress!!
This is absolutely true!
Even more than true!! China is an example for the rest of the World!
China has 13 billion people. Sorry I was wrong. 1.4 billion!
china invented the very effective system of throwing physicians in jail and lying to the world about it
@@kellylijie 1.4
I was born in HK and grow up in Australia, and I am proud of being Chinese!
ur name not look like Chinese 👀
My families and I live in America, we are proud of being Chinese
@@wuzhengjie723 Hong Kong Ppl have English names like western ppl.
@@inception6657 wow 😯
First generation Chinese American, growing up was hard to embrace that but now I’m proudly to embrace being Chinese. I visited China 2 times, the last time was 2 years ago was supposed to go summer 2020 I am actually sad I can’t go for awhile.
I was born and grown up in Hong Kong. I am always proud of being a Chinese!
我也是香港的中國人
我相信🇨🇳也为每一个热爱它的人而骄傲。正因为每一个中国人的努力才成就了今天伟大的中国。
真的吗？
I am so proud of you.💪
wish more hkers were like you
As an Australian living in China, I still see comments made by people online, who really have absolutely no idea!! My mother worked here for 6 years before me, and although I never visited in that time, I was fairly well informed about life here. But there were still a whole lot of preconceived ideas I had, which it took actually being here to dispell. A great song by John Williamson, an Australian songwriter, has the line "Good news never made a paper sell", which sums things up beautifully. The only time we see China in the media in the west, it is the negative news, and whether the stories are accurate or not, some are, but many are not, it fails to show the great stories that far outweigh the negative!! It is a beautiful place, with beautiful people, and hopefully with channels like yours, and the videos I plan to start making soon, the outside perspective on China can become a fairer representation of what the country actually is!! Great work, only just found your channel, but I'm impressed with your work!! Keep it up!! 😄😄
I changed it to "Good Chinese news never made a paper sell"
Thanks Scott, Appreciate your support.
"Good news never made a paper sell" can be translated into a Chinese proverb : 好事不出門，壞事傳千里。
In last 24 months how many positive articles in China did you see about Australia?
@@happyhappynuts did you expect a positive news after your Australia news outlets is working hard to bashed China 24/7?
As a Malaysia born chinese my grandparents are from China. When i was young through western education graduate from university of winnipeg at a younger age i was really ashame to be a chinese from all the negative things i read from western media. After me n family visited China few years back, i really understand how u feel. My siblings n parents love China so much they visited almost all major cities of china over the years, it became our family 1st choice of vacation. This is a great country believe me cos my family n me basically visited most part of this world - USA, Canada, Europe ,Australia and most of Asian countries. Our only blank is south America just being to Mexico.
Watch ur channel for a while, doing a great job not for promoting China but tell people the truth about this country.
欢迎经常回来母国，国籍和语言是切不断与生俱来的血脉的，如果你是一个中华血统的人，你肯定受到中华文化的影响。
Welcome home brother.don't forget we are descendants of the dragon and the only oldest civilization in the world that has not been interrupted for five thousand years
we're also always asked to balik tong shan here :P
as chinese I have never felt ashamed of my country, in Malayisa the richest people most hard working people are Chinese, same in Thailand, Indonesia, Philipines, they should be shamed of this.
I only pity those who feel ashamed of their origins
I am also from Malaysia my dad is Chinese my mom is Portuguese Chinese I feel so proud of chinese history since my dad told me stories so I have been fascinated with China ever since been to many cities just love it such a rich culture there the people are great as well thx for sharing
我是中國人，並引以為榮！我過去二十八年曾在中國較落後城鎮工作，並未發現任何勞工受到政治迫害，又或是壓榨！他們生活水平逐年提昇，比我們這些來自香港城市的人還好，我祗感到香港已經在退步了！
不是香港退步是大陆进步太快了😂😂
一起加油，内陆，香港大家共同进步
香港肯定是更发达的 但是大陆有一点好处，我们如果没有能力留在一线觉得生活节奏太快压力太大可以回到小城市 因为繁华的都市带来压力比快乐大我们还有第二选项，并不是每个人都要追求最好的 但是在香港只能被迫接受这种快节奏生活不然很容易被淘汰
Keep on speaking your mind, keep on informing westerners the truth about China, You guys are doing a great job.
我是長居國外的中國人，羨慕在中國的生活，祝你生活愉快。
此視頻非常中肯👍的如實報道了中國內地現實狀況！為這位外國小伙子點👍贊！為他的正能量量點贊💪！
respect china
I am a Malaysia Chinese.
Just ask anyone from south east asia (10 countries). We love and enjoy travel in China.
@Ben Louis that is the extremist muslims in the country
@Ben Louis You heard it wrong perhaps. Of course there surely are some 汉奸 and 走狗 no?
China welcome you , wish you have a nice life
马来华人也是中国人的骄傲，困难时华侨帮助中国建设，遇到不公也会为中国正名。常回家看看~
所有华人里最喜欢马来西亚华人
yup, I'm HK chinese lived in the UK for a long time grew up holding the same prejudice against my own country. So I really thank people like you and your Dad, Matt, Cyrus, Gwailo60 for showing what is like on the ground and debunking the propaganda the west that has been pushing for decades. Thank you for the positivity and wish you and your dad the best
how is yr life in uk now?are u ok ?
@@da7da407 moved back to work in HK a while ago and I am glad I made that move
If there is a chance, I sincerely hope that you can come to see cities in China. Not only Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou or your hometown Hong Kong. As a Chinese in Tokyo, I still feel proud that I am a Chinese. I hope everyone can eliminate the prejudice in their hearts and come to China at the right time! I believe you will fall in love here.
@@booleanshao5335 totally!
Another overseas Chinese person here, similar experience. I feel so happy for you, be proud for who you are!
As an old Chinese saying , "It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books."
上千年历史的中国和中国人民，这对于只有几百年近现代文明史的西方来说，根本无法理解的，更不用说中国的古人那么多的哲理
Nobody can do any of that thanks to the chinese virus. Thanks for that
@@middleburywang1370 偏见啊，朋友。西方的哲学是非常发达的。如果拿中国的思想家和西方的思想家作比较，你会发现，西方的思想家分类较细致，论述过程注重思辨和逻辑，入手由浅入深，随着时间不断丰富，发展，适合普通人学习，继承，发展。而我们的思想家，则偏重微言大义，高屋建瓴，直接给出高度概括性和总结性的结论，没有过程，入手门槛非常高，要靠人自己的悟性。随着时间和阅历不断渐悟或顿悟，最后发现无论什么先贤都给出了指引的方向。
只能说各有优劣，各有所长，各自适合各自的文化土壤。而当今世界，更需要相互交流碰撞。
西方世界可不是什么几百年近代文明。别看人家的地方，国家多，历史上国家不断生灭，正因如此，人家才生生不息，求新求变，科学昌隆。人家文明可是一直没断过，直接来源与古希腊，古罗马文明。而古希腊，古罗马文明，又源自古两河流域文明。
论古文明，中国是最年轻的，论现代文明，中国是最晚进入的，还是被别人用大炮逼着进入的。
莫非，还不知道虚心学习吗？
@@lirs3129 大道至简
读万卷书不如行万里路
感謝你的分享！我三代香港出世，年青時在香港長大，十八歲後曾在英國生活三年、美國生活十年，疫情前更在珠海一所大學任教。子女美國出世，香港長大，他們年幼時總帶他們時常到深圳、廣州跑跑。其中一個幾個月前更上了北京國家語委的普通話班，方便將來在大灣區發展。他們雖然在外國讀書生活，但不為外國傳媒、政客負面訊息的影響。我十幾年前去過西安，希望有一天可以一家在長城上拍照、跑跑，做個中國人。
感激你沒被外國政治傳媒洗腦，現在香港很多年青人都被外媒洗腦了，他們憎恨中國，他們憎恨中國人，他們只認自己是香港人不是中國人…多謝你。
Thank you for what you do. I’m Chinese American and I grew up feeling ashamed of being Chinese because of all the racism I experienced. When I went to college, I experienced racism from other Asians against Chinese and that was really disappointing because it was the first time I ever experienced that. RUclipsrs like Serpentza and others fed into my insecurities and the comment sections on youtube would make me feel so bad because people really expressed so much hate for Chinese people. It really messed up my mental health and I felt really insecure and depressed about that. Then I discovered channels like yours and it helped me so much over come that. I realize that the western media has demonized China and videos like your give me courage to hope. If only people would stop judging and being so ignorant...use their brains to think a little harder than to just believe everything they hear on the news. Please don’t stop what you are doing, it’s so important we have some positive videos on China amid the massive amounts of negative videos. I just want to people to know that Chinese people are also human beings deserving of dignity and respect.
western politicians is fooling their peoples
Many hugs to you. We should be proud of being Chinese. Hope you have a happy life forever. All Chinese worldwide stay united.
You can also check out Nathan Rick Aka 火锅大王, he will also help you.
Come back to China for some time. You will be proud of your heritage🇨🇳
Glad that you have overcome your problems of being an oversea Chinese, wish you all the best and happy forever! 衷心祝福你快樂安康！
Spot on brother! For me that’s one of the main reasons I want to travel the world. My opinions about China were so wrong and probably are about other places I’ve never been to before.
Bravo. Such a humble attitude which is so un-American. Agree with you.
Jordan is from the UK.
@@BarrettYT thank god because that would be embaressing if either of you were from the US.
look up the channel 'china in focus' and you’ll see how it is there. this channel was paid for the trip to china, so obviously they had the best treatment possible.
Remember China is a massive country, it's hard to judge a country without being able to speak the language and not travelling the entire country to get a broad view.
I’m a Chinese international student in UK, and my girlfriend is a British. She totally agree with ur options somethings about China since I showed ur videos to her! I’m so proud of being a Chinese, especially when u were introducing what is real China on ur video! Thank u so much!!
I am a Chinese in my whole life. I’ve been to America for many times (6 times 2019). For many of western people I met, I wanted to say to them: we don’t expect you to like China, just please don’t lie about China. or maybe don’t help spread lies when you don’t know China. Being a Chinese, I was too conservative to say. Chinese people tend to avoid face to face conflicts, you know that.
@the Oracle of Delphi Of course we don't like talking about that, cuz thats not true. The media only let u know what they want you to know. The best way to know the truth is to go to China and see it yourself
@the Oracle of Delphi then you shouldn't make assumptions about a place if you have never been there. Fact check before you speak, and don't let personal experiences make you prejudiced against an entire group. The Chinese are actually very friendly although there are few exceptions, just like how there are westerners talking so negatively about China but the non-Chinese around me are actually very nice
@the Oracle of Delphi What I actually meant was that don't assume how a group of people is like just because of your experience with some of them. I do agree personal experience is good, that's why I told you the best way to know about Xinjiang is to go there
@the Oracle of Delphi gweilo
@the Oracle of Delphi differences of views? What can one say? Go visit the place, bad experiences is your personnel thing? Aye!
The fact that you can walk around while doing vlog is already a testimony of the freedom.
你想表達的就是 The Butterfly Effect. 你正在做一件看似小小的文化交流影片，但是影響的是你所未知的世界。為你加油，因為未來的世界和平正需要靠你們這代人付出努力。
我是马来西亚人，从小就知道中国的国家如何从贫穷国家发展到今天的比较富裕繁荣昌盛的情况，因我母亲和外祖母常有讲述,我外祖母也曾不顾家里贫困，也要自助过中国惠州家乡的亲人们。所以，对中国有很深的好印象。谢谢你的分享。倍感亲切和开心你不会对中国有偏见或对华裔没有偏见。我也没来过中国，但我喜欢中国这个我外祖父母和祖父母的国家家乡。盼望有一天能像你一样去中国看看。
Barrett, I’m a Chinese Singaporean. Watching your videos has changed dramatically my thought about China. Now I’m extremely positive about China. Thank you👍👍👍
You are kidding me? You are a Chinese Singaporean, and then you don't know anything about China? I remember that lee kuan yew always talked about China in front of you guys and so many Singaporean had invested china after opening up of China. So i believe that most of you knew about China, from your neighbors johor bahru.
@@aaronlee8251 Chill out... :) we don’t mean no harm, the reality is there is still quite a cultural gap between Chinese-Singaporeans and Chinese-Malaysians, mainly due to the fact that we Chinese-Singaporeans are better in English but most of us are pretty terrible in Chinese, so we mainly take in English content (which has a western mindset), while it is the direct opposite for you guys, your Chinese is so good that back in my secondary school days (十多年前), the Malaysians ALWAYS get No. 1 in Chinese, not the Mainland Chinese students, you guys read and write in traditional Chinese, so you guys mainly take in Chinese content on the internet (which has a eastern/chinese mindset)
@@aaronlee8251 Reason he do not know enough about China is simply because he mostly read or see whatever news there is in RUclips.... from American media, reporters. Their job is to critisize and condemn China, that's why his knowledge of China was not much, wondering why Singapore LKY was so close to China.
Welcome to China, i am sure you will have a wonderful trip
@@aaronlee8251 It is normal that people in south east asia especially, know nothing about China. Because United SHITS of america's propaganda has penetrated deep into those countries. They have so many propaganda machines. From selling their bible to selling their hollywood movies.
I first visited China in 2003 and it was nothing like I thought it would be. No Mao uniforms no dour miserable people but a vibrant country building and developing at an amazing rate. People who were genuinely happy and friendly, who went out of their way to help me. I can't wait to go back again.
@般若生 中国改变的是真的快
When I was in San Diego, I have a white friend who love to go to the beach. I told him that in my country, Indonesia, there are several good beaches that he should go. He told me, US is the greatest country on earth, and have the best of everything. Why would I need to go outside US just to find worse beach than what we have here.
From that moment I realize it is useless to give them a rose if we need to break their nose.
American are overly proud about themselves.
I rest my case.
"I realize it is useless to give them a rose if we need to break their nose" im stealing this thanks
@@Killerbee4712 Its been shared mate.. None was stolen..
“it is useless to give them a rose if we need to break their nose. ” learned, thank you
give them a rose if we need to break their nose.
woww, learned, great phrase
Best way to describe him is this Idiom in Chinese: 井底之蛙 Jǐng Dǐ Zhī Wā Frog in the well. Many American thought that they are the best and the world should emulate their way.
I love living here in Shenzhen, China. You are right, we are always learning and I hope people will learn great things about China from your videos.
As a Chinese living in Canada, I have faced some discrimination over the years. I long ago accepted my heritage, my nationality, and my history. I went to school in China while in primary school, therefore when my friends talk about Xinjiang I know it isn't true. China is actually a very advanced country in a primitive development stage. Many young people's minds are disinformed about China from the Western media.
Yup most of my classmates believe the media as well. They don't even try to consider if it is fake or not. Whenever I tell them it is not true nobody believes me.
@@icewingdragon3297 The American's manipulations tactics are beyond what we think they are. With the Western media forming an alliance. They back all of the Chinese affiliated medias in the corner. People these days rarely do any thorough research anymore. They only follow the national news or a popular news source. This causes an anti-China news popularity among the masses. Currently, the master mind behind this is unknown, but this strategy deserves to be called a smart move.
有两种外国人会说中国好话。一种是“我们中国好棒棒”然后到处投稿赚钱，另一种是RUclips上这些观看很少（相对国内来说）但坚持分享自己看法的。
由衷感谢你们分享真实的中国。
因为中国人自己的视频极其容易被封号。
很好看出来，一般做节目讲英文的，基本是真的对中国有好感的，其他的很大可能就是赚钱的
哈哈哈哈哈，"中国好棒棒"，我怀疑你在说某夫
Thank you Barrett for what you are doing. I used to live in Hong Kong and the very sad thing is so many HK people being connected to their mother land, they don’t bother to visit and see what is really happening in China, instead they listen and believe the misleading information about China painted by the western world and they hate their own country and refuse to admit they are Chinese..that is a tragedy!!! Wish more foreigner like yourself in China can speak up... thank you again!
I also had thought China is all bad and dangerous for years and years because I grew up feeling so. I did randomly stumbled across your channel when I started questioning the narratives from the western media as I never hear anything good about China which of course can't be true. Your channel is a great find as it showed me loads of modern China as well as the network of great RUclipsrs who want to show the real China. I now realised my impression of China was so unbelievably wrong and want my peers to know too. Thank you for your great work Ollie and Lee!!
Same here. I remember being so scared getting a Chinese visa and entering the border for the first time. Then after travelling into China, travelling, doing business and making friends... And speaking to real people, Uyghurs, everyday people... You realise the narratives in the mainstream media are complete BS
@@Sonyhamster BS means …bull shit?...emmm
you don't know much if you only believe these dweebs!!!
Thank you for speaking out the truth.
@@xiaopingrachelyang4215 if only you knew what truth is!
Many Chinese from China do comment or criticize the Chinese government, but usually, they won’t just simply do it in front of you unless you are close with them, or unless they found that you are someone able to talk to. Because most of them understand that the political views of each person even in the same country also could be very different. And sometimes, you will find it very surprising that the Chinese even know more than you, they even know the background or the history of the president of other countries (even just some small countries) if they interested to know about. And also sometimes you will find it very surprising that, their understanding of politics and history of the world and China itself even stronger than any foreigners (I am a Malaysian Chinese, not Chinese from China). Yes, there are some amount of Chinese not agree with CCP, and it’s a normal phenomenon, but many of them still understand that communism is a current system that is more suitable for China. (If you understand the flow of Chinese history, it‘s always apart, then combine, apart combine, apart combine, and the current situation is combining for their country. Dynasty Qing is combine then after that civil war between Guomindang and CCP is apart, then now is combine, and Chinese alway suffered during the period of apart). Chinese actually are very clever, yes the management part of CCP is without freedom of speech, but they manipulate a capitalism like of economic system in certain region of China, or slowly the whole China, otherwise, CCP won’t be survived until today. Try to track the Chinese history, the civil war alway more extreme than many western countries nowadays from the history.
Each civil war, involved many millions chinese died. So this is the political views of Chinese. They don’t judge or comments if they don’t know. Something I admire that, sometimes I criticised my government in front of my Chinese friends, usually they don’t comment but just listen, they don’t comment if they do not know it. But for sure, certain amount of CCP irrational fans will attacked some countries like US, Japan, Australia or others which ever brought troubles to them. But usually the comments not as harsh as westerners. Unless you really make them very harsh.
And one thing that I realised recently (I am studying in Shanghai now), they did collect opinions or suggestion (via certain form or survey) from the students regards the school, the system, lecturers and etc. My Chinese friend worked in a government water department, they did collect the survey or opinions from their customers, if the survey show that there are many negative Feedbacks, then they will change or reform the policy based on the majority opinions. So I think this is the way they collect opinion and do reform, I think this is also another kind of freedom for them.
@sarah LL Maybe you are not close with them yet, or maybe they found that you don't have the same languages like them. If you can understand Mandarin, Cantonese, or even Hokkien, you will know their opinion. And currently, the comments from Hong Kee and Taiwanese (of course not all) are very harsh towards CCP, I believe this is because how the media brainwash them China CCP is a devil. I was surprised that some of them even only have the impression of the 80s period of China. Not everyone willing to travel to other places even their "own country".
The time they will tell you what they think is after you have a long talk with them during eating and drinking, this is how Chinese deal and interact if you want to know what's their drinking. If a Chinese willing to have a meal or drink with you that's mean they started to include you in their circle...
The main reason China is so successful & combined today is due solely to her excellent leadership under the Communist Party. I lived in Taipei for almost a year (in those days) under KMT, it's a mess, a shithole. China, without CPC, would never have made so much progress today, especially lifting almost a billion people out of poverty, that is totally impressive, unprecedented because this has NEVER happened in any country in the world including democratic countries where people get to vote & look at them. Oh, look at the homeless in the USA. How can your leaders look away and do nothing? Any elected government anywhere in the world, who did nothing abt growing hunger & homelessness is totally heartless.
Good speech Oli. As a Chinese living in the UK, how I see it is that the stronger China is the more proud I am being a minority here. I rather have this than not. I believe any ethnic group in the Uk would feel the same about their motherland and hope it can rise soon.
I am from China Hong Kong and many thank that you express the positive messages of China😊😊
@@kursdmappingandco.4409 i just saw a Republican Rep during the 2nd trump impeachment say 'they' hate riots (only if it's in the USA apparently) but weren't they the staunch supporters of the rioters in Hong Kong not too long ago? the hypocrisy --_____--"
I am from Hong Kong and let me remind you in the last genuine election (probably the last one in a very long time) the majority of us voted for pro-democracy and the pro-Chinese camps lost. Now what did you say?
@@ramenben 美国很喜欢看其他国家着火，还要添油，到自己头上就着急。这是它的常态。
你的视频在国外遭到怀疑，但我知道：你的视频反映了你真正的所见所闻。你和你老爸是真诚的人！
respect china from uk:) dont hate uk citizen :)
My whole life I imagined Chins as a bit of a back water... Then I visited Chongqing. I was honestly a bit dumbstruck at how amazing and huge it was compared to London. Most China haters have an image of China that is 20+ years out of date
I am glad to see that there are people like YOU who go out and see with your own eyes and experience your own experience before you judge anything. And your voice matters because your video can help those who can’t go out see the worlds themselves. All the best to your channel.
I am a Hong Konger. Thankyou for showing me around my motherland 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
My daughter is half German half Chinese. I teach her Chinese, I spend time with her in China, I tell her our tradition, I bought her Qipao. She should be proud to be both in the future.
you should bought her hanfu as well. They are so pretty and that is the traditional clothing of Han people.
Chinese traditional attire is actually Hanfu instead of Qipao. Qipao belongs to the Manchurian people which is the minority in northern China and cannot represent the majority Han Chinese.
@@manachurch but wearing Qipao is very beautiful!
@@manonxiong5113 it's skinny fit that you could show your body shape which makes you look sexy, but it is just not the original Chinese custome like Hanfu.
@@manonxiong5113 But qipao is only a period-based clothing, it does NOT represent chinese even if you are manchurian.
Barrett you are correct. China is truly amazing country to visit. I myself is 3rd generation Chinese born in South East Asia in an English based environment, can't speak Mandarin, yet upon visiting China (2015, 2016, 2017) I was amazed by their culture, landscape varieties, had many lovely meals there and would very much like to visit China again. China is one of the few countries in the world with continuous history/cultures going back up to 5000++ years ago. So rich.
Though I grew up in the States, I'm lucky that my family has been adamant about teaching me Chinese and Chinese culture. If it weren't for such a strong support system, I don't think I'd be as proud of my heritage as I am.
Normally I don't make comments on youtube, but been a Chinese American ,father of three living in New York for over 35 years. I do appreciate your video telling the truth about how people living in China and your experiences with no color blind sighted by most of the western wold. Thank you for your hard effort for making this video.
I was born in Vietnam, lived in Indonesia, and now live in the USA (by far the worst country I've experienced). My dad is 100% Chinese (but has never been to China) and my mom is French/German but they're both American citizens. For the past 10 years I've lived in America and I've always felt like I can't accept the Asian side of me (especially being Chinese) because of all the misconceptions. Even my dad has a lot of misconceptions about China, and he's full Chinese. Now I realize that America is actually in the wrong and China isn't as bad as they say.
Also, I hate when Americans bring up that Chinese individuals aren't allowed freedom of speech. AMERICA DOESNT ALLOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH. If you end up saying anything that doesn't align with the majority, your life is pretty much over.
I'm actually looking to move to China after university, maybe even during university. Hopefully I never have to deal with ignorant Americans after that, but I know it'll still happen.
@the Oracle of Delphi I plan on it :)
@the Oracle of Delphi better than chemical cheese spray and diabetes by the time you're 25.
@the Oracle of Delphi I...You know that Asians can be Americans, right? The reason that I havent moved yet is because I'm still financially dependent on my parents, if thats what you are asking.
@@nateto Boy, just ignore that freak. I'm not sure if you speak Chinese. But anytime welcome back home 欢迎回到祖国.
@@德语口语君 谢谢! 我是中文学生，所以我不好， 可是我是学。(?)
So glad to hear the story about the Chinese Canadian girl's story. You guys are doing an amazing job.
我们也可以公开批评政府，这种批评一般是针对真实发生的具体的事情，要有理有据。对于那些宽泛的、以个别现象随意脑补夸大的批评，不仅政府不喜欢，我们群众也不喜欢（同时这种批评其实并没有任何意义）。
涉及敏感的问题估计网上直接屏蔽了吧。
大部分帖子检测到习近平三个字就直接给你删了，批评毛线😒
@@superpowerisbeingblind5385 你有什么具体的事情需要针对主席进行批评？
@@妮妮毛毛和布布 开倒车？
@@superpowerisbeingblind5385 你啥子事你就说啥子事，市长信箱，国务院信箱你都可以写信给他们
標題很實在!!!!!
造謠只靠一張嘴.譬搖走斷腿!!很多人都沒有勇氣也不願意面對真相.親自親眼去看親身體會!!
造谣一张嘴，辟谣跑断腿。。这些所谓的民主政府和媒体太坏了，就像一个人在你背后恶意中伤造谣污蔑你一样，现实生活中遇到这样的人恨不得抽他的筋剥他的皮。
他们害怕红色共产主义而已，资本主义国家嘛
@@王楷-i1x 但中国真的没有向外输出自己的意识形态，反而是西方不断想将自己的民主体制强加给中国。
I'm Chinese living in China, just wanna thank you for making these video and telling the truth to western people, that's something we can't do by ourselves.
我是中国现在生活工作在深圳，说实话我希望西方媒体能继续造摇，去欺骗他们的民众。；一鸣惊人：，永远都是那么让人期待！
谢谢你这么喜欢中国，我现在也觉得自己是中国人感到自豪
被洋人真的太自豪了
I had to use Google translate to know what you said, but I agree. Chinese people have every reason to be proud of their culture and country, but we in the West fear your communist regime because of expansionist policies.
@@lu-uf8zj Hello, I am a Chinese graduate student. What I find interesting is that most Chinese people think that the government is too conservative in international affairs. So I am very interested. Why do Western friends think we are expansionist? I don't know much about politics, but I hope that friends from various countries who hold various views can seek common ground while reserving differences. It is better to investigate in person instead of listening to certain media. To be honest, I also have reservations about the Chinese media's foreign reports, but I have not had the opportunity to go abroad to learn about it, so I will definitely go out and have a look when I have a chance. Finally, I hope world peace
@@网络连接无响应 The News we see here has shown some very disturbing reports from China. For instance we are disappointed that CCP did not honour the agreements on Hong Kong. Certain speeches about the country we call Taiwan did not sound like their right to sovereignty will be respected. Xinjang to you, just means "new territory"... but it's the home of people with their own culture....
Here in the West we believe in supporting a rich diversity, but it seems CCP today wants to eliminate all that in China.
That would be a tragic loss for the world and especially for those people whose cultural heritage is destroyed for no benefit to anyone.
@@lu-uf8zj I don't know where you are from, but I sincerely recommend you to watch the press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The problems you mentioned are left over from history in China. If you want to clarify these, you need to know more about China's history. I can't arbitrarily deny your opinion, I can only say that things are far less simple than you think. If the conclusion or point of view of the relevant report you see is very clear, then it must be one-sided, because these issues are too complicated.
hi OLI. having from a very early age (now 60) i wanted to go to China, when asked by my parents where to go on holiday i said China but they could never afford it. Now i have been a few times and married to a beautiful Chinese lady. With 2 lovely step daughters and a Chinese family mainly living in Guangdong i would never say i am an expert on China but know more than most in England and i find most English peoples ideas of China quite comical. by the way i have always been told i look a bit Chinese mainly because of the shape of my eyes and a Chinese girl from the dreaded fulan gong thought i was Chinese
I am a Chinese, and now I work abroad. Thank you for sharing the real China. China is not what the western media say it is. I wish you and your father a happy life in China!
Iam really proud of my ancestor country China..jia you Oli (Barrett)..support from Indonesian chinese
That's why I basically never take anyone's word for pretty much anything!! One of my most important principles is to always find out the truth for yourself! This applies to just about anything! Example, movie reviews, food reviews, etc, etc. My attitude is, I'LL decide for myself whether they're any good or not!!
Yep, I agree 100% with what you say, do the research yourself.
I'm a Chinede born in Singapore, and I've been travelling to China since 1994 for about 100 trips and visited more than 40 places. And I also traveled to lots of countries in the world. To be honest, in my opinion, there is no countries that can amaze me in term of freedom in living standard, safety and prospect in business advancement. Scientically China is using science to improve their citizen and protecting its own country against foreign treat which is absolutely right... I envy you and your dad have the opportunity to travel and live in China and filming the real situation there. Singapore is westernise but also is very control in the political front, today just announce all citizen messages via WhatsApp and phone calls will be monitored. No polical or religious or false information will be allowed. I totally agree with these control because not all people can have the right mindset about these issues...
Totally agreed. I born in China and I am staying in Singapore now.. From the western country point of view, Singapore is not democratic country. However I love it. Who care what the western country say? And why should we care?
Preferably no religious msg but need to have other political views and opinion. As for false information, how do you know it is false, because pap said so. I think you guys need to be more discerning and think out of the box.
I am a Chinese living in Hong Kong. I feel lucky that I just received Covid vaccine in Hong Kong. I told my friends in UK that we are allowed to choose the vaccine brands in Hong Kong and we have two choices Sinovac and BioNTech. My UK friend said we don’t even have a choice! I received Sinovac made in China finally and my Philippine maid made the same choice as me. I love my city and I love China too ❤️. Thanks for sharing the great video to everyone!
It is so important that telling a Chinese story from a foreigner.
Please continue to do what you think is right, and showing the truth to the world.
Always support you from Hong Kong
我對任何國家沒有偏見.我只是看到西方用那一套.是有些傲慢心態.不會用心去欣賞別人做得好.而是會用踩底別人方式.
I'm British born Chinese, you guys helped me to explore the modern China. Thank you so much.
I am Chinese born in Indonesia, but I always proud of my Chinese ethnicity & culture 👍 Thank you for telling the Truth about China to international audiences
@Mr Anderson ID name should be on bahasa, but they have chinese name called in family area.
I’m a Chinese living in Australia, I’m from Hebei (next to Beijing) but I grow up in XinJiang, sometimes it’s hard to explain to other people that they (Uighur) are actually having a good life in XinJiang and there is also much love between the average Chinese and Uighur Chinese. some people are just so ignorant and believe in the nonsense that is totally made up by the stupid medias. I really wish if you can take a visit there and make videos! Thank you Barrett.
You don't live in Australia ! If you did, you wouldn't be so grossly ignorant. Given your likely association with the CCP, (you now need to declare it on the visitor VISA application), nor will you ever be allowed to visit. This includes, Canada, USA, UK and NZ. Something to think about.
@@matthewmorgan7106 im here in central sydney and btw you can just say the five eyes. The one that is grossly ignorant are you, get some fresh and get some human society dude.
@@bilibili4540 Ok, who is the Prime Minister of NSW?
@@matthewmorgan7106 man, you know how it feels when having people that believe communism/communist is evil and hate it so much for no reason when they dont even know what it is? Jesus chirst dude, you really think you're supporting justice while you're actually supporting nonsense? if there are people selling brains i'd recon you buy one.
@@bilibili4540 That pretty much answers my question. You're a fake. Your name is fake and you're comments are vacuous. You don't live in Sydney and you're probably being paid to make make comments... although you might be a genuine Nationalist, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I picked your comment almost at random because it was the dumbest and most dishonest one I could find, so don't feel special. Chinese people who live outside China DO NOT support Barrett. They see him as a traitor and conspirator with the CCP.
我住在英国16年了，我爱这个国家，但是西方媒体关于中国的报道都是负面的，这点让我觉得很不公平，中国并不是他们报道的那样，民主也没有想象的那样完美，每个人每个国家都有自己的生活方式，谢谢你传播正能量💪💪💪
The years I spent in China were the most beautiful period of my life. I miss China all the time.
where r u from?
@@hyphoneto Born in Poland , live in States.
I am Chinese living in Germany. i strongly agree to what you said: never ever set a preconception on something before you really understand it. Be full of respect on someone until you find a good reason against it. Unfortunately, way too many people in my daily life behave in the contrary way...
I doubt if you live in Germany.
Here is a part of an interview with Cia Xia, who was expelled from the Communist party and now lives outside China.. (unlike you)
She says later in the interview that this is how around 70% of the CCP cadres feel. Don't be caught on the wrong side of history, or it will completely fuck your prospects for the future.
Q. You said that after changing the constitution to abolish term limits, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would die a death without a burial. What do you mean by that?
Cia Xia: China is bound to go through political transformation, toward democracy, political freedom, rule of law and constitutionalism. This is the inevitable trend of modern human political civilisation. China will enter this stage sooner or later.
Because the CCP has been in power since 1949, they have made many mistakes and even crimes. Between 1959 to 1961, nearly 40 million people starved to death. The anti-rightist movement of 1957 and cultural Revolution hurt almost all Chinese elites and intellectuals. Also the Tiananmen protests in 1989 when the CCP, under the direct order of Deng, used its army to shoot the people. No matter what, this is unacceptable to Chinese people. It is the People's Liberation Army, right? It is the people's country.
Yet we see corruption within the party and the growing gap between the rich and the poor. In the future, when China transitions to a democracy, all of these will be seen as a the major mistakes or the sins of the CCP.
@@matthewmorgan7106Das ist genau die Weise, durch die die deutschen Medien die Deutschen so denken lassen. Ich wohne auch in Deutschland, und ich habe viele Nachrichten über China gelesen. Beispielweise ist die Zahl von der kontrolierten Uigurische 3~5 Millionen, die von der Medien berichtet wird. Wisst du wie berechen die Medien? Sie haben 8 Leute befragt, 2 davon sagt ja. Dann sie mutipuliert 25% mit die ganze Bevolkerungszahl in Xinjiang. Gleichzeitig werden die Terrorangriffs bevor nur winig oder gar nicht berichtet. Und es ist normal für die Medien , dass sie nur teilweise Wahrheit ausgeben. Es führt dazu, dass die Deutsche nicht ganze Informationen bekommen können und zu eine gewünschte Wahrheit geführt wird.Jeder Land hat shlimme Zeit, oder liegen Belsen oder Buchenwald nicht in Bundesland jetzt？
Auch wenn du die Nachrichten über China in Deutsche Welle geschaut hast, kannst du genau wissen , was in den Video genau gesagt hat.
@@matthewmorgan7106 Was wichtig ist, wegen der unverantwortlichen und unrealen Nachrichten über China, haben jetzt die teilweise Deutschen starke Feindschaft zur die normalen Chinesen，wer nur arbeiten oder studieren in Deutschland. Das ist ganz Sheisse. Willst du natürlich nicht von anderem beleidigt werden und immer bereit mit anderem zu streiten sein oder?
@@matthewmorgan7106 Noch eine Ergänzung, du hast der Name falsh getippt, es soll Cai Xia sein. Nicht die Verkurzung von Central Intelligence Agency.
@@matthewmorgan7106 Ich studiere jetzt in Deutschland.Und eine beste Freundin von mich hat ein deutschen Freund. Sie streiten sich immer über China. Und viele Kommilitonen hat mir auch manchmal komische Fragen über China gefragt.
I’m a Chinese, studied for 7 years in Russia, and now living in Canada. I have suffered a lot in Russian for being a Chinese because of the social media , Thanks for your videos, appreciate, subscribed.
I've been to China four or five times. I've had both good and bad experiences there, but I can't wait to go back. I just hope that the US-Sino trade war doesn't make it harder for me to go. My visa is still valid for two years, but who knows after that...
I agree with you totally that one just has to go and see with their own eyes. I had prejudice before I had interactions with mainland China. China is changing in the speed that you can’t imagine! I love the place and people in China 🇨🇳
China is indeed changing at a rapid pace.
I am proud of being as Chinese . I born in and grown up at Hong Kong .I had been worked in China cities for above twenty years.
I have had the true pleasure to visit China. Thanks for all you and your dad do to shine some truth into the western world.:)
Thank you for introducing China! I have been in Canada for 5 years. I really like the introduction of you and your father. It also allows more Westerners to understand the real China. Although China has many imperfect places, I have worked in government agencies for more than 20 years. The current Chinese government is much better than before. I hope that one of my children can return to work in China in the future. Thank you very much!
Totally agree. And quite cool that you didn't mention a certain newspaper article directly.
Oh, we have a video on the way about that one.
This video was made in Deccember 2020 as per the introduction. So the newspaper smeared didn't happen yet.
@@BarrettYT Looking forward to that!
真的很感谢你们，世界总还是会有智者来发现事实，而不是随波逐流，我为我是中国人而骄傲💖你
No matter what outsiders say, we will still support & love you all
Your mind is really very positive that you could even affect someone who is a Chinese herself by only seeing your video and that her mind changed from negative to positive upon her own country. You had done a very good job. Your subscribers are reaching 200k. Wish you every success!
中國現在不停進步了，空氣都慢慢轉好了，
因為幾十年前中國很多民居是燒煤取暖，
現在已經用電取暖，感謝大哥來中國說真相。。
在中国电力可不是清洁能源·····，不过空气变好是真的。希望更加好。
煤不是主凶啦。以前主要抓经济不注重环境污染，后来发现问题严重才严治才有现在的好空气啦
@曹彬 美国把自己干过的事情投射到中国身上了。以小人之心度君子之腹。
I'm chinese and I grew up in china for 7 years and came to UK for 10 years, before when the Western Media spoke bad of China, my attitude was mutual but during the pandemic my attitude has changed towards China. (Video like yours and my own experiences going to China in a long time). China is my country and I won't let people speak bad of it, like everyone that protects their countries. Im proud of being Chinese and proud of China. Thank you for your videos, good people will have good karma, thank you 👍
Great video, you have brought a very important point that rather than trusting information from mass media, you have to proof it by your own eyes and ears.
Absolutely
@@BarrettYT there is a man named 大山，he lives in China over 20years,and very famous,every chinese know him,you might need have a talk with him
I am always proud of being a Chinese. From my life in Europe for more than 10 years, even more clearer picture drawing in my mind.
有容乃大， Chinese core value is to respect, based on which we welcome all the different cultures to join and to flourish altogether, peaceful and happy life together
Thank you for all you have done for making people around the world to understand better China. Amazing videos!!
欧洲人自大盲目，中国传统中兼并包容的思想是很好的。
這段視頻應該需要有各國語言的字幕 給全世界的人都可以看到你的發言
settings - subtitles - auto translate, 可以自动翻译30多多种语言。
@@stevel5806 啥？
I now live in US. In researching for Ugur cotton I stumbled on your channel, it's funny, down to earth, your commentaries (and with your dad) made me laugh, and brought me to many places and things I never heard of too. I thought I have been to Chongqing, and I grew up in Shanghai, but your video showed me new things and places fascinated me. It's really heart warming to see people with conscience and courage to explore the different aspects of the world, and see the world from the different angles rid of politics but with a great touch of humanity. Good job! Looking forward to more, and your journeys to Xin Jiang one day!
This is my first time leaving a comment in your channel cuz I am so impressed~ I am from Hong Kong and I got similar experiences and thoughts as you, many people from HK (especially younger ones like me) do not want to recognise themselves as Chinese and their perceptions to China are affected by the western media continuously. I used to have bad perceptions towards China in the past, but after watching lots of videos about China’s development, my thoughts changed, I know that we should not judge people only by its appearance and now I am looking forward to visit mainland. Thank you for bringing us to different places in China (that I want to visit for long) during the COVID hard times, I hope your videos can change more people’s values and perceptions towards China!
Another great video. Keep them coming! Wish more people in the West can have the opportunity like you to learn about China open-mindedly
From Beijing myself. 正宗北京人儿。The sound of bicycles and the bustling of the streets bring nostalgia. I used to walk these streets myself and enjoy this city that I grew up in. Thank you so much for making these videos and showing people what China is really like! I wish more people can see them!
I had not been in China from 2014 to 2019... and I was shocked in 2019 how much China has been developed. You are completely right. Don’t judge if you have not been there including overseas chinese. Btw, your walking and talking Video is great. I always thought people have script when they talk to the camera. You walked through some really nice streets and still have high quality Video
thank you so much, I'm from hong kong, more and more of my friends are talking about your channel, we all like your channel, thank you again
As a Chinese, I'm so glad to see the amazing thing you are doing. Nothing could be more convincing than this, especially compared with Chinese themselves trying to remove others' preconceptions. Sometimes I would just give up because it's difficult to change the minds of people who have never been here but are confident enough in their judgments.
真的非常感谢你对中国现状的观点和想法。说的那么诚恳那么真切、好感动。到今天为止、在RUclips上看过无数的视频、这个视频让我第一次有了想留言冲动😃。 我是一个生活在外国的中国人、最近每天在网络新闻上都会看到关于中国负面的报道。每当看到这些报道时、都会有一种莫名的伤感。就像自己的父母可以被自己评价、但是被别人说三道四就会不高兴一样🙅🏻💢。与此同时、让我更加不得其解的是、为啥媒体的报道和我所知的中国有那么大的差异。人类对未知的事物抱有恐惧和偏见是很寻常的事儿、但是更可怕的应该是无知吧……
谢谢你的视频从一个第三者的角度来看待中国。
也祝愿你的视频能给更多的人带来正能量。👍👍
我会推荐给身边的朋友、让更多的人了解更多的真实感受。
为你点赞👍
不是無知和偏見，而是西方媒體和政府編造謊言，蓄意破壞中國的形象。
@@idealstoic 真希望各国的普通国民都能像这位英国小哥一样，不要被政府和媒体的谎言所迷惑。
Hi Barret, so glad to watch your videos talking about your own real experiences in China. I am living in Canada. When I chat with people, I notice that if the people have visited China for either tour or business, most of the case they are expressing the happiness and excitement. For those who have never been there, they are mostly influenced by the local media to have labelled impression. So, go there to make a real experiense, then you can have your own thoughts. Thumb up for your actions!
Thank you for making videos about China. I have learned a lot about today's China from China loving RUclipsrs like the Barrets. Although we are so near mainland China in Hong Kong, we don't get the full picture if we don't really visit today's China. You are indeed changing lives.
Can't agree more! Thank you so much for letting others people outside China know how's the life here. There're so much misunderstanding and therefore, so many rediculous comments under some videos on RUclips. Sometimes I want to tell them that some of their ideas are so wrong and are definitely misleaded by the mainstream media in western, but most of the time I just ignore those sounds. But what you guys did here is absolutely meaningful.
As a Chinese native living in North America, I like this channel because of (1) the British accent, (2) the familiar Chinese streets/people. I am also glad to see several cities through their videos that I haven't got a chance to visit yet.
I love CHINA ❤ ❤ ❤
I support you！！
Thank you
thank you！
Welcome to China and visit our country
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing the positivity and changing someone's life
感恩你们父子让更多的人了解中国🇨🇳！
I am 100% behind you. From a Brit, living in Hong Kong, who has seen the false narratives, half truths and manipulation first hand.
Great Job Oli!! Love you and your dad's channel. There are some truly unique places and people you've encountered in China. And as I write this... I can't believe I actually feel better about the country that I once had only ill-will towards. Continue this work where you help shape new perspectives and create a 'massive' paradigm shift brother!
Thank you for doing this and clearing up about China. I'm an oversea Chinese and I'm proud of my heritage.