China vs. America
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- An unlikely comparison, China and The USA. I have lived in China for over 10 years, and recently had a chance to travel to America for a long roadtrip. I wanted to make a video highlighting the differences between the 2 countries in food, economy, and culture.
Two wildly different countries. What are the differences between China and America? Safety, Food, cost of living and the people...
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Of course you're safe Winston. No one is going to bother a guy that looks like The Transporter.
lol, good one.
haha
Nice one XD
Wow you made that movie ref.
In China, nationalism education runs through primary schools to universities.
I am a criminologist/forensic psychologist in the US & I think may Europeans don't understand the violence in the US. There are two big misconceptions I see regularly.
First off, most countries in Europe count crime very differently than the US does. Most European countries have, for example, an intent requirement before a murder is counted in the national stats. The US counts virtually everything. If one person assaults another & a person dies it gets counted as a homicide. Even self defense situations get counted. It's justifiable homicide, still goes on the books as a homicide.
This makes the homicide rate in the US look significantly higher than most countries in Europe, when, in actuality, a good portion of that difference is simple differences in reporting practices. Now, Britain & Australia are the only other reasonably large countries that keep centralized, consistent, national records on par with the US but neither Britain or Australia allow criminologists access to actual crime reports. If we want to study Britain, we must use government supplied stats. This makes a real, apples to apples comparison virtually impossible. We can't go in & review the reports on individual murders to adjust for those differences in reporting practices.
Officially, the homicide rate in the US is just about 4x as high as Britain. (3.9 per 100,000 in US and about 1 per 100,000 in Britain) In actuality, if we coded (counted & defined) homicide the same in both countries the rate wouldn't be nearly as lopsided. How much closer would those numbers be? Who knows. I worked at a large jail in the US & for a few months I applied what I know of British coding practices to US homicide cases & fewer than 1/2 of cases we count would get counted in Britain but my methods couldn't really be considered stringent, just a quick look at the police reports & a snap judgement. My hunch is an apples to apples comparison would yield results of the homicide rate in the US to be 30 to 50% higher than Britain but that's little more than an educated guess.
The second thing people in Europe don't understand is violence in the US is far, far less random. Every country has a large % of their violence coming from criminal on criminal but in the US, that is highly pronounced. In the US somewhere between 75-85% of homicides stem from gang on gang or some type of criminal enterprise that can be tied to the victim. These are participatory crimes in that the victim was involved in some type of criminal enterprise that resulted in them getting targeted.
In most countries in Europe only about 50% of homicides are participatory. The other half, roughly, are random.
In short, if anyone wants to visit the US but is nervous about it, relax. The homicide rate isn't nearly as high as you think it is & it's highly concentrated in gang areas among gang members.
So long as your vacation plans don't include joining a gang, you will probably be just fine. Exactly like serpentza says in his video, if you leave the questionable people alone, they will leave you alone too. If you are worried about random gun crime, just keep in mind that the criminals don't know if you have one yourself or not. If you were a criminal, would you risk getting shot to attack someone you don't know for pocket money & maybe a credit card good for 1 or 2 charges? Not to mention, just look at the numbers, 4 in 100,000 is 1 in 25,000 per year. If you don't even factor in not joining a gang those are still pretty good odds in your favor. If you stay for a month, pure statistics wise, you have a 1 in 300,000 chance of getting murdered (even less if you are female)so relax, come visit the good old USA & stuff your face. We won't murder you! Well, probably not. ;)
Good Day All !! Ms. Shannon
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i read it all...anyone?
+说你呢 most people are murdered by an acquaintance, not by a random stranger. For example, one drug dealer shooting another. Don't hang out with scummy people in dangerous neighborhoods and your chance of being murdered drops to nearly zero. Thank goodness :)
Thank you for that Ms. Shannon. Comparison between nations in terms of crime is such a mess due to the vast differences in reporting methods. Survey based crime comparisons are not very reliable in my opinion either due to cultural differences and especially media differences.
Actually I really wish there were a way to highlight your comment as you said everything I wanted to say and provided much more support than I would be capable of without significant research time. Typo in your first sentence btw;)
control your guns and threat weapon first, look at the news of gun shooting in school or any other places in US,too more!!! i am chinese in NA now, but i prefer CA and live in there, l don't want to go US because my friends and my parents say that place so dangerous
+楊浩 don't listen to your friends and family they're idiots. if you do what they say you will miss out on many good life experiences.
I like that you drink beer during your presentation. Makes it feel more personal, like I'm sitting across from you.
@1manuscriptman 😂😂😂
Are you copying Geweilao60 during beer? It’s his copy right, isn’t it?
@@lisashung9442 china knows all about copyright
Same thought
When you order a small meal in America you'll get a big one, it's like getting opposite scammed..
I dont think its really healthy meal sices ...😂
😂😂😂😂
Idk where you or this guy was eating at but food portion in America is not big it's usually small and expensive takes 15$ for two people just to eat cheap
Waste
@@sashagandalf8684 im perfectly fine with that..
So much to cover in this comparison. You did an awesome job on this video. Fair, and great insight from a non-native from either country. Can't wait to see the rest.
Thanks brotato chip!
@Laowhy86 Chicago Pizza >New York Pizza. Fact.
Abov Why are you trying to start a war?
I love both of your videos. They're so high quality it's amazing! I will never go to China I think and I watch these videos and enjoy them immensely!
I liked it too but the background interest was destroyed using that low fstop. Boooooooo
6:39 - "Everybody walks everywhere", Then a guy on a segway rolls up.
JayBee120 yeah, right on time.
the dude was skinny though
@@yankeebastardnslovakia Yo yankeeshithead SHUTUP ! Go read something ..if you can..
Hover board*
It's a hoverboard.......googling it before commenting on others will save your pride.
Finish a plate of food at a restaurant? Are you crazy? That's what to-go boxes are for!
Sometimes I really do:)
yah we take it home lol
Dumbledoresarmy13 yeah restaurant food is for the night meal plus lunch the next day, duh.
Dumbledoresarmy13 ikr? I don't think I've ever finished food at a restaurant.
I lived in China for 10 years, and to this video, i'll say almost everything he says are wrong.
For example, he says every crime happens in China did not reveal in news. If it's not reveal in news, and he says he did not personally experienced any crime in China(says in previous video), how come he know that China is very dangerous? By just guessing?
Another example is, in his previous videos he says in China there's no way of getting in to foreign websites, but the reality is that you only need to download an app from phone or install a hardware of your computer, then you are very free to get into every foreign websites, I see my teachers, friends and classmates in China are just so freely to go to foreign sites.
There are just way too many wrong opinions in his videos...
I can confirm as an American we do indeed love massive meals. I'm actually surprised the obesity epidemic isn't *worse*.
1 in 2 Americans are obese, there is not much more wiggle room to be worse XD
Speak for yourself
It’s getting worse because the liberals are glamorizing it, telling people it’s healthy to be a FAT 🐷 PIG…
I enjoyed you sharing your perspectives, sometimes we Americans as anyone anywhere, get too hung up on the negatives and forget the positives
Mark E Felling Agree and America is a great place and we do not realize it(better than Canada but most Americans do not know that)
yea travel to china , see dearh vans ... your an asshat
CHINESE is just the opposite
@Naikomi as a european myself. I say everything has its beautiful and its bad side. Just everywhere are nice people, and some hardcore mthrfckrs.
Hey, in the US, you're either super beautiful or you're jabba the hutt
I like to watch a TV series call, my 600 pounds life
This killed me
I dont want to be offensive, but this might explained why there are so many overweight people visiting here in Vietnam. I alway wonder: "There alot of Russian, Chinese, people from Europe to any countrys around Vitenam ... but why i also saw at least a dozen overweight people everytime i drive-by on the tourist area ?" I dont belive so many people can be that fat in the first place.
Not true at all.
@@mr.bluefox3511 That we're all either gorgeous or obese pigs. That's not true at all.
Absolutely no one in the US is bothered if the country is called "America"!
And "America" is the name most people around the world will use, so it makes a great deal of sense to just say that.
It's not Americans who are bothered by this, it's the Latin Americans. In the Spanish-speaking world, there aren't two continents called North America and South America, there's just one continent called America. So they get annoyed and think the United States is seizing their continent and acting like the true representatives of the continent America by calling themselves Americans. But in the English-speaking world, there's no confusion and the difference is clear.
It only matters to the Canadians. But the reason for it is that saying "United Statesian" sounds weird. So we go with Americanj, which easily gets used as the country name too, America. . Canada doesn' t have that problem and neither does Mexico. (Canadian, Mexican)
@@maninredhelm Yes there are two continents called north and south America so I don't know what you're talking about
@@Nikotheleepic The two continents are collectively called the Americas, that's probably what he's referring to, but he got it wrong and thought it was America.
@@maninredhelm that is true, ive heard united states-ian which is estadosunidense
My son visited Australia from the USA. One of the big differences he noticed was how much smaller the portions of served food was. He also noticed how much thinner the people in Australia were.
There sure are a lot of people angry that he didn't go along with the "America is evil" cliche
root Well said.
hahaha america as a society are much open and accepting and even naive , you come here to the arab countries and you see what real bigotry and racism looks like
"I've grown up calling the US America, so I'm just going to call it America, and if that upsets you, well I'm sorry but you're going to have to deal with it."
That whole speech was very "American".
He is south African sooooo.
HE IS!? OMG THAT CHANGES EV- nah, I knew. Just found it a bit ironic and a bit fun to observe.
Lol. All us Americans say America.
It's a manufactured outrage. We call ourselves Americans not because of the name on the continent but because of the name of our country. If we are not called Americans what should we be called?
The people who might take issue with the difference between "America" and "USA" are mostly Central and South Americas, not US people.
I'm glad someone brought up how violent South Africa is. Other countries are scarier to live in than America.
They have been going through a race war for decades and been killing whites and stealing from the rich like crazy, south africa is extremely violent
Who said I was racist, nor am I saying if the race war is justified or not, I'm just saying there is extreme racial tension in South Africa and it's leading to the lack of wealth and political stability. It's not a safe place, people are living in slums controlled by gangs, it's the rape-capital of the world and extremely violent. I never said I hate blacks or that this violence is their fault, it's nothing more than the product of the fact they hate the laws discriminating them and because of this they kicked out allot of the white buissness owners and it's only making things worse, within time I believe it will become safer but at the moment it's fucked.
There is extreme corruption in America, but you cannot defy the fact we're better off than most countries when it comes to justice and freedom.
Lol you deleted the shit I just replied too, now it looks like I was talking to the wind
We have the most free press in the world, so they get to report the problems with the country. In many places, such as china, people are not free to report the problems with the country.
@12:18 "My country trumps your country when it comes to violence"
Venezuelan: "hold my beer"
I've been binging in your videos man, love your concise editing and speaking, and the suit look. Thanks for the mind traveling you provide with your work.
Cheers from Uruguay!
i read cheers from Agrentina,oh wait its the same.
@@victorbautista707 Qué quisiste decir, Víctor? Es un chiste, un trolleo... ¿?
@@victorbautista707 Brasil > argentina
Colombian : « let me make you a nice neck tie »
Exactly what I was thinking 😂🤷
If Americans ate like the Chinese but kept our health standard and such, we would be the healthiest place on earth. :D
"Would"
Nanette Sage kitchen nightmares haha
you mean Japan?
eat like china and kept health standard, you talking Japan then.
If Americans ate like any other country’s way in the world, we’d be healthiest place regardless.
We fat as hell! Our dogs is on insulin!
Slayed.
rofl!
My cat is a diabetic ... j/k, but I have friends w/ diabetic cats.
Haha this cracked me up!
Send him to China. They need food
where as in china the dog is on the menue
One of the most striking things about the difference in food between America and many other places I've been is how conversant Americans are with the cuisines of the world. There are large thriving ethnic communities all over. This has resulted in practically everyone having access to at least somewhat authentic food from just about everywhere. (There is quite a food scene here and a quest for authenticity). Its fairly common to eat some other national cuisine at least once a week, if not daily. (I have at my lunch disposal, 3 Mexican restaurants, 2 Mediterranean, 1 Japanese, 2 Vietnamese, a Thai, and at least one burger joint, all with in 5-10 minutes walk). When I travel no matter how much I like the food in a given place, after a week or so I always need to eat something completely different.
sounds like Sydney
This is every city in America. If you live in the suburbs or a larger town its more like a 5-10 drive
Yeah to be fair mate it doesn't sound like you have been anywhere. You can get all of these cuisines in most cities across the world with a population of 300k or more. This is in no way peculiar to the U.S.
@Naikomi Problem is most European food sucks ass. Scandinavian food is shit, French food is weird, German food is okay, Spanish food is garbage (Mexican food is better!) Eastern euro stuff is meh too. Only European food that is god tier is Italian obviously. America has all the asian foods, latin american foods (real shit too not that bullshit in europe) soul food (black american food) and american food like texas brisket and all that amazing bbq. I'm actually shocked you'd try to flex on us, Europe's foreign restaurants are notoriously bad and poor at replicating the real thing. Like mexican food in Europe is notoriously dogshit. In Los Angeles we have very authentic asian food because we got the immigrants!
@Naikomi Are you serious? No where is there better Vietnamese food or Japanese or Korean food than in California's big cities. Other than the actual countries themselves. You realize the Asian diaspora on the west coast of the USA is literally the biggest. Koreantown in Los Angeles is the closest you can get to Korea outside of Korea. Vietnamese immigrants moved here en masse after the Vietnam war ended, and even now they still immigrate here and bring there cuisine. It's not just white people trying to emulate, it's real. I can't think of a single place in Europe asians have immigrated to en masse like that.
I know this is an older video, but city like Tucson is like a 3rd tier city in US. prices in places like NYC, LA, Seattle are significantly higher. for example, a 1 bedroom apartment in LA in a decent neignborhood is around $1800-2100 usd/mo, cities like Seattle, you are looking at around 1500-1800 usd/mo.
Yup, I was thinking ... you are talking about Tucson and Phoenix ... people who can't make it in places like NYC go to Tucson and Phoenix for some semblance of a city life, haha!
I was looking for a comment like this. He said rent was actually comparable then said it was like $600 for a 1 bedroom haha. In orange county where I work it's like 1500+ for a 1 bedroom. Even 2 years ago it would be closer to 1300
@@EquestrianAltercationsLLC I'm on Anaheim Hills, my 1 bed room rent is $1930/mo
@@slyphendrivevlog8765 Santa Monica, $3000/mo
He's more talking about land, the cost of land, space, rich or poor people. Anywhere in the world where you want to be surrounded by rich people will be expensive. In our best places in Brazil, the rental of an apartment goes up to $6.000,00/month.
The USA is a mastermind of the capitalism. If people walk, profits are lost, who will buy 2-3 cars per family and use petroleum to fill these cars, lower health means higher profits on medicine, etc. Even people who live on the border of poverty own at least one car. Everything is ordered to make people spend money. The thing that shocks me the most, you can get a meal relatively cheaply, but to buy "organic" apples 0.5kg (1lb) will cost you x2-3 as much. To eat healthy seems like a luxury.
it's not a conspiracy, really. people like to live in the suburbs where they can have big cheap houses and big yards. you have to have a car to get to work and shopping. all the work places and shopping centers have to have big parking lots. This makes the cities very spread out, and very inconvenient to walk.
I have to walk about a mile to buy groceries or see a restaurant. A mile of boring residential neighborhoods. If you walk a mile from your home in an Asian city like Taipei, you will pass multitudes of places to eat and shop. Your walk along the way will likely be more interesting too.
there are dense urban areas in America too, like new York city, but the majority of the population lives in a manner that demands a car. Mostly by their own choice.
You make a very good point here. I think that many people fail to realize just how spread out the US population is. Outside large cities, having a car is not really a luxury as many people outside the nation seem to believe: it is a necessity. I will note for those not as familiar with US customs that it is quite common for people to live in smaller cities (in large part because as you mentioned, the cost of living is much lower) and commute into larger ones, like New York and Chicago. A 'normal' commute could be more than an hour drive and be distances up to 100 km or so.
American cities have evolved with cars such that you need a car in most American cities. Suburbia fuelled by cheap energy. The recipe for suburbia is really simple. Take a city and add energy.
Yeah, I understand that. But, construction ideas (housing in suburbs) came from the '60s when the great nation was "recovering" and there had to be money in the flow. But, the thing is, close to 60 years has passed, economy changed, environment changed, some things are not in abundance any more… I don’t think about capitalism in a bad light, what would people do with the money if they didn’t spend it, keep it in a bank or in socks. If they spend it, yes some will go into greedy hands but some will go into research of new technologies and thus improving the living standards. But the sad thing is, we can buy more of everything, but at the same time we are less healthy and more depressed and big houses, big cars, big meals will not help with that.
America!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 We are doing right. Look at all the immigrants. Must be some reason America is a destination for all those illegals! WALL go Trump!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
How can Winston have the audacity to say how America is just by visiting Las Vegas, Nevada? Las Vegas is very different compared to other cities within the United States of America.
Haha, you're a united states of sillyness
As someone from the Midwest, the only thing he moderately off about was housing costs in the US. the rest he was pretty much correct about
- It's safe besides in very very poor areas.
- food is pretty cheap (and good) but you have to tip.
- Americans are fat.
- parking is generally free except in big cities.
- it's pretty diverse in any city with a decent population.
- there's many subcultures.
what do you think he was wrong about?
+serpentza A big problem here in the USA is GMO. It is not permitted in China for now and you don't want it. Here it is often called frankinfood. Very bad for you and does cause obesity.
+serpentza are you using a VPN in China?
+serpentza Just wait till you try cajun food.
In addition to the portion size problem in the US, there is an obsessive amount of sugar in most products or beverages that converts into fat. Processed sugars definitely contributes to the obesity epidemic as well.
When you wrote "obsessive", I will take that as a portmanteu of "obscene" and "excessive". (Even though you probably didn't mean it that way. But I'm not gonna obsess over this trivial detail, in part because I love puns.)
@@DowlphinI like you
I couldn't agree with you more about the diversity in America! It's amazing that America has become this big melting pot from clothing to music, to food, art, ethnicities. It's great to interact with people who have different lifestyles and it definitely teaches us to embrace differences and change. We have more in common than we think with people who may act or look different than us.
They needed immigrants to build America. The Native Indians didn't do shit.
I wholeheartedly agree 🇺🇸 Our diversity makes us special. Our diversity makes us great!
I'm American. We call it America. Simple.
Digital Wolf we call it murica
1. It is the only country on the American continents that has America in the title. 2. The official name is United States of America, like the People's Republic of China, yes it is sometimes called the People's Republic, but 99% it is just called China.
I’m American, but my country is Canada. It’s not accurate.
@@francoisluneau ur not american then. Ur north american
LEGEND TROLL of course I am American, as well as North American, and Canadian. A Brazilian is also an American, so are Mexicans, etc., just not the way Americans are used to hear it.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/American
No worries Winston. You generalized America and that's completely fine. Visited NYC, LA, Dallas, and a few smaller cities and towns and you are not wrong about anything.
Of course America isn't the same everywhere and he knows that!
stupid dick. wow.
+Kindle myBonfia ???
I think most of us can agree that Winston is making some kick ass videos.. whether or not you agree with him.
Eh America is a bit different we have individual state rights, basically america is a bunch of states competing to be the best. So you will see more differences between states, than you would between cities in China
What is wrong with you? He has seen most of the East Coast and of course he can give his opinion about it. He is not going to see the whole of America just to see to which state is obese or which state has certain flaws!
lol...I can't believe you said that American food is better than Chinese food...Based on my several years of living experience in the West, I would say Chinese food is way better than American food. Chinese food usually takes much time to prepare and to enjoy while American food is basically fast food...Those delicate foods you find in America are usually French, Chinese, Japanese, Italian or Spanish foods.
you obviously don't know western food or american food specifically if you think it is only fast food. Try not to sound so ignorant next time
ASloaneRanger Then tell me whats the original American food?!
Everybody love junk food, I will say that fried chicken are the best food in the world rrom the taste.
But it's also the best way to build up your weight.
Chris Chen have you ever had an american steak or bbq meats or fish?
+Chris Chen southern barbecue and texmex
I am Japanese. For me, America has always been a country of my dreams.
Marry me and come to the US
@@DSPHistoricalSociety lol
@@DSPHistoricalSocietycreep
@@digitalhippie2336 you gawddamn right
Hey Serpentza I'm a straight guy, but I just wanted to say that you have a very likable personality. (From the USA!)
You really felt 'no homo' was necessary for that?
@@davekent6023 Omg so gay 😆
@Dave Kent - The younger that men are in that culture, the more they will still have the anxieties/insecurities about gender role/identity imposed by society. It's a maturing process and for some it goes fast, for some slow, for some not at all. - This was definitely an example of how severe that influence can be.
@@Dowlphin "gender role/identity imposed by society"...sounds like someone has had his head pounded against the headboard a few too many times.
@1966johnnywayne - You can do that, and if you manage to break it, you will have thoroughly established your manhood to your peers. 😉 And by the sound of it, you're still building on such things. You fight the idea of society-imposed gender role models because you are insecure about your own. And as always, when you act based on fear, you send energy into it and help it manifest. This way the system protects itself from extremes and guides back towards balance, in a naturally painful process that gives you a crossroads choice all the time. You can focus on being a man, or you can focus on being a mature adult. One leaves you with both, the other with none. Because you never are what you're just trying to be.
You cannot own property in America ether. You must pay property taxes every year or the government will reposes the property. Also if they wish they can just take it from you for any number of reasons. America was founded on the idea of land ownership but those days are long gone.
Property taxes? Heavens! Those terrible Americans for charging a tax that the rest of the world also charges!
Yes. Things are messed up all over the world
This is why I always say the PRC is actually 66 years ahead since their People's Revolution has already taken place, it hasn't taken place in the US or Europe yet, we see signs with riots and public discontent !
Tell them that when they dig your bones out of your burial plot in 99 years ! ...LoL
Tell that to the generations owned farm Ranch people who have to sell out to pay the taxes when there loved ones die. Have heard of homesteading but have never seen it. In this state they make mention of a 5000 homestead credit if you go bankrupt. Oh well, I could live in a place where you also have to buy water rights yearly on top of all the other fees.
If there is anything I have learned from the comments section it is that nationalism turns us into the most intolerant kind of people... All the Chinese commentors telling Winston to leave and American's bashing Chinese culture.
C'mon guys...
If you don't like a country just stay to a country you like. Chinese have a plan for their country
jonathan wa macha they also come to other countries for birth tourism and buying houses which drives up the price for locals
Humans by nature are all about tribalism. You can see it today in sports everywhere, I hate the 49'ers, Sharks, and Giants fans because I live in L.A. Nationalism is just the bigger term for this same thing.
Winston reminds me of the winston in 1984.He's a sober guy in a shit country
I think nationalism can have BOTH positive and negative attributes. Being proud of your people, of your culture, is positive. Team spirit and all that. But going beyond that to attack other cultures is where it goes wrong.
As an American who's also live in China for 5 years, I wholeheartedly agree on every single point. Very well put together video.
@@caughtinprovidence7197 Calm down my chinese friend. Nobody hates you.
@Esben M hahah. he is just an uneducated fuck , I understand every word out of his dirty mouth ...
@@caughtinprovidence7197 LOL no he's talking about u 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
JX 210 he is a wee man , I don’t give a shit about any word out of his trap
@@caughtinprovidence7197 OK
In the States, it's junk food that's cheap. Most anything healthy is very expensive.
true, and chinese food is actually a lot cheaper for my experience. been to Wu-Han last month, a huge meal for two at a local restaurant only cost me about 40 RMB(less than $7).
It isn't only junk food that's cheap. I used to buy oatmeal, soy milk, bran cereal, chicken, rice, pasta, and similar items for very cheap and cook at home. I used to live on about $20/week or so cooking at home.
Labor is cheap in China, so restaurants are cheaper. Food itself may actually be cheaper in the U.S., especially accounting for quality.
vegetables at my grocery store are super cheap! what are you talking about?
+Alex G its the 50 cent propaganda army
where do you shop? fresh vegetables are usually cheap when in season. frozen veggies as healthy as fresh and are inexpensive.
You are absolutely spot-on with the portion size explosion in the US. We've watched it creep over 35 years. The key for most people to keep their weight under control is to first, cook fresh food at home which we do most of the time. When eating out here in America, immediately cut your portion in half and only eat half; take the rest home for another meal. And of course get some exercise. Keep it simple. Don't worry about the idiot on TV selling you workouts to have six-pack abs. Just go for a bike ride, or a walk, or chop some wood. It worked for me most of my life until I got cancer, and I'm battling my way back from that - but that is a very different situation! Its easier now because my wife and I are in our late 50s/early 60s and we just split meals. Skip options for carbs like fries, chips, fried onion bushes, etc...
Wow! You've kept me up until 4:30 watching your china videos. They're unique and awesome and amazing. Thank you so much! Keep them coming. I just discovered them today, so I have a lot of catching up to do. I'm looking forward to it!
+Laszlo Uriel awesome and welcome
4:35 here lol
HAHA same here stayed up till 3:00 watching most all your videos, and people must master the art of the to-go box.
no kidding. I watched til late last night. I get up at 4.30am and just looked at the time. It's almost 7am and I've been watching and reading comments for 2 1/2 hours. Don't forget to read the comments below the vids - they are as entertaining as the videos themselves. I'm surprised he doesn't have a million subs - the content here is far superior to many channels that do.
USA is pretty kickass if you ask me..
I've watched several of your videos and have to say that I have found them all Interesting, Informative and very much worth the time. Thanks for the good work and Keep it Up!!
Truly enjoying ur videos ... Winston a quick question? What do you think the authority did for the crazy China man that killed and stabbed the wife ov French dude?... Thanks be safe ... One more ?, Can a foreigner defend against an attack and not end up in pokey pokey.
As a Brit who has lived in the US for 46 years I was a little shocked at your remarks about American food.
When I first came to the US food portions were immensely large ad the quality of the food was very good. Today that has changed DRAMATICALLY, food portion are vastly reduced and the average quality of the food is NOT VERY GOOD and prices have gone up a great deal.
I lived in Chicago for 33 years where you could find hundreds of what were known as Family restaurants usually run and owned by Greeks. These places had good American food in large portions for very reasonable prices.
Those restaurants are dying and being replaced by large chain restaurants with high prices and poor quality.
I was somewhat surprised by your experiences in the US because it just clashes with what I have observed in my 46 years in America.
Assuming that you're not just looking back at the past with rose colored glasses (we all do as we get older) I think his comparison is still valid. Sure, you may think that standards are worse now than they were 30 or 40 years ago, but comparatively they're still better than what is evidently ZERO standards in China, which was his point.
John Martinez No I do not have rose colored glasses and I would agree that food in the US is better than in China.
BUT that was NOT the point I was making.
My point is that US food in restaurants is NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS 30 to 40 years ago, are there good quality restaurants YES are they expensive YES.
The restaurants used by the AVERAGE AMERICAN has inferior quality and far smaller portions than 20 to 30 to 40 years ago.
This is because the small family owned restaurants are an endangered breed, being replaced by large multi national chains.
ZERO STANDARDS
yeah, right
zero hah
with absolutely much closer to Zero obese rate and also in Food poisoning.\
Quality is 100000000000000 times better than the US.
I'd choose that over the US everysingle day for enternity.
Think about it this way though, as you get older your taste buds vastly dull and you loose a lot of flavor, also the proportions definitely haven't been reduced lol
Come to the South. The North sucks like you have pointed out.
About the medical adverts on US TV. It actually isn't because of the weight problem. It is actually because the USA is one of the very few, if not the only, developed countries in the world that allows pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription medications directly to the public. It blows most people who visit the States' minds. And really, it is weird. It would be like turning on the TV and seeing a commercial saying "Make sure your surgeon is using our high-end scalpel". Why are you telling me that? I leave that up to the knowledge and expertise of my surgeon. And that is likely the way it should be with prescription drugs. They are literally telling you to go to your doctor and tell them what is wrong with you and ask for the treatment that you want. It has created a culture where we are extremely aware of the drugs on the market and it makes them a common discussion point which takes even more power away from the licensed experts, the doctors.
Also, shortly after it appears that side effects of that particular drug is horrible and you lose your loved one soon ( personal experience) . It's free market andFDA works in a strange ways to approve or disapprove. The most interesting part comes next when other countries' health administrations only buy drugs that has been tested on Americans for years to be safe for their population. You do the conclusion.
Americans have a wider knowledge over pharmaceuticals and health treatment than most people on Earth, what you ask is that the industry keeps the information and controls what you shall use. Here in Latin America people are completely blind when it comes to treat deseases, and are over dependent into doctors and government.
@@masisyarijanian6496 it's up to parents to teach their children not to put anything people says is good into their mouth. You americans blame into rich problems, for the most of us outside USA, when we need medications, there're too feel into the market that politicians weaponizes it for their agenda, a lot of mass control happens with this, and people die or develops worse deseases because they don't have treatments which'd be just normal to you.
One guy here in Brazil just found a new treatment for some types of Cancer. Our government made it all to shut him, and we all know how bad is our "FDA" (they lack Science itself). It took years for him to give up. But as soon he needed to withdrawn Brazil, he launched it on the USA as a supplement, and we already know of people that had their cancer cured on the USA because of that.
@Resisting Entropy Not really in New Zealand, sure, maybe some new insulin product, or joint pain cream but they're mostly for people that are struggling with existing conditions, asthma for example. They don't follow the lines of "do you ever have trouble sleeping, do you hate your neighbor? Well then, you ought to take these three pills..."
@Resisting Entropy To be honest I don't really know the extent of New Zealand's prescription drug problem, I guess I'm projecting as I hate taking Panadol lol. I assumed New Zealand doctors are adequate gate keepers and there isn't much of a culture where the patient dictates the medication unless the doctor deems it necessary or suitable to try an advertised medication. I would be interested to know the stats regarding prescribed antidepressants, I feel they could be over prescribed from my experience talking to people. Statins would also be interesting to research. I prefer a holistic approach, nutrition, sleep and excercise for example. Do doctors still prescribe that?
As an American I think you were pretty spot on correct with your “American” analysis. The weight/fat issue here is a HUGE problem & I only see it getting worse & worse :( Gun violence is real too although the people who end up being effected are usually known to the actual perpetrators, usually being the key word. Poverty is also real although very localized. Lastly Americans are an overall isolated group of people, seldom traveling outside our borders, most don’t even have a passport!
I'd say SOME don't have a passport. US is made up of immigrants, ALL of whom have passports! It's only in the pockets with little to know diversity you find people without passports. Those are usually monolingual, right-wing religious people whose views are informed by their homogeneous lives.
That's true about the passports. But it's really unfair because we often get compared to Europe, where the countries are as small as our western states. If they lived in a massive country, with so much diversity, that was the leading cultural force in the world, they probably wouldn't leave too often either. They can get on a train and be in a place with totally different languages and customs in two hours. In two hours, I can't even make it out of my state in a car. However, there is a lot of diversity in my state (Indian tribes, Mexican communities, heck, there's even a really active Burundian community in my city, which before I met some of them, I didn't even know was a country). Also, many Europeans have a ridiculous amount of vacation time compared to us, so it's easier, not to mention cheaper, for them to travel.
Also, yeah gun crime is real, but most of it is driven by gang violence, as you implied. If you're an average citizen not involved in crime, your chances of getting shot just walking down the street, especially if you are cognizant of what times and places you choose to do so, is astronomically small.
Poverty is real in the US, but our poor are better off than just about anywhere in the world. You can bring up healthcare, but it's not like any hospital is going to turn them away, and the care they'll get is quick and top-notch. They'll be in debt for a while though, certainly, but if they're already poor, not much will change. Our poor have many more luxuries than the poor in 99% of the world. Not to say it isn't an issue, but unfortunately there will always be some group of people who are lagging behind the rest, no matter how good living standards are. Nobody can ever be equal, even under communism (instead of innovators getting rich, it's the politically connected). Is there corruption in business in the US? Certainly, but by global standards, it's quite low.
But yeah, the weight problem is serious - most of the reason we got hit hard by covid compared to some was because of our already poor health. However, that just goes to prove my point about poverty - have you noticed it's often the poor who are overweight? Yeah, part of it is that they're getting low quality processed food. (It's really not that expensive to eat a bit healthier, though. You don't have to buy all organic to eat fairly healthy. I think it's partially a cultural issue.) But the point remains that they are getting more than enough calories to survive, despite the fact they are poor. The same can't be said for most countries around the world.
If we didn't have an obesity problem worsening all of our health metrics, the numbers would show that we probably have the best healthcare in the world - it's just way too expensive because of insurance price obfuscation and American subsidization of drug research and development (the vast majority of new drugs globally are produced here, but most countries refuse to pay enough to cover the R&D because of their single-payer healthcare systems, so the cost of that falls upon the American consumer, unfortunately).
Anyway, I'm just rambling at this point, I just really want Americans to understand how good we have it. I had to live in a developing country to truly get it.
Personal idea:
Not only have you only seen the facade of America, you have also only seen the facade of China, even though you said you have been living there for a quite long time. Some things you said are so obviously outlandish, it proves you actually know little about the society, and looks just like an outsider.
You remind me of another African guy I had met when I was in China 2 years ago. He complained a lot and there were definitely some fear and frustration in his words. But he insisted in staying in Wuhan. He tried to date a Chinese, and wanted to buy a small apartment. He told me it was really the job that held him.
If you do not become more positive toward your life staying in one place, there is little point staying there. Changes should be made to make yourself happy.
Solution:
1. Back to west.
You have been working in Shenzhen for about 10 years, thus should be able to buy a very comfortable life easily in SA.
2. To know the local
Learning the spoken language and go, chat with locals. The more you do, the more you know what is beneath your guesswork. (What you can avoid easily, what you can just ignore )
So far, still an outsider. (no offence)
Everything is cheap in America, I was amazed by how cheap everything is when I went there. But it's high quality too.
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You really are not expected to nor should you eat every thing you are served. It is an old American custom dating back to the colonial age to serve way too much food. Restaurants give you "to go" containers to take the "leftovers" with you. At home, you simply save them in the fridge for a fast meal later on in the week.
@@reve4574 Really, I didn't know that. That must be why in America the portion sizes are so much bigger.
@@halfmoon106 this is true and it does go back to the days when America, even as a colony of England, was a predominantly agrarian society
Well, in California things are NOT cheap at all!
I’m Italian btw
In Italy a pizza cost 4,00 €
A kebab 3€
Hi fellow South African . Im from Durban. Agreed on you comment on crime here. Enjoying your talks. Alan
"Everyone walks everywhere": lazy guy in 'hoverboard' goes by.
I am Chinese and I have lived in the US for 7 years, I got robbed by a black man in a train once and I will never forget. So I think I am capable to compare these two countries . Honestly, US has better environment,higher income and less people which makes everything ordered, such as traffic, etc... besides the three aspects China wins
Yes I have lived in the US all my life. I have lived in many places and have never had a problem.
On one of my visits to China a Chinese man stole my camera. I grabbed him and pinned him up against a fence with my forearm. It took everything in me to not beat the shit out of him. But with 100s of other Chinese around I knew I would be the bad guy.
The U.S.A is on its way to the dustbin of history. Watch in the next 10 years these things become even more obvious. Already NOW you are seeing signs of the decay.
hehe, thanks for teach the thief a lesson. if those people around you knows what it is, they will clap for you for sure.
Bad comparison. If the US government had 5-6 times more population you think they would do a better job ? ...I can guaranteed you with 99.999% accuracy it will not be, 2% of the American population is in prison and the US pollutes five times more than China per capita !
I had my money stolen by a motorbike taxi driver in China. Also had a man "help" me when I was lost at a train station in Guangzhou only for him to force me to pay him for his "help" after
Winston (aka SerpentZA ) obviously likes China but you can tell he prefers USA. Both are cool and I hope China does not copy Americanisation as I love the distinction of what both have to offer in their own great way!
He married a Chinese woman wishing he can get permanent citizenship, but the Chinese government does not care if you married a Chinese or not you still have to apply for visa every year !
He only "prefers" certain aspects of the USA. If his preference were that strong he wouldn't be living in China by his own free will.
wait another year or so. he and sea milk will be back in the usa to live
Well, yeah, here in America, you buy a house, and the land on which it sits. Of course, it all belongs to the bank until you pay it off after 20 or 30 years; however, whether you solely own it or not, you pay big taxes on it, depending on the state you live in. Here in Maryland, USA, the land taxes are ridiculous. And much of the time, you are subject to an HOA (Home Owner's Association), which is a communist organization (and I mean that in the most cynical of terms), where you are expected to maintain a certain landscape aesthetic, right down the color of your own house. You can't just paint your house whatever color you like. So, do we really own the house and the land it sits on? I think not.
It's cute you think you pay big taxes on buying property in America. You know in most countries, your mortgage interest rate is not tax deductible and your property tax rates in America are astoundingly low. I would freaking murder to be able to deduct my mortgage interest rate from my taxes. You should go learn about how shitty it is in other countries before you complain so much.
depends on the state you're in
HOA's a fucking bitch, these communities look really nice and are indeed very nice places to live, but they are ran by fascist dicks.
Don't know why people put up with HOA when you can get 2.5 acres of land 30-40 minutes off from downtown Las Vegas, Nevada for 250k USD.
Even better, you can get 15+ acres of land in South Carolina for 250k:D Its nice and quite too with lots of hunting areas. Thats if you get a nicer home but if you get a cheap single story home then its even cheaper for that amount of land.
Aye, another Marylander. I was laughing when he tried to talk about rent prices. Rent here is ridiculous
One thing that most people don’t take advantage of in restaurants is the “take-home box” to take any food you can’t eat that you’ve ordered but that you don’t want to waste. I don’t eat out much anymore but I have used them, and reheated the leftovers to enjoy again. I used to try to “clean my plate”, because that’s how I was brought up, since “there are children starving overseas so don’t waste food.”
I can never finish a plate of food here. If I'm not using a take-home box, I have eaten too much and I'll probably be sick later.
I have to disagree on the whole safety comparison between China and US, just because you didn't get stabbed for a week or two in US, it doesn't make America safer. The gun problems are huge in America (the shootouts are rare, but the debate about gun controlling issue have drawn a lot of attention from the media and the public), though you made a right claim of "some regions are more dangerous than some districts", but usually you wouldn't be able to predict where the gun shooting and robbery would happen. And China do report local crimes, they are usually reported online or on local TV channels (by the form of city channel like SuZhou news); of course you wouldn't find reports about stabbings, robbery on TV channels owned by the province, but larger accidents, civil crimes with serious influence will be reported. And it is really safe to go out in China at night, but there is absolutely no chance to convince me taking a walk outside in US even in some downtowns like San Francisco.
More crimes go unreported, so it might be different.
China is way safer to travel than in US. beside if you not aware of scams that foreigners and tourist may get into during the trip in China.
It's a different lifestyle here. You can drive out anytime you want, but walking outside at midnight without a weapon or some kind of defense is a no-no.
***** Well you just said!
thelonelyfry maybe whites should stop selling guns to blacks. Across from Cooke county there is a gun shop that sells most of the guns used by criminals in Chicago. It's become trite to repeat the same refrain about guns are almost unobtainable in Chicago yet people still get them. Well people buy them from a well known gun shop in another county in Illinois and they also go across state line where there are lax gun laws. As long as gang members want to kill other gang members or even white out their entire race why should you care unless you're some sort of beneficent or philanthropist.
I have to say its wonderfully refreshing to see a foreigners opinion like this of America. It makes you proud of what you have.
Take it from an outsider
Most americans have no idea how good they got it.
Take it from an insider.
Most Americans have no idea how good they have it.
absolutely right I hate how spoiled some of us act im super thankful to have been born here in the USA i could have been born in NK :(
100% agree.
As an American I've never heard or even knew that people get mad about calling it American instead of USA or the United States
What happen if I call them cute Americoo 🤔
Love your channel. I grew up in Oceanside Calif ,20 miles north of San Diego and have lived in NY/Florida, as well as having traveled in most of the 50 states alone and with friends, In almost 70 years I never even heard a gun in American.Pick your friends wisely, don't steal, don't do drugs and its likely no one will shoot at you. Crimes happen everywhere. Humans are unpredictable . Be aware of your surroundings and live your life.
Having lived in the US all my life, I was so surprised and a bit disappointed to find the smaller portions in Mexico, Spain, Italy and France when I went on vacations. I thought "No wonder they can eat so much pizza, pasta, & bread in Italy and France, their portions are so small and they walk a lot." But it also me realize how much we overeat here. Now I have a decent metabolism and I exercise regularly, but it made me realize that other countries must think we're such pigs with how much we eat and how big/overweight the majority of people here are
Would love to have a beer with this guy
he May be biased, but what we enjoy is his experiences being shared.
bias is common to all of us.
I just discovered your channel Winston and love watching you. I am a Chinese American who grew up and live in New York most of my life. The best part about NY is the diversity. No where else in the world can I find any cuisine made authentically in one city. I am proud to call myself an American and a New Yorker.
Man, you're one amazing dude! Thanks for all these GREAT videos!
I agree!!
Nothing wrong with calling it America.
America is not just USA mate
Because from south America or from other places this continent could be feel offended by that
???
How could it be the same?
America refers to the whole continent.
USA refers to one country.
It's like saying Europe = France
In your example, a good analogy would be North Korea = Asia which is fortunately uncorrect
Anyway no big deal, let's move on lol xD
The people that have a problem with it are usually European and in the RUclips comment section.
Jean-Loïc De Jaeger
That's why we call it north America and South America but if you want to refer to both continents it's called the Americas. America is just a shorter version of the United States of America
It triggers the Mexican indians
The reason why some people get upset is because America is the whole continent and USA is our country. But most people would know what you mean as long as you are not in South America. Then they may think you are talking about where you are there. So That is why you should state the country you are talking about When talking about Some place in the continent. even in America or North America Canada is included but it is not part of the USA.
as a chinese, I want to say, you have some true insights.There're some things I didn't notice before I watched this video
Don't pay your house/land tax they will take your home very fast. That hurts a'lot of people especially with the loss of so many jobs. In many area's tax on your home is absolutely nuts. There are many area's in the US that are like that you have not seen. My first comment to you. I have enjoyed your Vids and Thanks for sitting there so I could watch the pretty women walk by. Greetings from Maine.
Bankruptcy: Chapter 13 allows you to keep your property.
PapsmeG For a short time and depending on what the judge orders and if your a business or just a home owner.
California's property tax is 1%, some states are 3% but that's not very much.
Yeah well, city governments here depend on real estate taxes and the incentives align them, real estate agents (who work on percent-based commissions), banks (that also want a high property value--since the mortgage notes are sold off to the Federal gov anyway), assessors (who are hired by banks), and homeowners (who hope delusionally to make 20% a year and then dump the property on the next sucker before the next crash). Then throw-in others (teachers unions, which seek high valuations in cities because real estate taxes go into the educationists' coffers). It means insane, irrational, non-objective, scenarios. x*D
My wife is from Durbin. She frequently laughs at us Yanks and claim on violence in action.
In the US you never own property or land. That's a misconception. You can pay off your mortgage, but you will continue to pay property taxes for life. So in a sense, we also rent real estate from the government.
Glad you liked my country, even though I'm from New York and have never been to the west coast. You gotta drop by New York City some time. And if you're impressed by the diversity, Queens New York is one of the most ethnically diverse parts of the country!
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Cool! Yeah, New York is a great place in my view. Its not just full of super rich people like some believe. Plenty of diversity throughout.
Hey I'm actually from Russia, and Ive been to both of theese countries, And THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!! IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN GRAND CANION AND COAST IN CALIFORNIA IN USA, AND LE SHAN IN CHINA!))) And People in both countries are awesome too!) the only thing the food in US food is not tasty at all)
Lao shan mountain in Shandong♥
Yaroslav Lovyagin you need home cooked food in America :) just like anywhere else
Yeah, there can be good home cooked meals in USA that's for sure, and we do steak and BBQ real well here too!
Sean Gray no use don't!! American food is poison
I chuckled a bit when you were comparing rent costs. In Stockholm, Sweden you can't even find an apartment to rent.
That's why fit Americans are the fittest people, because they've learned how to maintain their figure in spite of all the abundance. Or they just have great genes.
As a Chinese living in Hangzhou, I would say there are no so many stabbings. This guy is influenced by some tragedies which were widely reported in a short time, an illusion. I often go out to drink at 24:00-3:00, and I see many girls walk on street alone at this time. You will never worry someone run out to stab you, it's very hilarious.
+Panpan Mu of course, only school children are at risk
serpentza This kind of issues were widely reported in a short time, some cowards who had a bad life and hostile to society imitate these behaviors at that time. But, there are very few now.
But China is a lot bigger than Hangzhou. You cannot use your personal experience from Hangzhou to generalize, can you?
Same could be said you cannot take one incident out of China to generalize can you ?
They paid their debt, that is why they starve unlike some nations that own a debt and not pay it !
I am an American and I totally agree with your assessment on food portions. I will add that I went to Japan for just 3 weeks and I fell in love with their food. Pretty much every meal just "felt" healthy, but it took over a week before my pallet found its footing in the food. I lost about 15 pounds (OK, it was August 90 degrees F= 32 C and 98% humidity). When I returned to the US, it was instantly obvious that most food had way too much fat/oil, sugar, and salt/sodium. We took the title as #1 place for obesity in the world recently. Yay - USA #1. It's the food industry in general and a feed-back mechanism that in turn demands all of the fore-mentioned bad properties. Take only soda for example. If someone were to make a more "healthy" soda with much less sugar, it would likely take a couple of weeks of consuming this less sweet beverage to find it "tasty", but people will instantly reject it because it isn't sweet enough, bad media would follow, sales would drop and the corporate office analysis would not even take the risk of diverting from a successful model already in place. It's the same with most already successful good-tasting, but unhealthy foods. So I'm afraid we're likely stuck in this until the Earth tilts on its axis. Sadly, it might be geophysicists experts which demand we solve the problem. :-| ... and now pot gaining legal status across the states!? Ok, now that's just, diet-wise, cruel social policy!
I think the thing you forgot to mention is that in the US property is usually taxed, so you can easily lose ownership if you do not pay your taxes.
Actually there are some smaller towns without property taxes (in Alaska especially).
bangordailynews.com/2015/07/08/the-point/these-5-places-have-eliminated-local-property-taxes-completely-heres-how-they-pay-for-services/
The kicker is that most economists believe property taxes to be one of the most efficient and fair methods of taxation.
If you looked at my link you would have seen some of the towns (not all are in Alaska) have never had laws for a property tax. I don't care enough to check the reliability of the information the source is using.
We all have our own opinions on the most "fair" taxes. All I said was what most economists have said. An issue such as fairness is way to complicated to be boiled down to a couple sentences and I am not here for an argument on the subject.
I bet you're Ron Paul supporter. I like him too.
The fact that you call it a county or district shows how well you are informed, they are boroughs. Yes there are places without property tax, as it should be. Please keep your ass out of the biggest and best state, you will likely try to take our land by taxation, leech off some of the best welfare in the nation like so many Russians do or fuck something up like putting a shitty house on one of our pristine rivers or lakes.
Property taxes are usually pretty low. With the exception of small expensive places like San Francisco.
Rent prices here in Phoenix have changed DRASTICALLY. I live with my dad in a tiny one bedroom apt for $1600/mo in a less desirable area, mainly because neither of us can afford that on our own. Plus since he's a veteran the VA helps with almost $1200 of that, if not we'd be homeless.
I'm from America and don't know anyone that calls it USA hahaha. It's even in our National Anthem. Nothing to be offended by :)
So true "telling a farmer to taste milk..." S.A 😂
Very disappointed at this video. I used to love your video very much. I thought you were neutral and objective, but it turns to be wrong. Prejudice and discrimination are deep in your blood. You use personal feelings and fake data to describe the differences between China and US instead of statistics from international authority. You use downtown rent in China to compare with suburban rent in US, it's ridiculous.
Thank you for your previous videos, and wish you to find a job in US and leave China that you are not dissatisfied with, of course, along with your Chinese girlfriend. Thank you again.
My friend who came to America from South Africa took 3 years for me to hug him without him freaking out, thinking I was gonna hurt him. He was so paranoid it took me a year an a half just to sit next to him while gaming. Thankfully my kindness and love helped him open up and be the person he is today.
oh! you didn't expect to have a brazilian watching your videos when you commented about violence did you?
racis
Guerra dos Bichos rolf
TheBECK321 I think you need to educate yourself... skin color isnt the problem....
TheBECK321 you need help....
Obviously it is (or the evidence would suggest so).
If we consider life span of American and China, I can conclude that China food quality is not bad as you thought. Yes American live 3 years longer than chinese averagely. But if you consider POOR chinese class, they are not covered by any medical care. If we compare only middle class, I am sure chinese live longer than American.I guess 3 reasons for it. #1. American eat too much processed/canned food. Yes there are many engineers behind in American food industry. Unfortunately their goal is not for safer food, but money maker food. Chinese eat much more raw fresh food which is much better than processed. #2. Chinese eat much less meat than American. I am doing BBQ smoker and Pizza Oven for export. I know you American eat much more meat than I, say 1 to 10. #3. We walk much more than your American in daily life. We walk to subway, bus station, market, grocery daily.
I am more concerning scientists behind food industry. There are too many things added in food or to grow food crop or to feed animals. These additives are more harmful than population. You westerners eat too much processed food and in turn eat too much additive. I am in Beijing. Air population is worse in winter. Main reason is villagers burning coal/wood in winter. The pollution of coal is much less than additives in your food
Legal additives added directly in food are more harmful. It is called "legal" nothing but because the greedy capital wants it "legal"
I’m guessing that while living in Beijing, you have a good income and typically eat in quality restaurants. That makes a lot of difference.
In general I agree with the points made such as more fresh and plant-based food tends to be eaten in China than in the USA. Winston has mentioned these things and in this video, comments approvingly on how easy it is for people to go to market and buy fresh produce from vendors (who may be the farmers’ family members) in China on a daily basis. That would be more difficult in the USA because the majority of “Farmer’s Markets” are only open one or two days a week. On the other hand, the proportions of one’s diet have a lot to do with individual choice; I have been a vegetarian in the USA for over 50 years, and non-dairy for over 30 years, and I usually cook rather than eating out.
The focus of what Winston is saying regarding quality and food safety is from the perspective of someone who has been both poor and middle-income in China and has investigated the small eateries and vendors thoroughly. In other videos, he has commented that the cleanliness and food safety seems to be directly related to the cost of the restaurant, with a few exceptions. Inexpensive and more rural eateries often don’t wipe the table between customers (Winston’s friend “C-Milk” almost died because of this in northern China, after picking up a crumb that had fallen to the table and eating it, against his girlfriend’s protests. He contracted typhoid that evening.), and many use ingredients of questionable quality. Some even use recycled “gutter oil” which has been skimmed from the storm drains where used cooking oil is often dumped, then boiled and precipitated and re-used. Winston has recorded this being done. It is difficult for westerners to even comprehend anyone doing such a thing.
Both countries do have their issues, just different ones. I would never claim that there are no problems in restaurants in America, but when there is a known cleanliness or safety problem, health officials will force them to either fix it, or the place will be closed down. The problem will NOT be shrugged off.
Then there are the scandals of unscrupulous food producers in China who have sold plastic “rice” at least in other countries (Vietnam for one), and the use of melamine in milk to show a higher protein reading on electronic sensors. Some children died, and there is such mistrust of the Chinese dairy industry even now, years later, that people regularly go to Hong Kong where they can buy powdered milk from other countries easier and cheaper than in most of China, and bring back the maximum allowed so they or their friends can make up infant formula safely. There is a steady “grey market” in imported powdered milk of all things in China.
Winston has watched all this happen and commented on it.
He also noticed the fresh food available and the prevalence of walking most places in China. He did speak of these things on this very video as well as others.
Yes, in the USA, the FDA is corrupt as all hell and they allow a lot of chemical shit in our food and in medications because of industry pressure. Winston’s wry comments about our “engineered” food were probably not as approving as you may have perceived them. To him those foods were both tasty, AND overly processed and manufactured. So we’re hardly perfect, and he knows that. On the other hand, an unsanitary restaurant will probably be closed very quickly, and a company that put melamine in the milk that killed babies would not likely be tolerated for two years (that’s how long a competitor had been warning of the problem, with no results. Someone stabbed him to death BTW.) And... gutter oil... ?
Though I will say that those responsible for the melamine scandal were dealt with severely, more so than executives causing harm here. And that New York state had its “swill milk” disaster in the 1850s that killed thousands.
So when Winston speaks of food safety issues, the context is that he has been very, very specific about what he means, in this and other videos, and has spoken of the positive health aspects of China as well. He’s not just making some broad, arbitrary judgment, nor is he ignoring the good things about China.
@@王朝晖 Medical care is crap in US and super expensive, a lot of the people can't afford it. Then comparing the food in america and the food in china, both have good points, but one thing nullify all the good point for chinese food: the security. As Winston said, there is no regulation (or at least no one cares about it) in China and all this small stores selling you some 20rmb meal, you can be sure than if a foreign security check happens there, the great majority of them will be closed and the owner will go to jail. Just here in China no one cares about your health...
Also you forgot to mention than there is a big problem in china happening recently, obesity of children and young people. American fast food arrived, you mix that with some kid from only child policy generation (or even now) being spoiled as fuck and a lot of them are being actually super fat.
About your eating habits, you're right, chinese people eat some super good and healthy food, and they also walk much more too, chinese daily life is much more healthy than the american, just too bad the good food you're eating can't be trust at all and could be so easily poisoned :/
朋友 什么叫poor chinese class are not covered by medical care???你听说过社保吗。。。。或者农保。。。？？？？
Yes, I am very grateful to be a proud citizen of USA and, yes, we are generous in many ways, not just the portion of food in restaurants. Yes, our American obesity is becoming a epidemic problem, that's our bad and the failure of our government to do something. As to rent, cities like New York City and Boston, for $10,000 RMB can only get a small studio apartment but can rent a whole big house in suburban area. So, it's all relative as to where we are. As for economy, Americans are slipping comparing to other industrialized countries while China is catching up. Having not lived in China and not been as adventurous, I am not taking it for granted for being an American. All Americans pay significant taxes for the infrastructures and we can still do better for the democracy but we are not. :-( And, yes, the diversity in America is the foundation of our generosity and, no doubt, of our democracy. But, we are slipping when we should be able to do better. Thank you so much for sharing. It's awesome!!!
You are racists to black people. So, I disagree with you about the kindness part. However, I believe that the food is extremely tasty especially the McDonald's.
William Ounj LOL. No evidence to support that. What an ignorant statement. You have been watching to much propaganda. Also, better fat than starving like the millions last century in China.
@@WilliamOunj-ge8th Only a very small amount of people are racist
We hope Mainland Chinese will one day get their independence n live in a real democratic country. We will remind them all in China to make you one of their heroes. Yes, U r the agent of democracy that all humans deserve once they r born to this earth. Not to mention the fact that u r the hero of English Development in the sense that u r giving us, non English natives. comprehensible inputs that help us grow our English to the point of perfection. May God bless You.
I’m Canadian. You can call United States America. Generalization term.
Your videos are great !
And you can call Canada America's hat. Trust me, they love it and will actually thank you for it. 😀
Renting a house in Seattle can cost between $2500 - $5000
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I shanghai I need spend 4000us$ to get a nice two bedroom apartment in the center
Yeah but they also have very high wages in Seattle and can afford the high cost of housing. I don't know anyone making less than 100,000 dollars a year in Seattle!
I love that i can experience the culture of such a different country from my sofa. Great channel, awesome videos. Very eye opening.
"In China everything's within walking distance"
Not a political statement, but that is a defining feature of communist architecture. Soviet city planners very purposefully made things very isolated within each community.
5 years ago I'd have said" who has a problem with you saying america? That's strange."
Me five years later" oh......right."
Still don't care lol.
Stay awesome Winston
Well the US can be more spread out because it has more space. China and the US are about the same size but the US has a fraction of the population that China has so there is more room for parking lots and cities become less walkable.
lmao - "If that upsets you, just deal with it... I have to deal with drinking Chinese beer..." - this is why I watch your videos (also the great content and your beautiful wifi).
Dog feces is really the same video! Chinese food culture is the highest in the world, are you actually use to compare American junk food, funny you do? I live in Beijing, dining out with friends every day, if you eat different foods, eat less the same every day for several months, and all its upscale food! In the West the kind of selling expensive Chinese food in China is very cheap! And security is so delicious! This is just in Beijing, not to mention the food in the richer southern city! We eat here every day, a farmer can be very unique meat hot pot. You said you lived in China for 10 years, and actually the most popular of Chinese food are confused, dog food you eat every day is it?
Chinese on the street is very busy, but residential areas and parks is so peaceful, full of children and the elderly tai chi, how can there be any danger? What are you talking nonsense? The fight goes on your screen images is obviously a game, joke picture, you are a fool when we?
China is a very tolerant country, because we have 56 ethnic groups, so we are very friendly to foreigners, even if you are from countries unfriendly to China, but you violated Chinese law, or angered Chinese citizens, our government will let you get out immediately. What foreigners in China on security? Chinese citizens to protect the enjoyment of all rights.
You describe the fragment of transport in China, actually deliberately to get a rainy day, where to find the grungy streets? Gloomy tone. Fuck! How you do not shoot those main roads everywhere? Vehicles are very orderly. Many cities in China, the number of traffic police super multi, super multi-camera, who would dare illegal?
You lie on your video and let me disgusted. I had been concerned about you, you seem to be fairly neutral, but lately you do some video stuff is shit? I began to suspect that you have the intention to discredit China. What I do not know the reasons behind Yes. Listen, now China does not welcome you, do not ever come to China, we do not welcome liar.
You are so right about some of the things you said about the U.S.
BUT... I challenge you to this.
Go on your social network and complain about your government. Go on line and protest the 1000s of people the Government murders for their organ transplant programs. Go out on the street corner and at your loudest voice shout your president and his policies are shit. Do this and your mother will never see you again and your organs will be in some rich Arab.
If you are seeing Winston's Vids then you must be on a VPN. Why? We don't have to answer that do we. You say things get reported in China. Why is it that still in this "open" society you imply China is that a vast many still do not know what really happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Come to America as a legal tourist, worker, immigrant.
No you will not have to register at the local police station that you are here.
Yes you will have the same legal rights as a US citizen has.
No you will not be able to allow your child to squat on the sidewalk and take a dump or piss.
Yes you could hawk up a big wad if spit and place it on someones foot. But you will be picking you ass up off street.
No you can not just dump/discard your garbage on the street as you walk.
Yes you will be able to get many of the same television station that you get in China. But they will not be censored by our government.
No you will not be thrown out of the country because you may voice a dislike of the country or the government to your neighbor and they turn you in to the police for it.
Hell come here as an illegal immigrant it all still applies.
My wife's (Chinese) mother and sister came to visit us for three months. Her mother and late father were pretty high up officials in the CCP. When she left one of the parting things she said was. This is not the America she was taught growing up. This is not the America she sees on TV. She understands now why Chinese is the second largest group that immigrates to the US.
What are you talking shit? I showered back. I have a message that the United States above anything? If you read my other comments?
Why are you so hate Chinese? It is because we have been defeated you? Haha
When I go to slip my dog, and then come back and talk to you. Maybe you should be a cup of water, the strands of thoughts, because you speak very extreme and ignorance.
You do know that Tiananmen square was a Langley op right? Also, irrelevant what your mother-in-law said. She is entitled to her views. Nevertheless it is irrelevant in the face of reality.
Wow this guy is pissed. Lol
Who shit in your 拉面？
Thanks for the video. Your perception and experiences are very interesting. I live in Los Angeles and frequently travel to China. One thing I want to share is that I feel much safer in Beijing or Shanghai than I do in Los Angeles. The downtown Los Angeles area has become very dangerous.
Los Angeles is home to one of the most dangerous gangs like MS-13 Bloods Crips what is not as bad as the 80s I can't imagine that
the governors of california are making it a third world country there , by encouraging homlessness and drug abuse
It's okay to call us "America" we're the only ones with "America" in the federal name.
It's the same reason everyone calls the United States of Mexico..."Mexico."
As a international student from China, have been to America (NewYork) and currently live in UK, I think that China is overall safer than all those two countries
America is infinitely safer. Back when I was in China, young fellows walking around with black eyes were common, but those were not count as crimes; the perpetrator got a reprimand at best.
+Jarvis Lo agreed, small crime happening all the time in China
Thank God for America. I'm an immigrant, now a citizen. I think the US is the best country in the world.
America is not as free as you think.
@s bright Refugees can't be on welfare because they are not receiving government benefits...so.
Glad your here.
I am chinese living in us for seven years. I do not agree what he says. I think both countries are similar in a lot ways it really depends on where you live and how much you pay. You can have the same kind of luxury and safety in china now as in usa if you are willing to pay. Both are vast countries with many options. I would say it really depends on taste.
Just to add to that, it looks like SerpentZA only went to the posh places in the US. There are definitely pockets of crime and swindling just as there are in China.
But the probability and proportion of people who can pay for the normal USA quality of living, and it's vastly smaller in China than in the US.
Why would you be mad at the name America its just what it is and how we refer to ourselves and our country
In the US there is no transit and it’s too far to walk to town in most towns unless u are in a big metropolitan city like NY LA etc.
So everyone has cars...
It’s not realistic to walk 5-10 miles to a supermarket and haul back groceries etc.
I would really love if we had stores, doctors, schools etc were walking distance from my home. I would gladly give up my car.
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I have never lived in China or ever been there so by no means am i qualified to make comparisons in prices between two countries. But by same reasoning i wont go as far as saying ur not qualified to make them as well but having only been to few cities u wont get a broad perspective on prices in America. For example you mention having visited Las Vegas, and Phoenix Arizona. But keep in mind both of those cities are considered having a very low cost of living compared to other cities. For example i live in Seattle. I cant argue that Seattle is a first tier city like Chen Zhen, Tokyo, New York or Chicago, but its definitely a good size city with a population of 2 million and still growing rapidly. I counted 30 + cranes in down town today. So Seattle is comparable to say something like San Francisco, in fact its bigger in size, double in fact. But to give u an idea an average house starts at $650,00-$800,000 dollars. And if ur renting a two bedroom apt will cost u between $2500-$3000 dollars a month. But Seattle is considered an expensive city to live in cause we have all the large industries that drive America and the world. Seattle is home to Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, Star Bucks, and many others that i cant recall of the top of my head. Ok bro was just trying to give u a different perspective on prices in different type of cities in USA, and not call ur experience or perspective on prices here wrong, so hope didn't offend you. Ok bro cant promise but ill try my best to stay Awesome.
1. “Shen Zhen (深圳)” not “Chen Zhen” 😄
2. Shen Zhen has about 12 million people
Well, if you want to be surrounded by rich people, it will always be costly. Here in São Paulo, Brazil, some neighborhoods apartments rentals goes up to US$6000,00.
You will notice if you go to NY, folks stay thinner for the same reasons. Density begets walking over driving.
0:38 Yay, 16:9 again! (And presented 'moving curtain' like in the cinema.)
As for food quality, health-standards-wise, you like many others have to wake up to theory-vs-praxis, and how you can have food with lots of lax toxin levels applied, some substances not considered toxins, and often just people tricking the system, like in China. They're both very capitalist countries, so that will of course happen. Will happen anywhere where money has too much power over life.
And what's the point of sanitary kitchens everywhere if the food all around comes with a cocktail of pesticides considered below harmful levels, slowly accumulating in people and the environment, with the FDA having been bribed and lobbied and studies faked? - People also don't get fat just because food is cheap and you get big portions. It's also about what you mentioned, HOW the food is processed, what is in it. High-fructose corn syrup is considered a perfectly legal food ingredient there, but it might massively push sugar addiction and ruin your health long-term. (Frog in boiling water analogy. That which kills you slowly over many years is considered "safe". - That which you immediately react to might in some cases, ironically, even cleanse you.)
But overall you can see how a spiritually rotten root will grow all kinds of problems that all lead to the same outcome. If you have a good understanding of the nature of the root, then you won't have to lose yourself in details to be able to make accurate predictions of the future. - In this case, as long as the wealth gap is extreme and people are running in hamsterwheels, highly-stressed, and profit-maximization drives society, fiddling with symptoms will be a futile battle, easily compensated for and adapted to by the root. The root has influence over everything down the line, so it can handle anything except direct attacks. And I don't necessarily mean physically direct, but spiritually. Like breaking a power hierarchy of a fear-driven structure and not replacing it with another merely less fear-driven one. (Because it could always be corrupted again.) The biggest threat to that rotten system is people who cannot be bought out, cannot be bribed to subject. Those can get themselves into mortal danger.
First time I have seen somebody complementing American food.
The food in china is not safe whereas in America it's almost universally safe.
@@ItsTimePictures lolz right. thats why most of americans are look like gaints with big fat belly huh?
@@iseetruth4917 Obesity has nothing to do with the safety of food. It's because most of us have sedentary lifestyles & don't even bother trying to eat a balanced diet. Across the board American food is very safe & most places require restaurants to post their safety rating on the door so you know what to expect before you've even stepped inside. Good luck finding that in China.
Filips May hahahah!
@_egas calybird not true it's all over...
Good video and content.
For a lot of those in the comments, an unfathomable amount of ignorance is seen. Comparing culture on a micro-level is all fine and good, which is what he is doing, but do people really think China is a better place than America to live?
You can vote in the US. And speak your mind without being imprisoned. And the internet is not censored. And in the US, small school children are not being programmed to hate entire countries, like how Chinese children are taught in school to hate Japanese and American people. The US is also NOT currently imprisoning their Muslims for....reprogramming. (China's mass round up of its Uighur Muslims)
The US has unalienable rights, like freedom of speech, for its citizens. No change in politician or current trend can remove the guaranteed human rights provided by the constitution. It is crazy to me that there are still places, particularity countries as large as China, that do not have something as fundamental as guaranteed civil liberties. It's truly mind blowing, and very sad.
Chinese people have no such rights. People just "disappear " if they are controversial or hold opinions contrary to the government. Hell in just 1989, China slaughtered thousands of their own people who were peacefully protesting.
China has massive uncontrolled pollution, new buildings that are crumbling down, cities half empty, lethal drinking water in most of the country, very few public places have toilet paper & soap, etc.
It is sad but the Chinese people are largely slaves compared to people in the west. Kept insulated from much of the outside world through censorship and government oppression.
America is not perfect , but even suggesting that a developing place like China is anywhere near the quality of life of America, is just sheer lunacy.
We tend to prefer America.
As a title!
Capt Canada *United States
Capt Canada I believe it is Murka kind sir
We also go by "Canada's Daddy".
Go back to your country, if you don't like usa. Piece of shit like you can't understand anything. Good quality in India than america? You out of ur fucking mind?
10:50, the issue with this is that America, being so big with vastly different regions, has very different rent and property prices among said regions as well. If you were to live in the Midwest or South, your cost of living would be significantly cheaper than in major urban or greater city areas like in New York, LA, San Francisco, Washington DC, etc. Essentially, the North East and California/US Coasts will be way more expensive to live in than in the more central/landlocked portions of the country as well as the South. So I'd wager to say that the prices you saw in Arizona aren't really applicable to many of those coastal urban areas which have higher populations than in the noncoastal regions.
True but the wages are also much higher in the more expensive areas. A kid working at even McDonald's is 15 dollars an hour where I am.