Inside Chinese Convenience Stores

Chinese convenience stores are very different to your own country, come and find out what it's like inside a typical Chinese Convenience store, what weird and wonderful snacks, drinks and doodads can you find in your average Chinese convenience and corner store?
China has its own tastes and needs, and this is reflected in what you find in its convenience stores. Even though there are big brand names such as 7-11, the products and services are uniquely Chinese, There is also a huge problem with counterfeiting and copying, so don't be surprised if you come across an 8-12 or something similar. Come with me as I take a close look into some of China's convenience stores!
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  • @degraw52
    @degraw525 жыл бұрын

    "for some reason there is a guy who just keeps following me around." hahahaha

  • @penlavits3305

    @penlavits3305

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Hey, you got cancer no problem. just drink hot water"

  • @Soloman_Gumball

    @Soloman_Gumball

    2 жыл бұрын

    He should have bought something for the dude being chill about it and answering all his questions.

  • @masterjenkins632

    @masterjenkins632

    2 жыл бұрын

    hahahahahaha i was not expecting homie to be standing right next to serpent just staring hahahaha chinese do it different

  • @schmiddy8433
    @schmiddy84336 жыл бұрын

    "Many western people complain about the condom sizes... *myself included* " LMAO

  • @Chepecafeteria

    @Chepecafeteria

    4 жыл бұрын

    I guess it is like clothes' sizes, that always confuses me when I'm shopping for clothes on Amazon LOL and one time I ordered my size for shirts and I got like two sizes bigger. I was like this ain't gonna fit, then I opened them and tried them. What do you know, they fit perfectly LOL

  • @Anonymous-gu2pk

    @Anonymous-gu2pk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Chepecafeteria if you're in a crowd of hundreds of people in Asia, you'll immediately spot most of the westerners simply because they're way taller (and often larger overall) than the rest of the dark headed skinny people around them. There is a clear size difference, probably due to the difference in diet (Asians seem to prefer seafood instead of beef and whatnot...).

  • @mitchmclean3898

    @mitchmclean3898

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Anonymous-gu2pk I'm not a huge guy just a bit on on the tall side 6' and about 110kg and it was a nightmare finding a t-shirt that would fit me properly in Nanning... The only shirts that actually would go around me were actually too short for me... As for condoms, I kinda think penis size is kinda a myth from the porn industry..... most people are of a similar size... except for africans... theyre huge.... I can confirm this as a person who used to clean the male toilets in a shopping centre.

  • @Anonymous-gu2pk

    @Anonymous-gu2pk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mitchmclean3898 yeah, if you buy clothes from Asia, you may want to go up a size or two from your normal size. When I wanted to get a jacket for European XL size (that's smaller from American XL size) from an Asian shop, I ended up buying their XXXL size, because that was the size that fit me best. As for the other size... it's not a myth, there have been studies on it and there are size differences. When people are small in both width and height then everything in their anatomy is usually a bit smaller.

  • @jakefromstatefarm4771

    @jakefromstatefarm4771

    2 жыл бұрын

    That was my favorite part haha

  • @TonicSoul
    @TonicSoul6 жыл бұрын

    Chinese worried about copying, oxymoron.

  • @mrbenwong86

    @mrbenwong86

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually, they worried you discover they copied

  • @ITILII

    @ITILII

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Chinese copy, pirate, more than anybody. Have no regard for copyrights, patents, intellectual property. Yet they fear that others will copy them,very hypocritical. Hopefully no one copies their coronavirus, swine flu, bird flu....you get the idea.

  • @hearmichaelsavage

    @hearmichaelsavage

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just like you copyied your literature stories in school, n u told your teacher it was called learning and sharing, not copying.

  • @WoodChoppa911

    @WoodChoppa911

    3 жыл бұрын

    Communism is about sharing, including intelectual property lol

  • @hearmichaelsavage

    @hearmichaelsavage

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@walterxzavier8556 Don't be a greedy communist! Please share it with us and the whole inet world ! Afterall, the elite CNN communists r peopagating "redistribution from the rich" while they lie n steal from the poor.

  • @Kingcashewmexico
    @Kingcashewmexico6 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense, can't take pictures of the products to copy them, but you can buy it and take it home and copy it. wtf

  • @itshry

    @itshry

    6 жыл бұрын

    king cashew : No, they prevent you to copy the layout... not products

  • @MrFuggleGuggle

    @MrFuggleGuggle

    5 жыл бұрын

    They just don’t like being filmed. Most people don’t. Makes them self conscious and nervous.

  • @jimlovesgina

    @jimlovesgina

    5 жыл бұрын

    @MrFuggNutz He already pointed out it is not about that. They don't mind being filmed. They just don't want their shit copied.

  • @YS-gv1ke

    @YS-gv1ke

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's the price that matters, not just layout, they're retailers.

  • @aamirkhan-zm6ee

    @aamirkhan-zm6ee

    5 жыл бұрын

    Filming is cheaper than buying.

  • @petripat5979
    @petripat59797 жыл бұрын

    cold water bad for you have a cold beer instead

  • @michaelg4931

    @michaelg4931

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nah, warm beer for the win. If the beer is any good, it tastes best warm. The only beverage to drink cold is soda/pop as it's so laden with sugars that it tasted horrible warm.

  • @FlameRat_YehLon

    @FlameRat_YehLon

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually, in China, room-temperature water is considered "cold water", and those that got into the fridge is usually called "ice water". And during winter, here where I live, stores might even choose to turn off all the fridges except one for fresh milk if it's a tiny store.

  • @ellmatic

    @ellmatic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable dejavu wrapped in dejavu while seeing your comment...

  • @aredub1847

    @aredub1847

    7 жыл бұрын

    yeah try an ipa warm

  • @a_void

    @a_void

    7 жыл бұрын

    Or vodka on the rocks.

  • @nathan9903
    @nathan99034 жыл бұрын

    Go to a city set up store with a big amount of foreign workers around and put a massive sign saying COLD WATER SOLD HERE" profit

  • @wynandvantonder2000

    @wynandvantonder2000

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am going to copy this idea

  • @320466

    @320466

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@wynandvantonder2000 i am going to copy this copying idea

  • @Chepecafeteria
    @Chepecafeteria5 жыл бұрын

    7 eleven. 8 twelve LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lillyjacob1134
    @lillyjacob11344 жыл бұрын

    It's really nice to see him interacting with people in a friendly and polite way. It does seem to me from watching all his videos that although he honestly points out the negatives (which every culture has) he generally seems to like the people he encounters which is a compliment to the people. They shouldn't be so offended by his videos, the extremist people that is. It's actually probably encouraging tourism and it realistically gives you the information you need and feel more prepared when you go there. Without this information you're more likely to have a terrible or traumatic experience and spread more negative information of that experience. At least being prepared and knowing what to look out for you're more likely to have a more enjoyable time there. I'm also an expat South African so his perspective is really helpful. Our age group are strongly anti racist so he is likely to have a balanced perspective. His video explaining the background and motivations for things (like just leaving people who have fallen down sick or appear to be in distress) is so helpful and actually improves ones understanding of the Chinese people in a good way.

  • @apenguingames4305

    @apenguingames4305

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not that he doesn’t like Chinese people and businesses as he hates the Chinese government in the communist party and those people are the reason China’s the way it is today

  • @AhmadM25

    @AhmadM25

    Жыл бұрын

    he hate sthe chinese goverment not the people, who doesnt anyways

  • @MrGlickClick
    @MrGlickClick5 жыл бұрын

    "Condom sizes.....we are not going to talk about that". LMAO!!!!

  • @bobsamurai
    @bobsamurai7 жыл бұрын

    i thought it was interesting that you continued to talk to the guy invading on you like that, around here people would just be like "fuck off" or something, I thought it was even more interesting that he stuck with you and was helpful. In the future if KZread doesent work out, just remember you have a picture of a bag of chicken feet, you can reproduce it and make millions in your own bootleg 7-11

  • @GothaBillsAndDeath

    @GothaBillsAndDeath

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ye I mean different cultures. What can be perceived as invasive in the west is mere curiosity in mainland China. Love it there. People are real friendly... most of the time lol.

  • @bobsamurai

    @bobsamurai

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats one of the things i learned from watching his vids, sounds really nice

  • @bobsamurai

    @bobsamurai

    7 жыл бұрын

    sup beef

  • @TwistedLemniscate

    @TwistedLemniscate

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I guess if I ever go to China I'd be the one feeling weird if I recorded people, instead of the other way around lol.

  • @user-mx9xp3tm5v

    @user-mx9xp3tm5v

    7 жыл бұрын

    。。。。。。。

  • @zam023
    @zam0236 жыл бұрын

    The lady from the 7-11 have a point actually. Its actually not about people copying the brands, but more about the stores inventory. If other stores know what you carry, they can subotage you by having a similar inventory plus what they are already carrying. In the US, during the early days of convenience stores, stores would send "spies" to find out what their rivals are carrying.

  • @cdev2117
    @cdev21176 жыл бұрын

    I love this weird cross cultural thing, when a south-african wonders about china, I'm as a german wonder about it too, but then you find things I don't wonder about and find perfectly normal. Like, "yeah, nobody want's cooled water, you get tummyache."

  • @padraicr3175
    @padraicr31757 жыл бұрын

    ''This is lobster'' bollocks looool

  • @godofwar2222z
    @godofwar2222z6 жыл бұрын

    "Upset about the sizes that are available" lol I laughed my ass off when i heard that.

  • @michaelblack8141
    @michaelblack81415 жыл бұрын

    older sibling: "stop copying me" younger sibling: "stop copying me"

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty wacky that they're so sold on the concept of chilled water being bad for you, yet all those drinks that are 9X% water are in a refrigerator. And I think Gary's the most American-sounding Chinese American ever; he sounds a bit like John Wayne. 😁

  • @theolich4384

    @theolich4384

    5 жыл бұрын

    Big generation gap here. Many hot-water obsessed seniors actually won't touch any of those refrigerated drinks, especially the pops. Some may even prefer their beer (if they'd drink anything other than baijiu after all) served in room temperature...since the population is huge you get different kinds of people, each in the number of millions.

  • @xyx10
    @xyx107 жыл бұрын

    The difference from my countries convenience store is that they have food. I'm from yemen

  • @fenrirgg

    @fenrirgg

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jorge castle Hum :(

  • @xyx10

    @xyx10

    7 жыл бұрын

    AL U MIN UM Everone's to blame

  • @DaveHideyoshi
    @DaveHideyoshi7 жыл бұрын

    I find it amazing that I can sit down and watch one of your videos and hours will pass by without me noticing

  • @Shadow77999

    @Shadow77999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ikr lmao

  • @ConstantThrowing
    @ConstantThrowing6 жыл бұрын

    Hands down one of the best KZread channels. Not even in a genre-specific sense.

  • @azroth5914
    @azroth59145 жыл бұрын

    I’m born in the west but my family is Chinese,when I’ve been there and asked for cold water they watched me in a weird way

  • @Anonymous-gu2pk

    @Anonymous-gu2pk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cold water, what's that? Must be some kind of crazy person! :D

  • @yumeniya

    @yumeniya

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol I‘m Ukrainian and I‘ve heard a lot of people in Ukraine/Russia say that cold water is very unhealthy too 😂 and that it makes you gain weight 😂 and that it will make you get a cold. so not only in China

  • @Anonymous-gu2pk

    @Anonymous-gu2pk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yumeniya yeah, gotta boil out all those extra calories, lol :D

  • @jeygee3736

    @jeygee3736

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@yumeniya because it lowers your temperature in your stomach which means ur body has to work harder.

  • @xyx10
    @xyx107 жыл бұрын

    6:47 Nice Hooters mug Winston 😉😉😉

  • @BisherTello

    @BisherTello

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jorge castle I've seen your comments on many other videos, and i want to ask you what is the flag you have as your profile picture? Thanks.

  • @xyx10

    @xyx10

    7 жыл бұрын

    clever username :p South yemen (Arabia) flag before 1990.

  • @BisherTello

    @BisherTello

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jorge castle Interesting, thank you.

  • @user-lv6ko7mb8i

    @user-lv6ko7mb8i

    7 жыл бұрын

    John castle i

  • @Fastlanedann
    @Fastlanedann7 жыл бұрын

    I am Chinese American, I spend my childhood years in mainland China. The reason for Chinese (where I came from) alway perfer HOT WATER over cold water is GERMS (sanitation problem). Typically, we fetch our water from a "village well" or "local stream", typically unsanitary (This is before bottle water). However, after water is BOILed, most GERMs are destroyed it is safer to drink.

  • @shanghainoonsmomlovesblack3761

    @shanghainoonsmomlovesblack3761

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fastlanedann Totally agree with you!.

  • @Nehpets94

    @Nehpets94

    7 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't you boil the water then cool it? You would destroy the germs then have a cool drink. Not like they drink the boiling water...

  • @Fastlanedann

    @Fastlanedann

    7 жыл бұрын

    Justin. WOW, you are REAL Chinese actually been to China or else you are very smart. My interpretation of other response; 1) Either they lived a very privileged life or lived in areas water problem in UNKNOWN to them (长安忆). or, 2) They NEVER actually lived in China; (example; a typical American news reporter or writer, they came to China, stay at the best hotel, hired a tourist guide, drove them around the city, then write a report based on their very limited experience. 3) Probably read some magazine, books, watched a few Videos on KZread and then draw their conclusion. 4) Trolls, they do not really know anything, but typing a comment somehow make them feel smart. (Case in point, GAME MASTER fall into this category)

  • @Fastlanedann

    @Fastlanedann

    7 жыл бұрын

    长安忆; It is true I Don't live in China anymore. Admittedly, China today is quite different. My last visit to China was 2010. However, My wife's relative and daughter-in-Law still live in RURAL China. we are in contact regularly. (As of yesterday ...they have to boil their water). additionally,.I have some wealthy Chinese American friends who go to China to visit their relatives. (For the wealthy; They drink filtered water and bottled water without boiling - at lease that was my understanding.). Since you do not boil your water, I assume you are in the wealthy class, I apologize if I am wrong.. I can not imagine you or anyone living in the RURAL area don't boil their water.

  • @Argantonis

    @Argantonis

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's funny because here in Finland most people wash their hands in the bathrooms with coldest possible water because they are afraid of the bacteria in warmer water.

  • @eyebee-sea4444
    @eyebee-sea44445 жыл бұрын

    When you ask a Chinese in a Chinese convenience store in China about the favourite snack, and the answer is: "Oreo" LOL

  • @magikarp2285
    @magikarp22856 жыл бұрын

    8-eleven

  • @Buttersausage

    @Buttersausage

    6 жыл бұрын

    Magikarp 8-12

  • @itsme-ho1nh

    @itsme-ho1nh

    6 жыл бұрын

    They like to sleep in a little.

  • @juliuseskola1281

    @juliuseskola1281

    6 жыл бұрын

    I would laugh my ass off if a shop 9-eleven would exit

  • @NintendoFanboy21

    @NintendoFanboy21

    5 жыл бұрын

    9-eleven

  • @thornados4969

    @thornados4969

    5 жыл бұрын

    10 to 10. All shops close before 11pm.

  • @tperk
    @tperk7 жыл бұрын

    I remember reading a westerner in Japan who created a blog all about weird and wonderful stuff in the convenience stores there several years ago. So I was really intrigued about the stores in Beijing. It turns out the Japanese try to factor foreign phrases and imagery into a lot of their marketing, so it was really cute and funny. China makes absolutely no attempt to do this, so visiting a convenience store there was kind of grim.

  • @JaYoeNation
    @JaYoeNation7 жыл бұрын

    a normal part of life here.. and sometimes you forget that there are differences that people would find interesting. thanks for sharing.

  • @reidwelch8419
    @reidwelch84196 жыл бұрын

    One of the most interesting educators I have met on YT. Thanks for helping us understand our other-selves, better!

  • @snaggletooth5844
    @snaggletooth58444 жыл бұрын

    The size of condoms eh, ofc you're gonna have some complains about em 😂😂😂😂

  • @Mvbongobel

    @Mvbongobel

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah too big for him

  • @StalwartShinobi
    @StalwartShinobi7 жыл бұрын

    Did Michael elliot take his intro music back? Lol

  • @VatorXavier2208

    @VatorXavier2208

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if my headphones were broken since I couldn't hear a thing lol.

  • @codygranrud6212

    @codygranrud6212

    6 жыл бұрын

    He's still got it... It's been months!

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Stalwart Shinobi: It would seem so! You can hear the audio degrade shortly before the end-music is supposed to start (and vice-versa shortly after the intro music is supposed to end), which indicates Serpentza used KZread's "remove music" tool to silence it after posting the video and having it get demonetized (technically remonetized to the music owner) due to music detection by copyright-enforcement bot. If there had been other sounds underneath the music, those would have remained somewhat audible, but there was nothing but the music, so those sections became silent. If Michael Elliot didn't intentionally rescind his permission to use the music, it's possible he's unable to prevent the company he's assigned the rights enforcement to from enforcing an individual case. KZread offers the ability to replace the entire audio track of a video with royalty-free music, but not individual sections you've run the remove music tool on. Lameness. +Cody Granrud: Huh?

  • @Sreven199
    @Sreven1997 жыл бұрын

    One time I went to a hot pot restaurant with my girlfriend. It was a hot day, we've been walking a while, and we wanted something cold to drink. The Waiter came by, asked what I wanted to drink, and I said I wanted cold water (“要一杯冷水”) The Waiter gave me a confused look, and my girlfriend clarified in case my Chinese was odd. The Waiter looked even more confused, left, and came back with two piping hot cups of water. I gave up and ordered a sprite.

  • @carr0302
    @carr03023 жыл бұрын

    Oh boy! I'm excited for this video! Here we go!! Thanks Winston

  • @andrewramsay4974
    @andrewramsay49746 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Shenzhen for 3 years a few years back and find it so amusing to watch your videos. Such a vibrant mega - city. I remember telling my friends that some type of reality show on life in Shenzhen would be interesting and it seems as though you've made just that.

  • @iannzht
    @iannzht7 жыл бұрын

    This is what I like about Winston's videos, he takes the time to show and explain in detail. From my own perspective it was great to see many of those snacks again, many are absolutely delicious! Thanks Winston 😀👍

  • @rcary
    @rcary6 жыл бұрын

    Complaints about condom size?? Hahahaha. You moved away from that rather tactfully.

  • @ittdust

    @ittdust

    6 жыл бұрын

    they break

  • @TechCarnivore1

    @TechCarnivore1

    6 жыл бұрын

    They don't fit.

  • @invidia44

    @invidia44

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chinese men are smaller brah of course it wont fit on western people.

  • @mabarker72

    @mabarker72

    6 жыл бұрын

    I never knew before watching this, that the size is significantly different 😆😆😆

  • @nocolopa28

    @nocolopa28

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ok, I know that the condom sizes they sell in China are kind of small, but I've only used durex there and I think that most of durex's variations are kind of small. Do correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @zijincai8317
    @zijincai83176 жыл бұрын

    Cannot believe you just walked out without buying anything after filming and narrating in it for 10 minutes.

  • @TheAoalec14

    @TheAoalec14

    6 жыл бұрын

    Zijin Cai he's truly becoming Chinese

  • @JustMe-gs9xi

    @JustMe-gs9xi

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was Terribly Rude,,,,, handling all those bottles,,,, Serious,,,, If you touch it,,, u better have SOME intention of buying it,,,, Another rude ?American,,,, Don't Do THAT!

  • @DillonJud

    @DillonJud

    6 жыл бұрын

    he's like english/african or something

  • @AoDConnection

    @AoDConnection

    6 жыл бұрын

    He doesnt even sound American....

  • @AlexiaVon

    @AlexiaVon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Those chicken feet look yum! The rat meat and sliced cat look tasty.

  • @Steve_1999
    @Steve_19996 жыл бұрын

    Cold water = bad Cold beer/soda = good

  • @user-nf3hv3cx3e

    @user-nf3hv3cx3e

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cola water != bad. During girls' period, eat ice may make them more pain for most Chinese girl. Drink hot water may feel like warm especially in winter. But in summer, cold water is more popular. Even watermelon and juice will be put in fridge. Hot water is usually drunk during illness or period for feeling warm. Don't you want to drink some chicken soap when you get cold? Barbecue with cold drink will be the Heaven all the time. I remember that Sheldon from Bigbang Throry will serve a hot beverage for friends who is in a sad mood. That's the same situation with Chinese hot water.

  • @douchemcgee7050

    @douchemcgee7050

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@user-nf3hv3cx3e Thank you for explanation, well said

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc

    5 жыл бұрын

    Except, perhaps, for "Don't you want to drink some chicken _soap...?"_ 😅

  • @Shadow77999

    @Shadow77999

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oy vey

  • @SSEnrich

    @SSEnrich

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shut it down!

  • @benkonrady4595
    @benkonrady45957 жыл бұрын

    A+, this kind of video will hold it's value over time. Thanks for fighting past the barriers and making this video

  • @serpentza

    @serpentza

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Ben Konrady thank you mate! That gives me motivation to do more

  • @benkonrady4595

    @benkonrady4595

    7 жыл бұрын

    It may seem mundane. But this kind of basic documentation, raw documentation. documentation that comes without the bias of analysis really holds up over time.

  • @benkonrady4595

    @benkonrady4595

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's not a jab at you in any way. It's just a hundred years from now this video May hold more value than we can understand

  • @anonymoussecret5948

    @anonymoussecret5948

    6 жыл бұрын

    Doubt youtube will be a thing 100 years from now

  • @yuhangzhou6293
    @yuhangzhou62937 жыл бұрын

    It's not true that we drink hot water to cure any kinds of disease, personally I only drink hot water when I get flu or in winter. You might misunderstand what others told you about that, a lot people drink hot water for comforting themselves when they are sick, not for curing disease.

  • @MsHojat

    @MsHojat

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're not everyone. What I gathered is his general point is that hot water is healthy and helpful or curative for illness, and that some people might even take it much further to even more crazy extents. Regardless, hot water isn't any more healthy, nor is it any more helpful or any more curative than other temperatures of water.

  • @yerri5567

    @yerri5567

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mshojat Your last statement is wrong. Are you a food scientist? How did you come out with that statement? Our body temperature is 37 degrees. Cold water is about 10 degrees. When you are sick you'll need energy to help fight/overcome your sickness. Using your body energy to heat up about 30 degrees requires a lot of energy. It is definitely more "helpful" to conserve that energy for other parts for recovery instead.

  • @lmlmlmz

    @lmlmlmz

    7 жыл бұрын

    nah. he can ask his western friend if drinking hot water is shit thing to do. brightside.me/inspiration-health/nine-important-differences-between-hot-and-cold-showers-210805/

  • @TGKcraft

    @TGKcraft

    6 жыл бұрын

    maybe it depends on province how seriously they take it

  • @ahlivetuhsidamaro150
    @ahlivetuhsidamaro1506 жыл бұрын

    You crack me up!!! I'm from Chicago and you have the perfect balance of curiosity and synicism! Stay awesome!!

  • @barbaramcdonald5036
    @barbaramcdonald50365 жыл бұрын

    New subscriber here. I just happened upon your video when chasing some Chinese-American threads and needed to listen. I almost moved to Hong Kong back in the early 90's before the turnover and am reminded of all of my own travails at the time. You see, although many claimed to speak English (back then) very few actually did, so I would take to the streets during lunch and trail anyone speaking English just so that I could hear my home tongue spoken. It can be lonely...so this just takes me back to what 'almost was'...

  • @mm261703
    @mm2617037 жыл бұрын

    I've lived in China for over a decade, this was really interesting to watch. I would like to add that regardless of how much or how little Chinese you speak, Shop Assistants are always very welcoming and helpful. Something that does surprise me sometimes not only from convenience shops but sometimes small supermarkets, they are not consistent with their stock, one day they might have your favorite snack but sometimes they might not. The best policy is to be flexible and grab something similar. If you're looking for Coke and they don't have it, be happy with a Pepsi. Don't complain, the stock is not up to the shop assistants.

  • @daviepadilla
    @daviepadilla7 жыл бұрын

    Why would they take photos if they can just buy a bag?

  • @xiangruyin7604

    @xiangruyin7604

    7 жыл бұрын

    David Padilla why would they buy if they can just take a photo😉? typical chinese mindset.

  • @MsHojat

    @MsHojat

    7 жыл бұрын

    Personally I suspect that it might be that they don't want people do copy the identical store layout. Most or all of the products can just be copied by ordering the same thing, Copying the entire store's layout would be much more difficult to do without recording it.

  • @lkrnpk

    @lkrnpk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's about copying the concept, where things are located, racks, price tags, colors used and stuff like that

  • @larkhill2119

    @larkhill2119

    7 жыл бұрын

    I had the same problem at Nike in KKK mall really nice branding and layout so I took photos as an example of good marketing not to copy but compliment. Not allowed because you would never remember it?

  • @genyalyons1707
    @genyalyons17073 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank u for sharing this. That is really cool how there food looks like

  • @praetoriancorps
    @praetoriancorps6 жыл бұрын

    I really really love your videos, as I'm unable to travel myself because of health problems these video's are a great subtsitute. It makes it feel as if I'm traveling there myself until a certain extent. So thanks for that.

  • @zinger7307
    @zinger73077 жыл бұрын

    4:55 "eat at your own risk" LOL 10:54 "let's not get into that..." more LOL :)

  • @pakapauljr
    @pakapauljr7 жыл бұрын

    I love the videos but watching it keep making me really don't want to go to China ! But i love what you do Serpentza I appreciate it !

  • @L33tw0rk
    @L33tw0rk6 жыл бұрын

    Love your content man

  • @daytona712
    @daytona7126 жыл бұрын

    The seven eleven video for some mysterious reason is one of my favorite video from your channel !

  • @racingmelons7520
    @racingmelons75207 жыл бұрын

    That guy made me laugh when you turn around

  • @Zitrusfrucht88
    @Zitrusfrucht886 жыл бұрын

    Videos like Vacations. Thanks for this Trip!

  • @alexandermilbach51
    @alexandermilbach514 жыл бұрын

    That's quite sad you had to leave. I've learned a great deal about China from your videos and they are really awesome!

  • @franciman2
    @franciman26 жыл бұрын

    Great video, keep up good work Winston!

  • @bochen1079
    @bochen10796 жыл бұрын

    11:01 LMFAO I SPAT OUT MY COFFEE

  • @Kali23Yuga
    @Kali23Yuga7 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO @ the sizes. Oh boy...

  • @jiribouhuizen2740
    @jiribouhuizen27406 жыл бұрын

    Just came across your video... very cool! Thanks for sharing

  • @jeffreytroublefield4265
    @jeffreytroublefield42653 жыл бұрын

    I've been watching your channels for a few days. Both of you. It amazes me. In every video there is someone either watching y'all or following y'all. And yet y'all seemed amazed that y'all had to leave.

  • @AnnaVictoriaMoore
    @AnnaVictoriaMoore7 жыл бұрын

    Another informative, in-depth video!! I really appreciate these. I lived in Shanghai for modeling in Fall of 2015 and never noticed the differences compared to Georgia, USA until I came home to our convenience stores. I visited Beijing and Chengdu, as well as Hangzhou and they definitely vary. Whereas, here in America our convenience stores are pretty much "cookie-cutter" around the nation. I am learning Mandarin in my last year of high school and want to go to uni to study linguistics. I'm not sure if I would like to study Mandarin or French which I have studied for a while now. This channel makes me want to study Mandarin. China truly is unlike any other Asian country! Thanks for all of your work on sharing China here on KZread. I'm surprised you have that powerful of a VPN! Haha

  • @worldaviation4k

    @worldaviation4k

    7 жыл бұрын

    I like the small shops that are different everywhere than just one big company owning many others. Mandarin is a good one to learn, lots more people use it. I'd also recommend Taiwan (as well as china) as they speak mandarin too

  • @AnnaVictoriaMoore

    @AnnaVictoriaMoore

    7 жыл бұрын

    I agree. I was always seeing something different at the many corner shops haha. Thanks for your input; I really am leaning towards Mandarin for my field of study.

  • @jstravelers4094

    @jstravelers4094

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anna Victoria Moore As a father of Mandarin speaking white boys, I can tell you that if you plan to spend any part of your future in a Mandarin speaking country, learn Mandarin. Just seeing the smile on the face of an older Mandarin speaking Asian when you speak to them is worth it.

  • @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733

    @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733

    7 жыл бұрын

    Anna Victoria Moore Were you a hand model?

  • @AnnaVictoriaMoore

    @AnnaVictoriaMoore

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for that advice. I definitely would go back in time to 2015 before I went to China and learn beforehand. It was quite embarrassing when I didn't understand basic conversation or manners, but it was rewarding once I did. I suppose I should keep on regardless even if it is not my language of choice for Uni.

  • @lunalifan
    @lunalifan6 жыл бұрын

    haha "you have cancer? drink water!"

  • @jackylee1419

    @jackylee1419

    5 жыл бұрын

    doddy that is not true.people dont tell those who get cancer to drink hot water to cure cancer.people only tell you to drink hot water when you catch a cold or a flu.

  • @rhythmmaster4128

    @rhythmmaster4128

    5 жыл бұрын

    not a single Chinese believe hot water can cure cancer, its serpentza claims " Chinese people think hot water can cure cancer", and why he did it ? i don't know, you tell me .

  • @user-qf2vc1xk6b

    @user-qf2vc1xk6b

    5 жыл бұрын

    maybe he will get csncer because he is working in a place he hate all the time

  • @SinjoroMoseo

    @SinjoroMoseo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rhythmmaster4128 I think serpentza is being sarcastic,so take his words with a grain of salt

  • @theloniousm4337

    @theloniousm4337

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sadly I've known many people with cancer that would have been better off just drinking hot water as opposed to getting chemotherapy and completely ruining their quality of life or what was left of it.

  • @montasserelraie6573
    @montasserelraie65736 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and much-appreciated videos, you are awesome

  • @kenazchristian8841
    @kenazchristian88416 жыл бұрын

    Your hot water thing is sooo on point!! OMG !!

  • @RaisingShanghai_Home
    @RaisingShanghai_Home7 жыл бұрын

    Pro tip: If you are looking for a good beef hot dog in China 7/11 is the place to go.

  • @ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER

    @ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER

    7 жыл бұрын

    when i was in japan, we got chepo weird japanese hotdogs from 7/11 just about every day,.....buy a bag full of them and just ride the trains...... im sure a china version would be similarly good.....though, these days, im mostly vegatarian.

  • @GuerilleroX

    @GuerilleroX

    7 жыл бұрын

    you can never be Shure in China, that's for Shure

  • @TraderPat

    @TraderPat

    7 жыл бұрын

    Amateur Tip: all the best people shop at 8/12

  • @someuser7501

    @someuser7501

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Raising Shanghai lol I think a 7/11 is the main place in the US where you'd never want to buy a hotdog. It's like a Quickie-Mart from the Simpsons.

  • @dave101t

    @dave101t

    7 жыл бұрын

    also, their bread is the best i have had, not sugary and crap. their baked goods come from a decent source, their sandwiches are eatable but yes, dont touch the refrigerated burgers or stuff like that. cheesecake is great!

  • @tzwcard5936
    @tzwcard59367 жыл бұрын

    Just need to clarify that FamilyMart don't sell cigarette, because they havn't the license for selling cigarette.

  • @user-tl2oe2wi2b

    @user-tl2oe2wi2b

    6 жыл бұрын

    T zwcard 我就在全家买过烟

  • @PapaLeguasCOD
    @PapaLeguasCOD6 жыл бұрын

    Please keep up with these videos, like it a lot

  • @crystalnyla
    @crystalnyla6 жыл бұрын

    I love that you speak 🙌🏼so cool- new sub 😍

  • @junxxx8676
    @junxxx86766 жыл бұрын

    Most impressive item in the fridge: German beer!

  • @favoritemustard3542

    @favoritemustard3542

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Budweiser! I saw that, too. I wonder if PBR was the cheapest import?

  • @ulver1187

    @ulver1187

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pretty epic to have franziskaner weissbier

  • @tombeast1786
    @tombeast17866 жыл бұрын

    The Hooters mug.

  • @Tony-qk8gc

    @Tony-qk8gc

    6 жыл бұрын

    TomBeast ture is

  • @aussiedream5290
    @aussiedream52906 жыл бұрын

    I find your vlogs very interesting glad I came across you

  • @12dollarsand78cents
    @12dollarsand78cents6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge about China. Just the small segment, Gary seems very smart.

  • @danielalt7508
    @danielalt75086 жыл бұрын

    The music at 0:39 has been removed ;( Even though you provide the artist name and give him credit.

  • @chiwanau
    @chiwanau7 жыл бұрын

    unrefrigerated meat in plastic bags are my favorite

  • @patrickm5217

    @patrickm5217

    6 жыл бұрын

    its not unlike beef jerky. dry, salted meat stores for months if not years

  • @paultaylor907

    @paultaylor907

    6 жыл бұрын

    It gets better with age.

  • @obi_wan_kenobi561

    @obi_wan_kenobi561

    6 жыл бұрын

    It has been cooked and vacuum sealed. Just like the canning process, the food can be good to eat for years. You eat chef boyardee don't you and it has meat in it?

  • @Chris1111116

    @Chris1111116

    6 жыл бұрын

    unique username but still it’s not good meat in the first place. Do you know what „beef“ is used for beef jerky? Better look it up!

  • @Baleur

    @Baleur

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dude here in Shandong i see unrefrigerated meat in dripping plastic bags everywhere in shops. No, not salted. Not dry. Dripping wet stinking raw chicken breasts and so forth. One of my local friends, when we went shopping for cooking ingredients were like "why u buy that expensive sealed package of chicken? just buy this bag, is more cheap!" I was just like........... No thanks. Kitchen nightmares.

  • @AbdurRahmanElGammal
    @AbdurRahmanElGammal6 жыл бұрын

    I'm about to travel to China in few days and I have watched most of your videos. Thank you very much for all the time you spent to make these wonderful and useful videos. I have learned a lot from you and looking forward to see more.

  • @AshVentureOfficial

    @AshVentureOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    How was China?

  • @hardimchard
    @hardimchard6 жыл бұрын

    Wow genuine german beer, I'm impressed! Also i noticed your Paulaner glass. ;)

  • @brian4855
    @brian48555 жыл бұрын

    Hey Windson, can confirm that it makes really sense drink warm water ! I lived myself five years in China and start to love it ! I assume you agree that what we have all in the western world isn’t always the healthiest shit ! There is a reason why you see you many really old people still so active at 5am in the parks and doing still flic-flacs while in the western world people 70 plus ( if they ever make it it to there ) just heavily overweight and tied to their wheelchair ( especially in the US) and still drinking the ice cold coke 😂👍🤪 so, hot water helped me a lot especially when I felt a bit sick .. cold or tummy pain !

  • @2chill2

    @2chill2

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe cold water serve you just as well. Almost all commercial beverages are not healthy good.

  • @hynekbucek9302
    @hynekbucek93027 жыл бұрын

    That green bean (i think its mungo) ice cream is awsome you must try it! :D Really it's actually very tasty.

  • @starlingwatch3921
    @starlingwatch39216 жыл бұрын

    I laughed out loud at the Hooters mug at 5:58. Ha!

  • @andrewpaige9152
    @andrewpaige91525 жыл бұрын

    Love your honesty and content new subscriber doing a marathon weekend watching your vids. Hoping to one day plan a trip to China and explore the traditional side but watching this has opened my eyes and I would be one of these poor suckers. Thank you. Hopefully we'd have traditional tea together in a non scaming tea house together! Keep up the fantastic work your doing. If your come to Australia hope to give you a guided tour of Sydney!

  • @jbonadia
    @jbonadia6 жыл бұрын

    I got ya beat. Here in brooklyn we have Z 11 its the same 7 11 sign but there is a second flipped 7 at the bottom of the first 7 makung it a Z but everything else is the same

  • @AndrewGray-natreve
    @AndrewGray-natreve6 жыл бұрын

    In Jamaica the cure-all is tea lol

  • @smallerthanlife7664

    @smallerthanlife7664

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought they were into a different kind of leaf there.

  • @animekkgjgirl

    @animekkgjgirl

    5 жыл бұрын

    SmallerThanLife Oh we're into ALL sorts of leaves. We make tea from almost anything.

  • @douchemcgee7050

    @douchemcgee7050

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha green tea

  • @KnowOne111

    @KnowOne111

    5 жыл бұрын

    SmallerThanLife nah. But flowers are very popular

  • @jimhawking1193
    @jimhawking11934 жыл бұрын

    The guy following u around ina purple suit killed me LOOOOL

  • @milandjukic3589
    @milandjukic35894 жыл бұрын

    Wilson interesting presentation of your video and as always stay safe over their and watch your back from the uk 🇬🇧 😉

  • @sakebiouka
    @sakebiouka6 жыл бұрын

    We eat flower seeds in Spain too, I miss them everytime I'm overseas

  • @WimiBussard
    @WimiBussard7 жыл бұрын

    Do you just walk into theses stores, filming around and then leave without buying anything? :D.

  • @danim7941

    @danim7941

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wimi Bussard I'm wondering the same

  • @zam023

    @zam023

    6 жыл бұрын

    Most youtubers in Japan do the same thing. Your comment made it look like this is the first time you seen this happen.

  • @yoired2232

    @yoired2232

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is kind a rude to me

  • @cassidyohara9195

    @cassidyohara9195

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Damik Emeka threatening death on somebody because they touch products? Go fuck yourself you psychopath

  • @itzbrexxy4760

    @itzbrexxy4760

    5 жыл бұрын

    cassidy o'hara he fuck are you on about it’s a joke

  • @DrexProjects
    @DrexProjects6 жыл бұрын

    I have watched many of your Videos and the hooter mug made me laugh out loud. Thanks for all the serious vids. But I must say, this one made me realize that you do have a scene of humor. / Canada

  • @La_Santa0
    @La_Santa05 жыл бұрын

    After watching your videos you have changed my opinion on China. It seems like a nice country, and you have changed my perspective completely. I would probably move there if I had the chance. Thank you for making these videos! They're great!

  • @svily0
    @svily05 жыл бұрын

    You made me laugh, thanks for reminding me of the time I had in China. Drinking warm beer and water everywhere. The real fun was - if you wanted to have a glass of wine, people there would want to put all kind of things in it - ice, soda, coke, lemonade, never straight. Never managed to understand why wine is so distasteful to Chinese. I've read, Chines tend to be more sensitive to bitter tastes and this is one of the explanations, circling around, why they don't like blue cheeses. Then again, they don't like cheeses in general, or any dairy products. You opened this in another video, which I watched. I wish I had your videos available in 2006 when I started traveling. Never mind, broke my head all alone :)

  • @siwypl
    @siwypl7 жыл бұрын

    14:53 lol guys dancing melbourne shuffle to the rhythm of the hardstyle on the street and those stars of david wtf

  • @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140

    @illiminatieoverlordgurglek140

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chinese people don't give two fucks and I respect them for it.

  • @uscbruin213
    @uscbruin2136 жыл бұрын

    omg that pi tea at 8:50. I love that stuff!

  • @davidboston4136
    @davidboston41364 жыл бұрын

    That my friend, is Hysterical: "Their worried about people copying their products" !!

  • @thabojaffe
    @thabojaffe4 жыл бұрын

    Music seems to have been cut out during your drone shots. I assume KZread did something to your video since you have the titles listed there but no sound at all.

  • @thatsubarulife9817
    @thatsubarulife98177 жыл бұрын

    Of all things they have Pabst Blue Ribbon lol

  • @someuser7501

    @someuser7501

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Revy Two Hands yeah, that was quite surprising. I guess they need a market somewhere other than poor students.

  • @Chaosmosis
    @Chaosmosis6 жыл бұрын

    Serpentza, Next time, could you show inside that restaurant your coffee cup had on it @ 5:57 ? Love your videos.. Thanks ! p.s. you deserve some product placement money, guess where I'm going tonight.

  • @MRptwrench
    @MRptwrench Жыл бұрын

    What a delightful tour! You pleased me. I will subscribed! (Does that sound like authentic English to Chinese (simplified) Back to awkward English translation? Shooting from the hip here.

  • @lagankhurana
    @lagankhurana7 жыл бұрын

    you should meet the food Ranger

  • @MrEvodio65

    @MrEvodio65

    7 жыл бұрын

    lagan khurana Yes I like the Food Ranger too.

  • @williamscookies78

    @williamscookies78

    6 жыл бұрын

    haha, food ranger isn't going near China

  • @leeguy9223
    @leeguy92235 жыл бұрын

    You can probably buy a hidden cam to use for 10 cents there.

  • @dannta
    @dannta11 ай бұрын

    Got to love your Hooters mug.

  • @alfredoorozco7393
    @alfredoorozco73936 жыл бұрын

    this is really helpful cos l planing go to China soon, really great advices, thanks very much for this work of you, very professional

  • @xyx10
    @xyx107 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video 🙏 🙏 🙏

  • @TalesFromThailand
    @TalesFromThailand7 жыл бұрын

    We have durian and snail slime whitening cream here in Thailand! Nice vid.

  • @TalesFromThailand

    @TalesFromThailand

    7 жыл бұрын

    AMEN!

  • @rimdogshillbits8861

    @rimdogshillbits8861

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol thailand forever

  • @HalfBreedMix

    @HalfBreedMix

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Tales From Thailand Is that snail slime whitening cream for your teeth, or is it yet another I-want-to-be-White-Thai product ?

  • @TalesFromThailand

    @TalesFromThailand

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's for your skin.

  • @SnozBerryQueen

    @SnozBerryQueen

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tales From Thailand Ive seen the snail cream in cvs drugstores in the U.S. My Hispanic friend says its popular amongst some of the older women in her culture.

  • @virginiatoupinkunze8521
    @virginiatoupinkunze85215 жыл бұрын

    You have a great TV voice/presence and your subject choices are great ! The Chinese people who follow you seem to be so charming and curious of what you're doing - it's kick to watch your videos. - continue -Thank you

  • @oliviasummer8356
    @oliviasummer83566 жыл бұрын

    I was given that medicinal tea as a gift too as I do host hot pot nights for our international students and their friends. I still have some, it is SO sweet it's unreal how sweet that tea is.