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

@bobbiedaniel9347

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a bad situation

@arcyfilm

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like you are in this situation…

@invisi6l339

2 жыл бұрын

lmao whats that like?

@SuperLordHawHaw

2 жыл бұрын

I think he means voluntarily

@amorokai7187

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@silvervixen007

4 жыл бұрын

Lol😂

@samuelgamato971

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@faithworks217

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@felixsubakti6907

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is sudden, but the lemon tree song is one of my all time retro favs Where can I check Winston's rendition?

@TheRealVolk

2 жыл бұрын

Check and mate.

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

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

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

@micco6020

4 жыл бұрын

This

@brijeshdas3331

4 жыл бұрын

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

@saintnicholas643

4 жыл бұрын

@@brijeshdas3331 He hid it by concealment.

@njoytheclash

4 жыл бұрын

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

@7654321220

4 жыл бұрын

step 1: destroy the CCP

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

@americanpatriot3710

Жыл бұрын

I would not survive an year in communist China.

@andoriannationalist3738

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@jaggirl

4 жыл бұрын

That's frightening

@dewok2706

Жыл бұрын

@@bifrostbeberast3246 What a pathetic life you must lead.

@XZ1.

11 ай бұрын

​@@bifrostbeberast3246 either that or they're a pedo. That goes for most of that part of Asia tbh

@evelynmcelroy1224

9 ай бұрын

​@@bifrostbeberast3246ppqa ==

@jordanbabcock9349

7 ай бұрын

​@@bifrostbeberast3246some value community, some value solitude. Some enjoy playing pool with others, some like playing video games on their own. Woot.woot.

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

@conbatengineer

4 жыл бұрын

Why is this guy wearing an SS Uniform?

@terryfoss4845

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MiaogisTeas

4 жыл бұрын

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

@simeonadams6065

4 жыл бұрын

Terry, why are you wearing the SS uniform?

@terryfoss4845

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@sebastianschulz6531

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jossdionne9810

4 жыл бұрын

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

@alexanderchenf1

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the French, what do you want

@k3th.b.w122

4 жыл бұрын

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

@dingus_doofus

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@jaspermartin7444

Жыл бұрын

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

@rubyy.7374

Жыл бұрын

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

@h8GW

10 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

@NineSeptims

2 жыл бұрын

does she speak english

@gerardalain4259

2 жыл бұрын

Comment section Expert yes she was a gem

@lerx5799

9 ай бұрын

@@gerardalain4259 how did it go gerard

@Entropy67

9 ай бұрын

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

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

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

@bellorusso

4 жыл бұрын

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

@bellorusso

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@bellorusso

4 жыл бұрын

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

@mareknovak5290

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

I love your honesty. Congratulations being a Dad The Best

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

@michaelrenper796

4 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelrenper796

4 жыл бұрын

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

@lib3rat3

4 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelrenper796

4 жыл бұрын

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

@lib3rat3

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@jossdionne9810

4 жыл бұрын

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

@DewTime

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ducksinarowpatience3670

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MishaFlower

4 жыл бұрын

That's Edgar Allan Poe who said this

@ducksinarowpatience3670

4 жыл бұрын

That quote is attributed to edgar allen poe

Always very informative. Thanks.

Love your vids!

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

@TheBillaro

4 жыл бұрын

awesome

@Leispada

4 жыл бұрын

With how annoying kids can be, I do get it

@jonathanlee5520

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sspbrazil

4 жыл бұрын

Crim that’s nuts

@NuonCheaKhmer

4 жыл бұрын

it's amphetamine. the secret is amphetamine

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

@serpentza

4 жыл бұрын

I hear that

@Limastudent

4 жыл бұрын

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

@30803080308030803081

4 жыл бұрын

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

@noth606

4 жыл бұрын

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

@PARABOLA1966

4 жыл бұрын

Why even move to China in the first place?

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

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

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

@mojolotz

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Raumplestomp

4 жыл бұрын

Fellow CIA 😂🤣

@romanpavlovich

4 жыл бұрын

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

@shipoffulls

2 жыл бұрын

Same in Mexico.

@aoeu256

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@JC-zv3cv

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ESL-O.G.

4 жыл бұрын

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

@30803080308030803081

4 жыл бұрын

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

@dannytran1587

Жыл бұрын

Sad to see that it was beautiful before.

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

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

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

@wheatontisoy8047

4 жыл бұрын

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

I went to teach in China 17 years ago, when the country was starting to become more 'open'. I actually enjoyed a lot of success there and had a very comfortable life. (I found myself in high demand, being British) I did not stay in a large 'modern' place, but instead opted for a backwater situated in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia. It was a barren place, dusty and inhospitable (which did not bother me). Many of the foreign teachers there were not native English speakers. I did meet some bad westerners during my time there, including a Canadian who would get drunk and try to get into the girls dorm area. I had the unenviable job of telling him to sling his hook. Religious nut jobs from the USA would also descend on my school with the intention of spreading the word, after using fake credentials to gain access to the students. I stayed there for over 4 years, during which time I witnessed things that both fascinated and horrified me in equal amounts.

@ducksinarowpatience3670

4 жыл бұрын

Like what?

@thecoolcarhd4402

3 жыл бұрын

If there christains then i wouldn't call them " Religious nut jobs".

@martinwilson2618

3 жыл бұрын

Why do people have to answer with the language of an ex con or a 10 year old come on .

@tomriley5790

3 жыл бұрын

You've clearly never met one then....

@BB8enjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like a funny background story.

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

@Sam-ty4rp

10 ай бұрын

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

@user-we6rx7ue7x

10 ай бұрын

Didn't your mother teach you not to lie?

@juanitarichards1074

10 ай бұрын

Didn't your mother get your toxic personality disorder treated? As I thought, your channel is as empty as your head. @@user-we6rx7ue7x

Thanks so much for another thoughtful video

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

@buda3d2007

4 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelrenper796

4 жыл бұрын

This qualifies as "Sinophile".

@Halfdanr_H

4 жыл бұрын

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

@V0YAG3R

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Renper nope

@wellmakeitworth1316

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tank1 well, that went nowhere fast.

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

@Maharaaja.

7 ай бұрын

Chinese gongfu movies is for babies. I also watched it, but now its looks so stuped. Rembo 1 much better!

@Warlock_UK

7 ай бұрын

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

I met a Canadian who pretended to the Chinese that he was some sort of Hollywood superstar but most were just people who wanted an adventure

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

@sofasniperman

2 жыл бұрын

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

@AdamOwenBrowning

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

Thanks for sharing.

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

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

@MikeStonePhotographer

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike

@robertbrozewicz8003

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

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

@Johnny-te4rv

Жыл бұрын

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

@asole100

Жыл бұрын

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

@brendancoulter5761

Жыл бұрын

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

@asole100

Жыл бұрын

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

@brendancoulter5761

Жыл бұрын

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

I appreciaate your honesty, you where in really sad situations, I respect how you get out of those

Thx for the informations bruh

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

@syntaxerror8955

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MA-fg5hz

4 жыл бұрын

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

@user-ov8po1zt5x

4 жыл бұрын

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

@soul832006

4 жыл бұрын

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

@AntiquityCentury21

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@philliangbeihai5388

4 жыл бұрын

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

@mikehueter3982

4 жыл бұрын

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

@danthetravelman9113

4 жыл бұрын

Nathan isn’t rich he’s a B####

@111bryson

4 жыл бұрын

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

@nightknight7208

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, not everyone who falls into category 2 is a sexpat. I lived in Shanghai in my mid-20s and liked to party, but I liked western women. I didn't do drugs or engage in prostitution, I just went out drinking a few times a week with a close group of friends. I personally don't see anything wrong with that at all.

Your stories are really interesting thanks for sharing

I am so glad I found you. Your videos are informative & fascinating. I would probably enjoy listening to you while you read a phone book. You definitively have a gift ❣️

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

@jossdionne9810

4 жыл бұрын

Interested ones on Mission...

@arthurjohnson119

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jossdionne9810

4 жыл бұрын

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

@jerimow8400

4 жыл бұрын

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

@user-sy6uo9vz6o

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@lulu20463

4 жыл бұрын

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

@bobjacobson858

4 жыл бұрын

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

Great perspective and clear thinking. Thanks for the video.

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

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

@quoth_raven

4 жыл бұрын

Won't Australia be chinese very soon?

@ivan7453

4 жыл бұрын

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

@quoth_raven

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ivan7453

4 жыл бұрын

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

@innocuousmerchant8766

11 ай бұрын

real@@quoth_raven

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

@jasoninthehood9726

3 жыл бұрын

Buck up.

You are really inspiring

I fall a bit into any one of those categories depending on the day of the week haha. nice video again watched it entirely. Greetings from Xiamen this time Stay Awesome

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

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

@davewright9313

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 👍

@MasterYota1

4 жыл бұрын

Put one foot on the ground

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

Great videos! When i see you i think of the Boers from the James Michner's South Africa novel. You live an exciting life. Thank you for sharing it with us

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

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

@khalidzoool3821

4 жыл бұрын

Great what all you say is truth goddess you

@user-rn3rn6nl3h

4 жыл бұрын

And NorCal.

Ive been married to a vietnamese woman that i met in vietnam we came to the U.S. in 1973 she has been back to vietnam numerous times and i asked her if she wanted us to retire in vietnam she emphaticaly said no she loves the U.S. and is an ameerican now

Another good video sir, to me is a real personal insight from a genuine experience.

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

@chinafunnycrazyvideos4078

4 жыл бұрын

Cool story bro

@V0YAG3R

4 жыл бұрын

Proud Male Karen Ok Karen!

@mostlypeacefulrowan8747

4 жыл бұрын

@Ultima MIc na she's in her 40s and her kids are adults.

@electricshrapnel4368

4 жыл бұрын

@Ultima MIc if you're going to pay through the nose for a girlfriend then better a 20y/o than a 40 something y/o

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

@k3th.b.w122

4 жыл бұрын

You’d like the oppression 🤔

@jgdyt

3 жыл бұрын

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

@frenchdude3052

3 жыл бұрын

@Chow Chee Bai now that sounds racist

@robertbrozewicz8003

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jgdyt

3 жыл бұрын

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TONS OF INFORMATION, , , MORE POWER TO YOU, , , ,

My first car was a 79 T/A Atlantis blue, 403 with the 4 speed! I miss that car so much. Congrats!!!

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

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

Dude love your show

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

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

@serpentza

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I shot all that footage myself

@hoyinwong

4 жыл бұрын

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

As a south African, I can definitely tell from your accent

@lifeyang2

4 жыл бұрын

@Valeriy TV Winston doesn't sound English, British, or like anyone from the UK. Winston sounds like a South African. Winston sounds like Trevor Noah.

@kkhmdfk

4 жыл бұрын

Tell what?

@ann3856

4 жыл бұрын

@Valeriy TV Hi, the 'typical' white South African does sound like Winston. Remember, Trevor Noah is a Comedian and he can twist his voice. As for Cyril Ramaphosa - I would say he thinks in his home language (Venda) and then speaks English, he is also fluent in the Nguni languages like isiZulu, Xhosa, Sesutho and Ndebele, he also speaks a little Afrikaans - you have to think in English to speak like Winston. (If this make any sense) LOL Although Winston was brought up in an English home the majority of Afrikaans speaking people also sound like Winston when they speak English.

@raydateline

4 жыл бұрын

Valeriy TV o

@mikicerise6250

4 жыл бұрын

I've worked with white South Africans living in Spain. We had a big argument over whether it's more appropriate to say in the market or on the market. ;) And yeah, I can tell the accent. It's not English or American or... anything. You just can't quite place it anywhere, and that's when you realize it's South African.

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

Awesome ! Thank you and Keep going ~!!

😀😀😀 today's episode is a real conversation..

all my life i want to visit china historical places for 2-3 weeks. but now i do not wish to travel to china anymore. sorry

@tomsheppard6134

4 жыл бұрын

China is amazing!

@Sarablueunicorn

4 жыл бұрын

go to taiwan where historical places and culture was preserved.China's just a mess

@masterchief8231

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomsheppard6134 debatable

@followedtodeath5850

4 жыл бұрын

Face it, you can bring to the surface the worst about any country, even your own. Do you ever took time to find out what's wrong with your country? I'm 100% sure that you will be afraid to live in your own country when you find out about atrocities that are being committed every single day by powerful institutions....in your own country.

@tonyvu2011

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sarablueunicorn yes Taiwan has all the traditional culture, largest collection of Chinese traditional arts and cultural artefacts too!

Thanks Winston. great work

The drawing Cape Town bit had me in tears LOL

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

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

@frankom2862

4 жыл бұрын

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

@MrTynanDraper

4 жыл бұрын

@Valeriy TV Thought that was Thailand.

@crankypipo

4 жыл бұрын

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

@whoizrez

4 жыл бұрын

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

@whoizrez

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@turritopsisrockola

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@cucumber623

4 жыл бұрын

@Ultima MIc copy and paste? earning your 50 cents

@thurin84

4 жыл бұрын

thats everyone from all 4 categories.

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

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Dowlphin

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ThinWhiteAxe

4 жыл бұрын

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

@arthurjohnson119

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ThinWhiteAxe

4 жыл бұрын

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

Greetings from Serbia. Thank you for your videos. Best regards.

I have recently subscribed, thank you for your experience. I go to China regularly on business.

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

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

@sebastianschulz6531

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Nebel_des_Krieges

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sebastianschulz6531

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nebel_des_Krieges true!

@spicysalsaking791

4 жыл бұрын

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

@chiyoko4244

4 жыл бұрын

5. Spouses of categories 1-4.

Honest & clear great video

Good video, I've lived for a while in Korea and Vietnam and this is definitely applicable in those countries too, more so in Vietnam.