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@ashleytodd9415

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@henron1282

3 жыл бұрын

if you did operate youtube in china what vpn would you recommend? im a student whose about to study medicine there for the next 6 years , and wanted your opinion

@donniev8181

3 жыл бұрын

Ive heard that organ transplants are rather easy to get in china though, hmm?

@snigie1

3 жыл бұрын

Grabs popcorn and awaits comments...!

@jimkirby9959

3 жыл бұрын

How can say "support sasha and I"? The objective case requires 'me.'

It's a mystery how this guy survived in China for 14 years.

@kevinc1200

3 жыл бұрын

Yeh. You'd think he would gotten disappeared by the Chinese authorities into one of those ominous dark jails because they have such a hair trigger about someone speaking bad about the gov't. Or maybe the realities is a little different than how it is portrayed?

@gouriguge8532

3 жыл бұрын

That's truly wired if China is so terrible as he described why he still stays in China.

@anirudha5400

3 жыл бұрын

@@gouriguge8532 he left china last year though

@gouriguge8532

3 жыл бұрын

@@anirudha5400 That's nice. I understood why he made so many videos even fake to blame China.

@anirudha5400

3 жыл бұрын

@@gouriguge8532 when were they fake?

When everything is illegal, they will always have something on you.

@AkamiChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Socialism means everything is for the people. But actually it just means the government owns the important stuff and they don't give a crap about you, the individual.

@gille2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@AkamiChannel socialism != communism

@eaaeeeea

3 жыл бұрын

@@AkamiChannel I quite like to live in a socialist democratic country which actually takes care of it's citizens and is ranked the happiest country in the world. I don't fear of getting bankrupt by good healthcare nor student debt. I'm currently working in software development paying higher taxes happily while studying in an university with 0 direct cost to me. We also have strong laws protecting consumers and workers so I don't get ripped off by businesses or employers. Yes we have our problems here but overall Finland is quite awesome place to live in. Don't be a parrot repeating someone else's agenda, do your own research and be open to the idea that other ways of living can also be good for an individual.

@natassa1235

3 жыл бұрын

@@eaaeeeea as a Swede I agree!

@lightsnaketv

2 жыл бұрын

@@eaaeeeea your socialist dream will not last long ,it is only possible today becouse of the freedom your country had years ago but this socialism of yours one day will destroy your country's economy completly ...just wait for it .

Guy basically lived in China for 14 years, became a teacher, a bodyguard, a motorcyclist, a vlogger and youtuber, broke so many laws, had many confrontation with police and safely escaped from China. What a life Winston has lived.

@seniorarubia

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@adrianakusieluskus8941

2 жыл бұрын

😎😁😎😁😎😁 🎥🍿

@madinge711

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about his youth in south africa

@quackss6384

2 жыл бұрын

@@madinge711 that shit was crazy

@arfanmedni7294

2 жыл бұрын

Flogging a unlicensed drone

Don’t mess with drugs in china... but exporting lots of fentanyl is ok apparently.

@LDuke-pc7kq

3 жыл бұрын

It's warfare honestly, and greed always

@Aegis---

3 жыл бұрын

Or research chemicals lmao

@UmamiPapi

3 жыл бұрын

@@LDuke-pc7kq A cold war. Same as the Brits did with opium to China.

@nicholasmaude6906

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't China export crystal-meth by the ton?

@jonnda

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmaude6906 I haven’t heard that, but I wouldn’t doubt it.

The number one biggest crime Winston ever committed in China: That time he tried to rap

@Cigaristocat

3 жыл бұрын

this tbh.

@scintillam_dei

3 жыл бұрын

Rap is crap and should be illegal because it promotes evils like pride, drug addiction, murder, racism against whites (or in China's case potentially against non-Chinese), greed, theft and other nonsense.

@Info_hazard

3 жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei virgin

@bylakopbhu4852

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I remember that video

@RyanMiddleton_the_Rhino

3 жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei Physiologically, anything that has a back-beat is not good. It has been proven that the body responds better to front-beats.

fellow inmate: what are you in for? me: forgot to tell the cops about our slumber party fellow inmate: hardcore

@jamess1787

3 жыл бұрын

Slumber party that was a drunken orgy. Sentence: life imprisonment

@gagamba9198

3 жыл бұрын

_'fellow inmate: hardcore'_ Oh yeah, that too.

@Redmanticore

3 жыл бұрын

"i wrote fanfiction as a kid, now I cant go to school because of lowered social credit score."

@nichellebinion4569

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

When people in the west talk about discrimination and racims, I don’t think those of us who lived in China share the same definition!

@filip3148

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah send all the Karens to China. Poor China.

@drunkdrftr

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, most people that don’t have a passport cannot comprehend the outside world and their life in that context

@roveringreverend

2 жыл бұрын

Racism is everywhere; I used to ride town busses and once I was in the bus with an African man, he was a PhD... my wife was with me and translated how the people spoke so bad of this poor guy... but after he went they spoke so good words of how handsome I was... now 12 years later I can only confirm that this racism is wide spread among Chinese all over the world.

@kgsniper4850

2 жыл бұрын

@@filip3148 or BLM.

@hardgay7537

2 жыл бұрын

I try telling people "you white people complain so much about racism. Among us Asians, that's just the norm." I realize I could phrase it better, but the reactions I get are just too funny, I can't help myself.

I went to China a couple years ago to visit family and got refused access to every hotel in a small town with my Canadian passport until I just went to one and told them i forgot my id card and talked my way in. Not a fun experience

@richardtheeighth4431

3 жыл бұрын

Well at least you had a roof over your head for the night, and hopefully you didn't get into trouble. 🙏🤭

@kunzang5136

3 жыл бұрын

Foreigners leave but hotels might have to deal with authority if they break the laws.

@jerrycurl637

3 жыл бұрын

@@kunzang5136 Like what? Taking one too many dumps in the hotel toilet?

@kunzang5136

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrycurl637 if they say you break the law, you did. Some of the so called laws are so broad anyone could break, like "stirring trouble."

@jerrycurl637

3 жыл бұрын

@@kunzang5136 i'm glad i wasn't born in that shit hole and have yet to experience their "way of life"

The hotel thing is totally true. They are terrified of losing their operating licence if caught. I couldn't get a room even with local help and I'm Chinese. (That was 5 years ago.)

@mlwee6796

3 жыл бұрын

The same with Russia... And the Russians charge you to register.

@bigwendigo2253

3 жыл бұрын

Sheesh authoritarian countries/dictatorships are the worst

@11Yaten

3 жыл бұрын

@@mlwee6796 I really doubt the Russia part

@mlwee6796

3 жыл бұрын

@@11YatenI was there, twice. just google.

@11Yaten

3 жыл бұрын

@@mlwee6796 I was there for 21 years

One of my foreigner friends once went to Kunming to stay with his local relatives, and he actually informed the police. The police station master was like, "What, I don't know that's a law either"

@1231231233922

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of policemen had no idea about it or didn't take it seriously even in Beijing for quite some time, every time I'd come to register they'd be annoyed that they had to fill in extra paperwork. But it changed after 2016 and now they even call you or send a local security guard to fine you and make you register (at least in Shanghai)

The hotel rule is one of the worst. I can't count how many times I've planned a trip somewhere and then had to call about 10 hotels until I could finally find one that accepted foreigners, and, surprise!, it's always the more expensive ones...

@H1kari_1

Жыл бұрын

@@Clarissa1986 Yeah this is discrimination and illegal in plenty countries. But what point is bringing this up when we are talking about China where they don't even hide their hate for foreign people.

I was doing traffic control in Queensland Australia and a hire car pulled up at our work site so I went up to the window to tell them that the wait would be about 15 minutes. The window rolled down and worried young Chinese couple with little English stared wide eyed at me and promptly handed over all their paperwork. Passports, boarding passes and other ID. I laughed and shook my head trying to explain so then they tried giving me money. Well that just made me laugh harder which seemed to worry them more. One of the women on the job spoke Chinese so I got her to talk to them on the 2 way. After a few minutes they relaxed and she told me they'd just arrived in the country and thought I was either Police or Military because of my Hi Vis uniform all the strobe lights and signage. Needless to say they drove off much relieved when the road was cleared. lol

@Ceramic_Discs

10 ай бұрын

How they reacted sounds so cute 😊

I am appalled at how insane and controlling to the point of paranoia these rules are ....they just make them without any awareness of implementation...I find it incomprehensible

@Zachomara

3 жыл бұрын

That's what New York State does, too.

@ananamu2248

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zachomara really? Tell me more ? I see a world view that usa and china are polarities ...and we are ,as a world ,being exposed to the extremes ..order and chaos ....and each side has a bit of both...one thing covid has done is expose the infiltration and insidious purchases that control basic living needs...I like to hear all sides

@Zachomara

3 жыл бұрын

@@ananamu2248 NYS, still technically has hope (unlike China without removing their government from power). However: Cuomo (the governor) when he was first elected was just another in a long line of statewide politicians who have been "rooting out" corruption only to fall for the exact type of corruption they were campaigning against (i.e. Sheldon Silver, Elliot Sptizer, etc). Cuomo did the following during his term: 1. Upon the Sandy Hook shooting (not in NYS) Cuomo took it upon himself to attempt to ban "assault weapons" which in his rush to ban things like pistol grips on rifles, also made belt fed machine guns completely legal for a year and a half until gun rights groups pointed that out. There's more to that story, but it sums up how stupid the so called "SAFE Act" is. 2. A nuclear power plant in Oswego, NY was attempting to get the governor's support to invest in renovating the transmission lines so they would be able to provide cheap electricity to New York City. Cuomo not only didn't help but blocked development of the transmission lines that already existed but needed to be upgraded. This resulted in an inefficient power grid and the closure of the nuclear plant, shutting down nearly 1,500 well paying jobs. 3. Remington (the gun company) was in Ilion, NY and Cuomo used his power to target them until Remington shut down their plant there. This includes any firearms that would go to the police. (they attempted to stop sales to NYS police in protest, but it was too late already). 5,000 jobs were lost due to the governor's actions. 4. During the beginning of the pandemic, Cuomo sent active COVID patients into Upstate (non-city) nursing homes, resulting in the deaths of at least 13,000 elderly (more likely 20,000. The final number isn't tallied yet.) 5. During the middle of the pandemic, Cuomo attempted to send National Guard troops into Upstate hospitals to seize all (and I mean all) the ventilators in Upstate New York to bring to NYC and Long Island. He backed down after he realized the New York National Guard is mostly manned by Upstate residents. 6. My family was visiting my mother and he was wearing the armband floaties because he was 4 at the time (before COVID) and the lifeguard yelled at us because apparently armbands weren't allowed in NYS anymore. She then goes to quote the NYS regulation on it when we ask her about it. 7. NYS pays the highest amount of taxes out of any state (save maybe California, and I mean maybe) while almost 20% of its revenue comes from Wall Street. Meanwhile the roads and public schools continue failing. Pipes burst on a nearly constant basis in all three cities I've lived in New York State. The DMV is backed up in every city not because there are too many people for the area, but because there aren't even enough DMV workers for the DMV itself (half the stations are completely empty). 8. The only Democrat I ever voted for got into office because he ran a clean campaign and didn't attack his opponent. The moment he gets into office he does a complete 180 and starts laying down the attacks like he was voted in to kill people. 9. My grandparents owned an island and tried to put a dock on it because it was the habitat for some kind of threatened minnow. They had issues even getting the permit and had to commission a study to be able to get the dock built. But the commission found out that the dock itself would actually help that minnow population because it provided shelter for them. So it took them anywhere from $20,000 to put a floating dock into the water (not kidding, it was four poles driven in and the dock was just a floating dock to rise and lower with the water levels.

@ananamu2248

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zachomara thanks zach ....sounds more like stupidity and yes ,not seeing the ramifications to rules being applied where the didnt think to look ....no leeway or exceptions to the rule....its thinking in linear fashion ,not wholistically ...focus is on control .. medical is like that too

@fs5775

Жыл бұрын

@@ananamu2248 and China's order eventually erupted in chaos with covid... millions of deaths hidden all to save face

I went to China 5 times during the '90's. Strange place. Can't wait to never go back...ever!

@issy4895

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a long time ago, even despite being 20 odd years ago you wouldn't go?

@lucywucyyy

3 жыл бұрын

china has only gotten worse since then

@MultiRainday

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucywucyyy based on your experience?

@lucywucyyy

3 жыл бұрын

@@MultiRainday you dont need to go there to know that, its going back to the authoritarian shithole it used to be

@MultiRainday

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucywucyyy what makes you say so? Because your media says so?

I had no idea that you couldn't visit government workers at their home. A former student of mine is a government worker and I went to his home every week for 5 or so years. Now that you mention it he always waited for me at the compound gate, probably had an agreement with the guards to let me in.

@disbsam333

Жыл бұрын

What if they visit you at your home? Or at a hotel? 😂😂😂

“With this phone, you can start manufacturing your own pngrahpic contents in China.” That’s gonna a great line for a phone ad.

I always hated getting rejected from cheaper hotels and ended up staying in "black hotels", really dodgey places.

@whoelsebutmeofcoursei

3 жыл бұрын

Any thing that has "black" in its name is bound to be evil, damn! Except the things that have "dark" or "deep" on their names, but it's for the same effect!

@brandonphillips7216

3 жыл бұрын

Why so dark

@Carryp

3 жыл бұрын

Or sleeping at a KTV for that great rest

@MrWarthog

3 жыл бұрын

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei das raycis

@mikespike2099

3 жыл бұрын

@@brandonphillips7216 to hide all the harlots riding small pickles!

I used to stay in “no foreigners” hotels by using a Hong Kong ID card. It was an expired ID card I got after studying for a year in Hong Kong, they don’t actually check if it’s expired or not, just that you’ve got Chinese ID (I’m white) Might be worth a try if you wanna save some money, I used to stay in some of the worker hostels, just say you’re from Hong Kong

When I worked in IT, I had co-workers in Shenzhen. one of them was a total KZread junky and was crying to me that she could only watch via our corporate intranet and begged me to find her a VPN that might work in China. After I warned her that she was probably breaking the law having a VPN to watch decadent, counter-revolutionary content LOL, We found one that sort of worked - but man it was difficult.

@1231231233922

3 жыл бұрын

almost any of the top-10 payed VPNs are working well in China, it's hard to find a free VPN

@Caitlfiora

3 жыл бұрын

It is ok to use VPN to watch decadent, counter-revolutionary content in China, but it is illegal to build and sell VPN, create and spread corrupt, counter-revolutionary content.

The more you learn about China, the more you value the liberty you enjoy in the US.

@MaeRose26

10 ай бұрын

fr i feel extremely privelaged now and have a better understanding of the world. for once, im thankful to be American

@gokaren420

10 ай бұрын

Yes. I cannot imagine living without freedoms.

@mycelia_ow

10 ай бұрын

Hardly, our American liberties are slowly going away. The US isn't the only free country, but it is certainly the only one that's been losing a ton of freedoms. Just look at what the sup. court did last year, yeah and that directly affected me. Stuff like that reminds me the US is just a western China.

In this video Winston, the gangsta bikie, admits to watching porn, staying in hotels and having late night conversations with police officers.... I feel violated.

@richardtheeighth4431

3 жыл бұрын

Some may think this ironic, others would argue that Winston is just recalling and sharing his past experiences and being open and honest about it. Either way the video is fun, interesting and educational.🙏👍

@Jozamendo

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardtheeighth4431 in one of the videos they weren't able to get to a hotel beacuse of what he was talki about. They had to sleep in a abandoned shack.. he'll tell that story to his daughter when she grows up.. 👍

@richardtheeighth4431

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jozamendo When things don't go as planned when it is needed, one must improvise. I think Winston's daughter would be thrilled to hear her father tell her the sleeping in an abandoned shack story Thanks for taking the time comment and share your thoughts. 🙏😀

@theantitheocrat6232

3 жыл бұрын

What a square :D Him not you :D

@menooby2653

2 жыл бұрын

BTW watching porn is not illegal in China, but prolly wouldn't do it openly. The law only mentions distribution and production

Honorable mention: USE VPN haha but most commonly you've probably upset that sacred, holy, on high "social harmony"

The whole not being able to stay in a hotel because you're a foreigner definitely resonates with me. I remember walking around Qingdao for about 2 hours trying to find a hotel that would allow a foreigner. I was even with my Chinese wife at the time. Ridiculous!

@agalah408

3 жыл бұрын

I can sympathise with that. I spent some time in Qingdao. Glad I had a hotel close to the town square, as it was -12 (c) that week. I was picking up chunks of sea-ice off the beach! A highlight was a visit to the Qingdao beer museum.

@jSyndeoMusic

2 жыл бұрын

My Chinese wife and I are hoping to travel through China someday, if the current government ever decides to calm the heck down. Of course, there’s no way we would dare set foot in it right now, or anytime soon… we only got married this year, though, so it’s unfortunate that I really haven’t gotten the chance to even visit China before it got so much worse under Xi.

I've mentioned on another of your videos before, but when I was staying in Nanjing. I was rejected from 4 different hotels. I can't even fathom that happening the other way around

@yzorgone

2 жыл бұрын

we should just have the same rules for chinese that travel to our countries.. that will teach them :)

Omg the hotel situation... worst experience I had in my life, also trying to exchange RMB to dollar, no bank would take foreigners and most recently before I left you couldn’t buy a SIM card with your foreign passport.

@whoelsebutmeofcoursei

3 жыл бұрын

That's some Sodom & Gomorrah shit. Might as well beat the foreigners on arrival for the crime of not being a national.

@jw4195

3 жыл бұрын

everything need chinese's ID to make a lot of thing under the big control, It is not friendly foreign have a disengaged travel in china land.

@jantschierschky3461

3 жыл бұрын

@@TopVillain that time is gone

@jaydee6268

3 жыл бұрын

@@TopVillain Taiwan is the new center of gravity.

@thebranch3874

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, that's correct

I liked seeing some old footage about your friends' Christmas party in Huizhou. And for #5, your way of getting a hotel for the night is very brave, and it must have been difficult to ride a motorcycle when you are very tired.

@IAMATTHETOP

3 жыл бұрын

@@jundu8471 his entire channel isn't anti China, not until the very time he got under the party radar

@qwertyqwert2818

2 жыл бұрын

@@jundu8471 Check his old vids. THEN comment.

@InnateOwl

2 жыл бұрын

@@jundu8471 sucks that "your motherland" is absolutely abhorrent

As he says in the video, the haphazard enforcement of govt directives makes it pretty much impossible not to break laws. One outdated and very annoying regulation in Vietnam was not being able to share a hotel room with your partner unless you were married. It wasn't a legal requirement and city hotels didn't observe it, but smaller out of the way towns would always push it (presumably in an attempt to rent out two rooms rather than one). Super annoying to have to argue with hotel staff after a long day riding motorbikes in mud and rain.

@gokaren420

10 ай бұрын

So you have to show proof of being married?

Watching your videos makes me so glad I live in LAID BACK Japan! I can't imagine having to report to the police to stay at a friend's house! Or being subjected to a police check in the middle of the night! Or being subjected to strict KZread laws! And if I wanted to, I could take a motorcycle trip throughout Japan with no problem, as long as I had a motorcycle license. And I've stayed at countless hotels, inns, hostels and B&Bs in Japan with no problem! 日本、万歳！

How come you didn't mention wearing your "Winnie the Pooh" T shirt in public 🤪

@mikespike2099

3 жыл бұрын

Xinnie the Poo and his Commie Kung Flu Crew 🐻 😷 🇨🇳

@bigship1758

3 жыл бұрын

Because Winnie the Pooh isn't banned in China, only the movie was banned.

@mikespike2099

3 жыл бұрын

@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER that’s a great profile picture! Xitler is real!

@charlenekim5533

3 жыл бұрын

@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER That is “习特勒” Chinese for “Xithler.”

@davesy6969

3 жыл бұрын

If he mentioned Winnie the Pooh he'd be in real trouble. He would have been on the next plane out of china without his hunny.

Free Tibet, Free Hong Kong , Free Inner Mongolia, Free Xinjiang, Free Macao, free Myanmar and protect Taiwan

@studagr8765

3 жыл бұрын

Taiwan 🇹🇼#1

@donniev8181

3 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Berg no he isn't here either

@ayi3455

3 жыл бұрын

Free the world.....!!

@jcjc4979

3 жыл бұрын

@Popular thats a tree hugger talk. Try free your self in China. And good luck with that.

@ThePandafriend

3 жыл бұрын

You wrote Southern Mongolia and East Turkistan wrong.

"In an enlightened society, laws are simple and easy to follow. In an unenlightened society, laws are complex and impossible to follow." - Manly P. Hall ✌

The sixth illegal activity: breathing.

2:35 Oh, goodness - that sounds like the beginning of a very stupid international incident. "South African secret agent arrested for espionage, while riding on a stolen police motorcycle on the border to Hong Kong."

When I was there, I would say bad things about the government outside with my brother, but I did so with the awareness that most people probably had no idea what I was saying.

@ballroomboy

3 жыл бұрын

Face to face is fine. But if you try to create gatherings or posting online is the problem.

"A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick"

Because of my job as a technician and salesman for steelplants, i am frequently travelling the East (India, China, Bangladesh, etc) and also countries like Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia etc, but I have to say China is the most difficult when you‘re not in the Big Cities. One example is that small plants are in the rural areas and if these plants arent the big ones, its quite difficult to get hotel unless the plant organizes it for you. In addition China is the country in which the least people speak english and dislike / mistrust foreigner the most. Fun fact : Iran is the easiest, friendliest and most comfortable business trip destination you can imagine. Unfortunately, due to all the sanctions my trips and business in Iran has been cut off.

If you being a foreigner can be rejected by hotels, you can imagine how desperate you are in case of some emergency health issues. Will you be admitted at the hospital?

Wasn’t aware of the lodging laws, that explains one situation that I experienced. Thanks for the heads up on that law.

I think one of the ways to deal with the Chinese government is to straightly practice reciprocity. This applies to the number of reporters, the way companies are listed on the stock exchanges, the number of foreign diplomats, and etc. Take away their special privileges as a developing country.

This is really interesting. I have spent time in a number of small hotels in rural China visiting factories, but our offices in HK and China always arranged all the travel and accommodations for any group of foreigners of varying nationalities. I didn't realize the amount of work that likely went on behind the scenes to make those visits happen so seamlessly. I also understand their panic when the fog would roll in or a van would break down, and we would be unexpectedly trapped on the mainland without a place to stay. Also, I was given a local Chinese insurance "gold card", and it was impressed upon me how important it was to carry on my body at all times, otherwise I could be left dying in the street. Thankfully I always made it back across the border when ill, and never had to test it out. Regular medical visits in HK including the RX (for things like strep throat) cost less than my visit deductible on US insurance though. You know your country's medical system is grossly exploitative, when you pay 10k a year just for the insurance, and it is cheaper not to use it in foreign countries.

Being a white African was No. 1. I was born in China. I lived there for 26 years. I have been out of China for 4 to 5 years. I don’t miss it one bit.

A 12+ hour ride holy cow. Glad you're here to share us your stories!

Love your vids, thank you for doing and sharing them x

Damn Winston, I had faith in you before but not I know that you stayed at friend's houses I can't look at you the same way. I mean damn, what's next, murder? Thoughts and prayers to all the heroic police that have dedicated themselves to preventing such horrific acts and protecting the people of China from such barbarian ways

The negatives of China greatly outweigh the positives, I seriously can't even see myself going there on vacation

I was in Baoding in 2006 and the hotel next to the one I was in had a sign in Chinese and the English underneath said "No Aliens Allowed" make me chuckle...😅

I loveeee your videos. What a great insight into China, cheers from another fellow South African

Serp (may I call you Serp?), you are the man. Mad luv and much respect, as always.

Hey Serpentza i don't know if you'll see this but i wanted to say I'm a big supporter of your work to show the tyranny of the ccp

@serpentza

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@johnrhodes3350

3 жыл бұрын

It's especially important now everyone should be able to see where the world is headed with the 'Great Reset' propelled by Covid19 Emergency Regulations and the Transhumanist agenda injection experiments

I am happy you are well now. What adventures! And lived to tell the tale!

You have really taught me alot about China, I knew so little

So true, I was last year driving through China and at least 15 hotels did not want us

I had to sneak into hotels in Beijing back in 2009. It's not just the small towns!

I just didn`t know many of those things, thanks for the information!

Thank you 🙏 for all of your videos. Great work!

Yep, I stopped one night at a mates house in Bantian - the local police arrived at 11pm. Someone on the condo compound had reported me; someone knew a gweiloh lived on the compound but noticed 1 extra gweiloh on the compound & reported me.

I was laughing so hard while i was watching it. This is true, I know that because I am Chinese !

Your story telling is on level 100. With that Background music👌

Respect to you Winston, I've been fortunate to get around the world a lot (13 years in Southern Africa) but can't hold a candle to you. Great work, entertaining and informative. Thank you 😊.

So nice to see your wife in one of your videos again (2:11), even if only a "cameo" appearance. I trust you are all doing well! 🤗

@serpentza

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you!

I wish PBS would make a show about you! I see all these things and how they treat foreigners and the scams that they run and I really wish that more people saw this. China doesn't deserve to have tourists visit! I really wish some big news outfit (That was why I mentioned PBS) would do an exposé on how China treats / thinks of tourists and foreigners.

The best thing of your channel and you personally is that you are honest(as far as someone can tell).Thank you for your hard work.Keep on!

That's the kind of content we were waiting for hahaha

I'd say China's laws are too draconian for me to bear.

@masupildula

2 жыл бұрын

Because they're not real think about it why would the government not wanting people to visite their friends Let me give you some advice: usually when he post videos they are based on the truth to some extent he exaggerates them. Good luck

@oliverhardy9464

2 жыл бұрын

@@masupildula It's not about not visiting your friend. It's about not constantly reporting your own position which is quite annoying.

@quackss6384

2 жыл бұрын

@@masupildula no

@masupildula

2 жыл бұрын

"Constantly reporting your own position" sorry could you make it simpler I can't understand it

When you said number 5 it almost triggered my PTSD lol. This was probably during my second week in China so I didn't know much, anyway: One time my agent booked me into a hotel in a town called Bengbu, and this was one of those unlicensed hotels for foreigners, I didn't know what was going on while they bribed the hotel staff to let me stay the night I'm guessing, and like at midnight that night while I was sleeping the police burst in there dragging me to the lobby with nothing but boxers and a wifey on. My agent wasn't picking up her phone and I sat there in the lobby for probably an hour before they could find someone who spoke English. Worst part is at the end of the night they didn't want to do the paperwork so they said I can stay in the hotel as long as I was out the next morning, which was useless because I was supposed to get on a train to Harbin on the other side of the country the next morning at 6...

New follower here. Awsome work, keep it up!

Looking forward to more of your stories from China!!!! Thank you soooo much

A nice and early one for me.9:25 PM here in South Africa. xxxxxxxx

I simply can't get over that a place called Business Hotel cannot allow foreigners to stay there. Do you get the impression that most hotels would like you to stay, but just can't?

Your home videos drove home to me what a difficult transition it must have been for you and C-Milk to go from your apartments in China to living in the USA/LA now. Heck, even moving within the same metro area is a pain. You have my sympathies.

14 year+ journalistic expedition, what a hero, great content.

I've actually checked in with the local police while visiting family friends. My friends and the first officer we spoke with didn't know about this law and had to contact the supervisor. I found out about the law through a travel agency website that caters specifically to tourism in China. You must keep the registration documents on your person at all times.

"Let's get into the first illegal thing I did in China - and I did this often.. and that is: VISITING FRIENDS" - Winston you are a legend! I burst out into laughter when you said that! Set it up perfectly! But, the worst part is: it's true! LOL

I found this channel just randomly and I love it. I feel like I have a friend who went to China for 14 years and is describing all of the interesting stories and the differences. And I don't even have to buy this guy lunch. :) Seriously it's really interesting to get a westerners perspective on China where I'm just basically held to what we see on CNN. Thanks for putting yourself out there and for telling the stories. It's pretty cool man You're having an impact on the world. Not a lot of us can say that

Great video Winston!

This reminds me my stay overnight at the top of Hua Shan with my Chinese friend. He told me he is going to book a place for two, but I should not go because I'm a foreigner and they could reject me. I didn't understand why, it was somewhere in 2008.

Great video Winston how about a vidio of how your daily life has changed since leaving China 👍

A bureaucratic nightmare where most people haven't got the memo! A friend's son is a teacher of English in China and has a Chinese wife and son. He broke his leg badly playing football. He tried to return to UK to get better treatment, however UK will let in his son but not the wife due to income threshold. So he is stuck in China and it is really hard to get the medical attention he needs ( an operation to fix the leg and hip)

Gosh, I miss your videos, Winston. I come in every couple/three months and binge watch. So much going on. I would really like to meet you guys. It would be a privilege. -- Glennie, in Vermont

except for driving a motorcycle I've broken the very same laws when I was there.

In Russia, you have to register when you stay overnight anywhere, at hotels or friend's homes. You can be fined and jailed for failing to register.

@Leshic2

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, really? Russia as well? How do you know?

@mlwee6796

3 жыл бұрын

@@Leshic2 I visited Russia twice, in 2016 & 2019. Stayed in hotel in Moscow and hotel charged me a fee to register. Also stayed in hostel at Yekaterinburg and they too charged me a fee to register. Also stayed at friend's apartment in Moscow and it's a hassle to register if stay at friend's home. Friend need to get forms from post office , fill in and submit. And come back another day to collect registration.

Winston Thank You For The Great Video.

Thank you for the wonderful reporting. I enjoy reading your experience in China. And I agree with you in your views on China.

Hi Winston. You forgot to include flying drones in China. Pretty ridiculous laws there. Unbelievable actually.

@mlwee6796

3 жыл бұрын

Ya drones. And yet China produce the best drones in the world, the DJi

@Caitlfiora

3 жыл бұрын

ridiculous? no idea what are you talking about

@davesy6969

3 жыл бұрын

@@mlwee6796 The drones dji sell in the west are built with proper quality control because consumers demand it and there are consumer protection laws that are enforced. Winston mentioned it in one of his videos.

@alvinzolmedo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Caitlfiora that’s because you have drank the kool Aid. Tsk tsk

@Caitlfiora

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvinzolmedo O I just forgot you are not Chinese, that why you think our laws are wired

Hey man, it's been less than a week I discovered your channel, and only have been able to watch 4-5 random videos, and I must say the content is very interesting. I am enjoying your brilliant work a lot. Thank you for sharing these experiences with the world. TC Mate, keep up the good work.🙏

That’s a terrifying list of crimes. Your a real badass

Congrats on 1m subs. KEEP GOING, MY MAN!

All of these things you did that are illegal in China are things that I do completely legally here in the US. That's crazy!

Dude that porn thing is so true! Its blocked online, however everyone still has access though USB drives and illegal website downloads. Most of my CN friends (now in their 20-30’s) told me they had “sex education” through porn, because this subject is still such a taboo in CN. I hope this will be improved one day, lets face it: sex is part of human being, it shouldnt be banned or people shouldnt feel awkward about in a conversation.

@30803080308030803081

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t easy to figure out, however? Humans have instincts for that. Humans were making babies for a hundred thousand years before porn or sex education.

@gezzapk

3 жыл бұрын

@@30803080308030803081 I think you don't understand what sex education is for.. there's a reason they have 1 child policy's

@drunkdrftr

2 жыл бұрын

@@gezzapk i search sex in Spanish and always got some hits

I liked this video. Seems to be presented better than recent content.

Love your honesty and these videos where you compare the cultures.

I was never turned away from a hotel in China. There were times, however, when my appearance would cause a lot of confusion among hotel staff. My wife, who is from Taiwan, would book hotels over the phone or on Chinese-language websites, so the staff wouldn't be expecting a white Westerner to show up as well. Usually the workers would get flustered, but still took my passport, made a photo copy of the bio page, and then let us check into our rooms.

@nct9466

3 жыл бұрын

I was rejected tho my wife was local... Had to go thru the side door!!!! It was a big tourist area and big hotel.... China doesn’t have a heart or give a shit unless it’s “we chinese people”...... try banning foreigners from staying at hotels in Europe etc n see how they’d cry foul etc...

@singingstars5006

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine's mom (American, white) traveled to China with a Chinese lady. This was maybe early 90's. The Chinese lady made the reservation. Both were allowed to stay but someone alerted the police. The American lady was nearly arrested and the Chinese lady fast talked their way out of the hairy situation.

This encourages me to not travel to China ever. Sounds like a nightmare and a pain in the ass to do anything

@shengyoulin2143

3 жыл бұрын

I beg you not to come.

Very interesting video!

Hospital part is true. I have an unusable finger as a souvenir of 10 days in Guangzhou Orthopedic Hospital. Can only call it...an experience that i never wish to repeat

So much needed this reminder today, as have been contemplating a return to the Middle Kingdom plantation of late. Nah, don't think so. Got out in '19 myself, glory years for foreigners long gone.

Don't forget having a satellite to watch TV.

I’ve encountered the hotel problem too, but later i found out that the trick is to always book hotels from taobao or feizhu, even if you already in front of the hotel.

The hotel problem has got only worse now. More than half of he hotels that allowed foreigners before Covid have started rejecting now.