Just out of curiosity, your attitude towards China and it's people changed a lot from what you used to have (basically more positive and more optimistic), what's the cause. Did you got offended by the local gov or you got kicked out of China?
Gonna check out Simon's channel now. Thx for the heads up. BTW.... I'm sure there are lots of people on the mainland that will tell you where to go, and they are not even pregnant! :) (Hi from San Diego, remember meeting at flower shop?) -Jay-
@@luezio8914 China's attitude towards foreigners has drastically changed recently and state condoned attacks, doxxing and harassment have led to Chinese 50 cent nationalists attacking my wife and trying to get her fired and arrested (just because she's my wife) attacks against my parents and even random cousins, doxxing my parents, swatting attempts, all sorts of nonsense simply because I have an opinion that doesn't gel with their force fed one. I realized just how sick certain parts of Chinese society are as a result of these relentless attacks and so will now discuss and explain why these happen. I hope to enlighten people through my experiences and help them understand why it is that Modern China is closing up and behaving the way it is.
My Taiwan story (my mother is from Taiwan, so I do speak the language). A few years back, I traveled to Taiwan on my own. I was on my way somewhere and had gotten on the wrong bus. I told the bus driver about it and asked him what alternate route I should take to get to my destination. He told me to sit back and wait a second. While I waited, the driver spoke to another bus driver via his radio intercom thingy, then announced over the loudspeaker "young lad, I'm going to pull over at the next stop. I told the other bus driver (the one driving the bus to your destination) to wait at the next stop for me to catch up to let you transfer to his bus". I was in awe over his actions, and still grateful to this day. He actively went out of his way to ensure I got to where I was heading, and props to the other bus driver for cooperating as well. Taiwan No. 1
It was on March 13th, 2011, I was in Taipei on business and I had to return to Japan as big disaster in Northern Japan on March 11th, 2011. I took a taxi from the hotel to the airport in Taipei 松山空港, the taxi driver asked me if I am Japanese, and I said ,yes, then the taxi driver told me no pay is necessary as Japan is now big disaster. My eyes were a full of tears. I never forget about this tax driver and Taiwan people. Someday, I will reciprocate for Taiwan.
Mickey Takahashi during WW2 many Japanese soldiers were killed in China but the soldiers’ children they left behind were fostered by Chinese parents. Now the once Japanese children loved their China parents different from what you think.
Mickey Takahashi Thanks. You say that now . Taiwan is still weak that you can bully but not China. We welcome you to enjoy what you can in China during your stay. But you have to pay. Japanese can kick the statue of comfort women in Taiwan. But you can’t do that in China. The time is no more WW2. Not even your Abe. However we like Abe more than you.
Ive been to Taiwan and they are so friendly. An elderly lady in her 80's helped my gf and I take the right train at the right platform. She waited the whole time with us till we took the train safely. I will never forget that moment.
Idk man, it’s a thing we do I guess. I’ve done that many times when foreigners ask for directions. If I’m not in a rush, I’ll probably take the bus or MRT to the station with them. In my opinion I just hate being lost in a completely foreign place, and I don’t want people to feel that way in my country.
I seriously don't understand this. I hear this ALL THE TIME, but I've been in Taiwan for nearly ten years and only see pushy rude people. People getting in front of me, cutting in front of me to get onto the train or elevator, being completely ignored when I try to get someone's attention, being interrupted whenever I speak by the majority of people, particularly older people who believe they are gods over you because they take the "respect your elders" thing to a whole new level and they think they can just do whatever they want... Go buy something. The dickhead behind you will physically press up against you half the time and will push you out of the way the MOMENT he or she thinks you're done (when you're still being handed your change and haven't put anything away yet). Go ask for help. Majority of people pretend they can't understand my Chinese. People closer to me insist that my pronunciation is really clear and accurate... I have no idea if this is true though, because I think due to my face, people just don't bother listening to me. The rest of them just act like I don't exist at all. People tell me I look like a ghost all the time. Good job, you racist fucks. People park their scooters in the center of the sidewalk. People check their phones in the narrowest walkways, and pretend not to notice you when you need to get by them. People DON'T SMILE. People get upset with me when I SMILE. I swear I'm in a different Taiwan than any of you are. I really hate it here. If I didn't have some things tying me here I would have been gone so long ago. Whenever I complain they say "go to China and you'll see how great we are". Oh shut up. It doesn't matter how good or bad China is, when there are problems HERE. I like a lot of the food here. That's about it. The people are uneducated and rude, and the environment sucks. Trash on the ground. Open air sewers. No trees. Crap.
I would love to visit. Even booked everything but could not go because of corona and went to thailand instead 🥺 you know if they will open soon? I'm swiss
One thing I think you've missed is that Taiwan is the ultimate refutation of the CPC's assertions that democracy isn't compatible with Chinese culture. It is a modern, prosperous, well-educated and wealthy country. Everything China could have been had Mao not seized power.
@Indian Stars Agreed. Don't forget Singapore, probably the wealthiest country in Asia. You could probably count Malaysia as well, though it seems to be more of a mixed bag.
@Indian Stars Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan used to lead by authotarian government which make economic policy could run pretty well. When, they have been pretty developed, they started to adopt more free and democratic politic which would be the case in China when their civilians become well educated
@Indian Stars managing 1.4 billion people isn't the same as 50 million people....I mean just look at India, they had a bunch of smart people and potential but their economy are still lacking off
@Indian Stars Actually China is very developed. With one of the best infrastructure in the world, a very high PPP, the worlds second largest GDP, the third most powerful military, and one of the most trusted governments, I'd say that it's pretty developed. And Hong Kong is owned by China
It's literally Cain and Able thought patterns. Cain (China) sees Able (Taiwan) as a constant painful reminder of what they could be like, but fail to be, which generates murderous levels of resentment and antipathy.
You westerners really should try to stop being narcissist for a minute, almost nobody in China think democracy is any better system. At least now you can stop to think for a while after your Trump-Biden presidential debate kindergarten sh*t show. And by the way, Taiwan is way ahead of you in this election sh*t farce: while Trump and Biden sort to lies and constant interruptions, the Taiwanese have already started to use fists and shoe-fighting in their so-called Congress election decades ago
@@NathanDrake0410 Ok, but petty political fights are better than murdering 73 million people. Also, the fact that they CAN disagree and don't just get dragged away in the night and sent to a concentration camp is what freedom is about.
Once upon a hot summer at noon in Taiwan, I was asking for direction, the lady said it's too hot to walk for 10 min. She took me there by her motorcycle.
Taiwanese people saw us lost in Taipei. Immediately they asked us if we were lost and offered to show us where to go on a map. Little things like that make me appreciate them much more.
as a Taiwanese (just talking about myself here), if anyone ask me direction, I'll take out my phone and google map it because I'll feel guilty if I'm giving out the wrong direction to the person 🤣
@@fortdetrickvlab4838 would the person be asking for directions if they know how to look for it? Yes everyone has a phone but would they be asking for it if they knew already? No they wouldn't so please don't say things like that
right mate ! i do the same, some people, mostly older but even younger, are not used to this tech map thing, or just slow with it. i'm european, ro, btw.
As mainland Chinese I used to support Taiwan being part of mainland China but after I've been to Taiwan, I sincerely hope Taiwan remain separate. Taiwan is proof that Chinese people can have democracy and be successful and preserve true Chinese traditional culture. China on the other hand is pretty much kidnapped by communist mafias
I helped a Taiwanese family find there way to the train station here in Tokyo a few years back. The father approached me on the street and asked if I could tell them where the station was, I was headed there anyways and told them I would walk them there. We had a nice chat in English as we walked, as we parted I asked where they were from. He smiled and said “from Taiwan, we are not Chinese” I laughed and said I figured as much because of how polite he was.
I would love to go to Tokyo!! Queen, my favorite British rock band, always visited Tokyo, and they learned how to speak Japanese because they loved it so much and they spent so much time there. My dad’s best friend is an engineer originally from Scotland and he was working here in America when he met my dad and then he got transferred to Taiwan. That’s where he met his beautiful, sweet wife.!!❤
No, Taiwan is the example why socialism is a superior system. Taiwan is a shithole. There are 3 million Taiwanese currently living in China. Where there only few mainlanders live in Taiwan .why Taiwan is better when Taiwanese people try so hard to come to china?
You must be some foreigners frm , America or europe.most Hong Kong and Taiwan people only respect and favour those kind of people's 🙊it's my experience.they don't respect others people.chines frm Shanghai and Chinese who living in foreigners country are very nice, kind hearts, help ful, selfless , respect to others & not greedy.its my experience.
Taiwanese people are much warmer than mainlanders, friendly, not suspicious, and soft, expressive faces. Ive worked with quite a few of each. Not at all similar.
As a kid growing up in S. Korea in the 70's, I always thought China was ROC whereas China was referred to as "Red China (中共)", a different country indeed. But as the world slowly broke away from Taiwan, ROC, Korea became one of the countries that followed the suit. My father used to travel a lot to Taiwan in the 70s and 80s, he never took home any bad memories about the people and the country. Then China opened up. He also traveled quite extensively in China and all the horror stories that he brought as a news were quite startling, sort of like the stories the serpentza talked about. I agree because of the fact that Mao destroyed the tradition of China, the goodness that the Chinese culture inherently had seemed to be preserved well in Taiwan. It is not part of China. Taiwan has its own fully functioning democratic government and military. One thing that's kind of lacking is the diplomatic recognition that it has lost over the years. Taiwan seems to me is a true China in its way it has preserved the traditional culture and education.
Most countries that switched their recognition from the ROC to the PRC still have "unoffical" diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In the US we offcially don't recognize Taiwan but there are in reality extensive contacts between the ROC and the US government. We just have to pretend they don't exist so the PRC doesn't throw a temper tantrum.
The description of how helpful Taiwanese people are really speaks to me. I had a job teaching English in Taiwan for a while, and had many experiences of people going out of their way to help me, just because I looked like I needed it. My first time using the trains there, I was feeling lost and confused, but a girl walked up, spoke English, and helped get me to the right platform. Another time, my scooter broke down on the side of the road, and a man who didn't speak English stopped, checked it out, and helped me get to the next town. Not everyone is a saint, of course, but an overwhelming majority of the people I encountered were friendly and helpful. It really made me love the place.
One of my friends, who is from Taiwan, stated that most of the people that moved there during and after the war were lower-to-upper middle class people and there wasn't as many of the "big names" (as he called them) that came over. So, you have a country that is formed mostly of people that were upper-middle class at best, didn't want to be a part of the country that was forming on the mainland, and often were people that didn't want to be "classical" Chinese in a lot of ways. The mentality is a LOT different.
That isn't accurate in the slightest. Look up Waishengren. A lot of the people that left communist China were obviously businessmen and people who had the money to leave. I don't know why your friend told you this.
Birds of a feather flock together, the weaks always gather like india and taiwan, the strong will never need much allies, that is CHINA works alone and fear proof
@@jiaxizhang3295 bwahaahh, backstabbing CCP. if the world hadn't been so generous to help the Chinese when they got their asses kicked by Japan. The CCP literally is an insult to the real chinese culture
so true about china n taiwan, been to these 2 countries n really the taiwanese people are so caring n friendly n helpful n really makes u feel at home, unlike china where everyone seems to be in a rush jumping q etc..
Taiwan is exactly that, the true Chinese people. They carried on the values, culture and customs of their people while China destroyed thousands of years of history and brainwashed their people all the while creating more poverty and despair. I travelled in both Taiwan and China and studied in Taiwan, in the 90's. While in China, I never did feel the rich history of this country and culture. Only in Taiwan did I learn and appreciate the customs of the Chinese. If you ever want to truly understand the culture of the Chinese, do yourself a favor and go see Taiwan
I am Chinese and I like my country because it gave me work and gave me a lot of knowledge. I do n’t understand why China is afraid of Taiwan. Taiwan just wants to be emperor. Although Mao Zedong did have a mistake, he did not have him. And how could there be China with the second GDP now? You would not know what the KMT did to the Chinese, they would rape Chinese women and bully the Chinese, so we chose the Communist Party. If there is a mistake in English, it is that I am not good at English
@@jackofalltradesmasterofnon5681 I'm interested that why West didn't allow Taiwan to be the 2nd in world GDP and made it happen, at least Taiwan is "Democracy" and this could save a lot of time. If u cannot answer it, don't make such a stupid opinion.
I've lived in Taiwan for 3 years now and wouldn't trade it for the world, my only fear is the CCP bringing disaster to this country. I'm really happy the US recently enacted the TAIPEI act, I hope the US can continue to protect Taiwan from the CCP.
On holiday in Taiwan I left my prescription Raybans on the Taipei metro which we took for a trip to the zoo. I was so annoyed with myself, it almost ruined the day. Then much later in the day on the way back to the apartment I thought 'what the heck, might as well ask one of the metro help desks'. After a few calls the guy behind the desk said he found them(!) and drew me a map of how to get to the station that was holding them, and sure enough they were there! It was such a relief and testament to the honesty and helpfulness of the people. I will never forget it. Thank you Taiwan! (the sight seeing was great too by the way. I recommend taking a train down the east coast)
No need to take something that doesn’t belong to you, because the person who lost it must be really worried! We do not want to see that happen to anybody. So it is our obligation to return it and hopefully it can be reunited with whoever lost it. That’s the mentality here. Simple and straightforward.
It’s a nice story but I mean... why would someone steal prescription sunglasses? I guess you just got lucky no one else came along with the same prescription
@@FPSIreland2 They might be prescription sunglass, and people is US would snatch it and toss it in the trash when they find out they can't wear it. In China they would demand a reward for returning it, and if you don't reward them they throw it on the ground and crush it. Saw a youtube video of a woman stomped on a little girl's smartphone when she could not offer enough reward money.
When I lived in Japan, it was so easy to spot Chinese tourists because they were being rude and loud. Also, their children cry and make noise. I don’t know how the Japanese do it, but their children are so quiet, almost never ever cry and have never seen a toddler having a meltdown. The English can be quite loud. Americans wanting to travel are quite polite, but I think it is only because it is a very specific type of American who travels there. Not like the Americans you’ll find traveling to Mexico or on cruises.
i mean, when they visit your place be prepared for the most obnoxious behaviour. i was physically dragged mid conversation with another client, by the elbow, from behind, few steps back by a woman shouting more or less, this! now! without even damn hello not to mention anything else, like.. don’t assault me?;) i was a makeup artist working in one of those fancy fancy department stores. well, they were a horrid bunch each time, but the whole floor of personnel was always quite happy to forget about receipts as much as possible, or not the full one;) we were all treated horribly by them each time, so yeah..;) receipts were missed somewhat while elegantly and professionally being served in Galleries Lafayette, as it was the most important thing for Chinese customers to take back home to China and prove that the shot that mostly got made in China was bought by them in Europe
Taiwan sounds exactly like Japan. Interestingly, Japan and Taiwan get on very well together, and tourism between the two countries has been strong for many years.
I was transferring planes from Japan to Taiwan years ago, asking for help to find a restroom at Osaka Airport. An airport security guard walk me all the way to the restroom.
Thanks for the video. "Mainland China" is a bothersome term. Taiwan is not China, neither should be Hong Kong, Nepal, Tibet and other countries that "Mainland China" took by force. CCP needs to be shunned by all countries of the world . . . .
I stayed in Taiwan for four days (in Taipei) and I was IN LOVE WITH IT! The people were nice, the food was good, it was inexpensive, and it was overall fun! My ONLY complaint is it gets super humid in the summer but other than that, I LOVED it in Taiwan! I'd probably move there if I could, no lie! Watching this actually made me want to go back to Taiwan, for real.
Northout I think you heard me wrong. Taiwan belongs to the people's Republic of China, not the Republic of China，This is recognized by the United Nations
As a Taiwanese, I can say this video is spot on on about 95% of the facts. Please sure this video around with people so the world can see what China is doing so we can stop them from taking over countries like Hong Kong and perhaps soon to be Taiwan.
@@Aspectus just some small details but nothing too significant. It’s post 2020, no countries should be taking over other countries with military actions like pre WW2 lol.
@@erichsu3624 genuinely curious do you support Hong Kong independence? I don't hate the idea in itself but I really hope Hong Kong and Taiwan don't fall down the de-sinicisation rabbit hole.
@@troy5094 I do, but Hong Kong’s situation is very different from Taiwan in a way that it was inevitable for them to fall into China’s hands, China only just sped up the process. I think the solution boils down to global economic sanctions to prevent these things from happening. Like cmon, it’s 2022, why are countries still trying to take over others like it’s the colonial ages…
Taiwan started COVID-19 prevention measures AS EARLY AS the evening of DECEMBER 31 last year by screening passengers from Wuhan, and sent an inquiry email to the WHO, which did not care. (Otherwise the rest of the world could be saved to some extent.) What was the Chinese Communist Party doing then? Silencing doctors, without even screening and protecting its Chinese citizens.
michel Guevara Youre right - taiwan has also managed to keep chinese culture, literature, traditional language, and artifacts while it was almost wiped out in China
It's because Taiwan is the world's best kept secret, even right now they're the most successful country in containing corona, because they're also one of the most independent and listen to their own gut before all, my last video was coincidentally also about why Taiwan was so successful as a nation, and these last couple months really shows!!
From an article that I read, Taiwan's success in containing the coronavirus is in part due to the fact that since they are excluded from the WHO, therefore they are forced to make their own decisions and preparations in case of a potential disease outbreak. They do have their own stockpiles of supplies and emergency plans in order to stop a disease such as COVID 19 and get the information public as quickly as possible. Before the WHO even declared a pandemic, Taiwan was already busy taking action, closing down schools and enforcing other public sanitation measures. While countries such as the USA, Italy, and Spain are faced with a disastrous situation, and the mainland has managed to almost nearly get the local situation under control, the people of Taiwan are already back to a semi-normal life, with local statistics showing the lowest infection and death rates from COVID 19 in east Asia, all because the government knows they're pretty much on their own in a situation like this and they have no margin for error if they want to keep their population safe.
@@kevinsjournal Its also because of the SARs outbreak Taiwan was one of the nations devastated by it at the time and so Taiwan didn't want to repeat that.
Taiwan’s society is an amazing blend of diversified cultures and ethnic groups: Up to 16 indigenous peoples; Chinese culture (the only country using traditional Chinese characters); Japanese culture and heritage; new immigrants from Southeast Asia; and westerns values: democracy, of course, with even same-sex marriage legalized in 2019
@Central Intelligence Agency Well... It naturally happens, but Taiwan is actively protecting (traditional)Chinese culture, as well as Pluralism. Fascinating, I know.
I lived in Taiwan for over ten years. My wife is Taiwanese. Most Taiwanese just want China to leave them alone. They want to be recognized as their own country-Taiwan. Many think it is unfortunate that they have to use the official name, the Republic of China, which the nationalists forced in them after ww2.
The mainlanders are in the minority. The majority identify as Taiwanese. As far as the name “Republic of China” this is because Chiang Kai-Shek was stubborn. When the UN finally decided to give the China seat to the PRC, he was given an option for Taiwan to stay in the UN under a different name. He could have chosen Taiwan but he refused. He insisted that he was the legitimate ruler of all China and would not accept a seat in the UN under any other name.
@AlexNOSAM Actually you are right, these two are different but apply to the same thing, which is China wants to take back what was stolen by no matter Japanese or any other party. The reason for the current special circumstance of Taiwan is because of the Chinese civil war, by definition, it has never been a foreign affair, that is the reason you have MAC to deal with the mainland, not the ministry of foreign affairs. Between countries or this case country and island, the only rule that matters is the rule of the jungle. Taiwan can dislike it as much as it wants, it will become a part of China.
@@Kailiu323 Blaming Japanese is just an excuse for China. Japanese didn't steal Taiwan. In fact, China GIVE it to Japan and China did sign the contract with it. After that, even Japan lose WWII, the Allies decided to let the KMT military to manage Taiwan. That means China had never get Taiwan back since they give it to Japan. It's not about whether Taiwanese like it or not, but historical truth. Just admit it, Taiwan and China are different and politically unrelated now.
In my generation of Taiwanese really just identify ourselves as Taiwanese. We would really appreciate if this can be recognised by our foreign friends who had lovely experience while visiting Taiwan.
Taiwan needs to form a mutual defense pact with the other Asian democracies such as Japan, South Korea and Australia. SEATO used to be such an organization
bademoxy yes but SEATO was created in the 50’s with The United States, the UK and France being the dominant players. Agreed that a modern SEATO needs to be created that’s includes the countries you mentioned with the addition of Vietnam and India.
alek incorrect. SEATO was created by the western powers in 1954, it is also known as the Manila Pact. At that time Britain and France still had considerable holdings in Southeast Asia which is why they were key players. The organization was not as well organized as NATO and ultimately failed. However, now is the time to reorganize it. The CCP is a red menace and must be stopped or contained.
@Chao Zhu Yeah and China has entered the "pretend to not have homosexuals age". With a population of 1.4bn ppl there are statistically loads of homosexual ppl in China, esp. in major cities like Beijing or Shanghai.. But that is not what defines a highly civilized society, nor is it what op found marvelous about Taiwan.. Maybe highly civilized means ppl actually act civilized and nice, and dont try scam you by charging thousands of rmb for a cup of tea?
@@commenterperson4481 yeah lived there for over a year.. Never got scammed, closest I got to being scammed was by an englishman.. So yeah, in my experience taiwanese are civilized, to a higher degree than most western ppl, and most chinese too..
@@ivanmoen9982 its not about homosexual population, its about normalizing degeneracy and spiraling just like the west does, pretty sure thats what he meant by "homosexual age"
Daniel Hayek Is it true Taiwan can help America to stop the COVID-19? Why they didn’t give a helping hand. Otherwise America virus should had been stopped long ago?
As a citizen in PRC I've been to Taiwan as well once five years ago. I have to admit that Taiwanese are much more cilvilized and polite than ppl in PRC. The city there in Taiwan was absolutely more organized than their counterpart in China. But I still believe things will change from the young generation in PRC since we receive more education than our parents and grandparents. There'll be one day we will surpass Taiwan in every aspect and it is just matter of time. Let's see.
@@zeyufeng4412 Well, i can only wish u can change something to the right way before CCP silence u. If u can't even allowed to speak a different opinion, how could u change ppl to be more civilized? If u can't deal with the "CCP is always right" issue, how could u make ppl think independently? You won't change anything if ppl never and won't admit it's wrong. All u can get would be lots of unreasonable excuses and reject to change.
@@risa520 Sorry, me and most of ppl around me do know the fact that CCP is not always right. I never stand with this Party. Here I only want to illustrate my point of view upon civilization instead of politics. I don't wanna argue more about the politics and democracy. I think we can think independtly and critically. The dictorship of CCP is of course not right but I never thought the western democracy is perfect. To be honest I'm satisfied with what CCP have achieved in last 30 years and it makes me feel pround to be a Chinese.
I lived in Taiwan for 5 years and I absolutely love the people. My daughter was also born there. It's an amazing country with amazing people and I hope that China never get their paws in. Miss living there a lot.
That’s why we need Donald Trump reelected because the president of China is petrified of him! 😂 i’m American, and if China harms or does anything to one person or the land in Taiwan, I want our military to go after them and with President Biden in office he’s weak and he’s incompetent and Xi has no respect for him whatsoever because he’s dumb and he’s corrupt
I love Taiwan, such a beautiful place with wonderful people. Never felt so welcome in my travels as I did in Taiwan, I doubled the length of my original planned stay. One small story, I was looking for the airbnb I had booked for my first night and could not find it anywhere, it is 32 degrees and 90%+ humidity, a security guard came over to me from an apartment building (could not speak any English and this guy must have been pushing 80 years old), asked me to show me on a map where I was staying. He walked me almost half a km to the front door of where I was staying and made sure the lady whose airbnb it was knew I had arrived. Will never forget it and had many more experiences of pure kindness while in Taiwan, I will always encourage people to visit.
I lived in Taiwan for about 6 years and was also studying at the 台大. I 100% agree. Taiwan is a beautiful country with awesome people..... only thing I don't agree is with "good English in the service industry". That's mostly true for Taipei but as soon as you get to Taichung or let alone Kaohsiung no way 😅
It appears that education, a high standard of living, unity, the ability to think freely, create freely, and have original ideas have made Taiwan the paradise that China will never be under its current flag.
I worked in an international bank in Taipei for a while and everyone in the bank could speak English. The people were nice and thoughtful and never rude. I have worked on projects in China too and they were far less open and less friendly.
@@hikarikun7855 "that's pretty accurate CULTURALLY speaking " I won't deny that nowaday, China as taken back it's huge technological disadvantage, but during the Great Leap Forward, a lot of it's old culture (monuments, art, etc) was destroyed, while Taiwan was able to keep it.
"Watered down, hollow place...", exactly right, and there's the tragedy. Mao and Stalin each killed all the artists, all the teachers, all the thinkers and culture - each ripped out the soul if their nation, and now there's only a hollow husk left. Look at the "fancy" places in both countries, the halls and areas they most brag about, the places they conduct international meetings. With the sole/recent exception of China's Forbidden City, what you see in bith countries is crass, garish, cheap, clashing color, all the hallmarks of the nouveau rich with no inherent taste at all. Pulls at my heart whenever I see it, and I see it often in your videos, the continued destruction to on of REAL cultural treasure, replaced by cheap imitations. It's a tragedy... Thank God Taiwan did take as much as it took.
We are very fortunate to have Taiwan. It's where you can really find the Chinese culture that Mao destroyed. The KMT managed to take nearly a quarter of China's artistic treasures to Taiwan, many of which were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution on the mainland.
Haha, I've always thought it was kind of a dick move by the KMT like taking all the gold and $$$ from Shanghai. Like one last "fuck you" from Chiang Kai Shek to Mao Tse Dong. I mean, you could have used the space to transport more refugees instead of inanimate objects. However in hindsight, seems like a solid play. They also had problems with CCP spies so more refugees may not have been a good thing... edit: I was born in Taiwan and have lived here the past 10 years and not once have I been to the Palace Museum. I think now is a good time to go since Chinese tourism has slacked off.
You are so right. I am South African, 77, and travelled to Taiwan and China many times on business. Taiwanese people are lovely and go out of their way to help. The opposite is true in China. I fear for the safety of Taiwan. Regarding my beautiful South Africa being ruined and destroyed, I can only weep. Cry the Beloved Country.🇿🇦🇿🇦
You articulated the differences between the PRC and ROC perfectly. Almost brought a tear to my eye. Also, the Chris Chappell swoosh when you take off the sunglasses is a hoot.
totally agree to all you say about Taiwan, FABULOUS people, beautiful island, great food and just a peaceful place to stay. went there last summer for the first time, went back six weeks later and are going again in 2 weeks, is that love? :-P
I find Taiwan more 'civilised' to my western eyes. Better educated and much more civil, no spitting and misbehaviour. My Chinese born wife was very impressed with the place, and the people, she made some new friends.
Yeh you're right, all of Taiwan is a shit hole and all Taiwanese a broke. So I guess the wealth gap between the homeless was always going to be close. I have zero you have zero. We all have zero! YAY
@@nikosorf4250 O I'm sorry, I thought it was appropriate based on all the other comments here. I thought it was a game of who has the more childish nonsense comments. My bad.
@@steven1898 Taiwanese are very well off by world standards. The economy is growing well again this year. A lot of investment. Government is making record tax revenues! Wages are going up every year for the last few years ! Taiwan dollar is the strongest currency in Asia this year !
In Japan. Whenever I have a Taiwanese student who is fairly fluent in English and seemingly very open-minded, I quickly mention to them that I am sorry that Taiwan is not its own country... And then I get a very surprised look and a very heart-warming "Thank you!" from them.
@Yousha Zaidi -- Taiwan is a country, whether other countries, for political reasons, recognize it or not. Red China can go bleep itself; the rest of the world should not be kowtowing to those tyrannical mass murderers.
I loved my first visit to Taiwan so much that I had to return the next year. On the other hand, I went to mainland China once, and you can't pay me to go back there.
I've watched nearly all of your videos, starting from the time you began your motorcycle roadtrips with your friend, and enjoyed every minute of it. I watched you grow from a boy to a mature man. But this podcast may be my favorite one of all. When the communists took over, they not only destroyed China's culture, but also eliminated their HEART. I think that's why people in China would just as soon step over your body than help you. Even New Yorkers have more compassion that that, as evidenced in the days following 9/11. Only today, I watched a video featuring Elon Musk. It was entititled, "My Biggest Mistake," and his answer totally surprised me. He said that he used to hire people based upon their BRAINS but not their HEARTS. He learned that between the two qualities, "the heart is the most important." Nuff said.
@@alecd8534 Oh I'm the liar? I bet your name isnt john connor. It doesnt seem like you have a good grasp of english. It seems more liek you're impersonating a westerner.
@@alecd8534 I am definitely not representing china. I have no problem with the chinese people. Only they state they have adopted. There are many bad things in usa, uk etc. That said i would never want to see my country or any free country end up like china. I dont see anything 2 faced about it and I dont see any lies being told. I dont see chinese happy in Hong Kong. I see huge wage gaps in mainland, inequality. I think the chinese deserve better. The way china treats foreigners i would not go there.
Chinese get angry with me all the time. I look Western but I grew up in Taiwan and I am 100% Taiwanese. Obviously I am passionate about my country's political status and read a lot of history about China and Taiwan. Whenever I discuss with mainland Chinese they start to dismiss me as a dumb Westerner who knows nothing, then when I speak my native language (Chinese) and have a lot of in depth knowledge about the history and geopolitics they start to get very angry and resort to threats and violent words. I don't hate the average Chinese person, I feel sorry for them. I would rather live for a day completely free than a lifetime locked into some routine controlled by authoritarian masters. China already has over a billion people, more than they can manage. Why can't they just leave us alone then we can all be friends and stronger together.
Taiwan is an example how people of the same country can develop totally differently if they are physically devided and under very different circumstances, respectively governments. The same people, before one nation, get very different to the others. As a German I want to point out, same happened in Germany after 2. world war when Germany was devided in east and west part. The east part was with strong russian influence and the people suffered simililar to the Chinese recently. In order to survive and with having bad examples as well as corruption, they changed a lot. And - even after more than 30 years of reunion - the east part is still not the same!
Half Taiwanese (quarter aboriginal Amis) and American myself. I do business with Chinese business people, politicians, and likely very seedy individuals in a medical setting. I've also lived in Taiwan and love how different my mom is from mainland Chinese people, no offense.. .. it's nice to know that you too have the same opinion and similar insights. I'm glad you got out of China, brother 🙏🏼✊🏼
Quite a hard-speech episode, even for your standards. I am glad you are able to express your opinions on China like this ever since you left the country. Great episode, thank you for making this!
John Connor The irony of having such an English/Western name but with terrible grammar and trying equate a literal dictatorship with a democratic republic is quite laughable. Let’s play a game called US or China, shall we? US or China: Rounding up dissenters to put them in ghettos by state mandated legislature? China! US or China: castrating “undesirables” or otherwise excluding other people from society that don’t conform? Ooh, sorry, that’s also China! US or China: All media must be approved and editted by the government to insert propaganda in order to be consumed in their country? Chiiiiinaaaaaa! See where I’m going with this?
Because Taiwan is basically a better China. It’s more successful on almost every metric; it’s cleaner, it’s actually a free democracy, better healthcare, better standard of living, people are happier and friendlier, no censorship or banned websites, and Taiwan still values traditional Chinese culture. The only thing China beats Taiwan at is military and population. Taiwan is basically a parallel version of how China could’ve developed in the modern era, a parallel that’s better, and China doesn’t like that.
Being a descendant of Chinese migrants, when visiting Taiwan, it felt like a trip down a memory lane with pure Chinese cultures that reminded me of my childhood with my grandmother and what our little Chinese migrant community used to be like, the people, the shrines, the food and way of life. Meanwhile, I feel very distant from the mainland China citizens. The selfishness and ignorance that has grown in them is so different from what actual Chinese cultures and values taught me.
Taiwan is a beautiful country because of it's freedom and democracy; besides, it also welcome and respect all kinds of culture so make foreigners feel comfortable.
I'm a Malay living in Malaysia and once at a supermarket, I heard several Chinese women talked extremely loud. 24% Malaysians are Chinese but our Chinese are soft-spoken and well-mannered. I immediately knew these are mainland Chinese, especially since they have very weird accent and their skin are fairer (our Chinese are darker as they live in the tropics). Shortly after that a video went viral in Malaysia when mainland tourist shat in public place (IIRC, in Penang).
When I was growing up in the 60's/70's, Taiwan was usually referred to as Free China. Sometimes Formosa. When Taiwan happened to be used, we did get confused and think it was Thailand.
Well, I believe Formosa is the name of the island (!!! Not the nation!!!) at least the Portuguese named it like that, I think it means '' beautiful '' or something like that
My best friend's wife is from Taiwan. Her father was a general in Chiang Kai-shek's army. He moved to the U.S. around 1975. Sadly, he died in the massive 2017 Tubbs fire in California. He was 101. His funeral was held on what would have been his 102nd birthday. His wife survived, but with 2nd degree burns.
The relationship of CCP towards Taiwan is pretty much how Russia sees the rest of Eastern Europe: The moment Ukrainians clearly developed democracy was the moment that Russia decided Ukraine is dangerous, because it was a living proof that democracy is possible in the Russian World.
@@hikarikun7855 it’s been going well so far! We had a major setback due to second wave. A lot of vaccines which were supposed to vaccinate us, were in more need for other countries bcoz They were going through the 3rd Wave & at that point in time India was just out of 1st wave at that Time, so We exported & Gifted 200 Million doses, when 2nd wave hit India, we had Very huge Logistics Challenge Of Moving Oxygen / Ventilators / Black Marketing of Equipments , Medicines by Opposition Political Parties (who’re not in power) in India. But God Grace, we’re Doing Well back again. More than ever, Huge Infrastructural Projects, MSMEs, and Manufacturing standing Up on Its Knees including India becoming 1st Country in World to Have 3 Indigenously Made in India & Researched in India Vaccines 💉. Ready to Finish Trials & Vaccinate the Whole GLOBE. 🌎
I have recently been looking for information about Taiwan and it's surprising how often I was shunted to all things Thailand instead as if Taiwan doesn't exist. The CCP, because of that jealously you mention, have basically been responsible for the blocking out of much info on Taiwan. When I finally found some information on Taiwan I was amazed at how wonderful an island it is. Just magnificent. I still know very little but will keep on the search. This video was right what I'm looking for. Thanks Winston. It is an eye opener the difference, in just 70ish years, between a country that took away all the freedoms of it's people, and one that allowed more and more freedoms as time passed. No wonder the CCP is scared of Taiwan; how bright Taiwan shines, how dull and sad it makes mainland China look, like a faded glory.
@@SQDXHTutuYeMei Did you play headliner game you knows how powerful media is. + you know serpenza channel must be also taken with caution as every media(channel) need to take care of their subscribers.
The first MMO I ever played was from Taiwan. It seemed to have a lot of love in it. Sadly, the EU publishers hurt the European version quite a lot with their greed.
Appreciate the detailed explanation, noting all those wonderful stuff that a Taiwanese like me praise for living on the piece of land. However, it did took Taiwan a while to achieve the free society now. Quite a few tragedies happened when the KMT first came to Taiwan and exercised the martial law (such as what we called 228 if you were interested), people were killed of captured for ceasing freedom or even for no reason. Even til now we are still fighting for many rights and dealing with many social conflicts. But to be honest, we should be very grateful of what we have now.
There were many red spies in Taiwan during that time, and even though the whites in Taiwan weren't angels. It was indefinitely better than what would eventually happen to the people living in Red China.
It was similar in South Korea. While it's a great prosperous democracy now, it took a lot of hardship to get there, and a fight for democracy under a string of dictators. My father was actually arrested and jailed for being part of pro democracy demonstrations. He was later offered reparations by the government (after we did become democratic), but he refused it so that the money could go to building up Korea. I'm glad that it's become a prosperous and free nation now. We used to have a Korean War Veteran come to our store, and he talked about how he was proud to have fought in Korea seeing how successful it has grown over the decades. The Korean government also hosts trips for Korean War veterans to visit the country and see what their sacrifices paved the way for. I hope the best for Taiwan, since it's had a very similar history.
Simon Yu's Channel, please show him some support!:
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serpentza you should co-op with “China Uncensored” channel do you know the channel the content is fantastic
Just out of curiosity, your attitude towards China and it's people changed a lot from what you used to have (basically more positive and more optimistic), what's the cause. Did you got offended by the local gov or you got kicked out of China?
I never understood the argument of "they have way too many people". Wouldnt that just mean there also are more tax payers?
Gonna check out Simon's channel now. Thx for the heads up.
BTW.... I'm sure there are lots of people on the mainland that will tell you where to go, and they are not even pregnant! :)
(Hi from San Diego, remember meeting at flower shop?)
-Jay-
@@luezio8914 China's attitude towards foreigners has drastically changed recently and state condoned attacks, doxxing and harassment have led to Chinese 50 cent nationalists attacking my wife and trying to get her fired and arrested (just because she's my wife) attacks against my parents and even random cousins, doxxing my parents, swatting attempts, all sorts of nonsense simply because I have an opinion that doesn't gel with their force fed one. I realized just how sick certain parts of Chinese society are as a result of these relentless attacks and so will now discuss and explain why these happen. I hope to enlighten people through my experiences and help them understand why it is that Modern China is closing up and behaving the way it is.
My Taiwan story (my mother is from Taiwan, so I do speak the language). A few years back, I traveled to Taiwan on my own. I was on my way somewhere and had gotten on the wrong bus. I told the bus driver about it and asked him what alternate route I should take to get to my destination. He told me to sit back and wait a second. While I waited, the driver spoke to another bus driver via his radio intercom thingy, then announced over the loudspeaker "young lad, I'm going to pull over at the next stop. I told the other bus driver (the one driving the bus to your destination) to wait at the next stop for me to catch up to let you transfer to his bus". I was in awe over his actions, and still grateful to this day. He actively went out of his way to ensure I got to where I was heading, and props to the other bus driver for cooperating as well. Taiwan No. 1
I've had friends from China visited Taiwan, they were so humbled by the friendliness which changed their entire impression on the Country.
Taiwan No. 1.
Taiwan definitely number 1 and the larger Taiwanese territory somewhere last
I find this ridiculous and im european, no one would be THIS kind here. Props to the taiwaneese, really inspiring
C.C.P country，West N.Korea，Nobility and Slaves，cult country，cult people(小粉紅)
It was on March 13th, 2011, I was in Taipei on business and I had to return to Japan as big disaster in Northern Japan on March 11th, 2011. I took a taxi from the hotel to the airport in Taipei 松山空港, the taxi driver asked me if I am Japanese, and I said ,yes, then the taxi driver told me no pay is necessary as Japan is now big disaster. My eyes were a full of tears. I never forget about this tax driver and Taiwan people. Someday, I will reciprocate for Taiwan.
Free thinking is one of the most beautiful concepts.
That driver made his own day by choosing to reach out and help.
Great story. Humanity rocks.
@@dr.floridaman4805 , Thank you indeed.
Mickey Takahashi during WW2 many Japanese soldiers were killed in China but the soldiers’ children they left behind were fostered by Chinese parents. Now the once Japanese children loved their China parents different from what you think.
@@hikarikun7855 we used to but not any more because of CCP, unfortunately.
Mickey Takahashi Thanks. You say that now . Taiwan is still weak that you can bully but not China. We welcome you to enjoy what you can in China during your stay. But you have to pay. Japanese can kick the statue of comfort women in Taiwan. But you can’t do that in China. The time is no more WW2. Not even your Abe. However we like Abe more than you.
Ive been to Taiwan and they are so friendly. An elderly lady in her 80's helped my gf and I take the right train at the right platform. She waited the whole time with us till we took the train safely. I will never forget that moment.
Idk man, it’s a thing we do I guess. I’ve done that many times when foreigners ask for directions. If I’m not in a rush, I’ll probably take the bus or MRT to the station with them.
In my opinion I just hate being lost in a completely foreign place, and I don’t want people to feel that way in my country.
it is the traditional goodness for chinese people
I seriously don't understand this. I hear this ALL THE TIME, but I've been in Taiwan for nearly ten years and only see pushy rude people. People getting in front of me, cutting in front of me to get onto the train or elevator, being completely ignored when I try to get someone's attention, being interrupted whenever I speak by the majority of people, particularly older people who believe they are gods over you because they take the "respect your elders" thing to a whole new level and they think they can just do whatever they want...
Go buy something. The dickhead behind you will physically press up against you half the time and will push you out of the way the MOMENT he or she thinks you're done (when you're still being handed your change and haven't put anything away yet).
Go ask for help. Majority of people pretend they can't understand my Chinese. People closer to me insist that my pronunciation is really clear and accurate... I have no idea if this is true though, because I think due to my face, people just don't bother listening to me.
The rest of them just act like I don't exist at all.
People tell me I look like a ghost all the time. Good job, you racist fucks.
People park their scooters in the center of the sidewalk. People check their phones in the narrowest walkways, and pretend not to notice you when you need to get by them. People DON'T SMILE. People get upset with me when I SMILE.
I swear I'm in a different Taiwan than any of you are. I really hate it here. If I didn't have some things tying me here I would have been gone so long ago.
Whenever I complain they say "go to China and you'll see how great we are". Oh shut up. It doesn't matter how good or bad China is, when there are problems HERE.
I like a lot of the food here. That's about it. The people are uneducated and rude, and the environment sucks. Trash on the ground. Open air sewers. No trees. Crap.
@@PinkandNamii your too much of a good soul stop
@@Bigbang嘿嘿崴嘟崴嘟嘟 no. please watch the entire video before talking shit
as a taiwanese person, the comments are making me so emotional lol
很愛台灣🇹🇼
I would love to visit. Even booked everything but could not go because of corona and went to thailand instead 🥺 you know if they will open soon? I'm swiss
Yvette ~ l look at Taiwan as its own country. l hope that the ccp will never rule over you. Much love to your country from Vancouver BC :)
I'm hoping for your safety. Taiwan no. 1.
@@evetei , we will definitely visit the real China, the real Chinese allies that helped us depose and destroy Axis, Meiji and Hideki Tojo.
One thing I think you've missed is that Taiwan is the ultimate refutation of the CPC's assertions that democracy isn't compatible with Chinese culture.
It is a modern, prosperous, well-educated and wealthy country. Everything China could have been had Mao not seized power.
@Indian Stars Agreed. Don't forget Singapore, probably the wealthiest country in Asia. You could probably count Malaysia as well, though it seems to be more of a mixed bag.
@Indian Stars Singapore isn't so democratic.
@Indian Stars Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan used to lead by authotarian government which make economic policy could run pretty well. When, they have been pretty developed, they started to adopt more free and democratic politic which would be the case in China when their civilians become well educated
@Indian Stars managing 1.4 billion people isn't the same as 50 million people....I mean just look at India, they had a bunch of smart people and potential but their economy are still lacking off
@Indian Stars Actually China is very developed. With one of the best infrastructure in the world, a very high PPP, the worlds second largest GDP, the third most powerful military, and one of the most trusted governments, I'd say that it's pretty developed. And Hong Kong is owned by China
It's literally Cain and Able thought patterns. Cain (China) sees Able (Taiwan) as a constant painful reminder of what they could be like, but fail to be, which generates murderous levels of resentment and antipathy.
Jealousy
So who is God in this analogy
You westerners really should try to stop being narcissist for a minute, almost nobody in China think democracy is any better system. At least now you can stop to think for a while after your Trump-Biden presidential debate kindergarten sh*t show. And by the way, Taiwan is way ahead of you in this election sh*t farce: while Trump and Biden sort to lies and constant interruptions, the Taiwanese have already started to use fists and shoe-fighting in their so-called Congress election decades ago
Let’s hope that Cain doesn’t whack Abel to death in this case...
@@NathanDrake0410 Ok, but petty political fights are better than murdering 73 million people. Also, the fact that they CAN disagree and don't just get dragged away in the night and sent to a concentration camp is what freedom is about.
Once upon a hot summer at noon in Taiwan, I was asking for direction, the lady said it's too hot to walk for 10 min. She took me there by her motorcycle.
I spent a few weeks living in Thailand, and two strangers gave me lifts. That never happened during my 13 years in China.
@@paulrenny5790 in Thailand or Taiwan? Just confused as here is talking about Taiwan and China.
That seems like a very Taiwanese thing to do. - Honestly some of the kindest and most helpful people I've ever met
@@tobyfranchesco6703 Maybe he means Taiwand Lol
Taiwanese people saw us lost in Taipei. Immediately they asked us if we were lost and offered to show us where to go on a map. Little things like that make me appreciate them much more.
At the restaurant in China:
“Do you have mayo?”
The waiter: “mayo…”
Meiyou mayo
😂😂😂😂
Taiwan is "the good China" - and I love it!
*Taiwan is not China, you idiot. We are independent Taiwan.*
@@thinkpositive3667you are idiot totally without knowing history at all.
exactly，taiwan is one part of China
indigeneous: I'm Bunun not cina
@@carloscabw u r piece of sht, fk off
as a Taiwanese (just talking about myself here), if anyone ask me direction, I'll take out my phone and google map it because I'll feel guilty if I'm giving out the wrong direction to the person 🤣
Stupid, every one has a phone.
@@fortdetrickvlab4838 would the person be asking for directions if they know how to look for it? Yes everyone has a phone but would they be asking for it if they knew already? No they wouldn't so please don't say things like that
right mate ! i do the same, some people, mostly older but even younger, are not used to this tech map thing, or just slow with it.
i'm european, ro, btw.
@@fortdetrickvlab4838 how dense can you be son?
@@fortdetrickvlab4838 man looks like someone has infinite data
As mainland Chinese I used to support Taiwan being part of mainland China but after I've been to Taiwan, I sincerely hope Taiwan remain separate. Taiwan is proof that Chinese people can have democracy and be successful and preserve true Chinese traditional culture. China on the other hand is pretty much kidnapped by communist mafias
不错的反串，希望你接到台湾口音的电话，百分百的相信他
@@朱晓言 呵呵 台湾没接到， 大陆骗子倒是遇到不少。 好意思拿台湾骗子说事? 大陆骗子还少了？？
@@54Aoran 作为恨国党的你 能被这个反华外国头头点赞一定很开心吧。自己查查去年破获的电信诈骗都是哪里人做的。基本上海外抓回来百分之五十以上都是台湾人。你可以选择看不见，听不到，因为你怎么能说你心爱的台湾不好呢对吧。我却可以承认大陆也有不好的事情发生。这就是差距。 或者我猜你多年没有回国了，不知道情况。可以理解。
什么叫保留中国文化。教科书改的面目全非，中国史一直在删减，美化日本殖民台湾史。天天看台湾新闻，转型正义，去中。举个极端例子，甚至民进党议员，因为空竹是中国传统运动，拒绝拨款支持此运动。台湾经济彻底民主之后一直停滞不前，22k起薪多年未改。蓝绿恶斗，司法服务于政治。陈水扁天天发视频，遛弯，结果能办理因病在外静养。台湾有什么值得羡慕的？ 不懂啊
@@朱晓言 shut your fuking mouth up idiot
I helped a Taiwanese family find there way to the train station here in Tokyo a few years back. The father approached me on the street and asked if I could tell them where the station was, I was headed there anyways and told them I would walk them there. We had a nice chat in English as we walked, as we parted I asked where they were from. He smiled and said “from Taiwan, we are not Chinese” I laughed and said I figured as much because of how polite he was.
I would love to go to Tokyo!! Queen, my favorite British rock band, always visited Tokyo, and they learned how to speak Japanese because they loved it so much and they spent so much time there. My dad’s best friend is an engineer originally from Scotland and he was working here in America when he met my dad and then he got transferred to Taiwan. That’s where he met his beautiful, sweet wife.!!❤
Just got back from Taiwan. It's a beautiful island. So underrated.
How's the ladies?
Went to a Taiwanese restaurant while staying in KL. Food left an impression on me.
Thanks sir
@ Edge of David. Taiwan is a country, not just an island. Btw Its official name is Republic of China.
@@DemonsCrest1 Taiwanese food is the best
Because Taiwan is what China could have been 😁
Without communism
I would argue that China is no longer a communist country.
@@JohnnyMotel99
How so?
No, Taiwan is the example why socialism is a superior system. Taiwan is a shithole. There are 3 million Taiwanese currently living in China. Where there only few mainlanders live in Taiwan .why Taiwan is better when Taiwanese people try so hard to come to china?
China is not communist, it's state-capitalist
@@JohnnyMotel99 China never was a communist country. Read the communist manifesto and you will know.
Every time I opened a map in Taiwan, someone would offer to help me; in the street, on a train, they couldn't be more helpful.
Tristan Cooper It happens every where in the world just by opening your mouth
You must be some foreigners frm , America or europe.most Hong Kong and Taiwan people only respect and favour those kind of people's 🙊it's my experience.they don't respect others people.chines frm Shanghai and Chinese who living in foreigners country are very nice, kind hearts, help ful, selfless , respect to others & not greedy.its my experience.
@@yoonahwasaroselisalisa2384
I disagree I've seen plenty of times Taiwanese being very helpful towards other Taiwanese
well in mainland nobody use map hahahahaha
Taiwanese people are much warmer than mainlanders, friendly, not suspicious, and soft, expressive faces. Ive worked with quite a few of each. Not at all similar.
I love Taiwanese people, more polite than even Singaporeans in a genuine humanistic sense and Singaporeans are quite amicable generally.
As a kid growing up in S. Korea in the 70's, I always thought China was ROC whereas China was referred to as "Red China (中共)", a different country indeed. But as the world slowly broke away from Taiwan, ROC, Korea became one of the countries that followed the suit. My father used to travel a lot to Taiwan in the 70s and 80s, he never took home any bad memories about the people and the country. Then China opened up. He also traveled quite extensively in China and all the horror stories that he brought as a news were quite startling, sort of like the stories the serpentza talked about. I agree because of the fact that Mao destroyed the tradition of China, the goodness that the Chinese culture inherently had seemed to be preserved well in Taiwan. It is not part of China. Taiwan has its own fully functioning democratic government and military. One thing that's kind of lacking is the diplomatic recognition that it has lost over the years. Taiwan seems to me is a true China in its way it has preserved the traditional culture and education.
Most countries that switched their recognition from the ROC to the PRC still have "unoffical" diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In the US we offcially don't recognize Taiwan but there are in reality extensive contacts between the ROC and the US government. We just have to pretend they don't exist so the PRC doesn't throw a temper tantrum.
The description of how helpful Taiwanese people are really speaks to me. I had a job teaching English in Taiwan for a while, and had many experiences of people going out of their way to help me, just because I looked like I needed it. My first time using the trains there, I was feeling lost and confused, but a girl walked up, spoke English, and helped get me to the right platform. Another time, my scooter broke down on the side of the road, and a man who didn't speak English stopped, checked it out, and helped me get to the next town. Not everyone is a saint, of course, but an overwhelming majority of the people I encountered were friendly and helpful. It really made me love the place.
One of my friends, who is from Taiwan, stated that most of the people that moved there during and after the war were lower-to-upper middle class people and there wasn't as many of the "big names" (as he called them) that came over. So, you have a country that is formed mostly of people that were upper-middle class at best, didn't want to be a part of the country that was forming on the mainland, and often were people that didn't want to be "classical" Chinese in a lot of ways. The mentality is a LOT different.
Given anyone educated was jumped on their stomach untill their intestines would go out, by Mao's youth militias, that is not surprising at all.
That isn't accurate in the slightest. Look up Waishengren. A lot of the people that left communist China were obviously businessmen and people who had the money to leave. I don't know why your friend told you this.
My support will always with Taiwan 🇹🇼
Love from India 🇮🇳
Birds of a feather flock together, the weaks always gather like india and taiwan, the strong will never need much allies, that is CHINA works alone and fear proof
@@jiaxizhang3295 big claim to make after getting your communist jaws broken in Ladakh region
@@jiaxizhang3295 bwahaahh, backstabbing CCP. if the world hadn't been so generous to help the Chinese when they got their asses kicked by Japan. The CCP literally is an insult to the real chinese culture
@@jiaxizhang3295 Here take 50 cents
so true about china n taiwan, been to these 2 countries n really the taiwanese people are so caring n friendly n helpful n really makes u feel at home, unlike china where everyone seems to be in a rush jumping q etc..
Taiwan is exactly that, the true Chinese people. They carried on the values, culture and customs of their people while China destroyed thousands of years of history and brainwashed their people all the while creating more poverty and despair. I travelled in both Taiwan and China and studied in Taiwan, in the 90's. While in China, I never did feel the rich history of this country and culture. Only in Taiwan did I learn and appreciate the customs of the Chinese. If you ever want to truly understand the culture of the Chinese, do yourself a favor and go see Taiwan
I am Chinese and I like my country because it gave me work and gave me a lot of knowledge. I do n’t understand why China is afraid of Taiwan. Taiwan just wants to be emperor. Although Mao Zedong did have a mistake, he did not have him. And how could there be China with the second GDP now? You would not know what the KMT did to the Chinese, they would rape Chinese women and bully the Chinese, so we chose the Communist Party. If there is a mistake in English, it is that I am not good at English
@@jackofalltradesmasterofnon5681 I'm interested that why West didn't allow Taiwan to be the 2nd in world GDP and made it happen, at least Taiwan is "Democracy" and this could save a lot of time. If u cannot answer it, don't make such a stupid opinion.
@宅男超級 这兄弟表达应该有点问题,至少大陆的教育里面可没说台湾想当皇帝,但是同样的,大陆也一样没有想当皇帝.至于"奴役"这顶帽子,我们可担当不起.毕竟你们要是自认为只能当奴隶的话,我们也没话可说.
@@shanhe4584 为何要试图在粪坑游泳，我们的发展不需要他人来认同，跟偏见说话是没有结果的（dog
Go away ten cent army. You are not welcome here.
I am German-American. I will give my life any day to protect our taiwanese brothers and sisters from the han demons.
The Taiwanese are Han themselves and the people of China aren't the ones to blame for the authoritarian and oppressive nature of the CCP
The Han are not demons, but many are trapped in hell.
Uhhh you didn’t just call a billion+ people demons right??…..
I've lived in Taiwan for 3 years now and wouldn't trade it for the world, my only fear is the CCP bringing disaster to this country. I'm really happy the US recently enacted the TAIPEI act, I hope the US can continue to protect Taiwan from the CCP.
Just like the Kurds I would not count on the US if you ever needed them.
@@gti500 Trump's foreign policy is just plain awful. I hope a man like Bernie can hold office.
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608 bernie is a socialist. And Americans hate socialism. So that will never happen.
@@yenhan705eh77 It's a shame many think that 'the government doing stuff' = Totalitarian Genocidal dictatorship aka Socialism
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608 it's also a shame anyone can think Bernie is good for America.
On holiday in Taiwan I left my prescription Raybans on the Taipei metro which we took for a trip to the zoo. I was so annoyed with myself, it almost ruined the day. Then much later in the day on the way back to the apartment I thought 'what the heck, might as well ask one of the metro help desks'. After a few calls the guy behind the desk said he found them(!) and drew me a map of how to get to the station that was holding them, and sure enough they were there! It was such a relief and testament to the honesty and helpfulness of the people. I will never forget it. Thank you Taiwan! (the sight seeing was great too by the way. I recommend taking a train down the east coast)
No need to take something that doesn’t belong to you, because the person who lost it must be really worried! We do not want to see that happen to anybody. So it is our obligation to return it and hopefully it can be reunited with whoever lost it. That’s the mentality here. Simple and straightforward.
It’s a nice story but I mean... why would someone steal prescription sunglasses? I guess you just got lucky no one else came along with the same prescription
@@FPSIreland2 They might be prescription sunglass, and people is US would snatch it and toss it in the trash when they find out they can't wear it. In China they would demand a reward for returning it, and if you don't reward them they throw it on the ground and crush it. Saw a youtube video of a woman stomped on a little girl's smartphone when she could not offer enough reward money.
Im originally from HK, studied in SA for 10 years, now im living in Taiwan, whatever this man is saying is so true! wish you the best man!
When I lived in Japan, it was so easy to spot Chinese tourists because they were being rude and loud. Also, their children cry and make noise. I don’t know how the Japanese do it, but their children are so quiet, almost never ever cry and have never seen a toddler having a meltdown. The English can be quite loud. Americans wanting to travel are quite polite, but I think it is only because it is a very specific type of American who travels there. Not like the Americans you’ll find traveling to Mexico or on cruises.
i mean, when they visit your place be prepared for the most obnoxious behaviour. i was physically dragged mid conversation with another client, by the elbow, from behind, few steps back by a woman shouting more or less, this! now! without even damn hello not to mention anything else,
like.. don’t assault me?;)
i was a makeup artist working in one of those fancy fancy department stores.
well, they were a horrid bunch each time, but the whole floor of personnel was always quite happy to forget about receipts as much as possible, or not the full one;) we were all treated horribly by them each time, so yeah..;)
receipts were missed somewhat while elegantly and professionally being served in Galleries Lafayette,
as it was the most important thing for Chinese customers to take back home to China and prove that the shot that mostly got made in China was bought by them in Europe
The story about the pregnant woman in Taiwan, bless her.
Taiwan sounds exactly like Japan. Interestingly, Japan and Taiwan get on very well together, and tourism between the two countries has been strong for many years.
I was transferring planes from Japan to Taiwan years ago, asking for help to find a restroom at Osaka Airport.
An airport security guard walk me all the way to the restroom.
Her act is very kind. But that’s how most Taiwanese people are really, especially in the service industry.
DieFlabbergast Taiwan inherited that Japanese service philosophy when Japan ruled Taiwan at one point.
DieFlabbergast from what I’ve heard, not many in Japan are as accepting with foreigners as Taiwan. :D
The reasons are simple: Jealousy, Regret and a bit of guilt
Jealous of what? Regret of what?a bit of guilt
of what?
A bit of guilt? That should be how Japan feels towards us.
you should read the history of China.
no idea what are you talking about
Thanks for the video. "Mainland China" is a bothersome term. Taiwan is not China, neither should be Hong Kong, Nepal, Tibet and other countries that "Mainland China" took by force. CCP needs to be shunned by all countries of the world . . . .
But most don't because the CCP has complete economic dominance in the world right now.
@@heirofrohan7865 Are you serious?
@@heirofrohan7865 Unfortunately
Nepal is not China.
Why is Nepal in the list? ..
I stayed in Taiwan for four days (in Taipei) and I was IN LOVE WITH IT!
The people were nice, the food was good, it was inexpensive, and it was overall fun! My ONLY complaint is it gets super humid in the summer but other than that, I LOVED it in Taiwan! I'd probably move there if I could, no lie!
Watching this actually made me want to go back to Taiwan, for real.
Nah bruh don't go there until CCP is overthrown
Welcome to visit us more often!
i’m proud to be a taiwanese ❤️🇹🇼
Taiwan is the one and only China, the PRC is just a communist occupation of the mainland
Me too, I always shout it loudly!
Hagley Tsai Taiwan is a part of China
@@e.e5659 Yes, part of the Republic of China, the one and only China
Northout I think you heard me wrong. Taiwan belongs to the people's Republic of China, not the Republic of China，This is recognized by the United Nations
I was in Taiwan twice and was Just overwhelmed by the amount of Open hearted people
As a Taiwanese, I can say this video is spot on on about 95% of the facts. Please sure this video around with people so the world can see what China is doing so we can stop them from taking over countries like Hong Kong and perhaps soon to be Taiwan.
So what are the 5% that isn’t right
What is the incorrect 5%? I would like my facts to be straight. 😀
@@Aspectus just some small details but nothing too significant. It’s post 2020, no countries should be taking over other countries with military actions like pre WW2 lol.
@@erichsu3624 genuinely curious do you support Hong Kong independence? I don't hate the idea in itself but I really hope Hong Kong and Taiwan don't fall down the de-sinicisation rabbit hole.
@@troy5094 I do, but Hong Kong’s situation is very different from Taiwan in a way that it was inevitable for them to fall into China’s hands, China only just sped up the process. I think the solution boils down to global economic sanctions to prevent these things from happening. Like cmon, it’s 2022, why are countries still trying to take over others like it’s the colonial ages…
As a Taiwanese, I couldn’t have said it better. Thank you so much for talking about us
Agreed, im from the UK and visited Taiwan back in 2009...wonderful wonderful people!
Taiwan started COVID-19 prevention measures AS EARLY AS the evening of DECEMBER 31 last year by screening passengers from Wuhan, and sent an inquiry email to the WHO, which did not care. (Otherwise the rest of the world could be saved to some extent.)
What was the Chinese Communist Party doing then? Silencing doctors, without even screening and protecting its Chinese citizens.
taiwan is the chinese success story.
the success the chinese mainland gave up when they embraced marxism.
michel Guevara Youre right - taiwan has also managed to keep chinese culture, literature, traditional language, and artifacts while it was almost wiped out in China
@@sleeppartyrepeat True,Such As Flamboyant Chinese Character 繁體字
It's because Taiwan is the world's best kept secret, even right now they're the most successful country in containing corona, because they're also one of the most independent and listen to their own gut before all, my last video was coincidentally also about why Taiwan was so successful as a nation, and these last couple months really shows!!
From an article that I read, Taiwan's success in containing the coronavirus is in part due to the fact that since they are excluded from the WHO, therefore they are forced to make their own decisions and preparations in case of a potential disease outbreak. They do have their own stockpiles of supplies and emergency plans in order to stop a disease such as COVID 19 and get the information public as quickly as possible. Before the WHO even declared a pandemic, Taiwan was already busy taking action, closing down schools and enforcing other public sanitation measures. While countries such as the USA, Italy, and Spain are faced with a disastrous situation, and the mainland has managed to almost nearly get the local situation under control, the people of Taiwan are already back to a semi-normal life, with local statistics showing the lowest infection and death rates from COVID 19 in east Asia, all because the government knows they're pretty much on their own in a situation like this and they have no margin for error if they want to keep their population safe.
@@geronimowindow Yep exactly all this, check out one of my last videos I made about Taiwan, it pretty much agrees and talks about the same idea! :)
@@kevinsjournal Its also because of the SARs outbreak Taiwan was one of the nations devastated by it at the time and so Taiwan didn't want to repeat that.
Taiwan’s society is an amazing blend of diversified cultures and ethnic groups:
Up to 16 indigenous peoples; Chinese culture (the only country using traditional Chinese characters); Japanese culture and heritage; new immigrants from Southeast Asia; and westerns values: democracy, of course, with even same-sex marriage legalized in 2019
@Central Intelligence Agency Well... It naturally happens, but Taiwan is actively
protecting (traditional)Chinese culture, as well as Pluralism. Fascinating, I know.
i visited Taiwan just this month and all i can say is that everything you said is spot on
Cool!
I lived in Taiwan for over ten years. My wife is Taiwanese. Most Taiwanese just want China to leave them alone. They want to be recognized as their own country-Taiwan. Many think it is unfortunate that they have to use the official name, the Republic of China, which the nationalists forced in them after ww2.
The Chinese commies are the definition of sore winners. They should just take the win and leave Taiwan alone.
The mainlanders are in the minority. The majority identify as Taiwanese. As far as the name “Republic of China” this is because Chiang Kai-Shek was stubborn. When the UN finally decided to give the China seat to the PRC, he was given an option for Taiwan to stay in the UN under a different name. He could have chosen Taiwan but he refused. He insisted that he was the legitimate ruler of all China and would not accept a seat in the UN under any other name.
I love Taiwan and hope it stays free and independent.
@AlexNOSAMAlexNOSAM they will never allow an independent Taiwan as same as Tibet.
@AlexNOSAM Actually you are right, these two are different but apply to the same thing, which is China wants to take back what was stolen by no matter Japanese or any other party. The reason for the current special circumstance of Taiwan is because of the Chinese civil war, by definition, it has never been a foreign affair, that is the reason you have MAC to deal with the mainland, not the ministry of foreign affairs. Between countries or this case country and island, the only rule that matters is the rule of the jungle. Taiwan can dislike it as much as it wants, it will become a part of China.
Taiwan no.1
@@로션-g2n sure as long as it makes you happy, and I also think the unification of Korean would be nice.
@@Kailiu323 Blaming Japanese is just an excuse for China. Japanese didn't steal Taiwan. In fact, China GIVE it to Japan and China did sign the contract with it. After that, even Japan lose WWII, the Allies decided to let the KMT military to manage Taiwan. That means China had never get Taiwan back since they give it to Japan. It's not about whether Taiwanese like it or not, but historical truth. Just admit it, Taiwan and China are different and politically unrelated now.
I've been to Taiwan many times and loved the place. It's China without the communist bulls*^t.
true.
@@Mika30041975 china has dumped traditional communism for so long , you guys not know?
@@seanli9668
What s the difference between dumb old communism and new ? We call red capitalism. The core is not changing.
It's not China. You can call Taiwan China in Taiwan you won't be very welcome . Taiwan is Taiwan .
In my generation of Taiwanese really just identify ourselves as Taiwanese. We would really appreciate if this can be recognised by our foreign friends who had lovely experience while visiting Taiwan.
Taiwan needs to form a mutual defense pact with the other Asian democracies such as Japan, South Korea and Australia. SEATO used to be such an organization
bademoxy yes but SEATO was created in the 50’s with The United States, the UK and France being the dominant players. Agreed that a modern SEATO needs to be created that’s includes the countries you mentioned with the addition of Vietnam and India.
Joseph Corradino your talking about NATO
alek incorrect. SEATO was created by the western powers in 1954, it is also known as the Manila Pact. At that time Britain and France still had considerable holdings in Southeast Asia which is why they were key players. The organization was not as well organized as NATO and ultimately failed. However, now is the time to reorganize it. The CCP is a red menace and must be stopped or contained.
Get USA base in Taiwan. That will stop a lot.
Soul Sphere too late. Queensland has been invade already. Want to wait until you’re in a re-education camp?🇺🇸
Taiwanese are truly civilised. Been there twice and the experiences were marvelous.
@Chao Zhu Yeah and China has entered the "pretend to not have homosexuals age". With a population of 1.4bn ppl there are statistically loads of homosexual ppl in China, esp. in major cities like Beijing or Shanghai.. But that is not what defines a highly civilized society, nor is it what op found marvelous about Taiwan.. Maybe highly civilized means ppl actually act civilized and nice, and dont try scam you by charging thousands of rmb for a cup of tea?
@@ivanmoen9982 "and dont try scam you by charging"
Have you been to Taiwan?
Even your neighborhood car dealership in the US will scam you in a blink.
@@commenterperson4481 yeah lived there for over a year.. Never got scammed, closest I got to being scammed was by an englishman.. So yeah, in my experience taiwanese are civilized, to a higher degree than most western ppl, and most chinese too..
@@ivanmoen9982 its not about homosexual population, its about normalizing degeneracy and spiraling just like the west does, pretty sure thats what he meant by "homosexual age"
Civilized to what ? Relatively speaking they are not if you compare to Japan. This word is bias itself.
Taiwan is full of kind, smart, hardworking people. I look forward to visiting it again.
Almost wants me to relocate there! Way to go Taiwan!
Taiwan is good country to live compare to china.
Daniel Hayek better be quick or it might be taken over by China, because Taiwan belongs to China.
Daniel Hayek Is it true Taiwan can help America to stop the COVID-19? Why they didn’t give a helping hand. Otherwise America virus should had been stopped long ago?
@@hikarikun7855 Ha Ha, little pink red, you are truly in your own day dream. wake up from your bad dream yet?
I've lived 15 years in civilized Taiwan, had over 100 trips to PRC. Taiwan vs China is like Switzerland vs Ukraine... im European
Switzerland Vs Ukraine? I thought it might have been Russia Vs Ukriane.
As a citizen in PRC I've been to Taiwan as well once five years ago. I have to admit that Taiwanese are much more cilvilized and polite than ppl in PRC. The city there in Taiwan was absolutely more organized than their counterpart in China. But I still believe things will change from the young generation in PRC since we receive more education than our parents and grandparents. There'll be one day we will surpass Taiwan in every aspect and it is just matter of time. Let's see.
@@zeyufeng4412 Well, i can only wish u can change something to the right way before CCP silence u. If u can't even allowed to speak a different opinion, how could u change ppl to be more civilized? If u can't deal with the "CCP is always right" issue, how could u make ppl think independently? You won't change anything if ppl never and won't admit it's wrong. All u can get would be lots of unreasonable excuses and reject to change.
@@risa520 Sorry, me and most of ppl around me do know the fact that CCP is not always right. I never stand with this Party. Here I only want to illustrate my point of view upon civilization instead of politics. I don't wanna argue more about the politics and democracy. I think we can think independtly and critically. The dictorship of CCP is of course not right but I never thought the western democracy is perfect. To be honest I'm satisfied with what CCP have achieved in last 30 years and it makes me feel pround to be a Chinese.
@@risa520 Btw, CCP is CCP, China is China. These are two DIFFERENT philosopies. Plz do not mix them.
I lived in Taiwan for 5 years and I absolutely love the people. My daughter was also born there. It's an amazing country with amazing people and I hope that China never get their paws in. Miss living there a lot.
That’s why we need Donald Trump reelected because the president of China is petrified of him! 😂 i’m American, and if China harms or does anything to one person or the land in Taiwan, I want our military to go after them and with President Biden in office he’s weak and he’s incompetent and Xi has no respect for him whatsoever because he’s dumb and he’s corrupt
台湾就是中国 讲中文
I love Taiwan, such a beautiful place with wonderful people. Never felt so welcome in my travels as I did in Taiwan, I doubled the length of my original planned stay.
One small story, I was looking for the airbnb I had booked for my first night and could not find it anywhere, it is 32 degrees and 90%+ humidity, a security guard came over to me from an apartment building (could not speak any English and this guy must have been pushing 80 years old), asked me to show me on a map where I was staying. He walked me almost half a km to the front door of where I was staying and made sure the lady whose airbnb it was knew I had arrived. Will never forget it and had many more experiences of pure kindness while in Taiwan, I will always encourage people to visit.
Was in Taiwan last year, highly recommended to visit .
Tony Ng thanks for your recommendation
being in taiwan two years ago , best food ever.
and yes the people so polite , get help every where i go , really great people.
I lived in Taiwan for about 6 years and was also studying at the 台大.
I 100% agree. Taiwan is a beautiful country with awesome people..... only thing I don't agree is with "good English in the service industry". That's mostly true for Taipei but as soon as you get to Taichung or let alone Kaohsiung no way 😅
The people I’ve met in Taiwan are friendly and helpful and in all the places I’ve been to, Taiwan is third friendliest next to Japan and South Korea.
Korea? 😂 They're the worst
@Chao Zhu are gay friendly countries a problem for you? Or you're just saying lol ..
Korea? I have been there for more than 20 times but unfortunitely I dont feel that way
@Chao Zhu yes... japan is gay... are you actually a 10 years old?
What are you talking about? They're not friendly at all - not a bad thing necessarily. They're polite enough, though.
It appears that education, a high standard of living, unity, the ability to think freely, create freely, and have original ideas have made Taiwan the paradise that China will never be under its current flag.
I worked in an international bank in Taipei for a while and everyone in the bank could speak English. The people were nice and thoughtful and never rude. I have worked on projects in China too and they were far less open and less friendly.
As a Taiwanese, I wanna thank you for making this video and pointing out the reality between Taiwan and China.
呦呦呦 Taiwanese都开始了 不知道原住民看到会作何感想
我是原住民，認同台灣的都是台灣人，how bout that?
贊成樓上說的！原住民是最早的台灣人，但只要現在在台灣島上認同台灣價值以及原住民文化的都是台灣人！
胡弟 China is a lot better only behind America and soon might overtake America as number one, I know populist only spread make-up story.
民进党不能給台湾人好生活也是原往民的價值覌嗎？这样你那么喜欢美国。是因为美国説了台湾是个獨立旳國家嗎？还有日本說的台湾是主权国家嗎？这样你又説美国和日本和你有同样的價值覌？我看你是坐井覌天的覌吧？为什么你所謂的民主政治價值的国家不和你建交昵？你不蜀於朕合国是多数非洲民主国家和世界各各民主国家投票決定的。当你还以為你是決決大國畤世界已经決定你就是是中国的一省的命运了。中国没和老美打过战争嗎？韓战和趆战老美输了。是美国説要和談的。越战是老美全敗。你不信叫蔡女皇向大陸開战也可以喧告獨立。人民吃不飽有什么價值昵？
That is exactly the same thing that happened to me on my first time in taiwan, i planned to stay for 1 year but stayed for 4
jim is i how is the market in Taiwan
"The Great Leap Backwards" yeah that's pretty accurate culturally speaking
I think he made a mistake. It was called The Great Leap Forward...
...off the cliff.
China brings down countries.
@@wes495 you had me in the first half, ngl
Neitherman the strongest steel is made in China 2200 Mega Pascal. USA can’t make, who is backwards?
@@hikarikun7855 "that's pretty accurate CULTURALLY speaking
"
I won't deny that nowaday, China as taken back it's huge technological disadvantage, but during the Great Leap Forward, a lot of it's old culture (monuments, art, etc) was destroyed, while Taiwan was able to keep it.
"Watered down, hollow place...", exactly right, and there's the tragedy. Mao and Stalin each killed all the artists, all the teachers, all the thinkers and culture - each ripped out the soul if their nation, and now there's only a hollow husk left. Look at the "fancy" places in both countries, the halls and areas they most brag about, the places they conduct international meetings. With the sole/recent exception of China's Forbidden City, what you see in bith countries is crass, garish, cheap, clashing color, all the hallmarks of the nouveau rich with no inherent taste at all.
Pulls at my heart whenever I see it, and I see it often in your videos, the continued destruction to on of REAL cultural treasure, replaced by cheap imitations.
It's a tragedy... Thank God Taiwan did take as much as it took.
We are very fortunate to have Taiwan. It's where you can really find the Chinese culture that Mao destroyed. The KMT managed to take nearly a quarter of China's artistic treasures to Taiwan, many of which were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution on the mainland.
Haha, I've always thought it was kind of a dick move by the KMT like taking all the gold and $$$ from Shanghai. Like one last "fuck you" from Chiang Kai Shek to Mao Tse Dong. I mean, you could have used the space to transport more refugees instead of inanimate objects. However in hindsight, seems like a solid play. They also had problems with CCP spies so more refugees may not have been a good thing... edit: I was born in Taiwan and have lived here the past 10 years and not once have I been to the Palace Museum. I think now is a good time to go since Chinese tourism has slacked off.
I cannot praise Taiwan enough. My time in Hsinchu was the happiest time of my life. I have never felt more welcome and 'at home' than I did there.
@michael ye na~ only you act sub human and you can blame your communist government for that, don't defend them
@michael ye the video explained it in detail
You are so right. I am South African, 77, and travelled to Taiwan and China many times on business. Taiwanese people are lovely and go out of their way to help. The opposite is true in China. I fear for the safety of Taiwan.
Regarding my beautiful South Africa being ruined and destroyed, I can only weep.
Cry the Beloved Country.🇿🇦🇿🇦
China: who are you?
Taiwan: I'm you, but better!
you serious?????
Haha,this is a ridiculous story
@@tomyang9585 Why...tell us...South Australia...
True, especially about human rights.
Winnie the Flu!
You articulated the differences between the PRC and ROC perfectly. Almost brought a tear to my eye. Also, the Chris Chappell swoosh when you take off the sunglasses is a hoot.
totally agree to all you say about Taiwan, FABULOUS people, beautiful island, great food and just a peaceful place to stay.
went there last summer for the first time, went back six weeks later and are going again in 2 weeks, is that love? :-P
Wayan Makasii you should pray that the bridge does not collapse and train does not derail
It must be love I believe .
second on the food. tried some in KL and it left an impression on me :o
Having worked with both, what struck me was how much more happy and open the Taiwanese are. It was a very noticeable difference.
9:27 THANK YOU for calling it "The Great Leap Backwards". That's what it should've been called all along.
So true! Great leap backward indeed.
I sincerely hope your life is not in danger from telling the truth. Enjoy your take on this subject and your videos.
I find Taiwan more 'civilised' to my western eyes. Better educated and much more civil, no spitting and misbehaviour. My Chinese born wife was very impressed with the place, and the people, she made some new friends.
The wealth gap in Taiwan is actually one of the smallest in the world. With great social welfare, it makes Taiwan an extremely safe country.
Yeh you're right, all of Taiwan is a shit hole and all Taiwanese a broke. So I guess the wealth gap between the homeless was always going to be close. I have zero you have zero. We all have zero! YAY
@@steven1898 I hope you are a kid, cause that's one of the most childish reaction I have seen
@@nikosorf4250 O I'm sorry, I thought it was appropriate based on all the other comments here. I thought it was a game of who has the more childish nonsense comments. My bad.
@@steven1898 Taiwanese are very well off by world standards.
The economy is growing well again this year.
A lot of investment. Government is making record tax revenues!
Wages are going up every year for the last few years !
Taiwan dollar is the strongest currency in Asia this year !
@@mrtaoroo LOL ok mate.
In Japan. Whenever I have a Taiwanese student who is fairly fluent in English and seemingly very open-minded, I quickly mention to them that I am sorry that Taiwan is not its own country... And then I get a very surprised look and a very heart-warming "Thank you!" from them.
damn so true
Taiwan IS its own country! No wonder you get surprised looks. As they thank you they are probably thinking 'what a clueless fellow'.
Whoa that’s incredulously rude and ignorant! Taiwan IS its own free democratic country. You need to go find that person and apologize immediately.
@Yousha Zaidi -- Taiwan is a country, whether other countries, for political reasons, recognize it or not. Red China can go bleep itself; the rest of the world should not be kowtowing to those tyrannical mass murderers.
China is probably bribing people on UA-cam and Facebook right now to go on and comment 'Taiwan is not a country"
I've been to Taiwan, 3 times. He's, right. Nice people, beautiful culture, Amazing transit system and indoor 🦐 fishing. It's a good time👍👍👍👍
God bless Taiwan. Freedom from tyrany is key to a successful society.
Taiwan's been set up by everyone in the West to be fed to China.
serpentza has more balls than LeBron James.
He also won't lost lose millions of dollars like James...
serpentza left China...and _then_ grew bigger balls (according to you)
@@pgai824 See here, LeBron is worth half a billion dollars. James losing "millions" is like me losing a pound of weight
Lebron only needs one.
More criticisms on China means you have more balls? The bar sounds a little low, mate.
I loved my first visit to Taiwan so much that I had to return the next year. On the other hand, I went to mainland China once, and you can't pay me to go back there.
I've watched nearly all of your videos, starting from the time you began your motorcycle roadtrips with your friend, and enjoyed every minute of it. I watched you grow from a boy to a mature man. But this podcast may be my favorite one of all. When the communists took over, they not only destroyed China's culture, but also eliminated their HEART. I think that's why people in China would just as soon step over your body than help you. Even New Yorkers have more compassion that that, as evidenced in the days following 9/11.
Only today, I watched a video featuring Elon Musk. It was entititled, "My Biggest Mistake," and his answer totally surprised me. He said that he used to hire people based upon their BRAINS but not their HEARTS. He learned that between the two qualities, "the heart is the most important." Nuff said.
it’s true
China: the Law only serves its government
Taiwan: the law serves its people
Adrian Balboa Chinese pattern has been successfully applied onto Russia lately
@Chao Zhu I dont see anything good about china. I hope the chinese people can rise above the problems of their country.
@@alecd8534 Oh I'm the liar? I bet your name isnt john connor. It doesnt seem like you have a good grasp of english. It seems more liek you're impersonating a westerner.
@@alecd8534 It does matter if you are the actual liar and a traitor to your countrymen.
@@alecd8534 I am definitely not representing china. I have no problem with the chinese people. Only they state they have adopted. There are many bad things in usa, uk etc. That said i would never want to see my country or any free country end up like china. I dont see anything 2 faced about it and I dont see any lies being told. I dont see chinese happy in Hong Kong. I see huge wage gaps in mainland, inequality. I think the chinese deserve better. The way china treats foreigners i would not go there.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Sweden, went there on vacation last year, love that country.
Taiwan not a country ,bro
@@Tenet666 china is not a country, it's a prison
@@Tenet666 nah，you wrong
how is sweden actually?
@@zanir2387 compared to Taiwan, it's not that good.
But thats only my personal opinion.
Overall tho, you should really visit us.
So surprised that the comments are quite friendly. Most westerners commenting on this issue will be attacked by the Chinese people though.
Chinese get angry with me all the time. I look Western but I grew up in Taiwan and I am 100% Taiwanese. Obviously I am passionate about my country's political status and read a lot of history about China and Taiwan. Whenever I discuss with mainland Chinese they start to dismiss me as a dumb Westerner who knows nothing, then when I speak my native language (Chinese) and have a lot of in depth knowledge about the history and geopolitics they start to get very angry and resort to threats and violent words. I don't hate the average Chinese person, I feel sorry for them. I would rather live for a day completely free than a lifetime locked into some routine controlled by authoritarian masters. China already has over a billion people, more than they can manage. Why can't they just leave us alone then we can all be friends and stronger together.
Agreed! Taiwanese on the streets are always so nice everywhere, urban or rural, going out of their way to help
Taiwan is an example how people of the same country can develop totally differently if they are physically devided and under very different circumstances, respectively governments. The same people, before one nation, get very different to the others. As a German I want to point out, same happened in Germany after 2. world war when Germany was devided in east and west part. The east part was with strong russian influence and the people suffered simililar to the Chinese recently. In order to survive and with having bad examples as well as corruption, they changed a lot. And - even after more than 30 years of reunion - the east part is still not the same!
@@zacksmith5963 that's no reply to what I wrote. Why you write it as a reply to my post?
As a Taiwanese, I admire and appreciate your efforts making this video:) 台灣歡迎你
Half Taiwanese (quarter aboriginal Amis) and American myself. I do business with Chinese business people, politicians, and likely very seedy individuals in a medical setting. I've also lived in Taiwan and love how different my mom is from mainland Chinese people, no offense..
.. it's nice to know that you too have the same opinion and similar insights. I'm glad you got out of China, brother 🙏🏼✊🏼
Quite a hard-speech episode, even for your standards.
I am glad you are able to express your opinions on China like this ever since you left the country.
Great episode, thank you for making this!
He did? When and where did he go?
the Chinese government is like a stubborn toddler who always has to get their will or else it's gonna throw a fit.
@@alecd8534 I think it's the exact opposite. China happy to see US fall apart.
Prc or roc
John Connor The irony of having such an English/Western name but with terrible grammar and trying equate a literal dictatorship with a democratic republic is quite laughable. Let’s play a game called US or China, shall we?
US or China: Rounding up dissenters to put them in ghettos by state mandated legislature? China!
US or China: castrating “undesirables” or otherwise excluding other people from society that don’t conform? Ooh, sorry, that’s also China!
US or China: All media must be approved and editted by the government to insert propaganda in order to be consumed in their country? Chiiiiinaaaaaa!
See where I’m going with this?
@@johnbuscher bro, I think it's a Chinese dude posing as a Westerner or sth 😅
@@alecd8534 Doesn't have to be an either or scenario, buddy.
Because Taiwan is basically a better China. It’s more successful on almost every metric; it’s cleaner, it’s actually a free democracy, better healthcare, better standard of living, people are happier and friendlier, no censorship or banned websites, and Taiwan still values traditional Chinese culture. The only thing China beats Taiwan at is military and population.
Taiwan is basically a parallel version of how China could’ve developed in the modern era, a parallel that’s better, and China doesn’t like that.
Also, Taiwan has better strict discipline. Shows that dictatorship doesn’t teach discipline.
Being a descendant of Chinese migrants, when visiting Taiwan, it felt like a trip down a memory lane with pure Chinese cultures that reminded me of my childhood with my grandmother and what our little Chinese migrant community used to be like, the people, the shrines, the food and way of life. Meanwhile, I feel very distant from the mainland China citizens. The selfishness and ignorance that has grown in them is so different from what actual Chinese cultures and values taught me.
There were/are Chinese people in Hawaii who came there far before the CCP came into existence and the Chinatown in Honolulu is really neat.
Taiwan is a beautiful country because of it's freedom and democracy; besides, it also welcome and respect all kinds of culture so make foreigners feel comfortable.
I'm a Malay living in Malaysia and once at a supermarket, I heard several Chinese women talked extremely loud. 24% Malaysians are Chinese but our Chinese are soft-spoken and well-mannered. I immediately knew these are mainland Chinese, especially since they have very weird accent and their skin are fairer (our Chinese are darker as they live in the tropics). Shortly after that a video went viral in Malaysia when mainland tourist shat in public place (IIRC, in Penang).
Your neighbour, here in singapore too. They demand others to speak their langauge instead of learning a Little bit of English.
Ye weird accent is true Malaysian chinese have almost exactly the same accent as Taiwan though
When I was growing up in the 60's/70's, Taiwan was usually referred to as Free China. Sometimes Formosa. When Taiwan happened to be used, we did get confused and think it was Thailand.
Well, I believe Formosa is the name of the island (!!! Not the nation!!!) at least the Portuguese named it like that, I think it means '' beautiful '' or something like that
My best friend's wife is from Taiwan. Her father was a general in Chiang Kai-shek's army. He moved to the U.S. around 1975. Sadly, he died in the massive 2017 Tubbs fire in California. He was 101. His funeral was held on what would have been his 102nd birthday. His wife survived, but with 2nd degree burns.
The relationship of CCP towards Taiwan is pretty much how Russia sees the rest of Eastern Europe:
The moment Ukrainians clearly developed democracy was the moment that Russia decided Ukraine is dangerous, because it was a living proof that democracy is possible in the Russian World.
Ukraine is literally one of the most corrupt countries in Europe and that hasn’t changed
True!
My favorite video on UA-cam! Thank you for the comparison. Taiwan deserves more international support!
India 🇮🇳 🇹🇼 Taiwan Friendship 🙏🏽
namaste from Taiwan
@@liudwan44 Namaste friend🙏🏼
Have you been copping well with fighting COVID? Friends Friends?
🇺🇸🇮🇳🇹🇼
@@hikarikun7855 it’s been going well so far! We had a major setback due to second wave. A lot of vaccines which were supposed to vaccinate us, were in more need for other countries bcoz They were going through the 3rd Wave & at that point in time India was just out of 1st wave at that Time, so We exported & Gifted 200 Million doses, when 2nd wave hit India, we had Very huge Logistics Challenge Of Moving Oxygen / Ventilators / Black Marketing of Equipments , Medicines by Opposition Political Parties (who’re not in power) in India. But God Grace, we’re Doing Well back again. More than ever, Huge Infrastructural Projects, MSMEs, and Manufacturing standing Up on Its Knees including India becoming 1st Country in World to Have 3 Indigenously Made in India & Researched in India Vaccines 💉. Ready to Finish Trials & Vaccinate the Whole GLOBE. 🌎
I have recently been looking for information about Taiwan and it's surprising how often I was shunted to all things Thailand instead as if Taiwan doesn't exist. The CCP, because of that jealously you mention, have basically been responsible for the blocking out of much info on Taiwan. When I finally found some information on Taiwan I was amazed at how wonderful an island it is. Just magnificent. I still know very little but will keep on the search. This video was right what I'm looking for. Thanks Winston. It is an eye opener the difference, in just 70ish years, between a country that took away all the freedoms of it's people, and one that allowed more and more freedoms as time passed. No wonder the CCP is scared of Taiwan; how bright Taiwan shines, how dull and sad it makes mainland China look, like a faded glory.
I love taiwan.. So much. I married a girl from there. It is an amazing place to live.
I hope I'll marry my Taiwanese GF in next two years ! I want to get her to UK but I guess it's not going to be that easy
🇨🇳 CCP: China no. 1!!
🇹🇼 Taiwan: Hold my bubble tea
Sopheaktra Heang lmao
CCP never said China is no. 1，but they only report good news
lol
@@SQDXHTutuYeMei Did you play headliner game you knows how powerful media is. + you know serpenza channel must be also taken with caution as every media(channel) need to take care of their subscribers.
@@marczhu7473 Everyone's thinking is follow the media around you.
Tawian leads be example 🇹🇼. China needs to follow
Awesome video Winston.... I never knew all this and I'm 57 years old.... thanks for teaching me this lesson
Taiwan is the most ideal country to live in when they have democracy, but united
The first MMO I ever played was from Taiwan. It seemed to have a lot of love in it. Sadly, the EU publishers hurt the European version quite a lot with their greed.
Appreciate the detailed explanation, noting all those wonderful stuff that a Taiwanese like me praise for living on the piece of land. However, it did took Taiwan a while to achieve the free society now. Quite a few tragedies happened when the KMT first came to Taiwan and exercised the martial law (such as what we called 228 if you were interested), people were killed of captured for ceasing freedom or even for no reason. Even til now we are still fighting for many rights and dealing with many social conflicts. But to be honest, we should be very grateful of what we have now.
There were many red spies in Taiwan during that time, and even though the whites in Taiwan weren't angels. It was indefinitely better than what would eventually happen to the people living in Red China.
It was similar in South Korea. While it's a great prosperous democracy now, it took a lot of hardship to get there, and a fight for democracy under a string of dictators. My father was actually arrested and jailed for being part of pro democracy demonstrations. He was later offered reparations by the government (after we did become democratic), but he refused it so that the money could go to building up Korea.
I'm glad that it's become a prosperous and free nation now. We used to have a Korean War Veteran come to our store, and he talked about how he was proud to have fought in Korea seeing how successful it has grown over the decades. The Korean government also hosts trips for Korean War veterans to visit the country and see what their sacrifices paved the way for.
I hope the best for Taiwan, since it's had a very similar history.
Taiwan amazing and beautiful small country, God bless them all, Love from India...
Fascinating insights into China. I'm really learning a hell of a lot from your channel.