Shocking things in China that now feel normal / 那些令人震惊的事情现在都很平常了
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- As you can imagine, when you first arrive in China a lot of things will come as a surprise. I came across a lot of culture differences. It's funny how these same things become so normal once you've been around them for some time! Here are some of those things that first shocked me than I've now become accustomed to...
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The following is what I borrowed from a Malaysian UA-camr’s comment:
I’m from Malaysia. China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they had been the world’s biggest powers many times. Never once they sent troops to take our land. Admiral Zhenghe came to Malacca five times, in gigantic fleets, and a flagship eight times the size of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, Santa Maria. He could have seized Malacca easily, but he did not. In 1511, the Portuguese came. In 1642, the Dutch came. In the 18th century the British came. We were colonised by each, one after another.
When China wanted spices from India, they traded with the Indians. When they wanted gems, they traded with the Persian. They didn’t take lands. The only time China expanded beyond their current borders was in Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis and his descendants Ogedei Khan, Guyuk Khan & Kublai Khan concurred China, Mid Asia and Eastern Europe. But Yuan Dynasty, although being based in China, was a part of the Mongolian Empire.
Then came the Century of Humiliation. Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn the trade deficit around, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing Dynasty in their tea and porcelain trades. After the opium warehouses were burned down and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British in a peace talk (Nanjing Treaty). The British owned 90% of the opium market in China, during that time, Queen Victoria was the world’s biggest drug baron. The remaining 10% was owned by American merchants from Boston. Many of Boston’s institutions were built with profit from opium.
After 12 years of Nanjing Treaty, the West started getting really really greedy. The British wanted the Qing government:
1. To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely, and tax free.
2. Make opium legal in China.
Insane requests, Qing government said no. The British and French (with supports from the US), started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace, the Qing government was forced to pay with ports, free business zones, 300,000 kilograms of silver and Kowloon was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely through these business zones and ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor.
In 1900, China suffered attacks by the 8-National Alliance (Empire of Japan, Russian Empire, British Empire (including India), France, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary). Innocent Chinese civilians in Peking (Beijing now) were murdered, buildings were destroyed & women were raped. The Imperial Palace was raided, and treasures ended up in museums like the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris.
In late 1930s China was occupied by the Japanese in WWII. Millions of Chinese died during the occupancy. 300,000 Chinese died in Nanjing Massacre alone.
Mao brought China together again from the shambles. There were peace and unity for some time. But Mao’s later reign saw sufferings and deaths from famine and power struggles.
Then came Deng Xiao Ping and his infamous “black-cat and white-cat” story. His preference in pragmatism than ideologies has transformed China. This thinking allowed China to evolve all the time to adapt to the actual needs in the country, instead of rigidly bounded to ideologies. It also signified the death of Communism in actually practice in China. The current Socialism+Meritocracy+Market Economy model fits the Chinese like gloves, and it propels the uprise of China. Singapore has a similar model, and has been arguably more successful than Hong Kong, because Hong Kong being gateway to China, was riding on the economic boom in China, while Singapore had no one to gain from.
In just 30 years, the CPC have moved 800 millions of people out from poverty. The rate of growth is unprecedented in human history. They have built the biggest mobile network, by far the biggest high speed rail network in the world, and they have become a behemoth in infrastructure. They made a fishing village called Shenzhen into the world’s second largest technological centre after the Silicon Valley. They are growing into a technological power house. It has the most elaborate e-commerce and cashless payment system in the world. They have launched exploration to Mars. The Chinese are living a good life and China has become one of the safest countries in the world. The level of patriotism in the country has reached an unprecedented height.
For all of the achievements, the West has nothing good to say about it. China suffers from intense anti-China propagandas from the West. Western Media used the keyword “Communist” to instil fear and hatred towards China.
Everything China does is negatively reported.
They claimed China used slave labor in making iPhones. The truth was, Apple was the most profitable company in the world, it took most of the profit, leave some to Foxconn (a Taiwanese company) and little to the labor.
They claimed China was inhuman with one-child policy. At the same time, they accused China of polluting the earth with its huge population. The fact is the Chinese consume just 30% of energy per capita compared to the US.
They claimed China underwent ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang. The fact is China has a policy which priorities ethnic minorities. For a long time, the ethnic minorities were allowed to have two children and the majority Han only allowed one. The minorities are allowed a lower score for university intakes. There are 39,000 mosque in China, and 2100 in the US. China has about 3 times more mosque per muslim than the US.
When terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang, China had two choices:
1. Re-educate the Uighur extremists before they turned terrorists.
2. Let them be, after they launch attacks and killed innocent people, bomb their homes.
China chose 1 to solve problem from the root and not to do killing. How the US solve terrorism? Fire missiles from battleships, drop bombs from the sky.
During the pandemic,
When China took extreme measures to lockdown the people, they were accused of being inhuman.
When China recovered swiftly because of the extreme measures, they were accused of lying about the actual numbers.
When China’s cases became so low that they could provide medical support to other countries, they were accused of politically motivated.
Western Media always have reasons to bash China.
Just like any country, there are irresponsible individuals from China which do bad and dirty things, but the China government overall has done very well. But I hear this comment over and over by people from the West: I like Chinese people, but the CPC is evil. What they really want is the Chinese to change the government, because the current one is too good.
Fortunately China is not a multi-party democratic country, otherwise the opposition party in China will be supported by notorious NGOs (Non-Government Organization) of the USA, like the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), to topple the ruling party. The US and the British couldn’t crack Mainland China, so they work on Hong Kong. Of all the ex-British colonial countries, only the Hong Kongers were offered BNOs by the British. Because the UK would like the Hong Kongers to think they are British citizens, not Chinese. A divide-and-conquer strategy, which they often used in Color Revolutions around the world.
They resort to low dirty tricks like detaining Huawei’s CFO & banning Huawei. They raised a silly trade war which benefits no one. Trade deficit always exist between a developing and a developed country. USA is like a luxury car seller who ask a farmer: why am I always buying your vegetables and you haven’t bought any of my cars?
When the Chinese were making socks for the world 30 years ago, the world let it be. But when Chinese started to make high technology products, like Huawei and DJI, it caused red-alert. Because when Western and Japanese products are equal to Chinese in technologies, they could never match the Chinese in prices. First world countries want China to continue in making socks. Instead of stepping up themselves, they want to pull China down.
The recent movement by the US against China has a very important background. When Libya, Iran, and China decided to ditch the US dollar in oil trades, Gaddafi’s was killed by the US, Iran was being sanctioned by the US, and now it’s China’s turn. The US has been printing money out of nothing. The only reason why the US Dollar is still widely accepted, is because it’s the only currency which oil is allowed to be traded with. The US has an agreement with Saudi that oil must be traded in US dollar ONLY. Without the petrol-dollar status, the US dollars will sink, and America will fall. Therefore anyone trying to disobey this order will be eliminated. China will soon use a gold-backed crypto-currency, the alarms in the White House go off like mad.
China’s achievement has been by hard work. Not by looting the world.
I have deep sympathy for China for all the suffering, but now I feel happy for them. China is not rising, they are going back to where they belong. Good luck China.
虽然长了点，但是一针见血指出问题的根本，分析到位，观点正确，拜读了！
rlly nice report im shocked of the clearness of all the ideas!
虽然长了点，但我在工作，所以我读完了。
没啥好说的，就“北京欢迎您”吧！
Very well summarized. Thank you 🙏
哇、朋友你说的即全面又到位、你很正直又优秀👍
The splendor and glamour of China is astonishing!
Great video. Thank you. The scale is reasonable given the size of China's population. Family is the basic, and essential unit of a community.
My two cents. When you come down to it, government's job is to make everyone of its citizens' livelihood easier and better.
Thank you Oli! You know much more China than HK people dose. Shame that we are also Chinese. Do you know about the elderly care in Shenzhen? The HK goz told us the future of Qianhai Bay前海. Do you know what are the things going on there? Thank you for your sharing. We wish to visit the place but we are still hardening in hk.
I know some Hong Kong kids killed the nice 70 year old street cleaner Luo Changqing during the 2019 protest. They blamed the killing on the CCP, then they trashed the memorial for Luo and blamed that on the CCP as well. Is that how they treat elderlies in HK?
@@sigerlion8608 还有一个说被打瞎眼睛的女的，然后去了台湾眼睛突然好了，啥也是中共的错，哈哈
no tell me all about it?
Quality video as always
Good job
Watch out Oli, haters are gonna say the blue sky and the whole CBD are just CGI like what they did to Jason baobaowang😆
Lucky bro that you live in China as its dream come true.
lucky u ! UK daily new cases surpassed 90k !!!!!!!!
👍👍👍
8:23 I can easily imagine the policemen in the background would stop you filming if you were in a western country right now
I was in that square many times.
👍👍
regarding the bumping into people thing. i used to be very cautious of that too, until i realized nobody even cares if my arm brushes them or straight up touching them on a crowded bus. in a way it's kind of endearing that people aren't so averse to sharing a space with you as if you're a dirty unpleasant stranger.
keep well away from me and certainly never touch me!
我刚刚看了你在23号的视频，里面有一个你的结论，非常有趣。
很多人都说现在的中国人越来越爱国，还有战狼外交，说我们被洗脑了，哈哈，听到这种论调我是真的很想笑。
你的结论是正确的：不是说现在中国人被洗脑成战狼外交或者小红粉了，而是因为我们越来越清醒，清醒地认识到，在国外的网站，别人是如何诬陷我们的。那些诬陷我们的人，99.999999%没有来过中国甚至没有任何一刻是客观看待中国的，被一些类似BBC这样的媒体灌输错误的想法，他们才会仇恨我们。
而正如你说的那样，那样只会更激发我们的爱国情怀，因为当我们知道自己被另外的群体诬陷抹黑的时候，我们会更团结。
感谢你和你父亲，为我们正名。也感谢那些抹黑我们的人，让我们更团结。所有打不倒你的，都会使你更强大。
"At the end of the day we're all human beings" this is it. Our governments do not define us and we have far more in common than we think
@K G Human beings are a single species, while the fox and bears are of different species. You're comparing apples with oranges.
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!
@@currentchannel3452 Yes, you can name a number of things banned by any government. 59 Chinese companies are banned in US. Drinking beer on street is illegal in US. US even banned the world from doing business to Iran. US forces all countries to trade using US dollar. Is it fair? Countries are not equivalent, they have freedom to define their rules provided that their people are living happily.
@@currentchannel3452 What is important is that the Chinese government has developed its own related products while banning them, even if we do not have those, but we have Weibo, WeChat, Taobao, etc., and they are better to use and safer than those, and at the same time, because we prohibit these, our own related industries have been fully developed, enhancing the overall competitiveness of the country, increasing jobs, and enhancing the happiness of the people. I guess that's not a bad thing.
In addition, I am a student who comes out to communicate, but I feel that these things you said do not attract me because we have better.
In addition, don't you also ban many Chinese products, such as Huawei? Don't say it so grandly, we can't, we actually don't want to, it's just that your company hasn't made Chinese money
@@diegoenglund3604 Do you know when China has banned google?
Then do you know when did US ban Huawei? Who said Chinese are
good at math?! You can't even tell which date is before another!
If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive country, raise your hand 🙋🏻♂️✋💥
本來就是，比現在世界上的國家安全平安快樂，西方的自由有人身安全的自由嗎？請問
@@ritahuang7779 西方人很好笑，以为自由可以喂饱他们😂😂😂
要分怎么看，像我这种忍不住要喷喷当政者的幼稚小朋友可能还是回不了国。这几年管控是越来越严了，进步了？好吧~_~
@@gallonshou8071 If you feel China Government which her control of the country is tight, then enjoy what so called western freedom. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Enjoy USA BLM BLM
@@gallonshou8071 按理说在国外了更能理解为啥国家要搞这些事情，因为简单来说就是美国如何搞垮苏联的，也许时间更长些接触到的东西更敏感更黑暗些你会更有体会吧！
The delivery thing still amazes me some times. My wife recently woke up one morning and saw we are out of these vitamins for our kid. She immediately ordered them on Meituan and it came 30 minutes later. The delivery guy was on the same elevator with me when I was coming back from the convenience store with coffee
Dude, I’m that delivery guy, rate me 5 stars for Christmas thanks 🎄 ⭐️
@@solemateaaron6438 😂😂😂
@@solemateaaron6438 hahah，yeah buddy，you got it
Loving the weather in Guangdong at the moment 🔥🔥
Love China and her people. I was down there 10 years ago. I must missed all those big and tall structures.
I will take another trip when pandemic is gone. China, you amazed me, last time when I was walking up to the top of Bayioon.
分析得很清楚，所以有些西方人對中國不暸解產生了誤會。
China has banned Google, bnned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!
他们太了解，只是设法污蔑破坏以阻止中国走的太快，楼上这位仁兄就是，他只知道别人对他不好却不想想为何？
@黄山 Lee and Oli Barrett are two British paid by China
to lie on youtube about Xinjiang
@@currentchannel3452 go away troll.
@@currentchannel3452 so, Who paid you to lied here about Lee and Oli Barrett?
我们并不想超越谁，我们只想做更好的自己，一天比一天好，做更强大的中国😁
100％ 👍🏻
非常同意
為祖國感到驕傲💪🏼🙏🏼❤️🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳⛽️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@cocoyu7616 that's cool. German's referred to their country as the motherland.
加油💪祖国加油💪加油💪
I was in New York a few days ago and I was surprised to see that a lot of people still paid by cash. There were two sections one for card and one for cash the staff was asking people if anyone was paying by card. The queue for cash were long and no one was queuing for card.
I've lived in NYC for 30 years and seen it turn from a shithole to decent, then into a shithole again.
It is nice that you still remember the details of the experience you came across when you first came to China, like cultural differences. I remember I had also experienced a lot of cultural shocks or differences when I first went to Germany, however, it a pitty that after so long I cannot recall any details. I wish I had recorded all that moments and feelings at that moment, which is fun and fascinating~
Well said on the being patient, that's also an inner development where you become a greater person without knowing it👍👍
why do Chinese have a terrible habit of jumping the queue?
@@sandyerislandy7543probably because China was poor and people have to rush to get stuff so it becomes a habit. I’m not sure but that might be one of the reasons
Although China got a lot of improvement in the last 10 years, it still has a lot of potential to develop.
This is the future.
Very enjoyable. Never been to Shenzhen so hope to go next year if I can get a visa etc, during a tour of Guiyang, Xingyi and Nanning to try and catch up with the other bloggers. Merry Christmas to you and Leee.
Welcome to china,there are have many good places like shenzhen
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't
@@currentchannel3452 Google is a PROVEN American spy company dumbass, so it should be banned worldwide, but there is zero proof of the US' BS on Huawei, the US has banned and gone after countless Chinese companies just because they are ahead technologically, it's absolutely correct to ban actual Western spy companies posting fake brainwashing garbage all the time.
@@currentchannel3452 你的无知超乎你的想象，它们做了什么为什么不一块说出来呢？
兴义没啥好玩的，那是个很小很小的县城，你可以去丽江，大理，香格里拉，昆明，重庆，成都等！
Good film Ollie, especially for new viewers.
I love how clean and safe places are in China.
I watched a documentary the other day about a Scot, who lived in China since 1980s, and he said even in Shanghai at night... in 40 years or so, says, it's completely safe. Nothing like UK now.
p.s. keep up the good work, and wishing your Dad the best of health.
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't
@@currentchannel3452 If the Chinese want to do something. None of the above is a problem.
@@currentchannel3452 your watching youtube of china arent you? lots chinese content from chinese gov on youtube no? chinese vloggers? chinese officials? bbc should be banned in the uk lol boris should be banned in the uk..... lol did you say tumblr ahahaha tumblr isnt even a thing, facebook isnt even a thing, bing is shit so is google
@@currentchannel3452 lol...use proxy you can use everything.
I got the very same feeling when I moved to Tokyo.
Living in a completely foreign city for some years should be compulsory for every person.
You learn so much from that type of experience.
Many japanese living in china.
视频中不要漏出微信的付款码，会有被盗刷的风险。
付款码更新是以分钟计的，发出视频的时候付款码早就失效了
没那么脆弱搞安全的早就想到了，不过注意点是好的。
The bit about the girl feeding you got me 😂 literally had the same reaction the other day 😂
She was not “feeding” you but kind of trying to take care of a guest. That is what is called considerate in Chinese culture.
@@JohnWick-xy7nz Well she was very considerate indeed, peeling shrimp and putting them into my mouth for me whilst I just sat there! Very nice hospitality 😁
@@Harveyinchina that’s not the custom. She must playing with you or teasing you.
or maybe she likes you and try to get your attention. it depends..hhahahah
It is this inclusiveness that makes Shenzhen become China’s most dynamic city, so you are so lucky to be here
Shanghai has sth to say
One of the most*
连华莱士都来了。。。😂
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!
@@currentchannel3452 我们中国人民劳您费心了
Good point being highlighted at the end of vid. Season's greetings mate🎊
Thank you for unbiased perception of China. Lovely.
Ur funny
@@willo198 I wish i am, in reality i am a boring logician and mathematician:(.
@@haggaisimon7748 you're a humorous and interesting mathematician!well done
视频做这么好，居然没人看，这就是油管的“言论自由”
This is made for people beyond China... I could not publish something like this.
China has banned Google, bnned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!
@@currentchannel3452 I do not-not-not think this is fair. I am scared about the whole direction... I do not know the mission, but all this is not-not-not good.
你看那些反华视频 简直就是财富密码 多火呢 其实那些人一点水平没有 就是在中国生活的外国屌丝罢了
以前中国非常穷，人民温饱问题都解决不了，所以家里来了客人，尽量把好的食物给客人吃。我小时候印象最深的就是，每逢过年家里那碗腊肉，我是吃不到的，直到春节过完了，家里人才有的吃
Yes, we will serve the guests and elderly first. We learnt this from young.
Congratulations. If you can adapt. You will be comfortable and happy. And easily coexist with the community.
If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Oli Barrett your loving support ✋🙋🏻♂️💥
Thamks man...
@@BarrettYT you're welcome, mate 🔥
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!!!
there you are again. Taiwan is a country. You are a bot.
@Akhand Bharat That would be better than communist China.
Hi Oli, really like your videos, in particular this one! In Feb. I will give a lecture to a group of students from seven universities in the EU on the topic of diversity. I'd like to quote what you said in your video from 5'10 to 5'40. Actually, I think Chinese and Italian are really similar in food, way of thinking, and many values. But every time when I try to explain it to my friends, they could hardly believe or understand it. Your video gave me an explanation. You can find common ground with others only when you really understand and appreciate other's cultures.
That would be great, I hope that it helps...
It's about inclusiveness. Unfortunately the West always think they are the best.
I was thinking about similar videos from others living in foreign countries, like Americans living in Sweden and Italy. The Erasmus program in EU is invaluable and we need similar exchange programs for around the world.
@@halfdrink Chinese and Italian are similar in family values, food and passion to food, hospitality, and acquaintanceship, and many others.
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't
Loved it and thanks for sharing your experience and perspective. Cheers from 🇨🇦 😊😊😊😊
Once you are out of your comfort zone, you feel more comfortable, do you? LOL
疫情前每次回深圳，我都會覺得又不同了，改變很快，也很大，美食很多，酒店很漂亮，樣樣都很先進，城市規劃也很好。
China is so amazing, so sad the media in the West is so negative
Sad,but it's true
At least. There are people like you and others who not brainwashed with china negative news and will spread the truth about china like barret lee , cyrus etc.
@@bombomu2 It's difficult to spread truth about China when your friends and family don't support your view, seems like this channels is the only place you can talk freely without being called a China Bot
Yes I agree. People in the west will/do say these are propaganda videos, but I chat to people every day for 18 months since learning Mandarin, and 20 years of working with Chinese people in the UK.
The country makes UK look like Victorian era. The people have values, now seemingly lost in the UK.
I would swap places with Ollie in 1 second!
@@joannesmith1175 thats true. But people like you deserve to get appreciation for seeing and telling the truth about china. One is better than none.
Proud of being Chinese, Struggle creates history, solid work shapes future.
And now you've got lots of spoiled and entitled people after becoming more prosperous.
Oh Oli you have been out the UK for a while,I have been using the equivalent of your weechat payment on my smartphone for over 2 years
In China, if you step on others, you also need to apologize. Many people feel that there is no need to apologize for small collisions, in fact,that is wrong.
yes
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't
@@currentchannel3452 Why are they banned in China? Don't pretend you don't know why! Trump has been banned by Twitter, 800,000 people died in the US, what would you say? are you a Poor brain or a poor machine?
tell the Chinese that
@@currentchannel3452 Well done, all the fake news/medias are banned.
You are smart, kind and just brilliant! You are the young generation of the UK! I’m happy to follow your channel! Be happy and stay healthy ! Best wishes to Lee !
Love from Swindon England. I am Chinese and live in Swindon. Yes. That’s truth. Crown in big city in China. We do say sorry but sometimes and some people too busy or forget to say sorry. Most people don’t really mind that because they know the people who pump in to you didn’t mean it. Just accident. Now days younger people more like to say sorry than my mother’s age people.
On the last one - in the West people tend to get offended quite easily, any small wrong doings may get you a middle finger straight away - so that is why you have to say 'sorry sorry' all the time. But in China, or many other countries with dense populations, that is not a thing - people just ignore these little things and moves on - you bump into people all the time so why bother... Great video by the way 👍
sometimes not just the middle finger, you get a knock out, scary place to live in nowadays in usa
Seeking common ground while reserving differences, kindness and consideration for others are China’s principles of life
@@ssomms2361 indeed, they are extreme cases but not uncommon in some areas
@@worldfight6032 thanks well said
One would find out quickly that in China, there is not much this concept of personal space. well, with so many people, there can't be any personal space left in a big city!
Thanks for your great story. Keep jia you....good bless you and your father
Totally agree with you, we all are human beings, we all have just about 100 years life on this planet, why can't we be nice each other for the time we could have.
Hans, as world citizens, let's learn to accept the odds and many different habits good or bad, diversity is the word and let's enjoy lives for a change, see the world in a different angles and stop self inflict.
Oily, why Chinese government do not allow ppl to use UA-cam?
+10 Social Credit
that white guy in the video is what smart, cool asian girls call LBH (loser back home)
Similar to being apologetic when bumping into people: when I first arrived in Hong Kong and went into McDonalds after half a day of walking, the restaurant was full and not an empty table left. I saw people sharing tables, so I walked up to a person and asked: is it ok if we share the table with you? My Hong Kong friend told me : there is no need to ask, you just sit down. I went like: Huh???!!!
still its better to ask
nope, of cause you should ask, definitely. no matter in which city in China and in what circumstance. even in the video if you step on some one's foot , you still should say sorry. of casue. most of the time people don't care. but it is a manner. and not every body has good temper.
I am sorry but I would be very offended if someone just sit down in front of me without asking and I am Chinese!
you better ask, the hongkong guy was just expressing some kindness in asian style
Love the video and your insights on the busy lifestyle there!
Hope you enjoy your stay in Shenzhen! I miss the food there! :)
Wow, impressed with the massive changes in Shenzhen after my last trip in 1989!
深圳 definitely cozier than cities in Britain.
Shenzhen looks fantastic!
amazing
First time in Shenzhen, I was surprised to see so many sexy girls
I once talked with my boss about Chongqing, my home town. I told him that it is close to Chengdu which he visited before. and he said, "wait, when you say close, you mean 'close' in Chinese way or in European way.." LOL.
🤣🤣🤣 that means he has learnt about the size of China.
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't
@@currentchannel3452 Google is a PROVEN American spy company dumbass, so it should be banned worldwide, but there is zero proof of the US' BS on Huawei, the US has banned and gone after countless Chinese companies just because they are ahead technologically, it's absolutely correct to ban actual Western spy companies posting fake brainwashing garbage all the time.
I live in the UK and have worked in China for 10 years
I think that the British politeness is superficial and unforgiving. It is more forgiving in many other countries.
Respect and kindness for guests and foreigners are practised throughout Asia and the British just take it for granted.
Asian are more family orientated but I have known many old people are left alone in the UK.
Appreciate and return the amazing culture you are experiencing.
The UK is the best country in the world.
it is even better for people that want to criticize their government.
I personally been trapped in China is for the food.Wherever be in the world,I always miss to death the spicy food in China.
thank you for be kind to China.
HOLA OLIE, GOOD JOB... PLEASE, BRO PUT THE SUBTITLE IN YOU CHANNEL... GRACIAS...HUGS FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN... ALEX.
The amazing thing is there are so many huge new cities in China, bigger than any cities in other countries
If you were in NY 80 years ago or in Tokyo 50 years ago, you will say the same.
and some of them are completely empty
@@sandyerislandy7543 Just Google the number of cities with populations above 10 million. UA-cam won’t let me post a link.
@@sandyerislandy7543 From Wikipedia’s section on China’s Ghost Cities: “Many developments initially criticized as ghost cities did materialize into economically vibrant areas when given enough time to develop, such as Pudong, Zhujiang New Town, Zhengdong New Area, Tianducheng and malls such as the Golden Resources Mall and South China Mall.[11] While many developments failed to live up to initial lofty promises, most of them eventually became occupied when given enough time”
People are definitely the same. every one is just as amazing as other one. and as annoying as other one. don't give a f** to the later case. you'll be fine.
As a Chinese, people pushing in railway station always annoyed me. Once I just can't stand it anymore, and I yelled him loudly "Stop touching me". He finally realize it and stop pushing me without saying anything. I didn't feel better, but instead felt that I had overreacted. So, I suggest that if someone is pushing you, you don’t have to endure it, you can tell him politely, dear aunt, don’t push me, it makes me uncomfortable. Very easy.
你留在中国是对的!
中国5000年来的文化内涵是四个字:广纳百川
因为，国家非常大所以包容内容也非常大。中国人对待朋友的态度是这样的:
1:朋友如果本质是好的，善良的，仁义的朋友就是有错误，我们也最少原谅他3次!
2:好朋友的建议我们就是不愿意听，但是，内心却会去接受。因为，那是来自好朋友的关怀!
3:我们对待敌人的态度首先是尊敬对方，认真了解对方，然后再去消灭它!
4:我们从唐朝开始也就是2000多年前，我们就可以包容世界各国人民来中国旅行，经商，考察，学习。这是全世界各国都从未办到的事情。
5:与中国人真心交朋友结果吃亏了，这样的事情在我们的民族意识里是不齿之行为!
人类大同时代一定会到来。中国将起到非常大的作用!
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!!!
Canadians like to say sorry too ha ha 😆
Summer is damn hot and no central heating in the south.
Do you want central heating in summer?
市民中心，读书馆
beautiful
The last time I was in China, I first tried to be more passive on the train during rush hour, but I quickly realized that if you are not assertive in moving forward when everywhere is crowded, then you are not going anywhere. In fact, if you are not assertive, then you are inconveniencing the people around you who also need you to keep moving.
福田 市民中心
China great. Stuck in uk now. Was stuck 2 years Vietnam. Will be back China soon.
well done!! China
i love chinese women
LOL
可以去拜訪一些各行各業的人嗎？包括一些較底層的勞動人、工人、服務業、然後是各行業。好的藝術、文學都是經過或了解各階層生活、人民才能產生創作，現代藝術、文學只會 "為賦新辭強說愁" ，我喜你們父子頻道就是因為 "真實、廣泛"，千萬不要讓自己成為 "文創圈人" ，加油！也祝你父親身體狀況越來越好。
Everyone tries not to bump but it’s unavoidable at rush hour
Oh America wins first in Omicron medal tally as recorded on Dec 23rd by huge gap, 124,216, while UK proudly rank second at 106,122. France took "bronze" with 84,272. "Poor" China "lost" the race at +77.
Barrett, do you think you'll end-up marrying a beautiful Chinese girl, or are you into the Western type?
When I was in China Shenzhen 5 years ago for a short job assignment, I was so annoyed with people pushing and rushing around from my back. I was bad, actually, I was cursing at that time.😛 Now that you pointed it out, I hope your message will help the newbies going to China. Thanks for sharing! I miss Shenzhen's food.
Haha pushing and rushing are the only way for people to get on and off the subway during rush hour.....
bcz it is dense populations here, that is normal status.
True but it’s still annoying. China will gradually improve.
China has banned Google, banned Gmail, banned Bing
banned UA-cam, banned Facebook, banned Wikipedia
has banned Instgram, banned Twitter, banned Tumblr
banned BBC, banned CNN, banned NBC, banned NHK
banned Wall street journal, banned Washington post,
banned Guardian, banned Daily mail, banned Reuters
banned HBO, banned Netflix, and I heard Linkedin is
forced to leave China soon, so all western media
or news agent, left or right, have been banned in China!!!!
China also banned D&G, since 2020 banned H&M, banned
United Airline, boycott Nike as well as Adidas....
Now they literally cut the internet in China, do you think it's Fair
for Chinese people?! You can come to UA-cam but They Can't!!!
@@currentchannel3452 off topic
Congrats on “fitting in” without resentment. Peace ✌️
well, that using your own chopsticks and putting food on other people's plate is disgusting and I am Chinese.
thanks 🙏
中国人民是非常好客与友善的民族，我们的儒家文化是非常爱好和平，就算是孙子兵法全书全遍都没有如何去侵略别人，都是讲如何避免战争赢的和平。当你来到中国，就知道中国人民的好客，当你了解中华的文化就明白中国人民是多少热爱和平
Congratulations! Even NY Times could not ignore the Barretts anymore. They put 5 reporters, yes 5, to write an hit-piece called: "How Beijing Influences the Influencers." (Dec-14). Also mentioned in the piece are Gweilo, Matt JaYoe, Cyrus, Raz, Barrie, etc. Guess the BBC hit piece in July didn't do the job. (BTW: nice observations about getting bumped in the crowd. Canadians might be more apologetic than the Brits though.)
Lol too bad those Western brainwashing propaganda machines putting out lie after lie can only fool the dumbest sheep.
oh the Brits will apologize profusely. if they bump into you but if you bump into them you won't have a good outcome
👁️👁️（ 除了高峰期乘坐地铁，碰到或被碰到 不需要说不好意思或对不起，👁️👁️ 其他时间 应该要礼貌的说声“对不起/不好意思”）👁️👁️
UPI is best way to make online payment
talking about bumping n stepping on other people shoe, Tokyo metro is worse. But Japan is extremely clean save for nuclear polution.
You British Vloggers are amazing
not really
It's strange how you could have a tourist visa that allows you to live in China for so long. In the UK, the maximum tourist visa is only six months for most foreigners who are from countries in Commonwealth. It's shorter for others.
he's on the payroll
@@rickblaine5429 is Oli on payroll of CCP, you mean he is a commi. or is married to a Chinese?
I am afraid I found the video information-poor. It didn't enlighten me in any way. In over 12 minutes of a walk and talk full of words, is this all you had to say about a country in which you have lived for over 3 years? Namely that found people bumping into you in crowded trains disconcerting? You have veered clear of speaking about this country's amazing achievements in development and technology, and in lifting 700 million people out of poverty in less than 25 years. Admittedly there are serious problems in China in terms of its social and political setup, but name me a country that doesn't. You didn't have the courage to say anything really positive about the country, and you suspected a girl's intentions when she put food in your plate out of cultural generosity? Could you not have talked about the positive or negative aspects of the educational and healthcare system in the country, or tell us if you have managed to learn a few words of the language in the time you gave lived here?
Actually not trying to be racist but london doesnt need any help but most of the buildings in china are engineered by Americans (companies/architect's/engineers etc).
Pls talk about the discrimination on white people in China compare with discrimination on Asian people in Europe or in general in the west. Please don’t tell me there is no discrimination on white people in China…, it will be hard to believe for normal people. Please tell the truth
“100 years is too long for Americans, 100 miles is too far for Europeans”