My friend made it out of China safely so I decided to finally post the interview I did with him during Shanghai's 2 month Omicron lockdown (had to take it down the first time as he got spooked)
Glad your friend made it out, have been wanting to catch this interview for a while since you had to take it down rather abruptly the first time around.
I just watched this whole thing through for the 2nd time today and I can't explain how amazing this content is. This is real journalism. This needs to get more eyes because everything your friend is talking about it so important for us to know about. The discussion on the communist party's propaganda blaming COVID on the US and its effect on their citizens is really important and really hasn't been exposed anywhere else. No mainstream media source was able to get this inside perspective and you did.
What are you talking about it has been widely suspected since the very beginning that the US disseminated the virus. I came to this conclusion on my own by simply thinking who has the most to gain. There is records of the first ones to get sick before anything happened in china. I myself got sick and recovered before covid was even announced. The millitary base Fort detrick is supposedly where it was bred and the millitary Olympics in Wuhan was how it was the US infected china. The only country capable of throwing the whole world in to chaos and death for its own paranoid delusional reasons
What I find amazing is that this video is 100% the same as what Project Veritas produces. 350 million Americans will watch this video and go "I believe this. This is terrible." But the same 350 million Americans will watch a Veritas video and go "I don't believe this. This is not true." The cognitive dissonance is absolutely shocking.
Lol you are so naive. There are tonnes of people who have made their careers honestly reporting on what goes on in China, just coz you've never searched for it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.. Not taking away from this 1 interview but there are literally thousands of videos like this on youtube, some with actual teams of researchers.
Thanks for posting this and thanks UA-cam algorithm that led me there. As a Chinese who experienced the 3-month lockdown in Shanghai, I can confirm his experience because I witnessed the same. Non-stopping covid tests are still around, and sporadic lockdowns on specific buildings are too (I got my buildings surrounded by iron bars two times after the "re-open" of Shanghai). What a shitshow.
@@perc3136 The CCP seems to have complete control socially and I’m sure digitally what is there to do? I would love to see the CCP destroyed but how would that even start seeing as XI now has unlimited terms
Don, this is fantastic journalism. I wish a majority of those in the West would see this to show some of us how lucky we all are to be where we are. Seriously, well done. Thanks to your friend as well for introducing some risk and speaking out about this! edit: Being that his face is blurred. This is fantastic podcast format. Maybe start a podcast. I think you'd be great at it.
@@jeb6361 what is your point? Your statement doesn’t change the fact that the USA is part of the West. Are you embarrassed that they are a representation of the West?
Donnie you are so far beyond what reporters are from all the major networks!!! Barstool better be signing you for a super lucrative deal on the next one!!! I love the barstool lineup but dude you are far beyond them as far as your reporting and content my friend!!!!
I live in Shanghai and went through this lockdown. Everything the interviewee said is true. It was pure torture and what made everything worse is no one knew what was going on; we were left in the dark all the time. Policies and rules would constantly change, and everything was unclear. This was a few months ago, and the mass lockdown ended; however, my school (I'm also a teacher) closed down this past week, and I'm currently back to online teaching. Children have PTSD on the whole and are stressed about going back into lockdown. It is horrible for everyone to be isolated in an apartment for a month, but for kids, I think it's worse; they need to be outside in the sun playing with their friends. What messes with everyone is the anxiety of not knowing what is next. Certain areas still go into lockdown to this day. We have to test every day. If your test shows that you have tested longer than 72 hours, you can't go into a grocery store, the gym, uses the metro, etc. Life is restricted, and so many foreigners have left for the first time (after being in China for 5 years), I'm strongly considering leaving.
Americans don't realise how important our Constitutional rights as individuals are, until unfortunately the time they choose to exercise them is behind the communist curtain. Communism has spread faster than covid especially over last two years here in America. For the first time in modern history the US is holding American political prisoners. Arrested, held without charge, without bail, without trial or defence. Until this Administration Labeled them domestic terrorists and charged them as such. They weren't exercising their rights in China. They were Americans in America. How can we know/care about the ones choosing to live in China If we can't even defend the freedoms protected by law at home?
Dear Americans listen to his words. This is why you don’t give your government more power then they deserve. It’s government for the people by the people. Remember that
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan YT is pathetic with their censorship. Political discussion isn’t allowed if your opinion opposes the college kid reading your comment.
That 16 year old is going to be the actual conman from Catch Me If You Can. Super interesting interview love seeing the more “serious” journalist side of Donnie every now and then
You'd be surprised how stupid people are if you pretend you're supposed to be somewhere and you just act casual. I realized a long time ago that I can sneak into most places for free.
Was playing an online game with someone yesterday who was from China and basically told me this wasn't happening. Then everyone else chimed in and he disappeared. I lol'd
Wasn't much better in the west. Look what they did to the old people in the U.S. with the nursing homes. Australia was bankrupting people/stealing their bank accounts for leaving the house.
I caught uncle C as the lockdown was winding down in SH, my god, for the amount of effort (minimal, since all I had to do was sleep it off for a few days) it took to get over it versus the constant psychological pressure of having to worry about being sent off to some unknown (probably janky) quarantine center and daily knocks on the door by the fuzz to go downstairs for testing was unbearable and honestly, an overkill. And most friends I knew voluntarily cut down their daily food intake for a good two weeks, eating one meal per day just to make sure they can ration their food supply over time, crazy to think this took place in 20fcking22.
Pudong's situation was substantially worse than Puxi (i'm assuming this guy was in Puxi but he seemed to be aware of the differing start times). If I remember correctly, my community got hit with a 2 day in mid March in Pudong, then like a sort of off-day where they weren't sure how to police it yet, then was in lockdown already all the way through to the city-wide lockdown. Some were better off than others, but we had 0 prep time like those in Puxi (i.e. the city center/downtown) so there was no real panic grocery shopping we were already i lockdown for nearly 2 weeks by the time city-wide hit. I once went about 4 days without eating anything and just drinking tea and instant coffee because my building had a separate GC for group buying that I had no clue about until about a week into the city-wide. The real problem in places like Pudong and Songjiang was that we had access to things like delivery before city-wide, and therefore many people did not start prep-buying groceries (hard to attain anyways during the first two weeks) as the city was saying the city-wide would only last like 4 days. It was honestly worse than some residents in other areas realized because areas like Pudong and Songjiang were also not receiving aid packages until nearly 4 weeks into their own lockdown.
Oh I saw a comment about meds also. Foreigners in SH are probably already aware, but many OTC meds that can be used to treat flu like symptoms are not buyable via delivery without a chinese resident card. This meant that while locked in your apartment for weeks you had no direct access to things like ibuprofen to treat headaches and migraines. I had to take suppository ibuprofen (uo the ass it went) made for babies that my neighbor gave to me.
@@0h0hJ0i to put it very simply...I make way too much money to think about home right now. I can put up with this shit another year or two then I can go home
People think they have it bad in America... I mean the stuff this guy is saying is truly dystopian from an American perspective. Truly fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
As someone that lives in an area that never locked down (because smart and skeptical people are in charge) this is just downright scary. At least in prison you get 3 meals.
The virus is real got it myself beat my ass and I understand why people are scared not being able to take a full breath is scary and my grandad is currently in the hospital with it and has no idea if he will live. Should there be a massive forced lockdown like china, hell no. But should there have a been some restrictions like masks and staying at home yes.
@@tannermaple Believe what you want. I just find it hard to defend lockdownerism now that we have a much better idea of the true mortality rate for the under 60 age group. Essentially over 80% of the population had their liberties infringed to protect the other 20%. That's not sensible.
@@northernkyle1061 Ahh yes the Chinese communist revolution and Tiananmen , the pandemic is definitely a repeat of that part of history, I remember a time when whataboutism was a soviet technique not a western one.
@@northernkyle1061 lmao aren't the ones with the tanks in Tianamen aka the Communists still in control of China? They're the literal causation of the history you speak of lol
Great video - it shows rare details of the recent situation in shanghai. It's insane to hear that a mom & dad along with their 2 children all held hands as they jumped from their building. Meanwhile you have people scared to get within 6 feet of foreigners, yet will ride an elevator with them to prevent having to wait for another elevator. This ignorant behavior is why they are having such a tough time - inconsistent policies produce inconsistent cities. thanks again for the upload - be careful that chinese bots don't take it down.
That’s wild. Imagine government goons living in your house ready to report you to a surveillance state for not conforming. The people enforcing this are less than human. Imagine trying this in a country with gun rights.
Amen. The fact so many people blindly support the Communist Union Police is sickening! Did you see that cop try to kill the kid eating his burger in San Antonio? Thank God for BLM rebelling against the Communist Government
I ended up being in lockdown for a bit more than 80 days since Minhang's restrictions had started in mid-February. Mandatory testing began on February 12th and would usually be done every other day. A neighborhood pass system was implemented for the communities in Qibao Town but they didn't amount to much since plenty of compounds were already barricaded with that ubiquitous green chain link fencing. The rooms in my building lacked kitchens so we relied on waimai and the compound's Family Mart until the government forced a complete closure. Our juweihui, Lianming Village, decided to sell us what should have been free food that was impossible for most of us to prepare given the kitchen situation. They then proceeded to resist supplying anything else for the duration of the lockdown. The first week of April was when there was nothing at all to eat and the group buy option never panned out until the last month of lockdown. What really saved us was a quarantine hotel that provided one boxed meal a day and did so fairly consistently from mid-April until the end of May. One can only imagine the sort of gross incompetence that lockdowns in tier 2 and 3 cities engender.
Damn... my birthday is the day you said testing started. I was probably completely oblivious for months as to what people endured in China during the lockdown period and can't imagine the misery. All plans for birthdays, travel, visits to see your family all made impossible. Kids lost pieces of their childhood and adults lost opportunities to improve their life. It's impossible to name all of heartbreaking scenarios that have likely happened and their horrible effects on good people. Hope you and all of Shanghai are OK and getting back to the things you missed most
We had something similar I'm Vietnam for 2 months. We were banned from going to the shop for food. They put barbed wire fences up at thee end of the street
It was like what happened in Australia for awhile. For awhile we had curfews, we needed government Approval "passports" to vist the next state, protesting was illegal, leaving the country was prohibited and more. It was truely depressing what people allow the government to do over their own freedoms.
@@jacksevert3099 I live in Sydney but got denied the "Travel Passport" to attend my mother funeral in Queensland. It was pretty bad. The fact the government can say YOU CANT LEAVE YOUR STATE and throw in a curfew (happened in Melbourne and Sydney) is a bit dodgy but that's just my opinion and everyone has an opinion.
@@foxtailedcritter it’s not an opinion my friend. It’s fact. Anyone that tries to argue otherwise about what you went through isn’t a friend. Means they value what the government says more than what happened to you
And now that the magnitude of the damage to our health, wealth and politics is slowly being revealed, most people just want to move on and pretend it never happened. The myth of the "laidback, easygoing Aussie" is just that - a myth. We are a nation of dobbers and rule followers.
What a horrifying place. I had always wished to visit China because I found it so interesting and I wondered how all of those people live over there, but these days I'm afraid to even set foot inside of it. The government just seems so oppressive, I'm afraid they'd find some way to look me up and find out my identity and imprison me for saying anything against China.
Throughout this whole lockdown/covid situation that we had, the biggest thing that blew my mind was how comfortable most of us live our lives and how we complain about the smallest most petty thing. We truly are spoiled in the West.... Could not imagine the events that took place in China.
Imagine being one of those people throwing a hissy fit in Walmart because you have to wear a mask, causing a public disturbance and getting police called over a piece of cloth. It's insane how our culture in the US can be so good and also so bad. At least it's much better than china's way of handling things. I got Covid, missed work a couple days, felt bad but got over it quick and now I'm fine. This zero case thing is just nonsense.
My friend made it out of China safely so I decided to finally post the interview I did with him during Shanghai's 2 month Omicron lockdown (had to take it down the first time as he got spooked)
I only saw swedish ppl wearing mask for only 4 months
Glad your friend is safe, thank you for sharing. What a horrible situation and ignorant government
This is the sole reason I came into the comment section, was scared for buddies life.
Glad your friend made it out, have been wanting to catch this interview for a while since you had to take it down rather abruptly the first time around.
Glad u got out man, add me on LinkedIn
Said it a thousand times Donnie is the most fascinating and best creator at Barstool and it's not even close. Quality work as always.
I feel the same way man don't worry
By a mile I implore everyone who hasn't go back and watch his entire catalog of content it is worth your time
Donnie, Dave reviewing pizza, and PFT's microdosing podcast are the only Barstool properties worth a shit
Rest of it sucks cept Big Cat and his buddy with long hair I forget his name
@@caseywhite3150 PFT
This interview is honestly incredible. Top notch.
Don I respect your work and how it continues to evolve. Keep up the great work
I just watched this whole thing through for the 2nd time today and I can't explain how amazing this content is. This is real journalism. This needs to get more eyes because everything your friend is talking about it so important for us to know about. The discussion on the communist party's propaganda blaming COVID on the US and its effect on their citizens is really important and really hasn't been exposed anywhere else. No mainstream media source was able to get this inside perspective and you did.
How do you know that the U.S. didn't create it and release it there? It's quite obvious it was created in a bio lab.
What are you talking about it has been widely suspected since the very beginning that the US disseminated the virus. I came to this conclusion on my own by simply thinking who has the most to gain. There is records of the first ones to get sick before anything happened in china. I myself got sick and recovered before covid was even announced. The millitary base Fort detrick is supposedly where it was bred and the millitary Olympics in Wuhan was how it was the US infected china. The only country capable of throwing the whole world in to chaos and death for its own paranoid delusional reasons
What I find amazing is that this video is 100% the same as what Project Veritas produces. 350 million Americans will watch this video and go "I believe this. This is terrible." But the same 350 million Americans will watch a Veritas video and go "I don't believe this. This is not true." The cognitive dissonance is absolutely shocking.
Barstool and the sports world may be your primary focus, but good on you for shining a light on this. Thank you.
The fact that his face had to be blurred for his own safety is a bit terrifying. Hope he’s doing okay.
Posted this after he left China
Yeah the Chinese government never hesitates to just kill people.
@@TheWontonDon this is even more concerning…
We got some Chinese police stations over here we gonna find him.
The mans fine, he’s since had a years worth ofwristies in Asia
Good job man, let's spread this news far and wide. Madness.
Holy crap dude. Nobody reported this level of detail EVER. Brovo Donnie.
There were plenty accounts of it in the right places most people just refused to believe it and the media wouldn't cover it.
that and it would be removed from major platforms as "misinformation"
Lol you are so naive. There are tonnes of people who have made their careers honestly reporting on what goes on in China, just coz you've never searched for it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.. Not taking away from this 1 interview but there are literally thousands of videos like this on youtube, some with actual teams of researchers.
News article portion of this interview is crazy. Great work Wonton
Couldn't look away for the full 40 minutes. Great conversation, man. Thanks for doing this, the both of you. Hope he got out of there.
Thanks for posting this and thanks UA-cam algorithm that led me there. As a Chinese who experienced the 3-month lockdown in Shanghai, I can confirm his experience because I witnessed the same. Non-stopping covid tests are still around, and sporadic lockdowns on specific buildings are too (I got my buildings surrounded by iron bars two times after the "re-open" of Shanghai). What a shitshow.
Whats your take on the lab leak theory
Yall gotta stand up and revolt
@@perc3136 The CCP seems to have complete control socially and I’m sure digitally what is there to do? I would love to see the CCP destroyed but how would that even start seeing as XI now has unlimited terms
Don, this is fantastic journalism. I wish a majority of those in the West would see this to show some of us how lucky we all are to be where we are. Seriously, well done. Thanks to your friend as well for introducing some risk and speaking out about this!
edit: Being that his face is blurred. This is fantastic podcast format. Maybe start a podcast. I think you'd be great at it.
I’d tune in
Over a million people died in the USA from Covid, how can you say that they were lucky?
@@circle11111 over 10 million in the US have died from disastrous Covid policies how can you ignore them?
@@circle11111 It's really going to blow your mind when you learn there are more countries in the west than just America.
@@jeb6361 what is your point? Your statement doesn’t change the fact that the USA is part of the West. Are you embarrassed that they are a representation of the West?
Donnie you are so far beyond what reporters are from all the major networks!!! Barstool better be signing you for a super lucrative deal on the next one!!! I love the barstool lineup but dude you are far beyond them as far as your reporting and content my friend!!!!
best content from barstool by a country mile. love your videos man. can you do some legit food tours when you travel?
I live in Shanghai and went through this lockdown. Everything the interviewee said is true. It was pure torture and what made everything worse is no one knew what was going on; we were left in the dark all the time. Policies and rules would constantly change, and everything was unclear. This was a few months ago, and the mass lockdown ended; however, my school (I'm also a teacher) closed down this past week, and I'm currently back to online teaching. Children have PTSD on the whole and are stressed about going back into lockdown. It is horrible for everyone to be isolated in an apartment for a month, but for kids, I think it's worse; they need to be outside in the sun playing with their friends.
What messes with everyone is the anxiety of not knowing what is next. Certain areas still go into lockdown to this day. We have to test every day. If your test shows that you have tested longer than 72 hours, you can't go into a grocery store, the gym, uses the metro, etc.
Life is restricted, and so many foreigners have left for the first time (after being in China for 5 years), I'm strongly considering leaving.
-25 Social Credit
Amazed its taken you this long to consider leaving
This is absolute torture yet no one in America knows/cares about it. Thank you Donnie for putting this out there!
Americans don't realise how important our Constitutional rights as individuals are, until unfortunately the time they choose to exercise them is behind the communist curtain. Communism has spread faster than covid especially over last two years here in America. For the first time in modern history the US is holding American political prisoners. Arrested, held without charge, without bail, without trial or defence. Until this Administration Labeled them domestic terrorists and charged them as such. They weren't exercising their rights in China. They were Americans in America. How can we know/care about the ones choosing to live in China If we can't even defend the freedoms protected by law at home?
Just what exactly is your plan of approach?
we in american know very much so about this. but its communist china wtf u want us to do about it...
Let them get tortured maybe they’ll actually do something.
@@PrivatelyHanging Not traveling for business or pleasure in China might be a good start
Dear Americans listen to his words. This is why you don’t give your government more power then they deserve. It’s government for the people by the people. Remember that
YUP
Are you ACAB?
remember also they live in a single party state with zero representation for it's people.
jesus shut up
The comment section looks like it’s already getting censored. This should be TRENDING.
Yeah. Mine was removed.
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan YT is pathetic with their censorship. Political discussion isn’t allowed if your opinion opposes the college kid reading your comment.
thats scary
@@uneedamuracle Yeah dude. That’s why I’d rather die than buy their ad free membership.
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan Feel exactly the same way.
That 16 year old is going to be the actual conman from Catch Me If You Can. Super interesting interview love seeing the more “serious” journalist side of Donnie every now and then
You'd be surprised how stupid people are if you pretend you're supposed to be somewhere and you just act casual. I realized a long time ago that I can sneak into most places for free.
Took me on an adventure with the story of the student that tried to escape. Hope you're doing well little man.
I happened to catch this the first time you posted it, and I don’t think a day has gone by that I haven’t thought of it for at least a few seconds.
Was playing an online game with someone yesterday who was from China and basically told me this wasn't happening. Then everyone else chimed in and he disappeared. I lol'd
😳 oh dear
watching from Australia and loving it!
the most underrated channel on YT.
Their willingness to treat anybody and everybody like a literal criminal just for catching the dreaded virus is genuinely bizarre.
Wasn't much better in the west. Look what they did to the old people in the U.S. with the nursing homes. Australia was bankrupting people/stealing their bank accounts for leaving the house.
You don't need to catch anything. They'll test you like shit because you're their property.
That’s what happens when you live in a dictatorship
A virus that they made btw
just like in the states
Great interview Donnie, keep up the great work
I'm glad your friend made it outa there.
This shit is insane
Insane. Thanks for speaking out.
As far as Journalism goes. This is top notch. Keep doing your thing man. This is what the world needs to see
Donnie you may not think it but you are a great journalist without even trying to be.
That last story... what a wild ride!
Thank you for posting this. Excellent work.
This is fantastic, real journalism. Thank you, Don! Still barstools most talented.
I caught uncle C as the lockdown was winding down in SH, my god, for the amount of effort (minimal, since all I had to do was sleep it off for a few days) it took to get over it versus the constant psychological pressure of having to worry about being sent off to some unknown (probably janky) quarantine center and daily knocks on the door by the fuzz to go downstairs for testing was unbearable and honestly, an overkill. And most friends I knew voluntarily cut down their daily food intake for a good two weeks, eating one meal per day just to make sure they can ration their food supply over time, crazy to think this took place in 20fcking22.
Pudong's situation was substantially worse than Puxi (i'm assuming this guy was in Puxi but he seemed to be aware of the differing start times). If I remember correctly, my community got hit with a 2 day in mid March in Pudong, then like a sort of off-day where they weren't sure how to police it yet, then was in lockdown already all the way through to the city-wide lockdown. Some were better off than others, but we had 0 prep time like those in Puxi (i.e. the city center/downtown) so there was no real panic grocery shopping we were already i lockdown for nearly 2 weeks by the time city-wide hit. I once went about 4 days without eating anything and just drinking tea and instant coffee because my building had a separate GC for group buying that I had no clue about until about a week into the city-wide. The real problem in places like Pudong and Songjiang was that we had access to things like delivery before city-wide, and therefore many people did not start prep-buying groceries (hard to attain anyways during the first two weeks) as the city was saying the city-wide would only last like 4 days. It was honestly worse than some residents in other areas realized because areas like Pudong and Songjiang were also not receiving aid packages until nearly 4 weeks into their own lockdown.
Oh I saw a comment about meds also. Foreigners in SH are probably already aware, but many OTC meds that can be used to treat flu like symptoms are not buyable via delivery without a chinese resident card. This meant that while locked in your apartment for weeks you had no direct access to things like ibuprofen to treat headaches and migraines. I had to take suppository ibuprofen (uo the ass it went) made for babies that my neighbor gave to me.
Unbiased on the ground news. I love it.
The FUCKING WONTON DON🎉 THIS MAN IS A LEGEND!
This is an incredible interview. I didnt know about ANY of this. Prayers for China and the people
You really need to diversify your news intake.
Absolutely amazing work Don
Currently in Shanghai still. I was locked down for 90 fucking days...I will never forget it
why haven't you left?
@@0h0hJ0i to put it very simply...I make way too much money to think about home right now. I can put up with this shit another year or two then I can go home
@@mikekeogh7124 as long as you're stockpiled on supplies I don't see the problem
People think they have it bad in America... I mean the stuff this guy is saying is truly dystopian from an American perspective. Truly fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Those poor people. This is nuts!!
As someone that lives in an area that never locked down (because smart and skeptical people are in charge) this is just downright scary. At least in prison you get 3 meals.
The virus is real got it myself beat my ass and I understand why people are scared not being able to take a full breath is scary and my grandad is currently in the hospital with it and has no idea if he will live. Should there be a massive forced lockdown like china, hell no. But should there have a been some restrictions like masks and staying at home yes.
@@tannermaple Believe what you want. I just find it hard to defend lockdownerism now that we have a much better idea of the true mortality rate for the under 60 age group. Essentially over 80% of the population had their liberties infringed to protect the other 20%. That's not sensible.
great interview donny, keep it up fella
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
This is STILL going on?! Fuckkkk that
That was what I thinking
@RealSweetKid In China though could and likely will happen again very soon
God bless this man!
Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it….
What history part of Chinese history should China be learning from? Qing Dynasty?
@@jacksevert3099 the part where they were dragged into a world war because the Germans were doing this to Jews.
@@jacksevert3099 The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre? The Chinese communist revolution? And many many more
@@northernkyle1061 Ahh yes the Chinese communist revolution and Tiananmen , the pandemic is definitely a repeat of that part of history, I remember a time when whataboutism was a soviet technique not a western one.
@@northernkyle1061 lmao aren't the ones with the tanks in Tianamen aka the Communists still in control of China? They're the literal causation of the history you speak of lol
No joke. After watching and sending this vid to some friends. I didn't pick it up, but I got a call from Shanghai! WTF?!
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Great video - it shows rare details of the recent situation in shanghai. It's insane to hear that a mom & dad along with their 2 children all held hands as they jumped from their building. Meanwhile you have people scared to get within 6 feet of foreigners, yet will ride an elevator with them to prevent having to wait for another elevator. This ignorant behavior is why they are having such a tough time - inconsistent policies produce inconsistent cities. thanks again for the upload - be careful that chinese bots don't take it down.
This is some big J Journalism right here, Don. Thank you for covering this issue, we are so lucky to live in the USA!
I left china immediately after shanghai lockdown..It is crazy and after that the whole coutry is under brutal lockdown
This was a very informative interview. Very sad what's happening
Barstool holds Donnie back, let’s be real.
wouldn't you rather do travel vlogs on Daves dime too?
What an interview wonton don. Your a fucking gem !
Thank you Don for your Journalism and comedy
Whoa someone's still doing real journalism!
This is incredible, thanks for posting
He’s the wonton goat
i get hard for good journalism, great video Donny I learned a lot from this interview
Dame we got it easy in Sweden,no lock downs no nothing
Best journalism and diplomacy around.
I dont understand how you can still live there if you have the choice to leave. This is insanity. We're lucky to live in the US.
@@FoodforThought12345678dsds brought to you by China 🇨🇳
@@FoodforThought12345678dsds have you ever lived in the US?
@@FoodforThought12345678dsds Lol hell no. The way China dealt with covid is horrible and abusive
@@FoodforThought12345678dsds how is it better? Are you worried about more lockdowns?
@@capt.obvious9058 why would a CCP supporter have the Taiwanese flag as their PFP?
Great video donny, Its nathan from tampa florida
Hi Nathan from Tampa Flordia!
The whistle-blower who has his face blurred looks like Drew Binsky 😂
Yo the propaganda app is crazy. Huge insight Donnie. Thanks for publishing how a part of the world is getting brainwashed to our collective oblivion.
What's the propaganda app?
@@jacksevert3099 watch ccp media and take the test
@@0h0hJ0i ?
you really think what they did is so different than the western world?
@@onsidelegal1002 not so much, but we had half the country speaking out against the authoritarians here, at least
That guy smuggling is an absolute legend
That’s wild. Imagine government goons living in your house ready to report you to a surveillance state for not conforming. The people enforcing this are less than human. Imagine trying this in a country with gun rights.
What percentage of people in this country would support the same thing here? I think the numbers would frighten us.
Amen. The fact so many people blindly support the Communist Union Police is sickening! Did you see that cop try to kill the kid eating his burger in San Antonio? Thank God for BLM rebelling against the Communist Government
They already tried to support it here. Wait for the next round. Boogie monster variant. I hope you stocked up on supplies.
@@0h0hJ0i lmao there's been so many variants the CDC stopped keeping track! What are you talking about?
@@jacksevert3099 they'll roll out a new one when they need to. Wait until election year
@@0h0hJ0i So is China rolling out a new one or is this the same one?
27:41 Comedic interlude: Donnie's blurred
awesome ur China content is how we all fell in love
Holy shit... Thanks for sharing this.
Donnie's videos in Shanghai on Mamahuhu's channel was a big reason why I was hyped to come to China--the good ol' days
link?
🙏 Don You Da Man
I ended up being in lockdown for a bit more than 80 days since Minhang's restrictions had started in mid-February. Mandatory testing began on February 12th and would usually be done every other day. A neighborhood pass system was implemented for the communities in Qibao Town but they didn't amount to much since plenty of compounds were already barricaded with that ubiquitous green chain link fencing.
The rooms in my building lacked kitchens so we relied on waimai and the compound's Family Mart until the government forced a complete closure. Our juweihui, Lianming Village, decided to sell us what should have been free food that was impossible for most of us to prepare given the kitchen situation. They then proceeded to resist supplying anything else for the duration of the lockdown. The first week of April was when there was nothing at all to eat and the group buy option never panned out until the last month of lockdown. What really saved us was a quarantine hotel that provided one boxed meal a day and did so fairly consistently from mid-April until the end of May. One can only imagine the sort of gross incompetence that lockdowns in tier 2 and 3 cities engender.
Gosh... Thanks for sharing. How r things now for you?
Damn... my birthday is the day you said testing started. I was probably completely oblivious for months as to what people endured in China during the lockdown period and can't imagine the misery. All plans for birthdays, travel, visits to see your family all made impossible. Kids lost pieces of their childhood and adults lost opportunities to improve their life. It's impossible to name all of heartbreaking scenarios that have likely happened and their horrible effects on good people. Hope you and all of Shanghai are OK and getting back to the things you missed most
Incredible. Keep up the fantastic work Don!
This is an amazing video!
We had something similar I'm Vietnam for 2 months. We were banned from going to the shop for food. They put barbed wire fences up at thee end of the street
Not true
@@Metalgurupoo In HCMC it was. I wrote an article about it. It wasnt just me as well who reported on the story of what happened during the lock-in
Is this a re upload? I swear I've seen it before...
yes
Incredible interview
That family jumping killed me 😢
This is mind blowing stuff
This is wild!
Great interview. Didn't he kinda identify himself with that video outside his apartment?
This is actually scary shit.
Thank you.
Good work!
This video is great. I've lived in China for 6 years and its just as absurd and contradictory as ever.
It was like what happened in Australia for awhile. For awhile we had curfews, we needed government Approval "passports" to vist the next state, protesting was illegal, leaving the country was prohibited and more.
It was truely depressing what people allow the government to do over their own freedoms.
My friends in Sydney were getting beers every night throught all that. Did you live or travel to the NT?
@@jacksevert3099 I live in Sydney but got denied the "Travel Passport" to attend my mother funeral in Queensland. It was pretty bad. The fact the government can say YOU CANT LEAVE YOUR STATE and throw in a curfew (happened in Melbourne and Sydney) is a bit dodgy but that's just my opinion and everyone has an opinion.
Australia had it the worst out of the entire western countries. The fines were ridiculous. You guys probably lost more businesses than anyone.
@@foxtailedcritter it’s not an opinion my friend. It’s fact. Anyone that tries to argue otherwise about what you went through isn’t a friend. Means they value what the government says more than what happened to you
And now that the magnitude of the damage to our health, wealth and politics is slowly being revealed, most people just want to move on and pretend it never happened. The myth of the "laidback, easygoing Aussie" is just that - a myth. We are a nation of dobbers and rule followers.
This is terrifying
What a horrifying place. I had always wished to visit China because I found it so interesting and I wondered how all of those people live over there, but these days I'm afraid to even set foot inside of it. The government just seems so oppressive, I'm afraid they'd find some way to look me up and find out my identity and imprison me for saying anything against China.
Throughout this whole lockdown/covid situation that we had, the biggest thing that blew my mind was how comfortable most of us live our lives and how we complain about the smallest most petty thing. We truly are spoiled in the West.... Could not imagine the events that took place in China.
We're not spoiled we're well skilled, at least enough of us are for the rest of us to be "spoiled"
Imagine being one of those people throwing a hissy fit in Walmart because you have to wear a mask, causing a public disturbance and getting police called over a piece of cloth. It's insane how our culture in the US can be so good and also so bad. At least it's much better than china's way of handling things. I got Covid, missed work a couple days, felt bad but got over it quick and now I'm fine. This zero case thing is just nonsense.
this is crazy
How do we let this go on in this world?!
Nobody gets to decide how another country lives unless we nuke them and take over then we can decide
That moustache needs to be quarantined
Such great content. Man, imagine if our actual “journalists” did something like this.
Bike guy is a fucking legend!!!!!! We need some t shirts made of bike guy
be glad you live in america
the fact that he hast jumped the embassies fence yet is insane
this was incredible work, this reminded me of the show the midnight gospel. wouldve been sick if the interview was animated