serpentza Oh really? Is that right? Wellile have to take your word on that, you Chinese expert...Joking lol. I love Chinese ppl, personally I don't believe im superior to anyone. Ive always loved Asian ppl, beautiful humble ppl :)
The funny thing is, that Chinese complain about foreigner´s cultural ignorance, but when they are travelling they ignore the culture of the other country. Seen that many times in Thailand where I live.
I took a tour of national parks in the US. You could tell who was Chinese by there behavior. They were usually in a huge group and were pushy and didnt abide by rules. For example, people would line up to go to bathroom. But some of the Chinese would just cut everyone.
totally agree. I kinda embarrassed of mainland chinese, especially their habit of wasting foods (in a buffet restaurant, they like to take foods more than they could handle and in the end they don't eat it) this is really contradict with where I was grew. I hate people who like to wasting foods -_-
Also foreign-born, living in Cape Town. After seeing Hu Knows, will be sure to Mark How things are done.We all have so much to learn from each other's skills and perspectives👍
I had a Chinese chemistry partner, typical well organised robot person. Anyway she was quite rude, until our first tests came back, I scored highest in the class.....then she was smiling at me and trying to be friendly. I thought it was gross that she could change her demeanour because i was smarter than her.
@@susanohara4274 yeah I guess so, I might not of been clear in my comment and what I was thinking about. I don't put too much value in test scores as I believe that everyone has a gift, rather it's making a person comfortable and letting them express themselves in a positive way to find solutions with the knowledge they possess. Asian culture puts the children under pressure to achieve, and really stifled that creative spark, and it showed how they treated a (friendly) stranger. The strict culture has positive effects too....so, I should not be stereo typing, as it can appear in anyone.
It's pretty much the same anywhere. In the west (at least in the UK where I'm from), whilst there tends to be a niche sort of drug culture in the younger generation, and some people are more accepting of it, the vast majority of people see drugs as disgusting, where as binge drinking is just a social activity.
73Corbin well from my understanding (my mom is taiwan-born chinese), it is ingrained into chinese kids that drugs are bad because of the opium crisis in china back in those days. they tell kids that it was because of drugs (opium) that their country had such a hard time. which is true. so i would honestly say that the opium thing in 1800's china is not hypocritical at all, as the anti-drug mentality is a response to opium and the problems it brought on china.
True about Sex and the City - my Chinese friend said to me "I was surprised to find westerners are actually romantic. I thought you were like people in Sex and the City" 😆
RUDENESS FROM OLD GENERATION!(THE EVIL UNCLE GENERATION), there is a huge gap between young and old generation in terms of education level. The young generation is much more open and polite than old.
Try reading this post by a Chinese blogger. You can feel the poor guy's exasperation: blog.hiddenharmonies.org/2013/05/04/whats-wrong-with-china-hint-its-not-the-government/ If you like to speculate on _why_ the Han Chinese are the way they are, here's a good theory to start with: www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-social-darwinism-made-modern-china-248/
神州 Shenzhou, His first description of himself is "a Chinese person", so I don't know what you're talking about. And what if he's more familiar with America? He saw what he saw and wrote about it.
RCXDerp something western media says about China might be true, but there's absolutely no drug allowed and no drug at all! We've already paid enough for drug use that the entire population hates drug... Search Google for "the opium war" And also, since tobacco and alcohol is a normal thing, young Chinese growing up never give a fvck about that, it's so common that they don't care. (It's like daily common, not like craze common) So actually there's not a lot of people addicted to anything... Except for video games or anemei...
Serpentza, I have been a subscriber for like a week, and I can't stop watching your videos, very very interesting & refreshing, it gives me so much knowledge about China. Thank you. Also, I love when you walk in the middle of the street, interacting with random citizen, it's something that fascinates me, you obviously speak very well in Chinese, I wish I could see more interaction like these ;) you're awesome.
As a grandmother from 🇨🇦 I love your videos for the educational content. I will never have an opportunity to visit the countries you show us and I deeply appreciate your wonderful insight. Thank you for taking me along with you.
serpentza I have a brother named Winston so we share a bond. Please ‘stay awesome’ by just being yourself. I from a part of Canada that is so different from the rest of the country, Newfoundland. It’s an island on the east coast and because of that we have a very different attitude to life. You would love it there.
Yes , The 5 Rights of China 1) In China the people have the Right to urinate anywhere they please , in my country I must look for a gas station 2) In China the people have the Right to eat any living thing , in my country I must go to MacDonald's 3) In China the people have the Right to counterfeit any countries merchandise , in my country I get it trouble 4) In China the People have the Right to be rude to everyone , In my country its too dangerous to be rude 5) In China the people have the Right to worship the Government , In my country I must go to church When China becomes a world leader , will I be granted these Rights ?
When discussing the attitudes to drugs, I'm amazed you didn't acknowledge China's history with opium addiction and the Opium Wars. That history would make any society pretty anti-drug.
You're amazed he didn't talk about a problem from 200 years ago? Really. Fascinating. The entire planet has a problem with opiates TODAY and the chemicals to make such drugs originate in where else? China.
Heather Murray You do know that’s not true right? Trump declared that, but not the South African government. And anyone who has had their land seized has been compensated by the government. There’s not one record of illegal land seizures by the government. Apartheid still remains to be one of the worst discriminations in South Africa.
Me too!! I was asked , "Where did you learn such good English?"I replied, "At school, but I'm still having trouble with it. Please feel free to correct me if I make grammatical errors." LOL
Yes, I had that, too. I was in a cafe and the manager approached me asking if I'd settle a bet. He said I was from Scotland, and his wife thought I was Swedish. I said, "You're both wrong. I'm from Australia." At which the woman said, "Oh yes, we've been to Vienna and loved it." I looked blank, then realised what she thought and said loudly and clearly, "Australia." She went on happily describing how she loved Vienna and asked if I came from there, and that's when I just gave up.
coralarch I've been to Australia many times, and been asked, "How did you get off the island?" People can't be bothered to read anymore. Libraries are like museums. R.I.P. Bon Scott.
In Finland we also take our shoes off inside. I guess it's due to climate, which leads shoes to often being pretty dirty or wet... And the shoes themselves are often quite big and bulky, especially during winter, so not very comfortable to use them inside.
I suppose only Englishman/ Americans have no issue to walk around their house with street shoes on. How the heck would anyone think it`s good to walk into friends living room in dirty shoes ?
bimbo mumba I guess it depends on climate.. And culture of course. Perhaps they wear shoes inside because the floor/carpet is so dirty that it is disgusting to not wear shoes? ;) Catch-22.
There’s still a difference. I don’t know about China but in japan you take off your shoes before going in through the doorway. Where in most western places I’ve been you walk inside and there’s a place to put your shoes just inside the door.
Good luck dude, I went through the same process with my wife back when we first started dating (way back in 2002). It's nerve wracking, but always remember, get the mother to like you first. If the mother likes you, she can convince the father. Bring gifts, the more expensive the better. Chocolates for the mother, alcohol for the dad. Check with your girlfriend first though, she'll know what her parents like.
You should consider going, I've been there twice for work (8 week stays) and both trips were amazing and memorable...I've been trying to find a way to go back but so far no dice...
+marioozzie I agree, it's amazing. My company sent me there on a two year contract, and though sometimes it was exhausting, overall it was a good experience. Plus, I loved the high speed trains because I could bring my wife to visit her family over the weekend in only two hours without fussing about with cramped airliners. (The ability to stretch one's legs in a high speed train is worth every penny; I wish we had them here in the US honestly.)
I worked with around 30 Chinese people for 10 years. 4 of them were very friendly, polite, and quick to lend a helping hand. The other 26, though I got along with them fine, I couldn't help but notice their behavior towards others. They treated women and black people with contempt. Showed zero empathy for people or animals and were materialistic on a level that made us Americans look like Buddist monks
I wonder how long it takes to become inured to having people look at you curiously (or belligerently) while making videos in public? You handle it very well; maybe it’s a personality thing. I have a hard time just taking snapshots in public!
4:19 I have heard that from a Chinese family while visiting Malaysia last year. I repeated what they said to my mother on phone (but they understood what I was telling and was happy to hear it!)
About the sex part, I guess Chinese values are against the "dating" culture that is prevalent in the U.S. (I don't know about other countries.) My friends and I often joke about how Americans date first and then love, while Chinese people date because of love. Things like hugging can be very special in Chinese culture (Hugging has, perhaps, changed a lot in younger generations.) It's not necessarily "having sex"; it's just how one approaches a person whom he or she may like. P.S. Porns are very accessible in China. I have an easier time watching porn back in China than at my dorm lol (my school uses filters). It's one of the things where the government appears to do in one way but do not enforce their way when it comes to what each individual does. When it comes to sex education in China, the issue is not about how sex works (which everyone figures out from porn or friends) but more about proper perceptions about one's body. Learning solely from porn could cause some serious misconceptions.
I don't think working families and young people in the United States having to spend the entirety of their regular income on basic expenses deserve most of the blame for being in that situation.
CivDung I don't know about the United States, but here in Australia I see it a lot. These people constantly complain that the cost of living is too high, and have racked up credit card bills of thousands. Yet they somehow have enough money to buy their lunch at a shop every day of the week, go out drinking on weekends and seem to have an excessive amount of consumer goods in their possession.
神州 Shenzhou Mobile phone payments are psychologically essentially the same as credit cards, both generally result in increased spending. It's basically a cultural thing that Chinese people are in general better at managing their money. I have a credit card, and I "feel" it when I use it. Although having said that, I think this will change as the standard of living increases. Essentially corporations are all out there working out the best ways to get people to spend money, even money they don't have.
One reason is that for hundreds of years in China there was ZERO safety net (and there still is not much). So people got into the habit of saving for the next disaster.
Just discovered your channel this weekend. Man, your videos are great. So interesting, and thoroughly honest and authentic commentary. My Dad lived in Thailand before he died. I was there a couple of times. And while I know comparing the two is ridiculous, they are completely different I am sure, the glimpse into Asian life in general that you present, gives me a better understanding of what my Dad's day to day life must have been like the last few years of his life. Thank you for that.....I've never subscribed to anyone on UA-cam. But I've had to now, your videos are too good.... I'm not even sure what happens when you subscribe?...LOL.....Keep up the good work. Greetings and well wishes from Eire.
Yes, Chinese/Asian people are super good at spending money, but they have this weird thing about ... gambling. Yes there are people with gambling problems of all cultures, but man, Asians do love their gambling. I read an article somewhere that said it's a difference in the way people of different cultures think about things like time. Something about in Asian cultures, 20 years from now is not seen as far away, so it's easier to think of saving money so you'll have a nice savings 20 years from now ... as for the gambling, who knows. Another thing is, in the West we have the concept of win-win. But with Chinese people, in my own limited experience, it's win-lose. I sold a bicycle to a nice Chinese family, and they were dithering around, everyone riding it, Mom, Dad, the college-age kid ... but they could not bring themselves to buy the thing until I came up with a cock-and-bull story about how I was selling the thing as a favor for my friend, and at the price I was going to have to put in $20 of my own to keep my friend from being mad at me ... then there was a general sigh of relief, I'd lost, and they handed over the money in dirty, old bills and rode off into the sunset. Maybe in the long term win-lose is more successful but I sure like win-win. If I buy something or sell something, I want whoever is on the other side of the transaction to feel good, not bad.
Man, the information you share with us is so interesting and important not only for me, as for the man who used to live and work in China, but also for everyone who wants to know what China is like. Thank you for your incredible work! Cheers from Ukraine!
I think this show actually portrays a decent level of US lower middle class lifestyle, sprinkled with some high end lifestyle. Then there's the 2 young sexually promiscuous girls that're joking about sex or poverty with every other line of dialogue.
About evil uncles, a lot of older Asian men walk around with what appears to be frowning faces. As they age the skin on the face begins to sank and they are never required to appear “presentable”. They would have to purposefully smile in order to cancel out gravity to look not like frowning. They become evil uncles when they instinctively stare. As a local living in Asia, older men frawn. Adding curiosity they appear to be hostile but I think they are not if they are just looking at you with their everyday, frowning face.
@J Huang I think that's totally true, but there's still the old "red guard" thing, and generally slight xenophobic (or even ignorant) culture from old China (like referring to mostly older people)
Canadians also take off their shoes when they go inside homes. I'm Chinese Canadian and one time I went to my white friends home and forgot to take off my shoes they got angry at me. lol so embarrassing.
interesting observation: regarding point #1 - this is exactly what the rest of the world think of the Chinese. Even from the old days where they maintained that their country was the middle kingdom between earth (better than the rest of the earth) and heaven. We all think that Chinese are arrogant and have superiority complex. Even the latest example where an executive of Huawei was arrested in Canada, they were so outraged at the action that they took (not arrested but detained) two Canadians as revenge. Regarding point #2 - cultural ignorance - fair point. As a traveler I would attempt to become familiar with the culture of my destination. It's a learn as you go type of thing too. And turnabout is fair play. We need Chinese tourists to step up their game as well. Point #3 - hard to say. I've met very promiscuous Chinese in Toronto. But if they live in an 'over' controlled environment, it's hard to fight that point. Point #4 - Canadians are big savers. Usually. I know I am. I over contribute to my retirement by 84% according to my financial advisor. But I may be an exception Point #5 - drug use - well. yeah. Pot was a normal part of student life in the 60's and 70's. Alcohol as well. But we have the freedom to fail. MJ is now legal in Canada. So is freedom. We all think that China has no freedom.
I am a Chinese and I agree with you to some extent. As for point#1 I completely agree with you. Chinese think they’re going to rule the globe in the future, they are effortlessly to be pride with little superiority. For example, the latest science fiction movie called’ the wondering planet’ talking about a story that Chinese save the world while other foreigners are in danger. Chinese people are extremely arrogant because of their innocence. We’re lack of general knowledge about history, literature, philosophy and law , which includes the importance of human rights. I guess there are plenty of reasons, as he said in the former video, first one is history. Because of the Cultural Revolution, poor life before the Reform and Opening and long ruled memories in Chinese genes. Second one must be the government. A few communist in the high statues own the prominent amount of money, and they use books,internet, news to monopoly citizens. Third reason is also the policy, a Little similar to the 2nd one. Ordinary Chinese are being great pressure due to the large population and they are familiar with money and power. They are obsessed with money and it can be used to buy anything. So one with great power can do everything without any accuse . As for point # 2, 3,4, 5 It’s not objective. In Chinese’ eyes, there are two kinds of foreigners, who come to China and who show up in the TV. Foreigners in China have a highly social status and people extremely admire them, especially girls , they think the white are the most handsome person in the world. As for foreigners on Tv, they are chosen by the government. So some of televisions are showing the kindness of normal family, some of shows include sexual abuse on purpose. The foreigners on the social media are paid to speak good for the communist party. I have no idea which kind of foreigners would like to come China, maybe who are interested in Chinese culture or who want to make fortune in China. It’s not a fair play. I am so shamed that even in the 21st century, Chinese are slavey and ruled, whether they are in China or outside of China.
@@jenniechou8653 Thank-you for that well written and well reasoned reply. This is rare on UA-cam, and I am heartened by it! :) :) . I do think that there are government motives for portraying westerners in a low moral situation. First, China has a very old and proud cultural heritage. secondly, the Eurpoean/western culture that has been dominant for 100 - 200 years culminating in the American ideal is very difficult to argue against on merit alone. Who would not want access to free market? who would not want to be controlled by religion? Who would not want to have an equal chance at any position in life, regardless of gender or creed? The strength of the individual is a very attractive concept, but doesn't necessarily fit into the Chinese government worldview. (for that matter, it is also not aligned with many Islamic countries and even Russia, which is basically a western culture except for the despotic nature of it's successive governments). so what to do? use media to ensure that foreigners are amoral. Whereas we, here in Canada are also small family minded people, and would not wish ill upon anybody.
Sounds like to a large extent you are describing 19th and early 20th century America and Europe. For example, our sexual culture changed mid century, big time from 1960 forward, but the Chinese term for foreigners “white devil” is much older. So they “didn’t like us” when our sexual taboos were similar to theirs. Explain, please.
The overly-braced park trees in this video made me wonder what the current state of the arborist industry is in China. Does anyone climb trees to trim them? How well (or poor) a job do they do? Does anyone climb trees in China for recreation, or are trees large enough to be a fun climb either off-limits in parks or cut down for lumber?
In some places no one is allowed on the grass either. We were taking pictures at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou. The kids, 3yos, where running around in the grass and an evil uncle called in a security guard who kick them off. He also threaten to have us arrested for allowing them to "damage property".
cxjrlee, wow... I feel both blessed and spoiled to be able to go anywhere in millions of acres of public land in the western US, climb any tree I please except a handful of the most famous giants, even spend the night aloft in a hammock, no problem. Sweet freedom!
Bearsuc, thanks for letting us know the age of the park. Transplanting big trees is always problematic. The reason I mention "overly-braced is because trees respond to stresses by adding wood, so new transplants need to be braced well enough to keep them up but loosely enough so they feel wind, otherwise they stay weak.
I am a Canadian and I don’t “hate” anything about “foreigners” because I would never put all non-Canadians in the same bucket, no matter the topic. Although I am well aware of many stereotypes about different foreigners, I would never apply those to any single person. I find the national homogeneity of the Chinese you describe to be quite reprehensible. I have known a few Chinese people and they were among the nicest people I have ever met. The Chinese people I meet in Canada seem to be totally different than the people you describe. I am glad that most Canadians and myself have no overall bad feelings toward any foreign group including people of Chinese decent. I love your videos. Cheers.
Im a chinese who live in montreal almost 20 years i would like to say the chinese who stay in canada majority who got the wel education in china! Most of them more or less are not satisfied with chinese society right now!the chinese in china are bit far aways with the modern civilization
Rob C I worked with many Filipinos for 25 years and I saw them as individuals and liked and disliked them accordingly. There are traits that most foreigners portray depending on where they come from (and I have been know to discuss these traits pro or con) but I don’t apply those stereotypes to individuals. I am biased in some things like being polite and helping others whenever you can. I don’t think foreigners that live in Canada are as polite as I would like but most get better at that over time. I will say that Canadians don’t know about being hungry and don’t think about life, only about the quality of that life. I have to say I personally don’t know what it is like to ever go hungry (like never in my life) and I realize that is not what most people in the world live like. It is sometimes cold in my country but I do appreciate being Canadian when I hear about how others have to live. I do feel lucky to live here.
I am in western Canada and it is considered very bad manners to walk into someone's house here with your shoes on. You take them off at the door unless the host says to leave them on. I think that is basically country wide. And no..the average person here does not like drug use; that's pretty much standard everywhere. However, we do have a lot of programs to help them get clean.
J$w drug baron family 'R$thschild' of the east' Sassoon protected their criminal Enterprise by making using British empire and thus India as well to overthrow this millenia old dynasty based country for their own gain. Again a bunch of J$ws responsible for tens of thousands of dead and some of the biggest criminals in history. But you won't see a documentary about this. Because they rule the "West" and now a lot of Asia undoubtedly today as well.
steam steam It's not J+ws in general, only some, but they sure like to hide behind the cover of being untouchable J+ws. Now you getting me worried with the special chars.
I had a Chinese girlfriend for about a year. Once they found out that I smoked weed, they put a stop to our relationship. They are very strict about drug use over there and that is a good thing
I'm Chinese-Canadian and i can tell Chinese people are rude and have a superiority complex too. China limit the access to information and what people know there might not be the reality. Westerner has the habit to debate subject when we don't have a group consentment. We all know that there is no wrong opinion. Each person can have his own opinion base on his knowledge and his personal life experience. So we need to present facts, proof and stats to defend our opinion. We live in a country with individual freedom so your opinion is not better than mine but you can always convince the other person. Chinese people just scream and make a scene. I think the younger chinese generation understand that but not my parents generation. For sure China is too traditional and you need to be conform to the rest of the society. They don't know what is Individual freedom so they can not understand the western society and vice versa.
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Vampiresoap then why your words why bring up she’s from Puerto Rico. Are you assuming all people from Puerto Rico are hard headed? Well well. You stated a specific region the size of Rhode Island. I compared a territory the size of Mexico. Whether you agrees or not. There is a heartland of America. There is no official language or a homogeneous race. BUT, there are majorities that make the up the customs and laws. I’m assuming you live in the west or east cost. Because it bothers you when hearing facts. I may not be an American, YET. But I went to school, grew up, and live almost all my life. So as many of the liberals proclaim. If you love America then you’re an American. Perhaps you should be more INCLUSIVE. Don’t worry though, I have heard worse. But I don’t go around saying iAmerica is racist and a place of hate towards people of color. I love America and would die defending it. USA USA USA!!
The drug use one is just something we're gonna have to agree to disagree on when it comes to Marijuana. I don't smoke it but it's ridiculous that it's so stigmatized.
its possible to become addicted to almost anything.It could affect someones routine but thats their choice.Theres no evidence that it leads to crime .Infact crime rates have notably lowered in regions where it became legalized.
correlation is not causation.Did you ever consider criminals smoke weed because they dont care about law .Not they they commit crime because they smoke weed .Its like saying %90 of white collar crimes were committed by daily coffee drinkers .So what it proves nothing.Also supposing you're right, what evidence is there that legalizing it will make the crime rates higher.All evidence points in the opposite direction.Anyway im not getting into a youtube debate i dont have time.
The crime decline is secular, part of an ongoing trend that was already underway in much of the developed world. Note also that the local rates of decline in violent crime vary by race/ethnicity: white potheads in Oregon are, on average, less bellicose than black citizens in Louisiana regardless of drug use. My main issue with marijuana is the incredible stench. We don't have some GMO cannabis that doesn't assault my nose for hours on end?
I totally agree! About western 1) judgemental behaviour! The west believes it is right - everyone else is wrong! 2) I went out of my way to understand their ways and careful to be super respectful! - However when I am respectful - I often get “Oh you are British or English” and they smile! That makes me smile! 3) My female friends enjoy meeting up with me we hug and nothing else! They said I’m super respectful to them! 4) Money! God yeah! All super frugal and argue to the point of a squeak on getting a better deal! 5) I don’t even smoke! Never have! So drugs - no way! -- Q - Do Chinese judge westerners en masse too?
Makes sense the issue with drugs if know something about history and how Hong Kong became British it was due to the opium wars between Uk and Qing (actual China)
Just started watching this, and the superiority complex is HUGE! I sa2 it in spades wh3n i lived in South Korea back in the 80s, among many of my American roommates. Jus5 one small example was thus time when an American I knew madeca point of jaywalking on a very busy street, while saying, "They wouldn't DARE hit me; I'm an AMERICAN!" I hate to admit it, but at that moment, i would nit have minded if some taxi came along and knicked him off hus high horse, as he needed to be taken down a few pegs. And there was rhe bearky constant knicking of Korea and Korean culture, and how much better American culture was. And this from people who would barely make any effort to learn the language spoken there. I remember one numbskull telling me not to apeak Korean to him, as he was an American, and the language was veneath him. "Speak AMERICAN to me - I'm an AMERICAN!" He was also a loser with an attitude like that. I don't speak 'American', I speak English. It was so bad at times that I would feel genuine embarrassment at being mistaken for an American. But over there it didn't matter what part of the world one is from, if you have blue eyes, you're an 'American' (미국 사람). Well in my book, it could well be renamed 추국, especially in view of how far it has fallen in recent decades. Same for my country, the Demokratic People's Republic of Kanuckistan (Canada). It's become a shithole nation along with the USA. Folks, if you have an arrogant attitude, just stay home; all you'll do if you travel abroad is give your own compatriots a black eye.
Its funny how those 5 things chinese hate about foreigners are mostly attitude that only harms oneself not their surroundings. Rarely i see foreigners (westerners) being arrogant or cultural ignorance in when coming to asia infact its quite the opposite except some young tourists but not still very few. I see western people are more of always being careful in talking acting around asian people when they are in asian countries so as not to step on anybody's shoes and very self aware of their status and the importance of other culture they're in. Western who broke the lokal ethics are mostly because they are not well educated in that culture and if you remind them of their mistake they would feel embarassed and gladly say sorry for their mistake where as chinese or other asian nationality i will not say, would usually got angry and shouts and many times had to deal with policemen. How many times do you see on the news chinese tourist causing a havoc in other countries just because they don't take a reminder of the mistake they made? Does it bother you if a foreigner is sexually promiscuous? Does it bother you i you know a foreigner has a habit of doing drugs(behind everyone's back) no foreigner would do drugs out in public with a syringe they know it will ruin their life and chance for them to going back home to their country. Does it bother you a foreigner got broke and live alone in their old age? On the other hand.... Yes it disgust me seeing chinese people spit right in front of me as well as the sound they make before spitting pulling it out from deep inside their throat and nose because firstly its digusting secondly disease spreading to others. Yes its annoying to hear chinese people talking on the phone in public out loud like as if they want everybody knows what he's talking about, i cant even hear my wife talking beside me while that guy is talking on the phone. Peeing in public also promotes disease spreading if its not from the person peing its the bacteri falling on the pee going overdrive growing or even in the air from the pee scent. Do you want to smell flower in the public garden or people's pee? By the way one thing usually true to chinese tourists or even chinese decendants living in other country when they are out in the public with their children, im sorry their children are like animals running shouting like hell jumping fiddling with things until it breaks sometime hit strangers, running bumping other people doing all the what not to do and their parents are always ignorant never care dont even feel any embarrasement of how their children behave how their children disturb others destroying things until someone arround them warn the parents, by then the parent either shrugs off not caring or get angry. Seriously the bad things about chinese are more bothersome than the westerners. Wersterners are at worst only when they are drunk, well anybody drunk would be doing more or less similar right!? Chinese people when they did something wrong they like to bark at you, if they see you're intimidated then they bark some more then maybe bite a little but if they see you are firm and not afraid of them then they stop barking and obey. What ever happen chinese will first try to look confident and try to bark louder but if the opposite person is firm and sometimes needed to bark louder then they start to think their ground and stop barking. So how is that for some things i hate about chinese people? But as he says im just generalizing here dont take it personal..
What you said is completely true,which happened among many chinese people,making me feel guilty as a chinese. Though i have to say i dislike these misbehavior,and when i see them on my eye,im wondering why it still occur in China nowadays.I think our education need a long time to be improved.And people must take more focus on learning about culture,and broadening the horizons,making themselves more humble and gentle.Hope you take easy on it,and travel to China if its possible.
Reminds me how in Beijing I was crossing the street and a guy was sitting in his car texting then as i crossed started to drive while looking at his phone so I screamed in chinese " what are you doing" so he could you know, not hit me with his car. He proceeded to yell telling me you white bitch, you get out of China and I'm like first of all, I'm not white... in any other country someone would be like I'm so sorry. 🤷♀️
Once i caught some lady in my compound with some boxes of mooncakes she proceded to unbox all of them throw the extra packaging on the floor and put the mooncakes in her bag and I was like clean this up n she was pissed. I'm like girl, I may be a foriegner but this is my neighborhood not your private dump.
as a casual western drug user for over twenty years, not addict, like i tried everything, over 40 substances, and in my opinion alcohol and cigarettes are the worst drugs. none of my friends smoke or drink. nothing worse than being around drunk often chainsmoking people. alcohol and cigarettes are super killers, no other drug can keep up with them, while alcohol also makes people stupid egocentric and often aggressive, furthermore a lot of guys harass women under the influence, or piss and puke everywhere, not to talk about all the DUI car accidents, but the absolut worst part about alcohol is that people around the world are glorifying drinking and simultaneously hating about every other drug, even when they know nothing about these "drugs", like it is all the same, never having tried anything than alcohol, they hate drugs, and act like alcohol is just water, it's plain stupidity. where i live, people ask you if you are sick, when you don't want to drink alcohol, for me that the mindset of a f$&%ing junkie!
I wonder if this fella Winston has ever looked over footage he previously recorded walking around China for a UA-cam video and noticed he was being followed the entire time.? Spooky.
when i was at uni, there were chinese guys in my halls of residence and they seemed to have a different girlfriend every week, together with v loud music and frequent parties. perhaps a slight exaggeration but personally i noticed absolutely no different to the british students.
I personally enjoy different cultures and people wanting to maintain their culture. It makes life more interesting. I would hate for everything to be MacDonald culture. Best thing I enjoyed backpacking around the world was experiencing different cultures. I don’t judge cultures and how they live. They got that way through their life experiences. I never went out of my way to get involved with a person outside my culture. I met my partner by pure chance and fell in love on first meeting. My Chinese partner can be both the hardest and most caring person all at once. I agree with Chinese on drug use. Can’t stand it! Let’s accept each other’s differences and enjoy the world. 👍😊
At 03:26 that may have been the longest most awkward handshake I've ever seen. It was just enough off screen that it looked like you were both doing "something else" there if you know what I mean?! Wtf dude? 😂😂
serpentza I don't doubt that my friend, I couldn't begin to comprehend the culture shock among everything else. It must have been very daunting for you to have gotten to where you are now but what a life you have achieved for yourself man, and I truly enjoy that you can share the experience quite amazing in my opinion, cheers!
Watch Quest for the best Chinese in the USA right now!!:
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serpentza Make a video about the murder of South African farmers!
Faro485 yes it's high, just like in America.
serpentza Oh really? Is that right? Wellile have to take your word on that, you Chinese expert...Joking lol. I love Chinese ppl, personally I don't believe im superior to anyone. Ive always loved Asian ppl, beautiful humble ppl :)
Whats going on between around 07.04 and 07.24 @serpentza ?
It's next in the youtube line up, lol
The funny thing is, that Chinese complain about foreigner´s cultural ignorance, but when they are travelling they ignore the culture of the other country. Seen that many times in Thailand where I live.
CNX Expat this is so true
@Scott Whatever I think there is 1 clear winner. And it's not the Chinese.
I took a tour of national parks in the US. You could tell who was Chinese by there behavior. They were usually in a huge group and were pushy and didnt abide by rules. For example, people would line up to go to bathroom. But some of the Chinese would just cut everyone.
totally agree. I kinda embarrassed of mainland chinese, especially their habit of wasting foods (in a buffet restaurant, they like to take foods more than they could handle and in the end they don't eat it) this is really contradict with where I was grew. I hate people who like to wasting foods -_-
@Scott Whatever wow. How stupid you are? I mean if you have 10 iq more you would know your statement is pretty much baseless.
As a half Chinese South African watching these videos, I gotta say, this channel is an odd niche to stumble upon. Highly relatable
Hello fellow non native South African👊
Oof thats gotta suck Africans hate asians currently cause of The Wuhan leak, its really sad to see.
Also foreign-born, living in Cape Town. After seeing Hu Knows, will be sure to Mark How things are done.We all have so much to learn from each other's skills and perspectives👍
Youre his son
I crack up every time you spot an old Chinese man breaking their necks to get a look at you and what you're filming.
They are called EVIL UNCLES
You mean they are male karens?
to be fair, people filming stuff are probably feckless and annoying...so...
Rubber necking?
@@JohnnyBot71 Feckless means ineffectual.
This video should be called "11:01 minutes of people breaking their necks to see what I was filming"
I just ate some fast food and am not farting a lot.
I had a Chinese chemistry partner, typical well organised robot person. Anyway she was quite rude, until our first tests came back, I scored highest in the class.....then she was smiling at me and trying to be friendly. I thought it was gross that she could change her demeanour because i was smarter than her.
Agreed. Typical Chinese solipsism.
They respect and admire "smart" people! They are also nice if they want something from you!
@@susanohara4274 yeah I guess so, I might not of been clear in my comment and what I was thinking about. I don't put too much value in test scores as I believe that everyone has a gift, rather it's making a person comfortable and letting them express themselves in a positive way to find solutions with the knowledge they possess. Asian culture puts the children under pressure to achieve, and really stifled that creative spark, and it showed how they treated a (friendly) stranger. The strict culture has positive effects too....so,
I should not be stereo typing, as it can appear in anyone.
Same here.
Hey alright! Score one for the western swine!
5 - It's rather funny that Chinese people hold drug use in absolute disdain, but binge drinking till you black out is perfectly acceptable.
It's pretty much the same anywhere. In the west (at least in the UK where I'm from), whilst there tends to be a niche sort of drug culture in the younger generation, and some people are more accepting of it, the vast majority of people see drugs as disgusting, where as binge drinking is just a social activity.
And are the biggest exporter of opioids to the west lol
+White Argentinian obviously because the west wants them lol
Yeah, the west fucking loves asian mafia and drug dealers. They love it so much that america is causing this an opioid crisis.
73Corbin well from my understanding (my mom is taiwan-born chinese), it is ingrained into chinese kids that drugs are bad because of the opium crisis in china back in those days. they tell kids that it was because of drugs (opium) that their country had such a hard time. which is true.
so i would honestly say that the opium thing in 1800's china is not hypocritical at all, as the anti-drug mentality is a response to opium and the problems it brought on china.
Well, we mostly don't have air conditioning in homes in Germany, so for us this is a very valid question 😉
That would be great for me because I fart a lot lol.
i swear, 80% of people in your videos stop doing their things and stares at you.
they're either fascinated because he's a visible foreigner or wondering whether they're being filmed for nefarious reasons
Camera buddy.
the camera.......
wzp15 they’re just curious
wzp15 they are star struck because he's white. It becomes a thing for some reason. When I go back to China I tend to stare at foreigners also.
I'm pretty sure they also hate foreigners slowly walking on the jogging lane 🙄
thought thats a biking laneD
That's probably the only person iv ever seen jogging in China
haha I saw that too. good eyes!
Especially, as the Chinese are so courteous when walking on the pavement.
True about Sex and the City - my Chinese friend said to me "I was surprised to find westerners are actually romantic. I thought you were like people in Sex and the City" 😆
the amount of people looking back at you is ridiculous!
I'm also a white dude with average height, been to China twice and believe me you get stared at a LOTTTTT!
someone walking around all dressed up, holding a selfie camera, talking to himself. i think you would get attentions almost anywhere in the world.
@@Byroneee Whose to say it isn't just a well dressed man video chatting with his phone?
I know it's so rude. I get infuriated just watching.
Its because he's wearing a dress! When us in the UK see men wearing dresses in public, we laugh inside and try not to f*cking show it.
This is not a troll question. What do Chinese people complain about other Chinese people about the most?!
Good question
RUDENESS FROM OLD GENERATION!(THE EVIL UNCLE GENERATION), there is a huge gap between young and old generation in terms of education level. The young generation is much more open and polite than old.
I have the same question but replace "Chinese" with "expats"?
Try reading this post by a Chinese blogger. You can feel the poor guy's exasperation: blog.hiddenharmonies.org/2013/05/04/whats-wrong-with-china-hint-its-not-the-government/
If you like to speculate on _why_ the Han Chinese are the way they are, here's a good theory to start with: www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-social-darwinism-made-modern-china-248/
神州 Shenzhou,
His first description of himself is "a Chinese person", so I don't know what you're talking about.
And what if he's more familiar with America? He saw what he saw and wrote about it.
Executing people for marijuana use while alcohol and tobacco abuse is encouraged. Seems pretty hypocritical.
Yeah I'm pretty sure they're drugs too
RCXDerp something western media says about China might be true, but there's absolutely no drug allowed and no drug at all! We've already paid enough for drug use that the entire population hates drug...
Search Google for "the opium war"
And also, since tobacco and alcohol is a normal thing, young Chinese growing up never give a fvck about that, it's so common that they don't care. (It's like daily common, not like craze common) So actually there's not a lot of people addicted to anything... Except for video games or anemei...
Comparing alcohol and marijuana is like comparing orange and apple. They are not the same.
@@安荣-f5g Hence, completely hypocritical. What a backward nation.
What do you expect from a Communist country?
Serpentza, I have been a subscriber for like a week, and I can't stop watching your videos, very very interesting & refreshing, it gives me so much knowledge about China. Thank you. Also, I love when you walk in the middle of the street, interacting with random citizen, it's something that fascinates me, you obviously speak very well in Chinese, I wish I could see more interaction like these ;) you're awesome.
"like a week?" was it a week or not? Ridiculous English.
I like the exclamation "alarms". It startles me every time!
It originally comes from the famous video game ''metal gear solid''.
As a grandmother from 🇨🇦 I love your videos for the educational content. I will never have an opportunity to visit the countries you show us and I deeply appreciate your wonderful insight. Thank you for taking me along with you.
I’m incredibly happy that you enjoy the videos! I’ll keep making them as long as you keep watching them!
serpentza I have a brother named Winston so we share a bond. Please ‘stay awesome’ by just being yourself. I from a part of Canada that is so different from the rest of the country, Newfoundland. It’s an island on the east coast and because of that we have a very different attitude to life. You would love it there.
I like your ALERTED mentions in your videos, funny stuff.
It does makes it look more Chinese, although a few cartoon overlays and weird sounds short :-)
Yes , The 5 Rights of China
1) In China the people have the Right to urinate anywhere they please , in my country I must look for a gas station
2) In China the people have the Right to eat any living thing , in my country I must go to MacDonald's
3) In China the people have the Right to counterfeit any countries merchandise , in my country I get it trouble
4) In China the People have the Right to be rude to everyone , In my country its too dangerous to be rude
5) In China the people have the Right to worship the Government , In my country I must go to church
When China becomes a world leader , will I be granted these Rights ?
No, but you Do gain the right to have your organs harvested!
@@supadupahilton6848 lol 🤣 savage
"If" not "when"
You'll also have the right to be free of gun violence and to have free health care.
When discussing the attitudes to drugs, I'm amazed you didn't acknowledge China's history with opium addiction and the Opium Wars. That history would make any society pretty anti-drug.
Funny how it was their drug lords who started the supply of illegal Fentanyl that is killing so many young people in Canada.
You're amazed he didn't talk about a problem from 200 years ago? Really. Fascinating. The entire planet has a problem with opiates TODAY and the chemicals to make such drugs originate in where else? China.
The introduction of opium to China was what lead to the One Hundred Years of Humiliation.
I love that you mentioned South Africa. Thank you. People are very ignorant on the topic.
Agreed. Im from South Africa and it made me so happy that someone with a platform mentioned it.
Toni C South Africa’s treatment of whites is horrible and sad
Heather Murray much better than their treatment of black and coloured people
Jody Fortuin how do u figure? The black gov. Officials have called for a white genocide. I don’t hear any white people calling for a black genocide
Heather Murray You do know that’s not true right? Trump declared that, but not the South African government. And anyone who has had their land seized has been compensated by the government. There’s not one record of illegal land seizures by the government.
Apartheid still remains to be one of the worst discriminations in South Africa.
As soon as serpentza leaves China he lets the criticism of China fly XD
It's not only the Chinese who get asked weird questions. When I visited the USA only 12 years ago, I was asked if Australia has electricity.
When i visited New York in 2010, I was asked "Oh you're from Australia? How come your English is so good?" Seriously America?
Me too!! I was asked , "Where did you learn such good English?"I replied, "At school, but I'm still having trouble with it. Please feel free to correct me if I make grammatical errors." LOL
You're too humble @coralarch I don't see any issue with your English at all! I think the person I spoke to got Australia and Austria mixed up LOL.
Yes, I had that, too. I was in a cafe and the manager approached me asking if I'd settle a bet. He said I was from Scotland, and his wife thought I was Swedish. I said, "You're both wrong. I'm from Australia." At which the woman said, "Oh yes, we've been to Vienna and loved it." I looked blank, then realised what she thought and said loudly and clearly, "Australia." She went on happily describing how she loved Vienna and asked if I came from there, and that's when I just gave up.
coralarch
I've been to Australia many times, and been asked, "How did you get off the island?" People can't be bothered to read anymore. Libraries are like museums. R.I.P. Bon Scott.
I’m a Singapore Chinese. You are good in the way you present, explains and discuss the topics.
Thanks mate
In Finland we also take our shoes off inside. I guess it's due to climate, which leads shoes to often being pretty dirty or wet... And the shoes themselves are often quite big and bulky, especially during winter, so not very comfortable to use them inside.
We do that in Sweden as well, i'd never let anyone with shoes on inside my hoouse tbh
I suppose only Englishman/ Americans have no issue to walk around their house with street shoes on. How the heck would anyone think it`s good to walk into friends living room in dirty shoes ?
bimbo mumba I guess it depends on climate.. And culture of course. Perhaps they wear shoes inside because the floor/carpet is so dirty that it is disgusting to not wear shoes? ;) Catch-22.
Greetings from another Jorma ....
There’s still a difference. I don’t know about China but in japan you take off your shoes before going in through the doorway. Where in most western places I’ve been you walk inside and there’s a place to put your shoes just inside the door.
i dont even care about going to china anytime soon i just watch this guys videos because hes very chill lol
Salacious Mustard gonna be going to China this October to meet my girlfriends parents wish me luck. Lol
Good luck dude, I went through the same process with my wife back when we first started dating (way back in 2002). It's nerve wracking, but always remember, get the mother to like you first. If the mother likes you, she can convince the father. Bring gifts, the more expensive the better. Chocolates for the mother, alcohol for the dad. Check with your girlfriend first though, she'll know what her parents like.
I'm pretty sure he must be a spy.
You should consider going, I've been there twice for work (8 week stays) and both trips were amazing and memorable...I've been trying to find a way to go back but so far no dice...
+marioozzie I agree, it's amazing. My company sent me there on a two year contract, and though sometimes it was exhausting, overall it was a good experience. Plus, I loved the high speed trains because I could bring my wife to visit her family over the weekend in only two hours without fussing about with cramped airliners. (The ability to stretch one's legs in a high speed train is worth every penny; I wish we had them here in the US honestly.)
6:16 wow, the grandpa actually told the kids to "stop, that's bad manner".. i'm awe lol
lol that guy was probably in his mid to upper 30's. poor guy.
I think he is dad...
Wtf is that kid sayin ? Songs like kill someone lol
Based on all the terrible Chinese censored airplane movies I'm not suprised anyone white and wearing a suit would be considered a spy lol
pentatopComment - the kid said ‘kiss my ass’ in Italian. I’m not kidding.
"Two Broke Girls?" Lol. What an awful show.
I worked with around 30 Chinese people for 10 years. 4 of them were very friendly, polite, and quick to lend a helping hand. The other 26, though I got along with them fine, I couldn't help but notice their behavior towards others. They treated women and black people with contempt. Showed zero empathy for people or animals and were materialistic on a level that made us Americans look like Buddist monks
5:50 Communist Chinese assassins sent to silence Winston's ruthless criticism
I'm not Chinese but I'm starting to like your channel a lot. I respect what you're doing!
I wonder how long it takes to become inured to having people look at you curiously (or belligerently) while making videos in public? You handle it very well; maybe it’s a personality thing. I have a hard time just taking snapshots in public!
MASSIVELY great video. You are high-energy, and it's a great topic. It REALLY helps me calibrate behavior, when I know how we are seen... Thanks.
4:19 I have heard that from a Chinese family while visiting Malaysia last year. I repeated what they said to my mother on phone (but they understood what I was telling and was happy to hear it!)
About the sex part, I guess Chinese values are against the "dating" culture that is prevalent in the U.S. (I don't know about other countries.) My friends and I often joke about how Americans date first and then love, while Chinese people date because of love. Things like hugging can be very special in Chinese culture (Hugging has, perhaps, changed a lot in younger generations.) It's not necessarily "having sex"; it's just how one approaches a person whom he or she may like.
P.S. Porns are very accessible in China. I have an easier time watching porn back in China than at my dorm lol (my school uses filters). It's one of the things where the government appears to do in one way but do not enforce their way when it comes to what each individual does.
When it comes to sex education in China, the issue is not about how sex works (which everyone figures out from porn or friends) but more about proper perceptions about one's body. Learning solely from porn could cause some serious misconceptions.
Loved the park. The landscaping and the variety in the greenery were amazing. Wish we had such park designers in India too.
that Metal Gear Solid alert.....
It's done for some starers but not others..
Like Chinese people aren't promiscuous .
Most Chinese men have mistresses outside
As a westerner, I can't stand these things about westerners too!
Especially the money one...how can you live your life paycheck to paycheck?
I don't think working families and young people in the United States having to spend the entirety of their regular income on basic expenses deserve most of the blame for being in that situation.
CivDung
I don't know about the United States, but here in Australia I see it a lot.
These people constantly complain that the cost of living is too high, and have racked up credit card bills of thousands. Yet they somehow have enough money to buy their lunch at a shop every day of the week, go out drinking on weekends and seem to have an excessive amount of consumer goods in their possession.
神州 Shenzhou
Mobile phone payments are psychologically essentially the same as credit cards, both generally result in increased spending.
It's basically a cultural thing that Chinese people are in general better at managing their money. I have a credit card, and I "feel" it when I use it.
Although having said that, I think this will change as the standard of living increases. Essentially corporations are all out there working out the best ways to get people to spend money, even money they don't have.
One reason is that for hundreds of years in China there was ZERO safety net (and there still is not much). So people got into the habit of saving for the next disaster.
I have noticed the Germans are very good with money. Historical reasons no doubt.
So that thing with point 1 finger and 3 at yourself is really true here regarding the two first topics
The few people who disliked this video must be evil uncles!
Just discovered your channel this weekend. Man, your videos are great. So interesting, and thoroughly honest and authentic commentary. My Dad lived in Thailand before he died. I was there a couple of times. And while I know comparing the two is ridiculous, they are completely different I am sure, the glimpse into Asian life in general that you present, gives me a better understanding of what my Dad's day to day life must have been like the last few years of his life. Thank you for that.....I've never subscribed to anyone on UA-cam. But I've had to now, your videos are too good.... I'm not even sure what happens when you subscribe?...LOL.....Keep up the good work. Greetings and well wishes from Eire.
'What are you saying, thats sounds pretty bad'...C'mon Winston...what were they saying..??
Something about killing me
serpentza scary
serpentza The fuck? That’s mental.
diga Melo they were talking about killing him, what if they were cannibals or organ harvesters.
serpentza as a Chinese, I honestly didn’t get it :(
Hey, serpentza I really enjoy your vids, keep on keeping on,
sounds like the Chinese hate the SJWs.
神州 Shenzhou I guess for Japanese you could read it as はくしゃ haku sha 白 haku 左 sha
神州 Shenzhou what would that be?
神州 Shenzhou I speak Japanese, as far as I know they don't have a word for SJWs yet.
Yes, Chinese/Asian people are super good at spending money, but they have this weird thing about ... gambling. Yes there are people with gambling problems of all cultures, but man, Asians do love their gambling. I read an article somewhere that said it's a difference in the way people of different cultures think about things like time. Something about in Asian cultures, 20 years from now is not seen as far away, so it's easier to think of saving money so you'll have a nice savings 20 years from now ... as for the gambling, who knows.
Another thing is, in the West we have the concept of win-win. But with Chinese people, in my own limited experience, it's win-lose. I sold a bicycle to a nice Chinese family, and they were dithering around, everyone riding it, Mom, Dad, the college-age kid ... but they could not bring themselves to buy the thing until I came up with a cock-and-bull story about how I was selling the thing as a favor for my friend, and at the price I was going to have to put in $20 of my own to keep my friend from being mad at me ... then there was a general sigh of relief, I'd lost, and they handed over the money in dirty, old bills and rode off into the sunset.
Maybe in the long term win-lose is more successful but I sure like win-win. If I buy something or sell something, I want whoever is on the other side of the transaction to feel good, not bad.
alex carter do you know Chinese mahjong? many Chinese are fond of it more than UA-cam.😁😁😁
Win-win will be the better long-term benefit, sadly that this doens't exist in a state(governments that use force in their people).
Man, the information you share with us is so interesting and important not only for me, as for the man who used to live and work in China, but also for everyone who wants to know what China is like. Thank you for your incredible work! Cheers from Ukraine!
Really interesting content. Especially now when a friend of mine started dating a Chinese (he is from Ukraine too)
2 Broke girls, really ? I wonder how the humour translates
I’m not sure
it might be because they can identify with the 2 broke girls, since most of them are broke themselves.
hoangkimtran definitely not the case lol
what humour?
I think this show actually portrays a decent level of US lower middle class lifestyle, sprinkled with some high end lifestyle. Then there's the 2 young sexually promiscuous girls that're joking about sex or poverty with every other line of dialogue.
Walking inside your house wearing shoes is in my opinion barbaric. I can't understand why anyone would think it is okey to do so.
I agree, I dont understand wearing shoes inside at all
Love the Evil Uncle Alerts !.....I wonder what their top 5 would be.... Stay Awesome!
About evil uncles, a lot of older Asian men walk around with what appears to be frowning faces. As they age the skin on the face begins to sank and they are never required to appear “presentable”. They would have to purposefully smile in order to cancel out gravity to look not like frowning. They become evil uncles when they instinctively stare. As a local living in Asia, older men frawn. Adding curiosity they appear to be hostile but I think they are not if they are just looking at you with their everyday, frowning face.
@J Huang I think that's totally true, but there's still the old "red guard" thing, and generally slight xenophobic (or even ignorant) culture from old China (like referring to mostly older people)
So they all have "resting bitch face".
Canadians also take off their shoes when they go inside homes. I'm Chinese Canadian and one time I went to my white friends home and forgot to take off my shoes they got angry at me. lol so embarrassing.
Now I'd like to know what each side likes about the other.
I believe the word you're looking for is tolerance.
interesting observation: regarding point #1 - this is exactly what the rest of the world think of the Chinese. Even from the old days where they maintained that their country was the middle kingdom between earth (better than the rest of the earth) and heaven. We all think that Chinese are arrogant and have superiority complex. Even the latest example where an executive of Huawei was arrested in Canada, they were so outraged at the action that they took (not arrested but detained) two Canadians as revenge.
Regarding point #2 - cultural ignorance - fair point. As a traveler I would attempt to become familiar with the culture of my destination. It's a learn as you go type of thing too. And turnabout is fair play. We need Chinese tourists to step up their game as well.
Point #3 - hard to say. I've met very promiscuous Chinese in Toronto. But if they live in an 'over' controlled environment, it's hard to fight that point.
Point #4 - Canadians are big savers. Usually. I know I am. I over contribute to my retirement by 84% according to my financial advisor. But I may be an exception
Point #5 - drug use - well. yeah. Pot was a normal part of student life in the 60's and 70's. Alcohol as well. But we have the freedom to fail. MJ is now legal in Canada. So is freedom. We all think that China has no freedom.
I am a Chinese and I agree with you to some extent.
As for point#1 I completely agree with you. Chinese think they’re going to rule the globe in the future, they are effortlessly to be pride with little superiority. For example, the latest science fiction movie called’ the wondering planet’ talking about a story that Chinese save the world while other foreigners are in danger.
Chinese people are extremely arrogant because of their innocence. We’re lack of general knowledge about history, literature, philosophy and law , which includes the importance of human rights. I guess there are plenty of reasons, as he said in the former video, first one is history. Because of the Cultural Revolution, poor life before the Reform and Opening and long ruled memories in Chinese genes. Second one must be the government. A few communist in the high statues own the prominent amount of money, and they use books,internet, news to monopoly citizens. Third reason is also the policy, a Little similar to the 2nd one. Ordinary Chinese are being great pressure due to the large population and they are familiar with money and power. They are obsessed with money and it can be used to buy anything. So one with great power can do everything without any accuse .
As for point # 2, 3,4, 5
It’s not objective. In Chinese’ eyes, there are two kinds of foreigners, who come to China and who show up in the TV.
Foreigners in China have a highly social status and people extremely admire them, especially girls , they think the white are the most handsome person in the world.
As for foreigners on Tv, they are chosen by the government. So some of televisions are showing the kindness of normal family, some of shows include sexual abuse on purpose.
The foreigners on the social media are paid to speak good for the communist party.
I have no idea which kind of foreigners would like to come China, maybe who are interested in Chinese culture or who want to make fortune in China. It’s not a fair play.
I am so shamed that even in the 21st century, Chinese are slavey and ruled, whether they are in China or outside of China.
@@jenniechou8653 Thank-you for that well written and well reasoned reply. This is rare on UA-cam, and I am heartened by it! :) :) . I do think that there are government motives for portraying westerners in a low moral situation. First, China has a very old and proud cultural heritage. secondly, the Eurpoean/western culture that has been dominant for 100 - 200 years culminating in the American ideal is very difficult to argue against on merit alone. Who would not want access to free market? who would not want to be controlled by religion? Who would not want to have an equal chance at any position in life, regardless of gender or creed? The strength of the individual is a very attractive concept, but doesn't necessarily fit into the Chinese government worldview. (for that matter, it is also not aligned with many Islamic countries and even Russia, which is basically a western culture except for the despotic nature of it's successive governments). so what to do? use media to ensure that foreigners are amoral. Whereas we, here in Canada are also small family minded people, and would not wish ill upon anybody.
Steve Craig. Love Canadians! Well stated!
@@latintrader Thanks man! I love intelligent discourse and am happy to find some in here :)
Doing drug is freedom go look America streets and see how drugs have devastated the whole generation
Ethan from H3 asked, 'who says stay awesome'?
Haha, awesome
This park is so beautiful! May I know what's it called? Very nicely done video, by the way!! (looking back on the ones from 2012 hahaha )
It’s called xiangmi park
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Sounds like to a large extent you are describing 19th and early 20th century America and Europe. For example, our sexual culture changed mid century, big time from 1960 forward, but the Chinese term for foreigners “white devil” is much older. So they “didn’t like us” when our sexual taboos were similar to theirs. Explain, please.
The overly-braced park trees in this video made me wonder what the current state of the arborist industry is in China. Does anyone climb trees to trim them? How well (or poor) a job do they do? Does anyone climb trees in China for recreation, or are trees large enough to be a fun climb either off-limits in parks or cut down for lumber?
No one climbs trees, they use cherry pickers and chainsaws on extension poles to trim large trees
In some places no one is allowed on the grass either. We were taking pictures at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou. The kids, 3yos, where running around in the grass and an evil uncle called in a security guard who kick them off. He also threaten to have us arrested for allowing them to "damage property".
cxjrlee, wow... I feel both blessed and spoiled to be able to go anywhere in millions of acres of public land in the western US, climb any tree I please except a handful of the most famous giants, even spend the night aloft in a hammock, no problem. Sweet freedom!
Bearsuc, thanks for letting us know the age of the park. Transplanting big trees is always problematic. The reason I mention "overly-braced is because trees respond to stresses by adding wood, so new transplants need to be braced well enough to keep them up but loosely enough so they feel wind, otherwise they stay weak.
I am a Canadian and I don’t “hate” anything about “foreigners” because I would never put all non-Canadians in the same bucket, no matter the topic. Although I am well aware of many stereotypes about different foreigners, I would never apply those to any single person. I find the national homogeneity of the Chinese you describe to be quite reprehensible. I have known a few Chinese people and they were among the nicest people I have ever met. The Chinese people I meet in Canada seem to be totally different than the people you describe. I am glad that most Canadians and myself have no overall bad feelings toward any foreign group including people of Chinese decent. I love your videos. Cheers.
Most Canadians hate Filipinos.
Quebecois hate the arabs! Haha
Im a chinese who live in montreal almost 20 years i would like to say the chinese who stay in canada majority who got the wel education in china! Most of them more or less are not satisfied with chinese society right now!the chinese in china are bit far aways with the modern civilization
Rob C I worked with many Filipinos for 25 years and I saw them as individuals and liked and disliked them accordingly. There are traits that most foreigners portray depending on where they come from (and I have been know to discuss these traits pro or con) but I don’t apply those stereotypes to individuals. I am biased in some things like being polite and helping others whenever you can. I don’t think foreigners that live in Canada are as polite as I would like but most get better at that over time.
I will say that Canadians don’t know about being hungry and don’t think about life, only about the quality of that life. I have to say I personally don’t know what it is like to ever go hungry (like never in my life) and I realize that is not what most people in the world live like. It is sometimes cold in my country but I do appreciate being Canadian when I hear about how others have to live. I do feel lucky to live here.
Great content.
what I got disturbed the most is that whatever I say good about my own country, I am always told I am brainwashed.
brainwashing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
That’s because you are brainwashed into thinking you are being called brainwashed.
I am in western Canada and it is considered very bad manners to walk into someone's house here with your shoes on. You take them off at the door unless the host says to leave them on. I think that is basically country wide. And no..the average person here does not like drug use; that's pretty much standard everywhere. However, we do have a lot of programs to help them get clean.
After watching this I like the Chinese even more...
No wonder about drugs with the history of opium in China.
J$w drug baron family 'R$thschild' of the east' Sassoon protected their criminal Enterprise by making using British empire and thus India as well to overthrow this millenia old dynasty based country for their own gain. Again a bunch of J$ws responsible for tens of thousands of dead and some of the biggest criminals in history. But you won't see a documentary about this. Because they rule the "West" and now a lot of Asia undoubtedly today as well.
OK then, J_ws. Better?
Shadowbans are a thing. Improvise, adapt, overcome. J+wtube isn't a place of free speech or truth sadly so people have to adapt.
Opium problems are a huge myth. www.frankdikotter.com/publications/the-myth-of-opium.pdf
steam steam It's not J+ws in general, only some, but they sure like to hide behind the cover of being untouchable J+ws. Now you getting me worried with the special chars.
Great theme song.
5:11 Looks like that guy is having a wonderful evening.
Bro I’m dying 😂
Great that you use the word hate so many times because that’s what we need in these times! Hate each other
I had a Chinese girlfriend for about a year. Once they found out that I smoked weed, they put a stop to our relationship. They are very strict about drug use over there and that is a good thing
I'm Chinese-Canadian and i can tell Chinese people are rude and have a superiority complex too. China limit the access to information and what people know there might not be the reality. Westerner has the habit to debate subject when we don't have a group consentment. We all know that there is no wrong opinion. Each person can have his own opinion base on his knowledge and his personal life experience. So we need to present facts, proof and stats to defend our opinion. We live in a country with individual freedom so your opinion is not better than mine but you can always convince the other person. Chinese people just scream and make a scene. I think the younger chinese generation understand that but not my parents generation. For sure China is too traditional and you need to be conform to the rest of the society. They don't know what is Individual freedom so they can not understand the western society and vice versa.
Vampiresoap then why your words why bring up she’s from Puerto Rico. Are you assuming all people from Puerto Rico are hard headed? Well well.
You stated a specific region the size of Rhode Island. I compared a territory the size of Mexico. Whether you agrees or not. There is a heartland of America. There is no official language or a homogeneous race. BUT, there are majorities that make the up the customs and laws.
I’m assuming you live in the west or east cost. Because it bothers you when hearing facts.
I may not be an American, YET.
But I went to school, grew up, and live almost all my life. So as many of the liberals proclaim. If you love America then you’re an American.
Perhaps you should be more INCLUSIVE.
Don’t worry though, I have heard worse.
But I don’t go around saying iAmerica is racist and a place of hate towards people of color.
I love America and would die defending it.
USA USA USA!!
The drug use one is just something we're gonna have to agree to disagree on when it comes to Marijuana. I don't smoke it but it's ridiculous that it's so stigmatized.
its possible to become addicted to almost anything.It could affect someones routine but thats their choice.Theres no evidence that it leads to crime .Infact crime rates have notably lowered in regions where it became legalized.
correlation is not causation.Did you ever consider criminals smoke weed because they dont care about law .Not they they commit crime because they smoke weed .Its like saying %90 of white collar crimes were committed by daily coffee drinkers .So what it proves nothing.Also supposing you're right, what evidence is there that legalizing it will make the crime rates higher.All evidence points in the opposite direction.Anyway im not getting into a youtube debate i dont have time.
The crime decline is secular, part of an ongoing trend that was already underway in much of the developed world. Note also that the local rates of decline in violent crime vary by race/ethnicity: white potheads in Oregon are, on average, less bellicose than black citizens in Louisiana regardless of drug use.
My main issue with marijuana is the incredible stench. We don't have some GMO cannabis that doesn't assault my nose for hours on end?
well there is vaping and edibles they dont have the stench.I agree some people can be very inconsiderate when it comes to their smoking.
Stocks and Peer to peer lending are frivolous? Intersting.
#4 bad budgeting. That's me 100%.
I'd really like an emergency fund and a years worth of bills cash put aside.
Wow, I am an American and these are the same things I hate about my own countrymen. I guess that's why I married a Chinese woman.
Jeff your eng ver of the Beyond song was awesome man.
Thank you. My cantonese version is much worse.....lol
You can speak Cantonese? Crazy.
Not really. thats why its pretty bad
I totally agree! About western 1) judgemental behaviour! The west believes it is right - everyone else is wrong! 2) I went out of my way to understand their ways and careful to be super respectful! - However when I am respectful - I often get “Oh you are British or English” and they smile! That makes me smile! 3) My female friends enjoy meeting up with me we hug and nothing else! They said I’m super respectful to them! 4) Money! God yeah! All super frugal and argue to the point of a squeak on getting a better deal! 5) I don’t even smoke! Never have! So drugs - no way! -- Q - Do Chinese judge westerners en masse too?
Chinese tourists were known to break walls between adjacent hotel rooms if I remember rightly.
Makes sense the issue with drugs if know something about history and how Hong Kong became British it was due to the opium wars between Uk and Qing (actual China)
Just started watching this, and the superiority complex is HUGE! I sa2 it in spades wh3n i lived in South Korea back in the 80s, among many of my American roommates. Jus5 one small example was thus time when an American I knew madeca point of jaywalking on a very busy street, while saying, "They wouldn't DARE hit me; I'm an AMERICAN!" I hate to admit it, but at that moment, i would nit have minded if some taxi came along and knicked him off hus high horse, as he needed to be taken down a few pegs.
And there was rhe bearky constant knicking of Korea and Korean culture, and how much better American culture was. And this from people who would barely make any effort to learn the language spoken there. I remember one numbskull telling me not to apeak Korean to him, as he was an American, and the language was veneath him. "Speak AMERICAN to me - I'm an AMERICAN!"
He was also a loser with an attitude like that. I don't speak 'American', I speak English.
It was so bad at times that I would feel genuine embarrassment at being mistaken for an American. But over there it didn't matter what part of the world one is from, if you have blue eyes, you're an 'American' (미국 사람). Well in my book, it could well be renamed 추국, especially in view of how far it has fallen in recent decades. Same for my country, the Demokratic People's Republic of Kanuckistan (Canada). It's become a shithole nation along with the USA.
Folks, if you have an arrogant attitude, just stay home; all you'll do if you travel abroad is give your own compatriots a black eye.
If I ever goto China I’ll make sure I do all of these 💯
Wow, I think they are projecting their own arrogance and ignorance 😳
Touché.
There are at least a dozen things I don’t like about Chinese.
How many military cells are operating as church missionaries in the USA ?
What
Foreigners every asian doesnt think is arrogant or moralising, RICH people!
Its funny how those 5 things chinese hate about foreigners are mostly attitude that only harms oneself not their surroundings. Rarely i see foreigners (westerners) being arrogant or cultural ignorance in when coming to asia infact its quite the opposite except some young tourists but not still very few. I see western people are more of always being careful in talking acting around asian people when they are in asian countries so as not to step on anybody's shoes and very self aware of their status and the importance of other culture they're in. Western who broke the lokal ethics are mostly because they are not well educated in that culture and if you remind them of their mistake they would feel embarassed and gladly say sorry for their mistake where as chinese or other asian nationality i will not say, would usually got angry and shouts and many times had to deal with policemen. How many times do you see on the news chinese tourist causing a havoc in other countries just because they don't take a reminder of the mistake they made? Does it bother you if a foreigner is sexually promiscuous? Does it bother you i you know a foreigner has a habit of doing drugs(behind everyone's back) no foreigner would do drugs out in public with a syringe they know it will ruin their life and chance for them to going back home to their country. Does it bother you a foreigner got broke and live alone in their old age? On the other hand.... Yes it disgust me seeing chinese people spit right in front of me as well as the sound they make before spitting pulling it out from deep inside their throat and nose because firstly its digusting secondly disease spreading to others. Yes its annoying to hear chinese people talking on the phone in public out loud like as if they want everybody knows what he's talking about, i cant even hear my wife talking beside me while that guy is talking on the phone. Peeing in public also promotes disease spreading if its not from the person peing its the bacteri falling on the pee going overdrive growing or even in the air from the pee scent. Do you want to smell flower in the public garden or people's pee? By the way one thing usually true to chinese tourists or even chinese decendants living in other country when they are out in the public with their children, im sorry their children are like animals running shouting like hell jumping fiddling with things until it breaks sometime hit strangers, running bumping other people doing all the what not to do and their parents are always ignorant never care dont even feel any embarrasement of how their children behave how their children disturb others destroying things until someone arround them warn the parents, by then the parent either shrugs off not caring or get angry. Seriously the bad things about chinese are more bothersome than the westerners. Wersterners are at worst only when they are drunk, well anybody drunk would be doing more or less similar right!? Chinese people when they did something wrong they like to bark at you, if they see you're intimidated then they bark some more then maybe bite a little but if they see you are firm and not afraid of them then they stop barking and obey. What ever happen chinese will first try to look confident and try to bark louder but if the opposite person is firm and sometimes needed to bark louder then they start to think their ground and stop barking. So how is that for some things i hate about chinese people? But as he says im just generalizing here dont take it personal..
What you said is completely true,which happened among many chinese people,making me feel guilty as a chinese. Though i have to say i dislike these misbehavior,and when i see them on my eye,im wondering why it still occur in China nowadays.I think our education need a long time to be improved.And people must take more focus on learning about culture,and broadening the horizons,making themselves more humble and gentle.Hope you take easy on it,and travel to China if its possible.
Reminds me how in Beijing I was crossing the street and a guy was sitting in his car texting then as i crossed started to drive while looking at his phone so I screamed in chinese " what are you doing" so he could you know, not hit me with his car. He proceeded to yell telling me you white bitch, you get out of China and I'm like first of all, I'm not white... in any other country someone would be like I'm so sorry. 🤷♀️
Once i caught some lady in my compound with some boxes of mooncakes she proceded to unbox all of them throw the extra packaging on the floor and put the mooncakes in her bag and I was like clean this up n she was pissed. I'm like girl, I may be a foriegner but this is my neighborhood not your private dump.
as a casual western drug user for over twenty years, not addict, like i tried everything, over 40 substances, and in my opinion alcohol and cigarettes are the worst drugs. none of my friends smoke or drink. nothing worse than being around drunk often chainsmoking people. alcohol and cigarettes are super killers, no other drug can keep up with them, while alcohol also makes people stupid egocentric and often aggressive, furthermore a lot of guys harass women under the influence, or piss and puke everywhere, not to talk about all the DUI car accidents, but the absolut worst part about alcohol is that people around the world are glorifying drinking and simultaneously hating about every other drug, even when they know nothing about these "drugs", like it is all the same, never having tried anything than alcohol, they hate drugs, and act like alcohol is just water, it's plain stupidity. where i live, people ask you if you are sick, when you don't want to drink alcohol, for me that the mindset of a f$&%ing junkie!
What you said in the beginning of your statement concerning South Africans is true no matter how much you may wish it not so
Now I know these are the things I should do more more and much more.
you should explore western china! Urumuqi and cities like these!!!
Edgar: I lived in Wulumuqi (Urumqi) almost 2 years 2013 and 2014.
love the music at the end
Happy Valentines's Day!
Thank you Ella! You too
Three years ago,Winnie was still hopeful that the CCP did not control everything.
Nice Musik at the End
I wonder if this fella Winston has ever looked over footage he previously recorded walking around China for a UA-cam video and noticed he was being followed the entire time.? Spooky.
5:55 that woman seems concerned for you when those children are pointing at you.
Number 4 is FACTS.
when i was at uni, there were chinese guys in my halls of residence and they seemed to have a different girlfriend every week, together with v loud music and frequent parties. perhaps a slight exaggeration but personally i noticed absolutely no different to the british students.
They must be entitled second generation of tacky emerging rich 🤑
I personally enjoy different cultures and people wanting to maintain their culture. It makes life more interesting. I would hate for everything to be MacDonald culture. Best thing I enjoyed backpacking around the world was experiencing different cultures. I don’t judge cultures and how they live. They got that way through their life experiences. I never went out of my way to get involved with a person outside my culture. I met my partner by pure chance and fell in love on first meeting. My Chinese partner can be both the hardest and most caring person all at once. I agree with Chinese on drug use. Can’t stand it! Let’s accept each other’s differences and enjoy the world. 👍😊
your wife is stunning.
At 03:26 that may have been the longest most awkward handshake I've ever seen.
It was just enough off screen that it looked like you were both doing "something else" there if you know what I mean?!
Wtf dude? 😂😂
Really interesting your approach, thanks and great video!
I wonder if there is a guy from China doing what you're doing in the USA or South Africa lmao
There should be, but I guess no one do it because it’s way harder than it looks
serpentza I don't doubt that my friend, I couldn't begin to comprehend the culture shock among everything else. It must have been very daunting for you to have gotten to where you are now but what a life you have achieved for yourself man, and I truly enjoy that you can share the experience quite amazing in my opinion, cheers!