I learned this phrase in Korean Class, and of course, after my years living here in China, I think only Guangdong people that eat every living things. Imagine eating Monkey's brain ！！@@
I recently heard a really interesting theory about the societal difference between the North and the South. The theory suggests that it is due to the agricultural focuses of the two, with the North being wheat based, and the South being rice based. It is believed that because wheat farming is more independent and versatile, that Northerners' speech grew to reflect this very independent, straightforward, trade-for-trade style of business, whereas rice is a more group oriented produce, often requiring multiple families/business to maintain a steady rice output, and so Southerners' speech evolved to be more subtle and interdependent because you had to constantly maintain good relations with others. I have no idea whether or not this is true, but it is really interesting.
8:50 A martian landed in China: The Beijing people wanted to study it The Shanghai people wanted to do business with it The Guangdong people wanted to eat it :D
My GF is Shanghainese, I am Toisan. Short of saving their lives from a disaster, her parents will NOT accept me. Traditionalist Shanghainese people are certainly smug and arrogant. They said I'm not good enough for her, too poor and uneducated... but then they learned I came out of UC Berkeley with an ENGINEERING degree. They then said I wasn't tall enough for her and that they didn't like the look of my face =/. I didnt know how to respond but to laugh.
+Ben Pon Whatever man, do not mind her parents. Traditional Chinese parents are the worst. They try to live their lives through their kids, coz they dedicated their own to their own parents before that. This goes on and on in an infinite cycle. It sucks. Anyways, all the best to you and your GF. There will come a time when they will accept you even though they dont like you. May you guys be happy whatever is the opinion of your parents.
+Ben Pon I don't think it's a Shanghainese thing, parents just want the absolute best for their kids. But I would laugh too! Maybe they're acting like that because they wanted to pick a boyfriend for her.
cacaxazn Things are not the same in China. Girls here are raised as assets that must be sold at the highest price possible when they reach their early 20s. Things are slowly changing, but the parents mentality here is still sick in general.
Hi, I just wanted to clear up the misconception about Guangdong people eating everything that is alive under the sun. I cringe every time someone, either foreign or from another part of China asks me if I eat dogs or monkey brains. I was born there and raised until I was 9 so I can speak about my experience of the canton cuisine. Sure, it is true that cantonese people are more adventurous with food and more accepting of new ingredients. Among the exotic foods, shark fin, frog, turtle are among the less daring fare while dog and monkey brain are very rare. I've only seen one restaurant advertising dog before. The average cantonese person does not eat these kinds of food on a regular basis if not hardly at all. The lesser exotic foods are treated as delicacies and only eaten as a treat or on special occasions. Personally, i have never eaten or want to eat dogs or monkey brains ever. Also, Guangdong is definitely not the only province that eats these exotic foods.
Cantonese are very adventurous? Well not really, especially when it comes to eating cheese, beef or lamb (they complain of the odour the meats tend to have).
zeiitgeist I guess when I said adventurous, I meant within the traditional cantonese cuisine. Pork, poultry, and seafood are the main meat proteins used in cantonese cooking. Beef is used in some stir fry dishes and also made into meatballs, but less prevalent than pork of course. Lamb is rarely used at all. Cheese on the other hand, is used in HK style western food which is also pretty popular in the Canton region. Some of the more adventurous or weird food that cantonese people do eat are chicken feet, thousand year old egg, and turtle jelly.
@@cooliipie How ignorant! Look up the history and u'll see Taiwan belong to China in various historical periods including Ming Qing dynasties and even today--Taiwan's official title is The Republic of China 中華民國
im from beijing but i dont eat many exotic food.. Those street food vendors in Wangfujing are just for satisfying tourist's curiosity about exotic food, no locals ever go there to eat a scorpion or a starfish.
I was hoping for some more information on Guangdong (Guangzhou) since my parents are from there. True, us Cantonese people eat many things but I get offended whenever someone has asked me if I've eaten something like a dog. Like, people may have eaten them way back when it was difficult to have a meal but I'm sure it would be very rare to see someone eat dog now.
Maysey Lu People of my parents' generation are still doing that here. I lived in the countryside of Guangzhou, which is the richest city and the capital of Guangdong province. But I still grew up seeing people eating dogs. There were a couple of Dogs Restaurants in my town, where people all over the city came for the meat. My dad sold one of my dogs to the restaurant without asking me, which I got so mad about. When it's in winter and the restaurants are in short of meat they will even catch (sometime poison if it's a big one) the dogs on the street. You are right that people ate dogs when it was difficult to have a meal, and this habit (or culture) kind of passed down on my parents' generation. So some of them just don't have the "dogs are our friends" idea, there are just another kind of livestock to them. But things are getting better I would say:)
Well I don't get offended, because I DO think Cantonese people eat everything. Maybe not as Americans we don't since there are more restrictions here, but we're definitely more adventurous in Guangdong. I walked into a super classy restaurant in Guangzhou, and in the foyer, there was a hive of maggots (or maggotlike) among many other creatures, and people would go and request it to be fried up for a dish. There was even a trend a few years back, where Cantonese would flock to the countryside, and eat country rats. Seems gross to me though, especially since I face NYC rats every damn day -___- And dog is definitely still available in Guangdong. It's actually more expensive than other meats and has always been so (cheaper than lamb though), so it's not because it was a cheaper meal that people ate it.
For the record, Alaskan girls actually are tough. A lot of them are outdoorsy and into hobbies that people from other states think of as manly, like hunting and fishing. So you're not wrong, Mike. Cold climates breed tough people. :D
Also the colder a region is the taller the people grow there as your body can safe more energy this way because the ration of skin area to body volume gets smaller the taller/bigger you get. That´s evolution.
also people in colder regions eat more protein/fat foods because protein and fat is useful in the cold. this obviously makes people more physically tough or fat.
It's amazing how similar these stereotypes are to the regions in America. Northerners are also perceived as too direct vs. Southerners. I've lived all over US and am amazed how China has a similar stereotype for regions.
+Travel Therapy Not just in those two countries either. It seems that oftentimes "the north" in various countries is considered to have people that are tougher and "meaner" (or just brusque). Maybe colder weather toughens people up.
+Hercule Poirot well, I am from the next province of Sichuan and I think the southwestern Chinese have a lot in common: dialect and food especially. I think the description about beauty from this area focus more on their skin. Not just fair but also young and healthy. The girls ( and lots of senior women ) are usually slim and not tall as well.
I'm realy impressed by Felicia in this vid... she looks so relaxed and engaging at the same time, compared to the previous episode she improved a 1000x... the harmony between you three is awesome and its like you guys have been doing this forever. Looking forward for many more episodes to come.
Sichuan people have good skin not because they eat spicy food but because in Sichuan it rains a lot, sunshine is rare (maybe the least sunshine in the world) and the air is really humid which favor a fair skin.
Western Half of Sichuan is Eastern Tibet. Eastern half is Chinese.
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I find it amazing how these N-S differences replicate themselves across cultures and countries, as I could tell the same differences apart from Northern and Southern Europeans, or Northern and Southern Mexicans, and so on. And most of the time the result is that northerners tend to be more direct and meaner than their southern counterpart which are in turn cunning and laid-back.
Bronx: my condolences Manhatten: the true new yorker experience Queens: the suburbs Brooklyn: no one cares if you're tough Staten island: .........At least the ferry is free....riiight?
She's beautiful. ... that smile she has... ♡♡ thanks for having her on your show. I have seen and hear from other countries talk smack about their own race also. So from what I seen and heard it goes around people will always say things. ...
My parents both grew up on Hainan Island. I don't think the province is underdeveloped, it has changed significantly to me. There's hotels and beaches to explore. It's absolutely beautiful down there.
I was always told Chinese girls in general were materialistic. Interesting to hear that in China itself, the Hong Kong girls are considered more superficial
Hello! I'm a Tibetan and I was anticipating if you guys would say something regarding the Tibet Issue the moment I saw the map and of course, Mike pointed it out and mentioned how the region is blacklisted. Unfortunately, the topic ended there. Can you guys do a video regarding this issue? I really enjoy your videos and want to know what your opinions are? How do Chinese in China and Chinese abroad view the Tibet issue?
@@Naranjus Tibetans are not Chinese. Tibetan language, culture and traditions are completely different. . If you're going to say Tibetans are Chinese then I guess Mongolians, Koreans and Japanese are also Chinese in your eyes. LOL they're all completely different ethnicities.
@@tenzinorsang Yes, Tibetans are different ethnicities but they are Chinese as much as Han and other minorities. China is so big. It's natural and understandable that we have different cultures and traditions or even different dialects given the diverse geography. Your analogy doesn't work because these people are not from the same country.
To be honest, I am more interested in how Tibetans view themselves? I grew up in Sichuan where lots of Tibetan people living on the west part of the provinces, visited there twice, I view Tibetans there as Chinese with different cultures, as same as I view Beijing people are Chinese with different cultures, I don't feel a personal connection to the Tibetans nor Beijing people. I have lived abroad for more than 5 years now, haven't encountered much Tibetans, only some videos when Tibetans referring themselves as Tibetans not Chinese, which is interesting! I am curious how do you identify yourself?
Most Tibetans Identify themselves as Tibetans out side of China because the previous country was annexed by the Chinese, however most Tibetans in China identify as Chinese because that region is often under strict surveillance to prevent any mention of the previous state. I think Tibetans are just as seperate as Hakka and Machu Chinese. The previous nations of Tibet and China are similar to each other and Tibetans are ethically different and so was the previous state, so Tibetans see themselves are Tibetans. Its situation, I just want the current government to be nicer to the region as a whole since far to many shady things go on inside there and the other provinces. @@yuyisong5186
wow, the north and southern thing sounds a lot like the American north and southern thing. Northerners are considered rude and direct while southerners are thought to be overly friendly and veil even bad things in politeness.
Hi, huge fan here. I love ALL of your videos. They are very informative in a serious yet humorous way. Mike and Dan, you are both great and I totally adore Yi. I really want to visit Gansu...you know, Jiayuguan and all...so could you please do a video on the people and culture from that part of China? I'd be really grateful.
At this point I think I'm so mixed (Chinese) that I don't even look Chinese anymore, well at least not stereotypically Han. It's probably my slightly curly hair and double eye lids though.
I've spent several months in China over the past two years, and I think the differences in build between north and south were pretty apparent. Beijingers tend to be tall and slender (as an above average height white guy, there were plenty of guys there taller than me, it was a bit of a shock at first), people from Fujian shorter and more petite, and Shanghaiese in between in height but with fairer skin and not so slender. The award for prettiest girls goes to Hangzhou, though...
Emily Taylor Sorry, but the whole thing with the Shaolin monks and abbots these days, really makes one lose faith in the temples in China. They're literally not monks anymore, and if the original founders saw what Shaolin has become, I bet you they'd cry.
thanks for bringing this topic. I had live in Henan and Sichuan provinces and yes, what you said is true. But I'm not sure about the beauty because it depends of what stereotype of beauty you have. Recently a lot of Chinese girls are into the plastic surgery, the makeup to make their eyes huge etc. So it's quite hard to tell if a girl in Sichuan is a natural beauty. I live in a town near Chengdu, in the town I see normal-looking girls everyday but when I get in to the subway to Chengdu, I start to see girls with white skin, huge eyes... so I'm not sure it is 'real' beauty or it's just that women in Chengdu can afford more cosmetic procedures than the women in town. So I don't know if this can apply to Henan and the poor areas as well.
I think plastic surgery is out of the topic here. They're talking about beauty or stereotypes that are 'traditional' and not artificial. Because surgery can make you into anything and does not have a direct implication on things they talk about. It's sad in a way. But that's what I love about OTGW! =D
jenllyfish I agree, here is the thing. The stereotype of beauty here is white skin, big eyes and high nose, every time I see an advertisement of any product it always portrays a Chinese model who has those cosmetic procedures, that's why I bring the topic, because nowadays the idea of beauty between the new generation of Chinese people is changing, so I'm not sure if Sichuan can be considered as the place with the most beautiful woman in China because in any province you can get some plastic surgery and makeup to achieve that look. Of course is not the 100% of the population but still is a powerful fashion movement.
I agree with most people here that Hainan is not "underdeveloped" - it is generally regarded as one of the best sub-tropical getaways for people in China who do not want to leave their country. Many resorts & hotels have been built there and the Chinese government is also trying to develop Hainan more due to its strategical location (close to the disputed Spratly & Paracel Islands in the South China Sea).
Don't forget it is very catered to Russian tourist with the signs being bilingual but these developments does somewhat harm in some way to parts of Hainanese people's livelihood as it get more commercialised.
My grandma's parents is from Hainan before they move to Malaysia. Actually it is still quite underdeveloped two years ago my grandma's long lost relatives in Hainan contact us and we went there for a vacation.
My paternal ancestors came from Hainan island, and there are still some of my paternal family members who live in Hainan island. My father also ever been to Hainan island for Qingming day.
A lot of these stereotypes are suddenly evolving now because major cities like Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai are basically gigantic hubs for people from all over the country. The latest social attitudes concern accent (Shanghai Mandarin is so obvious), style of dress, and other factors. It used to be if you were short and dark you were from the south, and if you were tall and pale you were a northerner. Now a lot of them are moving north, and a lot of northerners are heading south. It's all messed up lol.
Brother, Shanghai is the biggest fucking city in the world lol. Most of the people are not native to the area. They are recent migrants. This is why Shanghainese is dying.
***** if they're from the provinces, they're probably embarrassed bro. They don't want to admit that they're from the countryside, so they tell people that they're Shanghainese lol.
***** I think it's kinda stupid, my best friend is from the provinces and his family is one of the friendliest I have ever met. People from the cities are arrogant and selfish. I would be proud to come from the provinces. You're welcome, take care bro.
JiangXi is not that poor actually. I mean comparing with lots of cities in Canada. Jiangxi's capital city is much prosperous. They think Jiangxi is poor maybe they compare Jiangxi with Beijing Shanghai or some more developed cities.
Thank You for sharing! This is very knowledgeable and funny. But as stated, a person shouldn’t judge based on it. It’s so different now days as it’s all mixed culture. Team Miao 🙌 #chiyou
As a Chinese person, I must say that what you guys said is true. There are a lot of stereotypes and regional discrimination among different Chinese groups.
In the Philippines we also have stereo type view against each other. To us from Northern Mindanao we think Ilonggo are braggy (tikalon) while some portions of the Philippines think when Ilonggo borrows money from you they won't pay back (ayaw mag bayad ng utang), we viewed Waray as brave (matapang / isug). From Manila they view us Bisaya as we look like servants (mukhang katulong) and we view Filipino Muslims as traitors.
That is an old saying back home "the only thing which has 4 legs that you can't eat is a table, the only thing which has 2 legs that you can't eat is people" now you know when I come from.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I couldn't stop laughing when mike said "if the animal's back is toward the sky.......". I told my aunt she shouldn't just throw the lobster to a pot of boil water because it will pain the lobster and she said "If the animal's back is facing toward the sky, we are meant to eat them" that got me thinking what animal's back isnt facing the sky? So far I got nothing
My dad does the same thing too, making me feel extra sorry for the animals. Every time my dad sees animal rescue or similar shows on TV he would walk off saying "Ha, they're treating animals better than humans! How stupid" LOL. And every time he pets a dog I get this feeling that he does it only to speculate how much meat he can eat from it HAHAHAHA
Fujian is on the southeast coast yet still considered one of the poorer provinces; however many overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia are from Fujian and most Taiwanese people also came from the southern part of Fujian more than 250 years ago. There is also the Chaoshan region (潮汕地區) in Northeastern Guangdong; despite being part of Guangdong, the dialect spoken there shares a certain degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects spoken in Southern Fujian and is completely unrelated to Cantonese. Some of the richest men in Thailand, Hong Kong & China such as Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠) and the CEO of Tencent (騰訊) / QQ is also of Teochew / Chaoshan descent.
Heya love the video, a big thing that could be touched on is the fact that China for the past two- three generations have been enforced by the "Only Child Policy" many of the provinces who are richer can afford to pay the mandated taxes for a second child and the places where it is poor that only child would be spoiled by their parents. In Hong Kong and China the prince and princess syndrome exist. Think about this, Only child has two parents and each parent has two parents of their own. This means six adults to cater to one child. This phenomenon is extremely interesting and I am so glad you pointed it out because this will definitely play a factor in China's future economically and socially.
There are lots of other ethnic groups as well. I guess almost all groups you can find in the neighbouring mid Asian countries. But there are lots of Han people too and most of them live in the north part of Xinjiang and the capital city.
not really,it is more like uygurs and han (chinese),most uygurs are in the south xinjiang and han are in the northern part.there are only abt 5% or 6% xinjiang citizens are kazakh.
doge doge yes there is a less percent because they escaped when the chinese came or got killed trying. Look up Osman Batur. If my grandparents never left xingjiang (Altai Region)... I wouldn't exist !! I'm happy where I am though
Lowkey unrelated from the video (which is great, I love it btw thanks for making it!) I love dogs and cats and I would never eat them because I personally just. Don't really like meat in general, but honestly, why is it such a big deal if other people do? Like certain places don't eat beef because of religion where they think the cow to be special or holy, and in European nations we don't eat "domesticated" animals such as dogs, cats, horses sometimes, and etc. I just find it extremely offensive when people act as if eating dog itself is a bad thing, not just the question because like there's a stigma around it, but honestly, is it that bad of a thing? It's just a dog, like every other animal. Of course, personally I'm against killing animals in general, but like??? dogs are like every other animal too. Of course, ti's differnet if it's YOUR dog or a pet. But like, some places keep farm animals that people would usually eat as pets too so like I find this view on people who may eat domesticated animals a bit unfair.
I am glad you guys haven't brought up Taiwan in your dialogue. These days whenever I am watching anything Chinese related with a good viewing number on YT, There will always be some Taiwanese, who try to verbally assault other Chinese with great contempt in the comment section. I felt so pissed off at those comment sections because It was never relevant to the video posted by the UA-camr. It is just pages and pages of hateful bickering and politics. btw, I was born in Shanghai, although I am not that attached to my local Chinese culture because I haven't been back to China for over 9yrs, But I agree with everything of what Dan said.
rollingdownfalling Don't know, usually I find it's the other way around (PRC sympathizers claiming Taiwan is part of China, etc etc). Personally I'm very glad Dan and Mike do not consider Taiwan as part of China but sadly they are still in the minority. I'm glad it's slowly changing though.
***** Overseas Chinese will say they are 華人 but they will not say they are 中國人. There is no distinction in English, thus they would not say they are Chinese (as that would mean nationality, not ethnicity 9 times out of 10).
***** You're an idiot...that's like saying Austrians should feel ashamed for saying they're Austrian, not German. You're embarrassing yourself. And no one from Singapore of Malaysia would say they are "Chinese." They would say Singaporean-Chinese or Malaysian-Chinese. Both Singapore and Malaysia are multi-ethnic countries with a sizable Chinese population, so why would they not address themselves appropriately.
Freshie55 There are actually three types, those that call themselves Malaysian (One Malaysia stuff), Malaysian-Chinese and those that refer to themselves as Chinese but from Malaysia, in which like the second one I mentioned (Malaysian-Chinese) would further clarify because the term Malaysian-Chinese normally tend to confuse people to thinking they are mixed Malay and Chinese without actually knowing the distinction between Malaysian and Malay. Even at most times, Taiwanese Han Chinese tend to refer to Malaysian-Chinese as 马来人 (Malay) instead of 马来西亚人 or 大马唐人 as the Hongkong Chinese does. Singapore also has these two types as well, those that just refer to themselves as Singaporean until you dig deep enough like Inspector Clouseau on Detective Ponton as they think they should be grateful to their nation by forgetting they are Chinese (Lee Kuan Yew brought up so much about not forgetting their roots and what do they do...although he did remove dialects which he said he wasn't going to) and those that call themselves Singaporean-Chinese.
I think it's interesting because in the U.S. in the Northeast where it is cold, the people are perceived as more direct as well (no time to mess around when you're freezing). And in the South, it's all about image, and not saying exactly what you mean (a lot of throwing shade, too). So those seem to parallel with the stereotypes of Northern and Southern China.
Hi, I love you guys video. There are lot of videos in youtube which talking about same topics, but your videos are most realistic. Others making by some ABC or CBC are having tons of stereotypes and over acting. I really recommend you to louder the overall volume and add a compressor when editing the sound of the video. Because some times you just scare my ass off with the sudden high volume.
northeastern women rocks!! we are not manly, we just grew up as men. my dad called me erzi till I was fifteen and because of the cold weather,we have really nice and positive attitudes thats why guys want to marry northeastern women because we not only can do chores we also have a warm heart
its true! people in guang dong will eat anything! from scorpions to cows! they would probably eat dragons if they exist! or is thats why they dont exist anymore? think about it. >:)
zeiitgeist I think you're generalising people from Guangdong too much. All my family will eat lamb and we're all from there. No I've never seen anyone in my family eat bugs or whatever. I've been to China twice and lived there for five years, and never seen it. I'm sure some people do, there's no doubt, but thats just everyone. in every country you'll find some people eating the more outlandish things, and it doesn't mean EVERYONE does
Girls from Alaska ARE tough! *flex* I can literally tell my children i had to walk 2 miles in waist high snow trudging through a sub-zero blizzard to go to school each morning!
From my experience people from Guangdong are always extremely loud and and seem angry. And service workers in shops from Guangdong usually have an attitude that says "Give me money or get the * out". They might seem quite when they speak mandarin, but in cantonese, they just go full blast. While people in the North are more direct, they are usually more talkative and friendly during conversations. They share more personal ideas, and in my experience Northerners are usually more open minded. I feel Northerners are usually over all a bit quieter because they have a better awareness of the community around them, while people from the South often appear to think the world ends at the end of their line of friends, thus think there is no reason to control their voices. Northern people might be misconstrued as loud because they have a bit deeper voices on average, and deeper voices tend to be easier to hear， but I am definite that people from the South are loud as heck.
Vivienne Lu As an American in a relationship with a girl from Shandong province, I agree with this statement. Other than the Qingdao bit as she's from Weifang.
Laurence0227 Dude, I know about 228 and White Terror and all that shit, plus all that Triad activity shit he bought that still exists to this day. But you gotta admit that he bought a whole bevy of Zhejiang beauties with him (that being his home, after all) - you admit this fact yourself. Besides, our (native Hokkien and Aboriginal) chicks are hotter.
" he bought a whole bevy of Zhejiang beauties with him" he did not bring!! they just jumped on his ship when he left china "Besides, our (native Hokkien and Aboriginal) chicks are hotter." That I have no comment, I am into Arab girls lol
But Zhejiang and Fujian have produced some of China's best minds and richest people (shout out to Li Ka Shing, Jack Ma, Yao Chen, and the dude who designed the PRC flag) so who cares about having the "prettiest" girls.
I am from Fujian but was brought up like a Canton in HK. The stereotypes in my mum's (later mine)view is: Fujian people are lazy, Shanghai people are rich, Canton people have a good taste in food, and Dongbei people are, well, loud, tall and bulky
MOST OF THE TIME People like you are neither Tibetan nor Chinese from other part...... can't tell different ethnic groups from the country OR even don't know the word 'Chinese' doesn't only mean Han Chinese...... 我连争都不想跟你争：） PS：FROM一个西南人的表态：）
Geographically chongqing is part of Sichuan. But administratively it's one of the four autonomous cities at a provincial level (the other three are Beijing shanghai and Tianjin) and chongqing was separated from Sichuan province since 1997(20 years ago)
I live in Guangdong and they say, “we’ll eat everything with 4 legs except for tables and chairs.
@S. Young 不是,我是美国人。 Nope. I'm an American. But I lived in Canton for about 6 years.
I learned this phrase in Korean Class, and of course, after my years living here in China, I think only Guangdong people that eat every living things. Imagine eating Monkey's brain ！！@@
Love gurung They probably eat the same amount that you eat every year in your sleep
They haven't touched the tables and chairs yet because they haven't figured out what to eat them on
@@PumpkinEater-dm1xx I also went to a snake restaurant there. 😝 And one time was enough for me.
I recently heard a really interesting theory about the societal difference between the North and the South. The theory suggests that it is due to the agricultural focuses of the two, with the North being wheat based, and the South being rice based. It is believed that because wheat farming is more independent and versatile, that Northerners' speech grew to reflect this very independent, straightforward, trade-for-trade style of business, whereas rice is a more group oriented produce, often requiring multiple families/business to maintain a steady rice output, and so Southerners' speech evolved to be more subtle and interdependent because you had to constantly maintain good relations with others. I have no idea whether or not this is true, but it is really interesting.
I remember they talked about this briefly in their northern chinese vs southern chinese video
OHHHHH, THATS WHERE I HEARD IT. BOY, IS MY FACE RED.
Don't fret, it happens to everyone all the time. And I had watched the video, but had forgotten that part, so thanks for reminding me
Yes, but I was born in Maryland and live in Hawaii, so I'm not really sure what you're referring to.
Lardman678 It's actually true tho
8:50 A martian landed in China:
The Beijing people wanted to study it
The Shanghai people wanted to do business with it
The Guangdong people wanted to eat it :D
Jackie Chan hahaha, had me on kud laugh there .
Jackie Chan damn it I’m guangdong
lmao funny
i dont understand guandong part tho ;(
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Not a chinese but I think he means that they eat anything in their diet.😅😅😅
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My GF is Shanghainese, I am Toisan. Short of saving their lives from a disaster, her parents will NOT accept me. Traditionalist Shanghainese people are certainly smug and arrogant. They said I'm not good enough for her, too poor and uneducated... but then they learned I came out of UC Berkeley with an ENGINEERING degree. They then said I wasn't tall enough for her and that they didn't like the look of my face =/. I didnt know how to respond but to laugh.
+Ben Pon Whatever man, do not mind her parents. Traditional Chinese parents are the worst. They try to live their lives through their kids, coz they dedicated their own to their own parents before that. This goes on and on in an infinite cycle. It sucks. Anyways, all the best to you and your GF. There will come a time when they will accept you even though they dont like you. May you guys be happy whatever is the opinion of your parents.
+Ben Pon I don't think it's a Shanghainese thing, parents just want the absolute best for their kids. But I would laugh too! Maybe they're acting like that because they wanted to pick a boyfriend for her.
cacaxazn Things are not the same in China. Girls here are raised as assets that must be sold at the highest price possible when they reach their early 20s. Things are slowly changing, but the parents mentality here is still sick in general.
You mustn't be very good looking. Berkeley are you kidding me it's like I am genius
Toisan? Hoi san?
Hi, I just wanted to clear up the misconception about Guangdong people eating everything that is alive under the sun. I cringe every time someone, either foreign or from another part of China asks me if I eat dogs or monkey brains. I was born there and raised until I was 9 so I can speak about my experience of the canton cuisine. Sure, it is true that cantonese people are more adventurous with food and more accepting of new ingredients. Among the exotic foods, shark fin, frog, turtle are among the less daring fare while dog and monkey brain are very rare. I've only seen one restaurant advertising dog before. The average cantonese person does not eat these kinds of food on a regular basis if not hardly at all. The lesser exotic foods are treated as delicacies and only eaten as a treat or on special occasions. Personally, i have never eaten or want to eat dogs or monkey brains ever. Also, Guangdong is definitely not the only province that eats these exotic foods.
My beijing friend ate a tiger and lion. Don't matter. whoever eats the most wild animals win. haha!
***** WHAT? HOW??
Cloud Nine aw that sucks, not knowing what you ate and then to find out its a animal that you wouldn't have want to eat if you knew.
Cantonese are very adventurous? Well not really, especially when it comes to eating cheese, beef or lamb (they complain of the odour the meats tend to have).
zeiitgeist I guess when I said adventurous, I meant within the traditional cantonese cuisine. Pork, poultry, and seafood are the main meat proteins used in cantonese cooking. Beef is used in some stir fry dishes and also made into meatballs, but less prevalent than pork of course. Lamb is rarely used at all. Cheese on the other hand, is used in HK style western food which is also pretty popular in the Canton region. Some of the more adventurous or weird food that cantonese people do eat are chicken feet, thousand year old egg, and turtle jelly.
I was laughing so hard when Dan head grew *enormous*
“Taiwan: Unwilling to return” XD
As if it were ever a part lol. It was Dutch and Japanese
@@cooliipie How ignorant! Look up the history and u'll see Taiwan belong to China in various historical periods including Ming Qing dynasties and even today--Taiwan's official title is The Republic of China 中華民國
@@chaiseliu5098 As opposed to the Chinese mainland official title, the People's Republic of China.
Jame Gumb That’s exactly the point I want to make- there’re in fact two Chinas existing today! However this guy says it was never a part🙄
@S. Young the history dictated by the CCP you mean?
im from beijing but i dont eat many exotic food.. Those street food vendors in Wangfujing are just for satisfying tourist's curiosity about exotic food, no locals ever go there to eat a scorpion or a starfish.
I was hoping for some more information on Guangdong (Guangzhou) since my parents are from there. True, us Cantonese people eat many things but I get offended whenever someone has asked me if I've eaten something like a dog. Like, people may have eaten them way back when it was difficult to have a meal but I'm sure it would be very rare to see someone eat dog now.
People still eat dogs in China. Look it up on youtube.
Maysey Lu as someone from Shunde, it is true, we do eat almost everything except the table and chair
I've eaten dog before and I'm from beijing it's not just the south but I think that's because of the heavy Korean influence in the area where I live.
Maysey Lu People of my parents' generation are still doing that here. I lived in the countryside of Guangzhou, which is the richest city and the capital of Guangdong province. But I still grew up seeing people eating dogs. There were a couple of Dogs Restaurants in my town, where people all over the city came for the meat. My dad sold one of my dogs to the restaurant without asking me, which I got so mad about. When it's in winter and the restaurants are in short of meat they will even catch (sometime poison if it's a big one) the dogs on the street. You are right that people ate dogs when it was difficult to have a meal, and this habit (or culture) kind of passed down on my parents' generation. So some of them just don't have the "dogs are our friends" idea, there are just another kind of livestock to them. But things are getting better I would say:)
Well I don't get offended, because I DO think Cantonese people eat everything. Maybe not as Americans we don't since there are more restrictions here, but we're definitely more adventurous in Guangdong. I walked into a super classy restaurant in Guangzhou, and in the foyer, there was a hive of maggots (or maggotlike) among many other creatures, and people would go and request it to be fried up for a dish.
There was even a trend a few years back, where Cantonese would flock to the countryside, and eat country rats. Seems gross to me though, especially since I face NYC rats every damn day -___-
And dog is definitely still available in Guangdong. It's actually more expensive than other meats and has always been so (cheaper than lamb though), so it's not because it was a cheaper meal that people ate it.
The guy from the right looks like Jackie chan
That's racist.
That's what I think about every time I watch a video with him.
omar46049 I really want to call you a racist, but I can't, because he kinda does look like Jackie Chan.
***** No it's not, not in this context.
*****
You're racist.
Qinghai is also very culturally Tibetan.
Actually, its a combination of tibetian, mongols and huis
Hui here
I literally only realized Qinghai existed from playing Crusader Kings 2 and looking up the real life equivalent.
For the record, Alaskan girls actually are tough. A lot of them are outdoorsy and into hobbies that people from other states think of as manly, like hunting and fishing. So you're not wrong, Mike. Cold climates breed tough people. :D
Also the colder a region is the taller the people grow there as your body can safe more energy this way because the ration of skin area to body volume gets smaller the taller/bigger you get. That´s evolution.
also people in colder regions eat more protein/fat foods because protein and fat is useful in the cold. this obviously makes people more physically tough or fat.
@@Alternatives_Universum meanwhile, the south developed better disease resistance like for malaria
All stereotypes have some truth in them; what's wrong is thinking that they're the entire truth.
It's amazing how similar these stereotypes are to the regions in America. Northerners are also perceived as too direct vs. Southerners. I've lived all over US and am amazed how China has a similar stereotype for regions.
+Travel Therapy Not just in those two countries either. It seems that oftentimes "the north" in various countries is considered to have people that are tougher and "meaner" (or just brusque). Maybe colder weather toughens people up.
"I bet you girls from Alaska are just tough." True!
The stereotypes of Northeners and Southerners in China also applies to the US. LOL
CoffeeLover I absolutely agree!! Very interesting.
Sichuan = spicyyyyy!
But the big stereotype is pretty girls.
+Jaw Ji
So they are not pretty? :)
+Hercule Poirot well, I am from the next province of Sichuan and I think the southwestern Chinese have a lot in common: dialect and food especially. I think the description about beauty from this area focus more on their skin. Not just fair but also young and healthy. The girls ( and lots of senior women ) are usually slim and not tall as well.
+Jaw Ji
spicy food and spicy girls
Hot pot 🥘
You should do stereotypes of chinese people living outside of China. That will be fun! Would love to hear what Singaporean Chinese is stereotyped for!
I'm realy impressed by Felicia in this vid... she looks so relaxed and engaging at the same time, compared to the previous episode she improved a 1000x... the harmony between you three is awesome and its like you guys have been doing this forever. Looking forward for many more episodes to come.
I wish there were Japanese, Thai, Viet, German versions of this channel.
Wow really noone cares about the Philippines? 😒
Sichuan people have good skin not because they eat spicy food but because in Sichuan it rains a lot, sunshine is rare (maybe the least sunshine in the world) and the air is really humid which favor a fair skin.
Western Half of Sichuan is Eastern Tibet. Eastern half is Chinese.
I find it amazing how these N-S differences replicate themselves across cultures and countries, as I could tell the same differences apart from Northern and Southern Europeans, or Northern and Southern Mexicans, and so on. And most of the time the result is that northerners tend to be more direct and meaner than their southern counterpart which are in turn cunning and laid-back.
Same in the USA, at least the eastern side (where I'm from)
Except in Britain, where it's the opposite; southerners being more direct and mean
Shandongnese is tallest,no doubt~young people about average 180cm
The only 100% shandong man in my family is my grandpa but he is the shortest... But he has a great heart! Love him!
Bronx: my condolences
Manhatten: the true new yorker experience
Queens: the suburbs
Brooklyn: no one cares if you're tough
Staten island: .........At least the ferry is free....riiight?
She's beautiful. ... that smile she has... ♡♡ thanks for having her on your show. I have seen and hear from other countries talk smack about their own race also. So from what I seen and heard it goes around people will always say things. ...
My parents both grew up on Hainan Island. I don't think the province is underdeveloped, it has changed significantly to me. There's hotels and beaches to explore. It's absolutely beautiful down there.
I was always told Chinese girls in general were materialistic. Interesting to hear that in China itself, the Hong Kong girls are considered more superficial
hearing these sterotypes about zhejiang...makes me kinda proud...hehehe xD
I can definitely relate to tall people in shandong because im from shandong and im about 6 foot 5(197) and the males in my family are all tall
Hello! I'm a Tibetan and I was anticipating if you guys would say something regarding the Tibet Issue the moment I saw the map and of course, Mike pointed it out and mentioned how the region is blacklisted. Unfortunately, the topic ended there. Can you guys do a video regarding this issue? I really enjoy your videos and want to know what your opinions are? How do Chinese in China and Chinese abroad view the Tibet issue?
Tibetans are just Chinese. Tibetans in Chinese know they fe Chinese. You should just go and visit.
@@Naranjus Tibetans are not Chinese. Tibetan language, culture and traditions are completely different. . If you're going to say Tibetans are Chinese then I guess Mongolians, Koreans and Japanese are also Chinese in your eyes. LOL they're all completely different ethnicities.
@@tenzinorsang Yes, Tibetans are different ethnicities but they are Chinese as much as Han and other minorities. China is so big. It's natural and understandable that we have different cultures and traditions or even different dialects given the diverse geography. Your analogy doesn't work because these people are not from the same country.
To be honest, I am more interested in how Tibetans view themselves? I grew up in Sichuan where lots of Tibetan people living on the west part of the provinces, visited there twice, I view Tibetans there as Chinese with different cultures, as same as I view Beijing people are Chinese with different cultures, I don't feel a personal connection to the Tibetans nor Beijing people. I have lived abroad for more than 5 years now, haven't encountered much Tibetans, only some videos when Tibetans referring themselves as Tibetans not Chinese, which is interesting! I am curious how do you identify yourself?
Most Tibetans Identify themselves as Tibetans out side of China because the previous country was annexed by the Chinese, however most Tibetans in China identify as Chinese because that region is often under strict surveillance to prevent any mention of the previous state. I think Tibetans are just as seperate as Hakka and Machu Chinese. The previous nations of Tibet and China are similar to each other and Tibetans are ethically different and so was the previous state, so Tibetans see themselves are Tibetans. Its situation, I just want the current government to be nicer to the region as a whole since far to many shady things go on inside there and the other provinces. @@yuyisong5186
wow, the north and southern thing sounds a lot like the American north and southern thing. Northerners are considered rude and direct while southerners are thought to be overly friendly and veil even bad things in politeness.
In China, Southerners are the rude ones
I find Texans rude and direct
Hi, huge fan here. I love ALL of your videos. They are very informative in a serious yet humorous way. Mike and Dan, you are both great and I totally adore Yi. I really want to visit Gansu...you know, Jiayuguan and all...so could you please do a video on the people and culture from that part of China? I'd be really grateful.
im a mixed asian. my dad is from the north and my moms from the south
So am I.
At this point I think I'm so mixed (Chinese) that I don't even look Chinese anymore, well at least not stereotypically Han. It's probably my slightly curly hair and double eye lids though.
You guys make me really proud to be asian! XD Have a great day Mike and Dan
I've spent several months in China over the past two years, and I think the differences in build between north and south were pretty apparent. Beijingers tend to be tall and slender (as an above average height white guy, there were plenty of guys there taller than me, it was a bit of a shock at first), people from Fujian shorter and more petite, and Shanghaiese in between in height but with fairer skin and not so slender. The award for prettiest girls goes to Hangzhou, though...
She's right about Shanghai's water though.. It made my skin super dry so I never had any breakouts while I was there lol.
shanxi no snow lololol my grandparents live there.... they got alot of snow this year 😂
Henan is a bit poor and underdeveloped but the people are the loveliest :)
Emily Taylor food is also great!!!
But they also have Shaolin monks, so your argument is invalid
Emily Taylor Sorry, but the whole thing with the Shaolin monks and abbots these days, really makes one lose faith in the temples in China. They're literally not monks anymore, and if the original founders saw what Shaolin has become, I bet you they'd cry.
+Hou Yi Maybe they're just jealous :p Because we're so awesome
Yup, you are correct. I know a Henan woman as an acquaintance and she would literally invite you into her apartment for a home-cooked meal......
thanks for bringing this topic. I had live in Henan and Sichuan provinces and yes, what you said is true. But I'm not sure about the beauty because it depends of what stereotype of beauty you have. Recently a lot of Chinese girls are into the plastic surgery, the makeup to make their eyes huge etc. So it's quite hard to tell if a girl in Sichuan is a natural beauty. I live in a town near Chengdu, in the town I see normal-looking girls everyday but when I get in to the subway to Chengdu, I start to see girls with white skin, huge eyes... so I'm not sure it is 'real' beauty or it's just that women in Chengdu can afford more cosmetic procedures than the women in town. So I don't know if this can apply to Henan and the poor areas as well.
Henan is not exactly known for beauty OR wealth. So what I see on the streets is just heavy makeup and shanzhai fashion.
i am live in Chendu,as you say there are some women use cosmetics but not all of them
I think plastic surgery is out of the topic here. They're talking about beauty or stereotypes that are 'traditional' and not artificial. Because surgery can make you into anything and does not have a direct implication on things they talk about. It's sad in a way. But that's what I love about OTGW! =D
jenllyfish
I agree, here is the thing. The stereotype of beauty here is white skin, big eyes and high nose, every time I see an advertisement of any product it always portrays a Chinese model who has those cosmetic procedures, that's why I bring the topic, because nowadays the idea of beauty between the new generation of Chinese people is changing, so I'm not sure if Sichuan can be considered as the place with the most beautiful woman in China because in any province you can get some plastic surgery and makeup to achieve that look. Of course is not the 100% of the population but still is a powerful fashion movement.
Helsic Yiverus There are some Chinese with natural large eyes, not all Chinese have small eyes. Don't assume that they all got plastic surgery.
I feel so flattered, I like to eat spicy food, thank you Mike 先生！I also heard of the Shanghai men stereotype, my mom told me about it
Enjoyed the video, but the audio was unusually poor this time. Did you guys inadvertently irritate the audio person with your stereotyping? :)
jb listener conspiracy
My great-grandmother was born in Shanghai. So interesting to hear these stereotypes!
I agree with most people here that Hainan is not "underdeveloped" - it is generally regarded as one of the best sub-tropical getaways for people in China who do not want to leave their country. Many resorts & hotels have been built there and the Chinese government is also trying to develop Hainan more due to its strategical location (close to the disputed Spratly & Paracel Islands in the South China Sea).
Don't forget it is very catered to Russian tourist with the signs being bilingual but these developments does somewhat harm in some way to parts of Hainanese people's livelihood as it get more commercialised.
My grandma's parents is from Hainan before they move to Malaysia. Actually it is still quite underdeveloped two years ago my grandma's long lost relatives in Hainan contact us and we went there for a vacation.
*when
My paternal ancestors came from Hainan island, and there are still some of my paternal family members who live in Hainan island. My father also ever been to Hainan island for Qingming day.
A lot of these stereotypes are suddenly evolving now because major cities like Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai are basically gigantic hubs for people from all over the country. The latest social attitudes concern accent (Shanghai Mandarin is so obvious), style of dress, and other factors. It used to be if you were short and dark you were from the south, and if you were tall and pale you were a northerner. Now a lot of them are moving north, and a lot of northerners are heading south. It's all messed up lol.
hey man. i just saw another video earlier about shanghai and how so many people are from all over the place!
Brother, Shanghai is the biggest fucking city in the world lol. Most of the people are not native to the area. They are recent migrants. This is why Shanghainese is dying.
***** they think they can get rich, or live more comfortably in the big cities.
***** if they're from the provinces, they're probably embarrassed bro. They don't want to admit that they're from the countryside, so they tell people that they're Shanghainese lol.
***** I think it's kinda stupid, my best friend is from the provinces and his family is one of the friendliest I have ever met. People from the cities are arrogant and selfish. I would be proud to come from the provinces. You're welcome, take care bro.
hangzhou too *-* apparently we have a lot of beautys ... apparently..
Finally! Someone who speaks Canto on this channel!
"tibet " is not in blacklist in baidu, I guess Chinese people would search for "Xizang", which is the Chinese name for Tibet.
So true! When I first heard "Tibet" in my English class, I thought my teacher was talking about Taibei, the capital city of Taiwan province.
I'm from Shanghai and I feel like the stereotype of Shanghainess men doing chores is basically true.
Why thank you. Girl's from Alaska are tough ;)
Do some travels video with all three you guys showing around China. Summer time is coming!
it's so interesting, it seems, that in most parts of the earth, the stereotype between the south and the north seem to be quite similar
This is so fun to watch. Thanks for this!
i was born in a poor province jiangxi but look at me now using youtube~~ (started from the bottom now we here~)
+애니 LOL and u become korean
JiangXi is not that poor actually. I mean comparing with lots of cities in Canada. Jiangxi's capital city is much prosperous. They think Jiangxi is poor maybe they compare Jiangxi with Beijing Shanghai or some more developed cities.
My name is Clare and when they looked in the camera and said my name it seriously tripped me out lol. Really cool video btw!
Thank You for sharing! This is very knowledgeable and funny. But as stated, a person shouldn’t judge based on it. It’s so different now days as it’s all mixed culture.
Team Miao 🙌
#chiyou
As a Chinese person, I must say that what you guys said is true. There are a lot of stereotypes and regional discrimination among different Chinese groups.
Hong Kong girl here!!!
There are in fact many 公主病 among HK gals, but what's more are those called港女 lol
What are the nine-headed birds in Hubei? Very nice and interesting video! :D
It means they are very mean XD
In the Philippines we also have stereo type view against each other. To us from Northern Mindanao we think Ilonggo are braggy (tikalon) while some portions of the Philippines think when Ilonggo borrows money from you they won't pay back (ayaw mag bayad ng utang), we viewed Waray as brave (matapang / isug). From Manila they view us Bisaya as we look like servants (mukhang katulong) and we view Filipino Muslims as traitors.
We also have stereotype view of Ilonggo as uncircumcised (supot / pisut).
bobskie321 there's a stereotype that Boholanos are selfish "iya-iya, aho-aho" (kanya-kanya, akin-akin)
And kapampangans are showy
This is Chinese chanel guys stop it.
That is an old saying back home "the only thing which has 4 legs that you can't eat is a table, the only thing which has 2 legs that you can't eat is people" now you know when I come from.
Where is Felicia from? She's so beautiful!
Guangdong
Australia
I enjoy your work as always. Keep doing a good job!!
haha girls loving spicy are beautiful. can't agree more.
You can kind of expect what's gonna come up in the comment section. Thank you for the video~! Thanks for introducing Chinese culture in UA-cam.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I couldn't stop laughing when mike said "if the animal's back is toward the sky.......". I told my aunt she shouldn't just throw the lobster to a pot of boil water because it will pain the lobster and she said "If the animal's back is facing toward the sky, we are meant to eat them" that got me thinking what animal's back isnt facing the sky? So far I got nothing
Am I using the word pain wrong? I mean the hot water will bring pain to the lobster
Serenity Ann
oh you're right, didn't think of that
My dad does the same thing too, making me feel extra sorry for the animals. Every time my dad sees animal rescue or similar shows on TV he would walk off saying "Ha, they're treating animals better than humans! How stupid" LOL. And every time he pets a dog I get this feeling that he does it only to speculate how much meat he can eat from it HAHAHAHA
It means they eat everything..except humans. Human backs don't face the sky bc we walk. Get it?
Fujian is on the southeast coast yet still considered one of the poorer provinces; however many overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia are from Fujian and most Taiwanese people also came from the southern part of Fujian more than 250 years ago.
There is also the Chaoshan region (潮汕地區) in Northeastern Guangdong; despite being part of Guangdong, the dialect spoken there shares a certain degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects spoken in Southern Fujian and is completely unrelated to Cantonese. Some of the richest men in Thailand, Hong Kong & China such as Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠) and the CEO of Tencent (騰訊) / QQ is also of Teochew / Chaoshan descent.
Perhaps the term you were looking for is "Masculine" and not "Manly".
Heya love the video, a big thing that could be touched on is the fact that China for the past two- three generations have been enforced by the "Only Child Policy" many of the provinces who are richer can afford to pay the mandated taxes for a second child and the places where it is poor that only child would be spoiled by their parents. In Hong Kong and China the prince and princess syndrome exist. Think about this, Only child has two parents and each parent has two parents of their own. This means six adults to cater to one child. This phenomenon is extremely interesting and I am so glad you pointed it out because this will definitely play a factor in China's future economically and socially.
one child policy did not apply to hong kong
Xinjiang province .. They are Kazakh and Uygurs.. Search Kazakh People and also Uygurs. Proud Kazakh !! :)
There are lots of other ethnic groups as well. I guess almost all groups you can find in the neighbouring mid Asian countries. But there are lots of Han people too and most of them live in the north part of Xinjiang and the capital city.
not really,it is more like uygurs and han (chinese),most uygurs are in the south xinjiang and han are in the northern part.there are only abt 5% or 6% xinjiang citizens are kazakh.
doge doge yes there is a less percent because they escaped when the chinese came or got killed trying. Look up Osman Batur. If my grandparents never left xingjiang (Altai Region)... I wouldn't exist !! I'm happy where I am though
my friend is Kazakh and i'm Han Chinese and Kazakh Chinese ppl are good
Lowkey unrelated from the video (which is great, I love it btw thanks for making it!) I love dogs and cats and I would never eat them because I personally just. Don't really like meat in general, but honestly, why is it such a big deal if other people do? Like certain places don't eat beef because of religion where they think the cow to be special or holy, and in European nations we don't eat "domesticated" animals such as dogs, cats, horses sometimes, and etc. I just find it extremely offensive when people act as if eating dog itself is a bad thing, not just the question because like there's a stigma around it, but honestly, is it that bad of a thing? It's just a dog, like every other animal. Of course, personally I'm against killing animals in general, but like??? dogs are like every other animal too. Of course, ti's differnet if it's YOUR dog or a pet. But like, some places keep farm animals that people would usually eat as pets too so like I find this view on people who may eat domesticated animals a bit unfair.
I'm born in Beijing and I am a giant math nerd head
Love the Vancouver shirt!! Holla from Vancouva!! 😜
I am glad you guys haven't brought up Taiwan in your dialogue. These days whenever I am watching anything Chinese related with a good viewing number on YT, There will always be some Taiwanese, who try to verbally assault other Chinese with great contempt in the comment section. I felt so pissed off at those comment sections because It was never relevant to the video posted by the UA-camr. It is just pages and pages of hateful bickering and politics.
btw, I was born in Shanghai, although I am not that attached to my local Chinese culture because I haven't been back to China for over 9yrs, But I agree with everything of what Dan said.
Because many chinese are bullies. You cant say a single negative thing about china before you get bombarded with a bunch of nationalist fobs.
rollingdownfalling Don't know, usually I find it's the other way around (PRC sympathizers claiming Taiwan is part of China, etc etc). Personally I'm very glad Dan and Mike do not consider Taiwan as part of China but sadly they are still in the minority. I'm glad it's slowly changing though.
***** Overseas Chinese will say they are 華人 but they will not say they are 中國人. There is no distinction in English, thus they would not say they are Chinese (as that would mean nationality, not ethnicity 9 times out of 10).
***** You're an idiot...that's like saying Austrians should feel ashamed for saying they're Austrian, not German. You're embarrassing yourself. And no one from Singapore of Malaysia would say they are "Chinese." They would say Singaporean-Chinese or Malaysian-Chinese. Both Singapore and Malaysia are multi-ethnic countries with a sizable Chinese population, so why would they not address themselves appropriately.
Freshie55 There are actually three types, those that call themselves Malaysian (One Malaysia stuff), Malaysian-Chinese and those that refer to themselves as Chinese but from Malaysia, in which like the second one I mentioned (Malaysian-Chinese) would further clarify because the term Malaysian-Chinese normally tend to confuse people to thinking they are mixed Malay and Chinese without actually knowing the distinction between Malaysian and Malay. Even at most times, Taiwanese Han Chinese tend to refer to Malaysian-Chinese as 马来人 (Malay) instead of 马来西亚人 or 大马唐人 as the Hongkong Chinese does. Singapore also has these two types as well, those that just refer to themselves as Singaporean until you dig deep enough like Inspector Clouseau on Detective Ponton as they think they should be grateful to their nation by forgetting they are Chinese (Lee Kuan Yew brought up so much about not forgetting their roots and what do they do...although he did remove dialects which he said he wasn't going to) and those that call themselves Singaporean-Chinese.
Love your videos. Have lived in China 2+ years... Definitely hear these same things all the time!
Arguable whether people from Guangdong may eat anything, but hands down we have the best food haha
is siu mai a guang dong food
Sam Random Yes
a lot of HK food is basically Guangdong cuisine so yes
I think it's interesting because in the U.S. in the Northeast where it is cold, the people are perceived as more direct as well (no time to mess around when you're freezing). And in the South, it's all about image, and not saying exactly what you mean (a lot of throwing shade, too). So those seem to parallel with the stereotypes of Northern and Southern China.
Dan is hot.
Hi, I love you guys video. There are lot of videos in youtube which talking about same topics, but your videos are most realistic. Others making by some ABC or CBC are having tons of stereotypes and over acting. I really recommend you to louder the overall volume and add a compressor when editing the sound of the video. Because some times you just scare my ass off with the sudden high volume.
None of you e peen mentioned Fujian.... ;^;
Vivian Li Not to mention a hotbed of Triad activity... but that's what comes with the package.
BARRR That comes with the package with all Dialect groups, also the triad terminology started off from the Cantonese Triads.
I don't think I've ever met a Hakka triad...
Oh god HETALIA!!!>∀
Vivian Hainan didn't get any love either. Jk, I'm sure they didn't know a lot, but it would've been nice to have it mentioned.
northeastern women rocks!!
we are not manly, we just grew up as men.
my dad called me erzi till I was fifteen and because of the cold weather,we have really nice and positive attitudes
thats why guys want to marry northeastern women because we not only can do chores we also have a warm heart
its true! people in guang dong will eat anything! from scorpions to cows! they would probably eat dragons if they exist! or is thats why they dont exist anymore? think about it. >:)
Lol my mom doesn't eat cow and she's from Guangdong.
your mom probably doesnt eat beef because its considered "heat" food
***** She probably doesn't eat lamb too because they don't like the odour.
ShinyFallingStar She doesn't eat it for religious reasons
zeiitgeist I think you're generalising people from Guangdong too much. All my family will eat lamb and we're all from there. No I've never seen anyone in my family eat bugs or whatever. I've been to China twice and lived there for five years, and never seen it. I'm sure some people do, there's no doubt, but thats just everyone. in every country you'll find some people eating the more outlandish things, and it doesn't mean EVERYONE does
Girls from Alaska ARE tough! *flex* I can literally tell my children i had to walk 2 miles in waist high snow trudging through a sub-zero blizzard to go to school each morning!
From my experience people from Guangdong are always extremely loud and and seem angry. And service workers in shops from Guangdong usually have an attitude that says "Give me money or get the * out". They might seem quite when they speak mandarin, but in cantonese, they just go full blast.
While people in the North are more direct, they are usually more talkative and friendly during conversations. They share more personal ideas, and in my experience Northerners are usually more open minded.
I feel Northerners are usually over all a bit quieter because they have a better awareness of the community around them, while people from the South often appear to think the world ends at the end of their line of friends, thus think there is no reason to control their voices.
Northern people might be misconstrued as loud because they have a bit deeper voices on average, and deeper voices tend to be easier to hear， but I am definite that people from the South are loud as heck.
I know this is irrelevant but Dan reminds me of Ryan from the ABC show Castle. He's like the asian version lol
Is Felicia Australian?
+gngndthg jyhhf yes she is.
Just subscribed today and just wanted to say I love your videos ;u;
the most beautiful women in China are from Shandong, especially Qingdao.
My mom's side family is from Shandong.
Vivienne Lu 看到我青岛小曼儿就赞一下
Vivienne Lu As an American in a relationship with a girl from Shandong province, I agree with this statement. Other than the Qingdao bit as she's from Weifang.
Great video by the way!!! Loves it!!
I do find Chinese girls from Zhejiang or Taiwanese chinese ethnic girl with Zhejiang ancestry have the most well proportioned face by average
CKS's best import!
nope he imported fascism and killed god knows how many of my countrymen
Laurence0227 Dude, I know about 228 and White Terror and all that shit, plus all that Triad activity shit he bought that still exists to this day. But you gotta admit that he bought a whole bevy of Zhejiang beauties with him (that being his home, after all) - you admit this fact yourself.
Besides, our (native Hokkien and Aboriginal) chicks are hotter.
" he bought a whole bevy of Zhejiang beauties with him"
he did not bring!! they just jumped on his ship when he left china
"Besides, our (native Hokkien and Aboriginal) chicks are hotter."
That I have no comment, I am into Arab girls lol
But Zhejiang and Fujian have produced some of China's best minds and richest people (shout out to Li Ka Shing, Jack Ma, Yao Chen, and the dude who designed the PRC flag) so who cares about having the "prettiest" girls.
I am from Fujian but was brought up like a Canton in HK. The stereotypes in my mum's (later mine)view is: Fujian people are lazy, Shanghai people are rich, Canton people have a good taste in food, and Dongbei people are, well, loud, tall and bulky
Well qinghai is not talked so much, because they have alot of tibetan people living there, so thats a problem.
This is really a light version, but appropriate to the audience
the girl sound sorta Australian to me. is that weird for me to say? lol
Oooh... that's sexay! Lol
Im really interesting in learn more about China and your videos are a real help.
Thank you!
Tibet isn't supposed to be part of China...
North America and Australia arent' supposed to be British controlled too! So go back to Europe.
MOST OF THE TIME
People like you
are neither Tibetan nor Chinese from other part......
can't tell different ethnic groups from the country OR even don't know the word 'Chinese' doesn't only mean Han Chinese......
我连争都不想跟你争：）
PS：FROM一个西南人的表态：）
if you had Tibetan name I would have believed you
Everyone knows Tibet, but not Xizang
Geographically chongqing is part of Sichuan. But administratively it's one of the four autonomous cities at a provincial level (the other three are Beijing shanghai and Tianjin) and chongqing was separated from Sichuan province since 1997(20 years ago)
Taiwan is not a province of China.
You guys should do a video about the autonomous region of Tibet.
Hubei's got another stereotype post-2020...
It would be so exciting and excellent if Chinese and Filipinos love and care for each other