I went to the MOST HATED Country 🇨🇳 and all I got was LA DUZI! (China Shocked ME!) (TRUTH CHINA)
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2024
- In recent months there has been an onslaught of laowai influencers arriving in China and within mere hours of arrival, sharing the shocking truth about China. It has truly been an eye opening time for me as a casual consumer of travel slop (good little piggie that I am), as I watch these mostly clueless people who seem to have done no preparation at all for their trip, wander about East Nanjing Road and buy overpriced tourist trap food and wonder why it tastes funny or isn't quite as hot as it should be or why it is expensive, or even better, why they have la duzi (they won't share this because they haven't been in China long enough to know that it is ok to share!)
Even as a retiree I truly don't have time to watch each and every one of these videos (one was 4 hours long wtf) and comment on all the nuttiness within, but I did see a noticeable trend that I thought was vital and necessary for me to comment on here in this video. TRUTH EXPOSED SHOCKING NEWS CHINA WARNING FOR TRAVELERS (WTF!?) I NEVER KNEW IT WAS LIKE THIS! PLEASE CLICK
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I watched most of videos the vloggers posted. What frustrated me the most is they didn’t prepare a translation app. I can’t imagine if I talk Chinese in America and expect Americans understanding what I say.🤣🤣🤣
Agree.
Agree.
This is actually a subconscious sense of language superiority. Because of the power of the United Kingdom and the United States in the last few hundred years, many native English speakers naturally feel that English is the "language" itself, and that therefore, no matter who they are talking to, the other person should be able to understand them to a greater or lesser extent.
In fact, in Asia, many people (especially the middle-aged and the elderly) know English only as hello, ok, no, good, byebye, and love.
I'm not criticizing them, just saying it's an understandable phenomenon.
well, they frustrated they cant use google translate apps. not translate itself
@@kenyup7936 Shouldn’t they do some homework before departure? It’s a little inconvenient that I couldn’t access google directly, but there are many ways such as using VPN or installing a translator app.
In the last few years I have often been to China and have often dealt with Chinese people and I can only say they are wonderful people.
I went to China a few years ago. You are 100% correct. Before I went to China, China of Western Media:"Evil communist country.backward smoggy cities, where everyone still rides bicycles and wear grey old clothes because they are all poor and starving.The streets were full of police and soldiers.". Only after I went to China did I realize that China is advanced and futuristic. The real China: "Very developed, cheap, cashless society, very green and environmentally friendly, very safe, no drugs or guns. no vagrants and thieves. The people are very friendly." It’s great to see your authentic shots of China in your videos.I am so impressed by this.All of my western friends who made visits to China came back with extremely high praises on China.
😂 have you been followed by police or caught by police when you were in china.? There are cameras everywhere in our country. 😄
@@taylorzhao4700 Your country? Your country is the United States. Do you work for the CIA?
Yes, if you want to see what the future in your country will look like in 10 years or more, go to China today.
@@taylorzhao4700装啥中国人，这种造谣太没水平了，给我钱，我来教你😂
Same. I know many ordinary Westerners who have been to China and told me they loved China! Many would like to live in China if given the opportunity they said. Some of their children don't want to go back to Europe. So apparently, China isn't that bad as Western media portray it.
I had always thought the most hated country in the world is USA
The UK maybe too, England more specifically.
Totally agree
Totally agree USA is the most hated country. Warmonger.
Not so after October 7, 2023
China is only "hated" by Western countries, plus their vassals. But the West does NOT make up the World.
Now with the G4Z4 massacres, the World can see the truths, in real time.
As a Chinese,thank you speak up these things.Something are not easy to say as a host,but I think we also can understand some of these,and we always wellcome friendly and objective people come to our motherland.
Great Chinese reply, hospitality a big deal. Sounds great
As an old guy who has a bunch of pocket dictionaries, my observation is that tourists nowadays just expect everyone everywhere to speak English, and are disappointed if they don't.
AGREE 👍 and this UA-camr contents creator make them look like a fool and a piece of S.H.1.T 😂😂😂👍👍👍
This is neocolonialist mentality.
For a long time, Chinese college students need to pass the English proficiency test（CET-4,CET-6） to obtain a college degree.AND There are millions of college graduates in China every year.The standards have been relaxed in recent years.The most difficult thing is probably a variety of different English accents.It may be helpful to speak slowly.
I'm a little ashamed to say that my paragraph is also translated by machine.🤣
@@xima930 No need to be ashamed of anything. Knowing how to speak English "correctly" is not human nature, even deep-south white Americans cannot speak "correct" English. Just try your best
Thanks for sharing Eric. I totally agree, fortunately i can resist to click these kind of videos. China is just great to live in. Certainly for a visit as well ❤👍🙏
I told my coworkers that China is pushing its industry to a high level so that it can make more money. Once it achieves that, the Chinese standard of living might be one of the best of all nations. They all look flabbergasted.......btw I work at UPS as a plant engineer, my coworkers aren't uneducated.
Akkordiing to Amerikka, westurn contris an contris dat wurshiiping dhem, cpp is moos haetud contri in wurld
@@jaihindersingh like your spelling.....
@johnnydeng3488
He JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL!
@@jaihindersinghWhat does it have to do with ideology and party ?
Why do you mention America instead of mentioning democrats?
Another UA-camr I would recommend is “Blondie in China”. Amy (owner of the channel) travels to so many places in China and experiences a large variety of Chinese foods. Her videos are mostly high quality and the content is very diverse. On top of that, she is also fluent in Chinese language and understands China pretty well. Definitely check it out
还有Katherine's Journey to the East
Blondie is the real Aussie - fresh gust of air without a drop of negative prejudice.
Sabbatical too, not necessarily focused on China only, but he did a few videos on HK and the Mainland. Amazing stuff!
and channel Katherine's Journey to the East , both women very lucky travel in china because its very safe for women , imagine if they travel to india just like spanish women 💀
she is sponsored by CCP, just like all the other pro China youtubers. 吃共产党饭的都虚报一些好的，但绝对不会说国内不好的。
i totally agree with you espectically when it comes to the history of the place, people should do some research prior of coming to China.
One frustrating thing for me is that some of those vloggers may have spent months in China but still haven't set up their Alipay and WeChat Pay properly. So every time they buy stuff from small vendors, they run into problems or have to pay cash instead. I remember one incident from the Brandon & Shannon videos where they were buying some fried leafy stuff from an old lady. She took her time to make the food for them, only to realize they couldn't pay via phone. So she ended up giving them the food for free. Brandon blamed Alipay for not accepting Western credit cards. Like, come on, man, how difficult is it to go to a Chinese bank, deposit a couple of thousand RMB, and get this problem solved once and for all? I remember the first thing I did on the day I landed in Canada as an international student was to open a bank account and deposit some cash. Somehow it seems impossible for them🤷♂
Fellow chinese canadian here who landed over 20 years ago as an international student. I even opened a
BMO account in Beijing, before i went to canada. Research and preparation is the key, no matter where you are travelling to.
Alipay supports visa and master cards and may become more and more complete.
本质上还是因为傲慢，觉得所有东西都应该服务他，而不想着自己作为一个外来人去适应当地的
开个银行账户没那么容易。你要有一定的居留身份。
I will have to disagree. China not accepting foreign credit cards is indeed very annoying for short term tourists. Alipay is great for locals but not user friendly for tourists
You are one of those people who are really humble and insightful but often short sell themselves. You have no clue how amazing your comments are I totally agree with you. I used to rely on my family while going abroad but with that insight you shared everything is going to change, for the better.
I agree, some of the content from those countless vloggers coming to China, though not poisonous towards China (which was refreshing), was nonetheless very cringe, they seemed completely uninformed about the country, visited mostly tourist traps, ate junk food, didn't educate themselves much on the history of the places they were in, etc. On the other hand, they still painted a more positive and fair image of China to counteract the toxic disinformation produced by the western media.
You are brainwashed and addicted to bashing "Western media", whatever these "Western media" (UA-cam? Marxistisch-Leninistische Zeitung? Fix and Foxi?) are.
You asked for it and I would like to see it so here goes! I travelled to China the first time I think around 2008 as a small organic farmer. I was supposed to go in 1971 as a botany student but China shut the doors ( the hippie culture?!) I studied the crap out of China and watched a bunch of videos so I thought I was prepared. From the moment of descending low over the Southern Regions of Guangxi Province and looking down at hundreds and hundreds of small farms much like mine in the US I knew I was in for something big. My experiences with local and federal law enforcement was exactly as you state, respectful and helpful but intelligent too. I spent almost 14 years living and travelling there in the winter months when I was idle.
What I would like to see from someone like yourself is more in depth videos on given regions and or cities and villages. I will use Dali in Yunnan for example. I would like to see more details of the culture there even following some of the indigenous people back up to their more remote villages and getting a good visual feel for how they live and how beautiful it is there. The ancient engineering of their mountain spring water system is worth talking about. Most people do not understand that a big chunk of China is much like our West Coast Mountains from the Canadian border through the Sierras. Also, there are rumours of Europeans setting up breweries and pastry-bread shops in Dali. Don't get me wrong, I can eat noodles in all their splendid variety forever but I would also find it interesting to learn how this new foreign food availability is actually working out. Click bait titles make me not click on the video usually. Not always though. Everywhere I have travelled in China was spellbinding. Thanks , from a new subscriber.
What an insightful comment! Thanks very much for sharing your experience! And i’m also voting for in depth videos about Dali.
Japanese American Kuji Rolls (rhymes with Sushi Rolls) reviewed several electric wheels while living in Dali. I recall seeing a 2008 / 2009 YT video by an American graduate student about study program on rural family size digesters in the Lijiang area. Unfortunately, that video is no longer available. There's a UN video on biogas in China from about 14 years ago that's quite informative. There's also a more recent video from 2 years ago about the subject of carbon offsetting by turning manure into renewable energy in rural China. I'm curious if such techniques are used in industrialized farms here in the US or other Western countries to produce or harvest methane and fertilizers.
Lee Barrett posted a video about a month ago about a large active wind farm in the Dali area of Yunnan that boasted over 200 wind turbines.
Man you are a boss! Why not make some videos yourself? I bet I'll subscribe.
As a Chinese, I am very grateful for the blogger's comments. From the recent videos of UA-camrs visiting China, I have found that people have no understanding of China's land area and diversity. The size of a province or even a city in China is equivalent to the size of some European countries, and China has 34 provinces. For example, Chongqing is the same size as Austria, Zhejiang is the same size as Iceland, Yunnan is the same size as Japan, and the city of Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia is the same size as the entire UK. Many Chinese people have not been able to travel all over China, and China has 56 ethnic groups. Even if we travel domestically, we need to make plans in advance and respect the customs and habits of the local ethnic groups. We warmly welcome you to travel to China and sincerely remind you that making preparations in advance can greatly improve your travel comfort.❤
Awesome insights Eric! Videos like yours should get seen more so that it can help to bridge the gap for those looking to travel to China. Traveling through the countrysides of China was by far the best experience I’ve ever had. Glad we could share and exchange our experiences!😊
对于我们中国人来说，旅游也是做很多准备调查的。主要是两个因素：空间，和时间。
1.空间上来说，中国太大了，东部地区的人大部分没有去过西藏、新疆，很多南方人没见过雪，我念大学之前以为兰州都是草原，以为广东都吃一样的食物（并不是，潮汕、客家、广佛，各有不同，深圳由于湖南人多也有很多很棒的湘菜）。
2.时间上来说，中国的变化的太快，县城、农村这几年也在发生巨大的变化，小区附近新修的广场、花园，农村也在大量翻新，修建了民俗村、体育场所。一些新晋的二线城市新城区比北京、上海更靓丽，各种新型商业不断下沉，我们自己都意识不到很久没去的地方居然变得这么漂亮。旅游业态也是飞速发展，很多热门景点要网上预约，很多旅游信息都过时了，各种建筑、景区不断更新。
中国人年轻人旅游越来越依赖互联网信息，我们通过抖音、点评、小红书、BiliBili、微信公众号各种渠道去查询旅游攻略，吃饭，景点，一切都是中文信息，这点对于外国人比较困难。
For us Chinese, traveling also requires a lot of preparation and research. There are mainly two factors: space, and time.
1. In terms of space, China is too big. Most people in the eastern region have never been to Tibet or Xinjiang. Many people in the south have never seen snow. Before I went to college, I thought Lanzhou was all grassland, and I thought everyone in Guangdong ate the same food. No, Chaoshan, Hakka, Guangfo are all different. Shenzhen also has a lot of great Hunan cuisine because of its large population in Hunan).
2. In terms of time, China is changing too fast. County towns and rural areas have also undergone tremendous changes in recent years. New squares and gardens have been built near residential areas, and rural areas have also undergone extensive renovations, including the construction of folk villages and sports venues. Some new second-tier cities and new urban areas are even more beautiful than Beijing and Shanghai. Various new businesses are constantly sinking. We ourselves don’t even realize that places we haven’t been to for a long time have become so beautiful. The tourism industry is also developing rapidly. Many popular attractions require online reservations, a lot of tourist information is out of date, and various buildings and scenic spots are constantly updated.
Chinese young people are increasingly relying on Internet information for travel. We use Douyin, Dianping, Xiaohongshu, BiliBili, and WeChat official accounts to check travel guides, meals, attractions, and everything is in Chinese. This is very hard for foreigners.
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“Various new businesses are constantly sinking” This sentence was wrongly translated by the machine.Sinking in this sentence means better and more advanced things appear in small places where the economy is relatively less developed.Of course, it's not that accurate. That's the general idea.😂
Absolutely right
yes, sink in there meanings the fasional things first appear in tier1 or 2 cities become more and more popular in tier3 or 4 cities.
The most magical thing: Westerners didn't prepare translation software before coming to China. I never imagined using translation software to access Chinese websites
I strongly recommend Katherine's Journey to the East 阳离子东游记, she is from the US, and she is a legend for understanding Chinese culture.
I'm actually planning my first visit to China at the moment. First destination is Kunming. So thank you for sharing this. And I love Yan's Little Chinese Everywhere channel. Loads of inspiration for my trip on her channel
Kunming is low key the best big city in China. I can’t remember if I have any vlogs from there but I do have a drone video on my channel if you search my channel for Kunming lol. Def go to cuihu on a weekend morning. Vibrant place
They have the largest flower market in Asia, Dounan, the signature foods are rice noodles and wild mushrooms, also recommending Cuihu Park for a relaxing stroll, Old street and Nanqiang market for street food.
The park looks great. Good advice to visit for a weekend morning and spot all the locals doing their thing. I'll be coming on the train from Laos and I'm hoping to leave on a train to Vietnam around a month later. Where else do you think I should go?@@Eric_Garrison
Thanks for the advice. That's all good to know. Any other recommen dations for Yunan generally?@@mayo9030
@@LingoFilesone month in China, Yunnan go to xishuangbanna 西双版纳first if coming in on the train. Although maybe you are all SE Asia’d out so possible to skip as it is kind of similar to Laos and Thailand… then yea Kunming for a day or two. Yunnan make sure you go to dali 大理 (hike the mountain and see the old town) and shaxi 沙溪 (hike and monkeys and genuine old town) From there probably up to shangrila 香格里拉. I think you should be able to take bus from there to Sichuan , can check out abazhou 阿坝州 and jiuzhaigou 九寨沟for nature and more Tibetan culture. Head on down to Chengdu a few days. Then off to Guizhou . Miaozhai 苗寨and zhenyuan 镇远 (the drone clips at the very end of this video) … probably a few other places that interest you in Guizhou before heading to Guangxi. Guangxi has lots of good food and nature… at this point depends on you lol. More hikes or little villages (chengyang bazhai 程阳八寨）or big cities and beaches (北海) is pretty nice for relaxing. Detian waterfall is cool too. 德天大瀑布 . Ultimately from Guangxi to Vietnam . You’d have a pretty full month with cities, villages and nature. Good luck and have fun
I totally agree with you!! it felt like those vlogs just wanted to make a few quick bucks by flying into a big city, taping the first thing they saw, giving some baiting titles and waiting for the view counts.
honestly many of these vloggers are "fulltime travellers" and they just came from a country and are heading to another right after
I don't expect much from them just showing how the country is and enjoying and exploring whatever the country has to offer is good enough for me
some people like surprises and like to go with the flow
Yet, they always whine when things don’t go their way, or even jump at the slightest inconvenience.
@@hermesliteratus882 I have to admit China is an exception in some cases for instance the internet the paying system and language barrier, it is just very different from the rest of the world and it's not for beginners
Wrong. Even if you come just for a couple of days travelling, however it is easy to see if people are as "depressed" as described in the western media. Ask Jason (owner of chanel iving in china) or the Barrett (chanel Barrett) they are actually living in China, they absolutely can't avoid Chinese service sector, ask them what they say about it, as "evil" as described in western media?
@@junweihe8229 也是更有挑战性
If you could visit some small towns in the mountainous area in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces that would be great. These areas still keep a lot of vibes of traditional Chinese communities. Thank you!
Thanks for being open minded bro!!! I’m glad America’s got someone like u brother!!!
Cheers Eric!
No worries! Big fan!
You have a great voice and tone, keep it up. Agree with you.😊
I agree with you 100%. I see the same trend of videos with click bait titles about vietnam. I was born and raised there for 18 years and it’s disturbing to see advice from people who pretend they know all about a country for a few days or weeks.
Eric, Just gotta say you're a great American friend of the Chinese People. This video hits all the spots with all these vloggers I've been watching. Excellent observation and analysis, 100% agreed with you. Thank you and just subscriped ! 💯💯
Best China vloggers out there - Little Chinese Everywhere, Katherine's Journey to the East, Blondie in China.
Thank you Eric for sharing your thoughts. Maybe it's because I'm Chinese American, I find it more interesting to watch YT videos from non-Chinese to see how they perceive China which might explain why I only watched a few videos by Little Chinese Everywhere vs many videos by Stu of China Traveler. Trevor James of The Food Ranger is also fun and informative to watch. Wonder what you think of an Indian traveler's channel Nomadic Tour - he spent 2 or 3 months in China in 2023 and posted 20 relatively long videos on what he experienced. He has about 687k subscribers and 9 of those 20 videos have over 1M views. A video on friendly Chinese police officers got 1.4M views and another on Xinjiang got over 3M views. By the way, I was quite moved by your video about your dad's past in Taiwan. A part of his past is similar to the American professor William Brown who was in the US military in Taiwan in the 1970s. He ended up teaching at Xiamen University for many years.
Another channel I like is Hezhimeng (和之梦 Dream of Peace) by a Japanese who married a Chinese.
@@evergreennj8950Yeah Hezimeng is very insightful.
I like Little Chinese Everywhere. It's away from the big cities, it's gentle and it's informative. Most of the recent Westener stuff is mainly fluff - but good to see that at least something factual is getting out. I agree with Eric that more informative videos are needed. China is not a monolith, it's a stunningly diverse and beautiful country that deserves our respect.
@@balkanleopard9728 I agree many just scratch the surface but Nomadic Tour (mostly in Hindi with English sub-titles) goes a little beyond just the surface. Ben Norton does a decent job of going a bit deeper too. Katherine's Journey to the East is pretty good too.
有必要向你解释一下这个频道“Nomadic Tour ”发布的关于“friendly Chinese police”的视频，实际上大部分来中国旅游的youtuber都犯了同样的错误。地铁里负责安全检查的人、火车站负责检票的人、大街上穿的保安制服的人等等...这些人都不是警察，他们只是在做一份普通的工作，他们的职责是对进入公共交通的人群进行简单的安全检查以保证交通系统的安全运行或者为需要帮助的人提供必要的帮助等等。警察的制服和他们是不一样的，警察有特殊的徽章，警衔，编号，会戴实时的录像器，其实在普通大街上遇到警察的概率是很低的，不过像是南京东路这样人流量很大的地方警察挺多的
Thank you, your view is very insightful. Recently, some emerging Chinese vloggers are like the "blind men feeling the elephant." They go to random places, visit random restaurants, and eat foods they have no concept of. While it's somewhat amusing, they shouldn't rush to conclusions. but those veteran are different, like "Blondie in China." She tries all kinds of Chinese food, even those that most local Chinese people wouldn't dare to eat.
hope you could make some food videos, or just any kinds of "tutorials" in China!
I agree with the point you're making: "inform yourself", just do your homework, learn about new cultures, and be open-minded.❤
Learn about what is fake food and what is tofu drag also.
@@prattlee3636 When it comes to "fake food," the Insider Business US TV documentary "11 of the Most Faked Foods in the World" actually lists these items: truffles, maple syrup, wasabi, Parmesan cheese, vanilla, caviar, honey, olive oil, Wagyu beef, coffee, and saffron. I wonder how many people in China ever consume these often-counterfeited products.
@@prattlee3636 now, about the term "tofu" buildings, who do you think came up with this name? The US? Japan? Germany?
It was actually coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in 1998 during an inspection in Wuhu City, Anhui Province. The term was later used to describe low-quality construction projects.
low-quality construction projects is world-wide. Your rhetoric of attributing global problems to China is outdated. It's already 2024, tell your boss to update the script.
@@prattlee3636 1. 2006 E. coli outbreak in the United States
2. 2008 melamine scandal in American baby formula
3. 2011 salmonella infection linked to peanut butter in the United States
4. 2011 salmonella contamination of lava cake in the United States
5. 2022 lead contamination in baby food in the United States
I appreciate the individuals, like you, who have lived in and understood China over an extended period, as opposed to newcomers or mere tourists.
We love “old China hands.” ♥️❤️♥️
喜欢你的名字，香港中国一家人。
@@user-kw5mo9wc5j 謝謝你！ 大家都是中國人！ 真的一家人！ ♥️❤️♥️
How much does CCP pay?
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chinataiwanhongkongmacausingapore💖真的一家人💖🥲
😂新加坡也算进来了吗，容易引起国际纠纷哦😂@@bobevans9996
I completely agree with your point of view. Objectively speaking, when I travel to a new city on my own, I will definitely search for local food, payment methods, customs and taboos, rather than rushing over unpreparedly and starting to complain Thank you for saying what I want to say👀
Agree with you! When I travel other countries/cities, I will definitely do some research. Went to Madrid last year and met one of my classmates. He was surprised that I knew more local foods than him, who had lived in Madrid for over 10 years.
You are great regarding your comments about foods in China. I have been visiting China 🇨🇳 since she opened up in the 1990s. I travelled from North to the South West to East, and the foods are tied to the history and traditions of the regions.
Great content! Totally agree with you! You’ve said exactly what I thought and how I felt when I watched those travel vloggers’ videos.
What frustrated me the most is when they didn’t do much research beforehand about the food representative of the province/region, and they just kept having street food at the touristy spots, or even when they did have food in the restaurant, those food are not typical food in the region.
Also, I get those click-baits could help them gain more views but the title in itself is misleading and sending a wrong message to the people who just read the title and don’t bother to click on and watch the videos.
China is so huge and diverse that the country definitely has more places to be discovered, seen and filmed than the cities, including the natural sceneries, the landscapes, the deserts, the snow mountains, the ancient towns and villages, and the culture of 55 ethnic minorities.
And I would definitely want to see more videos from you sharing your experiences and favourite places of China! Cheers!
I am glad I stumbled into your video. You are quite right about those traveling UA-camrs' biases against Chinese food. Chinese food is so diverse. The Jet Lag Warrior picked the wrong oil when they tried that noodle. I was laughing when they complained about the taste. Clearly, they had no idea how to use that oil. I am going to Shanghai this June. I will personally experience what they have shown on YT. I will have my own judgment. You are right about American food. When I think of American cuisine, I think of burgers. lol
Sadly most people are not deep thinkers and most content happens to be by them for them
What they are doing is making content like homework for hand into the teacher.😂
tourists and first impression. good to see them sharing their experiences. good or bad
Yes, deep.thinkers, like China is the most hated country in the world!! Yes, sure!!!
Deep thinkers?? Like this guy or you?? Yes, sure!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha.. Relax, old kidd!! Just enjoy the world and stop being too critical about others!! Ok, buddy?? Hahaha.. hahaha . hahaha..
Excellent video and great point of views! There are lots of go happy vloggers, most of them comments and judgment on their personal knowledge level. Indeed, some of them are terrible knowledge of local food. If you go to a curry house restaurant expect curry, not KFC or Taco Bell. I watched some of their videos and I understand your frustrations.
You're a veteran, don't expect these rookies to match your level. Best of luck!
You are such a humble man and sell yourself too short. As someone who has exactly the same problem and have imposter syndrome at work, i really want to tell you that you are awesome and unique. To echo another comment, pushing out contents more frequently and consistently is the key to have more subscribers. Another thing is to have a more consistent “main theme. Your channel is not as big yet as some others because of these reasons, and it’s not because your are boring or not smart or did something wrong.
Good points. I guess the charm of watching first time visitors to China is to watch their reactions when they first experience the cities, the food, see the people, their livelihood, the culture after hearing so much bad and backward about the country and it's people. That really does sell. Especially when they start comparing to back home in the West! Although many just want to win, but for many others we just wanna see how their videos could change the lens back home. There's a certain satisfaction in that for some reason. For example Ben Coleman, he is saying things many people want to say! It's reactionary videos I must say. But each to their own, your videos are more like documentaries and its a great source of information. Thank you.
Cheers. A very apt and welcomed video.
I'm British, but have lived here on and off since 2008. I've virtually retired, but I'm 65, and Britain won't give me any retirement money until I'm 67.
I live in Changchun with my wife, and I currently have no income, and I'm from a working class background, so we're 'careful' with money, as my savings won't last forever.
I echo your recommendation of Hunnan, as its one of the few places we've visited and I want to go back.
I'd value videos of different parts of China as my wife and I would like to travel a bit. Short 10 minute videos work best for me as she's always busy with either housework, the grandson, or her latest soap, and although it's me who organises these trips, she's the boss and would normally need to OK the trip. 😊
We're on a tight budget, so although we'd probably fly part of the way rail travel is often our most often used mode of transport, and although everyone raves about the bullet trains (yes they're good) I find the slow, cheap trains often put one in touch more with the locals and people maybe more of my working class standing.
So, yes please! Videos with travel content from interesting places across China.
If you can include Chinese (spoken or sub-titles) that would be great, and I note, you have quite a few Chinese viewers.
I speak Chinese and read it.
Once again, thanks for this video. I also like Stu's videos. I'll look up the 美女you recommended.
Yes! Please! Make the most of all the videos you have recorded in those 12 years! Your channel is simply underrated!
Look at the latest 60 minutes. Explained what is double standard
Watching 60 minutes is a waste of precious time. It's a propaganda program.
It makes me La Duzi.
I wouldn't waste my time watching that garbage.
Haha thanks for coming to our defense. I watched some of these videos too and honestly I wasn't offended. Like, most of their content comes from a good place and usually they aren't pretending to be experts in any way. But of course I get what you're saying here as well, I mean you live in China, you know China much better than they do. Like you said most people know very little about China, esp. with the language and culture barrier, and just how vast and diverse China is, it's really difficult for them to build a good understanding within a short period of time. I'm overseas Chinese and honestly most people here don't even know what to order in Chinese restaurants in English. So I'm not at all surprised that people struggle to find good food in china. There's this UA-camr from New Zealand, lovely guy, he bought food entirely from the convenience store for the week he was in Shanghai haha... Obviously they can't be compared to people like yourself but they are better than a lot of people here who have so much prejudice against China that they wouldn't step foot in China to begin with.
Yunnan is a great choice. There is so much cultural and geological diversities. It offers great value for money as well 👍👍👍
Eric, your monologue is quite refreshing, quite different from the run of mill. Your humility, all my fault, is so disarming. Thank you,
Thank you. China is a big country. There are many places with various customs and delicacies. You summarized it very well! I am Chinese and I agree with what you said in your video.
Absolutely agree with Eric & in addition I would suggest that 1st time visitors to research the few food street of the city you are visiting. & Eric suggest about the 1st location to Yunnan is absolutely true & its the same as I have always suggested to everyone who are interested!
Thank you for the indepth and informative contents. You truly know China well. And I'm Chinese
Love your honesty and sincerity man.
Totally agree, some of the vloggers should be able to use their creativity without resorting to clickbait.
And, you're right, if they're inadvertently reinforcing a stereotype which isn't representative of reality or the truth, someone who knows better should point out their errors.
I believe you will be a great reporter/content creator of EVERYTHING CHINA (ancient / history / food / tech / language / travel / how to / culture / tradition / geopolitics) videos. You would have to push content frequently till fan base is created though.
So true. Steady and frequent content update is the key for earning subscribers.
As an overseas Chinese person, I really appreciate a non-biased view of China (or any topic) online. The internet is so polarizing (maybe because most people are not virtually active, and a lot of people never leave comments). So to see someone being objective on the internet (on any topic, not just on China) is rare.
I live in the US and mainstream media is polarizing as well (with the Progressives vs Conservatives narrative being highlighted all the time).
I’ve come to the conclusion that the media (both mainstream and social media) is a tool for sharing ideas, but it’s more important to have knowledge of facts and to cultivate your own perspective, which is uninfluenced by anyone else’s point of view. This will also make you immune from bias.
Also, ideas are useless in reality, unless you take action on them. Most people absorb ideas online but don’t take action offline.
I do not mind what people say about China (or any other topic) online. No matter what kinds of content I come across, I make sure that I am uninfluenced by other people’s biases.
All your assessments on China is so true. People should do more research about a country before they want to visite to not get trouble and bad experience. Btw you are very articulate and you have a wonderful tone in your voice! 👍
Your perspective really enlightens me. Amazing video！
Eric. You are awesome. Your comments about how to get reasonaly priced food are so good 😊
Some people draw too fast of a conclusion based on first impression. The world needs more people like you - and content like yours.
Eric . I like your content. Different from most of the other vlogs. More depth and meaningful.
I was just planning to go to China and after watching your vlog i have decided on kunming. Thanks
TOO TRUE! I’m so happy to see this video. You’re spot on! Because there are huge differences in language and culture between China and other countries, especially western ones, some vloggers or influencers somehow failed to go deep into China during their journey. Though I can understand these barriers and thanks for their sharing, their videos still strengthen stereotypes of China, like you said, the pressure of entering China, and junk food or street food. Actually, it’s pretty easy to get into China, and delicious food is offered in lots of great restaurants. China is such a big country, and every province has different cuisines and cultural characteristics. If you want to experience international style or high development in a city, go to Shanghai. If you prefer ancient towns, head to Jiangsu or Yunnan. Want to see magnificent natural spots, Guangxi or Guizhou are good choices. Also, different seasons show different views of a same place. You can choose the peak or off-season based on your needs. Anyway, China is such a big country that it’s really hard to simply sum it up by a superfition taste of it.
you are the OG and you are right 100% ... they should listen to you haha .. most of those vloggers you mentioned really knew nothing and didn't even do good research on where to go and what to eat... their content are entertaining nonetheless, nothing against them tho 😂 I feel 100% the same as you do
Great sharing! You really sounds like someone who have lived in China for 12 plus years! You should write a book about your China experience. Please keep it up!
You got some real bangers that popped off on this channel. Looks like you know what works, time to get it
This is the first time I’ve come across your videos. Gotta say I really enjoyed your analysis and content. Subscribed. 👍🏻
I totally agree with ERIC, your video is very in-depth. I'm from Hangzhou, the most beautiful city in China. Welcome everyone to Hangzhou.
I wish all the haters can open their heart and support themselves to have at least a trip to XinJiang to find the truth and replace the hatred to a truth loving mind in the name of love.
stop hating by calling other people haters
@@VerkaterterStiefel what shall i call the haters so you won't consider me hating them
@@Steven-vw9dz Well, you started with the topic of "haters" and accused some complete strangers of being full of hate. Maybe just relax and wait how the discussion unfolds.. It's good for your health too.
I started with a wish of kindness not an accuse and i didn't describe who they are what nationality or even their race, so why it bothered you @VerkaterterStiefel ?
So for your first comment again i ask you what shall i call them instead?
Thanks for the suggestions. The information is very helpful, especially as a starting point.
Thank you Eric G for this interesting and informative views on traveling China. With the geopolitical miss this planet is in, it's imperative we take the time to learn about places like China. Also, if we have the means, we should visit and meet the people. Again, gracias Eric. You are an ambassador for peace and understanding.
totally agree on all your points. as a seasoned traveler, they should have done some basic research and basic preparations. their lack of preparation made me often wonder about ulterior motives. thankfully, most of them, except for those strangely popular group of guys in spite of their rudeness, showed an open mind and positive attitude of seasoned travelers.
Hi Eric, good video and you are frank and direct. Thank you for the video
absolulely true, eric you said everything what i think when i watch these china vlog, even more coherent
Little Chinese everywhere is fantastic!
My wife and I rate her blog #1.
a face in the crowd. Chopsticks & Trains is the best vlogger.
Jason Lightfoot is scum.
Well said! Exactly. Some time it's just painful to watch those people don't bother to do a little bit research the place they are gonna go
Thanks for making this vid! Yes, top 5 provinces to visit would be great.
Awesome video, you definitely need to start making videos again and posting more. Travelling to china is becoming more and more popular amongst western tourists, you can make videos/vlogs about different cities. I can see your youtube channel taking off in the future. Keep on keeping on.
I fully agree with you!
Maybe someone thought to go new place without proper preparation is kind of cool, but I think it just waste your time
Love your video footages, especially ancient towns❤
You deserve more subscribers, thanks for making videos and please do make more.
🙏 Eric! I hope this video gets a ton of views!
Also, I hope you do a Serpentza reaction video/review 👀😆
lol I try not to think about him. I did make a couple before though
@@Eric_Garrison 👍 I understand and will look back at them some time when I need to laugh...on a separate note, I like these videos and the variety you bring within them (I usually watch and like them but don't comment). Keep it up!
Thanks! Totally agree with you! I kept explaining to those vloggers about their wrong understanding about the places they're visiting. Many don't know China has 56 ethnic groups, not all people looks like the Chinese they met in Chinatown.
Hah you are right, but I personally don’t even expect them to understand that much… it’s unlikely they will even notice if 国语 or 上海话 are being spoken so can’t expect them to pay attention to nuances of the people… but for things like food which they will encounter 3x per day probably, at least learn something before making broad declarations lol. Oh well
wonderful advice! You are really knowledgeable about China! Thank you! Hope you could make more contents about China on UA-cam. New subscriber here.
Completely agree with you Eric! Amazing video, but I cant stop looking at your shirt lmao🤣🤣gonna get one as well!
Thank you Eric
I watch this channel to hear you talk about your ET5T and how Nio is the best car brand in the world.. Not critiquing the food critiques.😅 😁😁
But I did watched that video, she is Indonesian Chinese, Chinese food must taste a lot differently as she understand it as a child, especially her hokkien origin.Hokkien food stress on freshness with light taste and hardly had anything spicy or oily. And Indonesian food's spicyness is very different brand of spicyness compare to most local Chinese cuisines.
What you eat as a child kinda set the standard for "good food" later in life, it is understandable in my view. Unless you are a refugee trying to run away from famine as a child.
Recent archeology finds in China suggest artifacts with oracle i.e. written words and evidence of agriculture can be traced back as far back as 8,000B.C.
I guess what I am trying to say is in the grand scheme of things, people misunderstand and people get confused, this "everybody(in the west) hate China" phase will only be a footnote in the history book, will be described as the USA in empirial overstrech mode and throwing a tantrum phase.
China is still China, still the world's only continuous living civilization.
Overall jetlag warriors videos of travelling China is a net positive to counter the western media's effort to demonize and to dehumanize China, and their effort to push for WWIII(i.e. nuclear war between US and China). For that as a Chinese person I thank them. Also as a general rule of thumb, always have minimum or low expectations of others and always manage your expectations about uncertainties and outcomes, it will make your daily life a lot happier.😁😁😏😏
Yes, anything to counter hate propaganda is good.
Thanks for that Eric . You come across as honest and sincere b. Plus you know your subject .
Thank you brother for sharing this wonderful experience with everyone..
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Yes would like to know more about China. We are visiting next year, limited time so might have to stick to Fujian and flying into Guangzhou which might be our cheapest entry point from New Zealand
Be sure to avoid all Chinese national holidays.
Those round buildings are predominantly by the Hakka people for community protection. Where were these photos taken? I am planning an extended visit to China some time in 2025 and would like to go there. Cheers and all the best!
Agree with Eric 100%. Going to another place or exploring any new things, always doing some homework and openminded.
Thanks for sharing Eric! Yes pls! Would love more in depth content of less visited places in China! ❤
You got it... first "older" video will be posted in a few hours. I think it's pretty good, hope you'll watch it.
Eric G, this video is the best reference for all UA-camrs before making any videos on any countries.a little planning and research on different aspects of the subjects or topics about the places of interest will reflect the quality of the videos and information of future videos.Eric has been very frank and honest in sharing his experience and wisdom with others.thanks to eric!
UA-cam rabbit hole took me here; I really enjoyed some of the old town footage in the second half of your video! I'm Chinese and mainly live overseas these days. I haven't gone back in about 7 years. When I finally went back last month, I realised many things had changed, and I barely even recognised my hometown (Fuzhou).
I agree that travel does require a bit more research to ensure a better experience (I went to Chongqing and Shenzhen for travel). I thought, as a Chinese, I could just swing it and find the POIs or authentic local foods, but it was a hit-and-miss (when I'm on my own). Luckily, I got local friends to show me around, which saved the day.
Really interested in the footage of old towns in your videos (Yunnan). I want to know more about those places. Next time going back I want to pick a beautiful but relatively quiet town to just live there for a few weeks!
Thanks for the video!
Yes, u are right. Even we need to choose the right time to visit a place. Like the Bejing Palace, one can listen to and enjoy the voice of the palace when dawn is drawing near and tourists are leaving.
I have two favorite youtubers, You and Little Chinese everywhere. So atleast you have one Finnish fan😂
do you watch katherine journey to the east ?
Yeah.blondie in china is expert in Chinese food, katherine is expert in Chinese village.They know far more than we Chinese.@@samimawon14 🤣
Chinese food is so varied and seasonal and for different health conditions.
Good to see all these maps and visuals on your channel
Thank you for this video. Appreciate it so much 🙏
One of the things that annoys me about the recent flood of travellers is that it took visa restrictions being relaxed a bit for them to even try. As someone from the Caribbean I have to get a Visa to visit most countries. The visa application process depending on the country can be a expensive, invasive and time wasting endeavour (US visa for example costs US$185 non-refundable) yet it hasn't stopped me or most people I know from applying and travelling.
Yet the folks from these countries because they encounter one country they can't just stroll in like they do most others they stayed away. They fear/aversion to any kind of inconvenience that these people have is telling of their nature.
I can never support any of their content and prefer to watch the content creators who have been in china for years and even decades in some cases.
They exemplify the paristic nature of content creation that always needs to feed on the last trend to go "viral".
I guess at the very least they're generating some tourist revenue so they are good for something.
To say all Chinese food tastes like Sichuan chilli oil is so air-headed. Has she been to Hong Kong, dim sum, Beijing, Shanghai cuisine, then there is the Chengdu, Tibetan styles. So shallow it drives me crazy.
I know… but I think it’s cuz they mostly got street food (from the content I saw) and a lot of that gets fried and then covered in lajiao because it’s not particularly high quality meat or whatever
@@Eric_GarrisonHahaha, you also know the secrets of these Chinese street vendors, it seems you understand them very well.
She highlighted her ignorance. 😊
Thanks for your valuable insights Eric. I really appreciate that. Since you asked for travel reports with click potential, how about Hainan and especially Sanya? Im there right now and Its phantastic.
Yeah, all of their tourist destination in China is either Beijing or Shanghai, Shanghai mostly.
I personally pretty enjoyed videos from Jetlag Warriors and Ken Abroad. I think impromptu travel videos have their value. It's a fun process of figuring things out from zero knowledge. But what you said also has its point. It's easy to fall into traps and build wrong impression when you know little about something. I think what those travellers need is a better balance between research and improptu experience. For example, they can ask for advice from locals after they get there, then they'll know what's the local food that people eat from day to day.
And about the "stressful arrival" video from Ken Abroad, his stress did not come from immigration customs. His entry was quite early in the video, and he said the border officers were very nice. The stress came from things after his entry.
I watched the video you mention, I guess a few weeks or months ago now. I remember him trying to film while actually going through immigration which is just stupid imo but yea, I get you. My point was more that the clickbait titles perpetuate stereotypes even if the content is not doing that. Just look through the comments on my video here you’ll see a lot of people who are upset that I said China is the most hated country. Titles and thumbnails like that might discourage travelers from China because they don’t actually engage with the content. I thought my point was clear but it may not have been
@@Eric_Garrison Ken's thunbnail didn't appear to me as a click bait, and I didn't relate it to the border. That's why I thought you were briefly mentioning another topic. 😅
Thank you, Eric! I also commented on the JetLag Warriors video. I want to say that street food is very important for travelers because it is simple and easy to have.
I am so agree with you. If you really want to enjoy a new country and experience its culture, it is very important to eat local cuisine.
Also, these days I have tried to search for information about the food of Guangzhou, the city where I live, from a foreign side using English.
I indeed found it difficult to find truly authentic Guangzhou cuisine restaurants.
Information barriers exist, but basic information can still be found. So I think a local guide is very important, and it can be a bit challenging without one.
Eric, I too stumble into your video while watching all those videos you mentioned. Just want to thank you for your recommendation. Im hoping to travel to China in the near future. I was thinking of the usual spots like Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, etc. I will watch more of your video to see what your recommendation. Take care 🙏
I thought most hated country is America🇺🇸 and Japan🇯🇵 🤔️ now probably plus Israel🇮🇱
Japan?
It’s the most loved country in the world
Isreal and USA is not
Japan is the most loved because of their anime and stuff