I also moved to China 20 years ago from the West. It's just an amazing country with loving people. I love this country because it represents love and peace. People really care here. I was disillusioned with the West. Just tired of people killing for money and oil. It's not a legacy you can leave for your children. Here I feel like I am contributing to the peace and love for others. Live the dream!
Wow amazing It will be an honor to have you share your experiences as part of the Living in China series. If that’s all good please send a wechat request: nhyiraba19 or email: hayfordfosu87@gmail.com
Because you are from the West so the experience is good for you. If you are a foreigner but comes from an Asian or African country with a poorer economy than China, then you will get totally different experience.
Politicians and media in the West are quick to criticize China for anything that is different from their countries and lives. The Chinese people have been struggling with their lives throughout the history. The era from mid 19th Century to just before China was opened up to the world in 1980s saw great changes in China, which were accompanied by intense hardship in the lives of the Chinese people, while the Europeans and Americans were enjoying life. It was mainly the struggles of the Chinese people which have made their country into the China today. The Westerners should understand the background of China before they criticize China which is so much different from their countries.
@Eugene C, Most of the hardship during the late 1800's to mid 1900's were caused by the west and Japan going into China to steal and plunder the country for all of the wealth and natural resources that they could steal as well as kill and subjugate the people to outrageous rules and demands!
John is amazing. He had managed to live through the hard time when China was less developed. He has managed to even bring his family over and have his wife behind him.
Really appreciate the honesty of these gentlemen in exploring the real China through conversation without prejudice. " 一步一步“ should be our motto in life, no matter where we are.
As a Pakistani national we feel very close to China and consider it our second home. I really feel happy that you're running this UA-cam channel and spreading positivity and truth about China because not many people know about this. I can't wait for my turn, I have been planning to move to China as well hopefully next year I will be able to finally move in there..💞
As long as you are nice and harmless, people will like you 🙂 Most Asians should be very harmless (: They can see you inside out so as long as they see you are honest, harmless, and compatible to them 🦛 They will take care of you and treat you nice 🦬 Just be honest 🐂
@@0animalproductworld558 I think is the same goes with you if people good to you , you will accept them if not I think you will chase them out , when many people give the ideas china is safe and good places to live in , of cos if you are good , who is going to take dangerous people may be you do like to friend dangerous , forgive me if I am wrong
I attended the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and watched the Pakistani hockey team fight South Africa (or Australia maybe..?) in the field, the whole stadium Chinese audience were supporting our Pakistani friends...That is an unforgettable memory in my life.🙂
Really appreciate open-minded westerners like him who are humble and dedicated, and don't try to impose their ways on the locals, but instead try to work with and around their values. What he said about not experiencing your host country through a western lens is so important - you integrate better into a society if you throw all expectations and preconceived notions out the window and just experience and accept the country for what it is. Great conversation, Kwesi. Thanks for having Mr Chapple on! Liked and subscribed :)
What's strange is that a lot of non Chinese esp the Western world blindly accept the things published by their media without an iota of effort of confirmation, example the Xinjiang rumours( news??). I only heard a few people complaining but I can't find real solid evidence. People could talk about their sufferings but where's the proof. I can't find any over 2 years of searching!!!
This expat is absolutely correct. I really respect him for living in China for 23 years. Hope he has learned and know how to speak Mandarin in his 23 years in China. The young generation people in China are driven to improve and their parents drive them too. They are all hungry to be better. I am a Chinese born second generation in South East Asia (my dad was born in Singapore too) and came to US in early 90s to further my tertiary education. I then started my first job as an expat in US. I have lived in US for almost thirty years. The life in US is comfortable but the spirit of self-driving to be better is always inside of me and my culture. The next generation has to be better than the older generation. My grand parents had either no education or up to elementary education. My parents only graduated with high school level diploma. I obtained degree up to MS in Engineering. My first child is in one of the world top three universities (in US) now doing CS and my second child is on his path to be there too. Chinese people raise and nurture children to be better. Yes, we are indeed a stubborn group and therefore our civilization and culture could exist for 5000 years! Instead of trying to teach and force Chinese to learn the Western way, why wouldn’t the western people understand how the Chinese (in China) could transition and advance so quickly in the last thirty years from a no ATM and coffee shop country to one that has the most advanced infrastructure with high speed trains?!
but they aren't anymore. They don't get married, they don't pursue some ambitious career, they don't want jobs, they are the 'lay flat' generation who don't care about 'driving' anything. They say 'Let it rot' because there is no point to driving, in their hearts and minds. So he's not correct anymore. It's not 2004 anymore.
Frankly I’m not worried of that because they don’t represent the majority. Look at the millions of GaoKao students China has and also the fresh college graduates each year in China looking to fill the job market there. The last I know is the rest of the world is still depending on China’s strong economy momentum. If the young Chinese generation really lay flat, then I need to start worrying that the young generation in the west would be totally in coma! Just in US (if you”ve been around in Silicon Valley area), I am seeing they can’t even step up to produce good quality STEM young bloods here, pretty much rely on the young Asian Americans and absorbing of foreign students or foreign professionals.
@@DrPrag Nobody asked you about your version of the inferior subhumans and failures of 'the west'. The problem is China's youth realize they won't be leaving University to become World Stars. They may not even get assigned a passport to leave. They aren't becoming the heroes or 'showing the West what Chinese can really do!" or any of those things. They won't even be relied upon for 'STEM' by the world that doesn't rely on them or China. This is true for a lot of youth in a whole lot of nations but we're talking about the Mainland Chinese ones. At least one of the problems has been 24 grad students all having a 'face' competition for what should be the work of 4 students. Chinese offices running on 200 people of which 180 sleep and play phone games and 20 Fuer Dai who are terrible at managing anything but egos and 'face' and aren't even good at that. Nobody needs to find the 180 other guilty because they are correct: They will never have any dreams fulfilled, no 'ladder' up the lifestyle rungs, they won't grow a family, build and expand and open up new opportunities by working 12 hrs 7 days or whatever do-nothing highly inefficient go-nowhere long long hours they put in. If Hong Kong of the 70s and 80s still existed then they could and did. If they lived in Taiwan that would still be possible. In Mainland China, in 2022 they figured out they aren't going anywhere based on anything they can do. So they may as well lay down and rest all day and they may as well 'let it rot' since it won't be used anyway. You know this. Don't you? You know this is how it is and will be this way, even more and more as long as the current Dynasty maintains control.
I just love your program of talking to wonderful people about their experiences in China. I was in Shanghai in 1987 when there were essentially no cars in the city. My experience has been a little different, moving to Japan in 1975 to study language, then eventually going on to living and working in Japan for 8 years. It was with a Canadian corporation and eventually my own company. I can TOTALLY relate to you and your guests, with your love of many aspects of living in China and getting to know the people and culture. It must be so transformational for you all. I am 71 and walk around in Japan when I go back with family, see the modern society and just talk to the many open people. Japan is a great society, too.
Hope more Westerners see your video and go to China for visit and see the truth for themselves and not what all the smearing on China by their Western government. ✌️❤️🇨🇳🙏
Love that entreview. It´s direct, clear, inteligente, not bombastic just the way it was & it is. I agree that the youth of the West is too confortable therefore less inclined to learn , grow & improve themselves & their country. Congrats.
China is vast, each part is different and has it's own cultures and mentality. The man is correct, with respect and you will be fine. I am hoping I can travel back to China and start checking off cities off my list. Great conversation you guys had. Thanks
yes, I am interested. There are many untrue rumours to bad mouth China. China is not perfect and corruption has not been entirely rooted out. But it is not so bad as reported in the western media. There are plain clothes policemen in Xinjiang but definitely no concentration camps to innocent people. There was no genocide as alleged in the western media. Many people in China can enjoy life because the Central Government has been working hard to combat poverty and control inflation, particularly house prices. I am in the position to tell you that I am alright in HK and the National Security Law has no adverse effect on me. I feel sorry that many younsters (especially young students) were aided, abetted and used by the pans democratice camp to violate the law by participating in the violent riots in 2019. In the name of freedom, the rioters took away my freedom by setting fire on MTR and blocking roads. People who disagreed with the rioters were attacked. Those rioters were brainwashed. Students were taught in classrooms that the Nanjing Massacre was an act from the Japanese to save China. In fact, the sufferings of Chinese during the Japanese invasions was comparable to that experienced by the Jews during the Nazi reign. If you have the opportunity to visit the Memorial Hall in Nanjing, you will be shocked by the cruelty of the Japanese armies.
In most N. American cities the airport is just like a larger version of a bus terminal, whereas in many other countries, the airport is their prime attraction and a national pride
The magic of the UA-cam algorithm 😂. Weihai is my hometown and I spent a year back there in 2021, and had a drink with John in a bar, top bloke. 🤣 what a small world.
Loved this video! Thank you for conducting this interview. I would love to visit China, but it is still closed off for most of us, unfortunately. But there is so much i would like to see and experience there. All of the people I know from China are super kind too. It just seems like a nice place to visit (although perhaps a bit intense right now, with lockdowns). Thank you so much for this, you two 🥰🖤
I know some people who sold their Beijing homes a few decades ago to move to another more developed country to open a small restaurant. Many years passed by, now looking back they are all super regretful because had they not sold their Beijing homes, now they have become a millionaire without even doing anything. And people who moved to China many years ago to buy properties in big cities must have become very wealthy by now. The question is, will China continue to offer great investment opportunities as it used to be for past 2 decades? I don't think so. Especially in the real estate sector. As infrastructure is already well developed, the economy has reached a point of stabilization, the opportunities have shifted to other developing countries such as Vietnam. That's why I moved back to Vietnam after many years living in China. Wish me luck!
I fully agree with Mr Chapple that China has changed beyond recognition. My first visit to China was also 23 years ago. I’ve seen the rapid transformation with mu very own eyes. Its definitely awesome & amazing.
@KING KWESI - fascinating interview, please do more like this! Esp. with those who have been living in China for 20 years, it's really fascinating, the insights and wisdom that they have to pass on to those either living in China or interested to learn the take / perspective of non-Chinese in China from the daily-life and watching all the changes over time, point-of-view
Great interview. Thank you King Kwesi for your channel. I'm of Chinese descent, but never grew up speaking the language or feeling that connected to the culture. However seeing people like John talk about how their horizons were broadened and of all the change that happened in China gives me a lot of optimism for a better world tomorrow. We need more cultural exchange programs and content like your channel, to combat the negative mainstream media that just seeks to divide people and protect the interests of the elites at any cost. Thanks again!
Great interview skills and questions 👌 and such an eloquent man to tell his stories, thoroughly enjoyed it. Funny I’ve been in the UK for the past 18 years while he’d seen all of the changes over his 20 odd years in China , I’m actually a bit jealous 😅 wonderful video and I’ll be checking out more of your videos 😜
My first time to Shanghai was 94 in my early teen. Nothing to see, no high building in Pudong that time. No rail, rude people (from my view at least since I grow up in Indonesia with dubbed as one of polite people in the world) but anyway, I visited back in 01 and 02, still nothing impressive. But then I was there to stay in 04 until 12. Then comeback every year just because I missed that place. I am watching Shanghai grows from no line subway to eh… 18 lines? From no ATM into cashless. From nothing into mega super mall everywhere even Starbucks had one of the biggest store in Shanghai. Man, what a development. I hope they open the country soon cause it had been two years and I missed going back to my second home…
They added 2 or 3 more lines now. It's freaking crazy. Jing'an Temple has a third line and they're attaching a cultural structure across the street from the temple right now. It could be completed. I thought it'll be a giant fountain at first.
all i can say thx to all hater anti china they always criticize or mocking china this , china that , but u know what thats only makes china motivated to be getting better and stronger
Hi John, it is good to listen to your story of living and working in China for 23 years. It is good to travel and broaden one's horizon. There is too much politics in the West, much less in China where everyone just gets on with their business doing the best to look after their families. I have lived in the UK, mainly in London for 52 years, having emigrated from Hong Kong. It took a few months to adjust to the new way of life, but English cuisine still has much to be desired. However, with the influx of Europeans and other foreigners London is one of the best places to live , work and enjoy. What the world wants London can offer, virtually in everything that money can buy. Many English people find London too busy and fast paced. They would rather live in the countryside, many parts of which I have visited by car, not high speed trains. Anyway, it is interesting to listen to other people's life stories and experiences. Thank you for the video.
Please move to Hong Kong again, we are much safer now than before, living here in china is much desirable for the retired than in the uk. Good luck btw I live in the US
Many cities in China may be richer and more diverse than those in Britain, but they are safer, more convenient and lower cost of living than those in Britain, BTW, I live in Gloucester, the same place as the interviewee
Appreciate your programm, as a Chinese working in Africa, it is really needed to promote the mutual understanding between Chinese and African people. actually it is same in both China and Africa,higher education people are behaving better and lower education people are behaving poor.education is really important.
KING KWESI speaks very good English. . . . . He is very lucky. . . . cause he got the opportunity to be well educated . . . . . I believe he is from Nigeria . . . .
It's look to me that the demography of china have changed since the 1980's. Now China is not for the yellow race only. She have black, White, Indian, a mixed race nation. The good thing is black in China made of highly educated people who came to China to studied, but when the graduated they decided to started families and make China their home stay in China made themselves Chinese. So now we will have to think Chinese is not mean for only yellow race only, but black, white as well.
Excellent video.This is a lovely region of China.Its so refreshing to hear the reality of life there rather than the anti Sino Propaganda spread by the mainstream media in the UK and elsewhere often by journalists that have never even visited this fascinating part of the world.If you get the chance once restrictions are lifted do go but as the video stated Go With an Open Mind!
Nice video, I'm live in Weihai only 5 years, but can say same. It's best city for me. And maybe I can meet John. I live only in West parts of Weihai near to Golden Beach.
I moved here 21 years ago although I had been visiting maybe for 7 years before that... Place indeed changed a lot. I was in Beijing in the beginning and remember when there was one Starbuck's in all of China.... At China World. Back then everything was cash indeed although there were ATMs in Beijing. Anyway, good old times. last 2-3 years with covid been a bit different but still the country has modernized so much
12:00 is interesting because he's been around so long he's now in the 'Laying Down' social cycle where the young people have no drive, no hopes, no motivation and even say 'Let it Rot' (their ambition). the circle of life I suppose.
Very interesting conversation. I will say that people behave the same towards uncommon things/people. When we lived in Germany and had our babies, Germans would come into our space when we were out and about to look at the babies or even try to touch them, and this is without even acknowledging the parents. So it's probably how some human adults react when they see someone that doesn't look like them.
John may knows more about how China is like before 20 years than me. 07:57 What makes young guys feel boring and not so exciting? Lacking of Hiphop, protest, friends, western culture, strippers, drugs, LGBT?
@@KINGKWESI qingdao is one of richest cities in Shandong province. Even in binzhou there are atms of 4 nation owned banks (ICBC , boc , etc around 1994 when I was high school
@@KINGKWESI In the late 90 s, China's ATM has around the city, because I was in long distance to study in the university , then take the cost of living at an ATM
Nice video.. was hoping that you could ask how the people of china has changed or tranformed during their long stay in china. Not many country can experience a society transformation in a generation. :-)
Let me answer you, I'm from Shanghai. I'm in my 40s. In the 1990s, my parents and I lived in a 10-square house. Now, my family has three apartments in Shanghai. By the way, my parents are workers, and my job is sales.
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I also moved to China 20 years ago from the West. It's just an amazing country with loving people. I love this country because it represents love and peace. People really care here. I was disillusioned with the West. Just tired of people killing for money and oil. It's not a legacy you can leave for your children. Here I feel like I am contributing to the peace and love for others. Live the dream!
Wow amazing
It will be an honor to have you share your experiences as part of the Living in China series. If that’s all good please send a wechat request: nhyiraba19 or email: hayfordfosu87@gmail.com
Why do some Chiinese buy and sell their wife?
thanks for coming to China, and share your experience to others
Because you are from the West so the experience is good for you. If you are a foreigner but comes from an Asian or African country with a poorer economy than China, then you will get totally different experience.
@@estherfromasia Nope China people only welcome peoples that follow the rule and not breaking the rule or do whatever they want to do.
Politicians and media in the West are quick to criticize China for anything that is different from their countries and lives. The Chinese people have been struggling with their lives throughout the history. The era from mid 19th Century to just before China was opened up to the world in 1980s saw great changes in China, which were accompanied by intense hardship in the lives of the Chinese people, while the Europeans and Americans were enjoying life. It was mainly the struggles of the Chinese people which have made their country into the China today. The Westerners should understand the background of China before they criticize China which is so much different from their countries.
Why do some Chiinese buy and sell their wife?!
Those are all because of jealousy, nothing else.
The background is
Chiina is a country full of lies!
@Eugene C, Most of the hardship during the late 1800's to mid 1900's were caused by the west and Japan going into China to steal and plunder the country for all of the wealth and natural resources that they could steal as well as kill and subjugate the people to outrageous rules and demands!
well-said,, I think the leaders of Western countries know, they just not to accept the fact & try to cheat the people of their own countries
John is amazing. He had managed to live through the hard time when China was less developed. He has managed to even bring his family over and have his wife behind him.
Really appreciate the honesty of these gentlemen in exploring the real China through conversation without prejudice. " 一步一步“ should be our motto in life, no matter where we are.
Why do some Chiinese buy and sell their wife?
God, i really wish mankind was like that. Able to evaluate things without constantly being affected by prejudice.
As a Pakistani national we feel very close to China and consider it our second home. I really feel happy that you're running this UA-cam channel and spreading positivity and truth about China because not many people know about this. I can't wait for my turn, I have been planning to move to China as well hopefully next year I will be able to finally move in there..💞
As long as you are nice and harmless, people will like you 🙂 Most Asians should be very harmless (: They can see you inside out so as long as they see you are honest, harmless, and compatible to them 🦛 They will take care of you and treat you nice 🦬 Just be honest 🐂
@@surrounding.my.surrounding9452 You were sent by the devil, I said something so nice and you said I am evil and wicked. Who are you?
Good lucks all the bests to come
@@0animalproductworld558 I think is the same goes with you if people good to you , you will accept them if not I think you will chase them out , when many people give the ideas china is safe and good places to live in , of cos if you are good , who is going to take dangerous people may be you do like to friend dangerous , forgive me if I am wrong
I attended the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and watched the Pakistani hockey team fight South Africa (or Australia maybe..?) in the field, the whole stadium Chinese audience were supporting our Pakistani friends...That is an unforgettable memory in my life.🙂
Really appreciate open-minded westerners like him who are humble and dedicated, and don't try to impose their ways on the locals, but instead try to work with and around their values. What he said about not experiencing your host country through a western lens is so important - you integrate better into a society if you throw all expectations and preconceived notions out the window and just experience and accept the country for what it is.
Great conversation, Kwesi. Thanks for having Mr Chapple on! Liked and subscribed :)
What's strange is that a lot of non Chinese esp the Western world blindly accept the things published by their media without an iota of effort of confirmation, example the Xinjiang rumours( news??). I only heard a few people complaining but I can't find real solid evidence. People could talk about their sufferings but where's the proof. I can't find any over 2 years of searching!!!
This expat is absolutely correct. I really respect him for living in China for 23 years. Hope he has learned and know how to speak Mandarin in his 23 years in China. The young generation people in China are driven to improve and their parents drive them too. They are all hungry to be better. I am a Chinese born second generation in South East Asia (my dad was born in Singapore too) and came to US in early 90s to further my tertiary education. I then started my first job as an expat in US. I have lived in US for almost thirty years. The life in US is comfortable but the spirit of self-driving to be better is always inside of me and my culture. The next generation has to be better than the older generation. My grand parents had either no education or up to elementary education. My parents only graduated with high school level diploma. I obtained degree up to MS in Engineering. My first child is in one of the world top three universities (in US) now doing CS and my second child is on his path to be there too. Chinese people raise and nurture children to be better. Yes, we are indeed a stubborn group and therefore our civilization and culture could exist for 5000 years! Instead of trying to teach and force Chinese to learn the Western way, why wouldn’t the western people understand how the Chinese (in China) could transition and advance so quickly in the last thirty years from a no ATM and coffee shop country to one that has the most advanced infrastructure with high speed trains?!
Well said !!
but they aren't anymore. They don't get married, they don't pursue some ambitious career, they don't want jobs, they are the 'lay flat' generation who don't care about 'driving' anything. They say 'Let it rot' because there is no point to driving, in their hearts and minds. So he's not correct anymore. It's not 2004 anymore.
Frankly I’m not worried of that because they don’t represent the majority. Look at the millions of GaoKao students China has and also the fresh college graduates each year in China looking to fill the job market there. The last I know is the rest of the world is still depending on China’s strong economy momentum. If the young Chinese generation really lay flat, then I need to start worrying that the young generation in the west would be totally in coma! Just in US (if you”ve been around in Silicon Valley area), I am seeing they can’t even step up to produce good quality STEM young bloods here, pretty much rely on the young Asian Americans and absorbing of foreign students or foreign professionals.
@@DrPrag Nobody asked you about your version of the inferior subhumans and failures of 'the west'.
The problem is China's youth realize they won't be leaving University to become World Stars. They may not even get assigned a passport to leave. They aren't becoming the heroes or 'showing the West what Chinese can really do!" or any of those things. They won't even be relied upon for 'STEM' by the world that doesn't rely on them or China.
This is true for a lot of youth in a whole lot of nations but we're talking about the Mainland Chinese ones.
At least one of the problems has been 24 grad students all having a 'face' competition for what should be the work of 4 students.
Chinese offices running on 200 people of which 180 sleep and play phone games and 20 Fuer Dai who are terrible at managing anything but egos and 'face' and aren't even good at that.
Nobody needs to find the 180 other guilty because they are correct: They will never have any dreams fulfilled, no 'ladder' up the lifestyle rungs, they won't grow a family, build and expand and open up new opportunities by working 12 hrs 7 days or whatever do-nothing highly inefficient go-nowhere long long hours they put in.
If Hong Kong of the 70s and 80s still existed then they could and did.
If they lived in Taiwan that would still be possible.
In Mainland China, in 2022 they figured out they aren't going anywhere based on anything they can do.
So they may as well lay down and rest all day and they may as well 'let it rot' since it won't be used anyway.
You know this. Don't you? You know this is how it is and will be this way, even more and more as long as the current Dynasty maintains control.
Why do some Chiinese buy and sell their wife?!
Thank you Kwesi for another awesome interview with an expat. Love to hear Mr. Chapple what he had experienced in China.
I love sharing peoples experiences with the world
Great work! Thank you for showing the true face of China to the world! 🌹
I almost cry for when Mr.Chapel said that Chinese people are most good people. Thank you very much for your kind words.
A very humble person in terms of European especially English. I have never seen a humble English person like this before in my life, even in England.
John watched China transform through the most pivotal years of her reform. Well done.
Absolutely, for watching
Weihai is so beautiful🌳Thank you for another amazing video, KING KWESI. Wish John & his family an enjoyable journey in China.
Weihai is absolutely a beautiful city
Thanks for your wishes
I'm speaking English,dutch and Chinese, 我国内在深圳买了房子，准备十年后回国退休现在就赚多一点钱给以后打算. 爱祖国，不离不弃
wow that's sooo cool! where you from?
I just love your program of talking to wonderful people about their experiences in China. I was in Shanghai in 1987 when there were essentially no cars in the city.
My experience has been a little different, moving to Japan in 1975 to study language, then eventually going on to living and working in Japan for 8 years. It was with a Canadian corporation and eventually my own company.
I can TOTALLY relate to you and your guests, with your love of many aspects of living in China and getting to know the people and culture. It must be so transformational for you all. I am 71 and walk around in Japan when I go back with family, see the modern society and just talk to the many open people. Japan is a great society, too.
Sure I’ve heard many fascinating stories about Japan
I can’t wait to visit 💯
Hope more Westerners see your video and go to China for visit and see the truth for themselves and not what all the smearing on China by their Western government. ✌️❤️🇨🇳🙏
China excels in almost everything
Thank you for sharing this gentleman’s 23 years of experience in china
Love that entreview. It´s direct, clear, inteligente, not bombastic just the way it was & it is. I agree that the youth of the West is too confortable therefore less inclined to learn , grow & improve themselves & their country. Congrats.
Yes open mindedness is so important. I respect you John for trying to understand us Asians. All the best and God bless🙏😊
It's so refreshing to hear his perspective on the transformation of China.
Absolutely
Thanks for watching 💯
Yet another great interview. So, Weihei looks fantastic! Thanks for showing us new places, people and their stories!
China is vast, each part is different and has it's own cultures and mentality. The man is correct, with respect and you will be fine. I am hoping I can travel back to China and start checking off cities off my list. Great conversation you guys had. Thanks
Great interview. Remember well those days without ATMs, exchanging dollars for RMB. Now everything is cashless, no need for ATMs again. Full circle.
😂😂😂This is a circle
Good video.Thanks mates & love from Singapore.
I’d love to hear from this man’s children and what it was like for them growing up!
That’s true, I would love to hear them share their experiences
yes, I am interested. There are many untrue rumours to bad mouth China. China is not perfect and corruption has not been entirely rooted out. But it is not so bad as reported in the western media. There are plain clothes policemen in Xinjiang but definitely no concentration camps to innocent people. There was no genocide as alleged in the western media. Many people in China can enjoy life because the Central Government has been working hard to combat poverty and control inflation, particularly house prices. I am in the position to tell you that I am alright in HK and the National Security Law has no adverse effect on me. I feel sorry that many younsters (especially young students) were aided, abetted and used by the pans democratice camp to violate the law by participating in the violent riots in 2019. In the name of freedom, the rioters took away my freedom by setting fire on MTR and blocking roads. People who disagreed with the rioters were attacked. Those rioters were brainwashed. Students were taught in classrooms that the Nanjing Massacre was an act from the Japanese to save China. In fact, the sufferings of Chinese during the Japanese invasions was comparable to that experienced by the Jews during the Nazi reign. If you have the opportunity to visit the Memorial Hall in Nanjing, you will be shocked by the cruelty of the Japanese armies.
very good conversation and very lovely old man😀
Thanks for watching
Speaking of airports, LAX the Los Angeles international airport is so outdated and always in the fix or repair status.
Really ?
I’ve never been there
Yes it was terrible when I went through several years ago. I was shocked.
In most N. American cities the airport is just like a larger version of a bus terminal, whereas in many other countries, the airport is their prime attraction and a national pride
Thank you John for sharing! Love to hear more of your stories :D
I like these diverse conversations where your guests are very always talk both positive n negative issues they encounter or feel about China.
That was such a fascinating video. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have a story similar to John's .... Things have changed so much .... John rocks.
Enjoyed, and your interviews are always meaningful and entertaining. Great job, King.
Thanks for watching
A nice first-hand account on the part of Mr John. What a story!
Fantastic interview, great job King Kwesi!
Thanks
China is my second home.. I have been 16 years. I even how Qingdao changed.
Always very good reports, I always enjoy watching this channel 👍
Thanks
@@KINGKWESI thank you for producing such enjoyable content 👍
Amazing. Been in Weihai the last 18 years and never met John.
Really
Which part of the city do you live ?
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I agree with everything John said, and me too consider my 12 years China experience fondly and most lucky... Yes! 一步一步！
glad to see the interview was held in my beautiful hometown Weihai City.
My friend I am from the US, I have been in China 12 years, I have best friend that have been over twenty years. Could make a good story.
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I look forward to every new video you put out!!
Insightful interview. Good 👍
Rule of law is upheld here. No violence, scam, riots, or crime is tolerated. You break it they break you.
Nice job.I like to know how foreigner fell about china.we made progress.there are still a lot need to be improved.
Lots of progress has been achieved and many more to come
The magic of the UA-cam algorithm 😂. Weihai is my hometown and I spent a year back there in 2021, and had a drink with John in a bar, top bloke. 🤣 what a small world.
That’s interesting 🤔
John loves his beer, Weihai is a beautiful city and we love it here 😊
Loved this video! Thank you for conducting this interview. I would love to visit China, but it is still closed off for most of us, unfortunately. But there is so much i would like to see and experience there. All of the people I know from China are super kind too. It just seems like a nice place to visit (although perhaps a bit intense right now, with lockdowns). Thank you so much for this, you two 🥰🖤
a perspective that no MSM in west EVER give
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I know some people who sold their Beijing homes a few decades ago to move to another more developed country to open a small restaurant. Many years passed by, now looking back they are all super regretful because had they not sold their Beijing homes, now they have become a millionaire without even doing anything. And people who moved to China many years ago to buy properties in big cities must have become very wealthy by now. The question is, will China continue to offer great investment opportunities as it used to be for past 2 decades? I don't think so. Especially in the real estate sector. As infrastructure is already well developed, the economy has reached a point of stabilization, the opportunities have shifted to other developing countries such as Vietnam. That's why I moved back to Vietnam after many years living in China. Wish me luck!
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First time coming across your channel. Lots of good and meaningful questions asked. Liked and subscribed
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Yes China has changed a lot as ad a Chinese living overseas for 20 plus years, I don't recognize my home country anymore.
It’s about time you visit haha
I fully agree with Mr Chapple that China has changed beyond recognition. My first visit to China was also 23 years ago. I’ve seen the rapid transformation with mu very own eyes. Its definitely awesome & amazing.
Good luck to you,KING KWESI.
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@KING KWESI - fascinating interview, please do more like this! Esp. with those who have been living in China for 20 years, it's really fascinating, the insights and wisdom that they have to pass on to those either living in China or interested to learn the take / perspective of non-Chinese in China from the daily-life and watching all the changes over time, point-of-view
So glad to hear you two talking ! Great informative interview! Love this old and sophisticated man!
23 years ago I lived in 5tier city jiangmen and we had atm, coffee shops,nightclubs,western restaurants.
Great interview of first person china experience.
Great interview. Thank you King Kwesi for your channel. I'm of Chinese descent, but never grew up speaking the language or feeling that connected to the culture. However seeing people like John talk about how their horizons were broadened and of all the change that happened in China gives me a lot of optimism for a better world tomorrow. We need more cultural exchange programs and content like your channel, to combat the negative mainstream media that just seeks to divide people and protect the interests of the elites at any cost. Thanks again!
Nicely done， good job Kwesi
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Great interview skills and questions 👌 and such an eloquent man to tell his stories, thoroughly enjoyed it. Funny I’ve been in the UK for the past 18 years while he’d seen all of the changes over his 20 odd years in China , I’m actually a bit jealous 😅 wonderful video and I’ll be checking out more of your videos 😜
My first time to Shanghai was 94 in my early teen. Nothing to see, no high building in Pudong that time. No rail, rude people (from my view at least since I grow up in Indonesia with dubbed as one of polite people in the world) but anyway, I visited back in 01 and 02, still nothing impressive. But then I was there to stay in 04 until 12. Then comeback every year just because I missed that place. I am watching Shanghai grows from no line subway to eh… 18 lines? From no ATM into cashless. From nothing into mega super mall everywhere even Starbucks had one of the biggest store in Shanghai. Man, what a development. I hope they open the country soon cause it had been two years and I missed going back to my second home…
They added 2 or 3 more lines now. It's freaking crazy. Jing'an Temple has a third line and they're attaching a cultural structure across the street from the temple right now. It could be completed. I thought it'll be a giant fountain at first.
Awesome video and I just found your channel and looking forward to watching more videos.
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Interesting story from a Brit. about his life in China! Wish him and family well. 加油！
all i can say thx to all hater anti china they always criticize or mocking china this , china that , but u know what thats only makes china motivated to be getting better and stronger
Hi John, it is good to listen to your story of living and working in China for 23 years. It is good to travel and broaden one's horizon. There is too much politics in the West, much less in China where everyone just gets on with their business doing the best to look after their families.
I have lived in the UK, mainly in London for 52 years, having emigrated from Hong Kong. It took a few months to adjust to the new way of life, but English cuisine still has much to be desired. However, with the influx of Europeans and other foreigners London is one of the best places to live , work and enjoy. What the world wants London can offer, virtually in everything that money can buy. Many English people find London too busy and fast paced. They would rather live in the countryside, many parts of which I have visited by car, not high speed trains. Anyway, it is interesting to listen to other people's life stories and experiences. Thank you for the video.
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Please move to Hong Kong again, we are much safer now than before, living here in china is much desirable for the retired than in the uk. Good luck btw I live in the US
I hope you have the opportunity to travel and live in Chinese Mainland, and maybe more cities will be added to your livable list
Many cities in China may be richer and more diverse than those in Britain, but they are safer, more convenient and lower cost of living than those in Britain, BTW, I live in Gloucester, the same place as the interviewee
@@anonymintheworld9781 I have visited Gloucester recently, and attended a service at Gloucester Cathedral.
Appreciate your programm, as a Chinese working in Africa, it is really needed to promote the mutual understanding between Chinese and African people. actually it is same in both China and Africa,higher education people are behaving better and lower education people are behaving poor.education is really important.
Great interview! Awesome content as always ❤
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nice manager, you tell us a true about china and people, perfect interview
KING KWESI speaks very good English. . . . .
He is very lucky. . . . cause he got the opportunity to be well educated . . . . .
I believe he is from Nigeria . . . .
Nicely done interview. Real sharing of experiences and wisdom
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It's look to me that the demography of china have changed since the 1980's. Now China is not for the yellow race only. She have black, White, Indian, a mixed race nation. The good thing is black in China made of highly educated people who came to China to studied, but when the graduated they decided to started families and make China their home stay in China made themselves Chinese. So now we will have to think Chinese is not mean for only yellow race only, but black, white as well.
Hi! John, Please to see you through this interview. Glad that you still have confidence with this country. Keep well ! Rgds JT
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Excellent video.This is a lovely region of China.Its so refreshing to hear the reality of life there rather than the anti Sino Propaganda spread by the mainstream media in the UK and elsewhere often by journalists that have never even visited this fascinating part of the world.If you get the chance once restrictions are lifted do go but as the video stated Go With an Open Mind!
Nice video, I'm live in Weihai only 5 years, but can say same. It's best city for me. And maybe I can meet John. I live only in West parts of Weihai near to Golden Beach.
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Super! In many ways, we have to appreciate " CHINA the Great" , by all means of...
He ask very good question
Fascinating
I moved here 21 years ago although I had been visiting maybe for 7 years before that... Place indeed changed a lot. I was in Beijing in the beginning and remember when there was one Starbuck's in all of China.... At China World. Back then everything was cash indeed although there were ATMs in Beijing. Anyway, good old times. last 2-3 years with covid been a bit different but still the country has modernized so much
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Amazing channel, got luck to find you!
12:00 is interesting because he's been around so long he's now in the 'Laying Down' social cycle where the young people have no drive, no hopes, no motivation and even say 'Let it Rot' (their ambition). the circle of life I suppose.
Expat is an exclusive word. If one lives in another country with no intention to leave for a while by any means, then one is an immigrant.
Very interesting conversation. I will say that people behave the same towards uncommon things/people. When we lived in Germany and had our babies, Germans would come into our space when we were out and about to look at the babies or even try to touch them, and this is without even acknowledging the parents. So it's probably how some human adults react when they see someone that doesn't look like them.
Amazing content!
Thank you for your video. Wish your video shows us a comprehensive China and people there without distortion or bias.
John may knows more about how China is like before 20 years than me.
07:57 What makes young guys feel boring and not so exciting? Lacking of Hiphop, protest, friends, western culture, strippers, drugs, LGBT?
👍一步一步🤝Fantastic👍
ATM around 2000 of course existed , he just didn’t find. Because in that time only 4 National banks in small cities in China .
He was actually speaking about Qingdao not the whole of China.
@@KINGKWESI qingdao is one of richest cities in Shandong province. Even in binzhou there are atms of 4 nation owned banks (ICBC , boc , etc around 1994 when I was high school
@@weizhang2834 got it now
@@KINGKWESI In the late 90 s, China's ATM has around the city, because I was in long distance to study in the university
, then take the cost of living at an ATM
主要问题是他需要取美金，不是取人民币，兑换需要经过柜台人工，早期估计比较麻烦
The pandemic has changed everything. 23 years wow 🤩
Yes that’s totally true
Step by step, wise words 👍👍
that is the honest view of real China. Welcome to anyone with openmind.
Twenty years ago, as a Hong Kong permanent resident I had freedom of access ...
Nice video.. was hoping that you could ask how the people of china has changed or tranformed during their long stay in china. Not many country can experience a society transformation in a generation. :-)
Let me answer you, I'm from Shanghai. I'm in my 40s. In the 1990s, my parents and I lived in a 10-square house.
Now, my family has three apartments in Shanghai. By the way, my parents are workers, and my job is sales.
Great move. Best a man can make
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Great job! Go with China ! Cheers!
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good luck to bro from malaysia