The difference is, you actually ARE a foreigner. There are millions of Asians born in western countries who are still treated as perpetual foreigners but discriminated against and attacked.
That’s common in a lot of Asian countries, you call someone that’s older than you sister/brother (yes anyone), if they are even older, you call them uncle or auntie. Older and the same thing goes on.
Hahaha, I've had kids following me around while streaming too. One little girl realized I was pointing to things and saying what they are in Chinese, and she started joining in and correcting my mistakes. It was so cute! 太好笑了！
I experienced same thing. I lived in country side helping my inlaw on their land farming. I would have so many people just stop in shock. One child even came over to help me pick out the weeds and naming each vegetable.
My wife and I visited China in 2005. We went to Beijing and Nanchang. A trip to be remembered for lots and lots of reasons. We returned home with a little chinese girl. Now she is nineteen, and the pride and joy of her dad.
@@cavu2555 No particular reason, really. It was the era of the "one child" policy, and chinese orphanages were flooded by children who needed parents, and girls in particular. Lots and lots of children found parents in USA, Canada and Europe.
@@cavu2555 I simply couldn't tell you. We adopted a chinese girl almost 20 years ago. And we followed the normal procedures for adopting a child from China to our country. If you wish to adopt a child, you should seek information from the appropriate authorities in your own country.
I've lived in China 4 years and kids stare at you, it's just out of pure curiosity. I've never had any negative reactions from people, it's always friendly. You can get treated like a celebrity at times. Your Chinese is excellent btw.
@@thetwilightzone2541 I was in guandong for less than a year. Never had any trouble personally and people looked at me with interest, even taking photos from afar at me. I just noticed that when there were large groups of foreigners with old guys passing by, those were spitting around the streets. I know it sucks but to some old people, is still hard to be open up to foreigners
I taught English in Japan back in 2006, 2007 and this brought back so many fond memories. Thank you. I was back in Japan Oct 2023 and ran into a past student of mine. We had such a wonderful time and reliving our memories.. keep up the great work.
I admire any Westerner who doesn't mind being seen as an alien!👏👏 Whether by children or adults. I've lived in Japan since 2003, and I'm immensely bothered by this, because in Brazil I would never view anyone as an alien. I find it very embarrassing! Even worse is when you speak the local language fluently, and they insist to speaking in English just to take advantage of the opportunity to exercise the little English they know. Things get worse, because in the minds of Asians, every Caucasian is a native English speaker, and consequently has an obligation to understand English. In my case, I get very upset about this, as I am Causasian, and my native language is Portuguese. Sometimes I think that it didn't mean anything to me to study the Japanese language, because just because I'm Caucasian, they insist on speaking English to me. I think about how one of them would feel if they were in the USA, for example, and someone came to speak in Chinese Mandarin. It's embarrassing when people ask me if I'm American, and I say I'm Brazilian. Not that I'm ashamed of being Brazilian. Quite the opposite! But some Japanese people are clearly disappointed when I say I'm Brazilian and not American. I don't understand how a people who suffered the effects of two atomic bombs can be so sycophantic when their tormentors launched those two bombs. It's a level zero of self-love, I think. Furthermore, I believe that some Japanese parents tell their young children that all Brazilians, Latin Americans or anyone from developing countries are dishonest, criminals and violent. I have already seen the contempt shown by some children towards foreigners from the third world. We know that children are like a blank book. They have no evil, and they don't know what prejudice is. Unless some ignorant adult teaches them to behave in this regrettable way.
I think your child sees you as a foreigner just because of curiosity and no malice. I always greet foreign teachers warmly when I see them in Chinese schools.
The way that you interact with little kids is so wholesome and adorable!! You also sound so fluent in Chinese and Japanese. This is really motivating me to learn foreign languages. I hope to be this fluent someday.
I'm still making my way through Pimsleur Japanese 1 lessons. Already can understand much more Japanese in shows I watch. Progress! Thanks for helping to keep me inspired to stay at it. Also, those kids are super cute.
Welcome back from China! I hope you had a great time and by the looks of the video you definitely have. The kids are so kind and just wanted to connect with you. I bet their day was made and they told all their friends that they talked to an American. You're such an anomaly to them they just can't resist finding out what you're all about with a friendly conversation 💜
I had a lot more kids say hello to me in China than in Japan. In general, the children of both countries were more likely to talk to me than teens or adults.
@@novy1198 True, but in most other countries adults are not as reluctant to talk to you as they are in Japan. Obviously, there are exceptions. I did have adults talk to me, including a couple of college girls who wanted to practice their English.
Your Mandarin is very good. The best part is that when you speak Mandarin, you just sound like a regular nice Chinese girl. Language is really the most important bridge for us to understand each other. Thank you for sharing this.
I really enjoy your videos. I am an American living in Cebu Philippines. I speak the Cebuano dielectric and get similar responses from the local people, who don't know me, like you get when you are out and about. I enjoy my retirement life, because I can communicate with the local people. Looking forward to your future videos. May God Bless you. Jim from Cebu.
True story: Years ago my husband was working on a job site and he would stop at this little Chinese grocery store. One day he noticed there were a few kittens hanging around their shelves Seeing we were longing for a calico and they had one, he approached the mother, father and little boy and asked if he could buy one. He came home that night and we agreed to taking their calico kitten. So he went the next day after work and they had everything ready, from kitten food, a box and some kitten toys. As my husband was leaving with new kitten in tow their little boy comes up to my husband and said; Don't forget Mister, she only speaks Chinese." I've been laughing at that line ever since. 😂 Too cute. We had her for 12+ years before she died of heart failure. She was a beauty.
Dear foreign friends, I am Chinese and I look forward to you not being blinded by the lies and information described by the West. You should go to China with your own eyes to understand the true historical facts, go to the Chinese library and among the Chinese people to take a look, ask the Chinese people, instead of blindly accepting deliberate lies fabricated by some people to slander China and Mao Zedong in the media of countries that do not understand China, especially in anti China news media. First of all, I would like to remind you that a large number of anti China, anti Mao Zedong, and anti Communist people, along with their ancestors, are bad people. They are all warlords, landlords, and evil gentry groups that were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese people. They enslaved and oppressed the Chinese people in China, and were defeated by the Chinese people. Mao Zedong led Chinese farmers and workers to resist the enslavement and oppression of the warlord government of the Republic of China, and ultimately defeated the warlord group led by Chiang Kai shek, and established the People's Republic of China in 1949. Remember, the republic is a republic. Foreign friends, if you are interested in China, you must go to China to get to know it for yourself. Don't believe the western media. I can tell you directly that about 90% of the news you see on UA-cam, Facebook and Twitter about the CPC and Mao Zedong are anti China and anti Communist Chinese who immigrated from Taiwan in the early days. They were fabricated by the followers of Chiang Kai shek in the Republic of China because they hate Mao Zedong for leading the Chinese people to defeat them. We look forward to your buying a bilingual edition of Selected Works of Mao Zedong on Taobao. This book, which has been called the "people's bible" by the Chinese people, contains the speeches made by Mao Zedong in the national newspapers during the period from 1926 to 1949 when he led the Chinese people to wage the People's Democratic War against the warlord government of the Republic of China oppressing the Chinese people. The contents of the book, including the contents of the civil war between the CPC and the Government of the Republic of China, can clearly understand the real people's leader Mao Zedong and the history of the CPC from its establishment to today as the world's largest party. You know, China has always been suppressed and smeared by the West led by the United States. The trade war, technology war, etc. initiated by the United States against China are all part of the anti China movement. It is difficult for you to hear and see the correct historical facts about China and Mao Zedong in the media under the discourse hegemony controlled by the West. Mao Zedong holds the highest position in the hearts of the Chinese people. He is deeply loved and supported by the Chinese people because he saved them. However, on the contrary, Mao Zedong was also deeply hated by the warlords, landlords, and evil gentry of the Republic of China. During the government era led by Chiang Kai shek, about 95% of the Chinese people were slaves under the rule of Chiang Kai shek's warlord government. For generations, the Chinese people were enslaved and oppressed by government organizations composed of warlords, bureaucrats, landlords, and some gangsters. The Chinese people were enslaved and oppressed by these warlords and landlords, and their food and clothing were not covered. They were slaves for generations, begging and selling children and women along the streets, being driven to work by landlords, and having no land of their own. All the land was occupied by warlords and landlords under the rule of the government of the Republic of China. If you have been to India, Pakistan, or Afghanistan, Laos, you will see children begging on the streets, and in the era of the Republic of China, about 95% of Chinese people were like this. At the same time, there was also Japan's invasion and massacre of China. In such a criminal era, it was Mao Zedong who led the CPC, led poor workers and farmers, and led students and teachers to form a people's democratic revolutionary struggle against the oppression of the warlord government of the Republic of China. In the end, the warlord government of the Republic of China was defeated. The number of these warlord landlords in China was about 8 million, and a large part of them fled to Taiwan. Then, they immigrated from Taiwan to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries, with many Chinese. The earliest Chinese immigrants to countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom were mostly from Taiwan, and their ancestors were warlord landlords and their descendants. These people fabricated false history and lies in Western media, smearing and slandering China. This is the earliest Chinese, and also the terrifying voices about China that your ancestors or you often hear in Western media, mostly from these people. I look forward to you all maintaining a questioning attitude. If possible, please come to China to personally investigate and research, and do not believe any lies fabricated by the media. This is not history at all. Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese people were no longer slaves, but became masters of the country. Mao Zedong did not enslave and oppress the Chinese people like the government of the Republic of China did, but instead allowed the Chinese people to go to school for free, receive medical treatment for free, and have housing for free. The people will no longer be displaced, the Chinese people will no longer be unable to afford medical care, and the Chinese people will no longer lose the right to access knowledge because they do not have the money to go to school. All of them will receive free education. Mao Zedong did everything for the Chinese people. Excuse me, Biden, can we provide free housing for the American people? Or use houses to turn people into mortgage slaves? Why do Chinese people love Mao Zedong so much? Because Mao Zedong loved the people more than his biological parents. During Mao Zedong's era, the people's government built houses and distributed them to the people for free, free of charge. People's education, free of charge, and free of charge, are all borne by the state. Everything is for the people. If such a people's leader is smeared and slandered by bad people, as a Chinese, even a foreigner, if your president loves you and your people so much, builds a house, gives it to you for free, reduces the burden of people's lives, provides free education, and does not charge any money... Would you not love it? Natural love. However, such a true people's leader, the People's Republic of China, which is now China, once appeared, and his name was Mao Zedong. However, it is no longer the case now. China has returned to the path of capitalism, and these welfare arrests have been stolen by capitalists. The Chinese people have become slaves to housing and high interest loans again...., I look forward to foreign friends who can learn about a human leader Mao Zedong with their hearts. Thank you all
I got a dog in the US, when I’m in college. And I brought him back to China after graduating, the first question my parents asked me is : does this little American dog know Chinese?
Mike, I enjoy your videos as a black man in China. My wife is Chinese she teaches me Mandarin Chinese. I’m the only African-American man in our church here in Seattle Washington. I speak fluent Chinese, and they are all amazed to hear me speaking there language.
Out of all of the things I could say to this fun video I chose to ask... ARE THOSE KIDS REALLY PLAYING POGS?!?!?! lol. Great video again! I can't wait to become fluent in my Japanese and get to see some of these reactions first hand.
Here I am showing my age - I travelled to China with my sister and a friend in 1984! It was just opening up to tourists and the only way to travel was in an organised tour group. Needless to say we were surrounded by the Chinese people eager to speak to us and practice their English- mainly adults the children were too shy to approach.
That's amazing! ✨️ So much has changed over there since then, with the newer generations, I guess, being more familiarized with tourists, compared to when the adults at the time were first excited when tourists were first visiting.
You brought so many smiles to all those children that day. You were so kind to them and gave them a beautiful memory that will be with them forever. God bless you! 💗😊
You are such a dork!! I mean that in the best way!! You playing/interacting with the kids was pricelessly human. Thank you, bigtime!! or as it's said in my home away from home/Mahsi! Mahsi cho!
You're a truly a gem! I love the attitude you treat the kids with and it's so wholesome, also your dedication of blending youself with the culture and learning the language really touched me, amazing! Subscribed!
its common in asian culture to have a respect term to anyone older than you. basically "older female/male" terms, shows huge respect to elders, unlike western culture who just goes by name basis. which distances a lot of families and social circles.
I worked for a Chinese owned company for a couple of years back about 10 years ago, so had to make several business trips up there from Australia. Mostly I stayed in the centre of the cities I was in, but occasionally had to stay in areas that had less contact with the west. It was in these places that I caused the most stir, mostly like you, by being followed by numbers of kids who wanted to engage with me and practice their English. Very cute. They were also fascinated by the fact that I had fairish hair and blue eyes.
Less contact with the west? You mean less disturbed by foreigers. And wtf is fairish hair? You mean yellow? Lol, or what was the word, yes, blonde. I should teach those children english so they know what to expect from the "free world" and its self-serving, fake woke movements
It is really cute to see the curiosity and kids when they see someone who is a foreigner in their country. I find it so interesting and it's so precious how they interact with you Anming.
I have been going to China about annually since 93, (except during covid :( ), and you are completely correct in how Chinese people react to foreigners. Your Mandarin is better than mine, but nonetheless I have found that when I say something in Chinese, the reaction is wonderful. My last trip I started using a translation app and found that that made communication much more effective, as my vocabulary still sucks. Anyhow, great video, always happy to see someone bridging the east and west. Best of luck
Yea, until they are brainwashed by nationalistic teachings that foreigners are all potential spies. The see something, say something campaign rewards for tattling on innocent foreigners.
Hey there Anming. It's the Port Huron guy here. I just wanted to say that I love your videos. I am inspired by you to keep striving to make my dreams come true.
I'm glad to see you put in effort to learn a local culture and its language, and try your best to communicate with the local people with full respect and a kind heart. I wish everyone could treat a different culture and people that way like you did.
I really admire your language skills… I’m a retired teacher, 75 years old, 1st generation American, born to Italian and German parents, but never spoke a foreign language. My wife and I will spend 15 days in Japan this coming summer. I decided to study Japanese, not just for the trip, but for the challenge. I have used a number of apps, including Pimsleur… ( I need to see text, not just relying on listening)… I also have been working with a tutor through Italki, using Genki…..Anyway, I get a big charge out of your videos… Any words of advice for an old guy trying to learn Japanese??😂😂👍🍷🍷🍷🌻
My advice is to learn Chinese and visit China instead. In my very biased opinion, China also offers a mix of ancient and modern as Japan does, but in even more variety. China has a longer history, its many provinces offer a wider variety of local favor, and our cuisine is unmatched by any other country. I mean, the Japanese do wonderful things with Sushi. But China offers sushi and also gourmet food from every other part of the world Chinese and Japanese are both polite and you will have a great time in Japan. But if you can, visit China someday. Very few visitors regret it.
I still cannot understand why Chinese kids are so dumb. In my country if they see any Asian people our kids won't react as something like this. They are reacting like they saw aliens from space. In my country if our kids see a foreigner they will just look that is all. All Chinese kids are acting so dumb to be honest.
Ed here in Tennessee.... Another happy video showing the good in the world. I love the interaction with the kids... Not just the shock stuff, but where you just talk to them and they just talk back .. like the little girl eating the candy, I loved how it was just a conversation.. great stuff... Thank you for the time and effort in making these videos for us.
@@spencer7404 I would say a language of China rather than a simple Chinese dialect. Mandarin and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible and Mandarin is not the native language of the entire population of China
I lived in China (a few hours from Wuhan by train) from 2000 to 2006. Being stopped by strangers wanting to practice their English or being invited for meals out or to homes was completely normal. When I first moved there I always found it a little unusual for the first few months when I went shopping. I used to pass a group of fruit and veg sellers who would have a habit of taking my shopping bags from me, looking inside and then interrogate me on how much I had paid. Later on during my time there I would learn to haggle / barter for everything. But yeah, just a few basic words and phrases always went a long way
I think they just want to help you and check whether you overpaid for your stuff. Since some of the shop owners tend to charge more for foreigners as they'll still find it cheap in their own currencies (of course USD or EUR).
Bargaining at Chinese vegetable markets is a tradition, a habit of the older generation. Therefore, if you don’t bargain, you will end up paying a higher price for goods. Fortunately, young people in China are resisting this behavior because it’s too troublesome, and we don’t want to waste our time in meaningless negotiations.
I've been watching you for a few years now Pearl, I'm sincerely happy to see you doing so well. I truly am. Thanks once again, for this lovely little slice-of-life video.
Always enjoy your videos!! It was so funny when the little boy called you "Earth" or something like that. I guess it was his first time seeing a foreigner or alien....LOL. I have not really traveled that much and I feel I have learned so much from your videos. You are very, very smart and brave to travel to so many different areas in the world. I think you blow everyone away with being so incredibly fluent in their language. So I am happy that I can live vicariously through you.
But really...think about that little boy saying that. In his mind he was talking to an alien. And how did he react? He let the alien know where it was.
The boys were so happy to speak with you Anming. I really loved seeing their excitement to see someone different. I’m happy to see that you got to visit China 🇨🇳 again. I remember watching you with your students. I wonder how Charles is doing. Great Episode. Merry Christmas 2023’. 🙇🏻♀️❄️🎄🎁 N. California
no? it doesnt sound natural or native at all. her accent is very obvious. (i agree that she has a special talent in languages but it doesnt change the fact that she has an accent)
I've learned from my time in Japan that kids are more open when it comes to foreigners (generally speaking). But even those chinese kids are visibly surprised how smooth and natural Anming sounds. 😅
She's not that "natural" sounding at all (no offense to her), she has a very noticeable accent. The thing that stands out is that she is white and speaking mandarin. If a westernized Asian spoke like her, they would not be able to blend in at all because of how clear the accent is.
This is most ridiculous comment in this century. We , in easy Asia , are all Know Japanese is most closed culture in Asia, and “Japan kids are more open “ , before you come to China, stop judge any of them, jpan not even a size of Chinese province, and every province, city , even villages is different, and we all know Japan is “ island character “
@@weizhang2834 I didn't even compare China to Japan. I was just speaking from my experience. Your salty chinese nationalist posting is completely unnecessary. Never mind: Japan > China 😎
She is indeed unnecessarily nationalistic. But your words could have invited this. You said from your experience the Japanese kids are more open. More open than whom? Isn't this a comparison? And if you only have experience about Japan, how do you know they are more open than kids elsewhere?@@jensino
Oriental Perl you are a beautiful woman! I admire your ability to learn such difficult languages! But it's great that you want to do it and bring so much joy to people! Greetings from Poland, a country with a difficult language too 😉
Very nice! Nice that you are speaking Chinese and you pay attention to kids reactions!! That makes you content different in comparison to regular foreigners videos..
I visited China but it was about 10 years ago. Beijing twice with one visit I added Xian. And one visit to Hong Kong. I only could speak a handful of simple Chinese words. At that time I was a member of a travel website. I contacted a few local people in each city. They would meet me at my hotel and take me to lunch or dinner. During some of the days I went on tours with either a small group or private guide. The majority of the locals I encountered were very nice and helpful to me. The food is so good. That is a part of the trip that spoiled me. After eating the food in China. I can no longer eat the American Style Chinese food in the take out restaurants in my area of the states.
Let me tell what I have encountered in US during my 6 months stayed even though I can speak reasonable English. A non-Chinese here from Southeast Asia country. I really admired American and westerners. They are so lucky that they can come to Asia countries and still they are so welcomed to work, travel and live especially China without facing any racism, discrimination or Asian tell them to go back to your country or go back to America. Yet most are treated by well by Asians or Chinese in China. In China and other Asia countries they can travel to any corner without have to fear of any danger. Decades ago, I went US in California living at La Habra the City of Brea Harbor Blvd. It is my America dream since my teenage days to go to US and hope to be accepted as citizen. But unfortunately, it doesn't work out for me and my America dream ended up a nightmare. I really can't remember how many times I was told by the locals especially the whites telling me "Hay! Asian, go back to your Asia" Many racist names calling on me. And I was chased by a gang wanted to beat me up. After 6 months there, I have decided to pack and come back to Asia and never look back again. Not even I am paid to go to a country that people are so racist. And I have from friends saying it is now worst than before after Trump was voted as President.
@@panyaboonc5621- That sounds odd to me. I’m a white American who grew up in the Northeast near New York City. I don’t know a single white person here who treats Asians like that and I’m 55 years old. I went to school with children from Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines. I am still connected with a school friend whose family moved back to Japan when their father transferred back to Sony’a main office. It sounds like you moved to a very bad town in California. It was not worse here under president Trump. However, living under President Biden is very bad now. There’s more crime here with higher robberies and murders against all races.
@@finster1968you are white. So you are not likely to hear discrimination. Even in schools, I mean big UC. There is discrimination. Just that they don’t say it in public but what they say in private you would never know.
@@TAL142 - I’m sorry to hear that was your experience here. I have had talks with my Asian friends (who still live here) asking them about that narrative. Not one of them was ever threatened or told to go back where they came from. Even during Covid, nobody ran up to them and blamed them for the pandemic. Not saying it never happens, but it hasn’t ever happened to any of my friends, because I’ve asked them about their experiences. You probably would’ve been better off in a friendlier city. Where do you live?
@@finster1968 I am in California. All I am saying it is more common than you think. My neighbor is ABC. He is as American as you can imagined. He was even a little biased against immigrant Chinese complaining about too many Chinese moving in. But later he complained to me he was told to go home on his trip at the airport. Sometimes Asians just don’t complain as much about these stuffs and rather just get along with everyone. You are called Karen if you say these stuffs to blacks but usually not much is done or even reported against other races. All I am saying it still exist with the way government intentionally demonizing certain group of people. This is just like taking down confederated stuffs. Those are history. But US politics simply won’t leave things alone. And they were democrats while Abraham Lincoln was republican.
I went to China back in 2019, just over a month before the pandemic started. I have 2 ft of dark curly hair and an olive skin tone, so I'm used to getting stared at whenever I travel. Got plenty of them in China, and the best one happened in Tai'an. I went out for some chow mein one evening, and the couple sitting at the table next to me actually stopped and watched me eat. I just gave them a smile and nod, and ignored them. Good times. It also happened one time when I was working in San Francisco as a bank teller a couple of decades ago. I did a transaction for a Chinese client, and she took a picture of me before walking away. Everyone got a laugh out of that one.
I had a smile on my face during the entire video, great work!! I have loved watching your videos throughout my journey learning Chinese and Japanese. It's very rewarding to slowly understand more and more words and phrases with each new upload. This one especially since I'm at about a 2nd grade level at best!! 太好了谢谢你!
I seen this on your Instagram page , which was short , and I left a nice comment there. This is awesome to relate and get the reactions of these youths.❤
Probably partly because you’re a foreigner and partly because you’re so pretty and blonde. Not to mention how you seem to Wow people with your fluency. Determined persistent woman. Love it!
This is a misconception that has been brewing for a while. Asians are nice to foreigners because its in their nature to be hospitable to visitors and nothing to do with the beauty of hair or such. Add curiosity to that. Don't mistake Asian kind nature.
@@halhal-my4pt Not all asians are so friendly. As the OP has pointed out in other videos. And many have this reaction to someone so different and attractive. Just not so much as Chinese citizens seem to.
@@Ketowski Different I get it but attractive I don't know. Regarding friendliness, compared to Africa, Europe, Middle East and India(they behave unlike Asians) the rest of the Asians are like Gods! And all this despite the fake news western and Indian media spew about China.
Congratulations…it’s been quite awhile since you were able to visit CHINA again. Happy you got to see your best communicators….children are absolutely honest. Lol 😝 ALIEN 👽. Sending Tommy and you both prayers of blessings and encouragement during the Holidays. 🙋🏻♀️❄️🎄🇺🇸
I am from China, and I also met friends from abroad when I was a child, so I have a deep understanding of it. Our gaze came from curiosity, at that time there were not many foreigners traveling to China due to visa reasons, and almost all our knowledge of the world came from books. Chinese children are naturally introverted and shy. They are eager to communicate. However, even children who have studied English for many years find it difficult to speak English when they actually meet foreigners. It is not because they are unwilling, but cause they are afraid of making a fool of themselves. They are pure and kind at heart, and they are not sure how to understand different cultures. So they think a smile or a hello may be the best way.
My Family is in China, and i am a Kiwi New Zealander. China people are the best and kind people to talk to. Also youu are very very good at speaking chinese!!!!!
I live in Switzerland and when my daughter first saw my friend from Santo Domingo she also cried because she had never seen a black person before (she was only 2 years old at the time). My friend had lots of coloured beads in her hair and that scared my daughter even more. We all had to laugh.
Yes, kids are both shy and bold at the same time when they meet people who are obviously different from those they regularly encounter. You being a blond stand out in countries where blonds are a rarity. This was a fun video. Cuteness on overload.
I was in Chengdu in 2005-2006 before it was as international as today and I wasn't called an alien but a girl asked her Mum if I was a ghost 😅 There's an 'English corner' in Chengdu where ppl meet in the park just to speak and listen and a foreigner would gather a crowd, like delivering a sermon or conference! People are definitely curious and super keen to share a few words or their culture and it's lovely. Where I live, nobody bats an eye at anyone looking any way and being from anywhere! Someone once shouted "America!" at me in a busy place and I shouted back in Mandarin "No, England" and he shouted "David Beckham!!" with two thumbs up, then there was silence and everyone went about their day 😅 Great content and I'm so jealous of this ability, which much be some innate talent in addition to immersion and practice. Thanks for sharing
Our family was in Japan 4 years ago and we went to the Peace Park in Hiroshima. While there, a school group was presenting 1000 origami cranes and to pray for peace. Afterwards, a small group of the students came up with a teacher and practiced their English with us, mostly asking where we had come from, how old our children were, and where in Japan we had been. The boy who asked the most questions was a bit overwhelmed, kept stumbling on his words as he tried to remember his English but it was passable.
It's is always great to see you interact with people, I learnt to speak German when I served in the British Army over there, and I picked it up from my German friends, made my time much richer, here is a funny story that I happen. 2 English girls were asking for chicken and chips in an Imbiss ,and at that time, I did not know how to translate the word to help them, so I made the sound of a chicken, well we all laughed and the German ladies taught me the word and and many more words. You are correct that we are all alike. We just want a good life and the best for our kids, stay safe all
@@rasseriegmail7270except you don’t really put any effort into it, you just learn it eventually. That’s the difference between learning a language and simply being born into it
This is a great video. The Chinese was very simple and easy to understand. I'm only an advanced beginner, or pre-intermediate, or A2-B1 or whatever metric they are using these days haha, but I could understand everything.
If you look different, you are bound to draw the attention and interest of the locals. If you're able to speak the local language on top of that, you might be faced with surprise. The childrens' reaction was very cute.
That is not true. I still cannot understand why Chinese kids are so dumb. In my country , if they see any Asian people our kids won't react as something like this. They are reacting like they saw aliens from space. In my country if our kids see a foreigner they will just look that is all. All Chinese kids are acting so dumb to be honest.
I really struggle with speaking (and honestly, everything else too!), so I am trying pimsleur now thanks to your recommendation. I've started from level 3 and I don't know if it'll be helpful for me, but I enjoy being able to practice a little Japanese while doing other tasks. The kids in this video are so cute! Thank you for the great content you are always putting out here, and for your inspiring dedication to learning languages. 😸
okay, I have learned very little over my 71 years because everyone around me kept telling me to speak English. I have learned to count in many languages and have learned a few words in each. I say the Greek alphabet and the Russian alphabets daily and I write very pretty in Russian. I tried to learn Chinese and Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese too, but I always ran across people who either don't speak the dialect I was trying to learn or they just were rude. I envy how you speak but you actually live there. That helps. I loved learning Thai especially and then Japanese. Chinese was getting me aggravated because I had no one to speak with. It would be so great if I could go to a Chinese restaurant only speaking Chinese and be completely understood. Every time I try it fails because they don't ever speak the same dialect, again.
I went to Beijing in the 90's. The few western tourists back then all stayed pretty much within the designated tourist areas, and rarely strayed far from their tour guides. Taxis were so cheap that they just used those to go to and from the hotel, while I decided to go straight for the public transport and off the beaten track. That didn't work as well in China as most other places, but sure made for an interesting trip. I never encountered a single other westerner in the subway system, and kids hid behind their moms when they saw me. I also seemed to be the only westerner at the Beijing zoo, as that was apparently not considered a normal tourist attraction. Everyone was staring at me more than the tigers and pandas. Even at the Great Wall, where there were at least a few groups of other foreigners, the locals still still seemed to take more pictures of me than the wall itself. Several parents had me pose with their children. None were too impressed with my crappy Chinese, but didn't mind chatting away regardless. Despite me feeling extremely alien, at least the Chinese were generally very warm and welcoming (unlike the Japanese, who are polite, but quite obviously just want to to leave them alone). Unfortunately it often ended with them asking for money, but considering how very poor many of them were, you can't really blame them. I am glad to see how much better they seem to be doing financially, but very surprised that there still aren't that many foreigners around. I just assumed most major cities in China would have their fair share of them by now.
From what I see in this video, obviously this tell me how safe China is. Young kids have lot of freedom wandering after school, going to school on their own without their parents or adults accompanied them to and back from school. In the west, young kids at this age normally accompanied by their parents and adults to go to school and back. Or school bus will send everyday. It won't be safe for kids to go to school and back home like this in China. This is real freedom.
In Finland young kids go to school without their parents, and they walk, ride a bicycle or go by a local bus depending the distance between the school and home. Before mobile phones kids had even more freedom to do whatever they want, and they saw their parents when they got home at certain time.
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I think they are infatuated with the pretty American. 😁 ❤❤❤❤
Curious why they call you Auntie, wonder if it's like in India.
It’s so cool to see another country, feels like another world
Are you back stateside now?
The difference is, you actually ARE a foreigner. There are millions of Asians born in western countries who are still treated as perpetual foreigners but discriminated against and attacked.
5:56 AW SHE CALLED HER AUNTIE😭😭😭 that was precious. “do your best” was a very warm and inspiring thing to say
That’s common in a lot of Asian countries, you call someone that’s older than you sister/brother (yes anyone), if they are even older, you call them uncle or auntie. Older and the same thing goes on.
Hahaha, I've had kids following me around while streaming too. One little girl realized I was pointing to things and saying what they are in Chinese, and she started joining in and correcting my mistakes. It was so cute! 太好笑了！
It's da visuals!!
Conichiwa - From America!
@@stoplookingatmyuserpookie uuuuuhhhhhhhh whose gonna tell 'em?
@@stoplookingatmyuserpookieThat’s Japanese
I experienced same thing. I lived in country side helping my inlaw on their land farming. I would have so many people just stop in shock. One child even came over to help me pick out the weeds and naming each vegetable.
My wife and I visited China in 2005. We went to Beijing and Nanchang. A trip to be remembered for lots and lots of reasons. We returned home with a little chinese girl. Now she is nineteen, and the pride and joy of her dad.
Any particular reason to adopt a Chinese girl if I may ask? I just found it unexplainable would it be difficult?
@@cavu2555 No particular reason, really. It was the era of the "one child" policy, and chinese orphanages were flooded by children who needed parents, and girls in particular. Lots and lots of children found parents in USA, Canada and Europe.
Thank you for your greatest love. ❤
@@a.michaelsen2389 and may I know if there was any difficulty to adopt a Chinese kid and how is that?
@@cavu2555 I simply couldn't tell you. We adopted a chinese girl almost 20 years ago. And we followed the normal procedures for adopting a child from China to our country. If you wish to adopt a child, you should seek information from the appropriate authorities in your own country.
How sweet of them. Very kind, beautiful terms of endearment 'auntie' 'sister'.
I'm always struck by how happy and beautiful they are.
😂实际上他们并不太快乐，因为学习任务重，每天有做不完的作业，天天被妈妈上不完的补习班😂😂
@@xiangpingliu-sd9xi如果你没有问过他的们想法，请不要用你的视角去定义他们
@@xiangpingliu-sd9xi You can let your child play freely. Do nothing.
@@xiangpingliu-sd9xi 先玩还是先累，看你的选择，你可以先玩，但是之后可能就要累咯
@ 了解了解🤗，不要太在意
I've lived in China 4 years and kids stare at you, it's just out of pure curiosity. I've never had any negative reactions from people, it's always friendly. You can get treated like a celebrity at times. Your Chinese is excellent btw.
depend the province you are and education of kids
@@thetwilightzone2541 I was in guandong for less than a year. Never had any trouble personally and people looked at me with interest, even taking photos from afar at me. I just noticed that when there were large groups of foreigners with old guys passing by, those were spitting around the streets. I know it sucks but to some old people, is still hard to be open up to foreigners
@@nevion5533 Yeah But most of poeple in China are very kind and open mind i agree more than France at least
为啥这个视频下面不能翻译呢😂
@@l-dm8ju 视频说…..嗨，欢迎回到中国。我是你的美国朋友，并引导到这个国家，如果你还没有在这里然而，你可能想知道你会如何对待只是走在街上。别人会看你吗，尤其是小孩子？他们会好奇吗？他们会不会有点害怕？我的意思是，毕竟对一些人来说，你是一个生活在中国的会走路、会说话的外星人。多年来，我通过教英语接触了很多孩子，我可以诚实地说，他们对外国人非常好奇，可能比其他国家的孩子更好奇。相当友好。很可能在大街上跟你打招呼，甚至大人
I taught English in Japan back in 2006, 2007 and this brought back so many fond memories. Thank you. I was back in Japan Oct 2023 and ran into a past student of mine. We had such a wonderful time and reliving our memories.. keep up the great work.
Taught English.....irony lol.
@@catzzz2619ha, didn’t notice. Siri doesn’t always understand me.. LOL..
Thx.
I admire any Westerner who doesn't mind being seen as an alien!👏👏
Whether by children or adults.
I've lived in Japan since 2003, and I'm immensely bothered by this, because in Brazil I would never view anyone as an alien. I find it very embarrassing!
Even worse is when you speak the local language fluently, and they insist to speaking in English just to take advantage of the opportunity to exercise the little English they know. Things get worse, because in the minds of Asians, every Caucasian is a native English speaker, and consequently has an obligation to understand English.
In my case, I get very upset about this, as I am Causasian, and my native language is Portuguese. Sometimes I think that it didn't mean anything to me to study the Japanese language, because just because I'm Caucasian, they insist on speaking English to me.
I think about how one of them would feel if they were in the USA, for example, and someone came to speak in Chinese Mandarin.
It's embarrassing when people ask me if I'm American, and I say I'm Brazilian. Not that I'm ashamed of being Brazilian. Quite the opposite! But some Japanese people are clearly disappointed when I say I'm Brazilian and not American.
I don't understand how a people who suffered the effects of two atomic bombs can be so sycophantic when their tormentors launched those two bombs. It's a level zero of self-love, I think.
Furthermore, I believe that some Japanese parents tell their young children that all Brazilians, Latin Americans or anyone from developing countries are dishonest, criminals and violent. I have already seen the contempt shown by some children towards foreigners from the third world.
We know that children are like a blank book. They have no evil, and they don't know what prejudice is. Unless some ignorant adult teaches them to behave in this regrettable way.
@@adrianobreyner1650 same thing happens in China. Every white looking foreigners either speak English or Russian 😂
I think your child sees you as a foreigner just because of curiosity and no malice. I always greet foreign teachers warmly when I see them in Chinese schools.
Children make the best language teachers! They have a sense of humour over mistakes and are very happy to help you learn.
What an awesome message. "We're all kind of saying the same things." I don't know why but that really affected me. 😅
Love your patience and general attitude!!!! Very impressed.
The way that you interact with little kids is so wholesome and adorable!! You also sound so fluent in Chinese and Japanese. This is really motivating me to learn foreign languages. I hope to be this fluent someday.
I'm still making my way through Pimsleur Japanese 1 lessons. Already can understand much more Japanese in shows I watch. Progress! Thanks for helping to keep me inspired to stay at it. Also, those kids are super cute.
I’m so glad that you’re making progress with Japanese Jim! Thank you so much for your support. Merry Christmas!
@@OrientalPearl Merry Christmas to you as well!
China
Welcome back from China! I hope you had a great time and by the looks of the video you definitely have. The kids are so kind and just wanted to connect with you. I bet their day was made and they told all their friends that they talked to an American. You're such an anomaly to them they just can't resist finding out what you're all about with a friendly conversation 💜
It’s was awesome to be back. I’m planning on going again in a few months to make more videos.
I had a lot more kids say hello to me in China than in Japan. In general, the children of both countries were more likely to talk to me than teens or adults.
its like that everywhere
@@novy1198 True, but in most other countries adults are not as reluctant to talk to you as they are in Japan. Obviously, there are exceptions. I did have adults talk to me, including a couple of college girls who wanted to practice their English.
Leave the children alone.
@@xmuta lol
You were treated like a zoo animal by those kids.
Your Mandarin is very good. The best part is that when you speak Mandarin, you just sound like a regular nice Chinese girl. Language is really the most important bridge for us to understand each other. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks Luke.
I really enjoy your videos. I am an American living in Cebu Philippines. I speak the Cebuano dielectric and get similar responses from the local people, who don't know me, like you get when you are out and about. I enjoy my retirement life, because I can communicate with the local people. Looking forward to your future videos. May God Bless you. Jim from Cebu.
Your videos are always so uplifting and positive. Please keep making them.
Thank you Justin! This means a lot. I’m glad that these videos make you happy. Thank you so much for your support.
I have enjoyed watching you several times from Australia .. meeting so many wonderful strangers makes the pearl so valuable.
True story: Years ago my husband was working on a job site and he would stop at this little Chinese grocery store. One day he noticed there were a few kittens hanging around their shelves Seeing we were longing for a calico and they had one, he approached the mother, father and little boy and asked if he could buy one. He came home that night and we agreed to taking their calico kitten. So he went the next day after work and they had everything ready, from kitten food, a box and some kitten toys. As my husband was leaving with new kitten in tow their little boy comes up to my husband and said; Don't forget Mister, she only speaks Chinese." I've been laughing at that line ever since. 😂 Too cute. We had her for 12+ years before she died of heart failure. She was a beauty.
beautiful story
Dear foreign friends, I am Chinese and I look forward to you not being blinded by the lies and information described by the West. You should go to China with your own eyes to understand the true historical facts, go to the Chinese library and among the Chinese people to take a look, ask the Chinese people, instead of blindly accepting deliberate lies fabricated by some people to slander China and Mao Zedong in the media of countries that do not understand China, especially in anti China news media. First of all, I would like to remind you that a large number of anti China, anti Mao Zedong, and anti Communist people, along with their ancestors, are bad people. They are all warlords, landlords, and evil gentry groups that were driven to Taiwan by the Chinese people. They enslaved and oppressed the Chinese people in China, and were defeated by the Chinese people. Mao Zedong led Chinese farmers and workers to resist the enslavement and oppression of the warlord government of the Republic of China, and ultimately defeated the warlord group led by Chiang Kai shek, and established the People's Republic of China in 1949. Remember, the republic is a republic. Foreign friends, if you are interested in China, you must go to China to get to know it for yourself. Don't believe the western media. I can tell you directly that about 90% of the news you see on UA-cam, Facebook and Twitter about the CPC and Mao Zedong are anti China and anti Communist Chinese who immigrated from Taiwan in the early days. They were fabricated by the followers of Chiang Kai shek in the Republic of China because they hate Mao Zedong for leading the Chinese people to defeat them. We look forward to your buying a bilingual edition of Selected Works of Mao Zedong on Taobao. This book, which has been called the "people's bible" by the Chinese people, contains the speeches made by Mao Zedong in the national newspapers during the period from 1926 to 1949 when he led the Chinese people to wage the People's Democratic War against the warlord government of the Republic of China oppressing the Chinese people. The contents of the book, including the contents of the civil war between the CPC and the Government of the Republic of China, can clearly understand the real people's leader Mao Zedong and the history of the CPC from its establishment to today as the world's largest party. You know, China has always been suppressed and smeared by the West led by the United States. The trade war, technology war, etc. initiated by the United States against China are all part of the anti China movement. It is difficult for you to hear and see the correct historical facts about China and Mao Zedong in the media under the discourse hegemony controlled by the West. Mao Zedong holds the highest position in the hearts of the Chinese people. He is deeply loved and supported by the Chinese people because he saved them. However, on the contrary, Mao Zedong was also deeply hated by the warlords, landlords, and evil gentry of the Republic of China. During the government era led by Chiang Kai shek, about 95% of the Chinese people were slaves under the rule of Chiang Kai shek's warlord government. For generations, the Chinese people were enslaved and oppressed by government organizations composed of warlords, bureaucrats, landlords, and some gangsters. The Chinese people were enslaved and oppressed by these warlords and landlords, and their food and clothing were not covered. They were slaves for generations, begging and selling children and women along the streets, being driven to work by landlords, and having no land of their own. All the land was occupied by warlords and landlords under the rule of the government of the Republic of China. If you have been to India, Pakistan, or Afghanistan, Laos, you will see children begging on the streets, and in the era of the Republic of China, about 95% of Chinese people were like this. At the same time, there was also Japan's invasion and massacre of China. In such a criminal era, it was Mao Zedong who led the CPC, led poor workers and farmers, and led students and teachers to form a people's democratic revolutionary struggle against the oppression of the warlord government of the Republic of China. In the end, the warlord government of the Republic of China was defeated. The number of these warlord landlords in China was about 8 million, and a large part of them fled to Taiwan. Then, they immigrated from Taiwan to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries, with many Chinese. The earliest Chinese immigrants to countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom were mostly from Taiwan, and their ancestors were warlord landlords and their descendants. These people fabricated false history and lies in Western media, smearing and slandering China. This is the earliest Chinese, and also the terrifying voices about China that your ancestors or you often hear in Western media, mostly from these people. I look forward to you all maintaining a questioning attitude. If possible, please come to China to personally investigate and research, and do not believe any lies fabricated by the media. This is not history at all. Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese people were no longer slaves, but became masters of the country. Mao Zedong did not enslave and oppress the Chinese people like the government of the Republic of China did, but instead allowed the Chinese people to go to school for free, receive medical treatment for free, and have housing for free. The people will no longer be displaced, the Chinese people will no longer be unable to afford medical care, and the Chinese people will no longer lose the right to access knowledge because they do not have the money to go to school. All of them will receive free education. Mao Zedong did everything for the Chinese people. Excuse me, Biden, can we provide free housing for the American people? Or use houses to turn people into mortgage slaves? Why do Chinese people love Mao Zedong so much? Because Mao Zedong loved the people more than his biological parents. During Mao Zedong's era, the people's government built houses and distributed them to the people for free, free of charge. People's education, free of charge, and free of charge, are all borne by the state. Everything is for the people. If such a people's leader is smeared and slandered by bad people, as a Chinese, even a foreigner, if your president loves you and your people so much, builds a house, gives it to you for free, reduces the burden of people's lives, provides free education, and does not charge any money... Would you not love it? Natural love. However, such a true people's leader, the People's Republic of China, which is now China, once appeared, and his name was Mao Zedong. However, it is no longer the case now. China has returned to the path of capitalism, and these welfare arrests have been stolen by capitalists. The Chinese people have become slaves to housing and high interest loans again...., I look forward to foreign friends who can learn about a human leader Mao Zedong with their hearts. Thank you all
I got a dog in the US, when I’m in college. And I brought him back to China after graduating, the first question my parents asked me is : does this little American dog know Chinese?
@@ym9528 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
@@ym9528 笑死！
Mike, I enjoy your videos as a black man in China. My wife is Chinese she teaches me Mandarin Chinese. I’m the only African-American man in our church here in Seattle Washington. I speak fluent Chinese, and they are all amazed to hear me speaking there language.
哥们 太酷了。对于母语不是中文的人来说，中文真的太难学了 。你能说一口流利的中文 真是太了不起了了
Out of all of the things I could say to this fun video I chose to ask... ARE THOSE KIDS REALLY PLAYING POGS?!?!?! lol. Great video again! I can't wait to become fluent in my Japanese and get to see some of these reactions first hand.
Here I am showing my age - I travelled to China with my sister and a friend in 1984! It was just opening up to tourists and the only way to travel was in an organised tour group. Needless to say we were surrounded by the Chinese people eager to speak to us and practice their English- mainly adults the children were too shy to approach.
hahahahaha yes!
That's amazing! ✨️ So much has changed over there since then, with the newer generations, I guess, being more familiarized with tourists, compared to when the adults at the time were first excited when tourists were first visiting.
jackma就是这样在西湖边练习的英语，他遇到了一个澳大利亚人
哈哈哈，希望没打扰到你，love u
哈哈哈，希望没打扰到你，love u
You brought so many smiles to all those children that day. You were so kind to them and gave them a beautiful memory that will be with them forever. God bless you! 💗😊
So enjoyed you interaction with the children, so cute and heart warming.
You are such a dork!! I mean that in the best way!! You playing/interacting with the kids was pricelessly human. Thank you, bigtime!! or as it's said in my home away from home/Mahsi! Mahsi cho!
You're a truly a gem! I love the attitude you treat the kids with and it's so wholesome, also your dedication of blending youself with the culture and learning the language really touched me, amazing! Subscribed!
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the way they say auntie just melts my heart! another beautiful video from our pearl
Me too! They also call men "uncle". It's so charming!
its common in asian culture to have a respect term to anyone older than you. basically "older female/male" terms, shows huge respect to elders, unlike western culture who just goes by name basis. which distances a lot of families and social circles.
I'm sure those kids will cherish those memories, I love how curious they are 🥺🥺
I worked for a Chinese owned company for a couple of years back about 10 years ago, so had to make several business trips up there from Australia. Mostly I stayed in the centre of the cities I was in, but occasionally had to stay in areas that had less contact with the west. It was in these places that I caused the most stir, mostly like you, by being followed by numbers of kids who wanted to engage with me and practice their English. Very cute. They were also fascinated by the fact that I had fairish hair and blue eyes.
Less contact with the west? You mean less disturbed by foreigers. And wtf is fairish hair? You mean yellow? Lol, or what was the word, yes, blonde. I should teach those children english so they know what to expect from the "free world" and its self-serving, fake woke movements
对金发和蓝眼睛着迷？当然可以中国有一些崇洋媚外的人当然是过去造成的中国发展太快的确中国还不适应中国国际实力和地位。
i love stories like this.
Yes,as a Chinese, even I’m living in Canada, the blue eyes still attract me, that are really really charming.
@@MsGao-rf2oxjust you. Don’t represent the Chinese group. 😢
It is really cute to see the curiosity and kids when they see someone who is a foreigner in their country. I find it so interesting and it's so precious how they interact with you Anming.
I have been going to China about annually since 93, (except during covid :( ), and you are completely correct in how Chinese people react to foreigners. Your Mandarin is better than mine, but nonetheless I have found that when I say something in Chinese, the reaction is wonderful. My last trip I started using a translation app and found that that made communication much more effective, as my vocabulary still sucks. Anyhow, great video, always happy to see someone bridging the east and west. Best of luck
Innocence is so heartwarming these children so captivated by the foreign looking blonde lady.
The difference being. There's no hatred in their heart. ❤
You mean there's no organ harvesting, no slavery, no rape, no brainwashing, no freedom of speech in china ?
Yea, until they are brainwashed by nationalistic teachings that foreigners are all potential spies. The see something, say something campaign rewards for tattling on innocent foreigners.
@@ChuubyTheBirdYou have hate now.
@@ChuubyTheBirdyou proved his point you know. 😂
@@ChuubyTheBird你差不多也只会这样了
Hey there Anming. It's the Port Huron guy here. I just wanted to say that I love your videos. I am inspired by you to keep striving to make my dreams come true.
I'm glad to see you put in effort to learn a local culture and its language, and try your best to communicate with the local people with full respect and a kind heart. I wish everyone could treat a different culture and people that way like you did.
I really admire your language skills… I’m a retired teacher, 75 years old, 1st generation American, born to Italian and German parents, but never spoke a foreign language. My wife and I will spend 15 days in Japan this coming summer. I decided to study Japanese, not just for the trip, but for the challenge. I have used a number of apps, including Pimsleur… ( I need to see text, not just relying on listening)… I also have been working with a tutor through Italki, using Genki…..Anyway, I get a big charge out of your videos… Any words of advice for an old guy trying to learn Japanese??😂😂👍🍷🍷🍷🌻
My advice is to learn Chinese and visit China instead. In my very biased opinion, China also offers a mix of ancient and modern as Japan does, but in even more variety. China has a longer history, its many provinces offer a wider variety of local favor, and our cuisine is unmatched by any other country. I mean, the Japanese do wonderful things with Sushi. But China offers sushi and also gourmet food from every other part of the world Chinese and Japanese are both polite and you will have a great time in Japan. But if you can, visit China someday. Very few visitors regret it.
That was so cute (and hilarious) when that little 4 year old told you you're on Earth! 😂
I still cannot understand why Chinese kids are so dumb. In my country if they see any Asian people our kids won't react as something like this. They are reacting like they saw aliens from space. In my country if our kids see a foreigner they will just look that is all. All Chinese kids are acting so dumb to be honest.
Kind of deep if you think about his reaction. I would hope we adults will be that way if/when the day comes.
@@BlazinRiver1???
@BlazinRiver1 what are you taking about you doughnut.
it must be the first time to have conscious of the word “earth”
Ed here in Tennessee.... Another happy video showing the good in the world. I love the interaction with the kids... Not just the shock stuff, but where you just talk to them and they just talk back .. like the little girl eating the candy, I loved how it was just a conversation.. great stuff... Thank you for the time and effort in making these videos for us.
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and now Cantonese. Allrighty then! Striving to be the GOAT of Asian languages, are we?
Isn't Cantonese one of the dialects of Chinese?
She a reverse banana. White on the outside, yellow on the inside. 😆
@@spencer7404 I would say a language of China rather than a simple Chinese dialect. Mandarin and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible and Mandarin is not the native language of the entire population of China
Goat?! Means what exactly?
@@debbieritchie808greatest of all time i guess:)
Wow! This is amazing. What a wonderful ambassador you are just through your knowledge of language. Keep up the great work.
Very encouraging and fun watching. Keep it up. You are a bridge of the world to let more people know about China and Asia. 努力 加油 謝謝
I lived in China (a few hours from Wuhan by train) from 2000 to 2006. Being stopped by strangers wanting to practice their English or being invited for meals out or to homes was completely normal. When I first moved there I always found it a little unusual for the first few months when I went shopping. I used to pass a group of fruit and veg sellers who would have a habit of taking my shopping bags from me, looking inside and then interrogate me on how much I had paid. Later on during my time there I would learn to haggle / barter for everything.
But yeah, just a few basic words and phrases always went a long way
I think they just want to help you and check whether you overpaid for your stuff. Since some of the shop owners tend to charge more for foreigners as they'll still find it cheap in their own currencies (of course USD or EUR).
Bargaining at Chinese vegetable markets is a tradition, a habit of the older generation. Therefore, if you don’t bargain, you will end up paying a higher price for goods. Fortunately, young people in China are resisting this behavior because it’s too troublesome, and we don’t want to waste our time in meaningless negotiations.
I've been watching you for a few years now Pearl, I'm sincerely happy to see you doing so well. I truly am. Thanks once again, for this lovely little slice-of-life video.
Had the BEST time wandering in China. Gracious beyond gracious. There were times way-off the tourist trail when I knew I was Westerner #1 for folks.
You are amazing an Ambassador to the world. Keep up your wonderful work!
6:14 😂 As soon as you said America, she just immediately turned around and ignored you.
她只是害羞。你是种族主义者吗？为什么你会有这种反应？
Always enjoy your videos!! It was so funny when the little boy called you "Earth" or something like that. I guess it was his first time seeing a foreigner or alien....LOL. I have not really traveled that much and I feel I have learned so much from your videos. You are very, very smart and brave to travel to so many different areas in the world. I think you blow everyone away with being so incredibly fluent in their language. So I am happy that I can live vicariously through you.
They're friendly because she's White. Black people or anyone with dark skin will have a completely different experience in China.
He didn't call her earth. He called her a common racial slur and implied that she came from another planet.
@@lwh7301why do you lie?
You are exceptional, you amaze me how you can speak chinese and Japonese. They must take you like an allien
But really...think about that little boy saying that. In his mind he was talking to an alien. And how did he react? He let the alien know where it was.
@@BlazinRiver1Seems a little strange to not know about other people,cultures Etc
The boys were so happy to speak with you Anming. I really loved seeing their excitement to see someone different. I’m happy to see that you got to visit China 🇨🇳 again. I remember watching you with your students. I wonder how Charles is doing. Great Episode. Merry Christmas 2023’. 🙇🏻♀️❄️🎄🎁 N. California
Your chinese pronunciation sounds so natural and native. I can see you have a special talent in languages.
no? it doesnt sound natural or native at all. her accent is very obvious. (i agree that she has a special talent in languages but it doesnt change the fact that she has an accent)
This video perfectly captures the true beauty of the place. The authenticity and detail are amazing!
Thank you so much 😀
Love this, and awesome seeing you learn so many languages. I want to learn Japanese as well. I'll start eventually, still learning Mandarin :)
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Those children were just so cute. Nice Sunday feel good video.
I've learned from my time in Japan that kids are more open when it comes to foreigners (generally speaking). But even those chinese kids are visibly surprised how smooth and natural Anming sounds. 😅
She's not that "natural" sounding at all (no offense to her), she has a very noticeable accent. The thing that stands out is that she is white and speaking mandarin. If a westernized Asian spoke like her, they would not be able to blend in at all because of how clear the accent is.
This is most ridiculous comment in this century. We , in easy Asia , are all Know Japanese is most closed culture in Asia, and “Japan kids are more open “ , before you come to China, stop judge any of them, jpan not even a size of Chinese province, and every province, city , even villages is different, and we all know Japan is “ island character “
@@weizhang2834 don't have "x country is better than y country" arguments on the internet, and don't be so negative.
@@weizhang2834 I didn't even compare China to Japan. I was just speaking from my experience.
Your salty chinese nationalist posting is completely unnecessary.
Never mind: Japan > China 😎
She is indeed unnecessarily nationalistic. But your words could have invited this. You said from your experience the Japanese kids are more open. More open than whom? Isn't this a comparison? And if you only have experience about Japan, how do you know they are more open than kids elsewhere?@@jensino
Oriental Perl you are a beautiful woman! I admire your ability to learn such difficult languages! But it's great that you want to do it and bring so much joy to people! Greetings from Poland, a country with a difficult language too 😉
Very nice! Nice that you are speaking Chinese and you pay attention to kids reactions!! That makes you content different in comparison to regular foreigners videos..
I visited China but it was about 10 years ago. Beijing twice with one visit I added Xian. And one visit to Hong Kong. I only could speak a handful of simple Chinese words.
At that time I was a member of a travel website. I contacted a few local people in each city. They would meet me at my hotel and take me to lunch or dinner. During some of the days I went on tours with either a small group or private guide.
The majority of the locals I encountered were very nice and helpful to me.
The food is so good. That is a part of the trip that spoiled me. After eating the food in China. I can no longer eat the American Style Chinese food in the take out restaurants in my area of the states.
Let me tell what I have encountered in US during my 6 months stayed even though I can speak reasonable English.
A non-Chinese here from Southeast Asia country. I really admired American and westerners. They are so lucky that they can come to Asia countries and still they are so welcomed to work, travel and live especially China without facing any racism, discrimination or Asian tell them to go back to your country or go back to America. Yet most are treated by well by Asians or Chinese in China. In China and other Asia countries they can travel to any corner without have to fear of any danger.
Decades ago, I went US in California living at La Habra the City of Brea Harbor Blvd. It is my America dream since my teenage days to go to US and hope to be accepted as citizen. But unfortunately, it doesn't work out for me and my America dream ended up a nightmare.
I really can't remember how many times I was told by the locals especially the whites telling me "Hay! Asian, go back to your Asia" Many racist names calling on me. And I was chased by a gang wanted to beat me up.
After 6 months there, I have decided to pack and come back to Asia and never look back again. Not even I am paid to go to a country that people are so racist. And I have from friends saying it is now worst than before after Trump was voted as President.
@@panyaboonc5621- That sounds odd to me. I’m a white American who grew up in the Northeast near New York City. I don’t know a single white person here who treats Asians like that and I’m 55 years old. I went to school with children from Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines. I am still connected with a school friend whose family moved back to Japan when their father transferred back to Sony’a main office. It sounds like you moved to a very bad town in California. It was not worse here under president Trump. However, living under President Biden is very bad now. There’s more crime here with higher robberies and murders against all races.
@@finster1968you are white. So you are not likely to hear discrimination. Even in schools, I mean big UC. There is discrimination. Just that they don’t say it in public but what they say in private you would never know.
@@TAL142 - I’m sorry to hear that was your experience here. I have had talks with my Asian friends (who still live here) asking them about that narrative. Not one of them was ever threatened or told to go back where they came from. Even during Covid, nobody ran up to them and blamed them for the pandemic. Not saying it never happens, but it hasn’t ever happened to any of my friends, because I’ve asked them about their experiences. You probably would’ve been better off in a friendlier city. Where do you live?
@@finster1968 I am in California. All I am saying it is more common than you think. My neighbor is ABC. He is as American as you can imagined. He was even a little biased against immigrant Chinese complaining about too many Chinese moving in. But later he complained to me he was told to go home on his trip at the airport. Sometimes Asians just don’t complain as much about these stuffs and rather just get along with everyone. You are called Karen if you say these stuffs to blacks but usually not much is done or even reported against other races. All I am saying it still exist with the way government intentionally demonizing certain group of people. This is just like taking down confederated stuffs. Those are history. But US politics simply won’t leave things alone. And they were democrats while Abraham Lincoln was republican.
I went to China back in 2019, just over a month before the pandemic started. I have 2 ft of dark curly hair and an olive skin tone, so I'm used to getting stared at whenever I travel. Got plenty of them in China, and the best one happened in Tai'an. I went out for some chow mein one evening, and the couple sitting at the table next to me actually stopped and watched me eat. I just gave them a smile and nod, and ignored them. Good times. It also happened one time when I was working in San Francisco as a bank teller a couple of decades ago. I did a transaction for a Chinese client, and she took a picture of me before walking away. Everyone got a laugh out of that one.
You look so beautiful that people can’t help but stare at you.
Let your relative/mother/father/brother/sister/Aunt/Uncle Rest in Peace
@Polymathically
I had a smile on my face during the entire video, great work!!
I have loved watching your videos throughout my journey learning Chinese and Japanese. It's very rewarding to slowly understand more and more words and phrases with each new upload. This one especially since I'm at about a 2nd grade level at best!! 太好了谢谢你!
@OrientalPearl, I am so impressed that you can speak Chinese. I really want to learn how to speak Chinese after being fluent at speaking French.
This video inspired me to learn a new language :D I really admire different countries culture and inspire to spread some kindness
I seen this on your Instagram page , which was short , and I left a nice comment there. This is awesome to relate and get the reactions of these youths.❤
I saw this** 🙄🙄
Thanks for following me on both Instagram and UA-cam. You’re the best.
Probably partly because you’re a foreigner and partly because you’re so pretty and blonde. Not to mention how you seem to Wow people with your fluency. Determined persistent woman. Love it!
This is a misconception that has been brewing for a while. Asians are nice to foreigners because its in their nature to be hospitable to visitors and nothing to do with the beauty of hair or such. Add curiosity to that. Don't mistake Asian kind nature.
@@halhal-my4pt Not all asians are so friendly. As the OP has pointed out in other videos.
And many have this reaction to someone so different and attractive. Just not so much as Chinese citizens seem to.
@@Ketowski Different I get it but attractive I don't know. Regarding friendliness, compared to Africa, Europe, Middle East and India(they behave unlike Asians) the rest of the Asians are like Gods! And all this despite the fake news western and Indian media spew about China.
I watch some other channels with black students from Africa and they pretty much grab the same attention in China.
你的中文真好！！ Your Chinese is very good ! It’s spectacular! 🩵🩵
Absolutely flawless video!
Well done, earthling.
Congratulations…it’s been quite awhile since you were able to visit CHINA again. Happy you got to see your best communicators….children are absolutely honest. Lol 😝 ALIEN 👽. Sending Tommy and you both prayers of blessings and encouragement during the Holidays. 🙋🏻♀️❄️🎄🇺🇸
As a Chinese who live in US this is adorable! Glad you had good experience living in China
I am from China, and I also met friends from abroad when I was a child, so I have a deep understanding of it. Our gaze came from curiosity, at that time there were not many foreigners traveling to China due to visa reasons, and almost all our knowledge of the world came from books. Chinese children are naturally introverted and shy. They are eager to communicate. However, even children who have studied English for many years find it difficult to speak English when they actually meet foreigners. It is not because they are unwilling, but cause they are afraid of making a fool of themselves. They are pure and kind at heart, and they are not sure how to understand different cultures. So they think a smile or a hello may be the best way.
My Family is in China, and i am a Kiwi New Zealander. China people are the best and kind people to talk to. Also youu are very very good at speaking chinese!!!!!
Earthlings are the best people on the planet!! Lol I love your content. You are so patient, and friendly. Respect to you. 🤘😎 You RAWK!!
I live in Switzerland and when my daughter first saw my friend from Santo Domingo she also cried because she had never seen a black person before (she was only 2 years old at the time). My friend had lots of coloured beads in her hair and that scared my daughter even more. We all had to laugh.
Yes, kids are both shy and bold at the same time when they meet people who are obviously different from those they regularly encounter. You being a blond stand out in countries where blonds are a rarity. This was a fun video. Cuteness on overload.
I have to read the subtitles because I don’t know Chinese, but I’m recognizing some words from my Mandarin class!
Thanks
Thank you so much Rob. This will be put towards the next filming trip.
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"You're on earth.." Classic.
安明老師真厲害，會多國語言，又有勇氣去旅遊，就這一點，我要向你學習。😂
How they call you auntie is just so adorable of them! It’s like a big family.
I was in Chengdu in 2005-2006 before it was as international as today and I wasn't called an alien but a girl asked her Mum if I was a ghost 😅 There's an 'English corner' in Chengdu where ppl meet in the park just to speak and listen and a foreigner would gather a crowd, like delivering a sermon or conference!
People are definitely curious and super keen to share a few words or their culture and it's lovely. Where I live, nobody bats an eye at anyone looking any way and being from anywhere! Someone once shouted "America!" at me in a busy place and I shouted back in Mandarin "No, England" and he shouted "David Beckham!!" with two thumbs up, then there was silence and everyone went about their day 😅
Great content and I'm so jealous of this ability, which much be some innate talent in addition to immersion and practice. Thanks for sharing
Our family was in Japan 4 years ago and we went to the Peace Park in Hiroshima. While there, a school group was presenting 1000 origami cranes and to pray for peace. Afterwards, a small group of the students came up with a teacher and practiced their English with us, mostly asking where we had come from, how old our children were, and where in Japan we had been. The boy who asked the most questions was a bit overwhelmed, kept stumbling on his words as he tried to remember his English but it was passable.
The uncle with the cigarette hanging out of his mouth @ 4:44 is peak China.
Big surprise from a developing country
@@CharlieCharlie88 eh, not really
I like how she is using local nuances in how she interacts with people
Thanks!
No, thank you so much! I really appreciate your support.
It's is always great to see you interact with people, I learnt to speak German when I served in the British Army over there, and I picked it up from my German friends, made my time much richer, here is a funny story that I happen. 2 English girls were asking for chicken and chips in an Imbiss ,and at that time, I did not know how to translate the word to help them, so I made the sound of a chicken, well we all laughed and the German ladies taught me the word and and many more words. You are correct that we are all alike. We just want a good life and the best for our kids, stay safe all
I think most of the German can speak English now. Maybe the only Reason why a German refuses to speak English is that he doesn’t want to.
Great to see you back in China.
Learning any language is not child's play but surprising people is once you've mastered it.! :D
but we all learn a language as a child. our own native tongue. :)
@@rasseriegmail7270 Obviously referring to learning additional languages as an adult.
@@rasseriegmail7270except you don’t really put any effort into it, you just learn it eventually. That’s the difference between learning a language and simply being born into it
It’s nice to be back. I’m planning on going back to Hong Kong once I’ve got Cantonese done.
China is a great place to visit on vacation or over the holidays.
True. I enjoyed living there for 6 years too.
This is a great video. The Chinese was very simple and easy to understand. I'm only an advanced beginner, or pre-intermediate, or A2-B1 or whatever metric they are using these days haha, but I could understand everything.
that’s so nice, they all treat her like a celebrity and she’s also rlly nice to them 😊
Your Chinese pronunciation is very standard! I admire your language learning ability.
When visiting Beijing, a couple of teenage boys noticed me, waved and smiled. I found the Chinese people to be absolutely delightful.
If you look different, you are bound to draw the attention and interest of the locals. If you're able to speak the local language on top of that, you might be faced with surprise.
The childrens' reaction was very cute.
That is not true. I still cannot understand why Chinese kids are so dumb. In my country , if they see any Asian people our kids won't react as something like this. They are reacting like they saw aliens from space. In my country if our kids see a foreigner they will just look that is all. All Chinese kids are acting so dumb to be honest.
I really struggle with speaking (and honestly, everything else too!), so I am trying pimsleur now thanks to your recommendation. I've started from level 3 and I don't know if it'll be helpful for me, but I enjoy being able to practice a little Japanese while doing other tasks.
The kids in this video are so cute! Thank you for the great content you are always putting out here, and for your inspiring dedication to learning languages. 😸
okay, I have learned very little over my 71 years because everyone around me kept telling me to speak English. I have learned to count in many languages and have learned a few words in each. I say the Greek alphabet and the Russian alphabets daily and I write very pretty in Russian. I tried to learn Chinese and Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese too, but I always ran across people who either don't speak the dialect I was trying to learn or they just were rude. I envy how you speak but you actually live there. That helps. I loved learning Thai especially and then Japanese. Chinese was getting me aggravated because I had no one to speak with. It would be so great if I could go to a Chinese restaurant only speaking Chinese and be completely understood. Every time I try it fails because they don't ever speak the same dialect, again.
Love this, I lived in Beijing for 6 years and the kids would always talk to me and they were shocked when I replied in Chinese. That was so much fun!
I went to Beijing in the 90's. The few western tourists back then all stayed pretty much within the designated tourist areas, and rarely strayed far from their tour guides. Taxis were so cheap that they just used those to go to and from the hotel, while I decided to go straight for the public transport and off the beaten track. That didn't work as well in China as most other places, but sure made for an interesting trip. I never encountered a single other westerner in the subway system, and kids hid behind their moms when they saw me. I also seemed to be the only westerner at the Beijing zoo, as that was apparently not considered a normal tourist attraction. Everyone was staring at me more than the tigers and pandas. Even at the Great Wall, where there were at least a few groups of other foreigners, the locals still still seemed to take more pictures of me than the wall itself. Several parents had me pose with their children. None were too impressed with my crappy Chinese, but didn't mind chatting away regardless. Despite me feeling extremely alien, at least the Chinese were generally very warm and welcoming (unlike the Japanese, who are polite, but quite obviously just want to to leave them alone). Unfortunately it often ended with them asking for money, but considering how very poor many of them were, you can't really blame them. I am glad to see how much better they seem to be doing financially, but very surprised that there still aren't that many foreigners around. I just assumed most major cities in China would have their fair share of them by now.
From what I see in this video, obviously this tell me how safe China is. Young kids have lot of freedom wandering after school, going to school on their own without their parents or adults accompanied them to and back from school.
In the west, young kids at this age normally accompanied by their parents and adults to go to school and back. Or school bus will send everyday. It won't be safe for kids to go to school and back home like this in China. This is real freedom.
In Finland young kids go to school without their parents, and they walk, ride a bicycle or go by a local bus depending the distance between the school and home. Before mobile phones kids had even more freedom to do whatever they want, and they saw their parents when they got home at certain time.
@@lucone2937same for germany!
Christmas is upon us. Will you be celebrating the traditional American way or the traditional Japanese way with a bucket of KFC? Or perhaps a mix of both? Either way, Happy Hollidays to you Anming and Tommy!
This is an awesome video! Thank you so much for sharing it.
I love how kids don’t judge you and are very curious to know you! 🥰