Squat toilets are something that really catch new visitors to China by surprise! Sometimes they're actually toilets, sometimes they're just holes in the ground as you can see in the following video, CAUTION don't watch if you're eating!:
The thing is, as you c...
2018-12-10 18:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday guys!!!!
This afternoon/evening I'll be having a live stream (5pm PST/8pm EST) please tune in if you get the chance as I'll be discussing the 10 things I love about China and answering as many questions as possible.
Your early access ADVChina video is all about how C-milk and I were quite seriously poisoned by fake beer, but t...
2018-12-07 18:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
One thing I love about Sasha (my wife who I'm not sure if you know is also a doctor) is her enthusiasm and positivity, it has been a driving force in my life and at the risk of sounding soppy and sentimental, I honestly think that she gave me a second lease on life when I had pretty much given up on ever being happy.
2018-12-06 01:05:14 +0000 UTC
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Very early on you will discover just how important photos are in China, I know that these days there's a big selfie culture (especially with smartphones getting better and better), but China takes it to another level... I often joke with my close Chinese friends that if I took all the photos that they take of their kids and flipped through them quickly 2018-12-03 22:07:57 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Friday once again and I have nothing but the best wishes to you and yours for the coming weekend!
This week we had to have a bit of a serious chat on SerpentZA and it was all about why I don't air China's dirty laundry, I hope you can all understand and if you haven't seen the video, here's a link:
Last night was our San Diego subscriber meetup and there was such an amazing turnout that we actually couldn't fit everyone in the restaurant, people had to stand outside and there was a queue to get in, we tried to get as many people in as possible but ended up having to go outside to talk to the outside group and alternate between everyone inside and eve...
2018-11-29 01:24:57 +0000 UTC View Post
And I know it's late but Sasha really wanted me to share this with you!
Please don't forget that we are having our Subscriber meet-up tomorrow night at 6pm in San Diego if you have the time!
Here's the google maps link to the Restaurant:
2018-11-26 19:10:43 +0000 UTC
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You may remember that C-milk and I did a video about Chinese BBQ during our "Quest for the Best Chinese in the USA" series in January, our friend Jun Li (who invested in and started it) has opened a branch in San Diego and since that's where we are at the moment we decided that it would be a perfect place to have a subscriber meet-up so if you're in the ar...
2018-11-21 20:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Pets were actually banned during the dark days of China's communist revolutionary era (not that long ago) as they were seen as bourgeois.
The growth of the middle class in China has seen an uptick in people accepting dogs as pets and it's really heartwarming to see the change of attitudes towards dogs (at...
2018-11-19 23:25:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay so there's some exciting news this week for all three channels and the most important news is revealed in the following video:
I have a pretty honest video about the golden age of China's upliftment coming to an end which will also ...
2018-11-16 18:08:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I mentioned them in my last post about mobile phones and I recently took some footage of people using them in a restaurant whilst having brunch with Sasha, so I threw together this little video for you guys explaining exactly how these shared power banks actually work:
https://youtu.be/Do-rcCQwSeA<...
2018-11-14 18:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In a recent video (the one about Beijing and Shanghai not being China), I included a clip of a woman spending ages staring at herself trying to get the perfect selfie and although I know it's not uncommon to see similar behaviour in other parts of the world, I know for a fact that in China and broadly Asia, it's far more exaggerated and pronounced, but let's move ...
2018-11-13 00:16:38 +0000 UTC View Post
First let's talk about this week's early access ADVChina video, grab the link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpzIlm1l-FM
A common question that I get is how do I manage to upload to YouTube from within China since YouTube and indeed all Google services are blocked by the Chin...
2018-11-09 18:27:28 +0000 UTC View Post
One thing you learn very quickly upon arriving in China is that ice-water is not okay! First of all you won't find ice in the supermarkets and each time you sit down at a restaurant, a warm or hot cup of tea is what you get.... Visit a factory or office and you'll be given a plastic cup of hot water even if it's a crazy hot day.&n...
2018-11-09 03:51:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Growing up, when it was time to go out for a good time with your friends, you usually had the following options, go to a bar, go to a club, watch a live band, have a house party or go and watch a sporting event / concert, but mainly just go wherever you can listen to some music, have a beer and a good time...
2018-11-05 18:45:25 +0000 UTC
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Finally I’ve decided to get my ducks in a row, although I have been releasing at least one video a week on my Channel, it has always sort of been haphazard, sometimes on a Wednesday, sometimes on a Thursday, sometimes at night, sometimes early morning… let’s just say that I don’t do very well with schedules, I do however a...
2018-11-02 17:17:47 +0000 UTC View Post
My videos attract a lot of nationalist hate, and yes recently I have been poking the hornet's nest with a few of my topics, I can't stand by while things around me change for the worse and simply keep my mouth shut, whistle a tune and pretend that everything is rosy and good, there have been some serious palpable changes in society and way of life...
2018-10-31 17:42:15 +0000 UTC View Post
So in March of 2016 I took Sasha to Japan for our honeymoon, it was my first time in Japan too and the two of us had an amazing time, I'd saved up for about a year to make it happen as travel to Japan is a costly affair (especially if you want to experience the food properly).
2018-10-29 18:19:02 +0000 UTC
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It has been a busy week over on at SerpentZA headquarters, I'm about to release this week's video on SerpentZA (it's all about fake Mercedes Benz in China) but before that I'd like to bring you this week's Patreon exclusive early release for Monday's ADVChina video, it's a fun one where we discuss Chinese product pride as in
So in Guangzhou (it's the capital of the province I live in), there's this hideous building shaped like a coin, it sits along the river but actually has nothing nearby and is home to the world's largest trading centre for raw plastic material... That's besides the point.
During the recent shooting of my new documentary my producer wanted to get som...
2018-10-24 17:12:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Some eagle eye viewers have pointed out that my Chinese car has what appears to be a Bently badge on it and no I didn't add or modify anything
Let's look at a Bently badge side by side:
O...
2018-10-22 16:40:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Haha, okay of course she doesn't actually want to scam you, but a number of my subscribers have sent me screenshots of dating apps like Tinder and the Chinese equivalents Tantan etc with fake profiles using the above picture and random names such as "Jasmine", "Jade", "Ria", "Annie" or various other stereotypical "Chinese" English names.
2018-10-18 02:12:06 +0000 UTC
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I was walking through an urban village the other day and came across this guy hooking up an air-con unit and well I got some footage of it and although Im used to seeing this sort of thing I still cringe when it comes to worker safety here.
Often in and around construct...
2018-10-15 18:13:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You may be wondering what this picture is all about and why I'm so happy, well I'm really happy because my friend "Brown-eye" has brought me some cheese all the way from the states! This stuff is hard to find in Mainland China! Now before people start saying that they can find brie cheese in China, let me stop you right there and say that yes, in some sele...
2018-10-10 20:22:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I took this picture a short while ago in a shopping mall, they were having a massive promotion for a new online game, not only did they have these lovely cosplayers, but also a room you could go into and you could have your picture taken using a massive array of cameras that then made a 3D model of you and put you into the game itself (well they p...
2018-10-08 17:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This is one of the most requested topics and a topic that I have avoided talking about on purpose due to the sensitivity. I however decided that I would discuss this on ADVChina with C-milk so that we could try and hash it out properly:
This is a Patreon
It can drive you mad or it can be seriously exciting! Crowds, crowds and more crowds... And Chinese people wouldn't have it any other way!
I plan to release this video in a few days, but of course as Patreons you get an early release <...
2018-10-02 00:58:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Although she has never owned a pet (other than some hamsters), Sasha is obsessed with dogs and cats and each time we pass a dog on the street she makes an effort to go and talk to it and every time she sees a cat she gets really excited and tries to talk to it too, I think it's really cute and I have wanted to get her a pet for ages but there are a few things that...
2018-09-29 14:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a Patreon Early release, I plan to release this video next week but wanted to share it with you all as soon as possible as it is valuable information, especially about the audio recording!
Make sure to keep an eye out for...
2018-09-22 14:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Shooting is over and it was incredibly interesting! All of the people that I met during the making of this documentary were very special and unique individuals, all doing something extraordinary, this is going to be one hell of a documentary!
Can...
2018-09-19 02:41:20 +0000 UTC View Post