I guess it is like clothes' sizes, that always confuses me when I'm shopping for clothes on Amazon LOL and one time I ordered my size for shirts and I got like two sizes bigger. I was like this ain't gonna fit, then I opened them and tried them. What do you know, they fit perfectly LOL
@@Chepecafeteria if you're in a crowd of hundreds of people in Asia, you'll immediately spot most of the westerners simply because they're way taller (and often larger overall) than the rest of the dark headed skinny people around them. There is a clear size difference, probably due to the difference in diet (Asians seem to prefer seafood instead of beef and whatnot...).
@@Anonymous-gu2pk I'm not a huge guy just a bit on on the tall side 6' and about 110kg and it was a nightmare finding a t-shirt that would fit me properly in Nanning... The only shirts that actually would go around me were actually too short for me... As for condoms, I kinda think penis size is kinda a myth from the porn industry..... most people are of a similar size... except for africans... theyre huge.... I can confirm this as a person who used to clean the male toilets in a shopping centre.
@@mitchmclean3898 yeah, if you buy clothes from Asia, you may want to go up a size or two from your normal size. When I wanted to get a jacket for European XL size (that's smaller from American XL size) from an Asian shop, I ended up buying their XXXL size, because that was the size that fit me best. As for the other size... it's not a myth, there have been studies on it and there are size differences. When people are small in both width and height then everything in their anatomy is usually a bit smaller.
It's really nice to see him interacting with people in a friendly and polite way. It does seem to me from watching all his videos that although he honestly points out the negatives (which every culture has) he generally seems to like the people he encounters which is a compliment to the people. They shouldn't be so offended by his videos, the extremist people that is. It's actually probably encouraging tourism and it realistically gives you the information you need and feel more prepared when you go there. Without this information you're more likely to have a terrible or traumatic experience and spread more negative information of that experience. At least being prepared and knowing what to look out for you're more likely to have a more enjoyable time there. I'm also an expat South African so his perspective is really helpful. Our age group are strongly anti racist so he is likely to have a balanced perspective. His video explaining the background and motivations for things (like just leaving people who have fallen down sick or appear to be in distress) is so helpful and actually improves ones understanding of the Chinese people in a good way.
It’s not that he doesn’t like Chinese people and businesses as he hates the Chinese government in the communist party and those people are the reason China’s the way it is today
The Chinese copy, pirate, more than anybody. Have no regard for copyrights, patents, intellectual property. Yet they fear that others will copy them,very hypocritical. Hopefully no one copies their coronavirus, swine flu, bird flu....you get the idea.
@@walterxzavier8556 Don't be a greedy communist! Please share it with us and the whole inet world ! Afterall, the elite CNN communists r peopagating "redistribution from the rich" while they lie n steal from the poor.
Nah, warm beer for the win. If the beer is any good, it tastes best warm. The only beverage to drink cold is soda/pop as it's so laden with sugars that it tasted horrible warm.
Actually, in China, room-temperature water is considered "cold water", and those that got into the fridge is usually called "ice water". And during winter, here where I live, stores might even choose to turn off all the fridges except one for fresh milk if it's a tiny store.
I love this weird cross cultural thing, when a south-african wonders about china, I'm as a german wonder about it too, but then you find things I don't wonder about and find perfectly normal. Like, "yeah, nobody want's cooled water, you get tummyache."
i thought it was interesting that you continued to talk to the guy invading on you like that, around here people would just be like "fuck off" or something, I thought it was even more interesting that he stuck with you and was helpful. In the future if RU-vid doesent work out, just remember you have a picture of a bag of chicken feet, you can reproduce it and make millions in your own bootleg 7-11
Ye I mean different cultures. What can be perceived as invasive in the west is mere curiosity in mainland China. Love it there. People are real friendly... most of the time lol.
The lady from the 7-11 have a point actually. Its actually not about people copying the brands, but more about the stores inventory. If other stores know what you carry, they can subotage you by having a similar inventory plus what they are already carrying. In the US, during the early days of convenience stores, stores would send "spies" to find out what their rivals are carrying.
Pretty wacky that they're so sold on the concept of chilled water being bad for you, yet all those drinks that are 9X% water are in a refrigerator. And I think Gary's the most American-sounding Chinese American ever; he sounds a bit like John Wayne. 😁
Big generation gap here. Many hot-water obsessed seniors actually won't touch any of those refrigerated drinks, especially the pops. Some may even prefer their beer (if they'd drink anything other than baijiu after all) served in room temperature...since the population is huge you get different kinds of people, each in the number of millions.
This is what I like about Winston's videos, he takes the time to show and explain in detail. From my own perspective it was great to see many of those snacks again, many are absolutely delicious! Thanks Winston 😀👍
It may seem mundane. But this kind of basic documentation, raw documentation. documentation that comes without the bias of analysis really holds up over time.
Lol I‘m Ukrainian and I‘ve heard a lot of people in Ukraine/Russia say that cold water is very unhealthy too 😂 and that it makes you gain weight 😂 and that it will make you get a cold. so not only in China
I've lived in China for over a decade, this was really interesting to watch. I would like to add that regardless of how much or how little Chinese you speak, Shop Assistants are always very welcoming and helpful. Something that does surprise me sometimes not only from convenience shops but sometimes small supermarkets, they are not consistent with their stock, one day they might have your favorite snack but sometimes they might not. The best policy is to be flexible and grab something similar. If you're looking for Coke and they don't have it, be happy with a Pepsi. Don't complain, the stock is not up to the shop assistants.
I am Chinese American, I spend my childhood years in mainland China. The reason for Chinese (where I came from) alway perfer HOT WATER over cold water is GERMS (sanitation problem). Typically, we fetch our water from a "village well" or "local stream", typically unsanitary (This is before bottle water). However, after water is BOILed, most GERMs are destroyed it is safer to drink.
Justin. WOW, you are REAL Chinese actually been to China or else you are very smart. My interpretation of other response; 1) Either they lived a very privileged life or lived in areas water problem in UNKNOWN to them (长安忆). or, 2) They NEVER actually lived in China; (example; a typical American news reporter or writer, they came to China, stay at the best hotel, hired a tourist guide, drove them around the city, then write a report based on their very limited experience. 3) Probably read some magazine, books, watched a few Videos on RU-vid and then draw their conclusion. 4) Trolls, they do not really know anything, but typing a comment somehow make them feel smart. (Case in point, GAME MASTER fall into this category)
长安忆; It is true I Don't live in China anymore. Admittedly, China today is quite different. My last visit to China was 2010. However, My wife's relative and daughter-in-Law still live in RURAL China. we are in contact regularly. (As of yesterday ...they have to boil their water). additionally,.I have some wealthy Chinese American friends who go to China to visit their relatives. (For the wealthy; They drink filtered water and bottled water without boiling - at lease that was my understanding.). Since you do not boil your water, I assume you are in the wealthy class, I apologize if I am wrong.. I can not imagine you or anyone living in the RURAL area don't boil their water.
That's funny because here in Finland most people wash their hands in the bathrooms with coldest possible water because they are afraid of the bacteria in warmer water.
New subscriber here. I just happened upon your video when chasing some Chinese-American threads and needed to listen. I almost moved to Hong Kong back in the early 90's before the turnover and am reminded of all of my own travails at the time. You see, although many claimed to speak English (back then) very few actually did, so I would take to the streets during lunch and trail anyone speaking English just so that I could hear my home tongue spoken. It can be lonely...so this just takes me back to what 'almost was'...
I remember reading a westerner in Japan who created a blog all about weird and wonderful stuff in the convenience stores there several years ago. So I was really intrigued about the stores in Beijing. It turns out the Japanese try to factor foreign phrases and imagery into a lot of their marketing, so it was really cute and funny. China makes absolutely no attempt to do this, so visiting a convenience store there was kind of grim.
+Stalwart Shinobi: It would seem so! You can hear the audio degrade shortly before the end-music is supposed to start (and vice-versa shortly after the intro music is supposed to end), which indicates Serpentza used RU-vid's "remove music" tool to silence it after posting the video and having it get demonetized (technically remonetized to the music owner) due to music detection by copyright-enforcement bot. If there had been other sounds underneath the music, those would have remained somewhat audible, but there was nothing but the music, so those sections became silent. If Michael Elliot didn't intentionally rescind his permission to use the music, it's possible he's unable to prevent the company he's assigned the rights enforcement to from enforcing an individual case. RU-vid offers the ability to replace the entire audio track of a video with royalty-free music, but not individual sections you've run the remove music tool on. Lameness. +Cody Granrud: Huh?
One time I went to a hot pot restaurant with my girlfriend. It was a hot day, we've been walking a while, and we wanted something cold to drink. The Waiter came by, asked what I wanted to drink, and I said I wanted cold water （“要一杯冷水”) The Waiter gave me a confused look, and my girlfriend clarified in case my Chinese was odd. The Waiter looked even more confused, left, and came back with two piping hot cups of water. I gave up and ordered a sprite.
I lived in Shenzhen for 3 years a few years back and find it so amusing to watch your videos. Such a vibrant mega - city. I remember telling my friends that some type of reality show on life in Shenzhen would be interesting and it seems as though you've made just that.
You made me laugh, thanks for reminding me of the time I had in China. Drinking warm beer and water everywhere. The real fun was - if you wanted to have a glass of wine, people there would want to put all kind of things in it - ice, soda, coke, lemonade, never straight. Never managed to understand why wine is so distasteful to Chinese. I've read, Chines tend to be more sensitive to bitter tastes and this is one of the explanations, circling around, why they don't like blue cheeses. Then again, they don't like cheeses in general, or any dairy products. You opened this in another video, which I watched. I wish I had your videos available in 2006 when I started traveling. Never mind, broke my head all alone :)
Ok, I know that the condom sizes they sell in China are kind of small, but I've only used durex there and I think that most of durex's variations are kind of small. Do correct me if I'm wrong.
doddy that is not true.people dont tell those who get cancer to drink hot water to cure cancer.people only tell you to drink hot water when you catch a cold or a flu.
not a single Chinese believe hot water can cure cancer, its serpentza claims " Chinese people think hot water can cure cancer", and why he did it ? i don't know, you tell me .
Sadly I've known many people with cancer that would have been better off just drinking hot water as opposed to getting chemotherapy and completely ruining their quality of life or what was left of it.
Hey Windson, can confirm that it makes really sense drink warm water ! I lived myself five years in China and start to love it ! I assume you agree that what we have all in the western world isn’t always the healthiest shit ! There is a reason why you see you many really old people still so active at 5am in the parks and doing still flic-flacs while in the western world people 70 plus ( if they ever make it it to there ) just heavily overweight and tied to their wheelchair ( especially in the US) and still drinking the ice cold coke 😂👍🤪 so, hot water helped me a lot especially when I felt a bit sick .. cold or tummy pain !
Another informative, in-depth video!! I really appreciate these. I lived in Shanghai for modeling in Fall of 2015 and never noticed the differences compared to Georgia, USA until I came home to our convenience stores. I visited Beijing and Chengdu, as well as Hangzhou and they definitely vary. Whereas, here in America our convenience stores are pretty much "cookie-cutter" around the nation. I am learning Mandarin in my last year of high school and want to go to uni to study linguistics. I'm not sure if I would like to study Mandarin or French which I have studied for a while now. This channel makes me want to study Mandarin. China truly is unlike any other Asian country! Thanks for all of your work on sharing China here on RU-vid. I'm surprised you have that powerful of a VPN! Haha
I like the small shops that are different everywhere than just one big company owning many others. Mandarin is a good one to learn, lots more people use it. I'd also recommend Taiwan (as well as china) as they speak mandarin too
I agree. I was always seeing something different at the many corner shops haha. Thanks for your input; I really am leaning towards Mandarin for my field of study.
Anna Victoria Moore As a father of Mandarin speaking white boys, I can tell you that if you plan to spend any part of your future in a Mandarin speaking country, learn Mandarin. Just seeing the smile on the face of an older Mandarin speaking Asian when you speak to them is worth it.
Thank you for that advice. I definitely would go back in time to 2015 before I went to China and learn beforehand. It was quite embarrassing when I didn't understand basic conversation or manners, but it was rewarding once I did. I suppose I should keep on regardless even if it is not my language of choice for Uni.
I really really love your videos, as I'm unable to travel myself because of health problems these video's are a great subtsitute. It makes it feel as if I'm traveling there myself until a certain extent. So thanks for that.
I got ya beat. Here in brooklyn we have Z 11 its the same 7 11 sign but there is a second flipped 7 at the bottom of the first 7 makung it a Z but everything else is the same
Cola water != bad. During girls' period, eat ice may make them more pain for most Chinese girl. Drink hot water may feel like warm especially in winter. But in summer, cold water is more popular. Even watermelon and juice will be put in fridge. Hot water is usually drunk during illness or period for feeling warm. Don't you want to drink some chicken soap when you get cold? Barbecue with cold drink will be the Heaven all the time. I remember that Sheldon from Bigbang Throry will serve a hot beverage for friends who is in a sad mood. That's the same situation with Chinese hot water.
Sun flower seeds (and pumpkin seeds for that matter) are one of the most popular snacks in Eastern Europe too. If you walk through the streets of any Bulgarian city, you'll most likely see people eating them. It's also a common movie snack among the older generation. Although we don't have the same belief about hot and cold water, most stores and super market let you choose between cold and room temperature. I don't know if this is a thing in other countries, but during summer we have stalls selling boiled corn (usually with salt)
王老吉 Wong Lo Kat and 加多宝 Jia Duo Bao are 2 of the most popular herbal drinks in China and Hong Kong. Not only good for summer time but especially popular when Chinese having their hotpot meals, it's a way to balance the Ying (drinking herbal tea) with the Yang (spicy, hot pot).
Personally I suspect that it might be that they don't want people do copy the identical store layout. Most or all of the products can just be copied by ordering the same thing, Copying the entire store's layout would be much more difficult to do without recording it.
I had the same problem at Nike in KKK mall really nice branding and layout so I took photos as an example of good marketing not to copy but compliment. Not allowed because you would never remember it?
I was given that medicinal tea as a gift too as I do host hot pot nights for our international students and their friends. I still have some, it is SO sweet it's unreal how sweet that tea is.
I've been watching your channels for a few days. Both of you. It amazes me. In every video there is someone either watching y'all or following y'all. And yet y'all seemed amazed that y'all had to leave.
It's not true that we drink hot water to cure any kinds of disease, personally I only drink hot water when I get flu or in winter. You might misunderstand what others told you about that, a lot people drink hot water for comforting themselves when they are sick, not for curing disease.
You're not everyone. What I gathered is his general point is that hot water is healthy and helpful or curative for illness, and that some people might even take it much further to even more crazy extents. Regardless, hot water isn't any more healthy, nor is it any more helpful or any more curative than other temperatures of water.
Mshojat Your last statement is wrong. Are you a food scientist? How did you come out with that statement? Our body temperature is 37 degrees. Cold water is about 10 degrees. When you are sick you'll need energy to help fight/overcome your sickness. Using your body energy to heat up about 30 degrees requires a lot of energy. It is definitely more "helpful" to conserve that energy for other parts for recovery instead.
nah. he can ask his western friend if drinking hot water is shit thing to do. brightside.me/inspiration-health/nine-important-differences-between-hot-and-cold-showers-210805/
Music seems to have been cut out during your drone shots. I assume RU-vid did something to your video since you have the titles listed there but no sound at all.
It was Terribly Rude,,,,, handling all those bottles,,,, Serious,,,, If you touch it,,, u better have SOME intention of buying it,,,, Another rude ?American,,,, Don't Do THAT!
I was soooooo happy about the scalding hot water taps everywhere in china when I was there. Could just grab a noodle bucket and fill it up without hassle. Was surprised to even see it at the train, but that was really nice. And the smell of noodles in the morning because everyone did it~
It has been cooked and vacuum sealed. Just like the canning process, the food can be good to eat for years. You eat chef boyardee don't you and it has meat in it?
Dude here in Shandong i see unrefrigerated meat in dripping plastic bags everywhere in shops. No, not salted. Not dry. Dripping wet stinking raw chicken breasts and so forth. One of my local friends, when we went shopping for cooking ingredients were like "why u buy that expensive sealed package of chicken? just buy this bag, is more cheap!" I was just like........... No thanks. Kitchen nightmares.
Tales From Thailand Ive seen the snail cream in cvs drugstores in the U.S. My Hispanic friend says its popular amongst some of the older women in her culture.
You have a great TV voice/presence and your subject choices are great ! The Chinese people who follow you seem to be so charming and curious of what you're doing - it's kick to watch your videos. - continue -Thank you
What a delightful tour! You pleased me. I will subscribed! (Does that sound like authentic English to Chinese (simplified) Back to awkward English translation? Shooting from the hip here.
when i was in japan, we got chepo weird japanese hotdogs from 7/11 just about every day,.....buy a bag full of them and just ride the trains...... im sure a china version would be similarly good.....though, these days, im mostly vegatarian.
also, their bread is the best i have had, not sugary and crap. their baked goods come from a decent source, their sandwiches are eatable but yes, dont touch the refrigerated burgers or stuff like that. cheesecake is great!
Interesting POV. Ice??? Cold water??? LOL. You forgot to mention they do not like to use air conditioning or heat in the same way Westerners do. I can honestly say I have experienced exactly the same thing to are talking about on many trips to China. Some things are very strange and different. Some things are similar. I am in China 1 to 3 times a year, typically 15 - 30 days at a time. I'm married to an amazing Chinese woman from Shenyang. She is great and my step son (who is 6'8" BTW...a giant on China lol) is finishing high school here in USA. Been married 3 years now. You do have to learn and understand the cultural and mind-set differences to have a good relationship. Going back this summer to visit her family in Shanghai. Also appreciated the video about scams. I have encountered that as well. I have the negotiating for merchandise thing down pretty well now. Done enough shopping there on my own. LOL. I do honestly love going there. Its the differences that make it interesting every time I visit. To my wife and step-son, it is an opportunity to reconnect. I love my Chinese family and my extended family in Shanghai. I would consider living there.
Serpentza. You are so right. Just like you I am starting off as a 25 year old guy living in China. Have my Chinese Girl as well. Your right. In my office no cold water at all. Sometimes in the convient stores you find cold green teas, ice teas exct. My girl will not drink anything cold that much. Living in Beijing for four months has gotten me to understand the noise, bad traffic, people up on you, the reservation of the people. However being a foreinger here like you said is a pretty sweet deal. It does suck though that a lot of places in China don't take foreingers to house. Happend to me when I got here. Stay Awsome. Hopfully we meet in Beijing or where you are. Mike.
Oreo may be 6 or 8 yuan(1-1.5 dollars), Crisps may be 4 - 12 yuan due to size(0.8 - 2 dollars). Snacks usually below 10 yuan (1.5 dollars), A can of coke costs 2.5 or 3 yuan( 0.5 US dollar)
Here in Kansas City we have a few Asian markets and they sell most of those products. I like to freak out my white friends by eating those snacks in front of them. lol
weird ice creams. Chocolate covered fudgesicle on a stick is so good. Also the bottled unsweetened oolong tea with the silver label is on flick. and oreos with half green tea half raspberry filing.
When us westerners say "Bar none" it is a way to emphasize that something is the best, it has no equal, or competition. So for example, in the case of the comment above, it means that Japan has the best Convenience stores, and no other place can compete to their high standard. It's the type of phrase you would use on anything of quality, where no-one competes to the same high standard. I hope I have explained this phrase in a way you understand. Also your question should be "What does bar mean?" When asking about an object, you use "what". in this case the object was the word "bar". The same would apply if I found something in a shop, and I didn't know what it was, I could ask "What is this?", hoping for someone to explain what it is. "Why" is usually used to ask the reason or purpose of something. "Why is the sky blue?" if a man was really drunk, "Why did he drink so much?". or to refer to my own Scottish heritage, "Why do Scottish men wear kilts?" :-) "Why" asks the reason for things, "What" asks what the things are. I hope that helps. Sorry if it's confusing.
They're not different. They are the same. Drinks, snacks, some low quality cooked items. They are convenient. Do you count serving different food as being different? That's silly. 7-11's in Taiwan are different. You can do everything there!
