It’s so beautiful to see 2 young people from different cultures able to come together as a loving couple. There are enough political negativities happening out there and you can talk about your choice with such frank and honest opinions. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your future videos. Don’t use political negativities to smear your videos.
Julie is so pretty and warm hearted. This Chinese guy is so lucky but nonetheless I wish them the best. Wish both of you have a great life in China. Greetings from a Hong Kong-er. 😊😊😊
The boy is very handsome and his English is very good. The girl is very beautiful. They are a perfect match. I hope your romantic cross-border love story will bear fruitful results.
As half of a mixed race couple I've lived in China for more than 16 years and love it. Came to China in 2006 from the USA where I'd spent the previous 16 years in the IT industry. After all that time I was ready to seek pastures new and leave the guns, drugs, violence and geopolitics behind. While China is not a perfect country (nowhere I have lived is) it's benefits far outway any negatives, and there's so much amazing culture and geography to explore I'll probably never get to experience everything on my bucket list. Looking forward to more content from your channel. 👍👍
Just came across your channel in my feed. Subscribed . 👍 I am Chinese, but was born (and am living) in South Africa. My family came from China in the 1930s, so we were born here, and cannot actually speak any Mandarin at all. I actually work for a Danish multinational company. Looking forward to seeing your posts about your lives, experiences and your city in China.
New subscriber here. Every country has their pros and cons. The important thing is the both of u have the ability to choose where u want to live. Not every one has that luxury. Keep the great content coming!
yeah was there for 5 weeks recently after 10 years of absence, ive stayed in large cities down to spending a week in a remote village, I can confirm that the vast majority of population enjoyed far better lives than was before. their material needs such as food, sanitary, cars and appliances are not lagging behind the majority of the 1st world nations including those in the remote village. In alot of ways their live is more convenient than the west, I was able to call ride hailing from anywhere, having goods delivered to my door steps is much better than here in Sydney Australia.
There's no perfect answer for everyone, only proper choices for different people. I can understand all your reasons and I believe it's the best choice for you two!
I am touched by Julie's kind hearted considerations for her in-laws feelings that it moistens my heart... Good one and I am sure you both will have a long and happy life together...
I just visited Copenhagen and Aarhus a few weeks ago with my family. My take as a tourist is that Danmark's weather is cold, the city skylines are old but pretty, people are rich, and prices are high(by European standards). Lots to see if you are a fan of art and history. As for the New Year celebration, unlike other countries where governments hold fireworks shows, people bring their own fireworks and set them off randomly among the crowds and buildings, which is scary but also exciting.
I'd say it's accurate. I guess my unique take is that a lot of Danes aren't actually rich. Many live above their means and struggle financially, we just don't discuss it openly. It's a wonderful place to visit though! I do wish the fireworks would be regulated a bit better though. Got hit by them one year and it definitely wasn't fun 😂
@jiayiandjulieinchina Understand. I did spot homeless people sleeping on the street of Aarhus in the subzero weather conditions which was heartbreaking. People also brave in that weather lineup a long queue for a shop that has a 50% storewide sale.
Wish you both a bright and lovely future. Julie, you made the best decision to to China for your man. This is a very wise decision! We were also a WWAM couple. She is from Finland. Meet her as an exchange student in 2003. I was grown up in Germany. After trying to live in Germany, when our first son was born. I decided to move with her to Finland in 2011. We have now two boys (11 and 14). But I have never arrived there. Planning to go back to Germany.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I am Chinese and I have lived in Sweden for almost 5 years and I agree with everything you said about the downsides of living in Scandinavia except that I personally don't feel there's any pressure of doing drugs from friends group, alcohol definitely. ( but Sweden and Denmark might be a bit different on that, at least I have noticed Danes are much into drinking and cigarettes than Swedes, more yolo maybe). I always thought that I wanted to settle in Sweden until this year I seriously started to think about moving back to China with my boyfriend. The subtle racism in real life and whole anti-China/anti Chinese on the media is too much to bear and almost made me question my own reality.
It gets very tiring for sure. For the 18 months we were long distance, I already felt like the anti China sentiment grew and since I've left it only seems to have gotten worse. I can only imagine dealing with it as a Chinese person is like
I for one think you guys are super lucky living in China, being part of an amazing country, that's moving toward the future, instead of one stuck in the pass.
Thank you my dear for sharing your story with us, I hope you has a fulfillments of life experience deference culture. I wish you all the best and happiness enjoy your new discover and good luck 👍
Come on, your thoughts are right, today's network environment is too bad, we can only accept very simple praise and simple happiness, but as long as it comes to more profound problems, many people are very unbalanced in their hearts, the reason may be because their vision is only limited to the side of the world they see, or their lives have already fallen, as long as they are exposed by others, Will be immediately angry, even scold, no quality, poor face thin to vulnerable. However, I suggest that you keep this profound thought in your own mind, there is no need to share it with a group of ignorant people, only to receive endless attacks and abuse. I am looking forward to your videos of daily life and exploring new things in China. Come on!❤
@@jiayiandjulieinchinaAs someone who had a back injury, I hope you don't mind my suggesting an MRI imaging of your lower back. That's usually the standard imaging to see if you may have a disc herniation from the ski accident.
@@jiayiandjulieinchinaYou could search the Internet for exercises that will help a slipped disc in the back. Usually the exercises are back and stomach strengthening exercises. Anyway, I was in an auto accident and could barely walk afterwards from the pain due to multiple disc herniations. One of the neurologists wanted to give me an epidural but I declined. However, a neurosurgeon told me to do these exercises with a therapist. I did my exercises faithfully for years. I still have pain but not as bad as before, and I am also able to run long distance. I don't know the extent of your injury but I want you to know that people do get better with conservative treatment such as exercises. One last advice, don't go to a chiropractor. They can be dangerous for back treatment. You should see a neurologist or a neurosurgeon.
I'm an 85-year-old retired aerospace engineer who was born in Brussels where my father, a Chinese diplomat, was based at the time and lived in Europe, and in North, South, and Central America plus a couple of years in Taiwan. Perhaps because I generally lived a privileged life, I hardly ever encountered racism. Plus it helped that I didn't feel inferior to other folks and cultures. My sons' mother was a WASP and our children had a very stable childhood. That is to say, we lived in a middle-class neighborhood whose public school system was considered one of the best in the country according to the U.S. News & World Report. Our sons were well liked, excellent students, good athletes, and were generous souls. They were brought up in one house, one school system k-12, and made lifelong friends. My point is that it was important to us that our sons should feel like they belonged, and that they be self-confident. I had spent my whole childhood moving from country to country, becoming fluent in different languages, adjusting to different cultures and climates, etc. While I became very good at it, I never felt like I belonged anywhere. And that troubled me a great deal.
FWIW, my family is from the Beijing area of China and while winter never bothered me, when I had to take Warfarin because of cardiovascular disease, I couldn't tolerate cold temps any more. Perhaps Julie has "thin blood". It's worth a blood test.
Anti Asian is at it's highest now. Vancouver was the city with most Asian hate crime during Covid and it's not certainly decreasing, specifically hate for China is through the roof thanks to western media spreading anti China narrative just like they did after the 9/11. Also the west is becoming more and more conservative. While it's not a problem to love your country and culture, it is a problem if you hate others. The right groups keep feeding the people with lies that immigrants are eating away their country and is responsible for inflation and increase in crime. As a result, the people keep hating the poor immigrants(legal or illegal) while the government does whatever they wishes(stealing money, increasing tax etc.). So for them it's a wise decision to not settle in the west, at least not now with all these sinophobia.
My mom past away while taking Warfarin. It's a deadly blood thinner originally designed as rat poisoning. From research, IMHO, In heavy doses it was used in World War 1 or 2 as it causes internal bleeding. May I ask if treatment works for you? .@@leochen887
Born and raised American and I will absolutely say America is the most garbage country. We are a joke. And before someone says go back to where you came from my spouse is Italian and I have native American blood so either buy us plane tickets to Italy or idk give the Natives their country back. Love this video loves! I loved hearing the differences and actual facts that aren't propaganda.
First time to the channel and subscribed! Welcome to China! It’s quite easy to understand when you mentioned drugs as an issue. If you find Hangzhou a bit too cool for you, you may consider moving further south eg Shenzhen. 😊In any case, China a vast country and you can have many great trips to explore.
Thank you! I do find Hangzhou's winter a bit cold but luckily it's short and we've had multiple 20° days this last month. Plus I'm very interested in the history of 吴越 😊 would love to visit Shenzhen though!
Yes, our politicians do just talk, talk, talk. Easy example is they talked about high speed rail for 20 yesrs and had not built 1 meter of it. 100s of millions were spent studying and talking.
Watched 5 videos of your today. Awesome! You guys are good storytellers. I am Chinese American. I miss the life in China! You made a great decision. Enjoy your staying in China 🇨🇳
Can you post more videos in the future such as travel and lifestyle videos of your China cultural experience ? By the way, both of you are good looking and suit each other.
Julie is very candid, my antie lives in Shanghai, and the biggest reason for her not moving to other cities is because Shanghai has lot more people than other cities 😄
You are a truly remarkable couple. All arguments presented by Julie are very good, very reasonable, very carefully laid out; I particularly concur with Julie's stance on drug addiction. One point which I personally wish got more, or more explicit, emphasis is food and nutrition in China compared to Danish, North German, Norwegian, British,.. cuisine which, collectively, is just plain ignorable. I really think Julie should try to carve a career within CGTN or even a wider media framework in the near future. She sure makes a good candidate for such a role.
Hi Julie & Jiaye, Have a good time in China and you will discover the beauty of the country. I am a Malaysian and I love China. My personal opinion is that there is no racism in China (not absolute)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences, please update us along your journey together. Btw, congratulations to you both, wishing you both nothing but the best!
Glad this popped up in my recommended videos. I was born in Hong Kong and grew up in New York and I've been learning about China and am amazed by its transformation. I would love to stay in China long term if possible. But at least take a very long trip there.
Very interesting discussion.Smart couple.China is so progressive n dynamic.My Malaysian friends who visited China all are so impressed n keep talking about the wonders of the country.
Appreciate the straight talks. Love your stories! Keep it up and share your China experience. I enjoy all your videos. Both J & J come across as young intelligent and brave citizens of this Earth. Applause.
"Not only are Western societies collapsing economically, but..." A little pink who has never lived in a Western democratic country and speaks nonsense based solely on the CCP’s false propaganda!
I am Sorry you had so bad experiences of Living in DK. I am dane, too, and I dont recognize your deskription of needles on the ground or acceptance of drugs. It is illegal here. I - personnal - have not met it. But appart from that, I agree you made a good choice, especially the weather and Jiajis career😊 And your consideration for your inlaws is admireable❤
You both make quite an attractive couple, especially Julie, she seems very smart and is a true beauty (I've rarely seen such a gorgeous woman like her)! 🙂
Canadian here.... housing all over Canada is getting expensive, not just in the major citiies - this applies to purchasing and renting. I don't think the cost of housing will go down in price much. In Vancouver's downtown east side (DTES), we have homelessness and a huge drug problem - the city has implemented 'safe injection' sites. I found this quote, "As of Jan. 31, 2023, all adults 18 and older in BC will be able to possess up to 2.5 grams of certain illicit substances without being subject to fines, arrest or drug seizures." I folllow numerous foreigners living / working in China that have RU-vid channels. It's the Asian Century and China is looking better and better every day. Thanks for sharing your reason for choosing to live in China - they're very smart reasons.
Thank you. I've been following a Canadian comparing Canadian housing costs with European castles for sale. It's crazy. I recently saw that copenhagen housing costs are in the top 3 in Europe and for me personally, I just can't justify the price. As far as drugs go, Denmark has a huge drug problem amongst young people to the point where more and more are selling themselves, and the government does next to nothing. I just don't get it.
I am also living in Vancouver. You are absolutely right. The drug abuse is really a problem. The normal people just can not afford the cost. Life sucks in Canada.
North Americans are doing a great job at pining it to the Chinese. Houses cost too much; "Chinese bit it up real estate prices and now we can't afford it". Multi-national corp. move their operation to China for bigger profit; "Chinese stole our jobs"; drug problem ;"Those Chinese are poisoning our youth with fentanyl"
I totally agree with your concern of bringing up your children in a racist environment. I am a Chinese American who has been living in America almost 60 years. When my first inter-racial child was born, we received a letter claiming that inter-racial children should not be born in this world based on the teaching of Christian Bible. Because of this incidence, We sent all our children to a more open minded. liberal private school to protect them from this kind of racist environment. The interesting thing is that our kids had never been racially discriminated at school, but they were subjected to some racially motivated acts by other kids in the classes and activities sponsored by our church.
Your experience sadly does not surprise me. I went to a Christian middle school and some congregations has some wild opinions on mixed marriages and kids. I think a lot of people ignore what growing up with racism will do to you, at least I know Caucasian people do. I also just don't think it's healthy for my partner to be around that type of hatred, so choosing the place that would have the least (not to say it isn't present) made the most sense
I think racism exists everywhere, the difference whether it is of a subtle or confrontational nature. I think in the West, it's mostly in your face kind and out of a sense of superiority and exceptionalism. In Asia, it's mostly born our of ignorance rather than malice, so it's more mental than a physical assault. Well, I don't live in China but I've been to China quite a few times over a span of at least a decade. Because China is massive, it has almost all the landforms. climate, and diverse ethnicities you can find. Landforms - from the alpine mountains and lakes of Xinjiang that rival Switzerland, to lush greenery of Yunnan in Xishuangbanna, to the arid desert of the Gobi and Taklamakan. Climate - from the frigid cold of Harbin (like -40deg C) to the tropical weather of Hainan Ethnicities - from the Indo-european/european like the Tajiks and Russians, to the central asian (Uighurs, Kazakhs, Uzbeks, etc), to Tibetan-Sino (Sherpas, Tibetans, Moxi, etc) to the Austronesian-like (Dais, Lahu, etc). So Julie and even Jiayi, I'm sure in your lifetime, you'd not have covered every inch of China and experience all those diversities. Also some places are just too inconvenient and too remote to visit, nonetheless beautiful (captured on drones). But living in China means you have more time to do so and maybe you can show us all those places. China is for sure, not perfect, may even be too authoritarian for some Asians but it has made a lot of improvements over the decade in terms of street cleanliness, river and air pollution as myself have witnessed. In some ways, it ha surpassed even western societies esp in terms of the adoption of technology in daily life (eg. mobile payment, driverless taxis and EVs), public infrastructures. Of course, the western media just harp on the bad, even manipulate it to present half truths and not show the things she has done better than them. That's why I travel, and through travel, your threshold tolerance of what is unfamiliar becomes higher and you always learn some things along the way. For eg, the first time I went to Paris, I had this romanticised version of it painted by local advertisement. But as dogs are allowed everywhere, which is a good thing to bring your pets along, it also means the route to Eiffel Tower is paved with poos, unfortunately as I've found out. Also rubbish were overflowing and no one cares. Homelessness is also a problem. Europe on the whole has become more dangerous as you've to be cautious of snatch thefts, not helped by the unchecked flow of refugees and undocumented immigrants, mostly without a job and have fallen into syndicates. Hence I always feel that country before they point a finger at other country, they should make sure they clean up their own backyard first.
I can certainly put myself in her shoes growing up in Nordic countries, esp. in a hick town, all I wanted to do is to move away as soon as you graduate, now I'm happy in China, though looking back the childhood memories in a small town it wasn't too bad, racism and cold weather that came with it became nostalgia.
Let's be brutally honest, as an interracial couple, especially where the white partner is female, they will be afforded a level of prestige and status in China more than if they lived in Denmark.
That's cool. Thanks for explaining your reasons. China seems like a place that you could spend a lifetime exploring without getting bored due to its rich history, its dozens of cultures not to mention current and future advancement. They've advanced so much in just the last few decades. I'm also a Dane, but living in Copenhagen atm. I agree with you on the pervasive drug culture, but I also find the drinking culture to be too much. I don't mind drinking a glass once in a blue moon, but having to do it in order to maintain friends and drinking so much that you struggle to walk and end up with a hangover is just no way to live and a waste of your time in my opinion. I supplement myself with 5000 IU of Vitamin D each day, 10k during the winter, which I recommend for people to do all around. Vitamin D is a much more important vitamin but also hormone than people realize. So I have no problem going out in shorts or sleeping with an open window when it's about 5 degrees here in Copenhagen. I would like to say it's the Viking blood in me, but I'm actually ethnically Chinese.😅
Oh, definitely! Would love to make traveling around China my full-time job if I had the opportunity. 100% agree on the drinking culture, it's not fun when you feel pressured into it and the level of the alcohol consumption is completely unhinged. Haha maybe your family comes from Dongbei. Can't compete with them when it comes to cold weather 😂
I lived in Mainland from 2015 to 2020. I was happy there for a while unill many things happened....now I will never go back. But I have insights that most will never understand. Now is time for a new bunch of people to discover a new China. China is always changing I am glad of my time there and it was great, until it wasn't. Now I adore my life in Myanmar. Another place that everyone who does not live here has oppinions on. ha ha! I like my interesting and first hand informed life.
