Chatting with an American living in Chongqing China

Back during Christmas I drove across China, and while in Chongqing, I sat down with my friend Ben to talk about his life and experiences living in China.

[@user-en3ur7gs7l]

看过抖音上老笨给自己酿造的啤酒广告，你现在是一个标准的重庆人了，祝你在重庆生活愉快，并帮助介绍和宣传重庆。老笨加油！

[@user-ok8ok2rj7l]

听他说英语 感觉混杂着四川口音了 哈哈哈

[@ny7053]

@Lung Jason 然後還上過一檔叫我住在這裡的理由節目····小鮮肉變老臘肉···

[@googlezhang707]

有b站和微博吗

[@user-en3ur7gs7l]

@吴吴吴老笨抖音账号：酿酒的笨先生

[@jameshuihui1983]

贰厂

[@Lobstersaladyum]

I love watching these type of videos where it's unscripted, raw and down to earth. Being a foreign born Chinese descendant, I've always appreciated perspectives from foreigners who actually live in China. I am proud that my people are so welcoming and that there are opportunities for people from all over the world. Mutual respect and harmony is what we strive for.

[@ch1kusoo]

This segment should be called The Daniel Dumbrill Experience.

[@neilchan7361]

Well said.

[@jizhengyang3197]

haha, you are a rare one. Most of peoplein weatern country believe CCP is evil and dangerous. Chinese are brainwashed. So funny

[@kyudanpi4436]

@Flappy Bird Funny.

[@kyudanpi4436]

@Flappy Bird Your ignorant opinion is quite funny.

[@jenm9099]

This was so effing interesting! I found your channel through a coronovirus search, but I have been watching your other videos and they are great! Glad I found your channel.

[@DanielDumbrill]

Thank you! Glad to have you here

[@hlam2364]

This channel is great, everything is real and unbiased!

[@jurgenangler5294]

The best channel that had ever produced based on non fake story or we can say the best reality.

[@dilekaslan5355]

Yes, same here! So glad I found this channel and it’s very informative! We always wonder how it is living over there and this give a a good insight perspective!

[@Amidat]

It's remarkable you found it... Most videos that show up in Google's algorithm are negative about China... Coronavirus videos (or any type really) that say something negative about China have 500,000 to 1 million views. People who write anything neutral or positive are usually under 100,000.

[@amoheanzhu]

Talk about a small expat world in China! I met Ben in Chengdu in 2014. He was working at a company where I did English training for some of the Chinese staff members. I met Ben at the company, and he's a nice guy. I spoke to him only once or twice, but he certainly stood out to me because of how well he spoke Mandarin and also how he adopted the Chongqing dialect. Plus he had a noticeable Minnesotan accent! I saw his desk, and he had Chinese flash cards and notes at hand. He certainly put in the effort, and as someone who was learning Chinese myself, I thought he set a good example. Ben probably wouldn't remember me, but because of how unexpected It was to see him in Daniel's videos, I thought I'd share my story.

[@tsiengavin]

我在德国汉诺威的时候，有几个小孩骑着车从旁边过来，每个人都跟我说了一句“你好”，我也回了一句“你好”，这些小朋友很兴奋，表情像是在说“他听懂了！”这不是和Ben九十年代在中国一样的际遇吗，只不过这次是在德国

[@deepbot767]

时代变了啊

[@jamiejing2053]

我去年在悉尼过马路的时候有一辆校车还是什么从我面前经过 上面的小朋友冲车窗外喊你好 我当时四周看了看好像没有其他华人面孔 才觉得也许是因为看到我才说的 于是我感动的说了一句再见😂 但还是比较谨慎了 因为在墨尔本的时候有小孩骑车从我们身边经过骂我们🙂

[@chunshenghu4207]

同样的经历

[@guderain979]

是不是澳大利亚现在反华气氛比以前高了？

[@user-bo6pi2fd1p]

@@guderain979 澳大利亚流氓一个，犯人的后代，

[@evoltselectricmobility6592]

Really enjoyed the video, As an Aussie living in Chongqing since 2000 its funny to hear some of the stories that sound so familiar. I have also spent time other provinces in China but I think Chongqing is not only one of the best cities in China but in the world. Some of the friendliest most welcoming people you will find.

[@puzzlelovers529]

Glad to hear that there are foreigners loving China. At least not like laowhy86

[@zqlove2009]

Which cities in Australia you came from?

[@supremesoysauce8947]

Chingqing? Best city? Mate, it is not even on the same level as Mel, Guangzhou is better imo.

[@johnkrechting4394]

@@supremesoysauce8947 Guess you have to live in Chongqing to appreciate it properly. Had an apartment in Guangzhou for 7 years so I have lived in both places.

[@johnkrechting4394]

Hi @@zqlove2009 Came from Sydney and North of Sydney.

[@Seija729]

Christ, not just English but Chinese subtitles too. Must've taken forever. Amazing work. Color was a bit tough on the eyes though.

[@wanghua8827]

老子必须去他的店店里面坐一哈，他把重庆描述得我都感动了

[@keawewong6110]

It is inspiring to see people from overseas (with a positive attitude) building a life for themselves in China. Gives me hope!

[@shawnd3447]

前几天刚在《我住在这里的理由》看到Ben

[@michaelhan8916]

Phywings 我住粉丝！ 哈哈哈

[@TongHeartYes]

在哪看？？

[@alisonc8820]

me too。 我住的粉丝

[@ChaseYu]

Junior Liu KZbin搜索一下 和之梦。

[@user-pl2fx6ur7t]

我住粉丝+1

[@untertk3048]

Great interview! This Ben guy is hilarious who was on a different video as some of the commentators said. His Chinese with strong Chongqing accent is incredible. He is very humorous and warm hearted

[@cadhlaohanlon4443]

Ben is such a lovely figure, please bring him back more, Daniel

[@shudodo]

太真实了 我去重庆天天胡吃海喝回来还瘦了好几斤 就是因为天天走错路绕半天 比如有次 想过到马路对面 结果下了座山还没过去。。。。

[@shenyun7195]

这字幕翻译的真好，应该很专业。语境和语意都翻译的很到位

[@user-xs5vg9yx3u]

中文翻译还是有些问题的 感觉应该是机器翻译然后人工校正

[@yabingnollet1565]

I am originally from Sichuan, but has lived in Minnesota for twenty years. My husband is a Minnesotan like Ben. I shared this video with him. He especially looks forward to tasting Ben's Sichuan Pepper Beer in the future.

[@eChineseLearning-school]

Great insight. Your in-depth interview style is engaging and the subtitles are a great tool for our students to study reading Chinese characters. Keep up the quality content!

[@jeanpaulmelchiorre2513]

Hi, my name is Antonio Luyo, excellent work, I can not imagine all the laborious work you've spent to make that video overall in its edition translating and subtitling it in english and Chinese, congratulations you have my like.

[@tinganchen1826]

It's very simple in China because it can be translated automatically with the aid of artificial intelligence speech recognition

[@terryloi6975]

Giving out your name is not a good idea. Please be careful, since KZbin isn't the same since 2009.

[@gracecheung913]

Wow, both Chinese and English subtitles, what more can you ask for? No excuse not watching Daniel’s videos. Thanks for your great effort! Greetings from Toronto.

[@allanwaltham4045]

I lived there for a half a year and my daughter was born there early 2005. It was a cold damp Winter and i still have a coat I bought for RMB90. :) Amazing city and culture. Hope I can take her there one day.

[@jorgegoncalo]

Loved the interview . Good video !

[@ddng.private]

You can become a head of the expats in China with this positive approach. With this unique content, I suppose that you can compete with media corporations. I watched this 1 hour withouth getting tired. It could be better with some introduction about the guest. Like his viral tiktok. But it is still good. I can get his background through the interview. I love it!

[@unknow7686]

i thought viet hates china lol

[@qimengzhang2836]

@@unknow7686 Viets hate China whilst hating it, as Chinese do the same to Japan

[@davidfernando2467]

love this type of interview

[@KK-xi7vh]

lol watched the whole thing, great interview once again, quite informative as usual. Keep them coming!

[@hxi7141]

Well I’ve watched your monologue format videos before and they were great. Now this has totally got my attention. Great guest and great host! You have a new subscriber!

[@jeff27]

Jesus ! That quality of interview recording ! You pro dude, good stuff, good stuff.

[@ajisenramen888]

Love the chat show format interview 👍❤️ it gives a cozy intimate vibe.

[@dryeoh2023]

Daniel, you keep making good videos. Thank you and I really enjoy all your videos

[@kindface]

Enjoyed hearing your perspectives. Spontaneous and so many unexpected titbits. Keep it up.

[@blueflyuniversity1528]

44:44 Trust me bro Chinese husbands are haunted by the same problem.

[@haimingyue2419]

Haha. This is totally what we Chinese boyfriends/husbands are learning to do. We have to use the method called Trial and Error 😂😂😂😂. We don't know what they want neither😂.

[@youngien]

Dude, this is so..... Chinese woman

[@user-zc2cn7fc9o]

lol,it’s funny!

[@chia-haochou8102]

It’s the same for every country, woman can’t seems do decide what they want.

[@goodkanga2275]

I wanna date American girl

[@primarytrend7915]

Nice vid, good to see you two KZbin together, keep up,bros.

[@francoisehembert3243]

So enjoy these chats! ❤️ From Belgium. I used to listen to Lake Wobegon too when I lived in New England! Good memories.

[@klas6ix265]

Wow.. I actually watched the whole video. Great interview off the top.

[@alennag7558]

今年才去过重庆，很喜欢这个城市！虽然视频很长，可是我还是认真看完了，因为听两个人聊不同国家之间的文化差异，真得很有趣！另外，如果所有的视频都能有中英文字幕就好了！加油！

[@user-hw2oq9zi5n]

我正在重庆，吃着酸辣粉看着视频😎，晚上去大学城吃自助餐😄

[@hermesliteratus882]

Very unique and interesting video, with a totally different cultural perspective, good job.

[@alanhu1058]

very good interview, high quality, well done!👍👍👍

[@halseyzheng3364]

Just a suggestion, you can try to put some relevant pictures to better give people some visualized understanding of what’s being talking about. For example add a pic or two when you guys talked the layered scenery of Chongqing, the brewpub, and the bridges etc. Daniel I really like this kind of videos. It feels really genuine. Keep it up Danial, you are really good at communicating ideas.

[@user-mg7yh3nk7n]

long time no see fat ass😆

[@anne-luciebugain5298]

Good idea

[@will6659]

Fascinating video! Thanks.

[@user-fu6wg8xd2f]

This talking program is sooo interesting❗️ I love you two!

[@thaimaishua8867]

Daniel, great interview, keep this format going...

[@siyuanzuo3750]

Love this format.

[@banjo6795]

Great interview, i really enjoy it !

[@shawnwu3170]

Love it.! Great conversation.

[@pyotrh]

Great video. I would love to have pictures though. Would be interesting to have various pictures of Chongqing talked about in the video

[@sword7872]

Found this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/in3dYZavm5Z0fac

[@jeffcahill5722]

great conversation, thanks

[@TL-fe9si]

I love long videos from you guys!!!

[@manu4ever249]

I can't believe I finished the entire conversation! Very interesting point of view. Thank you!

[@wensionblue7133]

same as you😂

[@nono9902]

A very high quality video with interesting topic , keep doing it

[@N16Ken]

Another great video. Thumbs up!

[@jonathanjhoey2685]

enjoying the conversation health discussion .

[@paulisely]

This type of interview really fit the audiences' taste, both guests and yourself Q and A very professionally, keep it up. And thanks for offering such a internal view in China

[@mountkailash6127]

Daniel is doing a tremendous job. But there're always people who don't really like hard facts over fiction and illusion. A female journalist posted a video on KZbin claiming inside info on Xinjiang basing China and received over a million hits, whilst in fact she poised as a tourist to go into xinjiang and stayed there for only two days.

[@mountkailash6127]

@@birdcall Yes. I left my comment there. Utterly disgusting.

[@Amidat]

yup.. it's quite common.. the scariest part is that so many people actually believe reports like that and have no clue they are being fooled... they believe it because they supposedly live in a "free society" with "freedom of speech" and "no censorship"... very very sad. and if you point the truth out to them they call you "50 cents army" or "ccp shill" or "wumao" or some other nonsense.

[@yongdeng1813]

Western propaganda always painting a dark and fu*ked up picture of china. I will tell u one thing, the longer foreigners live in china the more they like the country. Go figure!

[@thee6900]

Just like biased vloggers name laowhy86 & serpentza making dirty money from youtube video to mock chinese peoples

[@annhuang7034]

Abdul Shukor ？

[@padmaTony]

谢谢你的分享，很有趣的交流，我们希望有更多这样的文化交流。

[@nickfury8973]

Man, love the video! I spent 6 years in MN. Minnesotans are super nice and friendly. Would love to visit Ben in Chongqing in the future.

[@Grey-pu9nz]

As an immigrant kid in the early 90s, I remembered that one of my ABC classmates surprised that I was able to order meals at our high school cafeteria speaking English. I thought that they knew that Chinese did learn English since elementary school back in the 80s. And of course we called restroom “WC”. Lol Subscribed to your channel a couple days ago. Liked your style of reporting on what’s going on with Coronavirus in Shenzhen. Interesting contents with Ben! Keep up the good work! Good luck Daniel!

[@lukelarssen7072]

there are actually lot of place around the world call restroom WC, except to the US....

[@DesignEnthusiast83]

I find these interview videos are a great non-distracting video to watch while working on the computer.

[@jemodeu]

feels very comfortable for such little chat, just like two brothers are talking

[@ruichen1141]

Nice interview, keep doing that mate

[@AW-gu5gj]

A very nice conversation full of flavors!

[@andreashauschild7757]

I studied Chinese in BeiBei for 1 year. Was allot of fun.

[@dbrzy8989]

Ay bei bei

[@hu6451]

What is Beibei?🤔

[@andreashauschild7757]

@@hu6451 BeiBei is a small city north of Chongqing, about 30 minute drive. South West University with about 80000 students is there.

[@hu6451]

Andreas Hauschild gotcha

[@Mydeardaddy]

@@hu6451 北碚

[@foundkobens5978]

I love your talk show, high quality！

[@milliey9614]

Hey I have to come here and leave a comment after spending an amazing hour watching this! As a person who also lives both cultures, I guess I almost forgot how I took everything for granted. The exchange of conversations and ideas are def intriguing! Love it! Absolutely! Just like a 75-year old random auntie passing by, two random suggestions please, can you leave in the info section where I can get hold more of this, you, on Twitter, WeChat, Weibo, billibillie etc. also the color is bit odd to watch. Also, Podcast please! This would be amazing post cast to listen to on the road. Well that was three. Thanks man for this and please keep making more!

[@yihanxu5726]

really enjoyed your talk , keep up the good work !!!

[@rileyking6097]

Really enjoyed the interview!! Although its long but the content is very good so i totally don't mind it

[@ying6610]

Love Chongqing. Remember first time asking for directions to get to the next street and the answer was you go into this building and take the elevator to the 7th floor and exit. Took a while to process lol

[@nch3909]

those little stories make your video very enjoyable.

[@gavinguo3560]

Love it, definitely head to Chongqing and visit Ben's bar when I'm back to China. And, Bostonian does sounds angry LMAO. Big fan of you Daniel, keep up the great work!

[@simonchenchen]

看完，真的很有趣，东西文化和差异更有趣，谢谢分享！

[@kevinreay1510]

Love these videos. Planning a trip to Chongqing as soon as the virus crisis is over. It's so easy to get around in China with the excellent train service.

[@kevinreay1510]

@Andrew Lim that's not true. I'm not interested in any quack cures.

[@yourenodaisy2391]

Two cool guys and great story.

[@sword7872]

Good discussion guys! Lots of interesting information. The bit on cultural differences was hilarious.

[@LiLi-qh7wu]

respect, thanks for sharing this video.

[@medialcanthus9681]

Feels like I’m seated there with you guys .

[@marryme2298]

Thank you this is very informative n inspiring

[@krystaldeng219]

Being a ChongQing born Chinese, I’ve been living aboard for years. Really miss my hometown. Thanks for ur stories and conversation 🤩

[@chopchopsuey1263]

Love these talks & stories 👍 I think its also gd window for non-chinese to get a glimpse/feel of China. Peace.

[@MrTynanDraper]

Good interview!

[@haonandeng3532]

Awesome video! I watched all of it...

[@TheJebend378]

I'm loving this refreshingly positive outlook of life in China!

[@AW-gu5gj]

Thanks for such a pleasant interview. 祝两位享受在中国的生活！

[@anpr]

Honest spontaneity sells itself. Well done from Singapore.

[@AbAb-mm3og]

'liked' Thank you for the video. I really appreciate the English _and_ Chinese subs. 👍👍🙏

[@haoyangli300]

非常棒的访谈

[@Nassergamez]

DAMN DANIEL!!!! BACK AT IT AGAIN! PULLING OUT THE SHURE MICROPHONES... lol

[@leonw7297]

Great video guys!

[@ziranwang7470]

Nice video Daniel! I have been staying in California for five years and really miss my hometown Chongqing. I suspect I will have some similar reverse cutural shock as you mentioned in the talk when I go back to Chongqing.

[@woosa1wo168]

This is such a good interview, good work. small story, real story!

[@mengxk622]

epic conversation between two old china hands, enjoyed so much, expect more like this to come in future.

[@lingxiaoqian3422]

this interview is gold

[@beekiller9824]

很有趣的访谈，这么长我居然饶有趣味地看完了，Ben很具幽默感和亲和力，Daniel Dumbrill也是一位很理性且富有观察思考力的人。It was an interesting interview, and I ended up reading it so interestingly. Ben has a sense of humor and affinity. Daniel Dumbrill is also a very rational and observant person.

[@yang120000]

Great video! A lot of work to put Chinese subtitles, thank you!

[@davidsegal2236]

Love it! Way to go Ben!

[@perfectstudents8361]

Interesting talk on various light topics. No negativity. Enjoy listening from America. Keep up the good work. Don't turn it into a channel full of negativity, just like Serpentza and Laowai.

[@ohhi5237]

being anti china is big money nowadays..

[@xipengwang2818]

oh, I know this guy. This guy was on the interview of 和之梦, the reason you live in there.

[@alennag7558]

我也是看了和之梦，知道他的。

[@missyxixi]

是哪一集？

[@xipengwang2818]

@@missyxixi kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6PbfmudqpeJj8U

[@alvinthahma8685]

现在在重庆很出名

[@liang2201]

Great talk

[@simonchenchen]

有中文字幕太好啦！支持UP主，已定阅！

[@studiokiselbach]

Very good format, as an expat myself from the West coast of Canada with an anthropology background, been coming and going to Asia since 1987, really good to hear that friend of yours. Especially the "fight" with the wife. I think it comes down to non verbal communication, what is unsaid is the most important thing in Japan (where I'm at now) and not verbiage. Take a look at this theory of high culture, low culture, it pretty much explains a lot of things. Personally, I try to explain our ways and at the same time, explain the fact that I respect their ways too. www.thnk.org/insights/communicating-across-cultures/

[@Y___a__o_]

最可怕的是夫妻之间连吵架都吵不起来 那样婚姻就真没救了

[@upsidedown1671]

Great conversation, love the insights in Chinese customs and differences with the West.

[@bookofeye]

Awesome, very interesting!

[@tianshili9052]

This guy is a natural comedian.

[@supremewhip]

Please start a PodCast! Would love to listen to your topic during my daily commutes!