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[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Sounds ridiculous but I hope the paint isn't toxic...

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

You're getting better at this Winston.

[@lynettecarter9887]

Legend as always my friend 💯🍻

[@marierocher4422]

I haven’t started yet, only to answer your question why it’s painted black? Because black pig are expensive and good quality. black pigs were noted as good taste. So then it’s scamming the Code of everyday lives. 😉. Now time to listen.

[@ChinaVirus0604]

pls make a video about chinese spy🎉🎉

[@Lopan2k]

I worked in corporate for a US supplier of automotive parts for OTR trucking. We switched over to a Chinese manufacturer for 18 wheeler brake drums. A customer brought back a purchased item and said we cheated him because within the box was just a large rock. The manager told him that he switched the brake drum with the rock trying to rip us off. They both agreed to look at the warehouse stock for a replacement drum (from our new Chinese manufacturer) and surprisingly found 6 more ROCKS in the boxes. .....I learned something that day...

[@richr161]

Sounds like someone at the warehouse had a side hustle.

[@Paws_Network]

Or the chinese are just incompetent.@@richr161

[@joshuaedwards3322]

Shipping rocks instead of car parts... Classic China. Lol

[@joshuaedwards3322]

​@@richr161shhhh... It was the Chinese bro.

[@miaya3898]

not as bad as american porch thieves

[@peterjansen3846]

I lived in China for a year and remember walking through beautiful parks listening to birdsongs. Never saw the birds as they'd all been eaten or died of pollution. The songs came from little speakers in the trees. Only in China.

[@UnusualOscar]

😂

[@NotReallyAya.]

And Disney Land 😂😂

[@AetherStreamer]

With that happy merchant face, nothing you say has any credibility.

[@cyrusthe0ther795]

@@AetherStreamer wild

[@mr.riffian9507]

🤣🤣🤣

[@phillipleblanc7823]

I was in Bangkok on vacation with my wife and we went to a buffet style restaurant close to our hotel. We had a nice meal and spoke to the staff about how tasty it was. The staff told us to come back for breakfast, there was a tour bus of Chinese coming that had a reservation. They said to come and watch the Chinese! We did and it was like a plague of locusts descending on a wheat field. The Thai staff simply stood back in fear. I lived in China for a short while, your videos are the real deal.

[@TomKappeln]

I was for some months in a hotel in Germany, the whole staff was not willing to accept these *guests* .... After 3 days they had to close the rooms for desinfection !

[@SongSydney]

As a South Korean, the video of the man spray painting red peppers were horrifying. Much of the powdered red peppers and vegetables that we consume in kimchi and other vegetable side dishes are imported from China. It's come to a point where produce grown in Korea is impossible to find at the supermarket. I am NEVER buying food from China. Never. Ever.

[@hanslu9706]

You don't have to be this hateful. We're in an era of globalization, where differentiating countries, races, and religions is meaningless. There's only the good human and the bad human. It's quite surprising that this channel, including those who spread hateful comments here, takes isolated individual actions and escalates them into national issues. Some of the video clips shown here are truly illegal, and will definitely be punished, but this KZbinr distorts the plot and misinforms everyone, making it seem common and legal in China. If the situation is reversed, I would never do that to your country, and I would never do that to this KZbinr's country. It's so childish. You are an educated adult and you can do better than this.

[@Thiernodjo]

​@@hanslu9706 what position do you hold in the CCP

[@Thiernodjo]

@@hanslu9706 propagandist

[@paulclothier2583]

They probably sell the better stuff to Korea, and the rubbish with paint, to its own citizens.

[@snark567]

Beef, salt, distilled water. Can't trust almost anything else in the store.

[@egmjag]

I saw a documentary several years ago about how the FBI got involved when someone reported the people who had initially made the transaction with the Chinese to import that deadly drywall. Years later I met the guy who was that person who contacted the FBI. He was forever banished by his mother and brother. His brother was engaged to a woman from a very powerful Chinese family in charge of that Chinese drywall. My friend’s actions caused a huge scandal and the wedding was called off. My friend’s mother and his brother were complicit in ruining the lives of many people, perhaps in other parts of the world as well. They were about to receive millions of dollars from that Chinese company and family but my friend thwarted further actions. He paid a huge price for doing the right thing but he had no regrets.

[@samanderson6194]

❤😂love to see that doco.if cbf or ever find it again would be much appreciated if flick the link below otherwise great story the lengths ppl go to aye... ancient Chinese saying I saw some Asian politician say on NZ tv.." where there is a rule.. there is a way around it" beautiful haha

[@Sinister_fartbox]

I see a chinese and I want to paint it black

[@moonsharn]

Your friend is a hero ❤

[@egmjag]

@@samanderson6194 The documentary is by PBS, Home Sick: Living With Chinese Drywall

[@nickolasbrown3342]

a hero

[@johnshaw8327]

I have a Chinese wife here in Australia and when various products break she always looks to see if they are Chinese. A couple of months ago she tripped in the street and fell quite hard. She was instantly surrounded by people trying to help her. Afterwards she mentioned that she was shocked about the reaction. In China she would have been left on the concrete and avoided.

[@thilakhari]

"""""HAHAHA! American Propagandist!"""""" Feel really sorry for people brainwashed by China.

[@Itz_R41N]

That’s what separates humans from robots

[@lakibody]

CCP mentality from childhood through adulthood. There is no helping others and somebody is backstabbing somebody in petty arguments or buissness. I met some of these in HK some of these shoved me and my grandma to cut a line in fastfood joint in victoria peak.i shoved them and they got scared.They got humbled and go to the back of the line😅

[@Knowbody42]

In China, if you take someone to hospital, *you're* supposed to pay for their medical bill. That's why people just walk past and ignore injured people in China.

[@georgewashington938]

i have seen several videos on the topic of not helping each other in china - much of it has to do with scams and extortion. someone fakes a fall and then claims the person helping them caused the fall.

[@kitsukeita]

Around 2012-2014, we searched for moderately priced toys ( mostly flexible dolls/humanoid figures) and ended up talking to a well mannered and english speaking Chinese company representative. We laid down our terms about the material of which the toys should be made among other things and they vehemently agreed to it even going to the extent that "don't pay us if you are not satisfied later". The first few shipments turned out fine, we tested it. But about 6months into the trade, a new manager randomly tested and found very toxic PVC and BPA levels, which did not make any sense since BPA was not meant to be added in a soft plastic in my knowledge, it made no sense. These toys were supposed to be chewed upon or taken into the mouth by kids so it was alarming; when contacted the company representative first denied and after a long show-cause with evidence, he simply said : you can still sell it for upto 400% profit. I was left speechless.

[@setzheqin]

I am a Chinese and I can say the ignorant and naive West helped to nature and grow the evil CCP, and now yeah the whole world suffer from these stupid mentality that was thinking when CCP getting richer, they will be better and kind. Exactly what happened to Japan in WW2 but now building up a monster much bigger and stronger to destroy themselves and the whole world.

[@bertoflores5046]

As someone that has been there many times for business. I gotta say that this is very prevalent. Great job exposing this!!

[@Primtari]

Up until this point I’ve never known this much about China it’s crazy how much they care about how they are perceived

[@Shamshiro]

I think, when the cards are played right, people can literally shame them to death lol

[@ItsJoKeZ]

​@@Shamshirobasically the move

[@user-rw6tm8hx4g]

Had an ex gf like this. Imagine trying to get this kind of attitude to admit they might be wrong! Lol

[@dylan8736]

All care about face

[@MarcelNL]

His buddy also has a channel with this sort of stuff and together they also have a channel with news from China. Very entertaining and informative! I binge-watch their stuff even though I have absolutely no connections with China, nor do I have any intention to ever go there.

[@stevemathis3092]

I lived for a year and a half in China and I also visited Taiwan. What a difference! China was "every person for themselves free for all." Taiwan was civil and polite.

[@kittytrail]

Taiwan is mostly japanese behaviour with a veneer of classic chinese culture painted on. 😏

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

That’s one big sore point why China 🇨🇳 hates Taiwan 🇹🇼 and wants it for themselves, either by buying or force.

[@BillyBob-op6lg]

Taiwan superior to china

[@garyweston3269]

Scams abound in mainland China. Especially if a foreigner visiting, they'll try to scam you every living moment. The the pollution. It's like bricks sitting on your chest trying to breath. Forget industrial zones. Close your windows and zoom through as best as you can. Cars covered in soot fallout from atmosphere. The average person was friendly however. Some food was beyond amazing. Just beware nothing is created equal. Avoid street vendors. Food shenanigans to cut corners happens. I saw my soup recycled for the next customer. I kid not.

[@MissionaryForMexico]

Go to Singapore you will be blown away how clean there city is!

[@supergeek1418]

I learned what you're talking about the hard way: I hired a Chinese computer programmer, with a Master's degree in computer science, and spent $25,000 (in 1985 dollars) getting him a Green Card, with the commitment that he would work for me for at least 2 years. The day his Green Card came, he gave me two weeks notice, and then didn't show up for those two weeks. And after all that, he had the audacity to demand payment for those two weeks! I ended up having to close down my business, laying off the other 3 employees. When I called him about it, his reply was, "I got my Green Card. Now I'm worth *way* more money --- more than you can afford." Totally amoral.

[@cenajhon1948]

Chipmogs can never be trusted

[@ghotiemama]

Is that the norm? it sounds more like slavery to have to commit another 2 years at much lower wages.

[@supergeek1418]

@@ghotiemama I thought that the lower pay was compensated for by the fact that I was getting him a Green Card (not an easy or inexpensive exercise). Supposedly, he did, too, since he agreed to my deal. I've done similar deals where I would have to work for a year or two because the company paid for my moving expenses. The only difference was that I honored my commitments. If he didn't want to stay for the committed time, he shouldn't have agreed to the terms.

[@MumbleZWitaZ]

u tried to enslave the dude in 1985?

[@supergeek1418]

@@MumbleZWitaZ I tried to *HELP* him, and he totally betrayed my trust.

[@martynwatson4929]

The chinese team at the school robotics tournament have just been disqualified for cheating. Everyone knew they were doing it but the organiser didn't want to do anything about it... It became so blatant that it couldn't be ignored any longer. The fuss they made about being accused of cheating was amazing. It's a childrens tournament, no prize money. Just some fun for children.

[@jaymiller6009]

In Canada, wealthy “people from the east” are well known to have all available family members apply for welfare using the addresses of relatives. As soon as a child turns 18, they will claim to be homeless and need welfare benefits to pay their rent and food. They just claim they are living at an uncle’s residence who has a different last name. Charities set up to give out food to low income families will have these people show up and picking through for the very best stuff. When told that specific hampers are set up so that everyone gets some good stuff, they just claim to not understand English or they just get angry; then they carry on taking all the high quality stuff from 10 different hampers so their one hamper is full of premium stuff. Then they load it into their 2 year old Mercedes and feel absolutely zero shame. And they will often do this multiple times per day. It’s completely illegal and immoral to take female or undersized dungeonness crab, there are limits, as well as harvesting certain rock fish from the ocean?? Guess what happens when confronted by actual fishermen after caught with dozens of illegal crab and fish at the dock loading their vehicles ….. “No speak a any engrish.” as one of the women blocks their license plate or unscrews it front their vehicle. When it comes to fisheries and wildlife violations, ignoring seasons and bag limits, etc. there is no limit to the rampant crimes that are committed. On a global scale, the damage is staggering by this particular group of people. The beauty of it is that anyone calling this stuff out is often considered the villain. People within social services or wildlife services don’t even bother attempting to investigate for fear of being labeled racists and losing their sweet career job. By the way, if they are prosecuted, they almost always receive an extremely minor slap on the wrist because the courts are now completely accepting of “cultural differences” when allowing certain groups of people to breaking the law.

[@aidanc9396]

Same thing in Aus. Real Estate is increasingly being bought up, then used as a base to bring in all their relatives, who will live on welfare.

[@spacewalktraveller1]

The problem with Canada is they try and act morally superior to everyone. The Chinese can see right through it and milk the piss out of it. Canada is the woke capital of the world and every piss taker wants to go there for a free ride. Meanwhile the Canadians will sit back and say nothing for fear of not being perceived as woke and morally superior. Good times create weak men and weak men crated bad times.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

i have no issue with it at my store i have no bigotry im rude and kick out assholes of every color creed and nation i love the shocked looks on their faces when they get told to STFU and GET OUT. My local PD is small and bored so they come down to help them leave. its amazing how docile they get when police show up... wouldnt want the social credit score to ruin next years tour of rudeness and disgusting behavior would we? some of them have VERY punchable faces when they try and act offended.. im glad i have self control or china would be down half a dozen citizens by now

[@jeanmarc6517]

Saying "the court is accepting" is just not true. Its just that, either there were not enough proof, the case was handled badly, or there is no criminal historic, wich is too often the issue. But if theres something that hasnt change it sure is judges and the court. If you want to better catch these criminal I suggest to report them every time with video proof, as the more of those they will be the easier it will be to prosecute them. The biggest issue about those people is that no one care enough about them to report them.

[@Morgan313]

I find it odd that the Mercedes is not reported as part of the application. Using an incorrect address is problematic also. If they are not filling out their application/paperwork properly, that is likely considered welfare fraud. Get a lawyer.

[@Theywaswrong]

The Chinese government owns SMITHFIELD FOODS and their plants in the US. Next time you see a Smithfield package, ask yourself what you're really buying. Some of the processing is shipped to China, processed in overseas plants, then the finished product is shipped back to the US and Canada. BE....careful with Smithfield products.

[@MaryamofShomal]

Or you can stop eating meat and animal products in their entirety 🤗 transitioning to a plant-based diet is the best, most effective way to beat back climate change and save our soon-to-be-dying planet.

[@IamP3ngu1n]

Good point. But unlike in China, in the United States the painting of pigs in order to sell them at higher price...that kind of pig "won't fly" in the U.S (pun intended). Granted the giant Food/Agri business in the U.S has its issues. But those issues are pale in comparison to what is going on in China. Chinese businessmen might own Smithfield Foods but they have to follow the rules/Laws that are laid out by the U.S. Government and the States that they operate in.

[@letsgobrandon2183]

Thanks for letting everyone know.

[@pinklady7184]

I don't ever go near Chinese foods, even if Chinese companies produce them in USA, Canada, Europe, etc. Their food produces are *very, very VERY DIRTY.* If you could see how they produce foods on farms and factories, you would *NEVER* touch their foods again. Chinese government is producing cooking oil from SEWAGE, fake rice from plastic & potatoes, adding rat meat to chicken nuggets, etc. They are even producing gelatine from old shoe hides. Believe this or not, your toilet seat is 10 times than Chinese government's food factories. If you ever buy organic foods, make sure that they are *not from China* where soils in most regions are heavily contaminated with toxins. China always tells *LIE* about "organic foods."

[@erroneous6947]

Did not know that thanks. I tried to get an electric chainsaw. Even the American brands were made with Chinese parts. Kinda disappointing.

[@eastcoastguy7914]

I made the mistake of working for a Chinese conglomerate- worst experience of my life. They would use Americans as face of the company but behind the scenes we were all treated very poorly. They were two faces and constantly poisoned Americans against each other. I once was having a group chat with coworkers about food and one of them said “Yea dogs are part of the cuisine”….. very nonchalant and with a straight face…

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Soon enough humans will be part of the cuisine. "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

[@SongSydney]

Yes I can vouch for this comment as true- I experienced the same.

[@Uranianth]

if youre not vegan, then you are a speciesist. able to see your double standards if you eat cows and pigs, with a straight face yet complain people eating dogs with a straight face?

[@assassinmanx6128]

Any stray animal on the street gets cooked.

[@coolmountaineer]

Wow! Shocking to see, and scary to think that almost everything we buy and use comes from a country cursed by cunning.

[@jerryficco499]

I dealt with Chinese companies for 17 years. You couldn’t trust all but a few. They constantly tried to ship nonconforming materials.

[@flawns]

oh yeah! they are terrible when it comes to honesty and quality I can't tell you how many times I've been ripped off by them

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

I had a roommate who worked for one of the big american steel companies/importers, and he said it was always 50/50 and that you never knew if you were gonna get what you expecting or not... which, for the type of work the materials were bought for, could hav disastrous consequences. Luckily, they had a pretty stout inspection process for imports... so it only ever affected their pocket books from getting scammed and not from a catastrophic failure.

[@kenlee2923]

Yeah. The main reason is that there aren't any laws surrounding it, and even if there were, they aren't strictly enforced, or they find ways around them.

[@nanalcd5628]

I am from Southeast Asia, and I want to thank you for telling the world know the truth about China. You are correct.

[@jiminauburn5073]

Part of the problem too is that Chinese are buying factories in SE Asia. Or ethnic Chinese will migrate there and start a factory. They treat the indigenous people horribly. They will have all ethnic Chinese in the management, or in the office, and then all the local people in the factory working the manual labor jobs. If you want to get a job as a supervisor or in the office, you have to be ethnically Chinese. Saw that so many times in the factories we were doing business with. Caused a lot of problems when I had an Indonesian guy working for me in Medan and whenever there was something that he would tell the factory, they would always call me to verify if what he told them was correct. I told them to quit calling me, and he is my representative, and if he says something, that is what our company is saying. They would always try to work around him, because he was not Chinese.

[@AJayZy]

@@jiminauburn5073Right I’m a Malaysian and they just keep setting up shell companies here (I think) because it’s these offices buildings/full on factories that changes names and it always sound so basic you know like GOLD EMBLEM ASSET or QTE Management. It’s very unsettling man.

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

The propaganda is so dumb in China. Hopefully people wake up and realize their government is not for them!

[@zhenli2345]

One day I was doing grocery shopping at an Asian ethnic chain in the metro Atlanta area. As I was going through pieces of ginger roots trying to find the "least wet" one, a white woman standing next to me mumbled to herself, "Why are these so wet?" I turned to her and said, "Weight equals more profit."

[@khonrak]

I used to live & work in Thailand, I remember a Thai Food & Beverage Company named Dutch Mill having their Milk Powder tested in a Government laboratory, the cow's milk powder was imported direct from China, upon being tested by the Thai Authorities the samples tested were found to contain particles of poisonous Melamine Powder mixed in together with the Milk Powder. There was a country wide outcry in Thailand as this so-called premium quality Chinese Milk Powder was used in Thailand to produce Baby Formula, Yogurt, Fresh Milk, Cheese, Ice cream & used in baked goods too. Thai babies had died after consuming - being fed this tainted Milk Formula from China, the Thai Government ended up taking legal action against the Chinese company & the Thai Government was successful in the criminal - law courts, they claimed damages against China, ultimately China paid the price, the Chinese Company was sued - fined $$$ not sure the exact sum, but it was a substantial amount & the former Chinese CEO - Exporter of the poisonous Melamine - Milk Powder ended up being sentenced to death - hanged by the Chinese Communist Government, the CEO was a Chinese woman, trust is very important in business, especially when trading in food products, something mainland Chinese people don't have, no morals, they are criminals through & through. This was Corruption to the highest order, as imported food products are usually accompanied with a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the local authorities in country of origin, but those documents were most likely forged ? The Chinese cannot be trusted as seen here, what goes around comes around ! 😮

[@manbok2035]

Chinese people feared for their own babies. I worked for a guy in the UK, his wife was Chinese. She started buying baby formula from all the supermarkets and sold them over eBay to Chinese people. She was not the only one. It was so bad that for a short while, all major supermarkets in the UK limited how many of those baby formula tubs you can buy per day, because they had not enough stock anymore for that demand.

[@khonrak]

@@manbok2035 to be honest not one country really trusts China, when it comes to purchasing Food & Beverages direct from the country, as I recall a large consignment of fresh food products exported from China direct into Singapore, the whole consignment ended up being rejected by the Singapore Authorities, because dangerously high levels of pesticides were found within the food products. Overseas Chinese people don't trust mainland China, enough said, you can't trust a Chinaman from China !

[@CrackzTV]

Thai government made the right move, in my country of America he would have gone free and offered a job in the Federal food and drug administration

[@khonrak]

@@CrackzTV that's bad news, we previously purchased 3 tons of Certified Organic Wheat from Montana, I arranged everything over the phone & Internet, I ended up contacting Montana District Office to arrange for our consignment of Wheat to be tested on site for issue of Phytosanitary Certificate prior to transporting to Seattle - seaport. Organic items are produced to a high standard, less the chemicals. I found dealing with the US authorities quite easy, same with the purchase of our Wheat direct from US farmer too. there are strict import regulations in Thailand, No GMO allowed. Anyway, I'm amazed at the varieties of Wheat in the US, for me it's a treasure trove of Organic Produce. I plan to visit Montana sometime after the US President election, see what happens. All the very Best 👍

[@CrackzTV]

@@khonrak thanks for the interesting insights, I wish you luck in one day visiting Montana

[@malvane8061]

Now I understand why there was a lead paint poisoning scandal with Chinese imports.

[@Polska_Edits]

Also, I imagine lead paint is probbaly cheaper than some of the paint used in products normally

[@MisterOmega-yv3lb]

Wasn't that over a decade ago?

[@agustintintin2126]

Hope now you have understood we have been attacked by "weaponlized" foods everywhere done cabals controlled big agricultural and big pharmaceutical industrial complexes!!!....CCP enslaved China are only one of currently favored tools been use for those types attacks operations. For the "Great Reset" agendas.....global food supplies sabotaging are big parts of global population culling objectives!!!

[@MarcelNL]

Always when I ordered something from China on eBay, I did ask myself the question: "What's the worst thing that could happen with this?" I never bought toys for my son from China, for instance; I am too worried about toxic chemicals in or on it. One thing from China that I would want to buy is a Denafrips Pontus DAC for my sound system. But those get amazing reviews, there's nothing wrong with that.

[@ChinaVirus0604]

the only reliable product that made in china is corona 😄

[@grievetan]

The fact that China is one of the biggest food exporter is scaring me

[@somebodycomegether770]

they 10000% make fake food

[@RandomButBeautiful]

the high cost of cheap...

[@supergeek1418]

As well it should. I *NEVER* buy *ANY* food from China.

[@davidcooke8005]

Long ago I spent a winter working for a Chinese immigrant in his carpet store in San Francisco. He certainly fit the descriptions described in this video. Came to America with nothing. 8 years later he was worth over 2 million bucks. He worked all day, every day. Lived in his carpet store in an apartment he built in the rafters. Cut every corner imaginable. He was quite a character.

[@lisal.5119]

Destroying the ocean's biosphere, messing with livestock, vandalizing a sacred place? Who loots a temple? The audacity is beyond anything.

[@1topbaron559]

I've been trying my best to never buy things from China for a while. Takes lots and lots of research to find the source of things.

[@PasqualItizzz]

I have a "Cultivate" browser plugin, fetches brand origin and product origin. Mostly for Amazon. Works ok, isn't perfect. Bought a baseball bat from "English" distributor from "American brand" but img had a 'made in China' sticker on it.

[@hardlines2635]

I worked in a bus garage, just about every bus was a Volvo. When I went to stores for a part, everything and I mean everything came from China.

[@jilbertb]

It's a challenge, but it can be done. Many companies left when President #45 put a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.

[@kittytrail]

​​@@jilbertb instead of PRC you get Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. even India now... 🙄 and of course all the made in PRC stuff shipped from there with a different Country of Origin marking. 😹

[@stuartmc18]

It can’t be done. Every product in the West has Chinese components bar almost none.

[@chriscarter2101]

I used to work for a major American multi-national. About seven years ago we decided to move a product we'd previously made in the EU to China instead. An engineer flew out, saw the amazing, pristine, factory with white-coated girls inspecting every part. Within a few months we had pulled out to use the European supplier again. Apparently the whole Chinese quality inspection facility had been a sham: it was set up to get the business!

[@CarolFremel-my4hs]

The supermarket I worked for in Australia was looking for cleaners - this very eager Chinese company sent out a team to demonstrate their perfection for a week ( for free) they were so good my company hired them whereupon that team of perfectionists disappeared to be replaced by the sloppiest dirtiest bunch of ‘cleaners’ I’d ever seen

[@ameliaannhouck2670]

REALLY, YOU ALMOST GOT LOVE BOMBED BY THE CCP OF CHINA! LMAO !!

[@jubb1984]

Why anyone still does business with china is beyond me, must be either locked in, completely fooled or just equally as much of a ripoff

[@TR4R]

@@CarolFremel-my4hs wow, if you can't offer somebody your real work then you really aren't trustworthy at all. I wondered why my t-shirts now have an average life of about 2-3 years before they tear apart. It was certainly obvious but now I know 😂

[@onyxblack1167]

There is a factory near my place and every 3 years they will shut down some parts of the factory to have major maintenance. They hired a Chinese contractor coz the labor is cheap, it didn't take a year for them to shut down again because the repair is substantial. 😂

[@scstudios8]

I learned a lot when I went to Beijing and Shanghai. No lines was the biggest weird thing. Go try to buy a train ticket in any major train station at a machine. No line. You have to just force your way to the front to get it done, because there is no order at all. Its fundamental. I left china with a weird knowledge of how fundamentally different Chinese people are. It made for some interesting conversations with Chinese people that were friends when I got back from the trip. No sense of respect or pride. Its like the complete opposite of Japan. It was after going to both countries that I saw how different they were. Nothing like actually going there to get your own opinion.

[@stephencoleman3578]

Here in the Philippines the "Made in China" labels are removed by store owners so the product would sell. Nobody wants Chinese products. Chinese tools are called "disposable tools", use once and throw away. My wife has a hammer that is mushroomed out because of poor quality steel. It's not uncommon for Chinese tools to break on first use. I bought a hand hedge trimmer that the steel was not much harder than copper. They'd have to try to get steel that soft. The ones that I bought had an American flag on the label and the handles broke the first time I used it. Nobody buys things that have American flags on the label, because they are Chinese!

[@styxzero1675]

China is the type of dude that drives a flashy sportcar but live in a 1 bedroom rented apartment, spending all his money and going into debt to take care of his sportcar. Image above all.

[@LatitudeSky]

No no. He is not spending his money. That implies some honest work earning it. But no. He has a press setup to print his own fake money which he passes off as real. And he uses that fake money to pay for the sports car, which is probably also a fake.

[@Anubis7169]

The first thing my chinese stepmom did when she came to canada was get a 2500$/mnth car loan on a USED mercedes benz..... Then ran it without brakes or motor oil..... Then didnt pay the bill.

[@stumbling]

@@LatitudeSky and the sports car is not real either. It is a plastic shell on top of an old Toyota.

[@prabhatsourya3883]

@@Anubis7169 It's a weird thing to think about. I mean, as a car enthusiast, I do understand the allure behind the Mercedes badge, but it is incredibly overstretching to do such a thing. Probably better to buy a Honda Civic at a much lower price, and yet have a reliable car to go around in.

[@azrielnguyen9586]

Sounds like western modern women as well. The Chinese may have priority issues but, at least they earned it their money. These two groups deserve each other.

[@user-oq8vu2bv6s]

Well done, as a Chinese, I need a different perspective to see China.

[@AOW222]

It's funny to me that they're using more money's worth in water to squeeze extra money out of recyclable material, it's like putting rocks in your cans to get recycled but instead of rocks you're inserting 1 cent coins into every can

[@StuSaville]

Several years ago the brand new Fiona Stanley children's hospital here in Western Australia had to be shut down and decontaminated when insulated roof panels supplied by a Chinese company were discovered to contain asbestos...

[@kitsunelee007]

....at a Children's Hospital???!! Sweet Jesus!

[@Needshoe]

How did the story end ?

[@B7R8]

*China is the county of fake and disgust.*

[@holz_name]

Asbestos is banned in Australia but not in China. Nobody checked I guess if the Chinese company was using asbestos. Asbestos is also not banned in the USA, Canada, most of the Africans. So I would also be careful with American companies. It's banned in most of Europe, Japan, South Korea, Turkey. Even NZ doesn't ban it.

[@loganstroganoff1284]

Thousands of homes all over the u.s. had to be gutted or torn down years ago bc Chinese drywall was off gassing some chemical that was corroding metal fixtures and appliances and was unsafe to breathe of course. Laminate flooring from China has been shown to off gas formaldehyde and other chemicals. They just don't give a damn.

[@furball8967]

In Queensland out at Scarborough we used to have a thriving rock oyster area that was protected, but you could get oysters when the season was open and you were told of the limits. Around 1996, there was an increase in Chinese visitors and quite a number of them were permanent residents after the H.K lease expired. Within 6 months all the oysters along that rocky outcrop that stretched several 100 meters was completely decimated. Nothing, I mean absolutely nothing was left. 1000s upon 1000s of white shells exposed, even the baby oysters had been pried out. I can only imagine how many 100s of years perhaps 1000s of years those oysters had survived there only to disappear forever. 1996, the greed, the carelessness and the total abject disregard of the rules was on full display. To this day, it still infuriates me. There was no need for it, the baby oysters were just taken, no care about tomorrow, all they thought about was the here and now.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

um for next time "decimate" means only 10% casualty 1 in 10. hence "deci" the word you want is Annihilate. so many people misuse the word it drives me nuts

[@TjallieBrrr]

​@@penelopepitstop7748except the place wasnt decimated of oysters before then so in this case they didnt. Your comment is wrong cause its in the wrong place, putting it in the wrong place will always get you bullshit responses and nobody will agree with you even if youre right. Think about that for a moment

[@penelopepitstop7748]

@@TjallieBrrr I don’t live for your agreement or anybody else’s. If you are part of the problem you have no right to point fingers. That is not your land you stole it and you want to put a ‘gate’ around someone else’s land. It’s not your land to be possessive over, can’t you understand that? You are a immigrant just like the Chinese.

[@penelopepitstop7748]

@@ripvanwinkle2002 I love to learn and have a deeper understanding of etymology so thank you...❤️

[@Hundr_]

Too bad America didnt nuke them harder in the 40's

[@andybrown6981]

My dad had a patent and product that was replaced by a national retailer for the MiC version. In six months they asked Dad to supply them again as the others were not fit for purpose.

[@craffte]

At this point, I honestly use the time taken up by the promos to just sit there and think "How can it be worse than what I was already imagining???" I actually just zoned out in amazement just now while you did your ad thing. Your candor is truly priceless, my friend. Priceless. Thank you for getting this info out there.

[@locklear308]

This is exactly what happens when a country becomes culturally broken.

[@blackkennedy3966]

China absolutely buckbroken by communism it’s unreal

[@arniepineda7799]

Facts💯

[@silververnallbells191]

This is what happens when you have a Godless society.

[@bluehousepoet3882]

Yeah, just like in the good old USA. Talk about a broken culture, it’s no different than the lies being played out here.

[@1traphouse]

Not all of China is. We can say this about every country because only the bad over shadows everything because it is more entertaining to watch or hear about. America is culturally broken if any country is. We got fake wokies who cry about everything, especially when people who celebrate other people’s culture because its not “politically correct”. Our “culture” is based on a rainbow flag and if you say anything that hurts its feelings, you will feel the wrath of white women with blue, green or pink hair. We got Black people who gets mad if anyone else likes, eat, listen, wear and enjoy anything that is made by Black people, they call it appropriation. We got Asian people who hates the guts of other Asians if they arent their type of Asians lol.. You got the hispanics who do everything but everybody is saying they’re taking all of their jobs.. so when they quit, got fired or deported and all those “jobs” started to open up, nobody wanted to take it because they forgot how painstakingly hard it was lol. And then you got the white people. Dont worry, i got nothing bad to say about them. You can see all of that daily on the internet 😂 At the end of the day, if we could just stop giving a fuck and stop crying about everything. & stop worrying about what other people do to enjoy themselves. We could be on track towards flying cars, robot butlers & free girl scout cookies. Which is never 😂

[@harsh365286]

It’s all about perception in China. Most times it wants to present a positive one when in fact a lot is brewing in the background.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

This is disgraceful! I no longer feel any sympathy for people who abuse their Animals like this!

[@clairebeever3038]

Yes disregard poor animals and humans well there not really human

[@ArtyzFirst]

Been some time now that I watch your news , thanks a lot for the enlightenment. It’s a great journalism work 🙏

[@MarcelNL]

Wetting cardboard used to be very common here in The Netherlands too, until they decided to measure the moisture levels.

[@MarcelNL]

And credit where credit is due; that running giant with the Olympic torch is pretty impressive cgi. But I'm sure they downloaded that somewhere.

[@themomaw]

Maybe I missed it, but what's the point of doing this?

[@Wulfryk]

@@themomaw it seems to be a system where you turn in cardboard for recycling in return for a small amount of money. my guess would be it's done by weight therefor tricking the system by making the cardboard wet, making it heavier and more valuable

[@biancavdzz]

@@themomawheavier, so more money

[@lebbeus]

@@themomawso the cardboards become more heavy so they worth more in recycling

[@bigrootbigroot8237]

I was on vacation in Thailand before covid. There was a Chinese tour group at the same hotel. You would think the Chinese tour group was starving the way they cut in line and grabbed multiple plates per person of the water melon. It was crazy!

[@winstondeocampo699]

Saw this Chinese tour group at the west rim of the Grand Canyon. I just feel lucky to get out of their way when they got out of their tour bus because they are the rudest tourists I know pushing and shoving you aside just to get a picture.

[@rosswoolley2854]

Same thing happened to us in Thailand, Japan, Italia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria and other countries. There the lowest scum of the earth! They even spit in front of you in the street while on tour.🤧🤢

[@thethaovatoquoc312]

Search for "Thai temple bans Chinese tourists for defecating on seats"

[@YourHineyness]

Well, they gotta hurry because that canyon won't be there forever ya know.@@winstondeocampo699

[@delvinciposterkid]

Rude tourists, spitting and being total pigs, then COVID, totally unrelated.

[@Rickuttto]

Your videos always leave me stunned. Stunned! You and CMilk are righteous. I really appreciate your work. Thank you🤗

[@trishabrown1858]

What an eye opener.....thank you

[@sr9253]

I used to work with the FDA and Chinese were notorious for violations. Remember the melamine contamination of milk?

[@alexanderp8037]

FDA is very corrupt too

[@miaya3898]

remember the play doh in mcdonald's patties? me neither.

[@alishaygan9844]

Melamine being put in dog food bcz on testing melamine (kitchen countertop plastic that would kill dogs w intestinal obstruction) would show up as a false positive for protein content

[@simon6071]

Communism is the core of the problem. The Chinese people in Taiwan and Singapore are polite and honest people. The communists under camouflage in some political groups in the USA are just as nasty, deceitful and violent as the communists in China.

[@simon6071]

Communism is the core of the (censored). The Chinese people in Taiwan and Singapore are polite and honest people.

[@AJ-oc5eh]

A few years ago I was at Phillip Island near Melbourne Australia., the last remaining colony of a particular type of penguin. there were about 500 people there watching most were Chinese..and I counted 15 times in the space of 45 minutes that the PA system announced in Mandarin that they should not take flash photos of the penguins (they came in from the sea at dusk) otherwise they became easy prey for hawks. well guess what happened. They were like a swarm of bees with flashing cameras as the poor penguins ran to hide. I confronted one of these guys and asked him: "did you not hear the announcement why you should not take flash photos?" he said oh sorry sorry and proceeded to take photos... the people in mainland china, the product of the revolution represent the dregs of society. The Taiwanese in my experience are completely different. People should understand this is not racism. it is a matter of marxist culture combined with Chinese hive mentality and general lack of respect for nature. And yet they suffer no consequences...

[@thilakhari]

"WHat ABouT AMeriCA??" The type of lens that make everyone to believe Russia and China's shit.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

No, that's racism

[@miaya3898]

in the 2000s there were already reports of chinese travelers' horror stories. this is the result of sudden wealth. impoverished farmers suddenly were awash with money. these former lower class people suddenly traveled the world without middle class manners.

[@jump2itxxx]

@aj-oc5eh with the greatest of respect, if not to be racist what is the constructive merit of your comment?

[@cadennorris960]

@@norml.hugh-mannIf they were racist why would they have a favorable opinion of Taiwanese people?

[@Antonio-ti2he]

Excellent reporting!!!! Excellent.

[@freihomesfareig]

Awesome update

[@kyrusinek]

That was pretty damn bold of them to just not have anything for the people attending. How on earth did they think that would not be found out?

[@robertcooney1938]

In China, it won't be found out.

[@burgerbait]

I don't think they were actually trying to sell the effects as real. Giant firework man running across the river and causing ripples in the water? You don't have to actually see there was no man to know it wasn't real lmao.

[@mykehunt2430]

@@burgerbaityou’re giving them way to much credit

[@TVYL3IGH]

A totalitarian state can do whatever they want... don't let the West slip into this madness.

[@nicholasforrester8587]

Money 💰 🤑

[@owenpancoast1163]

The amount of toxic chemicals & oils the paint they’re using has to be loaded with is unspeakable. I can't imagine what would happen to your body if you ate this so-called food on a regular basis.

[@nychris2258]

Later in life? Theyre literally about to be slaughtered like 10 minutes after they get painted. Edit: way to edit your original absolutely ridiculous comment.

[@alext3811]

@@nychris2258He's talking about the chilies

[@LordOOTFD]

It could be done in a safe way, but I doubt that they're actually taking the effort to use safe food colouring agents for this kind of thing. Reminds me a lot of the stuff that was documented in the jungle, which caused the US to form the FDA.

[@PineappleBaconPizza]

@@nychris2258 They're talking about the health effects on the human body from eating that food, not the pig's health later in life😂😂

[@ReviewOrcsUSA]

Lead paint lmao

[@brendatroth3860]

In the USA back in the 60s and 70s most everyone knew the running joke; if the item was marked "Made in China" it was crap and would break after 1 or 2 uses. It is no different now.

[@viralshark]

In a lot of online games, chinese cheaters are extremely common. Its like they actually see it as winning.

[@jaykayenn]

What's really worrying is the people who actually look up to this culture of deceit and hope to be like them someday.

[@lucassmith1886]

Exactly

[@outwest7700]

Are you thinking of trudeau, who admires them?

[@ishredder4006]

​@@outwest7700Trudeau admires Nazis, there's a difference.

[@ereegodofeternity9451]

Most of the people I've been around that are obsessed with Asian culture really like Japanese and South Korean culture.

[@EsotericBibleSecrets]

The nail that sticks out, gets hammered down, but if all the nails stick out, the woodwork would fall apart! A culture of evil deserves evil. There is no hope at all for China unless everyone rebels.

[@HvrrisonJack]

Do China do anything that isn't fake / false? Literally anything?

[@Polska_Edits]

Their Human right abuses and genocide is real

[@andrewkelley9405]

no.

[@MrFirecam]

Killing themselves is not fake.

[@Shamshiro]

The chip on their collective shoulders are authentically huge.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

Nope. Everything faked or stolen from others, then poorly copied.

[@MF-uf2qf]

The only channel i watch to know about China and Chine news. Thank you my friend for your hard job and bring to us the true. Cheers from a portuguese living in Uk 👍🏻

[@direbearcoat7551]

Thanks for this report. It's eye opening.

[@dany1441]

This is what happens when a culture is completely unfamiliar with the concepts of morality, human rights, contractual obligations and principles.

[@pswelles5714]

Well, they are what they eat.

[@t1_d2_g3]

Unfamiliar or just don't care

[@rafaelbolzani]

That's what communism makes people: uncivilized. China really gives me the creeps.

[@jeil5676]

Maybe somewhat ironically this sounded like an Anton Chigurh quote to me. Lol.

[@gierrah]

@@rafaelbolzani China isn't communist mate. Despite what they call themselves.

[@paulwolf7562]

They're basically fooling people. Why would you disguise things, unless you wanted to fool them into thinking you had something better, than what you have? It's deceit, at is worst.

[@amicableenmity9820]

It's also saving face, which is baked into Chinese culture. The CCP is failing and they can't let the world know that. To be fair the USA is failing too but we're open and crazy about it.

[@nicollettenyob]

I know nothing about China but this is so obvious to me. The whole world believes they are an economic powerhouse, I’m just not buying it.

[@kennys9644]

@@amicableenmity9820 If this is saving face, then me jacking off into the toilet is saving babies.

[@timspiker]

I feel like all people are like that these days. One person on their phone, a different person in reality. 2 face mentality

[@SyndicateOperative]

These are just standard scams. They're not legal in China either, and make no mistake, they happen in every country. It's just that the chinese have the good grace to upload videos of the guilty without care for their privacy. Compare that to what we do in the west, where we insist thieves and other criminals should have their identities hidden "so they don't get harassed", or other corrupt nonsense like that.

[@saullorenzana4178]

Totally appreciate you opening our eyes

[@gayeinggs5179]

They have decimated lots of African trees minerals and some coasts have no fish left

[@Radicalist-Manifesto]

Cheating, theft, and deception also seems to be the three primary objectives of Chinese foreign policy towards its neighbours

[@JL-yt5hy]

and themselves. Since they can't do anything right, they resort to stealing and lying to get ahead.

[@haianh3936]

You forgot scam

[@phattjohnson]

Foreign policy or ingrained cultural values?

[@timspiker]

It also seems to be that way for our members in parliament

[@hirotakasugi4891]

Not ingrained, just your typical Commie/Soc progression@@phattjohnson

[@shsu7426]

I have a house-share Airbnb; I was very baffled as to why my guests from China put dirty/unwashed dishes back in the cabinets. Now I understand: Because, I asked my guests to clean up after themselves after they use the kitchen, and perhaps they didn’t have time to clean up after themselves, so they hid the dirty dishes in the cabinets just to give the impression that they followed my Airbnb house rules. That was quite something. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@pinklady7184]

Their parents probably never had time to teach them housekeeping skills. Chinese are very dirty in kitchens.

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

⁠ - it’s not about the water or the bottle. It’s not even because it’s free. It’s because if they don’t gain an advantage, not only will another Chinese comrade win over them, they’ll later be ridiculed for being slow and stupid for not stealing more earlier.

[@serafinacosta7118]

There ar3 a positive and negative twists to this …. Positive. At least they did not clog your kitchen drain pipes with food leftover, grease. Negative one, You had to scrub the dishes clean yourself. Negative two. You are a Airbnb slumlord. You had it coming. It goes with the territory. Negative three. You are lucky they were no Brazilians in the gang . They would bring in their guest and run a tab on your water consumption bill. Between their daily showers and water runoff.

[@patrickt49]

"With absolutely no advantage to be gained by lying, in a thousand instances where the explanation is of no importance one way or the other, a Chinese will relate the most absurd sort of cellophane lie. High and low, coolie, or general, they will lie naively, reassuringly, always affecting surprised pain at your doubts, when within an hour or so the truth is certain to crop out." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" By Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul Who lived in 1930s China)

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

@@patrickt49 - still applicable today.

[@worldaround-uz2ig]

thank you for your life saving and useful information.

[@barryobee1544]

Great video. Thanks.

[@MyAteSpiders]

As an Australian it scares me how blatant the ignorance to the deceptive culture from the Chinese government is. The people just want to live normal lives but their government says '"No, eat a sparrow"

[@Jughead24]

With all respect and in no defense of China, isnt something similar to your comment happening in Australia?

[@kwolfdan3976]

What???in Australia you are eating what???

[@BenJahMin.Houghton]

It's your beloved australian secret service who worship the ccp...

[@g.h.7661]

@@Jughead24 👌 thank you lol

[@km3106]

Yeah isn't Australia almost as authoritarian.

[@u3962521]

I like this guy. He has lived and breathed China for 15 years near enough. He can speak the language. And importantly is a realist.

[@jaym5938]

You like someone who moves to a country merely to berate it? Figures. Says a lot about China that they allow him to remain there. Of course, South Africa likely doesn't want his ugly ass back.

[@vincenttay2812]

Got kick out of China😅

[@beer1for2break3fast4]

I'd call that a badge of honor 😛@@vincenttay2812

[@GianniLeonhart]

"I believe every word that man just said... because it's exactly what I wanted to hear"

[@UnclePhillyMyAss]

Got kicked out and now makes nothing but negative content about the place.

[@brachiosnores7829]

I was gifted a hair dryer last Christmas that was made in China. It has the UK safety label on it but sparks flash behind the buttons when I alter the settings. Ffs China I can't buy anything from you without fear of death 😂

[@Melakaexplorer]

Very informative video

[@Ret_Army_Combat_Vet]

When I was playing tourist in Italy, the Italian guide would refuse or ask for a lot more money to guide Chinese tourist groups. I have seen some of the most rude, gross, selfish, uncivil, shameless behavior from Chinese tourist. I remember after a tour there was dinner in an outdoor restaurant in Florence and I could still hear the owner yelling at the tour guide "You cheated "ingannare", you did not say your group are Chinese". The owner will not let them in the restaurant and ban the tour group leader for life. In my travels I've also witness the rudeness, shamelessness, and filthy behavior of Chinese tourist.

[@dr.octogan1656]

Same when I visit Thailand. The Chinese are unliked by everyone there.

[@lexander_hernandez]

So what the fuck this did they cheat him for? Lol

[@fs5775]

With Chinese tourist groups you never ever ever get a tip. and have to do a ton of work cleaning up their disgusting messes. If Japanese, they are clean. Chinese? They are pigs. If the restaurant owner had known it was a Chinese group was coming, he probably would have said the restaurant was already full @@lexander_hernandez

[@matthewsheeran]

​@lexander_hernandez Because they gobble down twice as much, take one bite and put down what they don't like, don't eat all the they take which also gets gets thrown out and wasted, and stuff their bags full of as much as they can carry to take away and eat for the next few days and throw half of that away too! Is that enough Chinese piggery for you WuMao?

[@lexander_hernandez]

@@matthewsheeran Matt the same shit happens in America though nothing out of the ordinary here.

[@phairplaigh]

Cardboard wetting 🤣 I work at a large scrap yard & we always get people that soak down the seats in vehicles or pack a refrigerator with ice & think we don’t already know how much these items weigh before they pull onto the scale. Anytime the weight is obviously off I walk out to the scale, open items, feel the interiors of vehicles & give them 2 choices. Remove whatever it is that alters the actual scrap weight OR get off the scale & drive off the property permanently.

[@uptowndisco2]

bet you get them stuffing the trunk full of old tires as well ! lol

[@jhonbee5434]

Expats living in Hong Kong will tell you that once it was handed back to China the standards of politeness and honesty took a noticable dive once the mainlanders started pouring in.

[@AC2237]

Great job Serp

[@fptbb]

They can say that this is "eco friendly" but it's not impossible to make something real and incredible without fireworks, it's just a lot of work.

[@seka1986]

Real fireworks are superior.

[@cck4863]

Fact is CHINA DON'T NEED TO DO THIS. Pass ASIAN Games opening had few fireworks, some don't even have them. They DON'T NEED TO CHEAT.

[@fptbb]

@@cck4863 exactly

[@fptbb]

@@seka1986 i don't give a f, if that was really to be "eco", that will be cool, but that is probably not the case

[@whysix3417]

Drone shows. But I imagine the carnage in china of all the drones crashing into people.

[@BillSmith-fx7xx]

Winston, I remember almost every one of your examples. I remember one of the first was lead in crayons which obviously are used by children. I could go on for 10 pages about trade with China. A complete disaster. When I talk with Americans about the horrors of trade with China they look at me like I have a third eye. I was 22ish when all this started. "If we help them get out of abject continuous poverty they will see that the U.S. can be a friend and we each don't have to be 'nuclear armed' enemies. We can all trade and prosper." So much for a nice idea. I now tell Americans, "After 50 years of trade with China, not one good thing has come from it." We have lost jobs, wealth, technology, and world security & even personal safety. Gotta stop lest I go into ten pages. I really, really, enjoy the work that you and Laowhy86 do ! ! ! So interesting and eye opening. Both the good & the bad.

[@RandomButBeautiful]

don't stop! research it well and put the info out there.

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

What country are you from?

[@TabiMcArdle]

Keeping sharing your testimony! We need to hear it

[@boracay12]

nothing from china can be trusted ,but its usa who is the threat to world security and the goddamm war monger .not china ..usa has invaded over 3o counties since 1950 . over 30 and let a mess each time just so the could steal their resources .death for $$$

[@kenlee2923]

Yeah. In China, there is alot of scams. It is also hard to get your money back, so what people learn to do is make careful decisions and get word of mouth from others who made a purchase, like, "You bought it from this store? How was your experience?" which makes Chinese very careful spenders. They don't just spend and then think, "Oh, I don't like it; I will return it and get my money back," because there is no real return policy in China. In fact, counterfeiting is legal, so you don't know if you got what you thought you got. When it comes to luxury goods, Chinese are careful but are also willing to pay a lot for real authentic luxury goods, but the problem is convincing the buyers that your goods are authentic and not knockoffs. It is a real mess because of all the legal laws that surround it, so you could even just sew a Nike logo onto a shirt and claim that it is Nike, but is it really? No one knows since Nike makes thousands of different kinds of shirts. I recall there are returns, but for certain products, and the return policy isn't even long if you can return it, like 7 days, but some Chinese can learn to manipulate this as well by saying you received it on January 1, but you didn't really get it until January 30th. Jack Ma had to try and fix this with Alibaba to ensure that vendors meet foreign policies by verifying the sellers, especially for overseas, but some merchants still learn to bypass it as well.

[@HamanKarn567]

Time to start learning how to grow things in my backyard.

[@carolpenn8455]

Thank you so much for sharing. I had no idea about these deceivers omg 😮

[@quantumchad]

Happy you are addressing the fact that there are societal / cultural problems too and not just the government. I know this is a risky topic but it is perhaps the most important topic

[@fs5775]

These problems stem from the government tho in a top-down authoritarian society where people have no rights

[@quantumchad]

@@fs5775 - Government is part of it but in China it goes a lot deeper than just the government or the cultural revolution. In some cases even, the government is trying to do the right thing but culture (and the people) are the ones to fuck it all up. Deceit and cheating is just part of the culture and also was before the CCP even existed. The CCP makes it worse by preventing society from ever evolving or debating its flaws, but the government works exactly the same way as almost everyone in China does. Lu Xun was already complaining about all this before the CCP even existed.

[@HelghastStalker]

@@quantumchad China would have fared far better in the long run under the benevolent rule of the Imperial Japanese. And their population numbers would have been culled into a far more manageable amount.

[@quantumchad]

@@HelghastStalker - Japan was also horrible back then though. It stopped being a giant bully after getting nuked and neutered. Before that they were locking teenage boys into aircrafts with no landing gears and forcing them to kamikaze themselves for the glory of the motherland. Same for Taiwan which was throwing families into mass graves and burying them alive. They stopped being horrible a few decades ago because they needed western support to avoid getting invaded by China.

[@HelghastStalker]

@@quantumchad Japan was not "horrible", Japan was a great nation. And no, Japan was never at risk of getting invaded by China, especially not the PRC, which was incapable of maintaining a mechanized military without extensive handouts from the USSR. Under the benevolent Japanese, the areas that were administered by the Empire were extremely prosperous. Now look at China, it's one giant, dirty slum inhabited by literal insects in human form. A repeat of the so-called "Nanking Massacre" would be a mercy for the PRC. Hell, I say nuke the entirety of China and deport Chinamen living in other nations back to the Mainland and leave them to clean things up...alongside completely isolating them like North Korea has been.

[@DavidSmith-fr1uz]

On a positive note, there seems to be a movement, partially encouraged by Covid, to source and produce products in the home country. I am hoping this will continue until we don't have to depend on China for anything.

[@addmix]

Also encouraged by the last US president, whom taxed imports from china, because china is garbage.

[@baltogames1501]

Global manufacturing seems to be moving to India, which may be a breath of fresh air because you know there are no scammers there, lol.

[@mikemondano3624]

We'll always have to depend on someone else to make the cheap, worthless products that American countries design and have made there. Americans will never pay the extra costs.

[@goollthebest]

All of that sounds very good but, and its a big but, how will you support that cost? Because the inflation will be huge.

[@ronnelacido1711]

IRS still has offices there. Same with Microsoft tech support.

[@NayanaPatel-zl5yg]

Thanks,fantasizing vlog😄

[@brianschreiner7587]

I'm a carpenter, and I noticed in the last several years that purchasing 'brass' plumbing parts, they are a curious gold/brass color; turns out, these parts are a softer amalgam brass, then anodized to a nearer brass color tone. they are inferior parts and being sold in a myriad local hardware store, especially the big ones--HD and Lowes, more to the point, products marketed and sold by 'Everbilt' and 'Apollo'. These parts look like brass to an average Joe, but there shit; they look like that knock off gold that middle class Arabs and Indians like to wear cuz they cant afford actual gold jewelry.....you know the guy, he works at your local ma-pa store.

[@racebiketuner]

My brother had to work there for a while. I tried to warn him about these sorts of things, but he didn't want to believe me.

[@s1acr457]

"It was all fake", is their country motto at this point.

[@stanbattle7436]

Jordan Petrson said that in China knives in your own homes are chained to the bench and people are microchipped and welding machines have facial recognition it allows you to use it.

[@fudgepie1]

Cardboard collectors are a big problem here in South African citys. Here in eThekwini (Durban Metro) they congregate in city parks where there are ponds or natural streams and rivers to wet the cardboard. Yes, we encourage recycling but not in our watercourses and although there have been repeated attempts to provide them with designated areas to operate in, they don't use them because either they don't have access to flowing water and certain groups start to take over and control access to the site. Not only does the glue in the carboard pollute the streams but they strip off any plastic and dump it in the watercourses. Biggest problem is that their activities kill of the vegetation which stabilises the river banks and is exacerbated by the cardboard buyers who the drive into the parks and along the river banks in trucks. The result is the erosion and collapse of the river banks during storm and flood events which has a domino effect on properties and natural watercourses downstream which are supposed to protect the catchment systems.

[@user-js4db8pj8m]

Absolutely true. I am in the UK and manufacture farm food. I recently purchased 500kg dextrose which is made in china. Initially, my suspicion was, it seemed not the same, but when I tasted it was sweet. I thought that's ok, and used it in my product and manufactured few thousand of my jams. I then had complaints from my customers that it doesn't taste the same. It tastes of chemicals. I was shocked. Now I understand, they fake foodstuffs. This is very dangerous. I hope there was more regulations and Chinese food products have to be banned in Europe.

[@seanbyrne5313]

Lead tastes sweet and delicious

[@eily_b]

I am with you. Chinese food needs to be banned in Europe but I fear the opposite will happen as more and more local farmers give up due to stupid "new" regulations that are brought to our governments by these massive companies owned by China.

[@PolishBehemoth]

your fault for using chinese products to begin with for a UK business. Whats wrong eith you? I hope you go out of business.

[@LotusesGalaxyOcean]

Chinese products must be banned because the probability they are unsafe is too high. And there must be greater international manufacturing transparency to ensure this sort of practice never slides anywhere else.

[@NinaCohen-dl4hm]

Antifreeze is also sweet.,

[@Fred-gu6pk]

Food fraud is actually very common. In europe we had the scandal with horse meat being purchased in Romania getting traded round europe and becoming beef for burgers in the ROI. The Irish spotted this and wanted to know how Romanian cattle wore horse shoes. Queens University Belfast has a department which specialises in detecting food fraud.

[@JennySparkz]

That Horseshoe query is the funniest thing I've seen today🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maverickstclare3756]

See Britain's "Making of Bread Act 1757" - one of many

[@BlazRa]

Horsemeat is actually more healthy than cowmeat when we have food scams it's that we accidentally serve food that was to free-range or organic to people used to eating a bunch of crap

[@silky-1971-]

Trust and honesty are important things.

[@GetToDaChopa]

lol for some reason the guy that went: lai la ..... Maaay yooo . made me laugh. (not have!) haha

[@NotaCamelReallyImHuman]

Ever since watching this type of content, I am actually afraid to eat anything grown/made in China. Same goes for anything else that goes on or in my body. I just feel that as a group, they can not be trusted not to poison me.

[@xBrabus76]

I phones?

[@Aefweard]

@@xBrabus76 Taiwan, not mainland

[@gtw4546]

I’d add anything used to prepare food such as kitchen utensils to that list. Who knows what toxins they’ve permitted to be used in the manufacture? Even the fabric from China seems to have a peculiar, plastic-y feel and I’ve often identfied “made in China” by the feel of the garment and only read the label for confirmation.

[@kenabbott8585]

The truth is that even if it's a legit product buying it will feed money to the CCP. China is not a place for honest trade.

[@theheartoftexas]

Same here. I read ALL food labels. If it’s Chinese, I will NOT buy it. There’s a KZbin channel called Genius Tomato. Please watch it.

[@timothius9000]

it's true - the super rich chinese university students here in yorkshire wait patiently to follow the 'low price fairy' as she goes round the supermarket putting yellow price reduction stickers on short expiry date food. they call each other on the phone from one isle to the other when they don't have space in their basket to take absolutely everything

[@argu8403]

Might be out of necessity now, with the state of the chinese economy and currency conversion rates

[@sweetla4750]

@@argu8403still greedy & disgusting

[@timothius9000]

it's been a fixture at Morrisons for the for the last 15 year

[@MaryamofShomal]

🤮🤮🤮

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

I would just dumpster dive for the food. The super rich kids are no longer rich. The Chinese economy has taken a nose dive and most of the funds coming from their parents are no longer available. But after watching these videos, the food in the dumpster might be safer to eat than the ones they sell in China.

[@helenalderson6608]

I've curtailed my buying. I try now to figure out where my stuff was made or grown

[@ckaryuusai1722]

i just cant stop giggling at the title man 🤣

[@originsdecoded3508]

china is literally a dystopian sci-fi movie. By the way, I love this 9-15 minute videos as appose to the 1hour+ videos from before. Everyone has a life to live, and getting the info crunched down into packed minutes as apposed to hours is the most ideal for the working class.

[@faiga3544]

But one-hour videos are nice to listen to in the background

[@livetodaydietomorrowltdt2405]

He is a film maker! A movie suppose to be at least 2 hours, so he is kind and cut the time in half, so, his videos are just 1 hour. You can watch it in two days, or maybe in a week if you like, because he post once a week.

[@durratulaishah3703]

Sounds like the first world country problems to me

[@miamitten1123]

Just admit you have a short attention span.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

In 2011 i worked in China, in shanghai, together with 3 young Chinese men, and at a lunch one day i was sitting and tell them how life was in my country, in Scandinavia, and after some time the 3 guys look at each other and say with a loud voice, "oh, i am glad i do not live there!" After that i never told them anything about my country, and they didn't ask either, a few days later i was sitting and talk to some western guys living in china, (they had Chinese wife and children etc) they said life for Chinese people was very hard and they had to struggle to manage, why those guys was so pleased not living in Scandinavia i do not understand

[@Call-me-Al]

Cultural dissonance? For instance nepotism happens in Scandinavia but it is heavily frowned upon and considered seriously gross, while in other countries not engaging in nepotism is seen as gross and selfish and hateful towards your family, as you're supposed to uplift them with you.

[@jasonmusic9938]

they are lead to believe they are the best

[@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid]

What EXACTLY did you tell them that they had such an adverse response towards your Scandinavia??

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

@@jasonmusic9938 - yes, that is what I think, they where brainwashed into believing they lived in the best of worlds

[@B7R8]

*All the communistic regimes brainwash the minds of the people in order to make them believe that their country is THE BEST IN THE WORLD and prevent them of realizing how awful and inhuman their every days lives are.* **WEST BAD** **COMMUNISM GOOD**

[@ketothekat8811]

"If you can cheat , then cheat " Perfect slogan for people without any kind of moral values .

[@Suesses-Einhorn]

You sir, you are incredible, thank you

[@rpsmith2990]

I remember the Chinese drywall problem. A newly constructed condo project used it, only to have the residents find out after they had bought their units. At one point, there was a huge banner proclaiming the use of Chinese drywall almost like it was a feature to be promoted. As people still live in those units, I presume that the repairs were rather expensive...

[@wilfdarr]

"Not every Chinese person is dishonest". Correct, it's not even everyone in the CCP, BUT it's enough that honest Chinese people are in the minority and when you meet an honest Chinese businessman or official, it's notable!

[@ride1123]

Sounds like America except Americans pretend they aren't cheats theifs and liars, but they are.

[@Willows4040]

I wouldn't trust none of them

[@boblately5402]

General trends in behavior matter much more than exceptions white people really need to learn this

[@abrahamdsl]

double negative?@@Willows4040

[@Sinister_fartbox]

I see a Chinese and I want to paint it black

[@Cicadawee]

This is a Funny episode. GOod job!

[@Amaan_Ahmad_786]

You are Great sir ! 🥰