China's Multicultural Paradise | AFRICA TOWN | "Chocolate City" in 2025

[@sheilafong1594]

Cleaner than American, "Chocolate city".

[@daikon711]

DC is very clean, way cleaner than this city.

[@deebil8099]

Lol, why do Chinese people always have to compare themselves to America? They are so insecure with themselves that they look for any opportunity to try to say they are as good as Americans. This is a very clear inferiority complex you Chinese people have. You never see Americans comparing their products to Chinese ones. That's because nobody in America even thinks about China. There is no reason to compare to such an inferior country. That would be like me saying I make more money than the homeless person begging on the streets.... That is not an accomplishment...

[@internationaldaily9820]

​@@daikon711 Definitely not, Chocolate city is still much, much cleaner even though DC is the seat of the US government. Are you anti China? If so, just go elsewhere.

[@Anonymous------]

​@@daikon711 Washington DC has an extremely high murder rate.

[@zhongguono1]

但这里已经是广东最乱最差治安最坏的地方了

[@moy9022]

Thank you Eric for sharing your channel. Your shirt is cute.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks for watching and liking my shirt :)

[@Sabideelivingthelifeman]

I first went there, “Chocolate Town”, in 2011 and honestly it was my favorite part of Guangzhou. Friendly people, cultural, friendly stares and smiles, all African clubs… Good memories.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Around the time I first went there… what you say is true, it was an amazing place back then. Seems kind of sad to see it now tbh

[@Sabideelivingthelifeman]

@ Unfortunately a lot has changed. Foreigners have left and no plans to return. China in 2011 was amazing. Did a trip from Hk, SZ, GZ, Yunnan as a backpacker. Not as easy feat at the time. There was a genuine curiosity towards foreigners at that time and had some amazing experiences. Shenzhen now doesn’t have an energy or charm to it.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Shenzhen bleh... but GZ still great, Yunnan too.

[@Sabideelivingthelifeman]

@@Eric_Garrison bleh is right. No energy no passion. It’s a dystopia. Guangzhou has a charm as you said the Yunnan is amazing. Hk also has an energy to it. Nothing beats Thailand though. Has everything one needs and more.

[@fenxian]

China only changed to better, but depending on what you did in China. I remember watched Serpentza's old video in China, Back then, I didn't understand what he means everything changed bc this person (hint Xi)​. Now I completely understand why he said it. See a vlog in Vietnam as English teacher now (before in China). He says back old days China took anyone, 啊, all the puzzles put together 😅Don't forget the day you was in China, China already evil place according to West medias, why did you ok then? @Sabideelivingthelifeman

[@steven1898]

OMFG, love this content brother.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thank you!

[@mervinmarias9283]

Keep up the good work and you'll hit 100 000 subscribers by the end of the year.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks! But doubt it lol

[@claudio1418]

love the friendly people calling you laowei

[@mujahidhasan118]

i am your new sub ❤ love your content ❤️

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks!

[@alvino2211]

As always unique content bro

[@Eric_Garrison]

Appreciate it 🙏

[@ysgoh1981]

Agree - ethnic towns have a special charm. No need to fully integrate everyone as that dilutes the character of each ethnicity.

[@chkemek-uv7qe]

Nice video.

[@havencat9337]

ive been to GJ this summer and for me it was socking how many africans are. but i never lived in a country with many africans. Anwyay...was super nice and very very nice food, especially uiguric food!

[@never4ever386]

What was shocking?

[@seanxhuo]

are you on rednote?

[@Eric_Garrison]

@@seanxhuo yes barely… mostly just bilibili and some douyin . Red @crossingcn

[@paulb1951]

Good to see some authentic China, so over the manicured content of the ritzy areas that a lot of KZbinrs are now making and selling it as the norm.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks but decent videos on China without insane thumbnails, over reactions, and surface level content don't get many views lol

[@Daniel-ld7xs]

That is A-FRICKAN awesome!

[@佯谬]

所有人都对着你微笑😅

[@Eric_Garrison]

哈哈 是的

[@chopsticksandtrains]

So you leave China for Thailand and... are now back in China making more videos? No more Thailand? But yeah, 小北 is a trip... haha.. I had a good time there. I know it wasn't what it used to be, but still, it's an anomaly in China.

[@Eric_Garrison]

I was invited to NIO Day. I am just slow to upload videos because I value not having a job lol

[@chopsticksandtrains]

@@Eric_Garrison Ohhh, I see... OK cool. Good that you got some video footy while you were here! Hoping to see some legit Thailand vlogs in the upcoming future.

[@Eric_Garrison]

we will see about Thailand vlogs. I am not sure yet what I can say that would be interesting that hasn't been done yet. My Thai language of course sucks, and most of the content from here seems to follow a formula that I'm not interested in. It might take awhile but I guess I'll figure out something

[@michaelsomething7674]

You gonna go to liberia for diversity

[@timokho20]

Sorry man but what is that thumbnail 😂

[@Eric_Garrison]

@@timokho20 lol which one did you get? I have 3 testing

[@timokho20]

@ some crazy AI picture of futuristic buildings with some clickbait text “is this China?????!?!!”. It might work on some people but I am so done with these “wow China shocked me” videos and in this case the thumbnail had nothing to do with the video.

[@Eric_Garrison]

That thumbnail is wakanda supposedly I don’t know I don’t watch MCU lol. The point is awhile back some friends of mine would call Guangzhou “Chinese wakanda” as mentioned in the first 30 seconds or so of the video. So it kind of does have something to do with the video. Obviously the thumbnail there isn’t actually China 😂 I gotta assume people are smart enough to realize this, but you never know

[@timokho20]

@@Eric_Garrison Ah i see, ive never seen awakanda either.

[@MystikCitizen]

Moroccan(North African) = Arab / Berber Sub-Saharan = African

[@Jearrow]

"north AFRICA is not part of Africa" ahh comment

[@babygo3044]

pls. speak louder and clear. no slang and like murmuring. many viewers are not american.

[@Eric_Garrison]

When I was walking around or the voiceover ?

[@honesty_-no9he]

The place is a fire hazard.

[@InspectorA-r2e]

I hope they are not violent.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Why would they be violent?

[@autodigitvlogs]

​@@Eric_Garrison he watches Fox News

[@kenoding118]

这是关键.

[@zhongguono1]

@@Eric_Garrison你难道不知道广东最乱最脏的小北为什么会被当地人排挤吗？因为他们来到了一个陌生国家却不想融入当地文化，破坏当地治安，自以为是，合法经营当地人欢迎，但存在着太多非法滞留，甚至犯罪。

[@watatoi1515]

Hi Eric, nice sharing here. It’s time to check out Suzhou where i live. But i remember that you were here at NIO day 🪫🔁🔋🏁

[@Eric_Garrison]

Oh yea I love Suzhou. Would love to head on back

[@BluberryYumYum]

I love chocolate. Hmm yum yum.

[@渡海-q2w]

based on the data available: Japan: As of May 2019, there were approximately 17,223 Africans residing in Japan. China: The African population in Guangzhou (the main hub for Africans in China) was reported to be approximately 16,000 in 2014, with a declining trend since then. This suggests that Japan likely has a slightly larger African population than China, especially considering the reported decline in China's numbers. always research before posting a video please? OK? I like your videos but if you are gonna misrepresent facts i wont be watching your videos.

[@Anonymous------]

But there are tens of thousands of Afrians illegal staying in Guangzhou.

[@Eric_Garrison]

I have links in the description for further reading and there were estimates of over 200,000 Africans in Guangzhou previously. It is hard to be certain the exact number because the population moved a lot and often overstayed their visa. If you’ve been there in the 2010s you’d certainly know there were obviously more than 16,000 people

[@kukuoghhth6743]

Is it reasonable to compare the entire country of Japan with the city of Guangzhou?

[@Anonymous------]

@@kukuoghhth6743 Who taught the Japanese who were living in the Stone Age to become a civilization? China! Almost every thing in Traditional Japanese culture came from China, such as writing, spoken vocabularies, food, clothing, architecture, Buddhism, temples, etc. China started helping the Japanese from as far back as 200 BC, and a large number of experts and tutors were sent by the Tang Dynasty to Japan in 600 AD. How did Japan repay China? We all know what happened in 1930s and 1940s especially in Nanking. Then in the later 19th century, the USA started to teach and help Japan to modernize, but we all know what the Japanese did to USA in WW2, that was how the Japanese repaid the generosity of USA.