Chinese in Tokyo 中国人在东京

[@Naoyamt13]

As a Japanese student living in Beijing, I feel that despite differences in cultural and political views, younger generations are able to share values without a problem. I have faith in my generation :)

[@anabels923]

谢谢！me too I believe in our generation. We can make positive changes to both countries. Thus develop and sustain a good long lasting friendship between your people and Chinese. I have faith in it. Btw I'm Chinese :)

Bro I give you full credit for surviving in Beijing

[@user-nn6ck2un3x]

それは日本人である私も感じます。 文革世代と言うんでしょうか？ そういう方々と、日本に来ている若い中国人の方々はハッキリと違うと思います。 もちろん良い意味で。 まだまだ交流が足りないと思います。 日本人は内気で、中国人は内気ではないが、自分達のcommunity重視に見えるので これからの未来を見沿えて、お互い意識して歩み寄って交流を深められれば良いんじゃないか？ そう思いますね。 あ、私は宇宙人です。（笑

[@BulletTham]

Basically, Japan relation with China not so good is because of the incident happen in WW2. Its just happen about 70 years ago and mostly our parent/grandparent are in that era so they still cant let it go yet. I believe in future when it come to younger generation, the relation will be better. For what happen in the past, just let it be. We gain nothing if we keep hold it up. We just have to bear in mind not to let anything like this happen again. That's it. Btw, im Malaysian Chinese

[@zhengguozhu6174]

中日友好！

[@dot5483]

"We're all human" This!

[@JPDSIII]

Makes me happy! My wife is Taiwanese, work-family is Chinese and my sensei is Japanese. All beautiful cultural variations.

[@bopolzka733]

Don't you mean they harvest humans?

[@nordicthunder2560]

No shit sherlock

[@marcinerdmann5110]

I know some Chinese and some Japanese people. The Japanese may be more polite, but the Chinese are more outgoing. I like both. Greetings from Poland!

[@Averagebum21]

But why do you like being alone?

[@gene3497]

Japanese also like to hang out with people, I think what 口無 meant is that most Japanese only like to be with Japanese people, their own kind; but not very accepting and outgoing with foreigners. That goes the same with Koreans too.

[@Kidkromechan]

Maybe it's just my Japanese friend who one of a kind. He never runs out of energy. He shines with energy to go out and jump around and have fun lol. He just left for Poland few days ago to meet with his street dance (popping) friends there.

[@三条新月厨]

Marcin Erdmann thank you for that😊

[@yakipictures1234]

Hi Marcin, that's a nice comment!... we want to make a video about Polish people in London, if you know someone in London who would be a good presenter put them in touch. Thanks!

[@jgroenveld1268]

I think most of the younger generation of Chinese who have the ability to travel around the world can see the world with their own eyes and not rely on the state controlled media. I hope this is the beginning of a better relationship between the Japanese and the Chinese.

[@stainshield]

+Jügren van der Kaas I hope so too, because not only The Chinese Government but The Japanese Government which is a puppet of The Criminal Underworld as well as being made up of Ultranationalist who are the grandchildren of war criminals who believes that Nanking and Unit 731 at Harbin is a lie made up by China to make Japan look bad, but yeah The Chinese Government is made up by Commies who don't believe in human rights. The point is the people from China and Japan can get along it is their governments that are the problems.

[@ktps4943]

If you are implying that the animosity between the Chinese against the Japanese is because of state controlled media, I'd suggest that you are misinformed. You see parallels of anti-Japanese sentiment amongst the Koreans and those who lived under the Japanese Empire. That said, I recommend the state controlled CCTV. It has plenty of quality programmes, some subbed in not so perfect but good enough English. 百家讲坛 is one of them.

[@DwightKoh93]

+Jügren van der Kaas Things are getting better.

[@alieschadenali7049]

+Wei Jie Soh personaly i cant tell the diffrence between japanese and chinese

[@hwasiaqhan8923]

+Jügren van der Kaas it's not just young Chinese, medias are all the same around the world

[@kingofpopismichael]

都是人，这个很重要。我是日本人，你是中国人，咱们都是地球人。虽然政府为了利益以及控制利用历史问题和老百姓的感情，但是我们都知道我们两个国家之间民间交流和友情永远不会被政府断裂。Love and peace!!

[@animefan1204]

+kingofpopismichael 我很欣赏你的品论。我觉得现在，历史并不是一个非常重要的一点--历史跟现代的我你无关。不过我不住在中国我也不是在中国长大的，所以我可能不了解那种感觉。这只是我的个人观点。我的父母，在他们未曾去过日本，他们对日本还是带着一些反感的。虽然他们嘴上并没有那么说过。（如果我写的不清楚，抱歉。我是在国外长大的，所以中文有一些不便。）

[@nyccarini]

+kingofpopismichael fuck 日本， 我是美国人

[@joshualiu8551]

说的好 我住在澳洲 修习日本武术 出生长大在中国 我真的觉得你说的这句话 真的是 解决这世界所有问题的真理

[@alanluo4442]

谢谢你！

[@heartcity9038]

kingofpopismichael Hope every Japanese can have this mind....

[@poppyorangeflower]

You can't really despise Japan. Their soft power is too great. Especially in the form of the arts, media, and youth culture. The governments can hate each other all they want, but people are still going to be attracted to things they're attracted to.

[@KiKi-vq5wo]

Agreed. Chinese and japanese shouldn't hate eachother just because their governments do.

[@Weeping-Angel]

They don’t really hate each other because of their governments. It’s the same reason why Koreans don’t like the Japanese. It’s the citizens who still hold on to the past.

[@amandaliu7439]

WW2

[@lunarebony6122]

...i am half chinese and i love japan but I can say that although I think that there is no reason at all to blame the public and the whole country for it, the people who do hate japan in china (mostly the elderly) have good reason to. The wounds run bone-deep, but the government has no intention to heal them, instead just trying to cover them. The reason they hate the japanese PEOPLE is because they dont know.

[@ryuji_risky]

I love chinese and japeneese and Koreans they all good people

[@dankedozo]

Thank you for this! So many youtube videos are of western foreigners (like myself) in Tokyo or surrounding areas. It's incredibly great to get Chinese perspective on actually living or visiting there given their respective histories. I know the governments of countries don't always properly address their histories (Japan to China) however I'm optimistic of a positive future for the region between the two countries with more direct interactions of the people. We can all learn so much from each other, and as a westerner there's so many positive things I see in both Chinese and Japanese that I truly hope that these two nations can really form a close relationship someday, at the same time I understand the importance of addressing the history of nations. If all the powerhouse nations in Asia joined together somehow eventually it would be absolutely incredible!

[@miyu4589]

4:39 No wonder why there are so many troubles with Chinese people (both tourists and residents) in Japan. Many of them have no intention to respect the local rules.

[@Geauxtygas73]

We need more videos like this to break stereotypes of each other. Chinese and Japanese still have a way to go but videos like this give me hope that in reality, the people do respect and admire each other.

[@urban0443]

This video is actually really touching to watch. 😢

[@Ashkoren]

This guy's got only 350 subscribers? ! His material is amazing!

[@user-fred_xuliu]

Is the man wearing sunglasses with two ladies from Chengdu, Sichuan?I love your dialect!You are gorgeous!Thanks for promoting our Sichuanese to other countries.I' so proud of you.LOLOLOLOLOLOL!好想在这用四川话骂两句脏话啊，但是想了还是算了吧，毕竟不是自己家里。

[@moderateatberkeley]

The Japanese derive their manners and thinking from Chinese culture and tradition. While China has all but forgotten its past, Japanese middle and high schools still teach Confucian texts in the original Chinese writing.

[@ter0874]

I definitely agree with you. If it not for the Chinese Communist Party's ideology and Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. China and the Chinese would be very different from what we see today.

[@elimalinsky7069]

From what I know, and I hope I'm not stereotyping here, is that the Chinese are usually louder, sometimes rude and don't afraid to speak their mind and use profanity. The Japanese, on the other hand, are very quiet in public, very polite, hide away their true feelings and the harshest curse word in Japanese is "you're lazy".

[@StrangeMastre]

Recommend a book named The Chrysanthemum And The Sword to you. Apprently Japanese is not a good student. The surface looks like Chinese culture but the inner is not.

[@liliu3827]

Hard fact to swallow, but that's the fact.

[@_cherly5097]

Chinese definetly teach more of those texts in school. Chinese are expert of classical literature.

[@knkweb]

Japanese and Chinese can get along together just fine! Great experience.

[@jonaspete]

@Yongjie Jiang where is that Indian?

[@angelicasoup638]

Thank you for sharing this video. Your camera technique very high grade back then.

[@kaorutoi]

わたしは中国人大好き日本人です。 近所の中華料理の店主〔中国人〕が日本人のホームレスが店の前で店内をじっと見ていたところプラスチックの容器に餃子を入れて彼に渡し肩を2回ポンポンと叩いたのをみて感動しました。 日本と中国は微妙な国際関係ですが、中国人の優しさは身近なところでよく感じます。 中国が民主化したらとてもいい関係になるような気がします。

[@dankedozo]

I agree! I hope both countries eventually join together! I see so much potential!

[@marcusdealcantara1292]

Japanese are pretty well mannered. But doesn't seems sincere most of the time. Is just like they are doing by the book and nothing more. There's no inner feeling in it. I can understand and perceive their politeness, but I can't feel it deep inside. It's mechanical, like when you say "excuse me", but you're just doing it because you was taught to do that at specific occasions. But differently from most of Westerners I've met, Japanese does this "mechanical behaviour" all the time, in every situation. It's not bad, it's good to be treated with respect, but sometimes it feels artificial to say the least. Like something to show up. Chinese people in another hand, were much more open to be sincere when talking to me. If they didn't like me, I can feel that, they don't try to be all polite and start to "fake" their feels towards me. Although that, I find a lot of Chinese which were as polite as any Japanese (or any other person around the World). I think in China's case is something more related to the gap of education and information which still exists there, whereas Japan already could be considered a country with 99% of the population well educated and informed. I just need to add, that old people in Japan, are in general pretty rude, actually I would say their rudeness towards others, not only foreigners as well younger Japanese, is very similar to that from some Chinese. Of course, this is just my opinion as a foreigner in Japan (and some years ago in China), and not all of them, there's always exceptions. Besides the people themselves, Japan has a better quality of life, is a very clean country and Japanese goods are very reliable. Not saying Chinese things or China are bad, but they're still developing their way into the new century, I don't blame them to have been isolated and ruled by a dictatorship for decades before open themselves to the World.

[@chappiescollectables]

+Marcus de Alcântara Yea no doubt the older people in Japan are pretty nasty. I can name two occasions when I was there. 1) I was taking some pictures in Asakusa and then this old lady accused me of taking pictures of her store which wasn't anything special. She freaked the hell out on me. 2) I bumped this granny by accident and then apologized but she still gave me a death stare. I will never forget the looks on these people's faces. What miserable people they must be.

[@masatomori4536]

+Marcus de Alcântara "I think in China's case is something more related to the gap of education and information which still exists there" The Japanese obsession for cleanliness and orderliness is traditional. www.resilience.org/stories/2005-04-05/japans-sustainable-society-edo-period-1603-1867 "And there is a record that the first Westerner who saw the town of Edo was shocked, having never seen such a clean city."

[@privatemingofeastwinddeliv6847]

Damn bruh... what a well-reasoned comment, such a rarity these days. Let me buy you a drink?

[@niconicomlb]

I'm Japanese. Your description about Japanese politeness is very true. We act like a robot without feeling.

[@三条新月厨]

Marcus de Alcântara nice description😊 My opinion is same as yours

[@belzieboo9283]

it very interesting video, I hope you make more about Chinese thank you

[@charmgirl12]

Quite useful because I'm thinking about going to Japan to study abroad and I was a little hesitant.

[@TeaDrinker-eq3md]

I saw this video randomly, and when I let my foreign friend from America see this, she said that she didn't even know that Japan and China are separate countries. But regardless, I love this insightful video.

[@thetruereality2]

It's funny how that guy nodded next to that chinese girl at2:49 when she says that japanese men give more importance to their appearance.

[@aritra.rb17]

+thetruereality He had a the sad nod of truth going on XD

[@thetruereality2]

+Atriann ATG haha yeah

[@jakereid8783]

+thetruereality A 2:47 it isn't subtitled, but she also says that Japanese guys are handsome. At the exact point that she says it, the guy bows his head and hides his face. I'm guessing that's her boyfriend.

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

Chinese find Japanese culture fascinating because it reminds them of the succession of the Tang Dynasty culture, which the teachings and values were completely destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party.

[@lawable4946]

Being a chinese not born in China. The image i had of China when i was a kid was of a really polite and humblr country due to the books i read growing up. The books told us stories about how being a human meant being well mannered, humble, selfless and all those kinds of stuffs. Well lets say, my childhood was ruined....

[@hachidori1065]

and yet,... the Beijing subway system is very good I think,... line 13 is well designed (especially since it connects directly to the airport).

[@Afantasy99]

The more I travel, the more I realize that people from all over the world actually are more similar than different. To quote the girl in the video: "Anyway, we're all human. That's what I feel".

[@belzieboo9283]

I've been in China and in Japan, while they're very different in their etiquette, I really can't say one is better or worse than the other. I found the Chinese to be very direct and maybe a little inconsiderate towards others but this isn't always a bad thing, I've also found them to be generous and caring. I've found many negative things in Japanese culture, such as the shade people give you if you step out of line, it's a very constraining and a somewhat overbearing society. Anyway I'm not here to bad mouth the Japanese (I'm Japanese myself) I just want to say that no culture is perfect and deep down we're all the same. So for all the people hating on China why don't you go there make some Chinese friends and stop hating. Peace & Love!

[@lunarebony6122]

Fr I'm half chinese and have many chinese friends and they can be the most respectful and clean people you have ever met, and I have some japanese friends too and they can sometimes be the most mischevious and rowdy people you can meet- in fact i think my japanese friends are the most chaotic out of our whole friend group 😅 the vice versa is true as well but there is no one-sided culture

[@alexlai1812]

爱一个人，带她来日本旅游 。恨一个人，带她来日本生活。

[@iLikeEarnMoney]

+Alex Lai 很有意思！

[@heartcity9038]

弱弱的问一下含义.....

[@颜文绪]

Alex Lai 真理！ 哈哈

[@privatemingofeastwinddeliv6847]

What language is that tall sunglasses dude in black speaking?? Doesn't sound like mandarin at all. I'm surprised the interviewer could understand.

[@frogrot]

people living in different areas of asia tend to have different accents, sort of like the US and France where the further south you go you tend to have a more distorted and different accent whereas the northern part has a more pure and original accent.

[@lawable4946]

Private Ming of Eastwind Delivery Services I had doubts that it was even mandarin because i understood almost none of it

[@changyingjushi8409]

Private Ming of Eastwind Delivery Services Sichuan dialect. I find it easy to understand even though I am not from Sichuan

[@periwinkle2881]

As a chinese, I can confirm that it is definitely mandarin but in a Sichuan accent. But I cannot deny that it is hard to listen to, especially when one rarely has any exposure to such accent. I am no exception, took me a while to understand what that guy in the video is saying but it definitely can be understood.

[@wilton4193]

Everybody might be friendly and Everyone could be bad, someone can not know someone is really good or bad in front of u or behind u. And also there are both good people and bad people in every country. Just wish urself lucky to meet better ones not to let u down.

[@yuntingzhang7237]

Japanese people are very well mannered and beautiful country, the Chinese people are also very passionate people and just a little more outspoken. If people took the time to get to know individuals instead of learning from government biased media there will be less stereotypes and unnecessary hate in the world. Young Chinese people are very willing to like & accept Japanese & all cultures, everyone should have a more open attitude towards foreign cultures.

[@yakipictures1234]

Thank you for a great comment!

[@morningstarw]

很不錯的街訪及評論，按讚了！

[@allgoo1964]

I'm actually surprised not to see one negative opinion. If you go to China and ask the people on the street the same question then the answers will be lot different. One reason is people don't have money to visit other countries probably less happy and angry at something or somebody most likely to the ones the government give to them. Another is to people stay in the country are much less interested in finding out the different ways of looking at things. From what I heard, the hatred towards Japanese didn't exist as much before the Tienanmen Square incident. After that, the government started pushing the idea to turn the people's anger to elsewhere. After all, the government never tells the fact that Mao and the party killed many times more of their own people than Japanese did in Nanking.

[@shawnlalal9444]

because most interviewees are young people, as they are more embracing, if you ask someone at like 40 or 50 for their opinions, you can get totally different answers.

[@allgoo1964]

Shihao Li says: "if you ask someone at like 40 or 50 for their opinions, you can get totally different answers." == That kinda confirms my point. That age, 13-23 when the Tienanmen Square protest broke out, are the demography most subjected to the government propaganda after the incident. I'm curious to find out the opinions of the older generation than 40-50 of age, since the most of generation of people who were already grown up when the Nanking massacre took place and saw it first hand are gone. another thing, they are in Japan. If they have hostile feeling toward Japan and people of Japan, they probably don't go to Japan in the first place. They probably prefer to see other places.

[@succeedsoon]

are you chinese?

[@shawnlalal9444]

succeedsoon yes I am

[@ajriver8131]

You can't blame all CCP failed policy on Chairman Mao, a man whose family had EIGHT members dead in KMT hand for Chinese people's revolution.

[@lawable4946]

Being a chinese not born in China. The image i had of China when i was a kid was of a really polite and humble country due to the books i read growing up. The books told us stories about how being a human meant being well mannered, humble, selfless and all those kinds of stuffs. Well lets say, my childhood was ruined....

[@_cherly5097]

You are rude.

[@_cherly5097]

Nope. Your childhood is not ruined. Don't just believe what some people say. Experience it yourself.

[@Averagebum21]

If you weren't born in China and you aren't currently a Chinese citizen, you are not Chinese. You may be ethnically Han, Tibeten, Hui, etc, but you aren't Chinese. Chinese is a nationality, not a race. There are many different races in China.

[@misubi]

This is the reality, Chinese people when they go to Japan realize the BS they've been fed by the mainland government is totally wrong and Japan is a wonderful place with a lot of things to learn from.

[@jgroenveld1268]

+Elliott Chen I find that saddening. Yes there have been horrible incidents in the past but I think the mainland government should encourage dialogue among it's neighbour.

[@syuwen4332]

+Elliott Chen And China is also a wonderful place with a lot of things to learn from!!! Elliott??? if it wasn't your surname I would think you are.... Hhahahahahaha.... Proud that I have kept my Chinese name for sure ;) We Chinese and Japanese people have more commons than differences. We share the same habit, nature, character, and way of thinking/living. Because both people have pretty much the same DNA

[@DevelopSpirituality]

+Elliott Chen It's not just BS fed by the central government. Even though I've traveled to Japan many times, I still feel have some complicated feelings towards Japan. On the hand, the Japanese society on the whole is highly advanced, and it preserved its traditional culture very well. The Confucian culture and Tang style architecture, which people don't see in China nowadays can still be found in Japan. On the other hand, the fact that it invaded China during the Second World War and killed millions of people still haunts me. The most important thing is that they never genuinely apologized.

[@youarefatmia]

+Elliott Chen If Chinese was really fed with BS by the government, none of them would even visit Japan. Have you realized the BS you have been fed by your government and media that makes you think all Chinese are brainwashed?

[@chucopa9836]

+Elliott Chen only the fact is, what government do is focusing on the evil side of japan in ww2,but in social media lots of people talking about japan's good side. You really think every one in China is brainwashed?

[@募金-i6w]

中国人は基本優しい

[@shuanwangdotcom]

FYI at ~ 1:33, it should be "air quality" not "air condition," which sounds kinda close to "air conditioner" (冷氣/空調)

[@BieZhang]

两者都对

[@shuanwangdotcom]

no, not really. "air condition" isn't used at all to refer to air quality because most people use that as a colloquialism for an, "air conditioner system"

[@shuanwangdotcom]

I am arguing about the English subtitle which says, "air condition." Air condition is an incorrect translation of 空氣.

[@BieZhang]

strongsauce Sorry i didnt know you were referring to the subs. and i agree with your point

[@Yesuhey]

good vid, i also had same opinions about the UK after visiting there myself

[@Protoman85]

I was almost surprised nobody mentioned that japanese don't spit in the streets as much as in China (I saw it a lot in Beijing and it was pretty unsettling, sorry)

[@Tyree101]

People do that everywhere. It's normal.

[@Protoman85]

I've only seen it in beijing (at least to that degree, I have seen it in other places every now and then of course)

[@davidshen4416]

I'm Chinese and when I was in high school 5 years ago, my chemistry teacher who was over 50 sometimes even spit under the platform in front of all of us not feeling shameful. Although I'm not from big city and this teacher is the kind of person with really bad manners, I would say for most of our old generation performing like a gentleman or lady is just meaningless, also for many young people from where education is not good. The problem is most people don't think spitting in the streets is to blame for because too many people are doing it,it's still a safe thing to do.

[@ryosukeyasaku]

No lying, I've seen white people spitting on street in Mississippi as well, actually a couple times.

[@fredrikbergstrom9264]

Good video man!

[@Sentinellarossonera]

I'm Italian and I have both friends from China and Japan! They're friendly with you, especially if you're foreigner! ☺️

[@Al-commentario]

Chinese: Japanese have such a fast pace life... meanwhile .. Europeans: Chinese are working hard and efficient as crazy. I want to work 4 hours a week...

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

very good video

[@irishcruzado8149]

i'm glad relationships are developed after the bad times

[@BopWalk]

Japanese are generally more friendlier to tourist than many other Asian nations. Even if you're a non-japanese Asain tourist. Koreans though may be discriminated more than Chinese tourist though. I wouldn't come to Japan if I was south or north Korean. South Korea is also not a great place to travel to if you're not also Korean. You will find South Korea to be extremely isolated and in worser condition than Japan for tourism. Streets are dirtier and people there are rude, especially the older people.

[@sharonkim9192]

+JazzLore No way. I don't know where you got that. Speak to the 1 million foreigners that are living in South Korea, plus 14 million tourists that travel to Korea every year.

[@LuckyNeffy]

+JazzLore Where the fuck have you been? Are you 20 years behind? I've lived in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, and Japan was the most disrespectful to chinese and koreans. Why? Bad fucking blood, and their education is ignorant as fuck, it's stupid they censor their own history during World War II and make it look like they are 'saving China' even to this day their textbooks are garbage.

[@BopWalk]

+marci dee Finally someone who doesn't have their heads in ther ass abd knows facts whether it hurts or not.

[@masatomori4536]

+Sharon Kim Customer services suck in Korea.

[@CrunchyButtBurger]

By that reasoning, China with 55 million visitors is one of the greatest countries in the world for tourists! Btw majority of the visitors to Korea are Chinese! smh

[@Barukh]

What's the song playing in the very beginning of the video? Really interesting harmony

[@belzieboo9283]

the credits said original music composed by some guy :/

[@davidtan2956]

I am a Filipino Chinese and true Chinese from China used to be polite people because in other countries we still follow confucius teaching and politeness is one they should bring back to true culture of Chinese to gain respect from all over the world.

[@cypresspuz]

Mandarin sounds so fucking cool.

[@Lysol-2004]

Yes

[@shiningstone6771]

Japanese sounds cute Mandarin sounds cool and shining

[@michellehenderson7777]

Can we also do a poll about what the world think of Chinese mainland?

[@stefanussenjaya7700]

Ur Chinese Accent soooo gentle dude. I’d love to hear that😛🙏🏻 谢谢。

[@Meileehere]

Japan is so much more superior than China in most of the aspects that they mentioned. Even so, many seemed to belittle this and say that there is not much difference or that it is only better by a little and they seemed reluctant even so. When I go to China, it's disgustingly dirty, it's so loud I can't hear myself, I get sick from the air pollution (as many others do), and I never buy anything expensive because I feel like it will be fake or defective. Not to mention the groceries that I buy also seem fake (GMO/chock full of chemicals). People try to sell you rotten products as well and cheat you. Restaurant food is dirty. People are rude and loud in a vulgar way. The government tries to sell that China is the best thing ever in order to keep everyone proud and happy with the government.

[@CrunchyButtBurger]

Better stick to your mangas and anime then fat girl, the Chinese have modernized faster than every country in the world and your children's generation will look up to them as the preeminent nation on earth.

[@ZhangK71]

A lot of what you say are based off real flaws of China -- as a reasonable Chinese guy, I'll give you that -- but the rest, the vast majority, is just based off of ignorance and, I sense, a little bit of "salt". (The fact that you used that one particular trivial incident of someone calling you fat as something that affected your evaluation as much as things that are way more significant makes me believe that you may be a bit triggered by people calling you out on your fat ass, but hey, "body positivity", right?) China literally went from the same level as North Korea (almost literally; not too much of an exaggeration) to rising superpower and 2nd biggest influencer in the world within 40 years. That has something that even the most ardent but educated anti-communist would have to acknowledge (and do acknowledge) as something that is so impressive that it has literally never been done before in world history -- mainly because it was caused by China stepping away from true communism, but that's not really relevant in this conversation. Japan took 50 years to get to respectability -- a point of modernization similar to China right after Mao died, another 30 years to be able to last 3 years in a war against the U.S., but still was not a true global superpower after 80 years of modernization. But hey, let's overlook the historical context, right? What do you think would happen -- what do you think would truly happen -- if the U.S. was given 40 years to develop after 1776 then judged by a lady who got triggered by how the Yankees called her fat? And speaking of the government, you do realize that it is in the government's best interest to keep improving the country, yet you're here acting as if they're not doing anything to improve... You really know nothing about a country speaking from and based on your previous experiences living in countries that have had the privilege of having decades if not centuries of head-start versus the Chinese. Go back to 1979, when China first started earnest modernization, and look at some of its contemporaneous neighbors like India and Vietnam. Now, come back to 2017 and tell me you still want to talk about something that you don't know the full perspective of. You're acting as if China had a thousand years to develop to the West while the West waited for it. You're acting as if, in the 40 years that it did have, it didn't exceed modernization at rates far more impressive than its neighbors which had been previously on its same level 40 years ago.

[@ZhangK71]

Jacky Chew I honestly don't seem to follow your argument (or counterargument?). Please be more clear. Additionally, after articulating yourself better, do explain how any of my arguments are wrong. Also, make sure to not make any points that I have already addressed.

[@neodavy]

Suck it up Fatty !!

[@LiamShen]

They really need to came Singapore to know what is good

[@Shadowspire98]

i am actually ashame of you using a past tense after 'to' as a Singaporean

[@willzyxOfficial]

+Shadowspire98 says the person who writes "ashame of you" ... (it's "ashamed of you"). And why as a Singaporean? Singaporeans are notorious for their messed up English grammar.

[@mlsi]

@5:51, 兩百二十萬= 2.2 million, not 22 mil!

[@hzc8942]

My personally think that if China keep developing then everything will be solved~If u want to compare with Tokyo,i thnik u should use people from Beijing,Shanghai and Guangzhou(Some Cities like that)

[@siegbraud4658]

I can say Shang hai is 2077 years

[@82daphy]

I like Japanese people their very polite and friendly compare to China

[@stephysun]

Daphne Joanna Schultze they’re all humans and you should treat them as individuals, not how you think the “race” act

[@k4rminn]

Well now I am sad, because they said that the Japanese are very kind and welcoming to China, but most Chinese people hate them, calling them dogs, and them being sly, it makes me feel bad and I actually cried. Japanese people are usually very polite, welcoming and kind, but in return they get hate.. The past is the past! The Japanese people get hate because of their history and government, but that was a long time ago.. It isn't fair for the Japanese to get stereotyped because of their past, not all Japanese are what they used to be, once you go, I guarantee that you would change your mind about them. ( Came from the video " Do CHINESE like JAPANESE people?)

[@CrunchyButtBurger]

If a Chinese killed ONE Japanese, all Chinese would be demonized and hated. The Japanese killed over 15 MILLION Chinese in World War 2 and pussyfoot around pretending we're supposed to get over this fact. If that's not worthy of HATE, then what is? Please tell me.

[@Kidkromechan]

Nothing is worthy of hate. We just so happen to be born in this body and now we are meant to die to defend this identity even though our time is limited on earth? Meh, people can hate whatever they want but for me, got no time for that lol.

[@gearbox3773]

I'm Euopean and I was in both country for work. I noted: Japan is very clean, China is dirty. Japaneses are more educated and have more culture compared with Chineses. When I was in Tokio, Osaka ad Yokohama and I wento to some restaurant I never sow somebody speeting on te floor. But this happen when I was in Shanghai.

[@iamXiaoNie]

i heard 1% of population in Tokyo is Chinese, insane

[@fouadangel1343]

They talking about clean streets i was in hong kong it's very clean city too

[@leolsliu]

some places in hong kong are very dirty

[@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR]

Except for big cities in Japan...

[@amjan]

That's because the Europeans shaped HK into what it is today. Come on.

[@China_love_Palestine]

worse than Shanghai ,I have a deep understanding

[@joban8177]

As a Indian can't make difference in Chinese, Japanese and Koreans.. 😂😂😂

[@BikramjitDas-xy8jz]

They might have similar facial features but they are different countries with different cultures in your logic we South Asian are also same loll

[@venturatheace1]

Same with Europeans

[@zzccvvbbnnmmaassddff]

very good work !

[@kenwong6536]

Confucianism: "If you keep on re-thinking the past, there will be no future for you". Peaceful state is better than war! It is good that we can get along. (Actually, I am half-Japanese and half-Chinese).

[@shupingwang3392]

The comments on Japan and the Japenese people of the chinese visitors are accurate and insightful. As different as the two countries are, they need each other. History is in the way, however, as well as present day rivalries.

[@yyysboy1]

如果不是街拍简短的采访，如果是聚焦在日本生活的中国人以及背后的故事，可能更有看头。

[@pengfu8608]

It is funny that people say Chinese knows that nobody likes them. The problem is that the majority of people from Japan, Korea, and China cannot tell each other apart, so you do not really know who you like and who you hate.

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

You really can't judge a person by just being "polite and courteous". Not that being polite and courteous is a bad thing or anyting but it could be just a culture and not a true reflection on their human nature and righteousness. Someone could be just "acting" very polite and have "good manner" outside to strangers not because they want to but rather simply acting out according to their cultural norms like in Japan. I have been told by many many foreigners that Japanese are"back stabbers" and "phony". Pretending to be polite and courteous but very different inside. Personally, I tend to judge someone when a person goes out of their way and help in times of both good and bad. A someone who is morally righteous and humble and treat people with respect and kindness no matter who they are. I am afraid not all but many japanese are fake and phony. Honestly, I know because I had lived and worked in Japan for many years. But I don't hate them. They are just being who they are in their culture. There are also many cultures like that. Peace^^

[@masatomori4536]

+Kook Alan The essential nature of people is the same everywhere in the world. Courtesy is packaging. It's part of a culture.

[@KasumiKrissTV1]

interesting!

[@sayhellotopigeon3083]

I’m utterly disappointed with a Chinese tourist group while I was in japan.

[@pyn74]

I don't think culture is something to compare. How can we say some behaviours are disrespectful if the rules of each country are so different. Above all how can we classify that something is better than the other if they are not the same. I live in Brazil and there are a lot of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans and their descendants living in the same city. It's funny because Brazilians can't say who is from each country. They usually say we are all alike. Japanese culture's origin is the Chinese. The writing is very similar. I would like to see more acceptance of the differences than competition. Love and peace from Brazil

[@animefan1204]

(This is a really long comment, please click expand only if you are interested in reading a long chunk of text. OTL) Everyone has their own personal opinions and world views, but I'd like to make my point: There is history between China and Japan, and I recognise that there are issues regarding it. It may be because that I don't live in China so I don't understand that sort of feeling, but I don't think that the history should play a major role in recognising Japanese people individually, or Japan as a country. I personally believe that there shouldn't be a reason why views on Japanese people or Japan are affected because of history. History has nothing to do with the current people I have around me, or myself. I don't view it as important, and it's also a big barrier that would stop me from learning various things. I feel like it'd be like if I hated Germany because of Adolf Hitler. To make it a bit more extreme, for a clearer example, it'd be like if I didn't use Faber Castell because it is a German brand, because of Adolf Hitler. (Sorry, Germany, I actually love your stationary a lot - I have a whole 120 colour pencil set among various others from Faber Castell) Media is an important factor in affecting peoples' views, and the tendency of making preconceptions from overheard information before making confirmation of it is what stops the people from recognising and making valid judgements of the issue. I've heard about people from China holding negative feelings towards Japan, but changing their mindset once they had seen Japan for themselves. It was the same with my parents too. ^7^ It's a question of whether you are willing to be open-minded, think clearly, and question whether your thinking is valid or not. Because in the end, the one that loses out on knowing and learning, is you. Edit: I fixed my grammar, oops.

[@shirinsa8752]

日本呆久了會覺得日本人虛偽，人與人之間太冷淡。借視頻裡那女孩的話，幸福指數根本不及我成都。

[@arthurkui6667]

SHIRIN SA 我学校里想找我日本同学说话聊天 感觉他一直拒绝人在外的感觉 很少主动来找我

[@papercat2599]

SHIRIN SA 多看片就知道的事情。而且日本网民是真的...也不是比中国糟糕就是很容易让人不爽。

[@user-fred_xuliu]

那个说四川话的男的，听口音应该是你们成都的。

[@三条新月厨]

SHIRIN SA 同感。感觉明明心里恨的要死表面上还要装出喜欢的样子，虚伪至极。

[@shienwang3686]

同感，从三岁就在日本长大，当日本人知道我是中国人的时候他们就会用很排外的眼神看着我，可是表面上什么都不说。在这我永远都是foreigner

[@TynanCreations]

Keep travelling and shopping in Japan more and more until they come to rely completely on Chinese tourism and trade for their economy. At that point you can demand whatever apologies or mea culpa you want from Japan.

[@JanWyFoo]

Japan, I will be there.

[@LivinofftheWall]

cool

[@exodus7299]

haha 喜欢你采访的那三位看上去很拉风的成都游客

[@Ajia_No_Envy]

Although being Chinese hearing all the tones sounds and all that is way I’m not learning it but instead Japanese

[@rayoloco5000]

Japanese or Chinese?

[@weiliring8441]

日本很有秩序 中国也在不断改善 至少小时候和现在确实变化大了

[@sananarshad5736]

it seems more like a comparison video! I'm surprised/disappointed to hear such remarks from Chinese people against their own country. I live here in China and yes there are flaws but which nation is flawless?? no one !!! China is great ! #RespectFromPakistan

[@evanshi7582]

what about taiwan? 👀

[@Kidkromechan]

All I see in comments are just people talking about what happened in the past and in the past :/ Are we living in the past? Our time is fleeting you know? We ain't immortal. Be conscious of your time and don't spend a second of it living in the past. I am not Chinese or Japanese but my country knows of the hate between other countries coz of their past actions. It's bullshit really. We somehow happened to be born in this body accidentally and now we supposed to take some pointless things like our history that we personally didn't even experience and hurt our head with it as well as our mood lol. Why so serious? Like we all human beings and we do shit and we die sometimes. End of story. Fear nothing, Hold no grudge, and live in the moment.

[@sarahsun1424]

I mean germany apologized for Hitler. They never apologized for raping women, killing innocent people for sport, cutting out babies from their moms stomach and then killing the baby along with the mom. They don't teach that to their kids and it is kind of cruel but I think a high schooler can take it. The prime minister denied that the japanese soldiers ever did that but there is proof.

[@RanchOwnzU]

these guys look so reluctant or worried about saying too good of things about japan like they are hoping china doesnt hunt them down or they accidentally say too much :\

[@Zergcerebrates]

+A b r o a d Actually I don't think they're worried about saying too much its just how Chinese react when interviewed. The Chinese government really doesn't care what their citizens have to say about other countries while abroad if they do they wouldn't let millions of Chinese travel around the world. Their experience abroad will eventually help improve the Chinese society, a change that the younger generation will help achieve. The Chinese government encourages, exchanges, and people to study abroad or travel for a reason.

[@ChrisOfChin]

The dude with the monster hunter shirt lol

[@zhanglan6568]

I like the video very much! what China needs to do is to improve the life quality of her people, including product and service with more reliable quality and better manned people. In my father's generation, no one has colleague education, however almost all of siblings in my generation had higher education. I think that will have a significant and positive effect on Chinese society. Go China and may God bless her!

[@zeiitgeist]

If you meant more pompous snobs and elitist then yes, manners doesn't come from having high education but communication and understanding from the human perspective based on empathy, from what you typed I see you gained the negative touch - the bane that is implicated in the last four words you chose to include in your comment; with that I wish you find wisdom outside that poppycock.

[@BieZhang]

哥们说话很有特点

[@Alusnovalotus]

Very Insightful. Japan is now the new shanghai of Asia.

[@stephysun]

alus nova it really isn’t

[@shaolin89]

2.15说得太对了

[@Lusitanofier]

99,9% of guys when watching this video about Tokio only have "hentai" and "cute japanese girls with short skirts" in their head. Am i right or am i right? :) :)

[@chitechite]

wrionght!

[@marlowemarzan5991]

people in china should be open to the changes. Japan has changed.

[@kcheznyc]

yes Japan has changed only after America conquered them in ww2.

[@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR]

Where did you learn history? The United States literally occupied Japan. They bombed it down and then occupied everything. Later they helped to rebuild the economy, but mostly because they needed a strong ally next to Chia and the Soviet Union. And yes, the us slaughtered millions of people for their own benefit (I am not talking about the civil casualties of different wars), but not in Japan.

[@ErtixPoke]

Shifu Master It doesnt change a fact China have to be more open and change

[@suspiciouscomrade1973]

It's not just that simple. Thank the Communist Party of China for that!

[@J_Somin95]

How? We still live in communism

[@c.i.a.4618]

Wish these two Countries will get along each other for a Better Friendly Relationship :-) even when it comes to Politics :-)

[@JohnSmith-ch2qd]

It kind of bother me when they say the good points (bad points too occasionally) about Japan, these people tend to use the words "a little bit better" or "a little...". Is that just the way they talk or it has something to do with culture?

[@stoffni]

There is seriously chinese people blaming the west for the situation between China and Japan .... Are we to blame for everything in the world? LOL xD

[@Advtaiwan]

我愛日本，我愛中國，我愛臺灣，我愛香港！你們大陸同胞隨時歡迎來台灣玩！你們日本兄弟們也很歡迎來台灣玩！ 自由萬歲！…

[@Kelberi]

In Tao, we were taught not to get lost in dualism. Be it Chinese, Japanese, Korea, etc... You guys are the chopstick culture, look at your similarity rather then differences. Don't believe in politicians, they say things to suit their agenda.

[@yakipictures1234]

Thank you for a great comment!

[@lpd-jc2896]

其实他们所说日本的优点我在欧洲读书都有感受到。主要还是自己国家的短板吧，素质文明、个体意识之类的。没办法，需要时间。中国既不能故步自封也不能妄自菲薄。不过相信习总会带领我们走向美好未来的 ））

[@wisdomleader85]

这些年过去，国内的美好未来没看到，民粹和排外主义倒是看到不少。

[@konx.999]

如果你靠习近平带领你 那么你的文明不会提升

[@stephen3277]

Many are nice to your face but look down on you in secret.

[@boscohoang9225]

if japan environment is good and clean what about Australia u regard have u ever went to Australia

[@julial3758]

I'm more interested in what Japanese people think of Chinese people IN Japan LOL rude AF? or what? I heard they don't really like Chinese people. Is this true?

[@aftereffects00]

I am a Japanese and we dont hate chinese.. just that sometime they talk very loud..

[@janerym4130]

True, I'm Chinese and my parents are literally screaming in public and I get so embarrassed... Well that's just my case.

[@julyseventeen3370]

I´m chinese and I agree with you...

[@baboon500]

I am 100% sure they are SOME that don't like Chinese people. During Chinese new year, a ton of them come to Japan to buy goods like electronic rice cookers. Japanese people are happy they come for business. They buy up everything.

[@uetzel]

2:42 poor dude on the left......

[@SaveThePurpleRhino]

+uetzel I know right, He just like "Are shittin me women.. "

[@speedtribejp]

As Japanese, my favorite country is Taiwan. Taiwanese is great. But Mainland China is not.

[@matthewmann8969]

If China could they would take over Japan just like they did Taiwan, Hong Mong, Macau, Singapore, Tibet, and I hear even parts of Mongolia I am talking about the government and military not normal civilians by the way when I said China would spread to Japan and take control if they were given the chance yeah

[@Lysol-2004]

Assimilation.

[@venturatheace1]

Not unlike Japan did in the past

[@Madpett]

I don't think China will conquer a territory that was not its territory in the past. Admiral Zheng He in the past was sent from the Ming dynasty to Southeast Asia for trade relations. They did not take over the territory they came to at all. On the contrary, when westerners came to Southeast Asia, they tried to conquer, plunder, take over and colonize the territory they came to. China is different from the west.