Explore A Chinese City Trapped in the Present and Past | Guangxi Vlog

[@cnmd1636]

If you understand Chinese language, then you will know that Chairman Mao's word is still correct in today!

[@redfoxyang8962]

are you joking?

[@姿勢分子]

@@redfoxyang8962 论持久战 以及 高强度，大范围对抗的战术战略思想，一直适用。 老毛并没有经济层面的见识，懂么？

[@henrygraham5083]

用另一位革命者的话也可以证明这个意思，要创造人类的幸福，全靠我们自己。 “我们走后 他们会给你们修学校和医院 会提高你们的工资 这不是因为他们良心发现 也不是因为他们变成了好人 而是因为我们来过。”---切格瓦拉

[@copperfriddle5394]

@@redfoxyang8962 mao is popular in china new generation now。

[@wendy9232]

@@redfoxyang8962 It is true.

[@王际洲]

Reading Mao's word again today, I find it is still meaningful...

[@woliver1359]

Absolutely right

[@user-ms7tf3wi8f]

视频里翻译的女孩绝对是翻墙看了不少反共的信息和视频，她直接翻译CCP。但是中国共产党官方翻译是CPC。

[@woliver1359]

@@user-ms7tf3wi8f 墙外已经烂透了，但是我们不能放弃！

[@韩鹏-r9b]

徐立帅 没有人不尊重毛主席，他是伟人，但是笑不代表不尊重，因为这个话到现在都是很有道理的，很讽刺的是现在的人竟然没有五六十年前的人有远见

[@woliver1359]

@@韩鹏-r9b 行不行还是得看人，老祖宗几千年前说的话也比现在大多数人来的有智慧！

[@zeroreflection8372]

my personal translation for 14:15 Enemies will not be eliminated by themselves, neither the reactionaries in China, nor the invasion force of imperialism America. They will not exit the stage of history automaticly -- Mao Zedong 1949.01 (during the liberation war aka china civil war , against kmt and their american allies) I'm not bad mouthing anyone but the girl is wrong about this slogan

[@rob5556]

Great to see the happy young generation accompanying you. You get the best out of people....JaYoe

[@zhenglin1484]

The translation of Mao slogan by the girl was not totally accurate. It should be " The enemies won't disappear by their own, no matter they are the counter revolutionists in China, or the invasive power in China (supported) by the US imperialism. " it is not say US directly.

[@MrOldMajor]

反动派 = reactionaries 反革命分子 = counter-revolutionaries

[@lg4179]

@@MrOldMajor 西方人对毛主席总有一种迷之误解

[@shengchuangfeng227]

@@MrOldMajor 你是对的！

[@SammytyLeung]

識英雄重英雄，西方是明白人所以害怕。

[@坡县沪漂]

I love those students passing by who are showing kindness and self-confidence.

[@Jay-hf9jw]

The slogan in the wall is so interesting, can't imagine they are still there after so many years

[@Frost-vz8xs]

Anything necessary remains

[@DustXavier]

it should be. I know there are many rational Americans, but the conflict between classes and nations will still be there. The revolution is aimed to oppose the human alienation caused by capitalism, and the exploitation and oppression of the US.

[@mytube30005]

That's why they haven't renew it. They probably keep for historical purpose.

[@minus21334]

and how the slogan turns out to be so true LOL

[@irritatedanglosaxon1705]

We know USA is always and still the imperialist and collonialist

[@bobdemott]

I really enjoyed this video with the group looking and seeing tasting the food and enjoying the journey. It allowed me the viewer to experience and to think for myself instead of trying to sell me on a preconceived idea. I have experience this type of thing myself leaving Chengdu to visit some of my exchange students that live in Northern China. I love the openness and the honesty. With my personal journey I came as a foreigner and by the time I left the Mothers of my girls in the north said you are no longer a foreigner you are and always be family. This is why I like this video I felt a part of the journey.

[@JaYoeNation]

This was a fun episode to make. I was surprised in the edit to learn that China was using Feet and not Meters. did you know that?

[@drleishaobo]

Chinese feet 30.3 cm, imperial feet: 30.48 cm, not exactly the same. Did you know that?

[@lazybones5390]

I kinda remember that

[@charlesneutral8858]

guess it's not english feet

[@MaryMac199]

No

[@xeanw.8532]

The Chinese "Inch"（寸 cùn）& "Feet " （尺 chǐ）were simply translated with the same names but actually different measuring systems, since Qin Shi Huang's first unification of China after Warring States Period, writing systems uniformed, weights and measures standardized, etc. But a lot of changes throughout time, currently 1 "cun" = 3.333 cm in Mainland China, 1 "sun" = 3.03 cm in Japan, while 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Funny how US use British Imperial System while UK use Metric one.

[@aaronh6852]

反动派 is more like "reactionary people" instead of what the girl translated as "opposition party". The translation for opposition party should be 反对派.

[@snarkyguy]

My favorite shot is when they're making the noodles. So simple and yet you really captured that shot well.

[@numuves]

Matt, I tuned in for just a minute and you said "eh" at least once or twice. I think you've becoming Canadianized, eh?

[@opticandersonopticanderson3364]

Exactly, eh? They are both shillin like a villain with pixelated eye glasses on. LOL

[@chenbz9795]

where are you now? still in Xinjiang?

[@numuves]

@@chenbz9795 I was in Xinjiang in early May. I've already traveled to two other places since then hehe

[@barrelrolldog]

he's becoming shillized/

[@MaryMac199]

I am impressed, no one spilled on their white t shirts!

[@blaynezhou6660]

Why would they?

[@nick18303]

loving the series

[@KayainChina]

I am happy to you guys hang out together. Because You and Kirk an awesome guys. Why all the delicious food in the hometown? You cannot find such delicious things When you live in a big city in China. But When you go to a hometown like village side. All delicious foods.

[@yoka51]

Starting my day with my coffee and watching Gweilo and your vlogs. Love seeing China through your and Gweilo eyes and listening to both your stories and experiences. Thanks again. I'll share this comment on Gweilo60 as well.

[@nathanchong616]

Love seeing stuff like this, it just reminds us this world have different culture and we don’t need them to change to become others ...good one !

[@petercua6158]

Those noodle looks yummy ❤️ and not expensive.

[@Oldt-n4l]

This is great stuff! I haven’t been to Guangxi but have been following “Discover Guangxi”’s Facebook page

[@Fldllse]

And Mao's words at the beginning still holds up today well.

[@blaynezhou6660]

Nice video! You know this reminds me of those times seeing you cycling around the moutains roads, visiting small towns and talking to the locals. I hope you would make more of these!

[@notimeforusernames8256]

proper translation for the propaganda writing or "Mao's quotation": the enemy will not destroy themselves, no matter it is the anti-progresive force or the US empiricism's aggression in China, neither or them would step down from the stage of history ty themselves

[@jkjkjk100]

He was wrong... the US is destroying itself from within.

[@xiaomose7495]

@@jkjkjk100 well, its effected by the time. Will mao quote same thing if he witness and see USA today? If someone go to mao grave and told him, he will laughing beneath soil

[@jkjkjk100]

@@xiaomose7495 yeah just like how if he sees china today he wouldn’t be too happy... Today’s china is Deng’s china... definitely a different vision than Mao’s china.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@jkjkjk100 China's current ideology is "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" put forth by Deng, in which China is at the primary stage of socialism. China's eventual goal is Communism, like Mao believed in, it's just that our path is a little different.

[@jkjkjk100]

@@Shenzhou. Marx, Lenin or Mao will not be happy with today’s CCP because it is not a communist country anymore. Today’s china is pragmatic. Non-idealogical.

[@george6210]

Cost of living is really low in these small towns.

[@asiacuisine4869]

The slogans are so true, even til today.

[@richard_ren]

Planning my trip to gaungxi by the end of Nov let along to celebrate my birthday with the family. Seems to be an awesome place to visit.

[@jinniwind]

why did i do this to myself? why am I watching you guys eating while being hungry, and now it's too late to stop watching.

[@MightySteve001]

I visited Yangshuo in Guanxi province. It's a beautiful place with the Li river flowing between the Karst Hills. I hope to revisit the place again.

[@maxdc988]

Matt, I think you had misquoted Long'an County (a different county in Guangxi) in your title. It should probably be Rong'an County if you were on your way to Sanjiang from Nanning.

[@ying6610]

Scenery brings back memories of videos when you rode through these area. Somehow expected a relive part at the end lol

[@2012DBig]

KEEP THEM GOOD VIDEOS COMING JAYOE!

[@Andy-P]

I like it when you speak Chinese, I can understand you better than the locals!

[@terencekwong3033]

I've traveled with a friend on a similar diet while we went to Singapore and Malaysia. It's a challenge going carbless in Asia.

[@angleshara6899]

Thanks for telling the truth!

[@taoliu7312]

You can go to Sichuan to visit the "Dujiangyan Irrigation System". May help you understand the Chinese way of thinking

[@tigerlily6668]

South East Asian Chinese serve this stew pork and eggs with rice. It’s interesting seeing it being serve with noodles, think I will try it.

[@sakimori_mirai]

Some people will surely ask why the river looks dirty. Because China's two largest rivers, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are muddy rivers. The riverbed has a lot of silt and sludge, so it looks very yellow, not dirty or polluted.

[@baoziboss3022]

Only here for Matt speaking Chinese. Lol. Thanks for taking us with you

[@derrick238]

Never been to Guangxi , would like to visit someday.

[@BenjiSun]

mmm... those Guilin rice noodles are the best!

[@kirbyhuang5609]

Good to see you guys again

[@pengfu8608]

Matt, truly great to see you so happy Now as compared with several months ago right after the double quarantines. I still pay attention to the U.S. news around the election and COVID, as well as important world updates, but I don't dig deep enough now but just scan quickly over the surface. The negativity of the news could impact us in such an extreme manner, I would get depressed in mere hours. So my advice is to just skim them and leave them.

[@freelsen]

Nice T-Shirt. Really nice!

[@siyangwang3514]

whoo with guilo60. interesting

[@danielmuller5739]

This woman is a spiritual American

[@MaryMac199]

Very interesting, nice people

[@seiraj.loyard8828]

"someone needs to get that bull into a program. it's been hitting something rly hard." LMFAO. wonderful sense of humor. xD

[@willmeister100]

So cool!

[@liuli3222]

It is very Chinese way : using your own spoon to get the food from others instead of using public spoon. It also indicates that covid-19 has been really controlled in this area.

[@mytube30005]

The way they translate English names to Chinese is to find Chinese words sound close to each syllable of the English names. Sometimes they cut short. For example, the word American, they only use the second syllable so they call 美 county. England: 英, first syllable. California: 加 also first syllable. So, as for American, 美 coincidentally means beautiful. But, that doesn't mean they call that because they think our country is beautiful.

[@pandabear153]

In our dialect we also called America Fah Kay or Flowery banner because the flag is very beautiful like flowers.

[@JaYoeNation]

RT I know. It was tongue in cheek. Just like my name is MaTe... similar to matt. Just coincidence

[@Jay-hf9jw]

@@JaYoeNation Matt, it is really not a coincidence. Here is the reason I think why most of the Western countries have a nice Chinese character. Firstly, it is respectful to name another country with good or at least decent character. If you have a pronunciation that can be translated to 美， people would not use 煤 or 霉。Secondly, these countries were already very developed 160 years ago when China was forced to open its door to the world. Chinese looked up to them so much and wished China would learn from them and become as strong as them some day like Japan. Some famous and radical Chinese figures even wanted to abandon Chinese characters and switch completely to alphabet. They blamed everything on Chinese traditional culture and believed they were the reason why China was left behind and bullied by other nations. Hope this helps

[@marcossalgadogarcia]

President matt and vice-president Kirk saving the Chinese from trump and Biden or saving the Chinese from trump and Pelosi

[@JaYoeNation]

hahahhaa... no thanks

[@jeff61177]

I'll tell you what, If Trump wins (and its looking let he's probably not going to) I may take a 4 year sabatical to Nanning. I just can't take 4 more years of bile and division.

[@gardener65]

Nice

[@stanbimi]

Love the drone shots. Pretty soon Matt's daughter will be able to teach him how to read what was written on that wall decades ago. Recommend watch/listen to the last 5 lectures of "From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History." a series by Professor Kenneth J. Hammond, New Mexico State University. Get a sense of how modern China come to be.

[@MichelePonte]

Ahah, really Supreme vlog!

[@DannyChean]

0:25 reminds me of the pulp fiction scene when vincent and jules put on jimmy's high school t shirts after they shot marvin in the face. PS: I love how your guide looked utterly puzzled when you mentioned that people actually said you were there to divert attention.

[@yrcnm]

融水滤粉 厉害了~！~！

[@johnsamu]

Where to buy this "Discover Guangxi" T-shirt, looks like a cool shirt in the Dutch(orange) colour ??? 😁

[@窦唯潇洒-u9o]

花山岩画的T恤哪里有卖？？

[@natureaiaiai880]

nice!

[@phillipchan6044]

The Chinese words ji du fu ying tang means Christian Gospel Hall.

[@khsaw6679]

The Past will always previal with an answer, no matter how the media plays left or right, very soon the answer will be in the present and forward to the FUTURE

[@sophiestorontolife6566]

You two knows each other, haha

[@stone3343]

tell the lady, show some respect to Chairman Mao

[@yuesimmon4406]

Quite Jian

[@doriai3148]

@@yuesimmon4406 I think they r laughing cause the slogan talks about US，😂and matt is from US. and now young generations are more open about leaders，，

[@azone.]

*Share and support*

[@kennyz6271]

Haha.... 这个房子多大 = how old is this building ?

[@charlesneutral8858]

did the boy in blue jacket say "i'm from Thailand?

[@kunhuang7643]

No, 11:39 he said 我来自China

[@Oral-B2]

7:01 Aww that was cute ahah :)

[@溷虬]

毛的 超英赶美 要不了几年了，一步一个脚印。

[@窦唯潇洒-u9o]

是：隆安县！！！这个是生榨米粉，有股酸馊味

[@MaryMac199]

Good audio

[@senlingu8984]

good

[@Zhen-Lin-CHN]

lao mao......lmao😁 but i like him👍 💪

[@chinglish-teacher]

你中文也不错👍！不，错了！😂

[@edie930]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jianiao96]

这种历史遗迹几乎绝迹了，该好好保存下来

[@Mattrsx]

Evangelical church? Good episode!

[@程鹏-y1x]

漂亮国，大漂亮

[@karmaghost6289]

💓🤲💓 missed ya brother

[@foodparadise5792]

13:53 Responding to Mao's phrase, I think not many Americans are aware USA is an empire, over turning governments at every part of the globe, of whom does not comply with the hegemony of business interest.

[@依人如梦]

看到生榨米粉 又饿了。

[@星辰大海-e7x]

travel to Shenzhen?

[@opticandersonopticanderson3364]

"A couple of weeks ago, eh?" Matt start to talk like Gweilo now. Too much influence from him. Shillin like a villain. LOL

[@jkjkjk100]

What?

[@JaYoeNation]

lol

[@opticandersonopticanderson3364]

@@JaYoeNation With pixelated eye glasses on that is. :P

[@jimmyhu7606]

Matt, it is terrible time to be on a low car diet!

[@古拙訥叟]

柳洲市融安縣?

[@pooi-hoongchan8680]

👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@MIncredible]

The English translation is wanting.

[@宝宝-n8q]

Matt, your Chinese seems to be better than Gweilo60

[@connecttown]

Why is the river always yellow? Is it mineral or the pollution?

[@Frost-vz8xs]

Over-constructed besides caused soil erosion but not pollution, there won't be any fish if they were polluted.

[@alexyu9447]

It may be the cause of the high water flow，not pollution

[@kunhuang7643]

The water is green most of the time, it turns yellow only when the rains from upstream bring the soil to the downstream.

[@lumanzhao]

flood season now, mud in the water, would be clear in the winter.

[@iknowu6068]

hello, have you heard of Yellow River?

[@joyleyon8587]

😄😄

[@AmelieZh]

这个视频谁给你翻译的？哈哈

[@xiaozhang5433]

反动派 translates to counter revolution, not opposition.

[@chilly5818]

谁是最伟大的人？ 人民说是他，他说是人民。

[@videosdematt]

Another name for the US is 花旗国家. Maybe we should change it to that, haha

[@liangwang5322]

maybe the flood just receded cause' the river water looks so dirty.

[@theolich4384]

Water gets murky when the volume is high (it was, in the video) - carrying more silt from upstream. What Matt saw was the seasonal flood of the Right River fed by monsoon and typhoon.

[@icespray247]

As others have commented already the translation was so wrong

[@miyangliu9844]

6:06 the girl behind, so elegant!

[@yuyongbin]

guangxi shengzha noodle yummy

[@SCIFIGAMESFANS]

The United States also experienced communism during the economic crisis in 1930-1938. Roosevelt new policy Build railways, bridges, ports, buildings, increase the welfare of workers, etc.

[@steephanroy8461]

Nooo..... Thats not communist.. its kind of a positive socialism.. thats about it... Hell the citizens in America sees social democracy as communism its all communist to them. Perhaps their political situation and general history of that nation is a reason for it.

[@lovemysw]

6:32 hahahahahaa

[@justjacqueline2004]

We are told Catholic chapels are not allowed in China. Loved the Maoist slogans on the wall.

[@Andy-P]

They are allowed but the CCP chooses the church hierachy. When I was in China I saw a few church's. They were always places of interest for me.

[@ronmontgomery6561]

Nanning has a catholic cathedral and an other church and a mosque. There may be more but I only know of these.

[@theolich4384]

Vatican has been in active talk with China during the recent years. A Chinese bishop approved by both the Holy See and CCP (!) might be on the horizon. BTW the one in the video was probably a nationalized Baptist church.

[@zxywxy]

In 20, 30 or 50 years later, these "New Old" staff will become "Old Old" again. As a result, the original culture and architecture were preserved.