People told me Islam is banned in China... (visiting a MUSLIM TOWN in China) 🇨🇳

[@JetLagWarriors]

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[@davidwolstenholme4676]

As everyone knows im a christian ,christian means to be christ like thats like jesus,but non of us are we are all sinners only God is good.Many thousands of muslims saw jesus they say allah is satan.Many of them think there going to party have sex marry in the after life .Well after there demise they will see hades exists ,we have to serve and obey God and follow and accept jesus as our lord and saviour if we dont we to will be damned.Thats why government brought them into our countrys.Like the british government hate us christians.and there shall be a satanic new world order ruled by the anti christ many will believe his lies in that he is god.

[@davidwolstenholme4676]

i shall watch you steve and ivana this afternoon God bless take care and stay safe,

[@davidwolstenholme4676]

God created us to serve him as that is the duty of man.However many seek earthly pleasures rejecting Gods commandments .Its in the bible the ones that shall be saved and the ones to burn in hades.,Yes God knew from the begining to the end who would be saved and who would be damned.But no one can say to jesus on judgment day but had you not interfered in my life i would have done better,as God gave us free will to choose to do evil or to do good.And no one can blame drink or drugs or people or circumstances or mental illness or the devil when they sin ,they do it out of human weakness.

[@kikili6875]

Happy New Year and wish you a pleasant journey! I hope you will go to Xinjiang!

[@kikili6875]

You can also go to Tibet

[@bart6271]

Hello, I am a Hui from the Chinese Muslim community. Thank you very much for making this documentary about the Hui people in China in an objective and true manner! What I want to express is that Chinese Muslims are indeed among the happiest Muslims in the world. We have a wise government and wise leaders. If you have any questions about China, please come to China and let us know!

[@Kitkat_____]

What about the Ughyur? They are Muslims but you said Chinese Muslims are among the happiest Muslims. I know there’s so much to explore in China.

[@Kitkat_____]

@jolifia what I meant to ask was to the comment was how is Hui who is Muslims treated differently from the ughyur Muslims in China? The person stated Chinese Muslims are happy. I want to know the difference from the commeontor’s experience. Yes, I know the news lie. I’ve been to Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and Egypt during pilgrimage. It’s like people say about USA but people haven’t explore the whole states within each county/city. Each county from each cities also have different environment and people. Areas where there’s homeless, rich, high crimes, etc.

[@justiadykalvianto1064]

​@@Kitkat_____the uighurs r not being discriminated. It's actually a deradicalize movement by china. During the rising of taliban in early 2000, some uighurs were also radicalized, the taliban recruited the uighurs as well. So what the chinese gov did was to deradicalize those that r affected. I know islam is just like any other religion, peaceful. But it's a fact that we hv to accept that a lot of muslims these days r radicalized, and go to the extreme. The chinese gov just go for the direct approach to solve the problem. Im indonesian, so i really understand the problem. Becos a lot of indonesian muslims r becomin quite extreme. Some even go as far as dont want to be friend with non muslim, becos some extreme preachers told them to. N some wont even respect the indonesian flag, becos they call it haram. It's really a problem

[@huixia5153]

@@Kitkat_____ 你有点混淆概念，维吾尔族人和穆斯林都信仰伊斯兰教，但做得事情不同。只要做得事情不违法，不破坏社会安全，不破坏他人的正常生活。在中国没人会管你信仰什么！中国是尊重你的宗教信仰，但必须守法，不得干预政治和法律。而且大多数中国人不是按照你的信仰，种族，民族，地域和宗教来区别人的好坏，而是看人做了什么事情来确定他是好人还是坏人！我本人就是汉族但信仰基督教，但我相信共产党的领导比资本家的代言人要好！

[@Beta_Orionis318]

​Uyghur族人跟Hui族人，以及Han族人接受到的待遇没有什么区别，可能存在的差别是少数民族人高考能得到更多分数。如果你一定要强调差别，那么Uyghur族人居住较多的新疆有着比内地更严格的安保措施（注意：这不是因为Racism或Religious Belief，而是因为中国边疆地区可能存在的极端组织，10多年前曾经发生过几十人死亡的惨案），例如巡逻军警，更多的摄像头，为了防止terrorists袭击。

[@chankaan888]

The Chinese government does not care what religion everyone believes in. It only prohibits the use of religion to interfere in politics, which is to prevent the "politicization of religion."

[@monipenny408]

in complete contrast to U$ policies of division even in domestic politics, where U$ govt will pit one group against another, one sex another, one party another, divide and rule....what a sharp contrast, the irony is, ordinary Americans don't see it, and most have zero ideo or memory. what a phenomenon!

[@ericlo6370]

Western countries are notorious in politizing religions!

[@hanmi1216]

​@@ericlo6370I remember trump holding bible upside down outside of a church hahahaha

[@ericlo6370]

@@hanmi1216 LOL

[@dlcc012david]

Especially Falun gong cult, a dangerous cult that r ban

[@sutisnaherdiansyah7773]

Religions are not banned in China, and compared to Western countries, India, and South Korea, islamophobic in China is relatively lower. But in China, no ane are allowed to using any kind of religions to interfere state affair. But in other countries most politicians are using religions to dividing society and gain voters when the election come.

[@dafu1991]

的确如此

[@user-ou7bi3en5b]

haha bastard what are you talking about?ask Xinjiang people are they muslim you will get answer and start feel like living heaven

[@user-lw8ke1il6b]

宗教干政，对任何国家来说是极为危险的。

[@cloudywong1432]

阿拉伯人只要不进行骚操作，伊斯兰进行本土化发展其实还行，毕竟起源于阿拉伯文明的统一时期，穆罕默德先知本人又长期处于斗争中，但是阿拉伯半岛稳定之后，他又很快过世了，来不及对社会进行和平转型就离世了，所以才有了伊斯兰的创制，如果穆罕默德多活20年左右，我敢肯定现在根本就不会存在伊斯兰和世俗水火不容的问题。 而本土化发展是很好的回答了和平时期伊斯兰如何发展的答案，但是阿拉伯人不可能放弃主导权的，肯定会想方设法影响中国。

[@harimakenji7608]

​@user-lw8ke1il6b is that why they banned falun gong? Too many people were following and loyal to it and they deemed that as a threat since they want people to be loyal to the government?

[@syncmaster915n]

Two of the oldest working mosques in the world are in China. One is the Xi'an Grand Mosque you visited, the other one is in Guangzhou and is slightly older than the Xi'an one. The Guangzhou mosque was founded by an Arab merchant who was contemporary to the prophet Mohammad. This means as soon as Islam was founded, it already found its way to China and it also means the sea-born Silk Road was just as developed as the land route and probably safer. The architecture of the 2 mosques typically followed the design of any grand buildings of the time such as palaces or Buddhist temples. Mosques with onion domes and minarets arrived at China on later dates.

[@yojan9238]

That onion domes came from India. May be it was introduced all around he world in the 1700s.

[@fince1509]

Quanzhou's Qingjing Mosque is also one of the oldest mosques in China, and Quanzhou (aka Zaiton) is also a typical city that is famous for its strong religious environment. The Quanzhou old city is less than 7 km², but it has Kaiyuan Temple (Buddhism), Tianhou Palace (Mazu of Taoism), Quannan Church (Protestantism), Huaxiang Church (Catholicism) and Qingjing Mosque (Islam). They all have many believers there.😂

[@zack2804]

@@yojan9238 No, it literally comes from a combination of Byzantine Greek orthodox and Iranian-Zoroastrian architecture from 1,000 years ago.

[@druegnor1703]

True, the discourse on how Islam reach Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei are all due to either the 1) Arab traders stopby Malacca on the way to China 2) Malacca as tributary state of China want to appease one of the Islam Chinese General of that time

[@grahamlee688]

你错了。在中国留下来的具有几百年历史的清真寺，都是中国式建筑。非常漂亮。

[@YanwenTan]

You can always find a halal restaurant in universities' cantinas in China. I've been to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, US, and some European countries. I've never seen the same.

[@HuJi-se5uz]

我们食堂也有

[@KinLee919]

Yes, by law every Chinese university should have at lest one hala canteen, otherwise the university would lost the government funding.

[@aesp9148]

there’s a lot of halal restaurants in the US

[@MarYo88888]

@@aesp9148 Sure. But at the end of the day, most Americans still afraid not welcome!

[@andipejalan3382]

@@aesp9148 Halal canteen in US University ?

[@xiaoguoge2752]

You two are really inspiring to me. You understand no Chinese, did very little research, don’t know what you are eating, ordered the wrong staff, yet I can clearly see you are having a good time. I should travel more and fear less.

[@Elurin]

Yeah, it really is a different experience when you don't know any Mandarin (maybe a few words) than compared to someone like Trevor James from Food Ranger. Not a bad experience, certainly; my year in Chengdu was quite enjoyable despite not venturing off the beaten path, most Chinese people are appreciative and understanding and happy that you make the effort to be friendly.

[@zackk4969]

Chiina has baanned Youutube and baanned egg fried rice!

[@Elurin]

@@rosstabbert I was teaching ESL for EF, at their Tianfu Square school. Unfortunately, I don't think I ever made it out to Deyang - I didn't do a whole lot of exploring outside of Chengdu, with my very limited language skills. Maybe next time.

[@angelamen8495]

KZbin wouldn’t follow the rules and laws, of course ban them. @@zackk4969

[@weiye8830]

@@zackk4969 Have you been to China?

[@louiswkq19]

Haha, you went to my hometown! So happy to see it. The Muslim quarter is at the downtown Xi'an, is our favorite food heaven. most of the Hui Muslim doing F&B business for generations, so they make very nice food. And we like to go there in the weekend to have meal or even weekday. we, the Han Chinese, were influenced by them and like mutton very much.

[@user-jt8yd4ei5s]

Love China 🇨🇳 from Palestine 🇵🇸🔻

[@user-yy2ce7jo8s]

🇨🇳❤️🇵🇸

[@kun2574]

FREE PALESTINE from China🇨🇳

[@user-zh5lv6ky4e]

中国支持巴勒斯坦！

[@Victories_]

May Allah make things easy for you my palestinian brother i pray everyday to Allah for victory of you people and muslims I love you all love from bangladesh 🇧🇩 🇵🇸

[@mrshadowx6368]

Love you brother. ❤ Be strong

[@dianegreig4627]

Wow, never knew China was so diverse. Always learning from you both!! Keep safe, healthy and happy.

[@Airy.Xu-xcm1982]

Religion here is freedom 😂

[@Goldenberg198]

It is not. 92% of the population is Han Chinese. If the Han Chinese made up 49% of the population, then China would be considered diverse.

[@Cid-4-Cid]

@@Goldenberg198 如果汉族人口不是主体，也就不会有中华民族，更不会有超过5000年的历史。

[@josiah_tsang]

​@@Goldenberg198 diverse isnt means different races

[@Goldenberg198]

@@josiah_tsang Go tell that to the Chinese who say the U.S. is too White.

[@raycomeau6866]

China recognizes all the major religions in the world and you can see their temples, mosques, churches, monasteries and synagogue, if you choose to find them. But you are not allowed to evangelize your religion onto others. A person's religion is a private belief.

[@kikikaikai6731]

可以宣传，不能强迫😂

[@wilts91]

PERFECT

[@monosaver]

You can't advertise your faith to strangers outside a church，But you can discuss it with your friends.

[@habf1]

That's so true. China is pretty open in that sense as long as it doesn't get too powerful.

[@wwbren]

I like it that way.

[@moonlighth8643]

I just discovered your channel by accidents, and I find you are very very funny and nice. I love your humor when communicating with the locals, and I love even more that the locals are so incredibly nice to you guys when you are so open and willing to connect with them. I love sichuan pepper numbing sensation, and you are right you gotta practice on it until one day you become an addict. :)

[@jakelee6699]

There are about 35,000 mosques in China. These mosques are found in all provinces of China, with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region having the most mosques, with about 24,000. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province are also areas with more mosques, with more than 4,000 and 2,500, respectively.China has 28m Muslims, while Saudi Arabia, with 32m, has just 20,000 mosques.This is the so-called Chinese ban on Muslims.

[@PanZheng]

Yes, when young Uyghur women do not want to put on scarves, the Western news says that CCP persecuted the Muslims and destroyed their culture and religion. When young Iranian women burned their scarves, the Western news praised their braveness and human rights. so ironic is it？

[@jhh4360]

我们这清真餐馆禁止有清真的标志，亲眼所见

[@user-wt4jf8bc1t]

@0 你哪个国家的的？我们中国买个牛奶都有清真标志。

[@flansable]

Get off Google apps before your local commissar sees you on it. Don’t talk about freedom of anything in china when you have to hide yourself to just use this app

[@user-sm8gs8ji8r]

来说出地标

[@user-ho1lu4vi5l]

There are more mosques in China’s Xinjiang than in the US, UK, Germany and France combined. I haven’t counted those from the Ningxia Hui（Musilim）Autonomous Region😂😂

[@JetLagWarriors]

Wow, what an incredible stat!

[@jrwkd6114]

@@JetLagWarriors Because there are religious associations in China, all members are registered, including the dojo. If you have a religious certificate, you can be entertained at a religious association. PS: The countries that accuse China of being unfriendly to Islam do not include Islamic countries in the world.

[@grandwonder5858]

In the US mosques are being bombed and Muslims slaughtered, but China with its 45,000 mosques and Muslims being treated as a protected minority is being accused of genociding Muslims by the country that has slaughtered more Muslims than any country in the history of mankind! 🖕

[@herman9255]

I think there are quite a few mosques in 泉州 in Fujian Province, where trade with SE Asia was very prosperous during Ming Dynasty

[@user-hl9vc6dx3v]

@@jrwkd6114你说的很对 但中国不允许公开销售古兰经也不允许邮寄古兰经

[@kuangchen526]

Hello Steve and Ivana. Here are some answer to your quision in the vlog. At 5:14 - 7:38, it is called mirror cake with ross paste (玫瑰镜糕), originated in Xian. It is made from glutinous rice flour and uses different kinds of rice and techniques from mochi. The paste is a ross paste; I'm unsure if it contains any lotus. This particular rice cake street food has some history. Its shape is quite like the round bronze mirror used by the ancient Chinese, called a mirror cake. At 7:39 -12:01, the meat pie is called Samsa (烤包子, which means baked bun in Chinese). It originated in central Asia and is filled with meat and vegetables, often onion and beef/mutton. Also, with the correct ratio of water and flour, the dough will be sticky to stick to the side of the oven. About "Critical Grenade", a clueless, probably silly translation. At 14:03 - 18:25, the bread in soup is Paomo (泡馍), which originated in Shaanxi. It is made of lamb/beef soup and unleavened flatbread (which is why the bread is so dense). Shaanxi people like to shred the flatbread by themself since they can shred the piece as small as they want. The glass noodles are not made from rice starch but green bean/sweet potato starch. At 18:26 - 19:21, the pickled garlic (糖醋蒜) is made with sugar and rice vinegar. It could be eaten alone as a snack or as a side dish with other food.

[@akkmi3324]

牛逼👍

[@adrijonoruddie3467]

I knew it.. It wasnt bread! They didnt look like shred bread. Thanks for explaining it.. God Bless You!e

[@nurturex1115]

课代表！羡慕你的英语水平😂

[@jamieqianqian]

In ancient China, there were followers of Islam, and Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty was a Muslim who gained the trust of the Chinese emperor. I also want to tell everyone that many high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty were Muslims, but China did not implement the integration of politics and religion. Therefore, the Chinese emperor often changed his religious beliefs, for example, he would have several religious leaders compete in spells to see who won and who believed. This also avoids religious wars. For example, in China, the Dragon King is the god in charge of rain. If the emperor requests rain, but the dragon king does not rain, the emperor orders the statue of the dragon king to be tied up and beaten. If God blesses China, the emperor will expand the temple for him. If God is not good to Chinese people, they will cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace and ask God for fairness. For example, the Chinese mythological novel "Journey to the West" tells such a story, so being a god in China is stressful. If the god does not bless, it will be difficult to preach in China.

[@abelz235]

😂

[@user-qe9ty5te5x]

哈哈

[@user-mj7eo6yt8h]

很对 中国人的宗教信仰很奇特😂

[@user-mo8xc3il7g]

哈哈哈 你真可爱❤ 不知道是否是翻译的问题 有点奇怪

[@user-tv9ld6ve7s]

哈哈哈干活的才是【神】，实用主义

[@user-kd7qp5ko7h]

The old city area of the small town where I live covers an area of approximately 4 square kilometers. There are Buddhist temples, Islamic mosques, Christian churches in the city, and Taoist temples on the mountain not far from the city. The youngest building is over 200 years old. People live here with different beliefs and jobs. I have never heard of conflicts between people of different faiths from birth to adulthood, and I never even thought that different faiths would bring conflicts before I started registering for KZbin.

[@lljia-ni7yn]

pretty similar here in the city of Jilin, China

[@yyds7776]

我也是这感觉～不会因为你是不同民族而争执！而是你个人有没有犯错😂😂

[@zztopz9797]

西安老乡吗？

[@user-cl4fv7hs4u]

如果你犯错了，跟宗教无关，也会与别人，或者法律找你麻烦，这不正常吗@@yyds7776

[@gaweil2301]

Like u

[@shinnichien521]

After scrolling through instagram/twitter's horrifying hatred and conflict, your video has always been a resting place for me to remember what it actually looks like - just people living their lives, poor or rich, calm and peacefully together - whether it's bad or it's not, China will always be my only home and it's somehow it's better than everybody think it is - if you're willing to discover. I've been abroad for too long and I miss home too much. Thanks!!

[@Ezekiel903]

my gosh, no clue about reality, try to visit Xinjiang, try to walk around alone and visit Muslim families, see what happens, funny that they us a British to tell you about how good Muslims are living in China!! every muslim should be ashamed of itself to believe that shit!

[@bonbon19977]

I suggest studying 8964 before going to this resting place. Save your life for this taboo.

[@shinnichien521]

@@bonbon19977 hahaha no - just quietly talk with someone you can trust, most ppl born in the 70s and before know abt this. Just don't do it publicly. China has its freedom in a different manner.

[@barryzhao-eb7ce]

@@bonbon19977 lots of shit happened during 70s-80s, we all know that, we support our gov because in the past 20 years we see how fast China has been developing with our own eyes, so no matter how the west media demonize our country or our gov, we won't change our mind, people are people, we can tell whether our gov is doing well or not

[@joshhhh8858]

@@bonbon19977 8964 is actually a riot, educate yourself about the truth when you talk about this next time.

[@adamzhu2313]

It is amazing how positive and understanding you guys are towards countries and cultures. Definitely would watch your videos about other places. Have fun at my hometown (probably you have already left by now 😅)

[@13717_Lee]

@7:40 It is called 烤包子 (Roast Bun) in Chinese, and it is called Samsa in English, a savoury pastry in Xinjiang and also in Central Asian cuisines. It represents a bun stuffed with meat and sometimes with vegetables

[@worldpeace3753]

China 🇨🇳 is the heaven of variety of delicious food, scenic place , very diverse community, peaceful n harmonious, i can’t wait to visit again.

[@tttttian]

I am a Xi'anese who studied in the US. This area is on the older side also because the government doesn't intervene in the lives of minorities. The government used to want to demolish and renovate the area, but because the Muslims didn't agree with it, they didn't intervene anymore. There are more than 56 ethnic minorities in China and all of them have a lot of favorable policies. For example, they get extra points on the college entrance exam (similar to the SAT in the US). Because there are still many ethnic minorities living in areas that are not well developed in terms of education and life, the government gives them preferential treatment. There is a Muslim girl that I knew from this street in my high school, her family sells marinated beef on the street and that alone pays for her schooling in the US. They makes a lot money actually.

[@easttailor2602]

对比起来看，汉族地位太低了

[@user-tj2qj4jc2s]

我们这里也是一样的，回族片区无法进行棚户区改造，很多回族不愿意异地搬迁。最后只进行老旧小区改造，这里的有上百年历史的清真寺几年前也花了大价钱进行了翻修。

[@kimzenx]

至少我们没印第安人那么惨😢

[@kjye3824]

汉族没有统战价值

[@user-qw1gl8vv1s]

@@easttailor2602 所以网上有这么一句话：一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等汉😂

[@9OClockRant]

What I really love about you two, besides the fact that you two are so adorable as a couple, is how adventurous you two are. You two, literally, had zero understanding of the cultures in China, but has been 100% into learning about it by experience. You don’t google things to let people’s opinions affect you. Apple Map relies on sources that is not well represented in China, and Google does not operate in China, so its database is so poor and cannot give good guidance.

[@grandwonder5858]

Google is an anti-China propaganda machine! Just like all of the other US media sites!

[@marimo66666]

isn't Ivana of ethnic chinese? im a bit perplexed how she doesn't understand mandarin chinese in the slightest.. i mean im of ethnic chinese born and bred in Sg, and chinese is my first language. though some of my classmates are bad at it but the basics are still there. pretty sure she's Han chinese? help me understand..

[@jaychou2u409]

@@marimo66666she is Indonesian

[@lm-pw9ul]

Ivana is Indonesian of Chinese descent but she probably can't speak Chinese because Chinese schools were banned by the Indonesian government.

[@gentleman2.061]

I'm following a Korean Muslim. I discovered how he discovered Islam, started being interested in Islam, until conversion. And how he informed his mother. It was a really emotional moment. At first she was angry. But later she just calmed down and accepted it since it was his choice. Since then, he's doing his best to spread Islam in his region. And is raising funds to build a mosque in his city. Those kind of story just reminds me that being born Muslim is a grace and we have to spread it as wide as possible. Because there is none other worthy of worship apart from Allah The one and only GOD !!!

[@jackietam750]

shit

[@gentleman2.061]

@@jackietam750 Meaning ???

[@jackietam750]

GOD is not exist in the real world

[@huaigan2552]

@@InfinityPrem 👍🤣

[@SaraanSarangi]

Dawood kim ❤

[@aklizach5746]

I AM ALGERIAN NORTH AFRICAIN AMAZIGH AND MUSLIM IN SHANGHAI ,,,CHINA IS JUST SO LOVE

[@chaw294]

What an amazing and interesting Muslim food tour along a Muslim street in Xi'an !! It looks like it's worth every yuan spent. Love that Xi'an grand mosque..very unique and historic. Well, Steve lvana, all your episodes from all your China series are really knowledgeable, fun and entertaining. Thanks for sharing 🫰💞

[@jeandescamps1542]

It's so pleasant to see Chinese people smiling,friendly and treat the foreigners so well regardless of the colour of the skin or race etc,,,etc,,, unlike Western countries. One thing that really amazes me is that China's population is 1.4 billions and yet there are no homeless people. How did they do it? It's incredible while US population is only 333 millions a huge country and still we see many homeless people everywhere'. OMG.

[@LeeSkJohn-sv8wi]

Family, friends, government will help homeless. That's human nature that the west lack.

[@user-dm2me4ll9t]

We help homeless people find jobs, instead of driving them away.

[@phantom8660]

The most lovely couple I've met on KZbin, so open-minded, full of curiosity. Definitely inspired me to travel more often, and to experience different cultures ❤

[@GS-pg5qz]

Thats a bowl of Pao Mo - meat soup (either goat or beef) with crumbled bread boiled together. Its a specialty in Xi'an and one of my favorite dishes - you should have it with pickled garlic. The meat pies you had before that are baked bao - they had beef or lamb versions.

[@michishige123]

Kao Baozi(烤包子, Baked Baozi Bun) is also very famous in most western/northwestern provinces in China, easily found in Xinjiang, Gansu, and other places.

[@alicefung6758]

Steve u r right. The shopkeepers hardly care if the shoppers have paid or not. Obviously they r operating on a successful honor system

[@haikeyi6285]

这是一种信任 56个民主的信任❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-ib4qv1on8h]

Salute

[@bonbon19977]

China has no democracy.😂 Try to say 8964 in Beijing and have a test....Look forward to such a video😂

[@antonyjun5758]

@@bonbon19977 yep. u ask those who initiated the “Occupy Wall Street” movement & now sealed in concrete pillars.

[@bonbon19977]

@@antonyjun5758 it shows US is a place more friendly for speech and market economy.

[@user-rm8hy6wf9y]

The food looks delicious. I'm planning to visit Muslims bothers in China 🇨🇳 Greetings from Yemen 🇾🇪 ❤

[@the1onlynoob]

IS THIS BEEF? Chinese guy: umm.... maaaeeehhhh oh, its lamb. This exchange got me. Man when language works it works.

[@dylanshaynes1147]

有很多讲述真实中国生活的youtuber被扣上了“为中国政府服务”的罪名，《BBC》《纽约时报》、《经济学人》，还有法国和德国的主流媒体都写过类似的报道，让这些youtuber受到了巨大的压力和威胁。如果你以后收到这些欧美主流媒体的采访，一定要谨慎小心。

[@hkwong74531]

現在他們很難逐一地針對，因爲太多老外youtuber在拍真實的中國，而且收視都不錯。 某程度上，大陸開放很多國家旅客免簽，的確是有效果的。

[@anuochang9708]

未来来的博主越多，真相被揭晓的就越快。​@@hkwong74531

[@user-tm3et2yi9m]

@@hkwong74531 不过毕竟是别人的宣传地盘想要占领优势还是难

[@anuochang9708]

@@senlinmao 我知道你说的是哪个博主，我正在看他们的视频，不用担心，每个国家的国情不同，不用指望仅仅通通短暂的旅行就对一个国家有深入了解，只要他们还对中国有兴趣，继续去了解中国，一切只是时间而已。

[@anuochang9708]

@@senlinmao 好的我会去看的，其实这种不可避免的，林子大了什么鸟都有，能把重庆棒棒理解成“武器”，真不能指望通过他们自己的理解把中国的国情解释的多清楚。

[@hangzeng1491]

Xi'an is called the capital of carbohydrates in China, so the food are more like to be heavy. In fact, the bread/glass noodle/meat soup is a famous dish called "牛肉泡馍/羊肉泡馍". The bread thing is acutally non-fermented dough, so the density is very high. And glass noodles can be made from either pea or mung bean. Traditionally, people would tear a whole bread into pieces themselves when the cook prepares the meat soup, and then add the bread pieces into the soup after the soup is served on the table. Apparently, the cook had done the tearing work for you.

[@georgejesson1944]

Westerners call dough in soup "dumplings".

[@hangzeng1491]

The dough is baked first before added into soup, so it is more like bread although unfemented😂@@georgejesson1944

[@bonbon19977]

Actually you can have a better one in London😂

[@user-fm7wr7si3u]

葫芦头泡馍，一生挚爱。哪一家的葫芦头泡馍都好吃，差别是辣子香不香。

[@user-gf7eu5ys5c]

​@@georgejesson1944Dumplings are made up of the outer dough and the inner filling, and dough is not called dumplings

[@grouchypatch9185]

Japonised word mochi factually originated from. Fujinese/Hokkien 'muachi'. There are thousands of Chinese loanwords being used in both SK and japan.

[@jesjes5255]

ramen derives from mben

[@PhiloSurfer]

Curiously, most of the loan words in Japan and Korea are from Hokkien (Fujian/ Min Nan) dialect. On top of this, Japan and Korea adopted wholesale the Mandarin language - Kanji in Japan and Hanja in Korea.

[@ariannacheung3888]

Good insight of this question! It's because the Hokkien dialect has remained a lot of ancient Chinese pronunciation, compared to the mandarin we speak today. The write of Chinese characters (Kanji/Hanji) has not changed a lot, but the pronunciation is changing through the long history.

[@DucaTech]

Yes, lots of Japanese word pronunciation stems from Minan dialect.

[@zuriyel5368]

There are also a lot of Cantonese words that are the same in Korean.

[@chszh3737]

Thanks to you lovely couple👍I followed your trip day by day in Xi'an. It's really exciting and amusing😄.I haven't gone back to there for 5 years. It makes me laugh seeing you two trying the most popular Muslim food in the city or even in the whole province, the soaked bread with mutton. Actually you guys are lucky enough not to miss the city-label gourmet. It's even more famous than Xi'an hamburger. There's a saying that you can't say you have been to Xi'an without eating Yang Rou Pao Mo(soaked bread with mutton). I believe it's a reward to your kindness and open heart. You deserve the delicious food. Good luck!

[@dan339dan]

As a Chinese, I've never seen Islamic-Chinese fusion architecture before. The Arabic phrases laid out in Chinese character format on the various pillars look so interesting.

[@michellezhang4191]

OMG， the food at 5：50 is my childhood memory. There used to be a old man sell it outside of our school and I really love it Haven't seen it in years even in my hometown. Missed it so much.😮

[@MusicforMe123]

You hear so much negativity about China but now with your help, my eyes are opened to the real China. In the beginning, your posts were like a vacation, but now they are more like documentaries, what makes it interesting is that you use food as the universal language we all have in common. Such interesting topics as we tag along on your journey.

[@WAW90]

中国很大很复杂，并且还在发展。中国尽力在外部压力下快速改善自己的不足。希望更多追求真相的人能全面了解中国和中国人为了改善生活所作出的努力。

[@bonbon19977]

Just a food trip for visitors. Not bad. It is a proof of nothing in China.😂 Why don't you visit the refugee muslim of Uyghur in London. You are cheating.

[@tonjjjmol]

如果你学会了汉语，在这生活了几年，你会发现更有趣

[@bonbon19977]

Search Winnie the pooh china. More interesting

[@user-uu7eo7dt9p]

​@@bonbon19977就是个国家领导的蔑称，有什么有意思的，还想让英语区的人为你们的幼稚行为鼓掌？

[@ziyangao1272]

Undeniably, China has mandated students to learn Mandarin in education, but this is also to enable people from different regions with significant cultural differences to communicate with each other.

[@user-zk5zv3en4s]

English is not required in the United States, I am just curious?

[@ziyangao1272]

It is clear that if you want to enter a university in the United States to receive higher education, then you must pass the SAT exam conducted in English. Moreover, for non-English-speaking immigrants from Asia and places like Mexico, it is difficult to carry out daily life in the United States without mastering English. (Unless they live permanently within their local communities.)

[@sammuell3100]

Mandarin was first implemented not for the minority races, but for Han Chinese who speak different dialects to be able to communicate with each other.

[@hansenzhang1034]

从小到大，小学，中学，高中基本是使用本地方言，到了大学，研究生自然而然使用普通话。这不是强制性的，而是看你面对的群体是本地的还是外地的多。

[@Answer01]

你怎么不说我们还从小就要学习英语呢 英语还是高考必考项目呢

[@onlywei]

Lamb skewers are the #1 most popular street food in China. The Xinjiang style Lamb Skewers are the most well known.

[@NoorKhan-786]

Cool video. Mostly seems about food, which I enjoyed seeing all the halal foods. Wondering if the mosque was in use, or basically a museum? Did you guys get to Xinjiang. Love to hear more about Kashgar, and Uyghurs. I'm with you on how the food sticks to the side of the tandoor. Pretty amazing technique. Enjoy!

[@user-io9hy1ki9i]

我生活在中国江苏一个小县城，县城人口90多万，县城就有清真寺，回民穆斯林大概几千人，清真寺是政府给土地，给钱建设的。还专门给穆斯林免费的墓地，其他民族墓地基本都是要钱的，我老婆就是回族，家里有事都要去清真寺请阿訇的。 新疆我没去过，但是周围朋友同事很多去过新疆，现在新疆非常安全，发展也快，百姓安居乐业。7.5恐怖事件以后，中国政府确实改变思路了，就是让新疆人掌握技术，学习文化知识，除了新疆本土语言还要学汉语，这样的好处就是方便新疆人交流并且走出，能挣到钱，挣到钱，有文化，就不会被蛊惑成恐怖分子，有了钱就安居乐业。这样的方法你可以对比以色列对加沙方法

[@HackerHacker-bh2xv]

Islam banned in China? I would like to ask which country in this world except China has Halal canteens on their aircraft carriers?

[@dongiovanni8899]

India?🤔

[@jrwkd6114]

@@dongiovanni8899 😂

[@cy8cg2mj4w]

@@dongiovanni8899 You want to laugh me to death🤣

[@zishanzen]

@@dongiovanni8899 印度的宗教战争了解一下

[@nutzhazel]

That what the West had been advertising in the West, and Steve and Ivana merely talking about the misinformation they had received from the West.

[@user-kt2gc8lo1h]

In fact, China is a country with the best integration of various ethnic groups, and ethnic minorities often have more privileges than the Han people.

[@XiaoPiZhu96]

Ethnic minorities can get ten extra points in the college entrance examination，As a Han Chinese, I am very envious of their having this right.😂😂😂😂

[@antahug]

@@XiaoPiZhu96true, but they face more difficulties than we think

[@rosamondejiang4401]

@@XiaoPiZhu96 ethnici minorities were also allowed to have more than one child when there was one child policy lol

[@yyds7776]

​@@XiaoPiZhu96我小时候～哥哥从云南回来说～那里少数民族杀两人才判死刑！汉人杀一人即判死刑！我虽小但很惊讶！那里f得到第一个关于少数民族的信息！第二个！藏族可以随便带刀～第三个高中同学户籍在西藏～她的成绩和我的成绩差二百分！她上了交大😂😂😂😂

[@user-bz9kd5kq9v]

有啥困难啊，回族来武汉做生意都是优先照顾​，息屏的时候所有店铺封了也不管少数民族的店铺，已经是赤裸裸的人上人了@@antahug

[@nicky12951]

The mosque shows in the end part of this video is a good example about how well Islam religion is integrated with Chinese culture, which I believe is difficult to happen within a monotheistic Christian civilization. Since ancient times, when dealing with foreign religions, Chinese has wisdom to integrate foreign religions and Chinese culture to realize harmonious coexistence. When there is a chance you could visit Niujie Mosque (牛街礼拜寺) in Beijing, which is also a building combined Islamic religion and Chinese style architecture.

[@uwang982]

True 👍👍👍

[@fatdoi003]

also the Huaisheng Mosque @ Guangzhou.... one of oldest mosques in the world

[@tccrabyoguy5799]

@@zackk4969 希望你不要污染这里的环境，你不知道这真的很让人讨厌吗？

[@zackk4969]

@@tccrabyoguy5799 美国油管

[@zackk4969]

@@tccrabyoguy5799 US is more diversified than Chiiina!!!

[@angkonvibes]

Love China from Bangladesh 🇨🇳🖤🇧🇩

[@truth6242]

Fake post.

[@ahmett9207]

Quran, Surah (110) النصر In The Name of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,(1) And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes, (2) Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.(3)

[@siripeng2525]

I think the next station for you is Xinjiang, the place in China has most of the misunderstanding, but it is really beautiful!!!!!

[@windsong3wong828]

Been to Xinjiang….beautiful.

[@peanut0brain]

"misunderstandings" created by western lies and accusations

[@user-zl1tg9os3y]

不是在中国有最多的误解，而是被西方国家抹黑造谣最多的地区。

[@user-zl1tg9os3y]

不是在中国有最多的误解，而是被西方国家抹黑造谣最多的地区。

[@pr0newbie]

Xi An looks like a culinary heaven. You get middle-eastern food and also those fused with Chinese cuisine. I can imagine it being an amazing place for Muslim people to experience China.

[@debraxu6946]

The entire northwest of China - that’s Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu and Shaanxi - is good travel destination for Muslim tourists as it has a large Muslim population.

[@lolalee6256]

I'm from Gansu living in Shanghai, miss the food there every day lol, Shanghai is a culinary desert in comparison😭@@debraxu6946

[@SteveSteveYu]

As a Chinese, what I want to say is that the Chinese government does not actually care about religion or ethnicity. It only cares about the stability of the regime. You can think of China as an ancient feudal empire. The goal of the government is to maintain rule. Ethnic issues are just a tool to maintain stability. If necessary, the government will even take the initiative to create conflicts among various ethnic groups to allow the people to divert their anger towards the government. Europeans and Americans have always looked at China's social issues according to your own thinking habits, such as the classic human rights issue in Xinjiang. European and American media always attack the CCP on ethnic issues, but in fact it is just the government cracking down on separatist forces. I do not support the Chinese Communist Party, but I hope that Westerners can criticize the Chinese government from a more correct perspective, so that can truly help the Chinese people.

[@PhotonX86]

I am glad to see there are more and more comments down below，hoping more and more people to have the right idea about theChina ,compared to that they were told before.

[@aftereffects00]

There is no widespread Islamophobia in China; there is no racism, as every race respects each other, which makes China a special country.

[@HotPromptHub]

Islamophobia? What the hell is that? Nope, we don't have what you call Islamophobia.

[@kingswordsc]

When I see people brainwashed by Western media, I feel that the West has now completely degenerated into an ideological authoritarian government

[@monipenny408]

as a westerner my mind is totally blown, it would take at least another century to de program my mind from all the propaganda taught at western institutions and govt policies. On close investigations, almost everything the west propagate about China is either faked or disinformation!!!!

[@defaultname354]

​@HotPromptHub something that was made up by the west. Remember Terrorist ? But seems like everything that's unamerican is terrorism to them anyway.

[@user-ss6uw2pf7e]

Read clearly what others say before replying. @@HotPromptHub

[@klchai7884]

The following article is written by Ismail Bashmori, he is an Egyptian China watcher. The truth is that China is the greatest country on the face of the earth. It makes all other countries look insignificant and contemptible. It is the most brilliant, most industrious, most ambitious, most educated, meritocratic and technocratic, most modern, sophisticated, and civilised, and best-governed by far. . It is the first non-white, non-Western country to reach this status since the 1600s. The determination of this country is indescribable. Supernatural. There is no force that can stop it from accomplishing anything it wants to do. It doesn’t matter who we are. Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Indians, Africans, even Americans. Next to the Chinese, we are pathetic. We can’t do what they do. We would have a mountain, an Everest of changes to make, and we would whine and bicker and fail at every one of them. China’s story since the 1980s has been one of an almost divine metamorphosis. Next to China the entire Western world from Alaska to New Zealand has stagnated. Next to China the entire developing world from Brazil to Madagascar has progressed only at a crawl. China is the mother of all gargantuan bullet trains. Every day it manages to create something new and astonishing. And unlike the United States, unlike the British Empire, unlike the French, Dutch, Germans, Spanish, Portuguese or any other Western nation that had its turn at being a superpower in the past four centuries, China doesn’t need to run anybody over or take something from somebody else, to rise majestically. China is also standing up to the West all by herself. The West can’t believe their four-hundred-year-old global supremacy is being challenged. They hoped that the more China developed, the more it would submit to their influence, interests, and leadership. That didn’t happen. So now they will do anything possible, short of a nuclear war, to make China end. Their goal is to destroy this country. That’s why, although the United States has killed several million people and turned several regions of the earth into hellscapes. China is the worst fear of our planet’s Western masters. They want you to despise and dread a country that’s done nothing to you, that hasn’t invaded anyone, bombed or sanctioned anyone, that hasn’t overthrown any foreign government, or used its military on anything since 1979. China is the only major country in the nonwhite developing world, to stand up to the West. To look it in the eye when challenged or threatened. The Global South are simply Western puppets who submitted long ago. Even the most powerful ones. Saudi Arabia, Brazil, India. The 1500s-1000s BC were Egypt’s time. Antiquity belonged to the Greeks and Romans. The 1700s belonged to France, and the 1800s to Britain. From 1945 to the present, the world has been under American overlordship. And they call it the Pax Americana but there isn’t much Pax in it. There’s plenty of Pax if you’re in Europe or Australia. But the Middle East? Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran and Yemen in the past 20 years. Latin America? They’ve destroyed that part of the world beyond any hope of recovery. Africa? It’s only been spared because of disinterest. The US sees Africa as nothing. The whole West does. But in the twenty-first century, we are witnessing the rise of China. We are decades away from China becoming the greatest power on earth. This will be China’s time, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Attack China all you want, curse her and monger rumours and hysteria - but the truth is that none of your accusations are backed up by evidence. The Western press is under the thumb of Western governments that want to stay on top of the world for eternity. And the truth is that China is not affected by the noise and maneuvers of her enemies. For her first thirty years, from 1949 to 1979, China was basically blockaded and isolated economically and politically by the West. It didn’t even have a seat in the UN General Assembly. And it was dirt-poor in those days, barely a speck of the global economy, a tiny fraction of Japan’s or Germany’s GDP - not even able to prevent famine. And it still didn’t submit to pressure or take any orders. Why on earth would it do that now? China will be the next global power. There’s nothing that can be done about that. The first stage is that its economy only needs to grow at 4.7 percent per year to become the world’s largest by 2035. That means the usual, historical bare-minimum of 6 percent is already overkill. The US can build as many bases as it wants, slap as many sanctions as it wants, recognise whatever bogus genocides it wants. That’s what it’s been doing all along. Has any of it made a difference? China can adapt to any situation. It took China a mere ten years to go from being barred by the US Congress from participating in the “International” Space Station, to building its own Space Station from zero. Above only part of the article, you can read the full article under the following link. www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/4459/west-can-t-believe-nor-accept-china-s-progress/?fbclid=IwAR3aJYSZC3rbUgM1NwHCO73XxnNzNkJPa9wrSsFp-4KMxTozuJiHBwLJDXU

[@MyWrong]

Yes 😊

[@felixjordan3514]

A very good explanation. You are smart and well-educated. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@GreetingsEarth]

It could be difficult for people without Alipay or wechat pay. Many places are cashless, they accept cash but might not have change.

[@jaydenwu8045]

in china, we also have a lot of christians, in my hometown, we have a lot of churchs

[@peanut0brain]

FYI the "Christian churches" in Hong Kong were used to brainwash the locals to hate China

[@user-cw2dm4gj1n]

where u lived, there is a church named"应许堂" in front of my house.

[@peanut0brain]

@@user-cw2dm4gj1n we have to be careful of the Cia influence. In hk, they used the Christian churches to brainwash people to hate China. I bet the same in Philippines !

[@truth6242]

They have to bow to Xi to keep their religion though.

[@amberyao6493]

China is pretty open and tolerate to all religions, But there is one important principle: religion can't interfere politics

[@almanduku9043]

Are you sure about that?

[@ColdCicada]

yes @@almanduku9043

[@Carpenter_678]

yes,for sure.In China, the government permits the practice of globally recognized religions, with the exception of cults, under the condition that they refrain from political interference and coercive proselytization. Additionally, China, being a predominantly secular state driven by pragmatism, views religion more as a tool than a fundamental belief.@@almanduku9043

[@user-lf5bx2iy8b]

​@@almanduku9043确实

[@almanduku9043]

@@user-lf5bx2iy8b Sen bizi gerizekalı mı sandın dostum? İnançlar dümdüz yasak, tiran rejimi var orada.

[@gentleman2.061]

About the history of Islam in China. It all began during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). When four companions of the prophet : Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Jahsh ibn Riyab, and another one reached ancient China by sea during the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279). They preached Islam and converted a massive number of people. As proof, The Ding Zhou Mosque has an inscription dated to 1348 recording that Sahaba Sa'd Waqqas had brought Islam to China. Since then, Islam continued spreading in china. Even when some were against it. Nowadays, there are around 20 million Muslims in china. And the greatest concentration of Muslims is in Xinjiang, which contains a significant Uyghur population. (May God give them resilience!)

[@garethl738]

At 5:32, the lady said “meigui”, which means rose. I imagine that steamed pastry has rose petals or rose flavoured extract.

[@YuanminCai]

And the glass noodle is not made from rice but from green bean. Also very common Chinese cuisine ingredient.

[@willengel2458]

Mung Beans.

[@abdot604]

whaaaaaaaaaat! so not glass!... crazy.

[@MengLan678]

It’s baked buns , they have mutton or beef. Each ¥5 is cheap ! The “ bread “ in the soup was nan, they cooked in the soup and eat like porridge 😊 it’s delicious!! Superb in a cold day! Glass noodles are made from potato starch . Enjoy !

[@tianmuding8901]

What Ivana ordered is called mutton paomo - bread in water with mutton. It origins from a travel food. Travellers carry dry bread and when it is time to eat they shred it into small pieces and soften it in hot water. Then restaurants introduced this food and added more tasty ingredients.

[@Yasin_Affandi]

What a very interesting content of this video. Thank you Steve, Ivana for showing and sharing your explorations in Xian, China.

[@linwoodhucse628]

more interesting stuff in the title. 'People' can mean 'nobody'.

[@kirbyt11]

Can't wait for your trip to Xinjiang, Kashgar or Urumji ❤️♥️✌️ Beautiful cities 👍👍 Thank you for sharing,👍👍👍

[@danielbecker4365]

50km west of Cheng Du, a Muslim city. In Lhassa, Uighur restaurant, very friendly.

[@user-wn7sw3bw2x]

Hi there, in the 9th minute of the video, we can see SAMSA being baked in TANDIR, it's national dish of many Turkish nations, including Uyghur, Uzbek, Kirgiz and so on, as soon as I saw it, I realized it😊

[@revenchou8798]

Except for some cult things that would endanger people's lives and property, religion is not banned in China. People have the freedom to believe in not to believe in religions. Some restrictions on religious activities are intended to prevent religion from getting involved in politics.

[@lVHVl]

在中国只有邪教，比如法轮公是被禁止的，因为这个法轮功教别人自焚😢

[@MusicforMe123]

That sounds a lot like the separation of church and state.

[@jrwkd6114]

@@MusicforMe123 We all agree with Confucian culture. In thousands of years of tradition, we believe that the most respected are always heaven, earth, kings, family members, and masters! God is not among them.

[@dlcc012david]

Especially Falun gong cult, a dangerous cult that r ban

[@taboobunny9186]

Falun Gong..for example, is banned in China..ever since its ban, the cult has moved its HQ to the US, and has been spreading anti-China propaganda on social media and through their own newspaper The Epoch Times.

[@delivycho8931]

In China, religious belief is free. But the premise is that your religious beliefs should not endanger the physical and mental health of yourself and others. In addition, because the Communist Party believes in Marxism, and Marxism believes that religious belief is idealism, so if you join the Communist Party of China, you cannot have religious belief. If you do not join the Communist Party, your beliefs are free.

[@kunchen3278]

im not sure that true, because during the party's meeting you can see people from all religion joining

[@user-kf3zv8ps6q]

​@@kunchen3278 You are talking about the National People's Congress, which is composed of people from various industries and ethnic groups. The Communist Party of China does not allow its members to have religious beliefs. If I know that a party member has attended a religious gathering, I will report them to the party supervision authority because they are not qualified to be a Communist Party member.

[@toz7712]

@@kunchen3278 That is another meeting not CCP's meeting. It is a different one that CCP will group representatives from different parties with different religious for discussion before it makes the country's important decisions.

[@toz7712]

@@kunchen3278 and it is also possible that you are referring the peoples' representative meeting, in that one, true, there are people from all religion as long as they are the selected representatives by people.

[@Doublackrice]

@@kunchen3278 you may think that there is only one CCP in China, but in fact there are many other parties and religious figures participating in the political consultation.

[@isoldel9313]

I'm in Modena Italy now.. it's like the tortellini here in broth. yesterday i just told my Italian colleague how similar Italian and Chinese cuisine are

[@kunchen3278]

not to brag, china is so vast, and each of the 56 ethinic tribes cultures are drastically different. no matter what kind of food, we have something similar.

[@clearheaded5696]

Thanks to Marco Polo

[@charleneji6759]

Over two decades ago there was an article on the Time magazine with a feature story of Chinese manufacturing vs. Italian manufacturing. The article lists some similarities between the two peoples--both love noodles, eat every part of a pig, Italian and Chinese men are both very close to their mothers, and they make a lot of sense to me. I myself noticed another difference when touring Italy, both ppls talk loudly. 😁

[@養殖台蛙]

吃什么是根据环境决定的，你说得饺子是面点类食物基本上北方人吃的多，南方人吃的一般都是大米，比如以米为原料制作的年糕北方人就很少吃。

[@harryzhang1511]

Sometimes I just joke about Italy is like EU China (at least Han ppl) or vice versa as the food is so similar and we both put so much emphasis on family😂

[@zztopz9797]

Religions ! I grew up in this area and I can tell how the free vibe for the local people, In the beginning, 0:52 It's the most famous Taoism local temple in Xi'an call Cheng huang miao. 300 Meters to the South ,The Five Star Street Church is the major Christian church in Xi'an city. Then 500 meters to the North , Xi Wu Tai, The beautiful and historic buddism temple . Also you can find lots of mosques in alleies. The last one You have to remember, 500 meters to the East , The Cyber punk religion: The best clubs in Xi'an City😂

[@DucaTech]

The oldest mosque is actually in Guangdong province, the Huaisheng Mosque built by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in 627 AD. The Arabs traveled to China not only through the land silk route, but also by sea across the Indian Ocean, through the Malacca Straight, and upwards the South China Seas. The Great Admiral Zheng He of the Great Treasure Fleet during the Ming Dynasty was also a Hui Muslim from Yunnan.

[@dutchmcro]

Cool!!! How about in todays world? How about the uyghur people and the so called "Reïntegration camps"? And so on...

[@cresent1]

​@dutchmcro don't you understand english. everything is answered in comments. Many countries have problems with minorities, china too have some problems with minorities. But China is safe for muslims, its not like israel or india

[@cresent1]

Thanks a lot for the information

[@dutchmcro]

@@cresent1 Im not saying that it is not save for Muslims to visite or to travel, my point is the uyghur people are not treated equally 🤷‍♂️ whats so difficult to understand about that

[@dutchmcro]

@garycai translation? 😂

[@chuankityap6160]

Love your videos‼️ You are adventurous and willing to try new things.

[@White4Nike]

I'm from China, and in the city where I live there are Orthodox churches, as well as mosques and Buddhist temples. My classmates also have ethnic minorities who believe in Islam. Actually China is very tolerant of religion, we can believe in many religions. For example, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Taoism. Of course, most of my friends are atheists.

[@davidrichards1741]

I'm a westerner too who has had boots on the ground in China and asia. Kudos for your open-mindedness and reporting honestly what you experience. So, should we believe western media or our lying eyes?

[@deanzaZZR]

Sadly I think Ivana is one of the generation in Indonesia when Chinese schools were illegal so she is robbed of her linguistic heritage.

[@nicky12951]

When Indonesian government banned Chinese language education in Indonesia, those Chinese Indonesians' right for learning their mother language was deprived, where were these western media at then. Western media paraded themself as valuing diversity so much, why did they all keep silent when Indonesian government banned Chinese language education?

[@LW78321]

It was a sad and incredibly difficult time for Chinese people in Indonesia then

[@PL22-JudgeDredd]

She is too young to have lived in that era. She probably grew up in Canada and didn't bother to learn about the history and situation in East & South East Asia.

[@jimingchan6384]

Also the ethnic cleansing of Indonesian Chinese by Muslim fanatics during the Soekarno and Suharto regimes 😢

[@vangpham2514]

not only that, when her family moved to N America, these young kids take on western culture and completly abandon their own Asian heritage and values, I know because I too came from SE asia in the same situation but as i grew older, I realized the Western values is not compatible to me

[@kimmeelee9758]

Brilliant commentary from Steve & Ivana! Thanks for showing the world the real China!!

[@abcdeg5649]

wow! 9:50 kao bao zi! kao = baked bao zi = baozi didn't know this kind of Baozi existed till 2 years ago when i bumped into a xinjiang restaurant somewhere in Beijing. Love it! If u like lamb, definitely try this!

[@steventan2550]

Enjoyed watching your videos. Steve is always so energetic and positive. Wish you could add captions of names of streets or eateries featured in the your videos for the benefit of viewers who intend to visit China.

[@junsong1356]

并不需要这样做,他们选择的大多数都是街头的普通食物，食物在各个地方并不相同, 同时各地有各地的特点,只要你想尝试,每分钟都可以吃到不同的.

[@user-of4jb2ei3p]

你是我第一个在外网刷到对中国没有偏见的博主，我已经对你的账号进行了阅订了，真的谢谢你对外传播真正的中国，因为再次以前外国人对中国有太多的误解，是你为我们澄清了一切，谢谢你！

[@user-of4jb2ei3p]

@panda00520因为我们是社会主义国家，他们是资本主义国家，他们对我们的敌意就很大，从他们的教育和媒体开始就一直抹黑我们，使得他们的人民一开始就对我们的印象不好，说我们这不好那不好，当年的苏联就是这样分裂的，我相信，我们不会是下一个苏联，因为我们很团结！

[@zackk4969]

Chiina has baanned Youutube and baanned egg fried rice! 2

[@invisibleobserver513]

@@zackk4969 YT banned in China,but egg fried rice... ok stay in your world.

[@zejunsong4629]

@@zackk4969 nah nah naaaahhhahhhh, yt doesnt want to follow the china law, so it leave, it simple as you want me to take off my shoes in your house, but i dont want to , so i leave.

[@zackk4969]

@@zejunsong4629 Why do you still like to go to yt when it doesn't follow Ciina law? Do you support yt?

[@amandagrant4331]

In China, religious belief is free.

[@yudiji1596]

In PRC's 70 years , Religious Beliefs are completely free, except that the propagation/publicity of religion in public is prohibited -- this leads to interference in the spiritual realm and free time of others, and can lead to vicious competition and the erosion of independence of thought by material realm. Although during some CR time alot of atheistic people do attacked religious places, but that's in some kind of anarchy, so you cant really against the mass.

[@SpeedingRaccoon]

我在中国读大学时，清真食堂是我们学校最好吃的食堂😂我的好朋友是哈萨克族，我天天跟着她去清真食堂吃。我真的超级喜欢清真菜。我在澳洲读大学时，学校没有专门卖清真食物的商店，我同学只能一个个看菜单看他们能不能吃。

[@BunnyMin88]

我在中国读大学的时候 大学里就有清真食堂 并且那里的食物比别的食堂好吃 我每个星期都跑去几趟吃 虽然离我住的宿舍有点远! 我也认识几个穆斯林朋友 我们这些汉族对少数民族都很喜欢 因为好像刻在骨子里的 要好好照顾少数民族的朋友! 我的朋友也经常送给我们家里秘制的牛肉羊肉给我们吃! 现在还记得那个味道 真是人间美味!

[@ireneserrano4570]

The old mosque of Xi'An is beautiful!! i was there a few years ago! the muslim quarters qith their delicious food! I also visited the park, and danced a bit with agrouo of Hui, their music reminded me a bit of flamenco!😊

[@hkoljsm]

She said “Mei Quai…Rose!” and not “Lotus”, that‘s why it tasted flowery!😊😊

[@zztopz9797]

It's dry rose flakes in honey.

[@Esther-cw3zq]

I laughed so hard when yall found the way to say lamb and communicated through hahahaa. Also great choice 羊肉泡馍 ( the lamb and bread soup) is my FAVORITE food in Xi'an! Glad you liked it too hahaahha

[@joneslo5572]

Don't believe all political regurgitations, investigate and see for yourself. There are many different religions in China being practiced.

[@MubinaMulla-bq3vh]

Love chines muslim from India 🇮🇳 ❤️

[@electromagic-uh1sq]

兄弟，印度的咖喱是怎么做的？我们这边有个印度师傅开的餐厅，咖喱非常好吃😋

[@frf1670]

The mochi thing you got is not made with lotus filling. They said rose as in the rose flower hehe. Probably rose water mixed with some kinda of sweet filling, hence the floral flavor

[@whosyourdaddy5719]

its meat floss. Meat floss pronunciation in Chinese is similar to "rose", they weren't speaking English, simply just Chinese

[@frf1670]

@@whosyourdaddy5719 nah the vendor literally said “miegui” in Chinese which means rose. Also meat floss would not work as a steamed dish lol

[@zztopz9797]

I am a local people from Xi'an，That black thing on the top of rice pudding indeed call Mei gui means Rose . It's kind of sugar syrup made of dry rose and honey😁

[@user-zq4zi5ly8r]

@@whosyourdaddy5719 It couldn't be 'meat floss' as Ivana said the flavor was a mix of flower and dates, so it's definitely 'rose'.

[@MsFancia]

I think that mochi sticky rice cake thing; the filling is not lotus paste but rose paste; that's why you get that perfumey fragrance. I kind of heard the seller in the background said 'mei gui hua' which is rose in english. I could be wrong though but rose paste is not strange in chinese food, I think Yunnan people also use rose paste / jam for filling in their pastry.

[@user-zq4zi5ly8r]

Yeah, you are right, the seller did say 'rose' which was misheard as 'lotus'. Ivana later described the flavor as a mix of flower and dates, which is as romantic as roses.^_^

[@SamsungGalaxy-zb4wq]

My Indonesian friend live in Xi'an and marry to a local. She is a Muslim and happy living in China. Her KZbin channel is MamaMimi di China 😂😂😂

[@user-cd9dt5jz3s]

2:04 They are talking about how to say “lamb” in English that’s so cute🤣

[@chankaan888]

CNN and BBC told me: The sun cannot shine in China, and China only has night and no day.

[@robleyusuf2566]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-ll7ci7rk3g]

😢😂

[@darth.severuss]

There are Yankee believes it.

[@greentea8852]

The sky is not blue, the trees are grey, the buildings are old, bicycles everywhere, etc.

[@wooble73]

As someone from the uk, the bbc doesn’t say this

[@YongLi-np3wg]

10:07 This is kaobaozi 烤包子 or grilled dumpling. An Uyghur traditional food from Xinjiang. It serves in two flavors mutton and beef. Yours should be mutton since you didn't make the choice. The receipt is very simple: fresh mutton, onion, cumin. The secret is the meat. It has to be very tender lamb. The "rice" is actually sliced onion.

[@JetLagWarriors]

Sliced onion! Ah, ok. I couldn't identify it, but it was very good. So good, that we ordered another :)

[@stephen8698]

Chinese is not a race/ethnicity. Just like “American”, “Chinese” is a nationality or cultural recognition. There are many ethnicities in China. China also have Chinese that looks like Arabian or white people etc. and they also think they are Chinese. It’s so weird that people think Chinese look the same.

[@panchoguillermo1506]

Akin to how ignorants think all black people look alike. 🤔

[@hanchiman]

There are many different "Chinese Muslims" in China. Uighurs are just a tiny part of them, the largest Chinese Muslims are basically Hui, not to mention many famous historical Chinese has been from Hui. Like Zheng He from Ming Dynasty originally named Ma He, but got a new name by the Emperor after he become an Eunuch

[@Joselina197]

10:42 it's a baked baozi, which is basically a chinese bun with meat or other fillings. But I've never seen a baozi with rice! Very interesting

[@ryanzhang701]

Hope you guys could visit Chengdu soon, both Chongqing and Xi’an are not that far from Chengdu.

[@teddyteh7704]

if I'm not mistaken, Xi'an, china is the beginning of the silk road, from china - Middle Eastern - Europe. you can google Silk Road and you will understand more on Xi an. China has a very long history and till today, china still growing strong. therefore, china need to do what is best for them to stay until this day. the level of acceptance, tolerance and etc. you could not imagine.

[@dinotin1984]

There need more travellers like you guys to inform the whole world the facts.

[@Mike-bt3ki]

@10:15 "kaobao" has mutton inside. The muslim minorities use a lot of mutton in their food. Noodle dishes, rice dishes etc. usually have mutton in them not lamb. You'll see a lot of tumeric and cumin being used which is not like the food you'll find in eastern parts of China like Shanghai, Beijing, Canton region etc.

[@YuanminCai]

the thing you ate is named as ”roast dumpling”.xinjiang style snack. Inside is beef and onion.

[@user-eg9qf2xy9k]

包子≠饺子

[@manasch9349]

KaoBaoZi， don't need to translate it

[@zztopz9797]

lamb mostly

[@KamFung]

it said "清真"..it means no pork for Muslim.

[@13717_Lee]

这玩意有自己的英文名 叫Samsa，不仅新疆有，中亚那几个斯坦也吃

[@willywooca]

Fan from Toronto, Great video! If you have time in China, you should go to these 2 places. Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient Town, Most Beautiful Town in China The Incredible Old Town of Lijiang, China's Most Famous Old Town | Yunnan, China