Why do Americans Love Living in China?

Many Americans live in China and many of them love living here. I have been in China for 12 years now and I am filming a series about living here. In this video, I will give 12 reasons Americans love living in China and I have asked some creator friends to help me with this video. You can check out their channels below and I would love it if you subscribed to their channels to spread positive China vibes.
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[@JamesandKeli]

Thank you so much for including us in the video! It’s a great way to share different perspectives of live here in China 😊

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for sending your videos and being part of the collab!

[@kohyinseng7905]

Well done. Keep it up. Blessings.

[@chengtan5598]

@@TripBitten I am heading to Central America even though it is 2nd poorest country in Latin America. It's not profit or just a job but contribute to society after living half of a success business in US.

[@user-bf6kx8nd4c]

I think you should get some dislikes from anti-China haters.

[@qingshanyipian1936]

China being a such huge country. China’s acceptance of different cultures. Foreigners are generally welcomed.

[@TripBitten]

Foreigners are welcomed if they are respectful and understand the challenges and changes happening in China. The ones that want it to be like their home country or say "in my country we do it this way" often times find it difficult to live here.

[@Ibrahim86373]

@@TripBitten spot on dude

[@chuge4105]

@@TripBitten Your answer is very good. It has expressed the wishes of many Chinese people. Chinese people do not welcome foreigners who do not respect Chinese culture and do not abide by Chinese laws

[@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm]

Wish more Americans in America could see this video and understand a bit of China

[@anamericaninchina869]

Loving life in Beijing. Been in China 5 years and, every time my visa is renewed, feel so incredibly fortunate to be here. Excellent colleagues, safe living environment, friendly people, and rich culture.

[@TripBitten]

Yep, most people agree if they have been here awhile.

[@alexhigginbotham2491]

New ideas.....try introducing civic ideas into civic discourse.

[@dingjieyao2264]

大哥 天天做核酸你习惯了吗？ 好多人都受不了啦…

[@elizabethsmith7224]

I hope to move to China someday too or at least stay for a few months.

[@user-xr6zp3jz2b]

@@dingjieyao2264 你适合和新冠病毒为伍。。。虽然我也不是很喜欢每天做核算，但是我知道并感恩政府保护了我们三年。情况在发生变化，今后的防疫制度会更加灵活。。

[@Anonymous------]

Why do Americans like to live in China? Because China is a good country that's full of life, interesting people and things.

[@rogernguyen1273]

Also no homeless people gangs or drugs addict shoot killings !

[@user-wp8gi9ck8q]

@@rogernguyen1273 Worrying about what to eat in China, homelessness and gun violence in America.

[@jimmyhaotran123]

I just think about Chinese food: Dumplings, hotpots, night bbq, wonton, noodles, snacks, Peking duck, xiaolongbao, siumai, 大盘鸡，肉夹馍，担担面，饺子，年糕，粽子，阳春面，扬州炒饭，烤羊背，炸大头鱼，梅菜扣肉，绿豆沙，甜品，珍珠奶茶，杨枝甘露，炸酱面，臊子面，肠粉，干炒牛河，甜醋鱼。。。。。well i think you can eat for entire life without repeating what you ate.

[@elon6784]

Lies

[@Anonymous------]

@@elon6784 Yes, USA is full of lies.

[@qingshanyipian1936]

China: Awesome food Safety Convenient living Chinese apps Beautiful sceneries Cost of living Opportunities People and culture

[@jacobrocks7]

Congratulations to my fellow open minded Americans ! Can’t wait to visit !

[@TripBitten]

Hopefully in the future it will be easier to travel here again.

[@ManusiaBesi-ec7mc]

Thank you.... For you'r open minded..

[@nileshbhattacharya2526]

Beautiful video brother. Great going. Thank you. Beautiful China. Greetings from India ❤️🇨🇳🇮🇳👍😊 .....

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for watching! How have you been lately?

[@aug2890]

India should look inward and improve in their own way. Do not look purely on west they are illusion. Don't believe on western media crap.

[@JaYoeNation]

Cool that you gave so many a chance to collaborate on this. Good job.

[@TripBitten]

Not too many of us left nowadays, but I'm happy everyone was willing to join and give their thoughts about living here.

[@stuartlumi6210]

Hey Matt, where have you been, looking forward to your return man.

[@JIMMY-nz1ld]

It's great to see many foreigners enjoying their life in China.

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for watching

[@jjc4232]

Makes me want to go back to China. I live in Toronto. There are parts of the city you just have to avoid going at night. Living costs, housing and inflation had gone up to decades high. Gas prices are through the roof. You see alot of depressed and stressed out people in Toronto.

[@TripBitten]

Same in the states, some cities have real bad areas and with all the recent events, it sometimes seems you aren't safe anywhere in the US.

[@Anonymous------]

Very little interesting things going on in Toronto anyway, in other word: boring.

[@keai650]

Tbh, im been study and living in U.S quite some time, still prefer over china or maybe bc i get used to it. Ppl have their own preference. There is ntg wrong between 2 country good or bad same as every country. Its up to u.

[@user-yo1kb6zl6p]

想回就回来吧

[@yangqingluo297]

我都卖房卖生意回国了

[@user-wp8gi9ck8q]

We welcome foreigners to come and live, we live on the same earth, keep an open mind, and create more peace with each other, China is not a perfect country, but a safe place, no matter who can afford a life, no Shoot and find your own joy. Good job, thank you.🤝🥳

[@TripBitten]

No place is perfect, so I think it is important to find a place you can live peacefully and take care of your family.

[@fannyalbi9040]

u don’t need china to be perfect, same reason u don’t look a for perfect life partner

[@jng4880]

Wow! Over 12 years in China! It’s longer than to a marriage nowadays❤️

[@TripBitten]

lol sad, but true. Many marriages don't last long these days.

[@myleshagar9722]

ha ha ha Becky's marriage did not last in China and I knew her. Also, she was no wallflower. ha ha ha

[@DanielNguyen-jv1jf]

I love China ❤️ greetings from Vietnam 😍

[@heqiuyisheng911]

When you live in a country, no matter foreign country or your own country, there re always things you like and dislike.Glad to see this video made by people living there and sharing experiences, much more convincing than those haters channels, only saying bad things and lies out of big mouths.

[@TripBitten]

Every country has its own problems, but there are also many things to like. The haters don't want people to have an honest conversation about living abroad and just want to bash China.

[@linphilip6389]

So happy to see some Americans sharing their reasons of living in China. One thing that I find it hard for most Americans living in the US to believe is freedom of Tibetan people mentioned in the video. Seeing is believing. I wish the politicians and skeptics in the West would understand the real China one day.

[@TripBitten]

Yes, Ben has a really interesting perspective living in that area. Sometime seeing is believing.

[@xz1891]

They INTENTIONALLY distorted. For example, US has pushed UN human rights lady Bachelet to visit Xinjiang, in hope of showing that China is bad in Xinjiang. Now Ms Bachelet came visit and her own words are, she can visit anywhere she wants and meet anyone she wants, and does not see any HR violations. But this makes US gov unhappy, and said the visit didn't achieve its goal (of smear campaign).

[@chemteacher4637]

@@TripBitten Lying about the repression of the Tibetan culture and religion is a quick trip to moral bankruptcy. Pretty disgusting.

[@User-357dgjkitdvkkoohgj]

American politicians know the truth, that’s why they lie and don’t want their people to see it. Once people see it they can’t lie anymore.

[@bongofriendee]

@@chemteacher4637 As he said seeing is believing. Hearsay is not believing. 😊

[@rachelmeetschina7287]

Thanks for including my experiences in the video! Happy to share my perspective and it’s great to hear other diverse perspectives as well!🤩 Expats come to China for a variety of reasons, and it’s interesting to see why others enjoy living here.

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for sharing your perspective on safety here.

[@user-wp8gi9ck8q]

I am very happy to see you integrated into Chinese life. Life is short. Safety, health, work, life, travel and a friendly crowd environment are everything in life. In the end, we are all one family on earth, and we cannot choose where we were born. But we can choose the way of life that suits us. Enjoy the life process of coming to China and wish you a happy life.

[@coletteee87]

Hi, I'm hoping to visit China in the future. I'm curious, do you speak the native language? If not, do you find it easy enough to get by without it? I study Korean language and found that travelling in Korea would have been a little difficult without some of the language, so I'm wondering how it is in China.

[@uss888999]

Comprehensive and high quality production. WOW !

[@TripBitten]

Thank you!

[@affidavid5730]

Yes, great production. This is what you get by using a big group of well trained and highly motivated professionals. Access to a huge inventory of promotional stock videos does not hurt either.

[@rh5340]

I'm Chinese, I have lived in the UK for five years, and going back and forth between the two countries is quite a sobering experience, I love London and the beauty of English countryside, but every time I go back to China, I realised I may have forgotten how amazing my motherland is. To name a few, highly efficient government with a long-term view of the country, the constantly evolving technologies that change every aspect of your life, the better environment (I can finally see the natural beauty of China that only exists in my grandmother's story about the old time), and of course, the convenient life (in this aspect, living in the UK really sucks because the Internet services are not really connected to all parts of your life, and Amazon sucks too).

[@TripBitten]

Going back and forth to the UK and China must give you a good look at how things are changing quickly here. China is such a big country, which gives it so many different natural landscapes and natural beauties. Also, it is very convenient here and Amazon isn't very good. Just need to get this covid plague under control and things will be back to great again.

[@Thursdaym2]

Internet rules your life ?

[@rebeccayuhe5701]

A perfect video to show to my students at the beginning of the new school year! Thank you!

[@TripBitten]

Hopefully they like the video and learn something. Where are your students from?

[@BadmintonBecky]

Happy to share my story and it's great to hear everyone else! I know some people think we are crazy to like living in China so much, but as you can see, there are plenty of reasons American's make this our adopted home. :)

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@yaqiwang5242]

Not crazy to me at all hehe. I like driving, camping, visiting national parks, some fast foods in the US. But bunch of things in the US are not good and unfortunately they are not getting better.

[@overcspurs8027]

Then you must visit Malaysia which is the no. 1 country for badminton

[@susanferrara9963]

Becky, I know how being obsessed by a sport feels at the age of 69! Mine is pickleball. I asked our foreign exchange student how to say “pickleball “ in Chinese, and he said there is no word in China. Well, get ready because it’s coming your way. It is spreading like wildfire in the USA. Check out pickleball KZbin videos. Badminton players will easily adapt to the sport because it is a blend of ping pong, badminton, and tennis. All ages can play together. You guys will be natural slammers, but don’t slam a ball at grandma. 🤭

[@absolutejewel]

Thank you for the interesting and sincere sharing from all. I am from Malaysia, been travelled to all the world's continents and I love China too. Plan to travel again to many places in China once it opens up again for foreign travellers.

[@TripBitten]

Hopefully you can travel here again soon!

[@sjv9147s]

Been many times to both China and the USA. The difference is a time window with the feeling that China is civilization in the 21st century.

[@user-mu7cs5ge2u]

作为一名中国人，我觉得西方媒体指控的西藏和新疆人权问题非常滑稽。实际上，藏族和维吾尔族人民作为中国的少数民族之一，他们在中国别说受压迫了，根本是有特权的存在。 举几个简单的例子，早些年对汉族人民管理十分严格的计划生育，对藏族和维吾尔族是非常宽松的，汉人不被允许生育超过一个孩子，他们是可以两个三个的；对全国高中生最重要的考试高考，藏族和维吾尔族同学都可以加10分，要知道在几百万考生中，这10分的价值几何；还有，为了普及西藏新疆的教育，政府非常鼓励优秀的人民教师去援疆援藏，所有参与这项工作的教师可以得到很大的优惠补贴政策以及荣誉。 诸如此类政策还有许多，不夸张地说，少数民族在中国过得比汉族人民好的多。 另外，维吾尔族人口在2000年时数量为834.56万人，2020年时达到1162万人，20年间增长了近40%，反观汉族人口2000年约为11.8亿，2020年约为12.8亿，仅增长8%。如果政府对维吾尔族实施人口灭绝政策，那维吾尔族是怎么以汉族人口5倍的增长速度增长的？中国目前面临着严峻的人口出生率低下的问题，如果政府真的对维吾尔族人民实施了“种族灭绝”政策，那他们大可对汉族老百姓也实施起来，这样就不怕老百姓不愿意生二胎三胎啦，人口可以5倍于现在的速度增长，不是吗？

[@johnfeng4374]

Great video about China! Chinese love American!

[@TripBitten]

Just need the governments to work together. I think the people can get along well.

[@johnfeng4374]

@@TripBitten Can't agree more.

[@kayapi5321]

you are very powerful, you get so many interesting people together

[@hilda.laura.amaral]

It’s interesting that most of us, foreigners, never thought living in China for so long and yet we did and when we leave we want to go back 🥰

[@charliez5049]

being safe daily in China is the most complimentary in my mind. now I'm not in China, I'll be worried if I have to go outside at night

[@TripBitten]

Yea, there are places in the US that aren't safe at night or even during the day in some cases.

[@fannyalbi9040]

public mass shooting almost monthly basis in the news in us

[@davidchang9228]

Personal safety is a big plus for living and travel in China, and it is a fundamental human right as well.

[@user-ci5vz8yv6u]

@@davidchang9228 Why, the United States is so rich and lacking so much insecurity that it can't even guarantee personal freedom. Why is it called democracy? Is it because the people don't want to be safe?

[@junecat1597]

​@@TripBittenThat's for sure! 😊

[@SentimentalMo]

It’s so wonderful you guys are living such great life in China. I miss China more and more as I get older. I am happily living in the USA, in an amazing little town with lots of trees and beautiful landscaping. The city has an arboretum and a horse race track. Life here is quiet, peaceful and comfortable. My home is here in the USA, China is my homeland. Wish the US can cooperate with China economically and not view China as a threat and an enemy.

[@greentraveler4114]

Thank you so much for posting videos like this kind considering the general public hostility Americans have to China. I am an ordinary citizen from Taiwan province, as some of you put it very well, each province in China is extremely diverse, each province has its own special local culture. You should experience Minnan culture which is predominently popular in provinces like Fujian, Taiwan and Northeast Guangdong. And just wanna tell you our ordinary Chinese people's mind, we like American people and know a lot of about this country and would always like to know about America, besides we are Chinese and Americans, we are human beings, we always believe we share much more in common than our differences.

[@TripBitten]

We went to Taiwan in 2019 and we really loved it there. Would love to go back and seem more.

[@greentraveler4114]

@@TripBitten welcome back to Taiwan again, Taiwan along with Hong Kong and Macau are the only three provinces or cities in China that still use traditional Chinese characters, it's difficult to write but I believe it's more beautiful.

[@Andy-P]

@@greentraveler4114 Taiwan is a country not a province in China.

[@Andy-P]

Taiwan is a country not a province in China.

[@greentraveler4114]

@@Andy-P I am proud of my identity, born in Taiwan province, China. No need you to separate my country. Go to separate California from the USA.

[@arvinwindsor5427]

Thank you for sharing China’s everything. I really love this video. Because I can find some exotic and wonderful landscapes, buildings and ethnic minorities…… In a word, this is a great country that deserves us to travel and find more interesting things. Thank you again!

[@TripBitten]

Hopefully, we can all travel more in the future.

[@chrisf6791]

I found out the streets of scenery spots in China are very clean, that's impressive.

[@TripBitten]

Yes, it is clean here compared to other places we have traveled, especially the bigger cities.

[@johntaylor1653]

Brilliant real life story thanks

[@TripBitten]

Interesting to hear real stories and from people living here.

[@destinationasia421]

Thank you for this video, I am in the planning phase to move my family to China and videos like this help me to see what China is really like and not what I'm told here in western media

[@thewelshdragon.5979]

Thanks, another excellent video. 👍

[@TripBitten]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anglo-saxonconnor817]

When a place is in a safe and prosperous state people will tend to be to attracted to it. Besides having more opportunities there and a new cultural experience people also like to feel be needed and have a sense of contribution in the places they work and live.

[@aprilzhang1063]

Love your videos. You have a lot of courage in speaking the truth. Thank you!

[@TripBitten]

Thank you. I'm glad the others joined the video, because it makes it more honest and interesting.

[@summmmmmable]

This kind of videos need to be broadcast to our US medias, but the government are too scared to let us know.

[@rocketman1553]

I only discovered your lovely channel today and have subscribed it. Amazing to learn so many foreigners found China such an excellent country to live in. Thank you for your excellent video.

[@TripBitten]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@yc8210]

Such a good collection of videos of real Americans living in China. Everyone's face was beaming with happiness.

[@ayw3806]

thanks for your effort in making this video! Wish you all the best in China forever!

[@65JTM]

Lived in NE China for 2.5 years, it was a fantastic experience and I would go back in a second. The people are great and you see something new every day.

[@facefunny2518]

Nice video

[@TripBitten]

Thank you!

[@LuisA-sm2on]

I am happy you’re loving it - after 8 years of living in China, leaving in July, 2022 was the absolute BEST thing I did. I ran, not walked, out of Shanghai.

[@RayMak]

Thank you

[@weizhang2834]

Last night exactly on my street in a city in California. The gun noise one follow another one. Many policemen are shooting a criminal who drove a car refuse to stop . It was scary when a lot of people woke up and can’t go to sleep until early morning.

[@TripBitten]

Sounds scary. There is a real problem with guns in the US.

[@peaceandprosperitytotheworld]

This is one of the best video about living in China, especially when you share other Americans stories and their perspectives on why they like living in China. I immediately subscribed to your channel and will explore and start subscribing to others in your video. I am a Chinese Canadian living in Canada for almost 50 years with very little knowledge about how living in China is like, I shared your video with my two adult children whom have never been to China. I am sure they will learn plenty from your video. I also hope they find time travel to China when the pandemic is over.

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment. Life here is similar and different in many ways, but it really has to be experienced firsthand to get a real feel for the country. It would be great if you check out the other channels and hopefully your children can also learn a little about life here.

[@peaceandprosperitytotheworld]

Thank you for your reply, I will check out other channels and encourage my children to do so too. BTW, I made minor edit and lost your ❤️ from Trip Bitten. Really hope to find it again! ❤️ from 🇨🇦

[@TheShai472]

Great video thanks for putting so much effort and sharing and educating us, eye opening interviews please keep making this kind of video's.

[@vnln1868]

Keep going!

[@mauricetamata4265]

First of all China is a beautiful country, very clean, very convenient, very safe, the food is unbelievable, Chinese people are friendly and the cost of living is very cheap thanks for the video cheers and hulaluia...

[@Konamakona]

Your best vlog to date I’m my opinion

[@TripBitten]

Thank you!

[@uhu597]

Nice collaboration with other laowais from the US.

[@TripBitten]

It was a big video and a lot of work, but I'm happy with the outcome and glad they were willing to join.

[@Tampin111]

Another important aspect is unlike America you for sure won't be injured or died of gunshot wound in China

[@TripBitten]

Yes, that is the safety part of the video. Many people feel safe when living here.

[@singaporean7672]

Not only in China. Singapore is also one of safest country in the world.

[@fatdoi003]

once you really know China and Chinese, you'll understand there'll be bit of discrimination but in general, Chiniese don't hate, they embrace, respecting each other, be responsible to ourselves and to others, be part of the community and enjoy life overall

[@adamwayne6301]

The badmitton love stroy made me cry.

[@cyjase]

Fun and true video, we love to have these good people from aboard living amount us too

[@TripBitten]

Thanks for watching

[@gingermintrose]

It is encouraging to see videos like this to dispel the fearmongering that is currently pervasive in the western media in the last few years.

[@arkscrew]

Every place has its own pros and cons. No place is completely bad. Glad that you guys can appreciate both

[@AmelieZh]

So cool to see different perspectives. Thanks for loving my homeland.

[@stevenorcutt2099]

Authentic Peking duck is amazing :)

[@mitchellmaerz8429]

My aunt had really like China she had lived there for a few years I've always wanted to visit the Orient I hear a lot of people do enjoy it and it seems to be fairly affordable and a lot less crime and a lot less violence especially for the amount of population I hear there is crime all over the world no matter what country you're from but I'm sure it's not quite as bad somewhere like China seems like a little bit better place really

[@T1me-wb4us]

love this video ❤

[@hwe001]

I've spent my first 30 years' life in China then another 20 years in western world. The progress over the past 10-20 years in China is a miracle in human history. I wonder whether that transition could be duplicated anywhere else..

[@longyou8254]

Quite a tasty episode, love it

[@TripBitten]

lol glad you liked it

[@anzac08]

Good work brother. I will be joining you as soon as I can. Onward

[@BrandonLiu7790]

Excellent videos and easy to entice my teenage son to someday travel back together,Greatly appreciated.❤

[@mengsiongkheng113]

Great video to debunk the lies , misinformation, and disinformation.

[@ed1003]

Excellent friendship ambassador!!

[@4ctina246]

What a great video! I appreciate the diversity in the guest you highlighted. Well done! New subscriber!

[@TripBitten]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yiplekhong5111]

Superb episode! You gave your comrades a voice and to open up others mind towards the China .

[@user-zj8cf3fq8e]

Badminton sounds fun, Played it as a kid with my siblings here in the States.

[@TripBitten]

It is a lot of fun, but very competitive here. You should check out her channel.

[@firstnamelastname6071]

Professional badminton is a HUGE sport in Asia.

[@bombomu2]

Interesting content. Subscribed.

[@TripBitten]

Thanks 😊

[@kenlee2923]

Thank you!! I love people like you making contents about China because most Americans here in the USA don't understand China very well. In fact, most of them have weird ideas even though they never been to China and some Americans don't even go into their local Chinatown. Seems like Americans have ideas about China and about the world in general even though they know nothing about their culture or even visited China with an open mind. There are Americans who would travel into China and have these weird ideas without seeing the reality.

[@Andy-P]

It's not the day-to-day life that concerns America. It's China undermining America. Now America is doing the same to China. The CCP says China is more democratic than America. Do you believe that?

[@OvenZheng]

感谢你的分享，为世界各地的朋友介绍真实的中国，而不是像西方的媒体那样。

[@philipc239]

Good stuff! 👍👍👍😊

[@TripBitten]

Thanks 👍

[@wellnone9367]

I have just found your videos, and love them - they are changing my hitherto non-opinion of China, except for what I have heard on the TV news, which is generally negative. What a wonderful country you portray. As you said, China has its negative sides, like any other country, but its people, and nature, and its healthier way of living, are all very appealing. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@aryebutler4322]

Wow! As soon as I posted my question about people of color in China Miss Aleese Lightyear came on!

[@Bob_just_Bob]

Wow, new subscriber here after just having watched your 12 things wrong with the US video. I didn’t realize while watching that one that you were living the last 12 years here in China. So I just want to say Hi neighbor! I too have been living in China for a while. I moved here almost 25 years ago. I lived down in Guangdong for the first 13 years and in Beijing ever since though outside of the city. I look forward to enjoying more of your content. I too added many new hobbies since moving here namely Skiing, Snowboarding and Paragliding 🪂. Great video, thanks for sharing

[@dryeoh2023]

Great video. I love your channel

[@TripBitten]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@stephankramny6300]

Thanks for sharing

[@trisoil]

Great video!

[@TripBitten]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@anzac08]

Thanks for sharing your comrades. Been looking for China vloggers for 12 months... lmfao... KZbin does not promote these great people. 👍

[@TripBitten]

Yes, check them out! They have interesting content and if you really want to come here, it can give you a better idea about life in China.

[@jimbim4405]

I am neither American nor do I live in China, but as an ageing Englishman who has spent his life living and working all around the globe, I have a good positive perspective on stuff - I hope!! And having studied Chinese Political History at Uni, I jumped at my first opportunity of travelling to China some years ago. Since then I have, collectively, probably spent 3.5 years in China, Hong Kong and Macau (I work as a freelancer, so numerous short-ish trips of several months at a time). I adore China and its' people and culture, however there is one thing that scares the living daylights out of me. The Food!! I LIKE MY FOOD DEAD BEFORE IT GETS TO THE TABLE, PLEASE!!! bDamn, you need a VERY open mind to eat freely in China. They eat anything who's back/spine faces the sky - so basically - ANYTHING!!. And on my very very first meal in China on my first visit, I was invited by a local supplier - as the honourable foreigner - to a slap-up meal with the company's top management in a local restaurant. A separate room had been booked, and there were 14 of us all around this table, when the food started to arrive (as it does endlessly in China!!) and in front of me this sea-faring creature was actually LOOKING at me from within this broth shit that had arrived. IT WAS DEFINITELY ALIVE AND CONSCIOUS!! So I took a VERY deep breath and tried to be invisible. But nobody was doing anything. There was silence all around the table, and everyone was looking at me! I thought - WTF is going-on here? I asked my Chinese PA "What's happening Charlie?" to which he replied - "You are honoured guest. They are waiting for you to take the first serving!" H E L P ! ! I thought to myself. So I asked Charlie "what the hell is this?" and he shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know! So I asked if it was normal to not know what you are eating, to which he replied something I will NEVER forget - "In China the food arrives and we eat! We don't necessarily know what it is, but after so many years of hardship through the centuries, we appreciate our food here". And it is true - anywhere you go in China, there is food for sale and people are eating. ENDLESSLY EATING!! What a fascinating culture and people.... Such a shame the Americans UTTERLY fail to understand the Chinese back home in the US... They keep making the same mistake over and over again all over the world, but I'm not going to go down THAT rabbit hole today!!!

[@astroganov]

The same here: at the age of 40 and after living 7 years in Thailand I discovered badminton and ... absolutely fall in love with this game.

[@ahkoy973]

a refreshing view of China by americans... contrary to the constant crap we hear in the msm

[@mojong1098]

Nice work😄

[@siuchen7140]

Very good Video ..I m Chinese my self but I never been to China ..I’m a British Chinese

[@zhongyunyuan8232]

兄弟，在海外支持中国汽车，现在中国强大了，汽车行业起来了

[@georgelee6857]

Kind of ironic, I had lived in China for 30 years and then came to us and lived for another 30 years. I had come to realization that China, my home country, is the best place to live. I don’t ask for more than I used to have. One thing I have been missing so much is public safety. Looking over your shoulder in China was kind of abnormal behavior that should have you see doctor. Now I have to look over my shoulder all the time, because I live in Chicago

[@bluefm7370]

Incredible how many Canadians and Americans that live abroad just BEAM when sharing their experiences. Stay safe

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Cool!

[@lemanlie4921]

Amazing video

[@kamsimyip4966]

Thank you for sharing your life living in China. Never been in China but would love to visit China, especially Xian and Yunnan

[@kindface]

Awesome video. Liked. Subscribed. I like how your friends featured in this video all have difference aspects that drew them to China. I hope more of our American friends and your audience from the west (especially the skeptics) will realise from your videos that people in China, like everywhere else, just wants to live peacefully, shares the same dreams as their counterparts in the west and be left to live in systems and ways that work for them, and not make judgements about what political systems others should live by.

[@ml-mw7ms]

Gotta go there!

[@Crom21]

I have never seen yak before. would like to see one myself.

[@TripBitten]

They are interesting. I would love to travel to Qinghai or Tibet and see the yaks there.

[@juanarevalo5282]

thans for you imput enjoy and keep the good work 😢

[@user-kg7rp1jb8w]

很高兴 看到您的分享 这很棒 !

[@dandan8333]

Interesting... I found my wife ~2001 and we talked for 2.5 years. I got to Guangxi in 2004 and married 4 days later. As a 49 yo single man with all the toys except my better half and the best thing that I ever did. Since the 70s, I've spent 1/2 of my life in Asia! China is our home! Too bad you weren't able to chat with the lady who lived in China for 90 years! That would only be a dream of anyones life! She had an exceptional video on KZbin. I would agree with your views about public schools. Our granddaughter is testing out her 5th grade in Guangxi... maintains 98 to 100 % average. Her bedroom wall is a sea of RED from all her 1st placement in educational contest. Our Chinese system heavily involves family members in the learning process. Also, to have friends you must show your worth and leadership! Her next years will be valuable as I know the government follows these types of students! She would be an asset later on... she has worked for everything! I'll never foget watching a lady jump with joy, stateside , when she got her childs report card average was upgraded to 50% on a curve. OMG! By now you can see "I ❤ CHINA!" Have a great day! 😊

[@Mukdener]

everyone has his own reason. important is that you all enjoy your lifes

[@misscidella]

Great video now you make me want to go to the US not that I would qualify. I do appreciate the safety here that can’t be said about a lot of people. I haven’t been to Tibet seems nice