Dude, that story about how you ended up in a catalog because they snuck a photo of you while testing the screwdriver is seriously underrated comedy gold.

I love how Winston's remarks get instantly proven to be absolutely correct by the people around him

1:28 "He's pissing in the bush. Very nice of him" . Hahaha,lmao.

I've been in China for about 4 years and honestly the lack of privacy has been a major issue for me. For the most part I've had to accept it even if it does upset me still sometimes. However recently I had some health problems and had to deal with the Chinese health system for the first time in any major capacity and privacy was a huge problem. The private hospital here is ridiculously expensive so I dealt with the normal local hospital and I mean already you have to sacrifice some privacy by bringing someone along to help you navigate the overly complicated system and translate for you. But the worst thing that shocked me so much was that other patients would be in the same room as you while talking to the doctor and would listen to your diagnosis and listen as you describe your symptoms etc. And as you're a foreigner they're paying extra attention to you which is even more intrusive. I felt incredibly uncomfortable with that as it would absolutely not happen back home but everyone I talked to about it just said that's how things work here and privacy doesn't exist for hospitals here. I'm not entirely sure why that was the last straw for me honestly, but it just really bothered me and I've finally decided to leave. I'm going to finish off my current visa and at the end of the year go home. Enough is enough and honestly it turns out privacy is something I actually value a lot. And China can't offer that to me so it's time to leave.

I think the kid pissing in the bush said it all about the concept of privacy

Would love to see some footage when people realize that you can speak and understand Chinese.

This channel is great. I feel like I'm touring china.

Wow that was a trip and the 'invasion' of personal space is something I don't think I could handle. I mean I consider it to be very rude to come in real close to some stranger and just look and stare. I'd be like get the hell out of my face. As far as using your picture for their own benefit without any regards to how it might affect you is another cultural opposite. You have tough skin brother, not sure I could hang there beyond a short visit.

Winston you're someone with a good head on your shoulders and will be successful in any endeavor! Best of luck and thanks for the entertaining and insightful videos, unlike the typical boring videos about visiting tourists traps.

I was there in 97, just before the handover of Hong Kong, travelling down from Xian to Nanning by train (48hrs in 2nd class during the middle of summer!! ). Sleeping on the top bunk I was woken by roars of laughter. There was a group of about eight people going through my rucksack and reading all my documents, ID's, passport etc. They were passing them around to other passengers. They had no shame. I wasn't angry but wtf!

I miss Hong Kong. I remember one morning riding on the tram it was kind of chilly that morning. This Chinese lady jumped on my case for not wearing a jacket. She was worried I would get sick. That was pretty cool that a stranger would care about you like that.

Absolutely no privacy. I went to a photo lab to get some photos printed. First while I was selecting the photos a little group of people started to look at what I was doing and look at my pictures on the screen. After that while I was waiting to get my photos the man from the lab was showing my photos to the other employees there and commenting them and laughing. I didn’t understand what they were saying but it was so rude. I couldn’t believe they were doing that in front of me and they were ok with that. I imagine they felt curious because I was a foreigner and they wanted to see what I had taken pictures of but still. You don’t do that in front of a customer.

10:05 That woman's shirt had some fun misspellings. It said 'KEPE LACM AND CRAZY'.

Great insights about privacy. Another funny thing about privacy: this video will likely be downloaded, have Chinese subtitles added to it, and it'll be uploaded to Chinese social media sites without your permission. Happens to me every time I make a vid.

When I started teaching English in China in 1984 I was told that any of my personal postal mail would most likely be read. One notable example was when many of my students congratulated me because they had heard my "girlfriend" was coming to visit. I thought this was strange because I didn't have a girlfriend. Later when I picked up my mail there was a letter from a college friend, Susan, who had been teaching in the Philippines. She said that she planned to visit China and would like to come visit me if possible.

I have to agree with you 100%, there is no privacy or personal space in China, everyone is so "curious". They take busybody to the extreme.

I don't think it's just that you are a foreigner, you are also wearing a suit. Making you stand out even more.

Having a bunch of people staring me down out of no where would definitely trip me out

"I'm not some old creep…" That's exactly what an old creep would say!

In Japan, police comes door to door and take an inventory and profile of each individual in the household in areas where there are many Gaijin (foreigners). Police rely heavily on the privacy argument to withhold information, but pretty much have carte blanche to violate citizen's privacy.

Now I want to see your photo in the catalogue!

I just moved into a new apartment. As my boxes were being delivered a Chinese family of six just wandered in to take a look around to see how the foreigner lived. They didn't ask or introduce themselves, just came on in unannounced! Having been in China for a while I accepted that they were just curious and not intending to be rude.

Well, I wanted to visit China one day, but I hate crowds, I value my privacy, I love quiet places, and the dude staring right in front of you in my country is casus belli for a fight. It's stressful for me even on video, it's probably hard to get used to.

I wish Chinese people (mainly Chinese tourists) would value others privacy when in other countries. I don't mean no hate, this just my experience. I was at the top of the Rockefeller Centre with some friends. We were taking photos and selfies and this middle aged Chinese lady randomly popped up and started taking our photos with her DSLR. She took a few shots of us and the quickly scurried off to the next group. I wasn't really bothered by it nor were any of my friends. We just thought it was random and funny! It just goes to show how Chinese people don't mind not having any privacy. I'd love to go see China but I would never live there, and the lack of privacy is one of the reasons why... Keep up the awesome work Winston!

I fully agree with you about this. Very honest, accurate and balanced description of how things are in China.

30 years ago China was an agricultural society in which people just visited each home without pre-noticing and shared other people's secrets without hesitation. in agricultural society people tie together by living in a village for hundred years. privacy is more likely a concept emerging in an industrial society in which people stay away from each other. China is transforming from rural agricultural to urban industrial in one generation that never happened in human history, and many people haven't changed yet. but you can see the fast physical and psychological changes, and the new generation who get high education and travel the world is totally different. Now you are just observing some old habits, and you may observe the transformation and changes. You are lucky to see the new world leader is growing up.

i think my favourite thing about this channel is all the funny stares he gets from strangers. its like they've never seen a guy a filming himself before! and something i find really cool about Winston is how he just carries on talking and filming, or sometimes even talks to them so naturally. as a shy person i would put the camera down and stop recording straight away.

the first time I moved to Fuzhou, it freaked me out that people would study my shopping basket in the supermarket quite closely to see what the lao wai had bought. after a while it just became normal.

Probably of the coolest video you ever published: The intro music, the quality of the information given, the anecdotes, the live examples (lol). Stay awesome :p

I love your videos, they make you feel closer to strangers who have never met. And makes people feel less alone.

I really like your demeanour, topics, and experience living in China. I value the information you provide as good insight into China. Thank you for all the videos and information.

I find your taking a sip of your beer periodically very, very funny. One cannot drink beer like that in a public place in the USA. Excellent work. I love your videos.

Good insights Winston. I am a Chinese that immigrated to Canada 14 years ago with my parents. I am now a Canadian citizen. I find it very interesting how different cultures have different concepts of privacy and personal space. Even though I moved to Canada at a young age, my views on privacy and social interactions still retain some Chinese characteristics. I did a bit of research into concept of personal space, and apparently people learn these when they are 3 or 4. When I entered the Canadian workforce there were many nuisances about personal space I had never realized, because growing up in China, there was no such concept. In North America there is this very strict unspoken rule about personal space. Everyone in the office gets their own desk, their own chair, their own stuff, and it's off limits to other workers. It's silly really, because it belongs to the company in the end. People are on edge all the time worrying about other people snooping. In China, your business is everybody's business. The workplace I remember when I was young in China had no cubicles, people just had tables scattered around one big room. People knew what other people were doing and it was more social ecosystem. People are a lot less offended by intrusion on personal space. My personal view is the Chinese way is perhaps more productive in the workplace. It induces communication and teamwork, but there is a lot of pressure to conform. The North American way values and respects the individuals, but it also creates barriers for teamwork and communication. North American system can foster those with real talents, and those people can really flourish if given their own room to grow. In the end, both have pros and cons, and successful businesses have used the good points from both styles.

Great one Winston! I specially like it how in many of your videos, the people around you unknowingly proves what you're talking about. lol. Like in this one the old dude (and more) creeping behind your back when you're filming (Gosh!), and in the other video about Chinese women, the women around you coming and chatting you up! lol. The realism is the spice of your videos - it's what makes it amazing. And of course, you are amazing too! Thanks man!

I definitely could not handle such issues of privacy.

I really like the building closest to you. The lighting gives it a great design that compliments the architecture. Say Awesome, Winston!

I got an unauthorized use of my photo happened to me twice when i was living in thailand. once in a billboard for a bar - being a rude tall israeli i just went to the bar manager ordered drink and when he asked me to pay - i said - "me VIP i dont pay" pointed at the poster and that`s it. same thing happened with a shop i went to - and i did just the same.

Pissing in the bushes! LOL! So China!

"I'm a dodgy looking old guy just standing here drinking a beer...filming children, and that's what I'm doing here. L😂L Ohhhhh thank you, I haven't laughed like that since I was a little schoolgirl. Solid Gold, Cheers mate.

I discovered this channel a month back. Can't get enough. Amazing channel

You are drinking Asahi Japanese beer. Cool!

A little story about privacy in China .. My twin brother and I both live in Shanghai. If we both go out together anywhere it is like the paparazzi comes out .. people want to have their pictures taken with us. One time we went to my brother's wife's home village of 400,000 people. When we went for a walk we were followed by (no kidding) 200 girls or more. We went into an eyeglass store to buy some sunglasses. It was totally empty when we first went in, but by the time we were ready to leave. We could hardly move to get out of the store it was so packed full of girls.

3:39 that creepy laugh really doesn't help your case

Love your work. I like the way the nearby kid helped you make your point about privacy.

I like this old style throwback Good job!

I love your videos! - Fan from Canada

I love the videos. I can really sense how it is to live in that land. Very good stuff mate. Cheers from Florida USA

I have a 38" ultra wide curve screen and I love the wide screen shot. When I expand it takes up the entire screen! You are one of the few quality youtubers who's considerate enough to actually make an effort for your fans. Thanks!

This place is just so beautiful with all these lights... except the child in the bush 😵 URGH. I like how you show us a bit of China in every videos!

I get reminders that there is no privacy all the time. The biggest example being in the bathroom. I cannot tell you how many times I go into a public restroom and someone will try (and not even covertly) to take a peek and my genitals while I'm peeing. I guess they're curious if we're all "built the same" or something. It definitely pays not to have stage fright! Haha!!

it's really nice 'cause you provide everyone with this information about Chinese culture, it's nice to see it from foreigners eyes and your topics are really cool as well

I like your SerpentZA videos! Very entertaining while I compiling my Apps which can take a lot of time sometimes.

Privacy is not a concept widely known or practised in most Asian countries that I have visited or lived in. Generally speaking everyone seems to know your business, it's hard to keep secrets about your private life. People are crammed into single bedrooms, husband and wife share their sleeping quarters with their kids, sex is performed quietly in shared rooms and on a pleasant note food is often shared liberally with visitors. The comment put to me, even among family once, "sorry, we don't have enough to go around" and then eating in front of you. Yes, for those that have never lived in a Western country, believe it or not, this kind of attitude is not uncommon. This is a huge contrast to customs in Asia, where the poor, strangers often, have invited me to share the little they got, insisting that I take part in their meal. Instead of saying "we didn't cook enough, sorry", people would scramble to add a few slices of bread or some quick eggs to stretch the meal, so that I could be included. Honestly, I felt deeply ashamed the one time it happened with a family member, even asking me to sit elsewhere. At least this was a one-off, but not sharing food when visiting is not exactly rare. It has certainly happened to me more than once in the West. Privacy, while we associate living in the country as a quiet life style, staying in the rural communities in Asia can be extremely noisy. Screaming Kids, shouting adults, blarring radios, screeching machinery, bikes, horns of buses, just about everything seems designed to create noise in a setting of shared living surrounded by nature. There is even less privacy in the country, the anonymity of the city offers more discretion. Quarters in the bush tend to be relatively small, they are centred around a small area in a village, nobody seems bothered about the lack of privacy. Not only in Asia but I found similar conditions in Latin America and parts of Europe. The concept of privacy, a luxury in Asia, seems to be more of a Western concept. People tend to live with their families or in their communities unlike Westerners that often live by themselves in city apartments. I wonder how much the term selfishness is inherent to a Western life style of guarding one's privacy, generally not sharing much at all except for a lack of communication, not knowing the neighbours and not wanting to know them, interaction with others is often regarded as intrusion of privacy. This is why so many people in the West are lonely, people have died and weeks pass before anyone notices. It's like a verse from the Pink Floyd song "Money". "I am alright Jack, keep your hands of my stack". Many of these negative, modern by-products of Western type of privacy, such as greed, mistrust and suspicion seem to go hand in hand with our unhappy neurotic existence, alone, frustrated, disappointed. We feel alienated from nature, everyone is looking for a way out of their dilemma, we want to belong, but we have made bad experiences, so we seek privacy but we cannot find the happy compromise. It's all upside down, we cannot find our way home, so to speak. My two bob's worth. Cheers you all.

That ending is hilarious. I like that you are used to it now.

I got a kick out of the lady's shirt: "KEPE LACM and CRARY"

Great videos Winston, I actually was going to watch a film on Netflix but got carried away by your clips.

Thanks for the great content. I've watched quite a few of your vids now and I subscribed :) I really like the 80's synth music you use in your intro and outro.

Winston, you need a wide angle lens

Just subscribed to you recently and I think your videos are fantastic . Thank you

This is probably the funniest video so far.. I've been watching these for 2 days.

I imagine there must be alot of identity theft over there if people just show your personal information to just anyone they could use it to apply for credit cards or loans as if they were you.

Lmao, savage dude when you frame them in the video for snooping. Always cracks me up.

"... international tested, world renowned ... " LoL

Man since discovering you I am truly addicted to your videos! You are so very good on camera and I love watching you! Plus you have such beautiful eyes and so good looking! Thank you for making such great videos! So happy for you and your beautiful Wife! I’m hooked!

hyper sensitivity about kids in the west, absolutly discusting.

pretty much the second you get off a plane in mainland you are being watched till the second you leave period watch what you do say or look up on your computer ...... one time I was at a very big club in china mainland and looked up and had to army guys with ak 47s guarding my table when I asked my Chinese buddy why they were there and he replied for you man they think you are famous so they sent army to guard you .....THIS IS NO JOKE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME basically just go with the flow don't be offensive or rude and you will be fine

Winston you for by far the best videos I've ever seen, really interesting, fun and you know how to speak and tell us relevant facts. When I visit china I won't annoy you, I'll just give you a shout out. But if you didn't mind having a beer or two I'd meet you no worries

This brings back the memory, I was there frequently, 2012 to 2017. Nice memory. I am now back in London, sedative but boring quiet. In my 79 years and 10 months. I am enjoying your footage of Deng Si Peng Square

"theres a dodgy ol geezer with a beer filming my kids, and no one bats an eye, and that is a good thing" - LMAO

Love the 80s style music

you are a great teacher winston. I have really learned about modern china from you. thank you

Your videos are very eye-opening and interesting!!

Dude, you should be a Chinese correspondent or something because I have never seen this side of China before. Your insight into life in China, the good and the bad, is unbiased and clear. You've got a sub for life!

Yeah, personal experience, as a blonde guy, while im in metro, many people sneakily trying to take photo of me, i dont mind that, i just take photo of them, very obviously, and their expressions are hilarious. Often old creepy guys keep staring at me, like im from another universe, usualy digging in nose, and with open mouth. Or people coming at me, and touching my skin, my hair, if its real.... As i said, i dont mind, but after long day, it gets really annoying. And if u let one, many more will come too, so u might end stucked for 30 minutes, just people taking photos with you. Its never ending, u just have to ran away.

hey love the intro song, from chip to 80's movie cop style. love it man!

You made my day. So funny!

I just love that he's drinking a Japanese beer, with what looks like predominately English labeling, in china.

3:23, "I'm not a dodgy old geezer, im not some kind of a creep who wants to film children for my own perverse pleasure." thats right, he films it for our perverse pleasure ^.^!!!

Got to say love the synth music in your vids! You must be a fan of New Retro Wave

Interesting video on privacy in China. I spent 3 months lecturing at the invitation of the Beijing Film Academy in 1992 and had converted over 100 animated films & videos to their PAL format that I used to illustrate my lectures. I made it clear in accepting their invitation, that in bringing and screening them, that they were the property of my college and could not be duplicated. They asked to prescreen the titles, which I felt was a reasonable request. But I found out from my interpreter later in my visit that they had copied each and every one and placed the copies in their school’s library! I was later told by my Chinese colleagues that this was common- that pretty much all personal possessions are game to be seized or duplicated for whatever reason the authorities decide.

"Dodgy old geezer standing here filming kids." LMAO!!!

That Chinese child needs to be arrested for indecent exposure and placed on a sexual offender's registry for life!

I live in California, barbershop run by hip Chinese young guys wanted my picture. Took some pictures of my hair, lol probably posted it and said they did the cut.

Cracking videos mate.much love from the uk....

When I think Japanese, I think intelligent and well mannered. When I think Chinese I think unmannered, unintelligent and lack of any respect.

Winston you turncoat, you're on the Japanese beer! ;)

All that noise is truly terrible - don't know how you stand it! Thanks for the effort and endurance.

Interesting video... Thanks for sharing. Didn't really know about the privacy thing in China

I believe many are envious of the family night life there...Cheers

I have to much soul to live in China...

You are the best to help with advice for all thank you

Love the story about the screwdriver photo. I had a photograph I took used to promote the Jue film festival in Beijing. I was contacted quite politely to ask permission despite having the image up under creative commons. I'm glad he asked so I knew, I was really chuffed.

Great video.

So you can drink a beer in public in China? Sounds like another plus.

I've had a scheduling manager do that here in Canada as well years back at my old job. He sent me a form through e-mail, but didn't have the original form so he sent another form filled out by a coworker, and it had her personal information including home address, social insurance number, et cetera.

That was by far your most funniest video. towards the end looking at those Asian people standing right behind your the phone remind me of that movie "What about Bob"😂😂😂

Great video, Winston :) It's always interesting to see how many similarities there are between China and Vietnam. Privacy is basically also not existing here. And we've got dancing middle-aged women and bush-pissing kids too :D

So, China is off the places I would live. Good video

lol I had the same thing, while visiting a chinees mall. The asked if they could film us while visiting one of the shops. Also music from stores where they have speaker outside is super loud, and thy play the same tracks over and over again.

There is a law in China. There is no a guarantor of privacy in Beijing and there is actually a lack of privacy but you do not know the Chinese law. You can go to a 立案室 and ask for information.