For those of you who saw Conquering Northern China, yes we actually did sleep in that Titanic themed ship-bed and it was one of the most awkwardly uncomfortable experiences for a number of reasons...
(I took a behind the scenes video: https://youtu.be/CDIrz0hTesc )
Firstly you know that you're sleeping on an absolutely filthy bed, the noises from all the physical activi...
2018-05-28 04:23:03 +0000 UTC View Post
What is a HAPA? A Hapa is a half Asian, half something else. I got invited out of the blue to do a livestream with a HAPA couple, their channel name made me take a step back "Hapa Supremacy" but after taking a look it turns out that although rather immature, it's tongue in cheek and they cover all sorts of hapa related nonsense as well as some comedy skits all with a more conservative lean.
Either way, I was more than ha...
2018-05-27 04:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post
What a pleasant surprise! I met not one but two subscribers whilst fetching three new suits for my next upcoming adventure!
So where am I going? Well I owe Sasha a holiday, in fact I promised her a holiday to make up for being away so long when I went to the States in January for a month to film the whole "Quest for the Best...
2018-05-24 07:14:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As you all know, technology and gadgets are a big part of my life and although I do include them from time to time on my channel I know that's not the reason people tune in, it's all about China and I can understand that. I however still love to keep track of tech channels and especially have a fondness for the older technology of the 80s and 90s that I grew up with, enter UK based Retro Man Cave! There are few channels on YouTube that I truly e...
2018-05-23 11:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post
"Smoking isn't helping the air quality"
My Beijing adventure may be over for now but I still have a few videos to release and of course those last remaining daily vlogs I shot whilst still up there, speaking of which my scam video is currently uploading and so will be up in a few hours if all goes well. For this Patreon Exclusive Photo collection I'm uploading some snaps I took up in Beijing, enjoy!
2018-05-17 06:28:58 +0000 UTC
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Beijing was a bit of a whirlwind, but in all honestly I'm seriously happy to be back in Shenzhen.
Not trying to exaggerate but the pollution there really does get to you, that and well probably all the social drinking and non-stop running around trying to meet as many people as possible... Let's just say I'm feeling less than great, but a day or two and I'll be right as rain.
Seriously though, the pollution i...
2018-05-13 09:32:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Early for Patreons
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SerpentZA
2018-05-07 21:35:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m constantly thinking about how I can improve my videos and bring especially to you my Patreons something useful and interesting and so I’ve decided to go to Beijing for a week starting this Sunday, I have also decided to attempt a sort of daily vlog to cover this journey to compliment the full feature SerpentZA videos I’ll be making there.
I’m also going to use this opportunity to get some solid B-roll of Beijing and some GDS too. It’s going to be exhausting but I have a few...
I thought that this was valuable advice and also a valuable story for anyone who has any plans of getting married to a Chinese person (man or woman), although we talk about divorce in the main video, this is some extra in-depth advice from the lawyer that will be featured in my upcoming video, this is a Patreon Exclusive.
2018-04-27 09:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post
"Cluttered living in Quarry Bay"
So for this Patreon Exclusive Photo collection was all about visiting some of Hong Kong's most popular instagram sites with my photographer friend Dave, we spent the whole day travelling to some of the most interesting and photogenic areas and I plan to make an actual video about this in the future if you guys enjoy the photos enough.
2018-04-26 04:04:21 +0000 UTC
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What you're about to watch is footage that I've shot for a UK based YouTuber, he will be including it in his upcoming video about the Jackie Chan Nintendo computer that was popular in China during the early 90's. It's almost an entire SerpentZA episode on its own and I wanted to share it exclusively with you, my Patreon supporters.
I d...
2018-04-26 00:15:20 +0000 UTC View Post
What do Chinese people find Funny? What sort of jokes and humour do they enjoy? It may be easier to understand than you think Come and find out what Chinese people find funny. This is a patreon exclusive early access as it will only be released in around 3 weeks from now!
Hope you enjoy it! Can't wait to see you all in...
2018-04-17 02:35:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Nothing morbid or weird, I'm out in the mountains for China's "Day of the Dead" and wanted to quickly share with you, my Patreons what it's all about
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SerpentZA
2018-04-07 10:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post
"A Modern Chinese Date" The guy is playing the wildly popular mobile version of PubG and the girl is taking endless selfies.
I'm getting to grips with the new camera, but still have a lot to learn! What makes it worse is that I can't edit the photos since I'm shooting them in RAW and the camera RAW profiles aren't available yet since the camera hasn't even been officially released in most of the western world yet (USA/Europe), so expe...
2018-04-03 05:46:18 +0000 UTC View Post
You, yes, you! The person reading this, no matter where in the world you are at the moment. You are the reason why my adventure through China continues, you are the reason why I go out there and film and edit, I want you also to be the first to see my latest drone footage and also you'll get to see drone footage that will probably never make it into my videos.
I absolutely respect and love you guys and gals, Sasha too.
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2018-04-01 15:19:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow is April Fool’s day and I can’t stand that silly traditional day of pranks! Sasha has to work so I’ll be out and about taking B-roll and shooting footage for my upcoming video on the viability of retiring in China (more interesting than it sounds I hope). Other than meeting a subscriber for coffee in the morning, I’ll be out for the whole day finding interesting places to shoot and hopefully getting some good B-roll. I think I’ll also post my second set of Patreon Exclusive Ph...
2018-03-31 07:10:20 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I would like to make this a recurring thing since I got such a good response from the last batch of photos I posted, the timing for these collections will be sporadic, but you can expect new PSP (Patreon Exclusive Photos) Collections whenever I go out to shoot B-roll or go anywhere interesting.
An elderly shoe shiner approac...
2018-03-22 15:14:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's no secret that I love filming people, daily life and all the interesting things that happen here on a day to day basis in China. I do occasionally also like to snap off a few street photos and I'll be putting together small themed batches for you guys from time to time here on my patreon page.
China is a very interesting place and there are...
2018-03-19 05:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to touch base with you all and tell you about what I have planned for this weeks' videos! Oh and Sasha says hi and asks if you wanted to check out her first cooking video, she's wondering if you guys would enjoy a cooking video once a month along with her regular Hu Knows content. If you haven't seen it, here it is:
Please excuse the bad stock music (it'll change), but here's a sneak peek at Sasha's upcoming video (don't worry the full video will have her giving instructions etc), She's thinking about teaching you all once a month how to cook a simple Chinese dish, she assures me that even I will be able to learn how to make them since I'm a pretty terrible cook.
https://youtu.be/Qs4AvyFflyE...
2018-03-11 07:28:38 +0000 UTC View Post
So this is something I was going to make a video about but in the end decided not to as I managed to resolve the issue but seriously wanted to get this bizarre story out there for you guys.
A few months ago I started to get an upshot of hate comments on my videos, as well as personal threats on every form of social media, be it wechat, instagram, facebook... you name it there was a significant increase of "Scr...
2018-03-07 12:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We met one of the most interesting and influential Chinese families in the whole of America, this is a fantastic episode as we find out how "American" Chinese food came about:
Can't wait to hear your feedback and as always
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SerpentZA
2018-03-03 16:04:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you! The comments I got from my earlier post about the South Africa question have helped my resolve and I will be making the video. It will simply be a truthful video and I will not try to make is sensationalist or divisive, I would simply like to clear up a little of the ignorance surrounding the situation in South Africa, as well as some personal anecdotes at the end of what I experienced growing up there.
2018-03-01 15:16:05 +0000 UTC
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I have been getting a lot of requests to talk about the troubles in South Africa, the land grabs and awful farm attacks and the general state of things there at the moment. Even though I live in China, the situation in South Africa affects me deeply as my parents, friends and family still live there and yes, I have had friends murdered and my parents who had nothing and worked their entire lives to afford to buy a small farm to ...
2018-03-01 03:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the video I was talking about that Sasha and I shot for you guys, As Always!
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SerpentZA
2018-02-23 11:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
So this is a massively early release! We're in the midst of releasing our Quest for the Best Chinese in the USA video series and there are still 6 more episodes to go before we get back to our regular ADVChina schedule, however you guys of course get to see some of our upcoming stuff way before it goes public, and this is another on the bikes in which we cover a rather interesting topic!
The comments have been...
2018-02-21 11:33:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back from visiting family in Guangzhou (it's about an hour journey by high speed rail from Shenzhen), tomorrow we have one more lunch with extended family but after that it's off to IKEA to buy some furniture for the new apartment we've just moved into.
Sasha and I filmed a short video for you which I'll be uploading and editing tomorrow once we're back from our day out, can't wait to catch up with...
2018-02-18 22:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post
So the first Episode is finally ready!
I am extremely proud to announce the early release of the first episode of our first FULLY self produced documentary.
It will eventually be one movie, but we will release it episodically on ADVChina first.
I wanted to show you the first episode early to say thanks to each and every one of you.
We look forward to all of your feedback, and we also have to thank all of y...
Thank you all for the feedback on my latest upcoming video!
I agree that the word HATE was a bit too much and would needlessly anger people simply looking at the title and who don't actually try to watch the video to get the real context. I appreciate it and have changed the title!
Thank you once again everyone and I hope the video and the upcoming follow-up are well received!
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SerpentZA 2018-02-06 01:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be releasing this video Late tomorrow (China Time) but wanted to let you guys take a look at it first and give me a little feedback! I wonder just how badly this title will be misunderstood ;)
Looking forward to hearing what you think!
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SerpentZA
2018-02-05 12:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post