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American Baby!

For those of you wondering how a baby born in China can become a US citizen, it's actually quite simple.

Through the process of getting Olivia's citizenship, I managed to find out some weird details about the Chinese side of the story.

If you are born in China, you are a Chinese citizen. Eve...

Conquering Southern China is Here!

But before I announce it to the world, I'm telling you, my Patreons first!

This show was no easy task. 10 months of filming, editing, revisions, and contacting everyone under the sun as we try to get it sold. Rik our main producer has been overseeing the edit and negotiating with various me...

Super Typhoon Nida: For Patreons Only

Everyone is going crazy about this typhoon.

Every time a big storm hits, people send crazy videos and pictures of people flying away, houses being destroyed, and destruction at every level.

Like always, my phone is blowing up with people warning me of the dangers and death that is coming wit...

How I Met My Wife

It's weird, the internet.

You start out using it to share videos and pictures with your family back home, as you have this crazy adventure abroad. 

Then it turns into so much more. 

Who knew that with a lot of work, and dedication, it'd turn into something of a dr...

Merch is Ready!

Hey Laowinners! Just to let everyone know, merch is available at http://www.advchina.net/merch

T-Shirts, hoodies, and mugs are available for everyone!

ADVChina, laowhy86, and SerpentZA swag is all the rage.

G...

Dog Meat Festival

"So... where has laowhy86 been" some may ask.

"I need that fill of laowinning 3 times a week, but there was only 1 video this week...", said someone, I am sure.

"I was forced to watch Japan vlogs because you only posted 1 video!", said someone else, I am sure.

Well folks, I...

Racism in China?

It's been all over the media. If you haven't seen it yet, here is the advertisement in question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRM_9aNw8O8

This sub 1 minute advertisement has been a point of deb...

Reignited in Beijing

Just had an amazing time in Beijing with SerpentZA (Winston)

We had to go up for some voice over work for our upcoming TV show, Conquering Southern China, and we met up with the old team, Rik and Mark. 

We got to go to a real TV studio and get stuff done. 

10,000 subscribers

Do you know what 10,000 people looks like?

I don't.

I tried to imagine it, and being from Binghamton New York, I realized that it would be both the NYSEG baseball stadium, and the Maines Veterans arena put together. 

That is 1/3 of my entire city. 

That ...

Idea Exchange

We (SerpentZA and I), had the honor of being the main speakers at a Guangzhou Idea Exchange. 

We promoted our YouTube channels, as well as our upcoming TV show, Conquering Southern China. 

It was awesome.

I was surprised at the open mindedness...

Flu Season is Blue Season

I had an awesome time in Guangzhou with my buddy and producer of me and Winstons TV show, Conquering Southern China. 

It was great to catch up, and I ended up doing a quick promo for it at an Idea Exchange.

Guangzhou is weird. There are (I believe) more foreigners there than any...

Fake Vaccines

When it rains, it pours.

Just when you come to terms with having a baby in China instead of America, news like this comes out.

http://time.com/4267266/china-vaccine-scandal/

"A...

She is here

Hey laowinners!

It has been a grueling, trying, and really rough time.

Vivi started having contractions big time around 12:00 on March 12th, and I decided that might be the time to go to the hospital. There were also other signs that proved that birth was at hand (but I wil...

Thank You Laowinners!

Some amazing gifts have been coming in the mail, and the Patreons have helped calm a really nervous time for me and Vivi. We want to say thank you so much to everyone that has helped us out, and watched our videos.

Every bit has helped, because buying baby stuff in China is a risky endeavor. W...

I've got my ducks in a row

A lot of mixed response from the most recent video, "What's up with Expecting a Baby in China?"

Fortunately most of it was good. 

It was a blast to make, but the duck was disgusting. When we bought it at Wal Mart, it was so fresh, and by the end of the shoot it was rotting.

"Soy Sauce will make you black"

The Dim Sum video reminded me of having Dim Sum with my mother in law the other day. 

Vivi reached eagerly for a dumpling, and proceeded to dip it into soy sauce. Her mother smacked her chopsticks and said, "Don't eat soy sauce when you are pregnant! What are you stupid? You will make the...

Monkey It Up

Chinese New Year is always a time for Chinese families to get together and rekindle after a long time apart. There is shared food, stories, and Hong Baos (red envelopes full of money).

It's a lucky time if you are not married yet, because you will be showered in cash for a few d...

Let's all be pretty!

Hey Laowinners! 

Been hard at work with the videos these days, and I am loving the response I am getting. It has been a pleasure putting out all of this content for you guys!

These apps are hilarious, and I am really out of touch with what girls are doing back home to make thems...

Chintucky Fried Chicken

Fast food is not my thing.

For some reason I have never enjoyed it. I have always been a fairly health conscious person, so maybe that has something to do with it.

So, you can imagine that shooting this episode wasn't the most enjoyable for me.

However, I find it fascinatin...

Retro Commercials

It's been really fun doing this videos with my wife. I feel like she is really getting better on camera. 

When sifting through a lot of these commercials to make the video, I realized that China didn't put out a whole lot of original content when it came to advertisements. Most of the ads...

Changes in China

China in 2008 was not the place it is now.

When I first got here, there were hardly cars on some of the roads.

Entire places in the city (Huizhou) didn't even exist.

I can drive around areas that were totally farmland, but are now skyscrapers.

In my city alone, the popula...

How I met my wife

Hey Laowinners,

Everyone always asks me, "how did you meet your wife?"

When I first got to China, I didn't speak a lick of Chinese. Life was tough for the first couple weeks. New money, new language, new setting, new climate, new timezone... It was hard to get settled down.

We did it!!! First goal!

First and foremost, thank you so much for watching.

I am so deeply humbled that this is going the way I want it to.

The

comments, donations, and wonderful messages and feedback that I have

been getting is putting me over the moon. I never expected this to go

thi...

Mom sent some hilarious photos

Hey Laowinners,

First off, thank you so much for

being a Patreon. You have no idea how much motivation this gives me to

keep putting out new content, and I really appreciate all of the

feedback on my latest video, Diet, Exercise, and Digestion.

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Why did I come to China? Thank Europe...

I was in my first year of University, sitting in some programming course, bored out of my mind, and I just started sketching a map of Europe into my notebook.

I started to fill out the borders and cities that I knew, and started to fantasize about being elsewhere.

Anywhere but that lectu...

The Most Embarrassing Thing Ever

When I first came to China, I started a blog. I just came across it again.

Some of the later content is actually pretty good.

But the early posts... lord is it bad.

I was going to delete them out of shame, but I figured I would share them with my dear Patreons first. ...

We ate cow s***

When we were in Guizhou, we had a chance to eat a dong/miao/shui minority food that actually translated to cow regurgitation 牛瘪 hot pot. They feed a cow at 10 pm, kill it at 2 am, then squeeze the digested grass from it's stomach and intestines. It didn't taste that bad, because the beef was sup...