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Ah that makes sense, thanks. I was wondering how other western youtubers had channels full of interviews.
by abj 6y ago
Ah that makes sense, thanks. I was wondering how other western youtubers had channels full of interviews.
- kube-system 6y agoA couple of the western Chinese vloggers I used to watch a lot recently fled China after they caught wind that the authorities were looking for them for 'illegal journalism'
- grugagag 6y agoThis vlogger, his youtube channel is Serpentza lived in China for more than 10 years now had no choice but to leave, otherwise he wouldn’ve been inprisoned or even worse: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgqdfAomVI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWgqdfAomVI
- abj 6y agoThanks for the link, that's too bad. I remember watching his videos years ago. He seemed to really like living in China.
- dumb1224 6y agoYes his early videos were not political but his content changed dramatically in the last two years. He was under scrutiny by other western youtubers in China e.g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOOC1Exk7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOOC1Exk7o to question his recent contents. Not commenting on his opinions just to provide information from both sides.
- kube-system 6y agoGiven the situation in HK, I find it very believable that it would not be in the best interest for a foreigner living on the mainland to get involved in political criticism — at least - until they leave the country.
- dumb1224 6y agoSure if you believe you're at certain risk. But these channels were talking about Serpentza and his behaviour telling untruth about other vloggers. It has nothing to do with political criticism.
- grugagag 6y agoFrom what I saw with my own eyes he and his fellow blogger were documenting inconvenient truths about China and their lives were in danger to stay any longer there. It is quite dangerous to be even in HK at the moment, the CCP’s armed forces are extremely vicious, perhaps at Xinnie the Pooh’s direct orders, his ego was severely bruised as he’s a sore looser just like our current president. Let’s hope he doesn’t turn into another Mao, thugh it could be even worse..
- dumb1224 6y agoMy comment wasn't about any political stance he has nor what might cause his journey. It was the interactions with other foreign youtubers in China. And surely the inconvenient truths were at most documented/collated material by serpentza not literally your own eyes if that's fare to say?
- abj 6y agoOh, that's great to know. I didn't realize that was happening. Thanks for the clarification.