Government Backed Tofu Mafia Came AFTER US - The Untold Story
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The tofu mafia in Jianshui, Yunnan is a scary bunch. They are protecting a heavily guarded secret, and we found out about it when we were there.
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Nice research, I'm from Argentina and I am currently watching Brooklyn 99! Awesome
If Nord is so great, why does mine refuse to work 2-3 times a week, ever damn week?
Including right now, just a couple of days after loading the latest version. :(
I had absolutely no respect for you whatsoever when you used to do the feel-good stories about China. It wasn't until you started speaking the truth that you deserved a little bit of respect
Another great video guys. Wang Weiluo, famous Chinese hydrologist, says that because of the amount of dams and reservoirs in China now, the self cleaning ability of the rivers are reduced over 80%, making CHINA'S DRINKING WATER now EQUIVALENT TO WATER COMING OUT of GERMAN SEWAGE treatment plants. Cancer rates, diseases, etc are skyrocketing with healthcare (massively underfunded) unable to help the poor souls affected.
The Chinese man who spoke up about the Condition of the well is a lion! Those who speak up when others are silent deserve massive respect.
he ded now
Not in China. They don't value truth. They value face.
Because to save face or not, at least he dare to speak about it.
I fear for what happened to him later. :(
@@patrickt49 the same can be said for the news in any western nation, especially the usa
This is why my Taiwanese wife absolutely refuses to eat ANYTHING made in China. No exceptions.
For many reasons. Good for her.
My Chinese girlfriend feeds my daughter Chinese food at times. It worries me.
@@andreasv9472 maybe have a way to test the foods?? Idk. It's possible.
@@bowsah5341 yes just taste test it! If it tastes good then you’re fine! No worries.
@@xinniethep00h lol..... You can be serious. THATS gotta be a funny, Right?
I hope the Tofu mafia didn't beat up the whistleblower who clued you guys in to what was going on. A very brave man.
They most certainly did.
Oh he dead for sure
Or maybe worse
For a long time as a Chinese immigrant, I didn't understand why my parents always boiled or bought water jugs in Canada. Now I understand. Thank you so much for telling these stories to the world.
Yeah, but boiling water only gets rid of bacteria. If toxic waste sludge is in there, boiling the water makes it stronger. U boil the water away and distil and concentrate the most toxic stuff
@@tonyb7615 yeah if you make a distillation rig you can at least evaporate the water and recollect it
and the heavy metals/elements stay in the pot (well mostly)
You want to hear a Morty's Mind Blower?
You two might be the last two people to ever do trips like this in China, and record it in great detail, until the CCP is no longer in power and the internet and travel is free again.
Maybe they'll be remembered by history?
When Obama gave the control of the internet to the UN it cease to be free.
Cholera outbreaks are still prevalent in some parts of China... and that Water Well was a prime example of an outbreak waiting to happen...
Cholera outbreaks only happen when western spies put contaminated frozen vegetables in the water supply! Just like how the west gave us Covid 19!
@@xinniethep00h social credit+
@@xinniethep00h Good job, comrade! You make Papa Xi proud! 🐻
@scomo's maccas adventure fun time. more than half the country it's still third world. Way more.
For the uninformed it comes from human feces.
This must be the first time in the history of civilization that the words "tofu mafia" were joined together in any meaningful way.
And we are so much wiser because of it! 😂
Well South Africa has a taxi mafia so I'm not surprised
Tofu Man has my respect for having the balls to speak the truth.
Definitely☆☆☆☆☆
@@armynation31B5V5P a true hero to China as oposed to we know who!
It was not tofu man it was random well guy
In Japan there are many frozen foods made in China and sold in Japan. There were certain incidents where Japanese people got sick and it was found it was due to high levels of pesticides in the food. The China side (the CCP) always found it was due to a single person poisoning the food. Never was it found to be poisoning from the land where the ingredients are grown/farmed.
It may be later in time from when you found out but you did your best for your safety and the safety of those with you. Your speaking up now and that is appreciated.
When the CCP falls they will be heros!
People will watch this and think how grateful they are that they food they get in their home country is not similarly contaminated. However, what they may not realize is just how much food comes from China and is not labelled as such.
Here in Canada one of the national news programs did an expose and found that something like 100% of fish like tilapia came from China. They went over there and filmed these fish pounds (obviously with great secrecy) and showed that were being similarly contaminated with chemical laden water. This fish was then exported to Canada and labelled "Made in Canada".
Many countries labelling laws state that at least 51% of COSTS must be incurred in the labelling country. So buy $490,000 of sketchy CCP tilapia, pay your CEO $510,000, and voila, Made in Canada.
All governments greedy corrupt
Also makes me wonder how much of that "seafood" company in "Canada" is controlled by the CCP.
Labeling laws are different for every industry. Labeling laws for a made in USA flashlight is completely different to a "farmed in USA" food product. You're either completely misunderstanding the way it works, or there's something wrong with Canada. That "pay the CEO $510k" scenario would never work in most places. The salary for the CEO is not a cost of the product.
Here in the US the typical workaround is for companies to label who the distributor is without saying the country of origin for the product. They usually do that to hide the fact that their products were likely made in China.
13:52 "they all look a little sickly"
I agree. I feel so sorry for these people who have no choice but to drink contaminated water, get cancer and end up looking like Fallout characters.
Good lord... I have a severe phobia of unsafe foods so I can't help but feel horribly for these people having to use this well. Oh my God.
What's the worst that can happen, food poisoning ? 😆
@@Christinebanks11 that is actually the best thing.
Chinese fake food can be cancerous
A phobia of unsafe food... Imagine somebody saying I like unsafe food...
You two guys, please look carefully. Your beautiful mountains do not have old ancient trees left. They are only covered by small bushes or weeds. China have no big and tall trees left. It is so sad and depressing to see these treeless mountains.
Go visit the redwood forests in california if you ever get a chance. Beautiful, ancient, and hopefully will be around longer than we will.
Pal, if those mountains used to be covered in trees you'd notice. Forestry isn't just as simple as plucking the trees out of the earth, lmao. There's a LOT of heavy machinery involved and it leaves its marks on the ground.
@@mr.strugglesnuggle6668 Scotland and Ireland both used to be covered in trees. They are both now bog holes. Ireland is the interesting one here, since a lot of deforestation happened within the last 100 years, and is ongoing in some areas today (such as my old childhood home, which is now deforested completely). There are no marks except for when deforestation happens within five to ten years of observation.
@@mr.strugglesnuggle6668 empire has existed in china for thousands of years. Yeah, here in America all of the enviromental damage was done within the last 300 years, but in china those mountains might have been clear cut 1500 years ago
@@Jupiter__001_ same with Iceland, or pretty much all of Europe for that matter.
These stories tie in so well with your documentary.
If only it was possible to analyse that water.
If it is still for sale it can be analyzed.
Not just Tofu, anything associated with ancient/ legend/ celebrity/ thousnad thousand thousand years culture, you better to think about it twice --- an advice from a people grow up there : )
I'm definitely thinking twice about going to the Asian grocers in the city now. A lot of imported food from China and Japan. I'm not sure I trust any Chinese imported foods now.
@@savannahshane2231 I absolutely do not, but it has nothing to do with the people. I just chose to shop differently and organically usually. Pay more for safer foods.
@@bowsah5341 I one hundred percent respect that the people are victims and the government is the one in the wrong. My concern is government stamps saying yes, you can eat this and sell it overseas, but the food may still be contaminated. I will try to source more trustworthy items, if possible.
@@savannahshane2231 best of wishes for that. Maybe look into independent ways to test the food or find information about the companies? Hopefully possible.
@@savannahshane2231 Japan probably not that bad.
17:58 "We could have theoretically jeopardized their entire tofu operations." I disagree. They did it to themselves and want to blame everyone else.
While the Chinese are fully at fault they meant if this information became public people would not longer purchase this tofu which would then jeopardize their operations. The Chinese totally look to place blame on others but they concern was the possible lack of money they would receive if the public learned about the infected water.
COmmunism may change countries and styles, but hate is always onsistent are the big fat lies about how wonderful everything is
I don't think the people filling the well water into the water cooler bottles are used to be sold as normal water cooler. I think they sold them as specialty healthy spring water for a lot more money.
Yes
funny！哈哈哈哈
This is outstanding journalism. The entirety of the main stream media doesn't come close to the work you guys have done.
You guys are doing good work
My ex-wife was active in "missionary" work and she "imported" a man and his two teen-aged children (the three didn't come all at once) to the U.S. from Ghana. My kids asked him about eating dog meat (or mentioned something about that; I was not there) and he replied, "Oh no, we don't do that. At least not in public."
He had a sense of humor.
Cucked by Ghana Tyrone
Lmao, cucked by tyrone and his kids.
@@garminbozia Cucked by Mini Tyrone
When you live in a country that disappears its own people everyday its no wonder that selling poison food is okay as well!
当你生活在一个每年都有几十万人死于吸毒的国家，有毒食品你都看不上。
Thank you very much guys for this very informative video. This is the best channel on CZcams about China.
lol nice work ! Your guys adventures always make me think how transparency is a freedom that is worth fighting for.
Reminds me of that mission in Red Dead Redemption 2 where you investigate a village of sickly, lesioned, scarred lunatics drinking arsenic water.
The inbreds??
You guys have had some truly incredible adventures.
I try avoid any food products from China. Here in the grocery store I only see garlic from China. I grow my own or buy local garlic.
Anyone remember Winston driving around with a diaper/nappy under the seat and only founding out what it was after 🤣😂
Such an adventure. There's always something else going on as long as you pay close attention. Glad that you guys fled soon enough.
I am vegan so I often eat tofu but thankfully I never eat Chinese tofu. I have avoided Chinese tofu thanks to you guys so thank you for that! :)
Your camera crew wasn't down for the cause... I would have instantly got a new one.
Thanks guys, this is amazing
"We went there to eat frick'n tofu and ended up getting chased out by the mafia". LOL
What an adventure! I wish I could do something like this. However, the whole damn planet seems to be locked down now.
"When that goes a way, if that goes away, you can see it for yourself" :D It would be great. I agree. I saw some awesome stuff in Shanghai, a lady walking down the main street with a sign smiled at us as she entered the street, only to walk not even 30metres to get bundled up and taken away. wow huh... poor people selling edible puppies on the street...
I love how your guys' camera crew was too tired to drive with you. Like guys, this is what you're being paid for, you can't just be like "nah, I'm too tired to do my job" ... That'd totally happen here in Vietnam too... I got injured the other day and found out... Most hospitals and clinics take lunch breaks, one hospital's even closed on the weekends XD
Holy fuck this sounds like a typical fallout quest, but it's just China.
People all over the world need to be very careful about buying any food items that are made in China, from soft drinks, sauces, spices for cooking.... especially if you have a young child. Look for brands made in Taiwan, Hong Kong, southeast Asia instead.
Stick with local and fresh.
I won't even give my dog anything "edible" from the pollution kingdom.
Don't buy Heinz, last I've heard they used tomatoes from China. And some of them came from Uighur slave labor until congress started recognizing the genocide in occupied Xinjiang.
BOYCOTT ALL CHINESE PRODUCTS....DONT DO BUDINESS WITH THEM TILL CCP IS DESTROYED
@@stewartbeche686 it seems to me it is getting easier to buy non China made items, many of my recent clothing purchases are made in Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico… etc
My god that's nasty, glad I have normal tap water here in my western country bc it makes me think it's not always a given. Just like when i done travelling to some messed up holiday destinations back in the days.
Just because it's coming out of your tap doesn't make it 100% clean and safe. Ask the people of Flint, Michigan
Thank you for sharing!
These guys are such great story tellers.
These two have reached the level of friendship where they would be able to do a devil's three way, look into each other's eyes, and be able to get it done
I’d feel safe travelling with this man
Thank you lads. You are showing us what’s coming our way 👍
19:05 - looks like the girl was taking a picture of you guys sitting on your bikes, maybe she was an informant for the tofu mafia lol
Y'all make the best Nord ads. Hands down
Ok how about order some of the tofu, get it tested and see what shows up. But get a sample from a different company and compare? It may all be bad?
If its from china how could any of it be good?
@@tomwelshshore it won’t be but it would show just how bad it really is.
@@cliffp73 for sure get a measurement of at bare min so the world knows
I’ll admit I’m a little disappointed there’s no literal tofu mafia controlling the tofu trade
15:00 its this sort of thing why I'd never buy any food or medical products from China. Unfortunately companies that use ingredients from China are hardly going to tell you that.
The scary thing is that you probably do and don't even realize. For example, I remember reading about a few large hard cider brands that actually use apple pulp from China, rather than domestic apples. It's kind of hard to tell how much of this garbage has crept into our food at the ingredient level.
@@mtnvortex I'm probably safe there as there are a lot of apple producers around here and a place that makes cider. Its things like vitamins and medicines that most concern me as its pretty well near impossible to know where these are sourced.
How can I watch your video conquering southern China? I purchased the northern one long ago but can't find the southern one
the intro music has pavlov'd me into relaxation and has already become nostalgic after like 4 months of watching. Good choice
May "Green-Bucket Man" never be forgotten.
In a flood of complacency he is the one Shouting against the wind, against being silenced, he alone, tries to change things.
In another life "Green-Bucket Man" could have been "Tank-man" standing at Tianmen-square stepping in the way of tanks to help, protect and save people.
It reminds me I watched a food show talking about the wonderful olives in Chaoshan. All I saw were beef noodle shops. Couldn't find olives anywhere.
Again just got home got a beer and now this today was a good day 😂
Man I thought the internet pages were communiques from the tofu mafia about you! How sad was I to discover what it was about! :D
I was wondering, in an old video you guys mentioned how a drunk CCP official's son ran over people in an expensive car (I think it was a Porsche) and despite being filmed & photographed the son said something along the lines of "My dad is (Insert name)." As though he thought he was above the law.
I think the son was eventually arrested & sentenced and his dad was forced to resign but does anyone remember who the son & father were?
Well done!
Interesting as usual :-)
I saw at the well , some were using filter cloths !
Has any of that tofu been tested ?
It's not my field of work now, but I studied water supply design in graduate school, and it's a serious concern keeping surface pollution away from water well shafts.
Can you guys make a whole series of untold stories ??
I hope whoever buys the tofu would do research. But you would think USDA would test it before they can send it to the customer in the US. But I can't say what other countries do. I hope the man who showed you around is ok. Good people don't deserve such an uncaring gov't.
The chai always tastes better when the latrines are dug downstream from your water supply.
Can't believe you're back in China now! Time flies so fast.
this is not an exaggeration, yours are the only sponsor segways i watch and not skip. lol
Any plans on releasing a directors cut of CNC including these stories?
Later in my Shanghai life, I lived outside the city. The canal water was grey-black in color, and somehow the vegetables sold in the wet market survived to be sold.
The Tofu Mafia is one of the deadliest criminal organisations in China.
The oldest faction is known as the Bean Curd League, but newer groups have emerged like the Soyboys, the Tofu Eaters, and the Dau-Fu-Paws from Hong Kong, led by their ruthless boss, Stinky Tofu.
Their members are often seasoned gangsters, but due to their spongy nature, they absorb a lot of the local flavor. They are also relatively high in protein, and are quite popular with vegetarians.
This needs to get out more can i use parts of this video only if i verbally state your channel and link to it?
is this a new hot topic still???...
I love tofu. I've had the little pillow tofus. They are grill tofu and they taste great.
Sounds like a title for a Stephen Chow film: The Tofu Mafia, with the tagline, 'This time they're smoked!'
Nice expose.
never thought I'd see a VR.5 nord ad
I wonder, given the other videos I've seen of you and the difficulties of finding foriegner-friendly hotels that you have ever had to sleep rough/stay awake and find somewhere in daylight?
Keep on keeping on being HONEST THANK U WINSTON N MATT always watch all ur channels if U want a person's honest view on what they have experienced I recommend them both cause with honest opinions U can make ur own honest opinion
In the early 1700's there was a Cholera outbreak in London that was traced to a contaminated well. The well was in front of a house where someone came down with Cholera. The toilets in this house emptied into a cesspool under the house, which was a common practice during that time. The level of the water in the well was lower than the level of the cesspool. Sewage from the cesspool seeped down into the well, and scores of people who used this well died from Cholera. That situation is essentially identical to the well in this video. Dirty water is above and right next to this well. The well is clearly polluted. This Chinese city has water and sanitation practices that are the same as 1700's London. They are 300 years behind the times.
Wow very interesting
👍🏻....as always gentlemen
Oh damn I've just noticed that an N7 jacket!! serpentza is a Mass Effect fan!!! 😍
YUNAN FOOD IS GAS!! I love these kinds of videos!
When you mentioned blue skies I immediately thought of the cotton song 😂
Hey adv whats the intro song called?
It’s literally in the video’s description: “Music -Cartoon Feat. Jüri Pootsman - I remember u”
They even link to it on SoundCloud.
07:53 Jimmy Newtron getting a idea scene
omg, I go to Asian Market here in Houston and I see nicely packaged fruits with China label and I avoid that like asbestos.
Good story. I’ll send this to my Chinese friend.
This week-end in France the media renamed the nu variant of corona virus : Omicron because the WHO officially named it Omicron. Xi, which should be the legitimate Ancient Greek alphabet letter after Nu, was left out. I wonder why? 🤔😉keep up the good work!
It's not a conspiracy. WHO get money from china (and also from other countries) it's public data where and how much each country donations.
It's in their interest to not get that money supply cut short
@@BearMeOut it was sarcasm on my part. I have no doute about what is happening. 😉
“Nu’ is too easily confounded with ‘new,’ and ‘Xi’ was not used because it is a common last name,” the WHO said, adding that the agency’s “best practices for naming disease suggest avoiding ‘causing offence to any cultural, social, national, regional, professional or ethnic groups.'”
im so curious where that sponsor video came from lmao
I have Crohn's disease. This video is already making me flare up 🤢 your storytelling is that good.
RIP those villagers, and the people who ate that tofu.
1:44 Oh boy, look at these two pretty bikes
In the years I've been watching your channels, there's never been a decline in quality, which I think is remarkable.
You should've got a sample of that "water"
This makes me wonder if Minamata (the film) would be released in China.
There's definitely a lot of stuff I didn't get to see in China, but I tried. I left this summer and will probably never go back even for a visit.
more adventures! new country!
You're talking so much about "not putting the mafia in your story" that it's in your story!
Oklahoma dirt is very red. That's how we Kansas folks know an intruder is afoot. 😂
This would be perfect if you inserted a clip from the old Doug cartoon on Nickelodeon of that band singing, "Oh ee ooooh! Killer tofuuuuu!"
I made tofu from raw soybeans in Ag class. I'd never eaten it before, so when I tried it I thought it was bad. My teacher tried it & said it was excellent tofu. I thought I was going to fail assignment, but apparently I'm just not a tofu guy.
These videos by you guys are the most interesting IMO
Are you both on the east coast now?