I'm not entirely sure what type of audience this is meant for because people that have followed Winston's work on YouTube will be shockingly surprised by how positive and to some extent "fake" this video is in comparison to his regular YT videos. As a matter of fact, I felt it was somewhat hypocritical of him and very misleading to the people watching this documentary that the topics he covered in it were then dissected and criticized in his regular YouTube videos. He goes into a lot of detail on the channel and essentially bashes a lot of the stuff he did regular Winston style. And it's not that he's wrong, it's just...misleading - why not mention it in this title? Why not be honest with your viewers?

So the thing about Winston's videos is that they are generally quite biased and somewhat one sided. You can kind of get a taste of what this will be like by watching his YouTube videos. His take on China has always been: "don't get my wrong, I love China" but always involved various types of somewhat negative criticisms, not all wrong of course, but also some of which anyone with Chinese background would probably hate him for.

Imagine a Chinese guy comes to your country, finds the worst your country has to offer and goes on Youku(Chinese YouTube) and exposes it for all China to see, pretty much being disgusted by it while politely replying in your language that he loves it. That's kind of the nutshell of a lot of his videos, but strangely and somewhat misleadingly not this one.

In this video, he's presenting a positive view of the fringe culture in China and I was genuinely surprised but not in a good way. Simply because this was so much different from the regular Winston videos I'm used to on YouTube, I actually ended up finding this title boring.

And unlike some other travel documentary makers out there, unfortunately, Winston is also not very knowledgeable either. It feels like he does only surface research prior to writing the script and knows little about the world outside of his bubble. It worked well as an opinion piece when all he did was YouTube videos because that's how YouTube works, but once you start making documentaries and want to present the world to people, I don't think it's fair to have the same approach.

The only part I really enjoyed, was seeing Naomi who I highly respect for what she does, but there was not enough of her work and it was such a short and simple expose that it was totally pointless at the end. I would have preferred to see some of the cool stuff she has going.

Would I recommend this? Not for the price and not for his YouTube fans. This is so different from his regular stuff that I genuinely didn't really enjoy it.

I would recommend this to someone who wants to watch a video about Chinese fringe topics and some interesting offbeat science research, but because it was so random and so disconnected, I don't think it's really worth it at the end.

If you want more Naomi stuff, go check out her channel, her content is stellar. If you want to see what this video is like, watch some of his videos first.

Not really worth your time or money in my opinion.

Giving it some stars for good camera shots in some parts, but taking away a lot of stars for the overall presentation and the unusual disconnected themes presented. This would have been so much better as a separate episode for each city, instead of a mishmash of several cities and random stuff from each.

A rare look into Chinese culture and subculture without the usual propaganda or biased views. Winston is a charming host, sincerely interested in China and its people.

The 1st documentary, Conquering Southern China gave my family unrestricted access to Eastern culture. Since then, we've been mesmerized. Stay Awesome, China!, a 3rd documentary, explores new locations not covered in the 1st & 2nd (Conquering Northern China) documentaries. Several unique stories that are true & have never been told in the West is at the heart of SAC! These stories engage the audience with feelings of acceptance & happiness. My favorite director, Kurosawa, probably could appreciate the obstacles that were overcome while filming & finding a unique style. Very entertaining.