Winston Sterzel
Winston Sterzel | |
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 Sterzel in Shenzhen, July 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 17, 1980 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Residence | Shenzhen, China |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| Website | advchina |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Genre | China Vlogs |
| Subscribers | 369,000 |
| Total views | 57,754,346 |
| Associated acts |
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| Catchphrase(s) | Stay Awesome! Variations of "Bunch of nonsense" |
| Updated June 28, 2018 | |
Winston Frederick Sterzel (born 17 August 1980[1]), also known by his YouTube pseudonym SerpentZA, is a South African born vlogger and video producer located in Shenzhen in the Guangdong province of China. His videos cover a variety of topics relating to life in China from a Westerner's perspective.
Life and career[edit]
Sterzel is of British heritage; he was born and grew up in South Africa, and moved to China in his mid-twenties[2][3] after first visiting on business in 2005.[4][5] In 2015 he was one of twelve South Africans in China profiled by China Radio International.[6] A medical training manager, he now lives with his Chinese wife in Shenzhen; he started uploading videos in China in 2007[7] and became a full-time vlogger in 2016.[8] His videos primarily focus on introducing Westerners to China and helping them with visiting and living there;[2][3][9][10][11] sometimes he interviews people on controversial topics.[8] His first YouTube channel was "The PSP Traveller".[12]
Sterzel has also made videos about motorcycle trips through China. One on a journey to Guilin amassed almost 80,000 views.[2] With Matthew Tye (C-Milk, Laowhy86) and other friends, he has taken extended journeys and produced documentary series titled Conquering Southern China[13][14][15] and Conquering Northern China, for which he and Tye raised money on Kickstarter so that the trip and the episodes could be longer.[15] He operates the YouTube channel ADVChina with Tye; as of January 2015[update] he was also head engineer of a custom motorcycle business, Churchill Custom Motorcycles, which he started with Tye and another friend.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "SerpentZA". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McGeary, Kevin (2014-06-05). "PRD People: Medical Trainer and Online Celebrity Winston Sterzel". The Nanfang. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ding, A (9 October 2017). "British YouTuber helps foreigners settle in China". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ "Falling in love with SZ in three days". Shenzhen Government Online. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ "My Chinese Life: Winston Sterzel--The Original China Vlogger" (with video). CRIEnglish. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via China.com.
- ↑ Kemp, Yunus (26 August 2015). "South Africans find home away from home in China". Xinhua. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ "南非男拍视频记录深圳". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gidge, Sky (20 December 2016). "Take 5: YouTube Vlogger Winston Sterzel". That's Shenzhen. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Yuanyuan, Wang (8 June 2012). "British-South African telling people 'how China is'". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Rossman, Sean (4 May 2018). "Chinese are OK with Utah teen's controversial cheongsam prom dress". USA Today. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Roberts, Stephen O. (4 January 2015). "Custom Start-Up: Three Expats and A Two-Wheeled Dream". Here! Dongguan. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ "The PSP Traveller". YouTube.
- ↑ Gidge, Sky (14 January 2016). "Expat's video featured". Shenzhen Daily. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
- ↑ Mullin, Kyle (20 August 2016). "Watch Two Crazy Vloggers Drive 5,000km Across Southern China on Handmade Motorcycles". The Beijinger. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Gidge, Sky (29 March 2017). "YouTube Stars Turn to Kickstarter for China Motorcycle Adventure Series". That's Guangzhou. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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