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Serpentza Does not Reside in the China anymore, please see here, Where does WS live now? Please see this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYA2BDnnfGI at 1:22:45 seconds There is heated disagreement on whether WS currently abides in China or the United States. Evidence, i.e., reliable sources, should be provided here for discussion before being added to the article. David notMD (talk) 11:41, 4 July 2019 (UTC) Article at 11:30 he talks about moving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J35Ax
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| birth_place = [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
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| nationality = [[South African]]
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'''Winston Frederick Sterzel''' (born 17 August 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/winstoninchina/about/?ref=page_internal|title=SerpentZA|website=www.facebook.com|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>), also known by his [[YouTube]] pseudonym '''SerpentZA''', is a South African born [[Video blog|vlogger]], [[expatriate]], and [[Video production|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.
'''Winston Frederick Sterzel''' (born 17 August 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/winstoninchina/about/?ref=page_internal|title=SerpentZA|website=www.facebook.com|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>), also known by his [[YouTube]] pseudonym '''SerpentZA''', is a South African born [[Video blog|vlogger]], [[expatriate]], and [[Video production|video producer]] located in [[USA]]. His videos cover a variety of topics relating to life in China from a Westerner's perspective.


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Sterzel is of German-British heritage.<ref>ADVChina, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOPTJ7TYkLw YouTube post, June 18, 2018], 3:05-4:40.</ref> He was born and grew up in South Africa. He moved to China in his mid-twenties<ref name=Nanfang>{{Cite news|url=https://thenanfang.com/prd-people-medical-trainer-and-online-celebrity-winston-sterzel/|title=PRD People: Medical Trainer and Online Celebrity Winston Sterzel |last=McGeary|first=Kevin|date=2014-06-05|work=The Nanfang|access-date=2017-03-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=British>{{cite news |first=A |last=Ding |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2017-10/09/content_17465989.htm |title=British YouTuber helps foreigners settle in China|newspaper=[[Shenzhen Daily]] |date=9 October 2017 |accessdate=28 June 2018 }}</ref> to work as an English teacher<ref>SerpentZA, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoE88-v1_SI&t=5s YouTube post, Feb 22, 2019].</ref> after first visiting on business in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.sz.gov.cn/ln/200801/t20080107_1105582.htm |title=Falling in love with SZ in three days |website=Shenzhen Government Online |date=7 January 2008 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.china.com/video/life/2649/20150521/377597.html |title=My Chinese Life: Winston Sterzel--The Original China Vlogger |publisher=''[[CRIEnglish]]'' |via=''China.com'' |date=21 May 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 |type=with video }}</ref> In 2015 he was one of twelve South Africans in China profiled by [[China Radio International]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Yunus |last=Kemp |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-08/26/c_134557176.htm |title=South Africans find home away from home in China |publisher=[[Xinhua]] |date=26 August 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> Sterzel now lives with his Chinese wife in Shenzhen. He started uploading videos in China in 2007,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.singtao.ca/vancouver/356223/2015-12-14/post-%E5%8D%97%E9%9D%9E%E7%94%B7%E6%8B%8D%E8%A6%96%E9%A0%BB%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%84%E6%B7%B1%E5%9C%B3/?variant=zh-hk |title=南非男拍视频记录深圳 |newspaper=[[Sing Tao Daily (Canada)|Sing Tao Daily]] |language=Chinese |date=14 December 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> and became a full-time vlogger in 2016.<ref name=Take>{{cite web |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.thatsmags.com/shenzhen/post/16679/take-5-youtube-vlogger-winston-sterzel |title=Take 5: YouTube Vlogger Winston Sterzel |website=That's Shenzhen |date=20 December 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> His videos primarily focus on introducing Westerners to China and helping them with visiting and living there.<ref name=Nanfang/><ref name=British/><ref>{{cite news |first=Wang |last=Yuanyuan |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-06/08/content_6819665.htm |title=British-South African telling people ‘how China is’ |newspaper=Shenzhen Daily |date=8 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Sean |last=Rossman |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/04/chinese-ok-utah-teens-controversial-cheongsam-prom-dress/580062002/ |title=Chinese are OK with Utah teen's controversial cheongsam prom dress |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref name=bike>{{cite web |first=Stephen O. |last=Roberts |url=http://heredg.com/2015/01/custom-start-three-expats-two-wheeled-dream/|title=Custom Start-Up: Three Expats and A Two-Wheeled Dream|date=4 January 2015|website=Here! Dongguan |accessdate=28 June 2018 }}</ref> Sometimes he interviews people on topics considered controversial by Chinese standards.<ref name=Take/> His first YouTube channel was "The PSP Traveller".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/psptraveller |title= The PSP Traveller|website=YouTube}}</ref>
Sterzel is of German-British heritage.<ref>ADVChina, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOPTJ7TYkLw YouTube post, June 18, 2018], 3:05-4:40.</ref> He was born and grew up in South Africa. He moved to China in his mid-twenties<ref name=Nanfang>{{Cite news|url=https://thenanfang.com/prd-people-medical-trainer-and-online-celebrity-winston-sterzel/|title=PRD People: Medical Trainer and Online Celebrity Winston Sterzel |last=McGeary|first=Kevin|date=2014-06-05|work=The Nanfang|access-date=2017-03-19|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=British>{{cite news |first=A |last=Ding |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2017-10/09/content_17465989.htm |title=British YouTuber helps foreigners settle in China|newspaper=[[Shenzhen Daily]] |date=9 October 2017 |accessdate=28 June 2018 }}</ref> to work as an English teacher<ref>SerpentZA, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoE88-v1_SI&t=5s YouTube post, Feb 22, 2019].</ref> after first visiting on business in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.sz.gov.cn/ln/200801/t20080107_1105582.htm |title=Falling in love with SZ in three days |website=Shenzhen Government Online |date=7 January 2008 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.china.com/video/life/2649/20150521/377597.html |title=My Chinese Life: Winston Sterzel--The Original China Vlogger |publisher=''[[CRIEnglish]]'' |via=''China.com'' |date=21 May 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 |type=with video }}</ref> In 2015 he was one of twelve South Africans in China profiled by [[China Radio International]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Yunus |last=Kemp |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-08/26/c_134557176.htm |title=South Africans find home away from home in China |publisher=[[Xinhua]] |date=26 August 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> Sterzel now lives with his Chinese wife in USA. He started uploading videos in China in 2007,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.singtao.ca/vancouver/356223/2015-12-14/post-%E5%8D%97%E9%9D%9E%E7%94%B7%E6%8B%8D%E8%A6%96%E9%A0%BB%E8%A8%98%E9%8C%84%E6%B7%B1%E5%9C%B3/?variant=zh-hk |title=南非男拍视频记录深圳 |newspaper=[[Sing Tao Daily (Canada)|Sing Tao Daily]] |language=Chinese |date=14 December 2015 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> and became a full-time vlogger in 2016.<ref name=Take>{{cite web |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.thatsmags.com/shenzhen/post/16679/take-5-youtube-vlogger-winston-sterzel |title=Take 5: YouTube Vlogger Winston Sterzel |website=That's Shenzhen |date=20 December 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> His videos primarily focus on China.<ref name=Nanfang/><ref name=British/><ref>{{cite news |first=Wang |last=Yuanyuan |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2012-06/08/content_6819665.htm |title=British-South African telling people ‘how China is’ |newspaper=Shenzhen Daily |date=8 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Sean |last=Rossman |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/04/chinese-ok-utah-teens-controversial-cheongsam-prom-dress/580062002/ |title=Chinese are OK with Utah teen's controversial cheongsam prom dress |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref name=bike>{{cite web |first=Stephen O. |last=Roberts |url=http://heredg.com/2015/01/custom-start-three-expats-two-wheeled-dream/|title=Custom Start-Up: Three Expats and A Two-Wheeled Dream|date=4 January 2015|website=Here! Dongguan |accessdate=28 June 2018 }}</ref> Sometimes he interviews people on topics considered controversial by Chinese standards.<ref name=Take/> His first YouTube channel was "The PSP Traveller".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/psptraveller |title= The PSP Traveller|website=YouTube}}</ref>


Sterzel has also made videos about motorcycle trips through China. One on a journey to [[Guilin]] amassed almost 80,000 views.<ref name=Nanfang/> With Matthew Tye and other friends, he has taken extended journeys and produced documentary series titled ''Conquering Southern China''<ref>{{cite news |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2016-01/14/content_12734188.htm |title=Expat’s video featured |newspaper=Shenzhen Daily |date=14 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510043353/http://www.szdaily.com/content/2016-01/14/content_12734188.htm |archivedate=10 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Kyle |last=Mullin |url=https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2016/08/19/watch-two-crazy-vloggers-drive-5000km-across-southern-china-hand-made-motorcycles |title=Watch Two Crazy Vloggers Drive 5,000km Across Southern China on Handmade Motorcycles |website=[[The Beijinger]] |date=20 August 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref name=Kickstarter>{{cite web |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/18300/280000-rmb-pledged-for-china-motorcycle-adventure-series |title=YouTube Stars Turn to Kickstarter for China Motorcycle Adventure Series |website=That's Guangzhou |date=29 March 2017 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> and ''Conquering Northern China''.<ref name=Kickstarter/> <!-- ''Conquering Northern China'' had its premiere screening in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theatre on 1 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conquering-northern-china-qa-with-serpentza-laowhy86-tickets-41064035636# |title=Conquering Northern China + Q&A with SERPENTZA & LAOWHY86 (2018) }}</ref> --> He operates the YouTube channel ''ADVChina'' with Tye. {{As of|2015|01|lc=y}} He was also co-founder and head engineer of a [[custom motorcycle]] business, Churchill Custom Motorcycles.<ref name=bike/>
Sterzel has also made videos about motorcycle trips through China. With peers, he has taken extended journeys and produced documentary series titled ''Conquering Southern China''<ref>{{cite news |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2016-01/14/content_12734188.htm |title=Expat’s video featured |newspaper=Shenzhen Daily |date=14 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510043353/http://www.szdaily.com/content/2016-01/14/content_12734188.htm |archivedate=10 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Kyle |last=Mullin |url=https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2016/08/19/watch-two-crazy-vloggers-drive-5000km-across-southern-china-hand-made-motorcycles |title=Watch Two Crazy Vloggers Drive 5,000km Across Southern China on Handmade Motorcycles |website=[[The Beijinger]] |date=20 August 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref><ref name=Kickstarter>{{cite web |first=Sky |last=Gidge |url=http://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/18300/280000-rmb-pledged-for-china-motorcycle-adventure-series |title=YouTube Stars Turn to Kickstarter for China Motorcycle Adventure Series |website=That's Guangzhou |date=29 March 2017 |accessdate=29 June 2018 }}</ref> and ''Conquering Northern China''.<ref name=Kickstarter/> <!-- ''Conquering Northern China'' had its premiere screening in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theatre on 1 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conquering-northern-china-qa-with-serpentza-laowhy86-tickets-41064035636# |title=Conquering Northern China + Q&A with SERPENTZA & LAOWHY86 (2018) }}</ref> --> He operates the YouTube channel ''ADVChina'' with Tye. {{As of|2015|01|lc=y}} He was also co-founder and head engineer of a [[custom motorcycle]] business, Churchill Custom Motorcycles.<ref name=bike/>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|u=SerpentZa}}
* {{YouTube|u=SerpentZa}}

* [http://list.youku.com/albumlist/show/id_19204663.html? Winston Sterzel's channel] on [[Youku]]




Revision as of 00:27, 21 July 2019

Winston Sterzel
Sterzel in Shenzhen, July 2017
Personal information
Born (1980-08-17) August 17, 1980 (age 44)
Cape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
OccupationYouTuber
Websiteadvchina.net
YouTube information
Channel
GenreChina Vlogs
Subscribers555,292[1]
Total views90,111,971[1]
Associated acts
  • ADVChina
100,000 subscribers2016
Last updated: January 20, 2019 (2019-01-20)

Winston Frederick Sterzel (born 17 August 1980[2]), also known by his YouTube pseudonym SerpentZA, is a South African born vlogger, expatriate, and video producer located in USA. His videos cover a variety of topics relating to life in China from a Westerner's perspective.

Life and career

Sterzel is of German-British heritage.[3] He was born and grew up in South Africa. He moved to China in his mid-twenties[4][5] to work as an English teacher[6] after first visiting on business in 2005.[7][8] In 2015 he was one of twelve South Africans in China profiled by China Radio International.[9] Sterzel now lives with his Chinese wife in USA. He started uploading videos in China in 2007,[10] and became a full-time vlogger in 2016.[11] His videos primarily focus on China.[4][5][12][13][14] Sometimes he interviews people on topics considered controversial by Chinese standards.[11] His first YouTube channel was "The PSP Traveller".[15]

Sterzel has also made videos about motorcycle trips through China. With peers, he has taken extended journeys and produced documentary series titled Conquering Southern China[16][17][18] and Conquering Northern China.[18] He operates the YouTube channel ADVChina with Tye. as of January 2015 He was also co-founder and head engineer of a custom motorcycle business, Churchill Custom Motorcycles.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "About SerpentZA". YouTube.
  2. ^ "SerpentZA". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ ADVChina, YouTube post, June 18, 2018, 3:05-4:40.
  4. ^ a b McGeary, Kevin (2014-06-05). "PRD People: Medical Trainer and Online Celebrity Winston Sterzel". The Nanfang. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. ^ a b Ding, A (9 October 2017). "British YouTuber helps foreigners settle in China". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ SerpentZA, YouTube post, Feb 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Falling in love with SZ in three days". Shenzhen Government Online. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. ^ "My Chinese Life: Winston Sterzel--The Original China Vlogger" (with video). CRIEnglish. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via China.com. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Kemp, Yunus (26 August 2015). "South Africans find home away from home in China". Xinhua. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  10. ^ "南非男拍视频记录深圳". Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b Gidge, Sky (20 December 2016). "Take 5: YouTube Vlogger Winston Sterzel". That's Shenzhen. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  12. ^ Yuanyuan, Wang (8 June 2012). "British-South African telling people 'how China is'". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  13. ^ Rossman, Sean (4 May 2018). "Chinese are OK with Utah teen's controversial cheongsam prom dress". USA Today. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. ^ a b Roberts, Stephen O. (4 January 2015). "Custom Start-Up: Three Expats and A Two-Wheeled Dream". Here! Dongguan. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  15. ^ "The PSP Traveller". YouTube.
  16. ^ Gidge, Sky (14 January 2016). "Expat's video featured". Shenzhen Daily. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
  17. ^ Mullin, Kyle (20 August 2016). "Watch Two Crazy Vloggers Drive 5,000km Across Southern China on Handmade Motorcycles". The Beijinger. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  18. ^ a b 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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