China Uncensored

China Uncensored is an American commentary channel that covers news relating to Chinese domestic affairs including Hong Kong and Chinese foreign relations. The channel is mainly hosted by Chris Chappell, however occasionally other hosts such as Shelly Zhang, and Matt Gnaizda may take over for him. They also have other channels such as China Unscripted which is a podcast relating to Chinese domestic and foreign affairs, and America Uncovered, which reports on the domestic and foreign affairs of the United States. 
==Content==
China Uncensored mainly consists of highly researched news videos about China with facts and sources, interviews with experts, and Top 10 videos relating to China. Occasionally there are videos of the team traveling, meeting up with fans and covering major events such as the Hong Kong Protests. 
Chris does a straight face when making jokes and has mentioned this as an aspect that is positive for him as a host of the show. The videos usually include an intro that covers the content of the episode, with the host giving jokes while relaying information to the viewer. Near the end of the video, the hosts answers questions, which usually comes from the people that support their Patreon and Locals page. 
China Unscripted is done in a podcast format. Its hosts are Chris Chappell, Shelley Zhang, and Matt Gnaizda It consists of interviews China experts, or the hosts discussing topics relating China.
America Uncovered is hosted by Chris chapel and discusses news relating to United States foreign and domestic affairs
==1 Million Subscriber Video ==
They celebrated their 1 million subscribers milestone on February 26, 2020, with Chris stating that fans from Patreon made this show possible. To celebrate, he also held a live Q&A session on March 3 at 7-8 PM EST. He also pointed out quotes from Chinese state-run media saying that the show spreads lies.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhrSqZ2-6c
Also, Chris mentioned that a viewer asked if a play button will be containing the "google exec's dew of shameful tears",https://youtu.be/IdnbfvlyreY?t=374 but he said it might not be possible since YouTube removed their channel name from the name suggestions along with demonetization.
==Subscriber Milestones==
== Controversy==
J.J. McCullough made a video about Falun Gong's existence in the media and basic beliefs, and there was a few clips shown by J.J. showing Chris saying, "Chinese Communist Party is lying about the data. They're killing people for their organs, and they're making lots."https://youtu.be/1JaPzJKycxc?t=863 which J.J. thinks follows the generic Falun Gong beliefs on organ harvesting.
However, China Uncensored made a video over the funding of the channel which shows that 20% of the revenue comes from YouTube ads, 1% from merchandise, 7% from sponsors, 72% Patreon, PayPal, etc.https://youtu.be/dYBUPOw9Sdw?t=132
In response Nathan Rich made a video again exposing China Uncensored to be funded by NTD, a Falun Gong news outlet
Before this, there were previous theories of funding from Falun Gong among others.https://youtu.be/dYBUPOw9Sdw?t=204
== Pro-China YouTubers Mentioned ==
On Septmeber 27, 2023, China Uncensored uploaded a video questioning the effectiveness of Chinese propaganda, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YT_zOrH5Kw and he listed some YouTubers that they believe that were being used for propaganda. The YouTubers include Barrie V,https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=194 AaroninChina,https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=419 Nathan Rich,https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=588https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=764 Reports on China,https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=706 and FranklyFang.https://youtu.be/5YT_zOrH5Kw?t=773
==Trivia==
*Chris often jokes that he is sponsored by the CIA and or Falun Gong.
* China uncensored was originally distributed on the "NTDonChina" but since 21 September 2012, it is distributed on China Uncensored
*There was a live version of China Uncensored with fans, and many of the fans were seen laughing at his jokes.
*NTD adds Chinese subtitles in the videos of China Uncensored and broadcasts them to mainland China via their TV network.https://youtu.be/dYBUPOw9Sdw?t=249
*China Uncensored has helped one of the employee's mother-in-law from being detained in China by calling a phone number that is located in a police station which worked.
*Apart from YouTube adverts, there are often no sponsors except for the Patreon supporters.
*The channel has been negatively impacted by demonetization, with many of their videos being demonitized. They speculate this is due to YouTube not liking political content.
*There does not seem to be a political bias on China Uncensored. However, some people have noticed some bias favoring the Falun Gong, likely due to an long-since ended direct affiliation with the New Tang Dynasty (which was founded by former Falun Gong Practitioners).
*They have done various trips fan meetups to other countries. There have been no fan meetups to mainland China expect for a vlog to a contested area of the South China Sea.
*They offer a full hour TV show on their website, which is a compilation of their recently posted episodes combined into a half-hour format
*Chris, Shelly, and some of the other staff were former China journalists.
*Chris makes jokes about his student debt from NYU which is based in reality.
*One of the most popular trips overseas are the two Hong Kong trips to report on the protest
* All of the hosts of China Uncensored know how to speak Mandarin to some extent, and some of them even know Cantonese.
*There are April Fools jokes on the channel such as one video about fortune cookies actually made in China which are received well.
* There is a dubbed version of China Uncensored into Vietnamese, and China Uncensored is shown on television with Chinese subtitles.
*Chris often changed from having a beard and being clean shaven, currently he has a beard and has made jokes about this before.
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:News YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:One million subscribers