Ben Hedges
Ben Hedges, known as The Credit Shifu, makes videos about credit cards, points and miles, and luxury travel, helping fans understand rewards and the perks behind premium trips.
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YouTubeOverview
- Also known as
- The Credit Shifu; 郝毅博 (Hao Yibo)
- Background
- Born in Hong Kong and raised partly in Britain
- Studies
- Chinese at SOAS, University of London, with a year studying in Taiwan
- Credit Shifu channel
- Joined YouTube on November 7, 2015
- Earlier work
- Mandarin-language presenter and founder of Learn Chinese Now
Mini bio
Before the points and miles.
Ben was born in Hong Kong and moved to Britain with his family in 1994. He studied Chinese at SOAS and spent a year in Taiwan. His memoir, 哈囉！我是郝毅博, shares the travels and cultural encounters behind his life as a Mandarin-speaking presenter.
Finding an audience.
After university, he made online videos about Chinese current affairs, television and film that found an audience in Taiwan. He became known as 郝毅博 through the NTD shows 老外看中國 and 老外看台灣. A 2015 interview describes how short comedy segments grew into regular online episodes.
Teaching with humor.
In 2013, Ben started Learn Chinese Now for Mandarin learners. In his CLI interview, he explained that preparing lessons on idioms led him back to classical Chinese stories and deepened his own understanding. He also recalled collaborating with 7-Eleven on a video about traveling around Taiwan.
The Credit Shifu.
His Credit Shifu channel joined YouTube in November 2015. Ben says it began with credit cards and luxury travel, then expanded into personal finance, crypto and self-improvement. His recurring work includes card comparisons, a credit-card ladder series, rewards explainers and updates on airport lounges and hotel benefits.
Creditschronological, newest first
Online video
- 202410 Most Exclusive Black Cards the Rich Want to Keep SecretPresenter
- 2022What this Black Card Holder Could do with His 45 Million Amex PointsPresenter
- 2022How to Climb the CREDIT CARD Ladder in 2022Presenter
- 2013Learn Chinese NowFounder and presenter
Books
- 2014哈囉！我是郝毅博Author, published by 高寶 on August 27, 2014
Awards
Quotes
Teaching people what I have learned really allows me to have a deeper understanding of the idioms.Ben Hedges, CLI interview (English translation)
Discussing how preparing Learn Chinese Now lessons strengthened his own understanding of Chinese.
Trivia
- His memoir describes becoming interested in Chinese martial arts after renting Jet Li’s Once Upon a Time in China as a teenager.
- While studying in Taiwan, he developed a lasting love of Taiwanese high-mountain tea.
- He has made a travel video around Taiwan in collaboration with 7-Eleven, as he recalled in his CLI interview.
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