Strictly Dumpling

Mike Chen is a Chinese American YouTuber who owns multiple channels. His most subscribed channel is Beyond Science with over 1.9 million subscribers.

About
Mike Chen is known to own at least 11 channels. His most subscribed channel, Beyond Science has over 1.9 million subscribers where he makes videos about earth mysteries. However, in his other big channels he stays mainly focused on food and traveling. Currently, Mike works with a team of editors from his office in Middletown, New York.

Beyond Science
Beyond Science is Mike's most subscribed channel. In this channel, Mike uploads videos about earth mysteries and strange phenomena that are not explained by science. He has attracted criticism for his open mindedness to some absurd sounding theories. As of January 2018, the channel has over 1.9 million subscribers and has been viewed over 36 million times.

Strictly Dumpling
Strictly Dumpling is his main foodie channel that he created in 2013. In this channel, Mike informs his audience about authentic Chinese food, such as how to tell authentic Chinese restaurants from fake ones and popular western so-called Chinese dishes Chinese people do not eat. Many of the videos on this channel are of him trying all kinds of exotic foods at restaurants from across America and also from his overseas trips. This channel has over 870,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 133 million times.

The Chen Dynasty
Originally titled The Double Chen Show, Mike would be alongside Dan Chen to talk about Asian culture and traditions. The name of the channel was changed to The Chen Dynasty after Dan and Yi left Mike on his own. The channel continued to release new videos even though Mike hosts it on his own. The channel has over 340,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 40 million times.

Mikey Chen
His personal vlog channel. Mainly used for posting his travel vlogs, including trying food on his travels. International journeys he has documented on this channel include his trips to Hong Kong, Japan, Mongolia, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam and behind the scenes videos of how he makes his videos. The channel has over 328,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 36 million times.

The CheNews
Originally titled Double Chen News, The CheNews features weird and humorous news stories, mainly from China. This channel also has its name changed once Dan and Yi went their own way. The channel has over 76,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 18 million times.

Awesome Toy Review!
Awesome Toy Review! is an inactive channel created in July 2016 with Dan and Yi used for reviewing and playing with children's toys. The channel has not had any new content since Dan and Yi departed. The channel has over 2,800 subscribers and has been viewed over 87,000 times.

Beyond Science 2
Beyond Science 2 is a second channel similar to his original Beyond Science channel, but with slightly broader topics. The channel has over 145,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 17 million times.

Pho The Love of Food
Pho The Love of Food is Mike's cooking recipe channel. The channel features either Mike or his friends teaching the viewer how to cook certain food dishes. The foods featured on this channel are mostly of Asian origin, but also from other parts of the world. The channel has over 25,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 390,000 times.

Eat with Mikey
Eat with Mikey is an additional food channel created in November 2017 where he has uploaded videos of him trying Pizza at a restaurant in New York, eating the spiciest instant noodles in the world and when he got invited by Singapore Airlines to try out food intended to be served onboard their flights. The channel has over 25,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 500,000 times.

The Friendly Brain
The Friendly Brain is a flashcard animation channel. Although Mike does not appear on this channel, he mentioned it in a livestream on January 1, 2018 and also the videos on this channel happen to use the same links to Shen Yun performing arts in the description boxes as his other channels.

Mike Chen
His Chinese language channel where he makes vlogs speaking either in Mandarin, or in English with Chinese subtitles.

YouTube History
Mike Chen's earliest appearances on YouTube date back to at least 2013 when he appeared on YouTube channels Off the Great Wall and TheRunList which are owned by New Tang Dynasty, an organisation created by practitioners of the controversial Falun Gong spiritual movement, deemed a dangerous cult in China. On Off the Great Wall, he would be focused on discussing Asian culture. While TheRunlist, he would discuss news stories.

In 2013, Mike created his own channels Strictly Dumpling, and Beyond Science. 2014 saw him create The Double Chen show and a personal vlog channel, Mikey Chen. Chen left Off the Great Wall and TheRunList in 2015 to venture out on his own.

Mike briefly moved to San Francisco in 2016 with plans to work with some West Coast content creators, however this move was short lived as he moved back to New York state in 2017. Two of Mike's colleagues from New Tang Dynasty, Dan and Yi also moved with him across the country so they could continue making videos together, but they soon parted ways to be closer to their families in New York.

When Mike returned to New York state, he bought a house and set up an office in Middletown.

PO Box
After returning to New York, Mike set up a PO Box: Mike Chen PO Box 610 Middletown, NY 10940