Chongqing: China's most SURREAL city - is it "CCP" propaganda?! 

I, sister, Mum & Dad plus some extended family were "holed up" in Chongqing during WW2. My dad worked for the Bank of China of back then (not the same as its known today in the West) which was the bank closely associated with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek who was notionally fighting the Japanese but actually was fighting against Mao but that's a huge separate other story. Chongqing being in the deep west in China made it a suitable refuge for Chiang to be hard to get at by the Japanese. The spot where he was actually located was obscure; I know because when there was a Japanese bombing raid on Chongqing we'd retreat to a cave in the mountain side where we stayed. I snuck out to the entrance of the cave once and saw the planes buzzing the city some distance away; they never flew over where we were which was only a few km away where Chiang would've been if he was in Chongqing. /1

I did some googling and found out that the Japanese bombed Chongqing day and night for 4 years running. Good thing the Japanese failed to take Chongqing. Had China not resisted for 8 long years tying up 1 million Japanese soldiers on the Chinese mainland, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they could have had enough manpower to follow up with invading Guam, Midway, and Hawaii. The IJN ruled the western pacific for the first 6 months after Pearl even as the amerikan were reeling from the attack. Had Hawaii been taken, it would have pushed the amerikans all the way back to the amerikan west coast. China did good in resisting the invaders and helped the Allies win WW2.

The night scene of Chongqing is so rich in layers, it is very beautiful.

Thank you for showing China to the world regards from Mexico 🇲🇽

Andy, you are the director, cameramen and script writer for this clip. Fantastic job for highlighting this incredible city to us. Its a must visit for me, 1 day. Thanks

One of my favorite cities in China, Chongqing truly is a futuristic cyberpunk-esk city 🏙️🌆

Chongqing city is one of the most beautiful city in china. Everyone who went there have their mind "blown off"..👈😁👍

I've been to China but I didn't go to Chongqing. I'm some what disappointed with myself. This only means one thing. I have to go back to visit China.

Lived & worked there between 2003-2010. Best place in the world. Many great memories

I need to visit Chongqing one day and see the multi layer city, monorails and eat spicy hot pot!

Thanks Andy. My daughter wanted to do her graduate study in Chongqing. This video also help me to broadened my view of this beautiful city.

Beautiful, beaufiful Chongqing, great memories for me, especially experiencing the river cruise to Shanghai!! Incredible changes though, thanks for update Andy! 👍👍

Brilliant city and I can't wait to visit next month. Well-presented and produced video

Your travel vlogs are always so nicely filmed and edited. Such a fascinating and sprawling city clinging to cliffs and mountains. Gives a simultaneous cyberpunk and nature vibe to the city. Thanks for sharing as always

Chongqing is such a vibrant and unique city!

CGI? How can anyone believe it's CGI?! Humanity is worrisome.

WOW ! Kudos to you Andy. This is an EXCELLENT video and one of your best. I watched it 3 times and I will show it to my elderly mom. I visited Chongqing with my family as a child and don’t remember much of it. Now, I will make it a point to visit it again in the near future. The dumplings and noodles look so delicious. Can’t wait to try then. Thanks Andy for the GREAT video!! ❤❤❤❤

Chong Qing is so surreal it can only be CGI😂 The city alone is the size of a province, geesus

Incredible Andy and so many people.Japan still havent apologized for WW2 and what they did to China.When will these countries learn.

Great work, Andy! Thank you.

I love it here in Chongqing! Been here for fifteen years now. Thank you for the video Andy, Cheers!

I love seeing you do these. Perhaps have a middle section where it’s not as polished and you just talk to people about their lives ? It would be amazing.

I love the videos of your visit to Laos and now Chongqing, I hope you’ll be able to travel more and taking all of us along. Thank you!

The city looks great ❤

Chongqing is a really fascinating city that I had the chance to visit back in 2017. Lovely stay!

Greetings from California. My bucket list just got longer. Thank you, Andy for such a wonderful video. What an eye opener. Here in the US, I don’t think the name Chongqing ring a bell. Keep up the good work.

The most unique city in the world.

Thank you for showing China to the world regards from usa

Good show. Love your camera work.😀

The steepness of the side of the street at 1:50 is shockingly unexpected! The spicy food looks amazing!

More random food vlogging plz. It's easy for everyone to understand and helps to introduce just the normal everyday things that ppl in the west might be unaware of.

Life in China just starts after dark, while no one is out in the streets in America because of safety concerns. That's what we called it: "beautiful mountains and waters; how boring!"

My wife’s hometown. We have a home there and lots of good friends and relatives ❤ love this city! And the food is amazing!❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing your travels. It's very interesting.

Thanks Andy for showing the true reality; a beautiful and vibrant municipality.

We are going there this summer Andy! Great video!!

❤ incredible China 🇨🇳 ❤ 💪 💪 💪

Andy, the largest museum in China is the National Museum in Beijing, but if you count the Forbidden City as a whole museum, you would easily get the biggest in the world lol.

I can only praise your fantastic work around CHINA.., KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...

Wow! Thank you, Andy. My partner and I will be visiting China, Hong Kong, and Macau in April 2024. We must make sure to visit Chongqing while we are in China.👍

Great video, thanks Andy!

Chongqing was very important during the war of Japanese resistance because it was so mountainous it was difficult to attack by land. The nationalist government of Chiang kai-Shek retreated to run their operations from Chongqing while Mao's communist faction were based in Yan'an. I played General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell in a TV series about that period, specifically dealing with the way the nationalists and the communists kept in touch at that time, mostly via the efforts of Zhou Enlai as go-between. We filmed in a house which had belonged to Song Meiling and where she had lived with Chiang kai-Shek. The house was in a large park and still very much as it had been when they lived there. Later when I was back in Chongqing on another project I went to visit Joseph Stilwell's house which is now a museum. It was temporarily closed for some repairs. but when I told them I had played Stilwell they were very friendly and gave me a guided tour. That was 7 years ago so it's probably re-opened by now. The series is called "周恩来在重庆" and I did find it on RU-vid but I don't think there are any subtitles. I watched it and thought it was brilliant, though it's educational rather than entertaining so it might not suit a western audience.

Hope to visit Chongqing this year and see this beautiful city with my own eyes 😊

Great sharing

Looks like those dumplings were that good.

Beautiful presentation

Thank u, Andy . ❤ 💪

Andy, your Mandarin is fantastic

Excellent work Andy

Awesome city, looks like a peek into the future! 🇨🇳❤️

Wow, nice. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Andy. What an amazing city. Very well shot & presented. My bucket list of must-see places in China just keeps getting longer!

Chongqing is straight out Final Fantasy-esque city. It even featured in the game, Hitman 3.

Its a 170 km long city. Drive 2 hours on highway in the city and is still not ending ,,,,, crazy highways bin the city , tunnels upon tunnels and bridges upon bridges. For me I can say is Hong Kong style city but at more big level. 😂😂😂😂. It is a great city to visit, work and live I work there for few years. It’s awesome !

Awsome video Andy. Chongqing is my next must see travel destination for my next China trip.

Awesome a magnificent city

You could be a good tourist guide, Andy 👍 Great footages of a beautiful city Unfortunately it's costly to travel from Ruhr/Germany to eastern Asia. But one day I'll come visiting

Amazing video Andy I am so jealous! Need to visit that city. Also damn your mandarin is better than mine. 🎉

beautiful! must visit!

I'm afraid to go to China because I'll probably double my body weight due to how delicious all the food looks.

Actually in Berlin, Germany the Subway also goes into a residential building but somehow there it is more hidden and mostly no visitor ever gets to see it. But it's also a smaller house, 5 stories just.

Been there 4 times i know its a real city..!! very dynamic and alive city amd recent recent construction has seen fast rail links to other city centres make it easy to get to from anywhere just about in China

Lovely.

Amazing !

OMG, Futuristic city 👍

I have to say I especially love this video! I love your other videos too but this one just seems like your mom called you and told you to "go outside more" or something 😂

Am impressed 😊

I love it! Not sure about the view finder filter though, a little too 90’s for my taste 😂

I visited Chongqing in Dec with my family! Very enjoyable trip! So beautiful city! Fun and full of nice food !

Awesome bro

Thanks for this great introduction Andy. 这回真的引起我去重庆逛一逛.

This feels like a paid promotion

Spectacular video, Andy. Keep up the great work.👍

Just saw my wife watching you on other platform and saw this new vid, absolutely enjoyed it.

Your travel reports are sooo good! but too short! i wanted more!😊❤

Now the West tells us that Chinese cities are CGI ? ! ? 🧸😖 What will they do next? Any guesses anyone?

Awesome introduction to Chongging. Keep up the good work, Andy.

Great video - as always. Thank you!

The editing is on point!

Wow! Not only the city is super interesting, but the editing added a certain futuristic glamour to it. Great work.

Awesome video Andy!👍🙌👍. Thoroughly enjoyed it, including looking at the dumplings n noodles. 😋🤤. How I wished I could get there too. Thanks lots Andy🙏🙏🫡

Excellent presentation Andy👍 I think you gave us a Feel for the Area 🇺🇸 Look forward to more close ups of regions/cities ✌️

Thanks for your reporting. It's much appreciated.

thank GD you have changed the Title to 'UNREAL' great vid Andy PEACE

It’s eye opening spectacular. Thank you so much Andy 👍

If Chongqing were fake, every Chinese had dwarfed David Copperfield.

Not overlooking Chongqing's recent historical role as the provisional government of ROC and the South Korean provisional government, it is crucial for people to recognize the significance of Chongqing and China in defending against invaders. It's disheartening for those who still perceive China as an adversary.

great video touring chongqing. I saw you had a shot of some chongqing xiaomian, but was there also a bowl of youcha next to it? also, should of had some chongqing huoguo! that's a can't miss when in cq

Wonderful editorial and journalism, Andy! Just wondering if 好次 is some new internet slang? We usually say 好吃 (literally “good eat”, meaning “Yummy” or “tasty”), but I’m open to new slangs of the generations…

China doesn't need propaganda, what China has done speaks for itself. West eagerly gave its factories to China, but how will we ever get them back. We don't have them now, but we need them 😢.

Excellent view to Chong ping , I will send the video to my sister as she will be coming to China for a month cheers Andy . Again excellent reporting

Hi, Your video is so detailed, I like it!

Good video, may I know what you use to edit, the text effects and transition effects are a better then most professional news productions.

The air is filthy! Why would anyone want to go there?

Dude, that was a really awesome vlog. I'm second gen Chinese-American here in Cali. I tell ya, wish I had 1/3 of your ability to speak Mandarin (even though my Mom & Pop are from Hong Kong & Canton, respectively, where Cantonese is spoken - at least in Guangzhou). Your Mandarin is terrific; being an "ABC (American Born Chinese) or Twinkie (yellow on the outside, white on the inside...😂), I don't speak a lick of my ethnic tongue. Needless to say, I'm green with jealousy over your ability to speak Chinese - hah! Well, I have an excuse though, my Dad came right after the war (i.e., World War 2) in '49. Needless to say, the yellow man faced much of the same racism as the other black & brown races at the time. At the time, having any sort of Chinese accent was very bad, as my Pop experienced, therefore, he insured his children wpuld have absolutely no such problems. As a indicator of the time, think about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and I believe the Fair Housing Act in 1965 (I think...) passed to fight racism against yellow, brown & our black brothers). Then, is not anything like it is now. Back then, not having an English name automatically got you the label of an FOB, Ch#nk, Ch#naman, Sl#nt and other names. I'm glad societal norms have changed, but with Dipsh#t Donny (ie, Trump) and that other old idiot Biden, they push the old but still effective bullsh#t of the Yellow Scare, and anti-Chinese sentiment. People that I've never met now call me a "Chink" to my face now. Hadn't had that experience since I was in 3rd grade. Now, I carry to protect myself against those who I don't even know, whe want to bash my head in. Call me a "Rooftop Korean," I'll take that ad a compliment. 2A rights guaranteed by the Constitution applies to everyone you know. Anyways Andy, keep up the good work, be careful, and keep on making great vlogs. Have a prosperous & a Happy New Year!

Wow. This is so eye opening . Love the scenery, old city buildings and new modern city lights are so well blended. SPECTACULAR !!!

OMG! Never realized how tall you are!

Awesome work! Congratulations 🎉

So beautiful, thank your for sharing these sights with us.

This is so amazing. God bless the Chinese people for building such an amazing city