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Stepping into Thames Town, you might be forgiven for thinking you'd somehow been transported to a quaint English hamlet. A surprising symbiosis of Eastern location and Western architecture, Thames Town is like a slice of England in the Far East, complete with cobblestone streets, Victorian-era buildings, and even a traditional English pub. Imagine savoring a hearty plate of authentic fish and chips, the deliciousness transporting you further into this immersive Anglo-Saxon experience. Join me in this beguiling journey as I chronicle my day in this charming replica of a British township. Not merely a travel vlog, but an exploration of culture, architecture, and gastronomy, where East meets West in the most unexpected way. Prepare to be dazzled, intrigued, and delightfully disoriented - welcome to Thames Town, Shanghai. Your English adventure in the heart of China starts now, right here, on our channel.
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@irritatedanglosaxon1705 Год назад

England? Oh cmon last time I went, streets full of homelessness, rundowns and beggars. Pickpockets, scammers everywhere

@yiji-jv4ws Год назад

It's Shanghai.

@josealbinosantosnogueira6013 Год назад

@@yiji-jv4ws Between 1974 and 2004 I regularly visited the UK and Ireland: London (many times), Bristol (quite often. I had friends there living in Southville), many other historic towns, villgaes across England and Wales, Ediburgh (loved it!), Dublin and Cork but then I realised the country had changed so much (for the worse), litter and homeless people everywhere, danger of being robbed or mugged at the Tube, in the streets, going out at night was out of the question and, most of all, the loss of what the I liked the most and what made England different from other countries, the reason I used to love travelling abroad: the Character of the People, the Englishness. The same applies (or used to) to all the other countries in Europe and that now (at least in the biggest cities), all look the same.

@Buildbeautiful Год назад

My home town of Dublin is full of the rest of Irelands junkies drunks and thousand of roma beggers

@justinn.c4567 Год назад

That's it, China can't imitate England.

@JenHope118 Год назад

No, it all depends on where you are in England. I was in England, nothing happened, just be careful, bad people are everywhere.

@jennyohara4011 Год назад

The Weather was too good for it to be England..

@Anonymous------ Год назад

Too clean for England.

@BarrettYT Год назад

Haha, yeah, that's true.

@randomname931 Год назад

Exactly my thought. Almost fell for it but the weather was the giveaway.

@起航-r3w Год назад

@@Anonymous------ no some places too dirty !

@madsam0320 Год назад

Too well maintained and graffiti free.

@user-fc2bn8dq7y Год назад

I've been to England and this replica really fooled me at first, lol! At first, I really thought you went back to England only after returning here recently. Yes, China embraces what is beautiful, even when England does not always paint China in a positive light.

@Fenchel-hg Год назад

“并不总是”……是从来没有吧

@小さな森-w6o Год назад

因为国与国之间总是存在着利益，虽然英国有很多夸张报道，但是政府确实在压迫和洗脑中国人民们

@zerofox7347 Год назад

Well they make it very easy with the genocide and disappearing people etc..

@firstnamelastname8217 Год назад

Who or what is China and who or what is England? If you're able to separate State from people, your perspective would be very different.

@zerofox7347 Год назад

@@firstnamelastname8217 It's the Chinese people the world is concerned for. It's the CCP the world finds dangerous and authoritarian.

@thevoiceoftaiwan Год назад

影片開頭，我還真以為是在歐洲小鎮呢🤣

@travelhawk7895 Год назад

It is funny that you are the only genuine British object/subject there.

@BarrettYT Год назад

Yeah, I think I was.

@serenam4490 Год назад

Lol. No need to go overseas for an authentic experience of an English country town! Also like 👍 the way you sounded so impressed with your experience of this place!

@nabilm3ak502 Год назад

Developed countries are known for their progress and civilization despite some problems, and underdeveloped countries are also known for their backwardness and behavior. Since I am a young Moroccan🇲🇦 from touristic Agadir, I see foreign tourists from America, Europe and East Asia who flock to Morocco, Agadir and Marrakesh. They are organized and polite citizens who love life and goodness. On them, welcome to Morocco 🇲🇦❤️

@brokentv_23 Год назад

OMG, so interesting!! I've got a tranquil feeling by watching Lee strolling through this fine town.

@MrCongdoan2 Год назад

Looks like England....only less dirty and run down

@UnKnown-ij1iy 7 месяцев назад

LMAO!

@yonight6871 Год назад

This small town has British characteristics, the streets are very clean, and people are dressed in fashion, which is amazing. I didn't expect Shanghai to have such a multiculturalism. I've been to America before, the streets are so dirty and full of homeless people. , Western media's negative reports on China turned out to be lies. Thanks Barrett reports.

@patrickwu6052 Год назад

Although homeless, they are free and can decide who will be the next American president. Physically poor but spiritually rich! They should feel happy and love the American government and elites.

@EZ-rs5zv Год назад

Yes, that's Tudor style design! Amazing, a real-life fantasyland. Do they have bangers and mash and Newcastle ale??? Can you imagine if they built a mini-Shanghai near London!?!?!?

@isabellachen7132 Год назад

haha, I was just about to ask why so many Chinese. I thought you return again! Pretty town.

@pwks8888 Год назад

the lack of rubbish, homelessness and dog poo gave it away. I lived in UK for more than 15 years, spotted the difference immediately

@TaraZheng Год назад

@ZGcn100 Год назад

😂

@pbworld7858 Год назад

OMG you had me fooled there for a minute! So, basically, this is Blighty but without the crime, vandalism and litter. Actually the chips don't seem bad. I prefer the crunchiness of French fries. Typical chips get mushy and soggy quick.

@mrfriendlyguy Год назад

At 30 million RMB they also replicated the overprice house prices in the UK.

@eternaldrunk Год назад

amazing realism

@truezyf Год назад

actually, they can't sell too many, many houses are empty.

@Meme-yv9cz Год назад

@@truezyf ? How come I didn’t realize this when I live here for quite a few years 😮

@ABee-vd6rt Год назад

I’m a new subscriber to your channel! Thank you for covering real life China across towns and cities, and not just geopolitical issues. Other China-related channels peddle fear porn, constantly predicting a war, disaster, etc., and not much else. Great channel and wonderful content!

@seniorsergeanttomcroydon6401 Год назад

My favourite Barrett video is about HIMARS. Who'd have known that Lee was a military analyst.

@hongqingxiang3374 Год назад

🙂👍🙏

@honoraryamerica5943 Год назад

That village is art. Pure art.

@Zerpentsa6598 Год назад

More beautifu and clean than in Britain.

@lynth Год назад

Looks cleaner and more civilized than any British place I have ever been to, to be honest. lol

@wei4035 Год назад

a magnificent English style small town outside of Britain, the replica town were solid built and exquisite.

@gliu1431 Год назад

I will definitely visit it if I have chance return to China for work. I really like the cathedral it reminds those huge ones in UK and Europe.

@Infodawg2012 Год назад

The fish and chips look really good. Makes me so hungry now.

@davidlazarus67 Год назад

It actually looked pretty good for a foreign take on British food.

@arataryu579 Год назад

In fact in many places of China, wedding photographing happens two times. The first happens before the wedding day just like Lee said. And the second happens on the wedding day, afternoon usually.

@steventan2550 Год назад

No need to travel to England, just holiday at home. Unlike some Europeans, Chinese people do not hate other people. They embrace what is beautiful even if it is from a country that is anti-China.

@oceejekwam6829 Год назад

Respect to the Chinese 👏, they know a good thing when they see it.

@smellyhk Год назад

yeah, chinese only hate other chinese, not foreigners

@json-gi2bi Год назад

大部分中国人对不同文化是很包容的，喜欢挑起矛盾的都是政府。最好把中国人和中国政府区别开

@alex100yi Год назад

@@json-gi2bi你又知道了？

@feifei987 Год назад

@@json-gi2bi 中国政府不够好？你是不是活在襁褓里？这么无知？

@kwok333yan5 Год назад

I also at first thought Lee is going back to UK when viewing the buildings and landscapes

@seonews4480 Год назад

There's also a little Paris in Hangzhou, called Tiandu City.

@hongluong3427 Год назад

The weather looks good. The pub looks like a super nice/ high-end weatherspoons (I know this won't make sense or bond well). The fish sounds crispy!

@kmlee26 Год назад

Lol😅naughty you led me to believe you were actually in a little quaint English town, up until the very last minute haha. Keep up the good work.

@maguire5302 Год назад

I actually got fooled Lee. I really thought you went back to England. Nice place. Love your videos. Take care.

@MrDavidc Год назад

Lord Byron- Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. We hope to go to Shanghai in a couple of weeks and Thamestown looks worth a day out. How do you find your way round? Think I'd like to try their fish and chips. The place reminded me a bit of Lichfield.

@jukio02 Год назад

I thought for a second you actually did go back to England. 😂

@Fer-g6m1n Год назад

中国的KFC是最好吃的，比欧美好吃，你可以问吃过的任何人，不然他在我们这个饮食多样性的地方，无法存活，不停改善优化

@EdwinaTS Год назад

Incredible 😅Could even be better than the real thing! 😄

@mikeliu-te3vk Год назад

China is a multi-ethnic country with 5000 years of history and culture, but it can still accommodate different cultures.

@feifei987 Год назад

We accept that all people and cultures with different cultures, races and beliefs can live in harmony, which is the characteristic of our Confucian culture.

@seniorsergeanttomcroydon6401 Год назад

Yes. The Africans living China have always been treated generously.

@jamesdivine69 Год назад

Your post is certainly 'accommodating' some valid likes ;o)

@youmemeyou Год назад

@楚歌 øk

@murrymu4632 Год назад

totally agree!

@ronniechew6566 Год назад

New England where it's safe, clean and no homelessness. Not cold too like in old Englund

@dondiegol1433 Год назад

By the look of your fish and chips, it looks very much like what we get here in the US. Cheers from San Diego. We don't usually get the lettuce.

@user-sm3ru1fm6g Год назад

The fence around the grass gave it away 😊

@ZhenYae Год назад

For a moment there.. was fooled until the first street sign. Good one.😊

@kin9225 Год назад

Well! You’ve ordered Fish&Chips, you have just confirmed to the Chinese people that British do indeed only eats Fish&Chips😂

@Brick-Life Год назад

Amazing place to spend a day in!

@AnnieT369 Год назад

That looks like the most authentic looking fish and chips outside of the UK.

@thisiskevin1000 Год назад

Life after the pandemic vlog from England. Thanks for sharing

@李李-v7y Год назад

You are very lucky man in this life 🎉, continuesly investing kind life and can get good luck on next life. That's God bless you as you are such a kind man ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@John-yx6yz Год назад

You got me for the first few minutes there...until the Chinese man walked out of the cathedral, I did a rewind...then it dawned on me.

@MrLaueebee Год назад

A beautiful replica site in China.

@davepsk7334 Год назад

I sort of guessed that would not be in britain, too organized and clean. Especially the clean part.

@petercua6158 Год назад

Nice British town with fish & chip.

@mackoel4641 Год назад

Simply amazing! Thanks for sharing.

@Jonathantuba Год назад

Thames Town really captures the feel of a town in the uk

@banshong3997 Год назад

Olli hope your mum n dad can visit you in China. Great tour👍👍👍

@ashtonkee5868 Год назад

It’s the same in Malaysia and Singapore as well. Wedding photos taken before the big day, often at some scenic spots and also in a studio.

@michaeltse321 Год назад

It's way nicer than the actual UK.

@Fer-g6m1n Год назад

中国的薯条，都会给土豆削皮😂

@nancyhsia9913 Год назад

Wherever you are, always, always take good care of yourself!

@guestonearth1274 Год назад

so good 🌞

@daisyzhai6119 Год назад

Beautiful town❤ the weather was so good 🌞

@bmk8018 Год назад

I was fooled for a minute there haha

@dadawoodslife Год назад

Too clean and tidy for any part of England as I remember it.

@super_battle_droid7038 Год назад

What happened in Tiananmen square April 15 through June 4th 1989? 🤔

@tinatang1 Год назад

The poet is commonly known as Lord Byron.

@Andrew-rc3vh Год назад

If it were really England then everyone would be on strike.

@elmo9863 Год назад

If only they could make the weather bad 😂

@minzhang9112 Год назад

OMG I thought it was in UK!!!!!!!!! Will go when I am there👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Future-tb1kh Год назад

If you yearn for China, you might as well start with China's stock.

@user_unknown1488 Год назад

yes... england is just like this still.. very accurate :)

@meiyang3185 Год назад

"When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this …" from Lord Byron the fish swam in the water while they were still alive. Now they swim in fat. 😁😁I'm having a glass of cider right now, but from Normandy. Cheers

@xinfuxia3809 Год назад

Too new. There a lot of bars that are many hundred years old with crooked roof ridges in England

@gao212 Год назад

这个小镇要多宣传，就会有更多游客，最好能以此拍摄一部偶像剧

@Helghast73 Год назад

New this wasn’t England from the get go, just no litter and graffiti 🤣 but to be fair they have got the mock Tudor look down quite well. Out of curiosity Lee do you lose weight in China and has Oliver gained weight since being back ?

@Zerpentsa6598 Год назад

It's an exercise to show that China can build big stone buildings if it wanted to e.g. the cathedral.

@nanmca7501 Год назад

Pretty Nice Video 😊❤

@cfyau2008 Год назад

Irish stew is boiled meat? I guess 😂 and it is good and nutritious!👍

@yoyoho5994 Год назад

A nice place to go when I come to visit Shanghai next time. 👍👍👍

@madsam0320 Год назад

They should serve the fish and chips on paper, instead of a board. Should also serve English breakfast with Yorkshire puddings, afternoon tea with buttered scones, clotted cheese, variety of little sandwiches and cakes. And copious amounts of English tea. Sunday roasts. Those are traditionally English food, but English are more likely to eat kebabs, curries or takeaways.

@questtech2698 Год назад

Wow you had me at the first 30 seconds there...

@ginakarwita808 Год назад

Interesting

@九方名座 Год назад

其实这样的人流才是惬意的，中国其他景点往往人满为患。虽然商家并不怎么喜欢，但是对游客来说是好的。

@lulalala_ Год назад

对14亿人口的国家要求为未免太高了

@togo7022 Год назад

It looks better than real England

@modernpicasso_ Год назад

Nice! I went to Shanghai for the first time 4-5 years ago and wasn’t aware of this place but I did visit the French concession area which was also nice 👍 man that platter of fish and chips look delish. Maybe they were reeling the fish from the sea for you so that’s why it took longer 😂

@elaineg60 Год назад

A Brit asking if Tudor style buildings are Tudor!?!? 😂 My late Son was there in 2018 during a holiday…there were a lot more people and when he FaceTimed me at about 5am my time, he said “hey MUM, on my way to the pub with Angie!” And he panned his phone around. I was SO confused..😂. He’d backpacked through the UK & Ireland a few years earlier. But I thought he was to stay in China..with a few trips to Nepal, until 2019. He was there in Thames City. 😂. I will say, he was NOT impressed by the supposedly “British” food. I think they ended up at a small Chinese restaurant.

@GerryP916 Год назад

That's awesome mate👍

@beautifuldream108 Год назад

Great to know this place....😊😊😊 Thanks 👍

@multipolarworldorder Год назад

This reminds me of the Huawei University British area.

@bennytse7072 Год назад

Not until I read the words in the description, I really think Barrett was back to England and that he is visiting a town full of Chinese immigrants.

@oklahoma1232 Год назад

Amazing China PRC !

@strongchallenger2269 Год назад

Barrett, you conned me! I really thought this is England! Wow!

@liamporter1137 Год назад

Thanks for sharing.

@JL-po5on Год назад

How could you don’t see any British foot prints in any spot of the world? Since you are in Shanghai, the place closed to the bund used to be the infamous British concession beside French concession where it was full of British Colonial or Empire style buildings that’s why Shanghai gives the tourist a western style of vibes always. The British Concession or Settlement was a foreign enclave (a "concession") in Shanghai within the Qing Empire which existed from around 1845 until its unification with the American area, located directly north of it across Suzhou Creek (Soochow Creek) to form the Shanghai International Settlement in 1863. The settlement was bordered at north by the right bank of Suzhou Creek before it flows into the Huangpu River, at east by the Huangpu, and at south by a channel, the Yangjing Bang (Yang-King-Pang, now Yan'an Road), which would be the future boundary with the French Concession. The British did not only occupied Hongkong, they occupied Shanghai much earlier while HK was just a fishing village. Every one can have a piece of China, the great sick man of the east, small colonists from even Belgium or Portugal. The British occupied Shanghai during the First Opium War and it was opened to foreign trade by the terms of the Treaty of Nanking.

@sabrinachan1833 Год назад

This place does look like England. lol just cleaner than England

@vicentvanmole Год назад

Thank u sharing. It certainly feels like home , "China ".Ha ha

@kn0wmore126 Год назад

Het lijkt erop dat deze replica van een Engels gehucht er een stuk beter voor staat dan de meest 'geavanceerde' steden in het VK.

@ufoforest Год назад

中国是多元文化的鼻祖

@CookingwithYarda Год назад

Amazing recreation !! But they forgot to add the beggars, scammers, homeless, junkies and rubbish flying around to make it really authentic British town or city.

@fischi3008 Год назад

You almost got me 🙂First I thought how come there are so many (and only) Chinese looking people in and around a church in England? They are Chinese!!!

@deaddoll1361 Год назад

Wow, you don't know who George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron is? You don't need to be "into" poetry to have heard of Shelley, Keats, Poe, Wilde, Byron etc. 🤦‍♀

@user-eh7uc3dt6o Год назад

中国一定也要保護自然環境、城市緑化、学習学習英国的城市緑化‼️

@johnsmith1953x Год назад

*You missed the Winston Churchill and James Bond statues there* Actually you missed ALOT.

@siuchen7140 Год назад

I really thought that you were in UK

@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384 Год назад

No knife and fork at the restaurant? Great video of what looks like a great place.

@PS-383 Год назад

Do they also serve English tea, scones, muffins, meat pies, etc at this place?

@MaAndong2336 Год назад

"She walks in beauty, like the night. Of cloudless climes and starry skies..." Yes, I'm familiar with Byron. I am amazed by Thames Town. It's awesome to imagine Britain with Chinese subtitles, an alternate Britain of the East.

@elliekwong3180 Год назад

@Anthony Mazzara: I think I remember Byron said " Love, to a man is part of life. Love, to a woman is her life." It is so true!!!

@MaAndong2336 Год назад

@@elliekwong3180 "Words from mouths matter not when desiring eyes meet in agreement."-Tiruvalluvar in Tirukural. It is nice to meet another Byron fan.

@joelchoy312 Год назад

Hello. I have never been to UK, but from your video, it seems like either the Thames Town has been owned by majority of Chinese peoples or it is built to entice Chinese tourists there ? This is a nice video out of your all China videos. Wait a minute, did you say this is actually Shanghai !? Wow, of course you'd love to visit here and I bet you are getting a bit home sick living in China for how many years ?

@xelkim9666 Год назад

Love it, enjoy Lee, I definitely enjoy you being healthy and walk and talk video 👍

@azzamatic4190 Год назад

I had a feeling this wasn't really England when I saw the blue skies

@qinminwan5835 Год назад

China adopt and enhance beautiful thing disregard anti china provocative msm. Remember the meaning if the white or black cat that catch mouse is a good cat also imply to many other concepts.🎉

@nicozhang1132 Год назад

` all western food can be even made taste way better than it is in the west. Hence, there no needs to doubt it. Btw, u sure it really look like supermarket food? '?? Nonsense, foreigners like Barret need to be more humble. Forgive me, if my words r a but too hursh. 所有的西餐，载中国甚至都能做得比国外更好吃，这一点是毋庸置疑的(特别考虑到出现的频率和密度，炸鱼薯条也比你老英家的好吃 ·` 这是事实，老实接受没啥的。外国人应当更谦逊1点 `·- ·

@SS-ko2lt Год назад

Don’t think he wanted to compare Chinese cooking with that of the British, Lee wanted to see if the F&Cs were “authentic”. You were quite arrogant for my taste.