Inside CHINA... (Not What You’d Expect) 🇨🇳 

Happy New Year to you! I really hope to see you in 2024! Lot of love to everybody there, from my summer home in Uruguay !!

I wish you both a very Happy and Peaceful New Year.

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@6:00, The short person asking for a photo, is possibly the most valuable moment in your entire vlogs. In my entire 56 years in USA, I’ve never seen a short person livingly and comfortably amongst the crowd. And confidently asking a foreigner for a photo…. And this happened in China….

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kMKvxJ-Js3A.html

bbc will call you. ha....................

Don't tell BBC

the people are beautiful except the PLA amd its leader.

@@user-zv9oo3qe6t PLA protects Chinese

@@user-zv9oo3qe6t Chinese love PLA

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Yes, I noticed the blue sky as well. But that doesn't mean people aren't hocking up loogies everyday still. When I visited the PRC many years ago, my tour guide told us we were lucky to get Beijing on a day with clear skies. Take that for what you will @LindemanRichard.

Ten years ago it was, but time has passed.​@@brennencox516

​@@brennencox516 you are right on that they still have heavily polluted days. But it's improved significantly since the last 3~4 years, especially after lots and lots of EVs have become commonly driven. So all true: they had bad positions, they are still experiencing some heavy pollution, they are working hard to solve the issue and improvements are apparent.

@@mrchildrenen "especially after lots and lots of EVs have become commonly driven." Doesn't matter when most power comes from coal power plants. Plenty of western cities have smog too, I don't deny reality. "But it's improved significantly since the last 3~4 years" If true, for whatever reason why, good.

成都欢迎你！

All the best and luck to you while in China.

As a Chengdu people,I wish you can have a good time here😊

I am from China and I am now living in Melbourne. Hope you enjoy your time in Chengdu

成都歡迎你 i was born and raised in chengdu but live in Tassie rn

Wow, how amazing, where else did you live if you don’t mind us asking? ❤️

If you read western and Japanese medias every day, you will certainly think China as a bloody hell. That's why you guys have that kind of refreshing feeling. As a Chinese, honestly, I think those freak medias as the joke, which always make us laugh and happy,

@@MattandJulia How was the air quality in Beijing? Was it smoggy?

⁠​⁠@@straightlead8my guess this was probably shot in October based on the clothing, usually no smog around the time. Winter days like now it all depends on the winds, recently I believe it’s all been clear blue sky days in Beijing , but quite a different story in some other cities, although the overall air quality is much much improved 🎉

@@dz9446 ok great just asking because i will be living there end of this year

But the Chinese gov't sensors all foreign citizens, including its own 24/7/365 . An incredible country?~ so then why are Chinese people fleeing China? *Mass Chinese migrants head towards US border to seek asylum--1/14/2024 *Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year.

If only you knew how Asian people are amazed by Europe’s history and culture as well…

Culture of the PRC, really? Are you aware of what the Cultural Revolution did? How about the culture of not helping people? Because PRC law makes it so if you help someone in need, they can blame you for their predicament? How about the culture of bribery, or littering? Also, there are 2 Chinas, even if both of them say there is only one.

@ncox516 why does this white guy know so much about china? u been there? or u been in moms basement watching bbc? :)

@@Seanw-ij7yx Who? Me? I've been.

We actually didn’t feel any air quality issues at all, especially after SE Asia!

In fact, more than 20 years ago, after joining the international environmental agreement, China voluntarily closed down polluting enterprises, began large-scale tree planting, and shifted its industry towards new energy

Beijing pollution was probably worst around 2013-2015. But as with anything in China, a year is an eternity. By 2017 it was already pretty decent and COVID just gave more impetus to clear things up. Keep in mind yellow smog is more than likely the Gobi desert rolling in. That is more of a consequence of the "great green wall" they've been planting.

@@user-tx1zo7bn5i that is a fog, you animal.

Have been there, twice during the 5 years, and according to the locals, the pollution isnt really pollution but mostly the smog blowing from inland especially from the desert on the west of Beijing. Therefore you will certaintly see the sky super dark and grayish months periodically during the year in Beijing. Pollution is a thing, but not as dramatic as what the western news would say.

People in the world are all brothers, by Confucius. It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar, by Confucius.

​the west dont think like thats lol...

The real China is nearly 1 billion people earn less than RMB 2000 per month ! To find real China, to go to gansu province, go to to jiangxi province, qinghai province, guizhou province.

I noticed that, this is especially true for China, Japan, Korea and Singapore from my travel experience, I just dont know if it is sort of cultural thing for them that they are just cleaner even though China is comparable lower average income.

Like Russia. An amazing feeling!

@@jimmyhaotran123 People who are proud of their own cities and country want to preserve their cleanliness just as one would their own homes. People who are not proud of what their cities have and are distasteful of their own country will not care about dirtying it and rubbishing it as they like - and even burning it down whenever they have a demonstration.

Its only clean near those places that the government deems important. All through Beijing there is dirt and trash everywhere. Im was in Beijing for 5 days until I traveled to Huhhot in Inner Mongolia and I was surprised on how dirty it is comparing to Shanghai..

Actually, the Chinese worked from the West, and mostly Irish from the East. After the Civil War, many war veterans joined in, plus freed Blacks. And since most of the mileage of the railroads was east of the Rockies, most of the track was laid by Irish. The Chinese did a lot of work, and were treated badly, but men died all long the routes - it was assumed and no one cared about any of them.

This is a tourist video, not about American rail expansion in the 19th century ​@@user-ks3ol3lw3b

What the United States has returned to these Chinese is the only act issued by the United States government in the history of systematic racial discrimination, that is, the Chinese Exclusion Act, which is one of the most tragic things in the world.

Same in Canada.

It wasn't 100s of thousands but thousands that died

Your post reads like it was written by a Chinese bot. But if you are human, you do realize that you are literally watching this video on WESTERN MEDIA!?!

发这条ccp给你多少钱

@@financialfreedom1764 反智

​@@financialfreedom1764殖子这就破防了😅

​@@financialfreedom1764别再被洗脑了，真的

So, why American government warned it's citizens China is a dangerous place to travel?

Don't believe what American politicians say, because their promises always fail.@@What.7777

China PRC has never had a population estimate of 1.5 billion and the highest refined official number was 1.2 Billion which was around a decade ago. Realistically, at the time you posted, we are at about 980 million. There is no logic where large populations would have more crime but smaller populations would have less crime. That isn't a 'thing' as you'd also have more governors, police, judges. right? do you get that? As for 'crime rates' we don't know what that means. Brazilian Favelas and the center of Mexico's notorious Cartel Gangs have 3% crime rates which is just to say the percentage of people who are actually arrested and processed or convicted of crimes. We're at around 980 million and might be 970 million as of today.

现在不是14亿人口吗???@@theasianjaywalker4455

Lmao “crime rate” they literally have concentration camps there, sweatshops and censorship everywhere

Has become very much better nowadays. Great job !

Because all the factories shut downed after the foreign business left. The Exodus Of Chinese Manufacturing: Shutting Down.

@@speakupyt4900 sour grape + ignorance are shutting your own eyes 😂

They forgot to put the BBC filter on...

The BBC is already angry😂

Yes, negative and often disinformation from the BBC, Channel 4, Sky, Telegraph and Sun, no doubt.

Misleading? Read this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Michael_Spavor_and_Michael_Kovrig#:~:text=In%20December%202018%2C%20Canadian%20nationals,in%20Canada%20on%20December%201.

people should stop watching BBC, which is just a state propaganda tool spreading hate 24/7

Western capitalism hate CCP so they vilify China, vilify CCP. Think about it. If it is as western media say that China is filled up with negative info, how could it become second largest economic party in the world today.

ur media lies everyday😂

Do you have great time in UK? You even change your citizenship, you china lover? 😅

Wow, previously I've seen 'SUPERPOWERINDIA', now there's a SUPERPOWERCHINA doing copy & paste all around in comment sections. I guess both are trolls.@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_

@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ Many of your Indian compatriots live in China. There are about 50 times more Indians living in China than there are Chinese living in India. Give it a rest.

@@user-tx1zo7bn5iso what? I'm Chinese Canadian but I go back every year.

⁠@@AmelieZhjust ignore it, it’s a bot, propaganda machine, tries to frame China, but clearly failed 😂

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Wuhan is characterized by Wuhan Bio Lab responsible for the 2020 Pandemic. So attractive!

哈尔滨 西安😂

Living in China for the last 5 years, visited a lot of cities but my favourite city is Xiamen, if you ever get the chance visit

论现代化，西安真的排不上榜😂

@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ The illness is not mild, you need to see a doctor

Yes, indeed China is huge. I had been to China well over 40 times over 10 years period and there is no way I can claim to have cover even 10% of the country! Nor even 10% of all the big cities in China.

China is as big as a content

​@@avonzhang4635He just copied and pasted to every video that mentioned about China😂

@@jmchng9662lol born in China and I still have blank space on my travel map of China 😂😂

Reproduction is a sin

IF YOU HAVE CHINESE WIFE CHINA IS PARADISE TO YOU EVEN WITH COMMUNIST MENTALITY.

Any country could have tall buildings, wide street or subway, if the government could have almost unlimited loans from banks, this is how China did it. But the consequence now is, China is in DEEP debt trap, more than US$100 trillion.

Reproduction is a sin

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China is very different from 90s now，welcome to visit again

The landscape in China is completely different from that in the 1990s. I look forward to your trip to China again.

I have traveled to alot of Countries and I have always wanted to travel to China. I do not listen to the media because it is bias and it is looking to paint the wrong image of people's cultures. I always ask people from those countries what it is like to travel there because I know that I will get an educated answer. I hope to one day visit China!

I got mine only 30 days. Yes , much paper work some years ago. I see now, China has made it easier .👍

@@qinminwan5835 Because of some annoying political issues, the public opinion in the Western media has become more and more aggressive and mixed with a lot of lies. The Chinese government has to relax its visa policy to allow more people to see it with their own eyes.

Are you for real?!??????!???? OMG, that’s….. just so unfair… I only got one entry visa, and not even for one day more than on my flight tickets reservation, and at first they didn’t even want to get me that for even that long (35 days)… I just, I just can’t….

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Reproduction is a sin. You're slaves

The BBC is already angry😂

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We went last year, after China opened its border again. First visit to China too. We did our research before hand. We downloaded the pay apps, arrange our internet access with our local network providers, change some cash first, arrange debit card facilities with our banks . Lines at the airport were very orderly (but the officers sure were strict, tho' courteous). Everything later was quite a breeze, shopping, shows, tourist sites etc..Whatsapp etc. all work well. And yes, we knew to keep our passports with us all the time. I already knew everything in China will be huge, literally. I have seen enough travel videos. But what I really did not expect and really surprised me was the quietness. The sheer number of cars, motorcycles, cyclists and people on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai and yet, it just felt like a background hum. I think cutting all those noises really reduces the stress of city living. I lived in a moderate size city and I am used to the noise produced by cars and trucks, honkings and tootings, motorcycles revving when out on the streets. There were many other things that amazed me - the size of each meals, the efficiency (my goodness, you could order take-outs from your phones while in the train and the food will be at the next train station for collection), the cleanliness, even in the back lanes of the city, the number of bicycles for rent parked on every curb. I am already thinking of my next trip and I want to explore.

欢迎再来北京玩！

有空也欢迎来南京玩！

Sameee. I’ve been to many international big cities. Beijing is still top of my list!

前面的人都那么说了.我只有说,重庆欢迎你了.😂

我第一次出是97年 , 好鐘意 . 最近係2017 年 前後一共4次 . 超正

How desperate China wants foreign visitors!😂 but the reality is: there are much more foreign visitors in India than China. NO one wants to go to China, except those who do not know the truth just yet, or invited by CCP affiliates as a useful propaganda.

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I = India. Don't be shy . I am from India originally (US citizen now). There is no comparison between the 2 neighboring nations. One is dirty, poor, crime ridden, horrible infrastructure, chaotic, dangerous for women and the other is a leading global power rising to the top with impressive security law & order. My kids go clubbing in Shanghai till 4 am and walk to our apartment in safety and peace. Even in US I would not let them do that. In India, my daughter cannot wear shorts or low skirts comfortably in public - people stare at her and her western friends. India will never catch up to China, sad but true.

Not everything is worth so much money! The cheap ones are around 40000 US dollars per square meter, and the most expensive ones are tens of millions of US dollars!

Chng, you are not completely. This is what I have thought. When we had travelled tour in eastern China provinces with visit to interest resort spots we came across long queue for the Chinese dumplings. It must be delicious but was not after waited for hours. We did not finish all. It is same as in my countries. Not all long queues for food must be good. It is more dependence on your taste

@@hockheekwek8431 , Of cos NOT every crowded restaurants will be serving good foods. Note my last sentence in the earlier post...."the more crowded it is, the BETTER THE CHANCES of how good the foods will be". Btw note the English saying which goes...."One man's meat is another man's poison".

Happy New Year!! ❤️🙏🏼

Ah cool! We would love to visit Shanghai too 😍

@@MattandJulia You'll love it!

Happy New Year! ❤️❤️

@@MattandJulia You can go to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Qingdao, Wuhan, Tianjin, Dalian, in any order, they are all much more fun than going to Beijing。Of course, Hangzhou and Suzhou are also good

@@jrwkd6114古都西安呢？

Well, you brought up Xingjiang, Will google it for details. Also, why migrant workers were evacuated by force several years ago? Are they not welcome? Are they not Chinese?

​@@user-tx1zo7bn5i关于新疆，只有亲自去那里看一看就会知道谁在说谎。至于农民工，一直都是存在的，任何城市的建设，工厂的生产，生活的服务都离不开他们，何来解散一说😂😂

​@@user-tx1zo7bn5i關於中國的問題，谷歌你都能相信，要被懷疑智力。

Migrant workers have been evacuated by forced from Beijing. Many videos on RU-vid. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0ndAWgL08TI.htmlfeature=shared

​ All the Muslim countries recognized the Chinese government handle the Xinjiang separitist in the correct way.. Only the Western propaganda medias and China haters pretend they care about Muslims, what a hyprocrit peoples..

You do realize that you are literally watching this video on WESTERN MEDIA!?!

@@davidgmaloof thats what surprises me

​@@davidgmaloofUTude is not mainstream media.. this is sharing ...they can't stop tbe truth from thousands of posting ..sharing...although I do experience blanking out of content..too..on utude...

@@ganboonmeng5370 Sorry, I disagree. According to Statista, the RU-vid brand is currently worth nearly $30B US. That is more than CNN, MSNBC, ABC and Fox News COMBINED. There are even RU-vidrs, obviously not Chinese shills, whose own channels are worth billion$ each. The site also gets billions of views per month. I dare you to identify another long-form media company in the Western Hemisphere that compares. So, RU-vid is VERY mainstream and influential. It's also banned in China, which is another topic. And I'd love to see people post pro-American content on Chinese social media sites. Is that even allowed in China?

@@davidgmaloof He said it may be the mainstream propaganda media. Does the government not want to ban TikTok because there are many real China on TikTok?

Happy New Year Paul! ❤️🙌🏼

Because foreigners have become extremely rare there now even though the government offered visa free to some countries, the guy must be too surprised seeing foreigners to focus on walking.

@@user-tx1zo7bn5i The main media are controlled by the United States, and many opinions are consistent: going to China is very dangerous~! (I really don't understand why some countries, such as the US, claim to be the most dangerous country in the world while others are very dangerous.)

I was going to say that! They look so happy!❤❤❤

China is the most traveled place (2nd)

Thank you so much, we really appreciate your support! ❤️

Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you too! Lots of love ❤️🙌🏼

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welcome

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Reproduction is a sin. Slaves

It worths to go China one time in a life 😊

也欢迎你来中国旅游，作为一个苏格兰人，你不可以错过中国白酒，建议你从北京红星二锅头开始😊

But don’t go China in Chinese holiday season which is around May 1st, October 1st, spring festival. It is too crowded and flight tickets and hotel more expensive. Best time is April, middle of May, June, middle of October, November.