Searching Beijing's outskirts for homeless people 

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Thank you for talking about the truth. Freedom of speech is to speak the truth without fear. Nowadays, there are a lot of people abusing freedom of speech.

Glad to see you making videos that tell truth about China, not tell lies to anti-China just for gaining more views. Thumbs up.

I was walking several imes for hours and hours in Bejing years ago and I found maybe 2, 3 people which could fit in the description and I was told that these are people coming to Bejing to get a job but were struggling to have an appartment ready. But this was 10 years ago I guess. Today it looks much more developed everywhere in your videos.

Thanks for going out of your way to show what it is truly like to live in China.

I just came from Ottawa downtown. It is a total disaster. One guy with a naked butt was crossing Rideau Street having 10 bucks in his hand. He was definitely in a rough shape. I don't think he can even manage himself. I saw the same picture in Washington DC, a homeless man sleeping in the glass bus stop with no pants amid families with kids. The same one I saw in Denver. I had to go to downtown for my son who participated in the Altheimer fundraising event. Otherwise, I never go there; it is too sad to see such people.

i worked in dongguan , southern china for 20 years, I didn't see any, but i did see a few beggars , whom were disable phsically. China's homeless are different from America or western world. I worked in America for a year in LA and San francisco, the Americans homelss are desperate people, they are dirty , mentally not well and really fed up with life as zero opportunity and no help and they can't help themselves. in china homeless are just people comin g the cities to look for works , they often stay with friends and family for a while, if they are on the subway on crossig junctions, then you see a few young men are clean and they don't rob you , they are just waitng for a job to go to , when they get it, they get a jobs and a place to live , provide by the boss. In Japan , you see more homeless are more visible , in china is a shame to be not self relaince. china government offer shelter but people woudln't go to because of feeling ashamed.

When I was in Beijing prior to Covid. There would be one person on each block of the street cleaning with sweeper an broom. Most of them seem 50 or older. I was told by a local that there are always opportunities to work, most won’t be homeless unless if they want to be.

Was back in home city Beijing a month ago (stayed in East suburb of Tongzhou district), nope, I didn't see any homeless people anywhere. Was discussing about the number of homeless people in a RU-vid chat with an American who read (from an American source) that there are 300 million homeless people in China, that is utterly false. The official figure I could find (online) released in the year of 2019 stating there were around one million homeless people in whole of China, which most have received help and aid from governmental or charitable organisations. Thanks for the walk around and the video.

Based on my experience living in Sydney, homeless people usually live in the CBD, I rarely see any homeless people in outskirts.

Thank you bc again Showing the truth American spirit And the best for your new venture

geezes, the street and parks look beautifully clean. Beijing looks amazing!

Hi Bitten, welcome (back) to China and great to watch your experience, and cheers! Greeting from Suzhou

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who assumed office in 2012, set an ambitious goal of lifting the remaining 100 million people out of poverty (BBC). According to the World Bank, over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below $1.90 per day - the International Poverty Line as defined by the World Bank to track global extreme poverty- has fallen by close to 800 million. By 2012, the number of people in China living below the international poverty line had fallen to fewer than 90 million, and by 2016, it had fallen to 7.2 million people (0.5% of the population), BBC. By the end of 2020, the final 98.99 million impoverished rural residents in China had all been lifted out of poverty. All 832 impoverished counties and 128,000 villages had been removed from the poverty list.

I visited China last year and went around five different cities and visited various neighborhood and did not find one single homeless or destitute whereas here in NY its just few steps and there they are.

Not only there are no unsheltered people, the whole place looks immaculate with ample greenery!

Thanks for the shout out.

Thanks for showing us the truth

Based on my own experience in Canada, homeless people are usually concentrated in CBD area where they have easier access to amenities such as water, food,(garbage bin behind restaurants or grocery stores etc) and washrooms. Recently , with the so called safe injection sites established in these areas, there is an acute increases of homeless people attracted there. This is also true of smaller communities where I am,

Great video ! I need to check out this area - looks lovely and peaceful - can definately see myself jogging around that park : ) And in easy reach of XiangShan ...

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Fantastic video. This is what a high trust society looks like 👍 No trash 😮 No gangster type characters 😊 Helpful kinder people. Amazing organization and beautiful country. 👏

Ten years ago there was a homeless man in the Ambassador area of Beijing, specifically under the LiangMaQiao bridge of the Third Circle. He lived there for at least two years.

Here's my answer in another video about the same topic: I'm Chinese I remember there were quite a lot of homeless people when I was little. I remembered a homeless mad woman cursing all day in the street near my home. I didn't know her story, but I don't think it's a happy one. From mid 2000s there were fewer and fewer homeless as what I observed. I think some of them just died but more of them are taken care of by the government and social welfare organizations. I remembered there were a program to find those homeless people home. The police identified them, found their families if they had any, send them back home or to an asylum. If their families have financial problem in taking care of them, they government would pay a little part of their living cost. There was an internet celebrity in 2000s who's called 潇洒哥, who was a homeless in Hangzhou city. He was captured by a street photographer when he was walking on the street with a posture like a super model on T-stage while wearing dirty rags and having a cigarette between his lips. This photo went viral. Hangzhou government find him soon after that. Identified him, found his family, paid for his treatment of his mental disease (the reason causing his homelessness). He was not cool at all in a photo of a following new article, but I guess he ended up well. I don't believe all of them have happy endings, considering we were not as rich as we are now, and our government weren't as efficient as they are now. But after a few years I stopped seeing any homeless anywhere in China.

God bless China!

Thank you for being honest about everything in China.

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Gonna miss you guys. Wishing you guys all the best!

Every corner on earth should have some homeless that's almost impossible for a country to control. Except, in China, Singapore or UAE are nation much harder to find them because will be qurstion by social workers then taking them iff the street with job arrangement, accomodate them self sustainable home in countryside with little monthly welfare support.

I like the optimistic names of buildings and businesses.

They must have hidden in another country)

Then, you will tell you these homeless are in the mountains, and tell you to go into the mountains and check it out, if not, then you will tell you these homeless are under pounds, then ask you to check it out, and if you still can't find the homelessness, they will tell you they live on the moon above Beijing. anyway good luck!

there are homeless people but only tiny few. It's because the rent is ridiculously cheap. Yes rent in those newly developed apartment complex is expensive. But renting a single room in an old district built 50 years ago is ridiculously cheap.

Nice one dude, I enjoy your china videos I’ll miss them 😢

3:48 no potholes. Amazing😂.

Thanks! I shared your video. 🕊

How are you going to find something that is not there?

Most people seeing the suffering of other people, such as, homeless people, victims of any sorts, sympathize with them. In their hearts, they hope those in authority/government could do something to relieve their sufferings. Homelessness and unemployment deprive these people of their dignity, and it is a shortcoming of the government and society which needs immediate interventions.

You don't see homeless people in Beijing because they take care of their family, no one is left behind.

It's a waste of time trying to convince people who are blinded by prejudice.

Awesome vedio thanks for showing China

I remember, when I was living there in the very early 2000s, that there were some few beggars panhandling at some touristic spots. Although nothing at all as bad as what we have in North American cities.

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During 7 years in Shanghai, I saw a small handful of homeless, perhaps 1% of what you see in the U.S. During 2 years in Shenzhen, I never saw a single one. Of course, in all that time, I also spent time going far and wide for business or pleasure, and don't remember seeing any homeless in smaller towns or villages.

我是北京人，卖给我房子的原房主是个酒鬼单身汉，后他住在房外边的车内不久被街道居委会安置在办公楼下的一房间内，免房租而且每月都有社保收入。。。 I am from Beijing, and the original owner of the house sold to me was an alcoholic bachelor. Later, he lived in a car outside the house and was soon placed in a room under the office building by the street neighborhood committee. He is rent-free and has a social security income every month.

Andy did a video a while back shot in two different styles about his visit ti Xinjiang, to demonstrate the disingenuous framing by some media (including those snakes)

I've seen a homeless person in Beijing, once. He was sleeping on 长安街 the main street in front of Tiananmen

you dont see homeless people that much in beijing because when the officials find them they buy them train tickets to send them back to where they came from. they will be recieved by the local government to provide help. food shelter training to get a job and such. there used to be alot of homeless under the bridges around the 3rd ring at least thats where I seen them about 10 years ago. theyve been gone for a while now.

I saw lots of homeless bikes in the beginning of the video! My instincts tell me homeless people are living in Beijing's outskirts' outskirts. And if you can't find them there, they must be at the outskirts of that outskirts!

Ilive in seattle and no matter where I go, homeless people always find me asking for money. They say they needed for food but I see them steal food from Safeway all the time!

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China issued a "homeless aid" policy back in early 2000 （can't remember which year）。 If a homeless was spotted by local police, they would call the civil administration department。 Homeless could stay at local shelters before being taken back to their hometown. Before the homeless back home, the hometown civil servant also needs to check the living situation and make sure he/she will be taken care. In rural areas, there is also a system to help elders, kids, or the disabled, and make sure those who are capable of working would get job. It's part of traditional culture but reinforced by govt regulations.

Succes with your homeless hunting. You can find nice neighborhood in China.

Must be a lot of efforts and expensive to maintain the parks, walkways, and streets to make them clean and well groomed like those on the video.

You just threw another wrench in the anti-China propaganda machine! 😉

Outskirt of Beijing may not be hustle & bustle of a big city. But I think it's more budget type/ more affordable that Beijing.

have you been to hangzhou? i'm thinking about moving there. how did it compare to shanghai in terms of development, if you have been there? since you sound american, would you compare it to NYC and NJ with NYC being shanghai and NJ being hangzhou?

Thank you for sharing.

4:40 I'm living here!

I believe what you show us but the more interesting question to me is "Why are there so few homeless people in China? What policies are in place to prevent homelessness? Affordable housing? Cheap healthcare?"

We have homeless in rural areas and small towns, too, in the U.S. It isn't just a city thing.

It’s sad that we even need to put up with people that lie about others for no reason other than fear. These people need to seek therapy, man.

China probably has some homelessness but not the chronic homelessness like most western countries have.

That's a Taiwanese tea shop? Canada has a couple of them.

@2:40 you Admitted it. _You Finally _*_Admitted_*_ it!_ You said..., and I quote: "Beijing is in a _Depression!!"_ Ah Ha! So China is waaay past an economic Recession, and is in an Economic Depression! You said the quiet part out loud. All this time you have been showcasing China as some nice, safe, and relatively stable place to live, well, America may have 1 Million homeless, and 90% of the population is living paycheck to paycheck, and if the crime here don't gitcha' the Health Care will...but at least America isn't in a "Depression!" 😛

Portugal is a lovely place, but I'll bet you will mis China.

Usually you find homeless near White House in DC

Instead of finding homeless people, you should try to find any slums in the outskirt of Beijing like those you can find in any city in India. This is a more accurate assessment of the poverty of any country. You can hide homeless people as normally claimed by Westerners but you cannot hide slums in any city in China.

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they only homeless you can found in Beijing.....i guess is some stray cats or dogs

here if you put 25 cents in the piggy bank every time you find a homeless person. the jar would fill up in no time. i guess it would take a very long time to fill the piggy bank in china🤣🤣 . that's the major difference. love from canada.

中国在20年前确实还是有无家可归者，但大部分是患精神疾病而且离家出走的。 中国当然有穷人，而且很穷，但无论如何，他们在农村都有自己的房子，而且，中国的文化特点是他们的家人会照顾那些失去工作能力的人，他们的亲人不会让家人流浪。 还有一种情况就是乞讨者，中国的乞讨者绝大部分是职业乞讨者，他们其实比较富裕，小部分的乞讨者是身体残疾，确实失去工作能力，可能他的家庭也无法养活他们。 中国现在有些城市的无家可归者，大部分都是来自农村，出来寻找工作的，或短期生活在街上以便节约住酒店的钱，但他们找到工作后，就会稳定下来。

There will always be transitory homeless people in big cities in China who left village homes for jobs.

Aaaandd now we check the US cities, looool 🎉😂

Some American are finding hard to believe that there are hardly any homeless people in China because they are conditioned to believe that US is exceptional so whatever is in other countries especially a communist country has to worse than what you can find in their country. Watched a video of homeless shanty structures in San Francisco/ Oakland, CA and they are similar to the structures you would find slums like Kibera in Nairobi . It is a question of priorities. Less wealthy cities like Moscow have hardly any homeless people on the streets while cities in America where some of the world's richest people live a stone throw away like San Francisco are infested with poverty and homelessness. One is excuse I hear a lot about homelessness in America is that they are drug addicts and people with mental illness. A housing expert who was interviewed said that is a way to rationalize homelessness as a problem that is unsolvable. He said that the main reason for homelessness is lack of affordable housing and jobs that don't pay enough to rent.

What does "Trip Bitten" mean? Is it a reference to something?

Every Chinese who live in rural areas has land to plant something to feed themselves and can build home for themselves, while most Chinese who live in urban areas have jobs. So, why people lives in the street?

should you be in portugal now？

In the U$ homelessness is a "feature" of U$ freedom and democracy.

3rd!

You've just shown a 1st world city and her suburbs instead of 3rd world cities across USA, with rampant homelessness, druggies, etc.

Don't break those haters' American Dream, that China has lots of homeless living on the streets, while America has no homeless problems. 🤣😂🤣

The homeless will be at the hills living in the abandoned buildings thats where you should look.

中國是防止謠言，美國是禁止真相。

homelessness in america has a lot to due with hatred of people in power here

Homeless is forbidden in forbidden city.

I thought that you left China for good...

I don't like big cities.

It's a shame you are going to leave China, hopefully you will go back, even if it's just for leisure.

Too bad you guys are leaving China!😢

I think it will be rare to see homeless people in China. It's not in their culture. Even in the West, you don't see Asians being homeless...mostly it's the non-Asians. It's just not in their culture...it's a shameful thing. They're not lazy type and they take care of their business. It's in their culture to be responsible, respectful and honest. That's why EVEN in America, Asians thrive in workplaces...and that's why they thrive in schools as well...they get their work done and they're more productive compare to non-Asians...I witnessed it because I work there and I see what's going on.

If you look for homeless people, you need think like homeless people. Homeless people like live near by downtown, so they can find or get food. They also like live in underground tunnel, so they can keep warm. You also can not find homeless people in suburb of the US city.

I thought you left China.

Hey Miguel, Meh! Kensington Ave in Philadelphia USA is more interesting! 💀☠️💩🙊🙀 (tongue-in-cheek)

Yes there are poor people in China, but most of them are taking care by their relatives or the state, they have at least a comfortable bed and shelter with meals, thats why they dont sleep on the streets no more. Super rich countries like Japan, Singapore or western Europe do have poor people as well, so why not in China, a developing middle-income country.

If you have to go out of your way to purposely try and find homeless people, then it's not really an issue. In metropolitan Toronto, Canada you don't have to look very far and it's only has a population of 6.4 million people and an area of about 7000 sq km. Majority of the homeless people are concentrated in the downtown area.

1. just came back from Portugal , just for this ??? 2. looks clean , not much from within the city !.no litter ! 3. what will do,if they say that in Tibet you will find homeless ! 4. go to Kessington Ave, Phylladelphia, you won't be disappointed !

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我们中国很少无家可归者，我猜北京的无家可归者可能不足一百人

Where got homeless ppl ? Lol. There are migrants workers who might rough out the night before they reach their destinations to work. Some farm workers also sleep in their super big harvester vehicle or sheltered structures on their way to the farm to harvest crops