SO TRUEEE! Since I left China and began to study abroad, I'v been missing so much the five thing you talk about! I have lived in several cities in China, I felt safe, convenient and comfortable to live alone in any of them.Whereever I lived ,I can just wear my slippers and go out to grap some street food at midnight, that's satisfying!
7. Cheap beer, and you can drink pretty much anywhere, anytime. So everyday could be Koningsdag. lol 8. public safety. 9. real FREEDOM! yes, that's right! affordable dining out meals & shopping in general, and the convenience of them, everywhere anytime (economic freedom) + affordable and super convenient public transport (movement freedom) + do your things, speak your minds with no hindrance of political correctness (daily life speech freedom) = an overwhelming sense of being free. In Holland most people, particularly young people unfortunately, have no much of either.
@Ben Louis Yes, you can basically drink at any age, any time and anywhere in China, even if ur a 8 year-old you can buy alcohol in any store alone and drink on the street, just nobody cares.
@Ben Louis yes, but it's not like you would see many ppl drink alcohol on the street... actually drink alcohol in public is rare. Ppl usually would enjoy alcohol along with nice food at home or in restaurants, bars, etc.
@Ben Louis In China there is little alcohol regulation. Supermarkets and shops don't need license to sell liquor and there is no alcohol tax, so beers and liquor in general are really cheap. But you don't usually see people drink alcohol in public. They usually sit at restaurants or at least a food vendor and drink while having a meal.
I guess you’re Dutch but your English is perfect. I taught in China for eight years near Hangzhou, in Anhui and Jiangxi. I like all the things you mentioned. Plus I loved riding my motorcycle in the countryside, going to temples, eating Lanzhou Lamian , riding the sleeper car train and going to cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong... taking holiday trips to Vietnam, Thailand and Taipei (they have great night markets and street food). You have to go back to China. I’m planning to
You says you are back home now but you plan to go BACK to China. Home is where you feel most comfortable and safe and miss when you are away for a world citizen.
@@IsabelleMuzerie If you are visiting Shenzhen, you can message me if need help. I 'd love to make friends with foreigners (Not on English learning purpose ,lol)
@@IsabelleMuzerie My sincere advice to you is travel with good friends and book your hotel in advance through Agoda. Plan your trip and enjoy your holidays in China. While you are in Shenzhen, pay a short visit to Hong Kong. You will not regret it.
Taobao Internet purchase or e commerce... U can literally find anything in the world there. It is many times bigger and more amazing than Amazon. And the speed it which China courrier services in delivery to your door step.
Huawei doesn't need to get helped. It's Hong Meng OS and other Chinese manufacturers taking it on board would lead into a market share of one third of the whole world smartphone market. They will be super powerful.
I really enjoy those kinds of videos. It helps me to see my country in different ways and see my country from other people. I love those videos and I think you can put your video to some chinese popular video website such as bilibili or tencent video. Anyway, I hope you can make more video like this. I love it !
Good observation: ... happy people they are. Per the Western media, the Chinese were supposed to be suffering and living a miserable life. Thanks Isabelle for sharing what you have witnessed.
Love Netherlands though I have never been there before. Really impressed by my Dutch clients from KLM, great personalities and profoundly knowledgeable, nothing but a pleasure to work with I will always take KLM over any other airlines. And what surprises me most is it looks every Dutch man is fluent in English Isabelle here being a great example, though their native Dutch language sounds nothing even close to English, at least to my ears.
We actually all learn to speak, write, and read English at school because we feel it is an important language to know. That's why we can all speak it! :)
Been in Hangzhou for some years and my favorite is also the night street bbq. Unfortunately, the are disappearing so fast. Is also enjoy walking through the parks and riverside or canals. So cool and relaxing.
Thank you. Very authentically captured/expressed. If it is spoken by me, a Chinese emigrated and living in the US for 40 years, it would be very awkward... Danke...
dancing in the evenings tells you a lot about the country. first, it must be very safe for everyone. secondly everyone dancing in the evening is happy or they won't do that.
I tried didi a few times. Very easy indeed! But the language barrier, especially in the beginning, was quite difficult. Because the drivers almost always call you!
Moi video. I'm living in Groningen now. However, ik spreek geen Nederlands! Same as you, I really miss China and looking forward to going back to China for a while in September.
I have been studying in China for 6 years and I really miss the online payement wechat taobao and more , you can really do almost anything with your phone in China
Amazing video, from Suzhou! But now I am in Switzerland, I have to say,a little bit boring, especially it’s hot now but luckily hotel has air-conditioner.
China is a country with a very strong mobile phone signal coverage. You can find a mobile phone signal at the foot of the sparsely populated Tibetan Plateau, the Himalayas.
What I miss about living in Nederland most is pretty Dutch girls. Dutch girls are always smiling and happy. They always want to talk to foreigners like me. I also miss cheese, milk, and salami in Nederland.
Hey Miss Muzerie, I have a question regarding moving to Xushou in the next two months. So, my best friends husband got a business offer in Xushou for the next three years. They have a child that is 6 y.o. and they would be moving together. She worries that the cultural and language barrier is too big and in the light of Covid it could be too soon to move there this year. Could you please tell me how was your experience was regarding everyday life and communication with the neighbours/locals? Thank you so much in advance.
I enrolled for a Chinese language course at the university and luckily that helped me out a lot with the language barrier. The language barrier was larger than I had expected it to be since not many Chinese people speak English in Suzhou. Nevertheless, you can still get around with pointing to what you want and if you at least learn the numbers you can pay for everything too! I think the 6 year old might adapt faster than the parents. At least that was my experience growing up abroad. Hope this helps!
I too love Suzhou and street food here but never seen so many stalls at one place. Plz let me know where exactly this location, would love to go there and explore some time..
Isabelle Muzerie Oh, yes. But it was a hassle. I had to prove it was mine by showing them the official receipt of when I opened my account. Just showing your ID is not enough, apparently. 🙂
@@scottisitt This is valuable information to know! When I come back to China I will bring the official receipt of opening my account (if i can still find it 🤣) because I'm afraid that after such a long time of not using my card it might have been deactivated :s
@@IsabelleMuzerie Well, it'd probably only be deactivated if it's past the expiration date. That's what I would guess. I think part of the reason I needed the receipt of opening my account is that I had used the ATM of a third party bank. If I had used my own bank's ATM, maybe they wouldn't have needed the receipt, but I don't know. General rule of thumb in China is to keep important receipts...especially rent payment, because that's how you get your deposit back.
