They told us NOT to go to China. We did anyway. Do we regret it?
China. Was it worth the risk? Do we regret visiting China? Was it a mistake? Why is everyone visiting CHINA?
Find out our answers to these and many more questions. Would you visit China?
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Thanks so much for watching! Watch until the end to find out our future plans and if they involve more time in China!? Have you visited or do you plan to in the future?
I disagree at 34:38, filming conversation between tourists and locals ACTUALLY brings out the beauty of people-to-people exchange.
This is what president Xi Jinping said that more people-to-people exchange will make friendships flourish – that is the way to see the REAL CHINA !
Chinese people are always friendly.
非常喜欢你们客观的评价中国，也希望通过你们的视频让更多外国友人了解中国👍
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来自中国诚挚的爱❤ 虽然你们只在中国停留了很短的时间，但是通过视频可以感受到你们在用心感受一个城市，用心感受这个国家。我是中国人，我也去过很多国家，英国，法国，意大利，俄罗斯等等，我想说的是当你具备独立思考的能力的时候，你会发现走出家门，外面很大，这个世界很美好，我们只活一次，不要成为政治的工具，虽然在这个地球村上大家有不同的肤色，有不同的文化背景，但这就是旅行的意义。
另外我想告诉你们，你们在中国不用担心拍摄会带来问题，我们并不讨厌镜头，相反中国人很乐于助人也很随和，我们更愿意向你的镜头打招呼🙋♂️你们可以24小时举着摄像机记录下你们的一切。现在中国有144小时的过境免签政策，希望你们可以再回到中国，用一周的时间来了解这个国家，你们一定会爱上这里🎉我去过很多国家，我可以用英语和俄语熟练交流，但是客观地说，目前我还没有发现任何一个国家比中国更干净，更方便，更有历史底蕴
The great thing about traveling is to get out of the bubble and see the world as it as with your own eyes. You will learn to have an open mind, to respect and to understand. Only then can you break the barrier, the framing, the narrative, the imprints and bias, and be truly free. ❤
Taipei or Taiwan it’s China 🇨🇳 wlc China 🇨🇳 ❤️🩹💐
I don't think people could not bring a bible into China three decades ago, nor only small group of religious people would be allowed to practice, my homecity is heavily Buddhaism influenced, but also got few churches in it, often we can see lots of Christians go to churches on weekend, same happens to northwestern or southwestern regions that have millions of Muslims as they practice.
Just remain your western countries. Chinese food is cancerous. Chinese culture is backward and very inferior. It is so unsafe so much oppression. Communist evil. So much genocide highly polluted and so dirty backward poor nation. Such a backward country
Go to America paradise on earth unlike evil China. Hell on earth worse than Gaza
We accept most religious practices except those controlled or funded by the U.S. government
But individual freedom cannot override public order, and what kind of freedom can there be if one's life and property cannot be guaranteed
There are many people in China. It is nonsense to say that China monitors everyone. China does not have so many manpower to do this kind of thing. Cameras are used for crime prevention and crime evidence collection. If you observe carefully, you will find the traffic flow and The more people flow in a place, the more cameras there are
In fact, most of what you see are security guards, some are from private companies, and some are hired by the government for scenic spots. The police will be more formally dressed and better equipped (more than 95% of the police do not carry guns)
In fact, the eyes of local people are more out of curiosity, especially older people. They have no ill intentions and just want to chat with you or take photos (after all, it is not common to see foreigners who speak different languages).
我是中国人，非常欢迎你们下次能来中国多玩几天！关于那只鹅，我想做一些解释，首先，我从未在任何中国城市商业区内见过养殖鹅或鸡的，感到非常意外。我从未见过谋杀动物，在任何场合。再次，你们看到的那个类似笼子的东西，有可能是一个已经破损未使用的某种设施，被某个饭店临时放了一只鹅，恰巧被你们看见，太巧了。关于窗户上的栏杆，在中国被称为防盗窗，容易出现在低端小区，或者用于安置农村居民的安置房里。你们当时在上海的郊区，属于刚纳入城市的农村地区。农村居民，思想较为保守，经济状况较差，还在遵循旧有的习惯安装防盗窗。
Welcome to China. Experience and see China for yourself. A lot of those who hate China have never been to China and know little about China. China is an open, diversified and vibrant place. You should come visit again.
你在视频里讨论的铁窗户和杀鹅的问题都是毫无意义的问题 去了中国一次讨论这种毫无意义的问题我不知道为什么 第一，你所说的铁窗户只不过是中国老居民楼为了防盗罢了，现在建的小区百分之百没有这种了，这也涉及到了另一个问题，中国发展太快了，30年的时间足够让很多东西淘汰，你们外国人体验不到，所以你不懂中国，你们没有这样的发展速度。 毫无意义 总结一句话就是老小区装了防盗网，有什么讨论的呢？ 还有鸭子，只是为了新鲜，还有总不能在店里养吧，你们又嫌味道大，不养你们可能又会说中国的肉不新鲜，你们这些外国人啊！
Bloggers subconsciously still take away prejudice, some of the things you see are oriented speculation, but guess wrong, it is recommended that you have a chance to take a longer period of time, you will like it.
你们好，欢迎你们再次来中国旅游，❤❤你视频里的说的那个窗户的金属网我可以给你解释一下，很多家庭有小孩，担心小孩掉下去了，一般都是家庭自己安装 或者物业要求安装的，尤其是楼层高的，这个不是政府行为。你说的很对，的确是有火灾安全隐患的。
在中国旅游，你不用担心你的信仰。那个清真餐厅的人问你们是不是穆斯林，可能觉得你老公长的像回族或者穆斯林的民族，没有别的意思， 不用担心。只是简单的打招呼。我们经常这样问候别人的。不会因为你的信仰不同歧视你。不会让你你人身安全受到威胁。穆斯林都很善良的。西安有很多清真寺，欢迎你们来旅游。中国是个很包容的国家，人民很善良。也很安全。都很乐意去帮助你们的。你们说的监控不用担心 ，只有在你被伤害或者丢了物品了，才会调监控来找丢失物品的线索。另外可以震慑犯罪行为。所以你在中国的马街道上看不到抢劫，偷窃。祝你们旅行愉快🎉🎉
I'm a Hong Konger. Sometimes when I talked about the truth of China – my mother country – I was being asked " Are you paid by the CCP? 😆
通过大量媒体告诉一个族群不要去某个地方，其实是一种控制思想自由
So did you regret it?
他們只是用言語評論，不敢把拍出來的或者是錄影出來圖片或者影片展示出來。
For high-rise residences,escaping from fire exits and fire stars is safer than from the windows.
中国不全是你们旅行感受的那样，也不是外界宣传那样。应该以公平公正的眼光去看待中国才是正确的。我们不一样被抹黑，也不希望被捧杀，因为的确有很多需要改进的地方。总之中国加油❤
帶著你既定的偏頗思維假裝自己客觀？
In fact, it is rare to see police officers in China. The uniformed personnel you generally see on the streets are usually security guards, traffic coordinators, and auxiliary police. They are not police officers. Most of the surveillance cameras on the streets are for monitoring traffic violations. These cameras are used to capture instances of speeding, illegal lane changes, honking, etc. Security checks in subways and high-speed trains are implemented to prevent bad actors from carrying knives, flammable, or explosive materials onto trains, ensuring the safety of passengers. In the end, I can only say that we are all ordinary people; no one is really paying attention to what we are doing. All these measures are in place to prevent bad things from happening, and I think that's a good thing.
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中国已经是天下无贼的社会了
Yes, only what you see is the most real! However, the Western media has always been hostile to China, which is a restriction on freedom.
1. China is an almost cashless society, with 99% of Chinese people using mobile phones to pay even for small shops. All you need to do is open ALIPAY, or get a mobile SIM card in China. You will find all the food, housing, transportation, shopping, all done with a mobile phone. The subway does not actually need to buy a ticket, and you can directly swipe a ticket on ALIPAY. China should be the most convenient country in the world for mobile payment.
2, China is now open to many countries 144-hour visa-free, travel is very convenient. The key is that the price in China is only one-sixth of that in Europe and the United States and other countries, very cheap, come to China and have a look. The people are very friendly, the city is clean and the food is delicious.
Thanks for sharing! Very interesting tourism experience, and I appreciate the fact that you are trying your best to be objective and open minded in your comments. I had a similar “duck killing”experience. When I was little I went to my hometown, a countryside village in China that was very underdeveloped, with my extended family. I saw my grandpa killing a duck by breaking its neck and draining the blood and that traumatized me (I already made friend with it several days before it happened). Growing up in downtown Beijing I have never seen such direct presentation of animal death my whole life, and I never liked it. However, there is a historical background to this. People from my grandparents’ generation were still starving and they were only able to eat meat maybe once a year. Livestocks were not seen as pets in anyways when people were literally starving to death; they were just food, period. Even nowadays in many less developed countryside areas of China, people still buy livestocks and kill them by themselves before cooking. Killing livestocks is part of their daily routine, and they don’t mind kids seeing it just like you wouldn’t prevent your kids from seeing you cutting meat. We, as people who grow up in big cities, enjoy the privileges of industrialized food chain and don’t have to do the dirty work ourselves, so we tend to be negatively shocked to see these killings; but it is in fact a very normal daily routine for any human in the pre-industrialization era, and still for a lot of people these days. Just want to give you a little insight regarding this incident, and wish you enjoy your future trips! Btw to those who keep denying in the comment section that many people were confined in their apartments during Covid lockdown, you should stop defending every action the government took. The government is not the country, although some propaganda tries to blur the difference. Criticizing your government helps it to become better, defending its every action does the opposite. Any patriots should be open in discussing the wrongdoings of their government (although I can testify that these window cages are simply for theft prevention; newer buildings do not have those anymore)
I don’t sense the existence of the cameras the western described. As most of the ordinary people think it is for the bad guy and protect us from violence.
American politicians say: The United States has the right to vote and democracy and freedom. The most unlucky Americans always live better than the Chinese. .
My English is not very good so I’ll explain it in Chinese:据我所知，在美国人民是没有屠宰权的，比如猪、鸡、鸭都必须是在屠宰场宰杀的，所以美国人可能很少看到宰杀动物的画面；而在中国法律里，屠宰权是在人民手中的，每个人都可以在家中宰杀牲畜。特别是20年前30年前，在家中宰杀鸡、鸭是非常平常的事。不过现在，越来越多的人不会自己动手，而选择去菜市场由卖家宰杀，或者是去超直接购买，但是年纪大的老年人可能还是会自己动手。据我了解，穆斯林有现场宰杀的传统，你们在路上看到一些穆斯林餐厅门口甚至会挂着全羊的尸体 通常这是为了表现他们的羊肉很新鲜。
I travelled last one month. Never seen the goose scenario.
Every country has its own culture and if you respect it then you will be welcomed by the locals. But if you use your own country as a standard to scrutinize it from above and make lengthy judgments about whether it conforms to your beliefs, then you can look elsewhere.There is an old Chinese saying that when in Rome, do as the Romans do. It is rude to go to someone else's place and complain that your beliefs are not followed there.If you come to China next time, I hope you will go there just to enjoy it and not to scrutinize it
本身就带着有色眼镜在中国待了24小时 为什么中国人要懂更多的英语 这本身就是一种西方的傲慢 而不是你们准备去这个国家提前学习当地的常用语呢
30年前是94年，94年中国不能带圣经真的是天大的笑话😂如果真有此事的话，最好先了解一下你那位被禁止带圣经的朋友是不是在中国从事非法活动吧😅