I Thought Beijing China was Different Than This
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- I Thought Beijing China was Different Than This
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I appreciate it.
Travel is the best education. I admire you, for seeing the real China.
Never judge a book by its cover including what the news says about China ..
Well, news never says China’s infrastructure is poor
Never judge a book by its cover, ESPECIALLY what the MSM says about China ..
@@charleneji6759，SB，MSM is more reliable，at least not like all ur west media paid by CIA and ur hypocrite government，most of MSM are independent
People should note how clean the streets are.
China is all about safety, stability and prosperity.
China is all about being a fascist kleptocracy that represses its own Constitution, especially Articles 35 and 36. Are you old enough to remember the massacre at Tiananmen Square? If you like clean city centers, try the city centers in the capitals of Belarus or North Korea.
As a Chinese, I am also surprised by the big progress we have made in past ten years. It looks everything happened in one night. I like it!
@@Hokeela666 Because Xi Jinping in power, he is a super great leader!!!
yeah even human rights have been cleaned and wiped!!
@@Juvenlus You must be a Westerner? Because only Westerners talk about human rights all the time.
Fantastic video! Most Americans have no clue how advanced and modern China is. I was there 9 years ago and it has changed so much even since then!
yeah most of them thinks it's full of rickshaws. or something that looks like north korea.
@@fubolibs4218 North Korea is also much better than many urban areas in the United States.
@Fubo Libs actually North Korea has free education, free medicare(not truly free,tax money) since it is established. North Korea used to be more advanced with higher living standard than South Korea till the 90s. The South Korean were smuggling into the North before the 90s. The US sanction hurts the North Korea economy badly.
I got millions of discrimination in the USA as a Chinese .
Same here, I visited China once about 15 years ago. The cities I visited back then already overshadowed all cities in my home country, South Africa, which is one of the most developed on the African continent. Now they have developed even further into cities of the future. Such progress is truly amazing. One day I hope to visit China again to see it for my own eyes.
The national ideal of the Chinese is that the world is one, equal, regardless of skin color and race, the most tolerant and loving nation
I set foot in China well informed. So I was not afraid and knew a lot about China. But it's amazing, 12 hours after getting off the plane including at least 6 hours of sleep.. I told my guide "China is not like I thought" I'm going back in December. My plan is to stay 2 weeks in Xiangyang 襄阳市 which in addition to being the crossing of the railway is a superb city. From Xiangyang 襄阳市 it is possible to reach Xi'an 西安市, Luoyang
洛阳市, Zhengzhou 郑州市, Kaifeng 开封市, Wuhan 武汉市 and Changsha 长沙市. Leaving the hotel very early, taking the fast train and being at the museum for the opening, in the evening, I return to my hotel in Xiangyang 襄阳市.
Why Xiangyang? Such a small city
Your trip sounds awesome! Wish I had the means to travel to China as well. I was last there in 2007 if I remember correctly. When I see videos of the cities I visited then, they look so modern now, such amazing progress. Enjoy it !
中国真正的美景在西部，青海，西藏，新疆。
@@user-ej9tj2fx9o 但是要最典型的中国在中部，而且你说的这几个地方只是自然景观多而已
Clever plan😇
I don' know what to say. I am speechless each time I see some of the complex Chinese traditional architecture like the one at the beginning of the video. I strongly believe they need to be conserved for the future.
However, the streets in Beijing are usually wide and clean from what I have seen so far in your video. That is one of the signs that it the seat of power.
Thank you, sir.
哈哈哈。。。。我住在十八线的小城市，街道也是这样宽广，难道我们这里也是掌权的标志？？哈哈哈
I was in Shanghai 8 years ago. Same thing, nice wide and clean street, well maintained. An amazing city, nice people, good food.
warmly welcome to China
I think Gordon Chang has redefined the meaning of "collapse" when it comes to China.
I love Gorden Chang, for without him, things about China won't be fun, I miss him for the sound of China collapsing was once fainted away, boring! But about a few months ago, a lot of Anti China CZcamsrs started to beaten up another round of China collapsing again, one of them said China would collapse in a few months, very exciting! So I waited and waited, China is still there and keep developing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gordon is right, so dark in China… oh it is in the night
Gordan the clown
gordan chang is correct, but china is collapsing slowly. Maybe in 1,000 yrs china collapse will be complete.
😂😂😂😂😂
Their infrastructure is 50 years ahead of ours. A truly 21st century city
Definitely decades ahead of what we have here in Sydney.
I live here in states, I think federal government spent too much money on military, the road condition in Atlanta is terrible
@@user-py1jw3kp4p way too much on defense, and we cant even win a war
@@user-py1jw3kp4p terrible in other places too
@@johnslayton20 it’s more like maintaining the hegemony for U.S. dollars and oil, but it’s too much compared to what the government spent here domestically, that’s why it’s not a great idea to have over 800 military bases overseas, imagine if the government spent half of what they have spent on military in the past decade, it would be huge to the people
5:20. the ceiling light show -- I was there visiting back in 2008 with my 10-month-old baby and I remember she was completely mesmerized by it when the huge whale and the ocean wave/scene showed up on the ceiling! Never seen such a thing even in New York or any other cities in Europe back then....so I was properly fascinated by it too! This place has changed so much as shown in this video...in a good way! Beijing is Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
It was better for the ceiling light show back to 2007 , now it’s getting older and older , the government didn’t invest enough money to this 世贸天阶。 right now Beijing more better places than “the place “. It you have time to visit China, only Beijing take you 1 months, too much interesting places
No love for one of the most beautiful buses I've ever seen. Streamlined. Well lit. Spacious. Quiet. Clean.
Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Harbin, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou......
China has so many cities worthful to visit.
广州和上海表示不服😂
@@jielunmo6833 他不记得还有北京上海广州长沙
@@alchendspavillon8911 随便说几个罢了，这么较真？
长沙被你无视了
if you miss out Xi'an you're not a real Chinese
This is what happens when money is spent on improving the lives of the people rather than spending money on endless wars.
it amazing how much Beijing has change in 20 years
I was last in Beijing in 2016; there's a good Irish pub and also a good gig venue; Dusk Dawn Club; with Jazz, Rock and Folk nights. I hope its still going. :)
Visit Shenzhen and Guangzhou, they have crazy beautiful night views
A lot of Beijing's streetlife are in the hutongs -traditional mostly pedestrianised districts, which are hard to spot from the main streets (access is likely through an alleyway). There are of course big nightlife centres, though they change a lot - Houhai has a lot f bars, in a district built between two imperial lakes. Also an absolute must-do is the Forbidden City (world's largest palace) -more impressive than even the great Wall, which you'll need to book in advance and bring your passport for ID. Another one is the Summer Palace, almost as large but with huge grounds of landscaped lakes and gardens. Another must-see is the 798 Art District, where Beijing's commercial galleries hang out; it's the largest global art market, and was the epicentre of contemporary art during the 90s and noughties, when it was infamous for its subversive, gory, sexy shock art. What you'll see nowadays though is much more palatable.
@@armamentarmedarm1699 I think Summer Palace is more nature and landscape, Forbidden City is stack after stack of massive buildings and courtyards. Theyve also opened up the side buildings (about 2/3 of the 980 buildings are now accessible), but yeah theyre two completely different entities. A bit like comparing a city centre with a beautiful park. DO BOTH
Thanks for sharing the video. Not sure if you're planning to visit other cities but if so, Shanghai and Shenzhen are a must for first time Westerners to China.
Super clean and modern.
Typical delusional Chinese lies and rumors
Great video, Sly! If you’re interested, you can also check some other places like Wangjing and Olympic Center/Olympic Forest Park in north Beijing, these places also have some very different vibes compared to the downtown area😊
I used to work at the Trends Tower right next to The Place. Glad that you enjoyed the view!
THE PLACE was the first ceiling light show in Beijing opened in 2006, time flies.
Actually it was open in 2009, I was an expat working in Beijing then.
@@clearheaded5696 maybe you are taking about another place. I live down the street.
@@michael511128 Maybe I got the year wrong then, I arrived in BJ in 2007 and somehow remember discovering a new venue with the LED ceiling it after the Olympic.
Another great video, Sly.
I'm new here, I just subscribed. Before, I watched a lot of your videos, but one thing I noticed (especially in the Thailand videos) are the tourists, most of them are white. I've been there a few times and I rarely saw black tourists. Even if you look up a travel vlog on CZcams, but see very little to no videos made by blacks. Thank you for using this platform to encourage black people to travel the world and make videos about it.
Man, I should tell you there is a park named World Park in south Beijing and I recommend you visiting there. The ticket is about 100 Chinese Yuan. Also, there is a free military museum in Beijing not far from the Square and not so many foreigners know about that. I do strongly recommend you visiting there, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.
Love it. Thank you for sharing your travels Sly!
Enjoying your videos man big ups to you for putting out the content. Having Nostalgic thoughts about the good old Beijing days. Nice to see you’re having fun!
Always waiting for you bro
It amazes me how clean the streets were!
Heh heh, I have walked the exact same places; around the old railway station and Qianmen.
It is really a nice place for an evening stroll and some good food. Esepcially when your hotel is only like 500 meters away.
Beijing is a great city, and although more areas inside Ring 2 have become more touristy, you can still find those quiet back streets, where you literally cannot believe that you are in a city with 15-20 mill inhabitants.
Chinas city planning is so far ahead of the United States at this point.
Well done, Sly!
Now there are a lot cities in China like “Chang an jie(ave)”, it was wide back to 1970s , right now Beijing Chang an ave not even top 10 in China. But Beijing is still unique with her characters
That building is Stunning!!! ❤
In the third minute of the video, you captured my home and I really enjoyed your video and supported you
Beautiful!
Recommend you to visit Shanghai, more morden and prosperous than Beijing
Amazing bro
Next try the 798 art park, really cool
i went there before
Beijing has tons of area that you can see different, just because it is really big
Is it possible to get some daytime videos when everything is open.
u should visit chongqing its cyberpunk city
Meaning?
@@courtneyvegan9448 Just search for pictures of Chongqing and you'll see. Skyscrapers jammed closely together. Dark and rusty alleys below. Highways and rails between (or even though) buildings. The real city life is not cyberpunk-ish, though. Just the look of it.
@@jinliu1198 Sorry, I meant what is the meaning of cyberpunk. I have seen walking videos on CZcams of that city. I am afraid of heights ,so that's too scary for me.
I noticed a few of your videos are taken real late at night which seems like most people would be home and stores closed like in many places. I wonder if the scene during the daytime would be much more active like around noon or so.
Night owl sort of guy....
@@othmanmajid6380 makes sense. Appreciate you sharing your journey and looking forward to the next video for sure!
We really like to use Meituan to order food and items. It is really convenient, easy and cheap to use once you set it up.
Beijing has many CBDs, almost every district has one or two. If you wants see skyscrapers, should go to these places. The most popular two are Guomao CBD and Wangjing CBD which all in Chaoyang District.
Sly, you should also visit Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Taiyuan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Kunming, etc. They're all beautiful, modern, traditional, clean, safe, and bustling. Why all your videos are night views? Any sites you recorded in the day time?
enjoy your trip, try different province, you will feel about very different culture
There were fewer people on the streets after 11 o'clock on Sunday, because the next day was a working day, and they went home early after a crazy weekend with their friends.
Go to Guomao, there are many tall buildings, which are super fancy.
If you use Google maps for your GPS, the satellite image is offset by a couple hundred meters for some reason in China
@@user-wz8zk8oe7vyes , it is not GPS , it’s Chinese BDS , a lot of more accurate
Shud consider checking out Xiong'an to get a sense of how quick Chinas developing
Hey Sly, Mandarin to Chinese is like English to American, or Spanish to Mexican, and so on.
Nah
Mandarin is the main language used in China
It is not Mandarin to Chinese
you will be even more impressed by Shanghai.
The whole China is a mix of ancient and modern
Delusional Chinese lies and excuses
And HangZhou!!
Another great video Brother
Thank you for sharing ❤
China’s advantage over US is its one party system. One party system is much efficient to develop a country.
Take life expectancy of both China and US as example. In 1950 China life expectancy is about 38 vs US 68. After 71 years, in 2021 China life expectancy is 78.2 vs US 76.1( latest figure by CDC , US life expectancy dropped by 3 in 2020-2021 period from 79.1 originally). China expectancy increase by 40 years while US increase by 8 years only. China life expectancy increase 5 time faster than US.
Also Look at health care by comparing MMA rate( maternal mortality rate): in 1950 China maternal mortality is 1500 women death per 100,000 birth vs US 100 women death per 100,000 births. In 2021, China MMA is 16.1 vs US 23.8 per 100,000 (the lower the number , the better health care service level) .
Infant mortality rate: in 1950 China infant mortality is 195 death per 1000 birth vs US 26.8 death per 1000 births. In 2021, China infant mortality rate drop to 5 per 1000 vs US 5.4 per 1000 birth.
In fact among top 10 population countries, China’s life expectancy is longest 78.2 years old vs US 76.1 and India 70, Indonesia 71.7, Pakistan 67.3, Brazil 75.9, Nigeria 54.7, Bangladesh 72.6, Russia 73.1, Mexico 75.
And people in China retire at 55 years old on average to access pension. About 12 years earlier than US's 67 years requirement while some countries may not have pension at all. It means an American need work extra 40*52*12=25,000 hrs in his life than an average person in China. It also means an American only has 9 years to enjoy retirement while an average person in China has 22 years to enjoy retirement.
Also it is not means or asset tested when access pension in China. It means you get your pension monthly even you stay overseas, are a multi-millionaire or have another job after retirement.
Singapore is another example of one party system. Its gdp is highest among Asia.
Here come the bots lol
@@coinheadz1942 Here comes the sore loser.
In China, you can't change the party but you can change the policies.
In the USA, you can change the party but you can't change the policies.
@@cart172 Actually you can't change the party neither just alternating between two.
@@coinheadz1942
事实上。中国有9个党派。他们都比共产党年龄大。
Man that looks great.
Beijing is more than 20x bigger in area than NYC, so that's why the population is more spread out due to urbanization and a metro system that helped the city stretch out
22 times to be exact
I have no idea what are you doing during the day time
it seems you prefer film in the midnight while everything is closed😅
I guess he’s still struggling with jet lag. 12 hours time difference 😂
😊
@@JohnSmith-jw3zw I don't think so, he was in Vietman not long ago
换个城市怎样？中国内地还有很多不一样的城市可以探索。❤
You can actually take a bus on Changan Street to see both Tiananmen and the square. It costs 2 RMB if you don't have local public transportation card.
Try to visit shanghai yunnan chongqing guizhou
the largest square in China is Dalian Xinghai Square
how did you paid for things? with alipay or wechat?
Thank you for you show me the true China, It is so beautiful 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Take the time to travel outside of the metropolitan areas using China’s amazing train system to really experience their culture. The big cities are completely westernized and very similar to the US.
no way they will like US, you barely dare to walk the street during the night or walk alone like Sly.
... just like being in the US, only cleaner, safer and safer.
Quite so. When I first travelled abroad, from Beijing to New York, all seemed familiar - traffic jam, crazy taxi driver, gray sky... Only when the taxi driver asked for a tip, and I had no idea how much to tip...
@x enox of course not
I don't think so. There is literally no large city in the U.S. with the vibrancy of Chinese cities. Sure in the daytime you can venture to well known sites - just try to ignore the legions of drugged out street people. At night most American cities turn into tombs, no one ventures out except to a very few selected night spots for the party set - best to make sure those spots have enough police or private security but always be prepared for the worst. Chinese people are out enjoying their cities day and night, because they are not afraid for their personal safety AND the cities offer a pleasant environment.
checkout the KTV scene
To see better night views of modern China, go to Shanghai. For great night views of old day China, you need to visit Xi'an.
i think the streets you showed in video are very average normal streets nothing amazing about them. I saw them maybe 15 years ago wasn't even impressed by a bit. I just came to visit Shanghai after 6 years away. I can't even recognize many places, a lot of beautiful things being built.
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Sly, you should stay two more months in China...should go to Shanghai, HongKong, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Chengdu... Hunan Changsha....way too many other places to include here.
Dude, do you have to work during the day? Why explore Beijing at night? You should go early to show the beautiful side of Beijing
He visits tourists sites and restaurants in the day. He normally does walking tours at night so his viewers get a sense of the city.
He is afraid to go out at night in his own country. Now is the chance he can do it here in China.
@@iyansetiadi1986 Not sure where you got that information. He has literally gone out at night in all of his videos. From China, Ethiopia, Colombia, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam, Brazil, Egypt, etc. Did Sly state he was afraid of walking around at night in the US?
That's too late, all stores are closed...😂
You need to go to Shenzhen, Chongquin, and Shanghai. Youre stuck in Beijing
Those cities you mentioned just very little parts of China. Go to provinces like Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and cities like Xian and Hangzhou.
@@pushcartoldman8698 Not saying those provinces you mentioned are interesting cause they are. But I want him to go to brighter cities first.
Mandarin is spoken in mainland China. Cantonese is used in Hong Kong part of China.
Not only Hong Kong, but Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan have more than 100 million people who speak Cantonese
@@user-mw2gp6so7s Okay. Hong Kong is notably known for Cantonese though.
Guangzhou is the “Cantonese Capital”
Macau也讲粤语哦
粤语的发源地应该是古代的广州而不是香港吧！！？
this topic can use one year even more if you stay in china
Wat Zup G. Welcome to my hood where there ain't got no gun violence and no racists bias. Peace and Luv y'all.
What I really noticed about most Asian countries, is that they really encourage walking. I enjoy seeing the big strips and wide sidewalks. Most of America are losing their sidewalks and more roads are being built for cars. 😢 China, South Korea, Japan and even Bangkok seem more advanced than America.
Still thinking the World is his oyster type of guy..........
If you having problem with your phone , get a Huawei....then no problem with uncle Sam keeping tabs on you.......
Huawei currently only has 4G phones, due to Uncle Sam's sanction. You can buy from Honor instead. It's kind of Huawei in disguise.
4:48 a dinosaur crossing the road :)
u must go to Shanghai, much more impressive
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GuiZhou province,GuiYang
Hey man... You kept saying GPS, Global Positioning System, the satellites system developed and operated by the United States.
Pretty sure GPS doesn't work well in China.
You need to use Beidou (China can't call their satellite system GPS, cos it's trademarked).
I am asking cos I wonder which map app you using.
百度地圖 Baidu Map or 高德地图 autonavi , are both good. They usually bring you to the exact door (unless you are in Chongqing).
FYI, just my memory, not official data, in public free version. GPS is only 3 metre-ish accurate. I live in Canada and it usually brings me 3 to 5 meters within the destination. And then GPS is even more inaccurate when used in China, I dont know how, but China somehow jammed that.
Then Beidou system public version is half to 1 meter accurate so those chinese map app can usually bring you to the exact door.
Now im not saying chinese GPS is better than US GPS. cos last time i read an article in 2022-ish. the military grade navigation system US have access to, was still better than China's, at that time, according to that article I read.
I bet:
GPS + Starlink > Beidou > GPS > Galileo > GLONASS
GPS accuracy is like 9 ft at best for commercial use in North America. 15 feet or so in other parts of the world. The military adds noise to control accuracy.
GPS works alright in China. Only that the official map data in China has pseudo-random offsets, and all map providers are given a correction table to undo that. If you are in an urban area, actually your smartphone's positioning uses neither GPS nor Beidou, but 5G/Wi-Fi signal strength data, which is way more accurate due to very high density and very small range of Wi-Fi.
@@p46709394you have no idea about Chinese BDS , you can’t see real information from Wikipedia, that’s made by American, pretty much biased sources
Feel like more safe in China, I just come home away from gun shooting here in Canada. 2 people died😢
those bikes are cheep. you can ride those bikes for a whole month with only about 2 dollars.
You will love Shanghai
almost impossible to get a glimpse of homeless hungry people on the street in China
What a weird comment. Every country has some kind of poverty. Why would a normal person travel to a country just to look for the poor people of that country?
@@susan56566 this is what people of the west is looking for in China - weakness and vulnerability
Because there are not many homeless and hungry people in China 😂
@@susan56566 In Kenya they have poverty tourism where people from the West go and live in Khabera a shanty town of 2 million. Go figure
@@banarama4144that’s insane
😂😂once i walk on this street, xiushui!
Probably closed because they were hosting foreign diplomats. The Chinese political buildings are in Tiananmen Square
Its been hot in China. Should get yourself a cold beer when you walk on the streets. No police will stop you as long as you stay civil
I am planning on taking a trip to China sometime next year and I would like to know what has your experience by being a African American male and the treatment of the Chinese people towards you in China?
只要不做太过冒犯的行为，对人有礼貌就不会受到歧视
Check out others black people living there: Aleese Lightyear, King Kwesi, Sabrina in China to name a few.
中国每个城市都很棒，不用去比较，体验不同城市的生活气息就好
I admired you ! Please visit JAPAN 🇯🇵
i wonder you can walk all night long in china with no fear of robbery , violence and gun shooting not like in the US
im gonna be in Beijing soon anyone want to hangout?
想看完中国每一座城市，大概需要三年，想看完中国的每一处风景，需要三代人
Zao shang hao zhong guo, xian zai wo you BINGCILLING.
you can you up
So black is safe in China
There is no rasism in China. Everyone gets respect from Chinese people despite of what is his skin color black or white