Cost of Living in Shenzhen, China
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Me, a Chinese living in the US, listening to an American living in China talking about how convenient it’s to pay everything via wechat and feeling amazed XD
go home soon
@@daijohn2441 shut up
China looks amazing, like looking into the future. It's even more amazing when you remember how different China was just 20 or 30 years ago.
It is very futuristic, especially where I live. It's crazy I almost want to make a video just talking about how there's so many things here that feel so futuristic!
Then why not? Just do it. We would love to see it.
buddy 30 years can change a lot
China also still has many poor places，China just a nice and ordinary country.
China's 2019 anniversaries:March 17: 60 years since the Dalai Lama fled TibetApril 25: 20 years since the Falun Gong sit-in protest, which eventually led to the group's repressionMay 4: 100 years since the May Fourth MovementJune 4: 30 years since the Tiananmen Square massacreJuly 5: 10 years since the Urumqi riots in Xinjiang Autonomous RegionOctober 1: 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of ChinaDecember 20: 20 years since Macau was transferred by Portugal to Chinese rule
This was one of the few breakdowns, of any cost of living, that was systematic, intelligent, useful, and entertaining. Thank you so much, it was fun watching this video. Hope to see more of your content.
Great job breaking it down! I love that your travel blog is so informative! That was good advice of your friend to differentiate yourself and include your journalism background!
$833 a month living in Shenzhen is cheap, you go to all the expensive restaurants all the time but you still don't spend that much, that's wonderful you have a good life in China.
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Dahai when you consider the local salary, it’s not such a bargain.
suburbanite11 $1,500/month
I love your channel! Thank you for making these kinds of videos,they are very usefull!
That was a real informative video and it helps a lot! Thank you for making it!!
Really cool to see you showing the great sides of China. China is so developed that the last time I've got a chance to experience the contrasts of hanging out in less wealthy and very wealthy areas really opened my eyes. I used to spend my time whatever places I randomly ended up to because I traveled a lot solely by walking through dozens of blocks to experience the local culture. Many cities in China is so financially secured that a normal person (salary of 2000-3000 US dollars/month) can't afford to spend money to live nor shop monthly - like Shenzhen, Chongqing, Foshan or Changsha. But I'm glad you enjoyed being in a country where my roots are from :) I'd love to visit the place ASAP as well. Thanks for showing some places.
Finally someone talking in a positive way about China. Other vloggers from China are very negative about almost everything. Thumbs up to you
Farhan Ullah actually just Winston, cmilk etc. The new batch of vloggers are all very positive I find.
Winston & Cmilk are not negative, they are HONEST - both positive and negative, because China is truly a mix of positive and negative!
burrito rustler exactly. Hell I hated China but their vids made me want to visit. Though to be honest I think Japan is more my kind of place, more civilised...
Farhan Ullah everyone has different experiences.
@@MaTtRoSiTy Japan is a totally different society, Taiwan is what China could learn to be if they weren't so brain dead in mainland China
Hey Poppy! I've been watching your videos for a while but I just really want to say that I love your style! So informative and to the point, interesting too. Your now one of my favorite travel vloggers because of this. Keep it up :)
Thank you so much!
You go poppy!!! Such informative video!!! I love it so much.
Thanks for creating this informative video and sharing this awesome tune :-)
I enjoyed watching your video as always. And you are funny as hell. The end cracked me up. Thank you, Poppy.
Haha thank you! I wasn't sure if the ending would have been too much but I just love those socks so I couldn't resist haha
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Saudi Arabia, and many thanks for your great informative videos . I am moving to Shenzhen in the near future and I am learning more about it via watching videos and reading .
I wish you a very happy life
I like reading the comments and replies after you've posted a video. It's like there's a small community that's formed around your videos and people get help and clarity on some questions without you having to respond. Pretty cool.
Another great video, Poppy. You are always well-researched and professional, and as someone who has already lived in China, in Zhengzhou, for over 4 years, I always like watching your videos to see your perspective, and how expats live in other cities.
Gray Cee she should do a skype interview with you on your experiences. Have you as a special guest ! ☺
Love your vlog! I subscribed at the first glance of your video because the way you talk like a close friend to audiences ---you are always exciting and passionate about your adventure in China, having an open mind and respect different cultures . It's so interesting to see how China changes or differ from America through your lenses. Your video will break stereotypes & help people from other cultures better understanding China. BTW, hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving while you are far away from home.
Wow your comment made me smile so much I can't even stop smiling haha Thank you so much for your kind words! My Thanksgiving consisted of pasta but oh well, next time haha..Happy Thanksgiving!
Hey Poppy! Love your video! SOOOOOOOO excited!! Can you actually organize a fan meeting in Shenzhen? I'm heading back to Shenzhen for the Christmas after finals!!
I really enjoyed your elaborate presentation, its really beutiful and informative
You're so punctual...a new video at around 4am (London time).
Many more RUclips videos to be watched today but doubt any will top this...lovely lifestyle insight, beautiful visuals and clear expenditure analysis combined with a free maths lesson.
P.S. Those bicycles are screaming to be toppled like dominoes! :D
Thank you for noticing, I've been trying really hard to be consistent! hahaha your domino comment is hilarious! And thank you so much I'm glad my video was good it took me a while to make! :)
As a Shanghainese living in Australia I found your video so interesting - it offers such a different perspective into Chinese / Shenzhen life!
Awesome video. Thanks Poppy!
Great video! I'm actually moving to Shenzen in about a week and that was very usefull. I'm thrilled to come and enjoy this city! Thanks!!
Awesome good luck!
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!! I recently took a job teaching in China, will leave soon, and needed an idea of what my expenses will be each month. So far from what I have gathered (not just from you, but other people as well) the expenses are very reasonable!
Tim Higgins friendly remind you you should buy a vpn before you go,cause it's a must have for an expats who live in china
welcome toChina
This video is a little out of date. In Shenzhen, you can now use your mobile app to pay for public transportation, not cards. I had one of these cards a few years back. Within two years, I had to return the card and the card balance was refunded.
Everything about Shenzhen becomes outdated in a year or two :)
Is it more expensive
@@ociabi No it's still same price, still cheap. I was there last time December 2019.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
It's nice to see different places and cultures thru your eyes. We live in an amazing world and it's not easy to get to all those exciting places.
very objective analysis and introduction. I live in Shenzhen for five years and I can say you are definitely right.
Well done , keep it up Poppy :)
Happy Holiday's!!!
Cool video and informative overview of what it is costing you to live here in Shenzhen, well done.
Thanks for an informative vlog about the cost of living in Shenzhen. Good breakdown of the monthly cost - very useful to know for someone who wants to live there. 👍👍👍
The misting tree is like a kind of air conditioning. Hot summer days you walk through the mist and it will cool you right down. Because you’re in a hot region they will have this for maybe 2/3 to 3/4 of the year. It’s not alway in the shape of a tree either. Sometimes they just have random pipes spraying mist under overhead walkways etc. Enjoy it.
Thanks! We first went to Shenzhen ~ 18 years ago. At that time, it was quite industrial. What a change!! If you compare those costs to say, NYC or LA it's quite a bargain!
Rent is extremely low compared to Hong Kong, which is one of the most expensive places in the world.
Thank you soooo much for this, I have been wondering what its like to live in Shenzhen and the costs so this was Awesome!!!
i enjoy your videos very much and it's time to subscribe your channel, I am a
Chinese living in French now, actually Shenzhen is one of my favorite cities in China i got really good friends there(the other is Shanghai, a also modern beautiful and international city) so much support for you! looking forward to your next vlogs
Yay welcome new subscriber!
Brilliant, I am living in Shenzhen, been here for 4 years, it's an awesome city, full of possibilities.
Yeah say one wrong thing against them and the possibilities of where you go to be executed are endless.
That “misting tree” is trying to humidify the area that people usually walk by, so people feel more comfortable because it is kind of hot during summer in Shenzhen. I'm from Guangzhou, our BRT(Bus Rapid Transit) stations also have this similar humidifier to let people feel cool when they are waiting for their buses. Love your video, keep up the good work : )
Thanks poppy for sharing this video.
Thanks for these videos💖
I am from India and returned from shenzhen yesterday, as this was my first trip to China, I really missed my cheap Indian food and getting Indian food is expensive in China, but Shenzhen is a place which can make you a hero in electronics related business, you need to have a vision and these guys would turn it i to reality for a very affordable price.
Loved Shenzhen and looking forward to get a business opportunity to visit again.
Great video
Once Again Love Your Videos , Great Enjoyable & Awesome Thank You !
Thank you Siu!
Thank you for the very informative video. You were very clear and concise . I love your readers comments. Good job! A great inside view of a country that for me, and most Americans, we know very little about. As far as prices...pretty cheap for city life. Thanks again!
Great video. Considering Shenzhen is the silicon valley of the East, I'm paying 4 grand a month for a single room apartment in the silicon valley of the West. That looks like a pretty good deal!
Thank you so much for sharing. We love you here in Iran 🇮🇷
Thanks for providing so many informations.
Love your videos! Super helpful :)
Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving Poppy!!!
Politically not correct, we Chinese wont celebrate Thanksgiving .
it is said onto her so it is correct politically because of her heritage
@L Z Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!
So glad to hear positive of a country we’ve been taught to fear. It’s beautiful there and it don’t see any smog😊
Yes, it is actually great if you if try not to DEAD FOCUS on it’s bad sides. Every country has its flaws but there are also great things about it. China is a great country but it’s just very controversial:/
@@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404 I disagree about the 'dead focus' there is more bad than people realise but is not as bad as the media will make out, I find SerpentZA and Laowhy86 do a good job avcurately depicting it (obv don't take their vids specifically on like bad things as example) but I still think it's awesome (not lately but a year or so ago)
I like to drink milk tea too .your video is very good .i will recommend my friend in USA to watch it. i went to max mall very often. Have a nice vacation.
Great information, really thorough and very useful if I visit China in the future
I have been loved in Shenzhen for 10 years~ miss the city so much~
What???
Hey I recently found your channel and think your videos are very well done! I went to Shanghai last summer for 9 weeks, and hope to go back again this summer. Have you ever been to Shanghai? I would love to see you make a video there
I'm going there very soon :)
+Where's Poppy Great!! You must go to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, it is a huge scale model of the entire city. Also, have you ever thought about going to Hangzhou as well? It is a city very close to Shanghai which is very beautiful and green. (follow my IG: tstinzy)
China is a huge country. You still have a lot to explore. If you ever go to Xinjiang, get in touch with Josh Summers, an American living there for ten years. Maybe you are already familiar with is channel, Travel Xinjiang: China Far West. I am one of his subscribers. He is such a nice guy.
great video! thanks
Love your videos I’m moving to China in about 2 months thanks for all the info 😊
Hi,I am a Shenzhen Girl, I hope you like your life in Shenzhen. May be one day we can have a coffee together lol .Love your video~
Haha maybe!
我也在深圳，我们也可以一起喝咖啡
I thought RUclips is banned in China..
@@goulianchawnmang4984 it is, but people use a VPN and watch anything they want. Even can use Google.
so we can.
Hi poppy,you can buy import products in Hong Kong,there are much cheaper than in Shenzhen,since the import products didn't need to pay the import tax there.for example the iPhone ten is cost 7300 RMB in Hong Kong while in China cost 8300 RMB.
Thanks for the tip!
Your presentation is indeed very good and clear, unlike many others.
Love your video Poppy. 👍
Unlimited internet data plan is also available in China. It a bit expensive than the limited one, but just a bit. You should check the plan, at least, you don't need to worry about the data usage.
Thanks, nice vid.
Great cost breakdown. Whether this is sustainable depends largely on the income-side of things. I'd be interested in a video on what the income ranges are for certain occupations there. For example, would an individual in accounting with a six-figure salary in the US expect to make the same there? Or does everything get downgraded because you're not a fluent speaker or non-native?
Thank you Poppy, one day will like to send my daughter to study in China, you video was very insightful. I wish my daughter grows strong like you look/do
where are u from
This is awesome real value information 💯
I think the rent should not be split by 2 persons, even you're only one person living in China, the rent will be closed to 2 persons' expense, especially the apartment like that, 1 person or 2 persons doesn't make any difference. May be it will save you a little bit, but not too much.
I thought the same thing.
Yes one person's rent is larger than 2 persons' rent divided by 2. This applies everywhere.
Damn right
I was going to make the same comment on apartment costs. Single person for apartment would almost be the same as two person, except maybe smaller size.
Poppy also did not mention with transportation that foreigners can need to take their passports in certain situations. Overall though, very good video
01LuvDan exactly.!
I found that this Vlog was uploaded in 2017.
Well, if you have a chance to travel/live in Shenzhen (or any other Chinese top tier city) again in 2019, you will find it more convinient:
1) Smart card (metro card, bus card etc.) has nearly been taken down, you can use a QR code in wechat or use cell phone (via apple pay) to take the metro;
2) A high-speed railway has been constructed between Shen Zhen an Hong Kong, you can take a HSR from the center of Shen Zhen (Futian) and center of Hong Kong (west Koo-loon) spending ONLY 14 minutes (on-train time) and 75 RMB (which is 11 dollars).
Welcome you to come again~
Thank you for the informative video.
It was nice to see this. I went to Hong Kong 20 years ago but times have changed
I believe that “tree” there in the video is a new tech for lowering PM 2.5 levels that’s also implemented in other cities across China.
Hi Poppy, I am a student and I am studying in Florida right now, Shenzhen is my hometown. And my family lives really close to you now which is in Mangrove bay.I use to studying English in the building that just beside Hi-tech park station. I love to go to the costal city and coco-park. I love to ride bikes around the Shenzhen Bay. I watched every videos that you made in Shenzhen. The scenes are so familiar to me. I felt I came back home. I miss Shenzhen!
Andy Liu 这种没有意义的回复最好少点，情商
你这似乎是和po主对着干啊，一个从美帝跑到中帝，一个从中帝跑到美帝。
并不觉得没用意义啊 看到一个人在你熟悉的地方生活总是很开心的 还有exploring world 总是很好的 不管美国人来中国 还是中国人去美国啊
Wei Zhang 逗比，别人离开家乡，看到有人分享家乡的内容开心都不能留言？
Mangrove bay, must be rich🙃
Hey Poppy.
Awesome video! I'm a 27 year old male Chinese originally from Shenzhen currently studying and living in Berlin Germany. I'm fluent in Chinese, Cantonese,English and German.I'm planning on moving back to Shenzhen after graduation deal to career choices and one of the things I would probably miss back home would be the multicultrual atmosphere and diversity,until I saw your video. And of course I am also happy to see our city and country been shown to the rest of the world, I also wanna be a part of it. I suppose having a local friend with language skills will assit you both in life and further video making. Let me know if you are interested in getting in contact, and maybe we can even hang out in Shenzhen in the near future.
Thanks for the informative video
tap water in China is actually semi-potable, meaning it is ok to drink but officially it needs to be boiled just in case. if you don't drink a ton at a time it really is fine. the big bottled water is spring water, e.g. fancy. you can just boil a pot of tap water, and put into a water jar and drink it through out the day. the coffee or tea they make in the shops are just boiled tap water.
alanOHALAN that’s what they told me at first, but I was sick all the time until I switched to bottled water only. Some people are more sensitive, apparently
Yes I guess now the pollution is pretty bad it can affect the water at some places I guess. so how about boiled tap water, does it make you sick too? thats what most people drink there.
The problem with the tap water (even boiled) is the heavy metals and sediment. Boiling is not going to get rid of that. Yes, almost all locals are drinking it on a daily basis but I still wouldn't consider it ideal or "ok"
I know what you mean. I wonder if it can be tested. I know that the tap water in China doesn't have fluoride, which the American tap water has.
Do you know there are lots of USA city have heavy metals and sediment problem in the tap water
www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-lead-testing/
Your math is wrong. One person will still need to rent a apartment while two people can share only one apartment instead of rent two apartment
Most singles here share an apartment. Or get a cheaper one (mine is 1,200CNY per month)
hahaha "tree in Gondor"... nice reference. I'm moving to SZ next month from the cold north area of China,. Thanks for the information! I'm getting excited to move from a small tier 3 to a big tier 1 and experience a young vibrant city with a tropical climate. Also, Happy Chinese New Year :) 2021
Your breakdown is very reasonable. Enjoy Shenzhen!
You spend more than 50% on housing, if you search for new apartments you can easily save around 1500 rmb/month to use in other categories and indulge yourself more.
Samer Tabbal or she can work harder to drive up youtube revenue. Lowering her standards wont help her achieve her goals
Saving money doesn't mean lowering ones standard, there is always better bargains especially in China, they always build more and expand cities, that means more empty apartments and more chance to find something better for less.
Well, the area she lives is above average, is more expat friendly, so it costs relatively more than many other areas in shenzhen.
J.S.O. Chan Wherever she is happy and can work well from ☺
Fewer money, worse living environment.
That's really cheap, in Australia you will spend over $800 per week per person if you rent, more with a mortgage.
Its very expensive in OZ.
Great info! Thinking of moving there for a month
Very informative, seems like it's the same costs for us living near NYC.
The cheese you bought is buy one get one free(买一送一), did you notice it?
ohh, just found u got two
It was a bargain that day! Normally that's the price for 1 so I obviously needed to indulge haha
Poppy you should open a cheese shop in China.
@@fk3993 no, should smuggle cheese from the US to China.
I don't see any ads in this video... Has it been demonetized?
Interesting video, giving a realistic hands on cost of existence. Everyone is going to be a bit different, but it's a good start-point to work with.
Hi,Poppy. There was a little ticket on the cheese you bought, which means buy one get one free. You can pay attention to it next time, as it can help you to save money. Love your videos. Thank you for telling others about what China is like. I do appreciate it.
Shenzhen is my city. But I have not been back there for more than 5 years.
There are so many places I used to visit a lot in this video.
I teared up because of all the memories. TT
Thank you so much for showing me how it looks like now.
1:44 the link is actually on the other side😂
Poppy you do make informative videos.
I thank you so much for this video.
Hi Poppy! you know what? Now SZ Metro (and Metros in many cities) can use QR code via Wechat!
Hi Poppy! Thank you sooo much for all your videos, I learned way more than you can imagine and I'm so thankful for that and you! I have a video suggestion, why don't you make a video showing us newbies how to use wechat to pay for things and that sort of stuff? I'm moving to China soon and I would love to see a demo!
they have it in English
Rakkasan06 Hi! I know it's in English but what i mean is how she pays for stuff with it, like at restaurants, renting bikes etc. Like what procedure you take for wiring money into wechat. i also think it would be a fun video if she showed all the things you can do with wechat!
Hi there,you have to creat a bank account in China first,then link the wechat pay to that bank account.then you can pay with such app. pay money is simply,every restaurant and store provided QR code for you,you scan it within that app,then input your password,that's.
Ken Yup thank you Ken! 🙏
Just last week (mid-November 2017), two China vloggers posted videos about China as a cashless society and on how they used smart phones to pay for everything via Wechat or Alipay. Here's the link: Syifa Adriana from Indonesia: ruclips.net/video/rIVZBS-6bm4/видео.html. OR Kenan: ruclips.net/video/cCLm2CCh5Hg/видео.html
The cost is good!- have fun poppy i enjoyed the video thanks i wish i could visit China maybe one year eith my daughter thank- you for a lovely video peace, love, joy
thanks for your incredible viedos
I miss China so bad，I'm currently a college student in US，seriously… US's public transportation is a joke， and the need of bubbletea is driving me crazy🙃
That’s so weird. I am from Toronto. I was in Denver for 1 week and was suddenly craving for REAL Asian food and bubble tea. Funny thing is that I don’t normally drink bbtea XD.....
You should study in Australia. But housing prices are way more expensive
I'm a Chinese and living in the UK now, trust me, buddy, the public transportation ain't a joke if you ever saw what the British did
relatable
@@chopaface Zhen Zhu Nai Cha is booble tea
Pretty cool Poppy but I think you are spending way too much eating out :) I'm a Chef so I'm pretty good at food cost. Great Video as always!
Thank you SO much! That's +1 subscriber for you.
Thanks for the details buddy
We moved to Shenzhen last month! Your internet bill is totally different than ours though..ours is a set fee and is included in our rent. It was the same when we were living in Harbin but we paid per month.
Same here. We just renewed our internet for another 2 years. We had to pay it ourselves, wasn't included in the rent.
Clockwork Lemon different internet providers. China telecom is the most expensive and the best while the other smaller providers have more competitive plan price
It depends on where you live and which carrier you chose. It can be quite different.
Did you escaped Harbin when it comes to winter?
oh yes, living in Shenzhen for the winter
That figure you posted is awesome. To me, 833USD a month for everything is an incredible deal!
Informative and entertaining as well 👌
Thank you!
Where's Poppy welcome
Great video. My wife and I were in China in January (Harbin, Beijing, Xi'an and Nanning and Qinzhou. One thing we were struck by is how expensive everything was since we visited back in 2003 and 2007. Malls were gorgeous but also pricy as you stated in you video. Keep up the great videos.
Yeah malls are very expensive haha and I don't get how they stay in business to be honest. Everyone just shops on taoboa anyway
Mark Elenbaas I can't figure out what kind of mall did you visit,don't go to the mall which tourists guide brought you to,they must be freaky expensive,it might be 2 or 3 times expensive than normal,don't take group traveling,suggest you backpack traveling,if you want to buy cheaper Chinese good , I suggest you visit www.taobao.com & www.jd.com ,use Google translate to translate the goods you want into Chinese,then search it within those websites,you might get the cheap one
We went to Nanning from Sydney in 2016 and found everything had been expensive. We ended up buying nearly nothing before we came back to Australia. Online shopping is another story. Ebay Australia is very close to being a Taobao now as many Chinese suppliers are selling stuff over there. With sales Ebay collects taxes from those sellers for Australia government. So not much different to using Taobao.