Our FIRST DAY in SHANGHAI, CHINA - 144-hour TRANSIT VISA
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- We attempt to travel to Shanghai, China and get the 144-hour transit visa on arrival.
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We are planning a new trip to China in 2024, please comment any recommendations :)
go xian or peking
Thank you!
chongqing and xinjiang
Xian is the history of China. Beijing is the soul of China. Shenzhen is China's future. Chongqing is the tongue of China.
Northern Xinjiang is the most beautiful place with the mountains and forest valleys. I’m from there and haven’t been able to go back in 5 years😢
China is so vast, safe, friendly and diverse in various provinces and regions, it’s definitely worthwhile to get a tourist visa and explore the country properly! I’m flying to China next month, can’t wait!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Welcome to China! Have a nice vacation!
@@WingKai thank you 🙏🏼
@@Radiant-Revelry I’m Chinese British ☺️👊
建议你不要去太多大城市，多去一些风景名胜地区，云南、贵州、四川、内蒙古、黄山、福建海岛……更有特色，赏心悦目
Woohoo，so exciting for you！ Enjoy exploring！🎉
Shanghai looks different from what BBC reported.
西方媒体对中国报道没有一句是真话
British Biased Company😂
We all know that BBC has its unique gray filter.😂😂
I went to do many places in the world, I still in love with this city, shanghai! ❤
西方国家新闻媒体发布新闻都是假新闻
I was pleasantly surprised when I went to China. It was nothing like we've been told back home. It has the most amazing Civic Infrastructures and cheap Civic Services. Their public transport is second to none. Their Bullet Trains between Cities, their driverless RoboCabs, EV's everywhere replacing the combustion vehicles, fast charging stations, their Internet is super fast with fast 5G EVERYWHERE in China, and soon to be 6G. Their smart AI Skyscrapers, the abundance of food, the cleanliness, the safety, and shopping without fear even at 3am in the morning.
To see the REAL CHINA, people need to get themselves a passport and visit China. Our Media are not telling you the truth about China.
I think you mean japan
@@DONTSASSMEBOI Mate ... Japan? I've never been to Japan. I'd imagine it to be great as well.
@@DONTSASSMEBOI Japan is the past, China is the future.
China is a civilized, open, clean, orderly, and beautiful safe country. Even if you walk on the streets of China at two o'clock in the night, it is very safe. The quality of life of the Chinese people is also very high. China's rural areas are also very clean, and the roads are also very safe. Very well built. Chinese people abide by public order very much and have no racial discrimination. 99% of Western media reports on China are lies and seriously mislead Westerners.
@@DONTSASSMEBOI Japan's economy has been stagnant for more than 20 years, its population is aging seriously, and its society has no vitality. It has long been a run-down country, and your thinking is still stuck in the last world. China ranks first in the world in 5G technology and new electric vehicle technology, and Japan has long been crushed by China in terms of technology.
There are no thieves, homeless people, drugs, or guns in China, and you can go out at night, which is very safe.China is a cashless society, and the Chinese don't use cash anymore. Foreigners only need to apply for an Alipay account, and bind it with VISA to pay electronically. Very convenient. That way you don't have to carry too much cash.
exactly, you need to make sure your phone is always on .
There are charging treasures everywhere in China, which can be rented. Don't worry about the phone running out of power.@@bryandeng570
The change is dramatically last 10 years. I left Shanghai 9 years ago that time I used cash or credit cards.
You can use cash also, for it is illegal to refuse accepting cash.
It cannot be said that there is no such thing at all, but the incidence rate is extremely low
China is like a different planet. Amazing place to visit. Enjoy!
Such breath of fresh air to see real people going to real China, not like all these nasty western media been doing 🫶
The Western media is doing the right thing. Human beings are so dirty. China has a history of 5000 years, and these have all happened before. The separatist regime has been seen for thousands of years, and so will it be after thousands of years
新鲜😂 大部分一线的天都灰蒙蒙的 像罩着一层东西，不过我老家还可以
@@user-wh5gj9tp3w您是瞎？好天气的时候你咋不看？🤡
@@yjw3734 这就破防了吗，您不瞎吗 看不到那么多灰色的天气吗 难道我必须盯着一两天晴天吗 哪找不出两天好天气？我只是陈述一个事实 不服自己去看全年空气质量 一线除了深圳平均良好 其他都不行
@@user-wh5gj9tp3w 实事求是地说，最近几年空气比以前好多了。西方媒体为了污蔑中国用阴间滤镜抹黑中国，看看不久前布林肯访问北京时，西方媒体刊登的布林肯下飞机时的照片。
There are so much more to see in China, not only the big cities. Please come back for a longer visit some day! 😊
We definitely would love to revisit! We would love to see the mountain and nature in the centre and in the south! 😄
@@Joelfriend有时间去Xi’an西安，去看著名的兵马俑和体验一下古老的中国。
China is so much bigger than only shanghai, Beijing, hong kong these big cities, go check different areas next time! (I just hear the tourism visa is not very easy to get )@@Joelfriend
@@mikevardy8159 Chongqing is the largest city in China.
@@Joelfriend重庆，洛阳和西安也很棒，只不过有的景点可能不对外国人开放。不过大多数景点是对外国人开放的
For me it's a dream of a lifetime to visit China. I love this country so much, the culture, the history, the people, the countryside, the food, and basically everything. I'm making plans on visiting next spring so I'm watching videos of travelers like yourselves sharing their experience. I'm so happy you had a great time. Thank you for sharing.
中国人民欢迎你，不要听信媒体说的
welcome you
@@user-eu3wr9tg4z Thank you very much for welcoming me. ☺ I know China is lovely and the people are so kind and friendly. The Media...are low life garbage in my opinion. I've learned to ignore them.
China welcomes you and I wish you a happy trip in China
@@LenaTheodor来玩玩不会后悔
WOW China looks really beautiful and looks fun!
But according to western media, you had been cheated by your eyes
yes, it is and worth of exploring
it's like going to an amusement park, super safe, and fun.
I'm so glad that so many people like Shanghai and China. As a native free guide, I would like to help every foreigner to explore amazing China.
I’m planning to visit, can you help me out!?
@@Heworldwide no problem!
China is vigorously promoting the anti-espionage law to the people, and TV propaganda encourages everyone to catch spies. China is now jittery and everyone is in danger. Said that any bad foreign visitors who criticize China will be arrested as spies to subvert the government! Someone was arrested as a spy and saboteur for complaining about China's economic depression.
The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning on its website, listing travel to China as a third-level danger warning! Second only to the highest level 4 "Do Not Travel" (Do Not Travel).
我只能说小心骗签证的
Hi, do you know if its possible to set up wechat with a mastercard as a foreigner without a chinese nr and ID ?@@wayneshen5201
Shanghai is a fantastic metropolis with amazing cityscapes. Love Shanghai from Toronto Canada ❤
China is vigorously promoting the anti-espionage law to the people, and TV propaganda encourages everyone to catch spies. China is now jittery and everyone is in danger. Said that any bad foreign visitors who criticize China will be arrested as spies to subvert the government! Someone was arrested as a spy and saboteur for complaining about China's economic depression.
The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning on its website, listing travel to China as a third-level danger warning! Second only to the highest level 4 "Do Not Travel" (Do Not Travel).
Hi there,
I pray you are well. If you do not mind me sharing; a well-planned, organic and unrefined plant-based diet (consuming edible raw plant foods where possible so as not to denature or destroy the life-forces and enzymatic activities beneficial to the human system. If disagreeing on this matter, please try planting some steamed carrots and see if they will grow; if they fail to, it is because they are 'dead' plant food that cannot fully nourish one's 'living' cells) consisting of organic fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and whole grains is the best diet to provide mankind with ultimate health and longevity. These foods, fresh and grown in rich soil, are found all the essential vitamins, calcium, carbohydrates, fats, fibre, minerals, protein and water needed to make good blood and enjoy health.
Please avoid meat alternatives that contain harmful preservatives and additives e.g vinegar, a corrosive agent. Food toxicity and nutrient deficiency (e.g white bread, white rice and white sugar) are a deadly combination as one is hindering the body's building materials needed to action healing whilst at the same time taxing the system with more toxic things, thus bringing about disease and possibly even an early death.
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Soon Fulfilled Prophecies:
1. Food shortage will lead to a civil war in America.
2. The climate change agenda is leading to sunday laws.
Helpful websites:
1. www.remnantofGOD.org
2. www.pluckedout.co.uk
GOD Bless
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funny. i think TO is the worst city in Canada by far to live. and Shanghai is simply get in-get the hell out to other nicer cities in China.
Love from Vancouver also!!!❤❤
Highly recommend travelling China - my wife is chinese and I lived there for a while. But dont go 'full rural' - you might be in for a bit of a shock if you do. Id highly recommend the yellow mountains - go down to Hangzhou and you can catch a coach out to the mountains. Hangzhou and the historic west lake is well worth a look too. There are hotels on the top of the mountains and if you get your timing right you will see the most spectacular mountain views (get it wrong and you will see a lot of clouds). Also if you do stay in a hotel on the yellow moutains, you have to go up cable cars and then climb paths, so back pack luggage only (although you can store suitcases at places in the town at the bottom of the mountains. Then you can cut back in to maybe Huangshan city and fly to shanghai from there. Beijing can take you well over a week just taking in the historical places and, of course, the Great Wall is a must see. If you go to the Great Wall I highly recommend staying at a good hotel in Beijing and getting them to organise a car and driver for a day to Badaling for you. Its not cheap but if you go on a coach tour you get limited time on the wall. if you have a driver youre free to pick your own times and you get the wall to yourself after the tourist coaches go, which is great. Badaling is the most 'touristy" of the major Great Wall locations but its the easiest to access if youre a casual tourist. If you drive there and spend the whole day there its well worth it.
Shanghai is - or was - full of great restaurants. You dont speak chinese so its difficult for you but if you can find a local taxi driver they usually can recommend great places for food. As youve probably already figured out there is no real chinese food outside china - real chinese food is on another level.
Also, in case you dont know, keep your passports on you at all times. Often even when you enter free venues the people on the door will want to record your ID. AT the national museum in Beijing you used to have to line up to get your ID checked and be given a ticket, then go to another gate to hand in your ticket and be let in - but it was, at that time anyway, free to enter. Ive experienced similar silly stuff in Guangzhou. Speaking of which you should definitely go up the high buildings in shanghai and definitely try the bubble cars on the roof of the Canton tower in Guangzhou.
China and the ordinary people are great but there are a few downsides. The major ones for tourists are that out in the country you might not be allowed into local hotels (they have to report your presence to authorities and some places couldnt be bothered so they just bar foreigners), some places are EXTREMELY primitive when it comes to facilities (if you havent seen a squat toilet look that up) and unfortunately you do sometimes get targeted by small scale scammers and people trying to sell you rubbish.
非常客观
中国通哟！
easy to understand
Thank you for your introduce
likely you know China better than Chinese😂amazing
normal day in China surrounded by people.And it's summer holiday now,tourists literally everywhere.
welcome to china
Thank you!! 😄
I used the 144-hour transit visa to Beijing in May, and I went through without problem. I applied for a Union Pay debit card with my local bank and tested out while in Beijing to see if it worked. It allowed me to use it to pay cashless in restaurants and supermarket or any shopst that have the sign Union Pay.
@wenoyang6571 Thanks for info!
@@wenoyang6571I just used this last week and it worked well.
@@wenoyang6571 It doesn’t support all foreign banks. :( Like my local bank is huge in NZ, but seem to be too small for Alipay…
Hi could you provide a link? Much appreciated, I'm from USA planning to go in October
I had linked Mastercard to my wechat wallet. However, through previous experience, it would work only when certain merchants provide such transaction, which often has a high conversion fee. However, it would fail payment at local smaller merchants.
top tips: Go to Nanshan Bamboo Sea in Zhejiang and Jiangsu for vacation. The climate there is much better. There are bamboo forests to escape the summer heat. There are also giant pandas, ancient towns, Hanfu activities, bamboo forest cable cars, and bamboo forest food. You can experience it
A very luxurious experience, the bamboo sea is only available in China，It can be called China's Little Switzerland.
Ahh okay thanks for the tips! We definitely would love to visit China again, maybe to these spots!
as a local in Zhejiang,it's my first time to hear Nanshan Bamboo Sea,turns out it's in Jiangsu,i'm from Anji,which there's a bamboo forest here,been there countless times,never get tired of it.😘
@@Joelfriend Go to Chongqing, Chongqing is huge and has a lot of fun!! If you want to have the best food, go to Guangzhou in Guangdong province, also very beautiful!!
@@LH1xx Chongqing is honestly a one of a kind city. Its more futuristic and is much more "chinese" in a sense than some of the other bigger cities that have more western influence like Shanghai and Hongkong
@@HanChinesemuslim 大竹海 😀
It is real Shanghai. I walked along Shanghai Waitan (the beach along the Huangpu River) for 2 hours. The night sight is just beautiful!
we don't have night sight here in Amsterdam. because, if going out at night, cann't be back home in one piece. lol
China is a wonderful with various cultures and stunning views! I know that visa is a barrier for many travelers, but it is definitely worth it!❤
Thank you for showing people what China is actually like :) Most people just go off what they see in the media!
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Welcome to Shanghai!
you guys are so sweet and smart. There are still a lot of people don't know 144 hours transit visa, the policy was there long time ago.
I've seen some people complained on RUclips that they can not connect their credit card to Alipay or Wechat, actually they are open for international credit card several years ago.
Yeah, it’s such a great Visa to get, we want to come back now!
This type of visa was not available for a few years due to Covid, and it is restored just this year if my memory is correct
No,not years ago,just opened it
When I visited in may you still couldn’t link foreign cards on WeChat. Maybe now it has changed.
@@Joelfriendyou ...should... come back to China , for a longer stay. There is soooo much to see and eat . And its sooo safe too, the people are very nice aswell. There are also a lot of foreign vloggers in China who can show you all kind of tips and experiences on youtube. 😊
just moved to the uk from shanghai after living there for my entire life… how nostalgic it is to see this amazing video!! really really enjoyed seeing you two exploring my hometown (maybe just slightly bigger than a town…). thank you so much for showing the real shanghai and the real china to the rest of the world, hope you also enjoyed the rest of your trip in Asia 😊
You guys are such good travelers, so positive and respectful. huge thumbs up!
there're so many nice places you can visit in China, if you like landscape, please go to West part, if you like minority culture, please go to Gui Zhou, if you like noodle dishes, go to Xi An, oh, so many.....
there are so many people in shanghai because it is summer vocation now, many parents are traveling with their children all over China. Welcome and hope you can be back someday.
Welcome to Shanghai, China and enjoy your experience, cheers!
I would love to see more of your China tour. Glad to see people are out and about enjoying their life. Thank you for sharing
A big trip to China is definitely something we’d love to do soon!
I can’t wait to visit China one day. I hope there’s another video! I love your videos
I'm literally heading to China for a month soon. Super excited to see what it's actually like in real life.
I am excited for you, wish you a wonderful trip🎉
Have a nice travel...
how is it, where are you?
Shanghai is my hometown and it's so nice to see a video of you guys visiting my home. Hope you enjoyed it!
Thanks.....may never get to Shanghai but thanks to your video I really enjoyed seeing the sights with you....beautiful experience.
For the foreigner tourists, Shanghai is like the beginner village in the video games.
You guys are adorable! Please do come to visit more places next time!! You are definitely welcomed!
Welcome to my hometown, enjoy Shanghai enjoy China. It’s a much different place than what media tells you. And the countryside is very modern too but with more nature. So you will enjoy it.
Very glad to watch and hear nice things said about China when the warmongers keep wanting chaos. Cheers
@user-sv6hl8rp6j 😂😂😂
Not normally busy like this. People from all over the country run into Shanghai for their summer school holiday.
Next month will get back to Shanghai, can't wait! Hope we won't put on too much weight😋
You're always welcome back to your second home of Asia - the land of adventure, delicious street food, ancient culture, outdoor activities and smiley locals.
Welcome to my second home Shanghai after 9 years here. Seems you did all the typical tourist things, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, Pudong skyscrapers. I think French concession is nice to stroll around and see old Shanghai. Hope you had a good time!
Hi Joel, your video makes me so homesick! I just left shanghai last month and starting my new job in EU. Hope you enjoy your time in Shanghai, and highly recommend you to visit Xintiandi (line1/14 to south huangpi road or line13 to xintiandi)at night （21:30） in the Refinery to enjoy the live band
Welcome🇨🇳😊For the rural area I recommend the mountains at the middle south. Those mountains some are so beautiful that you can actually touch the cloud. 😇
Great suggestion! Definitely!
if you have more time, i recommend visiting Zhujiajiao in the outskirts, where you get to taste what life in 700 years ago was like, similar to Yu garden but far less touristy and locals still live there. enjoy your stay in china.
Lucky you two, enjoy your trip in Shanghai.
I am glad you guys have a great time in Shanghai.
Welcome to Shanghai. As a local in Shanghai, I recommend you go to the North Band, the scenery is the same but less people. Then Bund and Yu Garden where you went are basically for tourist, we normally don't go there.
Thank you for sharing your experience. You are both amazing🇺🇸🇯🇲🖤🙏🏾
We have been to Shanghai a few times.
It never stops to amaze me.
You should go up the Pearl TV tower.
Also go to the museum in the ground level.
The bund is an amazing place.
Also try to get a boat trip along the river at night.
Love you both.
During the begining of covid, my family and I came to Budapest from Shanghai actually. Suddenly 3 years past. Welcome to Shanghai and enjoy your furthe trips!
Beautiful easy going show well made👍, not only 144hr visa, business visit can have onsite visiting visa with business letter, even multi entry visa with the supporting evidence. It is the right way to go to open to the world. Shanghai's crowded streets at night is the most I ever seen as well.
In fact, many places in China have such a gorgeous night scene, I don't know if it can be called a light show, because every night they light up these cyberpunk like lights, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing are more typical representatives. Although the development cycle of these cities is too short, they are still developing at an amazing speed, and in the near future they will become as sophisticated as Shanghai. China is developing so fast, it is an incredible speed.
China is vigorously promoting the anti-espionage law to the people, and TV propaganda encourages everyone to catch spies. If you say anything bad about China, you will be arrested as a spy to subvert the government!
hey Joel, welcome to Shanghai! your video is amazing!
Another great video guys
Thank you so much! 😄
Wait, ur camera must been lying to me! Cuz this is different China than my government and media have been showing to me!
Welcome to Shanghai, esteemed guests. If needed, I can take a day off to show you around.
Just returned from a trip through China and the Philippines, ending in Shanghai. Loved the city's vibrant culture, stunning skyline, and lively streets. The blend of modern and traditional is incredible. Eager to return!
love the background music you choose, glad you liked it! I welcome you to my country again!
It turned out nothing was as difficult as you had anticipated. Great trip! One colour behind you is Puxi, the old colonial Shanghai and multiple colours in front of you on the other side of the river is Pudong, the new Shanghai.
China is very convenient, service-oriented>
@@rabbit719 Not that convenient if you consider very few places accept international credit cards.
China is vigorously promoting the anti-espionage law to the people, and TV propaganda encourages everyone to catch spies. If you say anything bad about China, you will be arrested as a spy to subvert the government!
China is great, but it is really inconvenient that many things are not in line with international standards.@@leanlifer
China is great, but it is really inconvenient that many things are not in line with international standards.@@rabbit719
Hey lucky you guys got really good weather for your trip. 😊
Hi Joel, I'm Dennis Daniels from Cleveland, Ohio! Thanks for sharing your video about your tour of Shanghai!
Shanghai dumpling is the best, brother. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful city.
Yes , many visitors don't know there's some special program for the 144 hours visa. Thanks for mentioning this, some people start like from Hong Kong>Macau>mainland China.
sorry,you can not get the transit visa in land border port
欢迎再次来中国玩。上海、北京、西安、成都、重庆、哈尔滨、杭州、桂林、西双版纳、拉萨，每一个城市都有完全独特的风景。
It is the summer vacation for kids, and this is the first summer vacation after the pandemic. That's why there are so many peoples in big cities, Shanghai, Beijing, etc..
Thanks Joel, i enjoyed this video. Awesome mate
Hope you both have had wonderful days in Shanghai. I was there 8/8-8/10.
I had been living in Shanghai for like several years before I moved to Suzhou city. Shanghai is a incredible city to enjoy. I have to admit during summer,Shanghai becomes the hottest spot for tourist,which means you will be putting up with long queue. The places the RUclipsr went are tourists attraction but if you wanna dive into Shanghai like food and life there,I highly recommend other areas like Jing’an temple and Xuhui district.
So you can you access youtube. It's blocked in China. My Chinese Colleague from Shanghai can't watch youtube.
I use VPN to access RUclips@@HermanWillems
@@HermanWillemsand I am your nobody in Shenzhen, also can watch YT😂
definitely take a day to travel to some other cities around Shanghai next time. Like Suzhou, which has many beautiful ancient architectures and is just 30mins away from Shanghai by train and Yangzhou, which is famous for its zaocha culture( i know cantonese dim sum and morning tea are the most famous, but Yangzhou is another type of Zaocha that is kinda different from the Canonese way).
Haha about 2 months ago I was just taking an internship at Shanghai Tower，so it is interesting to see your video. Shanghai is a magic city and I miss it so much especially after watching your travel reports
Welcome to Shanghai. I'm a local from Shanghai. The time of your trip coincides with the summer vacation in China, China will have a large tourist crowd from July to September, which is distributed in the scenic spots of all the big cities in China, and the Bund in Shanghai is one of them. Next time, please choose the Chinese Spring Festival, because everyone will go home during the Chinese Spring Festival, you will not experience crowds, and you will have a better travel experience. Or avoid all Chinese holidays. I wish you a wonderful experience in China next time.
As Chinese I didn’t know there is a thing called transit visa, it looks like so much more foreigner friendly than the regular visa.
And thank god that you can bind your credit card to Alipay just right now, this is a new feature that makes foreigners live in China so much easier! It charges though😂
Yeah its a new thing
过境签证多年前就有了。
Its really a good thing... I just tried bind my indonesia debit card to alipay account.. and successful yayy..
刚有的，而且加长了时间，类似hk的过境签，香港也有。
thanks for this video! my bf and I are about to transit through china to seoul. hope everything works out🤗
Wish you guys could have more time to explore this amazing and mysterious country. Shanghai is famous for its delicious food and incredible skyscrappers, but most importantly, it is the most westernized city in China. Many residents living and working in this area know at least a little English, so they can bring foreiners a good experience traveling to China.
cute couple, welcome to come to Shanghai my hometown again in future with a more deep dive
China is big and beautiful, and there are so many places to visit
Welcome to Shanghai. it's summer holidays of all students in China so that many families come to visit Shanghai.
144-hour transit visa are very useful for entry level traveler. Enjoy your journey in China. Hope you bring more interesting deep travel vlog in the future.
I am from Chongqing, which ranks 8-6 in China. But when I came to Shanghai, I felt like a rural person going to town.
你怕是在放屁哦，除非你家本来就是重庆郊县的，本来就是土农民，就当我没说！
Chongqing is ten times better.
Now it is summer vacation (July and August) in China, so there are many people. Because college students will travel with their friends and classmates during the holidays, and because primary and secondary schools are also in the summer vacation, parents will also organize tours as a family unit. Moreover, July and August are the hottest times in China. It is not recommended to choose this time to travel to China.❤
Haha, some tips.
@@jdai2000现在旅游的人非常多，所以非常拥挤，9月以后会好很多。
Great video... Nice getaway pit stop.
welcome to Shanghai! I love Caption's bar!!
It’s such a great bar with a view! 😄
Oh man, I really hope you guys get a tourist visa to China. I'm sure it'll be an epic trip.
We definitely will at some point, it’s just a matter of time
@@Joelfriend Awesome, looking forward to it! There are so many travel channels I follow that are afraid of going due to the insane amount of China haters that will inevitably be in the comments. Just blow them off and let it boost your channels engagement numbers 😂 Plus you can always post on China's Bilibili. They love foreigners experiencing China.
I was born and raised in Shanghai, hope you had a good staying there. I think the airport staff was confused, 144 hr transit visa shouldn’t be an issue.
I fact I just came back to U.S. from China in late July. Aside from the Alipay and WeChat pay system which weren’t convenient to foreigners, Shanghai is a magnificent and very tolerant city.
Yes Shanghai is so much better than for example Beijing which is more focused on government regime nonsense. While Shanghai is more focused on freedom and doing business.
I admire you! You explore the world with your own eyes, unlike some people who only indulge in false news.
That noodle is actually a dish from Henan province called 'huoluo' noodle and it happens to be one of my fav noodle in Shanghai! So surprised you got this dish omg haha
饸饹面 from North Western
Shanghai is my favorite city in China. You can find pretty much ANY Chinese cuisines here & THEY ARE GOOD! The city is also clean and beautiful and I hope you guys had a good time there.
i liked every other city in China better than Shanghai. friendlier, happier people, more culture.
During summer vocation, there are so many people in Shanghai and Beijing. Spring and Autumn are better seasons for the traveling.
Thanks and like to see more about China
Definitely, we plan to go back at some point! 😄
i was blown away by seeing such a clear and blue sky.
More than 50% of new car sales in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are either fully electric or plug-in hybrid
All buses are electric.
Really made a difference in air quality. There are a lot less smog days.
Why?
Because the mainstream media only shows cloudy skies in China to say China is the biggest polluter in the world 😂 in major cities like Shenzhen now, most cars are electric, the streets is so much more silent. You only know what I meant if you actually been there
OMG ! I just saw Ningbo Road, 宁波路， a small road very close to the Bund. Heaps of dim sum choices, Shanghai styles, nice outlets, out there.
Amazing, I was there this May, hotel and food is so nice and so cheap! I wanna go there again next Apr!!
2023 is the first year without any restrictions of Covid in China, so everyone just wants to have a trip this year 😂 especially in July and August, the summer vocation, and also Shanghai is such a popular destination
旅途愉快啊，玩的开心
This was the best video I’ve seen from a foreigner in China. All other videos are always comparing the West to China. I just wanted to see an honest video of someone experiencing China. Thanks for the video!
Aww thanks for watching, currently planning a new trip to china
It is Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Qingdao that does synchronized light show with their buildings on a regular basis, like two times a week
You should try to go to Suzhou or Hangzhou near Shanghai. It's more beautiful and older than Shanghai.
indeed
Welcome to experience new China
Yes, i found that many people didn't know the 144 hours transit visa, thanks for mentioning this.
I've been to the Captain Bar as well. Brought back many memories.
I have desperately wanted to visit China for a couple of years now and I knew about the 144 hour visa since I wanted to do an East Asia adventure but I had never seen anyone use it on RUclips. I would have loved to hear more about your face-to-face time with Chinese customs officials as Westerns like myself during these times of political tensions. Thank you though!
The people are the people, and the government is the government. In China, there is no discrimination or hatred, and everyone only cares about their own affairs.
THE best light show is in ShenZhen, not ShangHai.
and have a good trip.