My 8 years old son is watching this video, and he asked me to comment: “I love this video”! He definitely enjoyed seeing all the food here, and was sad that he wouldn’t be able to have them till next summer when we go to china.
It is best to have local people as tour guides, so as to avoid misunderstandings and prejudices. This girl explained very professionally. In Europe, as well as Canada and the United States, if you dare to drink beer on the street, you will face imprisonment. There are still people eating barbecue and drinking beer in the early morning in China, but no one cares. As long as you don't break the law, you are very free in China.
Because Chinese people are mostly social drinker, we hardly enjoy alcohol as much as Westerners and cause problems - perhaps our foods are simply so good that we simply don't need to rely on drink. :)
I have watched with interest your China travel videos. I like that they aren’t heavy edited and have a lot of useful information. I am headed to China next week for a three week trip and have gotten many ideas from your videos. I’ve booked the same “Lost Plate” breakfast and Hutong tour in Beijing that you took. Thanks for sharing!! 🇨🇳
I have watched several of your videos,and in my opinion,it is very correct for you to find a local tour guide.Because China is really big,food has strong regional characteristics,so every place has its own local cuisine.I want to say that China welcomes you,enjoy your journey.Haha,干杯🥂
This understanding is very superficial, if according to the classical Chinese tradition, table manners can write a set of history books, so just look at it, there is no need to learn. In fact, I and some Chinese people think that the separate dining system and the communal chopsticks are very good, we actually used the separate dining system in ancient times, but somehow it disappeared and became a lot of people sticking chopsticks into a plate.
You two are amazing. I feel like there's always a lot that happens during travel, but you both always show the positive side, which means you are very tolerant and optimistic people. love you both!❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! It's honestly a pleasure to film and make memories along the way ❤️ But there's difficult times too which we don't show - maybe it will change in the future because we would want to show you how it really is sometimes!
These are the very first foreigners I've ever seen asking about the chopstick etiquette. Most foreigners just stick their chopsticks into to bowl not knowing how many people or hosts they have offended. Therefore thumbs up to Jay and Karolina for respecting other countries culture.
Thanks a lot 😊 We love being taken to the most authentic food spots by the locals! In this way you can really get to know the culture, customs and how local people live!
So hilarious, the moment Jay spoke about his excellent chopstick skill, the small dumpling dropped. Jay, you are such a good sport. Keep up the good work
Mango sago with Pomelo is actually a classic HKG dessert and you can find it almost every Chinese restaurants or Chinese dessert cafes and also very popular in Singapore :)
I highly recommend you two to come to Tibet for a visit(not just Lahsa but also other natural scenic spots),though you may need some extra preparations like a special permission and a guide.I take a self-driving road trip around the Ali region(a district of Tibet) during this national day holiday.The natural scenery is so stunning and breathtaking,and you will hardly see "people mountain people sea" in these places.I can say that most of the time,you just park your car along the road,and you can enjoy the heavenly nature exclusively without being disturbed by others.
Hi jay and Karolina great video as always the food looks amazing and your guide did a great job explaining-about the food you both work so hard thank you 💕
I love Yangzhiganlu most❤it’s really delicious😊 And I love Karolina so much too， she has a really good personality🥺Hope I can encounter you in Shanghai.
Knowledge of Chopsticks: One end of a chopstick is square and the other end is round, representing a round sky and a round earth. A round head represents that food is the most important thing for the people. One chopstick is active and the other is passive, representing both yin and yang.
Ive tried shanghai noodles and some other dishes from shanghai and also Beijing dishes like duck pancakes because Chinese restaurants and Chinese shops here in England sell all this stuff. Also shanghai is the home of the nice white rice paper sweets which are called white rabbit sweets. And yeah Beijing and northern china prefer duck pancakes spicy food and soups but in southern china like shanghai its a bit different
Interesting! We ate couple of times Chinese food in restaurants back in the UK but there’s no comparison with the foods we had served in Beijing or Shanghai! 😇
holding the bowl is perfectly fine and convenient, for steam rice, noodles, anything. that area at the bottom is to segregate the heat, but with full soup, it maybe inconvenient to hold (flexible), but it is not impolite at all.
In fact, traditionally, the bowl is more commonly or often held up when eating. It is more often to placed the bowl on the table in modern days. It is just a change of habits, both ways are perfectly fine.
In chinese dining courtesy, its actully impolite to eat only one hand above the table. Both hands needs to be on yhe table. If you are not holding the bowl, you can use your other hand to hold a spoon, secure your plate by touching one side, or just rest your arm on the table. Cannot put underneath the table. My mom will hit my hand if I do so.
You'll love it! We don't actually know exactly where we were taken, as these were secret (most authentic locations) that were carefully and consciously chosen by Lost Plate ❤️❤️ Here's a link to their wonderful tour of Shanghai at night: lostplate.com/shanghai-evening-food-tour/
In China, there is a custom called "wine full, tea half." This means that when serving guests, wine should be filled to the brim, while tea should only be poured half-full. In the days of food scarcity, wine was a precious commodity, and filling a guest's cup to the brim demonstrated one's generosity. Meanwhile, newly brewed tea is very hot, and many cups do not have handles, so pouring only half the cup shows consideration for the comfort of one's guests.
The dinner table etiquette given by the Shanghai girl is quite accurate and this is followed by most of people in the south of China but in the north with influences from the Mongols (Yuan dynasty) many Chinese didn’t really follow some of the Han culture (Han 汉). Some traditional cultures are kept intact and better outside of mainland China such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malyasia.
Very insightful! Thank you so much for sharing! We actually find North, Central and South China to be so different! No doubt since it's sich a giant country :)
Hi Jay, you had learnt a lot Chinese culture now. I would like to say something more about putting the chopstick when you take break in between your dining. With the old culture from elderly, they taught us that the chopstick should be put next close to you, and not to put on top on any container/plate/bowl etc, especially if the food are sharing for everyone by the table.
Jay got the 2-year multi-entry visa but I only got 30 days, so this time around we're travelling China for a month! Although, we've been really enjoying it so far so we're thinking of coming back soon! :)
That's the plan for the next series! We've actually gone to Chongqing (you'll see our next video) and actually we had no idea why we didn't go straight to Chengdu from there...
Chinese/Asian people know how to EAT (so the foods are so good and sophisticated, with lot of variety even within a country and high level of cooking techniques needed - Chinese people would not be satisfied by just eating KFC or long for it that much likes what Jay did in his train trip to Shanghai, haha); while European people know how to LIVE (so their cities are beautiful and normally more livable, with a very good vibe - even if some of them are not even rich at all; just a good example when I typed this at 4:29 - the tree lining was planted by the French people in their concession area back in the 19th century, no way this would be done by the dysfunctional Qing government at that time:) - God is quite fair in this respect.... :)
Chinese people also know how to live, but before 2014, China was very poor and had no money to live a comfortable life. After 10 years of rapid development, Chinese cities are now very livable. In terms of city appearance, cities such as Shanghai, Chongqing and Xi'an are very good and have local characteristics. In addition, Chinese cities also have abundant and efficient medical resources, as well as security that Western countries do not have. By security, I mean that you don't have to worry about someone breaking the car window to steal your bag, or being robbed or stolen when you go out at night.
@@corvo6568 Thanks for your inputs. However, I was not talking about China today but just the traditional cultural traits (like what I said, the Qing government back in the 19th century simply did not care about city amenity at all while the French people knew planting trees in their concession area even though they should know they would be there only for a limited period of time). Livability is not just about beauty of buildings/appearance, certainly the cityscape in China have been much improved esp. in the new development areas in the last few decades; however, livability should not be just the privilege of the rich living in luxurious apartments in a segregated beautiful precinct but should be in private and public realms too; a city with good livability should be the one which also offers the good residential amenity standard for the poor as well (or at least, not too bad). Also, streets should be pedestrian friendly with good street design - however, these are not always the case in many Chinese cities. We can still see unruly drivers and poor street design which makes traffic chaotic from time to time, where car users always have more priority than pedestrians/cyclists, etc in terms of using roads. These matters should be also seen as a criteria of "livability" as well. Sorry, I was meant to talk about the urban living environment and city lives, but not going to touch on other aspects such as medical cares (are you sure it is really that perfect - "abundant and efficient medical resources" - really for everyone? Again, including the poor?) and social order, etc.
@@RichardLee-bm2xh I agree with what you said, but you are judging from the same period of time instead of when the economic level is equal. According to your logic, then 700 years before the Qing Dynasty, that is, during the Tang Dynasty, do you really think that the major cities of the Frankish Empire were more livable than the major cities of the Tang Dynasty? You can compare the urban construction and road traffic conditions of the two during this period. That's why I suggest comparing the two when the economic level is similar, rather than from the time period. As for the other questions you mentioned, I can only say that first, you must not have lived in China recently in the past three years, at least you are not familiar with China's medical insurance system and the modification and improvement of public transportation roads in various cities in China. Second, you ignore the impact of population density on road traffic. I don't know if you are aware that the core urban area of Shanghai, about 660 square kilometers, has about 15 million permanent residents, while the Paris metropolitan area, about 1,700 square kilometers, has only about 12.4 million permanent residents. The impact of population density on roads is obvious. You can compare the livability of Shanghai with other cities with the same population density, such as Mumbai in India. I am curious about your answer. Finally, whether you have medical insurance or not, no matter what disease you have, you can go to any tertiary hospital emergency room in Shanghai at 3 am and get treatment within 15-30 minutes, and the same is true for other major cities in China. Alas, I guess you don't know the prices of common medicines such as cold medicine, antibiotics, insulin, antihypertensive drugs, etc. in China.
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上海桶人多达15个
The tour guide was great. Her explanation style was very elegant, subtle and natural, and she spoke fluent English👍👍
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@@缓称王 桶尼的人
上海沃尔玛被桶Si3人桶伤15
@@zackk4969 老美每天被枪杀的都很多人
My 8 years old son is watching this video, and he asked me to comment: “I love this video”! He definitely enjoyed seeing all the food here, and was sad that he wouldn’t be able to have them till next summer when we go to china.
期待你们到中国来，欢迎你们❤
Wow, thank you! This is so cute 🥹🥹 Where are you from guys?
欢迎欢迎，热烈欢迎🎉🎉🎉
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中国欢迎您
It is best to have local people as tour guides, so as to avoid misunderstandings and prejudices. This girl explained very professionally.
In Europe, as well as Canada and the United States, if you dare to drink beer on the street, you will face imprisonment. There are still people eating barbecue and drinking beer in the early morning in China, but no one cares. As long as you don't break the law, you are very free in China.
That is very true 🙏🏼
Because Chinese people are mostly social drinker, we hardly enjoy alcohol as much as Westerners and cause problems - perhaps our foods are simply so good that we simply don't need to rely on drink. :)
英语真棒@@RichardLee-bm2xh
It is very wise to ask local people for help.
I love these videos with the professional tour guides. It's very educational and gives me an insight into the Chinese culture and dining experiences.
Looks delicious!You found a great tour guide.
I have watched with interest your China travel videos. I like that they aren’t heavy edited and have a lot of useful information. I am headed to China next week for a three week trip and have gotten many ideas from your videos. I’ve booked the same “Lost Plate” breakfast and Hutong tour in Beijing that you took. Thanks for sharing!! 🇨🇳
The food you tasted is very representative, and the tour guide is very professional.
I have watched several of your videos,and in my opinion,it is very correct for you to find a local tour guide.Because China is really big,food has strong regional characteristics,so every place has its own local cuisine.I want to say that China welcomes you,enjoy your journey.Haha,干杯🥂
小籠包真的是一絕的美食，隨時會食上好幾籠。
生煎包有豬肉及牛肉味的，又係另一美食。
兩位外國人拿筷子很了得。
Finally u guys tried the best one - xiao long bao, one is never enough
The whole portion is not enough 😂😂😂 Just kidding! But them were so good!!!
You two are very kind people.
Very deli all dishes you tried 🤩 China is a great food adventure 🫠
Yes it was such a great foodie adventure 😍 We love the fact that each region we visit offers a completely different cuisine!
You guys are very sincere about this video,Love you guys.
Thank you both for a very interesting look into the food and culture of the Chinese people.
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 😍
This understanding is very superficial, if according to the classical Chinese tradition, table manners can write a set of history books, so just look at it, there is no need to learn.
In fact, I and some Chinese people think that the separate dining system and the communal chopsticks are very good, we actually used the separate dining system in ancient times, but somehow it disappeared and became a lot of people sticking chopsticks into a plate.
Hi Jay, congratulations on the video you made 😄
Hi Karolina, as always you are nice 😘
Thank you Jay,Karolina and a special thank you To Samantha for this most wonderful experince.
You two are amazing. I feel like there's always a lot that happens during travel, but you both always show the positive side, which means you are very tolerant and optimistic people. love you both!❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! It's honestly a pleasure to film and make memories along the way ❤️ But there's difficult times too which we don't show - maybe it will change in the future because we would want to show you how it really is sometimes!
These are the very first foreigners I've ever seen asking about the chopstick etiquette. Most foreigners just stick their chopsticks into to bowl not knowing how many people or hosts they have offended. Therefore thumbs up to Jay and Karolina for respecting other countries culture.
Glad you pointed it out! Each time we visit a country, we not only like to eat local food but also immerse ourselves into the culture 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Local food is the best 😊 nice guide also ❤ stay blessed always 🙏
Thanks a lot 😊 We love being taken to the most authentic food spots by the locals! In this way you can really get to know the culture, customs and how local people live!
i like your natural response in the video rather than exaggerate your emotion
Consent from Chinese！i like this guy
Very good film, thank you.
Yeah Shanghai food is delicious 😋 have a great time here
Really love your videos and very jealous of all the delicious food that you guys ate.
There are indeed two types of Shengjianbao. One is with fermented outer and the other is not fermented.
The food looks so delicious!
So hilarious, the moment Jay spoke about his excellent chopstick skill, the small dumpling dropped. Jay, you are such a good sport. Keep up the good work
Haha, glad I'm keeping you guys entertained! Loved them dumplings though so probably got super excited 😂
Thank you for your sharing of this video with us ❤ xiao long bao is good for dinner 😂😂
You are right! Our favourite ❤️❤️
The local guide was very good, she took your guys to local restaurants, food and drinks looked very delicious, but not very expensive. Good value.
Thanks for your sharing of this video 😍
samantha amazing！！！she even try to explain what is 楊枝甘露， awesome
Mango sago with Pomelo is actually a classic HKG dessert and you can find it almost every Chinese restaurants or Chinese dessert cafes and also very popular in Singapore :)
That's great ti hear because it was my favourite! Thanks for sharing 🧡🥭 [Karolina]
@@JayandKarolina go try HKG desserts :)
I highly recommend you two to come to Tibet for a visit(not just Lahsa but also other natural scenic spots),though you may need some extra preparations like a special permission and a guide.I take a self-driving road trip around the Ali region(a district of Tibet) during this national day holiday.The natural scenery is so stunning and breathtaking,and you will hardly see "people mountain people sea" in these places.I can say that most of the time,you just park your car along the road,and you can enjoy the heavenly nature exclusively without being disturbed by others.
Nice video can’t wait next video
Very Nice. Enjoy.
The tour guide girl is very funny. Enjoyable.
it is crab season, the hairycrab you must try it
Hi jay and Karolina great video as always the food looks amazing and your guide did a great job explaining-about the food you both work so hard thank you 💕
Glad you enjoyed it Sandra! We really loved having Samantha taking us around because it completely changes your perspective as a tourist! 😄
I just came from Tik Tok and liked your videos.🎉
My mouth like watering too😂😂
We loved the whole food tour - especially the most iconic Xiaolongbao as well as juicy and crispy Sheng Jian Bao 😋😋 So good!
haha
I love Yangzhiganlu most❤it’s really delicious😊 And I love Karolina so much too， she has a really good personality🥺Hope I can encounter you in Shanghai.
All the food looks so yummy ❤❤❤
Thank you Jay & Karolina for sharing your food journey!
Lost plate, a nice find with a personal touch! Love it!
Yam, yam. Great sharing.
so happy to see your video❤
You guys eat so much!
Great food experience！
Keep it up best blogger I came across, no fluff and lots of tips and pointers.❤
Thank you so much Roland 🥹🥹
You make me hungry！！！ soup dumplings, pan fried buns, but i love potstickers, suji 素鸡 vegetable chicken (sponge tofu), reganmian 热干面 hot dried noodles
All them dishes were so good! 😋
Love you two！
8:49 actually keep the bowl in hand is better because it can make u sit in a good looking position and less chances to spilt ur food out.
Your tour guide looks very hungry 😂 tafu is one of the very important sources of protein for those people whose vegetarian 😊
Knowledge of Chopsticks: One end of a chopstick is square and the other end is round, representing a round sky and a round earth. A round head represents that food is the most important thing for the people. One chopstick is active and the other is passive, representing both yin and yang.
Karolina is so beautiful like a quite bird！
woooo! you looks so amazing in china.
Ive tried shanghai noodles and some other dishes from shanghai and also Beijing dishes like duck pancakes because Chinese restaurants and Chinese shops here in England sell all this stuff. Also shanghai is the home of the nice white rice paper sweets which are called white rabbit sweets. And yeah Beijing and northern china prefer duck pancakes spicy food and soups but in southern china like shanghai its a bit different
Interesting! We ate couple of times Chinese food in restaurants back in the UK but there’s no comparison with the foods we had served in Beijing or Shanghai! 😇
I really like tsingtao
holding the bowl is perfectly fine and convenient, for steam rice, noodles, anything. that area at the bottom is to segregate the heat, but with full soup, it maybe inconvenient to hold (flexible), but it is not impolite at all.
In fact, traditionally, the bowl is more commonly or often held up when eating. It is more often to placed the bowl on the table in modern days. It is just a change of habits, both ways are perfectly fine.
In chinese dining courtesy, its actully impolite to eat only one hand above the table. Both hands needs to be on yhe table. If you are not holding the bowl, you can use your other hand to hold a spoon, secure your plate by touching one side, or just rest your arm on the table. Cannot put underneath the table. My mom will hit my hand if I do so.
That's very helpful! Thank you for sharing because we didn't know of it :)
thanks again ! 👍👍👍👍👍
Food looks delicious, I am going to Shanghai in 2 weeks, can you guys share the places where you ate in this video ? ❤️
You'll love it! We don't actually know exactly where we were taken, as these were secret (most authentic locations) that were carefully and consciously chosen by Lost Plate ❤️❤️ Here's a link to their wonderful tour of Shanghai at night: lostplate.com/shanghai-evening-food-tour/
In China, there is a custom called "wine full, tea half." This means that when serving guests, wine should be filled to the brim, while tea should only be poured half-full. In the days of food scarcity, wine was a precious commodity, and filling a guest's cup to the brim demonstrated one's generosity. Meanwhile, newly brewed tea is very hot, and many cups do not have handles, so pouring only half the cup shows consideration for the comfort of one's guests.
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The dinner table etiquette given by the Shanghai girl is quite accurate and this is followed by most of people in the south of China but in the north with influences from the Mongols (Yuan dynasty) many Chinese didn’t really follow some of the Han culture (Han 汉). Some traditional cultures are kept intact and better outside of mainland China such as Taiwan, Singapore and Malyasia.
Very insightful! Thank you so much for sharing! We actually find North, Central and South China to be so different! No doubt since it's sich a giant country :)
怎么开心怎么来，为什么要遵循什么，不违法就好。
@@萌萌-e6s 你光着膀子在街上走不违法，但是不得体，损害社会形象
@萌萌: 現代許多中国年軽一代都有这覌念，為什麽要跟隨以往古代甚至是我們父母太婆太公時代的礼
節! 當我年軽時(我現在70多歲) ，以前許多礼節是很繁瑣的是事实，但其中有些我們仍然保存是好的。為什麽日本历史比中国短許多，但它有許多文化藝术保存及推廣得很好(比如茶道都是從中国抄襲的)。我移居外国更加明白懂得保存中国文化的重要! 我其中一個女兒移民時只有四歲，但她懂中国傳统節日慶典的程序比我多。我會把中国的傳统文化藝術告訴我的孫兒，讓他雖出生在外国，仍以身為中国人為榮!
我不会，不影响他人以及违反道德法律的情况下，怎么舒服怎么来@@teresachui335
Great video, keep safe guys 😊👍
Thank you! Will do! 😋❤️
it's defintely not a german brand it is german brewery techique
very good❤
You 3 make me feeling hungry at 10pm …
😂 We feel you… Would die for this food right now! Everything was so delicious!!
Hi Jay, you had learnt a lot Chinese culture now. I would like to say something more about putting the chopstick when you take break in between your dining. With the old culture from elderly, they taught us that the chopstick should be put next close to you, and not to put on top on any container/plate/bowl etc, especially if the food are sharing for everyone by the table.
The French plane tree originated in Yunnan. The French stole tree species in Yunnan and named them Platanus acerifolia.
*JAYBOY CAN'T GET OVER ITSWH!!TEBYOUBRAINWASHING.......*
welcome to China，wish you come to guilin,a very very beautiful place, i think i can be you guidence or friend 🎉🎉
The white gravy inside the yang zhi gan lu (mango sago dessert) is coconut milk, I think 😂
Yes
翻譯小姐說五花肉上面放很多醬油很多糖很多油需要很多勇氣才能做到這一點，我聽完沒胃口了。
beef vermicelli !!
The Pork Belly will melt in your mouth, enjoy Jay and Karolina
omg！you guys must come to Chengdu！you know？there is hometown of panda！！
bro pls can u suggest and vegan options in shanghai that help for our trip…….make a vlog this makes views from india more vegetarian in indian
i'm with jay pork belly all the way 😊
Hey Jay, do you think Shanghai is more international than Beijing? Because I heard people talking with you in English more than in Beijing.
Yes, definitely! Shanghai has undoubtedly received far more foreign influence than any other city in China :)
Cheer == gan bei, 干杯。 But it literally means bottoms up.
中国历史悠久，传承多元，地大物博，各地区的美食和风俗习惯也大有不同，这些差异和不同连很多中国人都不知道，博主做的很棒，到一个地方寻找当地导游和当地人来介绍这是一个非常明智的决定👍
我的天！为什么你请的导游都很喜欢高碳水食物，感觉有其他更好的选择
杨枝甘露 is the highlight though it's not local.
Chinese food is the most delicious in the world.
How many days are you traveling in China?
Jay got the 2-year multi-entry visa but I only got 30 days, so this time around we're travelling China for a month! Although, we've been really enjoying it so far so we're thinking of coming back soon! :)
@@JayandKarolina So have you left China now?
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xiao long bao = little cage dumpling
Yes, If have local can give guide will be nice.😆
i'm so hungry
I am currently applying for a visa, and after watching the blogger’s video, I feel that 144 hours may not be enough.
It won’t be! But with the visa you’ll be able to get it for at least a month 😍
Sago is made of cassva!
That’s why it was so chewy! That Mango Sago dessert was my absolute favourite 😍🥭🧡 [Karolina]
@@JayandKarolina they also put tapioca in bubble tea
Incorrect. Sago comes from the trunk of Sago palm tree.
What a nice couple!❤❤do u have the plan to travel to Chengdu,the original region of the hotpot?❤
That's the plan for the next series! We've actually gone to Chongqing (you'll see our next video) and actually we had no idea why we didn't go straight to Chengdu from there...
@@JayandKarolina Maybe you can take the high-speed train directly from Chongqing to Chengdu, it is very close～
8.30pm
Your girlfriend is so sweet❤
In English we usually pronounce 'sago' like 'say go', don't we?
You ahould have listed the places....
You are very courageous to choose to travel during China's National Day.😂
Oh, well... Honestly speaking it's been overwhelming - we didn't know it would be THAT intense 😂😂
@@JayandKarolina its something to experience thats for sure 😂😂
My travel agent told me visit China after the National Holiday, the first week of October, because of the heavy crowds.
Chinese/Asian people know how to EAT (so the foods are so good and sophisticated, with lot of variety even within a country and high level of cooking techniques needed - Chinese people would not be satisfied by just eating KFC or long for it that much likes what Jay did in his train trip to Shanghai, haha); while European people know how to LIVE (so their cities are beautiful and normally more livable, with a very good vibe - even if some of them are not even rich at all; just a good example when I typed this at 4:29 - the tree lining was planted by the French people in their concession area back in the 19th century, no way this would be done by the dysfunctional Qing government at that time:) - God is quite fair in this respect.... :)
Chinese people also know how to live, but before 2014, China was very poor and had no money to live a comfortable life. After 10 years of rapid development, Chinese cities are now very livable. In terms of city appearance, cities such as Shanghai, Chongqing and Xi'an are very good and have local characteristics. In addition, Chinese cities also have abundant and efficient medical resources, as well as security that Western countries do not have. By security, I mean that you don't have to worry about someone breaking the car window to steal your bag, or being robbed or stolen when you go out at night.
You put it perfectly into words 😋👍🏼 We feel like each region of China offers so many different foods which are simply delicious!
@@corvo6568 Thanks for your inputs. However, I was not talking about China today but just the traditional cultural traits (like what I said, the Qing government back in the 19th century simply did not care about city amenity at all while the French people knew planting trees in their concession area even though they should know they would be there only for a limited period of time). Livability is not just about beauty of buildings/appearance, certainly the cityscape in China have been much improved esp. in the new development areas in the last few decades; however, livability should not be just the privilege of the rich living in luxurious apartments in a segregated beautiful precinct but should be in private and public realms too; a city with good livability should be the one which also offers the good residential amenity standard for the poor as well (or at least, not too bad). Also, streets should be pedestrian friendly with good street design - however, these are not always the case in many Chinese cities. We can still see unruly drivers and poor street design which makes traffic chaotic from time to time, where car users always have more priority than pedestrians/cyclists, etc in terms of using roads. These matters should be also seen as a criteria of "livability" as well. Sorry, I was meant to talk about the urban living environment and city lives, but not going to touch on other aspects such as medical cares (are you sure it is really that perfect - "abundant and efficient medical resources" - really for everyone? Again, including the poor?) and social order, etc.
@@RichardLee-bm2xh I agree with what you said, but you are judging from the same period of time instead of when the economic level is equal. According to your logic, then 700 years before the Qing Dynasty, that is, during the Tang Dynasty, do you really think that the major cities of the Frankish Empire were more livable than the major cities of the Tang Dynasty? You can compare the urban construction and road traffic conditions of the two during this period. That's why I suggest comparing the two when the economic level is similar, rather than from the time period. As for the other questions you mentioned, I can only say that first, you must not have lived in China recently in the past three years, at least you are not familiar with China's medical insurance system and the modification and improvement of public transportation roads in various cities in China. Second, you ignore the impact of population density on road traffic. I don't know if you are aware that the core urban area of Shanghai, about 660 square kilometers, has about 15 million permanent residents, while the Paris metropolitan area, about 1,700 square kilometers, has only about 12.4 million permanent residents. The impact of population density on roads is obvious. You can compare the livability of Shanghai with other cities with the same population density, such as Mumbai in India. I am curious about your answer. Finally, whether you have medical insurance or not, no matter what disease you have, you can go to any tertiary hospital emergency room in Shanghai at 3 am and get treatment within 15-30 minutes, and the same is true for other major cities in China. Alas, I guess you don't know the prices of common medicines such as cold medicine, antibiotics, insulin, antihypertensive drugs, etc. in China.
In Shanghainese we call “Xiaoling Mantou”, we never call “Xiaolong Bao”.
Oh, really? We had no idea! Everyone was saying Xiaolongbao to us 😄😄
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