I think China never has advertised itself as the future of humankind, nor by its government, nor by its people, but a developing country that has its good and bad, and still has a long way to go. So whatever the outsiders portrait it, good or bad, we don't really care, and at this point, we don't really get emotional by those anymore, after watching all the dramas in all these years. What we do mind though, is pure smearing, just like the "notorious social credit system" and the "notorious genocide", that is unacceptable and intolerable. Enjoy your trip.
That bad propaganda was originally created by Washington White House officials, because they failed 4 times to divide China into small countries like the Soviet Union, as far as I remember of the Riots in Beijing 1989, then Tibet, also the Riots in Xinjiang, then the Riots in Hong Kong, and now they are trying to create problems regarding Taiwan..
Yes pure smearing is not only unethical it creates a pattern of brainwashing with make up narratives to lead a society into hating, no different from promoting racial supremacy
More than one year ago my Singaporean colleague said to me he hates Xi Jinxing. He didn’t explain why but it’s not difficult to know he is brainwashed by western media. He brought up stuff like China credit system which he believes is for monitoring people - which infringes people’s freedom. And he also brought the missing tennis player Peng Shuai which western media was spreading wild misinformation. I told him China did not lock her up and torture her but he responded she is different than before as though she was mentally tortured or injected with something. In Singapore our media news sources are from western mainstream media such as Reuters, AP, AFP, NYTimes, Bloomberg, BBC, CCN, etc. which are toxic when comes to China news. I hope China can have some solutions for western media constant smearing of China especially start with asian countries let the people know the west is spreading misinformation about China and what China contributions to the world such as BRI.
Beware of forming conclusions from incomplete data. We saw 0.5% of the city, and showed 0.05% in this video. Never been to Philly but it would be impossible to compare them based on this one video! There was lots to enjoy in ürümqi, but there is probably also lots to enjoy in Philly. Philadelphia is legendary!
I’m Chinese and used to live in Philly for couple of years. Heard my very first gunfire on my life 2 weeks after I move in 😂. It’s really sad to hear stories about how bad Philly turned into these days … I had some really nice memories in that city
It's fascinating to observe how media conditioning influences Western visitors' perceptions of China before they arrive. Their reactions often follow predictable patterns: surprise at modern infrastructure, questions about population density, or a heightened focus on security cameras. Some visitors even display unnecessary anxiety around police or uniformed personnel. Perhaps most telling is when visitors, like you, mistake natural fog or the marine layer for pollution. Along America's coasts, we're quite familiar with this natural mist, though we recognize it differently. What's particularly noteworthy is China's remarkable progress in environmental improvement over the past decade. The nation has made extraordinary strides in cleaning up its air, water, maintaining pristine public spaces, and reducing noise pollution. In fact, China's comprehensive approach to environmental challenges has surpassed most, if not all, nations in terms of success and scale. Your firsthand observations offer valuable insights that contrast with mainstream narratives. Travel indeed serves as an excellent way to distinguish reality from preconceptions. Thank you for sharing your experience, and may your journey continue to be enlightening us in the US who don't have the opportunity to visit a wonderful country like China.
Western’s especially USA’s typical tactics r to create disinformations to smear their created enemies in order to condition their peoples so that they wouldn’t get any opposition for them to carry out their evil deeds. Examples r Iraq incubator babies, WMD & 9/11 perpetrator, Gaddafi viagra soldiers & Hamas 40-beheaded Israeli babies, just to name a few.
it's not tofu dreg, LMAO...it's called stucco, we have stucco houses in Canada. It's a nice textured veneer filled with styrofoam to cover up the layer of brick beneath. This is just an apartment in disrepair, not tofu dreg, there's actually a layer of brick underneath the stucco as shown in your video.
Enjoyed the video. One thing that needs attention because it's misleading as well as incorrect. Xinjiang is not "China's Muslim Province", Xinjiang is a province in China with a large Muslim population. 🙂
Chinese never said they are perfect, but still in a Developing Stage, not like India always bragging about been a super power.😂😂😂 China is just an ordinary country with GDP of $ 15000. On the contrary, is Canada a perfect country? No run down buildings in city centre? 😁😁😁
By the way, most of Xinjiang is a desert area with frequent sand storms. Just think about the sand dunes in Middle East or Afganistan. And you are about to get into winter season, that why the air pressure is low. It can get to -25~-30 degrees in winter in Xinjiang.
Well, Canada is going downhill fast now because of Trudeaue’s policies, the country accepted too much refugees and immigrants from India and other third world immigrants
@@merrick6484 ....GDP is meaningless data created by weztern countries that heavily inflates their weztern ec0n0my. PPP is the true measure of pe0ple's true inc0mes, and Chy!!na has been top since 2017.
That styrofoam you saw is probably for insulation, western and northern provences can get really cold during the winter. A lot of the old building are not up to the new housing standards so government and sometime individuals modify the outer wall with added material. You can see the original outer wall beneath the added layer, the insulation layer is usually made up with low density bricks and then styrofoam. The real tofu construction here is the fact that the insulation layer has fall off, the construction company might be in trouble if this is a government contract😅 Great video none the less, Safe travels and have a good time👍
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. It’s the insulation layer. I used to live in Beijing (North China, cold winter) and one day an old apartment building next to mine did the insulation renovation. That’s the first time that I knew such thing existed in buildings😂
foam bricks is a type of construction method, used to fill in walls between steel structural elements. there's usually a form of stucco on the outside and thin drywall inside. it's good for insulation. in the west it's thin siding/stucco on the outside, insulation core, then drywall. if you wanted to put a hole in either, it wouldn't be too difficult.
One of my house have such styrofoam, nonstructural just for decorative purposes, at the exterior facade. Never had an issue, and the house is not in China. Many who are not aware or ignorant of a subject may inadvertently give out misinformation. 😊✌️
Until governments start writing us cheques, there is no reason to lie. Good food, interesting history, bad air quality, styrofoam buildings, wonderful parks. It all gets mentioned.
Welcome to China. Actually, call Xinjiang Muslim Province, is not that accurate. Xinjiang has a long history with so many various blended in cultures, had been a pure Buddhist area. Because of the blocking by the Himalayas. The culture from west went into China through Xinjiang as the gateway. The Buddhist came into China also from the silk road, the first foothold is Xinjiang which called 'the west region' in the past. There are dozens of ethnics in Xinjiang with different religions.
For sure, it's certainly, historically a mix. We saw a lot of Buddhist history as we visited other cities and went to more museums. Make sure to stay tuned for our next videos!
It is not at all due to "high elevation".... Ürümqi is only at 800m. That's less than my home. I wanted to double check so I did look it up online to verify, as I said in the video, and it was related to the air quality, not fog or mist. But it did rain later and that helped a lot to take it out of the air so it got better.
Probs both? I don't know anything about the industry around Urumqi but I know for a fact coal is still used even for little things so there is definitely some decent air pollution but the geography will obviously also play a role. On some days my home town has a little smog layer over downtown because it's slightly lower than the surrounding areas and the pollution from cars. Just the way it is.
lol bro.. We have entire buildings (sometimes rows of buildings) in NJ that (look like brick and cement) are made with foam, mesh wires and stucco. It's not a uncommon thing.
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project: The Great Green Wall. But ... 🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert . 😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic. Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include: Slowing desertification in northern China Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15% Stabilizing water resources Absorbing carbon dioxide Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
Nearly 90% of the year, air quality is fine even in big cities, winter has more low air quality days (365*88% is fine , 40 days from oct - April have low air quality), Urumqi used to be even worse)
Yeah, as I noted, Winter is always the worst for air quality. Same as anywhere in the world with air quality issues, something about the cold air keeps it close to the ground.
the air pollution is mainly caused by the desert. Xinjiang is closed to Talimu desert which is the biggest one in China, in the winter, the cold air in winter is from west-north, it passed through the desert. Actually there are 6 deserts in China. China put lots of efforts to build the green wall. there are 2 deserts (Maowusou desert and Kubuqi desert) already become oasis as they are close to the yellow river. but the rest 4 deserts are really tough. the desertification is the pain point for many countries. if you come to Xinjiang in Summer, the air is much better than winter. because the warm air is from east-south of ocean.
The air quality issue is most likely natural. If you are in the densily populated area in the eastern part of China like Shanghai or Beijing, air problem is likely to be caused by polution. But Xing Jiang has large uninhabited area, and is known to install hundreds of miles of solar and wind farms. The problem of air quality is most likely caused by sand storms. I don't think it is a fog, as that part is very dry and usually does not have fog, but that part is very likely to have sandstorm as it is close to some deserted areas.
It’s cloudy and later raining when they were filming, which added to that grey weather conditions. The air quality in some winter days in Urumqi is not ideal because there are indeed some air pollutions due to coal burning for heating. But like the rest of China, the air quality is continually improving.
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project: The Great Green Wall. But ... 🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert . 😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic. Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include: Slowing desertification in northern China Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15% Stabilizing water resources Absorbing carbon dioxide Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
International Energy Agency : from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity. By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
I really recommend that friends who want to go to Xinjiang should go between June and August. That is the most beautiful season of the year. Fruits are plentiful and the scenery is beautiful. It’s really too cold to go to Xinjiang in November, unless you want to go skiing in Ili. Moreover, the climate is continental, with cold and dry winters. Unlike Europe, although the latitude is high, there is a warm Atlantic current, so it is not that cold. This is the center of Eurasia...
Best time visit Xinjiang is in the summer. All the fruit, all the Lamb and street food. Beautiful lake...Beautiful mountain. Winter time, central heating is bad for air quality, everyone is indoors, nothing to see, way too cold.
External wall insulation board，In order to reduce heat loss in houses in winter, this can reduce the energy consumption of heating and save more energy.
spring and autumn are the two best seasons to be in xinjiang. You might see more armed police than other regions in China as there was a terrorist attack before. Other than that it is similar to other cities in China.
Love your video! Very informative! A modern, peaceful ( somewhat empty) place with tons of home goods, restaurants, malls, showrooms. Not sure how locals make a living?
Thanks for sharing your video i always dream go to visit Xinjiang province one day i love to go down there it's so beautiful place to visit take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
China is a wonderful place to visit and we highly recommend coming here. We have enjoyed it more and more each time we have come. (Stacey 3x, Tristan 2x)
That's not smog, let alone pollution! It was cloudy! It will rain next! Xinjiang has no pollution! There are few people in the shopping mall because of working days, not holidays. The outer wall of the room is an insulation layer! Don't rub it in rhythm.
Yeah, we did enjoy it but we haven't found anywhere in China we didn't enjoy yet haha. The last time we came to China it was November/December and we didn't learn our lesson I guess lol
@@WanderingBluePassports you should go somewhere closer to the equator, YunNan province have some specular natural scene and HaiNan is a tropical island.
wish you a wonderful trip. As your question about the styrofoam,it’s a insulation layer between bearing wall and outer layer. It’s a standard building code for many northern cities of China.
We didn't actually get questioned by any police or military at all. We did just stay inside the city though. We did of course have the endless small security checkpoints before entering buildings or market street or museums but they are more security theatre than actually checking anyone. It's just an x-ray conveyor that someone barely watches and then someone might wave a metal detector in your general direction 😂
@@WanderingBluePassportsBecause there have been many terrorist attacks by Muslims extremists in the past. Many Western cities have suffered similar attacks.
@@WanderingBluePassports, US has a lot to do with the security of Xinjiang. CIA involvement to break Tibet and Xinjiang away from China was rigorous. I am glad China has regained full control of these two autonomous provinces and maintaining a peaceful life hood. I visited these provinces in 2008 shortly after the Beijing Olympics and security was very dense in these two provinces and there check point everywhere. I had to apply for visas and hire a local guide to enter these regions.
@@kennedy6618 This happened because the request of the oil boss and White House officials was rejected by Beijing officials when they applied for permission to open an oil mine in Xinjiang, then the CIA played along, the US Army in Afghanistan trained many Uighur youths, then they were given weapons, bombs, then infiltrated back into Xinjiang to cause several riots, if this is successful, in the world there will be a small puppet state, and American oil companies can dig up oil mines in Xinjiang as they wish.
😆China is the only country to have halal canteens on aircraft carriers. All major Chinese universities have halal canteens.. also applies to Govt schools...
@WanderingBluePassports haha, hope you love it here. Next time you need something or info about Xinjiang or China, feel free to let me know. I've travelled most provinces and big cities in China, especially for the food, and I just started my business as a tour leader. Btw what's your next destination?
I like you, we just want ppl to see a real China, sure those saying shitty things good or bad about us only want to get more views, I believe the slient most are just want to see a true China as well. China is just a country like others, just has a different developing way, our own way, not that perfect and not that bad,that's all, Internet make any tiny good or bad way way bigger pppl start to stand a side to fight.
Thanks. We just like to document our travels, we don't care about views and we don't get our clicks from trying to polarize the world. It's already "Us vs Them" enough. If something is good we say, if something is bad we say it. Some people are so sensitive to a negative being mentioned, even when it's surrounded by good things being said. I hope that like you, everyone can just enjoy watching us discover a new place.
International Energy Agency : from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity. By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
I haven't seen anyone say it's closed to foreigners. But for anyone interested in seeing another side of Xinjiang, check out “China targets friendly media, diplomats to ‘tell story of Xinjiang’” or “'Eating suhoor in the dark': Ramadan for Uighurs, a month of struggle”, both from non-western media.
do more showing rather than talking in the subway or on the way to anywhere, i found half of the time just you guys talking in the front scene of everything around you, what a waste of shooting at wherever you wanted to show to people
Yes, carry your passports everywhere in China. I heard that you just need to use your passport as your train tickets. Some places probably check your passports for security reasons.
That's weather not pollution. You never see bright sun in the sky mid-November. Urumqi is not that industrial comparing to other Chinese cities. 6:42 and few minutes later holding an umbrella you telling me that's not weather. 😆😆😆😂
How comes air quality in Urumqi being that low? Aren't the sales of EV in Urumqi as high as in the rest of CN, where air quality has massively increased due to EV rise and green energy? Also a lot of the green energy projects are in XJ, so that should shift things towards cleaner air, too, i would assume. Where does the bad air come from?
Others in the comments are saying lots still use coal to heat in the winter. We also saw lots of street vendors cooking with coal. We saw more EVs in China than any other country we have been to but there is still lots of IC cars too. It all just adds up, plus there is always industry but I don't know enough about that to make any meaningful statement in that regard.
Well there is a mall in the city where I live that they only sell home furniture and it is a 4 storey complex. There used to be a movie theatre there too but it is now closed because there are not so many people going there though it is my favourite cinema to go to.
I like your logic when document videos, would love to see you would adopt same logic to document America and its notorious for native ppl treatment as well.
Sorry, I don't understand. We didn't document any "notorious" treatment of anyone in this video? We just went to a museum and a movie and some parks.... Did you watch the video?
We were told on the media about allegations of genocide targeting minorities in Xinjiang. Could you help find evidence of real genocide or cultural genocide there, similar to the situation in Gaza?
How unfortunate that North American tourists tend to use Western perspectives to judge Eastern cultures. If you want to find faults to prove your biases you can and you will. It's easy to convince yourself that you've found evidence to prove your point, whether it's true or not. I too can judge others just by looking at them superficially without ever exploring their history in depth or trying to understand why they do things the way they do. That would take an open mind and too much time so why bother.
It’s unbelievable that China still has a place or two that has air pollution 😮!? Xing Jiang uses almost only clean energy… Chinese people are in general very friendly, people are used to helping each other since the old agricultural times, don’t care your skin colors (color doesn’t make one superior or inferior in their eyes) in China since ancient times there are already so many ethnicities (colors of skin) but all speak Madarin or dialects. Those who don’t like China, doesn’t matter either, don’t have to come to China… won’t be missed… China has 1.4 B people already. Love China❤👍. It’s still so much better than the West! 🤫 Westerners who see things they don’t have in their country and say “so weird!” You need to see more of the world and get out of your bubble😂
Make sure to like and subscribe so you can watch all 300 videos of us traveling all over the world. Probably one of those places is out of our bubble enough for you... If you don't think Xinjiang counts 🥱
Yes, in the 'West' it happened a number of times. In Canada it's even worse maybe than the USA. We had state sponsored Catholic schools specifically designed for cultural genocide and erasure of first nations identity. Many persons were subjected to sexual abuse by catholic teachers and priests and hundreds if not thousands of young children were killed and hidden in mass graves. It's a horrifying and dark part of our history..... Our government was fucked and did such horrendous things that it should never be forgiven and needs to live with the legacy of horror it created. Is that a description enough for you? We Canadians are not afraid to be honest and critical of our government and our history. No need to hide or pretend the bad stuff didn't happen. That's the beauty of Canada and being Canadian.
@@WanderingBluePassports I don't think there is similar Genocide like Canadian Government done in Xinjiang modern time, but probably you won't believe it. I have uyghur friend, and I believe there is discrimination and opression for Uyghur at certain level, I think more similar with what happen with muslim/ethnic arab in US after 911 then genocide from anglo saxon in north american to indigenous people. But if you like history, there are genocide, i think in 18th centry by Qing and Uyghur to dzungar peoples. Uyghurs killed probably 80% of dzungars and uyghurs become majority in xinjiang.
@@WanderingBluePassports how come I rarely hear westerner say I come to notorius BC or Ontario. Plus indigenous people is still poorly treated in Canada and US.
@edmonyu2327 Absolutely, Canada has a lot of work to do around reconciliation. Even still many first nations do not have clean water. I am not afraid to say it. Lots still to do.
@@WanderingBluePassports It’s good to know that Canada acknowledges their mistake. However, when the West says that there’s ‘genocide’, why the Uyghur population has been continually increasing in reality? The West simply put what they did in the past onto China when China did none of them. It’s one of the strategies lead by the U.S. and followed by their allies to contain and hinder China’s development by causing disruption in Xinjiang. Such as spreading lies and rumors and funding separatist, which are done in an academic-government-media trinity approach. The more disruptions occur in Xinjiang, the more success they are in containing China. Another example of what the West did was smearing that there’s forced labor in Xinjiang. Taking the accusation of ‘forced labor in Xinjiang Cotton’ for instance, the U.S. ‘conveniently’ accused China of something what America did in its history again. While the truth is that 90% of cotton planting and picking in Xinjiang are mechanized. So I guess it’s forcing machines to work? Btw, cotton is a major industry in Xinjiang, the reason to defame it is pretty obvious, isn’t it?
@@WanderingBluePassports The problem is less white monkey job in china now compare before. Probably smaller city has more chances got job of monkey job. Monkey job also exist here in Indonesia, pretty sure also exist in japan probably 5 decades ago, probably never as rampant as China. But the more modern, inferiority complex to white people will lessen. Singapore use to pay white people more compare to other asian expat, but nowadays probably not different, with the same qualification.
Your fan club found you on the museum! Super cute!
It was wonderful finally meeting the official Ürümqi Branch of the Wandering Blue Passports Fan Club.
I think China never has advertised itself as the future of humankind, nor by its government, nor by its people, but a developing country that has its good and bad, and still has a long way to go. So whatever the outsiders portrait it, good or bad, we don't really care, and at this point, we don't really get emotional by those anymore, after watching all the dramas in all these years. What we do mind though, is pure smearing, just like the "notorious social credit system" and the "notorious genocide", that is unacceptable and intolerable.
Enjoy your trip.
That bad propaganda was originally created by Washington White House officials, because they failed 4 times to divide China into small countries like the Soviet Union, as far as I remember of the Riots in Beijing 1989, then Tibet, also the Riots in Xinjiang, then the Riots in Hong Kong, and now they are trying to create problems regarding Taiwan..
Yes pure smearing is not only unethical it creates a pattern of brainwashing with make up narratives to lead a society into hating, no different from promoting racial supremacy
As a overseas Chinese, I am tired with those “social credit systems “ fake news anti China propaganda
是的，我看到很多谎言都不会有多少情绪波动；甚至觉得这样做的人挺可笑的，同时也不想去解释，因为聪明人自己会通过眼睛去观察。
More than one year ago my Singaporean colleague said to me he hates Xi Jinxing. He didn’t explain why but it’s not difficult to know he is brainwashed by western media. He brought up stuff like China credit system which he believes is for monitoring people - which infringes people’s freedom. And he also brought the missing tennis player Peng Shuai which western media was spreading wild misinformation. I told him China did not lock her up and torture her but he responded she is different than before as though she was mentally tortured or injected with something. In Singapore our media news sources are from western mainstream media such as Reuters, AP, AFP, NYTimes, Bloomberg, BBC, CCN, etc. which are toxic when comes to China news. I hope China can have some solutions for western media constant smearing of China especially start with asian countries let the people know the west is spreading misinformation about China and what China contributions to the world such as BRI.
Sigh, Urumqi looks more modern and cleaner than Phily, no blight, no trash, no crime. Lol, no nightly gunfire.
Beware of forming conclusions from incomplete data. We saw 0.5% of the city, and showed 0.05% in this video. Never been to Philly but it would be impossible to compare them based on this one video!
There was lots to enjoy in ürümqi, but there is probably also lots to enjoy in Philly. Philadelphia is legendary!
*NO Kensington Avenue.*
I’m Chinese and used to live in Philly for couple of years. Heard my very first gunfire on my life 2 weeks after I move in 😂.
It’s really sad to hear stories about how bad Philly turned into these days … I had some really nice memories in that city
on average, usa cities are one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Beautiful, honest, courageous couple! Thank you for showing us a real Xinjiang, a real China!❤🩹
That's fog, not haze. The air is usually very good after a cold front passes.
我就是新疆人，几年前在乌鲁木齐上学，空气质量真的差，工厂离太近了，尤其冬天，去过就知道，在环境治理方面比杭州深圳差远了。但没办法，等到过几年真正发展起来才能兼顾到这些。
当然，基本没人来新疆旅游会去乌鲁木齐的市区，市区没啥好看的
It's fascinating to observe how media conditioning influences Western visitors' perceptions of China before they arrive. Their reactions often follow predictable patterns: surprise at modern infrastructure, questions about population density, or a heightened focus on security cameras. Some visitors even display unnecessary anxiety around police or uniformed personnel.
Perhaps most telling is when visitors, like you, mistake natural fog or the marine layer for pollution. Along America's coasts, we're quite familiar with this natural mist, though we recognize it differently. What's particularly noteworthy is China's remarkable progress in environmental improvement over the past decade. The nation has made extraordinary strides in cleaning up its air, water, maintaining pristine public spaces, and reducing noise pollution. In fact, China's comprehensive approach to environmental challenges has surpassed most, if not all, nations in terms of success and scale.
Your firsthand observations offer valuable insights that contrast with mainstream narratives. Travel indeed serves as an excellent way to distinguish reality from preconceptions. Thank you for sharing your experience, and may your journey continue to be enlightening us in the US who don't have the opportunity to visit a wonderful country like China.
Americans are the most propagandanized people in the world.
The US is guilty of all the things they accuse other countries of.
Not only just RUclips, almost all mainstream media do as well
Don't forget US politicians too
@ we all get used to their blessings
1.6 billion dollars for make China dirty⋯⋯that‘s a lot of money
Western’s especially USA’s typical tactics r to create disinformations to smear their created enemies in order to condition their peoples so that they wouldn’t get any opposition for them to carry out their evil deeds. Examples r Iraq incubator babies, WMD & 9/11 perpetrator, Gaddafi viagra soldiers & Hamas 40-beheaded Israeli babies, just to name a few.
it's not tofu dreg, LMAO...it's called stucco, we have stucco houses in Canada. It's a nice textured veneer filled with styrofoam to cover up the layer of brick beneath. This is just an apartment in disrepair, not tofu dreg, there's actually a layer of brick underneath the stucco as shown in your video.
lol shows what I know about exterior building construction
Enjoyed the video. One thing that needs attention because it's misleading as well as incorrect. Xinjiang is not "China's Muslim Province", Xinjiang is a province in China with a large Muslim population. 🙂
Chinese never said they are perfect, but still in a Developing Stage, not like India always bragging about been a super power.😂😂😂
China is just an ordinary country with GDP of $ 15000.
On the contrary, is Canada a perfect country? No run down buildings in city centre? 😁😁😁
By the way, most of Xinjiang is a desert area with frequent sand storms. Just think about the sand dunes in Middle East or Afganistan.
And you are about to get into winter season, that why the air pressure is low.
It can get to -25~-30 degrees in winter in Xinjiang.
Well, Canada is going downhill fast now because of Trudeaue’s policies, the country accepted too much refugees and immigrants from India and other third world immigrants
@@merrick6484 ....GDP is meaningless data created by weztern countries that heavily inflates their weztern ec0n0my. PPP is the true measure of pe0ple's true inc0mes, and Chy!!na has been top since 2017.
That styrofoam you saw is probably for insulation, western and northern provences can get really cold during the winter. A lot of the old building are not up to the new housing standards so government and sometime individuals modify the outer wall with added material. You can see the original outer wall beneath the added layer, the insulation layer is usually made up with low density bricks and then styrofoam.
The real tofu construction here is the fact that the insulation layer has fall off, the construction company might be in trouble if this is a government contract😅
Great video none the less, Safe travels and have a good time👍
Good to know. Thanks 🙏
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. It’s the insulation layer. I used to live in Beijing (North China, cold winter) and one day an old apartment building next to mine did the insulation renovation. That’s the first time that I knew such thing existed in buildings😂
Haha, no shoddy project would be built using plastic, at least it would definitely be built using tofu.
He is English, he knows, just for the sake of black.
foam bricks is a type of construction method, used to fill in walls between steel structural elements. there's usually a form of stucco on the outside and thin drywall inside. it's good for insulation. in the west it's thin siding/stucco on the outside, insulation core, then drywall. if you wanted to put a hole in either, it wouldn't be too difficult.
One of my house have such styrofoam, nonstructural just for decorative purposes, at the exterior facade.
Never had an issue, and the house is not in China. Many who are not aware or ignorant of a subject may inadvertently give out misinformation. 😊✌️
Could very well be, I don't know a lick about exterior wall construction haha
insulating layer
Thank you for telling the truth!
Until governments start writing us cheques, there is no reason to lie. Good food, interesting history, bad air quality, styrofoam buildings, wonderful parks. It all gets mentioned.
@@WanderingBluePassports I think America has a law to make sure "correct information" about Xinjiang, be careful about that.
Welcome to China. Actually, call Xinjiang Muslim Province, is not that accurate. Xinjiang has a long history with so many various blended in cultures, had been a pure Buddhist area. Because of the blocking by the Himalayas. The culture from west went into China through Xinjiang as the gateway. The Buddhist came into China also from the silk road, the first foothold is Xinjiang which called 'the west region' in the past. There are dozens of ethnics in Xinjiang with different religions.
For sure, it's certainly, historically a mix. We saw a lot of Buddhist history as we visited other cities and went to more museums. Make sure to stay tuned for our next videos!
It's winter, and it is fog or mist, the reason you can't breathe is because you are at a high altitude..
It is not at all due to "high elevation".... Ürümqi is only at 800m. That's less than my home.
I wanted to double check so I did look it up online to verify, as I said in the video, and it was related to the air quality, not fog or mist.
But it did rain later and that helped a lot to take it out of the air so it got better.
@@WanderingBluePassports I think the air quality is more due to it’s landscape and not so much due to industrial pollution.
Probs both? I don't know anything about the industry around Urumqi but I know for a fact coal is still used even for little things so there is definitely some decent air pollution but the geography will obviously also play a role.
On some days my home town has a little smog layer over downtown because it's slightly lower than the surrounding areas and the pollution from cars.
Just the way it is.
Chinese food looks soooo good. Please tell me you are doing more "Following the Food Ranger" videos in China!
You bet ur butt we are.
lol bro.. We have entire buildings (sometimes rows of buildings) in NJ that (look like brick and cement) are made with foam, mesh wires and stucco. It's not a uncommon thing.
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project:
The Great Green Wall.
But ...
🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert .
😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic.
Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include:
Slowing desertification in northern China
Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15%
Stabilizing water resources
Absorbing carbon dioxide
Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
Nearly 90% of the year, air quality is fine even in big cities, winter has more low air quality days (365*88% is fine , 40 days from oct - April have low air quality), Urumqi used to be even worse)
Yeah, as I noted, Winter is always the worst for air quality. Same as anywhere in the world with air quality issues, something about the cold air keeps it close to the ground.
Pretty good actually compare it to the west lets say compare it in London or Paris
@@marklouieadame I just checked and right now Urumqi is at 172, London is at 78 and Paris is at 24 lol
@@WanderingBluePassportsIt may also be related to the burning of coal for heating in winter. Central heating is used in northern China.
Dehli is 1700.
No joke.
the air pollution is mainly caused by the desert. Xinjiang is closed to Talimu desert which is the biggest one in China, in the winter, the cold air in winter is from west-north, it passed through the desert. Actually there are 6 deserts in China. China put lots of efforts to build the green wall. there are 2 deserts (Maowusou desert and Kubuqi desert) already become oasis as they are close to the yellow river. but the rest 4 deserts are really tough. the desertification is the pain point for many countries. if you come to Xinjiang in Summer, the air is much better than winter. because the warm air is from east-south of ocean.
The air quality issue is most likely natural. If you are in the densily populated area in the eastern part of China like Shanghai or Beijing, air problem is likely to be caused by polution.
But Xing Jiang has large uninhabited area, and is known to install hundreds of miles of solar and wind farms.
The problem of air quality is most likely caused by sand storms.
I don't think it is a fog, as that part is very dry and usually does not have fog, but that part is very likely to have sandstorm as it is close to some deserted areas.
It’s cloudy and later raining when they were filming, which added to that grey weather conditions. The air quality in some winter days in Urumqi is not ideal because there are indeed some air pollutions due to coal burning for heating. But like the rest of China, the air quality is continually improving.
并不是没有水汽，这几天冷空气来了，冷空气和温暖气体碰撞就会有雾，很正常的自然现象
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project:
The Great Green Wall.
But ...
🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert .
😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic.
Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include:
Slowing desertification in northern China
Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15%
Stabilizing water resources
Absorbing carbon dioxide
Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
International Energy Agency :
from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity.
By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
In Toronto, our new apartment uses stereo foam for the outer wall too.
I really recommend that friends who want to go to Xinjiang should go between June and August. That is the most beautiful season of the year. Fruits are plentiful and the scenery is beautiful. It’s really too cold to go to Xinjiang in November, unless you want to go skiing in Ili. Moreover, the climate is continental, with cold and dry winters. Unlike Europe, although the latitude is high, there is a warm Atlantic current, so it is not that cold. This is the center of Eurasia...
It's not prohibited. Anyone who wants to go can go. Xinjiang is not a restricted area
Exactly as we said. Very easy to come to.
Best time visit Xinjiang is in the summer. All the fruit, all the Lamb and street food. Beautiful lake...Beautiful mountain. Winter time, central heating is bad for air quality, everyone is indoors, nothing to see, way too cold.
I am sure it would be even more beautiful in summer but it still was very enjoyable to visit!
External wall insulation board，In order to reduce heat loss in houses in winter, this can reduce the energy consumption of heating and save more energy.
spring and autumn are the two best seasons to be in xinjiang. You might see more armed police than other regions in China as there was a terrorist attack before. Other than that it is similar to other cities in China.
Thanks to CIA sponsored, East Turkmanistan Terrorist Groups.
Love your video! Very informative! A modern, peaceful ( somewhat empty) place with tons of home goods, restaurants, malls, showrooms. Not sure how locals make a living?
Thanks for sharing your video i always dream go to visit Xinjiang province one day i love to go down there it's so beautiful place to visit take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
China is a wonderful place to visit and we highly recommend coming here. We have enjoyed it more and more each time we have come. (Stacey 3x, Tristan 2x)
China is different because we don’t listen to the west, we just did what we think is right
Not sure the Xinjiang ski resorts are already open? That would be another destination not a lot of foreigners visit.
Yes! The ski resorts in northern Xinjiang are already open!
That would be cool, this area of central Asia/around the 'stans' is said to have some of the best skiing in the world.
Its near desert sometimes is mild sandstorm, couple with mist or fog.
That's not smog, let alone pollution! It was cloudy! It will rain next! Xinjiang has no pollution! There are few people in the shopping mall because of working days, not holidays. The outer wall of the room is an insulation layer! Don't rub it in rhythm.
I like the buddhist music in the temple❤
It was playing while we were there so we recorded it to use!
Hope you guys enjoyed Urumqi, I just got here and it's pretty cold
Yeah, we did enjoy it but we haven't found anywhere in China we didn't enjoy yet haha.
The last time we came to China it was November/December and we didn't learn our lesson I guess lol
@@WanderingBluePassports you should go somewhere closer to the equator, YunNan province have some specular natural scene and HaiNan is a tropical island.
wish you a wonderful trip. As your question about the styrofoam,it’s a insulation layer between bearing wall and outer layer. It’s a standard building code for many northern cities of China.
Good to know, thanks!
新疆確實有很多檢查，在每個城鎮的交界之處，原因大家都清楚，之前有人刻意在新疆搞事。所以檢查不是針對外國人，而是每個人都要下車驗證身份，只是那裡的外國人少，所以會問一下你的狀況，有時多問也許是出於關心而已。
We didn't actually get questioned by any police or military at all. We did just stay inside the city though.
We did of course have the endless small security checkpoints before entering buildings or market street or museums but they are more security theatre than actually checking anyone. It's just an x-ray conveyor that someone barely watches and then someone might wave a metal detector in your general direction 😂
@@WanderingBluePassportsBecause there have been many terrorist attacks by Muslims extremists in the past. Many Western cities have suffered similar attacks.
@@WanderingBluePassports, US has a lot to do with the security of Xinjiang. CIA involvement to break Tibet and Xinjiang away from China was rigorous. I am glad China has regained full control of these two autonomous provinces and maintaining a peaceful life hood. I visited these provinces in 2008 shortly after the Beijing Olympics and security was very dense in these two provinces and there check point everywhere. I had to apply for visas and hire a local guide to enter these regions.
@@kennedy6618 This happened because the request of the oil boss and White House officials was rejected by Beijing officials when they applied for permission to open an oil mine in Xinjiang, then the CIA played along, the US Army in Afghanistan trained many Uighur youths, then they were given weapons, bombs, then infiltrated back into Xinjiang to cause several riots, if this is successful, in the world there will be a small puppet state, and American oil companies can dig up oil mines in Xinjiang as they wish.
the styrofoams are for insulation, similar to the use of foam to insulatr wallls in the US.
Good to know. Thanks 👍
Cheers, from Canada. 🕊
Thanks homie
😆China is the only country to have halal canteens on aircraft carriers.
All major Chinese universities have halal canteens.. also applies to Govt schools...
Hey! I wonder if you would come to Kashgar Prefecture recently? if you will, I can show you around the prefecture and Tashkurgan county
Darn!!! We just left Kashgar a few days ago. Our video will go up soon! We loved it!
@WanderingBluePassports haha, hope you love it here. Next time you need something or info about Xinjiang or China, feel free to let me know. I've travelled most provinces and big cities in China, especially for the food, and I just started my business as a tour leader.
Btw what's your next destination?
Did you check the official report on air quality, or did you assume it is related to bad air quality?
We checked, as we said in the video!
I like you, we just want ppl to see a real China, sure those saying shitty things good or bad about us only want to get more views, I believe the slient most are just want to see a true China as well.
China is just a country like others, just has a different developing way, our own way, not that perfect and not that bad,that's all,
Internet make any tiny good or bad way way bigger pppl start to stand a side to fight.
Thanks. We just like to document our travels, we don't care about views and we don't get our clicks from trying to polarize the world. It's already "Us vs Them" enough.
If something is good we say, if something is bad we say it. Some people are so sensitive to a negative being mentioned, even when it's surrounded by good things being said. I hope that like you, everyone can just enjoy watching us discover a new place.
That mascot is Alibaba, from the Alivaba and the 40 thieves. It's a very popular story to tell in China.
Thanks bro and sis!
😮still long way to go for air quality. Give it another 10 years hopefully. We are still developing
China moves quickly. I expect it could be even faster.
雾并不一定是空气不好 雾跟雾霾是两种概念
很奇怪 去新疆的外国人 视频封面几乎都是警车 防爆车🤣🤣🤣 多是多了点 但也没那么夸张吧？
They make for interesting thumbnails but they certainly are very common. They become a bit of an icon for people who are not used to it for sure.
@@WanderingBluePassports 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@WanderingBluePassports 玩得开心
Thanks!
Xinjiang is a very good tourism place
Wow, China is amazing
More more❤
More coming, and we already visited China once before! Go look at our old videos too!
Seeing is believing especially visiting China debunking Western media and China haters on RUclips.
Total agree with you said 👍.
Yes it's so true when talk about that country the true badthings which this channel will right away deleted your comment.
wat?
@WanderingBluePassports
Say U.s dude
I just experienced it. My comment about why the West keeps saying certain things about Xinjiang was removed, no matter how many times I tried
every modern house in north west europe has styrofoam, it works.
oh a Basket ball themed Cinema is strange and weird... i see
It was a fun place though a bit strange in concept. We are always interested in something new. 😊
welcome to china, enjoy your trip ~💖😊
International Energy Agency :
from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity.
By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
Xinjiang has this thing called Sand Storm. That might be it.
Great video guys of Xinjiang China the so called "forbidden province."
Thanks
I haven't seen anyone say it's closed to foreigners. But for anyone interested in seeing another side of Xinjiang, check out “China targets friendly media, diplomats to ‘tell story of Xinjiang’” or “'Eating suhoor in the dark': Ramadan for Uighurs, a month of struggle”, both from non-western media.
We will give them a look. We try to get information from as many sources as possible about anything.
do more showing rather than talking in the subway or on the way to anywhere, i found half of the time just you guys talking in the front scene of everything around you, what a waste of shooting at wherever you wanted to show to people
Yes, carry your passports everywhere in China. I heard that you just need to use your passport as your train tickets. Some places probably check your passports for security reasons.
Looking forwarding to your genuine thoughts about China. Meanwhile ………..
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That's weather not pollution. You never see bright sun in the sky mid-November. Urumqi is not that industrial comparing to other Chinese cities. 6:42 and few minutes later holding an umbrella you telling me that's not weather. 😆😆😆😂
How comes air quality in Urumqi being that low? Aren't the sales of EV in Urumqi as high as in the rest of CN, where air quality has massively increased due to EV rise and green energy? Also a lot of the green energy projects are in XJ, so that should shift things towards cleaner air, too, i would assume. Where does the bad air come from?
Others in the comments are saying lots still use coal to heat in the winter. We also saw lots of street vendors cooking with coal. We saw more EVs in China than any other country we have been to but there is still lots of IC cars too. It all just adds up, plus there is always industry but I don't know enough about that to make any meaningful statement in that regard.
Avoid traveling in the north of China in Winter, the smog is the worst in winter. The mall you visited is probabaly a furniture mall.
Well there is a mall in the city where I live that they only sell home furniture and it is a 4 storey complex. There used to be a movie theatre there too but it is now closed because there are not so many people going there though it is my favourite cinema to go to.
I like your logic when document videos, would love to see you would adopt same logic to document America and its notorious for native ppl treatment as well.
Sorry, I don't understand. We didn't document any "notorious" treatment of anyone in this video? We just went to a museum and a movie and some parks.... Did you watch the video?
💪😎👍🇨🇳中國就是世界的未來。
Those meat will make 4 dishes of noodles here in Japan!
Thank you for telling the truth about China!
We always try our best! 👍
We were told on the media about allegations of genocide targeting minorities in Xinjiang. Could you help find evidence of real genocide or cultural genocide there, similar to the situation in Gaza?
More China videos Pls!!!
More coming and we had lots from another trip we did a few years ago... Go check them out too! You will like them 😄
@ will do!
Have a good day.
Thank you. Any day eating Chinese food is a good day.
Just the time of the weather as the same every where else on earth, why you don't go in May ,June, July, August.
Because we were traveling in Europe and turkey at that time... Making our way here.
These are paradise’s compare to crime filled cities in both USA and Europe 😮😮😮
How unfortunate that North American tourists tend to use Western perspectives to judge Eastern cultures. If you want to find faults to prove your biases you can and you will. It's easy to convince yourself that you've found evidence to prove your point, whether it's true or not. I too can judge others just by looking at them superficially without ever exploring their history in depth or trying to understand why they do things the way they do. That would take an open mind and too much time so why bother.
欢迎❤
🎉🎉🎉
Wonder more foreigners are going China for travel now
It’s unbelievable that China still has a place or two that has air pollution 😮!? Xing Jiang uses almost only clean energy…
Chinese people are in general very friendly, people are used to helping each other since the old agricultural times, don’t care your skin colors (color doesn’t make one superior or inferior in their eyes) in China since ancient times there are already so many ethnicities (colors of skin) but all speak Madarin or dialects. Those who don’t like China, doesn’t matter either, don’t have to come to China… won’t be missed… China has 1.4 B people already. Love China❤👍. It’s still so much better than the West! 🤫
Westerners who see things they don’t have in their country and say “so weird!” You need to see more of the world and get out of your bubble😂
Make sure to like and subscribe so you can watch all 300 videos of us traveling all over the world. Probably one of those places is out of our bubble enough for you... If you don't think Xinjiang counts 🥱
Free the Uyghurs of Xinjiang
No country prefects.
Factually true.
nice..
Chinese govt doing well.😊
if xinjiang is notorious how do you describe Us Canada and Australia where millions of indigenous people were killed.
Yes, in the 'West' it happened a number of times. In Canada it's even worse maybe than the USA. We had state sponsored Catholic schools specifically designed for cultural genocide and erasure of first nations identity. Many persons were subjected to sexual abuse by catholic teachers and priests and hundreds if not thousands of young children were killed and hidden in mass graves. It's a horrifying and dark part of our history..... Our government was fucked and did such horrendous things that it should never be forgiven and needs to live with the legacy of horror it created.
Is that a description enough for you? We Canadians are not afraid to be honest and critical of our government and our history. No need to hide or pretend the bad stuff didn't happen. That's the beauty of Canada and being Canadian.
@@WanderingBluePassports I don't think there is similar Genocide like Canadian Government done in Xinjiang modern time, but probably you won't believe it. I have uyghur friend, and I believe there is discrimination and opression for Uyghur at certain level, I think more similar with what happen with muslim/ethnic arab in US after 911 then genocide from anglo saxon in north american to indigenous people.
But if you like history, there are genocide, i think in 18th centry by Qing and Uyghur to dzungar peoples. Uyghurs killed probably 80% of dzungars and uyghurs become majority in xinjiang.
@@WanderingBluePassports how come I rarely hear westerner say I come to notorius BC or Ontario. Plus indigenous people is still poorly treated in Canada and US.
@edmonyu2327 Absolutely, Canada has a lot of work to do around reconciliation. Even still many first nations do not have clean water. I am not afraid to say it. Lots still to do.
@@WanderingBluePassports It’s good to know that Canada acknowledges their mistake. However, when the West says that there’s ‘genocide’, why the Uyghur population has been continually increasing in reality? The West simply put what they did in the past onto China when China did none of them. It’s one of the strategies lead by the U.S. and followed by their allies to contain and hinder China’s development by causing disruption in Xinjiang. Such as spreading lies and rumors and funding separatist, which are done in an academic-government-media trinity approach. The more disruptions occur in Xinjiang, the more success they are in containing China. Another example of what the West did was smearing that there’s forced labor in Xinjiang. Taking the accusation of ‘forced labor in Xinjiang Cotton’ for instance, the U.S. ‘conveniently’ accused China of something what America did in its history again. While the truth is that 90% of cotton planting and picking in Xinjiang are mechanized. So I guess it’s forcing machines to work? Btw, cotton is a major industry in Xinjiang, the reason to defame it is pretty obvious, isn’t it?
did white monkey is a well spread concept in western world? how many percentage average westerners know what white monkey means?
Not many know about the concept I don't think 😂
Sign me up though, I'll pose for a mattress company just because I'm foreign. Easy $$$ lol
@@WanderingBluePassports The problem is less white monkey job in china now compare before. Probably smaller city has more chances got job of monkey job. Monkey job also exist here in Indonesia, pretty sure also exist in japan probably 5 decades ago, probably never as rampant as China. But the more modern, inferiority complex to white people will lessen. Singapore use to pay white people more compare to other asian expat, but nowadays probably not different, with the same qualification.
welcome to China
Thank you!
8:15这是纳斯尔丁阿凡提，中亚诸国和中国都闻名的穆斯林传说智者人物
Good to know, you see his cartoon everywhere like a city mascot or something. Thanks for the context!
How dare you are, you post your video here and you call you tube a liar?
just learn the metric system jeez
horrible old style music
欢迎你们来中国玩❤
Thank you.
❤😂🎉❤😂🎉
Hahaha
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