China has revealed its true nature for all the world to see, and what people are seeing is very troubling to them. Despite China's massive propaganda program, most people are fully aware of the true nature of the gulag system that the CCP has created. The world is rejecting China's vision of an oppressive authoritarian system that grinds the lives of individual people under the boot heels of a political elite in Beijing.
The problem is that Shanghainese are smart enough to know that they need that Foreign Capital to survive, however for the last 4 years or so, the CCP has slowly been pushing China into isolationism, not all that different from North Korea or the Soviet Union.
@@zaryalace7475In fact if the CCP were to fall, both Shanghai and Hong Kong would be the first to drift further away from China to do their own thing.
Unfortunately this won't hurt them too much, apparently most of them actually live in America, or at least their families are. If you could trace their connection and hold them accountable within America and Canada, the CCP will panic. 90% of all CCP members and their families can have dual-citizenship to western nations. They also have a ton of wealth, so why the heck would they live in a country being hit by disasters after disasters? They only remain there because going elsewhere will have them arrested by Interpol. Just like how Russia is a sanctuary for hackers and criminals, China is a no-man's land for Chinese dictators. How unfortunate that the PLA is so obedient to the CCP.
It was not the Shanghainese that have been driving the xenophobia and anti foreigner policies. As usual, those who pay the price are not the ones responsible for the crimes.
@@brucetownsend691 Sure! the worst thing is to know that those responsible will never be punished... there, I believe that the Chinese are at the end of what they can endure, their anger will probably be equal to the carnage suffered... and the officials s will fly away like sparrows!
The Australian government warned Australians to leave China because of the risk of arbitrary arrest - basically Beijing kidnapping foreigners, claiming they are spies, in order to force concessions. An Australian who is currently imprisoned there was finally able to make contact with Australia on the weekend and revealed she is only allowed to see sunlight for a total of ten hours per year. That is unimaginably cruel. Hong Kong was once crowded with Australian expats working there, you would always hear Australian accents on the street. Those days are long gone and now Hong Kongers are being granted refugee status in Australia.
The world slowly starting to understand the bad secret of china and how china work, they want foreigners only for white monkey jobs and for promote china to the world but as soon as they decide they don't need them anymore they do whatever they want with them becouse the country is under dictatorship in a fascist-comunist enviroment so if police go to a foreigner and decide to take it away they will do it and no one will ever know what happened to him
I lived in Shanghai for 8 years. 5 wonderful years and three of total totalitarian regime, isolation and covid hysteria. I left and relocated to Singapore because i didnt want to ruin my good memories. Only those who suffered lockdowns in 2022 have known the real China…terrifying regime!
@@airaction6423you cannot compare Canana to how us foreigner were treated in shanghai during the pandemic we were treated like animals and kept indoor. It was extremely horrifying I left as soon as I could.
To be fair, Xi said in his own words, "....We, Chinese People are strong, self-sufficient, we're a rising country, & we don't need the rest of the worlds help.." Yeah. Remember when he called the Wolf Warroirs of Diplomacies? Because I sure do.
@@kaizaodari2185 gee, maybe it has to do with how they locked us all up like animals for months?? beat dogs to death, separated mother/baby, and forced themselves into our bodies via cotton swabs every 48 hours or else thrown into an unsanitary group prison.... over the flu? ...and then pretend the whole thing never happened & hid the true number of deaths after zero covid? some level of arrogance to think we would actually come back after that LOL
Step 1: Bully and threaten foreign companies for decades until it becomes impossible to do business in China Step 2: They all move their businesses to other countries like India because of it, leaving your economy in ruins Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit I can't imagine what possibly went wrong with such a brilliant economic plan!😂🤣😅
That's the thing, their idea is to ruin everyone else so China looks like the only sanctuary left. The Chinese way is to make use of your kin and their kin, via dual-citizenship, marriage, and hand twisting through familial or romantic ties (honeypots). Blackmail is their top used tool to get influences.
You forget another reason for the decline of foreigners in China. The lockdowns introduced the world to remote work and virtual meetings. Why should people continue to travel to China for business, when they can just have a virtual meeting with their workers?
@@nerychristianI think you are forgetting about the new “spy prevention” law. No one wants to be on constant threat of ip theft and arbitrary jail time.
Not to mention when you ask them to manufacture something, they will eventually steal your idea, make a knock off version, and sell under another brand.
Westerners did not flee Shanghai due to the lack of economic opportunity. They fled Shanghai after experiencing the terror of a totalitarian government during the three years of lock-down and hysteria. Even after the lock-down was relaxed the PRC government continued to close the doors to the country with numerous new anti-foreigner laws. Westerners left the PRC out of concern for their own personal safety.
Exactly. And I had brainwashed Chinese friends tell me that I was crazy for leaving China due to safety because it was soooo much safer than the US. LOL. Really? Last I checked, the US govt would never come to my house at 3am and haul me off to an unsanitary government quarantine camp for weeks on end. Or beat my covid positive pet to death. Or take my covid positive baby away from me. Or force itself into my body via cotton swab every 48 hours or else no food. Only to open the covid flood gates (without prep of good vaccines/meds), have loads of vulnerable people die, and then hide the death count. A country with inhumane leaders like this with absolute power over everybody is So Safe! LOL
One minute they ridicule the foreigners, calling them names , pass crazy laws that can get🤔 foreigners over 'espionage' charges and ish.🤦Now they are acting shocked that the foreigners actually left and believed what they said 🤣🤣🤣🤣The Chinese sure can be funny sometimes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are definitely referring to the USA where non-whites will never be an American and where racism is a way of life!! Blacks, Asians, Latinos having stayed in US over hundred of years will always be a second class citizens experiencing racism on a daily basis. And it is confirmed that you are indeed talking about US as it has been passing crazy laws in the name of national security and they even ban consumer products produced by Huawei, DJI, etc, etc. How paranoid can you get!
I had a great time in China, my city was Ningbo. People weren't especially rude, it was just like NY where you had to push for what you wanted. That being said, I heard stories and the truth is: Nonmatter what, you will never be treated like Chinese if you aren't (even if you speak their language, marry, and get citizenship. And 2, if you are a foreigner running a business in China your clock is ticking. Sooner or later a local will want your business, and the CCP will do everything in their power to force you out.
@jies2811 Which part? I know a French man who studied Chinese for 12 years in Beijing married and git citizenship, had traveled all over the country and he was still called a foreigner. I know 2 different foreign owned businesses that were swiftly shut down and bought the very month a Chinese competitor opened across the street.
You need mental help if you think NY isnt rude and nasty. Communism is a mental disorder so it makes sense. What part of Communists have TOTAL POWER don't you understand? That is WHY they are Communists, POWER.
I've traveled over quite a bit of China over the years, including Beijing and Shanghai, among many others, large and small. I was sometimes the object of curiosity and I rarely felt like people were rude BECAUSE I was a foreigner. I also have friends there. Last time I visited was 2017. I always enjoyed the trips, but by 2017 you could see this coming. I don't feel like it's really safe to go now. Certainly, it is not a welcoming place anymore. Life is short. I will travel to other places where I'm not treated like The Enemy.
Yes. The Chinese are, in general, very rude; not only to foreigners, but also to anyone in their own country, especially if they are of a lower status. They endear themselves to no one, not even their own kind.
Will that happen. It survived the communist fall of the early 90's. It may have scared them to go to a more capitalist model but it appears that fear has left then and I don't see petite uprising even when there family and prison have been washed away in food or starving in lockdowns
@@zb3495 if you are referring to China's economy. It is in decline. Like all the economies of the world at this moment. All the world's governments are in a state of dysfunction. Broken.
I don't think you understand how this works. Once foreigners stop injecting money into the city, it's going to be a slow death for the city. Businesses will shut down, people will fight over low wage jobs. It will eventually affect everyone.
The people complaining are complaining because China's whole economy is toast.......things are going to get very bad and there will be civil unrest and the CCP will use deadly force
I used to live in Shaghai, and think them calling most foreigners is fair, since most don't speak a word Mandarin. Partly the fault of their non existing immigration policies, though.
@@EdoTyrancalling people foreigners “外国人” is OK to me. Calling them „老外”, which is a disparaging and ridiculing word is not cool. Whether they speak Chinese or not. The Chinese need to be treated abroad like they like to treat foreigners in their country.
If you are white or none Chinese, then no matter what you are foreigner. The big problem is that foreigners in China think they are privileged, and find it difficult to stay within the law
Sad to see. It was quite an impressive place when I was there for two weeks several years ago. The botched Covid experience followed by crackdowns on businesses and Taiwan Saber rattling has killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Where is Jack? Everyone is looking at Vietnam and other places to relocate to. Nice job, President for life Xi.
Just accepted a position in Vietnam and I move there next week. I am looking forward to helping them become great :) All China has left are the losers of the West that have no options elsewhere. You can keep 'em, China. We don't want those slugs elsewhere. They add nothing.
'The botched Covid experience' What are you talking about ? Do you think that the US did better ? Per worldometers, the US has 3,501 covid deaths per 1 million population. Scaled by population, China would have had 4.9 million deaths. No one is arguing that happened. Why didn't it ? Because China eliminated or suppressed all the variants up to including Delta. Its population only had to deal with Omicron. You can legitimately claim that China should have opened up 5 ~ 12 months earlier. You can legitimately criticise Xi and the CCP for any number of things. But FFS quit it with the revisionist history on China's overall covid response.
The East Asian habit of physically segregating non East Asians and calling them foreigners (which is common in China, South Korea, and to some extent Taiwan and of course japan) is a deterrent especially when good times end. And note that the lady in the hat is only missing “foreigners” because their absence is costing her money. The habit of seeing westerners as utilities is another reason why they split.
It's funny how in most Western cities, you're not suddenly seeing less Chinese. They're here permanently, and would be insulted to be called 'foreigners'. They're.......ahem........ Chinese American or Chinese Australian.........or just 'Australian'. It's funny how the rules are different for them.
@@noelgibson5956both America and Australia were founded by Anglo celts Imagine we started calling all non Anglo celts foreigners that would be funny everyone would get upset There is a clear double standard
As they say in Cantonese in HK... you're just a condom, and after they used you, out you go. Rather than an adult and mature way to say.."we are doing this"... All they care about is... "I want more wives, and I now have powers.... and I can sleep around with whoever I want, and whenever I want".... Rather than to plan an actual society and economy and have a succession planning model to move forward with.
I can testify to the loss of foreigners in Shanghai. I’ve been here since 2010 and have seen the ebbs and flows. These days there is a feeling that the best years have passed. I miss the old SH.
The main problem is the lockdowns backfired on China. It introduced the world to remote work and virtual meetings. So people who had moved to China in order to do work, are now able to go back to the USA and just use online meetings or remote work.
I'm not so sure. There are many Chinatowns and Little Tokyos around the world. Does it say the same thing as Foreigner Street? The difference is in naming the specific culture. If more 'foreigners' moved to Shanghai, there might be more places like the French Quarter (NY Town, Little London, etc.)
When I was in Shanghai in summer 2016, it was packed with people! All the stores were open, and so many people loved to work and visit Shanghai. The attitude was that China was prospering and would never stop growing.. Sad to see how things have progressed since then.
Until the pandemic, most of the young people, born in the 80s and since, had only known a China that was consistently better than the year before, year after year. There was a young energy and optimism. Only older parents and grandparents who knew the Cultural Revolution were wary. Even the Great Recession was mild compared to the rest of the world. The last three years have been a shock and a wakeup call to a whole generation who thought the only direction things moved was up.
lets make this very clear. you don't seem to be getting the point. we left Shanghai because of the communist party. not covid. We want be back unto the communist party falls.
"Shanghainese are so sad for the Decline and the Worst part is no hope! Why are foreigners leaving?" Why are foreigners leaving? Surely that is not a serious question? the mainland population cannot possibly be that ignorant of what their "elected" government is doing? If they are then there is no hope for them. 🤯🤯
This is good news for the Chinese people because they do not like foreigners (especially the Japanese) so the more that leave, the happier they will be. This is not negative for the average person at all.
In actual fact,, China used to love Japan, until around 1980. After that, Jiang Zemin worsen the condition of friendship between the China-Japan. Communist Party of China: We kept lying and propagandsiing only Japan was evil in these 40 years. Many Chinese respect Japanese, but no Chinese respect Koreans. Historically, there are many Chinese who think of Koreans as slaves.
Friends who worked in Beijing have left. (businesses) 2 friends who are teachers in Shanghai will return for 1 more year. they don't see it getting better but they have a contract.
@@fs5775 .. absolutely worth it. they schooled my Woke kids on how people Disappear. they both had pupils who disappeared after the White Paper protests. they're hoping that as foreigners, they won't go missing but i fear for both of them. they're betting the ability to work through difficult situations will be a Golden Ticket for future jobs.
It seems that there really are people... which means that these shops worked with such high prices that probably only foreigners could afford their products. If they can't adapt to the reality of the locals, it's okay for them to disappear.
When you push and chase people away they will leave with their wealth and their blessings follows them. Now they said as if they don't know how they treat foreigners there.
I know of someone by proxy that works in China. Couldn't visit his family in Germany during zero covid. I think he was here this year and had a few weeks in quarantine before being allowed back in. I'm not sure if this is true for all. But being in China is pretty inconvenient I guess. Though I'm unsure if he's still there given the situation I see here on this channel.
foreigners have their own countries - don't make china germany britain ... their homes - leave - britain is not india germany is not mideast china is china - never come back - one usa is one too many - country should be by dna blood not like usa by paper ink
It's a pity that the Chinese government and officials make life so difficult for foreigners in China, sure it's difficult for everyone, but as a foreigner you are so limited in terms of help and security (for your job/home/bank etc). Such a nice place to actually live in, well a city like Chengdu, but it's just not worth it to live in fear of being deported for some new law, or just because you're foreign. If they were less homogeneous, maybe it would be easier to welcome outsiders, but in the current state it doesn't feel like officials want foreigners in China.
Yes they don’t want foreigners to die it’s shameful as every thing is collapsing in China buildings,roads,bridges,tunnels now flooding….it’s ok for CCP if Chinese die …. even the data on deaths are not available
@@pierrex3226 Personal experience and close friends that have been detained. An example I can give is that I tried to cross the border from Mainland China to Macau, simply for vacation, and they denied me access after sitting in an interrogation room for nearly 8 hours. What was I interrogated for? Illegal border crossing... I had been working in the mainland for about 3 years at that point, with no issues regarding my papers or anything, yet they refused to believe me even after calling my boss and having him fly to Zhuhai, the city I was in to cross in to Macau. Eventually my boss got a lawyer to plead my case and in that moment they released me and basically forced me to go back to the city I was working in. Maybe it was just a bad day for those guys, but I was relentlessly questioned after giving my full cooperation and remaining calm, because I knew I did nothing wrong. Edit: I am not sure how common this is, I doubt it's very frequent otherwise no foreigners would still be in China, but I think it's wise to remain aware of potential situations and handle them appropriately.
If I had been in China during the lockdown, and subjected to its draconian measures, I would also have taken the first opportunity to get out that I could get - and never come back.
This is directly the fault of Jinping. Never forget this. He wanted to destroy his rival faction. He does not care for collateral damage. Despicable man he is that one
@@pierrex3226 Look up the Shanghai Clique as well as the removal of Hu Jintao from a recent large ceremony. Both of these are very important reasons why Jinping hates Shanghai. Additionally, Shanghai was known as the foreigners capital in China. All of these things are linked
Lived in Shanghai in 2012 for 6 months studying Mandarin. The feeling of a bright future was palpable, made many Chinese friends and foreign friends. Heartbreaking to see things like this. Like the miracle of the fall of the Soviet Union, I pray for a time when a Shanghai of international commerce, cooperation and pursuing ambitions dreams returns. Not sure what form this miracle would take and it is scary to think how it might happen. Love for the Chinese people, the CCP is a cancer.
Well the EU has millions of Chinese immigrants. Many work in menial jobs and it’s hard to imagine they have a visa. Perhaps they are English language “students.
Idk why they are asking why. They can blame the CCP and how they screwed it up for Chinese netizens when it comes to foreign affairs, especially with the west.
Sane thing happened here in usa, companies moved to produce there and cities went bankruptcy. China dumping products make a lot companies in other countries closed production. Now China is having same problem, companies closing production there
The foreign presence in China is not what it was 120 years ago. In today's world, China closing itself is really sad. They are even shutting themselves off to solutions to their environmental problems.
@@PapaFranku-qe2sc thanks for yr comment! I dont think so. Open consensus is far from CCP ancient-regime! Could the Bastille 1789 come again in Beijing?
Feels sad… Used to live in hustling bustling Shanghai once upon a time and I have non-erasable memories of the streets, the city, and HQ railway station!!! Seeing it deserted makes me sad!!! 😢
I saw the wildfires in Hawaii on Twitter, and the Chinese were very excited and laughed at this issue: they compared the wildfires in Hawaii to a large barbecue party in a democratic country, And emphasized that this is not an anti-human speech such as forest fires mocking the dead
The U.S. have helped China greatly for many decades, even before WW2. Huge foreign investments poured in, enormous technological assistance/transfers, and vast market opened up to them with most favored nation status granted. Virtually all of China was dirt poor pre-1980s and very backward. China was given an extended golden opportunity to benefit, to advance and evolve, and to join the community of nations. They have ample time to choose the path. China also owed on its old sovereign debt of $1.6T (aside interest) to the U.S. that remained unpaid. The Chinese government and its people show no appreciation and see the world as its harvest ground. Their public gloating and elation on the misfortunes of other nations do not surprise me any more.
LOCK DOWNS for 3 years and some still thought it was going to boom when it opens up. WTF. Its like a gambler doubling down on losing bets and not cleaver enough to close shop and cut their losses. The internal propaganda must be enormous. Now it's a minimum 10 years away from a partial recovery at the very best, more like 20 or more if at all. The smart ones bailed out early and have made good in other countries.
It is very easy to be selective in journalism, ShangHai decline is not nearly as bad a San Francisco decline both probably as a result of poor management decisions. I am an American and have mostly lived and own manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico and US - every government is trying to put you out of business with regulations and taxes and fees and fines - China a bit more unpredictable but no worse. Foreigners are leaving because China went through a rough patch, its a tough business environment ( some self inflicted, some inflicted because of trade restrictions and tariffs, some because covid was miserable and some because of instability in the world) and not as easy as it used to be to make money. I love China, love the Chinese people love living here and have no doubt it will come back.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant decrease in the number of foreigners living in Shanghai, with many leaving the once-prosperous city. Before the pandemic, there were approximately 460,000 foreigners from 47 countries living in Shanghai, but after the city underwent an irrational lockdown, many foreigners left. This has resulted in a deserted Foreigner Street, which was once bustling with people from different ethnic groups. The rental market for luxury real estate in Shanghai has been heavily affected, with many flats now empty and landlords struggling to pay rent to the owners. The departure of foreign executives working for multinational corporations from China suggests that these companies are downsizing or accelerating their withdrawal from the country. While this has had a direct impact on the rental and real estate market, it has also affected the economic development of Shanghai and the entire country. The situation has been likened to a failing family in an article titled "Shanghai makes us all sad," which has since been deleted. The depressed state of the city has struck a chord with many people, especially Shanghainese.
@@bogdanpopescu1401 While the pandemic has undoubtedly posed unprecedented challenges, labeling the response as "crazy" overlooks the global urgency to curb the virus's spread and safeguard public health. Blaming anti-foreign sentiments and anti-free-market trends might oversimplify the situation. Governments worldwide, including China, faced complex decisions to balance economic stability, health, and safety. It's important to acknowledge the intricate interplay of factors and recognize that responses were shaped by a need to protect citizens and communities amid a rapidly evolving crisis.
I remember when so many friends wanted to teach or work in China... and nowadays, it's quite the opposite. Yes, not everyone has the same attitude in China, but it's unpredictable so foreigners need to be careful because you could end up in jail for just being a citizen of another country. Who wants that??? Again, I still think there are some really good people/companies in China, but they don't control the country. But immigration has never been a priority for China.
I lived in Shanghai and I loved it. It was home, it was and still is a huge part even when I no longer live in that amazing pearl. Missing my Shanghainese friends
@BarneyRubbleJr 3 hours ago Well it sounds like you could have it to yourself these days, good luck 👍 ---------------- i thought carlitoshoway sounds like he's in usa where world love it n claim it home? one usa is one too many - multiculturalism doesn't work - the daily racial tention the hatecrime - get out of china germany ... don't make anymore usa n don't be like the afro latino ... americans - especially the africans n their racecards which is deadly n unfair to all other races - obama can't president n 8yrs world wide down economy n royals try to pull her up to top class - mm try to pull them down to her zero class - yatchgirl marriage annul suitcase girl broken family father bankrupt mother jailbird steal charity money no charity work ... alledgely but no smoke without fire - she superglue 2girls eyes shut usa woke promote africans but world renow african crime drug low iq forever poor no palace kingdom countries - unless u want u r country to become like theirs u don't import them or promote them in ads - look at son usa n mother uk 😭 freepass africans into harvard white hse palace ... is deadly - look around countries r n should be by dna blood not like wicked usa by paper ink u can't mix either obama's all black n harry's all white again already 🤣nature said no even they say "yes we can"
Such rapid rate of economic decline of PRChina, in just 3-years is unprecedented in the subject Study of Economics. This can only be caused by deliberate and highly destructive policy actions of the CCP Government to drive-away and to destroy; both local & international businesses, investments and trades and making it too risky and perilous for foreigners to further invest or even to remain invested in the PRChina. Opine, the Economy Decline End-Game has already come to PRChina. The next stage, moving forward, would be much uncertainty and surely dangerous, as the CCP Government cannot be removed nor would relinquish its Power & Control peacefully, th4 instead must exercise/implement exceptional drastic/draconian actions to stop further expressions of Chinese Citizens' dissents of its policies and its Power, by massive crackdowns/dispersions and surely sooner to stop & prevent further Chinese Citizens' exodus or fleeing the country. We are living in interesting times !.
Simple solution, change your leadership, stop bullying your neighbors, embrace the world, increase the quality of your products and enjoy wealth and prosperity your people never believed possible.
I doubt just the exit of Foreigners had so big of an impact on the economy; more likely the store closures (and the foreigners leaving) is just a sign of the recession we're heading into.
China has been the factory of the world for decades. There's a growing middle class consuming locally, but the GDP has been largely driven by exports. So I do think it matters that expats are leaving and foreign companies are closing shop to go to cheaper asian countries.
Nobody was going to Laowaijie (foreigner street) even before the pandemic. That area of Gubei wasn't popular anymore. There are definitely fewer foreigners in Shanghai but they would have found plenty if they'd gone to Found 158, Cages, Kangding Road area, or the French Concession.
Other places became popular. The expat population center shifted away from the Hongmei road area (where laowaijie is). Kangding road area became popular recently - go there any day of the week and it's packed with foreigners. @@pierrex3226
I've been living in China for five years. There was a three year period where the boarders were closed because of the pandemic meaning if you left you couldn't get back in. A lot of my fiends went home immediately after the first lock down started because we were told the schools would be closed for six months and they saw it as a great time to have a long visit home. Then the boarders closed while they were out and some of them are still trying to come back almost four years later. Also some of my friend's work visa's required them to go back to their home country once a year. So they also ended up locked out of China. I'm sure there are other reasons the Shanghai people left but I'm positive there were a lot of people who left for these reasons.
I spent a lot of money in Shanghai during my visits but wouldn't dare visit China with the CCP strong arming foreigners ,Asia has a lot of countries I will be visiting soon In the future
imagine being forced to be inside your buildings, starving or something... forced by the country so when the country "opens up" its time to run away... next time, you could die for real
The main difference of this mass exodus of Residents from China compared to NYC’s mass exodus during COVID is that now the NYC ppl are coming back but the foreigners prolly will take a veeeery long time to come back if ever……..
I would love to live in China. It's a beautiful place with great culture and the Chinese people are friendly, but the communist party is to unpredictable to have a stable life.
Yes and no. Indeed an amazing and vibrant culture (or technically cultures) and in general friendly, but the thing about Chinese culture within what is today the PRC historically and especially recently is that it is a very self-centric one. There’s a tendency to put itself on a (metaphorical) pedestal to the extreme and refuse as much outside influence as possible to the point of historically kneecapping itself, but also being (metaphorically speaking) violently opposed to outsiders/outside influence unless it can be extremely and continuously controlled via local authorities to as much as possible.
Things are a bit quieter here these days but it really isn't the apocalyptic nightmare these anti china channels like to portray. Still plenty of busy shops, malls and yes foreigners. But these channels only ever focus on the negative, so they'll never show you footage of the busy places. You could go to any city in the US and find a couple of boarded up shops and then tell the world that the whole city looks like that. And just how many of you commenters are actually in Shanghai right now? Not many I would imagine. But that's fine, just carry on getting your daily dose of anti China news for your little dopamine hit, regardless of how accurate the reporting is in these videos.
Actually, cities in the USA are also in decline. Not because they throw foreigners in jail, but because cities here are run by compartmentalized leftists. Crime and antibusiness decisions are killing St. Louis.
This voice sounds like a robot. Besides, most people in China outside Shanghai do not feel too sorry for the Shanghainese, who are as popular in China as New Yorkers are to Americans or Parisians to French people.
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Not people want to leave, but you push them away. Stability is what people want. Peace and respect are the basics in one's life.
The Shanghainese may like foreigners, but the CCP wants them out.
@ef9208 And don't forget proper rule of law and independent judiciary, and transparency.
China has revealed its true nature for all the world to see, and what people are seeing is very troubling to them. Despite China's massive propaganda program, most people are fully aware of the true nature of the gulag system that the CCP has created. The world is rejecting China's vision of an oppressive authoritarian system that grinds the lives of individual people under the boot heels of a political elite in Beijing.
@@EdgyNumber1Unfortunately CCP doesn’t want this! They are in control tightly of everything.
Yes they push them away cuz of their deep hate towards foreigners
The problem is that Shanghainese are smart enough to know that they need that Foreign Capital to survive, however for the last 4 years or so, the CCP has slowly been pushing China into isolationism, not all that different from North Korea or the Soviet Union.
Shanghai is always the first major Chinese city to turn in regime change.
@@zaryalace7475In fact if the CCP were to fall, both Shanghai and Hong Kong would be the first to drift further away from China to do their own thing.
even with all the billions feed to the dragon, the dragon is still North Korea 🤣🤣😂😂
You mean the west is pushing China to isolationism or ccp?
The joys of communism
It might sound sad, but I enjoy it.
Especially after the rise of chauvinism, silk road of piracy, and wolfy dreams; they earn what they deserve.
Unfortunately this won't hurt them too much, apparently most of them actually live in America, or at least their families are.
If you could trace their connection and hold them accountable within America and Canada, the CCP will panic.
90% of all CCP members and their families can have dual-citizenship to western nations. They also have a ton of wealth, so why the heck would they live in a country being hit by disasters after disasters? They only remain there because going elsewhere will have them arrested by Interpol.
Just like how Russia is a sanctuary for hackers and criminals, China is a no-man's land for Chinese dictators.
How unfortunate that the PLA is so obedient to the CCP.
I find it hard to sympathize with what's happening to Communist China. It's a bully and the people are rude and vain.
they did it to themselves 🤷♀ you reap what you sow. best of luck, Big Red, you ruined yourself
It was not the Shanghainese that have been driving the xenophobia and anti foreigner policies. As usual, those who pay the price are not the ones responsible for the crimes.
@@brucetownsend691 Sure! the worst thing is to know that those responsible will never be punished... there, I believe that the Chinese are at the end of what they can endure, their anger will probably be equal to the carnage suffered... and the officials s will fly away like sparrows!
The Australian government warned Australians to leave China because of the risk of arbitrary arrest - basically Beijing kidnapping foreigners, claiming they are spies, in order to force concessions. An Australian who is currently imprisoned there was finally able to make contact with Australia on the weekend and revealed she is only allowed to see sunlight for a total of ten hours per year. That is unimaginably cruel. Hong Kong was once crowded with Australian expats working there, you would always hear Australian accents on the street. Those days are long gone and now Hong Kongers are being granted refugee status in Australia.
They treat people with a conscience who speak out against draconian laws worse than murderers.
The world slowly starting to understand the bad secret of china and how china work, they want foreigners only for white monkey jobs and for promote china to the world but as soon as they decide they don't need them anymore they do whatever they want with them becouse the country is under dictatorship in a fascist-comunist enviroment so if police go to a foreigner and decide to take it away they will do it and no one will ever know what happened to him
That Australian is a CCP shill - she was working for CGTN. Don't waste your sympathy on her.
The Ccp is like Roundup overspray. It poisons every flourishing planting it comes in contact with. Sooner or later.
Now I’m just seeing 1 reply for real, but I see 5 replies listed in the All Comments section. 😅
I lived in Shanghai for 8 years. 5 wonderful years and three of total totalitarian regime, isolation and covid hysteria. I left and relocated to Singapore because i didnt want to ruin my good memories. Only those who suffered lockdowns in 2022 have known the real China…terrifying regime!
I moved from Canada for the same reason
@@airaction6423you cannot compare Canana to how us foreigner were treated in shanghai during the pandemic we were treated like animals and kept indoor. It was extremely horrifying I left as soon as I could.
Singapore is no better. People are criminalised over the slightest offence.
To be fair, Xi said in his own words, "....We, Chinese People are strong, self-sufficient, we're a rising country, & we don't need the rest of the worlds help.."
Yeah. Remember when he called the Wolf Warroirs of Diplomacies? Because I sure do.
China is on its way to becoming North Korea 2.0
😂😂😂
Right, now they are acting all shocked like they don't know why the foreigners left. 🤦
Yet, Dictator Xi still wants all the concessions, discounts and tariff cuts for his "third world developing country".
@@kaizaodari2185 gee, maybe it has to do with how they locked us all up like animals for months?? beat dogs to death, separated mother/baby, and forced themselves into our bodies via cotton swabs every 48 hours or else thrown into an unsanitary group prison.... over the flu? ...and then pretend the whole thing never happened & hid the true number of deaths after zero covid? some level of arrogance to think we would actually come back after that LOL
Step 1: Bully and threaten foreign companies for decades until it becomes impossible to do business in China
Step 2: They all move their businesses to other countries like India because of it, leaving your economy in ruins
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
I can't imagine what possibly went wrong with such a brilliant economic plan!😂🤣😅
That's the thing, their idea is to ruin everyone else so China looks like the only sanctuary left.
The Chinese way is to make use of your kin and their kin, via dual-citizenship, marriage, and hand twisting through familial or romantic ties (honeypots).
Blackmail is their top used tool to get influences.
You forget another reason for the decline of foreigners in China. The lockdowns introduced the world to remote work and virtual meetings. Why should people continue to travel to China for business, when they can just have a virtual meeting with their workers?
Where can I find more information about what you described?
@@nerychristianI think you are forgetting about the new “spy prevention” law. No one wants to be on constant threat of ip theft and arbitrary jail time.
Not to mention when you ask them to manufacture something, they will eventually steal your idea, make a knock off version, and sell under another brand.
Do they really miss the foreigners? Or the foreigners' money?
Precisely
They hate foreigners very much, but they cannot do without foreign capital
Farang no money? Go, dirty farang!
ok Thailand, wrong country pal@@ronnelacido1711
@@ronnelacido1711farang has money they just dont want to spend the money their
Westerners did not flee Shanghai due to the lack of economic opportunity. They fled Shanghai after experiencing the terror of a totalitarian government during the three years of lock-down and hysteria. Even after the lock-down was relaxed the PRC government continued to close the doors to the country with numerous new anti-foreigner laws. Westerners left the PRC out of concern for their own personal safety.
Exactly. And I had brainwashed Chinese friends tell me that I was crazy for leaving China due to safety because it was soooo much safer than the US. LOL. Really? Last I checked, the US govt would never come to my house at 3am and haul me off to an unsanitary government quarantine camp for weeks on end. Or beat my covid positive pet to death. Or take my covid positive baby away from me. Or force itself into my body via cotton swab every 48 hours or else no food. Only to open the covid flood gates (without prep of good vaccines/meds), have loads of vulnerable people die, and then hide the death count. A country with inhumane leaders like this with absolute power over everybody is So Safe! LOL
That is bullshit
A lot of them left because Biden gave them the choice of leaving Chin or lose their American citizenship. A smart move on Bidens part.
Same is currently happening in Kong Kong.
What anti foreigner laws?
One minute they ridicule the foreigners, calling them names , pass crazy laws that can get🤔 foreigners over 'espionage' charges and ish.🤦Now they are acting shocked that the foreigners actually left and believed what they said 🤣🤣🤣🤣The Chinese sure can be funny sometimes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not funny, just rude and foolish.
not the chinese, the ccp
@@songhan1586 meh, they act that way regardless of the ccp.
Best of luck on your whacko North Korean paradise, Big Red! 😃👋 We ain't ever coming back -The Rest of the World
You are definitely referring to the USA where non-whites will never be an American and where racism is a way of life!! Blacks, Asians, Latinos having stayed in US over hundred of years will always be a second class citizens experiencing racism on a daily basis. And it is confirmed that you are indeed talking about US as it has been passing crazy laws in the name of national security and they even ban consumer products produced by Huawei, DJI, etc, etc. How paranoid can you get!
I had a great time in China, my city was Ningbo. People weren't especially rude, it was just like NY where you had to push for what you wanted. That being said, I heard stories and the truth is: Nonmatter what, you will never be treated like Chinese if you aren't (even if you speak their language, marry, and get citizenship. And 2, if you are a foreigner running a business in China your clock is ticking. Sooner or later a local will want your business, and the CCP will do everything in their power to force you out.
So true
@jies2811 Which part? I know a French man who studied Chinese for 12 years in Beijing married and git citizenship, had traveled all over the country and he was still called a foreigner. I know 2 different foreign owned businesses that were swiftly shut down and bought the very month a Chinese competitor opened across the street.
Self vested iterest of the ccps.
You need mental help if you think NY isnt rude and nasty. Communism is a mental disorder so it makes sense. What part of Communists have TOTAL POWER don't you understand? That is WHY they are Communists, POWER.
Not entirely true, it all depends on your self, me im 100% considered a local, speak and write fluent.
I've traveled over quite a bit of China over the years, including Beijing and Shanghai, among many others, large and small. I was sometimes the object of curiosity and I rarely felt like people were rude BECAUSE I was a foreigner. I also have friends there. Last time I visited was 2017. I always enjoyed the trips, but by 2017 you could see this coming. I don't feel like it's really safe to go now. Certainly, it is not a welcoming place anymore. Life is short. I will travel to other places where I'm not treated like The Enemy.
2017 is about the time China stopped U.S.N. from allowing us to visit their ports for vacation time.
Yes. The Chinese are, in general, very rude; not only to foreigners, but also to anyone in their own country, especially if they are of a lower status. They endear themselves to no one, not even their own kind.
In china no justice 😢
Oh they don't forget, your 'friends' will likely be the bait and hostage to mess with you.
It’s not too late to wise up!
Shanghai will rise again.. after the CCP falls.. 😁😁
Will that happen. It survived the communist fall of the early 90's. It may have scared them to go to a more capitalist model but it appears that fear has left then and I don't see petite uprising even when there family and prison have been washed away in food or starving in lockdowns
Only a civil war can topple ccp!
They drank their own kool aid and believe the Chinese rise was due to communist ideology or socialism with Chinese characteristics😂
their arrogance will become their final downfall... what goes around, comes around
@@fs5775same happened when they lost their 2,000 year lead over the rest of the world, "pride comes before the fall" Bible
Its nice to hear that China's economy is declining.
Be careful about what you wish for.
It is nice. The country is run by incredibly evil people.
No, it isn’t.
@@zb3495 what isnt?
@@zb3495 if you are referring to China's economy. It is in decline. Like all the economies of the world at this moment. All the world's governments are in a state of dysfunction. Broken.
Typically locals are glad when there are fewer foreigners, I think those complaining are people who made make a living from foreigners.
I don't think you understand how this works. Once foreigners stop injecting money into the city, it's going to be a slow death for the city. Businesses will shut down, people will fight over low wage jobs. It will eventually affect everyone.
The people complaining are complaining because China's whole economy is toast.......things are going to get very bad and there will be civil unrest and the CCP will use deadly force
don't make china germany britain ... another usa - one usa is one too many - u have u r country leave others' country to others
foreigners scared they get locked up in a building with no food and chains on the doors
If they did that to me once, I'd be gone as soon as I could leave. Might be what's happened.
it's exactly what happened to me. shit got real. and suddenly the high paycheck I got there meant nothing. China? never again.@@bobkoure
The trust is broken.
foreigners leave - u have u r countries - let others have theirs - out
Egoistic Leadership and Yes men can transform a city. Building a City takes decades , destroying one takes only few years
What do you mean Yes man
@@twofish7939 where one man say do , thousands can only say yes . no one dares to disobey order from a man
muslims destroy germany britain sweden ... already - u have u r country leave others' alone
If I lived somewhere with people calling me foreigner and treating me diff, I would leave too. Treat others how you want to be treated
I used to live in Shaghai, and think them calling most foreigners is fair, since most don't speak a word Mandarin. Partly the fault of their non existing immigration policies, though.
@@EdoTyran fair
@@EdoTyrancalling people foreigners “外国人” is OK to me. Calling them „老外”, which is a disparaging and ridiculing word is not cool. Whether they speak Chinese or not.
The Chinese need to be treated abroad like they like to treat foreigners in their country.
You're very sensitive for sure white 😅😅😅 grow up a Chinese that doesn't speak 🙊the language in Europe/ USA is a foreigner you think just don't say
If you are white or none Chinese, then no matter what you are foreigner.
The big problem is that foreigners in China think they are privileged, and find it difficult to stay within the law
Sad to see. It was quite an impressive place when I was there for two weeks several years ago. The botched Covid experience followed by crackdowns on businesses and Taiwan Saber rattling has killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Where is Jack? Everyone is looking at Vietnam and other places to relocate to. Nice job, President for life Xi.
Just accepted a position in Vietnam and I move there next week. I am looking forward to helping them become great :) All China has left are the losers of the West that have no options elsewhere. You can keep 'em, China. We don't want those slugs elsewhere. They add nothing.
Xi aims to be greater thsn mao.
'The botched Covid experience'
What are you talking about ? Do you think that the US did better ? Per worldometers, the US has 3,501 covid deaths per 1 million population. Scaled by population, China would have had 4.9 million deaths. No one is arguing that happened. Why didn't it ? Because China eliminated or suppressed all the variants up to including Delta. Its population only had to deal with Omicron. You can legitimately claim that China should have opened up 5 ~ 12 months earlier. You can legitimately criticise Xi and the CCP for any number of things. But FFS quit it with the revisionist history on China's overall covid response.
The East Asian habit of physically segregating non East Asians and calling them foreigners (which is common in China, South Korea, and to some extent Taiwan and of course japan) is a deterrent especially when good times end. And note that the lady in the hat is only missing “foreigners” because their absence is costing her money. The habit of seeing westerners as utilities is another reason why they split.
It's funny how in most Western cities, you're not suddenly seeing less Chinese. They're here permanently, and would be insulted to be called 'foreigners'. They're.......ahem........ Chinese American or Chinese Australian.........or just 'Australian'. It's funny how the rules are different for them.
@@noelgibson5956both America and Australia were founded by Anglo celts Imagine we started calling all non Anglo celts foreigners that would be funny everyone would get upset
There is a clear double standard
As they say in Cantonese in HK... you're just a condom, and after they used you, out you go. Rather than an adult and mature way to say.."we are doing this"... All they care about is... "I want more wives, and I now have powers.... and I can sleep around with whoever I want, and whenever I want".... Rather than to plan an actual society and economy and have a succession planning model to move forward with.
That’s not a “lady” in the hat...
I can testify to the loss of foreigners in Shanghai. I’ve been here since 2010 and have seen the ebbs and flows. These days there is a feeling that the best years have passed. I miss the old SH.
Can you share which VPNs you have found to actually work?
@@gauisblach7757 Many people have had success with Astrill.
The main problem is the lockdowns backfired on China. It introduced the world to remote work and virtual meetings. So people who had moved to China in order to do work, are now able to go back to the USA and just use online meetings or remote work.
You reap what the CCP sows
@@gauisblach7757 Good one 🙂
The old adage holds true: Be careful who you kick on your way up, you’ll meet them again on your way down!
Any place that has a street called "foreigner street" tells you all you need to know about that society.
You're just a foreign wàiguó rén laowai, what would you know!!!?
Or a street called "Palace Road" and having only one single family living there.
More polite than "Foreign Devils Way" I guess.
@@zZ38PYB50guA9PUuDhAI😮 That's what happens when you have the world smallest dick size
I'm not so sure. There are many Chinatowns and Little Tokyos around the world. Does it say the same thing as Foreigner Street? The difference is in naming the specific culture. If more 'foreigners' moved to Shanghai, there might be more places like the French Quarter (NY Town, Little London, etc.)
do chinese really care if foreigners live in china or not .. id say they don't
Just want their money.
🤣😂one Chinese guy once told me American people’s no goo American money Berry goo
They are nothing without foreigners and their money. They are wannabe westerners.
and their knowledge@@davidshanahan5134
Foreigners also don’t care.
Pull everything out of that dump 🇨🇳
When I was in Shanghai in summer 2016, it was packed with people! All the stores were open, and so many people loved to work and visit Shanghai. The attitude was that China was prospering and would never stop growing.. Sad to see how things have progressed since then.
Progressed??? 😳😳😳😳
Xi the dictator happened. Authoterian regim never ends well. Freedome is must for progress.
Until the pandemic, most of the young people, born in the 80s and since, had only known a China that was consistently better than the year before, year after year. There was a young energy and optimism. Only older parents and grandparents who knew the Cultural Revolution were wary. Even the Great Recession was mild compared to the rest of the world. The last three years have been a shock and a wakeup call to a whole generation who thought the only direction things moved was up.
I am implying that China has not progressed, but regressed, to clarify..@@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643
lets make this very clear. you don't seem to be getting the point. we left Shanghai because of the communist party. not covid. We want be back unto the communist party falls.
I left due to both reasons.
"Shanghainese are so sad for the Decline and the Worst part is no hope! Why are foreigners leaving?"
Why are foreigners leaving? Surely that is not a serious question? the mainland population cannot possibly be that ignorant of what their "elected" government is doing? If they are then there is no hope for them. 🤯🤯
I thought Mainland Chinese hated foreigners?.
They do. but, $$$$$ is $$$$
They h everybody, including other Chinese
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz The Westernized ones?.
@@SiranoxzI think any other Chinese and maybe even their own mothers.
so true, such an unhappy place@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz
Why would anyone want to a country where the regular citizen are dying to leave even the rich are trying to leave HELLO😂😂😂
The CCP have displayed many "red flags" so the foreigners left.
This is good news for the Chinese people because they do not like foreigners (especially the Japanese) so the more that leave, the happier they will be. This is not negative for the average person at all.
In actual fact,, China used to love Japan, until around 1980. After that, Jiang Zemin worsen the condition of friendship between the China-Japan.
Communist Party of China: We kept lying and propagandsiing only Japan was evil in these 40 years.
Many Chinese respect Japanese, but no Chinese respect Koreans. Historically, there are many Chinese who think of Koreans as slaves.
Friends who worked in Beijing have left. (businesses) 2 friends who are teachers in Shanghai will return for 1 more year. they don't see it getting better but they have a contract.
I broke my contract. What can they do? I am making less money elsewhere but it's so worth it.
@@fs5775 .. absolutely worth it. they schooled my Woke kids on how people Disappear. they both had pupils who disappeared after the White Paper protests.
they're hoping that as foreigners, they won't go missing but i fear for both of them.
they're betting the ability to work through difficult situations will be a Golden Ticket for future jobs.
It seems that there really are people... which means that these shops worked with such high prices that probably only foreigners could afford their products. If they can't adapt to the reality of the locals, it's okay for them to disappear.
Sadly, their people turn ignorance into a belief, a greedy desire, a cult of the devil. Created a tragedy for himself.
When you push and chase people away they will leave with their wealth and their blessings follows them.
Now they said as if they don't know how they treat foreigners there.
I pray that more can be saved. My heart goes out to you all in China during this flooding. I am from California, USA.
I know of someone by proxy that works in China. Couldn't visit his family in Germany during zero covid. I think he was here this year and had a few weeks in quarantine before being allowed back in. I'm not sure if this is true for all. But being in China is pretty inconvenient I guess.
Though I'm unsure if he's still there given the situation I see here on this channel.
Pretty sure if he doesn't go back in, the Chinese government would likely blackmail him with something they got off of him.
NOT ENOUGH. FOREIGNERS HAVE TO LEAVE EVERYONE MUST LEAVE
foreigners have their own countries - don't make china germany britain ... their homes - leave - britain is not india germany is not mideast china is china - never come back - one usa is one too many - country should be by dna blood not like usa by paper ink
It's a pity that the Chinese government and officials make life so difficult for foreigners in China, sure it's difficult for everyone, but as a foreigner you are so limited in terms of help and security (for your job/home/bank etc). Such a nice place to actually live in, well a city like Chengdu, but it's just not worth it to live in fear of being deported for some new law, or just because you're foreign. If they were less homogeneous, maybe it would be easier to welcome outsiders, but in the current state it doesn't feel like officials want foreigners in China.
Yes they don’t want foreigners to die it’s shameful as every thing is collapsing in China buildings,roads,bridges,tunnels now flooding….it’s ok for CCP if Chinese die …. even the data on deaths are not available
Is that a thing, being a foreigner and living in fear of some arbitrary arrest / deportation? That sounds like Iran, not China. Do you have examples?
@@pierrex3226 Personal experience and close friends that have been detained. An example I can give is that I tried to cross the border from Mainland China to Macau, simply for vacation, and they denied me access after sitting in an interrogation room for nearly 8 hours. What was I interrogated for? Illegal border crossing... I had been working in the mainland for about 3 years at that point, with no issues regarding my papers or anything, yet they refused to believe me even after calling my boss and having him fly to Zhuhai, the city I was in to cross in to Macau. Eventually my boss got a lawyer to plead my case and in that moment they released me and basically forced me to go back to the city I was working in. Maybe it was just a bad day for those guys, but I was relentlessly questioned after giving my full cooperation and remaining calm, because I knew I did nothing wrong.
Edit: I am not sure how common this is, I doubt it's very frequent otherwise no foreigners would still be in China, but I think it's wise to remain aware of potential situations and handle them appropriately.
If I had been in China during the lockdown, and subjected to its draconian measures, I would also have taken the first opportunity to get out that I could get - and never come back.
That's exactly what I did. And I will never go back. When I remember China, I shudder. Lesson learned ✔
u have u r country leave others' countries to others
@@bobevans9996 Are you telling me I can't travel? In that case, F you buddy. I'll go where I please.
This is directly the fault of Jinping. Never forget this. He wanted to destroy his rival faction. He does not care for collateral damage. Despicable man he is that one
What rival faction? What does it have to do with Shanghai?
@@pierrex3226 Look up the Shanghai Clique as well as the removal of Hu Jintao from a recent large ceremony. Both of these are very important reasons why Jinping hates Shanghai. Additionally, Shanghai was known as the foreigners capital in China. All of these things are linked
@@Penrose707 thanks I'll look that up!
Lived in Shanghai in 2012 for 6 months studying Mandarin. The feeling of a bright future was palpable, made many Chinese friends and foreign friends. Heartbreaking to see things like this. Like the miracle of the fall of the Soviet Union, I pray for a time when a Shanghai of international commerce, cooperation and pursuing ambitions dreams returns. Not sure what form this miracle would take and it is scary to think how it might happen. Love for the Chinese people, the CCP is a cancer.
@jies2811Blah, blag, blah.
Unfortunately lots lots of Chinese can't tell the difference between political party and nation because of the brain wash education
@jies2811 Nazi's said the same thing about the Nazi party.
@jies2811parrot
Rare to see cross dresser in China😂
That what COMMUNISM does.. BYE BYE
China learned that if you play stupid games (lockdowns), you win...
... stupid prizes
...second global covid epidemic. Again from china.
Xi is one heavy rain away from losing the Mandate of Heaven. He has done some very strange things, at least strange to an American.
Well the EU has millions of Chinese immigrants. Many work in menial jobs and it’s hard to imagine they have a visa. Perhaps they are English language “students.
Idk why they are asking why. They can blame the CCP and how they screwed it up for Chinese netizens when it comes to foreign affairs, especially with the west.
Sane thing happened here in usa, companies moved to produce there and cities went bankruptcy.
China dumping products make a lot companies in other countries closed production. Now China is having same problem, companies closing production there
The foreign presence in China is not what it was 120 years ago. In today's world, China closing itself is really sad. They are even shutting themselves off to solutions to their environmental problems.
this strictly reminds me of our experience in 1990 to 2010 over japanese economy!
And Japan was able to speak about the issues and solutions openly. Will China navigate this without being able to discuss it?
@@PapaFranku-qe2sc thanks for yr comment!
I dont think so.
Open consensus is far from CCP ancient-regime!
Could the Bastille 1789 come again in Beijing?
@@PapaFranku-qe2sc They already tried in 90`s and 00`s, now we can see where it guided them.
Feels sad… Used to live in hustling bustling Shanghai once upon a time and I have non-erasable memories of the streets, the city, and HQ railway station!!! Seeing it deserted makes me sad!!! 😢
I just hope Australia closes its borders.
Australia is a hot, desert sh(i)thole.
I saw the wildfires in Hawaii on Twitter, and the Chinese were very excited and laughed at this issue: they compared the wildfires in Hawaii to a large barbecue party in a democratic country,
And emphasized that this is not an anti-human speech such as forest fires mocking the dead
I’m part Chinese ancestry myself. I don’t like anyone from mainland China. I personally avoid them as much as possible
Watch their entire country flood now. Should we invite these amazing people to a pool party?
@@alexturnbackthearmy1907 Hope this [pool party] can wake up the Chinese people and resist their evil regime
The U.S. have helped China greatly for many decades, even before WW2. Huge foreign investments poured in, enormous technological assistance/transfers, and vast market opened up to them with most favored nation status granted. Virtually all of China was dirt poor pre-1980s and very backward. China was given an extended golden opportunity to benefit, to advance and evolve, and to join the community of nations. They have ample time to choose the path. China also owed on its old sovereign debt of $1.6T (aside interest) to the U.S. that remained unpaid. The Chinese government and its people show no appreciation and see the world as its harvest ground. Their public gloating and elation on the misfortunes of other nations do not surprise me any more.
@@icemann4699 my family escaped China and lived in Hong Kong for a bit. I hope China fall to their knees.
I have much sympathy for the Chinese people, they deserve to be treated better by their leadership.
In order to be treated better by their leadership they have to demand it.
@@ayorkiiif you believe they don't, check their prison population. Dictatorship is never the cause of the victims.
CCP killed the golden goose.
The world is so jealous about their success. Shanghai is over crowded. Don't think they even want more foreigners.
Capitalism ain’t perfect, but Communism will ruin everything. Shanghai is one of the endless examples. No luck.
It's more like authoritariansim, not communism.
The Chinese people have learned to live on the ragged edge of their financial capacity. The pull back is tipping the masses over the edge.
Very well said.
Shanghai Noon is my fav Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson duo movie.
LOCK DOWNS for 3 years and some still thought it was going to boom when it opens up. WTF. Its like a gambler doubling down on losing bets and not cleaver enough to close shop and cut their losses. The internal propaganda must be enormous. Now it's a minimum 10 years away from a partial recovery at the very best, more like 20 or more if at all. The smart ones bailed out early and have made good in other countries.
Too bad I never got to visit China. Maybe in another lifetime 😢 Splendid job CCP, just splendid...
u have u r own country - do u have to have others'
It is very easy to be selective in journalism, ShangHai decline is not nearly as bad a San Francisco decline both probably as a result of poor management decisions. I am an American and have mostly lived and own manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico and US - every government is trying to put you out of business with regulations and taxes and fees and fines - China a bit more unpredictable but no worse. Foreigners are leaving because China went through a rough patch, its a tough business environment ( some self inflicted, some inflicted because of trade restrictions and tariffs, some because covid was miserable and some because of instability in the world) and not as easy as it used to be to make money. I love China, love the Chinese people love living here and have no doubt it will come back.
It's not just there. Every downtown area in most big cities are the same. Closed sties and empty streets. It's sad
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant decrease in the number of foreigners living in Shanghai, with many leaving the once-prosperous city. Before the pandemic, there were approximately 460,000 foreigners from 47 countries living in Shanghai, but after the city underwent an irrational lockdown, many foreigners left. This has resulted in a deserted Foreigner Street, which was once bustling with people from different ethnic groups. The rental market for luxury real estate in Shanghai has been heavily affected, with many flats now empty and landlords struggling to pay rent to the owners. The departure of foreign executives working for multinational corporations from China suggests that these companies are downsizing or accelerating their withdrawal from the country. While this has had a direct impact on the rental and real estate market, it has also affected the economic development of Shanghai and the entire country. The situation has been likened to a failing family in an article titled "Shanghai makes us all sad," which has since been deleted. The depressed state of the city has struck a chord with many people, especially Shanghainese.
it's not the pandemic, it's the crazy response to it, coupled with the anti-foreigners anti-free-market trends of the cop
@@bogdanpopescu1401 While the pandemic has undoubtedly posed unprecedented challenges, labeling the response as "crazy" overlooks the global urgency to curb the virus's spread and safeguard public health. Blaming anti-foreign sentiments and anti-free-market trends might oversimplify the situation. Governments worldwide, including China, faced complex decisions to balance economic stability, health, and safety. It's important to acknowledge the intricate interplay of factors and recognize that responses were shaped by a need to protect citizens and communities amid a rapidly evolving crisis.
@@bogdanpopescu1401 They worked hard to make china most unpleasant place in the world. And now we can see result of their own hard work.
I remember when so many friends wanted to teach or work in China... and nowadays, it's quite the opposite. Yes, not everyone has the same attitude in China, but it's unpredictable so foreigners need to be careful because you could end up in jail for just being a citizen of another country. Who wants that??? Again, I still think there are some really good people/companies in China, but they don't control the country. But immigration has never been a priority for China.
'foreigner street' .. wow, nice
🤣🤣 but it's America with the racism problems lol
I had an unprecedented depression too, but I’ve been taking some medicine and making lifestyle changes. Hope China can do the same
I lived in Shanghai and I loved it. It was home, it was and still is a huge part even when I no longer live in that amazing pearl. Missing my Shanghainese friends
u have u r country let others have theirs
@BarneyRubbleJr
3 hours ago
Well it sounds like you could have it to yourself these days, good luck 👍
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i thought carlitoshoway sounds like he's in usa where world love it n claim it home? one usa is one too many - multiculturalism doesn't work - the daily racial tention the hatecrime - get out of china germany ... don't make anymore usa n don't be like the afro latino ... americans - especially the africans n their racecards which is deadly n unfair to all other races - obama can't president n 8yrs world wide down economy n royals try to pull her up to top class - mm try to pull them down to her zero class - yatchgirl marriage annul suitcase girl broken family father bankrupt mother jailbird steal charity money no charity work ... alledgely but no smoke without fire - she superglue 2girls eyes shut
usa woke promote africans but world renow african crime drug low iq forever poor no palace kingdom countries - unless u want u r country to become like theirs u don't import them or promote them in ads - look at son usa n mother uk 😭
freepass africans into harvard white hse palace ... is deadly - look around
countries r n should be by dna blood not like wicked usa by paper ink
u can't mix either obama's all black n harry's all white again already 🤣nature said no even they say "yes we can"
Good Job Xi. Keep it up. The whole world admires you.
Such rapid rate of economic decline of PRChina, in just 3-years is unprecedented in the subject Study of Economics. This can only be caused by deliberate and highly destructive policy actions of the CCP Government to drive-away and to destroy; both local & international businesses, investments and trades and making it too risky and perilous for foreigners to further invest or even to remain invested in the PRChina. Opine, the Economy Decline End-Game has already come to PRChina. The next stage, moving forward, would be much uncertainty and surely dangerous, as the CCP Government cannot be removed nor would relinquish its Power & Control peacefully, th4 instead must exercise/implement exceptional drastic/draconian actions to stop further expressions of Chinese Citizens' dissents of its policies and its Power, by massive crackdowns/dispersions and surely sooner to stop & prevent further Chinese Citizens' exodus or fleeing the country. We are living in interesting times !.
Chinese economy was largely overestimated. They are just deflating to what they can afford, not what they want.
This is a reupload right? I got a strong sense of dejavu.
Simple solution, change your leadership, stop bullying your neighbors, embrace the world, increase the quality of your products and enjoy wealth and prosperity your people never believed possible.
foreigners come & settle: "we are invaded"
foreigners leave: "but... where are the foreigners?" 🙃
One would think that 1/2 a million foreigners wouldn't make that much of a difference in a city of 26+ Million. 🤷🏼♂
I doubt just the exit of Foreigners had so big of an impact on the economy; more likely the store closures (and the foreigners leaving) is just a sign of the recession we're heading into.
OK, you've earned your yuan now go troll another site.
Imagine calling rapidly deteriorating economy a "recession". Goes along great with "negative growth".
China has been the factory of the world for decades. There's a growing middle class consuming locally, but the GDP has been largely driven by exports. So I do think it matters that expats are leaving and foreign companies are closing shop to go to cheaper asian countries.
Great stuff. TY!
Nobody was going to Laowaijie (foreigner street) even before the pandemic. That area of Gubei wasn't popular anymore. There are definitely fewer foreigners in Shanghai but they would have found plenty if they'd gone to Found 158, Cages, Kangding Road area, or the French Concession.
Then what happened to these streets that were once popular?
Other places became popular. The expat population center shifted away from the Hongmei road area (where laowaijie is). Kangding road area became popular recently - go there any day of the week and it's packed with foreigners. @@pierrex3226
I live in Shanghai and do not have a bad word to say about China. Its safe, clean and friendly
I've been living in China for five years. There was a three year period where the boarders were closed because of the pandemic meaning if you left you couldn't get back in. A lot of my fiends went home immediately after the first lock down started because we were told the schools would be closed for six months and they saw it as a great time to have a long visit home. Then the boarders closed while they were out and some of them are still trying to come back almost four years later. Also some of my friend's work visa's required them to go back to their home country once a year. So they also ended up locked out of China. I'm sure there are other reasons the Shanghai people left but I'm positive there were a lot of people who left for these reasons.
Was that a trans dude at 1:30?
😂his voice says it all
It's xi's secret lover!
@@blackbelt2000 🤣😆
When they finally made the "foreign devils" to go home, they make surprise Pikachu face.
I spent a lot of money in Shanghai during my visits but wouldn't dare visit China with the CCP strong arming foreigners ,Asia has a lot of countries I will be visiting soon In the future
All thks to Emperor Whining-Wolf-Warrior Xi ;)
imagine being forced to be inside your buildings, starving or something... forced by the country
so when the country "opens up"
its time to run away... next time, you could die for real
they are so arrogant, they thought we would actually come back after that! 🤣🤣💀💀
Shanghai is the new Hong Kong.
Yeah Hong Kong is like Shanghai 1000% Chinese
The main difference of this mass exodus of Residents from China compared to NYC’s mass exodus during COVID is that now the NYC ppl are coming back but the foreigners prolly will take a veeeery long time to come back if ever……..
I would love to live in China. It's a beautiful place with great culture and the Chinese people are friendly, but the communist party is to unpredictable to have a stable life.
that sure is a sentence.
Yes and no. Indeed an amazing and vibrant culture (or technically cultures) and in general friendly, but the thing about Chinese culture within what is today the PRC historically and especially recently is that it is a very self-centric one. There’s a tendency to put itself on a (metaphorical) pedestal to the extreme and refuse as much outside influence as possible to the point of historically kneecapping itself, but also being (metaphorically speaking) violently opposed to outsiders/outside influence unless it can be extremely and continuously controlled via local authorities to as much as possible.
Can you swim?
How long will it stay a beautiful place. Does North Korea look like a beautiful place to be.
do you like food made with gutter oil and tofu dreg buildings?
A foreigner can equal 10, 100, 1000 or more local jobs. China is finding this out now, Russia found out the hard way already.
Is that a dude
I was thinking the same 🤔
😂i swear I thought that was a chick until I heard the deep voice
@@carlosparedes1556 It crazy how sometimes we all are thinking the samething.
@@gbenay 🤣yup
If businesses and people do not feel safe and too many road blocks are implemented, they will leave
I always wanted to explore nature in China there seem to be so many incredible features but I won't Go if you paid me while ping pong runs the show
No democracy and no human rights.
Things are a bit quieter here these days but it really isn't the apocalyptic nightmare these anti china channels like to portray. Still plenty of busy shops, malls and yes foreigners. But these channels only ever focus on the negative, so they'll never show you footage of the busy places. You could go to any city in the US and find a couple of boarded up shops and then tell the world that the whole city looks like that. And just how many of you commenters are actually in Shanghai right now? Not many I would imagine. But that's fine, just carry on getting your daily dose of anti China news for your little dopamine hit, regardless of how accurate the reporting is in these videos.
You made some good points👍
Okay, tell us a source for Chinese news? Or are you detracting for the sake of detracting?
are you allowed to whatch RUclips?
Actually, cities in the USA are also in decline. Not because they throw foreigners in jail, but because cities here are run by compartmentalized leftists. Crime and antibusiness decisions are killing St. Louis.
@@jacobscholtissek2410 Not in china. You have to use vpn/tor to do it.
This looks good compared to Democrat run cities in the US.
Reap what you sow.
Unfortunately China is regressing back towards being an inward looking and isolated country.
This voice sounds like a robot. Besides, most people in China outside Shanghai do not feel too sorry for the Shanghainese, who are as popular in China as New Yorkers are to Americans or Parisians to French people.