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Those little self-driving kiosks wouldn't last 5 minutes in Detroit.
Ill never forget the robot that went around the world and then the US was the first place that destroyed it lol
😂😂😂 nor in Baltimore.
Or in London.. People in the west seem to have lost a lot of respect for anything and everything.
lets be honest every major American city
@@jaylo912 it's not whites who would destroy it
It is quite interesting to see almost all the people responded with "I'm fine, and you". This is like the first conversation we learned at school, and memorised. And then we go overseas and finally realise that no one chats like that apart from us Chinese haha.
It's like how foreigners learn to say 你好。你好吗？我很好 😄
That's totally normal for learning any language. In Spanish it's "bien, y tu", and I'm sure french is "cava, te" (or something, I only know bits and pieces of french and definitely can't spell it). The only reason no one talks exactly like that as a native speaker is because we usually have more complicated things to say to each other so we skip the polite greeting stage. it's perfectly reasonable if you're just superficially talking to someone.
I'm sure It's the same for Japanese, I read their textbooks, maybe Koreans too
That is absolutely not true, I don't understand why people need to oversimplify everything and comment, after all that you'll say that you have been lied to by someone else
It's Lihua and Hanmeimei 's style!
This China series has been my favorite by far.
What did India do to you saar😎
I feel like your China videos are the best content since your original moped road trip.
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Yes, he's so out of his comfort zone. It makes for great videos.
hell naw his content is always peak this is false propaganda🤣
@SushiMea1 don't get me wrong, I still watch all his videos and enjoy all of them, but this China trip has elevated the content to a level not seen since his original road trip IMO :)
I just saw the dot and smiled. Love this guy and his friends in China!
I'm a commercial landscaper here in the US and I'm blown away by the set up they have there. The design is flawless and it's maintained perfectly. All those plants are expensive and take a lot of irrigation and manual labor to keep looking good. It looks far better than any major city I've seen in the US.
鄂尔多斯在戈壁滩上建立起来的，属于缺水地区😂所以那里的绿化成本非常高。
@@MrSuperunixwhere in China is it? Is it a major city?
Around 2015, Ordos government assembled lots of most talented architects around the world and built more than 50 incredible buildings. Everyone loves architectures should come to visit！
@@FriarJoe66 Ordos City, Inner Mongolia
这是全国最高人均GDP城市之一，因为有煤矿和能源收入。三，四十年前，当地政府预测会有很多人口从全国移民进入这个城市 ，就像阿联酋，沙特阿拉伯，卡特尔。
但由于冬天太冷，迁入的人口没有达到预测的数量。整个城市主要是当地政府的财政收入建设的。他们有大量财政收入。不需要银行的支持，全额支付地产发展商。所以他们绿化，清洁，鲜花，维持得很好。
Dude Chinese people are so incredibly curious, polite and kind. Just goes to show how our government and media in the states tries desperately to poison our view of our Chinese brothers and sisters. I’m ashamed to admit I’ve fallen for the trap of believing the lies in the past
At least you are enlightened. I'm not sure about majority British
Then bro. Just treat oversea Chinese ppl nicer. I study in overseas, alot of ppl racism to Chinese ppl. My heart really break I get this return when I pay my ture heart.
@@jacobwang1026 it's a systematic issue, you can't just convince racism out of ppl
I don’t think it’s the ppl so much as it is the government.
When you open your eyes and realize the government isn’t a representation of the people a lot of stigma is wiped away. People are people living their lives no matter where you are. We’re all alike more than we’re different.
One thing people have to realize is that different province of China is actually in competition with each other, they want to attract young talents to settle there to start family and also business to invest there and create jobs, Inner Mongolia was not known to be an ideal investment location because it is far from the coast or major transit hubs, Ordos is a coal town so they were loaded with money, but they know that the coal is not going to last, so they build up new city in an effort to attract people and new type of investment there. Pretty much the same thing Dubai has been trying to do with their oil money.
Dubai has problem with the weather!
@@MrReymoclif714same for Inner Mongolia . Sand storm from Outer Mongolia deserts
Too hot or too cold. Cant win eh ? 😊
@@DMWBN3 是的，离海洋越远的内陆地区，气温变化越大，而且亚洲中部还有来自西伯利亚的寒流南下
The essential problem is that the resources are too centralized in big cities.
Just fucking imagine that robot selling drinks driving around NYC or Chicago lmaaaaaooooo
🤣🤣🤣magine that in Baltimore (I work there😭).
They would be rob😂 i mean the whole robot maybe
@@Reyesnino8763 are you kidding？how？
Really?
Yeah it's almost like fear of a communist totalitarian regime can scare people into being compliant
Im from Shandong province which is one of the richest provinces with over 100 million population, I've been living in a Western country for almost a decade. Before I watched this video, I had never thought that midwest China could be this WELL developed. Thank you so much for sharing
Then you are missing the golden age of the greatest Governmental evolution in human history dear, China is a diamond in the world.
As someone who really wants to visit China but is introverted and anxious af and doesn't know anyone I could go with, this video almost makes me feel like the kindness of the locals could help me overcome it. Almost
lol same I hope I'll find someone to travel with some day
I got the same feeling.
Don't worry about coming to China. We know you don't speak Chinese and understand that you will encounter difficulties, so we are happy to help you. In fact, if you set up the payment system, you don't need to communicate with anyone, and ordering can also be done on your mobile phone.
If you go, make sure you have a translation app on your mobile phone. That will make the trip a lot easier.
This is a not-so-large city in inner Mongolia where people do not see many non-chinese visitors. You will attract a lot less attention in larger cities, but people will be as helpful.
@@Dnice9737all yall should go together lol
Dude, that kid outside the mall was so cool. He was giving it his all and doing a pretty damn good job.
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big brother is watching.. better to be nice to this american..
This guy is out in the middle of scorching hot day asking where the people at. They are in the building.
Definitely will see more people at night. It's just how the chinese operate. In Vancouver the people are in hiding after 7pm. In china that's when they start comming out.
lol
Also, east asians prefer fair skin, so they would avoid long exposure to strong sunlight.
Só true. It took me a long time to get used to it
That's why nearly no one was in the mall either, right.
Somehow this is one of my favorite videos you’ve done, even though you’re just alone with minimal interaction. I think it’s the child like astonishment at the park. I love watching it all blow your small American brain. Keep it up.
😂😂😂
I am surprised that you have changed your view of China after living in Japan for so long. Japan’s anti-China propaganda is very terrifying. Describe China as hell. And you said that what you think of Chinese people abroad is bad, so how do you know they are not Southeast Asians? Not Vietnamese? How do you immediately identify someone who is Chinese? Do you immediately understand China’s thousands of dialects and dozens of ethnic languages and instantly identify these as Chinese? It’s just that after being promoted like this by the media, you subconsciously believe that the people who did this are Chinese. This is what Japanese and American media have always done. Come to China more often. . . .
Because Japan has committed crimes of genocide against China for a long time and has not admitted it so far, and is afraid that China will retaliate against it, so it has been slandering and boycotting China, and acting as a lapdog of the United States to seek protection.
Independent thinking is important. Otherwise, you are just buying whatever other ppl tell you.
no doubt. 100% Japan is bad in China.
其实很多大吼大叫的是台湾人，他们经常在国外大叫，住酒店走后也是弄的乱七八糟，台湾人和大陆是政治上的不同的政府，但是都一个种族，分治太久了，台湾人保留了很多清朝民国时期的陋习，所以容易把大吼大叫的台湾人错当中国人
This is normal. We are used to it. The media controlled by the United States and the West and anti-China media often use some pictures and videos. Even in many videos, they are not Chinese. Then they dub what happened here and there. There are Chinese people rioting there. The Communist Party is suppressing. Many times, some sporadic things are raised to the level of overthrowing the Communist Party. For example, many ordinary people protested against the high charges of property companies. Then foreign self-media can use some anti-China self-media to dub it into overthrowing the Communist Party and the Chinese government.
Those small self driving vehicles are for parcel delivery, and people come out at night because they are avoiding the sun. I used to live in China.
Insightful comment, I was just wondering why is there so many of these
21:35 goddamn, why is everyone in this bus so overly adorable
the world tries destroying china's image as much as they can but dont matter how much they try, every tourist video at china just keeps motivating me to go there one day
love the china trip btw, one of my favorite series
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Bro... theres 1 billion people in the country lol. The government isnt walking around in the streets and working as street vendors. The issue is the agenda their government has. The people are great. Kind of like in the US, if you only feed off internet nonsense and dont get out, you'd never know how great the people are.
No one is saying Chinese people are bad, their government is evil though and exploits its people.
@@69Emoji social media is an apex predator it baits people's attention and then manipulates them
I visited NYC 10 years ago. In the Metro a creepy guy put a huge black rat on a girl's shoulder. The girl freaked out and ran away.
My jaw dropped when he paid for his drink, and the cover lifted and there are 200 bottles inside piling like a mountain. I am not sure I am ready to be trusted like that.
It's not rust
Uh dont forget this is in China
The robot will scan how many bottles are left after the purchase, so if u take more than what you pay for, you will get a notification on your phone to make sure that you don't take more or less than what you pay for
The robot will automatically recognize the quantity you have taken and deduct the corresponding amount from your account.In China, there are many unmanned vending machines with similar payment methods, which resemble open refrigerated cabinets.😂
Robot carts hate this little trick
I am not sure if you noticed, the guy in the food stall said that you could eat his food at no charge.
Everyone is genuinely so nice to him. I love watching his videos. The only thing I wish he would do is stop with the racist crap. The little hidden things he adds to the videos I could do without. It’s just bad taste.
@@Fen_6996 I think he is trying to be funny, the actual stuff being said were not what was the yellow text translated to. Unfortunately for people who don't know the language, I can totally see a good number of people actually believe the yellow text. This would create more hate and discrimination against Chinese people.
that man possibly saw the first white guy in his whole life.
@@junhuama68 it's a joke fam settle down
@ I myself know it is a joke. I can see that a number of people would actually believe it as is though.
When you asked the lady at the shopping center about their business, she said it’s a cold season( low season for business) right now, but generally, business is good. That means the time you traveled there was a quieter season with fewer people. When the busy season arrives( in that shopping centre), it might be fully packed. Also, many of these businesses take orders online, and the majority of their customers in Inner Mongolia come from Russia or Eastern Europe. People there rarely see someone like you in this small city( by comparing all cities around China) which is why they’re so curious. But if you were in a big city, the vibe would be different-people would still be friendly, but not as curious
Thank you for the info❤
Ordos is very cold in winter, and few people go out except on weekends.
The population of Ordos exceeds 2 million.
This is not a small number, especially for Inner Mongolia, which is vast and sparsely populated.
Conner said it was like 95 degrees. If that is their cold season, I won't be traveling there.😂
I'm confused by how warm it was for him in Dec/Jan. Ordos is a cold city. It stays below freezing a lot of the time in the middle of winter.
this is hands down the best location you've ever been to haha, your previous video, ive never seen you happier and this is just a great continuation to that one :D
In fact most modern small /mid size towns are like this one. Nicely planned, clean , friendly . I grow up in a small town like this, there are tons of parks and public facilities built for citizens to use for free. When I first came to the US for master degree I was shocked by homeless camps and dirty streets….
We didn't realize how advanced we were until we went to Western countries to see for ourselves. The information cocoon works on both sides, while the Westerners think we are far behind, and we believe they are as advanced as they painted their country in Hollywood movies. When the truth is told, the Western politicians will be soo fucked up they'll have a bad headache on how to explain all this.
Where did you see all the homeless camps? I have seen homeless peopöe inchina aswell, but they usually get cleared wuite fast
@@keks-69 I haven't seen a real homeless person yet, but have seen some people pretending to be homeless (dressed in extremely shabby clothes) who forcefully buy and sell products on the bus (forcibly stuffing us with a cheap booklet and telling us to pay him).
@@keks-69China has something called birth place/hometown tied with ur id. Homeless once spotted they will buy a ticket send him to his hometown, then local government will find his relatives to take care of him, sometimes give subsidies
"you don't have to be in china to get spied on"
bro, you nailed it in a short sentence. this is absolutely true. where ever i went to, my iphone always know. when i arrived at bangkok, suddently bangkok hotels and restaurants around pop up on my screen. when i click google, the first page was about tourism places in thailand. facebook, the same. they always know where i am.
True, but this example is not too elaborate. A simple lat + long on a user is a piece of data that's readily available and not super expensive to use. The real concern is when AI gets to the point that companies like Meta will be able to create a digital twin for each user to truly customize the experience of having products thrown in your face in every passing moment.
Do a Google search for a product and your whole YT feed will be filled with commercials for the product.
@@GeorgeForman-i9t true. i searched for AI text to speech and suddently all commercials in every videos i watched were about text to speech AI, most often is eleven lab. i kind of bored watching advertisement from eleven lab
Also, they are tapping your microphone all the time.😂😂
...bro it's not that complicated. When you're in a different country your device has to connect to the internet providers and servers inside that country. OFC it knows which country ur in.
its wild watching this in Canada. Our cities are run down, crime ridden, dirty, homeless people in every alleyway. China may not be perfect, but it looks much better than here.
任何一個國家都不會完美.中國安全,乾淨,物廉價美,沒乞丐,沒毒品,沒槍枝,人民友善
I feel you. Just got my fifth bike stolen in Toronto. Luckily, I had an airtag and was able to catch that mofo. The cops told me he’s gonna be released in a day.🤷
is that REALLY how Canada is? SERIOUSLY? how much of Canada have you seen? how much of China have you seen? why are you drawing conclusions? why are you seemingly teaching other people? do you see how you all get so misinformed? none of you read the news, you get your education from random youtubers, and then you claim you have been lied to
This Chinese city is an exception. Main first tier cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen are vastly different. Business are leaving, people are behaving badly, many parts are just desolate dirty shitholes, foreigners have lots of problems staying safe etc.
@@liberty0758 😂😂😂 You're watching the wrong channels buddy.
Its not abandon, its for the people. The "ghost cities" are smart investments. When you predict massive growth you can keep housing supply and costs affordable. With incentives for people to move there. A few ghost cities are now some of the most populace cities in China
At that time, the policy assumed that the population would continue to grow, which led to large-scale real estate development. In fact, purely in terms of housing, Inner Mongolia could easily accommodate another 100 to 200 million people today.
Well said ❤
hahahaha nah.
@@HoopleBogarterr yah. It’s how they plan when elevating millions out of poverty. It’s a tried, tested & successful process
It's a hot day. Also, the city is too big for the current number of populations. People might be staying out of sun or probably working inside the buildings?
“Fine thank you, and you” is a running gag in China! Everyone loves it 😂
It is a fixed term from their English textbook😂
This is the first conversation we learned in our elementary English textbook.
No, that's how it's written in our English textbook, so... we're used to expressing ourselves this way, especially when the other person says' how are you? 'Hahaha, I also find it particularly funny.
@@Feng-hz I think that's true for most English textbooks out there. I think here in Hungary it's not rly commonplace to use it tho. It's just inherently different what would any hungarian would say to that question. Here if you ask how is the other are doing usually you mean it, and you expecting a fairly detailed answer, in fact you expecting mostly problems. :D
It's actually real and spoken British English:
Q: How are you?
A: I'm fine, thank you - and you?
... At no time should you actually tell the person how you really are... That would be weird. That question would be 'How have you been' which is an actual inquiry asking about your personal circumstances, but depending on the relationship to the person asking, it might be considered out of place to actually provide a lengthy answer.
The more formal version would be asking and then answering with exactly the same formula, which takes out answering completely, which might make less sense for non-nativs speakers, or those having not grown up with it:
Q/A: How do you do?
Nothing wrong with that, not sure what the problem is. Maybe your textbooks are weird.
-"..anywhere in the world."
Anywhere but India. Not India.
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😂“How are you?”“I'm fine thank you!And you?”This expression has become deeply ingrained in the hearts of every Chinese elementary and secondary school student! Because the first English conversation that almost every Chinese student learns is this!😂
Hey man, love your China series, your videos are one of the few that I actually watched every minute of it.
Me as well. I recommend this guy to a lot of Americans on rednote, but this name(small brained) sounds offensive..😂
Ordos looks F'ing EPIC! And the nicest people in the entire damn world are in Asia. I do love the USA where I live, but there's nothing like the sweetness and friendliness of Asians. Thank you for bringing us these gems!!
Too modern for my liking, nice people. But you put yourself in a shopping centre anywhere in the world and you could be there. Myself I like old towns and places that go back hundreds of years. Love his content though.
@@DMWBN3Go to Beijing or Xi’an. They are wild.
This is the place where i live and work. I love my hometown and i am happy that you guys also like it ❤
I LOVE these videos on China. Feels like a true insight of what life in those giant new cities that no-one outside of China has ever heard of really is like.
You probably have heard of this city, but just didn't recognize it. It was a ghost city that the western media endlessly reported. 😊
well news flash, you still haven't, it only feels like a true insight because you are all always biased in one way or another, you can't be normal and realistic, either the US is amazing and China is terrible, or the US is terrible and China is amazing, but whatever you watch, you'll just LOOOOOVE it
@everythingisfineee nice assumptions dude. I don't even live in the US and would never want to. There's always two sides of a coin and there are many things wrong with China. I just really like the perspective shown in this video.
@@faraga1 Well I'm extremely tired of the obsession with China, there are so many other countries in the world, like Finland, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, where people are just as friendly, and that are actually the countries in the world where people are the most happy, can you all switch your focus to something else
This is not a true insight of what life is in other cities. It's very different and not in a good sense. Economy is getting worse, people are not as friendly, food is terrible etc.
These China vids are your best content yet, its nice to see how happy you are and how polite the citizens are to you.
Looking forward to more of your adventures
Spending money on ghost city is better than war.
You think China isn’t involved in war……..😂
@@uncoiledfish2561 at least China never trigerred one
@@sophialiu3723That’s because doesn’t China care about anyone but itself. They sell weapons to anyone, buy minerals from anyone. They don’t care who destroys who. With all their power they never intervene. Western countries see their moral obligation and act, and are hated for it.
@@uncoiledfish2561 Not involved in any war since 1982. Check how many wars USA have been involved.
@ The USA is trying to change the Middle East. Like we did with Japan and Germany. That's also why mass migration is happening. China works along side Russia and Korea..... China sells weapons to who ever they want with no moral consideration. They're the same with who they buy their minerals from. It's the same old story. The west gets compared to perfection and it's enemies get points for the rare occasions they're not absolutely scumbags 🤣
One thing I found from your China vids are that there wasn't any emotional changes on the Chinese peoples face when you told them you are American, they were still smiling and being very friendly. I wonder if it holds the same in the states.
We are fine with Chinese people
It does. No one in the states cares if you are Chinese
It definitely does not
@@JayTayD I'd say it does
America propaganda is still running rampant, but may people's eyes have opened up since the tiktok ban
Absolutely amazing. You make me soo excited to leave this Saturday towards China!
I’ll be traveling around most of China during a 2 month backpacking trip 💪
China travel prep checklist
Link A-l/ipay/W-e/Chat to bank card
Set up transport QR pay (A/l/ipay)
VPN/eSIM ready
Chinese maps Apps
R-e/dNote app for guides
Once set up, you're good to go!
Good wishes to your China trip, have fun. don't be shy to ask for help from the local people
Don't be afraid to talk to the locals, they are more than happy to help! Welcome!
Respect each other and you will be friendly
每一个来中国的人都会变的更，怎么说，心态行为等更有松弛感～相信你也一样
My husband is from Atlanta, he have lived in China for over 20 years, now we move to another country, but I miss there so much, enjoy your trip and open your heart to feel there, go visit Guangxi my home town, you will be surprise the view and river, good luck and wish you the best! Happy Chinese New Year!
刘三姐老家
柳州老乡跟你问好
亚洲马桶不要回国
China is so freaking beautiful
Try Yunnan in the south-west. It's stunning.
new small brained american upload always puts a smile on my face
just want to let yk, your videos are like the highlight to my day, Ive been binging all of them for the past 2 weeks now. Your content is amazing, id love to travel like u someday
Western culture and politics emphasize democracy and freedom, while Chinese culture values peace and harmony (with other people and nature). The concept of freedom was introduced to China after the French Revolution. However, the Chinese believe that without peace, freedom cannot exist. This is why Chinese culture does not emphasize individualism as much but instead prioritize collective interests and tend to restrain individual freedom for the sake of peaceful and harmony society.
Western societies often direct various accusations toward Chinese communism, but in reality, many of these criticisms are rooted in misunderstandings or conflations with Chinese culture.
你说得非常好！❤
That’s deep
Also America has watched too many John Wayne movies which gave them a sense of rugged individualism and selfishness towards their fellow earthlings. Now we have become a paranoid society where everyone is angry and owns guns ready to shoot the first person who upsets them. China is in another universe when it comes to this, same with Russia as well.
不 他们的政客只是单纯的坏 想让中国分裂成十几个国家 散布谣言的记者为政府工作 让少数名族地区的人失业 产生暴乱
Im sorry but was this comment written by the CCP itself?
Why are there homeless people? Why is there no homeless person in China? I think there are several aspects that need to be understood.
1. Drugs. Many people become homeless because they use drugs, which is the most common in Western countries. The Chinese government regards drug control as a very important policy. Because in modern history, China was devastated by drugs, and opium made China a weak country. Therefore, the Chinese government does not want to repeat the same mistake. A very simple example is that if you are found to have more than 50G of drugs on your body, you may be sentenced to death.
2. Poverty. Many homeless people around the world are homeless because of this reason. However, Chinese society is an agricultural civilization, and self-sufficiency is a clear characteristic of agricultural civilization. And Chinese people are one of the most obedient races, as long as they can eat enough, they will not do anything rebellious. At the beginning of China's development, many rural people would go to cities to seek opportunities, but cities could not accommodate everyone, so there were indeed homeless people at that time. However, when many people recognize reality, they will go back to their hometowns to continue farming or doing some small handicrafts to support themselves, after all, the cost of living in rural areas is much lower than in cities.
3. Laziness. Laziness is an important factor leading to poverty, but Chinese people are renowned worldwide for their diligence. If a beggar with sound limbs looks under 50 years old, then no one will give you a penny. Because in the eyes of Chinese people, when such a young person goes begging everywhere, it is caused by laziness, not for any other reason. Therefore, they will only look down upon and not help.
4. Family. Chinese family culture is deeply rooted, and this family is not just about your parents and children, but also includes your uncles, aunts, and so on. When a homeless person appears in a family, it is something that embarrasses the entire family. So, once such a thing happens, family members will find him, take him home, and provide some help.
5. Government. In Western countries, the government does not care if you are a homeless person because they believe you have the "right" to be a homeless person, so they will not provide any assistance to the homeless person. In China, because there is no drug problem, the only possibility of becoming a homeless person is poverty. The Chinese government has used many methods to help the poor, including providing job positions, providing all agricultural materials, and even helping them build houses. This is also a very important reason why there are no homeless people in China.
One more thing to add: taxes! In China, farmers and people with a monthly income of less than 5000 yuan are exempt from taxes. Purchasing a house only requires paying one tax, which is about 1% of the purchase price. Then the house belongs to you and will be given to your children when you get old! So, most people in China basically don't need to pay any taxes!
Deluded
Single people in rural China can get a government-funded house for free!
If only China believed in drug control internationally and stopped funneling drugs into North America. They wield fentanyl as a weapon
bc China is sending all their drugs to the USA
谢谢你的视频 ❤ 我生活在江浙沪，从来没去过鄂尔多斯，通过你的镜头看到了从来没看到过的景色和生活在那边善良美好的同胞。祝你在中国的每一天都平安喜乐。
你一样，我现在非常想去鄂尔多斯旅游。😂
闭嘴！
@@newaix-po3re ?
看来这几年人多了许多，我内蒙人，高中去玩了一圈，当时那些壮阔的建筑加上没多少人，感叹美丽的同时创造了我的步行记录，当时就已经迁移政府和学校过去了，按照当时当地高中生跟我们说，你晚上马路中间睡一晚上也不会被车撞到，现在看视频是好多了，不过以前也没什么好指摘的，鄂尔多斯有的是钱，石油佬历来就喜欢建奇观
OMG as an introvert I need to move to this city! Kids seem to know how to speak english. Incredible city.
All kids aged over 7 are likely to speak basic English, cuz education is compulsory for 9 years for free.
@@whydoyoulie2340 我的英语不好
No, just because Chinese schools make English a major compulsory subject, but that doesn't mean they can speak English, because they can fail and forget the course (...... ), mainly because almost no one speaks English in China, and there are almost no English users
哑巴英语@@whydoyoulie2340
I'm fine, thank you!
This American has a small brain, but a huge heart. Much love to you Connor❤✌
"I'm fine, thank you" is such an adorable response they teach them for english speakers
Chinese？
@@alanlailo China
I used to live in the east coast of China and everyone there is thinking Inner Mongolia is absolute an underdeveloped area in China but your video might change their minds.
That was probably decade's ago ?
确实。要不是看了这个视频，还真意识不到原来内陆城市也发展的这么好。
lol an american changing and expanding chinese mindsets on their own country
@@claudio1418 Yes, you can see that even within China, access to information about China is limited. Not to mention for people in the U.S. We all need to open our eyes and minds.
@@zardlucky8557 not really, they can search for videos about anywhere in china on chinatiktok, just that they don't care to learn about all parts of their country since they are hundreds of cities in china and everyone just search for popular tourist attractions and internet trending places
That public restroom is better than most apartments in my city.
中国免费公厕都这样，东部沿海城市的更好
yes，because of xijinping’s restroom program, it’s like every street had a free fancy restroom,it’s a very good thing,even some western country don’t have free restroom on street, so they pee in street😀
@@hyjcxyzThere are very few such good public toilets, even in first-tier cities
is that a fact? maybe you should do a documentary on it, instead of spreading nonsense in comments that other simpletons get their education from
@@everythingisfineee China is way more developed than your sht hole and it stings for you to acknowledge that.
I’m just here to let the CCP know I think they are amazing
Dudes become my favorite channel. These videos are the best. The subtitles always kill me
😂😂😂these subtitles lmfao
What do you means ? Fault translation or something else?
@@weizhang2834 The subtitles are fake. They are not saying what you are reading.
Chinese people are very kind and nice but some of them could be poor mannered, and given the population of China is huge, so the sheer number of poorly mannered Chinese people can be seemly large, and when those poor mannered ones travel abroad, can be obvious and tarnishing the Chinese ppl reputation as a whole. Also, Japan and western countries like to focus on or even exaggerate the negative side of China and Chinese ppl. So it’s a combination of multiple things contributing to the “bad rep”
You are wrong, it's just because foreign media have been reporting negatively on China! If an American defecates on the street, there will be no reports, but when a Chinese spits on the street, there may be many reports!
I won't say American manners are better than any person in this world. Most of it sick
Yea man.. these are part of the reasons why. Reputation takes time to change.
Or maybe it's your own bias. And you're still doing it, right now.
Correct, we are such a large country with civilization at different level. but I believe that we keep improving
Very touched by the content, overcoming the misunderstandings and biases. The pure happiness hanging with the kids! It was what I hoped the world would be like when I was a kid, now everything seems to be spiraling going down, more extreme and more polarizing standing points.
"must suck to be homeless and have all these abandoned apartments, that would feel like shit" *screams in San Francisco*
All over USA, actually!
@carynmartin6053 yeahhh things are bad out here, San Fran was just the first city that came to mind.
I love that everytime I watch a new video, I notice he gained thousands of new subs. Much deserved!
I felt like I stumbled upon the best travel vlog ever, so happy to see it get so many viewers
The local government is very rich so it invests a lot in education. The government will go to many big cities in China to poach many talented teachers with high salaries.
Who would go out to walk in the park in that kind of weather? Look at that sunlight! People usually come out in the evening.
As a black man i wouldn't
@@andrewsackey5728 haha
the fact they have the "A" for automated blows my mind, and the whole city is immaculate! WoW! we can pretend all we want here, but there is nowhere this perfect in america.
What do you mean? The average Midwestern town is more perfect.
sure man, fent over doves and alcoholism are perfect
去年带父母全国旅行 父母腿脚不太好 一路上都是热情帮助的人 中国人的热心和善良真的是刻在基因里的 很感谢一路上的人与人之间的温暖 和那些热情帮助过自己的人 ❤
I’ve seen this in this vlog series. So many pros and cons of living in china. I want to visit so bad now
@@Emzzz78欢迎来中国玩呀～
Chinese usually don’t have the habit of going out on Friday night, most people go home to relax, Saturday and Sunday are the busy days.
It is absolutely crazy how this is just one of hundreds of mega cities in China
115 cities with 1Million to 28million residents in China.
This has never been heard of by any of us Chinese.
@@Daniel-szj Are you kidding? Most Chinese people might not know where it is, but definitely have heard of it.
@bixylim I'm from the south of China, I only know the provincial capital of the cities in the north.
@ It's even harder for Foreigners as so many Cities have the name zhèn in them, as the word means town, so they all sound the same.
I feel like there is infinite content for you to create in china ty for the dope entertainment sir🔥🙏🏻
I love how much time you take to just genuinely interact with the people.
33:54 😂😂 " where are u coming from?" The boy said : china 🇨🇳 😂😂😂❤
And he said it proudly!
@tz1227 yes ! Hahaha 😆
cannot say it is wrong 😂
Mongolians are so pure!
In the US it would take a century to fight off the lawsuits before a city like this could be built from nothing. Thank you for the excellent introduction to Ordos!
Americans and their lawsuits... 😅
Government Domain building rights?
Stop being anti-semitic you chud this is so getting reported to the ADL and my AIPAC handler
Lawsuits are business😂
He should visit Xiong'An. That place is still being built but unlike Ordos it's not meant to be a normal city, It's like a Communist version of Shenzhen where they're experimenting with radical new social and economic never seen before.
Can we take a minute to appreciate the level of landscaping in this place. It must be insane to maintain all the grass, bushes, and flowers.
Honestly, I feel like I want to retire in China. Clean, safe and affordable.
No guns is the best.
Liveforfood "Honestly, I feel like I want to retire in China. Clean, safe and affordable." Like poetry you would willingly sacrifice most freedoms to be a 2nd class citizen in a country struggling with food and huge wage issues
Having no self defense for yourself is not safe
Murricuh.. we got dem gunz bay bay.. kickin down doors 😂
@@jacobbioIdiotic ideals you guys have
@@Mitch27643 how is the right to defend yourself idiotic? no matter where you live in the world, even in a city that’s safe you need to be prepared to protect yourself and your family
Decades of Western anti-Chinese propaganda is to blame. Although these days there is little excuse now with how connected we are with the internet. We can easily learn about other cultures outside of North Korea so there is no more excuse for ignorance.
They can't conquer them so they demonize them. Many such cases.
It’s 75% true though. The government is absolute trash and does this on the backs of slave labor…
You watched this and thought it reflects well on China? Wow.
@@lutherabel2618 What does it say negatively about china except maybe they spent too much money building too big and too nice of a city.
@ Happy, well mannered citizens in a clean city with developed infrastructure and when asked if they like living there several people answered "yes". Yeah, looks pretty good to me.
As an American, people might think I’m crazy if I didn’t take at least 10 bottles from the self-service kiosks.
😢
The more you take, the more you will be charged. Some machines can detect how many bottles of drinks you take.
looks like the most comfy city i've ever seen
I spent some time in central China a decade ago - I was the first person many had seen with blue eyes - and asked to take photos all the time as well. I try to explain this to folks, but this certainly gives a glimpse!
I’ve been watching this channel for like 2 hours a night for the last week or so I’m hooked and it’s making my wife and I want to travel. (I am a wimp with travel anxiety) Thanks a ton Connor!
Haha same. I’ve been watching him for about 2yrs or so now and it’s been giving me to confidence to travel
I just binged every video you've uploaded so this is perfect timing. Literally my favourite creator on here!!!
A self driving vending machine? China really is on another level 😭
The US and the West has all this technology as well. The reason we don't implement it is.. well, how long you think that thing would last in Central Park?
how many of those buildings are made out of sand, fiberglass, newspaper and cardboard though? I wouldnt want to live in any of those high rises.
@@VividlyHeejinI wouldn’t want to live in houses made of paper either 😂
@@VividlyHeejinin fact, US of A is the only major country that use cardboard to build house. China on the other hand, produce more concrete and steel than rest of world combined in the past 20 years.
Nooo, they're falling apart economically, if you believe the western pripaganda lmao 😅
in case you're wondering why all these people respond to "how are you" in such a robotic way, that's because lesson one of English text book used in China reads "how are you?" "I'm fine, thank you. And you?".
fine,thank you,and you。 哈哈，中文的教科书。Haha, Chinese textbooks.
哈哈哈哈，im，lilei
@ I'm HanMeimei
America is so cooked lmao. GG China you guys won
There's a reason we can't have the nice things that a homogenous, high-trust society like China has. We've imported the third world by the millions, forgetting that the third world is the third world for a reason, and have become the third world.
Nope. The Golden Age of America is beginning.
@@DudeNamedDuncan Nice cope buddy, we all learning Chinese to migrate to the new world's most dominant empire.
@@DudeNamedDuncanI’ll believe it when Trump builds a beautiful $150 billion mega city in fucking Kansas for fun
@@DudeNamedDuncan my guy, your people literally cannot afford medicine to not die. That's the definition of cooked lmfao
Surprised to find out a lot of local people can speak some English. Younger generations are well educated. Polite but not shy to speak to foreign strangers. This is the best.
All kids learn English from primary school in China
我不喜欢你这种surprise, 少见多怪
The kids are excited to finally practice speaking english lol
22:27 The driver said "It can be fully self-driving". They are probably still evaluating how safe it is without someone assisting.
China is advancing so fast.... even their empty cities are nicer than any place I've lived in the US..... would be cool living in a country just doing exciting new things. Instead of here in the US where we just make excuses for why high speed rail can't get made and housing can't get solved.....(let alone access to healthcare and actually being able to get seen by a doctor sooner than 6 months out).
Communism bud, it’s for you.
不，这个城市居住着222多万人口！
All these cities will pale in comparison to Xiong'An. Right now they're building a completely different type of city that has never existed. It's kind of like Shenzhen but its entirely built by the state and will be called a "smart city" that'll experiment with these new socialist/communist ideas which they hope to experiment with. It's like the Soviet Union except with much more higher technology. If it succeeds the entire model will become the next phase of China's economic story which will be the post state capitalist era. Less driven by market forces and more about advancing human social relations. This society could also then become the model for the entire world to emulate eventually. It sounds radical and utopian but when you understand you have a true Communist believer in Xi Jinping then you'll realise he is deadly serious about making this work.
@@deezeed2817 you really think it’ll work?
Hasn’t yet…
@@JonnyBabyaka look, I know you hate china. But you don't have to be pessimistic or denigrate their ambition. You're not even a Chinese citizen. So why bother?
Never seen him so happy....
Same here..
Now imagine he goes to chongqing. Bro is gonna experience cyberpunk city
@Retronyx I was just wondering how he would react to the crowd when he went to a city outside inner Mongolia. 😅
@@FallenLeavesReturnToRoots He visited Xinjiang for sure. Another youtube already posted a video with him in Xinjiang like a few weeks ago.
@Retronyx 可能已经去过了，这都是去年夏天拍的视频。
The interactions in China versus India are incredibly different. In India, everyone is trying to make a buck off of the 'white monkey,' whereas in East Asia, people just want to get to know you better
One of the very few channels where I give a 'like' before even watching the video 👍
That's what we call a bias
@@JaneDoe-e9l Earned bias tho
38:40 The dude said do you want to try some? on the house. How nice!
And he said "it's free". Not originally free, but he was just showing his hospitality to a foreigner.
@@bixylim wrong，it's free indeed，for everyone
He said “it’s free.”
@ Apparently not, there's a payment QR code on the vendor's table. And the vendor next to him is selling beverage for 6 yuan per cup. How come he's a philanthropist giving away free snacks, not to mention the labour and ingredient costs?
@@bixylim he said buyao, which means don’t want, and “chien” which means money. If you put those two words together it means free in Chinese.
I watched another TH-camr call “bald and bankrupt”. He has one where he was in China and had an old Chinese seamstress fix his broken button and then the lady refused money afterwards. Sometimes people have a good heart.
Your captions are the best thing on the internet
I actually get the feeling that China is way ahead. And yes, the people seem genuinely nice. Thanks for the video!
Im so sick of being lied to about other countries, especially about China, the middle East and Russia! The ppl are so friendly and generous and yet we hear nothing but negativity about these countries 😮
I'm a new viewer of your channel and honestly I've had biases the Chinese but honestly the people in Ordos seem so nice and kind...really made me rethink. Thanks a lot.
Chinese are friendly, genuinely warm, curious, and welcoming. You need to visit to find out for yourself. This is the case everywhere in China.
我们非常欢迎大家来中国游玩，中国现在开放了签证，很多国家都可以免签进入中国，如果你不喜欢的话可以马上走的，但是请一定要亲自来看看，有需要批评改进的地方也可以大胆的提出来，只要不是杜撰的，我们都接受一切好的与不好的评价，中国早期发展对环境有所伤害，但这十几年来一直在努力地保护环境，现在中国不脏的，希望你能来看看❤
大家都知道，中国可能唯一不能超过美国的地方，就是洗脑技术。
你被你们的政府和媒体洗脑了，欢迎到中国来旅游！
30:48 "That's gotta be the first white BMW to ever stop for me" I'm dead😭
I’ve binged all your videos in one weekend. Very happy to see this upload 😁😁
What you, Connor, should understand is that China builds for the future, not for the present. They anticipate the need in 20-30 years. Thats why these cities are built so huge and not yet crowded. It will be when they slowly move people out of shacks, yurts and mud huts with no running water and electricity. This is how China does poverty alleviation and improve the lives of their people.
I understand what you’re trying to say, but it doesn’t make any sense to me. The amount of damage that’s going to happen from neglected buildings throughout China over the years will make this idea unrealistic. You can’t just let buildings sit for 20 or 30 years. Weather damage, leaks, mold, rats, cockroaches… You’ve gotta be kidding me.
I’m not really sure what planet you live on thinking that they can build that many buildings and let them sit for decades.
In the USA, the government can't plan for more than 4 years because the next dude that comes into office will destroy everything the previous dude had accomplished.
Ordos was once called a "ghost town". In fact, the people in this city are too rich. The per capita GDP is RMB 270,000 ( =$33,000), ranking first in China, richer than Shanghai (Shanghai's per capita GDP is $23,000). Ordos' cashmere product output accounts for one-third of China's and one-quarter of the world's. Ordos is extremely rich in mineral resources. The proven coal reserves here are as high as 149.6 billion tons, accounting for one-sixth of China, and the proven natural gas reserves are 800 billion cubic meters, accounting for one-third of China. As a resource-based city, Ordos has a single industrial structure and is overly dependent on resources. In recent years, Ordos' economy has begun to transform into photovoltaics, automobiles, cloud computing, graphene and other fields, laying a solid foundation for the future development of Ordos.
Congratulations! You won a tin of Nose Goblins.
@@fleetingfacet People have been wondering why the real estate market in Ordos has not completely collapsed, or why the local real estate market can still recover? In fact, it is because the real estate crisis experienced by the local area is different from that in other places.
Ordos has coal, which has brought huge wealth to the local area. According to data from 2011, there are more than 7,000 people with assets of over 100 million yuan, and at least 100,000 people with assets of 10 million yuan.
First, they made money through coal, and then began to invest money in the real estate field. In the process of land acquisition and demolition, because of the huge compensation, a group of wealthy people who mainly own houses were born. At that time, even the street sweepers had two or three houses.
Although they were rich, the local industrial structure was single, and a large amount of hot money poured into the real estate field, which further pushed up the real estate fever.
Since then, due to the outbreak of the private lending storm, the local housing prices have also fallen from about 10,000 yuan to about 3,000 yuan, some projects have been left unfinished, and the assets of people who have houses have also shrunk.
Even so, there was no large-scale selling of houses after the local housing prices fell. That is to say, although the value of the house has shrunk, everything happened internally from the initial investment to the later stage. For example, some local coal bosses must have invested in real estate, and the high or low housing prices themselves do not constitute a real impact on their industry. Another example is that many local people who became rich through demolition did not have money in the first place, and the rise and fall of housing prices did not seem to have much actual impact on them. That is to say, when the crisis occurred later, since the money invested in real estate did not come from outside, even if it collapsed, they would still have to cover the bottom themselves.
Moreover, the local coal industry is still there. As long as the government and individuals can continue to make money from coal, even if the value of the houses they built shrinks, it will not be greatly affected. This is like a process of putting money from the left pocket to the right pocket, and the whole process is an internal cycle.
Conclusion
In the first half of 2022, Ordos' GDP exceeded 250 billion yuan. The label of ghost town has gradually faded, and the number of tourists received here in 2021 has further increased to 4.1 million. The income from tourism alone has reached about 1.3 billion yuan. In addition, Ordos has also introduced new industries such as automobiles, high-tech materials, and optoelectronic projects in recent years. More than 100,000 cars, more than 10,000 new energy vehicles, and 65 million mobile phone screens are produced here each year. The local housing prices have returned to more than 10,000 yuan.
Jesus 33k? Is that a livable wage in China? 😳
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@@PanditaP It's absolutely possible, and you can live quite comfortably. I know why you are surprised, because things in the West are relatively more expensive. For example, I live in Germany, which is already a relatively cheap place in the West, but it is still 13 to 14 times more expensive than the most expensive places in China, such as Shanghai and Beijing.
I love how Conner talks with the locals. You can tell it’s different. This channel is the best!!
不知道就别乱说，外国人也可以在中国买房
Time will tell, but I see this and I think of that saying: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in”
Greed and blatant selfishness in the US is making us not have anything
一句很好的谚语
Been watching for a month and have watched most of your content. I haven’t been this invested in a TH-camr since Roman Atwood. I think you have major potential Conner! Your videos bring me joy, and excitement, and I will be here for a loooooong time!
I would love to visit China. Such beautiful, kind people. Ordos is magnificent!
These China videos have been amazing. Its exactly what I wanted. Thank you for saving my day, had to stay up all night and this was the only video keeping me awake. If a ghost city is this cool, I cant wait to see some more major cities in China
Connor got the best subtitles in the game!!!!
begone, peasant!
Imagine him being interrogated by chinese official.. they be like what lol. Love the subs tho and editing.
😂Maybe it’s because you’re 9 years old and so adorable. You're really lucky. The people you've met in China are all warm - hearted and hospitable. In fact, there are also quite a few indifferent or even bad people in China. But I believe, just like in the US or the other countries around the world, the majority of people on this planet are very nice. Smile at them, and they'll smile back. Hope people all over the world can unite, talk to each other, enhance mutual understanding, we cloud be friends!
LOVED this series dude I hope you do more in china and maybe learn the language a bit more along the way, make some friends etc.
Thanks to your videos I really wanna go now!
Your China videos just put joy on my face and warmth in my heart❤ thank you!
Not just coal, they also have a large timber and textiles industry, and they did have a bitcoin operation in past
bitcoin mining is banned !
the city relies on two things, one black and one white which are coal and wool. they own china's biggest cashmere brand called 'Ordos", they have the best cashmere in the world for brands like Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana and more
@@Musa03n You are correct. I looked into it and the article that I saw on it was from 2017 and the images it was referencing were a few years old. I have since updated my comment
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its so interesting to see a city that was designed rather than built slowly over time. surreal really
Connor I f*ckin love you man!! Putting out content that the MSM can not compete with... TRUTH!! Main stream is dead & we are the media now! Look forward to sharing a spleef with you in the future brother!
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