I'm in the US. About 2 weeks ago in North Carolina, an unarmed black man who was accused of shoplifting was shot 3 times. He had no weapon, and was simply walking. A few days ago in Oklahoma, a police officer broke the neck and eye socket of 71 year old Vietnamese man over a traffic stop. I saw both these videos. In Texas, police stopped a man driving a pickup truck because he had out of town license plates. He was carrying $35,000 in cash to buy machinery for his business. The cops seized his money and the local government refuses to return it. These incidents happen EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE in America. I stopped arguing with Americans about how great they think this country it. They hang on to some unrealistic patriotic delusion, and are quick to accuse China of doing what is ACTUALLY DONE here. Things will not change no matter who is President because corruption permeates this society at every level. Far be it for me to give advice to the people in China, but here it is - be proud of your country and your government. I am in awe of how sophisticated your society is, and how protective of the people the CCP are. You are right about the politicians in the West. They suffer zero consequences for their lies and corrupt actions. The White House and Washington DC perfectly reflect our society. We in the US are not to be admired or emulated, but should be held as an example of a collapsing empire that should never be repeated again for the sake of the world. Thank you for this great vlog!
This is what you called democratic country, you can shoot anyone & put the blame on the person and also claim you've done the rights of cleaning the society
butbut chinabad. Western media tells us that they are poor/steal/cheat/fake everything, their economy is pepetually collapsing and that has to be the truth right??
Pretty accurate observations, insightful analysis, and articulate presentation, many of which echo in me with my own experience in China. Thank you both for sharing.
back in october, i had a torn calf muscle, the emergency room doctor referred me to get an ultrasound done. it was an eight-month wait. yes, it is free healthcare, but the wait is unbearable. love from canada.
I also had a torn calf muscle last month and went to a hospital in Guangzhou, where l stay, there are no tourists in sight, I told the door guard my leg problem, and in pain, he pointed the direction and I showed my passport at the counter and waited, 10 minutes later, someone told me to go the office, talk with a doctor and he gave me a pieces of paper and l paid 180 yuans to the counter and l got 3 small bags of pills, ate 2 a day for 2 weeks, first-week legs still pain but after that, it get better and better, need to walk 4 to 6 time a day, now l am all right. l will go there next year for my eyes. Thank you, China.
what?An eight-month wait? Forgive me for saying so, but what's the difference between this and waiting to die? Of course, your problem is not life threatening. But this one is pretty incredible.
My relative visited China in Oct for 3 weeks. During the visit in Shanghai one evening she had fever of 102F with blood in urine. She was 70+ years old and very nervous but finally went to the ER of the best hospital in Shanghai. She got the service including ultrasound, blood test, medicine, diagnosed as Urinary tract infection, in less than 2 hours. She was fully recovered the next morning. Guess how much she was paid since she didn't have China medical insurance? Total 280RMB, i.e. US$40! She was told that the price for people w/wo insurance was the same. If you had local insurance you might only need to pay 10%-20% of the retail price.
So glad your relative received that care and recovered! This is reassuring to know that we won't have to worry about health insurance when we travel to China, hopefully next Autumn.
@@pinotnoir3654 Unless you plan on going somewhere dangerous like the Himalayas, you don't need to worry about medical expenses in China. Emergency like fracture will cost you 1000usd top, normal illlnsss like flu cost like 100usd.
Absolutely accurate analysis of Western Democracy, alot of sweet talk and empty promises, no consequences, corruption increases. How true your analysis👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm so glad that many of the people who endured hardship in the 50s to the 70s, and worked hard to build China up, are still here to see the grand society their efforts produced and can enjoy it as well. To think this all happened in one generation is absolutely astounding.
I can understand what you have said. As an outsider, I was really amazed by the differences. For example, once in Shanghai, a police man came to me [I forcefully hailed down a taxi at an intersection where hailing tax is not allowed, but I did not know] and SALUTED to me before talking to me. I was flabbergasted because that never happens in my country. 😂
@ Right, we take it for granted because it’s been this way since we were born. Policemen’s official name is 人民警察 police for the people. I think it’s one of the differences of “socialist” societies and capitalist societies.
Wow... Julie is intelligent, articulate and not to mention drop dead gorgeous! And the chemistry between you two is so adorable. And yes of course as I'm not Danish, I think Denmark is a great country (we tend to be more critical of our home counties).
Europe is a beautiful continent. Yes, many European ladies are great. As in the ones in Europe, but after they move to countries like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ they become narcissistic, lazy, arrogant and superficial.
Anyone notice, Jiayi looks little bit of uncomfortable, everytime when Julie are actually praising his home country, that's a very Chinese thing to do too! ❤😂
I live in the US and political accountability is a huge problem. It’s a vicious cycle where politicians will make promises and break them as soon as they are in office. Democracies need reform but as it is currently the system has no accountability, you can lie and make your money then move on with your life while the average citizens suffer because of these poor decisions. There needs to be punishments for breaking campaign promises and political lobbying should illegal. If those aren’t amended into political reforms democracy will be doomed to fail.
That's what "democracy" do. Imagine being voted into power for 4 or 5 years but you will need to fix the craps that your predecessor left behind and there are no candies for the voters but bitter pills. Imagine your chances of being in power again at the next election. With that in mind, do you think you'll still want to work your butt off fixing the problems only to be kicked out of office later on by the same ungrateful voters who put you there in the first place? Any savvy politicians in that position would be trying to stuff their bank accounts to the brim as long as they can and then blame all the problems unsolved or created to their incoming opponents.
The main difference between Western societies of old and now is the current lack of Independent/Noble Academia/Intellectuals and the corruption of Mass Media. This resulted in a generation of citizens who seemed proud of mediocrity and 'decadence', yet think they have the best democratic system in the world. I am non-Western and just wish they would wake up from their stupor and hold their influencers(MSM) and politicians responsible and not allow their country to cause mayhem around the world. Let us all live in PEACE.
What if tenure allocated to the role is enough to pay back the donors and get a new position in the donors company?? Win win for this person and their donor. Lose lose for the normal people
In 2005, I stayed in Denmark for a few months. The environment was beautiful, and the pace of life was very slow. The most uncomfortable part was the lack of people, and I wasn’t used to the food. Since I’m from Shenzhen, I didn’t feel that Denmark was more advanced than China at the time. Nearly 20 years have passed, and China has changed significantly, while Nordic countries still seem to be the same as before.
Excellent video. I really enjoyed it. I live in China. I love it here. Been here for 20 years. I just had some jiaozi (dumplings) here in Zhuhai. Cost me 8 yuan for 15 dumplings.
As a Canadian, I knew that healthcare service was abysmally slow in Canada and the UK. But I didn't know it was also abysmally slow in Denmark. Thanks for informing us. Is this also true in the other Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland)?
Yep, a young woman I know in Australia had to wait so long for cancer treatment that by that time it had to progressed to Stage 4 and she was given 2-3 months to live, at age 30. She went to a Bangkok Thailand private clinic who treated her immediately and now she's improved but will have to deal with it tho at least she now how years to live instead of a few months. True story.
Canada is as bad depending on your illness, where you are, and luck. A comprehensive study shows that 75% of incidents could have been resolved by better care. The value of Cdn healthcare is very little today. Pay sky high taxes and get little for it. Better to go to east asia and pay for better & quicker treatment - with a smile because you're treated as a customer instead of a burden.
Is worst when your own family doctor don't even offer a CT scan when the patient complains extreme pain every few years, he only gave her painkiller. My friend's mom due to other illness got a CT scan, only to found out she had cancer all these years.
On the history part, China invented a writing system, and bamboo books and paper thousands of years ago. Those were equivalent to computer and mobile phone inventions in today's world, and put those in the hands of normal people. It significantly helped to spread and preserve knowledge, and pass the learnings and history down generations. Sorry to say the Vikings and nomads in Europe didn't have those technology until very late, and knowledge and history and civilization got lost.
I hope everything works out for you, I won't tell you where I am from but it is so true some medical issues can take months just to get to the head of the line to be seen by a doctor and then wait again for months for the procedure that is needed which could still be cancelled at the last minute. But I wish you all the best.
Incredible pace of development in China in spite of US sanctions. You have no shortage of great minds and very hard-working people, so I think you'll be just fine.
It's crazy to hear Julie talk bad about transit in Copenhagen. As an American who lives in a big city in US, when i visited Copenhagen, I felt the transit there was very modern and well run. I guess Chinese transits must be super amazing.
It is an ongoing joke in Denmark that our trains are always delayed or cancelled. The metro in copenhagen is okay but any of the actual trains is a gamble. Trains from one danish airport had 700 cancelations in a year. Paired with outrageous pricing, it just isn't acceptable
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6:32 You know the police is way too polite when you see them holding shield and fork-like thing towards to someone holding a knife instead of spray and gun.
I just discovered your channel, and I found it incredibly informative! Both of you speak English very fluently. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your content.
Hangzhou actually has amazing local food, if bypassing those "influencer's recommendations", a lot of local restaurants/diner can provide very authentic local cuisines
I subscribed your channel without even remembering it, obviously because you guys are good. The girl is so so pretty and easy going she is almost perfect, of course the guy is good looking too but you are very lucky. What you both said indicate you guys are very based very intelligent and funny too. ❤❤ Wish you all the success.
talking about girl girl relations, there's something very interesting I want to share. Years ago when I was working with a American colleague visiting china, he observed a lot of Chinese working girls at lunch break, they looked very intimate, like hugging each other on the street, holding hands or shoulders while walking. He was very curious and asked me if those girls were lesbians. I laughed hard because he kinda have a professor -kind-of vibe and being very serious. I guess he'd been imbuing with the idea that China is a backward country and homosexuality is prohibited. I told him, physical intimacy between chinese women in public places are very common and it doesn't necessarily mean they are lesbians😄. He was not fully convinced but then he saw men doing intimate stuff like pulling each other's cheeks, even slapping on the bottoms on the street, he finally got it. I don't know if it's related to cultural or religious traditions, western people seemed quite uptight about same sex chummy behavior in public places, worrying people may raise questions about their sexuality?🤣
@sheilafong1594 Lucky for me that I don't live to make those people happy. Anyone who believes the Chinese government would even care about a channel this small lack critical thinking skills 😂
I agree with you… especially her choice of a thumbnail, where she sums up everything by just saying “China is just better “…. It just sounds off to me 🥴… like what’s the whole purpose behind this video
Let them say what they want. What Julie and Jiayi are saying is simply the truth and we are learning important things about China that the lying media try to hide. Why do they hide it? Because if people knew how wonderful China is, it will make them reflect on how incredibly terrible their own systems and politicians are, and demand change.
As a Chinese person, I would like to add two points: Medical System: This may explain why our population has flourished and our history has endured, thanks in part to our medical system. Political Accountability: We dislike having leaders who make foolish statements and embarrass us as their people. This is evident in various countries, such as Argentina, South Korea, and the United States. We generally adopt a serious attitude toward politics and prefer professionals to manage it. This doesn’t mean that Chinese people are overly serious about everything; rather, we believe that politics should be approached with a sense of seriousness.
As a German who has lived abroad (& is currently residing outside of the EU) and traveled all over the world, I can say with full confidence that all of the things you brought up, I can relate to 100% lol and honestly it's kind of sad
Your best medicine is preventative medicine. Eat organic, eat lots of vegetables and fruits, don't smoke, don't drink or minimize, get lots of exercise and get enough rest. Maintain your body religiously like maintaining your dream car.
I'm in Copenhagen Denmark, short simple; here it's so bad on all levels , even the police are more criminal than the Criminals!, social workers steal from old & mental sick 😮
Still, in the minds of most non-Western English educated people around the world, the Nordic countries are the richest and best societies in the world. What gives?
i cannot agree more on the food. as a chinese, when i first went to USA for my graduate study, i lived on campus and had a meal plan. I lost 10 pounds in 3 month. I just could not enjoy the western food. as a result, i dont eat any burgers, sandwiches, or salads. for the government, i dont agree. you cannot imagine how bad the situation is with regard to the corruptions.
chinese corruption is not a cpc problem, it has been a tradition for thousands of years. It may take more than 2 generations to fully address this problem, but xi is not afraid to tackle it even if that person was a defense minister. trump sent personnel to Afghanistan to investigate military corruption and they died in a helicopter crash and that was it, the investigation was terminated. You can google this to verify it. love from canada.
China's political system has been criticized by Western countries as being dictatorial, centralized, and even persecuting its own people. As a Chinese who has lived in China for 60 years, I have experienced China's worst period and witnessed China's gradual development. I admit that the Chinese government is centralized, but it is by no means dictatorial. China has had such a political system for more than 2,000 years, forming a complete and effective system for selecting and appointing bureaucrats. The leaders who have reached high positions are professional and political elites from all walks of life, and the Chinese government's accountability system is difficult for other countries to achieve. As a regime that wants to rule for a long time, I really don't understand why they persecute their own people. This is not good for their rule at all.
There was some time ago on douyin some student going abroad to the UK and actually crying on camera complaining about the food that they couldn't get over it. I was loosing my shxt over those videos 🤣😂😭
@@Nom_AnorVSJedi they've only banned that specific brand and flavour. And those noodles are over the top, artificially spicy. You wouldn't feed them to children or elderly, as they can indeed cause harm.
China is better, yes, except there are some issues. Lots of places are too crowded, people can be rude, talking loud, quarreling with each other, cut in line... such stories are not rare on Weibo and other social platforms.. Chinese people are very hospitable and polite to foreigners, yes, esp in big cities like Shanghai. Yes, it's improving, looking back 40-50 years go, big progress, would be better in future. Second, average wages are still low in China, of course, things are cheap, foreigners love China, but they can't stay, because salary in US and Canada are still higher, on average. Overall, I would love to move back to China, hope to land some good offer too :) I hope you guys love what you do and enjoy life in China, making China more livable for foreigner friends as well.
While Denmark might not match China’s scale or dominance in certain high-tech fields, it excels in other areas, particularly green and sustainable technologies. Both nations are advanced but prioritize different aspects of technological development.
In Australia, 1)healthcare is like Denmark. Not 2 years wait but >6 months. Worse of all, you need a GP doctor to refer you to specialist. Why need former to refer a specific field & patients want to know their health & this eats up the government coffers; 2)transportation : A$7pp one way by train; don't even start cos ppl here insists of business case 1st before starting but lots of money spent on consultants - what a waste! And in the end, nothing implemented and costs increases yearly 3)politics : yes, I think a law should be enacted for politicians to be accountable for spending our money for their inefficiencies ; 4)Police : not great as i remember I reported a iPhone sale scam and its been nowhile for 4 years. Now the latest are a)pumping petrol and driveaway not paying and b)shopping at Woolworths and Coles and leaving without paying. These were reported but again, nothing happens as there's 33% increase yoy . I can see gong nowhere but downwards. Good luck
The official name of the police in China is the People's Police. Like other government officials, they should "serve the people." Unlike in many countries, where the police's only job description is "to maintain the authority of the law," the People's Police of China's job description includes things like "to protect the lives and property of the people."
Great that things are getting better in China. I do hope that the animal/pet treatment/abuse changes. And I hope that animal activists get more support....
A good video. You pointed some interesting and valuable points (I personally like the way today's China is handling the modernity and ancient background; I also agree that Chinese could be more individualistic - in a positive, productive way - than most Western media would recognize and "allow" them. But your basic stance - comparing China with Denmark is off, way off: you just may not compare a large, ethnically, culturally, historically ,..., and geographically diverse country like China with a tiny, bland, "vanilla-flavor", marshland province in the northern Europe. Comparing China with, for example, the USA could give you a lot more substance to talk about. I find these two vastly different, on many levels.
""But your basic stance - comparing China with Denmark is off, way off: you just may not compare a large, ethnically, culturally, historically ,..., and geographically diverse country like China with a tiny, bland, "vanilla-flavor", marshland province in the northern Europe."" This part is irrelevant and I think the whole reason for her making this video is the criticism she gets about China.
You might want to consider that she is Danish and is naturally expressing her feelings about living in two different places. I think it’s great; she’s not delivering a serious academic report.
In the west we have liberal democracy: u can vote and got regreted/sissapointed after that u differently in next election. In china they have meritoc-democracy: u can vote a person to the position and the end its depand on his merits.
They indeed learned a lot by analyzing the mistakes made by western city planners. Now on many fields they surpassed them. I think another factor is that many western planning and execution is carried out by fully privatized companies which are bound by the bottom line.
The biggest issue here in the US is political accountability. Everyone talks big, but everything vanishes the moment they get your vote. And nobody accounts for anything when shit happens. It's like a bug in the system. I talked about this with my friends back in China, and they just cant believe that. For the medical system, I wont waste your time here cause you sure have heard about Luigi..
I’m happy that you like where you chose to live but please do not slander Denmark; this is unnecessary. Denmark is an open and free society that is an exemplary example of human rights and human dignity. I realize the health care system is not the best it can be, but it is better than most countries in the world. I had family killed, maimed, injured and sent to Nazi labor camps during World War 2. I was born in California to Danish parents and I’m very proud of my parents birth country and my Danish family standing up for freedom and losing their lives during the occupation. No need to degrade your birth country.
It's not slander it's criticism and criticism helps the country improve, a true form of patriotism. I don't think she is any less proud of the Danish accomplishments and heritage than you.
Don't you think it's a little interesting that you as an American think you get to tell me a Danish citizen what I can and cannot say about my own country? A number of Danes were brave during the world War, that however has nothing to do with modern Denmark and please don't try to say we stand up for human rights. We happily enslaved people to get rich, we happily join wars with America, our politicians support g*nocide of innocent Palestinians, we happily abused the people of Greenland and still joke about it. I want my country to be better and I'm tired of corrupt politicians taking away what has made us great. I will never be silent about that, because I actually love my home.
You guys did not mention two things: graffiti and garbage. Living in China would change one's expectation that a city should look clean and not vandalized by punks.
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The CCP certainly executes more people than the rest of the work combined - very effectively, comrades. Do you have any issues illegally accessing TH-cam with a VPN in the PRC?
“chinese go to hospitals very often” so true, lol, which causes one of the problems in chinese healthcare system that people are abusing the ER services, and those people in actual need may not get proper treatment at proper timing
There is no need to worry about this. The emergency room and the general outpatient clinic are separate. People only go to the emergency room when they think it is urgent. After all, the price required for the emergency room is higher, although not much higher.
Don't spread negative information casually. We think this is a kind of modesty, showing that we are not perfect, but you know that some things Chinese people say will be magnified exponentially. Many things are heard from others because they like to exaggerate when they speak.
Since no country is totally perfect, could you also make a video about the things you sincerely think Danemark is doing better than China or that you don't like there? It's for balance and avoid people saying that you are just a "paid CCP shill"...
It sounds like CNN or BBC logic: China is good at this, but what is the cost…? If you praise the West, do you feel you must find something bad to say just to prove that you are not paid to say so? Isn’t it a double standard?
Less crowded, less competition in the market, higher gdp per capita, might have some better retirement benefits and incomes... I can't really think about anything else apart from those things, and to be honest It's just a matter of time that people will earn more if they keep mantaining their growth. For the moment I see China actively growing and getting better, while every western country is getting stagnated and degradating slowly
Paid haters will say you're a "paid CCP shill" if you say anything positive about China regardless. And they'll also call you a "China Expert" if you say anything negative about China.
@@yiluis1316 less pollution. I know China has done a lot in recent years and it's difficult being a manufacturing country but it still has room to improve.
Lu Xun is hideously bad as a critic. The past is more interesting than the present and the future is meh. There is a good reason for keeping things as they are. China finally found an equilibrium that escaped it but much of the pell mell change of the last century was poorly thought out and even counterproductive. Chinese readers will know what I’m talking about. That said, I don’t think Denmark is to the disadvantage of China. You can’t compare a small country to a big one and of course a big one will have more of everything. You readjust to a life abroad as Julie did and the the things found at home become a distant memory. For Danes who haven’t gone abroad, they haven’t missed anything and when all is said and done, the grass always looks greener at home. And if you’re not Julie and are native Chinese that’s the way they see things too in their country.
I disagree. You can always compare systems and claiming that bigger countries have more just due to size is just factually inaccurate. India is big but is worse off than the smaller nations in Europe. I also think you'll find many Chinese who will disagree with your opinion of Lu Xun. China's changes has lead it to develope and become a powerhouse on the global stage once more and made it possible to lift more than 800 million people out of poverty.
@ in the last few decades, the changes that occurred have been impressive. I’m not in favour of change for its own sake and the early policies of the new China were an exercise in inexperience and the naive belief human effort alone can have a transformative effect. The transition to more sound policies beginning in the 1980s were much more beneficial in the long run. Every country needs to figure out how to balance tradition with measured change. A challenge China and its mega demographic neighbour, India are sure to face in the future.
I agree with many of the good things you shared about China. There are however certain things I believe that China needs to improve on like: 1. Smoking and not respecting rights of others in non smoking areas. 2. Spitting and speaking loudly without a care for others. 3. Not following traffic rules especially at zebra crossings, going against traffic, overtaking, etc Of course no country is perfect but I hope the government can instill some form of awareness into those to make it better.
@ China had rules of etiquette long before the West. If the regime has a backup ideology, it’s likely to be Confucianism. It won’t be a state religion like it was under the Qing dynasty but it will become a code to a harmonious life. Not something you’ll find in Della Casa’s Galateo. Life is more than good manners, refined living and respecting others. Julie left out virtues in China but there’s plenty of room for a video about them and how they affect everyday life there.
@@maradon385 What you mentioned is valid, but these are behaviors that ordinary Chinese people dislike, not virtues that China lacks. Today's younger generation has received a good education and demonstrates sufficient politeness and kindness. We can't impose strict restrictions on uneducated individuals because of some bad behaviors. Instead, it requires generation after generation to consciously improve themselves.
In the west we have liberal democracy: u can vote and got regreted/sissapointed after that u differently in next election. In china they have meritoc-democracy: u can vote a person to the position and the end its depand on his merits.
I'm in the US. About 2 weeks ago in North Carolina, an unarmed black man who was accused of shoplifting was shot 3 times. He had no weapon, and was simply walking. A few days ago in Oklahoma, a police officer broke the neck and eye socket of 71 year old Vietnamese man over a traffic stop. I saw both these videos. In Texas, police stopped a man driving a pickup truck because he had out of town license plates. He was carrying $35,000 in cash to buy machinery for his business. The cops seized his money and the local government refuses to return it. These incidents happen EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE in America. I stopped arguing with Americans about how great they think this country it. They hang on to some unrealistic patriotic delusion, and are quick to accuse China of doing what is ACTUALLY DONE here. Things will not change no matter who is President because corruption permeates this society at every level. Far be it for me to give advice to the people in China, but here it is - be proud of your country and your government. I am in awe of how sophisticated your society is, and how protective of the people the CCP are. You are right about the politicians in the West. They suffer zero consequences for their lies and corrupt actions. The White House and Washington DC perfectly reflect our society. We in the US are not to be admired or emulated, but should be held as an example of a collapsing empire that should never be repeated again for the sake of the world. Thank you for this great vlog!
omg, somehow you need to take your country back, smh
The brainwash by establishment has enslaved the populations.
and to top it off, APAIC controls the important institutions of America
This is what you called democratic country, you can shoot anyone & put the blame on the person and also claim you've done the rights of cleaning the society
butbut chinabad. Western media tells us that they are poor/steal/cheat/fake everything, their economy is pepetually collapsing and that has to be the truth right??
Pretty accurate observations, insightful analysis, and articulate presentation, many of which echo in me with my own experience in China. Thank you both for sharing.
back in october, i had a torn calf muscle, the emergency room doctor referred me to get an ultrasound done. it was an eight-month wait. yes, it is free healthcare, but the wait is unbearable. love from canada.
even when you are in the Emergency room? that could leave you with permanent damage...don't recommend wait on it.
@@taitoufeiguo If such a disease requires going to the emergency room, then the entire hospital needs to be converted into an emergency room
I also had a torn calf muscle last month and went to a hospital in Guangzhou, where l stay, there are no tourists in sight, I told the door guard my leg problem, and in pain, he pointed the direction and I showed my passport at the counter and waited, 10 minutes later, someone told me to go the office, talk with a doctor and he gave me a pieces of paper and l paid 180 yuans to the counter and l got 3 small bags of pills, ate 2 a day for 2 weeks, first-week legs still pain but after that, it get better and better, need to walk 4 to 6 time a day, now l am all right. l will go there next year for my eyes. Thank you, China.
what?An eight-month wait?
Forgive me for saying so, but what's the difference between this and waiting to die?
Of course, your problem is not life threatening.
But this one is pretty incredible.
0:43 Medical System
2:27 Transportation
3:40 Political Accountability
6:13 Police
7:41 Food
9:22 Individuality
10:50 City Planning
11:31 Female Culture
14:13 Nature
14:53 History & Culture
Excellent retrospective. Thanks.
My relative visited China in Oct for 3 weeks. During the visit in Shanghai one evening she had fever of 102F with blood in urine. She was 70+ years old and very nervous but finally went to the ER of the best hospital in Shanghai. She got the service including ultrasound, blood test, medicine, diagnosed as Urinary tract infection, in less than 2 hours. She was fully recovered the next morning.
Guess how much she was paid since she didn't have China medical insurance? Total 280RMB, i.e. US$40! She was told that the price for people w/wo insurance was the same. If you had local insurance you might only need to pay 10%-20% of the retail price.
I'm in Denmark , Denmark has become as corrupt as USA on all levels , it's so bad the police are more criminal than criminals
So glad your relative received that care and recovered! This is reassuring to know that we won't have to worry about health insurance when we travel to China, hopefully next Autumn.
@@pinotnoir3654 Unless you plan on going somewhere dangerous like the Himalayas, you don't need to worry about medical expenses in China. Emergency like fracture will cost you 1000usd top, normal illlnsss like flu cost like 100usd.
That's "evil" socialism at work for us
China is so safe, clean and there is so much to discover! I go to China at every chance I get.
别来，小心被警察送进精神病院，这是个邪恶政府
Awesome take! Looking forward to your next video.
Absolutely accurate analysis of Western Democracy, alot of sweet talk and empty promises, no consequences, corruption increases. How true your analysis👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah, just keep you mind open, and time will tell you everything! Good job Jiayi & Julie!
15:55 You are absolutely right. Chinese indeed feel they live in a New China, while remembering the history of their motherland.
I'm so glad that many of the people who endured hardship in the 50s to the 70s, and worked hard to build China up, are still here to see the grand society their efforts produced and can enjoy it as well. To think this all happened in one generation is absolutely astounding.
It’s nice to hear your personal feelings about living in China, as locals we never notice many of them.
I can understand what you have said. As an outsider, I was really amazed by the differences. For example, once in Shanghai, a police man came to me [I forcefully hailed down a taxi at an intersection where hailing tax is not allowed, but I did not know] and SALUTED to me before talking to me. I was flabbergasted because that never happens in my country. 😂
@ Right, we take it for granted because it’s been this way since we were born. Policemen’s official name is 人民警察 police for the people. I think it’s one of the differences of “socialist” societies and capitalist societies.
Wow... Julie is intelligent, articulate and not to mention drop dead gorgeous! And the chemistry between you two is so adorable.
And yes of course as I'm not Danish, I think Denmark is a great country (we tend to be more critical of our home counties).
...until you learn the truth about other countries.
Europe is a beautiful continent. Yes, many European ladies are great. As in the ones in Europe, but after they move to countries like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ they become narcissistic, lazy, arrogant and superficial.
Anyone notice, Jiayi looks little bit of uncomfortable, everytime when Julie are actually praising his home country, that's a very Chinese thing to do too! ❤😂
Chinese humbleness 😂
I live in the US and political accountability is a huge problem. It’s a vicious cycle where politicians will make promises and break them as soon as they are in office. Democracies need reform but as it is currently the system has no accountability, you can lie and make your money then move on with your life while the average citizens suffer because of these poor decisions. There needs to be punishments for breaking campaign promises and political lobbying should illegal. If those aren’t amended into political reforms democracy will be doomed to fail.
That's what "democracy" do. Imagine being voted into power for 4 or 5 years but you will need to fix the craps that your predecessor left behind and there are no candies for the voters but bitter pills. Imagine your chances of being in power again at the next election. With that in mind, do you think you'll still want to work your butt off fixing the problems only to be kicked out of office later on by the same ungrateful voters who put you there in the first place? Any savvy politicians in that position would be trying to stuff their bank accounts to the brim as long as they can and then blame all the problems unsolved or created to their incoming opponents.
The main difference between Western societies of old and now is the current lack of Independent/Noble Academia/Intellectuals and the corruption of Mass Media. This resulted in a generation of citizens who seemed proud of mediocrity and 'decadence', yet think they have the best democratic system in the world. I am non-Western and just wish they would wake up from their stupor and hold their influencers(MSM) and politicians responsible and not allow their country to cause mayhem around the world. Let us all live in PEACE.
politicians need your votes to stay in office so they can repay their BIG donors with favors.
What if tenure allocated to the role is enough to pay back the donors and get a new position in the donors company?? Win win for this person and their donor. Lose lose for the normal people
😅😅有谁会无缘无故，毫无目的花费几十亿上百亿美元竞争一个年薪几十万美元的总统位子呢？所以他们所说的竞选宣言只不过是为了能坐上总统宝座😅好让自己的团队赚更多的钱罢了。😅而不是为了给人民谋幸福。
In 2005, I stayed in Denmark for a few months. The environment was beautiful, and the pace of life was very slow. The most uncomfortable part was the lack of people, and I wasn’t used to the food. Since I’m from Shenzhen, I didn’t feel that Denmark was more advanced than China at the time. Nearly 20 years have passed, and China has changed significantly, while Nordic countries still seem to be the same as before.
What a nice couple. Beautiful and handsome. Wish both you happy and healthy.
Thank you for sharing the video.
Excellent video. I really enjoyed it. I live in China. I love it here. Been here for 20 years. I just had some jiaozi (dumplings) here in Zhuhai. Cost me 8 yuan for 15 dumplings.
That's awesome! You're one of the true long-term foreigners! I hear Zhuhai is quite beautiful
Great interview. Good to know how you feel ,👍👍👍👋👋👋❤️❤️❤️
As a Canadian, I knew that healthcare service was abysmally slow in Canada and the UK. But I didn't know it was also abysmally slow in Denmark. Thanks for informing us.
Is this also true in the other Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland)?
Yep, a young woman I know in Australia had to wait so long for cancer treatment that by that time it had to progressed to Stage 4 and she was given 2-3 months to live, at age 30. She went to a Bangkok Thailand private clinic who treated her immediately and now she's improved but will have to deal with it tho at least she now how years to live instead of a few months. True story.
Canada is as bad depending on your illness, where you are, and luck. A comprehensive study shows that 75% of incidents could have been resolved by better care. The value of Cdn healthcare is very little today. Pay sky high taxes and get little for it. Better to go to east asia and pay for better & quicker treatment - with a smile because you're treated as a customer instead of a burden.
Is worst when your own family doctor don't even offer a CT scan when the patient complains extreme pain every few years, he only gave her painkiller. My friend's mom due to other illness got a CT scan, only to found out she had cancer all these years.
Denmark may already have a princess, but from now on I will think of and remember you, Julie, the real Danish princess.
On the history part, China invented a writing system, and bamboo books and paper thousands of years ago.
Those were equivalent to computer and mobile phone inventions in today's world, and put those in the hands of normal people.
It significantly helped to spread and preserve knowledge, and pass the learnings and history down generations.
Sorry to say the Vikings and nomads in Europe didn't have those technology until very late, and knowledge and history and civilization got lost.
Excellent video. I enjoyed the videos you release everytime.
You two make a very lovely couple and thanks for sharing your experience. Looking forward to your next one.
Thank you so much 😊
Great experience and commentary 👏👏👏👏👍
I hope everything works out for you, I won't tell you where I am from but it is so true some medical issues can take months just to get to the head of the line to be seen by a doctor and then wait again for months for the procedure that is needed which could still be cancelled at the last minute. But I wish you all the best.
Incredible pace of development in China in spite of US sanctions. You have no shortage of great minds and very hard-working people, so I think you'll be just fine.
It's crazy to hear Julie talk bad about transit in Copenhagen. As an American who lives in a big city in US, when i visited Copenhagen, I felt the transit there was very modern and well run. I guess Chinese transits must be super amazing.
It is an ongoing joke in Denmark that our trains are always delayed or cancelled. The metro in copenhagen is okay but any of the actual trains is a gamble. Trains from one danish airport had 700 cancelations in a year. Paired with outrageous pricing, it just isn't acceptable
One wonderful Year! Congratulations. Enjoy the beauty, safety, hospitality, cuisines, culture, history, convience, technology, diverse language and people of China. ♥️🌷🌹💓🇨🇳🇨🇳👍👌🙏
Thank you for those information, it's an eye-opener
I will say China is the safest country in the world, except the night market. 😋😋😋
There's definitely places that are less safe and that shouldn't be ignored, but as a whole I agree that China is very safe
I think he was joking about the market because you eat too much. which is bad for you haha
Food paradise 😊
Okay, I get it. You get fat easily when you eat.
6:32 You know the police is way too polite when you see them holding shield and fork-like thing towards to someone holding a knife instead of spray and gun.
I just discovered your channel, and I found it incredibly informative! Both of you speak English very fluently. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your content.
Julie I was in Copenhagen this year in April. My daughter was playing hockey there. Beautiful city loved the bicycles
Hangzhou actually has amazing local food, if bypassing those "influencer's recommendations", a lot of local restaurants/diner can provide very authentic local cuisines
Good explanation since you all stayed in both countries,
I subscribed your channel without even remembering it, obviously because you guys are good.
The girl is so so pretty and easy going she is almost perfect, of course the guy is good looking too but you are very lucky.
What you both said indicate you guys are very based very intelligent and funny too. ❤❤
Wish you all the success.
talking about girl girl relations, there's something very interesting I want to share. Years ago when I was working with a American colleague visiting china, he observed a lot of Chinese working girls at lunch break, they looked very intimate, like hugging each other on the street, holding hands or shoulders while walking. He was very curious and asked me if those girls were lesbians. I laughed hard because he kinda have a professor -kind-of vibe and being very serious. I guess he'd been imbuing with the idea that China is a backward country and homosexuality is prohibited. I told him, physical intimacy between chinese women in public places are very common and it doesn't necessarily mean they are lesbians😄. He was not fully convinced but then he saw men doing intimate stuff like pulling each other's cheeks, even slapping on the bottoms on the street, he finally got it.
I don't know if it's related to cultural or religious traditions, western people seemed quite uptight about same sex chummy behavior in public places, worrying people may raise questions about their sexuality?🤣
为什么提倡同性恋就是先进国家?那上帝为什么要分男女?
Regarding political responsibility, the mayor of Zhuhai had been fired because of that tragedy
Your title will make a lot of people angry or they will call you CCP propagandist.
@sheilafong1594 Lucky for me that I don't live to make those people happy.
Anyone who believes the Chinese government would even care about a channel this small lack critical thinking skills 😂
I agree with you… especially her choice of a thumbnail, where she sums up everything by just saying “China is just better “…. It just sounds off to me 🥴… like what’s the whole purpose behind this video
@Steff96 China in the areas the video discusses is better and that is the point of the video
Let them say what they want. What Julie and Jiayi are saying is simply the truth and we are learning important things about China that the lying media try to hide. Why do they hide it? Because if people knew how wonderful China is, it will make them reflect on how incredibly terrible their own systems and politicians are, and demand change.
@@Steff96Even if that's exactly what she wants to say based on what she has experienced, so? No freedom to praise China, even if that's the truth?
I often feel we should compare China with the entire Europe because of the size and the population.
As a Chinese person, I would like to add two points:
Medical System: This may explain why our population has flourished and our history has endured, thanks in part to our medical system.
Political Accountability: We dislike having leaders who make foolish statements and embarrass us as their people. This is evident in various countries, such as Argentina, South Korea, and the United States. We generally adopt a serious attitude toward politics and prefer professionals to manage it. This doesn’t mean that Chinese people are overly serious about everything; rather, we believe that politics should be approached with a sense of seriousness.
You are totally bang on.
As a German who has lived abroad (& is currently residing outside of the EU) and traveled all over the world, I can say with full confidence that all of the things you brought up, I can relate to 100% lol and honestly it's kind of sad
这个男生上辈子一定拯救了银河系。☺
Your best medicine is preventative medicine. Eat organic, eat lots of vegetables and fruits, don't smoke, don't drink or minimize, get lots of exercise and get enough rest.
Maintain your body religiously like maintaining your dream car.
I'm in Copenhagen Denmark, short simple; here it's so bad on all levels , even the police are more criminal than the Criminals!, social workers steal from old & mental sick 😮
Still, in the minds of most non-Western English educated people around the world, the Nordic countries are the richest and best societies in the world. What gives?
Two years, you can try it in Canada, same thing
What a beautiful couple.
i cannot agree more on the food. as a chinese, when i first went to USA for my graduate study, i lived on campus and had a meal plan. I lost 10 pounds in 3 month. I just could not enjoy the western food. as a result, i dont eat any burgers, sandwiches, or salads. for the government, i dont agree. you cannot imagine how bad the situation is with regard to the corruptions.
Corruption happens in all governments regardless of the system.
Salad is very good for you. Good for rabbits too.
@ it only takes 5mins or less for me to cook a Chinese vegetable dish.
chinese corruption is not a cpc problem, it has been a tradition for thousands of years. It may take more than 2 generations to fully address this problem, but xi is not afraid to tackle it even if that person was a defense minister. trump sent personnel to Afghanistan to investigate military corruption and they died in a helicopter crash and that was it, the investigation was terminated. You can google this to verify it. love from canada.
i live in the US .... corruption here is a lot worse than in China ...... the media here covers them up ....
With the population like China. The train service time needs to extend to 24 hour.
China's political system has been criticized by Western countries as being dictatorial, centralized, and even persecuting its own people. As a Chinese who has lived in China for 60 years, I have experienced China's worst period and witnessed China's gradual development. I admit that the Chinese government is centralized, but it is by no means dictatorial. China has had such a political system for more than 2,000 years, forming a complete and effective system for selecting and appointing bureaucrats. The leaders who have reached high positions are professional and political elites from all walks of life, and the Chinese government's accountability system is difficult for other countries to achieve. As a regime that wants to rule for a long time, I really don't understand why they persecute their own people. This is not good for their rule at all.
There was some time ago on douyin some student going abroad to the UK and actually crying on camera complaining about the food that they couldn't get over it.
I was loosing my shxt over those videos 🤣😂😭
LOL. Just read the title, didn't need to watch for a good laugh! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She made some comments that are fact enlightening many people.
You're denying reality. You're on the path of insanity. If I may guess, you think Trump is a saint, don't you?
@@Pierina.24 Should really expand your source of info. One person's enlightening can be another's misinformation.
@@ta8986 how would you know since you didn't watch the video.
You speak English better than an English native👍
Can you talk about the incident in Denmark when the government banned ramen noodles for being too spicy 🌶️? Hilarious 🤣
@@Nom_AnorVSJedi I don't think there's much to talk about tbh and I think they ended up pulling back the ban 😅
@ are Danes that sensitive to spicy foods where they need medical attention if it’s too spicy 🌶️??
@@Nom_AnorVSJedi they've only banned that specific brand and flavour. And those noodles are over the top, artificially spicy. You wouldn't feed them to children or elderly, as they can indeed cause harm.
Welcome to Hangzhou!
China is better, yes, except there are some issues. Lots of places are too crowded, people can be rude, talking loud, quarreling with each other, cut in line... such stories are not rare on Weibo and other social platforms.. Chinese people are very hospitable and polite to foreigners, yes, esp in big cities like Shanghai. Yes, it's improving, looking back 40-50 years go, big progress, would be better in future. Second, average wages are still low in China, of course, things are cheap, foreigners love China, but they can't stay, because salary in US and Canada are still higher, on average. Overall, I would love to move back to China, hope to land some good offer too :) I hope you guys love what you do and enjoy life in China, making China more livable for foreigner friends as well.
Why so many homeless in what u mention 😂
不要随随便便传递负面信息，我们觉得这是一种谦虚，是表示自己不完美，但是你知道中国人说的一些事情会被成倍的放大。很多道听途说的东西就是这么来的，很多外国人说话真的太喜欢夸大其词了，哪怕他们什么都不知道
开放的心态真的是最重要的.多去了解,去感受,调整自己.而不去说服别人改变别人.
这或许是中西方文化最本质的差别吧.
有大乃荣.
While Denmark might not match China’s scale or dominance in certain high-tech fields, it excels in other areas, particularly green and sustainable technologies. Both nations are advanced but prioritize different aspects of technological development.
Denmark is similar to UK then…
This brother has won in life...brunette with blue eyes...man...
In Australia, 1)healthcare is like Denmark. Not 2 years wait but >6 months. Worse of all, you need a GP doctor to refer you to specialist. Why need former to refer a specific field & patients want to know their health & this eats up the government coffers; 2)transportation : A$7pp one way by train; don't even start cos ppl here insists of business case 1st before starting but lots of money spent on consultants - what a waste! And in the end, nothing implemented and costs increases yearly 3)politics : yes, I think a law should be enacted for politicians to be accountable for spending our money for their inefficiencies ; 4)Police : not great as i remember I reported a iPhone sale scam and its been nowhile for 4 years. Now the latest are a)pumping petrol and driveaway not paying and b)shopping at Woolworths and Coles and leaving without paying. These were reported but again, nothing happens as there's 33% increase yoy . I can see gong nowhere but downwards. Good luck
The official name of the police in China is the People's Police. Like other government officials, they should "serve the people." Unlike in many countries, where the police's only job description is "to maintain the authority of the law," the People's Police of China's job description includes things like "to protect the lives and property of the people."
Great that things are getting better in China. I do hope that the animal/pet treatment/abuse changes. And I hope that animal activists get more support....
Most thing you're saying about Denmark, I can transfer to Canada as well. Jiayou!
A good video. You pointed some interesting and valuable points (I personally like the way today's China is handling the modernity and ancient background; I also agree that Chinese could be more individualistic - in a positive, productive way - than most Western media would recognize and "allow" them. But your basic stance - comparing China with Denmark is off, way off: you just may not compare a large, ethnically, culturally, historically ,..., and geographically diverse country like China with a tiny, bland, "vanilla-flavor", marshland province in the northern Europe. Comparing China with, for example, the USA could give you a lot more substance to talk about. I find these two vastly different, on many levels.
""But your basic stance - comparing China with Denmark is off, way off: you just may not compare a large, ethnically, culturally, historically ,..., and geographically diverse country like China with a tiny, bland, "vanilla-flavor", marshland province in the northern Europe.""
This part is irrelevant and I think the whole reason for her making this video is the criticism she gets about China.
You might want to consider that she is Danish and is naturally expressing her feelings about living in two different places. I think it’s great; she’s not delivering a serious academic report.
The wait list is same in spain unless u have private health insurance.
Awesome video
Denmark just equal with 3rd tier china province, when your make compare denmark with china is like you compare panda with mouse
In the west we have liberal democracy: u can vote and got regreted/sissapointed after that u differently in next election.
In china they have meritoc-democracy: u can vote a person to the position and the end its depand on his merits.
城市规划方面，我们还有需要向西方发达国家学习之处，当然也还有需要再次向我们的祖先学习之处
They indeed learned a lot by analyzing the mistakes made by western city planners. Now on many fields they surpassed them. I think another factor is that many western planning and execution is carried out by fully privatized companies which are bound by the bottom line.
16:18 the part about royal makes me laugh😂
The biggest issue here in the US is political accountability. Everyone talks big, but everything vanishes the moment they get your vote.
And nobody accounts for anything when shit happens. It's like a bug in the system. I talked about this with my friends back in China, and they just cant believe that.
For the medical system, I wont waste your time here cause you sure have heard about Luigi..
I’m happy that you like where you chose to live but please do not slander Denmark; this is unnecessary. Denmark is an open and free society that is an exemplary example of human rights and human dignity. I realize the health care system is not the best it can be, but it is better than most countries in the world. I had family killed, maimed, injured and sent to Nazi labor camps during World War 2. I was born in California to Danish parents and I’m very proud of my parents birth country and my Danish family standing up for freedom and losing their lives during the occupation. No need to degrade your birth country.
It's not slander it's criticism and criticism helps the country improve, a true form of patriotism. I don't think she is any less proud of the Danish accomplishments and heritage than you.
Don't you think it's a little interesting that you as an American think you get to tell me a Danish citizen what I can and cannot say about my own country?
A number of Danes were brave during the world War, that however has nothing to do with modern Denmark and please don't try to say we stand up for human rights. We happily enslaved people to get rich, we happily join wars with America, our politicians support g*nocide of innocent Palestinians, we happily abused the people of Greenland and still joke about it.
I want my country to be better and I'm tired of corrupt politicians taking away what has made us great. I will never be silent about that, because I actually love my home.
China is not perfect, but very good
Nowhere is perfect. That is part of the point. A country is just a country
I think Helle Thorning-Schmidt might be Denmark's hottest prime minister in history. Stephen Kinnock is one lucky guy.
这个丹麦小姐姐太漂亮了。🥰🥰
You guys did not mention two things: graffiti and garbage. Living in China would change one's expectation that a city should look clean and not vandalized by punks.
👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Denmark is like a paradise but boring.
Denmark can't be that bad
中美政治半斤八两，主要是中美大批人口素质不行，精英教育缺乏道德测试，新加坡日本为什么成功，就是教育在启作用，当然未来会受外部冲击，特别是新加坡这样的小国最容易被外部冲击，日本文化排斥性强，不容易冲击，中国路途遥远着呢，基建这东西将来都是负资产，每个国家都是靠教育维持的，教育体制如何培养君子而不是精英式小人
我们是不是太正常了，以至于和这个世界格格不入？
the things that made America great ...
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The CCP certainly executes more people than the rest of the work combined - very effectively, comrades. Do you have any issues illegally accessing TH-cam with a VPN in the PRC?
“chinese go to hospitals very often” so true, lol, which causes one of the problems in chinese healthcare system that people are abusing the ER services, and those people in actual need may not get proper treatment at proper timing
There is no need to worry about this. The emergency room and the general outpatient clinic are separate. People only go to the emergency room when they think it is urgent. After all, the price required for the emergency room is higher, although not much higher.
Don't spread negative information casually. We think this is a kind of modesty, showing that we are not perfect, but you know that some things Chinese people say will be magnified exponentially. Many things are heard from others because they like to exaggerate when they speak.
人间尤物
Since no country is totally perfect, could you also make a video about the things you sincerely think Danemark is doing better than China or that you don't like there?
It's for balance and avoid people saying that you are just a "paid CCP shill"...
It sounds like CNN or BBC logic: China is good at this, but what is the cost…? If you praise the West, do you feel you must find something bad to say just to prove that you are not paid to say so? Isn’t it a double standard?
Less crowded, less competition in the market, higher gdp per capita, might have some better retirement benefits and incomes...
I can't really think about anything else apart from those things, and to be honest It's just a matter of time that people will earn more if they keep mantaining their growth.
For the moment I see China actively growing and getting better, while every western country is getting stagnated and degradating slowly
Paid haters will say you're a "paid CCP shill" if you say anything positive about China regardless. And they'll also call you a "China Expert" if you say anything negative about China.
@@yiluis1316 less pollution. I know China has done a lot in recent years and it's difficult being a manufacturing country but it still has room to improve.
Food overcapacity
Your both like Twinnies
No, Taiwan is better
Taiwan should stop embarrassing itself! Even snacks are banned in this place😂
Lu Xun is hideously bad as a critic. The past is more interesting than the present and the future is meh. There is a good reason for keeping things as they are. China finally found an equilibrium that escaped it but much of the pell mell change of the last century was poorly thought out and even counterproductive. Chinese readers will know what I’m talking about. That said, I don’t think Denmark is to the disadvantage of China. You can’t compare a small country to a big one and of course a big one will have more of everything. You readjust to a life abroad as Julie did and the the things found at home become a distant memory. For Danes who haven’t gone abroad, they haven’t missed anything and when all is said and done, the grass always looks greener at home. And if you’re not Julie and are native Chinese that’s the way they see things too in their country.
I disagree. You can always compare systems and claiming that bigger countries have more just due to size is just factually inaccurate. India is big but is worse off than the smaller nations in Europe. I also think you'll find many Chinese who will disagree with your opinion of Lu Xun.
China's changes has lead it to develope and become a powerhouse on the global stage once more and made it possible to lift more than 800 million people out of poverty.
@ in the last few decades, the changes that occurred have been impressive. I’m not in favour of change for its own sake and the early policies of the new China were an exercise in inexperience and the naive belief human effort alone can have a transformative effect. The transition to more sound policies beginning in the 1980s were much more beneficial in the long run. Every country needs to figure out how to balance tradition with measured change. A challenge China and its mega demographic neighbour, India are sure to face in the future.
I agree with many of the good things you shared about China. There are however certain things I believe that China needs to improve on like:
1. Smoking and not respecting rights of others in non smoking areas.
2. Spitting and speaking loudly without a care for others.
3. Not following traffic rules especially at zebra crossings, going against traffic, overtaking, etc
Of course no country is perfect but I hope the government can instill some form of awareness into those to make it better.
@ China had rules of etiquette long before the West. If the regime has a backup ideology, it’s likely to be Confucianism. It won’t be a state religion like it was under the Qing dynasty but it will become a code to a harmonious life. Not something you’ll find in Della Casa’s Galateo. Life is more than good manners, refined living and respecting others. Julie left out virtues in China but there’s plenty of room for a video about them and how they affect everyday life there.
@@maradon385 What you mentioned is valid, but these are behaviors that ordinary Chinese people dislike, not virtues that China lacks. Today's younger generation has received a good education and demonstrates sufficient politeness and kindness. We can't impose strict restrictions on uneducated individuals because of some bad behaviors. Instead, it requires generation after generation to consciously improve themselves.
這位美女：說的客觀！公正的說的所見所聞的實事！世界中沒有十全十美的國家！都有大小的問題！總之中國是一個很安全！價廉物美的國度！
关于丹麦，中国人最熟悉的恐怕就是安徒生童话、据说不是丹麦产的丹麦曲奇饼干、蓝牙的名称、恐怕没有更多了。
俾斯麦是德国人
@@yt4ktravel 记忆错误了
In the west we have liberal democracy: u can vote and got regreted/sissapointed after that u differently in next election.
In china they have meritoc-democracy: u can vote a person to the position and the end its depand on his merits.