The speed of how things change in the big cities is absolutely mind boggling. In a previous job I had to travel to shanghai every month and you could literally see stuff change. This was in the early 2000s and in a span of 6 months I saw a 5 storey mall get torn down and rebuilt into a mix development high rise apartment/ mall complex.
@@Nicofilms Please make a video on *How organ harvesting is done in China from Falun Dafa(Gong), Uyghurs, Detainees, Prisoners & many innocent people?* Thanks
@@matthewmiller2935 China did harvest organs from death rows back in 80's. But to be fair, China was also absolutely chaotic and poor at that time frame. for example, adultery was considered a serious crime durng the 80's.
Hi Nico, for the drain problem, do ask the owner of your apartment or the agent to fix it. Seems some part of the pipe below the sink need to be replaced with a U shape pipe, should be an easy fix. If they can't understand your English, ask your company or Chinese colleagues to give them a call.
Talking about ghost towns, let me share my experience with you here. I was born and raised in ZhengZhou, a tier 3 city in central China, and lived there for about 20 years. In the 2000s, the municipal government planned and built a whole new city center in its unoccupied eastern area called new zone CBD (central business district). I lived there for 3 years in a boarding school from 2008 to 2011, back then it was like a ghost town with little population moving into that area. But in less than 10 years the CBD actually bloomed and is now the hottest area in the city. Now people wish to work and live there or simply take their families to various parks there for hikes during freetime. The reason of building new districts or even new cities is quite simple. The majority of Chinese cities have quite long histories so almost all of them have "old district" of some sort. As a result, these districts or cities as a whole can't keep up with the fast pace of urbanization or the large amount of people moving in. Plus the fact that it's often hard to remove/renovate the old buildings due to their historical and cultural values, a lot of local governments on the town or city level deem that it's easier to just set up whole new areas with detailed planning which should allow them to serve the city in the following decades.
@fatcatbuzz Yes those are really common, I see them quite often too. More often than not they get populated later, but sometimes they become failed investments and get sold/reclaimed. It might be easier to see from satelite images about the speed of urbanization in China, a city can be totally different in merely one or two decades. Usually the newly developed zones eventually have the highest property values, so I guess that's why governments and investors are more bold in making decisions like this, the risk is higher but the payback is much more bigger too.
I worked @ the Zheng Zhou Electric Power college in 2018, i was told the college was about 5-7yrs old, unfortunately there were cracks in the walls & it looked like it had had NO maintenance done on it ever, to me it looked like it would have some structural issue in a few years ? We noticed there was a lot of demolition & also a lot of building going on, my work partner & i had a theory that they build a high rise etc, do NO maintenance & then pull it down in about 20yrs ?
What a refreshing video especially in these extraordinary times (media toxicity, riots, social injustice). Thank you for bringing another perspective to those of us outside China! :)
It's difficult to believe anything said by one who uses the word awesome to describe something in China. All of her videos show only the good. Much more bad than good in China. She's full of it.
@@jimmythe-gentdoes not exist. You're brainwashed by the media. Do you also think everyone in the PLA has grenades in their helmets like a good little slave and believer in the US war machine?
Great video, wonderful quality! Thanks Nico! I like your passion of living in China, open minded and enjoy the completely different culture! Wish you all the best in China. Beijing is back to normal now. Great news!
I am a Chinese living overseas, I haven't been back to China for 7 years, thank you so much for letting me know that my motherland is growing more beautiful, and stronger each day.
ask Guangzhou xinzao Jinan university student. I was graduated from that school and we are the first student they have in that campus. imagine before it was only a land. and 3months later they already build the entire campus omg. there are bridges, roads, trees, library and study building as big as shopping mall , huge canteen , river, sport facility etc. !
Its mad how quick they can build stuff here in China, sometimes they can be lazy though my school took forever to be built then within 1 week they done as much work as they had done in about 2 years. I couldn't believe it
People should know, Chinese love peace-harmony! Extremism never be the option of Chinese people! But to the challenge, Chinese is never fear to face it! So I always tell my western friends, Chinese can be your best friend or your worse enemy!
Yes, China loves peace. When India first invaded China in the late 1950s, China stepped back and asked India to stop such behavior. But India recognizes that the Chinese government is weak. After another invasion of China. Finally, India was defeated in the 1962 Sino Indian War.
China is an awesome country which filled with cultures and traditions. That's why I love China too! 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 Great video miss, have a great day and be safe as well!
I really appreciate you guys posting videos on youtube speaking English to convey some new views of China to the rest of world, thank you for compliments, thank you for suggestions on the imperfects, thank you for being objective. Love from a Chinese fan in Melbourne.
After watching all the depressing news from the recent US police brutality riots, chaos in Hong Kong, I always return to your peaceful, joy and hope filled video! China is peace. China is the hope. Thanks for your lovely videos ❤️
Nintendo Fanboy 21 my builder in Coventry only works 6 hours a day, and head to local pubs 3:00pm everyday, lol. He does good job and luckily charges by work rather than hours.
The high rail is my favorite! That's way I want to go back China after graduation. I really enjoy that I can travel between different cities fast and cheap without worrying about the weather like when I taking a plane. It's really charming to freely transfer your self to any city you want.♥
Awesome video as always Nico! I lived in Beijing since the 90s, and I have seen the days when Beijing only have 2 subway lines (1 and 2), and both were the...Soviet style but smaller and dustier. I have seen the days when you had to walk outside through a lane just to get from line 2 to line 13, I have seen the days when line 8, the one that takes you to the Bird's Nest, is terminated at Olympic Park in the middle of nowhere. And look at where the Beijing metro is now! Damn I miss it so much.
Nico The Chinese people's pursuit of money is something you can't think of. Thirty years ago, China's per capita GDP was only a few hundred dollars. At that time, we saw that Japan's per capita gdp was tens of thousands of dollars. We knew the gap, and we wanted to live like that. Study hard, work hard. There is an old Chinese saying, 天道酬勤，It means that God will help hard-working people succeed.
The most stupid one is call 50 cents agent or something of that sort. I didn't even know what it was and had to look it up. I don't know who spread that rumour but apparently it has been around for a while and the moment anyone who has a different point of view. The idiots will call you 50cents agent ... Some people are simply retarded.
Everywhere the drain has a U-bend, even in the US. so the easy thing to do is to put baking soda with vinegar into the sink, it will help flush the drain and deodorize the drain.
Yes, mix a cup of baking soda with half a cup of water. Stir the mixture well. Pour in the drain. Wait 10 to 15 seconds. Then pour two cups of vinegar in the drain. The combination of baking soda and vinegar will cause a chemical reaction to release a lot of carbon dioxide. The bubble will flush the stinky buildup in the pipe. Should do this once a week.
After living in the apartment for 7 to 8 years ,we need to a plumber to do a cleaning in the U -shaded pipe. This is normal practice, nothing to complain about.
I started missing China in my first term. In Melbourne, life was even harder at the weekend if we wanted to travel to places. Time we waited for the public transport took even longer.
Thanks Nico for your great video ! Extra info for those interested : For flights , too expensive , not necessary if no timing requests , less comfortable in seats , so people made their choices . For QR code everywhere , it is a replacement of credit card for a huge amount of people , and from the way I see it , the ability to make it effortless and available (network , phones , ecosystem , etc...) in a huge country like China is a miracle and you don't see that anywhere. For the bill of your phone and network , imagine a combinition of Verizon & half-way-google-fiber that cost you 50$/month at top , yes you do get both by that price . For your drains , some houses like you rent are built decades ago so the quality back then is definitly not as good as nowadays , you can't just destroy all those houses and rebuild . One tip is to get a professional to clean the drains and use filers . Last but not least , remember decades ago how poor this country is .
Hi Nico, I lived in China for 4 wonderful years with my Chinese wife. We were in Shandong. Absolutely jaw dropping, how quickly the construction industry will drop a 5 story building, only to put up a magnificent 32 story building. Underground carparks of 3 levels, shopping of 3 levels, then all the rest apartment. Great to watch the progress, It probably took just 3 weeks to completely drop and remove the old building.
@graham ralston, I wish the construction companies here in the US work that fast! Here in my neck of the woods of Baltimore, MD they have closed one of the main streets that I used to use everyday to get around for about a year now and the road is still closed. Worse of all, they haven't even got started on fixing the road despite the fact that the road has been closed for a year! At this rate, a simple repayment of a few yards of the road would probably take two years or more! That's America for ya!
@@grandwonder5858 I certainly do not want our tall buildings to be constructed in 3 weeks. That's very suspicious and I recommend you look into the infrastructure issues these quick buildings are having. The one in Florida that collapsed recently was a very rare incident that made international headlines. This stuff happens all the time in China, there is a risk with poorly constructed buildings that substituted safety for speed.
for all the drudgerry and woes in this world,i try to find solace and peace whenever i can...watching those serene and quiet places in your videos gives hopes and inspirations to everyone who sees them...positivity gives positivity..your happiness infects others...god bless you nico...
About the drain 1 make sure your have a proper and working u-ban as you mentioned in the video; 2 when you turn on your kitchen ventilator, or when it's windy outside, the air pressure in room are lower, and this leads to the are in the drain comes out. What you could do: open windows, or reduce the time that you use kitchen ventilator, or just fill a plastic bag with water and cover the drain with it.
Been following this channel for a while now. Apart from the content, I also really enjoy the aesthetic and visuals of your videos, cinematography, edit & music, etc. I can tell you guys put a lot of thoughts and expertise behind all the videos ...brilliantly :)
nice coverage! Good to see u cover these basic infrastructures that ppl use on daily basis instead of those mega projects. Looking forward to seeing ur next episode too! Nice to have contents to cover what everyday life is in China.
amazing video! I just shared your video with a friend of mine in the US who didn't believe that China got the most advanced infrastructures in the major cities when I told him last time. ;-) Thanks for sharing all the good and bad as of living in China as well.
If China is so wonderful why doesn't it have a problem with immigration? We in the west are flooded by millions of people desperate to come here every year (lots of Chinese too) . Ask yourself the question: "Why do millions of people want go to the west to live but not very many people want to go to China to live"?
@@Nicofilms Check under the sink if you have a sink trap (U-bend). If there is one and you have a foul smell, it's because the waterseal is empty. This sometimes happens in older buildings where the water drainage is connected to the toilet drainage. If you live in a highrise building and waste comes down from a great height, it creates a vacuum in the drainage pipe which sucks the water out of the seal. Simply pour water down the drain to keep the waterseal filled.
Very good review! I like that your review has very neutral way to explain and broadcast China. Hope your channel gets shared in the western mainstream board cast.
I have driven 20000km in China. The whole China is fully covered by the best highways. It is just funny. And relaxing. And hit a random city got a massage. Life is just nice.
That is interesting, when you are talking about the parks and greens, you are standing right beside of the headquater of my previous employer back in China. Great videos and you can acually talk about the downsides sometimes, show the real sides and people are okay with it cuz we know you likes this coutry and criticise is not always bad. And I notice that you and your husband cut down some spinning in the video, really amazed by your open and learning attitude, respects to you both, take care and stay safe!
To be honest, inftastructure in many Asian countries like Singapore, Japan, HK, China and taiwan makes some western world countries look like third world. Not to mention how safe it is to walk at night in many asian countries which impossible to do in many european cities like paris or rome, or many US cities. Chinese people may earn less but they enjoy facilities just like first world countries. In fact, USA is more of plutocracy than democracy. The rich people control everything including the government and many policies. The rich is so rich that they can touch the sky and the poor cant even make ends meet. Not to mention most of the worker live pay check by paycheck. One month of termination of work means game over for them. Yes, the west has more freedom, but many asian countries has also. and sometimes the freedom of the west is not what we want, it is so free to the level you can just mock everyone, blame, accuse. so free that you lose respect to elderly. so free that you think you are the best people in the world, the greatest nation on earth.
"The rich people control everything including the government and many policies."... this PERFECTLY applies to Communist China, indeed 😊And the HOLY difference between the ABUSIVE, AUTHORITARIAN Chinese Communist Regime and the FREE, DEMOCRATIC world, is that people of the latter are FREE to express their opinion and the RULE OF LAW protects that right, WHEREAS the Communist BULLIES who pretend to be governing China DO NOT accept people's opinions that go AGAINST their unified DELIRIUM... which was built to uphold the DISGUSTING mafia that the Chinese Communist Party REALLY IS!
I agreeded with you until you were getting specific about the us. Idk what media outlit you use but most Americans live well. Also it seems like you dont know much which i completely understand. But you can only understand something through viewing it for yourself. Watching videos wont let you create a perspective its constructs your perspective and manipilate what they tell you and what they leave out
@@ahavatar425 Yeah2, tell that to poor americans who live on the streets of LA and San Fransisco. Freedom to be drown in drugs and live on the streets.
Great video Nico and very informative. Thank you. I currently live in Nanjing and noticed a lot of familiar structures at the start. :-) I see a lot of comments already about the drains. We've revised sinks to have the U-shaped trap added, like you showed in the picture. Floor drains are more difficult as there is no easy access to the pipe below floor level. We've found a small rubber cap that we place over the drain to prevent the sewer odor from escaping into the bathroom. You can probably find them in Wal-Mart or a hardware store. I stayed in an old hotel once that had a very strong odor. Opening the windows only made it worse. A wet rag worked temporarily for an overnight stay.
In fact, in addition to these, there are many infrastructures that are not very visible, but the improvement in actual life experience is very, very large: 1. Tap water: My hometown is in a small county town in central China. When I was in elementary school, the city basically stopped water once or twice a month, but now it is stopped every two or three years, or it is caused by routine maintenance of pipelines and it only happens in some urban areas, and water charges are cheap. The blogger said that the problem of sewer pipes does exist in many old houses, and U-bend also exists in many countries. It is necessary to regularly clean up the dirt remaining in the pipes; 2. Electricity: Many countries have insufficient power supply. China has a vast territory and the cost of power transmission is very high. When I was a child, I often experienced power outages. However, after reaching junior high school, there were occasional power outages but very short periods of time. Students all hope that there will be a power outage for more than 30 minutes, because the power outage does not require self-study at night. Even remote mountainous areas are energized, and electricity is cheap; 3. Communication: Communication base stations are all over. In 2011, I went to university in Beijing. Because it was a new dormitory building, the signal was not covered. I found an operator. The next day, all three operators came to build their own optical fiber and to install indoor signal receivers. When you are in Europe, there is often no signal or the signal is very poor, and London will lose contact when entering the subway; 4. Environmental protection and public health: There are few scenes of garbage flying on the streets, even in my small county; public toilets are easier to find than any country I have visited; environmental protection investment has also greatly increased. As an example in my hometown, soil erosion was severe. By 2016, a total of 224.7 square kilometers of integrated water and soil erosion control was completed, with afforestation and greening of 186,000 acres and a forest coverage rate of 74.57%. My friend's factory produces building bricks. The investment in environmental protection transformation is more than 2 million yuan, accounting for almost half of the factory's income; 5. Medical care: China's public hospitals are divided into many grades. Basically, they are rated by specialized national departments based on indicators such as the number of beds, the number of medical staff, and medical facilities. The increase in the rating also means that they can get more resource support.Any emergency patient can be diagnosed and treated quickly, and many cases will be treated with priority. The environment of many public hospitals is indeed not as good as that of Western hospitals, but considering China’s population base, it is most important to obtain timely, effective and cheap medical care. Of course, many private hospitals have a better environment. And the improvement of the medical insurance system has greatly reduced the financial burden of patients. I have lived in the UK for 5 years. In contrast, the biggest feeling is efficiency. I went to the emergency department when I was sick in the UK. When the appointment was scheduled, the pain has been greatly alleviated, so many Chinese students studying abroad will prepare commonly used drugs. There is another cruelest example: In my first year in the UK, a Chinese student was knocked down by a bus that rushed onto the platform. The hospital in the city said that they were not able to receive it, so an helicopter from another city came to pick it up. She was sent to another large hospital for treatment. The whole process took 1 hour and 45 minutes. When she arrived at the hospital, the chinese student had already passed away. 6. Shared charging treasure (in fact, it is not really an infrastructure, but it does provide a lot of convenience): very convenient, you can borrow anywhere, and there is no problem in other places. Although this is also available in other countries, there are few places to borrow, and many of them need to be charged at a fixed location. Not even popular in Hong Kong, China. There are still many shared battery stations for electric vehicles. Although China is not perfect, it is constantly improving.
Yes china needs all the blessings now, a lot of countries are so jealous of china, even my country india, i am very sad about the fact that my country kisses US ass so much
The drain smelling is a universal problem. Here in Canada, even for my 6year new house has this problem too. There are some products like deodorants for smell drains, but not yet found any of them worked. What I'm doing now is just to pour warm-hot water in large volume with fragrant detergent once a while(a week or so), then put the stoppers tight when you are not using sinks.
@luxi: rubbish. suggest you use a cleanser after using the sink, at the end of a day. In any 6-year new house in Canada, even in 25-year old houses, where U-pipes and a vent are building code, there is no stink --- unless one leaves food particles at the top of the drain, without cleaning them out and rubbing a little powdered cleanser (i.e., "Comet"). I should know, having lived in 4 Canadian cities, and having family in many more. A little elbow grease is in order. Or, call a plumber. Neither option is hard to do.
One of the reasons the airlines are delayed often is due to a good amount of Chinese air space designated for the military use only. This creates tight flight corridors and is what causes the delays. Price wise the airlines are government ran and they set the price for how much flights are marked at. My references are from my host mom that works for China Eastern Airlines and an episode of wendover productions on TH-cam.
Nico, you're suppose to pour bleach into the drain regularly, particularly the kitchen sink and the toilets because wastes gets deposited in those two drains the most. It'll clear any congestion and kill the smell. I live in the US and been doing this for awhile.
Panadaren yeah imagine transporting 1 billion people by other modes of transportation. But efficiency of high speed train has significantly been reduced, 10 years ago when not many people can afford high speed train, station was large and spacious but now, traveling to primary station is a hassle. For example, once i was stuck in traffic outside beijing xi for almost 1 hour :o i wish they build high speed rail station underground and closer to the city center. Airport is so damn far as well. With exception of some, taxi will take 1 hour and metro even longer. For example Wuhan airport. Very nice but so damn far!
You can buy a stink-proof 下水管 or drainage pipeon on Taobao. I have the same problem with my bathroom, so I install deodorant pipes, and it's very useful. In addition, it's easy to install and cheap. Before you buy, ask the merchant for the size before you place an order
Awesome Nico it's an amazing place its got more going for it than most western countries sure the rent is high but it's subsidized by the cheap food etc Cheers Nico
It looks like you're from Newcastle upon Tyne, stayed in Nanjing for several years, and now lives in Beijing. I grew up in Nanjing, spent a year in Durham, which is quite close to Newcastle, working on my master's degree, and now works in Beijing. It's funny to see how our lives look just like in a mirror to each other.
@@Nicofilms Life sometimes works very mysteriously. I've had funny experience too when i'm still a kid. I live in city A and have X as my close friend. Then my parents got promoted and assign to different city in different island in Indonesia, so we moved to city B. At city B i made a close friend Y. About a year later Y family moved to city A, the exact same city where i lived before. We still made a contact every once in a while. After about a year later Y visits city B for a vacation. We met and having fun conversation about how things in city A. Turns out, to my surprise, my close friend X in city A now become his close friend because they are in the same school. It's purely natural and without my interference. I mean how can it be?? Life sure is funny.
I'm indian I love china, korea, japan these are most beautiful country In my country peope hate Chinese people even my parents says china is our enemy but I still love this country and I day I'll definitely come to your beautiful land 100% May Chinese people hate me because im indian
the stinky smell from the drain is maily due to the old drainage system, partcularly in the old city. However, there is a trick that may help by closing the sink lid and pouring a bit of water on the top of it that will seal the smell completely. Whenever you need to wash things, simply open the lid and close it afterwards. It may be a little tedious at first, but it may work🌝 good luck.
@@Nicofilms After lived in the apartment for 7 to 8 years ,we need to ask a plumber to do a cleaning on the U -shaped pipe. This is normal practice.So we don't complain about it.
regarding to the smell from the drain, you do need to have that u shaped tube to make sure there's always water in that u shaped area to stop the smell coming out. and there is also some cleaners in JD and taobao which is like a stick, you can put that stick into the drain and then open the tab to melt it, thus cleaning the drain. but you still need the u shape tube. the easiest way could be getting a long soft strecthable plastic tube, then you can make the u shape by yourself.
The speed of how things change in the big cities is absolutely mind boggling. In a previous job I had to travel to shanghai every month and you could literally see stuff change. This was in the early 2000s and in a span of 6 months I saw a 5 storey mall get torn down and rebuilt into a mix development high rise apartment/ mall complex.
You are honest and sincere reporting according to what you see and how you feel. Loved from Singapore .
Thank you that is very kind!
@@Nicofilms Please make a video on *How organ harvesting is done in China from Falun Dafa(Gong), Uyghurs, Detainees, Prisoners & many innocent people?*
Thanks
@@peacelove9142 that’s US propaganda 🤣
@@matthewmiller2935 China did harvest organs from death rows back in 80's. But to be fair, China was also absolutely chaotic and poor at that time frame. for example, adultery was considered a serious crime durng the 80's.
Hi Nico, for the drain problem, do ask the owner of your apartment or the agent to fix it. Seems some part of the pipe below the sink need to be replaced with a U shape pipe, should be an easy fix. If they can't understand your English, ask your company or Chinese colleagues to give them a call.
Exactly that's all you need, Nico
Thanks guys! I'll try it!
There’s actually no easy fix if you live in an apartment built before 2000
Just check on taobao search 下水防臭塞，really easy to fix it yourself
@@grumpyrabbit1934 This is the right and esay way to solve that problem.
Thanks for sharing info about China
Thanks for watching!
Go apply A Chinese Green Card. Then your video direction will change.
@@matpk u r definitely Indian
Talking about ghost towns, let me share my experience with you here. I was born and raised in ZhengZhou, a tier 3 city in central China, and lived there for about 20 years. In the 2000s, the municipal government planned and built a whole new city center in its unoccupied eastern area called new zone CBD (central business district). I lived there for 3 years in a boarding school from 2008 to 2011, back then it was like a ghost town with little population moving into that area. But in less than 10 years the CBD actually bloomed and is now the hottest area in the city. Now people wish to work and live there or simply take their families to various parks there for hikes during freetime.
The reason of building new districts or even new cities is quite simple. The majority of Chinese cities have quite long histories so almost all of them have "old district" of some sort. As a result, these districts or cities as a whole can't keep up with the fast pace of urbanization or the large amount of people moving in. Plus the fact that it's often hard to remove/renovate the old buildings due to their historical and cultural values, a lot of local governments on the town or city level deem that it's easier to just set up whole new areas with detailed planning which should allow them to serve the city in the following decades.
我的母親是鄭州人，我很高興能參與鄭州的新城市建設計劃，從2005到2008。
@@cadhlaohanlon4443 新区很美！ The CBD is amazing!
@fatcatbuzz Yes those are really common, I see them quite often too. More often than not they get populated later, but sometimes they become failed investments and get sold/reclaimed. It might be easier to see from satelite images about the speed of urbanization in China, a city can be totally different in merely one or two decades. Usually the newly developed zones eventually have the highest property values, so I guess that's why governments and investors are more bold in making decisions like this, the risk is higher but the payback is much more bigger too.
I worked @ the Zheng Zhou Electric Power college in 2018, i was told the college was about 5-7yrs old, unfortunately there were cracks in the walls & it looked like it had had NO maintenance done on it ever, to me it looked like it would have some structural issue in a few years ?
We noticed there was a lot of demolition & also a lot of building going on, my work partner & i had a theory that they build a high rise etc, do NO maintenance & then pull it down in about 20yrs ?
What a refreshing video especially in these extraordinary times (media toxicity, riots, social injustice). Thank you for bringing another perspective to those of us outside China! :)
It's difficult to believe anything said by one who uses the word awesome to describe something in China. All of her videos show only the good. Much more bad than good in China. She's full of it.
You serious? Social injustice?. How bout some justice for the Uyghurs?
@@jimmythe-gentdoes not exist. You're brainwashed by the media. Do you also think everyone in the PLA has grenades in their helmets like a good little slave and believer in the US war machine?
Love doing that live stream with you guys. Awesome that you took it a step further!
Thanks Alex! Yeah, it was fun to develop the topic more and good to get inspiration from others.
It was a shame to say that I spent three years in Europe. When I returned to China, I got lost in the subway station at my doorstep. . .
True
so true, when i came back, i knew nothing abt alipay or wechat pay, i was 100% idiot here in my mother land.
Great video, wonderful quality! Thanks Nico! I like your passion of living in China, open minded and enjoy the completely different culture! Wish you all the best in China. Beijing is back to normal now. Great news!
This channel deserves more likes and followers!
I think so too!! haha Thank you for the support!
I am a Chinese living overseas, I haven't been back to China for 7 years, thank you so much for letting me know that my motherland is growing more beautiful, and stronger each day.
why havent you been back to china for 7 years
8 years for me. I miss my motherland.
等你回国，你会很不适应，微信支付，支付宝，美团，共享单车，啊哈哈哈，你难以想象生活会有多便利。
@@chek8197 please try and visit your motherland often. China is an interesting place to be...
@ Cindy Chen please do visit your motherland before the year ends.
I've been in Shenzhen for 10 yrs, there's no 'stinky drain' problem here at all.
Then you lived in one of the few areas here without the problem. They're everywhere else.
Cool
@Eddie Hughes nah even some of the new ones got drainage problems
u r right, no, shenzhen doesn't hv that
@Lone star Stink is in your armpits, now keep Stereotyping all you want
Brilliant and well thought out video, love China, beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
you most likely stay in a old flat or building.
The new building now have U bend to prevent the bad smell from coming out.
lol what?
Great job in giving us such a details about how much these infrastructures are effecting ordinary people. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you very much! Thought it was more interesting then the big projects.
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!! China is a DICTATORSHIP... and YOU are a CCP Support Team Member!!! Your END is NEAR!!!
This is nothing for ordinary people...only 5-10% but ya their 10% is a lot.
Ahav Atar which part of the world is not under dictatorship? I thought you should be wise as people getting older
@@ahavatar425 She's an idiot, and is probably used by the ccp as a propaganda tool!
ask Guangzhou xinzao Jinan university student. I was graduated from that school and we are the first student they have in that campus. imagine before it was only a land. and 3months later they already build the entire campus omg. there are bridges, roads, trees, library and study building as big as shopping mall , huge canteen , river, sport facility etc. !
Its mad how quick they can build stuff here in China, sometimes they can be lazy though my school took forever to be built then within 1 week they done as much work as they had done in about 2 years. I couldn't believe it
hahaha yeah I know what you mean. Sometimes it feels like they aren't doing anything then bam! a new apartment black! ahah
In china the speed all depend on how quickly you pay the money
甲方决定速度
this is our natural ability !
哈哈
People should know, Chinese love peace-harmony!
Extremism never be the option of Chinese people! But to the challenge, Chinese is never fear to face it!
So I always tell my western friends, Chinese can be your best friend or your worse enemy!
china is neither. It’s just an adversary.
Yes, China loves peace. When India first invaded China in the late 1950s, China stepped back and asked India to stop such behavior. But India recognizes that the Chinese government is weak. After another invasion of China. Finally, India was defeated in the 1962 Sino Indian War.
@@hussainbharmal5998 You've been brainwashed by the media
Chinese communist party is the biggest threat to the world..
@@ImranKhan-vk7vw but not thier people
China is an awesome country which filled with cultures and traditions. That's why I love China too! 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 Great video miss, have a great day and be safe as well!
Thanks for watching!
Yes,but the political environment is really BAD.
说的什么？
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!! China is a DICTATORSHIP... and YOU are a CCP Support Team Member!!! Your END is NEAR!!!
@@Wendy-je6se Do you really know China? From the Western media?
I really appreciate you guys posting videos on youtube speaking English to convey some new views of China to the rest of world, thank you for compliments, thank you for suggestions on the imperfects, thank you for being objective. Love from a Chinese fan in Melbourne.
Glad you enjoyed it.
After watching all the depressing news from the recent US police brutality riots, chaos in Hong Kong, I always return to your peaceful, joy and hope filled video! China is peace. China is the hope. Thanks for your lovely videos ❤️
Thank you that is so kind. I know, the world is really suffering right now it's hard to watch.
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!! China is a DICTATORSHIP... and YOU are a CCP Support Team Member!!! Your END is NEAR!!!
Ahav Atar what a pity!
@@ahavatar425 go drink lysol it helps with your soul :)
@@ahavatar425 go away weirdo
I fall in love with China ❤️❤️
I'd say that UK builders are really slow compare to fast and hard working Chinese people.
They certainly were on the roadworks.
@@Nicofilms, its cup of tea time!! 4:30 now down all tools lads!!
Nintendo Fanboy 21 my builder in Coventry only works 6 hours a day, and head to local pubs 3:00pm everyday, lol. He does good job and luckily charges by work rather than hours.
Hard working by copying people things without paying...That calls hard working. Trust me， the Chinese taxi driver thinks he is hard working too.
It takes 4 years to construct a short cycle lane in London. Do you believe it?
There's only one word to describe China... INCREDIBLE...!!!
The high rail is my favorite! That's way I want to go back China after graduation. I really enjoy that I can
travel between different cities fast and cheap without worrying about the weather like when I taking a plane. It's really charming to freely transfer your self to any city you want.♥
I feel the train is so much more relaxing I love it here!
老师你好啊，我在网上看过你的ps教学
Watching your videos on TH-cam have become my regular routine and I have to say that I enjoyed and loved every video you made, keep it up!
Wow, thank you! I'm pleased you like them!
Thank you Nico for this video. It is well thought, informative, neutral (which is not a given nowadays) and absolutely superb.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video as always Nico! I lived in Beijing since the 90s, and I have seen the days when Beijing only have 2 subway lines (1 and 2), and both were the...Soviet style but smaller and dustier. I have seen the days when you had to walk outside through a lane just to get from line 2 to line 13, I have seen the days when line 8, the one that takes you to the Bird's Nest, is terminated at Olympic Park in the middle of nowhere. And look at where the Beijing metro is now! Damn I miss it so much.
Wow that is so cool I bet it's amazing to see how it has developed so much.
Nico The Chinese people's pursuit of money is something you can't think of. Thirty years ago, China's per capita GDP was only a few hundred dollars. At that time, we saw that Japan's per capita gdp was tens of thousands of dollars. We knew the gap, and we wanted to live like that. Study hard, work hard. There is an old Chinese saying, 天道酬勤，It means that God will help hard-working people succeed.
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Girl , your editing is everything. I love all your videos, this is the perfect way to end my Monday ! Keep up the good vibes. 💜💜💜
Thank you so much 🤗
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!! China is a DICTATORSHIP... and YOU are a CCP Support Team Member!!! Your END is NEAR!!!
China Uncensored would say all these foreign TH-camrs are being held at gun point to make videos in China
or they are CCP sleeper agents being activated to promote a fake china
@@dendrov Black people are not chinese
Hahaha，too real
The most stupid one is call 50 cents agent or something of that sort.
I didn't even know what it was and had to look it up.
I don't know who spread that rumour but apparently it has been around for a while and the moment anyone who has a different point of view. The idiots will call you 50cents agent ... Some people are simply retarded.
I blocked that racist channel
Everywhere the drain has a U-bend, even in the US. so the easy thing to do is to put baking soda with vinegar into the sink, it will help flush the drain and deodorize the drain.
Yes, mix a cup of baking soda with half a cup of water. Stir the mixture well. Pour in the drain. Wait 10 to 15 seconds. Then pour two cups of vinegar in the drain. The combination of baking soda and vinegar will cause a chemical reaction to release a lot of carbon dioxide. The bubble will flush the stinky buildup in the pipe. Should do this once a week.
After living in the apartment for 7 to 8 years ,we need to a plumber to do a cleaning in the U -shaded pipe. This is normal practice, nothing to complain about.
Nico this is one of your best videos to date. Love it.
Thanks for watching, I'm pleased you enjoyed it :)
nice video as always, thank you Nico for the info 💝
Glad you enjoyed!
loving this!!! 很厉害. I love travelling in China and now I wanna go back!
PS. I didn't find the sinks/drains smelly. That's so funny
hahah maybe it's just me then haha
About air travel in china. To avoid delay, you can book the earliest flights departing in the morning, which rarely delay.
Thanks! Some great advice!
Fantastic Nico so glad you made this video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for inspiring me to make it haha
I started missing China in my first term. In Melbourne, life was even harder at the weekend if we wanted to travel to places. Time we waited for the public transport took even longer.
Thank you for showing us westerners the real China !!! Much appreciated - very different from main stream media :)
Yes I think more people are realising the media isn't always telling the truth.
Thank you telling us the real China
Just showing you what I see :)
Not the real,just surface.
Wendy 累不累？切
The "real" china
There are a myriad real faces of China. Just one aspect, good or bad, is not the totality of China.
Thanks Nico for your great video ! Extra info for those interested :
For flights , too expensive , not necessary if no timing requests , less comfortable in seats , so people made their choices .
For QR code everywhere , it is a replacement of credit card for a huge amount of people , and from the way I see it , the ability to make it effortless and available (network , phones , ecosystem , etc...) in a huge country like China is a miracle and you don't see that anywhere.
For the bill of your phone and network , imagine a combinition of Verizon & half-way-google-fiber that cost you 50$/month at top , yes you do get both by that price .
For your drains , some houses like you rent are built decades ago so the quality back then is definitly not as good as nowadays , you can't just destroy all those houses and rebuild . One tip is to get a professional to clean the drains and use filers .
Last but not least , remember decades ago how poor this country is .
Thank you for the extra information!
Hi Nico,
I lived in China for 4 wonderful years with my Chinese wife.
We were in Shandong.
Absolutely jaw dropping, how quickly the construction industry will drop a 5 story building, only to put up a magnificent 32 story building.
Underground carparks of 3 levels, shopping of 3 levels, then all the rest apartment.
Great to watch the progress,
It probably took just 3 weeks to completely drop and remove the old building.
It's crazy isn't it and super interesting! Oh I haven't been to Shandong yet but hopefully I will get the chance too.
@graham ralston, I wish the construction companies here in the US work that fast! Here in my neck of the woods of Baltimore, MD they have closed one of the main streets that I used to use everyday to get around for about a year now and the road is still closed. Worse of all, they haven't even got started on fixing the road despite the fact that the road has been closed for a year! At this rate, a simple repayment of a few yards of the road would probably take two years or more! That's America for ya!
@@grandwonder5858 I certainly do not want our tall buildings to be constructed in 3 weeks.
That's very suspicious and I recommend you look into the infrastructure issues these quick buildings are having.
The one in Florida that collapsed recently was a very rare incident that made international headlines.
This stuff happens all the time in China, there is a risk with poorly constructed buildings that substituted safety for speed.
for all the drudgerry and woes in this world,i try to find solace and peace whenever i can...watching those serene and quiet places in your videos gives hopes and inspirations to everyone who sees them...positivity gives positivity..your happiness infects others...god bless you nico...
Aw thank you I'm pleased you enjoy them!
Nice informational and entertaining video
About the drain 1 make sure your have a proper and working u-ban as you mentioned in the video; 2 when you turn on your kitchen ventilator, or when it's windy outside, the air pressure in room are lower, and this leads to the are in the drain comes out. What you could do: open windows, or reduce the time that you use kitchen ventilator, or just fill a plastic bag with water and cover the drain with it.
Been following this channel for a while now. Apart from the content, I also really enjoy the aesthetic and visuals of your videos, cinematography, edit & music, etc. I can tell you guys put a lot of thoughts and expertise behind all the videos ...brilliantly :)
Aww thank you that is so kind I'm very happy to hear it!
@@Nicofilms Thank you for making such nice videos and take care in BJ
@@Nicofilms Happy because you not a chinese and can be a useful stupid?
Love and Admire China, Bravo China great Job on your DEVELOPED COUNTRY. ❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
nice coverage! Good to see u cover these basic infrastructures that ppl use on daily basis instead of those mega projects.
Looking forward to seeing ur next episode too! Nice to have contents to cover what everyday life is in China.
Thanks for watching I'm pleased you liked it. I thought it would be more interesting to show the stuff that affects people on a daily basis.
It's amazing that you replied almost all the comments. Good video, Good views, and Good person. Waiting for your future video. 赞👍
Thank you so much 😀 I try my best sometimes it's easier than others.
amazing video! I just shared your video with a friend of mine in the US who didn't believe that China got the most advanced infrastructures in the major cities when I told him last time. ;-) Thanks for sharing all the good and bad as of living in China as well.
Awesome, thank you!
If China is so wonderful why doesn't it have a problem with immigration? We in the west are flooded by millions of people desperate to come here every year (lots of Chinese too) . Ask yourself the question: "Why do millions of people want go to the west to live but not very many people want to go to China to live"?
It really doesn't. Issues with infrastructure in China seem abundant.
One of the most information concentrated video, I like it even more when playing 2x speed.
The drains have a U-Bend. I assume you just live in an old build.
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Hhh 我还在想这个头像很眼熟
Yeah I live in a hutong so that could be why!
@@Nicofilms Check under the sink if you have a sink trap (U-bend). If there is one and you have a foul smell, it's because the waterseal is empty. This sometimes happens in older buildings where the water drainage is connected to the toilet drainage. If you live in a highrise building and waste comes down from a great height, it creates a vacuum in the drainage pipe which sucks the water out of the seal. Simply pour water down the drain to keep the waterseal filled.
建国总，哈哈
New subscriber! I really enjoyed the content, the visuals, and how it was all laid out. Looking forward to exploring more of the channel.
Welcome to my channel I hope you enjoy more of my videos!
Very good review! I like that your review has very neutral way to explain and broadcast China. Hope your channel gets shared in the western mainstream board cast.
Thank you that is appreciated! I try to show all sides.
You're wonderful. You tell the truth, good or bad. Love to hear a lot more from you. Keep up your good work. Well done.
Thank you very much! I hope you continue to watch.
I enjoy your beautiful accent sooo much. And with the gorgeous and high quality video. it's a perfect experience and chill out feeling.
Thank you so much! You are so kind.
I have driven 20000km in China. The whole China is fully covered by the best highways. It is just funny. And relaxing. And hit a random city got a massage. Life is just nice.
Awesome! Being able to say "I really feel safe" speaks for itself. In how many countries/cities can one say that? Keep it up.
I totally agree!
damn your video quality is amazing. Great sound design and transitions. haha
Thank you for watching, that is so kind!
OK, no need to google...this is a great and informative video! :D
Glad you liked it!
Those footages are amazing, love your video.
Thanks so much!
TH-cam needs more truth-tellers, thanks for telling us the real China
Great video, informative and helpful. Thanks for sharing your experiences in China with the world.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I strongly recommend you to know about Dazhushan tunnel. It's a wonderful miracle symbolized the great job did by Chinese people.
Thank you for providing this information.
Truly Priceless .......
Awesome video again
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Chinese subway for me: too crowded.
America subway for me: dirty, could be attacked by someone who’s high.
crowded or not depends on the time😂
most time thet are not crowded
Tracy L who’s high and low 😄. There’s always crazy people everywhere
确实十分拥挤
Am in China, and want to buy u a drink! Thanks for sharing this video. Cheers.
Aw thank you that is so kind!
i can't believe this is china,so amazing how things changes here quickly...very nice...
I love this background music
Thanks! We are really feeling the 80's vibe at the moment.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful video. Hope more ppl can view it.
So nice of you, thanks!
I'm living in Nanjing now, nice to see that you're enjoying too
Really appreciate your videos, hope you succeed in both work and live. ;D
Thank you so much I hope you do too!
Watching the video from outside China, pretty cool.
Glad you liked it!
That is interesting, when you are talking about the parks and greens, you are standing right beside of the headquater of my previous employer back in China. Great videos and you can acually talk about the downsides sometimes, show the real sides and people are okay with it cuz we know you likes this coutry and criticise is not always bad. And I notice that you and your husband cut down some spinning in the video, really amazed by your open and learning attitude, respects to you both, take care and stay safe!
Thanks! Yes we always talk about the good and the bad, just want to share our experience.
To be honest, inftastructure in many Asian countries like Singapore, Japan, HK, China and taiwan makes some western world countries look like third world. Not to mention how safe it is to walk at night in many asian countries which impossible to do in many european cities like paris or rome, or many US cities. Chinese people may earn less but they enjoy facilities just like first world countries. In fact, USA is more of plutocracy than democracy. The rich people control everything including the government and many policies. The rich is so rich that they can touch the sky and the poor cant even make ends meet. Not to mention most of the worker live pay check by paycheck. One month of termination of work means game over for them.
Yes, the west has more freedom, but many asian countries has also. and sometimes the freedom of the west is not what we want, it is so free to the level you can just mock everyone, blame, accuse. so free that you lose respect to elderly. so free that you think you are the best people in the world, the greatest nation on earth.
"The rich people control everything including the government and many policies."... this PERFECTLY applies to Communist China, indeed 😊And the HOLY difference between the ABUSIVE, AUTHORITARIAN Chinese Communist Regime and the FREE, DEMOCRATIC world, is that people of the latter are FREE to express their opinion and the RULE OF LAW protects that right, WHEREAS the Communist BULLIES who pretend to be governing China DO NOT accept people's opinions that go AGAINST their unified DELIRIUM... which was built to uphold the DISGUSTING mafia that the Chinese Communist Party REALLY IS!
I agreeded with you until you were getting specific about the us. Idk what media outlit you use but most Americans live well. Also it seems like you dont know much which i completely understand. But you can only understand something through viewing it for yourself. Watching videos wont let you create a perspective its constructs your perspective and manipilate what they tell you and what they leave out
@@ahavatar425 Yeah2, tell that to poor americans who live on the streets of LA and San Fransisco. Freedom to be drown in drugs and live on the streets.
@@alainsutanto WHO lead Californians into poverty? ... Left-wing DEMOCRATS...
*Infrastructure in Asian big cities. In rural areas, smaller towns in my experience central/ western Europe or US infrastructure is more developed.
Great video Nico and very informative. Thank you. I currently live in Nanjing and noticed a lot of familiar structures at the start. :-) I see a lot of comments already about the drains. We've revised sinks to have the U-shaped trap added, like you showed in the picture. Floor drains are more difficult as there is no easy access to the pipe below floor level. We've found a small rubber cap that we place over the drain to prevent the sewer odor from escaping into the bathroom. You can probably find them in Wal-Mart or a hardware store. I stayed in an old hotel once that had a very strong odor. Opening the windows only made it worse. A wet rag worked temporarily for an overnight stay.
Thank you for the tips! Yes I used to live there haha
Love the angle how you show your life in China: can tell you are quite localised.
Thank you! I just try and show my life here :)
@Tom Goddard anything to do with this topic??
In fact, in addition to these, there are many infrastructures that are not very visible, but the improvement in actual life experience is very, very large:
1. Tap water: My hometown is in a small county town in central China. When I was in elementary school, the city basically stopped water once or twice a month, but now it is stopped every two or three years, or it is caused by routine maintenance of pipelines and it only happens in some urban areas, and water charges are cheap. The blogger said that the problem of sewer pipes does exist in many old houses, and U-bend also exists in many countries. It is necessary to regularly clean up the dirt remaining in the pipes;
2. Electricity: Many countries have insufficient power supply. China has a vast territory and the cost of power transmission is very high. When I was a child, I often experienced power outages. However, after reaching junior high school, there were occasional power outages but very short periods of time. Students all hope that there will be a power outage for more than 30 minutes, because the power outage does not require self-study at night. Even remote mountainous areas are energized, and electricity is cheap;
3. Communication: Communication base stations are all over. In 2011, I went to university in Beijing. Because it was a new dormitory building, the signal was not covered. I found an operator. The next day, all three operators came to build their own optical fiber and to install indoor signal receivers. When you are in Europe, there is often no signal or the signal is very poor, and London will lose contact when entering the subway;
4. Environmental protection and public health: There are few scenes of garbage flying on the streets, even in my small county; public toilets are easier to find than any country I have visited; environmental protection investment has also greatly increased. As an example in my hometown, soil erosion was severe. By 2016, a total of 224.7 square kilometers of integrated water and soil erosion control was completed, with afforestation and greening of 186,000 acres and a forest coverage rate of 74.57%. My friend's factory produces building bricks. The investment in environmental protection transformation is more than 2 million yuan, accounting for almost half of the factory's income;
5. Medical care: China's public hospitals are divided into many grades. Basically, they are rated by specialized national departments based on indicators such as the number of beds, the number of medical staff, and medical facilities. The increase in the rating also means that they can get more resource support.Any emergency patient can be diagnosed and treated quickly, and many cases will be treated with priority. The environment of many public hospitals is indeed not as good as that of Western hospitals, but considering China’s population base, it is most important to obtain timely, effective and cheap medical care. Of course, many private hospitals have a better environment. And the improvement of the medical insurance system has greatly reduced the financial burden of patients. I have lived in the UK for 5 years. In contrast, the biggest feeling is efficiency. I went to the emergency department when I was sick in the UK. When the appointment was scheduled, the pain has been greatly alleviated, so many Chinese students studying abroad will prepare commonly used drugs. There is another cruelest example: In my first year in the UK, a Chinese student was knocked down by a bus that rushed onto the platform. The hospital in the city said that they were not able to receive it, so an helicopter from another city came to pick it up. She was sent to another large hospital for treatment. The whole process took 1 hour and 45 minutes. When she arrived at the hospital, the chinese student had already passed away.
6. Shared charging treasure (in fact, it is not really an infrastructure, but it does provide a lot of convenience): very convenient, you can borrow anywhere, and there is no problem in other places. Although this is also available in other countries, there are few places to borrow, and many of them need to be charged at a fixed location. Not even popular in Hong Kong, China. There are still many shared battery stations for electric vehicles.
Although China is not perfect, it is constantly improving.
给你个赞，靠着翻译看完你的评论，很中肯。
Very nicely collected Video thank you
Glad you liked it!
how come only 20k subscribers here you deserve way more than that！great vidsos！
Wow, thank you! Hopefully it will grow soon :)
God bless China ❤️❤️🇨🇳🇨🇳
Yes china needs all the blessings now, a lot of countries are so jealous of china, even my country india, i am very sad about the fact that my country kisses US ass so much
❤️from China
@@souvikdas3636 abe 😂 😭
The drain smelling is a universal problem.
Here in Canada, even for my 6year new house has this problem too. There are some products like deodorants for smell drains, but not yet found any of them worked.
What I'm doing now is just to pour warm-hot water in large volume with fragrant detergent once a while(a week or so), then put the stoppers tight when you are not using sinks.
Awesome thank you!
@luxi: rubbish. suggest you use a cleanser after using the sink, at the end of a day. In any 6-year new house in Canada, even in 25-year old houses, where U-pipes and a vent are building code, there is no stink --- unless one leaves food particles at the top of the drain, without cleaning them out and rubbing a little powdered cleanser (i.e., "Comet"). I should know, having lived in 4 Canadian cities, and having family in many more. A little elbow grease is in order. Or, call a plumber. Neither option is hard to do.
One of the reasons the airlines are delayed often is due to a good amount of Chinese air space designated for the military use only. This creates tight flight corridors and is what causes the delays. Price wise the airlines are government ran and they set the price for how much flights are marked at. My references are from my host mom that works for China Eastern Airlines and an episode of wendover productions on TH-cam.
Thanks for the information that is super interesting!
there are some private owned airlines in china now like Juneyao Air, Spring airlines
That's pretty much the same as what I've heard. Thank you for sharing!
Nico, you're suppose to pour bleach into the drain regularly, particularly the kitchen sink and the toilets because wastes gets deposited in those two drains the most. It'll clear any congestion and kill the smell. I live in the US and been doing this for awhile.
I do but it doesn't seem to do anything. But I will keep trying some people mentioned some other remedies too.
Also I've had that drain problem in the Silicon Valley in the US D:
Great information. Great work. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Love from Chaoyang:) great video
Thanks for watching
How about that Great Firewall! That is one amazing piece of infrastructure! How many youtube followers do you have in China?
just a great video ... well done !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good comments and sound thinking.
Thanks for watching!
We have large population, so we need more efficient traffic
yeah，nomatter how good the airline is it'll never be enough for so many people
Panadaren yeah imagine transporting 1 billion people by other modes of transportation. But efficiency of high speed train has significantly been reduced, 10 years ago when not many people can afford high speed train, station was large and spacious but now, traveling to primary station is a hassle. For example, once i was stuck in traffic outside beijing xi for almost 1 hour :o i wish they build high speed rail station underground and closer to the city center. Airport is so damn far as well. With exception of some, taxi will take 1 hour and metro even longer. For example Wuhan airport. Very nice but so damn far!
You can buy a stink-proof 下水管 or drainage pipeon on Taobao. I have the same problem with my bathroom, so I install deodorant pipes, and it's very useful. In addition, it's easy to install and cheap. Before you buy, ask the merchant for the size before you place an order
Awesome Nico it's an amazing place its got more going for it than most western countries
sure the rent is high but it's subsidized by the cheap food etc
Cheers Nico
Amazing video
It looks like you're from Newcastle upon Tyne, stayed in Nanjing for several years, and now lives in Beijing. I grew up in Nanjing, spent a year in Durham, which is quite close to Newcastle, working on my master's degree, and now works in Beijing. It's funny to see how our lives look just like in a mirror to each other.
hahahaha thats so crazy! I'm actually from Morpeth so a little bit further north even but that is very strange!
@@Nicofilms Life sometimes works very mysteriously. I've had funny experience too when i'm still a kid. I live in city A and have X as my close friend. Then my parents got promoted and assign to different city in different island in Indonesia, so we moved to city B. At city B i made a close friend Y. About a year later Y family moved to city A, the exact same city where i lived before. We still made a contact every once in a while. After about a year later Y visits city B for a vacation. We met and having fun conversation about how things in city A. Turns out, to my surprise, my close friend X in city A now become his close friend because they are in the same school. It's purely natural and without my interference. I mean how can it be?? Life sure is funny.
This terrific video quality definitely worth a thumb up
Thank you very much!
I'm indian I love china, korea, japan these are most beautiful country
In my country peope hate Chinese people even my parents says china is our enemy but I still love this country and I day I'll definitely come to your beautiful land 100%
May Chinese people hate me because im indian
the stinky smell from the drain is maily due to the old drainage system, partcularly in the old city. However, there is a trick that may help by closing the sink lid and pouring a bit of water on the top of it that will seal the smell completely. Whenever you need to wash things, simply open the lid and close it afterwards. It may be a little tedious at first, but it may work🌝 good luck.
Thank you!! I will try it!
@@Nicofilms After lived in the apartment for 7 to 8 years ,we need to ask a plumber to do a cleaning on the U -shaped pipe. This is normal practice.So we don't complain about it.
@@Haoxinren1983 I don't have a U bend as it turns out so I need to get that fixed first.
10:40 "Just over 10 million" You think like a Chinese now.
regarding to the smell from the drain, you do need to have that u shaped tube to make sure there's always water in that u shaped area to stop the smell coming out. and there is also some cleaners in JD and taobao which is like a stick, you can put that stick into the drain and then open the tab to melt it, thus cleaning the drain. but you still need the u shape tube. the easiest way could be getting a long soft strecthable plastic tube, then you can make the u shape by yourself.