Why nobody wanted us to visit China...🇨🇳 (FIRST TIME IN CHINA!)

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China has alot to offer as a travel destination. It is unfortunate many people are easily swayed by negative western media (due to political and economic reasons). Many have not even travelled out of their own state/province/country at all and thus have to depend on the biased nature of the media. Go see for yourselves if you are financially able to do so.

In Tokyo, there are also many cameras on the street, as well as police regularly patrolling. But that didn't attract many criticism.

I go to China every year. Chinese cities are very safe, both during the day and even more so at night. China's culture is also very diverse, and so is its food. It’s not like talking about Chinese people as promoted by European and American media.

🎉🎉🎉I'm a Chinese living in Shanghai. Very welcome to SH and hope you always be happy in your journey.

A little travel advice, If you're interested in seeing the chinese advancements and history: If you want to explore the 3000 years of history, go to Xi'an. If you want to explore the 1000 years of history, go to Beijing. If you want to explore the last 100 years of China going from colonization to modernization, go to Shanghai. If you want to see modern blade-runner-like infrastructure and seemingly impossible urban planning done in the last 40 years, go to Chongqin. If you want to see the future, go to Shenzhen. That's a very very rough and overall thing to say, and If we add the different landscapes and biomes that China offers, there would be no end to the list. And what's the best thing of all of that? That the whole China has first class safety no matter where you go, so there's nothing like "being in the wrong place at the wrong time" kind of bs, and you are able to freely explore.

those are not police, they are security guards. unlike in the US, they are very nice, if you get into a problem, such as lost something or looking for a place, you can approach them.

I need to explain that in China, people don't particularly need wifi outdoors because almost everyone's phone card contains a lot of data, so they don't worry about running out of data.

That was so interesting and informative! Personally, I would have had a panic attack trying to figure out the ticket/machines/money/transportation issues etc. These guys make it look so easy!

This video makes me want to return to China right away. So fun to watch and hear your excitement!

not everybody wears uniform is policeman. some of them are the private security guard hired by the malls, and their uniforms are similar to the police uniform. and don't worry about the policeman everywhere! if you got any question or problem you can just go and ask them for help, they would help you as much as they can.

The best point I like China is never worry about guns

Congrats on this first video that breaking 1 mil views!! 💪💪💪💪👍👍👍

As a Chinese/ Taiwanese, I’ve been to China and Shanghai for many times. In the past few years they’ve progressed too fast not only for their hardware- high rises / electric cars/ cell phone payments, but cultural wise- service quality/ food/ and their people. I often tell my friends and relatives about it, they should all visit China when they have the chance to experience how China is like😊 Thank you Steve and Ivana for taking me to the streets I’ve never been in Shanghai! Very glad to see it and will share it to everyone I know!!😉

As an American that has lived in China now for the last 6 years, I love watching these videos of the newbies traveling to Shanghai and elsewhere. The naivety is so cute.😂

Great video. I'm a British expat living in Shanghai since 2005, so it was interesting to see Shanghai through a fresh pair of eyes. McDonald's prices are the same ordering from the machines or the counter. If there's a price difference it is probably NOT the same coffee. "Natie" is simply the Chinese translation of Latte, but I think you may have ordered from the McCafe menu which is more expensive than the McDonald's menu (and slightly better quality). The noodle you chose was braised soy sauce beef soup noodles, but the restaurant itself is Chongqing style, which is a city in the south west of China where most of the dishes are spicy.

22:48 in case you are curious why people are hanging their clothes out, this is because Shanghai is a very humid city even in winter, so if there is sun out people just hang out their clothes (quilts, pillows etc) to have some sunshine and try them up also help to kill bacterias

China is an amazing country. Everything is happening here. I am so exciting to be part of this great country who are peaceful and friendly. All the best things are retained in China. But you need to be here to experience it.

Let me correct you. The 144-hour visa is not limited to Shanghai travel. It can be used to travel to any other city in China. As long as you can enter the country smoothly, there are no travel restrictions. It just tells you that you can only stay in China for a period of 144 hours and then you have to leave the country. When staying in a hotel, no one will look at your visa. You just need to go through a check-in process. Even Chinese people who stay in a hotel need to register with their ID card. It is just a formality to check and prevent wanted criminals from entering the hotel.

Those food vendors must have been expecting her to speak to them in Mandarin and must have been caught offguard when she couldn't speak the language or read the menu. I was also wondering why she didn't try to speak in Mandarin, but when you said she's Indonesian Chinese, then I understood why. In China, everything is in Chinese characters, and Shanghai has its own unique dialects too, depending on which part of the province you're from. Like Suzhou is an hour's drive from Shanghai, but has a different dialect from Shanghai. Still, if you can speak or read mandarin, you might be able to get by. You'd need to have a pretty good grasp of the language though to communicate more effectively, 'cos in China, it tends to be ALL mandarin and you can't even mix in any English words the way we might do in Singapore. In fact, Chinese people who come to Singapore are probably quite shocked at how we mix English and Mandarin when we say that we are speaking in Mandarin. To them, it's Singapore-style Mandarin. Also, there are words for the same things that are different. It's just like how American English is different from British English, even though it's the same language. You have different English words for the same things. Like tap and faucet, sink and basin, color and colour, lift and elevator, flat and apartment... well, you get the idea. So Chinese people can tell if you are from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore or Mainland China, based on the Mandarin words you use and how you speak it.