Journey Through China's Cities - Urban Travel Documentary

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Hi, just for discussion, I wonder why you use invade at the Tibet part, because simply Tibet region was conquered by Mongolians and become a part of the Yuan Mongolian dynasty, since then is has become a part of China through every dynasty. Including the ROC, and PRC just had the troops walked into Tibet to claim actual control, no violence and combat take part, the remaining ROC soldiers chose to switch to be PLAs. According to your attitude, should I describe Hawi as a independent region invaded by US? I feel your video is very nice made and you spend a lot time to make this a great video, however, I hope you can present less stereotype China to the YouTube audiences.

The gray camera, the dark sky, the camera angles in Xinjiang and Tibet...you really got the essence of the BBC!

作为一个中国人，我感觉很自豪，我们的国家正在高速发展，城市变化每一天都不一样，我们的农村也越来越好了，许多漂亮的房子也建了起来😊😊😊

Stef, thanks for your introduction! ❤❤❤ But the difference between the Chinese cities shown in your camera and the ones I have been to is very significant, perhaps because your filming was more than a decade ago. The air in China is noticeably better now, and the streets are cleaner and cleaner. Also, I am surprised that you used the term 'invasion of Tibet'. Because since the Yuan Dynasty in China, Tibet has always belonged to the Chinese government, and you can even see the Yonghe Palace in Beijing, the place where Tibetan religious leaders lived for a long time during the Qing Dynasty. In 1950, the CPC expelled the Dalai Lama and abolished the serfdom. In addition to the then Tibetan warlord leader, the peasants were very supportive of the CPC

Wonderful compilation of cities. I must say that most of your videos show how polluted China WAS a decade ago. Today's Chinese cities are cleaner, greener and even more developed.

我很惊讶评论区竟然有外国人能看出来这些都是至少10年之前的影像了，所以跟现在差距还蛮大的，视频里关于新疆和西藏有很多错误信息，很难想象这是2023年的视频，看博主视频的时候我觉得好像回到了小时候的中国😂😂

I am Chinese,hope you can visit China again,we are much better than several years ago,air is much better,street is cleaner,and even rural areas are much better,we are changing so fast:face-blue-smiling:

Once I start working and save money, I really want to visit those big cities , to learn how those people go on and with their lives while having millions of other people around. I am from a small island in Africa and I have never experienced what is like to live in one big mega city .

China is really a middle kingdom. You can enjoy the west and the east with comfort that we're used to. From American to Russian and far-flung Asian. It truly has everything. Wishing you all the best, Stef!

One correction: Tibet is a part of China since 1288. CPC just inherited the sovereignty of Tibet from the former gorverment.

Am 100% sure you can't do a same video showing modern China instead of the one of 2010.. the question is what purpose to show decade old video its quiet deceptive.. China changes so fast even 5years would have a noticeable difference.

Looks like an old footage of like 5-6 years ago. People are not wearing mask and fashion sense seems a bit out of date too compared to present time. A lot has/can changed in just 5 years especially in China. In all other recent vlogs I've seen from China, most people are still wearing mask even without government mandate.

Most of the content in the video is not current, but from ten years ago. The current Chinese cities are very different from the ones in the video. I hope you to update the latest city scene.

I am Chinese, and by the way, I would like to answer the question raised by the blogger about our country's network blockade. What I want to say is that being able to speak here actually means that the country's control over this area is relatively relaxed. Our country's network blockade is actually for two purposes. 1. It is to break away from the control of American hegemony. We have learned from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that our country must have an independent network, Because these two countries were randomly cut off by the United States during their war with the United States, resulting in the paralysis of the entire national network, our country attaches great importance to this. 2. To prevent unrest, many people do not know that our country used to be able to use Google services, but a major event occurred in 2008 when a terrorist organization planned a terrorist attack on Facebook, The location took place in our Xinjiang region, causing widespread unrest in our country. The country put in a lot of effort to govern without success, so it made representations to Google and Facebook. However, the two companies refused to provide information about terrorist organizations on the grounds of violating personal privacy rights. As a result, our country realized that it was necessary to firmly control technology and talent in its own hands only by independently building a network, So our country has developed the Great Firewall of the Internet to prevent interference from foreign forces. Now, our country has relaxed many controls. Although we still cannot use Google services, we can use some special means to search for foreign inquiries. Our country's original intention is to prevent some brainless and simplistic people from being brainwashed. Most of the people who search for information are neutral in concept and have their own judgment ability 我是中国人，这里顺便回答一下博主说过我们国家网络封锁的问题，我想说的是我能站在这里说话其实就是代表着国家对于这方面管控其实比较放松的，我们国家封锁网络其实出于两个目的，1.是为了脱离美国霸权主义的控制，我们从阿富汗，伊拉克战争中学到了我们国家必须要有独立的网络，因为这两个国家之前在和美国打仗的时候被美国随意切断网络，导致整个国家网络瘫痪，所以我们国家非常重视这一点，2.是为了防止动乱，许多人不知道的是我们国家以前是可以用谷歌服务的但是在2008年出过了一个大事就是一个恐怖组织在facebook上策划了一个恐怖袭击事件，地点就发生在了我们新疆地区，导致我国大面积动乱，国家花了大力气去治理没有成功，于是向谷歌公司和facebook公司提出交涉，但是两家公司以侵犯个人隐私权为由拒绝提供恐怖组织的信息，于是我们国家意识到只有自己独立自主的建设网络把科技与人才牢牢掌握在自己手里是必要的，所以我们国家开发了网络防火长城来预防境外势力的干扰，现在我们国家管控放松了许多虽然任然用不了谷歌服务但是可以利用一些特殊的手段翻出来看外国的咨询，我们国家的本意是为了防止一些没有头脑思想简单的人被洗脑，翻出来的人大部分观念中立，有自己的判断能力

I think many of your video content still used the clips 10 years ago.😂I am from China, and this is nicely and detailedly produced

In the minds of Westerners, there are some prejudices and inherent impressions about China. What I want to say is that China has uneven development and a large gap between rich and poor. China is a super-large developing country, but China’s development , the speed of change is much faster than what Western countries think. Thanks to the rapid economic development, low production costs and high efficiency, highly educated workers, and industrial upgrading towards high technology, it is happening every day in many places and cities. Earth-shaking changes, your video reminded me of what it was like when I was a child, and obviously there have been too many changes now. I don’t think this is a fair and objective video that can provide many people with a correct understanding of China. I hope everyone will come. Walk around China and take a look. Maybe you still don’t like China, but your impression will definitely not be too bad.

You might want to put time marks on each clip to indicate when they were filmed. Some clips look very old and cannot reflect how things look now.

Generally a good, informative video depicting the China of about a decade ago. Although regretably, you mentioned the Xinjiang "concentration camp" story as if it is a proven fact, not a mere political speculation.

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