Living in China | How is it like living in Shenzhen in 2020
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Published 2020-06-13
Shenzhen is an incredible city to live in, I’ve been here for five years now. 
It’s very green, it has trees everywhere, a lot of parks and greenery in every avenue and street.
It’s also super modern, it feels like you are living in the future.
The city is also very convenient to live in.
But of course like every big metropolis in the world it could get a little bit noisy sometimes.
One of the main issues that I have while living here was the language barrier,
because here nobody speaks English, so everywhere I was going I was just using the translator on my phone, trying to communicate with people. Eventually I started learning some Mandarin, but that was kind of frustrating because Chinese is definitely not easy, I thought I knew how to say something and then they couldn’t get anything.
And at the same time I was not understanding anything of what they were saying, it was a tough process. Right now I don’t really speak mandarin fluently but I manage basic language and I can communicate on a daily basis.
Despite all these issues that I had with the language, I have to say that Chinese people are very friendly people, when you are living here as a foreigner they are always nice to you, at least that was my experience, and that made the difference to choose between staying or leaving.
Yes, it’s definitely not easy to adapt to such a different culture, but after all it’s totally worth it.
People is nice, food is delicious, the quality of life is really good and living in a city like Shenzhen in such an important time for China and the World makes you feel very special, like a main character of a movie, well that’s the way I feel.
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All Comments (21)
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Shenzhen only 30 years ago was a village in the backyard of Hong Kong. Now, look at the city!! Rich, modern, clean and vibrant.
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im japanese live in dalian, China, dalian is very good city, but shenzhen looks stunning!!!
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Shenzhen is one of my favorite cities in China
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Moving to Shenzhen in October for work once the borders open! Can't wait!
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I love how green the city is
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Waoo.. the city look so clean n organise. Bravo!!
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This video was filmed fantastically plus the BGM, and I lived in SZ almost 2 years, it s one of most green, modern , high-tech and convinent city in China. I recommend you to join in some communities to improve your Chinese, Chinese are so polite and friendly, hope it helps!
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Chinese is easy. It starts difficult but will get easier and easier. Because every character has meanings, once you manage to memorize 1000 characters, words are just made of characters and will make sense to you automatically. There is not much grammar, no tenses, plural forms... etc
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OMG you literally replied every single comment! So humble and nice for you. I am gonna subscribe :) BTW Shenzhen is stunning.
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I lived in Shenzhen for 5 years. Miss the city.
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Awesome video of Shenzhen! Really loved all the drone shots. I’m learning how to use my drone.
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I am foreigner live in Guangzhou. Guangzhou & Shenzhen are future city in China
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thanks for showing what China is really like. Big thumb up from chinese in Canada. Keep it up, break the rumors and western propaganda.
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What a beautiful and clean city, full of trees and gardens and parks. Thanks for the video.
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The video is really calming and the shots is amazing. You never disappoints us with your video.Thanks for this.♥️
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Great video! Very good portrayal of the city that was concise and showed us what we want to see!
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Shenzhen is my hometown! I have been living in US for 10 years , will return to Shenzhen next year. Cant wait！
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Just love the way you film and the way you present. Great content, very informative too. Best wishes to you .
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Thank you for sharing this video, It is my home city, looks beautiful!
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Great video! Shenzhen is my hometown, thanks for your introduction, hope you enjoy there!!
