An update from Kashgar Xinjiang

[@hanyangzhao476]

As a Chinese, I also don't believe that all people in Xinjinag is having a wonderful life. But there's a lot difference between "my family restaurant business is not doing so well" and "I was forced to pick cotton as slave". I just hope people can go to Xinjiang and have unbiased report of the truth.

[@plaw9188]

Great job Daniel, I visited Xinjiang almost two years ago, my flight from Toronto to Urumqi took more than 22 hours (that’s flying time, not including waiting time for connecting flights, which can add another 10hours or more). The first thing I noticed was the high security, almost everywhere you go, there were security guards with metal detectors to scan you before entry, I also saw in a restaurant the chain attached to the knifes you mentioned, when asked, the owner told me that was because it happened before when terrorists passed through the security empty-handed, then went to the kitchen and grabbed the knifes to stab people. Another thing that I can attest is that I noticed that although most Uighurs know some mandarin, but they always communicated in their native dialect among themselves. Some older Uighur actually didn’t speak any mandarin at all. My general impression was the locals were very proud of how safe their place is now as compared to 5 years prior. Anyways, your video reminded me of a lot of the good time I had in Xinjiang.

[@editname2302]

@@mikesaunders1688 🤡

[@andyhomer2239]

@@mikesaunders1688 Why u r trolling everyone's comment? Stop being an a*hole!

[@peterwilliams7335]

@@mikesaunders1688 thanks for the update this is how the US treats the Muslims in its concentrate campus.

[@plaw9188]

@@mikesaunders1688 It’s your prerogative to choose to believe lies told by the Five-Liars-Alliance as truth; I didn’t, therefore, I went to Xinjiang to see it with my own eyes. I’m sure Daniel Dumbrill willl observe similar to what I did two years ago, except Xinjiang is now even more prosperous.

[@pingpan]

@@mikesaunders1688 how much do they pay you? If not for profit, I can't imagine why anyone would share so many same content post under almost every reply I clicked on. May God forgive you for just trying to make a living. Just hope no one's life is being destroyed or changed by your job.

[@BarrettYT]

Closing the plane window blinds on the plane, that's happened to us twice, once in Taizhou, and also at Liuzhou, both military airports, so I think its standard practice.

[@S4SM4X]

Yes being Chinese first time I flew to Liuzhou I was like what the heck? I grew up being told to keep the blind open before landing.

[@Sam-tz8ou]

As if the NATO satellites cant see them

[@Austin-xu1ws]

@@Sam-tz8ou if satellites can see everything, then you don't need spies anymore. Basic logic and common sense. satellite cannot see everything.

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

You can't blame the Chinese military presence in Xinjiang after ETIM terrorist, some from across the border, attacks in the area recent years. We know how the US responds to domestic terrorist attacks from abroad

[@mindywindy8755]

love you guys🌹

[@MariaAlvarez-sm8bv]

I insist, even if you're not a professional journalist Daniel, what you do is first level and true journalism. Congrats for this new trip.

[@tubbytuber]

Is there a way to send money to Daniel?

[@Psionyc]

What has he revealed so far?

[@guanlinyang7682]

journalism died many years ago

[@FanDi-m5h]

+1

[@frankm4349]

Absolutely agree with you Maria.

[@ivanlee2861]

Thank you for revealing the truth about Xingjang. You not only have a good brain but a righteous heart as well, Daniel

[@44bett]

Yes, Daniel wants peace - beautiful human being.

[@jessemc3]

What is the size of forced labor camp in USA vs China? How many political prisoners are there in USA vs China? How many state sponsored disappearances are there in USA vs China?

[@audreypan9205]

@@jessemc3 USA have a few million black/brown people in slave prison labor. Go read USA 14th Amendment. Slavery is legal for prisoners in USA, hence USA have the biggest prison population per capita. USA have for-profit prisons where capitalist make more money the more people are put in jail.

[@ronniechew6566]

@@audreypan9205 That's true. They need more prisoners to provide forced labor for the military industrial complex to build WMDs for cheap while getting the profits for themselves. That's why there are more private prisons built there. It's very profitable. Government pay USD78K per prisoner per year to the jailors and the jailors make more money forcing them to work at 7 to 12 cents per hour while charging minimum wage rates to any employer. A minimum wage that everyone else won't get maybe until 2024. Win win only for the prison industrial complex. Many of the prisoners goes back to jail on their third offense for even stealing a banana or anything cheap. America is not the dream many people thought it was anymore. You would have to be asleep to live it 🤣

[@Psionyc]

What has he actually revealed so far?

[@pedipalps]

Holy shit, Daniel's out there doing more independent journalism than any mainstream media corp.

[@robertb1802]

You mean the main stream media corps the chinese government has kicked out of China and blocked from the chinese internet? This guy is only allowed to film because he will film and say what the CCP tell him to film and say. There is nothing independent or investigative about this.

[@pingtao8437]

BBC kicked out Because of dark filters and obvious wrong translations and BBC even copied a video from CCTV then added biased sub tittles to fool the people who doesn't speak Chinese. And that's not all evil the western media have done.

[@Geopolitic157]

@@robertb1802 Main stream media is nothing more than a censored memo from the U.S. government now.... CIA cover stories for humanitarian efforts to cover Coups, etc.... This has been going on for over a hundred years with the Monroe Doctrine... From the Banana wars with the united Fruit company (CEO's brother was head of CIA at the time), to Nixon arming Milton Friedman to make Chile's economy scream in 1973.. The U.S. capitalism has always been threatened by successful socialism in the Americas....They do not want to see Venezuelan oil taken from BP and given to the state, to distribute profits via social programs to improve education, housing and poverty........Which was done by Hugo Chavez...... "This would give the American people ideas" about forming more socialism "unions" and going for more social programs...... This is what this whole damn imperialism attack is about on these countries...... These democratic socialism countries would be the same as Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, etc........ except the U.S. Oligarchs, fear that this philosophy would spread in the United States unless they killed it.... So they kill it with sanctions, coups, and anything and everything they can throw at it... Smedley Butler wrote about it as long back to 1933 with "War is a Racket".... He knew the wars and imperialism were for oligarch power and profit. You either know this and are part of the propaganda, or a moron.....Either way, you do not have reasonable standing in this world....Are you proud of this ?....Do you care what your children think? Chasing wealth is not much of a life worth living..... Helping people, your family, your friends, your people.... has much more meaning.

[@Robgti180]

@@robertb1802 If someone accuses you doing something illegal in your house and you know it's a blatant lie and he demand that he and his buddies to go into your house without you being there and search it and plant evidence. Would you say Ok no problem go ahead?

[@qilu2004]

the reason "mainstream" media were guarded is because they were known to stage the WMD sites in mideast. Honest reports were not forbidden，dishonest reports were.

[@driftert5687]

I root for you. Seeing is believing. I visited Kashgar in Sep 2019 before all the rumors and lies about Xinjiang came out in force. I saw a peaceful place, and local people going about their lives just like in any other Chinese cities. But last year, when I heard from west media and politicians and genocide and ethnic cleansing happening in Xinjiang, I was like: which Xinjiang? Seems like they are talking about a Xinjiang in a different planet. I just can't believe someone can lie to your face like this. It's an insult to human intelligence.

[@tubbytuber]

AMEN. We have seen the truth thanks to Daniel who is probably the only good Canadian journalist working today. The rest are filthy liars trying to brainwash us into war. Thank you Daniel you may have saved the world as you stroll those clean alleys with your camera and message of truth.

[@Psionyc]

Well, did you see the whole of Xinjiang?

[@tubbytuber]

@@Psionyc If Daniel did not show us it was not worth knowing about. Daniel is a genius and nearly as intelligent as your average Chinese person. Don't be brainwashed

[@driftert5687]

@@Psionyc I didn't see whole Xinjiang, just a few places. But with a normal IQ I can tell there was no "genocide, and ethnic cleansing", if you understand what these words mean

[@weizhang2834]

@@Psionyc 99% Americans haven’t seen the whole USA .

[@carmenlajoie2719]

We can't watch US media, so dishonest & frustrating. RT & CGTN Jimmy Dore, Grayzone. Gives us so much more😁 tx you for ur work.

[@donacatanguma]

And Bay Area 415

[@44bett]

Great report on Xinjiang - look it up.

[@questworldmatrix]

I say just flip it on their face and call US bombing ISIS as wahhabism cultural genocide.

[@ProfessionalBadPerson]

Eww Jimmy Dore

[@forjw2google135]

few days ago, WH: Chinese/Russian are winning the information campaign, meaning their fake medias are getting challenged for lies, they will try to block these true reporting outlets here.

[@campbelltown3065]

Well done Daniel. An outstanding video. My wife and I are Australians and we visited Kashgar (and Urumqi andTurpan) in 2016. We had a wonderful time. Our tour guides (Shir and Abdul - God bless them) were absolutely brilliant. Like you we spent alot of time in Kashgar, particularly in the old city. We even got to visit the Grand Mosque in the centre of the old city. We saw no evidence of the sorts of things China is being accused of. We also visited the livestock market which is the largest of its type in the world. What a great experience. I recently saw a YT video featuring Saagar Enjeti (I suspect you might know him) where he championed the boycott of Xinjiang cotton by western clothing manufacturers. I commented back to him that the people who were being hurt by the boycott were farmers who owned small cotton farms. Not unlike the farmer you interviewed. Mate well done and continue the good work.

[@weiliu7621]

I'm sure those in Iraq or Syria lived pretty much similar life, before US decide it's not enough and they need to be freed.

[@uwanttono4012]

I totally agree with you! The western powers had no business being there in the first place!!

[@shanghai_city]

Honest vlog from my favourite vlogger based in China. I am Asian and I have been following topics related to China for almost two years. I am by no means expert but I did noticed that very little is known of Xinjiang outside China. To create more awareness the government should held sporting events, expo, exhibitions, film shoots maybe a film city in Xinjiang. I know, Xinjiang and Tibet has lagged behind in economic and social development compare to rest of the provinces in China but the last few years have seen dramatic change in the lives of these people. There is already total eradication of poverty in these areas. I am hopeful that further opening up of Xinjiang will only help change the negative opinion held by Western media towards it. 👍 Edit: Also, it's perfect time to visit Kashgar, since muslim holy month of Ramadan is going on, it will be nice to see how it is celebrated and performed in Xinjiang. :)

[@kko-punch7059]

Nothing against of what you said at all. But why China has to change to prove themselves to the westerners that they are living better??? China improved people’s livelihoods for the sake of their own people, not for the purpose for foreigners to judge China. Don’t waste our time to convince them. They have their minds set to destabilise China.

[@karlz6018]

They can't hold any large international events before. Xinjiang is under the threat of terrorism for a long time. Go check out the Documentary films about the attacks and that happened in Xinjiang. Recently the situation has changed a lot. But you know the virus hits us since last year so...

[@AndrewManook]

@@kko-punch7059 Liberal democracies thrive on manufacturing consent for war.

[@JS-xc8ku]

Thanks Ali ！！！👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@hisenlau8603]

不知道怎么回答你，因为很多中国人都去新疆旅游过，对新疆也了解。当中国人知道国外媒体制造所谓的“新疆问题”，中国人都是一脸问号？？？？？？？同时也让中国人知道西方媒体的做法。所以中国人变得更团结了。

[@CyrusJanssen]

Awesome video Daniel! I'm looking forward to watching more of your insights into Xinjiang and your conversations with the locals

[@johnzhang6958]

@frs 12 real genocide by the Western are happening in their countries by the name COVID.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@mikesaunders1688 Westerners boil lobsters alive too. Here's graphic video of lobsters being boiled alive (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3zMmnmom6-dY9U ) Warning: Footage may be disturbing for some viewers.

[@tubbytuber]

Of course you did.

[@Wutong-TW]

u did awesome work too

[@setokaiba6436]

wumao

[@seekfunk3536]

Thank you very much for taking the effort of going to Xinjiang to find out the truth. Sadly this is what happened. The liar can fabricate a malicious rumor sitting in front of his computer. But it costs so much time and efforts to reveal the truth and to fight against the lie.

[@xFirebird925x]

造谣一张嘴，辟谣跑断腿 ("lying only takes moving a mouth, but exposing the lie takes as much effort as running around until your legs break")

[@Psionyc]

Well, what has he revealed so far?

[@广州自干五-梧桐夷洲]

@@xFirebird925x 太形象了，哈哈哈

[@PHOEBE_LOVELY]

@@Psionyc debunked the false accusations of genocide stuff?

[@Psionyc]

@@PHOEBE_LOVELY just because that's what you wish doesn't mean that happened, he didn't debunk anything

[@darimalau9828]

总觉得Daniel是个侠客，武功高强（他的智慧，他对事物的理解和他的语言能力）, 正气凛然，在江湖上行侠仗义，除暴安良，为人们伸冤。我觉得他就是郭靖对杨过所说的那个侠之大者。 Daniel is like a courageous Kung Fu master in the traditional Chinese lore. He is righteous, heroic and gallant. He cannot stand injustice and unfairness. He battles the powerful evil and he helps the downtrodden, the unfortunate. His Kung Fu skills are his considerable intellectual capacity, his wide-ranging knowledge, and his amazing articulateness. He seeks out and calls out hypocrisy and nefarious activities. Using his videos, he shines light on the wrongdoings. He is a ray of hope in our messed up world.

[@happyhero2881]

你说得太好了

[@MrGanbat84]

You always make real life and truth about anything. You are best. From Mongolia congrats to you 😇👍👍💪

[@chunyanliu571]

following you from Europe. Daniel, what you are doing in this few years will be a diamond of your remarkable life after 2 decades. I envey you so much!

[@yulghun9153]

Hi 50 cent.

[@sugarsweethoney3078]

The streets look incredibly safe, clean and beautiful architecture. I really don't care if it has cameras in every corner as long as it looks this good.

[@44bett]

Agree!

[@willylu88]

Camera is mainly used to catch the bad guys, I think it's actually a protection for the comments people rather than losing freedom.

[@yblmisc]

If I were visiting this place I would be glad to see the cameras all over the place as it would make me feel safe.

[@ilu516]

As long as it is safe.

[@SelinaRRR]

For Chinese, cameras represent safe. Chinese like live in a community with a lot of cameras

[@JaYoeNation]

Very matter of fact perspective from the ground. Thanks Daniel!

[@peterh9180]

Matt, are you in Xingjiang as well? If so, where in Xingjiang are you?

[@valuedcustomer8922]

Wow Matt you are in Xinjiang? Where exactly?

[@tubbytuber]

AGREED. TRUTH BE TOLD AT LAST!!!!!!!

[@harutosunaa3881]

Agreed

[@mrbrainnyc258]

It's from the ground because Danny's got his lips planted on Emperor Xi's boots. If you want the truth about genocide in Xinjiang try the reports from the UN or any human rights org or any democratic nation and then some, like Turkey. That'll give you lots of sources that aren't owned by the dog eating CCP.

[@qifee1]

Thank you for showing the world what real XinJiang is!

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

Indeed!

[@Xray888]

Yes, empty streets are very real

[@dugang139]

@@Xray888 Are you blind? So many people in the street you can not see, you should have a little basic logic, or only let people look down on you.

[@coccinelle8482]

@@Xray888 if you are in Shanghai, this kind of empty is only during Chinese New Year period. But in Xinjiang cities you’ll not see lots of people besides market or during festivals. This area is very large place with less population.

[@100-q8v]

@@Xray888 they are all hiding in your house .

[@JC-kl1sw]

I really appreciate that you try keep a neutral position to share what you see and hear as is. As any adult would know that pretty much nothing in this world is 100% black or white, it is valuable to see the situation as it is and make a judgment on one's own using his own brain. Sadly, this is increasingly difficult to do in the west given the highly politicized media environment.

[@Mattrsx]

Great update Daniel, lots to look forward to you expanding on. Certainly better than I thought you might produce, optimistic about you continuing the discussion.

[@vera-mn1sh]

You really got there! Thank you and appreciate from the bottom heart! Your words are more convincing!

[@barrievee]

Thanks brother Daniel - intrepid as ever! Looking forward to more from you while you're over there.

[@pcstar123]

What a beautiful place, so clean and well decorated, better than what I expected!

[@lollymanna]

The chinese renovated the area and beautified it. This is kashgar old city. This area was deteriorating really badly with poor people and poor sanitation and maintenance. The city was unplanned with poor sanitation. The chinese demolished a lot of the old buildings and reconstructed them in traditional uyghur achitetecture. They used the same materials uyghur have used to build for centuries. They widened the streets built sanitation and electricity and the decorated the area with greenery. The chinese first moved the uyghur to new apartments away from the old kashgar city, they then demolished the old deteriorating buildings and then rebuilt and redecorated the buildings in old kashgar city. After that, they moved the residents from their temporary apartments back into the reconstructed and redecorated buildings in the old kashgar city. That is why the place looks the way it does.

[@hankchen3193]

​@@lollymanna Yeah, not only Xinjiang, the Chinese government is spending a lot of money to beautifying the village all over the country, making life in villages better. So nowadays many city dweller or town dweller like travelling to villages which can provide some tourism revenue for the locals. It's a policy call "the construction of beautiful villages " and I think it's a win-win.

[@nancykuhk]

Daniel, thanks for doing this 🙏🏻 thanks for your efforts to promote more understanding amongst different nations and make the world a better place .

[@stephenchan7398]

You are in Urumqi and found nothing out of the ordinary and this Zenz was never in Xinjiang and reported all kind of frightening things going on there. Unbelievable.

[@gadgetgasspoll2923]

That's what you call imagination

[@audreypan9205]

He's in Kashgar

[@djtan3313]

Zenz is on crack.

[@talkinghead8014]

Media interviews of Zenz are too soft. The first question they should ask is what his qualifications to be a 'China expert' are? I read that he spent 3 weeks in 2008 in a few places in China, probably a few days in Xinjiang. He found nothing to report then until his masters asked him to write a report in 2016. This is what he said in a radio interview on NPR last year. ZENZ: I have long argued that the atrocity in the region is a cultural genocide, not a literal genocide. I do continue to believe that, generally speaking, the Chinese government does not intend to physically eradicate the Uighurs.

[@ronniechew6566]

When Zensz was paid by BBC, he bought loads of drugs to use and have a huge imagination of how Xinjiang should be in his mind. Money makes his mind go round 🤪

[@jessicaw8682]

That's a nice little city, ordinary yet beautiful. I like the decorative designs of those doors and exterior walls.

[@cornelchan5736]

Thank you Daniel fir your matter of fact reporting. Looking forward to your next reporting with huge interest.

[@PinkR_Tulip]

Despite Washington makes up lies about Xinjiang, Xinjiang is enjoying sustained economic growth & social stability & culture traditions🙏Given to the history US has done to Native Americans that can be called a genocide.

[@christinemak8101]

The Kashgar ancient city is gorgeous! Gotta add this to my bucket list. Great job Daniel as always. Looking forward to your next vlog.

[@sunnydaysddt2068]

So peaceful, I look forward to visiting Xinjiang one day.

[@拭目以待之待中待]

no violence no oppression no racism hate no covid no homeless wander around，bbc cnn owes everyone here an explanation.

[@masscasualty5233]

Looks absolutely beautiful. I wish to visit some day soon. Thank you for your work, Daniel.

[@mountainclimber4511]

Kashghar is a beautiful city to visit..in the last five years i have visited there 3 times and i found it very interesting..walled city, food streets, Sunday bazaar and the Karakul lake are very special..there are many other things which are good

[@imdba3685]

I would like to visit hopefully soon

[@Zhicano]

How was the bread that they serve on the street I’ve seen it multiple times and it looks amazing.

[@mountainclimber4511]

@@Zhicano its good called nan and there are many types of bread there..traditionally they love to eat meat, specially barbecue..but you can find many kinds of foods

[@calvinpang7144]

Thanks for sharing Daniel. May be I will plan my next trip to Kashgar. Looks like an interesting place to visit.

[@JJ-uo9tj]

Thank you Daniel for you continuous courage and sincerity to show the real thing, to speak a fair voice, and to present the truth.

[@yangxue9328]

you made it!! have a great trip Daniel and looking forward to more vids!

[@BenoMare]

Interesting video, thanks for uploading it. Kashgar looks amazing!

[@s1050]

I hope Adrian Zenz watches this video. He’s never even been to Xinjiang or talked to any locals but he thinks he has the right to talk nonsense and make baseless accusations.

[@wunxue]

For that kind of person, you can't expect him to admit his crime. He distorts truth rather than explore it.

[@xFirebird925x]

Nah. He gets paid to lie, so don't expect him to admit anything.

[@lifeinxinjiang384]

Zenz blocked anyone who disagree with him

[@sinscope00]

@@mikesaunders1688 You forgot to add Uighurs influenced by Wahhabism and Salafi Jihadis and trained by ISIS/ISIL

[@wilsonluytan212]

Zeno is selling himself to all buyers; western media and governments with agendas in topple China. They are still living with mentality of western colonial supremacy. Those mentality was long defunct.

[@mchalk88]

Kashgar looks unbelievably beautiful. Thank you for your public service, Daniel! Keep up the great work!

[@giacomocapodellago3246]

Real reporting is so rare. You are a wonderful throw back..

[@katherinelaw3218]

Thank you very much for reviewing the truth, well done , it is a great report to us.

[@yingxu7908]

Nice to see you today again with the beautiful weather thank you for the video

[@worldcitizen7898]

Very interesting video Daniel. Greetings from Shenzhen! I would love to visit Xinjiang, and Kashgar in particular when I have time.

[@twlamSG]

Very logical, honest and well presented vlog. Hope to see more.

[@theylaughatmynickname4860]

That old town looks so beautiful.. the plants on the walls. That place looks so calm, with the bird chirping. It must had been a nice stroll...

[@Angel-pg5jj]

I love your China vlogs. Unlike videos of another China vloggers, your videos don’t have annoying and stupid editing that make things look worse than what they actually are.

[@tubbytuber]

It's hard to show anything bad when you are walking the alleys of Heaven. Man the Chinese people have it good! Until I read the comments here I thought China was pretty cool. But now I want to live there forever. Everyone in my city is always shooting their guns and complaining about the government. We don't have a nice one like they do in China.

[@georgeyu7987]

@@tubbytuber China is not the alleys of Heaven, no place in this world is Heaven. I am originally from China, have my colleges in the US, now live in the US, I still think the US is better than China in many aspects, although some may not agree with me. But everything about genocide is NOT true, this whole thing about genocide Xinjing is cooked up by the US government to achieve their own benefits and to maintain the hegemony

[@tonyeclau]

Thanks Daniel for seeking to get to the real situation in Xinjiang. Definitely worthwhile to know the different perspective. Wish you will find real interesting stuff there. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@44bett]

Awesome report ambassador Daniel, Thank you for spreading peace and understanding. Love and goodwill from Southern California.

[@cihangwang8044]

Thank you Daniel! What you are doing is super inspiring.

[@dannyw985]

Thank you so much to explore the Xinjiang region and the minds of the locals. A corner of a big picture is more than I can say about the other medias. A government is never perfect and can never cater to every wish of the people. The goal is to provide decent opportunities to those who seeks for it. Some mega projects cannot rely on individual to accomplish, governmental machine has to get involved. China has its own way of doing things while the others can do whatever they see fit. The final judgement is on the scoreboard of 'Happiness Index'! Anxious to see the next episode from you. Wish I could come to your establishment on my next visit to China.

[@YaBoiHakim]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Lionheart732]

Thank you for the reporting. Love your content esp from a Canadian/global perspective.

[@kimmeelee9758]

Awesome investigation and reporting, Daniel! Many thanks, Daniel!

[@LaylaY-zn6in]

Glad to know you are in xinjiang now. I am very curious about how the locals see the situation.

[@yulghun9153]

All fake. My city is dead. He works for ccp. Please check his other videos. If you really want to know about Uyghurs or China, please follow serpentza. No chinese and no foreigner could make a independent video and continue to live in China. Believe me.

[@danlai888]

Thanks for sharing the video and your thoughts on the ground of Xingjiang! I am 100% trust your observations and your words!

[@Boilthebunny15]

Beautiful city. So rich in culture. I was expecting Aladdin and Princess Jasmine to pop up

[@jbennison5672]

90% of which they completely destroyed....

[@jiangnorman]

Reminds me my visit to Kashgar in year 2000, wakeup early and walk on the street to watch local resturant owner prepare lamb pilaf in the street of old town

[@stonechen2480]

My in-laws live in Urumqi, in Jan 2019 we were visiting them. When we just got off the flight, my son wants to go to the washroom, my wife told me to stay with him and said "This is a third-tier city!" Nothing happened obviously. So I told it as a joke to my inlaws, and they responded with laughter and said: "Urumqi is the safest city in China, second only to Beijing. If a fight breaks out or someone yells 'Thief!', police must arrive within 2 minutes." That took me by surprise. But I think Urumqi has to settle being third now.

[@oberstleutnant787]

Your inlaws are wrong, the safest city in China is Shanghai. followed by Beijing.

[@selenab4337]

@@oberstleutnant787 well it sounds like their in laws haven’t been to shanghai and are making a sarcastic remark to describe how safe they feel

[@blahblah2035]

@@oberstleutnant787 No, the safest city is Urumqi due to years anti-terrorism governing.

[@mrbrainnyc258]

LOL! ITS A POLICE STATE! The people you have to fear are the corrupt CCP police. Too funny.

[@mrbrainnyc258]

@@blahblah2035 CORRECTION : Years of genocide.

[@darrellwong4097]

Great insights Daniel. It’s certainly different from the perspective we get here in NZ.... Thanks and keep it coming.👍👍👍

[@lilwalis6742]

Oh my gosh, wish I were there! So good to see the streets in Xinjiang. Sincerely wish to visit the fabulous place if getting the chance to fly there.

[@uwanttono4012]

Am just amazed 丹尼尔·邓波儿 that for someone who is on their first visit to Kashgar, you seemed to be able to find an unobtrusive place to wander, film and render your musings on what the locals had to say. I can only presume that you speak Chinese fluently to be able to pull off this remarkable journalistic and vlogging feat. So well done to you!

[@johnli6782]

I hope you success in meeting the imman. Looking forward to your report. Thank you so much. Yes, the city is indeed beautiful.

[@peterwilliams7335]

This is fantastic and thanks a million for doing this important task that the US led West don't want to others to do. More and more people like Daniel Dumbrill who are eager to find out the truth rather than make up baseless accusations. It is important to let the world to know the truth about what is happening in Xinjiang. Can't wait to see more of your vlog, bad or good, just the truth. Really love to see you and others to tell the world about the truth in Xinjiang and China in general.

[@kevinlaw6191]

Hi Daniel, nice sunny day over in Xinjiang. Montreal still snowing hahaha...

[@stonechen2480]

I don't know why, every time I hear someone says Montreal I feel cold. For real, not joking.

[@kevinlaw6191]

@@stonechen2480 Because it is hahaha. It is 8 Celsius right now, near zero during the night

[@KK-xi7vh]

@@kevinlaw6191 It's summer already here in Guangzhou.😅

[@Kiyoone]

those roads looks like those roads in beautiful medieval times and full of plants and life!! its incredible

[@ubermenschen3636]

Very interesting architectural, hardscape, and ornamental vegetation as a moving background to your broadcast while strolling.

[@micho999]

I think you are more professional than those who claimed themselves professional journalists. Straight fact and no bias. Good work.

[@mginger3803]

Wow you have 4 boys, I thought only 2. I'm also curious on how you ended up living in China.. and how you met your wife. Thank you for this.. Cant wait for more exploration in Xinjiang

[@tkam9]

Technically Daniel's family is classified as minority because of mixed race. I guess he is not subject to the one child policy. Whereas, if you are Han Chinese you are being genocide because they are only allow to have one child. Of late, they relax the rule to allow two children.

[@mginger3803]

@@tkam9 I see. I was actually not questioning about child policy. I have watched some of his older videos and only saw two sons.. So I was a bit surprised he has 4. But thank you for the knowledge about child regulation in china 😊

[@cyrusvhadsupper]

@@tkam9 one child policy, albeit a little extreme, is far from genocide.

[@UnrecycleRubdish]

Thanks for sharing this, Daniel. You're views are logically composed and you're very well spoken. Imagine a US news channel coming to Xinjiang, with the express purpose of finding someone who has something positive to say about the government. First of all, it would be too easy, and secondly, it would make their entire narrative collapse. Furthermore I just wanted to say, Kashgar looks like an absolutely beautiful city. The architecture seems to be well preserved, and if I may say just from the appearances of them, the people look content - the old men walking with their hands behind their back, some locals playing a game of chess (?) outside as a neighbor stops by to watch and have a chat. Overall, an absolutely stunning city; your background at any moment looks like it could be a movie scene. And no, not a sci-fiction movie set in a dystopian police state... but perhaps a romantic comedy 😉

[@howardassmann6398]

👍Great footage of this beautiful city!

[@johannwu2307]

You seem to be really interested in finding out the truth. Thank you, best of luck and much success!

[@VashtheStampede007]

The old neighborhood looks cool. I would enjoy such living environment more than apartment complex.

[@2004rhyy]

i went to kashgar before the pandemic and really enjoyed the journey. thank you daniel for sharing this. xinjiang is such a beautiful place!

[@johnmorgan5495]

,Very interesting walk around Daniel, thanks. I wish I was younger as I would love to visit China

[@69johnang]

Thanks for your valuable experience sharing ! 👍👍👍

[@jslee1542]

There is bound to be people not happy with their government anywhere you go.

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

In China, these people tend to be from the middle and upper classes.

[@Austin-xu1ws]

@@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1 Yes, bc in capitalism, middle and upper classes are more viciously privileged, but CCP takes away your privilege. As a upper class + lawyer in USA, I literally do not give a f of most laws, bc laws serve me.

[@barquerojuancarlos7253]

@@Austin-xu1ws ... thank you ... i appreciate your comment.

[@rap3208]

@@Austin-xu1ws lol! a keyboard warrior!

[@littledovecitydust]

@Neptunian Yes he's not wrong. The Chinese government is what's keeping the balance between the rich and the poor.

[@absolutevable]

They have really beautiful doors there. Love their style of architecture.

[@OperationEarnestVoice_Trolls_B]

Hey Daniel, is it possible that you may get in touch with some of the native vloggers from Xinjiang? Vloggers like 安妮古丽 and 阿依图娜 have been doing a great job showing Chinese people what Xinjiang is actually like.

[@BenjiSun]

also Fatt's family life, Xinjiang Alice, etc...

[@OperationEarnestVoice_Trolls_B]

@Dennis Chu I am aware of that. There are still plenty of Uyghur vloggers in Xinjiang.

[@OperationEarnestVoice_Trolls_B]

@@mikesaunders1688 Take your meds, schizo.

[@ronniechew6566]

@@OperationEarnestVoice_Trolls_B He's taking the wrong meds. The hallucinating type 🤪

[@BenjiSun]

damn youtube censors. search youtube for this title "An Israeli young man spent days planting cotton in Xinjiang and saw a true Xinjiang" and you'll see an Israeli's perspective on what he found when he visited Xinjiang to see for himself, not listen to ignorant hearsay like certain western morons.

[@jinli2312]

Such a beautiful and cultural city. Look forward to visiting there. Thank you so much Daneil for showing us the city and the truth. Appreciate it.

[@JohnSmith-il6kk]

Looking forwards to your video on Xinjiang!

[@zigzhang1708]

I've been following Daniel from youtube to bilibili and then back to youtube. I have to say this video is incredible, this is just the kind of video I would like to watch in order to get a real idea of Xingjiang. Thanks a lot Daniel! Looking forward to your next video. BTW, it's so nice to see the Barretts and Cyrus are here in the comment of this video, I like their videos too.

[@teofilol2666]

The Chinese government is doing a fantastic job renovating the rundown ancient city based on the original architecture, while keeping certain original parts untouched. You have the best of both worlds.

[@JeanGuyRens]

Excellent documentary. I learnt many things about this extraordinary part of China.

[@simonwong5281]

Thank you Daniel for showing us today's Xinjiang.

[@seechunchong9876]

Thanks for the nice video chat. Really admire the scenery as you walked/talked, clean streets, nice buildings, mostly lined with potted plants..Wand that's uniquely beautiful. Hope your video will help some people correct their misinformed perception and save their conscience. Well done, Daniel.

[@jameszhang5377]

Daniel, thank you for the great job done! Could you please take one video sharing which equipment you use, like this walk and talk it seems very smooth while you walking, good quality.

[@mtt6709]

Thanks for your on the scene reporting. Very good work Can someone in the UK, Australia , please send this video to Boris and Morrison respectively.

[@Konamakona]

Greatly appreciated!

[@jayli2523]

First time to see how beautiful it is. Thank you.

[@abdumushuk2219]

Kashgar is such a special place. Been there twice in the summers of 2018 and 2020. Enjoy yourself!

[@abdumushuk2219]

Oh that reminds me... my man Abdumushuk is embedded with the Chashqanlar. If you whistle the Star Spangled Banner in Kashgar at the Crazy Cock bar, he'll know I sent you.

[@hikarug3168]

Thank you Daniel for showing us such a nice (film) setting. This reminds me so much to Terezin! Looking forward to see all those spontaneous interviews as well as videos of the (walled) schools.

[@Boilthebunny15]

More and more vloggers are going to Xinjiang to show the real Xinjiang. I just watched a Japanese vlogger among others

[@canalesjuan356]

And You Tell me the name of his channel ？ I wanna watch it.

[@Boilthebunny15]

@@canalesjuan356 nojiken

[@Boilthebunny15]

@@canalesjuan356 actually it’s all in Japanese and the only English is nojiken

[@huanyao1215]

his video is shot 5yea rs ago. not recently

[@Boilthebunny15]

@@huanyao1215 he posted it this week

[@aetiusflavius3853]

Fascinating place, tks for letting us join you there.

[@防弾-y7r]

Have a nice trip in Xinjiang👍👍👍 Hope I can visit in the future❤️❤️❤️

[@maxsweetman6341]

Thankyou for this enlightening video Daniel

[@akli3481]

Beautiful... definitely worth a visit. To see another culture within China is amazing. Amazing architecture ancient town. How old is it?

[@frankcameratalk]

The street is so nice and clean, plants, yes, beautiful weather. Hope to see more of their buildings, schools, shopping and food.

[@shnmak2958]

Can’t wait to learn about your experience ☺️

[@kasenski]

Great video as always Daniel. Hope you get to experience more as you had planned. Good job!