China's High Speed Rail is Deadly

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[@ivareskesner2019]

It's deadly enough just because the polution is so bad you can't see ten metres in front of you. Add to that the fact that it runs on Chinese made infrastructure and you have a recipe for disaster. I used to think that you obviously can't buy anything expensive that is made in China like a tv or a fridge but cheaper things like jars, toothpicks etc are ok. Wrong. They will f up absolutely anything. I recently bought disposable spoons made of paper (let that sink in) and kitchen cuttlery that rusted the very first time I washed it (destroying my windowsill in the process with a rust stain). These are just two examples. If they can't even get a spoon right, how do you expect them to get infrastructure of that magnitude right.

[@worldaffairs9509]

Serpentza actually u are spreading false information out of jealousy and shame that west has failed in such infrastructure. Im reporting ur channel.

[@aimmethod]

If I recollect reading somewhere, only the Beijing--Shanghai line makes money. Rest of the network is mostly loss making. Over one trillion in debt.

[@Totem9519]

I had a Country Club Yo-yo in the early 80's. Country Club is a popular brand of Merengue Soda pop in the Dominican Republic. Their Yo-Yos were the same model as the Coca-Cola ones, except they were Orange. :-) The Yoyo trick scene was huge back then in the Dominican Republic.

[@global.citizens]

​@@worldaffairs9509AGV, ICE, EUROSTAR, MagLev ... trains

[@willmatthews878]

I've been on the Bullet Train in Japan many times. The toughest part is choosing which Bento box to buy at the station.

[@lucasrem]

VPN crab !

[@TheSklar]

You can't buy on the train?

[@12kenbutsuri]

​@TheSklar you usually can, but the choices are much less and more expensive. :)

[@JRWB78]

Using high-speed rail during a holiday is indeed very challenging, but I've never experienced a shaking train or smoking on the train. Nevertheless, when I arrived back to China from a holiday in Japan, the difference in public behaviour on transport was extraordinary.

[@thomasauslander3757]

Just wondering how reliable information of this journalist continues in his presentation

[@heavyhebrew]

your social credit score has improved, thank you for bringing Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) to these comments, the CCP thanks you for your service.@@thomasauslander3757

[@curfuffle7420]

@@thomasauslander3757 He just confirmed what ZA said...

[@Chumburro]

@@thomasauslander3757 russian bot alert

[@dleu1234]

@@ChumburroI m an American bot and an island boy

[@bjornm.3897]

The creepy part is, that those pictures dont shock me because I see similar things when using German short-distance trains...

[@krasslofw.4393]

True! Alone with my own experience, I could fill a movie twice as long!

[@HuabinYuan]

终于见识到西方媒体描述中的中国了。但这不是真的。

[@binj1467]

我几年前好过这人他当时还是个中吹，现在彻底变成黑子了

[@LEE-kq9tq]

Literally just saw a post on Reddit comparing what Chinese subways look like compared to America. And of course the one for America was a flooding incident. Guess we should ignore when China flooded their subway and a bunch of ppl were trapped with some of them actually drowning.

[@channingtaintum]

Reddit is partially owned by a Chinese company. They manipulate votes on the large subreddits to curate what people see. It’s a shithole.

[@jamqdlaty]

Sounds like something this Culture Critic far right guy would post. The amount of propaganda online is staggering And you can't run from it. The moment you agree with someone, people make assumptions about your opinions in other subjects. Every comment section under someone's opinion is filled with people who are far right or far left, I guess the most opinionated are the most vocal.

[@hahashibe]

@@jamqdlaty you far left and far right losers need to get a life and realize everything on the internet is a lie

[@rhetorical1488]

I mean the veneer is nice.... just don't look deeper

[@BoycottChinaa]

"Some"? I think they used 6 or 8 city buses to move out the bodies from the flooded tunnel incident, lots of tarps to hide the transfer, no?

[@RandoUploader3]

I visited Japan for the first time a few years ago. I remember how surreal it was travelling at 320 km/h and my glass of water didn't even ripple. Absolutely amazing.

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

Made in Japan.....different league.

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@user-eh3zv1ex5o Oh plz, the Chinese ones are just as smooth. You can even balance a coin and a water bottle upside down and it wont fall, that vibration was a rare example. It is like nit picking on Boeing quality after its door flew off. One incident doesn't mean they're all like that.

[@powderskier5547]

You cant compare the 2, Japan and Japanese people are leagues ahead of the chinese and much more cultured

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

@@Zergcerebrates I trust NOTHING made in China.

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

@@powderskier5547 My legendary Toyota would agree with you.

[@cidewashington670]

Tired of Western propaganda

[@Holysimba21]

As a Kenyan the cigarette smoke in public transport is so true , one time I was traveling by public transport to Mombasa and two Chinese guy lit up a Cig and started smoking 🚬 😂 they thought it was China, the driver immediately told them to throw it away or board another bus 😂

[@loralubimaia2783]

I'm heading to Kenya this Sunday. Any recommendations on how to get to Garissa from Mombasa?

[@alexnelson9512]

@bimaia2783 *_My recommendations - Don't..._*

[@Holysimba21]

@@loralubimaia2783 Garissa from Mombasa you have to board a bus heading towards Tana River county, and why would you go there what's up ?

[@Holysimba21]

@@alexnelson9512 Nini mbaya

[@videogamesoundscapes7177]

Awesome bus driver, I too drive busses but I can't imagine what city transit workers deal with there.

[@jpguthrie6669]

I frequently use the Japanese Shinkansen system (I'll be using it today, as a matter of fact), and I love it. No security check points, easy to buy tickets, the trains are spotless, smooth, and quiet. And while the trains and stations are often busy, it's never to the point that it causes stress. Japanese don't talk on the phone when using a train, they don't talk or laugh loudly, they would never put their feet on the seat in front of them, that would be sub-human. And in all the years the Shinkansen has been running (60 years), there has never been a collision or accident, the only serious incident being a few years ago when a lunatic set himself on fire on one of the trains.

[@Firevine]

> Japanese don't talk on the phone when using a train, they don't talk or laugh loudly, they would never put their feet on the seat in front of them, that would be sub-human. Would you guys accept someone who would absolutely _love_ to escape a certain group of people in the United States who do these things _all the time_

[@steemlenn8797]

Yeah, I first laughed about the security checkpoints at train. What do they expect you to do with a highjacked train? Drive it around a city corner really really fast? If you want to kill people, just rent a truck. Far easier.

[@vikasreddy3603]

what wrong with security check points ( china is huge country and they have security issues - metal detectors) ... what wrong with talking on phones... you want me to stare at other people and sit for 20 -30 min...(talking not shouting)

[@steemlenn8797]

@@vikasreddy3603 Security check points are a stupid time and money waste, that is wrong with them. As for the other point: That depends on culture if you talk or not (I certainly prefer not, I don't want to be exhausted by a train ride). And generally, no, you don't stare. Why woudl you do that? Don't be rude! btw. have you ever heard about the grandiose invention named "book"? It's a tool with which you can either entertain or learn yourself if verious situations.

[@vikasreddy3603]

@@steemlenn8797 you be my sl a v e and carry books for me.... Also you being exhausted... Not my problem.

[@SKSK-xe2zu]

In 2016 Singapore has send back 26 train back to China due to poor quality of train structure and material use.

[@kiscyn]

they are metro cars not trains

[@Redzwan]

​@@kiscynLol. Metro cars are trains.

[@user-fo5zv4ld4z]

@@Redzwan no they are not. Trains are not metros. my god you are stupid

[@mintrendsan1819]

And that was historically donkey years ago? Comment something that are now.

[@ass-master-deluxe]

@@mintrendsan1819you work for the chinese government?

[@michaelbailey8729]

Ive been on it from Cinq Dao to Beijing. It was nothing like this. Smooth, comfy, fast and a free butty.

[@jkdm27]

You are paid by CPC and CCP and PRC.

[@user-lw8ke1il6b]

嘘，不要这样说，我们宁愿他们活在谎言里。可惜被谎言蒙骗的都是普通人。那些统治阶级的统治者心里面可是清清楚楚明明白白的

[@Maderyne]

I once flew commercial and had a woman put her bare feet between the seats, right next to my head. The stench was so bad I asked her to remove them. She verbally assaulted me and refused. Flight attendants had to resolve the issue. Common courtesy and respect for others is long gone now. We live in an age of me first. My needs and wants before all else. I wish everyone would just stop for a moment and think about others. We are not special.

[@fidelio9301]

Some people are, she definitely isn’t.

[@SP911]

America isn't much different nowadays 😂

[@chaotiongsai]

@@SP911Haha I’m Asian. And lived in both countries. You can take your delusions up your a-hole lol they are polar opposites. China is the worst country on earth I ever been to (I’ve been to over 40 countries and lived in 3). US public’s helpfulness and friendliness are the highest in the west.

[@san209nha9]

@@SP911 That is The "America Great Again" symptom. In China students are taught to be proud of the Communist history, at Home the local district officers tell the residents that their Communist leaders are great and the CPP is the best. The problem is being too prideful

[@dennisluz6453]

Walter is this old stuff?

[@jwilliam2255]

Japanese Shinkansen have not had a single fatality nationwide in more than 60 years. They are *the* standard against which ALL other rail systems on this planet are judged.

[@BurntEars58]

And yet sui cide by train in Japan is a social epidemic. Making the trains run on time doesn't fix years of lack of mental health support. There's no point in having the trains if there is no one left to ride them.

[@Codename_Horizon]

@@BurntEars58we’re talking infrastructure, not suicide rates.

[@Codename_Horizon]

@@BurntEars58also might I add, China literally needs to put anti suicide netting on their apartments, so uhh, yeah I do t think they are very happy either.

[@Superpooper-2020]

Japan has the most bullet train disaster than any country 😂

[@PreronaHandique77]

They invented High speed trains... not to mention Japan itself is a grade of its own. Not many can beat that

[@gregorybowman4638]

I have been on the Chinese Bullet trains on many occasions and it was very good, no shaking it was a smooth ride the fastest we went was 312 Km hr, I liked the bullet train but it was very hard to take pictures at 312 Km hr.

[@dcanes5720]

As I am black and Chinese people don’t like us… I don’t and will never spare a thought for those people. I just like watching these vids, they make me smile 😊

[@andyheritage]

You can take a person out of the village, but you can never take the village out of a person.

[@evanrodri848]

lmaoo

[@johnmc3862]

Wahey!!

[@aoeu256]

Isn't village living superior than city living, you know in villages people go out and meet people while going to work or going to places. City people completely ignore everyone outside of their immidiate groups.

[@andyheritage]

@@aoeu256 Yes..in an essence Village living is amazing...but in this term..village attitude can sometime be bad like in the context I was stating this for.

[@j.p.vanbolhuis8678]

That dancing bottle is actually scary. It means that the rail/wheels are so bad that the train is dancing.... A wheel breaking down in Germany caused a high speed train there to bring down an overpass on the train when it derailed.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

Wirklich? Was für eine Scheiße :/

[@LarryWater]

I’m never going on a train.

[@phantagirlable]

@@LarryWater To be fair, what happened to the German high speed train was a freak accident and set off a chain of emore freak accidents at exactly the wrong place and moment in time for this to lead to this horrific catastrophe. The wheels of the car further back jumped off track caused by the wheel/axis break down. The axis dragging on the ground then cause the upcoming track switch to, well, switch and that caused more cars to derail and move sideways. Then it was already moments away from the bridge and the sideways cars crashed into it with full speed. The cars and the bridge were basically ripped apart from the high speed to zero crash. If the wheel break had happened in an area without track switches and bridges this would have probably had a happy ending.

[@agtanalyzers6321]

科目三

[@woofwoof9647]

​@@LarryWater Say im Not Ever going on a Train 🌹 Never say Never !! 🐾🐾

[@KunmingShepherd]

6:22 Bless her heart for trying to deal with this childish man.

[@AEOLUSWINDWING]

I have always lived in China, and your perspective and propositions astonish me greatly. These mixed videos deliberately blur the lines between 'everyday life' and 'extraordinary circumstances,' 'past' and 'present,' and then draw sensational conclusions. I believe that those who have recently traveled by HSR, or are currently living in China using HSR, would find it hard to agree with your conclusions, as most of them would have a completely different experience from what is portrayed in your video. Some comments under your video mention issues like being loud or playing videos without headphones; if you were talking about these phenomena, I believe you would have garnered more agreement. However, you chose a more extreme angle. If your goal was to make many people who have never been to China dislike it, I think you have succeeded.

[@yoingen]

This person has lived in China before but did not obtain a Chinese green card. After leaving China, he began to oppose China. There seems to be something wrong with his mind.

[@Belcanto3721]

He was paid to smear. Good income.

[@peterf8513]

It seems like people decided to believe him more than you, regardless the video was so fake and manipulated. Shame on this channel, channel of American brain wash station.

[@bigrice303]

what do you expect this is a us propaganda channel

[@user-fo5zv4ld4z]

thats his whole channel smearing China because he got kicked out of China.

[@umeinui]

Living in Korea atm, my jaw dropped in disbelief. I'm so thankful Korean people in general are very quiet on the train, in fact people glare at you if you talk loudly, sometimes if you talk at all on the phone.

[@Hispandinavian]

I was recently in Japan. Public transportation is awesome and runs like clockwork. Always on time, and no crackhead drama like the Greyhound.

[@gary_rumain_you_peons]

Yep, the Japanese don't muck about but there are also some negative consequences of being obsessively on time.

[@GoodMomo]

Yeah, it was a bit disappointing SerpentZA trying to pass public transport as something only poor people do.

[@alidabotes6264]

Plus the Japanese have manners.

[@marionwilson8867]

Yeah but the Shinkansen was sooooooo expensive, The metro and light rail cost more too.

[@liebuster9308]

The same was my experience in China from 2015-2019 between Chengdu - Chongqing. Clean,always on time , best organization. The passangers already wait before the right train door, in which they go in when other passanger went out. Stopping tíme never more than 2 minutes.

[@Cau_No]

That shaking on the train reminds of a report I saw on an incident that happened in Germany back in 1998. Passengers were experiencing such shaking right before a wheel broke and derailed the train. The ICE "Wihelm Conrad Röntgen" crashed into a bridge and 101 people were killed. Today still the most fatal accident with a high speed train in the world.

[@Kaesemesser0815]

China will break that record eventually.

[@chingo9002]

That was some sort of corruption, boss didn't listen to his engineer. Although I can't remember the details, I'm sure we learned from that lesson.

[@chinesesparrows]

Germany has real stats, CCP fakes stats and max out at 39 fatalities for accidents because more has repercussions for officials. Actual fatalities is likely higher, e.g. their underpass flooding had approx 500+ cars but officially 39 fatalities.

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

@@chingo9002 The German accident was due to bad wheel design combined with someone in management deciding that preventative maintenance could be performed a little less often. Bad judgement, but not corruption.

[@iivin4233]

@@MyFiddlePlayer All I know is, those deaths are somehow more relevant than all the road deaths we might talk about. Somehow, I just know in my heart of hearts that it's the highway or the... highway. It's the only way--sorry, I'm writing this while driving and got distracted by a road accident. I think a child cyclist got crunched by an SUV. What was a I saying?

[@etoineschrdlu9382]

I have a Taiwanese friend. He would go back to Taiwan every few years for Lunar New Year. When there, he and his relatives would go to the mainland to visit more relatives. His tales of Holiday travel on the mainland were epic.

[@micholitzia5726]

Why you post a comment and then says nothing? 😂

[@JeremyToot]

I sense bullshit

[@etoineschrdlu9382]

OK, you're asking for details. During Lunar New Year, everyone who has relatives is either travelling to or hosting relatives. Everybody. My Taiwanese friend would show me pictures of overflowing crowds in train stations and bumper to bumper traffic jams creeping along. Imagine a train station where 5x's the normal daily passengers plus their families are all trying to get on and off trains at once.

[@micholitzia5726]

@@etoineschrdlu9382 ah ok yeah that’s true. It’s because of all the Chinese migrant workers who go far from their home into the cities for a meager pay. They have to work very hard (sometimes 20 hours a day), and the national holidays is the only time they can go home to briefly see their families. It’s thanks to them that China changed from a place that most children were not certain to survive into adulthood into what it is now, in a few decades. Yes there are still problems, but they are doing all they can to improve, and have a sense of optimism that life would continue to improve.

[@CryneseCoronaParty-]

Wtf is a mainland? Sounds like a little pink dreaming how China should be? Taiwan is a country like China not mainland .😂If the trains are that shaky no wonder they couldn't take a little island lol

[@LAStars-sratS]

What a horror.

[@skiingfast1]

When the people lack civility, it makes it worse when in an uncomfortable situation.

[@jcngokai-76]

If I remember correctly, the scene where everyone laid on their floor gave me a flashback from my eight-year-old self as my family boarded a train in Shanghai to Hanzhou back in 1984 that was full with people like sardines.

[@Thehermitist]

Like ISNOTREAL 😂

[@user-nj7im4by1i]

China is much better than what you said. Don't put individual clips together into a video to discredit China. Have you ever been to China? Obviously not. You're the type of person who just trashes people on the internet.

[@yp3420]

​Have you ever been to china? Obviously not! Always the same copy and paste like all you small minded chinese wumao's do all the time. @@user-nj7im4by1i

[@Fr.VeniceLAI]

@@jcngokai-76 imagine the toilets usages ... ???

[@LostAnFound]

Wow The dystopian, "Thank you for your cooperation," after threatening to lower your social credit score is terrifying

[@ferencivanics9980]

My first thought too. Dystopian. Obey!

[@guguigugu]

cyberpunk dystopias were supposed to be a warning, not a blueprint

[@Sammasambuddha]

"Move along"

[@jhonfranco3569]

Social credit? Omg how can you believe that bs. You must be stoopid as a stone.

[@HavianEla]

It’s crazy to me my Gen Z peers think the social credit system is not real. They hate America and hate U.S-centric thoughts, but they don’t seem to realize that they’re speaking of themselves, too! My jaw literally dropped when I saw a mutual on Twitter say that social credit scores were “conservative propaganda”. My peers are truly VERY ignorant not only to how societies run, but how societies run outside the U.S

[@6creamyway993]

I've been on these trains so many times, it's really not like that. The drink doesn't fall, the people don't jump, and everything is calm

[@sih9696]

+ 1

[@yxeanget-any]

This serpentza is known for his bias

[@sodazman]

This is a US propaganda page that's why

[@amonniyvii9226]

​@@sodazman okay I starting to think the same way, but how I supposed to find a difference between Chinese and us propaganda?

[@j8chQ]

The video footage he used is from a United Airlines flight. Look at the chair patterns as I fly United a lot. The chinese trains don’t have the type of seats.

[@testing2695]

Sydney metro is shaking violently that i cannot even drink my coffee.

[@eyefreely9682]

That bouncing bottle was unreal. No Way is that normal.

[@budgiefriend]

Normal...In China ?

[@pswanberg1]

That train is resonating, very bad thing that engineers spend a lot of effort preventing.

[@cactuspower6298]

it happens when the seats are no fastened enough

[@ryanprime381]

I wouldn't say it didn't happen but at least that didn't on my one and only ride. I guess it is not a common issue at least for newer trains and rails.

[@Endermania]

Even GWR's Class 800 don't shake as much

[@theo9976]

It’s remarkable that Japan’s high speed rail (Shinkansen) hasn’t suffered a single death since its inception in 1964.

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

Made in Japan....different league.

[@paulx3827]

that is bcs they have not more as 1000 derailments a year as the usa do

[@googleuser2609]

That is actually quite remarkable, extraordinary, I'd say.

[@kakilander3238]

Wasnt there an incident in 2005 where a japanese train derailed and plowed into a residential building with around 100 casualties?

[@kakilander3238]

My mistake, it wasnt a highspeed train but normal train

[@Harris55-zp8ls]

If you don't know about China's railways, please don't deliberately blackmail China!

[@anomonyous]

Yeah, tons of people and teens are throwing themselves in front of trains here in West-EU, too. Very selfish way of killing yourself. But I understand the urge and the psychological issues and despair. Lots of people are feeling just as desperate and hopeless as those Chinese folks.

[@TheChrisLeone]

A high speed rail car shaking AT ALL is terrifying.

[@colinmaddocks9352]

Time is short. PERHAPS READ AND SHARE?... Scoff at your own detriment... Sometime soon 'true' Christian's will be Raptured away (i.e. caught up) as mentioned in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 17. Strangely, aliens will be thought responsible for it. It'll only be 'true' Christians that disappear. No other religions will this be happening to. All matter of carnage will happen after it:- Very large earthquakes Mass lawlessness and murder. World war. Starvation be that of water and or food. The 'true' Christian's were the restrainer as mentioned in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 6 to 7 i.e. it was the Holy Spirit in them that kept it all at bay. But since they're gone, society will now implode. Out of this chaos will come a false leader to restore calm and order. Do not harken on to this leader. Do not take the mark (a chip?) Be a 5th seal martyr as mentioned in Revelation chapter 6 verse 9. but also read chapter 20 verse 4. Yep... That time is no picnic for sure. Study the last book of the Bible. If you can find one. Scripture will no doubt be hard to find. Note: There will be false Christian's that will be left behind. Why? Well their belief was shallow, a veneer of sorts. Heed the above or ignore it. This indeed is Biblical prophecy. Take care.

[@zoomanx9661]

Facts

[@PBST_RAIDZ]

made in china

[@zoomanx9661]

@@PBST_RAIDZ great point

[@stopdropnroll]

Used high speed in China a hundred times or more. Never experienced it once or smoking on the trains. It might have been a one off issue once and that makes the headlines on this channel coz they need to keep the subscriber narrative going. Be careful where you get your facts from.

[@christofdonat2702]

Poor public transport users versus comfortable cars... come on. I really like you, but e.g. here in Switzerland people easily can afford cars - many have more cars, than family members, and those often are pretty expensive cars. But still a solid public transport system does make a lot of sense here as well. And almost all people use it regularly. It's just nice and convenient, when I want to go downtown, just step on a tram, that stops like 100-200m away from my home, and never have to worry about a parking space, while I'm shopping, or strolling along the shores of the lake. The tram is even faster, than trying to get through crosstown traffic with my car, and if that's still not fast enough, I walk like 500m, and take the S-Bahn, which brings me to the central station in less than five minutes. In winter you even see many people using the train to the ski resorts, because then the don't have to worry about parking lots, and in the evening, when they're tired from skiing all day, don't have to drive home. Switzerland is small, and crowded country, and therefore it's often hard to find a parking space, and when you have found one, it's usually pretty expensive. Don't think, public transport is generally only for the poor, just because US public transport system is (mostly) bad. It can be very fast, and comfortable, and highly regarded by the people, if done correctly.

[@lukasegeling5205]

Even Swiss politicians regularly use public transit. No bodyguards either, you could just randomly find them on a train or bus.

[@AlexRepin]

Yep, it outright sounded like US suburbia propaganda, "sipping your starbucks in the drive-thru". And living in parking-infested cities with no good public transportation.

[@RyTrapp0]

He literally mentions *China* multiple times in the section you're referring to - he isn't talking about any public transport anywhere, he specifically called out Chinese bus & rail by name 8:12 - "...think of all the poor souls who had to brave the cold and wet to find their way to a bus or train station, in China...." 8:41 - "So while you sip on your drive-thru Starbucks, listening to your favorite tunes on the radio, spare a thought for all those pour souls in China" ...I have no idea how you thought he was referring to any and all public transport. Shout out to shots at the US BTW(public transport quality depends on the city & state, because all but like 7 or 8 states in the US completely dwarf Switzerland...), quite relevant to China and apparently Switzerland.

[@RyTrapp0]

@@AlexRepin It sounded like he was talking about China. Ya know, because he mentions China specifically immediately following the "sipping your drive-thru Starbucks"(which I'm pretty sure the whole closing was a lil bit sarcastic as hell)

[@camk6566]

Hey bro, he wasn't talking about Switzerland so don't get your knickers in a wad. You are right Switzerland has a fantastic rail network, cable cars, gondolas. Awesome.

[@eastwindcui958]

For bloggers, the dark side of China is just a profitable business. Please do not be deceived. There are many online travel videos about China, please refer to them

[@ChrisC-oy9qp]

What a horrible dystopian reality.

[@PeetHobby]

I can only imagine the smell in those packed trains where people take off their shoes and put them almost in your face or right under your seat! 🤢

[@hazeshi6779]

Oh boy you made me picture the smell! 🫥😵😵‍💫

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

To be fair, they've taken pics from Chinese new year when the entire country is on public transport going home for the holidays. It's certainly not normal.

[@rickyayy]

The feet is normal

[@hasajada6863]

They spit all over the floor and talk very loudly 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@user-eh3zv1ex5o]

Fingers up Noses....quite the thing.

[@des-ex-diver]

Can you imagine the cyclic fatigue stresses waiting to destroy that train and multiple lives and infrastructure

[@DouglasLippi]

As if anyone there cares.

[@AdamMPick]

That is not how trains work. The vibrations are caused by hunting oscillation and is not a safety issue. It is however a show of outdated engineering and a comfort issue. You will get those vibrations even on a perfect straight track at high speeds. That is why engineers invented active suspensions in the 1990's. The vibrations are not up and down, they are jiggly side to side vibrations. Super annoying for your spine, but totally fine for the train. Trying to cancel out those vibrations at 280 km/h speeds on the cheap caused the worst train wreck in german history in 1998. Having those vibrations at 140 km/h suggests a shoddy or overused track, though. You are supposed to change the tracks every few years.

[@thefreemonk6938]

You clearly haven't seen a train to Bihar.

[@des-ex-diver]

@@AdamMPick vibrations have mainly 2 components. Frequency and amplitude. In this case they are both extremely high. That's how stress works! Uncomfortable is when the train leaves the tracks. A physical example is; a piece of wire. Flex it once a second by 1deg, as opposed to flexing it by 45deg 20 times a sec. Add the differences of materials choice, temperature, rust or corrosion or chemical contamination. You have the basics of component failure. Hope that's clearer. Bet those bearings fail soon! Cyclical stressing is devastating

[@user-pz7jr2fl8f]

I live in China right now and travelled many cities in China, but I never meet the case like this video. Did you shoot the video materials in this video? Have ever been to China?

[@sirusssss]

I recently left just a random comment about China's gov and the multiple china defenders that commented on my comment was crazy

[@HavianEla]

My Gen Z counterparts think social credit scores are “conservative propaganda”. When I tell you my jaw hit the floor….

[@xLuis89x]

@@HavianEla The brainwash from mainstream media has got them, it's done

[@9-23-15]

Taiwan is #1

[@godw1ll99]

@@HavianEla crazy when you realize how delusional they are and scary when you realize they have real power over you and your future based on their ignorance. especially when theyve been convinced their lives are in danger if they dont stop the so called "far right".

[@RareFXChrisC]

Which online platform did you leave your comment on?

[@nerdynerdynoob3733]

High speed rail and good public transportation can be done right even if it sucks in the US. You usually won’t see scenes like this in other east Asian countries with HSR like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Even if trains in Japan can be infamously crowded, at least the people have respect for each other and themselves. At the end of the day, this is a China-specific issue, not an issue with public transport. I still wish the US could have a robust high speed rail network that can outdo China on all their problems. And I believe they can and will. If they want examples where good public transport is thriving and the user experience is good as well, I’d suggest they’d look at those East Asian countries that aren’t China

[@1faithchick7]

Unfortunately, way too many people don't know how to act on public transport for me to ever use it. The trains and such work great in the US. It's people that are the issue.

[@pipiqiqi4010]

no matter it is good or bad the behavior of Chinese people in this video. but the behaviors of the US citizens are not good either. there are always some people shit or pee in the Newyork subways.

[@makotohanazawa6560]

​@@1faithchick7muricans: i dont need no trains i am good with my f 150 pickup

[@DaimosZ]

@@makotohanazawa6560 Considering how law enforcement is deliberately not enforced on our countries public transport, the Gigantic Truck where only you are in it sounds more appealing. And I am saying this as an American who uses public transportation and doesn't own a car.

[@hillbilly4895]

The reason public transport in the US sucks is because individual demand for it sucks equally. You, clearly, choose to be on the sucky side of that reality. (Pro Tip: This isn't going to change anytime soon)

[@Subject_Keter]

Amazing ad lol. I remembet having to do something like that for my High School and they thought "Literally did it at 11:50pm" chic was bad.

[@Feety_Feet]

The bumpiness reminds me off railways in the UK, especially before the pacers were retired from service.

[@fs5775]

God I remember those sounds, the stress, the security, the metal barriers everywhere, the hordes of people -- such a high price to pay for a smooth high speed train ride in China. I was usually so obliterated & exhausted after the whole experience of the high speed rail that I just wanted to hide out in my hotel for days to recover....China ugh. So grateful I'm gone.. I don't miss it.

[@PunkDogCreations]

No need to use God's name as a profanity.

[@thorwaldjohanson2526]

​@@PunkDogCreationshe didn't use it as a profanity. You seem overly sensitive. It's a figure of speech.

[@LittlePlant888]

​@PunkDogCreations Fuck your religion and this is coming from a believer of God lol. Let them talk however.

[@Amradar123]

​@@PunkDogCreationsWho is God? A train designer?

[@JesusMagicPanties]

@@PunkDogCreations ...as well as God's relic panties.

[@picopiku]

My experience with trains in vietnam. An elderly man behind me propped up his foot beside my left shoulder throughout my 2 hour plus 200km journey. It was a SSR though.

[@ic7481]

California: spent billions and doesn't even have a train.

[@CarportCarl]

The money is redirected to many politicians pockets.

[@daffy93]

Rice country has *no* private transport 💀

[@bbcnn9917]

作为一位中国人，我要非常感谢主播！感谢你不辞辛苦收集任何发生在中国的不好的个案，然后不管这些个案有多少关联，时间差距有多大，您熬夜加班到吐血也要把它们拼凑在一起！您看看您的脸色，像老母被J一样的不健康，太辛苦了！再次感谢您了！靠抹黑🇨🇳赚钱一定很容易！否则您怎么会如此坚持多年呢！祝您健康、长寿！

[@bibliophile5700]

I respect Chyna for giving corana virus to the world

[@andrewtol8756]

Translation: "As a Ch*n*se, I want to thank the host very much! Thank you for your hard work in collecting any bad cases that happened in Ch*n*. No matter how related these cases are or how big the time gap is, you stay up late and work overtime until you vomit blood to piece them together! Look at your face, it looks as unhealthy as an old mother being fucked, it’s too hard! Thank you again! It must be easy to make money by smearing 🇨🇳! Otherwise, how could you persist for so many years? I wish you health and longevity!" When I see a comment like this, I know the person who made it, and their supporters, are incredibly weak.

[@chupin8411]

哈哈哈哈哈笑死了好骂

[@guozhixing9841]

哈哈哈，这些人就是故意抹黑中国

[@notsogreen]

​@@chupin8411 Come on be nice.

[@timothyschubert8173]

I am watching this whilst travelling on a hi-speed train from Liuzhou to Guangzhou. I travelled from Guangzhou to Liuzhou, then Liuzhou to Nanning just before and returned just after lunar new year. Whilst the problems you highlighted have, and probably still are occurring I did not experience any of them on my 4 train journeys. The ride was extremely smooth. The passengers all behaved well, with the exception of the inevitable crush and pushing in, once they were called to the check in gate. I have travelled on the Guangzhou subway 4 times this visit and that is another story with quite rude people.

[@AnonymaxUK]

It's because they don't happen in most places. This video is just bait.

[@just-dl]

There’s a great reduction in travel currently (CNY exception). While there seems to be crowds, not like years before.

[@bfbunny]

As a fellow Chinese citizen, I have to agree with you, this video is extremely biased. But the purpose for me to come to KZbin is not just to watch these misleading videos' somewhat false claims, it is more to see things from a differently biased perspective and compile what is true from both sides to paint the picture in more of its entirety.

[@reggyreginald8158]

I agree. I did nanning-luzhou many times without issue. Smooth ride. Good chats on longer journeys on the slow trains too 👍 Sometimes I would offer my seat to someone for an hour while I chat and smoke and stretch my legs, and then resume my seat. People were always very thankful and polite (90%) in my experiences

[@annimack1591]

@@bfbunny All his videos are biased as he's attempting to make China look bad. I for one don't believe a word of what he claims. He also uses old material if it suits his story. I sincerely doubt the video is from a Chinese high speed train as I've never experienced this!

[@Robertolay]

Don't lie. Maybe you are lying because you are jealous.

[@CryneseCoronaParty-]

Little pink very cute

[@xixi3148]

An average person in Europe suffers the same inconvenience with public transport. Europe doesn't really have drive in Starbucks, few people can afford that. Overcrowded subways are the norm, especially during rush hour. This doesn't typically lead to violence, because people have empathy for each other, and everyone suffers together. So it's a bonding experience to "crowd swim" basically accidentally hugging everyone on your way to the door when the subway reaches your stop. Theft can happen. Locals watch their wallets. Other than that, it's pretty peaceful on the subway and the tram and the train and the bus.

[@ED-TwoZeroNine]

I went on China's high speed rail last year, it was very smooth. There's some parts you go through where there's some loud unpleasant noise, but it's a few seconds of a trip so not a big deal.

[@jcmixedchannel7341]

Yup, I agreed with you.

[@edgepixel8467]

Oh, no. So you're saying this channel is doing some kind of propaganda?

[@user-hx4uz2nl4s]

@@edgepixel8467yes

[@rani.andretti]

Did you ride all of the high speed lines?

[@jaydaykoth]

you've probably only been on the rails they want you to be on, like the places they want you to be at in an north korea tour, while the places you see look great, the rest is all poverty and depression.

[@trystanfranziskus]

As someone from a country with actual amazing high speed trains almost everyone uses the only time trains are crowded is when we have tourist season lol

[@Quephara]

This, this guy and his warm cars I don't believe commute is supposed to use your brainpower unless you're being paid. Public transport wins always

[@LarryWater]

@@Quephara Unfortunately, some countries are too dangerous. People get assaulted in public transportation, especially women.

[@Dean.....]

I see crowding as more of a population density problem. A problem that the elite wants to import into every country because more people means more cheap labor with means more profit. They'll never have to deal with the consequences.

[@Quephara]

@@LarryWater good point, but that's a problem with the place, not the means of transport

[@DesertStateNevada]

@@LarryWater Then why does japan have public transport shoved down their throats? japan is by far the most dangerous country for women, yet they're forced to use public transport all the time.

[@Dstromb232]

Another nice video! Hope your family is doing well.

[@bat1159man]

Was in the Shanghai train station at the start of the Chinese New Year, the crowds were unbelievable and the train I was on was standing room only for the first four hours. I dreaded being on the rail system during their holidays. Your video is correct in more than one way, the rudeness of people (shoving, elbows, leaning on and sleeping on you) is unimaginable to westerners. Also, it seems like people talking on their cell phone have to be load, it is a requirement.....

[@Maximixa]

The high speed trains leave from Hongqiao station

[@bat1159man]

@@Maximixa I was not on the high speed rail line just expressing my thoughts on the rail service

[@user-gw8it3su2n]

r/PeopleLiveInCities

[@cehaem2]

It's no different in Europe during peak times before holidays. People are well-used to having to stand for a couple of hours. That's just the way it is. And there's always people blasting music on their phones, mainly younger ones. There's not a month in the UK that there would be no reports of people having been removed off planes for drunkenness or fights.

[@blaisep112]

Lunar New Year*

[@user-fv5ms4sz8e]

There is absolutely no way I could survive in the cities, even those with English signage, I just couldn't manage the complexity of it all.

[@colinmaddocks9352]

Time is short. PERHAPS READ AND SHARE?... Scoff at your own detriment... Sometime soon 'true' Christian's will be Raptured away (i.e. caught up) as mentioned in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 17. Strangely, aliens will be thought responsible for it. It'll only be 'true' Christians that disappear. No other religions will this be happening to. All matter of carnage will happen after it:- Very large earthquakes Mass lawlessness and murder. World war. Starvation be that of water and or food. The 'true' Christian's were the restrainer as mentioned in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 6 to 7 i.e. it was the Holy Spirit in them that kept it all at bay. But since they're gone, society will now implode. Out of this chaos will come a false leader to restore calm and order. Do not harken on to this leader. Do not take the mark (a chip?) Be a 5th seal martyr as mentioned in Revelation chapter 6 verse 9. but also read chapter 20 verse 4. Yep... That time is no picnic for sure. Study the last book of the Bible. If you can find one. Scripture will no doubt be hard to find. Note: There will be false Christian's that will be left behind. Why? Well their belief was shallow, a veneer of sorts. Heed the above or ignore it. This indeed is Biblical prophecy. Take care.

[@ichoppabroccoli3670]

6:54 The lady picking a winner and saving it on her collar 🤣

[@Username-fi3sw]

In China,You can't smoke on High-Speed-Rail,or detained...

[@louiszhang3050]

I usually like your videos but I think this one was quite biased... I lived in China for many years and I rarely had problems with the trains in general. Perhaps because I'm Chinese, I'm used lots of the things you mentioned. But I can live with these things because, even for someone who is well in the middle class in the States, cars are a big portion of my spending. And traffic is soul-crushing, driving is dangerous... etc. If you're going to say trains in China are deadly, then you might as well say cars in America are deadly, too. Trains in China are just trains, but I'll take them over having no option but to drive any day of the week.

[@skyscraperfan]

He was kicked out of China and as a revenge he now bashes China in every video.

[@end.olives]

Well if you have a goverment that tries to hide and supress every single bad thing that happens inside of its borders with the intention of doing nothing about it, its only fair that there should be people who expose in the same degree everything that might be wrong with it, even if its up for debate like in this one. Trains are usually a bad experience in every country. But to think that a goverment would try to hide a tragedy and do nothing about its security system is absurd. People should be always watchfull, in western countries we have the same problem, but here issues are usually selected to be downplayed, ignored, or overexposed by big media, but nothing compared to the sort of supression that happens in china.

[@user-us1qv9gy2v]

​@@skyscraperfanMaybe someone gave him money to tarnish China

[@n92023]

right

[@user-fo5zv4ld4z]

all his videos are biased lol you have not figured that out yet i see

[@Crazmuss]

7:14 "yes in china, since they can't afford personal transport" LMAO, could you even imagine how terrible would be if all those people travel in personal transport?

[@skyscraperfan]

He really seems to think that public transport is for poor people. Even the highly paid people working on Wall Street use public transport each day, because it is the fastest option.

[@fofopads4450]

@@skyscraperfan that was exactly the vibe I get from his video. He doesn't like public transport, So he highlights and searches for the worst parts of it to make it look like is all hell on earth for people to ride trains there.

[@FrankYe-wz6xv]

I remembered you stayed in China and always send compliments how China was good. I saw your previous video in China with Matte.This accident occured many years ago!I am a native Chinese, i took high-speed train every week, it it quite safe.I believe you are telling a lie!

[@PlanetYokoshima]

Your sponsor bit was actually entertaining and educative.

[@ThePhilly555]

Not sticking up for Chinese rail but the London Underground is dog sh!t at rush hour mate 😂

[@ivareskesner2019]

It's deadly enough just because the polution is so bad you can't see ten metres in front of you. Add to that the fact that it runs on Chinese made infrastructure and you have a recipe for disaster. I used to think that you obviously can't buy anything expensive that is made in China like a tv or a fridge but cheaper things like jars, toothpicks etc are ok. Wrong. They will f up absolutely anything. I recently bought disposable spoons made of paper (let that sink in) and kitchen cuttlery that rusted the very first time I washed it (destroying my windowsill in the process with a rust stain). These are just two examples. If they can't even get a spoon right, how do you expect them to get infrastructure of that magnitude right.

[@aliendroneservices6621]

You're supposed to dry kitchen knives immediately. That was user-error. Only low-quality soft-metal kitchen knives can be safely drip-dried.

[@ivareskesner2019]

​@@aliendroneservices6621They weren't knives but you're having a laugh, right? This is a joke?

[@dleu1234]

What device did u used to type this nonsense?

[@aliendroneservices6621]

@@ivareskesner2019 *_"Cutlery consists primarily of knives (literally, cutting implements),_* but as a generic term it includes knife-handled pieces such as carving forks and carving steels. Flatware means spoons and forks, pieces that are made flat and are then beaten or pressed into shape." Feb 24, 2020

[@longrange1977]

@@aliendroneservices6621 Dude, you really aren't worth yr 50 cents. Here in normal world, we usually use stainless steel or sterling silver for cutlery, for the exact reason that neither metal will corrode when wet. If it rusts that quick when left to dry, there's a non-zero chance that your "high-quality" Chinese cutlery is depositing iron oxide in your food and your mouth as you use them. And a "soft metal" Knife sounds as useful as a chocolate saucepan.

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

It won't be long time until we hear the angels singin a song of victory.

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

8:27 I mean, you do realize though that a lot of people in the West experience this as well, right? I'm not sticking up for China; I know they're not good, but I've had my fair share of bus travel where we were packed in so tight that you didn't even need to hold anything and could just rely on a cushion of people to hold you up. I've also had hypothermia twice from waiting for buses in the winter time, that never came. You stand outside in -30C, thinking I'm sure it'll come in 10 minutes, just 10 more minutes, just 10 more minutes, and hours pass, but no scheduled bus. I live in Canada by the way. As for stench, don't even get me started. I've rode the bus with people who smelled like they were 6 months past their annual shower. Luckily I never ate breakfast, or things might have gotten messy. In short, this is not limited to China. Not by a long shot.

[@pokemonitishere202]

6:23 The awkward crickets chirping level silence😐 after he said "just go around me damnit" is just cartoon level comedy🤣🤣🤣

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Back in 2012 i had to do a work visit to China to inspect a product my company was having made in a factory. I had to get a train out of shenzhen and honestly it was one of the most horrific experiences of my life. Cramped, felt like 50c inside the train, people endlessly smoking. And the train just smelled of Piss. Actually the whole trip was a horror story. Thank god most companies now (In the EU anyway) have pulled all production out of china.

[@mynamemylastname7179]

😂sounds like you got one of those slow overnight trains, the sleeper trains😂 china has 3 train tiers. The very slow trains (these are being phased out, this is the piss train) The slow trains(these come with bed you can sleep on smoking is some what limited on these) and the High Speed (pretty dam nice and fast, no smoking).

[@user-nj7im4by1i]

你的思想还停留在十几年前，现在是2024年

[@sterling557]

​@@user-nj7im4by1i Nuts to you Wumao

[@allenfan83]

China have 2 types train. The old type train can only smoke at the junction of two carriages. It is not allowed to moke inside the train carriages. The new bullet train(high speed train) is forbidden to smoke anywhere inside the train. I think you should visit China again and seeing is believing

[@Jkl62200]

Back in 2012, there was hardly any HSR in China, dude

[@zarzum]

I guess we don't have such problems in US since our trains barely move.

[@robertgaudet7407]

Serpentza: "In a cruel twist of fate the President of China Railway Group himself decided to take it upon himself to leave this mortal coil under..." Me: "... a train?" Serpentza: "Suspicious circumstances."

[@larry648]

I’ll stay in America. I live in a rural area and I’m retired. I go out in the morning and feed my livestock, have a cup of coffee and some fresh eggs and run my hound dog. Later I will jump on my gas guzzling large American pickup truck with the dog and take the boat out for a little fishing. Come home, have a few beers, clean and cook the fish and tell my wife bullsh!t fishing stories. This way of life here is not lost, it’s ignored.

[@hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

Wow, you've had an amazing life! One day, I hope you'll tell your grandkids about the time you had a cup of coffee.

[@joestitz239]

It's not ignored. I think in fact it can be hard to find a place that is isolated, cabin in the mountain sotospeak. But not so ignored

[@GulagBear]

more like just staying out of urban area in general?

[@bonchidude]

go vegan more food and healthy. More profit too since crops can be grown which yields more revenue. yes

[@stevendasilva9256]

The interesting part is, there are certain U.S. politicians that would love to have the U.S.A. more like China.

[@user-fu8vn7xo6c]

Democrats?

[@user-fo5zv4ld4z]

US could be like China but US decided to waste their money on illegal wars China decided to build up their country.

[@skyscraperfan]

Not having proper public transport is one of the biggest downsides of the US. When I was in Shanghai, I did a spontaneous trip to Nanjing with the high speed train. That was a distance of almost 200 miles. It took less than 80 minutes. Some trains even do it in an hour. That is so convenient. It was not crowded at all.

[@peterduxbury927]

You make some great comments about the China High Speed Trains. I used them between 2011 to 2013, but it was never as portrayed here. We travelled at speeds up to 304km/h, and there was very little vibration inside the Train. Seating was good, with nobody in the Aisles sleeping or making trouble. One other thing that impressed me, was that the Stations that where I boarded the HS Train, were immaculately clean. Not a single scrap of any Litter, either on the Station Platforms or on the Tracks! But here is where I always felt very uncomfortable: Chinese New Year! This period in early February is when you simply cannot move - whether this is at an Airport or Train Station. You really get pushed and shoved in some of the most 'unruly' queuing that I have ever seen. Greetings from Australia.

[@skyscraperfan]

He simply hates China. He is always looking for the worst videos. You could do that in any country.

[@EEEEEEE354]

This channel is a psyop lmao

[@kevinrichardson6339]

I use to like to watch this guy but I find this video paint a false picture Look at the west with Boeing issues. You would be mad to try and travel during Chinese holidays and it is easy to avoid these days. It looks like he has an axe to grind with China now

[@kindabent3275]

@@EEEEEEE354 whats a psyop?

[@EEEEEEE354]

@@kindabent3275 psychological operations. Channels like this are a dime a dozen on KZbin. All the information is poorly researched, false, or exaggerated. It's like red scare 2.0. the entire idea is it's not just an independent channel made by some dude. He is being paid by someone to convey this message, as are DOZENS of other very similar KZbin channels. Not all information here is wrong, but the narrative he tries to spin is clear and is incredibly biased. At worst this channel is a psyop, at best it's non-credible propaganda click bait. One needs only to compare actual safety statistics of China high speed rail compared to us rail to get the real picture. For fucks sake we've got the national guard in NYC subways because people are being randomly attacked and several felonies happen per day. Look at how utterly trash the Boston rapid transit system is. Hell, the opening video he shows looks like your average Amtrak trip in some areas. Why doesn't he provide any technical information or legitimate statistics? For what reason was the train shaking in that opening clip? How do we know that was even high speed rail? Only an idiot would fall for this type of nonsense, as his video does not hold up to the most basic level of scrutiny.

[@inglesyeses]

Travel on the normal trains can be a bit of a mixed bag. But I've been on dozens of high-speed train journeys around the whole country over the last few years and generally find it extremely impressive. Punctual, smooth, good prices, etc. It's much better than in England I can promise you that.

[@cedhome7945]

You need to be middle -upper class to afford the absurd tickets

[@inglesyeses]

Lol. Clearly not true.

[@inglesyeses]

10 US dollars to go from Shenzhen to Guangzhou tomorrow morning on High-Speed train (140km in half an hour). Hardly absurd. @@cedhome7945

[@blazikem]

@@cedhome7945 a railcard and purchasing advance tickets makes the prices a lot more bearable

[@inzaghi1115]

@@cedhome7945have you actually been there before?

[@ImperatorZor]

Cars are still FAR deadlier than HSR. 42,939 people died in Car Related Deaths in the US in 2021 alone. And if you think that HSR networks are operated at a loss...well don't look into the economics of massive Highways.

[@andykendall5171]

Looks like most railways in the UK at the beginning 😅😂

[@JoJoShabbadoo]

I'm a US citizen but I live and work in China and have for 8 years. My family and I ride the high speed rail often and have never experienced any trouble or witnessed any of the things you show in your video. in fact, I've quite enjoyed every trip we've made, much easier than airlines. Yes, accidents happen and yes the gov. probably doesn't handle these sorts of 'image' things the way it should much of the time but there are inconsiderate people and corrupt gov. officials everywhere. you appear to have exaggerated and sensationalized things to get clicks. This is just as bad as the pro china propaganda, only it's anti-china. Two wrongs don't make a right, and you're contributing to misunderstanding and playing into people's xenophobia and racism. I'm not saying whether China or USA is 'better', they're different and each has its positives and negatives - however the cost of living here is such that my family and I are able to enjoy a lifestyle much better than I would be able to in the US

[@inflixi187]

^^^^chinese communist bot

[@JoJoShabbadoo]

@@inflixi187 says the guy who's only post is a rap about a bank hiest lol

[@rajeshkumarm6441]

This guy always posts anti China posts. He’s one of the trolls created by Langley. Langley spent billions on anti China campaign.

[@hdaviator9181]

You don't live in China because KZbin is banned there. Nice try troll.

[@yogajedi3337]

​@@rajeshkumarm6441 The guy been living in china for many years, he knows it from the inside. People always stayed in China but when it comes to the crucial decision where to make their future EVERYONE LEAVE the shithole, including you.

[@smith2781]

I’m never complaining about the London Underground again.

[@Prodigious1One]

I know, lol!

[@geoffhaylock6848]

Everyone that uses the LU complains about it at some point so I'm calling BS on that one! 🤣

[@tonyinhbolero4815]

bruh , you're blessed , as an vietnamese live under communist rules everything he's said is true , there is no forgiveness against the government i'm talking about ZERO Tolerance

[@adolft_official]

all these terms dont mean anything, chinese know who they are against, learn about US-Japan trade war, you can easily replace Japan with china, and as a vietnamese, you should also remember what US did in vietnam war, bio weapons etc @@tonyinhbolero4815

[@dieseldragon6756]

Ditto for South Western Railway! ♊ (Even if the section between Clapham and Basingstoke is straight enough they _could_ upgrade it to 350km/h running...But SWR don't want to put up the cash, and we *all* know what Gov't thinks about HS2! 😉)

[@TheRubsi]

If you come to Germany and try to make a train trip you'll quickly wish to be back in China. The difference is night an day, it feels like Germany is the developing country in this regard ... and you guessed it our public trains also run a massive loss each year.

[@gargoyle7863]

Germany did not invest a dime in their train network for the last 50 years. Of course it is crap but it's still nice for a 1970s system.

[@TheRubsi]

@@gargoyle7863 They did invest since then ;-) it's not all form 1970s, lmao.

[@aoeu256]

Germany already has infrastructure, so they have to wait to build new infrastructure. The next paradigm, "vacuum tunnels", may erase the economic advantage of having coastlines though allowing countries like China, Afghansitan, Central Asia, Russia to become richer.

[@uprailman]

Soon it will be the truth when moms everywhere in America would say at the dinner table to finish your dinner. Think about all the starving kids in China.

[@cuztm1500]

I was living in shanghai when they buried the train in shanghai 2012 if I remember correctly. I was frequent air plane traveler and took the mag to the airport , thank God I wasn’t on the train that morning.

[@censured-again]

Cn in Canada buries its train wrecks as well. Head on collision near hinton, alberta was buried on the spot. Some 20+ people were killed.

[@jeffv3296]

@@censured-again lets not compare China immediately trying to censor a train wreck and burying it immediately after it happened to Canada burying a train wreck after a full 56 day investigation took place. Those are hardly parallel situations.

[@amberg4131]

What do they do about the injured? Do they scare them to not saying anything? Are you supposed to just shut up and go back to your normal job missing a hand with thousands in hospital bills? Or do they take action? Like enforce full reeducation to keep people from talking? Curious what do they do.

[@cuztm1500]

@@amberg4131 your gonna get sick to your stomach. They buried them with the train. Thats the reports I read on Weibo before the records were wiped from social media.

[@cuztm1500]

They bury the train and its contents unless the contents can walk out on their own.

[@jasonlucas2328]

All crucial train car components are imported. China can't make any of those. A vital part is the wheel bearings for high-speed trains. Two countries make it, Germany and Japan. Germany has refused to sell to China a long time ago because of the competition. Japan only sells limited quantities because the factory that makes it in Japan is small. The rumor is that China overuses the wheel bearings across the board after the allowed lifetime, which is short for high-speed trains.

[@NorthSea_1981]

Precisely. They also bought their first HSR sets from Japan (Kawasaki/Hitachi) and Germany (Siemens). Eventually, they basically reverse-engineered stuff to come up with their own domestic HSR units, largely based on the technology they bought & took apart. Even after all these years it still looks weird to me seeing a Japanese Shinkansen or a German ICE3 in the livery of the Chinese National Railways.

[@LOFTY301]

0:10 Average Piss Bottle

[@theantitheocrat6232]

When it was new it was brilliant, there were standards. No bags unsecured, they had to be in the overhead rack. No standing tickets and no smoking. It was clean and you felt like it was being managed by someone. It has no standards any more, it may as well be the slow trains with people sleeping on the floors and sitting on their bags. Now if that train hits something bodies will not be in seats with a modicum of protection, they will be in the air travelling at 300km toward the bulkhead.

[@Texas240]

Every year in the United States, 30,000 people are killed in vehicle collisions with another 100,000 injured. Yet, nobody talks about it. While it's not a cover up, it's something most drivers and passengers are unaware of and THAT is part of why the problem persists.

[@matthewmosier8439]

The U.S. is 5 times bigger than most countries. Any stats have to take into account the fact that the total number of miles traveled per year by car, in ths U.S., is likely many times higher than most other countries.

[@Texas240]

@@matthewmosier8439 - Here's a stat to consider, despite the size of the US, vehicle collisions are one of the leading causes of death for people under 18 in the US. Regardless, my point with the original comment was to make a commentary reply to the video on the danger facing people in the "civilized world" everyday that we don't even consider because it is very, very rarely talked about. I do find it ironic, and sad, that we have teens calling for gun restrictions when guns aren't a leading cause of death for teens. Meanwhile, many teens are eager to get behind the wheel of a 4,000 lbs guided missile without even considering that it is also a potentially deadly weapon and there aren't any noteworthy calls by teens for more vehicle operator restrictions.

[@matthewmosier8439]

@@Texas240 That's a good observation. But I'm always careful not to feed the 50 cent army. They constantly quote statistics trying to give the impression that the U.S. has a problem with something to cover up the problems in their country. That was why I called out your comment. It usually becomes quickly apparent which people are genuinely trying to have a discussion and which people are just handwaving in an attempt to cover for a foreign country.

[@Firevine]

@@Texas240 I don;t know how it is in other states, but in Georgia it is _pathetically_ easy to get a license. Illegals drive around unlicensed all the time. The members of the infamous 13% of the US population who reside here can't drive worth a crap, and have a horrible "me first" attitude that causes tons of accidents. I've seen the most absurd behaviors on the road out of them. Utterly reckless behavior. I've seen them hit stationary objects when parking, then shrug and walk away. Driving on the wrong side of the road is just normal for them. I absolutely agree about teens as well. Getting a license to begin with should be _far_ more difficult than it is, and there should be periodic retesting, and more frequent with the elderly. Public schools need to bring back driving classes.

[@steemlenn8797]

@@matthewmosier8439 While it is correct that for comparison reasons you have to calculate death per capity, vehicle miles driven has nothing to to with that statistics. Except when you want to argue that you just have to design your cities in a way that people don't have to use a car to get a bag of milk or to their neighbor next street. Like stop putting everythign far away from everythign else, stop making a race course out of everything and stop building those awful stroads.

[@weswolever7477]

I rode some high speed trains in Japan and they felt like they weren’t even moving

[@ThePopolong]

If found they ware shaking after having the habit of Chineses and Frenchs one :(.

[@SiegeDiaz]

Thank you for the great work you do in covering these stories. Very eye opening. Im curious to know tho why you lived and worked in China for all those times.

[@alexventrov6826]

"great work"? Lmao. This guy is full of shit and just hates China for no reason.

[@bionicman6969]

Didn't know you had a Firebird/Trans Am they are cool cars and a lot of fun.

[@JsliceQB1026]

There's a video of him and see milk driving it around. Its 80s i think

[@paulb2092]

The Shinkansen in Japan, where high speed rail actually began around 1964, is actually a miracle.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Is it actually? Or actually do you know how to use the word actually?

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

​@@BlownMacTruck shush.

[@JAckQi888]

Spent a lot of time on high speed trains while I was in China and had no issues.

[@AdmiralYamamoto-ph2jd]

Just because you don’t experience it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen

[@mickdalrymple6425]

@@AdmiralYamamoto-ph2jd how so?

[@AdmiralYamamoto-ph2jd]

@@mickdalrymple6425 I actually experienced the vibrations a few times, not only that but the times I have gone on it, it’s incredibly loud and while smoking is rare I have still occasionally encountered it, and just the peoples I’ve encountered are the worst!

[@mickdalrymple6425]

@@AdmiralYamamoto-ph2jd High speed trains on sleepers is nothing new to vibrations. The mitigation of the vibrations are it's own industry. This channel does nothing but cherry pick the worst it can find about China. As if informing was needed. When the west has a mountain of it's own problems. Being pretentious is all this channel does. I bet the channel would promote the lie about Uyghur genocide too, if it could.

[@Leesy7-ci2lx]

@@AdmiralYamamoto-ph2jdIf you smoke, you will be detained. You are very good at lying.

[@Alledgreedystudio]

As I Chinese, I find it strange since I never have faced too many incidents like shared bottles or stuck in a crowd in my 12 year in China.

[@cnccarving]

spmetime errors happen this guy made the report trying to suggest that a few incident represents the whole its not true china built 27000 miles of high speed rail that shaking bottle , i dont think true rails are welded with no joint that part probably made on a regular train this guy for whatever reason always highlioghting the bad stories why he wants to be in china if it were so bad for him?

[@mikalliz2167]

Are you 12 years old?

[@Alledgreedystudio]

@@mikalliz2167I’m not 12 year old but rather a Teenager. Edit:(Sorry If I have some Grammar mistake).

[@mikalliz2167]

@@Alledgreedystudio I mis understood sorry

[@kwokholuk8723]

This is an anti-China propaganda. This white guy criticized China based on limited or fake information.

[@onlinebully8637]

Can't wait to watch this after work

[@felixchanlim2837]

Where did you get those picture in youre country america?

[@aarongreen1654]

Your*

[@TM-il8rb]

it’s not america

[@antonioamaral7471]

Que vida ruim estas pessoas tem. Que pais governado por malditos.

[@Nick-zp8wk]

Me, watching this on a high speed train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou: interesting.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

I hope your tooth filling are still intact if the video is to be believed.

[@jcmixedchannel7341]

I have travelled by high speed train from Shenzhen to Guangzhou (Dec 2023), but didn't encountered any of those, perhaps you need to experience it to believe or was I lucky one.

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

@@jcmixedchannel7341This is just another angle of attack against China by those ex-colonists who is finding increasingly difficult to lay a hand on China. To their disgust, China is moving ahead, while the ex-colonists are wallowing in their own mess, and are going backward in many ways. The UK is in recession. That's all I need to say. It carried on about "the Golden Era with China is over". Judging by evidence, the golden era of the UK is over.

[@Omcs234]

Clearly not biased.

[@Nick-zp8wk]

@@WalkOverHotCoal the ride was smooth as silk, as always. However Shenzhen-Guangzhou is just over 1 hour, not exactly a cross country journey. It would be nice if the video mentioned exactly when and on which line that the shaking was occurring!

[@DavidDONG-ib8xl]

I was blown away by your subscription numbers. It's a crazy world.

[@jasonzhang5353]

it's American, so not surprised.

[@milliemaxwell5282]

I have travelled a lot by train throughout China and always had an amazing experience. In sleepers, normal trains, maglev, high speed… Much better than in the UK.

[@monkfishkilla]

I love that tea at the beginning… also the red horse one…

[@timboatfield]

One of the first rules i learnt in China, don't do things when everyone one else does. Go to lunch half an hour early, everything's ready and no queues. Go home 20 minutes early and you have a queue of taxis waiting for you. Work from home in the morning and go to the office mid morning. Easy life.

[@dleu1234]

Same rule applies to the whole world.

[@timboatfield]

Not to the same extent. I exaggerated with 30 minute, you could go 10 minute early to lunch and it would be empty when you walked in and full with a long queue by the time i was finished.@@dleu1234