Life in the UK vs Life in China..

[@yoingen]

They think Chinese people need to be "saved". I am living well, I don't know why I need to be "saved." Just Save yourself first.

[@darthvadeth6290]

Not Chinese people. Chinese *women need to be saved. They need masculine white and black men to satisfy them, just like this creator and his Chinese girlfriend 🤣🤣

[@ylee3536]

@yoingen it is exactly because you are living so well that you are unsafe. Hence you need to be “saved” and become poor to be safe and pose no danger to them.

[@RobertCollins-fq5tw]

You get sick of seeing too many Chinese in the west.

[@minicat1983]

Syrians have been saved in their definitions.

[@kkchew18]

​@@ylee3536hilarious comment 👏👏👏

[@LW78321]

It's quite hilarious when all the negative comments about China are from people who have never even stepped foot into China 😂😂

[@davidgmaloof]

And how many people in China post crap about the US on KZbin and they have never been there, either.

[@ChrisDJericho-xi6nl]

Their foots on the net.They see what they want on it.🤷‍♂️

[@erictansweebeng5498]

Well not if it is sponsored by western gov. Its not even covert...

[@waichong9389]

You can tell from a educated person that comments with no hate .

[@waixingren4198]

I am negative about china, and I lived there for 10 years, Beijing, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Haikou. Enough? If you are so smart, go to China and try this honey yourself lol.

[@Anonymous------]

There are only two countries with over 1 billion population, they are China and India. Both countries started independence at about the same time around 1950. China became a communist country, while India became a democracy. India was receiving help from the West in the past 75 years, it still does today, but however many parts of India is still undeveloped, The overall condition of India is still very backward, its crime rate is much higher than that in China. The murder rate in India is almost 8 times higher than that in China.

[@momochen-tv8gj]

你搞错了。。。印度的宪法里写着，印度是社会主义国家。。。😂

[@sorosxu]

印度，亚洲第一强国！，亚洲第一强国！亚洲第一强国！虽然你是说的援助、高种族、阶级分化、犯罪率高、强奸犯多、饮食不卫生、经常与动物发生不可描述的事情，但是又能怎么样嘛？民主高于一切！重申一次，印度潜力巨大，不要污蔑评价，印度加油！

[@sutonomardi4445]

The rape cases in India is the highest in the world

[@BobsSite-r1z]

​@@momochen-tv8gj Whatever type of government, it is a very poor 3rd world country! Of course, many will blindly deny this!!!

[@mahbrum]

@@momochen-tv8gj India can still be a democracy, a socialist-democracy just like most Scandinavian countries.

[@kardeon4503]

I completely agree with you. I will add that you have seen the "best" places in Paris. So I let you imagine what is happening outside these tourist sites. It's a disaster. I left France 10 years ago. Now I live in Thailand and I love Asia. It was the 10 best years of my life. And by the way, if English or French citizens think they still live in a democracy, they should wake up as soon as possible. They are totally delusional.

[@feilee8888]

Agree so true

[@Samsara_is_dukkha]

Where are you in Thailand?

[@felixlaupc]

Not being nasty here, but Paris is amongst the worst city I've ever visited in the west. I kid you not, even Karachi (Pakistan) feels cleaner and safer. You heard it right, it's Karachi. I visited Pakistan many years back and it's seriously better than Paris. At least I didn't feel unsafe and didn't need to constantly watch out for my wallet and belongings.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Again , another ridiculous comment. Endless great places outside the tourist spots and some really bad places . You guys love an exaggeration

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

@@felixlaupcMore absolute nonsense. Maybe you just fear black oeople?

[@stevegandalf4739]

It's wonderful and extremely refreshing to hear such a dispassionate and honest opinion regarding Europe vs China. Thank you Harvey.

[@davidgmaloof]

@@stevegandalf4739 I wish you the best. And given your fragile state, you might consider sticking to cat videos for a while.

[@axelanh4952]

@@davidgmaloof copium is a hell of a d&*g

[@bernkoh343]

This is the reason UK govt always bad mouthing about China..US and UK are the same coin..sour grapes..😂

[@koala6016]

Pure, unadulterated jealousy. Instead of finding ways to better themselves and compete peacefully with China, many western governments are hell bent on stifling or even destroying China's progress.

[@blinoldluv]

Agree!!

[@briancousins3101]

I am a Canadian. Your closing comment, "let's have a serious discussion", is admirable. But, here, almost impossible. Among friends, relatives, ordinary well-educated, middle-class Canadians, there is almost zero awareness or interest to have serious consideration (let alone discussion) about Asia, Ukraine, etc because the MSM/government propaganda is so omnipresent. I believe a significant part of western neglect of public services & the inability of western citizens to have serious discussion is because of the insidious nature of neoliberalism - a definite wolf in sheep's clothing. But that's a much bigger topic. Thanks for your videos!

[@arunprabhamukherjee9467]

Couldn't agree more. In Canada, there is such an arrogant attitude about China. "China interfering in our democracy ! Hilarious.

[@pearl1606]

Yes, indeed, Neo-liberalism. This is the theory that permanent revolution is driven from the top by those who want everything to remain the same - for themselves.

[@cosmoray9750]

It's the same here in Canada. The wages has not been kept up with inflation.

[@azharidris7092]

Harvey.. central London isn't too bad.. but price and quality of food is out of order.. you should've checkout the hood in the suburbs.. its horrible.. same in Paris and other so called top cities like Barcelona.. but if you think these places are bad.. you should have gone to New York or San Francisco.. its reverting to thirdworld status quick and fast.. by the way Harvey.. the financial flight of capital from London is shocking.. you can no longer be classified as a financial capital.. the western economic model is disintegrating fast.. no joke..

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Hood in London? What sort of shite chat is this?

[@cuteandfunnyearthlings2863]

Europe know we are all heading into ww3 and there is no need to waste money on building new infrastructure if its going to be destroyed again, europe will build newer infrastructure than china after ww3.

[@danlan3433]

You are so right on .Everything costs so much in San Francisco lots of people can’t afford this city. Lot’s of homeless and it’s for real !

[@cuteandfunnyearthlings2863]

@monipenny408 Now the new yorkers can have a reason to be strapped.

[@nxkm813]

@monipenny408nice description 😂😂😂

[@anthonyl8431]

I took the metro in NYC, Paris, London and in Asia, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Beijing and Shanghai. The worst for me was NYC, dark, dirty, and not even cheap. Paris could be great if it was clean. As you said, in Asia, it was clean everywhere. Something good in metro and train stations in China is that you can find clean and free toilets in every station.

[@yakuza01]

Hope you got tested after taking the subway in NYC (lived there for many years)

[@louish2037]

Lol yeah subways in America are the absolute worst, you haven't even tried the LA Red Line yet, its even worse than NYC Subway

[@anthonyl8431]

@@louish2037 Oh really ? Los Angeles became bad ? I actually used it 20 years ago, around Hollywood blv and down to Long Beach, can't remember wich line it was. At that time it was fine, it was still new I guess and not much people in it.

[@louish2037]

@@anthonyl8431 Oh yeah, probably a lot has changed in 20 years, I went to LA and used it last year and it was literally a zombie apocalypse (no exaggeration), first it definitely smelled like pee and feces all over the train and the floor was disgusting but also there were half-dead and half alive homeless people laying all over the train, they were completely bare boned, were passed out and looked like they were about to die, one time one homeless person kicked another homeless person out of the train and onto the platform and he just laid there, no one cared and the door closed, it was literally like the dead and the alive coexisting in one train

[@alexhu7939]

@@anthonyl8431Try the Yellow Line for yourself! It is not very bad. All this is relative. You will now what is spitting clean against what is in the Yellow line boxes. Plus, the LA lines are so, so, so slow. Subways in many first tier cities are running at up to 140 km/ hour!

[@duaneheveran]

Brilliant video, more please.👍

[@michaeltse321]

They closed all the toilets and removed the dustbins and also the staff in the London Undergraound but still ticket prices go up every year.

[@s._3560]

Same in my country. They employed cleaners but the streets are still dirty with trash because of many transient populating in my city with different culture, upbringing and habits. The cleaners being paid peanuts, also have no incentive to clean and skive off all the time. The solution of the authorities now is to stop employing cleaners on a trial basis and instead make our school kids do it the cleaning via school outdoor education activities. They think by doing this they are educating the future generation of kids not to litter. But the problem is not the locals but rather more transient foreign adult population who are attracted here because of economic reasons, who are littering rather than the school kids.

[@SharingTravelMoments]

They removed bins due to bomb threats

[@besmaelyusuf5405]

Yeah democracy in action what do you expect

[@Antraeus]

@@s._3560 Are we meant to guess where you live? Germany?

[@fatdoi003]

last Xmas been to London, Paris, Rome, Florence..... the worst imo is London... prices were ridiculous and everyone looked so sad and miserable

[@davidgmaloof]

Sounds like the problem is you, not them. The cities you listed are amazing, especially at Christmas! Cities in China, at least the new parts, are amazing in their own way, but Europe is on another level.

[@fatdoi003]

@@davidgmaloof that's how the place and people made me feel..... so are you an experience denier?

[@ITeachChinese]

@@davidgmaloof I lived in Paris, Strasbourg, Geneva and Stuttgart for couple years, I dont know which level are you talking about 😂

[@sorosxu]

来中国-山东看看，物价很低，品类丰富！

[@Usama_Said]

That is the rock bottom level. Yes of course, On another level @davidgmaloof

[@ubermenschen3636]

@ 2:17 , The Moscow subway is nearly as old at those found in London. But the architecture of the Moscow subway is a work of art meticulously preserved. Subway travelers are greeted with architectural vaults and columns, relieves, cornices, paintings, sculptures, and ceiling paintings. The new subway lines recently added are of ultra modern architecture.

[@lolocemoipopo7537]

Reminds me that people even attacked Mona Lisa 's painting recently . That's the state of mind of some people in western countries.

[@sz5263]

I agree. Visited Moscow in 2018. Subways were very clean with arts displayed in every station. Built in the 30s, they are still in excellent conditions. Delight to eyes and souls. Many subway stations are tourists hot spots.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Yeah really nice. Still St Pancreas is my fav station globally. So beautiful. And Westminster tube. Love the industrial look.

[@LoveEVandenvironment]

Cost of living crisis in Australia is so bad! not enen 1% of the population can afford take aways. Why so many Chinese can afford takeaways？Their food delivery.is just anywhere!

[@fatdoi003]

try have a flat white and orange juice @ Starbucks London.... 10 pounds... that's A$19...... and THE worst takeaway Chinese roast meat + rice = A$30

[@Andy-P]

Delivery is every where and so cheap. Those Delivery guys who are mainly migrant workers have to work all hours to scrape by. Now they have competition from all the local unemployed graduates.

[@杰克马-u3d]

因为城市化，带来的拥挤人口，使得外卖员在一段规划好的路线上可同时给沿途六到七个用户配送，而这一段路程用时一个小时，假如基础薪水为10元/小时，那么平摊到每个用户上将会只是很小一部分，所以计算机算法带来的规划能使用户享受到更大的方便

[@agusedyanto3324]

I think because inflation is low, the prices of basic necessities in China are relatively low, so even though the average salary is not high, they still live comfortably and can even save from their salary.

[@不会吧-j7n]

@@Andy-P ？？？？？？？？？我不理解你说的什么屁话。一个月3000人民币完全够一个人基本开销了，甚至还能存一点钱。况且送外卖绝对工资不少于4000。如果低于这个收入人们会选择进入工厂、中国的工厂大部分是需要包吃住的，所以？你觉得外卖员的收入是多少？如果不是为了存下更多的钱谁会选择全天工作，还要让其他人看来像艰难度日！

[@mjmf1430]

I have lived in Europe, China, Singapore, Australia and travelled to many times to America, many parts of Europe, some parts of Africa, the Middle East and Japan. I think the reason why some European cities are dirtier are due to multiple reasons (e.g., governance, funding, etc), however I would like to highlight three aspects which contributed to the problem: families not educating their children enough about social ettique, respect for public spaces and instilling discipline in children from a very young age. These three factors are often not observed as much in these countries.

[@ITeachChinese]

It's culture.

[@alxc2389]

Being poor is no reason to be dirty

[@style4807]

You can watch some documentaries or movies from the 1980s. Even when China was very poor in the 1980s, there was still no garbage on the streets.

[@alxc2389]

@@style4807 exactly, some first world countries are worst than developing countries

[@felixlaupc]

I've been to Karachi, Pakistan. And trust me, it's safer and cleaner than Paris. It's not about social ettique, it's more like lack of maintenance, upgrade, proper upkeep, funding to keep the city in good shape.

[@lexsteel12]

If you think London Metro is bad. Come take a look at the subway stations in NYC. Nothing but, run down, dirty, garbage everywhere. And even more bums and homeless everywhere. The train cars are constantly breaking down, stranding passengers in dark tunnels. Power outages are common in the summertime. As the heat goes up, so do the power outages. And so does the smell in the subways, not just from garbage, but from the bums riding in the trains. A real modern city, NY.

[@yakuza01]

yeap, lived there for decades "All aboard the Hepatitis Express. Choo! Choo!"

[@louish2037]

You haven't seen LA Red Line

[@GodeCynningaz5386]

I was in Tibet 2023 and its infrastructure was absolutely amazing. This is in a remote area too at high elevation. Western China is a BLAST. ❤️ 🇨🇳

[@AvesPasseri-Jinysvet]

Well, I heard a Tibetan say they needed to save the old Tibetan texts and culture. Because the Chinese try to erase the language and turn another group into Mandarin-speaking Chinese. It is horrible. At least the Soviet Union did not try to erase our language. Well, they wanted us to stop celebrating Christmas, but they did to succeed. Infrastructure is fine. What about people though??

[@hareshsamtani1188]

Year,I Know In 1959,CCP and Mao BLASTED All the BUDDHIST Temples..... And The MONKS and Tibetan Children/Babies And Raped OVER 120.,000 Tibetan Women

[@GodeCynningaz5386]

@@AvesPasseri-Jinysvet Anyone I asked said they were proud to part of China and grateful to the Government. I went to many Tibetan monasteries both Daoist and Buddhist. The government pays for the monks to live there and preserve their culture. They thought it was funny when I told them people in the West think they are oppressed. They told me directly that no-one can oppress a Tibetan because of their Mongol blood. They said they were happy to defend China's western borders as long as the government kept pumping money into the region. Many of them had parents that fought against their Tibetan feudal overlords during the Revolution so a lot of Chinese flags were everywhere. A met of a lot of Muslim people too. Very proud of their country.

[@GodeCynningaz5386]

@user-wn6fe1vd6o Haha! Exactly.

[@keshen297]

@@AvesPasseri-Jinysvet 中国有56个民族，中国政府保护着所有少数民族的存续，包括公共投资、财政补助、生育补助、教育投资等等。你如果老看CNN、BBC、经济学人等媒体，那你是没法有一个客观准确的中国形象的。西藏在中国成立前是奴隶制，有既得利益者，奴隶制被推翻之后就有很多所谓有钱的藏人跑到了西方，就是所谓的流亡藏人。当然可能更有名的就是达赖喇嘛。不过这些都不重要，现在西藏已经相当现代化。不仅有非常好的公路，连高铁也建成了。我建议你自己去一趟，体验下藏传佛教的魅力，仅仅是当作旅游也不错，西藏有中国最美丽的自然风光。

[@wallacekatini3424]

Great to see handsome Harvey reveal the truth🎉

[@matsforsberg6287]

I was in Beijing feb 1979. Not one civilian car and everybody had grey or blue civilian uniform. So in 45,4 years from rock bottom to nr 1 is fantastic. What a people/nation! All my Swedish respect

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

No. 1 at what? Other cities rank better for most things.

[@kotenoklelu3471]

It changed a lot. There was this photo of cities on Russia-China border. Soviet city looked good during that time and Chinese looked like a village. Fast forward to today. Russian city is the same and Chinese city grew with scyscrapers. It changed a lot.

[@GeorgeWilliams-p6n]

Totally agree with you, London is falling apart

[@matsforsberg6287]

EU and NATO and specially USA is falling apart

[@Gamerzombiepro1]

thank you i love china!!

[@leewn2319]

I was posted to London to work on a project in 2010 for a few months. I noticed the rundown London subways, the strikes, the graffiti, etc compared to spit & span Sg where I live. I visited London in 2019 with my family for holidays and was appalled at that the streets were not as safe as 2010. My wife & daughter almost got robed in broad daylight by a burly man pretending to seek direction along Queensborough Terrace.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

London is much safer now than 2010. Same I. The whole uk.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

The graffiti? Honestly what are you on about. Hardly anywhere.

[@momokui]

Based on my experience from work place. Dealing with people, who grow up in the west is hard, because most of the time they come up with 1001 excuses to get away from the responsibility or start blaming game. While dealing with people from East Asia is easier because most of the time they fix the issue asap and move on. There is obviously mentality difference, hence they can't maintain the old stuffs like subway stations, while China is able to maintain many landmarks from hundreds and even thousands years ago.

[@humushumus2219]

It's neoliberalism.

[@davidgmaloof]

I take it you have never been to Italy or Greece. Or Mexico, even.

[@EncoreASMR]

China demolished and then "rebuilt" these monuments. The CCP will rewrite history at the stroke of a pen

[@xiaoleiguo5954]

u are right

[@felixlaupc]

You're right. I used to work with French in the workplace. They are lazy, incompetent and arrogant. No wonder you see France is also in the decline fast.

[@FloraLok-r2y]

UK just looks like a third world country, trains ststem so old, some even have no air con, thing expensive, for example, a tube of 125ml Colgate tooth paste cost £5! Trian tickets expensive, so bad.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

No it doesn’t you absolute idiot. Go to 3rd and see.

[@sorosxu]

@monipenny408 我靠，在哪里可以乘坐呢？

[@kkchew18]

​@monipenny408😂😂😂

[@dice138]

@monipenny408 Best comment of the year👏👏👏

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

That’s a lie. Such horrible people you lot.

[@hsheuw]

Back in mid 2022, there was a Tiktok post where a Shanghainese was complaining about trash issue in Singapore's Chinatown district. He likened it to the other city he lived in before, NYC. I do believe him more than ever now.

[@leewn2319]

The problem about western concepts of freedom is the right to do anything. But in East Asia & South East Asia, freedom is has a proviso of social responsibility towards others, the public. So we Asians have a freedom to act but will not do so if it’s going to hurt others, disrupt public safety, cleanliness, neatness etc.

[@mahbrum]

Very well analyzed comment. The social responsibility part resonates well with Asian culture. Thank you for sharing your insights.

[@ngng7850]

👍👍👍

[@TimMountjoy-zy2fd]

How about starting a political party with the aim of democratically replacing the communist party in China ? How will that be treated cos that is the measure of freedom that matters.

[@bhmcrumbs1348]

Well said

[@axelanh4952]

@@TimMountjoy-zy2fd And be like the west? err thanks but no thanks...😂

[@zeroCostravel]

I was in Shenzen 2 months back. The rail system are not only clean, it's Safer with security checks at all Enterence and layout more efficient.

[@sheilafong1594]

But the Ci@ bot would say France and the Uk have democracy and freedom 😂. Also human rights.

[@yoingen]

If they really had these, they wouldn't show off every day.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Yes , no forced camps wirh no due process. And they live longer than China, is that ok with you?

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

No forced camps with no due process

[@tkh2944]

​@@JohnSmith-sm7ezGitmo😅

[@loremasteringwion9930]

@@tkh2944 I don't know about you but I'm personally for locking up terrorists. This is a huge whataboutism regarding China. China really does lock up Christians for conducting normal religious practices. And don't tell me how there's open churches so that proves me a liar. Those churches are called threeself and are heavily censored. The real churches cannot operate normally and openly.

[@craigslistseller9354]

Thanks Harvey!!! Here in Hawai'i (USA), our 21 mile rail system has been under construction for 20 years now. Another 10 years needed to complete...hopefully.

[@eddyeddytjahyono8583]

At that time the train was out of date😂

[@Andy-P]

The Hawaiian Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad and railroad museum in Ewa. Maybe not enough tourists?

[@craigslistseller9354]

@Andy-P You're referring to the historical railway. This more recent project is partially completed and will be well over $10 billion+ when it's finally completed.... maybe nearer to $20B after all the change orders. 'Murica #1 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@齐天大圣-t5f]

One of the advantages of democracy

[@Andy-P]

@@craigslistseller9354 Got it - skyline

[@charleneji6759]

The fact is many Chinese still litter. The cleanness of Chinese cities is largely due to the hard working sanitation workers. A big salute to them. ❤

[@agusedyanto3324]

Littering is typical of people in developing countries, but China seems to have quite strict laws as a solution

[@funny_frog560]

@@agusedyanto3324 To be honest, China mainly excels in its infrastructure, and there are trash bins everywhere.Compared to other developing countries, another possible reason is that the average level of education in China is relatively high.

[@mjmf1430]

The percentage of Chinese immigrating is actually very very small, like less than 0.2% of 1.3 billion people at most? 0.2% of 1.3 billion is still around 34,000 people per year. In contrast, the proportion of Europeans, Japanese, UK, Malaysians, Philippines and even the Americans who migrated to other countries is a lot higher compared to China. Many Americans in fact choose to migrate to Mexico, China, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Argentina, Iceland, you name it, as long as it’s somewhere else other than living inside the USA or the UK.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

London full of wealthy Chinese. Many schools 1/3rd Chinese. Great education and best universities globally, obviously. And still the best city to start up a business and the no. 1 job opportunities city globally. So amazing.

[@thevindictive6145]

These are crazy times, never in my life I thought Americans would run to Malaysia, but yes its happening.

[@kotenoklelu3471]

​@@thevindictive6145Malaysia have oil so they can afford low taxes

[@kotenoklelu3471]

Many Americans retire in other countries, so they have first world pensions in third world. So they can afford great standard of living.

[@thevindictive6145]

@@kotenoklelu3471 the world will move away from oil very very quickly. If you know how bad climate change is, they will do whatever it takes to remove dependency on oil, but it will probably be too late.

[@Hokipoki4u]

Been to China 3 times and visited a couple of cities and I have always felt very safe.

[@obiwan5781]

Very informative thanks. Please can you cover the issue of pickpockets in European city's and China's city's. It's getting very bad in Europe now with organising crimes and mass immigration.

[@nxkm813]

I can tell you in China’s cities. No pickpockets in China at all, because nobody has cash in China, and surveillance cameras everywhere. That means nobody has freedom 😂😂😂 --- to do bad things

[@lifengzhang5011]

There is hardly any pick pockets in China these days, but it was as bad as what comments in now most western cities in the 1990s

[@dice138]

Pickpocketing in China is pretty much non-exitance nowadays. The main reason is digital payment popularization. Most of the local Chinese people don't carry cash or even a purse anymore while they go out. So there is nothing to pick no more. Also, thanks to all the cameras which the foreigners are so afraid of in all over places. Thiefs know they wouldn't get very far if the commit a crime. Chinese people appreciate the cameras installed by the government because they know the cameras are there to protect them. I'm not saying China is a absolute crime free society. It's far from it. However, more of the crimes in China are like passionate crimes like murders. Organize crimes, very few beside scamming which is a worldwide thing.

[@dysonyamagata1133]

I am Chinese. There are no pickpockets in the top ten major cities in China, because there are cameras everywhere, and even if something is stolen, it can be quickly recovered. In addition, China is almost a cashless society. You only need to bring your mobile phone when you go out, and you don’t need to bring cash. Crimes such as theft and robbery are very rare in China, because the deterrent effect of cameras can prevent such crimes. In addition, as long as you are willing to work in China, you can find a job. If there is no private company to hire you, you can ask the government for help, and they will definitely introduce you to a job. Chinese society has a very low tolerance for crime. The government would rather build more prisons to put criminals in, and will not give them light sentences or release them in order to cut fiscal spending. In Chinese prisons, you not only lose your freedom, you must work, and only prisoners with good work performance are eligible for sentence reduction. Therefore, most people who have been released after serving their sentences will not commit crimes again.

[@tuesdae666]

Some time ago my friends asked me to go on a London and Paris tour and I was like ew, why, that's where most of the poor people live. I mean there are the super rich, and then there are the poor. I don't want to get mugged while on holiday.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

What an absolute fool you are. So up your own ass. Get a life

[@geopoliticalnutz7350]

The haters will never change. I'd just ignore them. They can say whatever negative things they want to say about China, as for me, I'm longing to go back. There are still so many places in China I've yet to visit !!

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

China is incredible. Sounds like many on here commenting are the haters. More uk bashing than China on most channels.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Show me a hateful comment?

[@jasonchan3647]

I work in the tech sector, all the expats love to live in Asia because it is safe and the cost of living is much lower. Furthermore, the cities in Asia have great nightlife. Transport is first-rate for China, and the food is so much cheaper. Some may prefer Singapore or HK but inflation is those cities are much higher.

[@guangjoe]

Enjoyed your open-minded and frank take on this. As for wishing to have a serious conversation on the topic - I suspect it won’t be found in the KZbin comment section! 😅

[@Usama_Said]

I liked it Harvey, I've never been to china recently, yet I do believe everything you've said about this country..Thanks

[@kentran6079]

Guys, I'm from Melborne Australia. The trains here are old and outdated. It smells of urine and I refuse to sit on seats. The ticket pricing keeps going up each year. It's ridiculous...

[@leewn2319]

Hi Harvey, if u are going back to China, u may wanna consider dropping by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & the region for a few weeks before going up to China. U can then sample part of SE Asia, our culture etc.

[@GiorniVenibato]

another well made and thoughtful video!

[@craigslistseller9354]

Keep up the great work of debunking the Western anti-China propaganda machine!!!

[@Andy-P]

what about the anti-western propaganda machine? I guess us Europeans are waiting for Putin to liberate us so we can become proud members of the Russian Empire!

[@fuhsulu5651]

Bravo young man for expressing your Right Vision in a straight forward manner!

[@SRSR-pc8ti]

Great video Harvey. I applaud your honesty and openness to be able to embrace other cultures. Good luck to you in your travels😊

[@fionaquinn8777]

Oh my goodness I was already scared and terrified of all these changes, I'm from Australia and in 2019 I went to spain and they already away better than us their education, healthcare, transport is deffinately better right now I'm thinking about Singapore cause again I went their in 2016/2017 and I loved it, so I'm thinking about moving out but don't know where just yet so thanks for your insights

[@xJohnNguyen]

At the end of the day, the labor is way cheaper and more plentiful in China. There is no way to get back to that type of wage and productivity in the more developed nations.

[@sharinhamilton3712]

Really nice to hear the positives about China, it looks like an amazing country to visit, and as a UK resident I'm totally fed up hearing the constant China bad and also Russia bad when we are living in a country that's going backwards instead of forwards.

[@1bhaihay]

One other important thing you should have mentioned: 1. In London & other UK cities the walking pavements are full of people talking with their mobile phones completely unaware of what is going on round them & smashing into other pedestrians; 2. The pavements have also become bicycle lanes.

[@BangkokZed]

I live in Bangkok, where both the Skytrain and Metro are exceptionally clean and safe. While I understand that some subway systems, like those in London or NYC, are very old, that shouldn't be an excuse for garbage, litter, and the pervasive smell of urine.

[@KsaQs]

it doesn't really matter for foreigners how great and developed China is because it's too difficult/impossible to settle there thx to not so friendly immigration policies

[@dysonyamagata1133]

诚然，外国人很难在中国长期居住，主要是因为工作签证的不稳定。除非你嫁给当地人，否则你可以安心获得签证，否则一切都很麻烦。某些软件和网站要求您填写身份证号码或其他只有中国人才能提供的信息。此外，外国人在中国的工作并不多，他们中的许多人成为英语老师。

[@kotenoklelu3471]

This unfriendly immigration policies are all over Asia. Most populated region of the world after all

[@Laipizpngtong]

​@@dysonyamagata1133我想这可能是历史问题，西方人或者穆斯林多了就会传教，特别是近代的西方NGO组织，支持香港的康怡，从和平抗议到反政府暴乱和种族主义，还有中东的穆斯林原教旨主义，清朝初年传到中国西部，甚至占领了中华文化初始地陕西的黄帝陵，大规模叛乱宗教屠杀，所以不放开移民是有一定道理的，不过少子化趋势很明显，我们后面也应该放开稳定国家的移民

[@chekim2]

Beautiful companion you have, keep her more active on your channel please. :)

[@band1t9999]

It depends on the individual priority. If you like convenience go to China or Asian countries because is a lot modernise than most of the european countries but if you want a chill and relax environment then europe would be better.

[@jonconnell2613]

So glad you’re making these videos. Hope more and more people can come to realise that the East has overtaken the West already and that’s the trend that will continue. You’re spot on with all of it!

[@ubermenschen3636]

@ 11:11 , Harvey should also compare China’s major airports against those in USA, France, UK, and Germany. Viewers would be shocked.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Yes, Chinese delays are horrific. Just awful. You just love to bash don’t you. Just as bad as the anti China lot.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Shocked at the delayed flights in China. Probably worst ever. No. 1 worst!

[@Harveyinchina]

Since you last commented this I’ve taken 5 flights within China and not one hasn’t left early/on time

[@havencat9337]

same here...for a year an a half i left London for China and boy...crazy how much easier life its here in south:)

[@rebym]

If you look at a table of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita, it will give you a proxy for how prices compare to wages in various countries. While both Hong Kong and Taiwan are ahead of the UK, mainland China is lower. Comparing say Tier 1 and Tier 2 Chinese cities though, I suspect they're much closer possibly even higher than UK average.

[@kensyjolicoeur]

The US told Europe to focus more on weapon to defeat Russia.

[@xaviera.2191]

I have to post a video of a train I took in 2006, from Nanchang to Beijing. It was the lowest and cheapest class possible, but the level of filth was unimaginable (piles of trash laid on the isle, orange peels, sunflower seeds, baby peeing, you name it). After 20 hours, the cleaners cleaned up about 20 cm of trash piled up all over the train. Other than that, there was very regularly vomit on the streets (from la du zi), and people were spitting all over the place. Restaurants' hygiene was extremely sketchy. I've seen the nastiest toilets I have ever seen. I lived in China 6 years, and I doubt it magically became cleaner in a glimpse. Visit smaller cities and the countryside and come back do a new realistic video. And that doesn't mean I didn't love China. Had the time of my life there.

[@Harveyinchina]

20 years is a long time

[@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663]

@@Harveyinchina clownn

[@felixlaupc]

2008 Olympic they totally revamped the city and the behaviour of the people there. What you said it's true. But now it's entirely different. It's like day and night difference.

[@felixlaupc]

@@tongyaozhang2580 justification? I work as an expat in many countries in my entire career and I've been to many metropolitans in the world and witnessed all sorts of things. I'm here to correct/educate the misinformed and gullible bunch. And mind you, I'm not even a Chinese national.

[@haliven3922]

Whether it is a big city or a small city, everything has changed completely, and the countryside has also changed, but many rural areas have no one left, or only the elderly are left. Welcome to China again. Where you went 20 years ago, you may There is no familiar building to be found, because everything is new

[@Big_Blue_Monkey]

I had similar opinions after visiting China on several occasions

[@ruoleideng1857]

But I have to be fair to say it’s unaffordable for graduates in China to rent a studio in first tier cities in China, a lot only earn 4K to 5k rmb per month. Yes, public transport, utilities and grocery, even dining out are still affordable.

[@salesdavincenzo1942]

Ciao Yeah for me is all about the last point that you have mentioned, the safety. Yes no doubt that the transportation in Asia are much ahead of Europe, but the main point is the safety, in Rome is so dangerous when you take the Metro (what I can hear Paris too) full of pickpockets people… every time I go back to Rome and bring my Asian friends all the time we get pickpockets, and I telling you one time we mange to stop one pickpocket and instead of running away he even confronted us with the knife…I don’t feel bringing any of my friend to visit Rome… Here in Hong Kong (same as in China) ladies can take the MTR with the bag open and nothing happen.

[@Camus886]

Just compare public transport fares Shanghai 1 bus 0.11 pound 2 subway between 0.33 to 1.73 pound mostly 0.3 to0.43 pound 3 subway from city to airport 0.43 pound Food 2 to 4 pound for a meal Car,BYD seal Hibrid car cost 11000 pound which can drive 2100km just one tank petrol

[@mygaylord1337]

And Shanghai is considered one of the expensive cities in China. Government did a good job on that.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Now compare income and days off work

[@Camus886]

@@JohnSmith-sm7ez English teacher average 2240 pound per month

[@Fanstism]

Yeah, I'm lucky enough to experienced the metro system at Shanghai, and it's soo great, it's too comfort and save I thought all the world maybe like that, especially country like in Europe, it's suppose to be, right?

[@honesty_-no9he]

The worst is New York.

[@nxkm813]

No, have you been San Francisco recently?

[@honesty_-no9he]

@@nxkm813 I was talking subway.

[@arunprabhamukherjee9467]

I, too, had heard such great things about Paris, but found it disappointing. I would love to come and travel across China one day. Thank you Harvey for this informative video. If the west got off its high horse and its addiction to war, perhaps things would change.

[@SicMundus24]

I was in China and in Germany. Germany looks like a hellhole compared to Chinese cities

[@williamlynn66]

A friend of mine, a single mom living in Canada, took her daughter to visit Nice, France. They planed to stay there for a month but was shortened to only two weeks. The third day they were on metro and pickpocket took their passports, cash, credit cards even their Canadian Driving Licences. They could only go to Canadian embassy in Paris to obtain their temporary Canadian IDs then rushed back to Canada. They swear they will never ever visit France again. By the way, my friend was immigrated to Canada from China.

[@MnemonicCarrier]

I lived in London for 25 years - everything you say about London is true! What has made it worse this year is there are now (for who knows what reasons) an infestation of mosquitos and ants.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Rubbish. Underground is great but not the best. So accessible and some overground lines also. Graffiti is not everywhere and London is not the cleanest but it’s still pretty good. Not one person has ever said Paris is as dirty as London, or that rome is cleaner. And job opportunities are incredible in London. Still no. 1 globally and best to start up a business. Also safe for visitors and the underground does get maintained , just like the new buses and Uber boats. He has an agenda. Very clear. Exaggerates big time and zero balance,

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Oh and London is much safer than 20/25 yrs ago , especially violent crime and murder rates, which are near historical lows.

[@debbieanne7962]

Been to China several times. Traveled throughout on the bullet trains and the Beijing subway. Efficient, clean and safe. In fact China is a very safe nation to travel for women day and night.

[@EMclone]

I'll give you a brief insight about what and why... So, China developed very late into 20th century, most of their infrastructure is new. Just another example if you compare the Easter Europe to the Western Europe these days, you'll see newer and cleaner road in the East part, you'll have faster internet cleaner roads and many city streets, because their infrastructure is more recent, while West was all developed decades or even hundreds of years ago. When it comes to cleanliness it has A LOT to do with a massive immigration from the third world countries. If you have a look at the demographics of London, Paris, NYC, then compare it to Moscow or any major chinese city, you'll see a huge difference. I can assure you that Moscow and most cities in Chine have over 90% of native population. They are much bigger countries, yet they didn't have even a fraction of immigration what countries like UK, France or USA had. Just a tiny fact from Wiki article: "In 2016, China issued 1,576 permanent residency cards. This was more than double what it had issued the previous year, but still roughly 750 times lower than the United States’ 1.2 million at the time." If this doesn't tell you anything, then you must be blind.

[@grimfandango76]

Not really, it's just most countries in the West have a soft judicial system where crime actually pays, criminals get away with soft sentences, they have more rights than law abiding citizens, would people from 3rd world countries come here if they hadn't harsher punishments, no perks for breaking law, we seem to treat these people better than our elderly and ex forces.

[@JoSant-87]

While in Italy, they still conserve their Christian traditional values, more than any other Collective West such as US Demoncrap, UK, and France. Similar to Japan, they still value conservative traditional ones (though they have a lot of Japanese Adult Video contents/"culture") that value cleanliness, etc.

[@canseal1039]

Difference between empires and civilization. The former will flourish but will eventually die. It has a shelf life. The latter is perpetual. That’s what China is. And also because she has never aspired to create an empire.

[@Laipizpngtong]

说实在的现代社会的文明发展大部分都是受益于西方，享受的一切便利很多也来自西方，不过把历史拉长西方确实也在中国学到了很多，火药指南针造纸术印刷术，我们人类文明就是建立在互相学习的基础上，我们历史课对于过去的繁荣只是轻描淡写，近代史占大部分，学到的最多就是一定要学习交流千万不要像清代乾隆皇帝慈溪太后那么傲慢，傲慢不学习就是自杀，现在注意到欧洲极右抬头，保守封建，这是危险的信号。 我很喜欢民国时代的国旗歌：山川壮丽，物产丰隆，炎黄世胄，东亚称雄，勿自暴自弃，勿故步自封，光我民族，促进大同

[@liamporter1137]

Thanks for sharing and surfacing the truth. 👏👍

[@mjmf1430]

Coins and cash for daily transactions have tiny advantages but can be so 1999. The only advantage of paying in cash and coins in modern societies is wanting to strictly budget oneself, even then there are digital apps these days for such tasks.

[@honesty_-no9he]

I care more about our trains being 100% electric than high speed...there is still loads of diesel-electric trains.

[@johnjkiwi7818]

China employs an army of cleaners to keep their cities spotless. Also compared to cities in the west, China and Asia have severe punishments for littering, vandalism and defacing public and private property. In Singapore, vandalism and defacing property, is punishable with a severe caning.and imprisonment.

[@dexterminador]

Singapore is indeed an exemplary city country with a well-known respected democracy along their successful multicultural and multiracial society with very scarce whites hanging around...China has a lots of similarities with Singapore: modernity, cleanliness, discipline, WELL educated and civilised peoples...

[@axelanh4952]

London has an army of cleaners too but unable to keep up with the high rate of littering.

[@dexterminador]

Rishi should send London's overcapacity to Kolkata, Mumbai or Belly Delhi.The superpower BahRat India use to cope spotlessly with these issues daily. Sadhu Sahib Narendra Muddy will be very happy to assist his british cousins.

[@leroyyoung6614]

You should also include New York or Los Angeles excellent video i totally agree with this video

[@joes6620]

I love your title (Don't watch if you're sensitive) 👍🏻

[@alexlee7403]

Well said gentleman.. 👍🙏

[@mechislander]

I went to Tokyo on holiday 10 years ago. I remember the subway being old. Not dirty or shabby, just old. Retro, I guess it could be called. And my thoughts on HSR... western countries don't have to match China. They can ask South Korea or Japan or even the Taiwan authority if they really wanted to stick it to China. But they don't. Something doesn't add up.

[@abeonthehill166]

Indeed, i hear all the “ doom & gloom” about Russia from people who have never been there ! I know people who have been to albeit the large Cities in both Russia, China , they tell me the Apartments and Public transport are affordable as a proportion of the average salary of those who live there and that the big cities in China have public transport light years ahead of most EU and US cities , as well as the streets are free of homeless people searching bins for scraps of food, screaming vulgarities and public defecation etc. In the UK we have 3 million people going to food Banks and we always ( apparently ) have money to supply weapons around the Globe but not enough for homes for low paid folks, no money to supply Dental Care, Public transport is very expensive, smells of urine in Bus stations , social breakdown followed by empty promises from the Political Elites . As soon as i have enough money saved, i’m off !

[@teodosiaguzu7592]

I love China! It’s the best country in the world in this moment!❤❤❤

[@curryhousechicken]

Hey man, you forgot to include India. We top China in every aspect.

[@Laipizpngtong]

对 印度各方面远远领先于中国，而且他们的人口也非常危险，请西方国家和美国多注意注意印度，尽早打压他们，少关注中国，中国还有很多贫困人口，只是一个发展中国家，并且以后一直都是

[@60yoself-taught]

We have freedom, human right and democracy in UK. These are the priorities we care about.

[@lengthao8424]

Garbages fake demoncrazy........!!!!!!!!! There was never freedom or demoncrazy you can do everything you want only rules of laws exits........!!!!!!!!!! Unless you want to be wild man that call freedom amd demoncrazy.........!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackmok6862]

same means of Chinese proverb : "When falling in love just drinking water and feeling full ! " 😅

[@williamho5636]

The UK Prime Minister is not even elected…..

[@lisashung9442]

I’m not sure it’s still the case ……..still got these names but lost the substances…….. from UK…….😢

[@grimfandango76]

UK democracy is like do you want me to shave off your left or right eyebrow, either way your choice but you get to look like an idiot, Freedom to go and commit crimes and get away with soft sentencing, What about the rights for your family, to feel safe, no having to worry about your children being mugged, house being burgled?

[@scottwood928]

I never understood the appeal of electronic payments. It has been proven, psychologically, that people are more careful spending money using cash than more modern methods (debit, facial recognition). He emphasized expense in his video. Other than that, good points were made. Hard to believe that people had to reach out a window to open the door on that train. And just because a subway station is old does not mean it shouldn't be clean and free of bad odors.

[@gryblk21]

Personally, I think that Barcelona is the best place to be in Europe for young people.

[@davidgmaloof]

Barcelona is stunning! Personally, Porto in Portugal is fun as well.

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

Obviously not. Outside top 10 in Spain. Malaga , Valencia…… better options

[@tommykarate9397]

You haven't mentioned the main reason that caused that staggering difference between Europe and China! It's demographics! When you import migrants from the 3rd world for decades to replace native population you become a 3rd world!

[@ezrolly898]

Stop blaming people on the bottom, it's the people on top.

[@apricot.yoghurt5078]

Is that why they say America is becoming a third world country? Because they replaced their own native population? Huh…

[@CaldonianDude]

Good video. I think if I was young I'd be heading East...

[@yvonnehua1266]

I really like your video is based on what you’ve seen and experienced.

[@gusbilly]

Im surprise you said that Rome is clean I was shocked when I visited. The graffiti the garabage shocked me as someone coming from the Caribbean

[@Harveyinchina]

Yeah, I had heard from Italian friends it was dirty too.. I was surprised it wasn’t

[@skywire5595]

Time changes however old mindset doesn't change

[@haojin5857]

Unfortunately, every time I talk to American people live in China is more safer and more colorful than United States. There was no one believed in me. no one…….. lol..

[@kwameoluwasomi]

I've only ever heard freedom of expression being a problem in China. Safety, cleanliness and efficacy have always been lauded otherwise.

[@PeterLee-it4bf]

Harvey your girlfriend is beautiful ,and so is China !

[@bigfisher4354]

For anyone who thinks London feels unsafe/run down or dirty, I tell them they have clearly never been to Paris or NYC.

[@delepeno9636]

I totally agree

[@patrickmusson4571]

Living in the 'Collective West' is a wealth hazard. As far as I can tell, given the country's huge population, the PRC has to be regulated and governed the way it is, if only for efficiency and safety of the people's sake. For me, the language barrier is the only negative aspect of the PRC, but that is my problem, not anyone else's. I love China and Russia.

[@garypowell2486]

London in many parts feels grungy and dowdy.

[@chaichad7227]

Chinese culture has a very high degree of aggressiveness, or assimilation capacity. After the Mongolians (Yuan Dynasty) occupied China, they started to farm and became Chinese. After the Nuzhen people (Qing Dynasty) occupied China, they also started to farm and became Chinese. Farming is ingrained in the genes of the Chinese people, because we believe that strength comes from our own hard work and hands, not from aggression and plunder. The Eight-Power Allied Forces only wanted to pillage and did not want to farm, so they ultimately failed and could not colonize China for a long time. It's quite interesting: Since the Chang'e-6 lunar mission, the enthusiasm for lunar exploration on Chinese social media has waned quite a bit, as they say the soil on the moon is not suitable for farming.😅😅