Shenzhen Ghost Town Part 1 - All The Shops Closed? No People Anywhere? Economic Collapse In China??

Part 1 of my amazing ride through the abandoned streets in my Factory Town of Bao'an, Shenzhen, China! 4k Long Version Full Ride Coming Soon!
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[@brendameteyer6377]

It's nice how these companies allow their workers to take off from the Spring celebration to visit their families. Thank you for sharing

[@sirant]

It is actually a government holiday. Any company that did not allow the workers this annual break would not have employees for long! However, some very nice companies do in fact give their laborers and manufacturing staff even longer holidays in appreciation of their dedicated work!

[@homerlu1252]

This also happens in Hsinchu city and Zhubei city in Taiwan. I am a local in Hsinchu, and I love this kind of ghost town, because the traffic isn't so busy during the Chinese New Year.

[@sirant]

Yup! My favorite time of year in Shenzhen!

[@deepone5005]

The Chinese everywhere has the tradition to celebrate the Chinese Reunion Dinner at the parent's homes whc are usually in the countrysides. It is a yearly phenomenon in Malaysia and affected Singapore too for as many as up to 1 in 3 Sporeans have connection with Malaysia even if the have become citizens here. Their roots are in Malaysia. Many have come here to work and settle down.

[@linkdiablo4476]

Western msm will tell it was economy collapse😅 million shop close😂 city deserted😢

[@vincenttay2812]

Those western hypocrites who hate China never understand our Chinese culture 😊

[@johnfoo1959]

Years ago when the transportation was not as convenient as today, people took a day or even longer to reach home. Nowadays, HSR cover nearly all parts of China and many take only a few hours to get home and celebrate CNY with the family. This is China, where the convenience and comfort of the people are the main priority.

[@sirant]

You are absolutely right! China’s focus on infrastructure development is incredible.

[@josephguo6256]

for Chinese, home always no.1

[@martinLim-oj2tn]

@@josephguo6256 go to Malaysia KL and Singapore orchard road, the first two days of CNY are empty I recalled work on CNY, foreign colleagues want to see orchard road, Hahaha 😂 empty

[@MetaView7]

Wow, when they say go home, they mean it.

[@userc35]

Happy Chinese New Year!

[@sirant]

And a Happy Chinese New Year to you as well!!

[@Frcreativehub]

Shenzhen, Dongguan, and three cities in Guangzhou are the happiest time in China. The locals only enjoy my own city in a week. I also work in Baoan District from 2019-2023. It is during the epidemic period. The area you shoot is also me. Familiar, very kind, thank you for sharing

[@sirant]

Thank you for your kind comment!

[@robintan502]

same too in Malaysia and other places of Southeast Asia with a large Chinese culture population

[@gumonmyshu]

The small town I grew up in, this would be a normal scene on a typical Sunday back in the 70's and 80's.

[@mranonymous9034]

It is Chinese new year man😂😂😂 Home sweet home. ET go home😂

[@herman389]

Beautiful moments and rare. thank you Siran for this video. ❤❤❤

[@sirant]

Thank you! I appreciate the support! 😊

[@vincenttay2812]

Thank you for speaking the truth 😊

[@psoon04286]

The well known channel Serpentza will say it was due to massive lay-offs and a fresh outbreak of COVID that’s causing a wide scale lockdown🤪

[@sirant]

Yeah. Serpentza is something else.... Oy... People do seem to enjoy his hate filled lying though.

[@deepone5005]

Serpentza was not allowed to renew his work permit cos the Chinese authority discovered his tainted background. He was making pretty neutral videos on China, but after he left, he started all those misinfo and dysinfo nonsense. Many suspect he got paid by the CIA. He has a sidekick in Laowhy86 who has his own channel dishing out similar anti China and anti Chinese nonsense.

[@albertlowtengdak6511]

Even the name serpentza speaks of snakes​ 😂😂😂@@sirant

[@michaelpattison8543]

Serpentza certainly learned how to eat bitter during his time in China! Weird bloke

[@sirant]

Yep. When I worked with him we were making good money in an excellent job. Then he created his own mess and got himself into trouble, which turned him into the negative hater he is today. All that hate is going to eat him up from the inside out.

[@michaelpattison8543]

I was in SZX during Spring Festival maybe 15 years ago on my way back to Wuhan and it was exactly like this, as it always is. Come Lantern Festival everything will be back to crazy mad busy normal. Great video, thanks for your truth- telling! 😊

[@sirant]

Thanks for sharing!

[@mikec4845]

LOL!!! Chinese New Year day. Your lucky to find something to eat unless you're back in your hometown! I left Hanoi on the 30th January and was lucky to find a taxi to the airport. They celebrate it as Tet Spring Festival.

[@sirant]

I know, I've been here a long time! 😄

[@loirecheung4440]

Chinese government has open figures of the residents population and mobile population in each major city. Looking at those figures there is no surprise to what you see during Chinese New Year.

[@HO_XK]

Meanwhile in every train stations.... It's still hard to imagine how to survive the new yr rush during the days without the high speed rail and other transportation options.

[@sirant]

Yeah! It is wild to see allllll those people moving from place to place at one time! I prefer to avoid the chaos myself! 😁

[@deepone5005]

Same in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur - and also in Spore to a lesser extent as the Malaysians and Sporeans of Malaysian descent return to their hometowns. In fact Spore plated cars can be found in the most remote part of the plantation estates and parked in those houses. U know they have the connection with Spore ie residency as new citizen or PR.

[@sirant]

That's very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@佯谬]

是的大多数中国人都回家过新年去了，昔日繁忙的深圳这几天人非常稀少，交通很通畅😂

[@sirant]

Yes. For 20 years this has been my favorite place to be during spring festival!

[@Whitfield369]

Happy New Year!

[@sirant]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@roccoboy32]

Lovely. I miss Shenzhen.

[@sirant]

It really is great!

[@giliguluedinburgh]

Hi Sirant, we will be coming to Shenzhen in April and was wandering if you know where we can experience the driverless taxi, driverless buses and trains as well as drone food delivery services in Shenzhen. Would be good to see the byd Yangwang U9 in the flesh as well. These are on our bucket list atm and do let me know if there are any other technological Marvel for us to explore. Thanks in advance.

[@sirant]

Honestly, I spend most of my time (as you can see in the video) in the most Low Tech area of Shenzhen! I would say that areas Like Shenzhen Bay and Oh Bay are your best bet as they are super High Tech areas and are worth seeing on their own! Whereas there are some driverless busses available in those specific areas now, the driverless taxis are not. They are scheduled to be on the road and in service by the end of 2025. There are nifty little driverless delivery trucks though. Most of the drone food delivery will be in tourist areas only at this point, where traditional electric motorcycle traffic is not permitted. As for the supercar, well, there were only 88 of them made last year, so it is not like you can walk into a dealership and check it out in person sadly. From what I have heard they are currently made to order only. So other than randomly coming across one on the streets or at an auto show, not likely to find one yet.

[@GaryL-kn4vx]

❤👏👍

[@ny-s3jse]

Oh no! China's closing? Guess I'll have to cancel my flight to… uh… well, wherever I was planning to go in China. Guess the economic collapse means no more cheap socks for me. Seriously though, is this your script for the next disaster movie? 'China: Population Zero'? I'm waiting for the sequel 😅🤣😂 Happy Chinese New Year

[@lifeofmichaely3556]

Great Video... thank for showing the outside world the truth, the sour grapes in the west needs to see this..

[@tankoon3999]

It's chinese new year and all the migrants worker are all back in their home town celebrating with their family😂

[@sirant]

Truly the hardest working people I have ever met! They deserve the time off with their families!

[@chatsoon6802]

the crash expert are well written in English documentary. just read & consume, you will be another expert.

[@yuenshee4997]

Professor of Singapore Kishore Mabhubani has once said that the West will never understand China even in a situation like this. This could potentially be an opportunity for China Observer to portray the country in a negative light for viewers who delight in hearing the country 's downfall.

[@sirant]

Oh they don't need opportunities to portray China in a negative light. They will just make up their own "facts" as they need them.

[@davidw.2467]

Intentional smearing more than "don't understand".

[@deepone5005]

I won't be surprised if it happens in Vietnam too as their traditions and customs are similar to the Chinese and had been under Chinese rule for a thousand years. Vietnamese have a high Sinitic influence ie in their genetics and culture, even legacy.

[@sirant]

Well, going back to their hometowns to visit their parents never a bad idea! I know as a parent myself I like the idea!

[@RoyFJ65]

Home is where Chinese heart is.

[@goolooggg9005]

My city Chinatown is jammed, packed to the brim with tourists, migrants, out of town people, etc perhaps >20% are Chinese every Chinese New Year...

[@bobChristianson]

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[@Deepshit2025]

Bro go back home and make burger to eat 😂

[@sirant]

Dumplings!!

[@SETeck-yi5wq]

小心！BBC，CNN会把你的影片来个“高超”的剪辑再加上一个完美的“故事”。🤣🤣🤣

[@haibo-xg2kd]

以前公知讲美国人每年有120天的带薪休假

[@sirant]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I don't know where you heard that, but that has NEVER been true!!! Unless of course you are Donald Trump!!

[@Way827]

XIN NIAN KUAI LE.

[@sirant]

新年快乐

[@sct4040]

China is closed for Chinese New Year every year for 2 weeks 😂.

[@sirant]

Yup! You did watch the video right? That's kind of what the entire video is about.....

[@liquidh5226]

Chinese New Year period. Everything is closed mate.

[@sirant]

Did you watch the video? I kinda discuss that in the first 2 minutes.... 😂🤣😁

[@liquidh5226]

Msg wasn't for you, Sir. Just for general audience. Happy Chinese New Year.

[@sirant]

@@liquidh5226 Fair enough! Honestly does surprise me how many people just react to the thumbnail without seeing even a minute of the videos. They always miss the good stuff!! Happy New Year to you too!

[@liquidh5226]

Yeah people say what they want can't control

[@PS-383]

Won't your wife/partner want to return to visit her parents or relatives?

[@sirant]

Oh we did return for a couple of days.

[@manishdhawan551]

its chinese new year dude 15 days is a rest they have whole year. its the same every new year

[@sirant]

I know! Been here 20 years! Actually they do get other nice holidays too!

[@henrikniklander1779]

😂

[@floeki-jekker]

the streets look like the west, nothing to do. empty....

[@timothychung4811]

New Years' collapse.

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

Click bait……Playing emotions of those China haters……Technically, the title is misleading……

[@cunningfrogg]

What? The CPC spends trillions of Dollars to fill the streets with cars, actors and ghosts to play China as usual.

[@sirant]

I merely asked a question, not made a misleading statement pretending it was a fact. It is a very common technique used to draw attention to ones videos. I mean, look at this! I not only got you to click, but also leave a comment on my video!! Even better than clicks towards to KZbin algorithm! Thank you for your support! Click subscribe while you are here, if not subscribed already!

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

@@sirant You are making lots of China haters sad. They thought they saw the light in the tunnel, unfortunately for them it’s the headlight of the upcoming locomotive, old style…..🤣

[@sirant]

I am sure this will now show up in a new hate blog somewhere as a fact because you said it in a comment! That's good though, keep those hatetubers busy!

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

@@sirant From my own experience, you are officially a poo-bear lover! Just like me. I meant that as a compliment, while those China haters naturally disagree with that sentiment….

[@meipakyu4688]

Click Bait!!!

[@sirant]

And it worked! Thanks for clicking and commenting! Appreciate the support!

[@badimpulses17]

The so called Ghost towns are future Cyberpunk cities. These Americans can't figure that out by now?

[@sirant]

It is sarcasm my friend! Not a ghost town, just Spring Festival. It will be packed with people as usual tomorrow! Have no fear!! But it still will be a cool cyberpunk city in the future!

[@badimpulses17]

@sirant I know you were being sarcastic. I was referring to the towns like of Ordos in China. They are pretty much Ghost town but later will be big cities.

[@sirant]

A ghost town with more than 2 million people living there and 80-90% of the property being sold. It actually looks like a very nice place to live even now! Quite honestly, I would rather live there with a slower pace of life and more space than with the tens of millions here..... Hmmmm... Trip to Ordos in the near future!! WooHoo!

[@davidw.2467]

China: planning and building cities 10 years ahead, making sure all amenities are ready before moving people in. West: Haaaaaa! Ghost towns! 😂

[@zhan9207]

Chinese economy finally stalled, for a short while Chinese people:🧧🧧🧧🎆🎆🎆 Western MSMs: Oh, guess we can improvise on this, for a short while😅😅😅