stuck in a small town in china, but happy.

[@sweetspicy3013]

I miss China. I lived there for over a year, mostly in Shanghai, and visited small towns outside the city. It’s a wonderful place. After experiencing life in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Europe, I’ve come to realize that the media often paints a more negative picture than what daily life and culture actually are like.

[@claycreates38]

i cant wait to go to all those places one day!!!

[@Rewind-xq6xs]

If you speak and read Chinese with 0 problem and see what is happening everyday in China, you will be doomed, the media is not completely wrong.

[@Christinaling-iv9gh]

You're righttt. People have so many misconceptions about cities and rural areas in China because of media portrayal and it's a pity that they don't even have a chance to experience its culture and life

[@joana1684]

Omg I feel so nostalgic and kind of emotional watching this video, because I am also from China but live in a European country! I haven't been in China in my hometown for around 5 years now, and seeing those Chinese food, snacks and places reminded me a lot of my childhood memories! I really did enjoy watching this video and can't wait to go back to China soon in the future 🥺🇨🇳

[@ShoonAmaraHan]

You can back to China one day.

[@Highqualitydrop]

where in europe do u live?

[@heyheyhohi]

Awww, I bet that feels super nostalgic! I guess I'm sorta like you, but in reverse haha. I am from a European country, but I lived in a small city in China for 1,5 years, but like 8 years ago. This video made me cry... gosh. hahaha. I miss eating breakfast outside from those stalls everyday, seeing the same vendors making jianbing and having my Chinese host family give me yoghurt drinks ╰(*°▽°*)╯

[@花花圆圆]

欢迎回家

[@Softerhaze]

Although my parents are from Hong Kong and I was born overseas and have never been to mainland China, I somehow feel such a deep longing and nostalgia 😭😭😭 it's like feeling homesick for a place i never called home

[@kookiekxk9817]

why did this make me so nostalgic and homesick im not even from there?? 😭♥

[@treebeard6877]

Maybe you have past lifetimes from there, my friend.

[@thoughtank1019]

It isn't nostalgia for me, but so many times I watch videos of folks, meaning people who are traditional. the people who are keeping their traditional way of life alive, I wish could live with them, because it seems they are all real, kind and highly social, spending lots off time together.

[@ukht_aleealee8488]

@@thoughtank1019 same unfortunately my country doesn’t keep tradition. They don’t care even the leader so I feel so disconnected like I belong nowhere.

[@robertwang7825]

It’s really heaven , I have been to even smaller cities or townships , everything is very cheap and the food is very local , honest and delicious. It’s still very clean , very safe , organized and have internet and 5G. You can literally live like a king on US1K a month.

[@kidkieran77]

I have lived in China for 6 years and really love the small ordinary towns. There's a great pace to life in China which is both calm yet happening that only those who have been there know. Got to try the 米雪 ice cream you got. I normally just go for the 2 RMB one

[@炼金术]

”蜜雪“🍦

[@kidkieran77]

@@炼金术 Yessss I was typing quickly and forgot. I had been out of China a while when I typed that and just clicked first option when I clicked on my chinese keyboard.

[@ShredST]

After moving from China to the US, it took me a long time for me to admit to myself that the a lot of fruits and produce in the US is just not as good. In China, you'd often just buy fruits and vegetables from local farmers who carted their stuff to the city, whereas in the US most people shop in grocery stores where the produce could be from different parts of the world so transportability is much more of a concern. Ripe produce is hard to transport, which means a lot of produce in US grocery stores are harvested unripe, transported to distribution centers and artificially ripened there, and then finally sent to the grocery stores.

[@BoHan92]

Most Americans also don't really eat vegetables, so variety sucks.

[@Go4Broke247]

Go to Asian grocery stores.

[@slyguy68022]

Farmers markets

[@bunnyfreakz]

Fruits in China are cheap as heck.

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

Very true! China can be very hit and miss in this respect because as you say, you are closer to the source of much of the food. The downside is the lack of control over pesticides and other nasty chemicals used to speed up growth of the fruit and vegetables. Try to choose things that are local and in season and that will reduce some of the risks. Of course the West is not much better and something approved by the FDA is still often poison and such organisations cannot be trusted. China has fantastic potential to do this right and also preserve its once wonderful food culture but a lot has to be done before you can dine with confidence there. Sadly greed gets in the way too often. I actually know of farmers who grow vegetables and they openly admit to their neighbours that they would never eat any of the stuff they grow as it’s just too toxic.

[@warumbel]

Every vlog about China features food. Eating, buying, smelling, reviewing food. Chinese people sure love their food.

[@oborotsuki6sai]

Because it’s good!

[@CptNemo-l3s]

Food is life for us and many ppl around the world. I can't imagine a culture that doesn't have food at the center of ppls lives... it's like the most relatable human thing we do.❤

[@Zoekeeplearning]

yes！we have a folk saying： people regard food as god which means nothing is important than food 🎉

[@DocPetron]

The late Anthony Bourdain said (I paraphrase) "I don't know what a 'foodie' is. I've heard the description, but that describes every Chinese person I know".

[@Dingster491]

民以食为天

[@nefertiiti.777]

your cousin looks so shy but sweet. i wish her the best

[@Yanxi-s4w]

that's so sweet of you omg

[@slammerlo510]

Hot too lol 4:42 3:54

[@annabelle5931]

i went to china this summer too and this series is soso real ahhhh makes me miss it and wanna go back already :,)

[@aidanschram9652]

Same here. Went for the first time with my wife who is from China, I miss it so much. The US feels so plain and boring in comparison

[@reckonerwheel5336]

I looked up Hengshui, this "mid-size" city... Me, a Canadian, was floored that it's a 4 million population. The city I grew up in is considered "mid size" at a quarter of that population😭 Great vlog, love seeing the food, architecture, and what the residences look like.

[@iaadsi]

Same :D Czech, a mid-size city is like 50k people. Different scale.

[@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305]

I always though my city was midsized (US) yet on the smaller side and its about 400k, but it is very close knit and community oriented

[@flimsyenthusiasm5769]

Lmao my town has 250 people in it 😅

[@Tendzinns]

I live in a typical German mid sized city. It has 125k people lmao

[@adriandomingo2011]

Hengshui is a prefecture level city that is made up of mostly farmland and is more like a county within a province. The main city/urban area within it is Taocheng, which only has 602.47 km2 (232.61 sq mi) and a population of about 600,000 people. I think when she says "small town" she's referring to Taocheng being relatively small, only 9km across in its main built up area. There's suburbs in the US that are larger than that land area, but of course a fraction of the population. Taocheng has a ton of highrises.

[@iambored7670]

i miss china, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins sm 🥲

[@SammyHangDD]

I am pretty sure I am living with people pretending to be my family.

[@Zmooooooo]

@@SammyHangDDyour comment make me laugh and sad at the same time.

[@livingobject]

I love these videos because they show that people across countries have so much in common than they differ.

[@pinkcichlid]

I'm so upset this video's making me crying my eyes out and I don't know why, there's nothing in it suppose to make me cry omg!! Is this effin homesickness???!!

[@1hjehje]

I am a Canadian and I spent a few months in China last year. The people, culture, and the food is amazing.

[@worldtravel9967]

What “culture” they copy everyone else’s. Also this video left out all the government surveillance social credit scores to be able to ride that train.

[@yoshihammerbro435]

@@worldtravel9967 actual bot comment

[@qlassve1ns]

this makes me so nostalgic- i haven't been in china since christmas 2019 due to covid. i miss my hometown so much and seeing all these places, foods and items makes me so sad and happy at the same time. i really enjoyed the video :)

[@AnimeFreakpz]

I want to live in this kind of peaceful like lifestyle 😭❤️

[@Tenelia]

had just spent a month in china too. i was hopping on high speed trains all around china and loved the mongol & north regions. Amazing food diversity and super super tasty. If you're considering going to china BUT you have been around Japan, Taiwan, Korea, then you might not find the street food or supermarket stuff new or interesting. So I heartily recco trying inner mongolia or xinjiang, Kashar.

[@Official3CHEESE]

HI MILLIE! Your videos are always super inspirational whether theyre school or vacation vlogs, tysm for continuing to post regardless of your busy schedule 🫶🏼

[@iivyu]

this video made me look forward to my trip back to china even more!! im excited to go exploring around my parents hometowns and reconnect with relatives

[@whiskeyjack996]

she is possibly the cutest girl I have ever seen honestly, great video!

[@nickh7342]

to be honest, your viedo give a quite relax vibe and it feels really good.btw you're so naturally pretty!

[@WeilongYou]

8:24 literally my favorite ice cream bar, I eat it almost 1 per day when I was there and whenever I go back

[@AlaindeeptravelinChina]

Thank you for this video! It's akways pleasing to see a country that developped so much keeping traditional culture and heritages I love to show to people. More people has to get to know the country. ❤❤❤

[@suupi22]

keeping traditional culture and heritage? i have to LOL at that.

[@LegendNeverD1es]

@@suupi22At least they have “traditional culture and heritages” to begin with and to preserve, unlike white people residing in North America, Canada and USA - they created cultural genocides to aboriginals / First Nations and stole their land (LOL to that 🙄). You must be ignorant and stupid enough to think that a single vlog, mainly focusing on eating and grocery stores, can somehow capture China’s traditional culture and heritage in one go - the isn’t a historical documentary video, you forgot to add a T and a D in your KZbin name (sTuupiD22).

[@p344y]

It’s not about where you live but if you are able to enjoy the small things in life.

[@angelaxia2125]

How does it feel to be living my dream 🥹🥹🥹 the food and chill vibes ahh love that for you

[@HappyHourWithMatt]

Love the video, Millie! I am moving to China in a few weeks and am so excited!

[@toffuv]

ur vlogs make me feel so relaxed

[@potatoand4197]

Summer nostalgia hitting so hard rn, december is so sad compared to this 😭😭

[@lilydoingthings]

I miss china so much! The food carts for breakfast is the best.. love this vlog

[@girlinthelouvre]

this is the most lovely thing ever. thank you millie!

[@Marvinova]

So relaxing and laid-back, love your videos.

[@romy1331]

You’re so naturally pretty!

[@D3LIGHTEDPEACHES]

this made me feel really homesick even though I dont have a loving family like this

[@klikmitika3105]

So happy to see this. Thank you for sharing this, Millie Liao!

[@jawiebluez]

Omg your vibes nd way of documenting is perfection 🤌

[@suemartine5913]

China looks so fun. In the US we too have double prices (or more) but the same income. I think it’s global. Your snacks look so delicious. How do you stay thin?

[@38Lalilou]

Incomes in China are way lower than in the us lmao

[@SammyHangDD]

It is real ingredients use and real food. Think about it like this. Meat in America has a lot of growth hormones. It makes you fat.

[@edamame3000]

i love crying in h mart!! first book to make me cry in a hot minute

[@ksilisab8935]

Miss China so much 💔, lived in Tianjin for a year internship, thank you for your video

[@Ilovefriedchicken108]

im not necessarily from china but hong kong instead, watching this still made me feel incredibly nostalgic because i live in australia now. i think about my childhood everyday and how much i miss my real home. i hate the fact i have to spend my teenage years here in australia constantly thinking about how much better and fun it would be living in hong kong.

[@skzluvrr]

Some of these placed are literally out of a cdrama 😭😭🙏🏻❤️ I want to visit China tooo

[@blehkinsoph9466]

i'm sold on just that intro song alone!

[@aiisvids]

I love your vlogs 😭😭😭

[@Arabela_a]

I'm addicted to your vlogs 😭❤

[@Anabellw0w]

I lived in Yangzhou for almost 3yrs and it's a similar size population as Hengshui. It's honestly the best life living in these cities and I miss it every day. This made me so homesick for my 2nd home at heart. Also, the 'People Mountain, People Sea' took me out. Heard that ALL THE TIME living there 😂

[@a_nikak]

I've also lived there for 3 years! Very chill city indeed hhhh

[@Anabellw0w]

@a_nikak oh nice! When did you live there? I was there from early 2016 to end of 2018.

[@a_nikak]

@@Anabellw0w I arrived there at 2018! Ahaha, 2018-2021 years and now I'm in Changzhou, maybe you still recall this city, where did you end up now? Back in you country?

[@Anabellw0w]

@a_nikak I know Changzhou but didn't get to travel there. Yeah, I'm in my country now but I also spent a year in Nanjing after Yangzhou and that was cool. Wish I could go back to live!

[@ExpatNatt]

Forever searching for the slow life here in China! I live in Shanghai but it’s still possible to live a nature-filled slow life! Sending love ❤❤

[@icanswearinfrench]

Seeing that be called a small town when it would be a big city here in canada is wild. Great video. I hope i can visit china one day

[@jay-paheel-7969]

I wanna go to china someday, I’m tired of living in America where it’s non stop stress, unaffordable housing, and 40+ hours of work to pay off one bill.

[@MarinClarisse]

I miss millie so I am watching all her videos

[@SOGEK_NG]

Like this to let millie know that we love her❤

[@mclee0905]

this is making me sooooo nostalgic for china 😭

[@krystopian]

Really cool preview style/format and like how it continues in the video too

[@22jeepmojave75]

Trust me. You’re living a good life.

[@phoebeyutbt]

Incredibly wholesome and nostalgic!

[@polysporin8332]

I went to China 10 years ago. but you might as well compare it to the ancient ages. because of the rapid modernization. In the smaller cities like tier 3 and 4 prices are still cheap. The top tier cities things can be expensive as the west. The last time I went the cost of a beer at the 5 star hotel was 40 Yuan, go outside at a local small mart the same beer was only 5 Yuan. so its much cheaper outside. but its been a long time so things might be different.

[@averagejoe7987]

Can't wait to visit China again. The people I've met there were awesome.

[@meiyee6424]

loved the vibes in this video

[@rook1196]

Small town Hengshui prefecture? population 4.4M. The metro population of Detroit is 4.4M. Asia is just different.

[@mxd-1990asn]

I would like to see more of china personally , i am Half South chinese (ancestors on my Dads side is from yunnan) and half Thai. My family is a mix of thai, a few chinese and mixed with both thai+chinese relatives (including me to the mixed asian ones) who lives since generations in the Northeast of thailand already. So our relation to china is culturally almost none (most thai-chinese no matter if purely or part chinese identify as Thai and do NOT speak any chinese dialect anymore, i think this is the case for many pure ethnic and mixed asian with part chinese ancestors in southeast asia. However i have been to the south of china ONCE in my 34 years of life, i only speak thai and might understand atiny bit of Zhuang since thai and lao are tai kadai languages same as the Zhuang dialect in southern china (which is also a tai kadai language aswell) just to see how it looks like in several places there. I would like to travel again when possible (to the south parts mainly, since thats where part of my ancestors were from). Its nice to see little bit more from time to time of other parts of china anywhere on youtube. Nice video there.

[@8zj1askl]

Do you understand Vietnamese?

[@mbae123]

If this is a small town, the cities must be mega huge!

[@victoryvictorious633]

This looks super nice, but this video was clearly a disguised mukbang. Woukd love to visit China as a food tourist 😊

[@Omni0404]

Chinese breakfast definitely looks better than Japanese breakfast! I'll pass on the cold fish + fermented soybeans thank-you-very-much.

[@RafalMohammed170]

Girl you are so beautiful!!❤️❤️ the vlog is amazing love it✨️

[@Malie.]

This was my first time seeing one of your videos, but I really enjoyed it, especially seeing all the yummy foods ☺️ Thank you for sharing, subscribed! 💕

[@yttean98]

At your age, you will experience many things in life, not necessarily all of them. Stay focused on what you want in life-a good lifestyle or being a bum. It is your choice; time passes by quickly grow up and get a partner and stay married (very difficult). This is one path to being happy in the long term. All the best.

[@imzebb]

yt needs more day in a life videos from china

[@lemonadedrink]

wow, hengshui is my hometown, and raoyang is my parents' hometown. nice to meet you here!

[@JiaxunLi-no4hd]

哈哈哈哈哈哈，听到你讲中文感觉真的好熟悉！！！中国留学生有点想家了！！！

[@pattie127]

lovely vlog and i love how almost 1mln people city in china is a small town haha, it would be considered big in europe!

[@Kaeldra3]

A relaxing watch, thank you for sharing!

[@user-hu1fv5bw7s]

i miss china so much, thank you for this video

[@gil5885]

your cousin is kind of crazy at claw machine, i don't think i've ever seen someone win anything from one lol

[@ricardoewok994]

It seemed very safe too!

[@81k7]

I love your China vlog

[@shawnchi95]

0:57 “老再还坐着呢😡到了“ JUMPSCARE

[@iheartluiza]

HI MILLIEEE I love ur vlogs ❤

[@weezah]

omg hebei gang ❤❤ im from qinhuangdao which is near the north of hebei and it's not got that much but it's still so enjoyable and nostalgic

[@tamarapopovic9532]

我是一个正在学中文的塞尔维亚人，正在看这个视频。我很想念中国，今年夏天我去了天津和上海。看了你的视频，让我想起了这个美好的中国夏日旅行。

[@turadura6620]

left there 26 years ago. happy where I am now.

[@pixelmasque]

Love this insight into normal town life in china, ❤ 1. You sure can eat 2. The train ride in must have been lovely, bullet trains are fun but you can absorb more slowly in the traditional trains. 3. Its like stepping back to a more tranquil time that coexists peacefully along the hyper future of the major cities. China really have a great mix. 4. Your skin is so shiny😂 5. This video caught my attention as i know Liao's in Australia 😊 and my friends name is Jia! 🤣, Yes please show some of your grandma's village these are the most sentimental moments and interesting for people to see the humble life and less developed areas still exist in china, personally I prefer them. Congrats on making Yale🎉

[@goaticorn8702]

My first exposure to mahwa and the crunchy one looks SO MUCH like a churro it's wild.

[@MundoYui]

Omg when I first came to China 7 years ago I was sent to some village called Anping near Hengshui, place was so small that going to Hengshui was like going to the big city haha, I remember though the levels of mysoginy and air pollution in these areas were through the roof and my hair was falling at record speeds, women couldnt even sit in the same side of the table, have you had any issues with that? Now I live in Sichuan where it isn't anything like that though

[@blah979]

Love the way a small town in China is bigger than my capital city.

[@stephsang]

I haven’t been to China in 7 or 8 years amd I rlly wanna go back and visit 0:35

[@伟林-m6h]

真可爱，一直在吃东西，好幸福！

[@JanelleGriffith-k3r]

I am feeling angree

[@lemivlog]

yayyy new vloggg

[@ckv017]

I love your videos! And I can't wait for more Yale vids!!!!

[@dondang9095]

youtube algo was cooking with this one; love the music

[@ManuelDornbusch]

OMG I am reading "Crying in H Mart" too *waving from Germany*

[@yoshihammerbro435]

is it good...?

[@Cindareala]

Love the vlog. The captions are a bit too fast to read, but I loved everything you shared 😊

[@khoakdoan]

what a lovely video

[@orcidiawulaningsari2080]

Love this vlog. For a small town it sure has lots of different things, mall, big stores, tall skyscraper-like buildings, and many other stuff. Or maybe the place where i live is just smaller :v

[@robertmarcus6644]

Nice to spend time with family Thats worth more than all the golld in the world!

[@davidk6269]

Thanks for sharing your experiences in Hengshui! Wow, you look so much like my cousin!!! ; )

[@estefanylouie]

hometown meals r the best

[@sana-gq2ur]

i just discovered your channel and i'm in love ❤

[@ijk0101]

What skin care products do you use Millie, your skin looks amazing. May be do a video about this?

[@ParagonPKC]

Some parts of Kunming and the outer rings of Beijing felt like this. I miss it alot

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

Your town is nice and it’s not small. I lived in a hamlet, that is smaller than a village, in upstate New York for 20 years. It only had 390 people. It was a wonderful, peaceful life in the beautiful mountains. 👍🏻

[@nikstheiks]

Bear in mind, China is a very populous country with a population of 1.4 billion. So what they consider “small” may differ from what you are used to.

[@calfland79]

The 2nd 3rd tier cities in China are such a wonderful place to live. low living cost compared to north American and euro. Very safe. Good food. Convenient transportation.