The China Western Media Doesn't Show You 🇨🇳 | Shanghai

Shanghai, China - The China Western Media Doesn't Show You
What's Shanghai, China like inside the local neighborhoods?
Today we are going to explore deep into the local areas of Shanghai, China. I am curious how the life is here in Shanghai and in China in general. The western media usually portrays China in not a great way, so I want to see it for myself and experience the real China here in Shanghai. Join my friends and me on a tour into the local sides of Shanghai, China.
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[@KenAbroad]

🇨🇳 I have a new shorts channel, where I posted this video about how I got food delivered by a robot in China: kzbin.infobFbzgAZGdVY?si=7yJ-ue4GjDe5ymEy ✅Feel free to subscribe to that channel, if you watch KZbin Shorts

[@jeffreysetapak]

Show this to your Germany traffic light government MPs.

[@ianbynoe6515]

It looks like you are doing a promotional video for the CCP. I heard China is falling apart. Why are you presenting China as a rose when it's not?

[@redbelief]

What do foreigners say when they refuse to be monitored in public places? For the sake of privacy, why do you want your privacy in a public place? What kind of privacy do you want with so many eyes on you on the street? Unless you want to do something illegal and don’t want the police to know, or married people who want to date their lover are most afraid of surveillance! In other words, people with bad intentions are afraid of surveillance !!

[@bonaudi]

You walked close to my house! Thanks for showing everything with an open and curious mind (without the typical bigotry from our western side). BTW, some misconception about those cameras, those are usually leased from private companies by the community management, not ¨from the government¨. If there is any issue indeed the local government or the police can access them (like anywhere else). Some communities that don't like them got rid of them, but it is very rare because are actually very useful to solve any small dispute between neighbours too. Enjoy Shanghai!

[@realcartoongirl]

the video end suddenly

[@skevx0]

Most people who worry about privacy in China don't consider that the same kinds of restrictions apply to both you and criminals, so it actually gives general public more power and freedom by limiting the actions of the criminals. And let's be honest, you are not important enough for the Chinese government to keep track of you everyday. Thank you for keeping an open mind Ken! I've been really enjoying your travel vlogs in China.

[@reverz9688]

That’s indeed true. The Gov has no interest to keep eyes on you as long you don’t commit a crime or do something illegal. No one has time to look through all cameras records with 1’4 billion population. Cannot image who wants to spend extra money just for doing what you are doing today😂😂😂😂

[@ssc-su3xj]

The cameras not only shield folks like you and me but also bring a sense of safety to the lawkeepers and even those on the wrong side. Here in the US, traffic cops have to nab rule-breakers on the spot, which can lead to tense situations and, at times, even gunfights risking lives on both ends. Contrastingly, over in China, cameras handle most of the traffic policing. If you disregard the rules, like speeding or running a red light, the cameras snap the deed, the system shoots you a bill, and you settle up using your phone. No direct confrontation, making things safer for everyone involved. I really hope Americans can adopt this kind of system. It would benefit everyone.

[@willgates8383]

London has a higher density of surveillance cameras

[@DucDigital]

@@reverz9688 thats why they put facial recognition. Automatic Id you wherever you go. You think there’s someone sitting in front of computer watching footages? So naïve

[@jameswong3638]

@@DucDigital Well I believe that is still for safety concerns, I don't think a security officer would be very interested about Li Xiaohong buying 2 Kilograms of Eggs in the markets. Rather they are more interested about Jin Xiaoming committing crime where they can get him within a week

[@usiohaki295]

When you ask people why they hate China, it is usually from what they read, instead of from what they see and experience.

[@harimakenji7608]

Dude.....theres videos of school children in china taught to hate America and Japan without even meeting them. And people have a negative view of china because of the government regime...people like chinese people..not the government.but schools teach kids that if u criticise the people.. you also criticise the government..blame the educational system. There's a huge difference.

[@jianxiongzhang4789]

I don't see any curriculum teaching kids hate anyone. You could find some biased teacher teaching bad stuff in any country, but it doesn't mean the education system is doing that. We know they are pointing at the government not the people, but the point is most of us in China are pleased with our government's service, and when we hear someone telling our government stop doing what we are pleased of and do something else like what happened in Syria, Iraq and Lybia, it's no wonder we'll get mad. Especially when it's us who will bear the consequences, not the haters.

[@harimakenji7608]

@jianxiongzhang4789 a quick youtube search can find video footage taken inside schools teaching kids that kind of stuff. I've even dated a few mainlanders and they alll tell me from young age, they were taught insulting or saying anything negative about the people or anyrhing is same as insulting the cc p and the country. It's also common knowlede atm

[@harimakenji7608]

@jianxiongzhang4789 what do you mean when you say telling government stop doing wat you are pleased with? A lot of criticism we hear are not goood things....such as welding people's gates shut during covid, preventing fire escapes and people died..or stop killing pet dogs thinking it can spread covid....people knew about this because frustrated citizens were fed up no ones doing anything about it and took videos of it to post online If it was goood...no one would say anything?

[@jianxiongzhang4789]

I don't need a youtube search, I saw bad teachers, and so what? A bad teacher doing something is equivalent to the education system doing it? A legal driver who's speeding means the traffic law is promoting speeding? For other bad stuff, I can name a few more if you want. Nothing is rare in a country with 20% of world population anyway. Such things are bad, they happen, and people suffer, that's 100% right. What I'm pleased of is exactly that our government actively fixing bad things, reducing them from and preventing people from suffering. I don't wish that absolutely ZERO bad stuff happen in my country because it's naive. So you can always list some. As long as it's trying hard to work on it, I'm pleased. @@harimakenji7608

[@alextjflorida]

I am a Chinese and from Northern China. We also fry dumplings. they are called pot stickers. It is illegal to reject cash in China.

[@srlong3067]

@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ You didn't tell a word of truth, disgusting fly.

[@stevendi9000]

@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ joker,nice to see you again from different place.how about your cardboard house on the street?

[@kevintang5473]

It's illegal, but small shop keeper tends to frown at you or claim that they don't have change... What I usually do when my foreign friends come over is to give them my backup phone with my Alipay logged in.

[@russelfang7434]

@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_ I'm trying not to make malicious guesses about the Indian operators behind your channel... But Chinese life standard is far much better than Indian's... You're really embarrassing yourself, kid.

[@thomasxuan7030]

guotie is also a Shanghai traditional street food

[@yudonghui]

Your friend is really helpful for you to get into the community and know the real life of Chinese people, not just tourism. Good!

[@Kiev-en-3-jours]

Chinese troll.

[@serriajohn]

Many small business owners do not need to pay tax in China, such as small cafe shops, small restaurants or small retailer stores etc... also, there is no household property tax, no heritage tax, if the landlord lets out their houses, there is no tax for rental income. China actually has less tax on people than European countries.

[@pagelu-mt7rh]

中国的个体户几乎不交税，税务部门也不会征税的。要求商户登记的原因大概是方便追责，如果出现问题。

[@user-yj7zn9vb1n]

@@pagelu-mt7rh 个人主要是是消费税，毕竟很多人达不到个人所得税起征点

[@user-kn1fb8el5p]

​@@pagelu-mt7rh但是增值税等等间接税可以说遥遥领先，只是民众不知道罢了

[@TL-so8qe]

Because you pay tax with VAT and Sales Taxes. These taxes were usually included in the price, so people don't notice.

[@user-kn1fb8el5p]

@@TL-so8qe 是的，所以很多中国人不知道自己交了税，没有纳税人意识。反而会去嘲笑别的国家买东西都要交多少税。中国人没有主人翁意识，不会积极的参与政治活动。

[@shivaattanayake4904]

My children left their e- bikes near the train station and traveled to Shanghai for 4 days. Returned to Hangzhou took their ebike and rode back home. That's how safe is Shanghai.

[@user-in8cd8kq1m]

家里离机场有100公里，开车过去，在周边找个免费停车，坐公共交通去机场，旅游一周左右回来开车，除了有灰尘其他还好。

[@Edwin-fk4yy]

bcos there are millions of cameras. Imagine what could happen WITHOUT those cameras?

[@user-in8cd8kq1m]

@@Edwin-fk4yy对我们正常公民没影响。没摄像头的话，各种犯罪会多很多吧。来中国玩，尽量把东西放在摄像头附近就好，比如停车啥的。起码晚上敢一个人走路上。😂😂😂也没啥枪支，暴力犯罪很少很少。

[@Edwin-fk4yy]

@@user-in8cd8kq1m 你的第一與第二句留言，已經間接承認某些中國人的“素質”。謝謝。

[@Edwin-fk4yy]

@@user-in8cd8kq1m 中國的地鐵站和火車站都有安檢，在北京的更加嚴格，為什麼？也不是因為發生在昆明火車站的“事件”。

[@sharonleong7120]

Your contents are always interesting and great. I enjoyed watching it and loved it. Thank you Ken.👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@rebellion0429]

Always love to watch foreign friends' vlogs of traveling in Shanghai. I know the feeling of exploring a whole new world on your own, it's super exciting! Thank you for the video Ken, hope you enjoy your days at Shanghai.

[@chaw294]

It's indeed wonderful to know and see how safe, modern and clean Shanghai is. Great to try all those Shanghai food as you explore around. Interesting tour in that superrmarket. Great video and thank you very much for sharing this interesting walk about. You have done an amazing job, Ken. Shout-out to Joseph and his gf too.

[@willl9791]

Thank you so much for your walk around of this city in China. Very much appreciated 👍🏻

[@liaojohnweechun7454]

Wonderful Videos from Herr KEN. SUPER 👌💚❤️

[@LC-sk2em]

I know some people in the comments section think this is because Shanghai is probably a rich city, so it's good. But I want to tell you that other cities are also very good, the only difference is that there are not so many people speaking English in other cities. I hope this gentleman can go to other Chinese cities, poor, ordinary, and rich, to see more.

[@zilaraka]

To be honest, China is really safe now. Sometimes when I go to work, I leave the key on my electric bike and don’t take it off. When I leave at night, no one rides away. In addition, in the community, I often leave the door of my house open and go to the roof to dry clothes. Sometimes my neighbors will remind me if I accidentally hang the key on the door. I am 21 years old this year. Since I went to middle school, I have never heard of people near me suffering from theft, robbery or other vicious incidents. Also, most cities in China are cities that never sleep, and many people wake up at 12pm at night. Even at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, people are still outside eating supper or having fun, and there are a lot of girls. I think this phenomenon may only be seen in China. Having said all this, I just want to say that China is really awesome. Damn it, I longed for the United States or European countries when I was a child, but later after using KZbin and some foreign news media, I discovered that foreign countries are indeed not as fantastic as I imagined. China may have many shortcomings, but for me It's good enough.

[@baiyun7810]

以前不行，现在出奇的安全

[@madaooxx]

not encourage this behavior, think about the purpose of the key.

[@zilaraka]

@@madaooxx I know, I just always forget it.😂

[@parkchunjae8471]

yeah, safer than 10 years ago (2013)

[@Josh-tz6qz]

you just chose to ignore the real suffering and crime. Take this from another Chinese guy born and bred in China. Yes China's megacities have evolved exponentially since the inception of people's republic, but they are nowhere near the Xanadu type paradise you described. Petty theft still runs amok. Let alone the smaller cities.

[@johannes4510]

Nice videos you are posting from Shanghai! I plan to visit there probably around next spring so it is good to get some details before.

[@fanlee8184]

对于你们来说最大的挑战是无现金社会和互联网社会，不清楚你们如何获取银行卡。所有的支付以及处理事情都是在互联网上完成的，外国人大多数会寸步难行，当然你们可以选择上海，北京一类的城市，那里说英语的人多一些。

[@EasyPeasy1337]

Going to watchin' such a great content 😊

[@katjun286]

Nice video. Very beautiful village and such a sweet old men. Travelling is about making new friends, memories and experiencing new cultures. 💕

[@tonyzhou6698]

Oh dear, that‘s not village, it's an community in city center of shanghai. Just the building is little old, looks like was built in 1970-1980s

[@GeoBerries]

You gotta shout out to your local friend. He's such a great tour guide and interpreter!

[@carlkkguy]

I enjoy your video very much! Keep it up!

[@josephkumnick7696]

Nice to see you with your friend again.

[@STEPPER9]

I feel you will definitely go back again. You can explore the other places. Just discovered your videos. I love your style. Very open minded with a smile. As someone who has lived in China for a long time and loves going to Shanghai it was very interesting to see a newcomer’s reaction to it.

[@user-cj5zq1sj5r]

the video is very nice,have a good day❤🎉

[@balkanleopard9728]

Well done. It's good to see something positive being said about China at last. Keep up the good work.

[@marsaeolus9248]

Nice video, keep up the good work :)

[@xiongfeichen316]

If you want to see China's past, you go to Xi'an. If you want to see China now, you go to Shanghai. If you want to see China's future, you go to Shenzhen.

[@user-bc1it1gm4e]

​@user-sq8zp7fr9n你看見习近说

[@user-cj5zq1sj5r]

True

[@bonaudi]

Shanghai is much more futuristic than Shenzhen when you know where to go. Don't get me wrong Shenzhen is awesome too.

[@ronnieastle1284]

@@bonaudi Shenzhen is a gathering place for the technology industry. Shanghai is a place for international trade

[@bonaudi]

@@ronnieastle1284 A better definition is Shanghai is Software (AI, FinTech, IT, BioTech, Logistics and Robotics) and Shenzhen is Hardware (¨THE¨ Manufacturing Hub in China). Work in the industry, I know the drill. 🤓

[@debidoo1644]

Very nice......❤😁 Happy Thanksgiving to you. Happy travels

[@xiangbowang3702]

Nice video. love it.

[@jvp9703]

Nice to see the residential side of Shanghai. Most vlogs only show the commercial district.

[@morekki1196]

Isn’t it a joke that the West, which claims free press, needs to rely on these bloggers to understand the real situation in a large country with an area of ​​9 million square kilometers and a population of 1.4 billion?

[@rogerunderhill4267]

ah… it’s not a free press. that’s the problem. most of us realise this and seek out independent media.

[@zlz95]

They need to make money and that’s why the so-called influential media will always feed people with what they want to see or what is the most eye-catching.

[@jianyingwu-hy1wq]

你可以自己来看看呀

[@samysdefer]

This is not the real situation in china😂 Its shanghai, which doesn‘t represent all of china. Most people in china are poor

[@chestnutridge4187]

@@samysdeferright, everything showed here is fake, satisfied?

[@chinkayeok6117]

Good to see you are able to explore Shanghai with friends. 👍😀

[@ZZZ35431]

It is so funny to look at you explore SH, good video

[@agb2024]

I love your videos. ❤🔝🥇

[@jillleong9386]

Shanghai has developed so much into a really ultra modern city since I last visited.I'm so impressed with all the landmarks shown to us.The delectable food is just so tempting.😋Enjoy your stay Ken!💕🇲🇾

[@KenAbroad]

I enjoy a lot, thank you 😊

[@Kiev-en-3-jours]

#verified_chinese_troll

[@brianquinn5060]

Great Video of the new world. Thanks.

[@WushuTaz]

I hope you take a longer visit to China in the near future. I'd really like to see more of the country from your perspective.

[@lewis3774]

Great video as always Ken, thank you!

[@KenAbroad]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@LW78321]

Great video! I really enjoyed it

[@limachlimach1458]

things in supermarkets are not cheap. Ken's appetite is really amazing.

[@h12vcl70]

In Asia it is considered rude for a younger person to ask the name of an older person. The closest you can ask is his surname and that was what the old gentleman gave you (and your translator asked from him)

[@Frozensea816]

thats ture

[@user-sq3yj7ln7h]

中国人会说：您贵姓

[@skipper2594]

(In asia??may be you talk about east asia) Most westerners think ASIA=china ,japan ,korea ,and thailand😂😂😂. Asia has more cultures and people with so different features than western so called typical asian.😹 And in my ASIAN country its not considered rude for youngers to ask the name of older person.(actually most of us even dont know what are the names of elders haha.being a asian and sri lankan 🇱🇰 it took me 17 years to know whats my grandma´s name even tho she lives with me for almost 18 years under the same roof haha.(may she gain the ultimate goal nirvana🙏).btw I consider chinese culture as so great and wise culture.I really admire the respect for elders in chinese culture and chinese culture makes me so relaxed all time when I memorize it.)

[@vonesuatra438]

Not in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, and many other Asian countries. You can not make generalized statement like that

[@ez3422]

If we meet someone for the first time, what we Chinese usually do is to ask his/her family name. To Chinese, if you call someone only by his/her name rather than family name, it means you are very familiar with he/she, or you are elder than he/she and want to show your kindness to he/she.

[@indonnegarabakso]

Ken , we need 1 hour video, 20 minutes isn't enough 😅

[@skyhigh8439]

thank you for the video

[@georgetownpenangmalaysia88]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful country. 祝您旅途愉快.Wish you really enjoy this journey and I wish I able to go China one day.谢谢Ken .

[@canonind1909]

An eye opening video. Get to see n know tat keys r left on cars n bicycles not afraid of being stolen. EV r quite widely used in the city which is a good way to reduce carbon emissions. The dumplings sure r tasty. 🤤 Interesting to see u browsing at various products sold at the supermarket. This awesome video ends wif u having the sticky rice. Wonderful video Ken. 👍👍👍

[@xiansheng12345]

As a native Chinese, I also feel that prices in Shanghai are too expensive. Wage levels, consumption levels, and price levels vary across China. In my rural area in Chongqing, potatoes generally cost one yuan for 500 grams per catty, and pork costs more than ten yuan for 500 grams per catty. Other daily necessities can be purchased on e-commerce platforms such as Pinduoduo, Taobao, Meituan, etc., with more options. More prices are cheaper.

[@liushuhan9010]

确实，我重庆人表示重庆是上海物价，新疆工资

[@xiansheng12345]

@@liushuhan9010 老乡，没听说新疆工资低啊，重庆物价有上海高我不觉得，重庆街边小面一碗也就人民币10元左右哟，上海可没这个价。

[@kongchang8247]

For westerners, these prices are relatively cheap in comparison to the inflated prices in the west, but for many Chinese, Shanghai prices are exorbitantly high in comparison. But so far, from watching so many westerners, most of them don't even bat an eye at the prices since it's still cheaper than where they used to live.

[@aishikpanja3931]

Really, the food is extremely cheap - cheaper than in Indian cities where wages are lower

[@afunguynamedkawhi7959]

The place he went is a large convenience store the price is more expensive than a real supermarket especially heavy but low value goods. You can get much cheaper groceries if you know the area well.

[@jeanyao6761]

I like your video very very very much!

[@nulnoh219]

I love browsing the supermarket or local markets when going abroad. Just to have a glimpse of how the locals live.

[@RicknMorty85]

Great job adding the supermarket prices in the video. Super helpful for comparing between different countries. I'm so surprised a first tier city in China has such affordable prices.

[@mikatimonen5449]

Comparing is hard between countries and even regions in a country as income and other costs should be taken in consideration. One thing you could compare how much is left after spending on necessary costs like housing, clothes and food. In Sweden on average a family saves $500 a month. In regions in China many families don't even that much.

[@RicknMorty85]

​@@mikatimonen5449 Yes but considering Shanghai is much more modern than Sweden in every aspect, and their food seems much cheaper (except for housing which is probably more equal if not more expensive than Sweden), I would say it's better to live in Shanghai, with the affordable and modern public transport mixed with affordable food and excellent nightlife. And the most important thing is China is MUCH MUCH more safer than Sweden. You can go out at any time in the night or morning and not have to worry about being robbed, or SA.

[@mikatimonen5449]

@@RicknMorty85 In every aspect? You have obviously never been to Sweden. What is better is a matter of taste. Actually you don't need worry to be robbed here either. Never been robbed. Not even near. In some areas with many migrants there is a risk at night but who goes there? When I was in Shanghai food wasn't cheaper in upper class restaurants. Probably was in street food places but I wouldn't try those as for food safety reasons. The food might have bacterias that Swedish stomachs couldn't handle.

[@RicknMorty85]

​@@mikatimonen5449 Yeah my Swedish friend had a very weak stomach, he moved out of Stockholm because he said Sweden was getting dangerous. He's living in Australia now where its much safer. He told me the crime in Sweden shot up 10 fold in the last 10 years and no one goes out at night anymore. I've been to Shanghai and eaten the street food. Seems like you're the only one who has stomach issues, must be a weak immune system. You should get yourself checked by a doctor incase you're immune compromised since the street food in China have undergone a drastic change in the last 10 years since they modernised heavily. Living in Sweden is expensive based on what I've heard from Swedish people myself. I would probably never visit Sweden or USA out of fear of safety rather than anything.

[@tchen8124]

@@mikatimonen5449Chinese saving rate is 44%.

[@DZ_ZenDrive]

I currently living in Vancouver, Canada. The top concern for me in the "western" countries is safety. It is way safer back in Shanghai than cities in North America and Europe.

[@user-bt3hv8dw2g]

傻杯@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_

[@EcoFustionTV]

dude I'm in the USA and its so scary, all the mass shootings, and it seems most Americans are just aggressive for no reason

[@DZ_ZenDrive]

Totally agree, it is inarguably one of the worst crime ever. @@EcoFustionTV

[@Gongxxxs]

​@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_well,we've already known that u didn't get educated😅

[@jayzhou2197]

@@SUPERPOWERCHINA_clown😂

[@xiuwenli7818]

Welcome to China, Ken. I am a Shanghainese living overseas and really get homesick after watching your tour video in Shanghai. I miss the foods and those streets covered by plane trees so bad.

[@user-fu8ob5cz2s]

good video❤❤❤

[@jamesqu4209]

Beautiful video and great city thanks

[@type-ke7921]

One of the reasons people tend to overestimate China's air pollution is that Beijing gets hit by sandstorms a lot. Don't get me wrong, China did have significant pollution problems, and there is still a lot to improve. However, a large portion of the images on this topic are actually sandstorms instead of air pollution because sandstorms create much more eye-catching photos than real air pollution. Of course, sandstorms are not good for health either, but I think there's quite a difference between it and actual pollution.

[@icedor6679]

沙尘暴无解的，从外蒙吹过来的，三北防护林都挡不住

[@jych-db5iy]

sandstorm is decreasing in China due to massively and constant desert preventing campaign launched by China government 4 decades ago.

[@hamusutaw]

@@jych-db5iy But the source of the sandstorm is Mongolia. China can only weaken the sandstorm but cannot eliminate it.

[@partricklin9749]

those polluted city in china are mostly in north china where coal mines are, not entire china, also that was like 20 years ago, not today, also US has more pollution than china

[@user-fiF5ei8tyah]

​@@truthtalkinternational nose bleed! Are u for sure cuz that sounds like outer space.

[@deanzaZZR]

I remember seeing a 可口可乐 bottle for the first time when I visited Fuzhou in the summer of 1986. I had studied Chinese before arriving for my teaching gig in Beijing so I understood and appreciated the creative use of the Chinese language. I might have had a small bottle at that time but I can't say I have had many other Cokes over the intervening years. My GF and I also visited Shanghai in the spring of 1987. To say the situation today is a night and day difference is an understatement.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

After having lived in China for many years it's interesting to see your perspective about things I'd forgotten were surprising at first, like the quiet electric bikes and green trees everywhere. I love to see old people playing cards outdoors here and you often see Ferraris painted in the most surprising ways. I've even seen Ferraris and other expensive cars with cartoon and anime characters on them😂

[@seanfish17]

Growing up here it is really refreshing to watch the video and be reminded of the aspects that I take as a part of daily life but are actually unique

[@user-yj7zn9vb1n]

行道树真的是中国城市一绝，日本街头鲜少看见绿化，更别说行道树了

[@edwardsnowden8821]

​@@truthtalkinternationaldo your own. haters gonna hate

[@eric000]

Wow great seeing you Ken walking about and experiencing the neighbourhoods in Shanghai. I Remember in one of your previous vlogs you showed China from a distance, it was not possible for you to come here. Hope next time you can stay there for longer duration. And you are able to visit smaller cities and show rural places. China’s a diverse country and Shanghai won’t be representative of the entire country. Also that you can manage to book cabs and do payments on your phone.

[@user-nt9uc5jw1i]

Love from Dhaka,,, Bangladesh ❤

[@shivaattanayake4904]

You should try the dish Beggars chicken from the restaurant chain grandmas kitchen. But be ready to queue up. Cause they're so popular.

[@chly8076]

i really love the final foods, like a rice pancakes i guess. Especially the fourth type, you can enjoy sweet and salty flavor together, i can't refuse it

[@sionyjosue3995]

Congrats ken

[@hongruicui2806]

dude you should come now. it's almost december and the outside temperature is 20 degrees at noon. really mindblowing even to a native chinese.

[@Giles20]

I actually really like how safe it is there China. Yes, less privacy but the trade off I think is worth it. Here in the UK, even city centres can be too dangerous to wander around at night. Not good.

[@jrwkd6114]

As a Chinese, I find it difficult to understand the connection between cameras and privacy. Behind these cameras are AI, and some cameras can only be replayed after a crime has occurred. In a city with 20 million people, there won't be people constantly checking the camera~😀

[@baileyshirleen37]

如果案件尚未被警方立案，乙方无权对其进行检查或监控。

[@yokaxi1011]

你都到大马路上走了，还要强调隐私，真是奇葩

[@lv9657]

London city has the most CCTV (camera) installed compared to the rest of the world's cities (including those in China).

[@Ilovecruise]

Actually, CCTV density in UK is much higher than china, it just goes back to whether the government are working or not

[@learning2800]

Thank you for such information of prices in supermarkets, in London the prices are 10 times more for the items you show in this video, people seem to have a great quality of living with food and and essentials.

[@secretfbi5205]

My family is planning to go to china next year, im honestly really excited but a bit nervous at the same time, thanks for making this video as I can get a bit more insight into what china is like 😃

[@afunguynamedkawhi7959]

The only thing you should worried is you may look like a fool like Ken who pays cash for everything. 😂Otherwise you won't have any difficult to navigate Chinese major cities as long as you do some home work. Also you you have trouble go find a police he/she will help you out. They are not called people's police for nothing.

[@TheDysartes]

I would definitely try and get either Wechat or Alipay set up before going as it'll make life a lot easier in China. Virtually everything is paid for with payment apps, barely no one uses hard cash anymore.

[@brianwang4828]

i just love when some poeple talking about loss thier privacy becuase of all the security cameras in the public space when they have literally just post thier selfie and their lunch food pictures on social media with location tag 😂

[@seekx2y556]

You know, this is actually a way for many people to smear China

[@impopquiz]

Ur right but there’s a difference, it’s their choice to post. 😅

[@directxxxx71]

​@@impopquizEven if they posted their photos, no one would care to look except a few friends of fans. So who would have time to keep an eye on a nobody 24/7

[@Mikel.Thomson]

Saya sangat iri dengan sistem keamanan penduduk setempat di Shanghai seharusnya pemerintahan Indonesia bisa menerapkan hal seperti ini untuk kedepannya karena kejahatan bukan karena ada niat tapi karena ada kesempatan

[@Kiev-en-3-jours]

Pro communist troll.

[@JzAdyy]

Thanks for this amazing video Ken. Definitely want to visit Shangai someday 😁👍🏻

[@tonyzhou6698]

Not only Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Yangzhou are also good for travelling. And they are very close, No more than 2 hour train trip.

[@leexiaopi]

Nian Gao Tuan (the sticky rice snack) is a Shanghainese breakfast item 😊

[@davdav1370]

About 80% of neighborhoods in Shanghai are actually gated communities(technically semi-closed as seen on video). Government is actually looking up ways to open them up.

[@chengli4738]

疫情之前都开放，希望开放。

[@afunguynamedkawhi7959]

It's a old culture die hard. I agree they are not necessary.

[@saahan-nn1fe]

Masyarakat yang terjaga keamanannya? Pertama, kalau Anda bukan anggota komunitas ini, apa yang Anda lakukan di sini? Kedua, banyak komunitas yang terbuka

[@davidc5191]

When I was in Shanghai in 1987 on business, none of the hotel rooms for Westerners had locks on the doors. A big difference from today is that there were no passenger cars on the streets - just buses and taxis. But there were throngs of people on bicycles.

[@ruemignon]

Just like Chunli's home stage in the Street Fighter game.

[@jianyingwu-hy1wq]

您老80岁了吧？

[@Trust_but_Verify]

No locks so police can enter freely?

[@lulubao9491]

true，I'm from Shanghai. In the 1980s, there weren't many immigrants，it was very safe，we didn't lock the door when we slept at night.

[@jessonjesson1980]

@@Trust_but_Verify At that time, it was safer than now, and many people didn't lock their doors when they slept at night.

[@JetFeng]

you like dumplings you should try the Guo Tie in shanghai which is very famous, shanghai style dumpling

[@geoffreybonnel1205]

Welcome to Shanghai/Modu! I have been living in China for 12 years and Shanghai for 5 years. Just living my best life here. You still have much to visit!

[@sonja3626]

It’s so interesting to see Shanghai from a foreigner perspective. I’m can feel your strong curiosity to the world. You need to definitely visit Chengdu sometime.

[@KenAbroad]

Would be cool to visit 😊

[@Alex_k_Q]

@@KenAbroadtry to get a real 10-year tourist visa 😂

[@YG-lt8nq]

I was born in Shanghai now live in berlin since 2000,at that time Germany was a totally different country than now day, after 23 years German cities and society change a lot, some time in negative way. The main problem is the safety

[@user-om7qz9vi3i]

Great vlog. Welcome to Beijing sometime in the future.

[@madfoxx1592]

In the chips section the one with green bag is actually cucumber flavor.😂 you all most touched that one.

[@XingzhouSong-qm6br]

You may identify whether a car is electric-powered by seeing the license plate. If the background color of the license plate is green, then is a electric-powered car, and it will be fuel-powered if the background color is blue. For example, the taxi 5:27 is electric-powered and the pink ferrari 4:19 is fuel-powered

[@echooohce]

Ken, have a nice trip, there are a lot of clowns in the comments of your video, I think you just traveled to China and objectively showed some daily travel video content, but some annoying guys commented that you are political Propaganda and keep talking about some false junk information that has nothing to do with the content of the video. I don’t know how those people who make malicious comments about your experience promote China in their national media. Why are they so malicious? Maybe objectively The content still cannot change their shallow understanding about the world and china. I hope you don’t care about those guys in the comments. Please enjoy your life in China, wish you good luck.❤

[@KenAbroad]

Yeah you're right. I'm just here documenting my experiences as a regular tourist, nothing else. Thanks for your comment 🙏

[@deonchen455]

两个大男人悠闲的逛超市😅！ 也挺好玩

[@Boombastic928]

Is part 2 coming? I m curious

[@ankHank-fs1zr]

Your friend Joseph speaks very good Putonghua and English. He and his girlfriend greatly enhanced the fun of the tour. Good job!

[@AuntyJack123]

It's one of my favourite things to do in a new country is to have a nosey around their supermarkets 😊 I'd love to be there with an interpreter makes it a lot easier!

[@KenAbroad]

Haha same 😆

[@TheDysartes]

I like to nosey around the supermarkets abroad as well, my wife thinks I'm odd...lol@@KenAbroad

[@jackchan3193]

I'm going to visit Hangzhou soon.

[@user-sz3jf6kg5x]

I am a Chinese living in Hangzhou. Hangzhou welcomes you and wishes you a pleasant journey.

[@ericmo1165]

nice video in China😊

[@mikatimonen5449]

Don't see that on Chinese media either. Thanks for sharing even I saw about the same myself when in Shanghai

[@leon_z1201]

GERMANY NEEDS MORE SECURITY CAMERAS. I'm a Chinese living in your home country Germany (Hannover to be precise), and I 100% agree with you that the lack of security cameras has significantly increased the crime rate. The costs of committing minor crimes in Germany are almost equal to zero because there isn't such a deterrence that "the police will find me very quickly". The police cannot even catch a single suspect for years because the only method they can rely on is to search for witnesses... I've heard so many times that sexual assault suspects can't be found, thieves can't be found, and even terrorists can't be found... My friend got robbed in Berlin, and he received a letter from the police after 3 months, which informed him that they were going to abandon the case because the suspect couldn't be found anywhere. Many perfumes in a local Rossmann shop in Springe (a village near Hannover) were stolen by a bunch of kids, and you know what, the police were not able to catch them even with a helicopter flying around. This is just ridiculous. In contrast, during the past 20 years I spent in China, this kind of thing never happened. Germany really needs to change something.

[@mrnobody1083]

之前我钱包也被偷了，到警局报案也找不回，也一样收到警察的信

[@tamdingphuntsok9280]

…but the privacy (of the criminals) must be protected

[@iulia828]

They are busy with rainbow with feminism with environment. Look, even their football team no longer focuses on football but on rainbow.

[@Dafty2k]

True I 100% agree with you but look for example at London who has the most cameras per capita and still can’t solve the crime problem. Because the problem is not that stuff like that is missing more there is for some reason no will (political and from germans themselves) to solve things similar to the homelessness problem if we like actually addressed the problem and did something against it that isn’t just some facade it could’ve been solved but we don’t! And yeah it’s like a guarantee in Germany that the moment u leave ur bike unlocked it gets stolen. I mean my friend left it unlocked for 5 minutes and mfs really came grabbed it and took off

[@Dafty2k]

@@iulia828that’s exactly the problem with Germany and the whole western world! Just focusing on brainrot political talk that is in reality just some useless stuff that got created from the gameification of politics which became a mere popularity show! People literally became to stupid and just focus on bullshit like this without addressing the real issues and YOU are part of the problem!

[@DITITALXXXX]

The reason why there are so many electric cars in china is because Chinese government has many favorable policies when you are trying to buy an electric vehicle. Such as you don’t need to pay favorable policies of it. It’s cost almost ten percent when you are trying to buy a fuel-efficient vehicle. And some other taxes such as emission tax and more. And Shanghai is a city with restrictions on the issuance of vehicle license plates. But not including electric vehicles. So buy an electric car is the best way to have a car in that giant city. And btw electricity is very cheap in china. Civilian electricity between 21:00pm to 8:00am is almost $0.05 per kilowatt. Otherwise is $0.1. Commercial electricity is about $0.3-0.5. So it’s very cheap if you are driving an electric car in China.

[@johnwang9730]

19:50 here I think you missed the best Lay’s flavour I never see outside China: cucumber 😂

[@Trust_but_Verify]

Does parking garages have a lot of L2 charging stations for overnight? Or do people need to use super charging since they live in high rises?

[@crazypikachu2549]

Please make more video on china

[@gretali1769]

Actually local people seldom go to that super market as the price tend to be expensive.

[@Guoenyi]

Ken. Love your vid. Very calm and informative. BTW you brother from Dalian cheated on you with halfassed translations a few times. I'm sure he means no harm ofc ;)

[@sarojdhakal21]

I like the text design of cococola from china . It's unique and gives sci Fi vibes

[@Self-funded50Cents]

The safest big country in the world, no doubt

[@antonycao]

Thank you for doing a public service for your viewers from the west. People do not deserve to be lied to.

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

Northern Chinese food are wheat based, like noodles mantou baozi jiaozi and pancakes. We in the south also love them although we don’t grow wheat and southern staple is rice

[@mr_nobody_from_asia]

Well, Ken started to say, "ya, ya,ya..." 😂

[@joshuacai3263]

He is a German,maybe “Ja”😂

[@user-dq5mn7mq9n]

Remember to eat 蔥油餅 in Shanghai ，it's delicious

[@jing23332]

😅我都在街上走了还怕摄像头？这是什么意思呢？

[@IamJosh.-un2ty]

A communist country will monitor every move of its people, just get used to it!

[@apocain]

我现在看见附近没摄像头，我反倒觉得不安全😮

[@SuperFan-wn8ei]

A communist country will monitor every move of its people, just get used to it!

[@yokaxi1011]

估计是随时准备作案吧

[@user-eg1zz9jc5y]

The CCP likes to monitor people, just get used to it!

[@0animalproductworld558]

Very nice.

[@garywilson1688]

I miss the beer in the old days (20 years ago). REEB (beer backwards) was my favorite. $0.30 for 1/2 liter. It was a joint venture between an Australian and Chinese company. But Budweiser took over! Yes, it tastes just like Budweiser in the U.S. No thanks.