The Media Lied About Safety in China?! 🇨🇳
Summary
TLDRIn this video, two Western travelers, Luke and Naomi, dispel myths about China by sharing their experiences in Chongqing. They address common Western fears and misconceptions, highlighting the country's safety, friendly locals, and the ease of entry for EU citizens. Contrary to negative stereotypes, they find China to be welcoming, with no incidents of scamming or hostility. The video encourages viewers to challenge their preconceived notions and consider visiting China for its rich culture and warm hospitality.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video discusses the misconceptions and fears Westerners may have about visiting China, often fueled by Western media portrayals.
- 🌐 Western media often paints China as oppressive and restrictive, which has led to a skewed perception among some Westerners.
- 📚 The speakers, being Westerners themselves, initially had reservations about visiting China due to these stereotypes and fears.
- 🛂 They benefited from China's 14-day visa-free entry policy for EU citizens, which eased their travel concerns.
- 📱 Concerns about losing access to Western services like Google and banking were alleviated once they arrived in China.
- 🏙️ Upon arrival, they found that life in China is not as secretive as they had imagined, contrary to Western perceptions.
- 🚦 The video mentions observing everyday rule-breaking behaviors in China, challenging the stereotype of a society living in fear of a social credit system.
- 👮♂️ The speakers felt very safe in China, even more so than in many Western countries, with no experiences of theft or scamming.
- 👩✈️ The immigration process was smooth and welcoming, contrary to their expectations of intense questioning.
- 💬 Despite the language barrier, locals were friendly and curious, often engaging with the speakers in a positive manner.
- 🌟 The video concludes by emphasizing the vastness and diversity of China, encouraging viewers to explore beyond their preconceived notions.
Q & A
Why did the hosts of the video feel compelled to discuss their experience in China?
-The hosts felt compelled to discuss their experience in China due to the negative stereotypes and fearmongering they encountered from friends, family, and the Western media, which often portrays China in a negative light.
What misconceptions did the hosts initially have about China before their visit?
-The hosts initially had misconceptions about China being oppressive, restrictive, and secretive, with a belief that Westerners would not be welcomed and that they would lose access to familiar services and freedoms.
How did the hosts feel about the ease of entry into China?
-The hosts were pleasantly surprised by the ease of entry into China, particularly mentioning the 14-day visa-free entry for EU citizens, which made their visit more accessible.
What was the hosts' perception of the Chinese people's attitude towards Westerners?
-Contrary to their fears, the hosts found that Chinese people were friendly, curious, and open to interacting with Westerners, often engaging in conversation and offering assistance.
How did the hosts' experience with the social credit system in China differ from their expectations?
-The hosts expected the social credit system to be highly visible and restrictive in China, but they did not observe it affecting people's daily lives or interactions with them as Westerners.
What was the hosts' experience with safety and personal belongings in China?
-The hosts found China to be very safe, with one host even leaving their phone unattended in a barbershop and finding it untouched upon return, something they said would not happen in their home countries.
How did the hosts feel about their personal safety as Westerners in China?
-The hosts felt very safe in China, with the male host stating he felt safer there than in any Asian country he had visited, and the female host agreed that she could move around freely without worry.
What was the hosts' experience with the Chinese police and immigration officials?
-The hosts had positive experiences with Chinese police and immigration officials, who were friendly, non-intimidating, and did not subject them to rigorous questioning or scrutiny.
How did the hosts perceive the media's role in shaping their initial opinion of China?
-The hosts believed that Western media, particularly from the United States, played a significant role in shaping their initial negative opinion of China due to political biases and the portrayal of China as an adversary.
What advice do the hosts have for Westerners considering a trip to China?
-The hosts advise Westerners not to be afraid of visiting China, emphasizing that it is safe, the people are friendly, and that the negative perceptions are unfounded. They also suggest preparing by setting up local apps and payment systems.
How did the hosts' experience in China compare to their experiences in other countries?
-The hosts found China to be significantly safer and more welcoming than many other countries they had visited, including those in Europe and the United States, where they had experienced higher crime rates and scamming.
Outlines
🌏 Western Perceptions and Visiting China
The video begins with the hosts addressing the common Western concerns about visiting China due to negative media portrayals and stereotypes. They discuss the fear and misconceptions they had before visiting, including the belief that China is restrictive and oppressive. The hosts, being Westerners themselves, share their personal experience of traveling to China to challenge these stereotypes. They mention the ease of entry with the 14-day visa-free policy for EU citizens, which encouraged their visit. The paragraph highlights the initial apprehensions about losing access to familiar Western services and the fear of being in a secretive and controlled environment.
📺 Media Bias and Personal Biases
This paragraph delves into the influence of media on shaping perceptions of China in the West. The hosts acknowledge the top-down media narrative, particularly from the United States, which often portrays China as an adversary. They share their preconceived notions influenced by Western education and media, which painted China as unsafe and unwelcoming. The speakers also touch on the irony of having opinions based on limited knowledge, using the analogy of disliking seafood without trying it. They emphasize the importance of firsthand experience over preconceived biases.
👀 Observing China's Reality and Cultural Differences
The hosts share their observations of China, challenging the Western narrative of a society living in fear under a strict social credit system. They describe their surprise at the normalcy and freedom they witnessed, such as people driving through red lights and spitting in public, which contradicted their expectations. The paragraph highlights the cultural differences and the realization that the Chinese do not necessarily align with the Western view of their society. The hosts also discuss the cultural shock they experienced, realizing that China has its own distinct reality separate from the Westernized world.
🛡️ Personal Safety and Cultural Curiosity
In this paragraph, the hosts discuss their feelings of safety in China, especially as Westerners. They share a personal anecdote about leaving a phone unattended and finding it untouched, which they say would not happen in their home countries. The hosts express that they feel safer in China than in many Western cities, attributing this to the friendliness and honesty of the Chinese people they encountered. They also mention the cultural curiosity they receive from locals, which, despite sometimes making them feel a bit uncomfortable due to the language barrier, is always positive and without malicious intent.
🏦 ATMs, Takeaways, and the Safety Narrative
The hosts compare their sense of safety in China to other countries they have visited, emphasizing that they feel secure performing everyday activities alone, such as using an ATM or getting takeaway food. They share their experiences traveling in various parts of the world and assert that Chongqing, a city in the middle of China, is significantly safer than many cities in America. The paragraph also touches on their positive interactions with the Chinese police, who are friendly and not intimidating, contrasting with their apprehensions and past experiences with law enforcement in other countries.
🛂 Immigration Experiences and Misconceptions
The hosts share their positive experiences with immigration in China, particularly contrasting it with a negative experience in the United States. They express their initial fears about the immigration process due to anxiety and the potential for rigorous questioning. However, they found the Chinese immigration officers to be welcoming and non-intrusive, with no extensive questioning. The paragraph highlights the ease of entering China and dispels fears about the immigration process, which the hosts had anticipated to be difficult.
🚶♀️ Fearlessness in Travel and the Warm Chinese Welcome
In the final paragraph, the hosts encourage viewers to reconsider their fears about traveling to China, based on their own positive experiences. They discuss the preparation needed for travel, such as setting up payment systems and apps, but emphasize that these are not sources of fear. The hosts share their experiences of not encountering scams or negative attitudes towards foreigners, which contrasts with their experiences in other countries. They conclude by expressing their intention to return to China for further exploration and encourage viewers to keep an open mind about visiting this diverse and welcoming country.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Western Perspective
💡Fearmongering
💡Stereotypes
💡Media Bias
💡Safety
💡Social Credit System
💡Cultural Difference
💡Immigration Process
💡Scams
💡Curiosity
💡Perception
Highlights
Westerners often face misconceptions about China due to media portrayals, which can lead to fear and hesitation about visiting.
China's visa policy, such as the 14-day visa-free entry for EU citizens, encourages more Western tourists to visit.
Western preconceptions about China being secretive and restrictive were challenged by the travelers' personal experiences.
The ease of entry and friendly locals contradicted the travelers' initial fears about visiting China.
The travelers felt they had biases about China without firsthand knowledge or experience.
Media from countries like the USA, which often portrays China negatively, influences Western perspectives.
The travelers found that Chinese people are open to conversation and not living in fear as they had expected.
China's social credit system was not as pervasive in daily life as Western media suggests.
Physical safety in China, including leaving personal belongings unattended, exceeded the travelers' expectations.
The travelers felt extremely safe in China, even more so than in many Western countries.
China's cultural differences, such as direct eye contact and curiosity, were initially off-putting but not malicious.
The travelers experienced no scams or negative interactions with locals, contrary to their concerns.
China's immigration process was smooth and welcoming, unlike the travelers' previous experiences in other countries.
The travelers encourage others to visit China, emphasizing that it is safe and the people are friendly.
Despite visiting non-touristy areas, the travelers felt comfortable and safe, challenging the narrative of China being unwelcoming to foreigners.
The travelers plan to return to China for further exploration, highlighting their positive experience.
Transcripts
welcome back to Chongqing mainland China now today we want to talk about something that has
happened to us before which is that uh a lot of our friends family people that we know and so on
were sort of asking us why are you going to China because obviously there is a western perspective
on China that might not necessarily be the most positive at all times and I feel like or we feel
like there's a lot of fearmongering happening around China itself around the country around the
people and so on and uh we kind of also felt like there was not a whole lot of coverage about the
topic of is China safe for Western People what is the general situation what is the feeling and so
on so we just decided to basically hop on here and uh talk about what is actually happening in China
for Western People yeah so we are both westerners obviously I'm from marand Naomi is German and we
decided to visit China quite simply because of these stereotypes and of the sort of perception
that uh a lot of the world paints on this country so Western media as a whole I don't really need to
even say it but I'm going to Western media and a lot of the West in general Paints the picture of
China as being like the number one most evil country in the world it paints it as being
purely sort of oppressive paints it as being very restrictive it paints it as being sort of you're
not going to be able to do anything type of a situation and that before we came here before
we uh decided to travel here that's something that really freaked both of us out in a very very big
way so we initially started planning the trip to come here we started looking at flights looking at
different Visa options and then thankfully China decided to do a 14-day Visa free entry for the
EU people from the EU which is us so gladly we uh qualified for that and that's another reason
actually that pushed us towards uh coming here so that's a fantastic sort of addition to what
I'm saying here ease of Entry so we were terrified about this for a long time we always thought they
don't want us in their country because they're obviously hiding everything and the West thinks
that uh everything here is very very secretive Under Wraps you cannot uh have a look into the
daily lives of people and that's something that we were terrified about when we initially were
planning to come here because the thought that was in our head was when we arrive here in China
what are we going to do we're going to lose access to everything quite literally everything that we
know in the western World things like Google things like uh different banking uh ways of
banking ways of taking money out we had no idea how any of that is going to work and
that basically scared the crap out of us and we genuinely came here because both of us obviously
have we have our own bias every single person in the world has their own bias but uh usually you
have a bias uh because of something that you heard or something that you maybe learned in school or
something like that and um I don't know I feel like look and I yeah I feel oh she's so cute oh
no she dropped her phone oh no oh no I hope it's okay I made her drop her phone U no so a lot of
the things that you learn might not be necessarily be positive uh when you go to school in a western
country and we had an opinion of China Without Really knowing anything about it I feel like
and um I'm going to turn you guys around so you can actually see what's going on around us and
I always just feel like sort of um it's difficult to have an opinion about something when you don't
know anything about something so like for example I don't know the way I sometimes am a lot of times
I would be like oh I don't uh like seafood or whatever but I have never tried the local seafood
and my opinion is actually has no uh no base to it basically and I have no reason to say that and I
feel like that's kind of uh what happened with us and China hello uh wait is it safe to go thank you
oh thank you shishi how cute was that welcome to chong ching he said and um yeah so I don't
know we were maybe a little bit scared a little bit frightened there's a lot of fearmongering
happening and we had an opinion on the basis of basically nothing and that's a difficult situation
to be in like just having a negative mindset or a negative opinion about something or a fearful
opinion about something without having a basis of that opinion basically yeah I feel like and this
is going to sound pretty interesting I think for a lot of people that are watching that are probably
from the West I feel like uh there's a lot of brainwashing and a lot of sort of Mind numbing
stuff that goes on on both sides so obviously a lot of the modern day uh government system that
is set up all over the world and this is not me just being like a type of a conspiracy head or
something like that this is just generally what is actually going on in reality most of the time
is your getting fed a lot of media so media comes from the traditional sort of media aspect I mean
like from TV and radio and the state control sort of situation that coming from the West to a lot
of Europe and to America and to Canada and things like that it's coming from the top down and that
information is heavily sort of filtered through things like politics now obviously the number
one place that a lot of media comes from uh in the western world is the United States of America and
because that's where it comes from in the first place who is the number one enemy of the US does
anybody have any guesses uh it's the country that we're currently walking in right now and that's
China so it's very obvious that a lot of the media that the US puts out is going to be biased against
the country that they don't like very much it's going to be biased against the country that they
have a lot of sort of opposing political views to uh it's the same here so it's the same situation
here obviously a lot of the media that's going to come out is going to reflect different views in
different ways depending on what way the country from the top wants the world or wants the general
population to view different aspects so I suppose that's probably why a lot of the people including
us that's why we had that picture painted in our minds that China is not safe China is going to
everybody's going to hate us H nobody's going to want to speak to us cuz that's I was just
saying this to Naomi when we were uh just as before we started filming this before we came
here I genuinely thought that nobody would want to even look at us that everybody would be terrified
of speaking to us that their speech would be so heavily restricted because they're so terrified
of this you know social credit uh system that I always always assumed was the case I haven't seen
it once here I've seen people do things that I never thought were even possible uh to do
in places like Europe I've seen people drive through Red Lights I've seen people spitting
in uh subway stations I've seen people uh sort of like breaking the rules if you want to say that in
many different circumstances and having absolutely no regard for that and I genuinely thought before
coming here that that would not be the case I thought people would be terrified I thought
people would be living in fear and I didn't think that they would be able to freely speak
to us which has happened many times here by the way yes exactly and that's maybe something uh if
you are Chinese or maybe from the Asian continent uh and uh just listening or listening to what we
have to say um that's something actually that we think in Europe or in Germany and in Ireland where
the two of us are from we cannot necessarily talk about the other countries in Europe because that's
not where we're from um we think or we get this portrait painted of China as if everybody here is
super aware of their social credit score and uh I don't know you align yourself with people that
have a similar score or maybe you're not allowed to leave the country because of whatever number
that is attached to your name and face basically and um walking the streets of China we haven't
seen a single person talk about it show it see it there's people uh breaking the rules there's
scooters driving on the sidewalk which might necess I think that might actually be okay okay
with the law here but there's a lot of scooters for example driving on the sidewalk which would be
illegal in Germany and uh there's people breaking red lights there is people walking j walking stuff
like that and uh nobody cares about a social uh credit score and don't get me wrong this is not
a we're not trying to paint the China is perfect type of a video here either like every country has
its positives and negatives it's not like we're trying to portray China as like the uh joyous
heavens of of paradise or something like that uh it's more so that we're genuinely questioning um
why we have this perception of course there is other things to it uh things like Google things
like YouTube where you're probably watching us on right now uh are not necessarily legal in
there is certain things that you cannot use but there's other things that you use instead and
that's uh very very interesting it's just not the same as what we think is normality but it's their
normality I mean they don't have to have our normality it's just different yeah and that's
one of the things that stood out immediately to us as well culture shock wise it was a big
culture shock to us uh we basically realized that inside China there's a whole different
sort of reality it's uh something that's very disconnected from the rest and from the sort
of uh westernized world I guess you could say and that's what I wanted to touch on here as
well because I just wanted to sort of put across exactly in terms of safety like actual physical
safety uh today just literally now a few minutes ago I went and got a haircut and you'll see that
in one of the separate videos I went and got a haircut in the barber and I put my phone down
just before I went to get my haircut and I left my phone there got my haircut got up paid the guy
left The Barbers was gone didn't realize that I didn't have my phone for roughly around 20 minutes
half an hour even had walked all the way up the road away from where The Barbers was and then I
realized I don't have my phone on me this Barber Shop had like six guys in there six Chinese guys
all of them by the way very very friendly towards me didn't overcharge me for the haircut uh charged
me exactly the same as any local would pay I left the Barbers without my phone realized
it we walked casually back towards The Barbers and my phone was sitting in the exact same place
where I left it that's something that I'll tell you right now me coming from Ireland would never
ever happen in my home country and that that's not me being disrespectful if there's any Irish
people listening that's just me being honest uh if you were to leave your phone behind if
you even were to set your phone down for a second in a restaurant or something like that your phone
would be gone in 2 minutes even if you turned your head to the side and you didn't realize
that you weren't looking at your phone for a second like that your phone would be gone in
some European countries you might even be looking at your phone and somebody just takes it casually
swipes it while off the table while walking past the table that also has happened quite
to a lot of our friends in cafes and stuff like that in Italy or in turkey or wherever you know
so very very true and in terms of physical safety uh me as a guy I am a tall white European guy uh
in terms of feeling safe I have and I'm being honest here and this if you guys think that we
are being sort of pushed to make this type of a video we're honestly not I swear we are not being
to make this video this is genuinely just to put across how we feel in this country me as who I am
in this country I feel genuinely the safest that I have probably ever felt inside of a of an Asian
country and I believe now Naomi as a white female I I'm 100% certain that she can walk around here
freely uh on her own even and not have a single worry yeah that's exactly true um maybe like I
don't know every now and then you might feel a little bit uncomfortable because obviously
people are looking at you and the language barrier is just um very very high so like maybe younger
people maybe younger people like the girl in the car there I don't know if you saw her she just
pointed at us and they might speak a little bit of English but not necessarily a whole lot and older
people they're not there's no chance that they even would remotely speak English and also why
like they don't have a reason to speak English if we're being honest here they have a a giant
massive country and uh they don't need to speak English in this country so there's not really a
whole lot of reason for them anyway they uh might look at you in a very intense way because they're
just shocked to see a white person I mean we are in Chongqing since we arrived here uh I
don't know I don't think we have seen a single white person I think we are the only white people
since we arrived in chong ching CH changu was a few but quite literally we're the only uh white
people that we've seen SE seen in Chongqing since we've arrived we've gotten plenty of stairs out
of curiosity we've gotten plenty of high fives and handshakes people will just start speaking to you
in Chinese uh even though you don't understand they literally will just speak to you but it's
always them just sort of asking you questions like why are you here and uh where do you come from but
it's always very positive that's exactly what I wanted to to talk about so people might look at
you like in a very intense way and they're not breaking eye contact whatsoever H but that's
just a cultural difference like for for us maybe coming from a western perspective looking at a
person very intensively even coming from Germany where the the Germans there is very very popular
and very well known um it's kind of a little bit on a different level here but that's just
a cultural difference and it's um not not because they're malicious or whatever or they want to take
something off of you they're just genuinely curious and they want to talk to you but they
don't know how and that's just the that's just the situation that it is they they might look at
you which makes you maybe comfortable depending on the person that you are for me sometimes it makes
me a little bit anxious but um other than that uh really nothing like the nobody ever comes close to
you if they have the chance like here where it's like a lot of space they wouldn't come close to
you they have a lot of sort of physical distance uh culturally unless obviously you're in a crowded
place and um everything is fine like I genuinely would go to an ATM by myself taking money out or
U I don't know get a Chinese Takeaway or whatever it might be uh hello me uh by myself and I would
be fine whereas in other countries I would be like maybe a little bit iffy about it or on the defense
about it so yeah it's very very safe incredibly safe yeah uh I've traveled a lot obviously both of
us have traveled a lot we've been all over Asia we've been all over Europe I've been all over
nearly everywhere uh I've traveled quite a lot in the United States as well Naomi was there once too
I was there I think maybe four or five times in the states uh all over different sort of parts of
uh America and I'll tell you something right now guys this right here local Chongqing in the middle
of nowhere quite literally in China is 500 times safer in any city that is in America and I'll just
tell you that straight up that's just how it is and I'm sorry to any American that's watching this
cuz Americans a lot of times have this sort of uh internal fascination with America and uh me
being who I am I'm someone who's very fond of America and I love a lot of the things about it
and I am someone who is if I'm being totally straightforward and honest with you guys I'm
someone who has always been very fond of that country and of the Constitution that they have
and of the way that they freedom and things like that that's me 100% and that's the reason one of
the other reasons why I had so much doubt about coming to visit this country China uh because
because I really really love a lot of the values that America has and I always thought I always
thought that I was very much against the values of a country like China that's not the case at all
since I've arrived I found out that it's actually quite the opposite of what I thought it was uh
you'll realize that people can freely laugh and talk they freely uh walk around together speaking
to whoever they want whenever they want speak very loud as well speaking very loudly as well there's
no such thing as being like quietly speaking here and I believe that's something to do with
Chinese culture the whole sort of speaking with your really sort of echoing your voice out there
curiosity from the people every person wants to speak to us constantly they come up to us like we
just said and they'll just start talking talking talking talking take pictures with us there's no
sort of being scared of who we are or anything like that quite the opposite actually so in terms
of uh sort of being afraid to come here you have absolutely no reason to be uh the police that's
another thing I'll touch on cuz that's something that I was very afraid of as well an immigration
too the police in this country really incredible so we've come across many of them uh even like
security and different like Metro stations the police in general that are out on the street all
they do is literally just wave at us hello some of them will say how are you one time I went into a
bathroom here in in changu I went into a bathroom I had a duck stuck to my hat or a chicken stuck on
my hat the police officer just said that's a nice chicken and then he started having a laugh with
me they are really not intimidating people and I don't see a reason for you as a Westerner to be
afraid of coming here especially if you can figure out the Visa situation and if you can figure all
of that stuff out it's a very smooth process and I think that's what Naomi wants to quickly touch
on is just how incredible the immigration process was here as well exactly um I was really scared
because I'm like uh I don't know sometimes I'm a little bit socially weird I guess or socially
anxious so I was just um I guess scared of the immigration process because you know you're in
this type of situation where you try to enter a country and then they're like oh what do you want
to do here or in the US for example when I try to I have a German passport I Tred to immigrate
immigrate I try to go through immigration in the US and uh I got questioned really hard and the
guy made me feel uncomfortable and I didn't really know what to say because it was like a work trip
you know so it's like not really organized by me or whatever I was just invited to go uh on a
sales kickoff basically and uh then I don't know I was made really uncomfortable and I thought it
was going to be so so difficult to enter China basically because I thought uh the questioning
was going to be a lot more a lot heavier maybe they're going to remove you to an extra room and
then we're going to be separated from each other and I have to ask that's what I thought January
that's what I thought in uh on the contrary we got on the plane we arrived uh in changu International
Airport the guy looked at me he scanned my password and he said welcome to China and he
didn't ask a single question a single question nothing I got the guy that I had oh my god the
guy that I had literally was just like so uh what cities do you want to see and I just said CH ching
and changu he said oh good choice welcome to China there was it I was it I wasn't even asked that
question I wasn't ask anything was ask nothing because I have a a German passport and I believe
Germany and China are quite close so there was nothing just literally welcome to China that was
it yeah so in terms of immigration it's nothing in terms of safety it's safer let me put it this
way it's safer than 99% of the destinations that you think are totally fine so for example
Barcelona one of my favorite cities in Europe I love Barcelona I love Spain I love Madrid I love
everywhere in Spain I've traveled to Spain so many times as an Irish guy that's literally The Chosen
destination of a vacation for most Irish people but I'll tell you what people are waving out of
their cars at us the destination of choice was is Spain but I'll tell you what for Irish people
Spain Barcelona especially Barcelona at the moment unfortunately is way more dangerous you have a
huge pck pocket marketing problem in Barcelona you have a huge cleanliness problem it's quite
filthy in a lot of places and crime in general it's really really high all throughout Europe and
all throughout a lot of America a lot of Canada even a lot of the Americas in general is a quite
high crime so if you're looking at that and you have no problem at all with going on holiday
to somewhere like Rome or Paris or Barcelona or Greece or anywhere like this the crime rates in
those places are substantially higher than where we are right now in China so why are you afraid
of coming here is it just because you think that the government is out for you or something like
that because that's what I thought it's not the case at all we have to say though as well that we
only experienced uh changu and changqing so far so I don't know there might be dangerous parts
of certain areas out there but uh we didn't experience any of but maybe just to preface
preface it a little bit uh we have experience in these two cities and that's uh the extent of our
experience and also maybe another thing that I was really scared of was uh scamming I thought
oh because we don't speak the language you know sometimes you don't know what things are supposed
to cost or you don't know um how to ask for the price or whatever we didn't have a single not one
problem in the entire time we have been in China now we we are I'm so trusting of Chinese people
that I would literally go with my alipe and I let them type in the number because even if I figure
out how to ask how much is it they're going to answer me in Chinese I don't know Chinese numbers
so I just go and I show them my alipe they type in the number and uh it's always exactly what it says
on the menu so that's very true really no problem what's coming we've been all over southeast Asia
we've been all over lot of South Asia and this is our first sort of Eastern Asian country now
in China but we've been scammed in the Philippines we've been scammed in Vietnam we've been scammed
before in Thailand we've been scammed there's people in the Burger King waving we've been
scammed in uh quite literally we've been scammed in India we've been scammed in Sri Lanka we've
been scammed in a huge amount of the countries nearly every country actually that we've been
to where we've not been where we're obviously not locals it hasn't happened once here so keep that
in mind uh zero scams zero sort of uh aggravation towards you as a person who's very clearly not a
local it's actually the contrary here a lot of times uh they type in a number into my alipe and
I'm looking at it and I'm like are you sure this is the price this is it seems to be too little
right now for example with the barber experience that we had with Luke where he typed in 301 which
is under four when it was like nearly an hour of service or with my nails or with the food or stuff
like that it's just a lot of times it actually seems like they're trying to undercharge you
yeah true that's what I get like a lot of times they'll literally give you stuff for free just to
say welcome so yeah keep that in mind guys and I hope that we have by us telling you these things
like we're literally in areas that are not even popular tourist destinations as westerners here
in China and we feel very very comfortable we feel very very safe and we hope that we have hopefully
calmed you down a little bit if you are preparing for your trip to China and don't get us wrong
as well you need to prepare a lot like you need to set up certain apps certain software certain
payment systems that might be it's better if I think if we put that into a different video
different video you have to prepare a lot but it's not the things that you actually have to be scared
about so there just forget being scared there's no reason to be scared yeah yeah it's a it's a big
very big very beautiful place and uh we're going to be coming back here many many many more times
as well and this is not our our last video we have many more videos but we will be making a lot more
trips here just because we want to explore a lot more and because of what we just spoke about in
this video it's a very positive experience China is also such a vast country with so many different
people so many different areas Cuisines and so on so I think you can probably spend a lifetime
in China trying to see it all and you're not going to see it all that's true guys but for
now my name is Luke my name is Naomi we are the two mad explorers and this is your reminder to
keep exploring and I'll see you guys in the next China Adventure shy for watching byebye
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