China is not what you think it is.
1. I think China is OVER-polluted
I have heard a lot about how polluted China has been, the air here is so bad, until I come here.
There are trees and flowers everywhere in the city. I don’t even need a mask when going out because the atmosphere is so good. I can breath the qualified air with very green background, green ponds full of fishes along the road.
No motorcycle here but cars, bycicles and electronic vehicles.
And almost all of the public toilet I have been here are so clean. Very impressed!
Even a small pond in a small village is taken care very well
And there are a plenty of fishes in this small pond, too
2. I think the country is very NOT MODERN
Guangzhou is so big but everything is very in order. The road is big, clean and in order, too. Even the pavement here has the size of a road in my city.
The public transportation system here is so developed. Wow. Metro and buses here connects all areas of the city, you can go everywhere in the city by metro and buses. Using Baidu app is super convenient, you don’t need to understand Chinese to use the app, just put the Chinese address in and then, they will show you exactly which metro or bus you should and the guide you there.
So, don’t worry if you cannot speak Chinese, everything is as comfortable as a peice of cake.
3. Chinese is not an advance in term of technology
No one uses CASH here. Everything, I mean every single thing in every corner of China, is paid by QR CODE (Wechatpay and Alipay) and Face Recognition. So, it feels very weird for people here when I use cash to pay.
You came to a convenient store, take something, go the the cashier, stand in front of a camera and your payment is done. So crazy to me.
Chinese people don’t need to bring cash alont with them. And my friend told me China started to apply QR Code payment system since 2013, so 6 years already.
The very old people in very old village use smartphone, too.
Even begger or vendor on street has their own QR Code. So, no cash please.
4. You will easily get ROBBED here.
A girl walking on lonely street at 11pm or 12am is safe here. Camera is everywhere with Face Recognition technology, so everything you do is tracked. That’s why it’s super safe here.
It was 11pm when I was there.
Even on DIDI app (similar to UBER), there is always a button to call police at anytime. And if you take a taxi after 11pm, the app requires you to put “an emergency number”, just in case.
Every time you go to a metro, there is always a security check gate.
BONUS : China can maintain their TRADITION VALUE so well
Though Guangzhou is a very modern and developed city but you can very easily find a lot of traditional houses, buildings, villages all around the city.
Been watching Chinese historical and costume movies since childhood, it was like walking inside a real movie to me during my very first time here in China. Everything I have been just seeing through a screen, now I can witness by my eyes and temporary be a part of it.
This is a real Chinese village, just beside a very modern area full of tall buidings.
Inside this village, I can see so many houses like this, exactly what I have seen in those movies thousands time before.
One more thing, the people here are very friendly, though I cannot speak Chinese but every time I ask for something, they always try to help me extremely.
