I am happy that China has been able to raise a lot of people out of poverty, and greatly improved their infrastructures. They are also mass polluters and support warmonger countries like North Korea and Russia, both of which China supports economically despite sanctions. I am happy that quality of life has improved for Chinese people, but I cannot get over the fact that China has a bad reputation in international affairs, and being a westerner myself, I will care about my quality of life in the EU, not that of the Chinese people. Please stop supporting Russia's threat to the EU.

Other than the cameras and culture, I think China governed well to lift its people out of poverty and hardship. When people’s needs are met, there are no reason for its people to commit crime. It’s like why the need to commit crime when you can have a proper job and make a decent living.

Absolutely concur what Iain is saying, I am not just an echo but someone who has lived here for over 12 years and speaks from experience and extensive travel around China. Any doubts come and see for yourself.

Brother, you truly understand Chinese culture. The camera only serves as a warning, and the reality is that Chinese people are so polite and civilized. This is an ancient civilization with a 5000 year culture.

You are spot on about the confucius cultrue making a difference. In China，there is the term 儒家文化圈 meaning confucius cultural ring which covers all the countries and regions that uses Chinese characters or used Chinese characters in the past in their languages. This basiclly include the Greater China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and maybe Singapore and part of Malaysia. What you will find in common of these countries, among other things, is less violent crimes, cameras or no cameras. I won't deny that cameras contribute to the better public safety in China, but I don't think that is the main reason.

Must be nice to live in a place where you don't have to be constant vigilant. Every time I go out, I have to be vigilant, and carry some kind of protection for a number of reasons. I am sure things are more safe in China compared to anywhere in the West. Stress shortens your life, and living in a less stressful environment is priceless in my opinion.

❤China is really safe and beautiful. Just forget everything Western media told you.

As a Chinese I would not say my country is 100% safe but still safer than most countries I’ve been too For example USA , Uk , France, Italy just to name a few.

You are 100% correct. It’s both the cameras and culture. Chinese parents are very “strict” and very “demanding” as the west like to discribe it. Instead of understanding the Chinese teachings of respect, humbleness, do the right thing, and care for family, especially parents and elders. They teach their kids, hard work will lead to better quality of life.

Loving your video, including the music.

Unlike parts of the West, the social contract has not broken down in China - between government and people, and amongst people in a community. It helps that the population is relatively homogeneous at over ninety percent Han Chinese, and that it had a proletariat revolution (unlike, say, India).

I commented on Canada’s economy… I am just understanding this at the moment because apparently it has lower growth than the U.K.!! Still learning… but any insight from others here would be useful 👍🏼

You are very insightful. Chinese culture is as mixture of Confucius, Buddhism and Daoism. Confucius tells people to value virtue, personal cultivation and family relationship. Buddhism teaches people karma and retribution. Everything you do, good or bad, has consequences. Daoism values the harmony among oneself, people and universe. Chinese don't think one can get away with guilt by pray or something. If you commit something wrong, you have to take responsibility and bare with it lifetime. Chinese style pray or worship mainly for paying gratitude or good fortune.

So true culturally we Chinese are peaceful and not violent ... hopefully we can have something similar to 144 hours tourism visa too to your country always wanted to visit Glasgow or Edinburgh

Thank you for showing us the real mainland China💯💖👍

As a Chinese person I have to say things are not alway like this. I am in my 40s, I still remembered when I was a kid there were some stolen things happened in our neighborhood. Even when I went to the university around 2005, my walkman was stolen and my roommates they all had experiences of some belongings stolen. But the situations do change after 2018. No one steals your cellphone on the street even you just put it in your jean's back pocket. This also makes me feel amazed. I think the main reason is people do get richer and now nobody fucking cares your cellphone because they have more phones than you🤣

I find the Scottish accent very appealing, there is a Scottish couple (alan and Shannon) that spent a week learning Chinese... imagine the entire Chinese population starting to speak Scottish version of English, that would be so awesome!

When talking about safety of foreign tourists, the safety is not only about violent crimes, but also about petty theft, robberies, car break-ins. In China you basically don’t need to worry about these. On top of that, hotels, food and transportation including taxis are much cheaper than the Western countries.

Totally agreed with you 👍

Thanks for sharing the ideas

Hearing ‘Flower of Scotland’ and bagpipes encouraged me to share this wee story: In Melbourne, I played drums in a Pipe Band for 30 years (age 10 to 40). In 1994 I moved to Hong Kong (it was the only way to escape the band - leave the country - or so I thought. Day 4 in HKG I receive a call from the Pipe Major of the HK Pipe Band. They’d been told I was in town and asked if I would like to join. I did - as a drinking member! Scots are everywhere in Asia. I have proof having judged the drumming at a Pipe Band contest in HKG Covention Centre. Band after band, all in full Scottish kit and EVERY player being Asian. It took me a little while to get used to it but it was a most wonderful experience - and totally unexpected. Hope your lum is reeking. Stay well.

People normally steal out of hunger and desperation. When the social fabric is stable and when the society is free from extreme financial hardship, crime rate will be low. Security cameras are necessary tools to help control crowd especially in very large cities and to facilitate tracking of crimes. Security cameras are not exclusive to China but are installed by many countries in cities like New York and London but with little significant impact on crime rate as compared to China. A combination of civid consciousness, culture, education, financial well being and strict law enforcement etc contributed to public safety and order. In China, no individual rights or freedom is permitted to override public common good.

Thank you!

Totally agree with you Ian, it's the Culture.

I went to the UK for my uni study 14 years ago, at that time China was way less advanced and safe than what it is now, but I could already sensed the decline, unstable vibe both on security and economy in European countries compared to China, especially in big cities like London, where I studied in, compared to Shenzhen, where I did and do live in now. It is more of a systematic false, an irreversible and unchallengeable destiny of the path of the Western hegemony, which built on old-time and neo colonialism, without more others to exploit, it gets less cheaper recourse to power up, leads to less self-driven power to improve and innovate, which has less capability to compete, then less market shares to make profits and less fortunes to subsidies domestic the first-world way of living, and so on back and forth. So I think it is really a tipping point for the European Governments to reconsider their choices, whether to stick with Uncle Sam or be more independent, and change their ways of thinking towards to regions outside of Europe, aka the white man's burden. Some of my classmates also from China at the time chose to give up their nationalities and immigrant to the UK and the US, and some of those who are still in contact, told us that they really wanted to come back, but unfortunately, the Chinese citizenship is more or less an one way ticket.

I agree with you on this

thanks for your videos!! Would love to visit China! Would actually want to move there.

I have lived beside the black building for years(Chaoyang park area). The building was designed by a famous architect Ma Yansong. love it.

Read somewhere that London has more cameras per square km than Beijing? Cameras help, but it's the culture that makes the real difference

Unfortunately Scotland is heading home early from the Euros. The Scottish fans do deserve an award for the best fans at the Euro. 👍

London has the most cameras in the world among all major cities yet you hear stabbing to death every three days

The camera exist for law enforcement purposes. Most countries law enforcers have camera on them when they are on duty for evidence collection. Normal people won't be bothered by surveillance camera, only criminals and laws offenders would feel concerned.

You are right, most Chinese are not out there to do you harm

我是一个中国人，我这辈子亲眼看到枪支的数量小于十次： 1大概是1988年左右，我的父母在一家工厂工作，工厂的门卫室里锁着重型机枪，工厂的图书馆墙壁上挂着步枪。 那时候有民兵训练。 因此工厂都配有枪支。 我们小朋友有时候会透过门缝去看那些枪。 2大概是1992年左右，政府严打黑社会，在学校的礼堂当众宣布一些死刑犯的罪行。 宣布罪行后，武警拿着枪押解死刑犯去刑场。 我们当时作为学生，观看了宣判罪行的整个过程，可以看到武警的步枪。 3大概是2000年，江西景德镇国家领导人来视察，我在当地读大学，看到警察骑着摩托腰上佩戴了手枪。 4大概是2006年，广东广州，我有一次在天河区区政府门口看到警察腰上佩戴了手枪，可能是当时有什么重要的会议。 5大概是2014年，广东深圳，一个派出所举办了警务展览，展出了防爆车，狙击枪，手枪等武器。 我带着孩子去参观。 6大概是2021年，广东深圳，我有一次在大鹏半岛爬山的过程中，遇到了武警的野外训练，武警们携带了训练枪穿过山岭。 我可以看得出里面有真枪，也有假枪。 在这四十年的大部分时间里，我几乎无法亲眼看到真正的枪械。 就连警察也不能随意的携带枪支。 我觉得没有枪械的社会让老百姓感到安心。

You are walking around at the north part of the east 3rd ring road, which is the "old money" of Beijing.

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The Nudel bar in 7:30 was closed already😂

Can you imagine IF China was like the USA??..... 4x the terror!

8:26 pay attention the security guy behind you, he is trying to approach...8:35 he is actually waving to your camera😄

欢迎来到中国。感谢您对中国的公正公正评论，中国人民欢迎所有友好国际人士来华访问

You're right. If the culture is disintegrating, no amount of cameras will deter uncivilized criminals, as we're seeing in an unnamed rich country. Where blatant shopliftings or target elderly crimes...are the norm.

最近我才知道，安全对其他国家原来是很奢侈的事情

The good news is from July 1st Australian, New Zelanders and add one more European countries is Poland no need visa enter to China visa free for 15 days after the eleven European countries (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium and Spain)*, Malaysia^, Singapore^ and Thailand^ no need visa enter to China. *15 days ^30 days

China no guns , no drugs overcapacity freedom like US

Absolutely. Most people credit cameras or authoritarianism but it boils down to culture.

@ForAllLifesAdventures, re: Canada, population in April 2024 @ 41 milllion, international student population @ 1 million. Also, do look up immigrant numbers during Trudeau's leadership, it's gone up much higher compared to the past. As a result rentals $ remains hight, prevents investors from defaulting on their loans as mortgage rates climbs higher. Seems like the economy is based on sales of expensive homes, rental income, and international student fees. Other observations.... due to the increase in population hospitals are busier, trade with China had declined. I found this quote, "Canadian imports from China have been largely subdued throughout 2023, with each quarter showing contraction compared with 2022. For the entirety of the year, imports from China declined by 10.98% YoY, amounting to a total of $89.21 billion". We have a short term thinking gov't.. to say the least.

Are you from england?😄 I guess for your accent. Enjoy your time in Beijing.

Sometimes, I don't like this. The overly safe living environment has made me lose my awareness of risk prevention. My preventive measures look like a plan for elementary school students after going abroad, and when traveling abroad, I am like a rabbit waiting to be slaughtered.

事實上儒家文化圈的中国日本韩国新加坡等都很安全

I really miss Beijing, thanks for the videos. As youtube is outlawed in China, is it permitted to make. and upload these videos or could you get into trouble if discovered by the authorities? Just asking because i might do the same if its permitted if i go back.

Chinese Govt does not tolerate anti social behaviour and coupled with the Chinese societal standards on frowning on deliquency and truancy.

Generally, cities in the West are crumbling and getting dangeroud because of rising unemployment, drug addiction , deprivation and divisive politics . It's the opposite in China. Cities are flourishing and safe.

经济好了，人们生活好了，素质高了，社会也就稳定了 政府多年扫黑除恶行动

Because we have too many cameras used to spy on average people but London, NY, Sydney, and Paris don't even have one camera(a joke).

不，我们非常忙 主要是只想干自己的事情~哈哈哈

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Civic societal safety is just not a one facet solution. It begins at home with family values, at school with disciplinary values and in life with societal Confucian values. Confucian values is deep in virtues and rituals ! Confucius emphasized the importance of moral excellence and virtue over relying solely on penal law for governing society and a society governed by legal law alone will perish and we are seeing this today in most western cities and countries !

Most dangerous place in China: night market. All your money in pocket is gone and you bring more than 10 pounds fat in your stomach to home. 😂😂😂

Very good video!

那个哥们很不错，显然你更了解这边的文化。👍

I am Chinese and I love my country

中国在过去几十年的经济和社会进步无疑是惊人的。快速的工业化、基础设施的发展以及扶贫工作使中国摆脱了极端贫困，并成为全球重要的经济体。然而，在这些显著成就背后，仍存在许多挑战和复杂的现实。 中国的外交政策引发了许多关注，特别是对朝鲜和俄罗斯的支持。尽管中国支持联合国对朝鲜的制裁，但仍与朝鲜保持重要的经济联系，常常抵制更严格的制裁。此外，中国对俄罗斯在乌克兰的侵略行动没有公开谴责，反而加大了与俄罗斯的贸易，间接削弱了西方的制裁力度。 在国内，中国的经济增长伴随着收入不平等的加剧，尤其是城乡之间的差距。虽然北京和上海等城市繁荣发展，但许多农村地区仍然落后，缺乏优质的教育、医疗和就业机会。此外，工人的福利也是一个值得关注的问题，许多人面临长时间工作和低工资的情况。尽管工作条件有所改善，但劳工活动常常受到压制，劳动纠纷的信息也被严格控制。 中国的人权问题依然严峻。政府对媒体和互联网的严格控制、对异见者的镇压以及缺乏自由选举的状况，与民主社会享有的自由形成鲜明对比。少数民族，如维吾尔族和藏族，面临严重的虐待，政府将其政策称为维护稳定和社会秩序的必要措施。 中国的环境问题也是一个重大挑战。作为世界上最大的温室气体排放国，中国面临严重的空气和水污染。虽然政府采取了措施应对这些问题，但快速工业化带来的环境影响依然显著。 中国政府在宣传上投入大量资金，以塑造公众舆论，往往淡化负面新闻，同时宣扬成就，激发民族主义情绪。这种单方面的描绘掩盖了中国社会政治景观的复杂现实。 总之，尽管中国在经济和社会发展方面取得了显著成就，但这些成就不应掩盖仍然存在的巨大挑战。经济不平等、工人福利、受限的自由、环境恶化以及有争议的外交政策都对中国的未来走向提出了严重的质疑。全面认识中国的现状需要既看到成功，也看到需要显著改进的领域。

Why bother with the cameras unless you are cheating.

There are many safe countries to travel around in the world. Cultures aside, Asians tend to defer to Westerners partly because of the long history of colonialism and influence. Go Scotland!

Let's remember, wherever you are in the world, people are nice. All countries are different, not better, not worse, just different!!

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I lived in Xinjiang, China, I missed Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, I'm now back in Wales, I miss China. Both countries have positive & negative, stop this this division, we are all family!! 🤝

Another thing about Chinese race is face. If you are doing well your children have good jobs etc it's having face . It's embedded in Chinese culture

Because they have no yt who are famous for violent

What makes it so safe? The political leaders, of course.

A video debunking western lies on China usually exceeds 10 hours long!!!🤣🤣🤣

No Western governments, what else?

With rising mindless nationalism China is not as safe as it used to be. That's a fact. I lived there for 7 years. Big contrast from the first year to the last.

I have to disagree with Ian here. I myself have personally witnessed petty crimes on the street of Guangzhou, and I've got a friend who got robbed broad daylight on the street of Beijing, the main reason for fewer pretty crimes these days, I attribute to digital payment, that is cashless. Within maybe just 10 years people pretty much have stopped using cash. Thieves and robbers disappeared because even when they get their hands on your phone, it's next to impossible to access, let alone used it for payment. Another reason is the end of absolute poverty, meaning fewer people are despair enough to do crime, especially when there's little to gain, and high chance of getting caught (cameras).

You are a foreigner who really understands and understands Chinese culture. What you said is very correct. The main reason for China's security is Confucian culture. If you just rely on thousands of cameras. It will always have a blind spot. In Chinese Confucian culture, harmony is the most important. It advocates peace, friendship and mutual assistance among people. So even in places where there are no cameras, no one will want to hurt others.

hahaha did you check out the security guard behind you lol at the end and its beyond safe in China. Plus check out how so polite western people are at the airport immigration entering China hahaha

Hiya - I don't think it's the culture...I mean, every culture promotes the well-being of its society. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a society for that culture! I rather think it's the economic system - socialism vs capitalism. Capitalism is a system that promotes class exploitation. Therefore, thieves or robbers are, in essence, no different from an army invading a country for plunder. Say, Iraq, for example. Socialism, on the other hand, is a step towards Marx's "From each according to gis ability, to each according to his needs". In such a society, there is no need to steal or rob. I quoted Rosa Luxemburg here before, and I'll quote her again: "We will end up with socialism...or barbarism".

你是为了钱夸中国，我知道你是签约博主🤭

It's a dangerous place if you say the wrong thing.

Culture, economy and technology. Placed by importance.

China is the biggest agriculture country ,It produce 5 times than america.China is the biggest industry country ,It produce 2 times than america , 20% of american GDP is medical，7% of china GDP is medical.Haircut in america cost 25 $,and china cost 25RMB, From this number you will find chinese have sufficitent food ,all of everything is affordable.and have a good price. so it is the basic of safe ,china have a lot of cameras and very strict of laws ,All of this make a very low of criminal rate ,It as low as japan

Hello, I am a journalist from China. Are you still in Beijing? We would like to interview you. If you are no longer in Beijing, do you have any other friends planning to travel to Beijing? If you are willing to accept our interview, please reply to us and let us know how to contact you. Thank you very much!

buy 2 tickets , one to india , one to china, then you know everything. 😂😂😂😂

how much ccp pays you ?