CHINA is NOT what we expected - FIRST 24 HOURS in Beijing 🇨🇳

We fly to Beijing, China for the first time sharing our first experiences and impressions of the city, this is the 1st Day of our 4 week trip through China, as we explore this undiscovered country, from Beijing in the North to Guilin in the South.

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0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Travelling to China
0:52 - Landing in Beijing
3:18 - First impressions…
3:53 - First meal in China
5:57 - Taking the subway
6:49 - Temple of Heaven
9:45 - Tiananmen square
11:20 - Catching a DiDi
12:17 - Best viewpoint in the city
14:30 - Trying Pekking Duck

[Earthman]

I've been to China four times already and knew this. Yet, most of my co-workers, neighbors, and friends (in the USA) don't believe me that China is a great place to visit. They think my photos and videos are only of "what the Chinese want me to see". Does not matter that I keep telling them I was free to walk around these areas, unescorted.

They further refuse to believe me when I say China overall has cleaner looking streets and public parks than what we currently have in America. All of a sudden... I find myself surrounded by "China experts" who make ignorant statements like "the Chinese are all starving and live in old run down deteriorating dirty looking cities". The other ignorant thing I often hear is "The poorest Americans live better than the average Chinese". They say this and yet has never visited China once.

Thanks to folks like you who post these videos to try and balance out all of the lop sided negative propaganda fed to people in the West by the news media on a daily basis.

[zimuli]

Welcome all such friendly foreign friends to visit China.

[isaiahmcclure]

Nice! I'm an American thats been living in China since 2018. I try to tell everyone on the internet, the China is not at all the way we were taught it was. It's honestly a great place. Within my first 3 years in China I was able to buy a new home, and a new car. My wife is Chinese and I honestly can't see us ever moving back to the US

[bwmxfcq]

I have been to Beijing, and there are many historical sites and palaces from the last century in Beijing. Unlike the prosperity of Shanghai, Beijing is more of a political and cultural center. I also want to visit Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Chengdu. There are many scenery in China that are really great.

[WhatLastForEver]

Be prepared for the trolls, there will be questions coming to you like "how much CCP pays you ?", "is the color of the sky under lens ", "are you under surveillance all the time".

Just ignore those trolls, hope you have a very good time in China.

[thomaszhang]

8:53 you can interpret it as “Friendly Tips” or “Kind Tips”. It’s some nice tips that may warm your heart and make it melt.

[yfexl-]

3:34 The cameras are for traffic use. Some are video sensors to control the traffic lights. Some are to capture illegal traffic behavors.
The two guys mustn't know which city has the most density of cameras in the world. It's London.

[maekmo]

Thank you for coming China and share to everyone this video.Welcome such kind visitors!

[michaelnaluz]

Cities in China are so huge and spacious and beautiful. They have famous food to crave for. And also, Emily you are so pretty🥰

[DavidDONG-ibxl]

Be forewarned, every blogger who travels to China is frequently asked one question: how much money do you receive from the Chinese government? Although the questions were in English, the questioners were mainly from the Internet Army in Taiwan, China.

[ChinaExplorerTour]

Absolutely loved this video! Your adventure through the local markets and historical sites was fascinating. Keep these amazing vlogs coming!🥰🥰

[neoh.tadano]

As a home sick person, it's quite excited to see hometown city through two energetic British travelers' eyes after 5 years been abroad 😮

[janelee]

Enjoy your time in China! We had a great time and can't wait to go back!

[guangchengdong]

Thanks for sharing! Enjoy watching your video!

[csgtmvn]

As Chinese people, we never boast about how convenient and comfortable our lives are on social media. Our 5000-year-old culture has always taught us to be diligent, kind, harmonious, responsible, and filial. We love our neighbors, friends, small families, and our large family (the country). This culture allows us to disregard others' smears, except for Japan. China has a variety of delicious foods, beautiful scenery, and profound cultural heritage. We welcome everyone to visit China and learn about it. The fake news on social media has created deep prejudice among many foreigners who have never been to China. We don’t expect everyone to understand China, but we hope that after visiting, you can learn more about our history and culture. Then you will understand why China has achieved such tremendous development and progress. We welcome you to give us more rational and critical suggestions, as China is not a perfect country and has its shortcomings. Perhaps from your perspective, you can identify more of our shortcomings, and our government will gradually improve and continue to enhance the quality of life for our people. Thank you!

[kibqkds]

144 hour China Experience Card
If you feel good, come back again

[llkcscb]

For the famous Beijing duck restaurant, you can take a waiting number online and take a city walk nearby. You can check the waiting time online

[WushuTaz]

I jumped onto this late but happy to see that you guys finally decided to do a proper tour of China. Looking forward to watching you other China videos.

[gdepdld]

China doesn’t only have Beijing and Shanghai, there are cities not advanced developed like them.
You can travel to these small cities, but I believe the experience there will also attract you!

[yrrnijx]

It's great that more and more ppl knowing the real China.