7 Culture Shocks I had in China

China is a huge and diverse country with different ethnic groups, languages, cultures and food. If you go to south like Guangzhou, you will see that they love their soups.

In fact, the preference of Chinese people for white skin is a historical phenomenon, as in the past, people who engaged in heavy physical labor were usually outdoors, which led to their skin being very dark. Chinese people, due to their desire to become wealthier people, have led to an aesthetic trend towards white skin. This is also why Europeans initially described Chinese people as "white people like us" when they arrived in China, because their hosts were wealthy people who did not need to work outdoors, so their skin was not tanned, and most of them had white skin

China seems a whole different world to me in a good way ofc. I've seen lot of travel videos in different countries but China always hit different like they've built there own world inside the country. Love to visit there one day

Thank you for this excellent video. So clear and informative. Ican’t wait to experience China. I watch all Chinese series on Viki. I especially like the costume dramas, Dynasty and historic series. I also love the language because it is musical and soft. I’ve tried to watch some Korean series which are good but the harshness of the language grates on the ear. At one time I worked for some Chinese people and was amazed to find they had the same sense of humour as us and were such hard workers. I was so impressed. I’m trying to learn the language at the moment but as I am in my 70s, find it very hard, it is fascinating though and very interesting to study more so than any other language. I like the Chinese people I have met and can’t wait to go there where the films are made. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking and huge, I can’t wait to see it.

i was impressed with how clean and safe when visiting Shanghai, high contrast with San Francisco.

Awesome video and great editing! 👏 The way you speak to us, viewers, is captivating and it makes the vid all the more interesting. 😁 I haven't been to China in over 8 years, so it's cool to see how modern the cities have become!

Not all soup dishes the soup is supposed to be eaten. It depends on the dish type. Some soup noodles for example, the soup is equivalent to condiments like soy-sauce, ketchup etc, just used to flavour the noodle but not supposed to be eaten by itself once the noodles' are finished. Some soup noodle the soup is supposed to be finished, because it's not made to be condiment to the dish itself. So be careful, by finishing 'soup' when it's not really soup.

I thought the biggest shocks for a foreigner would be the wide use of digital currency, the ease of online shopping and the vast network of high speed bullet trains. Shanghai is the largest metropolitan in China, not exactly representative of the country, go to some of the 3rd, 4th level cities to experience real China. Beijing for example, is very different from Shanghai. Hope you enjoy your stay in China.

Guess what, Chinese is the most spoken language on earth. Once you can speak Chinese you suddenly can communicate to 1.3 billion more people on earth. Isn't that a cool thing to do?

You have just described one city, Shanghai but I guess if you have a chance visiting other cities, big and small, you will have a lot of surprises for your Vblog. China is such a huge country so harmoniously diverse and yet uniform. You will have much to report about.

Compared to many developing countries, the streets in China are very clean. No homeless people around. Many foreigners living in China have commented that China is very safe country with very low crime rate. People are very friendly too.

Thank you for your video that was very interesting ! Well done, explained and edited !

Thank you for your videos, they’re great to watch and very insightful! I will be moving to Shanghai in a few months, so these introductions to the city are very useful 👍🏼 Keep them coming!

Love this video! Your observation is accurate and tbh these are things I never really notice but they are true 😂😂

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your thoughts😊

Great summary! Keep doing and Share!

I have more experience of Chengdu, which is also a mega city with 21 million people living there. May I add a a couple of things that was a positive experience for me when I first came to Changdu in 2015. It's very clean. - No trash or grafitti. There is none of that. - Well dressed people. Especially the young (maybe up to their fourties) dress very well. No sloppyness, showing their crack, wear down jeans och shoes. Very tidy people. (Except from some who spit in the street. There are more of that than back in Sweden I can tell - Sense of safety. I can walk ANYWHERE in the city and not feel threated by violence. Girls sit in parks after dark doing their homework and noone approach them. And in coffee shops. The chair and tables and be left outside without them getting thrown around, stolen och trashed. They are not chained down at all. And public toilets. Very very clean, atleast in Chengdu. And again, you can go there without someone approaching you. I'm aware that the above is not 100% true all the time. What is your experience? I'm asking the people in the comment section here :)

I found the 7th very interesting! Haven’t noticed that before. There’s a lot of reasons to explain why people don’t finish their food. The one you mentioned counts one. And sometimes as a restaurant owner or a host if you don’t provide enough food (to some extent it means beyond regular size) people might not think you’re as friendly as they expected. Though there’s another Chinese traditional culture is don’t waste food. But I’m confused as well because from my experience I think it really depends on situations and it is very hard for us to finish noodles, especially the noodles dish when you eat out. 🤣 On the other hand, modern Chinese culture cares more about the way they look, like the 3rd culture shock. Eating less is another way to show how they care about the calories they intake, for the young female generation especially. I’m living in a western city and I found it’s very easy for me to finish a pasta dish but there is always something left in my Asian noodle bowl. 😂

interesting perspectves! Hope to see more! Thank you!

Nice, I am excited, I will be going to Shanghai next month for a few days.