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How do foreigners evaluate China after coming to China?

Civil servant 2017-12-16

Q&A post of Quora Forum in Zhihu, USA! The original text and comments have been translated, and the English original text has been omitted!

Title: Have your views on China changed after your real visit to China?

The following are selected comments from Quora netizens (the original text has been translated):

Deval Mehta, Ph.D. student, Nanyang Technological University

Generally speaking, people who have never been to China are biased against "traveling in China". I am an Indian and currently live in Singapore. On September 20 17, I had the opportunity to visit China (Beijing, Wuzhen, Shanghai) for two weeks. I will make a list of all the misunderstandings about China that I found during my trip.

1, the basic information is not in English?

This is a very common view of "traveling in China". Before people travel to China, everyone will think that all the information there is in Mandarin, and it is difficult to be alone. Even my China colleagues in Singapore warned me. So I have made full preparations for Chinese notes. But after arriving in China. Buses, subways and most restaurants have Chinese and English tips. Even the announcements on subways and buses about the next stop are in English. Unbelievable!

2. The pollution level is too high

It depends on when you visit China. I think September is the best time to visit China. The sky is blue and clear, and the weather is perfect. No need to wear a mask. Look at this photo of the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, and you can understand the weather in September. Usually, the time to visit China is August-165438+1October. However, I really hope to see these palaces and the snow-covered Great Wall in winter.

the Forbidden City

the Great Wall

The Summer Palace

3. Being stolen or cheated by ordinary people.

Even if you have the slightest doubt about it, it is groundless. I found that China people are the friendliest and most honest people I have ever met in my life. In China, people pay more attention to their own affairs and don't mind other people's affairs, especially foreigners. The above characteristics are my favorite. I hardly received any ordinary people's eyes and questions. Subway staff, bus staff and even random ordinary people are very friendly and try their best to help me use their limited English. Taxi drivers are also honest and professional. You can roam anywhere in Beijing and Shanghai at night, don't worry.

4. Food problem

If you are a vegetarian, this may be a bit problematic. But now there are vegetarians in many parts of China. Personally, Chinese food is my favorite. If you are in Beijing, try Wanfujing Street in Nanluoguxiang, especially Beijing Roast Duck, which will definitely make you happy.

I think if some of the photos above don't remind you of your desire to visit China, I have nothing to say.

In a word, according to my experience, China is one of the best countries I have visited so far, and I want to visit again in the future to explore different cities and villages.

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Joel gelb, new york, lazy workaholic.

Yes, I'm sure I've changed my mind about China. I understand that Americans are biased against China.

When I came back from my trip to China, someone asked me: Why are you not afraid to walk in the street at night? It's hard to convince all proud Americans, but in fact, it's safer than walking on the streets of new york. Compared with the United States, the possibility of being injured in gun violence or robbed at gunpoint is very low.

Many people think that all factories are "official"! In fact, almost all small businesses are privately owned. They (China people) don't hate Americans. In fact, most people in China don't care about international politics.

Their culture is very rich and interesting. People are also very happy. It may even be higher than the happiness of ordinary Americans. Ordinary citizens and police there are very friendly and respect others.

In short: most of the reports you read or pay attention to in China are excessive or untrue.

However, one fact about China is true:

China's firewall

It's true. I can't believe it.

When I turn on my cell phone, I click. ...

Gmail application-unable to view mail!

Google Translate-but it's useless!

Ring Chat Application-Call Failed!

Google Maps-I can't find a hotel to go back to.

Uber Uber-no longer available

Google Cloud Hard Drive, Chrome Remote Desktop ...

This is very difficult for a westerner who is used to life-I hate it. Sometimes I went to Hong Kong for the night, so I only stayed in the mainland for one night.

But interestingly, most people in China don't mind such a firewall. All their application versions are basically the same as ours-sometimes even better.

Take WeChat as an example. It can help you do almost anything. Chatting, shopping, food and so on.

They have QQ to communicate with Google, and Baidu is basically made by Google.

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Torben Zengsi Danish singer

Where is China?

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(Supplement: What has the greatest influence on me is liberal capitalism. I am old enough to remember things like the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and China was probably the most anti-capitalist country at that time. Now I can't see any signs. This country is developing faster than any other big country. The speed of change is amazing-it is hard for those who have never been there to imagine.

What shocked me most was that China was a completely unfettered capitalist country. I am old, and I can still clearly remember the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. At that time, China was like an anti-capitalist country, but now I don't feel any such signs. China's development speed is much faster than that of other big countries, and its development speed is amazing, which is unimaginable for anyone who has never been to China.

China is incredible and one of the amazing powers in the world. Their culture is great, and I like historical sites and buildings that are well-known in the world. Although Chinese is difficult to learn, more and more people from all over the world are still learning it, especially in Asia. At present, their economic and industrial power is growing rapidly.

China is one of the incredible and surprising powers. I prefer world-famous historical sites, whose culture is great. The language in China is very difficult to learn, but there are still more and more people from all over the world, especially Asians. Their economic and industrial strength is still growing rapidly at present.

According to a recent report, the three most popular tourist destination countries are France, America and Spain. China ranks fourth and is rising rapidly, and will soon surpass Spain. This means that many people from different countries visit China every year, so it is increasingly impossible for the media to lie to China. I think this is one of the reasons why the media has become more "friendly" to China in recent years.

According to a recent report, the top three most popular tourist countries are France, America and Spain. China is now ranked fourth, and will soon replace the Spanish as third. This means that many people all over the world like to travel to China, so now the media can't lie about the current situation in China. I think this is one of the reasons why the media is "friendly" to China in recent years. )