Why This Smart Young Brit Chose China.
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2024
- In the video titled "Why This Smart Young Brit Chose China," hosted by the Barrett channel, we are introduced to Harvey, a young Brit whose decision to move to China is at the core of the discussion. The conversation begins with a recount of how Harvey first came to the attention of the host through a video that documented his quarantine experience in Shanghai, marking his first visit to China. Despite the daunting idea of quarantine, Harvey's decision was fueled by a desire to leave the UK amidst the chaos of COVID-19 and the expiration of his girlfriend's student visa.
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Good for him. He sees far beyond the horizon. He will have a perfect life here in China than the UK. I'm another foreigner who live in China. China is the best country in the world.
Absolutely nowhere near the best. Overall China is very average. All Chinese admit this away from online nonsense.
LOL any place is better than U$UK mate@@JohnSmith-sm7ez
@@JohnSmith-sm7ez You represent all Chinese people? Tell me which country do you think is better than China? I admit that China is not perfect
@@JohnSmith-sm7ezthat shows a lot about how the Chinese do not blow their own trumpet.. never been to China but would say the average in China seems more solid than here in the states or in Europe, crime rates reflects how safe a community or a country is
@mateunlock2023
His "all Chinese" are those who fled Hong Kong or others who left due to criminal reasons or something of that sort - eg. Paid by the NED to fabricate lies about China!!!
In Australia, if something won't make a profit, it doesn't get built. In China, if the people needs it, the government gets it done.
If people need it(medical help) then Let’s get all our treatments from the US.
@Fdr-xt8ud if you're from the U.S., just want to let you know the American Society of Civil Enginners rated U.S. infrastructure a D-
你头像不是赖缺德么
@Fdr-xt8udyou can afford a car 🤔
Because government officials and companies in China are definitely not in it for the profit. 😂
Thanks for having me on Lee! It was a great chat, and I'm really looking forward to uploading the second half of our conversation on my channel! You gave a lot of great insight. 😁
You are very welcome, it was a pleasure...
订阅你的频道蛮久了，你非常棒！😊
@16:10; “…meritocracy..America…”
~500 of 535 American congressmen, take money from or are supported by, Israel.
I’ve just subscribed to your channel thanks to Barrett’s video.
I still remember when i met you at PuDong airport when you arrived during covid . Now i’m see you on youtube ! What a small world 😊
I have visited China twice. China is a great country to live in.
One of the best
You did not live there though. I mean I visited there also and found it super interesting and pleasant to be there. But living there especially for a bit of longer is something else I think.
@@lltechview it is, indeed!😀
welcome
Probably one of the worst countries
"We lied, cheated, and stole" so said former CIA director and Secretary of State under Trump in US mass media and the audience laughed. How sick the US can get.
Yes very sick. Like the Wuhan lab and forced educational’ camps for millions. Absolute disgrace,
No wonder the US is called the Great Satan
This prove their education failed. It's good to the non Westerners.Thanks Peompe.
They laugh with pride instead of shame. That is one hell of a disgusting nation.
You mean other than enabling genocide?
In the UK, whomever you vote for, it's America that runs the show!
Indeed, it's very frustrating that the UK cannot manage to come up with its own independent foreign policy.
It's fake democracy system and ordinary people can't decide anytging and change anything at all.
Australia and Japan are USA's dogs
Same for the Netherlands and Germany. Europe is just another State of USA
colonize by uncle sam
2008 Olympic games opening ceremony really showed the greatness of Chinese civilization to the world
It was an amazing experience witnessing the Beijing opening ceremony ❤
It was incredible. The best Olympics in living history, and that opening ceremony was one of the greatest events, not just sporting, in history
@@Harveyinchina the best ceremony of the whole universe and the best of the 19th, 20th, 21th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th century
Chill, bro
"They always do what's best for the people and what's best for the country."
BOOM!!
Always
One child policy
Zero Covid....
@@chummygunone child policy was scrapped 01/01/2016. Your information and knowledge is outdated.
What a smart young guy with an open view at such high level.
Thank you.
Hello Mister Lee_Barrett. Always good to see you doing well.
Hey, thanks
Great China 🇨🇳 peaceful freedoms China 🇨🇳 ❤
It’s positive choice, living in China you will learned hard working , mutual respect, tolerance family orientation.
Exactly
Also forced by the CCP to adhere to lies and ignore the suffering populace
How is your CCP officer treating you ? :)@@Harveyinchina
@@mechwarreir2 How is ur government officers treating the tent cities, homeless people, opioid endemic, mass shootings, gun violences .... Nothing?
Great governance created good society, and bad governance created bad society. So why you hate CPC so much?
@@mechwarreir2funny how you always get these sorts of comments.
How is your own officer treating you? Do you get a free dog biscuit every time you post these comments?
You are hilarious 😅😅😅😅😅😅
I'm a subscriber of both of your channels. I've always been impressed by Harvey's maturity and intelligence. Great to see you connect and have such a great conversation.
Indeed a very smart guy
Same, I love seeing them both get together to chat!
Thanks for being a subscriber of my channel 😁
it`s quite easy to impress you with someone`s intelligence
So so funny listening to you both talking about UK, 150% agree with all your comments about Britain, l live in London so l see and observe similar problems myself. Thanks so much with such honesty about your mother country.
Thanks for watching!
It took us great courage to take the first steps to visit China because of the huge amount of negative, sometimes quite frightening, reports about China. Was in India with my partner and was debating if we would just land in China just for a couple of days before “fleeing “. We flew to
Singapore instead after India. What a contrast Singapore was! But it was Singapore, having spoken to fellow travellers that we decided to visit China. Got our visa done, flew to Shanghai and the rest is history. 😊
Then when you have landed in Shanghai and what you have seen when you landed in India you must be surprised to see what and how Shanghai look like compare with India. But do you know that many, many Indians still think and say China is 20 years behind India in infrastructures developments because China is a poor third world Communist developing country. And India is a global superpower country.
🎉
smart guy Harvey. The living standard for a westerner in China is definitely better than the UK or the US. It is just the matter of being open-minded and giving it a chance. The old american dream is gone. People are living their Chinese dream nowadays.
@@TH-dr1kgWhich is more important and bubble statistics or how it feels in real life? The Vice President of the United States said in an interview that 50% of Americans do not even have $400 in their pocket. In China, even the poorest people have at least a few thousand dollars in savings and even own their own homes. But there are many homeless people in America. The streets are overflowing with homeless people😅
@TH-dr1kg Keep on shilling for your NED masters. 🤡
Countless Hong Kongers are either sneaking back to China, or suffering in poverty while living in UK. Some even killed themselves due to the poor living conditions in UK. It’s all news on UA-cam.
@@TH-dr1kg
Your information is outdated by about 100 years. 😂
Have you been to China?
Are you a couch potato that knows everything?
@@TH-dr1kg i totally agreed with you ,and i adviced all to go and live in USA UK and they dont know why ,p.s most of them are Chinese and Anti-Chinese 😁,,thanks me later
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your genuine opinions of China and show the world what China is really like. We Chinese would love to work together with the West, but sadly the West society has kept demonizing China and stopped letting its people gain correct information about China. Your video is thus so valuable and respected by us Chinese people. Enjoy your life in China, and let us work together to make this country better and better.
Greetings from South Africa! I have to agree with you that China is a better environment for raising kids, with far better economic prospects than ‘developed’ countries, not to mention infrastructure and the safety aspect. In terms of the high speed rail network, to examine it from a western "for profit" viewpoint ignores the fact that China is not into providing mass infrastructure for profit, as it is not a private profit-making organisation. Its investment is in national mobility and the multiplier effect that has on internal economic activity. In other words, creating an environment conducive to economic progress. This is also why it is focussed on future facing technologies like chip production and the related AI boom due to the massive growth the new technologies bring. For example, if we were still stuck in the steam age (using steam to power rail and maritime travel and industrial machinery), as opposed to the electric age, to power industries and transport, our economies would be so far behind that our countries would never have been able to look after their populations.
a strong public transportation system is a great economic vehicle. It provides mobile equity. In America, if you live in the rural area and don't have a car, you're fk'd
I’m from Foshan!! I hope more people learn more about it! Now that I’m older I’ve been on a find my roots journey lol (moved to the US when I was 11). And I realized how culturally amazing Foshan is, dragon boat drifting, origin of southern style lion dance, and so much more.
我喜欢佛山盲公饼😄
@@graceliang2227哈哈 好食
Foshan Dragon boat drifting is absolutely amazing
Foshan is one of my favourite places in the whole of China
Foshan is one of the birthplaces of martial arts. Bruce Lee's teacher, Ip Man was Foshanese.
Wow! So happy to see you two finally connect to each other. I followed both. I learn a lot from you two about living in China. I am going to visit China this year. Happy. Can't wait....😍
Thanks!
Thank you very much for this episode. Both of you spoke very well and precisely. Thank you for letting us know more about China. We were fooled by the western media.
Thank you!
What a smart guy Harvey is! He made the right decision by moving to China. Keep up the good work, Lee!
I love that China is now making all apps available in multilingual. Didi has English version and it’s really the best app I use at this moment. If China gets a search engine better than Google it would be kill the need for VPN.
why is there any need for VPN? what is all this censorship about?
@@VerkaterterStiefelIt's because they need to block all the crap Western lies from their media. All the Fox fake news as Trump says. Personally, I would build a data warehouse/ data lake solution for the kids and one for the adults and open it up to different levels of adult hood.
@@VerkaterterStiefel when you are in China, you need VPN access apps like UA-cam, FB, X, IG, etc...of you can us roaming from your own country, that way, you can access those apps....Roaming is so cheap these days, so short term visit is probably ideal to have.
@@tc-red9000 you are not allowed to use VPN in China, although it is not prosecuted.
A very good discussion, very insightful and very relevant to the Chinese context, especially between two foreigners. China is gradually trying to be more open and accessible than ever before. With China's huge population and many problems that need to be solved, I hope that discussions and suggestions like this will be brought to the attention of policy makers such as Immigration and Customs, or even at national level political consultative meetings, where representatives of foreign residents who understand the specifics of China and have traveled to and from the two countries all year round can participate in the discussions, and I believe that this will continue to improve the experience of foreign residents living in and traveling to China. Nowadays, more and more personal vloggers on UA-cam are traveling to China for short periods of time and reporting positive comments, which is the best way to counter the negative rumors and smears of the Western media, as can be seen from the content of the comments of many foreigners' videos of their first trips to China.
Add UK to 15 day visa free pass
The positive addition of English speaking Vlogers is an immense gain for China and is I think underestimated. Certainly in the last four years it has the potential to nullify ALL Western MSM negative propaganda due to genuine impartial reporting on UA-cam. As Barrett said a little help at airports by Chinese personnel would greatly assist foreigners navigating Alipay WeChat etc , and other incidentals . PS inclusion of the UK travellers on the 15day visa free would be a major positive.
Thanks for watching
@ stevemchugh3067 Yes, I agree with you too. Personally, I don't know much about the basis of policy making in this area, perhaps there is indeed a political game factor based on the reasons of the governments in power in each country? The general direction of China should be more and more open, which is certainly useful for the positive exchange of people from different countries, and deepen understanding. I hope to see more countries enjoying this convenience based on the current experience of openness, which will be beneficial to people-to-people exchanges, regardless of politics.
@@user-dd8yh7rd8lImpartial enlightenment by genuine “people” can circumnavigate the vagaries of Government agenda and policies eventually
Very true about going all out to help people...
You are both very humble people and your views are refreshing to hear. It's a really great "meet up" I enjoyed the exchange - thank you to both of you.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!
This young man made the best decision you could possibly make in chossing China. Russia would be a great choice too. Almost anywhere but the US and the West.
I’m glad you agree!
@@Harveyinchina Some of us are not deceived.
North Korea, Iran and Turkmenistan might do as well.
Very frank talks ! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The India China comparison is very accurate.
Toilets？
There is no comparison between b these two countries! I wouldn’t want to go to India even if you pay first class for my visits!
@@kwchan3950because you hate other countries
@@kwchan3950 正确认知是，只要你有钱，到哪里有是美好生活，但在中国只要你足够有钱，你可以过着皇帝一样的生活
Thank you so much for being so
courageous to tell the truth and rebut the
malicious, groundless and indeed false
reports about China. Couldn'T imagine
how come the western media, while
promoting justice, reality, unbiased
reporting, could frame all these false
reports to stigmatize China, how come
these western media could be so
hypocritical!
Everything thing you discussed was spot on . The Chinese ETHOS is totally superior. The UK, US and the rest of the Global West now struggles to try and trip China up . I am now long in the tooth but given the opportunity I would move to China and be self sufficient. Pointers to enabling this would be appreciated
When you see U$UK pouring billions into hate and smear campaigns you know they are projecting lies, all the more reason to avoid MSMs like a plague.
U$UK are the only 2 terrors states which support Gazn geno!!
@@monipenny408 yes we hate you 😀😎 everybody hates you
Totally superior
@@Harveyinchina China reminds me of Nazi Germany 1938. 😊 (I'm German)
China reminds me of Nazi Germany 1938. 😊 (I'm German)
my first china visit was 4 months ago to GangZhou, beautiful people, city, places, food and fruits etc.. had great time, next trip hoping to XinZiang
Beautiful place!
Good choice.
Agreed
It was 👍
Amazing video. Keep up the good work. Support
Thanks!
Thanks for publishing this video. It helps young people realize there is still hope for the future. Thanks also to the Chinese nation for their great achievements in this regard!
We, in the USA, have no long-term plans. I said that 40 years ago.
Actually you do. The long term plan to make China and Russia as the enemies of the US. LoL look at the Hollywood movies the Chinese and Russians often portray as the antagonist 😂
40 years-ago it was a given you'd own a home. I bought my home in the earlyish-1990s and somehow finagled a "vacation home" in the very early 2000s...... today NONE of my nephews and nieces can even dream of owning a home.......
I just subscribed to Harvey’s channel. Thanks Barrett. I love watching vlogs ex China!
Thanks for subscribing!
A young man with vision and discernment. Harvey is going to get a load of new subscribers.
I certainly hope so 😁
Thankful for your interview which is so frank and honest to tell the facts of China
Thanks for watching!
So good to listen to intelligent conversation between expats!👍
Thanks for listening!
He saw and realized the Truth🎉❤ Sana All😅
I did indeed
Cheer ,we welcome more people to share a better world and principle of well being.
I watch both your channels. I enjoy learning about China from you guys. Great chat!
❤🌹🇨🇳🌹❤️
Great interview Mr Barrett.
Harvey is great! Thank you Lee! He might inspire me in doing video's as an old ABC going back to China. ;)
Thank you! And of course, you should make some videos!
@@Harveyinchina ;) hope I can do some and make a difference before my end!
Very good talk show. Casual but inspiring! I enjoyed a lot! Thanks 👍
Thanks for watching!
Correct choice.
Thanks!
I love it when two channels I follow catch up and collaborate! ❤😄
Hahaha. Thanks for subscribing!
Great discussions and enjoyed listening to both of you about your view on China. Thank you both.
You’re welcome ☺️
Thank you for showing the truth
Great sharing.
Thanks!
Rail services are for public and development. They're not for fast ROI.
exactly
Great Informative channel 👍
Since you guys know so much about the ins and outs of traveling in China. You should form a consultant group of China Travel so everyone can be benefit from it. I would love to travel to China to experience all the "good sides" of China but I have no idea where to start.
That’s a great idea
I love China! ❤❤❤
that`s what you write every time. You have no other ideas?
Very articulate young man.
" Discrimination At Singapore Airshow? Video Shows Chinese Nationals Barred from German Military Plane "
Indeed he is.
Thank you!
The most important objective of the political leaders in China and those in the West is that China's leaders always have their people social welfares in the first place. Whereas, the Western leaders don't have that. Their main objectives are to get wealth and status for themselves first.
@Fdr-xt8ud did your western government paid you to say that?
@@oyo4959 we don't have these propaganda campaigns. The whole comment is rubbish. Most Western countries enjoy social welfare, health insurance and financial compensationans during Corona. China has none of them.
A very nice one, thanks Lee and Harvey
You’re welcome
Yes. Same experience here when I find people in China are very polite and honest. I had a experience the waiter of the restaurant waiting in front of the door when I return to find my laptop I forgot to take in Beijing. I am so impressed with the people are so polite and helpful to assist me when I ask for directions in the street. 👍👍😊😊
A great conversation between 2 vloggers that I follow. Lee made a great suggestion about having someone at major airports in China to help those new arrivals with setting up WeChat and Alipay - I could do with assistance like that when I visit China later this year!
That’s a terrific ideas! Hope it will happen very very soon. China is the most beautiful country in the world and the infra structures! Foods are so affordable and delicious, unbeatable !!!🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍
Such a fantastic idea!!
Thanks for following!
Thank you both for having & sharing this discussion🙏👍🙏
Thank you for this video you two offer wry good insights!
It would be wonder if China can e terrain the idea of setting up a help center to help foreign visitors to set up the links among theirs foreign credit cards to Wechat and Alipay .
The other would be to reduce or even eliminate the restrictions in some hotel accommodations for foreigners ! 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹
Thanks for your truth opinion and comments. I have been living in London for at least 15 years. Never stop working , 3 different kinds of job in order to put food on table and pay all essentials bill😢.
Money left hand in , right hand out .
Hardly have holiday.
Luckily, money support
from my parents, HK, China my home town .
I am thinking, and see my kid might go to China to work and live when they turn 20 !
Nice and it is amazing what you have done with your channel
That's why China develops very fast with the whole people are united moving to the same goal so do we always say " motherland " , defending our land is everyone's mandatory spirit .
I think the best infrastructure in uk is the drain system from the 1900
Good choice 😊
It was indeed..
Harvey and Lee great chat ,I have been watching Harvey for a while ,nice young bloke just watch his video from Qiqihar ( been there myself ). Lee good to see there is a lot of people taking advantage of the visa free 160 hrs what ever . I have been traveling to China for nearly 20 years love the place and I wander the streets on my own day or night ( don't speak Chinese ) I am nearly 79 now partner is Chinese that helps.
Awesome interview, thank you 🙏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Harvey has a beautiful voice!
It’s just different thinking patterns and values. If you spend money on luxury items through your credit card, which is borrowed money from the bank, it’s okay for the westerners. However, if you spend money for the people in infrastructures that can benefit everyone in the country, then it’s not good. Do you notice the difference from the west and China? One is caring about self interest, another one is for the group interest.
Spot on you have hit the nail on the head
Your guest speaker is100% correct. It’s a meritocracy system that they have used for hundreds of years. They choose the most capable intellect to run its country. They did that by selecting scholars passing the exam with the highest marks during the dynasties and now a lot of the government officials have engineering degrees.
Wise young man...jiayou
Indeed.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing the real China.
You’re welcome
Thanks!
Good luck to you!
Great chat guys! Thanks for sharing your experiences on the ground. IMHO, the visa issues will slowly go away. China has to take small steps, test the water before diving in. There is only one way to attract and retain global talent, and that is to make it super easy for folks like you to acquire permanent residency.
Dear Harvey, I support your suggestion to improve the system to let foreigners feel easier. The systems in China are not designed for easy travelling and integration of foreigners. this needs to be changed
Thank you!
Good suggestion regard to improvement services like Alipay, We chat, Di Di etc at the airport for tourists to make life easy. Awesome suggestions.
So true
A Chinese economist said, "the West has 1 day Democracy (Election day)", but many days make meritocracy work (China's 30 year economic miracle) also: "The Chinese state guides capital and private entities towards what it believes are national strategic priorities, rather than allowing them to simply focus on generating greater revenue." Jack Ma of Alipay & Ant thought he could prioritize profit, he was reminded that is not the Chinese way? President Xi Jinping was sent to work on a farm in a rural Chinese village in his youth to instill him with a sense of reality, he saw the importance of local ideas being able to percolate up to the top of the governing body to help all other villages in China.
China is beautiful 😂😂
Fair play to Jermaine Jenas for reinventing himself in China.
Because it is the country of freedom and hapiness
This young man needs to talk to the "leaders" of the Western world.
You made a very wise choice Harvey. GF or not.
Thanks!
Is this young man the Harvey who makes Harvey in China? Good analysis of the circumstances in UK and in China. Very impressive, given his young age.
I don’t hate any country, it’s just my own personal preference in terms of traveling!
Seeing is believing!
UK has inherited one good thing from China - centralised exam. UK led the world during the first industrial revolution. It was a culmination of many things that were done right then. Unfortunately, over time political system might end up on the wrong side of things when the system is filled with people who are self-serving. China is now trying to get things right after having lost its way for a few hundred years. It is equally likely that its system could end up filling with self-serving people. Hopefully, whatever that have enabled China to exist as a civilization for over 5k years would keep the system going eg meritocracy and confuciunism etc.
China as we know existe for a mere 75:years
Very interesting conversation. Could you guys please explain/elaborate on the 'Execution Vans', and which crimes could land you in the back of one. Thank you.
More people need to travel and see the world to see for themselves and not listen to the media and politicians with their biases and sometimes racist views. Let’s make the world a better place 🙏
Calling yourself smart should be followed by: "I am very humble too, I am hands down the most humble on the planet, the smartest" ;-)
nice...
Living life on social media, sounds exactly like drug addicts that would rather be homeless than quit
Harry jaggards must watch this one 😂😂😂
It’s so true…. The crap we have to deal with at home is just so ridiculous. What freedoms you fear for your life when you go out at night.
Maybe in the future, China will allow some foreigners to attend Political Consultative Conference for policy suggestions with deepening the Opening and Reform policy.
Although this young man is young, but he is very intelligent on viewing the world. Rare.
Because he is a smart lad, Chinese and Russian cities are safe and have reasonable living costs for families.