Not just "freedom", but a human right. Imagine talking about human rights all, and everyday, you have the real risk of being robbed, punched, stabbed, shot. And while you lie in your hospital bed, what "human right" could you possibly want that means more? As such, without the safety to go about your daily life, it's pointless (almost) to talk about human rights.
Most positive comments are left by people who are in, have been to, or know people in China. Most negative comments are left by people who have never been to and don't know anyone in China. Obviously the positive comments are informed and the negative comments are ill informed. Beautiful, clean, safe and friendly China ❤️🇨🇳
Well said. It's quite amusing how the haters have such strong views on China when they have never set foot in China. Really can't taken them seriously 😂
I lived for 5 years in Shanghai, returning to the Uk summer last year. As a single woman, I felt completely safe. That's not always the case in the Uk.
i walked with a friend late at night in Beijing. people were friendly. we both felt safe. China is doing great for itself. instead of making up stories, governments of the world should work on improving their own countries so its citizens and visitors can feel the same sense of safeness that is normal in China.
I got mugged in France, UK, US and Mexico. In my 40 years of constant nomadic life, Australia, China, Singapore, Korea and Japan are the safer places to visit and to walk around alone at 3 am at night. I have absolutely no worries whenever my children travel to East Asia. Even my children prefer living in East Asia, although in different countries.
In 2019, I traveled to France with a classmate, and she got robbed twice. The first time, her entire backpack was stolen. Fortunately, her phone wasn't taken, but her passport was inside the bag, which meant she had to get a replacement passport. Once the new passport was ready, we planned to stay one more day before returning, but then her phone was stolen on that day. She left it on the table, and in just a few seconds of not looking, the phone was gone🤣
I feel sorry that you make such a statement out of your own experience or level of security at your own country. But for most Chinese, we already know nothing is perfect and there is no need to say such thing like 'our mother is a woman' type of rubbish statement.
come on, could you explain to me why so many millionaire in China is immigranting to other countries like USA, Japan, Canada etc? let me tell you the truth:it's not safe for them, because the CCP will take their money away at anytime 😂😂😂
Yeah, it's SO true about the ambience to the place. Like people are just so chilled in China. They will go about their days or evenings with their friends or families. You can't even detect a hint of malice or anger in the air. Mate! Check out the old brewery along the river bank, next to the Canton Tower. They have some cool bars and restaurants there!!! Also, check out the Guangzhou HQ for Tencent! It's in an industrial park called T.I.T.! 🤣
I’ve been to a lot of places, both West and Eastern countries, China is one of the safest place in the world. Talk about dangerous, you can come to New York City, or go to the Bronx Harlem areas at night, you will know what’s dangerous. Just a couple months ago, there’s a woman got pushed down the subway track and got killed by a total stranger for no reason during the middle of the day, not even at night, it’s unfortunate to see the US becoming like this, but that is real. Also, I don’t feel safe to walk around Paris after the sun set by myself as well.
We were in Paris not long ago, a place where I lived 40 years ago. Now, also confirmed by a local French lady, the crimes were so bad and intolerable. So I refused to take the subway just to avoid being targeted. I have quite a few friends and relatives who had those bad experiences. In contrast, I felt so safe in China. Totally relaxed and enjoyed my travel so much!!!
How do you feel safe when you don’t know who’s strapped. One wrong word or look can set them off. People are getting getting shot over parking spaces in the US
I have never heard that China is unsafe, ever. On my visit it was a lovely place to visit would love to go back. I found Chinese people were smiley and waved at me, an obvious tourist. I moved alone and never felt unsafe.
I'm from Los Angeles. I'm glad to hear Japan is safe as well. As for Guangzhou->Shanghai->Beijing->Chongqing, it felt really safe. For big cities, this was quite surprising. We enjoy our travel so much more when we feel safe and our mind is at peace. In Beijing around 1:00am, where I had allowed my 17-year-old son to walk the street and enjoy his late-night snack. He walked for about 3 miles by himself. I would never allow this in Los Angeles or anywhere in Southern California. However, in Chongqing, a man took my umbrella and he ate my food, while I was in the bathroom. I noticed he was doing the same to other tables. He seems to be a "special need" person and did not exhibit a violent vibe. I let him keep my umbrella.
Hi Harvey, i'm British-Chinese and lives in UK for long time now, i used to felt UK safe, but not anymore, i not even go out at night time if not necessary, first i scare and second safety, even though i lives just outside London.
Can confirm the U$ public transport fears. My kid once told me he refuses to ride the trams (in Portland OR) without a gun. How terrible must such a life be that one must so worry about their safety that they must be ready to...
Props to you for making this video, we need more open-minded people like you in this world... For anyone wondering, this is Huacheng Square in Guangzhou, China!
Unless you are someone like that Somalia John guy, who goes around looking for trouble, otherwise China is very safe. Probably one of the safest in the world.
It's all true. Lived in Korea for over a decade, same for a lot of the East Asian country. You can walk around at night no worries. Leave your phone, laptop and wallet at a table in a cafe if you go to the bathroom. It's something the west will never have because of culture.
I can't open my front door in my area in Londonistan, it's famous for "Rolex" thieves. The two-tier policing and it being a stronghold of a particular tribe "helps" with the coppers appearing extra fast if something is amiss - unfortunately the police station is now closed... I have to avoid many parts of Londonistan because there can be shootouts, street gangs, dangerous groups and individuals, and kids with guns and machettes. And that's no joke. And no running down of Londonistan for the fun of it. Aaah, China? That's Heaven! I jaywalked, a traffic volunteer granddad haul me aside and gave a kind lecture on the danger. I sneakily chucked a sweet wrapper, a bunch of schoolkids ambushed me and gave me a sound scolding... Yes, that's infinitely better than taking all sorts of risks while gambling to stay alive in Londonistan - nearly everywhere! I won't be out unless with a big bunch of friends. How a world capital deteriorates, compared, China is a dream!
When I was working in jiangshu province, I used to cross into the paths of the local people coming from the opposite direction, and they just dodged me making me feel like the toughest and baddest man on earth.
@@Warhead-Vun That is because they never see any foreigner in their life. It has nothing to do with you. It's just feeling lost at unknown. If you talk to any of them, maybe you can understand them better.
Brits fed the chinese officials narcotics for their kingdom to fall so they could gain control, but god doesn’t sleep-look at it backfiring now. I feel sorry for the the uk (because many innocent live there) , but I don’t feel sorry at the same time, because of all the atrocities that the brits had done.
We spent a week on a tour in China in 2019. We roamed the streets in 5 different regions late at night and have never felt safer anywhere in the world. We are from Australia.
To be fair, in the U.S I'd say over 90% of all areas are safe to walk about at night. It all depends on where you are. You are probably right that over 99% of the areas in China are safe at night.
中国是很安全，但是还没安全到路不拾遗的地步，还是要有点儿警惕心的，我是一个中国人，这是善意的提醒。 China is very safe, but it is not so safe that no one will pick up anything on the road. We still need to be a little vigilant. I am a Chinese, and this is a friendly reminder.
@@胡汉三-k2r I agree. Especially now with foreign tourists and travellers visiting China, the demographics will change. I'd expect the police to work harder to maintain the same level of safety. Videos of antisocial behaviour is already appearing on social media; I'm recalling the westerner opening the door of a car while crossing a pedestrian crossing.
I used to visit Guangzhou for the Canton Fair which was a trade fair event held twice a year there. It was then very safe already, a lot of foreign visitors turning up there to enjoy the event. You can walk in the city center without any worries.
I’ve been to many cities and rural area in China. Been even to Shangri La a border between Tibet and China. China is amazing. So many things to see. People are nice and friendly. It’s one of the safest country to go to.
Western people who make negative comments about China are the first victims of this mental blindness. Despite criticizing our political leaders, they are simultaneously supporters of the reasons for the West's decline. And as many years of this downward trend have passed, it is almost impossible to make our societies and political systems fairer and without special favors for a small part.
I lived in Germany for almost 14 years,Germany or Europe was safer than china in the past. 10 years ago I dared to put my bag on the table in a public area in Berlin ,but not in guangzhou .now it’s completely reversed .😂😂😂😂in my childhood ,guangzhou is not a very safe city to be honestly,but we did a lot to change it .some people in the west just can’t believe that how much could changed in 20 years .
> this was my experience in two visits to Tokyo, staying in Shinjuku, walking after midnight and the sidewalks were full of young people, single women - nobody behaving as is they felt themselves to be in danger. so, i am very glad to see your video as i have plans next spring to visit Shanghai then to Seoul after that - thanks ~
What i believe is when we human cannot earn enough to sustain our living, only then we will do any mean necessary to sustain our needs. So if our country is run by good govement and eveyone can earn a living, generally the crime rate will be low.
Cannot be more true about what you are feeling and saying. As a chinese living in New Zealand, I used to hear NZ is the safest place in the world. In the last 5-6 years time however, I have to say this is not a safe country anymore as burglary and looting are everywhere. The western society must see the true freedom is firstly built on safety of people.
Not too long ago it would have happened in China too. I have been living here in china for 22 years and when I first came such crime was rife - even people having their hand cut off by a passing motor bike just to steal their watch or whatever. I had my phone stolen from my back pack, someone cut a hole in my back pocket to try to steal what was there, and I had a wallet stolen from my bag. Now its different because people are richer but who knows, as the economy here gets worse there's plenty of people with less money. Hopefully it won't change.
low crime doesn't mean no crime. each and everyone is responsible for their own belongings and should not cry foul when you lose something due to your own complacency
@@danlan3433 you mean you hit the head of the nail. You don't head the head on the nail. Cuz if you do, that's about the most mainland chinese thing you can do aside from lying straight up
oh it is the city I was born and brought up. I miss it, the good food, the lay back cultural (the old Cantonese culture). in 2019 just before the covid, I went holiday with my daughter to 甘肃，青海 and inner Mongolia. (everyone should check out these places. they have magnificent, endless natural scenery). we , 2 girls in a strange place, walked down the streets at 11pm, never worried about looked over our shoulders. all we did was eat eat eat and play play play. 😂 I was mad traveller 40 year ago before I left China. despite the whole country was under developed back then, I managed to visit many countrysides. Since I have experienced 2 different systems I think I have a better ideas of the advantage and disadvantages between the 2. but i can tell how much chinese people's living standards have improved within 35 years. I used to load up my luggage with gifts when I went back for visit and paid for the restaurant bills. those days are gone. what makes china so interesting for holiday because it includes tropical weather from south, minus 40 degrees from north, desert and grassland in inner Mongolia and xinjiang, and of course the world's highest mountain everest. every region has their own unique culture and language. Just like shanghainese and Cantonese, they will never understand each other if they speak their own local languages. hopefully I would restart my china adventure in the near future. good luck for whatever you are doing!
I have been in china many times and trained at shaolin temple and my mom was a English teacher in wuhan and Changsha and Beijing and wu’an and handan and shanghai. I never felt unsafe their . China is very misunderstood country
According to my personal experience, the biggest unsafe factor when walking on the streets of China is certainly not violent attacks or armed robberies（the probability of these things happening is quite low everywhere in China）but traffic accidents. From what I have witnessed, in most parts of China, people (both drivers and pedestrians) have extremely low awareness of traffic rules (if there is any at all).
Thanks Harvey for sharing! To all the silly people, if people are paid in China to look safe and happy. Does that mean we pay a lot of people in the west to look the opposite 🤔
Another safe city to visit is Moscow..just dont believe the western media told you about moscow. People there just mind their own business and easy to approach
I am an old British Chinese. When I was young, I dreamed of moving to the UK - a more advanced, safe, and civilised country. Now, in my old age, I dream of going back to my home country - a lot more advanced, safe, and civilised country. Most of all, the standard of moral, discipline, and respect in China are a lot higher than the west.
I am a traveller myself and throughout the years, my only negative experience was in Paris in 2021. 3 young girls on the metro train took my wallet out from my purse.
Just subscribed what a great video, you are talking a lot of sense. I have been travelling to China for over 20 years I do business in China. The people are great, I have been to over 20 cities 10 I could name the rest I have forgot there names. China opened up for business when Hongkong was handed back before that you had to deal with an agent in Hongkong. China is great the people are great. It is safe friendly. I don't know if you have been to Nanjing it's amazing the old capital of China well worth a visit. I am very conservative politics wise but I love China they have got so many things right in a lot of ways. I am looking forward to seeing my suppliers soon they look after me like a King great take on things and so true in your words Michael
Talk about public transport Paris meets some problems. Super train or called EuroStar got breakdown, station congested gave people disappointed for watching Olympic. In Germany same incidents of unknown reason often caused delay to 20mins or more.
Guangzhou is my hometown, I moved to California since I was 16, And now I’m 30+, in terms of safety, China is AT LEAST 100 times safer and I’m not exaggerating. In California, specifically in SF, Oakland, you can’t casually walk around after evening unless you are the one trying to rob ppl. Car windows got smashed, catalytic converter got stolen, you can smell marijuana everywhere. Homeless everywhere, so they can just pee anywhere. And yes the worst case scenario is you may get shot. Sure CA have better job opportunities, better weather, that’s pretty it
I've been to China, I've been outside at night, it's definitely very safe and the vibes of true living freedom is there in China, even at late night👍🫰✌️🤩
Love the video, been to China myself a few months ago and was very positively shocked. Do please keep in mind tho, this is not just Canton part of China. Visit anywhere in China and you will get a very similar experience. I've spent almost 3 weeks in Wuhan, beautiful architecture with light shows, people running and dancing by the river, flying kites, singing, eating food, kids playing on their skateboards and everyone being very, very friendly. People here in UK only know Wuhan from the Corona virus, and seem to think that it's some uncivilized village. It's not backwards, but, much of China is a bit tropical, which means viruses spread more easily - this has nothing to do with people being uncivilised or eating wild animals. If London become tropical one day, they would have to deal with epidemics every month from all the rotten food, trash and piss on the streets.
我40岁了，住在广州。记得25年前读中学的时候，我就经常约朋友0点~1点出去吃宵夜，父母从来不担心。我们一直觉得夜晚出门是理所当然的安全。那时候监控摄像头还没有普及。因此这是社会环境的问题，与监控摄像头无关。东亚中日韩三国的文化，可能加上越南，都不喜欢暴力、强奸、抢劫。 I am 40 years old and live in Guangzhou. I remember 25 years ago when I was a middle school student, I often walked out for late snack with friends at 0:00~1:00, and my parents never worried. We always took it for granted that it was safe to go out at night. At that time, surveillance cameras were not popular. Therefore, this is due to the social environment and has little to do with surveillance cameras. The cultures of the three East Asian countries of China, Japan, and South Korea, and maybe Vietnam also, do not like violence, rape, and robbery.
UK: Sainsbury's are running an ad at the moment for Xmas! They are supporting 5000 Food banks in the UK, I bet there are no food banks in China, crazy!
Thank you for the video! I do feel bad for those who commented that the videos you made were propaganda videos. Let them believe what they want to believe. I have never been to Mainland China, I have visited Hong Kong and stayed there for a little bit, Taiwan, and Singapore. I definitely am looking forward to visit Mainland China soon.
Just according to the statistics Guangdong province has the highest crime rate among all provinces of China,if you find safe here then there aren’t other places you will feel unsafe
Danke fürdiesen Bericht. Ich folge mit 70 Jahren den Sänger und Schauspieler Xiao Zhan und das hat mein Bild von China völlig verändert. Nächstes Jahr fahre ich nach Chongqing und Shanghei. Hier in Deutschland ist man nicht mehr sicher.
I've lived here in CN for nearly 10 years - It is the only country I can walk around anytime, anywhere with very little risk and this includes all the big cities. Public disputes occasionally happen, I just don't get involved 👍🏻
Based on my experience in China 2013/14 it's very safe, you could literally walk everywhere with your eyes closed at any time of the day/night. The only time it would be dangerous if you made a conscious decision to break the local laws or disrespect the culture. There is a dark underbelly of course but as a tourist/student etc. you're unilkely to get involved, more likely if you're in business etc.
I spent a year in China (GuangZhao) back in the late 90s. I felt safe. I never encountered any problem, day or night. The only other countries I feel as safe are Switzerland, Denmark, and Finland.
All those Europeans deriding China about its crime free society in their comments need a situational awareness of their own countries. The entire population of Europe is 746 million divided amongst 50 countries of their continent. Most of these countries had already achieved unprecedented economic transformation in the first phase of the industrial revolution between the 1780s and 1849. The population of China, a single country in Asia, is 1.4 billion people. It wasn't until the 1980's that the country started achieving economic transformation and in the short span of four decades has managed to give its people the economic and social security that surpasses that of Europe by leaps and bounds. And as for Canada and Australia, these two villages together have a population of 64 million which would fit in just two cosmopolitan cities of China. So Y'all just stop beating your withered old chests and pay China and its people their due respect, that is if you even know what the word respect means outside of your onw little universes.
6:42 ... not to say that this isn't a fair perspective. But I still have to question it, just the same. Perhaps in ways that are not so obvious, it's not as rosy a picture under the surface as one would think. That criminals will be caught easily in China as believable, and therefore extremely low crime rates are also believable, but during Covid we also saw some very shocking government policies there, where people were locked in their homes, and practically starved. I know people from China and that was not just western anti-Chin propaganda as far as I know. The thing is, there's pros and cons to everything. Materially, China looks like a rising nation with lots of brightness and material goods and prosperity (though we should also ask about rural China where none of these things may be true, perhaps). However, there is likely a darker side to China that Harvey does not convey. That monolithic uni-government sounds plausibly like something that contrasts favorably against the messy and often foolish process of democratic forms of government, but still, one wonders if our young host here really has enough perspective to judge the distinction well. And the tower of Sauron in the background is perhaps an unintended, yes potentially meaningful shadowing of my concerns about China. And yet, I have to say, it's definitely best to keep an open mind. In the west it is obvious our mass media has been hideously compromised by propagandists, and so the information we get here is most certainly tainted by unstated (yet obvious) agendas. So there is that. Anyway, I understand what Harvey is saying, and I admit, overall he may be right. On the other hand, I suspect he does not really see the full picture, and the dark side may be a bit darker than he realizes. Maybe.
Everyone around me thinks it is very sad that Americans and European countries need to carry guns all the time or worry about being robbed in public areas.
Just last night in suburban Shanghai, a girl being dragged into a minivan and disappeared. I had witnessed myself similar 13 years ago the same neighborhood
Guangzhou is the best city of China beside its safety, it's warm, it's open and it welcomes anyone whether you're rich or not, you can always find your own position in this beautiful city as long as you work hard.
I actually went to Guangzhou in mid-July for a four day trip, it was fun and there is an indoor ice-skating facility there, and it really gave me the vibe that I was in a snowy place (yes, there are snow in the facility). Also, there are a lot of surveillance in Guangzhou, I heard this from my parents who told me when we were on the trip, and I must confirm that to be true. But still, it is not safe to go out at night.
I totally agree. But china's foreign policy specifically on SCS is making PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA on the edge. china's bullying of PH fishermen within PH EEZ is terrible. China DISTORTS ALL details regarding their bullying at WPS. And.....china wants to invade Taiwan.
I live in this city and I can tell you walked a pretty long distance in this vlog. When people introduce how good London is, most Chinese will buy it and dream of visiting London one day; but every time I introduce how good Guangzhou is, I only get a skeptical facial expression and 'Really"?
For me safety is freedom, without safety there is no freedom.
And there is freedom on China.
The west has even more freedom. Just ask the criminals.
@@Zombieprogg1 Sweden is one of the highest rapist country by they have flooded in all from different ideology who do not want to assimilate
Not just "freedom", but a human right. Imagine talking about human rights all, and everyday, you have the real risk of being robbed, punched, stabbed, shot. And while you lie in your hospital bed, what "human right" could you possibly want that means more? As such, without the safety to go about your daily life, it's pointless (almost) to talk about human rights.
Great point - I agree
China is the safest place i have ever been and the people are so friendly unlike here in the uk
Same here in Australia
@@regularperson4106lol 😂😂😂
@@regularperson4106😮?
I can not say New Zealand is better. I don’t even want to try going out at night time in Auckland.
Are you aware of the rioting in Australia just days ago,what about the teenage crimes happening in Queensland ?.@@regularperson4106
I felt totally safe in China, and found that looking like a tourist, people were extra friendly and helpful wherever I went
Public safety is the most important freedom in any country.
Most positive comments are left by people who are in, have been to, or know people in China.
Most negative comments are left by people who have never been to and don't know anyone in China.
Obviously the positive comments are informed and the negative comments are ill informed.
Beautiful, clean, safe and friendly China ❤️🇨🇳
Well said. It's quite amusing how the haters have such strong views on China when they have never set foot in China. Really can't taken them seriously 😂
ture, those haters tell Chinese people what China should be, Lol
Those china experts like to live in their own fantasy world
@@LW78321Those are who never were in China dangerous and warmonger people including the cabinets and parlaments of the West.
西方国家为了培养入侵他国的战士煞费苦心。
中国军人都知道为何而战。
I lived for 5 years in Shanghai, returning to the Uk summer last year. As a single woman, I felt completely safe. That's not always the case in the Uk.
It depends on the area though in the Uk. I live in Essex and car was stolen 7.30pm summer broad day light.😮
@@FunmiWilliamsMusicMinistries抱歉，我没忍住笑了，真的对不起，但是这种事要是发生在中国估计会上当地的新闻头条
i walked with a friend late at night in Beijing. people were friendly. we both felt safe. China is doing great for itself. instead of making up stories, governments of the world should work on improving their own countries so its citizens and visitors can feel the same sense of safeness that is normal in China.
I got mugged in France, UK, US and Mexico. In my 40 years of constant nomadic life, Australia, China, Singapore, Korea and Japan are the safer places to visit and to walk around alone at 3 am at night. I have absolutely no worries whenever my children travel to East Asia. Even my children prefer living in East Asia, although in different countries.
In 2019, I traveled to France with a classmate, and she got robbed twice. The first time, her entire backpack was stolen. Fortunately, her phone wasn't taken, but her passport was inside the bag, which meant she had to get a replacement passport. Once the new passport was ready, we planned to stay one more day before returning, but then her phone was stolen on that day. She left it on the table, and in just a few seconds of not looking, the phone was gone🤣
@@xinmengtulmao, Paris ?
@@nadjayidineattoumani9803 Yes, in Paris. Luckily, no one was hurt
@@xinmengtu it’s quite sad but I still don’t get why foreigners go to Paris when there’s many other city, not better but much safe than Paris
Not so safe in Australia now. Especially if you are Asian.
However, in any country, nothing is absolute. China is safer than most countries. But being careful is always need.
Sure, but in China, you won't *feel* any anxiety. Not one iota.
Not so in Canada (where I live) or America or Britain.
@@horridohobbies Really? I've seen a lot of bloggers say Canada is safe and many Chinese have emigrated there
@@qiuxiang-e3sToronto, where I live, has seen a marked increase in home invasions and gun shootings.
I feel sorry that you make such a statement out of your own experience or level of security at your own country. But for most Chinese, we already know nothing is perfect and there is no need to say such thing like 'our mother is a woman' type of rubbish statement.
@@linphilip6389as the left wingers grow, your mother in the future could be a "man"!
China is the best and most advanced country on the world
In many respects it is easily top 5.
I agree with you Jenny!
come on, could you explain to me why so many millionaire in China is immigranting to other countries like USA, Japan, Canada etc? let me tell you the truth:it's not safe for them, because the CCP will take their money away at anytime 😂😂😂
Don't say that. Western people will be crazy.😊
@@shw1965 Especially the USA? 😂😂Seriously, I think China still have a long way to go to catch up with these develope countries 😅😅
I love life in China. The cameras have virtually eliminated crime.
my comment just got cencored..i wonder why
What did it say?
@@stonemagic540 Be careful, CIA is watching you 👀
except crimes by the state
Yeah, it's SO true about the ambience to the place. Like people are just so chilled in China. They will go about their days or evenings with their friends or families. You can't even detect a hint of malice or anger in the air.
Mate! Check out the old brewery along the river bank, next to the Canton Tower. They have some cool bars and restaurants there!!!
Also, check out the Guangzhou HQ for Tencent! It's in an industrial park called T.I.T.! 🤣
I’ve been to a lot of places, both West and Eastern countries, China is one of the safest place in the world. Talk about dangerous, you can come to New York City, or go to the Bronx Harlem areas at night, you will know what’s dangerous. Just a couple months ago, there’s a woman got pushed down the subway track and got killed by a total stranger for no reason during the middle of the day, not even at night, it’s unfortunate to see the US becoming like this, but that is real. Also, I don’t feel safe to walk around Paris after the sun set by myself as well.
We were in Paris not long ago, a place where I lived 40 years ago. Now, also confirmed by a local French lady, the crimes were so bad and intolerable. So I refused to take the subway just to avoid being targeted. I have quite a few friends and relatives who had those bad experiences. In contrast, I felt so safe in China. Totally relaxed and enjoyed my travel so much!!!
My girlfriend & i walked the streets of Shanghai at 2am. Got lost but never once felt scared of out seroundings. ❤❤
In the US, citizens can own a gun.
In China, citizens cannot own a gun.
Own a gun not safe
Can’t own a gun more safe
Which do you prefer?
China. I lives at UK, it's used to be safe but not anymore.
It's not the guns, it's the people.
How do you feel safe when you don’t know who’s strapped. One wrong word or look can set them off. People are getting getting shot over parking spaces in the US
@@lordumas That is what NRA said in order to make tons of money, and many people were unnecessary killed in USA!
@user-lc1nt7dj1y
You are a paid puppet of the west & delusional 😂
I have never heard that China is unsafe, ever. On my visit it was a lovely place to visit would love to go back. I found Chinese people were smiley and waved at me, an obvious tourist. I moved alone and never felt unsafe.
No worrying in night in China
You also need to be careful about security. China is not 100% safe, there are also criminals
0.000000001% worry. yeah
I'm from Toronto, China and Japan are probably the safest countries in the world.
It is Singapore ranked the safest city in the world.
@@hengongchua6250 Ranked have nothing to do with my personal experience, Singapore is full of taxi scam. Never again, the city has no soul.
@@hengongchua6250 Singapore and Hong Kong have the rudest people in the world.
I'm from Los Angeles. I'm glad to hear Japan is safe as well. As for Guangzhou->Shanghai->Beijing->Chongqing, it felt really safe. For big cities, this was quite surprising. We enjoy our travel so much more when we feel safe and our mind is at peace. In Beijing around 1:00am, where I had allowed my 17-year-old son to walk the street and enjoy his late-night snack. He walked for about 3 miles by himself. I would never allow this in Los Angeles or anywhere in Southern California. However, in Chongqing, a man took my umbrella and he ate my food, while I was in the bathroom. I noticed he was doing the same to other tables. He seems to be a "special need" person and did not exhibit a violent vibe. I let him keep my umbrella.
@@da12641 The only annoying part about Japan is they have higher price for English menu.
Hi Harvey, i'm British-Chinese and lives in UK for long time now, i used to felt UK safe, but not anymore, i not even go out at night time if not necessary, first i scare and second safety, even though i lives just outside London.
I heard London full of Muslims and the major also Muslim.
Can confirm the U$ public transport fears. My kid once told me he refuses to ride the trams (in Portland OR) without a gun. How terrible must such a life be that one must so worry about their safety that they must be ready to...
China is def very very safe at whatever hours of the day. Chinese people don't look for a fight when they get drunk.
Yes of course that’s because China is a great place to live but living in Sweden is even better
China is safer than American
In China, drunken fights happen occasionally, nothing is absolute.
There are crimes and bad people in China too, but on an average day China is 1000 times safer than American.
@@oyakefire True, nothing is absolute.
Props to you for making this video, we need more open-minded people like you in this world...
For anyone wondering, this is Huacheng Square in Guangzhou, China!
Unless you are someone like that Somalia John guy, who goes around looking for trouble, otherwise China is very safe. Probably one of the safest in the world.
Is this "Somalia John guy" out of another piece of western propaganda?
So what happened to Johnny Somali? Has he been let out yet? Hope jail taught him a lesson.
Only safest no comprison @@pbworld7858
Comparison.
@pbworld7858 Apparently, he left Israel and is planning to go to Latin America next. I wish him good luck.
Fair and honest journalism are appreciated. Thanks for sharing your China experience with us.
It's all true. Lived in Korea for over a decade, same for a lot of the East Asian country. You can walk around at night no worries. Leave your phone, laptop and wallet at a table in a cafe if you go to the bathroom. It's something the west will never have because of culture.
I can't open my front door in my area in Londonistan, it's famous for "Rolex" thieves. The two-tier policing and it being a stronghold of a particular tribe "helps" with the coppers appearing extra fast if something is amiss - unfortunately the police station is now closed... I have to avoid many parts of Londonistan because there can be shootouts, street gangs, dangerous groups and individuals, and kids with guns and machettes. And that's no joke. And no running down of Londonistan for the fun of it.
Aaah, China? That's Heaven! I jaywalked, a traffic volunteer granddad haul me aside and gave a kind lecture on the danger. I sneakily chucked a sweet wrapper, a bunch of schoolkids ambushed me and gave me a sound scolding... Yes, that's infinitely better than taking all sorts of risks while gambling to stay alive in Londonistan - nearly everywhere! I won't be out unless with a big bunch of friends. How a world capital deteriorates, compared, China is a dream!
When I was working in jiangshu province, I used to cross into the paths of the local people coming from the opposite direction, and they just dodged me making me feel like the toughest and baddest man on earth.
@@Warhead-Vun That is because they never see any foreigner in their life. It has nothing to do with you. It's just feeling lost at unknown. If you talk to any of them, maybe you can understand them better.
@@cynthiax.3450 my bad, I did that intentionally.
Yes , and that’s the reason,I do not live in Europe 😂
Brits fed the chinese officials narcotics for their kingdom to fall so they could gain control, but god doesn’t sleep-look at it backfiring now. I feel sorry for the the uk (because many innocent live there) , but I don’t feel sorry at the same time, because of all the atrocities that the brits had done.
Great video Harvey showing how safe China is. I live in New York City, I don't feel safe going out at night especially when Trump was president.
I agree!❤
@@buymecola1 you sound like a sore loser! Go get a life,hater!
@@buymecola1 and no cola for you!😂
Whoever is in the office? Does it change anything ?
@@hattifatti888 yea trump pushes for racial divisions , conflicts and hates!
We spent a week on a tour in China in 2019. We roamed the streets in 5 different regions late at night and have never felt safer anywhere in the world. We are from Australia.
To be fair, in the U.S I'd say over 90% of all areas are safe to walk about at night. It all depends on where you are. You are probably right that over 99% of the areas in China are safe at night.
Harvey leave your phone on the table and see how long it stays there in China it will be there when you get back in the uk will be gone in seconds
中国是很安全，但是还没安全到路不拾遗的地步，还是要有点儿警惕心的，我是一个中国人，这是善意的提醒。
China is very safe, but it is not so safe that no one will pick up anything on the road. We still need to be a little vigilant. I am a Chinese, and this is a friendly reminder.
I remember a blogger who did this test. You can search for it. But don't try. After all, 1.4 billion people can't all be good
is gone before u even want to put on the table 🤣🤣🤣
Try that only with an obsolete IPhone. Not always 100% safe.
@@胡汉三-k2r I agree. Especially now with foreign tourists and travellers visiting China, the demographics will change. I'd expect the police to work harder to maintain the same level of safety. Videos of antisocial behaviour is already appearing on social media; I'm recalling the westerner opening the door of a car while crossing a pedestrian crossing.
I used to visit Guangzhou for the Canton Fair which was a trade fair event held twice a year there. It was then very safe already, a lot of foreign visitors turning up there to enjoy the event. You can walk in the city center without any worries.
The freedom of a country that cannot guarantee even the minimum safety of individuals is not freedom !!
It's called free for all. Including freedom to be robbed.
@@boliu3540 uk definitely feels like a free for all
Harvey is the only UK blogger in China with a proper posh RP accent !
posh RP? You're not American by any chance?
The Barretts are good too
@@macculu501 ...but their English is blue collar ! ...LoL
@@pbworld7858 Nope not American, but maybe you are ! ...LoL
I’ve been to many cities and rural area in China. Been even to Shangri La a border between Tibet and China. China is amazing. So many things to see. People are nice and friendly. It’s one of the safest country to go to.
Western people who make negative comments about China are the first victims of this mental blindness. Despite criticizing our political leaders, they are simultaneously supporters of the reasons for the West's decline. And as many years of this downward trend have passed, it is almost impossible to make our societies and political systems fairer and without special favors for a small part.
Truth has very negative comments about China. Watch Iamwhy86 and Serpentza to get more balanced view. Notice? No Muslims. 0:03
I walk home at 2am in China during my visit there and I can enjoy street food along the way.
I lived in Germany for almost 14 years,Germany or Europe was safer than china in the past. 10 years ago I dared to put my bag on the table in a public area in Berlin ,but not in guangzhou .now it’s completely reversed .😂😂😂😂in my childhood ,guangzhou is not a very safe city to be honestly,but we did a lot to change it .some people in the west just can’t believe that how much could changed in 20 years .
According to the western media and politicians, the 5000 years Chinese civilization probably never happened in history. 🤣
You will be blessed since speaking the truth.
> this was my experience in two visits to Tokyo, staying in Shinjuku, walking after midnight and the sidewalks were full of young people, single women - nobody behaving as is they felt themselves to be in danger. so, i am very glad to see your video as i have plans next spring to visit Shanghai then to Seoul after that - thanks ~
Norway yesterday somebody shooting with a gun
2 men stabbed this morning.
1 woman stabbed now
Not Sweden cause Sweden is safe better than America
7:45 somebody got stabbed now. Oslo is a small city and this happend all the time
😮 Is it legal to carry gun in Norway?
What i believe is when we human cannot earn enough to sustain our living, only then we will do any mean necessary to sustain our needs. So if our country is run by good govement and eveyone can earn a living, generally the crime rate will be low.
you don't need to be in Big cities to feel safe at night in China. most cities are, as far as I know
Amazing thanks share China 🏙️🌆🌃🌇🌉🎆🎇👍
Cannot be more true about what you are feeling and saying. As a chinese living in New Zealand, I used to hear NZ is the safest place in the world. In the last 5-6 years time however, I have to say this is not a safe country anymore as burglary and looting are everywhere. The western society must see the true freedom is firstly built on safety of people.
Walking on the street at 10pm in Guangzhou is not a big deal. We do that EVERYDAY. It is very safe.
Not too long ago it would have happened in China too. I have been living here in china for 22 years and
when I first came such crime was rife - even people having their hand cut off by a passing motor bike
just to steal their watch or whatever. I had my phone stolen from my back pack, someone cut a hole in my
back pocket to try to steal what was there, and I had a wallet stolen from my bag. Now its different because
people are richer but who knows, as the economy here gets worse there's plenty of people with less money.
Hopefully it won't change.
agree with you..
low crime doesn't mean no crime. each and everyone is responsible for their own belongings and should not cry foul when you lose something due to your own complacency
Lost handphone blame others like China owe her money, f.. K😂😂😂
She's a scammer, period.
Harvey, I almost can say 99% chances that you will get robbed in Memphis at night and walking back to your hotel naked... without your camera!
99%？crazy
🤣🤣🤣
For an average American (USA), it is already a shock to walk in the night in a mediterranean country. 😀
You mean those bullied high school kids? Hell naw and racist people in American and obesity but in Sweden it’s safe
Actually Sweden is better than America
Harvey, you hit the head on the nail. Yes it’s true in America even the police are not safe to walk in many places.
@@danlan3433 you mean you hit the head of the nail. You don't head the head on the nail. Cuz if you do, that's about the most mainland chinese thing you can do aside from lying straight up
You're not even safe from the US police!!! Sometmes it's them who commit the crime!
In American be afraid of criminals, and the police.
oh it is the city I was born and brought up. I miss it, the good food, the lay back cultural (the old Cantonese culture). in 2019 just before the covid, I went holiday with my daughter to 甘肃，青海 and inner Mongolia. (everyone should check out these places. they have magnificent, endless natural scenery). we , 2 girls in a strange place, walked down the streets at 11pm, never worried about looked over our shoulders. all we did was eat eat eat and play play play. 😂 I was mad traveller 40 year ago before I left China. despite the whole country was under developed back then, I managed to visit many countrysides.
Since I have experienced 2 different systems I think I have a better ideas of the advantage and disadvantages between the 2. but i can tell how much chinese people's living standards have improved within 35 years. I used to load up my luggage with gifts when I went back for visit and paid for the restaurant bills. those days are gone.
what makes china so interesting for holiday because it includes tropical weather from south, minus 40 degrees from north, desert and grassland in inner Mongolia and xinjiang, and of course the world's highest mountain everest. every region has their own unique culture and language. Just like shanghainese and Cantonese, they will never understand each other if they speak their own local languages. hopefully I would restart my china adventure in the near future. good luck for whatever you are doing!
I have been in china many times and trained at shaolin temple and my mom was a English teacher in wuhan and Changsha and Beijing and wu’an and handan and shanghai. I never felt unsafe their . China is very misunderstood country
because of smearing and demonizatios from your MSM funded by your congress$1.6billons/look it up
Very interesting video and very well presented.
Always enjoy watching your videos, you are very articulate and informative!
According to my personal experience, the biggest unsafe factor when walking on the streets of China is certainly not violent attacks or armed robberies（the probability of these things happening is quite low everywhere in China）but traffic accidents. From what I have witnessed, in most parts of China, people (both drivers and pedestrians) have extremely low awareness of traffic rules (if there is any at all).
Thanks Harvey for sharing! To all the silly people, if people are paid in China to look safe and happy. Does that mean we pay a lot of people in the west to look the opposite 🤔
Another safe city to visit is Moscow..just dont believe the western media told you about moscow. People there just mind their own business and easy to approach
I am an old British Chinese. When I was young, I dreamed of moving to the UK - a more advanced, safe, and civilised country. Now, in my old age, I dream of going back to my home country - a lot more advanced, safe, and civilised country. Most of all, the standard of moral, discipline, and respect in China are a lot higher than the west.
The Last sentence is correct!
@@summerwings4214 It's called family education in China, since Han and Tang dynasty.
When they switched to communism....wasn't pretty. My family went through it and they took all of it. Morals .....I don't know
Doesn’t sound accurate to me.
@@lindada6460 Before any morality matures, it has an unpleasant history...
china is very safe and the people here is very friendly..and also very beautiful places to explore here.
I am a traveller myself and throughout the years, my only negative experience was in Paris in 2021. 3 young girls on the metro train took my wallet out from my purse.
Just subscribed what a great video, you are talking a lot of sense. I have been travelling to China for over 20 years I do business in China. The people are great, I have been to over 20 cities 10 I could name the rest I have forgot there names. China opened up for business when Hongkong was handed back before that you had to deal with an agent in Hongkong. China is great the people are great. It is safe friendly. I don't know if you have been to Nanjing it's amazing the old capital of China well worth a visit. I am very conservative politics wise but I love China they have got so many things right in a lot of ways. I am looking forward to seeing my suppliers soon they look after me like a King great take on things and so true in your words Michael
@@Harveyinchina check your email
The walk in Guangzhou at night looks so relaxing and comfortable
Looks amazing. Bucket list trip for me!
Night life is amazing in China. And it is safe ❤
Talk about public transport Paris meets some problems. Super train or called EuroStar got breakdown, station congested gave people disappointed for watching Olympic. In Germany same incidents of unknown reason often caused delay to 20mins or more.
The building behind him at the 1:11 mark is the library BTW. The build with the blue LED lighting leading towards it.
Guangzhou is my hometown, I moved to California since I was 16, And now I’m 30+, in terms of safety, China is AT LEAST 100 times safer and I’m not exaggerating. In California, specifically in SF, Oakland, you can’t casually walk around after evening unless you are the one trying to rob ppl. Car windows got smashed, catalytic converter got stolen, you can smell marijuana everywhere. Homeless everywhere, so they can just pee anywhere. And yes the worst case scenario is you may get shot. Sure CA have better job opportunities, better weather, that’s pretty it
危险与机遇并存😂，有时间可以回来看看，变换肯定很大，或许可以看看你的老家现在什么样了，拍照缅怀一下也挺好的。
You have a beautiful home town I have been their few times
I've been to China, I've been outside at night, it's definitely very safe and the vibes of true living freedom is there in China, even at late night👍🫰✌️🤩
Love the video, been to China myself a few months ago and was very positively shocked. Do please keep in mind tho, this is not just Canton part of China. Visit anywhere in China and you will get a very similar experience. I've spent almost 3 weeks in Wuhan, beautiful architecture with light shows, people running and dancing by the river, flying kites, singing, eating food, kids playing on their skateboards and everyone being very, very friendly.
People here in UK only know Wuhan from the Corona virus, and seem to think that it's some uncivilized village. It's not backwards, but, much of China is a bit tropical, which means viruses spread more easily - this has nothing to do with people being uncivilised or eating wild animals. If London become tropical one day, they would have to deal with epidemics every month from all the rotten food, trash and piss on the streets.
我40岁了，住在广州。记得25年前读中学的时候，我就经常约朋友0点~1点出去吃宵夜，父母从来不担心。我们一直觉得夜晚出门是理所当然的安全。那时候监控摄像头还没有普及。因此这是社会环境的问题，与监控摄像头无关。东亚中日韩三国的文化，可能加上越南，都不喜欢暴力、强奸、抢劫。
I am 40 years old and live in Guangzhou. I remember 25 years ago when I was a middle school student, I often walked out for late snack with friends at 0:00~1:00, and my parents never worried. We always took it for granted that it was safe to go out at night. At that time, surveillance cameras were not popular. Therefore, this is due to the social environment and has little to do with surveillance cameras. The cultures of the three East Asian countries of China, Japan, and South Korea, and maybe Vietnam also, do not like violence, rape, and robbery.
广州以前的治安并不好，飞车抢夺案件很多，广州火车站附近是重灾区。现在全国的治安都不错了。
@@DavidDONG-ib8xl没钱了，什么牛鬼蛇神都会出来的😂
UK:
Sainsbury's are running an ad at the moment for Xmas! They are supporting 5000 Food banks in the UK, I bet there are no food banks in China, crazy!
Thank you for the video! I do feel bad for those who commented that the videos you made were propaganda videos. Let them believe what they want to believe. I have never been to Mainland China, I have visited Hong Kong and stayed there for a little bit, Taiwan, and Singapore. I definitely am looking forward to visit Mainland China soon.
Just according to the statistics Guangdong province has the highest crime rate among all provinces of China,if you find safe here then there aren’t other places you will feel unsafe
Danke fürdiesen Bericht. Ich folge mit 70 Jahren den Sänger und Schauspieler Xiao Zhan und das hat mein Bild von China völlig verändert. Nächstes Jahr fahre ich nach Chongqing und Shanghei. Hier in Deutschland ist man nicht mehr sicher.
There is no perfect place in the world, but China indeed has very low crime rates.
In China, the homicide rate is about 99%, and drug trafficking will be shot, which is too risky.😂
because of all the traffic/securlty cameras,also the confusism teaching.
I have recently returned from China and I felt safe there more than I did in uk and I am a 59 year old woman who went out alone
Many such cases. Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoyed your trip ☺️
Harvey great video you were spot on about China I will be visiting there next month
I've lived here in CN for nearly 10 years - It is the only country I can walk around anytime, anywhere with very little risk and this includes all the big cities. Public disputes occasionally happen, I just don't get involved 👍🏻
My son n his wife went holiday to Europe. At the end of the train journey his knapsack had disappeared from the rack. Camera passport etc all gone .
Based on my experience in China 2013/14 it's very safe, you could literally walk everywhere with your eyes closed at any time of the day/night. The only time it would be dangerous if you made a conscious decision to break the local laws or disrespect the culture. There is a dark underbelly of course but as a tourist/student etc. you're unilkely to get involved, more likely if you're in business etc.
For Europeans and Americans, most of them live in The Truman Show, a Truman Show created by Western media.
I spent a year in China (GuangZhao) back in the late 90s. I felt safe. I never encountered any problem, day or night. The only other countries I feel as safe are Switzerland, Denmark, and Finland.
All those Europeans deriding China about its crime free society in their comments need a situational awareness of their own countries. The entire population of Europe is 746 million divided amongst 50 countries of their continent. Most of these countries had already achieved unprecedented economic transformation in the first phase of the industrial revolution between the 1780s and 1849. The population of China, a single country in Asia, is 1.4 billion people. It wasn't until the 1980's that the country started achieving economic transformation and in the short span of four decades has managed to give its people the economic and social security that surpasses that of Europe by leaps and bounds. And as for Canada and Australia, these two villages together have a population of 64 million which would fit in just two cosmopolitan cities of China. So Y'all just stop beating your withered old chests and pay China and its people their due respect, that is if you even know what the word respect means outside of your onw little universes.
6:42 ... not to say that this isn't a fair perspective. But I still have to question it, just the same. Perhaps in ways that are not so obvious, it's not as rosy a picture under the surface as one would think. That criminals will be caught easily in China as believable, and therefore extremely low crime rates are also believable, but during Covid we also saw some very shocking government policies there, where people were locked in their homes, and practically starved. I know people from China and that was not just western anti-Chin propaganda as far as I know. The thing is, there's pros and cons to everything. Materially, China looks like a rising nation with lots of brightness and material goods and prosperity (though we should also ask about rural China where none of these things may be true, perhaps). However, there is likely a darker side to China that Harvey does not convey. That monolithic uni-government sounds plausibly like something that contrasts favorably against the messy and often foolish process of democratic forms of government, but still, one wonders if our young host here really has enough perspective to judge the distinction well. And the tower of Sauron in the background is perhaps an unintended, yes potentially meaningful shadowing of my concerns about China. And yet, I have to say, it's definitely best to keep an open mind. In the west it is obvious our mass media has been hideously compromised by propagandists, and so the information we get here is most certainly tainted by unstated (yet obvious) agendas. So there is that. Anyway, I understand what Harvey is saying, and I admit, overall he may be right. On the other hand, I suspect he does not really see the full picture, and the dark side may be a bit darker than he realizes. Maybe.
Only freaks come out at night...song by Whodini.
When you were a kids the adults always said ghosts, freaks walk at night...
also ladies of the night with purple hairs
Great Job! Harvey.
Awesome. Keep up the good work👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love the video so much you are. a real gentle man and a classic heart just should do to telling the truth you deserved a thumbs up
Everyone around me thinks it is very sad that Americans and European countries need to carry guns all the time or worry about being robbed in public areas.
People can also walk around at night in HK.
Just last night in suburban Shanghai, a girl being dragged into a minivan and disappeared. I had witnessed myself similar 13 years ago the same neighborhood
Source? Link?
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Guangzhou is the best city of China beside its safety, it's warm, it's open and it welcomes anyone whether you're rich or not, you can always find your own position in this beautiful city as long as you work hard.
I actually went to Guangzhou in mid-July for a four day trip, it was fun and there is an indoor ice-skating facility there, and it really gave me the vibe that I was in a snowy place (yes, there are snow in the facility). Also, there are a lot of surveillance in Guangzhou, I heard this from my parents who told me when we were on the trip, and I must confirm that to be true. But still, it is not safe to go out at night.
I have spent the past four years in China and have not witnessed a single crime, leading me to believe it is the safest place in the world.
For our located people ,we think all world is safe like this . and welcome to Zhengzhou Henan CHINA
I totally agree. But china's foreign policy specifically on SCS is making PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA on the edge. china's bullying of PH fishermen within PH EEZ is terrible. China DISTORTS ALL details regarding their bullying at WPS. And.....china wants to invade Taiwan.
cia/pinoy bot spewing fecal matters
I live in this city and I can tell you walked a pretty long distance in this vlog. When people introduce how good London is, most Chinese will buy it and dream of visiting London one day; but every time I introduce how good Guangzhou is, I only get a skeptical facial expression and 'Really"?
Such a good video without propaganda