这些评论太失控了！三分之一的人很高兴，三分之一的人说我们是中国仇敌，最后三分之一的人认为我们是亲华的托儿！每个人都需要放松哈哈。 // These comments are out of control! 1/3 are happy, 1/3 claim we are china haters, and the final 1/3 think we are pro-china shills! Everyone needs to relax haha.
Haha, I guess it is because Xinjiang and Uyghurs are made into a hot topic in western media for the past several years and successfully created dichotomy and controversy.
Well, the video has a divisively politicized title that you're exploiting, but you're there doing touristy things, not seeing what's off limits or investigating happenings of what's been destroyed or whose been imprisoned, killed or 'reeducated'.
I think China never has advertised itself as the future of humankind, nor by its government, nor by its people, but a developing country that has its good and bad, and still has a long way to go. So whatever the outsiders portrait it, good or bad, we don't really care, and at this point, we don't really get emotional by those anymore, after watching all the dramas in all these years. What we do mind though, is pure smearing, just like the "notorious social credit system" and the "notorious genocide", that is unacceptable and intolerable. Enjoy your trip.
Yes pure smearing is not only unethical it creates a pattern of brainwashing with make up narratives to lead a society into hating, no different from promoting racial supremacy
More than one year ago my Singaporean colleague said to me he hates Xi Jinxing. He didn’t explain why but it’s not difficult to know he is brainwashed by western media. He brought up stuff like China credit system which he believes is for monitoring people - which infringes people’s freedom. And he also brought the missing tennis player Peng Shuai which western media was spreading wild misinformation. I told him China did not lock her up and torture her but he responded she is different than before as though she was mentally tortured or injected with something. In Singapore our media news sources are from western mainstream media such as Reuters, AP, AFP, NYTimes, Bloomberg, BBC, CCN, etc. which are toxic when comes to China news. I hope China can have some solutions for western media constant smearing of China especially start with asian countries let the people know the west is spreading misinformation about China and what China contributions to the world such as BRI.
Beware of forming conclusions from incomplete data. We saw 0.5% of the city, and showed 0.05% in this video. Never been to Philly but it would be impossible to compare them based on this one video! There was lots to enjoy in ürümqi, but there is probably also lots to enjoy in Philly. Philadelphia is legendary!
I’m Chinese and used to live in Philly for couple of years. Heard my very first gunfire on my life 2 weeks after I move in 😂. It’s really sad to hear stories about how bad Philly turned into these days … I had some really nice memories in that city
It's fascinating to observe how media conditioning influences Western visitors' perceptions of China before they arrive. Their reactions often follow predictable patterns: surprise at modern infrastructure, questions about population density, or a heightened focus on security cameras. Some visitors even display unnecessary anxiety around police or uniformed personnel. Perhaps most telling is when visitors, like you, mistake natural fog or the marine layer for pollution. Along America's coasts, we're quite familiar with this natural mist, though we recognize it differently. What's particularly noteworthy is China's remarkable progress in environmental improvement over the past decade. The nation has made extraordinary strides in cleaning up its air, water, maintaining pristine public spaces, and reducing noise pollution. In fact, China's comprehensive approach to environmental challenges has surpassed most, if not all, nations in terms of success and scale. Your firsthand observations offer valuable insights that contrast with mainstream narratives. Travel indeed serves as an excellent way to distinguish reality from preconceptions. Thank you for sharing your experience, and may your journey continue to be enlightening us in the US who don't have the opportunity to visit a wonderful country like China.
@@MetaView7 Look up the map man, Xinjiang is province, a huge province, not a city. It is as large as the whole Europe. Tell me, do you see subways connection European cities?
@@seasonedpeople5472 ， Sand Storm coming from Mongolia nation, which lies between Russia and China. Google Map could help. An earlier study (in ca. 2012) indicates that back then the winter heating in Urumqi was still very heavily relying on coal, which constitutes the major source of PM2.5 particles in the air. But the situation has been improved a lot over time. (Aslo, in that regard, you might wanna refer to comments from other users here. They probably can share what they know about that.) But the sand storm from Mongolia nation (the Outer Mongolia) is still going on and getting worse because the authority in Mongolia nation simply doesn't wanna and does'nt do anything about it. Just look at the google map, except for Ulaanbaatar, the entire Mongolia nation is pretty much a gigantic lump of desert. In fact the sand storm from Mongolia nation devestates not only the entire northern part of China, but also all the way to the Korean Peninsula.
Chinese never said they are perfect, but still in a Developing Stage, not like India always bragging about been a super power.😂😂😂 China is just an ordinary country with GDP of $ 15000. On the contrary, is Canada a perfect country? No run down buildings in city centre? 😁😁😁
By the way, most of Xinjiang is a desert area with frequent sand storms. Just think about the sand dunes in Middle East or Afganistan. And you are about to get into winter season, that why the air pressure is low. It can get to -25~-30 degrees in winter in Xinjiang.
Well, Canada is going downhill fast now because of Trudeaue’s policies, the country accepted too much refugees and immigrants from India and other third world immigrants
@@merrick6484 ....GDP is meaningless data created by weztern countries that heavily inflates their weztern ec0n0my. PPP is the true measure of pe0ple's true inc0mes, and Chy!!na has been top since 2017.
the air pollution is mainly caused by the desert. Xinjiang is closed to Talimu desert which is the biggest one in China, in the winter, the cold air in winter is from west-north, it passed through the desert. Actually there are 6 deserts in China. China put lots of efforts to build the green wall. there are 2 deserts (Maowusou desert and Kubuqi desert) already become oasis as they are close to the yellow river. but the rest 4 deserts are really tough. the desertification is the pain point for many countries. if you come to Xinjiang in Summer, the air is much better than winter. because the warm air is from east-south of ocean.
As a Contractor... the WALL is a COMBINATION of Insulation ( Styrofoam) with Brick Wall inside. The Loads are carried on Reinforced Structural Beams . Thus Walls can be with single Brick wall with Styrofoam for Insulation porposes. Same as ENGLAND !!! So ..... Do NOT JUMP to conclusion if you are NOT a Architect or Contractor.
it's not tofu dreg, LMAO...it's called stucco, we have stucco houses in Canada. It's a nice textured veneer filled with styrofoam to cover up the layer of brick beneath. This is just an apartment in disrepair, not tofu dreg, there's actually a layer of brick underneath the stucco as shown in your video.
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project: The Great Green Wall. But ... 🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert . 😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic. Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include: Slowing desertification in northern China Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15% Stabilizing water resources Absorbing carbon dioxide Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
Welcome to China. Actually, call Xinjiang Muslim Province, is not that accurate. Xinjiang has a long history with so many various blended in cultures, had been a pure Buddhist area. Because of the blocking by the Himalayas. The culture from west went into China through Xinjiang as the gateway. The Buddhist came into China also from the silk road, the first foothold is Xinjiang which called 'the west region' in the past. There are dozens of ethnics in Xinjiang with different religions.
For sure, it's certainly, historically a mix. We saw a lot of Buddhist history as we visited other cities and went to more museums. Make sure to stay tuned for our next videos!
I always read and follow w'tern media 10 years ago until when i visited China, I woke up and realised most of the media were full of lies and smearing how negative of China, love China now and would love to go and visit again once i have enough savings 😂
That styrofoam you saw is probably for insulation, western and northern provences can get really cold during the winter. A lot of the old building are not up to the new housing standards so government and sometime individuals modify the outer wall with added material. You can see the original outer wall beneath the added layer, the insulation layer is usually made up with low density bricks and then styrofoam. The real tofu construction here is the fact that the insulation layer has fall off, the construction company might be in trouble if this is a government contract😅 Great video none the less, Safe travels and have a good time👍
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. It’s the insulation layer. I used to live in Beijing (North China, cold winter) and one day an old apartment building next to mine did the insulation renovation. That’s the first time that I knew such thing existed in buildings😂
@@baichuanren885 The main support is steel beams and concrete. That part is guarantee meets the safety standards. The foam outer wall is for insulation. It finishes by spraying fine sand or rock on it. It’s getting popular in the new buildings in Toronto Canada where I live. Just knock on the wall you will hear something that’s not solid. But that’s not a Tofu project. It may not able to handle impact but it can definitely handle wind, rain and snow.
Enjoyed the video. One thing that needs attention because it's misleading as well as incorrect. Xinjiang is not "China's Muslim Province", Xinjiang is a province in China with a large Muslim population. 🙂
lol bro.. We have entire buildings (sometimes rows of buildings) in NJ that (look like brick and cement) are made with foam, mesh wires and stucco. It's not a uncommon thing.
The air quality issue is most likely natural. If you are in the densily populated area in the eastern part of China like Shanghai or Beijing, air problem is likely to be caused by polution. But Xing Jiang has large uninhabited area, and is known to install hundreds of miles of solar and wind farms. The problem of air quality is most likely caused by sand storms. I don't think it is a fog, as that part is very dry and usually does not have fog, but that part is very likely to have sandstorm as it is close to some deserted areas.
It’s cloudy and later raining when they were filming, which added to that grey weather conditions. The air quality in some winter days in Urumqi is not ideal because there are indeed some air pollutions due to coal burning for heating. But like the rest of China, the air quality is continually improving.
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project: The Great Green Wall. But ... 🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert . 😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic. Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include: Slowing desertification in northern China Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15% Stabilizing water resources Absorbing carbon dioxide Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
International Energy Agency : from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity. By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
Nearly 90% of the year, air quality is fine even in big cities, winter has more low air quality days (365*88% is fine , 40 days from oct - April have low air quality), Urumqi used to be even worse)
Yeah, as I noted, Winter is always the worst for air quality. Same as anywhere in the world with air quality issues, something about the cold air keeps it close to the ground.
I really recommend that friends who want to go to Xinjiang should go between June and August. That is the most beautiful season of the year. Fruits are plentiful and the scenery is beautiful. It’s really too cold to go to Xinjiang in November, unless you want to go skiing in Ili. Moreover, the climate is continental, with cold and dry winters. Unlike Europe, although the latitude is high, there is a warm Atlantic current, so it is not that cold. This is the center of Eurasia...
External wall insulation board，In order to reduce heat loss in houses in winter, this can reduce the energy consumption of heating and save more energy.
We didn't actually get questioned by any police or military at all. We did just stay inside the city though. We did of course have the endless small security checkpoints before entering buildings or market street or museums but they are more security theatre than actually checking anyone. It's just an x-ray conveyor that someone barely watches and then someone might wave a metal detector in your general direction 😂
@@WanderingBluePassportsBecause there have been many terrorist attacks by Muslims extremists in the past. Many Western cities have suffered similar attacks.
@@WanderingBluePassports, US has a lot to do with the security of Xinjiang. CIA involvement to break Tibet and Xinjiang away from China was rigorous. I am glad China has regained full control of these two autonomous provinces and maintaining a peaceful life hood. I visited these provinces in 2008 shortly after the Beijing Olympics and security was very dense in these two provinces and there check point everywhere. I had to apply for visas and hire a local guide to enter these regions.
Until governments start writing us cheques, there is no reason to lie. Good food, interesting history, bad air quality, styrofoam buildings, wonderful parks. It all gets mentioned.
How unfortunate that North American tourists tend to use Western perspectives to judge Eastern cultures. If you want to find faults to prove your biases you can and you will. It's easy to convince yourself that you've found evidence to prove your point, whether it's true or not. I too can judge others just by looking at them superficially without ever exploring their history in depth or trying to understand why they do things the way they do. That would take an open mind and too much time so why bother.
I lived in Vancouver for 10 years, which is already one of the best cities in Canada, and then I went back to China for 10 years, and to be honest, Canada is no better than China, and the quality of life in China is much higher than in Canada
Thanks for sharing your perspective. Depends what one values for their own quality of life. Some may prefer one or the other. One thing at least.... in Canada you don't need a VPN to access Pornhub! 😂 👹
spring and autumn are the two best seasons to be in xinjiang. You might see more armed police than other regions in China as there was a terrorist attack before. Other than that it is similar to other cities in China.
Best time visit Xinjiang is in the summer. All the fruit, all the Lamb and street food. Beautiful lake...Beautiful mountain. Winter time, central heating is bad for air quality, everyone is indoors, nothing to see, way too cold.
wish you a wonderful trip. As your question about the styrofoam,it’s a insulation layer between bearing wall and outer layer. It’s a standard building code for many northern cities of China.
Abiut that tofu wall. Last year in the UK, people actually protest and sitting in the moddle of motor way to ask government add this insulation into the wall, to keep inside house warm. Xinjiang has done a great job.
I am thinking that the reason everything is so empty is cuz it is off season and that is also the reason why all public transportation are paired back to the bare minimum.
Thanks for sharing your video i always dream go to visit Xinjiang province one day i love to go down there it's so beautiful place to visit take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
China is a wonderful place to visit and we highly recommend coming here. We have enjoyed it more and more each time we have come. (Stacey 3x, Tristan 2x)
😂 the audio guide in the Xinjiang museum is too funny, looks like they think visitors are most interested in the exact length and width of the artifacts
Yeah, we did enjoy it but we haven't found anywhere in China we didn't enjoy yet haha. The last time we came to China it was November/December and we didn't learn our lesson I guess lol
@@WanderingBluePassports you should go somewhere closer to the equator, YunNan province have some specular natural scene and HaiNan is a tropical island.
😆China is the only country to have halal canteens on aircraft carriers. All major Chinese universities have halal canteens.. also applies to Govt schools...
That's not smog, let alone pollution! It was cloudy! It will rain next! Xinjiang has no pollution! There are few people in the shopping mall because of working days, not holidays. The outer wall of the room is an insulation layer! Don't rub it in rhythm.
They pronounced it as hong shan park, in mandarin, (hong) means red (shan) means mountain, so red mountain park, I have been there like 30 years ago, definitely much better now
@@WanderingBluePassports I agree with you on the air quality. You can notice the haze even in the video. In winter, many cities in China ( especially the north ) have this problem. China still have a long way to go to improve the air quality. Good news is China keeps working on it.
Just visiting Urumqi and Kashgar is like just touch and go. Xinjiang is so big. There are so many natural scenic areas like the Kanas, Sayram Lake, grasslands, deserted area and national parks to explore, so beautiful and well preserved natures.
That's weather not pollution. You never see bright sun in the sky mid-November. Urumqi is not that industrial comparing to other Chinese cities. 6:42 and few minutes later holding an umbrella you telling me that's not weather. 😆😆😆😂
@WanderingBluePassports haha, hope you love it here. Next time you need something or info about Xinjiang or China, feel free to let me know. I've travelled most provinces and big cities in China, especially for the food, and I just started my business as a tour leader. Btw what's your next destination?
It’s unbelievable that China still has a place or two that has air pollution 😮!? Xing Jiang uses almost only clean energy… Chinese people are in general very friendly, people are used to helping each other since the old agricultural times, don’t care your skin colors (color doesn’t make one superior or inferior in their eyes) in China since ancient times there are already so many ethnicities (colors of skin) but all speak Madarin or dialects. Those who don’t like China, doesn’t matter either, don’t have to come to China… won’t be missed… China has 1.4 B people already. Love China❤👍. It’s still so much better than the West! 🤫 Westerners who see things they don’t have in their country and say “so weird!” You need to see more of the world and get out of your bubble😂
Make sure to like and subscribe so you can watch all 300 videos of us traveling all over the world. Probably one of those places is out of our bubble enough for you... If you don't think Xinjiang counts 🥱
I haven't seen anyone say it's closed to foreigners. But for anyone interested in seeing another side of Xinjiang, check out “China targets friendly media, diplomats to ‘tell story of Xinjiang’” or “'Eating suhoor in the dark': Ramadan for Uighurs, a month of struggle”, both from non-western media.
We did not haha The museum was very good, it just lacked some English but it's not the museum's fault, it's in China... Even we think it doesn't NEED English but we just noticed how the presence of English changed as we got higher haha Thanks for watching 🙏
Love your video! Very informative! A modern, peaceful ( somewhat empty) place with tons of home goods, restaurants, malls, showrooms. Not sure how locals make a living?
International Energy Agency : from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity. By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
How comes air quality in Urumqi being that low? Aren't the sales of EV in Urumqi as high as in the rest of CN, where air quality has massively increased due to EV rise and green energy? Also a lot of the green energy projects are in XJ, so that should shift things towards cleaner air, too, i would assume. Where does the bad air come from?
Others in the comments are saying lots still use coal to heat in the winter. We also saw lots of street vendors cooking with coal. We saw more EVs in China than any other country we have been to but there is still lots of IC cars too. It all just adds up, plus there is always industry but I don't know enough about that to make any meaningful statement in that regard.
If you look at the map, a big portion of Xinjiang is that big desert. Cities are built around that big desert. A lot of sand storms there. So the air pollution is due to that. Xinjiang and Tibet are magnificent places in nature but honestly, not very inhabitable due to its nature. Historically those two are impoverished regions with harsh living environment. Southern Xinjiang by that desert used to be infested by radical Islamic influence and terrorism and a place where no travellers dared to go, because of its poverty and closeness to Parkistand and Afghanistan. In recent years, it is completely changed to be a very safe place and popular tourist destination especially Kashgar. The Chinese gov spent a lot of efforts and resources to deploy security, reeducate people, provide employment and develop economy, and at the same time, created some controversies that have been blown out of proportion without much context in the western media as the west sees their interests in allying with the oversea East Turkistan terrorism groups and destablizing Xinjinag.
I like you, we just want ppl to see a real China, sure those saying shitty things good or bad about us only want to get more views, I believe the slient most are just want to see a true China as well. China is just a country like others, just has a different developing way, our own way, not that perfect and not that bad,that's all, Internet make any tiny good or bad way way bigger pppl start to stand a side to fight.
Thanks. We just like to document our travels, we don't care about views and we don't get our clicks from trying to polarize the world. It's already "Us vs Them" enough. If something is good we say, if something is bad we say it. Some people are so sensitive to a negative being mentioned, even when it's surrounded by good things being said. I hope that like you, everyone can just enjoy watching us discover a new place.
Yes, carry your passports everywhere in China. I heard that you just need to use your passport as your train tickets. Some places probably check your passports for security reasons.
Well there is a mall in the city where I live that they only sell home furniture and it is a 4 storey complex. There used to be a movie theatre there too but it is now closed because there are not so many people going there though it is my favourite cinema to go to.
do more showing rather than talking in the subway or on the way to anywhere, i found half of the time just you guys talking in the front scene of everything around you, what a waste of shooting at wherever you wanted to show to people
We were told on the media about allegations of genocide targeting minorities in Xinjiang. Could you help find evidence of real genocide or cultural genocide there, similar to the situation in Gaza?
Lots of UA-camrs do supplicate for the clicks....but we like to think we are fair in our approach. Just look at the comments on this or other videos, many hate us, many love us. Everyone attaches their own anger to our messages and accuses us of whatever they want 🤣
这些评论太失控了！三分之一的人很高兴，三分之一的人说我们是中国仇敌，最后三分之一的人认为我们是亲华的托儿！每个人都需要放松哈哈。 // These comments are out of control! 1/3 are happy, 1/3 claim we are china haters, and the final 1/3 think we are pro-china shills! Everyone needs to relax haha.
Take it easy. Everyone can have their own judgment on how China is , just need to see it on the ground and feel it.
Haha, I guess it is because Xinjiang and Uyghurs are made into a hot topic in western media for the past several years and successfully created dichotomy and controversy.
🪷Namo Buddha Namo Nama🪷
Welcome to China to explore with your own eyes.
Well, the video has a divisively politicized title that you're exploiting, but you're there doing touristy things, not seeing what's off limits or investigating happenings of what's been destroyed or whose been imprisoned, killed or 'reeducated'.
I think China never has advertised itself as the future of humankind, nor by its government, nor by its people, but a developing country that has its good and bad, and still has a long way to go. So whatever the outsiders portrait it, good or bad, we don't really care, and at this point, we don't really get emotional by those anymore, after watching all the dramas in all these years. What we do mind though, is pure smearing, just like the "notorious social credit system" and the "notorious genocide", that is unacceptable and intolerable.
Enjoy your trip.
Yes pure smearing is not only unethical it creates a pattern of brainwashing with make up narratives to lead a society into hating, no different from promoting racial supremacy
As a overseas Chinese, I am tired with those “social credit systems “ fake news anti China propaganda
是的，我看到很多谎言都不会有多少情绪波动；甚至觉得这样做的人挺可笑的，同时也不想去解释，因为聪明人自己会通过眼睛去观察。
More than one year ago my Singaporean colleague said to me he hates Xi Jinxing. He didn’t explain why but it’s not difficult to know he is brainwashed by western media. He brought up stuff like China credit system which he believes is for monitoring people - which infringes people’s freedom. And he also brought the missing tennis player Peng Shuai which western media was spreading wild misinformation. I told him China did not lock her up and torture her but he responded she is different than before as though she was mentally tortured or injected with something. In Singapore our media news sources are from western mainstream media such as Reuters, AP, AFP, NYTimes, Bloomberg, BBC, CCN, etc. which are toxic when comes to China news. I hope China can have some solutions for western media constant smearing of China especially start with asian countries let the people know the west is spreading misinformation about China and what China contributions to the world such as BRI.
带节奏的洋垃圾太多了，虱子多了不咬，由它去吧。
Sigh, Urumqi looks more modern and cleaner than Phily, no blight, no trash, no crime. Lol, no nightly gunfire.
Beware of forming conclusions from incomplete data. We saw 0.5% of the city, and showed 0.05% in this video. Never been to Philly but it would be impossible to compare them based on this one video!
There was lots to enjoy in ürümqi, but there is probably also lots to enjoy in Philly. Philadelphia is legendary!
*NO Kensington Avenue.*
I’m Chinese and used to live in Philly for couple of years. Heard my very first gunfire on my life 2 weeks after I move in 😂.
It’s really sad to hear stories about how bad Philly turned into these days … I had some really nice memories in that city
on average, usa cities are one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
@@ArchsStanton哈哈，肯辛顿大街在中国家喻户晓，那是相当的有名。
It's fascinating to observe how media conditioning influences Western visitors' perceptions of China before they arrive. Their reactions often follow predictable patterns: surprise at modern infrastructure, questions about population density, or a heightened focus on security cameras. Some visitors even display unnecessary anxiety around police or uniformed personnel.
Perhaps most telling is when visitors, like you, mistake natural fog or the marine layer for pollution. Along America's coasts, we're quite familiar with this natural mist, though we recognize it differently. What's particularly noteworthy is China's remarkable progress in environmental improvement over the past decade. The nation has made extraordinary strides in cleaning up its air, water, maintaining pristine public spaces, and reducing noise pollution. In fact, China's comprehensive approach to environmental challenges has surpassed most, if not all, nations in terms of success and scale.
Your firsthand observations offer valuable insights that contrast with mainstream narratives. Travel indeed serves as an excellent way to distinguish reality from preconceptions. Thank you for sharing your experience, and may your journey continue to be enlightening us in the US who don't have the opportunity to visit a wonderful country like China.
Americans are the most propagandanized people in the world.
The US is guilty of all the things they accuse other countries of.
What, there is a subway system in Xinjiang ????
I was going say this, Xinjiang is vast with low population, it is a farming province.... where is polution come from?
@@MetaView7 Look up the map man, Xinjiang is province, a huge province, not a city. It is as large as the whole Europe. Tell me, do you see subways connection European cities?
@@seasonedpeople5472 ， Sand Storm coming from Mongolia nation, which lies between Russia and China. Google Map could help.
An earlier study (in ca. 2012) indicates that back then the winter heating in Urumqi was still very heavily relying on coal, which constitutes the major source of PM2.5 particles in the air. But the situation has been improved a lot over time. (Aslo, in that regard, you might wanna refer to comments from other users here. They probably can share what they know about that.)
But the sand storm from Mongolia nation (the Outer Mongolia) is still going on and getting worse because the authority in Mongolia nation simply doesn't wanna and does'nt do anything about it. Just look at the google map, except for Ulaanbaatar, the entire Mongolia nation is pretty much a gigantic lump of desert. In fact the sand storm from Mongolia nation devestates not only the entire northern part of China, but also all the way to the Korean Peninsula.
Chinese never said they are perfect, but still in a Developing Stage, not like India always bragging about been a super power.😂😂😂
China is just an ordinary country with GDP of $ 15000.
On the contrary, is Canada a perfect country? No run down buildings in city centre? 😁😁😁
By the way, most of Xinjiang is a desert area with frequent sand storms. Just think about the sand dunes in Middle East or Afganistan.
And you are about to get into winter season, that why the air pressure is low.
It can get to -25~-30 degrees in winter in Xinjiang.
Well, Canada is going downhill fast now because of Trudeaue’s policies, the country accepted too much refugees and immigrants from India and other third world immigrants
@@merrick6484 ....GDP is meaningless data created by weztern countries that heavily inflates their weztern ec0n0my. PPP is the true measure of pe0ple's true inc0mes, and Chy!!na has been top since 2017.
That's fog, not haze. The air is usually very good after a cold front passes.
我就是新疆人，几年前在乌鲁木齐上学，空气质量真的差，工厂离太近了，尤其冬天，去过就知道，在环境治理方面比杭州深圳差远了。但没办法，等到过几年真正发展起来才能兼顾到这些。
当然，基本没人来新疆旅游会去乌鲁木齐的市区，市区没啥好看的
I'm Chinese, and I'd say there is no need to be defensive about it, the air is bad (again) in China for the past couple of years
@@posltlw You don't have to lie you're Chinese.
@@posltlw Liar
Beautiful, honest, courageous couple! Thank you for showing us a real Xinjiang, a real China!❤🩹
the air pollution is mainly caused by the desert. Xinjiang is closed to Talimu desert which is the biggest one in China, in the winter, the cold air in winter is from west-north, it passed through the desert. Actually there are 6 deserts in China. China put lots of efforts to build the green wall. there are 2 deserts (Maowusou desert and Kubuqi desert) already become oasis as they are close to the yellow river. but the rest 4 deserts are really tough. the desertification is the pain point for many countries. if you come to Xinjiang in Summer, the air is much better than winter. because the warm air is from east-south of ocean.
As a Contractor... the WALL is a COMBINATION of Insulation ( Styrofoam) with Brick Wall inside. The Loads are carried on Reinforced Structural Beams . Thus Walls can be with single Brick wall with Styrofoam for Insulation porposes. Same as ENGLAND !!! So ..... Do NOT JUMP to conclusion if you are NOT a Architect or Contractor.
it's not tofu dreg, LMAO...it's called stucco, we have stucco houses in Canada. It's a nice textured veneer filled with styrofoam to cover up the layer of brick beneath. This is just an apartment in disrepair, not tofu dreg, there's actually a layer of brick underneath the stucco as shown in your video.
lol shows what I know about exterior building construction
是的，是中国北方建筑的保温层
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project:
The Great Green Wall.
But ...
🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert .
😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic.
Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include:
Slowing desertification in northern China
Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15%
Stabilizing water resources
Absorbing carbon dioxide
Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
Not only just UA-cam, almost all mainstream media do as well
Don't forget US politicians too
@ we all get used to their blessings
1.6 billion dollars for make China dirty⋯⋯that‘s a lot of money
Welcome to China. Actually, call Xinjiang Muslim Province, is not that accurate. Xinjiang has a long history with so many various blended in cultures, had been a pure Buddhist area. Because of the blocking by the Himalayas. The culture from west went into China through Xinjiang as the gateway. The Buddhist came into China also from the silk road, the first foothold is Xinjiang which called 'the west region' in the past. There are dozens of ethnics in Xinjiang with different religions.
For sure, it's certainly, historically a mix. We saw a lot of Buddhist history as we visited other cities and went to more museums. Make sure to stay tuned for our next videos!
伊斯兰比儒家，佛教，道教更晚进入新疆，2000多年前儒家就进入了新疆，伊斯兰也只是乾隆时期才开始进入新疆
I always read and follow w'tern media 10 years ago until when i visited China, I woke up and realised most of the media were full of lies and smearing how negative of China, love China now and would love to go and visit again once i have enough savings 😂
That styrofoam you saw is probably for insulation, western and northern provences can get really cold during the winter. A lot of the old building are not up to the new housing standards so government and sometime individuals modify the outer wall with added material. You can see the original outer wall beneath the added layer, the insulation layer is usually made up with low density bricks and then styrofoam.
The real tofu construction here is the fact that the insulation layer has fall off, the construction company might be in trouble if this is a government contract😅
Great video none the less, Safe travels and have a good time👍
Good to know. Thanks 🙏
Yeah I was going to say the same thing. It’s the insulation layer. I used to live in Beijing (North China, cold winter) and one day an old apartment building next to mine did the insulation renovation. That’s the first time that I knew such thing existed in buildings😂
He is English, he knows, just for the sake of black.
@@baichuanren885 The main support is steel beams and concrete. That part is guarantee meets the safety standards. The foam outer wall is for insulation. It finishes by spraying fine sand or rock on it. It’s getting popular in the new buildings in Toronto Canada where I live. Just knock on the wall you will hear something that’s not solid. But that’s not a Tofu project. It may not able to handle impact but it can definitely handle wind, rain and snow.
这个要么是后面添加的保温层，要么是发泡剂填充物，都算常见的建筑材料，可能在比较隐蔽的位置所以破损了没有修复而已。
Enjoyed the video. One thing that needs attention because it's misleading as well as incorrect. Xinjiang is not "China's Muslim Province", Xinjiang is a province in China with a large Muslim population. 🙂
lol bro.. We have entire buildings (sometimes rows of buildings) in NJ that (look like brick and cement) are made with foam, mesh wires and stucco. It's not a uncommon thing.
It's not prohibited. Anyone who wants to go can go. Xinjiang is not a restricted area
Exactly as we said. Very easy to come to.
@@WanderingBluePassports Only Xizang(Tibet) has some limitations.
In Toronto, our new apartment uses stereo foam for the outer wall too.
China is different because we don’t listen to the west, we just did what we think is right
The air quality issue is most likely natural. If you are in the densily populated area in the eastern part of China like Shanghai or Beijing, air problem is likely to be caused by polution.
But Xing Jiang has large uninhabited area, and is known to install hundreds of miles of solar and wind farms.
The problem of air quality is most likely caused by sand storms.
I don't think it is a fog, as that part is very dry and usually does not have fog, but that part is very likely to have sandstorm as it is close to some deserted areas.
It’s cloudy and later raining when they were filming, which added to that grey weather conditions. The air quality in some winter days in Urumqi is not ideal because there are indeed some air pollutions due to coal burning for heating. But like the rest of China, the air quality is continually improving.
并不是没有水汽，这几天冷空气来了，冷空气和温暖气体碰撞就会有雾，很正常的自然现象
To improve the air quality , China has planted over 66 billion trees as part of its Great Green Wall project, which is the world's largest afforestation project:
The Great Green Wall.
But ...
🤣 2022-7-20 BBC: China is destroying the desert environment by planting trees in the desert .
😂 I am too s____ to understand BBC logic.
Also known as the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, this project began in 1978 and is expected to be completed in 2050. The project's goals include:
Slowing desertification in northern China
Increasing forest cover from 5% to 15%
Stabilizing water resources
Absorbing carbon dioxide
Providing local people with resources like timber and fruit .
International Energy Agency :
from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity.
By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
Nearly 90% of the year, air quality is fine even in big cities, winter has more low air quality days (365*88% is fine , 40 days from oct - April have low air quality), Urumqi used to be even worse)
Yeah, as I noted, Winter is always the worst for air quality. Same as anywhere in the world with air quality issues, something about the cold air keeps it close to the ground.
Pretty good actually compare it to the west lets say compare it in London or Paris
@@marklouieadame I just checked and right now Urumqi is at 172, London is at 78 and Paris is at 24 lol
@@WanderingBluePassportsIt may also be related to the burning of coal for heating in winter. Central heating is used in northern China.
Dehli is 1700.
No joke.
I really recommend that friends who want to go to Xinjiang should go between June and August. That is the most beautiful season of the year. Fruits are plentiful and the scenery is beautiful. It’s really too cold to go to Xinjiang in November, unless you want to go skiing in Ili. Moreover, the climate is continental, with cold and dry winters. Unlike Europe, although the latitude is high, there is a warm Atlantic current, so it is not that cold. This is the center of Eurasia...
External wall insulation board，In order to reduce heat loss in houses in winter, this can reduce the energy consumption of heating and save more energy.
Your fan club found you on the museum! Super cute!
It was wonderful finally meeting the official Ürümqi Branch of the Wandering Blue Passports Fan Club.
新疆確實有很多檢查，在每個城鎮的交界之處，原因大家都清楚，之前有人刻意在新疆搞事。所以檢查不是針對外國人，而是每個人都要下車驗證身份，只是那裡的外國人少，所以會問一下你的狀況，有時多問也許是出於關心而已。
We didn't actually get questioned by any police or military at all. We did just stay inside the city though.
We did of course have the endless small security checkpoints before entering buildings or market street or museums but they are more security theatre than actually checking anyone. It's just an x-ray conveyor that someone barely watches and then someone might wave a metal detector in your general direction 😂
@@WanderingBluePassportsBecause there have been many terrorist attacks by Muslims extremists in the past. Many Western cities have suffered similar attacks.
@@WanderingBluePassports, US has a lot to do with the security of Xinjiang. CIA involvement to break Tibet and Xinjiang away from China was rigorous. I am glad China has regained full control of these two autonomous provinces and maintaining a peaceful life hood. I visited these provinces in 2008 shortly after the Beijing Olympics and security was very dense in these two provinces and there check point everywhere. I had to apply for visas and hire a local guide to enter these regions.
Thank you for telling the truth!
Until governments start writing us cheques, there is no reason to lie. Good food, interesting history, bad air quality, styrofoam buildings, wonderful parks. It all gets mentioned.
@@WanderingBluePassports Don't dream about getting cheques.
Chinese food looks soooo good. Please tell me you are doing more "Following the Food Ranger" videos in China!
You bet ur butt we are.
How unfortunate that North American tourists tend to use Western perspectives to judge Eastern cultures. If you want to find faults to prove your biases you can and you will. It's easy to convince yourself that you've found evidence to prove your point, whether it's true or not. I too can judge others just by looking at them superficially without ever exploring their history in depth or trying to understand why they do things the way they do. That would take an open mind and too much time so why bother.
the styrofoams are for insulation, similar to the use of foam to insulatr wallls in the US.
Good to know. Thanks 👍
I lived in Vancouver for 10 years, which is already one of the best cities in Canada, and then I went back to China for 10 years, and to be honest, Canada is no better than China, and the quality of life in China is much higher than in Canada
Thanks for sharing your perspective. Depends what one values for their own quality of life. Some may prefer one or the other. One thing at least.... in Canada you don't need a VPN to access Pornhub! 😂 👹
spring and autumn are the two best seasons to be in xinjiang. You might see more armed police than other regions in China as there was a terrorist attack before. Other than that it is similar to other cities in China.
Thanks to CIA sponsored, East Turkmanistan Terrorist Groups.
😮Its US funded separatist that create chaos like it did in Hong Kong.
Best time visit Xinjiang is in the summer. All the fruit, all the Lamb and street food. Beautiful lake...Beautiful mountain. Winter time, central heating is bad for air quality, everyone is indoors, nothing to see, way too cold.
I am sure it would be even more beautiful in summer but it still was very enjoyable to visit!
wish you a wonderful trip. As your question about the styrofoam,it’s a insulation layer between bearing wall and outer layer. It’s a standard building code for many northern cities of China.
Good to know, thanks!
Not sure the Xinjiang ski resorts are already open? That would be another destination not a lot of foreigners visit.
That would be cool, this area of central Asia/around the 'stans' is said to have some of the best skiing in the world.
Abiut that tofu wall. Last year in the UK, people actually protest and sitting in the moddle of motor way to ask government add this insulation into the wall, to keep inside house warm. Xinjiang has done a great job.
I am thinking that the reason everything is so empty is cuz it is off season and that is also the reason why all public transportation are paired back to the bare minimum.
Could be, it was early November after all!
Thanks for sharing your video i always dream go to visit Xinjiang province one day i love to go down there it's so beautiful place to visit take care bye from milton Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
China is a wonderful place to visit and we highly recommend coming here. We have enjoyed it more and more each time we have come. (Stacey 3x, Tristan 2x)
😂 the audio guide in the Xinjiang museum is too funny, looks like they think visitors are most interested in the exact length and width of the artifacts
Hope you guys enjoyed Urumqi, I just got here and it's pretty cold
Yeah, we did enjoy it but we haven't found anywhere in China we didn't enjoy yet haha.
The last time we came to China it was November/December and we didn't learn our lesson I guess lol
@@WanderingBluePassports you should go somewhere closer to the equator, YunNan province have some specular natural scene and HaiNan is a tropical island.
U never visited reeducation camp in Xinjiang, BBC Reporters once entered that place for interviews
Its near desert sometimes is mild sandstorm, couple with mist or fog.
😆China is the only country to have halal canteens on aircraft carriers.
All major Chinese universities have halal canteens.. also applies to Govt schools...
That's not smog, let alone pollution! It was cloudy! It will rain next! Xinjiang has no pollution! There are few people in the shopping mall because of working days, not holidays. The outer wall of the room is an insulation layer! Don't rub it in rhythm.
I like the buddhist music in the temple❤
It was playing while we were there so we recorded it to use!
They pronounced it as hong shan park, in mandarin, (hong) means red (shan) means mountain, so red mountain park, I have been there like 30 years ago, definitely much better now
Did you check the official report on air quality, or did you assume it is related to bad air quality?
We checked, as we said in the video!
@@WanderingBluePassports I agree with you on the air quality. You can notice the haze even in the video. In winter, many cities in China ( especially the north ) have this problem. China still have a long way to go to improve the air quality. Good news is China keeps working on it.
Just visiting Urumqi and Kashgar is like just touch and go. Xinjiang is so big. There are so many natural scenic areas like the Kanas, Sayram Lake, grasslands, deserted area and national parks to explore, so beautiful and well preserved natures.
We all need the truth. Thank you for telling us everything
That's weather not pollution. You never see bright sun in the sky mid-November. Urumqi is not that industrial comparing to other Chinese cities. 6:42 and few minutes later holding an umbrella you telling me that's not weather. 😆😆😆😂
Seeing is believing especially visiting China debunking Western media and China haters on UA-cam.
Thank you guys for your honesty and objectivity on Xinjiang, China, which a lot of westerners are not.
Hey! I wonder if you would come to Kashgar Prefecture recently? if you will, I can show you around the prefecture and Tashkurgan county
Darn!!! We just left Kashgar a few days ago. Our video will go up soon! We loved it!
@WanderingBluePassports haha, hope you love it here. Next time you need something or info about Xinjiang or China, feel free to let me know. I've travelled most provinces and big cities in China, especially for the food, and I just started my business as a tour leader.
Btw what's your next destination?
Just checked the air quality in Urumqi, it is 97 - good right now.
Wow, China is amazing
More more❤
More coming, and we already visited China once before! Go look at our old videos too!
很奇怪 去新疆的外国人 视频封面几乎都是警车 防爆车🤣🤣🤣 多是多了点 但也没那么夸张吧？
They make for interesting thumbnails but they certainly are very common. They become a bit of an icon for people who are not used to it for sure.
@@WanderingBluePassports 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@WanderingBluePassports 玩得开心
Thanks!
It’s unbelievable that China still has a place or two that has air pollution 😮!? Xing Jiang uses almost only clean energy…
Chinese people are in general very friendly, people are used to helping each other since the old agricultural times, don’t care your skin colors (color doesn’t make one superior or inferior in their eyes) in China since ancient times there are already so many ethnicities (colors of skin) but all speak Madarin or dialects. Those who don’t like China, doesn’t matter either, don’t have to come to China… won’t be missed… China has 1.4 B people already. Love China❤👍. It’s still so much better than the West! 🤫
Westerners who see things they don’t have in their country and say “so weird!” You need to see more of the world and get out of your bubble😂
Make sure to like and subscribe so you can watch all 300 videos of us traveling all over the world. Probably one of those places is out of our bubble enough for you... If you don't think Xinjiang counts 🥱
I haven't seen anyone say it's closed to foreigners. But for anyone interested in seeing another side of Xinjiang, check out “China targets friendly media, diplomats to ‘tell story of Xinjiang’” or “'Eating suhoor in the dark': Ramadan for Uighurs, a month of struggle”, both from non-western media.
We will give them a look. We try to get information from as many sources as possible about anything.
😮still long way to go for air quality. Give it another 10 years hopefully. We are still developing
China moves quickly. I expect it could be even faster.
雾并不一定是空气不好 雾跟雾霾是两种概念
I hope you have provided feedback to the museum management to improve the services.
We did not haha
The museum was very good, it just lacked some English but it's not the museum's fault, it's in China... Even we think it doesn't NEED English but we just noticed how the presence of English changed as we got higher haha
Thanks for watching 🙏
Just can't help yourself but to pass judgement! Thanks for visiting
Love your video! Very informative! A modern, peaceful ( somewhat empty) place with tons of home goods, restaurants, malls, showrooms. Not sure how locals make a living?
That mascot is Alibaba, from the Alivaba and the 40 thieves. It's a very popular story to tell in China.
International Energy Agency :
from now to 2030, China's renewable energy installed capacity is expected to account for nearly 60% of the world's total installed capacity.
By 2030, China will have more than half of the world's renewable energy ， and China’s solar energy output is equal to the entire nation’s consumption in the U$.
Xinjiang is a very good tourism place
💪😎👍🇨🇳中國就是世界的未來。
How comes air quality in Urumqi being that low? Aren't the sales of EV in Urumqi as high as in the rest of CN, where air quality has massively increased due to EV rise and green energy? Also a lot of the green energy projects are in XJ, so that should shift things towards cleaner air, too, i would assume. Where does the bad air come from?
Others in the comments are saying lots still use coal to heat in the winter. We also saw lots of street vendors cooking with coal. We saw more EVs in China than any other country we have been to but there is still lots of IC cars too. It all just adds up, plus there is always industry but I don't know enough about that to make any meaningful statement in that regard.
Dudes, Wow ! What an extremely modernized city?
Amazing ... all of you
If you look at the map, a big portion of Xinjiang is that big desert. Cities are built around that big desert. A lot of sand storms there. So the air pollution is due to that. Xinjiang and Tibet are magnificent places in nature but honestly, not very inhabitable due to its nature. Historically those two are impoverished regions with harsh living environment. Southern Xinjiang by that desert used to be infested by radical Islamic influence and terrorism and a place where no travellers dared to go, because of its poverty and closeness to Parkistand and Afghanistan. In recent years, it is completely changed to be a very safe place and popular tourist destination especially Kashgar. The Chinese gov spent a lot of efforts and resources to deploy security, reeducate people, provide employment and develop economy, and at the same time, created some controversies that have been blown out of proportion without much context in the western media as the west sees their interests in allying with the oversea East Turkistan terrorism groups and destablizing Xinjinag.
every modern house in north west europe has styrofoam, it works.
Winter really isn't a good time to travel in Xinjiang.
Xinjiang has this thing called Sand Storm. That might be it.
I like you, we just want ppl to see a real China, sure those saying shitty things good or bad about us only want to get more views, I believe the slient most are just want to see a true China as well.
China is just a country like others, just has a different developing way, our own way, not that perfect and not that bad,that's all,
Internet make any tiny good or bad way way bigger pppl start to stand a side to fight.
Thanks. We just like to document our travels, we don't care about views and we don't get our clicks from trying to polarize the world. It's already "Us vs Them" enough.
If something is good we say, if something is bad we say it. Some people are so sensitive to a negative being mentioned, even when it's surrounded by good things being said. I hope that like you, everyone can just enjoy watching us discover a new place.
Yes, carry your passports everywhere in China. I heard that you just need to use your passport as your train tickets. Some places probably check your passports for security reasons.
Avoid traveling in the north of China in Winter, the smog is the worst in winter. The mall you visited is probabaly a furniture mall.
oh a Basket ball themed Cinema is strange and weird... i see
It was a fun place though a bit strange in concept. We are always interested in something new. 😊
Well there is a mall in the city where I live that they only sell home furniture and it is a 4 storey complex. There used to be a movie theatre there too but it is now closed because there are not so many people going there though it is my favourite cinema to go to.
These are paradise’s compare to crime filled cities in both USA and Europe 😮😮😮
Have a good day.
Thank you. Any day eating Chinese food is a good day.
welcome to china, enjoy your trip ~💖😊
Cheers, from Canada. 🕊
Thanks homie
Thank you
欢迎❤
No country prefects.
Factually true.
Just the time of the weather as the same every where else on earth, why you don't go in May ,June, July, August.
Because we were traveling in Europe and turkey at that time... Making our way here.
More China videos Pls!!!
More coming and we had lots from another trip we did a few years ago... Go check them out too! You will like them 😄
@ will do!
Those meat will make 4 dishes of noodles here in Japan!
Great video guys of Xinjiang China the so called "forbidden province."
Thanks
Looking forwarding to your genuine thoughts about China. Meanwhile ………..
8:15这是纳斯尔丁阿凡提，中亚诸国和中国都闻名的穆斯林传说智者人物
Good to know, you see his cartoon everywhere like a city mascot or something. Thanks for the context!
do more showing rather than talking in the subway or on the way to anywhere, i found half of the time just you guys talking in the front scene of everything around you, what a waste of shooting at wherever you wanted to show to people
I like content you
*Go to New Brunswick, and you will see buildings (homes) wrapped in styrofoam as well.*
Wonder more foreigners are going China for travel now
We were told on the media about allegations of genocide targeting minorities in Xinjiang. Could you help find evidence of real genocide or cultural genocide there, similar to the situation in Gaza?
Thank you for telling the truth about China!
We always try our best! 👍
You dare to make a positive comment about China? Someone will immediately accuse you of selling your soul to the CCP🤣
Lots of UA-camrs do supplicate for the clicks....but we like to think we are fair in our approach. Just look at the comments on this or other videos, many hate us, many love us. Everyone attaches their own anger to our messages and accuses us of whatever they want 🤣
Same ol, same ol, just like all the other videos!!
❤❤❤❤❤ interesting