All I can tell you guys is that I envy you because I am stuck here in rotten EU where propaganda is telling us that we are in the garden and you are in Jungle. If I were younger (72yo), I would do as you did in a heart beat. All the best and enjoy your amazing jungle.
@@ThePogo321 Thanks for the encouragement, but my problem is health in last three years which severely limited my mobility. However, I wish you many happy returns and lots of health.
@@Blaster53I am about your same age and can still travel though at a much slower pace and can feel that my ability to travel may soon be coming to an end 😢
I have actually read comments from Indians saying China is a developing country still 20 years behind India. India is a global super power and a democratic country. China is a poor communist country with no freedom.
China and India both had remarkable growth in the last 2-3 decades. Yet, China became so clean and disciplined with great infrastructure while India doesn't look like it benefitted a lot from that growth. Its cities and towns are still filthy and the overall life lacks any discipline or respect for law. I do not mean this in a derogatory way, but I would like to know the perspective of an Indian as to what that is the case?
I love riding trains in China. One more thing I would like to add to the train is you have many trains to choose from throughout the day. So whether you don't want to leave early in the morning, or you don't want to arrive late in the evening, there is a train for you. I'm coming to Guangzhou and Chongqing in late October. It would be awesome if I could meet you and Cyrus.
Exactly, I remember that between Shanghai and Nanjing, which are about 300 km apart, there are more than 100 high speed trains running every day, all on schedule. It’s even more convenient than traveling by bus. And if we have to reschedule or cancel, it is just a click on the smart phone app
I’m looking forward to returning to beautiful wonderful China in less than a month. I am soon to be 84 years old and will continue to journey there from the divided states of America and Tay-K breather from the madness that goes on here. Thank you so much for this wonderful wonderfulVlog, that you present all the time.🎉😊
If you don't have a permanent place to live, I would advise you not to come to China in this season, it is very hot here! You can come back in November, if you want to travel in the next month, I recommend a small city, Liupanshui in Guizhou Province, which is the best summer resort in China.
When China decides to do something, they do it in a big way. Airliners, high speed trains, space, nuclear and hydro power, EV, industrial machinery, bridge/rail/road construction, chip technology, 5G/6G telecom, education, and on and on and on.
"China has established the world's most extensive high-speed railway network in just two decades. Since the first line launched in 2008, the network has grown to roughly 25,000 miles, more than double the combined length of the rest of the world's high-speed railways and long enough to circle the Earth." Bravo China!
The #2 taxi (2:42) Alex took vs the Guangzhou subway (0:55) James took made the difference, 17:47. Grats James. Travelling both ways was easy and convenient.
What a great video! I don’t care that you “lost”, Alex… the train travel looks WAY better, easier, more comfortable for me. Did I miss the overall cost comparison?
At the end they did give a breakdown of the time and cost comparison. Largely equivalent by both measures for each mode of travel, at least between those two cities. 17:46
I saw a video of the refurb of the grand central station in NYC and they were so proud of it meanwhile in China they have built so many mega high speed train stations, subway stations etc Iike it’s very normal. That is the big difference , US celebrates small achievements with great hurrah while China remains humble of their achievements that are actually world breaking and word class.
Thank you for the video and I couldn't agree with you more. I just returned to Vancouver after spending 40 days traveling between 7 cities in China, all were done on the hi-speed train. All the tickets were purchased on line and I have become a firm believer that hi-speed rail is the most effective, time saving, safe and economical way of traveling in China, even for a foreigner. Why don't we have this service in Canada? That is my question. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your next episode!
Loved ur works guys, life is superb in China 🇨🇳 😮 😮, go on likes all efforts en money, West envys gona I'll talk over ur collab video wrkd, BT sorry haters China is another Grade life
I have traveled through China on their fast trains. Mainly first class but also VIP class which is the same as business from what I see on this video. Higher recommend. The subways are also very clean, efficient and easy to navigate
The trains in China are quite precise. The planes on the other hand are often delayed. I've not experienced a single domestic flight being on time. Once we'd to sit inside the plane for three hours before finally taking off. With the train we could have arrived in a little more than two hours.
developing means 'keep going forward.' developed means 'we arrived, we don't have to go further.' so now you see the different mindset leads to different outcome.
Since train stations are typically much closer to downtown areas than airports and often share facilities with subways, and because passengers only need to arrive 15 minutes before departure, high-speed rail is at least as fast as air travel for distances around 1,200 kilometers (750 miles), such as the distance between Beijing and Shanghai. Additionally, traveling by train is much more comfortable.
There wasn't a great difference in arrival times, and I still love the high speed train. You can travel anywhere conveniently on the same day. Looking forward to our next challenge!
The plane is obviously faster than the train in terms of flight time and much lesser distance travelled but train travel is cheaper than flying. I already knew the answer at the start of this video. LOL
Also riding a train is much more comfortable. And going through security with your bags and then retrieving them again is really a hustle. You also have a lot of waiting time if you decide to fly because you don't want to miss the plane so you go early. Pretty mush a lot of hours are wasted.
@@ymoduki you can't build bigger cities when most people either choose to not have kids or simply can't afford to have them. But you are right, land is not an issue except most of it is still owned by the British Monarchy.
Great to live in a country where you have both options. Personally I think a last minute trip the train is probably the better option when costs are factored in. But options are great.
Dr O of geopolitical trends complained in his recent video that he wasted 8hrs travelling by car in his country uS in what would be only 45min trip by hsr if they have built hsr.
did you guys know that before WW2, into the 1930's parts of china was in the process of such a huge developments and changes where almost everybody was in love with western influences with elegance but not only was china amazed with western style and way of living but so was the westerners that couldn't get enough of the natural preserved architectures and culture which china did so well. The harmony with the west was taking such a huge shape it was amazing to see what is considered to some the very 1st colored film in china i came across yesterday. The reason why I brought this up was because seeing those beautiful buildings reminded me the shock for people not only in china but also for the western counterparts who had invested so deeply would one day witness those japanese fscious rain down thousand of bombs right on top of those infastructures, in huge city all across china, murdering hundreds of thousands, and prisoning all types of people, including westerners in china. I just couldn't believe how a human being could do something like that. It would be the same as if a country was to drop bombs in the middle of new york city. Unbeliveable.
This reminded me of 'Top Gear' races. But it was unfair because it was set up to favor the train. The plane guy had to wait and get breakfast for 1 hr and then took the metro in Guangzhou (55 mins) while the train guy took taxis both ways and the start time was set to align with his departure time. Realistically, the plane should be 5hrs 30 min.
I have been on these Fuxing trains from Beijing to Shanghai many times they are very comfortable, have plenty of legroom, don't have seat belts, and go over 350 kph. Here in the United States, we don't have bullet trains, the one from Miami to Orlando couldn't be considered a bullet train, it doesn't go as fast as the Fuxing trains in China.
In my country there's this proverb that in literal sense, depict what happened in Japan and then China. The proverb sound like this : "the mentor is peeing by standing, the disciples are peeing while running" The proverb meaning : student always do by the teacher/mentor example. But i somehow link it to the old chinese proverb : " the waves behind drive on those before" The West always been the east patron or teacher of their style of development and technological advancement. But now we happened to see the sign of the proverb above, the teachers are getting sign, to be outdone by their student. Most of countries in the East actually doing by example of what the West been teaching. Like student in class, some come out to be outstanding. The teacher are old, the student are young and energetic. The East should thank the West, for their mentorship, the advancement of life quality standard that they have been teaching. And lets hope the West has not forgotten what it has been preaching all the time.
Convenience of air travel? There is nothing convenient about air travel. First you have to get to the airport. Then go through various phases to even get on a plane. Not good.
It is beautiful for the people But if really in compression of crowded territory nature need it to be on the surface . If speed high and people have no time to look around from the windows . it can be underground what can resolve many problems .
I'm going to do my best impression of a "highly sophisticated international journalist". "China got a network of high speed rail - BUT AT WHAT COST?!?!?!"
actually, fatalities per mile traveled, and total fatal accidents in general, high speed rail is the safest way to travel. there has only been one fatal passenger crash in the history of Chinese high speed rail. there are multiple fatal plane crashes just about every year. and Japan hasn't had a single fatality from crashes in their entire 60 year history of high speed rail...
@@OlJackBurton Countries where terrorist have been imported they will find it easy to derail these trains, A simple metal wedge attached to the line and bye bye train. China and Japan do not have terrorists but the West has many.
China delivers infrastructure, while the US delivers lectures.
Good point ☝️
And India delivers boasting.
Great comment, well said and so true
Chinese leaders are good at DOING, while American leaders are good at SAYING.
That’s why China just told Sullivan to f off and get lost!
All I can tell you guys is that I envy you because I am stuck here in rotten EU where propaganda is telling us that we are in the garden and you are in Jungle. If I were younger (72yo), I would do as you did in a heart beat. All the best and enjoy your amazing jungle.
Yep EU beyond reality
Blaster… I’m soon to be 84 and I will continue to travel to China and enjoy two months away from the divided states of America. You can too.🎉
@@ThePogo321 Thanks for the encouragement, but my problem is health in last three years which severely limited my mobility. However, I wish you many happy returns and lots of health.
You are very blessed as many your age or younger are having problems going to the supermarket to buy some groceries @@ThePogo321
@@Blaster53I am about your same age and can still travel though at a much slower pace and can feel that my ability to travel may soon be coming to an end 😢
Love China 🇨🇳 from the 🇺🇸
Love you super power China from India
I have actually read comments from Indians saying China is a developing country still 20 years behind India. India is a global super power and a democratic country. China is a poor communist country with no freedom.
China is not a superpower. India is a superpower.
China and India both had remarkable growth in the last 2-3 decades. Yet, China became so clean and disciplined with great infrastructure while India doesn't look like it benefitted a lot from that growth. Its cities and towns are still filthy and the overall life lacks any discipline or respect for law.
I do not mean this in a derogatory way, but I would like to know the perspective of an Indian as to what that is the case?
Lets go BRICS ❤🎉
Terrific video and info! China is so modernozed and everything is available at every price point!
I love riding trains in China. One more thing I would like to add to the train is you have many trains to choose from throughout the day. So whether you don't want to leave early in the morning, or you don't want to arrive late in the evening, there is a train for you.
I'm coming to Guangzhou and Chongqing in late October. It would be awesome if I could meet you and Cyrus.
Exactly, I remember that between Shanghai and Nanjing, which are about 300 km apart, there are more than 100 high speed trains running every day, all on schedule. It’s even more convenient than traveling by bus. And if we have to reschedule or cancel, it is just a click on the smart phone app
I’m looking forward to returning to beautiful wonderful China in less than a month. I am soon to be 84 years old and will continue to journey there from the divided states of America and Tay-K breather from the madness that goes on here. Thank you so much for this wonderful wonderfulVlog, that you present all the time.🎉😊
It's good to take a break from the non stop propagandas feeding bovine manure to their ignorant public
Have a safe and joyful journey❤
If you don't have a permanent place to live, I would advise you not to come to China in this season, it is very hot here! You can come back in November, if you want to travel in the next month, I recommend a small city, Liupanshui in Guizhou Province, which is the best summer resort in China.
歡迎來到台灣
America could learn a lot from China. This is David from San Francisco. Great video guys!!😊
When China decides to do something, they do it in a big way. Airliners, high speed trains, space, nuclear and hydro power, EV, industrial machinery, bridge/rail/road construction, chip technology, 5G/6G telecom, education, and on and on and on.
This "race" was a fine idea. I enjoyed watching it 🙂
"China has established the world's most extensive high-speed railway network in just two decades. Since the first line launched in 2008, the network has grown to roughly 25,000 miles, more than double the combined length of the rest of the world's high-speed railways and long enough to circle the Earth." Bravo China!
Love CHINA.
The #2 taxi (2:42) Alex took vs the Guangzhou subway (0:55) James took made the difference, 17:47. Grats James. Travelling both ways was easy and convenient.
China is the best country in the world❤ Indonesian peace 👍
Amazing beauty city in China and thank you for more update
Looks like a lot of fun and I am glad you shared the pleasant experience with everyone
Great China 🇨🇳 ever great 👍in the world 🌎 🍀
Excellent content, excellent video production.
We have also HSR from China technology,, greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇨🇳🎉
Fun times. Good job on the video
❤ from Malaysia 🎉
Great video for comparison ... well explain
It’s great to see people having fun!
Great video.
Love❤ China🇨🇳 Love❤ the Chinese🇨🇳 in love❤ with the communist Party of China🇨🇳 & the great leader Xi Jinping. From Bali, 🇮🇩Indonesia
Meanwhile I took Greyhound🚍 from Dallas to Houston here in the USA and it took me almost 3 days at 30 miles per hour😅😂
So slowly? Difficult to understand.
Lucky, you make it alive.
You weren't mugged?🤔
@@jameslum8822 l got lucky 😉
😅😅😅
So informative, thx guys
Thank you so much for showing us the whole trip...And I love China it's a country I have on my list to travel to👍👍
What a great video! I don’t care that you “lost”, Alex… the train travel looks WAY better, easier, more comfortable for me. Did I miss the overall cost comparison?
At the end they did give a breakdown of the time and cost comparison. Largely equivalent by both measures for each mode of travel, at least between those two cities. 17:46
I saw a video of the refurb of the grand central station in NYC and they were so proud of it meanwhile in China they have built so many mega high speed train stations, subway stations etc
Iike it’s very normal. That is the big difference , US celebrates small achievements with great hurrah while China remains humble of their achievements that are actually world breaking and word class.
Thank you for the video and I couldn't agree with you more. I just returned to Vancouver after spending 40 days traveling between 7 cities in China, all were done on the hi-speed train. All the tickets were purchased on line and I have become a firm believer that hi-speed rail is the most effective, time saving, safe and economical way of traveling in China, even for a foreigner. Why don't we have this service in Canada? That is my question. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your next episode!
Your population and your government could be the reason why you didn't have hi speed rail like us.
LOVE FROM ODISHA INDIA 🎉❤
Fun video showing different options. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice to see you all three met！！
Nice mv
Nice video ❤
This is fun. Alex, you could win for shorter distance travel with train over plane, e.g., from Chongqing to Chengdu.
Loved ur works guys, life is superb in China 🇨🇳 😮 😮, go on likes all efforts en money, West envys gona I'll talk over ur collab video wrkd, BT sorry haters China is another Grade life
Great video collaboration with James Alex! I think the high speed train experience is the best choice. Thanks for sharing with us!
Our pleasure!
@@Reporterfy 🙂
I have traveled through China on their fast trains. Mainly first class but also VIP class which is the same as business from what I see on this video. Higher recommend. The subways are also very clean, efficient and easy to navigate
Creative video. Well done.
The trains in China are quite precise. The planes on the other hand are often delayed. I've not experienced a single domestic flight being on time. Once we'd to sit inside the plane for three hours before finally taking off. With the train we could have arrived in a little more than two hours.
Congrats, what a great race to Guangzhou.
There are no catalytic converters on jet engines. Whatever fuel is burned goes directly into the atmosphere, untreated and unfiltered.
welcome to guangzhou
Interesting way to present👍👍👍👍
But .... trains are always on time, planes (in china) not always on time . 😛
Yes. A fair comparison is really needed.
Just like New York trainspotting 😂😂
Hope you're going to show us a bit of Guangzhou Alex.
Guangzhou = paradise. My favourite city on Planet Earth.
Didn't Sullivan say a few days ago "China is a developing country".
developing means 'keep going forward.'
developed means 'we arrived, we don't have to go further.'
so now you see the different mindset leads to different outcome.
@@ymoduki Good point although the US clearly going backwards.
The “HIGH SPEED RAILWAY SYSTEM IS FASTER “!, I hope.🤞😅
it could be ture if the journey were shorter
Since train stations are typically much closer to downtown areas than airports and often share facilities with subways, and because passengers only need to arrive 15 minutes before departure, high-speed rail is at least as fast as air travel for distances around 1,200 kilometers (750 miles), such as the distance between Beijing and Shanghai. Additionally, traveling by train is much more comfortable.
Would like to be able to have options like these to travel to work in America. Unfortunately we only invest in more freeways for traffic congestion.
There wasn't a great difference in arrival times, and I still love the high speed train. You can travel anywhere conveniently on the same day. Looking forward to our next challenge!
The plane is obviously faster than the train in terms of flight time and much lesser distance travelled but train travel is cheaper than flying. I already knew the answer at the start of this video. LOL
From the screenshot at the end train wasn't much cheaper. We all knew flying is faster but the train was crazy fast.
@@nwananka Because he chose first class seat
Taking IT'S the HSR was more relaxing and hassle free.
Also riding a train is much more comfortable. And going through security with your bags and then retrieving them again is really a hustle. You also have a lot of waiting time if you decide to fly because you don't want to miss the plane so you go early. Pretty mush a lot of hours are wasted.
That must be fun. You can't have a take-off and leave station at the same time.
Those Chinese mega cities make Canadian 'Big' cities look like villages.
Unfortunately Canadians are somewhat country bumpkins.
Canada has lots of land, they can build bigger cities if they work hard enough
@@ymoduki you can't build bigger cities when most people either choose to not have kids or simply can't afford to have them. But you are right, land is not an issue except most of it is still owned by the British Monarchy.
That was a fun race😃👍
Bro is rocking an IWC, clearly doing well in China lol
哇，廣州好美好美！:D
If from Shanghai to Beijing, the result would definitely different.
Great video. LOVE YOUR WORK. what's the name of that app you used for booking your train ticket.. or do you have a link
Trip
🙏🙏🙏
it is quite fun doing this sort of comparison, am i right to say train is more eco friendly? i assume so...well done guys!
Awesome. This guy has a Chinese green card
👍👍👍👍
❤❤
An interesting contest between an airplane and a high-speed train in China. Thank you!
Could have been faster if taken the metro from the train station and then a little walking
awesome
I would love a yearly train ticket so I could travel the whole of China by train
Great to live in a country where you have both options. Personally I think a last minute trip the train is probably the better option when costs are factored in. But options are great.
Dr O of geopolitical trends complained in his recent video that he wasted 8hrs travelling by car in his country uS in what would be only 45min trip by hsr if they have built hsr.
China infrastructure better in the world❤❤❤
😎❤👍
train not rain, there is a typo
Very cool comparison. It is so sad that all the USA has is Amtrak, which would have taken more than a day to complete a similar journey.
❤️
did you guys know that before WW2, into the 1930's parts of china was in the process of such a huge developments and changes where almost everybody was in love with western influences with elegance but not only was china amazed with western style and way of living but so was the westerners that couldn't get enough of the natural preserved architectures and culture which china did so well. The harmony with the west was taking such a huge shape it was amazing to see what is considered to some the very 1st colored film in china i came across yesterday. The reason why I brought this up was because seeing those beautiful buildings reminded me the shock for people not only in china but also for the western counterparts who had invested so deeply would one day witness those japanese fscious rain down thousand of bombs right on top of those infastructures, in huge city all across china, murdering hundreds of thousands, and prisoning all types of people, including westerners in china. I just couldn't believe how a human being could do something like that. It would be the same as if a country was to drop bombs in the middle of new york city. Unbeliveable.
This reminded me of 'Top Gear' races. But it was unfair because it was set up to favor the train. The plane guy had to wait and get breakfast for 1 hr and then took the metro in Guangzhou (55 mins) while the train guy took taxis both ways and the start time was set to align with his departure time. Realistically, the plane should be 5hrs 30 min.
❤😊❤😊❤
I have been on these Fuxing trains from Beijing to Shanghai many times they are very comfortable, have plenty of legroom, don't have seat belts, and go over 350 kph. Here in the United States, we don't have bullet trains, the one from Miami to Orlando couldn't be considered a bullet train, it doesn't go as fast as the Fuxing trains in China.
😀😀😀
No way plane is so cheap dude.
In my country there's this proverb that in literal sense, depict what happened in Japan and then China.
The proverb sound like this : "the mentor is peeing by standing, the disciples are peeing while running"
The proverb meaning : student always do by the teacher/mentor example.
But i somehow link it to the old chinese proverb : " the waves behind drive on those before"
The West always been the east patron or teacher of their style of development and technological advancement.
But now we happened to see the sign of the proverb above, the teachers are getting sign, to be outdone by their student.
Most of countries in the East actually doing by example of what the West been teaching.
Like student in class, some come out to be outstanding.
The teacher are old, the student are young and energetic.
The East should thank the West, for their mentorship, the advancement of life quality standard that they have been teaching.
And lets hope the West has not forgotten what it has been preaching all the time.
Convenience of air travel? There is nothing convenient about air travel. First you have to get to the airport. Then go through various phases to even get on a plane. Not good.
🤗
It is beautiful for the people But if really in compression of crowded territory nature need it to be on the surface . If speed high and people have no time to look around from the windows . it can be underground what can resolve many problems .
Hi Alex is your business email working? I was unable to send anything through. Also fyi your new media website is also down
While the U.S. 🇺🇸 was starting wars and funding new wars the Chinese 🇨🇳 were busy building infrastructures across their country.,
For me I very worry about Japan
I'm going to do my best impression of a "highly sophisticated international journalist".
"China got a network of high speed rail - BUT AT WHAT COST?!?!?!"
Not what you think about china
There is a law of physics limiting train speed.
Because the product no quality
that train is German technology
為什麼德國沒有呢😂
The high speed train has been losing billions. Only needs one buffalo to derail it. Aeoplanes are a lot safer.
Yeah... But Boeing plane is suck
actually, fatalities per mile traveled, and total fatal accidents in general, high speed rail is the safest way to travel. there has only been one fatal passenger crash in the history of Chinese high speed rail. there are multiple fatal plane crashes just about every year. and Japan hasn't had a single fatality from crashes in their entire 60 year history of high speed rail...
@@OlJackBurton Countries where terrorist have been imported they will find it easy to derail these trains, A simple metal wedge attached to the line and bye bye train. China and Japan do not have terrorists but the West has many.
Gays
Huh
@bittercriticism, you are mad😢