I love this channel. It has got me and all of my friends interested in construction! After watching this channel I now want to become an architect! Thanks B1M!
A Chinese girl once told me she was from a 'small city' called Zibo, so I looked it up, turns out it has a population of 4,5 million... When I told her I was from a town of 120 people she thought I left out a few zeros 😅
@@cheval63sg Haha. It probably has something to do with it. Can you imagine how long it would take a country in the West to set up even one town today let alone multiple world class cities. It would never get off the ground with all the nauseating point-scoring and mind-numbing arguments that are a feature of Western Democracy. Any country that wants to have a real chance of developing should steer clear of Western-style democracy.
@@redherring4119 western media always downplays the contribution the Chinese government has achieved to improve the living of their people. If anything, China has proved it's system is far more efficient and beneficial to its people than any western government model.
@@samgambling7312 LOL I love comments like this. You can smell the smugness from a mile away. 240 years of slavery, internment camps for Asians, Jim crow, the systematic extermination of the American Indian population, all done in the name of "progress." "Western Democracy" has been every bit as genocidal if not more genocidal. The United States was built on a foundation of oppression.
Yes. I had the same Impression when I first went there. The small city of Changzhi has an atmosphere of small cities, but it has 1million inhabitants in the core city. That's absolutely crazy. I went to Guangzhou and Beijing, wow everything is built huge.
I remember visiting China in 1983. I can't imagine what it's like now. I visited a few of the named cities in this video and they looked nothing like this back then. Wow, what a change and so quickly. Really amazing.
China city change every 10 year, even Chinese will surprise on the development rate of their hometown if they travel overseas for more than 5 years. I think this growth rate will maintain for 10 more years, only then it will slow down like every other developed country.
I've lived and vlogged Foshan (the first city mentioned in this video) for around 7 months now. Even in the time since I arrived, new skyscrapers, metro lines, shopping malls and more have all literally SPRUNG up. The Chinese build so so fast.
Cheap labour and lack of labour rights. There’s no such thing as a union because there is oversupply of man power so they don’t have bargaining power to speak of. I’m Chinese origin living in Australia and we build everything slow and expensively here because the labour costs are simply too expensive lol
@@jase87 Does the high or low cost of labor have anything to do with the construction speed? In the 1980s and 1990s, were the labor costs in China much lower than after 2000, and was the construction speed faster than after 2000? It is very common that one person working, three people directing So it would be a miracle if it could be done quickly.
The No. 6 richest city of China in 2020 is Suzhou and it's GDP is more than Norway already but the population is 1,2 million so China is still very behind
Snobbish Shanghaiese call everywhere else countryside but in my opinion, those surrounding cities, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Yangzhou,... are all better than Shanghai because they have what Shanghai does not have, nature and history.
@@anonymoustangerine I actually live in Boston! I'm a skyscraper fan so I spend a lot of time on websites where people are talking about and sharing pictures of these cities, that's how I recognize a lot of them.
@@veetvoojagig389 It is not easy for a city to impress people, especially in some small cities. Some time ago, China issued a policy to prevent the random construction of grotesque buildings.
The US spent 1.7 trillion on the F-35 JSF program. China spent 1.7 trillion on the belt and road initiative. Gives you a perspective where priorities lie with these countries.
Facts bro, the western media love reporting negative stuffs about china, some are even made up. It is sad that some people actually got brainwashed by the BBC
I come from Zhengzhou, a central city in China. Most foreign friends estimate that it is the first time they have heard of this city in their lives, but there are over 12 million permanent residents here (including suburbs and satellite cities), and there are six million permanent residents in the urban area.
Honestly one of my favorite B1M videos thus far (and that's saying something!) Spent a lot of time in China in 2019 and I definitely want to go back once global travel resumes. Love learning about the rather prolific rate at which burgeoning metropolises are rising there. Love your channel!
Sincerely hope that you will come to China to travel or work again, the rapid development of urban construction and the better and better quality of citizens will make you like the environment and life here
But China only has 10 cities! Seriously though, 1.4 billion people have to live somewhere. It blows my mind that there are so many huge cities that I've never heard of, and they have such a big impact on the national and global markets.
This 1.4 billion number has been in use for years now I remember about 6 or 7 years ago the official census done in China reported the population as 1.8 Billion, so I am expecting by now their real population numbers may have exceeded 2 Billion.
You're making fun of me? The city in the video is only a 2-tier or third tier city in China, even one Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province, but it is also the Shandong Province of Qingdao completed the explosion! There are more than 100 cities like this in China, and more than 300 are very modern!
It's insane to see how well China distributes their land, population, specialise WHOLE cities (Jinan for tech, Ningbo as trade hub). I believe with their huge population, they could easily become the worlds largest economy once all infrastructure and cities are fully developed. The country is a lot different now
I was born and raised in Chengdu and now live in Sydney Australia. Have to say every time I go back to Chengdu I experience the speed of development. The city had no metro line prior to 2010, now it has 12 lines totalling 500+km metro system with another 8 expansion/lines or 200+km to be completed by 2024.. It also built the second biggest international airport (Tianfu, TFU) in China under 5 years while Australians are arguing over a light rail… still love and enjoy living in Australia but the media here seem to only cover bad things about China. I mean they mention China on the TV every single day and I've never heard one thing good being reported…
I lived there for 8 years, seeing the small tier 3 city I lived in expand at an enormous rate to tier 2 in just a few years was astonishing and I've seen it happen across China.
Even Chinese citizen feels that too, the development rate is unreal, while western media describe most of the Chinese are still riding cow on a rural paddy field, and silly question from foreigner like do you ever see a high-speed train, refrigerator etc. yeah, astonishing
@@不死原飴羽 Pay no mind to those people. We've lived in China and we know what we have. In fact, I think most of those western media and politicians also know what we have, they just purposefully lie to their people because they're mad they can't order us around like the Opium War era...
@@CBielski87 we Find the virus and we manage them. Not like you, you can only moan and insult people but you can’t do shit about it. Blaming others yes go-ahead that’s all you can do
@@suraj.1889 I definitely recommend u to go have fun in Chongqing. Being as a Chinese I reckon Chongqing as the best tourism city in China, its like a modernized Hongkong with skyscrapers built recently and slums from the 8090s
Thats so true. My ex is chinese and she was always referring to citys with "just one million" as small towns for her. I have to say when I visited china..just so impressive.
@@cczsus6513 Yes, of course that's right. It's all a thing of perspective. For me, I'm from Germany, countryside's and ..one million is huge, nevertheless it's impressive to build that big cities and infastructure
There is a common misunderstanding between China and US in term of the naming of their cities: For example, even though the city of Seattle has "only" over 740,000 people the Seattle metro has over 4 million people and if it were in China, the entire metro would be called city of Seattle. In China, a city is larger than a county and usually contains several counties while in US for example, the LA county (10 million people) has 88 cities and the city of LA (3.9 million) is only one of them. Again, if SoCal were in China, the entire SoCal metro (including several counties, including LA county), which has a population of 24 million, would be called the city of LA. Another dimension of the story is that even though US cities/metros are smaller in term of population, but they are much larger in geographic size as they are less densely popoluated.
Thank you! I knew something like this had to be the case, because even with 1.4 billion people China seemed to have an unrealistic number of very very big cities for a "city" to mean what it means elsewhere.
If Chinese cities were built like LA I don’t know if there would be enough space for living in China lol. Anyway big props to the chinese for building so big and fast, but they could at least make better architecture and urban planning. Many city parts from this video look terrible, like a soviet dystopia.
I moved to Foshan in 2015, right out of university (with no real plan). It was a "tier 3" city in China but I was amazed at how big it was by the rest of the world's standards, even though I had never heard of it. Foshan is an amazing city that gave me an opportunity and opened the world for me
@@ting236le Why did you move to the US? To me China is the place to achieve your goals. Best economy, education, transportation in the world. America has lots of problems and going downhill.
I used to live in Jinan and clicked on this thinking “I wonder if they will mention Jinan?”. I’m actually surprised they did! It’s a great city with a lot of potential.
Hi mate! Glad to hear that you enjoy your time in Jinan! I was born and raised in Jinan so the show-up in the video just makes me a little bit nostalgic haha!
I've been to half of the cities mentioned here, and the scope of construction in these and other cities (Chongqing, Xi'an, and Chengdu, amongst others) is mind-boggling.
Been in Ningbo in 2005 and then moved there from 2008 to 2014 with visits till 2019 UNBELIEVABLE how fast the city changed and improved the life level about transportation, connections, cleanness, maintenance etc
@Jordie the real estate bubble has been criticized for over 20 years now... And yet, it has never really disintegrated. The government seems to always interfere on time to prevent complete collapse
During my China holiday, we took the train from Beijing to Zhengzhou, and when we arrived, my dad asked our guide how many people lived here. He casually said 'about 9 million', and my dad said, "Wow, it's bigger than London and I've never even heard of it!" It really emphasises just how many people live in China.
@@tianyy2144 that doesn't surprise me at all, because this holiday was in August 2017 and when we were driving through the suburbs, we spent about 5 minutes driving down a motorway heading out of the city and for those 5 minutes, all we could see were dozens of apartment towers under construction on the outskirts, so assuming they are all fully built and occupied now, it's no wonder the city's population increased so drastically.
Imagine China being able to test that number of people in 5 days (which is what they indeed did in _Qingdao_ city (which has a similar population) I think when some people were infected there)
I was born and lived 8 years in China and one thing I can never forget is the vast cities full of 10s of millions of people, far larger than their counterparts in the us
@@TheAdekrijger those can be resolved by taking initiatives like moving to electric operated vehicles, usage of more solar power, reduction in the usage of coal, pollution regulation of factories. But on the brighter side they are much developed than others.
@@1assassyn maybe things are better now but still, the crackdown of air/water/soil pollution is quite serious in the past years here in Mainland China and it is quite effective.
Thanks for showing the true reality about China. I’ve been in China for almost 10 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. The amount of transformation is stunning. Keep on the good job!!!
@@MasterExploder61 If we're going to get political then I don't think we can sling shit at the US for racism and genocide without pointing out that China has huge problems with that right now too.
The speed and scale of urban development in China in such a short span of time make the rest of the world take a long breath! That’s how national wealth should be spent, and this is only possible through concrete, visionary, and practical planning of the government and policymakers alike.
I visited China in 2019. Beside those amazing building and architectures, what amazes me the most is safety. You can walk anywhere day and night as you pace in your living room. That’s how safe I feel. By the way I live in Chicago and now you know how I feel
I've been to Chicago, never dared to walk alone after dark. And I'm a fit young man. That to be said, the Chinese policeofficers are very lazy. But the good thing is they don't take bribes.
Amazing how clean and well organized these cities look. Public transport, wide pedestrian pathways, roads are well designed. Wish we could get some of this city planning in the US
the later the city is developed, the better the city planing comes (given the governor do not waste money on gimmic feature). City development in USA will not be as efficient as any new China city ever, because of property ownership, government structure, conflicts within governing power, and many more internal problems. But developed city certainly have their own charm, mostly on the cultural values. On the other hand, I think most of the Americans (or at least the developers) are more into the sub urban concept, the rapid China city development you witnessed is the result of China's history and culture. Unless you are a new yorker, you may not enjoy China city development in a long term living condition.
@@cachem11after two years your media is still talking about estate bubble lol. Next two years again they will continue telling the world the same thing over and over while China keep growing
Same, im a finance student and my love for architecture and engineering also because of this channel is causing me a real mental problem in my uni because of lack of interest in it.
@@hardeeps5295 There r labour laws and unions, maybe not as comprehensive as fully developed nations. They dont get paid as much but their cost of living is much lower too and then again china is a developing country after all. Their infrastructure, salary, and quality of life are on the rapid rise and along that so are peoples work benefits etc. Gotta compare apples to apples. And frankly the US could have achieved better infrastructure and health care than current us if they didnt literally spend trillions on llegal wars. I get u MUST think of something negative about china when u see positive things to comfort urself tho because u are so drenched in negativity by the sensational media. Maybe i remind u how the media played everyone regarding Iraqs WMD. :)
@@siliconnitride7029 not really. Depends on which province were talking about. Only some populous provinces have towns going up into millions for towns. Most towns are in hundred thousand range.
When the narrator said "it's a rate of progression that was only really made possible by..." my brain was already filling the blanks and thinking (insert random popular sponsor name here). UA-cam has corrupted me way faster than China building cities. Great video as always, by the way!
@Yggdrasil Don't feed the troll Yggdrasil. He is here just for the attention. Alternatively, you can report his comment since it's a perfect fit for the 'Hate speech' option.
My grandma lives in Jinan and I have visited several times. I really recommend it to anyone visiting China, it is very clean and not as chaotic as Beijing or Shanghai but large enough to be foreign tourist-friendly!
Never have I ever thought my home town Guiyang would appear on this list! I am so excited that B1M recognize those 'small' cities with their own charisma. Guiyang has so much to offer with its mix of diverse cultures being hold by different minority group, with the food, the welcoming people, the awesome weather cross the year, the rich natural sceneries and many more. Welcome to Guiyang everyone! (P.s. the Lonely Planet has listed Guizhou Province as their top destinations 2019)
Cant agree you more,i was born in Guiyang too,when i saw memorial tower,which is a landmark of Guiyang,alos a place with my memories,many emotions came to me.Though it is a small city with low salary level,i wish to come to homeland for living.
I used to live in a city called Suzhou that has almost 11 million people! Blows my mind that there are so many massive, yet relatively unknown cities in China!
Suzhou is super historical and famous in China, the world just hasn’t been keeping up with Chinese cities, but then again, we all only really know 2-3 major cities in any given country isn’t it?
play a three kingdoms game, then you will know all important cities in China. the majority cities in China are all have thousands of history, except Shenzhen.
I used to travel in Australia and stayed on night in a city called Waga Waga, I admit I have never heard of it, but it is a significant city in inner Australia. The more I travel, the less I know.
"Most people have probably still never heard of Foshan" People who have been watching martial arts movies since childhood: *starts laughing derisively*
Fo-Shan is a historic city with the funnest name to the locals. Fo means buddha and Shan means mountain, but there is neither buddha or mountain in Fo-Shan.
@@zzy341 What country is this? Is it in Asia or Africa? On the other hand, my country was the 5th biggest population in the World. But two years ago it was surpassed by Pakistan, and some data says Nigeria will surpass my country's population in just a few years.
wow, both of my parents were born and raised in ningbo. i've been there a few times as a kid, and honestly it felt so sad and shabby. times change incredibly quick! i should visit my family sometime... i haven't been back there in almost 10 years
@@FOLIPE The one shown here is the Ever Globe, while the Ever Given was stuck in the Suez Canal. Both are ships of the transportation company Evergreen.
That ship was Everygreen's Ever-Globe. Evergreen's Ever-Given was the Suez grounded ship. That ship is owned by Japan, managed by Taiwan and operated by an Indian crew.
I'm a Chinese. I've loved geography and sports since I was a child, so I know almost all the European and American cities (football and NBA). When I learned about the population size of these cities, I was also very surprised
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose - is the result of hard work and hustle over time
People come here with the aim of chasing money more than knowledge and that will damage your progress, trust me. Chase knowledge first and I promise! The money will follow you just like it's following some of us now
Xiong'an is another city being built, the Chinese government is relocating some offices to that city, and it got a high-speed rail connection to nearby Beijing.
Xiong'an is just a political project attempting to fix the failure of Beijing. So far I can't tell if it is a success. If you lived in both Shanghai and Beijing for more than 1 year, you will understand why I say Beijing is a failure. It carried too much and yet Chairman Mao wanted it to carry more.
When i live in abroad, i often tell my foreign friends that i came from a small city of China, with ONLY 6 million population. Yesterday news came that my small city hometown now houses 10 million population according to the latest census.
This was an absolutely fantastic video. I’d watch a series on each of these cities and their construction and/or one on other countries that are quickly urbanizing.
You may not heard the name of Foshan city that mentioned in the beginning, but actually lots of things that shown in HongKong film and you are quite familar with, like Wing chun, probably the most famous Chinese Kungfu, and Cantonese Cuisine, are all come from Foshan. It is the true heart of Cantonese culture.
I live in Suzhou, east of Wuxi (in this film) and west of Shanghai. There is an aerial view of it in B roll. Since arriving here 10 years ago I have seen this city grow at an incredible rate - now boasting 6 subway lines and another 6 being built, some of the tallest buildings I have seen and a population of 12 million.
I went to middle school in Suzhou! Back in the US and about to graduate high school (Class of 2024) and am literally going back the WEEK after I graduate LMFAO I cannot stand this state for another minute 💀
Much like London, I love how China mixes the old and the new, but I do love seeing all the completed construction. I think a lot of their buildings are creative looking without being wonky in design...lookin' at you 20 Fenchurch Street building (aka The Walkie Talkie). Like Singapore, China's urban planning and commitment to infrastructure seems quite forward thinking. Love seeing it. Thanks for posting.
@@OneAdam12Adam You do realise that the "Evergreen implosion" pales in comparison to the 2008 financial crises in the US right? And that the goverment not only allowed Evergreen to fail but seized the company and broke it up, and also made the CEO liquidate his wealth to pay up what he could of the debt. That's the difference with China, if a company fucks up, the goverment let's the owner take the fall. So you can't really apply the american logic that if a big company fail then the goverment and people has to suffer for their CEO to come out with a bonus...
This shows you how ontop this channel is with what's going on. I was wondering when people would realise how much is happening that side of the wall, with all those mega cities doing their thing.
China built that wall for strategic reason, no one know what's happening, and when China leak its capability and potential, Fighting a Trade war now etc is too late.
I live in a tier 2 city in the US. There hasn't been any changes for the past 10 years, and one big change I noticed is there are tons of newly opened bubble tea shops. And they are opened by Chinese.
We have a lady who started working for the same or organisation as me in July. She is originally from Zhengzhou, a city I didn't even know existed until she started working with us, and that has over twice the population my city has which is not small by any means. She said when she came here she got scared because the streets were so empty during the week. She was used to what I consider peak hour 24/7.
I remember when I visited Foshan in 2009 it was an absolute mess of a city. Government planning has certainly transformed the city into a megacity,, though still has a long way to go before it reaches the highly coveted 1st tier.
indeed, i’m a native from Foshan, this city has long been lagged in its urbanization comparing to its industrial development. But with its nearly 8 million population now which’s still growing, we can see the city’s improvement in these years with more young people choose to come here than Guangzhou, Shenzhen or other big cities in the Pearl River Delta area. Please come back for another visit, you’ll be surprised by the city’s new changes.
@@matthewfok7119 I've been to Foshan several times since 2008. I don't know that you're correct in saying more young people are going to Foshan over GZ or SZ given simply that they are home to some great universities, start-ups, and established companies. I don't have data supporting it one way or the other. It's population is 7.4 million, not 8million. It should hit 8 millions in about 5 years
Now yes, but historically I’d disagree - the 2nd industrial revolution commencing in Britain arguably had more astonishing growth and development considering the lack of technology
@@LetsGoUSA American, British, and EU money and investment, there's like around 20 countries which lifted China out of poverty with capitalism after deng Xiaoping begged Americans to reform the Chinese economy
That's what happens when U.S. keeps raising minimum wage, which leads to companies moving to China to make China richer. Meanwhile, China uses dirt cheap labor and slavery to build their infrastructure. And if anyone complains, off to the slave camps they go.
@@radiofreealbemuth In a nutshell you are right but remember USA also built their wealth using African slaves and looted money from all over the world. Fact is when you became rich, everyone forget your dark side. Compare USA or Europe, China built their wealth through hard work but not looted money and inhuman slavery.
Ohhh it surely reminds me that my hometown Wuxi has over 7M in population, thank you very much! Even any city could sound unfamiliar to many foreigners but they never know something that they are using in their hands might be part of it manufactured from that unknown city. ( Seems the best description for this)
Are there any books covering the recent rapid growth in China? I'd love to learn more about what's been going on, especially regarding the explosion in high-speed rail development in China.
If you'd ever like to visit China I'd recommend Chengdu, Xiamen or Suzhou all really beautiful and relatively chill cities with good flight connections. Not as westernized as Shanghai and nowhere near as poluted as Beijing.
Lately Chengdu has become more polluted than Beijing.. because Chengdu is building too fast and in a bowl and Beijing has actually been improving their air quality.
Respect to 🇨🇳. Very beautiful history and rich culture. Even though western powers disagree their political propensities. China is still beautiful and ancient .
If you allow me to give you a tip the pronunciacion of foshan is with an "o" as in "dog" not like "cool" Also the Zhou in Guangzhou is pronounced like the vowel sound in "low" I thought it was weird I didn't know a 7.5 m ppl city, as it seemed as if it was fushan, another city that definetly exists near Yantai
Yeah I noticed those too. Also the consonant in zhou is 'j' as in 'joe' as opposed to 'Jaques'. I feel like I've somewhat cursed myself by learning chinese cus now I hear mispronunciations everywhere, should have just stayed in blisful ignorance.
@@owain_rj so combining that with what Ale Zar said about the vowel sound in "low", the -zhou part of Guangzhou is pronounced exactly like the word 'Joe'?
1:24 lol it's so cool to see the apartment(bottom left building ) I lived in four years ago on b1m. For anyone who's curious, that is the Industrial Park(district) of the city of Suzhou. The whole district was a joint project between China and Singapore. Over 1 million people live in this district and that is only 8% of the total population of Suzhou.
The reason why even unknown Chinese cities have such huge population is that Chinese city population is calculated as per prefecture size. Which means, on paper, even small cities will be thousands of square kilometres in area and they calculate the whole population under this area. The actual urban area of the city would be just one-tenth of the prefecture size. Even a small city like Zibo has an area of 5,000 sq.km on paper. Compared to that, New York City is just 780 sq.km in area. Even Tokyo, which is considered the largest city in the world by area, is just 2,000 sq.km. The concept of Chinese cities is like considering the whole of Delaware state as a single city & then saying that the city has a population of 2.5 million
That’s true. Formally, “cities” in China is like counties in the US. When people referring to a city in China it’s usually means the urban/metro area, but the statistics often referring to the the prefecture level city which is much larger
It really depends on how we define a "city" in the West too. The population numbers quoted in this video for the likes of Rome and Montreal, are also not population just in the city core proper but also many of the suburbs and nearby towns that together form what they call "a contiguous urban mass", sometimes known as "metropolitan area". In your comment you said Tokyo has 2,000 sqkm, but that's not remotely true if we are talking about the Tokyo that often gets dubbed the biggest city in the world by population (38 million). That number belongs to "Greater Tokyo Area", with an area of approx. 13,500 sqkm.
ok i see what you mean, i looked up Zibo, and it has 7 non contiguous urban areas; in the US those urban areas would typically be made up of 9 or 10 municipalities, and the rural area would be unincorporated, managed by the county.
i've took metro in all china's cities. shenzen and chengdu are the best for me. the design of the metro stations were spectacular. made me mumbling 'am i still on earth?'. and just like other cities, they were clean, safe, ontime, and affordable
I love this channel. It has got me and all of my friends interested in construction! After watching this channel I now want to become an architect! Thanks B1M!
Or a city planner
Good luck!
Good luck and please don't become calatrava hadid gehry etc
As an architect...don't. Not that great.
@@TRON0314 Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO!! Great Autobahn Great High Speed Rail!!!!
A Chinese girl once told me she was from a 'small city' called Zibo, so I looked it up, turns out it has a population of 4,5 million...
When I told her I was from a town of 120 people she thought I left out a few zeros 😅
ya do it
@@selleryy She would probably say not as much as animal feed that Americans called "hamburgers"
@@selleryy sorry, we don't eat bats. we eat human babies for every meal.
@@jiayuyou5521 we know that ..
@@selleryy we eat Batman, Scooby, Mickey, Snake, etc...
They are delicious.
I am in Manado, Indonesia. What is wrong with them?
A Chinese: “I’m from a small city in China”
What a small city in China looks like:
Yeah, that’s literally how I introduced my hometown when I went abroad for the first time, a small city with 4 million people.🤔
I worked here in Shenzhen.Many people never heard of my hometown because it is a small city with only 2.5 million people.
the small city on our mind is that population less then 5 million, but for some people from like Shanghai,Beijing, the standard may be 10 million
like the size of Chicago, with a population of 8 million. lol...
Your comment is not understatement
The rate at which they have developed in just 30/40 years is one of the most incredible feats in human history. Absolutely mind-blowing.
they don't spend time on endless discussing and elections.
@@cheval63sg Haha. It probably has something to do with it. Can you imagine how long it would take a country in the West to set up even one town today let alone multiple world class cities. It would never get off the ground with all the nauseating point-scoring and mind-numbing arguments that are a feature of Western Democracy. Any country that wants to have a real chance of developing should steer clear of Western-style democracy.
@@redherring4119 western media always downplays the contribution the Chinese government has achieved to improve the living of their people. If anything, China has proved it's system is far more efficient and beneficial to its people than any western government model.
Amazing what a bit of genocide and a massive amount of corruption in the construction sector can do. The West really could learn a thing or two...
@@samgambling7312 LOL I love comments like this. You can smell the smugness from a mile away. 240 years of slavery, internment camps for Asians, Jim crow, the systematic extermination of the American Indian population, all done in the name of "progress." "Western Democracy" has been every bit as genocidal if not more genocidal. The United States was built on a foundation of oppression.
When you set foot in China for the first time, the sheer scale of everything just leaves you at awe. it's incredible
Especially the scale of their totalitarian police state.
i call that depressing. just like how NYC appeals to me.
@@MetricImperialist @creavlin insecure fatmericans
Yes. I had the same Impression when I first went there. The small city of Changzhi has an atmosphere of small cities, but it has 1million inhabitants in the core city. That's absolutely crazy.
I went to Guangzhou and Beijing, wow everything is built huge.
@@creavlin stay a few days it’ll fix you 😂
Fun fact, Foshan is home town of Ip Man, the man who taught Bruce Lee how to fight.
I love that movie !! Thanks ;-)
That's where I know the name from, thanks for the reminder :)
And Asam from Warrior series.
Fun fact : bruce lee was only a actor .not a real fighter
@@c.w.k.n.5117 yes you're right just ignore him he just wants attention
When I’m in China and people ask me where in the US I’m from, I tell them I’m from a village called Seattle. It only has 800,000 people. 🌚
Are you Red Indian?
@@meritoriousgamer 🙏🏾🖤
Bellevue in the house!
@@tonythomas006 🙏♥️
to be fair the biggest village in china has a population of 200000,so……
I remember visiting China in 1983. I can't imagine what it's like now. I visited a few of the named cities in this video and they looked nothing like this back then. Wow, what a change and so quickly. Really amazing.
China city change every 10 year, even Chinese will surprise on the development rate of their hometown if they travel overseas for more than 5 years. I think this growth rate will maintain for 10 more years, only then it will slow down like every other developed country.
When I was living in Shenzhen in the 90's, I won't recognize an area anymore if I don't go there for 6 months.
China was very poor at that time.
@@皇胡昂 government rich，but people poor
if you didnt come here for about 10 weeks u already see some major changes already, now
I've lived and vlogged Foshan (the first city mentioned in this video) for around 7 months now. Even in the time since I arrived, new skyscrapers, metro lines, shopping malls and more have all literally SPRUNG up. The Chinese build so so fast.
Nice channel you got there buddy, going to see a bit more of China now. Thanks!
Also suggest me some more China vloggers who make videos in English
Cheap labour and lack of labour rights. There’s no such thing as a union because there is oversupply of man power so they don’t have bargaining power to speak of. I’m Chinese origin living in Australia and we build everything slow and expensively here because the labour costs are simply too expensive lol
@@jase87
Does the high or low cost of labor have anything to do with the construction speed? In the 1980s and 1990s, were the labor costs in China much lower than after 2000, and was the construction speed faster than after 2000?
It is very common that one person working, three people directing So it would be a miracle if it could be done quickly.
同佛山人😋
Somedays it feels like we're that massive UA-cam channel that no one's heard of.... YET
I'll challenge you on that by sharing this channel to all of my friends.
but 1.7M subscribers would say otherwise
I once convinced my teachers to show one of your videos in class.
I would share your channel with my friends but they speak Spanish cause I’m from Mexico 🇲🇽
Try picking a fight with another channel...
There are 436 chinese cities bigger than Norway's capital Oslo, that's insane
Singapore also has slightly more people than the whole of Norway, but in the land area of a city
The No. 6 richest city of China in 2020 is Suzhou and it's GDP is more than Norway already but the population is 1,2 million so China is still very behind
China is replacing USA as the new superpower, so not surprising
I mean norway is a small country 😂
why is that insane...China has a 7th of the world population or something.
While staying in Shanghai Chinese friends invited me to visit with them their family in the countryside. They lived in Wuxi.
That's really funny. It's all relative I guess. To them, a giant city is "the countryside" simply because it's not a megalopolis like Shanghai.
Basically everything outside of Shanghai is considered countryside by a Shanghainin lol
@@grail68 Its also possible that they live just close to Wuxi?
Snobbish Shanghaiese call everywhere else countryside but in my opinion, those surrounding cities, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Yangzhou,... are all better than Shanghai because they have what Shanghai does not have, nature and history.
@@firefly4784 well locals of any place will always be snobby to any outsiders. Especially large cities
The sight of talking about China without mentioning politics is so refreshing.
for real, most western media just spews disinformation
I've visited a couple of these cities. Ningbo especially is futuristic as hell.
I visited Ningbo 15 years ago... was totally not futuristic at all... that show the speed of changes.
Yeah I was wondering if they would mention Ningbo.
@@shuaige3360 yes especially for the nearest 1decade
I was born and raised in Ningbo, I travel a lot, I don’t think ningbo is futuristic compare to Hangzhou or Shenzhen
I live in Ningbo now. Its okay, it's a second to third tier city.
Some cities that weren't explicitly identified in the video:
0:41 Hangzhou
0:47 Suzhou
1:14 Shenzhen
1:20 Hangzhou
1:24 Suzhou
1:31 Suzhou again
1:35 Shanghai
2:18 Shenzhen
2:23 Wuhan
2:28 Guangzhou
7:01 Suzhou
7:12 Shanghai
nice! how do you know so much about China? :O
nice eyesight
As an American, if someone showed me the skyline of a big American city like Boston, I'd still not know which city it was. That's impressive as heck
@@anonymoustangerine I actually live in Boston! I'm a skyscraper fan so I spend a lot of time on websites where people are talking about and sharing pictures of these cities, that's how I recognize a lot of them.
@@veetvoojagig389 It is not easy for a city to impress people, especially in some small cities. Some time ago, China issued a policy to prevent the random construction of grotesque buildings.
The US spent 1.7 trillion on the F-35 JSF program. China spent 1.7 trillion on the belt and road initiative. Gives you a perspective where priorities lie with these countries.
Fax
1,7 T more than enough for building massive infrastructures & free health care
Facts bro, the western media love reporting negative stuffs about china, some are even made up. It is sad that some people actually got brainwashed by the BBC
3.2 trillion brother not 1.7 😌🙏
@@sitiparti5008 why don't you move to a mega city in China? You will enjoy the city skyline from your humble one-bed room. China Dream!
I come from Zhengzhou, a central city in China. Most foreign friends estimate that it is the first time they have heard of this city in their lives, but there are over 12 million permanent residents here (including suburbs and satellite cities), and there are six million permanent residents in the urban area.
👍
This is the first time I've ever heard of this city in China too
The city with the largest iPhone factory in the world. Zhengzhou.
Honestly one of my favorite B1M videos thus far (and that's saying something!) Spent a lot of time in China in 2019 and I definitely want to go back once global travel resumes. Love learning about the rather prolific rate at which burgeoning metropolises are rising there. Love your channel!
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Sincerely hope that you will come to China to travel or work again, the rapid development of urban construction and the better and better quality of citizens will make you like the environment and life here
But China only has 10 cities!
Seriously though, 1.4 billion people have to live somewhere. It blows my mind that there are so many huge cities that I've never heard of, and they have such a big impact on the national and global markets.
@@rft9776 At least 300
This 1.4 billion number has been in use for years now
I remember about 6 or 7 years ago the official census done in China reported the population as 1.8 Billion, so I am expecting by now their real population numbers may have exceeded 2 Billion.
@@SAMSON12321 there are some estimates their population is just 1.2 billion or has just dropped under 1.4 billion into 1.3 billion
@@rft9776 China has 660 cities and 2843 counties
You're making fun of me? The city in the video is only a 2-tier or third tier city in China, even one Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province, but it is also the Shandong Province of Qingdao completed the explosion! There are more than 100 cities like this in China, and more than 300 are very modern!
Whether you hate China or love it , but you have to admit that their accomplishments are impressive
Its amazing what you can do with underpaid labour
China has been known in history to have very impressive accomplishments. From the Forbidden City to the tomb of the First Emperor of China.
@@DenDave_ ahahahah where are u from? Do u think that ur country developed without underpaid labor?
China use cheap labour and materials and sometimes slaves ua-cam.com/video/9cvIYY-D_9w/v-deo.html
@@DenDave_ Same with the US. You can do great things with slaves and basically free labour.
It's insane to see how well China distributes their land, population, specialise WHOLE cities (Jinan for tech, Ningbo as trade hub). I believe with their huge population, they could easily become the worlds largest economy once all infrastructure and cities are fully developed. The country is a lot different now
Already the largest now
@@DaddyBear205 不，我们不是最大的，我们人均数量还只是发展中国家相对好一点，我们还有很多问题要解决，但是我们欣喜的是我们国家一直在进步，在发展，不断取得突破，我们跟欧盟、拉美市场还有差距，但我们会努力追赶，我们只是希望过上更好的生活，尽管很多人并不理解。
@@BILUOCL 如果抛开通胀因素，中国的人均GDP有可能超过美国的人均GDP，但是一定达不到美国现在的人均GDP。中国的人口是美欧日韩的总和，如果人均GDP达到了目前美国的水平，单单一个中国就超过了目前全世界的GDP总和，这也就意味着全世界所有的产业和经济活动全部移动到中国，都无法使中国的人均GDP达到目前美国的水平
@@peterpista2652 what an answer ! mind blowing reply 👍🙌
@@peterpista2652所以经过简单的概括就能发现，尽管这几十年来发生了无数事件，无法阻止中国按当初的构想下稳步前行。
I was born and raised in Chengdu and now live in Sydney Australia. Have to say every time I go back to Chengdu I experience the speed of development. The city had no metro line prior to 2010, now it has 12 lines totalling 500+km metro system with another 8 expansion/lines or 200+km to be completed by 2024.. It also built the second biggest international airport (Tianfu, TFU) in China under 5 years while Australians are arguing over a light rail… still love and enjoy living in Australia but the media here seem to only cover bad things about China. I mean they mention China on the TV every single day and I've never heard one thing good being reported…
Bad mouthing others don’t make yourself greater.
@@marjorieli1249 who is "yourself"???
Are you more loyal to China than Australia? Why do you live in Australia and not China?
@@millevenon5853 Chillax and don't forget your meds
Go back to China if it's so great. Stop stealing our land and renting it back to us.
I lived there for 8 years, seeing the small tier 3 city I lived in expand at an enormous rate to tier 2 in just a few years was astonishing and I've seen it happen across China.
Even Chinese citizen feels that too, the development rate is unreal, while western media describe most of the Chinese are still riding cow on a rural paddy field, and silly question from foreigner like do you ever see a high-speed train, refrigerator etc. yeah, astonishing
@@不死原飴羽 Love China🇨🇳🇨🇳
did you find the China Virus there?
@@不死原飴羽 Pay no mind to those people. We've lived in China and we know what we have. In fact, I think most of those western media and politicians also know what we have, they just purposefully lie to their people because they're mad they can't order us around like the Opium War era...
@@CBielski87 we Find the virus and we manage them. Not like you, you can only moan and insult people but you can’t do shit about it. Blaming others yes go-ahead that’s all you can do
Whenever I tell new friends that I come from a tier 4 city in China that no one knows with a population of about 3 million it always blows their minds
Which City do u live in? Someday I would like to visit Guizhou and Chongqing
@@suraj.1889 I definitely recommend u to go have fun in Chongqing. Being as a Chinese I reckon Chongqing as the best tourism city in China, its like a modernized Hongkong with skyscrapers built recently and slums from the 8090s
Thats so true. My ex is chinese and she was always referring to citys with "just one million" as small towns for her. I have to say when I visited china..just so impressive.
@@SimpleSoftwareTech I mean it is small though in a country with that many people I consider 1 million small towns too since I am from China.
@@cczsus6513 Yes, of course that's right. It's all a thing of perspective.
For me, I'm from Germany, countryside's and ..one million is huge, nevertheless it's impressive to build that big cities and infastructure
There is a common misunderstanding between China and US in term of the naming of their cities: For example, even though the city of Seattle has "only" over 740,000 people the Seattle metro has over 4 million people and if it were in China, the entire metro would be called city of Seattle. In China, a city is larger than a county and usually contains several counties while in US for example, the LA county (10 million people) has 88 cities and the city of LA (3.9 million) is only one of them. Again, if SoCal were in China, the entire SoCal metro (including several counties, including LA county), which has a population of 24 million, would be called the city of LA. Another dimension of the story is that even though US cities/metros are smaller in term of population, but they are much larger in geographic size as they are less densely popoluated.
Thank you! I knew something like this had to be the case, because even with 1.4 billion people China seemed to have an unrealistic number of very very big cities for a "city" to mean what it means elsewhere.
Not true. If that was true, then the "city of Guangzhou" would have 150 million people.
If Chinese cities were built like LA I don’t know if there would be enough space for living in China lol. Anyway big props to the chinese for building so big and fast, but they could at least make better architecture and urban planning. Many city parts from this video look terrible, like a soviet dystopia.
@@rayze2394 isnt the same building over and over again is the same with suburbs? Its just basicly the same thing but apartment and less color
@@southcolumbia402 yeah in fact North American cities are designed terribly
i’m from vietnam, but my great grandfather came from foshan
i haven’t visit it yet, but it’s good to see that it’s thriving😊
North vietnam and china were the same country for more than 1,000 years
I moved to Foshan in 2015, right out of university (with no real plan). It was a "tier 3" city in China but I was amazed at how big it was by the rest of the world's standards, even though I had never heard of it. Foshan is an amazing city that gave me an opportunity and opened the world for me
are you still there? did you study in China?
Are you pakistani?
@@MarkWTK I spent just one year there. I was teaching English in a primary school. I wish i stayed longer
I'm from Foshan, tho I now live in the US, glad to hear that you had a good time there.
@@ting236le Why did you move to the US?
To me China is the place to achieve your goals.
Best economy, education, transportation in the world.
America has lots of problems and going downhill.
I used to live in Jinan and clicked on this thinking “I wonder if they will mention Jinan?”. I’m actually surprised they did! It’s a great city with a lot of potential.
Hi mate! Glad to hear that you enjoy your time in Jinan! I was born and raised in Jinan so the show-up in the video just makes me a little bit nostalgic haha!
As long as you're not a Uighur
@@MrJakson112 One of my friends in Jinan is Uighur and loves the place.
@@郭曉凱 Made me nostalgic too! :)
@@MrJakson112 My relative's street vendor in Shunde is one. He made good chicken skewer.
Thanks!
I've been to half of the cities mentioned here, and the scope of construction in these and other cities (Chongqing, Xi'an, and Chengdu, amongst others) is mind-boggling.
Hi Charles Dawnson?
Wish you were my husband 🤷
how lucky
chongan
chongqing is epic
Been in Ningbo in 2005 and then moved there from 2008 to 2014 with visits till 2019
UNBELIEVABLE how fast the city changed and improved the life level about transportation, connections, cleanness, maintenance etc
Almost every city and village in China transformed during last 30 years.
@Jordie they'll figure it out
@Jordie the real estate bubble has been criticized for over 20 years now... And yet, it has never really disintegrated. The government seems to always interfere on time to prevent complete collapse
During my China holiday, we took the train from Beijing to Zhengzhou, and when we arrived, my dad asked our guide how many people lived here. He casually said 'about 9 million', and my dad said, "Wow, it's bigger than London and I've never even heard of it!" It really emphasises just how many people live in China.
According to the data just released in recent days, the population of Zhengzhou has reached 12.6 million
@@tianyy2144 that doesn't surprise me at all, because this holiday was in August 2017 and when we were driving through the suburbs, we spent about 5 minutes driving down a motorway heading out of the city and for those 5 minutes, all we could see were dozens of apartment towers under construction on the outskirts, so assuming they are all fully built and occupied now, it's no wonder the city's population increased so drastically.
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I think it mainly emphasizes just how little the western people know about China. That’s a really interesting phenomenon.
Imagine China being able to test that number of people in 5 days (which is what they indeed did in _Qingdao_ city (which has a similar population) I think when some people were infected there)
Absolutely gorgeous and beautiful cities, I can not wait to visit all of them!
I want to as well but i dont have enough money for that
'A B1M video pops in' + 'A nice meal' = 'Perfect lunch break!'
so true... i watch it most of the time during my lunch brakes
I remember the debate between Michael Scott and Oscar on this issue :D
haha, I can still hear they arguing
Where can i watch it please
@@ane1315 just search about it here on youtube
They finally beat Oscar haha
Racist
I was born and lived 8 years in China and one thing I can never forget is the vast cities full of 10s of millions of people, far larger than their counterparts in the us
China is so huge like they literally has 600+ cities and 100+ of them are metro cities
that means about 1/6th of them are developed that's so amazing
@@Scythe6140 and they are mostly bleak appartment buildings. It is an heavily poluted, overcrowded,traffic jammed hell.
@@TheAdekrijger those can be resolved by taking initiatives like moving to electric operated vehicles, usage of more solar power, reduction in the usage of coal, pollution regulation of factories. But on the brighter side they are much developed than others.
@@Scythe6140 do you think the Chinese govt will do any of that? if you do then you don't know the CCP.
@@1assassyn maybe things are better now but still, the crackdown of air/water/soil pollution is quite serious in the past years here in Mainland China and it is quite effective.
Thanks for showing the true reality about China. I’ve been in China for almost 10 years and I’ve never seen anything like it. The amount of transformation is stunning. Keep on the good job!!!
It's really amazing huh!
Welcome to true capitalism
@@EzraMerr true capitalism combined with true authoritarianism
youre 'talking about US, right?
@@wuuduu609 where's even the word? U don't see any
the rapid expansion is pretty incredible. imagine if all governments invested so heavily in infrastructure!
Instead of building a train network that goes faster than 40 km/h, the United States invest in racism and Palestine genocide.
@@MasterExploder61 If we're going to get political then I don't think we can sling shit at the US for racism and genocide without pointing out that China has huge problems with that right now too.
@@SamuelKristopher Like what? The so-called detainment of Uighurs? That's been debunked Uncle Sam.
@Yggdrasil China are one of the cleanest energy consumers in the world. They have the largest wind, solar and hydro applications in volume.
@@MasterExploder61 Haha, ok, you earn that paycheck bro
The speed and scale of urban development in China in such a short span of time make the rest of the world take a long breath! That’s how national wealth should be spent, and this is only possible through concrete, visionary, and practical planning of the government and policymakers alike.
Chinese propaganda bot
@@thedownunderverse maybe but still, he is right
@@thedownunderverse US bot
I visited China in 2019. Beside those amazing building and architectures, what amazes me the most is safety. You can walk anywhere day and night as you pace in your living room. That’s how safe I feel. By the way I live in Chicago and now you know how I feel
I've been to Chicago, never dared to walk alone after dark. And I'm a fit young man. That to be said, the Chinese policeofficers are very lazy. But the good thing is they don't take bribes.
And yet, you are more likely to die walking in most of china.
Odd how appearaces are decieving.
@@nobodynoone2500 China is really safe bro
@@nobodynoone2500 yet how are you still alive
@Nic Sae The Cities are huge in China. There are districts that are very dangerous just like in every other country.
IT HAS ARRIVED!!!! Still remember filling out what cities I knew or not lol
What?
@@carolinevs943 a while back B1M had their subscribers fill out a small survey regarding which Chinese cities they'd heard of and which they hadn't
Without a doubt one of the best channels on UA-cam ever, high-quality content to fill our minds 😁👍
Amazing how clean and well organized these cities look. Public transport, wide pedestrian pathways, roads are well designed. Wish we could get some of this city planning in the US
It comes with a great cost. Local governments are seriously in debt and there is a massive real estate bubble here in China.
the later the city is developed, the better the city planing comes (given the governor do not waste money on gimmic feature). City development in USA will not be as efficient as any new China city ever, because of property ownership, government structure, conflicts within governing power, and many more internal problems. But developed city certainly have their own charm, mostly on the cultural values. On the other hand, I think most of the Americans (or at least the developers) are more into the sub urban concept, the rapid China city development you witnessed is the result of China's history and culture. Unless you are a new yorker, you may not enjoy China city development in a long term living condition.
@@cachem11still money way better spent than bombshells and wars, ain't it?😂
@@cachem11这些债务都是有实体资产的😂，然而美国是消费产生的债务。
@@cachem11after two years your media is still talking about estate bubble lol. Next two years again they will continue telling the world the same thing over and over while China keep growing
im a computer science student and i fell in love with architecture and engineering because of this channel.
Same, im a finance student and my love for architecture and engineering also because of this channel is causing me a real mental problem in my uni because of lack of interest in it.
This is so true. There are cities over 2 million, and no one ever heard of it. A city of 2 million is considered a small town in China.
Xuzhou has 9 million people. I never heard of it before my friend invited me there. As a reference, Berlin's population is 3.65 million.
@@SomeoneFromBeijing Lots of time the reason is, they are just masses of people, and no skyscrapers. Only Beijing or Shang Hi, has tall building.
@@cashed-out2192 No my friend, they all do. They are just small by Chinese standards.
@@SomeoneFromBeijing DO TELL!
@@SomeoneFromBeijing Less than 3 million people live in its built-up area, 9 million is the municipality which includes large rural areas.
Is impressive how quickly they are able to expand their cities and build bullet train lines
A lot is possible with no labor laws or unions
@@hardeeps5295 and nothing happens and you fall behind when there is excessive Labour laws and unions
So many died cause of rushed construction
@@landofthesoldcanada6407 old favorites quote!
@@hardeeps5295 There r labour laws and unions, maybe not as comprehensive as fully developed nations. They dont get paid as much but their cost of living is much lower too and then again china is a developing country after all. Their infrastructure, salary, and quality of life are on the rapid rise and along that so are peoples work benefits etc. Gotta compare apples to apples. And frankly the US could have achieved better infrastructure and health care than current us if they didnt literally spend trillions on llegal wars. I get u MUST think of something negative about china when u see positive things to comfort urself tho because u are so drenched in negativity by the sensational media. Maybe i remind u how the media played everyone regarding Iraqs WMD. :)
I live in a semi urban city with a population of more than a million. In Asia the scale of villages and small cities runs in 100,000 usually.
A small town in china usually has a population of around 2 - 4 million. Ask anyone in China they’ll agree…
@@siliconnitride7029 not really. Depends on which province were talking about. Only some populous provinces have towns going up into millions for towns. Most towns are in hundred thousand range.
When the narrator said "it's a rate of progression that was only really made possible by..." my brain was already filling the blanks and thinking (insert random popular sponsor name here). UA-cam has corrupted me way faster than China building cities.
Great video as always, by the way!
_“mAdE pOsSiBlE bY sKiLlShArE”_
Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO!! Great Autobahn Great High Speed Rail!!!!
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@Yggdrasil Don't feed the troll Yggdrasil. He is here just for the attention. Alternatively, you can report his comment since it's a perfect fit for the 'Hate speech' option.
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My grandma lives in Jinan and I have visited several times. I really recommend it to anyone visiting China, it is very clean and not as chaotic as Beijing or Shanghai but large enough to be foreign tourist-friendly!
l live in qingdao, not far from jinan,the capital of shandong
My hometown is Yantai. Not faraway, a really nice coast city to take a rest. Hmm, millions of people in population haha.
@@1937.7 shandong jinan, china qingdao, world weifang, universe shouguang
@@1937.7 Should be CAOXIAN bro.
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Never have I ever thought my home town Guiyang would appear on this list! I am so excited that B1M recognize those 'small' cities with their own charisma. Guiyang has so much to offer with its mix of diverse cultures being hold by different minority group, with the food, the welcoming people, the awesome weather cross the year, the rich natural sceneries and many more. Welcome to Guiyang everyone! (P.s. the Lonely Planet has listed Guizhou Province as their top destinations 2019)
Just not Uighurs I'm guessing
Cant agree you more,i was born in Guiyang too,when i saw memorial tower,which is a landmark of Guiyang,alos a place with my memories,many emotions came to me.Though it is a small city with low salary level,i wish to come to homeland for living.
I've been to Guiyang in 2014. I can barely recognize it now in pictures! It's so amazing how much has changed. I can't wait to visit it again
Isn't UA-cam banned in the Chinese communist country
@@chickentoucher55 who cares, there is plenty of other platforms in China that do the same
There should be at least 1 hour video of just drone footage of all those cities. It's really nice to watch.
That was really interesting. Had no idea of the scale and size of China’s growth.
Have you ever doubt what are you read from NBC CNN routers ....?
I was born and raised in Guiyang, and now I am watching my favorite youtuber talk about my hometown.
I used to live in a city called Suzhou that has almost 11 million people! Blows my mind that there are so many massive, yet relatively unknown cities in China!
Suzhou is super historical and famous in China, the world just hasn’t been keeping up with Chinese cities, but then again, we all only really know 2-3 major cities in any given country isn’t it?
@@jase87 true
play a three kingdoms game, then you will know all important cities in China. the majority cities in China are all have thousands of history, except Shenzhen.
true@@louiswu6300
I used to travel in Australia and stayed on night in a city called Waga Waga, I admit I have never heard of it, but it is a significant city in inner Australia.
The more I travel, the less I know.
"Most people have probably still never heard of Foshan"
People who have been watching martial arts movies since childhood: *starts laughing derisively*
Please have an original thought for once in your life
@@toffeesky6227 I think you responded to the wrong comment, because it makes no sense as a response here...
@@SuzanoSho the "starts laughing derrisively" as a meme format is beyond dead and overused, have an ounce of originality
@@toffeesky6227 Bro, a 3-word description is not a fucking "meme format", get off of the internet and get some fresh air...
Fo-Shan is a historic city with the funnest name to the locals. Fo means buddha and Shan means mountain, but there is neither buddha or mountain in Fo-Shan.
Since I’ve been around for 40 years, my city has grown from about 550,000 to 1 million.😂 China’s growth is crazy.
Also, you need to take a look at the population decline of cities at the Rust Belt. Quite interesting.
@@je4a301 Considering the scarcity of jobs in the rust belt, no wonder population is declining there.
In fourty years my cities population has almost halfed, go figure...
And my country population doubled in 30+ years... from 2.7m to 5.7m 🙊
@@zzy341 What country is this?
Is it in Asia or Africa?
On the other hand, my country was the 5th biggest population in the World. But two years ago it was surpassed by Pakistan, and some data says Nigeria will surpass my country's population in just a few years.
The only channel that makes me appreciate urban development around the World. B1M ❤
wow, both of my parents were born and raised in ningbo. i've been there a few times as a kid, and honestly it felt so sad and shabby. times change incredibly quick! i should visit my family sometime... i haven't been back there in almost 10 years
我就是宁波的哈哈，您父母出生在宁波的那个区域？我是奉化的
4:56 more people have heard of this ship than most of these cities
@Dord Dord nah, world. That ship is the one that got stuck in the Suez Canal.
@@FOLIPE The one shown here is the Ever Globe, while the Ever Given was stuck in the Suez Canal. Both are ships of the transportation company Evergreen.
@@FOLIPE nope that's just the same company. The ship in the suez was Ever Given, this is Ever Globe
That ship was Everygreen's Ever-Globe. Evergreen's Ever-Given was the Suez grounded ship. That ship is owned by Japan, managed by Taiwan and operated by an Indian crew.
Isn’t it ROC?
I'm a Chinese. I've loved geography and sports since I was a child, so I know almost all the European and American cities (football and NBA). When I learned about the population size of these cities, I was also very surprised
Huge respect for Chinese people.. 🙏
@@KuchNahiBasAiseHi about what? Raj, your people worked for constructing these cities at very low wages and were injured & killed.
@@_F_Y_ ? They were employed, and fed their families. Working there is optional, don't you know?
Chicago wouldn't even be Top 50 in China lol.
@@_F_Y_ are you confusing China for Gulf countries?
i was in ningbo for more than 4 years and it's always like a second home to me.
I am very interested in Ningbo. I have been to 40 cities. I missed that city. Perhaps someday.
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what the unsuccessful only do occasionally
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose - is the result of hard work and hustle over time
The amount of time you spend believing we can't is more than enough time to learn how you can
@@hannahforex09 yeah! I agree with you
People come here with the aim of chasing money more than knowledge and that will damage your progress, trust me. Chase knowledge first and I promise! The money will follow you just like it's following some of us now
@@andrewward6706 that's very correct sir!! And that is why most of them end up losing they money to scammers
Xiong'an is another city being built, the Chinese government is relocating some offices to that city, and it got a high-speed rail connection to nearby Beijing.
Xiong'an is being built from scratch, Foshan used to be a heritage town and a Tier 3-4 city with good location. So, still a little different.
Kelvin yea one has spirit and soul other is hi tech new hub
Of course ua-cam.com/video/zpWGULnSZPs/v-deo.html
Xiong'an is just a political project attempting to fix the failure of Beijing. So far I can't tell if it is a success.
If you lived in both Shanghai and Beijing for more than 1 year, you will understand why I say Beijing is a failure. It carried too much and yet Chairman Mao wanted it to carry more.
@@lishiping84 beijing it's a succesful city.... but Xiong an will be a failure for sure
When i live in abroad, i often tell my foreign friends that i came from a small city of China, with ONLY 6 million population. Yesterday news came that my small city hometown now houses 10 million population according to the latest census.
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6:36 imagine you have to move from any European city to this..
You'd better learn some Mandarin.
To a communist dystopia?
@@xvor_tex8577 dystopia? I don’t think you understand that word
@@xvor_tex8577 It's not communist, but definitely an ugly dystopia.
@@uhohhotdog it's def dystopian lol
i really love watching aerial shots from drone of Chinese architecture, never fails to impress
Wow🤯
China never stop surprising us,
Just like B1M
This was an absolutely fantastic video. I’d watch a series on each of these cities and their construction and/or one on other countries that are quickly urbanizing.
we are in the midst of experiencing and witnessing history's biggest and largest transformation and advancement in the shape of china and it's cities.
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@@shaoorehsan9114 How are you doing and where are you from?
@@SaRah-kr2tv I am fine, from Pakistan. How about you, where are you from, dear.
You may not heard the name of Foshan city that mentioned in the beginning, but actually lots of things that shown in HongKong film and you are quite familar with, like Wing chun, probably the most famous Chinese Kungfu, and Cantonese Cuisine, are all come from Foshan. It is the true heart of Cantonese culture.
I live in Suzhou, east of Wuxi (in this film) and west of Shanghai. There is an aerial view of it in B roll. Since arriving here 10 years ago I have seen this city grow at an incredible rate - now boasting 6 subway lines and another 6 being built, some of the tallest buildings I have seen and a population of 12 million.
i visited it 15 years ago, really like its culture and scenery. i suppose it has became modern.
你在这里当老师？😂😂这都能遇到苏州的老外😂😂
@@灼华-k4c 苏州好多德国人😀
Suzhou had been the richest city in China for a long time.
I went to middle school in Suzhou! Back in the US and about to graduate high school (Class of 2024) and am literally going back the WEEK after I graduate LMFAO I cannot stand this state for another minute 💀
I've lived in Zhengzhou for a few years now. The one thing you notice is, there's a lot of people and big buildings.
flood came to zhengzhou. Hope everything ok with you. 🙏
B1M always producing high quality content.
Compare 1930s Nazi Germany vs 2020s Communist China IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO!! Great Autobahn Great High Speed Rail!!!!
I've been off youtube for some time but the content here will def bring me back.
Much like London, I love how China mixes the old and the new, but I do love seeing all the completed construction. I think a lot of their buildings are creative looking without being wonky in design...lookin' at you 20 Fenchurch Street building (aka The Walkie Talkie). Like Singapore, China's urban planning and commitment to infrastructure seems quite forward thinking. Love seeing it. Thanks for posting.
Pretty much all things in London are old though...
@@alfredchen4579 and pretty much everything built in China falls down while London has many buildings hundreds of years old
@@willb3486 Thank you. Exactly. This was made before the Evergreen implosion. China is falling apart that's why they are trying to take over the world
Lol.. london is shit
@@OneAdam12Adam You do realise that the "Evergreen implosion" pales in comparison to the 2008 financial crises in the US right? And that the goverment not only allowed Evergreen to fail but seized the company and broke it up, and also made the CEO liquidate his wealth to pay up what he could of the debt.
That's the difference with China, if a company fucks up, the goverment let's the owner take the fall. So you can't really apply the american logic that if a big company fail then the goverment and people has to suffer for their CEO to come out with a bonus...
This shows you how ontop this channel is with what's going on. I was wondering when people would realise how much is happening that side of the wall, with all those mega cities doing their thing.
China built that wall for strategic reason, no one know what's happening, and when China leak its capability and potential, Fighting a Trade war now etc is too late.
I live in a tier 2 city in the US. There hasn't been any changes for the past 10 years, and one big change I noticed is there are tons of newly opened bubble tea shops. And they are opened by Chinese.
Very interesting comment. Same where I live.
The mentality of the US politicians is not that great. Spending much money on securities and defence without building infrastructure.
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We have a lady who started working for the same or organisation as me in July. She is originally from Zhengzhou, a city I didn't even know existed until she started working with us, and that has over twice the population my city has which is not small by any means. She said when she came here she got scared because the streets were so empty during the week. She was used to what I consider peak hour 24/7.
I remember when I visited Foshan in 2009 it was an absolute mess of a city. Government planning has certainly transformed the city into a megacity,, though still has a long way to go before it reaches the highly coveted 1st tier.
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indeed, i’m a native from Foshan, this city has long been lagged in its urbanization comparing to its industrial development. But with its nearly 8 million population now which’s still growing, we can see the city’s improvement in these years with more young people choose to come here than Guangzhou, Shenzhen or other big cities in the Pearl River Delta area. Please come back for another visit, you’ll be surprised by the city’s new changes.
@@matthewfok7119 I've been to Foshan several times since 2008. I don't know that you're correct in saying more young people are going to Foshan over GZ or SZ given simply that they are home to some great universities, start-ups, and established companies. I don't have data supporting it one way or the other.
It's population is 7.4 million, not 8million. It should hit 8 millions in about 5 years
@@Mattrsx much different now! Big different than 10 years ago
@@matthewfok7119 How can I get a chinese woman to marry or just a night fun?
Lived there from 2010-2014 amazing city in all aspects, nothing in the West can compare to its astonishing growth speed.
Now yes, but historically I’d disagree - the 2nd industrial revolution commencing in Britain arguably had more astonishing growth and development considering the lack of technology
@@jozzo6 you have got to be kidding me... Let's try this again.... almost a billion people lifted out of poverty in the last 30 years..
The free market capitalist era of new York in the 1800s? VERY similar to China
@@LetsGoUSA American, British, and EU money and investment, there's like around 20 countries which lifted China out of poverty with capitalism after deng Xiaoping begged Americans to reform the Chinese economy
@@EzraMerr yet all those have debt they owe to China, China took a penny and made a penny factory
New channels & new videos!! Love it B1M 😊
Im from California. I wanna visit the new and modern China. Looks amazing.
I live in Shenzhen right now, amazing city,
China is 21st century's marvel, in all senses. Just imagine less than 50 years she rises from nothing to top. Salute
That's what happens when U.S. keeps raising minimum wage, which leads to companies moving to China to make China richer. Meanwhile, China uses dirt cheap labor and slavery to build their infrastructure. And if anyone complains, off to the slave camps they go.
@@radiofreealbemuth fun fact, the only country that is built base on slavery and human trafficking is, surprisingly, US.
@@radiofreealbemuth In a nutshell you are right but remember USA also built their wealth using African slaves and looted money from all over the world. Fact is when you became rich, everyone forget your dark side. Compare USA or Europe, China built their wealth through hard work but not looted money and inhuman slavery.
@@listens1635 don’t pretend China, and any other powerful nation in history, hasn’t committed atrocities of similar scale
At what cost
Foshan is actually famous for being a Kung fu/wing chun hub, and the home of grandmaster Ip Man! ☺️
and also home of wong feihung
Yeah, it's traditionally one of the centers of Southern style martial arts.
@YS LEE you just can't help yourself eh.. pathetic.
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@@ASS_ault ..and also pathetic
Ohhh it surely reminds me that my hometown Wuxi has over 7M in population, thank you very much! Even any city could sound unfamiliar to many foreigners but they never know something that they are using in their hands might be part of it manufactured from that unknown city. ( Seems the best description for this)
Are there any books covering the recent rapid growth in China? I'd love to learn more about what's been going on, especially regarding the explosion in high-speed rail development in China.
I think books are too slow to cover the change of China.
not to be rude but just use google to search for this. It's easy to find content :)
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when the book is finished, china has changed to next level.
"the coming collapse of China" has been around for many years! it was very popular!
Not to hurt you, but your unsponsored videos are the best on your channel and they are some of the best on UA-cam
If you'd ever like to visit China I'd recommend Chengdu, Xiamen or Suzhou all really beautiful and relatively chill cities with good flight connections. Not as westernized as Shanghai and nowhere near as poluted as Beijing.
Lately Chengdu has become more polluted than Beijing.. because Chengdu is building too fast and in a bowl and Beijing has actually been improving their air quality.
张家界 黄山 宜昌 重庆都不错可以去看看
We’ll take your word for it. China is pretty disgusting
@@lazymonkey8259 张家界很漂亮但有太多人 😥
@@Tom-zp1rp image Hating on a country that you have never been to.instead of Hating in china you should go get life.
Respect to 🇨🇳. Very beautiful history and rich culture. Even though western powers disagree their political propensities. China is still beautiful and ancient .
It’s refreshing to see a positive and informative video on China for once and a great comment section as well. Kudos to that🙌
It’s still screw china 🇨🇳
@@phoenix-king779 how lol
Overpopulation and environmental destruction aren't positive.
@@nicbellanger1874 its faje
@@phoenix-king779 how is it fake when IT is a problem addressed by their cc party
It’s been a year or two since I’m super excited to click on every new video that comes out.
If you allow me to give you a tip the pronunciacion of foshan is with an "o" as in "dog" not like "cool"
Also the Zhou in Guangzhou is pronounced like the vowel sound in "low"
I thought it was weird I didn't know a 7.5 m ppl city, as it seemed as if it was fushan, another city that definetly exists near Yantai
Yeah I noticed those too. Also the consonant in zhou is 'j' as in 'joe' as opposed to 'Jaques'. I feel like I've somewhat cursed myself by learning chinese cus now I hear mispronunciations everywhere, should have just stayed in blisful ignorance.
Pronounced like “for-shahn”
@@owain_rj so combining that with what Ale Zar said about the vowel sound in "low", the -zhou part of Guangzhou is pronounced exactly like the word 'Joe'?
@@never4ever386 *only if you speak in a british accent
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I guessing it’s cuz it’s commonly integrated into the Guangzhou metropolitan area
1:24 lol it's so cool to see the apartment(bottom left building ) I lived in four years ago on b1m. For anyone who's curious, that is the Industrial Park(district) of the city of Suzhou. The whole district was a joint project between China and Singapore. Over 1 million people live in this district and that is only 8% of the total population of Suzhou.
The reason why even unknown Chinese cities have such huge population is that Chinese city population is calculated as per prefecture size. Which means, on paper, even small cities will be thousands of square kilometres in area and they calculate the whole population under this area. The actual urban area of the city would be just one-tenth of the prefecture size. Even a small city like Zibo has an area of 5,000 sq.km on paper. Compared to that, New York City is just 780 sq.km in area. Even Tokyo, which is considered the largest city in the world by area, is just 2,000 sq.km. The concept of Chinese cities is like considering the whole of Delaware state as a single city & then saying that the city has a population of 2.5 million
That’s true. Formally, “cities” in China is like counties in the US. When people referring to a city in China it’s usually means the urban/metro area, but the statistics often referring to the the prefecture level city which is much larger
It really depends on how we define a "city" in the West too. The population numbers quoted in this video for the likes of Rome and Montreal, are also not population just in the city core proper but also many of the suburbs and nearby towns that together form what they call "a contiguous urban mass", sometimes known as "metropolitan area". In your comment you said Tokyo has 2,000 sqkm, but that's not remotely true if we are talking about the Tokyo that often gets dubbed the biggest city in the world by population (38 million). That number belongs to "Greater Tokyo Area", with an area of approx. 13,500 sqkm.
China does have a huge urbanized population no matter how you calculate it.
It is correct partially, but the population in this view mean the urban population
ok i see what you mean, i looked up Zibo, and it has 7 non contiguous urban areas; in the US those urban areas would typically be made up of 9 or 10 municipalities, and the rural area would be unincorporated, managed by the county.
When I was in Shanghai the thing I loved the most was the metro it was so well laid out and efficient
hhh come to Wuhan for a causal visit and then you will find its metro much more efficient and modern than Shanghai's.
Shanghai Metro is excellent. Better than Beijing's. Tianjin subway system is good also.
i've took metro in all china's cities. shenzen and chengdu are the best for me. the design of the metro stations were spectacular. made me mumbling 'am i still on earth?'.
and just like other cities, they were clean, safe, ontime, and affordable
never heard of these places, they will be the next shenzhen's
Wuhan did an impressive promotion campaign last year.
@@mankepoot9440 That campaign made such a big impact on the world. Hope more cities will do the same in the future
No, BC Shenzhen is next to HK. They'll become powerful in their own way
@@mankepoot9440 It was so good the entire world decided to copy their idea
depends how china can sustain its demographics. They may ironically have to resort to mass immigration. But I don't see that happening.
Great video, thanks!