We visited Shanghai for the first time in 2016 and have since been there three times. However, our last visit was in 2018, and A LOT has happened since then, in the world overall but in China especially.
Not only that, but the relationship between the West and China has grown increasingly strained over the last few years, especially between the United States and the PRC over issues like Taiwan, human rights, covid, climate change, the South China Sea, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On our way back toward Europe for summer from Asia, the best flight deal ended up being on China Eastern with an overnight layover in Shanghai. We decided to seize the opportunity and revisit a city we had an amazing time in in 2016 and 2018, but we expected had changed a lot since last time…
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China was country 19🌍 (first visited in 2016, our first country in Asia!)
Thank you for watching!🙏😍
0:00-0:49 Visiting China in 2023 is different
0:50-2:56 Why are we going to China?
2:57-3:32 Our flight from Seoul to Shanghai
3:33-6:19 Arriving and our first thoughts
6:20-8:51 Heading out and having our first meal (Chinese vegetarian)
8:52-14:58 The Science and Technology Museum (fake market!)
14:59-18:20 Shanghai at night (The Bund, Nanjing Road)
18:21-19:00 Middle Eastern food in China?
19:01-22:14 Reflecting…from country 19 to 100
22:15-24:43 People’s Square (surprising China facts)
24:44-25:33 Chinese convenience store
25:34-26:33 What we learned
26:34-27:03 Who are we?
36 Comments
THANK YOU GUYS FOR WATCHING AS ALWAYS❤❤ Xie xie ni🙏🏼 A lot has happened since we last visited China, and we weren't really sure what to expect. We're curious to hear in the comments if anything in the video surprised you! Oh and what do you think of our savings at the "Science Museum"?😉
生死看淡，不服就幹！ death or life，but never be afraid
Your channel should have 2M subscribers easy, the reason why you guys are at sub 200k, because you guys like and praise China too much.
Wow . Hello Oskar and Dan, I have watched all your travel videos. As fans from China, I am pleasantly surprised to see you traveling to Shanghai. At the same time, welcome to my hometown Hangzhou. It is closer to Shanghai and more suitable for leisure and vacation. I hope to have the opportunity to take you to experience it .
Even though you paid 1/10 of the asking price…i am pretty sure you paid "foreigner" price. Lol nonetheless, great experience.
In Australia, getting glasses like that will take 2 weeks to get it done.
Shanghai: hours.
Why call it a 'glitch' where in fact it's called the Covid 19 deadly virus?
I bought a Rolex there at the 'Science Museum' for a friend, no really it was for a friend that wanted it. Saw tons of people rolling out Rimowas.
How are you going to drag that plane everywhere?
中国 . Shenzhen Guangzhou ZuZhou Chongqing XiaMen QingDao.. so beautiful
Thank you for sharing your travel experience. It’s great to see you guys sharing the real situation in China.
Hi from 🇲🇾. Why don't you work/collaborate with our tourism board 😊
China is not the origin of Covid. You need to get your fact straight. Look inside the US for the origin, if I were you.
Many people are still stupod to actually believe the “glitch” was from china and not the USA. A simple google search on the CDC’s website on “mysterious lung disease” and looking at the timeline will easily tell us the news that the U S gov would not want the world to know. What happened to all the “vape related lung disease” in U S A? Suddenly disappeared after China diagnosed the “glitch”? So funny that some people have such a low ability to think with basic common sense. Low I Q
Don't you know that iPhone are made in China so that also apart of China's product just like Korea why thy used iPhone also same apart of thr product (screen) so that everyone in China used iPhone more.
your guy didn't understand China and Taiwan ! better don't making comment ! Taiwan and China still Civil war ! at the moment ceasefire ! your think U.S is better human right in world ! U.S war Iraq – Libya – Afghanitan killing a lot woman children ! U.S is not human right country ? U.S create war every where !
western media all ways negative report about China ! special U.S and UK media !
China's name is 中国 zhōngguó it means " middle country "
I ‘v been to China one time which is literally totally different from the negatively media shows in Australia, I like Shanghai especially the food , I am considering to move to Shanghai one day ….
I returned to China last week but have yet to visit Shanghai. I am currently in Shenyang which rarely sees tourists because there are so many other great cities.
4:16 lol 生死看淡 不服就幹 Literally means If you have a light/simple and bearish outlook on life and death, whatever you don't agree with just do it (yourself). Putin smiley face 🙂 If you can't take dark humour, please disregard this comment section.
Don't believe western media propoganda about china
Nice
Which hotel did yoy guys stayed in?
The West is just jealous of how fantastic Chine has become! I'm definitely going to visit
Do you have an extended version of this vlog❓
4：17
生死看淡。不服就干
（If you violate the traffic rules. He won't back down. have an accident. You need to take full responsibility.）
People who hate on China are usually watching so called "experts" like ADV china or Serpentza. In reality, they're just ex-ESL teachers that became bitter when their lack of qualifications caught up to them and forced them to leave the country.
shanghai is one of the best city in the world
You need to haggle harder!😅
Regarding covid origin, EU conducted covid submits, many professionals gave testimony there. One of those professionals is Dr David Martin who gave evidence that coronavirus was a registered patent of US in 1965 and the patent is about biological weapon platform.
China identified the covid19 but not necessarily the origin of covid19. Corona viruses has been on earth for hundred or thousands of years and they keep mutating all over the place just like any other viris. Sometime the corona virus can be dangerous and deadly just like flu virus. Spannish flu that killed millions all over the world in 1918-1921 is also from corona virus mutations.
I think，the map of China you showed in video，should including Taiwan. Or do not show the map.
Hi a bit bias but the Devon tourist boards is amazing and you haven’t visited yet. 🎉❤
Shanghai is amazing! I was really impressed when I visited for a week in May, people are so friendly and nice, the food is delicious, and the famous skyline is just so impressive! I loved how elderly people were dancing and doing Tai Chi in the parks. But the people were the biggest surprise to me and how friendly and nice they were. Also the metro is amazing, we used it all the time, and it's cheap and goes anywhere, not need to use taxis in the city at all.
Thanks for a video for my city 谢谢你们❤
You two should go to Shenzen where the technical things are so advanced beyond your imagination.