10 Tips for Traveling to China for the First Time!
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Things you MUST know if you're traveling to China for the first time! from and ex-expat ;) In this video I discuss everything from food to VPN, cultural and language barrier in China, safety issues, most popular scams like tea house scam, hygiene and much more.
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As a Chinese living in the Northern part of China for almost 3 decades, I can assure you everything Kaja said in this video is very very useful.
So informative! Thanks Kaja!
Really useful video! Thank you!!
Great video. Lots of practical information.
Thank you so much for making this video! Very helpful and positive!
@KajaKubicka
4 жыл бұрын
UnknownPersonality i’m happy to hear that 😊
Haha, you're like a professional acupuncturist in this video...straight to the crucial points! I feel better after watching it... :D
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
hahah ;D
glad u loved SH .very helpful advices
Comprehensive and realistic information.
Kaja, come visit Guangzhou, China next time! It's the first city in China that is opened to the world in modern history, you will love the food the people and the life here I promise
@rickkliu
5 жыл бұрын
100% agree with you :)
@user-hq1cq2hh8i
5 жыл бұрын
I love most of Guangzhou food, but some special food I don't want try even I live in China :)
@yoyohb4938
5 жыл бұрын
一帮同胞用英语聊的挺嗨啊!
@user-cj9sn3il3l
5 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈😂
@user-hq1cq2hh8i
5 жыл бұрын
因为他的回复是英文啊哈哈要是中文回复我就中文回答
"Cuntry" haha I'm dying 😂 thanks for the legit tips though!
Thank you very much for this! I hope to be a traveler like you someday ^^
Awesome tips!
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
thank you!
This is a message from little brother in China! 😄🐼🇨🇳
@TV-ut3pw
5 жыл бұрын
Xiang Wang 翻墙出来的朋友你好
I honestly miss China so much, is was so beautiful! I will definitely be planning for a solo trip :)
@Cc2971
Жыл бұрын
Hello are you still interested in going? I'm trying to go in the fall before their holidays. Let me know!
@shyannestewart741
Жыл бұрын
@@Cc2971 I recommend it, just make sure you’re aware of what’s going on so nothing prevents your trip. Make sure you also visit the smaller cities too. They are just as amazing as the major ones ☺️
Cul.. this will definitely help me in my visit to China just 3 days from now. Couldn't resist myself visiting Chongqing n Shanghai after watching your Vlogs. Cheers..!!
welcome to china, all of my friends!
you look so confidence and attractive !
Great video !
This is so helpful
@KajaKubicka
4 жыл бұрын
Mubanga Nyambe glad to hear that :)
After watching your video, I want to see China again . . . China is a real Safe country . . .
@opportunityinchina9871
5 жыл бұрын
Major cities are definitely safe.
@leahkolawole9295
4 жыл бұрын
Not anymore the coronavirus is spreading
@youdelong
4 жыл бұрын
welcome to china
English has a more rigid grammar system than Chinese, so the former is much more friendly for natural language processing programs. As a result, machine translation from English to Chinese works much better than the other way around.
really have given a lot of useful tips!but recently many Chinese can master basic daily English conventions so no worry with the communications and daily life
Thanks for this video - off to live in China today so it's very useful!! Super excited but pretty nervous......
@KajaKubicka
4 жыл бұрын
JustEz good luck! :)
@Anankin12
4 жыл бұрын
How's it going, 4 months in?
@xXEdXx17
4 жыл бұрын
Anankin12 She never made it out alive xD
Real Chinese food is fresh to all the ingredients required, so it's easy to spoil a few hours,But usually no problem.. What Americans eat won't spoil for a month.....China Tourism Tips,Go south in autumn, West in spring, North in summer and West Lake in winter.
Hi Kaja, wanted to ask about internet. Did you get their local SIM card there in the airport?
Hey, thank you for the video! I am a dancer and I am going to China next week just to visit the place.. I was wondering if it would be a cultural shock if I danced (with Bluetooth head fones) in the middle of the street or some public place there because I want to make a video there.. Thank youuu
@arthurxanthe2567
2 жыл бұрын
如果只有你一个人在跳舞,大家可能出于好奇偷偷看着你,但是绝不会反感。因为在中国的夜晚,城市广场上有很多老年人跳舞。我给你发信息的时候你可能已经早就到中国了,哈哈
Love Pleco!
what about the toilets are they normal toilets(westerns style) or hole in the floor toilet?
You’re so passionate about this it’s nice to see😁
True love for China....
I have bought a ticket at a train station speaking very little chinese as well, it's not too difficult. In bigger cities (even Tianjin) some people speak English but you can also use youdao to tell them where you want to do if worse comes to worst. Don't be scared. :)
@brianplum1825
5 жыл бұрын
ha, Tianjin is supposed to be a big city like Shanghai.
@lejaders
5 жыл бұрын
In what world?
@brianplum1825
5 жыл бұрын
In the PRC world -- Tianjin is one of the four "municipalities" directly run by the central government along with Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing.
@lejaders
5 жыл бұрын
There are some vast differences. Shanghai has a population almost double that of Tianjin, and also it's far easier to get by in Shanghai on minimal Chinese skills as a lot of people seem to speak a little English.
@brianplum1825
5 жыл бұрын
That's all true, but they're relatively recent developments that you're noticing. Tianjin was historically a big city comparable to Shanghai in importance. It was a large port city and a gateway into the Capitol of Beijing. Shanghai has pulled ahead of Tianjin over the last few decades because it grew bigger and faster than Tianjin. Heck, even Shenzhen has become bigger than Tianjin and Shenzhen was just a quiet village town across the border of Hong Kong forty years ago
Can you communicate with people using drawings? If i want water, could i draw it and show it?
i liked watching this movie. keep going 👌
Is it less expensive to travel China without your packages?
Hey ❤️. What is the best method of payment in Shanghai and Beijing?
I’m going to China for a school trip this summer
Which vpn you use? I paid for vpn and it never worked for one second
I use VPN in China so that I can use KZread ,Instagram or anything else!!😃 but...whatsapp can work in China without VPN...yeah...
@TV-ut3pw
5 жыл бұрын
翻墙出来的朋友你好啊
@sophiainteresting1686
5 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈哈 大家都是
@joliver4463
5 жыл бұрын
不需要的才是最危险的
@gemhay8896
5 жыл бұрын
Do you really need VPN to see KZread and Instagram?
@user-du3ms1mj5y
4 жыл бұрын
国家现在越来越强大了现在美国也不是禁止华为发展了前些年中国穷啊这些年慢慢都搞起来了感觉现在政策好多了企业公司都可以翻老百姓限制也少多了
My favourite bit was when you were like 'who asks a KZreadr what the weather is like' hahahahahaha also just to let you know you spelt country wrong, sorry, thought I should let you know :)
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
Nico ahh I’m so bad at spelling 😩 thank you for letting me know though!
@Nicofilms
5 жыл бұрын
@@KajaKubicka I'm sorry I thought I best tell you as you spelt it 'cunty' which I though sounded a bit rude haha
I've always wanted to travel to China but im not sure if I'll survive because I don't eat seafood at all:(
Is social media banned over there in China ??
Someday kaja will live in China a 3rd time. ;-)
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
I will for sure ;)
Nice video, which vpn did you use in China?
@ruedelta
5 жыл бұрын
Probably ExpressVPN, everything else has far more downtime.
@wenguo8348
5 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot @@ruedelta
Some other Chinese cities are amazing too. Why not try them?
Do you get in trouble for using a VPN in china
Can you get Chinese subtitles?please.I can't understand some places.
My plan was to use google what’s the app called again
As an international student can one fly Within China?
what dictionary app are you saying?
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
Pleco
haha,welcome to hangzhou
Nice beautiful video
Maybe you can try travel Tokyo, in my opinion as Asian, Shanghai is the oriental New York and Tokyo is the oriental Paris.
@poppixy3120
Жыл бұрын
crazy
I learned how to go to china
9:57 - tbh I'm mostly concerned about food safety
You so stunning 👍👍👍😘
How does one speak Chinese? Isnt the language called Mandarin?
Have you come to Shanghai?
I have always used free vpns... I have downloaded several apps hahahah so if one of them didn't work for days I still had the others... Sometimes even if you pay for VPN it will just stop working 🤣🤣🤣
you should come back .haha
@KajaKubicka
5 жыл бұрын
i knooow
上海欢迎你,广州欢迎你
I am Chinese
Good, maybe next time I can practice my English with those scammers🤔.
People mountain people sea
@bun7526
5 жыл бұрын
人山人海😁😁😁
@user-jc8zk1yo5f
5 жыл бұрын
how are you? 怎么是你?
@user-jj1dn2yv9w
5 жыл бұрын
@@xz1891 Why not 😂
@user-jj1dn2yv9w
5 жыл бұрын
@@xz1891 Oh, dear
Does jet lag really last about a week traveling from the states to China?
DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATOR UNLESS IT'S FOR VERY SHORT PHRASES
凯亚吗?
Your skin tone in this video looks better than previous ones -- must be either a new makeup technique or the unpolluted Paris lifestyle.
原来如此
Look at the lens
Therefore do not come to China now coz it's national holidays now, haha....Nov will be cool
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@gellaynorbu633
5 жыл бұрын
Hi
@gellaynorbu633
5 жыл бұрын
Hello i am norbu from Bhutan. ..i owm travel agent in Bhutan. .. how i will get Chinese tourist to Bhutan. ..plz can you suggest me
@shenialass1678
4 жыл бұрын
hi miss Kaja may I know what kind of translator are you using? and what kind of other apps will I be needing? I am also be going to Shanghai for my work in the next few months, it will be really helpful for me because I will be staying there for a year. Thanks a lot :)
@nighttimesnow7719
4 жыл бұрын
I’m chinese
@nighttimesnow7719
4 жыл бұрын
Put I do speak a little of english
Only I'm here to learn English 8 )
when you realise you were scamed 4 years ago walking around in Shanghai XD Life
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@mulanfans
5 жыл бұрын
Good tips!You are more experience than some Chinese people.
Doesn’t China choose who come in the country and out. It is also in the communist party. I would rather travel to Japan because it is in the democracy party.
I had to stop your video in the middle. Because of what you said about the weather. Those questions are not stupid as someone who travels a lot. Because I will say that someone who is experiencing weather in Shanghai can tell you oh it gets cold you will need this and that from their own experience. So make sure not to offend your subscribers.
Wetter app hahah
As a western white female yourself, did you get sexually harass by Chinese men, i.e. forced kissing, inappropriate touches ( in any conceivable area) ?