This series is what made this channel I don't know why you stopped.

@tomjohnston3393

2 жыл бұрын

The guy got Trump Derangement Syndrome. Stopped posting for years.

@nitendo100

2 жыл бұрын

He ran out of ideas

@John-zl8qx

Жыл бұрын

@@nitendo100 ran out of ideas? There are literally hundreds of cities worth explaining.

@Aaron-fb6mb

Жыл бұрын

Wym he stoppwd

@EA-tx8ef

Жыл бұрын

Agree, totally!

Had the pleasure of living in Shanghai for a summer in college - the pace of construction is no joke, what would take years in any other city only takes a month in Shanghai. Also the size of the buildings in on the waterfront in Pudong is no joke, its like having 10 different World Trade Centers next to each other. One specific thing that surprised me a lot in Shanghai was the subway is actually very easy to get around and understand vs other large cities.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fascinating experience.

@alandeutsch7769

Жыл бұрын

right?! the shanghai subway is so great

@unreliablenarrator6649

Жыл бұрын

Shanghai native here. I'm glad you enjoyed living in Shanghai. The Metro system works because it was built with a focus on scale and practicality. Many stations are not so beautiful in style of some European systems, but they work and provided a foundation to modernize the city.

@racecardriverrr4201

Жыл бұрын

China's mass transportation systems are some of the best in the world and are built at insane speed.

@adad-ec6ht

Жыл бұрын

You are no joke either

I missed your megacities series. So glad it is back!

Chinese top-tier mega cities are the best example of modern, fast-paced development. Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou are eye-candies. Truly magnificent and amazing. It is far from being the ideal one but no one can deny that it changed so many lives

@gentle1541

Жыл бұрын

well, Beijing looks a bit old and rusty now comparing to the other southern mega cities

@LOL-VBE

Жыл бұрын

@@gentle1541 cuz it’s the historic and political city

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

True.

@popfachrymsilap9479

11 ай бұрын

​@@gentle1541still better than those big fat chunk of rats in nyc

I lived in Shanghai for two years and I had the time of my life, I used to live in the French concessions and literally Shanghai doesn't ask anything to other big metropolis in the world. It has all kinds of restaurants, cute cafes, cool bars, galleries, shops, etc. Also it was so diverse, my yoga instructor was Australian and all the other people attending the class from all over the world. Uhh I miss it now, maybe one day I'll be back.

@halfvolley11

Жыл бұрын

Yellow fever ??

@siddhesh6942

Жыл бұрын

@@halfvolley11 yes because if a non asian appreciates asia , that means he/she has yellow fever.

@nehcooahnait7827

Жыл бұрын

FORMER French concession, former. 🤧 decolonization weren’t easy for anyone.

@moneyfran877

Жыл бұрын

I’ve lived in china my whole life and just came back to the uk today. Can speak fluent Chinese so will use it in the future.

@halfvolley11

Жыл бұрын

@@siddhesh6942 Statistically speaking - YEP, yellow fever is real. Also, its a He not She. White girls don't like Asian men - FACTS. In my office all the asian girls are with foreign boyfriends/husbands, not a single is single, but the Asian men are 50% single.

A TDC video is awesome. A TDC megacity video is the best thing I'll watch all month. So glad to see this and hope to see more.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks SillyHead, have you checked out my most recent episodes yet?

always happy to see a TDC notification on my phone, glad you’re still uploading

growing up in shanghai i thought all cities around the world was like this until i visited US and India

@nanhty8321

Жыл бұрын

I was born and grew up in Shanghai and when I moved to Adelaide(Australia) as a kid I was so surprised by how quiet it was

@kemingyu309

Жыл бұрын

@@nanhty8321 if u’ve ever came to Sydney, u will find how similar it is to Shanghai, from streets to the personality of the city, most important, house prices 😂

@zelongzhou

Жыл бұрын

@@kemingyu309 As a Shanghainese I have to say even Sydney is way quieter than Shanghai

@5k3m.

9 ай бұрын

@@kemingyu309 housing prices lmfaoo

I’m so glad to see this series come back. Glad to see this fantastic work man.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Avishek!

My favourite city 💕💕 love from India 🇮🇳.

@GreatCityAttractions

9 ай бұрын

Shanghai looks amazing

@user-bb5nr9yt8i

2 ай бұрын

l love India to

Fantastic video! Loving these so much

Such a good video, I’m so glad you’re back!

I;m an architect living in shanghai for 12 years. I have seen the main rise of the urban and architecture development in the last decade. Cudos to the producer, as most of the information is true to most extend. The issues about flood problems, espcially with tyhphoon during summer months are an issue that existed already hundreds of years ago. And until rising sea levels will effect shanghai, the city will come up with a mega-plan, that i am sure of😄

I lived in Shanghai and loved it; it's the best city in Asia for what it offers (if not for the air quality). A city where yesterday meets tomorrow New cities in Asia are modelled after the Shanghai Development Model, which was the fastest-growing city in the world. It became a megapolis and a modern city in less than two decades. But I hope they also restore its old charms, let old districts co-exists, which were being replaced by new, large shopping malls and skyscrapers with each passing month all around. Also, income disparity was increasing at an alarming pace. Shanghai has so much to offer, even more than Tokyo in terms of experiences, nightlife, affordable taxis and its infrastructural quality is better and more massively scaled than any city in the USA.

@user-fs9kc1vo4o

Жыл бұрын

shenzhen

@5k3m.

9 ай бұрын

as someone from shanghai, how was the traffic XD

Ah the long awaited Shanghai 😌. Amazing video as always.

I just discovered your channel. Amazing work!

Pudong wasn't actually a maze of historic streets, but an industrial/ rural district of factories, warehouses and paddy fields. Also China is now a Services dominated economy, and although still robust in manufacturing, it's 'workforce' is largely robotised, a sea change over the last decade. The Chinese population is now nearing 75% middle class in the cities and 60% overall (by comparison US is 50%)

I had the absolute privilege of being in Shanghai throughout seven years of senior school and the fact that I still think about it as often as I do is a testament to the magnetism and charisma of the place. Love the vid

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks James, that sounds like a fantastic experience. Where do you call home now?

@jamescartwright1877

Жыл бұрын

@@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Birmingham, UK. Not quite the high rise metropolis of Shanghai!!

@yikes216

11 ай бұрын

​@@jamescartwright1877not a chance lmao, Birmingham is like the most memed city in the UK

This is an amazing video, your megacity series is the best.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Fantastic video! Will you be doing similar biopics on more European cities in the future? Would love your take on Rome, London, Berlin, Amsterdam etc., or even smaller cities.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Daniel. Indeed I will! London is coming soon, but first Los Angeles, Kinshasa, Tehran, Chengdu, and Bangkok.

@2Zemog

2 жыл бұрын

@@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Awesome, love your vids.

@Gaurav-oo2ig

Жыл бұрын

Why you privated your los Angeles video

Great job, Bryce! Well made. I recognized a number of the animated and motion graphics clips we made together ;-)

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, I'm all about recycling ;)

@Gaurav-oo2ig

Жыл бұрын

Why u privated your los Angeles video

You are a master historian. I can't believe how much research is required for each of these Megacity videos. Good work!

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@suhongpan5459

Жыл бұрын

No, he knows litter about China. just another brain washed by the west media one. He has not been in China at least last ten years, or even never visited China.

great video TDC. Shanghai looks amazing.

You know you’re watching a neoliberal channel when the music gets lively after saying “taxes were slashed”

This is quality content!! Thank you!

12:15 “Luckily, Shanghai is not the only city facing the effects of sea level rise.” 😆 -Thanos

@xiongliu3770

Жыл бұрын

i feel the same thing, lol

China Suzhou, Guangzhou, Chongqin and Shanghai, 🇨🇳 My Dream Place! The Place for getting Rich! 😍🇨🇳🤗😍

One of the best videos I’ve ever watched. Thank you 😊😊

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Great videos! Thank you!

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great commentary, I love these little informed reports

Arguably Chongqing has a greater population but Shanghai's urban core is larger. For the hukou, I don't think it is as important as before. First, there is potential access to public schools at least to the 6th grade now for migrant worker kids. Migrants in Shanghai also now pay same social costs as locals unlike in the past. But also increasing cost of living in Shanghai and improving conditions in smaller cities make a lot of people question whether they should move to Shanghai or stay. But hukou reform which is badly needed is very political, and a lot of Beijing / Shanghai residents oppose it thinking it will only benefit outsiders despite the fact these migrants pay into these services in equal manner (migrants = domestic immigrants for them). But the greatest threat is indeed climate change. not just rising water but rising temperatures. This year already more than 35 days above 35 celsius and the wet bulb temperature is even worse

Wow, recently researching Shanghai French concession where my mom lived for 10 years and did Madame Chiang Kai-shek hair, on Lafayette at Pierres.🛎

"At last you bring back the waited series'😌

Honestly, this is the worst video I've seen on Shanghai. A shallow look into a complex city representative of just basic online research packaged up in a 13 minute biased opinion piece with a bunch of B-roll footage he collected off the internet. That's not the worst part though. It absolutely baffles me the sheer audacity the creator has in creating a video on a city he clearly has never been too, and I'd wager probably doesn't even know a single person from Shanghai. How confident he is in sharing his biased opinions on the social and economic development of a city that's absolutely miles ahead any major western city on the planet right now. Like genuine question, why are westerners so confidently arrogant, are you guys not taught self reflection or humility or maybe just to stop and think. "Hey you know what, maybe I shouldn't do a misleading opinion video on a city that I have absolutely no idea about" or is it just for the likes and subscribes?

@xz1891

Жыл бұрын

I can see thru their hidden agenda in one minute... Use any opportunity to smear China

@xiaowen6876

11 ай бұрын

That's true, so I also question his observation and comments on Delhi very much.

@TechSupportCantDoAnything

24 күн бұрын

Really? This seems a bit much. I think that this information matches up with much of the research I have conducted about Shanghai population and info! But that's just me.

So happy your back please don’t leave us

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Darrin, Los Angeles coming soon!

OWH MY GOD YES FINALLY. A megacity vid. Thank you for making it man. Keep up the great work.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming back to the channel! We're dropping a 20+ minute MC doc on Los Angeles in the next week ;)

@RK-cj4oc

Жыл бұрын

@@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel you made my day just by commenting that. Thank you man.

Very nice ,I pray I visit one day

@coldspring22

11 ай бұрын

Maybe CCP will lock you up if you utter some wrong words. LOL

@GreatCityAttractions

9 ай бұрын

it looks a great city to visit.

Please do Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Thank youu 🥰

Yoooooo finally a video on my city!

Your videos are remarkable, thank you ten fold for your dedication, I learned a lot God Bless you❤❤❤

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

I want an entire video just on Shanghai water management pls

@cpi23

Жыл бұрын

@@user-uk1bd2gd2t 如今，使用废水来检测毒品和病毒等化学物质非常普遍。 可悲的是，在世界上大多数城市，很少有人关心我们的环境和水道。

i hate when theres people say China cant be rich without USA blablabla , i mean fair enough but they also forget China give lot money to american too ! China joined WTO in year 2000. In past 20 years China has made 8.3 trillion USD by trading with U.S alone. And U.S has made 8 trillion USD from China. So both countries have made good amount of money. The difference is China used those 8.3 trillion USD to build infrastructures, R&D research centers, and helped extreme poverty 800 million Chinese became middle class. On the other hand, 8 trillion USD that U.S has made went into a few individual's wallet. To U.S the distribution of the wealth went wrong, the average Americans did not benefit much. There are two methods of distributing the wealth: socialism and capitalism. Everyone knows China is socialism. But that's not 100% true, China is hybird of Socialism and Capitalism. The entire country is a giant corporation, CCP acts as a CEO of the corporation and the board of directors. CCP makes plans, determine which industry sectors need extra boost in next 20 years, which sectors are vulnerable in current situation, CCP also determine the distribution of the wealth. everyone in this giant corporation receives dividend and certain portion of the wealth. So just think of China as Microsoft or Apple, CCP elite members are engineers, master strategists. They are not politicians, if you put them on TV, they can barely talk, probably also camera shy. but they are the master planner, unlike U.S politicians who can yup on TV for hours. There is nothing wrong with capitalism, but U.S let the greed of corporation out of control. The richer the corporation and individuals, the less taxes they pay. Look at Apple, they pay much less taxes than they should. Also one of the biggest issue in U.S is armament manufacturers are all private owned, they are not state owned!! If there are no war around the globe, how they can make money? so every year they spend millions of dollars to lobby congress or politicians and come up all sorts of reports claiming China threat in south China sea, Russia threat to the world, terrorism in middle east. That way U.S can buy more weapons, war ships, jets from them. For the country has less than 250 years of history, U.S only have 16 years of no war with others.

Just watch ur video, very informative. I like Shanghai 👍

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 👍

very well done

Please made a documentary on Shenzhen

NI HAO MA from INDONESIA!🙋

LMAO who is “raising serious doubts about the competence of the leadership in Beijing”? Adrian Zenz? ASPI, or your NED bosses? Who is raising concerns?

@lucaswalter2966

10 ай бұрын

shoe licker

great introduction to this city of shanghai, with the 100 years of humiliation. i remembered seeing national geographic picture of #pudong and in less then 50 years; it's crazy!

When it comes to Shanghai, the creator uses it as an opportunity to critique the Chinese government in Beijing yet in the New Delhi episode (a city way worse off than Shanghai) no such critique of the Indian federal government exists. Does this have something to do with FReEdOm?

@therationalreporter2689

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Jason-gy4dv

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more, this is an absolutely terrible video by a creator who clearly has no idea about the day to day developments of a city like Shanghai. It's just regurgitated google search articles mixed in with free online b-roll clips. Dreadful

@prasanth2601

Жыл бұрын

But the hukou system seems like a really terrible idea. Isn't it?

@tomhwm913

Жыл бұрын

@@prasanth2601 It's not CCP's problem. It dates back to ancient China and a lot countries under Chinese culture influence also has/had it until last few decades including Korea, Japan and Vietnam. It's not designed to put people into different classes. It aims to give local population a certain advantage in the local region. Shanghainese enjoy more benefits in Shanghai over others but someone enjoy benefits in their local city over someone whose Hukou is registered in Shanghai. It's like going to college in different states in the US. The system is not the origin of the problem. It's the unbalanced development across different regions in China.

@xiongliu3770

Жыл бұрын

@@prasanth2601 if no hukou, all Chinese will go to bei shang guang shen to send their kids to schools there. what an apocalypse scene

Yet the Japanese still refuses to formally APOLOGISE for their crimes against Asia and China in particular.

Great video, but putting the research sources behind a paywall is absurd.

From China, people in western region has a comparatively lower life expectancy is because western part of CN is in much higher altitude, with low oxygen content, some part like Qinghai Tibet Plateau is not even suitable for human habitation.

Interesting video. A small point: the pronunciation of several Chinese words is incorrect beginning with BEIJING which has a hard 'j' as in 'jump. Chinese sounds can be westernized but you take the chance of failing to be understood when the pronunciation is inaccurate.

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep working on my pronunciation.

The thing not accurate is that rural HuKou is more valuable than Urban HuKou nowadays because taxes for rural farmers are free and farmers can own land now

Bellissimoooooooo issimooooooo😮😮

At 7:30 Hong Kong just shows up to say hi 😅

It was not only city who save Jews . It was phillipines and INDIA also

Lisbon would be an awesome video

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion!

@chou3595

2 жыл бұрын

cidade pequena sem relevância global.

What's the music at the beginning?

your intonation is throwing me off so much

My students has lived her. David, Emily, Jack and Tina.

Wow looks more amazing than Dubai Abu Dhabi

Asia now full with this type of city.

People can cry about how the corona was handled in China . But there’s also a reason they had it much better then us for a good amount of time .

I hope the comments about the politic stuff will be the same for US and other western countries, because no one is saint. Sry if i sound mean, but truth shouldn't be go in just one direction. Said so, i'm grateful to encounter this channel, i can't wait to see others cities and other kind of videos. :)

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

I try to call things as I see them regardless of the place.

Should do London and Paris!

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kyle, London coming soon and I already did Paris: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJiDxNyMp7mnp5c.html

@WDI2008

Жыл бұрын

@@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel What happened to your Los Angeles, California video?

>Deng Xiaoping smiles in his grave

Do one on mumbai

上海的朋友们都是因为我的生活方式很好的人生态度和态度混为一谈。

Whats the soundtrack at the beginning?

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Opening song is "After Sunset" by Twin Signals on Artlist.io

First post in 3 months,what happened?

My perception change quite Alot when I saw the vlog of shanghai...... They shld be able to put in a gd fight against toykio and hk and sg to be the financial hub in asia especially when China possess the 2nd largest economy in the world combine with their population

those odds are off

TDC whats the intro song name

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Hey za, I'll check next time I open PP on my editing computer and get back to ya!

Hay quá

Jeez America. That was one of those things you think in hindsight might’ve been better to not take part in.

Beautiful city

@GreatCityAttractions

9 ай бұрын

We'd agree - a super city.

Great program

@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Boyi!

I love Shanghai. Amazing city

Why can't they implement Netherlands type of infrastructure to protect from sea level rise. Over 80% of Netherlands is below sea level.

@RK-cj4oc

Жыл бұрын

1. The north sea is very shallow compared to the seas bordering China.2 the netherlands is tiny and has 17 million people, compared to china being much largerm if shanghai gets that infrastructure every coastal city will want it which will be a vast project at insane prices.

Utterly amazing. This is what you can do when you are a trillionaire. LOTS OF MONEY.

@GreatCityAttractions

9 ай бұрын

Shanghai does look utterly amazing

they still fight with rust air warps from sea water till now

FYI they not forcced the residents to leave, they actully paid a mega amount of money to buy threir resident right and give em a new house

Well when am I going to get to go? They seem to be in an eternal lockdown with no sight of reopening its borders to tourists. I hate to say it but covid has destroyed my dreams of ever visiting shanghai

@Lucas-vr1qr

Жыл бұрын

Tough man I live there

@therefinedapple9210

Жыл бұрын

@@Lucas-vr1qr dang what’s it like bro?

@Lucas-vr1qr

Жыл бұрын

@@therefinedapple9210we have a show our Heath status code on the iPhone, wear masks in closed spaces, but it really depends on the region. Like I live in Pudong and it’s pretty much back to normal, but some places have temporary lockdowns

@xiongliu3770

Жыл бұрын

@@therefinedapple9210 you will be very regret if you land in China now, every place of every city could lock down at any time, heath code is required everywhere and pcr test every 2-5 days. If you don't do, you can't enter any public space.

@shineluvslambiel

Жыл бұрын

I’m going end of April!

Hope that city become Republic of China's New York

A really excellent overview of the city of Shanghai. One tiny criticism; your American predisposition to critiquing the idea of China for its centralised power, as if US "Democracy" is the better alternative. Witness how the UK became effectively a "one-party" govt during WWII, when threatened by fascism; China since the Opium Wars has been in a war against rampant capitalism, the same capitalism that, in today's US & UK, is responsible for the two least representations of "Democracy" on earth, and US society is currently in meltdown. "Judge not"...

SubhanAllah ❤

Great China

25k houses,housing 25million people or am the one who got it wrong, meaning each house has to accommodate 1k persons.

@TechSupportCantDoAnything

24 күн бұрын

You forgot about one thing. Most buildings are high-rise, meaning they have the capacity to support that many people!

big city in the world

Great video, too bad butthurt people downvote anything that has to do with China due to their own insecurities and xenophobia

Impressive 👍🏽 China US India UK 😽🍷

In fact, we in other parts of China don’t like Shanghai very much, because Shanghai will do things that other parts of us hate. I can’t say this. You can check it out yourself.

The USA is cheap but aide alot of countries at the American expense taxes is so high here

i live there

"the worst rate of any middle-income country in the world"? what's your data source?

WISE BUT FOOLISH BUILDERS

All the best for new ideas china🙌👍

May I provide some constructive criticism here? You need to understand China could not "raise all boats" (no country has done that), and you need to learn more about how China is transforming secondary and tertiary cites, and the countryside. I'm afraid your presentation of economic inequality is quite biased and seems to imply this is a unique product f the Chinese system. In fact, China has taken more people out of poverty faster than any other nation in history and the USA has worse economic disparity. Also, is this supposed to be about Shanghai or a political tirade against the Chinese system? Let me draw attention to one example: you criticize China''s response to COVID as heavy handed and draconian, but the effectiveness of China's policy has out performed the US, Europe and a majority of nations if we look at the outcomes - facts you do not present because it doesn't fit your narrative I suppose. Try to be more objective and use more facts.

@shineluvslambiel

Жыл бұрын

Unsurprisingly this doesn’t get a heart from this neoliberal regurgitator

Your into regarding china's education system is out of date and/or inaccurate as per western standards