Text丨 Weisheng Xiaoyun
Editor丨Weisheng Xiaoyun
Preface
As China grows stronger, more and more foreigners are paying attention to China's living environment and are therefore embarking on the road of tourism.
The countries surrounding China are the most visited to China, such as India, Japan, South Korea and so on.
One of them, an Indian guy came to China, and said that China's first-tier cities are just like that, why would he say such a thing?
It's not what I imagined
This Indian guy is very interested in Chinese culture, and he often watches some videos about China on the Internet.
Once he swiped a video claiming that "China also has slums", which made him feel a huge shock.
He has the impression that China is very developed, especially in cities where high-rise buildings have been built, and the speed of "high-speed rail" is several times faster than that of trains.
So he made a bold decision, he was going to come to China to see if it was actually said in the video.
For this trip, the Indian guy was excited and didn't sleep all night, he chose Shenzhen, China.
After all, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are all developed cities in China, and they are prosperous here, and it seems unlikely that there will be so-called "slums".
As soon as the Indian guy got off the plane, he opened the video to introduce his situation after arriving in Shenzhen.
It was a bit hot, especially in the middle of the day, so he decided to come out later.
In the afternoon, the Indian guy turned on his mobile phone video again to record what he saw and heard.
Shenzhen is located in Guangzhou, where the taste is relatively light, and even Indians are used to eating it.
The Indian guy knew that Cantonese morning tea was famous, so he wanted to try it, but unfortunately the first store he went to was sold out.
It is said that it was relatively late at the time, so there was no longer a sale, and then he searched again through the Internet before finally finding a store.
At first, he only ordered two dishes, but when the dishes were served, he realized that he couldn't eat enough because the portions were too small.
So he ordered several more dishes, and said in front of the camera that it is worthy of being a first-tier city in China, and the amount of food eaten is relatively small and a little expensive.
When it came time to actually taste the dishes, the Indian guy's eyes widened and he said, "This is so delicious, I want to eat every dish."
He ate shrimp dumplings, chicken feet, siu mai and so on, and although he wanted to try others, he couldn't eat them anymore.
In his footage, he has been describing how delicious the food is, no wonder the portions are small, so that he can taste more variety.
He also praised this as the merit of "Chinese food", and said that he was going to eat it again tomorrow, and eat those who had not eaten.
This Indian guy actually thought that morning tea was something like "breakfast" at first, because he only knew a little Chinese.
So when he saw the word "early", he misunderstood, but fortunately, he searched on the Internet and did not miss the food.
The Indian guy saw that it was not early, so he went back to the hotel to rest.
The hotel he lives in an ordinary hotel, but the conditions are also good, he said, at present, the environment of China's first-tier cities is still very good.
At night, there are lights on the streets of Shenzhen, which also surprises the Indian guy, especially when he sees people on the road, he said, don't Chinese sleep?
Seeing that some passers-by were still holding briefcases in their hands, he also said that the Chinese were too late to leave work.
China also has slums?
In the morning, the Indian guy's journey was disrupted, because unfortunately, there was a typhoon in Shenzhen at that time.
At first, he was a little worried, the "typhoon" sounded serious, and the Internet and mobile phone also reminded him not to go out.
But he said that in the end, he didn't see any "wind", just a lot of rain.
Fortunately, after the rain, it didn't feel too hot, although the hotel also had air conditioning, but he still preferred the natural coolness.
Taking advantage of the good weather, the Indian guy started photographing the streets of Shenzhen.
He said that there are a lot of vehicles, a lot of people, and everyone is dressed more fashionably, which is worthy of a big city.
It wasn't until noon that he thought he could taste new Chinese food again, when the smell of snail noodle shop wafted from the road.
At first, he thought it was something ugly, but later he found out that it was actually from the store.
He wondered why there were still people eating something that smelled bad, but he saw that there were a lot of people inside, and he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he went in and took a look.
After entering, he felt that it was not so smelly, he searched for this thing called snail noodles, and also knew that there was stinky tofu in China.
It looks like "dark cuisine", but it is highly rated, so the Indian guy mustered up the courage to order snail noodles.
He was stunned when he ate the taste of Chinese rice noodles, because it was so delicious, but he didn't expect this thing to smell bad and taste so good.
After eating, he took a photo and recorded a video with satisfaction, and then suddenly remembered that he had not visited "China's slums" yet.
In fact, the slums in the mouth of Indian netizens are nothing more than "urban villages".
Because most of the urban villages are shared by migrant workers, they are more crowded and the environment is almost interesting.
I don't know which Indian netizen had a misunderstanding, so he said that this was China's "slum" and spread it on the Internet.
The Indian guy walked in and opened a video to introduce that urban villages are indeed out of place in this kind of "big city".
Who would have thought that there were high-rise buildings not far away, and the streets outside were bustling and lively, but inside it was such a scene.
But soon the Indian guy found out that the young people who came and went in and out of the corridor were dressed fashionably, and they were not "beggars" at all.
The so-called "slums" are basically poor and homeless, and the Indian guys don't see beggars when they look at the people coming and going.
After thinking about it like this, he reacted, as if he hadn't seen any homeless people at all after getting out of the car, and there were no "beggars" in China?
He thinks that what India said on the Internet may be a little wrong, and the so-called "slums" in China turn out to be some normal people living in them.
Even if these people are still very fashionable in appearance, what kind of "slum" is this? It can only be said to be some "old houses", right?
Indian guy, remembering what Indian netizens in his own country said: China also has slums, and Mumbai is 20 years ahead, and suddenly feels a little funny.
It seems that this is simply a big misunderstanding, China's urban development is too good.
Because there are not even beggars on the road, and there is no so-called "slum", this is just a misunderstanding.
Leaving the urban village and heading out on the street, the Indian guy recorded the bustling scene while remembering the Chinese food he had just eaten.
He also documented his own travels, saying that China's "slums" are really just areas of old houses where migrant workers live.
Chinese people seem to be very sophisticated, especially those in big cities, but this place called "urban village" does contrast greatly with the streets outside.
Remembering that India's "slums" and "rich areas" are only separated by a street, but the result is a real worldly different life, the Indian guy sighed at the camera.
He introduced the situation of China's first-tier cities, as well as the food, saying that some Chinese food is also very strange, but after trying it, it will be delicious.
But he also said that he was not used to eating some things, such as "beef offal" and "chicken offal".
At the same time, he also wondered, how can Chinese eat everything, and animal internal organs are not spared?
epilogue
The Indian guy posted what he saw and heard on the Internet in India, but Indian netizens were still skeptical about it.
They said, "You say that there are no "slums" in China, so don't you also say it on the Internet? Why should we believe you?
And this Indian guy is also helpless about this, after all, it is difficult for him to change other people's minds.