Comments by "Robert A" (@RobertAmer) on "Living in China" channel.

  1. Ah, you can travel up and down every line, as long as you do not exit the station. In other words, return back to the departure station, having travelled up and down every station, without exiting.
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  2. Yes Jason, you were ripped off by the woman selling pineapple. It was definitely a foreign tourist price.
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  3. Jinan, the city built on mineral springs, a city split in two being the old city and the new city. There is quite a motor industry presence there, being mainly trucks, such as Sinotruck. As a result of most of the city being built on top of mineral springs and other underground water systems, there were no subway lines built until recent times, with the city reliant on buses, thus havoc on the roads.
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  4. Qingdao beer is one of China's better beers, in my opinion.
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  5. Technically the US is insolvent, with debt continuing to grow. So what will they do next year, more increases in their debt ceiling? The government should have the same responsibilities as company directors.
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  6. Congratulations to you and your wife Jiao, on the safe arrival of Lincoln. Wow, very quickly onto the bottle.
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  7. I heard Chaoyang park is great.
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  8.  @Jt.1226  yes, and every station air conditioned, trains air conditioned, and do not need to suffer in the current heat.
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  9. The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch, as he also owns Fox. Thus the narrative is the same throughout the world. Remember the telephone scandal many years ago involving Rupert and his Son, this being The Times in London?
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  10. I believe that was business class, not 1st class. Oh, it is currently school holidays, so yes the high speed railway stations are currently packed.
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  11. Went to Nanning today and there were Maotai billboards everywhere at Nanning Dong and at the metro.
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  12.  @Tube4mj  the U.S. State Department is pushing Australia via it's previous minister for Home Affairs, now minister for Defence, to locate ICBMs in Northern Australia. These have tactical warheads and are not weapons for self defence. Most Australian politicians have very short memories about the lies fed by the State Department such as Iraq having weapons of mass destruction, resulting in the invasion and destruction of Iraq, as has also been done in Libya and Afghanistan. We currently have a very dangerous Prime Minister who could, if he continues the negative rhetoric about China, talk the country into a war. If that does not occur, it will certainly lead to destruction of economic ties which will see the Australian Economy plunge to levels never seen before! Remember America's rhetoric is if you are not with us, you are against us. I admire the current stance of the New Zealand Government, and urge the Australian government and politicians to mind their own business, and not interfere with the affairs of other nations, After all, Australia has a number of issues it needs to deal with first, with all the Royal Commissions taking place, and the further action required to deal the Australian soldiers and their murder of civilians in Afghanistan, just to name a few.
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  13. 9 million, 10 million bicycles in Beijing! What's the next bid, 11 million, 12 million? LOL
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  14. Remember, The Times was involved in the telephone hacking scandal many years ago, with Rupert Murdoch and his son in serious trouble.
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  15.  希灵  Just like Jason! 😂😂😂
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  16. As i was watching your video, my wife was showing me on Douyin, 30 tonnes of imported rice in Hui'an, Guizhou tested positive to the coronavirus.
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  17. As a result of the one case in Nanning, the residential district of NingNing ( i think that was its name) was shut down and all residents tested. I live in Binyang, Guangxi, which is a county of the city of Nanning, and there has not been one case since the pandemic started. Mind you, we have restrictions at the moment that would surprise people in the west, but the reason is very sound. You cannot at the moment, prior to the spring festival with so many people arriving from the big cities, buy many types of medicine especially for colds and flu, and analgesics which assist with temperature reduction. This is intended to force people with any symptoms of colds and other illnesses to attend the peoples hospital, where they will firstly be tested, and can receive medications for any ailments they may have. Of course, wearing of masks and temperature checks are also back when entering plazas and supermarkets, until after the spring festival, when things will again return to normal.
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  18.  希灵  a good attitude, unlike most Western nations
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  19. Did you receive a 20 RMB refund for leaving empty plates? That happens here in Binyang.
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  20. Well, what's the good news? 😁😁😁
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  21.  @FormerGeoArchon  not all businesses are licenced. In any event, this is how this woman derives her income, the same as in many tourist destinations, for example Thailand or Bali.
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  22.  @ChichiShu  she is Australian, thus old b... refers to old bastard. I am also Australian living in China.
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  23. Interestingly enough, and maybe a subject for another day, most of these people, or perhaps all of them do not pay income tax.
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  24.  @fake-news  you may well have lived in China for many years, but you did not live there during the pandemic. It has yet to be proved that the virus originated in China, although it was first discovered and made known to the world. Before criticizing certain aspects of the response you seem unaware of what was occurring behind the scenes, once this unknown virus was discovered. A specialist team of scientists was dispatched to Wuhan to investigate this unknown virus, which had already been made known to the public, although it had been misrepresented as a different virus, namely SARS. I will remind you, at that time this virus was unknown! Some people who publicized this were castigated by local authorities but did not follow proper procedures. As a result, they lost their jobs or were demoted, and all charges were admonished. It still took the scientific team a week to discover the virus and learn it genome, which was released to the world a little more then a week after their arrival. As to the nature of the virus, that was still under investigation, including spread and effects. The rest of the world could have been much more prepared, if some of their governments did not behave so pig headedly. As for the origin of the virus, although there was much assumed speculation about where it began, there is still no answer or proof. Interestingly, today it was announced through Reuters, that scientists in Italy believe the virus was active there back in September 2019. You are welcome to check this information out. So did this virus originate in China, possibly unlikely, however China was the first country to identify it and to share its genome with the world as soon as it was known. Did China respond appropriately at first sign of this virus? Possibly not, but it did not know too much about it. When sufficient information was known, it moved very rapidly in terms of world notifications and internal lockdowns. I suggest you go back and do some research.
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  25.  @Hazza_Harding  undoubtedly! Sanya is the holiday mecca for Russians, and she probably thought he was Russian. LOL
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  26.  @yananneteoh9818  Jason is there doing a TV series with CGTN, as was Matt from Ningbo and this is a promotional work trip, so neither of their wives came.
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  27. Today was due day, 4th July. Boy or Girl? Have you become a mum or a dad? Lol, comical relief.
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  28. I am sure you could have used WandaVista for a location search, as most apps will accept English now. I do it all the time.
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  29.  @hhgtyg6027  i will assume that limit is for the current day only.
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  30.  @mushroom11g55  in essence, what you are saying is, if you don't have a car, cannot go anywhere. This is why the big cities in China have such good and extensive metro systems, to reduce the level of cars on the road. I am living in a country town, so no metro trains here.
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  31. You're making me hungry for a double whopper, but unfortunately no Burger Kngs or MacDonalds in Binyang. Good to see you finally have sponsorship, lol.
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  32. Penang! RAAF base Butterworth
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  33. U.S.A at peace for only 16 years in its whole history. More then 229 years of wars!
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  34. Just over 3 weeks to go, and i am sure the count down has begun.
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  35.  @ChichiShu  think of a word meaning illegitimate son, and you would be correct. LOL
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  36.  希灵  correct
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  37.  @user-nt6fy2jr3u  and almost always, no holdups, like traffic congestion.
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  38.  @user-nt6fy2jr3u  US Mayhem
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  39. In 2012 Al Jazerra devoted a program called The Listening Post to the telephone hacking scandal involving Murdoch's company News of the World, describing U.K. media of having dropped to its lowest possible standard of journalism, Time has passed, more then ten years, during which nothing has changed, with the British Tabloids continuing their gutter journalism. And surprise, surprise, surprise (as Gomer Pile would put it), this gutter journalism is still being pushed by a Murdoch tabloid.
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  40. The problem in Sydney with the Delta virus is all the Asymptomatic cases running around. The government doesn't want to test them, only wanting people with symptoms to be tested. That is their daily narration.
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  41.  @scbluechuan3748  Delta in Sydney is out of control. The government has given up with the focus on preventing hospitalization. Their latest propaganda (yes it is propaganda) is using the word "hope". There is hope when all people are vaccinated! LOL. Even mass testing now will will continue to find asymptomativc cases, the people who are the superspreaders and are unaware. However, even if they are found, they will not stay isolated, and continue to spread the virus.
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  42. Recently the BBC released a story https://youtu.be/-mqga0a6H8I dated 3rd of March 2021 in respect to the Uygher people of Xinjiang, China., which is a good example of fake news. So watch the real story written 3 years earlier: On 6th November 2017, CGTN posted a video, Assignment Asia; Transforming lives and building bridges in Xinjiang.  https://youtu.be/-mqga0a6H8I. This was the source of the so called BBC investigation report! Thus it makes a mockery of the so called BBC Investigation and shows how farcical they can be.
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  43. Apart from the 18 diplomatic visas, America has given forwarning of another 42 diplomatic applications, lol. This is the boycott you have when you are not having a boycott. 🤣🤣🤣
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  44. Not sure about your Fujian trip at the moment, given the outbreak in Pujian. Too many Asymptomatic cases there is a worry.
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  45. It is most unfortunate that staff in these restaurants still use bare hands to handle food, wiith this practice quite prevalent throughout China. My wife refuses to eat in such restaurants, and suggests they should minimally use gloves. She feels food safety should be of a high standard, no matter what the quality of the restaurant.
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  46.  @chuan4623  i really do not know, but assume it varies from city to city. However, i do not know how long it would take to travel from a place like Xinchengdong to say Zengcheng Square, which both entails a long trip and several line changes. An interesting point you make. At least three line changes and perhaps four.
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  47.  @mushroom11g55  but much more expensive then the Chinese City's metro systems, LOL
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  48. My thoughts? America just wants to justify its existence! 😂😂😂
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  49.  @user-coco624  i go shopping in Nanning every few months, and that is when i get to eat at BurgerKing
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  50.  @陈鑫-b5r  not immigrants, illegal entry detainees, i do not agree with this as it is done for the purpose of bypassing the Australian legal system.
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  51. Take a close look, no masks! Only staff in shops wear masks, as it is amongst a number of conditions to open to the public. Only some shoppers wear masks.
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  52.  @fake-news  the news of the virus in Italy came out today. I have been in China during this whole time. If you think you were better off leaving, you were sadly mistaken. What people think (skeptical), and reality are two different things. Facts cannot be changed! I do no listen to people whose whole argument is based on opinion. If factually based, then i am happy to listen.
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  53. Another war mongering troll!
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  54.  @xxxzzz9327  hands are washed continuously, but not in China. Haven't seen Hells Kitchen on Chinese TV.
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  55.  @Boilthebunny15  but these chefs are constantly washing hands. I have seen a chef in a restaurant go out the back to an outside toilet, and when finiished, re-entered the kitchen without washing his hands. It is all about conditioning.
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  56. Archdiocese is not pronounced correctly, and is an area under an archbishop's jurisdiction. Oh, plenty of places to eat, but no whoppers, lol.
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  57. It is important to note, you can only vaccinate 100 million people in 5 days if there are 100 million people who want to be vaccinated quickly, remembering that being vaccinated in China is a choice. This is a demonstration of the support by the Chinese people of their governments and health system. The daily target for vaccinations is currently set for 20 million per day throughout China. This may still increase, but the government wants to retain conservative targets. So at this rate, all the Chinese people will have had their first vaccination by the middle of July.
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  58.  @chuan4623  😂😂😂😂😂
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  59.  @aison2735 thank you, i understand. Need to go to the customer service office before the exit to pay the excess. I didn't know that, as i am sure many other people did not know.
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  60.  @user-coco624  yes
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  61.  @user-coco624  two hours by bus 😥😥
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  62.  @user-coco624  Litang to Nanning, 26 minutes by high speed rail. Bus from Binyang to Litang station, about 50 minutes. So not a quick trip.
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  63.  @user-coco624  Binyang is my wifes hometown
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  64.  @user-coco624  yes
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  65. Only Qingdao was locked down, not the entire country. Around ten to eleven million people, being the total population of Qingdao were tested over the period of a week. No additional infections were discovered as a result of the testing.
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