Why HARBIN is a BETTER place for foreigners than Beijing or Shanghai

How come you are not in harbin anymore?

It is a nice city, food is good, weather is good, people is so nice and warm-hearted!

the music doesn't go well with the video. It's too noisy.

Anywhere in Dongbei is great and for me it was all about the people. Wonderful. I'm from New Zealand and we live for beers and barbecue so it's no surprise that I felt right at home there.

sick you are sick

Had a weeks holiday in 2018, was impressed with the city and the people😅. Greeting from Australia.

You are from USA? Where are from?

Harbin more like russia modern city.

Never ever! It is too cold and polluted. Imposible to live there

i take my hat off to this guy for making a life there.

If you like cold and snow

How is it authentic? Wasnt it a Russian city inside China for a few centuries? I heard there are a lot of European looking buildings and Christian churches built by the Russians in that city

eh. it’s not true harbin folk have no accent. there’s a distinct northeastern accent.

and anyone learning chinese in the northeast ends up speaking 50 decibels too loud…

"Harbin is the Beijing or Shanghai 20 or 30yrs ago." yep looks like it! Sorry it's too far behind in development, dirty and old. Definitely needs upgrading! I don't like to see people smoking in restaurant it always goes hand in hand with spitting!

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哈啤，哈尔滨啤酒，是1900年建厂并生产的第一个啤酒厂... ... 1900年，还是大清国呢，之后经历了中华民国和中华人民共和国，哈啤的味道非常特别，具有非常高的可识别性，可惜最终倒在现在这个政权的时期了。现在的哈啤，已经完全失去了原来特有的味道，可惜！

- This is interesting!
Shows a shithole...

Strange to hear that no one goes to China to see their amazing modern infrastructure including skyscrapers, stores and other stuff. Why would I learn one of the toughest languages in the world and get tons of restrictions of free functioning if they didn't have such infrastructure? I really disagree on that! I can see heritage in almost every country on earth, but China is so appealing to foreigners exactly because it's so futuristic and damn developed! Their heritage is also great, no doubt about that, but it's definitely not more appealing to most foreigners than their progress in modern infrastructure.

Прошол там где мусор выброшен наверно этот район под снос идёт и там построят новые дома.

Этот город создали русские, мой прадед служил здесь, жил в доме, который полностью снесли и застроили многоэтажками. К сожалению китайское правительство делало город безликим на протяжении многих десятилетий. Что-то пытаются исправить, но усилий прикладывается недостаточно.

So authentic.
Nice

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I know in Spring, Summer, and Autumn, the sky in Harbin is blue and beautiful.

I think harbin is very beautiful.

This is a very cool place. I have been here before

哈尔滨过去有很多教堂。到处都能听到钟声。那是我小时候的哈尔滨。现在哈尔滨完蛋了。外国使馆都跑了。俄国民房都被破坏了。和中国城市没有区别了😂😢😮😅😊

But isn't the City have much slavic influence?

Thanks for your sincere introduction to my hometown in a foreigner's perspective. Although it's not bustling as Beijing or Shanghai, it has its own charms. I‘m really glad you like here and hope you have unforgettable memories here.

In Which University you Are ? iam New at Harbin

Enjoy your exploring & adventure in Harbin !

Harbin was earliest city very close to west, the music and sports ahead then other city in China. I am so glad you find something you like 👍 have a good time in Harbin because the world is changing, stay where you are happy 😊

I am proud of your pride! I am not Chinese citizen, I'm in Australia but my parents are from there. I have a home-like connection there as I frequently returned for holiday for relatives. How good are the tang hu lu!

Hay quá

I love china, harbin is a pretty cold but nice

It's great you enjoy your life in Manchuria. Welcome.

Amazing how everything is so colourful in China shops buildings so colourful but over border in Russia every thing is so dull and grey.

Wonder if I can survive in Harbin as a vegetarian.

I came from here , in Harbin the temperature will -30 degrees in winter . Most people don’t like such cold weather

Agree !

疫情前关注您的频道，已经2年了，希望您一切安好，疫情后能回到哈尔滨，您是打心里爱哈尔滨，谢谢您！

Real Harbiner here. I do not like Harbin’s early spring. The snow start to melt and the road is not clean because the melted snow and dirt missed everywhere….

thank you! i am a Harbin native.

Indeed Harbin is a raletively relaxing city in China with so many tasty street food. Its quite afforable as well,which means not so much pressure for life. Thank you for what you mentioned the upsides of my hometown,but its really cold(be prepared to that). There are not many foreigners here,even when I took the English speaking test last month,I was wondering were there enough native speakers here,lol. Anyway,it involves a special side of China.

SOLD ! yes, you sold me on going to this amazing city !
I lived in China for over 2 years
Tianjin , Shenzhen and Qingdao
and Qingdao was the best city i have lived in China
Next visit, I will go to Harbin
Thanks so much for sharing !

This city is so lovely 😊

Super Video und excellente Aufnahmen. Darf man wissen mit welcher Cam dies realisiert wurde ? Merci bien.

I love cold, thats why I wanna live there lol

well sanya is worse in the other extreme. YOu can't do anything here, either!!! It's so hot, humid and fucking nasty! I'd rather wear winter clothes the sweat until my hands prune and socks are soaked with sweat!

A positive person sees EVERYTHING positive. Thanks for sharing the beautiful things about Harbin. You are very good-natured is because you embrace foreign experiences. Wish you well in Harbin.

fun fact: In Arabic, Harbin means war.