Why do so many foreigners go to China and think China is good?

为什么这么多外国人选择去中国，觉得中国很好呢？

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Anonymous

They don’t. China tries to promote this fake image to the world. Ever watched the show Avatar? China is like the city of Ba Sing Se. Where there is war outside, but the city thinks everything is fine.

Whatever image you have about China(For both Chinese and foreigners)。 It a hyper-nationalist society who thinks the west is racist towards them. Now anyone who has been to the west, know how many chinatowns exst. How Chinese people despite their unwillingness to integrate in other countries, can live their own way of life. How there are racist people in every society.

并没有。中国试图向世界宣传这种假象。看过《阿凡达》吗？中国就像永固城。即便城外战火纷飞，但城内还是一片歌舞升平。

不管你对中国印象如何(不管是中国人还是外国人)。这是一个极端民族主义的社会，认为西方对他们抱着种族歧视的态度。如今去过西方国家的人都知道唐人街的数量究竟有多少。尽管中国人不愿意融入其他国家社会，但也还是过上了自己的好日子。每个国家都有种族主义者。

Gabriel Corsetti, knows Mandarin Chinese

I think this question contains a couple of questionable assumptions.

The first questionable assumption is that many foreigners go to China. The reality is that the number of foreigners living in China is infinitesimal. It is estimated that less than a million foreigners live in China at any given time. For a country of 1.4 billion, and the world’s second largest economy, this is nothing.

If we are talking about tourists or short-term visitors then there are more, but still not many. China’s inward tourism is actually very low for a country of its size and importance. Much smaller countries like Japan or Turkey receive as many or more foreign tourists in the course of a year.

我认为这个问题包含了一些经不起推敲的假设前提。

第一个有问题的假设是，很多外国人选择去中国。可实际情况是，居住在中国的外国人数量非常少。据估计，居住在中国的外国人不足百万。对于一个人口达到14亿，经济规模居于全球第二的国家而言，这实在是微不足道的。

如果我们谈论的是游客或短期游客，那么外国人的人数是要多一些，但数字也并不太大。对于一个地域如此广阔、地位举足轻重的国家来说，中国的入境旅游业的规模事实上还是偏小的。诸如日本或土耳其这些小得多的国家一年接待的外国游客数量和中国差不多，甚至还更多。

The second questionable assumption is that many foreigners who go to China “think China is good”. There is a wide range of views among foreigners who have visited and lived in China. It is a complicated place to understand, and you need to live there for a few years to really develop some insight. Even then, people’s perceptions can vary widely. Some people who only visit briefly are blown away by the modernity and the top-notch infrastructure in the major cities. Others are put off by things like people spitting on the ground, and the polluted air.

When it comes to foreigners who have lived in China long-term, I would say that on average (and only on average) they have views of the country that are less positive than those of people who have never been there. China has lots of problems, and the longer you live there the more you come to notice them.

第二个有问题的假设是，许多去中国的外国人“都觉得中国很好”。在中国访问和生活过的外国人对中国抱有各种各样的看法。这是一个复杂难懂的国度，你需要在中国住上几年才能获得些许的洞察力。即便如此，人们的看法也还是会大不相同。一些短期来访的人会被大城市的现代化程度和世界一流的基础设施所震撼。而其他人会因为人们随地吐痰、和空气污染而反感。

说到长期在中国生活的外国人，我想说的是，一般而言(也只是平均而言)，他们对中国的看法不如那些从未去过中国的人积极正面。中国有很多问题，你在此居住的时间越长，就越会注意到这些问题。

Keith Campbell, former Self Employed (2019-2020)

first visited China late last year for 1 month on my own . I was not sure what to expect, you hear lots of positive and negative views about the “modern” China.

I first visited Changsha for 5 days and I was blown away by the organisation for almost every event.

The security was amazing, the people were so friendly and the city itself was nothing like I expected, it was amazing.

There were “old” and “new” buildings side by side in some areas, the contrast was just so unexpected.

I stayed in a hotel that does not usually cater to “foreigners”, (I’m British), but the staff were fantastic. I decided on a trip to an island on the river but had to use the Metro, the hotel staff pointed me in the direction of the nearest station. I was a little apprehensive at first, but all the signs and notice were written in Chinese and in English, so are the ticket machines.

去年年底，我第一次独身一人去中国访问了一个月。我当时并不知道会遇到什么，毕竟大家都曾听到很多关于“现代”中国的正面看法和负面看法。

我第一次来长沙待了5天，几乎每次活动的组织情况都让我大吃一惊。

安保工作非常出色，人们非常友好，城市本身也完全超出我的想象，太棒了。

在某些地区，“新”“旧”建筑比邻而立，这种反差实在是太出乎意料了。

我住的酒店通常并不接待“外国人”(我是英国人)，但那里的工作人员非常友好。我想去河边的小岛游览，只能搭乘地铁，酒店的工作人员跟我指点最近的车站的方向。一开始我有点担心，但所有的标志和通知都是用中、英文呈现的，售票机也是如此。

Apart from lots of stares from the local people which made me smile, most had never seen a foreigner in real life before, I felt welcomed by everyone I spoke to, in shops, food outlets, street food sellers etc, albeit I used my translator on my phone to communicate but a lot could speak English. The food in China is like nothing else, I tried almost all the food that I would probably never eat if it was in the west. There were only 3 things that I didn’t enjoy due to texture and/or taste, but everything else was so tasty and beautifully prepared and served up. The cost of eating in China is a fraction of the cost in the UK.

My next stop was Guangzhou, a mere 800 or so kilometres away, well, I had heard about the “fast trains” and decided to give it a go. The hotel staff directed me to correct train station via the metro and I got there with ease.

The next hurdle was to procure my train ticket, I was the only “foreigner” in the queue and was a little bit concerned that they would not understand my requirements, I wasn’t even sure if they allowed foreigners on these trains, I don’t know why I thought that.

除了吸引到大量当地人的注目礼，让我觉得好笑之外，大多数人也许之前还未亲眼看见过外国人，我感觉在商店里、小吃店、小吃摊等地跟我对话的人对我都很热情，尽管我让翻译通过手机帮我进行交流，但很多人都会说英语。中国的食物非常有特色，我几乎尝遍了我在西方可能永远不会尝试的一切食物。因为口感和/或味道的原因，只有3样东西我不喜欢，其余的都很好吃，菜色也很养眼。在中国吃饭的花费只需英国的零头而已。

我的下一站是广州，距离只有800公里左右，嗯，我听说过“高铁”，决定试一试。酒店工作人员指引我乘地铁去正确的火车站，我轻轻松松就到了。

下一个障碍是购买火车票，我是队列中唯一的“外国人”，我有点担心他们听不懂我的需求，我甚至不确定他们是否允许外国人上车，我也不知道我为什么会这么想。

译文来源：三泰虎 https://www.santaihu.com/p/51853.html  译者：Joyceliu

I got to the window and the lady could not speak English, but she actually swapped desks with a colleague who could, I couldn’t believe that they would go to this trouble but they are so committed to providing an excellent customer service, particularly to non Chinese.

I arrived in Guangzhou and was completely and utterly stunned by this city. The tax trip from the train station to my hotel was so cheap, around 120rmb (around £15), this was for a 40km tax ride, in the UK this would be around £40–50.

Again I checked into an Apartment in the Liede district and the staff were amazing, I got to my room and it smelled of cigarettes so I asked the porter if he could sort out a different room for me, he sorted this in around 10 minutes, fantastic service.

I dumped my stuff, had a shower and went for a walk around the area, the whole place just attacks your senses, it is an amazing city.

Over the next 3 weeks or so I visited a lot of amazing and beautiful areas, buildings, shop streets, old areas for food etc.

I have been back 3 more times since my first visit and find something new every time.

我走到窗口，那位女士不会说英语，但她和一位会说英语的同事换了座位。我不敢相信她们居然会这么麻烦，但他们真的很努力地为客户，尤其是对外国人提供优质服务。

我到达广州后，被这个城市完全震撼了。从火车站到酒店的车程40公里，出租车价格也很便宜，大约在120元人民币(大约15英镑)左右，在英国这样的车程大约需要40-50英镑。

我入住了烈德区的一间公寓，工作人员非常贴心，我进到房间后闻到房间里有一股烟味，所以我问行李员能不能帮我换一间房间，他大约只用了10分钟就把房间整理好了，服务非常棒。

我把行李放下，洗了个澡，去附近散了会步，周围的一切都让我的感官受到极大的震撼，这是一个神奇的城市。

在接下来的3个星期左右的时间里，我参观了很多令人惊叹、美丽的地区，建筑，购物街，老街区等寻访美食。

在这之后，我又来了中国三次，每次都有新的发现。

The people are so friendly, respectful and helpful. The sights are amazing, a short walk from almost any hotel or apartment brings you to something different almost every day.

I could go on and on about my visits to this amazing country, it has had an affect on me which I have never experienced whilst visiting other countries and I’ve visited a lot of different places.

My eventual answer to the original post is this, when this terrible virus swee through China is eventually brought under control, go visit, but with one stipulation, have an open mind and you will fall in love with this country.

这里的人很友好，有礼貌，乐于助人。这里的景观令人惊叹，从酒店或公寓出门，步行一小段路，几乎每天都能看到新鲜的东西。

我对这个超级棒的国家的体会有说不完的话，它给我带来的影响，是我在其他国家从来没有经历过的。

最后，我想回复原帖的是，当疫情被最终控制住时，去中国看看吧，但前提条件是你要带着开放的心态，相信我，你会爱上这个国家的。

Alfred Kal

I’ve visited China over 5 times, and it feels like the 80s never stopped! It’s exciting fun & fresh. Last time I was there last year I even noticed the girls are wearing 80s style poofy curly hair, so cute. Beer is cheap!

Also, if you are a polite western guy craving female attention, but not getting it in North America, I can tell you China is really full of amazingly cute and kind women. Get thee to China. I wished this to be true in my early 20s, and now am happily married for 10+ years with a Chinese girl and love my life & family.

The kind of scary evil vibe the western media throws out there a lot is not accurate to the reality of living there.

Last but not least, people really know how to work hard and play hard. Go to most restaurants and you feel like you are at a good party.

Obviously just my own personal experience, with over a Billion people there is gonna be lots of variety!

我去过中国5次了，感觉80年代的潮流从未退却！这真叫人兴奋，十分新鲜有趣。去年我到访的时候，我发现女孩们留着80年代的卷发发型，太可爱了。啤酒价格也很便宜！

另外，如果你是一个彬彬有礼的西方男人，渴望得到女性的关注，但在北美时求而不得，那我可以告诉你，到中国去寻找那个她吧。我20出头的时候就是这么想的，现在我和一个中国女孩结婚了，在一起幸福地生活了10多年，我爱我的生活和家庭。

西方媒体总是歪曲报道中国，但这些跟现实生活并不相符。

最后说一点也很重要的事，中国人真的知道该如何努力工作，也知道该如何尽情玩乐。去餐馆看看就会发现，你就像身处一个美妙的派对。

显然，这只是我个人的感受，中国拥有超过10亿的庞大人口，肯定会遇到许多不同的情况。

Calliope Hu

Because china is truly good, because we develop very fast. because we seldom have biased on any country, because we welcome people from anywhere. I can understand why you ask this question,because a lot of foreigner news said that china develop not well and Chinese are terrible, usually have bad manner. Today I want to tell you, they are wrong, before I were in new Zealand for five years, it is no doubt that NZ is a beautiful country and people are nice, however, to be honest, compared with china in technology development and traffic development, china is better, and in china , you can buy anything you want, and we have a lot of delicious traditional food. so it is a good choice to live in china, Thx!

因为中国真的很不错，因为我们发展得很快。因为我们很少对其他国家抱有偏见，因为我们欢迎来自所有地方的人。我能理解你为什么提出这个问题，因为很多外国媒体都说中国发展得不好，中国人很糟糕，没礼貌不文明。今天我想告诉你,他们都错了，我曾在新西兰生活了五年，毫无疑问，新西兰是一个美丽的国家,民众很友好，但说实话，跟中国在技术研发和交通发展领域的进步相比，中国更胜一筹。在中国，你可以买到你想要的一切，我们有很多美味的传统食物。所以在中国生活是一个非常不错的选择，谢谢！

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