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I have been watching this guy's videos, and there are a lot of interesting details about what life is really like in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1At

• ethbro 10y ago
  Having hiked a bit of the Great Wall during a layover in November of last year, China even an hour outside the Beijing airport is a bizarre amalgamation of technology (concrete everywhere, solar, modern roads) and much much older techniques (pre-mechanized farming, no centralized utilities, stores with shelves whose stock looks like it's the US Great Depression). It was certainly different from what I was expecting from the news. I'd highly encourage going if you can (and layover/transit visa's in most international airports are free and don't require pre-approval).