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Comrades who have been/live in China, I'm visiting sometime next year! I've commented about this before but it's coming up on the new year so.

Any advice on where to go, how to behave, what to see, do? Any information would be appreciated, I'm so excited

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm really interested in using the high speed rail, lol. I'd like to see the wall and other major attractions, but I also have a deep desire to see both the urban and rural areas because I know both are beautiful in that country. I want to talk to people as much as possible but having a hard time learning Mandarin so I might need to find a guide.

Ahh, is WeChat like snapchat here in the US? In terms of being super common

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

WeChat doesn't have an equivalent in the US. Everyone in China uses it, even old people. On the surface it's a chat app but it's also integrated with payment systems and mini apps. It's very common for a restaurant menu to just be a WeChat mini-app, I think even customs does their border forms via WeChat.

HSR between Shanghai and Beijing is a good call most of the time, only 4 hours and a well travelled route with frequent service. Helps that both cities are very much worth seeing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Wait that's way cooler lmao

But yesss and I'm sure the view on the way is lit as fuck also going 250mph in a train is just so dope to me, I have literally never used good public transportation in the US (shitty subway in NYC/Chicago, but the shit is ghetto asl and dirty)

This probably a pipe dream but are there any known spots that Chinese politicians hang out at? I know there's like 90 million in the CPC, but I had a dream where I met Xi once and obviously that means I'm going to run into him when I'm there xd

No it doesn't matter that the country has 1.5 billion, I WILL be meeting Mr. Head of Modern Socialism Xi whether you dirty tankies like it or not