In a recent video on Twitter, he compared the China of today to 2019 and was completely shocked at the speed to progress and change. Says it’s like stepping into the future.
1 - Automation: From trains to taxis to purchases - everything is done seamlessly with super Apple Pay.
2 - EV: 30%-40% of the cars are fully electric. You can get Teslas but you have Chinese brands that offer sedans for $10k.
3 - The air is much cleaner. Partly due to EVs.
4 - People are more respectful of societal norms. There is better service everywhere you go.
5 - Less foreigners, even in touristy areas. Most white people are actually Russian.
6 - In factories, robots do the work in contrast to the perception people have in the US of China just throwing cheap labor at every problem. Factories set up their own e-commerce platforms and sell directly on China’s TikTok.
7 - It feels like over the past 5 years, everything by in China just got better, while everything in the US just got worse.
I looked it up online, couldn't find anything like what he was saying. I saw the EuroNCAP gave5 star ratings for several BYD models too.
Sometimes when comes to China certain people will just kind of hallucinate negative "facts" like Chat GPT. I think it's a phenomenon that should be studied.
I overheard a family member talking about Chinese overfishing say that they get away with it because the industry has lax/no regulation. China, the country with an authoritarian state that keeps businesses in line with an iron fist, is leaving an industry unregulated?