r/travelchina • u/rubysong192 • 19h ago
This is Beijing, a city full of ordinary yet kind-hearted people
They are already selling them very cheaply, from 17 to 70 cents（USD）each, but even so, they are still worried that some people may not be able to afford them.
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u/InternetSalesManager 18h ago
Miss those. Crispy meat bun sandwich thingys
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u/Spright91 6h ago
Roujiamo
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u/stan_albatross 5h ago
烧饼，roujiamo are not crispy
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u/kittenrisa2896 5h ago
there're two types of roujiamo, 潼关肉夹馍is crispy
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u/Top-Necessary-4383 2m ago
Are you sure? I always thought roujiamo was filo pastry and the meat inside was seasoned with cumin. These shaobing are primarily egg based and the bread/pastry is different.
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u/Almety 12h ago
Yeah, I noticed that a lot of restaurants are doing things like this. Because the economy is going down and many people have lost their jobs.
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u/daredaki-sama 6h ago
As much as I’m sure the current economy has an impact, I feel like there really are a lot of kind hearted people out there.
I watch a couple content creators who go to a random food place and ask if they can eat without paying; usually they won’t say it’s a trade at first. Then they say they are not trying to scam and will trade a service to them for the meal. Usually a hand made art piece. A lot of times the owner will say they don’t need anything in return.
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u/maomao05 17h ago
北京哪里？！ 也太便宜了吧！
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u/Cold-Salad204 14h ago
Actually I’m surprised, mainland Chinese people are really nice and helpful.
We always see how the Chinese govt try to expand their territories worldwide by controlling the maritime zones and bullying nearby countries contrary to their people being polite.
I’m a foreigner traveling in China now, I approve this post. Saw some signages helping the poor.
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u/Kind_Helicopter1062 13h ago
If we were to judge the people by how the govs acted, everyone would be shitty
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u/Ok-Serve-2738 10h ago
China government is 1 million times better than your western disgusting government
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u/Full-Dome 6h ago
I can't say it's "1 million times better", but it's certainly not the terrible machine some parts of the world claim it to be and it's also true that no government is perfect and most, if not all, are not "good guys".
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u/Enaluri 11h ago
That’s a really bad lens to see through, especially for authoritarian govs which do not represent their people at all. Iranians are open-minded, Belarusians are polite, Chinese people are friendly and peaceful — all of these have nothing to do with their governments style. I can confidently say a lot of Americans are on the conservative side by judging Trump, but what kind of conclusion can you get by judging Xi? There is absolutely no correlation.
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u/Cold-Salad204 10h ago
True. We really need to travel more to understand people onsite instead of mainstream media
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u/Spright91 6h ago edited 6h ago
I didn’t find them to be that nice actually. Thought they were pretty cold and unhelpful especially the restaurants not a smile in sight and it seemed they didn’t want us there. Could just be my experience though.
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u/Cold-Salad204 4h ago
Using Apple built-in Translate app really helped a lot. Chinese appreciate when you try to communicate with them in Mandarin.
They’re really warm people despite the cold weather this December.
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u/Spright91 3h ago edited 3h ago
I tried I was learning mardarin for 4 months before my trip. But everyone just seemed annoyed at me that I couldnt communicate easily with them. Some of them would just ignore me when they realised I was struggling to speak with them.
Honestly I did not get the impression that they were warm and welcoming and I really wanted to have positive interactions with them.
I don't think I got one smile except from the hotel employees. And the purpose of my trip was to try to build an impression of them. Unfortunately it wasnt positive.The restaurant service was particularlily unhospitiable.
I have a pinoy gf with an asian looking face and I got some death stares from old guys who clearly didnt like me from the stink eye they gave me. I can only guess its because they didnt like that im dating an asian. Or maybe they just don't like westerners.
My GF agreed with me they were not warm with us.
Im in Japan now on the second half of my tour. People here are much more kind and hospitible.
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u/Cold-Salad204 2h ago
Thats a sad experience there. Hope you can try next time China’s other cities aside from the hyped Beijing and Shanghai. Some places have more relaxed people
Enjoy Japan!
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u/Ok-Serve-2738 10h ago
Government is from the people, this owner , their parents are “communist “ which means they are evil according the western anti communist propaganda. Westerners, Stop separate the people from their government, almost every family has communist members, since over 100 millions communist members in China
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u/Full-Dome 6h ago
I can 100% say, this sign speaks for many, many places I visited in China. Thanks for sharing ❤️
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u/Big_Letterhead_632 18h ago
Some fact of Beijing: 清理低端人口（In 2017, early in Cai Qi’s tenure, he came under controversy due to the forceful eviction of many migrant workers from Beijing.[16] At a leaked video of a speech he made a day after fires in southern Beijing on 18 November, Cai said "some should have been cleared long ago, but that’s difficult, so no one dared to do it", referring to unapproved dwellings. Afterwards, he publicly took a more conciliatory tone warning against “oversimplified” and “hasty” evictions.[16]） Wikipedia
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u/rubysong192 18h ago
How does it relate to the post? What is your point?
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u/YusufSaladin 17h ago
He has no point. Just another self-hating Chinese posting China bad content under every China related post.
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u/rubysong192 17h ago
So true, I just shared the pictures that touched me today and was surprised by the price as it is a tier-one city. I’m not sure how it offended them though.
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u/SignalBattalion 14h ago
LMFAO. iwanttorun. LOOK_CHINA. abstract_memes. video_china_irl. cunicle. KanagaWave. And Youxi. Hahaha. Another self-hating Chinese incel. 😂
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u/dragonb2992 17h ago
I like these shops with a menu that I can take a photo of and use Google translate, then show the staff what I want. When I was in Shanghai there was a little shop like this that I would frequent.
Somehow travelling around many other cities I struggled to find many shops with a menu. It seemed like they just displayed the food but no signs so I wasn't really sure what they were selling or how to ask.