China is honestly light years ahead of the US. I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US and am here on vacation for a month traveling through China and it is insane how far ahead of us they are. From the high speed rail system that I have been using to go from city to city, the absolute cleanliness everywhere, no crime, no worry about getting pick pocketed/mugged, nice friendly people, no homelessness, no tent cities, affordable/cheap prices for food and basic necessities. Every little town I pass I the high speed line had massive construction going on from high density apartments to infrastructure. Honestly the only complaints I have is that the entire country is hot as balls right now and the food situation is a bit rough as a person who's both vegan and a somewhat picky eater, they only seem to have mainly Chinese food everywhere and as good as it is I need some variety in my diet and it is hard finding all vegan places as well.
I honestly I have now come to realize that the reason we are so strongly propagandized against China in the US is that it would break the average Americans brain if you saw how well they are living here compared to the absolute under-devoloped shit we put up with in the US.
Ask me any questions you have and I can also post pics if interested!
Is it true beer costs a dollar a liter there?
Depends where you go. But yeah, some places it does. 90p for a pack of cigarettes. It's illegal to sell cigarettes for for than 100yuan (9 quid).
It's cheap
From students I know there who drink and smoke they are having a great time for very cheap and just ordering dishes they can translate but have no familiarity with from stalls and getting something good every time lol, it sounds very idyllic. But also they have a bunch of outdoor gyms (!) which interests me a lot more
I dunno, I'm not a drinker and from what I've seen there doesnt seem to be a big drinking culture here either unlike much of the west?
They love drinking and their beer and baijiu is great.