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@herohero_hero_ @richangjiluhk This is the opposite of my experience

@richangjiluhk 先週出張で深圳と香港行きましたね。 ちなみに上海住みです 深圳は中国語で喋ればまともに相手してくれますが、英語だと対応悪いすね 香港は英語喋れる人が多いせいかどちらでも普通に接客してくれるイメージすね

香港から広州に入った途端に飲食店やらお店のサービスがめちゃくちゃ丁寧になり人権を取り戻したような気持ちになった。

@ApoStructura @mejetto If you like the GZ shiny towers then SZ is going to blow you away

@mejetto Doing SZ in a couple of days, completely different from HK though, much much larger, more monumental architecture and cooler buildings in the center, but HK is super cool with the 3d mad cityscape and feels more unique. Both cool

Guangzhou. the pictures don’t do it justice I’ve never seen anything of that scale

@levelsio At a certain point of being particular with one’s lifestyle, you basically have to curate your own space (i.e. not rent) in order to fulfil your requirements. That’s just the way it is

"Plants clean the air inside" is mostly bullshit and we have to debunk that myth permanently You'd need hundreds to thousands of plants in your room, essentially creating a massive urban jungle in your house where you wouldn't be able to walk anymore to have any meaningful effect on CO2 If you don't believe me ask AI

@CurtExplores Buildings should be shiny. And light up ideally! Why not? They turn off at 10pm anyway

I am reclaiming the term 'impressed by shiny buildings', which has of late become an insult aimed at foreigners in China. Shiny buildings are cool. They make me happy. I like them. You should too. It's ok to like them. That's why they build them. Cheer up!

@CleansedTweets How is your electricity bill (for how many rooms)?

If I went full local in China, ate at local restaurants only every day, & drank local beer instead of imported, but still kept all my lights and air cons on while charging my e-bike continuously. I think I would spend no more than: $400 to $500 a month. Maybe at a stretch $600 (not including rent), and that would be pushing it. It’s so affordable in #china for expats. Not sure if anyone disagrees or…

@beffjezos How do you plan on sufficiently deregulating in the heart of California?

We need our micro Shenzhen in the heart of silicon valley. A deregulated tech acceleration zone. Sorely needed to keep up with China.

@alexmacgregor__ @louisvarge This is incorrect you just aren’t going to the good spots. 80% of them are mid I agree but I’ve had great Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Italian, Greek here. Probably more I’m forgetting. Just need to search for the place that’s good

@louisvarge Chinese food in SZ rocks, but the western/other food is dogshit

shenzhen: pay $6 for a meal that’s probably great if you liked chinese food, but you’re allergic to soy sauce (which they have never heard of before) so you just pick at it sadly hong kong: pay $1000 hong kong dollars for sort of british tasting tacos. after a month in china, it’s an enormous relief that they don’t taste chinese. you are delighted usa: $16 acai bowl. it’s great. you pay for quality mexico: tastes twice as good, $5. you may get sick

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@CurtExplores Try Bijiashan Park, I know that has one. Shenzhen Bay park maybe also.

@WattDisney Quite possibly, but everywhere I've been so far (not many places) the cycling path has for the most part been the pavement

When every city in China has a 'hi-tech zone' or 'new science town' with the best cycling paths you'll ever see, there's simply no excuse for Shenzhen - the archetype - so offer such shite cycling.

@TychodeFeijter So cool

Aito M9 has wave-projection in the door handles It is called Ocean Wave. Designed to make passengers relaxed before they get into the car. The projection is super sharp, it really seems there is water in there. A bit fuzzy, but well-designed.

@tpottery_ @_chenglou They have AhMa handmade in the US?

@_chenglou Thoughts on 阿嬷手作？

I am the #1 drinker of Chicha San Chen in USA, arguably the best milk tea in the world, totaling >700 cups over 2 years, around 300k calories Dong Ding Oolong with Cream, half sugar, less ice. No toppings. Toppings are for ABGs and boba is a misnomer A few shops in China come close. One in Shanghai (KOI Plus) and one in Chang Sha (茶颜悦色, reliable second hand info) Here's to the next 700 cups!

@xAviation Im curious here; do freight planes normally start off as freight and stay as it, or are they converted from passenger to freight? Is the plane structurally the same in both configurations?

MD-11 fast take-off. The pilots were definitely having fun. 📹: kwp302

These Meituan drones must be really reliable, I’ve never seen one crash or a video of a crashed one. I guess 6 rotors helps for both redundancy and noise. Super impressive

@levelsio Get a much bigger apartment and leave the bedroom door open so it circulates

I still haven't solved the CO2 bedroom challenge You open the window and you wake up from a 6am garbage truck or barking dogs and sunlight You close it, you suffocate in 1200 ppl at 5am I guess you really need some mini tube in your wall with a vent that opens and closed based on internal CO2 but how do I build that?

Cool looking benches! There isn’t the same “anti homeless” design and subsequent aesthetic of public goods like benches in China (at least in SZ)

@xPeaceLandBread @shujianyang Define culture. The place is the tech city, the point is tech. It’s like going to a mining town and saying all they have is mining. SZ is the same tier as Shanghai and definitely worth a visit

@shujianyang @WattDisney yeah multiple people told me it's just business no culture (yet). Only thing I had on my list to do there was a night club lol so we skipped it

Welp, just wrapped up 78 (days) in China. Guangzhou (11) - Xiamen (3) - Wuyishan (2) - Hangzhou (3) - Suzhou (2) - Nanjing (3) - Jinan/Qufu/Tai’an (4) - Taiyuan (2) - Pingyao/Mianshan (2) - Xi’an/Yan’an (3) - Huashan (2) - Leshan (1) - Chengdu (7) - Chongqing (3) - Shanghai (8) - Harbin (3) - Hohhot (4) - Datong (2) - Beijing (12) AMA

@xPeaceLandBread One of the top 5 cities in China. Worth a visit.

@WattDisney Just didnt really have time and maybe they were talking shit as GZ chauvinists but her GZ fam said don’t bother it’s boring 😂

@wojteklesinski Where’s a good coworking place in HK

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