So you want to see the real China then? Well read on for a bit of decent advice into how to properly dip your toes into the world's largest country by population. One thing you need to know first is that visiting Shanghai and Beijing are not really visiting China. The reason is these places now have street signs in English, an influx of foreign workers and they are well connected with internet, telephone and all modern communications. To see the real China you need to avoid those two big cities and get out into the obscure countryside where China breathes the way it really lives.
For the basis of this article I'm talking about mainland China except Tibet. To me that is the real China. So just fornow let's leave Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan out of this. To all intensive purposes they are separate countries in their own right. Shanghai and Beijing are great cities - don't get me wrong but they are just not Chinese enough to get a real flavour for this country. The reason is they have street signs and maps written in English. They have Italian restaurants. They have American restaurants. For a start if you see a McDonalds then you are not in the real China. To see what this ancient country is all about you need to head way off the beaten track and out into the glorious countryside.
Until you sit down in a village that nobody has ever heard of, to eat food you've never seen, miles from any major city and with no other foreigners or foreign writing in sight, then you haven't really seen China!
So get off the beaten track to see the real China. If you experience these things then you are really in China:
1. Nobody speaks a word of English (or even Chinese - only local dialect is used).
2. You cannot understand the bus timetable and end up in the wrong village.
3. Chickens are more common than cars in the village you stay in.
4. There are no mobile phones or internet connections anywhere.
5. You don't see any other language than Chinese written anywhere!
6. You eat something and you have NO IDEA what it is!
So that's a decent guide folks - if you've seen and ticked those six then you really have done China. If not, please check it out, but don't forget to avoid those major cities particularly Beijing and Shanghai! Get away from those two and your travel possibilities becomes extreme, endless and unrivalled. China is a whole new world to discover!
For the basis of this article I'm talking about mainland China except Tibet. To me that is the real China. So just fornow let's leave Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan out of this. To all intensive purposes they are separate countries in their own right. Shanghai and Beijing are great cities - don't get me wrong but they are just not Chinese enough to get a real flavour for this country. The reason is they have street signs and maps written in English. They have Italian restaurants. They have American restaurants. For a start if you see a McDonalds then you are not in the real China. To see what this ancient country is all about you need to head way off the beaten track and out into the glorious countryside.
Until you sit down in a village that nobody has ever heard of, to eat food you've never seen, miles from any major city and with no other foreigners or foreign writing in sight, then you haven't really seen China!
So get off the beaten track to see the real China. If you experience these things then you are really in China:
1. Nobody speaks a word of English (or even Chinese - only local dialect is used).
2. You cannot understand the bus timetable and end up in the wrong village.
3. Chickens are more common than cars in the village you stay in.
4. There are no mobile phones or internet connections anywhere.
5. You don't see any other language than Chinese written anywhere!
6. You eat something and you have NO IDEA what it is!
So that's a decent guide folks - if you've seen and ticked those six then you really have done China. If not, please check it out, but don't forget to avoid those major cities particularly Beijing and Shanghai! Get away from those two and your travel possibilities becomes extreme, endless and unrivalled. China is a whole new world to discover!
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