China 2023

2. Xi'an

3. Zhengzhou

4. Suzhou

5. Hangzhou

6. Shanghai

Trip to China came more or less unexpected.

I wanted to see the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, The Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors. The information I had about China came mostly from, pretty biased against China, Western media. I didn’t know what to expect.

Well, I saw what I wanted and much more. I was pleasantly surprised what I experienced and saw in China.

China leaves an impression of a well organised country; it looks that everything is in order.  It has impressive architecture, wide boulevards, cleanliness, a lot of greenery, high-speed trains and more and more electrical vehicles…China is way ahead of all countries I had chance to visit.

Pollution is still high (at least in the cities I visited) but, I believe that it is going to be sorted out very soon.

Impressions and comparisons were done on the basis of my experience in China and information got from our guides.

Put u Kinu dosao je manje-vise neplanirano.

Intersovalo me je da vidim Zabranjen Grad, Tiananmen skver, Kineski zid i Terakota armiju. Informacije koje sam imao o Kini dolazile su mahom iz Zapadnih medija koja nisu bas naklonjena Kini. Nisam znao sta da ocekujem.

Ne samo da sam video ono sto sam zeleo vec mnogo vise.  Vise sam nego prijatno iznenadjen onim sto sam doziveo i video.

Kina ostavlja utisak sredjene zemlje gde sve ide svojim tokom. Impozantna arhitektura, siroki bulevari, cistoca, puno zelenila, brzi vozovi I sve veca upotreba elektricnih vozila…Daleko je ispred ostalih zemalja koje sam obisao.

Jos uvek je vazduh dosta zagadjen (bar u gradovima koje sam obisao) ali verujem da je pitanje vremena kada ce se I to srediti.

Utisci I poredjenja su radjeni na osnovu onog sto sam video I informacija dobijenih od vodica.  (Morcu da odvojim jedno popodne, naucim taj kineski I citam njhove novine).

Smart telephone

In order to enter and leave China, it is not that you have to apply for the visa (which equals to citizenship application), you must have a – smart telephone.  It is the only way to complete the health declaration, generate the QR code and submit it when you enter (and leave) the country.

It is believed that 90% of the Chinese population owns a smart telephone. It is widely used in communication with foreigners; since the majority doesn’t speak English, they use telephone translation application.

Pametni telefon

Da biste usli u Kinu (I izasli), ne samo da morate da podnesete zahtev za vizu (koji je na nivou zahteva za drzavljastvo) vec morate da imate I – smart (pametni) telefon. Naime, jedini nacin da popunite zdravstenu deklaraciju je da se to obavi na telefonu kako bi se onda generisao QR code koji se prezentuje na ulasku u zemlju (a, I prilikom izlaska).

Kazu da u Kini 90% stanovnika ima pametni telefon. Kako uglavnom ne govore engleski, telefon sa aplikacijom za prevod koriste u komunikaciji sa strancima.

Not many passengers on the plane for Shanghai

Flight Melbourne – Shanghai was approximately 60-70% occupied. It seems that China is still not in demand.

Malo putnika u avionu za Sangaj

Avion na letu Melbourne – Shanghai nije pun.  Popunjen je sa otprilike 60-70% kapaciteta. Ovo znaci da nije bas neka jagma za Kinom.

Empty airports

Airport in Shanghai was almost empty.  In comparison with airports in Abu Dabi, Doha, Dubai… it looks unreal, like in Sci-Fi movies.

Airport in Beijing is also almost without passengers.  It is believed that it is currently the biggest airport in the world.

Prazni aerodromi

Aerodrom u Shanghai-ju je sablasno prazan. U poredjenju sa “ludnicama” recimo u Abu-Dabiju, Dohi, Dubaiju – ovo deluje nestvarno kao u Si-Fi filmovima.

Aerodrom u Pekingu je takodje prazan. Otvoren je pre par godina i tvrde da je trenutno najveci aerodrome na svetu. 

Control

In order to enter a train, public transport, museum etc. locals need to show ID card (beside the entry ticket) and foreigners their passport.

According to our guide, very soon it is not going to be necessary; facial recognition is going to be introduced soon.

Our guide’s explanation: “The Government wants to know everything: where you are going, with whom you are going, for how long you are going to stay there… the same as my wife”.

Kontrola

Za ulazak u voz, javni prevoz, muzej, prakticno bilo gde, potrebno je da Kinez pokaze, sem karte (za prevoz) i licnu kartu a stranac pasos. 

Uskoro to nece biti potrebno. Uvesce se prepoznavanje lica pomocu kamera.

Objasnjenje naseg vodice: “Drzava hoce da zna sve: gde ides, sa kim ides, koliko ostajes….isto kao moja zena”.

“Bullet” high-speed train and railway stations

The high-speed rail network in China is the world's longest with a total length of 42,000 kilometres. The speed is 300-470km/h.

Railway stations look like airports: from their sizes to organisations. They are organised as international airports around the world; passport control, luggage control, security control… Waiting rooms, boarding etc.

Actually, everything is the same only instead of the airplane you enter a train.

“Bullet” (metak) brzi vozovi I zeleznicke stanice

Mreza brzih vozova u Kini, sa 42000km, je najveca na svetu. Brzina vozova je od 300-470km/h.

Sve podseca na aerodrome: od velicine zeleznickih stanica do organizacije. Organizacija na zeleznickim stanicama je kao na internacionalnim aerodromima sirom sveta: Od pasoske kontrole, prtljaga, kontrole putnika pa do cekaonica za vozove I ukrcavanja.  Sve je isto samo sto se umesto u avion ulazi u voz.