In China, Foreigners MUST Register with the POLICE | Must-Know China Fac...

Hello, everyone - today, I'm going to talk about some of the everyday bureaucracy expats in China have to deal with. Today, we're going to be talking about registering accommodations and lodging with the local Chinese police.

You must do this - MUST - every time you:

1. Enter China
2. Renew / Change visas and visa types
3. Change jobs
4. Move houses / cities

This is something foreigners MUST do - it's not optional - if they want to stay in China. However, you yourself may not have to do it, because if you are an international student living on campus in China or are working in China with a company/school that provides housing, they'll take care of it for you.

However, if you are renting an apartment here in China by yourself or with a friend, you need to do this.

Here are some of the documents you'll need to register for the form you need, which is called the Accommodation Registration Form for Aliens.

1. Passport
2. Copy of passport info page + last entry stamp
3. Copy of rental contract
4. Copy of renter's Chinese ID (if a Chinese helped you rent)
5. Copy of landlord's Chinese ID
6. Copy of house deed
7. Passport-sized photos of you (not needed everywhere)

If you have those, you should be good to go, although different police stations throughout China, and even within cities, will have different requirements.

Good luck! Enjoy your stay in China!

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High-End IMPORT SUPERMARKET in China |

Living in China can be rough sometimes because sometimes you really, really want that thing from home that your mom or grandma used to make, but you can't seem to find. It sometimes seems like home is so far away, but it's not!



Believe it or not, in many tier-one and tier-two cities in China, like Chengdu, there are supermarkets that focus specifically on goods imported from overseas and stocked in grocery stores thoughout China.



Today, I'm going to be taking you all to Olé, a high-end supermarket that has two locations in Chengdu, and many more all over China. They stock French, English, American, Australian, India, Korean, Malaysian goods, and more! There's a ton of choices at this place.



If you're in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, or Chengdu, places like this will not be hard to find! Happy hunting!



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HSK Test Day and Downtown Chengdu | Tianfu Square | China Daily Vlog

Today, I'm taking my HSK Level 5 test! If you didn't know, the HSK is the Chinese proficiency exam, and it tests you on listening, reading, and writing, with a separate test for speaking. I'm taking Level 5, which is the second-highest level for the test.



While I'm out and about, I take you all to the heart of Chengdu - Tianfu Square. This is Chengdu's biggest and best square. It's got a few museums and libraries located around it, including the Sichuan Library, Chengdu City Museum, and more! There's also a pedestrian shopping street underneath the square!



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THE SHOES! Was I Pre-destined to Come to China? Was I Meant to Come to C...

Now, obviously, I don't remember when my mom gave me this shoes for the first time...I was but a wee lad in the heartland of America, as of yet unexposed to the wonder of China. Little did I know how my world was about to change.....



Well.....in about 20-something years, anyway. Upon entering a professor's university classroom, something awakened deep within me. Something which had, until then, remained dormant. What was it?, you may ask yourself....China. What awakened in me was China.



These shoes, unbeknownst to me, accompanied me from childhood all the way till present day, at which point I am living......now.....in China.



Whoa. Mind blown.



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Answering Your Questions About China | China Q&A | Common Concerns About...

Today, I'm answering some subscribers' questions about living in China! The short answers are down below.



Today's questions are:

1. Why don't I get an ebike / scooter / moped to ride around? Lots of expats in China have them! 

I don't think that personal transportation is really needed in China since public transportation here is so well developed. It's very modern.

2. How can a tourist see the REAL China? 

Go to places that aren't in the Lonely Planet guide and are not regularly frequented by foreigners, like Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guizhou, Guangxi, etc. 

3. Why don't Chinese people like NASCAR?

They're not redneck idiots from Tennessee or wherever NASCAR is from. 

4. Does China have an age discrimination against older teachers in China? 

Yeah, kind of....unofficially and officially. Most job contracts state that you have to be between 25-45 to work for their company or school. Some will bump that up to 55 - lucky for you older teachers!

5. If I get a job in China, can my partner get a visa to come along with me?

Yes, absolutely - if you're married!

6. Is the air quality in Chengdu good or bad most of the time? What's the air pollution situation in Chengdu? 

In the spring and summer, it's good! Pollution's mostly a non-issue. Fall and winter in Chengdu....or China....? It's bad. Yeah. 

7. How big is China compared with the USA, geographically?

China's a little big bigger than the USA.

8. Does China's education really hinder innovation? 

Yes and no. 

9. For someone coming to China for the first time, what is the easiest age group to teach? 

It really depends from person to person. 

10. Do people stare at me while I vlog in public?

Every single time!!! Hahaha

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What is the HSK? China's Language Proficiency Exam | A Guide

Ah, yes -- the HSK. The woe of many foreign international students in China. This is the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试)，and it is the test foreigners need to take in China if they are going to be in Chinese-speaking work or study environments. It's China's answer to the TOEFL  and the IELTS, though probably not as difficult.



How difficult is the HSK? How hard is it? Well, it's split up into six levels with vocabularies of 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2500, and 5000+ words. It's a lot yeah, but less than something like the TOEFL or IELTS.



The HSK is a language test, so it's split up into three parts: listening, speaking, and writing - in that order. 3 parts, 100 points a piece, 300 total. How many points to pass the HSK? 180. 60%. Not bad, right?



There's more in the video - check it out! :)



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Bakeries and Breakfast in China | MUST. EAT. NOW. | This is China

If you're going to be living in China, it's a pretty good bet that you're going to be eating breakfast in China. Yes, a Chinese breakfast! What's in a Chinese breakfast, you ask? Well....actually, usually just bread or pastries hahaha but actually, there's quite a lot of choices for breakfast in China, and this is just one.

There are so many types of bakeries in China, it's kind of ridiculous, but they do share some similarities. I'm going to take you to two different Chinese bakeries, one called "Paris Baguette", a really upscale bakery, and "第1时间", which is a smaller, independent neighborhood shop. I do like both, but I think it's cool that the smaller one actually bakes its own stuff and makes (most of) its products there on site in a kitchen you can see in the bake. A lot of Chinese bakeries do that, but not all.

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6+ Years Living in China as an American | An American in China Tells His Story

Welcome to my channel! My name is Austin Guidry, and I make videos and put them on the Internet. I believe I am the third China vlogger, after SerpentZA and Laowhy86, of course - although I have been surpassed in subscribers by quite a few people.








I intended to stay in China for seven months, but stayed for over six years and married a Chinese woman. Well, that wasn't according to plan! Haha why?! Let's talk about that.



My name is Austin Guidry, and I came to China over six years ago in February 2011 to study Chinese and write my senior thesis. I studied history in the USA, and I figured - hey, China's got a long history, plus, my professors seem to like China - let's try it out and see what happens!



You know what, I'll also film some videos and show people what China is like. Should be fun! So I did.



A few months later, I was dropped off in China's remote northwestern Gansu province to be the first-ever (and only, at the time) foreign exchange student at a university in Lanzhou (pron. Lan - Joe). I had a crazy awesome time there, and I HAD TO STAY.



So I did. I started teaching. And I stayed longer. And longer.



Six years later, I'm still here. I've lived in the remote northwest, in a sister city of Beijing called Tianjin, and I now live in Chengdu (pron. Chung Doo).



I love this place, and I want to show people what China's really like. It's not what the media says it is, and I hope you'll join me in this adventure as I try to uncover what's underneath the surface so we can get to the heart of the Middle Kingdom.



Thanks for your time - I'll see you soon! :)



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KTV Karaoke Booths INSIDE a SUPERMARKET?! WTF - Only in China

Wait, WHAT IS THIS? Why are there KTV (karaoke) booths inside this
Carrefour complex in Chengdu, Sichuan, China? This is one of the weirdest, strangest, most random and hilarious things I have seen in China. My WTF China radar went off like crazy when I saw this, and I had to make a video - there was no way I was going to just walk aby it!

You guys have seen gaming booths inside Chinese malls, right? Same kind of idea, I guess. Maybe guys or girls, while waiting on their significant others, can sing a song or two! Seems like it's 5 yuan, which, while less than one USD, is more than I'd want to say for singing in a glorified telephone booth in a Chinese supermarket.

Anyway - what are your thoughts on sitting in a KTV / karaoke booth in the middle of a supermarket in China? Sound like fun? Or completely lame?

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To Neijiang! We're doing WHAT??!!! Daily-Life Vlogging in China

Today, we're on the road - for a bit, anyway. My wife and in-laws are headed to Neijiang, a small town in Sichuan province, China. Why are we going there for the morning? Oh, wouldn't you like to know....! Haha well, if you watch, you'll find out!

I'll give you a hint - it might have to do with the purchase of the automobile persuasion...

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WTF China Stories | FAKE MEDICINE Girl | A Consequence of 'Leftover' Wom...

Welcome back to another episode of WTF China Stories! In this episode, we are going to discuss two phenomena in modern-day China: leftover women, and fake medicine.



You see, in China, nearly all women are put under enormous pressure to get married and have children as soon as possible, and after 27-28 years old, they are considered unmarriable and spinsters by Chinese society, which in my opinion is fucking ridiculous. Oh, well - this is China.



Anyway, I had a friend who was 24/25 and was on the cusp of getting married when her boyfriend dumped her, seemingly out of the blue...the rest of the story continues in the video!



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Taking the Train in China | Going Back to Longchang Again

Ah, yes - the train! Possibly my favorite mode of transportation in China. Yes, seriously! I really like taking the train here. It's just a nice way to get around. Convenient, never late, plenty of space to move around - I love it! Snarky (White Guy) made a great video about taking the high-speed train from Shenzhen to Shanghai! Check it out!

Snarky's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoWs2...

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TOP 5 China Vloggers I Watch EVERY Time They Upload | Most Underrated Ch...

Far West China: https://www.youtube.com/user/farwestc...

Snarkyguy: https://www.youtube.com/user/snarkywh...

Raising Shanghai: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3K...

Living in China: https://www.youtube.com/user/JasonLig...

Lenaaround: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiNV...

Jerry Capital: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZI1...

Here's the deal - there are a ton of vloggers in China now. It's so different in 2017 compared to 2011. When I came here, it was just SerpentZA , laowhy86, and me - nobody else was making videos at the time (that I know of), so vlogging in China has obviously taken off as more people come here to live and work. China vloggers unite! Haha 

However, not everyone is getting the exposure that they deserve, so I've put together some of the best vloggers in China that I think are underrated and under appreciated. Beijing, Guizhou, Xi'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong, (and Chengdu? haha) - they're all over the place! 

There's something for everyone, I think. There's daily-life vlogging, Chinese culture, only in China stuff, WTF China, drones, married people, traveling in China, working in China, and so much more. Please subscribe to them!

I think if you spend some time with these guys, then you'll see that China's way more than just Shenzhen or Chengdu. China's a huge country with so much to offer in so many ways - that's what vlogging is for! To share experiences - so let's do it!

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WTF China Stories: The 8-MONTH-OLD English Student | REAL TIGER PARENTS

This is a 100% true China story. Think of this like the Chinese version of Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories, except without Hollywood and with a fat, white guy who's not really famous for anything. Anyway....on with the story!

I used to work at a Chinese English training school, which is basically an after-school school for kids to take an extra-curricular English class or two in order to give them an edge over the competition here in China. I've mentioned competition before on this channel in one of my "This is China" videos, which you can find on my channel. 

I've taught plenty of children in China - early education is a very strongly emphasized facet of education here in China, and foreigners are usually called in to teach children the foundations of English. 

This training school was called i2, and the kids usually ranged in age from 6-12 years old. However, one time, a couple came in with a baby and asked if we could teach her child. We said, "Sure, where's the child?" "What do you mean? He's here," she said, gesturing to the infant in her arms. 

Bish, what??? An Eight-month-old student?! Oh, wow....my poor co-worker. Now, the story begins....

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I'm a CAM GIRL Now?! China's Multi Billion Yuan Industry | Live Streaming

Live streaming in China has really taken off in the past year or so! It's insane the amount of people and the amount of money that can be made by sitting in front of a camera in your home entertaining people! So I am trying my hand at it. China has its own version of YouTube, Vine, Facebook, Whatsapp, and more - so why not Twitch or any of those other live-streaming platforms?



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Typical Vegetable Market in China | Buying Groceries in China

So, you're living in China, yeah? You need to buy groceries, yeah? Don't want to spend a ton of money in those Chinese supermarkets? You're in luck! You can go to a farmer's market where things are brought in fresh every day! THIS is how we do it here in China!



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