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There is a few cities more appealing than Beijing in China to me. Hong Kong, Tianjin and Yangzhou for example.
That's strange, because Tianjin is very close to Beijing and I would assume that it has "less" going on than Beijing. Actually, while I haven't been to either-- I'm confident to say it has less going on than Beijing in terms of everything.
May I ask why preferring one over the other. To me picking Tianjin (which definitely gets overshadowed by Beijing) is like picking Philadelphia over New York. To which I can see the argument of the smaller more manageable city appealing to some people but Tianjin is just slightly smaller than London in general so there goes the manageable part.
I also don't consider Hong Kong as China, it's really just it's own thing-- the border and fences between it and Shenzhen as well as it's own government, currency, status as a dependent country, economic entity are proof of that.
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There is a few cities more appealing than Beijing in China to me. Hong Kong, Tianjin and Yangzhou for example.
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That's strange, because Tianjin is very close to Beijing and I would assume that it has "less" going on than Beijing. Actually, while I haven't been to either-- I'm confident to say it has less going on than Beijing in terms of everything.
May I ask why preferring one over the other. To me picking Tianjin (which definitely gets overshadowed by Beijing) is like picking Philadelphia over New York. To which I can see the argument of the smaller more manageable city appealing to some people but Tianjin is just slightly smaller than London in general so there goes the manageable part.
I also don't consider Hong Kong as China, it's really just it's own thing-- the border and fences between it and Shenzhen as well as it's own government, currency, status as a dependent country, economic entity are proof of that.
My thoughts exactly. I've actually BEEN to both Beijing and Tianjin, and there's nothing in Tianjin that Beijing cannot offer. Except, perhaps, some western architecture as it was a fairly international city. It's just as polluted and congested as Beijing and has over 10 million people (yes it's a megacity).
I would add the top two universities in China are both in Beijing.
Peking University, which resembles Harvard in the US, is only next-door to Tsinghua University, which resembles MIT.
If you ask any Chinese which two universities are the best in the country, you will get the same answer 100% times, though people have very different opinions about No.3 and No. 4.
Beijing has over 70 universities and colleges, including other prestigious ones. It also has the best institutes of fine arts, music, film, and sports.
My thoughts exactly. I've actually BEEN to both Beijing and Tianjin, and there's nothing in Tianjin that Beijing cannot offer. Except, perhaps, some western architecture as it was a fairly international city. It's just as polluted and congested as Beijing and has over 10 million people (yes it's a megacity).
Beijing and Tianjin have really different vibes to them and Tianjin is culturally pretty different. Do you speak Mandarin decently well? If you don't, then maybe the differences don't hit you as immediately. Architecturally, there is a larger historic foreign architecture, the hutongs of Beijing aren't there but a different form, and the city puts a lot more emphasis on its waterfronts.
Also, I don't understand why paul's argument was discounted. Yea, LA has everything San Diego has because it's such a bigger city--and still there are a lot of people who prefer San Diego.
Also, I don't understand why paul's argument was discounted. Yea, LA has everything San Diego has because it's such a bigger city--and still there are a lot of people who prefer San Diego.
No one discounted his argument, I prefer San Diego to Los Angeles myself so I can understand what he meant by that.
What I'm saying is someone citing pollution and congestion (and possibly of a city being much bigger) as a con for Beijing should also see that Tianjin is a big city (just slightly smaller than London) with congestion and pollution too. It's not immune to it.
Otherwise for preference, I don't hold his weight of Tianjin over Beijing against him. People prefer what they prefer, ultimately an idea that sometimes gets lost on the Internet.
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Beijing and Tianjin have really different vibes to them and Tianjin is culturally pretty different. Do you speak Mandarin decently well? If you don't, then maybe the differences don't hit you as immediately. Architecturally, there is a larger historic foreign architecture, the hutongs of Beijing aren't there but a different form, and the city puts a lot more emphasis on its waterfronts.
Also, I don't understand why paul's argument was discounted. Yea, LA has everything San Diego has because it's such a bigger city--and still there are a lot of people who prefer San Diego.
I'm curious as to what paul finds more appealing about Tianjin. Maybe it's something he's read or heard about.
I don't speak Mandarin, but my mother does, and I went with her. I saw a lot of the foreign buildings, the 'German quarter', 'British quarter'.etc. I remember this pretty nice shopping street done in Chinese style. We went there was a day-trip from Beijing.
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