Can confirm. Recently spent a few weeks travelling in China and was blown away by the scale of their infrastructure and overall organization and modernity of tier 1 cities. I ate at so many michelin restaurants in Shanghai for what would be chump change back home. The cities are clean. All the cars are EVs and their sensors seem far more advanced than standard deployments I’ve seen in north america. Mega surveillance state but fuck me if it isn’t safe as hell; met several solo female travellers who said they’ve never felt safer anywhere.
The cities are impressive but imo the rural areas are where, I as an American, are most impressed. Middle of no where charging infrastructure and large walk-able communities put the US rural areas to shame.
Can confirm. Recently spent a few weeks travelling in China and was blown away by the scale of their infrastructure and overall organization and modernity of tier 1 cities. I ate at so many michelin restaurants in Shanghai for what would be chump change back home. The cities are clean. All the cars are EVs and their sensors seem far more advanced than standard deployments I’ve seen in north america. Mega surveillance state but fuck me if it isn’t safe as hell; met several solo female travellers who said they’ve never felt safer anywhere.
The cities are impressive but imo the rural areas are where, I as an American, are most impressed. Middle of no where charging infrastructure and large walk-able communities put the US rural areas to shame.