Video with English & Chinese subtitles: We (Americans) Were Almost Entirely Wrong About China 影片有中英文字幕我們(美國人）對中國的認知幾乎全錯了! 我們原本以為自己對中國有相當合理的了解。但我們錯了 – 不是錯一點點，而是幾乎全錯。
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這是我們系列影片的第一集，記錄了我們在22天內私人旅行走訪中國11座城市的經歷。沒有旅遊巴士，沒有團體行程表。就只有我們兩個人，每座城市配一位不同的當地導遊，試圖理解這個地球上最非凡的國家之一。
我們發現的是：比多數歐洲首都還乾淨的街道、從機場出發的磁浮列車、12分鐘內送達的無人機餐飲外送、一間同時也是物流中心的超市、早上七點半在公園跳舞的退休人士……還有一個問題，在整趟旅程中一直伴隨著我們——一個在1950年代經歷過人類史上最嚴重饑荒之一的國家，是如何在兩個世代之內，成為世界第二大經濟體？
我們帶來兩種截然不同的視角。Tressa 是美國人，在美國出生長大，帶有隨之而來的所有冷戰思維假設。Zarko 在保加利亞的共產體制下長大，25歲時以政治難民身份離開，並在西雅圖創業，之後我們退休搬到黑海邊的布爾加斯。當他看中國時，是透過一個真正生活在共產體制內的人的眼光。我們的疑問完全不同——而當我們一起思考時，便更接近了一些真實的理解。
在這一集中：抵達上海浦東、搭乘磁浮列車、探索南京路和外灘、參觀華為和小米旗艦店、發掘盒馬鮮生（阿里巴巴旗下的超市與物流中心複合式經營）、在金融區觀看無人機外送，以及在復興公園與退休人士共度一個令人難忘的早晨——他們讓我們徹底重新思考「退休」應該是什麼樣子。
我們搭乘土耳其航空經由伊斯坦堡飛往上海的商務艙——從布爾加斯出發的自然中轉樞紐，票價僅為歐洲航空公司10小時航程的零頭。
✈️ 我們的旅行方式：每座城市有私人導遊。搭乘土耳其航空商務艙。入住上海南京東路上的酒店。
We thought we had a reasonable picture of China. We were wrong — not a little wrong. Almost entirely wrong.
This is the first video in our series documenting 22 days of private travel through 11 Chinese cities. No tour buses. No group schedules. Just the two of us, with a different local guide in each city, trying to understand one of the most extraordinary countries on Earth.
What we found: streets cleaner than most European capitals. A Maglev train from the airport. Drone food delivery in 12 minutes. A supermarket that is also a fulfillment center. Retired people dancing in the park at 7:30 in the morning. And a question that followed us for the entire trip — how did a country that experienced one of the worst famines in human history in the 1950s become the world’s second-largest economy within two generations?
We bring two very different perspectives. Tressa is American, born and raised in the US, with all the Cold War assumptions that came with it. Zarko grew up under communism in Bulgaria, left as a political refugee at 25, and built a business in Seattle before we retired to Burgas on the Black Sea. When he looks at China, he is looking through the eyes of someone who actually lived inside a communist system. Our questions are completely different — and together, we get a little closer to something real.
In this episode: landing at Shanghai Pudong, riding the Maglev, exploring Nanjing Road and the Bund, visiting the Huawei and Xiaomi flagship stores, discovering HEMA Fresh (Alibaba’s hybrid supermarket-fulfillment center), watching drone delivery in the financial district, and spending a remarkable morning at Fuxing Park with retirees who made us completely rethink what retirement should look like.
We flew business class on Turkish Airlines via Istanbul — a natural hub from Burgas, with fares a fraction of European carriers on a 10-hour flight.
✈️ How we traveled: Private guides in each city. Business class via Turkish Airlines. Hotel on Nanjing Road, Shanghai.
Johnson Choi Biz 