Andrew Aigner-MuehlerChapter 28 - Tianjin
March 8th 2010 12:48
Tianjin in China’s north is a city that you either hate or you like, the same goes for word of mouth for one of the most important seaside ports in China.
Tianjin itself is only a young city, growing by the day, you will notice that quite quickly when you visit the city. A lot of Tianjin’s architecture is quite new, and if it looks old, it has been made to look old.
When you watch travel documentaries on CCTV9 English channel such as Travelogue, they can’t seem to talk enough about Tianjin. Every thing is so good there, and it is a city that you have to visit, on the other hand, you speak to any Chinese national, they tell you, not to waste your time about going there, the same thing goes with foreigners who have been to the city.
I will not put Tianjin down. Tianjin was supposed to be a city that I was meant to reside in for a year. I also have only spent a day there, which was just recently over the Spring Festival break. To me personally from my one day spent there, I see it a bit of a hustling city especially around the shopping part. Tianjin should also promote itself as the shopping city of China, as you will see the entire major brand named shops there, and Tianjin has actually got a shopping street or two that you can not actually drive down, it is a real shopping mall, something that the rest of China misses especially Beijing. Yes, Shanghai has a non-car street which is sought of a mall, but it is not as long as the shopping street in Tianjin, and not as many shops. But, besides that, I also think Tianjin would be a city that you not visit in the winter; it is a city that you visit in the summer. I just hope when I return to the city one day, that the river and the pedestrian sidewalk actually comes alive up with cafes, bars, restaurants and stalls. Then furthermore on the river with peddle boats, tourist boats and cruises. I will be bitterly disappointed if it doesn’t, as that city looks like, it has so much potential around that river.
Another thing that you hear a lot about Tianjin is that so many foreigners actually reside there or work there. Well, the day I was there, the only foreigner I saw was my friends that I was actually with. It was like; the headline news was ‘no foreigners to be on the street in Tianjin tomorrow’. It definitely is not like Tianjin where there are foreigners everywhere.
In a final word, do not believe a person when they say not to visit a city.
Tianjin itself is only a young city, growing by the day, you will notice that quite quickly when you visit the city. A lot of Tianjin’s architecture is quite new, and if it looks old, it has been made to look old.
The main river going through Tianjin
When you watch travel documentaries on CCTV9 English channel such as Travelogue, they can’t seem to talk enough about Tianjin. Every thing is so good there, and it is a city that you have to visit, on the other hand, you speak to any Chinese national, they tell you, not to waste your time about going there, the same thing goes with foreigners who have been to the city.
Tianjin shopping mall
I will not put Tianjin down. Tianjin was supposed to be a city that I was meant to reside in for a year. I also have only spent a day there, which was just recently over the Spring Festival break. To me personally from my one day spent there, I see it a bit of a hustling city especially around the shopping part. Tianjin should also promote itself as the shopping city of China, as you will see the entire major brand named shops there, and Tianjin has actually got a shopping street or two that you can not actually drive down, it is a real shopping mall, something that the rest of China misses especially Beijing. Yes, Shanghai has a non-car street which is sought of a mall, but it is not as long as the shopping street in Tianjin, and not as many shops. But, besides that, I also think Tianjin would be a city that you not visit in the winter; it is a city that you visit in the summer. I just hope when I return to the city one day, that the river and the pedestrian sidewalk actually comes alive up with cafes, bars, restaurants and stalls. Then furthermore on the river with peddle boats, tourist boats and cruises. I will be bitterly disappointed if it doesn’t, as that city looks like, it has so much potential around that river.
Central Tianjin
Tianjin's tallest building
Another thing that you hear a lot about Tianjin is that so many foreigners actually reside there or work there. Well, the day I was there, the only foreigner I saw was my friends that I was actually with. It was like; the headline news was ‘no foreigners to be on the street in Tianjin tomorrow’. It definitely is not like Tianjin where there are foreigners everywhere.
In a final word, do not believe a person when they say not to visit a city.
Tianjin shopping mall
Tianjin shopping district
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