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China’s Dystopian City in One Building
China's Dystopian City: A Unique Architectural Marvel
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Embark on a captivating journey through China's most unique architectural marvels! This video unveils a single building that encapsulates the essence of a dystopian city, offering a glimpse into an extraordinary urban landscape. Prepare to be mesmerized by innovative design and a unique perspective on city living.
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The creator starts in Shanghai and heads to Hangzhou by train to see what he calls the biggest residential apartment building on the planet, where he says 30,000 people live under one roof with banks, hospitals and shops. On the train his Chinese ticket confuses him, and he is told he can take any seat. At the station he pays with WeChat; his first card is rejected by the bank and a second card works. His Hangzhou hotel costs $60 a night, has robots and smells of cigarettes, and he gets a special oxygen room. Outside the Regent International Center he says 20 to 30,000 people live there and mentions malls, restaurants, banks, post offices and law offices. He writes a note explaining that he is making a YouTube video, and the person at the entrance reads it and lets him in. Inside he finds a mail room, fake books, 34 floors, a marble elevator and hallways that feel like a hotel. On the top floor he talks about the building's fire code scrutiny after a fire years ago. Business corridors feel empty and ornate, then he finds storefronts, restaurants, a liquor store and a grocery store. He eats a bucket of fried chicken, sees a doctor's office, wellness and rehab clinics and a weight-loss clinic, and drinks a latte in a nearly empty cafe. He asks a resident to show him inside, learns that at least 30% of residents are live streamers, and visits a four-person apartment of a piano teacher who says the building held about 30,000 people at its peak. They exchange payment by Alipay with a foreign card and say goodbye.
The creator takes a train from Shanghai to Hangzhou to see the Regent International Center, a huge residential building where he says 20,000 to 30,000 people live. After checking in to a $60-a-night hotel, he talks his way into the building with a note, then explores marble hallways, an almost empty business floor, storefronts, a fried chicken stall, clinics and a quiet cafe. He meets residents, including a piano teacher whose apartment he visits.
A visit to the Regent International Center in Hangzhou, a giant apartment building with shops, clinics, a cafe and residents the creator meets.
Inside Hangzhou's Regent International Center: A City in One Building
0:41 The train ticket was printed in Chinese, so the creator could not tell where his seat was. He was told he could take any seat, and he found his ticket was possibly a standing room ticket, so he sat in a random one.
3:34 Payment with WeChat using a foreign card may fail. The creator's first card was rejected by his bank and the green payment bar failed, but a different card worked on the second try.
4:06 The creator's Hangzhou hotel cost $60 a night, was very nice and had robots, but it smelled of cigarettes even though it was a no-smoking room. He calls that part of the China experience.
5:52 To get into a residential building, the creator typed a short note saying he was making a YouTube video about it and asked to look around. The person at the entrance read it and let him in.
7:14 The creator says the building has come under scrutiny for fire codes, since a fire broke out years ago and evacuating people was hard. On the top floor he notes that a fire door is kept open.
9:14 Lower floors have storefronts, restaurants, a liquor store and a grocery store. The business area feels like civilization compared with the quiet upper hallways and ornate corridors.
9:58 Asking politely worked. The creator asked a resident if he was busy and whether he could see inside his apartment, and the resident said he had some time, which led to a visit to an apartment.
10:14 The creator ate a bucket of fried chicken and a Coke inside the building and found the chicken freshly fried and perfectly cooked, even though he had been a little afraid and worried about sanitation.
10:45 The building has a doctor's office, wellness clinics offering pilates, yoga and rehab, a weight-loss clinic, restaurants and a cafe. The creator says you would not have to leave if you lived here.
11:56 The cafe inside was nearly empty and felt like a resort. The creator found the latte not cheap for China, closer to US prices, but one of the best he had ever had, with rich, creamy milk.
13:02 A resident tells the creator that at least 30% of the people in the building work as live streamers selling online, most of them girls. He lives in a small apartment shared with four people.
14:32 The creator tried paying with Alipay, whose screen says cards issued outside the Chinese mainland are supported. He was unsure it would work, and the payment went through on the second try.
0:41 The train ticket was printed in Chinese, so the creator could not tell where his seat was. He was told he could take any seat, and he found his ticket was possibly a standing room ticket, so he sat in a random one.
3:34 Payment with WeChat using a foreign card may fail. The creator's first card was rejected by his bank and the green payment bar failed, but a different card worked on the second try.
4:06 The creator's Hangzhou hotel cost $60 a night, was very nice and had robots, but it smelled of cigarettes even though it was a no-smoking room. He calls that part of the China experience.
5:52 To get into a residential building, the creator typed a short note saying he was making a YouTube video about it and asked to look around. The person at the entrance read it and let him in.
7:14 The creator says the building has come under scrutiny for fire codes, since a fire broke out years ago and evacuating people was hard. On the top floor he notes that a fire door is kept open.
9:14 Lower floors have storefronts, restaurants, a liquor store and a grocery store. The business area feels like civilization compared with the quiet upper hallways and ornate corridors.
9:58 Asking politely worked. The creator asked a resident if he was busy and whether he could see inside his apartment, and the resident said he had some time, which led to a visit to an apartment.
10:14 The creator ate a bucket of fried chicken and a Coke inside the building and found the chicken freshly fried and perfectly cooked, even though he had been a little afraid and worried about sanitation.
10:45 The building has a doctor's office, wellness clinics offering pilates, yoga and rehab, a weight-loss clinic, restaurants and a cafe. The creator says you would not have to leave if you lived here.
11:56 The cafe inside was nearly empty and felt like a resort. The creator found the latte not cheap for China, closer to US prices, but one of the best he had ever had, with rich, creamy milk.
13:02 A resident tells the creator that at least 30% of the people in the building work as live streamers selling online, most of them girls. He lives in a small apartment shared with four people.
14:32 The creator tried paying with Alipay, whose screen says cards issued outside the Chinese mainland are supported. He was unsure it would work, and the payment went through on the second try.
0:00 Heading to the world's biggest apartment building
0:39 Train ticket and seat confusion
3:33 Paying with a foreign card
3:51 Checking in to a cheap hotel
5:10 Outside the Regent International Center
5:52 Talking his way inside
6:36 Marble hallways and the top floor
7:44 An ornate but empty business floor
8:53 Storefronts and restaurants
9:38 Chatting with a resident
10:36 Clinics and a quiet cafe
12:49 Inside a resident's apartment
14:32 Paying by Alipay
15:05 Wrapping up the visit
0:00 Heading to the world's biggest apartment building
0:39 Train ticket and seat confusion
3:33 Paying with a foreign card
3:51 Checking in to a cheap hotel
5:10 Outside the Regent International Center
5:52 Talking his way inside
6:36 Marble hallways and the top floor
7:44 An ornate but empty business floor
8:53 Storefronts and restaurants
9:38 Chatting with a resident
10:36 Clinics and a quiet cafe
12:49 Inside a resident's apartment
14:32 Paying by Alipay
15:05 Wrapping up the visit
How many people live in the Regent International Center?
The creator says 20,000 to 30,000 people live in the building, and a resident says the building held about 30,000 people at its peak.
How did the creator get into the residential building?
He typed a short note saying he was making a YouTube video about the building, and the person at the entrance read it and let him in.
How many floors does the building have?
The creator reads that the building has 34 floors.
What is inside the building?
The creator sees a mail room, storefronts, restaurants, a liquor store, a grocery store, a fried chicken stall, a doctor's office, wellness and weight-loss clinics and a cafe.
How much was the hotel in Hangzhou?
The creator says the hotel cost only $60 a night. It was nice and had robots, but it smelled like cigarettes.
Does payment with a foreign card work?
The creator's first card was rejected by his bank when paying with WeChat, and a second card worked. Alipay's screen says cards issued outside the Chinese mainland are supported.
Who lives in the building?
A resident says at least 30% of people there work as live streamers selling online, most of them girls.
