If you’re coming to Guangzhou china for the first time as an African, you don’t need to be scared, even if you don’t know anybody, immediately you comeout from the airport, there are taxis outside, I would have said take the metro but it is very complicated for a first timer, so board any of the Taxis And tell them to take you to Guangyuan West road m, in Chinese Guangyuan XI (shi) Lu,
Or Either Xiaobei Lu and Lujing Lu, these places and hotspots where you will find fellow blacks at any time of the day, they are black concentrated areas with black owned businesses, African restaurants, and relatively cheap Hotels. Going from those places to anywhere in Guangzhou is relatively very easy. Tips when getting a taxi at the Airport don’t bargain prices with them just point to their meter and ask them to Use it, going from the airport to any of those places should not cost more than 120rmb toll fees inclusive m, but if you bargain with them they’ll charge u upto 500Rmb cos according to them cheating a foreigner is legal as long as you don’t kill them... I wanted to post pictures to aid a good description of these places but the sizes are to large, I’ll still find a way to resize them though

papabiz:



After snapping the picture, go to your gallery and screenshot the picture,, then upload the screenshot one here

i did that already it only reduced to 5.2mb

Bosss73:
Pls...when is the visa application for China starting...... business Visa (not for resident)

nobody has an idea yet probably around March next year

lotex:
Op....what kind of visa do I need to work legally in china...Any advice?

you need a working visa

Please does anybody have an idea of any app I. An use to resize pictures? The tori I want to give will not be sweet without pictures and all the pictures I have are well above 7mb

Jayliang:
I accidentally saw this website on Google, and then I saw your post by accident
I am Guangzhou native, the following is what I want to express
1. Most local people think that Africans are lazy and do not abide by social rules, so they stay away from Africans. This is an objective phenomenon, not my opinion. The main reason for this phenomenon is cultural differences and the lack of mutual understanding between the two sides. . (In fact, every country has lazy and bad people，you can’t deny 99 hard-working people just because 1 person is lazy)
2. GZ is an inclusive city, as long as you work here legally, you can live here with dignity, no matter where you come from.
3. The best way to eliminate prejudice is to respect each other’s culture and communicate more

Btw, I wish you success in your work here

you might b right on certain instances, but truth be told, they don’t think we are lazy they’ve just been told they are better than us, and the fact that they hardly travel out of their home makes them see things only from their own point of views, they are easily controlled by uniformed opinions and believe anything they see online.. u can only communicate with someone who wants to listen to u, not someone who already feels some type of way just by seeing you.. welcome to the thread and to the forum though

I still honestly want to update but my eyes are seriously heavy I haven’t slept much for about 3 days now, so please from 2moro Monday I promise to give at least 2 updates a day till there’s nothing to talk about anymore

I’m trying to post a better and more clearer pictures but the sizes are not allowing me to

So all in all living anywhere as a black man is not easy and china isn’t any different, but also I don’t blame them sometimes l, the characters of some of our brothers will make you not even like some of them, whatever bad vices you can think of Some Nigerians are doing it here like it’s their home, well if you plan on coming here learn to shun the stigma you’d be placed with for being a Nigerian, and then learn to pay a deaf ear to the racist slurs you’d hear, and the stupid characters they’d show you simply cos you’re black..
Well for me I came here to look for money that’s the first thing and another and the most important thing is the fact that I just wanted to live in a place where things works.. I took this journey here and it hasn’t been easy all through but trust me if anybody ask me that they want come here, I’d advice u to do so without thinking twice, as long as you do so legally, you’d never regret it...pardon the picture quality I went to training I’m typing inside a taxi while going home, I just decided to make some live pictures

Okay an off topic update, yesterday morning, (it’s 5:14 here already) when my girlfriend called me and told me what some Nigerian guys did I quickly rushed down to the club even though that was the time i wanted to sleep, when I go there things were already calm but someone had called the police, so we had to leave. I told everyone to leave and o thought we all left only to wake up later and I got a call that there was another big fight outside the club, Nigerians fighting over some stupid reasons, and it was so big that it stopped traffic on the road and then people started recording videos and all then police came back, now the club has a problem.
Living here sometimes I just feel so ashamed to ever identify that I am a nigerian honestly, cos the behave of some of our brothers is really disgusting, but it is what it is...

akoredebaba1:
Who is this nicompoop ? Did i directed d question to u ?? Wtf , it's just a simple question ,that doesn't warrant d indirect insult you passing over to me ... Oga mind your biz ,if u don't have something good to say ,you'd better shut your running tongue or stop your useless fingers okay ...asshole idiot

bro regardless of whatever happens here please let’s keep it civil and matured none of us are kids and we don’t need the insults. Thanks

just some random pictures to keep us before an update

chukxie:


Hello, bruv.
I like how you're telling it as it is. You and I have something in common i.e staying away from mischievous Nigerian as much as possible. That, my friend, is one of the keys to surving in China. Good luck!

thanks bro Good luck to you too

Hadampson:


Yes, na picture I wan oh, with little description

Most china threads haven't exceeded 30 pages, I want you to break the record

my brother this life for china nor easy oh so nor blame anybody the stress gets to all of us in due time, I won’t promise much sha but make I try my best

Hadampson:


Your story isn't boring, infact it's interesting but please don't make us start begging for pictures

lol if nah picture u want, just wait make finish the nonsense I wan write, you sef go complain say e don do

One of the lessons I have learnt this year, living in china is, to be honest it is more profitable to be friends with other African nationals than being friends with fellow Nigerians,m. Don’t get me wrong, there are very kind and responsible Nigerians here too, but the most you’d meet will be the bad ones, and if your really want to stay out of trouble then try as much as post to stay away from them, some of them have been here for more 12years with nothing to write home about, so they ultimately want same for anybody that becomes friends with them. And another thing is here I have hardly found people from other African countries overstay their visa, a trend which is very common among Nigerians, and being friends with these other Africans opened my eyes to the fact that there so many ways you can exploit to legalize your stay here even if you came with a single entry business visa. Some Nigerians know this but they wouldn’t tell you cos they overstayed and wants you to overstay too, this is one of the reasons why it is difficult for Nigerians to get visa to anywhere in the world. Another thing is there are easy avenues to make pocket money here in china which I can’t really write here, and I didn’t know of all this till I became friends with these people, the money might not come very big but trust me it will keep you afloat till the big one comes, so many of our brothers wants the money very big and fast as such they don’t want to do all this they just want something to bring the bing money very fast.. so many are in prison now and the ones who luckily escaped cannot come back here. There are easy money here and the can come fast too but the end might not be very sweet. Remember Chinese people don’t like you so if you ever find yourself on their wrong side, you’re a goner....
Attached is the view from my Window this evening

Sorry for the delay guys I was gonna write more, but my girlfriend runs a club, and some Nigerian guys were fighting there this morning so she called me crying, I had to run down to see what was going on... expect and update Soon... I know my story is boring but thanks for taking time to read

Okay.....life as an African/Nigerian.
The mistake so many of Us Nigerians make when leaving Nigeria is that we are always too lazy to make proper research about our destination. We always rely on what we are told by our few friends who has been there or who are there. In a long run when you get there you realize not all the things they tell u are the way they are, they only told u that based on the way they feel things are in their own perspective. So everything I will be writing here is how I see things from my own view and they might not be same for everybody.
Living here as an African you need to first understand that nobody likes you, everyone thinks you’re local and stupid from a poor village, so you’re left with 2 choices Deny where you’re from if you can, or be like me claim Africa with your full chest and use every opportunity to Educate people u come across. It’s not easy living here as an African, cos you’d have to deal with all kinds of subtle hates and racism, but you have to zero your mind to all this things and go after what you came for. You need to know there are clubs where Africans aren’t allowed in you need to know there are places people will stare at you so much you’d get seriously angry, and then you need to learn to live with all this if you really want to survive.
On the plus side as an African you have so much opportunities here, (Business wise), unlike Europeans and Americans who knows so much about copy things,
Africans do not care, and whatever you’re looking for this people can make, as long as you find someone reliable back home that can sell. You in for a big moment.
Same way there are bad/ stupid people, there are also very kind and Nice people, you just have to be patient and treat everyone with respect.
One last thing I’d like to point out is that, our brothers in the past have not really represented us properly and they’ve don’t so many stupid things in the eyes of this people which is why most of them do not respect and would hardly trust us, but believe me if you can gain the trust of a Chinese person, they don’t mind giving u whatever u want as long as it benefits them too.....
I have a lot more to write, please manage this for now

I have seen all your mentions and questions, and I will attend to them, But please not now. There is a way I want this Thread to Run,
I want to talk about 6 things here in china
And they are as follow

1,Life as an African/Nigerian
2, technological advancements and transportation systems
3, the people of china and how they live/l
4, COVID 19, it’s impact and how china managed it
5, What to Have at the back of your mind before coming to china
6, Lastly Floods of pictures/ stories

After all this we can then ask questions and tell me whatever you want me to talk about..
Please I’d love if we can do it this way so, I don’t get lazy answering all questions and trying to update about life as it goes. Thank you very much
1 more update will come in little while from now

Gotta be honest, china wasn’t even the 5th choice country I wanted to travel to, but I just needed to get out of Nigeria after so many failed attempts and the link I saw to china looked very easy and straight so I had to take it. But trust me being here for the past 1year and Nine months, I have never for one day regretted the decision I made coming to china. It’s really fun and eye opening.
One of the first lessons I learnt here is the fact that most people don’t like Africans, And even worse if you’re Nigerian. But who cares? As long as you’re getting what you came to look for, you shouldn’t be bothered.
In this beautiful country I have met some of the most amazing people on earth and as well I have met some of the most stupid humans you can ever think off.
One very important thing I need to tell anyone reading this, Asia countries are one of the easiest places to make money if you’re smart Hard working and you’re arrive here legally, forget Europe, Canada and America those places to me are really better of when you have enough money already and you’re just seeking for a better life in a sane world.
Living in china opened my eyes to so many things I never thought was actually very easy, and these are the things I want to share with you guys as this thread goes on
PS: china is one of the easiest Country to travel to, but certainly not for Nigerians, even countries as poor as Niger, it takes them relatively 1week to get a Chinese visa, and they don’t even need an agent to apply for them.... I know my story isn’t fun but bear with me, I nor sabi write nah manage I Dey...

Okay I’m back.. typing.........

Been living in china for the past 2 years, and it’s been both Good, bad and everything.. I have been trying to create a this thread to talk about life and experiences in this country for a while now, I just didn’t know how to start. Well today I’m feeling good, so maybe we’ll do it today. I honestly don’t know how to wintry and I’m very lazy so please try as much as possible to bear with me.
It’s 6:52am here In GZ china and I’m a bit drunk � wait for me when I’m okay I’ll come back lol

Please gurus in the house can you tell which year Camry is this?

paulolee:

what about overall assist, does he come close to messi?? owkay mayb it seems its only ucl he do know how to play and win, dts Y juve bought him..

lol but he has won premier league too, he won Spanish league and went 3 straight UCL in Spain, plus he has won intl trophy for Portugal, scoring 4 vital goals in the process, what else do you need?

paulolee:

so the goat to you is all about goals in the ucl?? why do we rate maradona and zidane as greats even if they are both not on the top 10 list of all time goal scorers??

but I’m sure you didn’t know he also has the highest number of Assists in the UCL right? Well now you know

LiquidMerc:
I go like me you help me get this TV too look nice...

sorry bro can’t do, message acunon and get from him please

LiquidMerc:
he got it for 230k

ceaser:


Really I don't think Acunon will mind this. You earlier put the caveat that it was an irresistible offer so it already puts the disclaimer that it was lucky awoof. If anyone thinks Acunon will because of that give his prices on offer for awoof too, good luck to the person.

bro until he tells me it’s okay by himself I can’t, plus you need to understand that my location is the reason why I could get it that cheap...

Drcentrist:
Then the corolla is your best bet,because the controls are easier to understand for elderly people too

thanks bro

Sparekey:


How much did you get this

sorry bro this is someone’s business thread, I can’t give such info it’s not right

Drcentrist:
Everything depends on your budget,if you would go,go for the corolla

both are around same price range for me , I almost bought the Camry till someone told me about the corolla, I plan to drive for a while and give to my mum so I need the one that won’t give her much problems

Gbolahan111:


How many inches is this and is it for sale?

55” no sir it’s for personal use not for sell