为什么一些同时访问过美国和中国的游客认为后者更安全？

Jeff Buschow
I’ve lived in the USA all my life and I can honestly say i feel safer in China and more welcome in lots of area’s

我一生都生活在美国，但可以诚实地说，在中国我感到更安全，并且在许多地方更受欢迎。

My reason’s are the following

我的理由如下

The public transportation system they have in the big cities makes what we have in Chicago and New York look like we don’t care about moving people around safely. Here is a picture from the Shenzhen Metro system. If you look you can’t fall on the tracks because of the glass wall with doors that will only open when there is a train in the station.

中国大城市的公共交通系统让芝加哥和纽约的系统相形见绌——仿佛我们根本不关心民众的出行安全。这是深圳地铁的照片：您可以看到月台设有玻璃屏蔽门，只有当列车进站时才会开启，根本不可能失足跌落轨道。


The high speed rail system is a must in China. I wish the USA would start in invest in a rail system to replace the aging system we have in place today. I will grant that China has to have the rail system because how else would you move 400M people around in 30 days for a holiday. The high speed rail system is great with the exception that you can lose phone and internet services at times but when you are going 200+ miles an hour and have tunnels cell services is a something you can get deal with for the short time.

高铁系统在中国是必需品。真希望美国也能投资建设铁路系统来替代现有的老化设施。必须承认中国需要这种系统——否则如何在30天假期内运送4亿人次？高铁非常出色，虽然偶尔会出现手机信号中断（毕竟时速超过200英里还要穿越隧道），但这种短暂困扰完全可以接受。


I’ve taken the bus in China many times and they can be a little scary but no more scary than some of the drivers in the USA.

我在中国多次乘坐公交车，虽然有些车况令人紧张，但远不及美国某些疯狂司机带来的恐惧。

The people in the countryside have always been friendly and even if they don’t speak English they are willing to try to help out or at least try to help.

乡村地区的居民始终很友善，即使不会说英语，他们也愿意尽力提供帮助。

The food we think of as Chinese isn’t even close.

我们在美国认知的"中餐"与中国本地菜肴截然不同。

Here is a dish from Chengdu China and it’s a little spicy but it was worth it if you can handle the heat.

这道成都菜肴虽然有些辛辣，但如果您能吃辣，绝对值得一试。


Ray Comeau
I have been to the US innumerable times from east to west. I have also been to large parts of China in the many years I have been in China.

我从东到西无数次造访美国，也在中国生活多年期间游历了大部分地区。

Why do some tourists who have visited both the USA and China think the latter is safer? …… because China is much safer then the USA.

为什么有些游客认为中国比美国安全？因为中国确实安全得多。

I meet regularly with a group of retired expats in China. They are Americans, Australians, Brits, Canadians, Dutch and Swedes. All agree China is much safer then the US, Canada & UK.

我定期与旅居中国的退休外籍人士聚会，他们来自美澳英加荷瑞等国，所有人都认同中国比美加英安全得多。

First of all, most people have a stereotypical false impression about China before they come. Most foreign media has painted China in a negative light for decades, so tourist expectations lean certain ways before they arrive. Once they arrive in China ….. surprise,……. it is not like they imagined.

首先，多数人在来华前存有刻板错误印象。数十年来外媒长期负面报道中国，使游客来华前产生偏见。而真正抵达后会发现——惊喜的是——这里与想象完全不同。

China is a non-violent society where social stability and order is very important. Asian societies generally function as shame cultures while western societies function as guilt societies.

中国是非暴力社会，社会稳定与秩序至关重要。亚洲社会属于"耻感文化"，而西方社会属于"罪感文化"。

Violence is not an acceptable social behaviour in China. Not acceptable by the government nor by Chinese society. Peer pressure is effective in shame cultures. This combined with China having a reputation that once you go to prison in China, you don’t want to go a 2nd time. It’s recidivism rate (% of prisoners who re-offend) is extremely low.

暴力在中国不被政府和社会接受。耻感文化中的同伴压力效果显著，加之中国司法体系以严苛著称——入狱一次便终身难忘，因此再犯罪率极低。

In my many years in China, I have only ever once seen one fight (men drinking too much) and they were westerners.

在华多年间，我只见过一次斗殴（西方人饮酒过量），从未目睹中国人打架。

William Gary
I’m a US citizen who has traveled to China a month at a time for over 10 years.

作为美国公民，我十多年来每月都会赴华旅行。

It is my impression that China is much more safe than the United States when it comes to violent crime. The city that I spend most of my time is xiangtan, CN. It is a city of over 750,000 (larger than all the cities over 100,000 population in Connecticut where I live). I have spent quite a bit of time in Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Kunming, Changsa, etc., all of these cities having populations in the millions. During my visits to these cities I only experienced a safety concern once. That was a group of young teenagers that followed me for awhile but showed no aggression but left me with an uneasy feeling.

就暴力犯罪而言，中国比美国安全得多。我常居中国湘潭（75万人口，比我居住的康州所有10万人口城市都大），也频繁往来北京、南京、上海、昆明、长沙等数百万人口大城市。在这些城市中仅有一次感到不安：被一群青少年尾随，虽未展示攻击性但仍令人不适。

First, visitors as well as Chinese citizens have to be vigilant when they go out as theft is endemic in China. Crimes of violence such as Murder, Rape, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault appear to be non-existent although I know it is not. Chinese television reveal there are plenty of domestic assaults although rarely on fellow citizens and even less on foreigners.

首先，盗窃行为在中国较普遍，游客和市民都需保持警惕。虽然谋杀、强奸、抢劫等暴力犯罪看似不存在（实则存在），中国电视报道显示家庭暴力较多，但针对市民的暴力罕见，针对外国人的更少。

I can go to parks in the middle of the night in major cities in China to use the exercise equipment without reservation. Again, keeping vigilant about what is going on around me. People have tried to steal money from me, steal train tickets, scam me, etc. When it comes to personal safety I feel very safe.

我敢在中国大城市的深夜去公园锻炼器材（当然保持警惕），虽然遭遇过偷窃、骗票等行为，但人身安全始终感觉非常安心。

I won’t even go to Hartford, CT at night, and I don’t even like to go during the day. Same in New Haven and Bridgeport. These cities as well as their neighbors such as East Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, etc. all have issues with violence, many of which is driven by drugs. So when you can walk downtown in a city with millions of people in China and feel safe, rather than a city of 50,000–100,000 in the US because of random gunfire that is why tourists consider that China is safer.

我夜间根本不敢去康州哈特福德（白天也不愿去），纽黑文与布里奇波特亦然。这些城市及周边地区暴力问题严重（多与毒品相关）。当您能在中国百万人口城市安心逛街，而在美国5-10万人口城市却要担心流弹时，自然明白游客为何认为中国更安全。

It should be noted that Connecticut is considered pretty safe compared to other states in the US.

需说明：康州在美国已属相对安全的州。

Paul Denlinger
In China, the violent crazy people don’t have guns, and women mostly don’t have to live in fear of assault.

在中国，暴力狂徒没有枪支，女性大多无需担心遭受袭击。

China - World Leader.
Simply, because it is, much MUCH safer, you don’t have to worry about getting mugged or accosted, I once staggered down a dark street two in the morning drunk as can be, my wallet still full of money, and was perfectly safe, that’s just the way it is.

非常简单：中国确实安全得多！完全不必担心抢劫或骚扰。我曾凌晨两点醉醺醺地晃荡在暗巷，钱包鼓胀却毫发无损——这就是常态。

Dewitt Cordino
Live in China and been to US for many times

常住中国，多次赴美

China attitude to crime is serious, DEATH is legal. people around will away from you if they know you have crime record, and most of company would not employee a people with crime record.and you might not be able to get any loan from the bank. so people will consider very seriously before crime while crime cost is too high living in China.

中国对犯罪态度严厉，死刑合法。有犯罪记录者会遭社会疏离，多数企业拒招前科人员，银行拒绝贷款。因此犯罪成本极高，民众犯罪前会慎重考虑。

No guns, many assault knife is not allowed to carry either

禁枪支，多数刀具也禁止携带

Culture to be kind, no violence gene

文化崇尚善良，无暴力基因

Fight will be caught by police and sent to a house of detention for 2–15 days

斗殴会被拘留2-15天

Rob is much serious crime than stolen, start from 3 years prison life, up to death

抢劫比盗窃严重得多，刑期从3年起直至死刑

Many opportunity to make a living, easy to be postive for life

谋生机会多，容易积极生活

No drugs dealer, no prosititute, no refugees in the street, those people(no begger) with no job and stay in street will be highly concern by the police

无毒品贩子、无妓女、无街头难民，无业游民（非乞丐）会受警方高度关注

Camera everywhere in public and all public transport and hotel need ID, daily security level is pretty high in China

公共场所监控全覆盖，公共交通和酒店需实名登记，日常安全水平极高

Stephen Whitehead
I’ve visited both and I live in Thailand and visit China regularly. No question, China is safer. The people are less aggressive and more polite. They do not carry weapons. They police force is ubiquitous but not intrusive.

我旅居泰国且常访中美两国。毫无疑问中国更安全：民众更温和礼貌，不携带武器，警察无处不在却不会侵扰生活。

Yifei Yao
Never been to US.

虽未去过美国

Anyway, we banned guns in 1949 so it’s almost impossible to take bullets on China’s streets or in schools.

但中国自1949年禁枪，街头或学校几乎不可能中弹

The government uses extreme methods to against drug traffickers, authority can just easily kill them with this one claim, no matter where they come from like Europe or US. So there will not be well organized and armed gangsters like South America and South East Asia, which means the bad guys cannot control an area to make a “no-go-zone” in some countries.

政府用极端手段打击毒贩（无论来自欧美），可直接处决。因此不会出现南美东南亚式的武装黑帮，恶势力无法形成"禁区"。

Han people is absolutely majority in China, most people feel free at their places. People will not form up like black community, white community, China town, little india etc, so that the conflicts between groups or races rarely happen.

汉族占绝对主体，民众在各自区域自在生活。不会形成黑人区、白人区、唐人街等族裔飞地，群体冲突罕见。

Confuciusm, Taoism and Buddism do not encourage people to use violence, many people believe they will pay back if they do bad things (善有善报恶有恶报).

儒释道思想不鼓励暴力，多人相信"善恶有报"。

The Chinese government really treats foreigners well, and local authorities are scared to cause any “diplomatic problems” so that they take extra cares of foreigners.

中国政府优待外国人，地方政府生怕引发"外交问题"而特别关照外籍人士。

That’s all I think about.

此为我个人见解

China is not very very safe, but in most cities young girls can walks alone at anyplace at midnight.

中国并非绝对安全，但多数城市少女可深夜独行任何地方。

Mervyn Locke
Why? Because it is. Ok maybe not in terms of traffic safety or long-term effects from air pollution, but in every other respect. Can barely understand that this question is asked in the first place.

为什么？因为事实如此！或许交通安全性或空气污染长期影响除外，但其他所有方面都更安全。甚至难以理解为何会提出这种问题。

Alfredo Cofré
I have visited both. In China, I felt VERY anxious because of the ammount of people and the disregard for every kind of traffic law (I was almost run over by a motorcycle going against traffic, in the pedestrian zone, by night without lights). Other than that, no problem. I got annoyed with rickshaw people following you to make you use their service and their general lack of interest in other people’s wellfare. Key word: ANNOYED.

两国我都造访过。在中国曾因人流庞大和交通规则漠视（夜间在人行道被逆行的无灯摩托车险些撞倒）感到极度焦虑。此外无其他问题。人力车夫纠缠拉客及普遍缺乏同理心的行为令人烦恼。关键词：烦恼。

On the other hand, in USA, every fraggin’ night a police car followed us. Maybe because we were the only human beings walking instead of using a car (or worst, jaywalking). Or maybe we looked like latinos doing latine things. Who knows. I really felt we could have got been shot. My coworkers were aim in the highway once, when they were pulled over and they, like every chilean does when pulled over a few meters from the police car, walked from their car to the police. Oh man… Keyword: AIMED WITH A GUN.

而在美国，每晚都有警车尾随我们——或许因为我们是唯一步行而非驾车（或乱穿马路）的人，又或因我们像拉美裔。真感觉可能被枪击。我同事曾在高速路被用枪瞄准：当他们按智利习惯（距警车数米处下车走向警察）时……天啊！关键词：被枪瞄准。

PS: I know, it was our fault for not knowing how to properly deal with US police. Do you think the last week australian lady mistake deserved to be punished with a bullet?

附言：我知道是我们不懂如何应对美国警察的错。但您认为上周那位澳大利亚女士的错误值得被子弹惩罚吗？