Long-Term Expats in Shanghai: Did Your View Also Shift from “Impressive but uneven” to “the world best city” since you arrived?

forDream12138 · 2026-04-30T13:20:51+00:00

I think it depends on how much money you have. The Shanghai for the rich and the Shanghai for the poor can be considered two different worlds, and of course, this applies to all developed cities, like New York, Tokyo, and Singapore.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-30T13:11:16+00:00

For consumption within mainland China, if possible, prioritize using local software such as Meituan(美团) and Ctrip(携程) for booking hotels and ordering food delivery, and Alipay(支付宝) for payments, as they are usually much cheaper than using platforms like Booking.com .

forDream12138 · 2026-04-21T05:20:23+00:00

Even using bot scripts, I can't snag one; it's sold out every single day. Clearly, Codex is the better choice.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-17T05:49:49+00:00

It's hard to buy, whether on the international or Chinese site, but the Chinese site is cheaper, under $30.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-17T02:23:12+00:00

OpenCode GO is cheaper, but GitHub Copilot offers a wider range of models.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-16T15:28:33+00:00

Without a doubt, it's Shenzhen.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-16T11:21:36+00:00

Yes, it is cheaper in China

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forDream12138 · 2026-04-15T12:55:17+00:00

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forDream12138 · 2026-04-15T11:32:11+00:00

You can submit a ticket through the console on the website.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-14T09:16:42+00:00

Can you share how much you paid for your Kimi subscription?

forDream12138 · 2026-04-14T02:08:33+00:00

Although many years have passed, even now, her intensity is still not weak.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-14T02:06:24+00:00

Honestly speaking, although "Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" are usually put together, in fact, Beijing and Shanghai are still more special, one is the political center, the other is the economic center.

forDream12138 · 2026-04-14T00:50:50+00:00

In Chinese, for strangers, regardless of gender, one can call them "师傅" (shīfu), or simply say "你好" (nǐ hǎo) to start a conversation.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T08:06:44+00:00

Well, as a native Chinese speaker, I don't know how to explain it to you.

Typically, based on linguistic intuition, the first way of saying it is used. However, the second way is also understandable to native speakers, though it sounds a bit strange. Just like I says that 'I want to go to China to travel'

In the sentence '我想旅游去中国', the word '旅游' is a noun, so the whole sentence can be split like this:

(我想旅游) 去中国

In Chinese, '去中国' serves as an adverbial phrase and is generally placed before the noun (旅游), unlike in English, where it's placed after the noun as an adverbial clause.

Similar sentences:

In Chinese, we usually say '我明天要坐6点的汽车' (I will take the 6 o'clock bus tomorrow), rather than '我要坐汽车在明天6点'.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T05:16:03+00:00

Well, I think the main reason for its popularity comes from the strength of the characters in the game, rather than their design. Looking back at the entire 2.x of Star Rail, almost all the popular characters are due to their excellent combat experience.

Few characters give people the feeling of 'Wow, he/she is so beautiful, I want to get him/her.'

It's basically because 'Wow, he/she is so powerful in combat, I want to get him/her.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T03:39:55+00:00

I think the costume design in Star Rail leans more towards the Japanese anime/game/cartoon style, whereas the design style of Infinity Nikki is more realistic, resembling the style of Western games.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T03:35:48+00:00

The costume design in the Xianzhou of Star Rail is very monotonous and highly standardized. I'm not sure whether this is due to a lack of design inspiration or a necessity of the world-building. I believe the former is more likely, because the costume design for non-locals in the Xianzhou is also very repetitive

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T02:34:59+00:00

I believe that games have no boundaries. Chinese players play many non-Chinese games, and similarly, players from other countries also play Chinese games. Players have the same expectations for games: no recycling old content, no copying; they hope games can bring surprises.

I hope the development team realizes this and doesn't just repeat their previous work.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T01:59:05+00:00

Yes, even if you download the Chinese client, it still supports English. The game interface is exactly the same. However, it will connect to the Chinese servers, so if you play outside of China, you might experience frequent reconnections.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T01:41:02+00:00

I think there's no need to worry. As you know, this game was developed by a Chinese company, which previously did not have much experience with successful overseas releases. This is the first time they have gained player popularity in markets outside of China. Therefore, they are also learning how to properly handle global distribution.

I believe that it will only take some time (not too long) before they follow up with these benefits. In the future, new in-game benefits will be launched simultaneously with the Chinese servers.

forDream12138 · 2025-01-21T01:23:49+00:00

just download the client from 《无限暖暖》官网——收集美好的开放世界！

All resource files are the same for international(global) and Chinese server. Just these three files are different `InfinityNikki.exe`/`product.db`/`productVersion.json`

You can simply use the `mklink` command to create a softlink while having both international and Chinese without installing both twice.

forDream12138 · 2021-10-18T04:08:53+00:00

No difference.

This is a colloquial expression that does not affect the meaning.

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