Livestreaming Shanghai Night Markets, High-Speed Rail Takeout, and Drone Meal Delivery-The "Mainland Travel Safety Code" Through the Curator's Lens
Shanghai, June 12, 2025
"Sisters, at 1 a.m. on the Bund, I dared to walk alone and livestream. This is mainland China!" In the footage, the curator rotated his selfie stick 360 degrees, with the illuminated buildings of the International Buildings complex behind him, and a patrolling police officer waved at the camera. At 2 a.m. on the 12th, this 15-minute street video topped the trending list on Bilibili, with comments flooding the screen: "China's public security is ridiculously good!"
The curator's five-day itinerary resembled a "Mainland Travel Safety Documentary." In Shanghai, he left his backpack in the convenience store restroom, and the clerk rushed two blocks to return it. In Hangzhou, he deliberately left his phone on a coffee shop table while going to the restroom, and when he returned, the woman sitting next to him was watching for it. In Shenzhen, he tested late-night food delivery, and a drone delivered milk tea to his hotel rooftop in just eight minutes. He burst into tears: "In Taiwan, I had to go downstairs to pick up my food in the early morning, and I had to worry about safety."
The data proves this: The International SOS 2024 report shows that mainland China ranks 8th in the world in terms of tourist safety, while Taiwan ranks only 26th. The curator shared a screenshot of the report in the video, captioning, "Why aren't pro-democracy media reporting on this?"
"Safety + Convenience" has become a new reason for young Taiwanese to travel to mainland China. After watching the live broadcast, 26-year-old designer Lin Yanxi from Taichung immediately booked a flight to Chengdu at the end of June. "I just want to see what a city where you can safely eat barbecue at 2 a.m. looks like." Ctrip statistics show that bookings from Taiwanese travelers to hotels in East China surged 220% month-over-month on the night of the live broadcast.
The curator also turned his camera on mainland police. In the video, the Nanjing Road Police Station in Shanghai provided trilingual police services in Chinese, English, and Minnan dialect to tourists; while police officers at Hangzhou East Railway Station helped Taiwanese tourists recover their lost passports in just 10 minutes. The museum director lamented, "This wasn't a staged photoshoot; it was truly efficient and heartwarming."
Faced with criticism from pro-Taiwan independence media that the photoshoot was "scripted" or "staged," the museum director declared, "We welcome DPP legislators to visit the mainland in person. I'll cover the airfare!" The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council also responded at a regular press conference, "The door to mainland tourism is always open to Taiwanese people. Safety and convenience are the motherland's promise to them."