Ok I have been in this Starbucks in Beiing for well over an hour and this laptop and bag have been the entire time & nobody has touched it.

Chinese ppl have taken public trust & safety to an absurd & likely unhealthy level.

No wonder they find everywhere else to be unsafe. They are not used to even watching their own stuff except staring at their phones non stop.

我在北京星巴克坐了一个多小时，笔记本电脑和包就一直放在那里，自始至终没人拿走。

中国公共场所太安全了，中国人对他人的信任达到了一种离谱、甚至不太正常的程度。

难怪他们会觉得其他地方都不安全。中国人只顾不停地刷手机，连自己随身物品都不在意。

以下是各国网友的评论：

Supertechman
I go to China often and can confirm this is super‑common at least in the place I go to. I can't do it myself though: I take everything with me when I go pee. Truly appreciate how safe it is even though my mind will not let me relax.

我经常去中国，这种现象十分常见，至少我常去的地方是这样。不过我自己不敢这样随便放东西，上厕所时所有随身物品都会带走。不得不承认中国治安很好，只是我心里始终放不下，没法安心。

tphuang
Your loss. I just leave stuff there now

没有体验，你遗憾了。我现在东西直接放在原位不用看管。

 

Jeff
Singapore feels safer. And Chinese countryside feels less safe. Friend got her dog stolen.
But Shanghai is much, much safer than NYC or SF.

新加坡给人的安全感更强，中国乡下治安感觉要弱一点。我一位朋友的狗被偷走了。但上海的治安远远好过纽约和旧金山。

 

tphuang
Singapore is the golden standard

新加坡算得上治安最好的国家

 

Belly Bond
Nothing unhealthy about it. Chinese people becoming decent in a single generation...amazing progress. Yeah it's still shitty everywhere else, but that's not China's fault.

这没什么不妥。仅仅一代人的时间，中国人的素质就明显提升，进步惊人。当然其他方面依旧存在不少问题，但这不能归咎于中国。

 

teortaxesTex
Will be awkward if the owner forgot where he left it and is looking. They should at least plug it in

要是忘了东西放哪儿，回头四处寻找，场面就尴尬了。至少也该插上电源充电。

 

 

YANG Yeqing
Sometimes Western media says CCTV is awful because there’s no privacy. Other times, they praise it for making people and their property unbelievably safe. Funny how that works.

西方媒体有时候抨击监控摄像头，说它侵犯隐私。转头又夸赞摄像头能极大保障人身和财产安全，这双重标准实在可笑。

 

Bitcoin Eagle
That's standard with most of Asia

亚洲大部分地区都是这么安全的

 

Henry Fan
It’s true, but it super annoying when people only staring at their phone, they often got “stupid” when doing so

确实如此，但有些人只顾盯着手机，看着呆呆的，实在让人看不惯

 

雁过留痕
Improving the quality of personnel is one thing, but on the other hand, CCTV is everywhere. If I stole a computer or a phone from your table, I'd be caught within two hours and end up in prison—it's just not worth it.

国民素质提升是一方面，另外大街小巷遍布监控。如果我偷走桌上的电脑或者手机，不出两小时就会被抓，很划不来的

 

Maxme Dupont
I once left an umbrella on a bench inside a mall in Wuhan. When I wet back, it was ... gone !

有一回我把雨伞落在武汉商场的长椅上，等我回去的时候，伞不见了！

 

Ungovernable
Umbrellas are public domain

雨伞算是无主公共物品，谁捡到归谁

 

larrysalibra
Public spaces where others won't steal your stuff should be a basic requirement for a civilization.
If a society can't even deliver that, what exactly is it doing?

在公共场所不用担心物品被盗，这本该是文明社会的基本底线。

一个社会如果连这点都做不到，我也是醉了

 

T
Stealing even 1 yuan can get you in jail for a year. With cameras everywhere, people stop stealing. In the past, there were pickpockets everywhere in China.

哪怕只偷一块钱，都有可能被判坐牢一年。到处都是监控，人们不敢偷窃。以前中国到处都是扒手。

 

 

Scott Chen
Phone addiction has reached insane levels in China

中国人沉迷手机，一直在刷手机，已经到了离谱的程度

 

Shailesh Panwar
Nothing is unhealthy about this level of trust

彼此这么信任，这是好事啊

 

Johnnie Walker
Give it a rest, high trust society because of CCTV. I was scammed many times during my 3 weeks stay in Guangdong...

别吹了，所谓高信任社会不过是靠监控摄像头逼出来的。我在广东待了三周，多次遭遇诈骗

 

XU J
May I ask how you were deceived? Chinese do not know English. They can't even talk to you.

能说说你是怎么被骗的吗？当地人不懂英语，连和你沟通都做不到。

 

KT Lim
That's one of the biggest risk for Chinese going overseas. They sub consciously assume it's as safe as China. I had to warn my cousins when she was here recently.

中国人出国最大隐患就在这里。他们下意识以为国外和国内一样安全。我表姐前段时间出国，我特意提醒过她。

 

SAIP
Isn’t the real question why the west is so lawless

我们应该反思的是，西方社会为何治安混乱、违法事件频发

 

XuKai_Soso0305
This is very common in Asia. People leave their stuff unattended all the time and nothing happens. Unlike here in the US…that shit would be gone in seconds

这种情况在亚洲十分普遍，东西随便放，不用担心丢失。美国完全不一样，东西一转身瞬间就没了。

 

Andrew Pantyukhin
Been like this for about a decade in Tier‑1 cities (longer in Beiing).
High trust in basics is extremely healthy and great value.
It flips to low trust for most business deals with strangers, so it’s not like the Chinese are gullible compared to westerners.

中国一线城市都是这么安全的啊，这种安全状况已经持续大约十年

日常生活里彼此信任是很好的状态，意义重大。

但和陌生人做生意时，大家又会处处提防。所以中国人并不比西方人更容易上当。

 

Jerez
So you saying it is not good for a country that people feel safe and it is unhealthy to make a public trust and safety to the level where you can just your staff without thinking got stolen. I see

所以你的意思是，民众拥有安全感反而是坏事，大家放心放置物品、不用担心失窃，这种公共信任与治安水准不正常？我算是看懂了。

 

zhuziyi
In China, public places like Starbucks and airports have extremely high camera coverage, so if you dare to steal anything, the police will catch you the next second.

在中国，星巴克、机场这类公共场所遍布监控。只要敢偷东西，警方转眼就能抓到人。

 

nSoloTheForce
Not these thing to watch out for Coz all payments still link up. It's the same with Taiwan 30 years ago just that the high trust is with no CCTV. China need to watch out for scams of people drop in front of you for compensation, kidnaps of children and women countryside

现金失窃不用过度担心，所有支付都留有记录。三十年前的中国台湾也是这种高信任氛围，不过那时候没有监控。中国大陆需要警惕碰瓷诈骗，还有乡下存在的妇女、儿童拐卖问题。

 

Alex
Everything changed since they put cameras everywhere. Plus once identified, the thief will go to administrative detention for a least few weeks for sure. The certainty of punishment is what really works. Not really the cameras. Otherwise London will be as safe as China.

到处装上监控之后情况彻底改观。小偷一旦被锁定，至少会被行政拘留几周。真正起作用的是违法必受惩处，而不单单是摄像头。如果只靠监控，伦敦本该和中国一样安全。

 

Paul_Wolf.eth
True! Ive also seen it and also once lft my phone to charge at a small shop while I was walking the kid in a park nearby

确实！我亲眼见过这种情况。有一次我把手机留在小店充电，自己带着孩子去附近公园散步。

 

shao guo
You can try taking someone else's laptop, and then you'll know why no one steals in the city.

你不妨试着拿走别人的笔记本电脑，到时就明白城里为什么没人敢偷窃了。

 

Homero
I once forgot a bag of new things i bought on a bicycle basket, on the olympic avenue in BJ that was super crowded. 1 hour later my wife asked me wheres your bag? I told her where i left it and she (Chinese) thought someone must took it already. But It was still there!

有一回，我在北京游人如织的奥林匹克大道上，把刚买的一袋子东西落在自行车筐里。一小时后妻子问起袋子，我告诉她位置，作为中国人，她都觉得袋子肯定被人拿走了。震惊的是袋子居然还在原处！

 

sosoused
Well a big reason is security cameras are everywhere and I don't think it's a bad thing. If anyone dare to steal anything the cops can trace him down within minutes.

一大原因就是监控无处不在，我并不认为这是坏事。只要有人敢偷窃，警方几分钟之内就能锁定嫌疑人。

 

CMC | r3vilo
LOL the biggest joke in America is how some supermarkets require a lock on items on the shelf.

哈哈，美国最讽刺的一点就是，不少超市货架上的商品都要上锁防盗。

 

Geza Gardner
one of the hallmarks of an ideal society in Chinese classics is that there is no stealing in the streets. now we have someone who believes it's absurd & unhealthy to have this?

中国古籍里描述理想社会的标志之一就是路不拾遗。现在居然有人觉得实现这种景象很离谱、不正常？

 

GlobalCitizen
Hehe, unhealthy? Everyone with a gun and has drug in pocket will be a healthy environment?

呵呵，不正常？难道人人持枪、兜里揣着毒品才算良好环境吗？

 

SongfZfy
In China, street theft has largely vanished. With few people carrying cash, the difficulty of selling stolen goods, and ubiquitous surveillance cameras, the risks and costs of such crimes have become prohibitively high.

在中国，街头盗窃基本绝迹。人们很少携带现金，赃物很难出手，再加上监控遍布，盗窃的风险和代价高到没人愿意铤而走险。

 

David Brookes
So now China is bad because it's too safe?

难不成现在中国治安太好了，反倒成了缺点？

 

Corgi
Just on top of my head, maybe you're used to live in a society with low trust level that you can't fathom the idea of people not stealing your shits?

随口一说，或许你长期生活在人与人互不信任的环境里，根本无法理解东西放在一旁不会被偷走这件事？

 

Malcom SpaceX
pretty sure it has more to do with the consequences of stealing in China

我敢肯定，这更多是因为在中国偷窃要付出沉重代价

 

セス
荷物を置いて席を離れられる国の人々からすれば
本当の安全とは停電が発生し全ての監視カメラが無効化された時に何が起こるのかだと思うよ

真正的安全，是停电、所有监控全部失效之后，社会依旧井然有序

 

IlCarabinieri
That's called a normal society lol. The wealthier parts of Los Angeles are like this btw, seen it with my own eyes. You are just Amerilard so used to psychopaths and dysfunction.

这才是正常社会该有的样子，哈哈。顺便说一句，洛杉矶富人区也是这样，我亲眼见过。你只是身为美国人，早已习惯到处是坏人、社会秩序混乱。

 

dihienv
I am not saying China is not safe, it's only that Chinese people are not as integral as you think. There are CCTV everywhere. That's the main reason theft is not happening.

我并不是说中国不安全，只是中国人并不像你想象的那样自觉自律。遍地监控，才是盗窃很少发生的主要原因。

 

Philoinvestor
Wait, people still go to Starbucks?

等等，现在还有人去星巴克吗？

 

Nixon's Head
I once left my car unattended in NYC, and a nice black man sitting on the sidewalk came over and offered to take it to a parking spot for me for free. He didn't want money or anything. I saw him drive it across a bridge to what must be a safer parking lot. What a great city.

有一回我在纽约没锁车，一位坐在人行道上的热心黑人走过来，主动免费帮我把车开到停车位，分文不取。我看着他把车开过大桥，停到一处看起来更安全的停车场。多美好的一座城市啊。