What The Chinese Think Of Taiwan | Street Interview

[@AsianBoss]

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[@MrNeilTV]

What this has shown me, as most videos like this: people just want to peacefully coexist and be prosperous. Politicians are the problem.

[@Chuanese]

Unfortunately you are wrong. Issue here is asian boss interview mostly younger people. Or only young people talk to them. Politician reflect on view of the population, most older generation has alot more skin in the game then young people, since they were there, or remember the history of Taiwan. I would love to see they do an interview with the parents and the interview people. Things will get heated pretty fast.

[@ravanasura8308]

someone should play villan

[@oddsparksmurf]

@@Lee-ic8ln I don’t think you understand. The reporter tried her best to talk about censorship without talking about censorship. Anyone grew up in China will be genuinely scared to talk about anything related to this topic facing a foreign media--because even if you expressively embrace the propaganda you may still get in trouble. A lot people would straight up refuse to be interviewed. Also if anyone take any payment from the interviewer or the foreign media is going to face interrogations as if they are spies. There are a lot of grey areas in this interview and everyone is risking their social life.(they can be shamed publicly, which means you will no longer get hired or any social benefits)

[@hyperxplays]

No, entire governments and armies are the problem…

[@hkwo829]

Communists are THE problem

[@kkgc5760]

I'm a oversea chinese, when i was in highschool, my closest friends are from taiwan, korea and japan. We always talked about if one day we become presidents we will unite asia haha but as i grew up i realize how ridiculous we were, and that's kind of very sad to think about.

[@gentoffire]

Oh bro. Don’t be sad. Its invaluable memory and genuine hearts.

[@bellalin6839]

This comment makes me wanna cry for some reason :’(

[@seancrowe3353]

The pure heart of youth

[@ehjo4904]

Why? Look at Europe !

[@luxor5572]

I love this comment

[@psychogenesis6755]

You guys are amazing. I appreciate these videos a ton

[@llkk290]

Apparently there are 2 actors in it。

[@matpk]

You should go to Street of Kyiv and ask people there what they think of Russia!

[@portable_charger]

我是中国人，我很爱中国，很爱我的家。我也很喜欢台湾。不管统一不统一，我真诚地希望大陆和台湾的人民能抛开政治和平相处。战争不会对双方人民有利只会伤到老百姓。

[@s9209122222]

這應該要和中國政府說😅

[@jianxiangtang4006]

我认为你不必担心，中国政府没有你想象的那么可怕。

[@jianxiangtang4006]

也许大部分人会说中国政府独裁。但是我告诉你他们一直在骗你。

[@jianxiangtang4006]

我也是中国大陆人我不是好好的吗？

[@jianxiangtang4006]

也许你会不相信，没关系你到大陆看看不就知道了嘛

[@bosshoss4785]

Shout out to the crew at Asian Boss for putting these incredible videos together. Always love to listen to both sides from over here in America. Especially since it is very difficult to get their perspectives from this side of the world.

[@ken85626]

保護好這位公民! 包括她 這期訪問的中國人 不論立場 也都算很理性的! 希望兩國友好 人民安康 各自珍重同時也可以 友好往來 題外話 說自古以來台灣就是中國的這個理由真的毫無說服力 要說自古以來的話 中國 和 歐洲部分地區 都還是蒙古的 自古以來 韓國也還是中國的 自古要多古?

[@condorX2]

Aye. My Taiwanese classmate says most Taiwanese don't welcome Pelosi at all. Is this true? So why does she still insist to visit? For the politically astute, especially with what’s happening in Ukraine, the Taiwanese people should have realized by now that American politicians are there to score political points for themselves, and not at all for the interest of the Taiwanese people. Just as Pelosi is the first to lead the charge to promote Joshua Wong and the Hong Kong protest, she’s also going over to ensure a high profile for the DPP and to kick off the Democrat’s China bashing for this year’s midterm election - a very thin majority that the Democrats are likely to lose badly, especially with Biden’s plummeting poll numbers going down to sub-30%. Pelosi’s desperate to try anything. Taiwanese are smart enough to know that if Biden would not dare challenge Russia in Ukraine that he is lying through his teeth that he would be defending Taiwan should the DPP dare to declare independence and force China to enforce their red-line forewarning of military force. Other than increasing U.S.-China tension, what business is it of Pelosi to be making this trip to Taiwan in the first place? -Fred Chuatiuco Pelosi is a trouble maker of the worst kind. She has lost the fight for HK pro demo group. Now she is looking at Taiwan for her next fight. Diversion is one of the tools of a politician. -Chilly Padi I believe as time wears on, Pelosi will look more and more like a callous fool. It will become plain for all to see how her vanity, recklessness, and vindictiveness have caused pain and suffering in the people across the Taiwan Strait that she so callously left behind. Most likely, she doesn’t give a damn anyway. In the meantime, she also severely compromised US leverage on China regarding Taiwan. We will see the effect of this soon. She will be viewed as The Fool in 5 years. -Chiu Yu Great way to deflect attention from her husband’s DWI court appearance on Wednesday. -Austin Powers Great way to divert attention off of Hunter’s laptop as well. -Susanna Guillory Why is she going to Asia? The homeless scene in her hometown San Francisco is getting worse every year. She says she has “global responsibility” but no responsibility to her own countrymen? -Renee Chen It’s amazing how she’s so worried about other countries, yet if you look at her district in San Francisco, California, and surrounding cities, they’re many areas filled with tents 🏕 and homelessness. -Acapellapoet Tv

[@ken85626]

@@cathywuthering6422 聯合國從來都沒說過台灣屬於中國。台灣憲法寫的中國是中華民國，除非你認為中華民國和中華人民共和國是同個國家。 國際法沒那麼重要，俄羅斯是按照國際法去侵略烏克蘭的嗎?聯合國成立前 所有國家都不是國家?因為他們那時都沒有被聯合國承認?只懂國際法 不懂本質的話 那的確有點low 還有 別說蔡英文咄咄逼人 整天用武器威脅說要侵略他國的可不是台灣

[@AUMINER1]

CCP is a threat to humanity

[@condorX2]

@@cathywuthering6422 👍

[@umbriel7740]

I'm Chinese and I wish for nothing but peace. I don't care if reunification happens or not. What's important is people can live safe, peaceful and prosperous lives.

[@je_cite_qqn]

西方反华宣传和台湾反华宣传是一样的，都是说： 1. 中国没有自由 2. 中国没有民主 3. 中国没有人权 4. 中国没有宪法 5. 在中国不可以批评政府 6. 在中国不可以游行 7. 在中国监控摄像机监视人 8. 在中国有社会信用 9. 中国杀新疆人，或者劳教所 10. 中国压制香港人和西藏人 11. 马云被抓住因为不给他自由说话 12. Peng Shuai 被抓住不在了，被政府杀死了 等等 等等 等等 有这么多的坏事情，我们天天媒体上听这种事，我们怎么会认为中国好呢？所以西方人，台湾人，这么怕中国，这么讨厌中国。慢慢的，我发现很多是假的。但是还有99%人都还认为是真的。我们西方媒体这么说中国，台湾媒体这么说中国，但是对面没有中国人来说是假的，我们就没办法知道是假的。所以我说中国人要多来评论说中国正真是什么样的，这样以后我们西方人，还有台湾人，地球大家，就会知道正真的中国，不是这样那么坏那么可怕反华媒体说的。 （从法语，app自动翻译）

[@Lucky-qd6nh]

Reunification will happen, but in a peaceful way.

[@abomala1607]

that's wise words. Everybody should think same.

[@lexdu5155]

不愧是爱丁堡，投降派鸽派太多了，毕竟家里真的有头牛！真实情况是大陆最鹰派的就是民间老百姓😄

[@real_dddf]

lasting peace and prosperity can only come from reunification. But of course, all efforts must be taken to ensure reunification is peaceful.

[@RayMak]

They are very true about the media influence. Younger Chinese are so open minded. We need to learn to love and be kind to each other. It can be achieved.

[@AfroJewelz]

nah, ~ i don't think we are open enough to torlerate any kinds of Taiwans' pro-independs. yes you can think about it. but we only warn once strongly forbids you acually practise. because no one except E-SPORTS Players gain second lifes

[@kenchan8099]

Ah.. World peace. I had the same dream when I was a kid.

[@raytvmy]

Hate china because they just don't allow any criticism... That sux alot

[@p_a_t_t3343]

平和ボケ, this is a Japanese word to you😅

[@Easy.Stocks.arabic.english]

@@AfroJewelz Taiwan was never part of the communist party, never, not even once, not for a day or a second

[@johnnyhshify]

Great content, please keep it up. Need more genuine and moderate voices with sound reasoning from both sides after a series of senseless provocations, self interest and emotion-driven agendas.

[@zach.bickley]

As a Taiwanese, I love my Chinese brothers. Hope this conflict can be resolved peacefully.

[@Neuvari]

im an overseas chinese, we all are one big family really

[@booaks2980]

I'm a Chinese, and trust me, we just want peace, literally like all the intensity and potential of war are created by politicians not caring about their citizens. Peace to you as well.

[@zach.bickley]

@@booaks2980 that's good to hear. I can confidently say that most Taiwanese have nothing against the Chinese people.

[@danganrompa2626]

Yes, me as an overseas Chinese also hope all the best for Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese Chinese. The past conflict need not to happen again. It's all over because all of that is the past. No need to provoke and get provoked about. We are all Chinese. It's best to revive the glory of Zhong Guo than to keep painful memories in the past. 🙇

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Agree Do not vote for “民进党‘’ who always wants to anti-China, I am a Malaysian also know that.

[@fuentesdaniel77]

You really should get an award for these interviews. This clip and the last on the Phillipines prove Asian Boss going from excellent to incredible - so very informative and relevant. I love how you don't dumb down. Such thoughful and insightful questions and concise format, it is amazing how you can keep it up.

[@SU_fan_44]

I am an American, and I really enjoy your videos. No need to defend yourselves. There are plenty of us that want to understand.

[@markus711]

That's right...

[@AUMINER1]

CCP is a threat to humanity

[@mamoon_3738]

They are defending themselves against China not you.

[@AUMINER1]

@@mamoon_3738 They are defending themselves from hunter and joe'

[@GK-ek2rs]

@@mamoon_3738 by declaring not using actors? No. they re defending because some westerners like u won't believe how free their speeches are.

[@evelynfujiayi]

Amazing street interview. Thank you for sharing the insights. I can tell they are all very honestly answered what they are thinking.

[@originaozz]

7:56 this lady basically sums up what citizens really feel. Everyone just want to live a normal, peaceful life. It really depends on what you are brought up to or seek to believe, but all that is trivial to having a life.

[@alanclw6024]

Everyone wants a peaceful life. Similarly, everyone want to eat nice juice meat but not many want to know how the meat came to their plate.

[@nataliecunha2108]

I agree with you and I liked her point of view.

[@Logic105]

So in conclusion, America needs to gtfo and leave both sides alone.

[@mikeandersson7962]

Both side can live and get alone together, but im afraid american doesn't want it so.

[@thomasdong3882]

@@alanclw6024 u have to know American government is the one that is causing all these problems cuz u know they always try to do stuff behind peoples back so America is the big problem

[@dominiquewong4706]

As a Taiwanese, I would like to thank Asian Boss for these great interviews. For the woman who said that we did not show xenophobia several years back then, I can assure our friends from the other side. Even though there are more conflicts between Taiwan and China, the people here in general are still very friendly toward the Chinese, that has not yet change. What I am happy about this interview is that most people still wants and value peace. I do think "Peace" is the biggest consensive for both Taiwanese and Chinese. So we should both work together to keep it that way.

[@___menggg]

两边的老百姓当然希望和平了呀👍🏻

[@dominiquewong4706]

@@___menggg 對阿 兩岸的百姓都只想要和平而已

[@zeth479]

@@dominiquewong4706 而且都是华人。不管怎样都还是比较亲切的。其实我觉得很多人与其说反感台湾自主，更反感的是台湾会被美国利用。

[@___menggg]

@@dominiquewong4706 我觉得 你走你的阳关道我过我的独木桥 求同存异挺好的 什么独立国家的问题 无非就是 把皇帝的黄袍穿外面跟当衬衣穿的区别你说是吧

[@J木辛]

我作为大陆人的看法是和平为重，我尊重你们的制度和文化，也不想去改变，更多的是希望两岸的关系友好，即便你不承认你是中国的，毕竟咱们都说着汉语，你承认是同一个文化源头，就够了。 但是从另一个角度来说，一定程度上国人对台湾的仇视来自于台湾和美国以及日本的关系友好(尤其是日本)，而且甚至有军事上的威胁，并且也在妖魔化大陆，一定程度导致上两岸的交流太少，摩擦增多。

[@kevindexterpattee]

Thank you for making content like this. It's super helpful to those who aren't able to travel to China or Taiwan and see for themselves. Taking time to listen to each other is more important than ever. Keep up the great work!

[@BruceLee-t9r]

In fact, it is very powerless. Taiwanese people all know that the Chinese people do not want war, but you have absolutely no control over your government. There is no mechanism to prevent the Communist Party from continuing to harass Taiwan. He is playing a big game.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@firstnamelastname9365]

@@s7r49 chinese people have more freedom than you think, if anything, taiwan will just take money from china and use chinese while defaming the same people that feed them, noone like such type, it is great every time i heard taiwanese people introduce themselves differently, i dont wish to be seen like you, you guys are good at talking though, very arrogant, not much else

[@ThangLe-uo1ro]

Thanks!

[@valeriawicker8437]

Thank you for your diligent reporting and transparency. I was unaware of the pressure your audience puts on you all. I want to say I really appreciate the embedded reporting you do. It brings Asia closer to many of us in the West. I'm like so many of the people who you interviewed, just yearning for global peace. I'd like to make a donation to encourage AB in this work.

[@davehue9517]

You guys are awesome and have some of the best Street interviews anywhere...it is sad to see so many Chinese people hesitant to speak about issues with Taiwan, but they speak anyways...just shows people everywhere desire to share their opinions and want a peaceful existence...

[@kinseyyuen479]

I think there's a minor mistranslation at 4:21: the interviewee mentioned that the youth nowadays are very '卷' (literal translation: roll), but the translation shows '倦' (tired). '卷' is a short form of '內卷' (literal translation: involution), an internet buzzword describing the increasing competitiveness in many facets of Chinese society. The term was initially used to describe the ridiculous levels of internal competition among top high schools and universities but gradually expanded to the work environment as well.

[@arianapu6808]

I think the fundamental difference is that Taiwanese think that there is a difference is a huge problem, and the mainland Chinese think that there is a difference is not a big deal, in the eyes of Taiwanese this difference is enough to distinguish between two countries, and mainland Chinese think that this difference is just a difference between provinces or between the south and the north.

[@rjzd]

当然，在东北人看来，甚至在湖北人看来，台湾人和福建人压根就没啥区别。新疆人就更不用说了。那都不是一个民族了，但同样都是中国。你说咋接受台湾独立？那不是等于让西班牙瓦伦西亚的伊比萨岛独立吗？

[@sktzn6829]

​@@rjzd 一个地方的人想要独立为什么需要聊上它们跟其他完全无关地区的差距？要谈差距就谈最明显的 - 东北，湖北，福建，新疆都是共产党控制的地区。台湾不是。视频里有位台湾女士已经说的挺准的 - 现在的台湾已经是独立国家，只是没国际认可而已。自己的政府，自己的货币，自己的护照，自己的法律。国家独立了就等于有控制自己的主权。港澳没有，台湾有。你若是台湾人，你说咋接受已经独立却还要 “回归” 到一个从未统治过你的政府？你要记得共产党是连一秒钟都没有控制过台湾岛。 要我来说，想台湾属于中国就得统治台湾。到那一天来了之前，台湾依旧是独立的

[@spencerxu9546]

Hi Asian Boss official, I'm a viewer from mainland China and I've been following this channel for years. Love your content and how everything works in this community. I don't know how to reach out but I would love to be an interviewer out here in China and be part of the team. I'm currently living in Shenzhen which is one of the four biggest cities in China, so apart from Shanghai, I think people in Shenzhen also have a lot of perspectives to offer. Hope you can see this comment and let me know. Thank you!

[@bj3485]

are u going to 'dissapear' the lovely people at asian boss?

[@merry_christmas]

Great suggestion. Although I know the Asian Boss resources are limited, I always feel that interviewing Shanghai/Beijing citizens gives a very different impression from thoughts in other regions. Shenzhen is a lot closer to HK and has a different culture, so that might lead to differing views.

[@qianfong5397]

看完这一期采访你真的觉得Asian BOSS是中立的吗？我认为99%中国人不会说出那位马赛克女士一样的言论。另外采访是被剪辑过的，而且选择在上海不能代表普通大陆民众，很显然这个频道也是有政治倾向的。

[@noname-mm9of]

@Red unfortunately, there is no such thing as 2 systems.. as soon as the CCP have a grasp on Taiwan. They will work on eliminating the 2 systems.. only reason they can’t do that right now is because the locals are resisting. And they have the courage to resist because the US backs them up.. so the answer is No, the US can not stay away as CCP will see that as an opportunity to turn Taiwan into another Hongkong.

[@叶知-p3o]

说实话，我认为香港并没有变得不好，不仅生活上没有变化，政治上也不是那么糟糕，你能反对美国人民冲击白宫，却允许香港人冲击政府大楼，这算不算是一种双标

[@oldman9138]

As an American, I am really glad I have found your channel and can see the true people's reaction versus propaganda from the government. As a country I feel we are so ignorant of other's situations.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@itsnemosoul8398]

@@miomiomiaou1037 North and South Korea are two seperate countries. Eastern and Western Germany all belong to Germany there's no doubt about that. Not a good comparison to make.

[@王合租-v5l]

Yeah.That is true.

[@ChineseRobot小粉红]

Maybe he means the German during the cold war.

[@user-sb9ho5jz3e]

@@miomiomiaou1037 One difference is that the ROC included the entirety of mainland China (PRC). The term Taiwan itself suggests independence.

[@lephuongbui6383]

The girl in 8:05 is really on point. She described exactly why these opposite stances exist, in a very humanistic way. These conflicts are solely for political purposes that are somehow pointless to citizens. Shout out to Asian Boss for this content, if I don't have the chance to watch this, I couldn't have some different views from Chinese people.

[@courtly5982]

That girl got brainwashed by western media, Taiwan was a revenant of the republic of China, their founder founded modern China, sun yat sen and my great grandfather fought a revolution and against the Japanese to protect the Chinese identity, it is shameful for Taiwan to run off, as they were the former republic, and they dare take away that land without the consent of me and other citizens of China.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@周军-i4w]

中国国民普遍被中国政府保护得太好了，对国外特别是美国和台湾的反中程度完全不知。 上海是被西方和港台反中思想渗透得比较厉害的地方，视频中的两个年轻女人，一个单纯无知，一个被完全洗脑或收买。 为什么说台湾是中国的，因为当初是中国大陆和日本打仗，日本战败后，把从中国抢去的台湾归还给了中国大陆，自然应该代表整个大陆的政府获得台湾的统治权。 中国大陆人因为抗日战争伤亡3000多万人还造成无法计算的财产损失。 而当初从大陆迁离的国民党只有几百万人，而台湾原住民是跟随日本投降回归中国的，他们都不该代表全体大陆人获得台湾土地的控制权。

[@KuostA]

@@miomiomiaou1037 Taiwan is Taiwan, and never will be China, get over it. why do u care? how does it affect u? pleb

[@KuostA]

@Yarxk lmao way to exemplify Communist China's indoctrination smfh you're sad and fail. but not your fault being such a blind CCP sheeple. You're completely wrong about everything u just said, I wont even waste my time trying to address it.

[@LeeLee-xe5eq]

The woman in black whose face is blurred is not Chinese mainlander. She used phrases we mainlanders don't usually say. Also her speaking habit is different from us. She maybe a passer-by, but she may be a national of the West or Taiwan

[@Maneskin_Dami]

是的，我同意

[@hawley-r9z]

点了，听她说话怪怪的，感觉不像大家平时的说话习惯

[@chloelundy2440]

she is definitely not chinese

[@dcwrdhctdfchdfcv8485]

yes,i agree

[@biejiaojiaosmjiao]

应该是台湾人吧。

[@userkngwil]

As a foreigner who is currently living in Shanghai, I appreciate how balanced these discussions were. It can be really hard to see beyond your own prejudice, and all the interviewees seemed to support a peaceful resolution. Whether this small snapshot is an indication of how Chinese citizens generally feel is a different topic, but I think the issue was discussed rationally and fairly. As always, appreciate content Asian Boss is sharing, stay curious!

[@llkk290]

Apparently there are 2 actors in it

[@mikicerise6250]

It may be indicative of how Shanghainese generally feel.

[@hullmees666]

actually the peace talk is nauseating. its meaningless drivel. putin and his supporters talk about love of peace all the time as well.

[@je_cite_qqn]

🇨🇵La démocratie ce n'est pas "voter". Si voter pour son président c'est être dans une démocratie, alors les étrangers qui n'ont pas le droit de vote sont en dictature en France, cette contradiction c'est oui et non à la fois, ça n'a aucun sens. Vous savez qu'en Chine les Chinois se sentent en démocratie ? Si vous demandez à des Chinois, ils vous répondront "nous sommes en démocratie en Chine car le gouvernement nous écoute" mais en France ce sera "nous sommes en démocratie car nous avons le droit de vote". De mon point de vue, en observant les choses, la vision chinoise de la démocratie (écoute des revendications du peuple régulièrement) est plus proche d'un système démocratique que la vision française de la démocratie (1 vote puis tu te tais pendant 5 ans). Et peut-être que c'est ce qui explique qu'en Chine ils n'ont pas besoin du droit de vote et ne demandent pas le droit de vote d'ailleurs, car le peuple est écouté pendant 5 ans, 10 ans, tout le temps. C'est intéressant la vision chinoise de la démocratie. Plus ça va, plus j'ai l'impression que c'est la Chine qui touche du doigt la vraie démocratie. Nous en France en revanche on touche plutôt du doigt la vraie dictature parfaite tellement elle passe inaperçue au point que le peuple ne s'en rend même pas compte. C'est intéressant de discuter avec des Chinois sur le sujet, si certains ont l'occasion d'en rencontrer faut en profiter pour engager la conversation sur le sujet même s'ils sont souvent timides.

[@je_cite_qqn]

我写法语的评论，我用app自动翻译，让你们懂我的评论： 民主不是“投票”。 如果投票给它的总统意味着进入民主国家，那么没有选举权的外国人在法国处于独裁统治之下，这种矛盾同时是是与否，这是没有意义的。 你知道中国人在中国感受到民主吗？ 如果你问中国人，他们会回答你“我们在中国是民主的，因为政府听我们的”，但在法国会是“我们在民主，因为我们有投票权”。 在我看来，观察事物，中国的民主愿景（经常倾听人民的诉求）比法国的民主愿景（1票，你沉默5年）更接近民主制度。 也许这就是为什么在中国他们不需要投票权并且不要求投票权的原因，因为人们被倾听了 5 年、10 年，所有时间。 中国的民主愿景很有趣。 越往前走，我越有一种印象，就是中国接触到了真正的民主。 另一方面，在法国，我们对真正完美的独裁统治的接触如此之多，以至于人们没有注意到它，以至于人们甚至没有意识到这一点。 和中国人谈论这个话题很有趣，如果有人有机会见到他们，即使他们经常害羞，你也应该借此机会开始谈论这个话题。

[@jakobie]

The lady with her face blurred out is most likely not a mainlander. Even those from the southern provinces would have a slight lilt to their intonation.

[@yiqingshouhui]

应该是在陆的台务工人员，不过听口音更像香港的，不懂

[@kokodesu511]

I agree with you. She said 资讯, which is generally used in Taiwan or Hongkong. Sometimes mainlanders use this word, but mostly say 信息 instead.

[@inin2973]

@@kokodesu511 我們不說軟件，我們說的是軟體及app,微博跟微信的發音我們也不同

[@willyang4487]

@@inin2973 也有可能是在中國大陸工作生活的大馬華人或者新加坡人。

[@inin2973]

@@willyang4487 同意！

[@JaseAmoxin]

Thank you so much for making this video, we really appreciate all of your hard work!

[@qtunnel]

Thanks!

[@GoingToAFuneral]

no problem!

[@ioannishoeft1272]

I want to thank this channel for its incredible work. As a person grown up and located in the center of Europe these interviews always expand my point of view. It creates an authentic impression of how people in East Asia think and what their life is like. The world needs more media like this.

[@asianprince8718]

East Asia had very long history that some of it take years to understand, just like Europe.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@asianprince8718]

@@miomiomiaou1037 有點不太懂，你是說台灣國這只是假象嗎？國際間還是認同一中而已？

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@@asianprince8718 Taiwan is not a name, only a pseudo. The real name is "China" ("Republic of China").

[@zslz6424]

@@asianprince8718 Taiwan's constitution claims territory that includes Taiwan, the mainland and even Mongolia

[@KaiwenXu-gz6si]

18:00 I don’t think what she said is true about you can’t discuss about the issue. You can find a lot of discussion about Taiwan in Chinese social platform. Especially during the Pelosi’s visit. But the problem is, the point she hold is so different against most people. I won’t be surprised if she get targeted. Not saying it is from the government but from ordinary Chinese people. Just like what “political correctness” means in the West. EDIT: as point out by the comments below and other comments by Chinese speakers, the accent of this interviewee and usage of several words were quite different from mainland Chinese. So highly possible, she is not from or at least not educated in mainland China. That may well explain why her point of view is so different from the others in this interview.

[@kevinmiller9760]

微博都崩了, 头条和B站大规模控评, 理性中立的评论大概率被删除, 甚至有些微信群群主怕出事都会把群给关掉,至少我好几个群是这样。

[@derekxxx2006]

Her accent doesn't sound like a mainlander either

[@李贺-p5z]

she is from Taiwan , her accent and expression are so weird to me

[@mky99]

我在贴吧说 美国人不喜欢佩洛西因为谁会喜欢 不为民众只为自己腰包的政客呢… 都被系统删了… 我说佩洛西都不行… 太容易被删了…

[@multistan9582]

@@kevinmiller9760 so they only want the comments showing one point of view and no other... Then they use it as evidence saying all Chinese people agree with this topic.... Thats not right... No one thinks the same.Opinions are going to differ.

[@LuLu-ii9vn]

I really appreciate the effort and the risk of making these interviews. It's hard to have only one point of view. Communities have the right to develop by themselves.

[@AUMINER1]

Taiwan is a sovereign nation - communist CPP is wrong

[@AUMINER1]

Taiwan is a sovereign nation - communist CPP is wrong

[@condorX2]

Yep. My Taiwanese classmate says most Taiwanese don't welcome Pelosi at all. Is this true? So why does she still insist to visit? For the politically astute, especially with what’s happening in Ukraine, the Taiwanese people should have realized by now that American politicians are there to score political points for themselves, and not at all for the interest of the Taiwanese people. Just as Pelosi is the first to lead the charge to promote Joshua Wong and the Hong Kong protest, she’s also going over to ensure a high profile for the DPP and to kick off the Democrat’s China bashing for this year’s midterm election - a very thin majority that the Democrats are likely to lose badly, especially with Biden’s plummeting poll numbers going down to sub-30%. Pelosi’s desperate to try anything. Taiwanese are smart enough to know that if Biden would not dare challenge Russia in Ukraine that he is lying through his teeth that he would be defending Taiwan should the DPP dare to declare independence and force China to enforce their red-line forewarning of military force. Other than increasing U.S.-China tension, what business is it of Pelosi to be making this trip to Taiwan in the first place? -Fred Chuatiuco Pelosi is a trouble maker of the worst kind. She has lost the fight for HK pro demo group. Now she is looking at Taiwan for her next fight. Diversion is one of the tools of a politician. -Chilly Padi I believe as time wears on, Pelosi will look more and more like a callous fool. It will become plain for all to see how her vanity, recklessness, and vindictiveness have caused pain and suffering in the people across the Taiwan Strait that she so callously left behind. Most likely, she doesn’t give a damn anyway. In the meantime, she also severely compromised US leverage on China regarding Taiwan. We will see the effect of this soon. She will be viewed as The Fool in 5 years. -Chiu Yu Great way to deflect attention from her husband’s DWI court appearance on Wednesday. -Austin Powers Great way to divert attention off of Hunter’s laptop as well. -Susanna Guillory Why is she going to Asia? The homeless scene in her hometown San Francisco is getting worse every year. She says she has “global responsibility” but no responsibility to her own countrymen? -Renee Chen It’s amazing how she’s so worried about other countries, yet if you look at her district in San Francisco, California, and surrounding cities, they’re many areas filled with tents 🏕 and homelessness. -Acapellapoet Tv

[@AUMINER1]

Taiwan is a sovereign nation - communist CPP is wrong

[@AUMINER1]

Taiwan is a sovereign nation - communist CPP is wrong

[@cliffordstanley2189]

The greatest of all videos. Thank you.

[@pat5212]

One of the best Asian boss video ever The authenticity and the humanity I witnessed here is priceless

[@PRSundarr64]

You need to have a strategy of earning $1000 daily in crypto currency. Don't sleep on this.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany

[@thamg.2550]

Keep fooling yourself

[@johnclark1146]

Thanks, you answered many of my questions with this one. I agree with the lady’s opinion - it’d be nice if we could stop demonizing each other. With how serious the climate situation is becoming we all need to find a way to work together.

[@canpek545]

As Chinese living in the US for decades, I will say Chinese know more about the US than the Americans know about China.

[@johnli7818]

It is so mutual.. both countries are brainwashing their people to hate each others so... yea.. only if dont have country as a concept but as people of earth. otherwise, there will be no peace on earth.

[@jeffluo9591]

If there is one country in the world that really love wars, it's prolly the US, right?

[@majinboo6377]

@阿孚 nobody said chinese people in china are evil or stupid, people from all around the world understand that chinese people in china have no choice but to follow, though i have to say, most people there are still uncivilized and have no manner and respect and ignorant. but i guess with time it will improve.

[@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu]

@@majinboo6377 No one agrees with you. China is the oldest civilization in the world

[@juanbustos1338]

I loved this video. At the end, regardless of nationality and political views, most people just want peace. I completely agree with the lady that said "China loves to demonize America and America loves to demonize China" because it's so true. These videos help people to create a better judgement about all this international drama and overpass biased views from both sides.

[@zebulon9307]

The problem is that these calm and peaceful statements are not reflected in the official statements and actions of the government. Those people in the streets will be happily ignored.

[@emmanuelegbe7643]

LONGUEIL,CANADA MAKA KOTTO

[@tomchen1451]

看笑了，美国人干的那些事还要妖魔化吗？ 哈哈哈哈哈，不会真以为美国是一个大善人

[@CCC-kf1du]

中国喜欢妖魔化美国？拜托你看清楚美国的嘴脸好吗？全世界都看得清楚，什么所谓的自由所谓的民主都是假象，为了满足自身的利益通过军事或者经济掠夺全世界，这是彻头彻尾自私自利的行为；什么鬼灯塔国？什么鬼自由？

[@upendo.3570]

​@@emmanuelegbe7643 ???

[@dmldmdaizi4696]

黑衣服那個打碼的女士應該不是大陸人，大陸人很少會説“資訊”這個詞的。感覺怪怪的！

[@coderzhang2729]

盲生，你发现了华点，这一看就是找人演的，感觉这些老外真容易上当受骗，随便骗一骗就行，哈哈哈

[@teacream8641]

确实……请人有点不走心

[@zx-mi2rm]

找的演员而已

[@tonyhuang7610]

＂大陆这面的＂说明他不是大陆人。

[@volcanoash2445]

She is clearly not from mainland China

[@Cypher7412]

One part of the process that I've always respected you for that is often overlooked is actually getting people to do an interview. I can imagine the awkwardness sometimes of going up to people to get them to participate.

[@Superpooper-2020]

Min0rities in my inddia can't even eat beeef or they get put int0 concentrat!0n camp$

[@rogersliu6157]

打马赛克的女人不是大陆人，我声明一下，因为大陆人不会说”中共“，这个报道有失偏颇，你们确认了这个人是大陆人吗？你们看身份证了吗？

[@zhoushenfans]

确实

[@psychogenesis6755]

I didn't even catch that, 谢谢你

[@rogersliu6157]

@@psychogenesis6755 YES, the real Chinese people, who lives in mainland of China for decades, will not call China as "zhogngong"（中共）；this woman with demosaicing can't be A REAL Chinese,may be she is just a Taiwan people;

[@bryanmushroom]

赞同

[@feiyiban1017]

对的

[@joacoosi]

Thank you Asian Boss for always giving a voice to real people from all the sides. We need peace and union more than ever, and showing real people makes us remember how in the end we all just want peace.

[@蔡啸-e7o]

黑衣服打马赛克的，90%不是大陆人，大陆人很少说资讯这个词。还是找了演员，演不同的声音的。。

[@bushengwang71]

我也是这个感觉，大陆人很少用‘中共’这个简称，倒是台湾政论节目上听到比较多

[@cicies_mc]

口音是台湾或海外的那种。大陆人不会说中共这种说法。

[@AdmirerofLaLune]

只能说你所处的环境和你所能接触到的圈子很少说资讯这个词，理由不够充分。

[@观察动物网]

​@@AdmirerofLaLune就是演员，资讯，中共，这个词内地根本不这么说，还有外网监督审查，不敢说怕被抓社交软件不敢谈政治，典型的西方媒体刻板印象，国内大量翻墙教学，那么多军事论坛，只要不是反动言论你可以随意讨论，要不然哪有那么多殖人在网上互喷

[@JoannaZhu-iw7wh]

太同意，还用了“中共”这个词，也不是我们自己人

[@partiallyhydrogen8ed]

Thank you for spending so much time making videos for us!

[@tzu-huisherryyang9251]

As a Taiwanese who has spent a limited amount of time interacting with local Chinese citizens in Shanghai and has been educated and lived in the US and Japan, here are some of my observations and perspectives based on my personal experiences. Chinese people, be it Taiwan or Mainland China generally do not initiate confrontations, particularly if it would involve conflicts of ideologies. I found it easy to befriend local Chinese to a certain degree during my time in China but there were definitely things that I saw in China that I wouldn't expect to experience in Taiwan. To put it simply, despite the fact that we generally speak Mandarin Chinese and have no trouble understanding each other's language, for the Taiwanese to communicate with the Chinese or vice versa, it would simply feel like a form of cross-cultural communication. It simply feels foreign in many ways. Just like how the British communicate with Americans or Americans with Canadians, etc, etc. I've seen some comments from overseas Chinese bringing up the difficulty of forming friendships with oversea Taiwanese due to judgments made about one's nationalities. I don't think that's entirely true but it certainly would easily lead to conflicts if all the parties in a relationship would have to communicate from completely different ideologies. Imagine a republican trying to befriend a democrat....would lead to nothing but nightmares for both parties, so why run the risk? To leave my comment on a positive note, respect is one key thing we shall all learn to bring to any type of communication. Respect the difference, respect the opinions. Thanks to Asian Boss for taking that first step to listening and understanding.

[@vilaviva9897]

即便在大陆，不同地域之间的人们交流也会有文化差异影响。我觉得这可能和政治体制以及经济发展程度有关，而不是根源性的差异。

[@rain2489]

Even if you have different ideologies, you can live in the same country, like republicans and democrats.

[@MN12warbird]

Im a filipino American living in Chicago but this reminds me of my home islands in the phillipines. Where we are known to speak hundreds of dialects between our 7000 islands. Its like me, an illocano in the north luzon speaking to a visayan in the south in davao or a cebuano in the middle islands. Even though we generally speak tagalog theres definitely differences in language, similar how Mexicans and Puerto ricans may understand each other but completely different and regard themselves differently. Id also say the same thing about cali ppl talk different than Midwestern people just how the urban east coast usa is way different than how the south usa speaks, the southern accent, even where im from when i travel around the us other people know i have a Chicago accent.

[@LunaticTheCat]

Unfortunately respect is not something the CCP is capable of.

[@zackwang9314]

@@LunaticTheCat You bring nothing to the topic except Sinophobia.

[@MissesWitch]

19:15 even the guy supportive of the government is very much for peace, and is willing to fight for it! this is good to see! ^ ^

[@dominiquewong4706]

this really moved me

[@Peter-zv6yy]

Fighting by definition has nothing to do with peace.

[@weihong5294]

I’m native Chinese. “China” to us is not a term we’d use to describe a nation or administration, but a civilization. We live on a land that has seen rises and falls of SO many dynasties and CCP is just one of them. It was China when ROC ruled, and it was China when Qing dynasty ruled. When I grew up, my text book said “Taiwan has always been an inseparable part of China” and this China, to my understanding, didn’t mean CCP. I have family members living and dying in Taiwan, because of the civil war, and I really don’t want a war to happen to us again. I also don’t think CCP wants a war. Wars are endless drainage of national wealth and the only country existing that had benefited from wars is the US. I’m pro status quo.

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

Nice position. However the US as a country and people have not benefited from war. No country really does. Certain people, groups and corporations selfishly benefit at the expense of others. The US is no more guilty than any other country. Those who single out the US and side with Russia or Iran for example are just part of the problem. If we want conflict and wars to end then we need to stop taking sides. And not be hypocritical.

[@Tofu_va_Bien]

@@Elephant_King_Gj I wouldn't say that the US is no more guilty than any other country, it's a fairly extreme outlier.

[@Elephant_King_Gj]

@@Tofu_va_Bien What do you base your opinion on? I"m well aware of current events in the world.. The US isn't militarily invading a neighbor like Canada or Mexico like Russia has attacked Ukraine, for example. What I see from your comment is a biased person,. You don't sound fair, but taking sides. I note you didn't address the issue of ending conflict/war, you just want to target the US.. If you think I'm misunderstanding you, or you have a worthy understanding and unbiased viewpoint and want to explain then I invite you to share. Edit: It also appears from your response that you care less for people in the world than for maintaining your political bias.

[@jeanlundi2141]

China don't have the equivalent to the Military Industrial Complex? :D

[@Tofu_va_Bien]

@@jeanlundi2141 China doesn’t come anywhere near the US in terms military spending/size. Takes literally two seconds to look it up.

[@chiisana0sekai]

Moral of the story, people just want to live in peace and enjoy their everyday life. That's the ultimate blessing for everyone on every side. If the politician insist on using force, I hope they can have a sword fight among themselves in the colosseum or something. Leave us normal folks alone.

[@tonychen9549]

i have the exactly the same idea as yours, "go fight your own war leave us alone."

[@voiceofreason6515]

I don't understand you at all. Maybe you're a bland person with no views about anything but for those of us who have opinions and want control over our lives living in a dictatorship is extremely degrading and belittling. We will do anything not to live that way. Some things in life are worth defending and if more people stood up against tyranny the people of China would not live under CCP oppression.

[@mengwu1113]

@@voiceofreason6515 If you want to fight for your opinions then you go arm yourself and go fight. Go ahead and go involve yourself in a war killing millions of innocent chinese and taiwanese. If you dont want to sacrifice yourself and lives of other, do that then keep your entitled opinions to yourself. Most of us in asian people prefer peace over fighting. If we have a house, food, friends, we are happy and do not ask for much else.

[@voiceofreason6515]

@@mengwu1113 That’s not true, free people like the people of Taiwan don’t want to be ruled by the CCP and they will fight for their rights. The democracies of the world have an obligation to help them.

[@mengwu1113]

@@voiceofreason6515 That is the reason for war. When you cannot tolerate any other political style other then your own. When you think your way is the best way for everyone.

[@Oisin2]

I was surprised by what a balanced job you did in presenting different opinions on this topic. Well done.

[@PRSundarr64]

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[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@iiimseth]

I am about 90% sure that the Woman wearing black tank was not from Mainland China, if you check 17:01, she said "当局，Dang Ju" which is a word that people from Mainland China would never use, and in opposite, it is a popular word in Taiwan.

[@amwz7476]

其实当她将新疆和香港混为一谈，就已经暴露了～～

[@zhangburnham7226]

不用搞文字狱，而且这词意思到了也没带色彩，不用纠着这些

[@amwz7476]

@@zhangburnham7226 我其实刚开始并没有太强烈的发表评论的欲望，只是看到视频的最半段主动提及“受访人被质疑为演员”的话题，顿时觉得这一期内容必有蹊跷😷

[@zhangburnham7226]

@@amwz7476 我也觉得，是不是演不演员你在视频里怎么辩解都没有用，这个视频本来就不是给那些认为是请演员的人看的

[@amwz7476]

@@zhangburnham7226 所以更需要真实和客观！再怎么扯淡也不能如此这般、堂而皇之地造谣“国内不能谈论台湾等敏感话题”……台湾敏感个鬼～～

[@mictionary]

Love these street interviews. I wonder how different the responses would be in a lower tier city that is less international than Shanghai. Would the interviewer feel as free to do the street interviews and would people be more or less open to being interviewed?

[@jamielondon6436]

It gave me goosebumps watching those Chinese citizens listen to what the Taiwanese had to say - like estranged siblings getting a surprise message from the other … whatever effect that may have! Too often, not talking to each other is a major reason for splits to get worse, so thank you for being the bridge, Asian Boss, if nothing else!

[@AssAssiN05GW]

Thx！

[@yifuyang6188]

If you can read Chinese, you’d know that we interact with each other quite often on the internet. And the interactions aren’t particularly pleasant in a lot of cases😂😂 So there is no such thing as not talking to each other.

[@jamielondon6436]

@@yifuyang6188 Good to know.

[@tiger3091]

From an Indian The people across the sea are both Han Chinese...it was just a battle of ideological stupidities in the 1940s, artificially imposed, might I say, by the western n eastern block...which made them fight! As the years hv progressed, the differences hv decreased...because, at the end of the day- they are similiar kind of Orientals, han Chinese who think alike! Chinese r not so much repressed as western media shows them to be, n neither r Taiwanese so anti-Chinese. The people continuously visit across d mainland for jobs n meeting relatives! The taiwanese should handle this with care because the US lackey prime minister of Taiwan would lead them to ruins, all in d name of democracy n western values...for once, CCP should not behave like immature novices in matters concerning foreign policy! U hv d economic wherewithal...use it to coerce the Taiwanese government- use it. No missiles, army,AF would be required! US bullying needs to be countered tactfully....n Taiwan needs to understand that the Yankees won't cm 2 d rescue once China starts screwing Taiwan. Taiwan may think today that US really cares for it, in the name of shared ideals, free speech n democracy....but the actual reality couldn't farther from the real facts on ground, which is that US wants to make an Ukraine out of Taiwan by instigating China...n when conflict breaks out, sit back n hv popcorn! N yea, Ship costly weapons to Taiwan benefitting its militant-industrial complex. Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed would be so happy to see the Taiwanese rat caught in the trap.. My dear Taiwanese friends, please see through this! I m not requesting to give up ur sovereignty, but act smartly in ur own interests for long term peace. Find more common grounds, people!

[@mareksicinski3726]

What this is mosneical They have a chance to view others opinion but that’s it. They’re not all the same sides, and they’re not all ‘siblings’

[@danielgee7028]

That lady with her face mosaiced is definitely not a chinese mainlander, her accent and the way she used some phrases are more like people from taiwan. The way she mentioned "information" as "咨询“ revealed where she comes from, as China mainlanders would use word "信息“ for “information”. She also mentioned "Censorship" and use the word "监察“ whereas mainlanders would normally use word "审查" for“Censorship”. Trust me, I am a native Chinese speaker, I have quite a few friends and classmates who come from taiwan. I can tell the subtle differences in the accents and the ways two sides speak. That lady is more like someone from taiwan or at least heavily influenced by it so she is pro-Taiwan, more of a rare exception than norm. Due to this reason, unfortunately, this has reduced the credibility of the interview as it is supposed to be an interview for ordinary local China mainlanders.

[@xiangcui9869]

Second this. I immediately picked up the same clue when she used the term "资讯”. Overall, street interviews in Shanghai is not very representative of the overall Chinese.

[@渡海-q2w]

Well sadly these DPP tools are everywhere

[@gjc7969]

If she had experience living overseas, the way she spoke is quite natural to me. As I previously worked for a foreign owned company in Shanghai, the phrase & style she spoke reminded me of several of my ex-coworkers who had overseas experience though they all held Chinese passports. I reckon she had a standard Southern Chinese accent, but most likely NOT a Taiwan/Malaysia/Singapore accent. I noticed she correctly used "社交软件“ for social media software rather than "社群“ that is commonly used in Taiwan. As the way she mentioned "information", as a local born and raised Shanghainese, I used the term "资讯” as well cos the Shanghai local News (SMG group) broadcasted "资讯”. Overall, I agree with the view that Shanghai is not a good representation of the overall China. But I incline to believe she is a genuine ordinary local Mainland citizen (most likely to have been exposed to overseas experience) living in Shanghai representing a minority view. Btw, I also noticed the interview was took place in 西岸 WEST BUND, which is quite a decent area in Xuhui, Shanghai. Although I believe interviewees are all ordinary Chinese, there might be a selection bias which tend to interview towards cohort with higher average income or access to better education and/or uncensored information.

[@danielgee7028]

@@gjc7969 Yes what you said is definitely a possibility. That’s why I said she might be someone who is "heavily influenced by Taiwan and therefore is pro-Taiwan", but this is a rare exception in Mainland China than a norm. My observation is that those people tend to work for western or Taiwan companies in China and they usually have very limited (if not at all) real-life and work experience abroad. Their perception of western society or Taiwan in general tends to be based on second-hand sometimes even false information from outside (such as western news outlets), or based on their limited experience abroad(less than several years). one interesting phenomenon I have noticed is that the more a china mainlander lives in western countries (say over 5-10 years), the more he/she tends to be disappointed by what has been happening in the past decade or so where the US and the entire western world is not as ideal and confident and prosperous as it is used to be. And the majority of those oversea Chinese would genuinely want to see a more powerful, prosperous and united China, I would call that patriotic (not necessarily Pro-CPC though). I think one of the key reasons for that shift is mainly because what they have seen, felt everyday and lived abroad long enough, and have more access to all kinds of information, and came up with their own judgement based on reasonable logic and common-sense, not based on propaganda from either side.

[@Andy-P]

OMG! if you don't have a pro-CCP view then you are not ftom the mainland. Well I never....

[@amehirosatou6945]

It's a interesting thing that when she interviewed mainland people,she said “大陆”“台湾”but the captions show it as Chinese and Taiwan，not"mainland" and Taiwan

[@rexwon]

thats really discerning

[@TomasSonJun]

I respect that, you people are amazing for all the effort and work you put into this, I give my love

[@kie2030]

It's a common interest for all of us to have peace 🕊️🕊️✌️

[@elisabethholmes604]

There is no peace without war. The bigger the pain, the longer the peace.

[@frankieteo6659]

Fruitful interview. Good to hear from ordinary citizens on their honest view. Asian is still Asian, Peace is the most important. Thank you and God Bless..

[@vieuxgarcon8734]

As a Chinese, I feel kinda pity that the situation now between Taiwan and China will be like this, so tense. We have been educated that Taiwaneses are our siblings, since primary school, even until now. I personally don’t care whether it’s a country or a part of China, just sincerely hope ppl could stop slandering each other… cuz at least we have shared the same culture and same history. Peace and love

[@Sp3ll633]

If everyone going their separate way as like the last 70 years already. Then everything will be okay in the Taiwan strait. No war, no fight, no USA interference anymore.

[@mhw8875]

这个不是普通民众能决定的事情，台湾的地理位置和他的亲美倾向，中国想要发展破除封锁，不能不解决台湾问题，否者就是下一个日本，想要和平只能祈祷中美决出胜负

[@ciel1637]

@@mhw8875 认同

[@porcorosso4330]

​​​@@mhw8875 台灣親美有怎麼了? 你以為美國有精力去和中國打仗嗎? 你看美國幾十年的軍事行動. 然後再看看美國的政治環境. 你覺得中國有什麼需要害怕的? 入侵，搗亂，都有. 但是這都需要靠地理環境完成的戰術. 而且在其他地方也太不管用，估計對中國更不管用. 老實說 中國跟本不需要害怕美國. 中共其實也沒有在害怕美國. 他們真正害怕的是 如果沒有(假想)”外敵“ 那人民的注意會指向哪裡. 誰會被拿來開刀. 誰會被替代.

[@meng-hsinwu5839]

As a Taiwanese person, I am really glad people's perspectives in Shanghai are not as radical as I thought. Maybe comments left by little Pinky are not so predominant. Most people still anticipate friendliness between the two sides.

[@aajohnsoutube]

Kudos to Asian Boss, and especially, the Chinese people willing to speak truthfully. Very interesting.

[@stijnhs]

I remember doing a semester of study abroad in Xiamen University, China in 2018. Back then I was also in a debating class. We were allowed to talk on a wide variety of topics but the teacher strictly forbid anyone from debating about the "Taiwan issue".

[@bobograndman]

Because it can get so heated I assume, hard to focus strictly on the assignment when people generally have strong opinions either way. In US high school debate, we never debated abortion for just this reason. In an HK class where we did a debate, we did abortion since the opinions are less strong there

[@ellenation2294]

Probably to prevent a rukus but I think it’s mainly cus it’s an official public space …. Which involves a lot of people and they didn’t want trouble for the uni…. U can talk about but have to be low key

[@abreathoffreshair1]

@@bobograndman Disallowing debate of abortion rights in an educational institution sounds gutless and pathetic. Disallowing debate of Taiwan in China would instead be to avoid the professors being jailed or executed.

[@JK12345-z]

@@abreathoffreshair1 jailed or executed? Fired at the worst scenario. Please get your information straight. Sad that freedom of speech has become freedom of BS

[@Number1RichPianaFan]

@@JK12345-z Let's say for the sake of the argument it is ''just'' getting fired for something like this is still insane and shows the lack of freedom of speech in China.

[@firefly618]

When I lived in Japan a few years ago I made friends with several people from Taiwan and Mainland China. They were all great people. You could definitely tell that those of us coming from Western culture and those coming from mainland China were approaching topics from very different points of view, but we never had a reason to argue or fight between us. People from Japan and Taiwan had more of a nuanced, middle-ground point of view. I like your videos a lot, because they let me hear people's thoughts even though I cannot have those conversations in person anymore. There's no need to defend your work, we all appreciate what you do. (And haters are going to hate, no matter what you say!)

[@AlohaSuckBar真神吧]

Because when the mainlanders are in Japan they are the minorities, when they are back to their home country it’s all different story

[@cooliipie]

@@AlohaSuckBar真神吧 They all look the same dude

[@yume6532]

We are all one big family, but western reactionary wolves are trying to tear us apart.

[@canpek545]

@@AlohaSuckBar真神吧 hahaha why I have the same feeling about Taiwanese?

[@Zen-sx5io]

@@cooliipie To you they do.

[@jianyilu3434]

So that lady in black, as a Chinese, what did you see about Xinjiang that made you agree with those?

[@あいほり]

这个演的是真的明显，属实给我看乐了

[@Leon12038]

I believe the vast majority of the Chinese people are opposed to the remarks of the lady in black Mosaic, especially the Xinjiang and Hong Kong issues she mentioned

[@qichaowang4610]

As a Chinese, I never talk politics with my friends from Taiwan. I know what they are thinking, I know what I'm thinking. So just leave this affair to the government and we will see how it goes.

[@darkrieshunter6670]

Yeah same with me, talking about Taiwan with my family is a sure fire way to start a fight

[@MorgurEdits]

:( I feel bad for you guys.

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany

[@Dovid2000]

Listening to these responses makes me love China all the more.

[@prosodiclearning]

ccp slave

[@booaks2980]

Love China but hate the CCP

[@llkk290]

@@booaks2980 CCP gets 90% approval rating

[@jerinaj1441]

@@booaks2980 Me tooooo

[@Lucas-vr1qr]

@@jerinaj1441 bruh CCP isn’t as bad as they say

[@ponderanceofagravedigger2564]

Just wanted to say I love these videos. Very informative on how everyone feels about different topics. Here in the United States it's hard to know how people feel and what they think on that side of the world. We will never meet but whoever reads this lets hope our governments will use sound judgements and no violence. We are all brothers and sisters of one planet. Love you all.

[@dataworkersu_ren3563]

sad，normal people cant do anything， strategists of both sides defined interests of own country. This island is important for both sides. So we all have to face the conflict in 5or 10years... Sadly

[@carolw3391]

As a Chinese, This people are very open-minded. Most of them realize their information source and how it affects their opinion. They have the awareness. They have opinion on it. They are pretty brave. I guess it's in Shanghai. But if you go more inner land. people might be more extreme.

[@nuubxiii5278]

There is a massive difference in maturity between KZbin comments, more specifically on this video regarding the situation with Taiwan than the comments on TikTok. People that really want to learn others’ perspectives go out of their way to search for this type of information. Meanwhile, TikTok is a platform full of ignorant and prideful kids that have no real experience in life and do not understand the severity of what they are saying. My point is, if any Chinese people are reading American’s comments on TikTok regarding war, please do not pay attention to them. They are most likely dumb innocent teenagers that don’t represent what Americans want from this situation. We, just like you, do not want a war. We respect you and your opinions and we want this Taiwan situation to be handled peacefully and diplomatically. The comment thread on this video represents us much better! I send love from the US to both China and Taiwan and may we all continue to live peacefully!🙏🏼

[@rosali6370]

You are doing the right thing by doing this. Better communication between the citizens of Taiwan and China without all the propaganda and the involvement of governments would mean peace.

[@alexlan8770]

很明显，主持人暗示“台湾是中国的一部分”是否是被灌输的观念，这是打破平衡采访的言语暗示，一旦有这种暗示，“是”与“不是”就已经不重要了，因为“台湾自古以来属于中国”的概念松动了。也就是说，采访方预设了立场，这是不客观的采访记录。 很明显，这种暗示是没有必要的，不是有人故意想要这么宣传，而是只要按照历史书的描述来编写教材，那么自然而然的得出“台湾属于中国”的结论，问题是，“谁是中国”？那么剩下的就是内战遗留的问题罢了。 无论从哪个方面，都是和中国密不可分，可以讨论的是“谁是中国，谁可可以拥有台湾”，而不是“台湾是不是中国的一部分”，因为台湾从东汉三国起就是中国的一部分（按照谁发现谁命名谁拥有原则）。

[@weeeeeee7027]

@@alexlan8770 然而人家现在就是国家，‘自古以来’那一套只有骗子和傻子才用

[@alexlan8770]

@@weeeeeee7027 不是啊，“自古以来”不是中共或者哪个政党赋予的、教育的、洗脑的，不是哪位大人物拍大腿决定的，而是史书这么写的嘛，史书又不是哪个政党撰写的，它是既定事实摆在那里，想避都避不开，假装看不到也不行啊。

[@akashkrishnat481]

@@alexlan8770 i am really curious about which Ancient China u r talking about (Song, Qin, Tang, warring state period, Mongols cuz every China is vastly different in territory)

[@alexlan8770]

@@akashkrishnat481 我不想解释这部分，如果因为你我之间的不同意见而发生分歧，那就让分歧产生，反正历史记录在那儿它又拿不走，等到你想消除分歧的时候就自己会去找，因为这可能是你唯一愿意认真对待它的方式。 也就是说，你认为台独有理，你就台独，我认为台独没有道理，就会阻止你台独，直到你愿意去翻古书看看为止，否则你看了也可以假装没看。 只有在战场上失利的人才会认真的去阅读谈判协议书。

[@DancingPanda0329]

I appreciate this channel so much. I feel like I see real everyday people expressing real thoughts and emotions.

[@lanlan-lq1kc]

The girl in black I think she is from Taiwan actually, because the Taiwan accent is easy to distinguish. Mainland and Taiwan use different words in a same thing.

[@uveralan]

nonono...just south china accent generally basicly no accent

[@megamymelo]

yasss, i think so. she said "资讯（zixun）", but only Taiwan ppl would use that word. In mainland we don't say "资讯(zixun)", we would say “信息(xinxi)”。

[@thornados4969]

@@megamymelo She was the only telling the truth about communist china's control on people especially online socially like wechat and webo.

[@追好剧-b4w]

@@megamymelo 同意，台湾用资讯，我们用信息

[@floriscence5476]

⁠@@Ken-iz4kf even so, nobody in Fujian uses 资讯。 It’s literally unheard of to use that instead of 信息 and quite frankly she seems to be actively trying to fit this western stereotypical view of china. Also she uses other phrases that just were out of the ordinary. You can’t help but suspect it especially when her face is just so coincidentally censored when no one else is.

[@katiirabbi]

"I don't read news from domestic sources, but I think what they are saying about Taiwan are all negative." Well as someone who actually consumes content from Weibo and the like, I can tell you that a good amount of positive messaging exist when it comes to Taiwan, whether it's related to entertainment business or travel, food, etc. And when topics like "re-unification" do come up on trending, the gov will suppress the discussion in an effort to curb excessive emotional response. Yesterday when Pelosi visited TW, weibo was flooded with angry netizens calling for more aggressive response to take back Taiwan. Then today the topic is no longer trending. It's important to understand that the state's no.1 priority is stability. There can be different voices even for sensitive topics, but as long as the voice doesn't get loud enough to rally up an army to revolt, the government usually turns a blind eye. Yes censorship exists in China but it's nowhere as extreme or scary as foreign media makes it seem. And anyone's a fool to think their own country isn't monitoring private communications (looking at you NSA).

[@DhruvPatel-zg1zs]

bro in other countries you can use almost any social media app without any vpn. we can almost read, play games all around the world. I don't think china is comparable to us.

[@ftu2021]

@@DhruvPatel-zg1zs i cant access to RT but china can. its easy to cherry pick things. Does india have a CS LOL Server?

[@Kimmimaro86]

I'm foreigner in China, that's also what I think about China's internet. It's kinda like national security issues and censored both side when it went extreme.

[@Casper-zk2uc]

@@DhruvPatel-zg1zs I am in EU, I can't reach some sites, they are not available here, banned. Also, our social media sites are blocking posts that are not in line with official policies, take vaccination for example.

[@johnli7818]

@@DhruvPatel-zg1zs well that works for the Chinese so you dont have to worry.

[@seechunchong9876]

As an oversea Chinese, I had been both to Taiwan and Xiamen, China and I find people in both places are nice, welcoming and friendly, fantastic food, same like most places in the world. So, it is never the people to people problem. It is the politicians and their own agenda, that tends to divide people, to garner for votes and popularity, in dividing people. Good example is, politics in Taiwan itself is very sensitive and see how violent/chaotic, their parliament sessions can be. Btw, Taiwan is one of my favorite holiday designation and simply love the place and its people..so is Hong Kong, China and Singapore too. Cheers.

[@Chinoy_]

Exactly, us Overseas Chinese value Both. We’ve experienced the hospitality of the Double Tenth Celebrations in Taiwan and moving forward the Rise of China makes us Proud visiting The Mainland In 2000 ( because China was the Sleeping Giant a Continent almost into itself ) plundered ruin by Politics/ Religion of Westerners who went into The Mainland. Let Them Co-exist they have done so for many many decades. Pelosi BUTT OUT.

[@leviosadream2454]

All parliaments in all countries allowing debate are chaotic though 😅😂 that's a bit the goal tbh

[@kongming2005]

The people are equally fine it is the Taiwanese politicians are scary if anyone remember how they fight and throw chairs in their legislation chamber. During President Mah period it seems to be more civilized but President "English" Tsai is equal to Jibby (if anyone knows this Jibby fella) corrupted and mind twisting politicians. If Taiwanese want better future please reunite with Mainland, 诚意 will enable many terms to be discuss to address Taiwanese concern. I too have experience in Taiwan and many province in China, to a certain extend I find that China have more freedom of speech and complains about their local government and authority are much better and free

[@seechunchong9876]

@@leviosadream2454 Sure but have you seen MMA type fights in parliament? Cheers.

[@NyaNya4ever]

@@leviosadream2454 nope. Singapore parliament did not go chaotic and violent even though theres huge disagreement.

[@ITSBurgerPT]

this video gives me hope that the Taiwan-China issue wont develop into an international tragedy, or worse

[@mky99]

it shouldn’t give u hope tho… cuz government officials in china don’t give af what these ppl in the interview think…

[@SnowofLight]

Idk. A lot of normal russians didn't want war and it still went ahead

[@ITSBurgerPT]

@@mky99 Its true that China is not a democratic country but no government can rule a people who hates it, those where the words of Machiavelli and he wasn't exactly known for his positive outlook. If a good amount of Chinese people are against a violent takeover of Taiwan, that makes said takeover much harder to achieve and maintain, specially if the whole ethos of your country resolves around preserving the status quo. Main point is, China wont make major moves on Taiwan if that will cause more harm than good for the CCP.

[@thecoolzguy832]

@@SnowofLight they went war because west Country provoke them if west just shut their mouth then war like that will never happened.

[@vhyj5563]

@@thecoolzguy832 西方国家只会卖更多军火。赚更多钱。

[@xu.7840]

不懂打码的那个扯我们新疆干什么？？？我是维吾尔族诶，我也是中国🇨🇳人诶，我们不存在独不独立的关系，就像其他国家与首都不可分离一样

[@user-zl8bg8lr2o]

那个女的明显是台湾人，一个“资讯”就暴露了

[@un_told_]

新疆同胞，合影留念

[@NgKiki-k1q]

给力，咱们新疆同胞帅气

[@马-e5i]

就是 我也是新疆人 我真服了

[@那那兔那些事那年]

哈哈 去台湾留学就是会出现这种人​@@马-e5i

[@stephanekuo2585]

Thanks for taking these street interviews, which help all around the world know what citizens in Shanghai think about the relationship between Taiwan strait. Most of the respondents clearly understand to respect the different opinions and willingness, and some of them realize indeed not to touch "what could be sensitive" in public. Give Asian Boss a thumb up!

[@WayneLu12345]

Taiwan: We've been separated for a long time, leave me alone. China: I'm sorry I am sick. Stalking someone is fun. I am so obsessed with you. The World: China needs treatments from pychiatric hospital.

[@linsong2788]

@@WayneLu12345 I don't see the point of your personification dialogue, especially under the theme of harmony.

[@je_cite_qqn]

我写法语的评论，我用app自动翻译，让你们懂我的评论： 民主不是“投票”。 如果投票给它的总统意味着进入民主国家，那么没有选举权的外国人在法国处于独裁统治之下，这种矛盾同时是是与否，这是没有意义的。 你知道中国人在中国感受到民主吗？ 如果你问中国人，他们会回答你“我们在中国是民主的，因为政府听我们的”，但在法国会是“我们在民主，因为我们有投票权”。 在我看来，观察事物，中国的民主愿景（经常倾听人民的诉求）比法国的民主愿景（1票，你沉默5年）更接近民主制度。 也许这就是为什么在中国他们不需要投票权并且不要求投票权的原因，因为人们被倾听了 5 年、10 年，所有时间。 中国的民主愿景很有趣。 越往前走，我越有一种印象，就是中国接触到了真正的民主。 另一方面，在法国，我们对真正完美的独裁统治的接触如此之多，以至于人们没有注意到它，以至于人们甚至没有意识到这一点。 和中国人谈论这个话题很有趣，如果有人有机会见到他们，即使他们经常害羞，你也应该借此机会开始谈论这个话题。

[@江宁路牛奶棚-q6x]

@@WayneLu12345 呵呵，你这种说法骗骗外国人还行，台湾想独立，自己买个岛去独立，记得把搜刮全中国人的黄金，还有故宫的国宝留下，然后滚蛋。

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany.

[@nswlite9899]

4:21 the translation is wrong. She said 卷/Juan which is a slang in China means "competitive". So she means"right now the social environment is very competitive in China" not "everyone is tired."

[@nagi-springfield93]

这在每一期关于中国的话题都是会发生的，不用纠正了，就是有意为之的。之前的更夸张，基本扭曲了受访者的本意，很多中性意思都很容易被串改

[@dutang4490]

"everyone is tired" 就是这个意思，累且回报很少

[@nswlite9899]

@@nagi-springfield93 我也看过他们之前的视频，感觉在油管算是很中立了，不能指望太多

[@nagi-springfield93]

@@nswlite9899 嗯，在外网的话比起其他直接看图编故事的来说，确实是比较中立的了

[@dxelson]

@@nagi-springfield93 已经非常中位了

[@Relax-cs5ny]

The woman in black who has her face covered, her accent doesn't sound like mainlanders, I seriously doubt she is a foreigner or is from Taiwan.

[@willyang4487]

Could be a Chinese Malaysian or Singaporean?

[@lostcause4728]

I don't doubt it, she's definitely chinese.

[@thamg.2550]

​@@lostcause4728but she doesn't sounds like one.

[@朱先生-v4v]

感觉找的托

[@peacelife]

👏👏 for pulling this vid together. I understand it is hard. Glad these people feel freely to express. I hope they don't get any repercussion.

[@AsianBoss]

Hey bosses, we hope you found this video insightful! If you want to support our mission to bridge social and cultural gaps between Asia and the world, you can now click on the Super Thanks button under our videos. See you in the next video and stay curious!

[@syntaxerror5790]

You know interviewing the general public in China is against the law under the ccp correct?

[@yangzhou5894]

@枝娜.劍塚 中华民国统治全中国也一样，人口基数太大没办法。PRC只是缩小版的ROC

[@timmychan6282]

As a Chinese, I would say if Taiwanese people do not want to be part of China, then leave. Just move to another country. The lands of Taiwan belongs to China (be it PRC or ROC), if you want to create a "new country" called Taiwan, alright do it then, but DON'T you ever steal the lands of China. It is officially part of China. If you want to stay being ROC, alright then, you can keep the island, because you are still claiming to be the "real China". But if you no longer claim yourself being China, then we have no reason to give the island to you for free. It is all okay for me, as long as you buy the land. The island of Taiwan is owned by China. This ownership is recognized by everyone!

[@syntaxerror5790]

Shame what happened to Hong Kong. I hope such does not happen to Taiwan. That’s all I can say cuz I felt the spirit of Hong Kong & I know their spirit has been shattered.

[@syntaxerror5790]

@@timmychan6282 • Taiwan was never once controlled by the ccp. Taiwan owns their own land. Neither does the ocean which numerous Nations all share in your vicinity belong to China exclusively.

[@not_for_nothing]

Thank you Asian Boss for this thoughtful clip. Having lived in China and with family in Taiwan I know that the bellicose rhetoric we often hear in both Chinese and Western media is not necessarily echoed by the common folk. I - like the people in this video - wish for peace and more respectful discourse. More of these please, Asian Boss!

[@yuxinyu5839]

I think most mainlanders view the "return issue" less as a political unification than as a cultural, spiritual, and emotional one, a sense that we are family. After all, we do share a lot of culture and history. Although, as the video presents, the mainlanders and Taiwanese can get along well most of the time, this friendship can be destroyed at any time if there are political problems left over, which is a great pity for both of us. I do hope there can be a win-win solution to end this mass.

[@mikicerise6250]

From my perspective the West has bent over backwards to support peaceful reunification, including the One China policy. You have to go out of your way to start a war over this, and Emperor Xi is doing just that, going out of his way to justify a war nobody wants just to satisfy his own personal egomania and delusions of grandeur. He is not preoccupied with reunification, he is preoccupied with his own legacy. He wants reunification under his rule even if millions of people have to die for it and Chinese economy will be destroyed so he can be worshipped like Mao. What he really can't stand is to think maybe it will be done by somebody after him, and he will be nothing more than a footnote in history.

[@cleong5585]

The thing is, who will give it up? Taiwan and mainland China policies are anti-thesis of each other. That is one of the reason they cannot give up on, basic human rights. Which country suits their rights and living standards more. Which gives them voice or which gives them more freedom? That is one of reason taiwan cannot give up on. China would need to start a war or by force or by threat. That is one of the problem people didn’t really understand why it happened these way even though they hade so many things in common in culture. But their politics and beliefs are vastly different. Taiwan can consider a place for non chinese to become citizen of. But they don’t have anything in common with any chinese. But they prefer to live in Taiwan based on living standards, system, law, rules, or etc. Thad is something to consider the meaning of Taiwan versus mainland china. And will taiwan ever give up their rights? That is the answer they will tell you that even though they love mainland chinese, but the politics and policies and lifestyle are entirely different.

[@LunaticTheCat]

A win-win solution simply is not possible as long as the CCP remains in power.

[@je_cite_qqn]

🇨🇵La démocratie ce n'est pas "voter". Si voter pour son président c'est être dans une démocratie, alors les étrangers qui n'ont pas le droit de vote sont en dictature en France, cette contradiction c'est oui et non à la fois, ça n'a aucun sens. Vous savez qu'en Chine les Chinois se sentent en démocratie ? Si vous demandez à des Chinois, ils vous répondront "nous sommes en démocratie en Chine car le gouvernement nous écoute" mais en France ce sera "nous sommes en démocratie car nous avons le droit de vote". De mon point de vue, en observant les choses, la vision chinoise de la démocratie (écoute des revendications du peuple régulièrement) est plus proche d'un système démocratique que la vision française de la démocratie (1 vote puis tu te tais pendant 5 ans). Et peut-être que c'est ce qui explique qu'en Chine ils n'ont pas besoin du droit de vote et ne demandent pas le droit de vote d'ailleurs, car le peuple est écouté pendant 5 ans, 10 ans, tout le temps. C'est intéressant la vision chinoise de la démocratie. Plus ça va, plus j'ai l'impression que c'est la Chine qui touche du doigt la vraie démocratie. Nous en France en revanche on touche plutôt du doigt la vraie dictature parfaite tellement elle passe inaperçue au point que le peuple ne s'en rend même pas compte. C'est intéressant de discuter avec des Chinois sur le sujet, si certains ont l'occasion d'en rencontrer faut en profiter pour engager la conversation sur le sujet même s'ils sont souvent timides.

[@je_cite_qqn]

我写法语的评论，我用app自动翻译，让你们懂我的评论： 民主不是“投票”。 如果投票给它的总统意味着进入民主国家，那么没有选举权的外国人在法国处于独裁统治之下，这种矛盾同时是是与否，这是没有意义的。 你知道中国人在中国感受到民主吗？ 如果你问中国人，他们会回答你“我们在中国是民主的，因为政府听我们的”，但在法国会是“我们在民主，因为我们有投票权”。 在我看来，观察事物，中国的民主愿景（经常倾听人民的诉求）比法国的民主愿景（1票，你沉默5年）更接近民主制度。 也许这就是为什么在中国他们不需要投票权并且不要求投票权的原因，因为人们被倾听了 5 年、10 年，所有时间。 中国的民主愿景很有趣。 越往前走，我越有一种印象，就是中国接触到了真正的民主。 另一方面，在法国，我们对真正完美的独裁统治的接触如此之多，以至于人们没有注意到它，以至于人们甚至没有意识到这一点。 和中国人谈论这个话题很有趣，如果有人有机会见到他们，即使他们经常害羞，你也应该借此机会开始谈论这个话题。

[@YEETSWORLDWIDE]

This journal piece is amazing. Thank you.

[@alvinnnliu]

Mainlander here: this episode is accurate, and the responses are genuine.

[@lovelilylove2111]

You can’t represent chinese , you can only represent yourself. I am from China and I don’t agree with you as well as the perspective these interviewees hold. It’s just a propaganda from Taiwan which harms China interests and don’t want to get punished by China. Taiwan is a spoiled bad boy

[@miomiomiaou1037]

@Xu Chun Taiwan is only pseudo, the real name is "China" ("Republic of China" precisely), so Taiwan is China, and Mainland is China too. Like North Korea and South Korea, like West Germany and East Germany

[@bobograndman]

I love these interviews, so many times the media can make biased reports based off random tweets or meaningless commentary by a cherry picked individual. Seeing what regular every day people think about mainstream issues is refreshing

[@JuanRodriguez-rh4kp]

True, but not Chinese citizens will be crazy enough to say anything negative about the Chinese Communist Party. They have social points to maintain.

[@foxmulder7616]

So many times AKA all the time! Look up operation mockingbird! The American c 👁️ A director Casey said "we will know our disinformation campaign is complete when everything the American public believes is a lie"! It's the same in every country.

[@anomonyus-57]

These interviews are BIASED... It does not represent the whole population. Don't you think Asian boss will cherry pick the interviews and show it on KZbin? Isn't this bias?

[@xiaozhangg]

@@anomonyus-57 Maybe you don't know, many US media and nearly all Chinese media only interview the people the reporter like, like show China will collapse, the US is chaotic, none of you believe or not.

[@shadowmoon9785]

This interview is biased AF and super manipulative.

[@HansArtnCulture]

Thank you Asian boss. I think you did a great job. For those people who always criticise Asian boss for hiring actor or actress to play the interview especially on the topics about China, my suggestion is that if you never been to China it’s your time to try to walk out of your shell, go visit China and see in your real eyes, don’t always rely on what you hear on TV and news. Good luck!

[@nomoresunforever3695]

We can't visit China due to covid lockdown. All foreigners are banned.

[@jiroh8123]

The guy who talks about snacks when asked what he thinks about Taiwan is me to the highest level

[@MichoTeh]

Thank you so much for doing these topic coverage in China and to share their POV with us. Keep up the good work!

[@summerQuanta]

I think it's important to keep in mind that Taiwan in its own constitution claims mainland China. Basically Taiwan doesn't recognise China as an independent country. So how could China do? Legally, it is a question of legitimate government, and if Taiwan wants to become independent they would have to change their constitution, recognise China and declare independence. Of course this wouldn't just happen without repercussions from China but Taiwan has not done it. It is also important to add the official Chinese stand (which I personally believe to be true) that Taiwan is subject to a lot of anti-chinese propaganda just as we are in the US and Europe fueled by misinformation and fake news (e.g. Xinjiang as the Taiwanese guy mentions). This in combination with their own history not being objectively taught in school. A lot of Taiwanese people don't even realize their economy is built on trade with China. So how can Taiwan make an informed decision when the US has such influence on the narrative. The only reason the US cares about Taiwan is the semiconductor industry and considering the past decades that's doesn't make it a very trustworthy friend.

[@SoundsOfTheWild3]

To be fair the main reason why is that if Taiwan tried to change its constitution China would see that as a violation of the One China policy and Taiwan trying to be independent so they can't really change it, because China will threaten war if they do. Instead Taiwanese official just operate while ignoring that part of the constitution.

[@dxelson]

Indeed almost 45% of exports are done with China (including HK, Macao)

[@SiriProject]

The economic dependence on the Mainland is always downplayed by western sources, but the main reason the political and business establishment in Taiwan has not revised the Constitution is the fact that Taiwan outsources production to the Mainland, and exports a hella lot to them.

[@user-ib7fb4gd5c]

japan cares too because senkaku island

[@ML-pj4wk]

Does America really care about anything else than its own interests anywhere around the globe? That would become real news.

[@gretabair7749]

Thanks for these street interviews. Having a Chinese husband and therefore a german/Chinese daughter I like to inform myself on other sources than the official German news . Thanks for conducting these unedited street interviews,they allow me to get more information about Chinese culture

[@balance427]

我覺得報導的很客觀，謝謝你們 (From Taiwan)

[@coderzhang2729]

真的假的，你还真信啊，哥们，我是内蒙古的，这一看就是一群演员，视频里那个被打马赛克的女的还说“资讯”这个词，我们这就从来不说这个词，其他的人也搁那支支吾吾的贼奇怪的发言，真正的大陆人哪有这样的，你来中国大陆随便问一个人去问台湾的事，所有人的回答肯定都是要统一的，而且我们这边武统的声音是很大的，尤其是民间，民间甚至比政府还着急。你要是不信我说的我也没法

[@balance427]

@@coderzhang2729 不要打仗啦 好恐怖！這樣交流不是很好嗎？

[@coderzhang2729]

@@balance427 哈哈哈，你的发言好可爱

[@coderzhang2729]

@@balance427 你们那的媒体给你们看的大多都是假的，而且“中共”这个词，我们这好像几乎没人说吧，那个打马赛克的女的差点给我绷不住了，她应该是在大陆生活了一段时间的台湾人，一看就是演员，专门做给你们还有西方人拍的，确实具有迷惑性

[@coderzhang2729]

@@balance427 也没有吧，只不过我们这边就是把台湾当亲儿子看待的，只不过是儿子不孝顺，不认爹了这样的感受，但是这几年民间就已经越来越不耐烦了，感觉再这样下去，台湾真的就要数典忘祖了，所以武统的呼声挺高的

[@lckvv7134]

So obviously the lady in grey dress is from Taiwan...her accent tells everything...that’s why her opinions differ so much

[@jianchutaiba]

她用词习惯非大陆。

[@张莹莹-p2v]

不能讨论政治属实有点抹黑了

[@yelixiong]

Also, highly educated Chinese usually don't have tatoo, which is usually not part of their culture.

[@yichenwang465]

The lady with dark dress said “监察”😂 bro lived in China for more than 20 years, never used that word much, also based on her accent, she is definitely from Taiwan, that’s why she really want Taiwan to be independent, I believe what she said about Chinese government is not fair, Asian boss please find a real mainland Chinese.

[@emmanuelsandoval1870]

Which lady? Timestamp?

[@bohu1267]

I was thinking the girl not showing her face may be actually from Taiwan 😆. She was using "咨询“ instead of "信息“. The former word definitely has a Taiwanese root.

[@peterzhu8586]

Definitely

[@Fomites]

Australian here. My wife is from Chengdu and we live in Australia. Thank you for this video showing the benign attitudes of both Taiwanese and Chinese residents. This is in contrast to media (especially here in the West, and especially the Right wing) and politicians. The people do not want conflict. I think you would get similar results if you did interviews here under the same conditions. Having spent a lot of time in China (and a short time in Taiwan) I am not surprised at the conversations. Well done!

[@fungweiwei73]

Oh mate I studied in Taiwan and Chengdu

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

No offense, but given your background, you should be educated enough and know Taiwanese are also the same Chinese people right? Since they are also Chinese, shouldn't you use the word "Taiwanese and Mainlanders residents" instead of "Taiwanese and Chinese residents" here? Why do you make it sound as if Chinese and Taiwanese are 2 different races from different countries? Please don't be biased and be careful not to spread any more misinformation that could mislead anyone who is not familiar with or not educated enough about the current complicated situation of China and Taiwan.

[@user-sb9ho5jz3e]

@@The_Art_of_AI_888 Ethnicity and nationality are two different terms

[@The_Art_of_AI_888]

@@user-sb9ho5jz3e Go check UN official website and educate yourself some history, Taiwan is under Republic of China, which was founded in Mainland China by Mainland Chinese to represent all Chinese population/citizens/residents in all Mainland China and Taiwan...

[@rksleung]

Right wing? Right wing doesn't want conflicts. Nowadays, it's the Neocons And Dems that want conflicts.

[@hao-yt7gj]

Obviously the lady in black is not from the mainland,because "中共" is a very Taiwanese term and has some derogatory meaning.We generally do not use political parties to represent the country. As far as I know, this is how it is called in the West and Taiwan.I think you should remain objective and neutral when conducting interviews, as you have always emphasized.

[@garyyuan6388]

中共中央政治局，中共中央宣传部，中共中央党校，我不好评价你从哪里感觉出来的国内不用中共😅

[@garyyuan6388]

细说中共是贬义，明天马上给你拉清单😅

[@hao-yt7gj]

@@garyyuan6388 可能我电影看多了，但是我问了周围的同学们，很多都有这样的感觉，但也有和你说的一样。在我所接受教育的环境中，没有任何人把党只叫“中共”，除了前缀。我所听到的来源只有白匪和台湾部分媒体。可能是这种错觉，但我不认为这是个好的叫法（单指政党的话）

[@semaht03]

I don't think China will wage war with Taiwan because it is not worth. However, if US tries to build missile base in Taiwan, then Chinese government could feel threaten and might use force to prevent that from happening, so please US do not meddle with other country affair.

[@Nucke4]

@Blood in the Water if US doesn't meddle, there is still a chance of a peacefull reunification. If US continues its provocations supporting separatists there will be war most likely

[@semaht03]

@Blood in the Water I disagree. In my opinion, It is true that China would like to reintegrate Taiwan, but they won't use war, because there is too much negative impact to China, not worth. You can also see that Chinese citizens don't want war either. Moreover, it's not like China need to quickly reintegrate Taiwan or anything. China can grow fine by itself. As long as Taiwan stays neutral, don't allow US to build military's base. I believe a war will not happen, because there is no reason to.

[@andylui3333]

@Blood in the Water Scare tactics doubt they will actually do it. In the end it depends on the U.S and what they will do. China doesn't want USA at their doorsteps.

[@mi9482]

我在国内长大，后来去加拿大读书并认识了很多来自台湾有朋友。平日的交往通常会回避统一问题。有次和一个非常熟的台湾朋友跟另外几个人一起玩桌球游戏。其间我们玩得很疯，于是我随口说了一句类似我一定会把你打败就像我们中国一定会把你们台湾打败这样的话。我的朋友当时非常惊诧，带着失望的语气说没想到你也会说这样的话。我瞬间意识到这句我们从小听到大的话给在台湾出生和长大的人民带来的压抑和委屈。虽然这并没有影响我们之间的友情，但15年过去了仍然为当时这句话感到非常羞愧。

[@xxx-yc9is]

我们打败的是老蒋为首的那些买办，大资本家，不是人民.

[@zhangburnham7226]

你说这种话本来就很伤害朋友感情，这种话也就是网上跟死硬台独对线用的

[@S123MAN]

羞愧？

[@mi9482]

@@S123MAN 说了愚蠢的话伤害到朋友不该羞愧吗？

[@xxx-yc9is]

@@S123MAN 出口伤人了难道不该反思下吗，今日反思了吗👊

[@JCh977]

I'm a Chinese youth in northwest, this is my opinion:(I don't use English because I wish to express correctly and easy, sorry for any reading problem): 在我看来这个视频不够客观真实，确实Asian boss采访了一些普通民众，但是这些人都生活在上海，而且受访者在年龄等因素上也似乎不如采访台湾那期多样。结果就是这期视频能表达一些中国人的看法，但是很有可能会误导你认为“中国人都是这么想的”。 请记住，中国是世界上人最多、领土最广的国家之一！中国很大，所以很多样。至于上海，上海人很富裕、通常也被认为很排外省人（比起深圳等）。所以你可以很轻松的想到这个事实：受访者很有可能是一个上海人、现行制度的受益者、接受西方思想最多一批人。所以他们更倾向于不改变现状XD。我认为Asian boss有必要在更多的城市（哪怕仅仅是沿海地区城市）做街访。 然后我想说说我对视频中一些问题的看法（需要看我记得哪些问题:)）。仅代表一个中国大学生。 首先，中国（大陆）确实存在言论审查，然而，作为一个能直接接触西方媒体的人，我没有看到西方的媒体有非常很好的表现。颠覆国家和政府的言论、弱智的言论在Twitter和KZbin蔚然成风。KZbin对亲华频道有限流、更少的推广流量、甚至有可能会后台取关你的关注频道。诸如此类，让我很难说西方人在媒体上做得更好。 具体到台湾问题，这两天是中国平台的热门主题，很显然你不能发表支持台湾独立的言论:)，但是批评政府、支持政府的言论都可以自由的发表。（例如很多人批评政府对台湾过于包容和软弱，自嘲自己比起台湾只是二等公民） 我们接受的教育、以及我对历史的一点个人了解，台湾很显然属于中国，我也推荐任何想了解台湾历史的人了解一下中国人为什么认为台湾是中国一部分的历史逻辑。我为那些受台湾教材误导的台湾人悲哀。而且美国一贯的作风和大陆的实力已经注定台湾最后必然会被统一。（如果政府放弃统一，那中国政府就失去了合法性和群众的支持）。现在的问题只是，什么时候、什么方式。和平是对中国和台湾人最有利的做法，而美国却希望台湾人能把大陆拖入战争泥潭（就像乌克兰），因此大陆一直在努力沟通交流，大陆唯一的红线是台湾彻底独立，而蔡英文很聪明，她鼓吹台湾独立，但从来没有把护照上的“中华民国”字样去掉。 我认为，在中国和美国都目前经济不振的情况下，采取武力方式统一台湾越来越有可能。因为政府和人们的压力都越来越大。 在佩洛西访台的背景下，很多人（包括我）认为中国政府做得不够而非过分。我们今天讨论台湾是否独立只是因为上一代中国人没有解决问题，而非没有问题。中国政府应该尽快统一台湾，因为越晚，就有越来越多年轻人不了解中国大陆，不认可中国人的身份

[@hdtharkii6649]

One question! Why CCP don't allow religion to preach openly?

[@JCh977]

@@hdtharkii6649 well，I don't know exactly reason, but I think it's reasonable. Everyone has the freedom of religious belief, but everyone also has the freedom not to believe in religion. Public preaching can be very annoying to those people who believe in other religions or are totally not interested in religious beliefs. Sometimes, it even may caused a conflict. (like Islam and Christianity often do in history).By the way, preach openly is convenient for cults, Falun gong as an example. They against the gov and separate the society openly. just look atw what happened in Japan few weeks ago!

[@in5125]

台湾是中国的一部分，这个论题根本不需要讨论，多读书就可以知道。这个和大陆的渲染没有任何关系。台湾是中国的一部分，这个是一个事实。它不需要反正，因为它无条件成立。 但是，我要说但是。我个人不希望台湾回归。台湾人有台湾人的民主，他们生活有自己那一套，我也觉得很好。 “台湾是否是中国的一部分“ 和”台湾是否应该回归“这是完全两个论题。低智商的人普遍喜欢把他们扯在一起谈

[@thamg.2550]

It's funny how they don't talk about Taiwan real name, constitution and history. If they talked about it, people would undertand better why Taiwan needs to be reunited with Mainland

[@wenyanchen8709]

the woman who wear the black dress is not Chinese (mainland),she is Taiwanese, we don’t say 资讯……

[@朱先生-v4v]

听口音和不看国内新闻就知道不是大陆人

[@mattwalls7381]

Approaching varying opinions from each sides perspective, once you hear both sides you realize there is no right or wrong, and that war only happens from lack of communication and differing perspectives, all which could be avoided with proper communication.

[@daelundrumavidem8033]

Absolutely has nothing to do with communication, but geopolitics. Taiwan’s own internal politics is pushing it towards division with the mainland since that gets votes, US’s own politics is pushing US to wards provocation with China since anti-China sentiment will rally up that “make America great again” moral, China’s own geopolitical need will push it to want to break through the containment of the first island chain for it to reach the Pacific Ocean unblocked. Everyone sees what they need as very important, conflict will grow. The only piece can change the trajectory is resting on China (since I don’t believe in the wisdom of US nor Taiwan politicians), on how well it will navigate its rise without trapped in Taiwan issue.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@daelundrumavidem8033 its rests on China not because of whatever odd thing you think about anyone's politicians (there is no wisdom with any of them, China included), but because they alone can simply say "fine, your free" - no one else can do that, and clearly, they dont want to and its looks exceedingly like they never will - they lack such Wisdow, but most other countries would act no different, wisdow or not.

[@TheRealIronMan]

@@xBINARYGODx ​ lol Don't be naive, the moment China said "you are free" is the moment America will put nukes on Taiwan to "contain China", its literally America's official policy: Making sure China's economic development is dead in the tracks so the US can maintain the sole global superpower. China is not running around the globe trying to sabotage America, America on the other hand is not even remotely trying to hide it, they say it out loud.

[@jiechaowang5960]

Obviously did a great job in doing this interview. I don’t remember if they also asked Taiwan people “why do you think Taiwan is a separate country, did you get that from traditional education, media or government?” in their other interview. Maybe they did.

[@George-mz8ct]

I think the main difference between Taiwan and China is that most Taiwanese have never even been to Mainland China (just like most Mainland Chinese have never been to Taiwan), so for most Taiwanese, growing up their entire lives in a land that (for most) clearly seems like their own country would make sense. No need to be educated on if the place where you reside is a real country or not, it is kind of for Taiwanese to understand for themselves. However, in this interview it is different because 99% of these Mainland Chinese have never been to Taiwan, have no experience of the actual country, but they feel it is a part of Mainland China, THAT invites a further questioning as to why? From where is this coming? And they all stated their childhood education for being the reason. So, I think it is balanced questioning because asking a Taiwanese if their country is its own country is like asking a Mainland Chinese if China is an independent country, a bit redundant.

[@jackwalls2448]

What will you do even if you get a island 🏝️ !!?

[@mikeygao3393]

@@George-mz8ct many Chinese only lived in their own provinces but they would never see their province as an independent country. However, Taiwanese has this belief. The difference is education. That’s why you learn history at school.

[@nadjaleaves]

@@George-mz8ct There r 1m people working in China. And as a person who work in China for 15 years and have been educated by KMT that so called one China policy. I am sorry to say that I hope that Taiwan won't be ruled by CCP.

[@hwthb123]

所以其实采访的诱导性也很强。我听到她们问出这个问题，却没问台湾民众，就记得有些太明显了

[@theredbar-cross8515]

The woman in black with the blurred face has a noticeable Taiwanese accent.