What Do the Chinese Think of Russia? | Street Interview

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While the world is watching the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war unfold, many countries condemn Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. But what about China, which is supposed to be one of Russia’s biggest allies? We hit the streets of Shanghai to get Chinese citizen’s reaction to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict and to hear what they think about Russia and Putin in general.
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0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Reaction to Ukraine-Russia conflict
1:42 - How big is this news in China
2:21 - How is this news being reported in the Chinese media?
3:34 - Why is Russia invading Ukraine?
4:33 - Chinese government’s response
6:18 - Relationship between Russia and China
9:04 - What do you think about Putin?
11:12 - How likely do you think this situation will lead to WW3?
13:48 - Do you think something similar would happen between China and Taiwan?
15:55 - Message to Ukrainians
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[@AsianBoss]

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[@st.altair4936]

Really dislike some of the twisted translations trying to portray a pro-US narrative.

[@adaydreamhd]

"to prevent ww3" how far up your own a** can one be

[@nutsackmania]

Why do your translations suck so much?

[@user-qg1tp7ib5r]

As Chinese, our attitude is like this: we sympathize with ordinary Ukrainian people, understand The situation of Russia, hate the oppression of the United States and NATO, despise the hypocrisy and double standards of the Western world, and hope for a peaceful solution as soon as possible

[@idmwwwiomwwa]

this is a perfect summary.

[@tianjiwang1512]

Yep

[@liza6162]

Perfect summary

[@enryhen6859]

Perfection! Thanks for explaining to those who are still being brainwashed

[@minnie7279]

We westerners also hate dictatorships like CCP and Putins Russia but feel sorry for all brainwashed people who never experienced freedom like we did. Greetings from Europe

[@AustinCMN]

Really disappointed with the quality of the translation. It's not just very loosely translated. Some sentences are barely related to the original or even mean the opposite. Here's a few examples of what the correct translation should be. Please judge for yourselves. 1:06 Personally, I think it might be too harsh to describe it as an "invasion". 4:08 dispatched their armed forces 4:23 They aimed their guns and missiles at Russia's door 4:53 (second sentence) if we can sign a treaty then we'll try not to resort to violence. 5:06-5:20 We shouldn't step in because Ukraine provoked the situation in the first place. Russia has been provoked, but it has not been invaded. 5:53 but we can urge them to stop or share our views. 6:15 We won't send weapons to the battlefield (meaning they won't contribute to the war) 8:19 blatantly (not blindly) 9:02 to tackle intense situations 12:20 I hope that the US can stop meddling in issues like this in the future so that there can be world peace. 15:18 The US benefits from our conflict. (Literally: The US is watching the tigers fight（观虎）. The Chinese saying 坐山观虎斗 "sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight" means to watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted) 16:45 no family can bear the pain of losing a loved one.

[@alvita9656]

这个视频，让我觉得在这个话题上，asian boss并不客观。 采访那么多人，但是并不是同样的问题每个人都回答。有的问题剪辑这个人的回答，有的问题剪辑另外一个人的回答。为什么要这样做呢？没被放出来的回答到底说的是什么呢？

[@forrestpanda]

@@alvita9656 好多视频的翻译都不准，搞不清他们是真的缺人还是故意这么搞的。

[@momoware]

@@alvita9656 Asian Boss不是所有视频都是这样吗，应该是选比较具有代表性，表达比较流畅的回答吧。。。（可以看得出来特意选了几个鲜明的人设，支持俄国的老人，体谅平民的中年妇女等等）

[@famousraperandrapperkriswu656]

他们韩国媒体怎么可能客观！谷歌翻译都比他们翻译的好

[@HongWanSophia]

This comment really should be pushed Higher so more people can see

[@fullnoeleko]

Really interesting. Thanks a lot, regards from Belgium

[@aeronmorson3519]

I was very interested actually, you know I'm glad you guys touched on this, good to see. Kudos 👏

[@goodboi8569]

Thanks for the video! I wanted to point out some translations that could be better: 1:05 "I personally think the invasion is quite extreme" should be "I personally think the word 'invasion' is too extreme" 5:10 "We shouldn't step in because this is Ukraine's issue" should be "We shouldn't step in because Ukraine is the one who provoked Russia" 14:36 "First of all, the US has Taiwan's back..." should be "First of all, Taiwan's boss, the US, won't agree to it" edit: adding 6:15 "We won't abandon the situation either" should be "we also won't send weapons to (either Ukraine or Russia)" from user Rhapsody in comments

[@ydihtty]

Thanks for that, Asian Boss has a habit of twisting translations like this.

[@jinchengzou5525]

@9:42 when that girl said '' ...think about those Winnie the Pooh memes...'' , all u people from outside China knows that the BBC propaganda gotchu

[@goodboi8569]

@@ydihtty I'm sure there was no malice behind these mistranslations, but they do change the meaning and intent greatly.

[@ydihtty]

@@goodboi8569 Maybe there is no malice, but I have seen this same happen on other videos of them interviewing Chinese people, and I think the twisting of meaning is in a generally consistent direction.

[@legatrix]

Thanks. Precision in language (native language or translation) is very important.

[@teddytatyo]

some of the mistranslations drastically change the meaning of what was spoken. 6:14 The translation was "We wont't abandon the situation either." when it should have been "We would not supply arms to either sides." 12:19 The translation was " I hope the US can stop this situation" when it should have been "I hope that the US would refrain from intervening in the war, so that the world in general would be more peaceful."

[@Lara-Blues]

The part with the guy from 6.25 the translation is as we see?

[@user-os2hl3fe5i]

In fact, China's consultation and freedom of speech are much better than those in the West. The western media are full of lies! Why do European and Western media dare not prove that they report China? That's because China is more fair and free of speech than them. Americans call a picture of a Chinese school a Chinese concentration camp. It's ridiculous that the whole west believes it!! Because Americans can start a war with a bag of washing powder!!! So the overall IQ of westerners is really not high! It's easy to be brainwashed by the media!!

[@dman6385]

Gee, you'd almost think the translation was intentionally distorted.

[@havocrein]

@@unconnected Troll bot tech are Developed in USA

[@armstrongcatherine]

@@havocrein I don't agree. Some of us grew up in a conflict zone and know how important it is to think outside the box you are given at birth. To talk to people. To share similar and different experiences and to read and learn. Whilst we have bias it isn't the same thing as being brain washed.

[@mara_9178]

7:24 I really enjoy listening to this kindhearted man. He is amazing

[@jasonstickitmoore]

I love the Chinese culture and people. Beautiful people. Love from 🇺🇸

[@kobebryant6844]

beautiful people lol how about try to use Google translate reading comments on Chinese social media? try to understand more about how chinese think and their political views?

[@kobebryant6844]

you'll found out it's just 1.4 billions north koreans

[@Yucio-ot5eq]

@@kobebryant6844 Have you ever been to either China or North Korea? 🤣

[@gilbertomedrano3744]

Same

[@beef1937lu]

As a Chinese I would say this is a good representation of what peoples views are in our country. No matter we support or condemn, peace and empathy is always above all.

[@sakutaro3musik486]

are the translations correct? because some comments say otherwise and you never know who to trust online so I thought i might ask a chinese person in the comments

[@zachcouch8654]

If you are Chinese how are you watching this on KZbin? Honest question?

[@momoware]

@@sakutaro3musik486 Someone has already pointed out the mistranslations that influenced meanings (pinned comment). The rest is accurate.

[@dirtylooptheory]

@@zachcouch8654 using VPN or he/she is living overseas

[@nekken1242]

@@zachcouch8654 I can answer ur question for Lu. We both from the time 2050. Now China has been "Democratized" by someone, so we can use youtube.

[@George-rs8bm]

At 12'19", the translation: "I hope US can stop the situation and give the world some sense of peace."is the opposite of what the women in green says. She said, "I hope US stop intervening things like this [war] forever, then the world will be in peace."

[@calebyan7975]

You can do something like this 12:19

[@user-wt9cf1ro9p]

Смотри украина спровоцировала Россию начать эту операцию из-за не выполнения минских договоренностей украинская пропаганда пропитала запад они до сих пор считают что крым мы забрали силой и что мы ввели туда войска но они там и так были

[@menestrellskald8324]

Unfortunately, I don't often come across interviews of Chinese citizens, although I'm always curious about what they think and how they talk about things. It seemed to me that due to Chinese censorship and isolation, people would respond with anti-American propaganda narratives, but I was wrong. I’ll even say more, I’m a little shocked at how the Chinese talk about the problem and what different but always humane opinions they have. I want to express my admiration for your peacefulness.. sending love from Georgia 🇬🇪 ❤ 🇨🇳

[@AntishaDowban]

"censorship" LOL, you have no idea about the occident' censorship and suppression of criticism/mal-information ! You have to understand that 'malinformation' is defined as TRUTHFUL information that does not fit well with the official narratives.

[@user-sr8xp3mm4s]

что нельзя сказать о грузии , которая реагирует антироссийской пропагандой .

[@lawrencenannes4260]

CCP propaganda hence translation mistakes😮😮

[@roberternst6490]

i can't say much about how representative these interviews were in terms of the chinese population. But these people are seemingly well informed, very well educated and less manipulated by media propaganda of any colour than what i expect to hear from people in Europe. This alone is reason to be optimistic for Chinas future.

[@shortdrink873]

This is a really good interviewer - she didn’t let interesting off hand comments just slip by, but gently pressed in on them. Good stuff

[@TheJhtlag]

Yep, good interviewer, No leading questions, just neutral ones that the interviewee can address any way they want, good stuff.

[@WhatsThis9977]

@@TheJhtlag ? not at all. She used "invade" to guide the audiences, and several of them point out that it is not "invasion".

[@jinchengzou5525]

@9:42 when that girl said '' ...think about those Winnie the Pooh memes...'' , all u people from outside China knows that the BBC propaganda gotchu

[@hackerj23]

Yeah great neutral questions could elicit honest and open responses. Cool to see such a diversity of viewpoints.

[@timmychan6282]

@@LouisTsuiful This guy here is faking to be a Chinese. Don't mind him guys. In his message he says "we don't spread info about supporting any side", yet he supports Russia. Definitely a troll. He is impersonating Chinese people. What a douchebag.

[@tobyli8986]

You made the old man's day having him express his (rather conflicted) opinion on current issues over an interview rather than chatting with his friends in a park 😂

[@hengloke]

While wearing a Yankee's cap nonetheless lol

[@cheachung]

Lord in Heavens. Thats is why the world will always need progressive and educated youth. The younger generation are so balanced in their views and desires. This old man sound just like my father; the inconsistent logic and warmongering added to the self righteous vehemence drives me bonkers...sure, Putin is a God among leaders because he protects his people and territory with a strong and heavy fist, but no, we will absolutely should not do the same to Taiwan because brothers dont harm each other. My eye rolls are hurting my brain.

[@Marc-.]

@@hengloke We hate the American regime, not the people

[@PlasticDoll.]

@@Marc-. that's not mature. His intentions were good and I really think the old man would be such a cool person to meet. But I'm sorry, he was delusional. He was so blinded by his hate to the west, while worshipping Russia's Putin. Why should Russia's concerns be more important the Ukraine's thoughts on their safety. Do they really think Russia will be threatened but not Ukraine when it's beside a behemoth like Russia and a psycho for president. Was really disappointed in his opinion. But I've see a lot of old ppl like him that are usually good natured ppl, just misinformed and sticking to their stubborn narrative. Supporting Russia isn't supporting peace.

[@PlasticDoll.]

@@brandonhinojosa4202 the US would still not invade Mexico regardless. That's not how it goes. The US isn't like Russia, there are millions of people allowed to protest against the tyranny if it happened. Besides if the US invaded Mexico, because Mexico was seeking safety in Russia, then I would stand with Mexico. So no I wouldn't feel the same way as the old man. Also the US didn't threaten to weaponize Ukraine! Remember that Russia started the war, even before Ukraine wanting to join NATO.. they started to bully Ukraine from the time of Crimea. And NATO isn't an offensive alliance, it's a defensive one. And they wouldn't originally accept Ukraine because it wasn't democratic and was too corrupt but it's just sad. And if Russia is making all those around it afraid of it, how is it the fault of those countries? And they were right. Look at Ukraine now, it's already being invaded despite Putin lying a week ago, saying he wouldn't invade.

[@ms8742]

Very impressed with the knowledge and educated thoughts of the respondants.

[@maryw1778]

The Chinese public sounds more informed about international politics and history, and more empathetic towards humanity. Keep in mind that war is, and has always been, the goal of governments, whether you "elected" them or not, while governments use the hatred in you to fight their wars.

[@keithabrico6637]

LOL,they didn't aware of chinese coastguard harrasing fishermans in south china sea

[@keithabrico6637]

@Carmilla ph claim the sabah but we didn't harrass just like china and ph and malaysia goverment has already talk because they don't want to affect people who lived their

[@mrainzooalgown2190]

@@keithabrico6637 😂 Pilipino invade sabah. Vietnam has more island occupied than chinese. Iyaking tagalog.

[@keithabrico6637]

@@mrainzooalgown2190 u mean moros tried to invade sabah and i know that vietnam has more occupated islands and reefs in south china sea but most of it are not in our eez and ph didn't claim the whole south china.Every country in southeast asia have rights there except china.bugo man cguro ka

[@xelkim9666]

One of the best comments, kudos Mary👍

[@RussellWu]

12:20 the lady meant "I hope US stop intervening (or provoking) and making this kind of situation", not "I hope US will stop the situation". These are completely opposite.

[@rory9698]

Honestly I would care how this is translated if there weren't many angry Chinese people getting all worked up that there's people with different opinions in this video. 😂😂😂 but thanks for the correction. I didn't know that error was there.

[@AmelieZh]

@@rory9698 translation matters here. It changes the whole narrative

[@rory9698]

@@AmelieZh true.

[@dongf2618]

@@rory9698 in fact, in all their Chinese videos, they distort people's words. They have Chinese people working on their team; therefore, I don't think it's that hard to translate things word for word. I don't know why they choose to make people sound more aggressive or distort people's words to mean entirely different things such as this error above. This is not 1 or 2 videos. This happens in every video, and if you add them up, the number of errors is quite high, making me wonder if they r purposely trying to distort people's words. I am a perfectionist I can't bear with that...

[@honkhonk8009]

I love how Chinese view America as the ones provoking the situation. Countries like Ukraine, Kosovo, and Georgie have been begging Europe to join the EU and Nato. Its hilarious seeing the authoriatarian bootlickers try to blame other countries for fuckups. America is retarded, but at the very least had a coherent justification behind its invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. China seemed to want to invade Tibet, because apparently to free tibetan slaves, "Glorious mao zedong must arise from the heaven" and become the new tibetan slave masters. I used to be partial towards these types of politics, but after Ukraine, im in genuine disbeleif, over how China, a nation I thought atleast had good leaders now, would even support Russia after what they did. America may be incompetent, but atleast the Americans arent bootlickers. Jesus christ.

[@benyang6789]

Speaking as a Chinese； Support Ukraine morally Support Russia politically Support no one realistically Blame the West fully Want peace absolutely

[@SuperLameRanger]

omg u spoke my mind

[@Jason-bh9mi]

definitely correct

[@johnl405]

You can't blame the west. Ukraine wants to be part of the EU. They see greater economic prospects with free democracies and open markets. They see the Russian way of corrupt oligarchy as being backwards and something they experienced after the Soviet collapse till the Maidan revolution. They also want to joint NATO AFTER Russia illegally seized Crimea and made these fake independent Donbass cities with protracted fighting lasting years between Crimea and now.

[@nicetry3381]

@@johnl405 but, try to put youself into Russian shoes, Why NATO break the promise "no eastward expandsion" 5 times. Russian think NATO push them into corner. Ukraine can just keep neutral or just join EU instead of NATO

[@iwinlee]

you explained this effectively words are very reader friendly easy to understand mostly affect my perspective greatly have a great day hopefully

[@LEVILUP23]

Despite how the Western media portraying China as a place with absolutely no freedom, these ordinary folks speak no different than anyone on the streets in the West. I would even go on and say they sound more educated than what I would expect to see on average. Good job China, US has a lot to learn from

[@bigolpancake9136]

Much love to all from a USA citizen. Hoping for peace for all.

[@user-ns8tl9vb8r]

One thing should be added, most people I found online don't think China and Russia are ally. Because China pursue a no ally policy, meaning we don't have any ally, only partner or closed relationship from common interests, and most Chinese believe the famous Churchill's saying:"no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests." We don't take responsibility for other country's action or its own threat.We don't take actions or solid stand until our own safety and interests is threaten.

[@Tommah1000]

Only girlfriend, not wife

[@scarecrowl4715]

@@Tommah1000 Why would any country need a girlfriend or wife?

[@Tommah1000]

@@scarecrowl4715 no one really NEEDS a girlfriend or wife. It's just what your girlfriend or wife tells you.

[@user-vi9cc3fg7v]

@@Tommah1000 Angry, why not boyfriend and gay LGBT QIAPK still has 10 minutes to reach the battlefield

[@bubu-ku5jt]

@@LouisTsuiful 请不要刷屏地评论行吗

[@topthatplease]

The first woman interviewed, she said that the word “invasion” was a strong word’ . The subtitle interpreted it as she thought that the invasion was too much or terrible. There is a huge discrepancy in what she meant!!

[@cooliipie]

I understood it perfectly

[@thetreekeeper143]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

[@user-ju5dt2ib1r]

I strongly recommend Asian bosses to go to 『Taiwan』 to interview the same issue, to see the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese on the issue of Russian invasion of Ukraine, I think it will be very interesting!

[@xiajiayu3443]

@Good Vibes What do you want then? Pro NATO? LMAO

[@BlaCk-we7cy]

@@xiajiayu3443 both NATO and Russia could go rot their organizations for all I care. I'll forever stand with the real victims of this political non sense.

[@IWCETV]

I absolutely loved this video. very informative, ty.

[@bastiennietveld7128]

Thank you to all the participants of this interview. ❤

[@adriancann5056]

It's amazing how many different opinions came up. definitely not as one-sided as I had expected. great job Asian Boss

[@realkobett]

westerners are more one-sided.

[@sowersass2]

It interests me how the people say "the Chinese government is very against it" but to my knowledge the government had made no such statements. Correct me if im wrong, and I may be but china and russia are very close so I don't see any statement like that being made publicly.

[@asw654]

@@sowersass2 they are against it. You just won’t notice if you only pay attention to public speeches they give to audiences that include the international community, because they don’t like stirring up too much trouble. They don’t want a criticize an ally and they don’t want the USA to come out looking like the “good guys” because to China the US is a huge bully who always harass them and send agents to destabilize them and also use propaganda against them and even send scholars/diplomats to threaten countries that get close to China. So yeah it won’t be easy spotting overt words that reveal their thoughts on the invasion. You’ll have to interpret their words and position. They say they support territorial sovereignty, in which case it’s Russia violating that. They also see themselves in Ukraine’s position and the USA as Russia using a BS genocide (against Uyghurs or ethnic Russians) as the excuse to invade. In private I’ve heard people in CPC I know saying this invasion is a disaster (that being said the CPC is almost 100 million people, practically everyone is in or knows someone in the CPC so it’s not like it’s a monolith with one single opinion).

[@ChineseRepOfTaiwan]

It doesn't matter what ordinary people think, but what the Party wants the tone to be. Also bear in mind this is Shanghai, 20million people, supposed to be a more liberal place. Non costal areas will be way more hawkish and that is what we need to worry about.

[@mee1457]

@@sowersass2In fact, in China's interest, what we really want is for the US to withdraw from Ukraine and for Russia to stop invading Ukraine. So we are neutral in this problem. Actually, China also have territorial disputes with Russia.

[@nufh]

I totally condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But for those who have a bad view of the old man's opinion. First you have to remember what his generation went through, the sacrifices they had to make for the current generation. Before China became an economic superpower they were always bullied by the west, who helped their country a lot back then only Russia. He saw many things that the present generation does not see.

[@Superpo0oper2020]

My indian army surrendered to Pla

[@WINFIELD32750]

True, but I would add that with a higher expectation for economic abundance and choice, there also needs to be a higher expectation for an abundance of information he must gather for him to be informed with. Spouting Russian propaganda is kind of hard to excuse, like chiding your politically incorrect grandpa

[@TheTruth-vs9wo]

Is China the only Country that have been bullied by West? The continent of Africa were bullied by the West and stripped of all their mineral resources in the past by the West till this present day but they aren’t even talking about it. Some Chinese have that colonial mindset when they travel to the continent of Africa

[@SpookiBunny]

his opinions might be considered naive or uninformed nowadays but he has experienced stuff that younger western people have only read about on history books, if that. china has a very tough history with the west in particular with europe wreck havocking their land for political and economical interest, not to mention their recent hardships with japan during WWII and with the US during the cold war. dude sees a leader allegedly protecting his country from the west, he's gonna have admiration for it. can't be helped. i don't agree with him, but we can't nor should blame or shame him for his stance.

[@Orbt_]

Still no excuse. The old man’s beliefs are antiquated, flawed, and ignorant. Period.

[@m5nh948]

It would be interesting doing street interview Americans thinking of China.

[@shikazu01]

you spit the truth 😂

[@hsienkangliu1436]

me2

[@abysswatcher4907]

I'm wondering about the demographics of Trump supporters as well.

[@genghismike6186]

500 million in the USA budget for anti Chinese propaganda- what you think?

[@inncogong9139]

not all all....they know nothing, they don't care...

[@leozackdestron1574]

I loved "This is an issue of another country's sovereignity, so China has no right to interfere" Why USA and EU always interfere in other's contriry's sovereignity under pretext of "democrazy"?

[@barryheigh]

Cuz they want to spread “freedom” and “democracy”

[@barryheigh]

@@user-kr1de8el7g there is not justice, war is a business from military complexes and political interests. Stop beautify wars. Let me tell you that Ukraine used to have good relationship with Russia when the interest was the same. As for Taiwan , I don’t think America cares about how many Taiwan people die just like they don’t care how many Slavic people die. As long as their political aim gets obtained. You fool should wake up.

[@Orlington17]

@ry睿 US and EU invading countries as long as i know myself, dont be naive!

[@WeskersTentacles]

as a Russian, I hope this nightmare will end soon! I have relatives in Ukraine, my aunt and uncle.

[@Kisame10100]

Не унывай 😀

[@rawjusticeman3128]

Putin started this war and he is murdering his own russian soldiers and your relatives in Ukraine.

[@chengalhamo8151]

Help Ukraine brother.

[@SuperChairman]

@@rawjusticeman3128 too young too simple.

[@internalharm]

Slavia Ukraine!

[@TRI-xe3xw]

Here is the underestimated thing. You see a lot of Chinese comments supporting Russia, don't take it serious, cause we got fking 1.4 billion ppl. And you see a ton of Chinese comments supporting Ukraine, don't take it serious either, cause we got fking 1.4 billion ppl LOL. The similarities are in every field, like food, politicians, cars, nations whatever u name it. It's just so hard to describe China, so freaking big, and complex.

[@zhang4610]

That's what your western propaganda teaches you? Nice agenda!

[@orbitalpotato9940]

China has their own twitter population.

[@TRI-xe3xw]

​@UChwGBq6FE90dDBJaD3yXMWg I would say, obviously u have no idea about Chinese social media, instead of official stance, there are still a lot of different voices, the reason I already give to u. And you are totally biased ether, I think this happened in every corner all over the world that ur local gov has the majority of supporter. Just look in a mirror to find out.

[@TRI-xe3xw]

​@@orbitalpotato9940 1/4 to 1/5 of human kind are chinese, I would say we get population in every field.

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

@@orbitalpotato9940 absolutely lol. And they can be some of the most toxic communities you may encounter.

[@jasondurenda6454]

First time watching. Very good work sir! Subbed

[@brooklynboss7203]

I’m Russian and I love Chinese people !!! 🧡🇷🇺 🇨🇳

[@gogolljon8280]

as a Chinese my dad hate russia，some of my classmate support russia，also i like russia little much（i love alex misko by his music），but we all wish that war come over🐼🐻

[@adonorcurry3025]

I like Russian too

[@gogolljon8280]

@@adonorcurry3025 i support Russia because i see the nazi character upon the ukraine soldier s body🙊

[@user-ml8dl4rh1e]

Thank you so much.

[@jerryleiisme]

@@gogolljon8280 IMAO ,you will change your mind if you know about Mr Putin's true nature. This one is used to called the leader of west wing in europe.He is actually the king of slavic nazi orgnizaiton in post USSR counrtries.

[@SophisticatedAss]

To be honest these average Chinese see this issue pretty holistically, they all understand the “threat” from NATO expansion hence why Russia invade Ukraine. Doesn’t mean they agree with the approach of war but rather comprehension of the rationale from Russia.

[@hopeintruth5119]

Doesn't mean that rationale is correct

[@SophisticatedAss]

@@hopeintruth5119 dude no one here is arguing what’s right or wrong, grow up once would ya?

[@Paktofonika1989]

Shouldnt it be the right of every souvereign country to decide on their own whether they want to join a specific alliance or not? Isnt that what independence is about?

[@jeromelee7568]

@@Paktofonika1989 Except that they had a deal about NATO not expanding eastward anymore, which will literally put NATO canon at Russia's doorfront. Being independent does't mean you get to break deals and do as you please. There are rules.

[@velily1]

@@jeromelee7568 Russia is already bordered by 3 NATO countries - if it doesn’t want to attack a NATO country then what does it have to fear

[@GOATaro_]

This is actually very eye opening for me. I never realized just how similar citizens of different countries are in terms of awareness and level-headedness. We shouldn’t have to pay for our governments’ petty disagreements.

[@florenlebaron524]

I agree.

[@thunder881]

we are all human beings

[@darianistead2239]

Very true, we as citizens are seemingly inconsequential. Politicians in every nation do as little as possible to keep the majority of us just happy enough they maintain power to do their own bidding. The societies with the highest living standards and least likely to be in conflicts are those whom have more citizen's in agreement, where politicians are held accountable and freely elected from a larger demographic of policy.. That's not Russia, China or the U.S..

[@denisdenak]

Except for Russia

[@jackharbor3347]

But man these people are literally brainwashed. They don't even realize that their government is totalitarian.

[@meleney5406]

Like Russia, China has been under US sanctions for a long time, so it is understandable that they and Russia would help each other. The US should be thankful that the Chinese love peace or it would be facing two nuclear weapons states at the same time.

[@ibrahimbah1044]

Chinese people are extremely informed, looks like the education level over there is top notch .

[@kenharvey8161]

Actually, China's overall level of education, and its educational system, is worse than Mexico's.

[@nswlite9899]

I noticed a lot of the ppl didn't know that China has good relationship with BOTH Ukraine and Russia. China imported massive amount of agricultural product and natural resource from both countries. Even our first aircraft carrier was built with the unfinished Varyag vessel in Ukraine. Of course we don't want to see two of our buddies fighting each other, nor to pick any sides. Russians and Ukrainians are both Slav ppl in origin, I hope they can live in peace toghther like a family.

[@willengel2458]

they use the same playbook in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Ukraine. actually the neo-Nazis of Asov Battalion showed up in HKG.

[@1ewi5]

@@kurtgomez4171 "HAD" a good relationship because by the end of this war, Ukraine may be no more right? Since you are new to geopolitics, sit down and wait for your answers.

[@xipengwang2818]

@@kurtgomez4171 no no no, the Ukrainians will have their dream fulfilled, becoming a part of European Union, as refugees. And Russians will have their buffer state. What a win win scenario lol

[@AngryKittens]

Family don;t try to kill you for having new friends.

[@LordLOC]

@@xipengwang2818 Buffer state? Except if Putin takes Ukraine, Russia will then literally be surrounded by NATO countries on it's Eastern side. I mean what?

[@hab3e]

Conclusion of that (I am watching street interviews from Russia as well) is that people all around the world are very similar. Everybody wants peace, prosperity and good future for their loved ones and a humanity in general. Nobody wants war and suffering. We live in different cultures but we are all humans and we should respect each other. Brother should not kill or harm a brother.

[@hab3e]

@Sergey Shiryak discussing with somebody who believes Putin's propaganda is pontless.

[@pq6251]

@@hab3e In fact, only idiots can believe in propaganda. Can we call many citizens of Western Europe and North America idiots?

[@heheheheheheheheeh3766]

People who do not accept their past and don’t respect heroes who gave their lives so that nowadays their grandchildren can live in peace can’t be called brothers.

[@yeqiu774]

Us，the human of canser，dont think like that

[@simianto9957]

@@yeqiu774 Who is us 🤣

[@aldozilli1293]

As a British person with Hong Kong chinese friends it is concerning the way the media portrays China when in reality they are a very pacifist nation comparatively speaking

[@cba4389]

Tell that to Tibet or the people that have their organs sold to the highest bidder.

[@alicedog368]

u mean pacifist?

[@cba4389]

@@alicedog368 The CCP doesn't pay the best or hire the best.

[@xnopyt647]

Since when did China relocate to Oceania?

[@lemagnifique1573]

@@xnopyt647 china is already has a coastlines in the Pacific

[@andywalker7547]

Fascinating need more of this inside videos from china, also loved the video where you asked Chinese citizens about Taiwan and showed them that other video you made in Taiwan. Would have loved to have heard their feelings on seeing Ukrainians views on the war. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

[@maryrosenbergr7570]

This was a great interview!! As a Russian I am scared for our future, the future of Ukraine and how it will impact the world in general. Half of my family is Ukrainian and I feel helpless because no one can guarantee that this madness will end soon. But I have faith in people. And I hope we won’t hate each other for the horrible decisions our politicians have made ❤️‍🩹

[@Love-pv6xs]

I pray for peace for everyone

[@maryrosenbergr7570]

@@Love-pv6xs thank you, so do I 🙏🏻

[@antoinebguitar2869]

We will not, we have to accept that Putin is a bit edgy and we have ultimately respect that. Sad that he thinks invading will put people on his side. He's digging is own grave at this point and the west shouldn't intervene in my opinion. I still think it's cruel, but when faced with cruelty, more cruelty isn't an option. I just don't think nuclear threat should ever be an option for any negociation what so ever. The fact that Putin is willing to play with those words means he doesn't deverse to lead your country in my opinion. Look at how China handled their war, they let it happen like a medieval war with freaking batons, no cilivian area was destroyed. That's how you keep peace.

[@srseki]

I just hope someone in Russia could end that criminal's life ASAP, that's the only way to repair relationship between Ukraine and Russia

[@jointser1008]

No i don't hate russians peoples for that.

[@turtlesoup8134]

Good interview and it does represent the general sentiment in China. A few interesting observation to share: 1) Chinese can generally relate to Putin's decision for war and still generally support russia, but they are also symphathetic to Ukrainian citizen (notice none have said much about Ukrainian gov) and is against war. Some Chinese (the minority) stand on the side of Ukraine more than russia. 2) They think that China should not intervene. 3) Most of them blames NATO and US more. 4) The girl refers to Xi as winnie the pooh and gets away with it. This debunks the idea that winnie the pooh is a forbidden subject in China. No secret police is going to go after you if you say Xi is like winnie the pooh. 5) One guy wish that China will have leader like putin and says it will be interesting. He is not alone and many people in China feels that Chinese gov is too soft on some issues. If China is a liberal "democracy", then there will be war already in Taiwan and South China Sea.

[@frankmerriwell8339]

5 years at most and no more. Otherwise the people's will would be hard to contain.

[@turtlesoup8134]

@@frankmerriwell8339 what are you referring to?

[@qwkl2450]

what are the issues the chinese government is soft on?

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

@@qwkl2450 oh there are many. Take the toxic Chinese internet community for example. And the fact that there should be an increased police presence in local bars given that in my hometown I'm seeing brawls happening in such place recently.

[@qwkl2450]

@@typicalchineseguy5818 Toxic people are everywhere and more police presence in local bars is almost irrelevant to not offend you. Can´t compare with all the media censorship and games regulation for people under 18. Im no saying its something bad but it´s pretty strict

[@sjelucten7150]

Chinese people young and old are quite well-informed. Their views are quite balanced.

[@kenharvey8161]

Actually, they simply repeat what Chinese media has told them - that it is all the fault of Ukraine and the West.

[@MullicanDesigns]

No war and peaceful dialogue is always preferable. Thanks for sharing.

[@KaBrook]

Really amazing people in these videos. We wish you all the best China. Love and peace from Scotland❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@uncois]

i lived in edinburgh 17 years ago for like a week. great memory always in my heart, it feels like last year. it changes permanently what I see the westerners, the british ,the scottish.

[@merdufer]

Most of them don't like Putin's violent approach, but they sympathize with the motivation, because they understand what it's like to have the West stationing troops and installing weapons all around your country. Which side comes out stronger is different for each person. EDIT: To people who just want to parrot NATO propaganda... why are you watching a video on the perspectives of people in other countries? So you can say they're wrong without trying to understand them?

[@rainfall7972]

This is exactly how i feel too.

[@Hamlet137475]

Yeah and all those small countries bullied by China and Russia (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Phillippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia) all value US having presence around China. Big countries always bully smaller ones and US generally protects the little guys, most times. If China has problems with all its neighbors than maybe China is the problem. I mean it's either the one kid that causes everyone problems is right or the entire classroom that says the one kid is a bully, you tell me what common sense says.

[@xtzhao2196]

@@Hamlet137475 Indeed, to your point the existence of big country itself is just bully, we should crack the country up to satisfy you right? Sorry it is not the real rule of the world. Talk about Arizona, California and Texas with Mexican and see what you find.

[@xtzhao2196]

@@Hamlet137475 You thought US is better because it just have 2 neighbours, I guess up to you UK and Japan should be the kindest in the world.

[@rainfall7972]

@@Hamlet137475 it is true that big country bully small country. But no country can compare to America, Britain and France. The countries you mention above are existing from thousand of years. Non of the races have been disappeared. The conflict between china and Taiwan was also seeded by British if you forget.

[@delta8402]

Hey, Asian Boss, may I suggest you to went to other place of China to interview if it is possible? There might be different point of views in other regions. Thank you very much!

[@erlina021]

Love this interview ❤ 😂Thank You very much for sharing 🤍

[@bobmcgee6993]

These types of videos are important. Everyone should see how people are reacting to world politics instead of being told how people are reacting.

[@neogenzim1995]

this is propaganda. no one can go around china with pro video gear and asking random people on the street political questions without ccp permission want to see real chinese view? use vpn go on weibo and chinese tiktok

[@Rex-ww4cw]

@@neogenzim1995 yeah. They talk about Winnie the Pooh and Taiwan in the video. Doesn't sound like a CCP propaganda to me😂😂😂😂

[@mrgummygod]

These videos are scripted, you need a licence to make content like this and it all must be approved by the ccp.

[@Rex-ww4cw]

@@mrgummygod joke of the year😂😂

[@newbro]

@@Rex-ww4cw Yeah for a moment I fear for that girl's life lol

[@Andy0770]

As a Malaysian Chinese, I sympathize Ukrainian citizen suffers from war. I also understand Russia being pushed into geopolitical precarious situation. At the same time I feel disgusted on US-NATO double speak to manipulate unscrupulous Ukrainian politicians' populist sentiment, just to provoke Russia, also fanning fire by western media hypocrisy. I hope everybody should sit down and talk, promote neutrality in peaceful way, away from geopolitical aggression.

[@dht1247]

same opinion as you

[@makipoopoo]

With all due respect, it’s not that Ukraine wants to join NATO (military alliance), they want to join the EU (economic bloc), and Putin has hard time grasping a democratic Ukraine joining the EU. The Europeans don’t really care if Ukraine joins the EU or not since they just desire peace and prosperity. But at the end of the day, it’s Ukraine sovereign decision to aspire joining the EU if they want to; they should not be threatened for it.

[@quickbane1]

...so the only way to solve the problem is an invasion, huh? People will twist themselves into pretzels trying to justify this war, and it usually involves partisan leftists/russians/chinese just hating the west by default

[@Zoe-ss6vr]

Yeah, and I heard most Ukrainian government officials, including the president, have American citizenship because Ukraine allows citizen to hold dual citizenship.

[@Zoe-ss6vr]

@L EU already refused Ukraine... They just played with him...gave Ukraine hope, encouragement, bravery to challenge Russia. Still, they never considered Ukraine to join either EU or Nato because this would cause conflicts between Nato and Russia, and Ukraine’s GDP is so low, the fact is other European countries in the EU think Ukraine is a burden. They just wanted to use Ukraine to enrage Russia and use this conflict to portray Russia whatever they want; the story itself is not essential; how people tell or frame this story is important!

[@Educational-Animationcom]

As a German I'm impressed how thoughtfull most of these answers are.

[@Kleermaker1000]

If you have read the translation correction you might think differently.

[@Viconius]

@@Kleermaker1000 Yeah, they sound like "it'd be nice to be able to take back Taiwan without interference." Two years on and this seriously sounds far worse.

[@playlisttarmac]

Thanks for sharing these opinions

[@Aninkovsky]

It's great to see that even in China, they have divided opinions about the Russia Ukraine conflict. Good job AB, please make more of this content

[@WhatsThis9977]

It is filtered. Chinese are mostly pro russia. That lady in green is the minority

[@jiji7250]

@@WhatsThis9977 no lmao they act like that on the Internet because they're prob trolls stop bullshitting , and I doubt you live in china rn .

[@hahaha6553]

@@WhatsThis9977 ?How do you know this is a minority? I have seen an interview in Beijing, and there are many people who support Ukraine.

[@jiji7250]

@@WhatsThis9977 also it seems to me the only and fully pro russian person is the old guy with the hat so doesn't really prove your point.

[@liteupcandle1]

@@WhatsThis9977 Very true. This interview is far from the majorities’ opinion. Perhaps, it’s because those whom been interviewed were elite shanghaiese who can afford to live in the wealthiest part of Shanghai.

[@mialiu836]

it cool to see how there are differing sides, the younger people speaking in a way where they are more cautious and empathetic when explaining their thoughts while the older have a much stronger opinion

[@jinchengzou5525]

@9:42 when that girl said '' ...think about those Winnie the Pooh memes...'' , all u people from outside China knows that the BBC propaganda gotchu

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

Also much more brainwashed! This gives me hope for the future of China.

[@Superpo0oper2020]

90% of we indians are maln0urished and don't have t0ilet

[@junyi7171]

You are partly right

[@matebalazs467]

The translation twisted most of what the interviewed oeoplt said. Read the top comment. Complety propaganda.

[@bamkraxla6542]

Wow, i dont know where to start, so first of all: thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for your great Work and for giving me the possibility to listen to chinese people from the Streets of every day life. I hope so much this video is authentic and not a staged theater. Nowadays i really dont know so well what i can belive or not. All the people who have spoken have a diferent opinion and in my opinion all of them are right in some way. Me personally i wish for peace for all humanity. additionaly without any superpowers that are acting like some sort of police. Of course this is a very naive thought. i can see that there are so many different needs and perspectives. it is not possible for all the wishes to come true. I hope so much for a fair play in a very childish naive way. Also i hope that many more people grow mentahlly and spiritually so that we can see each other as brothers and sistern of different mothers. This way we do not need any boarders any more. Here where i live, in this video you call it the west, i see and hear many people who have the exact same feelinge, fears, hopes and wishes as the people in your video. Of course this is just an example of the many different points of view that exist on our planet. Our home. our only home in the Galaxy. I dream about and wish for enought strength of the humans of this planet to hold togeather as one big family. and that the strong people hold and suport the not so ready ones. to take them with us on this journey that we call life with the goal of becoming truly concious and aware about ourselves as human beings. Many bad things have been done by humans to other humans. the truly strong human is forgiving. And i hope and i dream that there will be no beeings that interfear in a negative way to stop this process of growing togeather. Of course it is ALL so extremly complicated. I know for sure we have the power to overcome the childhood and the adolescence of humanity and can become grownup humans in a concious way of existence, without further hurting each other. Time will heal all wounds and love will protect us and nurish this process. Thank you so much for your work. I hope to see many more other people from all over this planet and be able to listen to theire thoughts. It is like a symphony. We will overcome the complications. the complications will not dissapeat but we will find a way to deal with them in peace and harmony. peace out, your Brother from annother mother you give me more hope with your work, thank you

[@patrickduffy1354]

I find the Chinese interviewees, whatever their views, very impressive. Well informed, articulate, I think far more sophisticated than one would find in most countries.

[@mmathew8966]

Because China has a very competitive social enviroment, the competition even starts from kindergarden, chinese kids need do a lot of work to go to college for getting a better life in the future. And also influenced by confucianism, chinese people highly valued education from thousand years ago, which is kind of a tradition.

[@patrickduffy5413]

@@mmathew8966 Thanks for the background

[@donnadong5837]

As a Chinese we are taught to see things in different perspectives and most things in life are not purely black and white. And another’s thing is that I think we don’t really see many western propaganda… Tbh I feel our official news agencies are more neutral than many western media. E.g comparing CGTN to BBC and CNN, you can see some stark contrast😅

[@477sierra]

I've noticed this in Russia as well but support for Russia seems to be divided along generational lines. Younger people seem to be more likely to condemn the war while the older seems to support it.

[@josephathorvey9479]

Actually the trend is this: people young or old who are familiar with politics, would generally empathize with ordinary citizens of Ukraine, but more or less support (or understand) Russian actions _ this is very apparent outside of the west. While most of the people young or old who didn't familiar themselves with politics, generally, condemned Russian actions.

[@477sierra]

@@josephathorvey9479 So, let me just try to understand what you're saying. People who aren't familiar with politics are the ones condemning Russia's actions. And people who are familiar with politics understand Russia's position and empathize? If that's what you're trying to say, I have to disagree. Within Russia, the people supporting the war are one's who rely on the state media. Even in this case, it's divided along generational lines as younger people are more likely to rely on media from the internet rather than the state. It's the same thing outside of Russia and the west. People who rely on media outside of the confines of the state, will always have a broader view. And it's obviously younger people who are more likely to do this. It has less to do with how much politics you pay attention to and more about what types of media you are consuming.

[@iaanzhaurovigor9810]

​@@477sierraForsed to disagree. A persons opinion made up of his real experience of life in his native country. Person might not have media but could hear many different opinions in his life. Society in Russia, for the most part, strives for peace. But there are things for which society is ready to kill: 1. You can’t mock the memory of generations and 2. hatred for the West (hatred is grown by the west itself). Unfortunately The West understands this very well and plays with our lives. ​More or less sane citizen of Russia understanding that ucranians are victims of events. But Russia has no other way than to break military plans NATO in the region. Iam wathching all news in the world But I see many lies about Russia (best lies from CNN and BBC and Ucranian news). Unfortunately our opinion not want to hear Europe (Russia's main partner). All gowerments of more countries controlled by one headquarters. My country is weaker against such propaganda. No we have sunctions and I do not know what to expect in future. Our salary down, prices up. But people in the greater mass only began to hate the West even more. NEED this conflict to relocate on the territiry USA and Britain - is it opinion of a reasonable population of the country. Because "English world" is the WARMONGER. First to clear ucrain than bringing to justice the WEST. The West should not count on the revolt of the people of Russia. The majority will be for their country, for peace, for cooperation. Only the West has aggressive intentions.

[@tuyanaonnet5251]

to choose the side one must get the understanding of what`s going on. most people don`t want to bother themselves to seek reliable info or don`t have time, ability...

[@vihreelinja4743]

@@josephathorvey9479 you are right. Here in finland. most ppl only read the juicy gossips and have no idea whats really happening so putin is bad. while those who pay attention know that putin rly had no choise bcause the murican/ukranian provocation.

[@randomperson010]

You guys are better than the majority of news outlets. Love you guys.

[@duloli3038]

If you like this you could also watch some cgtn or xinhua news it's about the same. (as long as Asian Boss is in China)

[@truebluepatriot2739]

This was mostly very thoughtful responses to your question by these Chinese citizens.

[@carlosbuchlein]

In general, well informed and critical people.

[@caesarforlife1663]

The level of understanding regarding the issue reveals the Chinese people are a testament that the Chinese government isn't bombarding their people with propaganda. They are a very thoughtful people. I would love to hear the answers of these same questions asked of US citizens.

[@bereketeabteshome8126]

it probably like this " i don't know isn't Russia an evil empire we should eliminate "

[@knpnu9136]

It is a rather complicated story. In current Chinese values, It is more important to have a united opinion (to survive) than have critical thinking(freedom). So if the Chinese government has a public and official opinion, most Chinese will unconsciously follow it without the need for propaganda, attack all who have an odd opinion, and blame them as betrayers. However, right now the government is as confused and nervous as the western world. So it does not provide any strong opinion officially to the people, only vague, neutral even fence-sitting declarations. China needs Russia as an ally but does not want to be dragged into a war. And China also starts to recall the bad memory about Russia (Guess what country took most territory from China in history)

[@hueyhooiteoh805]

@@knpnu9136 wht suggested is no matter wht, chinese ppl opinion doesnt count, at the same time american opinion even though after brainwarshed still more reliable?

[@xiaoyang]

lol do you know that you can see CCP propaganda billboard in china like everywhere.

[@llkk290]

@@knpnu9136 The West is neither free nor pluralistic, and has only one voice: sanctions against Russia, even Russia's cats.

[@ScooterWisdom]

Love that we all want peace, but it’s sad our leaders make us think of each other as enemies. 😢

[@JKMT]

When has china's leader said anything about the US president?

[@ajimit8669]

"politics"

[@wamizheng2537]

Must say, thank u for Twitter to correcting my pro-West behavior when i was young, I appreciate it. also thanks for western MSM and they kind westerner let me know how nasty and racism the west is🥰🥰

[@albertma1]

@@wamizheng2537 what exactly "the West" is?

[@ratta_tat]

@@wamizheng2537 I have to admit that there are bigots and hateful people here in the US but not all of us, friend. We work hard here in our small ways to be good people. I dream of a day when I can freely visit any place on earth. Maybe then we can share common experiences, hopes and dreams. I hope you find nothing but peace.

[@goncalogomes9361]

Chinese people are always the most sober and reasonable

[@TheUsername2278]

wonderful and smart Chinese people. All well informed, at least these in the video, well-spoken, intelligent, and wise... just beautiful. Some differences in perspective between older and younger generations, although not enough data to compare, is interesting, considering the older generation has a longer experience and more awareness than the younger one.

[@florenlebaron524]

I love what she said at the end about teaching children to not foster hatred.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

Too bad the CCP is doing that very thing.

[@CensoredSheepChannel]

Having a bold stand is not hate, let's not forget the cctv monitoring system in China

[@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu]

@@iamaloafofbread8926 The CCP has done nothing wrong with China. They are protecting China from Japan, USA, Europe

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu collapsing houses (literally and figuratively), flooding, several civil rights violations, and threating multiple sovereign countries. I know if you look up the imformation, your family can get imprisoned, tortured, or even killed. So, I'll leave ya with that.

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

@@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu also, your CCPs blatant racism twards anyone that isn't Chinese and sexism twards women kinda hard to ignore.

[@soychu90]

I liked how the lady in green jacket mentioned about the situation between Russia and Ukraine. I'm glad to know that many of them in China are aware of what's happening and have rational ideas and pursuing for the peace.

[@monash4250]

War was the only logical outcome of NATO antagonization. It's unfortunate that ppl don't know the background & context behind global events. They just see Russia invading Ukraine & say it's bad....they don't realize Russia's hand was forced. This is entire NATO/West's fault for using Ukraine as their puppet to antagonize & corner Russia into a corner. Russia is not a poor impoverished Iraq or Afghanistan...they responded with force. Now the poor ppl of Ukraine have to suffer for siding with the devil. Know the background plz.

[@KisaVorobyaninovDesu]

@MoNash Thanks for spreading the truth!

[@JackY-pu5nh]

@@monash4250 yes, very true, sadly little people know about this in the west.

[@aezano]

@@monash4250 So no country has the right to join the alliance they want ? so you mean that ur a leader or a country and most population wants to join Nato and you let other countries decide your faith and ur beliefs?

[@adapienkowska2605]

@@monash4250 yes, Russia, the largest nuclear power alongside the USA, was treated by the country that gave up its nuclear weapons for the promise of territorial integrity. Yes. And the only thing the war achieved is a consolidation of NATO and rise of its popularity in Finland and Sweden.

[@dddd-po7wz]

🇨🇳 🇷🇺 ♥️

[@margaretwilson1539]

All these comments make me think any one of them would bring peace if they were head of a country. They have sense, compassion and peace in their minds.

[@nikkinicole8371]

I really appreciate the comments and perspectives of the Chinese citizens. Thank you 😊

[@aisadal2521]

It's always interesting to hear what the other side is thinking, and I commend you and your crew for always doing in-depth coverage like this 👏

[@hargibson18]

They're not "the other side" they're just people with jobs, friends, and families like us. I think that's the point of these types of videos, to show how we're all actually quite similar in many ways. We're all just humans trying to make our way through life.

[@user-ul1qk2ez3i]

@@tinyard2024 They can't even choose their leader

[@almaijoluo]

@@user-ul1qk2ez3i they can choose new regulations

[@limweixuan7479]

@@hargibson18 Agree, many people like to exaggerate (or imagine) the difference between race/nation/political system, but in fact they are all quite similar in general. I mean compare it with the history where there is no access to travel and Internet, no globalization, a lot of problems still persist today, at least now we have better translation tool and high-quality media like Asian Boss. Only when the world understand we are not that different as a human 'species', then our world will continue to progress.

[@quasar7055]

@@user-ul1qk2ez3i South Korea is a colony of US lmao🤣🤣

[@mickeysbubble7443]

Забавно, как не китайцы говорят о поднебесной. "Оказывается китайцы имеют большой лексический запас и свои умные мысли, они оказываются тоже люди😱" 😂. Мы любим Китай❤️, особенно молодое поколение, в моем институте много студентов из Китая по обмену, мне кажется, что китайские студенты общаются больше с русскими, чем со своими людьми😄

[@guragwar6463]

as a Chinese,I agree with Russia,western are trying to control the world just like in many years ago.We have to pull together,wihch is only way to protect ourselves.And they all are cheaters

[@viviabrown966]

❤️❤️❤️

[@qingyoung9057]

我们中国人也经常翻墙出来看外网的评论😂大部分中国人都认为中国俄罗斯现在是实际上的盟友关系。虽然两国没官方表态是盟友但是有共同的敌人，在各方面开始合作

[@eugi4576]

@桥畔望月寒 this comment is already endless i will never stop admiring you

[@qingyoung9057]

@@eugi4576 China and Russia are two back-to-back people, and you should be able to understand that statement. We can see that the government and the people have begun to cooperate, and China and Russia are complementary in many aspects. Now there are also many Russians coming to China, and you are welcome to come to China to play. Love from China。😊

[@user-pd8mt9pe2o]

I’m from Russia, Moscow. I was very glad to see that video, very interesting and smart answers. Thanks for the possibility to hear what do chinees people think about it! The situation is complicated.

[@qianshi-]

Do many people in Russia really hate China?I have to say that in China, more and more people are beginning to hate Russia because of historical problems, such as those unequal treaties and the land that belongs to China.

[@cilianfan3563]

Your country has a good president

[@commie5211]

It is quite easy to understand from Chinese point of view. same reason we went to Korea. Secondly, After Qing empire collapsed, all those countries once dominated by China finally got a chance to step on China. It seems to me same thing happened to Russia after the Soviet collapsed. every country around Russia hates it. lol.

[@thefantasyreview8709]

I'm sorry you have to live under Putin my friend. He seems like a dictator.

[@maninthespace]

​@@thefantasyreview8709 you have no right to say that my friend

[@sehajsingh4969]

The difference between East and west is the fact that people are actually aware of the reason behind the aggression and have a logical response and not just emotional comments like "Putin is evil ,Putin is crazy, Putin wants USSR" This shows exactly which media is biased😂😂

[@MarkMiller304]

It’s the media, the “free” media in west took their freedom as the freedom to make up whatever they want. A lot of the time their media doesn’t reflect reality.

[@johnnyzhao8552]

Exactly

[@Valkyrie1941]

@@kevintheminion1497 you clearly have no idea about Islamic aim of world domination and Gaz we Hind ( Islamisation of India), tell me why Xinjiang wants to separate from China? Is that something got to with Xinjiang being Islamic majority province in China just like Kashmir in India??

[@gang7401]

@@Valkyrie1941 idiot india is hiding everything behind the slogan "democracy" what about India-nepal border conflict ,?? South Tibet mmm ??

[@plumeria66]

The west is filled with emotional children.

[@vicwong9690]

I feel ordinary Chinese are more peaceful than those who pursue "peace" on the Internet.

[@c.a.saunders2819]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. It provides me more understandings of how the Chinese people are seeing the world. This perspective is a direct one, and seemingly uninfluenced by government which I find refreshing. I'm very impressed with the candor in the participants answers, and there more sophisticated informed and educated thoughtful responses. There is a similar You Tube site operated in Russia where a street interviewer asks or tries to ask similar lines of questions. I must say honestly, the difference in intellect, and articulation, and understanding between the Russian and Chinese people is substantial. The Chinese people interviewed are far more informed, and intelligent. Significantly. Anyways, again my thanks and I'll likely be back to learn more about the Chinese people. I am an American, for the record and wish all great peace. 🇺🇲

[@Orlington17]

it comes from the intelligence of author of the channel! The channel you talk about in Russia made by a kid who is paid by western ngo to collect contradictive opinions about politics and country wellbeing! This one also btw considering the translation, but it just made by an elder and more educated person! Just read the comments to find out the mistakes in translation and think about it.

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

I see a great deal more reflection here of inaccurate information being fed to the Chinese people, following the ruzzian nonsense about how they were somehow "forced" to invade Ukraine because there was a chance that some day Ukraine might join NATO. The ONLY reason why ANY eastern European nations have wanted to join NATO since being liberated from the Soviet yoke in 1989-91 is ruzzia's 400 year long history of brutal, aggressive, aggrandizing and sometimes genocidal wars against its neighbors. If ruzzia wanted to keep Ukraine out of NATO, all it had to do was become a halfway decent neighbor.

[@user-un4yv9fd2x]

Chinese official media do not report much on negative news about the world, but prefer to cover interesting events and technological developments in various countries. Would you be surprised. This is a fact. But another fact is that media in democratic countries are very enthusiastic about reporting negative news about China, sometimes even deliberately exaggerating or creating stories based on pictures. In the era of self media, many bad things in the world are learned by Chinese people through self media. We have many overseas students and business people who spread information to social networks in China. It may be related to culture. Usually, Chinese people educate their children by instilling a beautiful side of the world in them. We believe that this way, children will grow into upright and responsible individuals. I think the country is also based on this consideration. If we instill in other countries how bad it is for a long time, it will cultivate a large amount of populism. Chinese media usually choose to report on bad things happening in the world in a balanced manner. If it concerns our country, it will let citizens know what is happening in the world that harms our interests. However, they will not attempt to exaggerate the facts and fabricate news content to provoke public emotions and incite Chinese people to hate which country. Chinese official media reports on foreign-related news usually follow a Chinese proverb "点到为止."（I find it difficult to describe this word in English.） At the same time, American politicians, propaganda machines, constantly sow the seeds of hatred towards China in the hearts of Americans. The media in the United States are more inclined to incite than those in China. Based on these, many Chinese people are actually very dissatisfied with our country's media. Everyone has learned from self media how Western big media smear our country, so they are very dissatisfied with the lack of equal combat effectiveness of our official media.

[@DrJekyllMrHyde-lx5jd]

People who say that Russia attacked Ukraine to protect itself from NATO's expansion, I would like to advise and refer to the map and there you can see that NATO has been bordering with Russia for a long time, and the border with Ukraine will only be one more border with Russia, and these people are wrong . Thats's all

[@aaronf4201]

Incredible. I’m from the UK and now feel ashamed of my prejudices against the Chinese fed by our media. What articulate and thoughtful people. We truly have more in common than I thought. Thank you for the video.

[@alexsnazell-holding3336]

What prejudices are being fed to us from our media? Im from the UK, and ive seen none

[@aaronf4201]

@@alexsnazell-holding3336 thanks for giving me the opportunity to expand and explain. I hear lots of talk about the Chinese stealing intellectual property, committing acts against Uyghurs, the communist party strong arming companies and media, siding with Russia by not condemning their actions, covering up the origins of covid etc. What this video showed me is that the general population of most countries are not involved in these acts and it’s actually the governments of all countries that have the problem with each other. I would love to do more travelling in the future to meet other cultures and better myself. If you haven’t seen any of these narratives in the last three years I feel I should probably change my news sources and ask where you go for neutral information? Kind regards.

[@alexsnazell-holding3336]

@@aaronf4201 You didn't substantiate your claim that the British Media is prejudice against the Chinese People. What you did instead is agree that he CCP does all those terrible acts, but attribute British Media coverage as "attacking the Chinese people". How? Also, "this video shows the general population of China" bro are you seriously saying that a country with a billion people, with dozens of different cultures, languages, ethnicities... Is represented fairly with a few young adults from one city. Come on really? To trivialise our media by just such unsubstantiated claims of Racism, seems to indicate that you brought on those prejudices yourself. I've consumed a lot of media, majority on China - and I can say I hate the CCP wholeheartedly. I can also recognise that most Chinese people aren't doing what the CCP does.

[@DK4Private]

No need to write the fact you had racist prejudices and now this one video changed your mind. Its such a cliche at this point. Where white westerners think that we are waiting for these type of messages. It also reflects back on White Supremacy. Look, you are worthy of my positive opinion, here, appreciate it, because it is important for a white person to acknowledge you. You're all racist to a degree, we know this, and also know how fragile it is. No need to remind us of it. Thank you.

[@danielalexandre4008]

The only prejudice we have is that xi acts as a dictator and that these Chinese citizens look quite happy with that. You have the gouvernants you deserve. True for the Brits too with their clown 😁

[@azatecas]

People are commenting that the translations arent 100% accurate when dealing with such a sensitive topic. Please address this, as a word here or there can make a large impact on its meaning

[@outsidewell6932]

6:59 “China and Russia can be considered as allies in jointly confronting the United States…so-called allies; at least they have a common so-called enemy.” His using “so-called” made it clear that the relationship with Russia in fact is not an official alliance and the US is not officially an enemy. When omitting “so-called”, the translation missed what he said.

[@zefengc]

Asian Boss is no different from any other media and always has its bias. It’s not the first time they have this “mistranslation” issue and won’t be the last time. Even if they somehow fix this, they can always selectively present the content they want the audience to perceive through all kinds of methods. So, let it go …

[@ghostofpolaris]

I 100% agree! Glad to see others do too. I have been called all sorts of names online because I requested that people fixed their wording and it has been crazy.

[@meoff7602]

Problem with translations is it's not as easy as word for word.

[@abeltesfaye_]

@Zefeng Chen We should hold the media, the press, etc., accountable and so we will NOT let it go

[@user-nm4qw3mm8w]

Asian Boss‘ street interviews are always from reality ，neutral position attract me 👍

[@bdstudios6088]

Because it’s an outside war, Chinese citizens are not prohibited from expressing different opinions on the issue, unlike issues of China’s government (which it’s true that criticisms are not openly talked about). So I believe these are their genuine thoughts.

[@bdstudios6088]

@Max Min 你是谁😅😅

[@kennethbedwell4835]

It's good to hear different points of view from around the world. I think it helps us understand that we are all people. It's too bad our governments seem unable to do the same.

[@doublen7737]

All they know how to do is divide us.Once they direct our anger at other people they can do whatever they want without any push back.

[@magicbenny1879]

The unfortunate thing is that it is never about good and bad in politics. It is always about business! All politicians over the world show the same mindset. It's all about money and business and it doesn't matter how they can get what they want. The only thing that matters to them is that they get it. It's everywhere in the world like that. Instead of live and let live and respect this kind of mindset there are always many that don't want it that way.

[@RexKo]

Nato & U.S. could've also intervened, if it wasn't that, they paused & think about the lives of their own people.. Glad they're not like those selfish authoritarian leaders. @_@

[@Skabanis]

The translation have been altered…btw so propaganda

[@drpeterc12]

@@RexKo nato will nuke everyone on earth before ever accepting an alternative opinion. No opinion is any good except ours, let's nuke them, at least it saves having to learn chinese.....

[@Garnishes]

I love how we get to really hear different perspectives through your channel. There’s only one narrative in traditional media all the time. It would do us all good to just calmly listen to a range of people and ponder, and realise that everyone is entitled to their own thoughts.

[@user-ju5dt2ib1r]

I strongly recommend Asian bosses to go to 『Taiwan』 to interview the same issue, to see the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese on the issue of Russian invasion of Ukraine, I think it will be very interesting!

[@kendy123456789]

I thought the Chinese views were very balanced and respectful, nice to hear them all wanting peace and not beating the drums of war.

[@djpaulcfunkeddub3951]

Everyone you interviewed seemed very well informed, very interesting, thank you, would love to know what they think a year later?

[@biggim3265]

This was a really interesting contribution and gives us a glimpse of how divided opinions are in China. It is clear that opinions everywhere always depend on the information sources and the content that is made available to us so we must always listen to many different reports out there before forming a firm opinion. It also appears that most of the people of this world have compassion and really want the same - PEACE and Happiness!

[@albundy9706]

Peace? Surrender is the only way. Always has been

[@biggim3265]

@@albundy9706 and after surrender comes ? ....

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@biggim3265 u should be surprise on abc news how us chiense get bashed a lot ... think we ever side with russia lol

[@albundy9706]

@@biggim3265 now you see my point

[@darukineo]

@@albundy9706 so after surrendering there won't be peace?

[@zhaoli455]

Yugoslavia，Iraq，Syria，Libya，Kosovo，Afghanistan...Did you guys remember me?

[@lyw621]

Amen

[@vitcon4273]

Yes, definitely we do, as a Vietnamese

[@georgeyang9165]

I think that the Russian and Chinese alliance makes sense. It's not like hegemony ever works, certainly not in politics or international politics.

[@dgib1694]

It does not. It is important for China to have a peaceful relation to Russia, but an alliance with them will held back China. Cultivate the relation to the US is what can help China. The relation is bad now but it can be improved.

[@user-jl8wg2eh3f]

@@dgib1694 It's the US that doesn't want to cultivate relations.

[@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984]

@@dgib1694 Alliance... relationship... Tomayto... Tomahto... Same difference. The point is that the relationship makes sense, because they complement each other very well - both economically and, increasingly, also geopolitically thanks to a belligerent USA.

[@haroldcampbell3337]

@@user-jl8wg2eh3f Who says?

[@Comm.DavidPorter]

@@Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-1984 "Orwellian" is the right descriptor for you where you engage in "Newspeak."The USA is not "belligerent" at all. On the contrary, US administrations from Clinton to Obama and Biden have all been very naive when it comes to Ruzzia's imperialistic plans. Was it the US that seized the Crimean Parliament and forced them, at gun point, to "vote" to return to Ruzzia? Was it the US that sent disguised soldiers into Donbas to create a fake civil war? Did the US pour thousands of troops into Russia from Ukraine or anywhere else?

[@Rocky-hl6tt]

If we compare the views and disscussion of the Chinese and other street interviews in other countries. Obviously Chinese citizens are more independent and objective and express their own opinions more freely. I think if there is someone from the western society watching this video. They can understand how much differences of their impression about the China and Chinese compare with their western media propaganda.

[@syeducchash2301]

Massive respect to you for putting the raw perspectives of the people.

[@denkanator]

this is all funded and condoned by the CCP

[@syeducchash2301]

@@denkanator yes, the dynamic here is really interesting. You highlighted a great point.

[@martinhan7451]

4:25 the translation is in sufficient. What the man said is not merely "They're knocking on Russia's door". He actualy said "guns and missiles are pointing at Russia"

[@richpapa8113]

@Bringette Awnn He means Russia is defending itself from NATO expending to Ukraine, and then missiles are pointing at Russia, and then there will be no buffer area between NATO and Russia

[@alittlewoman466]

knocking on Russia’s door is an idiom, when something/someone is getting too close. Chinese has many idioms, same as English.

[@nittygritty5251]

Ooh thanks for the correction!

[@shawnshawn8685]

@Bringette Awnn simpler terms. Putin no likey NATO expand. Ukraine wants to join NATO. Putin angry and scared

[@sulimaniii]

@@shawnshawn8685 we already see who's scared lol, soon they will be in Kiev

[@vahahadziev]

I'm so impressed, this people are so well educated and they are saying so intelligent things.

[@christianmoller6141]

These ordinary people in China are much more informed about Russia/Ukraine than I expected. Many Americans I've seen interviewed are much less informed on this topic.

[@batia0121]

Right away there's a HUGE mistake in translation. @01:06 she said "我觉得用入侵这个词可能有点。。太严重了" which means "I think to use the word 'invasion' (to describe what happened) is a little ... too severe". Meaning she didn't think Russia "invaded" Ukraine, but probably just a "special military operation" as claimed by Putin. Definitely not "I think the invasion is quite extreme".

[@ancienttime6307]

I think the word "invasion" is quite extreme, may better in this way.

[@titan480]

The word invasion, in our dictionary, mostly mean the occupation of land. Since Putin said that he will not occupy Ukraine, but only wanted to maintain peace and target the Ukrainian government, we don't completely agree that this is an invasion. Because in the end, his soldiers must fulfill his promise and return to his country. However, due to the resistance of the Ukrainian President, some of us believe that Putin will not retreat after the victory, because the cost of this battle is too huge, and it is not cost-effective for Russia to retreat with nothing.

[@AlexA-eg7gz]

@@titan480 president Putin also said he won't attack Ukraine. He said he won't be a president for the third time. He sais he'll make 20 million of working places for Russians in three years. In 2014 he said there was no Russian forces in Crimea and in 2015 he said the opposite. He said he won't increase a pension age as long as he's a president. He said he'd never change a constitution. Do I even have to continue? I believe he never said one thing. He never said that you're smarter than a rock.

[@titan480]

@@AlexA-eg7gz What you are talking about is Russia's internal affairs, why should we interfere in Russia's internal affairs like you? We have criticized the United States many times for not interfering in our internal affairs. Similarly, we will not interfere in other countries' internal affairs, but some Captain America just likes to stir up trouble, lest the world be in chaos.

[@titan480]

@@AlexA-eg7gz You are so righteous, why don't you go to war for Ukraine? Ukraine is so pitiful, why didn't its allies fight for him? Because everyone knows that the war will damages themselves, and no one dares to despise the war. However, Ukraine itself underestimated the possibility of war and was beaten by Russia, and their president refused to surrender and send gave weapons to his civilian. Who is to blame? The so-called clean officials are difficult to judge in families matter, we insist on our own position, what is the problem?

[@geegee3587]

This was a very reassuring interview. We are more alike than different no matter our country. We want to live in peace and resolve our differences peacefully for our children's sake. Thank you

[@lanasartlife]

Check out the mistranslations... it may change your perspective.

[@yijunzhou5921]

I think your reaction was exactly what this highly mistranslated interview was meant to do

[@florenlebaron524]

Exactly. That's how most people feel in every country. Gov-ernm-ents are dictat-ors start wars. Not the people.

[@dnyhan]

As someone who has tried to fight racism and strive for equality for all, I find the attitudes in this video nothing short of heart breaking.

[@user-ju5dt2ib1r]

I strongly recommend Asian bosses to go to 『Taiwan』 to interview the same issue, to see the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese on the issue of Russian invasion of Ukraine, I think it will be very interesting!

[@maanvol]

The senior gentleman has the best point of view, and is the most wise!

[@mmarsh1972]

Keep in mind that Russia still occupies a piece of Chinese Territory (Outer Mongolia Province) it "acquired" during WWII. China has wanted it back ever since. Russia has a habit of acquiring other peoples land.

[@Murokie]

The common voice that resonated strongly with me is that no one likes war and everybody knows the severe consequences of a nuclear inferno. I am sure the feelings are mutual between the ordinary Russian and Ukrainian citizens. Hopefully the truce will be reached soon before one more drop of blood is shed.

[@alexwyler4570]

How can you have a truce with a mass murderer of children? When people show you who they are, believe them. putin is a mass murderer of millions. putin is Putler. In the West, we thought NATO was a relic from the 1940s. Needless to say, from now on, if we live through putin's nuclear winter, NATO will be HUGE.

[@catherineskis]

What would a "truce" look like. Putin leaving Ukraine? Please describe this to me.

[@deepanshu00730]

@@alexwyler4570 I am not Chinese....but this is not mass murder...more like civilians caught up in shelling.....So far death of civilians is around 800-900 in 16 days.....When USA attacked Libya or Syria....I don't remember which one it was....15000 were killed in a single and first day....that was called mass murder....It's USA that provoked war between two brother's Russia and Ukraine....by setting up their puppet government in Ukraine in 2014..... USA and UK is doing opposite what they shouldn't do...provoking Russia more.....Atleast France and Germany are better and trying to mediate...They need mediators not provokers right now..... Condolence to the decreased people and their family as well as fallen soldiers of both countries....

[@kirillfedorov8715]

@@alexwyler4570 stop listen west media pls

[@jkl9984]

@@catherineskis A truce would be a simple end to fighting, and the taken areas become the new borders.

[@sashaa4412]

Hi, mistranslation at 5:06. When asked (if China should intervene), what the young lady said was " No, we (China) shouldn't step in. First of all, these matters were stirred up by Ukraine, and Ukraine provoked Russia. It's not that Russia is being violated here. If Russia were being violated, China could offer support to Russia." Hope this helps. Btw, thanks AB for making this video so we get to sample different views. Key word is *sample*, because some people complain that AB twists the content etc. But the fact is that these street interviews do not, and (understandably) are not able to, represent a whole population! So such videos are meant to give us an opportunity to **sample** the views of the average person in various countries, on various current issues as they are happening. (Not forgetting also that many people in real life decline to be interviewed or filmed, so for every interviewee you see here, several others have declined and walked away.)

[@remetremet]

So it's totally different than EN subtitles. Nice :-(

[@user-cs3km2fx4t]

这个采访挺偏颇的。感觉是被挑选的。而且中文和英文翻译的差异很微妙。

[@smellybearc7411]

Context is important. The question was “Since China is an ally of Russia’s, do you think China should interfere (and help Russia)?” Her answer was “Ukraine did provoke Russia(by threatening to join NATO) BUT didn’t really cause Russia any harm, which is why China should not interfere and help Russia.” She didn’t blame Ukraine for “provoking” Russia (which they probably did as far as Russia is concerned). She was simply saying, no, China will not and should not step in and help Russia. In that sense, the translation was not too far off and did capture her answer.

[@ericoftheotherworld1525]

Wow, all very wise responses.