CHINA: Mental Health & Pressure || 中国的压力

[@truthbearer888]

While it is true that lots of people in China feels the pressure to perform and succeed in the educational system, we need to put that pressure into proper perspective. Chinese culture teaches its people to 吃苦, which literally translates to "eat bitter". This is the principle that if you taste the bitter, you will appreciate and eventually taste the sweet as well. It is human nature for most people to gravitate to the easy life and not embrace obstacles and trials. In life there is always opposition to all things. Whether a person can adapt to trials and difficulties in life depends on the person's perspective and attitude. If a person has a love for learning, then the hard work associated with learning is really not hard at all but is something you enjoy doing. Confucius' teachings and philosophy certainly have deep roots in Chinese culture. But the West also has thinkers and philosophers that teach true principles. For example, Ralph Waldo Emerson said this, "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our capacity to do has increased." Your attitude indeed does determine the altitude you can achieve.

[@brianliew5901]

吃苦 is basically enduring hardships. 😂😂😂😂

[@truthbearer888]

@@brianliew5901 How one endure's hardships (the bitter in life's journey) depends solely on one's attitude. Clearly your understanding of the two characters is limited by your limited understanding of the meaning.

[@brianliew5901]

@@truthbearer888 Chinese people are pretty adaptable as it's ingrained in the psychic and DNA. We know our history, culture and resilience to persevere even in the worst of times. It would truly hardpressed to find another people with the will of the Chinese. 💓🇨🇳💪as an ethnic Chinese born in Malaysia.

[@guestonearth1274]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4LCnZZtbrKIprs

[@Alan-xr5pj]

​@@brianliew5901 ​...no! ..no! 「吃苦」 就是 「吃苦 」。 nothing more nothing less! 中国文化博大精深！ 阴文翻译「 吃苦」 为 enduring hardship 只说了一半。 当然我不会把它翻译成 "eat bitter " 😂🤣😅

[@ITeachChinese]

13.42 million high school graduates took “Gao Kao“ on June 7 and 8.

[@jascforfun7576]

Western attitude towards teachers: " Haha, you can't do, that's why you teach, Loser!". China's word for teacher: 老师 literally "Elderly Master", where Elders are revered for the wisdom they have gained and those who teach are considered as "Masters".

[@JohnSmith-sm7ez]

You lot are so awful with your sweeping , nasty comment.

[@aceboogisback9946]

This is common in many Asian countries, but also had its drawbacks. For example, many Asian nations aren't taught initiative very well (teaching people how to do things without being told what to do or micromanaged) while it's common in Western nations. It has created a culture where what the teacher says is final, cannot be challenged, and cannot be refuted.

[@n0buddy919]

​@@aceboogisback9946nope，we Asian support "If want better , work hard(don't wait for order,just do all your work and learn other skill) think hard(create thing or make better thing) " Your comment about Asian ,wasn't correct coz this msg came from western media and "Love education supporter"

[@stevenliew2507]

​@@aceboogisback9946This is a fallacy of the Western MSM. If they don't have lateral thinking, when then China has so many Unicorns Corporations. For a start like Huawei, BYD, CATL, C919 passenger plane, EV car industries and etc. Oh, don't forget now the world largest shipbuilding industry 😂😂

[@aceboogisback9946]

@@stevenliew2507 It's not a fallacy, it's a Westerner's anecdotal experience in PRC (myself). All nations have their cultural hangups, so does PRC and this is one of them. Another is ethnic supremacy and a homogenized society....not to mention terrible fertility rates.

[@Camus886]

Your vedio is good,China,Japan,Korea the education pressure are similar, 996 working shift,in Japan 10 pm the subway still busy, they just off the work,Now China no more one child policy anymore,Young generation lots of them don't want one more baby,because raise baby not affordable,population reduce every year not only China but also in Japan and Korea. The Chinese government is tackling the problem of excessively high property prices,If the property price is affordable,Young people will have more saving,so people can spend more time to chill out.accompany family,like dating,hang out,more relax time❤. In terms of mental,China is still a developing country.l Love from China❤,you did good job Lizzy

[@aungaisum8654]

There are no developed nations in this world. 😅

[@louiserobinson9776]

A very astute observation, Lizzie, especially that part about parents living their unfulfilled ambitions through their offspring.

[@tannico6633]

That’s so true

[@mrcharlesfong]

Thanks Lizzy for talking about an aspect of life in China. It’s good to move away from comparisons with western culture and highlight different challenges of Chinese society. Every country/society have their strengths and weaknesses. I love your direct presentation style. I also get it that you are amazed at China’s progress, we all are. Talking about some challenges that China society faces (without stepping on toes) makes your vlog space authentic. Cheers from Singapore

[@maniaouri2146]

Very impressive Lizzy, Brilliantly said Thank you

[@ksenijavojisavljevic2034]

This ark looks nice. Can you please walk us around to see all that beautiful vegetation and landscape. How wonderful they invest into beautiful tiles , not just gray asfalt like western countries. That have not much tallent for beauty.

[@bruceyung70]

Interesting.

[@chuckyu2878]

Lizzy, I am a Chinese. I believe you have touched one of the most important things about our people as to why education is so highly regarded in the society.

[@faywong7133]

I really think that is a good idea that there are bi-subtitles in your channel.😊👍👍👍

[@jazyng6139]

Lizzy 正能量👍👍👍💕💕💕

[@anthonymathews3872]

The pressure on the children in the private schools in the UK are the same as in China. There are arguments for and against. My daughter was bilingual when she started in private education, but by the age of 4 she was learning Latin and Mandarin. We moved to Canada as she transferred to the upper school. The Mandarin was swopped for French. Mmmm. She gained a 5 yr scholarship (soccer) in the USA and did Physics. She coped with the pressure, but I have seen children that did not ,and their parents did not help the situation.

[@josephlin2968]

Chinese people sometimes care too much about fame, social status, money, houses, cars, etc. Many people like to "compare", comparing who is richer, who has many famous brands, a more handsome husband, a luxury house, etc. If you don't Compare ， life will be happier

[@007-c2t]

完全正确

[@fankefang]

Go and tell Geno**de Joe to not compare US economy to China, that way he would feel better. Maybe even live longer.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@fankefang You confirm exactly what Joseph wrote above. Thank you.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

Correct. Less competition, more cooperation and solidarity. In China and abroad.

[@Banmuyuan]

Agreed. But that also drives people to do their best in life.

[@lauenharleh4158]

因為中國人有上進心！！！🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@MadalenaSchneiderh]

perfect material for spoken practice

[@lauenharleh4158]

教育是增進知識明白事理更進步的基本需要🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@ApollyonZero-c1x]

Pressure on younger generations especially to get married and have children the same everywhere, as the cost of raising children have for most become very expensive and many put a hold is until being more financially secure. Plus well noted that younger generations are not as materially bound as older generations do seek more work life balance throughout life, the rise in AI systems will force changes to economic financial systems meet social needs future. This century presents many great challenges globally, but also being time opportunities all humanity 😀

[@frankyeo8931]

Good report

[@waguagua6619]

You hit the point👍

[@aww7056]

When a teacher is sick/ill here , they send the children home to have a day off ..... 😂

[@NO.1xxx-qh6gt]

More often than not, the teacher is sick in class (cold and fever), or the teacher finds another teacher to substitute for the teacher 更多的是老师带病上课（感冒发烧），或者老师找其他老师代课

[@julielingxu6278]

Some of my coworkers work 12/7, and never have a day off.

[@haishangmay1731]

Liar

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@haishangmay1731 DONT LOSE YOUR FACE! CHINA IS PARADISE!

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@haishangmay1731 Don`t lose your face! China is perfect!

[@avil8686]

One child policy is only applies to cities not villages

[@NO.1xxx-qh6gt]

There are also many only children in the countryside 农村也有很多独生子女啊

[@alistair1840]

They fact that the study and work hard is why in Canada we have so many doctors and lawyers and specialists in many fields that are Chinese. They outperform Canadian students without even trying.

[@julielingxu6278]

❤❤❤❤喜欢你，注意安全晚上远离美食Like you, stay at home safely at night, take distance from delicious food.

[@強中國中國強]

丽兹所说，正是我们要面对的问题与后遗症 😁 一部分是：天行健，君子以自强不息。地势坤，君子以厚德载物。 一部分是：人性不可逆。贪、嗔、痴、慢、疑、在人世上。

[@meihouwang8]

❤🎉

[@水手大力-y8l]

true

[@yyds7776]

是的！中國很多大学！分最好，好，普通，～还有大量读书不好的专业学校！中国注重教育！不光学知识！还注重道德！这就是中國人多但犯罪率低的结果！人人都以考上最好的大学为荣！后力大是考生太多了！而全国各地都有读书特别厉害的！😂😂😂

[@kirbyhuang5609]

太对了。谢谢你的分享🎉🎉🎉

[@hanoiboy9839]

Vietnam is very much the same, China remains big brother. A high percentage do not pass the exam from grade 9 to grade 10 and if they pass they can go to a state school.When I was a teacher in China many students complaint that they do not enjoy being young because they had to learn English, German, French and learn how to play the piano. No time to play games on a tablet or PC, that was in 2003 - 2007. Now I expect it to be worse because too much pressure. I often said that there are no kids there hihihi

[@cliffordrichardc]

really right

[@honghuang8036]

只有事实求是讲真话，才能得到世界人民支持。但那些媒體讲假话与造谣是非，是永遠得不到世人支持与信任，他們的脸皮太厚了，也顧不得岀丑了。

[@hengzhou4566]

我们要实现民族伟大复兴，而且我们的对手是美国。

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

your whole life now revolves around the USA

[@coutinhorio99]

good research lizzy.....

[@linkan4738]

😊

[@Yuu-eph]

Sometimes I hear people say that Chinese people are smart, especially when I was studying abroad, but the truth is that we just practice more and work harder. Sometimes the courses I took abroad were even ones I had already taken two years ago in China, so for me it was just a review😅

[@xx-xj8mo]

你真的很了解中国

[@Yuu-eph]

Support your video ❤

[@kakaxifx4913]

competition make Chinese better. No pay no gain. ( unlike South Korea)

[@thehungergames8918]

Emma 🤔

[@Resmith18SR]

Thin Lizzy.😂😂😂

[@hoyinleung9275]

❤

[@georwoogle]

✌✌✌

[@sx_ca]

congratulations！🥂U just found all Chinese crazy except you

[@JohnnysCafe_]

Hi Lizzy, your reports are informative and interesting, please keep up the great job you are doing 🇨🇳❤️ PS, the haters are media brainwashed and more to be pitied than scolded.

[@Abdul-ef8bm]

Why you take such a long time between your new blog

[@andrewl.skycross1924]

Yeah, it is truth facts that Chinese brain and disciplinary are connected to the Chinese heritage and Confucius growth behaviour system for 2500 years ago. I am Chinese person and didn't go to Higher Education without Gaokao disciplinary but success to develop businesses so hard working for past 45 years as accounting and litigation technology. As the weight of the different disciplinary, Gaokao disciplinary are too good prosperity, but it is very difficult to catch job opportunities to develop business ideas in the future. Non-Gaokao is also same disciplinary behaviour to get lucky opportunities to catch job or develop more business ideas. The Confucius disciplinary is so important to learn the mind decision-making for the growth of the aging development for next 90 years and Confucius always succeed or not at all times.

[@lordumas]

Typical Chinese question: When are you getting married?!?!?

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

yesterday

[@win5tonh968]

Ha ;- stress , what stress ? Part of our DNA.

[@maniaouri2146]

Beter to have the kind of pressure that you describe in your informative video, instead of the pressure for ''survival'' which Europeans and USA society are feelinng when they see their educations standards going down while poverty goes up and their tax payers monery going into funding wars caused by NATO and the CIAmericans Try a European refgrerendum asking YES or NO to NATO and American bases in Europe and you will see that most people want them both to be kicked out of Europe, but NO ONE asked the people and they have the audacity to call themselves a Democracy

[@linchichang1669]

😂😂❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jimhui328]

hi beautiful Liz .... are you available? my cousin ( man ) is a 45 years old, ( leftover ) that i want to introduce you to.

[@johnnysins6851]

Hope you don't get arrested for this video

[@NO.1xxx-qh6gt]

他说的都是在中国经常被人谈论的事情，天天听都腻了，我们要的是解决方法而不是不断提起这些事，因为所有人都知道这是中国青少年最大的压力，我也是这样过来的。问题是社会资源有限，你不得不找出一种方法来把社会资源分配下去，高考压力很大，但至少还算平衡，你的父母有钱没钱不会直接决定你在高考的发挥，加上去除补习班，让他们都在一个学校制度学习。当然还是有很多问题，比如好的大学每个地区招生人数不一样。导致发达城市和贫穷地区的考试难易度不一样。有些地区人多，竞争也激烈，尤其是中原省份，有些地方自主命题试卷，和别的地区没办法比较等.........

[@shawnyun]

Thats why the real chinese dream is to make more money to send your kids overseas. It is a country everyone wants to get out of, no matter how amazing it looks from the surface

[@horridohobbies]

Nonsense. Life in China is better than life in America and Britain. This is confirmed by numerous Western studies. According to 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 79% of Chinese believe their nation is democratic while only 57% of Americans and 55% of British do. Another example, according to the 𝗘𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 85% of Chinese trust their government while only 40% of Americans and 30% of British do. Another example, according to the 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, 76% of Chinese trust their politicians while only 29% of Americans and 20% of British do. Another example, according to 𝗜𝗽𝘀𝗼𝘀' 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, 91% of Chinese are happy with their life while only 76% of Americans and 70% of British are. Another example, according to 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬, 95.5% of Chinese are satisfied with their government. Another example, according to 𝗜𝗽𝘀𝗼𝘀' 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵, 95% of Chinese believe their country is on the right track and moving in the right direction while only 41% of Americans and 23% of British do. Another example, according to 𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 𝗨𝗖 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆, 80% of Chinese are happy and enjoy financial security. I’ve gone back 5 years but I could go further back if you like. There are plenty of pressures and mental health issues in Western society, as well. You can tell from all the drug abuse, crime, homelessness, skyrocketing suicide rates, etc.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@horridohobbies Why don't you ask her how she came to this opinion instead of providing mea ningl ess numbers?

[@horridohobbies]

@@VerkaterterStiefel People can decide whether or not the numbers are meaningless. Your opinion doesn't matter.

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@horridohobbies I feel relieved that you don`t work together with a lot of people in your job. Moreover, I hope you don`t have any children. Ever heard about this word called "empathy"?

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@horridohobbies I feel relieved that you don`t work together with a lot of people in your job. Ever heard about this word called "empathy"?

[@presimirmikic9016]

We do not know where China is going. The population is stressed out. Maybe it will burn out just like US population. Someday people will not want to work anymore

[@pingpong7810]

Tibet country No Facebook 🌎🌎🌎🌎

[@mina5679]

Tibet is a province of China! Stop your day dreaming!

[@黄军-h1v]

FREE CALIFORNIA NO TIKTOK😂😂😂

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

@@mina5679 no, it`s an autonomous region

[@gaweil2301]

事实上只要是在陈述事实（散播假新闻的闭嘴），我不在意别人说中国好的一面还是坏的一面。不管好坏，都是我们。没有完美，只有继续努力！好的保持，不好的共勉！每天进步一点~！加油~！中国人！💪

[@VerkaterterStiefel]

明天该做什么菜？

[@ksks3188]

Nihao Lizzy🌹

[@lauenharleh4158]

因為中國不是外國😂😂😂😂😂😂😂！！！

[@MadalenaSchneiderh]

perfect material for spoken practice

[@saegusa110]

❤