China's National People's Congress Explained

[@akiflyer]

His pronunciation is actually amazing for a non-chinese.

[@ericbarr5434]

I was expecting an actual informative video but instead I got this smooth brain content

[@hanjizoe2648]

This videos setting reminds me of China Uncensored for some reason.

[@simonmao5263]

Brandon Lopez These two channel was founded by the same organization

[@simonmao5263]

Brandon Lopez The same sponsor

[@mydad4332]

Admiral Salen Kotch this channel is funded by the same sponsor, US government

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Neither China uncensored nor learn chinese now, nor off the great wall are, so far as I see, funded by the US government.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I doubt that because I've done lots of things which interest intelligence (languages, military history) yet never once have had overt or covert offers of fundng. Plus china uncensored and such seem too shrill and amateurish to merit funding. I mean, you can claim CIA this CIA that but without any evidence it's blahblah.

[@sanguinor5609]

fuck this bloke speaks better Chinese than me! And I'm full blood Chinese!

[@chrislin9641]

Because you are too lazy to learn

[@声音听不得批评的]

Chinese govt works like a huge company...and their leaders are selected/promoted based on their performance.

[@owlblocksdavid4955]

A company that has control over everyone's lives

[@任安明]

Owlblocks David to prevent them from shooting each other.

[@lawrencezhu5617]

@@owlblocksdavid4955 u as westerners, u definitely dont understand reality

[@lawrencezhu5617]

@@owlblocksdavid4955 not like ur company, introduce rapes, legalize guns and drugs, to kill ur own people

[@ypaANiki]

@Matt L I am not interested in English. I chose other high school foreign languages. This is what I translated with Google

[@SPeilin]

It just made me feel irrationaly good for no reason when I see someone learn Traditional Chinese, instead of Simplified Chinese. Good video, man!

[@richardchen1343]

good or not, the main reason for the Chinese to teach simplified characters was due to the low literacy rate then - if the Koreans and Japanese didn't find traditional characters hard, they wouldn't have created their own writing system either. Stop trying to associate simplifed Chinese as a negative thing, most of the characters are also derived from the already established simplified writing system way before the PRC made their own system.

[@masterofhydroponics]

This is awesome! Informative AND interesting. + I get to learn some more Chinese. Thanks!

[@kenanalcantara7397]

Finally balanced info about the Chinese government. Chinese government system more works like the Roman republic.

[@OldHickory1828]

Alcantara Daniel except its far less democratic than eve the Roman system

[@kimjongun505]

Old Hickory it was common place for senators to stab one another or armed groups aligned to a certain senator roam the streets before an election. I’m pretty sure one is worse than the other, Rex republic lool

[@satyenderkumar1669]

his presentation and enthusiasm! Marvellous

[@2713100589]

thank you so much for this!

[@dkcn5735]

Damn credit shifu!? BLCU? Tsinghua? Either way, excellent on those tones... good stuff good stuff

[@nathancash3612]

Whether or not the United States is a democracy depends on how you define democracy. When America was founded, our founding fathers said that all democracies fail, and that we were a republic. At the time when this was said, the definition of democracy was simply "Complete rule by the majority". It is very clear that the majority does not always rule in America (ie. Bush/Gore election of 2000) so that is why many say we are not a democracy. However, the definition of democracy has changed significantly over the last few hundred years to "A government where representatives are elected by the majority". So in short, by modern definitions, America is a democracy. By the definitions that existed in the 1700's when America was founded it is not.

[@声音听不得批评的]

不清晰的解释。政治局委员18人加上常委7人提名名主席以及总理，等额选举，需要得到人大代表的同意。最大的问题是，代表都不投反对票！

[@vatnidd]

The pronunciation of the short form of 習近平總書記, 習總, in Cantonese, is the same as that of 雜種, literally meaning "mixed race", which is usually an insult.

[@SeriousCupOfTea]

I have been Living in South Korea (the democratic part of Korea that is based in Seoul) for years. I learned that democracy is the worst thing ever.

[@linusfotograf]

+SeriousCupOfTea What do you hate about it?

[@OldHickory1828]

SeriousCupOfTea at least you aren't starved and worked to death in a concentration camp for disagreeing with your system of government like would be in north korea, oh and you're a lot richer and happier anyway. "Democracy is the worst system of government, except all the others that thave been tried." - Winston Churchill

[@Slowdwood]

Move North and give that place a try. Lol

[@dsh9360]

Very good informative video.

[@kimvangvideomarketerbangko3265]

I clicked on the dictionary definition of bias on Google and it seems to have brought me to the right place :d

[@rufusandegbert]

I'm not a fan of the histrionics and the newsroom façade, but I think the content is actually quite good.

[@g00glian0]

Outstanding.

[@letsdrinktea2]

I knew this would be anti-CPC and stopped watching the moment I saw the traditional characters.

[@kail9777]

What!? Traditional characters is the core of Chinese people... just b/c Taiwan/HK and other Chinese use it doesn't make it anti-China my friend. If you truly love China, you'd also learn the traditional script of your ancestors. How do you study classical Chinese without seeing the full translation?

[@rasmus-kors]

Good one, well done!

[@supernev1000]

There are normal workers in the meeting also.

[@martinphipps2]

So how do they pick people for the 中國人民政治協商會議? It sounds like nothing but an exercise in PR, a way for them to say they "consulted with" the people of China. Then again, the American system isn't much better what with all the lobbyists that are supported by rich oil companies. *shrug* For that matter how do they choose people for the 全國人民代表會議? Do they have local elections? Seriously, otherwise what's the point. I mean, if they aren't fooling anybody then what is the point?

[@荷兰鬼]

Martin Phipps NPC全国人民代表会议 is local election,one man one vote,but most of chinese don’t do that.

[@benlang1678]

3:53 not quite. There is a difference between Chairman and President. Chairman is the chairman of the party and the head of state is the President. The President has always also been the Chairman, although technically the President does not have to be the chairman. 主席= Chairman 总统= President. There was no “switch” for PR purposes. Xi Jinping is both the President, head of state, and Chairman, chairman of the communist party.

[@seanpan5846]

CCP won power through a bloody civil war(4 million PLAs beat 8 million KMT's nationalist army), therefore PRC's constitution mandated that PRC under the leadership of CCP in consultation with other friendly progressive political parties, will exercise people's democratic authoritarianism. That's a mouthful also, isn't it. In American court, the judge may slam the gavel and yell:" Order, order." In China, the person responsible for maintaining order in a meeting,may say something like this: " Everybody, let me say it again; please take your seat and keep quiet, otherwise I may have to impose authoritarianism on you and that wouldn't be nice. ". It meant to be humorous. Which tell me that Chinese do read their constitution, or the warning wouldn't be understood.

[@lordofhatred510]

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[@HariniMadhusudan]

I don’t see anything wrong with the presence of a sports or a movie star in a parliament. The government is showing that all sectors of the society is being represented. It is a good thing.

[@33hunting]

Can you explain how more than 2000 delegates are chosen to be in the Congress?

[@荷兰鬼]

Local election.Every one in China can vote if you older then 18. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fCo3iuh9KUoNk

[@chenshijie2015]

The National People's Congress is 全國人民代表大會， not 全國人民代表會議。 congress is 大會，not 會議。

[@BiswasdipTIGELA]

nice video

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

Hey, I'm from 2017. Just want to say that Trump, a celebrity star, is now the President of the United States of America.

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

3:00 hold on whwts the point of not being in the ccp but being controlled by it duhhh

[@paulhk2727]

Other political ideologies

[@mauriciocarvalho2106]

great lesson!!

[@KBT_Productions]

your mandarin is impeccable

[@jojo1300]

Well, this guy is just speaking for fun. His videos in Chinese are ridiculous. You know, the cold war stuff.

[@tiffthescales6927]

Doesn't the Chinese word for premier, also the word for "chancellor?"

[@b0r0g0ve]

I don't like politics... I came here to listen to his sexy Chinese... :confession bear:

[@dd-l4028]

It is 全国人民代表大会rather than 全国人民代表会议。

[@vatnidd]

I can't agree more.

[@jefflokanata]

Tell me again, how simple peasant farmer can be become president?

[@mh-rd6rd]

could you PLEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEE explain the election system of China!!!!!!

[@kevinthehouse2445]

easy. politicians elect themselves lol

[@荷兰鬼]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5fCo3iuh9KUoNk

[@samuelparson2373]

Miss you, Ben. Wanting to see some new vids ;)

[@ChillMaleASMR]

Where did the girl go????

[@isaiahpenny9501]

Is it just me, or does look like China uncensored?

[@jackyxu8067]

You really didn't have to translate everything into Chinese... It's really cheesy...

[@JosephNordstrom]

Seriously. And they didn't have to create a channel called Learn Chinese Now either.

[@Jiefyang]

Jacky Xu i take it that you clicked on this video for informative purposes. then what sort of information were you hoping to assimilate without it's vocabulary and terms out of contest? it is useful to frame what he said in the tongue it is associated with. in all, you can't learn about china without learning the chinese. to think otherwise is the pretence of knowledge.

[@Earth098]

What a load of fake propaganda!!!! By the way, this guy is is cute though.

[@archsword5294]

dimbo(dude+bimbo?) has an amicable face, but the overall attitude is not friendly with China, except for the island part of Fujian province lol

[@Stxphennn]

My name is 姚明

[@mC-xe2re]

I guess he was not the one speaking madarine words

[@chfgbp6098]

5 years later...these wankers look more and more ridiculous. Their mouth vs reality. No contest. Lol

[@DJMusic-un9yo]

Hey British Ben, how have you been bro?

[@Jiefyang]

nice pronunciation!!

[@charlielee5906]

your Chinese is really good

[@kenjijg]

Which*

[@paintywig1159]

The comment about celebrities becoming politicians is a tiny bit outdated don't you think? *cough* trump *cough*

[@Porelorexeus]

Screw Jackie Chan... I just think he was cool.

[@JosephNordstrom]

Screw Jackie Chan?? That man once touched my left shoulder! For reals.

[@peterzzc1993]

Never forget 9/11. The WTC7 fell down on a close to free-fall speed.

[@kenjijg]

@sharksandpandas what girl?

[@AMarshymallowSky2U]

haha nine old guys

[@Myiswhat]

Looked with a jaundiced eye on Chinese politics。 It is not wise to take personal understanding as the sole truth.

[@joshnewman3436]

i live in Vietnam which has pretty much similar political system and i approve of this video. Can u actually vote for a candidate who isn’t a communist ??? No cut the Party has wiped them out completely

[@Myiswhat]

josh newman The electoral college is an important part of the American presidential selection institution.In the American electoral system, people don't really vote for presidential candidates. Instead, voters cast their ballots for "electors" who support each candidate.Similar to the Chinese people's Congress System。

[@joshnewman3436]

李光辉 huh? you are totally clueless here. unlike in China where the electors are predesignated by The Party, the U.S citizens votes for these electors regardless of their background or Party

[@Myiswhat]

lol

[@Myiswhat]

josh newman You just hear politicians say that。American political parties just the voice of the Consortium (the rich group). You think it is your choice, but in fact, they ar only a spokesperson for the consortium to support

[@2000sayan]

came here in nov,2020....corona pandemic

[@techfaithful3444]

carp hoster

[@zimoyang5594]

rude

[@CmdrSoCal]

You do not understand how the world works.

[@Tsaips]

Curse words please

[@calvinware7957]

Taiwan*

[@specialbear3510]

fake news

[@Slowdwood]

Special Bear You are special