China's past infrastructure plan becomes America's blueprint today. Pascal's China Lens week 47

[@dinghy4760]

$1 billion dollar project in China = $50 billion in the USA for similar project. At least half of it will be lost lining the pockets of senators & congressmen. A pair of bolt/nut will cost the $20 in the USA, while it costs $0.01 in China. I'm talking reality here, not making things up. Labour costs are 4.5 times more in the USA, I'm factoring in the highest minimum wage of $3.40 in China against the $15 in the USA. The supply chain in the USA is almost non-existent. Building America means, you have to buy all the equipments and tools from China, making China even greater & wealthier. Then the Americans realised they do not have enough craftsmen, engineers and technical specialists, they've lost the knowledge and the institutions to teach technical subjects.. USA is a land of entertainers, lawyers, hedge fund managers, sportsmen, standup comedians, gangsta' rap artists, reality stars. Nobody wants a job that makes one sweat and get the hands dirtied. Assuming the USA resolves to start from scratch, there will be another big rift and debate with the Republicans on how to spend the money, setting back the movement another 2 years, conservatively. Maybe, just maybe, a republican president is voted in after Biden and in Trump-like fashion, take down everything Biden has put up for this infrastructure plan. There goes 4 years down the drain........ Need I say more?

[@michaelloong964]

Well said

[@Gauloi007]

It's why planification works and not the market... China learn that with opium war now it's the turn of us too smoke marijuana and enjoy free market...

[@janepang99]

Well said!

[@_amelia96]

the political struggles are destroying the country

[@tommyboss4067]

Good points. The difference is only in costing. 👍👍

[@yoyohighness]

My honest opinion is that the United States will fail miserably by simply copying China’s model. The reason is very simple, both countries are adopting very different political systems to begin with. China doesn’t need to reelect its leader every 4 years and thus can develop its long term goal with consistent planning. The United States on the other hand is handicapped by elections which makes every president in power only consider to generate short term policies to please its voters and quite often every administration will undo the policies made by its predecessor with the only purpose of winning the next election, thus makes it impossible for the the country to have consistent infrastructure investment planning. The key ingredient of China's success is using money methodically on achieving long term vision by overcoming many short term achievable milestones with consistency through out the past 40 yrs. Of course, this is just one of the many aspects we can observe.

[@PascalCoppens]

It is indeed much harder to do in the West due to the change of power every 4-5 years. If we were more united, or when there is an external (China/Russia/Terrorism) or existential (Climate change/democracy) threat, only then the Western governments seem to make longer term commitment.

[@yoyohighness]

@@PascalCoppens All that you've said makes sense. That's why it is important that the United States tries to create an anti-China consensus by constantly mentioning the "CCP" or "human right abuses" to recall the animosity of cold war and distrust with fear of communism . So to demonize China not only to rally its western allies but also to the American people, thus both Republicans and Democrats will back US governments policies. But I doubt the old method of adopting the cold war doctrine will work so well in the modern days since the world is no longer divided and people are now constantly traveling, economic tides make us inseparable, the modern era's CCP is no longer communistic all but its name, the old ideology of cold war no longer has the effect to the generation born after the 80's and the young generation of today's western world shares more similarities with the Chinese young generation with similar common values and culture such as environmental issues, tiktok, Justin Bever, Jackie Chan .... I met many startup companies in Shenzhen where there are many young entrepreneurs from Germany, US, China, Japan and Korea work together with no disparities. So I think say the next 20 yrs down the line, the new generation in power will have a very different view on China. Again, this is just my opinion.

[@sciagurrato1831]

@@PascalCoppens I actually believe the 4 year election cycle is a red herring. The systemic corruption in the US government today, at all levels, means the idea of progress is a self-delusion.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@PascalCoppens I think the USA is unable even to make long term commitments towards existential threats like climate change. Take the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement for example. Former president Trump just withdraw USA from it in 2017 and only recently did Biden administration return USA to the pact. All it takes is another Trump-like President in the future and take USA out of the climate pact again, so it's difficult to plan long term.

[@dagsmoko3889]

I think the challenge for China is more basic, for example Huawei has many patents but unfortunately many are for technology with limited applicability in nations that value individual freedoms and democracy. Much of Huawei's 5G and related innovations bolster state surveillance and control, facilitate digital currency and controls over money use, social control, geofencing, tracking and fencing of human activity, and so on. Tech that has little value outside of an authoritarian state. Such tech is unlikely to be useful in a socially advanced country, so will unlikely be adopted.

[@relaxwhc]

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[@Ateshtesh]

Why you always post exactly the same commentaries in all the videos?

[@relaxwhc]

@@Ateshtesh because it work, no need to change what works 😀

[@paulchoo6216]

I not only enjoyed but also love it 🙌🙌🙌

[@balakrishnanp.k4234]

🤚

[@relaxwhc]

@@paulchoo6216 Pascal is the real deal

[@teresitaperez7749]

USA spent trillions of dollars in wars in Afghanistan, Irag, Syria, etc. The trillions of dollars should have been spent on public infrastructure, etc.

[@maximme]

to make matters worse, the world will soon see the First Taliban STATE OF AFGHANISTANS

[@aftereffects00]

And Vietnam too..

[@aftereffects00]

Yeah spent trillions of dollars but all mission failed ... All back to square one... Just like throw all the money into toilet bowl...

[@kevinclasher3160]

If the US didn’t constantly goto war and spend so much on military every year, there would be no competition for super power…

[@kangarookids7497]

The US. Suffered horribly in the mortgage derivatives crisIs in 2008. FOREIGN Offshore Cabal Bankers destroyed American Home mortgages. The City of London Cabal has TARGETED THE UNITED STATES FOR DESTRUCTION. THEY ARE CRIMINALS.

[@louiswu6300]

G7: liberal democracy.❌ G7: imperial colonizer. ✔

[@oliviawutam]

The US is proud of 'going backwards

[@elvinccw]

Goddamn 7

[@maniaouri2146]

@@oliviawutam backwards is the doorstep of downwards

[@ulikemyname6744]

Well there isn't really much logic in that statement of yours

[@mohawk548]

China has already built thousands of high speed rail ways , while US congress are still debating budgets on a first high speed rail way at down town .

[@trekpac2]

By the time the US gets 200 km of high-speed rail built, China will have completed networks all over Asia, Africa and South America. That was not a joke!

[@Shenzhou.]

@@trekpac2 Yes. Who knows, maybe one day in the future, South America and Africa might even have better, more advanced infrastructure than even the USA.

[@dagsmoko3889]

So, why would the US spend up large on high speed rail when it has nearly 100 years worth of aviation infrastructure? When, for the US, high speed rail is slower and likely more expensive? High speed rail suits China better because it is not producing suitable passenger airplanes, has a larger population, different inter-city distance and commute profiles and a command economy.

[@mohawk548]

@@dagsmoko3889 High speed rails are faster than AIR transportation all over the world , by taking into account of wasted time on arrival/departure ; It's environmentally friendly, without using petrol or gas , cutting carbon emissions ; It brings economic activities in around/ betweeh stations and towns or cities. For every dollar spent on HSR , it generates $4 of return in revenues ; For every $10 billions of investment into HSR project, it creates 24,000 jobs for the city ; And for these reasons, US and it's current president have suddenly woke up to the reality and decided to pump in billions to get the [Project] started in no time, despite being late for decades ~ Now You've got it ?

[@dagsmoko3889]

@@mohawk548 No doubt the ccp would like to see the US waste money on high speed rail. Air travel makes better practical and economic sense in the US because US and European aviation tech is way ahead of China's. And China won't admit it, so is stuck with high speed rail.

[@newcrew4554]

The West seems to think that China is afraid to talk about democracy. In fact, China has been talking about democracy all the time. Democracy is one of the main content advocated by the Chinese Communist Party from the very beginning. However, China's democracy means that the people are the masters of the country. It is a goal to be achieved, not just a form of voting.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for clarifying. Maybe I should make a video one day on the meaning of democracy in Chinese context

[@boenchenfung764]

@@PascalCoppens please do it, i wanna look from ur view. because u have unbiased views as far as i see

[@azharidris7092]

@@PascalCoppens please do it soon.. i'm excited.. i follows Bayarea415.. but sometime he's too long..

[@newcrew4554]

@@PascalCoppens I look forward to it! Looking back the past 40 years, the Chinese government must have done something right. From my point of view, the cpc is very different from the general concept of political parties in the west, it's more like an elite management team of a big company/organization. The meritocracy system, the grassroots experience of all Chinese leaders, and continuous fulfillment of promises have given the general public confidence in the ability of the leading group. Also, there is the representative system that has voices from all walks of life and the accountability system. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, more than 3,000 people in the Chinese government have been dismissed due to incompetence in response to the epidemic. In the western democratic system, despite the much worse performance, no politician has truly assumed responsibility. Just as totalitarianism can lead to corruption, a multi-party system also magnified some weaknesses of human nature. A system itself is no noble or evil, only results can show if a system is effective or not.

[@dagsmoko3889]

@@PascalCoppens It's worth a shot, but don't be offended by any comedic interpretations of your coming video.

[@johnleeji]

Makes sense. Progress comes from building up your people and country, not by tearing down your competitor.

[@vennsim71]

Very rational indeed! Cheers

[@oliviawutam]

John, you understand,

[@kevinclasher3160]

So now you see how China thinks for the long term and for the people, now if you look at how the US operates, they invade and destroy countries causing chaos so that no other country can compete with them, so if USA is doing bad, everyone better be doing worse, as they cannot overtake the US or they’ll be knocking on your door with missiles… The US uses fear to gain friends where China helps other countries to gain friends….

[@vennsim71]

@@kevinclasher3160 beggars thy neighbours ideology… not going to turn out well…

[@destroytheboxes]

@@kevinclasher3160 nativity. Do some research on where companies like huwai get their tech.

[@Tammywentwalkabout.]

I was born in Beijing, now studying in CBD Melbourne, Australia, their bus, trams and trains and railway systems is very old, sometimes the trains breakdown due to hot weather and mechanical problems, i through Australia would have the Bullet train, apart from that Australia is good country with good people. Our Chinese government spend money on fresh water, new bridges, new roads, new schools and brand new houses sometime for free with money given to the family and our slow trains which travel to the rural areas only cost 15 cents and havent change since 20 years, yes we support our CPC.

[@PascalCoppens]

You might like my video next week about CCP

[@rollingdownfalling]

When you say "I thought Australia would have bullet trains" lol you're not telling the truth. A lot of Chinese do call Melbourne a 'village' on the internet. On a sidenote, when a lot Chinese tourists came to Melbourne they let their guard down which might become someone's easy target, because for some reason Chinese think Australia is very safe (although in my opinion, Australia is safer than some famous large cities where mugging and scams are common such as Paris). Even though I am Chinese, my opinion on CCP is neutral. I know your mentality, you just cannot be critical on anything about China/Chinese or CCP. It's more of an ego thing to a lot Chinese I guess.

[@PascalCoppens]

@@rollingdownfalling releasing a video on CCP today. I wonder what you think?

[@rollingdownfalling]

@@PascalCoppens looking forward to it. Btw, initially I thought you're German because I am learning the language, but I saw a video titled in Dutch. And 70% of time I'd always guess it wrong, because German and Dutch languages are extremely similar, hence the accents is also very similar.

[@PrideToBeCrimean...]

@David Meier There is no what if, we are talking about Australia with over 25 million and China has over 1.4 billion that is the facts, not what if. That is the western medias which stated the 'Ghost cities', now you have people living there, infrastructure brings out jobs and brings out poverty, youre not very bright.

[@bryan5884]

I think the genius in China's advancement lies in their multi-pronged approach to development, especially in alleviating poverty. It's no small feat to lift 100 million people out of poverty. The people wanted it so much they were willing to work hard for it. The greatness is in the people, the true heroes.

[@kcchong5661]

not 100 million, but 700 million this far

[@limts9613]

The host is Very knowledgeable and his views are balanced and Not biased. KEEP It up!!!

[@harbin88]

No way, Fox news is balanced and unbiased.

[@noahof-stuff9151]

The host's knowledge is very skewed. The host's views are unbalanced and biased.

[@JB52520]

@@noahof-stuff9151 There's nothing wrong with considering China a legitimate and interesting country while taking an honest look at the US. Our media and leadership discourages both, while Pascal helps us see a larger world. Because of that, I find Pascal's view more trustworthy. If nothing else, it's addictively informative.

[@sgp1154]

@@noahof-stuff9151 🤮🤬💩💩💩💩👋👎

[@starsun7086]

build youself up is still far more better than blaming others.

[@Buckzoo2030]

Yet right. You don’t get votes this way. Easier to round up votes by blaming your problems on others.

[@Shenzhou.]

American politician's strategy is very simple. During Presidential campaign, they promise to solve domestic issues. While they're in power, they divert America's domestic problems onto other scapegoats like China for example.

[@sootuckchoong7077]

Why should US have any fear of China. US is still No.1 in the world. But there's only one thing US have of CHINA today. And that is JEALOUSY.

[@phetsamoutfisso6726]

you're not working and you're blaming your neighbor who got a job for eating your lunch

[@stayprepared2388]

@@Buckzoo2030 china have been doing that for years. China only knows how to blame others.

[@djib77]

Pascal, America lost time and money fighting endless wars in the Middle East for the sake of Israel and unpopular Arab monarchies. The second Iraqi war and invasion was a big mistake. China in the mitime worked hard to develop its economy, human resources and technology. The Chinese leadership has a long view on how to built their country , here in American social issues and political divisions ( Not the economy ) take preeminence. In my humble opinion that why The United States is losing ground. China strength is its human capital and focused leadership. That is it...

[@spadeysay6846]

The US regime is not investing in the Middle East/Israel for the sake of Israel or any Arab country. It is for the benefits of the US regime. The US support the Arabs monarchies to secure its control of the oil supplies. It supported Israel as its local law enforcer. The Arab countries and Israel are just usual tools of the US regime, although Israel has been also very successfully mining the US for its own benefits. The day the oil runs out in the Middle East, it will be even more neglected than the African countries.

[@twlamSG]

Actually, you forgot the Chinese people are a resilient lot. Every country you go you will find Chinese people migrated there during the late 19th to the early 20th century. And they now typically represent the top percentage of the rich in those countries. Industrious people + confucism + meritocratic political system = huge success

[@justthefacts5008]

Since 1904, US President, Theodore Roosevelt, started using his “Big Stick” foreign Policy in order to control all other countries around the world. That haven’t stop and continue to carry on as these days. So, the US continue and endless to create wars around the world and made a lot of money on the way by selling all types of weapons. That us a shame !!!!

[@Boilthebunny15]

For me, the most important achievement for China over the years isn’t infrastructure but poverty alleviation.

[@PascalCoppens]

Sure, but infrastructure was needed to achieve that goal.

[@oliviawutam]

both are needed and work together.

[@iggy5347]

America spending too much money on fighting afghan farmers and iraqi farmers for 25 years. In afghan war alone america spend $1.2 trilliuns and thats does not include iraq and syria war. While china use the money to rebuild back better world of china as we seen today with new airport bullet trains and so on

[@LemyAng]

@@iggy5347 America and the EU are controlled by lobbyists and the lobbyists only think about their business.

[@ZZ-cf9hf]

@@LemyAng Specifically the MIC - military industrial complex which grabs a large chunk of U. S. budget. A few think tanks, financially supported by MIC, regularly create research report that state China is a threat in some way: space, South China Sea, Africa, Indian Ocean, you name it. And U.S. spends triilion of dollars to deal with non U.S. continent surounding threats.

[@taykokhuat]

China's greatest example of impossible infrastructure was the great wall of China that no country can emulate the greatest builder of the world had ever known.

[@philg4116]

yet China can’t build a good jet engine

[@taykokhuat]

@@philg4116 But the American couldn't built a car people want to buy

[@ashaj7095]

@@taykokhuat Japan did. And for surpassing American cars, they were punished by the US

[@hypoyt0015]

adding a Grand Canal, a the longest canal in the world build 2000 plus years ago in China

[@williamgarcia1909]

I FULLY AGREE.IMAGINE, HOW DID THE ANCIENT CHINESE BUILD IT THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS NO HEAVY EQUIPMENT MACHINERY AVAILABLE THEN? PARTS OF THE GREAT WALL WERE BUILT ON HIGH N STEEP MOUNTAINS. AS PRESIDENT NIXON SAID ADMIRINGLY, WHEN HE WAS ON TOP OF THAT GREAT WALL, IF THE ANCIENT CHINESE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, HE COULD IMAGINE WHAT THE MODERN CHINESE R CAPABLE OF DOING.

[@Tony882008]

That’s because he is living in his own world. He could have visited China more often. Don’t wake up and suddenly blame China for moving too far ahead of US.

[@vusimdudu9033]

Don't apologise for long videos,we love them because you educate us.

[@nomercynodragonforyou9688]

I wished he talked faster though

[@elimmilestojanov]

@@nomercynodragonforyou9688 Increase the playback speed, go to settings, playback speed increase to 0.25 or 0.5 problem solved

[@peterpham6956]

No one believe on Chinese Communist Party...Flood, Virus..They created Virus, disasters to kill people around the World...

[@tigerroar649]

@@peterpham6956 Sound like he didn't understand this topic.

[@user-9qGdfBTprb]

You have my respect sir, becuse you are the true wisdom Americans

[@stephenling1598]

The western world is so focus and have no new strategy for their own people. Feeling sad for the young generations of the western world that they don't have a DREAM set for them. God Bless them. China keep up your great work on building a future for a peaceful world.

[@dagsmoko3889]

China has a long way to go to catch up with modern economies with food and fibre production, natural resource management, social and health infrastructure, labour and human rights protection, information and media enablement, while being way over the top with control and surveillance infrastructure, And untrusted on anything above basic military and communications equipment. As for the rest of the infrastructure, things like turbine blades can be made in countries which share basic human values with the buyer country.

[@axeljones8684]

Yes! Keep oppressing Taiwan and Hong Kong! CHINA #1 CHINA #1

[@boxscorewatcher413]

@@dagsmoko3889 My goodness, you are so brainwashed it's hilarious.

[@domdenazareth5542]

It's nice to you but really the West will be okay in the future. I live in China and I can tell you that most Chinese - if nearly not all of them - don't understand what's going on to happen in the world and even for their own country. The West will suffer a lot because we're in apocalyptic times but I ensure you that there is no debate between the West and the East in terms of "dream" or whatever, especially in comparison for their own people. As I said I'm living in China and I'm more worry for the Chinese that don't understand the very challenges they'll have to face. You're just blurred by the recent economic development and by the wrong ideas of the last 2 centuries from the West.

[@totifernandez9532]

The US really targeted Huawei because it was the leading Chinese tech company. The Chinese people should never forget even centuries later in history what the US has done and is still doing.

[@fteoOpty64]

Get your facts right about Huawei dude. US targets Huawei because they rip off billions of dollars of intellectual property fom the US and many developed countries. Being an oppressed society with a totalitarian regime. That is the way CHina operates. It was tolerated becuase many US big businesses benefited from it in same way. It is also the reason China has no "global standard" intellectual property laws to ensure they can continue to do such rip offs. Huawei is the biggest culprit. That was why they were targetted for good reason. Comprende ???.

[@Aaa-ct4xb]

What you ok ?

[@photogenic1727]

@@fteoOpty64 Hey Dude, try not be smart **s! Can you tell us why Tesla would invest and build biggest EV car factory in China if like you say China steals technology? Just to teach you some facts: China leads in AI, 5G, EV-battery technoligies, High-speed train technologies, Big Data, LNG-ship-building, Infrastructure, Shipping, drone-technology....or and don't forget the Beidou system or new space station. Remember before Huawei US nearly killed ZTE and Xiaomi just to give you a little. Comprende ???.

[@HummingbirdFinancial]

Some people's logic: "If I refuse to believe these facts, they never happen in my mind"

[@sonicconnect5620]

the old saying:if u cant beat them.. join them!

[@relaxwhc]

A lot of research centers in the West are manned by Chinese scientists. That's one of the stuff the West feels reluctant to let you know 😂

[@dagsmoko3889]

Yes, I know a few from Taiwan, Malaysia, and elsewhere. We've had some enlightening discussions about China under the ccp.

[@michaelloong964]

Soon the US will impose a head tax on all US citizens originated from China. 1st year $10000, 2nd year $50000, 3rd year $100000 etc. in order to prevent them from stealing USA intellectual property and to protect the US national security. This new head tax is to force them to leave USA.

[@huang6844]

@@dagsmoko3889 like what ?

[@Kemet3.0]

Or you could say they attended the US education schools.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@dagsmoko3889 China is currently *at peace and not at war* with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like _roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports,_ etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc. Whereas the United States is *warmonger* being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place.

[@richardlim2760]

Congratulations to you again Pascal for presenting such meaningful and insightful video - very informative and very impartial 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@yoyohighness]

I am afraid when the United States recognized China is "eating their lunch" it will too late, they've already started dinner and dessert !! :-D

[@PascalCoppens]

At least breakfast ;-)

[@stuartfit]

Not late really, America has been consistently "delivering" American breakfast to China via McDonald's, delivered lunch via Starbucks and delivered dinner via Burger King.

[@marcusbian2851]

@@stuartfit McDonald’s is already outside my xiaoqu. Imminent threat from U.S. lol

[@philiptv2575]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gyang6153]

China has 5 times population and one fifth GDP per capita of US. And China has much more friends than US globally in the developing world. This means China still has much large space to increase. Think which country is more attractive to global capital? The.answer is very clear.

[@Kabwelason]

One problem with the american plan is that it is basically based on printed money.

[@generalx5220]

When China exports, the dollar bills they get back is put into healthcare infrastructure and education. But what does the US do? Pump up the stock market, the rich get richer.

[@Praetorian157A]

China and Russia will switch to Digital Currency and block chain with full force and most of the world have to switch to both and drop Swift Code. US then will forget about its Infrastructure rebuilding works as its USD becomes like banana currency.

[@tomlxyz]

If the money is used to create equal value it's actually not a problem

[@MikeSmith-cl4ix]

Another is that he's going to have the unions build the infrastructure.it'll take them a month to do what China does in a day.

[@ulikemyname6744]

No it is based on debt not printed money. Yet China is also based on debt as well. Furthermore you can't really blame the US for printing money because China for years now is making inflation in order to retain lower prices of manufacturing. That on the other hand is killing the people's savings

[@kamanijefferson638]

"If you want to become rich and wealthy, repair the road". Love that.

[@williamgarcia1909]

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWED THAT PHILOSOPHY LITERALLY. THEY HAVE BUILT 40,000 KMS OF HIGH SPEED RAIL. THEY WILL CONTINUE BUILDING MORE TILL THEY REACH 70,000 KMS. BY THEN, ALL CITIES, BIG N SMALL, WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST HALF A MILLION, WILL BE SO CONNECTED. AS OF NOW, THEY HAVE MORE SUCH RAIL THAN THE TOTAL PRESENT IN THE WHOLE WORLD OUTSIDE CHINA. THE SECOND PLACER IS SPAIN, WITH ONLY 4,000 KMS. ONLY 1/10 THAT OF CHINA.

[@oliverlaw02]

America's answer to addressing China having six times as many STEM gradurates is to teach its school-children critical race theory and gender studies.

[@pahatpahat9566]

Now, is it in New York State which wanted to ban mathematics as a study subject for schools. With such mindset, how would they even think of working in the 21st Century automated factories! We can just sit back and watch the fun then!

[@marcusbian2851]

@@pahatpahat9566 Fun to watch then.

[@floridany385]

@@pahatpahat9566 My god, hope it does not pass legislation in New York

[@januarysson5633]

Almost makes it look like a CCP plot, doesn’t it?

[@ulikemyname6744]

China has a lot more people than the US. The US also makes the highest-quality STEM graduates in the world and China one of the least quality STEM graduates. That's due to education. The US has the highest number of the best universities as well as the best universities meaning the best of the best.

[@frankliu7118]

Well said Pascal. Harmony is the ultimate goal of Chinese Dream. Harmony for China, harmony for humanity.

[@oonhockyeoh3628]

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[@januarysson5633]

Is that why all of China’s neighbors live in fear of it?

[@frankliu7118]

@@januarysson5633 in fear ? Really ?! Are you ok? You must be referring to US, the war monger…

[@januarysson5633]

@@frankliu7118 Haha! You’re funny. CCP troll spotted. 😈

[@kinewe1161]

@@januarysson5633 Good news, this shows that China has really developed. But neighbors choose to do business with China, which is a good start.

[@Runningbowels]

Wow! Great presentation! No need to apologize for the length of the video - it was very informative.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thank you kindly!

[@krishnapathak4375]

After watching your videos in recent days you have completely changed my views regarding China. Now I really believe Sun has set for West and Rise for East. Chinese are really great in Innovation.

[@PascalCoppens]

Glad to hear that

[@garethxue8938]

American government has little power on internal affairs, while has huge power on international affairs including starting a war. If US wants to have a change, the system needs a change.

[@lisa.e5776]

Non religious doesn't mean we have no believes. Chinese believe in Family bonds, in Creating a better life, believe in truth, Kindness and Perfection.

[@garethxue8938]

@@chi-wailam5043 They are changing, while they may have forgot to inform you. US parliment is depriving the president power to launch a war. Biden is copying China's policy for another Belt-Road-Initiative. Do you know this?

[@eugenec7130]

While China is good at building and construction, USA is only good at destruction. See what USA has done to Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, North and South Koreas and Vietnam.

[@garethxue8938]

@@chi-wailam5043 Biden of course wants to have many overseas projects, but where the money is, and where the capable american companies are in competitive market. The B3W only meant a phrase, no timetable and finance settlement, and a sign of no product produced in G7 gathering, though a beautful cornwall. B3W is a joke now, fake policy of a decaying body.

[@g9qtpi]

That was quite the speech, which Americans politician needs to hear. As for building it here in America, I'll bet the Japanese auto would rethink that plan. Building in America almost totally destroyed their auto reputation.

[@jamesli9860]

great job pascal. The best speech about china and America on KZbin!

[@astroayumi1752]

Overconfidence and arrogant definitely will bring down US prosperity and hegemony !

[@sciagurrato1831]

That is a potential problem for China in its growing success. The downfall of the west is its worship of immoral wealth accumulation at the expense of the welfare of its peoples.

[@ashaj7095]

Just as decadence and military overreach lead to downfall of the Roman Empire, the same pattern is evident with the US

[@wetot2]

That also was happenend with Qing Dynasty in 19 century, failed modernization and reform. The price to learn was too expensive with 100 years of humiliation

[@photogenic1727]

@@wetot2 Also the fall of Mongolian Emperor came as a failure of army modernization, they thought fighting on horses was invicible and it became their defeat. So like the Mongolians or Qing Dynasty or The Romans, US need modernize itself by working for the majority of its people and not just for elite group.

[@saesaesaesae0079]

We have a businessman partner from China who visits the US every 6 months , and each time he is more and more appalled at how the US infrastructure and society are falling apart. He’d stay a week after the business dealings to visit Skid Row while in LA and Kensington, Phila, drugged out zombieland , and other cities like Wilmington, DE, and Camden, NJ… just to visit the real America .. he would say, not just fix your roads, also fix your society and homelessness before telling other people about American democracy.. he’d often say, from a Chinese proverb , “starving poor man slaps his face puffed up red to appear fat and rich”

[@Sharon-qy3lx]

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[@Sharon-qy3lx]

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[@Sharon-qy3lx]

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[@williamgarcia1909]

AMERICA SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO DO THINGS TO BENEFIT ITS PEOPLE. FIRST, IT NEEDS TO STOP WASTING LIMITED MONEY IN MAINTAINING 900 MILITARY BASES ALL OVER THE WORLD. WHY DOES USA NEED SO MANY SUCH BASES? TO PREVENT WHICH COUNTRY FROM INVADING IT? NO COUNTRY WUD BE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO TRY TO INVADE USA. CLOSE THE REDUNDANT BASES. SAVE THE MONEY. USE IT INSTEAD TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS. RAISE WAGES FOR AMERICAN WORKERS. PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE MEDICARE FOR THE ORDINARY PEOPLE. BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSES FOR THE WORKING CLASS. PROVIDE BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF WASTING SO MUCH MONEY ON USELESS MILITARY BASES. JUST KEEP THE FEW ESSENTIAL ONES.

[@margaretromero8795]

Awesome video not long at all!!! People need to start learning that these are topics that are deserving of our full attention and time!

[@Poseidon99Jeus]

Thanks a lot, Pascal, for making such a well-thought video like many of yours. The world needs to work together, not against each other.

[@PascalCoppens]

Well said!

[@bennychua8957]

US had lost everything, it soul, values, morals, materials etc.

[@dt9043]

Wrong, USA has not lose the ability to lie!

[@Farinata2]

Wrong, USA didn't have any in the first place.

[@JohnSmith-pw3yw]

The US infrastructure plan sounds like too little too late

[@ethanalex8878]

Sadly, I agree. I think somewhere, someone has a plan, but it doesn't include the middle or lower class. The government is allowing so much violence to occur, it's not even funny. Every night in the city we have people dying. Every night. It used to just be adults. Now little children are getting caught in the cross hairs. Future doctors and scientists, snuffed out. I feel the government can stop this mayhem at any time. However, my gut tells me that this is what the government wants at this time. It feels like social collapse. I fear for the future of children in the US. I hope they do not inherit something that was broken in my lifetime.

[@januarysson5633]

@@ethanalex8878 You may be right about that but violence is at its root a cultural problem, not a political one. The solution is ultimately spiritual. Politics can only put bandaids on problems.

[@carlmannhard8051]

It's never too late to do the right thing. Better infrastructure is the way to go

[@ulikemyname6744]

No it is not! It is never too late to build infrastructure

[@chris1234lee]

See how long is going to take the WESTERNERS to open their mind and their heart to understand than put the EGO aside, to finally ACCEPT the differences between the cultures, everybody make mistake, get over it, and be the best of yourselves, for the world peace, better yet, be happy, be real, be truthful, we only have one life to enjoy this wonderful world, let’s be friends

[@3drocket]

Lol... Why so angry?

[@chris1234lee]

@@3drocket our president just signed the $1.2T infrastructure bill, and a lot of good promised. now let’s see where all that money goes to , and which pocket !!! Or finally, our hard earned taxes money comes back to our education, welfare, INFRASTRUCTURE, one can dream, May god blessed our society and no more drugs and crime, and all of us.

[@adxkohkoh5121]

Copying is not negative word. U got to start frm somewhere..... Copying is learning...... It shorten the learning curve..... See the bigger picture fast.... Avoid costly mistakes... Best if you can improvise, equalise, innovatise

[@Ateshtesh]

Amazing video! don't worry if it is long, I wanted to hear as much as I can about this situation. There are really few analysts who do this labor as well as you do it. Thank you so much for this video! =)

[@PascalCoppens]

Awesome, thank you!

[@gracezhu1722]

Why should he. He is a messenger. Let the readers make their conclusion

[@Shenzhou.]

WeChat is actually vastly *superior* to WhatsApp in functionality, so much such that WhatsApp is actually copying features from WeChat today instead of the other way around.

[@magichsu]

WeChat? a trash app that infringes privacy. What we care most is security.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@magichsu Look, WhatsApp has told its 2 billion+ users that they *must agree to share their data* with Facebook in order to keep using the service, yet you're concerned about WeChat privacy? Source: _Forbes: WhatsApp Tells Users: Share Your Data With Facebook Or We’ll Delete Your Account_ forbes.com/sites/carlypage/2021/01/08/whatsapp-tells-users-share-your-data-with-facebook-or-well-deactivate-your-account/?sh=48e48dfc2d46

[@naurasal9165]

@@magichsu my boss WA has been hijacked few days ago.

[@gytan2221]

Magic X Do u think WhatsApp has better security compared to WeChat? Ever since WhatsApp became part of Facebook corporation, security and privacy has been an issue... the most secure messaging app is Signal but it has cons like it lacks features... WeChat has many awesome features like WechatPay and u can use QR code to scan anything

[@mr.knowitall5019]

@@naurasal9165 I got a scam message on Whatsapp.

[@thinkerr]

Still waiting to see how long it will take California to complete their High Speed Rail.

[@PascalCoppens]

They should have accepted China's HST tender proposal long time ago.

[@dagsmoko3889]

California has 100 years of aviation infrastructure, it does not need high speed rail.

[@tungli2827]

@@PascalCoppens Boris refused Xi's offer to build the HS1 for half the time and half the price, now let's see how long will it take them to build it.

[@kamthangchangsan7039]

In America people prefer cars ,

[@januarysson5633]

Would anyone even use it?

[@ici70yz49]

When PhD graduate become homeless in US, then expect the worse.

[@johnnywalker8536]

When I look at America, I get really sad. And I wonder: how did a country get so lost along the way? Because it didn't invest in the qualification of its people, in researches that don't yield profit for the companies and, mainly, because it didn't invest heavily in education, which is the most important asset of a country. When I look at student debt, I am impressed with the way in which financial institutions act like a cartel, negotiating these debts and the State does nothing, as this is the market and the private sector has the power to decide the educational future of a country and private interests are above the nation. But everything was left to the private sector, which only seeks profit, but that's ok, because they are in the market to make money, so the State has to be free to invest where companies have no interest in investing because of the financial return . I have always greatly admired this country, but it has lost its way with so many enemies often created artificially, and the country has failed to take care of its people as it deserved and set the standard for the entire nation, but not just the luckiest. Unfortunately, even if they start investing today, it will take decades to get results, as this generation is already lost and it will take time to produce results, and if the attempts of professional politicians and the lobby do not harm the initiative. Sorry for my english.

[@johnnywalker8536]

@You Tube Nobody sends their citizens abroad for nothing but to learn something. But if China didn't learn anything. Why has it grown so much? It certainly isn't because its citizens learned to push a button, if so, anyone could do the same, even America today.

[@johnnywalker8536]

@DragonballxNaruto Many Chinese students remain in America even after they graduate, and many academic studies have their names in scientific articles. In the PISA exam they reign absolute, USA is the 38th. So who should invest in better education and why? As I said, the education of a people is the greatest asset of a nation, absolutely nothing surpasses that. Of course, we must first give the people the necessary comfort so that they think about education without having to think about how to feed themselves and have a roof over their heads. People don't need government charity, but opportunity and conditions necessary to prosper, so health, education and housing go together in a nation that seeks exclusively the prosperity of its people and not just a privileged few.

[@sirwallaby]

Yep this guy knows what he is talking about unlike many Muppets filling KZbin channels these days. *Hits subs button*

[@lemanlie2356]

My favorite . Pascal👍 the best

[@Vajzan]

Very nicely said in the end. Regarding not copying China. What China does may not even work in the west.

[@dagsmoko3889]

True. Why, for example, would the US spend up large on high speed rail when it has nearly 100 years worth of aviation infrastructure? When, for the US, high speed rail is going to be slower and likely more expensive? High speed rail suits China because it is better at producing railways and rail machinery than passenger airplanes, has a larger population, different inter-city distance and commute profiles and a command economy. Same in reverse, don't criticise China for not prioritising wide body airplane manufacture.

[@chrisck3405]

Pascal, you are such a bad guy. Why are you telling the truth? Let the G7 continue to feel great, or great again!

[@bluemoon7076]

American dreams will be just be dreams from here on …..

[@visorij3374]

I am living it right now and having a good time

[@johnwe4431]

there are 4 levels of brightness to mark your people's abilities, level 1: you country know how to make things, level 2: your country can make things, level 3: your country can make things massively, level 4: your country can make things massively and cheaply.

[@relaxwhc]

The Americans will suffer another blow of cognitive dissonance, when they learn that the US is actually copying China 😂😂😂😂😂

[@PascalCoppens]

I realise its a clickbait title - but when it comes to infrastructure, I do believe there is a need for an awareness in the Wests that we are trying to catch up with China.

[@relaxwhc]

@@PascalCoppens following the foot steps of China is possible, but not possible to catch up. China is too fast. You're a european, so you know European attitude well, they'll never outwork China's 996 work culture, and the europeans always go on strike to demand for more pay and less working hours. China is just too fast.

[@PascalCoppens]

@@relaxwhc But China is slowly changing too. Think about the 躺平movement

[@relaxwhc]

@@PascalCoppens yes you're right, it's like an overworked motor goes overheated.

[@dagsmoko3889]

China has a long way to go to catch up with modern economies with food and fibre production, natural resource management, social and health infrastructure, labour and human rights protection, information and media enablement, while being way over the top with control and surveillance infrastructure, And untrusted on anything above basic military and communications equipment. As for the rest of the infrastructure, things like turbine blades can be made in countries which share basic human values with the buyer country.

[@jerzyw7467]

I enjoyed your presentation Pascal. US is unable to 'copy' neither 'invent a new approach'. There is too much division within American people, too many ideas inside the country, luck of respect to each other, racism, more and more become poor and then these are demanding free rent, permanent unemployment, etc. simply country is not united, it is a mess. With this status quo not much can be accomplished. In the past the 'divide and conquer' strategy has been applied only to foreign countries (Vietnam, India, Afganistan, ....) now is a domestic strategy. The more weapons sold the better for oligarchy. The US imperialism is falling apart. American people are spoiled with the concept of freedom : I can say whatever I want (means a government official can lie and he is Scot free), I can carry gun(I can kill others), I can refuse vaccination. Chinese people want harmony within society, cooperation, respect, caring, safety. US is still Wild West. I don't see future to be bright in US.

[@noahof-stuff9151]

Your backing the wrong horse.

[@Rudyjosephjr]

The price of freedom is Chaos. With Chaos, everyone know the end result. America is perfect example. Meanwhile in ASIA we prosper. You can put democracy in any asian country but at the end of the day. Majority of Asian mindset is hardcoded towards unity and respect. Hence you get china and the rest of south east asia in its golden age and prosper. That is of course if america doesnt come back and mess thing up again. We will not forget what america did 40 years ago in South East Asia. Thankfully you guys focused in middle east for the past 30 years. For Chinese, a country means Home. Respect to father, respect to leader. No rebellious tought to undermine the peace at home. Peace, safety and enough food on the table. Dysfunctional home or family means destruction of a family. A peaceful home is a safeheaven where i can rest at peace. No frequent riots, no killing, no mugging, no looting, no shooting. All is in good order.

[@noahof-stuff9151]

@@Rudyjosephjr Thanking for your mathematics. Democracy = Chaos. This is as good as E=Mc2. Also Communism = Safe Haven is as good as /-1 = ⊇3. It is hoped that sooner, rather than later, Lysenko's truth will bear fruit. It is also important to note you should never place trust in atoms, as they, quite literally make up everything. Following this, it is feasible to to write the formulae, rudy +J = 2 x Dufus2.

[@Rudyjosephjr]

@@noahof-stuff9151 i dont need maths or equation. I can see whats going on with my eyes. Riots, assembly, city tents, shooting, mugging, looting everyday just as frequent as you having your bfast, lunch and dinner. Its appalling. One might even get killed while sleeping by stray bullet. Wild west indeed.

[@noahof-stuff9151]

@@Rudyjosephjr that's because the media is free to publish what they want. Reporting on poverty or homelessness in China would see you disappeared in no time at all. That's if you ever dared challenge the official PCC line. But you aint got the balls. I'd rather live in the West, warts and all, than live under a totalitarian regime that sweeps its problems under the carpet. No mention from you of the multiple child stabbings to name just one of China's many issues. Bai chi !

[@romeo03ca]

Why there has to be a competition? Why not cooperate in economic development?

[@ansuceesay4775]

Loud and clear.

[@qinfugu2816]

A crucial point: US needs China's help to rebuild America!!! Any US polititian understands this???

[@seowlingwee4693]

No American politican will admit this

[@gezhang-nu2vv]

@@seowlingwee4693 By blaming China, the US is trying to deflect the conflict

[@relaxwhc]

I bet the US can get shit done extremely quickly, they're capable to get approval to build a small project in several years 😂

[@morganangel340]

just look at the great success of California High Speed Rail.

[@relaxwhc]

@@morganangel340 top of the foodchain, the sharpest knife in the drawer 😂

[@othmanmajid6380]

Even though they are the sharpest knife in the drawer they still are a sandwich short of a picnic.

[@relaxwhc]

There is a saying about doing business: learn from your competitors, but never copy them. You don't know their overall strategies and how the things they do might affect their own system. If you just copy directly, it might not suit your condition and capability, and get screwed.

[@PascalCoppens]

Of course, China copied the West for 30+ years...I don't think copying is bad when you have to catch up, but you need to realise you are catching up. When you believe you are ahead, it's better not to copy others.

[@relaxwhc]

@@PascalCoppens it's like Germany and The US smuggled the machinery blue prints from UK during the Industrial Revolution

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Copy is fine when suitable to do so, the real problem is how do know it is suitable or not.

[@sciagurrato1831]

@@relaxwhc When Charles Dickens toured the United States in the 1840s he was angered by all the plagiarized copies of his novels - and the fact that the US did not respect English cooyright.

[@namelesswarrior4760]

All talk but nothing will happen in the end! Biden won't be back for a 2nd term. He might not even make it through this term.

[@guanda76]

But Hidden doesn't have 12 years to improve the infrastructure

[@alexanderpo185]

America spending more in improving and strengthening their military might while more and more Americans start living in tent cities!!

[@willengel2458]

US has no choice but to have the biggest hammer to protect the petrodollar and its (unwritten) rule based order.

[@iggy5347]

America spending too much money on fighting afghan farmers and iraqi farmers for 25 years. In afghan war alone america spend $1.2 trilliuns and thats does not include iraq and syria war. While china use the money to rebuild back better world of china as we seen today with new airport bullet trains and so on

[@1313hyme]

It's true that I've seen many more homeless people out in the street than when I was growing up. I think there are a number of people that could've improve their life more if they could further their education more. For examples, some European countries don't have to pay for college. I've heard/seen quite a number of people foregoing college because they couldn't afford it. I happen to be lucky to work and pay for my own tuition. Instead of becoming a medical doctor, I became an engineer. All due to the fear of not being able to risk the high tuition fees for medical school.

[@relaxwhc]

It's like Apple copied the multiple cameras phone design from Asian rivals. 😂 They just tilt the angle of the camera array to show they didn't copy too much

[@heyhoe168]

Yeah, loosing Steve was devastating for Apple. Low tier managers overthrew high tier engineers.

[@johncher]

I wish sleepy Joe the best of luck. At the end of his first term,, the Americans will still be debating what to do next!

[@fawaka6664]

When he said he doesn't want to make the 1% richer, you know he will be a 1 term president....

[@januarysson5633]

They will re-elect Trump.

[@januarysson5633]

@@fawaka6664 He does, he just can’t say that publicly. He will endeavor to make all his campaign donors wealthier.

[@januarysson5633]

@@fawaka6664 He does, he just can’t say that publicly. He will endeavor to make all his campaign donors wealthier.

[@relaxwhc]

Maybe Joe Biden got triggered by Bill Maher. "We binge watch, they binge build" - Bill Maher

[@PascalCoppens]

That was indeed a first time a comedian spoke out about China in a very different way.

[@relaxwhc]

@@PascalCoppens maybe he found out that cognitive dissonance is a good way to trigger laughter. Most jokes are based on misdirection, and cognitive dissonance is a form of misdirection.

[@clinteastwood3700]

U r so noisy.你可真能吵吵，哪都有你

[@johnpereztwo6059]

Constructive coopetition is best for humanity . People copy each other . That is how we learn faster . Cities progress faster than the countryside

[@Mingo101AtTiktok]

Americans need face reality not just live in past cold war era forever

[@mrteacher1315]

I work in high tech in US and most of my co-workers are either Chinese or Indians

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Build Back Better is a rip-off of China's BRI. But it's an idea that will probably die on the vine.

[@Shenzhou.]

_"Build Back Better"_ doesn't even sound like proper English, it sounds more like broken English to me.

[@dagsmoko3889]

I agree, BRI by any country has the fatal flaw of "win-win hehehe".

[@Livelife-yi3yo]

B2W means build better bombs for wars.

[@dagsmoko3889]

@@Shenzhou. The grammar is correct. The verb 'build' is imperative , 'back' and 'better' are adverbs that clarify the verb's meaning.

[@Shenzhou.]

@@dagsmoko3889 "Build Back" can be replaced by a single word: Rebuild. The phrase Build Back Better just doesn't sound like proper English, it sounds like the G7 wants to return to their colonial past.

[@relaxwhc]

I have to applause you for giving a speech in one long stretch without pausing: half and hour long 😲 You must be a skillful orator

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks! I did it in one take. Usually, I have to start again a few times before I get it right. The difficulty with doing it in 1 stretch is that it is easy to make small mistakes.

[@relaxwhc]

@@PascalCoppens it is quite surprising you don't even pause for Errrr.... Ahhh..... You just keep speaking without a teleprompter or script 💪👏👍

[@cyjchua]

@@PascalCoppens is

[@danielli5092]

this presentation is so true.

[@kamwaichan1481]

Not sure if you have forgotten to mention, China is also helping a lot of nations rebuilding their economy, infrastructure, power dam to generate electricity, hospitals, factories, housing projects, creating jobs for the people. While the US, has been too busy destroying a lot of nations that doesn't obeyed the US foreign policies.

[@PascalCoppens]

That, I might do in another video.

[@mihaiciubotaru6149]

It's a fifth one that has to do with pragmatism..Biden observed that what the Chinese do...WORKS!

[@dagsmoko3889]

A lot of what China does has not been working very well. Take food and natural fibre production, natural resource management and forestry, social and health infrastructure, labour and human rights protection, information and media enablement, for example.

[@sallyah1392]

@@dagsmoko3889 You are outdated with how China has progressed. China has recently turned desert areas into green forestry so that farming can be done. Pascal has a video on this.

[@relaxwhc]

G7 is seen as the villains like Cobra, Hydra and Injustice League

[@easyrecipesanddeliciousfoo2954]

👍👍👍 Support you !

[@PascalCoppens]

Big thanks

[@dt3268]

Great talk. So glad I stumbled on it. You hit every point correctly. And your ability to stitch it together so succinctly shows your command of the issues. I wonder if American will be able to move forward rather than blame and thwart. I haven't gleamed the needed light in its leadership yet.

[@totifernandez9532]

When your opponent is copying your strategies and getting half the result you know he is starting to lose.

[@souradeepchoudhury8515]

Socialism is after all a superior system. The biggest problem in upgrading US infrastructure is the extremist view regarding private property. In China , if the govt compensates you and rehabilitates you , you have to move . Unlike the west or liberal democracies. Marx's Prediction about capitalism bringing its own collapse was true. By the way ,have you heard of Cheng Enfu?

[@PascalCoppens]

Same challenge in healthcare in US

[@tinatang1]

Who is Chang Enfu? Never heard of him.

[@souradeepchoudhury8515]

@@tinatang1 The head of Chinese academy of social sciences

[@linzhiqiang397]

Very informative, Big support!

[@PascalCoppens]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ccl3361]

Those kids in America can't even read properly in English and nevermind about the science!

[@worklove5147]

US kids don't need to know about science or English. All they need to be WOKE. This is SAD !!!!!

[@The667251]

For every $1 spends in construction, US needs to spend $5 to get the same results. Hard working and efficiency!

[@LemyAng]

Thanks so much, Pascal. Your analysis is excellent and you know a lot about Chinese culture. SALUTE!

[@relaxwhc]

*Greetings gentlemen* Welcome to China, the land of plenty

[@3drocket]

I have lived in China and have seen that it is no different to the west. A tiny minority have the majority of the wealth while the majority of the people still live in poverty. China is the land of plenty... plenty of mouths to feed.

[@pinangsungai2116]

All the best to Biden on his new plan.

[@henrikaize]

chinese work 12/7 american work 8/5 chinese need no alkhol drug ,american need

[@belay626]

hi watching from the Philippines. like the presentation ! very concrete and clear

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks for watching!

[@afuyan]

Subscribed. Pascal is my favorite programming language, now Pascal is my favorite KZbin channel.

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks Dio! Its the only programming language I learned in university: Turbo Pascal

[@afuyan]

@@PascalCoppens Wow that's cool! We, newer generations using much modern Free Pascal with Lazarus IDE nowadays hahaha…

[@dyong888]

I think you have a good understanding of the business, technological and in country devleopments for China. Geo-politics is not so much your thing. I find your insights on technology and business in China much more useful.

[@PascalCoppens]

The reason I make some geopolitical videos is because there is a need for it. People are asking the question, and so I am responding. I am indeed more experienced in business, technology and country's development.

[@dyong888]

@@PascalCoppens Yes I'd like to see more of your presentations on business, technology, and China's current projects and future plans.

[@dyong888]

@@PascalCoppens Also about what's happening in specific Chinese cities in regards to innovation and solving problems esp when using technology.

[@chunglak]

Excellent video as usual, but contrary to what you're saying, China is not uniting the West, it is dividing the US from its European allies. At the G7 the US couldn't get the others to attack China in its communique because China is more important economically to Europe than the US.

[@dingding6745]

Do they have the money and resources to pay for that?

[@PascalCoppens]

Biden has hard time to find the money.

[@JeromeHengZHWang]

Biden is no longer iable to issue more government bond or increase higher tax rate. Really doubtful he is able to get fund for the projects.

[@RSID]

1. Cause it works. 2. The US is falling behind and somewhat regressing. 3. The middle class income in the US has been stagnant for decades, while major corporations and billionaires gets richer and more influential.

[@trueknight3744]

Clarification: China never ever express that China want to join G7 and become G8. 17:23

[@trekpac2]

If I may express a few thoughts, to refer to the US a “democracy” and China as “authoritarian” is a bit of a red herring. I like to view the US as a capitalist economy where the large corporations, through money and special interest groups, essentially run the country, so it is pretty low on the measures of being democratic. I view China as a market economy, where corporations are not allowed to have a lot of power. Decisions are made through a unified party of 90 million selected people, to benefit the well-being of its citizens. It is a 1-party social democracy that focuses on the longer term, promoting through meritocratic selection to run all aspects of the various levels of government by highly qualified people. It has a high approval rating by the people. The Chinese increasingly view the US political system as failing, dysfunctional, primarily serving the needs of the 1%. Give me your feedback on this. Are they somewhat right? It is worth discussing further.

[@gracezhu1722]

Do you think a company's CEO should be selected by a board of experts or elected by his employees?

[@PascalCoppens]

When I said "autocracy" I did refer to that in the context of how the West views China,. Whether China is a democracy is maybe a topic for another video once. I agree with you that China at times is more democratic that America - because it is more effective in changing things for the population. But at same time, I believe that when power cannot be challenged easily, it can lead to decisions that are counter the population. A meritocracy with experts like China is definitively an advantage to change society for the better, but it can also corrupt at one time with the same effectiveness against the population. The question many have is how we know that Chinese leaders will always do good for its population if they are not elected by people outside of CCP? There have been good and bad emperors in China...and although we see the same outside China, the damage can lasts no longer than 4 years until others get elected. My personal view is that Chinese trust and respect their leaders highly, and that is the real reasons good leaders perform well. The unknown for many is how a bad leader can be contained.

[@michaelloong964]

Nation progresses due to good political leadership, and nation decays is due to poor political leadership . This has nothing to do with political theory. It's human efforts to build up the country not political doctrine..

[@michaelloong964]

Every bit of progress in human history is done by real human efforts not by political slogans, political doctrines or propaganda. A company's prosperity is achieved by hard working people and their efforts not by style of management which can be benevolent, authoritarian, or any other form. Of course the company leader should take the lead with care and concern for his employees. His employees are his precious asset. A country asset is the people. The Chinese government treats the people as asset so that the people can unite to propel the country forward with long term plan of livelihood upgrade incessantly. The Chinese government and the people work as a team and not adversary.

[@michaelloong964]

@@gracezhu1722 hello, you don't understand CEO of a company is not a selection process. He or she is the owner of the company. For a public listed company, he or she is picked from a varied source of available candidates with experience and proven record and then let the board of directors to approve or reject.

[@CharlesLeungcampingVancouver]

US needs to import large number of engineers and scientists from other countries but looking at US disfunction during the pandemic and rampant racism, who would want to go there except the desperate poor.

[@iqbang9236]

Everyone wants to cook with Chinese recipes. Few people have considered whether all the ingredients are available to them. Like talent pool, enthusiasm to work, the technique of know-how, efficiency in management, and the willpower of determination.

[@PascalCoppens]

Very true about ingredients

[@makuohua3071]

You Don't need anything just lip movement in mouth can do all magic in rest of World that is What leadership and mentors Do in rest of Global so called Countries to make fools to Follow Blind leaders and mentors using Ear to see leaders are using eyes lol 😂.

[@bearbearcutecute]

Impressive speech and well-thought time stamps. Dear Sir, your effort is admirable and appreciated. I'm your fan now. =)

[@PascalCoppens]

Thx

[@brianyoung1075]

Hi old friend, so glad to find out that your KZbin channel is insanely booming!

[@dans.7651]

That's because your old friend clearly sold out and started shilling for the CCP.

[@medialcanthus9681]

Might need about 30 years so that'll be around 2050 provided the goal post doesn't move.

[@Mico605]

West has literally never been united and has had countless wars among each other through centuries. Plus the west isnt one country, its many countries with many different people, cultures and languages. Many of us much different from the US's idea of how "west" should be.

[@kiki_sg]

It reminds me G7 is the princess and the 7 dwarfs..😂😂

[@diggingmystyle]

Lawsuits, regulations, workers comp, taxes, and insurance are the most significant reasons as to why factories moved overseas.

[@eo7770]

its totally true as what you said. it not about right or wrong, not about yes or no and not about democracy or communist. Its about doing for the country , for the people.!

[@PascalCoppens]

Thanks!