China: The Roots of Madness (1967)

[@aimsophie]

I wonder when CIA will make a documentary analysing the madness of its own country, happening right now

[@unclebanana]

Excellent question. But of course all we'll receive from the anti-communist crowd is a deafening silence.

[@dbgarrison8928]

When they are finished with the deconstruction of the culture and political ideology of the US.

[@Metalslimeusa]

BASED

[@ex0duzz]

Never. Why would they talk bad about themselves? As for CIA approved propaganda, everyday. That's all you see on mainstream media.

[@wshyangify]

America today is more Marxist than China ever was

[@paulamarsh1]

Having just stumbled upon this video in 2023, I'm amazed at my ignorance as a westerner of this recent turbulent past of China's, and at how prophetic the words, "we reached the moon in 1969 but never reached the mind of China..."

[@JimDocker]

me too.

[@ReapingTheHarvest]

We didn't reach either.

[@AMANAPLANACANALPANTS]

this is propaganda

[@fanaticforager6610]

I doubt that the monocultural mind~awash of Mao alike, would allow official recognition of foreign policies, beliefs, even under common threat of asteroid ☄️ •☂️ 10:03

[@chrismccaffery1091]

@@AMANAPLANACANALPANTS And you CCP bots in these comments are also propaganda. Atleast the video speaks facts "China has went from tyranny to tyranny" its 100% fact. China went from Mao era back to Mao era under Xi Jinping 😂😂

[@pp-bb6jj]

I loved this old style documentaries. More informative and elegant than anything today.

[@StopFear]

Yes, but also they often can be inherently misleading because a lot of important facts and developments may change the interpretation of the events into any direction.

[@DemonetisedZone]

You what 😂 Its pure colonial propaganda

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Nice orotund voice. Lotta pretty pictures. An ounce of accidental truth now and then. Be nice if we knew which bits that was.

[@jamesmoy1214]

@@TheDavidlloydjones mostly lies and propaganda 1/2 truths

[@mmal7982]

@@DemonetisedZone no its not. quit the BS

[@pearlnicol2443]

Fabulous, first class commentary. This is what television was really made for; education of the highest quality.

[@davesmith5656]

Disagree entirely. Six minutes into it the brainless subversive has referred to Confucius as "tyranny", then follows up with "the myth of Heavenly rule" - at the time he's talking about how godless western force carved up China because the Chinese government rejected opium? What role did all that have to do with driving China to the real tyranny of communism? The documentary is riddled with subversion.

[@robertely686]

Has all the truth, objectivity and respect of any modern newspaper

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

Just like compulsory education's purpose was to educate the students. No; rather to breed conformity. A government is a hard thing.

[@AllMagasGoToGitmo]

@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 How’s the tinfoil hat

[@rajendramisir3530]

I appreciate the opportunity you provide to the public to learn about a turbulent and tragic period of China’s documented history.

[@aaabbb-py5xd]

Lol, yet the Chinese Communists have never been concerned about its population experiencing the "free world". Rather unlike the Soviet-US dynamic of the past, the more one experiences the "free world", the more ardent a supporter one becomes of the Chinese Communists. At this time of the "New Cold War", one started by America to further its stranglehold on humanity, we can appreciate even more the laughable American presumptions that find their roots here in the sickening motivations behind such a "documentary".

[@IhateCCP]

it has not ended. It's still continuing to this day. But they have better Public relations, aka propaganda.

[@russell4370]

That's exactly what is still happening now in China, history? more like now.

[@David-bg9od]

​@@russell4370 It's nothing like it was then.

[@PhucDuong1234]

The world is the same everywhere. Just different ways to execute it. We, regardless of what country you are from, all have gone through the periods of turbulence and violence before settling down. And the cycles repeat.

[@dagruneson8308]

Two fun background facts that are not mentioned in this video. 1. Emperor Guangxu did actually try to implement Japanese style reforms in China in 1898, but that attempt was completely stopped by Cixi. Now he was technically not Cixi's son but instead her nepew, but could it possibly be him that is meant to be the "son" that Cixi killed? 2. The "boxing" that the Boxer rebels practiced were actually a form of kung fu, and it was called boxing in Europe and America because kung fu wasn't well known there in these times. And it's also possible it still was unknown in these countries when this documentary was made.

[@YangShuLin]

光绪皇帝死因已经查明，二零零几年的时候对他的头发化验，结果是砒霜含量超标，应该是死于砒霜中毒，而不是病死的，也就是说是慈禧在自己死前毒死了光绪皇帝。另外义和团的功夫应该类似于功夫+类似现代教会盛行的圣灵附体的催眠洗脑内容，自古以来宗教武术不分家

[@KillrMillr7]

The East Indian trading Company destroyed China, and it’s people for a century, with drugs, guns and violence. Seems to be a pattern here

[@hananokuni2580]

By 1898 China under the Qing Dynasty was in much disarray, so implementing Japanese-style reforms was going to be difficult. The conflict between conservative and progressive factions didn't help. When the Japanese began implementing their Western-style reforms in the 1870s, Japan had a stable society and much of the population was moderately literate, thus allowing a foundation on which to build. Not only that, but the progressive Imperialists beat out the pro-Shogunate conservatives and were able to consolidate control over Japan.

[@Dark_Asteroid]

Not sure they're "fun facts". Lol

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Kung Fu.

[@LearnMarketingChannel]

One of the best documentary films I’ve seen in my life. I’ve been to China 21 times and lived there for a year at a time. I love China and the people there with all my heart.

[@bingosunnoon9341]

I went to hire engineers for the company I worked for. I regret that I was never able to visit any where. They are the most peaceful and friendliest people I've ever seen.

[@karmas4172]

your a commie lover

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Noted

[@chrismccaffery1091]

Ok CCP Bot

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

@@bingosunnoon9341 They are peaceful until hungry and then will eat your baby.

[@vincentrockel1149]

You know you're in trouble when you counter bullets with magical thinking...

[@kirk1968]

This is amazing history that I did not know, thank you for sharing.

[@subtropicalpermaculture]

Because none of it is true

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

Oriental BOT

[@aguinaldologan]

@@subtropicalpermaculture, all of it is true.

[@bennettbullock9690]

This documentary is captivating in two ways. It allows you into the minds of some of the Americans who dealt with China to different degrees, the most notable being Pearl Buck, steeped from childhood in Chinese culture and society. The China hands. What a quaint notion in today's world. But I think where it is really valuable is how it represents American bafflement at what happened in this ancient, tortured, endlessly unpredictable civilization. Money, guns, and beautiful ideas will fix everything, won't they? It's a delusion that America has indulged in time and time again. Of all the parties fighting for control - the Qing, the Republicans, the warlords, the Japanese - Mao was the only one who actually listened to the people and understood their yearning for peaceful lives. And, as the narrator points out, he was steeped in the Chinese Classics and understood that winning China meant fighting in the Chinese style. Control territory, control the hearts and minds of where you are, allow the enemy to waste himself out, and the battle is complete. But being a psychopath, he eventually threw China into a horrifying social experiment which still haunts China to this day.

[@rodmiller6872]

Not to mention quite possibly the biggest mass murderer in history.

[@bennettbullock9690]

@@rodmiller6872 Why I referred to him as a psychopath. I'm not a fan.

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Mao knew how to manipulate those who had nothing to support them, but it was all a lie. It was always about getting total power and creating a personality cult. No one in the PRC truly owns land till today. The party controls the land, all financial resources, and the armed forces. It’s an occupation and not a government for the people by the people.

[@victoriajarvis2260]

Well said.

[@may-ky6jl]

​@@victoriajarvis2260 Mao's Government was responsibe for 80 million victims due to starvation, persecution, prison labour, and mass executions.

[@Time4Peace]

This gripping account of China is seen through the lens of a Western journalist. Theodore and this video encountered controversies in the era of McCarthyism. The film had been said to be made with the help of CIA while Theodore was accused of being too harsh on Chiang Kai Shek. The film glossed over the effect of opium on China forced upon China from 18th Century to 1920's. As many as 80% of male and 50% of female Chinese was estimated to consume opium with disastrous outcome. The period covered by the video was also known as China's Century of Humiliation. The Qing dynasty was dysfunctional. As the colonial powers moved in to cut up China, the Qing dynasty was finally deposed in 1911, and China became a republic. Absolute chaos under the warlords ensued followed by decades of a civil war. Carl Zha looks at this period from the Chinese perspective and explains why China has been shaped by these historical events in its response to external influences, Hongkong and Taiwan. He is interviewed by an ex-Marine American Brian Berletic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZnHfIiXrd51r7s

[@deniseproxima2601]

I don't think it was forced. Never speak about India or some culture from Chinese and Asia more as 100 years ago. It was only England. Only European are blamed.

[@Time4Peace]

@@deniseproxima2601 No nation ever sold opium and forced upon another on such a large scale in such a systematic manner in history. It benefited both ways, one the one hand, forcing Indian indentured workers to produce. India was then the world's biggest producer of opium. On the other hand, it sold opium in exchange for silver and forced the opium on China for over a hundred years. It devastated China, the population right up to Empress Dowager. The opium trade was the biggest source of the East India Company enough to pay for all the imports from China and a significant part of administration of India. This benefit is at the expense of misery of Indians and Chinese. And you still have the heart to defend the indefensible! As with the slave trade! Remember, the British then considered opium as a poison and will not allow its import into Britain.

[@CKxperience]

@@deniseproxima2601 Britain invaded china using hordes of pillaging indian troops. India helped Britain pillage the world.

[@LawasSarawak]

@@deniseproxima2601 Eu truly the scourge of humanity

[@burnerburner4074]

​@@deniseproxima2601it was actually forced. The brits literally pointed guns at Chinese heads and told them they either sell the opium to their own countrymen or they got shot right there. Don't white wash history.

[@amirsaber7]

STILL, there are parts that had been cut up from this documentary!!! INTRESTING...

[@clovisra]

Really? Why? What was it hidden from us? Really interesting.

[@dgdfgfnh968]

​@Clovis Rabello edits, it was hard to fix scenes in 1967 we take for granted modern-day editing.

[@borzumo]

Freedom of speech is too dangerous for democracy

[@coolworx]

"Legendary sexual appetite" "The Treacherous Drug Addict" And.... "A lover of flowers and gardens" Well that's a motley crew.

[@Stormlucy111]

Sounds like the motley crew who currently are trying for world dominance

[@prettypurple7175]

State Department (.gov) history.state.gov › china-1 the First Opium War, the United States, and the Treaty of Wangxia ... The Opium War and these treaties were emblematic of an era in which Western powers tried to gain unfettered access to Chinese products and markets

[@davidgeiszler4764]

Your describing Motley Crew the band

[@KENACT1]

Sounds like Bill Clinton and Hunter Biden.

[@MathGPT]

Yeah dont fuck with the last guy's garden

[@tsengtanshuy628]

CKS（蒋介石） was not picked by Dr. Sun to be his successor. He was not Sun's left shoulder or right hand (左膀右臂）。 There were power struggle between the big shots after Sun's death. those left or right hands were murdered by emperor Yan or between themselves. CKS siezed the power after the murder of Lioa（廖仲凯）who was his military school supervisor. This film was influenced by CKS propaganda. Please read the book 'The Night Cometh: A Personal Study of Communist Techniques in China' by Dr. K.C. Wu

[@londonbowcat1]

12:00 10 October 1911?

[@Gorboduc]

Dr. Wu's book is very hard to find, but thank you for bringing him to my attention.

[@dickturpin9498]

蒋介石and 孙中山were brothers in law. 宋庆龄was the latters wife, 宋美龄 to the former. This is historical but it’s a long time ago now. I lived in China for over a decade and married a local. Not many people know the history shown here, and those who do don’t care as it’s not like that there now.

[@clovisra]

​@@Gorboduc Many books that are hard to find often were hidden on purpose. Hidden by whom?

[@alexanderchenf1]

I agree

[@david3549tw]

Firstly, anti-imperialism. Then, anti-capitalism. Now assertive nationalism. They intertwined to become the swirling storm we face today.

[@divinewind7405]

It's called totalitarianism

[@david3549tw]

@@divinewind7405 "The politics of loneliness is totalitarian".

[@clovisra]

​@@divinewind7405 The US support totalitarism when it helps its interests.

[@Muonium1]

They didn't even touch on the insanity of the "great leap forward", which is what I thought this documentary was going to be about! Interesting anyway.

[@cliffordcasnermillar4976]

I don’t know if it was widely known in the west when this documentary was made.

[@hebneh]

Not much was known about the effects of the Great Leap Forward then, and there was virtually no publicity at all about the famine which killed immense numbers of people. Access to China was very restricted at the time and the few visitors who got in were kept in cities where there was food, so nobody from the outside saw the starvation, particularly reporters.

[@maofas]

The insanity of modernizing the country in record time rather than continuing to be a colony, such craziness. Haters will always hate, and make up fake death totals they can't explain or substantiate.

[@Muonium1]

@@maofas hi CCP bot. are you a computer or are you typing these chained to a chair in your prison cell in a Uyghur death camp somewhere in Xinjiang

[@joeschmoe21]

Why was it 'insanity'? Mao killed off all the lackeys of the west. Without total annihilation of the lackeys of the west, China would never be free, because these lackeys would always try to make China a colony of the west again. That's a cleansing event, not insanity.

[@bill291212]

Thanks KZbin for recommending this

[@michaelsummerell8618]

42:19 There's some pretty horrific images in this documentary, of what man does to fellow man...

[@priitmolder6475]

The most memorable quote from "Fury (2014) "Wait till you see it" "See what?" "What man can do to another man"

[@brianarbenz7206]

I've seen pics from WW II in Asia that are even worse that what was shown in this film.

[@michaelsummerell8618]

@@brianarbenz7206 And? So what if you have...?!?

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@michaelsummerell8618 Nothing in particular. It was just an additional observation.

[@alangoodyear370]

Great first hand interview footage!

[@damienluxford4480]

This guy is an incredible orator. They don't make em like that in this day and age.

[@Straycat733]

One thing you have to realize this was made in 1967 China was isolated to the point we didn’t have the slight idea what was going on except it was being governed by teenagers, The red guard , the Great Leap Forward where Mao tried to separate China from its past by destroying relics of its history. For example the Tombs of the Ming emperors were destroyed

[@jamesmoy1214]

@@Straycat733 they were looted and destroyed by Western powers especially the British

[@archlich4489]

He's passionate and knows his stuff!

[@laszlonemet4425]

Mouth full of American Spirit

[@ralphowen3367]

Why then did he not in my hearing mention that Chaing and his wife and her relatives were Christians, which influence is all that could have and can combat communism-- "...the disease of the heart"?

[@JohnDowning66]

Fantastic documentary. Incredible insight into modern China. Brilliantly written first party accounts from history.

[@simonmasters3295]

Don't be daft - at best it is an attempt in 1960 to explain the previous century from the perspective of US victory over Japan in WWII - just listen to the American voices...not one Chinese speaks of their own predicament

[@rougedaug7251]

@@simonmasters3295 spot on

[@ubermenschen3636]

This American video propaganda brainwashes Westerners to hate, despise, or kill the Chinese and steal their land. Change a few dates, geographic names, and faces, and you have the story of the White Western Europeans raping, looting, burning, and slaughtering the Native Americans. Fast forward to post WW2. China stops the White Western European conquest under the nationalist leader Mao Tse Tung who turns China inward, insulated from the West. Both the Africans and Natives of the New World only wish they could have over-come the White Western European Masters in their midst.

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

He's also Chinese Commie

[@fifthfreedom7]

superb documentary. thank you.. this sheds more light on how we arrived at this current condition... and how things may continue to unfold in this century

[@williamgill5286]

yep WOOT WOOTER WOOT

[@leoliu5017]

It is kind of unreal comparing what China looks like today to the China 100 years ago.

[@theMarhaenist]

If you never believed the glorious time of chinese people in year 200AD. They had had massive cultural technological prosperity achievements that west today dont want to acknowledge.

[@cooldudecs]

@@theMarhaenist china has never been one country outside of western and Mongolian stewardship. Now they do not have an outside power to keep their violent culture together

[@martinjr.9660]

​@John Yes, but back then, the urbanization rate in China was around 10-20%. Currently, it's around 65%. Moreover, thanks to Mao, most rural Chinese peasants own some form of land, although they are currently squeezed by China's decommercialization of crops policies. Despite these challenges, they still live a "better" life, relatively speaking, and enjoy a longer life expectancy compared to landless slum dwellers in South Africa, India, or even, dare I say, in the U.S.

[@martinjr.9660]

​@John I believe most investment after Deng came to power came from or at least came through Taiwan, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. Western Countries overall didn't invest that much in China compare to Japan or South Korea.

[@martinjr.9660]

@John The U.S. was already banning technology sharing with China since the 90s. What exact "Western" Knowledge are you talking about?

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

A very well made documentary! Thanks for sharing!

[@Kiyoone]

miss this kind of doc that make you think

[@TheJMascis666]

Really enjoyed this documentary, taught me many things I didn't know.

[@omalone1169]

. Pearl Buck, the well-known American liberal writer, attacked racism in the United States on the ground that it directly benefited Japan: The discrimination of the American army and navy and the air forces against colored soldiers and sailors, the exclusion of colored labor in our defense industries and trade unions, all our social discriminations, are of the greatest aid to our enemy in Asia, Japan

[@mmal7982]

@@omalone1169 no

[@WiseOwl_1408]

​@@omalone1169 you okay?

[@phillipbintner1846]

​@@omalone1169 it was the first Movie with intermission.Think of all the money that movie started. It was the first grammy awards. Its a must watch.

[@brianarbenz7206]

This was amazing. A superb documentary of great depth and completeness. Honestly after I saw the title and "nuclear vault" I was expecting a chest thumping cold war doctrine. I had read little by Theodore White. I'm impressed by this work!

[@brianarbenz7206]

And to answer the questions White poses at the end about our future relations with China, just look at the word following "Made In" on the bottom of the device you're watching this on.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Thank You.

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@Fabuloushu I said depth and completeness. Not "truth."

[@scottdellrobinson]

Impressed. It was insulting

[@spiritualawakeningofconsci623]

Stupid this are propaganda you idiot

[@jameskiely8703]

Cixi did not kill her son Emperor Tongzhi on his throne he died of syphilis. Wanzhen, Cixis sister and mother of Emperor Guangxu died in 1896 probably of cancer or a fever. Although she did kill Guangxu in 1908 to prevent the Japanese gaining control of China as he had links with wild fox kang and Count Ito. Cixi died following a stroke on 15th of November 1908 at the age of 73 having just installed Pu Yi as emperor.

[@omalone1169]

e possible response to Japanese propaganda was to tackle it directly. This was the course advocated by Pearl Buck, who also wanted America to tackle its own tradition of racism. Buck believed that the `Japanese weapon of racial propaganda' was effective because it was `presented to persons who have had unfortunate experiences with English and American people'. She added that America's internal record on race relations strengthened the hands of Japan. `Every lynching, every race riot, gives joy to Japan', she argued.75Her conclusion was that if the United States was to compete with Japanese propaganda it would have to adopt an unambiguously anti-racist stance.

[@thelazydog8374]

That is maybe the silliest and least informed opinion, or take on history, and your buck quote -- if true even -- is from a woman born in what year?

[@jameskiely8703]

@@thelazydog8374 My sources are Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang in addition to dozens of articles online

[@thelazydog8374]

@@jameskiely8703 I apologize for the name-calling. There is too much of that, and I only weaken my own point. I was thinking about the comparison between the US, present day, and 1940s Imperial Japan. I will cede things about Pearl Buck -- I don't know much about her except for her appearance in this doco, done I think in 1967? My "problem" is this: so, back in 1860 the US had a problem with slavery. Racism? Sure, I bet they were racist too, but how many northern white men would have been willing to die for "ending racism in America?". You know the answer to that. Racism is part of the human condition, and slavery once was, at least the US can say that, and Britain too. Today, there is an argument put forth that only white people can be racist. They miss the obviously racist component of that statement. I grew up in Louisiana in an area that was 50percent white and 50 percent black. I remember before going to high school how afraid I was of the "other" race -- and how happy I was to quickly learn that maybe it was complicated, but at the end of the day everybody wanted to get along rather than get into accusations that weren't necessary. The adults of both races expected their children to do the right thing, to be a good kid first and foremost, and getting along with others was part of that. The US is an amalgamation of different origins, and we could choose to get along or not. That is so different from the genocidal tendencies of the Japanese ... I am aware that back in 1940s US, we had a severe race problem internally in the US, but if it was so bad why were blacks doing so well, comparitively, to blacks today? They were overtaking whites about ten years after WW2 ended in various areas of education and work. The meaning of the word itself has made any normal discussion of racism nearly impossible today. I now believe that the creation of the department of education, in the late 1970s was the worst mistake ever made. It was politics that saw to that and why one of our two party's has no problem with censorship based on one's opinions. We once all agreed that was wrong. I sound like I'm all over the place, but I wanted to apologize and own my mistake from last night, but also I wanted to explain where I was coming from.

[@paulblack8887]

"Perhaps China is too vast to be ruled by mercy..."

[@Time4Peace]

Well, it's being done with 80% lifted out of poverty. Why is US scared?

[@Time4Peace]

And China has done it without waging wars like what US has done.

[@clovisra]

​@@Time4Peace Very true indeed!

[@joachim5080]

@@Time4Peace sure... no wars, no killings at all... except "little things", peanuts really, like the Korean war (supporting communist invasion of South Korea), Vietnam war (supporting communist invasion of South Vientnam), Sino-Indian war, Sino-Vietnam conflict, war against Tibet, supporting the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia with millions of dead as a result, the 30+ millions of dead during Cultural revolution, and 10+ millions dead during Chinese civil war.. But yea... (let me guess, surely all the US' fault)

[@Time4Peace]

@@joachim5080 If you can suspend your hate of China, you will realize that the examples you quoted are most a happening at China's borders or internal to China. Are you not even aware US's endless wars in S America, Africa. asia and the Middle East? Let strive not to hate but build trust, for peace and not more wars.

[@poilochien]

" in 1936, however mao's line changes ... " mao call for united front since fall 1931 after the japanese attack on manchouria. he renewed this call during the long march at august 1935.

[@etanneriii]

Let us not underestimate the arbiters of the art of war. We do so at our own peril.

[@themonalisa5614]

Theodore White was brilliant. It is a joy to hear him speak and read his books. It's an incredible learning experience from a giant of the 20th Century. They don't make `em like that anymore and we'll never see the likes of it again.

[@johninjersey]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZPde4qXZs6Srdk

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

Something only Moron Right Wingers and Boomers say. You can listen to a 50 hour lecture on China for free that is far better then this will ever be.

[@leftykoufax7084]

Amen, my favorite historian.

[@themonalisa5614]

@@leftykoufax7084 Thank you for your response. My most favorite book about the Cultural Revolution is entitled, "Life and Death in Shanghai," by Nien Cheng.

[@Zalley]

Great documentary.

[@12q8]

That is a fascinating documentary. It was autoplayed too. It has been a while since I was so immersed into a documentary and maintained attention this long.

[@averageamerican6727]

Of course it was auto played. It's always a good time to push some propaganda so you run out of time to look at yourself in the mirror.

[@12q8]

@@averageamerican6727 you’re funny

[@averageamerican6727]

@@12q8 I try

[@jameswhitfield1375]

Before we come to criticise other nations, we should ask ourselves that which we never seem to wish to consider, what was our role in helping to create, for good or evil, the situation that exists? Films such as this are so valuable in pointing us toward the answer. Thank you to Theodore White and those at The National Archives for making this film available.

[@StriveNot]

Nicely said my friend 🙏

[@fkujakedmyname]

thats too complicated for fascists they can barely read

[@Addictedtoyoutube9]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWPZg4tpbM6ikMU Chinese and dogs not allowed.

[@silentservant_]

Yes well said. Watching this made me realize that Truman made a huge mistake in not wanting to be involved with China anymore by denying the request of John’s wife for help when the communists were beginning to take power

[@AR15andGOD]

We have no part to play

[@hebneh]

I remember watching this on TV in 1967. I also bought a paperback book version of this documentary then.

[@londonbowcat1]

Pearl Buck on sensitive people 8:00

[@omalone1169]

​@@londonbowcat1 American diplomacy was defensive on this question of race relations. Pearl Buck, the well-known American liberal writer, attacked racism in the United States on the ground that it directly benefited Japan: The discrimination of the American army and navy and the air forces against colored soldiers and sailors, the exclusion of colored labor in our defense industries and trade unions, all our social discriminations, are of the greatest aid to our enemy in Asia, Japan 61 The implication of Buck's argument was that race relations in America could no longer be seen as a domestic concern. They now had to be approached from an international angle.

[@jamesmoy1214]

I actually bought the book in 1967 and thought it was a truthful book. I’ve discovered now, how those early years of anti-socialist propaganda education affected my young mind

[@ochomunna270]

​@@jamesmoy1214 the U.S media to this day spew anti-China bias, like they choose to see only the worse of the CCP and none of their great benefit to their people. The CCP is beholden to their people, the 2 billion Chinese now living in prosperity. Meanwhile, the U.S government want everyone to think its Democracy or the highway. Their same policies that have caused endless suffering in the world for the past 30 years. Libya has never recovered from the havoc wrought by the U.S/CIA, the middle east is a hot mess, and Ukraine is fighting a proxy war with Russia sponsored by the U.S after funding a coup to overthrow the former Ukrainian government. The U.S even bombed the nordstream pipeline to divert revenue from Russia and get Europe to buy expensive energy from the U.S. It's amazing to me how the U.S government try to sound like the voice of reason and moral consciousness, but their actions are downright evil.

[@zaffarjawaid2033]

What's the name of the book?

[@markvickers3488]

I am a basically decent American man . Precious Chinese I have respect & love for. They have had So much suffering. For centuries .

[@ocimde2685]

I'm Chinese and I can say the Chinese culture nowadays are fabricated. The real Chinese culture dead for a long time. It's about around 100 years, since Zhang Binglin's dead. He claimed that he was the last inheritor of traditional Chinese culture. The communist China is the worst thing we have ever seen. We literally don't think she can represent us. In traditional Chinese culture, we only have regional concept and don't care about the nation in daily life. Unless there are foreign enemies. There's no one called himself a Chinese in around 100 years ago. Literally, some of us called ourselves as Chinese is because we educated by traditional Chinese classics and we advocate it. It's more like a culture identity than a national identity. Communist China government wreck our tradition and we are never going to forget it. We have suffering for century and we will persevere our tradition tirelessly.

[@Arnaere]

Ha, simp.

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

Nasty nasty devils.

[@zootsoot2006]

They brought most of it on themselves. An immature and backward people, even after all of their economic success.

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

This is a fantastic documentary - and I say that as someone who has lived in China. A must view.

[@rainbowcat83]

@BrianBaileyedtech I think everybody who is the decentent of Chinese should know about this late 19th n the 20th century horrible histories.

[@xggong8261]

As a Chinese, I am deeply saddened that we are now repeating the same old path, and that China is once again an enemy of all nations, and of the United States, and has once again been reduced to ignorance, and the reasons for this all stem from Xi Jinping's rule!

[@energus9]

Exellent narration.

[@averageamerican6727]

of pure propaganda.

[@Astrosisphere]

I couldn't help think of this quote when they showed the children singing and all happy about having a dream about Mao: Chairman Mao "also known as Asian Santa Claus or Mao the Dong was a bouncy, smiling, chubby cherub who accidentally bumped off seventy million people" -Uncyclopedia.

[@patriciapalmer4215]

🛑❗Xi Xinping grew up the son of a man who went on the long march with Mao. This film is the essence that shaped him.

[@Ammo08]

I loved to read Pearl Buck's writings when I was a kid...My Dad referred to CKS as "Cash My Check".

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

😁

[@youtubehatesus2651]

this was utterly fascinating. I watched it twice last night. All sorts of little nooks and crannies got filled in (If u know what I mean)

[@omalone1169]

ince the United States was not yet ready to tackle its race problem, Buck's approach was never countenanced by officials involved in the propaganda war. Instead American psychological warfare adopted a more indirect approach. In practice this meant that either the discussion of race was avoided altogether or it was raised in the form of negative propaganda

[@lamodernista]

'The China Mirage' by James Bradley will lift the veil from your eyes.

[@maofas]

The video is half showing foreigners exploiting the Chinese or brutalizing them or giving reactionaries planes to bomb villages with, and half the narrator musing "Who knows why the Chinese want to push foreigners out, some sort of madness I guess, who knows China is just a mystery!".

[@DemonetisedZone]

Exactly This is colonial propaganda

[@mmal7982]

@@DemonetisedZone no its not Marxist

[@Rick_Riff]

Yes but at least he admits the ignorance of the West, that sort of humility evades the inept modern diplomats and warmongers of the West.

[@flyingtigerline]

Your comments are without merit.

[@georgekostaras]

You gotta sit back and enjoy that old timey racism

[@hanzketchup859]

Oh my, such tragedy for so long, the bitter cup of endless war.

[@gayeinggs5179]

Met an old priest that had worked in China as a missionary kicked out In 1965 by the communists he was. Full. Of stories I met him in Tokyo

[@samkohen4589]

Dowager empress Cixi was amazing. The money that was raised to build a modern navy she felt could be better used to build a marble barge so that she could sip tea at dusk.

[@Johnnycdrums]

I wonder what happened to it.

[@ekesandras1481]

the Boxer rebellion had some similarities with the Cultural Revolution much later. Mao learned from Cixi.

[@hebneh]

The declarative marble barge the Empress demanded is still in place in a lake in Beijing.

[@SeattlePioneer]

A marble barge was about as much use as a navy that was hugely outclassed by any of several enemies or opponents.

[@yanliew4027]

She conspired with foreign powers !

[@janineskywalker527]

Ive lived and worked in Hunan and Kunming. Ive seen it change rapidly as well. There's something about this mysterious Middle Earth that is so compelling! I miss China! J.

[@georges4543]

The message of the film still stays relevant today.

[@jamesmoy1214]

Irrelevant is what you mean

[@ochomunna270]

What I got from it was, China wanted a chance to plot their own course separate from foreign imperialism. They worked hard to stamp out secessionist tendency set in hearts from centuries of turmoil. Today, Taiwan is still a pawn of the U.S. Which was always the complaint of the Chinese and the Communists. Now they have "Communism with Chinese characteristics", which is the course that has made them a world power and second wealthiest nation on par with the U.S.

[@georges4543]

@@jamesmoy1214 Nope. It is still relevant.

[@Time4Peace]

​@@georges4543 Yes, indeed. The events shape China's foreign policies today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZnHfIiXrd51r7s

[@erichhoneckerrespecter9438]

Consider playing in traffic dipshit

[@machopolitan1]

As a Chinese person who watched this documentary in 2023, I'd say, let the spirit of revolution thrive, blossom and bear fruits, for the Chinese people. Because we love so much and yet sufferred so much!

[@skank2906]

So technically you desire for the new Nazi in China??? This is the only viable way to get out of western influences. 1 billion people willing to submit themselves for the utmost state, gun or bombs also has to be fear.

[@NoPrivateProperty]

down with capitalism!

[@eduardsjasinskis2981]

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[@NoPrivateProperty]

@@eduardsjasinskis2981 ?

[@憲灋を変える男]

@@eduardsjasinskis2981 🇷🇺

[@MichealBurnett5]

The opening.... They are taught to hate... Already you can see where this is going....

[@burnettis1]

@Eric Huang Eric, I agree. But, that nation is a war nation. It is not a peace nation. Too much business involved, methinks!

[@hebneh]

The hatred at that time during the Cultural Revolution was real, and it wasn’t just directed at the USA but even more at other Chinese. And there really was mass craziness in China at this point.

[@dbgarrison8928]

In 2023 it is very apparent their hatred and deceitful trade practices are on a course unabated to accomplish the demise of the United States of America. 1st. Sudden suprise attack on the US 2nd. Immediate invasion of Taiwan 3rd. Race to the Middle East oilfields to prevent Russia from possessing and controlling the oil there . Only time will tell.

[@njabulosibisi2965]

This is by far the most brilliant documentary on such a confounding epoch of our history, China is still a mystery today as it was then but the insightful and poetic narration of this documentary gives off echoes to the roots of what makes the Middle Kingdom

[@mahzorimipod]

its not a mystery dumbass you can buy a ticket and go visit yourself

[@Time4Peace]

Mystery to who? To those who refuse to understand? Visit China with an open mind or learn from those who have been there, e.g. Australian Jerry Grey, American Cyrus Janssen, Belgian Pascal Coppens and NZ Andy Boreham. They have lived in China for at least 10 years.

[@DemonetisedZone]

There is no mystery. The Chinese took up arms to try and get the colonial masters out!

[@margyeoman3564]

I don't think China is such a mystery today. 2023 They are Communist aren't they? They are controlled , lock stepped, and their minds and hearts oppressed, or made vain and callous . They can get rich or be poor, but all are told what to think and how to live.

[@Adroit1911]

​@@Time4Peace have you been to China recently?

[@麻馬華公會會長MCA]

Least informative documentaries with Transatlantic accent

[@BibleLifeMaui]

An absolutely fantastic documentary.

[@kailasac6532]

Even in McCarthy's era, the media was open to show objectively what had happened to China and how also western countries helped the downfall of the old order. Very informative, wish we made such docus these days, calm and concise ❤

[@sabercruiser.7053]

Much greatful for this great educational documentary 👍👍

[@clovisra]

Mind set maker very often. Not a really true history. Just a well constructed propaganda narrative.

[@magisterdamask9015]

Masterful. Do people even have the education to make stuff like this anymore?

[@oxarplatt]

propaganda is still very common.

[@paulamarsh1]

White was classics educated... Goes to show ...

[@AMANAPLANACANALPANTS]

do people even have the education to recognize propaganda?

[@0neIntangible]

MSM gatekeeping.

[@2MartSaar]

its a hypnotic narrative , no truth at all , nothing masterful ...

[@stephenyang2844]

A truthful account of China‘s tumultuous history. America supported JianKeiShek a simple-minded general only because he was anti-communist, in reality he was also an imperialist; and ignored that peasants believed in Mao JeDong. It shows a collective wisdom of the masses. Unfortunately Mao was lost, floundered, causing starvation and death to millions. DenXiaoping led China onto rejuevation.

[@holymainlandchinaexplorer1545]

How was about the histories of USA & Europe?

[@blackred0486]

"China: The Roots of Madness" won an Emmy in the documentary category according to Wiki. It is anti-communist/anti-Maoist propaganda; it was, after all, made in 1966/67. But for all that, it remains an interesting look through American eyes at Communist China. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China:_The_Roots_of_Madness

[@OnePhoenix77]

ARE you a scorpio astrologically ?.....asking because the colors of scorpio are red and black

[@blackred0486]

OnePhoenix77 No. I"m a Sagittarian. Date of birth 08 Dec. 1958. Place of birth Singapore. In Chinese astrology I was born in the Year of the Dog, my element is Earth, my direction is west or west-north-west, my season is Autumn, and my numbers are 4 & 9.

[@blackred0486]

Tell me, what are the colours of Sagittarius.

[@blackred0486]

Scorpio- Oct 23- Nov 21. This astrological sign is ruled by Pluto-which is actually no longer considered a planet. Scorpio’s many color meanings include transformation, giving birth and also intensifying. Thus, when you think of Scorpio, think of colors like blood red, crimson, black, maroon, burgundy and other exciting and intense colors. It is linked to the genital and excretory systems. Sagittarius- Nov 22- Dec 20. This Zodiac is associated with enlargement, increase and uplifting. It is ruled by Jupiter and influences organs like liver, as well as the autonomic nervous system, thighs, growth etc. The colors for this Astrological sign are purple, plum and dark blue. The astrological sign is ruled by Jupiter.

[@OnePhoenix77]

Black/Red048 Cool. Was wondering , Singapore always wanted to go since am young..........take care

[@alexanderchenf1]

This is an extremely well made documentary, technically speaking. The English script in it is unparalleled today. The filmmakers have a strong Kuomintang bias though. Notice that China has been an empire, not a nation-state. It has been a prison of nations. So to preach Chinese nationalism is to preach imperialism, and a very despotic one at that. The documentary did factually reveal how limited and mild the warfare was among the warlords in early Republic of China. But the author cared more about Chinese pride than about minimizing destruction. Later, the Northern Expedition and Chinese Civil War would create many times more the destruction and casualty than the warlord era. The warlords were the guardians of local security, liberty and prosperity.

[@bunnystrasse]

So the warlords are more morally righteous than the KMT?

[@alexanderchenf1]

@@bunnystrasse yes, especially for the locals. If you are from Montana, do you trust Montana National Guard more or US Army more?

[@bertroost1675]

This is a big thing people don't get. China has an empire mentality but people (the west) want to think of them as a Nation-state. In todays' world they are basically a nation state but that doesn't mean they think like they are one. Great point!

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

This a propgrnda flim that the cia had involemnt had in it

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@bertroost1675 China doens't have a empire mentality, america does they want to detsoy china, now we live in the era of the american empre

[@orionxalanda1141]

This is a wonferful and entertaining history lesson... I wished I had KZbin in my day! 🤔🤭

[@bertroost1675]

Are you dead? This is your day. Everyday is your day. Enjoy it!

[@danielcruz8347]

Narration by actor Joseph Campanella

[@danielcruz8347]

Shanghai continental dinner for two In 1948. 25O MILLION yuan !

[@anwiycti1585]

Well made doc 👍

[@Ace1000ks]

I saw this back in the late 1980s, I still remember it.

[@jamesjwalsh]

Me too - but not the headless bodies we see at 17:15. That was censored. No way I would have forgotten that photo.

[@Ace1000ks]

@@jamesjwalsh That part was censored on television.

[@richardburdon6014]

at 1:02:00 looks very familiar to the U.S. left today

[@Sam26412]

The situation is like a well-mannered gentleman being attacked by a ruthless gang. China did not build up its military power that is why it got defeated. But when the Chinese stood up they defeated the superpowers. China fought with the US and USSR and held its ground. Japan on the other hand is defeated forever.

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@william998743:00 Asian on Asian crime

[@aleverettes2789]

Certainly interesting to watch a documentary about my country as old as my father Thanks for uploading!

[@evenbet9603]

Another great legacy by those people across the channel.

[@randypoffo4life]

52:42 what Chiang Kai-shek didn't realize was that FDR was a commie too.

[@londonbowcat1]

31:30 please what song?

[@clovisra]

Every one you don't like is a commie?

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Only to wingnut Republicans.

[@frobber150]

Westerners created legations in Shanghai where Chinese were second class citizens. And we think the Chinese went crazy.

[@foraustralia2558]

not true..... Asians and westerners created legations in Shanghai where Chinese were second class citizens.. Read your history

[@eisenyeo]

True, what's the west doing in China? What if the reverse happened?

[@lance8080]

CCP created covid 🇨🇳

[@deniseproxima2601]

It was lucrative for many from both sides. Maybe the "peasants" from both sides gone in French mode.

[@bassuona1]

And yet it attracted so many from other provinces, isn't it ironic?

[@steveembree4411]

This man's presentation of western values and customs (in particular American) as a civilizing influence on the barbarian eastern peoples is a perfect example of why the Chinese kicked than all out. The same happened to the Brits in India, and the patronizing attitude of Zionists towards the Arab people in Palestine.

[@bingosunnoon9341]

None of the Douglas O-38 observation planes shown at 36:44 ever saw service outside the US. So why the Chinese ground crews?

[@Hadesthief]

Apparently it's an export variant called the O-2MC

[@bingosunnoon9341]

@@Hadesthief I'm sure you are absolutely correct. The rudder balance is different on the O-38 than the plane in the video. I worked at Douglas a long time starting more than fifty years ago and thought I knew all the planes. Always good to learn something new.

[@DaboooogA]

Excellent documentary thanks

[@namenameson9065]

Our leaders forgot who they were dealing with.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Nah, they were played. Westerners sold opium in their haydays, now China are selling ingredients for fentanyl to the west, primarily America. For now. They have learned to play the game, one might say. Lol

[@Insightts]

Somehow back in the days the patronizing propaganda was sweeter and with a different charm, so much so that a tear was about to burst as soon as Theodore H White started the narrative and mentioned the close friendship of the West and China, that was quite moving.

[@londonbowcat1]

08:45 boxer fanatics ?

[@slappy8941]

How is this patronizing, or propaganda? Maybe you're just brainwashed.

[@Metalslimeusa]

@@slappy8941 “how is this propaganda” LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Insightts]

@@slappy8941 that pathetic question shows that you have not the slightest idea about factual history, that's why Theo's bs about friendship and all his nonsense makes perfect sense to you.

[@ericmunene8521]

The era of humiliation. And opium wars. When the west fucked China

[@francesblabey3055]

Just found this doc. So good to understand the history of China and her surrounding countries. Excellent ❤

[@chewinggummy]

Can u do a video about homelessness in china vs homelessness in US?

[@mariorico440]

Very interesting documentary .I like the way the reporter telling the story he is very professional .

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

Senator Mike Lee -R, 2023, is also a great orator. They sound so similar !

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

Very educational indeed !

[@ty2795]

The CIA talking about anyone else being a great danger to peace is laughably absurd

[@silentwitness4843]

Agreed. Nothing has disrupted humanity more than the CIA.

[@Raydensheraj]

​@@silentwitness4843CHrIsTIaNiTY? Islam? Russia? You anti american stooges....

[@JK-br1mu]

No, you're a far left criminal, Communist China was a great threat to the world, as was the Soviet Union, as was Nazi Germany, etc. The CIA was not and never has been.

[@happyhappynuts]

Exaggerating much? Can CIA compare to Nazi-ism and 2 world wars? Seriously? When more people have died from socialist and Communist famines and wars? We can blame US for the Vietnam war, and yet in balance need to blame the Communists for the Korean war. Communism and China's CPC support Pol Pot that killed 2 million, China supports Kim Dynasty in Korea where countless deaths occur prematurely and unnecessarily, the holodomor and great leap forward famines are nothing to do with CIA

[@smoothdan5468]

Communism China was worse then CIA.

[@georgejesson1944]

Do a documentary about All the wars and conflicts of the US since it's inception.

[@bingosunnoon9341]

That would be a marathon event.

[@georgejesson1944]

@@bingosunnoon9341 Binge worthy series

[@info781]

You are kidding right? Everything is over studied via Hollywood and all American history is published in great detail, China hides everything from the 60's.

[@freigeistig2025]

Well, turned out they didn't need our help, instead built their own style of socialism and governance, opened up and reformed, and are now the second largest economy in the world

[@ubermenschen3636]

@39:04, who is that White dude walking with CKS and entourage ? Is he from the Pentagon or CIA?

[@Kyle_Warweave]

Whether you "agree" with the content of the video or not - today almost everybody can make almost effortlessly high-quality, professional (looking) videos themself. So one would expect marvelous productions from professional studios. But where are they??! This is not nostalgia but pure observation: with a, for today's standards, minimum of technical possibilities, craftsmen were able to make and deliver excellent (analog) results. Thank you, not only for sharing and for provoking thoughts that might have gone astray otherwise, but just as strong the confrontation with "ancient" quality on which humanity often looks down upon as "old, useless, even annoying" which is, especially today so untrue. Thank you again!

[@lilmike2710]

I fully expected for the comments to have been turned off. Usually the comments on anything mentioning 🐀 communism 🐀 gets flamed by all the hateful commie wannabes resulting in the uploader turning off comments.

[@londonbowcat1]

56:00 I want to hear about Japan

[@antalbudai]

This documentary should be made compulsory in all schools in China to explain Western hubris. We know better what is good for you.

[@xijinbling2373]

Understand China with the book The New China Playbook by Keyu Jin.

[@Orgruk]

Very interesting, I'm glad i watched it.

[@Catquick1957]

They looked at Mao like some sort of man/god, and intellect to be worshipped. That dolt ordered all the birds killed in the country because he thought they would eat the crops. This brilliant move left the bugs and insects with no natural predator and they went wild, gorging on the crops, leading to starvation for tens of millions. Some intellectual.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

They were brainwashed to the very core and *forced* to worship a being that was a pyschological madman and the most evil to ever to walk the surface of the Earth.

[@yanliew4027]

He only meant well ?

[@WandenSkelett]

This is a treasure documentary.

[@rubenjames7345]

That was truely a brilliant documentary, although it felt more like 50's than 60's.

[@Time4Peace]

Yes, indeed. The events shape China's foreign policies today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZnHfIiXrd51r7s

[@buch157]

Fast forward to 2023 AD, Any huge transformation process would create madness in between, as it happened also in Europe during dark ages. Dynamics of human civilization are common everywhere, there's nothing new under the sun, thanks to historians.

[@TheWhitehiker]

Now we know the full horror of Mao and communism.

[@priitmolder6475]

Greedy have a common language. The language is of personal gain. The language is spoken with action. This language is translated into strangling systems, following similar narrative: create a problem to be the solution

[@rollyherrera623]

Good Doc! Taught me alot!!!

[@Johnny-qu9op]

This was so real and informative.

[@lisawiththevizsla1]

Eye Opening for the Drift of our Nations Today!

[@ismail-paine-de-circ]

~60 years later, this documentary is still more valid than ever.