China: The Roots of Madness (1967)

National Archives and Records Administration
China: The Roots of Madness
National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981)
ARC Identifier 616322 / Local Identifier 263-69. This film covers China's political history including Mao Tse-tung, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Nationalist - Communist victory.

[@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.

[@nickyCage94]

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]

@@nickyCage94 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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@alangoodyear370]

Great first hand interview footage!

[@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

[@MrPutstheassnbass]

Your Stalingrad videos are actually turning into a Stalingrad for your career. Absolutely love your content.

[@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

[@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@CC-dx6bc]

@@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.

[@vincentrockel1149]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@DaboooogA]

Excellent documentary thanks

[@Zalley]

Great documentary.

[@here_now_I]

Human in general is maniac, not just Chinese. All it takes is to study the history.

[@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]

😁

[@BibleLifeMaui]

An absolutely fantastic documentary.

[@bill291212]

Thanks KZbin for recommending this

[@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.

[@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

[@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"?

[@anwiycti1585]

Well made doc 👍

[@francesblabey3055]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

Very educational indeed !

[@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.

[@Orgruk]

Very interesting, I'm glad i watched it.

[@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 !

[@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.

[@aleverettes2789]

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

[@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.

[@stevenduke260]

Thank you

[@rollyherrera623]

Good Doc! Taught me alot!!!

[@CanadianMemorials]

Very nice video

[@gregorymichaels2248]

Very interesting and I formative.

[@Kiyoone]

miss this kind of doc that make you think

[@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.

[@Johnny-qu9op]

This was so real and informative.

[@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."

[@Fabuloushu]

@@brianarbenz7206 👍

[@scottdellrobinson]

Impressed. It was insulting

[@TrustThePlan]

Beautiful.

[@user-ex1lt6dg3n]

need subtitle...

[@iDoTechOK]

great history thanks !!

[@lamodernista]

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

[@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

[@hanzketchup859]

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

[@evenbet9603]

Another great legacy by those people across the channel.

[@barbram8001]

Excellent Documentarie!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@WandenSkelett]

This is a treasure documentary.

[@orionxalanda1141]

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

[@alanrogs3990]

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

[@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?

[@humanbehaviour2562]

this is a prophetic documentary

[@408Magenta]

Herbert Alan Giles, "China and the Chinese". Great Audio Book. Take it in.

[@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.

[@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.

[@carefulconsumer8682]

My, oh, my, how times have changed.

[@miketamborski4248]

Incredible.

[@etanneriii]

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

[@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 🙏

[@binder946]

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

[@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.

[@user-yi6sy3zv8s]

Least informative documentaries with Transatlantic accent

[@Ace1000ks19751982]

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.

[@Ace1000ks19751982]

@@jamesjwalsh That part was censored on television.

[@fitchkou]

Look back through history, China is like a wheel rolling over and over, but every time it all reaches the same destination.

[@aliceshull9228]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@lisawiththevizsla1]

Eye Opening for the Drift of our Nations Today!

[@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.

[@tpplatfzft]

Have you seen the end of this documentary? It resonates with now - end of 2019 and into 2020, how ironic that back in 1967 we have already had an answer.

[@joeschmoe21]

Some difference. USA is rotting from inside. BLM, Illegal Latinos, LGBT etc. China has none of these. China is growing stronger by the day. Soon USA will be kicked out of Asia. After that, white occupiers of Australia etc. will be sent back home. In 1967 China was still weak, USA was strong, and HongKong was still a British colony. British have been kicked out. Rest will follow.

[@thecandyman9308]

saying hello from 2023....😬

[@yourpartner2011]

just compare to what happended in Dec 2022.. Good documentary.

[@AmericanDayDream]

America: the roots of madness (1776 - 2023)

[@ChadLuciano]

Only in your comic book world.

[@2MartSaar]

​@@ChadLucianoExaclty , usa comic book world ...

[@ChadLuciano]

I bet your family hates you, that's sad, what's even sadder though is you running around like a communist troll...history holds its side and I bet the country your from hasn't invented the alphabet yet....do yourself a favor, give yourself a whack in the forehead with your keyboard for the great people of the United States of America...and listen for all us laughing at you.@@2MartSaar

[@ricardolorrio8228]

very interesting

[@chewinggummy]

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

[@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.

[@TalibanSymphonyOrchestra]

Nasty nasty devils.

[@zootsoot2006]

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

[@kevinsowrey2148]

Brilliant,loved it.

[@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.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

When you heard narrators back then it really got your attention to keep watching.

[@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

[@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

[@simonsimon2888]

If, they cannot trust among themselves, who can trust them.

[@clovisra]

Who can trust the US government?

[@oneshothunter9877]

Why you talking about Americans? Lol Ok, i will see myself out. 😁

[@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?

[@ismail-paine-de-circ]

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

[@UllahMohd]

Amazing story!💝

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Another ruthless Friday...

[@AliTabrizi-or7hc]

This Gentlman is/was the top mastermind of Politics.

[@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

[@richardburdon6014]

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

[@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.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Ah, the music 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵...

[@matthewmorgan9269]

Holy smoke, history is repeating. Depressing stuff

[@RichardLucas]

As a US citizen whose ancestors were not only here during colonial times but were historical figures from them, I can say both we AND China are doing now that peculiar thing nations must do when ever the divisions between domestic factions begin to deepen, harden, and converge on conflict - we try to foster domestic unity by turning our attention to an external enemy. Hence the emergence of videos like this one, just now. We are all coping with madness.

[@Adroit1911]

Just now? This video was posted 11 years ago

[@fritzsmith3296]

@@Adroit1911 "Just now?" Good point. Also was made in 1967. When he said "We are all coping with madness" he was referring to himself only.

[@slappy8941]

LOL You think this video is meant to stir hatred of China among westerners? That says a lot about you. 😂😂😂

[@RichardLucas]

@@slappy8941 You've overstated it. I did not. As an aside, when you immediately reach for the worst possible interpretation of someone's words, it's obvious and that reflects solely on you. It means you came in with antagonism. It means you set yourself to be an adversary automatically. And why, exactly? What, specifically, was it that I said that you did not like and that would sufficiently motivate you to transparently play yourself, here? Lol, envy is ugly...

[@RichardLucas]

@@Adroit1911 In my feed afresh. That means it has picked up interest again.

[@isaaccheung1843]

What's the name of the song from 31:20-31:56? Such a beautiful music.

[@aaseelanp3851]

dear nuclear vault, i'm so thank full for uploading this. I've never seen a documentary as good as this, as unbiased as this. The only disappointment I have is, you don't have any donation options in your channel.

[@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 !

[@yogi9631]

Holly cow, an amazing documentary. @8:00sec I can't believe I saw Pearl S Buck in this documentary. I remembered her from her novel The Good Earth & the film of the same title. This is a must watch documentary for anyone that is curious about Chinese history or just history in general.

[@simonsimon2888]

She wrote the book, "LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUR THING." and in the movie too. The title song is sung by Matt Monroe....in the morning mist, two lovers kiss and the world stood still....

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@simonsimon2888the highly sensitive person

[@simonsimon2888]

Holy smoke! The swarm of locust changes direction in 'Good Earth' saving the rice-fields.

[@jamesmoy1214]

All propaganda. Very little truth here. They simply wanted the colonial powers out of their country. “Please Master please” tells you who was in charge of the little boy slave

[@fightback397]

​@@simonsimon2888 Already 10 months ago i hope you read this comment . " Love is a many splendoured thing" was written by doctor Han Suyin .

[@holymainlandchinaexplorer1545]

How was about the histories of USA & Europe?

[@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.