China to Brazil Part Two: The capital, Brasília

[@IaraVidal]

Thank you for portraying my beautiful city with such respect and care! We have serious problems like racism, the contradictions of a vast and absurdly unequal country, but we also have a welcoming and joyful people. I am happy to help build a bridge with this other people who hold a special place in my heart-the Chinese people. It was a great pleasure to show you and your team a little piece of Brasília. Come back anytime!

[@ReportsOnChina]

Thank you so much for agreeing to take park, Iara - your input was fascinating!

[@pedrojosedasilva2146]

Carentes somos. Somos tão carentes!

[@juanlima2763]

Racism.. here we go again.

[@r.macedo3612]

I agree that we have serious problems like racism, but it's rarely a personal racism. It's not like it is in other countries where people will curse you or something. When this kind of racism happen, the racist is like to be charged and probably arrested (if he is not part of the elite). Racist people are usually part of the elite, the real people are not racist, at least not spontaneously. The racism in Brazil is a structural problem, the black people has less opportunity. The majority of the prison population is black people. In novels and movies, the bad guy is always a black one, so it became a stereotype. That's what i mean by "not spontaneously" racism, people, in general, will be more aware and afraid of being robbed when next to a black or pardo person than when next to a white one, and it's all part of this systematic problem caused by the Brasilian elite over decades. This is also the same elite that now claims to be the defender of the black people agenda, but it's all fake.

[@r.macedo3612]

BTW the citizen who actually lives in Brasilia (not at the satellite cities) are part of the same elite. You probably notice that they are all white folks talking about racism, even though the majority of Brazil's population is black or pardo.

[@BruceSarbi]

Great part 2. Brasilia layout and buildings have this 1970s era contemporary vibe.

[@Rubicon365]

Wonderfully presented Andy. Brasilia looks amazing

[@Brick-Life]

This will be an interesting look into the planned capital and learn more about Brazilian politics!

[@silvioapires]

Again, THE only fault about this series is that the length of the episodes is WAAAYYY too short! Andy has a REALLY humanly way to communicate, people open to him, it’s a pleasure to watch!

[@ReportsOnChina]

Aww thanks so much!!!

[@darrell4982]

You’ve given us another nice glimpse of Brazil Andy, many thanks!

[@ReportsOnChina]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hongqingxiang3374]

Thank you very much for the video🙂

[@santsuma]

Thank you, Andy, for another video about your visit to Brasil. I have subscribed to your channel since the first video I saw. You do a great job and the two short videos you've made here were good, although I'd have liked them longer. As a retired engineer, Brasilia is special to me as I had two jobs there from 1979 to 1985. Nice that Iara wa on it, i've seen an interview witrh her when she was in China, she is cool.

[@ReportsOnChina]

Awesome, thank you!

[@unifieddynasty]

What a great cultural ambassador. We may be from different countries with different cultures, but we all want very similar things in life.

[@upepomtamu]

Decent work of reporting. You have my respect all the time

[@oka2046]

Beautiful short documentary.

[@ReportsOnChina]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jorad4887]

Love Brazil's culture, food and people, it's great they are joining brics

[@belinha4571]

Honey, we are not joining BRICS, we are the B in BRICS, one of the founders.

[@yummytummy88]

​@@belinha4571true and maybe the BRICS membership grow and prosper.

[@NathanMarchack]

Wish the video was longer! Loved seeing the architecture, and the story about Soares planting that tree was quite amazing. As Ayada mentioned, understanding that people actually think differently in other parts of the world due to their unique history and cultural development will be critical for future cooperation and development. Promoting cultural exchange and immersive visits between countries will help in this too.

[@LW78321]

Looking forward to it, Andy!

[@alexssn]

Good vídeo. Parabéns

[@Charlyn1]

This is a really interesting series, great work Andy!!!

[@ReportsOnChina]

Thanks a ton!

[@JKShorts888]

Look forward to more videos on Brazil. Love the video production of your trip 👍👍👍✌️❤️🙏😘

[@ReportsOnChina]

Very soon!

[@SwaggeRON]

great job!

[@andreherzegovitch7165]

❤

[@Yarkhan]

Lucio Costa was the urbanist who planned the city - the interesting plane shape, sectors and streets. Niemeyer gets wrongly credited for that even by people who live here. He does have his name stamped almost everywhere though, so thats an understandable oversight. Otherwise, lovely video!

[@ederfabio100]

actually "japa" is just a slang we use to refer to asians. Is not bad nor good, it all depends on the context. We say japa because of the huge japanese imigration that happened in the past. In that time, if you see a asian probably it came from japan

[@patrickbianchi1146]

Bem vindo ao Brasil ❤🇧🇷🇨🇳

[@kennedy6618]

Great video Andy! In Rio, you need to watch a football match in Maracana and a have a drink called Capirinha. Boa viagem!

[@Alejandrocasabranca]

A melhor cidade do Brasil é Fortaleza no Ceará ❤

[@suckmemore]

You won't see this kind of brazil on cnn, bbc........🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stanbimi]

Was expecting Brazil's capital city to be covered with plenty of trees and colourful vegetation. Instead, Brasilia looks rather bleak with all those rough concrete surfaces. Can't imagine Antônio Carlos Jobim's sensual music playing in the background.

[@LeonardoMenezes03]

The city was built in a Savanaesque terrain, not many trees found there. Rio, on the other hand, was surrounded by a tropical forest.

[@ReportsOnChina]

I think the raw concrete feel is the whole idea. 😊

[@LuizEduardo-en3ez]

That's because Brasilia was built in the brazilian savannah region in the central plateau of Brazil. Our country has so many landscapes and biomes that the foreigners are not used to, you guys only think about the rainforests and stuff

[@williamthierry5976]

Brasília foi construída no centro do país, uma área mais seca como uma savana, mas como você tem visão deturpada e cheia de estereótipo acha que o Brasil é todo cheio de florestas. Se sua mente fosse um pouco mais aberta e não ficasse pregada aos estereótipos, talvez você conseguiria entender como o mundo real funciona. Só pelo seu nível intelectual imagino que você pensava que a capital era muito parecida com o Rio de Janeiro com árvores e paisagens ou como parte da Amazônia, já que o conhecimento limitada de vocês acham que o Brasil só é esses dois lugares, e nem sequer sabem direito o que é a Amazônia e seu tamanho real.

[@MarcosVinicius-cz3sn]

Venham para Fortaleza.

[@uggguuuuu]

A 30hr flight is insane!

[@frankwang4318]

Wow, you are in a beautiful country, Brazil.

[@cosmoray9750]

It is true what he said about racism in Brazil and for that matter it is the same in Central and other parts of South America. It doesn't matter which part of Asia a Asian comes from. To them every Asian is a Chino. It is their own cultural ignorance. Japanese is a Chino, Vietnamese is a Chino, Indonesian is a Chino and even Filipino is a Chino. How do I know ? I had once worked with a co-worker from El Salvador and he told me everybody is a Chino. It doesn't matter which part of Asia the person comes from. At least here in Canada and in the US. We know there are different types of Asian. Same as we know there are different types of Mediterranean such as Greeks, Italian, Portuguese and Spaniard. Well maybe not Portugal because it is not facing the Mediterranean sea, but you get the idea.

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

Same as in the US, EU 😂😂

[@Nicks4004]

ok, so, where is the racism? Not in Brazil. In this country, we call "japa" for asian people but this is not considered depreciative or racist. In fact brazilian-born asians in general are a respectable group of people known for being hard-working and good citizens. Furthermore, Brazil has a strong law for racism against black people, anyone committing an act of racism against blacks will end up in jail. People from all over the world live here in peace, everybody mix together and there's nobody cares where their parents came from.

[@williamthierry5976]

​@@Nicks4004Esse camarada aí é um falador de achismos. Todo mundo sabe que existem chineses, coreanos, japoneses e etc, a questão é que a imigração japonesa foi muito grande e as pessoas acostumaram a chamar de japa não de modo depreciativo, até porque asiático é visto como trabalhador, honesto e inteligente. Mas o boca aberta aí falador de achismos mal sabe o que fala.

[@mendronesg]

@cosmoray9750 your comment shows you know jack shit about Brazil bro. Stay in your lane "Americans" think Europe is a country. WTF. lol

[@ragneto6734]

They may say "Chino" in the other parts of the Americas, but in Brazil they say "Japa", because of the big Japanese community that settled here a century ago (and their descendants are still in the country).

[@kaiki8490]

Great job Andy What an interesting city

[@OdongoFredrick]

I really like your video, it's help us to know what we don't know about china and other countries, so may God bless you through everything you do sir

[@ReportsOnChina]

Thank you! 😃

[@ronisilva4477]

Very cool Andy❤

[@AfonsoBucco]

i heard it wasn't made to be shaped like a plane, but like a bird actually

[@ReportsOnChina]

I’m not sure of the original intention, but I know everyone says it’s a plane 🤣

[@AfonsoBucco]

@@ReportsOnChina Yep the plane is printed on common sense. Adalberto Lassance, a cartographer who worked in the construction of the city says it was a butterfly (!), and others say it's a bird. Fun fact: Oscar Niemeyer, himself, was afraid of flying in airplanes. So he never saw some of his creations around the world. Another fun fact: A Brazilian was the first person who PROVENLY flew an airplane: Alberto Santos Dumont, in 1906. 😀

[@OdongoFredrick]

I hope one day you visit Uganda in East Africa as China uganda relationship

[@ivandirjuniorlourinho242]

Ich Liebe BRASÍLIA-DF 👍 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@LW78321]

Very interesting history on Brazil!

[@pedrorico3604]

JUAN 14-6 Jesús dice: Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida; Nadie viene al Padre por mí.

[@ZenLH]

Great video and wonderful journey 👍

[@boonteoh2346]

Nice change to see and understand how the other end part of the World lives. Let us Samba some more, Andy!!! 😂😂👍👍

[@ReportsOnChina]

Deal!

[@pedrorico3604]

JOÃO 14-6 Jesus diz: Eu sou o caminho, a verdade e a vida; Ninguém vem ao Pai por mim.

[@ChristianSouzadeOliveira]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@bangfi1865]

30 hours of airline travel @airports, would be to much 4me. I barely cope with 9 hours as a tall person folded up like a half shut pocket knife. They even made me remove my boots twice in Thailand recently to xray them. Air travel has become a hideous endurance marathon. Not even anyone to give your bags to any more. Good to see Brazilia. It was featured at school in my youth as an example of the future.

[@pedrorico3604]

JOHN 14-6 Jesus says: I am the way, the truth, and the life; No one comes to the Father through me.

[@pedrorico3604]

約 14-6 耶穌說：這是通往真理和生命的道路；我不認為Pai適合我。

[@marcelolima3050]

Único erro seu foi mencionar o nome de LULA, pois quem teve a inspiração de criar uma cidade BRASILIA foi LUCIO COSTA, eke era URBANISTA e não Oscar Niemayer.. rida a estrutura da cidade foi LUCIO COSTA, alguns m9numentos eram dele também como a RODOVOARIA E TORRE DE TV....

[@vitinholopes4703]

Esses estrangeiros vem para cá e não falam em português com as pessoas 😒😒 e o mais engraçado é os BRASILEIROS, comentando em Inglês nos comentários!!

[@LuizEduardo-en3ez]

Globalização, meu caro. Saber entender e falar inglês é de extrema importância para não ficar isolado culturalmente no mundo atual

[@marcusvramalho2361]

Mas é um vídeo para o mundo. Ele é neozelandês morando na China, não fala português. O natural é que se fale em uma língua comum a todos, por assim dizer, que é o inglês. Achei a reportagem dele bem adequada

[@williamthierry5976]

​@@marcusvramalho2361No momento que você pisa em outro país é a TUA obrigação falar o mínimo do idioma, já que foi VOCÊ que quis ir ao país e NÃO o país que te trouxe até ali. O visitante DEVE se adaptar e NÃO o contrário. Isso é uma regra básica das básicas.

[@marcusvramalho2361]

@@williamthierry5976 Çei, então…

[@axellyann5085]

@@williamthierry5976 Ele é VISITANTE. Visitante não tem obrigação de aprender o idioma local. Agora se estivéssemos falando de alguém vindo PRA MORAR, aí eu concordaria com você.

[@eighty88eight]

Sadly another Washington's stooge. X

[@IsabellaCoelho]

Que legal. Minha universidade ❤ Brasília tem que ficar no radar qd se fala de China, e as pessoas nem pensam nisso.

[@robertao7564]

I'm a brazilian guy. I think it should be more interesting if you also show the poor side of that city.

[@MarcosVinicius-cz3sn]

Custa comentar em português? Vai pagar pau para gringo?

[@soniafranco9101]

Brasilia is not a project by Oscar Niemayer, but by the architect Lucio Costa, but the communists only talk about the architect Oscar Niemayer who was a communist, and responsible for the projects of the buildings and palaces.

[@ReportsOnChina]

I wasn’t aware Oscar was a communist and never mentioned his politics in the video. The reason I focused on Oscar and not Lucio is because I am a documentary maker - it’s much more visually appealing to talk about buildings as opposed to streets. Don’t you think?

[@migovasquez0303]

Its funny that Brasil is such a diverse country and China is not. Majority of China is made up of han Chinese. A staggering 92% of china is composed of Han chinese a far cry from multicultural Brasil. And a lot of people dont know this fact. Having hailed from some chinese grandfolks in my family , I understand a lot of chinese costumes and traditions. Chinese are crude business people, they dont care about other culture and they tend to just do business and nothing else. Unlike the japanese that went to Brasil before the chinese , they assimilated very well into the multicultural society of Brasil. Being a luso -filipino, I understand the difference. Muito obrigado pela boa reportagem. Trem bao!

[@ching-yi2007]

Chinese doesn't have the diversity of people in terms of % because the Han Chinese have never enslaved other groups of people, stolen their land, plundered other nation, committed genocide or colonize any groups of people. In fact, China has over 35 million white people who are descendants of traders and refugees, and are no assimilated into China's 55 ethnic groups.

[@ching-yi2007]

China does not have the diversity in terms of percentages but that is because Han Chinese has never ensl*aved any groups of people, colonized, committed any genoc*de, nor pl*ndered any nation. In fact, there are over 25 million white people, descendants of traders and refugees that are assimilated into the country.

[@ching-yi2007]

China does not have the diversity in percentages, but that is because Han Chinese has never ensl*ved nor c*olonize any groups of people. In fact, there are over 25 million whites who are descendants of traders and refug**s.

[@ReportsOnChina]

I know this is anecdotal, but every single Chinese person we met in Brazil speaks fluent Portuguese and is very well involved in local life. Did you see part one of this series, for example, when I visited São Paulo? There I met Andre Ye, a Chinese man running for local office. His section was the only part in the film with Portuguese! You are being racist and generalizing, I’m afraid.

[@migovasquez0303]

@@ReportsOnChina I can’t be racist to my own Asian people. I am ASIAN! You kidding me? I, myself has Chinese blood. You don’t even have a single drop of blood of both Chinese and português. For you to say I am racist. Stick to the fact. You need to reexamine my statement. Stop telling people they’re are racist thats counterproductive. That’s not healthy.

[@yvonnefurniss138]

Love it. But Brazil needs to stop their destruction of their beautiful environment and rainforest and their wildlife. Just awful what the tribal people have gone through. So much destruction!!!

[@LuizEduardo-en3ez]

With Lula as president things are getting better. The last government was a shame

[@yvonnefurniss138]

@@LuizEduardo-en3ez That’s good to hear. Such a beautiful country and people should be protected.

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

​@@LuizEduardo-en3ezlie

[@marcusvramalho2361]

Don't believe absolutely everything you read in the press, because not everything is always true. There is destruction, of course, but the current government of President Lula is making a huge effort to stop criminals, including those who serve foreign interests in timber and minerals. Therefore, please do not mention that "Brazil acts like this", because 99% of Brazil and its people do not act like this. As for the criminals, they are being persecuted by the Brazilian Federal Police and the Environmental Institute.

[@R4ff4elllo]

@@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783 Eviramos a guerra politica aqui nos comentários, por favor!!!

[@k.kdowning3284]

[@junqi1589]

很明显主播被限流了🎉

[@ReportsOnChina]

唉😮‍💨