Book Event - "On Xi Jinping" with Ambassador Kevin Rudd

[@TankDerek]

Starts at 8:48

[@NeidlichesSchwert]

14:35

[@marcokulovski6623]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@fearhungerpride]

I chuckled when Rudd admitted that he wasn't a psychologist. Considering that he was ousted from the Prime Ministership in 2010 because he couldn't read the room, it was a stark admission. He never really understood the motivations of his colleagues and talked down to them as intellectual inferiors. That's part of the reason they got rid of them as PM. If only he was more empathetic.

[@paytonmcdermott9111]

Xi didnt make an ideological move left, if Deng were alive they would probably be doing very similar things. Because the material reality changed, the party line could change to the next rational step.

[@davidburns9169]

No. I'm going to go with the guy with a Ph.D. in Chinese history and politics, and experience at the highest levels of Australian politics.

[@paytonmcdermott9111]

@@davidburns9169 ok. What's the point of even commenting then? He's already the guy in the video and you don't even argue with anything I've said. You just reaffirm that you are content in your liberal ignorance and defer to government leaders (typically a good move for a liberal subject because they usually don't know anything). Couldn't this have just been a thought in your head?

[@peterelliott2914]

There was always a plan, put down on paper for decades. It was to use wealth to achieve true and lasting communism through prosperity. Capitalism was always going to happen, followed by a move to state managed capitalism to true prosperous communism. There was a move - one planned since the beginning. Kevin Rudd just likes to put his western reaction on that to justify a counter reaction by the west - he totally knows the truth but once a politician always a politician right.

[@Time4Peace]

Rudd is giving what he knows Americans and Australians want to hear. More war and fear mongering. It's always China at fault. It's like gaslighting in a bashed up spouse blaming her first for not sharing common values and now for being ideological.

[@davidbosak7503]

Overall, quite a fair assessment of Xi. Mr. Rudd's views accord with the facts as I understand them. One piece of context that was missing was the huge number of big policy initiatives Xi has undertaken: poverty alleviation, anti-corruption, anti-pollution, clean energy, military modernization, high tech advancements, building the Chinese space program, technology localization, etc. Then there is the Belt and Road, which is the largest, most complex economic/foreign policy/infrastructure initiative ever conceived in the history of the world. Then setting up of several new international institutions: GSI, GCI, GDI, AIIB, New Development Bank, BRICS, etc. Then transforming the economy from low tech contract work to high tech innovation. Also building a new city from scratch, Xiong'an New Area. Then becoming a world leader in EVs, drones, port automation, mining, ship building, satellites, mobile phones, 5G, etc. etc. When you view all this at once it is astounding. And it all happened in 10 years. And while it was happening, China's economy doubled in size: despite floods, despite earthquakes, despite COVID ,and despite a full-spectrum containment campaign by the US. Stepping back, it's only then that you realize that the only way all this is possible is because of a very focused, energetic, and intensely loyal Communist Party of China. The party has been central to Xi's thought because that is what allows him to get so much done. Of course, he had to start with that. All of these accomplishments take an enormous amount of work. Xi cannot do everything by himself. It is the party that executes everything. In my view, President Xi is the most effective leader on the planet. What he has done is absolutely amazing. I think he will go down as one of the most important leaders in all of history. He's taken China from a relatively poor, inwardly focused country, to a World Power.

[@willceurvels]

Pretty wild to not include all of those policy initiatives...

[@Po-village-chief]

your understanding befits toddlers

[@Grumman-8k]

Certainly right, he is indeed effective

[@brucec1090]

You are very observant. Thank you for sharing. I agree with Xi being very effective and I think the China people are just pure hardworking too. It's amazing.

[@gregoryedwards9097]

Putin and Xi are levels beyond any Western politician. You are automatically weaker when you are in a more advantageous and richer world. Our politicians are sitting on the shoulders of a continued empire with a system already built to create infinite money through debt. They never needed to be frugal or strategic. Our leaders are so bad that they’ve been able to flip upside our whole system, allowing the oligarchs to call the shots, and when a real crisis comes, the only way they can fight it is through coercion, assassinations, attempted revolutions and coups and then war. And they’ve been losing at every single turn. Putin and Xi see what they’re doing and they’re getting ready. A four year term leader who has to get acquainted with everything within those four years and then has to leave should already tell you which is more inefficient. It’s like having to train a new employee all the time and a master never develops because it’s always new employees with very little at stake. It just effin makes sense lmao.

[@godzillamothra5983]

Deng said hide your strength bide your time, he never said hide your strength forever. The reason why Xi turned economic policy left because of what happened earlier during his struggle with his political opponent, Bo Xilai. Bo and his faction attacked Xi and previous regime of abandoning socialism, and that Bo would bring back socialism if he is the president. At the time, China has become much wealthier, and income inequalities has become widened. Deng said that to be rich is glorious, and some need to get rich first. Well, the time for rebalancing is ripened. Xi understand that, and he knew to protect himself from the political attack, he needed his red credential. He also knew that the time for redistribution is now, China has the resources, and people dissatisfaction with inequality is high. As for the reason why his foreign policy turn right, is also explainable with the rise of hostility in the west towards China. As president of China, it is his duty to defend China national interest. The west might not like wolf warrior diplomacy, after all they are the target of the diplomacy, but it is a wrong conclusion that the policy is a failure, nor that wolf warrior diplomacy is a Chinese thing. The west has been using wolf warrior diplomacy for more than two centuries. The US especially has been abusing it for the past century. Sanctions, embargoes, and even endless wars are examples of wolf warrior diplomacy. Compare to that, China policy look meek. Without more assertive diplomacy, China might have lost even more of its national interest in global stage.

[@davidbosak7503]

It was also clear that the Chinese economy needed to be guided in a different direction. Left to its own, they would have drifted toward unproductive things like video games, luxury goods, etc. Those things can make money, but the don't really advance the economy. China needed to climb up the value chain. That takes an enormous amount of capital, and investment in R & D and education. It is very difficult to do, and takes a lot of time. In the US, it took 70 years, from the end of WWII until now. But Xi realized that China wasn't going to have that much time. They needed to do it fast. Only way was to push it from the top.

[@Time4Peace]

It's just more gaslighting that China is at fault. Like in the classical spouse abused victim, forst it's the victim not sharing a common values, and now for being ideological!

[@sarcasmo57]

Rudd on China is always worth listening to.

[@QuietJugung]

2012 "Pivot to East Asia"

[@johnharrison8418]

As an Australian looking outward Kevin Rudd is a spectacular example of how a free thinking society committed to democracy can produce a clear voice of global importance. A useful navigation aid for a gathering storm. There is always a safer course to be found.

[@akhalif68]

Gathering Storm...???

[@AlChLu]

Always with the cultural narcissism and no substance to contribute.

[@davidburns9169]

Yes, that safer course is called surrender.

[@randomdude7384]

"The party leads in all." Well, no wonder then the country's where it it right now.

[@danwelterweight4137]

Better than ever in its entire 5000 years of recorded history.

[@nrhoofcare7724]

Chinese Marxist thought is incredibly avant garde and effective. It needs to be taken seriously.

[@mottie85]

Thank you, CSIS.

[@yunzhang9471]

It’s funny to watch a bunch of politicians pretending to ignore the fact that USA started new Cold War with China since 2017, and accusing the bad relationship with China on “how xi ji ping changed china “😂

[@davidbosak7503]

Right. Even in early 2017, Trump went to China and brought his family. I remember his granddaughter sitting on Xi's lap, speaking Chinese with him. Trump was standing next to them, beaming from ear to ear. He was so proud!

[@mikemikeyee]

Trolls are here, that’s gotta mean this is good

[@samblum153]

Best comes after 53:00 A very concise statement of how Xi took the failure of economic policy to swing to a more statist view 54:00 Leninism overwhelms market reform in the domestic crisis of 2015, and Xi's reaction to it. the notion that xi sees the "sinification of "marxism-lennism" as import and sees the need for a inclusion of some chinese classic thought and then another round of evolution to adapt communism work outside of China I enjoyed his understanding of mershimer, at last I learned how to explain why Mearsheimer comes off the way he does.

[@randomdude7384]

They still prioritize political control (which they call "security") over ideology. Control is everything to them; ideology comes second on the list of priorities.

[@stevey9282]

Over 100% WRONG! Zero Chinese history, culture BULLSHIT!!!!

[@danwelterweight4137]

Read the history of China. Most dynasties collapsed from within. Many times has the country broken apart and many times has the country gotten together. Too many civil wars in which tens of millions of people died. They are obsessed in not allowing the same thing to happen again. That is why they focus in security. You want to know that China wants to become. Look at Singapore. China just wants to become a giant Singapore.

[@gregoryedwards9097]

But no where near as bad as the European and Western control that still exists behind the scenes today. They’re ready to nook the world before they give up their golden throne. They’ve never lived a life of struggle.

[@EliteTechnicalSpecialists33]

When I was growing up Kevin Rudd was priminster 🎉

[@MsLodoss]

Kevin07🎉

[@EliteTechnicalSpecialists33]

He's a legend 🎉 Rudd at the strip club

[@tocreatee3585]

陆克文

[@social.media.command]

Thank you for your report.

[@jimmyliu4614]

The relevance this book may extend to ten more years - hope I’m wrong.

[@DunstanMcintyrejr]

Great content, as always! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

[@robertprawendowski2850]

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[@demomano9915]

Oh dear... what insightzzzzz 😂😂😂😂

[@aregranhaug8617]

I wish I understood any of this.

[@alpsalish]

If you listened I think you comprehended more than you assume.

[@aregranhaug8617]

@@alpsalish I did listen, and I was half-joking. I like Kevin Rudd and I listen to a lot of his speeches, debates and interviews, but he got quite academic in this one, and it requires a lot of insight into the specifics of Chinese political culture and history to really understand.

[@NCM-xy8ow]

Over 15 mins of meaningless intro. Starts at 17:00

[@randomdude7384]

"Question nothing, fall for everything."

[@stevey9282]

Zero knowledge of the real dragon, but 1.6B paid propagandist spewing BULLSHIT!!! Stupidity at its finest!!!!

[@randomdude7384]

In China thinking critically is a capital offense (and so are all the other forms of thinking).

[@NCM-xy8ow]

Your incessant rants and trolling qualify as 'ciritical thinking'? Probably not.

[@randomdude7384]

@@NCM-xy8ow "YoUr iNcEsSanT RaNTs."

[@danwelterweight4137]

Yes they transformed China from the poorest country country in the world into the richest country in the world without any critical thinking. You are a genius.

[@cyansadventures]

Such a typical western view 😂

[@edwardsnowden8821]

explains why the West is falling off its pedestal

[@anwiycti1585]

Pointing out the wrongs of Leninist worldview and Xi’s actions along its direction brings nothing new. What’s needed is the analysis of the so called ideology and pinpoint its discrepancy with the other worldview.

[@anwiycti1585]

Not that difficult for us to see/tell, cuz Xi and DJT basically holding the same worldview 😂😂😂

[@xiaotizhongxinliyilianchi686]

Whether it's Xi or Deng, they did all they can for their families, not anyone else. If you benefited from it, it's a coincidence

[@cyansadventures]

Do you believe the US is any different? Look at Nancy Pelosi's shareholdings and government announcements. Open insider trading. Look at Congress's refusal to correct this, or the lobbying system. Look at the illegal war in Iraq with blessed Halliburton with incredible profits, Halliburton whom Dick Cheney was CEO of. Come on.

[@akhalif68]

Kevin Rudd is one of the most hated and despised PM's in Australian History...

[@sleepy172]

The highest approval rating of any PM since 1985, thanks to his GFC response. It's well within your right to hate him personally, but you're categorically wrong on a societal level. We've had WAY worse; Howard, Abbott, Gillard, and Morrison, to name a few.

[@stevey9282]

@@sleepy172 just a bunch of hypocritical crooks - can’t and can never ever be any better !!!!

[@MarkGovern]

That’s incorrect, you probably read Murdoch publications which try to pull him down. Kevin Rudd is the most popular former Australian PM and also extremely well qualified to be the Australian ambassador to USA given he is a sinophile. Australian people in general don’t have the temperament to hate and despise people.

[@DarkRoomAmbience]

No hes not. Only by right wingers that watch News Corp all day. The rest of us think he was ahead of his time and too smart for the public. His initiatives in 2007 are being adopted by the US today. He was ahead of his time.

[@stevey9282]

@@DarkRoomAmbience Unfortunately many countries don’t think so, as he’s a two headed hypocrite crook - depending Whoever pays him well!

[@freeneasy5906]

Peace ☮️🕊️ is the threat to draconianUSASS

[@freeneasy5906]

Just 🦜 talking on 📜🗞️ paper,,