Geopolitics in Sun Yat Sen’s China

[@lowengkok1201]

Thank you Mr.Emmanuel Daniel for the insight story of Mr.Sun Yat Sen.

[@Samoasoa]

Wow, Mr. Daniel's ability to eloquently explain the most intriguing historical facts through the lens of Mr. Sun in under 25 minutes is truly impressive. Hats off to him!

[@calvinchung2036]

That's fantastic! I will definitely visit this building and others in my next trip to Penang!❤

[@teddyc59]

I seconded that...I was about to write a comment in the similar vein because if U notice, he did not read from a script ...very impressive.

[@guruchoykokkee]

My late grandfather and grand mother were one of his team members that came to Penang then to raise fund. Later they settled in Penang. Since as a kid been hearing my late grand mother talking about their time of those days. Nice to hear such history again. Thanks. Penang, my late mother birth place. Always a meaningful place in my heart.🙏

[@cabasadefogo9533]

Very interesting history. Thank you for this amazing video.

[@hongleong5537]

Such a delightful history of Sun Yat Sen in a most interesting story form. Much appreciated indeed. Thank you.

[@r01dtox15]

Wow. Amazing history. ✌😃👍

[@BBHABS]

Thank you very much Daniel for sharing your thought and knowledge about Sun Yat-Seng and cotemporally China history. Your sharing was factual and interesting. The world is big enough for all of us to prosper, regardless of race, language and religion. I am from little Singapore🙂

[@choongseeyoong6731]

I learnt history today in a very interesting way. Thanks Mr Emmanuel!

[@frankyeo8931]

An astonishing story told in such a charming manner. It's 20 minutes well spent.

[@JOSEPHWONGAU]

Very thoughtful and articulated

[@htaukkyanmyo4437]

Way before I was born, about 1907 - Dr. Sun Yat Sen or Sun Zhongshan was a house guest of my grandfather a fellow Cantonese. Dr. Sun was in the country to raise funds for the revolution. (Incidentally, I was a teenager happened to be standing at a street corner, when I saw Dr Sun's widow Soong Ching-ling's limo passed by.)

[@gaocori7413]

真的？太神奇了🎉

[@gaocori7413]

真的？太神奇了🎉

[@timloo6191]

To be fair, he is a hakka

[@gangshan]

Dr. Sun is still regarded as the Founding Father of Rep. of China, now in Taiwan. Although many descendants there ignore this fact and said Taiwan has nothing to do with Taiwan.

[@timloo6191]

@@gangshan and mainland china too

[@alsetalokin88]

the chinese civilisation state always bounces back stronger after a period of turmoil as seen in its millennia old life history. don't worry about it. when china is strong the entire world prospers. when the west is strong the whole world suffers. let's worry about the west.

[@sevenleno6337]

是的，之所以最近几十年亚洲普遍走向繁荣而没有大规模的战争就是因为中国在，而且中国强大了。如果中国不在，亚洲会水深火热，都将沦为西方的奴隶！

[@penanghiddengems]

love your storytelling, Mr. Emmanuel!

[@goldeq8521]

Thank you so much for this video! It means a lot to all the Chinese descendants in the world. He unselfishness not just for the Chinese. He aimed for the world peace. It said very well in Chinese in his Declaration.

[@soonhenglim7986]

great narration

[@parttimethinker7611]

Emmanuel, how correct you are as China is still a work in progress. If anyone think that his country is beyond work in progress, he’s a dreamer. “Past performance is not indicative of future results“ to borrow the words of the investment community lingo. This phrase illuminated us on the futures of our respective/ prospective country. Love your open mind and deep intellectual way of wording facts.

[@shencheanglow3726]

Every individual and every nation state is a work in progress. But myopic politicians will tell you theirs is a perfected model, and insist that you buy off their way by falling inline, or else.

[@chankane]

I’m a distant relative to Dr. Sun. I’m still amazed at what he’s done all around the world to create and start his vision of to serve all under heaven. Though not said in slogan, the CPC today continues that vision. He came to Hawaii as an immigrant, he claimed to the Queen back then that he is a kamaaina. I’d like to think that his upbringing in Hawaii has a lot to do with his vision.

[@timloo6191]

I can only say to a certain extent. CPC has made the biggest blunder on insisting to have a new anthem and flag, creating such big mess today. I got a feeling that Taiwan shall be gone forever unless CPC does what American yankees did during american civil war. Youngsters only see themselves as taiwan langs and sad to say, time is running out for China. A big win for mighty USA

[@chankane]

@@timloo6191 These Daiwanlangs will eventually one day have to confront their history, existence and future, not only in their current societal state but where they are heading. "Freedom & Democracy" is bullsh!t, they just don't know it yet…

[@ronfalee5647]

How true...mahatir to introduce corruption as an endemic problem into this country

[@simonyu4077]

Hats off to you ! In a 25 minute video, you have made a number of insightful points that are so helpful to understand the history of the revolution.

[@JimySlow-wq9bw]

Awesome explain thank you for share this video to us sending salam ❤ to you from jkrta

[@thomasho4825]

Thanks for your beautiful introduction of Chinese modeling history, which this can be teaching most of a young Chinese student today that’s great great information that you have given it. Thank you.

[@jaypok8064]

Very well said

[@HTeo-og1lg]

I learnt something today of the history. Your video is very interesting to me. Thank you so much for a very well-done narration of the content. ps. I m starting to be interested in human history, especially of the recent past (i.e. last 1-2 centuries).

[@MG-rh4zo]

Thank you Sir, for sharing this information with us.

[@linus631]

Thank you for sharing! ❤❤❤

[@edwintay2006]

Very Interesting Mr Daniel. I find it intriguing that you mentioned The Best Is Yet To Be. This is the motto of my alma mater. I guess you are from the same school (seeing that you have the same vocal mannerisms). It is only in recent years that I became more interested in the Asia perspective of history, having been educated in what can only be described as a quintessential Anglophile institution. Separately, my paternal grandfather was a well-known community leader (at the turn of the last century right up to after WW2) & again, it was only recently that I began to learn more about him with much information coming from various third party sources. I a still trying to collaborate the information about him and the history of Singapore (where I am domiciled), China and Taiwan (my ancestral home is in Kinmen).

[@AlyLooi]

Great reading of the events of the past thank you

[@rhatid]

Very interesting observations and I totally agree with you abut the Thucydidese Trap, there is absolutely nothing inevitable about that and the outcome is very much determined by the vision of leadershiip. European colonialization is founded on contiuous war but that is the modern colonialization path initiated by Portugal and Spain and largely followed by European colonisers but the vision in the East was, largely, so different with perhaps the notable exception of Japan. Yikes! Imperial countries with blasted kings and emperors are bellicose want to fight often out of sheer vanity, but a vision more focused on the people, responsibility to the people, nature and wider vision of life brings a very different mindset. I enjoyed you thoughts and your presentation. Thank you.

[@dantlanz9239]

Me a Singaporean Chinese listening to a Singaporean Indian (I presume) talking about China's history and historical figure with the Chintown houses as background. Thank you sir.

[@yttean98]

Good summary about Sun Yet Sen but you includes contents about Japan and their reforms throw the viewers off course, do you know how many major reforms China had undertaken over the last 40years I don't think your fingers from both hands are enough. Obviously More reforms are required. In the western democracy major reforms are immensely difficult to undertake and even worse in the States. That's why many western democracy are dire circumstances now. Any black swans events can happen over the next 6 years till 2030 among these western countries I would NOT be totally surprised. BTW in history every country's progress or retrograde is always works in progress in the timeline of history, it is commonsense, progress is NOT always assured. I can tell you for sure if my My Chinese grandmother who lived in Penang not far from the Sun Yet Sen's house is alive today would be totally flabbergasted about China's progress of today. She always told stories about China when she was alive. A remarkable woman.

[@joyceffc62]

Very interesting perspective on this idea of the east vs west clash… and the role of individuals in shaping the course of history… and the little tidbit on the role of Chinese women

[@kindface]

Good job. However, one fine point: I'm not sure that Soong Ching Ling was co-opted by the Communist Party (CPC) to join their calling. As the KMT were driven out of China, she had the chance to join her youngest sister and brother-in-law to the island across from Fujian. Word is that she detested her BIL, Chiang Kai Shek, and saw through his ways even when Dr Sun was alive. SCL married Dr Sun at a very young age because, in no small part, she believed in the doctor and, more importantly, was herself very committed to his cause. She eventually saw that the CPC walked a path that was closer to that republican cause than her own brother-in-law's. This was why she committed to stay put in China. The author, Han Suyin, their contemporary, wrote as much in her own books documenting those tumultuous years. Han, it should be noted, had no reason to be biased against the KMT's Chiang. Her then husband was a ranking officer in the KMT. In her own books, it became obvious that eventually her own sympathies moved away from her late husband's KMT and laid with the CPC of the day; the reason was the dysfunction (depravity may be a more appropriate word if one read Han's books) of Chiang and his regime. With this as the backdrop, it would seem very few in Soong Ching Ling's shoes would have needed anyone to co-opt her to the cause of the CPC.

[@emmanueldanielauthor]

Thank you for your observation. Yes, it’s true that SCL had issues with both her siblings husbands. She had no intention to move to Taiwan. But moving to Beijing was a different matter. She spoke mostly Shanghainese and English, did not even speak Mandarin well and needed a translator. As a Shanghainese she had to be persuaded by Zhou En Lai to move to Beijing. The CCP co-opted her because they needed to win over the KMT remnants and they did try to be as inclusive as possible in those early days. I follow Han Suyin and you are right that the KMT were eventually discredited in her eyes.

[@kindface]

@@emmanueldanielauthor Fun fact: I once ran into Han Suyin (in the late 80s or early 90s) on the streets of Toronto. I can't remember if there was a conference in town. At that time, she would have been married to her Indian husband and they would have been residing in Switzerland. She was across the street; if I had been on the same side of the street, I wouldn't have missed the chance to get her signature, if only on a napkin from the eatery I had just come out from. She wrote such wonderful books and what a life she had! Looking forward to more of your videos!

[@4-SeasonNature]

Interesting observations.

[@turandotw2735]

Some countries are born to be the leaders ， while some are follows or dogs. China chose its way not like Japan or Korea that to be US or Russia’ s dogs, coz it supposed to be a lord. And not some persons sharped history, it’s the country /history sharped the individuals

[@AnnieT369]

A very interesting account.

[@tweedy4sg]

8:08 I believe the uprising is called XINHAI (辛亥), not Qinghai which is the name of a province.

[@emmanueldanielauthor]

Yes I have acknowledged the mistake in the subtitles. It’s Xin Hai. The autocorrect also got Sun wrong. I apologise. But thank you 🙏

[@tweedy4sg]

@@emmanueldanielauthor 👌

[@gangshan]

Many of us in Taiwan still regard him as our Founding Father, although many young men don't know that fact now.

[@Qingqiu9]

One cannot discussing history of a country in simplistic isolation, simply because there are geopolitics in play. Also even dernocracy itself is a social experiment.

[@waterzen1]

👍👍👍

[@matkilau1320]

Other than Mr sun, Penang also got other interesting history. 1. Dr wu lian teh, a penang guy who invented quarantine system in china and inventor of n95 mask. 2. Wwii memorial in air itam.

[@sidneysoon2745]

Well, I didnt know that he had a house in Penang been there 1993., otherwise I wouldve visited the place.

[@gangshan]

What a nice clean house.

[@yinmooiliew1960]

This is a good commentator 1:18

[@spade1974]

i believe sun yat sen was also in kuching to raise fund becaUSE my family own a kuomintang flag and my father told me sun yat sen was in kuching

[@metaphosV]

辛亥革命 Xinhai Revolution October 10 1911, not Qinghai.

[@emmanueldanielauthor]

Thank you, it’s Xinhai. I stand corrected. The autocorrect also got Sun wrong.

[@metaphosV]

@@emmanueldanielauthor Most welcome! Few people do serious Chinese history contents, although now "what I discovered in China" videos getting popular. Great work! Let's collaborate.

[@xmen2130]

As long as Chinese keeps The Best Is Yet To Be, they will keep going. If they become the hare, they will again slack off.

[@Brisamars-q1c]

I think you're a socialist at heart so I propose you join a group called Friends of Socialist China....they just had a great trip to China.

[@emmanueldanielauthor]

Sorry I am not a socialist. Just because I discuss Sun Yat Sen does not make me one. While Sun Yat Sen was influenced by European socialism in economics, his inspiration on nationhood was entirely the American constitution. Sorry that the message of this video was lost on you.

[@timl1924]

I lived in Penang 3 years, cycled round Island etc and never learned of this. Lee Kuan Yew had no woman minister when Justin True-dou had half his cabinet of women and had always consulted committees. Different World.

[@JIARENGAN]

Strictly speaking, Sun Yat-sen never ruled all of China.

[@gangshan]

China was too big and too poor to improve quickly.

[@bluestar2253]

It is clear Sun Yat Sen's path for China would have been very different than the current CCP's path of aggression

[@callas60]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@kenloh3038]

Thank you so much Emmanuel for an informative video of SYS in Penang, Malaya. Having said that I feel that you are too optimistic about the future. I feel that time is running out for mankind and the future looks bleak for everyone. Good intentions and ambition will not translate into reality. There will be conflict between the West and the Rest leading to the fall of the Anglo-American western empire and its obliteration from the annals of history. For those who survive in the global south, they will have to live without Anglo-Saxons in power. How this will turn out only time will tell. If things go according to predictions, the new world will be utopia but with a much smaller population with humans having talents, psychic powers and abilities not seen in present humans. Good luck world!

[@tc-fz5qn]

Which country on planet earth is not a piece of work in progress? For that matter, which human being is not a piece of work in progress as well?

[@emmanueldanielauthor]

The reason for saying “work in progress” will become clearer in the next 10 years or so.