I did not expect that there is a continuity from the Cultural Revolution through Deng Xiao Ping's reforms to today's economic structure and achievments. This is the best I have heard about the Chinese economic system for years. Thank you!
@relight69313 жыл бұрын
This can be misleading.. Talking about cultural revolution, which was the idea of Mao and communist party, and while there was poverty before, there wasn't the kind of poverty of 10s of millions of starving Chinese, which was in huge part to blame on that very communist party. He even made the distinction himself. He is talking about last 30 years, since Chine let their citizens have private businesses. Even today, it's still not completely capitalistic, since past a certain point, once your business becomes big enough, you either join the party or you make a risk of it being taken away by someone in the party at some point. So basically it started bad, got worse, then partly private sector becomes possible, then growth. It's not a continuation, it's a partial change 30 years ago. edit. should really emphasize the starting point, just like he did. It was worse then if you didn't have central planning. There is a saying in my country that says.. "working as hard as Chinese", but it's not a compliment to the business you are working for. It means long hours, certainly hard work, for miserable pay. The "Chine miracle" was built on almost wage slave levels of getting paid. It also means, you don't really have much choice.
@lentoperoavanzo40073 жыл бұрын
@@relight6931 China hasn’t had a famine since the Great Leap Forward, and Deng himself acknowledged that the cultural revolution set the groundwork for the growth seen since, and much of that growth began before Deng came to power. And the nature of private business in China is a lot more complicated than the picture you paint. The purpose of opening up was to bring foreign capital and technology under the utilization of the dictatorship of the proletariat in order to grow productive forces. The subordination of large business to the CPC has helped China grow faster than any private system has or could ever accomplish, and the state has made sure the growth has resulted in poverty alleviation on a scale never seen in the history of mankind instead of powerful monopolies exerting control over the economy and political system like western bourgeois countries.
@relight69313 жыл бұрын
@@lentoperoavanzo4007 ok, thanks for much more comprehensive picture. We are not in a disagreement. The thing about having control over the largest business which would become just self sutaining monopolies is an interesting point I haven't thought about earlier. So thanks for that too, I just got irritated with the description of the whole video as "continuation" of economic progress, since cultural revolution (and giant leap forward was part of this process, or am I wrong), which we both noticed and proff especially mentioned, was responsible for incredibly low starting pointx making the difference between starting point and today, that much more pronaunced. That's 50ies and 60ies. i was just irritated since from OP you would think it was all connected and today was the result over time, instead of completely different policies, especially making private sector legal being actual reason. My comment was over simplified, erroneous, almost as bad as Op. Thanks for your effort in my education.
There was a difference in focus. Before the late 70s, the main focus was to prepare for the next war or revolution, hence the production capacity did not produce much that can be measured by modern economic metrics. For example, to prepare for an invasion against the USSR, project "Third Front" was initiated in 1964, i.e. splitting research institutes and factories into multiple units and moving those units from major cities into the mountains and far reaching countryside. Another symbolic project was the R&D of nuclear weapons and its launching systems, i.e. ICBMs. Such enormous projects had contributed absolutely nothing to this so called GDP growth, but were carried out purely from a survival standpoint. What Deng Xiaoping did in the late 70s was to switch China from a war/revolution mode to an economic development mode, as he anticipated a rather peaceful global environment, i.e. no WW3 were to happen in the coming 30-40 years. The rest is history... This guy's view is pretty ridiculous, he has made it sounds like China was nothing, and bang! Everything showed up out of nowhere during the 80s, a textbook neoliberal narrative, which fits his resume quite well. A few very simple metrics that should be taken into context, 1) the live expectancy in China was about 40 years in 1949, and it went up to 65 in 1979; 2) the literacy rate in china in 1949 was around 20% and it went up to 70% in 1979. There are countless metrics like these, that have greatly contributed to the economical development of China in the past 40+ years, intentionally leaving them out is a great injustice to say the least.
@ianlouden79392 жыл бұрын
Deng Xiaoping was China's best leader, Education was a big focus, Xi has ended this vision.
@mihirm36322 жыл бұрын
So true! I was thinking the same points. China didn't even have a standardised language and script before the Mao era. Not to mention rampant lawlessness, warlords and highway robbers across the vast hinterland and countryside. Things were bad during the Mao era for sure. However they were worse before. Compared to countries like India which couldn't achieve even half of what China could do from 1950 to 1980. There were dacoits attacking in the suburbs of Delhi even in the early 80s!
@TheLeaderr2 жыл бұрын
@Bringette Awnn gratz, you have gotten nothing right, what an achievement 😂
@TheLeaderr2 жыл бұрын
@Bringette Awnn unfortunately you are the troll here😂 but enjoy your stay anyways🤣
@joeroganpodfantasy422 жыл бұрын
Deng went to Singapore and learned how to run an economy and implemented it in China , free market capitalism he changed it's name to socialism with chinese characteristics so he wouldn't get lynched by his politburo. He predicted "a rather peaceful global environment" is prob Chinese propaganda cause nobody can predict the future.
@fturla___1563 жыл бұрын
Economics is the only field in which two people can get a Nobel Prize for saying exactly the opposite thing. A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?" The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly." Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The accountant says "On average, four - give or take ten percent, but on average, four." Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question "What do two plus two equal?" The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says "What do you want it to equal?"
@guybec11113 жыл бұрын
That was deep dawg
@theYoutubeHandle3 жыл бұрын
nah, that's a shady accountant. I mean the economist is just a clever accountant.
@wilfredv19303 жыл бұрын
yes
@wachinichu3 жыл бұрын
Playground Equipment, The kids waiting in line to play, and the entire Playground System.
@jeffbac18893 жыл бұрын
The people who see economist as "greedy" and "souless" often know nothing about economy. That's your case.
@lokechanmun85873 жыл бұрын
China is a closed system with an open mind. The US is an open system with a closed mind.
@seunsan3603 жыл бұрын
Damn, this is such a simple statement that cuts directly to the point .. I wonder if there will ever be an “open system with an open mind“ .. & who has the chance to create that.
@autodidact5373 жыл бұрын
If China has an "open mind' why do the Chinese have to depend on ideas, innovations & technologies created by non-Chinese people? If China has an 'open mind' & the US has a 'closed mind' why has the US won hundreds of Nobel prizes & China has very few in comparison? Why do so many Chinese send their children to be educated in the US? Even Xi Jinping sent his daughter to be educated at Harvard University in the United States. Where is this Chinese 'open mind'? It's obvious if one looks at the evidence objectively that China has not only a 'closed system' with a 'closed mind' but a mind locked in a prison. A very sad situation indeed.
@sleepyhead64683 жыл бұрын
@@autodidact537 The fact that Xi Jinping sends his daughter to the US to study shows the open mindedness of the Chinese system and people. It shows how much the Chinese understands and knows the outside world while the Western world knows next to nothing about the true China within.
@myla61353 жыл бұрын
@@autodidact537 You're so funny AutoD! Not sure if you have ever thought things right through but here's one to start off with: when the US got independence from GB it pretty much took on all the innovations and technologies created by GB and others in Europe and as such got off to a good start. See there was no IP rights back then which was sort of lucky (for the US) no?
@briancaddel4235 Жыл бұрын
@@myla6135 and took so many ideas from the natives also
@nigerianprince53893 жыл бұрын
Definitely needs a part 2. Awesome interview
@Daddyisanuncle3 жыл бұрын
As a foreigner who serves the Chinese, Singaporean and the Hong Kong consumers over the past decade, I can safely say those days where Chinese were found shitting by the streets are gone, where Hong Kongers stupidly belittled China for lack of culture are gone. Their resilience took them through the global culture shock, painstakingly endured the economic change, with more holistic and civic-conscious education. Their values of staying brave in the face of humiliation is something I don’t find in other nations.
@KunjaBihariKrishna3 жыл бұрын
I love the way he randomly smiles in syncopation with his sentences
@Frip363 жыл бұрын
Ruben said syncopation. He is super smart.
@KunjaBihariKrishna3 жыл бұрын
@@Frip36 Fuck yeah!
@emanate03 жыл бұрын
randomly smiling for no reason or only smiling when something unpleasant is said, i've always found to be a bit psychotic
@Frip363 жыл бұрын
@@emanate0 how about when someone laughs after almost everything they say
@emanate03 жыл бұрын
@@Frip36 some underlying mental issues mos def
@DAVIDDAVID-nv2se3 жыл бұрын
Mr.Xu's explanations are well-articulated and being developped in a clear way. Look forward to the next part.
@alesh22753 жыл бұрын
Refreshingly free of any propaganda and preconceived notions.
@sephtisstoker89133 жыл бұрын
Nice to see david david
@astrobullivant59082 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, China is claiming its economy is growing while it has bank-runs everywhere and bans withdrawals from many of its banks
@zenlei8258 Жыл бұрын
He just bs. China economy is enabled by Wall Street elite using VIE scam. Without Wall Street elite China econony end in recession. Look at 1989 for clues.
@mariaguo1 Жыл бұрын
Prof. Xu is the World’s best economist in explaining Chinese economic history, progressing, and future tendency.
@SportsIncorporated3 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely great. But at the same time, it only feels like Part I.
@wollongar20143 жыл бұрын
I agree, it seems that there's more to it...
@michaeljones94633 жыл бұрын
China economy has been boosted so well due to China accounts about 75% of all Bitcoin mining globally. So crypto investment and trading is one of the best way to boost economy in this 2021
@davidcarl78123 жыл бұрын
Crypto should be on every wise individuals list. In a few years you will be esctatic about the decision you make today
@nathancook83253 жыл бұрын
I retired at 67 and have saved $ 1.11 million over the years of my investment in crypto. And I'm grateful to God that at least I retired in good health. I would have been more richer than i am if I had known about crypto earlier
@winnersenel39923 жыл бұрын
@@nathancook8325 have always wanted to invest but have heard about many lost. I'm scared; need someone to guide me here
@cboy03943 жыл бұрын
Amazing analysis. This is why I love this channel. This definitely needs a Part II.
@georgesiew27583 жыл бұрын
Professor Xu recalls the facts correctly but his overall analysis is lacking. There are 2 important flaws with the picture he is trying to present. Now that he has explained what the world misunderstands, let me explain what he misunderstands. 1) The simple comparisons Professor Xu keeps making between the US and China aren't very meaningful. The context of those comparison aren't given and other comparisons that could help to make things more clear aren't made. China did start at 5% of the US level of per capita GDP in 1950 and growth did not begin to close the gap until much later in the 1980s. The context of this is that China actually grew pretty fast during the 1950s and 1960s but because the US also grew very fast back then there was less catching up done. The prospects of catching up so quickly didn't really materialize until US growth started to slow dramatically post Vietnam war. Also the nature of US growth post Vietnam war became extremely poor because it was largely fueled by asset bubbles and speculative mania. This leads to China actually catching up faster than the figures state during this period. The true extent of which will become more apparent once those US asset bubbles pop. Also during the period of low catch up China was still in tumultuous times. The great leap forward was a set of very large natural disasters compounded by a very poorly designed administrative system exposing the flaw of outright copying soviets systems. The Cultural revolution was a soft civil war of sorts to settle the power vacuum left by the decline of Mao. Together with this there were many other challenges such as the Korean War, the Sino Soviet Split, the reclaiming of Tibet and Xinjiang. It was not until the late 1970s when power was recentralized by Deng and peace was made with the existing superpowers did a long period of peace and tranquility hit China. This combine with slowing US growth and the US search for sources of external labor to solve its stagflation problem gave rise to the fastest relative catch up the world has ever seen. Unlike what the professor says the very low starting point of the Chinese economy was only one factor of many and not the main factor. One can see this easily by comparing China to other developing countries such as India, Brazil, Africa and etc... India had just as low a starting point but it went from roughly the same level as china to being less than 1/5 the level of China today. Most of South America and many parts of Africa basically experienced no catching up at all regardless of where they started in their development level (South America fairly high, Africa fairly low) with only some exceptions due to booms in commodity markets. 2) The Professor's description of the Chinese system while descriptively accurate to a degree misses the actually systemic features of the system which are very important to be able to understand this system relative to other systems. "Regionally Decentralized Totalitarian" is not a very good name to apply to anything given that the term is an oxymoron to begin with. This terms tells me that whoever is using this more for political identification than as a natural description. The Chinese system is not a Totalitarian or Regionally Decentralized system. It has aspects of totalitarianism and aspects of regional decentralization but highlighting these aspects alone is misleading about the total picture of the system. Without needing to invent new terms the Chinese system is just another mix market system. Economically, it is a mixture of central planning and self governed markets. Politically it is a mixture of top down and bottom up administration. The main difference of the Chinese system to other mixed systems is that the mixture is rather deliberate and not just the legacy of a series of historical accidents. The Chinese are central planners that have learned to use decentralized systems to achieve centralized goals. Whenever it picks up a difficult problem to solve it will search for solutions among both centrally planned solutions, decentralized autonomous solutions and a mixture of the two. You can see this clearly when you see how they go about making solutions through trial and error. When you look through this system you will see many innovative applications of decentralized automation in combination with central planning. The delegation of management entities by regions with separated scorecards and universal rankings is one such innovation that this system came up with. (If only this system worked as well in the US school system where it is known as standardized testing.) Finding one of its best most well known innovations and slapping that together with the must have "totalitarian" label is a pretty lazy and misleading way to give a name to a system. The true Chinese system is far more complicated than that. While the Chinese economy looks like all the growth is from the private sector and the public sector only grows through leaching the private sector, this picture is actually deeply flawed. The only way to see things this way is to ignore all the externalities that there are between the public and private sectors. Upon deeper inspection you will see that the two sectors are deeply entwined and mostly symbiotic. Without the externalities that the public sector generates there will be much less growth from the private sector. This is the lesson that the Chinese have learned and why they are unwilling to shrink the public sector further today. When you see Chinese administrators leaving what looks like unprofitable and inefficient public entities standing, you should ask yourself. Are they doing this because of corruption and graft? Or are they doing this because of some externality I don't see? Nine times out of Ten it will be because of the later and not the former. In case you don't realize this, the public sector in China is the implicitly provided social safety net. The Chinse are resisting going from this to an explicit public social safety net because the incentives for people work much better with an implicit rather than an explicit social safety net.
@chenpu13 жыл бұрын
You are right: "Professor Xu recalls the facts correctly but his overall analysis is lacking."
@crosstraffic1873 жыл бұрын
Interesting analysis. It seems that how they govern is more based on practicality than ideology. It reminds me of Deng Xiaoping saying: " It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice". It's amazing to see how a one party state can make major policy shifts, which seems to be impossible in democracies. Do you think this a governance model that is heavily influenced by culture and history rather than ideology , making it distinct and unique, and therefor unfortunatly can't be replicated by other developing nations? Or do you think it's goverance model is one of pure practicality?
@georgesiew27583 жыл бұрын
@@crosstraffic187 My take would be that there is a large degree to which the Chinese governance model is heavily influenced by its own culture and history but also heavily influenced by foreign ideas and modern realities. To replicate the Chinese model exactly would be impossible but to absorb influences from foreign governance models to shape your own governance model is not only possible but often a good idea. To understand the Chinese political system it is best to start with Historical Chinese political systems. Here it is important to understand the spectrum of historical Chinese political thought. People often mention a list of isms, Confucianism, Legalism, Buddhism, Daoism, Mysticism etc... but without providing their context with each other or how they are applied in practice. The best way I can think of to present these ideas in an insightful way is to use the idea of placing them on a left wing to right wing spectrum. The two major poles that hold up the Chinese political spectrum are "Confucianism" on the left and "Legalism" on the right. Drawing analogies from western thought, "Confucianism" has some similarities to ideas like Socialism, Marxism, Moral Absolutism and Utilitarianism while "Legalism" has some similarity to ideas like Political Realism, Hobbesian view of Human nature, Social Darwinism and Moral Nihilism. You can map Western ideas to this Chinese spectrum or you can map Chinese ideas to the western spectrum. There will be some correlation of left and right ideas from both spectrums but also many exceptions. (For instance Rule of Law is not left or right but a universal in western thought but it is a right wing idea in Chinese thought with a left wing counter idea called rule of virtue. Another good example is Authoritarianism. It is a right wing idea in Western thought but it is a universal in Chinese thought. In Chinese thought however they further differentiate Authoritarianism into Paternalism on the left and Tyranny on the right.) Now that you know this historical context you can see that many things that seem like they changed in China actually stayed the same. The political spectrum in China is as it always was and the government is as it always was, a mixture of Confucian and Legalist, usually leaning more towards Confucian. This shows both how the Chinese were able to change and how they were not able to change. Every society is like this in that there are things that can change and things that can't change. The Chinese example is an illustration of how a society could reform by changing what can be changed around what cannot be changed. There is no way to just copy another society's system unless you are near identical societies. You have to work with what you have. See what pieces you can change and see what other pieces can fit the best. Instead of taking systems as a totality you have to break things down much smaller and play with the parts.
@crosstraffic1873 жыл бұрын
@@georgesiew2758 Thanx for the reply George. So from what I understand from your post is that Chinese governance is heavily influenced from culture and history with a large degree of practicality. The Chinese gov't describes itself as a " socialist country with Chinese characteristics", but from what I understand from your post and what appears to me as an external observer (with a limited vision) is that the emphasis is more on Chinese culture and history rather than on the ideology of socialism or communism. Would that be a fair assessment? I don't know how much power unions have in China or the degree of workers rights. I know there is more of a collectivist mindset and philosophy in China than we have in the West, but alot of posts I read online from what I think are Chinese people (but who can be sure if they are) is that they really don't care about the ideology as long as the gov't gets results. Then my other questions would be: 1/ Is China moving towards or is it a capitalist model ? and 2/ Would the Chinese people accept this model? It's clear that the Chinese gov't thinks that democracy is an antiquated system. They may be right. But what kind of economic system they will ultimately accept is still not clear to me. I've seen a video clip where a Chinese investor discribed the Chinese position to European industrialists and policy makers as such :" China is a socialist country. The Chinese people will not allow moneyed interests to take over and control government". That is clearly a socialist governance stance. But does that mean they will or have the will to move toward a socialist economic model? Is there any evidence of this?
@georgesiew27583 жыл бұрын
@@crosstraffic187 There are many questions and misconceptions to clear up here. Let me do this one at a time in a Q/A format to make it less confusing. Q1) Do the Chinese draw it's social model more from it's own culture and history or more from socialism/communism. A1) From the perspective of the Chinese government and people they don't actually consciously draw anything from Chinese history or culture. The real power of culture it is an internalized force that acts on people with or without their knowledge of it. Put in another way culture is just a manifestation of how people are. Chinese people are governed by their culture whether they like it or not. They don't really have a choice in the matter. So the answer is yes the Chinese do draw a lot from their own culture and history but this isn't actually conscious or intentional. As for "Is this more or less than they draw from socialism/communism"? To answer that you have to understand what Chinese socialism/communism is to the Chinese. To us it is just a modernized version of the social vision from classical Chinese Political thought. Marxism is borrowed to package these old ideas with the legitimacy of modern scientific thinking. Q2) Are Unions an influential part of Chinese social discourse and to what degree do people galvanize around worker's rights? A2) Unions are not influential in Chinese social discourse and worker's rights is not a major social issue for most people. The Chinese don't organize around the same ideas and structure that westerner's do. To the extent people care about social justice which they do, there is no primacy around the issue of worker's rights. Chinese people are as likely to get angry about any number of perceived unethical behaviors. Abusing of workers is not any more special of a thing than anything else. Chinese workers fall into public and private sector workers. Public sector workers were always treated well with their organizations being run more like cooperatives with workers often having a lot of influence on management. Private sector workers on the other hand are not always treated well but because of how lucrative the private sector is with China's high growth most of the highest paying jobs are in the private sector. Given the large size of both sectors, Chinese workers often have a choice between better treatment and greater security or higher pay and greater insecurity. The appeal to unionize doesn't really exist. Q3) Do Chinese people care about ideology or they just care about results? A3) Chinese people absolutely care about ideology just not western ideologies. Ethics has always held a very high if not the highest importance in Chinese society. If you violate those ethics then you skate on thin ice with everyone. However those ethics wouldn't mean much to a western observer and you would easily get the mistaken notion that Chinese people don't care about ethics which is the farthest thing from the truth. Put in another way Chinese people judge the Chinese government based on Chinese ethics. As someone unfamiliar with Chinese ethics this reality may completely elude you. Q4) Are the Chinese moving towards a capitalist model or a socialist model? A4) The Chinese are staying with a mixed market model. After much debate and experimentation the government and the people are quite happy with the close to 50-50 mix they have now. Chinese politics is usually a close system to money when the empire is strong and an open system to money when the empire is weak. When Chinese empires become weak and suffer budget shortfalls it often resorts to selling off the political system for money. Usually this leads to a future loss of revenue (through corruption) for a short term gain in revenue (money collected from selling political offices). The empire is currently strong enough to not give in to this temptation.
@mifkan3 жыл бұрын
This is dialectics in actions. Material analysis leads to theory, theory leads to practice, which leads to analysis of material conditions. Any society that loses this agility to self correct and experiment is doomed.
@citus3333 жыл бұрын
Lul self correction happen in any society. Even the worse dictatorships practice it. You are literally praisng something for doing its job.
@royalewithcheese173 жыл бұрын
Isn't this just regular economic analysis and theorizing? Not sure what work the terms "material conditions"/"material analysis" is adding here...
@Eta_Carinae__3 жыл бұрын
@@royalewithcheese17 it doesn't. Marx's critique of Hegel attempts to exclude _geist_ and reduce history to dialectics of material circumstances only.
@daishan12343 жыл бұрын
@@citus333 >self correction happen in any society. *ring ring* this is america calling
@citus3333 жыл бұрын
@@daishan1234 You mean the country who managed to get marijuana legalized, actually address discrimination and waged a war to end slavery in its borders? Are you historical illetarate or something?
@johnmaisonneuve9057 Жыл бұрын
So good to get a very good explanation/account of China’s economic development that provides much insight rather than the usual journalistic account. This is really informative.
@Gurci28 Жыл бұрын
Chenggang Xu received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1991. Chenggang's research is in political economics, institutional economics, law and economics, development economics, transition economics and the Chinese political economy. 5:14 Prof. Xu is one of the first recipients of China Economics Prize for contributions in understanding government and enterprise incentive mechanisms for the transition economy of China. He introduced the concept of characterizing China’s institution, “regionally decentralized authoritarianism (RDA),” as a determinant factor of China’s past 30 years of successful reform. Source: Asia Global Institute; FSI Stanford; Institute for New Economic Thinking
also a bit more than 80% of labor forces work for private sectors, state enterprises only employ less than 20% of labor forces. "The combination of numbers 60/70/80/90 are frequently used to describe the private sector’s contribution to the Chinese economy: they contribute 60% of China’s GDP, and are responsible for 70% of innovation, 80% of urban employment and provide 90% of new jobs. Private wealth is also responsible for 70% of investment and 90% of exports.” Today, China’s private sector contributes nearly two-thirds of the country’s growth and nine-tenths of new jobs, according to the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, an official business group".
@albertdittel88983 жыл бұрын
At the beginning he says, that China cannot be called a superpower because its per capita GDP is so much lower than the one of the US. So I would like to ask:can the US ever challange the current super power and world hegemon Luxembourg?
@headsworthtg35853 жыл бұрын
yea, the GDP per capita comparison is for sure an incomplete way to compare relative international political power.
@slavemonkey50633 жыл бұрын
China has 4x the people living enmeshed within a much more expensive and difficult surveillance & control system, almost 2x the land borders of the United States (the longest set of land borders in the world, and in a MUCH more hostile and competitive neighborhood, I might add!) and is still making less money than the USA even with nominal figures, let alone taking into account the status & cache the American dollar has which the Yuan simply lacks. China has to spread their money a hell of a lot thinner than the United States.
@dekaaizer25503 жыл бұрын
@@slavemonkey5063 Exept that China's money is not just found in stocks the top 0.1% of the country has. China's money is a way more useful. There is a reason its actually making progress as a country compared to the USA.
@slavemonkey50633 жыл бұрын
@@dekaaizer2550 Er... if you think China is a more equitable and fair society than the United States then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd love to sell you at a discount price.
@dekaaizer25503 жыл бұрын
@@slavemonkey5063 It's not a question of thinking here. It's hard numbers. 90% to under 1% poverty in 40 years is improving. The USA is crumbling under it's weak system. The USA is already crumbling compared to Europe.
@chicagofineart9546 Жыл бұрын
This perspective has deepened my appreciation of Chinese culture. I've always felt there is something in, call it the "Chinese System", that succeeds beyond any single philosophy that overlays it. There isn't any one thing that explains the dogged persistence of Chinese people to succeed in spite of all obstacles. And as a personal observation I am struck at the importance of Family Reputation in maintaining social connections. Yet, for many possibly most Chinese, life remain rather grim. Still there is a sense that China will endure all things.
@johnyossarian9059 Жыл бұрын
"Yet, for many possibly most Chinese, life remain rather grim." I don't know what you mean exactly by "grim", but I will say that life has improved significantly for the majority of the people since Deng's reform and opening. My opinion is based on dozens of visits over the years since 2002, direct observations of life in cities and villages across the country, and conversations with countless individuals (including relatives of mine that live in China).
@pinchebruha405 Жыл бұрын
False hopes and sheer numbers will be their own downfall regardless
@johnyossarian9059 Жыл бұрын
@@pinchebruha405 you're hoping for a downfall of 1.4 billion people. Almost one fifth of all humanity. How nice...
@DennisCambly3 жыл бұрын
Begin by ensuring a strong agricultural industry, to feed the people domestically, and take the next steps by reforming overall economic policies.
@wisl81223 жыл бұрын
@Rightful King of the Poles, Grand Duke of Lithuania Mr. Deng never "deregulated", he reformed agriculture in China. The Chinese government will never lose its grip on essential industries because they are critical for the people's prosperity, these industries are not meant for profit but rather for survival.
@kabzaify3 жыл бұрын
@@wisl8122 Agriculture should never be viewed from profits first
@wisl81223 жыл бұрын
@@kabzaify in the US , agricultural “system” is almost private because how ineffective the USDA is . You can reference the movie “Food INC”. Nothing much significant has changed since that.
@lutherblissett90703 жыл бұрын
@India numba 1, U.S. numba 1, Chyna loser country! Trying to distract from Modi's disaster?
@DennisCambly3 жыл бұрын
@Black Jock ru really a Jock :)
@lamrof3 жыл бұрын
Townships, Provinces and then Regions competing for GDP instead of profit, such a simple concept but effective. Can you imagine in the US cities control their economy and compete for GDP and as to who improved whose people's lives? Can you imagine that? me too, I can't.
@mrduckman2252 жыл бұрын
It'd be like sports rivalries except we'd actually have the fruits of our labor.
@kindface3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic summary of the economic reform in China.
@waldenli92323 жыл бұрын
Just some high school sociology/history class material, but now in English and everyone’s impressed. Everyone who didn’t grow up in China but know so much about China, that is.
@kewang33933 жыл бұрын
lol it's amazing how people can become experts at things they know very little about. As someone who lived through the late 70s and 80s in China I can tell you a much different and much simpler story. In the early to mid 80s right after the end of the culture revolution the gov. started let small measure of capitalism creep into the economy. It started with letting people run food stands , then they started letting people work their own land. The slogan was let a small number of us get rich first so they can pull the rest with them. As gov. allowed more and more private business the economy got better and better it's as simple as that. I do not dispute the regional competition model but that is hardly the real reason for economic growth.
@jinruizhang2 жыл бұрын
what you are saying is true, so is regional competition. The two happened in tandem. What you described is the civilian engagement in entrepreneurship, at the city and provincial level the government was competing between each other.
@LinasVepstas2 жыл бұрын
Most remarkably, you managed to explain all this in an entertaining fashion, in only a few sentences. As compared to my watching a 15 minute video at double-playback speed only to hear nothing whatsoever said that isn't already widely known, by anyone who has bothered to cast an eye towards China. I love videos packed with information, and this video wasn't it! I love talking to smart people, and you're one! Congratulations! My head spins in wonderment.
@iLiveOnFijiTime Жыл бұрын
@@LinasVepstas You forgot the part where an intellectual argument starts with 'lol' is surely going to be an educational banger.
@LinasVepstas Жыл бұрын
@@iLiveOnFijiTime lol (edit: yes, I agree. The smartest people know how to be funny, among other talents.)
@zenlei8258 Жыл бұрын
China cannot become rich without western elite help. China failed in economic planning in 1989 which caused civil unrest. Wall Street elite set up China to enrich themselves by giving China easy access to technology and capital. They setup China to launder drug money cartel from south america.
@Iknowknow1122 жыл бұрын
It should also be kept in mind that for 100s of years China was the wealthiest and self-sufficient economy possibly in history! Once China was forced to interact with Western Europe it quickly fell from being rich and able to poor and helpless. The same is s true for most of the world to varying degrees. China is leading the way out of the illness of Western domination which is why it's cast as a threat and a villain.
@wollongar20143 жыл бұрын
It's really a good analysis of the Chineses economy.
@anug143 жыл бұрын
Should share this with everyone and their kids ( where applicable) who ruled India post independence.
@mightypageunbinder78933 жыл бұрын
China has an insanely calculated economy. great vid, very informative.
@phillipalexandercarr14623 жыл бұрын
Very insightful I learn a lot from this very articulate gentleman
@SwissCheese1123 жыл бұрын
doesn't mean its true, he's in china after all.
@mazhengxing113 жыл бұрын
@@SwissCheese112 he described the reform history, I'm in China too, lived in this reform process in 30 years, can't say what he said is not true. region competetion in GDP in 90s, reform in using right of land, legalised private economy, they were part of my life.
@AnitaCorbett2 жыл бұрын
A very articulate explanation Prof. “ in English!” Thank you for sharing a valuable insight.
@longnewton13 жыл бұрын
Clearly a key focus has been reducing poverty and raising standards of living and their regional competition system seems to have had success, although what happens to the losers? The rapid growth of the private sector suggests that, like the west, wealth and income inequality will become an increasing issue if it isn’t already. Also, how will China contribute to reducing climate change. Accepting that the early heavy lifting will have to be done by richer high consumption countries like the US, Uk, Germany etc., China already makes a high contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and with the planned growth and large population this will only get worse. For me a wellbeing focused or “doughnut” economy would be a better option. All countries need to operate in the safe space between providing wellbeing for their people on the one hand and preventing further climate change and other environmental issues on the other. Richer nations need to reduce consumption to reduce their environmental and climate impacts and poorer nation may need to grow, but sustainably, to improve wellbeing. And, I’m not saying this will be easy, but I believe it is the right solution.
@alexwschan1853 жыл бұрын
Umm... did people who comment actually watched the video...?
@sammavitae1143 жыл бұрын
They hardly ever do and when they do their comprehensive deficits become obvious.
@kennethferland55793 жыл бұрын
The key here is that the fully objective regional competitions and rankings are what determines who rises to higher political office. So China had the most meritocratic governmental matriculation system in existence, having neither the personal infighting and purging of the Soviet system, nor the shallow popularity contest of the Democratic west. This was even reflected in a de facto term limit and orderly decadal generational handing over of power at the top most level. But this meritocratic system has been fatally compromised by Xi's total control and abolition of term limits, this threatens to re-Soviet the Chinese system in which loyalty and purging rather then merit determine leadership.
@nsebast3 жыл бұрын
Good point. Corruption has always been a problem for Chinese governance. It's the only thing that destroys the nation.
@limitlesssky30503 жыл бұрын
Xi and the CCP understands that China is on the verge of being destroyed by the US. Any transfer of governance will only become the weak point to be targeted by the US. Suppress the US in the coming decade, then and only then can we talk about transfer of power.
@limitlesssky30503 жыл бұрын
@@nsebast Corruption has been a problem anywhere.
@lugaritzbrown22503 жыл бұрын
I think regional competition helped to rejuvenate the economy but didnt influence governance much.
@aleksanderrozbiewski38013 жыл бұрын
@@limitlesssky3050 Nope, you're wrong, corruption is especially pronounced is some countries and it's simply invalid statement to brush off corruption as "happening everywhere anyway".
@ryanj20043 жыл бұрын
Thank you professor and NET for sharing!
@christophthiemann98582 жыл бұрын
Great insights into China's system. We need more of this!
@lorainejones413 жыл бұрын
I think the idea of competition between cities is a great idea.
@chrissun42623 жыл бұрын
administratively-planned but not centrally-planned economy
@lawrencehaynes38433 жыл бұрын
This a brilliant insight into the Chinese economic miracle.
@G-BW3 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t the private economy firstly recognized (legalized) in 1988 constitution amendment?
@sibanisengupta86803 жыл бұрын
An honest voice is larger than a crowds.
@nhanha74333 жыл бұрын
That why extreme increase. But the disappointing from labors can not express. The confederate use the dictatorship system for agriculture productions in 7 colonies also the same.
@woojongson54313 жыл бұрын
2,600 years ago, Sun Tzu said, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." I believe recent China has been following his lesson. Knowing your state-level enemies thoroughly means you have to study them very hard for a long time while gaining useful knowledge from them and applying it to yourself.
@fern85803 жыл бұрын
9:54 local governments are ranked! Great!
@fonziwang3 жыл бұрын
by whom?
@fern85803 жыл бұрын
@@fonziwang executive branch of the government: A prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed.you have "prefectures" in russia, france, the usa, canada, china ... all nations have "prefectures"
@fern85803 жыл бұрын
@@4x4r974 It is a simple management "by objective" by key performance indicators (KPI) which measure your political performances, as a simple company does.the idea is also to put the different jurisdictions in competition, this is the best way to create prosperity.Deng Xiaoping (邓小平), seeing the corruption and immobility, copied Lee Kuan Yew by creating economic zones in China sheltered from lazy officials and bureaucrats!we also want in europe and the US, economic zones sheltered from tax predators (police, firefighters, bureaucrats etc ...)
@chase51773 жыл бұрын
@@fonziwang exams and ranking system......do you not taking exams going to school? It's a meritocracy system.
@pahatpahat95663 жыл бұрын
@@chase5177 , Most people who find meritocracy distasteful because of past personal experience! Notwithstanding the fact that such an approach is deemed too demanding on many people but as proven over and over again, there is no better alternative at the moment to ensure people with better "understanding of the environment" will be empowered to manage the system. Such environment coupled with centuries of practice seems to make the Chinese people hungrier to try to achieve material gain. That is all. And they are not saying you can't enter the "competition"!
@ryanroddy61293 жыл бұрын
What was the incentive for the cities/provinces to rank higher? Were they the same for each level? And if it was a reward, how did the government repel unequal growth through unfair starts , i.e. where the winners' reward advantaged them for the next ranking season?
@DetectiveBlackCat3 жыл бұрын
Priority for economic and political resource. That's the incentive. More recource leads to better conditions which leads to better rankings which also attracts more talents. Whether you are a local government offical, or an ordinary citizen, you want your own city or region to be ahead. That's the engine to fuel the growth. Simply put, Competition! that's all there is. It's in human nature. This has always been the way. The competition is fierce. Unequal growth has always been a problem, but the root of China is CPC and socialists. If somewhere gets too far behind, the central government almost always redirect resources to fix problems. Or you could say level the playing fields to a point that everyone is still competitive. The role for the CPC is to keep this competition healthy, so it can keep going.
@ryanroddy61293 жыл бұрын
@@DetectiveBlackCat Thanks for replying. No passive aggression being thrown, but could you give me some writings or essays you know reporting this. Just want to learn more.
@ryanroddy61293 жыл бұрын
Also what would an example of political resources be? And is economic rewards like tax breaks, discounted bonds, just stimulus robustly?
@ChickenVeggi3 жыл бұрын
The incentive was leaders who perform and rank higher will get promoted. Current leaders like Xi Jinping moved up the rank this way. It kind of works like a corporation
@DetectiveBlackCat3 жыл бұрын
@@ChickenVeggi yes, for the leaders personally. But we are talking about city rankings.
@mikebailey29702 жыл бұрын
excellent presentation and explanation of recent chinese economic/cultural history. I wonder if the contamination and defilement of Chinese agricultural land and water was a product of the shift to privatization/management of the resource or if this had been going on for years before the shift ....
@weiliu6803 жыл бұрын
When mentioning GDP from the USA, one has to consider the vast amount of economic bubbles there. For example, a small operation costs only few hundreds dollars in China, while it could cost 20 times or even higher in the states. Let alone meaningless lawsuits, lobbys.... All of these contribute to the GDP of the USA, but not to improving people's living standard. In comparison, China's GDP is solid, made up of "real" changes that indeed improve people's living standard! For example, the Shanghai has a GDP per Capita that is still way far away from the poorest counties in the USA. But if you compare the living standards (education, life expectancy, financial saving, personal properties) between Shanghai and any an US city, Shanghai can even beat New York city in many ways.
@yutkamchoon46582 жыл бұрын
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@mihirm36322 жыл бұрын
So true!
@cmlon2 жыл бұрын
yes, China's GDP is solid, so solid, especially in real estate
@sichambers9011 Жыл бұрын
Cuba beats the US in some metrics
@brianmath393 Жыл бұрын
This is so wild. Great content. I'm learning so much!
@hellojapan9153 жыл бұрын
India followed a centrally planned economic model till 1991. The economy later embraced capitalism to follow rapid growth for 3 decades. Still, long long way to go
@hotchi15663 жыл бұрын
Most of the Africa countries and Latin America countries have embraced capitalism, and most of them are failed countries. Capitalism is not the key reason for a successful economy at all.
@兼明-p2b3 жыл бұрын
Bureaucratic capital has kidnapped the government
@兼明-p2b3 жыл бұрын
@@hotchi1566 Industrialization is the key to success
@akashin63853 жыл бұрын
@@hotchi1566 And all countries under socialism had it worst. Big intellectual talks, big failures in life.
@dontliethetruth3 жыл бұрын
@@akashin6385 except that no country actually practised socialism, i.e. workers control of production. certainly the eastern bloc didn't practise any of it, germany had more socialism with its strong unions and labour representation on company boards.
@joshuahernandez32162 жыл бұрын
This guy, I love how he explains it. Really awesome and great listening. This helped explained so much. China is a very interesting country, that's for sure.
@calvingrondahl10113 жыл бұрын
Interesting insights. My daughter taught english in China many years ago.
@charlesmicilona57952 жыл бұрын
Excellent, but maybe also point out that the main goal of the local government in the competition is to grow within the party
@alexma39393 жыл бұрын
thanks for your recount in detail to make us something more clear
@WINDYCHUNG3 жыл бұрын
I deeply appreciated that 40 years ago, normal Chinese people did not know how poor we were, how desperate low GDP per capita we had (top 3 in the world..), otherwise, we would not have brave to start our catch-up HISTORY. We could never think that we can arrive here, with GDP per capita >12000 USD this year. We are far from developed countries, that is true, but we started from the level of poorest African countries.
@ecitb30053 жыл бұрын
use PPP. china is richer than US. 1 dollar you can have a meal in China, you buy nothing in the US. Cannot simply comparing in dollar terms.
@WINDYCHUNG3 жыл бұрын
@@ecitb3005 PPP is nonsense, no one really cares about PPP, yes, the price is lower in poor countries for some products, but for international goods, traveling to foreign countries, it really depends on nominal GDP per capita.
@autodidact5373 жыл бұрын
@@ecitb3005 Then why does the US have an immigration problem and China doesn't? Why do so many Chinese people continue to abandon China for a better life in Western countries? People vote with their feet, and they don't vote for China. WHY?
@yuan1412 жыл бұрын
@@autodidact537 They are rich people, and it is better for them to go to more developed countries.
@Melange23 жыл бұрын
Anyone knows what these ranking system of the provinces economic progression rewards (or punish)?
@rivalmike90063 жыл бұрын
Basically the person (and his team partners so to speak) who made that progression happened get promoted in the Party thus having the opportunity to work in a higher level of government.
@rivalmike90063 жыл бұрын
Or her, sorry
@owenhoong883 жыл бұрын
Well we know corruption can lead to death and lifetime in prison
@RoBoxMachinery3 жыл бұрын
It’s like corporate KPI. Their good performance can get them better positions within the party. Bad kpi would get them low rating in the system and be marked as incompetent, hence be relocated to insignificant positions such as the workers union.
@vphamdotxyz3 жыл бұрын
1.25 playback speed is perfect!
@uvg3193 жыл бұрын
30 years of unparalleled economic growth in China was also chronicled by an average 20+ percent growth y.o.y. of manufactured goods exports in the same period. Most of these goods were exported to the US in the first decade and the world followed suite. China was able to organise production in this way because of central direction administered locally. Decentralisation is normally viewed as a bottom up not top down approach. This challenges the decentralisation semantic here. Regional cooperation is also better than regional competition especially when it comes to sharing resources. In terms of services perhaps competition brings out the best in people. Also Chinese still import food. So their food system perhaps needs to be reworked? Depends on what the priorities are.
@autodidact5373 жыл бұрын
China succeeded by using SLAVE labour!
@pedrohenriquedadaltdequeir48592 жыл бұрын
Centralisation is better for efficient decision making and action, but worse for contextual planning and providing for the specific needs of each region. A mix and interchange of the two is often the ideal.
@lauramcconney93673 жыл бұрын
Private sector in China is not a monopoly. It's local people working with business to improve through innovation and compete as a team with other cities doing the same. The ultimate goal is to involve all the society in participating to advance the whole society. Money is not the goal for individuals It's a better life for everyone!!! This is true social equality. Americans are striving for this but unlike the Chinese government who promote it, our government is standing in the way of the people's wishes to achieve this equality.
@autodidact5373 жыл бұрын
If that's true why doesn't China have an immigration problem like the US does? Why do so many Chinese still abandon China to live in the West (including the US)? Why do so many Chinese people send their children to the West to be educated? Even Xi Jinping the President (Dictator) of China sent his daughter to be educated at Harvard University in the United States. Anyone familiar with the China of today knows that money is everything to the Chinese. The secret of China's success is it's dependency on what can only be described as virtual slave labour. China's real contribution to the world is terrible human rights abuses & horrendous levels of pollution.
@dieyoung82593 жыл бұрын
Very informative and amazing.
@stefangabor5985 Жыл бұрын
An interesting way to govern and I can see the benefits. However, most of the people would not understand. For a long time, the soviets believed that the Chinese would show them how the “true” shared and state own economy should be implemented. I believe that today we live those days.
@petergreen53373 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much publisher , this article is helpful ,hopefully there be more to come
@sgeoff9392 Жыл бұрын
A lucid and concise explanation that hints at so many other things.
@evgenmentor3 жыл бұрын
Love this channel, very interesting and informative. Thanks.
@iamstartower3 жыл бұрын
Have you heard the expression "fake it 'till you make it" well...
@Tetraglot3 жыл бұрын
Mao: "Tomorrow we will overtake Britain, next week we will overtake America" 30 years later: 1% down, 94% to go
@jeffbac18893 жыл бұрын
Where is the other 5%?
@Michael-st9ky3 жыл бұрын
The chinese yuan has more assets than any other country. They are almost there
@jrodriguezquiros3 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-st9ky So? Nobody demands Yuans!
@Michael-st9ky3 жыл бұрын
@@jrodriguezquiros just the Chinese and other businesses demand yuan. the dollar demand is partly artificial. International transactions are done in dollars especially oil. Once we lose that privilege the dollar is done
@jrodriguezquiros3 жыл бұрын
@@Michael-st9ky I agree with your logic, BUT when will the US lose that privilege is the big question. In order to be a real big player you need without question an highly accepted reserve curreny … China is lacking that, even with their cryptocurrency they lack the confidence needed by major trade partners.
@johnmaisonneuve9057Ай бұрын
Fascinating and very informative. Here in the West, we only get a black white type of ‘explanation’. We can’t conceive an economic system beyond our very own, with enormous concentration by now the Fortune 200, twenty years previously the Fortune 300 and early 1970.’s, the Fortune 500. So we have enormous concentration but dress- up as a competitive system which now it isn’t. Along with this enormous concentration very little accrues to the general population.
@yanyannyaany3 жыл бұрын
regional competition sounds much more robust than profit maximization. Now you can just replace profit with sustainable growth and the machine will churn out the new equilibrium whereas the capitalist system has to deconstruct itself to the core and reevaluate all its categorical imperatives... ccp algo ftw
@tonys921783 жыл бұрын
@Nova Flares states compete to house and give tax breaks to globalized corporations that offshore labor to nations with slave wages.
@tonys921783 жыл бұрын
@Nova Flares why do our corporations keep offshoring american labor if democracy can stop it, it's because the USA is not democratic, it is plutocratic.
@tonys921783 жыл бұрын
@Nova Flares but that is a fair point, i guess there are more issues with our federal government than our state governments specifically.
@alustin3 жыл бұрын
Before we get too ahead of ourselves. China gdp per capita is 10K vs the US at almost 60K. There is still a long way to go. Corruption within the local governments is the main cause of this. and not because American workers are way more productive than Chinese workers.
@yanyannyaany3 жыл бұрын
@Nova Flares roughly half of China's economy is run by private sector and other half by the government. Private sector is heavily regulated. It would be a stretch to call it capitalist.
@LeonMortgage3 жыл бұрын
The per Capita GDP is also interesting because of the distribution of the benefit.
@seanmong95243 жыл бұрын
Accurate narrative of recent economic developmental trends of China. 👍
@keepthefaith98052 жыл бұрын
Economics is not about math,,, it's distribution
@jeremyz6533 жыл бұрын
He is wrong in saying the private sector wasn't "legal" until 2002/04. Not fully institutionalized, maybe. Not explicitly politically endorsed, maybe. But definitely LEGAL.
@jonathanjollimore71563 жыл бұрын
You are not taking in to account the fact China is MASSIVELY more huge then USSR in population. So you have to take that in to account when comparing these numbers or any GDP numbers. Billion+ people in China they are huge
@zulkeflimohamadisa54623 жыл бұрын
China change the game. They show to the world how to build a country without dollar,world bank & imf.
@andrewlim77513 жыл бұрын
The world bank, imf and dollars are used by the Anglo-saxons to screw people all-over the world.
@evgenmentor3 жыл бұрын
Agree with you.
@jacqquelinetackaberry54503 жыл бұрын
🤑
@tyn62113 жыл бұрын
I don't head-to-head GDP comparisons mean anything when so much of our GDP is the result of financialization, whereas China's is industrial.
@eliasrutten38143 жыл бұрын
Watch at 1,5x speed, thank me later
@wollongar20143 жыл бұрын
He seems like an Asian American native 😂😂. In terms of talking speed.
@sapiosexual33163 жыл бұрын
no thanks.
@axelfiraxa3 жыл бұрын
1.25 works better but indeed even at 1.25 it sounds as if he is taking breaks :))
@wongcw083 жыл бұрын
@@axelfiraxa Maybe he should speak in Chinese for your listening comfort?
@wongcw083 жыл бұрын
Skip this video altogether, you will thank me.
@mrmustard1633Ай бұрын
Incredibly illuminating
@july95663 жыл бұрын
Latin America is like , nah corruption insecurity and poverty is the best way ! Look at us we're doing so good ! Not ..
@suleymangabriel52503 жыл бұрын
You tell the truth. Amem
@ice10323 жыл бұрын
SA and Africa’s time will come no doubt
@huanglong083 жыл бұрын
@@ice1032 SA's time would never come, if US still maintain its current position in the world.
@kato23953 жыл бұрын
not like there is no corruption in china as well
@huanglong083 жыл бұрын
@@kato2395 corruption is inevitable, in every single country
@vinaydayananda2696 Жыл бұрын
No seed can germinate without fertile soil. Prof Xu mentions role of the cultural revolution as a precursor to China's economic miracle. Such a short video cannot do justice to the complex subject of the largest country's transformation. It will be nice to see a multi part series looking at various threads of this phenomenon.
@Turulcky1003 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the unbiased explanation
@XxXgabbO95XxX3 жыл бұрын
Unbiased, if you're a leftist :D
@dogchaser520 Жыл бұрын
So quiet! Please normalize the volume on these videos.
@superheaton3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. Earned a subscriber :)
@douglachman73303 жыл бұрын
Great per. Also important people realise China has done very well but still has room to improve how and what it does. Everyone dislikes the normal propoganda and bs attitude expressed too often. As an Australian i look forward to China restoring trust and joining the merit based economy politically.
@mijmijrm3 жыл бұрын
unfortunately, the anglo nations have proved themselves utterly untrustworthy. It'll need a thorough regime change in the USA before the anglo economies and political systems can begin to rid themselves of corruption.
@rufuspipemos2 жыл бұрын
So what camp will he be sent to when he returns to work in China?
@joeblack72623 жыл бұрын
It's good to see that China thought outside the box. I wished the US would think of think of something better besides in fighting and printing money for dumb stuff
@theresachung7038 ай бұрын
Yes. Yes. Thank you
@Kid_Ikaris3 жыл бұрын
By that logic about superpowers, Luxembourg would be the world's greatest superpower.
@walidechchafnaje98123 жыл бұрын
XDDD he ijust want us to underestimate China
@Nishith83 жыл бұрын
They motivation is to be highest in per capita GDP and highest growth rate and not being biggest gdp in actual terms.
@jayeden35323 жыл бұрын
@@Nishith8 You do realize that by achieving that goal there would be no one else on earth that could compete with them in total GDP right?
@apvial3 жыл бұрын
There are FOUR REASONS why Chinese statistics do NOT reflect the underlying economic activity 1. Deliberate fabrication by local governments 2. Both productive and unproductive investments add up to GDP’s value, in spite of the fact that unproductive investments do not create valuable economic activity. In China, because of the government’s heavy involvement in the economy, trillions of dollars in wasted investments are counted in GDP 3. The Chinese government, due to the lack of appropriate mark-to-market mechanism, doesn’t write down bad debts (investments recognized as wasted) 4. China’s GDP is a measure of political intention, not economic activity
@tonybernoulli78593 жыл бұрын
Yeah of course; if having this illusion will make you happy
@apvial3 жыл бұрын
@@tonybernoulli7859 Those are facts. You believe CCP numbers? lol
@kingdom84743 жыл бұрын
“Regional, Decentralized totalitarian system” 🍿👀
@qjtvaddict3 жыл бұрын
In other words a system that works
@kingdom84743 жыл бұрын
@@qjtvaddict it’s an oxymoron; decentralization & totalitarian are opposite in meaning. This video is pure propaganda 😂
@sahhaf1234 Жыл бұрын
what I wonder is, how did the chinese government avoid stakhanovism while pormoting competition amongst the regions?
@4577Jaguar3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@venera2243 жыл бұрын
The camera view change every few seconds is very distracting, had to just listen to the audio
@altbinhax3 жыл бұрын
The early focus in the talk about relative GDP levels hides some important differences; western economies have largely become financialsed service sector economies and run large trade deficits. The GDP versus real incomes show that in the west money (wealth) is being transferred to the top deciles, while in China manufacturing is producing more and better jobs. The lesson is that neoliberal economic theory is fatally and deliberately flawed to allow for imperialism and plunder capitalism.
@niaguilar19943 жыл бұрын
Part 2 please
@rdg83903 жыл бұрын
1/20 to 1/4 change in personal wealth compared to the USA is a beneficial economic measure of success. However, both countries are running economies that consume too much carbon. Do economists bother to consider the limits of economic growth that climate change is imposing on humanity? The rising rates of carbon emissions say otherwise. The USA and other nations have to reduce their consumption and China/India have to reduce their consumption and population. Economists need to start teaching sustainable environmentalism in economic classes.
@domsjuk3 жыл бұрын
I fully agree. In the future I guess externalities will be more readily included in (comparative) economic analyses and evaluations like this one. To advance economics and economic teaching this should be pushed to play a more central role now. My own economics degree is probably a good example for this issue. My final paper is concerned with environmental/sustainability issues, and some of my docents are doing great research in concerning fields, but it still plays only a peripheral role in the curriculum - mostly only being mentioned parenthetically in every course.
@danielbentley81033 жыл бұрын
Climate change is a hoax so no
@roshanthapa84872 жыл бұрын
Firstly this Climate Change is just a hogwash. Let the West First undo all the climate damage and also stop buying from polluting factories (buy to save money). Then we talk.
@jinruizhang2 жыл бұрын
@@roshanthapa8487 climate change is relative to past stability. and it has been verified. carbon absorvation technology could drastically revert it though.
@hayleystephenson37083 жыл бұрын
Vote time is 1.25 vs 0.75 playback speed which is better??
@AndrewManook3 жыл бұрын
No mention of investment credit creation.
@changtomy22293 жыл бұрын
It is a western invention, it is a hox. that is why china never collapse because the economic growth is real.
@dankschang3 жыл бұрын
Investment credit is a fake economic resources, it can collapse when manage badly.
@sterrshow50163 жыл бұрын
@@changtomy2229 chinas gonna collapse when they cause a war in asia and the west rolls out embargos
@TheySchlendrian3 жыл бұрын
@@sterrshow5016 The west has become highly dependent on material resources from china because they have only focused on financial capital wich is not based on the actual material basis wich Industries rely upon, they outsourced Industry to third world countries, like china used to be, they expropriated themselves and now they see the consequences and act hostile to china. You can't base a Economy on non existent Resources, financial crisis every decade is the Consequence.
@huili30883 жыл бұрын
That's why China's bubble doesnt pop
@2007nobody3 жыл бұрын
His accent tells me that he is from Northern China, and his command of English, while far from perfect, is good enough for a topic like this. He has probably stayed in U.S. for a few years.
@Michael-st9ky3 жыл бұрын
His English is better than most Americans if you are reading the captions
@acspore3 жыл бұрын
It’s more than “good enough”, it’s well above average, he has taken the the time & effort to spell out in laymen’s terms for the benefit of a wider audience.
@Nicolas-uu3jr3 жыл бұрын
so nice of you to clarify for us the issues :)
@theYoutubeHandle3 жыл бұрын
but doesn't regional competition eventually just leads to market economy? Isn't this just market economy with extra steps?
@jerrytang94083 жыл бұрын
The goal of a market economy is to aim for an equilibrium where supply=demand. Competition is to aim for maximum profit for one region, this means some regions might be providing more supply to fulfill these demands. So they are not the same.
@SY-jq4yw3 жыл бұрын
A country doesn’t live by bread alone, economy is not going to solve Chinese metaphysics problems like meaning, purpose and values in its society.
@kaisercastiel97033 жыл бұрын
i know Im kinda off topic but does anybody know of a good place to watch new series online ?
@tobiasreuben45033 жыл бұрын
@Kaiser Castiel try flixzone. Just google for it :)
@alexanderspencer50633 жыл бұрын
@Tobias Reuben yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for since april myself =)
@kaisercastiel97033 жыл бұрын
@Tobias Reuben Thank you, I signed up and it seems to work =) Appreciate it!!
@tobiasreuben45033 жыл бұрын
@Kaiser Castiel Happy to help :D
@IvoMiller3 жыл бұрын
Mee Choy Owner of the Lemon Grass Restaurant and the Bar across from the restaurant is a Great Proprietor. 20 years I’ve known this man. Aloha 13 years I played piano and sang. Taiwan,Mandarin Chinese,Filipino,Japanese and of course Hawaiian. I know Larry Rivera. KAMALANI. Most beautiful song ever IvoMonroeMiller
@aquickstory21963 жыл бұрын
when you talk and say nothing at all.....this is an art very few can master.
@jasonlahey15502 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to hear an educated mainland Chinese person speak without endless amounts of propaganda and skirting the topic.
@chanhoong20733 жыл бұрын
so many sour grape here 😂
@chanhoong20733 жыл бұрын
@India numba 1, U.S. numba 1, Chyna loser country! shaking my head... i'm Singaporean.. you guys really ah bu neh neh no brain
Don't enlightened them because they wouldnt listen anyway. Just let them in oblivion
@MaheshAdhikari3 жыл бұрын
@梁宏鳴 what are you saying?? I watched indian media news saying china blocked medical supplies to india that made the current situation in india. Even western media reported something like that. 2 days ago they were saying China blocked cargo which was being used to supply medicine and oxygen.