Is China nuts to throttle its tech firms, esp edu-tech & destroy nearly a trillion $ of their value

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[@rangraj]

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[@pulkitchelawat2062]

It's 800th episode of CTC tomorrow, last time on 700th episode you had promised to do something special but you didn't do anyting. Hope team "The Print" will do something special this time around. May be a live session with all the correspondents and reporters and back end team together and the audiences could ask their questions to anyone from "The Print" team Orr you could divide all the employees at "The Print" in different groups and plan live sessions with each group in the days to come. One group this week...next group may be in next week and so on and so forth. This way we could interact with them live.

[@pradeepkawale7847]

Hello Mr Shekhar Gupta I am Civil service aspirant I want you to talk about possibility of Military option with respect to Afghan issue.As current taliban leadership is more inclined to pak.there is very less leverage of india and that is also diminishing day by day.Should India always be a part of solution? should india became a part of problem? If India gives strong message to taliban regional powers like Iran russia might support india provided there interest are taken care of.Thanks

[@maheshjadhav7387]

Great Video Sir. Just had a wild thought. China taking such huge steps, could result from some intimate knowledge of Covid-19 and it's future trajectory which other countries do not, and knowing what will be the result in the long term. For example they know this epidemic is not gonna go away for a very very long time and will get worse, and eventually the world share markets will stop their bullish run and collapse. They're just getting ahead of it, along with bringing in communist reforms which in such an environment will be good for their citizens and companies.

[@GauravSokhi]

Going off the point to build the story has been your hallmark. I enjoyed listening the same.

[@reemag24]

Yes! Totally agree.

[@arindambaisya]

Agree!

[@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ]

Agreed, but in the last national interest it was just too much lol😂

[@smitshah6495]

Agree!

[@klam77]

he speaks congenitally parenthetically.

[@theguy3888]

You present to the indian audience a fairly unbiased, sincere and trustworthy journalism that is very rare in a country like ours. Nobody can be ideal but you are very close to it in my opinion, so dear sir, you can't fulfill everyone's wishes and i request you to keep doing what you are doing and don't change a bit, the way you present your stories makes news more interesting and has imparted a lot of wisdom in my brain over the years. We love it. Thanks.

[@arpitintegrity]

Very nicely expressed. I couldn't agree more. Thanks a lot Shekhar Gupta Sir for your amazing in-depth reporting.

[@AliYusuf]

not for Indians only, world audience,

[@preethams1643]

You have formed an opinion very soon.

[@UsmanAli-ve6tq]

Agreed 💯

[@robertbrowning41]

Only a biased will squeak about this stuff as unbiased. So obviously, he carries anti- leftist agenda.

[@vishnubiju8308]

The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.

[@pam4840]

US & India: some Corporate s are too big to fail. China: Hold my Chow Mein😂😂

[@srinusuperwiz9507]

I like it 😂😂😂

[@MossadDid911]

Based China.

[@together1882]

Two kinds of nuts lol

[@CosmicValkyrie]

@@BruceWayne-qe7bs elaborate please because i don't see that connection.

[@CosmicValkyrie]

@@BruceWayne-qe7bs only an idiot. Perhaps you don't know that a third of muslim world like america.

[@Mjjjyyy]

I am scared when an Indian journalist says, "I'll get to the point"

[@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ]

😜

[@narharjoshi7150]

When he say's i will get to the point he means that he will never come to it)))

[@tomozap]

👌

[@KrisDomInvestor]

lol...

[@shubhamsinha1330]

😂"you may have to get 101 % to get into good college in india"😂 sir you are the ultimate og .

[@ShubhamTiwari-mu8do]

The somewhat meandering off the topic also helps us know better other things which we would not if you directly come to point. Especially the times when you explain that in 80s 90s I was there. It helps us imagine that era. So please continue

[@soumyamohapatra646]

Yes totally agree.

[@suraj0730]

I love the 70s 80s 90s stories of Shekhar..

[@AbhigyanGambhirsidekick28]

@@suraj0730 yes lol he should keep sharing his stories

[@peterparker8327]

Agreeed! Dk y he picked up a few hate comments and worked on it purely.

[@Storm4155]

Jack Ma was proposing a somewhat radical revamp of credit and banking, and that scared the Chinese government. A stable banking system is absolutely essential for a functioning economy. The Chinese education companies overcharge in my opinion, but education is the one thing where Chinese parents don't question the cost(mostly).

[@1998pratham]

As much as we hate the Chinese and CCP, we must learn from the long-term outlook the Chinese have. Meanwhile in India, it feels as if the government is living in its own fantasy world where everything it does is for the present (especially before major elections) with no real long term planning. Be it Demonetization or Lockdown, they all missed accounting for long-term consequences.

[@sankalp6872]

Ever heard of the "Great leap forward"? The CCP is no stranger to blunders and lack of LT planning. However, they have the ability to hide mistakes using "Tiananmen square" methods. India is a complex country that requires consensus because like it or not everyone carries a "veto" power here hence the "Eid relaxations" of Kerala or the "Farmer" protests. Only the good-old-fashioned American capitalism is the right way for India. It will take time. Rome was not built in one day after all. Also, we missed most of our opportunities in the 80s.

[@tomriddle4110]

Mainly demonitization, post lockdown the economy actually was improving quickly until the second wave came (it was expected that in September Indian economy would go down to -10.2 but instead it only went to -7). The thing is not so much China or India but about whether leaders listen to advice given by educated people.

[@tomriddle4110]

@@sankalp6872 the Vietnam model of development is the best for India (barring the dictatorship which we can’t have). Vietnam has less growth and poorer infra than China did when China was Vietnam’s level but the education and health sector allow it to be just as competitive as China now.

[@Valkyri3Z]

In India govt is in sleep walking mode. Wherever it takes them they go there , even if its to a precipice they will just go and die.

[@Valkyri3Z]

@@tomriddle4110 Post lockdown economy was actually improving !!!???? By which data and which yardstick ? LOOL Actually just before Corona hit India , we had the worst unemployment and worst growth rate and there was already talks of India entering recession. HAHAHA What was the purpose of DeMo anyways ? Completely shambolic step destroyed India. It is precisely because you can not see the future where things like pandemic can destroy you , one should not take such stupid measures without planning.

[@HariharanNarayanan]

I vaguely remember seeing an episode of Prannoy Roy's weekly show "The world this week" on Doordarshan. This was during the early days of China's economic liberalisation and the show featured a story on this. There was a Chinese commentator there (sorry, cannot recall who and cannot recall the exact comment) who said something like this - China is not becoming a capitalist society or a democracy with this economic liberalisation. But it is certainly providing much bigger cages for the birds to fly much more freely while still remaining caged. That was indeed an insightful and prophetic observation done more than 2-3 decades ago.

[@pardeeptandon]

In the last 2-3 decades that cage has become big enough to accommodate the world. This consistent expansion of the cage has been the hallmark of Chinese success. They have achieved this as their political system is Based on Meritocracy and not democracy.

[@manumano3887]

@@pardeeptandon meritocracy lol

[@subhodeepforu]

@@pardeeptandon meritocracy??so r u saying a staunch democrat in people's republic of china will be able to reach high places if he or she is meritorious??

[@neeljavia2965]

@@pardeeptandon Another CCP slave spotted. Good to see them spending money for Print.

[@saptarshisengupta8235]

@@pardeeptandon Xi jinping is literally a CCP princeling. Meritocracy my foot.

[@vigneshyadav2619]

“In India you need to get 101% to get into a good college”-SG… this hit me hard but a fact though😅😂😂

[@pushkargodse]

Unless you have a caste certificate i.e. !!! 🙄😏

[@pam4840]

And the funny thing is how do they make u get that 100% is by rot learning with no practical projects or application.

[@veluanandhan4105]

@@pushkargodse true

[@ananddarnal6702]

@@pushkargodse spittin fax🔥🙌

[@puneethraj173]

Me in a mental hospital: wow every one is crazy here SG: their not nuts, they're thinking in their own way Me:👀

[@tomozap]

hilarious

[@fteoOpty64]

You know that a genius mind is skirting the borderline of insanity. It can be achieved when that person knows how to push the brain to 99% in sporadic instances of need. However, if that threshold reaches 100% too often, then it is insanity!.

[@amitabhranjan9668]

SG can't anger Xi jingping.. can't criticize them...

[@umeshsidhaye1396]

Very well explained 👍 The way the Chinese government has dealt with their own educational technology companies may look very brutal ( in a typical Communist way) , one cannot ignore the underlying objective of ensuring the public welfare at a broader level for doing so...

[@rrkumar7385]

"Some people can afford more expensive coaching centres ( unacademy, byjus ) and some can afford none, that make competition unequal." That hit me hard as an aspirant.🙄

[@prasadpawar7027]

Well youtube has a lot of educational content for free. So it's not all bleak for those who can't afford coaching.

[@wishfulguy4819]

Competition made things worse. They willing to way just to win over another. It cost alot if you hv more children's under ur care. Therefore, Education, Property n Healthcare has to be reasonable price to encourage parents to add on birth in the family.

[@runrunbird]

It's not about aspirant or not. The courses that should be given in school are brought to training centres in advance. It is about you are rich or poor.

[@wishfulguy4819]

@@harisadu8998 The Chinese has been going to overseas to study since 1950s or earlier. It was due to acquiring better know how. Today, it is still the same as many Chinese parents thought by learning in overseas it will prepare their children's ( mostly 1 child) with a better knowledges, exposures n improving their English communication too. They will come back to exploit the opportunities n MNC companies. The trend will continue. The other point was that the education system in China was very competitive. Millions were eyeing for universities entrance n the syllabus were of higher standard compared to the West. Many average n lower qualified Students in China found the average American n Western Universities syllabus were quite simple for them. They scored As in the Western Universities which they can only got C in China. So many affordable parents cud send them with the hope that the children's cud obtain a degree certification b4 they comr back. The good one will stay put as they bring hired by Western Tech companies.

[@rohitroll2119]

We love your story telling.. the winding road to topic is enjoyable too

[@vyasakaveendra7510]

Sekhar Gupta is an eminent journalist, remember .

[@ex0duzz]

I'm sick of if, he rambles on too much most of the time. He should just get to the point and topic in the title ASAP.

[@rohitroll2119]

@@ex0duzz I'm my humble opinion you should move over to tiktok.. you'll get the 15sec content your heart desires and brain can handle...

[@ViswanathBulusu]

Chinese do think and act, and this is why they are progressing ! We think but don’t act.🥵

[@kavisiddu]

Our political parties are just interested in grabbing power..later do everything to hold on to it..

[@yueh-kwongleong5256]

@@kavisiddu j no n

[@yueh-kwongleong5256]

Thanks

[@Kannot2023]

Have you been in China? Behind sky scrapers, it poverty, corruption and pollution. Maybe also I'm India, government snoop on you, but it has to follow the law. In China law follows the will of government.

[@sophisticatedthumb5364]

@@Kannot2023 i lived in china for 8 years and its "corrupt government" has pulled 800 million out of poverty and put 700 million into the middle class made the country become the largest renewables manufacturing and user in the world not just overall but by per capita its comparable to the united states. What has indian "law abiding non-corrupt government" done in the same time span?

[@sahilkarir8404]

I agree with Chinese education minister here. Online education for children below certain age limit gonna have some drastic impacts on their physical and mental development overall .

[@oyoter9ox]

China did the right thing 😂 Education , health and housing are the responsibility of the government and should be free or affordable.👍👍👍👍👍

[@muktiprateekdas9769]

Any country which makes it free will go bankrupt.

[@arbaz79]

@@muktiprateekdas9769 how will it go bankrupt?

[@saptarshisengupta8235]

Try buying a house in downtown Shenzhen you will forget the meaning of "Affordable" 😂😂

[@muktiprateekdas9769]

@@arbaz79 Have u seen cubaa.a socialist country is a great country when u have excess to capitalist market.cuba is praised for its medical facilities but a first world country Cuba can't manufacture it's vaccine but capitalist can.

[@wishfulguy4819]

Just CPC wanted to ensure it's peoples never revolt in future due to dissatisfaction.

[@NeelkanthMehta]

Good details. A learning opportunity for India Ed-Tech.

[@Valkyri3Z]

Looking at how skewed and how unequal Indian education system is one can't but feel admiration for the Chinese measures. They have thought in depth and decided to take steps that will have far reaching benefits for the people of China even at the cost of momentary loss of capitals. Imagine how our parents had to go through stress and shame of not being able to send their kids to best schools or give best tutors , imagine the level of inequality it creates for the society and how little kids feel the pressure ! At least Chinese govt is thinking about this rather than going for profits. If you want larger population you have to set the ground for it.

[@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ]

I think u don't completely know about China.... They are super capitalist when it comes to health even the covid vaccine is now available for 1000 yuan for one dose so for a family of 5 people ... 10 doses = 1 lakh indian rupees..... China not offers even a penny of government funded health care, our health infra may not be good but government hospitals are affordable to majority.... Not the same in China.... If u have money only then u get treatment otherwise if your hand is fractured even a plaster would not be government funded

[@Valkyri3Z]

@@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ Kindly dont convert everything into Indian rupee now because its value has gone to gutter. So everything will look expensive if you convert into INR. Chinese people earn more than Indians. Yes China is capitalist but they are ready to destroy that system if they want to do good for the people. That is the point here in this video.

[@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ]

@@Valkyri3Z bro even if u see in yuan it is 10k yuan which is not very small and I just gave an example main thing is there is not 1 penny free government treatment

[@Valkyri3Z]

@@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ Dude , read the Reuters news from Jan 2021. China already declared they will provide vaccine free for the masses. It is even giving its people free groceries , merchandise etc as gift for taking vaccines.

[@jingxiao3830]

@@स्वामीजी-ग5ढ Vaccinations are free in China. They don't charge money. The government pays for the vaccine, and now local governments in China are begging their people to get vaccinated. At the beginning, the government paid for the treatment of COVID-19, and specially built The Huoshenshan Hospital and Leishenshan Hospital to help patients

[@nitinkalburgi6727]

Shekharkji, we like it when you give a background/story/filmy dialogue or a completely provocative statement when you begin with CTC 😀 straight to the point is boring.

[@Userrrryyytttzz]

💯. Said the same thing. Him explaining everything is USP of the show

[@igcollinson1246]

After listening to the whole episode I feel a sense of respect for the Chinese Government who has acted in favour of overall fairness and equality instead of looking after the interests of a few super rich. I am sure that there are no vested interests involved, otherwise they would never had the courage to come down so hard on the billionaires.

[@willengel2458]

people serves capital in the west. capital serve the people in socialist china.

[@joydivision1173]

The prior regime before Xi Jin ping bank rolled the likes of Jack Ma massive empire. Corruption was rampant and workers suffered like slaves . Neoliberalism . The tech titans got cocky at expense of common people. Few elites wielded massive power of wealth . Xi corrected this to serve the people and redistribute wealth. In USA the governments serve corporations and people suffer.

[@mohansinnapillay6925]

Partially right. Knowing Chinese, it may return with Communist cronies offering the same.

[@joydivision1173]

@@stormtroopers7949 sure you know everything about China. Just look in the mirror and who owns key Indian state own assets that were sold ? 🤣😆😂

[@arindambaisya]

Loved the Chinese policy. "For profit" education has created trillion dollar student debt crisis in the US. Students are dying under that burden. Same with medicine. Hospitals should be non profit.

[@psatyaharish]

Whether it's highlighted or not, the writing on the wall is clear. Everything works in a cyclical manner. What started as public, moved to private, will again go back to public. Just a matter of time (for the crisis to strike), thanks to human greed.

[@dineshpratapupadhyay6583]

Very well said.

[@nieschalghosh4702]

Disagree student debt is a real issue but state control is not the solution. MIT in 2019 received 5.5 billion dollars from which only 10% was from federal government. And also a better way of solving student debt is to give students education for free and after they get job they give some portion of their salary like 5% to the college for some certain amount of time. The idea is like venture capitalism, venture capitalists give money to business knowing half of them will not give back any return but the other half will offset the loss. Similarly in this system the high earning student will be giving the lion share as returns and subsidizing the cost for non performing students. This system is already in works in Purdue University.

[@arindambaisya]

@@psatyaharish Only partially agree. China is NOT taking any of these sectors "public", only making them "non profit". "Non profits" can also pay their employees and CEOs a lot of money (which I believe is essential for attracting talent). Creating profit for shareholders is the most toxic part of the corporations I think, so it's kind of 'best of both world' scenario.

[@arindambaisya]

@@nieschalghosh4702 Purdue is already 'non-profit' since it is a public university. Same with MIT. It is a 'non-profit' private institute. I believe in education and health-care, non-profits are the best of both worlds. Creating profit for shareholders is the place where capitalism goes toxic in these areas.

[@alfa_romeo0701]

When I watch you I scavenge for what lies behind what meets the eye. But if China has taken such a huge decision, having lost bn of dollars for their households, I stand by them. I don't think a political sys like ours wd ever take such a catalyst decision, ready to lose such market worth. Chinese think long terms and beyond our comprehension, perhaps!

[@deekshithhshetty]

I enjoy you going off the point sometimes. If it's relevant to the point, it's good to know something from your experience.

[@robertlee9838]

Perhaps, only China can take on their Big Tech companies (to ensure the survivals of small startups), only China can take on their Big Ed companies (to eliminate education and housing burdens for young couples............. to have more babies). The ultimate goal of China is to share the fortune (by everyone, rich or poor). Whether the policies work or not, remains to be seen!

[@vishalzambare5978]

It's not about money, its about sending a message!!!

[@tanmayasahu5171]

Yup so true, they don't care about the dollar now , they have shit ton of money now

[@ankurantil8917]

1. Set capitalism free for sometime, let citizens become rich & prosperous 2.Then check capitalism for sometime address inequality that comes with it 3. Go to step 1 Communist party is working in a cycle and trying to make a balance; I really am amazed how clever they are, obviously they make mistakes like everyone else but they try to undo those mistakes & I am sure, thanx to long sightedness of CCP they will correct it. Their system is better than ours.

[@pradippillai6902]

The explanation of yours is the magic sorry all may not have the eye for detail

[@dhairyasheel]

China has started the process of transitioning from Capitalistic Communist to Soviet Communist.. 😀

[@neeljavia2965]

@King Lee It's run by egoistic a*zholes who thinks they are above everyone else.

[@jsjsjssjjs7524]

@King Lee it’s not run by people just one person

[@tasibsharar7357]

@@jsjsjssjjs7524 its run by the party a party thats only claim to power is economic success nothing else not cultural not a good history nothing

[@wishfulguy4819]

@@neeljavia2965 Can't u digest the authors narratives? The Chinese peoples are the most valuable assets n not the Big Tech Companies. It was just a long term strategy which were unique in a way. Have u ever imagine if one Party can just print n print money n used it to buy as much stake in your companies till it owned it? China is decoupling now I guessed.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@wishfulguy4819 China doesn't consider their citizens as humans. They think they are robots to be used till death then move on to someo else. They say they are stopping edtech startups from burdening the students. However if they really want to change that, why no reform the entire education system.

[@venkatabhiram1688]

Advance congratulations for your 800th episode boss. Hearty wishes to you and your team. Amazing work 👍👍👍

[@P.B...]

Pandit Guptaji, your tanpura strumming skills for Cut-The-Clutter concerts are absolutely legendary! It is an education by itself. Something that we'll never find in overpriced, and stressful coaching classes.

[@nrusimha11]

This is a big story that deserved decluttering, thank you. Both issues (data and edtech) have urgent relevance to India, and India will do well to study closely what and why they are doing and see if there are ideas that can be borrowed. Communist-capitalist ideological distinctions are a distraction.

[@good2freelance1]

smart guy girl ;)

[@Retemiad]

Sounds like Mao's eradicate the crop destroying sparrows POLICY than import sparrows to protect the crops POLICY

[@pam4840]

Never underestimate their policy. They plan years rathers decades ahead unlike India who is struck between west and east looking policy and never dare to take a strong decision. Even if someone try to make a change every libtards pull it down. We have no competence or demonstrated success to coach the Chinese. I don't like Chinese policies but we are too poor and inefficient to comment on them. We are being Pak in a way in our criticism.😂😂

[@adrianc.6891]

@@pam4840 Sure they plan ahead. Thats why they have the one child policy. Hows that working out for them?

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

@@pam4840 much of our misery comes from our communist leaders when we were looking Russia.

[@donderstorm1845]

@@adrianc.6891 has worked fine for them. overpopulation wouldn't have done them any favors. too many people is not great when you can't feed or educate them, just look at india.

[@adrianc.6891]

@@donderstorm1845 Is so not working fine for them. They are facing demographic collapse. You could make the argument that the rest of the developed world is facing the same, but they are the only country facing such a problem from the position of being poor.

[@nikitaverma4052]

You explaining the theme is the very essence of cut the clutter! Please continue in the old format :)

[@varunyadav011]

Nobody can stop a bad idea whose time has come

[@zunuil8287]

'December 6th 1973, a day... that will live... in infamy'

[@anilraghu8687]

That badi idea is edtech firms.

[@nayanmalig]

Bad idea was created by the british colonialists. .. And it will come to an end sooner than later

[@PankajGupta-kc4jq]

India need more wise guy like you sir. Not to be fooled by the west anymore.

[@siddhantkumar6340]

I don't support these but I think the crackdown on coaching institutions is a very good thing and should be done in india too

[@zil1832]

Sure, dont solve the root cause, go after the effects!

[@ramkitty]

can you expand on why?

[@omkar1275]

@@sunilinamdar6021 even President cried about teachers salary being more than him how much more do you expect 🤦 Even 1 crore a month would not be enough for this greedy animals they will still go and Start their private tutoring So best way is to let them be in the private and increase the competition in private market as private market generally do better in every regards than this gov suckers 🤫👍

[@siddhantkumar6340]

@@ramkitty ya sure, I myself are forced to go to coaching, 5 hours in school and 5 hours in coaching everyday. The quality of school teachers is degrading rapidly as this parallel teaching economy is rising and coaching provides better pay to teachers which cause good teachers to be concentrated in capitalist coaching institutions which are also basically a scam nowadays as the focus on studies and development of children is constantly being superseded by profits.

[@Valkyri3Z]

@Manish Singh Coaching helps. No , its not for spoon feeding. When you dont have a govt education system , dont have well funded well staffed schools , when you have millions of people ..you simply can not get enough in a class. This is why people go to coaching centres because in schools they do not learn anything. Problem is not everyone can go there , they need to be rich. So the system is unfair to the poor and filters poor kids because they can not afford a good tutor and also dont get anything from school.

[@madhavankutty4434]

Time to do a cut the clutter on Covid situation especially in Kerala. The state is a outlier in no of cases daily compared to rest of India. Either Kerala is not hiding the facts or other states have conveniently forgotten about reporting cases

[@bababistril]

Heads I win , tails you loose . "Either Kerala is good or other states are bad " In essence this is what you told Belated eid mubarak 🤭😜

[@neh1887]

Why hospitals are not crowded in other states...

[@harshitsingh686]

There is 3rd thing The more case state machinery shows, the more unaudited funds they get in the name of welfare More scope for corruption

[@limap76]

To clean up your room, you need to move things around and throw things away. In the midst of cleaning up, there will be more mess but once you reorganise back after getting rid of rubbish, you have a clean and tidy room.

[@pardeeptandon]

The Chinese education system is the best in the world. India should learn from them how to develop our education system. An ( IITian) brother of mine who is a dean of a top American STEM university tells me: Were Indians used to dominate a generation back today Chinese students beat their classmates from all over the world hands down. If the Chinese are modifying their Education system it would be worth studying and learning from them rather than counting how much money their tech companies have lost. In China, National interest is paramount and not the interests of some businessmen indulging in making money from education like in India.

[@Nintendo_fanboy87]

Sometimes you got to learn from your enemy. I absolutely love Chinese meritocracy system. Do away with reservation system in our country.

[@kaaaah2003]

This is a sign of rising power. Clutching, regulating and cleansing bad tech companies timely.

[@LakshmikanthPunnapaRGUKT]

So Tomorrow’s CTC is 800th . Congratulations 🎉… and waiting for some interesting Learning…..

[@aliekiz4858]

I am so glad I found this channel. The amount of thought and reasearch that goes into every video is amazing. My wife and I were talking about and watching videos about this exact thing and all the Western media and KZbinrs are talking about the usual BS about how Communism is bad etc but no one went into detail about the "Why". You explained the why in great detail with actual data to back up the claims. Great job.

[@maheshadvani8311]

Trillion $ loss is of American share holders Money is in the pocket of Chinese promoters

[@uftfacts484]

china can scam money from investors but on a long run they will loose out ..as investors will become wary of china and money will dry up ..

[@asitdebnath]

Excellent reasons. I also have one child because of cost of education, which is about 30% of my total expenditure. Second is home- that's about 40% of total expenditure. I find it impossible to have a second child.

[@DexanLow]

Thanks for this very insightful information. In the US,the big corporations control the government while in China,the government controls the big corporations. Which system do you think is beneficial to the country?

[@saptarsimondal7653]

If you look around the Anglo-Saxon media rhetoric all day, you won't find the correct answer. Better, spend some time with Capital-Vol1. Lol 😆

[@AshikJonathan]

das kapital?

[@saptarsimondal7653]

@@AshikJonathan Engels's critique of political economy (1890)!

[@RohitYadav-qy5pr]

Thank you Sir I know such a bold step is almost impossible in India, But personally I want this to happen

[@reach2prasanna]

Say what you want, but there's no denying that the Chinese government are extremely good at planning and getting things done.

[@juice8554]

i wonder how much western shareholding was lost in these companies. maybe the real motive is not what SG says, but to affect western shareholders

[@tanmayasahu5171]

Yup

[@nayanmalig]

Congratulations ... You are the only person who got the real motive .... This is a warning to war mongering west and their minions .... Lay off or else ... Profiteering off chinese children and people is over .... I bet a few western shell companies lost a huge packet

[@illuminatusdeus3051]

Basically, there were riots in China recently when they derecognized their private universities issuing degrees. THis was done to retain distinction of their Gaokao system. I think this is a good move, private universities and systems tend to lead to mediocre professionals there. Same could be said of India (and other countries) unlike the US where the private Ivy league is full of with capital, these institutions are run with profit motive. But generally, their derecognition effort is going to witness heavy public pushback. They don't just do things, it's obviously a threat to the legitimacy of the CCP.

[@ninadingulkar9580]

Hi Shekhar. I truely enjoy your structure of building up to facts and figures. Please don’t be bogged down by negative comments and continue the brilliant work as always. I encourage your storytelling and narrative based episodes which has become your stylistic epicentre. Best wishes from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@SamudraRoychowdhury]

Is it not so strange. Chinese all-powerful so-called 'authoritarian' party could easily choose the path to pamper the billionaires and get a cut from them without worrying about the nation. But they chose the opposite. Whereas in so called and much-loving Indian democracy where leaders are chosen by the people (do they?), all parties have become agents of billionaires.

[@fangdog29]

That's the only takeaway here?

[@kashresurrected]

This is so great...I must say no other Indian media covers this kind of reporting. Good one 👍. Thank you sir

[@akashdobhal3054]

"In India you need to get 101% to get into a good college" Out of all languages you choose to speak facts?🥲

[@vdasdas]

I kept this question for the 1000th episode of CTC, but I will ask it away, anyway! Shekhar, have you considered compiling CTC or National Interest (NI) into a book or a book series? Just a thought! I think the contents of CTC and NI could be good and quick reading materials for civil service aspirants or those who would like to know more than their field of expertise.

[@jayantjolly]

I have the National Interest compilation Hardcover with me!! It's called "Anticipating India The best Of National Interest". Published in 2014 by Harper Collins.

[@randomlife1943]

For a change I hope India follows the same line with Byju's and kota coaching like this. Those things are a curse and create more inequality to access than any good they claim to have ever done

[@adityarajesh631]

Visit Kota the amount work put in by the students makes them much stronger than the rest and there is no inequality every student is given equal opportunity and in 1 academic session your top 1% of the students have the same marks range it is not as if India has increasing number of intelligent people it is constant and the system is doing well rumours are being spread because it has proven to be successful and over 60% goes as reservation general category is unhappy this is the inequality

[@AbhinavKaiser]

SG- you're listening to the wrong people. There is no fun in coming straight to the point.

[@ciceromacus6294]

Hey guys, I'm from China. Let's just put the capital issue away. From an ordinary student perspective, it definitely a VERY GOOD thing. In China, students get up starting *study* around 5:30-6:00 and go to bed at around 10:00-11:00 PM, with merely 2 hours to rest. In Saturday and Sunday, students need to go to this so-call education companies to get extra class, only because if you do so, you won't be left behind by other student, CCP is also knowing that they are making “Robot of Study” and turning students into fools.

[@ciceromacus6294]

The competition between children trying to go to a good high school and a good university is quite difficult

[@poojakevat556]

You don't have to take everything seriously! 95% of your subscribers like your storytelling. It's like some old, wise dada telling life stories. Content is okay otherwise, you can just tell four lines if you wish. Four meaningful lines to smajdar jinko ishara kafi hai.

[@mallipudimahendra2164]

A clasical proverb " never stop an arrogant person from committing mistakes"

[@mrsarcasm6885]

they are clearly not any committing mistakes ...they calculate their nxt 30 yrs plans and work accordingly

[@mallipudimahendra2164]

@@mrsarcasm6885 obstruction of innovative ideas are generlly considered as mistake when they don't have negative impact, yes definitely they have clear intentions regarding online education, only time can say whether it's a blunder or good intention

[@nayanmalig]

As if indians even know whats good for them ...

[@kritikabhardwaj3814]

Omg I love your taanpuras ( antecodes). Makes everything interesting.

[@canadianindian1918]

I too like them.

[@sankalpvyawahare1940]

I don't think Chinese are stupid.. This seems very logical to me. Specially after pandemic like this... Minimum wage for delivery guys is a good thing.. Today edu-tec are ripping people off.

[@tomriddle4110]

They aren’t as smart as u think they are especially under their current leader.

[@amanshukla8758]

I hope our politicians don't imitate similar policies back home in here. These would be disastrous in the long term

[@jackytang3683]

Education should noy be controlled by capitalist

[@upmanyukhanna2289]

How

[@prashanthkotturi6928]

SG, Your circuitous way of coming to the point is the most amazing part of your journalism. Please don't get rid of it completely. You can do a "straight to the point" episode every now and then but please don't discontinue the previous style. It is what keeps us going in this era of news from Twitter (in 280 characters).

[@aagantuk7370]

I'm for liberal democracy in India (pragmatically, no party can manage such ruthless efficiency) but it's very interesting to see what's happening in China

[@together1882]

India has all the solutions in its ancient wisdom but they have no confidence in their own wisdom

[@aagantuk7370]

@@together1882 no

[@sabyasachiupadhyay980]

Dear SG, The time you take for the content you make before “getting to the point” is the foreplay. I love. And I see from comments many others do as well. Please don’t give it up. SU

[@agytjax]

Even though I don't like CCP, I fully endorse their policy to regulate their edtech. This is highly needed in India as well. Companies like Byju's and Whitehar Jr. are increasing their valuation by devaluing children's morale. The virtual pressure and and unrealistic hype Byju's create is pathological - they have taken profiteering in education to another level at the cost of poor kids. Not all kids are Einsteins. Promising false hopes by swindling money is a crime

[@pratiush1000]

UPSC exam market has totally destroyed the equal competition among the aspirants. Ed-tech has just made it worse. Despite the potential of technology to reach higher scales at a lower cost, the net cost of digital coaching has increased over the time, now it's more than the person-to-person tutoring. There can be a case-study on this, how economies of scale in ed-tech business led to higher cost to consumers.

[@vijayrateria6774]

Healthcare out of greed & real estate due to cartelisation , like in China , these r core to India's middle class never ending exploitation too. A Notebandi style crackdown in these spheres can set modis tone for 2024. 😀.

[@bhaveshchoudhary2]

This would just cause more harm than good.

[@anilraghu8687]

Nationalise healthcare.

[@saviofurtado3821]

Mr. Gupta your CTC is a gem that we all wait for. Your narration is mercerising and most of us absolutely love

[@drogonfly2659]

EdTech brings equality IMO, everyone can't go to Kota for JEE or Delhi for UPSC but can learn and compete against those. I wish I had at least KZbin for free materials for JEE. I would have gone to IIT Delhi

[@pramod0319]

If someone does "prioritisation" in such rigid manner, it is Chinese...

[@hamzaqavi3928]

Sir Love you all from pakistan May ALLAH give us chance to live in peace and brotherhood Long live pakistan🇵🇰 🤝 Long live india.🇮🇳

[@bestdudeever5442]

I disagree with your views on Byju's and edu-tech. Govt must reduce Inequalities by empowering the weak and poor, not by cutting the limbs of the rich and middle-class. Edutech may lead to local in-equalities but we are in a global economy competing with the entire world. We need smart engineers, doctors, IAS, etc who can improve our lives even if means using online, edu-tech learning. This is only cutting the resources for the smart and ambitious aspirants. Everyone will be equal by such drastic measures - equally miserable. The population argument for such measures is poor and a joke.

[@rr2b]

Thanks, definitely insightful. But the other side of the story is that the Chinese are serious about taking care of their own people! Democracies seem to just let the common people take care of themselves even under circumstances beyond their control. Just see how the USA or India took care of their people during this pandemic. Pretty much people are left to fend for themselves.

[@vk-id8vu]

If online education leads to inequality, then the ads to subscribe to thePrint should also lead to inequality as many Indians just cannot afford to pay to read or listen to thePrint.

[@mrsarcasm6885]

education is necessity reading the print article is not

[@manojgoel3910]

I like stopping this mad edu tech. India should also do it

[@sandeeplodha]

I waited till last to just hear the most important point you missed. China does not want any alternative education and this is going to the most important survival point for the communist party. I think that is the only point.

[@neeljavia2965]

Exactly. People are going gaga over this steps as if they are for the betterment of their citizens. Whereas the main reason is nothing but more control over data and the education imparted.

[@anmolpatelfifa]

" China is all state, no society and India is all society, no state " - Lant Pritchett ( Harvard Kennedy school ) India is at best a "Soft state" ie unable to take decisions or if taken, implement it ....

[@krishanukar1806]

….even if implemented, there is no permanence

[@midhunpillai1306]

Very good move from china, people especially children are under the virtual pressure from the day 1 due to parents peer pressure, kids intuition to be kindled by parents, if not by good teachers who should be for service and not looking for profits

[@rishabhjain7543]

What they did with edutech was morally right. But morals are usually bad business.

[@180190ful]

@Manish Singh if both of us are diagnosed with cancer, u have money and u get the best treatment and I don't have the money and the best I could get is to prolong my life by a few months n die eventually? There are certain things money SHOULDN'T be able to buy.. once money becomes the all encompassing power the society will be doomed.

[@rishabhjain7543]

@Manish Singh yup. Education, healthcare, food. These things need to be kept away from capitalism. But it's bad business and bad for economy. Morally right, but bad business.

[@pardeeptandon]

@@rishabhjain7543: We should learn from the chinese how to do so and still have an economy 5 times ours it will be worthwhile.

[@180190ful]

@@Yobimo288 where did I ever say that take the wealth away from the rich?! Lmao.. what r u blabbering about?? My only pointer was that certain basic necessities like health, education and food should have equal access to all irrespective of their financial position. There will always be a gap in society n that gap can only be reduced by providing equal access to these basic necessities for all, rich and poor. Stop getting enraged n read the things with some sense.

[@hokumai8782]

Shekar Gupta is the embodiment of what true journalist is. He is not biased.

[@MrHiddleston110]

Cutting directly to the information may give us more information but it loses the flavour. And *What is a Biryani's worth without a Sweet&Salty Raita?* 😀

[@ankitshiv91]

SG sir, just because they have a reason to take these steps, does not mean it is rational. It is policies like these that kill innovation and entrepreneurship. A lot of foreign entities had invested in China sensing its potential which drove its rapid growth. All of that progress will go down the drain and the same foreign entities will now look for alternatives - which may indirectly benefit India.

[@xtinxn]

Would love to see your take on the "resolving inequality" theme highlighted here. And not to compare just with China but also western Europe and Scandinavia. If only systems in India provided assurance of free but quality universal healthcare + education + pension benefits, one would happily pay high taxes+social security like we do elsewhere.

[@Achintyanath]

Then I would just sit at home enjoying all the facilities government gave me.

[@xtinxn]

@@Achintyanath surprisingly, all countries who have managed to done this have achieved more productive citizens who are willing to innovate and pursue goals in life without any fear

[@Achintyanath]

@@xtinxn That is because taking free stuff from the government is seen as a bad thing in their societies.

[@xtinxn]

@@Achintyanath actually, to the contrary, i have found people in these societies hold their government accountable for giving them free benefits.

[@Achintyanath]

@@xtinxn You need to gain more experience of those societies then.

[@gursahejkhurana7594]

xing must have one hell of a team of economists and experts of his side to take such risky and bold moves.

[@nayanmalig]

It was thought out years ago most likely

[@ctynwbraygalm]

They have 100 million party members thats insane.

[@AnuragKumar-gf1pq]

In present scenario, with Olympics going on, The Print as well is setting new records in quality of content. Limited resources will definitely give rise to unequal competition. China and India both are facing brunt of their humongous population. They should try to regulate in India as well. Well, not that brutally :)

[@mr.cedricviegas9952]

Excellent reasoning and deductions.

[@chinmaysharma9424]

Communists being Communists nothing new.

[@pardeeptandon]

Today China does Capitalism better than America does it. China is today a Communist country only in name not in deed as it uses capitalism to meet its socialist goals.

[@chinmaysharma9424]

@@pardeeptandon I agree on that with you, but recent actions does seem to indicate that there might be a change in plan to go back to hard communism in some industries.

[@janardhan8578]

Sir ,it’s a boon to listen to your analysis and you have proved what a journalist truly is capable off !! Print is doing a fabulous job in making sure that everyone understands complex things in a much simpler form

[@sudiptapatel4409]

Basically it's action reaction. 1st eliminate babies than harvest babies. There is no other way to put it. Pity human beings are just commodities . No pun intended.

[@nayanmalig]

Yea thats why india leads child labor and world slavery index

[@gautamghosh26]

SG RETAINED ME BACK AGAIN. NOW I HAVE TO SEE HOW LONG SG CONTINUES SHORT AND SIMPLE CTC LIKE TODAY. AWAITING AN EPISODE ON THE GLOBAL SHIPPING CRISIS AND HOW INDIAN EXPORTERS ARE SUFFERING SPECIALLY IN WEST BENGAL (KOLKATA AND HALDIA PORT) WITH ADDED BLOW OF POLITICAL EGO BETWEEN STATE AND CENTRE.

[@Userrrryyytttzz]

No shekhar you don't take too long to get to the point. That is actually USP of this show. The history .. analogy...connecting the dots. Please don't cut short

[@yerramillivenkatanarayanam2584]

Whatever CCP says is a rule and always right. Earlier One Child , later two child now three child policy . Likewise , they also changing the education system depending upon their whims and fancies.

[@pardeeptandon]

It is not Whim or fancies they do what is in the best interest of the country at a particular point in time constantly changing policies in countries interest is not Whim and fancy. like Note Bandhi in India which was done to satisfy a Whim of Modi Jee with disastrous consequences.

[@sankalp6872]

Only a matter of time before some "nutcase" in India draws "inspiration" from China. EduTech is about delivering quality. The system may not be about "equality" but it addresses several gaps in our systems. Maybe, China will be able to create an "equal" state although history does not favor communism of this level (the last one was the USSR which bloomed into the nefarious "Oligarchy"). For India, such regulations would be the "MOTHER OF ALL BAD IDEAS".

[@unknown01q2]

Yes but govt can develop a platform free for everyone to balance inequality just like UPI. P.s. There already is. SWAYAM which is really good but it just needs some upgrades and some advertising.

[@0609Bhuwan]

HA ha.... Fat chance of anything like this happening here... The full majority government couldn't even shut twitter down after open defiance and insults....

[@sankalp6872]

@@unknown01q2 They already have developed NPTEL. There is also IGNOU for pursuing graduation. Also, KZbin and the internet itself are a large repository of information relevant for preparing for any exams.

[@gregzz]

I own BABA stocks. However, I cannot blame these new regulations by the CCP as 1. They don't want businesses to dictate affairs in their country, 2. They want regulations against monopolies, to encourage competition, and 3. They want to control education/ health/ real estate costs to reduce the burden on households and encourage families to have more children to ensure future productivity. I think these are all essential measures, as have been implemented by the US at different stages, over its past 2 centuries. China just has to fast forward due to its superfast pace of growth. Very informative video. Good work @ThePrint !!!

[@antyest]

Shekhar, it would be sad if you change your style of presentation simply because a motley group of viewers want you to only present "facts" while ignoring the "truth" which you bring along. Can you Imagine RD Burman's compositions without preludes