Xi Jinping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Chinese president Xi Jinping is amassing an alarming amount of political power. If only his propaganda videos made the idea of unrestricted authority seem as troubling as the concept of singing children.
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[@xijinping4418]

Stop saying I look like Winnie the Pooh smh

[@onytay75]

@Dominic Tirl what the fuck is this bruv?

[@carolinegcooke]

Omg this is gold🤣🤣🤣

[@seanpecson2858]

onytay75 It’s kind of like a meme in China. Its goetten so huge that Xi hinself banned it.

[@singthelongswansong]

Whats even "worse" is that all this crap has gotten "worse" not better.

[@cloudreaver]

Long live Xi the Pooh, Emperor of ChiNazi!

[@noelsmith399]

I asked my friend what it’s like living in China, he said ‘Can’t complain’

[@harshityadav0]

Lol

[@Dinkys999]

Complain and be disappeared.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

Yep he's quite literally not allowed to complain.

[@salax44]

LOL

[@zixuanqin6408]

You trust that? Go on weibo, Chinese twitter, complains about the country are everywhere.

[@jamesambrosini2860]

For some strange reason, HBO is no longer available in China.

[@xijinping5411]

u're right

[@shmibbybibby7668]

Winnie the Pooh felt quite offended...

[@crazydinosaur8945]

@@shmibbybibby7668 🍯

[@allislee9701]

With CCP's "unreasonable" acts in every aspect of their own people and towards others around the world, it is only strange if HBO is still in China.

[@intrepidkangaroo4745]

Yesterday, even ULTRAMAN is no longer available in China for avoiding kids imitating violence in that Japanese cartoon.

[@aww773]

To the girl that got to say the uncensored f word on national tv and get paid for it this was probably the greatest moment of her life lol

[@christopherregan1654]

HBO isn't part of national TV. National TV would be broadcast channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and CNN, which are legally prohibited from broadcasting profanity by the FCC. HBO is actually a premium cable program similar to STARZ, Showtime, and Cinemax. Therefore, its not bound by the regulations of the FCC, and is free to broadcast its shows in all their uncensored glory.

[@maxwellqklinger]

@@christopherregan1654 It’s legally distinct but effectively the same

[@unusveritas4122]

Also, HBO isn't "national", because it's pretty much everywhere in europe as well.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

@@maxwellqklinger ehh, not really. Abc/fox etc have to censor nudity, curse words etc HBO can show whatever the fuck nudity they want, cussing, it's still got ratings but doesn't follow the same guidelines

[@ElPayasoMalo]

"It's not TV. It's HBO."

[@thecofounders]

Do you think John Oliver sits in a room sometimes and asks himself, "What country do I never want to visit the rest of my life this week?"

[@thetstandsforstupid2818]

jbenvenga ok but i definitely read that in his voice

[@celinak5062]

jbenvenga +

[@aleksandrmikhail3803]

eyy, john oliver also did an interview to dalai lama years ago..... just sayin.....

[@phazonlord0098]

Also I hope HBO is fine if China calls saying that they are cutting any economic relations with them after that AD.

[@Mirror0CJ]

china most likely wont let him to visit .

[@jakobbornhaeuser8925]

Am I the only one who was patiently waiting for a “That’s what Xi said” joke? :(

[@Dreq458]

no, but now I wish it happened

[@ontariofirs7347]

I hope someone makes one about the coronavirus

[@pax4370]

Feeling bored? Heres something soothing... The song of the mermaid! kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3nZYZSmotGko68 Thank me later.

[@Diverse27]

@@pax4370 I'm glad someone did! Brilliant!

[@Muhammad-sx7wr]

*Xe's very entitled.*

[@dylan_not_dillon]

The laughter of the woman in the crowd that you can hear throughout the episode is something that brings me a smile.

[@aleshakant]

I was hoping someone would mention her. I love her laugh it’s so genuine and contagious

[@Quader417]

Glad someone else noticed it

[@ryanwillome3550]

Is "smile" really the right word?

[@asteve6537]

I rewound 4 times to hear her laugh 😂

[@nadjiguemarful]

Was it really 6 million??

[@TonyRB123]

I worked with some exchange students from China, and I brought up the Winnie The Pooh vs Xi situation and they had obviously absolutely no idea what I was talking about, so I showed them multiple examples and they thought it was the best thing they’ve ever seen about him

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

@@Rick-sz4hc 🐵

[@victorchen8484]

😂😂😂

[@Randytherumbler]

Propaganda. They probably had been brainwashed into them being misled into believing that bullshit.

[@5tarSailor]

​@@Rick-sz4hchow is that hard to believe exactly?

[@YashKMusic]

*I guess China won't tolerate any That's What Xi Said jokes*

[@clawedarc4907]

Yash Kshirsagar holy shit your amazing

[@hogatiwash7750]

Oh dam, that's good

[@merylsilverburgh8081]

I love you ...

[@ernestomarcos0103]

It was very annoying how every time they mentioned him it sounded like She

[@De4dPoo1]

bravo

[@falco5476]

Reasons kids know bad words 4.Classmates 3. older Siblings 2. The weird uncle 1. Singing for JOHN OLIVER

[@ericclausen6772]

I'm the weird uncle!!!

[@wetplant1748]

What about unrestricted youtube access. That how I learned to curse

[@WindrunnerB4]

You forget the internet.

[@Talonistrying]

5. Teachers

[@shawnhartmann4581]

0. Being alive post 1960

[@PKMNFan4664]

12:48 I love how John added a roast for AT&T in there. 😂

[@saasproductions3053]

I finally found it.

[@JoshisJoshisJosh]

Fun fact: this zazu bit was done WAY before The Lion King reboot was announced so while it's fair to assume that was already in the works, it's also fair to figure he just threaded the joke needle

[@annonimooseq1246]

The last time I heard “we’ll share our prosperity with the world” the fire nation invaded soon after

[@vineetrathi1555]

Lol

[@drsushil9007]

I guess only 132 people got the reference. 😂

[@davidcrane1190]

yes fucking yes

[@kyleking3839]

@@drsushil9007 now it's 627 get the reference

[@apeman9238]

@@drsushil9007 now 463 people

[@IAmNumber4000]

Xi Jinping seems like the type to pretend to dislike comparisons to Winnie the Pooh so his opponents start to unconsciously associate him with a cuddly, harmless cartoon animal.

[@sweetrain9482]

3000 IQ bigbrain

[@napatora]

galaxy brain 69d chess moves

[@brennanbeyer5645]

🤔

[@reformCopyright]

Pooh is also "a bear of very little brain", though.

[@xmtfs5538]

@@reformCopyright exactly so that he can seem that way

[@eylab1541]

Jesus, Liu Xiaobo was already my hero before I even knew about the mug thing. Imagine now.

[@franticranter]

that belt and road song is stuck in my head now...

[@whatabouttheearth]

AT&T literally did become their parent company and John Oliver kept shit talking and criticising them. So good!

[@tylerbeaumont]

Because even AT&T are more respectable that Xi Jinping!

[@OldNerdTV]

@@tylerbeaumont Guess they aren't that sensitive and insecure. Xi doesn't understand the Streisand effect, AT&T PR people do.

[@jayw6034]

Lol if att shut down oliver on hbo he could start a new show on literally any other platform and tear them to shreds every week.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

Well, when someone making fun of everything, including of himself, that puts things in various perspectives - not necessarily bad.

[@mp7950]

Jay W This comment was necessary because...?

[@TheCstar07]

That last picture with the Winnie the pooh mugs was some classy last defiance

[@Jakovdred]

They later regret immensely of their rash decision, because the manufacturer called and explain the correct usage is to spit in, not to drink from the mugs.

[@TheCstar07]

Russian Panda What?

[@optimuschrist15]

Sharpice Woods what? Whoa what?! But why?

[@pushkar6637]

Sharpice Woods Even if the use it to spit in, they're actually spitting on Xi Jinping lmao.

[@guillermotorres8164]

He went down swinging RIP

[@VIC-lq6wt]

我是台灣人 謝謝

[@mikotomisaka8714]

revisiting this episode in the present day, I can safely say even John Oliver understated how bad Xi truly is.

[@frosthammer917]

But the plus is that the initial withdrawing of western factories due to covid and now the emboldenment of the west due to Russia killing itself in Ukraine means that Xi's authority on the world stage is shakier than it has been in a long time.

[@twentystwentythree]

... Sales of Winnie the Poo Tshirts have since skyrocketed in Hong Kong and Macau

[@ShizuokaMike]

I bought one too ☺️

[@archangelj]

Just Hong Kong now

[@HB-dh8xt]

I want one too! I will get online!

[@THFINALFANTASYLEGEND]

yeahhhhhh not Macau, they're too busy gambling to care

[@declanboyle5104]

I love how ballsy that AT&T joke was.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Declan Boyle John doesn’t pull his punches no matter the ramifications.

[@declanboyle5104]

Mary Rose Kent agreed

[@M0EJ0EKING]

How the fuck was it ballsy. All this shit is made my writers and approved of before airing because it appeals to the audiance, the only think this shows is that AT&T doesnt give two shits and Oliver is a studio hack. Literally clapping seals.

[@googamp32]

+Moe Joe King Who pissed in YOUR coffee?

[@trimpy100]

+Moe Joe King If you think he's a hack, why did you watch over 12 minutes into the video.

[@patzchan1900]

That lady's high laugh at 10:57 brightens my day.

[@JR-he6fn]

i had autoplay on and I wasnt paying attention, i heard the crowd laughing after oliver said something and i got scared lmao

[@MultiSciGeek]

Can't believe you didn't use the *"That's what Xi said"* joke

[@DonatoVicenti]

hahahahhahahhahahhahahahah omg

[@achalgurnani5860]

Awesome one XD

[@defencebangladesh4068]

yeah 😂

[@myowncomputerstuff]

Now I see why they've been trying to ban puns in China.

[@erichampton6492]

Come on John Oliver, make it happen! Lol

[@aikout4403]

Winnie the Pooh 50% Beloved character 50% Anti-PRC symbol

[@neoir8514]

Winnie the Pooh is the enemy of the people

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

Tuokia Mapper who would trump be in relation to Winnie the Pooh?

[@Clarity520]

Frankly many Chinese like me love to describe him as Winnie the Pooh, in a good way. Me personally loved Winnie growing up.

[@sungjohnny3640]

@@neoir8514 how?

[@neoir8514]

D Trump just a joke dude

[@XKloosyvv]

I love the one lady in the background whose laughter lingers just a little longer than everyone else

[@EdibleClown]

I'm from the future! That Chinese woman saying she's optimistic about the future, really didn't see post-2020 China coming

[@benevolentmarinecat6926]

As a Chinese international student currently studying in U.S, I have to say the evidence shown in this video is really accurate and, subjectively saying, haunting, because even I know all of these facts from different sources, subconsciously I am just paralyzed to feel anxious enough of the changes happening in China. I’d like to discuss some of the positive social changes not mentioned in this video before jumping into my concern of current state of China. Firstly, the infrastructure development in China is skyrocketing. Citizens of china have their style of transportation completely changed in the past several years. When I went back to China during vacations, I was stunned of how convenient living has become in China. It is objectively true that you can live in a Chinese city with no cards, no wallets, but only your phone… Ok, the more important part…Every time in the history of China when our country becomes the strongest in the world, there would always be a wise yet powerful, authoritarian leader…no exceptions…The very idea of personality cult is rooted in our tradition, culture and, frankly saying, everything. Due to the ancient and influential filial system, Chinese are bonded together in the form of family. Every family in a tightly bonded community and most Chinese carry the duties of maintaining this community their entire lives. Personally saying, I found this iconic nature of Chinese people separates us from the western culture. Why do I want to discuss about Chinese families…well…since most Chinese are deeply concerned with their family community, living conveniently and happily is all that matters. If the leader of China can grant substantial positive changes to Chinese family communities, almost all Chinese won’t ever, ever, ever care of totalitarianism whatsoever. It is a bit of exaggeration, but in the majority cases, what I mentioned above can be applied to Chinese people’s reasoning. Even myself is considering how to payback my parents after I finished my education, and I am 100% fine with it. This leads to my concern: what will happen next to my own country? I don’t know the answer… Chinese people won’t stop our president as long as the family communities prosper. Our president is totally determined to push the influence of China to global scale. And with it, I could only say: absolute power corrupts absolutely…This corruption of power has fallen unto all powerful Chinese leaders throughout the history. We can still pointlessly hope that our president is not traditionally powerful leader, because what else can we do? What will diverge our Chinese people’s fate to another direction instead of repeating the Chinese history repeatedly…I truly don’t know…

[@mimironshead4107]

Benevolent Marinecat I love your profile image. I have that image myself

[@mimironshead4107]

Also, brilliant comment

[@Kujakuseki01]

Benevolent Marinecat you’re going to have to go back once school is finished. And you’re going to be trapped. I’m so sorry.

[@benevolentmarinecat6926]

It depends on whether I will return or not...however I am always determined to contribute what I can to my country, my people. So probably you are right, we shall see...

[@benevolentmarinecat6926]

Thank you

[@leonhausb]

I love how John leaned so much into the Zazu resemblance that he ended up dubbing him in the Lion King remake lol

[@unreallilac5554]

Oh shit u right

[@orchdork775]

Omg incredible 😂

[@mckenziebraswell-miller2327]

@broootal tbh he was the best part of it lol

[@audreylockhart90]

That Winnie the Pooh really tied the room together.

[@andrewwagner7363]

That was xi, it wasn't Winnie the pooh

[@NotRealKirby]

-999 Social Credits 👎😡

[@nawal293]

😂

[@jaycartwright1170]

mid humour

[@drzoidberg3849]

They were banned in china for a while

[@Rick-sz4hc]

How original

[@Jibblymamma08]

That social credit score is like that episode of black mirror

[@falpsdsqglthnsac]

Nosedive?

[@falpsdsqglthnsac]

SiM bURR the idea of a social credit score wasn’t invented by Black Mirror, it’s been around for a while before that.

[@ZoanBlade90]

Or Psycho Pass.

[@skillustrates]

@@ZoanBlade90 Power levels, dude.

[@rf7814]

Literally

[@danem.9402]

[This comment has been removed for violating Google’s guidelines regarding comments about the people’s republic of China.]

[@porch8370]

@Sigma Stories r/woooooooooooooooooosh?

[@robbaldwin2402]

@Sigma Stories Incepwooosh!

[@danem.9402]

@ron swanson r/selfwoosh

[@LegowarriorYTAdventure1234]

Hell yeah

[@czechmate5079]

for BREAKFAST

[@kabe1799]

That song at the end deserves a Grammy.

[@achyutrastogi8080]

Dude if you keep making awesome content like this you'll end up like Patriot Act.

[@Dubs22005]

what happened to Patriot Act?

[@achyutrastogi8080]

@@Dubs22005 It got canceled. No more acts.

[@blaster915]

​​@@achyutrastogi8080heartbreaking. It was an awesome show 😢

[@SuperAkmal92]

Right back to this after blizzard and NBA incident Edit: back again boys after red candle games incident (Dec 2020)

[@LuGer212]

Just wanted to post a comment about blizzard, good to see an ally in the internet once in a while

[@santosvazquez8829]

As Honk Kong protester said “China are asshole”

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

To quote Uncle Xi, "When going after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the Bees know you're coming."

[@alejandroespinoza5680]

This video aged like a fine wine.

[@louisgarbour2737]

And coronavirus

[@alexandermccarthy]

I'm actually in China at this very moment, streaming this over a VPN, pissing myself laughing, and sharing it with my Chinese friends, who are also laughing, albeit slightly nervously. Well done, sir. Well done indeed!

[@Silent_Kenny093]

and he was never heard from again...

[@echtervorarlberger]

so which city are you in and what are the names of your friends?

[@levi2326]

On today on things that never happened... Your name is Alex McCarthy, do you seriously expect anyone to believe you

[@IskandarTheWack]

@@levi2326 I mean he's claiming to be a guy visiting china.

[@johannes7959]

Yet imprisoned? :D

[@jbiliHacker]

this show is so good i discovered it when i was searching about the Uighurs.

[@-m4nGo-]

Wow, insults the most powerful man on earth on camera, legendary.

[@ickebins6948]

He didnt speak about Trump.. Sorry mate, your heard that wrong

[@MJ-pu5lf]

Americans do that all the time.

[@ickebins6948]

@Kaleb Kurian Who cares about the US? People can say whatever they want..

[@themumblingdumpling2838]

I'm in China right now, and the moment he said "and even: high speed Internet" the video stopped and started buffering. Should I be worried

[@michaelt.5672]

Well yes, that was the whole point of the segment. Maybe a little more than the rest of us.

[@grey8674]

it looks like you got a low social score from watching this video.

[@noirnoir3701]

You should. Their cyber security are insanely invasive as all means of communication are government owned. Be. Very. Careful. And don't buy Chinese made phones.

[@ElBribri]

YES

[@Smash_ter]

Did they finally unblock KZbin?

[@nmsl4133]

Never heard of the Winnie the Pooh reference, which means the government’s censorship works pretty well.

[@bobs_toys]

Worked. You have now.

[@fl00d69]

Only to the naturally ignorant

[@whiskyfox7943]

? are you sure even my grandpa heard of this meme

[@ssathessa]

@Dominic Tirl Thank you for posting your link. I rabbit holed here due to this top reddit post of 09/29/2019 www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/daiysm/china_harvesting_organs_of_uighur_muslims_the/

[@shirane869]

Um actually I live in Australia and have never heard of it before lmao

[@dyst0pi465]

anyone want to send a Winnie the Pooh plush to a chinese embassy?

[@sanctificate6285]

That’s a literal death wish

[@dyst0pi465]

worth it

[@sanctificate6285]

@@dyst0pi465 true. Like that guy who taunted Xi with that Winnie the Pooh mug

[@yerpedy]

The Reese’s mug joke was absolute fucking gold and the audience just missed it

[@socialistaamador]

Pls, do another episode about China and the current events

[@pattthepriest]

Especially with all the new Hong Kong updates and odd American Buisness practices. Also there was a whole bunch of old fiscal policy stuff that wasn't covered like them buying tuns of gold and silver and the Russian pipe line that more information and updates on would be nice to see.

[@Cheburashka59]

@A. S. Specially the uighurs

[@jacobhinchliffe6237]

Social credit scores

[@katemakeup]

Yes!!!! I am waiting for that too: Hong Kong or Xin Zhang...I eagerly await either. The tide is turning on Beijing.

[@Mcspazz731]

Yes please!

[@castillo33brandon]

Xi Jinping the type of dude to eat KitKat bars together unsnapped

[@asher6657]

lol

[@atlasflame5815]

Absolutely haram

[@randyjax09]

brandon castillo Bahahaha! He would eat pizza with a fork. 😂

[@Baxterthewaggster]

That’s disturbing...

[@DragonZerul]

he eats pizza with a spoon

[@katehill9488]

Hi Last Week Tonight. I'm a social studies teacher, and I absolutely love your videos and would love to show them to my students. Would you ever consider putting out a school appropriate version of your videos, with the swear words bleeped out and some more appropriate jokes? Because this is awesome information that students need to know!!

[@twigwigsoso]

You could make them yourself!! It is an adult comedy show but i've seen great teacher verison of history of the entire world i guess

[@chriswitmer9754]

I forgot what late night show had Andy Serkis reading Trumps tweets in Gollum’s voice but we need Jim Cummings to read things from Xi in Winnie the Pooh’s voice.

[@CMGThePerson]

I love how bored all the kids in that propaganda song look while the kids in the parody are having the time of their lives

[@silvervixen007]

They look dead inside to me

[@fa1con730]

The don"t let that become the new Baby Shark. Remember that its Chinese Propaganda!

[@michaelphong8828]

killing the parents.. see noone pregnant? god tied everyones tubes..

[@mikenedelcu3682]

Its notable, but a bit sad.

[@sorcerermickeyfanguy6271]

Me too man

[@qq8959]

currently living in China and just wanted to remind people that in general Chinese people are very nice, warm people that have a lot more in common with us than they have differences. unfortunately their sources of information are heavily filtered and they don't exist in the same political climate (I.e. in America we have well defined rights to assembly, protest, etc).. just keep any animosity or anger you have aimed towards greedy politicians and well removed from the lovely people of this country.

[@timothybucky7170]

any intelligent person in china cannot become important. so sit around and be worthless. you meaningless living thing.

[@thearcanefailure2485]

Fuck off Timothy. You probably live with your parents still or work at starbucks / flipping burgers at best.

[@Squids12345]

Yes, but you also have to realize there are so many ultranationalistic people in China. Look at how many people support the Nine-Dashed Line, a completely ridiculous border to take all ocean territory from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. The Chinese people are more than happy to support their nation bullying its neighbors if it means they get more rich and more powerful.

[@justinokraski3796]

Are they as blunt as the immigrants?

[@chris-hayes]

Same for North Korea

[@StriderStryker]

_Just keep in mind that _*_China_*_ is trying to keep a lot of dark secrets hidden, but if I went there, my social credit score would plummet out of nowhere._

[@judderman1989]

I lived in the west of China where the Uyghur people are in 2008....I saw people being thrown out their houses at gunpoint and having them bulldozed in front of them. I hung about with some Uyghur people and was constantly being followed and pulled into police stations for questioning. I once googled Tibet and the internet went down and the police arrived at the door. Very scary place

[@autumnjacobs1164]

writing sm to take up space ⏮⏭3️⃣6️⃣3️⃣8️⃣🔢8️⃣⏮⏮⏭2️⃣4️⃣🔟🔢⏺🔽⏭⏮⏭3️⃣⏺⏮⏺

[@AjeenkkyaAmbegaonkerAJ24]

Did you know an Indian news reporter was fired after calling him 11 jinping!😂

[@fabianfabianski7021]

Ajeenkkya Ambegaonker hahahahahahahaha i feel bad for the reporter lol

[@doctorjee]

yes by the indian authorities

[@randyjax09]

Ajeenkkya Ambegaonker Lol wtf?

[@stayfrost04]

Yep, that's true xD www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29274792. Though I can understand the need for an "action against the reporter" as Xi was in India for trade purposes and the news channel is State owned, regardless I don't think Firing the reporter was the best idea, seems way to harsh.

[@diginaderose9618]

Randy H Yeah.It is a true story.The (government) news channel presenter misread xi as 11 and was sacked there after.😂

[@carolpoblete8228]

What makes this episode remarkable is that John was able to make subtle digs to BOTH the net neutrality ruling and the AT&T-Time Warner merger in a deep dive segment that we all know can take weeks and months to produce 🤯

[@MatthewRhodes]

Carol Poblete it's not hard to make two sentences about the att and time Warner merger. So yeah.... It wouldn't take weeks nor months to write a joke about it. The celebration of mediocrity in America is the reason we are in the sorry state we are.

[@woutervanham8246]

8:32 don't think you've thought that abbreviation through enough...

[@tubeRSH]

When covid pandemic is over. I want another episode on China, please.

[@fraserodonnell7618]

well, let's hope that this pandemic is over this year

[@kylemin1384]

@From Maui i can't remember China invading other countries for resources.

[@kylemin1384]

@maui what I'm trying to say is the US constantly invades, spy and destroy other countries but they still portray themselves as super heroes not saying China is much better but surely the US are far worst.

[@derp._.5553]

@From Maui sounds like something the u.s would never do...

[@jeffhannan2675]

@@kylemin1384 Tibet

[@the1flym459]

"Who stays up until 1:30 in the morning to watch John Oliver" Me: "Oh boy 1:30 A.M.!"

[@zachhood3250]

It's 2:30 for me ;(

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

1:52 for me...

[@kaylee3079]

yeah it’s 2 am now!

[@jacetheboogeyman3797]

its not even midnight for me

[@mdem2040]

2:56 AM

[@CollaborativeVODS]

More stories about New Zealand please!! 🥺

[@adrianoliverblood7133]

I'm here from five years in the future watching this... You had no idea what was coming. OMG, lol

[@HeartDrifter]

After this aired the words "John Oliver" have been censored on Chinese internet

[@genchellchao238]

chinese government ain't stupid.

[@onespiker]

genchell chao you mean to ban it or to leave it unbanned?

[@ryanjapan3113]

Alli Ward is this a joke? Or are you being serious?

[@HeartDrifter]

serious.... if you try to message someone using Chinese social media apps with his name the message won't be received. It may still appear on your chat screen but it wont appear on their's. Same with forum posts, blogs and news articles (which will be taken down within minutes of being posted)

[@sing759]

yes.. they did, and they did ban him since he made talk show with Dalai Lama

[@jooroth18]

*this video may not be avalible in your country*

[@TheBrothersBlue]

lol this woulda had way more upvotes like four months ago.

[@james-972]

This entire website may not be accessible in our country

[@ericzhu3561]

whoa, that hurts...

[@heylolin3449]

joshua ooroth hey try to search up some anti us government video. It’s also not available in your country

[@user-wb7ez9ud4p]

Gees where do you live?

[@TadSimonMusic]

I love how he made a reference to him being Zazu from the lion king before playing him in the remake lol

[@VictorRing]

It's curious that Disney cast John as the cartoon character he self-professes to resemble the most XD

[@TheHigherSpace]

Gonna go on a whim and say this video is blocked from all social media in china hhh

[@Tang0Fox1]

TimelineUpdates just putting it out there? Lol

[@tranvu5303]

Pretty sure youtube is blocked in china already.

[@blc0179]

VPN is the answer!! Im in Shanghai right now for an internship

[@jungle5267]

Jokes on you, China has no access to most websites. The government brain wash the population through China made social media. Imagine Americans have only access to Fox news.

[@kisame_5331]

VPN should help go around that.

[@casevanstolk3044]

I think John Oliver more closely resembles Milhouse.

[@fabioribeiro4627]

With his self-deprecating humor, he'd probably embrace that and make a practical joke about it.

[@NFSF1McLaren]

"Oh look! It's British Milhouse!" - John Oliver about himself, 2016

[@carlodurant87]

All he needs is blue hair

[@auntiesemite9295]

Yes, both are jews.

[@clarklowe5632]

John think you may need to revisit this now.

[@dr.pepper9893]

Over 3,000 to 2 votes on abolishing term limits Breaking news: those two people who voted against it have seemingly disappeared and no one can track them how weird..

[@Simplegamemer]

11:27 "lean in" One Year Later we got the remade Lion King featuring John Oliver as Zazu

[@chey6073]

AIM GLOBAL Video Archives Unofficial I think he already got cast as Zazu by the time this came out. Also he did a great job as Zazu

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

AIM GLOBAL Video Archives Unofficial hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[@phyllisneal8687]

😂😂😂 AND, it's the best❗😂😂😂

[@LucasBurrell]

omfg lol

[@LucasBurrell]

@@maxfieldjoyner5244 its on imbd

[@neokoo1985]

So someone in China saw the episode Nosedive on Black Mirror and said that’s a great way to run a society........ Neat

[@fauxkamie]

I think nose dive was inspired by what was happening in China.

[@111cvb111]

Well the social credit thing shouldn't be too much of a deal i'm sure, people will see it as an opportunity as a new form of business so they can be hired by people to improve their social credit score by various methods. Sorta like how China already has a service for mobile app developers to get their product into the top 100 for more publicity. They'll just have to put some effort in to not piss the government off too much.

[@Psy_Ro]

I think they read psycho pass and thought. "Cool"

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

that is exactly what i was thinking haha i miss BM

[@kunyangli2865]

Have to point out that tho ‘Xi Da Da’ actually means ‘Father Xi’

[@yishuozhang4139]

Three years later and this is still brilliant

[@RogerWaters95]

I love that of the photos of US Presidents eating ice cream, Eisenhower looks like the ice cream bar fought against him in the Second World War and he's finally getting revenge, yet now without that hatred fueling his drive and ambition, he experiences an existential crisis mid-bite.

[@mitchellbland1655]

That basically sums up Eisenhower as a whole, to be honest

[@electr_icity4613]

That is a surprisingly intricate analysis of a photograph of a president eating an ice cream bar.

[@rich1051414]

​@@electr_icity4613 Yet accurate. Look in those eyes... Who has that look in their eyes when eating ice cream... Well, maybe if he was grossly overweight.

[@daveyhouston]

I have never seen jfk eat ice cream being that he is from Massachusetts that is weird !!

[@phyllisneal8687]

😂😂😂

[@yunnotyum5288]

As a Chinese, I’m shouting there’s finally a one TV show really describe the exact situation in China now!!!!!!! And so many details are true and accurate!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@timothybucky7170]

and none of this in china. so in a way no one knows what they have to do for the best china possible.

[@PoliticalMatter]

You mean every detail is true?

[@krishurlburt7375]

If your watching this in China, make sure your using a good VPN. The state's been monitoring most of them.

[@yunnotyum5288]

Kris Hurlburt Awwww, this is sadly very touching 😂

[@timothybucky7170]

i am albert einstein's grandson

[@franco00767]

This is the best show, great job.

[@maxhorsnall3092]

"List of untrustworthy people" Well would you look at that

[@fennxfox6241]

I have a friend who moved to America from a China and my history teacher was talking about censorship when she made a comparison to Tiananmen Square and asked my friend about it to make a point. My friend admitted she’d never known anything at all had happened in Tiananmen Square. This was just four years ago

[@ibrahimyange1528]

All governments are like that. The US hid the crime it did in Iraq and the massive surveillance until they were leaked. But atleast it's much free in the US

[@HongFeiBai]

I wonder if Americans know about Abu Ghraib.

[@adamjarrett5490]

@@HongFeiBai As an American, I learned about the Abu Ghraib prison in psychology. Although I'd admit most Americans probably never heard of it.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

“Hide your strength and Bid your time” is wise and intelligent quote that can be useful for victory in all walks of life.

[@DanielVerberne]

‘Bide’ your time, but yeah it is a decent strategy. However, wouldn’t it be even better if we could work together instead of all the intra-species conflict? I mean, we’re all humans, fighting over land, resources, who gets to control others, etc. Surely we’ve played this game and there are better ones to try.

[@richardgagne3255]

@@DanielVerberne Yeah let's start playing Warhammer 40k dammit!

[@tonalambiguity3345]

Yes but why is being victorious over fellow human beings something desirable? This whole mantra implies that China wants to eventually rule the whole world. Considering how they rule their own citizens, is this something that we really want?

[@daveyhouston]

@@DanielVerberne human nature cannot be overcame racism homophobia sexism zelotry will still exist 1 million years from now that's life

[@erikakoki5871]

found xi

[@sriramsidartanselvakumaran5185]

1984 nostalgia.....

[@chackobranthan9825]

The song future’s coming home has scarred me in an irreparable way and I can’t Unhear it

[@sarysa]

Well if AT&T decides to pull John I'm sure Netflix is dying to snatch him up.

[@l6318]

He never won't have a job.

[@lolipedofin]

This show is destined for perpetual Emmy a-la Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. AT&T would be nuts to kill this, and if it is killed anyway, that would just mean massive pay jump for Oliver in different platform.

[@JeremyHemberger]

I wish Netflix would snatch him up. Then I could actually watch the whole show.

[@calebdziepak2950]

EVERYONE would be throwing money at him.

[@jonathanpalmquist4894]

They’d have to go through HBO first.

[@203jmatt]

A pretty balanced video. I've lived in China for four years now, and a lot of media reporting on the country misses the key issues. In my opinion, Xi is very concerned about keeping the middle class happy. Thankfully John doesn't overplay the "he's turning China into a police state" card which so many people in the western media often do. If he tightens the grip too much, he's going to run into trouble. The Chinese elite have always viewed the masses with fear. The analogy goes: the people are the ocean, the government is a boat. The ocean can support the boat, but if it gets riled up, it is the ocean that sinks it. TLDR: This is pretty complicated stuff; no one knows where China is headed; John does a good job with that.

[@thestrappingentrepreneur2822]

Jonathan Matthews good analogy

[@ulyssis]

just for your information, the analogy was told by the famous minister Wie Zheng in Chinese history, who lived in Tang dynasty.

[@juanvaldez1347]

Fantastically said, and very true.

[@luigivercotti6410]

Are you even justified in saying this though? From my understanding, the phrase "playing the abhorrid-Orwellian-police state card" on China sounds like "playing the murdered-a-bunch-of-people card" on a serial killer, in that they're pretty much true, it doesn't take special foresight to see that, and they're also pretty goddamn significant, if not the centerpieces of the entire situation. I mean, from what I've heard it seems painfully clear-cut, so please enlighten me on the complexities that can somehow trivialize _this_ .

[@nortonxvii]

there are other ways to do government besides liberal democracy, and liberal democracy isn't automatically the best Xi's power depends on a lot of other powerful people not turning on him; he has an incentive to listen to them. This sucks, of course, because if you're not threatening to the president due to being too poor or whatever, you're not gonna get heard- but, honestly, that's not really all that different from living in the US.

[@LordTrayus]

I can't stop laughing every time John shits on AT&T

[@WorkofArtCommentGuy1012]

This must be MA 16+ tv show.

[@liammcclish4291]

All the dystopian novels are coming true one at a time

[@xy6845]

You know that famous chinese cursing: may you live in interesting times.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Worst part, he's really soft balling the issues. Like that whole Muslim reeducation camp thing is cute. But he kinda failed to even touch on Fallon gong or the forced organ harvesting which was so bad Congress has had sessions to try and figure out a way to stop it.

[@liammcclish4291]

Wait so some Chinese sort of religious protestors are pissed about organ harvesting and that makes china really mad. Forced organ harvesting is some of the most fucked up shit. One of the things that might be actually able to change china in a major way is Christianity. There is set to be a huge spike of Christians in China.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

dastardly dan caesar chan No, I mean China has banned a number of religion and in order to find a use for their religious prisoners they often exectue them and forceably harvest their organs.

[@liammcclish4291]

Thats way worse than i thought it was just like all of china

[@KamInBim]

That social score thing reminds me of the Nosedive episode in Black Mirror

[@EchoSappho]

It reminded me of an episode from The Orville. But it's not new, the Yuan dynasty already had this system in place

[@TahirNefjodov]

it basically is

[@ashieshhh]

Exactly.

[@MrCanscorleo215]

TheKamistry85 EXACTLY!!!! Betting that's where they got the idea,

[@kjadfhgioaudbfvilaeu]

That was a great episode! I can totally see things going in that direction and it appears that China already has! :\

[@chrisbuzz712]

Time for another episode on Xi

[@halliewong]

The "social credit score" idea is LITERALLY a Black Mirror episode. Like, it's one thing to do something that _could_ be a Black Mirror episode, but it's another to do something that *ALREADY LITERALLY IS.*

[@TIMXU7704]

Well done, as I read the Chinese news, your show and HBO is banned in China now, so fragile Xi is.

[@yanfanghu9220]

Tim Xu No. Not because of this one. My English is not good, and I will try my best to explain it. It is all about Tibetan. About this issue, the reports shown in west countries were totally wrong

[@Magnificent_life]

Yanfang Hu you ban it because it contradict your opinions?

[@moduspwnenz]

well youtube is blocked so obviously -___-

[@etutelary]

Of course they ban anything that flies in the face of their state-driven narrative. Damn autocrats...

[@sanyokasamuri8946]

Tim Xu that's how a tyrant is born

[@TheBenBen253]

It is sad that the most trustworthy news we can get in America is from a satirical comedy show. Love everything you do bro, keep telling the truth.

[@realscummy]

Benjamin Howell-Hawkins if you really think this is trust worth than please do some other research. This video is criminally biased against China, just as John always is with any country not friendly to the U.S. or Europe

[@TheBenBen253]

realscummy dude, he didn't even touch on all the fulun gong prisoners of conscience that China is using to harvest organs from, which has been covered by numerous other legitimate news organizations. And he also regularly condemns the US for our horrific practices.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Everything Oliver says here is based on reporting done by journalists in the big bad, spooky ""mainstream media"".

[@isaacbrown4506]

Belt and Road is looking like it's found its belt and is now hanging off a bridge over a road 😂

[@leieye]

@LastWeekTonight A remake of this episode with the new info would be great

[@thedeathberry6709]

Two years on and I finally connected the dots on that Zazu joke. He leaned so far into it that he voiced Zazu in the live action.

[@francescapatti2934]

He DID?!

[@joshreidart]

Seeing John Oliver predict his role in the lion king is amazing

[@Saiyanprince1114]

It wasn't a prediction; the casting had already been announced.

[@joshreidart]

@@Saiyanprince1114 satire

[@Saiyanprince1114]

@@joshreidartOops. My bad.

[@joshreidart]

Saiyanprince1114 all good my guy we come for the joke but stay for the friendships

[@Saiyanprince1114]

@@joshreidart Amen to that

[@rk-gh4iv]

let's all agree that it'd be better to see this show in many different angles.

[@addamsapple1233]

Protect Taiwan, Free Hong Kong, down with the CCP

[@thetstandsforstupid2818]

its 2:30am i cant wait to be sad about something i wasnt even aware of until now

[@dana-kahil]

T BoIick cool 🙂

[@user-zo2rn1ct6i]

T BoIick Or learn something you should know.

[@randyjax09]

T BoIick Chinaaaaaa!!! 😭😭😭

[@aa888zz]

Hooray for your ignorance!

[@MinecraftMasterNo1]

To be honest, if you're unaware about the atrocities happening in china, I think you need a better news source

[@N0N0111]

3000 and only 2. Really want to know what happen to those 2.

[@isaac1670]

Nisco Racing What 2? There were never any 2. 2 is just a myth.

[@vladdangel]

If they were smart they'd claim "If it were 100% nobody would believe it so we voted in a way to legitimize your victory".

[@RSciOfficial]

Vaporized

[@phazonlord0098]

Probably they reopened the Chinese "Gulag" only for them.

[@able2822]

Tek Rx fcking genius

[@AHolePro]

"My favorite thing is me coming to visit you, and then you ask, ‘How about a small smackerel of honey?'" - Xi Jinping

[@AllyWhiteArtist]

Watching in 2023, this hits a lot different.

[@aaronpaul8929]

i love how he took a shot at his boss (at&t)and got away with it

[@bluemoon6380]

aaron paul hey he said goodbye... just in case they don't have a since of humor

[@tybofborg]

For all we know, they've already laid off half his staff (as it often happens with corporate mergers), and have a contract with him that forbids him to publicly talk about it. Corporate censorship is sneaky.

[@TheP3NGU1N]

he's fine.. for news type shows he's probably in the top 3 running for HBO so he's probably locked in. plus contracts are still a thing, even with mergers.