The Forgotten Japan Trip That TRANSFORMED China (ft. Deng Xiaoping)

A forgotten part of history is the time Deng Xiaoping visited Japan. Though relations between the two nations are deep & complex, Deng Xiaoping's historic trip to Japan in 1978 (the first standing Chinese leader to visit Japan in over 2000 years of China-Japan relations) changed modern China's destiny - and its impact is not often talked about.
Deng spent years fighting brutal Japanese Imperial forces during WW2 but yet he decided to work with the former enemy to bring China back to its former glory. He greeted Japanese leaders as old friends (老朋友) and marvelled at Japan's modern factories and technologies.
Just over 3 decades after Deng Xiaoping sat on Japan's famed Shinkansen bullet train, China has not only matched Japan in economic & industrial power but surpassed it - now boasting the fastest and longest high-speed rail network in the world.
Find out more about Deng's visit in this video, how Japan & China became best friends, and why the relationship fell apart.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro ft. Deng Xiaoping
1:00 - Why Deng visited Japan
2:40 - When China became BEST friends with Japan
4:15 - The Japanese leaders who helped China (ft. Panasonic)
6:43 - The aftermath of Deng's visit to Japan
7:59 - Why did China-Japan relations sour?
Special thanks to Ezra Vogel (the world's leading Sinologist & Japanologist at the time) whose books were very insightful when making this video.

[@BordersLess]

Timestamps (and further reading): 0:00 - Intro ft. Deng Xiaoping 1:00 - Why Deng visited Japan 2:40 - When China became BEST friends with Japan 4:15 - The Japanese leaders recognised by China for their contributions (ft. Panasonic & Xi Jinping) 6:43 - The aftermath of Deng's visit to Japan 7:59 - Why did China-Japan relations sour? Deng's visit to Japan: thechinaproject.com/2021/10/21/mr-deng-goes-to-tokyo/ Japan's ¥3.6 trillion contribution to China: www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00828/ China Reform Friendship Medal for Konosuke Matsushita (Founder of Panasonic): news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d774e30677a4d31457a6333566d54/index.html Ezra Vogel's books on China & Deng are 100% worth a read too.

[@alexpan8138]

I m Chinese and 50 yrs ago My parents could barely have enough food to eat. It was like North Korea. Now we have 5G, largest network of high speed trains, cashless society , Mercedes and BMW everywhere on streets, luxury malls filled with brands like Louis Vuitton and Gucci. And have one of the strongest military in the world. Our rovers are on the moon, our Tiangong space station is on the orbit. Our aircraft carrier groups are patrolling at the sea. It’s been day and night difference in 50 yrs. We are forever thankful to our great leader Dengxiao Ping

[@josephwu3136]

North Korea isn’t poor... can’t believe you’re Chinese and you believe that.

[@JawJaw-dt7se]

north korea in collective west's propaganda, i would add.

[@sara.cbc92]

Yes, and you have US and the rest of the free world to thank for that. All your technologies are stolen or copied from US, Japan and outdated Russian space technology👍

[@dongshengdi773]

No. China was poor because of the CCP.

[@dongshengdi773]

China became rich now because of Ponzi scheme. All Ponzi schemes always succeed in the beginning

[@kylinlinux7742]

Outstanding Video, clear, concise and un-bias Deng Xiaoping will go down in history as one of the greatest leaders. From the poorest country with tons of internal issues, to the richest.

[@thundertechmedia1014]

Rest In Peace Deng Xiaoping🙏🕊

[@cs2730]

We need more friendship & collaboration between the Asian countries! This is proof that it's possible (as long as outside forces don't interfere) 💪

[@chaz4609]

Jai Hind. We Indians had strengthen our 2 relationship as Quadruplets. That is why as an Indian, my Japanese friends like most is for me to bring them to the Plaza for the Accord.

[@chongdi6140]

​@@chaz4609India being part of QUAD is an affront to Asian dignity contrary to its claim as an Asian great power.

[@jonaspete]

With communist China!?

[@LawasSarawak]

@@chaz4609 working with imperialistic west make you look like a pawn for white man, indian still like to be west servant

[@sinic1978]

​@@chongdi6140China Japan Korea = Asia

[@justin-pv6ff]

This is actually a very good video. unbiased and informative. Alot of supporting evidence to backup your message or claim like the Lee Kuan Yew statement on Deng. Keep up the good work.

[@Lee.Hsien-Yung]

China was able to rise to where it is today because it cannot be separated from the figure of the late Deng Xiaoping who led China by opening itself to the outside world in the late 1970s by inviting Entry of foreign investment

[@Blueblackberry-ex2xc]

Deng is definitely by far the greatest leader on earth in human hustory. No one come close.

[@SathyaswamyS]

Indian nationalists: Modi is the greatest leader.

[@rishisaini5269]

@@SathyaswamyS If you are talking about Indian Politics ? Yes,he is cuz rest are even worse.

[@Dr.M-ot9or]

Is he better than Lee Kuan Yew?

[@Laipizpngtong]

李光耀确实是个伟大的领袖，事实上中国的改革开放很大的借鉴了新加坡的模式和李光耀的智囊们，不过邓是不一样的，他出生在战争年代，参与了中国的混战，抗战，内战​，并且几次被打倒，儿子也在文革中被迫害摔断了腿，天降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨，饿其体肤，是苦难让他思考变化@@Dr.M-ot9or

[@rishisaini5269]

@@Dr.M-ot9or Yes,cuz he transformed the whole country from a 3rd world sh*thole into a superpower.

[@dimascennel2075]

Dalam hal ini orang mengatakan ketua DENG hebat. Di sisi lain mereka juga menyalahkan peristiwa 1989(Tiananmen). Jika DENG XIAOPING tidak tegas saat itu saya akan pastikan MAINLAND akan terpecah menjadi 5 negara berdaulat. Selang 1 tahun 1990-1991 peristiwa beralih ke UNI SOVIET. adakah orang jenius yang merasa aneh dengan peristiwa yang berjalan hampir bersamaan?😂

[@LawasSarawak]

CIA dirty hands

[@level1selamat155]

Kerja jahat CIA

[@amruzaky4939]

Coy🤯🤯🤯

[@truthful3777]

Kerja jahat orang putih....economi jepun yang tersangkut pun atas anaya US dengan plaza accord.

[@dekaredfire]

@@level1selamat155 Lha terus KGB kerjanya ngapain aja kok bisa kejebol sama CIA?😆😆😆

[@mohmeegaik6686]

Jia you China. Chinese Ren Min worked hard for pittance to export to the west & saved. Today after 40 years or so the world witnessed this miracle.

[@Jamie-nt3eh]

Friendship is the only way forward for the people!

[@user-be5mk5em4e]

There are various types of friendship...

[@AlejandroPikoulasPlata]

Thanks for this exceptional informative video!!!Deng was a very wise man. I hope China and Japan relations will improve again.

[@sword7872]

Good to see that Japan and China can be good friends. If it wasn't for the Americans poking at Japan, relations between the two countries could actually be very fruitful. But I guess it's a case of America's fear, such as their fear of the German/Russian collaboration, that Chinese/Japanese collaboration would result in such great economic wealth for these 2 countries that the US and west would have been irrelevant long ago.

[@jamesrocket5616]

Asia would be the greatest economic force on Earth if both China and Japan would fully collaborate, despite historical bad blood against each other. Likewise can be said for Europe if both Russia and Germany would do so the same.

[@mimorisenpai8540]

Well that impossible because they see each other as rival

[@user-df3gl4qr5k]

@@mimorisenpai8540 That's definitely possible. Economic cooperation between China and Japan has always been very close and fruitful, and the friction between China and Japan mainly stems from the US' Asia-Pacific strategy.

[@groidcel]

Japan and China are friends on the down low. Japan relies on China for its resource and manufacturing, and China relies on Japan for its tech and intellectual capital.

[@mrhdebater1607]

@@groidcel Not quite.

[@johnpereztwo6059]

Deng xiao peng is one of world most underated leader in modern history . Excellent leadership skills, highly capable , humble and wise . Lead china to modern world from a pauper state to number 1 in economy of the world in span of 30 years . Even beating good ol' usa .

[@ikea5619]

Japan remained the largest provider of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to China until China became the world’s second-largest economy by GDP.

[@cmc435]

Interesting video! I had no idea about Japan's contributions and always thought there was beef between the 2 throughout history

[@ganboonmeng5370]

ACTUALLY IT IS SINGAPORE...OF COURSE HE WAS ON A LEARNING TRIP....HE WAS JUST AS IMPRESS AT JAPAN...BUT THE MODEL OF CHINA DEVELOPMENT..HAVE ALWAY..BEEN BASE ON SINGAPORE...WITH THEIR MODIFICATION...😂😢😅😅 AFTER ALL LEE KUAN YEW OPENED A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR THE CHINESE ADMINISTRATORS....AND SINGAPORE CHINESE MAYOR SCHOOL !😅😂😊

[@user-be5mk5em4e]

History tells stories too!

[@Nerinav1985]

Forever a pragmatist. " It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches the rat"

[@JobayerJisan]

A fantastic video. I lived in China fir 3.5 years and now live in Japan.

[@arjunroy4468]

Deng Xiaoping is My Hero!

[@Mrvictory61]

Very interesting and informative 👌

[@BordersLess]

Thanks! I've talked a bit about Singapore & Lee Kuan Yew's impact on China but after extensive research, I realised Japan contributed massively to China's modern growth story - and nobody really talks about it.

[@aloyd6157]

should stick to cartoons, tiny island influencing china.

[@notablemind]

I hope China, Japan, and the rest of the world get along.

[@masishida7522]

It's still pity, that The first factory made in China by the Japanese, which was made by Panasonic was raided after on. Panasonic was always trying to make life better, by producing appliances like the first Japanese washing machine for housewifes. And Anti-Japan actions led to destroy Panasonic factories in China a few decades later. That was really an Iconic news I've heard. People of China as individuals, there are very impressive persons. But as a hole, like doing business for a long term, It's hard to trust them.

[@jt6231]

Actually Japan is the one who aligned with the west and spreads anti-China propaganda. And they whitewashed their citizens and students by erasing their WW2 crime.

[@cinnabar546]

Not mainland chinese but Deng saved China from Mao’s destructive policies and ushered in unprecedented growth that lifted millions out of poverty

[@user-be5mk5em4e]

No doubt. Many others are involved too Including those unknown.

[@theinfralink6598]

very well made and balanced video!

[@maonarin6038]

I am very appreciate Me. Dengxia Ping the most of all leaders of Chinese leadership

[@nsebast]

His trip around the world to modern countries made him realizes that this central planning production over free market does not work and realize being rich is glorious. Now China is a mixture of free market and communism.

[@user-wb5gd4mb3j]

赞成，现在的中国是计划经济与市场经济的混合体

[@getevennow]

Great Man !

[@loading3311]

没什么好说的，日本对华ODA援助，用的是中国放弃对日本战争赔款要求换来的。

[@Alfyannn]

I like the thumbnail ❤ That moment of Deng is surely my favorite, he looks like an old happy and honest man. He was surely a great socialist patriotic may he rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@trisoil]

感谢邓大人！

[@DK-pw2yq]

Kudos 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻May this video be a guiding light to all in China & Japan . Long live the friendship !

[@viorelpiscanu9425]

Best way of surpassing your enemy is to know him very well from inside... Sun Yan Tsu 😊

[@sleepingfairyrelaxingmedit2299]

Japanese Chinese Koreans should cooperate more.

[@user-be5mk5em4e]

And others too - consistently.

[@canpek545]

great clip. China and Japan should get along with each other.

[@LUISCORONA-xs8zl]

Thanks for making this video answered so many questions I was curious about for years

[@chaz4609]

Jai Hind. The World's most significant leader in the latter half of the 20th century.

[@ikea5619]

There are only three countries in the world where the birth rate is below 1.3 and net migration is negative, indicating severe social and economic challenges making residency difficult: 1. Ukraine: • Birth rate: Approximately 1.2 • Net migration: Negative (around -5.5 million) 2. Georgia: • Birth rate: Approximately 1.2 • Net migration: Negative (around -39,207) 3. China: • Birth rate: Approximately 1.0 • Net migration: Negative (around -311,380)

[@kwamesmith3214]

Doesn’t sound like a bad thing 🤔🤔

[@Kuricang31]

China is on the lists only because the CCP is too hesitant in cracking down abortion practices

[@vishalgautamm]

0:31 - China has over 45000KM of high speed railway not 29000

[@peterkogl1329]

Great education. Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[@danis8162]

The Great China ❤️ Taiwan forever . Because , genetically speaking , China & Taiwan is absolutely one-blood one heart .

[@mouseisbroken]

6/4的35周年纪念日刚过去，有人说邓公应该为6/4负责，也有人说毛泽东主席应该为大跃进和文革负责。我只知道带领14亿人独立完整地实现了工业化、信息化，现在又在智能化和绿色能源产业全球竞争中争得领先位置，中国共产党所做的一切历史都会有完整客观评价。我坚定的反对共产主义和社会主义，因为资本主义才是经济的希望，中国共产党的成功在于他们能放下意识形态束缚，几十年如一日大力推进国家资本主义，是当前国家资本主义全球做的最成功的，这一切成就必须佩服。

[@AndreaPirlo888]

If the Mao Zedong's dream was fulfilled, China looks like North Korea, Deng Xiaoping is the reason that China is the most modern country in the world

[@user-jd8sn4dc4x]

我觉得，这不是放下了意识形态的束缚，应该说经过苏联和中国的摸索后，实验走出来的社会主义本就是类似于国家资本主义（说是公有化，其实还是搞国有化）。 罗斯福新政面对大萧条（胡佛自由放任政策搞出的经济危机）的一些做法就类似社会主义（计划经济、政府干预，也可以称作国家垄断资本主义）。自由主义经济政策就有些自欺欺人了，资本主义都发展几百年了，还要对资本主义的问题视而不见。 国家资本主义不都是好的，历史上翻过车的，比如纳粹德国，还搞出法西斯主义了、苏联搞出了帝国主义（斯大林之后就有国资演变的趋势），都是前车之鉴了。 可惜马克思写完《资本论》，分析完当时的资本主义（现代的马克思理论对资本主义的研究依旧很透彻）就去世了。社会主义和国家资本主义的关系也不知是没想清楚还是没来得及写，社会主义怎么建设其实理论等于没有。 我们摸索完就是无产阶级专政的国家资本主义制度，我们称作中特社。 至于政治制度，要防止有别用用心的人当政，一定要守护好国资。 我倒是觉得学马克思的共产党对于资本运作、经济建设的理解一点也不比西方经济学家差。 如果我们能跳脱出传统资本主义的周期性经济危机，我们的制度就算成功了。

[@mrhdebater1607]

China's challenge was overcoming the aftermath of 150 years of foreign invasions and world wars with 450 million in severe poverty. No country on earth could have done better than China to overcome those challenges (see India), and it was inevitable that it would one day overcome them and modernise itself into the 21st century. Deng saw many countries including Mongolia, Turkistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore etc. None of them were models for China, however Deng was interested in the relationships between these countries and the west, and he knew that China could one day become a manufacturing powerhouse, just like it was in the past.

[@austiforn4383]

peace and love

[@guangxidavidliu]

History will tell that Deng Xiaoping is NOT human, he is a saint like his father's wish and his original name.

[@PhiloSurfer]

I think DXP's visit to Singapore was what transformed China, although the Japan visit may have some reinforcement of what he saw of Singapore's development. LKY told Deng that if Singapore whose population are largely peasants from southern China can develop so rapidly, so can China who has a huge pool of talent. Right after the visit, China embarked on the Special Economic Zones on the coastal cities as mini Singapores as experiments. Singapore even sent its Deputy Prime Minister to China as consultant. Since then, China sends scores of mayors to Singapore each year to study its management and public policies.

[@jt6231]

I agree with you. I think LKY and Singapore played a more prominent role helping Deng and China than Japan.

[@mrhdebater1607]

Not quite, China already had Shanghai which was more developed than Singapore. Even LKY admitted that had he been in China instead of Singapore, he couldn't have done much. All the Chinese leaders were pivotal in getting hundreds of millions to move forward in developing China and lifting themselves out of poverty. Deng's key strategies was electing some cities to become economic zones like Shanghai that centred on mass production of goods for worldwide exports, Singapore didn't do that, it was just a shipping port that managed trading routes.

[@PhiloSurfer]

@@mrhdebater1607 Shanghai in the 70s is nowhere near Singapore. Yes, nobody, not even LKY can develop this huge China in one go. Which is where Singapore comes in - do it in digestible chunks. Do it by cities instead of by country of province. Let's why the pioneering efforts were in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in the coastal cities. When proven workable, it was expanding to other cities. This is still a work in progress given the China is so huge. As we speak, it is beginning to spread to the less develop western regions. Nobody is denying all Chinese and all Chinese leaders were involved in developing China. All I am saying is that Singapore shows that it can be done by dividing China into many little Singapores. DXP actually said - learn from Singapore. As we speak, hundreds of mayors from China are coming to the Nanyang Technological University each year to study Singapore's urban planning, public policy and governance.

[@mrhdebater1607]

​@@PhiloSurfer Shanghai was a prosperous economic hub and port long before Singapore was founded! China also had a railway network before Singapore. This is one of the oldest countries in the world we're talking about, and twice the most powerful economy in history, and you think that China only became successful because of Singapore??? Yes China was sanctioned and undergoing massive internal issues such as severe poverty of hundreds of millions of people. Singapore had just a couple of millions mostly from Malaysia and ports left over from the British administration. Singapore did not experience economic growth until Japan and China started to mass produce goods for the rest of the world. Singapore did not do much manufacturing. When China opened up in the 80s, it made HK and Singapore hugely prosperous as trading ports, not manufacturing powerhouses. See the key difference? Singapore did try its hands at manufacturing, particularly in electronics but it would never match the productivity of Japan, South Korean, Taiwan and Shenzhen/Shanghai etc. Its best bet is shipping and banking, just like HK. If Thailand does create a canal for ships to cut through Thailand instead of Singapore, then Singapore is finished. China has bilateral relations with nearly every country around the world, and has learned and traded with nearly everyone of them. Singapore isn't the massive influence on China that you think it is. Last point, yes Singapore has a much smaller population than even a minor Chinese province. It is ridiculous to assume that China could have transformed one of its smaller cities to emulate Singapore, China could easily have moved all its powerhouse companies and the richest people in China to Xiamen to set an impossible standard that perhaps no country will ever meet, see what I did there? China's long history and huge diversity is why regions are what they are and why hundreds of millions can't just pick up and move elsewhere like in Singapore. It is a massive disservice to compare to China when Singapore is basically a city state that got rich being part of a trading route to China and east Asia.

[@PhiloSurfer]

@@mrhdebater1607 China was the number one economy in the world for 1800 years of the past 2000 years. But we are talking about China after it was ravaged by foreigners. Specifically, we are talking about DXP and his achievement in opening up China and developing MODERN China. We are talking about the period post 1978. OK, agree with you - I think we are discussing different things here.

[@cggjkk]

8:00 so, at least Japan did apologized? that's quite new to me.

[@BordersLess]

They've apologized many times over the years, but at times China & Korea do not see their apologies as sincere. Japanese leaders have made many attempts to downplay their atrocities in WW2 by: revising history textbooks, pulling down monuments to comfort women and continuing to pay respects at the controversial Yasukuni Shrine (which holds thousands of convicted war criminals). I've covered this extensively in prior videos.

[@asdfghjjhgf]

>"Noooooo Japan has never apologized to Asia or paid reparations." Most of the people saying these things are CCP wumao bots or left-wing Koreans. Unfortunately, more and more people like you are taking their BS seriously on social media. This is because the pacific theater is so little known compared to the European front, people tend to believe everything they read in anonymous sitposts.

[@jpgunman0708]

@@BordersLess 如果德国领导人一直公开纪念纳粹党员并且否认奥斯维辛集中营，犹太人也不会觉得德国人之前的道歉是真诚的。 所以我们总说：判断一个人要看他的行为，而不是言语 If German leaders had been publicly commemorating Nazi members and denying Auschwitz, Jews would not have felt that the Germans' previous apologies were sincere. That's why we always say: judge a man by his actions, not his words!

[@cggjkk]

@@BordersLess but actually there're dozens of "japanese never apologize" comments are on youtube, wow

[@fris7827]

Chinese and Korean governments has been using those “Japan never apologized to us” as a propaganda. When they f’d up their politics and frustration of peoples are rises, they use anti Japan hatred to shift the peoples frustration to Japan.

[@zhongshe86]

Deng is great man

[@steventan2550]

Some of Japan's views of China are actually the views of the US. Being a country occupied by the US, Japan does not have any other choice.

[@featherless6386]

he is china best great leader i never dont forget deng xiao ping i will tell my next generation

[@ikea5619]

Chinese people should be aware that China’s development began with the United States defeating Japan in World War II, followed by significant ODA aid from Japan and investment from the United States.

[@drewh3224]

I thought it was quite the opposite. What Deng learned really from the economic model of Singapore when he visited with his 18 delegates in November 1978, then Senior Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of China. Deng Xiaoping made his first and only official visit to Singapore - the last stop on his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia that included Thailand and Malaysia. He launched the economic reform immediately after he met with Singapore's founder and visionary nation-builder Lee Kuan Yew. He, indeed, enlarged the scale of the Singapore model provided.

[@BordersLess]

I agree Singapore was a massive influence. Deng stopped by Singapore earlier as a teenager on the way to France and he was astounded by the transformation when he revisited in 1978. Even LKY said the joint Singapore-China projects (like the Suzhou Industrial Park in 1994) fostered significant goodwill between the two nations. However, Japan's contributions are not often talked about. I was surprised about Japan's many early investments and partnerships with China just as they were opening up during the 70s & 80s (plus Official Development Assistance aid totalling US$20 billion) until I did more research. Additionally, out of the three China Reform Friendship Medallists from Asia, two were from Japan (Matsushita & Ohira) and one was from Singapore (LKY).

[@archstanton5973]

Absolutely 100% truth. Anyone that even has a basic understanding of China today can see VERY clearly the influence of Singapore.

[@mdiesel23]

​@BordersLess China's friendship with the Soviets in the 50s lead to massive technology transfers via the 156 projects was important for the foundations as well. The extent and degree of which I doubt a capitalistic Western country would ever do in the funding, blueprints, and skilled technicians that the Soviets gave to China.

[@who52au]

No ! majority of Chinese haven't forgotten this trip ! it's in the Chinese history book , unlike the Japanese history books about " The Japanese military was invited by the Asian government into their country ,was not an invasion during the WW2 .

[@1changi]

No wonder so many PRC migrated to Japan now

[@josephwu3136]

Glory to the patriots, liberators, revolutionaries and workers of the motherland! Glory to the Mao ZeDong and the workers party for establishing the new China! Glory to Deng Xiao Ping for turning China into a prosperous country! Glory to Xi JinPing for elevating China into the worlds Superpower! All praise the most high! Glory to the motherland! 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@rodneyinefuku3810]

I believe the TRIP that Deng Xiaoping took that inspired him to make China modern was his trip to Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore because in Singapore he met Lee Kuan Yew. As Singapore's PM, Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore from a 3rd world country to a major economic one... in one generation. Deng was so impressed because he didn't expect to see Singapore to be so well developed. Deng asked Lee, "How did you do it?" Lee said, "I governed on the basis that Man works for himself and family first... then for the community." When Deng went back to China, HE SENT THOUSANDS OF HIS GOV'T OFFICALS TO SINGAPORE with instruction, "Learn as much as you can about Singapore and bring back what we can use." President Xi Jinping may have been one of them. But that's why China is what it is today. Thankyou Lee Kuan Yew... for showing China the way.

[@augustely1844]

2 hakkas

[@bluestar2253]

@@augustely1844 True. The power of the Hakka people.

[@lofu32]

I think the Chinese people should be more appreciative to the japanese for the technological transfer that started Chinas Industrial Revolution

[@huke911]

This is inevitable. When China opened to the world, not only Japan but the whole world will see opportunities.

[@ypz123]

我们不必感谢任何人，因为他们在这里获利，每个人都从中受益。

[@ericsam2206]

我就感jio到快，有催人跑的①④

[@zactianne6331]

The Japanese need to apologize more and the Chinese need to say 'Thank you' more. That is as great a saying as Gandhi's 'there is always enough for everybody's needs but never enough for anyone's greed'.

[@syedmaricar9946]

A little chinaman made great his nation.

[@viorelpiscanu9425]

Sorry... Sun Tsu! My MISTAKE...

[@Ateshtesh]

No, actually don't. It was Singapur thr model that Den Xioping followed. He just visited the rest of asian countries and USA to know more about. The it was Singapur by far their biggest influence.

[@bluestar2253]

If Deng is still alive today, the relations between China and US, EU, Japan and SK would have been a whole lot better.

[@eternalobi]

no it wouldn't. in fact, the relations would get worse. the main conflict between China and US, is that China is getting to auto industry, and high tech industry. traditionally the bread and butter of western countries. if a capable leader like Deng still exist in China today, China would be even more of a threat to western hegemony.

[@tritium1998]

​@@eternalobi China obviously has capable leaders today hence its continuing growth with tech. For some reason, ancoms love Deng to token status as if he Gorbacheved the country like they wish, and even when they cry about 1989 they never bring up Deng winning there too.

[@farmdiary2377]

谢谢日本对我们的帮助，但是，在你们认识到真正的历史之前，这仅仅是对于你们的帮助的感谢。有很多日本人知道真正的历史，他们反思，愿意和中国人成为真正的朋友，我们把他们当作真正的朋友对待。可惜大多数日本人并不是这样。原因在哪里？美国对日本的影响和控制？日本政治，经济掌握在二战期间崛起的权贵家族手中？历史教育，媒体被操控？

[@kenm3943]

So you would rather have so called sincere apologies that Germany gave WITHOUT compensation as opposed to the supposed insincere apologies that Japan gave backed up by over 45 billion dollars in ODA in the form of grants and loans over a forty year period. 🤔

[@farmdiary2377]

@@kenm3943 那是贷款，又不是战争赔偿。是互利双赢的事情，中国开放，所有来中国投资的国家都得到了应有的回报。此外，德国是真正做出战争赔偿的国家，并且真诚的反省。我们更尊重德国的做法。为什么真诚深刻的反省是更重要的？因为比起金钱，军国主义死灰复燃是更可怕的。给你钱，你愿意希特勒再次归来吗？

[@kenm3943]

@@farmdiary2377 Germany has made financial reparations to the countries it formerly occupied like Japan has done??????? Please tell me what that dollar amount is then? I will be waiting..........

[@farmdiary2377]

@@kenm3943 举个例子吧，假如你是欧洲人，德国在历史书中只是将二战轻描淡写的带过，没有揭露自己的罪行，并且将自己描述为一个受害者，德国人民现在将希特勒和他的高级军官作为神明崇拜，而且德国人大部分非常讨厌你的国家。作为被侵略者，你是否会感到深深的不安？你是否会因为他们给你的国家提供贷款，放下戒备？你可以设身处地的想象吗？

[@kenm3943]

@@farmdiary2377 Did you even watch the video?????? Japan was there for China when Deng Xiaoping came seeking co-operation in 1978. Nobody else besides the US was willing to help China. That bad history was always there but you kept silent and continued to accept financial and technical aid from Japan. Now that's China is a wealthy modern nation that same history is a problem? We call that acting in bad faith in English. You never should have taken the money in the first place then. 🤦

[@chua2237]

1600 China was the biggest and most sophisticated of all unified realms on earth.

[@shehyoung3633]

Japan always has animosity towards China... this has never changed

[@user-dh7yk5kx5g]

日本人无论老少，都清楚的知道这段历史，只不过在装傻而已。

[@sleefy2343]

Not really go back historic times they were friendly and traded with tang dynasty but after that they want Chinese land for their own selfish economy growth

[@sleefy2343]

@@user-dh7yk5kx5gmore like they don’t know history

[@victorye7150]

No one cares

[@LawasSarawak]

@@sleefy2343 they make the mistake of modeling their modernization from the west and boom the get the ruthlessness of western imperialism , they still think they are the honorable whiteman

[@TheKeithvidz]

i called for my trinidad DO THIS, with other states too. But maggots they are politicians fight for money.

[@ericloo6576]

The biggest impact was Deng's visit to Singapore in 1979.

[@user-vw8it9oo8h]

One thing I would like to point out is that Japanese prime ministers had been visiting Yasukuni Shrine even before Deng Xiaoping visited Japan, and several prime ministers have visited since. I would like to mention that it was only later, during the time of Shinichi Koizumi in the early 2000s, that this became an international political issue. In other words, it is a mistake to see the Yasukuni issue as the cause of the deterioration of Japan-China relations.

[@kenyup7936]

As Chinese I dont know why I feel Deng is like india Modi today who have a good relationship with the western countries.

[@jpgunman0708]

差不多得了，能别侮辱用莫迪来侮辱邓小平吗？莫迪在国内用下三滥的手段搞宗教歧视和种族歧视

[@Kuricang31]

Modi is nowhere near reaching the accomplishment that Deng had done lol. None of his visions and promises for India that he says during his campaign are being achieved and nothing more than a wishful thinking

[@muhammadisham8751]

And the Americans need to mind their own business more and not interfere with other countries affairs

[@lovefreedom2520]

Deng xiao ping is different from xi Jin ping. Xi Jin ping is treated like god in china. Deng xiao ping is always humble. Does Japan think xi Jin ping will say thank you Japan ,lol please they would say they learn things by themselves using their own talents.

[@denglinzhiniao]

邓小平受到新加坡影响更大一点

[@user-ts8nl7sg6q]

We should know why WESTERN COUNTRIES created colonies. They should THINK about it. Japan also did bad things, but HOW ABOUT WESTERN COUNTRIES? From Japan

[@cinnamomumcamphora8943]

Deng Xiaoping the greatest leader!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤ 2024-6-25 16:11:06

[@Jjirehc]

Sadly, Japan has lost her sovereignty to the US and has to do ss told by the US

[@tomtom-uo7lf]

thank u japan for ur kind help, and u also did horrible things to china.hate is hate ,love is love....if u ask what i am thinking now,i hope less hate ,and more love from each other in the future,because we are nabours,we can not change the phisycal positions, but we can change our relations,may peace forever~

[@viorelpiscanu9425]

Not everthing is going well in Japan policy& society...

[@pelayocf4558]

I didn't konw that China had this level of entalgement with Japan back then...Japan had a great relationship with China during the period of American approach to China after the Nixon visit, and it deteriorated when the US-China relations did so. This is due to the lack of foreign policy and sovereignty of Japan...

[@adlerzwei]

You absolutely learned nothing from this video. 😢

[@celloting01]

All the Japanese need to do is to apologise for their horrendous and inhumane war crimes, not just to China but also the rest of South East Asia. But they won't and so the hatred and animosity continue.

[@ayungwu2896]

👍👍👍🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@david50665]

perhaps that was the intention of the man behind the man to sow discord...but the man himself also need an apology for his own suffering ...i do feel sympathy for him although it seems heartless to their victims but they were also victims in the end....

[@Alfyannn]

I am okay with them not apologizing even so i believe they should but man, NOT ACKNOWLEDGING their war crimes at all as if those crimes didn't happen is a bad move to say the least especially that they want the Americans to apologize for Hiroshima and Nagasaki which is hypocritic too

[@user-dh7yk5kx5g]

不需要道歉，我们会复仇雪耻的。

[@uyfhkgc4468]

the citizens did but their government won't

[@PravdaSeed]

💚🐉🇨🇳🐉💚

[@user-if1vh8po2f]

Deng DID NOT LEARN from Japan!!! He was INSPIRED AND Adopted the SINGAPORE Model . . . !!!

[@erenyeagerist7681]

He did. Japan was the most powerful country in terms of economy that time that they managed to surpass the west. It's impossible for him not to learn from Japan. Even if Japan is not the one that mostly influence China but it's not fair that China discredits Japan for their contributions. Since 1980's most of China's products, technology and entertainment are copied from Japan

[@erenyeagerist7681]

Just because you chinese people hate Japan, it's not fair to discredit Japan for their contributions. What makes you different from the west?

[@circleooo3295]

Japan did provide assistance, but the Japanese war reparations during World War II were abandoned by China, and this amount was significantly larger.

[@canismajoris6222]

Actually it is the trip to Singapore, and his meeting with LKY after seeing Singapore prosperity created out from nothing.

[@ebrahimkhan322]

They would have developed even without the trip; whereas, we Americans got cheap labor and also took advantage of Chinese made products in America! Lets be fair!

[@cs2730]

So did Japan! Let's be fair

[@sleefy2343]

@@cs2730Japan economy got ruined because of America Because of that sign treaty there’s no way they can go back up anymore

[@_._omkar]

Modi gives deng xiaoping vibes

[@jacintochua6885]

The plans for reform wasn't decided during one trip. The ideas were already in the mind of leaders years before.

[@SCJapan-oo9oc]

True, but Deng needed to get everyone on board and the trips served as a great reminder of how backwards things were in China. Not many officials at the time were well travelled

[@winglo1697]

Do BEST FRIENDS kill each other??????

[@SCJapan-oo9oc]

@@winglo1697 China's k*lled plenty of their own

[@LawasSarawak]

Allies of USA did, not friend but master and pawn

[@wnklee6878]

Deng Xiaoping learned even more from Singapore.

[@user-qm7jw]

Japan should have abandoned China. Japan tried to democratize China after the war, but betrayed. And they probably don't even appreciate Japan's support. It was all a waste of money.

[@hokagesama6681]

No, that was no democracy bc what can you expect when the country who not only invade you, but also made a genocide and Raping, and also made attrocities in cities. Suddenly want to made tides??. No, It was because Deng Xiaoping went to the US, not only Japan but to Western countries to learn. What you're saying is that Japan is the only that wanted a create a relationship with china. But unstead it was with the rest don't say things so casually just because you country was not invaded and raped by Japan in the WW2

[@SathyaswamyS]

Yes ser. Japan should help India become a superpower and help it beat China.

[@user-vw8it9oo8h]

The strong technological and financial support for China was also meant as an apology to China during World War II. Most of the Japanese politicians and CEOs at the time had experienced World War II in real life and remembered it. It was also strongly influenced by Mao Zedong's failure to ask Japan for postwar reparations or an apology for war crimes.

[@bigleeatutube]

Forgotten, by whom ??? 😂😂😂

[@DoomoBebop]

Please, it's a small detail, but when people say "Not taking long for China getting richer than Japan" and stuff like that. Can we always talk about average salary ? Like "they have shinkansen, and China surpass Japan soon". Of course not, they are 2 billions and almost didn't surpass total GDP of 100 million japanese. The average chinese is still pretty poor, don't mix up everything. They can surpass the total GDP and still be late on technology, don't have shinkansen like and be very poor (not the case, was just an example) You have too look at the population size PLEASE. I got the same type of video before people compare an european country to USA, except it's 20 times less populate.. and you compare total GDP to say they rich or not... PLEASE

[@AshishSawant-mt5bv]

Only MONEY does not offer Happiness. FREEDOM is equally important and hence we see lot Chinese migrating to West , particularly USA. 🙂

[@cs2730]

That's why many Indians, South Americans etc are moving to the US... cos of money

[@erictansweebeng5498]

When he visited Singapore NOT Japan!

[@SCJapan-oo9oc]

Did you even watch the video?? Japan had a massive influence, if not more than Singapore. As impressive Singapore was, they weren't on the same industrial scale as the Japanese during the 70s & 80s

[@chaz4609]

Jai Hind. Yes, Yes but a small red dot as compared to the Indian subcontinent. There is only a small talent pool and that is why we Indian foreign talents are powering up their economy.

[@keffinsg]

@@SCJapan-oo9oc it was both. Japan showed what was possible, Singapore showed how it could be done. Singapore was afterall a Chinese majority country, which was effectively also run by a single party.

[@SCJapan-oo9oc]

@@keffinsg true Japan gave China the technical and financial know how, Singapore gave them a governance model

[@victorye7150]

​@@SCJapan-oo9oc It was the USA transferred industries and know how to China. The Chinese system has nothing to do with Singapore. Since when was Singapore a socialist country?

[@inotaishu1]

2000 years? Both nations? Are you kidding me? China did not exist 2000 yeaers ago, and neither japan, that was a totally different form of government each time, the language was different, the culture was different, the borders were different. By what logic were these the same nations as today?

[@unka2007]

why is China still poor?

[@lordlee6473]

Japan is not a sovereign country. It bounced back from ww2 mostly because of the Korean War, not to mention their industrialization was mostly funded by the war reparations from the Qing government, so they really need to apologize more and say thank you more as well

[@kenadrian27]

China didnt get influence from japanese trains, they were able to develop their own unique technology that Japan can't replicate today

[@clumsymm]

this is totally bullshit. exaggerated Japanese impact too much

[@kenm3943]

LMAO. That's easy to say AFTER China received decades worth of ODA and technical assistance from Japan. 🤦

[@fris7827]

Cope harder 🖕

Did they say in more than 2000 yrs he has been the first in japan. Holy time scales batman

[@Flyinghigh3597]

Can you imagine if the Soviet Union ever had a man like "Deng"?

[@wenwengaming9900]

It's gorbachev but the soviet official don't want a reform. But problem of Gorbachev that his reform implementation was not properly implemented in USSR State, unlike China. If gorbachev reforms are successful including glassnot, and petrastroika. USSR will be call the USS or Union of Sovereign States and abandoning communsim and turn int social-democracy, also nato will be useless in the Europe since the former enemy is not a threat anymore. No putin, No yelstin no Russian Oligarch who manipulated the Russian economy.