What the World Can Learn From China’s Innovation Playbook | Keyu Jin | TED

In the last few decades, China has gone from technological scarcity to abundance. What sparked this shift? Economist Keyu Jin explores how China has fostered a model of innovation unlike any other and shows why understanding its competitive, collaborative approach could benefit the world -- and perhaps demystify some contradictions.
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[@takudzwamashamba7453]

I stay in China, Shanghai. And technology makes life so convenient here. It makes it difficult to actually adapt to a life without this convenience. Props to China

[@50cents668]

Her father's background: Jin Liqun (Chinese: 金立群; born August 1949) is a Chinese politician, banker, and professor. He is currently the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He was formerly the Chairman of China International Capital Corporation, the Vice President of the Asian Development Bank, and the Vice Minister of Finance of the People's Republic of China.

[@user-rg7gg2vx7b]

And the young city of Hefei is also the research hub of nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and other fundamental science topics in China. Looking forward to what it would become in the next decades!😊

[@alexgoslar4057]

Dear Keyu Jin, Chinese groundbreaking technology happened in the 9th Century BCE In the 9th Century BCE, the Chinese were able to melt iron like no other civilization at the time. This gave the ancient Chinese an economic advantage that lasted for hundreds of years. Besides smelting weapons, Chinese coins were minted and used as trading currency. Ancient China become the commercial leader which manifested itself in an industrial revolution. During these millennia Chinese silk became a thought-after commodity. In the 6 century BCE, silk Reached Germany via the Silk Road. Here too an increased affluence brought with it a wave of elevated cultural development.

[@bensun5978]

The greatest breakthrough for Chinese civilisation is the mastery of climatic and weather patterns some 11, 000 years ago that made systematic and widespread agriculture successful.

[@ganikus8565]

Actually China has never been once the world highest GDP in its history !

[@Markknightexeter]

They invented fire?

[@TheNefastor]

Yeah but that's a _Chinese_ innovation, and she's not talking about that China, she's talking about the PRC, in case you've missed her point that government is the big hero fostering innovation. Which is hilariously stupid.

[@NoneofyourBusiness-gy9yw]

fast forward to 2019 where china groundbreaking technology created the *wuhan virus* and spread it around the world.

[@gatesbisson5102]

There is hope to find common interest nd combined our effort for the good of humanity. Overcoming fear, building trust should be the major objective between the US and China. Keyu Jin is an ambassador in promoting that mind set..

[@kongkong1364]

kudos to TED for providing a platform to voices of reasons in the face of the current anti-china tide. it's very courageous but i fear it won't be enough in the face of usa's 500-million anti-china propaganda budget

[@vectorm4]

There is no "anti-China tide." There is an huge anti-CCP tide.

[@ChillDfect]

@@vectorm4RIGHT! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@williamgarcia1909]

DR. KEYU JIN, THANKS FOR SHARING UR WISDOM. GRATITUTE FROM A CHINESE FILIPINO.

[@Lilz853]

2:01 - 2:15, Keyu spent most of her life in three places, both in China and West I reckon a lot of people in the comment section have never been to China themselves and only receive related news on BBC or other western media. And the thing that most people think they know more than Keyu is what I found the most hilarious.

[@RobBank1985]

I’ve been to China. She is delusional.

[@peterlustig881]

This TED talk Is pure bullshit, it is CCP-Propaganda! China have no inovation, just Copy-Pasta. BYD are inferior cars. The CCP does not have eradication poverty in there own Country, they just coin a new term "extreme poverty" and changed the poverty line, so less count as poor. The CCP/China is the most enviroment harming country on the globe. Pls, do your own research and do not belive this CCP-PROPAGANDA.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Exactly!!

[@dumy3610]

Because they never want to learn and grow in the 21st century. They are so comfortable continuing to live in their frog pond. Their arrogance will take them to the lost world.🤣

[@vectorm4]

Wu Mao.

[@daniel7385]

One of the main reasons that China has come up so quick is the working class people, who has sacrificed a lot to society.

[@blakeygames6084]

One of the main reasons that China has come up so quick is the -working class people- slave labor of demographic of poverty level paid workers, who has sacrificed a lot to -society- the CCP.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Yes, and that is not unique to China!! It happens everywhere, all the time!!

[@orangutan4696]

​@@donnydrumpf9563 according to Vijay Prashad, Mao Cultural Revolution is the main reasons that China has come up so quick. Thanks to Mao, after 1949, 90% of the population, the Chinese farmers regained their self-dignity/human rights first time of China 5000 yrs feudal system civilization.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@orangutan4696 I would agree with him, despite the facts that villagers are/were mostly farmers and they usually have less say in national politics...At least, Mao gave them opportunity to be able to read and work on their own land with the land reforms!!

[@orangutan4696]

@@donnydrumpf9563 Prior 1949, 85 to 90% of Chinese were illiterate; their social status were of the lowest.

[@skane3109]

Keyu Jin’s talk communicates so many good insights into who China is and how our two countries and the world as a whole can prosper through healthy competition and mutual respect. Of course national security is important to all, but not everything is about national security. Creating a better world for our children and grandchildren must be our paramount goal. Share Wisdom not fear.

[@DrJoySmithMaxwell]

Tell that bit about 'not everything being about national security' to those who suffer from Chinese government infringements on their territories! National security of a people must always come 1st & foremost, lest we repeat the errors of colonialism & devastation wreaked on indigenous peoples!

[@supahsmashbro]

@DrJoySmithMaxwell lol you compare fishing incidents to countlessdestruction of peoples, cultures, languages. Your average anglo

[@iamhardwell2844]

​@DrJoySmithMaxwell did you mentioned NSA?

[@patriot1564]

She is lying, they are stealing and cheating the world.

[@gideonsoegiarto2583]

To learn from other countries, we need first to be open mind and hearts.

[@ZenLH]

👍open your ear, your eye and your mind, or go to visit China to experience and learn from its

[@ninh05]

@@ZenLHfukk China, i wouldnt visit if you paid me.

[@user-cd2uh5nk5d]

@@ZenLH I have been china several times, but nothing to learn. why don't you learn freedom and democracy first? Don't forget Deng Shao Ping's instruction.

[@AbHarians]

​@@user-cd2uh5nk5d Freedom and democracy to invade other country? What rights that you have to invade Iraq? Do you own the world and even do you own the God kingdom?

[@patriot1564]

@@AbHarians you are misinformed,

[@lombardo141]

The comment section gives me hope in humanity. 👍

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Yes, it looks like this is being spotted for what it is.

[@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq]

Narrow-minded🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@lombardo141]

@@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq when China stops stealing and actually makes something from the ground up then I will stop being narrow minded.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

@@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq We can Google her name. We know who she is. Outside of China, people can find things out like this and we don't like being lied to. So, we are going to mock it for what it is: lies and a failure at lying even.

[@stellalai8032]

Please let

[@dianapoon9978]

Whatever her background, instead of belittling her message, one should be happy to have someone understanding both countries, knowing both their merits and weakness/inufficiencies, removing fear, doubts and misunderstandings among both politicians and common people. It is better for everyone when all countries can work together in fair and true healthy competition and grow together. In peace and not on the threat of war.

[@rpgbb]

You definitely have no idea about China or you play dumb

[@Rhetoricalact]

Yeah, that's what she said but in fact she's spreading propaganda while the CCP shuts all the western views and voices to influence its people. So it's a one-way propaganda and infiltration.

[@Demonsith12345]

This idea that other countries can work peacefully with the Chinese Communist Party flies in the face of reality. The leadership routinely censors, imprisons, and attacks its critics, from journalists to human rights lawyers to artists to social media personalities like Laowhy86 or SerpentZA; how can the CCP grow when it's this obsessed with face, and avoiding humiliation from any source? I think if the CCP really wanted to show the world they don't want to cause trouble, they should (at the very least) surrender their ownership claims to the sovereign country of Taiwan, as well as international/contested areas like the South China Sea or the Arunachal Pradesh.

[@zenlei8258]

Are you naive to try to understand the western cultures ? Anglo elite will throw you under the bus without a care of who you are. Anglo elite have no guilty to kill their own poor people.

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

🇮🇳🇮🇳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@peterlim8416]

I noticed many people arguing on the terms (innovation) she used, mistake (hefei is small town, average income of people) she made, or the background (considerably "wealthy" & "influencing" family) she is having. (mostly from China's haters) But not many catch the message she trying to deliver: mega-countries can cooperate, competition can be a great driving force for country advancement, sanction will eventually harm, not only your "enemy", but yourself. If US kept the hate in their heart, assuming competition is a threat, their downturn is projected.

[@ninh05]

Yeah, but China is gonna go down first. The US can come back after destroying China. India, vietnam, and other countries in the region will replace China production. Problem solved. Isnt it brilliant?!?! 😂😂😂

[@XkaliburJ]

US downfall is because they are anti competitive and does not want to share their technologies. They think they can monopolize the economy of other countries by putting up sanctions. That's just wishful thinking and believing they are some kind of Supreme Gods. Anw Good luck to them..

[@patriot1564]

You don’t know how China hates America, hatred America is their main propaganda

[@ray8899]

we are interested to see if there is any update for Prof Jin' view in Sept 2023

[@lpd7346]

Enjoyed the last part most, starting from the life change in 1997.

[@theirsecretkey]

wow 😮

[@readytoeatmeals]

An excellent speech, clear messages and totally logical.

[@jarjarbinks3193]

"totally logical." For the Wumao world, not the real world.

[@horridohobbies]

@@jarjarbinks3193 Expressing your bigotry.

[@fs5775]

@@horridohobbies Nope, expressing critical thinking. You wouldn't know about critical thinking if you were raised in Mainland China. They try to beat that stuff out of you at a young age. Just OBEY THE CCP.

[@bellavista643]

As always… she is intelligent & charming 👍👏

[@bobguard]

A fantastic and wonderful speech. A subtle and careful blend of exhortation to peace and collaboration to seek the greater good of humanity and recognition of fruitful competition to spur innovation.

[@rpgbb]

I want to smoke what you are smoking 🤣 You definitely don’t know about China

[@alyasagan3620]

​@@rpgbbthat is why China is moving so fast and others cant move.

[@maxidrivemaxidrive4330]

@@rpgbb Like you know???

[@lophiz1945]

Great speech, but the CCP has other plans. I don't think peace is a part of it.

[@patriot1564]

@@alyasagan3620 they steal and cheat us, they take advantage of our kindness and trust.

[@y.aliciahong6071]

She’s a daughter of a high ranking Chinese government official. Her father was vice Minister of Finance in China. Her experience and interpretation of China has nothing to do with the 1.4 billion ordinary Chinese people.

[@davidmartin7518]

Why not?

[@fannyalbi9040]

what is her father name?

[@zhenchang9579]

then who has something to do with the ordinary Chinese people? Me? or You?

[@fintech1378]

​@@fannyalbi9040 aiib's boss

[@BITMajo]

@@zhenchang9579 Certainly not you, after all KZbin is banned in China. And don't give us the "Chinese can use VPN to bypass the great firewall" bullshit. Her father's name is 金立群 BTW.

[@bikesr2tired441]

Wow look at all the downvotes. I wonder why.

[@fs5775]

TED is going to be seriously embarrassed by this

[@MrMechasexual]

Just showing some chinese manners~~ 🥳

[@guilmarperez4674]

That's because there are a lot of nationalist ignoramuses in the western sphere...

[@tutu88524]

All from india people

[@Rhetoricalact]

So much Chinese propaganda from her mouth. If anyone buys into her words, the person is very ignorant of China and what CCP wants to take from the world. The whole JuGuo concept she's boasting is actually just huge governmental subsidies on the next rising industries (EV, AI) to give Chinese companies unfair advantages against the private companies around the world.

[@clementgavi7290]

Excellent

[@toh81390]

well done TED let's the Money talks.

[@catinbootsnow4267]

As former US President Bill Clinton said, "It's the economy, stupid."

[@sherryguysher7040]

I truly love this speaker, she is gorgeous.

[@jeffjohnson5053]

Travel to vietnam, thailand, Taiwan, hong kong, phillippines, women like her are 50 cents a dozen.

[@sherryguysher7040]

@@jeffjohnson5053 50 cents for a female Harvard Ph. D?

[@jeffjohnson5053]

@@sherryguysher7040 People who stay in school tooooo long, lacks common sense. And furthermore, she is NOT telling you the whole story. We all know, china has the WORST human rights record. Tens of millions of people died and is still dying today under beijing evil rule. Why is she not telling you this. Why don't you go search Uyghur genoicide of today in china. Beijing is currently murdering 3 million in Xinjiang and selling their body organs. Yes, you heard me correctly, selling their body organs.

[@patriot1564]

@@sherryguysher7040 I heard she can speak 5 languages and a top piano player

[@kennyhunt7812]

great talk well done!

[@peterk5981]

Communal kitchens in the 80's ? This is quite dramatic opening but perhaps related to rather small towns and experienced among poor people. Teachers and technical cadres, city workers and already existing business people enjoyed their own individual apartments, after all, a lot of apartment buildings have already been constructed in thousands in a lot of cities.

[@tonyy1753]

The world needs more mutual understanding not hatred based on differences, the world's needs peace not war due to misconception about each other. Ordinary folks like most of us, we need cheaper technologies to ensure the advancement for us all in the world, not using technology to make threats at each other

[@EdScanlan-so1wz]

But that is not how the politics work. The politician needs to invent a story to fear the voters to vote for them. Also they need to act as tough as they could to lure voters to vote for them in the name of whatever.... national security, patriotism etc so they could win and stay in power for another term. After that, it is not their business anymore as they all got fat pension salary to live for the rest of their life....

[@hofamily6718]

Do we give up ? If something does not work, change it. Or it will get worse. @@EdScanlan-so1wz

[@rainmakeramg]

I believe Jin didn't come from an ordinary family. She is well educated both in China and USA. She speaks American English without much Chinese accent. She is talented and has access to ALL resources necessary to her well-being. Good for her.

[@pdsc]

Her father is Jn Liqun(金立群), if you googled this name, you will understand why did she defend the policy like this.

[@user-rk3zz9ml8m]

yes，a very poor one, reading books by kindle lights when growing up

[@louiswchan]

​@@pdsc Defend ? Where was this notion coming from.

[@shawncheng404]

Her father is Chinese finance minister.

[@EnglishFuture-xg1gw]

@@louiswchan she is a ccp mouthpiece

[@varunemani]

Audience - NOT GONNA CLAP , NOT GONNA CHEER!! End of presentaton - (Nervously looking at each other) So are we gonna do this anyway guys?..👏👏

[@TheNefastor]

To be fair, this was the blandest, most generic clapping I've ever heard. Keyu should have given Ted ten extra bucks for an applause track.

[@varunemani]

@@TheNefastor LOL, I know right.. 🤓😜👍 good point.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

​@@TheNefastor Yes, sure!! That's what will happen if you are talking to a bunch of brainwashed "intellectuals"!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@donnydrumpf9563]

​@@varunemani Yes, sure!! Commie Chinese is innovative?? How come?? It can't be possibly true!! Right, old kidd?? Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@YCHTT]

It's criminal she got so little applause, this just showed you how brainwash people are by the US led West anti-China propaganda making them extremely uncomfortable whenever the word "China" pops up. “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when EVERYTHING the American public believes is false.” - William Casey ex CIA Director, Feb 1981 "Propaganda is to Democracy what violence is to Totalitarianism." - Noam Chomsky

[@user-lo2se2ks8e]

Here is a lady came to the U. S. She did not lose her head in the western world. Who is able to appreciate both cultures. She is smart and eloquent. She can speak with words that both worlds can understand. I would like to pay my respect to this lady. Oh. She is beautiful too.

[@johnchan4136]

It's all about how quickly any new technologies with great potentials can be put into the market and flourish...ie. an innova-product life cycle. You need a golden ratio of technocrats vs bureacrats to foster the management of such an optimized if not a minimized innova-product cycle. At the end of day, it's still the same old theory from Deng Xiaoping that works: "Black cat or white, the one that can catch mouse is a good cat". We are all global citizens, US or China, it really doesn't matter. it's not about face anymore to treat China at par with the rest of the developed world even though China used to be dirt poor. We are so globalized nowadays especially after the pandemic, everything is at our finger tips without crossing national boundaries and your paycheques can come in by autodeposit. You can be working for an outfit in Armenia from New York city to consult on the most advanced ultra fast GPU chip or consulting on an hybrids solution for the hot hydrogen leak/fire problem from an MTBE plant in Johor, Malaysia.

[@Ditrix88]

This talk is about local governments and the state in general helping to scale up production and deploy technology quickly. It's not really about innovation.

[@mrtienphysics666]

Indeed.

[@Evaxsinhu]

But state backed research and developed is still ''innovation'' no?

[@Ditrix88]

​@@Evaxsinhu yeah, but I'm not sure if she spoke about examples of state-backed R&D.

[@Ditrix88]

​@@Evaxsinhu to be fair, she did say that she's not talking about "0 to 1" technological advancement, but I feel like the word "innovation" may not be the best word for what she's describing. It sounds like her main message is that China is much better at adopting technologies at scale due to state participation and intervention.

[@mrtienphysics666]

how can a confucianist and conformist society be creative, innovative, disruptive?

[@alantran1914]

A BEAUTY with a BEAUTIFUL mind! And THANK you for beings BEAUTIFUL

[@sama-qi7ms]

look through different lens and learn what is behind of chine growth is interesting.

[@EnglishByORCJA]

Thank you * * * * * * * * * *

[@jameskwa]

Long live China.🎉

[@VincentShawYoutube]

国家统计局首次承认：6.1亿人，月均收入不足1000元！The National Bureau of Statistics admitted for the first time: 610 million people, with an average monthly income of less than 1,000 yuan! $143 in China!!!!!!!!!!

[@despro8088]

yes including babies and students.

[@Lilz853]

And elderly. All labour force and non labour force income are included in this statistics

[@donnydrumpf9563]

So?? The Chinese living in rural villages, they don't even need RMBs!! They grow all their food, and education, basic healthcare is basically free!!! And, the best thing is they own their own house!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@Lilz853 Yes, exactly!!

[@karenhsu3610]

That’s why Chinese government claims that China will remain a developing country for a very long time. It’s not a shocking news to us Chinese. We all know it. So why should the US be afraid of such a poor country, right?

[@fvvf9569]

if a technology only benefit a country is a waste, benefit the whole world is a success

[@donnydrumpf9563]

True!! Well-said. Human progress should benefit all human-kind!!

[@DubboU]

You can say that again to all the Western countries banning Chinese technologies and innovations, and gives them sanctions.

[@voice_from_pizza]

Cleaner earth: hopefully our U.S. Congress (both House and Senate) will pass a comprehensive version of the PROVE IT bill, and establish a suitable regulatory framework for accurately measuring carbon emissions and creating a carbon intensity index.

[@riser9644]

The great cultural revolution don't forget people

[@adamiskandar5107]

Are we going to discuss the genocide of the American natives in early American history? The Rest of the World knows full well that America lost its moral high ground when they destroyed Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and a host of other countries. Don't forget, people!

[@riser9644]

@@adamiskandar5107 that's the point American are discussing the atrocities on natives and black people, while in China you are jailed if you even bring up the great cultural revolution

[@adamiskandar5107]

@@riser9644 If there is free honest discussion by Americans on the genocide of native Americans and still nothing was done to rectify the atrocities committed, it means America as a nation is soulless and have lost the right to preach to others. Moreover your accusation that China would jail anyone who brings up the cultural revolution is not fact based. Will you be surprised that there are some Americans who believe that China is a freer and more democratic country than America? Don't be an arrogant American.

[@riser9644]

@@adamiskandar5107show me 1 debate in china about the revolution and civil war

[@adamiskandar5107]

@@riser9644 Do you read Mandarin?

[@verybang]

this was so moving. she is such an inspirational person. the way she talked about us, as the big picture, as people who belong to this world, is breathtaking. she sees so much goodness, brings tears to my eyes.

[@jooblet1975]

boo hoo china is a victim The U.S. Department of Justice arrested two U.S. Navy sailors on national security charges relating to China on Thursday. It is unclear whether the two cases are connected in any way. The first sailor, a 22-year-old assigned to a vessel in San Diego, was arrested on an espionage charge relating to a conspiracy to share intelligence with a Chinese official.

[@YCHTT]

And it's criminal she got so little applause, this just showed you how brainwash people are by the US led West anti-China propaganda making them extremely uncomfortable whenever the word "China" pops up.

[@adanphu4325]

Their clean hard works pay off! Clean people...

[@MrZomfgwtfbbq]

Just watched bits and bobs, expecting how this will pan out. I think it's safe to say my expectations were met. Such naivete

[@hpmoxie4660]

Learn good things from each other!

[@PhongTran-dp6sf]

CC P stole good things from other

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@PhongTran-dp6sf hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha.. So?? And, those others must be very stupid that the bad evil "CCP" can easily steal their good things from them, no, old kidd?? Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@eric9069]

You don't care who dominates, but America does.

[@dannychan1342]

Why dominate instead of collaborate? Maybe US can't compete in a fair competition? Can't afford to lose, so better use its military might!

[@vichitvideo6041]

Well educated, very intelligent and well versed in Western countries' and China economics scenes, she is highly admirable. Good wishes to her.

[@roguemusashi9099]

How the 50 cent army thing working out for you? Oh wait they dont pay that much these days do they....

[@marvinzhang3734]

@@roguemusashi9099 you are a five cent?

[@TripodJonas]

Is the lesson “stealing is easier “?

[@Not____Applicable]

Do you know how many things we use that were made in China originally? If you’re an ignorant kid just say that and watch when you’re ready to listen with an open mind.

[@TIEVR]

@@Not____Applicable are we listing things created in antiquity now? What’s next. The Arabs will join the chat and claim they invented the decimal system ? And the Italians will say they invented aqueducts ?? This is a Ted talk not a history lesson.

[@mikegreen5249]

@@Not____Applicable Yes and have you followed the endless IP theft going on, from liners of coke cans all the way to state-of-the-art radar for the CCP army. You are delusional if you think stealing is not one of the major reasons for the technological catch-up they have managed. When there is little else to steal, and people start refusing to hire Chinese nationals china's GDP growth and tech will fall in line with the rest world, not the crazy rate of the last 20 years. The 1000 talents programs and IP stealing programs like that will eventually hit a brick wall as Western nations harden their defense, china will play victim and say this is discrimination and racism, hacking will be the only method left, major corporations will harden from an information security point of view, everyone will get on with their day.

[@martthesling]

@@Not____Applicable What was made originally in China? The Corona virus?

[@Docpeetee]

@@Not____Applicable you’re just as ignorant if you don’t acknowledge that China cheat as well.

[@funnytv-1631]

Before the day begins, imagine you are an explorer standing above the opening of an underground cave. Below the earth's surface, there are luminescent waters and sparkling walls. You lower yourself down on a rope, safely repelling off the crystalline sides. You descend and reach the ground safely. You have quieted all the noise from above and can hear every drop, every trickle. Around you is a beautiful labyrinth to explore. You have found an inner place to silence the distractions. Today you give yourself the gift of uninterrupted time.

[@goldengregory1]

Don't drink this coolaid. Traveling the world does not automatically provide one with a more correct or unique perspective of the world or even particular parts of the world, nor does one's own personal history. Thoughtful engagement with other points of view may provide an opportunity for insight, but a thesis based on that experience again does not necessarily give a person a more accurate understanding of any culture or system. It may allow a person a unique experience and an opportunity for obtaining knowledge from that experience but it does not in and of itself provide a basis from which to judge the accuracy of the presented thesis.

[@snowwhite-jt9cj]

Glad that Dr. Jin let people know more about China. Communication is important now. We can not keep WAR around without concerns about the future.

[@patriot1564]

That is not a true china

[@interstellar2327]

I'm Chinese, and I don't think she is an ordinary Chinese citizen without relationship or benefit with the CPC authority. What she said was a perfect and ideal one-party ruling government for the best benifits of the companies and the peole, which actully only allows comments for its significant achievements and parise of the great leaders. Indeed, if the government permits, it can provide any resources for a company to develop in the whole region, as long as you have the bonded relationship with the higher officers in particular in the central govenment, because political power means everything here in China, bureaucracy dominating business, whlile it can also deprive of everything from you with just an administration order for no good reason if you are skeptical of the one-party ruling system, not loyal to the great leader or not obedient to the government.

[@urimtefiki226]

You dont respect my dignity, I interrupt my creativity.

[@user-du2dy8sm7e]

Thank you so so so so much for sharing your greatest respectable views and opinions. We the people have right to enjoy the dignity in life. We ultimately need the best and cheapest technologies rather than worrying where they come from. Huge salute and respect to you. Thank you very much for your great insight.

[@thereap5348]

yeah so that other countries can have the upper hand in commerce; very smart

[@Tarquin2718]

China developed the ball pen point in 2017

[@lalagirl9188]

I don’t care where the tech is from, but how can you guarantee it can be the cheapest as well the best? I’m not sure if that goes hand in hand yet? 😅

[@Jackbyl]

Things subsidized by the government are usually cheap. If you take the subway from Hong Kong island to Shenzhen - I lived in both cities, it'll take about 50 HK dollars. The same distance of subway ride in Shenzhen, where the subway system is run by the government, it would be around 10 HKD.

[@jerryyoung639]

便宜是为了让穷人也用得起，不是最好的东西也一定要便宜。like the company Xiaomi，they made most of people of developing countries buying their products. if you're poor,you can buy the phone worth with 800 RMB.if you are not poor,you can buy the phone worth with 7000 RMB.

[@jjjkkshen2836]

For sure it can't be cheap in capitalism society,where money rules

[@lalagirl9188]

@@Jackbyl that’s a good point, so it’d all depends on governments then? But where are governments’ money from? And where all the profits go?

[@anonymintheworld9781]

Cheap is relative, it depends on who you compare it with. Clothes bought in China for 50 pounds are far better quality than those bought in the UK for 50 pounds, which is better and cheaper. If you want to compare clothes bought in the UK with 100 pounds in China and clothes bought in China for 10 pounds, it is possible to buy them in the UK Better clothes for £100, but not necessarily. tech products too

[@orangutan4696]

According to Vijay Prashad, Mao Cultural Revolution is the main reasons that China has come up so quick. Thanks to Mao, after 1949, 90% of the population, the Chinese farmers regained their self-dignity/human rights first time of China 5000 yrs feudal system civilization.

[@mrtienphysics666]

ChatGPT comes from USA. What innovation?

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

But only China is brave enough to set up a social credit system that is bold enough to track its people with 24/7 surveillance state and a globally segregated online bubble set up to control their citizens ability to learn about things like the 1989 Tiananmen Square event

[@watb8689]

behind chatgpt are the chinese

[@mrtienphysics666]

@@watb8689 I see, OpenAI 's founders Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk are all Chinese. Interesting.

[@WalterGao]

So， why bother banning Chinese high techs

[@saltytroye3838]

@@watb8689 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vtdsmarthome3197]

She’s spitting fire but the u.s is Machiavelli

[@ROCKSWOT]

Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat today published an article about just retired shipyard employee who stole potentially 460 million worth of intellectual property, from Meyer Turku, for China. So watch your view of Chinas innovation playbook. There's no way she just called Chinas concept a "meyer economy". What a coincidence.

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

1989 Tiananmen Square

[@TheXZ111]

reminds me of the coke cola can spy case

[@mrplatink]

Do you have the name of the article? What a movie that would make--calling dibs on writing it first!

[@ROCKSWOT]

@@mrplatink The article headline is 'Meyer Turun liike­salaisuus­jutun syytetty on kuollut, telakka­yhtiö vaatii miljoona­korvauksia kuolin­pesältä'. May this help you to the article.

[@mrplatink]

@@ROCKSWOT Found it--thank you so much!

[@jamie4422]

Cheap or good technology makes sense to me. Not sure how you can make cheap AND good technology without input from others (however that happens). Is it 多快好省 that you’re trying to sell?

[@TheNefastor]

Among engineers we have what we call the "engineering triangle" : Fast, Good, Cheap. For any given project or product you can never have all three of them, only two at most. Think it over, you'll see the truth of it.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

​@@TheNefastor everything is relative, buddy!! How fast, how good and how cheap you want it to be?? Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@TheNefastor]

@@donnydrumpf9563 look, 50-cent soldier, you don't even understand basic concepts so why don't you give up ? Chinese is synonymous is "cheap crap" in the entire world, and you know it. Why do you keep insisting the sky is yellow ? (Oh wait, it actually is, where you live... I've seen it with my own eyes)

[@DubboU]

@@TheNefastor time and time again, China has shown the world they can deliver fast, good, and cheap technologies to the market. That is exactly the reason why China is growing incredibly fast. This is unique in China do to its vast resources and enormous work force. And also the reason why the West is so scared and jealous of them, because they cannot hope to compete. Think it over, you’ll see the truth of it.

[@TheNefastor]

@@DubboU you're spitting propaganda from the 90's when even then every one already associated "made in China" with "junk". If you weren't behind the CCP's firewall you'd realize that no one wants anything Chinese, it's what people settle for when they don't have enough money. If your BS had any truth to it, China would have overtaken the US many years ago, say back in 2001 after 9/11 wrecked their economy. Or after 2008. Yet even when the West is in a vulnerable position China fails to make any gain. And now people worldwide are actively against China. It's the fate of all pseudo-communist dictatorships to fail spectacularly. You and North Korea are the only remaining two. The writing has been on the wall for years. I'm just gonna eat popcorn and watch as you go down.

[@JW-dy8ru]

The applause was polite. Not so sure the audience was buying into it.

[@peterlustig881]

This smells like CCP-Propaganda to me. This TED talk Is pure bullshit! China have no inovation, just Copy-Pasta. BYD are inferior cars. The CCP does not have eradication poverty in there own Country, they just coin a new term "extreme poverty" and changed the poverty line, so less count as poor. The CCP/China is the most enviroment harming country on the globe. Pls, do your own research and do not belive this CCP-PROPAGANDA.

[@TheNefastor]

They know a sceptic tank when they see one.

[@ALWH1314]

@@TheNefastor you can disagree but not to be rude.

[@TheNefastor]

@@ALWH1314 hey, she started it.

[@richmike2033]

@@ALWH1314 , the mainland is nothing but rude and being a bully. Pathetic to see her spew lie after lie. LMAO.

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

歡迎回來❤

[@fetB]

1:03 pretty sure thats actually german technology

[@ROCKSWOT]

Incredible how she slashes Tesla and others on innovation-spending. Chinas concept is "the second mouse always gets the cheese".

[@dywang32]

China has been super pro-Tesla. Why do you think Elon named someone from China as his second in command? Also, did you ever wonder why Tesla wasn't required to form a joint partnership with a Chinese company?

[@RH-mk3rp]

Always to consumer, never the innovator

[@tae-whankim9821]

Why waste time on developing when you can just copy and steal others xD China's philosophy

[@IoIocaust]

Yup. no need to innovate when the US does it for them.. Just download blueprints, make a shameless copy.

[@Wolfgang799]

To support your point you guys all drive Tesla，right? And more than half of Tesla cars made in China, so what you do? Oh, maybe you still drive gasoline cars, is it Mercedes? Must be, other brands are all second mouse. Especially Ford, which made car affordable for America families, how evil is that!

[@CharlesEdwardField]

It sounds impressive . Why didn't you come back China ? Why ?Why ?

[@hauyongchin4535]

Thanks to people like you, many ethnic Chinese professors and technocrats are leaving these hostile countries for some safer places and greener pastures in the east

[@richardvara8124]

The question is, what can China learn from, what jest happened to Russia?

[@Satoshi_Kirisaki]

This guy could currently be the most exquisite academic "Mouth Piece" of CCP.

[@tigading2177]

spoken like a true amarikan, hatred of things you don't know, adores all the genocidal policies U$ inflicted on others.

[@comfortlivinghh]

wow, amazing speech!

[@ninh05]

Wow, little brain.

[@samsungkuu614]

Excellent!!

[@drananth]

Writing this on my 3 year old Chinese phone. What good is expensive technology?

[@rangitgurung1674]

thats true. learn to support one another then try to down to others.

[@sinlokemp]

We also need a Ted Talk on China'a Debt trap.

[@JS-ih7lu]

Or how the West made it up to smear China while they created real debt traps using the IMF and World Bank 😂

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

Do tell us.

[@hongscave]

I have a lot to say regarding this topic and suggestions for this lady, but I rather not say anything. Have a nice day guys.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Why?? Just shoot, buddy!! If what you have got to say and your suggestions are sincere and genuine, I am sure you will be most welcome!!!

[@hongscave]

​@@donnydrumpf9563 Hi buddy, thanks for the encouragement. Let's just say me and the host are from the same place. And our government takes online comment seriously.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@hongscave If your comments are honest, sincere and genuine, I guess, your government will appreciate it!!

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@hongscave i don't think you will have troubles by saying something true and honest. But, if you lie or exaggerate, then it will be another story. It's difficult to make everybody happy, isn't it??

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@se88 hahaha.. Yeah, at least... Those HKers are just a bunch of silly and spoilt brats. They don't know when to stop!!

[@varunemani]

Meanwhile, in the next Ted talk we have - 'Why having fun, is the secret to a healthier life?' by Catherine Price. >> Priorities!! 🍷

[@yuehanslam1593]

Listening to this elegant, eloquent and enlightening lady makes one even more convinced that China has got it right !!!!

[@david_w.5971]

Thanks for sharing! Miss Jin. Hope the two big countries will work together in stead of, asking where the products come from and who is nr.1 and leading the world of the products. But in western countries mindset, they can’t imagine about the western people have to learn from other people outside the west. They are not yet ready for this to hand-over the leading position and make the rules and protocols, I 🤔 guess. US always leading the world after WII and make their own (US) rules based order. But it’s not always international law from the UN that we know and understand for example.

[@ssuwandi3240]

No. You / CCP also have to initiate the roadmap. The West Capitalist approach is direct and they need signs of initiative. Not defensive approach. This is mainly culture gaps and restoring the trust issues. East culture may promote politeness first but the West lense might conclude as being wusses or intimidated for lack if better word.

[@ChillDfect]

Oh good grief. "But in the Western countries mindset, they can't imagine...?" Do you think the world outside of China is some kind of hive-mind??? What fiction are you living in??? What if I began a sentence with "But in the Chinese mind, they can't imagine...?" I'd sound like a simple-minded racist, wouldn't I? Join the world community, already! And c'mon. Even Chinese people know Chinese products suck. 😜

[@jackcaffrey8493]

I have learned more about human rights than anything else I need to learn from China in my lifetime ty

[@jjjkkshen2836]

So you only learned bullsit, human rights,like your right to troll

[@jjjkkshen2836]

China has the biggest innovation-spending on EV industry,educate yourself,dude,she only said telsa is the first into this industry,not means China copys Tesla,ok?

[@advchtube8208]

Did you also learn that China has the best form of "Democracy" from China?

[@anonymintheworld9781]

I feel sad for those who think they are objective and know all the truth, they are completely brainwashed by western mainstream media, and they always have a sense of superiority.

[@ananon5771]

​@@advchtube8208 i mean, if you consider taiwan part of china, its the second best.

[@LorentiChau-db3cb]

Nice presentation, but China has to learn how to develop with their own chips. I trust they have to spend more and more effort on that in the upcoming future.

[@dynasty781]

I’m in 🥰

[@HJJ135]

So what can we learn? more state programs for implementation of charging stations etc? and states are already competing for companies so nothing new there.

[@TheNefastor]

All Chinese state-sponsored projects are failure born of bureaucrats thinking they can dictate what the world is. For instance, they developed a high-speed rail network that wasn't necessary, and is therefore used well below capacity, making it bankrupt. There's a very good reason the US government isn't manufacturing cars, or the French government isn't making perfume. Innovation isn't what governments exist for.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Yes, nothing new!! It's all about actions, implementations!! Like BRI vs BBB!!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@alone-tt8dg6ic6f]

Keyu Jin, You are excellent. All praise and blessing to you for your outstanding view of the world and humanity. You have got a universal mind which will enlighten the future Zen X.

[@brynmckair4566]

I love the value of insights that she brought in this talk.

[@martthesling]

Is the lesson genocide and bat soup?

[@tomlester5184]

How about the aborigines/natives of Australia and North America who were massacred by foreign invaders/genocidal imperialists and had all their ancestral lands sized? Are these the vaunted "human rights" and "international rule of law" of "advanced countries"? There is karma. "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap." The Chinese better learn from the genocidal imperialists and do exactly the same.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Yes, sure!! Like what you did and keep doing to the Native peoples there and the peoples of color!! You are the best!! Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@victorzhang9512]

7:06 The fact that she called Hefei a small town is kinda gross and obviously condescending, cause Hefei is actually the capital city of Anhui Province, and by any means it's a large city instead of a small "town".

[@fs5775]

why would she go to places like that. it's below her. she's a wealthy elite that got her wealth off the backs of poor Chinese people ...she's repulsive

[@petwume]

Yeah, so gross! How evil.

[@yaqiwang5242]

Anhui is a poor province. I guess she’s from Beijing. Comparing with Beijing it’s a small city. I don’t think she’s trying to misleading. You can feel her English is not her native language probably she can’t maneuver subtitles with English freely.

[@ximenggao9200]

It's really not a large city in China, it's just a city having small downtown and several counties.

[@ChinaSongsCollection]

I don't think she meant 'small' as in physically small. I think she meant an 'unimportant' place, at least in the eyes of an average foreigner.

[@stanleychan2099]

TED talks contents becoming TED the Movie

[@howard120778]

Horizontal system like open heart surgery, should be used sparingly. Manhattan project is borned out of necessity.

[@WWLooi-js8rl]

The bitter truth is very hard for some to swallow.

[@kojimmay]

Don't forget pilferage and subsidy as important elements in Chinese progress.

[@davidt02]

Not any less than when the US or Japan was on their economic rise. The story won’t be any different when India rises. People just use different terms like “learning from others” or “importing tech” if they like you.

[@k1llyah]

A rear-view mirror of all-out competition will clash with the established fair competition. Good luck fighting over access to the resources, to all that participate. May the odds be never in humanities' favor

[@rowexiao]

TikTok,Temu,capcut, lemon8, Shein are Apps from China

[@thesuperflexibleflyingtaoi8866]

I don't know how she could forget the fact that china is using its most talented(thousand talents) for industrial espionage for example like Shannon You. Maybe that's also a really interesting factor why China is so innovative. Problem of china is that it doesn't understand people in other states are actually affected by this espionage and lose their job. Great way of making many enemies and not only the states of those people. I understand why she thinks national security is not that important. She rather meant it is ridiculously important to China, but it shouldn't be to us and China is proving it everytime when it lends a helping hand for North Koreas hacking activities. Let me guess, which playbook by the 50cent army comes now. "B-b-but United States!!!".

[@nigelnevinfreesnowdenandas3895]

Change China into USA in your comment is the correct truth.

[@BITMajo]

Well, she obviously didn't "forget", she just choose not to talk about it and narrate her speech away from the truth, what can we expect from a person that's family is part of the CCP's official's? What we should be more alarmed is the west, in this case TED, allowing her to preach blatant CCP propaganda.

[@anonymintheworld9781]

Absolute prejudice, I sometimes feel very sad, the demonization and smearing of China by the western media for nearly a hundred years is really difficult for some people to look at China objectively

[@anonymintheworld9781]

It's ridiculous that what makes you lose your job is the greed of the capitalists, not the Chinese who made something more cost-effective

[@thesuperflexibleflyingtaoi8866]

@@anonymintheworld9781 still the whataboutism playbook. But what about china being ultra capitalistic? They have had the biggest capitalistic growth of all nations in history of time. Your argument seems pretty flawed and made by a 14 yo falling for disinfo.

[@javed876]

I agreed with her in some areas. I've been traveling to China since 2000 and witnessed China's development year after year. China is driving innovation left and right. That development is continuing today. But forgot to mention how some of the developed countries such as US, UK, and Europe include neighboring countries such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan, helped the country that we know as China today. But we don't hear anything about it. All we hear is that China did everything by itself without any help from anyone.

[@Hokeela666]

China learned lots of and got help from the developed countries. This is true and on one wanted to deny it. But it is not free! US, EU and TW gained huge profit in this progress. On the other hand, it is real that the Western set a very strict rule for the technology transfer from the west to China. Space tech is an example.

[@ktseng88]

And not forgetting the millions of Taiwaneses, HongKongers, overseas Chinese and returning Chinese talent and investment that contribute immensely during the early stage of China's economic development. China shd be thankful 感恩, make peace not threat to Chinese outside of China. Then it will truly have risen and arrived.

[@user-zh8og4bn7s]

I agree with LLZZ. China learned through the process of development but it is not free. Most people share their know how for their own benefits. For sure they protect their interests. as they are not forced to do it. Not like China being invaded and robbed by the industrialized countries that destroyed China and made China poor in the first place, some 70 years ago.

[@peterlustig881]

This smells like CCP-Propaganda to me. This TED talk Is pure bullshit! China have no inovation, just Copy-Pasta. BYD are inferior cars. The CCP does not have eradication poverty in there own Country, they just coin a new term "extreme poverty" and changed the poverty line, so less count as poor. The CCP/China is the most enviroment harming country on the globe. Pls, do your own research and do not belive this CCP-PROPAGANDA.

[@peterlustig881]

was inovating until 2016/2017 and the CCP was not the reason for this, it was the free economy and the growing freedom to express. But this time is over now. China is on a donward spirale.

[@benjamindover4337]

Interesting

[@Wolfgang799]

This is the logic, Mercidise invented car, so Ford is shame to make cars affordable. In silicon valley, Fairchild was first semiconductor company, Intel is guilty to be giant chip maker.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

Exactly!!!

[@hansjohanoei5627]

This is the best and powerful speech and very bright professional with progressive of intellectual thinking I have ever listened in my life from Professor Jin Key Yu.

[@tonyyin8524]

IMF April 2023 world economic outlook shows the PRC's per capita income to be $13.7k nominal USD. I wonder why Ms. Jin said it is about $10k. As an expert in the field, she should know the data. So why the lowball?

[@orbitalpotato9940]

13.7k is in the ballpark around 10k. Nothing wrong with that except you're being petty.

[@TheNefastor]

She is committed to the party line that China is still a "developing" country, because that status results in various unfair advantages on the world scene. It's easier to sell if you low-ball how much money the average Chinese makes. It's not fooling anyone, though.

[@donnydrumpf9563]

​@@TheNefastor You can go ask IMF and WB about that as well, old kidd!! I guess, you will say, they are all bought by the Chinese already!! Right, old kidd?? Hahaha.. hahaha.. hahaha..

[@tonyyin8524]

@@TheNefastor It's not that simple. According to the US-lead IMF, the PRC isn't a "Developed Country," But any rational person could see Mainland China isn't an undeveloped nation either (in the mode of India or Albania). Facts are China is still a developing nation, but with highly developed Provinces along the coast.

[@TheNefastor]

@@tonyyin8524 guess what, go to any country even the US, and you'll find remote rural areas that could be called "developing". Yet you don't see the US or France calling themselves "developing countries". The PRC is clearly bullshitting. Developing countries don't have a space programs or nuclear weapons or host Olympic games. So let's stop pretending we're dumb.

[@user-ez2gw4nt3i]

5:50

[@boyang4161]

Well said

[@jaymarx]

Crying listening to this...

[@dennisestradda9746]

Cry in Chyna

[@varunemani]

Meanwhile in the next Ted talk, we have 'Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life' by Catherine Price. Priorities!!

[@peterlustig881]

anger and rage are my feelings, i feel sorry for the people living under the CCP

[@guilmarperez4674]

​@@peterlustig881 don't feel sorry for them, feel sorry for yourself because of your subconscious incompetence...

[@donnydrumpf9563]

@@guilmarperez4674 exactly!!!