Why China Doesn't Identify with the West, Explained

[@haijiaschwannecke3077]

姑娘，我是海外华人，中国急需在互联网上取得更强的话语权。实现这一点，需要很多你这样爱学习，知识面广，有逻辑条理，有历史视角，有文化的感悟，又外语能力极强的年轻人组成团队。深深祝福你们，前辈未做到的，你们一定能做到！❤🙏

[@videogamer4212]

china doesn’t have strong internet presence because of ccp………

[@hopepaean805]

别急，实力是国家形象的基础。克胜美国霸权后，我们互联网上的话语权将自然而然随着时间的流逝在新一代人群中变得更强。

[@killsina3271]

中共独裁政权的话语权😂

[@Ejecu-latte]

​@@hopepaean805 how? Do you think a whole world just gonna stand and watch while you both fighting? Since US has more relation on EU and ASEAN, is Chinese want to feel like the fall of Berlin in 1945??

[@hopepaean805]

@@Ejecu-latte Why do you think they are united?Don't you read any news?

[@Time4Peace]

That's also why China keeps saying that its model cannot be copied by others. Others have to forge their own model for growth. Eric Li famously said that China's system of government is pragmatic. The party does not change but its policies can change and adapt to the situation very quickly. In Western democracy, the party changes, but policies are hard to change. Why? Because in Western democracies, the government is often short term and its policies are intended for popular votes and not geared towards long term planning.

[@laichuonkui69]

Peace. Not saying that others cannot copy its models. Is the west afraid to follows because of the scare tactics of their media which use by their politicians and big Cooperate. Politicians and big Cooperate wants power and money.

[@qjtvaddict]

That’s why the western system is inferior

[@Time4Peace]

@@qjtvaddict It's difficult to brushed off Western democracy as inferior. There must be conditions to be met for it to work well, to truly reflect the needs of its people and not just corporations and special good. Besides, you don't need a revolution to change a government. China's political and economic system is still evolving as new challenges emerge.

[@LeviathanLee]

​@@Time4Peace Nah inferior is the accurate term. We lack standards that align with basic human rights and a system that benefit the majority. That's literally an inferior system. We technically have an authoritarian system masquerading as a democratic republic. A bipartisan system with both parties on the right is essentially a one party system. Actual Western political standards pretty much define this yet we're foolishly led to believe that deviation from the guidelines and standards of Western politics is even an option. We're literally living proof of why Western politics frowns upon our particular system.

[@Strongpoint100]

@@LeviathanLee What system are you talking about?

[@nongpokngbalaishram131]

I am from Manipur which located in the Northeast of India. I love the way you present China. I hope one day India and china see each other as human beings who are fighting for a better future, and understanding that both country have problems and we have to create a platform for good communication among the citizens of both country. Imagine if China and India become good friends. What a good future await us !!!!

[@kennedy6618]

@nongpokng, From why I have heard , China has an open door for negotiation with India but Modi has refused to meet.

[@Inaf1987]

Would save so much in defence expenditure, freeing up funds for more public transit in our cities But I don't see that happening under Modi's watch, as he has failed to deliver the economic prosperity that he promised, he'll likely fall back on jingoism

[@Tikau-mk4of]

I am from Nigeria am upto your comment 💯

[@satyamohlan1270]

​@user-ii2lm6kg2g Bro by that logic, nothing belongs to anybody. Nation States are at their core, ideas and concepts which exist in people's minds. How we chose to divide the world is entirely based upon circumstances. India and pakistan shouldn't have split up. The british messed it up.

[@satyamohlan1270]

@user-ii2lm6kg2g where are you from man? You want India to be split up like the middle east? India is doing just fine as a nation state, thankyou.

[@geoffdean3532]

You are lucky to have a Cunfucian President in China. In the USA we have a president who is confusion.

[@thc4499]

[@akshobhgiridharadas4560]

I enjoyed this! I took classes on China with a China expert, you summarized his four books in 13 minutes, so thank you.

[@superchargerone]

lol perhaps you ought to be expanding your reading materials. you seem to be only taught 1 way of looking at an important international issue like china and as such it really begs the question whether that expert qualifies to be an expert if that is all he/she/it/them/they/sht taught.

[@ritadas4046]

Being an Indian I will say you to be proud of your Chinese culture

[@truthful3777]

You too should be proud of India. India too suffered Humiliation far longer than China 100 years Humiliation. India was humiliated under the British rule. India of 5,000 civilised and a big country defeated by a small island country, England. Now India lost its custom and tradition. .speak English and wear coat and tie..😮😮😮

[@jonaspete]

It is important to differentiate between communism and Chinese civilization. CCP is trying to associate themselves with ancient Chinese culture which they try to twist Confucianism to communism narrative. For now Japan and South Korea carry some of the traditional values of ancient China. Taiwan on the other hand went full barbarian Qing Manchu custom.

[@jaigagandeep.s5100]

@@truthful3777that’s not at all true .

[@kennywong4239]

I need to add a few points regarding Confucianism which were sorely misrepresented in the Western media. 1. Confucianism states that order is important for the country to run efficiently. However, when someone is messing with the order, be it the king or commoner, they should be challenged and removed. This is how the Zhou dynasty replaced the Shang dynasty. 2. Confucianism does not advocate social stratification. It rather advocate a system of status mobility, ie as a commoner, you can become a civil servant. The best minds are to contribute to the development of the country. You are not to focus solely on money making or benefitting oneself, as you are part of the society and it is every rights of the society requiring you to give back. 3. Confucianism stressed on learning from the past. However, it was not to go back to a society of stone age, but rather learn the behaviours of sage kings, their ability to innovate etc. It is a treasure trove of crystalised experience that one can use.

[@evanhadkins5532]

Do you think the advocacy of 'pro-social' ethics in the last decade or so is moving the West closer to a Confucian way of thinking?

[@tegusentertainment8021]

Thank you for adding to this, me being from the "west", am not familiar with these concepts which is part if the problem, we're elitist whom tend to look down on different societies.

[@wonderwang1585]

Confucianism is not for entrepreneurs. It relates about how to be a employee. In dynamics of revolutionary, it is for farmers.

[@lacdirk]

@@tegusentertainment8021 Confucianism played the same role as Christianity did in the west. It was arguably less oppressive. As an explanation of the difference between China and the west it makes no sense.

[@c.kainoabugado7935]

​@lacdirk if so, the answer must be in Attitude towards differences which are mainly Ego & Intolerance

[@Ididntchoosethisname]

Thanks. Very informative video. I knew most of this already. But it helps to put things in perspective when it is so well summarised and put together.

[@cdusen]

In my 80 years and long interest in China, I found this presentation to be the clearest and most succinct summary of the more recent history behind today's China.

[@abuhammad]

I think it looks like state propaganda. For example, the Chinese term a century of humiliation begins with the opium wars and it was not about the UK invading China, it was about trade rights, the Manchurian Qing dynasty forbade or restricted foreign trade like forever, and it was resolved by the two opium wars. After that the Taiping rebellion in China killed 20 million people and weakened the state, which is a pattern repeated in Chinese history of 2000 years. Only in 1937, China was invaded by the Japanese, and that lasted for eight years, after that the communist rebellion supported by the Soviet union killed 20 million people, and Mao's collectivization in 1958 killed 36-45 million people with starvation just like Stalin's collectivization in 1932 killed 10 million people with starvation. Forced to allow foreign trade is nothing compared to millions of people being killed from civil war, peasant uprising, starvation, and invasion in the Japanese case. In fact foreign trade and introduction of new world plants had enabled the Qing dynasty to double its population from 1750 to 1850, and after the opium wars, China began to learn Western technologies and civilization, which continue to this day, which is nothing worth feeling humiliated .

[@patienceobongo]

The political system and central bank were created by Sidney Rittenberg. Communism is not a Chinese idea. Its a Talmudic one. The State religion of the CCP is the Talmud. 1.4 billion people are too lazy to research this ... lol. The CCP is Kaifeng Chinese ruling over many with the Talmud and a bit of Deng Xiao Peng.

[@chicagofineart9546]

Agreed. And at the end Lan said "China is a very lonely country" which is historically true and why the culture has developed aloof from foreign influences unless it was the Mongols or the Turks. And now Xi wants to fire its best customer, the US, because he's afraid the European enlightenment may actually turn a few minds in China.

[@jeanbaeck3026]

Am 75 & ditto.

[@barriebaldwinclod8974]

I could not agree more - !

[@ted1045]

Having seen none of your other videos or knowing anything about you beyond this video these are my thoughts. The video was very well balanced, particularly given the short time frame for the video, and I felt that you put the general Chinese ideas, opinions, feelings, and thoughts forward in a very precise and to the point manner. Your coverage of listing Western influences and then contrasting them with historical Chinese influences was well done. As this was a general coverage of the topic and not meant to go into heavy detail I would definitely recommend this video to others if they had an interest or knew nothing about the topic prior. You came across as very well educated, intelligent, firm in your own personal ideas, able to view both sides in as neutral a manner as can be expected, and overall it was a very well done video. Nothing further to add.

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

You can see that you are an anarchist and liberal, which is really not a problem in peacetime, but when you encounter a dangerous situation, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will be problems with coordination and organization. In addition, liberalism may be useful in places with low population density, but it is definitely a disaster in the case of high population density. There is an old saying in China, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests. Human beings in frequent social activities will inevitably involve conflicts of personal interests. If collective interests are not addressed, then the increase in conflicts is inevitable. Maybe you will tell me that it can be solved according to law, but the law cannot solve all problems and cannot cover all situations! Paying attention to collective interests is conducive to reducing conflicts between people. Most Chinese are atheists and believe in Confucian culture, which has many tenets, such as: gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. These creeds help different people in society to coexist peacefully, and it can be said that Confucian culture provides Chinese most complete moral code of social behavior! And these moral principles form the core of the inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. If you want to understand it in depth, I highly recommend reading Confucius's Analects, perhaps you will have a deeper feeling! Second, China is the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has not been interrupted, which actually has a lot to do with the fact that Chinese pays attention to national interests over personal interests. In history, the ancient Chinese dynasty was often violated by nomads from the north, in order to resist the nomads in the north, the agricultural civilization in the Central Plains had enough strength to resist the invasion of the northern nomads only by uniting together, which formed the common interests of the people of the Central Plains. Whenever the farming civilization of the Central Plains was divided for its own interests, the nomads in the north would always take advantage of the situation and plunder the wealth of the farming civilization. In modern times, too, when China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, ended, warlords in various parts of China formed their own interest groups and fought each other, which also gave countries like Japan the opportunity to invade China. In short, whenever China was divided, the people suffered great disasters, and the slaughter of the farming civilization in the Central Plains by the northern nomads in history, and the killing of 35 million Chinese people by Japan during World War II are still vividly remembered. Every Chinese wants a strong state to protect itself. For the sake of the country's strength, it is worth sacrificing some personal interests. The strength of the country lies first of all in the reunification of the country, which is why Chinese hopes that Taiwan can be reunified with Chinese mainland. Why ancient Greece and Rome finally fell, I think it has a lot to do with their inability to effectively unite against a common enemy in the face of foreign invasion. I would like to say that there is no more peace-loving person in this world than Chinese, because we have witnessed too many killings brought about by war, and in order to avoid war, Chinese want national unity and cling together for the common good of peace. Third, China's great progress in the past four decades is inseparable from a stable environment, in the eyes of Chinese, stability is greater than everything, we prefer social stability rather than daily street demonstrations! China's multi-ethnic culture is rich and colorful, many different ethnic groups live together in harmony, and although the United States is the largest immigrant country in the world, China is perhaps the most culturally diverse and inclusive country in the world. Finally, I would like to say that China is far less terrifying than you think, and your fear of China is more due to a deep incomprehension, and perhaps all this can only be answered more fairly and objectively after you personally go to China to experience.

[@wilfredchew539]

Greetings from Singapore. In my opinion, every country has their own right to self determination. If it works and the results are positive, no one has the right to condemn it just because it goes against their ideals. No political system is perfect , it is a question of balancing the pros and cons and managing the outcomes. Your study and analysis about this subject is very thoughtful and well done. My compliments. Cheers!

[@TheBurntan]

Singapore succeeded with one party rule them all as well 😄

[@tonydevos]

so if you were in europe in 1938, would you say the same thing about the nazis?

[@TheBurntan]

@@tonydevos no, because Nazi failed to make German a better country.

[@tonydevos]

@@TheBurntan how would you know that in 1938?

[@TheBurntan]

@@tonydevos Because it ended very soon before they success

[@KatieDawson3636]

Although I have issues with some of the human rights issues of the CCP, they also have brought more people out of poverty than any regime of the 20th century. Also, it isn't inherently true that a 2 party system is better than a 1 party system, or even a multi-party. I would say 2 party systems are awful and perhaps there are benefits to everyone being on the "same side" as it were. I do think that China has essentially failed to be Marxist, however, and instead is unfortunately much more similar to state-capitalism, which is closer to fascist corporatism than a classless worker-owned economy. But I cannot blame any country for being distrusting, hostile, or even downright hateful of the West. After all, look at all we have done to the world. If you can keep us out, you probably should.

[@WingkKong]

American show its true face in the middle east Its just don't care other people's life

[@tonycaine5930]

Did you ever question the human rights violation of your government against the Native Americans, Black slavery, Chinese Exclusion Acts, Japanese internment during WWII? Of course you didn't. Of course you are more concerned about violations of the CCCP because Biden instill it on you to focus on it.

[@nsebast]

Lee Kuan Yew once said about a two party system. Why would you want a system where the other party blocks everything you do. The goverment will be at a deadlock.

[@Space_Magic_cube]

You need to read Deng Xiaoping's Three Stage Theory;)

[@LobyLiang]

法西斯主意是仇外的，中国不仇外。相反，美国人对中国的憎恨让人无法理解。

[@manfromnantucket6880]

Thank you, Lan Siming :) For context, I'm a US citizen, lived in China 11 years, married to Chinese woman, with Shanghai baby (2013), now back in the USA since 2019. This was so informative. You have a very special skillset to explain this so well to the world. I feel it is fair and balanced, in fact, one of the best I've seen. It will provide to the world a better chance of mutual understanding, and peaceful coexistence. Blessings to you.

[@FinUgShiet]

I've heard so much about you, but you're finally here! I DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS DAY WOULD COME :D

[@manfromnantucket6880]

@@FinUgShiet Sometimes the simplest stories can be the most powerful, and, oddly, the most unbelievable. I meant to be a simple person, but my journey seems unbelievable to many.

[@FinUgShiet]

@@manfromnantucket6880 "The earliest published version appeared in 1879 in The Pearl, Volume 3 (September 1879 [1]): There was a young man of Nantucket. Who went down a well in a bucket; The last words he spoke. Before the rope broke, Were, "Arsehole, you bugger, and suck it."" :--DD I meant your name, not sure if you got what I meant or maybe you were just too subtle for me to read.

[@Eonsin]

peaceful coexistence is not possible with a dictatorship system of governance because of a human natural inclination toward conflicts of interest and without check-and-balance it will more than likely escalate into war.

[@ericsohn5084]

Chin Chong, you betrayed your race

[@ELGtheMAN]

Hi girl, I'm from Malaysia, an ethnic Chinese too. With regards to your first question in England on how do you put up with dictatorship living in China, I would like to share with you my answer. Yes, sometimes I say these to my western friends and even online too and most of them couldnt answer me back. I tell them that don't you think it's ironic or even silly that most of the time you do not trust your own politicians and even mainstream medias but you trust them like it's a total reality when your politicians and mainstream medias talked or reported about China ???

[@Whoyouare-zl6ro]

Good point!

[@mikethm1974]

Agreed. As a Singaporean Chinese, I found the Malays to be family oriented and easy going folks. That help me see thru the bs I read and hear from Malaysian Chinese media about unfairness toward Malaysian Chinese by the Malaysian Govt. On the other hand, I find it disgusting how the Malaysian Chinese greedily cheat and look down on their Malay countrymen. In my opinion, the Malaysian Govt should learn from Chairman Xi and promote Communal Prosperity and redistribute the wealth of the country equally. Shame that the Malays are so gentle even towards a minority who hoard the wealth of the nation. Take for example the Malaysian Chinese durian farmers who encroach on state lands to plant trees and then demand that the economic fruits of their labor be wholly theirs and not shared with the country. Unsurprisingly, the Malaysian Chinese media totally sided with the thieving farmers. CCP styled governance especially that of the Xinjiang model should be imposed on Malaysian Chinese. Malaysian Chinese need to be re educated so as to not shame ethnic Chinese worldwide.

[@Peter-js6el]

@@mikethm1974 ，don't you think it's a shame in 21st century that the Malaysian government still systematically discriminate against its own people of Chinese ethics?! It was amazing that an educated person like you would even propose the things as Hitler did. And you were lucky that you lived in Singapore.

[@mikethm1974]

@@Peter-js6el Well you can see that the person I replied to agree wholeheartedly with the policies of the CCP. Therefore I am sure he would be perfectly happy if similar policies are implemented in Malaysia too no?

[@chuanmeixu1246]

@@mikethm1974 What has Xi Jinping done to "redistribute" wealth "eaqually" in China?

[@sgtK0420]

I am from South Korea, an East Asian country with "western style" democratic political system. And throughout hundreds of years of history Korea was under even stronger Confucius traditions than China, but we still ended up having a western style democracy. So I think the difference that divided the two countries can only be explained by historical experiences the two countries went through and the collective memory each history has left behind. In S.Korea we too have experienced atrocities by imperial powers during 19 to 20th century but the memory of Korean War during which we were saved by the US and other western country has effaced anti-western elements of our memory of the colonial past and even went on to engraving pro-western sentiments among general public.

[@pkwong1940]

South Korea is a colony of the USA.

[@SimingLan]

Enjoyed reading your comments, Michael! Thanks for sharing a different perspective:)

[@cheesypuffs1342]

big difference. communist china does not have US military bases on it's soil. it never went thru unconditional surrender & the chicoms never had to collaborate w/ japanese or american occupational forces. After the war, ofc they never had to sell off shares of their national bank to Chase Manhattan, Bank of America or goldman sachs. ofc as you mentioned in the korean war, if china had lost? then perhaps they would adopt the political structure of the victor. however, those sentiments are absent due to how the battles ended up

[@davidt5185]

Er...wake up. You were saved by the US? Who are you....Korean nobody and US came and save and die for you? Really? You must think very highly of yourself. Or you really believe the US think very highly of you and willing flight and die for you? Ok you win. Carry on....😜

[@Western_Decline]

@@cheesypuffs1342 South Korea is a vassal state of US empire. China has the ability to act on its own and possesses strategic autonomy.

[@nicholasm7822]

Thank you for this wonderful video. It is rare to see such thoughtful and evenhanded content on the internet. I know China has problems but the western model also has problems, and not incidentally but because of the early modern heritage of individualism that you describe here.

[@Reformation2000]

Very honest description of the origins of current Chinese political thought. Well done!

[@SimingLan]

Thank you Frank, that's very kind of you to say. I'm grateful you watched this video!:)

[@davidcadman4468]

@@SimingLan Agree with Frank. I have subbed. Proud member of the Wumao army. Just wish the payment were real LOL...

[@rossross7632]

😊

[@pplr1]

@@SimingLan Thank you for trying to address different topics. What is is the history of China back around 1912 and 1916. If you cannot get into just let me know but if you can and are able to share more details then please do. I know creating new governments is often not a smooth process and I wonder if things got out of hand or were sabotaged but I'd like to know-if you can relay it. Thank you.

[@CentauriSphere]

There is no chinese political thought. Only the ruling party.

[@olderchin1558]

An pristine view of the world and China from a young intelligent individual. You are correct of course. But Life is complicated, people are complicated. We are tribalistic and tend to look after our own interest. Confucius had a little to do with it but we are who we are because of our history. Chinese are no different from any other, we are proud people and independent. We are both good and bad but most of all, we are survivalist. Like any culture, we would want to determine our own future and keep what is ours. There have been many forms of government in the past and present, the communist party is not some alien race that took over China. It is a home grown movement that have Chinese well being at its goal, the reason for China's success. If a country leaders cares about its people, it will do whatever that necessary to ensure it survival and progress. I may not have lived in China but I am confident of the Chinese government sincerity towards its populace. The world is a complicate place, with many culture with its own interest and survival at heart. We compete for resources and control of our destiny, sometimes peacefully and other times not. No country or culture is perfect or good or bad, just self interested. People lie, cheat and steal to win. People from every culture does it, my experience working with people from all over the world guides my view, we Chinese are no different. Western media and western leaders spread lies and misinformation about China because they are trying to preserve their culture and they feel threaten by another rising culture that is not their own. They are also trying to preserve their dominance over the present world. Western culture and corporations have had a free rein to exploit other countries using their military might and financial power in the last 800 years. Cultures from the Middle East, Africa and China are beginning to stand up for their own interest, which is the reason for so many wars in the last 70 years involving western power attacking Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Most cultures are going to react if they perceive their survival is threaten. I am old so forgive my lengthy meandering comment.

[@josephlau9585]

According to my reckoning you a wise and well educated sage.Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I wish the a healthy lif in you autumn years.

[@wingkeungkong415]

America screaming every night like crazy Because they already know the Rise of China mean the ends of their Empire

[@mysterioanonymous3206]

Meh... The real reason is that the west had, first, the age of reason and then the enlightenment. That's absolutely unique in the entire world and is where "western" thinking comes from. Individual rights, human rights, equality... That stands in stark contrast to much of the world and we oppose authoritarianism in principle. In the end, we brought forth modernity which no other place, China for example that was much more advanced at one point, has been able to do. The rise of Asia was powered by western know how, patents and consumer markets, and much of the issue with China is unfair practices from market access to IP theft, so that all on you... However, chances are that we keep our edge, given that our system made all this possible in the first place. Non-westerners should be very concerned to stay on good terms, else you won't get the benevolent treatment you did last time.

[@wingkeungkong415]

@@mysterioanonymous3206 the western power colonies the world use military force They do not give a damn about other people well-being

[@darbyheavey406]

China killed more of its citizens during WW2 and the Cultural Revolution than any outside powers ever did. The two dominant influences in China post WW2 have been Capitalism and Soviet style authoritarianism. Both are Western imports.

[@StephenKidd-b8t]

I really appreciate your approach to presenting information on a very sensitive political subject to a biased audience in a neutral way. It definitely helped me understand the politics better, thank you!

[@artemaung5274]

We're all biased. I think I have a say in this as someone who fled from russia a decade ago. The whole world itself is pro-dictatorship biased to be specific. Because in dictatorships most things are hidden and journalists who's even trying to uncover anything there are fled or disappeared or in jail. So when you're comparing a democracy vs dictatorship you're inevitably comparing 80% of visible bad things in a democracy that you know very well since they have been examined by thousands of independent reporters vs only 1% of known bad things in a dictatorship which by some miracle was known because of some brave reporter. As a result 80% of bad things in a democracy look about equal or even worse than 1% of known bad things in a dictatorship. And so we're all hopelessly pro-dictatorship biased. Hopefully AI will help us get out of this hole, but then again - dictators will spend billions to keep this illusion go on..

[@ohmcz1]

This is a fake account

[@pasisovi]

Contrary to what is said here, famine and cultural revolution also happened in many "democratic" countries (if there is such a thing), mostly instigated by the Capital. And China suffered because of Western interference, invasion, bullying and crimes - so most of the negative points about China in this video was mostly caused by Western war mongering for the sake of the billionaires. Bear in mind that was Wall Street that financed the Bolchevique revolution through the mega financier the jewish Jacob Schiff .

[@StephenKidd-b8t]

No, it’s my account and I’m real. My user ID is wonky tho, I can see why you’d think its fake.

[@Pulsar692]

This is just another Propaganda Channel with a different approach. Its so obvious that all of this is highjacked by chinese Botfarmes!

[@zozozozozo687]

As a Chinese living in the UK, I always thought this question to be very strange - Even in ancient Greece, philosophers disagreed with each other about different political systems and the very definition of 'democracy' itself. Why is it that we intuitively expect everyone to agree with each other now when there had never been consensus to such as complex topic? and to people asking the question "what do you think about the political system in China", the answer is normally people don't think about politics all the time....we are normal, average people that thinks about family, ourselves, and how are we spending the day....and if I were to 'think about the political system in China', there is going to be a list of pros and cons and that list is going to be equally long if I were to talk about the political system in the UK and any other country

[@deussacracommunioest2108]

@chenxuanzhang5236 greetings, Every Government/State may be seen as a functional structure of human society, the real difference between the West and the "rest of the world", which are mostly authoritarian regimes, is not so much the idea of representation, as the author of the video points the virtue of "filial piety"(Same concept the romans had), but the divine dignity of the individual and his divine right to partake in Goodness. Now because of materialism, the West is losing these values and demanding social utility to value human life, that's why aborption and euthanasia are being politically rallied for by some. The point is, the Christian Religion, and the Catholic Church(which gave birth to Europe and indirectly grandmothered the American Continent) teaches that God became Man not to punish and dominate but to serve and die for their sins, as an appeal to their conscience(conversion). That puts every ruler in the wall as someone who is expected to rule by example in sacrifice for the Good of all, not only by a society he may eventually disregard and oppress but by God Himself(Truth) which shall judge him eternally(His consciousness, if more palatable). But historically this absolute independence from Political Accountability started with the Protestant Kings, then the Bourgeoisie will use it for the independence from the political responsibility, that is, the public destination of Goodness. Finally Communism will be born as an attempt to guarantee the public destination of Goodness through the public sourcing of it, of course it will not work and just lead to more oppression, because the problem is not any system, but human nature, which is assumed in the West from the jewish-christian testimony as "Fallen"(Original Sin). I believe Real Communism is the Communion of Saints, that is, people need to choose to be charitable in order for Communion to really happen, now I see no problem that society and the public structure, the state, encourage people to do so, it is actually its nature to seek the public good, for people can be less or more charitable, but being minimally charitable is an universal moral health issue. All this being said, the western christian democracy differs from the greek pagan democracy, in the first, people ideally serve eachother(A bit like ideal Communism), while in the second, people only serve themselves through the republic. Once Communism sees divine dignity in a single individual, like Christians, it will be the only acceptable political system in my opinion. Monarchy supposedly has Harmony and Personality(which is human like), but on earth, as a christian, the Divine Personality of Christ came to harmonize through service. My vows are that Our Lady under the title Empress of China(which is venerated even in other countries of your region) bless your country and guide it to Glory. Peace

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

Because they care not about human rights and democracy in China, but about.What they care about is whether they can colonize China economically all the time, so democracy and human rights are just shells to cover up their goals! Because of China's socialist system, they can't exploit the loopholes in China!

[@kaixiang5390]

Yes, but that is the point - nearly all Westerners personally disagree with the Chinese style of government but institutionally, they're not actually forcefully reshaping China. That being said, the West allows itself room criticize that which it doesn't agree with. The West has a right/wrong worldview which allows it to use speech to identify good and bad practice verbally without actually taking action. China, on the other hand, is much more careful with spoken words. In Chinese, to actively criticize something is to say that it should not exist.

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

@@kaixiang5390 The freedom of speech in the West is indeed relatively free, but it has also brought about quite a few problems. For example, in the French riots today, the Macron government called on the media not to spread false information. China people's understanding of freedom of speech is that you can say what you want, except those that affect social stability, national security and violate morality and laws! In fact, a stable society is the foundation for China to make great progress in the past forty years! In the process of growing from a developing country to a developed country, some people's interests will inevitably be sacrificed, which no country can avoid. Just as in the last century, with the economic development and the reduction of external threats, China's freedom of speech will become more and more relaxed!

[@karllarsen8797]

What about the definition of self-determination? The West only cares about the right of self-determination of every human on this earth, including the Chinese. Let's hold a referendum closely monitored by neutral international observers in which your beloved Chinese communist party asks Chinese people if they prefer to live under a communist one-party system or a multi-party system? If the majority of Chinese people decide that they prefer to live under a communist one-party system, then the West will respect their decision and will not be critical of the Chinese Communist Party anymore. That sounds very fair. So, when are we going to have such a referendum?

[@KimongAnakNgali]

Will it change? Video cuts HAHA! Loving the video very much! Finally I thk found an objectively driven video on China rather than a propaganda piece. China is a weird case for us in ASEAN - personally I don't know what to think of it but Mahathir did said this China's great civilization has always been a centre of trade of SEA but they never once colonised us. The European came once and they brought their whole kind to subjugate us. I am paraphrasing what he is saying but it was an interesting thought.

[@麻馬華公會會長MCA]

Yup as a Malaysian Chinese sometimes low key are blessed that we are that we got it lucky compared to Mainland Chinese

[@pearsonfrank]

For decades I've tried to understand the relationship between China as now and as it was. Your narrative has drawn many of the threads closer together. I'll re-read the Analects of Confucius. Thank you.

[@6507bankston]

I really liked your explanation. Thank you for the effort you put into this, and especially for your willingness to understand the Western mind.

[@bindercolman5265]

For under 15 minutes this was lovely. Succinct, informative, reasonable and fun. 🙏

[@Thelaretus]

'We will never copy the West' -- says the guy from a Marxist-Leninist-derived party which murdered millions to force a shift away from traditional Chinese culture towards a Russian-inspired socialist state; says the guy who's wearing a suit. The day the CCP fully returns to Chinese traditions, adopt _hanfu,_ incentivise religions, especially the traditional Chinese religion, and finally come out as a true Chinese dynasty (Tianchao) I'll respect them. Not endorse, but respect. Much live from Brazil.

[@hectorgamez3537]

You, Chinese people paid for hundred + Mao years a very high price for what you are now. Didn't desappear or succumb but overcome all hardships, misery, humiliation and extreme suffering. I can see nowadays proud and confident people. There are some very dark clouds on the horizont, for you and for the rest of the world. Only together we may stand. Greetings señorita, good job.

[@greenthunder1000]

I had an aneurism trying to read that shit.

[@sowell2100]

I think this is a good entry point to explain China, but I would like to add a few points: 1. From the point of view of political philosophy: Tiandao, with the power of nature as the highest representative, believes that all people are born equal, but their positions in social organizations are different, and the responsibilities they bear are also different. China's 3,000-year agricultural tradition determines that China takes the family as the basic unit and pursues political elite rule. As a ruler, one should have a sense of caring for the common people. We call it minben, which is deeply rooted in China's traditional consciousness. The foundation of Confucianism: virtue, benevolence, and righteousness. These genes make Chinese civilization far different from other civilizations. If the ruler destroys this foundation, the rule will also be ended by civilian riots. Before modernization, there will be a major riot in 300 years, and political legitimacy will be violently overthrown. This is very cruel, because beyond the survival line, Many farmers are willing to do this. Therefore, the Chinese hate chaos, prefer unity and collectivism, and like to integrate all cultures that are beneficial to them. This is difficult to change. Regardless of any ideology, the tradition of meritocracy determines that China's greatest tradition is bureaucratic bureaucracy, which has never existed in any country. Fulfilling government obligations through a large and effective bureaucracy has not changed in Chinese history. 2. The logic of reality: It is the basis of agricultural production that determines the Chinese people's thinking, emphasizing intuitive rationality and introspection, but weaker than formal logic and rationality, leading to backwardness in science and technology. From 1900 to the present, what the Chinese people have been striving for is to unify the country, learn excellent culture, and preserve excellent traditions. The Chinese understand Europe and the United States far more than Europe and the United States understand China. Many people think that China is static and rigid, but as a Chinese, my feeling is that everything is changing in decades, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 00, 10, the thinking of each generation The differences are very large, because different environments give them different perceptions, but the traditional underlying code has not changed. 3. Every marriage has its own troubles, and every thought has its pros and cons. Collectivism brings welfare to China, but it also brings corruption, inefficiency and internal friction. This is a problem facing the entire East Asian society, and China will also solve this problem.

[@vault13dweller15]

About your point 2. I think that comes from Daoistic tradition. I have been reading books about Daoism lately and it is such a fascinating philosophy unlike anything we have here in the west. In the west we are obsessed with definitions and laws something that is not true for China. It is a shame that eastern philosophy is so ignored in the west. We could learn a lot from it.

[@sowell2100]

@@vault13dweller15 I am glad to see you understand Chinese culture. Taoist philosophy is only a part of Chinese philosophy. Of course it is one of the most famous representatives of Chinese intuitive rationality, but it is not the root. If you understand Confucianism, you will find that its ideas are also completely composed of intuitive rationality based on real life.

[@spencernelson9508]

I have many chinese friends and am very greatful that you have shared a way to put words to our different cultures respectfully. Thank you, and well done!👏👏

[@samr.england613]

But I doubt you'd welcome Chinese-style government "rule" over you, would you?

[@samr.england613]

I have many Black friends and I voted for Obama. So what?

[@ruserturn1134]

Congrats. You have produced a very summarised but succinct historical version of China's evolution todate. Not being cynical, & Just like you, I very much hope that your video will reach a much wider audience, particularly in the West.

[@februaryschild0216]

This was fascinating! Thank you. I learned out China's history in college, but always wanted to hear about it from a Chinese person's perspective. BTW, My sister visited China before the pandemic, and loved it. She said the people were absolutely amazing! Thanks for this!

[@SimingLan]

That's so lovely to hear, Dani! say hi for me to your sister :)

[@DomFortress]

​@@SimingLanI don't shame myself with a victimhood mentality that's the century of humiliation, this emotional reasoning isn't benign or egalitarian, instead it's intergenerational turama personified. And from that point onwards, obedience and piety from the people are merely unregulated and dysfunctional submissive stress response, under incompetent tyrannical cowards.

[@charlizet4314]

@@DomFortress Isn’t victimhood mentality the spark of revolutions in the west albeit it is against the monarchy and ruling class? In China, the revolution against the Qing dynasty is not so much because they felt oppressed by the monarchy but because they felt the emperor cannot protect them. Therein, lies the big difference. The legitimacy of its government does not lie in the simple one man one vote but tangible result of what the government can do for its people. Other than the famine and cultural revolutions which are huge mistakes during the early transition years, the growth of China to what it is today is proof that the current system works for China and the young generations have the opportunities to go abroad for studies, travel, business etc and choose the life they want.

[@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320]

@@SimingLan Tbh your accent tells me a lot about your experience and outlook. Clearly you are trying, perhaps unconsciously, to simulate the accent of the country you are currently visiting. Your views, as such, are similarly Westernized- you either view their society as superior or you were forced to use the accent to "fit in"- why? In the same vein, while you mentioned some good points, you immediately dismiss anything positive about China's government in favor of it being called authoritarian and ending the discussion there. You may believe that you are being neutral, but were you aware of the facts, you would know that neutrality does not lie exactly between two opposing views. Point 1: Chinese people favor authoritarianism because of Confucious sheep- I would dispute that. Chinese people favor systems of governance THAT WORK. The CPC has drastically improved the lives of the people, something most Western govts cannot seem to do- see gun violence, homeless tent cities, incarceration rates, homicide rates, etc all accelerating in the biggest democracy of all, the US. Point 2: The 100 years of humiliation being propaganda- the Opium war caused the widespread addiction of millions of Chinese, all to profit Britain. Indeed, so-called free and democratic countries have for decades sought to enslave and impose their will on hundreds of millions of people. To this day in fact- see Iraq, where 1 million civilians no longer exist because someone decided that double tap drone strikes on weddings cause "freedom and democracy" because oil is nice to have and alternatives to the US Dollar system cannot be allowed to exist. Ironically the very first democracy in Greece relied upon a core group of male elite voters who were supported by millions of slaves. A system not dissimilar to how Imperialism in the West has flourished- via the suffering of others for their own benefit | Let us call a spade a spade, and acknowledge the fact that Western democracies have neither benefited foreign countries nor even their own people. Why would pragmatic people choose a system that clearly fails at every instance apart from enriching a core group of the elite? One that seeks to deter any Asian country from rivaling their own on a fundamentally racist basis- China was not the first, when Japan was an economic threat even their staunch allies forced them to sign the Plaza Accord which collapsed their economy causing a lost decade or generation. How can they trust a system that flourishes by promising the impossible to citizens and delivers nothing unless it is taken by force from foreigners, one that would certainly only be corrupted by existing foreign powers? Do try to learn some facts, apart from those they tell you to speak eh

[@tomspencer1364]

@@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320 You are welcome to make your own video. The audience is English speaking and Western and she is not rallying the party faithful but explaining differences to the audience in a rather short video. If you want to do your presentation and not sound like a butt-hurt propagandist it shouldn't last for more than a day or two. Right?

[@samueltan510]

Proud to be Chinese! From Manila, the Philippines! 中国万岁！

[@thegt]

That's an amazing content. Keep up the good work!

[@Time4Peace]

Excellent portrayal of the thinking of the Chinese in China expressed articulately in English. One point I am not so sure is that those in the West thinks more independently. I find that the populations in democratic countries are as much subjected to the mainstream media in their thinking as in any other countries. And when you have divided mainstream media, you have a divided nation.

[@fook7108]

People in the West are brainwashed by its mainstream media and propaganda without critical thinking. As Chinese are more educated today, they will be more supportive to their country in a rational and patriotic way.

[@trekpac2]

Yes, particularly in the US, the democratic process as been totally usurped by corporate interests, resulting in a public that keeps falling further behind, getting poorer and poorer. This downward spiral ultimately will lead to social collapse.

[@trekpac2]

Very much so. I think people in the West are greatly manipulated by the media and by corporations and advertising. And the governments (UK and US) are subservient to corporate interests. They are not doing a good job of fulfilling their social contract to improve the lives of their citizens. However, in some countries such as Canada, Japan and in Scandinavia (and China),for instance, they are doing quite a bit better job.

[@popcorn6931]

@@trekpac2 You think so? What do you think of China today? I have been hearing US is going to collapse but now it seems like China is the one going to collapse.

[@laichuonkui69]

Yes, very true.

[@josephkoncur6403]

Thank you for this great presentation, I learned many things that I did not know before. I spent 6 months in China one month at a time when China was under the leadership of President Hu Jintao. He was great, but President Xi Jinping has done even more to make China the greatest country in the World. I am 79 years old and I wish to return to China for the rest of my life.

[@Nobleman999]

你真幸福，能落葉歸根！

[@abramjessiah]

I was there under Hu Jintao too and that was China's golden years. Xi is destroying China.

[@AJAYSINGH-ns1vv]

​@@Nobleman999 this year and next year are the peak time for china than it's going to take a u turn slowly . The whole geopolitics of world is going to change drastically at the end of this decade and also the world order. We are heading to multipolar world which will happen due to half world War which will be limited in scale.

[@avkk2314]

Except Xi's three years of COVID lockdown

[@CMLee-dq7bi]

Why only “wish”?? Why don’t you just do it?

[@joshuamacdonald4913]

A really intelligent, thought out, well researched and well edited video. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

[@gibbogle]

A really excellent summary. Thanks very much. I hope the relevant people in the US government get to see this.

[@lyndonthan4350]

Thanks for reviewing this topic. As a non-chinese asian, born in Myanmar, but growing up mostly in the West, I have often found my dispositions at odds with those around me. This video helps to explain this by contrasting the western thought-conditioning with that of the eastern mind. I frequently dismissed these differences as simply personal, but having lived so many years now, it is clear there is much history behind 'my' values. Understanding what gives rise to eastern minds, and western minds, is a refreshing nourishment. Especially lovely is the sense that there is somehting to learn from each other, while the global powers and the algorithms keep gorging on their own cool-aid.

[@shaggyfeng9110]

This video is communalism propaganda. The "a hundred years of humiliation" is what the schools in China want kids to believe. But in that "a hundred years of humiliation", population of china growth 4 times, people were very happy about the government getting many defeats. In fact, people of china help the western army to invade Beijing, the royal palace was burned and looted many times, mostly by the people of china. In 1949, at the end of a hundred years of humiliation, China had established heavy industry in the 东北. Chinese GDP was one of the best in Asian and #8 in the world. Just 10 year after the communalism new China, GDP was #50+. Economic and the quality of life was way worst that before. Of course, the CCP does not want to take the blame, so they made up the "a hundred years of humiliation". Like, who the f care about the queen and king getting humiliation when people have better life? And who the f were happy if the leaders were winning the war when people's life were going to hell??? Nice psyop.

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

Have the opportunity to come to China to experience life.

[@JustinLynxJoco]

I am from the Philippines, one of the oldest democracies in Asia. So, I grew up with values - often - in opposition to that of the CCP. But, these days, being much more open to understanding how the world works. I started to challenge my pre deposition towards the west. Opening up in how other types of democracies and even non-democratic countries also generate economic growth and prosperity. Thank you for bridging to us what is China's point of view of the world. It means a lot!

[@JustinLynxJoco]

P.S. Of course, there's a lot more to it, not just about the economic side of things, but that's beside the point.

[@lineage13]

If you get a bad president in a democracy you vote for another one. In a dictatorship if you get a bad president... Well your life and country is screwed.

[@davyliyang]

One misunderstanding is that chinese do not value democracy. Democracy itself is even a slogan of the CCP propaganda. Democracy in chinese means the people are the master, it doesn't nesscary translate to as people need to vote, just the government is the servant of the people. I do not suppport nor against CCP. Often things china have done have very little to do with communist ideaology.

[@benjiang9789]

Deng Xiaoping, former leader of China, once said, "What is democracy? It is to talk, talk and talk without implementation."

[@mariusmihai1292]

No it does not provide economical prosperity. Neither human rights. Because people are corrupt and more power to less hands eventually will back fire. China is not a model. No matter how big the economy is is still 12k dollars/capital. Like worst democracies…

[@RJ-or8bw]

I love the composition and depth of field. Your channel was recommended to me and I’m shocked you only have 161 subscribers

[@wg9830]

same here, I was recommended this video too. Suprising low subscribers considering such a great content

[@SimingLan]

Thank you, RJ - I'm glad you noticed it!:)

[@davidcadman4468]

@@SimingLan Up to 473 now, 4 days later :D Keep going exponentially, and you will reach 100,000 soon.

[@BailelaVida]

Ditto. (later we can all boast we were there when it all started!)

[@smellybearc7411]

It takes an abundance of courage and wisdom to create a video like this. To think someone my age (and maybe even younger) is capable of such feat is humbling. It’s to be expected that anything even remotely pro China is going to attract haters. But, this video is a solid step towards getting people to put down their bias and try to understand each other. This girl is amazing.

[@tocreatee3585]

i dont think she know what she is talking about. i give you very clear example. 4:45 country or state in chinese is 國 not 国家 . In fact 国家, is japanese. LOL the word is in modern chinese because Sun Yat-sen who studies in japan imported the word. 🤣 somehow she thinks, communism worked for chinese. but concept of communism has nothing do go with confucianism. 😂 and she thinks democracy and human rights is "western" thing. completely ignoring the other china , republic of china (taiwan) is 100% democratic country with human rights. and so is most of asian country except northKorea and PRC. 😂

[@smellybearc7411]

@@tocreatee3585 I have no other comments on this topic except for, OH BOY.

[@republica13]

​@@tocreatee3585I guess she is working for the CCP Ministry of Misinformation. Wouldn't surprise me.

[@spectre1725]

I am quite the opposite of pro china and still can watch this video and agree with you that she is very smart and and what she is explaining is interesting. My stance on china has nothing to do with hating people there or not being able to accept that they have a different political system. I simply understand that at the end of the day I live in the west and I like the way I can live. I don't like the way their political system works. Not at all. I don't mind if they have it and keep it. I just don't trust that if they would reach the same level in terms of power as the west or let's better say the US, that they would not use it at some point and start to "influence" our lifes in the west. Tawain is also a no go and that is something they don't seem to let go off.

[@AmodeusR]

The imperialist europeans of the past made a BIG mistake. That doesn't justify what China continuously does from since then. Political persecution still existis, if you flee the country there is a secret international chinese police that brings your against your will back to Chine, concentration and doctrination camps, and the very known social credit. The Taiwanese chose the right thing: Not cultivate resentment and be better.

[@asjordan0yt]

I appreciate getting an articulated viewpoint of why China appears to always pursue the status quo ante while seeking to extend its influence.

[@ericsohn5084]

Duh, West is actively abusing its influence. There's needs to be check and balance.

[@douglasbell3344]

The rhetoric that China's goal is to extend its influence is utter hypocrisy. Look at the actions of the US compared with China. The US has a prime goal of extending its influence, spreading a quite sick hegemony primarily by a form of bullying and escalating to force. That is born out by history - what was the goal of Vietnam? Stop Vietnam having a communist government. Why? Because it is undemocratic. What does that even mean? Democracy has recently delivered Trump and Biden, school shootings continue, education standards fall comparatively behind, the US medical support system is failing for most of the population. The US has influence many regimes because it wants to spread its influence to benefit itself at the expense of the people internally and in the countries it has destroyed. Taiwan supporting the Corrupt Chen Kai Shek, Vietnam supporting the corrupt Ngo Dinh Diem, Iran supporting the Shah, Iraq after supporting Hussein to counter Iran, the Taliban to oppose the Russians. The US has 600 odd military bases around the world exerting its influence. China on the other hand is focussed on growth and lifting the standards of the population and the Chinese communist system has (again by evidence) achieved amazing results. Are they seeking to extend influence or are they gaining influence by pursuing their goals of economic growth for all their people? Compare the results.

[@Time4Peace]

Your channel is adding to the increasing diversity of voices striving to act as a bridge of cultural understanding between China and the West, such as Cyrus Janssen (American), Pascal Coppens (Belgian), Andy Boredman (Kiwi), and Jerry Grey (Australian). I taught in Wuhan between 2011 to 2014. My Chinese students were looking forward to further their study in US, Australia or UK (in that order of priority). I believe that has changed, sadly. I hope China will continue to allow foreigners to work in China for others to see China as it is, not what they are told by their highly distorted mainstream media for geopolitical gains.

[@pearsonfrank]

Wow I was just about to comment and saw yours ... I've followed those named commentators for a considerable period. This young lady adds a further dimension with a tremendous insight

[@cuteandfunnyearthlings2863]

No, biden have told all the americans working in china to quit working for the chinese or lose US citizenship and all americans flew back to US.

[@lacdirk]

Ironically, what she proposes is old-fashioned orientalism

[@Time4Peace]

@@lacdirk I disagree with her when she says that in the West, you have freedom of views. The mainstream media is so overwhelmingly biased that your views are moulded not based on objectivity but on prescribed narratives. However, she is spot on about how China evolves the way it has.

[@misterwhipple2870]

In other words, your students could not WAIT to ESCAPE from China! That just answered every possible question anyone could have about China.

[@pjacobsen1000]

Excellent overview. We should also be aware that the people of China are not automatons who have no ideas or who agree on everything. Just like in the west, there will be many people who wish society could move in a different direction, but who feel powerless to do anything about it. As the song goes, "You can't always get what you want", and that is the case both in the west and in the east.

[@blankspace1126]

Then why do you think the Chinese is acing the standardized tests, such as AMC and SAT, so well but barely anything in literature? It’s’ because critical and creative thinking is formidable in a tyrannical country where party critics are ltrl thrown in jail. The only Chinese who can criticize the Chinese Communist Party that are not sitting in jail live exclusively outside the mainland China because that’s where the CCP has no control.

[@marcusonesimus3400]

I am sick of this binary narrative already. What is 'the West'? What is 'the East'? No one bothers to define either clearly. Do we need more invitations to categorical thinking? In my own life there is so much interchange between the two categories, despite the fact that my known ancestors emigrated from Europe. Probably few people are aware that South Korea has the world's largest churches, or that more Christian missionaries come from that country (per capita) than from any other, the USA included. There happen to be large, heavily populated zones besides North America, Europe, and East/Southeast Asia. Are these nothing more than venues for imperial competition between China and the USA? Why should we always get our way? We do not always know, let alone desire what is best. As the Lord's Prayer says: '....Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.......'

[@pjacobsen1000]

@@marcusonesimus3400 " What is 'the West'?" Good question, and as you allude to, it is difficult to pinpoint. One definition is Europe minus Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but plus USA, Canada, Aurstralia, NZ. Others would include S. Korea, Japan, Singapore in 'the west'. You might also say that 'the west' is a set of ideas commonly known as 'the liberal world order': Democratic states with individual rights, rule of law, commitment to human rights, etc., etc. For the purposes of this video, the difference seems to be in cultural background and difference in how a society should function.

[@blankspace1126]

@@marcusonesimus3400 It is binary because the rest takes up little to none value in the discussion. even my sociology profess had to say that aside from male and female binary, the intersex people only makes up something like 1.5 or 1.7 percent of the world population. it's not small when you convert them into actual numbers but it is still so minuscule comparing to talking about the "binary" thus man and woman. just like the west and east people easily think of China vs. the USA. Just give you one way of looking at the comparison through GDP. The US GDP is something like 23 trillion and to China it's 16 trillion. If you look at other western countries such as Germany, UK, and France, their GDP respectively is 3, 2, 2 trillion. If you look at other communist/eastern countries like Vietnam or Laos, they don't even make it to 500 billion. so indeed other eastern and western countries has a place in this rivalry, but they play a much smaller roles of China vs. USA.Though Korea by your insight it is a very Christian country, their GDP is less than 2 trillion and and their population is just around 50 million, this is still non-comparable to the USA (something like 330 million people and 23 trillion of GDP). When you look at proportion yes maybe South Korea is more Christian than USA but the world doesn't look at the proportion but the actual numbers. Just like China is poor on average but as whole it is second biggest economy in the world. if by GDP Per Capita Singapore would have been a much more influential country on the global stage given their gap per capita is staggering 70k USD, but they are not because they only have 5 million people of population which is almost ignorable when you, again, look at the size of USA and China.

[@wtfbros5110]

West are American client states, East are Chinese client states

[@keyaki5504]

Thanks for your nice video. I am Japanese and so impressed that your explanation is the same as the former Imperial Japan. After the U.S. Navy threatened Tokyo in 1853, Japan embraced democracy and capitalism, but then realized that democracy causes political corruption and capitalism increases inequality. They believed that everything was an attack from “the West” and started to hate them. Today, our society has still corruption and inequality, but we believe that this is our problem, not the Western attack. However, people at the time started to worship the emperor as a god, not just as a political symbol, to protect Japanese identity from the West. And then finally, the military decided to the final war against "the West". This kind of paranoia caused by rapid globalization and industrialization was also seen in Germany and Russia, and today's deep state theory and anti-Semitism are also variations. I would like to apologize for the past aggression against China, and at the same time, I want to say something for all people to avoid repeating barbaric history. No one should not divide the world into "East/West". This dichotomy can easily lead to hostility and destruction. Differences in political systems, traditions, and ethnicity can be just excuses. Anxiety and hostility precede everything. I appreciate you again for providing a place for mutual understanding here.

[@joeanonymous1834]

Truly excellent comment. I overwhelmingly agree with you. That said, a few comments of my own: The "deep state," at least in the United States, is not any sort of projection, transference or paranoid delusional bugaboo comparable to antisemitism, for example. It is very real, as recent events make painfully obvious to any truly informed and honest observer. With a few exceptions, this is not well understood outside of the U.S. And this is a problem that, in truth, threatens the entire world. (I am an American with military and government experience.) Odds are, you were not born when WWII ended. Therefore, you have nothing to apologize for in this regard. You didn't do it. It is this very sort of collective and inherited guilt, and the passing down of national and ethnic grievance from one generation to the next, that, in part, led to the War to begin with. We need to stop this. All of us. I know China, and I find it very disappointing to have to say this, but after watching several of these videos, I strongly suspect that this young woman is a CCP agent and that this channel is a CCP fabrication and psychological operation. The production value is too high, and her apologetics for Tiananmen and current atrocities against the Uyghurs are just otherwise inexplicable. Finally, I find there to be both striking and ironic parallels between the nascent Imperial Japan of the late 1920s and early 1930s and today's PRC. I wonder if you agree.

[@pabloa_e]

Well said 👏 Sadly lot of people are not smart and think like you ... Full of hate in comments section of video related to China (even a travel video) 😥. Maybe thos people want war and destroy China power and Asia too ... idk

[@davidbosak7503]

I love your post. Thank you so much for this. Hoping peace prevails!

[@kaiyujiang-s7v]

Strange, how did you write these things? Isn't the root of our pain the colonizers? It is your colonizers who have shaped us like this, and you must enjoy the dishes you order yourself.

[@timetraveler2518]

Your engaging narrative about China's philosophy, Confucianism influence, and history was fascinating. Thank you for your narrative video.

[@5133937]

Excellent video, it’s nice to see the perspective of someone who understands both Western and Chinese political systems in depth, their history, and why they evolved to their current forms.

[@cvaelliott]

Thank you for this, as an Australian who visited China back in 2008 and had the chance to go beyond the normal tourist locations I found the people I met to be very open and happy to talk about anything. What I discovered which match’s what you have so elegantly explained is that the Chinese people and their institutions have been shaped by very broad historical circumstances. I will be subscribing to your channel and will look forward to learning more about Chines rich cultural heritage.

[@thedownunderverse]

Jesus brah, turn it up

[@chankaan888]

Many Westerners demonize the CCP too much, wrongly believing that the CCP is oppressing the people. This shows that Westerners do not have a correct understanding of the CCP and Chinese history. I can guarantee that the support rate of the Chinese people for the CCP is much higher than the support rate of Westerners for any political party in their own country. The biggest mistake of Westerners is to use their own thinking and values to understand the Chinese people, but Chinese people have different values from Westerners. China has thousands of years of history. Westerners should not impose their own values on the world. arouse the resentment of other countries.

[@chankaan888]

In Chinese history and culture, you want to participate in politics not by elections, but by examinations. In ancient times, it was called the "imperial examination" system. Then you start from the grassroots, accumulate experience in governing, and gradually rise to the top. Therefore, Chinese leaders have experience in governing rich political elite. China will never be the leader of the country like Trump who has no experience in governing through elections.

[@MoDa87]

@@thedownunderverseyeah the propaganda comments here are strong.

[@thedownunderverse]

@@MoDa87 🤣 its soooo obvious

[@nathat4250]

Wow, youve just taught me so much in less than 15 min! You're a great teacher and so easy to listen to. Subbed, sis! ✌

[@PeterrAre]

Such a frank, honest and factual presentation that sheds much light on chinese culture in a helpful comparative way. Of course you would have to get state permission and be vetted by the censors to produce this for chinese consumption. But its very impressive, I don't think even the BBC could make an item this good. I look forward to Siming's future work in media, or even diplomacy.

[@Pulsar692]

This is just another Propaganda Channel with a different approach. Its so obvious that all of this is highjacked by chinese Botfarmes!

[@darleightenmusic1713]

@@Pulsar692 Frankly after watching a lot of her stuff (and reading a bit of blog), I really doubt that she is anyhow affiliated with government or CCP propaganda (I could give you detailed reasoning why, but no need to do that in public comments). I think you really exaggerate CCP propaganda abilities - they wish they had people like Siming, but they don't... Their propagandists are a lot more obvious and lame (you can read a good number in Global Times, for example). So please don't try to discourage a young, courageous, open-minded and dynamic person with false accusations... Rather try to give constructive suggestions of a better path forward if you don't like something in it.

[@CMCDragonkai]

Thinking that everybody is a CCP stooge is like thinking politicians are all lizards lol.

[@NicolasCatalani]

Great video Siming, cheers from Brazil

[@SimingLan]

Obrigada, Nicolas!

[@TimAnema]

This is good content. Keep going!

[@SimingLan]

Thank you, Tim:)

[@RonnyAPena]

Great explanation. It gave great insight as to why so many people support the CCP. It’s good to understand other perspectives, even when people don’t necessarily agree on them.

[@solconcordia4315]

It's very important to *decide* which side you want to stick with to retirement and beyond due to *CAPITAL CONTROL* . I could live apolitically as I had been under British Colonial Governance in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong but I much prefer the American freedoms.

[@solconcordia4315]

I agree that this is great explanation by her but she was too young to know or understand the still?-censored-by-China's-Great-Firewall horrors of the history of CCP's trying to expunge all Chinese Culture from ancient Daoism/Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, intellectuals/teachers, etc. all for the political power of Mao Zedong/Mao Tse-Tung in the Cultural Revolution to riot against his political enemies who criticized him for his *DISASTROUS* Great Leap Forward which effectively starved to death at least tens of millions of Chinese peasants who weren't as *politically plugged into alignment with Mao* . Mao knew perfectly well what had happened in the Soviet Union under Stalin's Holodomor starvation of the peasants of the breadbasket of the Soviet Union. Mao is the world's most heinous mass parallel and serial killer of all time with malicious intent. The bullshit about China's following Confucius after Mao is to give a fig leaf of legitimacy to the *authoritarian* rule of the CCP. Do these high officials eat the same food, live in the same conditions, in a "classless" society as the peasants ? No, that's total bullshit. They live in their own little kingdom called Zhongnanhai/宗南海。What's that big yellow star on the bloody red flag ? It represents the *atheist* political dictatorship.😮😢 All other four little stars must revolve around the CCP, the Lord. Xi Emperor is a usurper to the leadership of China. The CCP suppressed expressions about Japan's atrocities against China: e.g. shoved bayonet (or military sword) into your vagina (and more) after fucking you over in order to hide the crime; tying a naked woman like you to a chair for soldiers' penile "comfort" (syphilis became a problem alright so the heinous Unit 731 started crazy inhumane "research" using live human captives) as they go in and out of their baracks and headquarters; playing little Chinese women's cutoff nipples as little boys' play marbles... Has the CCP recovered any of the land from Russia if it kept on saying that 『中國現在強大啦 ! 』"China is strong now !" Did the CCP collect any reparation from Japan ? Did the CCP recover Outer Manchuria from Russia, which was a part of the largest territorial loss in China's Century of Humiliation ? No and no. The CCP is an imported diseases from the West (Marx, Hegels, Lenin, and Stalin are all foreigners; none of them were Chinese to any extent). The CCP is a Stalinist foreign parasite of China. As you stated it so well, the only way to change China's direction is to destroy the livelihoods of the Red Chinese. I get that and I've been enlightened. Thank you ! Mainland Chinese have become awfully stupid because they didn't have teachers of traditional Chinese Culture for many decades already. They've been living as 井底之蛙 frog at the bottom of a well surrounded by the Great Firewall of China. She's exceptional because she has access to Western civilization's philosophers and their writings. The majority of mainlander Chinese, even prestigious Beijing University graduates, had no sense of the atrocities committed by the CCP. My lineage was far more nationalist and patriotic than the CCP, by my reckoning, because we were "redder than red." That was the reason why we could span the Chinese political divide. CCP and 國尼黨 are all Chinese nationalists my lineage had laid our lives and fortune for in order to revitalize China. We were all cadres and comrades or patriots or Nazis if you so will.

[@solconcordia4315]

This individual-oriented vs. collective-oriented difference between the West and Red China may very well have to be resolved in the same way as the Crusades were resolutions for an irreconcilable cultural clash.

[@sibaraku2023]

there are always two sides of a story. Just like there are good side and bad side of the democracy. CCP is the same. In the western media, there is only the negative side of the CCP. Never tell people the other side of the story. This is why people from the west couldn't understand why could people still support CCP.

[@charlescg3904]

Support is an overstatement in the current Chinese administration, more like forced tolerance, true support did happen in the previous 2 decades, dictatorships aren't always bad, just look at Singapore, or the China of the 2000s. The social and political climate in China of today would have been unrecognizable to anyone who's been there 15 years

[@Kamikiyoo]

I really liked your video. You gave an honest thought on how it is today. I myself have not hated nor criticized how China is. I often look into it’s past and see a country that suffered so much and managed to make it to the top again. People often forget that and only mention the bad things. If it’s system works for them then so be it. I am not saying I agree 100% with how they rule, but I do not wish them anything bad. In fact, I wish long life for China

[@CentauriSphere]

The thing is it's not the chinese system or planning that generated wealth. It's foreign (mostly western) investment pouring into China to exploit cheap af wages and manufacturing there. That's it.

[@wingkeungkong415]

China always has a rise and fall cycle of 300 years China is Entering the rise cycle now

[@ndorobei4391]

Marxisme is from the West. Marxisme is Western ideology. Karl Marx was born in Western Germany, very close to France border. Taoism is the true Chinese culture.

[@wingkeungkong415]

@@ndorobei4391 the root of China is confucianism

[@johnlacey3857]

Don’t forget corruption, one of the cornerstones of modern CCP policy.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

If only people in the west and places influenced by the west could get it into their heads that modernisation does not mean westernisation or Christianity.

[@chuanmeixu1246]

Christianity is losing its influence even in the West. In Australia, the % of people who are Christians have decreased to only around 10% of the population.

[@BobyourUncle]

It does however mean acceptance of the other, the way the CCP treats minorities and those who don't embrace their narrow ideology leaves a LOT do be desired...

[@chuanmeixu1246]

@@BobyourUncle China has 55 ethnic minorities. Yes there are issues in the govt's dealing with a couple of minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, but you hardly hear any of such issues with the other 50+ minorities. Why? The fact is both Xinjiang and Tibet have been targeted by the US government (CIA) to try to separate them from China for geopolitical reasons. Eg. CIA trained Tibetans in 1950s against China, which lead to the exile of the Dalai Lama. The US has never stopped trying to create chaos in these regions. I do admit there are mishandling and even mistreatment of the minorities in these regions, but that's mostly a result of fighting against foreign interferences.

[@BobyourUncle]

@@chuanmeixu1246 I think you may need to read a history book that wasn't written by the CCP - its common knowledge that Tibet was invaded by China in 1949. The US had nothing to do with that travesty of justice. Self determination is a fundamental human right, the people of Tibet and Xinjiang should be left to run their lives as they see fit without being subjected to "re-education" and dispossession of their lands.

[@chuanmeixu1246]

@@BobyourUncle You may need to read a history book that is not written by a biased Western propagandist. Tibet was already part of China, so the CCP took over Tibet was part of it's process of gaining actual control of the whole Chinese Mainland after it won the civil war with KMT. Your "common" knowledge is wrong. During the Qing Dynasty (China) the Qing Emperors sent ambans to Tibet, which was a (highly) automomous region of China.

[@mattlangwrites]

Thank you for a very educational and thoughtful video. Appreciate you taking the time to make this, especially for English speakers like myself

[@samr.england613]

It's all very "good feely" isn't it? Never mind that if one criticizes the Chinese government, one is imprisoned at best, or put to hard labor, and executed at worst. Hardly any dissent allowed. And the Chinese government pretends that they are strong? Like Hitler's Nazi Germany, apparently strong on the surface, but inherently weak.

[@VictoriaSy-b9d]

Do your own research. A little learning is a dangerous thing.

[@เจนทัศน์เชวงเศรษฐกุล]

It would be nice if the west try to understand china. US and the west always think that they are at the center of the world. Whatever they think or whatever they done are right. That is self-centric. I like the word 国家 you explain. Well done.

[@MrHerbalite]

Actually there is another explanation about 国家 coming from the first president of Taiwan (Lee Deng-Hui) . He simply puts out the idea that without families there won't be any state. Given that the Chinese people I know are more concerneded about their families than they are about the country his explanation is as valid, even for Chinese people.

[@yesidromero7299]

That was great. I am aware of most of the facts but finally you were able to put all together and make sense of why today’s situation has become what it is. Thank you.

[@tocreatee5736]

there is only one reason CCP is still in power . the WEST let them. do you remember 1989 Tiananmen Square protests??? she totally ignored it , didnt she? LOL even chinese people were not happy with CCP, but the party brutally oppressed the protesters. then 2001 "the WEST" let china join WTO, because chinese people were starving and CCP is not going anywhere. the WEST foolishly thought letting china join WTO makes china slowly democratic. thats the only reason CCP survived and soviet russia did not.

[@sethbrown1763]

Thank you for your video. It was a very clear and simple explanation. I think China deserves a lot of respect because above all, it has taken care of their people despite the hostility and abuse from the West. That is the first duty of any state, in which, by the way, the West is not doing such a good job recently with all the homeless people living in tent cities, without clean drinking water, and proper healthcare. China has done an excellent job in protecting its people during the pandemic. I have heard people who live in China say they have never met anybody with COVID. My own children have had COVID and my neighbour died from COVID. So, well done, China, you have nothing to be ashamed of. On the issue of "democracy", we have seen that the last 3 British prime ministers were appointed, NOT elected, thereby bypassing any democratic process. The current one was appointed by default, not even having been elected even by the members of his own party! Is that democracy? Someone said that they considered "democracy" a "mirage" word - as you get closer, it disappears! When we examine how the West practices "democracy", we begin to see elections with spurious counts, demands for re-counts, machinations in the presentation of candidates in their primaries, pressure being put on candidates to withdraw their candidacy, etc. etc. Never mind the idea of international observers! That is never even mentioned among the "democracies" of the West. The HUGE amount of money poured into the US elections practically guarantees the results are rigged but this is never seriously examined at all. Western "democracy" is just thinly veiled fascism for my money.

[@ngheanchoong]

The West democracy system is a rich man game

[@josephlau9585]

Thanks for the brilliant write up.

[@fannyalbi9040]

@@ngheanchoong and poor men are not in the club - george catlin

[@zuckergolf4442]

If a corrupt democratic system is „thinly veiled fascism“ a one party dictatorship is blatant fascism. Just because there are democratic countries that are corrupt doesn’t mean the concept is inherently bad.

[@zuckergolf4442]

The first duty of a state isn’t to „take care“ of their citizens by enforcing their own will, but to protect the rights and freedom of its people, without interfering more than necessary.

[@MysticMylesZ]

Glad I clicked on this video... mostly cause the title confused me 😂 subscribed. I was already open to learning about this stuff more, especially knowing the effect of foreign influence on other places throughout history. Like Hawaii, like the middle East, The Americans. A massive complex game of gain... and other things, can lead to good and bad effects... And goes on still even today just with trade, sanctions, alliances, etc. I hope the whole world becomes a better place.

[@ShannonWare]

Thank you for the essay Siming. What do you mean by the statement at the end, "China is indeed a very lonely country"? From my perspective China is still at the centre of everything, and more or less everyone is looking to China for something: Money, technology, labour, a model of how to resist imperialism.

[@SimingLan]

Hi Shannon, I'm really happy you watched the video! And to your question: it's more of a personal feeling. Opportunities are flooding to China yes, but as a nation, there is a culture of people feeling there are too many misunderstanding from the outside world. I hope it makes sense :)

[@ShannonWare]

@@SimingLan it does. Thanks.

[@chengwoonlew7227]

I do think her expression is that communism with Chinese characteristics is hard for other countries to follow and tbh China also do not want to export it. So in that sense it can be a little lonely

[@ShannonWare]

@@chengwoonlew7227 I think this is a very interesting topic and I am keen to research more about it .

[@BailelaVida]

@@chengwoonlew7227 Very interesting. Good insight there!

[@mharley3791]

This was an incredibly well balanced and insightful. Acknowledging bias, history and context made this informative. We need more videos like this

[@damianxd720]

wow, a glazer, who would've thought

[@hammylauw9574]

I am genetically chinese. When China was a very poor country, humiliated by the west , civil war etc, I am still proud to be a chinese ,because ,as,I know, China has never ever colonize,humiliates other foreign countriy.

[@obscuresportshistory]

Right, they only kill and place people in concentration camps within thier own borders.

[@bruceboone6635]

I can understand Chinese anger at wrongs perpetrated by the West in the 19th century, by the imperialist powers. Does this, though, justify the remarkable Chinese quasi-imperialist expansionism along the trade route, principally via the use of essentially unrepayable loans used in construction of major infrastructure throughout Asia, including airports, harbors, bridges, roads and the like? Expansion in the past eradicated Tibet, its culture, now more and more its language among the young there, etc, essentially it's been genocide of Tibet. A genocide worthy of comparison with the worst in history. And now the Uigur people, a non Han people, slow being reduced to slaves, poverty, expropriation, within China itself. Finally among the horrendous problems of current China that need exposure, there is the surveillance state: if the exploitations of China by the West in the 19th century were the prior great humiliation of the Chinese people, then surely the plight of ordinary Chinese in the current surveillance state is the second great humiliation. The video couldn't have been better in dealing with Confucianism, the Opium wars and it outcome today in current Chinese resentment against the West, and the remarkable unity of China brought about by Chinese values of community and family, but the speaker in this video really should do a second video in order to adequately deal with the new problems just mentioned, essentially those of expanionism along the silk route, the internal surveillance state, and the genocidal repression of the Uigurs. Other intractable problems, like the status of Taiwan, fears by China of US encirclement of it through recent treaties, the current U.S. policy limiting visas for Chinese students for study here in the U.S. (a problem that is as damaging to the U.S. tech industry as it is unfair to Chinese students wishing to better learn technology) - these new problems of Chinese internal and external aggression are the outcome of the successes scored by China's century-long struggle to one of the two current major world powers, the U.S. being the other. Another video might helpfully deal with such current problems.

[@Shimo-u7l]

@@bruceboone6635 在中国没有民族压迫，台湾是中华人民共和国的一部分

[@calbackk]

Interesting lesson,thank you. My Chinese friends say that what they still lack is legal certainty and the rule of law. If you are mistreated by the authorities you have nowhere to go.

[@Pulsar692]

This is just another Propaganda Channel with a different approach.

[@calbackk]

@@Pulsar692 I know off course. None the less, there is some quality to it.

[@mottscottison6943]

everything is propaganda. it's just a matter of who has more truth to it and makes more sense.

[@shulitian394]

美国人虐待弱小国家时 他们也无处可去!

[@ldxk]

@@Pulsar692 CCP propaganda channel will never say great famine and culture revolution indicate the system has great flaws

[@patriciapalmer4215]

A wonderful explanation. It is similar to the West not understanding the Middle East mentality, both of which are centuries old and 360 degrees from the American mindset.

[@wingkeungkong415]

I'll say only the white European have similar Thinking with the America❤

[@tomspencer1364]

Your knowledge of geometry needs review. At first the contention in the Middle East was because Islam and "Official" Christianity were each others Heretics. Now it is purely petroleum.

[@ProfessorBraus]

Thanks for this! I never understood how traumatizing imperialism from the west was for China. Our history textbooks completely glaze over that!

[@LinusFeynstein]

The west was never able to fully surpress the Chinese people as a whole like the West (=Europe) did with Native Americans and Americans and Australians. In fact Chinese suffered mostly from inner Chinese conflicts or sometimes an invasion from mongol invaders

[@gengwang8543]

The Eight-Nation Allied Forces set fire to the Old Summer Palace

[@LDK447]

I suspect you’re confusing older Chinese history with more recent ones. Warring states and mongol invasions was a completely different time period from when the Brits and their buddies came to systematically drug kill and loot all the wealth in China, leaving it nothing left and forcing it down the path of communism

[@GiggleX1]

That was truly a hundred years of humiliation for China. As a military weak country with vast territory and abundant resources, anyone would want to come over and cut a piece of meat, forcibly demand it through opium, artillery, and other means, and even the Eight Nation Alliance came together to kill, loot, and burn it. Now, the British Museum still displays a large amount of things that were stolen from China in the past, which displays not cultural relics, but the shame of the Chinese people.

[@jule1536]

not quiet enjoyable

[@mirarki]

I'm from South America, have been researching in depth about China for a few years, I sustain a polemic with a couple of American Spanish students of mine about China, and this video is exactly what I should recommend them to watch if they want to understand what it's all really about with China. Kudos! Great job!

[@8kun973]

nobody cares sudaka

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

You can see that you are an anarchist and liberal, which is really not a problem in peacetime, but when you encounter a dangerous situation, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will be problems with coordination and organization. In addition, liberalism may be useful in places with low population density, but it is definitely a disaster in the case of high population density. There is an old saying in China, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests. Human beings in frequent social activities will inevitably involve conflicts of personal interests. If collective interests are not addressed, then the increase in conflicts is inevitable. Maybe you will tell me that it can be solved according to law, but the law cannot solve all problems and cannot cover all situations! Paying attention to collective interests is conducive to reducing conflicts between people. Most Chinese are atheists and believe in Confucian culture, which has many tenets, such as: gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. These creeds help different people in society to coexist peacefully, and it can be said that Confucian culture provides Chinese most complete moral code of social behavior! And these moral principles form the core of the inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. If you want to understand it in depth, I highly recommend reading Confucius's Analects, perhaps you will have a deeper feeling! Second, China is the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has not been interrupted, which actually has a lot to do with the fact that Chinese pays attention to national interests over personal interests. In history, the ancient Chinese dynasty was often violated by nomads from the north, in order to resist the nomads in the north, the agricultural civilization in the Central Plains had enough strength to resist the invasion of the northern nomads only by uniting together, which formed the common interests of the people of the Central Plains. Whenever the farming civilization of the Central Plains was divided for its own interests, the nomads in the north would always take advantage of the situation and plunder the wealth of the farming civilization. In modern times, too, when China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, ended, warlords in various parts of China formed their own interest groups and fought each other, which also gave countries like Japan the opportunity to invade China. In short, whenever China was divided, the people suffered great disasters, and the slaughter of the farming civilization in the Central Plains by the northern nomads in history, and the killing of 35 million Chinese people by Japan during World War II are still vividly remembered. Every Chinese wants a strong state to protect itself. For the sake of the country's strength, it is worth sacrificing some personal interests. The strength of the country lies first of all in the reunification of the country, which is why Chinese hopes that Taiwan can be reunified with Chinese mainland. Why ancient Greece and Rome finally fell, I think it has a lot to do with their inability to effectively unite against a common enemy in the face of foreign invasion. I would like to say that there is no more peace-loving person in this world than Chinese, because we have witnessed too many killings brought about by war, and in order to avoid war, Chinese want national unity and cling together for the common good of peace. Third, China's great progress in the past four decades is inseparable from a stable environment, in the eyes of Chinese, stability is greater than everything, we prefer social stability rather than daily street demonstrations! China's multi-ethnic culture is rich and colorful, many different ethnic groups live together in harmony, and although the United States is the largest immigrant country in the world, China is perhaps the most culturally diverse and inclusive country in the world. Finally, I would like to say that China is far less terrifying than you think, and your fear of China is more due to a deep incomprehension, and perhaps all this can only be answered more fairly and objectively after you personally go to China to experience.

[@pabloa_e]

@@mirarki mistake surely lol

[@wlim1260]

One thing you don't mention is how Chinese history has long been a cycle of strong central government being good for the Chinese people with a strong ruler focused on bringing good lives for the people. It's when the center was weak that people suffered because of abuse from petty warlords. In every Chinese dynasty, a weak government meant suffering. And a strong government meant peace and prosperity. This was the cycle for over 2,000 - 3,000 years. So, that political culture where the ruler believes that his duty is to the people is fundamental to Chinese culture. Chinese people don't think of rights, they think of duties and obligations, including the ruler's obligation to the people. So when the rulers taxed, they used the money to build infrastructure to improve the lives of their people. Western culture has never had rulers who thought their duty was to the people - their rule gave them the right, the divine right to oppress and extract wealth from their people. And they used that wealth extraction to fund wars to grab land from other rulers like them. So western history has been a long cycle and countercycle of strong governments oppressing the people to go to war. Weak governments were not great but at least they did not go to war. Remember why the Americans demanded independence and threw out the British government? No taxation without representation. And why did King George tax the Americans? To fund his wars in the Americas. Not to build roads and dams. This is a historical memory and culture that is the total opposite of China's. So then when the people of the west rose up to demand rights, yes, they wanted rights to live their lives. But those rights were also used to take from others. The people used their rights and freedom to enslave and kill those not like them, just like their rulers used their divine right of rule (those who had royal "blue" blood) to enslave and kill their feudal subjects. Look at the genocide of the American natives by white settlers. Look at the genocides across Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. White settlers exercising their "rights". There were long discussions about who you had a right to enslave - first it was people who were not Christian. Then when the indigenous converted, it became you had a right to enslave those not white. Rights in the west have always been about who has it, and who doesn't have it. In other words, they acted just like their rulers did. And that's why the west believes government is inherently bad unless you can control and weaken it. That's because that's what their history and culture teach them. As for democracy? If you think about it, a plebiscite system of potential rulers fighting it out every few years in order to rule over the people triggers a historical memory in China of nothing other than the internecine and bloody wars between petty warlords that oppressed and made miserable the lives of the 老百姓 （common people, for those monolingual English readers). It's a never ending cycle of 三国 ("The Warring Kingdoms" for English readers). And let's face it, the current trajectory of the United States where the democratic system has two parties and the people they purport to represent bitterly at each others throats, with the US engaged in a never-ending war with whoever in the world to keep the defence industry (i.e., those that fund the politicians/rulers) wealthy? That's really just another variation of how the west has always done things. History and culture matter. They are the intangible DNA of a people.

[@nowMUSH]

Thank you for your insight.

[@michaelpalazzolo5549]

Siming Lan, you are a real treasure. Your presentation was beautifully done with charm, humility, and historical accuracy. I feel in many ways, somewhat sad that so many people are intensely uninformed about China's history, including many high-level officials in the West who go about strutting fictional and mythical stories about China with their unjustified, and mysteriously concocted hatred of China. Unfortunately, since the majority of the Western Public is so poorly informed of China's history of colonization, and exploitation of China by the West, that the current official position of hatred by the corporatocracy, the political oligarchs and propaganda of the "deep state" make for an easy sale to the naive masses of the West, especially to the uninformed public of the U.S.A.

[@jeffreyschnedar8020]

At the same time China doesn’t understand the West very well either. Moreover, the issue of Taiwan cannot go away if the PRC cannot diplomatically convince Taiwan to come home. The reaction and police state established in Hong Kong undermines any words PRC says to Taiwan. As the old saying goes, “action speak louder than words”. So this is not just about the West misunderstanding China. China’s failure to get along with most of its neighbours or to entice Taiwan to come back is a big part of the current geopolitical issues.

[@costakeith9048]

@@jeffreyschnedar8020 China seems to understand the west better than most westerners. China grasps the realpolitik at the heart of western leaders decision making, whereas most westerners still believe the nonsensical lies about liberty, democracy, blah, blah, blah.

[@imanaxolotl4717]

Bruh, what?

[@walterzagieboylo6802]

You raised the question of democracy in Taiwan, but didn't really elaborate much. But, overall it is a realistic and brilliant introduction to how Chinese people really think and what they believe, in comparison to western countries.

[@Csasil]

I was wondering the same thing. I feel like that analysis is missing. There is actually a weird edit right after she poses the question about Taiwan but then immediately goes on to a completely different point. Maybe this bit was cut out?

[@dingxiong8604]

There is no democracy in Taiwan, and the leaders they choose must be recognized by the Americans. Just like MacArthur was like the Emperor of Japan during his time in Japan. The Americans decide everything about them, and even the US military stationed in Taiwan was demanded by the Chinese government to leave after establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. You can check the discipline of the US military in various places

[@Arthurkh9230]

Thanks for this informative video which clearly shows the Chinese culture rooted on the teachings of Confucius on morality, respect and fairness in society with a system of governance for the benefits of the people. Well tested for generations across diverse ethnic groups.

[@mukondelelic.mulaudzi8357]

Thank you for sharing your own story as a Chinese person, as a South African I truly believe all people should be able to share their own stories. However, I must point out, having briefly gone through the atrocities of the cultural revolution I get concerned that this is the possible direction my own country is going. We went through: 1. British Colonialism where African people were systematically oppressed in order to benefit others. 2) Apartheid which in some ways was more brutal to African than the British regime. 3) ANC government, a largely African government which positioned itself as the liberators of the oppressed African population. But clearly they have done more for a few African elites than the poor masses. Now we have the emergence of this communist type of ideology embodied in Julius Malema's EFF, who want to position themselves as the true champions of the poor. But as a student of political history I am not easily swayed by mere rhetoric. I know political elites will always serve their own interests. But back to my initial point, I am seeing a similar pattern in how this new wave of communism is developing, how it's so appealing to the hopeless masses who in majority are African youth. I observe the same kind ideological extremism where those who disagree with certain positions are labeled as "counter revolutionary". Some even argue that if we do have a revolution where lives will be inevitably lost, it will be worth it. I don't have the ideal answers for what should happen, all I know is I have my own position and I stand with my direct Ancestors and my solution is to go back to my village and rebuild our own Kingdom outside of all this political mess. This is a position I know is very dangerous but I am convicted enough to stand on it and even die for it if necessary. But I will not be ruled by ideologues of the so called "radical left", I will pave my own path and do the best I can to uplift my own people. I find a lot of what the radicals promote to be absolutely ridiculous, especially when it comes to issues of values. They seem to support any agenda that expidites their own political agendas. There doesn't seem to be much principle in their movement and so I choose to go my own way. What are your thoughts on this my Chinese sister? Let's open up the conversation.

[@Slangnegativ]

Amazing, such well considered thought is rare enough in the west, I would not expect that from the failed state of south africa. I can tell you this for a matter of fact though, communism is never the answer. Communism cannot create any future nor can it create any value. Because it's fundamentally in opposition to human nature and reality. Communistic policies always fail and (as in the case of China) they only succeed when they diverge from communism. It's only able to create misery, which ironically motivates more communism. You seem to be on the right path though, but simple separatism isn't a long term solution. The political solution is called national socialism, it's the natural path for all people, yours too. Hail victory.

[@adriansigler9197]

Are you unhappy with the recent actions and attitudes of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali? I think it’s good to break from Europe, but you wish it could be done through a return to pre-colonial society? As an American, I wish something similar could happen here with our indigenous populations. I know socialism would be better than capitalism, here and maybe there too (thinking of Sankara in BF). But I also think a return to communal values like our indigenous peoples may be even better; the problem is that there isn’t nearly as much research or entertaining of this idea, and I don’t know how feasible it is. I hope for indigenous sovereignty and restitution, but I am no expert and can only support those whose experience gives them more knowledge. I am American, so I am not fully informed in the history. I am interested in your thoughts. Power to Africa.

[@mukondelelic.mulaudzi8357]

@adriansigler9197 in terms of the geopolitical situation unfolding in West Afrika, while I don't necessarily support the coup approach, I do empathize with people on the ground who experience daily challenges that the politicians are fat removed from. I don't have all the details on what led to the coup situation in those countries, but I sense there is great frustration with Afrikan politicians, the people feel our politicians have not positioned themselves to serve the interests of the people but their own. In such situations revolutions are almost inevitable. Afrikans have been contending with the contradictions of colonialism for generations and often we don't get leaders who truly put the interests of the people first. So you have a situation where foreign interests come in to exploit the natural resources and local economies and the local politicians cut deals that are for their own personal benefit not for the larger population. These frustrations will inevitably lead to a boiling point that cannot be contained, and then you get situations like a coup. What angers me about the geopolitical situation in West Afrika is that ECOWAS has decided to threaten invasion without entertaining dialogue with their brothers. Diplomacy is always the first approach not war, why can't they adopt this approach? Instead of joining the French in launching a war that will leave the region worse off than what it is now.

[@Aggoenix]

Im pretty sure socialism wouldnt be better. The US never tried socialism but im coming a country which tried it and i will tell you that it absolutely didnt work, it was a disaster in multiple socialist systems, ranging from authoritative socialism, liberal socialism, nationalistic socialism, european socialism, asian socialism, kuban socialism. Here people who lived in socialism experienced the first hand that socialism sounds like noble system, but in reality it turns to worst things. I would be really interested how do you percieve socialism to be better than capitalism when all evidence tells us very straight that it isnt better. My opinion is that socialism can work in small communities, small munincipals or families, but never definitely on state or larger entities@@adriansigler9197

[@adriansigler9197]

@@Aggoenix Literacy rates were almost at 100% before Yeltsin and Pinochet took power in the USSR and Chile respectively, and within a year, they were abysmal again. Same to be said for infant mortality, job security, pay gaps. If you’re open to it I have some great sources I can send your way instead of trying to sum them up in a yt comment lol. I gotta get ready for work tomorrow.

[@trekpac2]

I just love your presentation style and unique look at China! Very well-done. China is such an ancient and complex country and I thank you for your insights! Well-done.

[@bryand.hopkins4946]

Thank you for putting yourself out there to explain this kind of stuff. It’s not easy. I look forward towards exploring more content.

[@Pulsar692]

This is just another Propaganda Channel with a different approach. Its so obvious that all of this is highjacked by chinese Botfarmes!

[@davyliyang]

Rofl, this ritchyone tech account call other people bots, yet he copy paste the same message everywhere.

[@kevinfitzgerald527]

I am happy to see this communicated in the manner you have constructed. Thank you!

[@samr.england613]

East and West can learn much from each other. This fact is nothing new, btw, and has been known among the educated classes of both cultures for millennia.

[@alyvarin1106]

I did not have a lot of money; therefore, I did my best at the time. Please keep up your work; it was great.

[@SimingLan]

Thank you, that's so kind of you! :)🥰

[@csamsmith53]

Very well put. I confess that I am intrigued by China, and this video presented by this very sweet and lovely lady with her British accent, did an admirable job in pleasantly explaining why China is as it is. It is complicated. Western nations seemed to enjoy exploiting China for that Century of Humiliation. Shame on the West. I hope our nations can find a happy medium. Job well done, Siming Lan!

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

You can see that you are an anarchist and liberal, which is really not a problem in peacetime, but when you encounter a dangerous situation, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will be problems with coordination and organization. In addition, liberalism may be useful in places with low population density, but it is definitely a disaster in the case of high population density. There is an old saying in China, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests. Human beings in frequent social activities will inevitably involve conflicts of personal interests. If collective interests are not addressed, then the increase in conflicts is inevitable. Maybe you will tell me that it can be solved according to law, but the law cannot solve all problems and cannot cover all situations! Paying attention to collective interests is conducive to reducing conflicts between people. Most Chinese are atheists and believe in Confucian culture, which has many tenets, such as: gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. These creeds help different people in society to coexist peacefully, and it can be said that Confucian culture provides Chinese most complete moral code of social behavior! And these moral principles form the core of the inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. If you want to understand it in depth, I highly recommend reading Confucius's Analects, perhaps you will have a deeper feeling! Second, China is the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has not been interrupted, which actually has a lot to do with the fact that Chinese pays attention to national interests over personal interests. In history, the ancient Chinese dynasty was often violated by nomads from the north, in order to resist the nomads in the north, the agricultural civilization in the Central Plains had enough strength to resist the invasion of the northern nomads only by uniting together, which formed the common interests of the people of the Central Plains. Whenever the farming civilization of the Central Plains was divided for its own interests, the nomads in the north would always take advantage of the situation and plunder the wealth of the farming civilization. In modern times, too, when China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, ended, warlords in various parts of China formed their own interest groups and fought each other, which also gave countries like Japan the opportunity to invade China. In short, whenever China was divided, the people suffered great disasters, and the slaughter of the farming civilization in the Central Plains by the northern nomads in history, and the killing of 35 million Chinese people by Japan during World War II are still vividly remembered. Every Chinese wants a strong state to protect itself. For the sake of the country's strength, it is worth sacrificing some personal interests. The strength of the country lies first of all in the reunification of the country, which is why Chinese hopes that Taiwan can be reunified with Chinese mainland. Why ancient Greece and Rome finally fell, I think it has a lot to do with their inability to effectively unite against a common enemy in the face of foreign invasion. I would like to say that there is no more peace-loving person in this world than Chinese, because we have witnessed too many killings brought about by war, and in order to avoid war, Chinese want national unity and cling together for the common good of peace. Third, China's great progress in the past four decades is inseparable from a stable environment, in the eyes of Chinese, stability is greater than everything, we prefer social stability rather than daily street demonstrations! China's multi-ethnic culture is rich and colorful, many different ethnic groups live together in harmony, and although the United States is the largest immigrant country in the world, China is perhaps the most culturally diverse and inclusive country in the world. Finally, I would like to say that China is far less terrifying than you think, and your fear of China is more due to a deep incomprehension, and perhaps all this can only be answered more fairly and objectively after you personally go to China to experience.

[@xavier3098]

Well said! I’m so fortunate that I was able to study abroad in 🇨🇳 during my masters program. It really opened my eyes to the country. I had a great trip and the Chinese were lovely. I think it would serve everyone (especially our leaders) well to spend some time in the country to better understand them. One thing that I think is underestimated is the gap between the English and Chinese languages. The chasm - and mindset - is so wide, it could be difficult to bridge. That’s why it’s also imperative to understand how others think, not just what they are saying.

[@swatisquantum]

Your comment caught my attention and I asked google Gemini to expand on it, the response gave me tons of insight!: You're absolutely right, the gap between English and Chinese can be vast. Here are 7 key differences in mindsets and structures to consider: Analytic vs. Holistic: English: Analytic - emphasizes breaking down sentences into subjects, verbs, and objects. Chinese: Holistic - focuses on the overall meaning of the sentence rather than individual parts. Word order can be more flexible to convey meaning. Explicit vs. Implicit: English: Explicit - often relies on prepositions and articles to show relationships between words. Chinese: Implicit - relationships between words are often derived from context and word order. Individualism vs. Collectivism: English: Individualistic - grammar often reflects the actions and states of a single person. Chinese: Collectivistic - grammar can consider the group or hierarchy more than the individual. Directness vs. Indirectness: English: Can be more direct and to the point in communication. Chinese: May use indirectness or politeness markers to soften requests or avoid confrontation. Concreteness vs. Abstractness: English: Often uses concrete nouns to describe concepts. Chinese: May use more abstract or metaphorical language to convey ideas. Time Reference: English: Tenses are crucial for indicating when an action happens. Chinese: Less emphasis on tenses, often relying on context or adverbs to indicate time. Writing System: English: Alphabetic - letters are combined to form words. Chinese: Logographic - characters represent words or concepts, requiring memorization of thousands of characters. Understanding these differences is crucial for effective communication: Misinterpretations: Literal translations can lead to misunderstandings because of these inherent grammar and cultural variations. Importance of Context: Context is key in Chinese communication, both verbal and written. Cultural Nuances: Understanding the cultural background of each language helps decipher the intended meaning. Remember, this is just a glimpse into the vast differences. By acknowledging these chasms, you can approach communication and translation with a more open mind and a greater appreciation for the richness of both languages.

[@erdaltellipro]

Second video watched on your channel today, and I just subscribed. Thank you so much for the well made production.

[@stevehumphrey8626]

Amazingly thoughtful discussion. Very much appreciated. Especially the careful discussion about how both sides see themselves. Aren't we all evolving our view of how things should be to the best benefit of us all. Understanding, compassion, respect. All so important for having a productive discussion. Thank you for your insights!

[@AustralasTV]

Great summary of the Chinese history and thanks for helping me to learn from a very balanced Chinese perspective

[@michaelpearse5603]

Excellent! Didn't learn a lot, because I'm a history nerd, who's spent his life *paying attention*. BUT this is an EXTREMELY CLEAR, SUCCINCT presentation that most Westerners (who don't know this stuff) need to hear. Well done - and thank you! :)

[@Enochphilw]

Do not be led about as with bit and bridle. There was no mention of the genocides, human rights abuses or tyranny.

[@jasondashney]

@@Enochphilw that's because the video wasn't about that. It was about the formation of China itself and why it is how it is and I think it's explained beautifully. She mentioned several times how the Chinese people are into an authoritarian state. Authoritarian states absolutely always end up with a level of tyranny so it's there in the video.

[@jasondashney]

Thanks for providing another opinion. I know absolutely nothing about China so the video seemed truthful to me, but how the hell do I know?

[@victorcruz9913]

Thank you for a great video. I’m visiting China for the first time and I am loving it❤

[@Caitanyadasa108]

Thanks very much for putting your perspective on YT; it has helped me further understand the Chinese culture and why things are the way they are. Considering China's Confucian past, which shaped the way people see the role of government in their lives, as well as the far greater emphasis on a collective identity, it seems unlikely that there will ever be harmony with the individualistic West. I can only hope that despite our differences of perspective East and West can learn to respect each other without trying to change the other.

[@astoni314]

The difference between China and the West serves to illustrate why independent thought in scientific research is impossible in China and why no Chinese scientists ever contribute to newly published papers. The last statement is complete nonsense of course, as are simplistic explanations of around one fifth of the planet's population. Apparently they are all humans who are all capable of independent thought. Even if someone else has had very similar thoughts to them, given that there are 8 billion of us, on a planet that will not be able to remain habitable for most without interpreting scientific analysis in a reasoned peer reviewed democratic manner, possibly leading to later change. Universalist politics and religion often serve to prevent this, from Galileo on onwards (and probably before...)

[@marty7442]

Mainland Chinese are subject to a media and education system which promotes racism, supremacism, and hatred for all other nations. No nation is compatible with that by design.

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

Therefore, it is the responsibility of every western citizen to choose a government that can coexist peacefully with China instead of confronting it. Otherwise, confrontation and war will bring each other into a dangerous situation!

[@marty7442]

@@zhouzhou-k2k : A typical threat from a typical tyrant. Nothing new, just like everything the CCP has created.

[@David-fo4rp]

Siming I think you are a treasure of transnational cultural interpretation and you have such a rare and valuable background in both the east and the West The you are able to explain topics of great interest to those of us who wonder about this very issue of submission under hardship. I deeply command your thoughtful analysis and would ask that you address the warp speed evolution of China from agrarian rapid population growth to posturban demographic decline within just two generations in future postings

[@MementoInferis]

Chinese as a people are amazing, of course being old, I would look at its long civilization seen in many museums (visited in Taiwan, couldn't find many in Zhongshan somehow), so the situation is not a matter of people but of questionable leaders.

[@china-ustechnologicalparit3000]

Xi​ led​ China​ to​ Mars, and​ current​ly​ on​ a​ schedule​ to​ Moon​ colony.​ US​ artemis​ is​ create​d​ to​ race​ with​ China​ to​ Moon​ habitat.​

[@wingkeungkong415]

You are speaking rubbish China rise from a very poor country to second largest economy in the world in 30 years This never happen in Human history before This is the work of the Chinese leadership

[@jungtarcph]

I lived in China. I always thought it was weird the Chinese was not more Proud of Chinese culture, and often featuring European fashion brands and white models. Edit: Because i think there are beautiful Chinese models and a very rich culture !

[@teokengchuan]

You did a really good job in explaining a very complex question in 13 plus minutes. Well done! One thing though, I don't think you quite answered how Taiwan functions today as a liberal democracy in spite of it essentially being a society based on Confucius values. I was hoping for a simple and clear answer to a question I have been asking for a long time. Other than that, I feel your video could be the starting point for people who continue to view China through western lens but, at the least, are curious enough to understand cultures better rather than accept the common western narrative - west equals good guys and China equals bad guys - bombarding our media space.

[@andrekoster9708]

Agreed. I, too, was waiting for that part about Taiwan. But it never came.

[@ozzymandias7346]

Taiwan is NOT "based on Confucius values". Taiwan is actually pretty diverse; there have been several Christian presidents and a large number of the population counts itself as Buddhist. In other words, there is a diversity in the governing structure that you don't get in a single-party system with no religion.

[@skywalker4818]

You kind of nailed it. As a Taiwanese myself, Taiwan provides an alternative way of life on what a Chinese society would look like embracing democracy and human rights, like other “Confucius” spheres countries such as South Korea and Japan. In a nutshell, what makes mainland China “different” in values from the Western liberal democracies is not Chinese culture or its people, but the CCP regime that indoctrinated the Chinese populace of its “own versions of values” from kindergarten that works to the benefit of the regime, which alas, Taiwan is fortunate never being part of. Freedom of speech, religion and the right to live is basic human right, irrespective of where you come from. Before 1949, before the CCP took over China, Chinese scholars, writers, artists and gentries, steep in Confucius values, often embrace Western liberal values and Enlightenment ideals at the same time. To say the Chinese people are culturally different or against these ideals are just part of the narrative indoctrinated by the CCP from young, which can be said with relative certainty, that this girl grew up under the red flag, the mainland China.

[@osmanjerry3272]

Indoctrination goes to both sides. Notice how toxic words can be. Education and influences are the players because they are the indoctrination tools. Keep saying on lies lies become truth. I venture to say this, democracy human rights, freedom of speech etc etc needed to change according to times. I am saying this because I see the things happening in front of me. They are real and tangible. I came across this saying: Marxism changed China. China changes Marxism. One day we shall see people saying: Liberalism spiced up the West, the West makes good menu out of liberalism.

[@ozzymandias7346]

@@skywalker4818 I disagree. Chinese society (like Japanese and Korean) outlawed Western thought, specifically Christianity up to the 19th century.

[@paulphelps7809]

Thank you for this. As one that lived in China for awhile, I can well understand you. The long tradition in China has continuously been one of authoritarian government.

[@edmurks236]

Authoritarian but rule for the good and benefit of the people/country. not a belligerent dictatorship.

[@aslampervez2294]

There can't be a government without authority (authoritarian). It is false debate. So called democratic are also authoritarian but only difference is voting rights in 5 years which doesn't usually matter because substitute is also mostly same type of people but fighting on worthless issue like transgender etc

[@erensengoz8901]

You should have mentioned that china does have a democracy just with one party instead and how this makes people work together rather than against each other

[@kashhusain8154]

This is the first time I've heard a Chinese person's perspective/analysis on this. Thanks.

[@ssl291]

Hello Siming, Thank you for all this information. I agree with you on almost everything. I just find you criticisms of the great famine a little bit too harsh against Mao and the CPC. 1) unlike the famine in Ukraine internationally created by Joseph Stalin, the great famine in 🇨🇳 was not created intentionally by Mao or the CPC. 2) the famine in 🇨🇳 was created by bad policy. 3) one also has to consider the size of Chinese population and what happened recently. I.e: ww2 and the Civil war.but even during the great famine the population of China grew by 12 millions people between 1958-1961. For ex. Canadas population grew by 1 million people during the same time. China had a greater growth rate than Canada which was not in a situation of famine. All problems becomes bigger with such a huge population

[@namename9998]

And China was a developing country. Point out one famine that killed thousands of people from a developed country after 1900. There arent any. I guess the French and Irish were communist too. Grande famine de 1709-1710 in France was responsible for 600k deaths 1845-1849: Great Famine in Ireland killed more than 1 million people. Between 1.5-2 million people forced to emigrate And poor farm management is poor farm management regardless of political or economic system. If it was a democratic country that decided to try new farming techniques on large amounts of land, leaving none for reliable methods, democracy wouldnt be blamed. And keystone species hadnt been understood until during/after the famine. How can people be expected to know something (like killing all the birds might be a bad idea) if no one has done it.

[@Slowpoke3x]

The responsibility ends with the leader, having supreme authority means cannot put the blame anywhere else because thats all you can change. You cannot blame a cornered fox not to bite, you cannot blame gravity for dropping your toast. His policy ,his country, his fault full stop.

[@MattsFikezolo-lo7wq]

Every political system has its own flaws. However, what is certain is if China had followed liberal democratic system from its birth would not have developed so rapidly. Live example is India. China may eventually change and embrace liberal democracy after consolidating her development, as did Singapore,. S. Korea, Taiwan and Japan. All western democratic countries of today did not start off as democracies, they were either monarchy, colonialists, slave holders or military dictators.

[@littleozymandias994]

As a young German, who is trying to be an intelligent Investor and thus has a strong interest in understanding china to be able to form an opinion about possible directions in the conflict with the US, I have to say that this was a very well structured and understandable explanation of the reasons the chinese support their government. I especially respect your objective way explaining the history of china without trying to leave out its dark chapters and acknowledging that the system is not perfect. I believe, if we all (especially western countries) would take a step back and try to be more calm and rational, we would have the potential to avoid a lot of hardship in the coming decades. Thank you very much for the insight, I hope to be able to learn more from your videos in the future.

[@shaggyfeng9110]

This video is communalism propaganda. The "a hundred years of humiliation" is what the schools in China want kids to believe. But in that "a hundred years of humiliation", population of china growth 4 times, people were very happy about the government getting many defeats. In fact, people of china help the western army to invade Beijing, the royal palace was burned and looted many times, mostly by the people of china. In 1949, at the end of a hundred years of humiliation, China had established heavy industry in the 东北. Chinese GDP was one of the best in Asian and #8 in the world. Just 10 year after the communalism new China, GDP was #50+. Economic and the quality of life was way worst that before. Of course, the CCP does not want to take the blame, so they made up the "a hundred years of humiliation". Like, who the f care about the queen and king getting humiliation when people have better life? And who the f were happy if the leaders were winning the war when people's life were going to hell??? Nice psyop.

[@dd-rw8ey]

Must be a fan of Buffett, Munger and Graham

[@mratlas3364]

If they weren’t trying to bulldoze Taiwan, I think the world would be in a much healthier posture.

[@ernestxu4571]

@@mratlas3364 I just would like to mention that every central government of china(whoever with this claim is obligated to be the guardian of chinese civilization and teritorry) would lose its legitimacy as long as it renounce efforts to reunify with Taiwan, no matter it's CPC or not.

[@gengwang8543]

The Eight-Nation Allied Forces set fire to the Old Summer Palace

[@KonFatty]

Very interesting video. Glad it popped out for me in the recommended tab. Would sure love to learn more about the east and china in particular

[@GiveBackAll]

THIS is the kind of videos people need to be watching today! So often the creators don't know what they are talking about. Thank you, Siming Lan, for sharing your own experiences and research with us. This was very helpful in expanding my understanding.

[@peetstf6654]

Yeah how about no. Videos that don't meantion the millions of deaths under the regime of Mao when talking about the history of China are leaving that out on purpose and is nothing else than 'positive propaganda'.

[@maxdc988]

Autocracy has many shortcomings, so does democracy. Those who praised democracy are indeed ignorant, not an independent thinker but someone who's fond of parroting others. For me, meritocracy is better than the rest. Cheers from a democratic Malaysia. 😂😂

[@wingkeungkong415]

America is not a democracy anymore It is controlled by the Rich people

[@sludgepuppy]

Fantastic video and explanation. I am from the UK; I have always been intrigued in the thinking of the Chinese people; this video has really helped with this. Thank you for being honest and unbiased-this is something missing in general these days, from all corners of the globe.

[@zhouzhou-k2k]

You can see that you are an anarchist and liberal, which is really not a problem in peacetime, but when you encounter a dangerous situation, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, there will be problems with coordination and organization. In addition, liberalism may be useful in places with low population density, but it is definitely a disaster in the case of high population density. There is an old saying in China, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are interests. Human beings in frequent social activities will inevitably involve conflicts of personal interests. If collective interests are not addressed, then the increase in conflicts is inevitable. Maybe you will tell me that it can be solved according to law, but the law cannot solve all problems and cannot cover all situations! Paying attention to collective interests is conducive to reducing conflicts between people. Most Chinese are atheists and believe in Confucian culture, which has many tenets, such as: gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. These creeds help different people in society to coexist peacefully, and it can be said that Confucian culture provides Chinese most complete moral code of social behavior! And these moral principles form the core of the inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. If you want to understand it in depth, I highly recommend reading Confucius's Analects, perhaps you will have a deeper feeling! Second, China is the only country among the four ancient civilizations whose civilization has not been interrupted, which actually has a lot to do with the fact that Chinese pays attention to national interests over personal interests. In history, the ancient Chinese dynasty was often violated by nomads from the north, in order to resist the nomads in the north, the agricultural civilization in the Central Plains had enough strength to resist the invasion of the northern nomads only by uniting together, which formed the common interests of the people of the Central Plains. Whenever the farming civilization of the Central Plains was divided for its own interests, the nomads in the north would always take advantage of the situation and plunder the wealth of the farming civilization. In modern times, too, when China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, ended, warlords in various parts of China formed their own interest groups and fought each other, which also gave countries like Japan the opportunity to invade China. In short, whenever China was divided, the people suffered great disasters, and the slaughter of the farming civilization in the Central Plains by the northern nomads in history, and the killing of 35 million Chinese people by Japan during World War II are still vividly remembered. Every Chinese wants a strong state to protect itself. For the sake of the country's strength, it is worth sacrificing some personal interests. The strength of the country lies first of all in the reunification of the country, which is why Chinese hopes that Taiwan can be reunified with Chinese mainland. Why ancient Greece and Rome finally fell, I think it has a lot to do with their inability to effectively unite against a common enemy in the face of foreign invasion. I would like to say that there is no more peace-loving person in this world than Chinese, because we have witnessed too many killings brought about by war, and in order to avoid war, Chinese want national unity and cling together for the common good of peace. Third, China's great progress in the past four decades is inseparable from a stable environment, in the eyes of Chinese, stability is greater than everything, we prefer social stability rather than daily street demonstrations! China's multi-ethnic culture is rich and colorful, many different ethnic groups live together in harmony, and although the United States is the largest immigrant country in the world, China is perhaps the most culturally diverse and inclusive country in the world. Finally, I would like to say that China is far less terrifying than you think, and your fear of China is more due to a deep incomprehension, and perhaps all this can only be answered more fairly and objectively after you personally go to China to experience.

[@MrCjheyer]

Thank you for this great analysis, I have been working in China 12 years, teaching project management , publishing a magazine, and in my free time teaching photography. I liked to hear your point of view and this is done nice way! Cheers, Chris

[@kenstaroz1536]

A good and concise discourse on China’s rise from poverty especially focusing on it’s historical, cultural and socio-political narratives. As an overseas Chinese from South East Asia, your story resonated with my personal experience. It’s helpful that the storyteller is chinese (and mainland) and speaks eloquently and convincingly in the language of global lingua franca. One point of diversion is the point on China being lonely globally. In truth, countries and nations have no true friends but only shifting alliances. China does benefit from mutually beneficial support from the global south as evident by it’s BRI, call to de-dolarise etc

[@johngodbey2365]

I think the loneliness is not perceived by those in China, but by Chinese who live abroad.

[@haniahannslew4108]

Well said. I don’t know why she thinks China is lonely globally. I guess “lonely” she meant China had no powerful countries such as US, uk France Germany Italy Soviet to support and ally with China. She is wrong. I guess she worships these big western powers to say China was lonely globally. No, China was and is not lonely. China had a huge global south on China’s side as alliances that were also victims of western imperial colonizers. Those big western powers I mentioned above were and are western imperial colonizers. They never meant and still never mean good for China 🇨🇳. Those western countries never have good intentions for or with China. They just want to subjugate China, slave the country around to exploit, plunder and loot China. They all just want a piece of China as their colony. They used China and still do in proxy wars. China doesn’t need to be ally nor friends with those big western powers for the big western powers to use as doormat, to change Chinese culture traditions religion and way of life. China has its own 5000 years of civilization. Those big western powers with short existence and arrogance only want to suppress others force others to follow them and impose their lonely bad, selfish values on others, on a 5000 years old country. I don’t like that. I support China 🇨🇳. Those big western powers smear communism and cast communism as evil in order to destroy it because they fear communism once gain wider support those western elites who control 90% global wealth will lose their hegemonies.

[@martiddy]

@@haniahannslew4108 That's not entirely true, countries do need alliances in order to rely in each other in times of crisis (like the Covid Pandemic or wars). Just because some countries are making international trades with China, it doesn't mean that those countries are allies of China now. The real truth is that China does not have any other country that can consider as an ally. Mostly because other countries have lost trust in the Chinese government to keep his word when it comes to government transparency and following treaties. The closest thing they have to an "ally" is North Korea, but they are more like a puppet from the Chinese government, and they cannot help China neither economically or technologically. Also, the main reason China economy is way better now is mostly because of foreign investment from foreign countries when they transitioned from communism to capitalism in the 80's.

[@richardlo4867]

I agree with your view regarding China being "lonely". The West is not the world, and China has its supporters in the Global South. However, it is a natural wish of many Chinese who are educated in the West or are otherwise exposed to the West to adopt this typical euro-centric viewpoint at least partially.

[@bobguard]

Thanks for your candid presentation and you needn't be too apologetic about the rise of China. Every country goes through different history and that's how their nations was molded. Both liberal democracy and socialist regime has their pros and cons. Sometimes, they arose out of necessity due to their particular historical circumstances. No political system is absolutely good or ideal. Often It all depends on their suitability and what is best of their own nations. An important aspect of nation building is the ability to adapt, discarding policies and ideological practices that doesn't work, and learning and adopting those that works. This requires a practical balance, not dogmatic ideological adherence and obstinacy to changes. No political system or ideology last forever - just check every nation and civilizations' history. What matters is what works - and so far, China has done itself proud.

[@tongleekwan1324]

Siming, you are so pretty and clever. The Western media has been demonizing speaking ill of China for many decades, particularly the US media.We are now strong enough we have outgrown the west. We have our own narrative, no need to explain or even answer to the questions posed by the western perspective western narrative. It is now time for the west to answer the question : why China succeeds and rise, and the west declines and fails

[@jdsu7150]

Totally agree. Talking hollowly one -ism is better than the other is simply nonsense.