Finding Rewi Alley, the New Zealander who made a lasting, massive impact in China
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- Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024
- On April 21, 1927, a young New Zealander named Rewi Alley first stepped foot on China's mainland, right here in Shanghai at Dock 16. He didn't know it then, but he would go on to make a huge impact in China, and would remain here until his death 60 years later. Let me tell you his story, from Shanghai to Shandan...
He left a huge footprint in China and his name will live on. What a legacy!
This is a great short documentary Andy, as a New Zealander I also hope more of us can learn from Rewi Alley and promote peace and understanding between China, New Zealand and the World. I saw you on Seven Sharp when you returned to China, I hope you can appear on our local news more often Andy to help promote the truth, as like you said now is perhaps more important than ever.
Thanks so much for the support, Ry! You're right, Rewi is definitely someone who, even though he's left us, continues to bridge gaps. Thanks again.
The kindness of some Western foreigners in China's troubled times is really moving.
Rewi would be proud right now
Wow Andy!
Thank you so much for this awesome piece of work! ❤️👍
Thanks for watching, Andrew! Glad you enjoyed. :D
What an educative n inspiring piece of documentary, Kudos my friend Rewi will be so proud of you 👍.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Cant believe i missed this. Such a good production. You have to do more of these Andy. So underated. It deserves heaps more views!
i came here after seeing your survey.
Thank you so much for bringing Rewi Alley's extraordinary life to us through this beautiful film! The world can be so much better if there are more people like him and you!
Thanks for sharing his story, learned something new today. What a great man he is! Willing to help Chinese people at that difficult period of time.
My goodness, that was such a moving documentary; very well done Andy! I certainly knew the name Rewi Alley, but I assumed he was Maori, because of his first name. What a terrific, compassionate life Rewi led - absolute role-model material. Thank you for this Andy.
A familiar name from my childhood memories as a kid growing up in Beijing in the 60s. Thanks for a well-made documentary! He was part of the heroic efforts that made China today possible. A great man indeed.
"They could only talk and talk gets you nowhere"
Wise words from "an ordinary... New Zealand country bumpkin" but a truly extraordinary man!
Finally got round to watching this. I had a second hand bookshop for 8 years and was lucky enough to have many books about him pass through my hands. I always read them before selling them on. A great man. Really enjoyed this video, thanks a lot. Now I will watch part 3.
Thank you Andy. That is such a warming story of a wonderful man.
Thanks Andy, the spirit of Rewi Alley lives on!
Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot about Rewi Alley from it. He was such an inspiring man. More Westerners should know about him.
Thanks for watching, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
@@ReportsOnChina Rewi Alley was even one of Joseph Needham's heros ;)
Thank you for making this documentary. I was deeply touched by Rewi's selflessness. He should be remembered for his selfless sacrifices and more for his compassion. He was and still is a true reflection of humanity.
More Kiwis should know about this great Kiwi! His humanity knows no national, cultural nor ethnic boundaries.
He is taught in intermediate and secondary school history 😉
Thank you for making this high quality documentary. I learned the great story of Rewi Alley from you. Long live the friendship of the two peoples.
Thanks Andy for this marvelous documentary on the life and contributions of Rewi Alley in China. I truly enjoyed every moment of this documentary.👍🙂
A Paragon Production Andy! Essential to look at the past in order to understand our present global reality. Gratitude!
What an amazing story of Rewi Alley, thoroughly researched & exceptionally presented. Well done again, Andy.
Very informative and well structured video Andy! Keep it up!
Thank you Andy for doing this documentary. It's an amazing story of an extraordinary man. I grew up in Taiwan and the US and had never heard of him. I suspect because of his support of the communist party. He devoted his life to teaching and educating the youth of China. Regardless of ideology, he was truly a giant among men. I will be looking for his books now to learn more about his life.
谢谢你，也谢谢艾黎!相信你会做的更好！加油
It’s such a moving piece. I’m specifically moved at the end by your determination to continue his work in helping the world understand China. It’s a worthy cause for humanity and peace when there’s so much malicious lies launched against China. But be ready for attacks against yourself as other you-tubers in China experienced.
People who came to China at that time and stayed in China, 100% with lofty quality and firm faith. Thank you for your textured video, obviously we are all infected by his spirit.
An exceptionally well presented autobiography of someone I'd never heard of before. I just searched Amazon for books about him but all unavailable, except for one by Anne-Marie Brady - the description of which is that she lays bare myths about the man. I'll eventually get around to reading it & it'll be interesting to explore the man from both sides.
Setting this aside (all heroes have faults & are imperfect), I'm very impressed by what he had achieved in an era so far removed from the present day.
In all, you & your team have packed quite a lot in, in a 25 minute documentary. Well done.
Thanks so much for the kinds words of support, Spider Mann! It's really appreciated. Did you manage to find A Communist in the Family by Elspeth Sandys? It's a really good and recent book written by Rewi's cousin, who traveled to China to trace his footsteps.
@@ReportsOnChina The 2 books on Amazon were his own autobio & one by Willis Airey, neither available for sale. The only one available was the aforementioned by A-M B. I'll try to search Elspeth later when I've got some free time.
Sadly I have more books piled up waiting to be read than I have spare time! Anyhow, I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually.
There's also a youtube Gung Ho courtesy Archives NZ which I also hope to watch.
Best of luck going fwd.
Thank you for such an amazing documentary. Really lovely to know how Rewy Alley is revered in China. Excellent work 👍
A wise man will always choose to stand with the right, justive and positive forces. The Chinese people and government will forever respect, thank and love all those who have helped and contributed to the great cause of liberating and building up China. Thank you for this wonderful documentary of Rewi Alley. Hope more Westerners know about him and understand the CPC.
Very interesting documentary 👍👍👍 What you are doing is definitely contributing to the better understanding of China. Thanks🙏
Thank you, Andy. Helping the Western world understand China will foster a peaceful relationship between the East and West and a better world to come.
Well done for winning the Best Director award for this video!
Haha cheers Brick Life!
Alan, I wish you well in your journey to walk in the steps of Rewi Alley. Rewi, portrayed an ordinary Kiwi who became loved and respected by the Chinese. May more Kiwis walk such path of peace and friendship. May you succeed in your own ways.
Just watched this documentary of Rewi on Bilibili last night and gave you a coin there. Without your introduction, I didn't know the story of him.
Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Thanks Andy! By the way your voice has this calming effects on me. Cheers mate
Haha nice to know! Thanks for watching!
4:50 It is so touching when seeing Mr. Rewi returned to where he fought for 50+ years after.
This masterpiece of documentary film is especially precious in current situation. The world truly becomes a better place because of people like Alley and his friends, who helped China during in its most difficult times. He and his friends will forever be remembered by China and Chinese people.
Excellent documentary of a remarkable man!
I bet not so many kiwis know that there is one New Zealander that is highly respected in China.
And I bet you are wrong. We all know of Rewi Alley here in NZ. He is famous in our country for his work with promotion of international peace and building "polytechnic" schools. "Rewi" is a unique name to NZ and the Maori people. Manaaki te Atua.
Chinese people always welcome in NZ because of Rewi Alleys history. ❤
Thank you for telling this story, touching, informative. Too bad there's too few views… here's looking at you RUclips 🤔
RUclips considers this to be "political".
@@ReportsOnChina To be expected… I've seen other China related videos were treated worse, they put an "age restrictions" so they can't be played in mini window, can't be shared or saved. They have absolutely nothing to do with age!! That is a death sentence to a video.
Rewi led an extraordinary life. Thank you for introducing him to the world, Andy. His life's work, his hope that the world better understand China and her people live on in the lives of people like you who have adopted his legacy and his spirit.
He certainly did! We are going to Beijing in a few weeks to film another part, since he lived there for the last 30 years of his life. It should be interesting!
So astounded to learn about Rewi Alley for the first time.What a great human being he was!. Thank you for sharing and for being such a caring person yourself. ❤❤❤
Very impressive! A true internationalist! Subbed!
非常棒的一部纪录片，我头一次听说这名伟大的教育工作者的事迹。非常感谢安迪。
非常感谢您的支持！
Wow thanks for the information
What a great man he is !!!
I only found out from this video thank you !
Wow, what a wonderful documentary! The story of Rewi alley is touching and inspiring, and is a brightly lit torch of humanity during the darkest moment.
Great doco and awesome work Andy. Thank you bro
Thanks Andy that was very interesting 👍😊
I’m glad you enjoyed it - thanks Roger.
Beautifully done Andy. Bravo.
Bravo Andy! What an amazing and touching documentary, very enlightening.
Very touching story n beautifully presented
I'm so touched!😢
Good job mate! Good job👏
I Was about to view what I learned was Chapter 3 of this series when I saw and followed the link to chapter 1 in the series. I am glad I did. Chapters 2 and 3 are in the queue. What an interesting man Rewi was. And you pay him his respect with this documentary series, Andy.
this is a very touching and very good video.. thank you very much, Andy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
What a great story - just watched the sequel to this - absolutely worth watching ep. 3 published today.
Certainly a pillar worthy of emulating. Very rare indeed!
It's very depths and its like we can see through the times and he was in China. Very good mate. Can't wait for the next series. Thanks for the documentary.
Very interesting. First time I learnt of Rewi. Thank you so much!
Made me realize how small i am in this scheme of things called Life....
Excellent job, Andy!
Thanks Andy. I'm super touched by your documentary. What great decent bloke Rewi was. Sad NZ don't talk about his great achievement, hardships in the wars...etc....What mainstream media over here loves to talk about is China's human rights, genocide and whatever negative. Take care and may Rewi Alley's soul rest in peace 🙏
Great work, Andy!
An excellent documentary of a truly fascinating and remarkable Kiwi.
He not only left his mark on China, but on New Zealand too, leading you to follow his footsteps!
Wonderful. Happy for Hungary 🇭🇺
Andy, you make great documentary! keep going !
Thanks so much! I am happy you enjoyed it!
Nice job!
Thank you for making this informative and inspiring documentary!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you
Great documentary. Good job. 👍
Thank you very much!
I luv it👍❤️ Thank you Andy for such awesome documentary about international friend of China😘
Thank you so much for a beautiful documentary. What a spirit and determination! If one does not lift even a finger to help those in need and worse still, beat them and steal from them when they are down, for what purpose does one's life serve if not for that of the devil himself. Thank you again for your work.
By the way, I also want to mention that RUclips interspersed an advert. in the middle of your documentary showing a foreigner walking on the street amongst many Chinese, talking as you do, but only a few sentences in, mentioned that he is in Taiwan fighting for a people who are defending themselves from some invasion. Of course, I quickly clicked on the skip ad. button.
Can you make a playlist on your RUclips channel? It would make it easier to watch all the chapters. Thanks!
Great video. Do one about David and Isobel Crook although there are already some.
Andy I think Rewi would be Freaking out about now just like I am in Northland New Zealand, We Need To Talk!!!
Rewi... Edgar snow..... Legend
rest in peace comrade Rewi 😇
A grand man !
❤❤❤❤❤❤
andy can be an ambassador
👏👏👏👍👍👍
im not crying! youre crying!
原来你是记者
差不多吧
You have done a Great job, Andy!
Andy, it's a nice story about Rewi Alley. I learned it for the first time.