Some time ago I was trying to recall the days when I used to go to school. As a Chinese, we have always been taught that when we encounter a similar crisis, we will seek help from science instead of politics. I always thought that this is the advantage of Westerners, but now it seems that it is not. . In the past, when there was not enough food, we studied hybrid rice, when electricity was not enough, we built dams to study nuclear energy, when the greenhouse effect occurred, we studied green energy, and so on. We understand that our country needs more scientists than politicians to be strong. So, you should understand why so many Chinese are willing to be quarantined in order to stop the spread of the virus, because it comes from science and not politics. Of course, there will be some losses for personal interests, but these are insignificant compared to what our ancestors paid, and it is because of this that this country is what it is today. In addition, I also assumed that if the time went back to the time when the virus broke out 3 years ago, if China failed at that time, and the Chinese did not wear masks and did not implement the blockade, would Westerners choose to wear masks and implement the blockade? Because all they have to do is maintain the confrontation with China. Most of the modern scientific and technological achievements come from the Western world. There is no doubt that China has been learning from the West. However, Westerners have forgotten their past glory, and the only thing they remember now is political correctness. No matter what China does, the West has to be different from it. This is the biggest correctness. The scientific fact is: this virus has been killing humans. Even though the death rate is now lower, its infectious ability is far superior to other viruses. What humans should do is to completely eliminate it, just like the United States led the world to eliminate smallpox in the past. Despite the current tension between China and the US, most Chinese people think that the US is worth learning in some areas, but what the US does now is not so scientific, no matter what China does, as long as it doesn't do it that way.
@@impressionfirst8577 When the crisis broke out, the first thing to do is to seek the help of scientists. This is what the United States tells us in every Hollywood movie. However, in fact, they did not really do that, which is a pity.
The western science is mastered by a small group of people in the US/western world called scientists. The general public of the US/western world don't understand science at all, including most of their gov't leaders.
There are three reasons why China can successfully conduct a large-scale blockade: 1. The people know the risk of contracting the virus 2. The effective efficiency of the government, 3. China's complete supply chain will not lack any living materials
We Chinese go by the proverb 先苦后甜 (literally: bitter first, sweet later). It's better to sacrifice 2 weeks and enjoy your whole year carefree than being selfish and have to bear the fear of contracting covid all year long. This is the difference between the mindsets.
Be ready to sacrifice "2 weeks" for the rest of your life in that case lol.. the virus will not disappear, and the CCP is not investing in a proper vaccine for its population
This is one of the differences between the West and the East. In the East society, people and the government value order and social stability more, while in the West, people focus more on their own rights. You can see this difference even in the Movie, most of the Hollywood movies are the same kind of stories that a hero save the world or people around him. However, In most of China's “Main Melody” movies, usually a group of ordinary people are all heroes and they try their best to fight not only for themselves but also for the whole country.
You are willing to pay for your own family, even if you are isolated for three weeks. Similarly, if you regard China as a big family and really think it is your family, even if you don't know others, why don't you want to contribute to the society? If everyone is like this, the society will become better.
I agreed. In West countries, people more focus on individual rights & freedom where they were taught & influenced while growing up. But in China, people are more disciplined and are often willing to sacrifice something to achieve the aims of the society. Besides, the rate of Chinese people trust the China government is relatively high indeed vs the rest of the world.
1) East as a whole might not agree with you. There is White, Black, Middle east people in East. So do their value is present in East like democracy, communist, socialist, republic and many other. This are come from West. Also Russia, New Zealand, Australia is White. 2) I never seen Chinese movie, most of the movie come from Hong Kong not Mainland China. Wolf warrior is copy of Hollywood action movie.
only 50-60 cases? here in Malaysia, we have tens of thousands cases and double digits deaths DAILY, you are really lucky to be in the safest country in the world.
@@khooashley I'm a Malaysian too. We are forced to give up. Malaysia cannot afford anymore lock down. The Malaysian government make too many mistakes & wasted too much money during the 1st year of the pandemic.
@@kimleongthen7555 everyone entitled to their own opinion, whether you agree or disagree, you should not resort to name calling, who knows, he/she could be an expert in real life.
To be honest, it is also kind of difficult for me to get your point, when you know you might have the possibility to contact with the virus(even though the possibility is quite small), you still want to go to see a newborn baby or attend a wedding ceremony as you mentioned in your video. In my point of view, you are putting others at risk. The answer is simple, it is out of different culture.
@@清扬杜 Another difference in culture, the west will show off their new born babies to friends immediately. In the east, except close family members, new born babies will not see family friends until the babies are 3 months old and have developed stronger immune system.
I'm currently in the UK, and whilst China is still doing strict lockdowns for a few cases, the UK government, partly due to Partygate and pressures coming from the public, has completely given up and is allowing people to not wear masks, go back to work as normal, and no self isolation is necessary unless you want to take it as sick leave etc. Looking at China, the government has spent trillions of dollars now curbing the virus, doing massive testing, getting results and quarantine measures etc, I sometimes also wonder if it's worth it. I saw a couple of videos and reports on the matter, and I think it's worth noting. 1. China has a huge population, and many live in over-populated cities. Some Chinese cities have the population of some countries in Europe. Many Chinese people live in large apartment blocks, within a gated community, where many people walk to and fro to the underground or to the entrance each day to work and go to schools. Schools, companies, universities are also massive compared to the UK or European countries. One person having Coronavirus will easily spread to many people. 2. Whilst you may argue that many people will not die from Coronavirus, it's the older people 65+ that are at risk, as well as young children, should China then engage in the western method which is to give up totally on the elderly and let them die? Many Chinese people are close to their parents and grandparents, how many hearts and families would that break? How much suffering would that cause? And why should they have to pay with their lives for something that can be controlled if possible? It's not about you as a young person, just think of your father, would you be happy if he caught the virus and died from it? 3. Due to the population size China actually doesn't have enough hospitals or medical staff to help the sick if there are no controls for Coronavirus, meaning many people would be left hopeless to fend for themselves. You can look at TV series and documentaries about Wuhan, a city less populated than Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing or Shanghai, how seriously lacking of medical staff and support they had. Right now, when cases rise above a certain level, medical staff from all over China can be dispatched to that particular place for concentrated help, but if everywhere was heavily contaminated, then that wouldn't happen, so poorer places or places with less adequate medical staff would suffer. 4. Scale and population size again. If China did lax on those quarantine measures, its deaths rate would be likely 3x or 4x that of America and the UK. Is that something you'd like to see? Remember what the western media predicted for China? 20 million infected, at least 40,000 deaths. Just think how many families that would destroy? Remember in China, many people still rely on family members to send remittances money to parents or children to live on or go to school. 5. Many western countries simply don't have the money nor the resources to pull to maintain the strict quarantine measures, and to put it simply, they failed right from the start when they didn't ensure quarantine of the first few cases and do massive testing in areas of transit or through close contact, they lost control, therefore they've simply given up. They just let the elderly die or it's pot luck if you get Corona or not. Coronavirus isn't just a common cold or flu, many people suffer long lasting side effects, many can be found on online reports. China has the means and the resources to protect its population, to suffer as little as possible from the virus, deaths and post-effects. However, I do realise there is an economic factor in all this, and many businesses and schools are affected. I'm sure once the Covid medications come into mass production, and has proven to be effective even to (but hopefully not) new mutations of Corona, then many strict measures can be lessened. 6. Regarding your view on seeing a new born baby or going to a wedding, how do you know if by going out, you've not caught the virus on the way, or if another friend or family member has the virus? If they do, aren't you or the friend putting the baby at risk? Putting people going to the wedding at risk? If I remember correctly, the Henan-Tianjin-Beijing-Nanjing case last year was due to some people going to a wedding. The Yangzhou-Nanjing case was due to grannys and grandpas not wearing face masks and gathering at Mahjong and cards tables indoors. Many people have the virus and are asymptomatic, you may not know that you have it. If you pass the virus and cause other people to suffer or die, would you not feel guilty or bad because of it? 7. Think of the Coronavirus period as wartime. Extreme times, extreme measures. Think that it's for your grandparents, you nieces and nephews, and your parents. I'm personally extremely disappointed that countries like the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Japan, France etc haven't done more to prevent their citizens, especially the elderly and the poor from dying. Many people are saying that it was their goal in the beginning to get rid of the elderly and the homeless on the streets.
I totally agree. The government is protecting the elderly. Once they are infected, they are very likely to die. If strict measures are not used, you can try to multiply the death toll in the United States by 4.24. This is still when the per capita medical level in the United States is higher than that in China.
I agree Ollie, it is a little hard for westerners to understand masses of people doing things “for the greater good”, but I can totally appreciate it because their has to be a certain trust factor in order to have that mindset. Unfortunately, many governments in the west have become untrustworthy and many of their leaders have been hypocritical liars. I think that is the bigger issue more than just pure selfishness for the sake of individual freedoms.
“For the greater good”, but I wish that they can be a bit more progressive than conservative. Don’t know when they can tell the citizens to be a bit more brave but still act for the greater good. I know a lot of citizens are quite selfish if not because of the central government’s strict restrictions. Some older generations still spit freely and throw garbage on the streets.
@@croissanthead totally agree! What’s freedom good if people are dead from free to party and catch covid? I still want to enjoy my life after this finished and want to travel, besides due to pandemic there isn’t anything fun to do other than coffee shops or restaurants in town, and sorry to say, but I am not partying every other day, just boring and meaningless, I’d rather work out or go out into nature shot some photos 🤣 so… if it takes 2 weeks to lockdown and stay at home in order to clear this up, I would 😆
How do u know? I mean, people don't really have a choice other than stay home. If they didn't force it, and let people make their choice, than you could see what Chinese is about.
@@rpg1663 Is that a "government" all about? if people can always make the right decisions/choices on their own, then there is no reason that a leader/government that is necessary to be evolved in society.
@@rpg1663 having a choice does not mean making a right one... As Oli said himself if not for others sacrifice with their lockdowns, he would not be able to travel the country freely.... Also the whole country would've stopped functioning with 100s millions infections and millions die if not for the lockdowns and if China stops producing the world will be in huge trouble...
If a person only thinks about his own interests, then the whole society and even the country will enter into a turbulent situation. In traditional Chinese culture, Chinese people will give priority to the situation of others, and only think of themselves last. This attitude also Often used in our diplomacy!🙂
@@boxingtan5132 Shenzhen? ! As long as there are Chinese people who have been influenced by traditional Chinese culture on Chinese soil, this will be the case! You should not be Chinese!😏
@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane Yes, as long as most Chinese people who have received traditional Chinese culture will do so! Don't be too surprised, it's normal!😏
@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane as a westerner never understand that, right? because in your culture, selfishness is the most important, all other values including so called Neighbourhood watch is just a superficial hypocrisy.
From Singapore here . You mentioned a wedding reception and I was invited to one wedding reception last week , it turns out that the bride couldn’t make her own reception because she tested positive a day earlier . So the groom have the floor to himself . Reading her social media, some of her friends said why she need to take a test the day before her wedding reception. She was responsible for her guests which include 2 pairs of elderly grandparents in the 70’s and 80’s
A government "for the people" will do its best to protect their citizens. People are not just statistics. What's 2 or 3 weeks of willing sacrifice to stop the spread of a devastating virus? This is where the difference between the East and West becomes apparent. It all comes down to culture.
Oli, it is not only the Chinese people but most Asian societies adhere to the greater good for the greatest number of people. This is actually propounded by several philosophers like John Stuart Mill in his seminal book, "On Liberty." This school of thought is the Utilitarian School which is essentially the greatest good for the greatest number of people and whilst the minority has rights it must be subjugated to the benefit of the majority. Please read the book and enlighten yourself. Thank you for your video.
@Yu Chen Chen Not necessary true as where there is a need to be adhering to the good for the collective like seat belts there is no room for individualism and likewise drink driving. So it is a myth that the west placed emphasis on individualism and not collectivism. All society has elements of both.
Just because JSM did expound on the theory doesn't mean it was consistently favoured in the west and implemented. Since the French Revolution, individualism and hedonism (Bentham) played stronger influences. Also, in China, the idea of community and communalism predated JSM and is premised on different concepts. Confucius stressed family values of virtue, unity and respect for elders, and the nation or kingdom as an extension of the family. Such ideas would have been alien to JSM who based his greater good on utility. The problem with Utilitarianism is who defines the "greatest good", and who do you include in the "greatest number"? Only whites? Only blacks? Only Jewish people, if you are in Israel?
And we are not absolute utilitarians, CPC would not ask you to die for the greater good of the society, but smaller sacrifices such as losing your freedom or business are considered acceptable for taking care of the whole society, which you and your families would also benefit from.
You can't on one hand enjoy the freedom that is generated from the strict rules of this system, then on the other hand refuse to comply with the same rules when it comes to you. That's simply a double standard.
The recent week of shutdown I only went out for the testing. I don’t have a balcony or even a view - I see the next building.😔 The week has gone fast and I am doing online lessons for my school. Hope you and your father are safe. Shenzhen is fighting back and the volunteers / medics have done a great job. Nice views around Shenzhen as usual. (Today has seen a air crash in Guangdong - condolences to all involved 🙏).
the rights of individuals vary from country to country. I guess in some countries, it is ok to drink and drive, while in some countries, it is ok to drive if you don't drink too much. in china, it is illegal to drive if you drink at all. but hey, it is ok to drink in public even on street in china. I was shocked to know that was not ok in usa. individuals NEVER have the full control of what they can or can not do. you just have to get used to the local rules and respect the rules of the people there.
Yes, our cultures are very different. We can give up some personal interests in exchange for public safety (xi sheng xiao wo, wan cheng da wo). Everyone for me and me for everyone (ren ren wei wo, wo wei ren ren). Of course, I agree that lockdown is extremely inconvenient, but I will cooperate.
@@chronoshin8597 No I think there is a cultural difference in that the Chinese think collectively. Even living in the west I have isolated for the majority of the pandemic. I haven’t even had any of the strains. So I know I haven’t contributed to the pandemics spread.
@David Lazarus Thinking collectively also exists in western countries but is done in a different way. For example, herd immunity is beneficial for our society survival, so strict lockdown is pointless and against freedom.
@@chronoshin8597 Yes but there are more people with co morbidities which make gaining herd immunity harder to achieve. A bigger problem was the utter corruption that stopped cheap preventative treatments such as ivermectin that has saved millions in much of the world. This was a money grab by pharmaceutical companies which is being ignored. The west also has considerable numbers with long Covid which will mean health problems for much longer than the pandemic. This is something that China has avoided.
I think Oli shares a very critical view of Chinese collectivism and its values. Many western people don't understand China, or they feel confused, one main reason is that they don't understand or they don't grow up in such a society. Most Westerners tend to be individualistic, it doesn't mean they don't use collectivism to look at problems, but in their consciousness, they give priority to individualism and they don't understand collectivism. In other words, individual benefits (personal right/freedom, etc) are more important than others and cannot be sacrificed. It's fine to hold that view because our world has different values. Even now in China, some people are tending to be individualistic so you can see not 100% of people totally agree on the blocking, some might made some posts on Twitter complaining about the local government. What I want to say is that our world has different values but there is no value that should be prior always. For example, if there is a running train at the cross, And you are the staff who can control the train to go to the right rail, which will kill 10 guys who made a great contribution to the world, or go left to kill 100 poor guys. If you apply human rights first value, you can not make any decisions. And there are always complaints and unsatisfactory voices no matter who you are going to save. And most of the time, the Chinese government is to save the collective benefits (100 people), and most of the time western media are ignoring the 100 rescued people and focusing on why China didn't respect the other 10 guys' human rights. They only see those 10 guys' rights are sacrificed but didn't see a large group of people is well protected. And because those 10 guys' human rights are not respected, China is evil and has no freedom. What the Chinese government did to the 100 guys is totally ignored. And this is the case for most of the anti-China news.
Nation in Chinese is 國家， 國mean country, 家mean family. If no country, then we will not have family. So, in Chinese culture, what is good for country is the highest priority than family.
@@chronoshin8597 First, to live, second, live better. I got to survive in covid-19. Lockdown is a way to survive in covid-19 too. We are 1.4 billion people and we lost the least lives so far in the whole world compared to many big countries.
@Impressive your customers with unique packagings!! For how many years can you live in lockdown? You are surrounded by people around world who have already embraced the virus. The moment China decided to allow Winter Olympics to proceed, there is no going back.
what i got from this video is ---- the selfishness of the western mindset is deeply rooted in you. You enjoyed a safe environment in the past two years, which many Chinese people sacrificed themselves for, but now (if) you have to be isolated, you won't be willing to make some sacrifices for our society.
Absolutely right that Chinese people emphasize the goodness of the whole society or community, while western cultures focuses on individual freedom and right regardless their consequence. Such western culture can definitely fail to deal with any pandemic like USA with near 1 million death from Covid-19. Without life, what good to have for freedom and right?
In China, group interests outweigh individual interests If safety and freedom can't co-exist, then give up one of them, we chose to give up temporary freedom in exchange for long term freedom and the safety of our family and the vast majority.
Proud to be a die hard fan for the Barrets! Once again I'm impressed with Oli's honest mind telling and interesting observation from a different angle. I think the "working together with each other"way of living goes back to ancient times that we had a longer time and history on how to work/farm together. In addition, Marxist ideology have also impacted on this way of thinking that it explained how society works, how we can work better and why it is necessary for a better society. We grow up with a saying "everyone for me, I for everyone. 人人为我 我为人人.
Do you know the truth of freedom? You also said you could travel around in China over 2 years, enjoy the freedom, just because of efforts of our normal Chinese people. We are willing to quarantine for 2 weeks, to be sure no virus exists. Then all of others, include yourself could enjoy the freedom, the normal living everyday. Hope you can get it. It's also Chinese philosophy for you to learn.
Due to the reasons of modern history, we have been bullied by other countries. We have experienced too many misfortunes. Western countries understand what I said better. Therefore, we must learn to sacrifice and unite. We don't want to go back to the past.
It doesnt matter what your cultural background is, the fact that it is meant for the common good for ALL should be good reason to accept the restriction set by the authority. Short term sacrifice for long term benefits.
Thanks for the tour on the ground. Personally, as a Singapore Chinese, I can say that it is precisely this concept of 'sacrifice one's rights (or happiness, dreams etc) for the GREATER good of the family, community and the country that largely account for the continued existence of Chinese culture, civilization and the State for thousands of years (while most ancient civilizations have vanished) till today. If you read a macro-history of the 5000 years of Chinese history, you will find that there were quite a few moments (the last one was the Japanese invasion) when the possibility of Chinese state being dismantled, its civilization and people being wiped off was real had it not been the ingrained mindset of 'sacrifice one's interests for the country'.
If you follow the ancient Chinese teachings, me is the smallest cog in the society. The country’s interest come first followed by the family’s interest, the only our self interest. I guess the order is reversed in the west especially the human rights advocates comes into play
i feel that a proper lockdown is required to combat an infectious disease. so what if i can't travel for the time being? because after that time period, you will have greater freedom to live your life, free from being infected.
The village I live in, Longgang District, Shenzhen, has also been closed for seven days. In Wanren village, nucleic acid is made free of charge every day. In fact, no one is infected 😄😄，
Oli, I had 3 vaccinations in Shekou Shenzhen, and I bumped into a few foreign nationals, one American guy particularly, we chatted about earlier lockdown in February 2020 and his views about living, working and coping with coronavirus during pandemic period. He was quite happy he lived in China in stead of living in US at the outbreak time, and he was very impressed that Chinese people were so obedient to the government, and they all seemed spontaneously sacrificing their personal freedom. I told him that I knew why, there was a widely accepted social ethic from our cultural heritage: if I don't don't go out and spread the coronavirus, it is not only for my own safety, but it also shows I concern for my friend's safety, and kids/parents wellbeing as well, it's kind like one for all and all for one society or socialism spirit, it hasn't got much to do with the government, of course the Chinese government played an important role, from ancient time even today Chinese called the local government official "parental official", very different from the west.
Our Chinese ancestors have given us very rich experiences of life, and we value knowledge and experiences so much for thousands of years. These ancient experiences, or rather, philosophy, tell us how to handle things and interpersonal relationships in the most efficient ways. It would be difficult to understand why we could reach common agreement on major issues so easily, if you are from other cultures and have not learned those philosophies when you grow up.
Hi Oli, the main reason why Chinese people are willing to be locked down at home for 3 weeks for greater good is that we trust our government, society and community. We trust that a small groups of people are sacrificing for the greater good of the city, and they city will help them go through other difficulties. This is the mind "I for everyone, everyone for me", not "everyone for me, I for everyone". Individual should think that "I'm willing to help everyone", in this case, if everyone are willing to help others, you'll get help from others. Through this mindset, the community, society and the whole country are linked together, helping each other. If every individuals are selfish, the community, society and the whole country are separated, divided.
In contrast, americans don't trust their government. That is actually the reason why they won't give up their right to bear arms. The arms is to fight the government if they feel they have to.
Everything that caused today came from abroad, otherwise we wouldn't be like this. It didn't exist last year, but it has suddenly increased a lot this year
Just do a bit of reverse thinking Oli, if there were no such occasional selective lockdowns, do you think you would have been able to roam around Shenzhen let alone other parts of China the past 2 years? Those living within the red barricades are temporarily giving up their “freedom” for the convenience and safety of the greater community and you included. Guess your dad may appreciate more on Eastern values.
Oli: Living in China you must know one thing: 人人为我我为人人// Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno // one for all, all for one. Ironically this maxim was originally from the west YET it’s deeply rooted in Chinese culture, life & governance. Once you understand this, you will understand why common prosperity, why one belt one road, why people support quarantine, why there is people’s Congress and so on.
It proved that chinese are not selfish. They are willing to sacrifice for the benefit of other. In the west here, most only think of themselves, ME always come first. So sad 🥺
I do believe a compulsory quarantine is the right move, as I saw what happened in countries where quarantine cannot be implemented. And when you believe it is a good thing for the society, then some sacrifice of personal freedom become acceptable. Look forward to next video with British friend
The "Me First", "Personal Freedom at any costs" western viewpoint versus the "Selfless sacrifice for the common good" thinking in China and some Asian countries, is one piece of the continuous "Ideological battle" between two camps in the world. Two years of the pandemic have provided enough hard data in fatality, healthcare costs, economic output, plus other measurements to compare relative merits of each perspective. Over one million Americans have died from covid-19. Many will suffer from long-covid health issues. In the west people love to say "you can't put a price on human life." They don't act like they truly mean it.
From what I can see, a lot of western countries tend to focus more on the individuals due to the fact that they have more resources and less people, so they can generally afford to be more personalized. In most Asian countries where you have a larger population and limited resources, everything you do will normally have an effect on other people around you so people tend to focus on the collective. The cultural differences could play a part in this too but I think this is a big factor on how they deal with COVID.
I would rather do a Severe 2 week lockdown in my compound or neighbourhood than live the mental torture of 2 years confusion we have been living in Canada. A small price to pay for the long term freedom.
As Shanghai citizen, I completely agree that not having a choice is a total different thing. I can assure you that a huge part of Chinese people feel the same like you, especially the younger generation, it's NOT a great thing. There's lot of debate about this online already.
「犧牲小我完成大我」＝ to sacrifice "myself" to achieve "the goal of our country/community /society /company / factory …… " The above-mentioned Chinese idiom is deeply implanted in the Chinese culture, so advances of society or a goal can be reached. If everyone does not give up some rights/ own benefits , cooperation or law-abiding acts will not be gained. A country will be easily broken down.
I appreciate how open-minded and self-reflective you are Olie, having in mind that ppl's pov has a lot to do with the cultural background etc. Well, there are different voices in China too, not everyone around me thinks a full lockdown is the best way to stop omicron this time, especially considering the covid fatigue after TWO something years...I guess given the nature of omicron (highly transmissible and less deadly), the government is adapting too (let's wait and see). Of course, I respect that in major media, there is usually a unified msg abt putting ppl's life first, being healthy alive with a life is something that needs to be discussed more now.
Chinese pay more attention to the interests of the whole, and we know deeply that all our individual actions will affect other people and affect everything in society. If more people die because of my own personal interests, then I will feel guilty, even if I don't know the people who died, but I know that these people may be someone else's mom and dad or children. Because I'm only staying in my room for a month at most, a week at the shortest, why should I break the rules and bring disaster to others? Behavior like not observing quarantine measures seems selfish and even cold in my opinion.
It reminds me of the American movie "Farewell". In the trailer, the uncle told Awkwafina: "You think one's life belongs to oneself. But that's the difference between the East and the West. In the East, a person's life is part of the whole.... Family." Western culture emphasizes on individualism. Eastern culture focuses on collectivism. Instead of "ME ME ME ME ME!", Asians cares more about working together as whole. I wish every culture would practice collectivism instead of just self gain and benefits. The world should work together. Learn to care, understand and respect each other. I live in the US, and the bias negative reports and portrayals on Chinese create lots of hatred.
Olie,first of all, I appreciate you did that you and your father always keep the objective and justice to China and Chinese people. but I hope you can spend more time on the study in ancient Chinese culture and Chinese society .we are the only one that uninterrupted civilization and continuing to nowadays, it's a great achievement for human beings. we are knowing how to protect our lives and society, because it's normal things that infection cases and plagues or famines in our history, even in every dynasty of China ,and this is totally different from the western country's. Chinese culture and experience in the history that can give us the way and inspiration and encouragement to fight with the hard times of the Corona virus.
it is different culture. East and West. Singapore also went through completely lock down for a few months then partial lockdown for past two years. people do not like that but most of them can understand and accept that.
We are taught from an early age that individual interests must be subordinated to collective interests. China has been a centralized state since thousands of years ago, trusting its own government in order to live a better life. If, under the administration of a government, the people's livelihood is not guaranteed, there will always be new leaders among the people who will overthrow it by force. But when the government puts the interests of the people first, the people will naturally not contradict their own interests. It will not conflict with the interests of most people.
Self interest oriented is western mind or individualism but Asians are family oriented.I prefer Family oriented one Bc that’s how we grown up by and I can see the beauty of this .More United than western one Bc western one cause selfishness and arrogance and list goes on
I am thankful that throughout my stay in China, I haven’t been in a situation whereby I am “not allowed” to leave my apartment. I was close to that in January 2022, but I “escaped” by going somewhere else when I found out that my apartment was going to be “entry only, no exit”.
About time to learn a few Chinese proverbs/sayings that we (I) learned growing up: (and their rough translations) 犧牲小我，完成大我 (sacrifice the small me to complete the big me) 人人爲我，我爲人人 (everyone looks out for me. I look out for everyone) 長痛不如短痛 (a long suffering is worse than a short pain)
To be honest, there are actually discussions online about whether these strategies are too strict, and some people definitely have bad feelings about the lock down. However, the Chinese education on history and traditional values shaped most of the people to be willing to sacrifice for the greatest good for the community, and go with the flow to fit in the difficult time. In my opinion, Chinese people are also more willing to trust their well-educated and experienced scientific professionals, believe their leaders can make best decisions for the people, and compromise to rules with rational reasons. Of course, the most important point is that, most Chinese uphold the right to life over individual freedom of mobility.
I absolutely, totally, definitely and completely agree.. I'm Chinese overseas.. I'm third generation who live in another country. I'm so proud to be Chinese.. I'm so proud to my ancestral country --> Zhong Guo 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 We can't be selfish.. We have to sacrifice our rights in order for the greater good of society.. during the pandemic in 2020, 1) We haven't celebrated Chinese New Year for 2 years...usually we celebrate Chinese New Year by visiting relatives, but during the pandemic, we haven't visited relatives for 2 years. 2) We haven't gone on a pilgrimage to the graves of our grandparents and ancestors for the past 2 years at the ching ming festival 3) when a relative of ours dies, we can't go to mourn... only by phone 4) when there are relatives who celebrate weddings, birthdays, moving houses, etc., we can't attend.. only by phone.. 5) when a relative is sick, we can't visit... only by phone. it's all for the good of others, it's also for our own safety. Besides for the greater good of society, it's also for our own good, our own safety. do not demand freedom or safety if you act arbitrarily.. everything starts with ourselves because of what we do, it all comes back to ourselves.. so, if we are not selfish, we are concerned with the interests of others, then what we get is the best that is freedom and safety.
i hate the word “sacrifice” for individual self quarantine. It is not like u will die under quarantine, it is just a bit of inconvenient, what so sacrificing about? it boost one’s ego nevertheless, “i m so great u c, i obey public rules”, ya big fxckin deal!
it's not that the Chinese people are willing to give up thier individual freedom. Most of us don't even have a choice, we can't raise our voice and need, only have to follow everything the government tell us to do. That's not a good thing for me at least. Actually there's been quite some people complaining about the covid strategy taken by the government recently. Because some of them are losing jobs,having financial crisis due to frequent quarantines. For me I can't say it right or wrong because either way you'll have people arguing with you.
Yes isolation affects people in many ways,mentally and financially,yes the delta variant killed many in the west due to not knowing not prepared with PPR protection and ignorance how bad it was,I know lots of people including myself who have had the amricon variant who either had mild affects or none at all,yes it seems more contagious but not as deadly,you can isolate the whole area but it will not go away and you will find there will be more waves for months to come,stay strong in mind and you will be fine
I am from Taiwan and living in the US now. I experienced the same “culture shock” during pandemic like you but the opposite way…..I was very shock why people in the US (or western people) not willing to follow the simple and very logical, scientific method to prevent virus spreading. Thinking about the same feeling we will follow like you will stop at the traffic light, you won’t complain the traffic light has too much power to limit your freedom of moving. And it is all because you totally realized to follow traffic light is good for everybody and everyone should do so. What Chinese government does is just like a tragic light. There will be some level of personal inconvenience but in return everybody receives much greater benefit. It is just like a tragic light. Really. Make you stay at some place can’t move for a while but that is good for everybody. Another possible reason….I really try to think through this issue because I tried to understand the differences between different cultures like you. So I was thinking and I found there maybe a very basic difference really lay in our culture background. You can easily find we Chinese people or people from the Eastern culture highly TRUST our/their government, but western people don’t trust their government like us. Just try to imagining one day if your parents or someone you trust told you to stay at some place and don’t go away just wait for them come back, you probably won’t feel very panic because you trust them and you know by heart your parents won’t abandon you. You feel safe from your trust. That’s how we Chinese feel about our government for most of the time. Because our culture is educating the leader this way. A king, a emperor, or even a local governor, their main responsibility and duty is to take care of their people, not that to expand territory. And in our history they did! Chinese people actually had many good examples and good experience in the history about how a government taking care of people. Anyone in power want to leave his name in the history as a great leader, he will and should taking care of people. Chinese people will also expect the government SHOULD do so. In short, we trust our government, and it is not because we are stupid or we have been brain washed. It is really about we did have a lot better experience and relationship between government and people in our long history. And everybody has the same expectations and standards about what a government should do.
I understand your point of view, unfortunately, I have to disagree with some of the points. I think we are taking things for granted too much now, under these Covid circumstances, there are a lot of outside factors that we can't control. We thought there are so many important things to do, actually, there aren't. If it is a newborn, yeah, that might be an edge case, but what's wrong if we see the baby after 2 weeks? What's wrong if we delay the wedding for 2 weeks? What's wrong if you just sit in the room for 2 weeks. In old age. people can still live in the cave, our ancestors were cavemen. It's not about the Western vs Eastern mindset, we are just so spoiled by modern society's lifestyle that we can't re-engineer ourselves to adapt to the new situations, so we become frustrated, emotional, and sad. Humans should not be so fragile like that.
As a woman, freedom means I can walk alone on the street at midnight. If a government is able to provide that environment for me, I would surely trust the government is able to make the right decision to secure my security during the pandemic. Locked down is tough for a short period of time, but I do need the security for a lifetime.
Btw, for people who claimed that they have freedom, I wonder they can walk out at midnight alone without protection/weapons , if not, they are not free.
To me, the idea of achieving collective goodness is like a social contract. Eastern people don't enter into the contract by will. Instead, it's been almost imposed on them by the culture, just as the way it is by religion in other countries. 3000+ years of social experiment in China provide enough statistics to show what works, and what doesn't. The pros and cons and feasibility of certain way of life are also dictated by the natural resources, geography, climate, neighbours and the size of population. There is certainly no one formula for every single societies. There will be never ending debut regarding the advantages and disadvantages of collectivism and individualism. It's totally fine, as long as people respect each other's choice, at an international level.
I am a Chinese, so LET me give my opinion. China is a centralized state, which has lasted from BC to the present, and has been inherited unchanged for more than 2,000 years. This is of great practical significance. When each region has its own different ideas, China will have civil war, civil war will break out with plague, famine, natural disasters. So when all Chinese want to gain A peaceful and good life requires unity and obedience to orders issued by the central government, which is the key to the continuation of race and civilization. Why is it that only China has inherited and continued the four major civilizations up to now? The answer is right here. The answer to why Europe has no way of reunification and no long history of peace is that it is going in the opposite direction to China. Pestilence is a constant in Chinese history, which is felt by all Chinese people. If every Chinese had pursued extreme freedom as propagated by the Western media, then Chinese civilization would not have lasted till now, and there would have been no China at all. Sacrifice a little bit of freedom in a short time for a long time and a wide area of freedom. The smart Chinese have clearly made their choice. We don't need any western media or countries to teach us how to do this. We have done it better than anyone else. Thank you!
love your videos, I am a Korean expat here in China and it's 100%sure government mandate to close every restaurant and entertainment store like ktv, massage, theater. my friend running a restaurant in medium sized city in china and he's got quarantined right after a couple of cases happened in his area. after two weeks he's out of quarantine but his business is still closed. he pays not only 80k every month for rent fee but also needs to pay the least pay for his employees. and still nobody knows when everything gets back to normal life. it's really tough.
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Some time ago I was trying to recall the days when I used to go to school. As a Chinese, we have always been taught that when we encounter a similar crisis, we will seek help from science instead of politics. I always thought that this is the advantage of Westerners, but now it seems that it is not. . In the past, when there was not enough food, we studied hybrid rice, when electricity was not enough, we built dams to study nuclear energy, when the greenhouse effect occurred, we studied green energy, and so on. We understand that our country needs more scientists than politicians to be strong. So, you should understand why so many Chinese are willing to be quarantined in order to stop the spread of the virus, because it comes from science and not politics.
Of course, there will be some losses for personal interests, but these are insignificant compared to what our ancestors paid, and it is because of this that this country is what it is today.
In addition, I also assumed that if the time went back to the time when the virus broke out 3 years ago, if China failed at that time, and the Chinese did not wear masks and did not implement the blockade, would Westerners choose to wear masks and implement the blockade? Because all they have to do is maintain the confrontation with China.
Most of the modern scientific and technological achievements come from the Western world. There is no doubt that China has been learning from the West. However, Westerners have forgotten their past glory, and the only thing they remember now is political correctness. No matter what China does, the West has to be different from it. This is the biggest correctness.
The scientific fact is: this virus has been killing humans. Even though the death rate is now lower, its infectious ability is far superior to other viruses. What humans should do is to completely eliminate it, just like the United States led the world to eliminate smallpox in the past.
Despite the current tension between China and the US, most Chinese people think that the US is worth learning in some areas, but what the US does now is not so scientific, no matter what China does, as long as it doesn't do it that way.
Interesting perspective, "seek help from science not politics." Your supporting evidence is plausible. 👍
@@impressionfirst8577 When the crisis broke out, the first thing to do is to seek the help of scientists. This is what the United States tells us in every Hollywood movie. However, in fact, they did not really do that, which is a pity.
It helps that so many of your politicians are scientists and engineers.
@@alanfriesen9837 very funny
The western science is mastered by a small group of people in the US/western world called scientists. The general public of the US/western world don't understand science at all, including most of their gov't leaders.
There are three reasons why China can successfully conduct a large-scale blockade:
1. The people know the risk of contracting the virus
2. The effective efficiency of the government,
3. China's complete supply chain will not lack any living materials
China does not offer a complete supply chain to all people when there are blockades
@@elanor2123 Many westerners shout every day to boycott Chinese products, and now they get what they want.🤣
虽然但是，我从B站过来看这个视频的，我觉得工作人员撒谎好奇怪啊。如果不允许外国人直接告知就好了哎。
@@elanor2123 problems come，just solve the them
@@zhonghuajia_xiaomaozai 問題就是 不可能直接對他說 僅僅因為他是外國人的身份而不允許進入張家界的嘛 這樣不就會讓人聽了明白著歧視他是外國人了嗎 而且他在中國已經生活了三年 也不是剛來到中國 不是沒有隔離 不應該受到這種不公平的待遇
We Chinese go by the proverb 先苦后甜 (literally: bitter first, sweet later). It's better to sacrifice 2 weeks and enjoy your whole year carefree than being selfish and have to bear the fear of contracting covid all year long. This is the difference between the mindsets.
I completely Agree!
absolutely, definitely, totally and completely right, true and agree ✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌
Agree! I also hope the west can do the same.😔
Be ready to sacrifice "2 weeks" for the rest of your life in that case lol.. the virus will not disappear, and the CCP is not investing in a proper vaccine for its population
Absolutely!
This is one of the differences between the West and the East. In the East society, people and the government value order and social stability more, while in the West, people focus more on their own rights. You can see this difference even in the Movie, most of the Hollywood movies are the same kind of stories that a hero save the world or people around him. However, In most of China's “Main Melody” movies, usually a group of ordinary people are all heroes and they try their best to fight not only for themselves but also for the whole country.
You are willing to pay for your own family, even if you are isolated for three weeks. Similarly, if you regard China as a big family and really think it is your family, even if you don't know others, why don't you want to contribute to the society? If everyone is like this, the society will become better.
And this is the reason why United States and China drew in the Korean War
When the epidemic is over, you are welcome to visit China. We Chinese welcome friends from all over the world to visit China.
I agreed. In West countries, people more focus on individual rights & freedom where they were taught & influenced while growing up. But in China, people are more disciplined and are often willing to sacrifice something to achieve the aims of the society. Besides, the rate of Chinese people trust the China government is relatively high indeed vs the rest of the world.
1) East as a whole might not agree with you. There is White, Black, Middle east people in East. So do their value is present in East like democracy, communist, socialist, republic and many other. This are come from West. Also Russia, New Zealand, Australia is White.
2) I never seen Chinese movie, most of the movie come from Hong Kong not Mainland China. Wolf warrior is copy of Hollywood action movie.
我們香港人非常認同大陸政府的政策、如果香港也封城做全民檢測、不至於搞到現在這樣不可收拾，長痛不如短痛
非常认同，不同文化国度定是孕育出不同信仰不同理念的人文。中国人都比较团结而且凝聚力非常强，特别是在大事大非面前从不含糊义无反顾舍己为大，国人那无私的奉献精神是别国没有的优良品德，这种精神与信仰在几千年前就已经植入了中国人的血液之中，甚至流传万代。我从小在国内长大，成年后来香港生活，文化的差异就让我挺不适从的，比如我从小就生长在一个热爱祖国的氛围之中，从小教育尊重爱护国旗，尊老爱幼、尊师重道，我们要了解祖国千年文化历史与荣辱事件等等。香港就没有这一类的爱国信仰教育与民族荣誉意识等等，所以导致几年前的废青事件爆发，你应该也有所了解一些吧！当下香港的抗疫措施也和国内差异甚大，效率当然就不同啦！香港疫情得不到控制就可见人文教育差异，政府与人民的执行力度优劣可见分晓。当然在外国人看来以上所述并不是一件什么好事或者美谈，但这就是真正的中国信念，有了这种团结一致的力量国家基石才能更加稳固长久和平。中国人的眼睛都是雪亮的，心里跟明镜一样，我们相信政府拥戴政府，因为政府以民为首一心❤为民，人民团结一至响应号召，不拖国家后腿，更愿意为国家付出自己的一份力量，这就是文化的信仰差异与区别不同。中国人只要政府能把国家冶理好，国泰民安、繁荣昌盛，过好自己小家就好了，还有什么不满足的，为何要与国家对抗呢！这就是中国教育，中国速度。😂😂😂
大陆人，非常欣赏香港特区政府没有盲目跟风大陆采取各种强制执行政策😊
中国人非常支持政府的清零政策，如果像西方那样不管，医院将没有床位，街上有死人，西方将疯狂的攻击中国，摸黑中国，像你一样的人将加入西方攻击中国的行列，像武汉刚开始的那样，然后中国出现不稳定，动乱，现在中国做的非常好，反而西方动乱，你竟然还舔西方
@@bl6623 😂也可以理解某些人的观点，人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你 互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境况，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😃
@@rippleli9469 认同哟！这位同胞挺理智的，头脑清晰明白人才能望得远。👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤
Condolences to those who lost their families from China Eastern Airlines crash
Very sad day! May them “Rest In Peace”!!
only 50-60 cases? here in Malaysia, we have tens of thousands cases and double digits deaths DAILY, you are really lucky to be in the safest country in the world.
@@khooashley I'm a Malaysian too. We are forced to give up. Malaysia cannot afford anymore lock down. The Malaysian government make too many mistakes & wasted too much money during the 1st year of the pandemic.
We have too many self proclaimed experts.
@@kimleongthen7555 everyone entitled to their own opinion, whether you agree or disagree, you should not resort to name calling, who knows, he/she could be an expert in real life.
@@henrikpettersson6869 exactly
To be honest, it is also kind of difficult for me to get your point, when you know you might have the possibility to contact with the virus(even though the possibility is quite small), you still want to go to see a newborn baby or attend a wedding ceremony as you mentioned in your video. In my point of view, you are putting others at risk. The answer is simple, it is out of different culture.
是的，他无法理解一位奶奶因为感冒流涕拒绝了一年一次的家庭聚会，目的仅仅是担心自己传染给家人。
垃圾外国人，深圳疫情刚刚结束封城，目前还在日增几十个，他还骑着个电单车不戴口罩到处瞎转。还闯红灯。
@@清扬杜 Another difference in culture, the west will show off their new born babies to friends immediately. In the east, except close family members, new born babies will not see family friends until the babies are 3 months old and have developed stronger immune system.
I'm currently in the UK, and whilst China is still doing strict lockdowns for a few cases, the UK government, partly due to Partygate and pressures coming from the public, has completely given up and is allowing people to not wear masks, go back to work as normal, and no self isolation is necessary unless you want to take it as sick leave etc. Looking at China, the government has spent trillions of dollars now curbing the virus, doing massive testing, getting results and quarantine measures etc, I sometimes also wonder if it's worth it. I saw a couple of videos and reports on the matter, and I think it's worth noting.
1. China has a huge population, and many live in over-populated cities. Some Chinese cities have the population of some countries in Europe. Many Chinese people live in large apartment blocks, within a gated community, where many people walk to and fro to the underground or to the entrance each day to work and go to schools. Schools, companies, universities are also massive compared to the UK or European countries. One person having Coronavirus will easily spread to many people.
2. Whilst you may argue that many people will not die from Coronavirus, it's the older people 65+ that are at risk, as well as young children, should China then engage in the western method which is to give up totally on the elderly and let them die? Many Chinese people are close to their parents and grandparents, how many hearts and families would that break? How much suffering would that cause? And why should they have to pay with their lives for something that can be controlled if possible? It's not about you as a young person, just think of your father, would you be happy if he caught the virus and died from it?
3. Due to the population size China actually doesn't have enough hospitals or medical staff to help the sick if there are no controls for Coronavirus, meaning many people would be left hopeless to fend for themselves. You can look at TV series and documentaries about Wuhan, a city less populated than Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing or Shanghai, how seriously lacking of medical staff and support they had. Right now, when cases rise above a certain level, medical staff from all over China can be dispatched to that particular place for concentrated help, but if everywhere was heavily contaminated, then that wouldn't happen, so poorer places or places with less adequate medical staff would suffer.
4. Scale and population size again. If China did lax on those quarantine measures, its deaths rate would be likely 3x or 4x that of America and the UK. Is that something you'd like to see? Remember what the western media predicted for China? 20 million infected, at least 40,000 deaths. Just think how many families that would destroy? Remember in China, many people still rely on family members to send remittances money to parents or children to live on or go to school.
5. Many western countries simply don't have the money nor the resources to pull to maintain the strict quarantine measures, and to put it simply, they failed right from the start when they didn't ensure quarantine of the first few cases and do massive testing in areas of transit or through close contact, they lost control, therefore they've simply given up. They just let the elderly die or it's pot luck if you get Corona or not. Coronavirus isn't just a common cold or flu, many people suffer long lasting side effects, many can be found on online reports. China has the means and the resources to protect its population, to suffer as little as possible from the virus, deaths and post-effects. However, I do realise there is an economic factor in all this, and many businesses and schools are affected. I'm sure once the Covid medications come into mass production, and has proven to be effective even to (but hopefully not) new mutations of Corona, then many strict measures can be lessened.
6. Regarding your view on seeing a new born baby or going to a wedding, how do you know if by going out, you've not caught the virus on the way, or if another friend or family member has the virus? If they do, aren't you or the friend putting the baby at risk? Putting people going to the wedding at risk? If I remember correctly, the Henan-Tianjin-Beijing-Nanjing case last year was due to some people going to a wedding. The Yangzhou-Nanjing case was due to grannys and grandpas not wearing face masks and gathering at Mahjong and cards tables indoors. Many people have the virus and are asymptomatic, you may not know that you have it. If you pass the virus and cause other people to suffer or die, would you not feel guilty or bad because of it?
7. Think of the Coronavirus period as wartime. Extreme times, extreme measures. Think that it's for your grandparents, you nieces and nephews, and your parents. I'm personally extremely disappointed that countries like the UK, USA, the Netherlands, Japan, France etc haven't done more to prevent their citizens, especially the elderly and the poor from dying. Many people are saying that it was their goal in the beginning to get rid of the elderly and the homeless on the streets.
I totally agree. The government is protecting the elderly. Once they are infected, they are very likely to die. If strict measures are not used, you can try to multiply the death toll in the United States by 4.24. This is still when the per capita medical level in the United States is higher than that in China.
当然，不会有谁喜欢被这样禁足，但是，中国人从小的教育就是舍小我，成就大我，每个人都是社会人，如果你只为自己的自由，妨害大多数人的利益，这是自私。这在中西方有很大差异。西方人把自由看得比天大。在中国人看来，这是自私和没有教养的表现。因为重来没有所谓的绝对自由。自由要遵循规则。坦率讲，关于自由，中国人比西方深刻的太多。
印度不就是学习的美式民主自由吗？但是他们面对疫情又是如果控制他们的国民的，不也是警察到处抓不停话的人吗？所以美式自由民主就是真实的谎言
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看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
西方已经被新自由主义洗成废物了，自由主义分化了工人阶级，失去了他们作为最大的阶级的集体意识，从而也失去了为自己集体谋求利益的可能。
I agree Ollie, it is a little hard for westerners to understand masses of people doing things “for the greater good”, but I can totally appreciate it because their has to be a certain trust factor in order to have that mindset. Unfortunately, many governments in the west have become untrustworthy and many of their leaders have been hypocritical liars. I think that is the bigger issue more than just pure selfishness for the sake of individual freedoms.
That js the exact point.
“For the greater good”, but I wish that they can be a bit more progressive than conservative. Don’t know when they can tell the citizens to be a bit more brave but still act for the greater good. I know a lot of citizens are quite selfish if not because of the central government’s strict restrictions. Some older generations still spit freely and throw garbage on the streets.
that's why Covid-19 won't be finished, people need to be free from mask....free to go out....and free to do whatever they want.
@@croissanthead totally agree! What’s freedom good if people are dead from free to party and catch covid? I still want to enjoy my life after this finished and want to travel, besides due to pandemic there isn’t anything fun to do other than coffee shops or restaurants in town, and sorry to say, but I am not partying every other day, just boring and meaningless, I’d rather work out or go out into nature shot some photos 🤣 so… if it takes 2 weeks to lockdown and stay at home in order to clear this up, I would 😆
Selfishness and sacrifice. Exactly these two words.
that's different culture for you.... Chinese is not about individuals but family -> community -> society
How do u know? I mean, people don't really have a choice other than stay home. If they didn't force it, and let people make their choice, than you could see what Chinese is about.
@@rpg1663 it’s true what you said, however there is a nuance. I guess people in china are more accepting these measures than the western counterparts.
@@rpg1663 Is that a "government" all about? if people can always make the right decisions/choices on their own, then there is no reason that a leader/government that is necessary to be evolved in society.
@@ZZ-zf5sx true, but that's far from being the reality.
@@rpg1663 having a choice does not mean making a right one... As Oli said himself if not for others sacrifice with their lockdowns, he would not be able to travel the country freely.... Also the whole country would've stopped functioning with 100s millions infections and millions die if not for the lockdowns and if China stops producing the world will be in huge trouble...
If a person only thinks about his own interests, then the whole society and even the country will enter into a turbulent situation. In traditional Chinese culture, Chinese people will give priority to the situation of others, and only think of themselves last. This attitude also Often used in our diplomacy!🙂
Do you even live in Shenzhen? Haha
LMFAO!!!!!!! Chinese people give priority to the situation of others? LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!
@@boxingtan5132 Shenzhen? ! As long as there are Chinese people who have been influenced by traditional Chinese culture on Chinese soil, this will be the case! You should not be Chinese!😏
@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane Yes, as long as most Chinese people who have received traditional Chinese culture will do so! Don't be too surprised, it's normal!😏
@@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane as a westerner never understand that, right? because in your culture, selfishness is the most important, all other values including so called Neighbourhood watch is just a superficial hypocrisy.
From Singapore here . You mentioned a wedding reception and I was invited to one wedding reception last week , it turns out that the bride couldn’t make her own reception because she tested positive a day earlier . So the groom have the floor to himself . Reading her social media, some of her friends said why she need to take a test the day before her wedding reception. She was responsible for her guests which include 2 pairs of elderly grandparents in the 70’s and 80’s
A government "for the people" will do its best to protect their citizens. People are not just statistics. What's 2 or 3 weeks of willing sacrifice to stop the spread of a devastating virus? This is where the difference between the East and West becomes apparent. It all comes down to culture.
Oli, it is not only the Chinese people but most Asian societies adhere to the greater good for the greatest number of people. This is actually propounded by several philosophers like John Stuart Mill in his seminal book, "On Liberty." This school of thought is the Utilitarian School which is essentially the greatest good for the greatest number of people and whilst the minority has rights it must be subjugated to the benefit of the majority. Please read the book and enlighten yourself. Thank you for your video.
@Yu Chen Chen Not necessary true as where there is a need to be adhering to the good for the collective like seat belts there is no room for individualism and likewise drink driving. So it is a myth that the west placed emphasis on individualism and not collectivism. All society has elements of both.
100% agree.
So true.
Just because JSM did expound on the theory doesn't mean it was consistently favoured in the west and implemented. Since the French Revolution, individualism and hedonism (Bentham) played stronger influences. Also, in China, the idea of community and communalism predated JSM and is premised on different concepts. Confucius stressed family values of virtue, unity and respect for elders, and the nation or kingdom as an extension of the family. Such ideas would have been alien to JSM who based his greater good on utility. The problem with Utilitarianism is who defines the "greatest good", and who do you include in the "greatest number"? Only whites? Only blacks? Only Jewish people, if you are in Israel?
And we are not absolute utilitarians, CPC would not ask you to die for the greater good of the society, but smaller sacrifices such as losing your freedom or business are considered acceptable for taking care of the whole society, which you and your families would also benefit from.
You can't on one hand enjoy the freedom that is generated from the strict rules of this system, then on the other hand refuse to comply with the same rules when it comes to you. That's simply a double standard.
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作为人类没有人会喜欢被限制自由，但面对瘟疫、战争……等重大事件时，个人的自由一定不会充分满足而让位整体大众利益。
非常认同，不同文化国度定是孕育出不同信仰不同理念的人文。中国人都比较团结而且凝聚力非常强，特别是在大事大非面前从不含糊义无反顾舍己为大，国人那无私的奉献精神是别国没有的优良品德，这种精神与信仰在几千年前就已经植入了中国人的血液之中，甚至流传万代。我从小在国内长大，成年后来香港生活，文化的差异就让我挺不适从的，比如我从小就生长在一个热爱祖国的氛围之中，从小教育尊重爱护国旗，尊老爱幼尊师重道，了解千年的祖国文化历史等等。但香港就没有这一类的爱国信仰教育等等，几年前的废青事件你应该也有所了解与当下的抗疫措施都和国内差异甚大，效率更不同所以香港疫情得不到控制就可见人文教育的差异与人民的执行力度优劣可见分晓。当然在外国人看来以上所述并不是一件什么好事或者美谈，但是这就是真正的中国信念，有了这种团结一致的力量国家基石才能更加稳固长久和平。中国人的眼睛都是雪亮的，心里跟明镜一样，我们相信政府拥戴政府，因为政府以民为首一心❤为民，人民团结一至响应号召，不拖国家后腿，更愿意为国家付出自己的一份力量，这就是文化的信仰差异与区别不同。中国人只要政府能把国家冶理好，国泰民安、繁荣昌盛，过好自己小家就好了，还有什么不满足的，为何要与国家对抗呢！这就是中国教育，中国速度。😂😂😂
有些人不了解，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境况，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😃
@@liudonglou791 我非常不認同，因為缺乏科學理據去支持這種做法，疫情3年中國封城封區3年人生有多少個3年？如果疫情持續100年那是不是中國人就要繼續封城封區下去？你能忍受多少次封區？你的錢能夠支持你封多少天？
@@Sam642009 中国并没有哪个城市或者地区被封了3年。一个地区出现疫情到需要封城的地步，基本上一个月就解封了。现在的封区也是两周左右就能恢复正常。如果真的放开，疫情蔓延开来，年轻人可以抗过去，老人呢？老人的命也是命啊。那些死去的人他们的被提前终结的生命用什么来弥补？
@@Sam642009 谁跟你说的有封三年的地方？你是弯弯的吧？有工作的在家也有工资拿，没工作自己开店的政府要求免除店铺租金，至于无业游民封不封在家有区别吗？而且也不是封城就不能生产，在家办公，住在厂子里也可以啊，这个病毒一直在研究总会有药物或者完全预防的疫苗问事，封锁是为了延缓蔓延并清除归零！
大家都要好好的！
因为绝大多数的中国人最重视家庭，我们努力的一切不仅仅只为了自己，更重要的是家人，所以当你希望自己的父母或自己的儿女平安健康的时候，那么封城几天就不是问题，然而为什么欧美国家都那么富裕却不能做到真正的封城呢？因为他们的政府不作为，他们的政客不会为百姓服务，再加上西方人特別怕孤独寂寞，所以宁愿染病死也不想孤独死。
政客希望的就是减少人口，你知道美国电影“人类清除计划”吧？
@@gangzhou5407 是的，所以很无语。
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境况，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😃
@@liudonglou791 抱抱，要想办法得到中医的后续护理，让身体真正的恢复，祝福你和家人们都平安健康！
那段时间看到一个妈妈怀里抱一个手上拖一个，母子三个都染疫却没人帮忙和老人家就这样被扔在一边得不到医治就去世的新闻画面真的很惨，我现在想起依然心痛落泪，染疫的苦痛只有染疫的人知，希望香港人团结起来，让疫情赶快消散！
The recent week of shutdown I only went out for the testing. I don’t have a balcony or even a view - I see the next building.😔
The week has gone fast and I am doing online lessons for my school.
Hope you and your father are safe.
Shenzhen is fighting back and the volunteers / medics have done a great job.
Nice views around Shenzhen as usual.
(Today has seen a air crash in Guangdong - condolences to all involved 🙏).
Jilin province has to step up
@@thisiskevin1000 - not easy, look at the Western countries that gave up trying. I am sure the medics, volunteers and community are working hard.🙏
in Guangxi
Short pain is much better than the long pain, and save others' life,because Chinese people don't want to die or let others die😄
What China is doing now is going for the long pain as the world embraces the virus.
@@chronoshin8597 who has collapsing medical centers? The West or China?
@@Auntie爱种花 Ukraine
the rights of individuals vary from country to country. I guess in some countries, it is ok to drink and drive, while in some countries, it is ok to drive if you don't drink too much. in china, it is illegal to drive if you drink at all. but hey, it is ok to drink in public even on street in china. I was shocked to know that was not ok in usa. individuals NEVER have the full control of what they can or can not do. you just have to get used to the local rules and respect the rules of the people there.
Yes, our cultures are very different. We can give up some personal interests in exchange for public safety (xi sheng xiao wo, wan cheng da wo). Everyone for me and me for everyone (ren ren wei wo, wo wei ren ren).
Of course, I agree that lockdown is extremely inconvenient, but I will cooperate.
For western, culture simply means mindset/social construct. For them, you are considered being brainwashed.
@@chronoshin8597 No I think there is a cultural difference in that the Chinese think collectively. Even living in the west I have isolated for the majority of the pandemic. I haven’t even had any of the strains. So I know I haven’t contributed to the pandemics spread.
@David Lazarus Thinking collectively also exists in western countries but is done in a different way. For example, herd immunity is beneficial for our society survival, so strict lockdown is pointless and against freedom.
@@chronoshin8597 Yes but there are more people with co morbidities which make gaining herd immunity harder to achieve. A bigger problem was the utter corruption that stopped cheap preventative treatments such as ivermectin that has saved millions in much of the world. This was a money grab by pharmaceutical companies which is being ignored.
The west also has considerable numbers with long Covid which will mean health problems for much longer than the pandemic. This is something that China has avoided.
@@chronoshin8597 Yes, to them, if you don't think like them or agree with them, you are either stupid or brainwashed.
I think Oli shares a very critical view of Chinese collectivism and its values. Many western people don't understand China, or they feel confused, one main reason is that they don't understand or they don't grow up in such a society. Most Westerners tend to be individualistic, it doesn't mean they don't use collectivism to look at problems, but in their consciousness, they give priority to individualism and they don't understand collectivism. In other words, individual benefits (personal right/freedom, etc) are more important than others and cannot be sacrificed. It's fine to hold that view because our world has different values. Even now in China, some people are tending to be individualistic so you can see not 100% of people totally agree on the blocking, some might made some posts on Twitter complaining about the local government.
What I want to say is that our world has different values but there is no value that should be prior always. For example, if there is a running train at the cross, And you are the staff who can control the train to go to the right rail, which will kill 10 guys who made a great contribution to the world, or go left to kill 100 poor guys. If you apply human rights first value, you can not make any decisions. And there are always complaints and unsatisfactory voices no matter who you are going to save. And most of the time, the Chinese government is to save the collective benefits (100 people), and most of the time western media are ignoring the 100 rescued people and focusing on why China didn't respect the other 10 guys' human rights. They only see those 10 guys' rights are sacrificed but didn't see a large group of people is well protected. And because those 10 guys' human rights are not respected, China is evil and has no freedom. What the Chinese government did to the 100 guys is totally ignored.
And this is the case for most of the anti-China news.
我们中国有网络墙，好多不友好的声音都会屏蔽掉。所以大多数不知道欧美国家很敌视我们……国家把我们保护的很好。
@@安养界 所以中国人现在学识教育高了也就更懂得分辨好坏，网络墙我觉得是非常必要的，因为中国人口众多，未受良好健全教育的人民很容易被影响，外界的反华势力事实确实很凶猛，所以现在中国人也正在慢慢厚薄激发，我相信未来会有一个更好的世界，中国也会更好的当中国成为一个超级大国的时候，我们会有一个目标，我们现在也已经确立，我们的目标是星辰大海！我们坚信自己的国家不会随意欺负其他国家，因为这是我们经历过的苦难，我们更能感同身受！
华人文化里面有一句话，有国才有家，有家才有我，为了这个国，大家互相迁就迁就，应该是因为这个原因吧
你太嫩，中国搞集体主义教育时，你还没出生
@@weizhang2834 对的，我太嫩，太笨
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
@@weizhang2834 😂这位同志，即使你是古人能活到现在，以你现在如此偏激的思想再活百年也活不明白，何德何能教育他人哟！
Nation in Chinese is 國家， 國mean country, 家mean family. If no country, then we will not have family. So, in Chinese culture, what is good for country is the highest priority than family.
But that is where the problem starts. Nobody knows what is good for a country.
@@chronoshin8597 A country should seek the biggest interest for most families of it if not all of them.
@Impressive your customers with unique packagings!! Yes. But what is the biggest interest for most families? Lockdown or live with covid-19 ?
@@chronoshin8597 First, to live, second, live better. I got to survive in covid-19. Lockdown is a way to survive in covid-19 too. We are 1.4 billion people and we lost the least lives so far in the whole world compared to many big countries.
@Impressive your customers with unique packagings!! For how many years can you live in lockdown? You are surrounded by people around world who have already embraced the virus. The moment China decided to allow Winter Olympics to proceed, there is no going back.
what i got from this video is ---- the selfishness of the western mindset is deeply rooted in you. You enjoyed a safe environment in the past two years, which many Chinese people sacrificed themselves for, but now (if) you have to be isolated, you won't be willing to make some sacrifices for our society.
很对
Absolutely right that Chinese people emphasize the goodness of the whole society or community, while western cultures focuses on individual freedom and right regardless their consequence. Such western culture can definitely fail to deal with any pandemic like USA with near 1 million death from Covid-19. Without life, what good to have for freedom and right?
Looking forward to meet your friend from UK in future videos and share his insights.
In China, group interests outweigh individual interests
If safety and freedom can't co-exist, then give up one of them, we chose to give up temporary freedom in exchange for long term freedom and the safety of our family and the vast majority.
Proud to be a die hard fan for the Barrets!
Once again I'm impressed with Oli's honest mind telling and interesting observation from a different angle. I think the "working together with each other"way of living goes back to ancient times that we had a longer time and history on how to work/farm together. In addition, Marxist ideology have also impacted on this way of thinking that it explained how society works, how we can work better and why it is necessary for a better society. We grow up with a saying "everyone for me, I for everyone. 人人为我 我为人人.
With due respect, it should be "die hard fan of the Barretts," and not for. Sorry to point it out.
Lol
Do you know the truth of freedom? You also said you could travel around in China over 2 years, enjoy the freedom, just because of efforts of our normal Chinese people. We are willing to quarantine for 2 weeks, to be sure no virus exists. Then all of others, include yourself could enjoy the freedom, the normal living everyday. Hope you can get it. It's also Chinese philosophy for you to learn.
Due to the reasons of modern history, we have been bullied by other countries. We have experienced too many misfortunes. Western countries understand what I said better. Therefore, we must learn to sacrifice and unite. We don't want to go back to the past.
Yes, similar to jewish people
Potentially saving lives of people you don't know seems more important in China than in the West.
在深圳 封城一个礼拜 在家上班 打完卡以后就睡觉看电视🤣🤣🤣🤣
+1
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
临近疫情爆发之前，刚好出国留学了，所以没有过被封锁，被隔离的经验。看到在家乡的家人因为疫情被隔离也会思考一下个人自由，但是又看到解封后人民的安心（不用担心口罩和被感染的风险等），觉得...嗯，原来这是国家为人民的安危所做的决定。我知道每个国家都有它们自己应对疫情的方法和手段，并且这不能单纯地评价好与坏，而是应该理解与尊重，所以大家一起祈祷疫情赶快过去吧！
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃
@@liudonglou791 很感谢你的回复，😔我很抱歉，我一直是一个人住所以没有考虑周全，疫情带来了太多伤害，也暴露了一些政府的弊端。祈祷这场疫情早日平息❤️
@@arion-q2099 😄也谢谢你对祖国的关注对同胞的关心。同时希望你在他乡幸福安康快乐哟！💪💪💪💪💪
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
抗疫真的很难很忙, 无论是老百姓 医护人员 社区人员 小区人员 方方面面都很难, 哎, 但是想到自己的怀孕的老婆, 小孩都没法疫苗, 还是抗疫吧!!!!!!!!!!!
It doesnt matter what your cultural background is, the fact that it is meant for the common good for ALL should be good reason to accept the restriction set by the authority. Short term sacrifice for long term benefits.
Thanks for the tour on the ground. Personally, as a Singapore Chinese, I can say that it is precisely this concept of 'sacrifice one's rights (or happiness, dreams etc) for the GREATER good of the family, community and the country that largely account for the continued existence of Chinese culture, civilization and the State for thousands of years (while most ancient civilizations have vanished) till today.
If you read a macro-history of the 5000 years of Chinese history, you will find that there were quite a few moments (the last one was the Japanese invasion) when the possibility of Chinese state being dismantled, its civilization and people being wiped off was real had it not been the ingrained mindset of 'sacrifice one's interests for the country'.
从个人角度出发，认为长痛不如短痛，牺牲一个月，换来更长的自由划算。
从集体利益出发，只要我不乱跑，就不会有人为我穿着密不透风的防护服，冒着风险负重前行。
从国家利益出发，个人能力甚微，不为国家添乱是最廉价的爱国方式，所以也愿意配合。
同胞头脑清晰理智，智者望高才能悟远。看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
你无法理解为什么只因为周围出现一例感染明明健康还要被强制隔离，试着想一下，如果你在发生感染的区域里活动过，有无症状或几天后就转阳的风险。就算你目前健康核酸检测正常，你还会冒着传染别人的风险去见新生儿，去参加婚礼，去见朋友么？如果执意以自由为名去，这是很自私不负责的行为吧。另外只有得了新冠才自愿隔离，这个时候已经太晚了吧。已经传染给好多人了。应该是提前预防，隔离把风险降到最低。不同国家不同的思想文化和意识。不能说西方的崇尚自我的意识不好，只是这样真的对抗疫不利。
这位同胞头脑清晰理智呀！智者望高才能悟远👍。看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
Yes cause when we chineses talk about rights, we talk about also responsibilities. In that case, responsibility of each goes first
If you follow the ancient Chinese teachings, me is the smallest cog in the society. The country’s interest come first followed by the family’s interest, the only our self interest. I guess the order is reversed in the west especially the human rights advocates comes into play
i feel that a proper lockdown is required to combat an infectious disease. so what if i can't travel for the time being? because after that time period, you will have greater freedom to live your life, free from being infected.
The village I live in, Longgang District, Shenzhen, has also been closed for seven days. In Wanren village, nucleic acid is made free of charge every day. In fact, no one is infected 😄😄，
Oli, I had 3 vaccinations in Shekou Shenzhen, and I bumped into a few foreign nationals, one American guy particularly, we chatted about earlier lockdown in February 2020 and his views about living, working and coping with coronavirus during pandemic period. He was quite happy he lived in China in stead of living in US at the outbreak time, and he was very impressed that Chinese people were so obedient to the government, and they all seemed spontaneously sacrificing their personal freedom. I told him that I knew why, there was a widely accepted social ethic from our cultural heritage: if I don't don't go out and spread the coronavirus, it is not only for my own safety, but it also shows I concern for my friend's safety, and kids/parents wellbeing as well, it's kind like one for all and all for one society or socialism spirit, it hasn't got much to do with the government, of course the Chinese government played an important role, from ancient time even today Chinese called the local government official "parental official", very different from the west.
Our Chinese ancestors have given us very rich experiences of life, and we value knowledge and experiences so much for thousands of years. These ancient experiences, or rather, philosophy, tell us how to handle things and interpersonal relationships in the most efficient ways. It would be difficult to understand why we could reach common agreement on major issues so easily, if you are from other cultures and have not learned those philosophies when you grow up.
Hi Oli, the main reason why Chinese people are willing to be locked down at home for 3 weeks for greater good is that we trust our government, society and community.
We trust that a small groups of people are sacrificing for the greater good of the city, and they city will help them go through other difficulties.
This is the mind "I for everyone, everyone for me", not "everyone for me, I for everyone".
Individual should think that "I'm willing to help everyone", in this case, if everyone are willing to help others, you'll get help from others. Through this mindset, the community, society and the whole country are linked together, helping each other.
If every individuals are selfish, the community, society and the whole country are separated, divided.
In contrast, americans don't trust their government. That is actually the reason why they won't give up their right to bear arms. The arms is to fight the government if they feel they have to.
SORRY 我只会中文，无法用英语回答这个问题，但是我希望你和你的朋友能看到这个回答。
其实并不是所有人很愿意这样做，我经历过隔离，所以我明白这两周有多么难呆。关于这个问题我和我的朋友讨论过，他就非常不认可政府这样的做法，他的意思是是否隔离的选择权应该是个人自由，不应该由政府强制。但是就如我的经历一样，隔离是件很不舒服的事情，正因如此，每个人面对是否需要隔离的时候，会根据自身情况作出不同的选择。问题是病毒不会，就算进行了一次核酸检测，科学也无法保证你一定没有感染病毒，就像你在视频里说的，如果你知道你被感染了，你会很愿意去隔离，但是我相信，每个人在没有躺上病床前，在没有确证前都不会觉得自己需要隔离。这就使靠人们自觉的隔离措施成为了不可能完成的任务，想想，如果一个人知道自己感染病毒才去隔离，那么从他感染到发病的那段时间里，他将传染多少人？同时那些自愿接受隔离却始终没被感染的人隔离结束将如何看待他们的努力被那些其实已经被感染，但是不愿意接受隔离的人所破坏。这样，自愿隔离的人他的付出被白费，没有付出代价的人反而得到了所有，这将形成劣币驱逐良币，最终全社会都会被不愿接受隔离所裹挟，最终让病毒在社会中被快速传播。中国是发展中国家，我们的人均医疗资源毕竟没有发达国家那么充足，如果疫情扩散速度击穿了医疗系统，所有人都将面临及其困难的局面。
所以一开始我们就没有选择，理性的抉择就是尽所有人的最大努力，尽量将疫情的扩散时间拉长，为医疗系统争取时间，让他们开发疫苗，开发特效药，待我们的社会无法承担继续封锁的代价时，由医疗系统接过社会抗疫的接力棒，正面和病毒硬刚。政府在疫情中的强制和决绝只是代表了社会大多数人对这个社会负责的态度。隔离无论是对个人、社会、还是国家付出的代价是极大的，但是疫情不是某个人的事情，他是社会群体所有人的事情，只有人人在其中坚守了自己应该坚守的那部分，我们才可能将疫情带来的损失降到最低，它不光是经济，还有人命。
我们也必须理解，我们之所以能还算轻松的经过过去的两年，其中有很多人代替我们付出了很多代价，有政府的公务员、医疗机构的人员，还有那些配合抗疫或者不配合被政府强制隔离在家的一般民众，感谢他们。
最后随着全球疫情的扩散，中国也不可能独善其身，永远坚持隔离政策是不现实的，被病毒和经济双重裹挟击破社会防疫是早晚的事情，只是我期望那天到来时，我们的疫苗施打足够了，特效药有了，感染死亡的人数可以降到我们承受范围内，最后希望所有曾经躺平的社会能不要因此嘲讽我们，我们为之努力过了。
让你的朋友去当几天志愿者，并穿上隔离衣几天后，他就愿意隔离几十天了。医护人员上班真的很缺痒，感恩有他们！
西方医疗资源充足？你是开玩笑吧？
@@cathyz422 人均总比我们要强吧
@@yili3530 呵呵 那都是虚的 人均也没有 看专科医生排队等6个月 呵呵
@@cathyz422 这话我也就在网络上听听就行了
隔离是自我保护和保护他人的公共道德意识。抛去个人利益，万众一心才能抗击疫情，这是一个国家珍贵的民族性。因为所有人都明白只有疫情真正控制了，大家才能获得真正的自由。去见想见的人，做想做的事。
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
Everything that caused today came from abroad, otherwise we wouldn't be like this. It didn't exist last year, but it has suddenly increased a lot this year
这是一场全球战疫，不管来自哪里，只要还发生就说明疫情并没有过去。
如果一开始每个国家都严格控制就不至于有这么多的变异了，世界参差不齐，这样的状态也是意料之中的。所以，各个国家都有自己的措施和规则，遵循是必须的。
You are right. We chinese don't have choice.It's true that chinese don't have human rights .
Just do a bit of reverse thinking Oli, if there were no such occasional selective lockdowns, do you think you would have been able to roam around Shenzhen let alone other parts of China the past 2 years?
Those living within the red barricades are temporarily giving up their “freedom” for the convenience and safety of the greater community and you included.
Guess your dad may appreciate more on Eastern values.
Oli: Living in China you must know one thing: 人人为我我为人人// Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno // one for all, all for one. Ironically this maxim was originally from the west YET it’s deeply rooted in Chinese culture, life & governance. Once you understand this, you will understand why common prosperity, why one belt one road, why people support quarantine, why there is people’s Congress and so on.
you're so funny this time , no balcony no fresh air ? i am sure there are something called window in China
And I’m sure by “fresh air” he meant no chance to be out in the open in any form rather than taking it literally.
It proved that chinese are not selfish. They are willing to sacrifice for the benefit of other. In the west here, most only think of themselves, ME always come first. So sad 🥺
I do believe a compulsory quarantine is the right move, as I saw what happened in countries where quarantine cannot be implemented. And when you believe it is a good thing for the society, then some sacrifice of personal freedom become acceptable. Look forward to next video with British friend
SOLD YOUR SOULS TO THE DEVIL…
Good luck 🍀👍
Please wear mask when you visit your dad.
The "Me First", "Personal Freedom at any costs" western viewpoint versus the "Selfless sacrifice for the common good" thinking in China and some Asian countries, is one piece of the continuous "Ideological battle" between two camps in the world. Two years of the pandemic have provided enough hard data in fatality, healthcare costs, economic output, plus other measurements to compare relative merits of each perspective. Over one million Americans have died from covid-19. Many will suffer from long-covid health issues. In the west people love to say "you can't put a price on human life." They don't act like they truly mean it.
Your dad is high risk. Isn't that good for him n also for you?
Instead of freedumb?
From what I can see, a lot of western countries tend to focus more on the individuals due to the fact that they have more resources and less people, so they can generally afford to be more personalized. In most Asian countries where you have a larger population and limited resources, everything you do will normally have an effect on other people around you so people tend to focus on the collective. The cultural differences could play a part in this too but I think this is a big factor on how they deal with COVID.
I would rather do a Severe 2 week lockdown in my compound or neighbourhood than live the mental torture of 2 years confusion we have been living in Canada. A small price to pay for the long term freedom.
As Shanghai citizen, I completely agree that not having a choice is a total different thing. I can assure you that a huge part of Chinese people feel the same like you, especially the younger generation, it's NOT a great thing. There's lot of debate about this online already.
「犧牲小我完成大我」＝ to sacrifice "myself" to achieve "the goal of our country/community /society /company / factory …… "
The above-mentioned Chinese idiom is deeply implanted in the Chinese culture, so advances of society or a goal can be reached. If everyone does not give up some rights/ own benefits , cooperation or law-abiding acts will not be gained. A country will be easily broken down.
I appreciate how open-minded and self-reflective you are Olie, having in mind that ppl's pov has a lot to do with the cultural background etc. Well, there are different voices in China too, not everyone around me thinks a full lockdown is the best way to stop omicron this time, especially considering the covid fatigue after TWO something years...I guess given the nature of omicron (highly transmissible and less deadly), the government is adapting too (let's wait and see). Of course, I respect that in major media, there is usually a unified msg abt putting ppl's life first, being healthy alive with a life is something that needs to be discussed more now.
Chinese pay more attention to the interests of the whole, and we know deeply that all our individual actions will affect other people and affect everything in society. If more people die because of my own personal interests, then I will feel guilty, even if I don't know the people who died, but I know that these people may be someone else's mom and dad or children. Because I'm only staying in my room for a month at most, a week at the shortest, why should I break the rules and bring disaster to others? Behavior like not observing quarantine measures seems selfish and even cold in my opinion.
It reminds me of the American movie "Farewell". In the trailer, the uncle told Awkwafina: "You think one's life belongs to oneself. But that's the difference between the East and the West. In the East, a person's life is part of the whole.... Family." Western culture emphasizes on individualism. Eastern culture focuses on collectivism. Instead of "ME ME ME ME ME!", Asians cares more about working together as whole. I wish every culture would practice collectivism instead of just self gain and benefits. The world should work together. Learn to care, understand and respect each other. I live in the US, and the bias negative reports and portrayals on Chinese create lots of hatred.
我認為個人利益和自由不能高於群體利益和自由。若人人都以自己為先，必然變成一個自私的社會。為整個社會和國家利益，個人有時的確要作出一些犧牲。
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
Remember what Spock Said in Star Trek 2. "The needs of the many out way the needs of the few".
Country first or myself first . That’s is the difference
Life > freedom
首先作为一个人我怕牺牲，但是如果我的牺牲能换来群体的利益，那我无怨无悔。
我也愿意，但身处香港政策不同更多的是无奈呀！有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
此刻我就在隔离中，为了群众的安全，我可以牺牲自己自由
看好中国，其实并不是盲目的炫耀夸赞我们的国家做得有多好，多么的优秀，这是我自身的所见所闻所体所悟，相信不管是国人或者外籍人士，只要心明眼亮者都能看到中国政府良苦用心的仁道伟绩。疫情至今有哪一个国家能控制住疫情，做到没有动乱井条有序，人口最多而死亡率最低且经济照常运行，也只有中国才有这样的能力与魄力吧👍！中国政府以民为首的行动感动着我也感动看数以千万个爱国的香港同胞。特别佩服中国官不管面对任何突发灾情或事件都能迅速灵活应对，更佩服羡慕内地14亿同胞的团结之心❤，那是一呼百应众志成城。敬佩国内的白衣天使，军警、自愿者们与外卖同胞，您们太给力了💪，您们忘我无私的奉献精神感动世界呀！当一个人陷于困境之中时，才真正会体会到被忽视抛弃的感受😭，同样在困境中的人才能感受到被重视被解救的幸运来之不易😍。中国大爱无疆，人民珍惜和平幸福，珍惜当下吧！💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，疫身途中又要传染病疫给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，多数家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
Its not about the culture, its about the differences on education.
Olie,first of all, I appreciate you did that you and your father always keep the objective and justice to China and Chinese people. but I hope you can spend more time on the study in ancient Chinese culture and Chinese society .we are the only one that uninterrupted civilization and continuing to nowadays, it's a great achievement for human beings. we are knowing how to protect our lives and society, because it's normal things that infection cases and plagues or famines in our history, even in every dynasty of China ,and this is totally different from the western country's. Chinese culture and experience in the history that can give us the way and inspiration and encouragement to fight with the hard times of the Corona virus.
I have to say- I think most Chinese are quite disciplined and less self-centred in comparison to some western people
it is different culture. East and West. Singapore also went through completely lock down for a few months then partial lockdown for past two years. people do not like that but most of them can understand and accept that.
We are taught from an early age that individual interests must be subordinated to collective interests. China has been a centralized state since thousands of years ago, trusting its own government in order to live a better life. If, under the administration of a government, the people's livelihood is not guaranteed, there will always be new leaders among the people who will overthrow it by force. But when the government puts the interests of the people first, the people will naturally not contradict their own interests. It will not conflict with the interests of most people.
Self interest oriented is western mind or individualism but Asians are family oriented.I prefer Family oriented one Bc that’s how we grown up by and I can see the beauty of this .More United than western one Bc western one cause selfishness and arrogance and list goes on
A big reason or to say a culture difference: The Chinese guys think the Lifes are MORE important then freedom, but people from west don't think so....
I am thankful that throughout my stay in China, I haven’t been in a situation whereby I am “not allowed” to leave my apartment.
I was close to that in January 2022, but I “escaped” by going somewhere else when I found out that my apartment was going to be “entry only, no exit”.
记得带上口罩哦，这是为了自己着想也是为了他人着想。我的城市常住人口有800万人，这几天我们每天平均出现了六个人左右感染了新冠肺炎，但是我们这几天很少会有人出门，绝大部分人已经居家办公了，并且我们会每天做一次核酸检测
About time to learn a few Chinese proverbs/sayings that we (I) learned growing up: (and their rough translations)
犧牲小我，完成大我 (sacrifice the small me to complete the big me)
人人爲我，我爲人人 (everyone looks out for me. I look out for everyone)
長痛不如短痛 (a long suffering is worse than a short pain)
Look forward to seeing how your mate respond to China, can't wait mate ! We will glue to the screen for every episode from you mate !
In China, not wearing a helmet is against the traffic rules and will be stopped by the police.
To be honest It's the same in the uk so idk why oli wasn't doimg that in the first place 😂 maybe he just forgot about that
中国能做到这样的隔离重点不在于禁止人员进出。重点是强大的后勤保障能力。里面这么多人的生活需求要安排人去满足，而不是让他们在里面没人照顾。当你满足了被隔离人员的生活需求，里面的人自然没有怨言。西方国家根本做不到这个。所以只能用下策。
To be honest, there are actually discussions online about whether these strategies are too strict, and some people definitely have bad feelings about the lock down. However, the Chinese education on history and traditional values shaped most of the people to be willing to sacrifice for the greatest good for the community, and go with the flow to fit in the difficult time. In my opinion, Chinese people are also more willing to trust their well-educated and experienced scientific professionals, believe their leaders can make best decisions for the people, and compromise to rules with rational reasons. Of course, the most important point is that, most Chinese uphold the right to life over individual freedom of mobility.
是的，我们对国家和兵哥哥信任程度非常高!
I absolutely, totally, definitely and completely agree.. I'm Chinese overseas.. I'm third generation who live in another country. I'm so proud to be Chinese.. I'm so proud to my ancestral country --> Zhong Guo 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
We can't be selfish.. We have to sacrifice our rights in order for the greater good of society..
during the pandemic in 2020,
1) We haven't celebrated Chinese New Year for 2 years...usually we celebrate Chinese New Year by visiting relatives, but during the pandemic, we haven't visited relatives for 2 years.
2) We haven't gone on a pilgrimage to the graves of our grandparents and ancestors for the past 2 years at the ching ming festival
3) when a relative of ours dies, we can't go to mourn... only by phone
4) when there are relatives who celebrate weddings, birthdays, moving houses, etc., we can't attend.. only by phone..
5) when a relative is sick, we can't visit... only by phone.
it's all for the good of others, it's also for our own safety. Besides for the greater good of society, it's also for our own good, our own safety.
do not demand freedom or safety if you act arbitrarily.. everything starts with ourselves because of what we do, it all comes back to ourselves.. so, if we are not selfish, we are concerned with the interests of others, then what we get is the best that is freedom and safety.
i hate the word “sacrifice” for individual self quarantine. It is not like u will die under quarantine, it is just a bit of inconvenient, what so sacrificing about?
it boost one’s ego nevertheless, “i m so great u c, i obey public rules”, ya big fxckin deal!
it's not that the Chinese people are willing to give up thier individual freedom. Most of us don't even have a choice, we can't raise our voice and need, only have to follow everything the government tell us to do. That's not a good thing for me at least. Actually there's been quite some people complaining about the covid strategy taken by the government recently. Because some of them are losing jobs,having financial crisis due to frequent quarantines. For me I can't say it right or wrong because either way you'll have people arguing with you.
Yes isolation affects people in many ways,mentally and financially,yes the delta variant killed many in the west due to not knowing not prepared with PPR protection and ignorance how bad it was,I know lots of people including myself who have had the amricon variant who either had mild affects or none at all,yes it seems more contagious but not as deadly,you can isolate the whole area but it will not go away and you will find there will be more waves for months to come,stay strong in mind and you will be fine
你对空气传播的病毒理解的还不够深刻，这是除核战争外最危险的人民战争，很多热战争都无法与之相比，请务必使用战争状态心态来面对新冠，它不是感冒，也不是流感。
如果你在边境地区，你能发现，就算是战争也比不过病毒的紧张，防控病毒比防控战争要严格的多。
The ability and willingness to prioritize the bigger entity could be the reason how China and its people could rise so fast and so high.
放任大量人民感染死亡，這在中國政治文化中是不可能被允許的！不管這個國家的執政者是誰，都擔負不起這種責任！！
太认同楼主啦！入乡必要随俗，喜欢一个国家安定富裕的同时更需要每一个公民或暂住外籍人士配合政策措施才可以顺利度过难关，只懂享乐而不愿牺牲某些利益乃自私自利的行为。有些人不了解中国，往深了说也就是鄙视中国政策抗疫目的不纯性，也可以理解，但这些人都存着唯我独尊个人自由高于一切的自私行为，忘乎了众生的存在。人呀有候也挺糊涂的，你见我好确不知我愿与你互换，为什么呢😄？就说我周围发生的事吧，朋友俩孩子还很幼小感染了疫病发烧哭闹不止赶到医院根本没有多余床位治疗，父母焦急万分几经理论无果，只能无奈回家自我隔离，可知当时这些父母的心有多痛与绝望，更可笑的是事后根本没有医务人员到病患者家里跟进病情，父母手足无措的心情又有谁知晓呢😣！我一家4口，丈夫出去工作感染了疫病，向府申报希望能迁出隔离但无果，只能无奈居家隔离，家中还有俩个未成年的孩，可知当时我心情之复杂与担忧，当时感到自己就是个孤儿，只能自生自灭强者生存了😂。香港货物膨胀药物短缺，市民疯狂购买天价药物，我就买不到退烧药物等等，只能带着疫症出门到私家诊所看诊，丈夫身疫患病看诊途中又要传染给多少人，可想而知。香港房屋狭小应该尽人皆知吧！我家一家4口还好些，不少家庭八九口老少挤在一间狭小的空间里如何隔离？这种的惶恐不安只有香港人自己知道，还有很多很多就不一一列出了。看新闻你们应该也知道香港疫情感染者排全世界首位😂，死亡率也是榜首👍，这样的香港国内同胞也羡慕吗😂？特别是这几年，我两个孩子没有真正上过几天学，长期没有实体课上，孩子成绩倒退思想颓废已是港孩普遍状态，可知香港父母有多么焦急。疫情多年学校停课，迫使我长年离职留守家中照顾孩子，从而导致多少中低收入家庭进入生活的拮据与窘迫境地，香港这样松散的抗疫政策真的好吗？不尽然吧！话尽于此没有别的意思，只想和同胞们分享一下香港爱国人士的心情罢了😄。只希望这场疫症快快散去还世人健康，还世人自由吧！希望世界永远和平，中国加油💪！👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤😃😃😃😃😄
I am from Taiwan and living in the US now. I experienced the same “culture shock” during pandemic like you but the opposite way…..I was very shock why people in the US (or western people) not willing to follow the simple and very logical, scientific method to prevent virus spreading.
Thinking about the same feeling we will follow like you will stop at the traffic light, you won’t complain the traffic light has too much power to limit your freedom of moving. And it is all because you totally realized to follow traffic light is good for everybody and everyone should do so. What Chinese government does is just like a tragic light. There will be some level of personal inconvenience but in return everybody receives much greater benefit.
It is just like a tragic light. Really. Make you stay at some place can’t move for a while but that is good for everybody.
Another possible reason….I really try to think through this issue because I tried to understand the differences between different cultures like you. So I was thinking and I found there maybe a very basic difference really lay in our culture background. You can easily find we Chinese people or people from the Eastern culture highly TRUST our/their government, but western people don’t trust their government like us.
Just try to imagining one day if your parents or someone you trust told you to stay at some place and don’t go away just wait for them come back, you probably won’t feel very panic because you trust them and you know by heart your parents won’t abandon you. You feel safe from your trust. That’s how we Chinese feel about our government for most of the time. Because our culture is educating the leader this way. A king, a emperor, or even a local governor, their main responsibility and duty is to take care of their people, not that to expand territory. And in our history they did! Chinese people actually had many good examples and good experience in the history about how a government taking care of people.
Anyone in power want to leave his name in the history as a great leader, he will and should taking care of people. Chinese people will also expect the government SHOULD do so.
In short, we trust our government, and it is not because we are stupid or we have been brain washed. It is really about we did have a lot better experience and relationship between government and people in our long history. And everybody has the same expectations and standards about what a government should do.
I understand your point of view, unfortunately, I have to disagree with some of the points. I think we are taking things for granted too much now, under these Covid circumstances, there are a lot of outside factors that we can't control. We thought there are so many important things to do, actually, there aren't. If it is a newborn, yeah, that might be an edge case, but what's wrong if we see the baby after 2 weeks? What's wrong if we delay the wedding for 2 weeks? What's wrong if you just sit in the room for 2 weeks. In old age. people can still live in the cave, our ancestors were cavemen. It's not about the Western vs Eastern mindset, we are just so spoiled by modern society's lifestyle that we can't re-engineer ourselves to adapt to the new situations, so we become frustrated, emotional, and sad. Humans should not be so fragile like that.
Thank you Oli for sharing your pure experiences.
As a woman, freedom means I can walk alone on the street at midnight. If a government is able to provide that environment for me, I would surely trust the government is able to make the right decision to secure my security during the pandemic. Locked down is tough for a short period of time, but I do need the security for a lifetime.
Btw, for people who claimed that they have freedom, I wonder they can walk out at midnight alone without protection/weapons , if not, they are not free.
Always a fresh angle.
To me, the idea of achieving collective goodness is like a social contract. Eastern people don't enter into the contract by will. Instead, it's been almost imposed on them by the culture, just as the way it is by religion in other countries. 3000+ years of social experiment in China provide enough statistics to show what works, and what doesn't. The pros and cons and feasibility of certain way of life are also dictated by the natural resources, geography, climate, neighbours and the size of population. There is certainly no one formula for every single societies. There will be never ending debut regarding the advantages and disadvantages of collectivism and individualism. It's totally fine, as long as people respect each other's choice, at an international level.
I am a Chinese, so LET me give my opinion.
China is a centralized state, which has lasted from BC to the present, and has been inherited unchanged for more than 2,000 years.
This is of great practical significance.
When each region has its own different ideas, China will have civil war, civil war will break out with plague, famine, natural disasters. So when all Chinese want to gain
A peaceful and good life requires unity and obedience to orders issued by the central government, which is the key to the continuation of race and civilization.
Why is it that only China has inherited and continued the four major civilizations up to now? The answer is right here.
The answer to why Europe has no way of reunification and no long history of peace is that it is going in the opposite direction to China.
Pestilence is a constant in Chinese history, which is felt by all Chinese people.
If every Chinese had pursued extreme freedom as propagated by the Western media, then Chinese civilization would not have lasted till now, and there would have been no China at all.
Sacrifice a little bit of freedom in a short time for a long time and a wide area of freedom. The smart Chinese have clearly made their choice.
We don't need any western media or countries to teach us how to do this. We have done it better than anyone else. Thank you!
I noticed your video while riding was shake free, I mean your camera can stabilize the shaking motion... Great Camera.
Its the DJI Osmo action 2, Go DJI !!!
love your videos, I am a Korean expat here in China and it's 100%sure government mandate to close every restaurant and entertainment store like ktv, massage, theater. my friend running a restaurant in medium sized city in china and he's got quarantined right after a couple of cases happened in his area. after two weeks he's out of quarantine but his business is still closed. he pays not only 80k every month for rent fee but also needs to pay the least pay for his employees. and still nobody knows when everything gets back to normal life. it's really tough.
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let more people to know what china is now