I Asked a 30 year China Expert If We Can Trust China...His Answer Was Incredible
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Can We Trust China? It's an important question as China will soon replace the United States as the #1 economy in the world by 2030. To help answer this question I'm bringing in @Pascal Coppens a tech entrepreneur who has been traveling and doing business in China for over 30 years.
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2:00 - Welcome Pascal and
3:02 - China’s Complex System of Governance
6:43 - The West Needs to Do a Better Job Understanding China
8:38 - How China Can Improve Its Communication to the West
13:38 - How Do Chinese People Trust Each Other?
18:20 - Why It’s Important for the West to Trust China
20:00 - The 8 Circles of Trust in China
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Finally, the ideal collaboration 👍🙋🏻♂️✋
Maybe next you can collaborate with Lingo Steve Kaufman, in Cantonese. He's in Canada 😂👍
Even Liziqi is creating changes at the community level, she has pledged to improve the lives of rural Chinese 👍💥
Yup, China should use more charisma in communicating with the world, such as with Bing Dwen Dwen 😂
The cute cute lovey dovey Bing Dwen Dwen ❤️😂
You can't resist pinching the cute cute bing dwen dwen 😂❤️👍
You can't trust the communist party during Mao ze dong era, that pric screwed up so badly with three year famine, cultural revolution and many other disasters.
You can trust them in Xi's era 👍❤️
The next Amazing thing from China is Comac, which has the potential to beat Airbus and Boeing 👍🔥
As a Filipino, i would rather trust China than USA.. Why? Its because China never colonized Philippines even if they are just our neighbor unlike US they colonized us even if they are a thousand miles from OUR MOTHERLAND.. We really value the peace between China and Philippines until now..
Well said! Filipino share DNA with Chinese, going way back.
West always trying to stir up trouble in other region, pit people against people, Divide and Conquer, its shamless and Dirty. Speaking of Dirty, us even put Filipino little girls in Human Zoo as one point. How Dispeciable is that.
Now West is trying to act all friendly with Philipine and Vietname (a country that suffered Millions and Millions murdered and raped from illgale war waged on Lies. Vietname is still suffering today from agent orange).
I hope you spread the word, educate others and continue to promote friendly WinWin Mutual relationship with China, for the sake of Philipine, China and All of Asia. Dont allow them to Pilliage, Colonize and abuse Asia like they did.
knowing history does make people wiser, good point my dear Filipino friend
The American-Philippine War resulted in the tragic deaths of some 250,000 Filipino civilians. And it started because America had promised Philippines independence from Spain if they aided the U.S. But after the U.S-Spanish War, the Americans went back on their word, and took the Philippines as a colony for themselves.
galing galing ! tumpak ! "sana all" Filipinos get to know these facts of our history . Divide and Conquer pa rin ang style bulok ng US . Did we ever prosper aligning with US for so long ? our hard earned victory sa war with Spain was stolen by US ! .. traitor from the very start . did you know that the Philippines was actually the first 'experimental colony' of US that lead to more colonies after like Hawaii etc? ? Now we are just a tool for US' hegemony in our region . US can't accept and will do everything to block China's rise . Never nagcolonize ang China ng ibang bansa and they prospered and even lifted 80 million Chinese from poverty without a single shot ! yaman ng west at Europe galing sa resources ng kanilang colonies outside .
Bulag ako noon but Never Again!
Mabuhay ka...sana all talaga !
I hope BBM plays his card well ..it's time to align and give China a chance ...who knows , it might elevate us from being called the sick man of Asia !
@@narmortein537 Competition, competition.
The Rudy rude cowboys 🐮 KILLS their competitions when they discovered they can't compete.
The problem now is can the world trust the USA any more? The duplicity of America in the last several decades is well documented.
You can trust Trump in handling the pandemic 😂
Afghans trusted US, today Taliban is running their country. NATO and Europe trusted US, there's a war in Ukraine today. Ukraine trusted US, the moment Russian troops entered Ukraine, all US troops in Ukraine immediately retreated to Poland. The more those fools trust US, the stronger Asia ( not juz China ), grows. Trump's MAGA laid the foundation bcoz it stands for Make ASIA Great Again!
Ya, USA is much more complicated than China lol. They have left wing, right wing, ultra right wing, etc. China is actually a lot more simplified, just one party. They don't have to worry about elections and they can't receive donations from corporations and rich ppl.
BYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cells
Fred Lambert - Jun. 8th 2022 2:48 am
In a new interview on a state-owned media channel in China this week, Lian Yubo, executive vice president and president of BYD’s automotive engineering research institute, was asked if he sees Tesla as competition.
He responded (via cnevpost):
"... _Tesla is a very successful company no matter what, BYD respects Tesla and we admire Tesla. We are good friends with Elon Musk, and we will soon supply him with batteries We are friends_ ... "
☝️This is how China works with the world. A sharp contrast to the _US Long Arm Jurisdiction_ to FORCE other countries not to do business with Huawei.
From its inception the country was a horror. Saying otherwise is delusional
Spot on. I am anglo heritage but about a third my family is Chinese, many living in mainland China. I have travelled there extensively and love the culture. They are great, generous, warm friendly people. Best of all they have a great sense of humour, in the west a trait too often lacking in these days of continual outrage and anger.
That said like all countries they have their issues and problems but are aware of these and seeking to improve.
It annoys me intensely when leading western politicians show their gross ignorance by going out of their way to insult and diminish China and Chinese more generally.
@@andrenogueira5058 Are you a Troll or due to abject ignorance?
Great u are closer to ur Chinese side than the other. My heritage also Irish, and we nvr acklowdge we are Anglosaxon. I'm both proud to hv Chinese and Irish blood
@Jim- dude, no choice, these opportunistic politicians speak on behalf of their political agendas!
@@andrenogueira5058 Why do you hate Mr. Xi,
He's one of the greatest leaders for China,
China doesn't impose their views on any nations,
China tries to use Diplomacy with other nations, and help build other nations infrastructure,
China is not in a perpetual war,
@@andrenogueira5058
You are just a replica of those Western leaders and your arrogance shows when you said that "Chinese people should largely be nice people." Which moron can dictate whether another race should or should not be "nice people"? Just remember that over 95% of the Chinese populace support the Chinese government. How do you make of that?
I am also from Belgium and living in both Hong Kong & China for the past 25 years… if I am honest, I rather live in China then in Hong Kong 😄😄😄
I used to stay in HK for several months during the last 2 years and prefer to live in China mainland and feel more relaxed .
Being living in China for 25 years, you don’t know HK belongs to China? You should have added mainland in front of China if you compare HK and mainland China, or else it would confuse ppl that HK and China were different countries.
@ Jennifer Zhang I am a Hong Kong citizen, I don’t think it’s necessary to do so.
Viewpoints from a 'foreigner' who has worked and lived in China for 30 years, against those of biased western media. For me the choice is clear. I hope this video gets more views in the English speaking world.
BYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cells
Fred Lambert - Jun. 8th 2022 2:48 am
In a new interview on a state-owned media channel in China this week, Lian Yubo, executive vice president and president of BYD’s automotive engineering research institute, was asked if he sees Tesla as competition.
He responded (via cnevpost):
"... _Tesla is a very successful company no matter what, BYD respects Tesla and we admire Tesla. We are good friends with Elon Musk, and we will soon supply him with batteries We are friends_ ... "
☝️This is how China works with the world. A sharp contrast to the *US Long Arm Jurisdiction* to FORCE other countries not to do business with Huawei.
@ North Korea Is Best Korea. What a load of dishonest crap from you. China's sanctions on the west are reactions to western sanctions on China, Chinese companies and Chinese individuals, as well as reactions to US and western warlike acts, such as the kidnapping of Huawei's CFO. Before the US started this sanction nonsense, nobody practised such nonsense because nobody had the overflowing sense of entitlement that their domestic law could become international law just on their say so.
This guy was laughed out of the US so naturally he’s a biased Chinese bootlicker
@North Korea Is Best Korea When those countries threaten China's sovereignty, China has all the rights to defend itself. This response is expected. All countries, behave this way. What ironic is the response from the western world pretending China's response is entirely inappropriate. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Also, nobody had the capacity to run the thuggish international protection racket that the US has been running. For this, the US has weaponized the US dollar, and hijacked international institutions, such as the IMF, World Bank and the SWIFT system.
The real question in many people’s mind outside US is .. can we trust US?
The answer is pretty obvious...
Trust the US to do what?
Default on their debts?
Uphold liberal values?
Make a fair trade deals?
This can’t be a US government completely bad therefore CCP completely good thing; Most nations act in their own self interest.
It’s like saying that Biden is awesome because Trump sucks…Which is the only reason a senile old man who can’t complete a coherent sentence is now running the country.
I don’t want to live under ANY centrally planned technocracy that values the state & it’s projects over individual rights.
This is a China apologist. China flouts the international law in the South China Seas, commits atrocities in Xinjiang, supports Russia in its terrible Ukraine war.....and people actually believe the nonsense he says? LOL
Yup thats quite accurate.
@@victorc4223 lol everything you just said is Right Wing Western Media Propaganda. Are you a Neera Tanden employee? Or just stupid?
We in America, can get arrested for complaining about what our children learn in school. We have our own political prisoners in America. We must look at ourselves, before judging others.
objectivity and the courage to right a wrong is key for improvement. too bad the politicians elected only wants to progress their own agenda for their own benefits
I have not seen any evidence for people being arrested for questioning what their children are learning in school but I have seen people be arrested for threatening school board members with murder because the parent is under the assumption that their child is being taught critical race theory. (God, I wish they were.) We absolutely do have political prisoners in the United States like Leonard Peltier.
Agreed. Assange's case is perhaps the most glaring example of this.
that's where the "Soros appointed judges" heavily depends on the state (and will change in big way next midterms), but in China it's everywhere
The central govt has so much control esp under Xi
Of course, we in China can get arrested for complaining as well.
The most obvious difference between the Chinese and the West is already stated clearly in the name. Chinese put the family name first and given name last. That means family has higher priority and significant than individual.
In sum, this is the order of significant for the Chinese. National -> Community -> Family -> Individual.
A great point!
Very true. And the Chinese culture has always emphasized and advocated a balance b/w the human race and mother nature. We're part of nature. We don't look at nature and see it as an object.
BYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cells
Fred Lambert - Jun. 8th 2022 2:48 am
In a new interview on a state-owned media channel in China this week, Lian Yubo, executive vice president and president of BYD’s automotive engineering research institute, was asked if he sees Tesla as competition.
He responded (via cnevpost):
"... _Tesla is a very successful company no matter what, BYD respects Tesla and we admire Tesla. We are good friends with Elon Musk, and we will soon supply him with batteries We are friends_ ... "
☝️This is how China works with the world. A sharp contrast to the _US Long Arm Jurisdiction_ to FORCE other countries not to do business with Huawei.
The world will eventually wake up to reliaze that America technology, products and services are not reliable.
Why?
Because you never know when they will sanction you for using US technology and services and kick you out from SWIFT.
So, who would you prefer to do business with ?
History has proven it many times that Han Chinese are not aggressive. If Han Dynasty was aggressive, you and I won't be communicating in English. Chinese invented gun powder to make firecrackers and fireworks. If China has the global imperial instincts as the western countries, Zheng He of Ming Dynasty (明朝) would have colonized Broneo, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa during his 7 voyages from 1405 to 1433. Could you find an inch of land stolen during his 7 voyages?
If Chinese were aggressive, there won't be East India Company, there won't be Opium Wars, there won't be a Commonwealth and definitely English won't be the international language. The opposite is true, West lead by British invaded China, colonized 1/3 of the world ( Go and count how many countries are there in Commonwealth !! )
Why English is the language of the world? First came the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, then British, they sailed the world ocean and colonized more than half of the world. That's how Spanish is the language of the South American and English language of the world.
_And who stole the entire continent of North America and South Pacific from the Natives Red Indians and Aboriginal people, respectively_ ?
*What is the legitimacy of USA, Canada and Australia* ?
Its not only Chinese that put family name first....
A Surname of a family clans that carry on living for generations can be traced back 2000 years
China is a magnificent country focused on a great life for all of its people. The question really is can we trust the western nations?
😂😂 Should we even trust the Western nations given their track record of Slavery, Colonism and LIES - WMD remember?? 😂😂
When The Devils come knocking at our houses trying very hard to discuss Good Values. What should we do ?
Well, people will certainly ask themselves : " Can we trust the Devils" 😂😂😂
Cyrus, a very broad and indeed an important subject to discuss. China has suffered a great deal during the centuries of humiliation from Western powers and Japan and yet the West still asks the question "Can We Trust China?'.
they cannot trust Russia and China because they have never colonised any countries but the colonial master want very hard to ask you to trust them with their beautifully packaged words from the knife cutting forked tongues.
Be careful，amongst close to the same type of these videos, Cyrus’s wordings always have slandering contents, wordings. His is the slimiest.
@@astrolee3080 NOT as bad as the propaganda outlets ( M S M )
When you’re weak and not strong enough they bullied you, they stepped on your throat, they jumped all over you liked trampling, almost entire Western European empires invaded China took all treasures whatever they want and burned or destroyed ‘’example: Summer Palace” they couldn’t stolen away back home there are evidence all Western European countries have museums only filled with Chinese antiques. Then you decided to worked very hard and leaned how to stand up and protect yourself then they call you their enemy and you threat the society. What is an ironic,
@@astrolee3080 What? Can you elaborate? Don't just shoot..
For me as an African my question to you is do you TRUST each other( European to European or American to American).
The Chinese are doing great things down here in the villages. When it comes to TRUST history teaches us that interactions between Africans and European or Americans isn't positive.
Simon... " The Chinese are doing great things down here in the villages. "... but do you think that´s for free? NO!!! dont you know, if your country dont payd that money, China have the right to have estrategic portions of land?
Atleast they aren't forcing us to convert to their religion or ideologies.
Nothing is free.
@@sande6410 the guy thinks the west is doing for free. A true hypocrite. Look at the amount of exploitation of Africa for centuries by you know who.
@@sande6410 it's not about freedom, these westerners literally believe that African governments aren't educated enough to know what a debt trap is and what it look likes
@@sande6410 well, not so sure about that... dont you know about the forcing camps full of Urdu citizens, just because they are muslim? So, as you can see, chinese regime are yes, forcing those ppl to renounce theyr beliefs...
If you have not experienced China from 80s to present, it is probable that you cant appreciate the progress china had gone through.... in almost all aspects of human progress development.
Yes and agree that China should be thankful to the west for the space, time and contribution to its relatively peaceful development so far. And thankful that it was not devastated into perpetual chaos.
@@tanthxx Conversely, the West, especially the corporate west, should be thankful for the gargantuan profits they have enjoyed over those decades - the DJ Average in 1980 was 963.99; it is now 31,338.15 - a more than 30 fold increase.
Yah, back in the 80's all the sidewalks were covered with spit.
@@andrenogueira5058 Not at all; Xi should be more aggressive and stop the Corporate West from reaping all of the profits from the labor of the people and government of China. This is exactly what he is doing and I applaud him for having the fortitude to tell the US to go fly a kite.
Assuming China made no progress or even deteriorated further since the 80s, does it make Chinese people less deserving of being called humans or the country as a whole less deserving of existence?
礼仪廉耻 is in our DNA for generations, but sadly lacking in most western cultures, especially the Americans.
Not only in America. Sadly many Chinese outside china that convert into christian lost their culture heritage. Acting as they are westerner and insulting their ancestor culture.
I think culture is important, the polity system may more critical, like in Taiwan which same as the western polity system, bias, hate, lies, fool~
Yes, just look at the difference in behavior of American diplomats like Anthony Blinken and Jake Sullivan compared with Chinese diplomats like Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi. The art of diplomacy in the U.S is deteriorating it seems.
礼义廉耻culture is not in the dictionary of the US politicians whose DNA consists of lying, cheating stealing, bullying, blaming , threatening invading.
@@Shenzhou. The Wolf warrior diplomats threatening every country that don't toe the CCPs line....your a clown
Nobody trained me mate, I like China and Chinese people, they are cool.
same for me, learn to think critical one will understand between good and not good
I agree 100% with all the views expressed in this broadcast. I spent 3 months in China in 2017 and I was surprised and embarrassed to realize that my previous opinion and knowledge of China was totally baseless and outdated. I wish more people in the West can visit China to see the amazing development and witness firsthand how beautiful the people and rich culture of China really is. It is simply out-of-this world beautiful in every aspect of civilization. I too will love to live in China in spite of the CCP governance.
@@jeanclaudegombaniro320 before you say of what the Chinese intellectuals say about the west and blame them for all the world problems, you have not been able to discern the truth from your contaminited position.
@@jeanclaudegombaniro320Sorry, that was not how you put it in your post. It's not a case of each side pointing at each other. If you have been following earnestly as a unbias person in the many media reports you would acknowledged that unreasonable attacks on China had been waging years back .
@@jeanclaudegombaniro320 establishing new business anywhere is difficult lol, and if it doesn't work out p, that's just part of business, you should know that Mr businessman
Ofc there are Anti-West sentiments, the west did colonise them and every other country, stole resources, enslaved their people, killed their people and set back their development for decades or even centuries, the west are still meddling in other countries til now
@@jeanclaudegombaniro320 so are you saying Apple, Tesla, VW, Toyota, McDonald's etc... Has been losing money by doing business there in China?
@@jeanclaudegombaniro320 the blame is well placed
I wish more westerners are more understanding about China, great job Cyrus!!
"Can we trust China?"
US government: No, we cannot even without any logical reason.
"Can we trust the US?"
US government: Yes, 100%, even without any logical reason.
More like "Can we trust the US?" US government: "What are you a commie? Or are you a ruskie agent?!? Why do you hate freedom?"
😂😂😂 Agree . That's what we call USA crazy logics. The west tries to implement that in our mind for decades.
Problem is USA underestimates world's people intelligent. We have our own valuations and our views. We don't need western teachings on how to value our neighbours.
Pascal is a real China expert, I love many of his excellent videos. Thank you very much Cyrus and Pascal !
We need more of these rational and intelligent videos about China by people who have actually travelled here before, rather than the constant negative portrayal of China in many Western MSM.
Pascal made a great point about the communication issues for the Chinese government towards the world.
@@MarkYeung1 China's propaganda clearly isn't effective and urgently needs improvement. Hardly anyone believe what CGTN, CCTV, Xinhua (New China) TV says even though they cite data from primary sources. Whereas Western propaganda is very effective, and many people just blindly believe what Western MSM says about China even when it's unsubstantiated by sources.
@@MarkYeung1 Hardly anyone believe what CGTN, CCTV, Xinhua (New China) TV says even though they cite data from primary sources. Whereas Western propaganda is very effective, and many people just blindly believe what Western MSM says about China even when it's unsubstantiated by sources. China's propaganda cannot hold a candle to the U.S's
@@MarkYeung1 Chinese media like CGTN, CCTV, Xinhua (New China) TV should hire more native English speakers that truly understand the Western mindset and how to put China's message across more coherently to foreign audiences. The problem is that some overseas Chinese tend to have a _"colonial mindset"_ as a result of their upbringing in the West.
Whether you trust it or not, China remains.
Has been grateful to China for making high end electronic products like Remote Control Drone, Planes and helicopter cheaper and within reach of every normal person. That goes to microcontroller that was very expensive 20 years ago but now China has come out with similar products that every normal person can afford and use. When China came in to my country, they save a country flagship company that is in the brink of bankruptcy and improve the company product and can compete internationally. China also make a 1.5V powerful and efficient rechargeable AA and AAA battery. Previously its just a 1.2V battery that is so underpower.
If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive country, raise your hand ✋🙋🏻♂️👍
Non governmental Chinese citizens 👍.
Chinese Government and all brainwashed employees 👎.
@@milesbennettdyson6667 US CIA/NED Nongovernmental Organization🖕🖕American and its allies and brainwashed employees
@@milesbennettdyson6667 go home watch your CNN
@@milesbennettdyson6667 You think Americans Canadians Europeans. National United Nations. CIA NED NGOs news media are not brainwashing?
@@milesbennettdyson6667 Lol just like I would trust black males.
Thank you both for your objective coverage of issues related to China. I'm subscribed to both channels of yours. Wishing you both good health and success in your work.
be careful, if u listen carefully, they still have some superior mentality, demand china to suit western narrative
same this discussion, here. pascal said chinese distrust the chinese government, same, as if the westerners are trusting their government. In that case, pascal should write a book, “can china trust the west” and demand the same, to suit china’s narratives
Such intelligent and rational discussion of China by people who've actually been, is sadly in short supply in the West,
Thank you so much for the support!
I agree that China could do much better in communicating its position. However, there are huge obstacles that are not readily apparent, like the major part of an iceberg, which is below the surface. These obstacles are not really China's fault. Still, China must try to overcome them.
First, as Coppens said or implied, westerners are more emotive than Chinese when communicating. A Chinese understands a purely rational argument. With a westerner, you've got to mix it with: freedom, rights, democracy, fight on the beaches, defend our home, etc. A purely emotive argument might even work with many westerners. To the Chinese, if your argument is purely or largely emotive, then it's hot air. Seems like the Chinese and westerner communicate using different pathways.
Second, the western, especially American, mind is largely brainwashed with a superiority complex and even ill will towards countries and people that are not western, and they include China and the Chinese. That's why they have to go to China to open their mind. People in the Global South don't need to vist China to see that China is not the monster described in western propaganda, as they are not similarly brainwashed.
The Ukraine war has revealed that this superiority complex and ill will against others are even deeper than I had suspected. The cancel everything Russia and Russian indicates a very deep well of superiority complex and ill will. Recently, a German parliamentarian called for (I paraphrase) negotiating with Russia and looking at the problem more rationally. He was branded by Olaf Scholtz, the German chancellor, as a Russian bot. Scholtz is not some crazy uncle in a bar. He is the German chancellor, yet his mind is so thoroughly brainwashed that he couldn't see that Russia had legitimate security concerns. Almost the entire European leadership is as brainwashed as Scholtz. And Russia is mainly European.
So, when it comes to China, western superiority complex, ill will, and racism make communication worse. When you defend something about China, the thoroughly brainwashed western mind, and there are very many, think all they have to do to win an argument against you is to call you a bot, or say you are in the pay of the CPC. That's all they think they needed to do. They are like a broken clock. Their understanding of Chins is fixed in a certain time, and they cannot move a tick.
I agree that the West has been screwing Russia first with their NATO expansion, second with their sanctions, third with their bad shock therapy economic policies, fourth with their forced disintegration of the soviet union including losing warm ports on the black sea. However, I think Russia owns a bit TOO much of the world's natural resources because of their expansion around the 1700s. Its unfair that people of southeast asia, india, japan, and a little bit of china who weren't expansionist have few resources, I dunno each person of the resource scarce global south should be given a small piece of Siberia, Canada, Australia, or stock in resource extraction maybe adjusted by their population increase from their populations around 1600.
Yeah, the Ukraine war was also a turning point for me. I noticed the same things, how widespread and deep seated the superiority complex is, it all came out when Europe itself is threatened. Far worse than any other region threatened by war. I completely lost respect for the West.
And yes, I concur on your point for why Global South doesn’t need to visit China to assume that China and Chinese are probably not too different from humans and human countries we’ve encountered. Accepting they’re human is pretty much all you need to do to enable this assumption. The West seems to need proof that the rest of us are human.
I am so glad Cyrus came here to see what is really going on and share it with the world. We are lucky to have you and come back any time you want.
People gain trust from their past behavior. China did many good things to other countries. Thus, they gain trust from SE Asian, S. American, ME, and Africa countries. It takes time and patience.
BYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cells
Fred Lambert - Jun. 8th 2022 2:48 am
In a new interview on a state-owned media channel in China this week, Lian Yubo, executive vice president and president of BYD’s automotive engineering research institute, was asked if he sees Tesla as competition.
He responded (via cnevpost):
"... _Tesla is a very successful company no matter what, BYD respects Tesla and we admire Tesla. We are good friends with Elon Musk, and we will soon supply him with batteries We are friends_ ... "
☝️This is how China works with the world. A sharp contrast to the _US Long Arm Jurisdiction_ to FORCE other countries not to do business with Huawei.
The world will eventually wake up to reliaze that America technology, products and services are not reliable.
Why?
Because you never know when they will sanction you for using US technology and services and kick you out from SWIFT.
So, who would you prefer to do business with ?
History has proven it many times that Han Chinese are not aggressive. If Han Dynasty was aggressive, you and I won't be communicating in English. Chinese invented gun powder to make firecrackers and fireworks. If China has the global imperial instincts as the western countries, Zheng He of Ming Dynasty (明朝) would have colonized Broneo, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa during his 7 voyages from 1405 to 1433. Could you find an inch of land stolen during his 7 voyages?
If Chinese were aggressive, there won't be East India Company, there won't be Opium Wars, there won't be a Commonwealth and definitely English won't be the international language. The opposite is true, West lead by British invaded China, colonized 1/3 of the world ( Go and count how many countries are there in Commonwealth !! )
Why English is the language of the world? First came the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, then British, they sailed the world ocean and colonized more than half of the world. That's how Spanish is the language of the South American and English language of the world.
_And who stole the entire continent of North America and South Pacific from the Natives Red Indians and Aboriginal people, respectively_ ?
*What is the legitimacy of USA, Canada and Australia* ?
@Wild River - Yes. Whatever China do with other countries like Africa, S America, .... There is US demonizing China for their effort. A great example is the Debt Trap that US made up. The debt with China is not even a real trap and is nowhere damaging than the US and the West Debt Trap imposed on many countries. The debt with China is always manageable and the country do get the benefit of the infrastructures built. At least they get a school, hospital, road, .... that will benefit the country whereas there's none of that with the Debt Trap from US and the West.
ya, it is the west doing all the smearing campaigns all over the world, and bombs and leaders assassination. then the west comes and ask “can we trust china”? or “if china is safe?”
@@narmortein537 Zheng He didn't colonize other states, but the Ming dynasty burned all of the ships (not sell them) and then tried to burry the facts about the voyage from history...
thank you to Cyrus and Pascal for their contributions and efforts to clarify and counterbalance the grave misinformation from the powerful western media.
China is no angel in various aspects, but the slanders from the western media and politicians are certainly not helpful.
The question that most people across the world have is not whether or not they trust China since most of the world's people do, the question is whether anybody could trust the US since the US has never kept a single promise that it has ever made to another country! Shoot, just look at the native Indians in American, the US government has never honored a single treaty that it has signed with the Indians!
Even the American people themselves don't even trust their own government! The last poll I saw showed that only about 30% of the American people trust their own government! And why should they when the US government is probably the most corrupt in the entire world! Just look at how rampant bribery is in the US government and how the people with money are getting everything that they want because they have the money to buy off the American politicians! That's why the rich are getting richer in America and the poor are getting poorer! Why would any Americans at the bottom trust their government when their government hasn't work for them in over 50 years?!
The (USA) United States call it "Liberation" instead of "Invasion". That was what US call it in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on... Why the double standard? Confused... Please enlighten. Genuine question...
Instances of the United States "liberated" or overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)
China 1949 to early 1960s
Albania 1949-53
East Germany 1950s
Iran 1953 *
Guatemala 1954 *
Costa Rica mid-1950s
Syria 1956-7
Egypt 1957
Indonesia 1957-8
British Guiana 1953-64 *
Iraq 1963 *
North Vietnam 1945-73
Cambodia 1955-70 *
Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *
Ecuador 1960-63 *
Congo 1960 *
France 1965
Brazil 1962-64 *
Dominican Republic 1963 *
Cuba 1959 to present
Bolivia 1964 *
Indonesia 1965 *
Ghana 1966 *
Chile 1964-73 *
Greece 1967 *
Costa Rica 1970-71
Bolivia 1971 *
Australia 1973-75 *
Angola 1975, 1980s
Zaire 1975
Portugal 1974-76 *
Jamaica 1976-80 *
Seychelles 1979-81
Chad 1981-82 *
Grenada 1983 *
South Yemen 1982-84
Suriname 1982-84
Fiji 1987 *
Libya 1980s
Nicaragua 1981-90 *
Panama 1989 *
Bulgaria 1990 *
Albania 1991 *
Iraq 1991
Afghanistan 1980s *
Somalia 1993
Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *
Ecuador 2000 *
Afghanistan 2001 *
Venezuela 2002 *
Iraq 2003 *
Haiti 2004 *
Somalia 2007 to present
Honduras 2009 *
Libya 2011 *
Syria 2012
Ukraine 2014 *
2014 - 2022 - 6 countries yet to verify.
Pakistan 2022 *
You miss one.
Hong Kong 2019
The riot in Hong Kong in 2019 was funded and backed by NED/CIA.
The riot in Hong Kong in 2019 was funded and backed by NED/CIA in order to overthrow the Hong Kong government. Replace the Hong Kong government with a democracy pro-America government but failed. Thanks to the national security law passed by the central government of China. Hong Kong is back to normal now.
Liberations is just a word. Action speaks louder that is invasion.
Thank you as always for your videos. Looking forward to being able to travel to China in the near future. Just a note on the Chinese character "Trust (信)". The character is made up of the radical "people (人)" and "speech (言)," "talk," or "that which is spoken". Together, the word would mean "words spoken among people". The best Anglo-term that would characterize this work is "Your word is your bond". Thank you for all your work to continue to build Trust rather than tearing it down.
信用Trustworthiness is deep in the vein of every cultured Chinese , permeating every aspect of Chinese Life.
agree. this word is ingrained in Chinese culture long ago and this may be new and copied by the west without the strong spirit in their soul.
it's been use for circumstances benefit by the west.
Unless you are a uyghar
Andre Nogueira
Andre, you’re just spewing Western antiChina Propaganda like trump . Time you stop watching Fox News,cnn, etc or reading Washington post,etc and do your own research and listen to people like Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Professor Richard Wolff, Chris Hedges,John Pilger , Professor Martin Jacques, George Galloway,etc instead of feeding on antiChina bs.
Many Westerners tend to take a black & white view of issues, where's the Chinese view is perhaps more nuanced. It's like the _Yin Yang_ symbol ☯ where there is a small white dot in the black space, and a small black dot in the white space. It's all about balance of opposing forces.
of course, there is a nuance - for Chinese the accomplishments are absolutely phenomenal - but outside of China no one would want to see a world dominated by CCP policies. so we can talk about this ad absurdum, the basics will remain which is a deep distrust that has grown based on CCP policies of the last 10 years - XI's behavior is the undoing that any trust people had in CHina.
@@ronnydiehl7262 Then you've missed the point of this video. The distrust has been created by the western politicians and media.
@@ronnydiehl7262 Name a country that China is enforcing their rules on, beside itself
China is currently *at peace and not at war* with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like _roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports,_ etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc.
Whereas the United States is *warmonger* being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place. If anything, it sounds like the United States is a threat to global peace and stability.
@@andrenogueira5058 Tibet was part of China since 800 years ago, back when the Mongols conquered the Kingdom of Thibet and Song Dynasty China and incorporate those territory into Yuan Dynasty China. The Manchu conquerors did a similar thing with Tibet centuries later during Qing Dynasty China. Tibet broke free of China in 1912 due to civil strife, but was eventually reunified with the mainland by 1951, so why should China give up territory that was historically part of China?
@@andrenogueira5058 Tiananmen Square Massacre is a myth propagated by the British. According to an article by Gregory Clark, all verified eyewitnesses say that *nothing happened* inside Tiananmen Square June 1989, other than a military unit entering and asking several hundred of those remaining to leave the Square late that night.
_The original story of Chinese troops on the night of 3 and 4 June, 1989 machine-gunning hundreds of innocent student protesters in Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square has since been _*_thoroughly discredited_*_ by the many witnesses there at the time -- among them a Spanish TVE television crew, a Reuters correspondent and protesters themselves, who say that _*_nothing happened_*_ other than a military unit entering and asking several hundred of those remaining to leave the Square late that night._ - Gregory Clark
@@andrenogueira5058 Tiananmen Square Massacre is a myth propagated by the British. According to an article by Gregory Clark, all verified eyewitnesses say that *nothing happened* inside Tiananmen Square June 1989, other than a military unit entering and asking several hundred of those remaining to leave the Square late that night.
@@andrenogueira5058 Tiananmen Square Massacre is a myth propagated by the British. The original story of Chinese troops on the night of 3 and 4 June, 1989 machine-gunning hundreds of innocent student protesters in Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square has since been *thoroughly discredited* by the many witnesses there at the time -- among them a Spanish TVE television crew, a Reuters correspondent and protesters themselves, who say that *nothing happened* other than a military unit entering and asking several hundred of those remaining to leave the Square late that night.
@@andrenogueira5058 How's that compared to the NATO nations and the US today?
Did you know the Victorian gene pools genocide the indigenous American people once were abundant living in North America ?
And the Aborigines of Australia is replaced with RATS from England.
They enslaved and looted India for 200 years.
That's why INDIA have such a hard time to struggle back.
The same bunch of NATO CRUSADERS leaded by the Victorian gene pools raided your favorite places of Tibet, Vietnam, Load, Cambodia, Philippine and the Korea.
Add the historical long list of chaos and destructions the same bunch of NATO nations activities of looting and atrocities in Middle East and AFRICA.
The ruthless sanctions to CUBA as to starve the Cubans to death.
How about sanctions, looting and plots of multiple regime changes in numbers of South America nations.
Even the news today it's all about their atrocities and destruction in foreign shores around the world.
Now that's only a short details of your trust of these NATO nations leaded by your Victoria God.
Now go back and do more shoe shine boy service with your lips 👄 for your colonial god " Vicki".
Hopefully someday you can be free.
Cyrus, thanks for inviting Pascal to your show. I like Pascal too and have bought his new wonderful book.
The world needs people like you two to explain to them what the real China is. Despite the fact that the West politicians and media are casting China in a negative way, action speaks louder than words, and many countries in Africa, South America, Middle-East find that China is really helping them to develop. Trust is slowly building up between them and China. Having said that, I still agree with Pascal that China can do better by communicating better with other countries, especially US and the West and understanding them better too.
Thanks Eric for the support! So glad you enjoyed the interview
Cyrus, you are gifted, your communication skills coupled with your passion really helped to bridge the gap of people who misunderstood China due to mind colonization of western media that no longer reports truths as they are. Really appreciate your dedication and determination and most of all, your courage (bet that you’ve been lambasted as being pro China in your home country). On behalf of many enlightened Asians, thank you for standing on truths 🙏🏻
Thank you Jerry for the kind words my friend! They really mean a lot to me
Agreed with the concept of mind colonization. A ‘colonial mentality' (or ‘the colonized mind’) shows a preference or desirability for whiteness and cultural values, behaviors, physical appearances and objects from or derivative of the ‘West’ (i.e. Western Europe or the USA), with disdain or undesirability for anything coming from the non- ‘West’. Although many former colonies have since physically decolonized, the _"decolonization of the mind"_ needs to happen in order for a country to truly break free of it's colonial past.
The corrupt western media has gone easy on the CCP for decades.
@@Shenzhou. many ex-colonized people still prefer to migrate to old colonial master countries like Indians to UK, Philippinoes to usa, Taiwanese to Japan. It takes may be 3 to 4 generations to forget about colonial history.
@@michaelloong964 Not because of Colonialism. Refugees tend to settle in Western countries as well. I wonder how many refugees were accepted by China last year? China is a global power, it can accept a lot.
Cyrus and Pascal thank you very much for improving our knowledge of China. Brian Berletic and Angelo Giuliano and Andy Boreham are some more voices educating us and bringing us a new perspective and insight into China, Asia and other Asian countries. We wouldn't know any better if it wasn't for you all.
Also others, like Daniel Dumbrill, Barrett, Nathan Rich. Many thanks to
them. Many thanks to all People bringing understanding, love and peace to every one living on this wonderful earth. Respect
When i saw the title of this video, i thought that if Cyrus really wanted to know if you could trust China, he should interview Pascal Coppens who wrote a whole freaking book on it, and lo and behold, Pascal indeed was the 30 year China expert that Cyrus was interviewing. Great interview, by the way. Hopefully, not the last one either...
both of two understand much deeper China culture and way of thinking which is shaped over 5000 years history compared to so many so called China experts!
Thanks Cyrus for the discussion. Pascal Coppens is a truly China expert, anybody who wants to learn about China and Chinese should watch his videos. He brought up a great point: China should do a better job in communications in order to be trusted by the west.
Thanks Mark for the support and glad you enjoyed the episode
If China cannot trust other countries, it will be hard for the other countries to trust you.
I take the messages through CGTN well. The label of "State-controlled media" by social media like FB may add an additional barrier to western audiences' perception. Many nations e.g. Singapore and Malaysia have state-run news media, yet I don't see such label applied to their channel on social media. There is double standard in how western social media handle this from what I perceive.
The BBC is literally a government media of the UK but they’re never labeled as “State controlled media”. ABC, CBC etc.
I haven't been to China but I think I understand it quite well ... my partner for 16 years is from China. Perhaps the most important way to understand is that they are the creature of their history especially the thought. Chinese put a great deal of emphasis on social harmony. It's a mistake to assume that Chinese don't like their government. They will unless and until it can't guarantee order.
The difference between chinese and americans is the chinese are willing to submit to the government as long as they get their basic rights/needs like home, protection, safe environment, education and income. The americans think they are equal to the government and must not submit to it, thus their freedom of speech and assembly is the most important to them. Ask any american what freedom is and they will give you that exact answer.
I saw what china have did to african countries in mere 20years or so , compare to what Europeans did and still do in africa for past 200years , No comparison chian doing more to african countries development then europeans have ever , yeah their risk of debts BUT compare to what europeans did slavery genocide conolization etc , no comparison China is better so far
Same point I've been saying, the lack of a China voice in international media because of the lack of English channels as well as biased Western media. Do support CGTN. 👍
Of course. Ask a parallel question, "Can we trust US"? The answer is overwhelmly opposite.
Hell No !!....l'm a 2nd generation born ABC . I'm 62 years old and you can't trust the Round Eyes !!...... from my personal , lifetime experience and observations.
As an African American man whose ancestors has been part and parcel of America horror show for almost almost four and a half century I can say with a surity that America did not get to be a rich powerful hegemonic monster by being trust worthy.
There is a lot of trust inside America at least within upper classes, people living in Africa were hit with a whole boatload of scams. Americans trust strangers more than Japanese, we are far more open to them. Americans trust businesses more than Chinese (they think unless they have the upper hand they are being screwed). East Asians trust America more than their neighbors. Many former Soviet states trust America more than Russia (Poland, Baltic, West Ukraine). However, its true that America's foreign policy and internal race politics has led to reduction of trust.
@@aoeu256 Your list here leaves a lot to be desired. This thing of what you call trust is really a "partnership amongst thieves", because as you know "money, politics, power and schemes", make strange bed fellowships. These countries and nations you just mentioned are friends with each other one day, year or a couple of years and then they can turn on each other at the drop of a hat. They make secret deals with one and stab the other in the back. You can look at history and see how many alliances were developed and then broken due to a misunderstanding or a better deal else where. Some European countries that stand with America today will stand with China tomorrow. America in the near future will drop Saudi Arabia and embrace some other middle Eastern country that she once coined as a terrorist monster. And you better believe these " trusted friends", are always looking to see whose cozying up with who. You know how these things go. Like the Mafia says it's not personal " its only business.
Two great gentlemen with objectivity. Great job.
Since I live in the U.S. all my life, I only hear things about China from the West and the mainstream media in the U.S. Thanks for explaining more in depth and details of the Chinese Government in China. Cyrus, we need more people like you to promote world peace rather than war.
Amazing two western people has this deep understanding of my birth country. I feel thankful and happy at the same time. Love you all. Peace.
Omg! Just as I was clicking your video I was thinking to myself "Cyrus really should interview Pascal, that's the guy who knows a thing or two about China". And what do I find? This!
Outside of China, most countries were colonized by the West for centuries, hence the natives were constantly brainwashed by their colonial masters for generations. To fortify and justify their conquests, it is not rocket science to smear and disparage countries that were not under their rule while at the same time trumpeting their own successes and achievements. For China, reprogramming mindsets that were taken for granted to be the truth for centuries will be very hard, especially so with the dominant presence of the Anglo-American media, coupled with the fact that most natives of formerly colonized countries were educated in the lingua franca of the West.
I am very grateful to you, Cyrus, and Pascal for your RUclips videos which have given me a lot of information about China, - information which I can trust. There is so much negative information from Western media, so you can understand why I’m glad the two of you are doing what you do. I must try to get Pascal’s books. Thank you, both.
Our pleasure!
"Positive emotions towards the rest of the world". That is incredibly insightful of Pascal. A little flattery along with some tooting of your own horn is often the secret sauce of soft power. Hence the mutual admiration society that is the G7. But the Confucian psyche of the Chinese eschews flattery as hypocrisy and bragging as ignoble. It believes that actions and achievements should speak for themselves. Indeed, I believe that is a philosophical foundation of the BRI - show what China can do to help the world, rather than just talk about it. In its reticence, China is inscrutable to the West and comes across secretive, defensive, aloof and even arrogant. This is truly the cultural divide.
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Forced affection!
What if I enjoyed the video but don't support their views what shall I do
Yes, you need to trust at least once you experiment with to grow. China's raising just in a short period of time, but have done so many infrastructures for developing countries, while the USA had been in Super Power so long as they didn't done much for that, but done more for developing countries in military bases, chemical and biological laboratoryies... So on. That is why developing countries stay poor for so long.!
I'm from Philippines and i trust china,. Before the colonialism (Spanish, America) in the Philippines,. The relationship of china and Philippines is good through Trading Goods (silk, copper etc. or Trading Culture such as foods or clothing.
Friends from all over the world, if the Chinese find you and want you to do something, please believe that China will also meet some of your requirements at the same time.
And they never renege on any of the commitments they have made, unlike uncle Sam who would even bomb you if you dare question them...
My understanding is that it will be way more productive for the western society to ask the question of "What can we do to gain trust from China" rather than "Can we trust China".
Can't blame the Chinese with so many years of being discriminated by USA.
You can never TRUST, a Communist Country.
@@mariahewitt9787 your democratic, freedom centric can bomb and desrtoy other countries at whim . Time will tell , the evil lying cohorts can still thrive with more countries waking up and runs to the other camp .
You don't sound like someone who trust people .
I always wanted Solar Panels. But it was very expensive. Now I have 50 affordable Solar Panels from China and produce 11.000 kWh a year for 10 years now. A kWh is 50 cent, so I make 5000 euro a year and I am energy independent. Thank you China for focus on clean Solar Energy. Every day a solar profit made possible by China.
EU has no Solar Industry and USA has not. I support China.
Its not much of a matter of trust, its whether you want to see the truth of things or not to.
Asian countries are relatively honest, except for Japan..Zheng He went to the Western Ocean seven times and never invaded any country, while many European countries have a bad maritime history。China's museums are all things left by their ancestors. Let's take a look at the British Museum.
Awesome vid, Cyrus! Keep it up! :)
Two of my favourite commentators in one show!
two of my favorite RUclipsrs coming together feeling like watching Avengers 😂
Two great RUclipsrs coming together to help the world to understand these two giants bridging their gaps. Great job .
Two of my favourite RUclipsrs in one video ! That's great! A big THANK YOU to both of you! Keep on the good work. Greetings from Germany, Anna
China said: " Let's try diplomacy!" Unfortunaly the West says: "We have (western) values"
I guess this is not diplomacy.
excellent clip and a good analysis
Some very interesting thoughts and observations there. Some of it encapsulates why, in my own business mission, I am heavily focussed on a bottom up rather than top down perspective of China. That is to say, I have chosen one specific, relatively small geographical area from both the UK and China thus making it a community to community concept rather than country to country. Building trust and mutual respect between these two geographical regions is going to define the success or otherwise of the project. One of the key challenges I face is to convince people in the UK that we are dealing with people at a provincial level and not the central government in Beijing. That creates a whole new dynamic, some of which Pascal touched upon. It is about building relationships rather than traditional trading activities.
Thank you Cyrus for your another great video. Talking about “how Chinese people build trust in their society”, may be two Chengyu will be helpful to understand that: 言而有信；一言既出, 驷马难追。If someone breaks his promise, he is considered to be untrustworthy and he may terribly lose his reputation, which is a severe problem for politicians. That’s why people who have a relatively high social position are usually prudent with their words. And sometimes this prudence is misunderstood in the international context.
im 31 lived here for 5 years and it's absolutely fantastic I love loving here and honestly have a better life here than I did in Britain
I trust China completely.
Great talk ! I appreciate it.
My two most trusted RUclipsrs. Keep it up and thanks again.
Wow, thank you for the support Johnny!
great to see you two join talk!
Another great informative collaboration of international minds and views. As a graphic designer and world citizen, I would suggest the diagram should also be explained against or perhaps be compared with American, European, or Australian society so International audiences see the relative comparisons. And as an Englishmen, and an Australian citizen living in Asia, the diagram is exactly the same culturally. Well done and thank you.
if you are a true liberal or true pro-democracy advocate, then you should embrace diversity of ideas, systems and cultures, and that defining and demanding for universality of any one value is flawed. Good governance must embrace this.
Freedom as defined by one sector may not be universal and truthful. Democracy is also a strange elusive term, the effective test should be the sustainable progress and well being of the people, not just by the processes involved. Processes which resulted in benefit for the 1%, by the 1%, of the 1% should also be deemed as "totalitarian".
@@andrenogueira5058 , i suggest that you should go and experience China first hand with open mind. I would not condone various aspect of the ways china is ruled, but i appreciate they are trying continuously to improve.
@@andrenogueira5058 , it is probably obvious that you are too bias for healthy and open mind deliberation. i wish you well
What democracy in America? The real thing is plutocracy in America. Your politicians use your people as their toy and let them fighting each other so they can sell guns to their own people. Making profit in the chaos.
Which American president has a smidgen of consistency in things said today and things said last week, let alone consistency in things said and things done? I find such consistency in the Chinese leaders.
@Zeis- Viva China!
Excellent analysis site
Pascal gets it completely, the administrative system in China today is very much a modernised version of the central meritocratic administration system implemented in the 商鞅变法 days of the Kingdom of Chin (before they conquered all and declared himself the Emperor). what is now different is there is no more hereditary emperor, but a hereditary culture that is the CPC. however I’m sure the CPC is also keenly aware of how decades and centuries of hubris eventually builds up to topple dynasties.
Thanks to you two awesome gentlemen.
Most interesting topic and prospective. Well presented. Thank You both.
Thank you both for sharing your visions based on your experiences. I have been working and living in China since 1995 and traveled all continents (except Antartica) for 36 years. Can we trust China? 25% of the world population would say "Yes" as they are Chinese. For the other 75% it will depend on their individual mind set, flexibility to adjust to something different and experiences with other cultures.
Pascal is spot on when he identifies trust as the thing that makes the Chinese political system work.
I used to subscribe to Churchchill's view that democracy is the best among all the bad political systems. Now, I think all political systems don't work. Only a culture of trust can work. The long line of half baked political leaders elected to the White House and Congress made me doubt the efficacy of western style democracy. Surely, the US has better people than Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Yet, they were the top contenders.
The Ukraine war has revealed that almost the entire western political leadership is made up of dishonest, delusional, stupid, incompetent, reckless leaders, who shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly. The whole lot couldn't take down one man, Putin.
Surely, this parade of clowns as leaders, a very sorry state of affairs, couldn't be a coincident. Did democracy have something to do with it? Whatever a political system a country may have inherited, just take it as not good enough. Work on creating a culture of trust.
Well another way of viewing it is that Putin has an unspoken* alliance with Western oligarchs, who want the war to drag on so they can make profits from war spending and inflation.
Honest communication is crucial for trust. It's non existent in MSM
Thank you Cyrus for this presentation. It is so enlightening. Best regards.
As usual, a well-needed and informative video. From an ex-expat, good job Cyrus!
Thanks Cyrus and Pascal, for this valuable discussion helping your viewers to better understand China.and its people. A lot of the misunderstanding or lack of understanding is due to mainstream media deliberately avoiding positive news from China and or putting a Western propaganda spin on anything to do with China; a classic case being China's elimination of extreme poverty within the past decade and the way China has learned how to subordinate (rather than adopt the failed concept of trying to eliminate) capitalism to socialism. As Deng Xiaoping put it in 1987, "only the socialist system can eradicate poverty". PS: love pascal's 8 circles, very succinct and useful.
Question ought to be - Can We Trust The US.
great insights, thanks - looking forward to part 2
Pascals is a great man with great analytical skills and knowledge of things around the world.
Thank you both so much, you both are true expats in China where you have lived so long and you truly understand her, you are like avengers to me in this world.
Like you both mentioned we can not live individually as a country rather than help, trade and work together in this global environment which is exactly what China is doing and my dream is to witness the ending of US hegemony one day and see the multiple super powers, it is not long now !
Of course, we trust China
Amazing video. Keep up the good work. Support
China has been a trading country since ancient times, not through plunder and colonization. I hope to see a program based on this view. Thank you for your content, work smoothly!
To gain trust, one must act and deliver of what being said.
A much more interesting and important quest is: can the world trust US. Or Nato. Or ex-colonists?
Perhaps he should also write a book - Can the world trust "we"
No.
WEF members are everywhere.
Look into WEF members meeting in Davos Switzerland, this year.
And find out what they have planned for all of us.
I mean, the whole world!
Is that still a question? With its track record of destruction and toppling governments all over the world which is still on-going?
Ironic, isn't it? That it's so hard not to trust a western nation, but it is very hard to trust China, who had never destroyed other countries in modern history.
What I do not like about this interview is that implicitly, it still sends the message that China has to work harder to get others to trust it. Instead of the West having to lay down their ego and work much harder to understand China.
If I were China, I would not want to have 2 types of messaging - for internal audiences and for external audiences. Invariably, I would be seen as inconsistent and dishonest to the Chinese public. But of course, there is room for improvement in communication styles and command of language .
I most certainly do not prefer American speak - speak a thousand big words, promise you the moon and stars and in the end, actually meant zilch.
Great episode, great guest
Good Job and Support !
So true. I'm surprised you're not censored by the cabal yet. Keep up the good work.
China is not begging others to trust China or forcing others to trust China. China wants to deal with other countries, big and small, with Mutual Respect Win-Win Trade Mutual Benefits with Common Prosperity, and non-interference with each other country's internal affairs
Tks, love Pascal, Bravo !
Great interview!