@@donaldjoseph3903 I guess Martin Jacques is the wet dream of the Chinese Nationalist. Like a porno. It isn't very logical, like a woman who sleeps with the air conditioner repair man, with disco music in the background. Likewise, Martin Jacques says things that don't add up but people want to hear.
The Chinese government is flexible, adaptable, and efficient. It's goal is to improve the quality of life for all of its people and to provide for a healthy, safe, and peaceful society. No other form of government could have improved the lives of so many people in such a short period of time. I wish the best for China and all its people.
yes, they don't have to keep telling people lies to get re-elected, they just have to do their job and keep 1.4 billion people happy. Also, it seems they know how to deal with corruption, something western societies are still having problems with.
Your sensible, rational argument and analysis always provide the viewers with thorough, insightful understanding. Thanks Martin for your fantastic work.❤️
What argument? Professor Jacques read out a propaganda handout. Show me internal debate & criticism then I'll have some respect for the CCP, until then |'ll live elsewhere.
@@takethatwumao1999 And you earned that from two comments because the CIA gives you a nickel for each comment as you're so crappy at it. You should change your name to Mr. Nickel
About 10 years ago I was in Taiwan for a vacation and I met an old man who ancestry was from Shandong in China and who retreated to Taiwan with the Nationalist Party after the Nationalist Party lost the civil war. We had a very chat and I asked him what would have happened if the Nationalist Party had won the civil. He thought for sometime and replied that the Nationalist Party would not have been able to govern mainland China. I asked him why. He said that the Nationalist Party was a very racist and ethnocentric party that looked down on non-Han Chinese. Given the number of ethnic minorities in China, the Nationalist Party would not be able to truly unify China. In contrast, he observed that the Communist Party had truly been non racist and had been able to treat all ethnic groups with genuine equality. He felt that's why the Communist Party was able to unify China in a way that had never been achieved before in Chinese history.
@@stephenknutson6256 The Chinese people and the government are not racist against any other Chinese minority group including any that came over from neighbouring countries. Where as racism in US is gaining more popular everyday. IF Europeans are racist, then why are there so many countries? Shouldn't there just be a single country. And the fact that you don't see what China is truly like and only think that China is just simply bad is racist and stupid.
With all respects I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity. Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows: 1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition. 2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed. 3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing 4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy. 5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control. 6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea. 7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself. 8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression. President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself . I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago. No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you. A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government. Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic. I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@tree tall Mr Jacques is talking about ancient history not new CCP propaganda BS. CCP has nothing to do with ancient Chinese history. The CCP even simplified your ancient language. Lol
@tree tall You said "Mao was the dragon who rejuvenated the Chinese civilization." I asked you how did Mao rejuvinate ancient Chinese history? You have not answered the question. You need to answer the question not deflect.
China had had suffered a horrible tumultuous times for almost two hundred years at the hands of foreigners. Japanese and seven Western countries notably UK, US, Germany, France & Italy had bullied, murdered, invaded & occupied parts of China for almost half a century. As a consequence, Chinese people, once a world superpower, suffered untold miseries (那时中国人的苦难 真的是罄竹难书)。 When China was a world superpower and indeed super strong for almost 1800 years, she had never ever conquered any other countries. Unlike the Chinese, Westerns colonised & pillaged others for self enrichments in Africa, South America, Middle East and Asia. Chinese great philosophers in the past millennia had taught the Chinese, one has to be contented (知足常乐); never to be arrogant (谦受益 满招损), must be hard working (日出而作 日落而息) and all men are brothers （四海之内 皆兄弟也). Fast forward to 1949 and since then, China has had rebuilt herself through numerous hardships, not least was the threat of using nuclear bomb by the US during the Korean War in 1951. At that point in time, China did not have a single nuclear bomb yet. During the border skirmishes with the Soviet Union in 1969, they had also threatened China with nuclear bombs. Fast forward again to 2018, ex President Donald Trump who was an unscrupulous property developer declared high import duties on Chinese goods, a total blockade of high tech products to China and planning a total decoupling with China etc. Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan were the last symbols of a weak, down and out China in the past. While the two former territories have been returned to China not so long ago, unification of Taiwan with the mainland still hangs over the heads of 1.4 billions furious Chinese. For whatever reasons which none shall be valid, Japan and the West led by the US are trying ways and means to stop that from happening. Though Chinese philosophers had taught the Chinese patience is a virtue (百忍成金), they had also taught, if it is at end of your patience, do it if you must (忍无可忍 就行动）！
China is a civilised country. The Chinese people live and thrive on their hard work and their peaceful cooperation among themselves and with the people of other countries. In this way, the Chinese economy develops and the economies of the other countries also develop. It is a win-win situation for all countries. By contrast, the people of the western countries live on the wealth they steal from the non-western countries. They have been doing this low-life activity for the past 500 years. They became rich with stolen wealth like uncivilised gangsters and drug dealers become rich with stolen wealth. The western countries are therefore barbaric gangs of thieves and murderers. But the activities of gangs of thieves and murderers are unsustainable because the civilised people eventually find means to protect themselves and to deter the gangsters from attacking them. It is also the case with the western countries. Their low-life thieving activities are not sustainable. The non-western countries have developed means to protect themselves and to deter the western countries from attacking them. The western countries are therefore at a crossroad. They must choose to either renounce being gangs of thieves and murderers and join the community of civilised countries or face extinction.
@@wyodragon4325 Clear example is how China is the only superpower actively watching over the devastation in Tonga with compassion and concern. For the West, Tongo is a fucking little archipelago in the middle of nowhere with zero to negative value especially now that it is under water.
Mao’s Great Leap Forward terminated 45 million Chinese, cultural revolution killed millions more, the one child policy terminated 400 million Chinese babies. The ccp has hurt more Chinese people than any outside force 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A few years back, a Chinese scholar called 葛劍雄 provided a succinct and more exact characterization of Chinese civilization. He said there are five components: 1. language (reading, writing and associated thoughts through it); 2 nation 國 family group 家族 family 家 structure ; 3 yingyan five elements; 4 Three teachings in One: Harmonious mix of Confuciusism for society behavior, Doaism for personal behavior and localised buddhism for souls; 5 ancient universe architecture believed to be developed 3000 years ago during the East Chow Dynasty period, the concept of heaven and world 天下, round heaven and square world 天圓地方。 There are growing evidences from western science such as quantum physics showing the validity of 3 and 4.
I have no problem with the five points but I'd be interested in how quantum physics would have _anything_ to say about yin yang, Confucianism or Buddhism.
I have huge respect for Professor Martin Jacques, the most legendary public intellectual and political economist of 21 CENTURY. China will write the history of 21 CENTURY and his name will be written in GOLD.
Western style of US democracy in China would be a disaster.Unimaginable disaster.Thanks you Martin for you intelligent clear voice on the understanding of China.
Chinese style of socialism would work wonders for America She would finally have leadership with brain’s experience and capabilities to run a Nation in a peaceful constructive way
@@maxsweetman6341 Not possible. China is a homogeneous society; we Chinese have certain traditions, practices & festivals for thousands of years which the west would find baffling. No country, no race in the world possess these. China should remain in the hands of Communist Party of China, with top leader of integrity & merit. Mr XJP & CPC have the mandate of heaven to rule China. China cannot and must never adopt the western democracy model. It would mean the demise of a united strong motherland. Outsiders would join in and meddle with local politicians to divide and rule China.
@@ne0ge049 maybe socialism with American characteristics will happen One thing is for sure something needs to happen America is divided broke destructive and lacks leadership for the people Time for America to leave us all alone and sort out your own sick sad sorry mess
To understand Chinese Civilization, think of Family: There is no democracy is a family but the parents are expected to care for the children who in turn are expected to 孝順父母 (respect the parents/elders). If one can grasp this concept, then expand it upward to a community/nation. THIS however is completely opposite of Western Civilization which revolves around the concept of democracy which is self-centric.
In nomads, the elderly are seen as burdensome when resources are difficult. In farming civilization, the elderly are regarded as valuable experience transmitters. Therefore, Chinese people pay attention to filial piety, while Westerners do not.
God bless you Martin for doing what you do! 🙏 Even though it appears that very few people from the west are listening to you particularly those in America. Keep fighting the good fight! You are a true warrior!
It is interesting that Francis Fukuyama, who wrote an award-winning book on how all societies would eventually adopt Western-style liberal democracy, still appreciates the durability and quality of Chinese governance which has sustained and affirmed Chinese civilization for millenia. In his more recent work, Fukuyama points out China had several elements of the modern state in its system of government 2000 years ago. Perhaps this helps account for its government's ability to meet the demands of modern society. (Edit: Typo)
Thank you for a very objective, scholarly and well-informed in-depth analysis of the Chinese people. The world will be a much better place if there are more people like you and me. America may be a happier place for the Americans if they make some effort to discover that there is life outside the new world, indeed life of unimaginable variety and elegance beyond their hemmed-in-the-way vision.
With all respects I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity. Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows: 1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition. 2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed. 3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing 4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy. 5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control. 6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea. 7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself. 8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression. President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself . I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago. No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you. A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government. Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic. I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@vietnguyen4312 imagine being from the West and thinking that there is ground to stand on from which to criticize China about economic inequality and poverty, about ruling with an iron fist when the US rules by iron fist oligarchy at home and with death and destruction abroad.
@@brandonmiles8174 The West has a much higher level of common properity compared to CCP China (ex US): Minimum wage rate, free medical, free schooling, maternity leave, sick leave, generous pensions etc etc etc. Poverty line in for example Australia is $457 per week. In China the poverty line is $1.90 per day. The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. FYI Taiwan's GDP per capita is 4x that of China. lol Your a joke and have never lived in a developed Western country as you have no idea at all.
@@vietnguyen4312 right, because I don't currently live in the US, along with the past 32 years. The US is literally built on corruption, literally slavery and class warfare. There is no such thing here as a living minimum wage, free healthcare free education, and in the wealthiest country in the world, the model nation of your proposed system, there is no such thing as parental leave or paid sick leave. My wife had to take 6 weeks unpaid time off after giving birth and had to file paperwork to the government just to not LOSE her job, while I used my whole yearly vacation of 2 weeks. Pensions? Forget it. Almost all pensions in the US were forcefully replaced with 401k plans which are then gambled on the stock market and lost when the market crashes, every 5-10 years guaranteed, and the capitalists get bailed out but not the working masses. Teachers here have to pay out of their own pocket to buy classroom supplies and textbooks, and have very meager wages to begin with. In the US, it is proven that the wishes of the bottom 90% have ZERO effect on the outcome of government legislation, it's all controlled by capital and politicians that have literally been bought, because in the US it is entirely legal to BUY A POLITICIAN. Say what you want about China, but if the bottom 90% were unhappy, the Party wouldn't last 7 days in power. Here, they lock you up, in a prison system that has 25% of the world's prison population while only having 4% of the world's total population. 🤔 So, next time you try to take various statistics about China out of context, like Taiwan which has the intelligent rule of China with Western money, how about try not to glorify the failures of the Western nations and their system which is currently being propped up with glue and duct tape.
Power comes from three sources: the power of the sword, the power of the purse, and the power of the pen. China used the most powerful of these sources to bind its people: the power of the pen. That is, China's "empire" is based on Chinese culture. Even when the Mongols ruled, they ruled as Hans.
mongol failed to rule china the han’s way as a matter of fact. even the last ching, there was a time, the king tried to eliminate han writing and culture but not only failed but ended up influenced by han instead 😂
You have demonstrated to us the meaning of wisdom, truthful, honesty and benevolence. You have indeed earned our respect without even asking for. Thank you and God bless.
The few pragmatic non Chinese who understand China. Like Kishore, Martin doesn't know Mandarin, but yet can understand the Chinese psyche or way of thinking through in depth study of the Chinese culture.
kishore neither, yet if people want to understand China and Chinese people, they still can. Yet majority of Westerners inherit their crusading mentality, especially American. However they have lost to great degree the fundemental capacity to improve theirselves - self reflection and introspection
@@dennisreed6345 like the right to live or die? 880K Covid Death in US, what kind individual right? Have you visited China and ask Chinese people? check Edelman Trust Barometer and Harvard and Ipsos poll for decade. Which government is on the top and which bunch are at the bottom. Chinese people can tell you if they are happy with their government as do American to their government. The contrast is so big. Nothing is abstract and slogan like but if people feel and are benefited.
Many western scholars studied classic Chinese society profoundly to identify its characteristics. But they hardly identified a system behind it that worked throughout the history of China. This is the first successful approach in this direction. The world did need a explanation for such a system under western ideology context in order to treat civilization of mankind as a whole. The same thing should be done to western society under the Chinese context.
this is a real china expert who pursues reality from real academic perspective. No doubt, he is a real china expert who understands a country like china 1000 times better than many so called "china expert" who spew only amateurish nonsense.
Thank you Martin, for another valuable political lesson revealing to us as you do the benefits to be had when governance such as that of the CPC is principled and disciplined. Having such quality and depth of ancient cultural heritage to draw on better enables Chinese leaders to synthesise the political and social dynamics that we all swim in every day. Hence China's ability to combine the political and social constructs of communism, capitalism, socialism; and make it work.
With all respects Mr Jacques is wrong. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity. Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows: 1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition. 2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed. 3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing 4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy. 5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control. 6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea. 7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself. 8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression. President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself . I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago. No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. They even simplified their historic language to simplified Chinese. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you. A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government. Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic. I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@vietnguyen4312 "The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government."... Please tell us in this 3,000 years (or some says 5,000) years old Chinese Civilization, how many dynasties were not governed with a "authoritarian government"?
@@vietnguyen4312 "...CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said..."... Oh come on! This is 21st century so please speak 21st century language! We do not criticize Germany today using Hitler materials (just an example, not that Mao is like Hitler).
@@francislee2910 Mr Jacques could not logically explain how the CCP is an integral part of ancient Chinese history, so maybe you better since you claim to be an expert and cannot handle free speech on YT. Is that 93% approval rate for Han Chinese mainland people or is that 93% of Hong Kong, Tibet East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, Falong Gong? lol Mao's dictatorship was a long time ago, and that same party that starved millions of its own people is still in power (by controlling and censoring its citizens). The CCP have still not taken responsibility for their action. Big fail CCP. Time to go so ALL people can prosper.
China's governance is... guided by Confucian principles and when it does, it has the Mandate of Heaven. 🔔 Thank you Martin... that was enlightening and powerful! ⚡
@@takethatwumao1999 MAO ZEDONG!? Wake up! This is 21st century and well into 2022, and we have Chinese working in "made in China" space station... And do yourself and the people around you a big favour - upgrade/update yourself with proper education. Then entertain us with more updated jokes.
China cannot be where it is without the rejuvenation of communism revolution. Chinese culture has been around for too long that it can be stale and corrupt if without a deep cleansing. This is my observation from a place of the same civilization, same language and history, yet different political system.
Started from 1860 to 1949, China practiced all political systems in the world of human history, the feudal monarchy and constitutional monarchy, American parliamentary elections, the taiping kingdom theocracy, the provinces autonomous federalism, Chiang kai-shek also studied German Nazi government system, and did not bring peace to the country but endless war, Economic collapse and starvation, at last, Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the system most suitable for China
Instead of being a society comprised of individual rights, which is essentially a licence to exploit one another, with disregard for outcomes and consequences to fellow citizens, China instead prioritizes what is best for society as a whole..I'm not sure it's a civilizational outcome as China borrowed ideas from Marx and elsewhere..A divided nation is essentially locked in place, lacking the ability to make changes, and to adapt in real time..China being as united as it is, with the main priority being what's best for it's society as a whole, has a massive advantage over all western civilization, whose elite and ruling classes seek to exploit and deceive their own populations for financial gain and power, with no chance of unity...
@@dennisreed6345 Freedom is the ability to provide a stable, healthy life for yourself and your family..Societies that focus on individual success and individual rights, always self destruct..And as time goes by, fewer and fewer are able to provide stable, healthy lives for themselves and their families, because the wealth gets concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, and opportunities shrink fewer and fewer also..Freedom is something really worth thinking about instead of just believing what we've been indoctrinated into believing..
@@dennisreed6345 America is a world wide empire, with soldiers on the ground in over 150 countries, out of 200 on Earth. America possess the world's reserve currency, and many natural resources can only be purchased using the dollar..America destroyed Yugoslavia, along with a 100 other countries since WW2..There is little chance of the country splitting apart, until the consequences to the climate, environment, biosphere, cryosphere force it to collapse, which is coming soon..
@@qake2021 Should copy/share the link and send to those who had no knowledge of China and possibly had never been there but were quick to criticize China, all because they have IQ of zero and therefore were able to be brainwashed by the western and India media!
I recently found a video from 10 years ago, and when I watch his current video, it seems that he has changed a little bit! It is touching, the so-called active learning runs through the entire thought of President Xi, and the history is always so similar! 2022.8. Everything is safe. Bless everyone!
All my life, I’ve been trying to b a good white man. Until I found out I was a Chinaman. I feel much better these days. :p U, Mr Jacques, however, r a gem of a white man.
@tree tall I have many unpleasant encounters with French, British, American, Danish people. Swedish too. I know most whites look down on Chinese with contempt and disgust. But nowadays Chinese youths tower over 6 feet n Chinese women are gorgeous. We have surpass the west in a thousand ways. It's not us Chinese are racists, most of us are not. But we have enough justification to be wary of you and to be cautious of you all.
@@francislee2910 Avoid them, hope they don't come to the east and criticize, slander Chinese. Attacking CPC is the same as attacking Chinese. CPC have elevated the 'mien' of Chinese people. We don't need to retreat when bullied by them. We are better than them, we are not their doggies, n they have no right to stand on Chinese territories and talk kok.
@tree tall Are u Chinese? When China was manufacturing socks, she was largely ignored like pariah. Now that China is flying higher than her enemies, you think they will smile or grit their teeth n plot? Fyi, war has begun when they started biowarfare. Unconventional but nonetheless.
Would have been helpful if you explained what you mean exactly by civilization state. Without a definition sounds like a buzzword, not adding much to clarify how its distinct from the West nation state.
CCP is the vehicle for Mao to get power in China back in 1920s. Nowadays, Chinese CCP is more by name than anything else. The govt is run more like the old Chinese successful dynasties like Han and Tang without the power being carried down the family. It has a very strong central govt full of experienced bureaucrats who were chosen by merits. The govt is very functional, effective and very efficient. China does not have the voting system like the West, but the performance of all levels of govt is constantly being judged by the people on daily basis, especially the central govt. Anyone in govt would be removed instantly if found not performing, to the satisfaction of their senior level and the people. China💪💪💪
For the Chinese, the individual family member is the country, as like each family member form the bamboo chop stick unbreakable & when the individual family unite forms the nation.A united family form as strong country making it ot the titanium chop stick.That's why the western country cannot defeat the family as one. The teaching of Confucius stress on this.Together, the family become the dragons & pheonixes of the world.
I believe in the good of democracy as well as socialism. There are no conflicts between the two ideologies and a balance of two forms benefit humanity.
Success of society depends NOT on the method of choosing leaders, but on the quality/mentality of the people - people who select and people to be selected. The "One Jo Blow One Vote" thing is only a method, not even deserved to be called "ideology". This USA society has been rotting, and now it is stuck: no matter which party wins, the government will always face a 49% oppositions. With a government "of top 1% people, by top 1% people, for top 1% people", there is very little the common Americans can do - except a USA version of French Revolution.
Martin you understand the Chinese people more than anyone else in the western world, yes China will continue to progress and modernisation it country. China does not have to follow the US democracy system, when the US financial crisis hits, it virtually brought the economy crash to the world market. With the help from the mainland China, its keeps the economy growth out of crisis.
Mr Martin Jacques is one of the very few truly intelligent people. Clear thinking, mature and knowledgeable. If an american president has a tiny ounce of this man's intelligence; the world would be a much much better place!
Regarding the two incomprehensibles, I don't think there is anything that difficult to understand on the part of Westerners; these things, relating to the way the Chinese have governed themselves for millenia, are readily understood by any university student. Most Western officials simply do not want to understand these basic facts about Chinese history. This is because they refuse to believe that any other system of government other than Western goverment is appropriate for any country, even non-Western countries, even those that have been around much longer than Western countries. Worse, they impose sanctions and conduct other operations to force this arrangement on other countries. China takes a more open and enlightened approach, declaring that each countriy needs to create a system of governance that takes its history and needs (economic, social, etc) into account.
It is believe the people of the world is not very much concern of chinas civilizational state or of western a nations state. Never mind all those things, let them proceed what state they will adopt.As long as bullying, lies, spionage, trickery etc. will cease to exist, then any kind of state can be adoptable.
I also notice lots of westerners try to differentiate ancient China and the modern China..as diaspora I was like WTF whenever I read this cringe comments try to say that China used to is not similar to "demon evil communist China".. You can't separate Chinese now with our ancestors..
@@francislee2910 I will go anywhere I wish the same cannot be said if I live in China where you tube is not available to the Chinese general public due to the CCP Draconian censorship measures
@@btpennycook What I meant was: if you come here wanting to hear only things you like to hear, then you are in the wrong place. You can be pleased more if you visit CBC.
Pardon me Dr. J., I love China and China cultures (yes plurals, e.g. Guandong provinces has three Han dialects, different style of opera and very different/distictive cusines and customs, etc.and China has 56 ethnic groups with their own cultures ) and I love even more all of the three main branches of classical Chinese philosophies (Laozi, Confucious, Buddha) . But no the Chinese Communist Party is not the embodiment of the Chinese civilization. The CCP is a political party, a very good and effective one, they have accompliced more than any political party in the entire world within a span of just 7 decades, I give them all the credits that they deserved. But no the CCP is not the embodiment of the Chinese civilization and the reason will suprise you. The CCP is like an angry child of the Chinese civilation, it actually bad moused Chinese civilization to this day because its core political doctrine is Marxism which is incompatible with Chinese cultures and is far more inferior in scope and depth in comparisom to Chinese civilization. It is the great Chinese Civilization that gradualy teaches and shapes this bad child that we know as the CCP today. But no, the CCP is not the embodiment of the great Chinese Civilization for two reasons (1) the Chinese civilization still continue to shape/change the CCP today, (2) CCP is a political entity, Chinese Civilization transends politics. In fact, in Chinese history, the Han, Tang, and Sui dynasties came close to represent Chinese civilization because they contributed so much to China advancement in all aspects, especially in literatures and cultures that continue to shape Chinese thinking to this day, Then again, Han, Tang and Sui benefited from Zhou Dynasty which preceded Qin Dynaty. I am talking about the way Chinese minds can learn, adapt, develop and advance quickly and dynamically. The CCP is the benefisary of those era reforms. Present day CCP advanced China greatly in technology and national defense, but its is not a contributor of Chinese civilization in other fields of Chinese civilization, especially in cultures and literatures that can transform and advance the nation and beyond in contemporary the way Han and Tang dynasties did. In sumary, Chinese Civilzation is a continuum with writen history of more than 5000 years. The most influential classical Chinese book 易经 (The Book of Change) was written more than 3000 years ago near the end of Zhou Dynasty by Zhou Wenwang. Zhou himself interpreted and expanded on the idea of Yin-Yang which is widely believed to be created by Fu Xi between 8000 to 30,000 years ago preceded writen history of China. Each Chinese Dynasty built on the works from previous dynasties, the current CCP in essence just begining to understand classical Chinese civilization, it grudgingly accepts some aspects of classical Chinese civilization but not all aspects of Chinese Civilzation. History will judge the CCP either it is a plus to Chinese Civilization or a negative villian. So far, the CCP is very inconsistent.
With all respects Mr Jacques I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity. Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows: 1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition. 2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed. 3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing 4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy. 5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control. 6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea. 7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself. 8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression. President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself . I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago. No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. They even simplified their historic language. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you. A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government. Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic. I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@francislee2910 I provided a strong counter argument with facts and written policies by the CCP and you say you disagree and provide zero evidence? Dont you belive the CCP policies and sackings are true?It is okay to disagree if you can back it up but you simply waffle and attempt to deflect from my points.
@@vietnguyen4312 I said "At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you...", because of the Harvard University survey report done in 2015 (this is my evidence, provided by Americans). The percentage can easily be higher if conducted today. I never consider western twisted propaganda and fabricated accusations "facts". On the other hands, it will be very easy for you to search writings of the Harvard University survey study and the Washington Post report, if you really care to... Just read these FACTS: China 2021 GNP growth rate is 8.1% with a trade surplus of US$676 billion. Before the pandemic, China exported millions and millions of Chinese tourists to the world, and ALL of them returned back to China voluntarily (to continue to suffer in that "evil country" according to you). Latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows that China has scored much much higher than USA in citizens' trust. As of yesterday, worldometer COVID-19 data for USA is total infection (74,718,612) with new cases (+520,838) and total deaths (902,776) with new deaths (+2,971). Talk about "caring of lives"... The above are reported by westerners, and are not CPC propaganda as you might want to suggest. By the way, I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years, and have relatives and friends and old classmates living/working in Hong Kong and China. I believe I have asked if you live in China or how many times you have visited China? I am Chinese, and I know something about China's history and culture. How about you? Or just tell us how much time you have spent in China... "The CCP (CPC, to be more correct) is NOT part of Chinese Civilization"... It is up to us Chinese people to decide, not YOU. What do you know about Chinese Civilization?
@@francislee2910 Copy/paste I have had this exact response a couple of days ago. Identical wording. How embarrassing. I want to hear your response not what you get spoon fed at CCP school. Think for yourself. Tell me how an authoritarian government will serve the average people better than if the people had a say. Explain in detail in your own words. CCP have created a very unequal top/down society .
@@vietnguyen4312 Read again: "Before the pandemic, China exported millions and millions of Chinese tourists to the world and ALL of them returned to China". I hope you had a chance to get some first-hand information from those Chinese about China, instead of collecting fabricated hate-China propaganda and twisted messages from western media. I am asking again and again: how many times you have visited China? I really like to know if you are qualified to judge or criticize China at all in the first place! By the way, those "Copy/paste...exact responses..." you read before were very likely from me. Those are all my words. I repeatedly used them in replying comments posted by China-haters in RUclips, as much as you have posted the same message here multiple times. Again, "CCP have created a very unequal top/down society"... The judgement is up to Chinese people, not you (WHO ARE YOU or WHAT ARE YOU?)! Ah yes, "a very unequal top/down society"... Increasingly we hear more and more feeling like this from common Americans about their own country - they have a government "of the top 1% people, by the top 1% people, for the top 1% people". These are not my words this time, these are from American people. I am spoon fed by CPC school? Just like you are spoon fed by western hate-China propaganda? Again, how much time you have spent inside China?
Well lot of praise to the CCP here, but, correct me if I’m wrong, I believe that no matter WHO would be in power in China, be it the KMT or the whatever party, the would only end up to rule the country like the CCP is doing now. After all, Chiang Kai-Shek’s rule wasn’t much different than Mao’s.
I personally don't think China is going to invade Taiwan.. I think it has everything to do with USA.. everything that is happening. I think CCP worries US will back out from the One China policy. And i believe , when that happens, China will pressure Taiwan to willingly remain in the One China policy. As China rises, i think CCP suspect US might try to create troubles by intentionally backing out of One China policy.
If Chiang was no different from Mao, then the Chinese people at that time would not have to make the decision to support Mao and chase Chiang out to Taiwan. If not for USA, CPC would have even wiped KMT totally out from the Taiwan province.
KMT can't even unite 23M in China's Taiwan Province. The fact is KMT was dead in China in 1949 and dead in Taiwan in 1988. What remains today is an empty shell KMT without its soul for opportunist and self-interest politicians to try their luck in elections
@Tony ngai Taiwan was an authoritarian government from 1949 till the late 90s when it gradually changed to a western style democracy, Chinah kai shek was long dead by then. By the late 90s, China was already about two decades in developing its system. They don't care what type of system they have, as long as it does the job, they'll use it. That is why they keep evolving in little changes, to keep up with the times and changes. The China of today is very different from the China of late 70s.
My Chinese root comes from my Chinese ancestors in China, and none of them are members of CPC nor KMT. Chinese culture goes back 3,000 (some said 5,000) years...
I disagree that the Chinese Communist Party embodies the best aspects of Chinese civilization. On the contrary I believe that the CCP has made many blunders, and most recently under Xi Jin Ping it has made itself into essentially a new dynasty with Xi as its second emperor. This is a new dynasty that brooks no opposition inside China, that forces hanification on minorities in Tibet, Eastern Turkestan and Inner Mongolia, and an oppressive Orwellian surveillance system on the Chinese people. And just as Mao took the CCP in a disastrous direction with the Grear Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and other bad decisions, so too has Xi taken the country in a dangerous direction that is already showing the signs of failure. China may be a civilization state, but there is another China in Taiwan and in the diaspora of Chinese around the planet, that has caught up with the post-Westphalian world of nation states. One can see already the signs that the Mandate of Heaven is being withdrawn from the CCP era's ascendency. When the CCP dynasty falls maybe China will finally join the family of modern nations.
Do listen carefully to this 5 min reply by Prof Kishore Mahbubani, veteran diplomat and a former President of the UN Security Council: ruclips.net/video/3BO5CZgP-eE/видео.html
Are you Chinese? China is in very good hands. Communism the likes of China, have delivered a stunning blow to western democracy. You can keep voting, as I had been voting, vote the best candidate but democracy is a farce. I keep voting but the election process can be rigged, are rigged and will always be rigged. There are pre-marked ballots, gerrymandering, votes buying, deadly threats, helicopter deaths and then at the end of all the farce, a crook is put in the highest most powerful seat in government. Do you love Trump?
"When the CCP dynasty falls"... You must be sleeping all these time. This USA hegemony is the one (one of your "modern nation"?) that is splitting up and falling apart right now. And I cannot wait to see how Trump will mess up this country further in 3 years. By the way, what do you mean "modern"? Modern like having so many homeless citizens sleeping on streets? Modern like to walk free from shop lifting as long as it is less than US$950? Modern like carrying guns everywhere? Modern like massive infection and deaths with COVID-19?
A man with the courage to go against the tide, a rarity nowadays. Bravo, Mr. Jacques!
go against the short sighted tide but go along the far sighted tide.
Did you copy this quote? from #Music2020?
@@conniechen141 Most if these people are copycats 😁
@@donaldjoseph3903 *of
@@donaldjoseph3903 I guess Martin Jacques is the wet dream of the Chinese Nationalist. Like a porno. It isn't very logical, like a woman who sleeps with the air conditioner repair man, with disco music in the background. Likewise, Martin Jacques says things that don't add up but people want to hear.
The Chinese government is flexible, adaptable, and efficient. It's goal is to improve the quality of life for all of its people and to provide for a healthy, safe, and peaceful society. No other form of government could have improved the lives of so many people in such a short period of time. I wish the best for China and all its people.
yes, they don't have to keep telling people lies to get re-elected, they just have to do their job and keep 1.4 billion people happy. Also, it seems they know how to deal with corruption, something western societies are still having problems with.
Your sensible, rational argument and analysis always provide the viewers with thorough, insightful understanding. Thanks Martin for your fantastic work.❤️
What argument? Professor Jacques read out a propaganda handout. Show me internal debate & criticism then I'll have some respect for the CCP, until then |'ll live elsewhere.
@@tb-cg6vd yes pls go where ever you like
@@yestephen6724 I do go wherever I like, lucky me. But my point was about where I live which I think you have missed.
@@tb-cg6vd Who are you ?
I respect this guy for his rational thinking.
I respect China, Xi Jinping, his leadership, and Chinese cultural history.
@@LaRoucheisright eotd, East West r not that different. Thr r bad apples on both sides.
@DJ Tan There is only one Race.
The Human Race!
@@LaRoucheisright Here's 50 cents wumao with fake English name.
@@takethatwumao1999 And you earned that from two comments because the CIA gives you a nickel for each comment as you're so crappy at it. You should change your name to Mr. Nickel
About 10 years ago I was in Taiwan for a vacation and I met an old man who ancestry was from Shandong in China and who retreated to Taiwan with the Nationalist Party after the Nationalist Party lost the civil war. We had a very chat and I asked him what would have happened if the Nationalist Party had won the civil. He thought for sometime and replied that the Nationalist Party would not have been able to govern mainland China. I asked him why. He said that the Nationalist Party was a very racist and ethnocentric party that looked down on non-Han Chinese. Given the number of ethnic minorities in China, the Nationalist Party would not be able to truly unify China. In contrast, he observed that the Communist Party had truly been non racist and had been able to treat all ethnic groups with genuine equality. He felt that's why the Communist Party was able to unify China in a way that had never been achieved before in Chinese history.
Very true
He would not be able to say that about the mainland today.
@@stephenknutson6256 He would be very happy to see what he said has become more and more real.
@@stephenknutson6256 I'm willing to bet you've never been to either part of China.
@@stephenknutson6256 The Chinese people and the government are not racist against any other Chinese minority group including any that came over from neighbouring countries. Where as racism in US is gaining more popular everyday. IF Europeans are racist, then why are there so many countries? Shouldn't there just be a single country. And the fact that you don't see what China is truly like and only think that China is just simply bad is racist and stupid.
Martin Jacques is one of the most intelligent guy that the west has ever produced.
With all respects I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity.
Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism.
President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows:
1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition.
2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed.
3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing
4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy.
5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control.
6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea.
7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself.
8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol
President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression.
President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself .
I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago.
No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you.
A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government.
Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic.
I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@tree tall Mr Jacques is talking about ancient history not new CCP propaganda BS. CCP has nothing to do with ancient Chinese history. The CCP even simplified your ancient language. Lol
@tree tall How did Mao rejuvenate ancient Chinese history? Please explain in detail.
@tree tall You said "Mao was the dragon who rejuvenated the Chinese civilization." I asked you how did Mao rejuvinate ancient Chinese history? You have not answered the question. You need to answer the question not deflect.
I always follow Martin Jacques,because he tells the truth on China.👍
China had had suffered a horrible tumultuous times for almost two hundred years at the hands of foreigners. Japanese and seven Western countries notably UK, US, Germany, France & Italy had bullied, murdered, invaded & occupied parts of China for almost half a century. As a consequence, Chinese people, once a world superpower, suffered untold miseries (那时中国人的苦难 真的是罄竹难书)。
When China was a world superpower and indeed super strong for almost 1800 years, she had never ever conquered any other countries. Unlike the Chinese, Westerns colonised & pillaged others for self enrichments in Africa, South America, Middle East and Asia.
Chinese great philosophers in the past millennia had taught the Chinese, one has to be contented (知足常乐); never to be arrogant (谦受益 满招损), must be hard working (日出而作 日落而息) and all men are brothers （四海之内 皆兄弟也).
Fast forward to 1949 and since then, China has had rebuilt herself through numerous hardships, not least was the threat of using nuclear bomb by the US during the Korean War in 1951. At that point in time, China did not have a single nuclear bomb yet. During the border skirmishes with the Soviet Union in 1969, they had also threatened China with nuclear bombs.
Fast forward again to 2018, ex President Donald Trump who was an unscrupulous property developer declared high import duties on Chinese goods, a total blockade of high tech products to China and planning a total decoupling with China etc.
Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan were the last symbols of a weak, down and out China in the past. While the two former territories have been returned to China not so long ago, unification of Taiwan with the mainland still hangs over the heads of 1.4 billions furious Chinese. For whatever reasons which none shall be valid, Japan and the West led by the US are trying ways and means to stop that from happening. Though Chinese philosophers had taught the Chinese patience is a virtue (百忍成金), they had also taught, if it is at end of your patience, do it if you must (忍无可忍 就行动）！
China is a civilised country. The Chinese people live and thrive on their hard work and their peaceful cooperation among themselves and with the people of other countries. In this way, the Chinese economy develops and the economies of the other countries also develop. It is a win-win situation for all countries. By contrast, the people of the western countries live on the wealth they steal from the non-western countries. They have been doing this low-life activity for the past 500 years. They became rich with stolen wealth like uncivilised gangsters and drug dealers become rich with stolen wealth. The western countries are therefore barbaric gangs of thieves and murderers. But the activities of gangs of thieves and murderers are unsustainable because the civilised people eventually find means to protect themselves and to deter the gangsters from attacking them. It is also the case with the western countries. Their low-life thieving activities are not sustainable. The non-western countries have developed means to protect themselves and to deter the western countries from attacking them. The western countries are therefore at a crossroad. They must choose to either renounce being gangs of thieves and murderers and join the community of civilised countries or face extinction.
@@wyodragon4325 Clear example is how China is the only superpower actively watching over the devastation in Tonga with compassion and concern. For the West, Tongo is a fucking little archipelago in the middle of nowhere with zero to negative value especially now that it is under water.
@@wyodragon4325 And this is what happened to them by guess whom ruclips.net/video/T-twlnuvPDA/видео.html
Mao’s Great Leap Forward terminated 45 million Chinese, cultural revolution killed millions more, the one child policy terminated 400 million Chinese babies. The ccp has hurt more Chinese people than any outside force 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@tuw2528 - US - Bombings - of - (Vietnam) - Killed - (Millions) - From - (1955 - 75) - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 - (Agent Orange) - (Killed) - (Millions) - in - (Vietnam / Laos / Cambodia) - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 - (Causing) - (Birth Defects) - To - (Millions) - Till - (Today) - in - (2022) - 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 - (Atomic Bombs) - Caused - (Instantaneous) - (2 - Million) - (Deaths) - in - (Japan) - 🤚🤚🤚🤚🤚 - (Another) - 10 - Million - From - (Radiation) - For - (30) - After - 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 - US - Killed - 10 - Millions - (Filipinos) - in - (The Invasion) - of - (Philipines) - in - The - (1880s) - 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 - US - Caused - (Millions) - of - (Deaths) - in - (Afghanistan / Iraq / Yemen / Syria / Palestine / Libya / Somalia / Iran) - 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 -
A few years back, a Chinese scholar called 葛劍雄 provided a succinct and more exact characterization of Chinese civilization. He said there are five components:
1. language (reading, writing and associated thoughts through it);
2 nation 國 family group 家族 family 家 structure ;
3 yingyan five elements;
4 Three teachings in One: Harmonious mix of Confuciusism for society behavior, Doaism for personal behavior and localised buddhism for souls;
5 ancient universe architecture believed to be developed 3000 years ago during the East Chow Dynasty period, the concept of heaven and world 天下, round heaven and square world 天圓地方。
There are growing evidences from western science such as quantum physics showing the validity of 3 and 4.
I have no problem with the five points but I'd be interested in how quantum physics would have _anything_ to say about yin yang, Confucianism or Buddhism.
Fantastic Martin, thank you again
I have huge respect for Professor Martin Jacques, the most legendary public intellectual and political economist of 21 CENTURY.
China will write the history of 21 CENTURY and his name will be written in GOLD.
Huawei is a criminal organization.
Really?
@@Dragon-gl1rw CHINA IS THE VIRUS FACTORY 🥺
@@Dragon-gl1rw MAO ZEDONG IS THE WORST MASS MURDERER IN HISTORY
@@takethatwumao1999 Do yourself and the people around you a big favour - go get some education.
Western style of US democracy in China would be a disaster.Unimaginable disaster.Thanks you Martin for you intelligent clear voice on the understanding of China.
Chinese style of socialism would work wonders for America
She would finally have leadership with brain’s experience and capabilities to run a Nation in a peaceful constructive way
@@maxsweetman6341 Not possible. China is a homogeneous society; we Chinese have certain traditions, practices & festivals for thousands of years which the west would find baffling. No country, no race in the world possess these. China should remain in the hands of Communist Party of China, with top leader of integrity & merit. Mr XJP & CPC have the mandate of heaven to rule China. China cannot and must never adopt the western democracy model. It would mean the demise of a united strong motherland. Outsiders would join in and meddle with local politicians to divide and rule China.
@@maxsweetman6341 That would never happen here wumao.
@tree tall That will never happen.
@@ne0ge049 maybe socialism with American characteristics will happen
One thing is for sure something needs to happen
America is divided broke destructive and lacks leadership for the people
Time for America to leave us all alone and sort out your own sick sad sorry mess
To understand Chinese Civilization, think of Family:
There is no democracy is a family but the parents are expected to care for the children who in turn are expected to 孝順父母 (respect the parents/elders). If one can grasp this concept, then expand it upward to a community/nation.
THIS however is completely opposite of Western Civilization which revolves around the concept of democracy which is self-centric.
yes >> China in chinese means Country and Home
In nomads, the elderly are seen as burdensome when resources are difficult. In farming civilization, the elderly are regarded as valuable experience transmitters. Therefore, Chinese people pay attention to filial piety, while Westerners do not.
Bravo.. The brave and the vision smart... He and khisore are the best of this century...
He's not brave he hides away somewhere on a camera.
When it comes to China one of the only few voices of rationality.
It's not rational he just sides with the communist ideology that you all approve of that's all.
Thank you Dr Jacques for speaking with such conviction, such thorough research, and with such bravery.
God bless you Martin for doing what you do! 🙏 Even though it appears that very few people from the west are listening to you particularly those in America. Keep fighting the good fight! You are a true warrior!
He's despised here in the US. He won't even step a foot here cuz you know what would happen.
It is interesting that Francis Fukuyama, who wrote an award-winning book on how all societies would eventually adopt Western-style liberal democracy, still appreciates the durability and quality of Chinese governance which has sustained and affirmed Chinese civilization for millenia.
In his more recent work, Fukuyama points out China had several elements of the modern state in its system of government 2000 years ago. Perhaps this helps account for its government's ability to meet the demands of modern society. (Edit: Typo)
Thank you for a very objective, scholarly and well-informed in-depth analysis of the Chinese people. The world will be a much better place if there are more people like you and me. America may be a happier place for the Americans if they make some effort to discover that there is life outside the new world, indeed life of unimaginable variety and elegance beyond their hemmed-in-the-way vision.
With all respects I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity.
Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism.
President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows:
1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition.
2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed.
3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing
4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy.
5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control.
6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea.
7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself.
8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol
President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression.
President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself .
I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago.
No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you.
A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government.
Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic.
I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@vietnguyen4312 imagine being from the West and thinking that there is ground to stand on from which to criticize China about economic inequality and poverty, about ruling with an iron fist when the US rules by iron fist oligarchy at home and with death and destruction abroad.
@@brandonmiles8174 The West has a much higher level of common properity compared to CCP China (ex US): Minimum wage rate, free medical, free schooling, maternity leave, sick leave, generous pensions etc etc etc. Poverty line in for example Australia is $457 per week. In China the poverty line is $1.90 per day. The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism. FYI Taiwan's GDP per capita is 4x that of China. lol Your a joke and have never lived in a developed Western country as you have no idea at all.
@@vietnguyen4312 right, because I don't currently live in the US, along with the past 32 years. The US is literally built on corruption, literally slavery and class warfare. There is no such thing here as a living minimum wage, free healthcare free education, and in the wealthiest country in the world, the model nation of your proposed system, there is no such thing as parental leave or paid sick leave. My wife had to take 6 weeks unpaid time off after giving birth and had to file paperwork to the government just to not LOSE her job, while I used my whole yearly vacation of 2 weeks. Pensions? Forget it. Almost all pensions in the US were forcefully replaced with 401k plans which are then gambled on the stock market and lost when the market crashes, every 5-10 years guaranteed, and the capitalists get bailed out but not the working masses. Teachers here have to pay out of their own pocket to buy classroom supplies and textbooks, and have very meager wages to begin with. In the US, it is proven that the wishes of the bottom 90% have ZERO effect on the outcome of government legislation, it's all controlled by capital and politicians that have literally been bought, because in the US it is entirely legal to BUY A POLITICIAN. Say what you want about China, but if the bottom 90% were unhappy, the Party wouldn't last 7 days in power. Here, they lock you up, in a prison system that has 25% of the world's prison population while only having 4% of the world's total population. 🤔 So, next time you try to take various statistics about China out of context, like Taiwan which has the intelligent rule of China with Western money, how about try not to glorify the failures of the Western nations and their system which is currently being propped up with glue and duct tape.
Eagerly waiting for his next book on the subject.
Yes!
Another great lesson for anyone! Thanks sir 💪💕
Power comes from three sources: the power of the sword, the power of the purse, and the power of the pen. China used the most powerful of these sources to bind its people: the power of the pen. That is, China's "empire" is based on Chinese culture. Even when the Mongols ruled, they ruled as Hans.
mongol failed to rule china the han’s way as a matter of fact. even the last ching, there was a time, the king tried to eliminate han writing and culture but not only failed but ended up influenced by han instead 😂
While relegating the Han to the lowest rung of society, especially the Southern Han.
@@fannyalbi9040 While they forbade the Han from wearing their own traditional clothing.
@@mnbr6884 do your mind always stuck in the history that the ink had long dried?
@@fannyalbi9040 I don't get your hostility. I was agreeing with and adding to the history that YOU were highlighting.
Very Right 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for your objective analysis of China!
Bravo!
Thanks for your speech. You are one of very few people from the West who really understands China.
This is an excellent video on Chinese civilization compared to nation states.
China is also very instrumental in the spread of Islam to the archipelago which is now known as Indonesia
China not others nations enemy
You have demonstrated to us the meaning of wisdom, truthful, honesty and benevolence. You have indeed earned our respect without even asking for. Thank you and God bless.
The few pragmatic non Chinese who understand China. Like Kishore, Martin doesn't know Mandarin, but yet can understand the Chinese psyche or way of thinking through in depth study of the Chinese culture.
kishore neither, yet if people want to understand China and Chinese people, they still can. Yet majority of Westerners inherit their crusading mentality, especially American. However they have lost to great degree the fundemental capacity to improve theirselves - self reflection and introspection
What about individual rights
@@dennisreed6345 like the right to live or die? 880K Covid Death in US, what kind individual right? Have you visited China and ask Chinese people? check Edelman Trust Barometer and Harvard and Ipsos poll for decade. Which government is on the top and which bunch are at the bottom. Chinese people can tell you if they are happy with their government as do American to their government. The contrast is so big. Nothing is abstract and slogan like but if people feel and are benefited.
@@stevenhuang4193 individual rights is freedom
@@dennisreed6345 freedom to die or be poor, right? Just check the bottom 50% here how their lives have worsen off. Empty slogan is "PRICELESS"
Many western scholars studied classic Chinese society profoundly to identify its characteristics. But they hardly identified a system behind it that worked throughout the history of China. This is the first successful approach in this direction. The world did need a explanation for such a system under western ideology context in order to treat civilization of mankind as a whole. The same thing should be done to western society under the Chinese context.
That will never happen
@@ne0ge049 not to anthropologists.
@@taowalson9368 Waste of time and efforts to conduct intellectual conversations with China-haters.
Great vision, broad foresight, a man of integrity... 👏👍❤️
you are a wise man history will prove your analysis is correct.
Thank you very much... you have bought much Clarity to my understanding of the Chinese Civilization.
I once heard a moderate Muslim figure in Indonesia say that without the Chinese there would be no Indonesia
Martin : 👍👍👍
From : Singapore 🇸🇬
No spin, and only biased to the facts. this is knowledge based rational dialogue.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
this is a real china expert who pursues reality from real academic perspective. No doubt, he is a real china expert who understands a country like china 1000 times better than many so called "china expert" who spew only amateurish nonsense.
Thank you Martin, for another valuable political lesson revealing to us as you do the benefits to be had when governance such as that of the CPC is principled and disciplined. Having such quality and depth of ancient cultural heritage to draw on better enables Chinese leaders to synthesise the political and social dynamics that we all swim in every day. Hence China's ability to combine the political and social constructs of communism, capitalism, socialism; and make it work.
With all respects Mr Jacques is wrong. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity.
Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism.
President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows:
1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition.
2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed.
3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing
4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy.
5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control.
6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea.
7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself.
8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol
President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression.
President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself .
I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago.
No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. They even simplified their historic language to simplified Chinese. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
@@vietnguyen4312 At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you.
A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government.
Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic.
I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@vietnguyen4312 "The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government."...
Please tell us in this 3,000 years (or some says 5,000) years old Chinese Civilization, how many dynasties were not governed with a "authoritarian government"?
@@vietnguyen4312 "...CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said..."...
Oh come on! This is 21st century so please speak 21st century language!
We do not criticize Germany today using Hitler materials (just an example, not that Mao is like Hitler).
@@francislee2910 Mr Jacques could not logically explain how the CCP is an integral part of ancient Chinese history, so maybe you better since you claim to be an expert and cannot handle free speech on YT. Is that 93% approval rate for Han Chinese mainland people or is that 93% of Hong Kong, Tibet East Turkestan, Southern Mongolia, Falong Gong? lol Mao's dictatorship was a long time ago, and that same party that starved millions of its own people is still in power (by controlling and censoring its citizens). The CCP have still not taken responsibility for their action. Big fail CCP. Time to go so ALL people can prosper.
Great video from Portugal
Incisive and just brilliant! Biden must and should invite Professor Jacques to the White House for a series of lectures for good of the Western World.
Thanks,Sir❤️
China's governance is... guided by Confucian principles and when it does, it has the Mandate of Heaven. 🔔 Thank you Martin... that was enlightening and powerful! ⚡
MAO ZEDONG 👈 WORST MASS MURDERER IN HISTORY
@@takethatwumao1999 MAO ZEDONG!?
Wake up! This is 21st century and well into 2022, and we have Chinese working in "made in China" space station...
And do yourself and the people around you a big favour - upgrade/update yourself with proper education.
Then entertain us with more updated jokes.
China cannot be where it is without the rejuvenation of communism revolution. Chinese culture has been around for too long that it can be stale and corrupt if without a deep cleansing. This is my observation from a place of the same civilization, same language and history, yet different political system.
Started from 1860 to 1949, China practiced all political systems in the world of human history, the feudal monarchy and constitutional monarchy, American parliamentary elections, the taiping kingdom theocracy, the provinces autonomous federalism, Chiang kai-shek also studied German Nazi government system, and did not bring peace to the country but endless war, Economic collapse and starvation, at last, Socialism with Chinese characteristics is the system most suitable for China
Beautiful essay.
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加油，马丁雅克老师。客观的解读中国🇨🇳、中国共产党、中国文化、中国人民。
Excellent food for thought
Martin Jacques is spot on 🎯✅📢🌏📸🤓🌱
WE WILL NEVER BE LIKE THE WEST.
Instead of being a society comprised of individual rights, which is essentially a licence to exploit one another, with disregard for outcomes and consequences to fellow citizens, China instead prioritizes what is best for society as a whole..I'm not sure it's a civilizational outcome as China borrowed ideas from Marx and elsewhere..A divided nation is essentially locked in place, lacking the ability to make changes, and to adapt in real time..China being as united as it is, with the main priority being what's best for it's society as a whole, has a massive advantage over all western civilization, whose elite and ruling classes seek to exploit and deceive their own populations for financial gain and power, with no chance of unity...
America Will breakup into smaller countries like Yugoslavia
Individual rights is freedom
@@dennisreed6345 Freedom is the ability to provide a stable, healthy life for yourself and your family..Societies that focus on individual success and individual rights, always self destruct..And as time goes by, fewer and fewer are able to provide stable, healthy lives for themselves and their families, because the wealth gets concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, and opportunities shrink fewer and fewer also..Freedom is something really worth thinking about instead of just believing what we've been indoctrinated into believing..
@@realeyesrealizereallies6828 collectivism and centrally planned economies don't work
@@dennisreed6345 America is a world wide empire, with soldiers on the ground in over 150 countries, out of 200 on Earth. America possess the world's reserve currency, and many
natural resources can only be purchased using the dollar..America destroyed Yugoslavia, along with a 100 other countries since WW2..There is little chance of the country splitting apart, until the consequences to the climate, environment, biosphere, cryosphere force it to collapse, which is coming soon..
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Martin and Kishore Mahbubani are the two professors who know more about China than the Chinese themselves.
Some Chinese, definitely not me nor most scholars in China.
@@chankane You can speak for "most scholars in China"?
Mind telling us who you are?
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🎊😁 everyone must watch this video😁🎉💪💪💪💪✌🏻
@@qake2021 Should copy/share the link and send to those who had no knowledge of China and possibly had never been there but were quick to criticize China, all because they have IQ of zero and therefore were able to be brainwashed by the western and India media!
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👍mr. Martin z
真的是把中国研究透彻了
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Martin convey your message to ASPI and the Australian government....but as neither would listen, so don't bother.
Wonder why BBC and Skynews Australia doesn't like to interview Mr. Jacques
A superb lecture on China way of government. This is stated by Kishore also.
China very important for the world
I guess only 1/100000ish West ppl really understand what Prof JJ said.
Mr Martin jacques few Angmos that understand China civilization.
I recently found a video from 10 years ago, and when I watch his current video, it seems that he has changed a little bit! It is touching, the so-called active learning runs through the entire thought of President Xi, and the history is always so similar! 2022.8. Everything is safe. Bless everyone!
All my life, I’ve been trying to b a good white man. Until I found out I was a Chinaman. I feel much better these days. :p
U, Mr Jacques, however, r a gem of a white man.
Choi, I been to many western nations & they are way over-rated. I realised being Chinese is my lucky fate. Never want to be anything else.
@tree tall I have many unpleasant encounters with French, British, American, Danish people. Swedish too. I know most whites look down on Chinese with contempt and disgust. But nowadays Chinese youths tower over 6 feet n Chinese women are gorgeous. We have surpass the west in a thousand ways. It's not us Chinese are racists, most of us are not. But we have enough justification to be wary of you and to be cautious of you all.
@@rosalynnchow5057 Just pity them, not hate them - it is not worth it. We should not drown ourselves in negative energies/emotions.
@@francislee2910 Avoid them, hope they don't come to the east and criticize, slander Chinese. Attacking CPC is the same as attacking Chinese. CPC have elevated the 'mien' of Chinese people. We don't need to retreat when bullied by them. We are better than them, we are not their doggies, n they have no right to stand on Chinese territories and talk kok.
@tree tall Are u Chinese? When China was manufacturing socks, she was largely ignored like pariah. Now that China is flying higher than her enemies, you think they will smile or grit their teeth n plot? Fyi, war has begun when they started biowarfare. Unconventional but nonetheless.
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Would have been helpful if you explained what you mean exactly by civilization state. Without a definition sounds like a buzzword, not adding much to clarify how its distinct from the West nation state.
CCP is the vehicle for Mao to get power in China back in 1920s. Nowadays, Chinese CCP is more by name than anything else. The govt is run more like the old Chinese successful dynasties like Han and Tang without the power being carried down the family. It has a very strong central govt full of experienced bureaucrats who were chosen by merits. The govt is very functional, effective and very efficient. China does not have the voting system like the West, but the performance of all levels of govt is constantly being judged by the people on daily basis, especially the central govt. Anyone in govt would be removed instantly if found not performing, to the satisfaction of their senior level and the people. China💪💪💪
correct they are right in every thing they do
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For the Chinese, the individual family member is the country, as like each family member form the bamboo chop stick unbreakable & when the individual family unite forms the nation.A united family form as strong country making it ot the titanium chop stick.That's why the western country cannot defeat the family as one. The teaching of Confucius stress on this.Together, the family become the dragons & pheonixes of the world.
I believe in the good of democracy as well as socialism.
There are no conflicts between the two ideologies and a balance of two forms benefit humanity.
Success of society depends NOT on the method of choosing leaders, but on the quality/mentality of the people - people who select and people to be selected.
The "One Jo Blow One Vote" thing is only a method, not even deserved to be called "ideology".
This USA society has been rotting, and now it is stuck: no matter which party wins, the government will always face a 49% oppositions.
With a government "of top 1% people, by top 1% people, for top 1% people", there is very little the common Americans can do - except a USA version of French Revolution.
Martin you understand the Chinese people more than anyone else in the western world, yes China will continue to progress and modernisation it country.
China does not have to follow the US democracy system, when the US financial crisis hits, it virtually brought the economy crash to the world market.
With the help from the mainland China, its keeps the economy growth out of crisis.
Western politicians have a lot to learn about China and stop hating China
Amazing video , smart professor.
Mr Martin Jacques is one of the very few truly intelligent people. Clear thinking, mature and knowledgeable.
If an american president has a tiny ounce of this man's intelligence; the world would be a much much better place!
Regarding the two incomprehensibles, I don't think there is anything that difficult to understand on the part of Westerners; these things, relating to the way the Chinese have governed themselves for millenia, are readily understood by any university student. Most Western officials simply do not want to understand these basic facts about Chinese history.
This is because they refuse to believe that any other system of government other than Western goverment is appropriate for any country, even non-Western countries, even those that have been around much longer than Western countries. Worse, they impose sanctions and conduct other operations to force this arrangement on other countries. China takes a more open and enlightened approach, declaring that each countriy needs to create a system of governance that takes its history and needs (economic, social, etc) into account.
It is believe the people of the world is not very much concern of chinas civilizational state or of western a nations state. Never mind all those things, let them proceed what state they will adopt.As long as bullying, lies, spionage, trickery etc. will cease to exist, then any kind of state can be adoptable.
And assassination of foreign leaders. Have we forgotten General Soleimani? He was assassinated. I was hoping he would eventually be Iran's leader.
I also notice lots of westerners try to differentiate ancient China and the modern China..as diaspora I was like WTF whenever I read this cringe comments try to say that China used to is not similar to "demon evil communist China"..
You can't separate Chinese now with our ancestors..
this guy speaks with authority on china history n ccp not like broken record kishore
China is on the rise, but what will that mean for Americans, whether it be citizens or noncitizens?
PS your videos are recorded with too much red color, make sure the color is correct.
What a summary of goverance of ccp!
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My god I thought I was listening to a party political broadcast for the CCP lol.
Do not come here if you want to see political broadcast against the CPC - go to CBC, Fox, CNN, Financial Times, NY Times.
@@francislee2910 I will go anywhere I wish the same cannot be said if I live in China where you tube is not available to the Chinese general public due to the CCP Draconian censorship measures
@@btpennycook What I meant was: if you come here wanting to hear only things you like to hear, then you are in the wrong place. You can be pleased more if you visit CBC.
Pardon me Dr. J., I love China and China cultures (yes plurals, e.g. Guandong provinces has three Han dialects, different style of opera and very different/distictive cusines and customs, etc.and China has 56 ethnic groups with their own cultures ) and I love even more all of the three main branches of classical Chinese philosophies (Laozi, Confucious, Buddha) . But no the Chinese Communist Party is not the embodiment of the Chinese civilization. The CCP is a political party, a very good and effective one, they have accompliced more than any political party in the entire world within a span of just 7 decades, I give them all the credits that they deserved. But no the CCP is not the embodiment of the Chinese civilization and the reason will suprise you. The CCP is like an angry child of the Chinese civilation, it actually bad moused Chinese civilization to this day because its core political doctrine is Marxism which is incompatible with Chinese cultures and is far more inferior in scope and depth in comparisom to Chinese civilization. It is the great Chinese Civilization that gradualy teaches and shapes this bad child that we know as the CCP today. But no, the CCP is not the embodiment of the great Chinese Civilization for two reasons (1) the Chinese civilization still continue to shape/change the CCP today, (2) CCP is a political entity, Chinese Civilization transends politics.
In fact, in Chinese history, the Han, Tang, and Sui dynasties came close to represent Chinese civilization because they contributed so much to China advancement in all aspects, especially in literatures and cultures that continue to shape Chinese thinking to this day, Then again, Han, Tang and Sui benefited from Zhou Dynasty which preceded Qin Dynaty. I am talking about the way Chinese minds can learn, adapt, develop and advance quickly and dynamically. The CCP is the benefisary of those era reforms. Present day CCP advanced China greatly in technology and national defense, but its is not a contributor of Chinese civilization in other fields of Chinese civilization, especially in cultures and literatures that can transform and advance the nation and beyond in contemporary the way Han and Tang dynasties did.
In sumary, Chinese Civilzation is a continuum with writen history of more than 5000 years. The most influential classical Chinese book 易经 (The Book of Change) was written more than 3000 years ago near the end of Zhou Dynasty by Zhou Wenwang. Zhou himself interpreted and expanded on the idea of Yin-Yang which is widely believed to be created by Fu Xi between 8000 to 30,000 years ago preceded writen history of China. Each Chinese Dynasty built on the works from previous dynasties, the current CCP in essence just begining to understand classical Chinese civilization, it grudgingly accepts some aspects of classical Chinese civilization but not all aspects of Chinese Civilzation. History will judge the CCP either it is a plus to Chinese Civilization or a negative villian. So far, the CCP is very inconsistent.
With all respects Mr Jacques I totally disagree with you. The CCP is NOT part of Chinese Civilization. It is an authoritarian government. As the CCP founding leader Chairman Mao once said " When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half the people die so that the other half can eat their fill." Is this attitude party of the proud Chinese history. Mao created "common poverty not prosperity.
Imagine for a moment if China was still run by the current Taiwanese government with 4 x the GDP per capita of CCP China, less corruption and a higher level of 'common prosperity?" The CCP have had 70 years to become a high income country for all its citizens and have failed to do so. What they have achieved is a very unequal and unfair top down society. In the same time, most westernized countries have already achieved this many years ago. That's right, poorer democratic developed countries have developed a higher level of common prosperity than CCP China. This has been achieved by good government policy and minimal corruption. These countries are not even socialist. lol shame shame CCP. A report written from the China Capital Cooperation in November states that there are 220 million Chinese earning less than 500 yuan/month ($80), There are 600 million Chinese than earn less than $160/month. Big fail CCP, its time to go. The CCP's poverty line is set to the 3rd world rate of $1.90 per day. What a joke they cant even create true communism/socialism.
President Xi is fixated with maintaining absolute control of the CCP and the people by high levels of surveillance and strict censorship. Actions and policies introduce by President Xi in order to maintain absolute power are as follows:
1: He has ruled the CCP with an iron fist approach and has severely punished any opposition from rival factions e.g. military and security services. In fact over a million party members have been punished due to corruption but surprising they are all from rival factions. Lol Basically he has removed his opposition.
2: The CCP was a collective leadership and he has changed the way that the CCP was governed.
3: He removed the 2 term fixed limit and when put to a vote 3 member’s opposed the proposal out of 2964 votes. Lol Amazing
4: He has removed the autonomy of Hong Kong and broke the agreement of adhering to 1 country 2 systems policy.
5: He has increased surveillance and censorship in order to maintain and enhance control.
6: Infiltrated the education system by enforcing the study of his political ideology to the extent that kids must think he is some sort of a god like in North Korea.
7: He has clamped down on emerging freedoms such as entertainers and entrepreneurs like Jack Ma . President Xi does not want the young generation to look up to anybody except himself.
8: He has managed to maintain his trade concessions as a developing country yet they have sent people to space. Lol
President she has enforced domestic repression and International aggression.
President Xi has manipulated the party to suit himself .
I will give you some facts and you research them yourself. Xi removes anyone who opposes him. He will do whatever it takes to remain in power. In the last 6 months Chairman Xi has appointed then removed the following PLA commanders as they do not share his autocratic BS values. Wang Xiubin (Southern Theaert Commander), Xu Qiling (Western Theater Commander), Liu Zhenli (Army Commander), Ju Gansheng (Strategic Support Forces), then again Wang Haijiang (Western Theater Commander), plus more. He also sacked Xinjiang’s communist party chief, Chen Quanguo 2 days after President Biden introduced sanctions on Xinjiang's products. He even removed the character Winnie the Pooh because people laughed that he look like him. Chairman Xi rules the CCP with an iron fist and crushes anybody who opposes him or is no use to him. I believe that President Xi will end up in jail just like Mao's wife did many years ago.
No. the CCP is not concerned about Chinese history, they are focused on propaganda. Chinese history revolves around buddhism and Confucianism. The CCP have crushed all religions, morality and altered history. They even simplified their historic language. The CCP has crushed thousands of years of civilization not embraced it, so I therefore strongly disagree with your statements.
At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you.
A few years ago Harvard University published a 6-years survey study in China showing more than 93% Chinese support their government.
Washington Post released a survey showing 98% of Chinese trust their government during the pandemic.
I am Chinese so I think I understand Chinese culture, and I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years. Are you Chinese living in China? If not then how many times you visited China, or where did you get all your information?
@@francislee2910 I provided a strong counter argument with facts and written policies by the CCP and you say you disagree and provide zero evidence? Dont you belive the CCP policies and sackings are true?It is okay to disagree if you can back it up but you simply waffle and attempt to deflect from my points.
@@vietnguyen4312 I said "At least 93% Chinese in mainland China would disagree with you...", because of the Harvard University survey report done in 2015 (this is my evidence, provided by Americans). The percentage can easily be higher if conducted today.
I never consider western twisted propaganda and fabricated accusations "facts". On the other hands, it will be very easy for you to search writings of the Harvard University survey study and the Washington Post report, if you really care to...
Just read these FACTS:
China 2021 GNP growth rate is 8.1% with a trade surplus of US$676 billion.
Before the pandemic, China exported millions and millions of Chinese tourists to the world, and ALL of them returned back to China voluntarily (to continue to suffer in that "evil country" according to you).
Latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows that China has scored much much higher than USA in citizens' trust.
As of yesterday, worldometer COVID-19 data for USA is total infection (74,718,612) with new cases (+520,838) and total deaths (902,776) with new deaths (+2,971). Talk about "caring of lives"...
The above are reported by westerners, and are not CPC propaganda as you might want to suggest.
By the way, I have visited China 7 times in the past 12 years, and have relatives and friends and old classmates living/working in Hong Kong and China. I believe I have asked if you live in China or how many times you have visited China?
I am Chinese, and I know something about China's history and culture. How about you? Or just tell us how much time you have spent in China...
"The CCP (CPC, to be more correct) is NOT part of Chinese Civilization"...
It is up to us Chinese people to decide, not YOU. What do you know about Chinese Civilization?
@@francislee2910 Copy/paste I have had this exact response a couple of days ago. Identical wording. How embarrassing. I want to hear your response not what you get spoon fed at CCP school. Think for yourself. Tell me how an authoritarian government will serve the average people better than if the people had a say. Explain in detail in your own words. CCP have created a very unequal top/down society .
@@vietnguyen4312 Read again: "Before the pandemic, China exported millions and millions of Chinese tourists to the world and ALL of them returned to China". I hope you had a chance to get some first-hand information from those Chinese about China, instead of collecting fabricated hate-China propaganda and twisted messages from western media.
I am asking again and again: how many times you have visited China? I really like to know if you are qualified to judge or criticize China at all in the first place!
By the way, those "Copy/paste...exact responses..." you read before were very likely from me. Those are all my words. I repeatedly used them in replying comments posted by China-haters in RUclips, as much as you have posted the same message here multiple times.
Again, "CCP have created a very unequal top/down society"... The judgement is up to Chinese people, not you (WHO ARE YOU or WHAT ARE YOU?)!
Ah yes, "a very unequal top/down society"... Increasingly we hear more and more feeling like this from common Americans about their own country - they have a government "of the top 1% people, by the top 1% people, for the top 1% people". These are not my words this time, these are from American people.
I am spoon fed by CPC school? Just like you are spoon fed by western hate-China propaganda? Again, how much time you have spent inside China?
Is not hard to understand When China strong and powerful us not even in the maps yes so stop try to teach your Papa how to make baby
You ever have the urge to ask "Why is China becoming strong and powerful"?
Well lot of praise to the CCP here, but, correct me if I’m wrong, I believe that no matter WHO would be in power in China, be it the KMT or the whatever party, the would only end up to rule the country like the CCP is doing now. After all, Chiang Kai-Shek’s rule wasn’t much different than Mao’s.
I personally don't think China is going to invade Taiwan..
I think it has everything to do with USA.. everything that is happening.
I think CCP worries US will back out from the One China policy.
And i believe , when that happens, China will pressure Taiwan to willingly remain in the One China policy.
As China rises, i think CCP suspect US might try to create troubles by intentionally backing out of One China policy.
If Chiang was no different from Mao, then the Chinese people at that time would not have to make the decision to support Mao and chase Chiang out to Taiwan. If not for USA, CPC would have even wiped KMT totally out from the Taiwan province.
KMT can't even unite 23M in China's Taiwan Province. The fact is KMT was dead in China in 1949 and dead in Taiwan in 1988. What remains today is an empty shell KMT without its soul for opportunist and self-interest politicians to try their luck in elections
@Tony ngai Taiwan was an authoritarian government from 1949 till the late 90s when it gradually changed to a western style democracy, Chinah kai shek was long dead by then.
By the late 90s, China was already about two decades in developing its system. They don't care what type of system they have, as long as it does the job, they'll use it. That is why they keep evolving in little changes, to keep up with the times and changes. The China of today is very different from the China of late 70s.
This is pretty ignorant, of both CKS and Mao.
Only we can understand Chinses civilation.. My Chinese roots surprising is KMT with out any chiia v
Chiang kai sek
My Chinese root comes from my Chinese ancestors in China, and none of them are members of CPC nor KMT. Chinese culture goes back 3,000 (some said 5,000) years...
I disagree that the Chinese Communist Party embodies the best aspects of Chinese civilization. On the contrary I believe that the CCP has made many blunders, and most recently under Xi Jin Ping it has made itself into essentially a new dynasty with Xi as its second emperor. This is a new dynasty that brooks no opposition inside China, that forces hanification on minorities in Tibet, Eastern Turkestan and Inner Mongolia, and an oppressive Orwellian surveillance system on the Chinese people. And just as Mao took the CCP in a disastrous direction with the Grear Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and other bad decisions, so too has Xi taken the country in a dangerous direction that is already showing the signs of failure. China may be a civilization state, but there is another China in Taiwan and in the diaspora of Chinese around the planet, that has caught up with the post-Westphalian world of nation states. One can see already the signs that the Mandate of Heaven is being withdrawn from the CCP era's ascendency. When the CCP dynasty falls maybe China will finally join the family of modern nations.
Which modern nations do you speak of?
Do listen carefully to this 5 min reply by Prof Kishore Mahbubani, veteran diplomat and a former President of the UN Security Council:
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Lol, what an ignorant
Are you Chinese? China is in very good hands. Communism the likes of China, have delivered a stunning blow to western democracy. You can keep voting, as I had been voting, vote the best candidate but democracy is a farce. I keep voting but the election process can be rigged, are rigged and will always be rigged. There are pre-marked ballots, gerrymandering, votes buying, deadly threats, helicopter deaths and then at the end of all the farce, a crook is put in the highest most powerful seat in government. Do you love Trump?
"When the CCP dynasty falls"...
You must be sleeping all these time. This USA hegemony is the one (one of your "modern nation"?) that is splitting up and falling apart right now. And I cannot wait to see how Trump will mess up this country further in 3 years.
By the way, what do you mean "modern"? Modern like having so many homeless citizens sleeping on streets? Modern like to walk free from shop lifting as long as it is less than US$950? Modern like carrying guns everywhere? Modern like massive infection and deaths with COVID-19?
I always follow Martin Jacques,he tells the truth on China.👍
Martin Jacques is a straight man
@@paulclement4860 Martin Jacques very understand about China
A man with the courage to go against the tide, a rarity nowadays. Bravo, Mr. Jacques!
Did you copy this quote from @C NMQR ? Are you a troll?
@@conniechen141 It is called "Great minds think alike 英雄所見略同"