A year into making China political videos: my BIGGEST mistake and lesson 做了一年中国时政博主：后悔了吗？走过什么弯路？
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2024
- ⚡️🌿🏔 Just chilling and hanging out while I reflect on what I have been doing on RUclips in the previous year: what changed and what I learned.
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Tags: political commentary, video essay, Chinese politics, Xinjiang, identity politics, buddhist statue, Chinese temple
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Hello Siming! Love your channel and your voice. I can totally understand your sentiment of living abroad for a while and then coming back to your home country and finding your identity and voice. I think you are doing a wonderful job with this channel. Love your vlogs! You have an amazing story and I look forward to seeing more vlogs and stories from you! 继续加油！
I'm a HK citizen, a Chinese who like you, spend some years abroad studying and living and finally settle down in HK during the 90s. I'm much older than you of coz. As I grew up with western education, I'm a typical sinophobia and during that time is totally understandable as China was still quite behind and we keep hearing some real stories from uncles and aunties who fled from China. I would also fear I would be caught in HK secretly and brought back to China and jailed without trial (even I didn't anything at all lol). I can't say I'm anti China, but I never feel any belonging on my identity as a Chinese ruled by communist party. I was angry at what happened in 80s but only after many years I began to see the other side of the story that I begin to analysis that no one is absolutely right or wrong.
This is an excellent conclusion! As a Malaysian Chinese I can tell you the journey of finding your identity and getting comfortable with it is challenging, but when you find it, it is so… enlightening
Hi Siming, I'm Malaysian living in China. Watching this video reminded me how I understood the world once I lived in China. And you're right about identity politics, the whole world is influenced by the Western narrative that everyone can fight for their "own" rights with multi-labeling, and this created confusion in the world while I'm here living in China asking myself, why not just stay consistently fighting for equality as "human"? Are we not human? Why do we have to split into races,women, lgbtq, blacks, minorities, religions, etc? If the world didn't fall into this confusion it would be so much more peaceful and harmonious. I'm not apologizing for the Chinese gov but I very much agree with what they consistently did, they treat everyone equally under 1 label which is "human".
"I'm only in my 20s I am always always more interested in learning and listening than telling people what they should believe. I actually don't want to be so certain about what I already know so I can still be challenged and grow into new perspectives. I'm here on this Earth to evolve and change. That is the biggest lesson I've learned in the previous year"
Re: Xinjiang, I have always maintained that the best, and perhaps only, way to understanding the situation in Xinjiang is to visit Xinjiang and see with your own eyes (as well as talk to the locals). This doesn't have to be an academic or scientific methodology, but rather a reliance on your common sense and intuition.
I love your being open-minded and your transparent thought process. As your channel grows, attempts willl made to "influence" you, subtle or otherwise and usher you towards the "right" opinion. Stay strong, incorruptible und transparent.
我住在中國台灣省，我愛我的國家，無論貧窮與富有❤
Please continue your great videos.
I enjoy your videos very much! I love how you were able to learn and grow from your own experiences. I am looking forward to your content this year as well 💖
Your clarity of presenting these videos can only be matched by your honesty!
人的认识都是螺旋式前进的，正所谓 “世界，即非世界，是名世界”，不排除观念立场仍旧会流转，保持一种谦恭和守正态度的探索就是成长本身。
Congratulations on another informative, thoughtful video. Great backdrops too. Reminds me of splendid times spent in the PRC interacting with ordinary Chinese people in a variety of settings (including bike riding around Beijing 🌝).
We all have one thing in common: we are human beings, and we sometimes show foolishness. Thank you for sharing your point of view with us; we appreciate greatly what you share. 🙏
Great video, it is always good to look back, and reflect on your past!! That is the only way to continue growing to be the best version of yourself. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more in the future.
Hi Siming, this is the first time watching you volg. I like your positive energy and the way you look at conflicting views of difficult subjects. This is part of being a good listener and at the same time sharing your own perspective. I just hit my 60 and have my fair share of making terrible mistakes in personal life and corporate life. These are part of learnings and you will grow as a more effective person in the process. Keep up with your good work. Cheers.
I believe in seeing is believing. That's why I've traveled to numerous cities worldwide, including over a hundred in China. In my opinion, regardless of one's religious beliefs, it's essential to help others and bring joy. Similarly, any government, no matter which country it governs, should prioritize serving its people. I can see that China is taking better care of its people compared to Western countries. The streets in China exude a quiet, peaceful, and comfortable atmosphere, free from issues like drugs, homelessness, rats, scams offering items at no cost, and the widespread availability of firearms. There's no littering or public defecation, and these democratic values are truly admirable.
What I find most refreshing about your channel is that you are in your twenties and you don't believe you have the answer to every issue in the world today. Keep up the work, your videos are appreciated.
自己强大起来是最重要的。enjoyed all your videos. thank you for your great work!!!
Most interesting! Honest take on China ... and about the challenges of learning and questioning who you are in the process of trying to understand and identify (actually more to make sense and be at peace to accept) with the tremendous changes that happened within 3 generations! Siming, well done!