China NEEDS an ENEMY to Survive!

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  • @alvinkoh5556
    @alvinkoh5556 5 лет назад +340

    This tactic is from Sun Tze - 解内环,制外敌。meaning: to prevent domestic mutiny, the ruler must project an external enemy.

    • @alvinkoh5556
      @alvinkoh5556 5 лет назад +9

      Delphinium Flower not with trump as president as his foreign policy to recall most of the US’s overseas troops back. With the the Clintons, Bushes, and Obama yes, as they were using wars to enrich the military industrial complex.

    • @alvinkoh5556
      @alvinkoh5556 5 лет назад +8

      Delphinium Flower are you not aware that 90% of US foreign based troops have been recalled back? Are you also not aware that John Bolton is aggressively against Trump’s policy and he insisted that some troops has to remain in the Middle East?
      Are you not aware that Obama initiated many open and covert wars and Trump has not started even a single war on other countries, with the exception of completely uprooting Isis, where Obama failed to accomplish?
      Are you not aware that before Trump rocket man of North Korea was launching many rockets but Trump stopped him?
      Are you not aware that Trump is the only US president who is welcomed to step foot in North Korea?

    • @alvinkoh5556
      @alvinkoh5556 5 лет назад +3

      Delphinium Flower it was Obama and John McCain who had created Isis. That’s why the administration of Obama kept (fighting them as visual stunt ) but never really destroy them. Trump administration has uprooted Asia in recent months, but the fake mainstream media played it down.

    • @watteef5267
      @watteef5267 5 лет назад +5

      @@alvinkoh5556 Hi Alvin, you really think Trump is able to withstand such strong forces in the background ... you are a funny guy :-D

    • @HankMcGurk
      @HankMcGurk 5 лет назад +1

      Alvin, sometimes the external threat is real. We joke about who is, only when we have control. We do not.

  • @bkip20002
    @bkip20002 4 года назад +34

    I think that the most significant point made here is in the title "China NEEDS an ENEMY to Survive!" That statement applies to all countries led by communist or dictators. Keep the populace uninformed about reality, push "your truth", and finally give the people something, other than their leaders, to focus their aggression on. It is a proven method of governance.
    Keep saying what needs to be said.

  • @lazystudentalmaz2476
    @lazystudentalmaz2476 5 лет назад +55

    We have exactly same things happening in Russia. Government controls everything and tells everybody that other countries are bad and not us. Thanks for sharing some facts from the history, Winston. You really helped me to understand China better!

    • @ongbak5678
      @ongbak5678 5 лет назад +1

      @Birdy Flying you mean like the UK blaming the EU? 😂

    • @shishirsubba713
      @shishirsubba713 5 лет назад +5

      Not just Russia, it's almost every government 😊 And US is the biggest bully as it needs global conflicts, illegal invasions for perennial wars and stealing resources, continuation of petro dollars and the list goes on. The major difference is that US and other Western powers cause more deaths and destruction in other countries , not their own. 😊 It's very apparent, isn't it?

    • @Lue1337
      @Lue1337 5 лет назад

      It happens everywhere, the only way to get out of this cycle is by following ethics and spreading it to other people.
      Anarcho-capitalism follows ethics and thats why i believe it would work everywhere.
      Nowadays we don't have any choice but to be slaves, but that will change soon, we have ideas and technologies to help spread it such as cryptocurrencies and the internet by our side.

    • @Lue1337
      @Lue1337 5 лет назад

      @@shishirsubba713 It is everywhere, thats the way governments can survive nowadays.
      How can you enslave people without being confronted? Make the slaves think about something else to worry about, wars are really great at that.

    • @shishirsubba713
      @shishirsubba713 5 лет назад

      @@Lue1337 anarcho capitalism would work only if the capitalists have lesser greed and more ethics in order to Not Exploit the people.

  • @Snipersounds
    @Snipersounds 5 лет назад +88

    Yeah! I remember that Olympic Torch thing. I remember seeing a French family get totally screamed at in the PSB. Their young kids were just standing there in shock/ crying.
    Yes, there is no place in this world for that kind of hate.

  • @godsavethequeen2753
    @godsavethequeen2753 5 лет назад +93

    my parents always watch that horrible lie TV serial, that totally as you say. I try to tell the truth about it but you know that's unbelievably hard.

    • @bowmanc.7439
      @bowmanc.7439 5 лет назад +1

      Charlie you do realise Chinese people are capable of recognising those aren’t historical documentaries yet still are able to enjoy them right?
      Ask any one who watches those shows, if they believe Chinese farmers actually used steamed bun grenades or torn a Japanese in half with bare hands. They would look at you like you are crazy.

    • @blackboxsda7853
      @blackboxsda7853 5 лет назад +8

      @@bowmanc.7439 They're basically revenge porn, made to cool the wounds of the Chinese national psyche. I call them revenge porn, because in reality, the victims did not get their vengeance, and the villains returned safely to Japan, felt no remorse and suffered no consequences.

    • @godsavethequeen2753
      @godsavethequeen2753 5 лет назад +3

      @@bowmanc.7439 yeah,but the point is ccp cant through those tv show lie to people, let people believe ccp is great, ccp save china from Japan army,so ccp can salve us easily

    • @godsavethequeen2753
      @godsavethequeen2753 5 лет назад +3

      @@blackboxsda7853 I disagree,those shows point is tell people something like ccp is god of china

    • @godsavethequeen2753
      @godsavethequeen2753 5 лет назад +2

      but actually they more like criminal group

  • @wytchend
    @wytchend 5 лет назад +23

    I agree with an earlier comment. super professional. You are a better presenter than many on mainstream tv. Well done sir

  • @douglasdoo
    @douglasdoo 4 года назад +7

    It took me almost 2 years to subscribe to your channel, I thought you were too hard against China, but now I understand your RESPECTFUL and directly criticism towards China.

  • @marthaoschwald2790
    @marthaoschwald2790 4 года назад +10

    As a translator who often thinks about cross-cultural dynamics, I'm so happy that you're speaking openly about your experiences in China and that your content is reaching a wider audience thanks to the translated subtitles. I've learned a lot from your channel and continue to find it fascinating. Keep it up!

    • @Claudia-pe3ku
      @Claudia-pe3ku 4 года назад +1

      Martha Oschwald if you learned anything about China from this guys China’s story from his level of knowledge then you’ve brainwashed by his negative thoughts, I suggest you to go for travel to find out by your own eyes and then make judgement by yourself, by that time I’m sure you have your own vision of China. From his story I only see the negative ... if we talk about negative things about whole wide world, I think we could use our whole life to talk about it because there is no preface world for everyone... but only positive thinking can makes everyone happy and peace ....

    • @marthaoschwald2790
      @marthaoschwald2790 4 года назад +2

      You must not be listening to his story then because his channel is very comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics including his opinion on positive and negative aspects of Chinese culture. I suggest you learn how to write with accurate grammar if you'd like for people to take you seriously.

  • @anthonywcsu
    @anthonywcsu 5 лет назад +37

    This is so true. I worked in Nanjing, teaching English to small kids. One particular reader we used described foods from around the world, sushi being one such food. All of my children thought sushi was from China, and when I told them it's actually Japanese, the whole classroom, including some kids as young as four, would growl and say how much they hate Japan. It's a perfect illustration of cultural brainwashing and an inherent aversion to independent thinking.

    • @SuSu-yi9uv
      @SuSu-yi9uv 5 лет назад +2

      you know what happened in nanjing did by jp

    • @luckylee6701
      @luckylee6701 5 лет назад +3

      You will never know what japan did to SEA, you will never understand how the elders gone through this. My aunt gone through this had trauma. It can be forgive, but never forget.

    • @anthonywcsu
      @anthonywcsu 5 лет назад +3

      My Grandfather fought in WW2 and had his leg partially blown off by Nazi forces. Tonight, I had beers and an awesome night with a group of Germans. So yeah, I understand. You guys aren't the only ones ...

    • @weitingli8429
      @weitingli8429 5 лет назад +1

      Anthony Abroad the thing is , Anthony, Germans at least have kneed and pray for forgiveness. They tried to show some regret on medias. Look at Japan? They revised their history book just to erase the part THEY INVADE CHINA AND SLAUGHTER 300 THOUSAND OF PEOPLE( JUST IN NANJING). if you are still in NanJing, there is a WW2 museum about the slaughtering for you.

    • @anthonywcsu
      @anthonywcsu 5 лет назад +8

      Yes, I've been there. And the museum was deeply moving and emotional to experience. What happened in China during the Japanese occupation was terrible and horrifying. But maintaining blind hatred towards the second or third generation of an enemy that was destroyed some 60 odd years ago is not only foolish and counterproductive, but is the type of attitude that will lead to violence cause history to repeat itself.

  • @KarlRock
    @KarlRock 5 лет назад +25

    Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

  • @johnc2438
    @johnc2438 5 лет назад +15

    Brilliantly explained! I have a Chinese wife (from the Philippines - been married for more than 40 fun years!), and you are so spot on on what you offer in your videos (and so is Laowhy86!). Never stop!

  • @ChristlerTy
    @ChristlerTy 5 лет назад +194

    That was hard to watch that old footage at the beginning. So sad.

    • @carryontraveling
      @carryontraveling 5 лет назад +2

      the war machine

    • @herewardthewake3185
      @herewardthewake3185 5 лет назад +21

      @Delphinium Flower A whataboutism won't change China's tribalistic direction of its citizens to hate the outside world.

    • @8964TS
      @8964TS 4 года назад +4

      My wife's grandfather got that treatment because he was a school teacher. Apparently he never really recovered from it.

    • @weikobayashi1994
      @weikobayashi1994 4 года назад +2

      @@herewardthewake3185 He was literally spamming

    • @SpiraSpiraSpira
      @SpiraSpiraSpira 4 года назад +3

      Delphinium Flower LOL. You misunderstand the USA. Nobody (hardly anybody) in the USA cares about anyone in the countries we bomb. They aren’t our enemies because we honestly don’t believe they offer any threat to us. The opposite of love isn’t hate, its indifference. We are, as a society, apathetic and indifferent to the people we bomb overseas. If we hated them we would actually care what goes on and desire to win the wars we are in which would be counter productive to companies that just want to continue selling arms ceaselessly.

  • @GumRamm
    @GumRamm 5 лет назад +156

    Ignorance is strength. That reminds me so much of the 2 minutes of hate in 1984, the way you described how it can be switched on and off at will.

    • @The_Custos
      @The_Custos 5 лет назад +3

      Exactly!

    • @garethmorton337
      @garethmorton337 5 лет назад +6

      Thats the exact process - Two Minutes of Hate - in the novel with the screaming and yelling and vacant eyes. Orwelll described it so well (I need to go an find quotes now!). I live in China, and it is indeed amazing to see how children and adults change their attitudes so quickly in lieu of media and news. Experienced it first-hand myself. Like a faucet, yeah... scary, given this is 2019.

    • @jimmyking2052
      @jimmyking2052 5 лет назад +3

      GumRamm in 1984,big brother edit the dictionary, and now the CCP edit the dictionary too.because Xin make a mistake on a word “譫养” which should be "赡养",what a big mistake in Chinese.

    • @trung170801
      @trung170801 5 лет назад +4

      @Chris Ward damn are u a bot

    • @williamswenson5315
      @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад

      Perfect literary reference.

  • @ya-ma-dayamadash1524
    @ya-ma-dayamadash1524 5 лет назад +25

    I am someone who has a extreme passion for discovering history and the beauty of other cultures. Looking at history, I have to say that the loss of true chinese culture is one of the greatest injustices of the word, culture wise.

    • @newborn6
      @newborn6 5 лет назад +2

      Yes, but as much as it is injustice, it is more of unfortunate mistake, that is why China absorb so much Japan/korean culture these days, but in the end it is all an cause/effect, Anime/Kpop might not be as popular as today if China had their own traditional culture preserved and spread across the globe.

    • @newborn6
      @newborn6 5 лет назад

      @JT Yang pretty much all of the above, IMO anything before the last dynasty fell.

  • @matthewchoong9502
    @matthewchoong9502 5 лет назад +8

    As a chinese american not only do I agree with you, but am also shocked at the similarities this has with the US as well. The only difference is that in the US the aggression has been turned inwards
    edit: it seems like leftist regimes have a lot in common

  • @jywn
    @jywn 5 лет назад +57

    this explains so much why they behave the way they do, thank you

  • @michaelsonoyao9881
    @michaelsonoyao9881 5 лет назад +112

    I'm Chinese by blood but born in the Philippines. I grew up in a family that migrated here pre-devolution and I gotta say there's a world of difference between us and mainlanders. There's clearly a big cultural gap between the (I'm coining these terms on the fly) "New Chinese" and us "Colonials". Everything you've been saying in all of your videos are right on the money, Winston. Keep up the good work!

    • @dingloong2470
      @dingloong2470 5 лет назад +1

      what do you think of your new president Duterte pivot to China

    • @dwimj
      @dwimj 5 лет назад

      almost all chinese outside mainland. specifically younger and christian. eat western propaganda since child, so they are different

    • @Lue1337
      @Lue1337 5 лет назад +2

      @@CreepyDumpling doesnt matter, we are all humans, we should fight for human peace, not authoritarian governments peace.

    • @astroboyzwood8720
      @astroboyzwood8720 5 лет назад +1

      Just because you have chinese blood doesn’t make u Chinese. Obviously you don’t have the Chinese root! I’m a Chinese born outside China yet the understanding and practice of our values remains. My father left China in the 30s to find greener pastures yet his heart always back home. I remembered how he saved up monies that he earned and send most back to China for his parent and sibling. To built house, to support his nephews’ education and etc etc. this is the values of Chinese. I can’t blame Chris for his videos made become he stand for what he believes and his race. Vice Versa for me. God bless you all.

    • @dennisp8520
      @dennisp8520 5 лет назад +3

      @@astroboyzwood8720 He is still Chinese, its the same reason that I am Italian despite being born in America.

  • @adrianatgaming8640
    @adrianatgaming8640 5 лет назад +158

    cultural devolution, great leap backwards
    me: dead

    • @henryreinhart5912
      @henryreinhart5912 5 лет назад +4

      its not a joking matter

    • @AngloImperial
      @AngloImperial 4 года назад +5

      @@henryreinhart5912 We shouldn't be forced to adapt to these silver tongued cunts. Americans, British, and the EU are falling for the fucking bait.

    • @draaagooonegggggg
      @draaagooonegggggg 4 года назад +2

      it's not something we should joke about, but the way we make fun of what they actually are makes them funny like the Cultural Evolution (cultural devolution because it was just a big disaster of the deletion of chinese culture) and the Great Leap Forward (great leap backwards because it was just a massacre of people from powerful people who didn't understand the population of China and their agricultural centered lifestyle). We make fun of it because it allows us to ignore all the death and just look at its absurdity for what it was supposed to be and what it actually became.

  • @Victorinchina
    @Victorinchina 5 лет назад +53

    History is meant to be learnt from,not to fuel hatred and division.

    • @tapuout101
      @tapuout101 4 года назад +1

      Some people are just dumb. Some people just want War.

    • @redDL89
      @redDL89 4 года назад

      There is a term for what the CCP is doing. Revanchism.

    • @theFORZA66
      @theFORZA66 4 года назад

      @stefan matvei swietoniowski short term profits will be their long term loss

    • @Jimmy-er2mc
      @Jimmy-er2mc 4 года назад

      I used to think like that before. But so many people still hate from what was done to them in the past. Native Indians are still angry, African Americans still angry, hawaiins still angry.. Muslims, Jews, Palestinians are still angry.. I’m starting to change my mindset. History teaches us what we can expect from others. We must never forget.. because sometimes history is all we have.

    • @HydeKurogane
      @HydeKurogane 3 года назад

      @@Jimmy-er2mc but all of them are missing the important part of history. To move forward, be the change you want in the world. YES some assholes can still choose live in the past, I wouldn't blame them history is made of prejudices, war, deceit, corrupted politics and suffering. But, to not move forward, to not see what's for the future, is to live an empty life as only a vessel to repeat things that are really petty and pointless in the first place. I wouldn't want to change your opinion, humans are different and I want to be kept that way. Because allowing people think differently is what makes us human.

  • @skywalkersounds7020
    @skywalkersounds7020 5 лет назад +13

    This is the psychology of group identity politics 101.

  • @Uuxaul
    @Uuxaul 5 лет назад +51

    That's how nationalism works. In order to survive, it needs a constant enemy, and the enemy must be inferior to the population/dehumanized in some way.
    1984 covered this in depth.

    • @swevixeh
      @swevixeh 5 лет назад +3

      No, it's the same way every ideology and social group - from classical liberalism (vs state regulation) to socialism (vs the bourgeoise) to football hooliganism (vs rival teams) to religion (vs heretics) to business (vs competitors) - works
      It's always in-group vs out-group.
      Anyone pretending to love everyone equally, without prejudice and preference, is a hypocrite and a liar.

    • @waszkreslem9306
      @waszkreslem9306 5 лет назад

      -nationalism- socialism

    • @skahu78
      @skahu78 5 лет назад

      So thats why u.s.a Always save the world from Aliens??

    • @gd527tt
      @gd527tt 5 лет назад +1

      Ikr, this seems obvious. US has been in perpetual war for this same reason.

    • @watkinsishere
      @watkinsishere 5 лет назад +2

      That's not nationalism bro, that's authoritarianism, get it right. Nationalism is natural if you have some testosterone, you think Winston doesn't love south Africa?

  • @tomasknotek6107
    @tomasknotek6107 5 лет назад +432

    I like that you use the correct terms "devolution" and "backwards"

    • @hilmansudirman9857
      @hilmansudirman9857 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah me too, seems correct for that time.

    • @cooliipie
      @cooliipie 5 лет назад +5

      It's beautiful

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 5 лет назад +4

      People need to wake up from the spiritual confusion of what is usually called "progress". If you apply a wider view, observe a longer time frame, there is no progress if we do not evolve as human beings. (And I don't mean cybernetics, hah. Transhumanism is another such spiritual confusion.) To this day the human world is still as it was thousands of years ago. A different wallpaper makes people think they're in another room. - Wise leadership is still very much shunned. The vast majority have other priorities - pragmatic selfishness - which they then of course will find represented in the government. - Merely being reactive can never add anything new, different, anything that isn't already there. That requires acting based on a better world not yet manifest.

    • @bibo3373
      @bibo3373 5 лет назад +1

      @Juke What's wrong with that ?

    • @coolworl
      @coolworl 5 лет назад +2

      When China and Chinese people say they have 5000 years of history, what they meant, with or without communist destroying their history, Chinese history and culture are well documented and linear to their origin. Egyptians don't really know who build the pyramids and their culture, language and writings are now different from past Egyptians. Also, I agree with you to a certain extent that China uses outside enemies to promote unity. Who doesn't? The US always use flag burning Muslims to give a reason to hate them. Furthermore, the world has always looked at China as the outsider with fear. As to the Hauwei case. The endstate is that the US knows there is no way that we will beat China with 5G so we pulled a Tanya Harding on China. Simple as that.

  • @slowroasted5061
    @slowroasted5061 5 лет назад +23

    One of the best ones yet.

  • @funwithturtles6844
    @funwithturtles6844 5 лет назад +11

    I have been in China during the anti Japenese rallys and demonstrations (2010). I studied at a university. Every student was forbidden to leave the campus for half a week because of these protests. Even foreigner students (including me) were only allowed to shop at walmart and go directly back to campus... The government / university council were baning any participation of students in this protests and locking up a full campus of 20.000 students. I have made a totally different experience than you. (?)

  • @TechMagnet
    @TechMagnet 5 лет назад +13

    cant wait to see more, who agrees ?

  • @jmskelly59
    @jmskelly59 5 лет назад +39

    Another interesting video Winston. Thanks again and greetings from Ireland!

  • @williamswenson5315
    @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад +12

    Your scripting just continues to improve, Winston. Great subject choices and well-illustrated stories that are well-told. Without your channel, ADV China and Laowhy86's videos, I really don't believe I'd have the clearer vision of what China is today. Thank you.

    • @Johnspeed1141
      @Johnspeed1141 5 лет назад

      Chris Ward Hi there Chris! I know you!

    • @williamswenson5315
      @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад

      @Chris Ward
      If you disagree with a particular news source, does that make it "fake news?" That is certainly Trump's rather obvious ploy. If he doesn't like what he hears from a news organization or individual, he calls it "fake news" or ridicules the person making the statement he disapproves of. Tactics like these and calling people you disagree with schoolyard taunts, should be the province of children, not the so-called leader of the West. I avail myself of many news sources and opinions before I form a firm opinion of my own. In light of new evidence, I may have to change that opinion. What I make certain I always do, is not issue sweeping declarations of who is false and who is not. Reason needs to prevail, not emotion.

  • @oskarpotter9780
    @oskarpotter9780 5 лет назад +93

    Dude, you rock that suit. I saw you recently in San Deigo near La Jolla. Between your suit and wife....I mistook you for a movie star.

  • @lindarobinson2895
    @lindarobinson2895 5 лет назад +30

    Hi Winston,
    This type of behavior has been used from way back in time, truth is the only remeady, respect for each other and love of neighbor, this has to be taught.

    • @ms2506
      @ms2506 5 лет назад

      People have been trying for last 300 years, very little success.

    • @ms2506
      @ms2506 5 лет назад +2

      @@profearoum Don't LIE, your religion teaches VIOLENCE & DECEPTION. And regarding RACISM and SLAVERY, actually you guys deserve the GOLD MEDAL.

    • @fredericofellini8672
      @fredericofellini8672 4 года назад

      Love thy neighbor teaches love thy neighbor

  • @tigerwolf8338
    @tigerwolf8338 5 лет назад +46

    1984 - We've always been at war with Eastasia :-)

    • @Lue1337
      @Lue1337 5 лет назад

      Have you ever heard of anarcho-capitalism?
      I think you would like it.

    • @awdrifter3394
      @awdrifter3394 5 лет назад

      Erusia has been invaded by the Osean Federation.

    • @Babihrse
      @Babihrse 5 лет назад +4

      “The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. ... The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.” George orwell

  • @Sisi-zm7bv
    @Sisi-zm7bv 5 лет назад +18

    You make some points, it is rarely to see some one learning so deep about China, but still it's sort of scratching from the surface.

  • @galanthusnivalis3204
    @galanthusnivalis3204 5 лет назад +179

    it took me a moment to realize you weren't just describing 1984

    • @veemon
      @veemon 5 лет назад +1

      Xielle Zhang That's a scary thought.

    • @khajiithadwares2263
      @khajiithadwares2263 5 лет назад +2

      the thing with 198-4 is that the film itself is propaganda, more so than its a warning. the way the director of that movie filmed the whole thing, is only through the eyes of the protagonist, you (the viewer) are left in the dark about what anyone else is doing. This is done so when the main (only-)character gets caught and demoralized through torture, you the viewer feel the exact same feelings, demoralization, I dont want that to happend to me. You have been blindly put in his shoes. If you are familiar with how propaganda works, demoralization is the main weapon used to dismay, control people into inaction, the other one, ironically, being familiarization itself, als known as normalization.

    • @dawidlyczko381
      @dawidlyczko381 5 лет назад +1

      Khajiit Hadwares
      its not film, but Orwell book. Its hard toread it and not be depressed. I think Animal Farm from this author is better. It shoud be in every scool

    • @khajiithadwares2263
      @khajiithadwares2263 5 лет назад +1

      Orwell was his fictional pen name, his real name was Eric Blair, and he was politically involved with the war and regime propaganda.
      'At the outbreak of the Second WW, Orwell's wife Eileen started working in the Censorship Department of the Minstry of Information in central London, staying during the week with her family in Greenwch.
      Orwell also submitted his name to the Central Register for war work,
      but nothing transpired. "They won't have me in the army, at any rate at
      present, because of my lungs"
      In August 1941, Orwell finally obtained "war work" when he was taken on full-time by the B.B C's Eastern Service. He supervised cultural broadcasts to India to counter propaganda from Nazi Germany designed to undermine Imperial links. This was Orwell's first experience of the rigid conformity of life in an office, and it gave him an opportunity to create cultural programmes.

    • @khajiithadwares2263
      @khajiithadwares2263 5 лет назад +1

      "Eric Blair (Orwell) became instrumental in organising the Maximist's propaganda campaigns, helping to turn the Maximists into a major party in Britain with his popular short novels which encorporated totalist themes."
      In September 1943, Orwell resigned from the BBC post that he had occupied for two years.

  • @umeda26
    @umeda26 5 лет назад +28

    wow this was really good cheers from Osaka

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica 5 лет назад +7

    I spent about a week in Shanghai and Nanjing in 2014, when the dispute about the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands was very heated. Every CCTV news channel had anti-Japanese stories and commentary running continuously. You could tell it was coordinated by the government and was meant to manipulate Chinese viewers. I went to Japan directly after that, and there was nothing negative at all being said about the Chinese.
    Of course, the US has needed the threat of outside enemies to band Americans together, too. The Soviet Union in the past, Iran and China increasingly these days.

  • @0079Matthew
    @0079Matthew 5 лет назад +27

    You'll probably see this a lot more often now that China has plateaued.

  • @whodidthat2732
    @whodidthat2732 5 лет назад +13

    Excellent presentation. Very well enunciated and clarifies so well the "methodology" and achieved intent of communism, the absolute dominance and control of it's people.

  • @MondaySurprise
    @MondaySurprise 5 лет назад +18

    I'm from mainland and I've been living overseas for several years, and now I think the discrimination is actually happening the most among Chinese people.

    • @westmax8491
      @westmax8491 5 лет назад +5

      I agree with you 1000% Chinese are the most racist people. See how they treat non white people and south Asian people.

    • @germsage6726
      @germsage6726 5 лет назад +4

      That I can agree to after studying with PRC students (not all of them are bad btw; the best litmus test is to mention Taiwan). PRC Chinese are hostile towards ethnic Chinese outside China as well.

    • @dr.lyleevans6915
      @dr.lyleevans6915 5 лет назад

      4starKT Nah, they mainly murder Uyghurs and Falun Gong members (estimates range into the millions). And btw, cops don’t run around murdering indiscriminately, 99% of cases were self defense or covered under good faith at worst

    • @CuongNguyen-le5ic
      @CuongNguyen-le5ic 5 лет назад +2

      This is true, if you read China's history, you will learn the one that killed the most Chinese are not foreigners or outside invasion (although lots of them are dead). The one that killed the most Chinese in every dynasties are CHINESE from Power Struggle, Corrupted Official and more.
      Just look at Communist and Nationalist, Mao Zedong who lead Communist killed lots of Nationalist for power after Nationalist drove away Japan. Then Mao Zedong killed more Chinese to make Hitler look like a Saint in comparison.

    • @westmax8491
      @westmax8491 5 лет назад +1

      @4starKT you don't have to be in a kkk or Nazi to be racist.

  • @wadysawkostrzewski8557
    @wadysawkostrzewski8557 5 лет назад +13

    serpentza you came long way from your first video from Shenzhen. I appreciate it and support your family :)

  • @MrBriwolf
    @MrBriwolf 5 лет назад +10

    Thank you Winston for all the work that you've put in over the years. I'm wondering, do you think that going into the Peace Corps for an American able to do so, with a post in China, would be a worthwhile experience these days given the climate on the ground?

    • @serpentza
      @serpentza  5 лет назад +3

      Yes I do, you will learn a lot

    • @MrBriwolf
      @MrBriwolf 5 лет назад +2

      ​@@serpentza. I've watched your content for about 7 years, since I was in high school. Through your content and some exposure from friends I grew to appreciate China, but the situation on the ground does worry me a bit. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond.

  • @damsb.6078
    @damsb.6078 5 лет назад +16

    For the olympic thing, it was in the UK

  • @rowboat0317
    @rowboat0317 5 лет назад +21

    Remember that time CNN did a story like this? ... yeah neither do I.

    • @mrmabb123
      @mrmabb123 5 лет назад +5

      Not sure what CNN said, but in China, this is true. Chinese hate Hongkongers, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, American, British, the West with democracy and Muslims. It is mainly due to all medias in China is state controlled. Their rhetoric are always about how China was shamed for years and now is the time to hit everyone back. Any critics against China is being treated as attack to all Chinese.

  • @megancress1384
    @megancress1384 5 лет назад +84

    this is so true, my family left China when i was 9 and even after that it took me years to drop my resentment of Japan and Japanese students. It was conditioned into myself and my classmates in China to associate merely the word "japan" with horriblness, the way you would with the word "nazi". The whole gluing people together like this was evident even when i was in grade school. I was in China during the Diaoyudao island protests and stuff and even my classmates were furious and angry at Japan. To the point where i was legitimately surprised that, after i arrived in Canada, nobody seemed to even know about the atrocities Japan had done. they give you something to be mad at, and that's ALL you can be mad at.
    It's not just with the war fantasy dramas either, it's with all of education. In school, everywhere you see is about the war and the horrible japanese. in all the classes, Chinese, English, Music, Science, even Math, is filled with propaganda that Japan is Bad and the Communist party (frankly, they never taught any of us what communism *means*) is Good. When a child grows up in that environment, it's hard not to think everything they want you to. To them, the rape of nanjing didn't happen in ww2, it happened yesterday. And if the people of China didn't stick together and be strong, they'd do it again tomorrow. (That's not something i made up, a teacher of mine actually said this to the class)
    Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. And please, be careful. I would advise you to never go back to China again as long as it's still under the Communist party's rule. They have made more important and visible people disappear before. I'd hate for that to happen to you.

    • @whodidthat2732
      @whodidthat2732 5 лет назад +3

      Megan is so right. Get the hell out of Dodge and ASAP. I am amazed that you are still alive, seriously.

    • @jywn
      @jywn 5 лет назад +2

      thank you for sharing your experience, I have had so many bad experience with other chinese people from china, I hate to think they're bad people, I like to blame the people who are running the conuntry and not the people themselves

    • @taipeiracer
      @taipeiracer 5 лет назад +1

      Asking Chinese not to resent Japanese atrocities in China is like asking a Jewish person not to resent Nazi atrocities. It's simply unreasonable.

    • @sanya7404
      @sanya7404 5 лет назад +3

      Same thing is constantly happening in the Balkans. And let's not forget that former Yugoslavia was once a communist country. The same patterns , same fears ,beliefs can be evoken whenever those in charge have a need to do it. And people? They do grab the "story"immediately ,but in years passing by, they're somehow getting tired of it. They don't fight the governmnet ,cause they are still afraid opposing the leader ,but somehow they don't really care about the war or "enemies" anymore , they re passive and certainly having bigger life problems then fighting they're neighbours.

    • @garethifan1034
      @garethifan1034 5 лет назад

      So well said. Like!

  • @themurmeli88
    @themurmeli88 5 лет назад +157

    Here's an ancient Chinese wisdom:
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    • @fahoudey
      @fahoudey 5 лет назад +7

      Where are your 5k likes ????

    • @georgejewel3959
      @georgejewel3959 5 лет назад +3

      You are genius

    • @ajayreddy8732
      @ajayreddy8732 5 лет назад +2

      Lol

    • @GoodDayTrade
      @GoodDayTrade 5 лет назад

      lol

    • @exelenttee
      @exelenttee 5 лет назад +4

      @Masked Singer not really. He just described how the system works. And it is nothing new, as same methods are used in some western countries as well.

  • @nowayhosay50
    @nowayhosay50 5 лет назад +5

    HAHA I laughed my ass off when there's talk about TV war fantasy drama's playing all day every day and there's a bunch of old timers watching it so intensely.

  • @doushannon2799
    @doushannon2799 5 лет назад +59

    Winston, i like your contend, but im especially impressed by your last 2 videos. Really good presentation , eloquent, professional and far above youtube standarts. Great to see the evolution of your channel!

  • @mwtrolle
    @mwtrolle 5 лет назад +14

    Only commentating on the the title of the video, will watch it later. China do t need an enemy, the CCP do!

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 5 лет назад +2

      Yes, very important to be aware of that.

  • @Kewken89
    @Kewken89 5 лет назад +16

    Love your stuff man!

  • @user-ky8ie4ug7y
    @user-ky8ie4ug7y 5 лет назад +2

    As a Chinese, i want to say old Chinese culture does't disappeared. Many values or art forms are still learned by us. the culture revolution in 1960s did not destroy the whole traditional chinese culture system. Besides chinese people realized that culture revolution was a total miatake!

    • @johannesweitz8497
      @johannesweitz8497 5 лет назад

      I am 100% in agreement with you. The Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing are approximately 600 years old, I had visited it, absolutely fantastic. The Ancient City in Guiyang. The Emperors Palace in Shenyang. The Chongqing museum. In the Theatre in Guiyang you can still watch performances by Minority Groups about ancient traditions. etc. I can go on and on. A lot of Chinese Culture from thousands of years back still exist and it was a privilege to visit that places.

  • @Lexster918
    @Lexster918 5 лет назад +175

    You have been speaking so much truth that I have always wanted to say. Be careful. Keep going. Amazing channel.

    • @lubakaotada
      @lubakaotada 5 лет назад +1

      @The Bee Guy
      Hes not living in China anymore if you haven't noticed.

    • @user-bg2oi4bz3p
      @user-bg2oi4bz3p 5 лет назад +3

      @Chris Ward celebrates the death machine.
      76,702,000 Murdered: The Communist Chinese.
      Death by Government, political scientist R. J. Rummel, University of Hawaii.

    • @charlesballiet7074
      @charlesballiet7074 5 лет назад +2

      @Chris Ward supported by the god of truth perhaps, ya dam ingrate

    • @charlesballiet7074
      @charlesballiet7074 5 лет назад +2

      @Chris Ward yeeeeee? do you mean REEEE or do you mean YEET?

    • @user-bg2oi4bz3p
      @user-bg2oi4bz3p 5 лет назад +3

      ​@Chris Ward "You morons think Mao Zedong is still in power?"
      Same system is in power, numbnutz. China is using Falun Gong practitioners, Uighurs, Tibetans, and Christians as forced organ donors $$$. At least 10,000 people died in Tiananmen Square massacre.
      Capitalists walk their dogs, Socialists eat their dogs.
      Socialism is a belief system where most followers deny reality and the leaders feed on the believers.

  • @antoniobranch5843
    @antoniobranch5843 5 лет назад +97

    "Better than 60-Minutes".

    • @ajayreddy8732
      @ajayreddy8732 5 лет назад

      Seriously

    • @tomasbickel58
      @tomasbickel58 5 лет назад +1

      As a German: that was all to familiar .. Serpentza puts my thoughts on tape.

  • @tahaplh1
    @tahaplh1 5 лет назад +21

    totally agree with you, why hate a people because of what their ancestors did,,, so stupid

    • @realdeal7530
      @realdeal7530 5 лет назад +3

      Spot on ... And no country in the world is squeaky clean!

    • @npcimknot958
      @npcimknot958 5 лет назад

      yup yup yup.

    • @nawtilismaelis2043
      @nawtilismaelis2043 5 лет назад

      Idiot. Grudges and hate are essential for tribal,ethnic, and national survival. Life is a competition, a great competition for resources and survival. And hatred puts you in a perfect mindstate for that situation.

  • @xfan7367
    @xfan7367 5 лет назад +3

    dude, the difference is Germen polititians apologized for their crime but Japanese govmt never did

    • @rottegift2
      @rottegift2 5 лет назад +1

      war is dirty, no reason to apologize for it. Chinese themselves still behave the way they blame the japanese for doing 80 years ago.

  • @ThomasAffoltertevis
    @ThomasAffoltertevis 5 лет назад +335

    The Great Leap Backward. LOL. Good on e, it's true.

    • @joshephand5538
      @joshephand5538 5 лет назад +1

      Haha

    • @realdeal7530
      @realdeal7530 5 лет назад +4

      Joe c ... He left China ages ago!

    • @pawala7
      @pawala7 5 лет назад

      @@prastagus3 It's crazy just how fast Chinese universities have rocketed up world rankings for both academics and research. The sheer number of talents they sponsor for scholarships to the best foreign schools is proving to be quite effective.

    • @didiprangsak1757
      @didiprangsak1757 5 лет назад

      RaidenDerpy jobless white guy has entered the chat

    • @ThomasAffoltertevis
      @ThomasAffoltertevis 5 лет назад +2

      @@prastagus3 yes, impressively. But the government makes me anxious. China can be much more with some serious government reform. And I'm not talking about Pooh thought.

  • @stkmedia5293
    @stkmedia5293 5 лет назад +71

    Hey Winston, in a small way, I think you are changing the world. Keep it up, buddy!

    • @user-kq8ok4qy6t
      @user-kq8ok4qy6t 5 лет назад +3

      I think US congressmen are watching his videos

  • @zengheng1192
    @zengheng1192 5 лет назад +12

    Our government never say foreigners are bad, we are willing to build good relation throughout the world including the US and Japan. It's never officially encouraged to hold anti-japan activities but only discouraged. You can comment and criticize, but not throw mud.

    • @hhh-uw4ut
      @hhh-uw4ut 5 лет назад

      our government also do something wrong sometimes. and i don't like it

    • @zengheng1192
      @zengheng1192 5 лет назад

      ​@@hhh-uw4ut but the western imperialist are perfect? Not just listen what they spread, but watch what they actually did.

    • @zengheng1192
      @zengheng1192 5 лет назад

      @@nawtilismaelis2043 wow, it's a good idea to abuse someone innocent as back-stabbing when you has nothing else to insult. Thanks for youtube, eye-opener.

  • @rv6ejguy
    @rv6ejguy 5 лет назад +4

    One of the best videos you've ever done. I've been to China multiple times, have good friends there and a mainland born GF here in the west now. You are 100% on the mark.

  • @charlesballiet7074
    @charlesballiet7074 5 лет назад +12

    thank you for speaking the truth as you see and experience it. Its very helpful for people dealing with social issues everywhere to pause and take perspective of events elsewhere. stay well, stay honest, stay classy!

  • @bootlegga69
    @bootlegga69 5 лет назад +7

    One of the best things about Taiwan's status (separate but not independent or something like that), is that when the Kuomintang fled the mainland, they took hundreds of thousands of artifacts with them and they still survive in museums and shrines there. The National Palace Museum in Taipei is a fantastic place to visit if you have the time the next time you go to Taiwan.
    FTR, China is not the first nation (nor the last) to use the us versus them mentality to maintain stability at home.

    • @jkl6868
      @jkl6868 5 лет назад

      Goldenboy if KMT did move them to taiwan, all will be lost!

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад +1

      LOL majority of Taiwanese prefer to be labeled as Japanese. (I do not hate japan, but it's weird)

    • @4G12
      @4G12 5 лет назад

      @@mingxuanchen4658
      I heard that genetically, native Taiwanese are much more related to the Japanese than the Han Chinese.

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад

      @@4G12 any evidence ? or you mean mentally ?

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад

      Tbh, obviously USA is the one need enemies, look what happened in the Middle East

  • @marketmerchandise2989
    @marketmerchandise2989 5 лет назад +60

    True, Serpantza....BUT please don't go back to China! Stay safe my friend!

    • @EdwardBerryy
      @EdwardBerryy 5 лет назад +2

      That's exactly what I was thinking. He shouldn't go back unless the place has a regime change or something because if they seen his videos here that seems like it could be a problem.

    • @n3gi_
      @n3gi_ 5 лет назад

      Yeah but his wife is Chinese.

    • @matthewstephens6502
      @matthewstephens6502 5 лет назад +2

      @@n3gi_ yes, his wife. So he should be able to take her from there

    • @Dthenn
      @Dthenn 5 лет назад

      @@matthewstephens6502 To where? South Africa?

    • @matthewstephens6502
      @matthewstephens6502 5 лет назад +1

      @@Dthenn to anywhere he wants to go
      Marriage is sacred

  • @dcashio
    @dcashio 4 года назад +1

    This is the most relevant video on youtube right now. Great work.

  • @NY-Dani
    @NY-Dani 5 лет назад +7

    only seen a couple of your videos, but your views are consistent with other westerners that have worked in China. You make a lot of sense. Enjoy your vids.

    • @NY-Dani
      @NY-Dani 5 лет назад

      @Chris Ward no, i know economists and businessmen.

  • @chrisveeriah1524
    @chrisveeriah1524 5 лет назад +43

    Very happy to see a fellow South African changing the world with your videos. Truly inspiring, I love your perspective and the manner in which you deliver, very informative and real life issues that we can all relate. Big ups to you bru. I would be honoured to meet you one day.

  • @JessieStolar
    @JessieStolar 5 лет назад +149

    I love this guy. But god he has a death wish.

    • @williamswenson5315
      @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад +10

      Not so much a "death wish", but rather, a greater need to tell a story he feels is important enough to outweigh the risks involved.

    • @williamswenson5315
      @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад +12

      @UCWDX5D3Thjw8mn7NntjDJyQ Hello, Chris. You're an interesting specimen. While I don't rule out the possibility of smooth talkers seeking to mislead me, sometimes you have to accept at face value what people are telling you. To reject something out-of-hand without further research, fact checking or discussion, closes down access to a formed and balanced opinion. The expletives don't help either, unless you're simply being provocative. I find listening to people like you difficult, yet I'm taking the time to write this because not to engage with someone of your expressed beliefs isn't an answer either. Would you care to comment?

    • @charlesballiet7074
      @charlesballiet7074 5 лет назад +1

      @Chris Ward there is no god but yahweh and america is his puppet

    • @peterpain6625
      @peterpain6625 5 лет назад +7

      @Chris Ward I will please myself tonight at the thought of your stupidy. Thanks m8 ;)

    • @charlesballiet7074
      @charlesballiet7074 5 лет назад +2

      @Chris Ward Yea I am tired of clannish (long memoried) ethnic groups thinking they are the chosen inheritors of the earth. truth is the most human expression would allow each group to exist in its own lands and thrive. Unfortunately identitarian politics like the Nationalism of old is being used to manipulate the masses to serves the political agenda of the ruling class, can you Imagine what will happen when they fully unlock target adds through General artificial intelligence.

  • @skywalkersounds7020
    @skywalkersounds7020 5 лет назад +5

    I remember when Serpentza would open his videos with, “if you’ve come to talk politics, you’ve come to the wrong place”.

  • @mad6668
    @mad6668 5 лет назад +5

    If everyone is too busy hating something
    They won't have the time to open their eye to the injustice

    • @UPdan
      @UPdan 5 лет назад +1

      Don't question, obey.

  • @MissFoxification
    @MissFoxification 5 лет назад +6

    People are hyper critical of others for the same reason, "Don't look inwards, look outwards".

  • @altcoin5631
    @altcoin5631 5 лет назад +14

    Be careful friend I am old enough to remember Mao. Best of luck to you and your family in what has become a very dangerous place for no communists people.

  • @MrBCorp
    @MrBCorp 5 лет назад +6

    Love your video's man. Great content. It's so good to get an explanation of China from someone who's lived in China and understands it as an outsider.

  • @zugetzuzu
    @zugetzuzu 5 лет назад +25

    Sounds a lot like the dystopia novel "1984".

    • @kryts27
      @kryts27 5 лет назад +1

      Weirdly, that novel was published in 1949, the same year as the founding of the People's Republic of China (it's the same oxymoronic title as the Holy Roman Empire). George Orwell wrote "Nineteen Eighty Four" on reflection to the Hitler and Stalin dictatorships, but it could even more be applied (in reality rather than fiction) to the Chinese Communist Party. What irony!

    • @zugetzuzu
      @zugetzuzu 5 лет назад

      @@Lawliet734 sorry autocorrect ^^

    • @zugetzuzu
      @zugetzuzu 5 лет назад

      @@Lawliet734 I have dyslexia and English is my second language so yea I might've miss typed it which caused my auto correct to incorrectly change it to dystonia. Doesn't help that I have big hands as well. Also please chill. no need to get all up in arms about him calling out the usage of the wrong word (even if it wasn't my intent) lol

  • @williamshaw2417
    @williamshaw2417 5 лет назад +5

    Your insight about your Chinese experience also seem well thought out and thorough. Thank you and keep it up.

  • @ceeceety2320
    @ceeceety2320 5 лет назад +6

    I truly hope that if you've impacted only one life, it was the life of that boy who had seen the movie and smashed his Japanese toys. I hope that the talk you had with him, stays in his mind forever and triggered a thought process that will create a chain reaction for his children and grandchildren. It has to start somewhere.

  • @livesh1698
    @livesh1698 5 лет назад +12

    China definitely has long history. I can still read the text written on bamboo scripts written 2000 years ago. The Chinese writing characters hasn't change too much.

    • @rickbarrington
      @rickbarrington 5 лет назад

      Brandy Wasay 😂

    • @user-tg3vm4oj3e
      @user-tg3vm4oj3e 5 лет назад +2

      @Brandy Wasay he is saying the truth, I can read it as well, I can't figure out why a foreigner like you so confident about you know China better than us, at least we can read your language(but I never said I know west) I bet you can't type a single Chinese character to commuicate with us

  • @mrgustavoperez
    @mrgustavoperez 5 лет назад +15

    Orwell’s 1984 explores the “common enemy” doctrine of totalitarian states.

    • @kevinclement1533
      @kevinclement1533 5 лет назад

      US is not officially a totalitarian states, but it often look for other countries to be painted as the ultimate foe of Americans. Several years ago it was Iraq and Libya. Now it is China.

    • @mrgustavoperez
      @mrgustavoperez 5 лет назад

      @@kevinclement1533 Your comment is true but recognize a few differences. First the US does have a Foreign policy strategy that is meant to improve/promote our values and interests worldwide. For better or worse they include antagonizing Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria and China. Formerly included Iraq and Libya but those are of the table. In the US people, political parties and the media can and do oppose our governments actions, not so in China where everyone must tow the party line. Another thing is that American don't really "sacrifice" all that much (excluding service members) in the recent conflicts (wars). Life pretty much continues as normal. In the 1984 scenario the people are asked to endure tremendous hardship in the name of patriotism to fight that common enemy. This is more akin to what China has done and is priming to do again.

    • @kevinclement1533
      @kevinclement1533 5 лет назад +1

      @@mrgustavoperez In the US, medias often take sides between either the Democrats or the Republicans, which still results in medias full of biases and political agenda. And as much as I often disagree with the way China manage an authoritatian state, I don't think that democracy would work for every nation. Take Singapore for an example. Lee Kuan Yew was a very authoritarian ruler, but he was considered as a benevolent dictator who successfully made Singapore a 1st world nation. Sometimes the best way to develop a country is through authoritative rule, as long as the ruler has the nation's best interest at heart. Not all nations are ready for democracy. Even Libya under Gadhafi is far better off than democratic Libya right now, which is ruined after American intervention.

  • @calderon551
    @calderon551 5 лет назад +5

    The human zoo by Desmond Morris explains a lot about getting people in a region to unite thru fear and hate of people outside their social environment.

  • @zhlsimon
    @zhlsimon 5 лет назад +22

    What you described is totally referring to the US, British empire ---> Spanish empire --->Germany ---> Soviet union ---> Japan ---> now China.

    • @OldieBugger
      @OldieBugger 5 лет назад +7

      Oh, are enraged Americans smashing up stores selling Made-In-China stuff? Well, that news haven't gotten out for us in Europe to hear. Thank you for this information.

    • @AlecLeigh
      @AlecLeigh 5 лет назад +5

      Studied history for 10+ years, eventually i came to the conclusion that anywhere where there was some sort of economical, societal collapse, or war, the British were involved. All roads lead to London.

    • @dk.650
      @dk.650 5 лет назад +1

      You forgot South Africa.....rioters are referred to as protestors.

    • @zhlsimon
      @zhlsimon 5 лет назад +4

      You are most welcome! But you can't be too sure after American peace maker finally found WMDs or washing powder in another country, smashing stores is way too gentle.

    • @electronicraisin5956
      @electronicraisin5956 5 лет назад

      @@AlecLeigh the secret lies in fish and chips

  • @NewGoldStandard
    @NewGoldStandard 5 лет назад +5

    If you're ever in Denver, I'll buy the first round.
    Thanks for being the positive light you are.

  • @jobr2394
    @jobr2394 5 лет назад +7

    Love ya and Laowhy86, Thanks for the time you spend educating us!!!

  • @mortigoth
    @mortigoth 5 лет назад +115

    It's like about Russia, but on steroids... But the "national need" for Foreign Nemesis is the same...

    • @russianbotfarm3036
      @russianbotfarm3036 5 лет назад +4

      Agreed. And neither one of us needed $0.50 to say so. It's just that obvious anymore.

    • @kosmosXcannon
      @kosmosXcannon 5 лет назад +10

      and unlike Russia, China actually has money to afford power and influence.

    • @russianbotfarm3036
      @russianbotfarm3036 5 лет назад +1

      @Scythee 777 (he's speaking /from the US perspective - ie, some elements of the US leadership making a big deal about Russia. Note that he says /about/ Russia. Ie we all agree - China's boogeymen are like some elements in the US', preoccupation with Russia.)

    • @russianbotfarm3036
      @russianbotfarm3036 5 лет назад +1

      @@kosmosXcannon But amazingly, a lot of people buy it.

    • @gmoritz71last52
      @gmoritz71last52 5 лет назад +1

      @Scythee 777 I was going to say that. The difference is that we can bee-och about it and not get arrested. ( Harassed, maybe, but not arrested. ) It's 1984 Groundhog day/year.

  • @nonaubiz8939
    @nonaubiz8939 5 лет назад +178

    "Better than 60-Minutes" ....and, it's more truthful than most of the crap you hear on shows like 60-minutes of BS.

    • @Cafeston
      @Cafeston 5 лет назад +9

      That's his opinion. I personally never openly heard, in 10 years of China, that the US was the enemy. Nor felt threatened in any way. This is not information nor journalism.

    • @linian1987
      @linian1987 5 лет назад +7

      ​@@Cafeston Thanks for spreading the truth @ ​ Pierrick Calvez from what I see in China , foreigners, Americans included are generally so well welcomed ,almost to an unreasonable extent . If anything ,the only REAL hatered is against Japan. but with all that manga and J-pop yong ppl care less and less.

    • @indianajones5929
      @indianajones5929 5 лет назад +2

      *I came here to learn something practical about China...i didn't came here to watch how grown person has just fugured out simple human psychology at the age of 40.*
      Looks like Winston started commenting under his own videos.
      Unsubscribing for now.

    • @Puretea4711
      @Puretea4711 5 лет назад +8

      @@indianajones5929 bye dont come back!

    • @CuongNguyen-le5ic
      @CuongNguyen-le5ic 5 лет назад +7

      @@Cafeston You don't feel it, but that doesn't make it's not true. This is the tactics China use all the time. You just didn't pay attention or simply ignore it.
      The US also have this, you will notice during these trade war, many people often mistaken me for Chinese and I told them "I am a Vietnamese, you dumb ass".
      However, knowing so much about China's history, Centralize Government just take this to a whole new level, Vietnam also have this, but LITE version compared to China.

  • @senshing3463
    @senshing3463 5 лет назад +5

    Cultural devolution and great leap backward, so true

  • @sandeepreddy8567
    @sandeepreddy8567 5 лет назад +4

    There is absolutely no problem if US bans Huawei.
    But US is forcing allies & other companies to stop business with Huawei unlike CCP

    • @dingloong2470
      @dingloong2470 5 лет назад

      Huawei owned 1700 5G patents which is far more than the 5G patents that all American companies owned. and the 5G technologies are the key to the 4th technological revolution, that's why the US wanted to ban Huawei

    • @sandeepreddy8567
      @sandeepreddy8567 5 лет назад

      @@dingloong2470 u r telling about Huawei to me 🤣🤣🤣😊

    • @sink61
      @sink61 5 лет назад

      The issue with Huawei and Europe is this becomes a NATO communication security issue. The U.S. needs to be able to speak with NATO countries and hope the Chinese and Russians aren’t listening to every word.

    • @dingloong2470
      @dingloong2470 5 лет назад

      @@sink61 Hey stop talking NATO and Russia because there are no countries in Europe will like to ban Huawei, and Russian's 5G technologies are lagged far behind. The key points is that you Americans are lagged behind in 5G, so you are playing dirty to ban Huawei now, you are losing your nation's creditworthiness

    • @yin_xing
      @yin_xing 5 лет назад

      @@dingloong2470 no

  • @Ironclad404
    @Ironclad404 5 лет назад +12

    Mister, I salute you. You did a great job. What you describe follows the same image I gathered about Soviet Union between 1940 to 1950 - the Great patriotic war. I happen to own a book that is full of exactly these ridiculous stories about ordinary soldier-comrades and about their unbelieable valor and self-sacrifice. I don't dislike the sentiment, but I know why they were written. The themes stay same.
    Hopefully the government won't find it necessary to force its concerned citizens into stupid patriotic war because system becomes too unsustainable.

    • @Ironclad404
      @Ironclad404 5 лет назад

      @Meljov I won't dispute the stories of bravery of soldiers, who lived and died for their families, their freedom and peace in all the world. I will only say this: Stalin's generals and many heroes from the war didn't live long to enjoy the victory. And that didn't appear in those old sentimental stories.

  • @Player_Review
    @Player_Review 5 лет назад +32

    It is Machiavellian thought: If you do not have an enemy, you must create one. This unites your people and helps calm unrest against the government. Kind of like that silly Independence Day movie where militant aliens invade Earth and all countries come together to combat a common enemy. Fictional show, real life phenomenon.
    BTW, that corvette in the background of this video is _so_ beautiful. That Stingray is one of my favorite generations of Corvette. I had a C4.

    • @MonkeyStealsPeach
      @MonkeyStealsPeach 5 лет назад +2

      I made a similar comment above, Mencius has a similar idea

    • @Babihrse
      @Babihrse 5 лет назад +5

      “The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. ... The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.”
      George Orwell
      People don't look at the cracks in their own system when they're too busy being told to look at everybody else

  • @FrictionFive
    @FrictionFive 5 лет назад +14

    Excellent insights! I was bitterly disappointed when you cats bailed on being located here, but it seems that broadcasting from the free world has really enabled you to take your channel up a notch. Thank you as always for your solid analyses and interesting perspectives.

  • @siutinchen986
    @siutinchen986 5 лет назад +29

    说得过于真实,这是我觉得你做的最好的一个视频!

    • @maritimedragon
      @maritimedragon 5 лет назад +1

      Thanks to Google translate - Thumbs up!

    • @maritimedragon
      @maritimedragon 5 лет назад +3

      @l P "Too much to say, this is the best video I think you have done!"
      Swipe / copy / paste in the translator

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад +1

      别吧 他完全不懂中国 只能看到表象 根本不能理解那个时代人们的思想

    • @maritimedragon
      @maritimedragon 5 лет назад

      @@mingxuanchen4658 沒人能完全理解另一個人。 我們應用邏輯並儘力而為,等待反饋來調整我們的看法。 不尊重的高度是無視我們的同胞,什麼都不說。

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад

      @@maritimedragon 不需要他完全理解,然而在视屏里他一点同理心都没有。但凡有一些历史学术素养,都应该去尝试理解当时那些人的想法 客观的从根本去分析(当时的政治背景 普通百姓的家庭生活)。 而不是高高在上的分析表面, 这样biased 的论述 看看wiki就够了 为什么要看他

  • @filipelimartins
    @filipelimartins 5 лет назад +7

    Good point, but I must say isn't very different from every country in the world...

  • @user-xn4yu5rn9q
    @user-xn4yu5rn9q 5 лет назад +7

    I do agree with you on this. We need a push to innovate further.

  • @hydewarscore
    @hydewarscore 5 лет назад +18

    Damn dude hit the nail on the head with the IRL examples. Totally saw this myself during my time there.

  • @harveysmith100
    @harveysmith100 5 лет назад +44

    That was about the most enlightening 15 minutes on China I have ever seen. Well done.
    The irony of you name is not lost on me. 1984

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 лет назад

      Churchill was waaaaay before the 80S dude. Congratulations you just played yourself

    • @harveysmith100
      @harveysmith100 5 лет назад

      @@johnsmith-wx5fb Winston Smith, 1984, George Orwell? Oh never mind.

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 лет назад

      @@harveysmith100 dont try and wriggle out of it now .mistakes were made. Own em

    • @harveysmith100
      @harveysmith100 5 лет назад

      @@johnsmith-wx5fb John, have you been on the beer because you off tomorrow?

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 лет назад

      @@harveysmith100 hi just read 1984 damn! What was i thinking? Duh! My apologies

  • @popadaniel9632
    @popadaniel9632 5 лет назад +153

    Really informative video. Everything you say makes sense.

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад +3

      It's also biased video. For example, the huawei song is not even made by huawei.

    • @whoizrez
      @whoizrez 5 лет назад

      peace is anybody mad at a Huawei song?

    • @yoloswag6242
      @yoloswag6242 5 лет назад +5

      what is the bias? Winston is very genuine and honest

    • @whoizrez
      @whoizrez 5 лет назад

      yolo swag the bias is he’s anti China bcuz he *allegedly* used a fake Huawei song like anybody even cares about if it’s real or not

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад

      @@whoizrez No one heard of this song in China (I asked my Chinese friends)

  • @andrewhe8854
    @andrewhe8854 5 лет назад +41

    Well said Winston~ your thoughts and insights on the reason for this on-going hate-mongering ultra-nationalism tactic is quite on point

  • @Snipersounds
    @Snipersounds 5 лет назад +61

    The average Egyptian on the street analogy was perfect! Great video! Thanks for sharing!

    • @metal87power
      @metal87power 5 лет назад +2

      Modern Egyptian has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt.

    • @XtoCee
      @XtoCee 5 лет назад +4

      Absolutely not considering the Egyptians were conquered and replaced by many people such as the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Turks. Unlike Egypt, China still possess their blood of their ancestors, use the same writing script as their ancestors, and speak a language which is descended of their ancestors.
      Comparing a people, the ancient egyptians to modern egyptians who are now Muslims, Arabs, and speak Arabs to Ancient chinese and modern chinese is idiotic.

    • @dwaineleso5127
      @dwaineleso5127 5 лет назад

      @@metal87power A fact that they deny of cause, claim they are direct descendants of the ancients. Greeks too.

    • @quantum5210
      @quantum5210 5 лет назад +1

      @@XtoCee Good point thats what i was thinking im from the horn of africa there were great empires during the time of china being a world power. The port of adulis from the axum empire used to trade with china. So we also like to say we have 4k history etc. This guy is just trying to put doubt in ppls heads. He forgot to mention alot of people actually go to china from Korea and japan to learn traditional medicine he forgot to mention that bit. But we are still the same people from that time so its diff from egypt of course.

    • @oliverreads1536
      @oliverreads1536 5 лет назад

      @@XtoCee So by your logic, the US is as old as England? And since English is a derivative of Latin, spread by the Romans, and its laws a descended from the Romans, I guess the US is a few millennia old as well.
      Of course not.
      China today is as related to its history as the CPC is religious. The minority of Chinese who are free to practice their customs and beliefs are the true inheritors of the Chinese culture, and every year, those numbers dwindle.

  • @shtstirrer
    @shtstirrer 5 лет назад +14

    the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders - hermann goering

    • @alchemist889
      @alchemist889 5 лет назад

      you can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool everybody all the time - abe lincoln

    • @williamswenson5315
      @williamswenson5315 5 лет назад

      And Josef Goebbels was one of the finest practitioners of the "Big Lie".

  • @wuheng3065
    @wuheng3065 5 лет назад +4

    Common sense, the best way to unite most people in one orgnization is to face one enemy. The stronger the enemy, the better.

    • @mingxuanchen4658
      @mingxuanchen4658 5 лет назад

      LOL same logic for the USA, look what happened in the Middle East

  • @elliottreddog7480
    @elliottreddog7480 5 лет назад +73

    POWERFUL STUFF!! MAN YOU ARE THE CHAMPION OF AWESOMENESS!!

  • @pandaymanishsahay9267
    @pandaymanishsahay9267 3 года назад +1

    LOVE you man for sharing your experiences. GREAT video.

  • @michaelfreeland4711
    @michaelfreeland4711 5 лет назад +11

    I agree with you … but the same goes for all societies especially America , the middle East , Australiaz etc … I lived through the cold war and the politics of cultural fear is returning everywhere.

    • @riverdaletales8457
      @riverdaletales8457 5 лет назад +1

      Yup he acts like the U.S are peacemakers that don't harm others , just look at Vietnam regardless of what you think or thought of them the U.S had no right to attack a whole country not to mention Congress never approved the war , at the end the Vietnamese won the war (thankfully) so it didn't really change much. The U.S look for war and they are a prime example of how globalization effects us today

    • @charlesperigord1599
      @charlesperigord1599 5 лет назад +1

      @@riverdaletales8457 - Actually the Vietnam War began when North Vietnam attacked South Vietnam, in violation of the 1954 treaty that created the two nations. Originally the US military advisers were not even allowed to shoot back. If you didn't know there were once two Vietnams, you might want to read Deliver Us from Evil by Tom Dooley.
      Congress later passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and President Johnson took it as carte blanche for the war. At the end, in 1975, Congress withdrew all financial support, causing South Vietnam to lose to North Vietnam. Over one million South Vietnamese were put in concentration camps.

    • @nedkellysghost7931
      @nedkellysghost7931 5 лет назад

      @@charlesperigord1599
      What you leave out is that the State of Vietnam, aka South Vietnam and the U.S. refused to sign the 1954 Treaty or be bound by it. It was only signed by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), France, the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. It was just a worthless piece of paper. But one that North Vietnam mostly honored until after it became clear the South and the U.S. wouldn't allow reunification.
      The Treaty required reunification elections to be held before July 1956 which Ho Chi Minh would have almost certainly won. The U.S. effectively took control of the South from the French, created a new country from scratch in violation of *Article 6 of the Final Declaration of the Treaty conference, customary international law and Chapter 1, Article 1, Part 2 of the UN Charter, fabricated an unelected government and installed a dictator whom it controlled. It never intended to allow the election. It was only after this became clear that the North began taking military action to reunify the country.
      Dwight D. Eisenhower and the U.S. caused the Vietnam War, not Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam.
      *Article 6: "The Conference recognizes that the essential purpose of the agreement relating to Vietnam is to settle military questions with a view to ending hostilities and that the military demarcation line is provisional and should not in any way be interpreted as constituting a political or territorial boundary."

    • @riverdaletales8457
      @riverdaletales8457 5 лет назад

      @@charlesperigord1599 still my point still stands .

    • @charlesperigord1599
      @charlesperigord1599 5 лет назад

      @@nedkellysghost7931 -- I knew the US refused to sign, but I didn't know that South Vietnam also refused to sign. That means they were free to disregard it, at their peril. Clearly South Vietnam was part of the "containment of Communism" policy of the 50s, though not one of the success stories, like Greece or Italy.
      However, the fact remains that Ho Chi Minh did not have to attack or invade the South. He prudently waited until President Eisenhower left office and was replaced by a 43-year old Democrat who was totally incompetent in military matters before making his move.
      I suspect that Ho wanted to regain his old job as Regional Administrator for all of Southeast Asia, which he had held under the French before the Japanese drove them out. It would make sense to conquer South Vietnam first, before conquering Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and Thailand. Unfortunately for Ho, South Vietnam was a hard nut to crack, and it was only after the fall of President Nixon that he was finally able to win, but by then his economy was in ruins.

  • @delta-game
    @delta-game 5 лет назад +13

    Thankyou so much for this. It's really made me think... why should I get upset today about something, someone else did, in some other circumstance, so long ago when things were so different?

    • @jerrysmigiel7998
      @jerrysmigiel7998 5 лет назад +1

      Some people of a certain political party in the US want the black people to receive reparations for slavery that ended over 150 years ago. Why the hell should I pay for slavery that my family never took part in. My family only emigrated to the US in 1973. Oh, because I am a white American from Europe and I work and pay taxes?

  • @ayman4923
    @ayman4923 5 лет назад +15

    Wondering if you could do a video about China’s concentration camps ?

    • @funofboredom
      @funofboredom 5 лет назад +1

      @@lmc4370 Malaysia also has re-education camps to prevent people from leaving Islam. They protest how China is treating Uyghurs but they never mention how they themselves treat Muslim apostates. Bunch of hypocrites.

    • @Paddy-jf1ql
      @Paddy-jf1ql 5 лет назад

      I can answer he couldn't, because there's no such a thing radically and he will get nothing in the end so as to distort China. You should ask Hollywood and maybe they will produce something you wait to see.

    • @MrTynanDraper
      @MrTynanDraper 5 лет назад +2

      @@lmc4370 What did you want to know ? Basically they are re-education camps to try and change their Jews way of thinking.
      Perhaps you forgot but they had a major problem with their Jews ,they were going around killing Germans in very brutal ways .
      So the Germans thought it a good idea to take the bad ones and try to convince them to change their behaviour.
      Sounds like a good idea to me ,would you not agree ?
      4

  • @cras17
    @cras17 5 лет назад +12

    10:20 I've lived in Shenzhen for 4 years. I have seen that look. I get it on the subway sometimes. It's unsettling. Glad to be leaving this place and never coming back really soon.