I'd be fine if he said he'd release it a week earlier on Nebula. But it'd be scummy if it only was on Nebula. However just posting it at the same time is alright to me.
@@っっ-o6y Polymatter: "You free trial of seemingly unbiased, professional grade documentaries has expired." Me: "Understandable, have some subscription money." (I'm honestly, earnestly considering getting his Nebula stuff)
As an Australian, water management is apart of our culture we live almost permanently in drought like conditions. So seeing other countries ruining their water is to me via sacrilege
@@souviktudu28868 because of the the Communist inefficient irrigation design and excessive use of Aral sea water, cause the Aral sea disaster (Sorry for the broken grammar).
This series fucking rules. I've read several books on Chinese cultural and economic issues, and you do a better job in 20 minutes videos of distilling the information than any of the books I've read.
@@huntarthebarbarian8407 China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, and China in the 21st Century by Jeff Wasserstrom were both pretty neat. Both just giving some cultural background that you wouldn't really know if you grew up in the west.
That design was inspired by the national flags of the republics that joined the Soviet Union. It was rejected on the basis of reminding people of a divided country.
The water waste here in Beijing is nuts.They bring a hose nearly the size a fire hose to water a hedge. Most of the hoses also have tones of leaks and holes. A good 1/4 - 1-3 of the public bathrooms have a broken toilet that constantly spews water or over flushes. They use massive water trucks to high pressure clean most of the streets on a regular basis. Sprinkler systems that seem to water more of the sidewalk than the trees or grass form poor alignment. Misters use to lower dust around many of the construction areas in the city. The 2 building I have lived in, fairly new constructions, have had major leaking pipe problems. These are just a few examples of many many ways I see water wasted every day. Maybe if they work on the waste in just these areas it wont do much, but every little bit helps.
Thats a bad water conservation habbit there, we are told to conserve water and electricity as much as possible from young age here despite not lacking any of those
@@yonathanrakau1783 Yea, living there I taught middle and highschool students. They could and would tell me water waste is bad. Conservation is taught, but not in a practical way. They can say saving is good, but couldn't point out waste they had seen. They are young, so understandable. However, if education is done correctly, they could point out a bad thing that they have seen. I think pointing out poor public infrastructure is probably not taught as that would make the local supervisors look bad. They certainly cant point out local regulation issues in class to avoid backlash, so they just say save water on your own. It is a complex issue, and it needs top to bottom understanding. Teach to save water but also teach to call out efficiency issues when seen.
Thats probably not it... but this issue does drive most of what China does... once it says it will do X it amusingly does so even if its utterly badly thought out or negatively impacts its own people.
In Chinese there’s a saying: “water can carry a vessel, so can it topple it” used as a metaphor for how emperors rule over the people but people can also remove their rulers, while literally water (flooding/draught) had been the downfall of many many dynasties. That’s why our first mythical emperors (Da Yu) is not a conquerer or scholar as one night expect, but a dam engineer.
Here's the thing. The plants doesn't take everything from the water. It's only take the needed nutrition. So the wasted and dangerous parts( mostly metal) are left in the soil. Hence why you can use more polluted water for agriculture.
@@dieptrieu6564 false. Very false. Plants will pick metals and other contaminants. Look up phytoremediation. It where they use plants to clear heavy metal out of contaminated land.
@@ADHDgonewild7 The thing here is that the amount of metal they picked are not extremely high. Plants and living being still need metal in their diets after all. The biggest problems of highly polluted water is not metal, but rather poisonous chemical.
@@dieptrieu6564 I’m an environmental scientist so bear with me if I go into too much detail here but let me explain; Most plants don’t get the majority from the water itself they get it from the soil. Heavy metals in the water will settle out and become sediment where they can be picked up by plants. Because water pools, that means you will have high concentration of contamination in specific areas, erosion and other activities can spread them around a bit but for the most part it stays in “hot zones.” Farm irrigation is trying to keep the water from running off so all that heavy metal is concentrated right where the food is growing. Metals like iron are perfectly natural, they are a nutrient for plants, animals, and humans. Heavy metals like lead on the other hand are only natural in very minute amounts. Too much of them are toxic. Some plants can somewhat tolerate them but they won’t be healthy, most animals and humans can’t process them very well so they will stay in our systems for a very long time. There is something known as bioaccumulation. I’ll summarize it like this; lets say a wheat plant picks two lead from contaminated soil. lets say it takes 10 wheat to make the bread you eat, you now have 20 lead inside you. You eat bread everyday this week, you now have 140 lead inside you. Lets say your body can only filter out one lead a week, but you can’t just stop eating so have no choice but to keep eating this bread. If you do the math, you can see how this can become a big problem over time. If there’s anything I learned becoming an environmental scientist it’s that nothing is simple and everything is interconnected. You are absolutely right though the chemicals are also a very big problem but that is an essay for another day. If you’d like to know more on the subject feel free to ask
@@ADHDgonewild7 But the point is that plants are still living being, it will die if it take way too much poison into itself. Yes, metal poisoning is bad, but it's not bad enough to kill crops. And as long as the crop survived, people can eat it. And yes, human consume too much metal is also bad. But again, not bad enough to kill us. Otherwise you will see more chinese dieing of young age rather than living till seniors. So all in all, polluted water used for crops is a far less dangerous problem than people think. I'd assume that China also have enough environmental scientist to know what type of water is good enough for their agriculture. These guys are not dumb
this is very scary... you taught me that a country is not just about GDP, it's about how long they can manage it and how good they are at keeping it. so keep making these amazing videos..
Most countries require some sort of central forward planning to succeed. The US is prolly the only country that can afford to change public policy every 4 years and still sort of function, since it is effectively the headquarters of both the world's corporatocracy and arms dealing.
This is the thing with people who say they X socialist country was a success because it did well for a while. It doesn't count if it can't keep doing well. The USSR's 70 years seems like a good amount of time, until you realise it was less than a human lifetime.
@@eccentricthinker142 Centralization isn't the problem, the problem is the real power has been dominated by the various corporatocratic interests decades if not centuries ago. Everything in America has been commercialized and priced in, from running water to the office of the president. Which is why the quality of your leaders have been dropping like a cliff for years, only the corrupt politicians can pull enough billions and support to get into office. The interests of the corpo class rarely aligns with the other people, which is why they need the Bidens and Hillarys. Career politicians that only care every 4 years.
look at ireland they had a 30% GDP increase in 1 year but in reality it was just apple putting 300 billion dollars into their ireland headquaters none of that money is going into paying taxes and none of it is going to the people of ireland
I cannot even begin to understand the level of research that has gone into this series. I am more interested in the creator's process now. The level of comprehension and the clarity of thought is mind-boggling. Thank you! I feel we can learn so much from you..
@@anandpandey5105 Well, I think if we modernise our agricultural water usage and make it so that water isn't wasted in farms, cities, towns, etc., then I think we have a strong chance of actually not falling to the same place as China. China just wants to look strong, which is why they are scared of the decreasing demand. When India eventually modernises, it will have to modernise it's agricultural sector just as quickly, and use modern technology unlike China, whose rural areas are still 3rd world backwater like ours. We need foreign investment in the agricultural sector to fully modernise it. Otherwise we're fucked.
@@Hotasianchick they have 70% mechanization of farming sector. BEIJING - China has seen an outstanding shift in its farming sector with the mechanization rate exceeding 70 percent in 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said. The production of three staple crops including wheat, rice and corn is now mainly completed with farming machines, according to the ministry. In USA in 2012, mechanization rate was 79% (decreased from from 2007 by 4 points)
In only 3 20 mins videos he can fully explain the whole problem and make even those who are not into things like this actually undertands and that's just amazing
@@dantevonzuben8713 high population density, rising sea levels, extreme seasonal flooding, pollution, and poverty. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Bangladesh: Too downstream to control the rivers, too low-lying to survive sea level rise, too many people in one place, not enough voice in the world to make a change in the world that can slow these things.
@Jacob Thompson Tbh, I think it actually works in China's favor. Think about it, the idea that the people have the right to overthrow a government which doesn't act in their interests can keep even the most authoritarian government in line. Democracies can settle for mediocrity. No one (well, almost no one) will try to topple an elected official because they don't like them. In a democracy, change is supposed to come through the democratic process. Logic would dictate that democracy would make elected officials responsible to the people but that's not necessarily the case. For starters, elections cost money, giving those with money the ability to influence elections. Obviously, bribery is illegal but rich people and special interest groups can donate to candidates who favor policies that they like. And in the US, there are only two parties, meaning that both candidates can essentially be the same except for their rhetoric. You also have gerrymandering in which districts are drawn to favor those in power.
@@darthutah6649 A one party system can gerrymander districts however it likes. Same with the “elected” officials. They are charged with caring the people but they don’t always have to. In a democracy you can have a protest vote. Depending on your one party state, “protesting” lands you in jail.
China's grab for global domination scares the sh*t out of me. His video series alleviated some of that fear. I was thrilled for the final "chapter". Understanding your opponent is a crucial step.
@@Betterhose No need to sptead fear. We Chinese dont seek world dominance. We only hate America and would make all our endeavour to protect Asia from becoming a USA colony, and ensure no countries are threaten by American haegonmony.
Next video on Wendover: Airplanes - China's Reckoning (Part 4) lmao this is all you need to get likes on polymatter or HAI, we need some more original jokes
A Chinese here offering my perspective. I agree with your first two points about the issues in the Chinese society. This third point on water is not as strong as the first two. Recently I hear less and less discussions about a lack of water in China, and I’m not sure how it got picked up again here. Water problem has been a long-standing issue in northern China, and people have been living with that for decades. Firstly, water pollution, just like air pollution, has been gradually easing as recently China transitioned to a more mature economy which depends less on high pollution industries. Secondly, Desalination, as you pointed out, has very high cost and is definitely a worse choice considering China already have so much fresh water resource in the south, compared to Israel which doesn’t have much of these. Thirdly, proposing a market for water instead of highly subsidized water is not fair at all, considering the low income that those farmers have. The consequence of this would be lower production of crops and higher prices of food, which affect more poor people. Instead, the South-North water transfer project actually did provide ~15% of the water demand according to your data, which is fascinating considering how many people and how much demand there are. The building of such mass engineering projects, like other infrastructures that China has been building, can help create more demand for construction materials, create a lot of job opportunities, and in turn keep the economy going in the short term, at least.
I still think the market based pricing is a good idea though. Remember, water productivity is very low. If we increase the price, the farmers will have incentive to use water more productively.
In addition, this video used 20 year old stats for water productivity. The newest number for China is 21$ according world bank, higher than the upper middle income countries of 18$, less than 5$ seems to be around 2002.
You think older people don't watch this too? My 83 year old mother probably watches at much RUclips as you do. Of course, she looks at a lot of cat videos.
@@357Addict your 83 year old mother is not a boomer, that lady was born around the great depression. The boomers had everything, pot, food, Vietnam drama.... Your mother: lived through it all!
Us boomers also have a work ethic, integrity,dignity,and lots and lots of common sense unlike today’s man child’s , pampered emperors and selfish idiots . Your welcome
@@BvousBrainSystems yes well starting work at aged 13 and contributing to society and serving my country in between for the next sixty years gives me every right to mess up my grammar. Unlike yourself I’m not looking to be offended by bad grammar and your comments only reflects your immaturity.(Refer to my previous comment )
This video makes even more sense when we look at China's recent focus on the Himalayan mountain borderlands. The Himalayas form the headwaters of several of the world's most significant watersheds. Much in the way Turkey is attempting to use dam projects to exert control over its downstream neighbors and how Ethiopia seems to be doing the same with the Nile, China may consider the Indian sub-continent's headwaters in the Himalayas as both a lifeline they can try to divert to their other river systems through Tibet and a way to exert political and military control over their chief regional rival India.
Yes. I think that is also a reason India doesn’t want to leave Jammu and Kashmir. I think some good amount of water goes from there into India. If Kashmir joined Pakistan then China would have some control due to good Chinese-Pakistani relations. The water could be diverted away from India and that perhaps worries New Delhi.
@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ But the thing is Pakistan as a whole in a worse state than China in terms of water scarcity. Further, Pakistan wastes most of its water that has been allocated to it under the Indus water treaty by not using it properly. India is only allowed to use a very tiny share of those waters in the Kashmir region. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty India uses a fraction of its share because of it itself being in the upstream area. India's problem with water much south of Kashmir (where its share of water in the treaty lies), in Punjab region especially, where most of the usable water including ground water is used for flood irrigation like South PRC and very little is the output. So, India doesn't leave Indian J&K and doesn't ask for Pakistani J&K because of territorial legalities. Pakistan on the other hand prefers Indian J&K because it provides them unhindered access to Himalayan sources of water. Only place China and India can go for a tussle over water is the Brahmaputra valley in the Northeast India bordering Sichuan. Note: Water cannot be pumped from Indus in Kashmir region to China, impossible because of Himalayas and Pakistan is not that dumb. Indus water - India-Pak. Brahmaputra water - India-China.
Only one thing you forgot to mention... when an aquifer is pulled from TOO MUCH, once it collapses, the damage is permanent. You can no longer pull from the aquifer because there is no aquifer to pull from. GREAT video! Can’t wait for part 4!
This drinking water problem is actually a ticking timebomb in the south to southeast region of Asia. China controls the wellspring of some of the major rivers for India, Vietnam and many other southeast Asian countries. This dire factor can become really heated in the coming years thanks to climate change.
He explains Mao's take on it but he didn't explained Xi's take, which is that nature is not a force to be reckoned with, written in a paper 2 decades ago. Many people seem to not realize that this isn't the party of Mao's CCP these days and very little of his politics still exist today. Xi is a climate change advocate and believes 100% in science unlike certain governments.
Me hearing the figures for China's rainfall: South: "Wow, that's about 2.5 times what I get here." North: "Wow, that's only half of what I get here." Me on seeing Australia as having the most expensive water on the chart: "Yep. Sounds about right."
@@speedy01247 It is kind of odd for him to describe it like that. I guess he means "it's a little artificial to split China up like this", but TBH it doesn't seem that artificial to me - major rivers are usually borders between different political entities or climactic zones.
Adult children need to coexist with the reality of the real world and get outta moms basement and get a job. Skateboards, Minecraft, 20, 30 year old reacting to this comment negativity Need to get a life....like mining for real !
YESSSSS FINALLY I've been waiting for this for weeks! Thank you PolyMatter, I think the decision to hold back the video to perfect it was the right one.
17:25 "When the music stops, someone will pay the price." Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, India. Wars are often fought over resources, and no resource is more required than water. If the PRC wants a war, it will find one if it cuts off water to any of its downstream neighbors.
Except for the Brahmaputra/Tsangpo no major Indian river originates in Tibet. The Ganges system lies entirely within India (and the rivers of peninsular India are obviously no where near China). Plus the Brahmaputra receives 70%+ of its water in India and supports only about 2-3% of the Indian population.
Venezuela has treated nature as a common enemy for 200 years (because, and I'm not joking, "how dare it give us an earthquake when we were fighting for our independence?!") and it really only came back to bite them in the but very recently
This Honestly, the only thing I'd consider adding is another yellow stripe to symbolize the country's other river, and give it the four smaller stars in the top left that it currently has, and you have a very nice Chinese flag that's a good deal improved from their current one.
@@cheesemccheese5780 Russia took a punch in the gut in 2014 and has been spiraling out of control ever since. Inept govt and everpresent corruption only make things worse - every attempt at solving any of the numerous issues are mere facade or backfire.
9:15 "China is actively reducing their reliance on coal" China is actually increasing it's consumption of coal year by year. They only plan on beginning to decrease it in the 2030s, at least that's what they say..
I think I've already commented on how INSIGHTFUL this video is, but I want to say it again - Polymatter is FUCKING AMAZING!! You are freaking KILLING IT, bro! This is China analysis that can be found NOWHERE ELSE!!! Plaudits, sir. Plaudits.
Civilizations around the world live and die on water. Chairman Mao may have tried to change nature, but as this video shows, Nature will always have the high ground. 5:02 "Two of these countries have the unfair advantage of lying in polar regions." Alaska: What am I, chopped liver?
The scary thing is that this could easily become a issue in the US as well. We have a pretty high amount of water consumption. The only reason it is not a problem for us currently is thanks to the fact that we do have so much water that is easy to treat. That being said private companies like Nestle our over draining our underground water supplies for the sake of profits. Once this series is done I hope to see something similar about the USA.
It would help if our elected "representatives" weren't ignorant and corrupt dumb-asses. The US really really needs to improve its infrastructure, waterways included. That and repeal the Jones Act.
@@kevintang5473 well depend which city or stated u lived, If you lived in colorado or Las vegas that lived in the middle of dessert you basically F*cked
Incredible series so far. Was happy to find out there will be a part 4. This has become one of my favorite channels lately. Keep up the awesome work, and can't wait for the next update!
I lost my shit after the bombshell that is the announcement of an upcoming part 4. You have absolutely got me. Hook, line, sinker. Part 4??? What could really be worse than a housing crisis, a water crisis, and a freaking demographic collapse??? I really want to fucking see part 4 of this. Im turning on the notification bells, fuck it.
I can tell you bro. The CCP’s worst fear is being overthrown. The communist regime might seem rock solid from the outside, but there are lots of internal rivalries and some of the regional governments would reaaaally benefit from being more independent. That’s why China is entering lots of conflicts, threatening Taiwan, etc; to keep their people busy with external threats and united against a common enemy. That’s also why they’re not raising the price of water; to keep the people happy. You should look into a guy called Peter Zeihan (a geopolitical analyst and consultant). All of the things this channel says about China, I’ve heard from him before.
It’s Mao worship. Mao said “move the water from one place to the other” and bam, massive hyper expensive pointless project gets made. The CCP still pays too much attention to Mao’s words, even decades after his death.
@@idg0dthrowaway219 Yet for some reason whenever you have communists in charge, more power is concentrated in the government. Literally makes no sense.
This has been one of the most informative series on China that i have ever seen I also have to give you high credit for the pastebin with all the sources it has been a blast to read.
If Chinas Media don't report on it everything is fine :P And if the West reports on it china claims it's anti Asian Hatespeech and everything is fine as well ;)
Just saying...its sarcasm. When it comes to understanding of reality i think most of us are fine on an individual level. Beside of the media induced fear trauma a huge potion of the population has right now. On a Geopolitical scale it dosn't look so good for us. The Worlds Nations are still playing the old games for Power and the leading players are the US, Russia and China. Everyone of them is using a different approach to persuade public opinion. China for example is using the anti Asian movement in the West to claim things like speaking against the CCP is hatespeach against Asian people in general. They are infiltrating or even setting up "Anti Asian Hate" demonstrations in the West and blocking signs/banners and chinese speakers who are going against the CCP narative. Like Uighur or Tibetian rights.....etc. There are other methodes used by the CCP as well like hireing influancers wo reapead CCP talking points in there Videos and huge army of Nationalist Commentators who will spam comments on delicate social media posts (50centarmy) and other methodes...this would go far to explain it in detail so i'll stop here. Have a nice day and never give up your love for humanity
US doesn't want to lose face even more. Remember when Europe countries say there is no evidence Huawei had spy chips in their products? US replied we don't need evidence to proof China spied LOL that's saving face. Sooooo fucking classic.
@@illbeyourmonster3591 when your argument is almost comically non-serious and an absolute strawman, do you expect genuine rebuttals, are you that full of yourself?
As a Chinese, I would argue the South-North water transfer project is more than a band-aid. You know not every drop of water have the same value, even though the project still cannot supply all the water the northern China needs, it solves most of residential needs I believe. As of irrigation technology to save water, I totally agree with you there's massive room for improvement for most Chinese farmers.
I think the solution proposed which would be to stop subsidizing water and have it be in line with other countries is the fundamental ideology of the party. If they raise prices then that will cause people to get pissed. Video 4 might be people waking up and overthrowing the CCP
@@Lightningdude "Wake up": Holy shit, our government is so awful that it makes China grows rapidly to become 2nd richest in the world. Look at democracy India! We want that! ok
@@easonhuang7117 and yet the average GDP per capita puts china at #52. If your benchmark is corrupt india then yes, china's economy is doing better but if you measure against an actual well run country like Taiwan which is in top 25 then china falls flat
@@Lightningdude India has similar population to China, better geography, more arable land, same start point in terms economy and better industry in the beginning. However China is ahead of China in all dimensions. Explain? 🥴🥴
@@Lightningdude Not only that, India has much better political environment supported by both Soviet and the west, while China has always been suppressed by the west. Anyone explain me why China is so much ahead of India in all dimension? Could it be the difference in political system? 🥴🥴
Actually the divide is Huaihe River and Qinling Mountains. Many cities situated in the north of Yangtz River (for example, Chengdu, where panda live) are super humid.
When you combine this with that CaspianReport video that shows how the PRC controls the headwaters (via Tibet) of all the major rivers supplying India and SE Asia, and...this gets scary.
@@somakchatterjee6429 But the bases on the Andaman and Nicobar islands aren't finished yet right? So it's still not a totally secure card to play. Let's hope you finish them as early as possible
Sounds like they are suffering from a problem many nations are dealing with: plenty of water, just not enough clean water. The Chinese need to build water filtration plants with the same vigor they build dams and bridges.
-Polymatter: You suffer from demografic disbalances and decline, an incontrolable housing price bubble and acute water scarcity -China: So my liver, kidneys and hearth are sick. Well, at least my economy and diplomatic influence is growing in the world stage, every cloud has a silver lining after a... -Polymatter: That's not all. Now let's see the brain.
You think that some moron RUclipsr, Polymatter knows better then the most efficient goverment in history of human civilization? You and everyone else that believes that needs to check their brains
I think Part 4 is more related to public of China because having bad public opinion or a violent public can result in the fragmentation of China like it has gone through throughout it's lifetime. This means that Tibet, Xinjiang and inner Mongolia would slip away from China and a violent change of power would occur inside China.
He use mathematic rose which implied that the last thing is so complexly tied to each other, that it create feedback loop. So my guess is declining export industry due to higher production cost
@Karl Quetzacoatl then they claim that an ancient chinese dynasty goes there first and claims that it's theirs because they're the one who set foot in there even before it even has snow or some bullshit like that
That's only cause greenland has like 60,000 people. (If that water was shared equally among 1 billion, it would only be 600 per person, and that is ignoring the fact that china has more then 1 billion people)
After watching this video, here's the final and fourth part: ruclips.net/video/y87R3Lp0jd0/видео.html
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@@icantcomeupwithagoodusername24 you heard the man
Fuck yes
I would rather move to china than learn math!!!11!!!
Part 4??? I've been hooked from the start, looking forward to it!
The trilogy is completed. Wait, there's a part 4?!
Ah yes, the Pirates of the Caribbean move!
Pulled an Eragon
That would make it a saga.
i would love to know that china's going to ruin
The trilogy of 4
Boy was I glad to hear that Part 4 wouldn't be on nebula.
I'd be fine if he said he'd release it a week earlier on Nebula. But it'd be scummy if it only was on Nebula. However just posting it at the same time is alright to me.
Don't give him ideas
It's like "your free trial has expired" equivalent
@@っっ-o6y Polymatter: "You free trial of seemingly unbiased, professional grade documentaries has expired."
Me: "Understandable, have some subscription money." (I'm honestly, earnestly considering getting his Nebula stuff)
@@theramendutchman nebula is literally a dollar a month too
Polymatter: "The Chinese government was seen as a greater force than nature that can conquer nature"
The Dutch: LMAO
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Chad Brilliant sponsoring a serious water crisis by 2030
Haha that's too good!
xD
I'm sure a blind person would really be confused.
laughed too much at this xD
brilliant is based
A part 4 that ties everything together? I don't need sleep, I need answers.
Lol yes we demand answers! Even at 4am!
It'll probably be about maintaining power
In my opinion what china fears most is a middle class revolution.
@@otty4000 It's about time. Hasn't China had a rich history of revolutions?
@@WanderTheNomad bang on
As an Australian, water management is apart of our culture we live almost permanently in drought like conditions. So seeing other countries ruining their water is to me via sacrilege
@@jackorlove4055 That must mean it must been the nature of democracies to bomb 3rd world countries
@@jackorlove4055 Aral sea moment
@@snafu1635 I forgot where it is.Where was it again?
@@souviktudu28868 Central Asia, between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
@@souviktudu28868 because of the the Communist inefficient irrigation design and excessive use of Aral sea water, cause the Aral sea disaster (Sorry for the broken grammar).
This series fucking rules. I've read several books on Chinese cultural and economic issues, and you do a better job in 20 minutes videos of distilling the information than any of the books I've read.
I agree, it's excellent.
I love this series!
Agreed
Do you have any recommendations for the books you’ve read?
@@huntarthebarbarian8407 China in Ten Words by Yu Hua, and China in the 21st Century by Jeff Wasserstrom were both pretty neat. Both just giving some cultural background that you wouldn't really know if you grew up in the west.
I actually like Mao's flag design more than the current one
I agree with Mr. Soros.
PD: Can you paid me? ;))
@George Soros You only give me 50 Fen p.c. 😧
That design was inspired by the national flags of the republics that joined the Soviet Union. It was rejected on the basis of reminding people of a divided country.
I think there’s something to the idea of representing the river on the flag, but I don’t really love the version shown in the video.
Reminds me of the South Vietnam flag
*And at age 75 he swam 9 miles across the river*
Everyone: Fake
NK: *claps forever*
Ironically enough, the Yangtze river was already so polluted that two of his bodyguard later got sick
@@jumolangma8557 oh ok
@@jumolangma8557 Let's all play spot the Chinese national.
@@jumolangma8557 I bet the president of the free and true successor state to China, Taiwan could have swam it legitmately.
@Some Guy you believe only in what you are fed to.
The water waste here in Beijing is nuts.They bring a hose nearly the size a fire hose to water a hedge. Most of the hoses also have tones of leaks and holes.
A good 1/4 - 1-3 of the public bathrooms have a broken toilet that constantly spews water or over flushes.
They use massive water trucks to high pressure clean most of the streets on a regular basis.
Sprinkler systems that seem to water more of the sidewalk than the trees or grass form poor alignment.
Misters use to lower dust around many of the construction areas in the city.
The 2 building I have lived in, fairly new constructions, have had major leaking pipe problems.
These are just a few examples of many many ways I see water wasted every day.
Maybe if they work on the waste in just these areas it wont do much, but every little bit helps.
The country and the leadership went against mother nature.. This bravado attitude ... do you think that people care about the basic things?? No.
Thats a bad water conservation habbit there, we are told to conserve water and electricity as much as possible from young age here despite not lacking any of those
@@yonathanrakau1783 Yea, living there I taught middle and highschool students. They could and would tell me water waste is bad. Conservation is taught, but not in a practical way. They can say saving is good, but couldn't point out waste they had seen.
They are young, so understandable. However, if education is done correctly, they could point out a bad thing that they have seen. I think pointing out poor public infrastructure is probably not taught as that would make the local supervisors look bad. They certainly cant point out local regulation issues in class to avoid backlash, so they just say save water on your own.
It is a complex issue, and it needs top to bottom understanding. Teach to save water but also teach to call out efficiency issues when seen.
They need to fight for every drop.
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"North vs South"
Hey, I've seen this one, this is a classic!
There is actually a big political and cultural divide between north and south China though
@@skybananaqueen4051 exactly
What do you mean? It's brand new!
Italy:
Wei vs. Wu and Shu, round 2.
I'm calling it now - Part 4 is maintaining legitimacy in the eyes of the people!
Thats probably not it... but this issue does drive most of what China does... once it says it will do X it amusingly does so even if its utterly badly thought out or negatively impacts its own people.
你信不信最后是洗白反转？？ mark my word.
The Mandate of Heaven. It even applies to atheist technocrats in China.
g legitimacy in the eyes of the people
LOL
Finally part 3. I've waited for this shit longer than the end of Covid
Next one will probably take another month.
Plot twist: We are only at the start of Covid part 1
And with that cliffhanger, it's gonna seem like forever til we get part 4.
Hopfrogg What do you think part 4 is going to be about?
Plot twist: part 4
In Chinese there’s a saying: “water can carry a vessel, so can it topple it” used as a metaphor for how emperors rule over the people but people can also remove their rulers, while literally water (flooding/draught) had been the downfall of many many dynasties.
That’s why our first mythical emperors (Da Yu) is not a conquerer or scholar as one night expect, but a dam engineer.
The fact they think that water too polluted for industrial use is safe to grow their food with is terrifying
Here's the thing. The plants doesn't take everything from the water. It's only take the needed nutrition. So the wasted and dangerous parts( mostly metal) are left in the soil. Hence why you can use more polluted water for agriculture.
@@dieptrieu6564 false. Very false. Plants will pick metals and other contaminants. Look up phytoremediation. It where they use plants to clear heavy metal out of contaminated land.
@@ADHDgonewild7 The thing here is that the amount of metal they picked are not extremely high. Plants and living being still need metal in their diets after all. The biggest problems of highly polluted water is not metal, but rather poisonous chemical.
@@dieptrieu6564 I’m an environmental scientist so bear with me if I go into too much detail here but let me explain; Most plants don’t get the majority from the water itself they get it from the soil. Heavy metals in the water will settle out and become sediment where they can be picked up by plants. Because water pools, that means you will have high concentration of contamination in specific areas, erosion and other activities can spread them around a bit but for the most part it stays in “hot zones.” Farm irrigation is trying to keep the water from running off so all that heavy metal is concentrated right where the food is growing.
Metals like iron are perfectly natural, they are a nutrient for plants, animals, and humans. Heavy metals like lead on the other hand are only natural in very minute amounts. Too much of them are toxic. Some plants can somewhat tolerate them but they won’t be healthy, most animals and humans can’t process them very well so they will stay in our systems for a very long time.
There is something known as bioaccumulation. I’ll summarize it like this; lets say a wheat plant picks two lead from contaminated soil. lets say it takes 10 wheat to make the bread you eat, you now have 20 lead inside you. You eat bread everyday this week, you now have 140 lead inside you. Lets say your body can only filter out one lead a week, but you can’t just stop eating so have no choice but to keep eating this bread. If you do the math, you can see how this can become a big problem over time.
If there’s anything I learned becoming an environmental scientist it’s that nothing is simple and everything is interconnected. You are absolutely right though the chemicals are also a very big problem but that is an essay for another day. If you’d like to know more on the subject feel free to ask
@@ADHDgonewild7 But the point is that plants are still living being, it will die if it take way too much poison into itself. Yes, metal poisoning is bad, but it's not bad enough to kill crops. And as long as the crop survived, people can eat it. And yes, human consume too much metal is also bad. But again, not bad enough to kill us. Otherwise you will see more chinese dieing of young age rather than living till seniors. So all in all, polluted water used for crops is a far less dangerous problem than people think. I'd assume that China also have enough environmental scientist to know what type of water is good enough for their agriculture. These guys are not dumb
this is very scary... you taught me that a country is not just about GDP, it's about how long they can manage it and how good they are at keeping it. so keep making these amazing videos..
Most countries require some sort of central forward planning to succeed.
The US is prolly the only country that can afford to change public policy every 4 years and still sort of function, since it is effectively the headquarters of both the world's corporatocracy and arms dealing.
This is the thing with people who say they X socialist country was a success because it did well for a while.
It doesn't count if it can't keep doing well. The USSR's 70 years seems like a good amount of time, until you realise it was less than a human lifetime.
@@dongster529 Unfortunately that was due to the mostly decentralized nature of the US economy. Centralization seems to have caused our problems...
@@eccentricthinker142 Centralization isn't the problem, the problem is the real power has been dominated by the various corporatocratic interests decades if not centuries ago. Everything in America has been commercialized and priced in, from running water to the office of the president.
Which is why the quality of your leaders have been dropping like a cliff for years, only the corrupt politicians can pull enough billions and support to get into office.
The interests of the corpo class rarely aligns with the other people, which is why they need the Bidens and Hillarys. Career politicians that only care every 4 years.
look at ireland they had a 30% GDP increase in 1 year but in reality it was just apple putting 300 billion dollars into their ireland headquaters none of that money is going into paying taxes and none of it is going to the people of ireland
I cannot even begin to understand the level of research that has gone into this series. I am more interested in the creator's process now. The level of comprehension and the clarity of thought is mind-boggling.
Thank you! I feel we can learn so much from you..
Bro, I am worried about India now, because I don't think we are in greater position.
India has to deal with Covid first and come to grips with the coverups and corruption.
@@dozaarchives2225 don't worry, we are not going anywhere.
@@anandpandey5105 Well, I think if we modernise our agricultural water usage and make it so that water isn't wasted in farms, cities, towns, etc., then I think we have a strong chance of actually not falling to the same place as China. China just wants to look strong, which is why they are scared of the decreasing demand. When India eventually modernises, it will have to modernise it's agricultural sector just as quickly, and use modern technology unlike China, whose rural areas are still 3rd world backwater like ours. We need foreign investment in the agricultural sector to fully modernise it. Otherwise we're fucked.
@@Hotasianchick they have 70% mechanization of farming sector.
BEIJING - China has seen an outstanding shift in its farming sector with the mechanization rate exceeding 70 percent in 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said.
The production of three staple crops including wheat, rice and corn is now mainly completed with farming machines, according to the ministry.
In USA in 2012, mechanization rate was 79% (decreased from from 2007 by 4 points)
In only 3 20 mins videos he can fully explain the whole problem and make even those who are not into things like this actually undertands and that's just amazing
@小熊维尼 Noone is saying that Mainland China will colapse. Only that is has a several issues to deal with.
Me: nervously watching this video in Bangladesh which is filled with water, but faces almost all the same problems and sometimes even worse issues.
Bangladesh has the problem where their entire country will be underwater. I wish you good luck in the coming years.
what is the problem?
@@dantevonzuben8713 high population density, rising sea levels, extreme seasonal flooding, pollution, and poverty. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Bangladesh: Too downstream to control the rivers, too low-lying to survive sea level rise, too many people in one place, not enough voice in the world to make a change in the world that can slow these things.
Well china is damming yantze river (bramhaputra) so both india and bangladesh have to suffer
This is one of my favorite RUclips series, lets go! Thanks for putting put this quality content for free, PolyMatter!
Totally agree, thank you.
Who else wants to bet that part 4 will be the mandate of heaven?
@Jacob Thompson Tbh, I think it actually works in China's favor. Think about it, the idea that the people have the right to overthrow a government which doesn't act in their interests can keep even the most authoritarian government in line. Democracies can settle for mediocrity. No one (well, almost no one) will try to topple an elected official because they don't like them. In a democracy, change is supposed to come through the democratic process. Logic would dictate that democracy would make elected officials responsible to the people but that's not necessarily the case. For starters, elections cost money, giving those with money the ability to influence elections. Obviously, bribery is illegal but rich people and special interest groups can donate to candidates who favor policies that they like. And in the US, there are only two parties, meaning that both candidates can essentially be the same except for their rhetoric. You also have gerrymandering in which districts are drawn to favor those in power.
@@darthutah6649 I think he's talking about the necrocratic aspect of the mandate of heaven. Chinese governance shuns the idea of repealing laws.
@@darthutah6649 I think it will be about AI and digital currency. Ig? (Jake tran vibes people?)
Heaven tried with the floods but the commies are like ants very hard to kill
@@darthutah6649 A one party system can gerrymander districts however it likes. Same with the “elected” officials. They are charged with caring the people but they don’t always have to. In a democracy you can have a protest vote. Depending on your one party state, “protesting” lands you in jail.
Yessss I've been waiting for this
Same
@@SirShanova crimea is is in russia
China's grab for global domination scares the sh*t out of me. His video series alleviated some of that fear. I was thrilled for the final "chapter".
Understanding your opponent is a crucial step.
Get ready for part 4!
@@Betterhose No need to sptead fear. We Chinese dont seek world dominance. We only hate America and would make all our endeavour to protect Asia from becoming a USA colony, and ensure no countries are threaten by American haegonmony.
Next video on Wendover: Airplanes - China's Reckoning (Part 4)
lmao this is all you need to get likes on polymatter or HAI, we need some more original jokes
Lol. Is PolyMatter related to Wendover? Similar styles
@@spicemasterii6775 I think there just friends
Wendover: "China's airplane problem"
And a few "you seeeeeeee" thrown in b
@@ingore9021 I see. Thanks.
They do actually have a burgeoning airline industry which is hoping to challenge Boeing and Airbus inside of the next decade
A Chinese here offering my perspective.
I agree with your first two points about the issues in the Chinese society.
This third point on water is not as strong as the first two. Recently I hear less and less discussions about a lack of water in China, and I’m not sure how it got picked up again here. Water problem has been a long-standing issue in northern China, and people have been living with that for decades.
Firstly, water pollution, just like air pollution, has been gradually easing as recently China transitioned to a more mature economy which depends less on high pollution industries.
Secondly, Desalination, as you pointed out, has very high cost and is definitely a worse choice considering China already have so much fresh water resource in the south, compared to Israel which doesn’t have much of these.
Thirdly, proposing a market for water instead of highly subsidized water is not fair at all, considering the low income that those farmers have. The consequence of this would be lower production of crops and higher prices of food, which affect more poor people. Instead, the South-North water transfer project actually did provide ~15% of the water demand according to your data, which is fascinating considering how many people and how much demand there are. The building of such mass engineering projects, like other infrastructures that China has been building, can help create more demand for construction materials, create a lot of job opportunities, and in turn keep the economy going in the short term, at least.
I still think the market based pricing is a good idea though. Remember, water productivity is very low. If we increase the price, the farmers will have incentive to use water more productively.
這個頻道雖然有些問題和論點講得不錯,但是始終還是用西方人角度看事.
In addition, this video used 20 year old stats for water productivity. The newest number for China is 21$ according world bank, higher than the upper middle income countries of 18$, less than 5$ seems to be around 2002.
+100 social credit
1989 Tiananmen Square massacre
I have a playlist of videos in case a boomer asks me why RUclips is better than television, and this series is the star of that playlist.
You think older people don't watch this too? My 83 year old mother probably watches at much RUclips as you do. Of course, she looks at a lot of cat videos.
@@357Addict your 83 year old mother is not a boomer, that lady was born around the great depression. The boomers had everything, pot, food, Vietnam drama.... Your mother: lived through it all!
Us boomers also have a work ethic, integrity,dignity,and lots and lots of common sense unlike today’s man child’s , pampered emperors and selfish idiots . Your welcome
@@pauldirac808 Don't necessarily have the best grammar teachers though
@@BvousBrainSystems yes well starting work at aged 13 and contributing to society and serving my country in between for the next sixty years gives me every right to mess up my grammar. Unlike yourself I’m not looking to be offended by bad grammar and your comments only reflects your immaturity.(Refer to my previous comment )
This video makes even more sense when we look at China's recent focus on the Himalayan mountain borderlands. The Himalayas form the headwaters of several of the world's most significant watersheds. Much in the way Turkey is attempting to use dam projects to exert control over its downstream neighbors and how Ethiopia seems to be doing the same with the Nile, China may consider the Indian sub-continent's headwaters in the Himalayas as both a lifeline they can try to divert to their other river systems through Tibet and a way to exert political and military control over their chief regional rival India.
Yes. I think that is also a reason India doesn’t want to leave Jammu and Kashmir. I think some good amount of water goes from there into India. If Kashmir joined Pakistan then China would have some control due to good Chinese-Pakistani relations. The water could be diverted away from India and that perhaps worries New Delhi.
@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ Eh, noone want to lose territory, water or not
@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ But the thing is Pakistan as a whole in a worse state than China in terms of water scarcity. Further, Pakistan wastes most of its water that has been allocated to it under the Indus water treaty by not using it properly. India is only allowed to use a very tiny share of those waters in the Kashmir region.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Waters_Treaty
India uses a fraction of its share because of it itself being in the upstream area. India's problem with water much south of Kashmir (where its share of water in the treaty lies), in Punjab region especially, where most of the usable water including ground water is used for flood irrigation like South PRC and very little is the output.
So, India doesn't leave Indian J&K and doesn't ask for Pakistani J&K because of territorial legalities. Pakistan on the other hand prefers Indian J&K because it provides them unhindered access to Himalayan sources of water.
Only place China and India can go for a tussle over water is the Brahmaputra valley in the Northeast India bordering Sichuan.
Note: Water cannot be pumped from Indus in Kashmir region to China, impossible because of Himalayas and Pakistan is not that dumb.
Indus water - India-Pak.
Brahmaputra water - India-China.
india doesnt have huge benefit from water from tibet but worry about bangladesh
Only one thing you forgot to mention... when an aquifer is pulled from TOO MUCH, once it collapses, the damage is permanent. You can no longer pull from the aquifer because there is no aquifer to pull from.
GREAT video! Can’t wait for part 4!
“We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations” - David Brower
I don't think a river does
rivers don't think.... obviously
"We must become thoughtless if we want to generic platitude" - A pseudointellectual
"we must take the easiest path possible, in all circumstances. That will solve things"
Channels like yours don't make me miss what Discovery and History Channel used to be.
i watched this in nebula but i will watch it here again and leave a casual comment for youtube algorithm
you are the real mvp
@@MiloTheFirst1 You know? I think I'll join you
Thumbs up and posting for the algorithm. All hail the algorithm.
Me too!
This drinking water problem is actually a ticking timebomb in the south to southeast region of Asia. China controls the wellspring of some of the major rivers for India, Vietnam and many other southeast Asian countries. This dire factor can become really heated in the coming years thanks to climate change.
Yes, Asian water wars are coming.
4:37 That was so random. Made me think the water crisis was sponsored by Brilliant. 😂
With your contribution you can help drain the world's water resources.
@@ferdjur4195 Nestlé:
Nestlé is the only Company that would sponsor a Water Crisis.
Nice pfp
The quality of this content is incredible
I'm a simple man, I see a PolyMatter video, I click.
Too bad I already ran out of popcorn.
"That is if you can see past the normal pollution"
Apply Level II water to burned area
They can't, they ran out
He explains Mao's take on it but he didn't explained Xi's take, which is that nature is not a force to be reckoned with, written in a paper 2 decades ago. Many people seem to not realize that this isn't the party of Mao's CCP these days and very little of his politics still exist today. Xi is a climate change advocate and believes 100% in science unlike certain governments.
Me hearing the figures for China's rainfall:
South: "Wow, that's about 2.5 times what I get here."
North: "Wow, that's only half of what I get here."
Me on seeing Australia as having the most expensive water on the chart: "Yep. Sounds about right."
Literally liquid oil here
@@salsacolasa5021
Oil is already liquid.
@@Alias_Anybody Clear oil? Drinkable oil?
They just need two water blocks and boom, infinite water.
Facs
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3 iron, 2 coal, 8 cobble +2 water, yep :)
CCP: "Your powers are weak old man."
Nature: "Strike me down and I shall return more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Punching Nature in the face is like plucking sleeping Tiger's whiskers. It is now aware of your presence...
"according to chinese government provided stasticis" which means it's likely much worse.
No it means it straight up is, Chinese statistics are always false
@@ekerilaz723 Correct! When the CCP says something is bad it's actually terrible.
@@jerryrichardson2799 Even other CCP members don't trust their own statistics
*Cough* Andrew Cuomo *Cough*
I mean it makes sense. Chinese statistic is an art, not science.
"An inexact but useful artificial dividing line" I really like this use of phrase and I think it should be used more often.
The line is natural though. (Its a river not a randomly made human line)
@@speedy01247 It is kind of odd for him to describe it like that. I guess he means "it's a little artificial to split China up like this", but TBH it doesn't seem that artificial to me - major rivers are usually borders between different political entities or climactic zones.
I absolutely love this series. The amount of research and work you put into it is just mindblowing. Thank you
Everyone: Talks about how China could use the 2x2 Minecraft infinite water trick
1x3 infinite water trick: *Sad water noises*
2x2 is better, because you can take from any water source block. If you take one of the side sources in 1x3, it breaks.
@@2MeterLP but why would you take one of the sides
@@neonbunnies9596 Because you can only take the middle one in a 1x3 setup, you have to aim properly everytime. With 2x2 its just easier and quicker.
@ 3x1 has its uses, mainly on that floatin island gamemode
Adult children need to coexist with the reality of the real world and get outta moms basement and get a job.
Skateboards, Minecraft, 20, 30 year old reacting to this comment negativity
Need to get a life....like mining for real !
YESSSSS FINALLY
I've been waiting for this for weeks!
Thank you PolyMatter, I think the decision to hold back the video to perfect it was the right one.
Impeccable quality of videos. This must be one of the highest quality and best series on RUclips
It never cease to amaze me that polymatter really did their homework to create such an informative and accurate documentary. 👏 thank you!
Random information and stock footage about the country (especially this one) can easily amaze you but it doesn't mean accuracy.
@@tritium1998 o, weally ? (hoot - hoot) 😛
is it informative and accurate - yes
Is it subjective? not really.
This channel is amazing! This mini-series has been fantastic :)
Hey economics in action! Love your channel!
@@electri2024 Thanks :)
17:25 "When the music stops, someone will pay the price." Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, India.
Wars are often fought over resources, and no resource is more required than water.
If the PRC wants a war, it will find one if it cuts off water to any of its downstream neighbors.
Yep. And then they start some sort of nuclear war with Russia or India or Pakistan over water,
Except for the Brahmaputra/Tsangpo no major Indian river originates in Tibet. The Ganges system lies entirely within India (and the rivers of peninsular India are obviously no where near China). Plus the Brahmaputra receives 70%+ of its water in India and supports only about 2-3% of the Indian population.
@@shubhamdeshpande6320 Correct, I shouldn't have included India in that list. When I make a mistake, I'm more than happy to be corrected. Thank you.
Didn‘t expect a Tetrology, but I‘m excited. Loving this series so far
"Depicted nature as a common enemy" and just like that you can no longer breath
Venezuela has treated nature as a common enemy for 200 years (because, and I'm not joking, "how dare it give us an earthquake when we were fighting for our independence?!") and it really only came back to bite them in the but very recently
This joke is somehow at the same time less and more funny given the air pollution problem killing people
And nature is just like: "I am a god, how can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence!"
@@G-Mastah-Fash the Chinese are atheists. They don’t believe in god.
Whether or not they believe, their day of reckoning will come.
This channel is fantastic, you are doing a huge service in accurately educating your viewers. I for one have learned a great deal. Great work!
can I just say, putting everything else aside, the flag design at 1:40 looks brilliant
This
Honestly, the only thing I'd consider adding is another yellow stripe to symbolize the country's other river, and give it the four smaller stars in the top left that it currently has, and you have a very nice Chinese flag that's a good deal improved from their current one.
When the series ends can you do it again but on different countries like US, EU, India or Russia
Make on India, other countries are already developed
EU isn't a nation
And countries like Nigeria, Pakistan ,Brazil etc
@@souviktudu28868 it functions as a nation
@@cheesemccheese5780 Russia took a punch in the gut in 2014 and has been spiraling out of control ever since. Inept govt and everpresent corruption only make things worse - every attempt at solving any of the numerous issues are mere facade or backfire.
9:15 "China is actively reducing their reliance on coal" China is actually increasing it's consumption of coal year by year. They only plan on beginning to decrease it in the 2030s, at least that's what they say..
4:31 The Ministry of Water Resources predicts a serious water crisis by 2030, sponsored by Brilliant.
Not cool, Brilliant
There's gonna be a 4th part?! 😲😲
I am already hyped!
I think I've already commented on how INSIGHTFUL this video is, but I want to say it again - Polymatter is FUCKING AMAZING!! You are freaking KILLING IT, bro! This is China analysis that can be found NOWHERE ELSE!!! Plaudits, sir. Plaudits.
Spectacular work this whole series, absolutely fantastic.
I am really impressed with the storytelling and the way data is presented in this series! Kudos.
So the water worse than those used in industry is used to irrigate crops?
Yeah, that... doesn't sound good.
Yep. Not safe
@pavan not buy food from China and pester my congressman to ban food imports from China
@@seanhartnett79 your pestering ain't worth as much as sweet $ from CCP
@@DzinkyDzink I am pretty sure no amount of money is worth your soul.
These videos explain things clearly using layman's terms. I hope part 4 doesn't take too long. Thank you.
You have no idea how long I waited for this!
Loving this series
2:47 it was true but Mao swam down stream so not that impressive (taught by my history prof)
Civilizations around the world live and die on water. Chairman Mao may have tried to change nature, but as this video shows, Nature will always have the high ground.
5:02 "Two of these countries have the unfair advantage of lying in polar regions."
Alaska: What am I, chopped liver?
Alaska may be part of the US, but it's significantly isolated from the rest of the country.
Rappers make diss tracks
Intellectuals make documentaries
PolyMatter makes 4 part dissumentaries
The scary thing is that this could easily become a issue in the US as well. We have a pretty high amount of water consumption. The only reason it is not a problem for us currently is thanks to the fact that we do have so much water that is easy to treat. That being said private companies like Nestle our over draining our underground water supplies for the sake of profits.
Once this series is done I hope to see something similar about the USA.
Yes, unfortunately this problem is not exclusive in china. Developing country like india, pakistan and indonesia are even worse than china
It would help if our elected "representatives" weren't ignorant and corrupt dumb-asses. The US really really needs to improve its infrastructure, waterways included. That and repeal the Jones Act.
No the reason is because China has 4x the population, multiply water Chinese have by 4 and they are above the US
Not likely. The U.S. has 1/4 population but more water supply, hence we have to be 4 times as wasteful as China to have a crisis, which isn't likely
@@kevintang5473 well depend which city or stated u lived, If you lived in colorado or Las vegas that lived in the middle of dessert you basically F*cked
This series is your finest work yet. Can't wait for part 4 and hope there's more series of vids in the future
Incredible series so far. Was happy to find out there will be a part 4. This has become one of my favorite channels lately. Keep up the awesome work, and can't wait for the next update!
Thanks you polymatter.
I was waiting for another of your videos.
This series is surprisingly informative and educational even to someone who is Chinese. Thank you
Excellent series of videos. Insightful, well-researched and well produced. I say this as a long-time worker in the media industry.
Man now I gotta wait a month or 2 for part 4... considering the high quality content, it’s worth the wait!
I lost my shit after the bombshell that is the announcement of an upcoming part 4.
You have absolutely got me. Hook, line, sinker.
Part 4??? What could really be worse than a housing crisis, a water crisis, and a freaking demographic collapse???
I really want to fucking see part 4 of this.
Im turning on the notification bells, fuck it.
I can tell you bro. The CCP’s worst fear is being overthrown. The communist regime might seem rock solid from the outside, but there are lots of internal rivalries and some of the regional governments would reaaaally benefit from being more independent. That’s why China is entering lots of conflicts, threatening Taiwan, etc; to keep their people busy with external threats and united against a common enemy. That’s also why they’re not raising the price of water; to keep the people happy.
You should look into a guy called Peter Zeihan (a geopolitical analyst and consultant). All of the things this channel says about China, I’ve heard from him before.
It’s Mao worship. Mao said “move the water from one place to the other” and bam, massive hyper expensive pointless project gets made. The CCP still pays too much attention to Mao’s words, even decades after his death.
@@Ildskalli In Communism, the State is god, and the faithful simply can't ignore the words of god.
@@SpaceJawa there is no state in communism, numbnuts
@@idg0dthrowaway219 Yet for some reason whenever you have communists in charge, more power is concentrated in the government. Literally makes no sense.
This has been one of the most informative series on China that i have ever seen
I also have to give you high credit for the pastebin with all the sources it has been a blast to read.
I am highly impressed by what you put together. Well done. I'm looking forward to part 4.
19:55 My guess for "what China fears the most" (and for Part 4) is the desire to not "lose face".
He also talked about the embarrassing things happening there. Used embarrassing in the video
If Chinas Media don't report on it everything is fine :P
And if the West reports on it china claims it's anti Asian Hatespeech and everything is fine as well ;)
@@ichbinmenschlich7936 the fact that you even have that kinda understanding of reality means that human species is probably NOT fine lol.
Just saying...its sarcasm. When it comes to understanding of reality i think most of us are fine on an individual level. Beside of the media induced fear trauma a huge potion of the population has right now. On a Geopolitical scale it dosn't look so good for us. The Worlds Nations are still playing the old games for Power and the leading players are the US, Russia and China. Everyone of them is using a different approach to persuade public opinion. China for example is using the anti Asian movement in the West to claim things like speaking against the CCP is hatespeach against Asian people in general. They are infiltrating or even setting up "Anti Asian Hate" demonstrations in the West and blocking signs/banners and chinese speakers who are going against the CCP narative. Like Uighur or Tibetian rights.....etc. There are other methodes used by the CCP as well like hireing influancers wo reapead CCP talking points in there Videos and huge army of Nationalist Commentators who will spam comments on delicate social media posts (50centarmy) and other methodes...this would go far to explain it in detail so i'll stop here.
Have a nice day and never give up your love for humanity
US doesn't want to lose face even more. Remember when Europe countries say there is no evidence Huawei had spy chips in their products? US replied we don't need evidence to proof China spied LOL that's saving face. Sooooo fucking classic.
part4: cuz god emperor mao is perfect and makes no errors and everything is intentional and working as willed.
Communism: We will kill and destroy absolutely everyone and everything to prove our system works and is best for everyone and everything.
@@illbeyourmonster3591 >clueless
@@masoclevine836 Not an actual rebuttal, but thanks for almost pretending to try. 🥱 😴
@@illbeyourmonster3591 Capitalism killed almost every native American and occupied their land,but western especially right never mention it.
@@illbeyourmonster3591 when your argument is almost comically non-serious and an absolute strawman, do you expect genuine rebuttals, are you that full of yourself?
As a Chinese, I would argue the South-North water transfer project is more than a band-aid. You know not every drop of water have the same value, even though the project still cannot supply all the water the northern China needs, it solves most of residential needs I believe. As of irrigation technology to save water, I totally agree with you there's massive room for improvement for most Chinese farmers.
I think the solution proposed which would be to stop subsidizing water and have it be in line with other countries is the fundamental ideology of the party. If they raise prices then that will cause people to get pissed. Video 4 might be people waking up and overthrowing the CCP
@@Lightningdude "Wake up": Holy shit, our government is so awful that it makes China grows rapidly to become 2nd richest in the world. Look at democracy India! We want that!
ok
@@easonhuang7117 and yet the average GDP per capita puts china at #52. If your benchmark is corrupt india then yes, china's economy is doing better but if you measure against an actual well run country like Taiwan which is in top 25 then china falls flat
@@Lightningdude India has similar population to China, better geography, more arable land, same start point in terms economy and better industry in the beginning. However China is ahead of China in all dimensions. Explain? 🥴🥴
@@Lightningdude Not only that, India has much better political environment supported by both Soviet and the west, while China has always been suppressed by the west. Anyone explain me why China is so much ahead of India in all dimension? Could it be the difference in political system? 🥴🥴
Actually the divide is Huaihe River and Qinling Mountains. Many cities situated in the north of Yangtz River (for example, Chengdu, where panda live) are super humid.
When you combine this with that CaspianReport video that shows how the PRC controls the headwaters (via Tibet) of all the major rivers supplying India and SE Asia, and...this gets scary.
India can also block malacca and can destroy Chinese economic in 6 months.
@@somakchatterjee6429 u are right, this is the one card india can use if China overstep its boundaries.
@@somakchatterjee6429 But the bases on the Andaman and Nicobar islands aren't finished yet right?
So it's still not a totally secure card to play.
Let's hope you finish them as early as possible
@@somakchatterjee6429 If they block Malacca they block everyone.
@@jaredgarbo3679 only applies for China
man, when your water quality scales best starts with "nearly drinkable"...
Definitely got way too excited seeing this in my feed!
Sounds like they are suffering from a problem many nations are dealing with: plenty of water, just not enough clean water. The Chinese need to build water filtration plants with the same vigor they build dams and bridges.
-Polymatter: You suffer from demografic disbalances and decline, an incontrolable housing price bubble and acute water scarcity
-China: So my liver, kidneys and hearth are sick. Well, at least my economy and diplomatic influence is growing in the world stage, every cloud has a silver lining after a...
-Polymatter: That's not all. Now let's see the brain.
You think that some moron RUclipsr, Polymatter knows better then the most efficient goverment in history of human civilization? You and everyone else that believes that needs to check their brains
Have been waiting for this for so long. This 3 part series have been great. 🙏🏾
Man watching this now this video really is prophetic
This was fantastic. Great job
It's been like a month but felt like a year, waiting for this video. Relativity is a bicc.
I was amazed when it was over so fast. I really wish these were longer.
One of the best RUclips series I've watched.
There are so many good ones. Check out Yale free courses, I'm watching the history of the fall of Rome and the medieval ages now!
This series is honestly so good. Stoked for part 4!
This series deserves millions of views really interesting stuff
i waited this part for weeks
I think Part 4 is more related to public of China because having bad public opinion or a violent public can result in the fragmentation of China like it has gone through throughout it's lifetime. This means that Tibet, Xinjiang and inner Mongolia would slip away from China and a violent change of power would occur inside China.
It might be exports, at least it would tie with water subsidies. Though public would also be a reason of why it keeps the cost of water low.
He use mathematic rose which implied that the last thing is so complexly tied to each other, that it create feedback loop.
So my guess is declining export industry due to higher production cost
@@StratosphereTHAI your idea is more viable than the rather wishful hopes about "rights" and what not.
One of the best series ever
Fresh water per capita.
Greenland: IM 10 MILLION AHEAD OF YOU
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Hipity hoppity. Time to become Chinese property.
@Karl Quetzacoatl then they claim that an ancient chinese dynasty goes there first and claims that it's theirs because they're the one who set foot in there even before it even has snow or some bullshit like that
That's only cause greenland has like 60,000 people.
(If that water was shared equally among 1 billion, it would only be 600 per person, and that is ignoring the fact that china has more then 1 billion people)
YES YES YES PART 4 HYPE
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I've been looking forward to this!
Finally
The holy trinity is complete