Just watched this on Nebula, and have some criticisms: 1) The pronunciations of Djibouti and Emirates are just plain wrong. Djibouti has a silent D, pronounced as Juh-boo-tee; Emirates is pronounced Eh-muh-ruhts, not Eh-mee-rah-tuhs. 2) As a Singaporean, I can assure you that we are NOT a "major US ally". Sure, we might be more western oriented in our political system (though look deeper and you'll find many nuances to that statement), and we do participate in military exercises with the US, but we also do so with China. Singapore cannot afford to be an "ally" specifically with either the US or China - it is of an existential importance that we remained non-aligned to preserve our sovereignty amidst the two powers. We are cooperation partners with BOTH China and the US. We are allies of none.
@Paladin88 I know very well the geopolitical realities of the region. I never said China treats us as friends. WE treat them as friends as much as possible, because we cannot afford antagonising China (case in point: the exact Terrex incident you mentioned). That's the reason why I said we are not allies of the US.
@@andylester4503 but for Russian bases they highlighted Russia but for France they didn't highlight, and Germany was highlighted before the rest of them were so it was clearly a mistake
Thank you, I was wondering where this place Digi-booty that he kept mentioning was. TLDR News - please look up any words you're not sure about before pressing record, mistakes like this are in just about every video!
I saw a TLDR video about China and prepared myself for the horrendous pronunciation of Chinese words, but I was not prepared for the way Djibouti was said. You guys have really great, objective content. I watch your videos because this is one place to find well-researched and solid reporting on current events. I think learning how to correctly pronounce words in other languages can be an area of improvement! In my opinion, putting in the effort to pronounce things correctly shows an awareness and respect for other peoples' cultures.
Calling Singapore a “Major US ally” is a bit of a stretch as they aren’t official military partners as stated by PM Lee ,Singapore does allow the US to use its deep water naval base for refuelling (eg aircraft Carriers) and takes part in exercises.However SG is doing more off a balancing act to please 2 giants then being actually affectionate to 1 side .Its one of the few countries where China still has a higher approval rating than the US.
@Paladin88 And SG's army need land to train, and where do you think they get it? SG is a tiny island, no land to run tanks, armoured vehicles and play mock battles.. They lease land in Australia.
Minus the US china approval rating, its because of that the US and Singapore are ally. An alley isn't always the guy that you can crack another enemy skull with. Its also the guy who knows how to read a room and keep the peace. Its when China decides it doesn't want peace and throw the table over that we will need Singapore to be more active in the skull bashing.
S'pore relies on officially neutral relations for the open trade it needs to survive, hence why they avoid alliances and other such political commitments. However it's quite obvious which side they'd fall on if the fence of neutrality falls apart: just look at what equipment they operate and the locations they do their exercises overseas.
Chinese make up 70% of Singapore and they have some 70% approval among Chinese there. The government might be more allied with the US but they are relatively neutral and not a major US ally
5:00 Just a little correction, The island that you have with the Malaysia Flag is Sumatra Island, which is an Indonesia Island. Malaysia is located above Singapore.
It is important to note that whenever people say that China has more naval vessels than USA, China adds basically fishing vessels that are under PLA, and also, many of their ships are Corvettes, and lesser ships. Total tonnage I still think USA is on top, given the amount of carriers.
many carriers are getting decommissioned, while projecting to build a few new ones in the future. i estimated that china and america will have the same number of carriers around 2050
seems like China is still building many carriers, at the current rate- the carrier numbers will rack up. not always about quality, but a mix between quality and quantity
I am Czech, but of Vietnamese ethnicity, and each months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have seen Vietnamese internet running riots about the fears of a potential Chinese invasion of Vietnam like in 1979 short war. You can imagine how Vietnamese people are so scared of China's growing expansionism.
Times have changed China would prefer you look after your own affairs. If you look at modern China they would prefer you were more affluent as a consumer
@@beachfrogg Say that to Taiwan. And before you say they don't claim Vietnam you're right, they haven't claimed it yet but Vietnam is there in the Chinese imperial history book.
@@beachfrogg Vietnamese are very sensitive about relations with China, Spratly and Paracel Islands' memories continue to haunt them deeply. Not to mention the border with China has already had a military base recently built, not sure with which purposes. Said, let's hope a war like 1979 won't occur.
Kenyan here. Britain does not have a military base in Kenya. They only leased land strictly for training troops. Infact they signed an agreement with the govt which states no strategic equipments will be stationed there. And also no attack can be carried out from that base.
It's inaccurate to frame concerns about Chinese military expansion as "Western concerns". There are many countries outside the western sphere that are concerned, for one reason or the other, many of those being countries in Asia itself. It's far too simplistic to frame the issue as being an east v west confrontation, all the while ignoring the many (and often competing) priorities and concerns of regional players.
As a Burmese, I can relate to this. Almost every Burmese, including mine, have a lot of bad faith when we look at our giant neighbour in the north. Yes, it is a proud, ancient nation. We respect them as an ancient neighbour. But they always want to gobble our territory, they never stop looking on our country, in particular due to resources. The last time we truly fought them was in 1765-1769, when we successfully expelled them out, but with a heavy cost, we lost 5% of our population considering our size to her. That cost was so traumatised for our country that we have learnt to not trust our big northern neighbour. Sadly, under the current junta, we are being made a colony with a sham independence to the hand of the Zhongnanhai leadership.
Hey as ypur western neighbor(India). I hope civil government come back to power. I hoped our govt. would or could do more. I hope Myanmar can get out these cycle of military rule. How is Myanmar economy though.
Pardon me but a bit of correction, the Malacca Strait / Selat Malaka located between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, the flag that representated Malaysia in your video located above Sumatra, which is part of Indonesian archipelago
@@somethingelse9535 i tried to correct them before any Indonesian (including myself) getting triggered and start another Internet Dwikora (Indonesia - Malaysia confrontation)
China's military expansion is undeniable, if you use the view of Chinese people. China (PRC) has become more and more powerful since 1978, and unlike Russia, the Chinese economy is designated to be deeply and internationally integrated to the world, while using the same order to prepare for the eventual development. Let's note that China is an economic superpower, many major Chinese companies are investing around the world and thanks to Chinese investments, China has bought many allies at the expense of the others, for instance Russia, thanked to Chinese investment, Russia mostly sides with China against India and ASEAN, though tacitly; or recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. Because of China, less and less nations maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan (ROC). Because of China, Serbia can be so emboldened with the desire to reclaim Kosovo and Bosnia. Because of China, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba can continue its communist policies. Because of China, Pakistan and Iran are also determined to maintain power projection in respective regions, like Afghanistan and the Middle East/Caucasus. Not to say about Sub-Saharan Africa. In that way, Chinese believe they want a responsible army (like the US Armed Forces), an army that can challenge the United States and the West. This feeds up with the economic interests and the newfound confidence of the Chinese nation and ultimately, China will expand its military and builds up a military alliance network akin to NATO.
20 milion Chinese are ready to defend their nation. China is really the super power. If Russia invested in economy and had same population as China then it would be unconquerable and self-sufficent economy
@@luka1608 Yeah. The problem is Putin too corrupt and despotic to make realistic reforms. The Chinese leadership has proven themselves less corrupt than Russian counterparts.
I have friends who work in Taiwan. According to them China have never entered their airspace. They enter the air defence zone set up by Taiwan. This extends outside Taiwan's airspace.
@@nvizible The insinuation being that Taiwan is freaking out every time PRC planes fly over the PRC? A pity then the Taiwanese MND doesn't log flights over Fujian province as being incursions, so does it still "makes sense that they fly stuff through it all the time"? Over another countries territory?
China sees Taiwan as part of their country! If it wasn't how did the Chinese nationalist forces get to retreat to Taiwan after losing the civil war to the CCP! If not for the US navy, the CCP would have invaded Taiwan 70yrs ago! For the most part, China is contesting regions next to them similar to how the US bullied and took Spanish, Indian and Mexican land to get to their current uncontested size!
@@tallest4eva Taiwan has never been part of the PRC, not once since it's founding. Modern states can't go around invading former imperial territories (last held over a century ago) and claim precedence from a time before even that. That's irrational. The PRC isn't Imperial China, Taiwan isn't an imperial subject, the General-Secretary of the communist party is not the Emperor (his carved dragon throne doesn't change this) and we don't live in the colonial era. What was or wasn't done then, is not a measure of what is and isn't acceptable now .. On a side note, America is hardly "uncontested" when it comes to landmass. Russia, Canada and China (in that order) are all larger, not that it matters one way or another. It would not justify Beijing (or your) position, in either case.
Regarding China and the Solomon Islands, I thought the Ukraine war was a situation where we stood up for the principle of self determination. Unless it's a 'foreign threat'
No one's planning to invade the Solomon Islands if that's what you're implying. Russia had its concerns regarding NATO expansion respected by neighbouring countries right up until they invaded Ukraine. It's only right to respect Australia's concerns regarding Chinese expansion as the Solomon Island's neighbour, no?
I live in Australia and this has been misrepresented. The headlines were how we have let the Solomon's down and Morris tried to score points for the election happening tonight. He left out that Australia and America said they would both respect the Solomon's choices as long as international lawn is obeyed.
Why did you put the Malaysian flag on Indonesia? And why did you not even mention Indonesia when describing the Malacca straight? It literally occupies half the shoreline of the Malacca straight...
I mean, Malaysia and Singapore is kind of popular in that area. But I still don’t know how the editor put the Malaysian flag instead of Indonesia. Maybe the editor meant to put the flag of Malaysia at its land area but accidentally put it at one of the many islands of Indonesia.
China simply doesn't want to replace the U.S as a military superpower. The primary reason of this is that its simply expensive. China's military expenditure as a % of gdp is quite less compared to other large armies. China aspire to be an economic superpower where they are at the center of global trade while the U.S wants to maintain its position of the 'world police' . In a way both of them can coexist. But the U.S containment of China and Chin's hostile nature towards its nature leads to a massive misunderstanding which puts them at odds.
That's elementary school understanding of international policy well done. I mean first of all China has been steadily increasing it's military spending, even as it's economic growth is slowing, why do you suppose that is? And secondly US doesn't want to be "world police" it wants the same damn thing China wants, to make sure it's trade and economic interests are protected.
@@Kuolonen " I mean first of all China has been steadily increasing it's military spending, even as it's economic growth is slowing," hence why I mentioned as a % of gdp. In fact it has decreased from 2% in the 2000s to 1.7% in the 2010s. So whats your point exactly? that military spending increases in absolute terms with the economy just like every other country? "And secondly US doesn't want to be "world police" it wants the same damn thing China wants" Not in the same way. China wants to be the center of trade and it sees manufacturing as more important than services even though a service based economy will yield a better economy. China doesn't even view its economy in terms of gdp. They view things such as electricity consumption, bank lending and rail cargo volume as a more accurate measure of their capability. They see gdp as a flawed metric to measure their economy. So the views on how economies even work are different for both. They both want big economies in two very different ways.
@@ASLUHLUHC3 Most of what I said is related to Li Keqiang's statements. He is the Premier of State Council(a Prime Minister of sorts). In a leaked memo to the U.S government he talked about how China's GDP numbers are made up and is an inaccurate to measure an economy like theirs(he said it back in 2010). He made his own index based on his own metrics but it does seem like its being dropped as a useful metric. Even Xi has said that manufacturing is the real key to a successful economy. What this goes to show is how the ccp doesn't view the economy in the same way that others do. Someone who only cares about the GDP would want to grow its service sector and not manufacturing. As for reading material , I am not particularly knowledgeable about it but one recommendation is a think tank by the name of macropolo.org . And if you are interested in consuming Chinese media caixin is probably the most independent a news agency can be within mainland China without being shut down. Yes, there will be CCP propaganda but since you already know that it shouldn't be that hard to filter useful information from it.Western media mostly covers the bad side of the chinese economy and tends to amplify its problems due to their own agenda of countering CCP propaganda. Not saying that they are wrong but dont have complete faith in them just because they run in a democratic country. Its always better to hear from both sides.
@@somethingelse9535 Nothing has changed. Do you think that those countries that sided with NATO/the West because of Russia could possibly side with China? The war in Ukraine just mobilized the already friendly allies, didn't create new ones. Not only that but the US is still the leader, just like before.
@@SrCoxas Everything has changed, China realises Russia is useless, sees NATO mean business and also, European countries had been skeptical of the US, they were squabbling, now there is a unification never seen since the cold war. Taiwan invasion plans are definitely in doubt now.
As much as I know how China is VERY unpopular among many people, just remember that America has hundreds of bases all around the world. America is a friendly democratic country and china isn't. I get that, but still, when you look at it from china's perspective, it seems like America only wants itself to have substantial military influence in the world. When China expands to a couple bases, the US gets anxious and worried. Doesn't seem right to me.
@@Astro_Guy_1 Well China is also anxious because Japan, India, Australia and Korea are all surrounding China. You'd be scared if enemies where closing in on you, blocking you off from help.
While the current Chinese regime is dangerous and could potentially be just as evil as the American empire on the global stage in the long run, they're nowhere near the level of the US yet. But many Americans I've met seem to think otherwise... I keep hearing this "at least we're not as bad as China"
@cat Australia is not that close to China but still a US stronghold in Asia. And anyway, that's just like saying 'the US wouldn't be enemies with China if it were authoritarian'
China doesn’t ever violate Taiwanese airspace. It does intrude into its air defense identification zone, which is not regulated by any international treaty en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_defense_identification_zone. Accuracy in reporting is important.
@@sinoroman I don’t presume to know their intent, but this sounds to me more like a little shoddiness on their part rather than outright attempt to mislead.
@@Mattattaxk wikipedia is a perfect platform for you to get resources, they have the citations for you to check yourself. most "reliable" sources of information are behind a paywall so it is very illogical for an internet debate to ask for those citations. wikipedia is enough for casual disagreements on the internet, this is not a thesis defense.
Just FYI the PLA hasn't fought in a real war since they botched their invasion of Lao in the 60s. While some of their military leaders may have served most PLA personnel were born afterwards. It's an untested military and China is fully aware of this. Posturing is far more their style because the CCP can't afford a lost war, it would be the end of them.
7:00 Oh I know this isn't fair, and wasn't the case when you were making this, but I'm keen to interject with "Australia's *former* prime minister Scott Morrison".
According to the UN character the correct pronunciation using local dialect is putting your tongue between your teeth and with a loud pitch yelling "dis jiggly jiggly BOOTIE"
Singapore is not a major US ally though. It's not even a regular ally. Singapore has always made sure to walk the very thin line of neutrality, never favouring either China or the US too much so as to make business with both.
The pronunciation of Djibouti was so horrendous it was funny. I really like the videos but those small mistakes like that really show the channel's size.
When he said western anxiety. I think he forgets that China is surrounded by western bases at sea. I think china's anxiety to is understandable. Pls be clear.
I think he was already overly accommodating of the Beijing's concerns, to be even more "clear" would be to stray too close to being state propaganda for my tastes.
There's a pretty big error in this video that cannot be overlooked. The strait of Malacca is shar d by Malaysia, Singapore and INDONESIA, which controls the island in the southern end of the strait.
A compromise between the US and China only seems likely when the Taiwan issue can be resolved. Until then, I expect that at some point China will force the US in deciding between defending Taiwan& going to war with China or accept China’s dominance in the region. When that happens, I think the US will bail out but until that time the US will do anything to ensure that decision won’t have to be made.
@@Strahst weaker then the US, yes, but the initiative is in Chinese hands. The only way the US could force it is by implementing a military base on Taiwan and keep an army there. Don’t think that will happen.
If the West’s imperialist behaviour is wrong, why should China also do the same? If we condemn the West for expanding, why shouldn’t we condemn China for expanding?
@@PvPGamerMinecraft the west don't care if it's condemned or not. Or if it's wrong or not. Why shouldn't China do the same if condemnation is always ever the outcome.
@@PvPGamerMinecraft in a fair society I would accept this but it's not and never will be. So even though Im inclined to agree with you I can't because hypocrisy and power imbalance. If only words and condemnations had an impact of
Imperialism is normal. Since time immemorial, humans and civilizations always expand it's sphere where power grows like an empires from the ancient past. Because if it settles in it's own border... China will fall. What China does is normal. History repeats itself as what they say.
Exactly, China and America will both fall, it's a matter of when, not if, America already is showing signs of division and China has a huge housing crisis and when the current leader of the CCP, Xi Jinping dies there will be a huge power vacuum within China which will need to be filled by someone, both of these could be bad for both countries if not solved, and they could lead to collapse if these problems are worsened, obviously they might not fall in the next 100 years but one day they will, it's inevitable, look at the history of China for example, it's a good show of how world history works where dynasties would arise and fall similar to how superpowers rise and fall
"Why the West is anxious." Seriously? The West is anxious? As in NATO led by the USA? The largest most advanced military coalition the world has ever seen? Anxious about China? I knew this channel was fairly normie in it's view on the political system but this takes the cake.
lol... you have no idea what youre talking about. ofc the west is going to be scared, every aspect of china is improving rapidly. nato would struggle to beat china now, and if they could, they would receive too many causalities for their legacy to continue.
@@invictor2761 Same vice versa. Balances the books does it not? NATO won't invade China, China won't invade NATO. The main thing is will NATO countries continue bullying other small nations e.g. in Latin America and the Middle east?
The US has so many bases abroad because the locals _want_ them there: for the locals those Americans provide reliable economic activity, and for politicians it's both a budget-saver (not having to equip and train through combat deployment a similarly capable domestic force) as well as a convenient scapegoat to redirect public frustrations on domestic issues. The host nations keep the Americans around because they can be asked to leave, but the consequences of their absence often turns out to be worse: just ask Iraq (ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban), and the Philippines (China).
What makes you think so? You are making claims that major analysts themselves have conflicting views about. No single institution in this world can say whether China is a paper tiger or not. It could go into flames like Russia's or annihilate its enemies for all we know. And before you say it, judging its current military based on what 40 years ago is pretty non sensical.
@Invictor us ??? Or USA dominace 😂😂 the thing is USA don't want any other country to be like them so they use proganda and that too racist one against people of the East and they use countries like Australia and Eu for it simple
The key number is shown in the very beginning. China spending only 1.7% of GDP on its military. Prove me wrong, but I think that's around the same number as 20-30 years ago, if not lower. And I also don't believe there was ever a government labeled 'military expensionist' that only spend 1.7% of GDP on its military. That said I think this channel is brilliant. It gives you the facts, points out the worries as well as the hypocrisies, as all channels should.
exact chinese military spending is a total mystery some say its as high as 2.2% while this says its 1.7% it because of a lot of bleedover from the civilian sector into the military which is not audited.
@@hughmungus2760 So use different measures then? If we do that, then it will also blow up the 4.3% that Russia spends, or the 3.7% that the US spends. Anyway. I went to this thing called school. It's a place where they taught me to prefer World Bank data over 'some say' data. You can fault me for it if you want, but I was forced to go there.
Why when Ukraine or Sweden + Finland wants to join NATO and place military bases on its territory, this is done "for protection" and is not directed against Russia. And when the Solomon Islands want to place a Chinese military base on their territory, is it not "for protection", but an act of aggression against Australia and the United States?
because no one around the solomon islands is trying to invade them. in the solomon islands there's nothing to protect. they don't have a crazy neighbour that might invade them, or is invading them, at any time. not exacly same thing. ukraine is a cesspool of corruption and neo-nazi extremism but, don't try to portray russia as a poor victim only trying to defend themselves. that's stupid
But if usa or australia dont invade solomon islands it will only show that russia is the bigger evil. Because russia invaded ukraine because they tried to join nato. Thats the excuse at least
Because who the fu.. Is threatening the Solomon islands ? Nobody. Neither Australia nor anybody else. But russia is constantly attacking it's neighbors if they don't want to accept that moscow is going to rule over them. Russia has just become a country full of barbaric, corrupt warcriminals. Everybody would want protection from them.
@@ax.f-1256 The US does not attack its neighbors because it attacks countries located far from its borders. Russia has just become a country (become to contry like USA, who was use nuclear wappons to destroy city in Japan, or do warcrimnal like the Mỹ Lai massacre) full of barbaric, corrupt warcriminals. I agree with you.
@@ВладиславПопов-х9з don't get me wrong i and many other if not all people in the west know how wrong and idiotic the war in Iraq or Afghansistan was. But there are TWO sides of the US/the west: The Iraq war Idiotic side and the WW2 we help you against the brutal warcriminal side.
Lol imagine using the word imperialist to describe China , when it is the west that has bases all over the world and was occupying Afghanistan till last year
@@sagrinne9922 Try comparing it with what the western countries have done in iraq,libya, Afghanistan . China is not enabling slave markets , and causing mass famines
China's Military is a parody of Russian/Soviet military doctrine (which fundamentally doesn't work, as proven in Ukraine) of throwing men at the problem. It has not fought in a war since the Sino-Vietnamese War (1979), where it got mauled by the battle-hardened Vietnamese. An invasion of Taiwan has long been fantasized by the likes of Jiang Zemin and Xi Jingping, and conquest is possible but the Chinese will likely take very heavy casualties, negating any spin of a glorious victory as the lineage of many families will have been terminated due to the one-child policy.
China is so terrified of the harmless Omicron virus, they would never dare enter a military conflict that would result in deaths. They all have this unreasoning fear of death.
This was true up to the mid 90s. They were very impressed by the US capabilities during Gulf Wars, and since changed their doctrine to one of technological, naval, cyber and missile reliance.
@@pac1fic055 no, and by that i mean as someone very familiar with the inner workings of russian military equipment.. and as china is the biggest user of russian equipment - the only thing that has changed is they have gotten lot bolder and nationalistic under Xi - although the PLA have made progress over their russian counterparts, their reliance on russian technology represents an extreme vulnerability - ie, the j20 radar is stolen from russia's su 37 while structurally the aircraft is domestic (the second ever produced domestically) it still uses a great deal of russian avionics - thus from an electronics warfare perspective, its made china very anxious.
While container shipping rates depend, in part on the distance travelled by a ship, and volume of cargo on a shipping line, the cost differences of a few days extra sailing are not great. If Malacca straits are closed, other straits through Indonesia are available. If Indonesia ruled out (one or two extra days sailing, going around Australia adds about 18days to a Europe-Shanghai route. Overall, Europe-China shipping lines might take 50% longer to deliver cargo, but the ship capacity would quickly expand to meet demand. Perhaps, the cost to the global economy is $5bn to $10bn a year - a drop in the economic ocean.
Part of me wishes the world didn't have superpowers in general, but I can only feel bad for the countries near China, especially those not allied to them.
Without superpowers, there would be many countries taking advantage of the fact that no one would correct them. So, if there’s no super powers, there must be something else to keep things in check (UN or a ‘NATO’ without a US)
China has been an expansionist state since the Qin dynasty. A major issue that feeds Chinese expansionist ambitions is because of its vulnerable heartland: the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers are the soul of Chinese civilisation and yet it is also very deadly and lethal due to constant flooding and famine. That's why it wants a strong military and not ashamed to declare itself the centre of the world by its Mandarin spelling. You think why Koreans, Vietnamese, Kazakhs, Indians, Nepalis, Taiwanese, Filipinos and Burmese so wary of China? Because they know China will return and will continue to expand. Underestimating Chinese jingoism allows China to expand its imperialism.
Wrong, china never invade anyone and make overseas colonies. They just want to trade. China is the first nation to invent gunpowder but do they used it to invade and make overseas colonies? No. The west did that not the Chinese.
the Mandarin spelling does not mean central of the world, there is a context to the name, its just Central States in the Chinese heartland back in ancient times, its a pretty old name, there are far more grand names like 天朝 which means Heavenly dynasty.
Korean - invaded by japan Vietnamese - invaded by French,bombed by US (estimate 3 milliion vietnamese death) kazakhstan - ruled by soviet union after ww2 India - ruled by 'islam' invader and then british nepali - british try to invade nepal( ???) filipino - ruled by us and then japanese(go read japanese war crime in phillipines0 burma - ruled by british then japanese taiwan - funny you put taiwan, cause the modern taiwanese is actually chinese immigrant escape after they lose china civil war. Go on and tell me how china is a threat.
@@ten_tego_teges So China is not jingoist? Since the Huaxia civilisation 5,000 years ago, China was just a little piece of land surrounding modern Xi'an. After 5,000 years, China became big like we saw today. Not by expansionism then what?
I understand that China has the right to expand if it wants to and the host countries "agree". However, and this is VERY personal, eventhough I would never ever live in the US and they have done horrible things, I still rather have a democracy (flawed as it is) as the biggest super power rather than one of the roughest and most restrictive dictatorships.
Except this democracy has a track record of overthrowing democratically elected governments and installing military dictators while this rough and restrictive dictatorship does not.
At least living under a democratic superpower hegemon, you can still speak out your mind and are free to express yourself and having the freedom to information. Whilst a dictatorship has none of those things. Information is vetted and limited to you to cover up their horrible shit and god forbid that you speak out against those in power lest you ended up in "re-education" camps
It is like Winston Churchill said himself "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried." basically meaning that it is the best we got as flawed as it is.
As we recently saw with russia, size is not everything. The PLA is horrendously corrupt, likely mich more so than even russia. I would not be surprised of most of their equipment is only partially functional and their tactical and strategical capabilities are likely lacking.
It will depend on which circumstances. But I am not that optimistic - China is not Russia and I personally don't believe PLA will fall to the same mistake like Putin's army.
Oh come on why does it always have to be so hard. NOONE wants you any harm china. Even india doesnt want a war with you. Making the militarys around the world bigger achieves absolutely nothing. Honestly i would say give china taiwan just so there is peace, but we all know once we give them taiwan they want the Indian territory, and than the south china sea and the straight of malaya. Its never enough
We are also equally concerned about one of China's ally, Iran, in the region. With China's help, Iran has been rapidly modernising its army and openly demonstrates the imperialist nature toward us. I think our Crown Prince is wrong to trust the Chinese and Russians to persuade a peaceful diplomacy with Iran - Beijing and Moscow have shown no interests in helping us and our allies (UAE, Somalia, Malaysia, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Djibouti, Morocco) to stop Iranian imperialism - they are, rather, arming the Iranians as well.
@@beachfrogg We do want so. But I think we won't forget that when we bought Chinese drones and Eastern Winds, the Chinese also sold to Iran anti-ballistic missiles and newly-upgraded drones, which Iran sold to its militant proxies in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria (Hezbollah has over 60% of Chinese arms at its disposal). We can't be happy with it.
that's beauty of it all. china does not consider iran their ally, just business partners. as saudi arabia works with china, they are only business partners, nothing more. it is only fair
I think every Asian country knows that they need to have formidable Army , considering how notorious America and west is. Having an almost century of interventions and Invasions into sovereign countries and destabilizing the whole area , I think Chinese should spend more to protect itself
Vietnam far prefers america even with what they have done, support for america was 91% even after trump left a trade deal really helped Vietnam while support for china is around 20%. This is mimicked in a lot of Asian countries. If the country is near china, then the love america, if the country is near Russia then the love America.
@@Flipflopflopper Yes that's just for Western Propaganda ,When US VP visited Veitnam. She made a anti China statement which Veitnam disassociated itself with that. Plus you know why Veitnam has to be not anti US because Veitnam export everything to US and Import less than it exp
Oh, so the country with active concentration camps doesn't like foreign doctrines of interference on humanitarian grounds? Who could have seen that coming?
Day five of requesting an Afghanistan update. I don't mean to be annoying I just think it's not being covered enough. If anybody else wants this like the comment.
Vice and other media outlets have covered the situation there! The people are living in harsh conditions, just as expected; the country can't survive without aid! Just search on youtube, and you will see!
They are not white enough like Ukrainians . So , of course they are going to ignore that the US has basically stole afghan forex reserves when the country is going to through a famine caused by the US.
It's just getting richer, it's still spending less than 2% of its GDP which is considered the rightful amount to spend to protect yourself so there's no reason to get nervous, if China starts spending like the US then we have something to worry about.
I think that criticism is justified, just by simply the fact, that the people of the solomons protestet against chinese military bases, that were shut down by the solomese government with chinese help. Doesn't happen that often with a nondictatorial power. Just saying
Japan Okinawa people have been protesting against US base there, They complain about the huge noise pollution and water pollution. Japanese locals on Okinawa have already been expressing serious opposition to the presence of US forces on the island. A poll by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and Okinawan media organisations found that 61% of local people wanted fewer US bases on the island, while only 19% said they were happy with the status quo. The Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, who promised to make a greater effort to reduce hosting US military bases in the region, also acknowledged the issue as well as the economic inequalities that still make Okinawa one of the country's poorest areas. 50 years have passed since Okinwa's return to Japan and the people of Okinawa endure very heavy burden from the US bases. The government takes this very seriously and will continue to do their utmost to reduce the burden from the bases.
@@J_X999 they are still largely dependent on Russian made engines. It will take a while before they become totally self-reliant, like Russia. The technologies you are talking about, are mostly prototype and propaganda. Russia regularly shows off similar innovations. However, in the battlefield NATO made weaponry are still well ahead. Ukraine flattened the Russian army with small to medium range weapons. Imagine what would happen if they got some real heavy systems like the old good F16, Abraham/Leopard tanks, and Patriot/THAAD batteries.
@@isthiakahsan I'd be surprised if you even knew what technology I'm talking about. In fact you probably wouldn't because china doesn't show it off and brag about it to the public.
@@isthiakahsan Well they are getting alot of gas for cheaper than western countries are due to no sanctions against Russia, this gives China an edge over the west due to being able to put that money towards improving themselves instead, China is also building more pipelines into Siberia I believe, which would also help the Russian economy when they are finished being built, so China will have that over Russia to use if it is required
@@isthiakahsan you aren't wrong about China being dependent on Russia for a few things, but Russia is almost economically dependent on China in a post war world
Am here just to see my neighbors got annoyed that they aren't mentioned as a co owner of Malacca straits. Anyway there's a joint Indonesia- US coast guard academy or something just across the US AF & naval 'base' in Singapore at the south end of the straits. UK has a 'base' in Singapore as well while Australia has a 'base' in the northern part of the straits in Malaysia.
Just ask people if they want their salary to be paid in euro, dollar, yuan, or rubles. That is the telltale sign for trust and reliability. Last century was about the clash of the different styles of running an economy. And it is clear the market economy is dominating. Even the socialist / communist block relied heavy on market economy decisions or they went down in economic flames. An economy is not idealistic, nor pretends to be all powerful. An economy just is. Built on trust and reliability. No other form of economy is more succesful than market economy.
Market economy is not the main thing. Its conditions and circumstances in time. US for exampe is not the top economy due to that but because of its geography and long lasting stability. Its probadly the only large country today of such size with that good economy. All the others are with far worst geography and neighbour far more worthy enemies. The industrial revolution happent in 19th century UK which as far as I can remember had not been attacked deep in its land. The countries in Europe where economies are the best have always been more densely populated. Nvm that. Ofcourse allowing free thought must have contributed a lot. Socialism mainly went I third world countries or countries which already lagged behind too much. Without US tryna breed on their necks what do you think it wouldve been for Cuba,Venezuea maybe, Vietnam,N Korea or the Soviet Union? The Soviet union could half its military budget and still be easily on top of europe after ww2. The fascist authoritarians technically wouldve also been succesful if the lucky blessed American empire didnt breath on their necks.
Market economies is the way to go but it needs checks and lots of balances. Trouble is humans beings are good at being humans which means we have the tendency to take advantage. A market system like the US used to have checks and balances such as anti trust laws and designating things as public utility. However many laws have been rewritten giving major corporations power to squeeze the little guys. Every system no matter how great will run its course and disappear. Enjoy the ride
@@ivokantarski6220 Without the LendLease from the USA, the Soviet Union wouldn't be in a position to beat the nazi's. Russia only paid the last of the world war 2 LendLease terms back in 2006. Today Russia won't benefit from LendLease 2.0, but Ukraine does. Just look it up how the USSR benefitted from the LendLease during WW2.
I'm more anxious with the amount of American military bases around the world. China is expanding but the US has already expanded everywhere. The US has only cased death and destruction everywhere.
I agree that the US should not be getting involved into conflicts anymore, but it is also easy to only look at all the unnecessary wars. All the prevented wars are only speculation. I'm afraid of what would have happened if the U.S. didn't police the world. For example, Africa would have seen many more colonies and wars.
@@svenNL dude, don't pretend as if USA only polices for "morale reasons". Look at the coup in Chile by Pinochet. USA supported it. USA has a history of toppling democratically elected govts if they do not bow down to it.
China is not Russia. China is economically far more powerful and it is also far more industrialised than Russia, proceeding far better science and technology researches. We can't ignore Chinese threat considering Chinese aggression of its neighbours, and we must battle that immediately. China will not make the same mistakes like Russia in Ukraine.
Just watched this on Nebula, and have some criticisms:
1) The pronunciations of Djibouti and Emirates are just plain wrong. Djibouti has a silent D, pronounced as Juh-boo-tee; Emirates is pronounced Eh-muh-ruhts, not Eh-mee-rah-tuhs.
2) As a Singaporean, I can assure you that we are NOT a "major US ally". Sure, we might be more western oriented in our political system (though look deeper and you'll find many nuances to that statement), and we do participate in military exercises with the US, but we also do so with China. Singapore cannot afford to be an "ally" specifically with either the US or China - it is of an existential importance that we remained non-aligned to preserve our sovereignty amidst the two powers. We are cooperation partners with BOTH China and the US. We are allies of none.
More like “friends” rather than allies with US
@@theawesomeshulk6412 We are friends with all who want to be friends.
That's basically our official policy since independence.
Lmao the map with the strait is wrong too, the southern landmass in Indonesia not malaysia
Your a major Chinese and US ally. In a nutshell.
@Paladin88 I know very well the geopolitical realities of the region. I never said China treats us as friends. WE treat them as friends as much as possible, because we cannot afford antagonising China (case in point: the exact Terrex incident you mentioned). That's the reason why I said we are not allies of the US.
I like how when they say 'France has many military bases', and it highlights Germany, not France
I think they are highlighting what countries have the French bases
1:39
@@andylester4503 but for Russian bases they highlighted Russia but for France they didn't highlight, and Germany was highlighted before the rest of them were so it was clearly a mistake
01:37
Highlighted german 🇩🇪 territory instead of French 🇫🇷. Someone probably just made a mistake :-)
the two are intertwined at this point
NAPOLEON MOMENT
Djibouti is pronounced "Ji-boo-tee", not "di-ji-boo-tee"
sounds like "did you boot thee"
Thank you, I was wondering where this place Digi-booty that he kept mentioning was. TLDR News - please look up any words you're not sure about before pressing record, mistakes like this are in just about every video!
It's also the Gulf of Ay-den not Ar-den. Arden is New Zealand's PM.
According to the UN its actually pronounced "dis jiggly bootie."
@@mcb4067 brilliant 😂
I saw a TLDR video about China and prepared myself for the horrendous pronunciation of Chinese words, but I was not prepared for the way Djibouti was said. You guys have really great, objective content. I watch your videos because this is one place to find well-researched and solid reporting on current events. I think learning how to correctly pronounce words in other languages can be an area of improvement! In my opinion, putting in the effort to pronounce things correctly shows an awareness and respect for other peoples' cultures.
Don't you mean Digi-booty? 😅
Same here! Excellent point! Fully agree!
How about the russian woebels
they're English, it's against their nature to respect other cultures even if it's intranationally
(no hate, just ribbing ^^)
Timolol, thank you for enunciating our thoughts so accurately. Haha.
Calling Singapore a “Major US ally” is a bit of a stretch as they aren’t official military partners as stated by PM Lee ,Singapore does allow the US to use its deep water naval base for refuelling (eg aircraft Carriers) and takes part in exercises.However SG is doing more off a balancing act to please 2 giants then being actually affectionate to 1 side .Its one of the few countries where China still has a higher approval rating than the US.
@Paladin88 And SG's army need land to train, and where do you think they get it? SG is a tiny island, no land to run tanks, armoured vehicles and play mock battles.. They lease land in Australia.
Minus the US china approval rating, its because of that the US and Singapore are ally.
An alley isn't always the guy that you can crack another enemy skull with.
Its also the guy who knows how to read a room and keep the peace.
Its when China decides it doesn't want peace and throw the table over that we will need Singapore to be more active in the skull bashing.
S'pore relies on officially neutral relations for the open trade it needs to survive, hence why they avoid alliances and other such political commitments. However it's quite obvious which side they'd fall on if the fence of neutrality falls apart: just look at what equipment they operate and the locations they do their exercises overseas.
@Paladin88 I think your points are valid, but you can afford to be less condescending. There's no debate trophy to be won here.
Chinese make up 70% of Singapore and they have some 70% approval among Chinese there. The government might be more allied with the US but they are relatively neutral and not a major US ally
5:00 Just a little correction, The island that you have with the Malaysia Flag is Sumatra Island, which is an Indonesia Island. Malaysia is located above Singapore.
It is important to note that whenever people say that China has more naval vessels than USA, China adds basically fishing vessels that are under PLA, and also, many of their ships are Corvettes, and lesser ships. Total tonnage I still think USA is on top, given the amount of carriers.
many carriers are getting decommissioned, while projecting to build a few new ones in the future. i estimated that china and america will have the same number of carriers around 2050
seems like China is still building many carriers, at the current rate- the carrier numbers will rack up. not always about quality, but a mix between quality and quantity
Lol USA has like 3-4x the tonnage. USA has like 9 super carriers china has 0.
For now
@otto Lincoln i mean it comes down to quality. Look at russia, great on paper, but then their vehicles fall apart like paper
I am Czech, but of Vietnamese ethnicity, and each months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have seen Vietnamese internet running riots about the fears of a potential Chinese invasion of Vietnam like in 1979 short war. You can imagine how Vietnamese people are so scared of China's growing expansionism.
You forget were not in 1979 anymore. China has had it's fair share of reforms.
Times have changed China would prefer you look after your own affairs.
If you look at modern China they would prefer you were more affluent as a consumer
@@dxelson You may want to google translate your own comment to your native language.
@@beachfrogg Say that to Taiwan. And before you say they don't claim Vietnam you're right, they haven't claimed it yet but Vietnam is there in the Chinese imperial history book.
@@beachfrogg Vietnamese are very sensitive about relations with China, Spratly and Paracel Islands' memories continue to haunt them deeply. Not to mention the border with China has already had a military base recently built, not sure with which purposes. Said, let's hope a war like 1979 won't occur.
Kenyan here. Britain does not have a military base in Kenya. They only leased land strictly for training troops. Infact they signed an agreement with the govt which states no strategic equipments will be stationed there. And also no attack can be carried out from that base.
So you say the US doesn't have a base in Kenya, then your last sentence calls it a base! Yeah, sounds like a base to me!
0:26 "how dare China do what we've been doing for decades!?"
do you even chess
go China
You do have a point. The US is technically the most militarily "aggressive" country in the world.
It's inaccurate to frame concerns about Chinese military expansion as "Western concerns". There are many countries outside the western sphere that are concerned, for one reason or the other, many of those being countries in Asia itself. It's far too simplistic to frame the issue as being an east v west confrontation, all the while ignoring the many (and often competing) priorities and concerns of regional players.
The D is silent in Djibouti it is pronounced as Jibouti. Djibouti was colonised by France thus the weird spelling of their name.
As a Burmese, I can relate to this. Almost every Burmese, including mine, have a lot of bad faith when we look at our giant neighbour in the north. Yes, it is a proud, ancient nation. We respect them as an ancient neighbour. But they always want to gobble our territory, they never stop looking on our country, in particular due to resources. The last time we truly fought them was in 1765-1769, when we successfully expelled them out, but with a heavy cost, we lost 5% of our population considering our size to her. That cost was so traumatised for our country that we have learnt to not trust our big northern neighbour. Sadly, under the current junta, we are being made a colony with a sham independence to the hand of the Zhongnanhai leadership.
how about the british and the japanese ?
So you hate china but not british and japanese for invading your country.
nice logic you got there?
Who is your neighbour to the north?
Hey as ypur western neighbor(India). I hope civil government come back to power. I hoped our govt. would or could do more.
I hope Myanmar can get out these cycle of military rule.
How is Myanmar economy though.
@@DarkFruitsAnimation He means China.
You guys get what you deserve. You commit genocide against the minorities in your countries, and now your own army has turned against you.
He left out that Both Australia and America said they would respect the Solomon's choice as long as China
followed international law.
US is definitely plotting something; with little friend Australia following along
@Ayaan K when has china kept it word?
@Ayaan K When have you kept your word?
@@sinoroman No they just know China can't
be trusted to do the right thing.
@@Thermonnuclear When hasn't China kept its word?
Pardon me but a bit of correction, the Malacca Strait / Selat Malaka located between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, the flag that representated Malaysia in your video located above Sumatra, which is part of Indonesian archipelago
Their maps are truly horrible.
@@somethingelse9535 i tried to correct them before any Indonesian (including myself) getting triggered and start another Internet Dwikora (Indonesia - Malaysia confrontation)
"Australia's PM, Scott Morrison"😂 the dude just got thrown out as PM
Best thing ever. Gosh I couldn’t even look at Aussieland because of all that right wing populism and conservatism
Do Something on the Australian election, as the voting has just ended
China's military expansion is undeniable, if you use the view of Chinese people. China (PRC) has become more and more powerful since 1978, and unlike Russia, the Chinese economy is designated to be deeply and internationally integrated to the world, while using the same order to prepare for the eventual development. Let's note that China is an economic superpower, many major Chinese companies are investing around the world and thanks to Chinese investments, China has bought many allies at the expense of the others, for instance Russia, thanked to Chinese investment, Russia mostly sides with China against India and ASEAN, though tacitly; or recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. Because of China, less and less nations maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan (ROC). Because of China, Serbia can be so emboldened with the desire to reclaim Kosovo and Bosnia. Because of China, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba can continue its communist policies. Because of China, Pakistan and Iran are also determined to maintain power projection in respective regions, like Afghanistan and the Middle East/Caucasus. Not to say about Sub-Saharan Africa.
In that way, Chinese believe they want a responsible army (like the US Armed Forces), an army that can challenge the United States and the West. This feeds up with the economic interests and the newfound confidence of the Chinese nation and ultimately, China will expand its military and builds up a military alliance network akin to NATO.
20 milion Chinese are ready to defend their nation. China is really the super power. If Russia invested in economy and had same population as China then it would be unconquerable and self-sufficent economy
@@luka1608 Yeah. The problem is Putin too corrupt and despotic to make realistic reforms. The Chinese leadership has proven themselves less corrupt than Russian counterparts.
china's economy is pretty good
@@sinoroman Yeah. I think China will have no problem to invade USA
Pretty good it’s the second biggest and predicted to pass the us
I have friends who work in Taiwan. According to them China have never entered their airspace. They enter the air defence zone set up by Taiwan. This extends outside Taiwan's airspace.
Totally correct.
And covers a decent amount of mainland China.
@@fernbedek6302 Indeed but many look at you as if stupid, if you say that.....
@@fernbedek6302 - Technically Taiwan claims all of mainland China, so yeah, makes sense 😂
TIL airspace and air defense zone are different.
1 overseas China military base vs 800+ OS US bases and the complaint from the West is "a bit" hypocritical only.
Is that meant to be funny?
Hypocrisy is West's second name.
"Its not imperialism when WE do it!" 🤮
2:36 I believe China flies planes over Taiwan's ADIZ not their national airspace. Probably important to clarify
meanwhile russia actually flies planes over baltic airspace
Taiwain's ADIZ covers China's mainland so it makes sense that they fly stuff through it all the time.
@@nvizible The insinuation being that Taiwan is freaking out every time PRC planes fly over the PRC? A pity then the Taiwanese MND doesn't log flights over Fujian province as being incursions, so does it still "makes sense that they fly stuff through it all the time"? Over another countries territory?
China sees Taiwan as part of their country! If it wasn't how did the Chinese nationalist forces get to retreat to Taiwan after losing the civil war to the CCP! If not for the US navy, the CCP would have invaded Taiwan 70yrs ago! For the most part, China is contesting regions next to them similar to how the US bullied and took Spanish, Indian and Mexican land to get to their current uncontested size!
@@tallest4eva Taiwan has never been part of the PRC, not once since it's founding. Modern states can't go around invading former imperial territories (last held over a century ago) and claim precedence from a time before even that. That's irrational. The PRC isn't Imperial China, Taiwan isn't an imperial subject, the General-Secretary of the communist party is not the Emperor (his carved dragon throne doesn't change this) and we don't live in the colonial era.
What was or wasn't done then, is not a measure of what is and isn't acceptable now .. On a side note, America is hardly "uncontested" when it comes to landmass. Russia, Canada and China (in that order) are all larger, not that it matters one way or another. It would not justify Beijing (or your) position, in either case.
America has no need to compromise and should not
apparently Ukraine has a right to self determination for choosing allies while Solomon Islands does not.
Ukraine is choosing to ally with democratic countries rather than a country that kills its own people for sneezing the wrong way
the US calls itself the world police, trying to dictate countries in the world
Regarding China and the Solomon Islands, I thought the Ukraine war was a situation where we stood up for the principle of self determination. Unless it's a 'foreign threat'
The solomon islands went against their democracy tho
No one's planning to invade the Solomon Islands if that's what you're implying. Russia had its concerns regarding NATO expansion respected by neighbouring countries right up until they invaded Ukraine. It's only right to respect Australia's concerns regarding Chinese expansion as the Solomon Island's neighbour, no?
@@korayven9255 Ukraine didn't respect it and got invaded.
@@kagenlim5271 they didn’t lmao
I live in Australia and this has been misrepresented. The headlines were how we have let the Solomon's
down and Morris tried to score points for the election happening tonight. He left out that Australia and
America said they would both respect the Solomon's choices as long as international lawn is obeyed.
Why did you put the Malaysian flag on Indonesia? And why did you not even mention Indonesia when describing the Malacca straight? It literally occupies half the shoreline of the Malacca straight...
this is just a propaganda channel , anything that challenges western order they seem it threat and come up with half knowledge to bash
strait*
And there are also other straits in Indonesia (particularly Sunda strait) that China can take if Malacca is blocked
I mean, Malaysia and Singapore is kind of popular in that area. But I still don’t know how the editor put the Malaysian flag instead of Indonesia. Maybe the editor meant to put the flag of Malaysia at its land area but accidentally put it at one of the many islands of Indonesia.
@@itzmeolivia maybe because Indonesia isn't as western friendly as it's neighbor above?
China simply doesn't want to replace the U.S as a military superpower. The primary reason of this is that its simply expensive. China's military expenditure as a % of gdp is quite less compared to other large armies. China aspire to be an economic superpower where they are at the center of global trade while the U.S wants to maintain its position of the 'world police' . In a way both of them can coexist. But the U.S containment of China and Chin's hostile nature towards its nature leads to a massive misunderstanding which puts them at odds.
That's elementary school understanding of international policy well done. I mean first of all China has been steadily increasing it's military spending, even as it's economic growth is slowing, why do you suppose that is? And secondly US doesn't want to be "world police" it wants the same damn thing China wants, to make sure it's trade and economic interests are protected.
@@Kuolonen " I mean first of all China has been steadily increasing it's military spending, even as it's economic growth is slowing,"
hence why I mentioned as a % of gdp. In fact it has decreased from 2% in the 2000s to 1.7% in the 2010s. So whats your point exactly? that military spending increases in absolute terms with the economy just like every other country?
"And secondly US doesn't want to be "world police" it wants the same damn thing China wants"
Not in the same way. China wants to be the center of trade and it sees manufacturing as more important than services even though a service based economy will yield a better economy. China doesn't even view its economy in terms of gdp. They view things such as electricity consumption, bank lending and rail cargo volume as a more accurate measure of their capability. They see gdp as a flawed metric to measure their economy. So the views on how economies even work are different for both. They both want big economies in two very different ways.
USA just wants to secure itself, kill off those that are not within the American sphere
@@seeker2760 Where can I read more about Chinese economics?
@@ASLUHLUHC3 Most of what I said is related to Li Keqiang's statements. He is the Premier of State Council(a Prime Minister of sorts). In a leaked memo to the U.S government he talked about how China's GDP numbers are made up and is an inaccurate to measure an economy like theirs(he said it back in 2010). He made his own index based on his own metrics but it does seem like its being dropped as a useful metric. Even Xi has said that manufacturing is the real key to a successful economy. What this goes to show is how the ccp doesn't view the economy in the same way that others do. Someone who only cares about the GDP would want to grow its service sector and not manufacturing.
As for reading material , I am not particularly knowledgeable about it but one recommendation is a think tank by the name of macropolo.org . And if you are interested in consuming Chinese media caixin is probably the most independent a news agency can be within mainland China without being shut down. Yes, there will be CCP propaganda but since you already know that it shouldn't be that hard to filter useful information from it.Western media mostly covers the bad side of the chinese economy and tends to amplify its problems due to their own agenda of countering CCP propaganda. Not saying that they are wrong but dont have complete faith in them just because they run in a democratic country. Its always better to hear from both sides.
Remember kids, when they say "the West" they actually mean "the national interest of USA and other less relevent ex-colonial countries."
And at the slightest chance of another country making opposition to US hegemony, like China, they all freak out
Might be true before 2 months ago but times change fast. Because of Russia, "the West" really does mean all "the West". Sorry China..
@@somethingelse9535 Nothing has changed. Do you think that those countries that sided with NATO/the West because of Russia could possibly side with China? The war in Ukraine just mobilized the already friendly allies, didn't create new ones. Not only that but the US is still the leader, just like before.
@@SrCoxas Everything has changed, China realises Russia is useless, sees NATO mean business and also, European countries had been skeptical of the US, they were squabbling, now there is a unification never seen since the cold war. Taiwan invasion plans are definitely in doubt now.
@@SrCoxas Even Sweden and Finland are joining NATO. Who's next? Switzerland? Unbelievable times.
2:00 the "D" is silent so it is Jibuti
As much as I know how China is VERY unpopular among many people, just remember that America has hundreds of bases all around the world. America is a friendly democratic country and china isn't. I get that, but still, when you look at it from china's perspective, it seems like America only wants itself to have substantial military influence in the world.
When China expands to a couple bases, the US gets anxious and worried. Doesn't seem right to me.
Anyone who doesn't want a dystopian police state to become a superpower is anxious.
@@Astro_Guy_1 something that has never happened :)
@@Astro_Guy_1 Well China is also anxious because Japan, India, Australia and Korea are all surrounding China. You'd be scared if enemies where closing in on you, blocking you off from help.
While the current Chinese regime is dangerous and could potentially be just as evil as the American empire on the global stage in the long run, they're nowhere near the level of the US yet. But many Americans I've met seem to think otherwise... I keep hearing this "at least we're not as bad as China"
@cat Australia is not that close to China but still a US stronghold in Asia.
And anyway, that's just like saying 'the US wouldn't be enemies with China if it were authoritarian'
China doesn’t ever violate Taiwanese airspace. It does intrude into its air defense identification zone, which is not regulated by any international treaty en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_defense_identification_zone. Accuracy in reporting is important.
do you really think TL;DR is posting video for accuracy and the pursuit of journalism? lol
@@sinoroman I don’t presume to know their intent, but this sounds to me more like a little shoddiness on their part rather than outright attempt to mislead.
Wikipedia shouldn’t be used as a source for accuracy. High School and College 101 rule.
@@Mattattaxk wikipedia is a perfect platform for you to get resources, they have the citations for you to check yourself. most "reliable" sources of information are behind a paywall so it is very illogical for an internet debate to ask for those citations.
wikipedia is enough for casual disagreements on the internet, this is not a thesis defense.
Just FYI the PLA hasn't fought in a real war since they botched their invasion of Lao in the 60s. While some of their military leaders may have served most PLA personnel were born afterwards. It's an untested military and China is fully aware of this. Posturing is far more their style because the CCP can't afford a lost war, it would be the end of them.
You mean vietnam in 79
china have already win against india in sino-indian war, just check it, indian lost aksai chin. dont just learn the negative thing from china only.
@@loks117 That was a 1 month border skirmish where China had 4 times the troops.
That is a warm-up, not a war.
@@bathhatingcat8626 he can’t tell the difference between Lao and Vietnam 😂.
7:00 Oh I know this isn't fair, and wasn't the case when you were making this, but I'm keen to interject with "Australia's *former* prime minister Scott Morrison".
It'd be good if you could pronounce Djibouti correctly.
Erm shut up
Exactly, OP...
😂 I was cringing along.
According to the UN character the correct pronunciation using local dialect is putting your tongue between your teeth and with a loud pitch yelling "dis jiggly jiggly BOOTIE"
The transition from video outro to sponsor is much smoother and less jarring good job
Djibouti is pronounced as “Gee-booty”, not “Digi-booty”.
Singapore is not a major US ally though. It's not even a regular ally. Singapore has always made sure to walk the very thin line of neutrality, never favouring either China or the US too much so as to make business with both.
American Empire's golden age and it's peak is over, now china competes over the pax Americana whereas it's former rival USSR is dead is very normal.
The pronunciation of Djibouti was so horrendous it was funny. I really like the videos but those small mistakes like that really show the channel's size.
When he said western anxiety. I think he forgets that China is surrounded by western bases at sea. I think china's anxiety to is understandable. Pls be clear.
I think he was already overly accommodating of the Beijing's concerns, to be even more "clear" would be to stray too close to being state propaganda for my tastes.
There's a pretty big error in this video that cannot be overlooked. The strait of Malacca is shar d by Malaysia, Singapore and INDONESIA, which controls the island in the southern end of the strait.
Ah yes, France - 1:35
Someone notcied 👍
Saudi Arabia is France's favourite neighbour.
@@satyakisil9711 what?
Diji bouty? Is that a new Pokémon? Lol
A compromise between the US and China only seems likely when the Taiwan issue can be resolved.
Until then, I expect that at some point China will force the US in deciding between defending Taiwan& going to war with China or accept China’s dominance in the region. When that happens, I think the US will bail out but until that time the US will do anything to ensure that decision won’t have to be made.
Politicians favourite strategy, to kick the can down the road for someone else to solve
If US is smart it should force China into war, because now China is weak (militarily)
The US support Taiwan at least with arms
@@Strahst weaker then the US, yes, but the initiative is in Chinese hands. The only way the US could force it is by implementing a military base on Taiwan and keep an army there. Don’t think that will happen.
@@ivarbrouwer197 Hardly gonna happen, if US did that is basically a war declaration.
6:55 that reminds me something
the west is worried that china is doing the same thing they did... make it make sense loool
If the West’s imperialist behaviour is wrong, why should China also do the same? If we condemn the West for expanding, why shouldn’t we condemn China for expanding?
@@PvPGamerMinecraft the west don't care if it's condemned or not. Or if it's wrong or not. Why shouldn't China do the same if condemnation is always ever the outcome.
@@PvPGamerMinecraft Solid question to ask these kinds of people, indeed.
@@PvPGamerMinecraft To stop imperialism, China must become the largest imperialist country
@@PvPGamerMinecraft in a fair society I would accept this but it's not and never will be. So even though Im inclined to agree with you I can't because hypocrisy and power imbalance. If only words and condemnations had an impact of
"Malaysia and Singapore"
...... I felt that
Imperialism is normal. Since time immemorial, humans and civilizations always expand it's sphere where power grows like an empires from the ancient past. Because if it settles in it's own border... China will fall. What China does is normal. History repeats itself as what they say.
Exactly, China and America will both fall, it's a matter of when, not if, America already is showing signs of division and China has a huge housing crisis and when the current leader of the CCP, Xi Jinping dies there will be a huge power vacuum within China which will need to be filled by someone, both of these could be bad for both countries if not solved, and they could lead to collapse if these problems are worsened, obviously they might not fall in the next 100 years but one day they will, it's inevitable, look at the history of China for example, it's a good show of how world history works where dynasties would arise and fall similar to how superpowers rise and fall
define imperialism
@@sinoroman imperialism as a concept is obviously 1 people ruling over another, which of course brings the question, what is considered a people?
according to that definition, many countries are imperialist
@@sinoroman well not true. Imperialism comes in many ways : Might, Culture, Civilization, Education, Language.
Russia also has an installation in Venezuela.
"Why the West is anxious."
Seriously? The West is anxious? As in NATO led by the USA? The largest most advanced military coalition the world has ever seen? Anxious about China?
I knew this channel was fairly normie in it's view on the political system but this takes the cake.
lol... you have no idea what youre talking about. ofc the west is going to be scared, every aspect of china is improving rapidly. nato would struggle to beat china now, and if they could, they would receive too many causalities for their legacy to continue.
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@@invictor2761 Same vice versa. Balances the books does it not?
NATO won't invade China, China won't invade NATO. The main thing is will NATO countries continue bullying other small nations e.g. in Latin America and the Middle east?
Incomplete research, malacca strait can be by India (who is a Chinese enemy and western ally) through Andaman Islands
The US has so many bases abroad because the locals _want_ them there: for the locals those Americans provide reliable economic activity, and for politicians it's both a budget-saver (not having to equip and train through combat deployment a similarly capable domestic force) as well as a convenient scapegoat to redirect public frustrations on domestic issues.
The host nations keep the Americans around because they can be asked to leave, but the consequences of their absence often turns out to be worse: just ask Iraq (ISIS), Afghanistan (Taliban), and the Philippines (China).
Lol
1:40 that’s not France
As an Indian i can say that China's military is a paper tiger
For now. China will soon dethrone Russia in military technology. Maybe it will take anywhere between 10-15 years.
Forgot galwan and 1962! ;)
Based on how they kicked your ass in every border conflict in the lat 2 decades?
What makes you think so? You are making claims that major analysts themselves have conflicting views about. No single institution in this world can say whether China is a paper tiger or not. It could go into flames like Russia's or annihilate its enemies for all we know.
And before you say it, judging its current military based on what 40 years ago is pretty non sensical.
I guess you don't know what Indian military capability looks like in China's eyes? haha
Please also add subtitles. It makes easier to listen and understand
The reason China is expanding to counter expansion of US army bases around the world
i think so too. and it just shows the immorality of china and how it is a danger to us.
@Invictor us ??? Or USA dominace 😂😂 the thing is USA don't want any other country to be like them so they use proganda and that too racist one against people of the East and they use countries like Australia and Eu for it simple
china ftw 🇨🇳
Since the host messed up the pronunciation of Djibouti, I'm gonna start pronouncing it DJ booty
The key number is shown in the very beginning. China spending only 1.7% of GDP on its military.
Prove me wrong, but I think that's around the same number as 20-30 years ago, if not lower.
And I also don't believe there was ever a government labeled 'military expensionist' that only spend 1.7% of GDP on its military.
That said I think this channel is brilliant. It gives you the facts, points out the worries as well as the hypocrisies, as all channels should.
exact chinese military spending is a total mystery some say its as high as 2.2% while this says its 1.7% it because of a lot of bleedover from the civilian sector into the military which is not audited.
@@hughmungus2760 So use different measures then? If we do that, then it will also blow up the 4.3% that Russia spends, or the 3.7% that the US spends.
Anyway. I went to this thing called school. It's a place where they taught me to prefer World Bank data over 'some say' data.
You can fault me for it if you want, but I was forced to go there.
Mistaking Indonesia for Malaysia, big mistake!
Why when Ukraine or Sweden + Finland wants to join NATO and place military bases on its territory, this is done "for protection" and is not directed against Russia. And when the Solomon Islands want to place a Chinese military base on their territory, is it not "for protection", but an act of aggression against Australia and the United States?
because no one around the solomon islands is trying to invade them.
in the solomon islands there's nothing to protect. they don't have a crazy neighbour that might invade them, or is invading them, at any time. not exacly same thing.
ukraine is a cesspool of corruption and neo-nazi extremism but, don't try to portray russia as a poor victim only trying to defend themselves. that's stupid
But if usa or australia dont invade solomon islands it will only show that russia is the bigger evil. Because russia invaded ukraine because they tried to join nato. Thats the excuse at least
Because who the fu.. Is threatening the Solomon islands ?
Nobody. Neither Australia nor anybody else.
But russia is constantly attacking it's neighbors if they don't want to accept that moscow is going to rule over them. Russia has just become a country full of barbaric, corrupt warcriminals. Everybody would want protection from them.
@@ax.f-1256 The US does not attack its neighbors because it attacks countries located far from its borders. Russia has just become a country (become to contry like USA, who was use nuclear wappons to destroy city in Japan, or do warcrimnal like the Mỹ Lai massacre) full of barbaric, corrupt warcriminals. I agree with you.
@@ВладиславПопов-х9з don't get me wrong i and many other if not all people in the west know how wrong and idiotic the war in Iraq or Afghansistan was. But there are TWO sides of the US/the west:
The Iraq war Idiotic side and the WW2 we help you against the brutal warcriminal side.
WE DONT NEED ANOTHER WAR
Lol imagine using the word imperialist to describe China , when it is the west that has bases all over the world and was occupying Afghanistan till last year
well technically china is imperialist, look at tibet or xinjiang or even arunachal pradesh (and not to mention the spratly islands)
@@sagrinne9922 Try comparing it with what the western countries have done in iraq,libya, Afghanistan . China is not enabling slave markets , and causing mass famines
@@sagrinne9922 When was the last time Xinjiang was independent?
@@sagrinne9922 I'm the witness to Guatamano Bay
Typical Western hypocrisy
That's not how you pronounce Djibouti lol
China's Military is a parody of Russian/Soviet military doctrine (which fundamentally doesn't work, as proven in Ukraine) of throwing men at the problem. It has not fought in a war since the Sino-Vietnamese War (1979), where it got mauled by the battle-hardened Vietnamese.
An invasion of Taiwan has long been fantasized by the likes of Jiang Zemin and Xi Jingping, and conquest is possible but the Chinese will likely take very heavy casualties, negating any spin of a glorious victory as the lineage of many families will have been terminated due to the one-child policy.
China is so terrified of the harmless Omicron virus, they would never dare enter a military conflict that would result in deaths. They all have this unreasoning fear of death.
This was true up to the mid 90s. They were very impressed by the US capabilities during Gulf Wars, and since changed their doctrine to one of technological, naval, cyber and missile reliance.
@@pac1fic055 no, and by that i mean as someone very familiar with the inner workings of russian military equipment.. and as china is the biggest user of russian equipment - the only thing that has changed is they have gotten lot bolder and nationalistic under Xi - although the PLA have made progress over their russian counterparts, their reliance on russian technology represents an extreme vulnerability - ie, the j20 radar is stolen from russia's su 37 while structurally the aircraft is domestic (the second ever produced domestically) it still uses a great deal of russian avionics - thus from an electronics warfare perspective, its made china very anxious.
I think the Viet Kong are just that good of fighters that they repel both Chinese and American imperialism
@@alberto148 The NVA were responsible for that.
While container shipping rates depend, in part on the distance travelled by a ship, and volume of cargo on a shipping line, the cost differences of a few days extra sailing are not great. If Malacca straits are closed, other straits through Indonesia are available. If Indonesia ruled out (one or two extra days sailing, going around Australia adds about 18days to a Europe-Shanghai route. Overall, Europe-China shipping lines might take 50% longer to deliver cargo, but the ship capacity would quickly expand to meet demand. Perhaps, the cost to the global economy is $5bn to $10bn a year - a drop in the economic ocean.
Part of me wishes the world didn't have superpowers in general, but I can only feel bad for the countries near China, especially those not allied to them.
Without superpowers, there would be many countries taking advantage of the fact that no one would correct them. So, if there’s no super powers, there must be something else to keep things in check (UN or a ‘NATO’ without a US)
I live in Southeast Asia, I can’t tell if I’m in danger or not haha.
@@itzmeolivia if China can't do a amphibious invasion of Taiwan, I doubt they would try south east Asia. Their next targets would be Korea and Japan
go ask irak syria lybia somalia afganistan serbia etc, mate. do you feel pity for them too?
nah, I feel bad for US junior allies. half of them can't even leave the American sphere. also, USA is the sole superpower
The way he pronounces Djibouti as Duh-Gee-Booty lolll
China has been an expansionist state since the Qin dynasty. A major issue that feeds Chinese expansionist ambitions is because of its vulnerable heartland: the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers are the soul of Chinese civilisation and yet it is also very deadly and lethal due to constant flooding and famine. That's why it wants a strong military and not ashamed to declare itself the centre of the world by its Mandarin spelling. You think why Koreans, Vietnamese, Kazakhs, Indians, Nepalis, Taiwanese, Filipinos and Burmese so wary of China? Because they know China will return and will continue to expand. Underestimating Chinese jingoism allows China to expand its imperialism.
Wrong, china never invade anyone and make overseas colonies. They just want to trade. China is the first nation to invent gunpowder but do they used it to invade and make overseas colonies? No. The west did that not the Chinese.
Huh? What was the last war of expansion that China fought? You can't honestly claim China is jingoist when you compare to America or Russia.
the Mandarin spelling does not mean central of the world, there is a context to the name, its just Central States in the Chinese heartland back in ancient times, its a pretty old name, there are far more grand names like 天朝 which means Heavenly dynasty.
Korean - invaded by japan
Vietnamese - invaded by French,bombed by US (estimate 3 milliion vietnamese death)
kazakhstan - ruled by soviet union after ww2
India - ruled by 'islam' invader and then british
nepali - british try to invade nepal( ???)
filipino - ruled by us and then japanese(go read japanese war crime in phillipines0
burma - ruled by british then japanese
taiwan - funny you put taiwan, cause the modern taiwanese is actually chinese immigrant escape after they lose china civil war.
Go on and tell me how china is a threat.
@@ten_tego_teges So China is not jingoist? Since the Huaxia civilisation 5,000 years ago, China was just a little piece of land surrounding modern Xi'an. After 5,000 years, China became big like we saw today. Not by expansionism then what?
This guy looks way too good in this new light setup
I understand that China has the right to expand if it wants to and the host countries "agree". However, and this is VERY personal, eventhough I would never ever live in the US and they have done horrible things, I still rather have a democracy (flawed as it is) as the biggest super power rather than one of the roughest and most restrictive dictatorships.
Totally agree.
Except this democracy has a track record of overthrowing democratically elected governments and installing military dictators while this rough and restrictive dictatorship does not.
At least living under a democratic superpower hegemon, you can still speak out your mind and are free to express yourself and having the freedom to information. Whilst a dictatorship has none of those things. Information is vetted and limited to you to cover up their horrible shit and god forbid that you speak out against those in power lest you ended up in "re-education" camps
It is like Winston Churchill said himself "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried." basically meaning that it is the best we got as flawed as it is.
> calling china a dictatorship
who is this "dictator" you're referring to? a party is not a person
Ukraine proved numbers isn’t everything.
As we recently saw with russia, size is not everything. The PLA is horrendously corrupt, likely mich more so than even russia. I would not be surprised of most of their equipment is only partially functional and their tactical and strategical capabilities are likely lacking.
It will depend on which circumstances. But I am not that optimistic - China is not Russia and I personally don't believe PLA will fall to the same mistake like Putin's army.
nah, china will do ok
everyone in Cambodia knows that China basically owns their country and that they have a military naval base there.
Oh come on why does it always have to be so hard. NOONE wants you any harm china. Even india doesnt want a war with you. Making the militarys around the world bigger achieves absolutely nothing. Honestly i would say give china taiwan just so there is peace, but we all know once we give them taiwan they want the Indian territory, and than the south china sea and the straight of malaya. Its never enough
in that case you should be just as critical of western military bases.
As a Djiboutian you’ve butchered our name😂
We are also equally concerned about one of China's ally, Iran, in the region. With China's help, Iran has been rapidly modernising its army and openly demonstrates the imperialist nature toward us. I think our Crown Prince is wrong to trust the Chinese and Russians to persuade a peaceful diplomacy with Iran - Beijing and Moscow have shown no interests in helping us and our allies (UAE, Somalia, Malaysia, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Djibouti, Morocco) to stop Iranian imperialism - they are, rather, arming the Iranians as well.
Name says it all...
I think that China and Russia will try to get the Middle East to settle their differences as this is in everyone’s interest
@@beachfrogg We do want so. But I think we won't forget that when we bought Chinese drones and Eastern Winds, the Chinese also sold to Iran anti-ballistic missiles and newly-upgraded drones, which Iran sold to its militant proxies in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria (Hezbollah has over 60% of Chinese arms at its disposal). We can't be happy with it.
@@saudiarabiathelandoftwomos4221 tbf, if we hadn't meddled so much in Iran, they wouldn't hate us so much and want to become militaristic
that's beauty of it all. china does not consider iran their ally, just business partners. as saudi arabia works with china, they are only business partners, nothing more. it is only fair
What good are foreign bases with out a blue water navy.
I think every Asian country knows that they need to have formidable Army , considering how notorious America and west is. Having an almost century of interventions and Invasions into sovereign countries and destabilizing the whole area , I think Chinese should spend more to protect itself
How about China which invaded Korea, India, Vietnam, Nepal, Central Asia and Taiwan in the past? So hypocritical.
Vietnam far prefers america even with what they have done, support for america was 91% even after trump left a trade deal really helped Vietnam while support for china is around 20%. This is mimicked in a lot of Asian countries. If the country is near china, then the love america, if the country is near Russia then the love America.
@@Flipflopflopper Yes that's just for Western Propaganda ,When US VP visited Veitnam. She made a anti China statement which Veitnam disassociated itself with that. Plus you know why Veitnam has to be not anti US because Veitnam export everything to US and Import less than it exp
Just like the 20th century. You either have western colonisers or Japanese Imperialism
don't worry, china been increasing military budget. need to for protection
Oh, so the country with active concentration camps doesn't like foreign doctrines of interference on humanitarian grounds? Who could have seen that coming?
Day five of requesting an Afghanistan update. I don't mean to be annoying I just think it's not being covered enough. If anybody else wants this like the comment.
Vice and other media outlets have covered the situation there! The people are living in harsh conditions, just as expected; the country can't survive without aid! Just search on youtube, and you will see!
@@TheRatsintheWalls what are you talking about?
They are not white enough like Ukrainians . So , of course they are going to ignore that the US has basically stole afghan forex reserves when the country is going to through a famine caused by the US.
@@scotandiamapping4549 before you edited the comment, you said you will be annoying if you don't get what you want.
Shhh we only want to hear "China bad" and "Russia bad"
The Philippines: I really need you guys to chill out, because you fight, I'm gonna be right in the line of fire.
It's just getting richer, it's still spending less than 2% of its GDP which is considered the rightful amount to spend to protect yourself so there's no reason to get nervous, if China starts spending like the US then we have something to worry about.
I think that criticism is justified, just by simply the fact, that the people of the solomons protestet against chinese military bases, that were shut down by the solomese government with chinese help.
Doesn't happen that often with a nondictatorial power.
Just saying
Yeah as if the USA and the West have never propped up any dictatorial powers. The pot calling the kettle black.
People in Iraq too used to protest their bases , ultimately US invaded their country 😂😂
> protests
markets and buildings were being destroyed, it was more than just a "protest"
@@utkarshverma7 and US was wrong. Do you support the Iraq war?
Japan Okinawa people have been protesting against US base there, They complain about the huge noise pollution and water pollution.
Japanese locals on Okinawa have already been expressing serious opposition to the presence of US forces on the island. A poll by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and Okinawan media organisations found that 61% of local people wanted fewer US bases on the island, while only 19% said they were happy with the status quo.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, who promised to make a greater effort to reduce hosting US military bases in the region, also acknowledged the issue as well as the economic inequalities that still make Okinawa one of the country's poorest areas.
50 years have passed since Okinwa's return to Japan and the people of Okinawa endure very heavy burden from the US bases. The government takes this very seriously and will continue to do their utmost to reduce the burden from the bases.
The 'more ships' angle is deceptive ... they don't have a Blue Water Navy.
Russia still holds an edge over the PLA. But after their failure in Ukraine, it is visible that China is not a significant threat to NATO.
Nah, in terms of next gen tech, china is definitely leading
@@J_X999 they are still largely dependent on Russian made engines. It will take a while before they become totally self-reliant, like Russia. The technologies you are talking about, are mostly prototype and propaganda. Russia regularly shows off similar innovations. However, in the battlefield NATO made weaponry are still well ahead. Ukraine flattened the Russian army with small to medium range weapons. Imagine what would happen if they got some real heavy systems like the old good F16, Abraham/Leopard tanks, and Patriot/THAAD batteries.
@@isthiakahsan I'd be surprised if you even knew what technology I'm talking about.
In fact you probably wouldn't because china doesn't show it off and brag about it to the public.
@@isthiakahsan Well they are getting alot of gas for cheaper than western countries are due to no sanctions against Russia, this gives China an edge over the west due to being able to put that money towards improving themselves instead, China is also building more pipelines into Siberia I believe, which would also help the Russian economy when they are finished being built, so China will have that over Russia to use if it is required
@@isthiakahsan you aren't wrong about China being dependent on Russia for a few things, but Russia is almost economically dependent on China in a post war world
Am here just to see my neighbors got annoyed that they aren't mentioned as a co owner of Malacca straits.
Anyway there's a joint Indonesia- US coast guard academy or something just across the US AF & naval 'base' in Singapore at the south end of the straits. UK has a 'base' in Singapore as well while Australia has a 'base' in the northern part of the straits in Malaysia.
Just ask people if they want their salary to be paid in euro, dollar, yuan, or rubles. That is the telltale sign for trust and reliability. Last century was about the clash of the different styles of running an economy. And it is clear the market economy is dominating. Even the socialist / communist block relied heavy on market economy decisions or they went down in economic flames. An economy is not idealistic, nor pretends to be all powerful. An economy just is. Built on trust and reliability. No other form of economy is more succesful than market economy.
Built on trust ? Are you kidding me ? USA forced KSA to only accept USDs. Read about Petro-dollar.
Market economy is not the main thing. Its conditions and circumstances in time. US for exampe is not the top economy due to that but because of its geography and long lasting stability. Its probadly the only large country today of such size with that good economy. All the others are with far worst geography and neighbour far more worthy enemies. The industrial revolution happent in 19th century UK which as far as I can remember had not been attacked deep in its land. The countries in Europe where economies are the best have always been more densely populated. Nvm that. Ofcourse allowing free thought must have contributed a lot. Socialism mainly went I third world countries or countries which already lagged behind too much. Without US tryna breed on their necks what do you think it wouldve been for Cuba,Venezuea maybe, Vietnam,N Korea or the Soviet Union? The Soviet union could half its military budget and still be easily on top of europe after ww2. The fascist authoritarians technically wouldve also been succesful if the lucky blessed American empire didnt breath on their necks.
Market economies is the way to go but it needs checks and lots of balances. Trouble is humans beings are good at being humans which means we have the tendency to take advantage. A market system like the US used to have checks and balances such as anti trust laws and designating things as public utility. However many laws have been rewritten giving major corporations power to squeeze the little guys. Every system no matter how great will run its course and disappear. Enjoy the ride
@@ivokantarski6220 Without the LendLease from the USA, the Soviet Union wouldn't be in a position to beat the nazi's. Russia only paid the last of the world war 2 LendLease terms back in 2006. Today Russia won't benefit from LendLease 2.0, but Ukraine does. Just look it up how the USSR benefitted from the LendLease during WW2.
every system has a market. you're confusing the term with capitalist economy, you're trying to shine up capitalism
Thought u shd do a video on the latest Australian election. It’s probably the weirdest election our country has ever had and would be worth a video
I'm more anxious with the amount of American military bases around the world.
China is expanding but the US has already expanded everywhere. The US has only cased death and destruction everywhere.
depends where ur from, as a indians, USA as military police is good
Then hopefully you're in Moscow when it gets nuked.
I agree that the US should not be getting involved into conflicts anymore, but it is also easy to only look at all the unnecessary wars. All the prevented wars are only speculation. I'm afraid of what would have happened if the U.S. didn't police the world. For example, Africa would have seen many more colonies and wars.
Trust me, its a lot better for everybody that americans are the world police, rather than chinese
@@svenNL dude, don't pretend as if USA only polices for "morale reasons". Look at the coup in Chile by Pinochet. USA supported it. USA has a history of toppling democratically elected govts if they do not bow down to it.
The Solomons are where Japan was stopped in WW2. Its a good place to dominate the Pacific approach to Australia.
Maybe it's just me but I much rather have the US patrolling the worlds oceans then China lol ... 😭😂
Is it a sign of the times that there is a nation whose name sounds like what is said every time Kim Kardashian is seen? "Djibouti!"
China is not Russia. China is economically far more powerful and it is also far more industrialised than Russia, proceeding far better science and technology researches. We can't ignore Chinese threat considering Chinese aggression of its neighbours, and we must battle that immediately. China will not make the same mistakes like Russia in Ukraine.
You just wanted to keep your imperialistic empires.
What Chinese aggression? Tweets?
@@ten_tego_teges You can start with the Qin dynasty. Trace for over 2,000 years to see why no neighbour trusts China.
@A B That real last time was in 1979-90, a short war + border war with Vietnam.
@@luishernandezblonde Following that logic nobody should trust anyone. Particularly not any Western power.
Only Western countries are allowed to have foreign bases. Other countries only have imperialistic ambitions right?
first maybe
edit: yes first
Hey hey, please make a video about the Mekong river and the international disputes around dam constructions involving China and other neighbours!
Came here to say this. Cringe.
King the way you said Djibouti was so wrong 😭
Biden: The US has no closer ally than Australia
Canada: 😥