Understanding the Chinese mindset
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SINGAPORE - In recent years, the government in Beijing has taken an offensive attitude in regard to the territorial claims in Asia. China has disputes in the south, east and west of the country. The pursuit of these geopolitical objectives has come at the expense of its neighbours.
However, we cannot pass everything off as Chinese expansionism since every dispute is unique in its origin. And, what may appear as aggressive posture by China, can be rationally explained by examining the country’s early-modern history that shaped the national mindset.
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@@Joshua-xq8rl why not?
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ALL R!GHT!!!
China has hundreds of thousands of years of history and you start at the opium wars 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Hardened by its past, for China there is no valid reason to trust outside forces and international commitments" This summed it up very accurately.
let's be friends :)
There is a wonderful concept that applies, Its a mathematical principle which I cant remember the name of but in basics. Two people trying to reach an objective, While there can only be one 'winner' by working together both parties reach the end faster. Because of this Trust provides the best chance for winning. Trust + Trust (+2). If you trust and they betray you fall behind a bit and vice versa (-1). But if you fail to trust you lose nothing but also gain nothing (0). Thus by trusting you have more to gain than lose.
If you know the concept please put the name because Google couldn't help me.
@@Aabergm Game theory. What you have mentioned is a case of creating dynamics such that a Nash Equilibrium is also the best macro outcome
Anyone could trust China? Between countries to countries, the term "Trust' does not exist.
@@ThienHoang-tr3dh well yeah no country can be trusted. everyone are trying to gain the most for themselves. so negotiations are important to reach a concensus of how much gain both parties will get and how much both parties are willing to concede to gain those things. if both parties agreed that the pros and cons are balanced then a treaty/agreement is made. however military threats, economic pressure, politcial pressure etc are also chips on the negotiation table, a risky one but they can be used if the gain is worth the risk (especially for powerful nations). international relationship has always been like that no matter what country you are, if you are weaker or have less things to offer you have to concede more things you don't like.
It is very hard to find someone discusses modern Chinese History without bias on RUclips. You deserve more subs.
Richard Hu you say it’s without bias simply because you agree with the presentation of the content. Bias is always in the eye of the beholder, for better or worse.
without bias? This videoÜ?
There are a few controversial points, how many people died in the Great Famine, according to the cia file analysis, the population of the three years actually has growth, and other specific details on ‘’Weibo''have come out to discuss, a wide range of famine must have, but The death of 5,500w people is still debatable, not so much. In addition, the mainstream public opinion is deducting Mao Zedong’s head for the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The merits discussion is all about Deng Xiaoping, but according to the People’s Daily editorial at the time, one of the Criticized points of the Gang of Four is against the Cultural Revolution, which is very contradictory.. Now there is a drum force on Weibo that opposes historical nihilism. Chairman Mao is very difficult in his later years, but these pots can only be his and only he can Carried， but the chairman’s merits. It’s also the one who has never been before
@K 2 Resorting to insults is a pretty low bar bro
@K 2 That's an ad hominem, snow wj never explicitly supported china or chinese actions. Regardless, even if we assume that all 1.2 billion chinese people fit the bat-eating stereotype ( which it dosen't, bat is a regional delicacy, not an ethnic one ), snow wj never said what his/her ethnicity or nationality was.
You're also using whataboutism here, wrongdoing on the part of china does not justify wrongdoing by you. A tactic, if you didn't know, that is often used by the CCP to justify their controversial actions
So you guys can understands why Chinese hate drugs so much?
Justin Zhao 看起来你好像理解能力有问题？中国人爱鸦片？？不懂你是怎么从视频里得出这种结论的…无语了。我在这里清清楚楚的告诉你，中国人是很恨鸦片的！！而且麻烦请你记住，是英国人把鸦片带进中国市场卖给中国人的，不是中国人，OK？当时的人们还没有意识到鸦片的可怕，后来意识到之后就决定禁止鸦片，才有了林则徐虎门销烟，而英国人当然想靠鸦片赚中国人的钱了，所以就用武器强迫中国人接受他们的鸦片，对中国发动了鸦片战争，可以说这就是中国被侵略史的开端。这就是为什么今天在中国法律里，贩毒的人要被判死刑，因为我们对鸦片零容忍。
@Justin Zhao You make it sound like it was a free market the british purposfully imported tons of opium making it cheap and available in a way that wouldve been highly unlikely without government interference.
@Justin Zhao I never implied any of that and I do not support the Fantanyl trafficking. IMO all drugs should be legal in the sense that no state should push for or against drugs wether foreign and domestic. The Opium Crisis was brought on by a State to purposefully destabilize a nation which is something I will never support.
@Justin Zhao Obviously Chinese nationals were responsible for the drug trade aswell. Doesnt change the fact that it was a deliberate effort by the English companies to destabilize a nation. These low to middle class drug traffickers had a quick profit in mind, who can blame them if they got the opportunity. If it were a free market I would be fine with it. Instead it was a government coordinated effort to supply China with opiates and when the Emperor tried to coordinate his own countermeasures war was declared and lost. Do tell me was it China's fault for getting into that war? And if not who's was it?
I guarantee that if there had been an Opium inflation in any European country, the effects on the population and therefore stability would've been quite similar.
Just look at the town's in America where Fentanyl is out of control.
@Justin That "You said Chinese are children or animals" argument you brought up is inconclusive, yes they had free will, yes many even welcomed the Opium trade but it does not counter the fact, as I've stated already that there was a purposeful and deliberate effort by a foreign government to put Imperial China in that state. (One might say "oh the chinese shouldve been smarter than to take drugs" but then I'd point to the two paragraphs above.)
Humans will almost always choose what is easy not was is right when in crisis and drug addiction is just that.
@Justin Zhao It's not a governmental effort to destabilze America with opiates!?
As a Chinese, I feel so sad watching this...I remember I once went to visit my grandma's papa ―― 91 years old then, and my grandma helped him take a bath. I could See 3 bullet marks on his back and legs. I cried at the scene... I hated the Japanese so much at that time, it's too much for a 7 or 8 years old. Now I still don't forgive them, but I persuade myself to hate the politicians only, who started a war on other nations. I believe most people are innocent and kind. I Love peace. I know the new China has a lot to be criticized by the west, like human rights, but I have no problem being happy, what the west worries is not that of most of the Chinese, and I admit China's imperfect, but I still Love my country, a place I call home and its people I call family. No country is perfect after all. I cherish what I have now. I wish my country all the Best.
You are right. You should not blame the people, but the politicians.
My grandpa was shot too. so I know how you feel 😔😔
My grandparents were threatened by Japanese soldiers..cos he was a very rich businessman..almost killed,so he gave up his business to the Japanese and ran took my grandmother, and all the aunties and uncles with him..
East Turkmenistan?
Wow, no one commented u should eat a bat yet? This is so rare
I am from India. The hardships the Chinese people went thru is extreme and it makes me sad. I wish them good health and a prosperous future.
bless india too
Prashanth Budihal It's really sad that China and India are some what hostile toward each other these days. I see lots of stupid nationalists from both sides these days. Both countries are messed up in the past. It nice to see a rational Indian like you. Both should work together to regain their glories. Wish India good luck. :)
The short term hate makes sense. Two rising superpowers in such a close proximity can't possibly end well. Hopefully BRICS succeeds though, and makes them see reason.
Both countries are getting fucked by their colonial legacy to this day. Hell, consider even disputes directly between them- like the recent China-India clash in Doklam. Clearly, one side is the aggressor, and is morally at fault, right? Except, both of them had legitimate reasons for doing what they did, and the dispute exists because of a mistake made in a territorial treaty drawn up by- you guessed it- The British Empire, who ruled India at the time.
I thought since since China and India shared similar fate they would understand each other even jawahar lal Nehru thought so. But Chinese back-stabbed India in 1962 and now they are blocking us every way possible. CCP has very bad intentions for the world especially against the west. Though I sympathize with with Chinese past I do not agree with modern CCP actions. If you enjoy the perks of UN security council you must abide by international law. Otherwise you are as much hypocrite and imperialistic as your aggressors were.
China gave a pretty clear warning about what would happen if you kept encroaching on their territory in 1962, so you can feel free to stop trying to spin this
We don't need to like one another but we do need to get along. So, let's try and refrain from inflammatory comments.
Please do a video on the geopolitics of Cuba, the Myanmar Rohinya crisis, recent secessionist movements in Nigeria, Central American drug networks, geopolitics of Indonesia and understanding the Kekistani mindset.
CaspianReport I eagerly await for your reports....👍👍👍👍 good job bro
CaspianReport The Anglo saxon mindset would be a perfect *follow up to the Chinese mindset.
Nah man, let's just enjoy tribalism doing its magical thing. ;)
I hate "x" and "y" is great. COME AT ME!
Opium isn’t nowadays known as heroin. Heroin comes from opium but they aren’t the same.
The more refines with higher concentration one is called heroin. So ur definition is partially correct.
@@leonleon2021 he is 100% correct. You don't call gasoline oil because it's a byproduct of refinement. Morphine is also derived, in the same process, from opium why not say morphine is the "modern" name for opium? Sorry for being so harsh here but the OP is completely correct not partially
@@skizzik121 gasoline is refinement of crude oil, and both of them are oil. Heroin is a substance refined from opium, and both of them are drugs. Just like iron is not ferrite, sodium is not table salt, calcium carbonate is not limestone etc etc. For informal use, it doesn't matter, but for technical discussion like this, I do think it's matter.
@@leonleon2021 It’s not just a higher concentration actually. It’s an entirely different chemical. The active ingredients in opium are morphine, codeine (a prodrug for morphine) and thebaine. Heroin is diacetylmorphine which isn’t even contained in unprocessed opium. They’re different drugs.
@@skizzik121 are your crazy gasoline is a C5-C11 range liquid hydrocarbon, its same as petrol just USA use that term while UK India calls it petrol..your analogy is pathetic.
As a Chinese I never expected foreigners can understand what happened and what's going on in this country till now. Wow, good job!
EVERYBODY HAS SUFFERED BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO MAKE OTHERS SUFFER. TODAY IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT, NOT THE PAST NO MATTER HOW PROUD AND ARROGANT SOMEONE IS REGARDING THEIR CULTURE, LAND, AND HISTORY.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is not a "republic" but an oppressive and intrusive totalitarian one-party government. Imperial China's defeat, exploitation, and humiliation for the last couple of centuries by Western powers and Japan to be followed by China's Cultural Revolution in the mid1960's is an excuse and JUSTIFICATION for China's contemporary immoral expansionism, lies and cheating in order to take or steal whatever it wants today imitating past enemies that had ravaged China. Such theft includes militarily invading and subjugating Tibet and claiming sovereignty over the entire South China Sea (including Taiwan that is The Republic of China and militarized illegal artificial islands), East China Sea, Yellow Sea and all oil/gas mineral rights and all fishing rights right up to the shores of other nations. China simply ignores the existence of other nations and their humanity. China's damaged ego does not have to be stroked and soothed by everybody else in the world kowtowing in order for China to have security. Security does not require revenge, as people and cultures all over the world have both imposed and suffered violence, death, and humiliation. China's feelings got hurt by a violent history and now feels justified to get some payback by subjugating everybody in the world. Now, all other nations in the region are militarizing to eventually fight China ... India, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, S. Korea, and Japan. China warns the U.S. to stay away and mind its own business as China greatly increases its military power eventually to rival America's largely by computer hacking and espionage or spying as well as increasing wealth by trade esp. with the U.S.
I'm just in that kind of mood right now, because I'm angry at China's bullying and illegal expansion into Tibet and the South China Sea etc. with militarized artificial islands and disallowing, for example, Filipinos from their ancient fishing places etc. etc. etc. And my America, its allies and friends are just letting it happen and continuing trade with China while doing nothing but meaningless "saber rattling" between China and the U.S. while the U.S. is being side-tracked by N. Korea and the Middle East distractions. Americans don't appear to care or even to be aware of the threat to world peace posed by China's ambitions.
Farmer Bold you are brainwashed successfully by your America. I can't believe this kind of people exit until I saw you. it's really funny because you look so serious and faithful.
@沈腾
A RACE OR CULTURE cannot own a people along with their historical lands that they need in order to live on ... and certainly not forever. There is no legal, moral, or reasonable excuse for China's undiplomatic bullying expansion claiming ancient ownership of Tibet and the entire open waters and all oil/gas and fishing-rights of the South China Sea being militarized for combat and/or war etc. conflicting with and overriding claims by other nations. Also note that the South/East China Sea, Indian Ocean, Philippians Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico ... these are names only, not proof of ownership. China does not own Tibet or the South China Sea etc. any more than Mongolia owns China having defeated China in the distant past or that Eastern Africa owns China because those Africans migrated there (now mainland China) first tens of thousands of years ago ... no matter China's claim of ancient ownership.
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trex kiro
trex kiro
4 months ago
You Understand Now why China Is An expansionist Bully? Do you feel sympathy on what their doing to us now? Do understand now why they Have to humiliate smaller countries and invade their territories? Its the western countries' fault Why china is like this:( Sad....And i Don't care, You shouldn't care about their Sad back story either. All That Matters Now is the present. And their a complete asshole and Bully. And has no respect what so ever about the International Law that They Signed. China Has NO honor the their words and Promises. Just like how they agreed to mutually End the Military stand-off in Scarborough Shoal with the Philippines,. The Philippines Complied to the Agreement But the China at the very next day Cordoned the Area With warships when the Philippines Ships left. Disgusting Country. They Make fake Products and Their Words are cheap and worthless as well. Never trust China. They Want you to think that their the Victim But they are in reality a predator as well. Do you Also remember the time when XI jing PIng Threatened the Philippines of War? A huge country like china Threatening us of war?! What? they can't Pick Fights with Someone their own size?! I want to see them threaten the US or Britain with war. Shameless country, No honor, Worthless,A Husk, No culture Erased by its commie government ,and is the Biggest coward of a country as well. With All its arrogance ANd Pathetic Pretensions as A SUperpower,I can't Wait for China to Explode again.
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s yottky 1 week ago (edited) Chinese mindset?? very simple: Fanatical nationalism (i'm from hong kong & understand them very very very well)
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We are all brothers of the earth and of heaven. This egoistic fascination with ancient history is very interesting, but does not change the reality of our universal brotherhood ... Black, White, Asian and etc. Individual and group identity is an illusion of experiential thought or thinking in reaction to the notion of the past (the idea of who hurt you) and the future (the idea of what you want) ... and not reality. Reality is not a thought reacting to experience or desire. Reality is the moment of now independent of notions, emotions, resentment, and ambition. And the moment of now is the opportunity to have a caring regard for everyone and nature.
Farmer Bold So China is a evil country and America is a protector of the world, is that what you mean？
Couple of mistakes at ~8 mins:
Mao retreated WEST, not East.
And poor WESTERN provinces, not Eastern.
nice catch
Yeah that confused me too.
don't forget that nanking is heavily exaggerated.
@@levitatingoctahedron922 How so is Nanking exaggerated?
@@NightDoge more people were supposedly killed than what lived in the city at the time. it's ludicrous. claims of deaths vary so wildly it's obvious that there's no actual evidence on the matter.
*As an Indian* , I have to say , both India and China have very similar history
No reason we can't help each other out today and be good friends.
12345a Unlikely because in reality, China is India's greatest potential threat while Pakistan is China's best distraction to Indian potential in case India grows as a regional superpower. At best both countries will accomodate but never be "allies" in any sense of the word. By the way have you heard of the Sino-Indian war of 1962?
China is not India's biggest threat what disillusion, you are not han
Lol, look what happened in Doklam, a great war has almost started.
India and China relationship is still deeply affected by realpolitik. Just look at the propaganda presented by both China and India, it just promotes more hate and ignorance at each other. Remenber Doklam, a useless barren land that almost started a meaningless, dick-measuring war.
Lol, Its impossible to help each other since citizens from both sides are deeply brainwashed to hate each other.
Ella Shy I beg to differ. The Dokklam standoff actually showed that potential of Chinese threat to Indian territorial integrity. Read some current events as well and you will realize I am right. By the way, it was the Chinese who was the initiator if not aggressor that led to the standoff by building a road in a territory that is not theirs or disputed at best.
@@EarthForces it was a broader conflict...
As a Chinese, I would say this video is almost in line with the history. You deserve more subscribers
Are you familiar with Vipshop in china, if so, are they a good company?
+jaymurtii __ depends, they sometimes sales sth in a much higher price
Fan Yechao is vipshop quality better than stuff on Alibaba?
+jaymurtii __ only to a certain extend, Vipshop shometimes sale the exact same thing as Alibaba but charge you ALOT more money to make their stuffs sounds quality, you need to comapre the two stores and see if they are saling the same thing, or you can give me a link of what you want and i can give a look
Fan Yechao I have stock in Vipshop and wanted to know if people in China like the company. Thanks!
百年国耻，means 100 years of national shame. When you hear China's side of the story, you understand their position a lot better.
Yeah, today we mostly see the world through the euro-american lense and dont do much reaserch on the other perspective
@@toastytoast9800 that Euro merican lens is called as ANGLO or from Western PARADIGMS
But they are still doing the same thing, which led to 100 year of humiliation, enclosing themselves.
@@anandpandey5105 More or less.
They are closing themselves, somewhat understandably, but they are ""open"" to western industries and businesses as long as they shut their mouth and keep the money coming.
And there is a lot of Chinese PR and propaganda in the west in favour of a more positive view of China.
They are playing the game the west made and played on them, unfairly, as far as my limited knowledge allows me to say.
@@toastytoast9800 which i think is perfectly fair. Because many people take advantage of that open mindset to unleash hatred and more discrimination against the west
This is the story handed down for generations and is exactly what my grandparents told my parents, and my parents to me by word of mouth. The takeaway message is to put spirituality in the backseat for the unrestricted pursuit of science, wealth and power.
The Century of humiliation also is a reminder/encouragement as well: even when times are the darkest, your cities pillaged, the enemy in occupation of your lands, 30-50million of your people dead, devastated by opium addiction and poverty, Chinese civilisation did not collapse. We can always outbleed and attrite our opponents and drown them in our blood, no matter the costs. If the 1950 Korean war is the first time a rag tag peasant army managed to fight down the combined south Korean, American, British, Australian and UN troops to a stalemate, then whatmore now with the nuclear armed and high tech armed forces of today with our wealth of military intelligence and personnel with intricate understanding of the western thinking/psyche and vulnerabilities?
Nonetheless the past is the past and we can forgive, but never forget. The West too has to show remorse and demonstrate that they are no longer the pillaging barbarians from across the seas but mutual partners who have also learnt from our mutual follies and misunderstandings of the past. Our common humanity is something worth emphasising and building towards
i agree with you.
Very inspirational and true. Is spirituality this weak in China?
Good luck on building a bridge on your side, let's hope that one day, we will meet in the middle.
I don't mean to be rude but does your comment not reek of hypocrisy considering the actions of the past Chinese and current Chinese government? Many of the things that you accuse the foreigners of doing is the exact same thing that the Chinese have been doing to their neighbors for centuries and the current Chinese government continues to treat all of their neighbours as trash ( a common criticism from even the Kremlin).
As for the Korean war, the Chinese only managed to do that at losing 10x the amount of soldiers than their enemies and broke the treaties that they had previously signed with the foreign powers. Even then, they barely achieved anything and were forced to sign the treaty after their losses became too much.
Exactly as Peter had said.
TalesOfGold,
I think China was pretty impressive given how undeveloped China was during the Korean war. They were trying to fight a modernized military with sticks, and stones, and still manage to lost 10 times. Why not 1000 times? Chinese got nothing, and Americans got all the advantage.
I think China can win now.
This is interesting. Since my country, Philippines, is in territorial dispute with China, this video helps me to understand on why China acts like that.
Kimbo Laurel
Duterte understands the Chinese mindset.
Chinese people dont want to beat Philippines, China just don't like American soldiers surrounding China. South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Philippines form a chain of islands that contains China. 90% of Chinas oil, and most of its trade goes through SCS, so that's why china has been aggressive. They were bought to the knees in the 20th century by the international community. No more trust, only hard power can keep China safe.
Rex Madrigal : His grandfather was Chinese.
ARVIN Hmm, that quite interesting.
Perhaps not too smart, Perhaps South Korea and Japan will think creatively about their own Nuclear Weapons, and then China should not start to wonder why everybody else is joining in on the military buildup parade, because they started it first.
I'm not a fan of Mao by any means, but you do begin to see how his place in Chinese history was significant in the sense that he unified the country and drove off foreigners. He may not have governed the best, but he ended the period of foreign dominance and paved the way for his successors to perform future developments. Different times require different leaders and at that point in time, that was the person to do the job.
totally agree as a chinese, the whole cultral revolution shit was stupid, but I thank him with all my heart.
@@yilongliu2353 +1
@佛地魔王蘇貞昌 chiang was known for his effort in the sino-japanese war. although the chinese media portraits it was the communist fighting it, in reality, most of the war effort was done by the nationalist lead by chiang. i have no idea why you insult a chinese national hero like that.
talking about the usa, both philippine and india were colonies, yet china was never one, ROC held way more strength, autonomy and legitimacy, ROC was even considered as a top 4 great power post-ww2, why would a great power act be a puppet of the usa? and chiang himself refused countless US advises because he throught that he would lose that legitimacy, even during his reign of taiwan.
@@edwardsnowden2313 That's why in India you still find people shitting on the streets due to the lack of infastructure, while in China you have high speed trains all over the country.
@Rafael Melo
Is that supposed to be a fucking joke? China is by no means better than India when it comes to cleanliness. Chinese people spit on the streets and have no manners. And if high speed trains is your condition of a better country then Japan has China beat by a mile.
Some handy timestamps
0:40 Intro
1:30 Trade and Silver imbalance
3:10 Opium war + Decline of Qing Dynasty
7:00 China becomes a Republic
8:00 Civil war between Kuomintang vs Communists, Japan invades
9:50 PRC and ROC established
10:00 Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
12:40 Conclusion
Thanks for the help bro
Im from Turkey and I felt sorry for Chinese people of great sufferings they have been through. 😯😯😯
We know what happens once you lose your empire.
Be safe
坚强!
Oh, the old Ottoman Empire
Yes, actually at the beginning of the Republic of China, many Chinese intellectuals were very into researching the history of the fall of the Ottoman Empire and how the Turkey is surviving at that age, to find a solution for the China back then.
Then how about you go out and punch a Turanist to express your feelings?
plz dont be, the only reason why china was bullied like a dog is because of that we were weak.
@@yilongliu2353 ...........
The Lesson One from Qing dynasty, never trust the foreigner thoroughly, especailly when they are talking about fair trade(for opiums), religions(for Christian missionaries) and laws(in favor of the westerners). The second from Republic of China, keep united and strong or the foreigners will arm the warlords and enemies to split our nation. The third from Mao era, idealogy(communism&populism) cannot feed so don't think too much and go back to work. The fourth from 1991，US-promoting democracy & freedom is just for crushing a Communist state but not helping Russian people (Now Russian Enconomy is even less than a province of China).
Hmm, that can't be right. If this were true, then China could have avoid all, or at least some of its sufferings by being less trusting. As far as I can tell, excessive trust was not the failure. As far as i can tell, the biggest problem was that it did not understand, and didn't feel the need to understand its own situation and its relation to the West. Sure, it is easy to argue that China was unjustly suffered at the hand of the west. However, it also had a sense of sense of superiority and advantage that was completely unjustified and as a result, made serious miscalculations vis a vis the west. In other words, thinking that it was dealing with weak and puny barbarians who needed to bend the knee to the Emperor and give it tribute probably played a big part in the suffering it experienced. I'm not saying it justifies it what they suffer, but it is something to keep in mind. Having said that, in the 21st Century, the West seems more likely to underestimate China than China underestimate the West.
chinese are always arrogant. that is why they were always humiliated. im saying all but the majority are. if you pay enough attention to Confucianism then you dont have to deal with the process.
@@bisacool7339 I understand Confucianism, but I have no idea what you mean by "if you pay enough attention to Confucianism then you dont have to deal with the process." In fact, I don't see what Confucianism has anything to do with the issue. Please clarify.
Lesson you totally forgot - if you do what West want you to do, you're becoming an empire that is equal to other Western countries. Just look at Japan - instead of closing themselves, they've actually embraced Western law, culture and technology and in few decades they first won a war with mighty China and then they even won a war against Western country, first time since the Mongol invasion.
We traded with the mighty and colonised the weak. China decided to be the latter one.
@@MankindDiary yeah but China and Japan were different though. China thought of itself as the center of the earth. For them it would be a blame to do what the west want them to do, because for thousands of years they were the one telling other countries what to do. Well Japan wasn't in that position. For about 2000 years they did what China wanted them and Japan was fine. Later they did what the western country wanted them and came fine out too. They were no superpower which had to defend their position
I am a Chinese (Macao SAR). in fact we don't need a help and praise. but we hope that we have a fair comment, and welcome everyone wanna know more about us, thank for your impartial video.
do Chinese love Stalin or not?
@@arsbekbek2588 we don't know much about him. like or dislike also can not be used to describe a person.
@@arsbekbek2588 中国还有一堆人骂毛泽东呢，国家这么大怎么一概而论
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I feel sorry for china because of their being invaded and violated by countries hope they shine again. Love from Pakistan
Which countries China invades and violates?
In which way and how? And When? One by one, please explain
Mark Raymond Many of the countries have been conquered and subjugated centuries ago. Many native people of these lands have already been "Hanized", and indistinguishable from the rest. Like how there are 3 language groups in Belgium. Like Scotland of UK, or Catalonia of Spain. No country is innocent, but China is a saint compared to what white Americans did to the natives, and what Europeans did to Africa, Americas, and Asia.
@Rayyan Hasanat, EVERYBODY HAS SUFFERED BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO MAKE OTHERS SUFFER. GOT IT!
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is not a "republic" but an oppressive and intrusive totalitarian one-party government. Imperial China's defeat, exploitation, and humiliation for the last couple of centuries by Western powers and Japan to be followed by China's Cultural Revolution in the mid1960's is an excuse and JUSTIFICATION for China's contemporary immoral expansionism, lies and cheating in order to take or steal whatever it wants today imitating past enemies that had ravaged China. Such theft includes militarily invading and subjugating Tibet and claiming sovereignty over the entire South China Sea (including Taiwan that is The Republic of China and militarized illegal artificial islands), East China Sea, Yellow Sea and all oil/gas mineral rights and all fishing rights right up to the shores of other nations. China simply ignores the existence of other nations and their humanity. China's damaged ego does not have to be stroked and soothed by everybody else in the world kowtowing in order for China to have security. Security does not require revenge, as people and cultures all over the world have both imposed and suffered violence, death, and humiliation. China's feelings got hurt by a violent history and now feels justified to get some payback by subjugating everybody in the world. Now, all other nations in the region are militarizing to eventually fight China ... India, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, S. Korea, and Japan. China warns the U.S. to stay away and mind its own business as China greatly increases its military power eventually to rival America's largely by computer hacking and espionage or spying as well as increasing wealth by trade esp. with the U.S.
Farmer Bold because the western world wants hegemony just like the Indian one South Asia where it wants to take over all existing countries. Japan is not innocent the Japanese army was decimated by the pla that it could not even fight no one ever talks about brutality of Japanese army only just glorify it as powerful they were not powerful just pitiful in battle against Chinese people. Australia is an nuisance it invaded Indonesia 🇮🇩 island called East Timor when the country had weak government please these aussies must be kept checked they only know how to create chaos were they fund terrorists in the country of Indonesia. Last time I checked Vietnam was invaded by USA and NATO and china had support them remember the Vietnam 🇻🇳 war. Taiwan 🇹🇼 had a corrupt govt when Mao Zedong came it run into the small 🌴 island. Please don’t fabricate lies and do your research.
British.....always causing trouble to other countries...sigh
Basically.
Christianity is a curse to the world
They are now a Zionist puppet
Britain caused trouble all over the world. The most evil country by far.
Please remember it was the aristocrat British class who were doing that, the normal working people in Britain just wanted to get along.
dont blame them, the only reason why china was bullied like a dog is because of that we were weak.
I used to sleep at history lessons at school. Now, I’m addicted to those videos.
China has been destroyed and rebuilt too many times since ancient times，But it has always survived, and the people in China are very fortunate，Until now it is still the oldest country in the world.
eh i think you meant one of the oldest civilization.
@@user-ch9my3to6j Yeah, they can write their language used more than 2000 years ago, which is Chinese calligraphy now.
Yep and each times the one that killed the most Chinese and destroyed the most China's culture are from Chinese. However, Chinese won't admit it and often use foreign power to play the blame games all the time.
@@CuongNguyen-le5ic Well, you cannot deny the Opium War, Second Opium War, Sino-Japanese war, Second Sino-Japanese war etc. These foreign powers are truth in the history. Chinese killed Chinese? Civil war happened in China, but also the United States in 1861-1865, the Soviet Union in 1917-1920, and so many countries. Culture is formed by its history, a country destroyed itself culture doesn't make sense, it's the common memory of the nation and represents its cultural history.
@@mesochocliu537 Nobody Deny them, but Chinese often DENY the fact that there are more Chinese suffer and die under corrupted officials throughout China's history.
China is an powerful empire for thousands of years. Not many can challenge such empire, thus with such powerful empire, Civil Wars and Power Struggle along with Corrupted Officials happens all the time.
The problem is China often use foreign power to cover up and shift attention to the corruption of their Centralize Government. Often minimize such effect.
The last time Chinese people trusted so called "international commitments" was exactly 1937 when the war with Japan had formally broken out. In the beginning months, China was desperately seeking help from all nations who signed the Nine-Power Treaty.
China even tried to fight at Shanghai - its biggest and most internationalized city to draw the attention of the international society, in the hope that Japan's brutal attack can be kept in check diplomatically. However, all major powers at the time had only paid lip service except (not surprisingly if you consider Spain) the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, both of them weren't even members of the Nine-Power Treaty! Well, I guess US did try economic sanctions, but the type of economic sanction that really mattered a lot wasn't introduced all the way until 1941, and when that was finally imposed, the Pacific War began immediately.
The Third Reich tried to negotiate a peace between the two nations because it was in kind of informal alliance with both nationalist China and Japan at the time. Unfortunately, the Nazis soon realized how hopeless China's situation was after the capital Nanjing fell into Japanese hands, and had chosen its side by withdrawing from all its treaties with China, recognizing Japan's toy puppet state, and stopping all forms of aid.
The Soviets, on the other hand, tried to help China because it was in fierce competition with Japan in northeastern Asia and saw China as a measure to weaken Japan's position. Unfortunately, after the Soviets signed the neutrality pact with Japan in 1941, China was no longer useful, plus the German invasion put a huge pressure upon its economy, the Soviets paused their aid too.
As for the "fair" and "just" western democratic powers? Nothing major really happened before it was clear that Japan will stand side by side with the Nazis, and that was when the United States stepped in and seriously helped China. The US was certainly sympathetic from the beginning, and tried to aid a little bit as long as it didn't enrage the Japanese too much, but you could imagine what minor impacts those helps would have if they did not even enrage the Japanese. Ah, and our old friends UK and France, they were too feared to fight for another nation that didn't matter to them - they even sacrificed Czechoslovakia to "see if it works", why not China?
We don't blame them though, we won't fight unnecessarily for another nation, too. But please understand that we no longer want to be the guy that got thrown away to "see if it works". The people support Chinese government and CCP not because of the ideology, but because they understand the rule of the world: China would be in a much better situation if the westerners are our competitors rather than sympathizers, even if it means we're no longer close friends.
They had proved that ability again and again, never disappointing us so far.
Wenyuan Li No offense, but I think it’s proof that collectively speaking, China can’t move on from the past. If events that happened centuries ago shapes their current mindset as if it happened yesterday, that is a fault on their part. This isn’t 1937, I would “assume” China is wise enough to know that.
@@Maelstromme Tbh, modern world is not much different from 1937. Every nation is just play more dirty and behiend table to avoid direct conflict now, because everyone got nukes now.
Please Clap Yeah, I’m sure the Japanese will welcome such an agreement. So how about them removing those war criminals from the Yasukuni Shrine first? Even Tojo Hideki is being included there! Remember that the Chinese people suffered basically no less atrocity from the Japanese hands than the Soviets from the Nazis’, you can barely understand how insulting it will be for them to see Tojo still being enshrined as a “national hero”. Just imagine Joseph Goebbels being worshipped by some cult in Germany that’s not only and popular, but even the German chancellor would pay visits occasionally, would you feel like you can “move on” from what they’ve done to your people if you’re a Jew or Russian? (Prime Minister Abe has visited that place multiple times already, you easily search that online)
This is the funny thing about western media, the Chinese gets depicted as narrow-minded warmongers while the real offenders are viewed as polite and nice now... Ask a random South Korean guy and he surly would tell the same story about how disgusting the Japanese are when it comes to recognizing their own history.
@@Maelstromme The past is important because we are the past: we are the sum of all the events--good, bad, and indifferent--that have happened to us. This sum product guides our actions in the present. No one is simply "moving on" or else we wouldn't be where we are today.
@@IliasJoels It is ideal to learn from the past, or we are doomed to repeat it. It isn't good to stick to bygone ways and outdated traditions and practices when they are no longer relevant or necessary. It is important to look back on them and learn from it, but not to worship and commemorate it in the present. It is especially important to not let a society's mindset be dominated by ancient teachings as if they are recent, lest they maintain a warped worldview and an inadequate perspective on what goes on around it, one that is confined to the circumstances that has bred such teachings in the past. We as a species are charging ahead, moving forward. We aren't falling behind or deteriorating from a time point of prosperity and innovation to one of barbarity and ignorance. Therefore, it is as important for us to forge new perspectives to deal with the challenges presented to us in the present day to continue our progress as it is for a hypothetical society in the midst of chaos to want to bring back and restore what was once a period of enlightenment.
This is a very sad but true story of my country, and it's nice that some people here on RUclips have got it right. Many reports or textbooks on the suffering in China in the 19th and 20th century really down play all the deaths that have been caused during those terrible times. It is little known of the Taiping Rebellion which killed 20-30 million people. It is little know of the Boxer Rebellion, the two great Chinese famines in the 20th centuries, the two worst in recorded history, killing approximately 68 million people in total. To put that in perspective, in total that's more than 2x the amount of people killed by Hitler and Stalin COMBINED in one century. Not to mention the centuries of exploitation and humiliation from countries like Britain and Japan, which are much much smaller than China in the first place. It is because of all of this that Chinese leaders simply cannot trust outsiders like Europeans or others making the judgement calls on "international law", and rightfully so. You know, China was very rich and prosperous before the opium wars, before Britain took all of it's wealth away and reduced it to such suffering. As such, Chinese leaders act aggressively to prevent others from taking advantage of them like this ever again.
Yes! this humiliation will always be remembered and that will makes the han chinese to push forward until we regain the natural order of things
唉， 我們的歴史...
Mathew Wang China choked on its own arrogance and believed themselves to be untouchable. Like maybe don't play the tough guy when the other countries had militaries that were decades ahead in technology. Not trying to justify any Western actions here but I think the Chinese leaders back then could've used a reality-check.
Much of the wows of 19th century China are to do with it's failure to modernize and westernize rapidly like Japan .
Wrong:
It was the Manchurian, the ruler of Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911 C.E.), a non-Han race outsider, that mismanaged China the last few hundred years of ruling China. They prevent all the talented Han race from government jobs. Manchurian backward mindset due to their semi-nomadic live-style.
I'm glad the arrogant Manchurian, with their ugly pig-tail hairstyle forced upon all Han Chinese, finally forced to end the line of emperor and the Manchurian race, along with the Mongol, got assimilated by the Han, they deserved.
You are the substitute for the dead channel, Seeker Daily. thank you.
Steve Mcman It's not dead. It's back.
what.
Seeker daily is very biased, and politically motivated. This channel is unbiased and objectively analyzes geopolitics.
Steve Mcman Seeker Daily fell into depression after Hilary lost lol.
That vile channel has had many names: Test Tube news, Test Tube plus, Seeker Daily, and now this. With each incarnation it fell further and further away from any semblence of quality and even a guise of neutrality. Back when it was Test Tube news, I was very infuriated by it's poorly researched, poorly presented content(especially why do x and y hate eachother) and it's political bias because I was worried about how many people will be poorly informed because of their videos. Thank god it's dead.
This is very well presented, and generally accurate. The footage included are all precious historical evidence. Great job!
Thumbs up for CasianReport! All the videos I watched so far were well documented with good editing and straight facts. More people should support this channel.
your video is unbiased and very edcational, you deserve more subscribers.
who the fuck are you to decide if its unbiased or not? if something (ie this video) is consistent with your views and your own understanding of history, it is deemed unbiased? seriously.
+Kevin Chen
almost all views from rest of the world about china are biased, they couldn't understand what's going on in china, especially in recent 30 years
people are scared of what they don't understand
they make up stories to make china looks like evil, while the real evil in this world is US
@@montecarlostudio5199 tbh most chinese do not know their own history right due to government shit
There are too many shitty rumors among the streams like:Chinese government arrest protester and sell their organ.Chinese were brainwashed.Chinese were riceeating machines.Chinese stolen everyones ideasChinese lie about everythingsetcAnd so many westen belive that deeply, and quote those never proofed words as "evidence"Really made me sick
@@jessebai592 as a ''westerner'' i had heard of 2 the things u mentioned and i feel u are very uninformed on what ''westerners'' think
DO THE ANGLO SAXON MINDSET
Ella Shy Damn, those Celts had no chance against them and now ginger is synonym of soulless.
Ella Shy
An accurate description of the Russian/East Slav mindset.
Steal Steal Steal
Conquer and divide, that's their mindset. India and pakistan? Thats British made problem. Israel and Palestine? That's Bririah made problems. The Sunnis vs Shias in Iraq and Syria? That's British made too.
ARVIN agreed but sunni shia division has been around long before the British Empire
For a foreigner who knows China's recent history of the last 2 centuries this much. I should give you some compliments.
I would say it is about 30% of my mindset influenced by the last 2 centuries, because it is relatively recent. As for the rest 70%, you have to do more research on our history before 20th century, I have no time to explain those complicate and long history and philosophy here.
There is something you probably don't know. After the founding of PRC, there was Korea war with US and several years later, conflicts with USSR. Those 2 "superpowers" at that time threatened to nuke China. That time was perilous international isolation. Yet during that time, China’ industry level has surged significantly (if you check world back's data, you can only see a slow and unstable gdp growth rate). From 1949, little industrial foundation to 1970, atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, satellites, vehicles, tanks, jet fighters, nuclear submarines, etc can all be manufactured. (FYI, the data used to create nuclear tech was calculated by hundreds of people using abacuses, many techs were developed using some ways you did not expect) The rapid industry growth came with a great sacrifice. Mao distributed almost all the resource to develop industry, the side effect is a lack of food, a great famine, or what you called "the failure".
The conclusion is weird in my opinion. It's too simple. "More like the west"? I believe many people have the same idea as I do, I don't hold much grudge against west because of things in 20th century. It was the Qing gov's long-time stupidity that caused the lack of power. The rises and falls are not that abnormal for "middle kingdom", since it has experienced for multiple times, they were recorded in our books in classical Chinese and we read them. Don't always just grab some west ideas and stuffed in to explain as if all the history started from Jesus Christ. Struggling, philosophy, empires, dynasties were already there thousands of years ago that contributed to form our mindsets. These are the main knowledge we use for setting and achieving "geopolitical objectives".
没经历过，是很难理解一个延续了几千年的文明的处世哲学。作为中国人，大部分都能阅读几千年前的汉语（文言文），传承发扬其中的智慧，这是很了不起的。
Claiming that only 30% of your mindset is shaped by the last two centuries does not seem quite right to me. I guess its more like 2/3. Furthermore, he means become more like the west regarding expansionism and power projection. China hardly ever tried to be more than a regional power.
Oh, and history started with Adam and Eve 😉
No seriously, the european history view starts probably more around 1000-500 AD, with the rise of the greeks and rome.
CH!NA CIV!L!ZAT!0N IT'S BEG!N IN 2000 - 3000 BC UNT!L N0W!!!
IT'S AVERAGE 5000 YEARS 0LD!!!
Even as I am not of that generation, just hearing and reading up on our history sends an incredibly _visceral_ ache to my heart and soul that is just as alive now as it was then...
I am one with my Ancestors.
I feel their virtues, happiness, pains, and sins all at once.
Big support and solidarity towards the Chinese people. Strength and courage to you 🇨🇳
Well done. Your knowledge of China is impressive with very few mistakes. Your channel is very close to unbiased and I would like to subscribe.
Peter Yin .I came here from r sino
Peter Yin very close but there's a few key points left out that would change the narrative.
+Peter Yin
you're so naive, most people come to youtube to bash china, including this channel
you should see this so called report talking about china/india for super power
bmetr1 China’s spending on research is greater than the European Union and only beaten by the US...
bmetr1 Mind your own business.
I think there is an error at 6:42 mark. You say in 1801, I think you meant to say 1901. Wonderful report btw.
Ritwik Ghosh yes, sounds it should be 1901.
Ritwik Ghosh correct...
I would be interested in seeing an updated China mindset Video in 2021 given the recent developments in the past 4 years, with massive military build up, disputed territorial aggression, Threats to Taiwan, Covid 19 Pandemic, resistance to expansionism of hard and soft power, and a growing suspiciousness and adversarial stance from the rest of the world and the US lead alliance umbrella. Love your channel and excellent informative content.
I kind of doubt that China is taking a PURE adversarial stance against the West due to the fact alone that US has countless military bases surrounding China.
It's mostly the same. The mindset hasn't changed. As before, you can understand all of China's stances and actions if you look towards its history
Though the rise of china as a superpower is not in the geopolitical interests of India ,
As an Indian I really respect and appreciate the way China has developed over the years !
Hard work pays off
Thank you for your material regarding Chinese mindset and a proper explanation. I would like to emphasize that you should also mention something more about Deng Xiaoping economical and industrial revolution, which actually shaped and hugely impacted today's Chinese landscape.
I also recommend you the book written by Jonathan Fenby on this subject, maybe you it will enable you to dive more into this topic.
One more time, great work!
I'm not sure this is really "the Chinese mindset" but a "modern history of china"
hootis8 history in china is the power of itself is from simaqian
hootis8 The Chinese mindset *is* their history. China’s history is driving their decisions today.
@@BudCharlesUnderVlogs indeed.
The history has the power to speak for the mindset of the modern Chinese without explicit explanation, which can't be said for most other countries. This goes to show how powerful the century of humiliation, followed by Mao's reforms in driving contemporary Chinese policies and sentiment.
History forms a national mindset.
As a Chinese with a History degree, I couldn't have put it any better than you did. A rare impartial video focusing on facts rather than prejudice, and I really hope it can help non-Chinese viewers to better understand the Chinese side of the story. Kudos to you, Caspian!
What about Chinese aggression towards India?
@@jaideepshekhar4621 Indian media and by extension, Modi and his politicians, loves to overplay the Chinese threat, using extential tension to stir up nationalist sentiments and unite Indian people. TBH India isn't even on China's radar. We are focusing on the competition with the US. In reality few Chinese care about India
@@cy9987 China invaded India's Jammu Kashmir in 1962 and still hasn't returned it. Also claims Arunachal Pradesh, and killed many soldiers in Galwan Valley. Also surrounding India using String of Pearls and helping fucking Pakistan destabilise India. Also grabbed a strategic Hambantota port in Sri Lanka to harm India.
@@jaideepshekhar4621 pffff most Chinese don't care about India. All we know is we kicked your asses hard in the 60s and we'll do it once again;)
@@cy9987 So you admit the aggression. Thanks.
This is my favorite Caspian report, makes all the sense. Simplified and beautifully analyzed
Great video, but of course not enough to understand the mindset of the waking dragon. These are some subjects that I missed: the concept of "Mandate of Heaven"; the current geopolitical situation of China, particularly in the Pacific Ocean: the historic relation between the Chinese and the "barbarians", including the "Western Barbarians"; the hegemony of Han chinese over other ethic groups; the reasons of Chinese technological and technical backwardness in the XIX century; Chinese geography and demography (the big rivers and the Chinese cultural cradle and core, the differences between the coast and the inner country, this situation of the minorities and "autonomous'" regions, and how that influences the Chinese mindset; Deng's economic (and not political) reforms, and the current political system and divisions within the CCP.
Juan Manuel Salamanca can you do a video on that. I think it would be awesome.
Great points of focus for making a video!
Just like all other videos about modern Chinese history, the role of Sun Yat-sen is severely overstated. He was nothing but a celebrity made by the mass media of his time. He never led anything both significant and successful, and he never wielded real power. He promised a lot, delivered nothing, he bragged a lot, accomplished nothing. The only thing he ever did that changed the course of the history was transforming Kuomintang into a Leninist style party i.e. making the party loyal to a single leader and building a party-controlled army, and by absorbing communists into this army, he fleshed up CCP, which laid the foundations for the separation and the civil war ensued after his death.
And CCP was never the main force that resisted the Japanese invasion. KMT did suffered a lot of defeats, yet it did fight a lot of major campaigns and battles against Japanese, which strategically did mean something for the whole war. CCP on the other hand, other than the so-called hundred regiments offensive, only fought guerrilla wars. Considering the resources about this period of history written in English and accessible on internet are mostly homogenized, misleading, incomplete and biased, and the resources written in Chinese are overwhelmingly brainwashing in nature, this kind of mistake is understandable. Yet your works are normally serious and in high quality unlike most of the other internet videos, I sincerely hope that in the future issues you could find people more qualified to the local history to help your on the research.
The smartest thing General Chiang Kai-Sek did was marrying the right woman who have influence, wealth, intelligence, charismatic, which brought him to power and help desperately to maintained.
Sun Yat-Sen didn`t even considered Chiang as the next in line but kink of history make him into somebody.
『伟大的革命先行者』。其实官方对他的评价很公正了。象征意义更多。
败了就是败了。。。
As far as I learned, both parties had tried to avoid fighting the Japanese during WW2. It reflects more poorly on the Kuomintang because Chiang had prioritized going after the CCP over fighting Japan in the earlier parts of the invasion, while the CCP was trying to lay low and build up its army after the second purge. Wouldn't view either of the them as "good" since both the Kuomintang and the CCP had a policy of executing dissidents.
Did a history report on the Chinese Civil War (I was bored, already did a bunch on the U.S wars.), and all sources point to Chiang Kai Shek being a corrupt asshole that stole money from Eisenhower. Becasue the U.S said: "Here feed and equip your armies!" and Chiang and his wife said: "Haha Fck that!" So really Chiang Kai Shek fcked his own party. I'm not saying Taiwan should suffer, but Chiang was also a back-stabber, and a bad one at that: You don't backstab the CPC when there's a Japanese army at your doorstep, you send the commies off to the front lines, let them get killed off, use it as a diversion to maneuver around them, then defeat the Japanese army. But nah, he decided to betray them. Fcking idiot, terrible at logistics.
This video about Chinese history is well prepared and based on the truth.
There were a lot of haters in red China back to 1960s, but it seems today more haters move to Western world.
I respect any opinion towards China where I was born and raised, but please don't judge only after you watched few RUclips videos or a dumb channel called China uncensured.
Thanks all my friends those who spent time to know about China instead be keyboard worries.
Sorry if I made mistakes in grammar. Best wishes.
When i was studing chinese history i was crying reading all that shit that foreigners from all the country did to China. It's a shame and there are not excuses for those facts. Still, now there are not excuses for what chinese gov in the last century did and is doing to its own people, and i'm not talking just about strong sinization of chinese minorities, but even over control and punishment for han people who wants to make clear some situation around China (chinese journalists, for example) or people who want to enjoy freedom of religion. All this and other makes of China the richest country with less basic rights on the world. World is changing and we should all look at the present and future instead of looking at the past. I just hope that chinese people will get the freedom they deserve asap, and finally have the right of speech, to publish whatever they want, to watch youtube videos, to live without fears that if you say/do something "wrong" you could suddenly disappear. Big country democracy is possible step by step (look India), and i sincerely hope that one day chinese people will get really free. Starting from a proper education system at school that is not just memorizing facts, but even discussion, exchange of ideas, etc.
Thank you for understand China and Chinese.
4:12 "Christianity, as well as opium, was legalized."
Lol... pretty much sums up this video.
christianity is a type of opium. Now we have education at universities And diplomas which confirms some type of status
This is fascinating. I'm dating a girl whose mother lived in Mao's China and I find it incredibly difficult to understand the way she acts. Understanding the political and cultural climate she was raised in gives me new insight into her I think.
Also, fantastically researched and presented. Thank you!
While this can't be a justification to what China is doing right now, one of the reasons why it's seemingly so "belligerent" is because of the current world order made by the US. I'm not blaming the world order. It helped the world for better or worse. It's just that it won't matter what China does to become a "team player" in the world stage. The world order led by the US would still stifle its growth due to its immense size alone. I'm not even taking the "racial stuff" into consideration that it's upsetting for "whites" that a "yellow man", reminiscent of the Yellow Peril, is now becoming a reality. A rival that they cannot ignore and exploit any longer.
Excellent report.
Puts things in perspective.
Thank you
Shirvan did touch on a very crucial issue:
the international law is seen as only pieces of paper in Beijing and certainly many others, for the great powers to subjugate the weaker. If the smaller nations ever hope to play the game on level ground and use the law to their advantage, well...best of luck...
I think what China learns from its past (a Chinese myself), is that nations are protected by nations, not by law. The law did not stop China from being exploited by Europe and Japan, likewise, when those countries are telling China to abide the law right now, Beijing is basically like "get the f**k off". The one truly bothers you has never been the law, but the hands wielding those papers
Sanchuan Cheng There were no laws during the 19th century that protected China. International law was created exactly because some nations wanted to settle disputes through other measures than war. Rejecting international law is greed, and will backfire in the long run.
Sondar12 Ideally, the international law should be the law guiding every nations' actions, I suppose most will agree on that... but to date, it has rather dramatically fallen short of expectations.
The fact that there is no institution forcing the law, makes the US and to some degree, Europe, the de facto police of world, they push the law wherever they feel convenient. Its sth countries like Russia and China are not particularly happy with. ... and a source of comflict
Sondar12 You r right on 19th century, an era of colonisation after all.
The most acute time for China is WWll, the Japanese army annexed Manchuria in 1931 and occupied Beijing to start a full blown invasion at 1937. China in civil war at the time, was too weak to defend itself, placed high hope on the league of nations. But LoN did nothing...if anything, their lack of action further encouraged the war hawks in Japanese cabinet. If Hitler did not start the war in Europe in 1939, half of China nowadays could well be under Japanese control.
The UN is perceived to be more active and "useful" than LoN, but it cant do anything in regards to the iraq war. Countries still need to find a adjacent regional military power with veto in the security council to guarantee its safety, or else, just make nuclear bombs.
A RACE OR CULTURE cannot own a people along with their historical lands that they need in order to live on ... and certainly not forever. There is no legal, moral, or reasonable excuse for China's undiplomatic bullying expansion claiming ancient ownership of Tibet and the entire open waters and all oil/gas and fishing-rights of the South China Sea being militarized for combat and/or war etc. conflicting with and overriding claims by other nations. Also note that the South/East China Sea, Indian Ocean, Philippians Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico ... these are names only, not proof of ownership. China does not own Tibet or the South China Sea etc. any more than Mongolia owns China having defeated China in the distant past or that Eastern Africa owns China because those Africans migrated there (now mainland China) first tens of thousands of years ago ... no matter China's claim of ancient ownership.
China has vetoed numerous times on UNSC to prevent US’ further military invasion over Middle East. China become the player both protector of world rule now, instead of the one being bullied before.
where ever i go, i find a shameful history of Great Britain around the world.
The British done bad, but other empires, like yours, done way worse.
It's because we're white.... Forget about modernization of the world, the English language, defeating the Nazis and ending slavery... I guess none of that matters
@ThisIsMyRealName you mean the nation which still shits in the streets and has the mindset of this river is holy... The Ganges I'ma go take a shat in it..... Just marinade on that for a while. Also they're threatening nuclear war w Pakistan at the moment...... Odd culture.... Anyways.. let's just agree to disagree
For good or ill, the British Empire did many things in pre-modern history and thus shaped what we are. Attributing only either the bad deeds or the good deeds to it is not correct in this sense.
@@CDang-ms6dc cccccccoooorect , thank you. People swear we who are alive and coming into policy's we were born under now have anything to do with the past smh. As long as people who think like you are around though I know there are good people in the world 👏👏👏🍻
I'm really glad I found this channel! The impartiality in which the information is delivered to you is priceless!
I'm working towards being a more cultured and grounded human being and so, I ask you, guys in the comments, if you can please recommend more channels with straight forward content on politics like this one so I can add to my personal development. Thank you! :) Peace to you all. :)
Great respect to the Chinese people, I am not a fan of communism tho, as you saw it destroyes pride in ones ancestors and historical accomplisments (cultural revolution) and destroys a healthy economy. But luckily modern China is much more nationalist and free trade.I have always respected and even admired China and its history and it is sad you had to suffer in the past,I think we Western people (Caucasians) and the Chinese (in fact most East-Asian people) people have more in common than we can see on first hand, we are both strong, intelligent, have great history and we are both proud people (West not so much anymore sadly enough).
Great fortune to you my Chinese friends, from a European nationalist.
what destory the healthy economy was the great leap forward, cultural revolution comes after, to cover up the mistake the ccp made previously in the leap forward, that destroyed the historical accomplishments.
Great watch. Keep it up!
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Kuo Chong Yii Time travel bro.
Time Travel bro. Keep it up!
The Portuguese arrived in China in 1513 and were in Macau since 1553. In 1557 the Chinese authorities gave them permission to settle there with a permanent lease. The Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking in 1887 gave Portugal permanent rights of occupation and government. The Portuguese Constitution of 1976 aknowledge Macau as Chinese territory under Portuguese administration. Macau was returned to China in 1999.
sino-portugese relation has always been relatively good.
I am Chinese American, and although I’ve never stepped foot in mainland China, I have a sense of ethnic patriotism to my ancestral homeland. China was pillaged and humiliated, but unlike many great empires in history, China, chinese people and culture live on!
Another oft overlooked explanation for the Chinese mindset is our faulty Western translation for the historic term the Chinese people call themselves. Here in the West we say the "Middle Kingdom" - I've been reliably informed by Chinese friends however, that this is a faulty translation. The correct translation would be more like "the Kingdom located at the CENTER of everything", "the UNIVERSAL kingdom". They have historically seen themselves as the "middle" Kingdom, around which every other country revolves. In this respect, they are like the sun, a central great, shining kingdom that governs everything in its orbit.
When seen from this point of view, the magnitude of the humiliation they suffered at the hands of Europeans, i.e. barbarian territories theoretically subservient to the Chinese Sun, becomes much more understandable. It also explains the massive Chinese inferiority complex towards the West and why China will stop AT NOTHING until they once again attain their rightful (in their minds) superiority over the West.
The Chinese word 中literally means middle. Per your own description, you're obviously pushing a narrative here to justify the current containment effort of China by the US and it's allies.
Correction to be made, during opium war, China was still the richest county in the world.
Nah, that would have been India, which was being plundered by the East India Company
@@davesprivatelounge East India company owned by the brits, not India.
@@dragondescendant1 I doubt anyone thinks it was owned by the Indians
USA has been always richest country lol
@@roiqk US not became rich until after ww2, when everybody was rebuilding their war torn countries, US became the world's factory.
I am Chinese and agree with the opinions in this video. This is basically an opinion of most chinses overseas students: no brainwash from the party and no bias and fear from the western media. It is an old and very imperfect country(trust me, we know more problems of china than you guys) but the new generation is trying to make it better and stronger to avoid any opium war occurring again.
By invading India?
@@jaideepshekhar4621 half of china belongs to India and Half belongs to Korean Lol. so Chinese have been living in the Chiangjiang river for thousands of years.
@@MP-pe4xp Indians have been living in Arunachal Pradesh and JK for thousands of years.
@@jaideepshekhar4621 yeah agree
How do you do your research? You seem very well informed, especially in topics most ''educational'' channels engage in but fail terribly.
I am again impressed by how good and objective your content is.
Stellar, as always! Can you comment on the "Azerbaijan" laundry scandal?
Dimitar Proynov he has to be careful, those type of countries tend to think of human rights as optional
Dimitar Proynov He tends to not touch on his own country as he might become too biased on the issue.
Also he lives in Azerbaijan I think so he might get into trouble if it's percieved as undermining the Azeri Government.
Kuya Leinad yeah, you nailed it. hell, in a Q/A he said you better pay taxes in Azerbaijan if you want to talk about politics
suprisingly unbiased, well done dude!
Appreciate the effort and details, great video! Is there a link for the sources used to make the video?
13:29 "The majority of policymakers in Beijing believe that international law is merely an instrument to keep China in check and vulnerable. Most of the Chinese decision-making body adheres to the idea that their country was defeated because of its defensive geopolitical orientation. And so to overcome this, Beijing has come to the belief that it must become more like the West and take a militarily aggressive posture in regard to geopolitical objectives. Thus in a way, China seeks to emulate the Monroe doctrine by establishing exclusive control in the Eastern hemisphere and thereby returned the country to the forefront of the World."
For Koreans, this line of thought seems to be something they are familiar with if one changes China in the 21st century to Imperial Japan in the 19th century. Japanese imperialists tried to justify their behaviour in the Korean peninsula in a similar line of thought.
This is a very well researched report! As somebody with deep interest in China's ancient and modern history, politics and active criticisms, I feel this report encapsulated the 'civilization state' mindset of the Chinese, which indeed is an idea that they are inherently superior as they are a constituent of the great 'Middle Kingdom'. This concept does indeed remain throughout time, and clearly is a concept the West fails to understand. The situation between the West and China can be summarized through the famous 'Thucydides trap', an idea that a rising power able to challenge an existing regional power can only be met with inevitable war, while metaphorical, the war may apply to the ongoing US-China trade war, to just contextualize the growing tension.
Perhaps the west shall never understand China for its deep complexity is rooted inside ancient philosophies like that of Tao and Confucius, as well as cultural dogma that will ultimate never change in fundamental form. This is a reason why China is actively beating the US in the trade war; their ability to endure labor and work in times of stress is unmatched, as shown throughout the millenniums of history that saw civil unrest, corrupt rulers and at times, even destruction, as labelled in the video.
Or because they have a way larger workforce that can be payed with scraps.
When Deng xiao-ping became dominant in 1978 he had two models to examine and adopt. These were the success stories of Taiwan and South Korea, which provided a blue print for rapid progress via export led growth in manufacturing. In this sense the time was ripe for China.
You forgot Singapore and Japan
@@sidneysun3865 I do not consider Japan to be in the same 'wave', and I do not consider Singapore to be in the same category. Japan began industrialisation from 1868 with the Meiji restoration. From this time Japan went all out to learn everything it could about technology etc., from the west. By the 1940s Japan was a major industrial power. At this time Taiwan and Korea were colonies of Japan which were mainly agrarian. In Korea in particular Japan began heavy industrialisation, but this was diffusion from Japan so it lagged Japan's level of development. Thus Korea belonged to a later wave of industrialisation. Taiwan and South Korea followed extremely similar trajectories after WW2, and even before it when they were colonies of Japan. Under Japan they both had administrative reform, agricultural development, a high standard of education established and in North Korea heavy industrialisation too. After WW2 they both got massive aid from the west as front line states in the Cold War, they both had a period of Import Substitution Industrialisation, which boosted the development of a domestic capitalist class, and state planned and targeted infrastructural and industrial development. Singapore is a city state which lacks the problems of a country like South Korea of having a large rural hinterland. The interplay of city and countryside and their populations is a particular problem facing developing countries. Singapore is blessed with its location as a trading entrepot/port. Because of its key strategic location on the east-west maritime trade routes it was ideal for capitalists such as western and private ethnic Chinese businessmen to establish bases for finance and trade. The shift of manufacturing to the Pacific from the end of the 1970s and the following globalisation of the 1980s and 90s made Singapore the world's biggest port. It was blessed with its location.
China was mostly learning from Singapore
This is amazing! you should keep on doing this series of videos on countrie´s mindsets! I hope you do Mexico, my country, soon. :) keep it up
My hand parents (in law) fled from a lot of what you were talking about with the crops. Grandpa was a baker and with the policy changes making business untenable in China, they left for greener pastures Cambodia. Unfortunately, that did not end well with the eventual unrest there and led them to become refugees here in the US. However, the family has since done quite well for themselves and the story does ultimately have a happy ending (after many trials). The trek through the Vietnam jungle in their escape is the stuff of movies and legends.
Big fan of the channel and patron since April 2017. Just some constructive criticism of this particular video. It seemed to me more like a summary of the modern history of China. I expected the video to explain how chinese people view/justify their interference with Tibet, they're territorial claims in the South China Sea, their increasing influence over Africa and their precarious relationship with North Korea. These issues are regularly in the news but we only read about them through the lense of western media. In my opinion the chapter on China in "prisinors of geography" does a better job of explaining the chinese mindset. Still a decent video. Keep up the good work Shirvan!
Shirvan, can we have a mindset of India next,,,,, as now it is going through a tough phase geopolitically ( I mean a lot of changes are happening)....and have a nice day, thank you for good content as always
SUBHARTHI SARKAR Hi Shirvan, I also cannot insist more on the idea of a video where you present your detailed analysis of the "Indian mindset". I don't support you on patreon (I am trying to get back to university for my masters abroad and I am slim on cash right now) but I thought I would ask you for a video nonetheless :)
same goes for me as well, I can't support him on patron just because I have just completed my graduation and unless I get a job I can't have money....but surely once I get a job, I'll be a part of his patron page and share my views regularly..
SuppoDick....u mean order online...?
Indian mindset= Show bobs and vegena
indian mindset would may be too long for a video...
Brilliant summary, some of the best content on U2B. This Channel and Masaman should do something together!
You were doing so incredibly well with accuracy up to the 9:32 mark and then you said, "Eventually, the Communist Party drove the Japanese as well as the KMT off the mainland of China". This statement is partly incorrect. The KMT which controlled China up to 1949 and with the help of the allies or to be more specific the US, drove the Japanese off the mainland in 1945. The KMT governed China for another 4 years after during which Mao and his PLA move eastward to resume the Chinese civil war. Other that that, the rest towards the end of the video is spot on.
A few minor misconceptions. But overall very good video. I have a different opinion for understanding China’s mindset. To me it has more to do with the Cold War. For China the Cold War has simply never ended. You can see China’s activity and policies toward democratic nations has not changed in any way since the Cold War. This would explain the extensive spying and coping of technology especially military technology from the west. Russia was also a colonial power against China but yet they both have a fairly good relationship today, so this is why I believe this is the continuation of the Cold War for China.
As a Filipino now I understand why the disputes in the south china sea is ongoing. Respect to China, we could always be friends anytime.
As a filipino myself, chinas disputes in South China Sea is for their self interests, disregaring international rules like the hauge and no respect for any nations sovereignty. I cant give respect for that and you should to.
Hello, could you please provide a list of the sources where you got your information from. Thanks !
How did I not discover this channel earlier. It is full of good stuff.
And the best thing is: It's unbiased... Mostly. Keep it up
Just out of mere interest I would like to hear more things about Poland
im happy with china's rise to power.i hope china will serve as an anchor to the east and inspire other asian countries.
Yes, China will serve as an anchor, an anchor that drags down the asian area because of its desire to dominate. To subjugate others, that is the history of China. From its ancient history to today. Its impressed dominance will not bring together the people of these ofher asian countries. It will create internat enemies that is will be forced to put down or loose its greedy power demands. Look at history, it has happened before, and it will happen again.
Google User - There is a lot more to happen before China "defeats itself" You are a little premature in your outlook. Unless China backs down from its aggressive position, which isn't part of the asian "saving face" problem, there are serious issues to get through. Im fine, are you?
Google User - You better add a new first name and call yourself, Naive Google User. Because that's what you sound like. They have been pushing countries around for quite a while.
Naive Google User - Forget it, you obviously have no concept of what is going on.
China will rather fight all their neighbors.
As a Chinese we must remember our history we only want to take back what once belonged to us the power, dignity and territory. We have been living under authoritarian regime for thousands of years with many tragedies worse then the cultural revolution, so the cultural revolution has nothing special or stand out. We only want to take back the territory of the former Qing Dynasty which included Manchuria, Outer Manchuria, Outer Mongolia, Sakhalin island, Taiwan, North China Sea (Sea of Japan), East China Sea and South China Sea. It is just you chasing a theft to get your things back.
What about east Turkmenistan? Ughyurs?
@@Azhar_shaikh1 They are still within the control of China
Shirvan where is your Poland geopolitical video? I want to see it but I cant find it.
I am Indian , always thought of China being great for not being colonized but now realizing they were equally exploited.... Really sad!
I am glad you pronounced Sun Yat-Sen as " Soon" instead of "Sun".
Hey. I know Romania is a small country, and seen as a remote and "buffer" type european country. But... would it be too much to ask for an "Understanding the Romanian mindset" episode? :D would help a lot my generation here :)
once Romania is important then it is.sorry it may sounds hurts ,but during 1910-1928 no one concern the Chinese mindset....
Great video, but the CCP did not really fight the Japanese : “From 1937 to 1945, there were 23 battles where both sides employed at least a regiment each. The CCP was not a main force in any of these. The only time it participated, it sent a mere 1,000 to 1,500 men, and then only as a security detachment on one of the flanks.There were 1,117 significant engagements on a scale smaller than a regular battle, but the CCP fought in only one. Of the approximately 40,000 skirmishes, just 200 were fought by the CCP, or 0.5 percent.”
*@Caspian Report*
Besides the history - which was the majority of this video - could you also cover topics like the culture of the people? Like what were their ideals shaped by? What is the Chinese attitude towards money, how the economics work? How do they view authority? Collectivisms vs individualism etc. Things like that. And I mean not just for China but other countries as well. I feel like these videos are focused only on history, the countries military stance, some geography and some trading. Your videos are great, but it would be even greater if you could cover more of these topics so that we can truly understand the countries' mindset and how it relates to current geopolitics. Thanks :D
Thank you for your great content! It's really really rare for someone outside of China to make such a thorough research and present such unbiased information. Keep up the good work sir!
Actually, the KMT government did most of the fighting against imperial Japan, which is a big part of the reason why they couldn't stand up to the communists after the war.
Lots of details in the beginning but a bit lack of explanation later on. But overall a nice piece of work.
BTW the Cixi's "I declare war on all the other countries" is hilarious!
This caspian report was super awesome !!!! Thank you!!!!!
Another excellent video!
One small criticism: You said the Communists drove the Japanese off the mainland. The Kuomintang took the brunt of fighting against the Japanese, whereas the CCP took a more passive role, opting to win over the peasantry. The neither side really drove the Japanese back--the final surrender to Allied forces ended that chapter.
the nationalist were terrible at fighting the japanese. they contested in open battles and flooded the yellow river and killed 300k people. the communist used guerilla warfare and harassed supply lines. much more effective method against technologically superior japanese.
Not to defend or communist, but it was communist nullified those hundred unequal treaties with west and unified china--amended century humiliation ( don mention internal repression-it another matter) , that is why many , may be most, Chinese -include myself, strongly supported a central strong government & oppose any attempt that seems weaken our government ( unfortunately- it is communist gov, but does not matter, it is way better than west black heart democracy) .
I love the ignorance in this statement. Actually, no, I hate it. “Black heat democracy,” what kind of rubbish concept is that? This isn’t democracy’s fault. Your arch nemesis, Britain wasn’t even a democracy then. I see you cannot separate the past from now.
fuck you communism
Great video ! (Am going to support your channel)
EVERYBODY HAS SUFFERED BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO MAKE OTHERS SUFFER.
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is not a "republic" but an oppressive and intrusive totalitarian one-party government. Imperial China's defeat, exploitation, and humiliation for the last couple of centuries by Western powers and Japan to be followed by China's Cultural Revolution in the mid1960's is an excuse and JUSTIFICATION for China's contemporary immoral expansionism, lies and cheating in order to take or steal whatever it wants today imitating past enemies that had ravaged China. Such theft includes militarily invading and subjugating Tibet and claiming sovereignty over the entire South China Sea (including Taiwan that is The Republic of China and militarized illegal artificial islands), East China Sea, Yellow Sea and all oil/gas mineral rights and all fishing rights right up to the shores of other nations. China simply ignores the existence of other nations and their humanity. China's damaged ego does not have to be stroked and soothed by everybody else in the world kowtowing in order for China to have security. Security does not require revenge, as people and cultures all over the world have both imposed and suffered violence, death, and humiliation. China's feelings got hurt by a violent history and now feels justified to get some payback by subjugating everybody in the world. Now, all other nations in the region are militarizing to eventually fight China ... India, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, S. Korea, and Japan. China warns the U.S. to stay away and mind its own business as China greatly increases its military power eventually to rival America's.
A RACE OR CULTURE cannot own a people along with their historical lands that they need in order to live on ... and certainly not forever. There is no legal, moral, or reasonable excuse for China's undiplomatic bullying expansion claiming ancient ownership of Tibet and the entire open waters and all oil/gas and fishing-rights of the South China Sea being militarized for combat and/or war etc. conflicting with and overriding claims by other nations. Also note that the South/East China Sea, Indian Ocean, Philippians Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico ... these are names only, not proof of ownership. China does not own Tibet or the South China Sea etc. any more than Mongolia owns China having defeated China in the distant past or that Eastern Africa owns China because those Africans migrated there (now mainland China) first tens of thousands of years ago ... no matter China's claim of ancient ownership.
You nailed this so hard, Shirvan
China has three historical modes: unified and strong, unified and stagnant, divided and chaotic. It's only ever really a great power when it is the first one or when (once) it was divided into two parts which were united in their own right (Tang and Song), and neither were particularly powerful compared to the heights of the Han, Ming, Qing, and maybe one other dynasty.
This is by far the most objective video about politic of China.
I agree to 95% of its contents and opinions, as a Chinese.
EVERYBODY HAS SUFFERED BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO MAKE OTHERS SUFFER. GOT IT!
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA is not a "republic" but an oppressive and intrusive totalitarian one-party government. Imperial China's defeat, exploitation, and humiliation for the last couple of centuries by Western powers and Japan to be followed by China's Cultural Revolution in the mid1960's is an excuse and JUSTIFICATION for China's contemporary immoral expansionism, lies and cheating in order to take or steal whatever it wants today imitating past enemies that had ravaged China. Such theft includes militarily invading and subjugating Tibet and claiming sovereignty over the entire South China Sea (including Taiwan that is The Republic of China and militarized illegal artificial islands), East China Sea, Yellow Sea and all oil/gas mineral rights and all fishing rights right up to the shores of other nations. China simply ignores the existence of other nations and their humanity. China's damaged ego does not have to be stroked and soothed by everybody else in the world kowtowing in order for China to have security. Security does not require revenge, as people and cultures all over the world have both imposed and suffered violence, death, and humiliation. China's feelings got hurt by a violent history and now feels justified to get some payback by subjugating everybody in the world. Now, all other nations in the region are militarizing to eventually fight China ... India, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, S. Korea, and Japan. China warns the U.S. to stay away and mind its own business as China greatly increases its military power eventually to rival America's.
Farmer Bold. I think you may have missed Zhaoxun Yan's point and I quote from another thread here:
"I am Chines, this video is objective .We recognize our mistakes and will correct and improve it ".
Maybe being Chinese we see things differently from "the West".
I will say that you are...misinformed...mostly by western media.
China did what it needed to do to get out of the hole they were in during the Cultural Revolution. It might not have been pretty but it got the job done when the spotlight wasn't on them.
Most Chinese holds no grudges towards the West despite what it did in the 19th Century. Things like the Great Firewall of China (which also exist in many places in Europe now too) is actually in place for censorship to the benefit of the Western relationships the PRC has formed and to maintain peace. It is in place so that the Chinese people do not experience some of the racial hatred of the West towards the Chinese people and so most Chinese citizens don't know how anti-China these countries are.
You will find Chinese people that move here or to America finding out the truth and getting angry over it.
In terms of it being "expansionist" that part was a laugh.
China's policy towards its neighbours is actually one of "Put[ting] differences away and develop/prosper together". It wants to expand peacefully and economically work together with its neighbour to prosper together.
You can call this Chinese propaganda if you want or you can try to see it differently.
Every country you know today up to Nazi Germany and Meiji Japan, etc that is a power of some kind went through aggressive reform and when to war with others. Everyone else grabbed as much land and money and did as many atrocious things as possible to survive and grow.
None of them bar the Japanese had to deal with nuclear weapons.
Thus China is really the only country in their situation that has to deal with this problem so it is disadvantage in their rise to power.
If you actually bothered to spent the time to read through the threads here, you'll learn a lot and find that most of your fears and points are answered by the many people already.
One last point is:
China is actually also really...slow.
Its in last place when it comes to almost everything...even economic power.
The numbers don't mean crap.
Seriously, its the 21st century and China is still a developing country.
It is in no position to subjugate anybody.
One might not approve, that is true, but an authoritarian government is not synonymous with a dictatorship.
In fact most Chinese leader have less staying power then American counter parts.
They have gone through plenty of leadership changes both high up and down as well as having plenty of new blood coming into and leaving the system.
China's party is also split into many factions that constantly feud over things.
How then is that an oppressive government?
Again, it is in no position to subjugate anybody.
@@farmerbold1144 ignore this dude he's insane. Rule one of the internet don't get mad from trolls.
Yixin Xia He isn’t insane, he’s emotional. He has a right to be. I see too many excuses in these “explanations.”
@@wongasta Dude's emotional but he's not wrong, China has the right to be angry, but it doesn't have the right to subjugate its neighbors. Which is made even more ridiculous when China says its the US that is doing the bullying, but in fact the only thing the US is doing is trying to prevent China from bullying its neighbors.
Thank you for the Chinese history lesson and explanation of the cultural mindset leading to the Chinese leaderships decision making. Some of their decisions such as the nine dash line make more sense to me now. I still think it could create the very conflict China is worried about so I do not agree with it as a geopolitical strategy, but it does make more sense.
I can think of two things that may work better for China's stability and safety, and would garner widespread allies in not just the West's leaders but also citizens, in case anyone in Chinese leadership follows this channel.
1) The first is what I call NATO for all. NATO has kept the peace in Europe for a century and stopped outside aggressors from attacking us. China's leadership could take the concept and make it worldwide. Any country could join from Russia to Europe, N. Korea to the US. It, like NATO, would be a defensive treaty that an attack on one is an attack on all. Most of the conflicts we face are based on fear, fear of political leaders getting overthrown by outside forces or invasion/military actions. Take that away and we remove a root cause of most conflict. America would fight on the side of any country getting invaded along with Russia, China etc. It would mean the end of war in the modern era, and the Chinese would win the honor of making it happen while securing their country from our Navy or other interference.
2) Pay our news agencies to explain the Chinese position to the West's citizens. It is an eye opener, and would make it harder for any western leadership to create a pretext for conflict as I'll admit we sometimes do.
Just a couple thoughts that may work better than their current strategy which would lead to confrontation by default. Their current strategy is more in line with Clausewitz than Sun Tzu.
These types of declines almost never happen overnight. They take a long time and are caused by a series of events that, whether by design or coincidence, lead an empire down such a path. For China, the disastrous results against outsiders happens to coincide during a century of humongous social and economic unrest from within. Pair all that up with a Qing government that had ruled for so long that had reached the "dynastic decline" phase of the dynasty cycle all ancient Chinese dynasties experience, followed by a struggle to re-establish central control after the Qing collapsed, and China was ripe for a downfall.
Man you researched some real shit..!!
He did But mispronounced Kuomintang
cut him some slack...
You got it .. that he meant Kuomintang and not something else right ? So his message did reach you. He is not from china .. quit nitpicking
Honestly I love his work and all but this is just a bit of history...
Hey dude, all this stuff is common knowledge of every Chinese, as we have to study it from young. But judging from your comment, what we see as common sense is sth wrapped in a mystery for Westerners, so that makes me wonder if people from the West, especially political leaders nowadays, have any idea at all of what the hell is China before criticizing our country? Don't take it personally, but still... I think in these day and age, foreigners, other than those neighboring Asian countries, know nothing about China
Shirvon, thank you.... You perform a great service by presenting this capsule history of China designed to give some perspective.
I spoke to an acquaintance the other day who told me that, “China's aggression in the South China Sea must be stopped!”
...Perhaps, but this point of view is taken without any knowledge of the history involving China. This should encourage people to look deeper,..but they don't. For the last three decades, history has been de-emphasized in schools. Instead of informing and educating, US cable News is becoming the source of daily declarations without historical context for the purpose of influencing public opinion..This is the very definition of propaganda. To examine any contemporary issue through the lens of history is almost viewed as subversive.
Now, in 2023 - as the Ukraine war rages on and China is threatening to take Taiwan back by force, this splendid video is no less spot on than five years ago. I fully agree. Allow me to add a few remarks:
- The American government left China to die against the Japanese from 1937 until december 1941 when the US experienced it's defeat at Pearl Harbour. Next, the US started supporting the Nationalist government of China and has since defended them against Communist China. Japan, who was reponsible for the deaths of tens of millions of Chinese, never was truly called to justice for their atrocities and this mortal enemy even became the best ally with the newe mortal enemy being the US. Until this day, the US is the very enemy of the Chinese world. The war in Korea cost the Chinese tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of military casualties in their fights against the western powers. This very moment China is still surrounded by vassals of the US; South Korea which has been a dictatorial military state until not so long ago - as was Taiwan, Japan, the Philipines.. how about the Viet Nam war, when the US fought another communist regime at China's doorsteps?
I am a loyal European citizen and supportive of the Western world, but I believe it is essential to truly understand your enemy. China is our enemy and sadly they have every reason the distrust US and the Western world, for we are truly the hypocrits they believe us to be. They are a rising power and they will not rest until the Western influence in Eastern Asia is undone.