How I see the UK after 3 years living in China (I went home and was disgusted.)
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lets just focus this: regardless of which country, over the past 50+ years
america+europe have been living beyond its means...and either refuse to
accept they have been living beyond their means or the politicians have
successfully sold this delusion
so deep into those who chose to believe
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UK is booming _while_ China is dying, is the Gospel Truth, according to the real time implementation of *_"1984"_*
i was born here in the city of york 80 years ago in the old england this is the new festering satanic england a fallen country your better off staying in china
你就一SB
how do i make china great again
You saw 15 homeless people and are shocked? Go to San Francisco. You get to see a hundred in a few street blocks!
😂😂😂😂@@Markus_Berlin
Nothing beats Skidrow (in downtown Los Angeles) when it comes to the count of unhoused people in the United States. I’m talking miles of miles of tents and makeshift tents dotting the sidewalks.
Portland, Oregon. Once lovely and vibrant, it's now a dystopia, with bodies - some alive, some not, everywhere.
@@user-ps2nn5pj4g Tampa, Florida has many unhoused people also but since last month they hardly frequent the streets of said city because the governor signed a bill that prevents unhoused people from hanging around public areas such as parks and places of businesses.
@@Markus_Berlingood weather but no chance to enjoy. This too dangerous to go out in the streets where filled with homeless and druggies.
So you are telling me the BBC has been telling me lies all these years about China?
What lies? Is wild China lies? Lots of negative news , but that’s what happens Most chst on US is also negative.
BINGO
Not just the BBC. FOX, CNN, in fact, all western mainstream media. I’ve stopped watching their crap for years. The western leaders only want you to know what they want you to know.
BBC, CNN, EURONEWS= liers
Wake up!
lol
You are quite right of course. UK is a basket case now, and London is a toilet. I think the interesting thing is most people have no idea how far behind the UK is - because they've never actually gone anywhere else...
LOL! Pedestrians walking & talking into their mobile phones , not paying attention & bumping into others, cyclists now taking to pedestrian pavements & down & outs & beggars on the sidewalks. A most uncivilized Society, if one can call it that.
What a crock !
Hey I'm from the UK and I live in China. I am never going back either. My life is considerably better in China, and China in general is just a better place to live.
English teacher, correct?
Probably not by much. I live in New Zealand.
@@rafae5902 I'm a History teacher. I said it an another comment here, but if you're making good money for your city and can live in a high rise apartment then it's a good place to live.
@@kidkieran77 You teach history in English to Chinese ppl?
Must be an international school or something.
Have a good time in China！
I think the most important for the UK government is that they should be more independent from the US foreign policy towards China, rather than acting as the servant of USA.
UK is a USA colony. Period.
But ...Servant, they are !!!
It doesn't matter the "independence" from the US policies if the UK thinks exactly this same way. The UK have a centuries long history of imperialism, of robbing and ravaging others countries and is incapable of seen the rest of the world as equals. In UK Churchill is seen as a role model... a guy that if you have studied him you would know he had pretty much same supremacist ideology as Hitler.
Will never happen! UK is 100% onboard with U$ regime's train wreck.
india's GDP is better than UK - LOL!
It is the same here in Canada.
The problem with the Five Eyes countries is that they money is spent on Wars.
All that money should have been used for health care, infrastructures and for the people.
Exactly this
Tax is funding the wars, not the public goods
Because money is not used to finance wars, but also used to finance domestic enterprises.
The problem is the aggression of the authoritarian countries: Russia, Iran, China. What is the West supposed to do? Oh yeah, roll over and play dead. Everyone with a brain would rather live in a democracy, but the democracies are under constant attack from Russia and China. Where is Fentanyl and Nitasines made? China. Why? Guess....Who is is supporting Trump since the 80s? And Farrage? Russia.... Which country is the most inspiring example of democracy? Well it would have been Ukraine.
Putinhad to put an end to that, so he invaded with his orcs, determined to destroy....Hong Kong would have been a great place to live, until the CCP got their claws into it. Now they have their greedy eyes on Taiwan. The problem with this guy is he's young and naive, and has swallowed the propaganda whole hog. Like 99.9999 % of the commenters here...
China spends more per capita on military & "security" than any western country, even the USA...
The problem is that the politicians don't care about the people, because they are installed by the UN
There is no country under the sun that brought 770 million people out of poverty - except China! I am from Singapore. In the 1970s, we had to ship old clothes and money to our relatives living in China - they were utterly poor. I witnessed the rise of China in my lifetime. Today, they are a giant on the world stage and I have deep respects for the Chinese people. They are very diligent and pragmatic. Sadly, I witnessed the decline of the West in my lifetime too.
Two things.
1. Yes hard work achieved this. But at terrible expense. Lots of suffering. And the evil system of communism.
2. The West helped. The west outsourced manufacturing to China, thinking the Chinese are only capable of copying and nothing else. This hubris contributed to Chinese advance because the west buys stuff in China, that is money going to China. China first copied the tech and now helps to make new tech. But we must not forget the Western buyers who are funding this.
I guess you forgot about the 70 million murdered by Mao and the entire Ouighar race incarcerated in western China ..
The West has chosen its decline, so really no reason to be sorry. In Germany there was and is a witch hunt. Both people having a different opinion than the government are ousted from their jobs or even voluntary positions in church.
Homeowners should pay 35,000+ USD for switch from gas burning to a maintenance intensive electro heating.
As a Russian, I am happy for China and of course they work hard.
But let's be honest. The main thing here was that all Western corporations, in order to save money, transferred all their production facilities to China so that the Chinese would work for them for pennies.
And the Chinese government has been condoning this for a long time. And it was the state program and propaganda that created such a situation that the Chinese work more than they live.
China is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen.
I just spent 40 days in China, didn’t see any homeless, just crowded almost everywhere that I went.
You saw PLENTY of homeless... you just didn't know what you were looking at.
@@melissachartres3219so you think you know better than him or did you see any by your own eyes?
The homeless are in slave camps.
@@linzheng2288 Watch Laowhy86, serpentza and china uncencored. They also live in china and speak chinese. So yes I see with my own eyes through a video that there are lots of chinese homeless and this is also for young people which support the chinese movement/trends named let it rot or lying flat. And most of those young people are just doing streaming with fake AI face on the street.
Wait I just see you have a chinese name. Are you part of the ccp? I'm just asking not accusing you.
We welcome you from China🇨🇳❤️❤️❤️
The best days of the UK are in the past.
In the distant past indeed.
On the exploitation and colonization of other countries
The best days of UK were the worst days of so many other countries.
200 years ago
@@ricotheman8139- Seriously, those so called "countries" are really backward undeveloped sh*tholes. Being from the 3rd world county, we’ve got to admit the reality. Let’s not romanticize these countries as anything but. They’re never been shining beacon decency and civility. All of them are constantly fighting small kingdoms, fighting for scraps, with the majority of the population are nothing but slaves or worse to the ruling nobility. How do you think the British were able to conquer India or Africa. Not by sending their army. No. They find a compliant ruler or raja, then they support him with wealth and weapons, then that Maharaja and his local native soldiers would invade the other Rajas to side with the British. In return the new colony get modernized with new hospitals, schools and trains and all it’s medieval antics like slavery or caste systems are abolished.
Look at Congo nowadays. Yes, the era of King Leopold II was harsh and brutal. But look now the country has reverted back to the stone-ages. All great building, hospitals are now in ruins. Their train system is now a wreck. Dead and suffering went sky-high. They replaced one white tyrant to a black tyrant who’s totally incompetent.
There 4 kinds of Freedom that must be upheld, that is universally agreed upon. Freedom of Expression, of Worship, From Want and From Fear. There’s something wrong with your country if one of these are not met.
It's quite sad seeing the state of UK. If only the UK government prioritised the needs of the people first
Have they ever...
如果會這樣做的話就不是西方民主政治了！～😂😂😂
All they care about is sending the next tranche of £3B to Ukraine
Instead of warmongering with the US thug
@@KaikaiPoon-sh4wn- UK is never a Democracy. It’s an Imperial Monarchy.
I spent nearly ten years living and working in Northern China, arriving back in the UK (Midlands) in 2019 for my pension. Truth be told, I still haven’t got over my initial culture shock on arriving back. I felt as though I’d arrived in the third world and politically in Alice in Wonderland!
No country is perfect and the bureaucracy in China was on another level, but I miss those China days. Cheap, safe and although there must be crime and drugs, they weren’t visible on the streets and I still smile when I hear the media say the Chinese economy is collapsing. In your dreams western media.
I was away for 30 years and went back to bury family. The entire country i knew is gone, its heart breaking. I never want to go back again.
Yeah.....the difference from when i was a child to now is staggering.
Politicians .....
Yes, this how many Chinese feel when coming home.
@@Crshcourse-qy9zo No doubt that it is heartbreaking that the extreme poverty is gone, and a new, prosperous familiar country has emerged that is so warm and heartbreaking with joyfulness.
@@user-br9oi2sh7o I was shocked how much the big cities have deteriorated. Everything in shenzhen now looks so old and craooy and dirty.
@@user-br9oi2sh7o @user-br9oi2sh7o I was shocked how much the big cities have deteriorated. Everything in shenzhen now looks so old and craooy and dirty.
UK born boomer here. I got the chance to leave the UK in the 90's. Travelled and lived the Middle East and SE Asia. I've seen the decline of the UK, every time I come back on vacation. I even came back for work in 22. Six months was enough, now I'm back abroad. What Blair started in 97 and the so called conservatives carried on with has destroyed the country of my birth. I've seen second world countries overtake the UK in just about everthing that affects the quality of life. It really is betrayal by the political class to the UK people.
I too am a UK (London) born boomer and I agree 100%. Many of the problems have reached critical mass and are now irreversible. So sad!
Same story here in the US. All the problems are self-inflicted, created by bad decision after bad decision of the misleaders in power, though they try to blame everything on China. Hoping to move overseas again later this year
Well said I feel exactly the same. I left the UK for Asia in 2006 and didn’t go back for a holiday until 2015. Was totally shocked at what I saw and now in 2024 it is even worse :(
You overlook that China is continually threatening Taiwan, making claims of most of the South China Sea (including within the economic zones of many of its neighbours), imprisoning Wiguars, border clashes with India, salami slicing territory of its neighbours etc. The list goes on. While a benevolent dictator is arguably the most efficient form of government, regrettably they are few and far between
money controls, money talks. where's the regular ppl? making money for "them". sh*t!
So glad you covered this topic
People think I’m MAD to move my wife and daughter back to China last year even meaning making the sacrifice of only seeing them 4 months of the year while I stay in uk for the rest of the time.
I was physically attacked 3 weeks ago in London and my car cam caught the whole incident with reg no of his vehicle and his face and the police did nothing
I was in AE after for 3 hours waiting and was informed that it will be another 3 hours minimum even though I was coughing up blood and had severe headache
I gave up and went home and went to the Gp the next day and he didn’t even examine me and told me to go to the chemist and buy myself some ibuprofen…
Knife crime through the roof in my area Wembley
A 4 and a 5 year kids got abducted by a passing van last summer just outside my flat …
List goes on and people don’t believe me of how bad London is ..:
Great Vlog Harvey
We heading to Shanghai this July as part of our planned 3000km road trip starting from Huizhou….
Can’t wait to see Shanghai
Is it really so bad that ？
I still want to study in England?
I know what you say is 100% true. And the GP telling you to buy Ibuprofen 😂 That is what all the GP's say whatever you have and they type on their computer without looking at you. Unfortunately British people just go along with everything.
@@byakuya3603 Please don’t be put off coming here to study …..
London is a great place to visit if you’ve never been here before .
You just have to be sensible and street wise when walking around . Do not walk around with your mobile phone or wallet in your hand .
Everything in London is very expensive.
Transport, accommodation, entertainment, food etc etc
These are just my opinions as I’ve been a London Taxi driver for 30 years and seen many incidents.
My wife came to the U.K. 12 years ago and loved it for the first 4 years but it got to a point where she didn’t want to go out after 7pm .
Do your own research on living accommodation as student accommodations are very very expensive in London and the neighbourhood is very important too.
@@byakuya3603 London is bad ! as to many immigrants from African countries, young black teenagers not working, just want to carry knives and machetes ( like back in Africa) and steal and rob people, as to thick or Lazy to work ! London is now only 37% white native Londoners, that’s why there’s all this trouble, most older people don’t feel at home there anymore, they feel like they’re living in a foreign land , So Sad what Politicians have done to this Country, traitors all of them .
@@byakuya3603Don't! Go to Shanghai or Switzerland instead 😊
China promotes its own indigenous culture UK does the opposite
And with promoting its indigenous culture, you mean heavily oppressing all the minorities and changing their culture through forced re-education programs.
Lies, they do promote their culture such that they shipped some to other continents. Half the world knows yt Jesus and speaks English. Don't worry the people you see there and don't like coz they are ⬛ may soon be conscripted into the army.
Ironically it claims to be communist
😂 Culture......that's over in Taiwan. The CCP had a 'revolution' remember. Fake temple's now 😢
Simple solutions to appeal to the moronic.
I spent a couple of weeks in China, in Shanghai and Suzhou. What struck me was how civilised the towns seemed. The underground was clean and efficient, the buildings were impressive, the streets felt safe, there was no graffiti and hardly any litter. At night, when it got dark, people of all ages would be in parks, sitting on benches, walking, practising tai chi. Compare that to a city centre in Britain at night - drunks would be staggering about, there'd be fighting, yelling, police sirens, and only an idiot would think it was a good idea to go and sit in a park. Sure, I got only a snapshot of China, but what I saw was impressive.
What an honest video. I have been to China, and their transportation, groceries, food, education, etc are extremely affordable!!! Not to mention their infrastructure is so much better too. It's a safe, clean & convenient country to live.
What's the deal with fake or plastic food? Collecting used cooking oil from the drains in the streets and selling it back to the restaurants to cook with. Is that a thing?
Mmm gutter oil
@@bruceparker6142就像在说美国人悬赏印第安人头皮一样遥远……你说的油，是事实，但是个例的违法行为，很久远的事件了，并不是日常。塑料食物？这么奢侈？中国的蔬菜，肉类可比塑料便宜多了……你是不是没有来过中国？
@user-cp4wx1fr7h Sorry I can't read that. And I can't seem to copy it yo put into a translator.
It is a bit like saying does Mad cow disease or salmonella eggs still exist in UK? Or does US still murder brown children? Yes. Oh dear. By that logic, there must dodgy food too! If you can eat kebabs and don't need half your stomach removed, as in a case in Newcastle (the Afghan takeaway) you'll survive. 😊
I lived in Shenzhen. Loved it. Future city. One day at a western bar, Asked many Expats from UK, "Would you move back to UK?" Their response was an emphatic NOOOO WAY!!
lol because I am Chinese citizen in London 😅
The grass is always greener
@@tianlezheng6829 curious how you feel about it?
@@steetweets I feel the subway is too old because I have to take the subway for an hour and a half every day to go to school.
@@steetweets I feel that the prices are a bit expensive, so I don't dare to eat in restaurants. However, the view of the Thames is very good, provided that the weather is clear. Big Ben is very delicate and beautiful, and Canary Wharf is very modern.
I was in China for a couple of weeks last year and was amazed at how modern everything was - and clean. Like you I was struck by the fact that I didn't see a single homeless person. The high speed trains are amazing. Overall I was very impressed.
No they live in coffin & cage dwellings in tower blocks.
Those of us who have never left the country are just as shocked and despairing at what has happened (or rather planned) to our country
Yes, this how many Chinese abroad feel.
Harvey, I am a British expat now living in Hong Kong. I've been living in London, Singapore, Taipei and Beijing. I must say after living in Asia for over 20 years, I can not bear to even stay in London for more than 2 weeks. In London, the living standard is so poor and cost is so high that I can no longer get use to it. Most of my friends left the UK and are staying elsewhere in the world. My opinion is, privatization policy led by Mag Thatcher since the 80s totally ruined the country and following administrations simply made bad policy decisions carried forward. I decided to stay in Asia raising my family and not returning for good. I'd suggest this to you as well. After BREXIT the UK is a sinking ship and most young lads know it but not everyone can leave, they are simply trapped.
OMG, you UK ppl do think like this?
I love Asia.
But I’m not fond of big cities.
Concrete jungles just don’t do it for me.
Might be because growing up in UK I was in a village with some local woods.
In China, we have some small cities and have good Natural Environment
@@tianlezheng6829 best nature in China are mountainous places.
Huangshan is my favorite mountain.
And guiyang has amazing natural places.
For water and beaches tho… not so much.
Best beaches in Asia are in Thailand, BY FAR.
It is nothing to do with privatisation. Everything in Hong Kong are run by private companies from the very beginning.
Coming from Hong Kong and having lived in UK for over 50 years I do see eye to eye with the author of this video.
I do have doubt about democracy and am convinced it has some structural flaws especially against another governance like China.
As an ethnic Chinese I could never understand why a democratic society prefers electing a leader by popularity instead of capability. UK prefers the ordinary citizens to select a leader but how good a leader is will be presented only by the media. Thus a party or wealthy people controlling the media are effectively controlling the election. I can still remember Tony Blair from Labour got into government by playing political spins using tricks arranged by a public relation company.
I think the worst part is in order to show democracy there are always "alternatives" to everything including truth, community interest and even science. The labour and Tory are finding each other in exactly the same way the Americans Democrats fighting with the Republicans. There is no common ground. The party in power will try to undo everything the previous party has done. Time, resources and attention are wasted for the sake of toeing the party line.
I don't think the Chinese governance is a system suitable for every country but in China the country is governed by people who have previously proven themselves in government first. China has so many people and will be pulled in all sort of directions if the country must suit everyone's opinion. Instead China adopts its own system which is based on community's interest first and the individual's right second. This in effect in Chinese adopt their own culture that has last for several thousands of years.
I do not think there is a system that could fit all. Even with democracy UK runs a NHS system like a communist state that the US doesn't have anything similar. While the US gives freedom for everyone to bear fire arm and suffer the consequence. In UK not every policeman carries a gun. A governance must be continuously updated and adjusted to suit its population. Simply brand the Chinese system authoritarian and even evil will inhibit a democratic nation to modify its governance to use Chinese tools and models even if they show positive results.
I suppose if China has not risen up and shown its spectacular development then UK and US may seem nothing wrong in the absence of any comparison.
Very good independent thinking
民主是一种社会管理方式的实践，不是最终目的。
事实上，民主的形式在各个国家体现得也不同：美国，德国，英国，法国、日本，菲律宾，巴西，法国，新加坡，台湾，印度，尼日利亚，南非，以色列……每个国家的民主形式，流程，实施机制，管治效率与效果都不同。同一种制度在不同的时间，管治效果也不同。那么，哪个国家的制度才是最好的呢？所以说，民主是一种社会管理的实践，没有终极模式。没有完成时，也没有最好的模式。
中国人是早熟，有智慧的民族。引领了世界几千年，在过去95%的历史里，都是全球最繁华的国家。以后也不例外。美国一个几百年的国家，对几千年文化的国家指指点点，评头论足，本身就是将自己的观念强加于人，就是不民主的体现。
中国人的观点是，执政者的合法性，就是以能否实现最广大人民的长远利益为衡量标准--管理国家的人，以人民利益为自己的信仰，以人民利益作为自己开展工作的基础，这才是民主。
中国在几千年前，就通过选拔去发掘管理国家的人才，而不是通过选举。选举其实就是选秀，哗众取宠，大闹立法会，善于煽动情绪者往往能胜利，又或者有大笔选举资金，在媒体大肆宣传的候选人赢得胜利，而选举资金的供应，又是通过各路资本和利益集团去募集。所以候选人当选，自然会以实现利益集团的利益去回报，而利益集团又往往代表着极少数人。--这算民主吗？真的以人民的利益为信仰吗？
About democracy, I think the key to democracy is that the government and the people have good communication and consultation, and that the basic goals and development ideas of national development are established through broad social consensus, rather than elections. For me, I am a social conservative. In foreign policy, I adhere to realism and use diplomacy to defend national interests, but I oppose foreign aggression. I defend peace through force, but not by force. I defend trade routes and partners from imperialist hegemony. Internal policy emphasizes big government, control of capital, social market economy, opposition to refugees, and opposition to white left. However, there is no discrimination against ethnic minorities who have joined the country's nationality. However, if someone commits a crime, they will be hit hard regardless of their ethnicity. Support rational environmental policies, support new energy transformation in line with national conditions, support industrial policies, require the government to strengthen investment in emerging productivity and emerging industries, strengthen infrastructure investment, and public education, and the establishment of a complete and low-cost medical insurance system (not free medical care). Support social security, but oppose white left-style high welfare. Specifically, it is to ensure state control in the fields of energy, education, medical care, and infrastructure construction. The government subsidizes emerging industries, but encourages market competition. Opposes false freedom of speech that talks about political slogans. Supports rational policy discussions based on facts and seeks truth from facts.
I would say that China's party system is more similar to the parliamentary system in the West. The Communist Party and several progressive democratic parties cooperate to establish a coalition government. Unlike the West, the Communist Party of China has assumed the historical responsibility of organizing and implementing policies and building the country. The difference between China and the West is that unlike the West, China does not hold general elections, but formulates a five-year plan for national development through the National People's Congress and entrusts it to a professional government to implement and promote China's industrial development and construction. The prime minister of the government is elected by the National People's Congress. However, both the National People's Congress and the government are guided by the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the leadership of the Party to carry out national construction.
@@user-cc9pi2ro4m我赞同
关于民主 我认为民主的关键在于政府和民众有良好的沟通和协商 通过广泛的社会共识确立国家发展的基本目标和发展思路 而不是啥选举
对于我来说 我就是社会保守主义者
在对外政策上 我坚持现实主义 用外交捍卫国家利益 但是我反对对外侵略 通过武力捍卫和平 但是不是通过武力侵略别人 捍卫贸易路线和合作伙伴免于帝国主义霸权的侵略
内部政策强调大政府 对于资本的控制 社会市场经济 反对难民 反对白左 但是对于加入本国国籍的少数民族 不搞歧视 但是如果有人犯罪 不管社么民族都重拳出击 支持理性的环境政策 支持符合国情的新能源转型 支持产业政策 要求政府加强对于新兴
生产力新兴产业的投资 加强基础设施投资 和公立教育 和完善的廉价医疗保障系统的建立（不是免费医疗） 支持社会保障 但是反对白左式的高福利
具体来说是 在能源教育医疗 基础设施建设等领域确保国家控制 在新兴产业政府给予补贴 但是鼓励市场竞争 反对空谈政治口号的虚假言论自由
支持基于事实的理性政策讨论 实事求是
In the west, government is too concerned about trivia woke concept like pronouns and should be more concerned about sustainable economy, and quality of life.
Politicians today are like social media influencers. They are not trained to lead like the government officials in China or Singapore. They are out there to put on performance to get votes. They don't possess the necessary abilities to make real changes.
haha yeah like CCP is having a sustainable economy with it's one of a kind real estate bubble which is 20 times bugger then what Usa had in the financial crises. And what quality of life? Chinese people can't afford to get married and absolutely not getting a child.
Pronouns and other controversial topics are the tricks to devide ppl and attract ppl's eyes.
the uk has had a right-wing, anti-woke government for over a decade - they have destroyed everything. Try again.
I'm an English expat and took my 17 year old Australian son to visit the UK in 2022.
I was shocked to see his look of disappointment and yo hear him say that he thought London was a dump. He expressed a preference to holiday in Asia or China as we normally do and has no desire to go to the UK again.
I love auz anytime anyday ❤
that's progress
You are an immigrant. Not an expat.
Just here to say that yeah, you're an immigrant mate. Expat is a racial supremacist word. And yeah, us Londoners are proud of our dump, the finest in the world!
Reason London has such high homeless people is according to US definition is Over Capacity.
and guess what we pay them to be homeless a lot of the time. thanks benifits scheme
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I live in London. There are plenty of available properties. The problem is most of them are too expensive for the average renter or buyer.
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@@richardlabeja Learn economics, once you know the basics then it will make perfect sense...
The UK went to the dogs ages ago, Brits who are born in the UK just dont see it. Those of us who emigrated to the UK recognize the signs.
Don’t see it my ass. That’s all everyone says.
Oh but we do see it very clearly!
Correct. Allowing migrants in was the mistake.
I was born in 1964 (60 now) and left the UK for New Zealand in 2007. Its a better climate, but is really just one big farm, but has better air quality, not too many people, but has stupid politicians like the UK has, with no vision. But I'd hate to live in a dictatorship like China where you can be thrown into prison and not come out for saying the wrong think on social media. What wants to live in a massive city with terrible air quality and a crap climate? That's not life.
yes we see it. I left because I saw it. Others have more family ties or a fear of the unfamiliar so stick it out in the UK. It's not just the Uk anyway. Most of the EU, USA, Canada and Australia are facing basically the same problems and are on the same road to destruction.
I was in China for a few months, traveled all over by bus and train. China. Was bloody marvelous. Really nice. Cheap good food, clean and bright, beautiful cities, everyone has money, no one is walking around all poor and depressed.. It's just really good.
Serpentza who lived in China, has shown a different kind of China. It's clearly no paradise. And he is not the only one. And its definitely not clean
@@toydigger Where did you go and for how long? The guy is taking advantage of negativity, and probably money from NED. I have lived in Asia most of my life, and frequently go to China. This guy has problems, megalomania, thinks he is somehow important, and he sells negative views on China to the US Government for a living.
@@wahid-lg1kk What is NED ? This channel is also taking advantage of people by claiming China is a paradise. Maybe he is paid by CCP ? China Insights, Serpentza and others show hidden camera footage of real China.
@@toydigger He is a pathetic clown who takes anti-China as his career
@@toydiggerJealous people who even can't afford the cost to visit.China
Not surprising we have always been overtaxed in the UK, but now those taxes are spent on our replacements and not on public services.
bingo
when i arrived @ Heathrow, it's like i'm back to the 80s... the airport is so old from the gate to exit.. it actually reminded me of the old HK Kai Tak that closed on 1998.... even that felt newer than Heathrow... so sad
Love Heathrow Terminal 5. Are Chinese airports still the best at delayed flights?
@@JohnSmith-sm7ezI just took a flight from Chong Qing to Hk this morning, right on time
Who cares what’s d big deal as long is working lol 😝
I watch UA-cam travelogue videos. Whenever anyone arrives in the UK it immediately hits me how shabby and squalid it all looks, and how small everything appears to be.
These are people who have flown in from places like Singapore.
Heathrow Airport has existed longer than Singapore has existed as a country. The airport is one of the busiest and on time airports in the world. It works. It doesn't have to be rebuilt to look pretty. That would be a waste of money. The west doesn't have to waste resources to impress anybody.
It's not the UK anymore, it's a refugee camp
Between 2022 and 2023 they issued over 220,000 visa to Ukrainian people, which also got money and free accommodation.
Britain and the United States are both great countries in the world. There is no doubt about their contribution to mankind. Please don’t attack it. It‘s just sick.
Got it in one👍
Britain's karma for meddling in the affairs of other countries.
@@BruceCheng-ou3tkTheir "contribution to mankind" was to instigate wars that nobody wanted.
Great video. Im British born and bred.I am retiring to Asia later this year.Had enough of the UK.The cost of living, rip off prices especially if you need a trades person.But most of all are the rules and regulations.I am fed up to the back teeth of the control those in power seem to want to have over everyone.goverment, councils, planning, health and safety has gone too far.Its a nanny state. The weather sucks, it's lonely when you get older if you are single and we seem to want to go to war all the time following the USA. Immigration is out of control.Political correctness gone mad. self centrered politicians.Its a miserable place.
wow, couldn't have put it better myself. They have the technocracy now to be on your shoulder 24/7. Good luck on your escape to better days , hopefully soon we will be on a similar trajectory up & away before it all ends up mad max style.
@@Naturalmedicineprescription Thats right, another subject I am monitoring.But this is happeneing all over the world now.Liked your comment..
We don't elect leaders full stop. We elect parties they elect the leader.
Citizens in China don't go to elections.
The leadership is as good as the people.
@@peterc.1419 Nonsense.
@@mikemines2931 I don't think this is nonsense. UK leadership is from very educated circles, noble families. People with good education. Speak the educated English. These people don't come from space, they don't come from heck or heaven. They are flesh and blood like you and me. If you became a politician you'd be no different.
@@peterc.1419 Nonsense, the top of the heap 'king' Charles struggled to get an art O level. Look at George III decided to ignore the English Bill of Rights 'no taxation without representation ' and lost us the American colonies. The list would take a box of paper of idiots in charge because of an accident of birth.
After the end of the epidemic, prices in China have dropped a lot, and people have become more rational in their consumption, no longer pursuing luxury goods. I really like this kind of consumption atmosphere.
Of course they are pissed off by the West's antiChina narratives and ridiculous hypocrisy to still patronize their luxury goods
Except for housing prices, everything else is rising, but not much.
@@fj5563 I am in a first tier city and I do not feel that prices are rising. All basic necessities have been reduced in price. You can find affordable alternatives for any expensive goods on shopping websites, ensuring quality. Transportation costs remain the same as before the epidemic, and restaurants have also returned to pre epidemic levels.
@@fj5563 housing prices are dropping. A friend’s client’s house dropped half since he bought last year 😅
@@dylanshaynes1147 but there are more and more people lost their jobs after the pandemic. and more and more companies are laying off. it is more and more difficult to make money in China after the pandemic, that's one of the reasons why the house price is decreasing.
I'm a Brit living in South Korea and have no plans to go back either. Even when I went back for a bit to see family I could even more clearly see the contrast and how the UK has truly fallen into a deep state of disrepair.
I totally agree with everything you've said...and more. I was born and raised in England but like many others I moved away, and created an opportunity to live in Sydney many years ago. Every time I return to the UK for a holiday, I am shocked to see it so massively overcrowded, the run down state of so many things, poverty and high prices everywhere you go, and of course very high crime rates. I don't recognise the place! Each trip costs me so much, high cost for poor standard hotels, food, trains, underground extremely expensive compared to Sydney, which we at times think is quite expensive BUT IS NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH AS UK. Plus, we earn so much more. Yes, it's fallen from grace big time...so many problems, and an awful climate. No wonder so many people feel depressed in those long, dark, cold days of Winter, with poor opportunities and a bleak view of their futures. I would say that those of us who live somewhere else, and have something better to compare things to, obviously notice it more. We know other things, are living different lives; enjoying better things all round, like great food, climate, cost of living, superior accommodation, and owning our own car is so normal. Nothing wrong with any of that. No wonder so many are desperate to get out, to places Australia...1,300 UK Drs. this year alone. After my last visit, I can never go back again, feels so dull and frustrating, and I'm paying a huge price to feel that way??
add the UK exceptionalism into the mix and its unbearable...
to me, the main reason uk is on the decline is that it doesn't have an independent foreign policy, just at the beck and call of usa. in fact china is the only country that can give substantial help in terms of economic development, infrastructure improvement and industrial upgrading after brexit . uk dismantled the communication facilities by huawei wasting loads of money just cuz usa asked it to on the pretext of endangering its national security, an ungrounded accusation, thus uk's 4g and 5g communication is way behind other developed countries. america thwarted quite a number of cooperation projects between china and uk, namely helping uk build hsrs and nuclear power plant that can stand magnitude 10 quake with china's cutting edge tech which can utilize more than 90 percent of its energy, and acquisition of uk's bust factories, all on the pretext of endangering uk's national security, which is an american lie.
another thing is to stop gas and oil import from russia , so uk has to import gas and oil from usa at prices several times higher than normal price causing inflation in other areas.
usa is the greatest beneficiary while the european countries are the victims of russia-ukrane war.
You all forgot how UK got rich from a filthy gloomy island in the first place -- by looting from India and China, Selling African slaves, colonization and distant farming, how can you keep your welth from all of these till today?
Although there is Chinese investment all over the UK, The UK should not really have it's primary communications network literally run by a Chinese company. It could pose a security threat or put the UK rather in an awkward position. The problem with the UK is it's infrastructure building regulations, these are now, like the USA, quite restrictive. Planning and approval consultations at so many levels, environmental legal challenges, land purchasing / allocation issues etc etc , whereas the CCP being authoritarian and owners of all the land have a top-down approach which can bypass many of the public consultation and regulatory hurdles seen in the UK. i.e they do as they like and no-one complains. Which hasn't been a bad thing in terms of development. As for the US relationship it is historic and will bear fruit in the future. China appears not to like or trust the Uk and vice versa. Look at their Australia argument a few years ago.
China is helping Russia fight that european war. China is the enemy. I wouldn't trust any Chinese infrstructure. In any future conflict we could find out it doesn't work
@@manufacturedconsent7850 2 Choice: communications network controlled by China, any eavesdropping happens, China will lost it's reputation. Another: communications network controlled by US, US can use the information to control UK politicians, and UK people already get used with it.
@@manufacturedconsent7850你提到中国在做什么事或者政府规划是不进行公众咨询是错误的，比如修建高铁，政府会通过其官方网站及社交媒体公开向全社会做相关的调研活动，任何土地或者工程项目的立项都有相应的资金投入的调查、也有负责专业环境评估的环评机构等等；另外关于环保方面，显然你的说话更加不可靠，联合国等多个国际组织对中国最近十多年在环保方面的努力认可并毫不吝啬赞扬的，不仅仅是这些机构的数据在证明，许多旅行博主的视频就是证据；另外，中国的森林覆盖率已经从上世纪90年代之前的10%以下提高到了如今的25%左右，中国甚至在努力改善沙漠环境，至少在马云的公益基金会支持下，蚂蚁森林在中国沙漠地区种植了上百亿棵梭梭树；请问，中国在环保方面的这些成就如何能在不受到监管制约的情况下开花结果？
UK to concentrate on anti China and Russia rather deal with in own problem. 😂😂😂
Sunak's trick to divert public attention
A greater part of Britain's "own problem" was that many of its manufacturers relocated production to China to take advantage of cheap land deals and labour, causing domestic factories to close and huge job losses...
You nailed it herein. When are they going to take care of the kingdom and its subjects then? Young men are being sent to the fronts and are leaving their wives and children behind in a kingdom that is getting poorer and poorer whilst those who initiated those wars are leading comfortable lives. Will all this madness ever end?
Exact same thing in the US. Non stop media/govt propaganda
🤣一百年前英国就打进中国了，一百年后还想着对抗中国，英国人血液里流淌着侵略者的基因吗？还是几百年前中国人挖了你英国人的祖坟？你翻翻英国历史中国人什么时候去你英国闹过？本来两个相安无事，你非要对抗一个和你毫无关系的国家和种族？你是要逼着中国人以后去你英国博物馆拿回本身属于中国的文物吗？一个大英博物馆躺着多少个国家的历史文物。把侵略，抢夺.占有，这就是你们欧洲国家自我吹嘘的文明？当强盗会文化是不是就可以颠倒黑白？你自己翻翻你们英国历史。号称曾经的日不落国家。是靠着抢夺多少国家的资源与土地才发展起来的，一群吸血鬼，吸食了全球多少资源才成为发达国家！！！然后穿上英式西装在那装绅士！！！中国有句俗话叫做：披着狼皮的畜生始终还是头畜生.文明的博爱，和你们是丝毫不沾边，
What do you mean “even in London”? London is hardly an accurate representation of England and the UK. The dire picture you’re trying to paint is nothing like where I live, up north. Not even in the large cities close to me is the situation as bad as it is in London.
Try venturing outside of London and Bicester before making sweeping statements about an entire island.
The best thing about London is the road up north.
Maybe wait a little longer? until mass immigration reaches these spots too? its matter of time anyway
I think he said "even in London" because that's the capital city so one would expect it to look and work like a modern city
@@easytubeonline It does work like a modern city. But there are other large cities in England and the UK that are frankly much better to live in and offer a higher quality of life. If he was aware of this, he wouldn’t have uploaded this vid.
Democracy is two wolves 🐺 and a lamb 🐑 discussing what to have for dinner 🍽️!
One wolf is politicians other wolf is private companies and sheep is common folk of UK. No offense to anyone.
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A well armed lamb who has access to firearms (because democracy exists instead of dictatorship) could stand a chance of making OTHER dinner plans and survive the evening.
In China the public can change the policy but not the party, in the west you can change party but not the policy.
I hope I remember this correctly it was George Galloway who pointed this out.
George Galloway is a Kremlin asset and his only job is to criticize democracies and praise dictatorships. He's an enemy of the people, not a friend
因为中国的执政党是善于倾听民意的，是把为人民服务当成自己政党宗旨的。
这应该是世界上唯一一个政党是这么说的，这么做的。
中国的执政党的缺点在于，不会外部宣传。
The only mistake is that you can't actually change the policy in China either...
@@chronometer9931Exactly. It is delusional or to think the public have any control over the government in China.
Are you high ? You can't change jack in China. They throw people in jail and are in surveillance nonstop
It must be tough being a pensioner in the UK when they can't afford heating in winter, i looked up the European pension breakdown index and the UK pensioner has dropped to 15th spot behind countries like Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Bosnia, and the UK is the only G7 nation where living standards are worse than before the pandemic. The future is not looking to good for Britain.
Pensions are used to pay for the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Starmer will make it must worse if he gets power, they are ALL as bad, I say sack them all 650 ?
@@aidenfreedom hi Aiden, yes Starmer is another puppet but wouldn't you agree that the Labor party tends to do less harm to the strugglers, whereas the Torys cut backs always target the poorest people.
@@JohnnysCafe_ Yes Johnny you make a reasonable point, my Grandfather helped to get the first Labour MP into Parliament Anthony W Ben, yet the cooperation between private business and Government is what seems to have raised China's status in the current World of Politics, Labour however lacks the business insights needed for success as a Nation, I think its not all about Military expansion, Switzerland is one good example of fare governance until now as it is being undermined by the globalists?
Nothing is perfect in this World my friend?
@@JohnnysCafe_ So, hoping that Labour's better instincts will prevail in spite of Starmer's drive to make the party more right wing, in the hope of appearing to be more conservative, instead of extremist like the Tories, who don't have a clue how to conserve things?
I’ve recently returned to both UK and China after many years. And I can’t agree more that China has progressed so much while UK has regressed
If you would ask me back in the 80's or 90's where would I choose to live between Moscow and London, the answer would be London, now it would be Moscow without a doubt and the same applies for NYC or LA but how it happened in such a relatively short period of time is beyond me and something I would never guess, I really mean never but here we are
have ever tried to live there like local, not like tourist? you don't know that majority of people there dreaming about escaping the place but can't afford it
Well said Harvey 👏 you've always been great at expressing yourself so clearly in a calm manner
Yes, he expresses his opinion well. No need to come back to the UK
I tried to tell my european friends that China is a country worth visiting, they just laugh and think I'm crazy.
They're in denial
Don’t believe you. Unless you’re super young . Everyone I know would love to visit.
it's a dictatorship. Best avoid
Worth visiting, perhaps. Most places are worth visiting...
So much stupid western propaganda about China. If you believe the internet, China is ruled single-handedly by a dictator, they are locked down like North Korea, everyone's broke except CCP grandees, the internet barely works due to filtering, and people disappear to camps because they complained about the weather.
Having come back from Doha, Qatar, i was shocked to see the state London Underground was in! Dirty trains, stations. Beggers everywhere, homeless. Rapid decline. Restaurants, cafes shut early
When I visited China recently I was quite astounded how well organised and polite people were ( as I have found in my travels the very large proportion of people are nice) and the public transport was fantastic the cities were as you mentioned busy and vibrant, yes China does have its problems but the Government is trying to resolve them , maybe not in the same way as the West and we should respect that, but the political reporters say thee country is not democratic but look at the mess Europe and the US is in.
High daily living costs? The rich would never care while the poor always suffer!
Go out of self piety. Go and work, do something!
Why should the rich care about you? That's the government's job. And ask yourselves why you are poor. Is it because of not wanting to work?
The poor suffer because they want someone to blame so that they can continue to be poor and blame more people for their choices in life.
Be grateful that you are (relatively) poor in a developed country with a social security system.
By Gini index China has a greater wealth disparity (Gini index) than UK. I think Harvey is in the top few % in China.
I can't get used to the hostility and negativity in my home country anymore. I still didn't overcome my reverse culture-shock after returning from China. It's like the mind can't accept it anymore, once you've seen that things could be much different. That something better is indeed possible.
Once you see what gov could do for the people, you will no longer accept the ones who refused to listen to their people. We can said the government of west is no longer listening to their people.
Relatable. Just did a quick bounce into the U$ after 7 years in China, and found somewhere else ASAP.
Woke politicians, woke idiots and illegal immigrants. Have ruined all of the western world.
@JerryM-wt8hlI get that feeling in 90% of China. Suburban US for example on a different level, So much better.
@@JohnSmith-sm7eznoticed some of your other postings, they are ridiculous. Just can’t understand why certain people have this sour-grapes mentality, they have eyes yet they are blind😂
I also was away for nearly 3 years, and was shocked on my return too! Everything was broken, nothing seems to work. The driving standards were suicidal, people so angry at everything and each other too. Can it be reversed??
Spot on mate!! I am from the EU and just finished my LLB Law degree at a UK RG university, after 3 years of seeing "Great" Britain, i can safely say that it is not that Great, or so it seems. Streets littered with trash, inflation, poor infrastructure across the entirety of the UK (apart from high-end London streets and Canary Wharf). The UK's lavish and great reputation fades away as soon as you step foot in the UK. Glad to take away an LLB though as British education is a stronghold.
I'm returning to the EU and hopefully moving to China in the next 10 years.
I used London Underground for years. It is a nightmare. Worst part of working in London is using the Underground. And you pay too much for the "pleasure".
I’ve traveled to Hong Kong 4 times over the past two years so I’ve sampled China, what a great place and nice people.
Coming back to the UK is depressing after a visit to China or many other parts of Asia.
HK is too old
Kowloon is brand new, airport is new, infrastructure projects everywhere with links to China via hi speed rail, how is that old?
I loved visiting Hong Kong a few years ago. Had the same depressing experience coming back to the US and being stuck here when international travel shut down in 2020
Hong Kong is very different to mainland china. Sampling HK is not the same as sampling China.
@@roastnut Spent a few years in Shanghai as well. Loved it
I worked overseas 2004-2018. I was really looking forward to returning to the UK... home. This place is nothing like home now and nothing like the country I left in 2004.
I thank you so.much.
I am international interpreter
I am 70 years old. I thank you to see the world'sreality. Talk with each other is the best agenda. Instead of words which hurt so much.❤
Noella Berlin 😢
It is truly terrible UK is a calamity is depressing and is becoming a 3rd world country
We have lots of illegals to show us how it’s done?
USA is still in denial
How is that possible. We heard EU was the source of all your problems. You do not have it anymore.
😮Subscribed. We have a lot of homeless people around city area at night in Australia, just don't feel safe. The cost of living is SO SO SO bad, many people can't afford a pack of tomato for 3 months, yes many！ I guess the Australian politicians are just blind.
Guess democracy works for the 1%, not the ordinary ones.
Most politicians are rich, or they can't afford the campaigns.
They are too busy pleasing their US master, no time to care for the Aussies lol.
Auzzies earn 3x what New Zealanders earn, and everything is the same price, sometimes cheaper in Auzzie.
Yeah it’s like $11AUD/kg
Just came back from 3 weeks in China and was shocked how far behind we are.
At the beginning of May I took train from Manchester to London, one way off peak time, the price was £76! I was shocked.
The UK people don't believe in reducing train prices by subsidising it. In Europe, it's a lot cheaper, cleaner, faster and more reliable railway service. Next time avoid the UK and visit mainland Europe and tell your friends and relatives about your experience in the UK
@@user-hr6rv6od3j I don't think tickets price in the range of £ 30 - 40 will be subsidise, budget airlines cost around £50 for the same trip
@@user-hr6rv6od3j cope
@@fahedal-ajmi4015 exactly
Great Video Harvey, many good points...
Thanks, Chairman Mao!
Thanks Lee!
Imagine how I feel after coming back to UK after 15 years living in China!
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I loved it. No more endless high rises. Love London’s quaint , green village feel but still global at the same time.
You mean being able to eat food that wasn't cooked in sewer oil...? Being able to speak out against the government without being sent to a labour camp...? Being able to buy stuff that was likely to be genuine and not a knock-off forgery...? Dealing with temperate weather instead of being washed away by biblical flash-floods every spring...? Dealing with comparatively honest police and local authorities who don't invent fines to line their pockets...?
yes and you see all the muslims
@@noahark3810😂
@@noahark3810 If you don't like muslims than China is the place to be. I wonder how many arabs will stop visiting the west and spend their time in China now they and China are such good friends now? or even the Indonesians or China's 3rd best friend Pakistan
What you say about tech salaries is true. As CTO in London, with the responsibility of 60 people and a budget of almost 5 millions, I was making 160k a year, which is an entry salary for a senior software engineer in the worst US companies, and it's the salary of someone with 2 years of experience in a FAANG company, like Facebook or Google. And believe me, the situation now is much worse than 4 years ago. It is way harder to get a job.
The rent is gone up between 20 and 30 percent just in the last year.
The problem with your criticism of democracy is the inherent possibility of corruption; with no democracy you cannot kick those in power out. As Churchill said, it is the best of bad options. That stated, this was an interesting perspective.
Thank you for your revelations as I no longer live in the UK. I came back to the UK in 2000 after 5 years away in Germany and at that time I was shocked on my return. The huge increase in homelessness was because of the closer of mental health facilities. There was a huge increase in migration and the impacts of privatisation and de-industrialisation was becoming evident as the UK was switching to a service based economy. The UK, Europe and the West is intentionally being destroyed under instruction from the IMF and the UN. It was decided before WW2 that China would be developed into the manufacturing base for the world, be developed into a Technocratic model for the rest of the world to follow as part of a global plan that later became known as UN Agenda 21. Those behind Central banks and organisations such as Chatham House and their many affiliates are behind the demise of the West as part of their global plans for a one world government and global socialist governance system.
so the people that have done everything in their power to supress socialism, actually are secretly working to bring in socialism? You must be totally brainless.
@Max-Bliss i had to scroll very far through the comments to find just one person who gets that it's all planned, all by design of the criminal kabal who control & pay the bland little actors, liars & thieves most people believe are 'politicians'. All elections are fake.
Germany is doing much better than the UK?
Your observation is consistent with the vast majority of westerners. A similar trend is observed in the US/Canada and throughout western allied nations. The endless QE does not improve the situation either as the hegemon exports inflation around the globe in an effort to tame their economic woes. Economic prosperity is clearly shifting towards the East now with global south nations expected to undergo further development if they continue to establish cooperation and trade through the BRI.
Poor economic conditions and political instability are often accompanied by drastic decline in the living standards, rise in poverty and crime as wealth is concentrated within a small group of social elites.
In the US prices and rent are crazy, but salaries are really high. A nurse does 150k USD, a programmer can do easily 400k. Yes, food is really expensive, and you need a car, but electronics, cars, and fuel are cheaper than here in the UK.
His observation is consistant with the CCP. The west has recovered better than China from Covid
@@biomorphic I woked in IT and programers that make over 200K are the five percent. That is utter nonsense as we outsource so much to India and other countries that have programers that have something better than a True and false education.
When an African comes to Britain, we think we have arrived in heaven, when an indigenous brits returns to Britain after living in China, he sees third world conditions.
I've lived in the UK for over fifty years and I don't agree with you views regarding Africa. When have you witness people sleeping on the streets in Africa.
Talk about your country. We south africans love our country
You dont even have to leave to know that, you just need to visit certain areas.
@@ibrahimwellington3046all the time. Normally when they should be working,
3rd world my ass. Get a grip
Great to hear from a young man who took the chance in a foreign country and succeeded 👏
you are spot on my friend i live in am British born in London the last 10 years i have lived in Taiwan and when i return each year to uk i cant believe the state of it you have to dodge the holes in the road as they are no longer repaired them very sad to see the decline
Excellent presentation, thanks Harvey, from Toronto 🇨🇦 where similar decay is happening.
decay? that bad?
@@fannyalbi9040 bro australia, canada, and the UK have insane cost of living issues. prices are increasing and wages are staying the same
@@fannyalbi9040 handing out passports like candy for millions will do that
@@sncaz1767 what's the real cause?
@@fannyalbi9040 profit mad corporations and a weak state lacking in central planning and ethics.
I am glad you didn't get accused of being a paid agent of China. Great comparison of the two countries.
They normally get mates to post , getting paid by CCP . It helps get subscribers and pushes the anti China chat.
What else is he?
Not paid? then he does it out of love of Autocratic China and his dislike of the UK
Harvey, I remember the UK before we joined the Common Market, Great health care, cheap housing, and jobs for everyone, I've lived between Thailand and the UK for the last 31 Years and've seen Britain become more overpopulated and our Infrastructure breaking down, whereas Thailand is on the up and up the same as China but both countries have very strict immigration controls and would not sell their sovereignty or control of their orders to Corporations exactly what members of the EU have done or join a club that implements tariffs on free global trading and I'm sure as Thailand as in China how many Migrants have become involved in the running of China or Politics there zero mate and rightfully so, Asians have more sense than to give citizenship tp foreigners and then allow them to attack their history and culture and become a negative force on the well being of the country,Ps the biggest effect on the Uk economy has been the War in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia,Asiand have more commonsense than to get involved with Wars with America ,Britain does not.
Yesterday, I read British government spend 20 millions on royal family’s security only each year, don’t mention other costs from them. And English people are pretty happy about it! I went like wow, how generous these people are! In 21 century, they still keep their king and love to pay taxes to raise the whole royal family, unbelievable!!!
Do you ever know how rich the royal family is, how much money they got each year? Go do your own research, it will shock you!
UK is just too expensive.
Every time I heard of freedom and democracy and the rights to vote, I'm laughing my arse out.
Let these gullible continue to live in their democracy world and watch their country sink to the bottom.
You sound like a … So hafeful. Oh poor western nations who live longer and healthier lives. Can’t believe you laugh at right to vote. How pathetic. Yeah governments should be given all the power. That always works out. Absolute idiot.
What an idiotic take, take a plane and move to China.
I used to say, 100 years from now, people will start debating whether Western Democracy is the best political system. Ever since 2016, that number of 100 keeps shrinking.
It's not really a democracy anymore...
Really? Has there ever been a country that succeded long term that was a dictatorship. What do you think of the 40 million people in china that died (starved) during the great leap forward? How about the millions of Kulaks killed by Stalin? How about Venezuela, North Kora and Cuba? Great examples of communism in action. Oh and what do you think about the Belt and Road plan that has been a disaster? And tell me what the GDP per person in China is compared to the rest of the world. The real GDP not the CCC made up inflated numbers. And lastly the great Ghost Cities that have been such a wonderful success. How much evergrande stock do you own?
Absolutely shocking what is happening in the UK. So many people still denying it too.
I come from a country (Germany) where 90 years ago, people also thought that democracy is not the right way to go, and that we would need a strong leader (and it even looked like that would work for a while). Russians also think, that they need a strong (cleptocratic) leader. Please wake up. These leaders won't question themselves, because nobody dares to contradict them.
You can rather argue, that Britain is not a real democracy anymore, because thanks to Cambridge Analytica etc. large corporations and super rich can manipulate the public opinion (and lure the Brits into Brexit). But believe me: To think that a strong leader is needed, is the worst kind of thinking. Even if there is one of them around that might be ok, a claptocrat who will do anything to stay in power is just around the corner.
Do you think that Germany is an independent democratic country? It has been a colony of the US since the end of WW2. Operation Mockingbird demonstrated how the CIA controlled the press in Germany and other European nations. It can't even run its own energy policy without the US stepping in to blow up the pipelines that once provided the cheap gas that kept German industry alive. If you doubt my words, there is a video of Biden standing next to Scholz at a press conference, and Biden boasts that he will 'bring an end' to Nord Stream 2 in the event of a war in Ukraine. 'I promise you, we will be able to do it, ' he responds to a journalist's query. Later that year, the US blew it up (and pretended that it was Ukraine, with zero credibility). Meanwhile, Scholz stands there like a lemon, whilst his supposed ally promises to destroy his country's industrial future. German democracy, like that of the rest of Europe, is a joke. In fact, democracy everywhere in the West is a joke. It's a charade.
Democracy is a good idea, it's the multi-party system that's the problem. They lead to constant division, bickering, backstabbing, sabotaging, etc. to the detriment of the country. There need to be a new way to select public officials much like how the corporations do it.
No, it is bourgeois democracy that is the problem.
I would say that China's party system is more similar to the parliamentary system in the West. The Communist Party and several progressive democratic parties cooperate to establish a coalition government. Unlike the West, the Communist Party of China has assumed the historical responsibility of organizing and implementing policies and building the country. The difference between China and the West is that unlike the West, China does not hold general elections, but formulates a five-year plan for national development through the National People's Congress and entrusts it to a professional government to implement and promote China's industrial development and construction. The prime minister of the government is elected by the National People's Congress. However, both the National People's Congress and the government are guided by the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the leadership of the Party to carry out national construction.
About democracy, I think the key to democracy is that the government and the people have good communication and consultation, and that the basic goals and development ideas of national development are established through broad social consensus, rather than elections. For me, I am a social conservative. In foreign policy, I adhere to realism and use diplomacy to defend national interests, but I oppose foreign aggression. I defend peace through force, but not by force. I defend trade routes and partners from imperialist hegemony. Internal policy emphasizes big government, control of capital, social market economy, opposition to refugees, and opposition to white left. However, there is no discrimination against ethnic minorities who have joined the country's nationality. However, if someone commits a crime, they will be hit hard regardless of their ethnicity. Support rational environmental policies, support new energy transformation in line with national conditions, support industrial policies, require the government to strengthen investment in emerging productivity and emerging industries, strengthen infrastructure investment, and public education, and the establishment of a complete and low-cost medical insurance system (not free medical care). Support social security, but oppose white left-style high welfare. Specifically, it is to ensure state control in the fields of energy, education, medical care, and infrastructure construction. The government subsidizes emerging industries, but encourages market competition. Opposes false freedom of speech that talks about political slogans. Supports rational policy discussions based on facts and seeks truth from facts.
I would say that China's party system is more similar to the parliamentary system in the West. The Communist Party and several progressive democratic parties cooperate to establish a coalition government. Unlike the West, the Communist Party of China has assumed the historical responsibility of organizing and implementing policies and building the country. The difference between China and the West is that unlike the West, China does not hold general elections, but formulates a five-year plan for national development through the National People's Congress and entrusts it to a professional government to implement and promote China's industrial development and construction. The prime minister of the government is elected by the National People's Congress. However, both the National People's Congress and the government are guided by the socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics and the leadership of the Party to carry out national construction.
Web3 and DAOs is worth looking into
Groups around the world are trying to develop better systems, network states is on the cusp of becoming a thing.
A new era is coming.
Good afternoon Harvey. Big culture shocks for you, from UK China UK. I understand your emotions. 😮
More importantly, the health service of the UK is shockingly bad. People have been asked to see non medically trained people like chemists and car mechanics for health conditions. It also begs the question, do the UK not able to differentiate between non medically trained people like chemists and car mechanics from doctors? Why have the UK people come to this level? The level of education there must be awful if they have to ask chemists and car mechanics about health, can't they think for themselves?
Relatable experience. I've worked in UK for almost 3 years. Coming back to Moscow I was shocked how it is light years ahead in terms of infrastructure and services (not speaking of being 3-30 times cheaper in most key aspects such as rent/ownership, transportation, utilities, telecom, essentials etc.).
The West is in a "profit crisis" defined by Marx as a period of time when falling wages & rising prices mean people cannot afford to buy what is produced. Corporations react to this by inflating prices further as a quick short term fix - but increased profit per unit of production suffers diminishing returns. Eventually the economy is pushed into a depression, usually by debt.
Something must be wrong with the UK and the politicians in charge there. Where do those in charge drive their energy and thinking at?
@resnica3557 Selfish gain, no care for those they represent, they line their pockets and corrupt
All Anglophone countries in general all facing the same decay as UK. East Asia is booming for 5 reasons:
1. Freedom Only to law-abiding citizens.
2. Common sense policies. if you encourage homelessness you got homelessness, if you empower crime you got crime, if you support drugs you got everything in between.
3. No race theory, no race war. Diversity and inclusion yield way to nationalism and patriotism.
4. No Free food, Free Housing, Free medical, Free education. Everybody has to pay for things they want. If you don’t want to work you die.
5. If you shoot, you die.
The biggest point is that China is no longer a communist, although he claims to be a communist, and the west is no longer a capitalist, although he claims to be a capitalist, and the systems of both sides are being exchanged.
Many in forced camps were law abiding.
China has 1.77 million homelessness. More than US and EU combined. Just more rural.
@@JohnSmith-sm7ez China’s forced camps or ass-rape American prison, which one produce repeated criminals? Which one you’d choose?
@@JohnSmith-sm7ez hahaha, don’t you know rural China has the most vacant homes? There are more homes than people.
The basic driving force on the cost and standard of living in the UK has always been the cost of energy. Energy prices are at the root of manufacturing, agriculture, transport, the service sector, EVERYTHING. The tragedy is we are sitting on a mountain of coal that the government won't allow us to use because open cast mining is too unsightly and would make the planet too hot. Have the Germans shut down their open cast mines? No, they've opened new ones. Has China abandoned open cast mining - of course not. Coal still accounts for 60% of the energy there compared to only 1% in the UK. It is madness. I thought I'd already stopped the planet from getting to hot when I was forced to change my light bulbs.
I have taken the China Express train before, which only costs 7 USD for a 45 minute journey, with only one delay of 2 minutes. The longest subway in a big city, with a maximum cost of only 1 USD, provides a great experience!!
quite rare to
listen to the truth. now i know more. thanks harvey.
It's not that rare, if you know where to look. However, you'll always have idiots in the comments section in videos like this, like this Arnold right here, resort to name calling just because they have a different opinion. And i use the word opinion lightly... I mean, any idiot can type "CCP Bot" without countering anything with truths or facts.
How is this the truth? It's just one guys anecdotal opinion, without any data or sources to back it up.
What you mean to say is that you agree with his opinion, but that doesn't mean that his opinion is "the truth."
9:00 Of course, there are homeless people in China too, and it was common to see them in the past. However, the Chinese government has put in a lot of effort to build a system to help the homeless. This system helps the homeless return to their hometowns or find employment, and provides assistance to people with disabilities so they can live in relief facilities. As a result, there are no longer homeless people on the streets. Moreover, examples of such support systems can be found in historical records, indicating that China has always established these systems during times of prosperity.
My sociology teacher taught me that a country's level of civilization is reflected in its concern for the vulnerable. It is undeniable that economic development and national strength provide the capacity to care for the less fortunate. However, many Western countries not only neglect the vulnerable but also seem to be less focused on their own development. Instead, they are more concerned with suppressing other countries that are progressing well.
This is not comparable. The population of China's Top cities is equivalent to half of the UK‘s , so the China government must provide corresponding services.
Thanks for posting this, I think it's a really important perspective having left and returned years later. People don't recognise the rot when they live in the slow drip daily. I moved to Ireland almost 6 years ago and I've watched all of the UK, Europe and Ireland absolutely fall apart in just that short time. People need to open their eyes and start holding the government responsible for what they've done to us!
Thanks Harvey. I think your views make more sense than many of today's politicians..
Listen to CCP politicians. They say the same thing
I know how you feel. I used to live in NYC and flew to HK once or twice a year. NYC > HK = like taking a time traveling machine into the future. HK > NYC = fucking depressing. And take into account that HK is a bit behind in comparison to all the crazy new shit in mainland.
I have been 3 times in HK to visit my friends, but HK is so boring. I only like the food over there. China has a lot of crazy cities, there is much more fun.
You might be a bit too young to be nostalgic about the good old days. I love both China and the UK. Just spent too years in Berlin and I'm so happy to be back in London 😊
What do you think of Winnie the Poo? Can you post a video about that ?
Reading all these comments is absolutely heart breaking,extremely worrying and makes me very thankful that I am not homeless.
After several days in London, I was desperate to flee and so I hastened to St Pancras for Paris which is also depressed but with more grand monuments.
Yes, this how many Chinese feel when coming home.
Paris and France are way ahead of the UK.
Harvey, you say _"this is a purely anecdotal video based on my opinions and experiences it's not being backed up by facts or statistics"._
It would be SO helpful if you could add the evidence to your message.
Although I share your sentiment, the UK was in the same dire position 3 years ago, so not sure how you would notice any real changes
Harvey is an impressable young man, likes to boast how clever he is by living in china. Actually, he makes me sick
Yep, not much has changed in the last 3 years. Bro just got a Chinese girlfriend and enjoyed his time living with her in China, whilst the UK has had an economic downturn due to the pandemic and pandemic related policies. It's not that deep. I see no reasons to abandon democracy and switch to an autocratic system of governance because of this.
You are a very fortunate young man. I'm now 65 yrs and collecting my Canadian CPP & OAS. It's a meagre amount but I'm able to get by. If I had the money I would love to spend five years in Russia; just to see what it's like. I certainly don't believe all the propaganda that the government feeds us. All the best.
China has many of its own issues including terrible poverty.
The UK is run by the same party under different names and colours who have helped each other destroy it since WW2. The people fall for it every 4 years, it's very demoralizing: but I wouldn't want to live in China.
nobody in right mind will want to live there
But China is activity generating an industrial techno system that generates the resources to flip this ,which is happening now. Deflation in China means their money buys more stuff cause the stuff gets cheaper.
Leader change can't be the reason. In Germany we just had 2 different Governments in the last 20 years. But the situation is very similar to what you described about England. Same with Brexit. Germany is still member of EU and EUR but everything seems to collapse. Pandemic was a global problem, China also suffered from. There must be something else!