Is Xi's China the new Soviets?
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If it is as great as Hegemony, it is a must for all political scientists out there!
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What a silly analysis. The only accurate conclusion the party has absolute power. Everything else is nonsense. Then again any government have absolute power, even if you might want separate the various components of the government.
Good western propaganda video men.
Let's be clear you europoor didn't Poland become a us puppet isn't eu with 30+ us military base 😂 in the end you needed china and did your official were just tin Poland few months back 😂
Russia must play Greeks to the Romans now.
Ah yea Greeks who control 15% of earth towards romans who at 8%
Ah yea 15% of earth greek to 8% of earth roman
BRANDON?!?!? ❤:DD
I feel like China is new Rome and West New Greece :(
@@piotrmontgomerytv7786 did you watch the video?
I am 30 years old. To the younger people here. I have seen articles and videos of China's fall every 6 months from 2000
China's decline is normal doesnt mean they are going to "fall". It's like claiming that US will collapse with 2008 financial crisis. It's stupid. I am open to being wrong, but I don't see how China can fall unless America really bear the brunt of the costs that comes with a Chinese collapse.
Yeah, here we also struggle with pensions, low birth rates, banks controlled by oligarchs (non state related in our case). And we also struggle with no money for incestment and a housing crysis. AND, ethnic replacement in our own lands.
I struggle to see how they arent in the superior position
@mcorte2224 china cant deal with birthrate like Europe and the us via immigration. Europe and american social security are far superior especially europe.
@mcorte2224 because most problems we suffer they also suffer from, usually worse too. they have worse birth rates (1.2 and falling). CCP controls every major corpo which includes banks which makes them the ultimate oligarchs. investments in china is falling since covid and China has literal giant abandoned cities with no one living in them, thats the supreme housing crisis (evergreen the largest chinese real estate developer also went bankrupt a few years ago too). the divide between super large cities and rural is even larger than the US.
ethnic replacement is the only problem they arent suffering from.
@mcorte2224 I dont think wh ite people realize how much their popualtions are in decline lol
Systematically capitalizing a primitive economy with current technology financed by exports can work great; but it's purely a strategy to catch up, not to surpass. Once it catches up, if it can even do that much due to inherent limits on exports, it stagnates.
And it doesnt even catch up. Only one non-western country (w/o oil) has "caught up" economically: Japan.
@@JSK010 And they hit a wall once they did.
It borrowed money to produce manufactured goods to be sold at a loss. The chinese government used depth to make its manufacturing sector look competitive. The chinese subsidized their exports, any country can do this, even Nigeria. It's just any democracy would never be stupid enough to do so.
@@dyadica7151 How did you come to that conclusion? Both Japan and Korea, maybe even Taiwan are already advanced economies. They are advanced because they are up to speed in basic science and leading in some areas. What an advanced western country has that these countries don't have? BTW, most western countries are not advanced economies, GDP is a measure of production,not development.
And China today is up to speed on basic science and is leading in several scientific disciplines and manufacturing. Even the US didn't invent or discover most of the fundamental science or building blocks of its present aerospace or semi-conductor industry.
Mark my words world future is in Asia. Don't believe wait for 10 to 20 Years. If the west is so ahead then why do US and EU are so scared of china currently the west is trying to stop Chinese growth rather than increasing their own. US has 35 trillion dollars for debt but it's fine but China who has 1 trillion dollar trade surplus is collapsing😂. US is ok because world is almost forced to use USD in trading. The moment it stop's US will be Fu**ed. In past 70 to 80% of world reserve currency was US dollar but now it is falling below 60% and it's decreasing faster than before. Ask your self why is West ahead can they produce more the ans is no then you might say the west is ahead in technology the ans is still no most of the latest technology is created in Asia or by the Asian's. So the Main reason west is ahead because the current world order is created by the west. In few decade the world order will change by the BRICS or China.
To better understand China's economy, one must study Gordon Chang's book "The Coming Collapse of China," published in 2001. 😂
They say China is failing every single year. Yet, year after year, China is supposed to be the greatest threat at the same time. How can China be collapsing and becoming a bigger threat to the "world" (read: North America and EU) at the same time? That's beyond the rational mind.
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USSR was at it's strongest after WW2, and only 30 years later it collapsed. Authoritarian regimes destroy themselves as fast as they lift up.
Collapse, Collapse , Collapse, Collapse...........
Mao is truly a good equivalent of Stalin. In this parallel, Xi is more similar to Brezhnev, ousting the "liberal" who was trying to reform the system and replacing him with a hardliner. It's worth noting that in most large countries that underwent a long period of dictatorship, this was a cyclical behavior that flip flopped. At some point, Xi will be replaced by a Gorbachev. It's more so a question of when, and how badly damaged will the PRC's economy and legitimacy be by the time it happens.
Everyone dies and everything eventually ends. So no gold age is eternal, but no dictator rules forever. I fond amusing that in history long reigns by competent rulers are usually followed by decline, as the old heirs die quickly and eventually you get a succession civil war.
He won't be replaced by Gorbachev, because Gorbachev is disliked in China, ////
Average West European/North American wishful thinking.
Chinese communism has been on a very different path from that of Soviet communism. Mao clashed with Stalin even back in the 1930s, he continued to clash with the Soviet orthodoxy in the following decades. Mao was the rebel within the communist camp (whereas Vietnam and Cuba were much more orthodox than China). China and the USSR were not comparable from the get go.
Deng and Jiang took it even further by introducing marketization and western capital into the socialist economy, turning China into a global player within capitalism, away from a closed-off socialist economy that the USSR was. This is why China would NEVER be Soviet Union, and it would NOT collapse the way the Soviets did.
Matter fact, capitalism of the West depends on China to reproduce itself. All the efforts to move the supply chains out of China, all the efforts to decouple from China, all the trade wars have failed. It's capitalism that needs China more than China needs capitalism today. Surpluses of US dollars continues to flow into China en masse, and China would repurpose those surpluses to transactions, investments and financings (with Russia and Global South nations) OUTSIDE of the West, outside of American, British and German banking systems. And there is simply nothing the US or the "transatlantic" countries can do about it, thus all the ridiculous and empty threats from their elected and unelected officials. Anyone who has some knowledge of global trade and business understand that. People who are not business executives, people who only learn about China through their mainstream media and ideological conditioning, are hopelessly misguided in this situation. China does not even have to topple the US dollar. China wants the USD to remain in its place. By virtue of being THE most powerful and developed industrial economy in the world, China is capable of putting Western hegemony to an end. It's plainly naive and arrogant to ask questions like "when is China going to have their Gorbachev moment" when it's the West that is failing and imploding in broad daylight.
Do you know why there won't be a Chinese Gorbachev? Because China precisely survived the 1990s by NOT repeating Gorbachev's idiocy.They learned the lesson from the fall of the Soviets. If you were under the impression that China was ever going through "liberalization", that is, gradually shifting towards liberal capitalist democracy, I should inform you that it never took place and never will. China has always been socialist, and their socialism is stronger than ever, capable of reshaping the international order in ways that the Soviets never could.
You do realise Xi is a Maoist, right? Even so, the true leadership and power is behind the scenes.
Agreed. I might add, brilliant video: starts with peripheral supporting arguments-including steelman counter arguments. Ends with no fundamental-attribution-error declarations (like so many other videos like this). Instead winds inward to a non-geopolitical proposal as to the cause-fear of chaos, the rejection of aleatoric innovation forces, the futile attempt to control human nature.
One could make the argument that the U.S. is in the Soviet Union's position of increased debt, and increased military spending with weapons manufacturers not able to impress the U.S. military with future proof weapons for the next conflict, while the vast majority of Americans are suffering from an expensive cost of living and a lower quality of life, which makes no sense.
Nah, I recommend you look into the actual history and then you wouldn't even consider this. The empire is stronger than ever 💪🦅🇺🇲
@@abrahamgn3614lmao I recommend you look into the stats 😆
Difference is that the populace in the USA could vote in a new administration unlike communist contries like the ussr and china, who will use lethal force to stay in power or collapse like the soviet.
I am 60k per year and I have access to anything I want to purchase. Ironically, my standard of living is possible because of Chinese products.
nothing like it.
Let's be clear - the US is richer and has more resources this year than any previous year...actually, of any country in the history of humanity.
Sure, the bottom 50% is screwed by inequality, but the US is doing very well.
I'm not a fan of the US btw, it's just how it is.
Lots of salty Chinese in the comments. This is an analysis on China as a whole, the data points to things, he doesnt state anything definitively. He merely points out their problems and possible paths going forward. People need to understand what information is and what critical thinking is. This is well put together and balanced video.
I'm salty and I'm not even Chinese, but I don't consume poor quality propaganda content like this! 😬
@@kolviczd6885 Nothing but Xinhuanet, Fox news, Sun news, or random tiktoks and tweets for you eh? Brave.
@@kolviczd6885And how exactly is this propaganda?
cope
@@askip9304 everything is propaganda
When you visit China today, the surface shows little change. Move behind the surface, and cracks are visible: factories with idle equipment, new fines, lack of local government support for business development, and salary reductions in many sectors.
I have a friend in China right now who has been visiting for decades and he says all across the country the luxury retail and hospitality areas are now dead while the budget options are much busier
Then why does west complain about overcapacity? 😂
To see China's development, you only need to understand the attitude of the United States towards China, because there are tens of thousands of American researchers analyzing China, and they know China better than you do. If one day the United States takes a moderate attitude towards China and does not see it as a threat, it means that China's development has really stagnated. No country would sanction a country that poses no threat to itself. To see the Chinese economy clearly, it is better to analyze the United States. The focus is on how the United States promoted the Japanese threat theory in the 1980s, until the Japanese economy stagnated and the Japanese threat theory circulating in American society also stopped.
It was the same with the soviet union - the narrative of it being a threat went right up to it's collapse.
Development isn't the only way of being a threat/sanctionable though. North Korea and Iran are also sanctioned by the US - I don't think anyone is calling those countries development.
It’s the nuclear age. A country can be both dangerous and on the road to self inflicted ruin.
By all means, explain how china still isn't a first world country? I doubt they are going to be like the soviets anytime soon.
@廖博 which VPN are you using? Are you happy with it?
@@jackforman561 I'm quite satisfied, I don't think there's any problem with using VPN. But when I climbed over the wall and saw your foolish thinking, I was quite disappointed. I thought you were quite smart,
US really hopes China is another Soviet..lol
in wishful thinking.
The US doesn't really hope for that, it just deals with reality. And the reality is that China's economic growth is slowing incredibly despite the fact that it has yet to reach the high-income state that it should. Its in a middle-income trap.
Both China and Russia think the US is next Soviet now. Putin just said it a few years ago.
Excellent! I hadn't heard nor considered the connection between more consumption and loss of control. This is a good explanation of why the latest action was only local debt refinancing and not consumer demand stimulation. Thank you!
China is currently facing a lot of challenges, sure. The over-building of apartments is clearly absurd, and the local government debt is indeed a big issue. But pretty much everything else reported here is coloured by outright deceptive propaganda.
The US spends something like a quarter of its GDP on health with horrible outcomes at the societal scale. Pensions are a huge drag on their economy, and leave millions still in poverty. Huge (numerically anyway) numbers of Chinese have both health insurance and acceptable pensions. We somehow think the US' 40% of their population not being able to afford a 400$ unforeseen expense is something to be emulated. Great wealth distribution guys... Which we add to their low/no health insurance and pensions. Chinese are less inclined to spend in these situations and somehow this is the government's fault for not encouraging them into debt. Hmmm.
And in terms of keeping the top .1% in line? So Musk maybe giving Trump a 1-2% boost through constant falsehoods is a good thing? So he can go and suck at the government teet for more contracts? How is anyone not completely out on crack saying these things? And as the proportion of income spent on housing skyrockets around the western world with rapidly increasing wealth inequality due to a combination of greed and an inability of government to to react to societal needs (such as more, higher density housing) because of small groups of vested interests... Government of the rich, for the rich. That's good? That's sustainable?
I live in one of China's poorer, highly rural provinces, and you certainly still see plenty of people working in the fields with hand tools. Many areas are going to be difficult to mechanise. But I don't see anywhere near the homelessness of a typical western country, and I have never seen a hungry child (screaming for more ice cream doesn't count!). Food deserts, where you can't buy healthy food within many miles of where you live simply don't exist anywhere here. Period. Healthy (no more chemicals than the US anyway...) food is abundant and cheap, everywhere and, as mentioned, there are at least plenty of nice apartments for people to sleep (even ripping down all the ghost towns would leave a couple of apartments per person...)!
Slavishly rabbiting neoliberal talking points that focus on biased, purely GDP-based stats is beneath you, my friend. You make hay while the sun shines, and so China is over investing in infrastructure now, while the cheap debt to pay for it is still available. That's just smart... Not everything is perfect by a long shot but the idea that government doesn't intervene or interfere in the west is ludicrous. Many, many industries are fat with government money or preferential regulations in the west, and to say otherwise is patently ridiculous.
but but ccp is bad !!!
Exactly. But the U.S. did recently pass that bill to promote Chinese propaganda. It trips me out that people can not put two and two together. Everytime we had a Chinese or just simply immigrant student, they almost always performed far better than American students, and this was even like 20 years ago. America is almost synonymous with Tinder, football, vaping, drugs, and working at Amazon for 1000 hours a week lol. And yet somehow, the US will stay remain ahead of everyone? Americans do a great job at underestimating the world and to me, it shows how weak our critical thinking abilities are. This includes Europe as well as I'm baffled at how many Europeans really believe that Russia wants to invade them.
European elites are just envious that their empires were broken up while Russia got to keep theres, and elites are well aware of the resources that exist around the world, and no other nation looks more delicious to break up for private companies to profit off of than Russia itself.
It hurts me hearing old folks who are indoctrinated by MSM, middle aged folks in the manosphere thinking they've stumbled on the truth, and young folks who get their news from Twitch and COD repeat the very propaganda that the West wants. Nothing more advanced, complex, and powerful than the US propaganda.
Lol you dont live in rural china. You are not allowed over the chinese firewall. Someone should call the cops on you.
@@MA_KA_PA_TIE He might have VPN.
the narrator fails to mention US interest payments are due to become the single biggest budget item, but yeah apparently China is going down....
Keep in mind all these numbers about China are based on a population size that may be significantly smaller and older than "1.4 billion", with GDP figures that's considerably inflated, and debts that are significantly underreported (due to shadow banks).
That’s the thing with authoritarian countries, the regime’s legitimacy is heavily tied to it’s “immaculate” image. Even random mass murders and natural disasters are covered up or played down. Who knows how rotten they really are before they implode.
It evens out in the end
The US is no better
Not to mention the nefarious effects of pervasive corruption in all aspects of society, whether construction projects, food industry, government etc
@@User-CT-55555 Shhhh the stock market is doing amazing, aka the US is doing amazing.
The top 10% of Americans held 93% of all stocks. Meanwhile, the bottom 50% of Americans held just 1% of all stocks... But shhhhhh we're doing amazing!
@@Devilishlybenevolent you know when you resort to whatabotism you admit the persons original dog
I'm glad you did this video as all your previous videos were harping on United States\Western world, but with this video I think it all makes more sense to you and I can't wait for future content. Thank you
I once felt your videos were unbiased and objective, I no longer get that feeling, too many statements that are so influenced and clearly leaning to one side over the other, at least had you cut those parts out it would have helped the quality of the video, but looking at the statistics you focused on and the way you interpreted them makes me feel like objectivity wasnt the point, though your experience does hide that side pretty well.
1:00 to 1:20 a lot of this data doesn't really mean anything though.
Real GDP growth shrinking is normal and the data shown is misleading. It shows China slowing down by making the graph be compared to the growth of previous years but not regressing as the graph seems to want to imply. The nations economy is just slowing down due to it being more industrialised and being more at carrying capacity. By this logic, the US during the 50s and 60s could be seen as falling off as it's not growing as fast, buts that's clearly not true is it?
The non financial sector debt being a little high is undoubtedly concerning but compared to other countries on this list like the US and Japan, it's probably not as big of a deal as it is. The chart is also again trying to mislead, implying 'left side bad'.
Also this inflation graph is slightly misleading. Based on what I can find, CPI and PPI don't necessarily mean inflation, just signifiers of it and can just not mean anything. CPI is the consumer perception of inflation while PPI is producer perception of inflation. Despite them both being past the well intended target of 2% given by the US, I think due to its high GDP growth over the years this target could be argued to be much higher for China, its also stable so what's the harm? The PPI kinda fluctuating is kinda concerning, but doesn't mean much if it doesn't translate into anything substantial in economic terms.
Decrease in consumption in Chinas GDP just means the country is producing less as there is less demand for the good. That just means China doesn't need to produce as much anymore, not anything else. Also the graph is very misleading with 34% being the 0 point, implying 'China slowing down means it collapsing' but its just decreasing from an abnormal 54% to a more normal 34% as other parts of the GDP like government spending and investment need to catch up which was normal as China is just a large consumer economy. In fact when looking closely at the graph instead implies China's growth as investment and government spending is taking up more of the GDP to develop the country while showing the period of China's rise.
From this 20 seconds of footage alone I think whatever this guy is saying based on these graphs needs to be taken with a large helping of salt as what it seems like is happening here is this guy is deliberately finding graphs that imply China is collapsing either without truly understanding the context or knowing but purposely trying to mislead their audience as the audience usually doesn't know any better.
@GoodTimesBadTimes if you're reading this, I truly hope you can do better and not just find an argument you want to start with and finding 'evidence' to support your point.
And Audience, make sure you take everything you see on the internet with a pinch of salt as people, as difficult as it is to believe in, can lie on the internet. (NO WAY!!!) Yes.
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The numbers are the paragraphs.
1) How is the IMF GDP chart misleading? It's slowing down and that's what I said in the video. But the problem is that China is slowing too fast, too soon. Turkmenistan (China's equivalent in PPP per capita) is now growing at 6.3%. Wow, impressive! China is below 5% and falling. You compare it with the US. Fine, but the US did not have the problem of rising consumption (on the contrary, it enjoyed it), which is why the US model was sustainable and the Chinese started to crumble (as the whole video presents the evidence for).
2) And you're wrong. The US debt to GDP is at 250%, while China's (which is far more backward) is over 300%. Japan is bad, but it is still a much richer society.
3) Sorry, to save time I'm just going to chat gpt here. Why is deflation worrying?
Expectation of further price falls: When prices fall, consumers may expect products to be even cheaper in the future. This leads them to postpone purchases in anticipation of better deals, reducing current demand.
Rising real value of debt: In a deflationary situation, the value of money rises so that people in debt feel that their debt is an increasing burden relative to their income. This leads to a reduction in spending as they try to pay off their debts instead of consuming.
Falling corporate profits: Deflation often means that companies have to cut prices, which affects their profit margins. In response, they may reduce employment, investment and also wages, negatively affecting consumers' incomes. Less stable incomes lead them to save rather than spend.
Consumer sentiment deteriorates: If deflation persists, the economy may stagnate or fall into recession. This situation fosters pessimism and encourages consumers to save for further economic problems.
4) The country is producing less? Are you kidding me? It's exports are skyrocketing, the population just can't afford it (generally speaking) and the policy is to push it abroad. Also, there wasn't one sentence where I implied that "China is collapsing".
Unfortunately, your post shows that you've done little research on the subject, you've implied things that I didn't say or that the graphs are misleading (how can official statistics be misleading?), and you've come to flawed conclusions based on your (I assume) biased position.
And at the end of the day, I take responsibility for the research I publish, you can do whatever you like by implying that I lied.
Why don't u do a video on US election on wars and geopolitics @@GoodTimesBadTimes
@@GoodTimesBadTimes Oh Hi, didn't expect you would come here and argue with me.
First off, love the content, doing good quality vids and I'm sure they're well researched. The argument was more to the fact that the graphs shown could be misleading. I know you put a lot of time into them and I might have insulted you personally. Fair. But just wanted people to come in with an open mind with a different perspective. No one wants an entire comment section of just glazing the creator right? there has to be some constructive criticism.
The problem that I mainly have with these graphs are more due to the fact that the graphs don't fully show the context of the situation at hand and more just shows 'haha line go down' which implies 'bad thing happen to china' which to the audience if dumb enough could take away 'China collapsing?!?!'
The graph about consumption is a great example of this. It shows the graph of consumption in China being 54% to 34% since 1970. This might seem bad on paper but first we must look at the context. In 1970 China was relatively isolationist with no real investment or trade into the country to speak of. Since the country was also very poor not much government spending could be done as well. This really left Consumption as the only real component of GDP to really have any weight in China. With the massive population in mind, this further shows why consumption was as high as it was back then. Then it started to shrink. why? Because China is opening up, being more trade focused, more investment is coming into the country and thus the government has more money to spend. So it's no wonder the Consumption percentage of GDP shrunk. In fact if it didn't that would be considered abnormal.
But I do admit where I'm wrong. I do admit I know nothing about CPI and PPI and looked it up briefly before spewed random stuff. I apologise for that.
However, the point still stands is that despite your admittedly thorough work, your graphs are, to be blunt, shit and terribly misleading which I do hope can be corrected. I honestly don't care about the rest of the video cause I know you did a good job of it but the graphs had so many purposely misleading areas that I don't know if you didn't catch it or left it in there on purpose (I hope not) or what. I also apologise if this wasn't communicated well enough to you and for any offence this thread may have caused as it isn't my intention to do so.
Edit: one more thing I wanted to mention. On that specific graph, it shows the data having a zero point in of around 30% and not 0%. Why would you do that? Everyone knows that you should always start your graph with a base of 0 unless the data makes it physically impossible or you have a very good reason for it. This looks to me you’re emphasising the line go down. But why would you do that? This makes me believe that you’re purposefully doing this to mislead audiences who don’t know any better to believe ‘China line go down mean they’re going to collapse 😱😱’
@@Tymmy777 Not defending China, just calling out shitty or deliberately misleading map design.
Imagine the economic powerhouse China could be if the government wasn't obsessed with control and barriers. If truly they allowed for an open, free market, with some democratic values, it's incredible what could be achieved.
then their country will be flooded by outsiders like every western nation
They would be an inflated Taiwan, powerful yet benign.
Isn't that just India? Look at how they're doing
The military industrial complex wants conflict and cold wars,,$$$
@@eurko111 You think India is powerful? In the grand scheme of things?
Calling China the new Soviet is like calling India the new Europe, and Africa is the new America. No, thanks. They have zero resemblance.
The United States today bears a striking resemblance to Soviet Russia more than China ever did, and it’s not unlike ancient Rome either. The strain on its military is creating turmoil across the globe, and this instability is now coming home to roost. Because of this, the U.S. is grappling with pressing challenges at its borders and dealing with complex immigration issues. It’s a reminder that the consequences of foreign actions often find their way back to our own communities.
@@pakjai5532 You are wrong and the future will prove it.
There is sand in all of those places
they are literally in every way the exact same thing
or table the new chair, right?
Everybody I know in Shanghai share the same sentiment: Things are not going well.
Everybody I know in the US and Europe share the same sentiment: Things are not going well. What's your point? I recently visited Shanghai and New York, seemed to me that the former was doing a lot better than the latter. New York is becoming the real life Gotham. People are suffering from years of inflation. The purchasing power of average Americans continued to decline. Opposite of what it was like in Shanghai.
@@lynnjohnny01 "What's your point?" My point is that people in Shanghai, and presumably in other parts of China, no longer feel optimistic about the economy. Surveys show that, too.
@@lynnjohnny01actually incorrect. The copium is insane
@@brandonf1260 The economic growth in Europe today is basically 0%. The economic growth rate for the US in 2023 was 2.5%. The growth rate for China in 2023 was 5.2%, more than the double of the US. The copium is insane from your side. Hey, I actually do business in China and several other countries across Asia, and have personally visited those countries many, many times. What on earth do you know about economics?
@@brandonf1260 The ultimate copium is that the West is doing fine. But you elected Trump in the US, in a referendum on the Biden administration. Inflation has been out of control in the US. It's much worse in the US than it is in China for common people. It's even worse in Europe, with those clueless politicians in charge of EU and Germany.
Did I just see an ad for a _kickstarter_ ? Why does a (presumably) small company need kickstarter money, if they apparently have the cash for an ad-campaign?
Many kickstarters run ads now. Kickstarter isn't the moonshot it used to be, it's an organized system with predictable outcomes. If the product sells for $75.00, they probably only need to pull 100 backers from the promotion to cover the promotion fee on a channel with 330K subscribers. Not a bad gamble: if I thought I could get my group to play it, I very well may have backed it.
A good way to advertise and let a company reliably know if a product is wanted before they complete it.
You Mean the Axis and Allies Rip Off... How Original... It is just what is Wrong with Video Games, to Board Games to I Guess, all these Uninspired People just making Rip Offs of Older and Better Things, that Still Exist!
Well, i dont comment youtube videos, but by far this was one of the most well documented videos i have ever seen on youtube, and i have seen a lot of this genre. Hat off, well done.
Differentiating between sinophobic propaganda and objective analysis of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) requires careful attention to several factors. The topic is so complex, and sinophobic propaganda so developed as a media model, that commentators can genuinely defend propagandic content as objective data when challenged by laymen.
The easiest way a layman can identify bias is by measuring the relative time given to data promoting one narrative (e.g. the negative facts) versus the data that supports the other narrative. In other words they 'cherry pick' and do not compare conflicting data for their merits and do not clearly state that what they are saying is an opinion based on information at hand and nothing more.
Because the propagandist will die on the hill that they are not producing propaganda and is indeed the real and objective truth, it is up to the viewer to distinguish.
Here's how to tell apart regurgitated bias from actual conversation: Does the media piece...
1. Distinguish the Party from the People
Sinophobic Propaganda: Often conflates the actions of the CCP with the entire Chinese population, implying that Chinese people as a whole are to blame for or complicit in the government's actions. This dehumanizes individuals and fosters prejudice.
Objective Analysis: Critiques the CCP as a political institution, acknowledging that not all Chinese people agree with or support the party's actions. Recognizes the diversity of thought and opinion within China and values the agency of Chinese citizens, highlighting internal dissent, opposition movements, and individual struggles for freedom.
2. Language and Tone
Sinophobic Propaganda: Frequently uses dehumanizing language, stereotypes, or emotional rhetoric (e.g., portraying the Chinese as monolithic, villainizing their culture, or using fear-mongering tactics). It may rely heavily on exaggerated claims without solid evidence or context.
Objective Analysis: Uses balanced, fact-based language, and acknowledges the complexities of the situation. Critiques are rooted in specific policies, actions, or ideologies of the CCP rather than generalizations about the Chinese people as a whole.
3. Focus on Specificity
Sinophobic Propaganda: Tends to make broad generalizations about China and Chinese culture, often pointing to negative stereotypes or conspiracy theories. For example, it might focus on China's supposed inherent "totalitarian nature" or "subjugation" of its people, without acknowledging the broader political and historical context.
Objective Analysis: Focuses on specific policies, historical context, and actions of the CCP. It seeks to understand the motivations behind state actions, like the Belt and Road Initiative or the handling of Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and evaluates them in a nuanced way.
4. Engagement with History and Context
Sinophobic Propaganda: Lacks historical depth and does not consider the specific political, economic, and cultural conditions that led to the CCP's policies. It often ignores the complexities of China's past, including the legacy of colonialism, the Maoist era, and the post-1978 reforms.
Objective Analysis: Engages with historical context and explores how China’s past informs its present, considering the CCP’s rise to power, the impact of Mao Zedong’s policies, economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping, and the current political system under Xi Jinping.
5. Consideration of Agency and Dissent
Sinophobic Propaganda: Ignores or downplays the agency of Chinese citizens, presenting them as passive victims or perpetrators of government actions. It often fails to recognize the existence of political dissent, activism, or the struggles for democracy and human rights within China.
Objective Analysis: Recognizes that the Chinese people are not a monolithic group and that many are actively engaged in resisting CCP policies, whether through protests, dissident movements, or attempts at reform. It also acknowledges the complexity of being part of a large, diverse society with varying levels of freedom, opportunities, and political engagement.
6. Evidence and Sources
Sinophobic Propaganda: Often relies on unreliable or biased sources, hearsay, or unverifiable claims. It might cherry-pick facts or use misinterpretations of events to stir up negative emotions and reinforce a specific agenda.
Objective Analysis: Uses credible sources, cross-checks facts, and acknowledges the limitations of available information. It is transparent about sources and methodologies and presents evidence in a way that allows for critical engagement with the issues.
7. Solutions and Engagement
Sinophobic Propaganda: Typically offers no constructive solutions and might foster divisiveness or hopelessness, portraying a dire, unchanging situation that exacerbates fear and resentment.
Objective Analysis: Seeks to provide constructive dialogue or solutions, recognizing that understanding and addressing issues within China (like human rights, democracy, or environmental concerns) requires engagement with both Chinese citizens and the CCP itself, while also respecting China’s sovereignty and the complexities involved.
In sum, an objective analysis will critically examine the CCP’s actions with respect to the Chinese people, recognizing both the agency of individuals within China and the distinct nature of the political system. Sinophobic propaganda, in contrast, tends to simplify the issue by blaming all Chinese people for the actions of the CCP and often leans on fear-based, generalized portrayals.
The distinctions you make under different segments are are good and valid. Good write up.
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There is no such thing as Sinophobia, anymore than there is anti-Americanism.
@@stephenjenkins7971 i am fairly certain both exist
Great analysis mate...
Always extremely captivating!
KICKSTARTER?? HELL NO THAT SHIT IS A SCAM!
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Are you sure that was a scam? I thought that was just a scam infested website, but with a decent premise for those who use it legitimately.
This is one of the best reports on this subject that I’ve seen.
indeed we have all seen hundreds of videos of this where youtubers predict the fall and coming collapse of china and then it never happens
Propaganda, lies are something that China can never get close to US. China struggle to prove the truths. For example the 2 Canadian Michaels spies arrested in China.. It's only when after their release one of the 2 Michaels filed a lawsuit against the other Michael in Canada for dragging him in the spy job. US and the West are experts in transforming lies into "truths". They have no shame, no remorse to say that the Gulf of Tonkin incident ( which provoked the Vietnam War) was a false flag.
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it is already happen, they are 5 quarters straight deflated, and their gdp growth slower every year since 2017. What do you think collapsing look like?
@@Hovrapthat’s not collapsing
@@s.a.d9465 China deflation caused by structural issue and decreasing growth pure of productivity issue. Economics collapse happen in years even decades. Do you think it would be something like a day boom?
Fantastic production!
So many chinese bots coping, christ...
Every country has issues, get a grip.
Waaaaaaaaaa western propaganda everything in China is perfect waaaaaa
50 cent army is strong in the comments of this excellent analytical video.
Most of their growth was internal infrastructure projects, funded by future export potential.
Well, they could be so much more. But unfortunately personal power once again stands in the way of greatness.
Just like US and USSR
@@SA2004YGBetween those 3 nations, US is the only state who has mechanism of restricted power. Even Donald Trump unable to blow our separation of powers
@@Hovrap I hope it turns out as effective as you think. I'm just a bit of a cynic
"personal power once again stands in the way of greatness" thats not unique to china every country has that issue and its way worse in uk, canada and us where people cant afforded to even have roofs on their heads
@@p4ntom87 I love this kind of comment. Thinking that UK, Canada, or even the US having lower economic capabilities than China in percapita term. If the US with more than 80000 dollars median annual income having that sort of problem. I wonder what will happen in China.
That was the smoothest ad transition I’ve ever experienced
Is Trump's America the new Soviets? LMAO
Great video! Thank you.
Hubert narrating is good.
Brilliant video. Thank you sir, I doff my cap to thee
These figures may be overly optimistic - just call it bullsh*t because that’s what it is
Can you tell us what tools you use to create such videos?
One thing on China I hope everybody understand is that the country is far larger than the politics or the communist party. China's growth is largely contribute to the civil bureaucracy system. The country does not operate solely on political movements, but regular departments. Department of energy certifying power planets, department of transportation giving out license plates, department of commerce evaluating business and putting out news plans for finance. If you look closely at China, the reason why the country is not Soviet Union or India, not collapsing, while functioning in a generally good state, is because this country has good institutions, like that of United States. If Xi is replaced the next day, the country will not get into chaos, because the vast majority of the country does not operate in any party politics, and the country is constantly adjusting its policy to its environment with capable bureaucrats working inside the system, outside of the political rhetoric.
The second part of China's stability is the people. Chinese people are tough, hardworking, and have generally good work ethics. Yes, you see tofu dregs or fake food online, why do you see them? you think these are some "leaks" that China doesn't want you to know? Not really. these are all cut out of the news program broadcasted in China. Say whatever you want to state media censorship, for civil life issues, Chinese media does not censor them and have these footage published as part of the investigation. Chinese people care, enrage, and find ways to fix these problem, whether its construction quality or food safety, and more importantly, these quality issue largely stim from the hyper-capitalist portion of the economy, not the stable yet risk-adverse state apparatus. People in China just want to take care of their family, work a good job, and see their quality of life improve. Chinese people do not want to change their regime, they want to fix their regime due to their underlying confidence in their country.
Third part of the analysis equation that often West get wrong is that they don't believe what Chinese are saying. They don't believe the intention. When Chinese governments says they want to invest in green technology, they thought China wants to greenwash their coal planets and dirty industries. When China says they want to invest in semiconductors for made in China 2025, to move on from low tech manufacturing to high tech, they think these are all boasting for market confidence. But none of these times China lied about the intention, the country did put money to green techs so they can manufacture solar panels and EVs to meet the future demand. China also did eventually get to the 7nm chips under all the mockery. The "Chinese boast and lie" is the most absurd notion I've seen online, because if you look at Chinese propaganda, you will see how blatant the message are. Chinese people do not boast and they do not lie. They will say aggressive things and they truly mean it. Until West began truly understand "taking the intention at the face value", they will overcomplicate their understanding to China and miscalculate.
This is why China is not Soviet Union, not India, and not Japan. China is closet thing ever to the United States. it's a incredibly diverse country operating under a civil bureaucracy, with communist flavor added on top. Chinese people are incredibly similar to American people, they believe in their own intention, their own message, and their own belief. On the other hand, to any Americans here that think America will come on top due to the American exceptionalism, there's no such thing as exceptionalism. A country functions with right resources at the right place, for every negative things you can find in China, there's a parallel in the US, for everything US did wrong, China has a parallel in their country too. The two countries are really not that different. Your patriotism is their nationalism, China's economic slowdown is the same issue as your economic slowdown. China's "purge" is the same thing as your government's demotion and promotion. It's just propaganda and language barrier make you think your countries are operating on different principles, but in reality, its incredibly similar.
China is an incredibly diverse country? Nonsense. They're 92% Han.
This...this is the most level headed comment I found under any china related video
@@AndresWalsh Do your research. There is huge genetic, behavior, cultural, and language diversity in side the Han Chinese group. A northern Chinese man is very different from a Cantonese, a Shanghainese, a hokkien, or a Sichuannese, they have different family values, cultural preferences, even skin color. When I say culture, people misunderstand this like all Chinese culture is the same, it's not. Some Chinese worship their ancestor but some does not, some believe in Feng Shui but a lot of people think that's BS. People in one region would not even like other Chinese regions' food. Their value and political bias can be as different as a black democrats and a white republicans. They only thing that's not diverse is the whole country believe their national identity just like all sorts of different American races or communities believing they are all fundamentally American. Did I say Chinese and American are similar, that's exactly what I meant.
Thank you for your excellent report.
New big news, but a very nice summary of the post Covid trend.
I have friends in China and their stories from the ground largely confirm this assessment.
Care to share any?
@@domenico_ginny6164 What? That the job market is a misery and nobody dares to give up his current job?
That salaries are under immense pressure unless you are the lucky 1% with special qualifications?
That nobody dares to marry (!!!) let alone having children because of the insecurity?
That opening a business is a nightmare, because making a profit on ANYTHING is close to impossible (deflation).
"When it starts to fall apart, man, it really falls apart."
- The Tragically Hip
I just want to point out while thier are a huge Surplus of units to the population, they are largely shoeboxes. It wouldn't surprise me to see walls ripped out to make 2 units into a single, small unit.
Well, that already happens
@DollyRanch and I expect the practice to expand
I find your conclusions are extremly accurate I'm gonna be a fan of you~
2:17 right off the bat, there is a crucial element to remember. The real GDP decreasing implies that the ultrarich in China are losing profits and revenue. The GDP per capita rapidly increasing is a testament to the fact that most of the poverty alleviation in recent times has been in China due to their Socialist system.
No. Inequality in China is increases since 2008
Gdp per capita can't increase if real gdp decreases, unless the population is decreasing 😐
Guys, this channel is propaganda. Maybe not on purpose, but at the very least this is peak of someone learning some economics and trying to explain away the reality. Please don't take the stuff they say too seriously.
It's about perspective, isn't it? Are you from Japan, Mozambique, or China? Where you're from will have a lot to say about your perspective. One good example is how everyone outside of China will say the CCP while in China, they say CPC. This is done outside of China because CCP sounds like CCCP. The enemy of the current world order.
@@WildsDreams45 I'm from Europe. I guess everything is about perspective. It's just that some messages are skewed more than others. This channel is clearly on the more side.
@kontrkultywacja I'm from the United States, but I'm fully aware of the propaganda being promoted within NATO and the G7, but also in places like China and Russia. However, something interesting I've observed over the last few years is that since BRICS started to expand, there are more comments on UA-cam that are in favor of multi-polarity and against the status quo. Most of these comments seem to come from outside of the "first world." Even countries like North Korea seem to be looked on more favorably these days, which is odd, at least from an American perspective, and again a lot of that New found favoritism isn't coming from the West.
@@kontrkultywacja I'm from the United States, but I'm fully aware of the propaganda being promoted within NATO and the G7, but also in places like China and Russia. However, something interesting I've observed over the last few years is that since BRICS started to expand, there are more comments on UA-cam that are in favor of multi-polarity and against the status quo. Most of these comments seem to come from outside of the "first world." Even countries like North Korea seem to be looked on more favorably these days, which is odd, at least from an American perspective, and again a lot of that New found favoritism isn't coming from the West.
I'm from the United States, but I'm fully aware of the propaganda being promoted within NATO and the G7, but also in places like China and Russia. However, something interesting I've observed over the last few years is that since BRICS started to expand, there are more comments on UA-cam that are in favor of multi-polarity and against the status quo. Most of these comments seem to come from outside of the "first world." Even countries like North Korea seem to be looked on more favorably these days, which is odd, at least from an American perspective, and again a lot of that New found favoritism isn't coming from the West.
Guys , you are 5 to 10 years too late with this idea
Who would of thought the CCP, was just like the CCCP... You know the Soviets didn't use USSR, that is what we used in our Letters, in theirs's, it was the CCCP!
@@randyross5630its CPC.
Historically China has been very hard to hold together under a central authority when the prosperous times end. Today it could divide into three pieces with each still having the population of the USA or two equal to all of Europe.
17:40 Falling prices do not discourage people from consumption. At least not when they fall by e.g. 0.5% per year. That’s often the amounts we are talking about. No one has that much time to wait. This is complete non-sense and an extremely persistent economics myth. When e.g. electronics became cheaper and cheaper in the 80s and 90s people started buying like crazy. Basically no one was waiting for falling prices. There in some cases you had price reductions of 20%, 30% or more more. While e.g. inflation of e.g. 4%, 6% or 8% can be extremely harmful to the purchasing power, consumption and overall economy as seen in the last few years.
Give me citations on this. That first part of your statement is not only fanciful, BUT IT IS VERY MUCH THE OPPOSITE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PRC RIGHT NOW.
One thing must be necessary regardless of what happens in the future, DIVESTING OUT OF CHINA IS THE PROPER THING TO DO. It is time for that house of cards to fail despite the collateral effects on the global economy.
Falling prices in China is the result of low consumption. You got it backwards m8. 😅
@@adlerzwei I have nothing backwards. I share your opinion and I am not disputing that. I was just commenting on the section of the video, where they say: "Falling prices further discourage spending." And that price stabgantio /deflation is a deadly phenomenon. That's just simply a myth and not based on science. Your statement I can 100% agree with.
@@adlerzwei You are right there are many things that can lead to lower consumption. But, falling prices is not one of them. E.g. the low consumption in Japan, was because households opted for repairing their balance sheets. That was their number 1 reason to stop spending. The devil is in the detail. Blaming deflation for low consumption is dumb.
You're confusing deflation with economies of scale. Just because goods become cheaper to produce doesn't mean deflation is occurring.
>indian saying china is gonna collapse
massive coping
He is polish cope harder chinese bot 😂
China is pretty strong and will be pretty strong for decades, do not underestimate it.
yes it is and will, but they have a very bad demographic situation, Chinas population will drop very fast without migration
Pretty strong compared to Nepal, yes, definitely. Pretty strong compared to India, doubtful, pretty strong compared to the US, ha. Everything is going down for China, they've already hit apogee. They're definitely not going away any time soon, but they are the strongest they will ever be right now, and that's already falling behind. Demographics is destiny, and they simply don't have the people to compete, they once had unlimited foreign investment, but that's gone, and now with the promise of 60% tariffs from the US, the EU doesn't like them anymore, Brazil, Turkiye, Mexico and the other middle income countries are turning their back on them, you can't build a world superpower selling to Togo and Turkmenistan. They're strong for now, but they won't get any stronger and will degrade with time.
@@kayrosis5523 Doubtful when comparing to India? Have you been to both places? Even 20 years ago China was more advanced than India
Strong regionally, not globally
I like to hear this creator's perspective, always things to learn here.
Right now Chinese cities look sleek and new beacuse their buildings were built in the 2010s, however those cheaply made buildings won't be looking new in the 2030s
The quality of your content is incredible. Thank you.
The real question you need to ask yourself is whether the US is actually turning into the new Soviet Union?
For all it has said and done, China is a goddamn saint when it comes to foreign policy compared to the US.
Nothing has caused more suffering or death in this world than unnecessary US policies these last few decades.
China is saint? don't be ridiculous. They had problem with most of their neighbors.
So glad people are seeing past this bs. Channels like Business Basics, Infographics Show, and China Uncensored give me a heart murmur lmao. Peter Zeihan and Gordon Chang are also horrible, so consistently wrong on their predictions but folks don't gaf, they just wanna hear what reinforces their assumptions rather than actually search for the truth smfh.
@@gregoryedwards9097 What kind of truth do you value? In this video and most of these kind of videos you mentioned literally using CCP owned data. So do you think CCP lying about their own economy? because outside of CCP measurement is certainly much worse
@@Hovrap you should not confuse narrative with data. data: china is growing slower, narrative: china is declining. 4-5% growth is still double the average growth rate of western economies. if they are in a declining, what should we call the west? a shithole? don't fall into narrative trap. ask yourself if the narrative was use on other countries, does it make sense. and it obiviously not because no one is saying UK or Germany is the next USSR, they actually hit negative grow. if we don't even call what they have a recession, much less a depression. how is China a collapse?
@@gregoryedwards9097 I do see pass the BS of u.s. propaganda, and I do feel more relieve about humanity knowing that at least someone see pass the BS. That being said, folks like us don 't have power. We can point out the genocide going on in Gaza, and yet, this shit keep on happening. It makes zero difference.
"In a free market economy the aim of people in power is to create better conditions for their people"
This statement should be revealing about where the bias lies in this video. This is a self evidently false statement.
That being said, it's also self evident China's economy is struggling and it clearly has a different political culture to our own. But it's also reductive to say "market good, communism bad" because so many of the issues here are complex.
Also, just wait until the world de-dollarizes and everyone realizes that the American economy's strength has a lot more to do with its basically infinite money glitch more so than anything it's doing right at the moment.
Which I say merely to point out that you can be critical of China's system, but that isn't a very good argument for the kind of cowboy capitalism US corporate oligarchs promote.
And in as much as there is American exceptionalism, I think there is a type of Chinese exceptionalism. China can do things other countries cannot due to its unique cultural and material make up. Same as the US. So I wouldn't necessarily underestimate them here. They're also a very different culture with a very different history so we can't necessarily judge their society through the prism of our own values and assume that Chinese people want something else, just because we would.
What happens next? Time will tell. But if anything, I think human civilization as a whole is probably in a state of material decline right now. It's difficult to see right now but all trends point towards major crisis in the future, and for everyone, not just one country or another.
Thank you for another great analysis. Very thought provoking.
I personally hope China does okay. I’m loyal to my country (USA baby!) but I hope they do well.
Another coping video
Another braindead comment
@@SqueakScolari69 keep coping capitalist pig
The comments are coping, not the video
Brilliant video. Starts with peripheral supporting arguments-including steelman counter arguments. Ends with no fundamental-attribution-error declarations (like so many other videos like this). Instead winds inward to a non-geopolitical proposal as to the cause-fear of chaos, the rejection of aleatoric innovation forces, the futile attempt to control human nature.
Dope; I'm SUBSCRIBING.
Just because you say it enough times, does not make it true.
Along the same lines, here is an interesting analysis of the likely sequelae of Xina's economic difficulties: "Michael Beckley on The End of China’s Rise & the Future of Global Order | WORLD KNOWLEDGE FORUM 2024"
You can tell the sponsors have gotten to these guys due to their refusal to even have basic controls on runaway corprpations.
Excellent video.
the GDP per capita really doesn't mean wealth
In fact, the US has a very, very high per capita GDP, but the average American is living more poorly than the average Chinese.
In general, the Chinese are happier than the Americans. This can be easily proven...
➤ 79% of Chinese believe their nation is democratic, while only 57% of Americans and 55% of British do. [Source: Latana’s Democracy Perception Index 2024.]
➤ 85% of Chinese trust their government, while only 40% of Americans and 30% of British do. [Source: Edelman Trust Barometer 2024.]
➤ 76% of Chinese trust their politicians, while only 29% of Americans and 20% of British do. [Source: Open Society Barometer 2023.]
➤ 91% of Chinese are happy with their life, while only 76% of Americans and 70% of British are. [Source: Ipsos’ Global Happiness 2023.]
➤ 95.5% of Chinese are satisfied with their government. [Source: Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center in 2020, “Taking China’s Pulse.”]
➤ 95% of Chinese believe their country is on the right track and moving in the right direction, while only 41% of Americans and 23% of British do. [Source: Ipsos’ What Worries The World survey from November, 2019.]
➤ most Chinese strongly support their political system. [Source: UC San Diego’s China Data Lab since 2019, “WHAT 16 WAVES OF PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS TELL US ABOUT CHINA AND CHINESE VIEWS.”]
A few years ago, Pew Research conducted Chinese surveys to show the level of satisfaction for their government. In 2002, 48% of Chinese were satisfied. In 2005, 72% were satisfied. From 2006 to 2016, the number was consistently over 80% year after year.
GDP PPP Per Capita means wealth.
@@DerDop no. because people there do not get paid in dollars.
@@bedrhnyldz go back to school.
@@DerDop
it really just means the amount of millionaires per capita with or without purchasing power!
Mr zhao is honest,which is a bad thing to people and a good thing to the system itself.
They’re definitely not failing to keep up. But they’re no longer significantly closing the gap. It’s hard to draw a perfect connection, since their economy has matured somewhat. But it seems suspiciously related to the shift from xiaoping -> Xi
True. Its called the "Middle Income Trap". In the 60's Brazil was also growing at double digits rates. Now no one who claim they are catching up.
Also, I don't think that the one party model can be blamed for all of this. In Poland we also have quite shitty public services such as healthcare. If You want treatment that works well and doesn't take You years waiting in queue, You go to private healthcare sector. In US there are even bigger problems with inequality, and healthcare without money doesn't exist. That's all despite having a democracy. I think You should focus less on making pretty animations and more on Your analyses, because it seems like the whole video is based on one article.
In my opinion Chinese "Wilczek style" reform worked, the same way it worked in Poland. The biggest problem of China is in its demographics and "heritage" of one child policy. However, if China becomes better than "the west" in its ability to effectively welcome and assimilate foreigners, it will survive. Smart migration policy will be needed.
"welcome and assimilate" you want China to collapse ? That's one way to Fastrack it. One child policy was a product of unfounded malthusian fears. Just like immigration f3tish is a liberal Western cricle jerk. Your supranational union has barely begun to feel the consequences of diversity and multiculturalism. Rest assured It's going to get worse, I live in a multicultural multilinguistic country with a dominant islamic minority. You people have no chance, especially not with your shitty TFRs.
China is like north korea with a lot of money
if thats the case how did china became a 2nd economy?
China isn't North Korea
@@p4ntom87because communism just works
@@nicoruppert4207communism doesn't work and China isn't even communist
@@nicoruppert4207China's economy is more capitalistic than anything. It's capitalism with Chinese characteristics.
immagine if china just said to taiwan ok lets just unite again and be democratic, the west would start shouting yellow perral again, no one expects a peaceful reunion
Excellent analysis.
One mistake: deflation isn't bad because consumers delay purchases waiting for lower prices (they don't). Declining prices are actually positive for consumers because their real incomes increase, thus allowing higher consumption.
It's good for avarage people but not good for bussiness and national economy as a whole
except you can't consume anything if you have no job. It doesn't matter how low the price gets. And if everyone has no job you're screwed.
@@KVUAA Economy is "avarage people" :)
@@pawegraczyk6050 Economy is important to the average person, and if the average person loses their job because of deflation, then that is bad.
I'am polish, and i never had recognized an accent faster ;P
Sorry but your analysis of China’s economy is completely wrong. Dr Keyu Jin book explains why all your points are inaccurate. I have visited China 3 times in the past 18 months it resembles nothing what you assume is happening.
Hahahaha China is huge fella, how does visiting it 3 times tell you anything!? 😂
The US consumptionist model that You present at 12:20 is by no means sustainable.
It is sustainable if the workers make enough to sustain consumption. They don't, atleast not now. American consumptionist model underwrote Europe, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea's growth. Which in turn fuelled China's growth. Who do you think absorbed all the exports that made Japan, Europe, Korea and Taiwan rich ? It worked as long as the avg American was rich. America's parasitic liberal class and elite conservatives sold out their citizens for chump change China was poor back then. China was also perfectly placed to take advantage of that slow building Deindustrialization. China took jobs from uncompetitive activist Americans who whined and complained about slave labor out competing them instead of focusing on keeping their manufacturing cost competitive, When disciplined labor forces are what drove the industrialization drives of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. Americans used to be top dogs worthy of respect now they are a husk of their former glorious selves. It's pathetic to watching them devolve into moralistic grandstanding and moralist liberal preening.
You always get a glimpse of the western's propaganda apparatus with this channel
Oh yes the "Middle kingdom"
I mean, that's just one of the translations of their actual name - Zhōngguó. I don't really see a big issue with him saying "Middle Kingdom", other than it's not really a Kingdom anymore. Do let me know if I'm missing something though🤷
@@benas_st “Middle Kingdom” is literally their way of insisting on being the center of the world. They see that as a mandate of Heaven.
Wow , really? (I'm being genuine) . I always thought they were pretty balanced. Maybe I'm not as politically savvy as I thought 😅
@@benas_st it just sounds snobby. Like your average person isn’t calling China the “middle kingdom” anymore
Dont worry!
the Great Leader will bring Common Prosperity in the New Era of Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation
Very good analysis.
China can't surpass the US with comparable growth rates. Each slowdown increases the time it takes to surpass the US. And their declining population makes that even harder in the future.
How many of these videos saying the same shit can people make? These sentiments have been around for decades, and yet China just keeps succeeding.
Whatt?? China economy literally deflate in past 5 quarter.
@shade45.55 Watch how the American Economy will deflate under Trumps new clown cabinet. I do feel bad for the American working class.
@@jonasp8920 You don't need to worry about us tho. Our median household spending is exceeding 70000, literally one of the highest in the world.
stop yelling and go pay your taxes
@@Hovrap All those trump voters doesnt seem to agree with you, they voted Trump.
If China's economy slumps anymore, all those southeast Asia countries will be booming 🤣
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So much in dept, he can't even flush his toilet.
No such thing 🤡
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Bro is getting banned from stepping foot in China with this one
The comment section says it all, the author of this video needs to redo his researches and not have only the view of the anti-China or anti-Russia.......
Whenever I see content like this, where the content creator assumed that all the viewers are id!ot and can be fooled easily, I can only smile... 😊. Anti-China content have big backing and funding from the US government and other undercover sponsors working for the government.
Nope the author is correct, Chinese bots flood videos like this. It's truly funny watching them meltdown
Much much more powerful than the Ex SU.
Did Victoria Nuland write the script for this video? Pure propaganda.
in the west,the one who owns capital owns power. In China,things are opposite.💯💯💯
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the last problem's answer is negtive. the result is uncertain,but it will never be as easy as before. the water tide is forecious now,and the dam is old despite higher.
No its the US which is the new Soviets.
Not now that Trump is President
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@@ivanchernenko9879 It wasn't before Trump, it might not be after him either. But he will likely make things worse by alienating US allies unnecessarily.
I dont know why most of the world is so resentful towards American colonialism and/or British imperialism. Sure, I can understand it in principle but let this video be a warning to those who, in blind hate, would seek the USA/UK's destruction.
Indeed it has seemed to me quite apparent that even countries, especially African, but Middle Eastern and South East Asian ones also, which may have once been controlled by Britain and were aggrieved by that at the time and for a while after securing their independence, are now getting wise to the truth that all the Russian mercenaries fighting their battles and all the Chinese businessmen and construction teams building their smart new roads, railways and factories - and creating local jobs - is FAR from a free ride.
If anything, due to the nature, culture and practices of the hordes of Russians and Chinese operating within dozens of especially poorer, post colonial countries, stories have long been emerging of widespread dissatisfaction not just of ordinary people, but of government officials too. This, of course despite Russian military officers and Chinese bosses' best attempts to suppress such news.
We are time and time again advised that racism is bad and that we must embrace multiculturalism which in principle I agree with. However it seems clear to me that this can ONLY work if all parties SHARE not the SAME vision (that would clearly be ridiculous), but VALUES.
Where one group establishes exclaves of itself outside the home country, while it should be a given they are given the same opportunities as the natives and enjoy the same rights - but so must they also bear the same responsibilities. And I'm sorry, but it seems BLATANTLY OBVIOUS to me and many others who have more than a handful of spare brain cells, that many of these foreign exclaves are NOT looking to live peaceably alongside the locals - rather, are looking instead to colonise them.
For instance here in the UK, it is NOT for the common good of the Chinese people living here that the CCP has been desperate to buy that enormous site in East London on which to build its proposed new embassy. It is of course - despite what that smooth talking CCP mouthpiece Victor Gao might claim - merely a cover story to put into effect its sinister masterplan both to monitor Chinese citizens living in the UK and to provide sovereign territory from which to carry out its espionage operations with impunity, unlike the unofficial "Chinese police stations" which were uncovered and eventually shut down .....The extremely grave consequences of Britain's decision to lay out a red carpet to Russian (also Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Chinese) investors, seeking a safe sanctuary in which to store their vast piles of dodgy money - has backfired embarrassingly. Britain might well have benefited in the short to medium term, but in the long term it's weakened us - as will, for example, the Chinese military -and anyone else authorised by the CCP for whatever reason it wants - having unfettered access, effectively sovereign control over - that brand new port in Sri Lanka. And that's a great example which I think illustrates that rather vague concept "values" that I mentioned earlier. While Western institutions have very clear guidelines on conditions for loans, the Chinese do not. Quite the opposite it in fact. The Chinese lend money with the active hope and preference the borrower defaults. They just want to muscle in by the backdoor. Hardly a need, therefore, for due diligence.
This in turn highlights ANOTHER aspect of these authoritarian governments - not only do they keep their own populations on an extremely short leash, saving money as we heard, by failing to give a shit about the provision of free healthcare, education and pension, taking a more or less sink-or-swim attitude to its own people - but then uses the money which they have thereby saved, to go getting their tentacles into other places outside their own borders. And believe me when I say, that is not because these bastards are wishing to spread leave peace, goodwill, kindness, generosity, freedom and liberty about the planet.
We HAVE to recognise - AND ACT ACCORDINGLY - that while all cultures should not be oppressed or discriminated against, they SHOULD be prevented from acting in ways WHICH HARM THEIR HOST COUNTRY. I think that simply must be a matter of pure self evident common sense and not one of a "political" stance or viewpoint.
Fortunately a key takeaway I got from this video was that there IS a general awakening to all of the above including the West. Let's hope it's not too little and too late ...
Well done, you've earned yourself some of the 1.6 billion.
More economically capable than the soviets, sadly.
US going through inner political division, economic problem, etc.: absolutely US #1🥰
China going through typical business cycle from pandemic: THIS NATION IS FAILING💀
What economic problem does the US face? US literally grow faster than most of developed nation in past decade.
@@Hovrap That depends. If you are a democrat, this country goes pretty well. If you are for republicans/Trump, the whole country is in ruin these 4 years. It's a pity I can't tell how US economy is like exactly now from sources on internet😮💨
@@Richard_Felix Both are bad presidents, but the economy is still surging under both presidents. The US has lowest unemployment under Trump and faster inflation decrease (compare to Europe) under Biden.
Yes the US is socially divided, but economically we still ahead from most developed world. Don't compare us with China.
@@Hovrap Largely comparable to me, many fellow youtubers, and a bunch of economic studying institutions, either by GDP PPP, steel production, new patent number, manufacturing, trade volumn, even similar economic downturn from crisis in housing sector. Just don't treat your rival as they are pretty unstable and fragile, while yourself pretty much safe with no less domestic problems, that's what I want to say.
From morning to night time, I been listening to geopolitics for the past 3 years (Always been a history buff and always listened to geopolitics since 2008, but it's been ramped up specifically on Russia, China, US, and world relations).
China is FAR from being the new Soviets. China is more akin to 1800s USA and Germany Pre WWII with their vertically integrated Industrial Capitalism model they use, compared to the West's Finance Capitalism that has devalued labor in favor of FIRE (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate). Finance Capitalism introduces NOTHING new to the economy, and it's the Elites way of overvaluing what they do, and devaluing what they do not do (Which is labor). The US is now riddled with bureaucracy that makes it impossible to get ANYTHING done.
This is my own take, but China is a mix of 1980's Japan in terms of technological dominance, efficiency, and innovation, 1800's USA in terms of Protectionist policies, vertical integration of industries and Industrial Capitalism, and the population of India. It has the size of the United States, which once claimed high speed railways would not work for a country their size, but China has proven them wrong.
The US today is honestly like Conor McGregor before the Nate Diaz fight. Underestimating their opponent, except the US has been underestimating the world's ability to catch up for the past 30 years. They instead embarked on wars to try to make one homogenous neoliberal fantasy world for companies to thrive in as they make working people poorer.
China has one big thing for it. It never listened to the U.S., unlike Germany, Japan, India, and others. The US has gladly thrown Germany and Japan under the bus to reshore all their industries in America to make up for the lack of investment they made in our own country for more than 3 decades. China also has been watching the US and their mistakes.
The 2008 Financial Crisis? China bailed the US out. And they realized that the model of the US and the West is based on pure BS, but that is what the West is great at. Great at smiling and acting, only to walk away and have bombs dropped on you, as they call their global media outlets and gives them the script that they are the good guys and the others, the poor folks, are terrorists. China saw the US containing them just like they did with Russia after the USSR collapsed as they excluded China from ASEAN and planted more military bases surrounding China.
Thankfully, it is not working. Luckily, (Which is what ALL wealthy countries have done, from the United Kingdom, to the USA, to Germany, to Japan, etc., and is something the US no longer does thanks to Neoliberal Policies that accelerated after Milton Friedman, Reagan, and Thatcher came into the scene. Bye bye manufacturing!! All so corporations could receive higher profit margins, yet we blame China for the company's decision to outsource).
This is all I listen to. And I don't listen to MSM because after 35 years of watching them lie to us, I know how my country operates. And it's full of sh**!
The US is the new USSR by far. If you cannot see the similarities that the US today has with 1980s USSR, you clearly are listening to propaganda and do not know your history.
Lol the paragraph structure shows this is 50 cent coping
Don't take it too seriously bro. This video is just political propaganda.
Dude, China's population will decrease by 1 billion by the end of the century, what 19th century USA are you talking about 😂😂😂
If you have been listening for 3 years then I expected a better opinion that blatantly doesn't understand what the situation in the Soviet Union was during 1980. China has a full blown demographic collapse and to compare the US the USSR is ridiculous
Dude, you got the wrong conclusions starting from wrong premises, throughout the whole video:
China is actually a communist country, so some of the things it does, it's actually just to imporve the standard of living of its citizens. That's for example how they pulled 800 million people out of poverty.
The role of the state owned companies are to guard strategic sectors or to support development. If they're guards of strategic sectors they're just monopolies, so there's actually no competition. If the're a developmental support, usually they're on the lower rankings, so still no much competition with the private sector.
It's not the government inhibiting the spending, it's the people throwing most of their savings in housing, because most of the Chinese people have an investing mentality. This explains why they don't spend so much, and also explains why they built so many houses.
The government doesn't need money to control the elite, they have actual power, they can exert direct control.
Chinese healthcare system is unevenly distributed, but where present, it actually works pretty well, it's fast, efficient and covers up to 90% of the expenses, so no people don't save strictly for the eventuality of medical expenses.
Chinese government mantain legitimacy by keeping the people happy. They're 1.4 billion people, there's no elite that can keep 1.4 billion people in check, if not by satisfying the need of most.
Less startup can be due to many factors, like for example the lack of investment caused by US sucking the money back from the globe with high interest rates.
Can't finish the video, you gotta do your research.
说的很对
You are 100% correct. Wish more people can see this instead of living in their ideological bubbles.
Overall trends are still awful for China. Debt to GDP at high levels. Economic growth slowing despite no slowdown in debt to GDP growth. Increasing trade frictions. Sanctions and export controls. Aging workforce and population. Very few people under 20 relative to population size. And more headwinds are coming.
Most of these are straight-up lies, but I love the "investment mentality" explanation.
Look up "fundamental attribution error"...and then look up "racism."
@@JohnnyBravo68260 and what would your point be? Overall trend is awful everywhere, compared to Europe or Japan or Korea China's economy looks ok to me, so this video is still wrong.
Trade frictions are only with US and Europe, trade is going very well with the rest of the world. Export data actually shows increase in the last years.
Aging population is really laughable, you mean to say that the workforce only age in China? Outside of China they're all immortal vampires and robots? And you know what's the actual under 20 population is? Still more than 2/3 of the total population of the US.
I'm not saying China is all roses, but if you wanna bash China, at least get the FACTS right.
People often attempt to compare the economies of the Soviet Union and China. However, other than state investment in large infrastructure projects, China's system has diverged far from the Marxist-Leninist state socialism of the 20th century. In the Soviet Union people had basic services provided. As a result, they would keep a great deal of their earnings. But the value of these savings is questionable at best. In the Soviet Union there was often a shortage of goods i.e nothing to buy. Naturally, this only exacerbated shortages when goods were available. It was a system where value laid in the supply of goods supply. While money was still an intermediary between work time and commodity purchase, it didn't have the same power. Why? Because markets were essentially illegal.
In modern China, people save money their money as well. The difference is that this money is actually valuable. Due to a total lack of social services people save for so-called rainy days i.e. the ravages of capitalist exploitation (china has an awful pension system, expensive private healthcare, privatized housing, and expensive education). Much like in the United States, this trend weakens the economy (although in the United States the concept of even saving for a rainy day has become alien).
Luckily, this is a system could be reformed relatively easily by investing in social services. This would allow Chinese citizens to buy more consumer goods which, in turn would boost the economy. Isn't China supposed to be socialist after all?
It should be stressed that, in the last decade, the need to heighten domestic consumption of goods has become increasingly urgent. With shrinking foreign markets for goods due to the so-called Trade War with the United States and the crashing of the Chinese housing market, China will have to focus on domestic markets or else face stagnation and an ever increasing crisis of overproduction.
Here is where we see that Soviet economy is fairly irrelevant to the modern Chinese one because, unlike in the Soviet Union, increased social services this will improve the economy. This is because China has private markets. However, similarities in the Soviet and Chinese political systems are extremely relevant. China has a political structure that remains Marxist-Leninist. Thus, the Chinese Communist Party has retained its near monopoly on capital investment. This is rather absurd since considering that the Soviet State justified its political structure because it theoretically ensured that the party would continue to direct the construction of socialism by creating a proletariat, politicizing its citizens, investing in industry, and providing social services and goods. This was done through central planning, an economic that naturally lends itself to centralization in the superstructure.
The question is whether or not the Chinese Communist Party will relinquish its monopoly on capital. If it does this, power will be given to a wider pool of citizens ie. an emergent middle class. Power will be taken away from the party because the middle class will have increased power to affect politics with their capital. The Party will lose its monopoly.
It must be understood that the capitalism of China is in contradiction with its centralized political system. The Party put a bandaid on this contradiction by integrating the new billionaire class into the Communist Party, but China is no Russia, China has a robust economy that will not become a Russian style oligarchy. China could end up having an oligarchy similar to that of the United States but a transitional period of capitalism decentralization will likely be necessary before a capitalist style monopolization emerges.
These are the economic issues facing China today.
Its like the soviets, but better
if money is so prone to being useless on both ends, then isn't it useless?
An exchange of a weight of goods and services
Money in on itself IS useless, what gives it its value is what you it can be exchanged for
@@manmeesarma2413 So basically we are still in slavery, just with enslaved by a figment of imagination of somethings value?
@@NightridingDoom If trading goods is sl a ve ry? Then yes. But only people are nuts can claim that.
@@stephenjenkins7971 I'm talking about money, not about trading goods.
have you ever noticed how money is the one thing keeping every economy down when they expand in one area or another beyond the capabilities of other countries?