why don't you visit the third tier cities and remote villages where there is extreme poverty and crumbling infrastructure proof is there serpentza's channel. The Chinese govt only wants to show foreigners the good side without showing the bad which is why cities like Shenzen are heavily advertized and third tier cities never get a mention
Hey Max, can you please add english subtitles too for people who don't understand English perfectly - and possibly ai translated subtitles in other languages too. Since you have chinese subtitles within the video you will have the english transcript anyway. Thank you.
I have to add this in every video that talks about democracy, especially from a western POV. Just because you can vote, does not mean you have democracy. Just because you have the facade of elections does not mean you have power at any level of the power structure of your society. This is more so in capitalist controlled countries because there is a lot of pretending of democracy in these countries but when push comes to shove, the gloves come off and you see how much "democracy" you actually have.
Is it otherwise in China? Do people have the power? Edit: wow guys, thank you for the replies. It's good to know that you have some power over the local officials and policies throughout the country. So does that mean you can also change the representatives in the Parliament, even though it's only one party?
look at stupid Germany, now we are actually more socialism than China and people are so unhappy with the broken government. would you like to learn from Germans?
@@greendsnow Yes they do. They have another process call Whole Process Democracy. It works on a petition, consultation feedback loop where the government engages the public and the public make demands and being consulted on policies. It works at lower level at the local level and upper level during their big meetings. Politicians are elected at local level and they have to work their way up, being promoted only when they have proven themselves and acknowledge by their peers. If they screwed up because they are incompetent and cause problems, they get demoted or fired. Or worse they get caught with corruption and if it is really bad, they face the firing squad. Chinese people do protest and that usually exposed underlying policy problems and the government make adjustments all the time. It goes back and fro. It's why the Chinese people has such high satisfaction with their government. Of course, no system is perfect but policies do change and officials do get fired and corruption do get clamped down. You won't get this level of approval if the people do not feel like their needs are met and their voices are heard. That's democracy. Now tell me when was the last time a major shift in policies happened in the west because the people demand it. Not superficial stuff like low ball social issues. I'm talking about healthcare, wages, the economy, regulating Wall St., stopping wars from happening. NOTE that I have been replying to some of your comments but this platform has chosen to shadow remove many of them because the AI is removing comments contrary to western narratives once I trigger it. It won't remove this comment because it has too high of an engagement now. This is what free speech in the west is like; you are not allowed to go against the official narrative. I have lived in the US for many years, went to college there and even used to be married to an American so when I say voting in the US literally does not matter, I know what I'm talking about.
There is a fundamental difference in how Americans, Chinese, and Asians in general see Freedom. To American or Westerners, freedom is perceived as "Freedom To", to Chinese/ Asians, it is more like "Freedom from". Take the extreme example, the firearm. To Americans, the right to bear firearms is a form of freedom. To Chinese/Asians, freedom from fear of getting hurt/killed in random firearm violence is freedom. Who is right or wrong is only about mindset and perspective.
uh no, dude. the West's philosophy is based on the sovereignty of the individual, all of whom have been granted their rights by their Creator (god, which in context means "not man, a man or men). thus, rights cannot be taken away and we consider these rights unalienable. so part of our philosophy is, logically, freedom FROM being ruled by a dictator. a priori, our rights are ours, and we are "free from men (a king, dictator, tyrant) taking our rights from us". the second amendment isn't "freedom to" it's "freedom from tyranny". so your attempt at being intellectual and clever has been debunked. i think the 4th amendment even reads "freedom from illegal search and seizures..." let's check... "“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause..." exactly...so yet another one of the bill of rights reading "from" as "against". secure AGAINST unreasonable searches and seizures. shall i continue?
Let’s put it this way, a pretty girl in a mini dress can walk down any street in China at 2AM and nothing will happen to her. She won’t even feel unsafe. For everyone else you are virtually guaranteed never to have to face violent crime at any point in your life. That’s real freedom In the US, most women have to be careful when they go out at night. Basically this completely removes her REAL freedoms cause she’s now regulating when she can go out at night. If she was truly free, she should be able to go out at any hour of night wearing anything she wants. But there just not reality. In the US most cities have ghettos and parts of towns where everyone should avoid. In China, there aren’t “bad” areas cause even low income parts of every citing are just as safe as rich areas (it might look run down but that’s not a safety issue) If she is out she has to have her guard up. Even if she has a concealed carry permit, she could get ambushed by rapids.
Thats so funny! The point you made about how quiet it is walking next to the main roads. I went for my very first time to China this year. Shanghai, I checked in to my hotel went for a walk, that’s what I love to do. To discover the place. After 5 mins of walking I was like, why can I hear the birds? Why am I hearing the wind blowing through the leaves. All scooters are EV there. That’s so incredible. The buses are EV most cars are EV. Considering my profession is to modify and make cars faster/louder I never thought I would say that ever. Beautiful experience.
Westerners likes to talk about the lack of freedom in China. When a country is too slack on their laws and regulations, you face a declining society like the US or England. China is similar to Singapore during Lee Kwan Yew era. Western media used to label Singapore as a communist country too. What's wrong with strict laws and regulations if it comes with safety and a well governed country. Deng Xiao Peng has done what Lee Kwan Yew did and done it very well. See how fast China is able to progress and curb corruption. I'm a Singaporean living in Taiwan for the past 5 years. Democracy here but its a joke. Corruption everywhere. Triads and government officials caught in KTV sessions drinking. You really want this kinda democracy? Look at the pathetic subways in NewYork and London and then look at China's metro. Every Western UA-camr that has gone to China is astounded by it. Only the fools that are stuck in the poor US are still fooled by the Western media. Travel and see with your own eyes. Don't talk about metro in Taiwan. Taichung metro took more than 10 years to build because of corruption. They kept paying money to the builders and it kept getting delayed. You want this kinda government that's not held accountable? I've been to China recently. It's a Chinese government organised trip for Taiwanese youth to learn more about their own chinese history. Western media always talks about China going to attack Taiwan to get back it's land. But in actual fact, China are doing the soft approach. By educating the youths of Taiwan about their own Chinese culture and history. We were treated like VIPs and toured many historical sites and get to know about the history of the Three Kingdoms. US only knows how to instigate wars and sell arms to countries for profits. Their politicians buy Arms stocks LEGALLY. And by creating wars, their stocks soar. People need to be educated about these things. Sadly, because the world population are mostly educated in English. The west controls the media. Only in recent years, are there more and more Western professors and important figures speaking about China WITH FACTS. Freedom comes with a price. You want a safe country or a country where everyone can do whatever the fuck they want? People used to say Singagapore is too strict. You can't even chew gums, you get caning for these and that. I'm an ex convict. The mistakes i made in my youth. I totally accept the consequences. Now that I'm older. I can understand why it's better to have a stricter government.
Well well my friend, I am a Jakartan here and can't help but feel the same on Taiwan's democracy. I went to visit it on early April 2024. Things look rather stuck in time even in Taipei. Cash payment is still the norm in tourist-heavy districts like Xi Men Ding. For crying out loud, I never have to reach that much cash from my wallet that often since 2018-2019 in greater Jakarta area😊. This proved somewhat shocking to me since the Taiwan that I saw in 2013 was still noticeably ahead of Indonesia by no less than 10-15 years. No wonder, the late Mr LKY openly showed his scepticism on Taiwan & SK "democracy" right in front of the the last British governor of HK, Chris Patten. ua-cam.com/video/S2HkXCeGtgg/v-deo.html Lol
I had a customer who build houses in the ŰŠ. He was a ex convict too, selling drugs to make money. After he got out of prison, he found that building houses makes more money and never looked back lol.
@@hsheuw wow. I've seen alot of LKY clips but never seen this before. The way he says democracy brings regression shocked the whole audience. And yes, I first came to Taiwan in 2003. And it looks ALMOST EXACTLY the same. Not sure if it's a good thing or bad.
@@willisloye @willisloyefx I also tried to strike conversation with a few uber / taxi drivers. Seeing that I look Chinese, he did ask whether I'm of a Chinese background. I tell him detailed infos like I'm a 4th gen Chindo. My Great grandfather and grandparents were all born in Meizhou, Guangdong before migrating to Jakarta. Their surname is also Hou just like Taiwan’s famed director Hou Xiao Xian who is also a Meizhou-born Hakka. They strangely didn’t look all that happy when I mention that last bit (Mr Hou’s China origin). I found it a little weird...
When China was dirt poor and undeveloped, many Chinese left to seek a better life abroad all over the world. They faced racism, physical and verbal abuse, and discrimination in the countries they went to and many still do. Compared to the Chinese diaspora born overseas, Taiwanese and Hongkongers don't realise how privileged they are in that they are able to work, study and settle in mainland China freely.
In the US, We can gamble and gamble online and We can own guns we can even smoke 420 but we can't drink alcohol on the street. The funny thing is China can't do most of it above but they can drink alcohol on the street. It's just strange that u have such a wide spectrum with freedom that they can handle guns on the street but they can't handle alcohol on the street.
I've met Chinese who want to leave China and I've met Americans who want to leave the US. People think the grass is always on greener on the other side.
Good for you. An Asian living in California before and decided to return to my home country after 5 years. I have no regrets at all and believe I have made the right decision to return home. In that country, if you are Asian. No matter how much you have contributed to the country, you can change and adapt their names like Peter, Michael, Henry, speak and understand better English than the white supremacists. They will never accept you as one of them. You are always a second class to them even if you are better than them. Good that you have made your best decision just like me. Happy New Year 2025.
Have been Studying and working in American for over 20 years, i can say there there were huge gaps between China and US in 90s, with China opened up, the gaps narrowed rapidly, now in many area China has surpassed US. I was so shocked when i back to my home town in 2008, it used to a poverty county, new high way paved, all old houses were gone and new beautiful modern concrete buildings every where. I really thought i went to wrong place. Its like a dream. i thought i was doing ok with my high tech job in US, but a few years later i went back home again, this time i learned that i was the poorest person in my family. As far as freedom, democracy, i would ask does a regular person in US have any influence to big cooperation not to out source jobs? does any one dare to say anything political incorrect but truth? I see families and communities are broken, too many homeless and mental problem people, too many violent crimes in US, i would rather live in a genuine happy and safe place regardless what version of freedom or democracy.
you cannot speak out against the CCP in China. you are CENTURIES behind the US in this regard. you do not have free speech. you also don't have enough vagina for the number of penises you have in China. you have MASSIVE unemployment in china you have MASSIVE environmental issues in china some of your cities are stuck in the 1940s STOP with the b.s. and tell the truth
I lived in Baoan Shenzen for almost 2 years. Loved it. Life was really good, overall much better than America, where I'm from. We can argue politics all day long, but at the end of the day people in China seemed to have far more financial freedom than we do in the States.
I really like this guy's balanced and open mindset and heart - we need more voices like this in the world to help foster cooperation, understanding and growth!
I studied in China, I miss it a lot. Wish I could've worked there but I think the rules are strict wrt provision for outsiders to work as a doctor. Would've really considered staying back had I gotten used to the food.
@@politicaltroll8920 Nope. And it's a common myth that VPNs are completely off-limits. Companies are able to use VPNs with basically no problems. Otherwise, how would all the Chinese companies operating overseas be able to do business? Breaking the law gets you into trouble, not using a VPN.
@@Dudettehere Sorry to hear you weren't able to stay. Hope you can visit in the future - There are a lot of visa-free policies that support short visits, though not for all countries.
Regarding electric scooters in the city, I asked a friend in the Shenzhen government why the government doesn't restrict them? Or strengthen management? He told me that the government mainly considers that scooters solve the employment of many people. For example, there are a total of 15 million food delivery riders who use this convenient and low-cost tools of transportation. And scooters are also the means of transportation for most low-income people. So after balancing, the government does not strictly manage them like Hong Kong. Because protecting people's employment is the government's top priority.
He HAVE to because his wife is Chinese. He cant do anything. I bet his wife control every aspect of his life decision now, and thwir children will.have Chinese name and only be brought up in Chinese culture and never in Western culture.
Just arrived in London from Shenzhen for two days. When walking on the streets along the Thames River, the noises of the roaring combustion engines of the passing cars and buses are deafening, compared with the quiet roads in Shenzhen.
@@RobertMJohnson We're basically electric. Except for a few cars that are gas guzzlers but they're not that loud . My family has a bmwX1 gas car and believe me it's not that loud.
Just bear in mind that a woman in the US has been arrested for saying "delay, deny, depose, you people are next", out of anger and frustration, to a customer service provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield. She's facing 15 years in jail and has a $100,000 bond. She is a mother of 3, with no weapons and no criminal history. So much for freedom of speech, the land of the free.
Threats have never been permitted. "Fighting words" and harassment tread on your fellow Americans' rights to life. Your rights and freedom end at your neighbor. So many entitled Americans act like the constitution grants them a personal monarchy over everyone. The irony is the US constitution was created to defy monarchy.
I don't know the details, but baded on your description that's an obvious death threat. No country accepts threats of violence as being within the scope of freedom of expression.
As one living in the US for over two decades, I miss these freedoms: Freedom of carrying an opened can of beer on the streets Freedom of remodeling house without acquiring a permit Freedom of fishing at random lake or river without a license Freedom of visiting and appreciating the beauty of the palaces and gardens that used to exclusively owned by the Emperors or the elites Freedom of enjoying the best beach or scenic views because they all belong to the public Freedom of buying properties without property tax Freedom of parking cars anywhere without worrying about break-ins Freedom of leaving deliveries outside for days without being stolen Freedom of live streaming almost everywhere Freedom of photographing or video-graphing with expensive gears without fear of robbery or theft Freedom of smoking Cuban cigar Freedom of counting a large pile of cash on busy subway as an elderly Freedom of sending kids to schools without worrying about mass shootings Freedom of going everywhere cheaply and efficiently via public transportation Freedom of safely hanging out at any random places, no matter how late or remote Freedom of leaving behind expensive belongings in public place unattended Freedom of buying medicine from drug stores everywhere without a prescription Freedom of booking the best doctors without breaking a bank Freedom of getting medical checks in hospitals right away without scheduling and waiting Freedom of paying utility bills at regular rate during disastrous situation Freedom of shouting at police officers with no consequence Freedom of protest in peace without fear of being kneed on neck, or shot by guns, or run over by police cars Freedom of reporting problems to local government via a hotline and getting the issues tracked and resolved in days Freedom of traveling to foreign nations Freedom of going to clean public restrooms everywhere, for free Freedom of flying drones almost everywhere Freedom of having abortion by women’s own choice Freedom of studying and discussing class struggles and rebellions in history Freedom of studying capitalism, socialism, and communism theories and practices to make informed opinions Freedom of talking about politically incorrectness like LGBTQ madness without fear of retaliation/cancellation Freedom of challenging mainstream perception of foreign nations without being called affiliated/paid apologist Freedom of visiting Xinjiang to witness the so-called genocide with first hand experience Freedom of experiencing truth and reality instead of listening to the media And many more about freedom about Israel
It is great that you now start to interview folks living in China. Different cities in China are actually very different. It will be great to hear some from Beijing, Shanghai and HK.
A story about democracy: A farmer asked his son before he died: "Pigs complain about poor feed, cows complain about heavy work, and chickens complain about dirty nests. What should you do?" The son said: "Change to good feed, change ploughs, clean up chicken coop." The farmer shook his head and said: “No, don't do anything. Let them vote one from the pigs, the cows or the chicken to take care of them, let them think they are in control.” Son’s idea = Chinese Democracy (Get Things Done) Father’s idea = American Democracy (Election Circus)
this is a really good analogy. Meritocracy > Democracy. if one is more capable，they should decide what to do. for example my country indonesia , often votes for someone who they think is going to do good for them, when in the end its just a circus, whatever we vote the end is all the money is corrupted. i believe what china is doing in the communist party is closer to what confucious envisions as a meritocracy for choosing leadership.
the hypocrisy is people from us democratic countries think they have power, but actually they are at the mercy of the rich 1% who are controlling the media, the party members, even the president.
@ Actually Singapore has more or less the same system. Lee Kuan Yew was under similar criticism by the West, for not being “democratic”. China was as poor as India in 1980s, now 5x richer than India. Look at infrastructures in China, they are far ahead. China moves ahead by solving problems, not by focusing on the opposition parties.
This video really challenges the stereotypes many people hold about China and offers such a fresh perspective on modern life in Shenzhen. The discussion about freedom and the cultural nuances of living as an expat in China is incredibly thought-provoking. It's amazing to see how experiences like these can change one's worldview!
Finally I am glad that Max can cover & travel not just Singapore, KL & India but also expatriate in China where the latter has huge foreign expats. And not forgetting the many Chinese who left US & European countries to return to their homeland
@@ggc7318Agree. It seems annually tens of thousands of Chinese people immigrate illegaly to US and Canada. Not including another large number legally to US, Canada, UK and Australia. The one leaving forever is 100 times more than the one coming in to stay forever.
Thanks for the great video again, it's always good to see and hear from other people's perspective. There's lots of ways SG can improve and learn from everyone else.
Most Westerners mistake private security of the property as police, lol, and a lot of those media even make narratives of them like oh Chinese police is everywhere, they are stopping me from filming, actually most of them are just security guards whom are hired by that property for example a company, a factory, a shopping mall, a neighborhood community. To help you tell who's police simply check their uniforms with usually both Chinese and English words of Police or SWAT, if without it they are private security guards hired by private companies office buildings or shopping malls. If you are rich enough, you could hire as many security guards as you want, basically, money talks.
Moved to China six years ago from the UK. Originally thought I had made a mistake and would stick it out for a few years until my minimum tenure was up. Then I realised my god this place has far more freedom and a much higher quality than the UK. It is insanely safe. The other day I accidentally left my iPhone on the park bench because my kid needed to go to the toilet. I came back, he went back to play and I continued chatting with my friends until maybe 10 mins in I realised my phone as missing. Went back to the bench and it was still there. Also, people often say yes but you can't protest. Actually there are protests all the time. I work for a multinational and our clients often have an entire village rock up because one of our clients have withheld their funds for whatever reason. Also there is a 24/7 manned national hotline in Chinese and English, where you can file any complaint from a pothole to reporting corruption. Also contrary to popular belief people CAN vote for those who represent them locally and regionally. Sure you are not voting for a party or leader because the entire system is like a listed company, you have to earn your way up the ladder and demonstrate you have the right experience amd integrity - unlike the UK where it is about whether you have the right friends. Then the thing I often see in these comments is "well how about Tianenmen Square?". First off, no one talks about the fact that Japan denies the Nanjing massacre, has erased it from their history books and in some prefectures they even have cosplay days for Primary school kids to dress up in Imperial Japan military uniform. My friend back in the UK had police come to his door to issue a warning because he has a Palestine flag hung up... INSIDE his own living room! And lets not forget just before COVID, the Home Secretary in the UK sent over 20 officers to raid an ART GALLERY in London to seize an art installation because it was used during a legitimate climate protest.
This is only what I saw in Chinese social media: the owner of the channel “Our Chinese Life” moved to China because their neighbors in UK did not like their rock n’ roll style, they could not FREELY express their love in UK.
@@serenityhouse669 It's not perfect but it is a lot better and a long way off the UK in a good way. I think in the UK you end up being in this bubble where you genuinely believe it is the greatest nation on Earth and that China is this communist country where everyone is miserable, the police follows foreigners around and the sun never shines because it is always grey. Literally all the news, documentaries and dramas all depict this, but it is so far from the truth. I was one of those who believed in the whole Uyghur human rights violations thing until I started meeting actual Uyghurs.
China has significantly progressed in the last 15 to 20 years. US is smearing China due to the fear of being displaced as the Number 1. But honestly within the DNA of Chinese, I don’t think China is keen to take the lead position. China is contented to uplift the lives of their people, and all these is just so evidently clear when one travels to China. I landed near midnight in Shanghai and through the cab ride to the hotel, I saw many young girls or individual girl walking alone on the street past midnight! This is what I really called Freedom! Can any young girls walk alone at night in the western world without getting harm? Think about the meaning of freedom. 🤣
What you don't understand is that the United States has not been displaced. Because the United States reaction would not be with words if they're displaced. They would do the unthinkable over that. Never for a second think that our reaction would be to sit there. Oh my God no.
Justle all of you know out there because this guy's lying to you. The United States of America is still the world's global power, the largest economy in the world and as stated by the WTO, the economic driver of the planet Earth. 4 years have passed and China is only at 19 trillion and those 4 years the United States is now at almost 30 trillion. Please stop lying. The United States is still number one
It absolutely is defined by the West because it is Western. It was created in Athens, Greece thousands of years ago. China is not Democratic. China has absolutely no forms of freedom will you have. Is a totalitarian police state with a dictator, that's it.
@@VerkaterterStiefel Brothers climbing the mountain, each striving on their own. China only defines itself, unlike other buffoons who make a mess of their own affairs and still like to casually criticize others.
@@VerkaterterStiefel We don't have that stinky habit to define this or that. Take care of ourselves and avoid worrying about salty and bland food. I'm Chinese.
What I really loved about China when I was there was just how convenient everything is, it can be 10pm and you can order delicious food online and in like 10 minutes they’re at your door. The public transportation is also particularly good, especially their high speed rail network, it was so smooth, quiet, efficient, cheap, and fast, like I wish we had that in the US it’s so much better than flying or driving for like 500 mile distances, I honestly miss that so much. Lastly everything is just so incredibly cheap in China, it’s almost like 1 Chinese yuan has the same spending power as 1 USD in California, everything is just so cheap or the more honest truth is everything in California is just too expensive.
I can just agree with what that american was saying about China because I have been living in there for quite a long time and I am not influnced by what the western medias say about it. Regarding democracy, chinese actually know it pretty well what it means unlike the negative propaganda of the west about this topic. In fact, during the emperial dynasties, the ones who had the best scores at the national exam " the gaokao" had the possibility to ascend to power which was a very democratic way to select the right people to govern the country. About the one child policy, that applied only to certain provinces of the country. I met people that had 5 brothers or sisters. That negative view of China is especially in the anglo saxon medias which gives a distorted idea of the reality in China.
A lot of people misunderstand the one-child policy. It’s not that having a second child was completely forbidden; rather, it was meant to encourage families to have fewer children due to limited resources. The idea was to focus on giving each child better opportunities and conditions instead of having many children without the means to support them properly. I was born in the 1980s, during the strictest period of the policy. For my mother, it meant having fewer advantages compared to others in the same situation. The policy didn’t outright ban having a second child, but it did encourage a 10-year age gap between siblings so that parents could devote their full attention to each child. It’s also important to note that the one-child policy was always intended to be temporary. Around a decade ago, the government shifted its focus, now encouraging families to have more children. Just like the one-child policy encouraged fewer children without banning them, the current approach encourages more children without forcing families to have them.
The guest speaker is obviously very knowledgeable, eloquent and objective in offering advice for living and doing business in China. He’s right on the spot about Americans being US-centric and ignorant.
If u define one man one vote every 5 years as democracy then China is certainly not; and if you define that you can call your President the "F" word then China is definitely not. But ask yourself whether you want safety for your family or calling someone some stupid word, the choice is yours.
China, and Singapore make it work well in protecting it's citizens, the issue is countries like Russia and North Korea where the same "strong" leader system doesn't work out in favour of the common people. Same goes for "democracies", Nordic European countries make the best out of it, USA and the likes of countries likes of countries with dual party systems don't tend to focus on personal safety of it's citizens, Japan and Korea tend to do decent enough, Australia and Europe are not that bad as a whole either, but man is the US and Russia the perfect examples of how both systems are flawed, so having a bias towards one system or the other is not a good idea, ideally governments around the world learn from each others pros, and leave out the cons.
In China, the government tells you exactly how long the leash is. In the US, the leash is exactly the same length (maybe one inch longer or even shorter) but the American government and media gaslight their people into thinking it's miles long.
@@yakuza01 a very good analogy. To stretch it further, when you start jerking at the leash for real changes in America, they pull you back very quickly and often violently to let you know your leash is actually very short and there's nothing you can do about it except to pretend it is very long.
As a UA-camr from Singapore, I hope you can create more episodes about the interaction between Hong Kong and neighboring cities in the Greater Bay Area. When discussing comparisons between Hong Kong and Singapore, people usually focus on comparing the two cities in isolation. However, you should explore other cities in the Greater Bay Area and their interactions with Hong Kong to gain deeper insights into the comparative dynamics of Hong Kong and Singapore in competition.
Because we have the right to vote means it's democracy. The moment that you do not have the right to vote means that it's a dictatorship. There is no alternate form of democracy. It is 100% western.
Fully agreed. China is miles ahead on every level. Infrastructure, safety etc off the charts. What’s less known is how friendly and decent the people are .
Definitely not miles ahead. US is ahead for most things. China doesn’t even have drinkable tsp water and US miles ahead at medical innovation and cancer rate survival. Universities are miles ahead for example.
China can't build schools on the backs of horses and yaks. But China can build a building to protect Tibetan children from cold, hunger, marijuana and bullets. China not only exempted them from tuition fees and provided them with living allowances, but also prepared extra places for them and lowered their scores during the college entrance examination. Well, here's the question. Where is the school you built for the native Indians? You used a perfect infrastructure to build Indian schools on horseback or on the backs of cattle or on the scalps of Indians?
A Very important point on "Freedom" that ohhh so many fail to acknowledge. Being free of WORRY about being shot, knifed, mugged, robbed, raped or violated in any other way as well. Do you feel safe about sending your children to school in China - in comparison to sending them to school in say Chicago ? Hint, females fear walking outside after dark in US Cities unless in large group - trained - embedded fear, but not so anywhere in China. Those that freak out about CCTV etc, they often fail to recognize that the UK was the Most CCTV'd up until just a couple of years ago... and they are the only ones... (see middle east like Saudi). Lastly, those that CLUCK LOUDLY about it are worried that they will be caught doing illegal things and they want to continue their criminal "Special-Entitlement" asd they have been granted elsewhere (through systematic failure of acceptable social norms).
Americans/westerners who complain about CCTV in China, should ask why there are videos that captured shooting of United Healthcare CEO in New York City. BTW, Americans will see more and more CCTV everywhere.
China is an increasingly innovative country in scientific development, while at the same time a master of implementation. Innovation is translated to real world through openness to technological change. This is evident in many areas including transportation, automation, biometrics, construction, manufacturing, space and aeronautics, digital development and AI, etc.
I just left LA after 3 years+ and am moving back to Asia. It's funny how true what Sean was saying about what you refer as 'freedom' and what your daily priorities are. Through my 3 years of living in LA, I realized I have never felt LESS free in my entire life, comparing to my life in Singapore, Japan and China. Everything in California seems to be designed so you spend money, and while private sectors are amazing (considering you have the money for it), public sector amenities barely exists--in comparison to the countries I've lived of course--and handling government-related paperwork is always such unnecessary hassle. Some breakdown from 2024 : My landlord only accepts cheques (something I hadn't touched in almost 20 years outside of the US), and I lived in what was consider a very nice area in West LA. Dealing with Social Security required me to fax certain paperwork, similarly unheard of for decades. DMV appointment is a hit and miss, sometimes I still had to wait in line for over an hour. Banking is insane and I expected much better, the apps in the same bank's counterparts in Asia were much more user-friendly and automated (OK Japan is an exception here). Credit score is such a silly concept and don't even get me started on Taxes. No developed country should ever have tax filing system like in the US. I and my colleagues would talk, think and prepare for taxes for months in advance, especially if you don't fork out $300-400 for a tax filing service. In everywhere else I've lived in, tax filing is almost literally a click or two away, unless you have your own business. LA public transport is so laughable in comparison to other sprawling cities--buses and metro exists but they only cover major tourist areas. American insurance is a joke, the whole system is just ridiculous. Safety, which is uncompromisable for me and my family, is the kicker--granted it's more of American problem instead of USA--if you are used to life in other big cities outside of the US, you know what I'm saying, you never truly feel safe in the LA in comparison to those other cities. Ultimately, the 'freedom' I expect from living in a big city in a developed country were unachievable in LA: general safety, accessibility, affordable travel, affordable entertainment and socializing, walkability, accessible and affordable education, health and insurance. Of course, no place is perfect and there are many wonderful things about LA and California in general that I am thankful for, but ultimately it's not for me and it made me all the more grateful for how much Asia's society and city living has evolved rapidly over the past decades. Thanks Max and Sean for this video!
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I have been living in the area for over 40 years and I agree with him. I don’t drink and smoke and still have many friends. The social events continue and freedom to “play” is not affected.
Agreed. Oftentimes the "experts" on those channels are there to push a narrative. They are regarded as "experts" because they have a degree from a western institution and read certain books and articles by western authors. They're part of an echo chamber. Most have not lived in China or interacted with Chinese people for any appreciable length of time. It's quite silly actually.
This video only scratches the surface-the icing on the cake. An example, you should look into their school education and what is taught to children. I speak fluent Chinese and have worked with Chinese customers my entire life. There's much more to this; you should dig deeper.
Isn’t all the “China bad” videos of the Western media or some “influencer” of the West are also just scratch the surface and then make a big deal out of it?🤔 They make it sounds like China is the only country, only society in the world that got problems / issues, all while the rest of the world is problems-free and everybody is living happily and sing songs like Disney movies, where as China and the Chinese are living like a “prisoner”! 🤷♂️ As for education? On what terms are we talking about tho?
Say whatever you like about China, but one thing is certain: China has walked the right path, and it's factual. China has done great for its people and its nation as a whole
@@TacticalMayo It's up to you. I care about my health, my safety, my quality of life, but I still respect your view, and we all should embrace differences. Last but not least, I totally don't agree CCP is a kind of dictatorship if you study more about their system.
@@TacticalMayo Only a fool would live every day in opposition to the government; a normal person should care more about their own life rather than the differences in politics and ideology.
Well Shenzen looks cool indeed, but reality is that not all 1.5 billions chinese have a job and a sucessfull career like this man, most of them work very hard for a small salary. Also Shenzen is just a city in china, there's also many others small cities and village where conditions are not as good in Shenzen or major cities. Also in many european countries medical expenses are almost free or totally free like in France for every resident for exmaple, in china you have to pay or take an insurance but it also cost money so if you are too poor and cannot pay you can just die. In european countries tap water is drinkable so it's more convenient you don't have to buy bottles or boil water everytime. Also because of industries and lack of environment laws in asian big cities atmosphere is heavily polluted, it looks like a smog literraly, it's better for your health to stay in Europe where air is not as polluted as big asian cities. Also payment system in China is very bad for tourism, totally incompatible with other payment system used in the rest of the world such as credit card, tourists will prefer to visit a country where they can just spent money without having to install an app and send money on it with high fees transactions for foreign card, why bother making things complicates when they can just choose any other country except china where they can pay by just using their credit card ? You can pay by cash but usually people won't have any money for change since everyone is using virtual payment, so if you don't have the exact amount you loose money everytime you pay by cash, not really a good idea right ?
When I saw that the prices of vegetables in American supermarkets in US dollars were the same as those in Chinese supermarkets in RMB, I understood why the US GDP was so high.
My personal experience in Asia is that freedom is achieved by bringing people up with manners and respect of others. In the west - we failed in that regard
Bro, agree with you. Anyway, I think democracy itself is hypocritical and limited. Isn't too much freedom an infringement on other people's freedom? It's a false proposition. I believe that cultivating the basic literacy of individuals is the foundation of a harmonious society. Democracy may not necessarily be suitable in the West. It is just one of the means used by capitalist governments to control the masses. It gives you a sense of participation and makes you feel that this is democracy. In fact, whether things are done or not is another matter.
@@aaron4387 Yeah, the rich will choose to emigrate because competition in mainland China is too fierce, including the education of their children and so on.
speech or livehood Which one is more important? Social order or personal behavior Which one is more valuable? Public security or personal privacy Which one is more prominent？ Selective meritocracy or universal suffrage Which one is more accountable？ history will give us the answer
@@maheus3451 What he said is also more one-sided. China is a country governed by multiple parties,One party is responsible, . In terms of system,it is an open country with multiple systems. There are one country, two systems, local autonomy, and local democratic direct elections. In China's rural areas, 600 million people are involved. Since the 1980s, direct elections have been adopted. All Chinese people have seen the stagnation of rural areas,The chaos of direct elections, with over 300000 independent cases, has not been successful! It can be said that China has almost all the modern systems on Earth,So, most people in China understand that the system is just a means, the most important thing is the goal, and summarizing everyone's wishes is' today is better than yesterday '.
There are truths in the saying (for those with direct experiences): US has lots of democracy but little freedom. China has little democracy but lots of freedom.
There's absolutely no freedom in China. I've lived there for years, it's a police state. If I posted this exact same message while being in China, the police would come knocking on my door. Everyone who lives in China knows this.
China’s sky is not always gray, nor has there been no blue sky for decades. In fact, the Western media deliberately added a filter. I have lived in China for 30 years and have had blue skies most of the time, of course not all the places have blue skies most of the time in China
8:48 It's strange that the country that invented paper money doesn't really use paper money anymore. Then again, this makes sense: they're on to the next thing, just like when they started using paper money 1,000 years ago.
In fact, electric bicycles in China are required to walk on sidewalks. When crossing a red light, you have to take the zebra crossing. Haha, I didn't expect it!!
As a Chinese friend I think you need more critical conversations with someone else who has lived in China to understand how and where the changes are significant. Modern civilization should not only be reflected in architecture or technology; the unseen aspects are even more important, and these details are often imperceptible to ordinary Chinese people.
A country's prosperity, strength, freedom and security have spoken for themselves, so go to hell with your fake "democracy and freedom". The whole western society has been plagued by wars and Messy 😢
The priceless and most important element in china is general safety. No other country comes close to that. And then there is overall cleanliness. No one shits or urinates behind a tree or park shrub, or under staircases, or cigarette butts, or roadside camps and tents.
Media on both sides are biased, with political or financial interests behind it. We are educated to think critically and independently. We should make judgments on what we see and experience, not everything the media throws at us. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Ive been all over China for the past 10 years and its crazy to see how fast they went from small towns to metropolis. I really like all-in-one super apps like Gaode and Alipay (which integrates with Touch 'n Go). However, I don't appreciate having to take a picture of my passport just to use their public Wi-Fi. I love the public transport system (HRS, Bicycle, MRT, DiDi); everything is on time, clean and easily accessible. Better than SG if i might say. On the other hand, I'm not fond of the food here. It feels very homogeneous compared to Singapore and Malaysia, where I enjoy a diverse mix of cultural cuisines that have developed over generations. I could go on and list many pros and cons as a traveller, expat whatever you like to call it. One thing is for sure, we have a way easy life there than ordinary locals thats for sure. There are problems and the government has a long way ahead. I have confidence China will always awe us in miracle ways
I probably have watched this channel 2 - 3 times. Always walked away with an experience of a narrow minded host asking tunnel vision questions with biased preloaded questions until this episode. Good for you. Keep expanding your knowledge!
People from the US, UK, Canada or other countries can get a 10-day free visa to come to China, and whether you are in a big city, a small city or a rural area, you will be surprised to find that China is not what the Western media portrays it to be. You can visit Uyghur cities in Xinjiang and learn about their lifestyle and traditions, there is no oppression there at all, and you can visit Tibet to interview local Tibetans, there is no oppression there either. merry xmas!
the comment lacks a coherent flow, starting with a vague, dismissive critique and jumping to praise without transition. It feels thoughtlessly cobbled together. I hope you can keep expanding your commenting skills.
I was told that the two finger tap on table was first started when some prince wanted to go out to drink in public like a commoner but didn't want the public to discover his identity. The guards came up with a silent/secret way to thank the prince for pouring their drinks by tapping the table
It doesn't matter how he feels about it. Our leadership will absolutely never accept nothing. We're not going to coexist as number two. That's not going to happen. You better start getting them hypersonics ready
@wangmingming-l8q I know you cab, but please explain how and if this is allowed? I was also able to see it on many many visits but not in way that is supposly OK to do it
$1500 for the cheapest studio apt. in my crappy city in the USA, $100 in Xiamen. Maybe I can't walk down the street in China screaming "Jesus is King!!!" but I've got a place to live and I'm not worried about being homeless, in America that is an EVERYDAY reality. WHO REALLY IS FREE THEN???
I am Chinese and live in another city less than 50 kilometers away from Shenzhen. It can be said that this is a very fair interview. But I can give a suggestion to friends who are planning to travel to China. Shenzhen is China's innovative city and cannot fully represent China's humanities, history, and style characteristics. If you want to experience China more deeply, I strongly recommend that your travel plan must include: Xi'an, Beijing, Harbin, Shanghai, Chengdu or Chongqing. If you want to experience the ultimate beauty of China, you must go to Xinjiang, Kanas, where you will be intoxicated
@gelinrefira Yeah... the term "democracy" is frequently misused in Western propaganda, and the concept of voting, along with Western-style democracy, lacks a scientific foundation. China (along with Singapore) does not adopt this model because it is disadvantageous. In other words, Western-style democracy or democracy solely based on voting is the wrong model!
You can vote in Singapore and on some local level in China. I'm not saying voting does not work, I'm saying that the west pretends that democracy must come with their version of voting, parliamentary system which has been so corrupted and twisted and hijacked that their votes literally do not matter most of the time. They pretend that way so they can also keep pretending that any other system that do not follow their superficial application of voting and representation must therefore be terrible and evil. They set their own exams, took their own exams and grade their own exams and pass themselves with flying colors, while saying other countries with other systems are not qualified to even write their own exams. You see what I mean?
The same goes with "freedom of speech", bcos there is no such thing in real life. However, American propaganda has taught people to believe that it's only a legal matter, when it's also a cultural matter. For example, there's the type of speech that you're restricted to at work as mentioned in the video, watching your language around family members, around kids, entertainment industry choosing what kind of things that are allowed to be shown to the masses, which has become much more politically correct over the last decade and so on.
So I have been doing business in china for 20 years,and I still work with the same girl 20 years on,just recently I was with her and she raised her voice to me the 1st time in 20 years,she now has a Audi car on finance,when we eat together she still has a phone in one hand talking business,and the pressure is getting so much for her she said she has told her husband who doesn’t work, he is supposed to look after the kids that he can have the kids the condo and the car,to marry a girl now the girl wants a car a condo and a bride price,I love my friends in china,but have they got it right in china ,I am not sure?
I live in USA , Are definition of freedom has decayed USA in every thing . I agree with this young man there is responsibility with language and what you say , how you say it and where you say it . Sadly America has lost its way in all areas and is decaying and becoming a very sad country .
I'm a student in China, and in fact things at the grassroots level in China are elected. Positions and honors in the school are voted on by the students, and in the smallest units of life, such as villages and urban communities, we vote. China is in fact meritocracy, with officials selected through examinations and meritocracy, a system that lies somewhere between democracy and meritocracy. Or in other words, we only vote for things around us, and leave professional things to the elites, and if they don't do well, everyone can file a complaint and investigate.
There are western vloggers that have done that. ua-cam.com/video/fci9MQ3VZ_I/v-deo.html A young female Indian vlogger did it too. ua-cam.com/video/FKMZVthpVW8/v-deo.html
@@orangetube1 Thank you. I had seen the first, but not the second. My nephew cycled from the UK to Japan, spending time in many countries on the way including Russia, China, Outer Mongolia. He was interrogated while attempting to re-enter China from Russia, because there were missing records of where he had stayed while he had been in China. In the end, he was allowed back in, but I understand it was an unpleasant experience.
@@richardamullens Lol, well, firstly, tell your nephew to thank MI6 for that, few years ago a MI6 agent flew to Mongolia and entered Inner Mongolia, China from there, where some military manufacturing plants were located, not long before he got arrested with a camera had quite some photos of military equipment in it. Secondly, it is China, not the UK, is it not common sense for a traveler to know and follow what's required and necessary?
I live in Yancheng for a year. It was a great experience I would recommend other and experience for themselves and create their own opinion for themselves and not others, wheter good or bad.
why don't you show us the daily LONG Lines at the American Embassy! The lines on Chinese citizens trying to get visas to travel and move to the US? Why don't you show the Chinese agents with megaphones telling them to turn around and go away 😂😂We don't see that BS in the US 😂 no one is lining up to move there.. who are you trying to convince?
China is the most high tech country in the world. And, yeah.. it needs a lot of cameras... such as, for autonomous vehicles, facial recognition, etc. and the West is so jealous... China now has a thriving low altitude economy, mid altitude economy and the top high altitude economy... Elon Musk aims to emulate China, expressing interest in replicating (in his own word: copy) WeChat as well as establishing a low-altitude economy in the US. His beautiful model mother, Maye Musk resides in Shanghai.😘😍🥰
@@RobertMJohnsonI'm american and your statement is kinda ignorant we military the most advanced but when it gets to the domestic level we far behind china sadly it's the greed of a lot of companies and the corruption of a lot of politicians that's holding us back sadly. We gotta to get it together.
11:55 礼尚往来 (Pinyin: lǐ shàng wǎng lái) is an idiom that first appeared in the Book of Rites by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. Lishangwanglai refers to the emphasis on mutual exchanges in etiquette, and is often used in interpersonal relationships; it is also used to metaphorically mean that a certain behavior will be rewarded with a certain behavior. It is generally used as a predicate or attributive in a sentence.
A thought just striked me- is the amount of political parties in a country really that important when it comes to voting for democracy? What's the point to have a handful of parties to choose from but none of them is trustworthy? Or you just gonna have to settle with the lesser of the two evils? I appreciate the non-biased verdicts on my country.
Election is actually bidding for a position, you need money to do this or you need donations if you don't have enough, you'll act in favour of yourself or donors in return. Voters not only have not much choices but also get nothing but some promises - wait for 4 more years if you are not satisfied.
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7:14 That's what we call freedom in transportation. Which westerners don't have.
why don't you visit the third tier cities and remote villages where there is extreme poverty and crumbling infrastructure proof is there serpentza's channel. The Chinese govt only wants to show foreigners the good side without showing the bad which is why cities like Shenzen are heavily advertized and third tier cities never get a mention
@@shaheedbhaghatsingh3974And how do you know?
@shaheedbhaghatsingh3974 There are also many videos that show the poor rural of China. If it prohibitant, you won't know.
Hey Max, can you please add english subtitles too for people who don't understand English perfectly - and possibly ai translated subtitles in other languages too.
Since you have chinese subtitles within the video you will have the english transcript anyway.
Thank you.
I have to add this in every video that talks about democracy, especially from a western POV. Just because you can vote, does not mean you have democracy. Just because you have the facade of elections does not mean you have power at any level of the power structure of your society. This is more so in capitalist controlled countries because there is a lot of pretending of democracy in these countries but when push comes to shove, the gloves come off and you see how much "democracy" you actually have.
Is it otherwise in China? Do people have the power?
Edit: wow guys, thank you for the replies. It's good to know that you have some power over the local officials and policies throughout the country. So does that mean you can also change the representatives in the Parliament, even though it's only one party?
look at stupid Germany, now we are actually more socialism than China and people are so unhappy with the broken government. would you like to learn from Germans?
@@greendsnow Yes they do. They have another process call Whole Process Democracy. It works on a petition, consultation feedback loop where the government engages the public and the public make demands and being consulted on policies. It works at lower level at the local level and upper level during their big meetings. Politicians are elected at local level and they have to work their way up, being promoted only when they have proven themselves and acknowledge by their peers. If they screwed up because they are incompetent and cause problems, they get demoted or fired. Or worse they get caught with corruption and if it is really bad, they face the firing squad.
Chinese people do protest and that usually exposed underlying policy problems and the government make adjustments all the time. It goes back and fro. It's why the Chinese people has such high satisfaction with their government. Of course, no system is perfect but policies do change and officials do get fired and corruption do get clamped down. You won't get this level of approval if the people do not feel like their needs are met and their voices are heard. That's democracy.
Now tell me when was the last time a major shift in policies happened in the west because the people demand it. Not superficial stuff like low ball social issues. I'm talking about healthcare, wages, the economy, regulating Wall St., stopping wars from happening.
NOTE that I have been replying to some of your comments but this platform has chosen to shadow remove many of them because the AI is removing comments contrary to western narratives once I trigger it. It won't remove this comment because it has too high of an engagement now. This is what free speech in the west is like; you are not allowed to go against the official narrative.
I have lived in the US for many years, went to college there and even used to be married to an American so when I say voting in the US literally does not matter, I know what I'm talking about.
And the election cost 14 billion when 40% of the families in US don't have $500 as an emergency fund!
Exactly. In the usa policies remain the same with a different party whilst in China policy changes within the same party.
There is a fundamental difference in how Americans, Chinese, and Asians in general see Freedom. To American or Westerners, freedom is perceived as "Freedom To", to Chinese/ Asians, it is more like "Freedom from". Take the extreme example, the firearm. To Americans, the right to bear firearms is a form of freedom. To Chinese/Asians, freedom from fear of getting hurt/killed in random firearm violence is freedom. Who is right or wrong is only about mindset and perspective.
well talk
@@feizai245 Sounds like as if you know asians?
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uh no, dude. the West's philosophy is based on the sovereignty of the individual, all of whom have been granted their rights by their Creator (god, which in context means "not man, a man or men). thus, rights cannot be taken away and we consider these rights unalienable.
so part of our philosophy is, logically, freedom FROM being ruled by a dictator. a priori, our rights are ours, and we are "free from men (a king, dictator, tyrant) taking our rights from us".
the second amendment isn't "freedom to" it's "freedom from tyranny".
so your attempt at being intellectual and clever has been debunked.
i think the 4th amendment even reads "freedom from illegal search and seizures..." let's check...
"“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause..."
exactly...so yet another one of the bill of rights reading "from" as "against". secure AGAINST unreasonable searches and seizures.
shall i continue?
Let’s put it this way, a pretty girl in a mini dress can walk down any street in China at 2AM and nothing will happen to her. She won’t even feel unsafe. For everyone else you are virtually guaranteed never to have to face violent crime at any point in your life. That’s real freedom
In the US, most women have to be careful when they go out at night. Basically this completely removes her REAL freedoms cause she’s now regulating when she can go out at night. If she was truly free, she should be able to go out at any hour of night wearing anything she wants. But there just not reality.
In the US most cities have ghettos and parts of towns where everyone should avoid. In China, there aren’t “bad” areas cause even low income parts of every citing are just as safe as rich areas (it might look run down but that’s not a safety issue)
If she is out she has to have her guard up. Even if she has a concealed carry permit, she could get ambushed by rapids.
Thats so funny! The point you made about how quiet it is walking next to the main roads. I went for my very first time to China this year. Shanghai, I checked in to my hotel went for a walk, that’s what I love to do. To discover the place. After 5 mins of walking I was like, why can I hear the birds? Why am I hearing the wind blowing through the leaves. All scooters are EV there. That’s so incredible. The buses are EV most cars are EV.
Considering my profession is to modify and make cars faster/louder I never thought I would say that ever.
Beautiful experience.
Westerners likes to talk about the lack of freedom in China. When a country is too slack on their laws and regulations, you face a declining society like the US or England.
China is similar to Singapore during Lee Kwan Yew era. Western media used to label Singapore as a communist country too. What's wrong with strict laws and regulations if it comes with safety and a well governed country. Deng Xiao Peng has done what Lee Kwan Yew did and done it very well. See how fast China is able to progress and curb corruption.
I'm a Singaporean living in Taiwan for the past 5 years. Democracy here but its a joke. Corruption everywhere. Triads and government officials caught in KTV sessions drinking. You really want this kinda democracy?
Look at the pathetic subways in NewYork and London and then look at China's metro. Every Western UA-camr that has gone to China is astounded by it. Only the fools that are stuck in the poor US are still fooled by the Western media. Travel and see with your own eyes. Don't talk about metro in Taiwan. Taichung metro took more than 10 years to build because of corruption. They kept paying money to the builders and it kept getting delayed. You want this kinda government that's not held accountable?
I've been to China recently. It's a Chinese government organised trip for Taiwanese youth to learn more about their own chinese history. Western media always talks about China going to attack Taiwan to get back it's land. But in actual fact, China are doing the soft approach. By educating the youths of Taiwan about their own Chinese culture and history. We were treated like VIPs and toured many historical sites and get to know about the history of the Three Kingdoms.
US only knows how to instigate wars and sell arms to countries for profits. Their politicians buy Arms stocks LEGALLY. And by creating wars, their stocks soar. People need to be educated about these things. Sadly, because the world population are mostly educated in English. The west controls the media. Only in recent years, are there more and more Western professors and important figures speaking about China WITH FACTS.
Freedom comes with a price. You want a safe country or a country where everyone can do whatever the fuck they want? People used to say Singagapore is too strict. You can't even chew gums, you get caning for these and that. I'm an ex convict. The mistakes i made in my youth. I totally accept the consequences. Now that I'm older. I can understand why it's better to have a stricter government.
Well well my friend, I am a Jakartan here and can't help but feel the same on Taiwan's democracy. I went to visit it on early April 2024. Things look rather stuck in time even in Taipei. Cash payment is still the norm in tourist-heavy districts like Xi Men Ding. For crying out loud, I never have to reach that much cash from my wallet that often since 2018-2019 in greater Jakarta area😊. This proved somewhat shocking to me since the Taiwan that I saw in 2013 was still noticeably ahead of Indonesia by no less than 10-15 years.
No wonder, the late Mr LKY openly showed his scepticism on Taiwan & SK "democracy" right in front of the the last British governor of HK, Chris Patten.
ua-cam.com/video/S2HkXCeGtgg/v-deo.html Lol
I had a customer who build houses in the ŰŠ. He was a ex convict too, selling drugs to make money. After he got out of prison, he found that building houses makes more money and never looked back lol.
@@hsheuw wow. I've seen alot of LKY clips but never seen this before. The way he says democracy brings regression shocked the whole audience. And yes, I first came to Taiwan in 2003. And it looks ALMOST EXACTLY the same. Not sure if it's a good thing or bad.
@@willisloye @willisloyefx I also tried to strike conversation with a few uber / taxi drivers. Seeing that I look Chinese, he did ask whether I'm of a Chinese background. I tell him detailed infos like I'm a 4th gen Chindo. My Great grandfather and grandparents were all born in Meizhou, Guangdong before migrating to Jakarta. Their surname is also Hou just like Taiwan’s famed director Hou Xiao Xian who is also a Meizhou-born Hakka.
They strangely didn’t look all that happy when I mention that last bit (Mr Hou’s China origin). I found it a little weird...
When China was dirt poor and undeveloped, many Chinese left to seek a better life abroad all over the world. They faced racism, physical and verbal abuse, and discrimination in the countries they went to and many still do. Compared to the Chinese diaspora born overseas, Taiwanese and Hongkongers don't realise how privileged they are in that they are able to work, study and settle in mainland China freely.
In the US, We can gamble and gamble online and We can own guns we can even smoke 420 but we can't drink alcohol on the street. The funny thing is China can't do most of it above but they can drink alcohol on the street. It's just strange that u have such a wide spectrum with freedom that they can handle guns on the street but they can't handle alcohol on the street.
枪支自由和美国历史有关, 英国的殖民政府在历史上不被美国人民信任, 并有暴力压制美国人民的案例,有枪,人民能反抗不公平的政府.再有就是美国大陆历史上很多无政府区域, 没有治安管理, 只能自己保护自己.
美国街上带酒精是非法的, 因为美国历史上的禁酒令 , 而禁酒令的原因非常有趣...
一切都是因果.
事实上,美国法律很多都已经不适用当下的美国情况, 并且法律条款越来越臃肿,让社会效率底下,还产生腐败, 需要一条条的删除, 精简法律, 让美国更有效率, 但多党政治系统很难推行, 锁死了.
Do you know what happen when people who own gun are drunk on the street? It is called freedom🤣🤣🤣
都是资本决定，美国持枪自由，但如果在街上喝酒，就容易引发更大的不可控的枪支暴力事件，这很大的增加了治理成本，持枪和赌博和大麻都能给资本集团带来更多的收益，街上喝酒却会成为负担，这就是美国由资本集团决定一切的社会，很现实赤裸裸畸形的展现出来。
Betul kawan bebas bawa senjata dan kalau dibolehkan minum (mabuk) dijalanan bisa habis penduduk di AS karena tertembak oleh pemabuk 😢
You' re not drinking on the street yet there are gunshot almost everyday what if you're allowed to drink on the street?
I've met Chinese who want to leave China and I've met Americans who want to leave the US. People think the grass is always on greener on the other side.
this^ should be pinned
因为这是围城
适合自己才是最好的，千人千面
people have their own tastes to match.
one system creates people who fits for other side of it
American-born Chinese who left the US after graduating, best decision of my life......
Welcome! We don't even like to visit the US! Hahaha... 😄😃😀
Good for you. An Asian living in California before and decided to return to my home country after 5 years. I have no regrets at all and believe I have made the right decision to return home.
In that country, if you are Asian. No matter how much you have contributed to the country, you can change and adapt their names like Peter, Michael, Henry, speak and understand better English than the white supremacists. They will never accept you as one of them. You are always a second class to them even if you are better than them. Good that you have made your best decision just like me. Happy New Year 2025.
How did u find opportunity in China?
whre you now?
China is the #1 country in the world
Have been Studying and working in American for over 20 years, i can say there there were huge gaps between China and US in 90s, with China opened up, the gaps narrowed rapidly, now in many area China has surpassed US. I was so shocked when i back to my home town in 2008, it used to a poverty county, new high way paved, all old houses were gone and new beautiful modern concrete buildings every where. I really thought i went to wrong place. Its like a dream. i thought i was doing ok with my high tech job in US, but a few years later i went back home again, this time i learned that i was the poorest person in my family. As far as freedom, democracy, i would ask does a regular person in US have any influence to big cooperation not to out source jobs? does any one dare to say anything political incorrect but truth? I see families and communities are broken, too many homeless and mental problem people, too many violent crimes in US, i would rather live in a genuine happy and safe place regardless what version of freedom or democracy.
you cannot speak out against the CCP in China. you are CENTURIES behind the US in this regard. you do not have free speech.
you also don't have enough vagina for the number of penises you have in China.
you have MASSIVE unemployment in china
you have MASSIVE environmental issues in china
some of your cities are stuck in the 1940s
STOP with the b.s. and tell the truth
说的真好，的确，哪怕是我这种一直认为中国是未来的人，即便我只离开了中国不到11年，我都迅速的从以前在国内同龄人中的佼佼者变成了几乎一无是处的人了，哈哈哈，我不为自己今天看起来一穷二白感到羞耻或者嫉妒我在中国的朋友们，更多的是为我的祖国和同胞感到骄傲和高兴自豪。
I lived in Baoan Shenzen for almost 2 years. Loved it. Life was really good, overall much better than America, where I'm from. We can argue politics all day long, but at the end of the day people in China seemed to have far more financial freedom than we do in the States.
Really? how did your financial freedom vary in Shenzhen? I lived there and it was the same as America.
you wont get robbed at night walking around in the hood😂
Really? Can you say "Free Tibet"?
I really like this guy's balanced and open mindset and heart - we need more voices like this in the world to help foster cooperation, understanding and growth!
There will be no cooperation, understanding in the world as long as the US deep state government is still there.
Are you sure he isn't paid by CCP?
The guy is naive and or paid by The Party.
China is horribly greedy. They claim they are rich but never give to charity. Selfish disgusting embarrassing
We're not going to accept number two. What you people want is the US to give up its crown. Our answer is God effing no.
Great talking to you in Shenzhen, Max. Feel free to visit again soon. 😀
👍
I studied in China, I miss it a lot. Wish I could've worked there but I think the rules are strict wrt provision for outsiders to work as a doctor. Would've really considered staying back had I gotten used to the food.
Are the Chengguan gonna have you for tea to ask about how you are able to access UA-cam? 🤔
@@politicaltroll8920 Nope. And it's a common myth that VPNs are completely off-limits. Companies are able to use VPNs with basically no problems. Otherwise, how would all the Chinese companies operating overseas be able to do business? Breaking the law gets you into trouble, not using a VPN.
@@Dudettehere Sorry to hear you weren't able to stay. Hope you can visit in the future - There are a lot of visa-free policies that support short visits, though not for all countries.
Regarding electric scooters in the city, I asked a friend in the Shenzhen government why the government doesn't restrict them? Or strengthen management? He told me that the government mainly considers that scooters solve the employment of many people. For example, there are a total of 15 million food delivery riders who use this convenient and low-cost tools of transportation. And scooters are also the means of transportation for most low-income people. So after balancing, the government does not strictly manage them like Hong Kong. Because protecting people's employment is the government's top priority.
It’s great to know he is adapted and happy living in China.
Yeah but we in the west will never adapt, especially our leadership.
He HAVE to because his wife is Chinese. He cant do anything. I bet his wife control every aspect of his life decision now, and thwir children will.have Chinese name and only be brought up in Chinese culture and never in Western culture.
Just arrived in London from Shenzhen for two days. When walking on the streets along the Thames River, the noises of the roaring combustion engines of the passing cars and buses are deafening, compared with the quiet roads in Shenzhen.
西方正在印度化😂我可以预见
I live in Taiwan now, this place is so noisy and polluted! And most districts don't even have a proper sidewalk!
good think you saw all 0.09% of China
@@RobertMJohnson We're basically electric. Except for a few cars that are gas guzzlers but they're not that loud . My family has a bmwX1 gas car and believe me it's not that loud.
@@RobertMJohnson ev is full of China, Come and see it yourself
Just bear in mind that a woman in the US has been arrested for saying "delay, deny, depose, you people are next", out of anger and frustration, to a customer service provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield. She's facing 15 years in jail and has a $100,000 bond. She is a mother of 3, with no weapons and no criminal history. So much for freedom of speech, the land of the free.
15 years for shouting against service provider? That is authoritarian in nature....
@yaphonghor4409 It certainly is. The difference is that the US has become a plutarchy, where a few billionaires control everything.
Threats have never been permitted. "Fighting words" and harassment tread on your fellow Americans' rights to life. Your rights and freedom end at your neighbor. So many entitled Americans act like the constitution grants them a personal monarchy over everyone. The irony is the US constitution was created to defy monarchy.
Yeah, the US is continuing to drive itself into the ground as fast as it possibly can.
I don't know the details, but baded on your description that's an obvious death threat. No country accepts threats of violence as being within the scope of freedom of expression.
welcome to China, and merry Xmas!
As one living in the US for over two decades, I miss these freedoms: Freedom of carrying an opened can of beer on the streets
Freedom of remodeling house without acquiring a permit
Freedom of fishing at random lake or river without a license
Freedom of visiting and appreciating the beauty of the palaces and gardens that used to exclusively owned by the Emperors or the elites
Freedom of enjoying the best beach or scenic views because they all belong to the public
Freedom of buying properties without property tax
Freedom of parking cars anywhere without worrying about break-ins
Freedom of leaving deliveries outside for days without being stolen
Freedom of live streaming almost everywhere
Freedom of photographing or video-graphing with expensive gears without fear of robbery or theft
Freedom of smoking Cuban cigar
Freedom of counting a large pile of cash on busy subway as an elderly
Freedom of sending kids to schools without worrying about mass shootings
Freedom of going everywhere cheaply and efficiently via public transportation
Freedom of safely hanging out at any random places, no matter how late or remote
Freedom of leaving behind expensive belongings in public place unattended
Freedom of buying medicine from drug stores everywhere without a prescription
Freedom of booking the best doctors without breaking a bank
Freedom of getting medical checks in hospitals right away without scheduling and waiting
Freedom of paying utility bills at regular rate during disastrous situation
Freedom of shouting at police officers with no consequence
Freedom of protest in peace without fear of being kneed on neck, or shot by guns, or run over by police cars
Freedom of reporting problems to local government via a hotline and getting the issues tracked and resolved in days
Freedom of traveling to foreign nations
Freedom of going to clean public restrooms everywhere, for free
Freedom of flying drones almost everywhere
Freedom of having abortion by women’s own choice
Freedom of studying and discussing class struggles and rebellions in history
Freedom of studying capitalism, socialism, and communism theories and practices to make informed opinions
Freedom of talking about politically incorrectness like LGBTQ madness without fear of retaliation/cancellation
Freedom of challenging mainstream perception of foreign nations without being called affiliated/paid apologist
Freedom of visiting Xinjiang to witness the so-called genocide with first hand experience
Freedom of experiencing truth and reality instead of listening to the media
And many more about freedom about Israel
欧美的自由是属于有钱人的
Wow great example
Your HOA thing is insane
哇！你这个文案太棒了，这个需要给更多的西方人看到。
你说的这些自由权利，正是现在的中国拥有的，欢迎你亲身来中国旅行，感受一下
It is great that you now start to interview folks living in China. Different cities in China are actually very different. It will be great to hear some from Beijing, Shanghai and HK.
I have never heard Police Car sirens in the streets of China. I have been to China more than 30 times on work and as a tourist.
then you weren't listening
有，比较少，中国警察一般也不带枪。
Violent crime is extremely rare in China. Swindlers a lot.
Ever turn on your computer and search for something negative about China?
I have heard them in other videos like this that I have watched on China.
A story about democracy:
A farmer asked his son before he died: "Pigs complain about poor feed, cows complain about heavy work, and chickens complain about dirty nests. What should you do?"
The son said: "Change to good feed, change ploughs, clean up chicken coop."
The farmer shook his head and said: “No, don't do anything. Let them vote one from the pigs, the cows or the chicken to take care of them, let them think they are in control.”
Son’s idea = Chinese Democracy (Get Things Done)
Father’s idea = American Democracy (Election Circus)
What a terrible story
this is a really good analogy. Meritocracy > Democracy. if one is more capable，they should decide what to do. for example my country indonesia , often votes for someone who they think is going to do good for them, when in the end its just a circus, whatever we vote the end is all the money is corrupted. i believe what china is doing in the communist party is closer to what confucious envisions as a meritocracy for choosing leadership.
the hypocrisy is people from us democratic countries think they have power, but actually they are at the mercy of the rich 1% who are controlling the media, the party members, even the president.
If you can’t tell the story right, don’t say it. At least check the original script then translate it🤦♂️
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Actually Singapore has more or less the same system. Lee Kuan Yew was under similar criticism by the West, for not being “democratic”. China was as poor as India in 1980s, now 5x richer than India. Look at infrastructures in China, they are far ahead. China moves ahead by solving problems, not by focusing on the opposition parties.
This video really challenges the stereotypes many people hold about China and offers such a fresh perspective on modern life in Shenzhen. The discussion about freedom and the cultural nuances of living as an expat in China is incredibly thought-provoking. It's amazing to see how experiences like these can change one's worldview!
On the hindsight, Chinese don't give a flipping care so long they are pleased with their government.
中國開放了很多國家的免簽政策，歡迎你們來中國玩
how do you know which sides are more "stereotyped"? have you lived in China for 1 year or longer?
@@steveding2006 I have been China for 2 years and I have some relatives in China Yunnan. Some of my friend went to University in Shanghai.
True for there is this Chinese saying “行万里路胜读万卷书”.
Travelling ten thousands miles beats reading ten thousands books!
Finally I am glad that Max can cover & travel not just Singapore, KL & India but also expatriate in China where the latter has huge foreign expats. And not forgetting the many Chinese who left US & European countries to return to their homeland
There was also Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand before 😊
He should interview one of the hundreds of thousands of Chinese who had emigrated to the USA. There are over 300k Chinese students in the USA .
@@ggc7318Agree. It seems annually tens of thousands of Chinese people immigrate illegaly to US and Canada. Not including another large number legally to US, Canada, UK and Australia. The one leaving forever is 100 times more than the one coming in to stay forever.
Thanks for showing this incredible city! I hope you're savoring every moment of your adventure in China. It's truly an incredible place to explore!
Thanks for the great video again, it's always good to see and hear from other people's perspective. There's lots of ways SG can improve and learn from everyone else.
Most Westerners mistake private security of the property as police, lol, and a lot of those media even make narratives of them like oh Chinese police is everywhere, they are stopping me from filming, actually most of them are just security guards whom are hired by that property for example a company, a factory, a shopping mall, a neighborhood community. To help you tell who's police simply check their uniforms with usually both Chinese and English words of Police or SWAT, if without it they are private security guards hired by private companies office buildings or shopping malls. If you are rich enough, you could hire as many security guards as you want, basically, money talks.
Businesses have every right to refuse filming or letting a person inside their premises too
If they doesn't say 'police' on the clothes, they are not.
There are plenty of security guards in the US too. They don't get much mention because frankly, many just don't look very professional.
No, what you're doing is trying to give a perception to the westerners that's not going to work. The narrative has already been lost.
有没有可能西方媒体明知道那些是私人保安 他们非要说是警察😅
Moved to China six years ago from the UK. Originally thought I had made a mistake and would stick it out for a few years until my minimum tenure was up. Then I realised my god this place has far more freedom and a much higher quality than the UK. It is insanely safe. The other day I accidentally left my iPhone on the park bench because my kid needed to go to the toilet. I came back, he went back to play and I continued chatting with my friends until maybe 10 mins in I realised my phone as missing. Went back to the bench and it was still there. Also, people often say yes but you can't protest. Actually there are protests all the time. I work for a multinational and our clients often have an entire village rock up because one of our clients have withheld their funds for whatever reason. Also there is a 24/7 manned national hotline in Chinese and English, where you can file any complaint from a pothole to reporting corruption. Also contrary to popular belief people CAN vote for those who represent them locally and regionally. Sure you are not voting for a party or leader because the entire system is like a listed company, you have to earn your way up the ladder and demonstrate you have the right experience amd integrity - unlike the UK where it is about whether you have the right friends. Then the thing I often see in these comments is "well how about Tianenmen Square?". First off, no one talks about the fact that Japan denies the Nanjing massacre, has erased it from their history books and in some prefectures they even have cosplay days for Primary school kids to dress up in Imperial Japan military uniform. My friend back in the UK had police come to his door to issue a warning because he has a Palestine flag hung up... INSIDE his own living room! And lets not forget just before COVID, the Home Secretary in the UK sent over 20 officers to raid an ART GALLERY in London to seize an art installation because it was used during a legitimate climate protest.
Most people never find their utopia; congrats, you did.
This is only what I saw in Chinese social media: the owner of the channel “Our Chinese Life” moved to China because their neighbors in UK did not like their rock n’ roll style, they could not FREELY express their love in UK.
@@serenityhouse669 It's not perfect but it is a lot better and a long way off the UK in a good way. I think in the UK you end up being in this bubble where you genuinely believe it is the greatest nation on Earth and that China is this communist country where everyone is miserable, the police follows foreigners around and the sun never shines because it is always grey. Literally all the news, documentaries and dramas all depict this, but it is so far from the truth. I was one of those who believed in the whole Uyghur human rights violations thing until I started meeting actual Uyghurs.
@@Sonyhamster 旅游区的UA-camr一直都在宣导的“不要去听信别人说什么，而是自己去观察看到的是什么”，我是中国人，事实上中国目前也有很多弊端，贪污腐败或是贫富差距等都普遍存在，但相反的是远没有西方媒体描绘的那么恶劣，每个地方都有好有坏，我们需要更客观被对待，当然不客观也没事，谁在乎呢？哈哈
@@Sonyhamster how many did the ccp paid you? bro i really need money now... could you please teach me how to do this?
China has significantly progressed in the last 15 to 20 years. US is smearing China due to the fear of being displaced as the Number 1. But honestly within the DNA of Chinese, I don’t think China is keen to take the lead position. China is contented to uplift the lives of their people, and all these is just so evidently clear when one travels to China. I landed near midnight in Shanghai and through the cab ride to the hotel, I saw many young girls or individual girl walking alone on the street past midnight! This is what I really called Freedom! Can any young girls walk alone at night in the western world without getting harm? Think about the meaning of freedom. 🤣
frerdom is a catch word narrative coined by the neocons to brain wash the people.skip paying your taxes,see how free you'll be!
american women can't date themselves. They did a lot of terrible thigns to men.
China is just a developing country, not even a superpower.
What you don't understand is that the United States has not been displaced. Because the United States reaction would not be with words if they're displaced. They would do the unthinkable over that. Never for a second think that our reaction would be to sit there. Oh my God no.
Justle all of you know out there because this guy's lying to you. The United States of America is still the world's global power, the largest economy in the world and as stated by the WTO, the economic driver of the planet Earth. 4 years have passed and China is only at 19 trillion and those 4 years the United States is now at almost 30 trillion. Please stop lying. The United States is still number one
Democracy should not be defined by the West,
If that's the case, it's not democratic,
China has democracy with Chinese characteristics!
It absolutely is defined by the West because it is Western. It was created in Athens, Greece thousands of years ago. China is not Democratic. China has absolutely no forms of freedom will you have. Is a totalitarian police state with a dictator, that's it.
neither should it be defined by China.
@@VerkaterterStiefel中国也没有定义什么是民主，反倒是欧洲和美国一直在宣传自己的民主，只要不承认他们定义的民主，他们就开始抹黑以及打压，我想说，对不起，这不是民主，这是霸权，所谓民主自由人权的真正意义是尊重，每个人都有权利去选择自己的信仰，自己的制度，现在欧洲和美国对其他国家做的事情都在侮辱民主自由人权，他们口中的“民主，自由，人权”越来越像是极端宗教，只要不信他们的教宗，就是异教徒，需要被烧死
@@VerkaterterStiefel Brothers climbing the mountain, each striving on their own. China only defines itself, unlike other buffoons who make a mess of their own affairs and still like to casually criticize others.
@@VerkaterterStiefel We don't have that stinky habit to define this or that. Take care of ourselves and avoid worrying about salty and bland food. I'm Chinese.
What I really loved about China when I was there was just how convenient everything is, it can be 10pm and you can order delicious food online and in like 10 minutes they’re at your door. The public transportation is also particularly good, especially their high speed rail network, it was so smooth, quiet, efficient, cheap, and fast, like I wish we had that in the US it’s so much better than flying or driving for like 500 mile distances, I honestly miss that so much. Lastly everything is just so incredibly cheap in China, it’s almost like 1 Chinese yuan has the same spending power as 1 USD in California, everything is just so cheap or the more honest truth is everything in California is just too expensive.
I can just agree with what that american was saying about China because I have been living in there for quite a long time and I am not influnced by what the western medias say about it.
Regarding democracy, chinese actually know it pretty well what it means unlike the negative propaganda of the west about this topic.
In fact, during the emperial dynasties, the ones who had the best scores at the national exam " the gaokao" had the possibility to ascend to power which was a very democratic way to select the right people to govern the country. About the one child policy, that applied only to certain provinces of the country. I met people that had 5 brothers or sisters.
That negative view of China is especially in the anglo saxon medias which gives a distorted idea of the reality in China.
正确哦哦
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No, we're not going to listen to him because he's not an American. He is a wumao. China has no form of democracy. They have a top down dictatorship
@@southiefkorea50yeah, you are the bot
A lot of people misunderstand the one-child policy. It’s not that having a second child was completely forbidden; rather, it was meant to encourage families to have fewer children due to limited resources. The idea was to focus on giving each child better opportunities and conditions instead of having many children without the means to support them properly.
I was born in the 1980s, during the strictest period of the policy. For my mother, it meant having fewer advantages compared to others in the same situation. The policy didn’t outright ban having a second child, but it did encourage a 10-year age gap between siblings so that parents could devote their full attention to each child.
It’s also important to note that the one-child policy was always intended to be temporary. Around a decade ago, the government shifted its focus, now encouraging families to have more children. Just like the one-child policy encouraged fewer children without banning them, the current approach encourages more children without forcing families to have them.
The guest speaker is obviously very knowledgeable, eloquent and objective in offering advice for living and doing business in China. He’s right on the spot about Americans being US-centric and ignorant.
he is definatlly a ccp worker
@@southiefkorea50 LOL... We have opened a 144-hour visa-free policy, why not come and take a look before commenting
@@Matthew12211 我只是在串呢戈们儿，我要假装成一个很常见的被洗脑的白左引起他们反感
@@southiefkorea50 if all ccp workers has his level of wisdom and eloquency, china will thrive even faster
@@southiefkorea50 A worker of CCP speaks better and smarter than your president. thank you for complimenting CCP. I am proud
Great point. I live in Guangzhou • from SF Bay Area. You will always be a guest. Be gracious & grateful ❤
礼尚往来❤
He is indeed a truthful and respectful guest (American)! A nice foreigner who will be welcomed in China.
We aren't going there
If u define one man one vote every 5 years as democracy then China is certainly not; and if you define that you can call your President the "F" word then China is definitely not. But ask yourself whether you want safety for your family or calling someone some stupid word, the choice is yours.
China, and Singapore make it work well in protecting it's citizens, the issue is countries like Russia and North Korea where the same "strong" leader system doesn't work out in favour of the common people.
Same goes for "democracies", Nordic European countries make the best out of it, USA and the likes of countries likes of countries with dual party systems don't tend to focus on personal safety of it's citizens, Japan and Korea tend to do decent enough, Australia and Europe are not that bad as a whole either, but man is the US and Russia the perfect examples of how both systems are flawed, so having a bias towards one system or the other is not a good idea, ideally governments around the world learn from each others pros, and leave out the cons.
@@KapiHThe system is not the problem. The moral of the people running the system is.
it is a myth you can say anything you want. uk police arrest anti-monarchy protesters ahead king-charles coronation in 2023-05-06
Electing a dementia sicken person as president is democracy 😂
The world is not just US and China. Plenty safe, rich democratic countries.
China is not as good as the comments below the video say, nor as bad as reported by Western media. China is worth exploring.
true!
In China, the government tells you exactly how long the leash is. In the US, the leash is exactly the same length (maybe one inch longer or even shorter) but the American government and media gaslight their people into thinking it's miles long.
What?😂😂😂😂😂
@@yakuza01 a very good analogy. To stretch it further, when you start jerking at the leash for real changes in America, they pull you back very quickly and often violently to let you know your leash is actually very short and there's nothing you can do about it except to pretend it is very long.
Americans are bamboozled all the time and they love it.
spoken like a true ignoramus
美式幽默？
As a UA-camr from Singapore, I hope you can create more episodes about the interaction between Hong Kong and neighboring cities in the Greater Bay Area. When discussing comparisons between Hong Kong and Singapore, people usually focus on comparing the two cities in isolation. However, you should explore other cities in the Greater Bay Area and their interactions with Hong Kong to gain deeper insights into the comparative dynamics of Hong Kong and Singapore in competition.
definitely going to HK soon!
Lots of Singaporeans that are currently living in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
I see another channel, which discusses HK and many HKgers moving to mainland
Logistics are much more fluid betw HK & SZ as compared to SG & JB
在网上看到很好的一句话来阐述美式民主：你有投票的权利，但是你没有选择的权利！
Because we have the right to vote means it's democracy. The moment that you do not have the right to vote means that it's a dictatorship. There is no alternate form of democracy. It is 100% western.
Fully agreed. China is miles ahead on every level. Infrastructure, safety etc off the charts. What’s less known is how friendly and decent the people are .
Definitely not miles ahead. US is ahead for most things. China doesn’t even have drinkable tsp water and US miles ahead at medical innovation and cancer rate survival. Universities are miles ahead for example.
1 million Tibetsn children had to leave home for schooling because of such awful infrastructure. It’s not all fancy bright buildings.
China can't build schools on the backs of horses and yaks. But China can build a building to protect Tibetan children from cold, hunger, marijuana and bullets. China not only exempted them from tuition fees and provided them with living allowances, but also prepared extra places for them and lowered their scores during the college entrance examination. Well, here's the question. Where is the school you built for the native Indians? You used a perfect infrastructure to build Indian schools on horseback or on the backs of cattle or on the scalps of Indians?
😂
how could you know that just by looking a fake ccp propaganda video?
A Very important point on "Freedom" that ohhh so many fail to acknowledge.
Being free of WORRY about being shot, knifed, mugged, robbed, raped or violated in any other way as well. Do you feel safe about sending your children to school in China - in comparison to sending them to school in say Chicago ? Hint, females fear walking outside after dark in US Cities unless in large group - trained - embedded fear, but not so anywhere in China.
Those that freak out about CCTV etc, they often fail to recognize that the UK was the Most CCTV'd up until just a couple of years ago... and they are the only ones... (see middle east like Saudi). Lastly, those that CLUCK LOUDLY about it are worried that they will be caught doing illegal things and they want to continue their criminal "Special-Entitlement" asd they have been granted elsewhere (through systematic failure of acceptable social norms).
Americans/westerners who complain about CCTV in China, should ask why there are videos that captured shooting of United Healthcare CEO in New York City. BTW, Americans will see more and more CCTV everywhere.
No, the US is free. China is not. It's just how it is.
China is an increasingly innovative country in scientific development, while at the same time a master of implementation. Innovation is translated to real world through openness to technological change. This is evident in many areas including transportation, automation, biometrics, construction, manufacturing, space and aeronautics, digital development and AI, etc.
doubtful. what's the unemployment rate in China, bud? what's the REAL number?
if china is so innovative, why do they have spies all over the US?
作为一个中国人，我想对西方的所有普通人说几句话：所谓的民主自由重要不重要，前提是你自己的生活水平不断提高，你不缺吃穿，有良好的教育和医疗，有完善的基础设施服务，然后你再来说我们谈谈民主自由言论自由。如果以上一切都没有，普通人每天都生活的很艰难，对自己最基本的人生安全都很担心，你再高喊民主自由有什么用呢？……看看印度，所谓的全球最大的民主国家，还有一人一票的选举制度，但每个人处理自己的大小便都是问题，这样的民主制度有什么优越性？……中国的制度肯定是不完美的，某个时间点它一定会暴露出它的问题，但目前来说。它对改善14亿中国人的生活水准起到了巨大的伟大的作用！中国不会模仿西方，更不会觉得西方的就一定是唯一正确的，我们只寻找适合我们自己的，这就是我们拥有5000年历史的底蕴
西方所谓的民主和议会制度就是用来培养和维护世家门阀的，跟宋朝和明末一样，看看那些议员和政客，互相勾结又互相攻讦，每个人开口就是大义要为天下苍生，结果逃税贪污一个不落，关键还是合法的，因为他们就是法。中国很早就放弃了选贤任能这种看似美好但实际很扯的方式，而是采取科举制，现在仿照西方的人大代表大会实际是一种倒退，看看现在的人大代表和政协代表都是些什么人，放古代就是豪强士绅。
Well said, "You have a pocket watch, I have time - 5000 years and the next 5000 years"
说得好
越是生活困苦毫无希望越是喜欢宏大叙事来寻找虚假的满足感
令人惊奇的是，真相即使一墙之隔，大多数人仍习惯被动接受引导而非主动探索
@@shannricco4772可是事实就是这就是整个人类发展的群体特征，没有所谓的宏达叙事，连所谓宗教，民族，国家都不会形成。“反宏达叙事”本质上也是一种“宏达叙事”。现在的问题是随着资本主义的深度发展，个人，群体，乃至社会都被资本主义异化的本质问题。当然如果你要说这也是宏达叙事，那么我也没办法，因为每个人都跟资本主义息息相关。
I just left LA after 3 years+ and am moving back to Asia. It's funny how true what Sean was saying about what you refer as 'freedom' and what your daily priorities are. Through my 3 years of living in LA, I realized I have never felt LESS free in my entire life, comparing to my life in Singapore, Japan and China. Everything in California seems to be designed so you spend money, and while private sectors are amazing (considering you have the money for it), public sector amenities barely exists--in comparison to the countries I've lived of course--and handling government-related paperwork is always such unnecessary hassle.
Some breakdown from 2024 : My landlord only accepts cheques (something I hadn't touched in almost 20 years outside of the US), and I lived in what was consider a very nice area in West LA. Dealing with Social Security required me to fax certain paperwork, similarly unheard of for decades. DMV appointment is a hit and miss, sometimes I still had to wait in line for over an hour. Banking is insane and I expected much better, the apps in the same bank's counterparts in Asia were much more user-friendly and automated (OK Japan is an exception here). Credit score is such a silly concept and don't even get me started on Taxes. No developed country should ever have tax filing system like in the US. I and my colleagues would talk, think and prepare for taxes for months in advance, especially if you don't fork out $300-400 for a tax filing service. In everywhere else I've lived in, tax filing is almost literally a click or two away, unless you have your own business. LA public transport is so laughable in comparison to other sprawling cities--buses and metro exists but they only cover major tourist areas. American insurance is a joke, the whole system is just ridiculous. Safety, which is uncompromisable for me and my family, is the kicker--granted it's more of American problem instead of USA--if you are used to life in other big cities outside of the US, you know what I'm saying, you never truly feel safe in the LA in comparison to those other cities.
Ultimately, the 'freedom' I expect from living in a big city in a developed country were unachievable in LA: general safety, accessibility, affordable travel, affordable entertainment and socializing, walkability, accessible and affordable education, health and insurance.
Of course, no place is perfect and there are many wonderful things about LA and California in general that I am thankful for, but ultimately it's not for me and it made me all the more grateful for how much Asia's society and city living has evolved rapidly over the past decades. Thanks Max and Sean for this video!
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I'd appreciate guidance on establishing a connection with Evelyn Vera.
Very wise advice from Sean. He is telling a very simple rule to the rest, be DIPLOMATIC in dealing with people which many expats had forgotten.
I'm glad you made this video it reminds me of my transformation from a nobody to good home, $34k monthly and a good daughter full of love
Do you invest with a professional broker? I would appreciate it if you could show me how to go about it.
Making touch with financial advisors like Elizabeth Regina Nelson who can assist you restructure your portfolio, would be a very creative option. Personal financial management will be crucial to navigating the next difficult times.
Thanks to Mrs. Elizabeth Regina Nelsen's time in my life, which had a profound impact on me.
Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Elizabeth Regina Nelsen. What a coincidence!!
Elizabeth Regina Nelsen has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the Uk 🇬🇧 as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's.
it is the most developed country in the world and of all time, the most future in the history of humanity, incredible!
I have been living in the area for over 40 years and I agree with him. I don’t drink and smoke and still have many friends. The social events continue and freedom to “play” is not affected.
More insightful than any "China Expert" in CNN and BBC.
There are always differences between business and academia.
Agreed. Oftentimes the "experts" on those channels are there to push a narrative. They are regarded as "experts" because they have a degree from a western institution and read certain books and articles by western authors. They're part of an echo chamber. Most have not lived in China or interacted with Chinese people for any appreciable length of time. It's quite silly actually.
This video only scratches the surface-the icing on the cake. An example, you should look into their school education and what is taught to children. I speak fluent Chinese and have worked with Chinese customers my entire life. There's much more to this; you should dig deeper.
Isn’t all the “China bad” videos of the Western media or some “influencer” of the West are also just scratch the surface and then make a big deal out of it?🤔
They make it sounds like China is the only country, only society in the world that got problems / issues, all while the rest of the world is problems-free and everybody is living happily and sing songs like Disney movies, where as China and the Chinese are living like a “prisoner”! 🤷♂️
As for education? On what terms are we talking about tho?
这是国家和社会资源，如何在一个巨型人口大国相对公平地分配的问题。不能否认，当前的状况比过去好得多！
maybe you can produce a video talking about the things you think he should be talking about? 🤣
Sure it only scratches the surface. At least school children don't get shot like it's just any other ordinary day.
Do you want to speak instead of him? It's very interesting.😅
这个男的比上次那个老头更了解中国！
而且他现在已经中里中气的了，一个外国人，对中国了解的越多，眼神和面相是会有变化的！
你看他的装扮，就是一个中国人的感觉lol
是的，上次那老头还是老外的样子，中国通的样子就是象中国人
我靠你说得真对。首页缩略图我还真以为这个老外是中国人
所以，他的话应该怎么听 也是清楚的
没错，中式思维会拓宽眼界的，任何事情都有好坏，需要辩证的看待
more interviews pls. More perspectives will be great, getting rid of biases.
Coming!
It's literally CCP propaganda. This has absolutely no effect to westerners.
Say whatever you like about China, but one thing is certain: China has walked the right path, and it's factual. China has done great for its people and its nation as a whole
If democracy is for better life and future, and if you already have better life and future, why ruin everything to go for democracy?
Are you justifying hey dictatorship?
@ all I care about is better future and better life.
@jstone85 we don't
@@TacticalMayo It's up to you. I care about my health, my safety, my quality of life, but I still respect your view, and we all should embrace differences. Last but not least, I totally don't agree CCP is a kind of dictatorship if you study more about their system.
@@TacticalMayo Only a fool would live every day in opposition to the government; a normal person should care more about their own life rather than the differences in politics and ideology.
Well Shenzen looks cool indeed, but reality is that not all 1.5 billions chinese have a job and a sucessfull career like this man, most of them work very hard for a small salary. Also Shenzen is just a city in china, there's also many others small cities and village where conditions are not as good in Shenzen or major cities. Also in many european countries medical expenses are almost free or totally free like in France for every resident for exmaple, in china you have to pay or take an insurance but it also cost money so if you are too poor and cannot pay you can just die. In european countries tap water is drinkable so it's more convenient you don't have to buy bottles or boil water everytime. Also because of industries and lack of environment laws in asian big cities atmosphere is heavily polluted, it looks like a smog literraly, it's better for your health to stay in Europe where air is not as polluted as big asian cities.
Also payment system in China is very bad for tourism, totally incompatible with other payment system used in the rest of the world such as credit card, tourists will prefer to visit a country where they can just spent money without having to install an app and send money on it with high fees transactions for foreign card, why bother making things complicates when they can just choose any other country except china where they can pay by just using their credit card ? You can pay by cash but usually people won't have any money for change since everyone is using virtual payment, so if you don't have the exact amount you loose money everytime you pay by cash, not really a good idea right ?
325,000 chinese imigrated to USA last year.
When I saw that the prices of vegetables in American supermarkets in US dollars were the same as those in Chinese supermarkets in RMB, I understood why the US GDP was so high.
有利于中国出口，但美国一点办法没有
China is future..
the future is not in a place with no free speech against its government
I hope you like fallout 4 ☢️
I hope you like fallout 4 ☢️
We like democracy and freedom, but we do want more security and people who obey law.
我在中国很多地方进行过调研，在中国最基层的单位大多实行民主制度。
绝大部分的官员来自考试和选拔而不是家族传承。这可能看起来很不民主，但并不是一个家族垄断了地方的权利。
My personal experience in Asia is that freedom is achieved by bringing people up with manners and respect of others.
In the west - we failed in that regard
Bro, agree with you. Anyway, I think democracy itself is hypocritical and limited. Isn't too much freedom an infringement on other people's freedom? It's a false proposition. I believe that cultivating the basic literacy of individuals is the foundation of a harmonious society. Democracy may not necessarily be suitable in the West. It is just one of the means used by capitalist governments to control the masses. It gives you a sense of participation and makes you feel that this is democracy. In fact, whether things are done or not is another matter.
Well that's not what freedom is. Sorry
@@xiangyangzhang2286 most - if not all - people I’ve met in non democratic countries would move to the west if they could.
@@aaron4387 Yeah, the rich will choose to emigrate because competition in mainland China is too fierce, including the education of their children and so on.
@@TacticalMayo freedom has a different definition for everyone
Another great video!
speech or livehood
Which one is more important?
Social order or personal behavior
Which one is more valuable?
Public security or personal privacy
Which one is more prominent？
Selective meritocracy or universal suffrage
Which one is more accountable？
history will give us the answer
这个受访者对中国的现状总结的很好，中国特殊的政体确实是由共产党政府和人民形成了特殊的“社会契约”，简而言之就是，如果在共产党统治之下人民的生活再不断改善，国家在不断进步，人民可以选择出让一些自己的权利，比如投票权，比如辱骂国家元首的权利，而事实上在绝大多数中国人心里，美好的生活要远比什么装模作样的投票重要的多，中国有相当长的儒家官僚统治历史，所以我觉得目前的中国政体也仅仅可以在中国这片土地上成功，就像世界上复制学习美国的政治制度的国家有很多，但真正富有且强大的国家几乎没有，日本和韩国通过承接美国的产业转移实现了富裕，但他们的国家谈不上“强大”，中国目前的政治体制就是苏联模式➕罗斯福模式➕传统儒家文官的变革形态结合在一起的体制，这也是中国几乎不寻求对外输出政治影响力的原因，中国存在着上千年的儒家思想统治，官僚集团和人民达成社会契约这种模式也存在了上千年，实际上是十分成熟的，只不过现在，传统的儒家思想换成了新的马克思主义，但政治结构没有根本变化。简言之就是，如果官僚集团可以证明自己领导国家的正确性，做出政绩，改善人民生活，那人民也会自发的支持官僚集团，反之，如果官僚集团不再有能力带领国家，人民就会自己起来将它推翻，事实上这在中国历史上重演太多次了，但显然，美国人从来不会学习其他国家的历史，自然是不会意识到这一点的，美国人只会野蛮的认为中国人是愚蠢的不知反抗的奴隶，但事实上中国历史上的内战非常频繁且血腥。而目前来看，中共很好的完成了他的工作，人民没有什么要推翻自己美好生活的理由，所以一群西方人天天在那里诅咒中共垮台，其实是非常愚昧且可笑的，因为他们不懂中国。
Thanks for the insight, you really open my eyes about the intern functionality of China. Greetings from Brazil.
@@maheus3451 What he said is also more one-sided. China is a country governed by multiple parties,One party is responsible, . In terms of system,it is an open country with multiple systems. There are one country, two systems, local autonomy, and local democratic direct elections. In China's rural areas, 600 million people are involved. Since the 1980s, direct elections have been adopted. All Chinese people have seen the stagnation of rural areas,The chaos of direct elections, with over 300000 independent cases, has not been successful! It can be said that China has almost all the modern systems on Earth,So, most people in China understand that the system is just a means, the most important thing is the goal, and summarizing everyone's wishes is' today is better than yesterday '.
并不存在特殊的“社会契约”。有人在以某种方式谈合法性问题？
“装模作样” 使评论直接成为差评
美好的生活：住烂尾楼的没有发言权
@linwoodhucse628 讲道理，你们的脑子确实难以理解十四亿人的复杂性，以及在十四亿这个基数上行政的困难性，所以无需多言。
There are truths in the saying (for those with direct experiences): US has lots of democracy but little freedom. China has little democracy but lots of freedom.
There's absolutely no freedom in China. I've lived there for years, it's a police state. If I posted this exact same message while being in China, the police would come knocking on my door. Everyone who lives in China knows this.
Look how the air quality has been impacted by the conversion to EVs. Beautiful bright blue sunny sky. Looks clearer than California where I live.
Moreover, EVs do not have the smell of gasoline, engine noise and hot exhaust. Once you drive an EV, you will no longer want to drive a gasoline car
中国的电动汽车非常智能
China’s sky is not always gray, nor has there been no blue sky for decades. In fact, the Western media deliberately added a filter. I have lived in China for 30 years and have had blue skies most of the time, of course not all the places have blue skies most of the time in China
Thanks for telling the truth.❤
8:48 It's strange that the country that invented paper money doesn't really use paper money anymore. Then again, this makes sense: they're on to the next thing, just like when they started using paper money 1,000 years ago.
In fact, electric bicycles in China are required to walk on sidewalks. When crossing a red light, you have to take the zebra crossing. Haha, I didn't expect it!!
As a Chinese friend I think you need more critical conversations with someone else who has lived in China to understand how and where the changes are significant.
Modern civilization should not only be reflected in architecture or technology; the unseen aspects are even more important, and these details are often imperceptible to ordinary Chinese people.
A country's prosperity, strength, freedom and security have spoken for themselves, so go to hell with your fake "democracy and freedom". The whole western society has been plagued by wars and Messy 😢
The priceless and most important element in china is general safety. No other country comes close to that. And then there is overall cleanliness. No one shits or urinates behind a tree or park shrub, or under staircases, or cigarette butts, or roadside camps and tents.
You have not been to Japan. They achieved all that 50 yrs ago without needing to have a Police state.
@@adriansaw8329 甚至安倍晋三被枪杀
@@adriansaw8329 地铁沙林毒气 确实非常自由
@@adriansaw8329 The reality is not like that. I think you should take a trip to Japan, bro.
They challenge the United State so in the near future. It really won't be safe.
great conversation, so welcomed Thank You
Both places are great in their own ways. It really depends on what you're looking for.
Media on both sides are biased, with political or financial interests behind it. We are educated to think critically and independently. We should make judgments on what we see and experience, not everything the media throws at us. Thank you for sharing your experience.
The US will stay number one
@@TacticalMayo It doesn't matter which one is number one. Individual well-being is always a priority.
🤣中国的媒体反而更偏向西方，西方对媒体行业的掌控非常全面，在中国除了官方媒体，剩下的全是和中国作对的中国媒体。。
Ive been all over China for the past 10 years and its crazy to see how fast they went from small towns to metropolis. I really like all-in-one super apps like Gaode and Alipay (which integrates with Touch 'n Go). However, I don't appreciate having to take a picture of my passport just to use their public Wi-Fi.
I love the public transport system (HRS, Bicycle, MRT, DiDi); everything is on time, clean and easily accessible. Better than SG if i might say. On the other hand, I'm not fond of the food here. It feels very homogeneous compared to Singapore and Malaysia, where I enjoy a diverse mix of cultural cuisines that have developed over generations.
I could go on and list many pros and cons as a traveller, expat whatever you like to call it. One thing is for sure, we have a way easy life there than ordinary locals thats for sure. There are problems and the government has a long way ahead. I have confidence China will always awe us in miracle ways
中国正在越来越开放，
用公共WiFi还不想实名登记？那就买流量卡呗，反正流量卡一样要实名登记
I probably have watched this channel 2 - 3 times. Always walked away with an experience of a narrow minded host asking tunnel vision questions with biased preloaded questions until this episode. Good for you. Keep expanding your knowledge!
You are so kind 😂
People from the US, UK, Canada or other countries can get a 10-day free visa to come to China, and whether you are in a big city, a small city or a rural area, you will be surprised to find that China is not what the Western media portrays it to be. You can visit Uyghur cities in Xinjiang and learn about their lifestyle and traditions, there is no oppression there at all, and you can visit Tibet to interview local Tibetans, there is no oppression there either. merry xmas!
@@MaxChernov
Sarcasm bonus points awarded!
(That's a GOOD thing 😉)
the comment lacks a coherent flow, starting with a vague, dismissive critique and jumping to praise without transition. It feels thoughtlessly cobbled together. I hope you can keep expanding your commenting skills.
@@aguafria9565 哈哈
I was told that the two finger tap on table was first started when some prince wanted to go out to drink in public like a commoner but didn't want the public to discover his identity. The guards came up with a silent/secret way to thank the prince for pouring their drinks by tapping the table
thank you max chernov!
Sean is the type of white guy I can get along with. The ones that actually made an effort to understand the culture etc. Good on ya dude.
They're a minority but do exist.
so by your logic, americans should not be able to get along with Asians who don't make an effort to understand the culture?
@@RobertMJohnson Certainly makes it harder. Those types tend to make snarky remarks towards us.
@@RobertMJohnson and i didn't say "americans" did I? LOL yeah youre the type i wouldnt get along with gtfo
It doesn't matter how he feels about it. Our leadership will absolutely never accept nothing. We're not going to coexist as number two. That's not going to happen. You better start getting them hypersonics ready
This video cannot be watched in China as UA-cam is blocked by the great firewall 😅
in fact ，we can see
@wangmingming-l8q I know you cab, but please explain how and if this is allowed? I was also able to see it on many many visits but not in way that is supposly OK to do it
@wangmingming-l8q I know you can. Feel free to share what rules you break to access UA-cam? Don't be scared
@wangmingming-l8q please share what rules you broke to have access to UA-cam. Don't be afraid
@@wangmingming-l8q hello
$1500 for the cheapest studio apt. in my crappy city in the USA, $100 in Xiamen. Maybe I can't walk down the street in China screaming "Jesus is King!!!" but I've got a place to live and I'm not worried about being homeless, in America that is an EVERYDAY reality. WHO REALLY IS FREE THEN???
其实在中国大陆你可以那样喊，不过只是大家会觉得你是个疯子而已。
甚至你在大街上高喊一两句反对中国政府的口号。大家还是会认为你是个疯子。
但是你不能在网络平台上喊反政府，反社会，背叛国家，以及危害社会稳定的言论，谣言也不允许，但是政府监管就不太那么严格了。
中国政府是很大度的，知道他不可能照顾到所有的人民，所以，有些时候，人民是需要发泄情绪。只要不对社会造成伤害就行了。
同理，中国政府也禁止个人翻墙的行为，但是对于人民的翻墙行为，只要不从事反对国家的事情，也往往会是半默许的状态。并不会真地打击。
总之，中国政府是一个很成熟的政府。在1978年以前，中国政府是一个革命性质的政府，之后，中国政府是一个具备自我革新性质的优秀的执政政府。
你一个人可以喊，但是你不能煽动别人加入你。
告诉你，大街上人少或者野外的时候随便你喊，但人多的公共区域喊的话，你就破话了大家的自由啦祝幸福，来自大陆神仙居的祝福！
I am Chinese and live in another city less than 50 kilometers away from Shenzhen. It can be said that this is a very fair interview. But I can give a suggestion to friends who are planning to travel to China. Shenzhen is China's innovative city and cannot fully represent China's humanities, history, and style characteristics. If you want to experience China more deeply, I strongly recommend that your travel plan must include: Xi'an, Beijing, Harbin, Shanghai, Chengdu or Chongqing. If you want to experience the ultimate beauty of China, you must go to Xinjiang, Kanas, where you will be intoxicated
how's the banking and the tech moving out, even without a visa go one seems to be going tourist numbers are down, and how's your social score going?
@gelinrefira Yeah... the term "democracy" is frequently misused in Western propaganda, and the concept of voting, along with Western-style democracy, lacks a scientific foundation. China (along with Singapore) does not adopt this model because it is disadvantageous. In other words, Western-style democracy or democracy solely based on voting is the wrong model!
You can vote in Singapore and on some local level in China. I'm not saying voting does not work, I'm saying that the west pretends that democracy must come with their version of voting, parliamentary system which has been so corrupted and twisted and hijacked that their votes literally do not matter most of the time. They pretend that way so they can also keep pretending that any other system that do not follow their superficial application of voting and representation must therefore be terrible and evil. They set their own exams, took their own exams and grade their own exams and pass themselves with flying colors, while saying other countries with other systems are not qualified to even write their own exams. You see what I mean?
My reply has been shadow removed by YT. That's very democratic.
其实中国的基层治理也有投票...，当然投票这种行为视为民主，是很可笑的行为。
The same goes with "freedom of speech", bcos there is no such thing in real life. However, American propaganda has taught people to believe that it's only a legal matter, when it's also a cultural matter.
For example, there's the type of speech that you're restricted to at work as mentioned in the video, watching your language around family members, around kids, entertainment industry choosing what kind of things that are allowed to be shown to the masses, which has become much more politically correct over the last decade and so on.
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Well done comrades, this is a good video. The party approves.
Thank you kindly
@@MaxChernov how many did china paid you for this?i heard about like $500k?
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Would love to have David Zhang look at this.
So I have been doing business in china for 20 years,and I still work with the same girl 20 years on,just recently I was with her and she raised her voice to me the 1st time in 20 years,she now has a Audi car on finance,when we eat together she still has a phone in one hand talking business,and the pressure is getting so much for her she said she has told her husband who doesn’t work, he is supposed to look after the kids that he can have the kids the condo and the car,to marry a girl now the girl wants a car a condo and a bride price,I love my friends in china,but have they got it right in china ,I am not sure?
It can happen in any country! I know people like that in the US! My own cousin!
China is amazing
I live in USA , Are definition of freedom has decayed USA in every thing .
I agree with this young man there is responsibility with language and what you say , how you say it and where you say it . Sadly America has lost its way in all areas and is decaying and becoming a very sad country .
You're not an American at all please stop
I'm a student in China, and in fact things at the grassroots level in China are elected. Positions and honors in the school are voted on by the students, and in the smallest units of life, such as villages and urban communities, we vote. China is in fact meritocracy, with officials selected through examinations and meritocracy, a system that lies somewhere between democracy and meritocracy. Or in other words, we only vote for things around us, and leave professional things to the elites, and if they don't do well, everyone can file a complaint and investigate.
@Giancarlyn thankyou .
Chinese yuan at an all time low btw
This is because the US has increased tariffs
Try wild camping while travelling through China on a bicycle, and then see if you can enter China again.
There are western vloggers that have done that. ua-cam.com/video/fci9MQ3VZ_I/v-deo.html
A young female Indian vlogger did it too. ua-cam.com/video/FKMZVthpVW8/v-deo.html
@@orangetube1 Thank you. I had seen the first, but not the second. My nephew cycled from the UK to Japan, spending time in many countries on the way including Russia, China, Outer Mongolia. He was interrogated while attempting to re-enter China from Russia, because there were missing records of where he had stayed while he had been in China. In the end, he was allowed back in, but I understand it was an unpleasant experience.
@@richardamullens Lol, well, firstly, tell your nephew to thank MI6 for that, few years ago a MI6 agent flew to Mongolia and entered Inner Mongolia, China from there, where some military manufacturing plants were located, not long before he got arrested with a camera had quite some photos of military equipment in it. Secondly, it is China, not the UK, is it not common sense for a traveler to know and follow what's required and necessary?
I live in Yancheng for a year. It was a great experience I would recommend other and experience for themselves and create their own opinion for themselves and not others, wheter good or bad.
一个有智慧且能够深层次的了解甚至融入中国文化的美国人，难能可贵
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No, he's just a wumao.
why don't you show us the daily LONG Lines at the American Embassy! The lines on Chinese citizens trying to get visas to travel and move to the US? Why don't you show the Chinese agents with megaphones telling them to turn around and go away 😂😂We don't see that BS in the US 😂 no one is lining up to move there.. who are you trying to convince?
China is the most high tech country in the world. And, yeah.. it needs a lot of cameras... such as, for autonomous vehicles, facial recognition, etc. and the West is so jealous... China now has a thriving low altitude economy, mid altitude economy and the top high altitude economy... Elon Musk aims to emulate China, expressing interest in replicating (in his own word: copy) WeChat as well as establishing a low-altitude economy in the US. His beautiful model mother, Maye Musk resides in Shanghai.😘😍🥰
actually, it's the US. he who has the stealth bomber and the most powerful Navy is the highest tech country in the world
@@RobertMJohnson do all those things enrich the lives of ordinary people,or the oliargy?
@@RobertMJohnsonI'm american and your statement is kinda ignorant we military the most advanced but when it gets to the domestic level we far behind china sadly it's the greed of a lot of companies and the corruption of a lot of politicians that's holding us back sadly. We gotta to get it together.
11:55 "礼尚往来"，meaning grace should be repaid with grace.
Never thought I would see a Russian interviewing American living in China about freedom😅😂🤣 Keep it up, Max!
11:55 礼尚往来 (Pinyin: lǐ shàng wǎng lái) is an idiom that first appeared in the Book of Rites by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. Lishangwanglai refers to the emphasis on mutual exchanges in etiquette, and is often used in interpersonal relationships; it is also used to metaphorically mean that a certain behavior will be rewarded with a certain behavior. It is generally used as a predicate or attributive in a sentence.
A thought just striked me- is the amount of political parties in a country really that important when it comes to voting for democracy? What's the point to have a handful of parties to choose from but none of them is trustworthy? Or you just gonna have to settle with the lesser of the two evils?
I appreciate the non-biased verdicts on my country.
Election is actually bidding for a position, you need money to do this or you need donations if you don't have enough, you'll act in favour of yourself or donors in return. Voters not only have not much choices but also get nothing but some promises - wait for 4 more years if you are not satisfied.
当一个政党不能完成他们的竞选绝大多数承诺的时候，如果法律规定他们将永远失去了参选政治的机会，那么这种党派的竞争将是良性的，对人民有利的。否则，只是政客们的游戏而已，而人民，则是他们的提线木偶。
There are no straight trees in the mountains,
There is no perfect person in this world.
山中無直樹，
世上無完人。
Agree
of course