Australia should first get Julian Assange free from UK Prison! Julian Assange is a journalist and what right has UK to imprison him for almost a decade and why should he face US laws when he is an Australian citizen! Without Julian Assange the whole world would have been clueless about the nefarious activities of the US and the west.
Totally right. As an Australian resident, I am so disgusted by the ignorance of successive Australian governments to Assange's plight that I will move out of this country.
It’s a rude awakening for this Chinese artist Mr Ai living in exile in the West, and now he finds that western democracy is not so free after all! What a shame😂
It's worst in the West especially being proudly proclaiming and finger wagging others about democracy & freedom, but at the same time behaving hypocritically and narcissistically.😂😂😂 Except only on one condition, be like minded and obey their their western Rule Based Order as a junior partners. Hence, a modernised and growing China is defiNitely a threat bcoz they want to be free and having self determination.
Democracy does not mean freedom and human right, democracy means a political system where the ruling party is elected by majority, once the elected party is in power it sees the people as chessmen.
I recently watched a CNN report where they criticized China for not cracking down hard enough on anti-Jewish comments on Weibo and other social media platforms. They seemingly didn't see the irony in what they were reporting.
Their tiny underwear can't cover everything, usually they cover the part called "censorship", but now they need to cover something else, can only let the "censorship" part exposed.
Notice the phrase....same as Mao's China. Mao's China was about 50 years ago. Although msm still treats the current administration as if it was 50 years ago. Current actual conditions there have improved significantly over the years...the west on the other hand has deteriorated.
Gee, we thought it is the "current administration" (XI Jinping) who believes that China should return to the ways of 50 years ago. "Current actual conditions" in China ....are different than what they were about 8 or 9 years ago.
It is the current administration (of Xi Jinping) who is trying to take China BACK to the age of Mao. Current actual conditions are deteriorating in China.
@@lindagonzalez5513, bcos Australia politicians live on past glory, obsolescence and out dated information and technology. 😂 Furthermore, they're unable to accept that China had transformed into the fastest growing economic powerhouse in the world and reformed its political system into a Chinese democracy with Chinese characteristics. It is beyond their comprehension. Sad. 😢 Australia's mainstream media n social media still live in the bubble. So, they continue to practice cancel culture, censorship and prevent challenging views to maintain controls resulting in China's Cultural Revolution effect. And, did not realize they are regressive, not progressive.
Most people in the West have very out-dated views about China, communism in China and even the system of government in China today. In this age of information, there is simply no excuse for ignorance. The progress that China has made in the last 50 years from uplifting poverty, building world class infrastructure to improving the standard of living is hard to ignore. For a country the size of China, with hundreds of languages spoken, further divided into different ethnic and religious groups, a democratic system would not have brought about political stability and peace. The West would have exploited these differences by instigating uprisings and supporting separatist movements, just like what they did to the former U.S.S.R., all in the name of freedom and democracy.
Noam Chomsky said “any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of US media.” Mr Ai is saying it’s no longer just the media. Both are correct
Is this the same lunatic who advocated locking up and starving ‘anti vaxers’ - the same guy asking for censorship? 😂😂😂. The hypocrisy is thick is this one…
He is lucky. In 2022, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra's conductor at the time, Valery Gergiev, was sacked for allegedly said to have commented that Ukraine War was not "unprovoked". Ai Weiwei has his exhibitions cancelled in 2 cities in Europe. Reality is often not what one thinks.
@@lawrencechan7126 Perhaps Chinese services contacted him and gave him some RMBs to change his mind? How else would he think that he would be safe in China? ;P
They wouldn't report it, but if its one of USA's rivals, all the western media will circulate it non-stop. Just like how they keep harping on Iraq having weapons of mass destruction to invade a second time
He's a true idealist - very admirable for his consistent convictions (rare find this day and age) but doomed to perpetual disappointment. It's somehow only now dawned on him how the real world works ...
@@MK_ULTRA420he's an idea. THere are plenty Chinse librarys who hold this idealist views of the west, until the iron fist of freedom and democracy greet them head on.
I dare say that Ai Weiwei knows a thing or two about censorship. Perhaps we should regard his assessment of the level of censorship in our society to be authoritative.
@@cedcol356 lol like I always say, the west is jealous of china, not against china watch Donald trumps video praising the prc taking down the Tiananmen square protests. its all rooted in hypocrisy. the social credit system doesn't even exists in china, but it does exists in credit scores in the west. its the reason why all companies switch to certain lgbt flags but only for a month
Exactly, comments under a video will be always be in favour of whatever rhetoric the channel is trying to push. Don't let us divide us with fear mongering, saying that the censorship here is as bad as in China is absurd. People gets disappeared there
@@Handles_are_garbage EVERYTHING is a private platform. They can delete ANYTHING they wish for, that way. They even deleted THIS comment that i was trying to post.
I think it's because the specific channels can silence speech they don't like. Which I think is still broadly the wrong approach, on political channels. UA-cam is also a lazily created site, and they don't care enough about the likely social impact of their design decisions.
@@Handles_are_garbage At a certain point, corps can become big enough that their influence isn't that different from governments. UA-cam may also be richer than the early US Government. lol
@liuantony638 these people in China believe western media will believe western democracy. Most Chinese don't believe western so-called democracy, especially the young generations
Yes, Assange is really a sad, sad case. The irony is the Australian leaders are now chastising China for the life sentence on Yang Hengjun! But not a squeak for Assange. Double standard of a US vassal.
As a Chinese national who has being living in the "West" for more than a decade, or as anyone who has a prolonged experience in different countries, one of the most important life realisation is that, there is no country which is *better,* they are all just *different.*
The minute the artist brings up censorship in the West the interview shifted to China 😂😂😂 the interviewer wasn't interested in his thoughts as to censorship in the West
Well, back then the standards of living in china was lower. But now days being in both countries i say everything is close to the same level. West is a bit more free in certain areas but it doesnt affect life that much.
Not just that. I tend to rather don't bother commenting because of all the rude comments I get in return that often are sarcasm or just complete insults. I really don't mind getting to know someone else's opinion on the matter, but mostly the comments aren't really even related to the subject at all and are really just annoying spam. I'm hoping this has gotten a bit better now that more platforms are focusing more on users having verified accounts. I've also noticed how increasingly more and more news-channels on UA-cam now at least have the comments open at all. Even though a lot of comments get filtered or deleted, it's still somewhat better than when they have the most extremely controversial subject in the video, yet nobody is allowed to comment on it.
@@radjalomas8854 Risks? Complimenting a reactor deserves censorship? Using factual eloquent words to point out missing aspects to a news story is worth censoring? Humor, decency, factual accuracy, different perspective to a commentor - these things deserve censorship? Besides I've seen enough factless, vile, aggressive comments to know I'm singled out for my political views (left-wing, anti-capitalist, human rights advocate).
It is still respectable for Mr. Ai to speak out the truth (western world is not that different), even through he learned it in the hard way. One of the most valuable characters of a honest people is to be able to admit mistakes he/she made.
China is still the barometer from which we assess the wrongs, he doesn't claim they are equally bad. No one has said one is good and one is bad, most just agree that China is worse. Which is true.
Even though he is the smartest person in the Western, the west doesn't care about him. He thinks he can teach the Chinese leadership, but when he tried to lecture the Western leadership, what he gets us a big FY..
He's not alone. Remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn of Russia went back to die in the country he so much vilified . Weiwei may one day prefer to rest his soul in China
Much respect Mr Weiwei..he is 100% accurate. The truth & facts have no market in the West...what sell dependent on advertisers & donars. The war on Gazans for the past 4 months exposed Western hypocrisies with regards to freedom of speech and expression. Much love and respt for Palestine Mr Weiwei
Ai Wei Wei fell into the Western ideology trap, because he viewed the Chinese politics only through his personal experiences. If he had studied Western history and Chinese history of the last couple hundreds years well, he would have avoided such a trap.
Many Chinese of his generation worshipped the West and he who made a fortune out of his ‘views’ was ok with it until recently when his shows are cancelled.
Perhaps it is a classic example of a business relationship fall out. Once upon a time, Ai had value to the Western propaganda, clearly no more, since he’s a nobody to the new generations of Chinese. An artist who no longer enjoys the fame and recognition finally woke up with anger……
I know Mao is known in the west for his policies after the civil war. He’s well respected in China because he was an amazing strategist in his prime. And contributed significantly to the Communist movement. He visited and was favored by the locals because he reached their hearts. But power easily corrupts, which is true throughout all civilizations. No matter if it’s your coworker who got a raise or a president. With many rulers throughout China’s past, most are not black or white. History is complicated. Since human error is inevitable, I would rather focus on the improvement of a society and avoid making the same mistake. China has shown itself in the last 40 years, that it has learned and moved on to Communism with Chinese characteristics. The road of improvement and anti-corruption isn’t complete, there is more that needs to be done. But it has proven it’s capable of change. Unlike many western nations, which repackages the same problems and sells a delusion to its citizens. Let it be known, we as humans will always have problems in society. The best we can do is learn from our mistakes, I wish for world piece and an end to poverty. But I know better, human greed and ego affects every part of our lives in every country and culture. But those who wish for a better future shouldn’t give up on improving lives❤
Exactly Mao ended the division in China and set the basis for the futur success of China. A country as big as China needs a strong govt with a long term vision and policy, "western european style democracy" wouldn't work there.
He also starved 30 million of his own people. Killed and jailed people for having different beliefs, to away people’s right for private property. Badger allowed democracy. The list goes on Mao was a monster
The difference is that people in Russia and China know their media is biased and factor it in to their perception of the world. Many people in the west don’t have any conception that their own media is just as biased as that of foreign “regimes” and don’t factor it in at all.
Верно. Мы знаем, что такое пропаганда, ее историю в нашей стране, как она работает и какие инструменты использует. Мы знаем, что излюбленный прием - не говорить как можно дольше неудобную правду. Что заставляет нас искать альтернативные государственным источники информации. В то время как западные сми дошли до того, что просто выдумывают альтернативную реальность. Нарушают хронологию, выбрасывают факты, противоречащие генеральной линии, выдумывают факты ее подтверждающие. Никаких принципов, ни чести, ни совести, ни ответственности. Поставить украинский флажок на аватарку - и вот ты уже прогрессивный. Побровать разобраться - зачем? Завтра будет новый тренд. За всем не уследишь. Поверхностность во всем. Отношения, увлечения, убеждения - все фаст фуд.
I saw an interesting quote by artist Gustav Klimt (1862 to 1918): "Enough of censorship. I will take matters into my own hands. I want to break away. I want to shake off all this unpleasant ridiculousness impeding my work and regain my freedom. I reject any money from the state. I renounce everything. Most importantly I want to fight the way matters of art are treated and dealt with by the Austrian state by the ministry of education. They attack real art and real artists at the slightest provocation. They only ever protect what is weak and false."
@@leelhasa1559 the funny thing is falun gong themselves is anti muslim and anti Buddhist, falun cong is also against race mixing liberalism and homosexuality and other religiions. the same with uyghurs and tibetians in reverse, so all three of your so called "oppressed groups" would fight eachother regardless if they were in power
Weiwei says not only is there censorship in Western media, it is everywhere and worse and rediculous in some areas. At 8:12, he said Taiwan is part of China.
Weiwei is not an artists. Weiwei is one of the spies of Chinese state . Weiwei has been attacking Western democracy in the name of FREE SPEECH IN THE WEST . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's unlawful occupation of East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria and all non-Chinese territories. Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan of Uyghur Nation in Central Asia . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's Tibetan Genocide . Weiwei has unlawfully supported The UYGHUR HALAL ORGAN HARVESTING INDUSTRY OF CHINA-ARAB AXIS . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's military threats to Taiwan . Weiwei must face justice for unlawfully supporting China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan, Tibetan genocide in Tibet and mass extermination of non-Chinese nations on non-Chinese territories .
AT LEAST 99.99 PERCENT OF COMMENTS ON THIS VIDEO ARE "MADE IN CHINA" BY CHINA'S INTERNET ARMY . How many million WUMAO on the comment sections of UA-cam RIGHT NOW ? . Weiwei is not an artists. Weiwei is one of the spies of Chinese state . Weiwei has been attacking Western democracy in the name of FREE SPEECH IN THE WEST . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's unlawful occupation of East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria and all non-Chinese territories. Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan of Uyghur Nation in Central Asia . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's Tibetan Genocide . Weiwei has unlawfully supported The UYGHUR HALAL ORGAN HARVESTING INDUSTRY OF CHINA-ARAB AXIS . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's military threats to Taiwan . Weiwei must face justice for unlawfully supporting China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan, Tibetan genocide in Tibet and mass extermination of non-Chinese nations on non-Chinese territories .
Losing Chinese civil war KMT went to Taiwan and the civil war has not ended till today. There’s no peace agreement or anything like that peace treaty between Japan and China( represented by KMT) , so Taiwan is indeed part of China.
Let’s say, Mainland China and Taiwan are both part of the country named China, which is supported by history and laws noted on official documents all around the world including Mainland, Taiwan, US, UN. People’s opinion matters, legitimacy matters even more. The status quo is already the best case scenario for separatist’s sake.
People really have to take it seriously when a dissident from China is saying 'today in the west we are doing exactly the same things and sometimes even more ridiculous then [what the Chinese are doing in] the culture revolution'.
Censorship is bad, and corporations + media platforms such as social media, art galleries, and news outlets, are heinously weak for requiring all creators to be politically correct or neutral.
This man is an artist, his art comes from his heart and his soul, just as his words also can’t be caged from expression - it’s a shame so many artists world wide have kept so quiet whilst this carnage purveys
He compares total censorship to one specific topic that is covered actively in many pseudo & false taboos that hinders the possibility of a real objective discussion about this topic (Palestina/Israel). They are not the same and the proof is that he gets interviews and he can say what he thinks. He stepped in that trap knowingly and now complains about the consequences, even if he says all the time „speak your mind without considering the consequences“….Sure. He may be a respected artist, but this guy is everywhere unhappy and complaining like everything has to be perfect. I haven’t heard much of him and now I see in 2-3 video’s talking about something controversial like the 3 month old tweet about war in Palestine. Feels like he doesn’t like to be forgotten and so he is doing, what he can do best: complaining.
The censorship and life style in the West is actually worst. Most people in Asia does not know this until they actually leave their country and experience it themselves. I had the luxury of living in both lifestyles and chose to settle in China. And thank God daily for this opportunity and life in China! Just try it for yourselves. The future is China. Ai Weiwei is an idealist but now realize that sometimes in life to achieve something for the greater good in practice in China it has to be run the way President Xi runs it. The best thing China has done is to remove as much of the corruption as possible but also ensuring that most poor people find a way to make a living by assigning a mentor to the villages and teaching them. 100% capitalism destroys a country; there has to be an element of socialism for the good of the poorer people. Hence the results we get from China. The rise of China shows that if it is governed well we can make great strides.
he is actually and politely implying censorship in the west is worse than the current china since censorship during mao is much worse than current china
What a respectful artist! It took him some time to realize that in today's Western world, true freedom can only be represented in art form, not verbal or written form. I suppose true freedom may only exist in our dreams!
This quote seemingly marking his final coming out as what he has always has been?! Why isn’t he exhibiting / publishing this in China 🇨🇳 Art is not Science. It’s a subjective interpretation of reality.
He is right, because democracy is a side and not unbiased no matter how much we want to believe everyone would be able to voice their concerns not just opinions. So people, common people are the ones who suffer because we are brought up in a safe environment usually where we are told our concerns / worries / opinions / thoughts / feelings matter and may actually be insightful. In fact I would go so far as to say it is a fairytale that we can say anything we want. Power hates that. It hates feeling less powerful.
Hi from another Gilli,🎉 he's spot on right. It's bit more subtle than China, good manners in the west stifle debate and discussion. It's the secret weapon. People self censor.
A usual comment made by right-wing trolls is that the poor are just jealous of the rich. That sort of propaganda is rife in the West. I live in a very conservative town and just to suggest capitalism is under-regulated will get one the title of communist. Those types of people don't even understand the difference between communism and socialism. They are no different to Orwell's thought police. We aren't supposed to rock the boat or we get vilified, shunned or worse. Trust me, I've had it all.
lol The west is a fake and decoration, it is not real. julian assange, kent state shooting, bloody sunday in northern island, concentration camps in kenya, south Africa. now wmd= 1m iraqi death. wei wei has been brainwashed to believe western bs , now he knows that he was wrong. Sure the cold war was different in china, Mao wasn't as how he described it. In mao era, the west santioned and did not recognised china as the china. So china had no choice really. Every era had good and negative. during mao era, America killed 6m vietnamese, combodia, laotans . .. western democrazy is nonesense. it is the 1% rule over the 99%... now china is opening up,, it is now envy of the western world.. wei wei regrets now.. he was somebody in china, now he is a lost soul and a nobody... the chinese hate him as a traitor. if wei wei can lift 1.4b chinese out of poverty and made china as number economy in term of ppp.. then he is good. .. but he did nothing but to insulted the cpc.. cpc has good people, they care about their mission to make chinese prosperous and win win world.
On a l’impression qu’il a compris . Il y a la censure ouverte Chinoise et la censure hypocrite occidentale. La Chine ne se dit pas démocratique alors que l’occident se prétend démocratique. 😂
This “artist” will learning the hard truth of western “democracy” gradually! He can’t return to China when he is nobody later.😂😂😂! Once he disappears from public, he will cry loud. Where is my glory crown?
im a malaysian, not a second that i believe the western is champion of freedom and democracy. these values are selectively adopted when suit their agenda. the world can see it by their eyes.
I went to a show of his in DC once and accidentally got to close to a piece and an alarm went off, the rest of the show a security guard followed me around. I half thought it was part of the showing but it turns out it wasn’t. I ended up leaving really annoyed. Because his work is so focused on how strict China is, yet the imperialist US is happy to use him as a wedge against China while having one of the most over policed societies.
As an admirer of Ai Weiwei's writings and art, I have to say his disillutionment of the 'West's' censorship is realistic. The response to people who show support for the Palestinian civilians and are critical of Netanyahu's government and the actions of the IDF are a clear example. I still don't believe there is a total equivalancy between the censorship as it is perpetrated by the CCP. As a recent example is their warnings to Chinese people in the diaspora who criticise China with theats against their families living in China making clear these family members would face consequences for such remarks.
I'm looking forward to the interview with mainland media in which he explains to them that Western censorship is exactly the same as censorship in China. Or would such an interview be censored?
It’s like how Wang Zhian, who I mostly agree with, the Chinese journalist that fled to Japan talked up Taiwan but then went to Taiwan and got hammered by his speech and is now banned for 5 years
My highest respect for this artist. Always stood out with his integrity. True to himself despite facing the wrath of the West. Freedom of expression. What a joke. As a Westerner I am done with with their crimes and hypocrisy.
Australia should first get Julian Assange free from UK Prison! Julian Assange is a journalist and what right has UK to imprison him for almost a decade and why should he face US laws when he is an Australian citizen! Without Julian Assange the whole world would have been clueless about the nefarious activities of the US and the west.
Totally right. As an Australian resident, I am so disgusted by the ignorance of successive Australian governments to Assange's plight that I will move out of this country.
Because US has the military and financial power to dictate. Western countries have no ball to object and follow like all good vassal states
@@Bobafe77a its not ignorance, its deliberate.
yes, deliberate, because Australian goverments had blood on their hands in those wars their master created sadistically.
💯 % correct ! Free Julian Assange !
It’s a rude awakening for this Chinese artist Mr Ai living in exile in the West, and now he finds that western democracy is not so free after all! What a shame😂
It's worst in the West especially being proudly proclaiming and finger wagging others about democracy & freedom, but at the same time behaving hypocritically and narcissistically.😂😂😂
Except only on one condition, be like minded and obey their their western Rule Based Order as a junior partners.
Hence, a modernised and growing China is defiNitely a threat bcoz they want to be free and having self determination.
So true... it's just an illusion in the West
Herman and Chomsky said as much in their book in 88. There is nothing new here, intellectuals have always been in service of power.
Democracy does not mean freedom and human right, democracy means a political system where the ruling party is elected by majority, once the elected party is in power it sees the people as chessmen.
Democracy has a very shallow meaning in the west.
Took him 20 years to realise this, but better late than never.
Exactly my thoughts
He says even if he goes back to China now, he can live well. This speaks volume!
@@chew5461 The delusion of "western values" just collapsed in front of everyone around the world
Things weren't THAT bad 20 years ago, this only really took off about 10 to 15 years go and has accelerated like crazy since about 5 years ago
There is no freedom of speech even in the West, it's just a slogan. Don't be naive.. The real freedom is financial freedom
I recently watched a CNN report where they criticized China for not cracking down hard enough on anti-Jewish comments on Weibo and other social media platforms. They seemingly didn't see the irony in what they were reporting.
Their tiny underwear can't cover everything, usually they cover the part called "censorship", but now they need to cover something else, can only let the "censorship" part exposed.
me too
also the comments aren't anti-jewish. it's anti-israeli. that's a difference
😂 the irony of accusing the Chinese of not being repressive 😂
It’s not anti-Jewish, it’s pro terrorism.
It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Mind Begs the Question:
- If those who defend Apartheid
- Possess AI Technology,Nukes
- Likely to be used for Good or Evil?
All governments are naturally evil, and love doing evil continually.
How is censorship anywhere near as bad, this is ridiculous
Excellent quote, where is it from?
Cause it's never about who's right or wrong. It's about who has the most power
Notice the phrase....same as Mao's China. Mao's China was about 50 years ago. Although msm still treats the current administration as if it was 50 years ago. Current actual conditions there have improved significantly over the years...the west on the other hand has deteriorated.
Gee, we thought it is the "current administration" (XI Jinping) who believes that China should return to the ways of 50 years ago.
"Current actual conditions" in China ....are different than what they were about 8 or 9 years ago.
Well said ! 🥂
It is the current administration (of Xi Jinping) who is trying to take China BACK to the age of Mao.
Current actual conditions are deteriorating in China.
@@lindagonzalez5513, bcos Australia politicians live on past glory, obsolescence and out dated information and technology. 😂 Furthermore, they're unable to accept that China had transformed into the fastest growing economic powerhouse in the world and reformed its political system into a Chinese democracy with Chinese characteristics. It is beyond their comprehension. Sad. 😢 Australia's mainstream media n social media still live in the bubble. So, they continue to practice cancel culture, censorship and prevent challenging views to maintain controls resulting in China's Cultural Revolution effect. And, did not realize they are regressive, not progressive.
Most people in the West have very out-dated views about China, communism in China and even the system of government in China today. In this age of information, there is simply no excuse for ignorance. The progress that China has made in the last 50 years from uplifting poverty, building world class infrastructure to improving the standard of living is hard to ignore.
For a country the size of China, with hundreds of languages spoken, further divided into different ethnic and religious groups, a democratic system would not have brought about political stability and peace. The West would have exploited these differences by instigating uprisings and supporting separatist movements, just like what they did to the former U.S.S.R., all in the name of freedom and democracy.
The darling of the West discovers that he has served his purpose and now shown the door.
The West puts its own interests first. Believe it or not, the United States may even abandon Israel in the future.
Bingo!!
What utter piffle, 50C.
@@paulwally9007
Taiwan Chinese get paid better 1450 ?
@@paulwally9007 they don't even use cents in china lmao
Noam Chomsky said “any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of US media.” Mr Ai is saying it’s no longer just the media. Both are correct
Dictators wouldn't admire term limits...
@@MK_ULTRA420 like in the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, the president of the united states is just a figurehead
@@NeostormXLMAX I wish the president was only a figurehead, and the Executive branch never overextended their power because Congress got lazy.
@@MK_ULTRA420and dictatorship of military industrial complex? 😢😢
Is this the same lunatic who advocated locking up and starving ‘anti vaxers’ - the same guy asking for censorship? 😂😂😂. The hypocrisy is thick is this one…
He now realised that he is freed to criticised China, in particular so called Mao's China, but not freed to criticised the 'truth' in the West!
Well isn't that what he is doing?
He is lucky. In 2022, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra's conductor at the time, Valery Gergiev, was sacked for allegedly said to have commented that Ukraine War was not "unprovoked". Ai Weiwei has his exhibitions cancelled in 2 cities in Europe. Reality is often not what one thinks.
He can criticise anything including God but he cannot criticise God's chosen people.
Their status is above God's himself
he is a useful idiot for both west and china😂 (hilary clinton)
Try criticize Israel and see what happens.
All these year he believed in the hypocrisy of the so-called Western Democracy and Freedom of Speech.😂
What a Rude Awakening.😂
He did say that he could live well in China if he ever returned to China one day😂
Rude indeed. There is no Utopia!
Well I must say I respect him for admitting it while many others couldn’t, they don’t want to admit mistakes!
I think he meant that the west wasn’t like this before
@@lawrencechan7126 Perhaps Chinese services contacted him and gave him some RMBs to change his mind? How else would he think that he would be safe in China? ;P
I’m shocked to see Sky news presenting actual news.
💯 😅
It’s very rare indeed
It fits with Murdoch's cancel culture/ woke agenda. There was also a bit of anti-China sentiment in the interview. Right wing media 101.
Yap, I never thought the sky news would report something like this….
me too. I don't know what's going on inside Sky News's management lately. They also did a very good report on Haiti lately.
No wonder BBC has not been reporting Ai WeiWei recently, its because he has been censored for daring to criticise the West.
He used to be the trophy boy
They wouldn't report it, but if its one of USA's rivals, all the western media will circulate it non-stop. Just like how they keep harping on Iraq having weapons of mass destruction to invade a second time
He's a true idealist - very admirable for his consistent convictions (rare find this day and age) but doomed to perpetual disappointment. It's somehow only now dawned on him how the real world works ...
He's a true fuckingaroundandfindouter wherever he goes...
Spot on. It does take time for the people like to get learned.
At his age he's not an idealist he's just gullible.
@@MK_ULTRA420he's an idea. THere are plenty Chinse librarys who hold this idealist views of the west, until the iron fist of freedom and democracy greet them head on.
I dare say that Ai Weiwei knows a thing or two about censorship. Perhaps we should regard his assessment of the level of censorship in our society to be authoritative.
Or he can get lost
He seems to know a thing or two about exaggeration too.
@@cedcol356 lol like I always say, the west is jealous of china, not against china
watch Donald trumps video praising the prc taking down the Tiananmen square protests.
its all rooted in hypocrisy.
the social credit system doesn't even exists in china, but it does exists in credit scores in the west. its the reason why all companies switch to certain lgbt flags but only for a month
He also has been put in jail
Agree
Now he sees the truth. Still better than many who never see it.
They saw it but they just deny it
still says China is worse. What he says is nothing new.
All i know is that my UA-cam comments are getting shadowbanned like CRAZY. That ain't freedom.
It's a private platform. The freedom is for them to remove content they don't want on their site.
Exactly, comments under a video will be always be in favour of whatever rhetoric the channel is trying to push. Don't let us divide us with fear mongering, saying that the censorship here is as bad as in China is absurd. People gets disappeared there
@@Handles_are_garbage EVERYTHING is a private platform. They can delete ANYTHING they wish for, that way. They even deleted THIS comment that i was trying to post.
I think it's because the specific channels can silence speech they don't like. Which I think is still broadly the wrong approach, on political channels.
UA-cam is also a lazily created site, and they don't care enough about the likely social impact of their design decisions.
@@Handles_are_garbage At a certain point, corps can become big enough that their influence isn't that different from governments.
UA-cam may also be richer than the early US Government. lol
It is a pitty that he became aware of it so lat as this common knowledge that everyone already knows.
Not in China
@liuantony638 these people in China believe western media will believe western democracy. Most Chinese don't believe western so-called democracy, especially the young generations
The term 'common knowledge' implies that everyone already knows. No need to double up on the hyperbole.
And then there is Julian Assange.
Yes, Assange is really a sad, sad case. The irony is the Australian leaders are now chastising China for the life sentence on Yang Hengjun! But not a squeak for Assange. Double standard of a US vassal.
And then there is millions of Tibetans and Uyghurs 🙄
CIA lie, there isn't@@leelhasa1559
JA an icon for limited freedom of expression. That is our real world.
@@leelhasa1559 Don't watch too much american propaganda hollywood movie
He looks like a misguided clown to me. He realizes now west was using him against China.
The fact that SkyNews only opens the comment section on certain videos proves this to be unnobjectionably correct 😂
How terrible, it's just over here we're not executed for protesting against our leaders. Minor difference, I know
😂@@sambo9174
Also not happening in china
@@sambo9174
@@sambo9174ai weiwei spoke out against the Chinese government a lot while he was in china and ... Does he look dead, executed?
@@sambo9174 Where's your evidence? GB news?
As a Chinese national who has being living in the "West" for more than a decade, or as anyone who has a prolonged experience in different countries, one of the most important life realisation is that, there is no country which is *better,* they are all just *different.*
@@danhtran6401 he literally said "they are all just different" go back to school🤣
Comprehension Please!!!@@danhtran6401
@@irone7050 don't try to argue with keyboard keyboard warriors, they always win
@@irone7050 try vietnam
@@PrimeTime350 try malaysia
The minute the artist brings up censorship in the West the interview shifted to China 😂😂😂 the interviewer wasn't interested in his thoughts as to censorship in the West
What censorship in West? This TV show is aired in west, but can’t be aired in China. That’s the censorship
How so? When he asked if the comparison with China is apt, he was asking about the West.
Wow! As an American, I always wondered what it was like to live in Mao’s China. Turns out I’ve been living in it my whole life!
Well, unfortunately,, “Big Brothers” are everywhere in this day and age.
Well, back then the standards of living in china was lower. But now days being in both countries i say everything is close to the same level. West is a bit more free in certain areas but it doesnt affect life that much.
Maos China coincided with the MacArthy era in the us. There was never any difference.
Meanwhile Edward Snowden!
Can't disagree, I can barely post a comment using descriptive words without being filtered or deleted...
Not just that. I tend to rather don't bother commenting because of all the rude comments I get in return that often are sarcasm or just complete insults.
I really don't mind getting to know someone else's opinion on the matter, but mostly the comments aren't really even related to the subject at all and are really just annoying spam.
I'm hoping this has gotten a bit better now that more platforms are focusing more on users having verified accounts.
I've also noticed how increasingly more and more news-channels on UA-cam now at least have the comments open at all. Even though a lot of comments get filtered or deleted, it's still somewhat better than when they have the most extremely controversial subject in the video, yet nobody is allowed to comment on it.
Can't read this thread, it's gone.
that's not censorship, just social media company not willing to take risks
Me too 😢
@@radjalomas8854 Risks? Complimenting a reactor deserves censorship? Using factual eloquent words to point out missing aspects to a news story is worth censoring? Humor, decency, factual accuracy, different perspective to a commentor - these things deserve censorship?
Besides I've seen enough factless, vile, aggressive comments to know I'm singled out for my political views (left-wing, anti-capitalist, human rights advocate).
It is still respectable for Mr. Ai to speak out the truth (western world is not that different), even through he learned it in the hard way. One of the most valuable characters of a honest people is to be able to admit mistakes he/she made.
yes it would be good for him to admit he was a fool,
I respect him for that
China is still the barometer from which we assess the wrongs, he doesn't claim they are equally bad. No one has said one is good and one is bad, most just agree that China is worse. Which is true.
Everyone has its own path. Let's see what the world will look like 30 years later :)
Yes yes and yes! Always thought he had sold his voice to commercialism but I am wrong. New found respect for Ai Wei Wei
Finally he realizes the truth.
Finally he grew up.
Even though he is the smartest person in the Western, the west doesn't care about him. He thinks he can teach the Chinese leadership, but when he tried to lecture the Western leadership, what he gets us a big FY..
@@mingouczjcz3800 too late but never late
He is starting to see the light.
He's not alone. Remember Alexander Solzhenitsyn of Russia went back to die in the country he so much vilified . Weiwei may one day prefer to rest his soul in China
Ai Weiwei - thanks for speaking out. We are under cultural revolution in the west.
Talking about authoritarian.....turns out there is no difference at all....
no china is still worse
"In the West we only have the freedom to say whatever we think, because we never thought what we never had the freedom to. " Leo Szillard
Much respect Mr Weiwei..he is 100% accurate. The truth & facts have no market in the West...what sell dependent on advertisers & donars. The war on Gazans for the past 4 months exposed Western hypocrisies with regards to freedom of speech and expression. Much love and respt for Palestine Mr Weiwei
Haha...he finally realizes the west is no better than China.
Worse actually as China doesn’t profess to value freedom, unlike the West.
China is doing fine.
What Ai Wei Wei don’t realize is that the so called West has always been that way. Religion, censorship, punishment and condemnation never went away.
The perfect example of hypocrisy.
Julian Assange is the primary example.
The west isn’t free until Assange has been released!
Ai Wei Wei fell into the Western ideology trap, because he viewed the Chinese politics only through his personal experiences. If he had studied Western history and Chinese history of the last couple hundreds years well, he would have avoided such a trap.
Many Chinese of his generation worshipped the West and he who made a fortune out of his ‘views’ was ok with it until recently when his shows are cancelled.
Perhaps it is a classic example of a business relationship fall out. Once upon a time, Ai had value to the Western propaganda, clearly no more, since he’s a nobody to the new generations of Chinese. An artist who no longer enjoys the fame and recognition finally woke up with anger……
True! That was how I figured out.
The next person to take Ai Weiwei's seat for the upcoming interview will be Jimmy Lai.
Jimmy Lai is a crook, a criminal who exploited people for profits. AiWeiWei is an artist that did no such evil.
jimmy is different to Ai.
jimmy knows it a game about lining your own pockets and nothing to do with freedom speech
@@sko1beerDifferent tool, same purpose.
No, jimmy lai is just evil.
No, Jimmy Lai already knows the truth, but he just wants to be other side opposite the truth.
Now he knows what freedom is really liked 😂😂😂
Free to follow the limitations imposed by others in power.
This is Western de-Mockery!
I know Mao is known in the west for his policies after the civil war. He’s well respected in China because he was an amazing strategist in his prime. And contributed significantly to the Communist movement. He visited and was favored by the locals because he reached their hearts. But power easily corrupts, which is true throughout all civilizations. No matter if it’s your coworker who got a raise or a president. With many rulers throughout China’s past, most are not black or white. History is complicated. Since human error is inevitable, I would rather focus on the improvement of a society and avoid making the same mistake. China has shown itself in the last 40 years, that it has learned and moved on to Communism with Chinese characteristics. The road of improvement and anti-corruption isn’t complete, there is more that needs to be done. But it has proven it’s capable of change. Unlike many western nations, which repackages the same problems and sells a delusion to its citizens. Let it be known, we as humans will always have problems in society. The best we can do is learn from our mistakes, I wish for world piece and an end to poverty. But I know better, human greed and ego affects every part of our lives in every country and culture. But those who wish for a better future shouldn’t give up on improving lives❤
Spot on!
Exactly Mao ended the division in China and set the basis for the futur success of China. A country as big as China needs a strong govt with a long term vision and policy, "western european style democracy" wouldn't work there.
He also starved 30 million of his own people. Killed and jailed people for having different beliefs, to away people’s right for private property. Badger allowed democracy.
The list goes on
Mao was a monster
Forgot about the cultural revolution
Mao was a monster. Period.
If it was he would not be able to talk about it on mainstream media.
he's not on american msm
The difference is that people in Russia and China know their media is biased and factor it in to their perception of the world. Many people in the west don’t have any conception that their own media is just as biased as that of foreign “regimes” and don’t factor it in at all.
Thats true.
Верно. Мы знаем, что такое пропаганда, ее историю в нашей стране, как она работает и какие инструменты использует. Мы знаем, что излюбленный прием - не говорить как можно дольше неудобную правду. Что заставляет нас искать альтернативные государственным источники информации. В то время как западные сми дошли до того, что просто выдумывают альтернативную реальность. Нарушают хронологию, выбрасывают факты, противоречащие генеральной линии, выдумывают факты ее подтверждающие. Никаких принципов, ни чести, ни совести, ни ответственности. Поставить украинский флажок на аватарку - и вот ты уже прогрессивный. Побровать разобраться - зачем? Завтра будет новый тренд. За всем не уследишь. Поверхностность во всем. Отношения, увлечения, убеждения - все фаст фуд.
Hypocrisy is the base of Western Democracy! Grow up !
Spot on. Couldn't be more correct.
@@hongqi5734then take a hike and enjoy your hatespeech on weibo
Finally.
Censorship and propaganda everywhere the same, its just Style difference
West is much better at it
I too begin to realize these western hypocrisies since about 3 years ago..
The man speaks truths. That is not allowed in 2024.
I saw an interesting quote by artist Gustav Klimt (1862 to 1918): "Enough of censorship. I will take matters into my own hands. I want to break away. I want to shake off all this unpleasant ridiculousness impeding my work and regain my freedom. I reject any money from the state. I renounce everything. Most importantly I want to fight the way matters of art are treated and dealt with by the Austrian state by the ministry of education. They attack real art and real artists at the slightest provocation. They only ever protect what is weak and false."
Good to see Ai Weiwei being consistent in criticising abuses of power whether in China or the West.
Why stop at "exactly the same"? Why not say "even worse"? Why not say "China is practically free in comparison"?
Sure, why not ask a Tibetan or Uyghur, or a Chinese person who practised Falun Gong
@@leelhasa1559 the funny thing is falun gong themselves is anti muslim and anti Buddhist, falun cong is also against race mixing liberalism and homosexuality and other religiions. the same with uyghurs and tibetians in reverse,
so all three of your so called "oppressed groups" would fight eachother regardless if they were in power
Because the CCP is not better in any way
He actually said that he could did very well in china even the authority don't like his opinions. 😁😁
He didn't even compare the west in the current political climate in China, but the cultural revolution era, that's really bad. 😂😂
Weiwei says not only is there censorship in Western media, it is everywhere and worse and rediculous in some areas. At 8:12, he said Taiwan is part of China.
Weiwei is not an artists. Weiwei is one of the spies of Chinese state . Weiwei has been attacking Western democracy in the name of FREE SPEECH IN THE WEST . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's unlawful occupation of East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria and all non-Chinese territories. Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan of Uyghur Nation in Central Asia . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's Tibetan Genocide . Weiwei has unlawfully supported The UYGHUR HALAL ORGAN HARVESTING INDUSTRY OF CHINA-ARAB AXIS . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's military threats to Taiwan . Weiwei must face justice for unlawfully supporting China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan, Tibetan genocide in Tibet and mass extermination of non-Chinese nations on non-Chinese territories .
AT LEAST 99.99 PERCENT OF COMMENTS ON THIS VIDEO ARE "MADE IN CHINA" BY CHINA'S INTERNET ARMY . How many million WUMAO on the comment sections of UA-cam RIGHT NOW ? . Weiwei is not an artists. Weiwei is one of the spies of Chinese state . Weiwei has been attacking Western democracy in the name of FREE SPEECH IN THE WEST . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's unlawful occupation of East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Manchuria and all non-Chinese territories. Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan of Uyghur Nation in Central Asia . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's Tibetan Genocide . Weiwei has unlawfully supported The UYGHUR HALAL ORGAN HARVESTING INDUSTRY OF CHINA-ARAB AXIS . Weiwei has unlawfully supported China's military threats to Taiwan . Weiwei must face justice for unlawfully supporting China's UYGHUR GENOCIDE in East Turkestan, Tibetan genocide in Tibet and mass extermination of non-Chinese nations on non-Chinese territories .
Losing Chinese civil war KMT went to Taiwan and the civil war has not ended till today. There’s no peace agreement or anything like that peace treaty between Japan and China( represented by KMT) , so Taiwan is indeed part of China.
The official position of the US state department is that Taiwan is part of China, but you'd never think it, listening to their politicians
Let’s say, Mainland China and Taiwan are both part of the country named China, which is supported by history and laws noted on official documents all around the world including Mainland, Taiwan, US, UN. People’s opinion matters, legitimacy matters even more. The status quo is already the best case scenario for separatist’s sake.
Exactly. It's time to fix this...we need to mobilise and decentralize
According to Western logic, to democratise a place means throwing bombs and economic sanctions. Do we really want democracy?
People really have to take it seriously when a dissident from China is saying 'today in the west we are doing exactly the same things and sometimes even more ridiculous then [what the Chinese are doing in] the culture revolution'.
Censorship is bad, and corporations + media platforms such as social media, art galleries, and news outlets, are heinously weak for requiring all creators to be politically correct or neutral.
Censorship is alive and well
This man is an artist, his art comes from his heart and his soul, just as his words also can’t be caged from expression - it’s a shame so many artists world wide have kept so quiet whilst this carnage purveys
He compares total censorship to one specific topic that is covered actively in many pseudo & false taboos that hinders the possibility of a real objective discussion about this topic (Palestina/Israel). They are not the same and the proof is that he gets interviews and he can say what he thinks. He stepped in that trap knowingly and now complains about the consequences, even if he says all the time „speak your mind without considering the consequences“….Sure.
He may be a respected artist, but this guy is everywhere unhappy and complaining like everything has to be perfect. I haven’t heard much of him and now I see in 2-3 video’s talking about something controversial like the 3 month old tweet about war in Palestine. Feels like he doesn’t like to be forgotten and so he is doing, what he can do best: complaining.
The censorship and life style in the West is actually worst. Most people in Asia does not know this until they actually leave their country and experience it themselves. I had the luxury of living in both lifestyles and chose to settle in China. And thank God daily for this opportunity and life in China! Just try it for yourselves. The future is China. Ai Weiwei is an idealist but now realize that sometimes in life to achieve something for the greater good in practice in China it has to be run the way President Xi runs it. The best thing China has done is to remove as much of the corruption as possible but also ensuring that most poor people find a way to make a living by assigning a mentor to the villages and teaching them. 100% capitalism destroys a country; there has to be an element of socialism for the good of the poorer people. Hence the results we get from China. The rise of China shows that if it is governed well we can make great strides.
UA-cam is a good example of censorship.
Hopefully. Kick Chinese propaganda out of Western media.
Is UA-cam bsnned in China?
Does the BBC operate weibo channels in China?
he is actually and politely implying censorship in the west is worse than the current china
since censorship during mao is much worse than current china
So basically china became less authoritarian and america became more authoritarian over the last few decades
the fact that they had this interview already proves him wrong
Aahahah that's exactly what I wrote as well. 😂😂😂 How are these people keeping a straight face. They are not aware of what censorship really is???
@@madameversiera well..half of em are paid trolls
did some of your comments disappear in UA-cam? please tell the truth. for me there are a lot
@@alanssshh Exactly, people believe freedom of speech which actually is freedom of propaganda.
"The elite class is the same all over the world." - Richard Nixon
这把年纪了才明白天下乌鸦一般黑？🤣
Weiwei finally has taken the red pill.
What a respectful artist! It took him some time to realize that in today's Western world, true freedom can only be represented in art form, not verbal or written form. I suppose true freedom may only exist in our dreams!
This quote seemingly marking his final coming out as what he has always has been?! Why isn’t he exhibiting / publishing this in China 🇨🇳 Art is not Science. It’s a subjective interpretation of reality.
He is right, because democracy is a side and not unbiased no matter how much we want to believe everyone would be able to voice their concerns not just opinions. So people, common people are the ones who suffer because we are brought up in a safe environment usually where we are told our concerns / worries / opinions / thoughts / feelings matter and may actually be insightful. In fact I would go so far as to say it is a fairytale that we can say anything we want. Power hates that. It hates feeling less powerful.
Hi from another Gilli,🎉 he's spot on right. It's bit more subtle than China, good manners in the west stifle debate and discussion. It's the secret weapon. People self censor.
A usual comment made by right-wing trolls is that the poor are just jealous of the rich. That sort of propaganda is rife in the West. I live in a very conservative town and just to suggest capitalism is under-regulated will get one the title of communist. Those types of people don't even understand the difference between communism and socialism. They are no different to Orwell's thought police. We aren't supposed to rock the boat or we get vilified, shunned or worse. Trust me, I've had it all.
lol The west is a fake and decoration, it is not real. julian assange, kent state shooting, bloody sunday in northern island, concentration camps in kenya, south Africa. now wmd= 1m iraqi death.
wei wei has been brainwashed to believe western bs , now he knows that he was wrong. Sure the cold war was different in china, Mao wasn't as how he described it. In mao era, the west santioned and did not recognised china as the china. So china had no choice really.
Every era had good and negative. during mao era, America killed 6m vietnamese, combodia, laotans . .. western democrazy is nonesense. it is the 1% rule over the 99%... now china is opening up,, it is now envy of the western world..
wei wei regrets now.. he was somebody in china, now he is a lost soul and a nobody... the chinese hate him as a traitor. if wei wei can lift 1.4b chinese out of poverty and made china as number economy in term of ppp.. then he is good. .. but he did nothing but to insulted the cpc.. cpc has good people, they care about their mission to make chinese prosperous and win win world.
He got canceled when he criticized the genocide in Gaza.
He is of no more use so they abandon him.
If it is the same
Why isn´t he in jail then?
and it only took him 20 years to understand that, what a smart being. but at least he got it now....
Free Palestine.
On a l’impression qu’il a compris . Il y a la censure ouverte Chinoise et la censure hypocrite occidentale. La Chine ne se dit pas démocratique alors que l’occident se prétend démocratique. 😂
Sounds right to me.
This “artist” will learning the hard truth of western “democracy” gradually! He can’t return to China when he is nobody later.😂😂😂! Once he disappears from public, he will cry loud. Where is my glory crown?
I am sure this interview is available in China/s.
The answer is NO
I'm sure Julian Assange is a free man/s
@@MusicArchon Sexual abusers belong in prison.
im a malaysian, not a second that i believe the western is champion of freedom and democracy. these values are selectively adopted when suit their agenda. the world can see it by their eyes.
I couldn’t agree more with him.
Surprised it took Ai this long to discover western censorship is just as bad as China... 😂😂😂
Now have him go on Chinese state TV and say the same thing… oh wait… maybe its a lil different
he's not allowed on US state media though
I went to a show of his in DC once and accidentally got to close to a piece and an alarm went off, the rest of the show a security guard followed me around. I half thought it was part of the showing but it turns out it wasn’t. I ended up leaving really annoyed. Because his work is so focused on how strict China is, yet the imperialist US is happy to use him as a wedge against China while having one of the most over policed societies.
People around the world including his home country should thank this man for balanced and straight through view and opinion
Not all artists are wise like Ai Weiwei
I fully agree - I am experiencing this right now
As an admirer of Ai Weiwei's writings and art, I have to say his disillutionment of the 'West's' censorship is realistic. The response to people who show support for the Palestinian civilians and are critical of Netanyahu's government and the actions of the IDF are a clear example. I still don't believe there is a total equivalancy between the censorship as it is perpetrated by the CCP. As a recent example is their warnings to Chinese people in the diaspora who criticise China with theats against their families living in China making clear these family members would face consequences for such remarks.
True … Look what they have done to Australian Journalist Julian Assange ✅🦁👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️👮♂️✋
I very much doubt he would be able to have this interview in China.....
Why it takes this Artist so long? This Poor old man deserves no compassion.
no its really not the same.
Congratulations,Ai Weiwei !
😂😂true story in Canada 🇨🇦 too
How the tables have turned..
He is just a joker😂😂 living in his own world of fantasy 😢😢
So naive, now he realized that grass not always greener on the other side. 😂
Much respect to this man
I'm looking forward to the interview with mainland media in which he explains to them that Western censorship is exactly the same as censorship in China. Or would such an interview be censored?
It’s like how Wang Zhian, who I mostly agree with, the Chinese journalist that fled to Japan talked up Taiwan but then went to Taiwan and got hammered by his speech and is now banned for 5 years
My highest respect for this artist. Always stood out with his integrity. True to himself despite facing the wrath of the West. Freedom of expression. What a joke. As a Westerner I am done with with their crimes and hypocrisy.
Grass is NOT greener on the other side of hill.
I'm surprised he was speaking out and critizising this in western TV.
What was his point?