I just fought in a war, I'm still tired from the deployment. I learned a lot from the time I've had around the people. We can grow together. No need to create another dark age scenario
As someone who has collaborated with many nations for one goal. I know that there's little difference between me and another man from somewhere else. I served in the 82nd airborne, and 4th infantry division respectively. I served with people from all over the world and of many cultural backgrounds. This is America after all.
when war do comes between us and hisAsian allies against china!all you gotta do is just lend us your airforce and the groundforce will be from asian allies.
I am interested in China for over 20 years, lived there for close to a decade, travelled to pretty much everywhere in the country and have a Chinese wife. I live back in Europe now and I am quite often shocked how negative and condescending we from the west look at China, partly because the country is becoming powerful and we can not get our head around that there is a race or a country somewhere else which is capable of achieving a status which one day might be higher than ours. When I read the news or comments like here it seems that all how Chinese could achieve their rise is through theft, unfair practices and being corrupt. I am not saying that all is good in China, of course not, where is? But I recommend to all the people who think that all what Chinese are doing is cheating, travel to China and have a look for yourself. I know nobody who actually has been in the country who has not been impressed by the Chinese. Again, not saying that anybody is better, but one thing we in the west will have to get used to: China is claiming back the place where they have been most of the past.
the most land China ever encompassed is arguable, but the mongol Khan conquest of China and then Kublai Khan, the line of Genghis khan, Emperor of China’s Yuan Dynasty was also mongol not Han! The west called them Tartarian rulers of China and the Easterners called them Manchu Qing Dynasty of Manchuria/ Manchuko
@@EntertheDragonChild you’re stuck in a view of history based on race, which is a very superficial understanding in terms of Chinese civilization, bear in mind that the so-called “Han” have been mixed in a lot of ethnic minorities throughout its history, what had persisted for centuries is its way of living, language, culture, every aspect of the civilization. And such views on China are popular in countries like Japan or Korea, as they are countries of single ethnic group, which has limited their vision on civilizations of multiple ones.
@@EntertheDragonChild Many Western people have such narrow views of the world and other cultures. China is civilizational state, not a nation states which is based on race. Chinese say China is a country with 100 countries, and western people can never understand that.
@@EntertheDragonChildpior to industrialization, the barbaric always wins. because the more advanced civilization was based on agricultural not conquering. wasn't the roman empire faced the same problem?
Kennedy once said, he is not so concern the kind of govt a country have , He is more concern if it works. Deng Xiao Ping also said, he doesn't care what is the color of the cat, as long as it catches mice. In short it is not about democracy or socialism, it is about leadership and determination.
Even though I am Indian, I have always admired China, firstly for being the only Asian country to rise up to the USA's level, and how collectively the country has worked hard together to be what it is today. The Chinese government is often criticized for being totalitarian, but whatever they have done has ultimately benefited the citizens of China, unlike in our country where most leaders have only had the goal of fulfilling their own agenda for their own benefit to gain power rather than working for the people, despite being a "great democracy".
@@kennyhalperin5302 Nope both systems have thier inherent flaws. Would prefer democracy anyday. China's communism has actually helped setting out a long term road map for development and innovation in a very streamlined way, which is quite tough for democracies, as ruling parties change all the time.
Whenever we goes to war. The common folks suffer while these leaders sitting at the top safe and sound while they commands people to sacrifice their life.
that's leadership. you cant ask the commander to march at enemy, just like you cant ask CEO of a bank to go on street and sell insurance to random folks
The United States is like a man in his early forties. Testosterone and sperm count are declining but the ego is still big. Identity crisis! U.S. must prove masculinity and show how tough we still are. But age is relentless and younger men will rise to challenge the old man. Some men age gracefully and some (U.S.) make themselves look foolish.
Chinese is the nation who build the great wall instead of invading others as long as they could like Rome Empire. China will be America's friend or enemy only rely on Americans treat China as friend or enemy.
@@wangyingsen458 - Yet America has been the greatest friend and ally in the history of nations, to China, like no other nation in history. And because of the CCP/CPC, almost no (or very few) Chinese people even know it, or understand how or why, or what the U.S. has done to benefit China.
SkylineToTheSeaAndMe we all know that ,we don't hate Americans.have you ever heard that"let's destroy American"? we just say"get our people richer,to be the no.1". what i can see is there's almost every Americans hate Chinese,some of them said"start a war with communist china",some said that"oh,i hate ccp ,not the Chinese people",but when they want to stop us to develop our economy ,stop us to get our country unified, we won't accept it peacefully
Bs. 600 million still live on less then 5 green bucks per day according to premier Li Keqiang. Just check the latest NPC. That man has a very poor understanding of China.
They have been at war ever since. A traditional war that costs money and lives is the least likely as they know that they need to keep this from happening as both will lose.
Need to promote the concept of global citizenship and the fact that zero sum game is not the only game in town. We organic humans will need to collaborate in dealing with the AI in the future....time to learn to acquire allies rather than enemies. We all need to help one another in order to survive on this planet.
I’m Chinese and I’m 15. I was born in Brooklyn but raised in a rural village in China after a year of being born bedside my mother left my Dad and he couldn’t take care of me. However within my time being there, naive and unknown of what communism is. I’ve never noticed a difference or large difference between the American people and Chinese. The only difference I saw is naturally that all American individuals are more independent and keep to themselves. While if you walk down a street in China and you make friends, they will literally give you food and invite you to their homes and stuff. You don’t get that here in America. I think the light on Chinese people should be shown a lot more.
the point of this video isnt to insult Chinese people or focus on them, its about the rise of the CCP, and the destruction they could cause.... 'Chinese people' arent a problem, the regime they live under unfortunately, is.
That bridge construction timeline comparison shook me to my core. It’s not just a bridge, it symbolizes the work ethic, and efficiencies of the US and China. If we don’t get our act together, we all know what’s gonna happen.
Lmao😂 aged well. Efficiency? They can’t even make a Covid vaccine that will allow them to open back up, can’t make semi-conductors that run anything better than a fridge, and has no backbone when we land on their doorstep. China won’t survive as they are now for another decade.
because we must works at lest 8 hours everyday in China，sometimes even from works at night 9 ：00 ....itis called“996”，which means works from 9：00 in morning to 9：00 at night six days a weak...actually I really envy Westrn no burden works but have earning so much money 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Dude, the threat of nuclear anihilation is precisely the thing that has kept us from having more worldwars, all of the superpowers fear utter destruction from a nuclear war, so they avoid armed conflict and do proxy wars instead. Millions would have died in world wars if it wasn't for all of those thousands of nukes in the arsenals of all the world's superpowers.
As a Chinese, we know and respect the western world's ideas. But on the other hand, the Chinese idea is not known by the western world. We care about our own development. We have no interest in leading the world and change other counties track. I hope the western world has more wisdoms like Graham.
@@ovidiudrobota2182 Taiwan is part of China. It is a unsolved problem during Chinese civil war 70 years ago. The situation between mainland China and Taiwan is similar to the situation between eastern Germany and western Germany. Eastern Germany is supported by Russia, and western Germany is supported by USA. I know you guy has strong fearness on the Conummnist contoury, because of the history of Soviet Union. 50 years ago, China also surfer Conummnist tragedy. But after 1978, there is 180 degree shift of Chinese policy.Last, if Russia try to interfere Alaska to be independent, I don't think USA will be happy.
@@Jonesmith82, Taiwan is an independent nation. An independent country. They wanna be independent and that's what matters the most. You can not take over Taiwan. We will back Taiwan no matter what because we love to protect democratic nations that shine as an example to other nations. Democracy is the only way forward. Other systems never work, they only stifle progress.
I would argue that there is no such thing as an inevitable war. People were saying that war between the US and Russia was inevitable in the 50's and early 60's, but it never happened.
The substantial difference is that Russia never had any hope of matching and then exceeding the US in economic and military size and progress, whereas it seems China will achieve that within the next 20 years unless the US takes the decision to attempt to militarily stop them.
Nuclear weaponry does really change this equation yes. However the Soviet Union post WW2 was not really a "rising" power. Whilst according to all economic models, China is.
@A Artisan So we should be pushing for a world government based on an American system or let China decide our world government. Also you push the fallacy that just because it is hard to walk away doesn't mean you should not walk away. Another fallacy is that any system will stay on top forever.
It is like the school bully not working on academics and hates the good students making good grades and his only tactics is to intimidate and fight to stop the good kids progress! The American leadership were doing this in school and continue so in international relationships! I don't see US capable of making any major reforms or future plans.
As Thanos said, (he is indeed fictional but the words are true)"this is a finite universe with finite resources", its not about a better life, is about who live better than others...Sadly.
洩矢諏訪子 that’s because communism in any form is evil. I love China very much and the people that live in it but the government is purely evil. So is America’s government.
it started 3 years ago no one has noticed that's so strange 5 million are already dead from bio war And there was me think de Nile was a river in Africa. It seems the rest of the world is in denial.
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There's just one point I wish to make concerning WW1 and Thucydides's trap. It was not the tension between the dominant power Britain, and the rising power Germany which started that war. It was the tension between Germany and Russia. Sparta and Athens went to war due to Sparta's fear that Athens would become to powerful. Sparta, the power to be eclipsed, started that war. Rightfully so, because the Athenians blatantly violated treaties signed between them and other Greek cities. But Britain did not confront Germany when Germany surpassed her Industrially. Britain attempted to keep some balance in the concert of Europe, but the balance wasn't shifting in Germany's favour in 1914. In 1914 Germany was the dominant power in Europe, it had the strongest army. But its large neighbour Russia, was the fastest growing economy in Europe. German high command estimated that if the growth of the Russian economy, and subsequently also her army, would be allowed to continue undisrupted than Germany would no longer be in a position to defeat Russia in a protracted war by the year 1917. Hence they were eager to kick of a war with Russia, and subsequently did nothing to stop the conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary from devolving into war.
I think it's fit too,at least judging from my country's history(China),the Han people clash in huge scale with other people or nation whenver han are weak and overpowered,and then a new dynasty is build yet with the same old rules and fate with its predecessor(sometimes it's uprising or revolt tho)
@@philli1588 Thus the ancient Chinese proverb. Better a year of tyranny, than a day of anarchy. Multiple civil wars took their toll on China over many centuries, and this may help explain the current Chinese mindset. EDIT: Ater Alexander the great overcame and absorbed the Persian Empire, internal divisions developed after his death. Internal strife brought about the demise of Greecian dominance. Internal strife weakened Pax Romana and opened the door to it's demise. Trumpism has corrupted our nation which is already highly polarized, at an incredible rate. A HOUSE DIVIDED CAN NOT STAND. Simply a word to the wise. What you heed will determine the direction you travel. Peace be with you.
Changing the word 'move' to 'destroy' would be more correct since the China Napoleon referred to has become Communist Red China, which is NOT China. Take for example, the not so long ago ten years Cultural Revolution (1965-75) not only had 4 millions of capitalists, scholars, property owners.....etc. tortured then killed, it also wiped out several thousand years of Chinese culture from that piece of land. Red China is the opposite of China in key areas such as philosophies and values.
Ze Atheist you have no idea what China has done in recent years . Many China’s Cities is under industry conversion. From the resources-based city to the sustainable energy city .In my hometown,government shut off many factories of dirty industry and coal power stations for reducing air pollution and CO2.China’s economy is stable and developing.Even 6% is the lowest number
Having watched this. I believe it is necessary to look into the relationship between Western banking and corporate interests with China. China has a right to a place at the table but the West has suffered because of deindustrialisation. The problem I understand to be is that of the greed of these banks and corporations that have effectively asset stripped many Western nations in favour of a fast buck to be made in China. What I believe needs to be addressed is the disproportionate and unaccountable influence of financial institutions and corporations right across the globe. If this will not be addressed then a future war is inevitable.
The question of our times is if Xi's bridge is repaired in 48 hours but millions of people are genocided by the same president is it still a good bridge in a good and just country? 🇨🇳
The question that begs the answer is : so China grows exponentially since 1978 and now the poverty rate is 10% instead of 90% and America feels threatened? In other words, the US simply wants to keep everyone in dire economic positions and be enslaved by a system that they abolished when they fought the American civil war, between brothers from the North and the South. How many wars the US has had started since 1945 and how many China had initiated? Funny how A bridge outside of graham’s Cambridge office took 7 years to complete and 300% over budget as per the American standard. China took 43 hours to build a similar bridge with twice the capacity. No, this can’t be allowed to happen again, this is a threat to the very existence of American ways of life. Imagine all the resources and technologies that went into war efforts going instead towards betterment of humanity. All the lives that were lost, how many heartbreaks and broken dreams for no rhyme or reason simply just because a Superpower felt threatened or was jealous of others as rising stars. This is world leadership? No, this is gangsterism and thuggery!
@@evelynlo458 it’s no point to try reasoning with people bent on either badmouthing or jealous of China’s leaps and bounds above all nations both in poverty mitigation and general improvements on so many different fronts. Besides, the numbers of deaths caused by China could very well have been again false data and innuendos laid d by yet other countries and people with hidden agendas.
@@gibsonsg6201 how much do you know about China's tofu construction projects? Chinese architectural and logistical projects like roads and buildings are inferior in quality. It's the reason why countries like Fiji, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Many African nations no longer allow Chinese bid in their infrastructure buildings projects.Also would like to point out that there are no ngos or charities helping the poor in China, the ccp shut it down in 2012, the reason stated was that when there is no poverty then there needs to be no charity all the while the threshold income of a Chinese citizen to be considered below the poverty line is $400. Clarity should back the claims they name, not state issued statements.
@@OU-812 Seriously? The US has nearly 6,000 nuclear warheads, Russia has over 6,000 and we are worrying about the nearly 400 China has? IF my information is correct, China is also committed to an unconditional “No First Use” pledge and I believe is the only nuclear armed country to such commitments. IF your concerns were about their military industry growth, might you have meant their lack of focus on a more aggressive appropriation of fundings from their GDP? Saudi - 8.4% US. - 3.7% China - 1.7% Other nations were Russia, France, Russia, South Korea, the UK, Australia, Israel, Italy and Germany. Of the 12 nations that were identified, China placed 10th just ahead of Italy and Germany standing at 1.6% and 1.4% respectively. Do I see a little hypocrisy here? It’s ok to have the US shock and awe all over the world and others not so much even in terms of self defence and protection of their sovereignty?
Graham use all data directly from China Communist claim which are full of fake. Without foreign investment, the China will be one of the poorest country in the world which has nothing to do with the Communist govern. Many China basic construction are high cost, no profit and corruption are not usually mentioned by them. Graham and other left scholar are the great example being fooled by the Communist most time.
@ damn I see. So you can come out with 100% reliable sources? I see that you are a professor in harvard as well I assume?
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@Brennen ，damn, any sources will be a lot better than the Communist one which designed to fool the world. You didn't heard Harvard professor, scholar collided with the Communist spy betrayed American ?
The American workers hail the 1949 Victory over Imperialism in China. You victory over the running dogs of Imperialism is our victory too. We too will overthrow our Imperailist masters in Washington and raise the revolutionary banner of World Socialism as you throw out the capitalist roaders who want war and crush the new KMT running dogs. Peace amongst the workers and peasants of all countries. Down with war, down with the greedy capitalists and death to world Imperialism!!! Workers of the World Unite We have a World to Gain and nothing to lose except our chains!!
@@kimobrien. salute my comrade. Capitalism is the ultimate blood sucking vampire which drained people's fortune and spirit. As a CCP member I truly appreciate the US working class recognition for PRC. The momentum is accumulating in society my dear friend, the hay is being stashed up on the hill and only do we need is a single spark to ignite the whole mountain. Let's see whether Bernie will be elected in 2020 and if so, there would be a reinvigoration for Marxism and Communism! I hope the day will be coming sooner!
“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world” so states a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. Currently, China is much more awake than any other country in the world.
@@jonnynumonic1026 Never underestimate opponents. Else you will be the first one to get fucked. India attacked China 50 years ago on the same idea and got punished.
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I get recommended too. Guess the hashtag is international politics...besides these people commented hereunder really exposed their ignorant and racist nature. Yes Don’t look around. U r just right above.
China has my utmost respect. While their growth in the past 40 years is unprecedented, let's remember that the United States over the past 50 years has been wasting its resources on foreign wars when it could have been helping to rebuild its cities and infrastructure.
KingOfGorillas oh and China has banks in the top 5 now too and they have an economy of 26 trillion with no debt and America has 18 trillion of which 90% of it is debt to China 🇨🇳 Im not chinese but calm down and sit down now you not messing around with Iraq
Do you think they care it’s that old adage if I can’t stay in power NO one can I’ll destroy the surface of the earth if I have too..on a small version I’ve heard it be for if I can’t have her or him and what ever comes to that person mind Acid facial or a run him over with the car trick ,shoot to kill you seen it all in our schools or heard about it ect . You see it in the news just in small versions people killing over a chicken sandwich it’s just that now theses people have whole countries to do their biddings...and some very deadly,mean toys to play with...
I refuse to be a puppet of a communist country. If you can’t believe in freedom for the individual than your a enemy of mine. Period. If you don’t want a war. Then leave me and my freedoms alone. But you won’t. You want it your way. Your rules. Your ideals. Thous blood shed will have to be split.
Very eloquent n articulate speech with this outstanding ability to summarize less than 20 minutes, such a huge sophisticated difference of the two world powers! I believe it's such a wisdom that makes view scholars only to shine well above their peers
@@TheFoolintherainn I appreciate your comment but putting in practice or changing into real action is entirely different question n outside my comment on/about, professor's eloquent ability to explain a wider issues within minutes, that yourself agreed with me! wisdom always deserves honored
@@TheFoolintherainn besides the professor's ability, I agree with you that the way US come to be the only power, is the same rule they'll undergone But, that that's not only for the US. but this is the rules n real tangible judgment fo anyone power or person who transgress n oppress others for little times! But to my wonder, its easly apparent that China is also walking both internally n externaly all the same way as the powers befor them
Everyone know China is a Socialist Country. But does anyone know why China is and might be the only Socialist Country that is a power in world economy? If I have to describe chinese people, I would say they are very disciplined, they are hard workers, they are smart, they are family oriented and they truly believe that a united Nation will be always stronger. What works for U.S. might not work for China. and what works for China might not work for U.S. War is never the best solution! I'm proud to be half Chinese, I'm proud to be half Latino I'm proud to soon be a U.S. Citizen The world is bigger than just U.S. and China!
There is a difference between Socialism and Communism. I never said Communism. And even in a Socialist Society like China they know they can't go full Socialist. My point was that every country is different economically and cultural. And a full communist or Socialist country will never work!
China's success is not because of communism or captalism, but flexibility. Whether it's communism or capitalusm, if that would help China to develop, it will be adopted. From that perspective, Chinese are more open minded than American. Ideology is for summarization, but not for templating.
The world is bigger than USA and China. But the world really can't do anything to stop a war if either of the two nations stubbornly insists on starting a fight. Even though nukes, drones, and orbital combat zones can spread the collateral damage across a global scale.
@@bluecalu7944 The question is which country will make the next war, either one can always find plenty of little pretenses to "justify" military action. America has already enjoyed a position of global dominance for most of a century. Why should Americans feel compelled to relinquish what they have? China has worked hard, China has a lot going for it now and is planning on going for a lot more in coming decades. Why should Chinese be denied what they've earned?
Mr Ace my 10th grade US history teacher talked about his in 1998. 20 years ago he was saying this same exact thing. If you see this Mr Ace your a prophet!!
I have spent the last six weeks researching this, and I just do not agree with Allison's assessment at all. I think it's important to remember who Allison is in the history of American scholarship. He became highly relevant for his work on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his Cold War mindset can still sometimes slip out in his work. I would not go as far as calling him a hawk, but his theory is touted by rather Hawkish individuals such as Steve Bannon. While those who use a theory certainly do not define the theory in itself, the question of why Allison was chosen by the Trump administration to have some meetings on the subject should be enough reason to pause. If you read Allison's book you will see that the vast majority of the examples of power transition theory are Eurocentric. He does go more easterly to bring in some examples involving Russia, but there exists nothing outside of that. As the scholar David C Kang and Xinru Ma further expanded, Thucydides did not live in East Asia. Asian history and European history are completely different; their philosophical traditions are completely seperate. When you start to look into Asian history, it starts to become obvious why it wasn't included. One example stands out and that is the Imjin War of 1592. Rather then power transitions, east asia seems to be more susceptible to power vacuums, this is a point Allison never touches on once in his book. Yes Europe has been one of the great powers in the world, but denying the power shifts that happened throughout a third of the globe is at best short sighted, and at worse straight up fear mongering. Allison comes across as a determinist, believing that there are structural forces at play which drive states to war. And while this is certainly true to an extent; nothing ever happens with out a leader making a decision. I understand why lenses are important, they allow you to see the basic trajectory, but they also cut so much out of the picture that you are able to create an image to your liking. Allison sells his book as a compass to navigate out of his 'Thucydides Trap' (or as a scholar who's name escapes me termed it the 'Allison Trap'); but the longer I looked at it, the more it seemed to be creating a justification for war. A sort of scholarly reasoning if a war ever broke out. One that removed fault and replaced it with structural determinism America is Sparta, China is Athens, the results have already been written. I reject this theory, almost wholeheartedly. China's rise has been incredible to see, and I'm not convinced that it's something to fear. I'm sure people who have had to live under the fear of America's terrifying anti-terror campaign will be welcoming a shift in perspective. I'm not a huge China supporter, there are definitely things that they government has done that make me uncomfortable, but looking at America's anti-imperial based imperialism*, they really haven't been the 'global policemen' they like to make themselves out to be. Adorno and Hawkheimer make an interesting point when they say that the Enlightenment became the myth it was trying to remove. Fact, after all, is the point where thought halts. After WW1, WW2, Korea, the adoption of the Bretton Woods System, and the end of Cold War, America's idea of free market and democracy have become inseparable. They preach it like its the only truth and anything goes against that truth, is by its very nature, wrong. I'm not quite sure about that anymore. *I mean this is quite an abstract sense incorporating everything and anything from religion to monarchy to ideals, see "Empire's Twin: U.S. Anti-imperialism from the Founding Era to the Age of Terrorism" for more about this Obviously I don't know if I'm right, after all he is a Harvard professor, but no one is above criticism
If America is economically self-sufficient, why should it worry/think about a different continent? How far is economic expansion linked to imperialism? Bankers have financed wars for centuries. Is the World Bank something different? Are Chinese investments abroad or various FDIs abroad something different? "Empire's Twin" looks like an interesting book/theory on American history or, more specifically, republicanism, which is often presumed to be history, practically speaking, since 1898, 1950 or some such period. But is it? Is it just a domestic idea and irrelevant to foreign policies? Maybe. I don't know. As I am not American, I don't care. But the historian in me is curious. Nobody equated American commerce within 19th century Europe with imperialism. Why? And does that mean anything, say compared to 1950 onwards, or "today"? Is there an underlying dynamic or "legacy"? Have non-American theories of international commerce been irrelevant to Americans, and American theories been largely ignored or unknown outside the American "republic"? And, if so, why? Say goodnight to the folks, Gracie...
Owen McGee I’m not 100% sure I understand the overall thrust of your questions. But I’ll give it a go! (i) That is a very good question on the outset. Why should it worry about other continents. The world is inherently a self centred place and it’s really hard to get away from the Machiavellian ideas of ‘might is right’. I personally don’t have an argument against it that isn’t morally or ethically charged. While I know that countries are not run on ethical considerations; and it’s almost Quixotic to think it can be; I think ethical critiques have their place (ii) I think economic expansion and imperialism are almost completely intertwined. Sartre has a quote in his work “Colonialism and Neocolonialism” that escapes me right now but I’ll find it and add it later because it perfectly (in my eyes) encapsulates how intertwined they are. If there wasn’t the economic incentive no empire would expand. The more territory you control the more economic potential you have (iii) no I don’t think the world bank is any different. It’s just figured out a different way to achieve its goals through things like structural adjustment programs; and the creation of the “aid industrial complex” [I don’t 100% agree with some Marxist thought which sees aid work as a bad thing; but I do believe it’s inherently flawed as a concept] (iv) I think China is doing the identical thing. It is 100% expanding an empire, but differently to America and Europe before that. It’s relying on soft power; industry and diplomacy. It cannot rival America/Europe militarily; but I don’t think it needs to. It just have to offer something slightly better to the global south then the west has been able to. Personally I believe chinas true power lies in their sovereign wealth fund, and it’s ability to shake up dollar hegemony across the globe (v) this was a very interesting question. I think it is the exact reverse of your first question. Why should any outside country worry about what America calls itself; or worry about how they set domestic policy. I am not American either so I’m very much sitting on the outside. But I think the reason why the idea of anti-imperial imperialism stuck with me was because after America fought for its independence from Britain, it came up with the constitution to enshrine a promise that it would be different from the British empire it had grown to resent. 1898, for me at least, disproved that. The Spanish American war was touted as a war to “liberate” Cuba. But the Platt Amendment quickly showed this idea of liberation for what it was, a military rule that would leave and take all the wealth with it. It fought against occupation to establish its own brand of occupation. And from there companies like the United Fruit Company really solidified this new idea of public/private ownership. I personally believe that’s impossible to seperate domestic and international policy. I think they are intertwined and one couldn’t exist without the other (vi) again that is a very good question. I think it could come down to a bit of hubris on the side of the Europeans. 19th century was really when America consolidated its internal power, and in my understanding it wasn’t until 1898 that America used its army against a European nation. Also American imperialism was (and is) different. European imperialism was firmly rooted in colonial expansion; where as America used economic expansion. Setting up colony’s was expensive, and a complex ordeal; even for absolute Tyrants like King Leopold II struggled at the beginning of expansion until he realised the wealth of rubber (vii) I actually think it’s the exact opposite. I think, at its heart, under the ideological trappings, the Cold War was a war on the systems of foreign commerce. The ideas of communism threatened the wealth potential for the free marketers who stood at the precipice of American policy decisions. Allan and John Dulles made that extremely clear when they removed the leader of Guatemala to ensure that the land holdings of United Fruit company weren’t disturbed. Again touching on Adorno and Hawkheimer’s idea that the enlightenment, by its very nature, is totalitarian; there is no room for conversation about other systems of commerce. Liberal capitalism has been touted as the one truth, and the Bretton Woods system solidified this. If countries want to do trade on the global level they must, in some way, accept the dominance of the American Dollar. I personally believe that that is where American power comes from. Yes their military is powerful, but they have created a global system underpinned by their currency. I think it was a French diplomat who said “never before has a country had such a large privilege.” And i mean coming from the French who still control sub Saharan Africa with their own currency that really says something! If you’re interested in all this i highly recommend reading some Edward Victor Gordon Kieran. He was a British history who had a profound impact on imperial history. Edward Said references him as one of the key people who helped influence his ideas on his own classic “Orientalism”
@@wilbur4379 hey! thanks for your detailed response. there probably was no thrust to my comments: I was just thinking out loud (in this case, about some impressions of US history and my interest in/impressions of the unknown title you mentioned, Empire's Twin, which I ordered shortly thereafter after a Google Books glance). I understand where you're coming from regarding the Cold War etc. Easy to read that back, retrospectively, into US history too, but I'm not sure if its the right to do. Contrasting works like Empire's Twin with some Marxist historiography of Empire could be an interesting exercise (I haven't actually seen Victor Kiernan's work before; never been a big fan of British Marxist historiography; blame it on Hobsbawm), but my "wavelength"/interest at the moment is just attempting to clarify my thoughts about the nature of American thought. Part of the reason for that is my purely personal sense that customary/familiar frameworks or debates for understanding history in "my part of the world" aren't reflected in the rare instances I get to read American authors. So it's not the historiography of empire that fascinates me so much as the differences in American and European/British sense of history, school of historiography or what have you. It's not a theory that I'm after; I just like to familiarise myself with different ways of thought. Said is another author that I haven't seen but perhaps should. thanks again for your thoughts. all the best...
@MrKalashnik0va is my government authoritarian? lol, did you just assign me a government based off of my name? This is what free speech enables sadly - false assumptions. So I don't know what to tell you, I want to support 100% free speech as well, but there are certain things that should be off limits, so I would support like 80% free speech.
@MrKalashnik0va Sure. Well, see how fast you jumped to conclusions about me being under an authoritative government? ...just because my name sounds Chinese? and ended up being wrong? ...think twice, think thrice.
You couldn’t be more wrong. The geographical difficulty limited the leverage of the SINO-India conflict in either’s geo-political strategy. The space and time available for conflict are so narrow. Taiwan is the battle field of empires. US and China will go full on for it.
As a indian the publics opinion is that we want to live peacefully without getting involved in wars.. however this doesn't mean we give up in face of external pressures.. India has always believed in not having meditated discussions for any conflict so the point of India dragging anyone is a far fetched idea.. The problem is that China doesn't have problem with India alone.. which makes the whole world go against china..
DON"T BE A JERK! Starting at about 2:20 when the first text comes in, 2:50 still texting, 4:05 -4:30 texting on camera the whole time, done texting 4:47 decides to wrap cable around phone. How absolutely rude! NOTE: If you go to a lecture sit front row center and are rude enough to be on your phone you deserve to be called out! I do believe this man deserves more respect. Civility and courtesy are necessary not optional if you wish to live in a peaceful world. I am embarrassed to be form this great country sometimes. If you want to see one of the tragic differences between our two great civilizations, here it is, bare faced and indisputable.
12:45 ok just going to put it out there that none of these but one include Chinese history and the one that does, they were literally being invaded by a foreign power--even if they didn't retaliate a war would still happen. You can't use European/Western history to determine the future of China. It's an entirely different system.
@@claudiaswitalla8142 If you think China had no part in ww1 and 2 you are hopelessly ignorant on the subject. I'd take 2 minutes to google "china in ww2" in particular. You will want to alter your statement rather drastically afterwards!
@@Musabre I'm not saying they didn't! You may have noticed that the speaker in this and white people in particular seem to dis the Asian battlefield of world war two. And China only had a part in it because our friendly neighbours Japan who just popped by last Tang Dynasty (and briefly before) to learn everything from us then use it all against us.
If everyone agrees and Abide by the existing rules of conduct. there will be no war. It is not a question of the rise of new forces, but of the failure to abide by the rules of conduct.
War is not inevitable. We must keep trading. This doesn't mean capitulating to their terms. Healthy trade has negotiated terms. "If goods don't cross borders, armies will." -- Fredric Bastiat
@@stevenmendoza5621 No. They lead to higher prices. Always. But the answer is not to accept whatever terms the other country offers...that leads to higher prices for one side. When you go to buy a car, if you accept the sticker price without negotiating, you're not getting the best price.If you simply ask the salesman for his best price, you're not getting the best price. You have to walk away and wait till the salesman calls you up with a better deal. You have to have a "trade war."..your money for the dealer's car.
Need to promote the concept of global citizenship and the fact that zero sum game is not the only game in town. We organic humans will need to collaborate in dealing with the AI in the future....time to learn to acquire allies rather than enemies. We all need to help one another in order to survive on this planet. In nature, all things come in cycle....it is simply law of nature.
Its not exactly the United States in steep decline, but the west. Mainly because the United States no longer wants to lead the west. With Merkel now leaving, that leaves a very unpopular Macron. People do argue that if the west is stronger, than the United States becomes stronger by association but i think the costs out weight the benefits on that one.
former UN Security Council president, Kishore Mahbubani: “China is a Meritocracy, not communist; whereas USA is not democratic, it’s a Plutocracy.” It is right isn’t it
Stop thinking the future war, stop allowing some stupid people to talk this impossible war in public, and stop giving a raison to war, bottom line, stop thinking like a animal. Build together a world with cooperation, synergy and prosperity.
Life doesn't work that way. Ultimately, it's very easy speaking while you aren't in a position of power... It's incredibly simple to say "Live in peace", yet, ultimately, you need to run a whole country, run external connections, and have a general global economical struggle to survive. If you back down, another country will end up controlling your finances... Notice how companies are buying each other, and where all that power goes. You are saying "Stop thinking like an animal"... Animals usually don't think about wars, they just survive the day, do as their parents did, and carry on. Humanity however, need to think about future generations, need to prepare a groundwork years to come, and most of our economy is based around statistics and innovation. If anyone stops thinking about the potential outcomes of the future, you'll end up with someone ells taking the opportunity, and think instead of them. "Live in peace"... Yet each merchant is in a constant war against the other, to grab the most costumers... and make the most profit. These trades, are what makes our world what it is... Either you are a player, or, you are being played... This is human society, it's nasty, but, you can live a fine life in the meanwhile.
'Too much talk of war is the fashion of too many ignorant and small minded people today. Those who speak of war rather than peace are those who would promote it. I for one will speak only of peace and let the chips fall where they may' - Arthur Neville Chamberlain 1938 -
"16 cases in which a rising power threatened to displace a ruling power. 12 of these ended in war, and the tragedy of this is that in very few of these did either of the protagonists want a war. Few of these wars were initiated by either the rising power or the ruling power. So how does this work? What happens is a third party's provocation forces one or the other to react and that sets in motion a spiral which drags the two somewhere where they don't wanna go. If that seems crazy, it is, but it's life." ... looks around in 2020 ... yikes, does not seem crazy
@@trevorwilloughby1231 he literally made a chart in power point with the flags of the counties . Yo can just go back and look in the video. It's even color coded between war and peace. Lol
When you see the word 'China', if you haven't been to China before, please check out what's the first image coming up in your mind, and ask yourself where did I get that from
@KingOfGorillas yes, but here we have a free democracy vs an authoritarian state with no freedom, with concentration camps and that kills students who decide to voice their believes. honestly i have absolutely zero respect for china as a country
@@artonio5887 Why do you trust the media so much?Have you been to xinjiang?I hope you can visit xinjiang.Come live in China for a few years instead of spreading hatred on the Internet.Rather than just relying on news from the media.
imagine a world where the US would stop its invasion in the name of "democracy" and work with China and Russia on an economical level, we would advanced so fast as a civilization, because fundamentally we are all human, no matter if you are white, black, yellow, red, or brown, we are all human beings. Imagine the things we can achieve with the technologies and money pooled together
Nashville Hillbilly here, I served in the US Army, Desert Storm. We do not need another war. I cry over Afghanistan. Evil people in this world believe the only way to get ahead is by destroying someone else. Yes, if we got together peacefully, as Human Beings, Yes, we could perhaps become level 1 civilisation as Prof Kaku has stated. We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and be successful together. Thank you for your post.
@@d.martins709 Im sorry man i don't know what kind of media you've been watching but to my knowledge that's dated back the the 1980s, due to regulations and new policies, people's lives in china have improved dramatically, nowadays there's less than 2% of chinese population living in extreme poverty (which is $2 a day like you said)
China is going to be the one that Ends the world as we know it .They have already started with Covid 19 .They are causing massive problems by stealing Technology and not adhering to patents .The world is no stupid but CORRUPT
Brilliantly clear and logical, informed by the facts of history and well related to our current situation. He does not go into the 'third nation' that could trigger the wars in our version of such Thucydides' traps'. However, Japan seems to be a prime candidate, together with the South China Sea development.
As Trump was fading The CCP started complete take over of Hong Kong. But when will it take it's long wanted possession the pearl of great price? One that it has been after for over 70 years? The Island of Formosa. Taiwan is the Chinese name. What is the price going to be?
I think you can foresee that in the country's combat with coronavirus. China, the first country with the explosion of the pandemic, got it under control in 3 months (building hospitals in 10 days and mobilize medical resource nationally and massively) and people's life is soon back to normal, thus China is the only economy within the G20 countries that has the positive GDP growth in 2020. And compare that with the US.
China was able to lift 800 million of its population out of extreme poverty and that is well documented. It has gone to the moon and Mars. It has a million engineers every year and they are increasingly moving up and leading in technology. Their government has been tried and tested and promoted at every level from village to county to province and finally at politburo level. Most of these are engineers but in the west you have people been put in place by popular vote and at times with little or no experience in running a state or country. No comparison.
Prof. Graham Allison has drawn a famous analogy and comparison between what the historian Thucydides observed and the modern day Sino-U.S. relations. Some scholars don't agree with him, but it does not even matter if Thucydides ever existed. What really matters is that the competition between China and the U.S. is really fierce and could turn disastrous at certain point of time.
Z 1 second ago Never mind the fact that China is hellbent on taking over the world and subjugating the U.S. to its mandates and rendering it a de facto vassal state of Beijing. China has openly broadcast these ambitions. Their efforts are on clear display through asymmetric hybrid warfare measures. A hot war is coming. Now the USA is showing its hand as it pivots eastward from Ukraine. The current eastern European conflict was/is merely an appetizer for the main course that will be eaten in the Taiwan Strait. The USA has decided to expend money that it doesn't have and old, used, hand-me-down military tech/weapons on Russia in an effort to take a nuclear armed ally of China out of the game before the real game kicks off. With Russia bogged down in a Ukrainian quagmire (spent militarily, economically, and with increasing "war fatigue" and unrest amongst the Russian people), China will be isolated to face the brunt of a US-led attack that will include the UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, probably India, and, at least logistically, the Philippines. The US will trigger the Chinese into jumping into a naval effort to take Taiwan, and then it will be gloves off. Xi is fighting internally for his political life and the hawks in the CCP are pushing him, increasingly so, to have a go at Taiwan. When that happens, China will get smashed.
China hasn't fought a war since 1979. In that time, the U.S. has fought 3 major wars and numerous small conflicts, at a tremendous cost in lives and money. The U.S. would be better off if we avoided war whenever possible, and invested the savings in our people.
For maintenance of the present governmental system, by means of the survival of feudalism, isn't at least, some degree of war, somewhere in the world, essential?
@@samwick6029 I already feel tired of listening to those things. People make mistakes but people also learn and grow. Let alone an almost 100 years old party with 80 millions members. You should not simply judge anything by what it has done but where it will go. At least for now, it's doing better and better and running in a right and controllable track. I will never judge UK or US by those dirty deals they did hundreds years ago... I know you probably won't listen but it's fine. Mind your own business and enjoy your life.
Wayne Wang I mentioned cowards and you just show up,a proper example.Unfortunately western governments killed lots but we apologize and pay for it.So far your overlords never say sorry and they take their filthy crimes as a pride especially Cultural Revolution,according to recent speech of President Zi
@@samwick6029 Your comments just showed how arrogant you are. "Take Cultural Revolution as a pride???" If you know nothing, then I sincerely beg you to shut your ignorant mouth up. Every young Chinese learns from our history textbook What a huge mistake CR is in history and it blames to CCP. People try their best to avoid such a tragedy happening again. It's your right to be ignorant but please at least show some basic respect to something you don't know well rather than judge everything by the narrow unverified news you hear online. I don't comment too much on other countries especially those I haven't been to. Please go back to school and learn what respect is before talking to people. I won't waste my time in replying you anymore. Bye.
I ordered a Chinese the other night, the lady said that I should go and collect it within ten minutes, I drove there within five minutes. The lady asked for my name, politely asked me to take a seat, shouted through to the back and then passed me a meal for 3 before I even had a chance to sit down. Americans idea, McDonald's drive through. Sometimes can be sat for twenty minutes waiting for a pre cooked burger. Equally as nice as the Chinese meals but not as efficient. China is a great country, fantastic morals and values. America is also great, though questionable morals lol At the end of the day, war will only happen and keep happening if someone in power genuinely wants a war to happen.
Yeah the country that murders 10,000 Students has wonderful morals. That tortures you for backing the wrong candidate is morals. That runs concentration camps is morals. el oh el
@J K You do realize intentional murder for political gain is different than collateral damage? Also no millions of deaths have happened. The vast majority of deaths are caused by civil wars. Also I never said the U.S. was nice, I just said we aren't an evil genocidal regime.
If you talk about that think about U.S how many war that U.S has been involved, how many native India that they killed ?! All I wanted to say there is nothing perfect in the worlds, no government , no any political party, GOD is not even perfect! How stupid you are !!
@@yannikaye3778 The vast majority of the Native Americans were killed by disease. That was going to happen as soon as someone made landfall. Also killed is not murder. Additionally the past is not present. Less people have been killed in US wars than Mao has killed by the way. Finally I am not going to accept blame for muslims killing muslims. Your making a false equivalency and I won't accept that lie as truth. One currently kills people to keep people oppressed. Another kills people in war to protect is citizens and only as many necessary.
When the speaker said:" President Xi wanted to make China great again" the laughing burst out from the audience, what they don't know is that China dominated the world more than a thousand years.
Excellent presentation and still very relevant 3 years on! China has never had any intention to get into any wars and US is the one that needs to get over their drummed up fears and addiction to wars.
China has no intention getting into any war against countries that are able to defend themselves but is bullish against weaker countries with no regard to their sovereign rights.
That's a Proporganda point of view. As China ramps everything up. Threting it's out laying, sovereign nations "to take them as thorough their right!!? Who is the true dragon? Waiting.
China has every intention of stealing resources whenever and wherever it can .You only need to take a look at how they are building man made islands SPRATLY ISLANDS ,So understand how dangerous they are .If the USA disbanded their forces The Spratly zone would be taken by China within a week of them doing so .But you already know this
The fatal flaw in Allison is the time frame he used for his research. In the past 500 years, there have been 16 changes of superpower and 12 of these resulted in wars. However, if we focus on the last 50 years, there had been 3 changes of superpower and none resulted in war. Why go back 500 years when wars are fought with swords, spears and bow and arrows? How relevant events 500 years ago to current world situation? I believe the 50-year time frame is more relevant - that is when the major powers became nuclear armed. With mutually assured destruction, the potential for conflicts between major powers is drastically reduced.
What 3 changes in hegemonic power are you referring to in the past 50 years. You can argue the Soviet Union collapsed and lost their place in a bi-polar hegemony. But the US has been there for at least 75 years. Maybe you mean regional powers, but that’s not entirely relevant when global hegemony hasn’t traded hands.
@Leonidas Konstantakos 1st, I know you meant Sparta & Athens, not China. I think both city-states valued power over income, as do most states in which those at the top dominate and the income producers are secondary---Athens limited voting pool would have minimized the influence of the ordinary middlemen and merchants, especially resident non inheriting citizens. If the powers that were in both cities had seen their wealth dependent on trade, could war have been avoided? If China were to see American technical knowledge as more available through honoring the same patents and copyrights we native industries are required to honor, as opposed to their so far stealing, would both China and the USA be more apt to see the continuing economic growth of both countries to be in their own best interest? Especially since learning more of our technology would require trade or at least buying from the patent holders?
@Leonidas Konstantakos In the history of Earth, being off a few millennia is practically a right on hit. :) If Japan had had a deeper immediate economic interest in the Hawaiian Islands, would Pearl Harbor not have happened? If in WWI, the most powerful manufacturing wealth had NOTHING to do with with arms manufacture would it have died an early death, a mere skirmish in history? Sparta and Athens had no sense of interdependence. They socialized, traded, sometimes untied against none Greeks, but neither needed the other. There relationship was a friendship not a marriage. Can the perception of the necessity of economic interdependence make our current world part of the mostly peaceful 20%
A war? What you mean by a war? A trade war? A proxy-war? Because a total full-scale war it's just crazy, totally out of the question. Just to see all their wealth being obliterated in a matter of seconds? To quote Yuval Noah Harari: "Nuclear weapons have turned war between superpowers into a mad act of collective suicide, and therefore forced the most powerful nations on earth to find alternative and peaceful ways to resolve conflicts"
The point is that... usually people that have access to nuclear weapons have a lot to lose AS WELL, they are rich and powerful. Even the north korean dictator, I mean, his population might be starving to death in north-korean gulags, but he's living a wonderful life. And it's not only him, the party's elite live a wonderful life as well. I mean.. for god sake, not even during the cuban missile crisis there was a total full scale war. And in many ways soviet union was way more hostile towards the US than China is. Also, it's not only "1 person being irrational" , I doubt the chinese president has a big nuclear red button on his desk to launch all their nuclear warheads against the US by himself. Even in China , there's a whole chain of command and system of checks and balances before launching a nuke. So you have to convince a bunch of rich people to obliterate all their wealth. But that's not even the most difficult part, the rich and powerful government officers probably will ended up surviving and living out of canned food in their bunkers or whatever, as well as their families. But the average joe working in the military who will effectively launch the attack and the press the button.. he will die as well as his family and friends. Good luck trying to convince him on that. So, I think this video is just totally outright alarmist and fear mongering.
There are many Chinese cultural relics in many national museums in the world.There are only things left by my ancestors in the Chinese Museum China used the Silk Road to trade with other countries in ancient times Did not attack other countries through the Silk Road
There should have no war if we do not make the other side a enemy. It is very normal for the China to raise. Chinese wouldn’t bring the war to other country unless they are forced as what had happened the war with Japan in China before 1949, and the war with Americans in North Korean around 1951. The war should be able to be avoided if we respect each other and grow together. Otherwise, the results is clear if we are looking for trouble like the war in North Korean, in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. Both sides are losers. There is no fun to have a war for neither side and for the whole world because of endless damages in all aspects!
US has finally met her match in size, military power, technology and economic power. Pre-WWII Japan had everything except size and economic power. Similarly for pre-WWII Germany. The Soviet Union had everything except economy. Today China has everything. May not be on par with the US yet, but the gap is closing fast, very fast.
USA has never colonized anyone but look how they terrorise so many countries. If you hear knock knock and check it's USA you start sweating because you know it's only a matter of time before your country becomes a complete sh#thole depending on how much you're worth to them. That being said, a world ruled by China is like the star wars universe under palpatine so I would very much like USA to remain the global super power. China are like the big bully over here in Asia. If there is no USA to put a cap on them they will terrorize us.
Also, study the political system. It's essentially a pyramid of power. On top of that pyramid is one man who is chosen to power by seven people (China Seven), those seven then elect a new leader, that was xi Jin Ping last. So anyone can work their way up this Pyramid and become a dictator. Also the current state of the seven is that they're all allies of Xi Jin Ping. So like I said it's like star wars in real life,except no Jedi to save you. The bottom of the pyramid are members of the communist party, 82 million or so. These people cannot be arrested. So for example they loot a store, they can't be arrested.
Few considerations to take notes: 1) The 12 of the 16 scenarios that led to war, 2 of the most recent ones did not lead to war. More recent scenarios are more applicable and hold more weight than the entire history, since more recent scenarios reflect a more similar world environment. 2) The world is VERY globalized today, meaning people are traveling a ton load more than before. A huge percentage of educated and decent income folks (reflected as lower-upper, middle, and upper income brackets) have traveled often and see the world as a less segregated place than centuries ago. Travelers today can relate to many cultures, countries, traditions, cuisines, and have a diversified group of friends. What does this all mean? It means people are more united as world citizens than ever before and are probably resistant to the idea of a war. Even with propaganda, it cannot challenge the fact that people travel and see the world for themselves. These same people that are privileged enough to travel make up a huge portion of the people in power and in power to make important decisions in the economy. 3) Donald Trump is a business first kind of guy, look at his wealth. A business guy, thinks in terms of business and in the economy today (not in the 20th century) where everything is interconnected, why the heck will he want a war that will jeopardize business? Rich people with a lot to lose will not want to screw themselves over. 4) The world is relatively quite Westernized, everyone watches American media so much. The Internet is relatively Americanized. It all started with the Macdonaldization of the world where Mcdonalds changed the local food culture everywhere they start their franchise in. There are journal articles on this. In a world where people can identify with Western culture and American media, needless to say, we are moving towards global citizenship, a global identity. War is not in anyone's interest. TLDR: The world is vastly different today. Technological advancement and complexities of economy took mega leaps in the last many decades. We are already writing a new page in history. We are trying to colonize Mars. The thought of a global war with weapons, missiles, nuclear bomb or whatever gadgets out there just seem too far fetched.
Already long before the cultural revolution, Taiwan was a province of China. Then, Mao and his rebel - army beat the nationalists, who then fled and huddled together in off-shore Taiwan. The nationalists don't have an exclusive legal right to claim Taiwan as theirs! Mao won - and the winners of a war always had the final say about how to redistribute land, wealth etc. China has the right to reintegrate Taiwan as a part of its territory. If the US, Australia, England, and maybe even India, Japan, South Korea - are militarily siding with Taiwan's defense efforts - it will be a catastrophic event for every country militarily involved! It's not worth it. Taiwan should surrender its claim - they have no legal, internationally recognized claim to this Chinese province. Maybe they can work something out with President Xi...
It's not whether the US gov't is willing to share a world stage with china, it's whether any major world power would be stupid enough to align themselves with thousands of years of imperial rule and Communism. This country doesn't tolerate the reeducation camps, kidnap doctors and scientists to force them to work for the government, mandate to people how many children they can have... Look at China's vs western world investment history - UNICEF, IMF, Doctors without borders - those aren't Eastern world concepts? Communists don't go into spread education literacy jobs and investments - they go into oppress, control, suck out resources and colonize a country to call it their own. They just did it to ecuador. They've been doing it to African countries for decades. They have a long history of corporate espionage, how did China end up on the NAFTA treaty to begin with? That was supposed to be for North American countries? They have devalued other countries currencies to buy them up and control them - like they've done to Canada- their dollar is artificially low because of China, China deliberately floods markets to destroy currencies, investments, and stock markets ... They colonize areas, putting their Chinese factories in places like Northern Italy but don't create jobs for Italy, they use slave labor in undercut other EU prices - aren't forced to manufacture under the same epa standards, no matter where they are in the world! But they can get that "made in Italy" label and avoid having to pay tariffs! The USA in the UK have a history of bringing education, technology, literacy and hospitals along with their investments... China has reeducation camps. They use international and green funding to do their infrastructure projects - they never spend their own money. They can't - Communist governments don't create wealth nor innovation. Their history as a country under imperial rule - then when they switch to Communism mid 20th century.. you don't know a lot about their history because it's whitewashed. They decide what you can know! But NOW they're suddenly going to play fair? Please - don't fall for the last internet video or article you read... Use it as a springboard to go forward with the conversation -more research. How is it I never hear people fact-checking TED talks? please don't be a parrot. Take the other side of the debate and see what you get Regardless of the outcome.. what you'll get is a bit more intelligent
@@TheFoolintherainn China's purpose is to make westeners' news more interesting so they get more inspiration and continue doing the actual work in innovation and art. We are one species they are playing the provocateur cause they couldn't do anything else. It's the least desired role but everybody else took the fun ones and someone has to play it cause if we don't we'd meet aliens one day who did and they'd beat us since they worked faster under pressure Its a leftover instinct from when there were 2 isolated tribes. One just lived to survive the other started fighting over nothing they met one day and the surviving one got fucked
if you look at history, countries in western europe constituted less than 10% of global wealth, while the east constituted over 80%. China in the modern sense did not exist then, but the modern country is populated by people who see a linear progression between the ancient empires and the modern communist state. From the perspective of a country under 500 years old, China can be seen as rising from next to nothing to become a world power nearly overnight: from a Chinese perspective, they are only regaining a little of their dignity.
Thucydides (pronounced: "Thu-key- dee-des" in Greek) was considered the Father of History, because he was the very first to insightfully describe the historical facts EXACTLY as they occurred (because many other historians, tend to add a little propaganda in their books) - As for me, I read World History extensively & the ancient book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. - thus, having a small idea of what the future holds.
I'm afraid he didn't describe facts exactly as they occurred. Thucydides like any other historian is filled with holes. For example, historians will never be able to agree over his treatment of the demagogue Cleon and whether it is fair. For more, Thucydides the Artful Reporter is a good starting point.
American government (not people), decided to "reconstruct Europe" => Translate by: "The Marshall Plan's accounting reflects that aid accounted for less than 3% of the combined national income of the recipient countries". Do you consider this is a huge help? Plus US motivations were not altruistic, the Marshall plan did exist because the US didn't want the Soviet union to expand it's influence over weaken countries. Most of the money was used to buy goods from USA under the control of an American representative => Money went back to USA, so it is not a gift, it is an investment. Yes, after WW2 it is always nice to receive cash, just do not bring it up to prove that people get together and think about a greater good. This is hypocrite and not true. This plan was created to serve American political and economic interests. Serving your own interest is completely understandable, but then how do you want to prevent powerful countries to get to war with that logic? What happens when your own interest conflicts with the other guy own interest? USA have been serving their own interest in this world so far. China is just following the same path and we perceive it as a threat? It says a lot about how other countries perceive USA.. We need to learn compromise and truly work for a greater good. But this requires, sometimes, to put your own interest at the second plan. I am sure those of us who have been married for the longer time understand that ;)
For some reasons, I cannot post this reply under the particular comment. So here is my reply to this comment posted by Zarozian: "That is why China calls us "Meigoku" the "beautiful country", not because our country and its people are beautiful, but the ideals and dreams that it was built upon is beautiful, along with the people who believed in them. " My response: Yeah thats not where the name came from. The first word of the phrase "mei guo ("guo" means country)" by itself generally means beautiful in Chinese, but US is only called "meiguo" simply because it is located in America and the "mei" is derived the "mer" in the english word America. Guess what we call South America, "Nan (first word meaning south) Mei (America) Zhou (continent)". Similarly, North America is called "Bei (first word meaning north) Mei (America) Zhou (continent)". I mean, you don't have to give it too much thought to realize how delusional it is to think "meiguo" means "beautiful country" in Chinese. The name "meiguo" was introduced to China soon after 1776, did you really think Asian people were treated that well in US in that period that they would go all the way to name it "beautiful country"? The reason why I make all this effort just to make a comment is this. I have only recently started to follow some current political events, such as the Hong Kong protest and, being a Chinese living in Canada, hear the arguments from both sides. I'm not gonna talk about which side is stupid and which side I support; these ridiculous political discourse almost always end up with both sides hating each other. I noticed Americans tend to believe that America is great and often unconsciously think that they should go on and "save" the rest of the world. This ideology not only exist at a national level, but also at a societal and personal level. Yes, 70 years ago America did. It was honorable and justified and a lot of people are still grateful for that. But times have changed. Failure to recognize the strengths of others or the weakness of ourselves will. I do believe most Americans like Zarozain do truly want the best for the less fortunate, but I'd be lying if I said that part of his comment wasn't delusional. At the end, I want to clarify that this is in no way saying China is perfect and whatnot. But one point I want to make is, a deliberately controlled and biased press that is unanimously labeled as a free press is far more insidious and potentially dangerous than you'd think.
I appreciate what you have written. All that is, except for your last paragraph. Sure, the American press has its biases, but if you are interested you are free to read and to publish practically anything. You cannot seriously compare the American press to the Chinese, which either owns or controls what is written and has a 'department of propaganda' as part of the government. Freedom of the press is written into the American constitution.
@@mohammeda.raqeeb3110 You are confusing active propaganda and censorship of information with mere 'bias' in reporting. Fox news. for example is strongly biased towards the Republican party and has an exaggerated nationalistic rhetoric, but I don't have to watch it (nor do I). There are hundreds of newspapers I can access online, both domestic and international. I can order and read any book which interests me. There is absolutely no comparison between the Communist Party's propaganda and Western reporting which might be, at worst, a little biased. The US doesn't have a "Great Wall" surrounding its internet. In fact, the CCP has an agency titled "Ministry of Propaganda" (actually, that is more or less what the agency does, but the actual name isn't quite correct as I have written it).
Salvador Borrazás You are half right.Bertrand Russell and plants,fellow travellers taught the young ,spoilt Western students to self hate.The US and newly booming European youth had no reference to how short ,poor and painful the life of an ordinary citizen was before the rise of modern democracies ,particularly for womanfolk.The Southern lands advanced the giving of the vote to all and the 40 hour working week.Strangely the postwar young did not appreciate their good fortune and found solace in criticising external defence policy.
@@stephenbrockett710 It can be proper to criticize external defence policy independently of how nice it is to have 40 hour work weeks. In fact, if the implication is that we only have relative peace and prosperity in the West because of the extent to which we exploit and hold back the rest of the world, the entire arrangement becomes deeply criticizable.
Reeves Morningstar there are comments crying for wars against China. But I’m willing to bet that those crying most for wars will be the last to resign for the military
I was struck by how he didnt talk about the differences in society between the United States and China and how those differences lead to distrust and wariness of the other side. For example China is a communist dictatorship and we are an open democracy. Their is no such thing as individual rights in China and you cannot own property unless you are super wealthy and that is only within certain defined areas. From a young age you are indoctrinated into the CCP idealogy which exaggerates the greatness of China and its place in the world. Chinas one child policy has led to a strange kind of national persona where every person is raised like a spoiled child. Every single person is the only child of their family! Societally the United States and China could not be more different. Now as a great power these differences cause the Chinese leadership to act very differently than the US. Chinese companies will steal everything that isnt bolted to the floor and of course to the chinese this is the right thing to do. We on the other hand are revolted. The Chinese claim everything around them as theirs even an entire ocean such as the South China sea which is 1.35 million square miles and would take 5 or 6 hours just to fly over. We on the other hand find the South China Sea claim so bizarre and amazing that we just ignore it. He did not mention the most obvious flashpoint which is Taiwan. He did mention that he has been to China and spoken to many Chinese leaders. I wonder if he has been to Taiwan.
Not only my idea to resolve the rivalry, but to help cooperation in general and take action against Climate Change in particular: Make a Basic Income a Human Right.
Despite the recent tariffs, the U.S. and China are so economically intertwined, neither would gain from the other's downfall. Say what you will about Trump and his counterintuitive policies, but they couldn't have happened at a better time.
Graham Allison: 13:16 "a third party's provocation" Public, looking Coronavirus: Are you talking about me? Well, do not forget the next half of his sentence: .... one or the other to react, and that sets in motion a spiral ... Public, hopefully: okay, I got you, we shouldn't react; we should respond.
When you treat your audience like they are 1st graders and they are adults, you lose your audience. We know how to pronounce Thucydides, even though we're not Harvard professors! Say it together folks- Haaavaard! Now that you know how to pronounce it correctly, you can look down on others and treat them like they're idiots. Oh my! I suddenly feel SO superior!
I just fought in a war, I'm still tired from the deployment. I learned a lot from the time I've had around the people. We can grow together. No need to create another dark age scenario
Um humans are one race, unless you are referring to our mammal friends we carefully breed for use.
As someone who has collaborated with many nations for one goal. I know that there's little difference between me and another man from somewhere else. I served in the 82nd airborne, and 4th infantry division respectively. I served with people from all over the world and of many cultural backgrounds. This is America after all.
Yeah, John milks, but you needed to participate in war to get this far - something Most Western civilians won't untill it's to late
@MrKalashnik0va Well, US is Friends with Germany now, isnt it?
Should be worth to at least try it, If the alternativ is WWIII, No?
when war do comes between us and hisAsian allies against china!all you gotta do is just lend us your airforce and the groundforce will be from asian allies.
I am interested in China for over 20 years, lived there for close to a decade, travelled to pretty much everywhere in the country and have a Chinese wife. I live back in Europe now and I am quite often shocked how negative and condescending we from the west look at China, partly because the country is becoming powerful and we can not get our head around that there is a race or a country somewhere else which is capable of achieving a status which one day might be higher than ours. When I read the news or comments like here it seems that all how Chinese could achieve their rise is through theft, unfair practices and being corrupt. I am not saying that all is good in China, of course not, where is? But I recommend to all the people who think that all what Chinese are doing is cheating, travel to China and have a look for yourself. I know nobody who actually has been in the country who has not been impressed by the Chinese. Again, not saying that anybody is better, but one thing we in the west will have to get used to: China is claiming back the place where they have been most of the past.
the most land China ever encompassed is arguable, but the mongol Khan conquest of China and then Kublai Khan, the line of Genghis khan, Emperor of China’s Yuan Dynasty was also mongol not Han! The west called them Tartarian rulers of China and the Easterners called them Manchu Qing Dynasty of Manchuria/ Manchuko
@@EntertheDragonChild you’re stuck in a view of history based on race, which is a very superficial understanding in terms of Chinese civilization, bear in mind that the so-called “Han” have been mixed in a lot of ethnic minorities throughout its history, what had persisted for centuries is its way of living, language, culture, every aspect of the civilization. And such views on China are popular in countries like Japan or Korea, as they are countries of single ethnic group, which has limited their vision on civilizations of multiple ones.
@@EntertheDragonChild Many Western people have such narrow views of the world and other cultures. China is civilizational state, not a nation states which is based on race. Chinese say China is a country with 100 countries, and western people can never understand that.
@@EntertheDragonChildpior to industrialization, the barbaric always wins. because the more advanced civilization was based on agricultural not conquering. wasn't the roman empire faced the same problem?
Kennedy once said, he is not so concern the kind of govt a country have , He is more concern if it works.
Deng Xiao Ping also said, he doesn't care what is the color of the cat, as long as it catches mice.
In short it is not about democracy or socialism, it is about leadership and determination.
good point.
Its about good governance and bad governance
@K4M4K4Z Are you not being watched by Facebook or Google? What is your point?
K4M4K4Z democracy : India dictatorship: Singapore which one do you prefer?
@K4M4K4Z what you described is not even close to what it's really like in China, and I can assure you that's just too ridiculous to happen
Even though I am Indian, I have always admired China, firstly for being the only Asian country to rise up to the USA's level, and how collectively the country has worked hard together to be what it is today. The Chinese government is often criticized for being totalitarian, but whatever they have done has ultimately benefited the citizens of China, unlike in our country where most leaders have only had the goal of fulfilling their own agenda for their own benefit to gain power rather than working for the people, despite being a "great democracy".
So you admire communism over democracy? Really?!
@@kennyhalperin5302 Nope both systems have thier inherent flaws. Would prefer democracy anyday. China's communism has actually helped setting out a long term road map for development and innovation in a very streamlined way, which is quite tough for democracies, as ruling parties change all the time.
Some great thoughts brother!!
❤️❤️❤️From 🇵🇰
A nation of individuals will never beat a country who works as a group.
@@kennyhalperin5302 - if you don’t think your being socially engineered by us gov you really are in the dark.
Whenever we goes to war. The common folks suffer while these leaders sitting at the top safe and sound while they commands people to sacrifice their life.
WwIi
that's leadership. you cant ask the commander to march at enemy, just like you cant ask CEO of a bank to go on street and sell insurance to random folks
Trust me with nuclear power all would suffer
Not if the leaders lose that war.
The United States is like a man in his early forties. Testosterone and sperm count are declining but the ego is still big. Identity crisis! U.S. must prove masculinity and show how tough we still are. But age is relentless and younger men will rise to challenge the old man. Some men age gracefully and some (U.S.) make themselves look foolish.
Chinese is the nation who build the great wall instead of invading others as long as they could like Rome Empire. China will be America's friend or enemy only rely on Americans treat China as friend or enemy.
@@wangyingsen458 天无二日。一山不容二虎。卧榻之侧，岂容他人鼾睡。外国人其实是有很了解中国历史的。总之，中国人真得做好充足的战斗准备。
@@wangyingsen458 - Yet America has been the greatest friend and ally in the history of nations, to China, like no other nation in history. And because of the CCP/CPC, almost no (or very few) Chinese people even know it, or understand how or why, or what the U.S. has done to benefit China.
@@huangdihuangdi6395 这根本就不是一码事！！！
SkylineToTheSeaAndMe we all know that ,we don't hate Americans.have you ever heard that"let's destroy American"? we just say"get our people richer,to be the no.1". what i can see is there's almost every Americans hate Chinese,some of them said"start a war with communist china",some said that"oh,i hate ccp ,not the Chinese people",but when they want to stop us to develop our economy ,stop us to get our country unified, we won't accept it peacefully
My village (in China) did changed a lot...I could only eat meat once a week when I was a child.
I hope peace...love is wise, hatred is foolish.
嘿嘿，战忽局吗。/滑稽
@@jaydez2338 也是实话啊，乡镇生活变化不小
There are too many people in the world and not enough resources.
Pollution is a big problem.
What are the options?
@shuo chou As your American counter part, I support the Chinese people. In fact, I love your food, culture, and history - just not the CCP.
Bs. 600 million still live on less then 5 green bucks per day according to premier Li Keqiang. Just check the latest NPC. That man has a very poor understanding of China.
This guy is coming to my university to speak this thursday. I have got chills of excitement
What happened?
Lost intrest back to other earth K2 -18B
Right. I’m throbbing with anticipation
Have you got a bonnet?
Activities for your day is great too but uuui
I don't think the idea will come from these UA-cam comments...
Hahaha true that!
@@jmayor88 we'll see, keep scrolling
They have been at war ever since. A traditional war that costs money and lives is the least likely as they know that they need to keep this from happening as both will lose.
You never know man
Need to promote the concept of global citizenship and the fact that zero sum game is not the only game in town. We organic humans will need to collaborate in dealing with the AI in the future....time to learn to acquire allies rather than enemies. We all need to help one another in order to survive on this planet.
No, just the war in the TED comment section
Exactly 😂
Who's Ted?
that bear
I’m Chinese and I’m 15. I was born in Brooklyn but raised in a rural village in China after a year of being born bedside my mother left my Dad and he couldn’t take care of me. However within my time being there, naive and unknown of what communism is. I’ve never noticed a difference or large difference between the American people and Chinese. The only difference I saw is naturally that all American individuals are more independent and keep to themselves. While if you walk down a street in China and you make friends, they will literally give you food and invite you to their homes and stuff. You don’t get that here in America. I think the light on Chinese people should be shown a lot more.
Wrong. American people are one of the most generous people out there. First hand experience, I am from India btw
thanks.chinese are friendly.
the point of this video isnt to insult Chinese people or focus on them, its about the rise of the CCP, and the destruction they could cause.... 'Chinese people' arent a problem, the regime they live under unfortunately, is.
Michael Adamson 国民党是被大陆老百姓抛弃的，别洗了，除非你祖上是大地主大财主，90%的民众认同ccp
@@cfjuggh1267 give me an actual point to contest instead of stating nonsense and i will give you a valid response.
That bridge construction timeline comparison shook me to my core. It’s not just a bridge, it symbolizes the work ethic, and efficiencies of the US and China. If we don’t get our act together, we all know what’s gonna happen.
Right on brother. If we don't change our ways, we're doomed.
Lawsuits stopping progress and construction. We can't build a bridge without 100 studies of who it impacts. China thank a lawyer, you won.
Lmao😂 aged well. Efficiency? They can’t even make a Covid vaccine that will allow them to open back up, can’t make semi-conductors that run anything better than a fridge, and has no backbone when we land on their doorstep. China won’t survive as they are now for another decade.
because we must works at lest 8 hours everyday in China，sometimes even from works at night 9 ：00 ....itis called“996”，which means works from 9：00 in morning to 9：00 at night six days a weak...actually I really envy Westrn no burden works but have earning so much money 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
The biggest crossover since infinity war
China's nothing compared to USA.
@@lllool8404 it depends on the length of war. The longer it goes, the more it goes in China direction.
Nah, this will be bigger than a Marvel X DC crossover.
Thanos and CCP both love birth control and force the world appreciate for it
@@lllool8404 you are so wrong that it hurts
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Let's wait and see
It's a question of when not if
Albert Einstein said: "I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" #nonukes
Perhaps with teeth and fist.
Viruses
Dude, the threat of nuclear anihilation is precisely the thing that has kept us from having more worldwars, all of the superpowers fear utter destruction from a nuclear war, so they avoid armed conflict and do proxy wars instead.
Millions would have died in world wars if it wasn't for all of those thousands of nukes in the arsenals of all the world's superpowers.
@@LoboalphaMASTER Can we avoid the inevitable forever?
Nukes are the only thing stopping war. It's called MAD. Without them we would have had WW3 in the 20th century
As a Chinese, we know and respect the western world's ideas. But on the other hand, the Chinese idea is not known by the western world. We care about our own development. We have no interest in leading the world and change other counties track. I hope the western world has more wisdoms like Graham.
The Chinese Communist Party wants to take over Taiwan, a democratically independent country.
@@ovidiudrobota2182 Taiwan is part of China. It is a unsolved problem during Chinese civil war 70 years ago. The situation between mainland China and Taiwan is similar to the situation between eastern Germany and western Germany. Eastern Germany is supported by Russia, and western Germany is supported by USA. I know you guy has strong fearness on the Conummnist contoury, because of the history of Soviet Union. 50 years ago, China also surfer Conummnist tragedy. But after 1978, there is 180 degree shift of Chinese policy.Last, if Russia try to interfere Alaska to be independent, I don't think USA will be happy.
@@Jonesmith82, Taiwan is an independent nation. An independent country. They wanna be independent and that's what matters the most. You can not take over Taiwan. We will back Taiwan no matter what because we love to protect democratic nations that shine as an example to other nations. Democracy is the only way forward. Other systems never work, they only stifle progress.
@@ovidiudrobota2182 u r delusional
@@ovidiudrobota2182 Not to the U.N. and not even the U.S., after all.
I would argue that there is no such thing as an inevitable war. People were saying that war between the US and Russia was inevitable in the 50's and early 60's, but it never happened.
Korean conflict? Which was fought by the Chinese and backed by the Russians?
Vietnam? Afghanistan? Korean war? Soviet and USA is fight each other but using proxy war, ini the end USA won, and Soviet collapse...
The substantial difference is that Russia never had any hope of matching and then exceeding the US in economic and military size and progress, whereas it seems China will achieve that within the next 20 years unless the US takes the decision to attempt to militarily stop them.
Nuclear weaponry does really change this equation yes.
However the Soviet Union post WW2 was not really a "rising" power. Whilst according to all economic models, China is.
@A Artisan So we should be pushing for a world government based on an American system or let China decide our world government. Also you push the fallacy that just because it is hard to walk away doesn't mean you should not walk away. Another fallacy is that any system will stay on top forever.
Why cant we all be great again? Why focus on holding someone back? Leaders need to evolve. Lose the crab in a barrel mentality
Because the US is addicted to war and sees China as the next meal.
I know right? It'll be great if every country is great, then nobody will dare invade anyone.
P.o.l.i.t.i.c.s.
It is like the school bully not working on academics and hates the good students making good grades and his only tactics is to intimidate and fight to stop the good kids progress! The American leadership were doing this in school and continue so in international relationships! I don't see US capable of making any major reforms or future plans.
As Thanos said, (he is indeed fictional but the words are true)"this is a finite universe with finite resources", its not about a better life, is about who live better than others...Sadly.
The speech gives me confidence in humanity and the coment section lost it for me.
Yeah this comment makes me sad
洩矢諏訪子 that’s because communism in any form is evil. I love China very much and the people that live in it but the government is purely evil. So is America’s government.
Digital Dazzle 所以说需要你来做些什么？
Amost Every Chinese people.is or has a family member that is in CCP. So, CCP actually is people
You’re easily persuaded then.
People doubting the inevitability of war, are honestly clueless, i don't hope for a war, but that's just hope, it doesn't change anything.
it started 3 years ago no one has noticed that's so strange 5 million are already dead from bio war And there was me think de Nile was a river in Africa. It seems the rest of the world is in denial.
The main problem is we would have to share our naval supremacy and China isn't off to a great start with the China sea.
For what it’s worth: to my brothers and sisters in China and throughout the world: peace be with you.
Thank you.
And also with you
希望中美双方充满更多的祝福，而不是敌意！I hope China and the United States are more blessed than hostile.
May peace be with all of the tubers, America, Canada, Middle East and the rest of the world.
George Palmer n n
Corona virus has joined the chat
@@MrWest-ph5yg or the global elite are using it in all countries to reset the economy and steal some too. They borrowed themselves another ten years.
@@funmaster4632 what is more funny is. a lot CEO resign before this happening.
APS-C like who?
@@wafi9462 , CEO and COO of Groupon inc,
Tobacco company Altria CEO, he got covid 19
bill gates, leave from Bod Microsoft and berkshire Hathaway
Disney CEO, Bob Igor,
cannabis MedMen. CEO Step down
Aurora Cannabis, CEO step down
Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, CEO caught stalking.
L Brands, Les Wexner. CEO, retired
Outdoor Voices, Tyler Haney, step down
Boeing CEO, Dennis Muilenburg Dispute
there is a lot more, some of them get dispute, some of them retired, some of them just step down for fishy step down.
2019 and 2020 so far. have more CEO step down than previous years .
it's seems some of them know this pandemic will comming
APS-C wow. No smoke without fire
There's just one point I wish to make concerning WW1 and Thucydides's trap. It was not the tension between the dominant power Britain, and the rising power Germany which started that war. It was the tension between Germany and Russia.
Sparta and Athens went to war due to Sparta's fear that Athens would become to powerful. Sparta, the power to be eclipsed, started that war. Rightfully so, because the Athenians blatantly violated treaties signed between them and other Greek cities. But Britain did not confront Germany when Germany surpassed her Industrially. Britain attempted to keep some balance in the concert of Europe, but the balance wasn't shifting in Germany's favour in 1914. In 1914 Germany was the dominant power in Europe, it had the strongest army. But its large neighbour Russia, was the fastest growing economy in Europe. German high command estimated that if the growth of the Russian economy, and subsequently also her army, would be allowed to continue undisrupted than Germany would no longer be in a position to defeat Russia in a protracted war by the year 1917.
Hence they were eager to kick of a war with Russia, and subsequently did nothing to stop the conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary from devolving into war.
Honestly the biggest mistake the Germans made was letting Otto Von Bismarck walk.
Regarding the athens-sparta war, this had as ultimate result the rise of the Roman empire!
Thucydides’s trap worked in western history, but did it work in east Asia history?
I think it's fit too,at least judging from my country's history(China),the Han people clash in huge scale with other people or nation whenver han are weak and overpowered,and then a new dynasty is build yet with the same old rules and fate with its predecessor(sometimes it's uprising or revolt tho)
History of east Asia has been revised, deleted and even forged a lot. It can be a fantasy of winners. Be aware of that.
@@philli1588
Thus the ancient Chinese proverb.
Better a year of tyranny, than a day of anarchy.
Multiple civil wars took their toll on China over many centuries, and this may help explain the current Chinese mindset.
EDIT: Ater Alexander the great overcame and absorbed the Persian Empire, internal divisions developed after his death. Internal strife brought about the demise of Greecian dominance.
Internal strife weakened Pax Romana and opened the door to it's demise.
Trumpism has corrupted our nation which is already highly polarized, at an incredible rate.
A HOUSE DIVIDED CAN NOT STAND.
Simply a word to the wise.
What you heed will determine the direction you travel. Peace be with you.
“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
@ooOmegAaa China has awoken, China's rise is unstoppable
@@jiaqiliu7075 China growth rate is slowing down and recorded slowest growth rate in 27 years
Changing the word 'move' to 'destroy' would be more correct since the China Napoleon referred to has become Communist Red China, which is NOT China.
Take for example, the not so long ago ten years Cultural Revolution (1965-75) not only had 4 millions of capitalists, scholars, property owners.....etc. tortured then killed, it also wiped out several thousand years of Chinese culture from that piece of land. Red China is the opposite of China in key areas such as philosophies and values.
Ze Atheist you have no idea what China has done in recent years . Many China’s Cities is under industry conversion. From the resources-based city to the sustainable energy city .In my hometown,government shut off many factories of dirty industry and coal power stations for reducing air pollution and CO2.China’s economy is stable and developing.Even 6% is the lowest number
Tell that to Genghis Khan or the Japanese during the rape of nankin
Having watched this. I believe it is necessary to look into the relationship between Western banking and corporate interests with China. China has a right to a place at the table but the West has suffered because of deindustrialisation. The problem I understand to be is that of the greed of these banks and corporations that have effectively asset stripped many Western nations in favour of a fast buck to be made in China. What I believe needs to be addressed is the disproportionate and unaccountable influence of financial institutions and corporations right across the globe. If this will not be addressed then a future war is inevitable.
I agree. And the rest of us 99.9% should stand together and not let the nonsense both sides' media spew separate us.
You nailed it !
You are so right, A busy nation is a happy nation and work give us a sense of well being. Let's become employed again.
You can't pay $1 to source a training shoe from China and sell it at home for $100 without bad long-term consequences.
“Xi Jinping is the smartest and most capable leaders of our age”
This research is funded by the CCP
We don't want that, it would mean destruction of everything we have built. On both sides of the spectrum, we want growth across the board.
The question of our times is if Xi's bridge is repaired in 48 hours but millions of people are genocided by the same president is it still a good bridge in a good and just country? 🇨🇳
The question that begs the answer is : so China grows exponentially since 1978 and now the poverty rate is 10% instead of 90% and America feels threatened? In other words, the US simply wants to keep everyone in dire economic positions and be enslaved by a system that they abolished when they fought the American civil war, between brothers from the North and the South. How many wars the US has had started since 1945 and how many China had initiated?
Funny how A bridge outside of graham’s Cambridge office took 7 years to complete and 300% over budget as per the American standard. China took 43 hours to build a similar bridge with twice the capacity. No, this can’t be allowed to happen again, this is a threat to the very existence of American ways of life.
Imagine all the resources and technologies that went into war efforts going instead towards betterment of humanity. All the lives that were lost, how many heartbreaks and broken dreams for no rhyme or reason simply just because a Superpower felt threatened or was jealous of others as rising stars. This is world leadership? No, this is gangsterism and thuggery!
@@evelynlo458 it’s no point to try reasoning with people bent on either badmouthing or jealous of China’s leaps and bounds above all nations both in poverty mitigation and general improvements on so many different fronts. Besides, the numbers of deaths caused by China could very well have been again false data and innuendos laid d by yet other countries and people with hidden agendas.
@@gibsonsg6201 how much do you know about China's tofu construction projects? Chinese architectural and logistical projects like roads and buildings are inferior in quality. It's the reason why countries like Fiji, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Many African nations no longer allow Chinese bid in their infrastructure buildings projects.Also would like to point out that there are no ngos or charities helping the poor in China, the ccp shut it down in 2012, the reason stated was that when there is no poverty then there needs to be no charity all the while the threshold income of a Chinese citizen to be considered below the poverty line is $400. Clarity should back the claims they name, not state issued statements.
It's their military machine growth that is the concern. Feel free to leave the US anytime
@@OU-812 Seriously? The US has nearly 6,000 nuclear warheads, Russia has over 6,000 and we are worrying about the nearly 400 China has? IF my information is correct, China is also committed to an unconditional “No First Use” pledge and I believe is the only nuclear armed country to such commitments.
IF your concerns were about their military industry growth, might you have meant their lack of focus on a more aggressive appropriation of fundings from their GDP?
Saudi - 8.4%
US. - 3.7%
China - 1.7%
Other nations were Russia, France, Russia, South Korea, the UK, Australia, Israel, Italy and Germany.
Of the 12 nations that were identified, China placed 10th just ahead of Italy and Germany standing at 1.6% and 1.4% respectively.
Do I see a little hypocrisy here? It’s ok to have the US shock and awe all over the world and others not so much even in terms of self defence and protection of their sovereignty?
straw man
We need him to give us a 2020 update!
Kung flu
Tic tac ufos
Graham use all data directly from China Communist claim which are full of fake. Without foreign investment, the China will be one of the poorest country in the world which has nothing to do with the Communist govern. Many China basic construction are high cost, no profit and corruption are not usually mentioned by them. Graham and other left scholar are the great example being fooled by the Communist most time.
@ damn I see. So you can come out with 100% reliable sources? I see that you are a professor in harvard as well I assume?
@Brennen ，damn, any sources will be a lot better than the Communist
one which designed to fool the world. You didn't heard Harvard professor, scholar collided with the Communist spy betrayed American ?
America needs to learn to get along with others, not always like you are either with me or against me. There's middle ground.
The American workers hail the 1949 Victory over Imperialism in China. You victory over the running dogs of Imperialism is our victory too. We too will overthrow our Imperailist masters in Washington and raise the revolutionary banner of World Socialism as you throw out the capitalist roaders who want war and crush the new KMT running dogs. Peace amongst the workers and peasants of all countries. Down with war, down with the greedy capitalists and death to world Imperialism!!! Workers of the World Unite We have a World to Gain and nothing to lose except our chains!!
We can stab their back as gratitues!
@@kimobrien. salute my comrade. Capitalism is the ultimate blood sucking vampire which drained people's fortune and spirit. As a CCP member I truly appreciate the US working class recognition for PRC. The momentum is accumulating in society my dear friend, the hay is being stashed up on the hill and only do we need is a single spark to ignite the whole mountain. Let's see whether Bernie will be elected in 2020 and if so, there would be a reinvigoration for Marxism and Communism! I hope the day will be coming sooner!
if u know ANYTHING about china you would know it never got along with anyone matter fact they invaded so many smaller kingdom int heir past
Kim O'Brien you are crazy man，but i like it😊
“Let China Sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world” so states a quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte. Currently, China is much more awake than any other country in the world.
Quite literally shakes the world
U don't know anything about history.
No body is scared of little China men.
@@jonnynumonic1026 Never underestimate opponents. Else you will be the first one to get fucked. India attacked China 50 years ago on the same idea and got punished.
@@cricketcavalry575 India did not attack, stupid Nehru agreed for agreement, go and study history.
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China has my utmost respect. While their growth in the past 40 years is unprecedented, let's remember that the United States over the past 50 years has been wasting its resources on foreign wars when it could have been helping to rebuild its cities and infrastructure.
But the hegemony of dollar is backed by its military.
This war if happened, it means dooms day for the entire humans.
Yeah or it could put China in it's place
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KingOfGorillas oh and China has banks in the top 5 now too and they have an economy of 26 trillion with no debt and America has 18 trillion of which 90% of it is debt to China 🇨🇳
Im not chinese but calm down and sit down now you not messing around with Iraq
Do you think they care it’s that old adage if I can’t stay in power NO one can I’ll destroy the surface of the earth if I have too..on a small version I’ve heard it be for if I can’t have her or him and what ever comes to that person mind Acid facial or a run him over with the car trick ,shoot to kill you seen it all in our schools or heard about it ect . You see it in the news just in small versions people killing over a chicken sandwich it’s just that now theses people have whole countries to do their biddings...and some very deadly,mean toys to play with...
I refuse to be a puppet of a communist country. If you can’t believe in freedom for the individual than your a enemy of mine. Period.
If you don’t want a war. Then leave me and my freedoms alone. But you won’t. You want it your way. Your rules. Your ideals.
Thous blood shed will have to be split.
Very eloquent n articulate speech with this outstanding ability to summarize less than 20 minutes, such a huge sophisticated difference of the two world powers!
I believe it's such a wisdom that makes view scholars only to shine well above their peers
Yes, but can he boil water or tie his shoelaces in the real world?
It's all great until you go for the application in the real world.
@@TheFoolintherainn I appreciate your comment but putting in practice or changing into real action is entirely different question n outside my comment on/about,
professor's eloquent ability to explain a wider issues within minutes, that yourself agreed with me!
wisdom always deserves honored
@@TheFoolintherainn besides the professor's ability, I agree with you that the way US come to be the only power, is the same rule they'll undergone
But, that that's not only for the US. but this is the rules n real tangible judgment fo anyone power or person who transgress n oppress others for little times! But to my wonder, its easly apparent that China is also walking both internally n externaly all the same way as the powers befor them
论据有问题，中国人能都吃上饭，竟然成了巨大危险。当别人看你不爽的时候，连呼吸都是错的。
美国人一人拉一坨屎只有3亿多，然后它就会质疑你中国为什么也是一人拉一坨会比美国多几倍，说你这是污染地球……
What do you mean?
@@shiorioto what did they say? :D
就事论事而已 中国崛起对于以美国为主几十年的的世界秩序确实是一个挑战 这是事实 并没有什么问题 当你代入你我 你的观点就已经不够客观了
我找到根据地了
Everyone know China is a Socialist Country. But does anyone know why China is and might be the only Socialist Country that is a power in world economy? If I have to describe chinese people, I would say they are very disciplined, they are hard workers, they are smart, they are family oriented and they truly believe that a united Nation will be always stronger.
What works for U.S. might not work for China. and what works for China might not work for U.S.
War is never the best solution!
I'm proud to be half Chinese, I'm proud to be half Latino
I'm proud to soon be a U.S. Citizen
The world is bigger than just U.S. and China!
There is a difference between Socialism and Communism. I never said Communism. And even in a Socialist Society like China they know they can't go full Socialist. My point was that every country is different economically and cultural. And a full communist or Socialist country will never work!
China's success is not because of communism or captalism, but flexibility. Whether it's communism or capitalusm, if that would help China to develop, it will be adopted. From that perspective, Chinese are more open minded than American. Ideology is for summarization, but not for templating.
The world is bigger than USA and China. But the world really can't do anything to stop a war if either of the two nations stubbornly insists on starting a fight.
Even though nukes, drones, and orbital combat zones can spread the collateral damage across a global scale.
@@pwnmeisterage war for economic sabotage. War to tell them who is powerful. What country make the most war?
@@bluecalu7944 The question is which country will make the next war, either one can always find plenty of little pretenses to "justify" military action.
America has already enjoyed a position of global dominance for most of a century. Why should Americans feel compelled to relinquish what they have?
China has worked hard, China has a lot going for it now and is planning on going for a lot more in coming decades. Why should Chinese be denied what they've earned?
Mr Ace my 10th grade US history teacher talked about his in 1998. 20 years ago he was saying this same exact thing. If you see this Mr Ace your a prophet!!
Napoleon Bonaparte also said China would rise to superpower status. Look it up
everyone was talking about this for the last 35 years. not to dis your teacher or anything- glad to hear you had a good one!
Is he a prophet by reporting what China said they would do?
He may have been a prophet but he didn't get you to work on your grammar
I have spent the last six weeks researching this, and I just do not agree with Allison's assessment at all. I think it's important to remember who Allison is in the history of American scholarship. He became highly relevant for his work on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his Cold War mindset can still sometimes slip out in his work. I would not go as far as calling him a hawk, but his theory is touted by rather Hawkish individuals such as Steve Bannon. While those who use a theory certainly do not define the theory in itself, the question of why Allison was chosen by the Trump administration to have some meetings on the subject should be enough reason to pause.
If you read Allison's book you will see that the vast majority of the examples of power transition theory are Eurocentric. He does go more easterly to bring in some examples involving Russia, but there exists nothing outside of that. As the scholar David C Kang and Xinru Ma further expanded, Thucydides did not live in East Asia. Asian history and European history are completely different; their philosophical traditions are completely seperate.
When you start to look into Asian history, it starts to become obvious why it wasn't included. One example stands out and that is the Imjin War of 1592. Rather then power transitions, east asia seems to be more susceptible to power vacuums, this is a point Allison never touches on once in his book. Yes Europe has been one of the great powers in the world, but denying the power shifts that happened throughout a third of the globe is at best short sighted, and at worse straight up fear mongering.
Allison comes across as a determinist, believing that there are structural forces at play which drive states to war. And while this is certainly true to an extent; nothing ever happens with out a leader making a decision. I understand why lenses are important, they allow you to see the basic trajectory, but they also cut so much out of the picture that you are able to create an image to your liking.
Allison sells his book as a compass to navigate out of his 'Thucydides Trap' (or as a scholar who's name escapes me termed it the 'Allison Trap'); but the longer I looked at it, the more it seemed to be creating a justification for war. A sort of scholarly reasoning if a war ever broke out. One that removed fault and replaced it with structural determinism
America is Sparta, China is Athens, the results have already been written.
I reject this theory, almost wholeheartedly. China's rise has been incredible to see, and I'm not convinced that it's something to fear. I'm sure people who have had to live under the fear of America's terrifying anti-terror campaign will be welcoming a shift in perspective.
I'm not a huge China supporter, there are definitely things that they government has done that make me uncomfortable, but looking at America's anti-imperial based imperialism*, they really haven't been the 'global policemen' they like to make themselves out to be. Adorno and Hawkheimer make an interesting point when they say that the Enlightenment became the myth it was trying to remove. Fact, after all, is the point where thought halts. After WW1, WW2, Korea, the adoption of the Bretton Woods System, and the end of Cold War, America's idea of free market and democracy have become inseparable. They preach it like its the only truth and anything goes against that truth, is by its very nature, wrong. I'm not quite sure about that anymore.
*I mean this is quite an abstract sense incorporating everything and anything from religion to monarchy to ideals, see "Empire's Twin: U.S. Anti-imperialism from the Founding Era to the Age of Terrorism" for more about this
Obviously I don't know if I'm right, after all he is a Harvard professor, but no one is above criticism
a like for the hard work
If America is economically self-sufficient, why should it worry/think about a different continent? How far is economic expansion linked to imperialism? Bankers have financed wars for centuries. Is the World Bank something different? Are Chinese investments abroad or various FDIs abroad something different? "Empire's Twin" looks like an interesting book/theory on American history or, more specifically, republicanism, which is often presumed to be history, practically speaking, since 1898, 1950 or some such period. But is it? Is it just a domestic idea and irrelevant to foreign policies? Maybe. I don't know. As I am not American, I don't care. But the historian in me is curious. Nobody equated American commerce within 19th century Europe with imperialism. Why? And does that mean anything, say compared to 1950 onwards, or "today"? Is there an underlying dynamic or "legacy"? Have non-American theories of international commerce been irrelevant to Americans, and American theories been largely ignored or unknown outside the American "republic"? And, if so, why? Say goodnight to the folks, Gracie...
Owen McGee I’m not 100% sure I understand the overall thrust of your questions. But I’ll give it a go!
(i) That is a very good question on the outset. Why should it worry about other continents. The world is inherently a self centred place and it’s really hard to get away from the Machiavellian ideas of ‘might is right’. I personally don’t have an argument against it that isn’t morally or ethically charged. While I know that countries are not run on ethical considerations; and it’s almost Quixotic to think it can be; I think ethical critiques have their place
(ii) I think economic expansion and imperialism are almost completely intertwined. Sartre has a quote in his work “Colonialism and Neocolonialism” that escapes me right now but I’ll find it and add it later because it perfectly (in my eyes) encapsulates how intertwined they are. If there wasn’t the economic incentive no empire would expand. The more territory you control the more economic potential you have
(iii) no I don’t think the world bank is any different. It’s just figured out a different way to achieve its goals through things like structural adjustment programs; and the creation of the “aid industrial complex” [I don’t 100% agree with some Marxist thought which sees aid work as a bad thing; but I do believe it’s inherently flawed as a concept]
(iv) I think China is doing the identical thing. It is 100% expanding an empire, but differently to America and Europe before that. It’s relying on soft power; industry and diplomacy. It cannot rival America/Europe militarily; but I don’t think it needs to. It just have to offer something slightly better to the global south then the west has been able to. Personally I believe chinas true power lies in their sovereign wealth fund, and it’s ability to shake up dollar hegemony across the globe
(v) this was a very interesting question. I think it is the exact reverse of your first question. Why should any outside country worry about what America calls itself; or worry about how they set domestic policy. I am not American either so I’m very much sitting on the outside. But I think the reason why the idea of anti-imperial imperialism stuck with me was because after America fought for its independence from Britain, it came up with the constitution to enshrine a promise that it would be different from the British empire it had grown to resent. 1898, for me at least, disproved that. The Spanish American war was touted as a war to “liberate” Cuba. But the Platt Amendment quickly showed this idea of liberation for what it was, a military rule that would leave and take all the wealth with it. It fought against occupation to establish its own brand of occupation. And from there companies like the United Fruit Company really solidified this new idea of public/private ownership. I personally believe that’s impossible to seperate domestic and international policy. I think they are intertwined and one couldn’t exist without the other
(vi) again that is a very good question. I think it could come down to a bit of hubris on the side of the Europeans. 19th century was really when America consolidated its internal power, and in my understanding it wasn’t until 1898 that America used its army against a European nation. Also American imperialism was (and is) different. European imperialism was firmly rooted in colonial expansion; where as America used economic expansion. Setting up colony’s was expensive, and a complex ordeal; even for absolute Tyrants like King Leopold II struggled at the beginning of expansion until he realised the wealth of rubber
(vii) I actually think it’s the exact opposite. I think, at its heart, under the ideological trappings, the Cold War was a war on the systems of foreign commerce. The ideas of communism threatened the wealth potential for the free marketers who stood at the precipice of American policy decisions. Allan and John Dulles made that extremely clear when they removed the leader of Guatemala to ensure that the land holdings of United Fruit company weren’t disturbed. Again touching on Adorno and Hawkheimer’s idea that the enlightenment, by its very nature, is totalitarian; there is no room for conversation about other systems of commerce. Liberal capitalism has been touted as the one truth, and the Bretton Woods system solidified this. If countries want to do trade on the global level they must, in some way, accept the dominance of the American Dollar. I personally believe that that is where American power comes from. Yes their military is powerful, but they have created a global system underpinned by their currency. I think it was a French diplomat who said “never before has a country had such a large privilege.” And i mean coming from the French who still control sub Saharan Africa with their own currency that really says something!
If you’re interested in all this i highly recommend reading some Edward Victor Gordon Kieran. He was a British history who had a profound impact on imperial history. Edward Said references him as one of the key people who helped influence his ideas on his own classic “Orientalism”
@@wilbur4379 hey! thanks for your detailed response. there probably was no thrust to my comments: I was just thinking out loud (in this case, about some impressions of US history and my interest in/impressions of the unknown title you mentioned, Empire's Twin, which I ordered shortly thereafter after a Google Books glance). I understand where you're coming from regarding the Cold War etc. Easy to read that back, retrospectively, into US history too, but I'm not sure if its the right to do. Contrasting works like Empire's Twin with some Marxist historiography of Empire could be an interesting exercise (I haven't actually seen Victor Kiernan's work before; never been a big fan of British Marxist historiography; blame it on Hobsbawm), but my "wavelength"/interest at the moment is just attempting to clarify my thoughts about the nature of American thought. Part of the reason for that is my purely personal sense that customary/familiar frameworks or debates for understanding history in "my part of the world" aren't reflected in the rare instances I get to read American authors. So it's not the historiography of empire that fascinates me so much as the differences in American and European/British sense of history, school of historiography or what have you. It's not a theory that I'm after; I just like to familiarise myself with different ways of thought. Said is another author that I haven't seen but perhaps should. thanks again for your thoughts. all the best...
War is inevitable because of the US is always playing with THAT idea, judging other countries through their lense while applying double standard.
Here is a thought. How about no war? Seriously, nobody wants thousands of young men to dead for something that can be avoided.
@Jon Osterman You are wrong on so many levels.
If we want to succeed in moving to Mars, we can only achieve this as Earthians. Time to fight Martians, not each other.
@MrKalashnik0va is my government authoritarian? lol, did you just assign me a government based off of my name? This is what free speech enables sadly - false assumptions. So I don't know what to tell you, I want to support 100% free speech as well, but there are certain things that should be off limits, so I would support like 80% free speech.
@MrKalashnik0va I am Canadian. Poor Mr. Trudeau is very misunderstood.
@MrKalashnik0va Sure. Well, see how fast you jumped to conclusions about me being under an authoritative government? ...just because my name sounds Chinese? and ended up being wrong? ...think twice, think thrice.
@MrKalashnik0va Your effort is applauded - super good use of your time. I understand multiple languages, thanks for noticing.
@OVOD.net Or, just stop fighting everyone and help someone. ; )
Yes. War is only a matter of Time.
"A third party's action forces one or the other to react and drags the two somewhere they don't wanna go. "
Look at India now...
You couldn’t be more wrong. The geographical difficulty limited the leverage of the SINO-India conflict in either’s geo-political strategy. The space and time available for conflict are so narrow. Taiwan is the battle field of empires. US and China will go full on for it.
Darius Chong HK? the protesters there are expendable utility for Neocon
Tony Montana agreed.
As a indian the publics opinion is that we want to live peacefully without getting involved in wars.. however this doesn't mean we give up in face of external pressures.. India has always believed in not having meditated discussions for any conflict so the point of India dragging anyone is a far fetched idea..
The problem is that China doesn't have problem with India alone.. which makes the whole world go against china..
Don't forget russia, tiawian or an aggressor-- north korea.
DON"T BE A JERK! Starting at about 2:20 when the first text comes in, 2:50 still texting, 4:05 -4:30 texting on camera the whole time, done texting 4:47 decides to wrap cable around phone. How absolutely rude!
NOTE: If you go to a lecture sit front row center and are rude enough to be on your phone you deserve to be called out! I do believe this man deserves more respect. Civility and courtesy are necessary not optional if you wish to live in a peaceful world. I am embarrassed to be form this great country sometimes. If you want to see one of the tragic differences between our two great civilizations, here it is, bare faced and indisputable.
Self destruction that's our new generation but we're to blame for not instilling discipline the west will go Down
12:45 ok just going to put it out there that none of these but one include Chinese history and the one that does, they were literally being invaded by a foreign power--even if they didn't retaliate a war would still happen.
You can't use European/Western history to determine the future of China. It's an entirely different system.
and the only examples he gives are ww1 and ww2, western battles!
@@claudiaswitalla8142 If you think China had no part in ww1 and 2 you are hopelessly ignorant on the subject. I'd take 2 minutes to google "china in ww2" in particular. You will want to alter your statement rather drastically afterwards!
@@Musabre I'm not saying they didn't! You may have noticed that the speaker in this and white people in particular seem to dis the Asian battlefield of world war two. And China only had a part in it because our friendly neighbours Japan who just popped by last Tang Dynasty (and briefly before) to learn everything from us then use it all against us.
Just one's opinion :) None of us really know what will become of any of the world's superpowers. We can only try to hypothesize the likeliest outcome.
erik do you know anything about the world wars? go read a book, watch the world at war, do something smart please.
If everyone agrees and Abide by the existing rules of conduct. there will be no war. It is not a question of the rise of new forces, but of the failure to abide by the rules of conduct.
War is not inevitable. We must keep trading. This doesn't mean capitulating to their terms. Healthy trade has negotiated terms.
"If goods don't cross borders, armies will." -- Fredric Bastiat
I read somewhere that all trade wars have lead to a war.
@@stevenmendoza5621
No.
They lead to higher prices. Always.
But the answer is not to accept whatever terms the other country offers...that leads to higher prices for one side.
When you go to buy a car, if you accept the sticker price without negotiating, you're not getting the best price.If you simply ask the salesman for his best price, you're not getting the best price. You have to walk away and wait till the salesman calls you up with a better deal. You have to have a "trade war."..your money for the dealer's car.
Bluuplanet so u.s has not always fucked only their own citizens but there too.
It’s sad the United States is already in steep decline and it’s political situation is a clear example.
It is declining because it is too busy playing world police and pursuing socialist agendas within the country .
Need to promote the concept of global citizenship and the fact that zero sum game is not the only game in town. We organic humans will need to collaborate in dealing with the AI in the future....time to learn to acquire allies rather than enemies. We all need to help one another in order to survive on this planet.
In nature, all things come in cycle....it is simply law of nature.
Its not exactly the United States in steep decline, but the west. Mainly because the United States no longer wants to lead the west. With Merkel now leaving, that leaves a very unpopular Macron.
People do argue that if the west is stronger, than the United States becomes stronger by association but i think the costs out weight the benefits on that one.
@@Jancan20 the world police part is inevitable. The united states is a global empire and everybody benwfita from its Pax Americana.
@@meganh9460 Macron President of the Rich and 70% of France agrees. Go Yellow Vests.
former UN Security Council president, Kishore Mahbubani: “China is a Meritocracy, not communist; whereas USA is not democratic, it’s a Plutocracy.” It is right isn’t it
Very well said Graham, I thoroughly enjoyed and understood your lecture, a great insight into rising tensions between the West and China.
Stop thinking the future war, stop allowing some stupid people to talk this impossible war in public, and stop giving a raison to war, bottom line, stop thinking like a animal.
Build together a world with cooperation, synergy and prosperity.
Stop talking and stop thinking will surly increase the misunderstanding and therefore increase the chance of the war instead of reducing it.
Life doesn't work that way.
Ultimately, it's very easy speaking while you aren't in a position of power... It's incredibly simple to say "Live in peace", yet, ultimately, you need to run a whole country, run external connections, and have a general global economical struggle to survive.
If you back down, another country will end up controlling your finances... Notice how companies are buying each other, and where all that power goes.
You are saying "Stop thinking like an animal"... Animals usually don't think about wars, they just survive the day, do as their parents did, and carry on.
Humanity however, need to think about future generations, need to prepare a groundwork years to come, and most of our economy is based around statistics and innovation.
If anyone stops thinking about the potential outcomes of the future, you'll end up with someone ells taking the opportunity, and think instead of them.
"Live in peace"... Yet each merchant is in a constant war against the other, to grab the most costumers... and make the most profit.
These trades, are what makes our world what it is...
Either you are a player, or, you are being played... This is human society, it's nasty, but, you can live a fine life in the meanwhile.
'Too much talk of war is the fashion of too many ignorant and small minded people today. Those who speak of war rather than peace
are those who would promote it. I for one will speak only of peace and let the chips fall where they may' - Arthur Neville Chamberlain 1938 -
You left out individual Liberty.
Animal doesn't make war.
"16 cases in which a rising power threatened to displace a ruling power. 12 of these ended in war, and the tragedy of this is that in very few of these did either of the protagonists want a war. Few of these wars were initiated by either the rising power or the ruling power. So how does this work? What happens is a third party's provocation forces one or the other to react and that sets in motion a spiral which drags the two somewhere where they don't wanna go. If that seems crazy, it is, but it's life."
... looks around in 2020 ... yikes, does not seem crazy
Do you know which 16 powers he was referring to?
@@trevorwilloughby1231 he literally made a chart in power point with the flags of the counties . Yo can just go back and look in the video. It's even color coded between war and peace. Lol
When you see the word 'China', if you haven't been to China before, please check out what's the first image coming up in your mind, and ask yourself where did I get that from
China don't want war, but China don't fear war.
can you say shabi mao judong ?
一个连自主权都没有的傀儡国家。实话说你们比朝鲜差远了。
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever."
George Orwell
Will that boot be Made in China?
the boot is already american. dont be a hypocrite as yemeni and libyans how american boot taste like, i am sure it's nice.
@@nicator8380 It is and it will continue to be for years but China is on the way for making a nice par
No, it’ll actually be American.
YEAH! Now THAT's a comment!
Amercian boots have been stomping the middle east for years. Lets not play victim here.
When Britain was an Empire USA also worked quietly and treated Britain as her assumed enemy
@KingOfGorillas yes, but here we have a free democracy vs an authoritarian state with no freedom, with concentration camps and that kills students who decide to voice their believes. honestly i have absolutely zero respect for china as a country
@@artonio5887 哈哈 我代表的是中国人 我们是文明的延续 我们只在乎民族的复兴 正如历史上那样 毁灭重建 我们不需要你们的假民主 为了我们的文明 民族 我将无我 不需要你们来讨论我们的人权 你们没有资格 你们的文明史就是盗窃 然后义正言辞的指责别人 我们不需要伪善 因为我们代表地球人最高的智商 我们有能力分辨善恶 我们站在祖先的肩膀上 以历史为鉴 我们洞穿宇宙 别拿你们的民主自由来操作政治 我们很年轻 才5000岁 与我们斗的敌人都在地狱 愚蠢的白人 我们无所畏惧
@@顾旭-o3c i dont know chinese, sorry
Ee Seh Ong is different since China is fighting alone while British has some enemy US can use
@@artonio5887 Why do you trust the media so much?Have you been to xinjiang?I hope you can visit xinjiang.Come live in China for a few years instead of spreading hatred on the Internet.Rather than just relying on news from the media.
imagine a world where the US would stop its invasion in the name of "democracy" and work with China and Russia on an economical level, we would advanced so fast as a civilization, because fundamentally we are all human, no matter if you are white, black, yellow, red, or brown, we are all human beings. Imagine the things we can achieve with the technologies and money pooled together
Nashville Hillbilly here,
I served in the US Army, Desert Storm. We do not need another war. I cry over Afghanistan. Evil people in this world believe the only way to get ahead is by destroying someone else.
Yes, if we got together peacefully, as Human Beings,
Yes, we could perhaps become level 1 civilisation as Prof Kaku has stated. We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and be successful together. Thank you for your post.
@@johnnyrebuffatti483 well said Johnny, I hope to see the day before I die
@@d.martins709 what kind of government is not a symbol of power? Total freedom can only be achieved by an anarchy state, which would also bring chaos
@@d.martins709 Im sorry man i don't know what kind of media you've been watching but to my knowledge that's dated back the the 1980s, due to regulations and new policies, people's lives in china have improved dramatically, nowadays there's less than 2% of chinese population living in extreme poverty (which is $2 a day like you said)
China is going to be the one that Ends the world as we know it .They have already started with Covid 19 .They are causing massive problems by stealing Technology and not adhering to patents .The world is no stupid but CORRUPT
Brilliantly clear and logical, informed by the facts of history and well related to our current situation. He does not go into the 'third nation' that could trigger the wars in our version of such Thucydides' traps'. However, Japan seems to be a prime candidate, together with the South China Sea development.
As Trump was fading The CCP started complete take over of Hong Kong.
But when will it take it's long wanted possession the pearl of great price? One that it has been after for over 70 years?
The Island of Formosa. Taiwan is the Chinese name. What is the price going to be?
The thing is, if they can assemble a bridge that massive in 43 hours, how efficient will they be in military might.
I think you can foresee that in the country's combat with coronavirus. China, the first country with the explosion of the pandemic, got it under control in 3 months (building hospitals in 10 days and mobilize medical resource nationally and massively) and people's life is soon back to normal, thus China is the only economy within the G20 countries that has the positive GDP growth in 2020. And compare that with the US.
@@stevemraz3883 scary bro!
@@MAGORDON35 Yeah. "Brute facts hard to ignore".
The world still got talents like you.
China was able to lift 800 million of its population out of extreme poverty and that is well documented. It has gone to the moon and Mars. It has a million engineers every year and they are increasingly moving up and leading in technology. Their government has been tried and tested and promoted at every level from village to county to province and finally at politburo level. Most of these are engineers but in the west you have people been put in place by popular vote and at times with little or no experience in running a state or country. No comparison.
Here in April 2020. I true heartedly believe it's more important to have world peace than anything else...
Prof. Graham Allison has drawn a famous analogy and comparison between what the historian Thucydides observed and the modern day Sino-U.S. relations. Some scholars don't agree with him, but it does not even matter if Thucydides ever existed. What really matters is that the competition between China and the U.S. is really fierce and could turn disastrous at certain point of time.
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Never mind the fact that China is hellbent on taking over the world and subjugating the U.S. to its mandates and rendering it a de facto vassal state of Beijing. China has openly broadcast these ambitions. Their efforts are on clear display through asymmetric hybrid warfare measures. A hot war is coming. Now the USA is showing its hand as it pivots eastward from Ukraine. The current eastern European conflict was/is merely an appetizer for the main course that will be eaten in the Taiwan Strait. The USA has decided to expend money that it doesn't have and old, used, hand-me-down military tech/weapons on Russia in an effort to take a nuclear armed ally of China out of the game before the real game kicks off. With Russia bogged down in a Ukrainian quagmire (spent militarily, economically, and with increasing "war fatigue" and unrest amongst the Russian people), China will be isolated to face the brunt of a US-led attack that will include the UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, probably India, and, at least logistically, the Philippines. The US will trigger the Chinese into jumping into a naval effort to take Taiwan, and then it will be gloves off. Xi is fighting internally for his political life and the hawks in the CCP are pushing him, increasingly so, to have a go at Taiwan. When that happens, China will get smashed.
China hasn't fought a war since 1979. In that time, the U.S. has fought 3 major wars and numerous small conflicts, at a tremendous cost in lives and money. The U.S. would be better off if we avoided war whenever possible, and invested the savings in our people.
For maintenance of the present governmental system, by means of the survival of feudalism, isn't at least, some degree of war, somewhere in the world, essential?
To a party which has killed millions of its own people,too coward to fight a war abroad
@@samwick6029 I already feel tired of listening to those things. People make mistakes but people also learn and grow. Let alone an almost 100 years old party with 80 millions members. You should not simply judge anything by what it has done but where it will go. At least for now, it's doing better and better and running in a right and controllable track. I will never judge UK or US by those dirty deals they did hundreds years ago... I know you probably won't listen but it's fine. Mind your own business and enjoy your life.
Wayne Wang I mentioned cowards and you just show up,a proper example.Unfortunately western governments killed lots but we apologize and pay for it.So far your overlords never say sorry and they take their filthy crimes as a pride especially Cultural Revolution,according to recent speech of President Zi
@@samwick6029 Your comments just showed how arrogant you are. "Take Cultural Revolution as a pride???" If you know nothing, then I sincerely beg you to shut your ignorant mouth up. Every young Chinese learns from our history textbook What a huge mistake CR is in history and it blames to CCP. People try their best to avoid such a tragedy happening again. It's your right to be ignorant but please at least show some basic respect to something you don't know well rather than judge everything by the narrow unverified news you hear online. I don't comment too much on other countries especially those I haven't been to. Please go back to school and learn what respect is before talking to people. I won't waste my time in replying you anymore. Bye.
I ordered a Chinese the other night, the lady said that I should go and collect it within ten minutes, I drove there within five minutes. The lady asked for my name, politely asked me to take a seat, shouted through to the back and then passed me a meal for 3 before I even had a chance to sit down.
Americans idea, McDonald's drive through. Sometimes can be sat for twenty minutes waiting for a pre cooked burger.
Equally as nice as the Chinese meals but not as efficient.
China is a great country, fantastic morals and values.
America is also great, though questionable morals lol
At the end of the day, war will only happen and keep happening if someone in power genuinely wants a war to happen.
Yeah the country that murders 10,000 Students has wonderful morals. That tortures you for backing the wrong candidate is morals. That runs concentration camps is morals. el oh el
kate chan bald face liar, explain Tiananmen Square? Explain the arrest of Meng Hongwei.
@J K You do realize intentional murder for political gain is different than collateral damage? Also no millions of deaths have happened. The vast majority of deaths are caused by civil wars. Also I never said the U.S. was nice, I just said we aren't an evil genocidal regime.
If you talk about that think about U.S how many war that U.S has been involved, how many native India that they killed ?! All I wanted to say there is nothing perfect in the worlds, no government , no any political party, GOD is not even perfect! How stupid you are !!
@@yannikaye3778 The vast majority of the Native Americans were killed by disease. That was going to happen as soon as someone made landfall. Also killed is not murder. Additionally the past is not present. Less people have been killed in US wars than Mao has killed by the way. Finally I am not going to accept blame for muslims killing muslims. Your making a false equivalency and I won't accept that lie as truth. One currently kills people to keep people oppressed. Another kills people in war to protect is citizens and only as many necessary.
When the speaker said:" President Xi wanted to make China great again" the laughing burst out from the audience, what they don't know is that China dominated the world more than a thousand years.
Excellent presentation and still very relevant 3 years on! China has never had any intention to get into any wars and US is the one that needs to get over their drummed up fears and addiction to wars.
China has no intention getting into any war against countries that are able to defend themselves but is bullish against weaker countries with no regard to their sovereign rights.
That's a Proporganda point of view.
As China ramps everything up.
Threting it's out laying, sovereign nations "to take them as thorough their right!!?
Who is the true dragon?
Waiting.
China has every intention of stealing resources whenever and wherever it can .You only need to take a look at how they are building man made islands SPRATLY ISLANDS ,So understand how dangerous they are .If the USA disbanded their forces The Spratly zone would be taken by China within a week of them doing so .But you already know this
China is an imperialistic brute. Wake up
The fatal flaw in Allison is the time frame he used for his research. In the past 500 years, there have been 16 changes of superpower and 12 of these resulted in wars. However, if we focus on the last 50 years, there had been 3 changes of superpower and none resulted in war. Why go back 500 years when wars are fought with swords, spears and bow and arrows? How relevant events 500 years ago to current world situation? I believe the 50-year time frame is more relevant - that is when the major powers became nuclear armed. With mutually assured destruction, the potential for conflicts between major powers is drastically reduced.
Last 50 years the US was always the superpower, even when USSR was around. Which power transition are you referring to?
What 3 changes in hegemonic power are you referring to in the past 50 years. You can argue the Soviet Union collapsed and lost their place in a bi-polar hegemony. But the US has been there for at least 75 years. Maybe you mean regional powers, but that’s not entirely relevant when global hegemony hasn’t traded hands.
I'm sorry but Thucydides was not the father of the history, but Herodotus was.
@Leonidas Konstantakos Theory as opposed to first hand research.
@Leonidas Konstantakos 1st, I know you meant Sparta & Athens, not China.
I think both city-states valued power over income, as do most states in which those at the top dominate and the income producers are secondary---Athens limited voting pool would have minimized the influence of the ordinary middlemen and merchants, especially resident non inheriting citizens. If the powers that were in both cities had seen their wealth dependent on trade, could war have been avoided?
If China were to see American technical knowledge as more available through honoring the same patents and copyrights we native industries are required to honor, as opposed to their so far stealing, would both China and the USA be more apt to see the continuing economic growth of both countries to be in their own best interest? Especially since learning more of our technology would require trade or at least buying from the patent holders?
@Leonidas Konstantakos In the history of Earth, being off a few millennia is practically a right on hit. :)
If Japan had had a deeper immediate economic interest in the Hawaiian Islands, would Pearl Harbor not have happened? If in WWI, the most powerful manufacturing wealth had NOTHING to do with with arms manufacture would it have died an early death, a mere skirmish in history?
Sparta and Athens had no sense of interdependence. They socialized, traded, sometimes untied against none Greeks, but neither needed the other. There relationship was a friendship not a marriage.
Can the perception of the necessity of economic interdependence make our current world part of the mostly peaceful 20%
A war? What you mean by a war? A trade war? A proxy-war? Because a total full-scale war it's just crazy, totally out of the question. Just to see all their wealth being obliterated in a matter of seconds? To quote Yuval Noah Harari:
"Nuclear
weapons have turned war between superpowers into a mad act of collective suicide, and therefore forced the most powerful nations on earth to find alternative and peaceful ways to resolve conflicts"
Tend to agree. But that s assuming everoyne is rational. And that is by no means a certainty
The point is that... usually people that have access to nuclear weapons have a lot to lose AS WELL, they are rich and powerful. Even the north korean dictator, I mean, his population might be starving to death in north-korean gulags, but he's living a wonderful life. And it's not only him, the party's elite live a wonderful life as well.
I mean.. for god sake, not even during the cuban missile crisis there was a total full scale war. And in many ways soviet union was way more hostile towards the US than China is. Also, it's not only "1 person being irrational" , I doubt the chinese president has a big nuclear red button on his desk to launch all their nuclear warheads against the US by himself. Even in China , there's a whole chain of command and system of checks and balances before launching a nuke.
So you have to convince a bunch of rich people to obliterate all their wealth. But that's not even the most difficult part, the rich and powerful government officers probably will ended up surviving and living out of canned food in their bunkers or whatever, as well as their families. But the average joe working in the military who will effectively launch the attack and the press the button.. he will die as well as his family and friends. Good luck trying to convince him on that.
So, I think this video is just totally outright alarmist and fear mongering.
Maybe
There are many Chinese cultural relics in many national museums in the world.There are only things left by my ancestors in the Chinese Museum China used the Silk Road to trade with other countries in ancient times Did not attack other countries through the Silk Road
Sorry guys, it's already happened! It's started in HK thru Proxies.
There should have no war if we do not make the other side a enemy. It is very normal for the China to raise. Chinese wouldn’t bring the war to other country unless they are forced as what had happened the war with Japan in China before 1949, and the war with Americans in North Korean around 1951. The war should be able to be avoided if we respect each other and grow together. Otherwise, the results is clear if we are looking for trouble like the war in North Korean, in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. Both sides are losers. There is no fun to have a war for neither side and for the whole world because of endless damages in all aspects!
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US has finally met her match in size, military power, technology and economic power. Pre-WWII Japan had everything except size and economic power. Similarly for pre-WWII Germany. The Soviet Union had everything except economy. Today China has everything. May not be on par with the US yet, but the gap is closing fast, very fast.
China has a history of 5,000 years and has never colonized abroad.
Chinatown is always nearby
eva ni Tibet.
USA has never colonized anyone but look how they terrorise so many countries. If you hear knock knock and check it's USA you start sweating because you know it's only a matter of time before your country becomes a complete sh#thole depending on how much you're worth to them.
That being said, a world ruled by China is like the star wars universe under palpatine so I would very much like USA to remain the global super power. China are like the big bully over here in Asia. If there is no USA to put a cap on them they will terrorize us.
Also, study the political system. It's essentially a pyramid of power. On top of that pyramid is one man who is chosen to power by seven people (China Seven), those seven then elect a new leader, that was xi Jin Ping last. So anyone can work their way up this Pyramid and become a dictator. Also the current state of the seven is that they're all allies of Xi Jin Ping. So like I said it's like star wars in real life,except no Jedi to save you.
The bottom of the pyramid are members of the communist party, 82 million or so. These people cannot be arrested. So for example they loot a store, they can't be arrested.
Few considerations to take notes:
1) The 12 of the 16 scenarios that led to war, 2 of the most recent ones did not lead to war. More recent scenarios are more applicable and hold more weight than the entire history, since more recent scenarios reflect a more similar world environment.
2) The world is VERY globalized today, meaning people are traveling a ton load more than before. A huge percentage of educated and decent income folks (reflected as lower-upper, middle, and upper income brackets) have traveled often and see the world as a less segregated place than centuries ago. Travelers today can relate to many cultures, countries, traditions, cuisines, and have a diversified group of friends. What does this all mean? It means people are more united as world citizens than ever before and are probably resistant to the idea of a war. Even with propaganda, it cannot challenge the fact that people travel and see the world for themselves. These same people that are privileged enough to travel make up a huge portion of the people in power and in power to make important decisions in the economy.
3) Donald Trump is a business first kind of guy, look at his wealth. A business guy, thinks in terms of business and in the economy today (not in the 20th century) where everything is interconnected, why the heck will he want a war that will jeopardize business? Rich people with a lot to lose will not want to screw themselves over.
4) The world is relatively quite Westernized, everyone watches American media so much. The Internet is relatively Americanized. It all started with the Macdonaldization of the world where Mcdonalds changed the local food culture everywhere they start their franchise in. There are journal articles on this. In a world where people can identify with Western culture and American media, needless to say, we are moving towards global citizenship, a global identity. War is not in anyone's interest.
TLDR: The world is vastly different today. Technological advancement and complexities of economy took mega leaps in the last many decades. We are already writing a new page in history. We are trying to colonize Mars. The thought of a global war with weapons, missiles, nuclear bomb or whatever gadgets out there just seem too far fetched.
Still thinking the same?
@@patriciotorresluque9827 well I’m from Ukraine and I want to think the same. Peace.
@@vitaliinnest if you ever need to come to Chile. Please let me know. My thoughts are with you
do u still think the same way?
And then the pandemic happened.
Why people talk about wars like they talk about walking their dogs? It's truly disturbing
Because they had no idea what a war really means
Already long before the cultural revolution, Taiwan was a province of China. Then, Mao and his rebel - army beat the nationalists, who then fled and huddled together in off-shore Taiwan. The nationalists don't have an exclusive legal right to claim Taiwan as theirs! Mao won - and the winners of a war always had the final say about how to redistribute land, wealth etc.
China has the right to reintegrate Taiwan as a part of its territory.
If the US, Australia, England, and maybe even India, Japan, South Korea - are militarily siding with Taiwan's defense efforts - it will be a catastrophic event for every country militarily involved!
It's not worth it.
Taiwan should surrender its claim - they have no legal, internationally recognized claim to this Chinese province.
Maybe they can work something out with President Xi...
“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. ”
Everyone lives in a yellow submarine
That bridge nearby Cambridge University wasn't inaugurated after four years; me: "Just like in the Republic of Costa Rica 😅"
When will Ted, himself, come out to talk?
Is the USA 🇺🇸 willing to share the world stage with China 🇨🇳 ? 🤔
Excellent presentation.
Greetings from Germany...🍺🇩🇪
Better invest in doomsday survival bunker & stuff
Not gonna lie, china's president is ambitious I've no problem having them sit at the table as long as they play nice
It's not whether the US gov't is willing to share a world stage with china,
it's whether any major world power would be stupid enough to align themselves with thousands of years of imperial rule and Communism.
This country doesn't tolerate the reeducation camps, kidnap doctors and scientists to force them to work for the government, mandate to people how many children they can have...
Look at China's vs western world investment history - UNICEF, IMF, Doctors without borders - those aren't Eastern world concepts?
Communists don't go into spread education literacy jobs and investments - they go into oppress, control, suck out resources and colonize a country to call it their own. They just did it to ecuador.
They've been doing it to African countries for decades.
They have a long history of corporate espionage, how did China end up on the NAFTA treaty to begin with?
That was supposed to be for North American countries?
They have devalued other countries currencies to buy them up and control them - like they've done to Canada- their dollar is artificially low because of China,
China deliberately floods markets to destroy currencies, investments, and stock markets ...
They colonize areas, putting their Chinese factories in places like Northern Italy but don't create jobs for Italy, they use slave labor in undercut other EU prices
- aren't forced to manufacture under the same epa standards, no matter where they are in the world!
But they can get that "made in Italy" label and avoid having to pay tariffs!
The USA in the UK have a history of bringing education, technology, literacy and hospitals along with their investments...
China has reeducation camps. They use international and green funding to do their infrastructure projects - they never spend their own money.
They can't - Communist governments don't create wealth nor innovation.
Their history as a country under imperial rule - then when they switch to Communism mid 20th century.. you don't know a lot about their history because it's whitewashed. They decide what you can know!
But NOW they're suddenly going to play fair?
Please - don't fall for the last internet video or article you read... Use it as a springboard to go forward with the conversation -more research.
How is it I never hear people fact-checking TED talks?
please don't be a parrot.
Take the other side of the debate and see what you get
Regardless of the outcome.. what you'll get is a bit more intelligent
@@TheFoolintherainn China's purpose is to make westeners' news more interesting so they get more inspiration and continue doing the actual work in innovation and art. We are one species they are playing the provocateur cause they couldn't do anything else. It's the least desired role but everybody else took the fun ones and someone has to play it cause if we don't we'd meet aliens one day who did and they'd beat us since they worked faster under pressure
Its a leftover instinct from when there were 2 isolated tribes. One just lived to survive the other started fighting over nothing they met one day and the surviving one got fucked
@@TheFoolintherainn America First, make America great again, Trump 2024.
if you look at history, countries in western europe constituted less than 10% of global wealth, while the east constituted over 80%.
China in the modern sense did not exist then, but the modern country is populated by people who see a linear progression between the ancient empires and the modern communist state.
From the perspective of a country under 500 years old, China can be seen as rising from next to nothing to become a world power nearly overnight: from a Chinese perspective, they are only regaining a little of their dignity.
Problem is they chose a dictator, and just like every other dictatorship, they will fail.
Thucydides (pronounced: "Thu-key- dee-des" in Greek) was considered the Father of History, because he was the very first to insightfully describe the historical facts EXACTLY as they occurred (because many other historians, tend to add a little propaganda in their books) - As for me, I read World History extensively & the ancient book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. - thus, having a small idea of what the future holds.
I'm afraid he didn't describe facts exactly as they occurred. Thucydides like any other historian is filled with holes. For example, historians will never be able to agree over his treatment of the demagogue Cleon and whether it is fair. For more, Thucydides the Artful Reporter is a good starting point.
Thu-sid-id-ees
Um i thought Herodotus is the father of history tho coz he literally wrote “history”?
Why you guys consider western history to be world history. Oh the ignorance of west is going to bite them in the……
American government (not people), decided to "reconstruct Europe" => Translate by: "The Marshall Plan's accounting reflects that aid accounted for less than 3% of the combined national income of the recipient countries".
Do you consider this is a huge help?
Plus US motivations were not altruistic, the Marshall plan did exist because the US didn't want the Soviet union to expand it's influence over weaken countries. Most of the money was used to buy goods from USA under the control of an American representative => Money went back to USA, so it is not a gift, it is an investment.
Yes, after WW2 it is always nice to receive cash, just do not bring it up to prove that people get together and think about a greater good. This is hypocrite and not true. This plan was created to serve American political and economic interests.
Serving your own interest is completely understandable, but then how do you want to prevent powerful countries to get to war with that logic? What happens when your own interest conflicts with the other guy own interest?
USA have been serving their own interest in this world so far. China is just following the same path and we perceive it as a threat? It says a lot about how other countries perceive USA..
We need to learn compromise and truly work for a greater good. But this requires, sometimes, to put your own interest at the second plan.
I am sure those of us who have been married for the longer time understand that ;)
The fuse is not North Korea anymore, is abolutely Taiwan
For some reasons, I cannot post this reply under the particular comment. So here is my reply to this comment posted by Zarozian:
"That is why China calls us "Meigoku" the "beautiful country", not because our country and its people are beautiful, but the ideals and dreams that it was built upon is beautiful, along with the people who believed in them.
"
My response:
Yeah thats not where the name came from. The first word of the phrase "mei guo ("guo" means country)" by itself generally means beautiful in Chinese, but US is only called "meiguo" simply because it is located in America and the "mei" is derived the "mer" in the english word America. Guess what we call South America, "Nan (first word meaning south) Mei (America) Zhou (continent)". Similarly, North America is called "Bei (first word meaning north) Mei (America) Zhou (continent)". I mean, you don't have to give it too much thought to realize how delusional it is to think "meiguo" means "beautiful country" in Chinese. The name "meiguo" was introduced to China soon after 1776, did you really think Asian people were treated that well in US in that period that they would go all the way to name it "beautiful country"?
The reason why I make all this effort just to make a comment is this. I have only recently started to follow some current political events, such as the Hong Kong protest and, being a Chinese living in Canada, hear the arguments from both sides. I'm not gonna talk about which side is stupid and which side I support; these ridiculous political discourse almost always end up with both sides hating each other.
I noticed Americans tend to believe that America is great and often unconsciously think that they should go on and "save" the rest of the world. This ideology not only exist at a national level, but also at a societal and personal level. Yes, 70 years ago America did. It was honorable and justified and a lot of people are still grateful for that. But times have changed. Failure to recognize the strengths of others or the weakness of ourselves will. I do believe most Americans like Zarozain do truly want the best for the less fortunate, but I'd be lying if I said that part of his comment wasn't delusional.
At the end, I want to clarify that this is in no way saying China is perfect and whatnot. But one point I want to make is, a deliberately controlled and biased press that is unanimously labeled as a free press is far more insidious and potentially dangerous than you'd think.
american msm is truly the biggest propaganda machine
I appreciate what you have written. All that is, except for your last paragraph. Sure, the American press has its biases, but if you are interested you are free to read and to publish practically anything. You cannot seriously compare the American press to the Chinese, which either owns or controls what is written and has a 'department of propaganda' as part of the government. Freedom of the press is written into the American constitution.
@@DorianLS
American press also ruled by propaganda in way or another.
Same propaganda, but in different way.
@@mohammeda.raqeeb3110 You are confusing active propaganda and censorship of information with mere 'bias' in reporting. Fox news. for example is strongly biased towards the Republican party and has an exaggerated nationalistic rhetoric, but I don't have to watch it (nor do I). There are hundreds of newspapers I can access online, both domestic and international. I can order and read any book which interests me. There is absolutely no comparison between the Communist Party's propaganda and Western reporting which might be, at worst, a little biased. The US doesn't have a "Great Wall" surrounding its internet. In fact, the CCP has an agency titled "Ministry of Propaganda" (actually, that is more or less what the agency does, but the actual name isn't quite correct as I have written it).
@@DorianLS
Totally right, honest and fair.
Thanks
Mr. Allison is only half right, he does not take into account Chinese inward-focused culture and history. It takes two to tangle.
Culture beautiful. History beautiful, current political climate = anything but beautiful
@@paultengan6007 all civilizations referred unknown civilizations and cultures as barbarian.
Tong Zhi no, western civilization has been dying since ww2 because of a ‘self hate attitude’
Salvador Borrazás You are half right.Bertrand Russell and plants,fellow travellers taught the young ,spoilt Western students to self hate.The US and newly booming European youth had no reference to how short ,poor and painful the life of an ordinary citizen was before the rise of modern democracies ,particularly for womanfolk.The Southern lands advanced the giving of the vote to all and the 40 hour working week.Strangely the postwar young did not appreciate their good fortune and found solace in criticising external defence policy.
@@stephenbrockett710 It can be proper to criticize external defence policy independently of how nice it is to have 40 hour work weeks. In fact, if the implication is that we only have relative peace and prosperity in the West because of the extent to which we exploit and hold back the rest of the world, the entire arrangement becomes deeply criticizable.
Once the war begins yt will recommended this video to everyone
I’ll save everyone 18 minutes of time, the answer is: not if we want to.
thank you!!!
Probably the best presentation I’ve ever seen.
Harvard mehnn
I want peace, but people with power are greedy.
Reeves Morningstar there are comments crying for wars against China. But I’m willing to bet that those crying most for wars will be the last to resign for the military
America is playing Checkers
Russia is playing Chess
China is playing Go.
I was struck by how he didnt talk about the differences in society between the United States and China and how those differences lead to distrust and wariness of the other side. For example China is a communist dictatorship and we are an open democracy. Their is no such thing as individual rights in China and you cannot own property unless you are super wealthy and that is only within certain defined areas. From a young age you are indoctrinated into the CCP idealogy which exaggerates the greatness of China and its place in the world. Chinas one child policy has led to a strange kind of national persona where every person is raised like a spoiled child. Every single person is the only child of their family! Societally the United States and China could not be more different. Now as a great power these differences cause the Chinese leadership to act very differently than the US. Chinese companies will steal everything that isnt bolted to the floor and of course to the chinese this is the right thing to do. We on the other hand are revolted. The Chinese claim everything around them as theirs even an entire ocean such as the South China sea which is 1.35 million square miles and would take 5 or 6 hours just to fly over. We on the other hand find the South China Sea claim so bizarre and amazing that we just ignore it. He did not mention the most obvious flashpoint which is Taiwan. He did mention that he has been to China and spoken to many Chinese leaders. I wonder if he has been to Taiwan.
Not only my idea to resolve the rivalry, but to help cooperation in general and take action against Climate Change in particular: Make a Basic Income a Human Right.
Honestly, how many well to do people and corporations will be willing to grab less so that all will have a basic minimum income?
Despite the recent tariffs, the U.S. and China are so economically intertwined, neither would gain from the other's downfall. Say what you will about Trump and his counterintuitive policies, but they couldn't have happened at a better time.
For now both countries are, the future however, we'll see.
Yes, but we could have been economically intertwined with other nations in the first place!
Graham Allison: 13:16 "a third party's provocation"
Public, looking
Coronavirus: Are you talking about me? Well, do not forget the next half of his sentence: .... one or the other to react, and that sets in motion a spiral ...
Public, hopefully: okay, I got you, we shouldn't react; we should respond.
Yeah how and when....we the people need a channel to be on same page
When you treat your audience like they are 1st graders and they are adults, you lose your audience. We know how to pronounce Thucydides, even though we're not Harvard professors! Say it together folks- Haaavaard! Now that you know how to pronounce it correctly, you can look down on others and treat them like they're idiots. Oh my! I suddenly feel SO superior!
>President Bill Clinton's politican advisor
>The President that opened free trade between he US and China
I sense an extreme bias.
Then there is some bias in you too : )
yeah you would wouldnt you PyroRomancer cos you are a patriot ha ha