Before i even watch this video: I salute you for triggering what is no doubt going to become one of the internet's darkest comments sections. The concept is genius. No matter what you say there will be salty tears for months. The still shot is perfect, it's as if you are goading them. High five from the UK.
As an American. I believe there are still a lot of entrepreneurs. My opinion on why we don’t want to buy Chinese is for several reasons. 1. We hear how the Chinese get paid very little, and have little kids working in factories (not sure how true). 2. Where are supporting another country’s economy instead of ours. 3. They dont comply with environmental laws or patent laws. 4. With them not complying with health and safety/environment factors you dont know how good of a product you are getting or if it is safe to use. 5. China is basically becoming the manufacturing capital of the world. If our dependence becomes too strong on China can you imagine what would happen to the words economies if they started imposing massive import taxes or just stopped selling to us?
Like your sincere opinion! ❤ I’d like to share some thoughts as a Chinese person. Compared to developed countries, workers in China receive lower wages and work in poorer conditions. That is true. This is the reality for workers in all third-world countries, including China. Western consumers always think that goods from China are unethical, but when the origin of products shifts from China to poorer regions like India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, they think that‘s fine. In fact, workers in these regions are more exploited and live in worse conditions than those in China. 😢 Even the product quality declines because, after decades of being the ‘world’s factory’, the average work experience and skill level of Chinese workers are higher.
Unfortunately we done it to ourselves in the US we shipped all our companies overseas and then head products made for us but then them same company sold our ideals to other companies which could produce them at a way lower cross rate and then ship them over here and sell them for way more profit cuz they don't have the same taxes as us and they don't have to pay near as much as we do as far as import export taxes you know that's the problem that's the reason why a lot of us don't like Chinese companies and let's just be honest a lot of companies it ain't even necessarily got to be Chinese Japanese anybody copy people
The reason wages need to be so high, is because it cost excessive amounts just to live. 20 a week in rego, 200 a week for 1 person rent, 80 week in petrol, 20 a week in electricity. 150 a week in groceries: total for the bear minimum - 470 a week. This dose not even include car maintenance, insurance, clothing, bedding, books...... You my think, this is not much money. But 350 buys you: 1kg of flour, 1kg of oats, and 1kg of rice, every week for a year. Which is why I am bugging out to live on a lake in a hammock. I have enough savings to eat for 20 years.
Any loss of manufacturing in a country - with the associated loss of jobs etc. - will have a double or even triple impact due to the loss of taxes generated locally.
Unfortunately many of the problems in Australia are similar to the problems in America. Unfortunately in America we have stupid politicians currently running the country. They have never run a business and are driving the country into a ditch i.e. high inflation, illegal immigration, wars in Ukraine, Middle East etc. . Whether the American elections in 2024 can turn this self destruction around is to be determined.
You do realize that the Chinese economy is struggling, America's is not. In fact the Wall Street Journal reports that the Chinese people are illicitly secreting money overseas. By the way, do you put any value on freedom? It is absent in China, you know.
Inflation is caused by external influences like the war in Ukraine because of Russian invasion. Your politicians can help to mitigate the inflation (which apparently Biden is doing better than my politians here in Germany) but cannot evade it. Whole world is economically too interconnected so that any country cannot feel it (well, maybe North Korea doesn't 😂). Immigrations seems to be rather the answer for e.g. the aging and shrinking society here in Europe than the problem. We (my politians), here is Germany though, do not allow immigrants to work for 18 months but they are a burden on our social system. If we would be good in integration (like the US always was - you always were and will always be a melting pot!) then we could leverage from that. But we are rather overwhelmed by the masses and have missed to step up integration... Every country feel it has the worst problems, I guess.
In fact, this is a very common phenomenon: in emerging economies, entrepreneurs find it easier to start businesses and make money, with lower costs, less legal regulation, and higher levels of worker exploitation. In a developed country, citizens already enjoy higher welfare benefits, infrastructure, and wage standards, making business operations much more costly and less profitable. People always complain that the Chinese have despicably taken their jobs and hope that factories and jobs will return to the United States, Australia, or other places, but this is impossible. Capital will only go to where the profits are highest; this is capitalism. As China’s economy becomes more developed, workers will receive better treatment, and labor costs will rise. Then companies will relocate to India, Vietnam, Indonesia… and other countries will start complaining: ‘The Indians have taken our jobs.’ This has already happened in history. In 1980s, Japan exported a large number of cheap cars and electronics, and companies like Sony became notorious for copying Western product designs. Angry unemployed American workers held many protests and even killed some innocent asians. Today, Japan has become a high-income country, respected by the west, and China has started exporting cheap cars and electronics to the world…
Hang on with the tax thing. If I buy some pandarus arrows from China to UK, I’ve imported them. I’d pay duty/vat on them. So on a set at £100 I’d be paying £20 tax.
In Australia, we only pay tax on imports if it's over a $1000, anything under is tax-free (at least that's how it was a few years back, and I assume it's still like that). So unless you are buying a whole kit, or an expensive bow, it's pretty much just cost of the item plus shipping.
@@mdem5059 Explains why I had a regular customer base in Australia. I would export a piece of equipment with the UK sales tax removed (16.66% of advertised) and the Australian buyer would pay no import duty, ie, aside from shipping, they were paying less than my customer 5 miles down the road.
Nothing should be charged more than needed with normal shipping costs . Why is shipping costs so much ??? In America freight is lost or delayed often … little compensation for that
Chinese workers make less, but they cost of living is so much cheaper so it evens out. The government has price controls on necessities or it's a free public good. Government owned companies make 1/3 of the GDP, so they have very low tax rates for income from wages.
It’s sad for the next generation of Australians that have to pay rent for the rest of their lives and the lucky ones will get a home once the parents die. What motivation do young Australians have to work when you can’t afford anything with the money you earn.
Nobody can afford to have kids any more so the government will import people to work for cheep and kept the population up, property prices up and wages down. I escaped the uk where it's way worse
I live in Thailand and I'm an American x-pat. I buy most of my archery stuff from China, they have great values, great archery supplies, and to top it off, usually free postage, or a small amount for postage $1.50 about, comapared to the US high prices, Amazon is not too bad, sometimes i buy from them ? and ridiculus postage pricesfrom US $50.00 for 5 plastic Hunter arrow rests. Where would you shop, thats right China. I rest my case.
One of the big problems we have here in the states is that you can buy poorly made cheap goods from China, Pakistan, Vietnam, India and other countries, but if you search out businesses in the US, they're all making products that range in price anywhere from 3 to 5 times more. The American people can't afford 3 to 5 times more with inflation the way it is. So we keep buying throwaway goods and we never fix the real problem.
My biggest issue with Chinese products are build quality and their government policies. Also you talked about government investing in infrastructure, their banks are on the brink of collapse and the government still hands out more money than they have. While China may look like it's booming, I think in the next decade we will see if it's sustained or goes into recession. My personal thought is that their government will go to war to prevent a huge recession. Which is another reason I won't support them. I should add that I don't agree with our government policies and plans for future so I'm with you on that one.
Whoa, where on earth is it 50c/kw in Australia? o.o Also, it's far more than 15c/kw in the USA, even in Canada where they have cheap hydro I think it cost more than 15c/kw. Edit: While some things in AU suck, and in China some things seem good. China has many many MANY issues of their own, even regarding business. Painting a picture as simple as this isn't really fair on either side, this is an extremely complex issue. But I think if you ask 100 people outside China and give them the chance to move to China full-time to set up a business, I bet you wouldn't get all that many, if they account for China as a whole.
Basically China is export focused economy and also socialist oriented in the same time. As long as You sell abroad, You grow China position and get support from goverment once You do it as internal business and not infrastructure related them You still get hit by goverment. It looks nice, but it is not so easy. Capitalismy vs Socialism is not easy to compare. For example not so long ago China had a limit on number of kids issued y goverment due to not enough housing. China keeps low cost and invest in building that economy in a long term game, as long as export growth they have better economy and goverment can affort credits and investments. One day if they will control the marked enough they will collect the money on top of it. To give an example when they took over the steel market gglobally in around 85%+ size they quadrupled the price and You had to buy from them as there was not enough supply in competition. I live in EU and we got sectors where our products cost not much more that chinese ones to manufacture, but still with overhead local+coutry+EU axes on top of that we end up with product that cost 80% more than chinesee with even addition import costs. The goverments and beaurocracy is just killing business.For example in US now we got back boom on "made in the US" on clothes shoes, etc. In EU almost no one does the handcrafted manufacturing aymore, we just buy stuff from India or China, those people who were fixing shoes, watches etc close the business as customers throw away and buy new stuff from china and do not case as long as the price is low and replace items in 6 months.
Hi Steve, greetings from State of Virginia in the USA. Where do I begin? I think the reason why Americans don’t like Chinese products is that China is a communist country. Ever since the end of World War II, most Americans see Communism as a threat. I’m a boomer. I grew up during the Cold War and my views of Communism have been shaped by that. So suffice it to say, communism is looked down upon here in the US for the most part. Sadly, radical progressives here in the US advocate for a communist government. Another concern Americans have about China (or at least I do) is the amount of farmland in the Central US is owned by the Chiese. Personally, this causes me great concern because anything grown on those lands is essentially the property of the Chinese. With tension between the US and China at an all time high, this does not bode well for the US. Every business, every every industry in China is owned by the Chinese government. It sets the rules and if you don’t follow them, well, let’s just say it’s not good. Finally, listening to you speak about all the taxes in Australia, let me say that it’s no different here. We are taxed up the wazoo and if the Democrats would have their way, they would be much higher. That’s a fact, not an opinion. Two weeks from today we will (hopefully) elect a new president. We’ll see what happens. As always I enjoy watching your videos. For me, it’s nice to get a non-American perspective. Keep up the great work.
Your observation of business and tax in America is an observed fact. Unfortunately, your opinion of business practices in communist China is heavily influenced by years of propaganda and outdated information. If you wish to expand your business, get factual updates. Visit China. Don't rely on your media that you don't even trust. Open your eyes, open your mind. The truth shall set you free
Hello there, I have analyzed your UA-cam channel and found out some problems, because of which you are not getting views and subscribers, do you want to talk about it for a while?
The way I always put it to my conservative friends is: you get what you pay for. If you don't want to pay for it, you won't get it. What American conservatives don't understand is that civilization isn't free. In fact, citizenship in a world superpower with world-class infrastructure and individual civil liberties protected by the rule of law is expensive. Really effing expensive. Similarly, cheaper citizenship tends to give you banana republics and dictatorships with disastrous economies and crumbling infrastructure in return. It's that simple - if you want a civilized world, you have to be willing to pay for it. If you're not, you won't get it.
Before i even watch this video: I salute you for triggering what is no doubt going to become one of the internet's darkest comments sections. The concept is genius. No matter what you say there will be salty tears for months. The still shot is perfect, it's as if you are goading them. High five from the UK.
As an American. I believe there are still a lot of entrepreneurs. My opinion on why we don’t want to buy Chinese is for several reasons. 1. We hear how the Chinese get paid very little, and have little kids working in factories (not sure how true). 2. Where are supporting another country’s economy instead of ours. 3. They dont comply with environmental laws or patent laws. 4. With them not complying with health and safety/environment factors you dont know how good of a product you are getting or if it is safe to use. 5. China is basically becoming the manufacturing capital of the world. If our dependence becomes too strong on China can you imagine what would happen to the words economies if they started imposing massive import taxes or just stopped selling to us?
That was export taxes. Sorry
That was export
Like your sincere opinion! ❤ I’d like to share some thoughts as a Chinese person. Compared to developed countries, workers in China receive lower wages and work in poorer conditions. That is true. This is the reality for workers in all third-world countries, including China. Western consumers always think that goods from China are unethical, but when the origin of products shifts from China to poorer regions like India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, they think that‘s fine. In fact, workers in these regions are more exploited and live in worse conditions than those in China. 😢 Even the product quality declines because, after decades of being the ‘world’s factory’, the average work experience and skill level of Chinese workers are higher.
Unfortunately we done it to ourselves in the US we shipped all our companies overseas and then head products made for us but then them same company sold our ideals to other companies which could produce them at a way lower cross rate and then ship them over here and sell them for way more profit cuz they don't have the same taxes as us and they don't have to pay near as much as we do as far as import export taxes you know that's the problem that's the reason why a lot of us don't like Chinese companies and let's just be honest a lot of companies it ain't even necessarily got to be Chinese Japanese anybody copy people
The reason wages need to be so high, is because it cost excessive amounts just to live. 20 a week in rego, 200 a week for 1 person rent, 80 week in petrol, 20 a week in electricity. 150 a week in groceries: total for the bear minimum - 470 a week. This dose not even include car maintenance, insurance, clothing, bedding, books......
You my think, this is not much money. But 350 buys you: 1kg of flour, 1kg of oats, and 1kg of rice, every week for a year. Which is why I am bugging out to live on a lake in a hammock. I have enough savings to eat for 20 years.
Any loss of manufacturing in a country - with the associated loss of jobs etc. - will have a double or even triple impact due to the loss of taxes generated locally.
Unfortunately many of the problems in Australia are similar to the problems in America. Unfortunately in America we have stupid politicians currently running the country. They have never run a business and are driving the country into a ditch i.e. high inflation, illegal immigration, wars in Ukraine, Middle East etc. . Whether the American elections in 2024 can turn this self destruction around is to be determined.
You do realize that the Chinese economy is struggling, America's is not. In fact the Wall Street Journal reports that the Chinese people are illicitly secreting money overseas. By the way, do you put any value on freedom? It is absent in China, you know.
Inflation is caused by external influences like the war in Ukraine because of Russian invasion. Your politicians can help to mitigate the inflation (which apparently Biden is doing better than my politians here in Germany) but cannot evade it. Whole world is economically too interconnected so that any country cannot feel it (well, maybe North Korea doesn't 😂). Immigrations seems to be rather the answer for e.g. the aging and shrinking society here in Europe than the problem. We (my politians), here is Germany though, do not allow immigrants to work for 18 months but they are a burden on our social system. If we would be good in integration (like the US always was - you always were and will always be a melting pot!) then we could leverage from that. But we are rather overwhelmed by the masses and have missed to step up integration... Every country feel it has the worst problems, I guess.
In fact, this is a very common phenomenon: in emerging economies, entrepreneurs find it easier to start businesses and make money, with lower costs, less legal regulation, and higher levels of worker exploitation. In a developed country, citizens already enjoy higher welfare benefits, infrastructure, and wage standards, making business operations much more costly and less profitable.
People always complain that the Chinese have despicably taken their jobs and hope that factories and jobs will return to the United States, Australia, or other places, but this is impossible. Capital will only go to where the profits are highest; this is capitalism.
As China’s economy becomes more developed, workers will receive better treatment, and labor costs will rise. Then companies will relocate to India, Vietnam, Indonesia… and other countries will start complaining: ‘The Indians have taken our jobs.’
This has already happened in history. In 1980s, Japan exported a large number of cheap cars and electronics, and companies like Sony became notorious for copying Western product designs. Angry unemployed American workers held many protests and even killed some innocent asians. Today, Japan has become a high-income country, respected by the west, and China has started exporting cheap cars and electronics to the world…
Hang on with the tax thing. If I buy some pandarus arrows from China to UK, I’ve imported them. I’d pay duty/vat on them. So on a set at £100 I’d be paying £20 tax.
In Australia, we only pay tax on imports if it's over a $1000, anything under is tax-free (at least that's how it was a few years back, and I assume it's still like that).
So unless you are buying a whole kit, or an expensive bow, it's pretty much just cost of the item plus shipping.
@@mdem5059 Explains why I had a regular customer base in Australia. I would export a piece of equipment with the UK sales tax removed (16.66% of advertised) and the Australian buyer would pay no import duty, ie, aside from shipping, they were paying less than my customer 5 miles down the road.
Nothing should be charged more than needed with normal shipping costs . Why is shipping costs so much ??? In America freight is lost or delayed often … little compensation for that
Chinese workers make less, but they cost of living is so much cheaper so it evens out. The government has price controls on necessities or it's a free public good. Government owned companies make 1/3 of the GDP, so they have very low tax rates for income from wages.
Yeah, such a shame workers in Australia have decent wages and sick and annual leave… Must really ruin that profit margin. Peasants eh!
Ok… right… keep doing what you do for the sport!
It’s sad for the next generation of Australians that have to pay rent for the rest of their lives and the lucky ones will get a home once the parents die. What motivation do young Australians have to work when you can’t afford anything with the money you earn.
Nobody can afford to have kids any more so the government will import people to work for cheep and kept the population up, property prices up and wages down. I escaped the uk where it's way worse
nobody will ever be able to own a home if they keep living with a victim mentality. keep promoting it
I live in Thailand and I'm an American x-pat. I buy most of my archery stuff from China, they have great values, great archery supplies, and to top it off, usually free postage, or a small amount for postage $1.50 about, comapared to the US high prices, Amazon is not too bad, sometimes i buy from them ? and ridiculus postage pricesfrom US $50.00 for 5 plastic Hunter arrow rests. Where would you shop, thats right China. I rest my case.
One of the big problems we have here in the states is that you can buy poorly made cheap goods from China, Pakistan, Vietnam, India and other countries, but if you search out businesses in the US, they're all making products that range in price anywhere from 3 to 5 times more. The American people can't afford 3 to 5 times more with inflation the way it is. So we keep buying throwaway goods and we never fix the real problem.
My biggest issue with Chinese products are build quality and their government policies. Also you talked about government investing in infrastructure, their banks are on the brink of collapse and the government still hands out more money than they have. While China may look like it's booming, I think in the next decade we will see if it's sustained or goes into recession. My personal thought is that their government will go to war to prevent a huge recession. Which is another reason I won't support them.
I should add that I don't agree with our government policies and plans for future so I'm with you on that one.
有机会可以来中国看看跟你想象的或许不太一样，西方媒体对中国的报道大多数是片面跟偏见的。中国有世界上最好的治安，最强的制造业，最好的基础建设，这些建议来中国真实的看看。
Whoa, where on earth is it 50c/kw in Australia? o.o
Also, it's far more than 15c/kw in the USA, even in Canada where they have cheap hydro I think it cost more than 15c/kw.
Edit: While some things in AU suck, and in China some things seem good. China has many many MANY issues of their own, even regarding business.
Painting a picture as simple as this isn't really fair on either side, this is an extremely complex issue.
But I think if you ask 100 people outside China and give them the chance to move to China full-time to set up a business, I bet you wouldn't get all that many, if they account for China as a whole.
Basically China is export focused economy and also socialist oriented in the same time. As long as You sell abroad, You grow China position and get support from goverment once You do it as internal business and not infrastructure related them You still get hit by goverment. It looks nice, but it is not so easy. Capitalismy vs Socialism is not easy to compare. For example not so long ago China had a limit on number of kids issued y goverment due to not enough housing. China keeps low cost and invest in building that economy in a long term game, as long as export growth they have better economy and goverment can affort credits and investments. One day if they will control the marked enough they will collect the money on top of it. To give an example when they took over the steel market gglobally in around 85%+ size they quadrupled the price and You had to buy from them as there was not enough supply in competition.
I live in EU and we got sectors where our products cost not much more that chinese ones to manufacture, but still with overhead local+coutry+EU axes on top of that we end up with product that cost 80% more than chinesee with even addition import costs. The goverments and beaurocracy is just killing business.For example in US now we got back boom on "made in the US" on clothes shoes, etc. In EU almost no one does the handcrafted manufacturing aymore, we just buy stuff from India or China, those people who were fixing shoes, watches etc close the business as customers throw away and buy new stuff from china and do not case as long as the price is low and replace items in 6 months.
So whats the point of the video?.I don't get it. It's different, everyone wants the chinese costs but noone wants the chinese system, salary, etc.
Sounds an awful lot like Canada too.
Doesn’t sound very communist.
China has its problems, but mainstream media propaganda would make you think every person there is chained to a factory floor.
Communism underpins an equal society. Turns out that some communists (not unlike Labour politicians) are more equal than others.
Hi Steve, greetings from State of Virginia in the USA. Where do I begin? I think the reason why Americans don’t like Chinese products is that China is a communist country. Ever since the end of World War II, most Americans see Communism as a threat. I’m a boomer. I grew up during the Cold War and my views of Communism have been shaped by that. So suffice it to say, communism is looked down upon here in the US for the most part. Sadly, radical progressives here in the US advocate for a communist government. Another concern Americans have about China (or at least I do) is the amount of farmland in the Central US is owned by the Chiese. Personally, this causes me great concern because anything grown on those lands is essentially the property of the Chinese. With tension between the US and China at an all time high, this does not bode well for the US. Every business, every every industry in China is owned by the Chinese government. It sets the rules and if you don’t follow them, well, let’s just say it’s not good. Finally, listening to you speak about all the taxes in Australia, let me say that it’s no different here. We are taxed up the wazoo and if the Democrats would have their way, they would be much higher. That’s a fact, not an opinion. Two weeks from today we will (hopefully) elect a new president. We’ll see what happens. As always I enjoy watching your videos. For me, it’s nice to get a non-American perspective. Keep up the great work.
Your observation of business and tax in America is an observed fact. Unfortunately, your opinion of business practices in communist China is heavily influenced by years of propaganda and outdated information. If you wish to expand your business, get factual updates. Visit China. Don't rely on your media that you don't even trust. Open your eyes, open your mind. The truth shall set you free
有机会可以来中国看看跟你想象的或许不太一样，西方媒体对中国的报道大多数是片面跟偏见的。中国有世界上最好的治安，最强的制造业，最好的基础建设，建议来中国旅游真实的感受下，而不是从网络上看到的信息。
@@longwang4729 Do you have a cousin by the name of shortschlong?
Hello there, I have analyzed your UA-cam channel and found out some problems, because of which you are not getting views and subscribers, do you want to talk about it for a while?
The way I always put it to my conservative friends is: you get what you pay for. If you don't want to pay for it, you won't get it. What American conservatives don't understand is that civilization isn't free. In fact, citizenship in a world superpower with world-class infrastructure and individual civil liberties protected by the rule of law is expensive. Really effing expensive. Similarly, cheaper citizenship tends to give you banana republics and dictatorships with disastrous economies and crumbling infrastructure in return. It's that simple - if you want a civilized world, you have to be willing to pay for it. If you're not, you won't get it.
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