Because people have their own judgment with so much information available online, unlike in America, where people don't care about China, let alone look for more information about it...
@chokwoo5720 no, I believe in China most people are very economical dividend rather than political ideology, Don't get me wrong there are people who are political driven but majority of the people concerned about economical rather than political.
The current situation of China has grown too fast, too good, too developed, too rich, too advanced and all these achievements have made too many people jealous and suffering from an inferior complex.
When China was poor and backward, they mocked China all day long. Now, they panic and hate China from the bottom of their heart. They just refuse to admit the racism and superior of white in their heart is an illusion.
@@koschmx I think you are right on this about the people in general. You haven't paid much attention to Fox or Sky News then. Do explain the rise of crimes and murders of Asians people after covid? By the way I'm an American living in the USA.
The US government doesn't say they h8 you. It just puts tons of sanctions on any country they don't like, has military drills and military bases outside your border before it starts invasion and overthrows the government it doesn't like, if it can. I am sure that's how the things are handled in the US when they are "skeptical" about them.
1.poverty. last year, i watched a chinese travel vlogger's video about an extremely dilapidated house and a young single mother who struggled to live there. this video became an instant hit here and in china. he asked viewers to help this poor mother. later, it was exposed by other Chinese bloggers that this single mother had moved to a new house built by the local govt and the house he showed was her old house, it was his scam to get money from sympathetic viewers. 2. religion, the Chinese govt does crackdown on religious cults, a few years ago, there was a Christian religious cult with more than one million members and some members were starting to do crazy things like those in north America. there was a swift crackdown and this cult was banned. i wish USA and Canada would do the same thing with some of the cults here. love from canada.
Yes, there are scams and crackdowns, but like you said most countries will crackdown on scammers and cult activity. The government is sensitive about large groups of people engaging in activities, especially if it is not run by the state. A million people doing anything against the state would be a headache to deal with, especially if it fueled others to join or act against the state. That is why Xinjiang was put under strict surveillance, because there was attacks there.
Wow! I agree 1000% I'm American and lived in China for 15 years (Guangzhou and Shenzhen area). - Eating cats/dogs is extremely rare. Chinese love their pets and nearly everyone dislikes the practice. During my time in China, I saw one shop in a very remote village selling dog meat and one restaurant that I think had cats. Everyone knew about cat hot pot in Guangdong, but I never saw it on a menu or ate cat or dog. Or bat, rat, or monkey. Donkey, cicada (roasted), goose foot, snake, sea urchin, and some organs that I've never eaten elsewhere... yes. - We can debate socialism vs communism, true democracy vs republic, free markey vs central planned economy...... On the streets, China is an entrepreneurial free market! There may be some echoes of communism in government doctrine and literature and the CCP control of major industries (energy, finance) but it's way, way easier to start and operate a business in China vs the USA! On a day to day basis, Chinese give little thought to the form of government. What's the price of pork today? - Similarly with the legal system. There is a judicial system and laws concerning business and labor, but it's better to have a social relationship with anyone you're going to do business with. - China has a large middle class. It provides the fuel to run the economy. Absolute wages are low, but the cost of living is very low. There's still a lot of "poverty' in the rural villages, but rice is cheap and you can grow vegetables, chickens and pigs, fish, so there isn't famine and hunger (starvation!) like in the bad old days. Inexpensive healthy food and good nutrition is the norm in China. $500/month is a living wage in China. I paid $200 for rent and utilities on $2000 salary. Can't find a job in the city? You can always go back to the hometown for a meal and a place to stay. The top tier cities? OMG! Beyond modern! Transportation is SO convenient! Bus, subway, ride sharing, high speed rail, flights. Mind boggling! And WeChat for paying everything by phone. Every shop and street vendor has QR codes. Mobile payments for everything. The last 5 years in China I never used cash or credit cards. - There were 2 churches, Catholic and Anglican, near where I lived that had regular services and I knew Chinese Christians and Muslims. Religion is not a major part of daily life for most Chinese. Buddhism is the major faith and there are temples everywhere. Many people would burn incense, bow, make offerings but it was more for holidays and special events. It never seemed to be a big part of daily life. I didn't go to Xinjiang or Tibet or pry into the personal lives of Christians, Uyghurs, Muslims, or Buddhist monks that I met so I can't speak to any religious or cultural persecutions. The CCP is REALLY concerned with any disruption to social order (note 1.4 billion people and the entire history of China in the last century). So don't hand out Bibles on the streets or sell weed.
In fact, Chinese people aren't much interested in religion and politics. I think essentially we're quite similar to Elon Musk. We focus on working, living, and then developing technologies that can send us to Mars, leading humanity into a new era! Hahahahaha
You are quite right disruptions to social order are not tolerated. However, it is not the CPC that has concern about it. It is the Government that is concerned. When you say the CPC is concerned, it is equivalent to syaing in the US that the Republican/Democratic party is concerned about whatever. And the Government is concerned about disruptions to social order not for itself, but for the people, its citizens, because disruptions affect the lives of the people.
"They eat cats and dogs" Is like saying that Americans eat squirrels and raccoons. Sure, some people in the US have historically hunted those animals for food, but you can't go to a grocery store or restaurant today and order grilled squirrels.
@@stephendaley266 It is true in some Asian countries like China and Korea, people eats dogs because they have a long history of warfare and suffering . Food is scarce especially during winter times and even normal times. They eat dogs to keep themselves warm and restore their body. So over the long years, people eats dogs from time to time and become part of a habit. But as modern times arrive, rights of human and animal species become a hot topic, China was not spared from adhering to international norms . So over the recent years , dog eating has become lesser as Govt crackdown on these undesirable eating habits.
You dont need to ask, it's clear that to their hegemonic dominating mind they are jealous that an Asian country can beat them fair and square so they cheated to get their win again
The Communist government is a system where the government works for the citizens and the citizens have a say more than we do in the US from the grassroots level on up. They have the right to travel as US citizens do. Freedom of safety not worrying about being attacked or shot or robbed.
@@gshep3151 It is not communist, it is socialist in China in name .However capitalism, communist practice like 5 year plan , Confucianism becomes part of the governance China practices to try to get things right. Right now, they are quite practicable. They don’t really follow a rigid system of governance but any practises that works are used.
Simply put. Rubbish. Please explain the Tiananmein massacre. Please explain the shutdown of Google and UA-cam in China. Please explain the repression of the opposition in Hong Kong. That will do.
I lived in China for 10 years. From my observation, the Chinese Communist Party does NOT work for its people only for itself. Don't buy into the Communist propaganda, things are not that amazing in the Middle Kingdom.
China is ruled by the CPC, but in the way the country is run is eclectic and pragmatic. Where a problem needs socialist approach, then collectivism is used. Where it needs private capital and individual entrepreneurship, then individualism is encouraged. That's what's called "with a Chinese face".
In fact, as a Chinese person, I don't care what type of government my country has. What matters is that it has truly made our lives better. I'm also curious about why foreigners, like Americans, care about this. We ourselves don't even care. Haha.
A movie producer can influence half of the country to hate another country, religion or race simply by making up shit and dramatize it. More results if he added "based on true story". We are so easily deceived it's pathetic...
Is that why China churns out movies that demonise Japan and the United States? If you want to see movies, China Observer is great for all the movies you need posted by unhappy and angry Chinese citizens who blame the CCP for their misery.
@@MK_ULTRA420 Well, have you ACTUALLY been there? Only an idiot and ignoramus would argue when presented with facts from someone who's ACTUALLY been there. Not by some online troll. Distinguish fact between fiction, seriously. Holy shit.
I think Chinese people are freer than Americans. What is so-called freedom? It's nothing more than a safe move. Late at night in China, my wife and son can go out as they please without me worrying about their safety.
I lived in China for 17 yrs. Travelled extensively in d country. I can tell u this. That I lived freely there as in my own country. D Chinese r free to do as they wish provided they don't disrupt public order or try to instigate movements agst d govt. Which is pretty much d same everywhere.
This is the part where the west failed to understand. People in China just go on their daily life as they do, not everyone are obsessed with politic, but the west make it sounds like they have no freedom which is a joke. If a person destroy things and not obey the laws, of course they will get interviewed by the police😂, I don't see any different in any other countries.
@@kuromiyadesu There are always needs. Most protests in Canada are minor. Some might want more affordable housing for the homeless. Some might want no affordable housing in their neighborhood. But people have the freedom to express their opinions in public.
@wgemini4422 How many times that US police cracked down mass protests? You forgot Wall Street Movement? And college students protests against Gaza massacre in 2024? By the way, before 90s, there was no armed Police force in China. When large violent incident occurred, the government had to use military armed force to deal with it. Nowadays, common police officers in China are still not equipped with firearms. But they do have a special anti-violence police force with equipment similar to US police.
They keep talking about human rights in the west, but most of them don’t even have a right to protect himself from body damage. That’s a shame for irresponsible government so don’t preach other country in the world about human rights. Well, they don’t even have a basic human rights of their own.
Great respect for all your contributions which help to debunk the malicious lies about China. Thank you ! Wish you and your family a great year ahead. . .Good health, happiness and bountiful harvest in your farm.
My biggest concern is how we are going to survive all these financial and political crises, especially the power struggle in the US. The government has really made things difficult for its citizens and we cannot just sit by and suffer the consequences of bad governance🙏...
In fact, the countries that really eat cats and dogs are South Korea and Vietnam. As a Chinese, it is really hard for me to see people eating cats and dogs. However, China is a big country, bigger than Europe. There is indeed a place where dogs are eaten, and that place is close to Vietnam. Yulin, Guangxi, other Chinese people basically don’t eat cats and dogs.
@@kaiki8490 Civet cats were how some flus got in to the human population by eating them. I saw dog carcasses in the market but not a sign of domestic cats. I saw a civet cat in a cage in a restaurant but I just made sure they heard me say 110 (the police phone number) and it disappeared really quickly. My girlfriend laughed and said well that worked.
You should visit there, I did! People are very friendly, even they don't understand what you're saying, but they still be helpful much as they can, nice and polite!!
My cousin went to US as a student in 2005, and his host asked him 'so you came from China, why you don't have braids' with a sincere face. He told me that it's really hard to tell if his host is really ignorant or it is just well acted racist.
when I came to Italy as a student in 2005, my Albanian classmate asked me if there are cars in China? If every chinese rides bike? So she is a little less ignorant than who you talk about.
@@genghis288 he's not. He talks out of both sides of his mouth. They don't eat dogs but oh yeah, they do eat dogs. Just not everywhere. It's not a myth if it's true. This guy is a walking contradiction.
@@ZagnutBar As a Chinese person, I’d like to tell you that we have a popular saying, "Dog meat is not fit for the banquet." This means that dog meat is not considered regular food. The majority of Chinese people have never eaten dog meat in their lives. On one hand, dogs are pets, and on the other hand, raising medium-sized carnivorous animals as a source of meat is not cost-effective, it simply doesn’t make sense. We Chinese people would regard the source of dog meat as suspicious, and we would never dare to eat it.
@@M-dv1yj Who told you that no one eats dog meat? China is a country with 1.4 billion people. If you have no concept of that, do you at least understand the concept of proportion? Proportionally speaking, eating dog meat is not a Chinese tradition. The percentage of Chinese people who eat dog meat is far lower than in Vietnam or Korea. If you haven’t had a proper math education, that’s okay too-I respect your way of viewing the world. However, you might want to relearn the meaning of the word "double standard."
@@M-dv1yj My mistake. After replying to you, I realized that you keep repeating the same notion under almost every comment-"China is bad." It’s unfortunate because this kind of communication is meaningless. I don’t know your background, but being hysterical and opposing just for the sake of opposition only serves to vent negative emotions. It won’t make the world a better place.
There was a famous singer in China. His house was to be demolished. He asked the government for a huge amount of money, but the government did not agree. After his neighbors moved away, he complained online that the Chinese government was going to demolish his house. In fact, his house was preserved, but the area had become a ghost town. Because of my job, I often go to the countryside to do charity. The government gives free money to farmers whose houses were damaged by mudslides, so that they can rebuild their own houses. Some villagers were not satisfied with the compensation, so they stopped us and beat us when we went to the countryside. To be honest, the government doesn't need to subsidize these compensations because they didn't buy any insurance. They feel that the whole world has let them down, and people are greedy. In this world, many people are ridiculous, including many Chinese.
A crematorium was built near his house. This was in the original plan. This crematorium would have been far from any residential area if his house had been demolished as planned. Chinese government tend to carry on the original plan with minor modifications if possible. In another project, an entire village objected to the route of a major road, and the road had to be re-routed to another village several kilometers away. The villagers in the first village soon regretted it. The villagers in the second village moved to new houses and the new village was directly connected to the new road.
At some point in every widespread famine, people have resorted to eating pets. It happened in Russia, Ukraine, Ireland, Ethiopia, and everywhere else people have suffered famine. This is likely how China got labelled in this way. China has had more than her share of hunger.
All the myths about China would have to be the most super annoying myths of all time. Easily!!! Makes one cringe like no tomorrow. Others to add to the list would probably be the social credit system, organ harvesting (ROL!!!!!) and the greatest propaganda of all time about Xinjiang. PS, as a Chinese, there is still one breed of dog that I eat. Hot dogs, usually with sauce.
Ant social credit system is real, the crack down on what pass as ideas from opposition parties is also real, control of catholic congressions and fathers are also real, the official government recognized catholic fathers are government appointed officials, not Vatican ordained.
@@deepone5005 what matters is the how they lifted poverty, still amezes me how I myself used to live in a mountain and had to gaze sheeps, but ended up having really good education and now earning five times the average salary in my city. And I'm not alone, most of people my age were from rural villages.
I am from Chengdu. I have three cats and two dogs. I and many of my friends have been rescuing stray cats and dogs and calling for national legislation to protect cats and dogs. I returned to Canada this year, but I have been participating in domestic rescue efforts through donations. The biggest comfort is that the younger generations are actively participating in the rescue of cats and dogs.
I am Chinese and in all my 73 years, traveling around Asia and the U.S., I have eaten/tried crocodile, snake, eel, frog, tiger and rabbit but never once have I tried/tasted/eaten dog/cat/bat/mice or the famous U.S. Rocky Mountain Oyster.
@@koschmx (tongue-in-cheek) Maybe wolves eat Chinese people? By the way, I have also eaten sheep (mutton and lamb), wild pig and kangaroo meat in Australia (tastes almost beef-like but very much leaner and thus healthier). Most of the exotice meats I have eaten are just out of curiosity but not repeated and weirdly enough, many such as crocodile, frog and rabbit tastes "like chicken" (mostly in texture).
@@koschmx It wasn't an accident, the supplier cheated and mixed in horse meat to make the meat balls, Ikea didn't know that because no one could tell the difference, only when DNA analysis was done then the cheating practice was exposed. The cheating could have been for a long time before it was exposed.
I recall white castle was horse meat back in the days, but not sure how true that is. It is ok to eat cat, dog, horse if it is ok to eat pig, cow, sheep etc. Just because it isn't your norms doesn't make it wrong. Personally I think all animals have rights and they shouldn't be eaten even though I am guilty.
I have Korean roommate who told me that his past loving annual vacation in Korea for to enjoy dog meat. They still have secret food serve there today. Korean and Vietnamese people still love it.
Dogs have a bad name in most part of Asia mostly because the dog breeds there are different and domesticated for different a purpose. There are other reasons like they are seen as helpers of the wealth and privileged. They butter up the privileged. They fear violence but does not respect virtues.
Even if they eat dogs.. i don't understand where is the problem. I don't understand who decided that a dog has more dignity and rights than a cow. If you are thinking because they are intelligent.. you need to know that is scientifically proven that pigs are smarter than dogs.
I live in China, been here for 12 years, and yes dog is on the menu, I see it in the market everyday. The point to make is, it's a single breed that's breed for consumption just like cattle, sheep and other animals. The Chinese love their pets, we have a pet cat that's part of the family and treated like it.
Chinese system of Governance has 9 different parties including a democratic party ... each party members are elected based on meritocracy (Elections are according to Democracy with Chinese Characteristics) Missed to mention that there are no ''homeless people''' inlike the States where homelessness is skyrocketing
Your theory doesn't hold up. China has always had one-party rule, with only the Communist Party of China as the ruling party. This meant that the only people who wanted to participate in political decisions were Communist Party members. Such a system will have many problems, but there is no perfect political party in the world, and such a system also has many advantages. China's top managers all have more than 30 years of ruling experience, and have experience in managing the livelihood of more than 200 million people. They have been sifted through the selection process for 30 years, so this system at least guarantees that we have a group of mature politicians, if the Chinese people have a common goal, someone to lead everyone to achieve this goal, the rise of the country is inevitable.
@@nuo.not1033 NO China has several political parties Almost every minority has a political party and even the Taiwanese KMT has a political party in the mainland The communist party is the biggest party so like in a good democracy the biggest party make the rules
There’s no law in the US against eating dog meat. Or cat meat for that matter. Trump famously claimed that some American migrants were eating cats in the US..
👌🏻 Love your candid views and comments. You earned the Rights to comment the life in China, unlike other Western commentators who never set foot in China. Shame on them!
American exceptionalism is an outdated concept for quite some time but the media keeps it alive. Where our democratic way is heading, I don't blame the Chinese for not following inour footsteps.
As for "Socialism with 'Chinese Characteristics,'" they do seem to take that quite seriously; it's just that they recognize (as did Marx and Engel, actually) that capitalism is unrivalled for production and productivity -- and what China needs for various reasons is production and productivity. Basically, economic development comes first at all costs because there's nothing else to talk about if you're starving and poor...this is very muchin keeping with Chinese history and its cultural heritage; the people must eat, and then eat well; they must be clothed, snd well-clothed; there must be security from crime, security from foreign interference, including economic interference; the people muat be motivated to excel, which naturally results in insane levels of competition in a country with close to a billion and a half souls.... In short, the vast scales involved when it comes to China requires creativity and flexibility but it also requires the wisdom of a steady hand -- seemingly at odds and why it's impossible to neatly pigeon-hole China into clean easy categories!!
Most westerners don't understand that a Marxist idea of Communism is just the capitalist means of production without the profit motive. Under communism, workers perform the same labor as under Capitalism, but the fruits of that labor are shared among the workers and the larger community instead of enriching stockholders and owners.
They should not ask women if they are pregnant. They need to improve more. I left China in 2013. I hope many things have changed and improved since . China is a very nice place to live. People are super friendly, and you never get bored in China. Great Nation.
Gosh one thing os clear to Me. Americans NEED TO TRAVEL. There is a humungous world out there, waiting for you to discover🙄🙄🙄. On more than a few occasions when i was visiting the US, I encountered the phrase the US is the 'best Country on earth' why would i need to Travel..😯😯😯😯
The Western propaganda machine really did a number on most Westerners. My recent encounter reinforced my views. Not everyone who visits China really sees China and becomes more understanding. The seeing is believing analogy doesn't always work for people who have been deeply brainwashed by the Western propaganda machine since birth; they have deep-seated prejudice towards China. Example: the travel vlogger Where's Michael? (@wheres.michael) the partner of travel vlogger Josie lifts things. He didn't like my comment about Western propaganda, so we began arguing, and in those back-and-forth arguments, he finally showed his real views about China. Here's some of his appalling replies: "The rest of the China vloggers might be too dumb to see it but I see exactly what you little bot boys do. Get a life. I can pick you from a mile away. Every single argument is the same - same keywords, same lines, same shit. China is a good country that is serving its people well and growing quickly - also deeply flawed and has immense social problems, like a lack of humanity or care for others. Not to mention wanting to be a developed country but having no animal rights laws? You can abuse animals in China - even domesticated ones - and it’s legal! How barbaric. Fuck outta here. Waste of space bot boy. I’m going to censor you so you can’t comment. I’m sure you’re more than ok with suppression of speech." This is how prejudiced, ignorant, and little he thinks of China and its governance system. And yet, he shamelessly uses the China travel popularity for clicks on his YT channel. It just goes to show that some people are so brainwashed that there's no way to wake them up. No wonder the latest PEW report had 85% of Australians view China negatively. Chinese are too kind and naive to treat these Westerners like real friends when these people are just greedy and selfish opportunists who deep down have no respect and even despise China. China deserves better!
You are given a choice to board one of 2 ships on a journey across the pacific. 1) the captain and chief mate are elected by the qualified sailors and seaman among a group of high ranking sailors with years of experience. 2) The captain and chief mate are elected by the passengers among the passengers, including comedian, right before the ship set sails.
Yeah i always questions about election cause why dont we get to elect our trusted person to do operation when we need one. It's not the thurst issue but requirements of professionalism as top leaders in nations. Crowds do love actors and clown but is it the best system for country ? I doubt it.
Do an in-depth research video study on present day Native Americans who once OWN America and their progress. A follow-up study on the slaves in US and their present-day progress will portray US as it really is without resorting to propoganda and stereotypes..
As a Chinese citizen i agree with you 100%, we have all the things aforementioned materially. And i am super proud of what our fellow people have achieved in just 3-4 decades. BUT: The only thing that's missing in our society is the opportunity to speak openly and freely against official narrative, like you are doing now (against 'your official narrative'). I criticize many specific things that the CCP have done, but i do support CCP as a whole 'leader entity'. I and many other Chinese people hate it but understand its intention. It's complex, i would call the CCP-- 'The Necessary Evil of this particular Historical Momentum'.
Nice to hear from you again! I do see churches here and there, not as many as in US. Temples also here and there . I have also seen, in New Years Day, where the temples are jammed, jammed and jammed and you could hardly find and space to have short rest. Perhaps you can " take a vacation" and re-visit China again. Hope you have visited Megan and Harry ( UK ) who, allegedly, moved from California to Portugal.
In fact, communism is a good country, but after the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the USgov interpreted communism as an evil thing and brainwashed people. Whether it is capitalism or communism, they are just different political systems. Only people living a good life is the main thing
The biggest irony is they say this while they arrest, assault, and blacklist people for protesting against western backed genocide in Palestine. For reference, more students were arrested by US police in a few weeks for demanding their universities, which they pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for, not invest in companies murdering children than the Hong Kong rioters in months.
China changed extremely fast in the past ~20 years, it in fact changed even faster than people’s opinion could. It’s understandable people misunderstood the country.
Miguel, I totally share your views on China. But it puzzled me. Was told many times the US is the greatest country in the world. The best universities are there. Yet the majority of Americans know so little or misinformed about the outside world. Something must be terribly wrong.
Regarding communism and socialism, the real myth is that its defined as state control, opposed to capitalism, self defined as "free" market and "small" government. Thats de origin of all misunderstanding. But the soviets gave enormous conttibution to this confusion. Soviet socialism is not the only socialism. Theres a thing called market socialism. And thats how chine defines itself.
Labor rights sounds like Denmark.. but we are little more extreme in the rights.. so you can't ask the if they are pregnant and denied them jobs... and if you do, you company will get ban for some years on the employee market.
I would describe Chinese society not as communist but rather as authoritarian. Basically you can indulge in pretty much any behaviour considered socially acceptable so long as you don't threaten government control or attempt to avoid taxes.
yea that's fairly accurate, there is a process if you have issues with the gov't, they take complaints annually and tries to solve those complaints and they are obligated to answer these complaints from the people. If you go to a country just to screw around and threaten their gov't, no country likes that. In the US they probably just abduct you and make you disappear lol
Its funny people talk about Chinese eating cats and dogs. I'm not saying there aren't some people who do. The only people I have met who have ever eaten dogs did so in Korea.
Americans are obsessed over ideology. Asians do things very differently. Instead of caring about what others think of us, we make decisions based on what works best for us, both in the short and long term. It's not difficult to understand the system in china. Capitalistic markets are proven to be beneficial to the economy. So china does it. Political stability is proven to allow the country to adopt a strategy that pays off in the longer term, so they are a single party state.
if someone don't clear about china system, tell em its like Fusion music, Jazz-Rock, not pure Jazz not pure Rock, but its works, and sound cool.or Electro-Punk, also cool...... mix someting together always cooler, so Social-Capitalism, must be a cool genre
Hi there! I loved your video! Some ideas I have heard about China are: - China does not like foreigners. - it is hard to find work if you are not Chinese. - China is racist towards foreigners. Can you dispel these ideas by your experience? Thanks again!
no, chinese don't eat cats, in some area they have a tradition that eat dog, but they don't eat pets, there is a huge difference. Just like if you pet a pig, you don't eat it, but if you go to the supermarket you buy pork.
Putting aside if Chinese eat dogs or not. How do the pork, beef and chicken eaters think they are more noble than dog eater ? Hypocrite to its finest. 😮
Silently getting onto Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and just observing before the whole wave came in, and then finding this channel: I'm reliving the days after I left the cult I was born into..so many walls being shattered; hell y'all seem to have far more rights than I had and still don't have access too like affordable universal healthcare, job security and worker's rights..or being able to eat consistently, that's a new one for me and many more than before, here in the US! What are your thoughts about this new flock over, in protest, to Xiaohongshu if you have any? (I know it was smaller before 'Tiktok refugees' came in but not sure by how much.)
The american Tiktok ban and the migration to Xiaohongshu might just be the best thing, that have happened to the Sino-US relationship on this side of the Kissinger-Zhou Enlai/Nixon-Mao talks 🙂 Not an american and not a chinese myself, but I must admit that seeing ordinary chinese and ordinary americans sharing stories and oictures of their everyday life, without government, media or influencer filters was touching. There might still be hope for 2025..
Re: human rights and workers' rights. The USA is hardly one to speak about this. The USA has a poor track record of human rights and workers' rights, too. There are many incidents of migrant labor exploitation. There are many incidents of the mistreatment of illegal immigrants. There are many incidents of systemic racism (e.g., "I can't breathe"). There are many incidents of forced prison labor. There are millions of Americans who are denied affordable health care, which is considered a universal human right; many of them go bankrupt over medical bills, or outright die from neglect! Labor hiring discrimination is commonplace.
Can you talking about Comparing policing enforcement in the U.S.A. and somewhere else around the world? I don’t like how they give the people tickets here.
There are more mosques per capital for the Muslims in China than any other nations in the world, including the Islamic nations and definitely much more than in the US. Universities provide Halal meals by law, and many have several halal cafeterias on campus for the Muslim students.
Some Chinese, not so many, do eat dogs. But almost no Chinese eat cats. And they just eat those "meat dogs", not "pet dogs". It is just the common sense that people should not judge on what others eat. It is their freedom. In fact, there are some more "special food" in China than dog, such as some kinds of bugs😂
Oh theu can mix together. It's like telling an Italian to pit pineapple in pizza and he will say that does not match.. but we di eat Hawaiian pizza and like it.
It resembles more to imperial china or the last 2 Chinese dynasties, the Ming and Qing, the Emperor, 5 councillors, and various ministries, governors and so on, you get selected into the government position via exams (many exams) and promoted based on your works, but ofcoz, with the latest communication and social media, it's hard for officials to stray.
7:20 Well, as a Chinese, I need to comment on the issue of "forced labor of prisoners". In fact, it is an idea rooted deeply in the Chinese culture, as well as in Socialism/Communism, that one needs to work for one's life. Living on social benefits while you can work is considered as disrespectable. With this idea, very naturally the prisoners will be asked to work (if they physically can) and the prisoners actually get PAID for their work, although the salary is not very competitive for understandable reasons. Besides, there are also classes, libraries, and other activities in China's prison. Working is only part of their enclosed life.
Basically, China is a new power who learned a lot from European countries, from Soviet Union and from US and now it is moving towards its own direction. Government structure and ideology are learned from Soviet Union, welfare system is learedn from Europe and Soviet Union, capitalism and city-planning is learned from US. I suppose for any wersterners or Korean/Japanese people who go to China will face some similarities there.
China's religious restrictions are aimed at emerging religions. You know what most emerging religions are. As for normal Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, they have spread in China for hundreds or even thousands of years, and there is no reason to restrict them.
I remember Paul Newman playing in a movie as a white boy grew up with Indians and told the white “ladies” in the stagecoach that they would eat dog too if they got really hungry!!
Happy New Year and Peace on Earth. Love from Canada.
Thanks and happy new year to you too! Hopefully, next year will be great for you and your family! Thanks for the coffee!
Happy New year and peace to Canada as well.
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You are always right,
Appreciate your work!
SALUTE!
@@TripBitten Excellent succinct summary of modern China.
One thing I noticed for sure when I was in China not so much of anti-america as much as American anti-china.
US is so irrelevant that no one bothered with US
Just think about what the government is feeding the citizens to gain votes!
Because people have their own judgment with so much information available online, unlike in America, where people don't care about China, let alone look for more information about it...
Why bother? Only the weaker will be afraid
@chokwoo5720 no, I believe in China most people are very economical dividend rather than political ideology, Don't get me wrong there are people who are political driven but majority of the people concerned about economical rather than political.
They never hated China as much as such current situation when China was poor and obsoleted
The current situation of China has grown too fast, too good, too developed, too rich, too advanced and all these achievements have made too many people jealous and suffering from an inferior complex.
When China was poor and backward, they mocked China all day long.
Now, they panic and hate China from the bottom of their heart.
They just refuse to admit the racism and superior of white in their heart is an illusion.
As long as China stayed poor and under the collective west's control.
@@koschmx I think you are right on this about the people in general. You haven't paid much attention to Fox or Sky News then. Do explain the rise of crimes and murders of Asians people after covid? By the way I'm an American living in the USA.
The US government doesn't say they h8 you. It just puts tons of sanctions on any country they don't like, has military drills and military bases outside your border before it starts invasion and overthrows the government it doesn't like, if it can. I am sure that's how the things are handled in the US when they are "skeptical" about them.
1.poverty. last year, i watched a chinese travel vlogger's video about an extremely dilapidated house and a young single mother who struggled to live there. this video became an instant hit here and in china. he asked viewers to help this poor mother. later, it was exposed by other Chinese bloggers that this single mother had moved to a new house built by the local govt and the house he showed was her old house, it was his scam to get money from sympathetic viewers. 2. religion, the Chinese govt does crackdown on religious cults, a few years ago, there was a Christian religious cult with more than one million members and some members were starting to do crazy things like those in north America. there was a swift crackdown and this cult was banned. i wish USA and Canada would do the same thing with some of the cults here. love from canada.
Yes, there are scams and crackdowns, but like you said most countries will crackdown on scammers and cult activity. The government is sensitive about large groups of people engaging in activities, especially if it is not run by the state. A million people doing anything against the state would be a headache to deal with, especially if it fueled others to join or act against the state. That is why Xinjiang was put under strict surveillance, because there was attacks there.
USA have plenty of Pastors scamming people of their hard earned money, and the govt do nothing about it. Also the scams are tax free!
@@TripBitten When i lived there the churches were not specific buildings but part of an existing building.
You spot on @@TripBitten
Freedom of religion, and like Eddie Murphy's flop, getting money from all sides is the right thing to do.
Wow! I agree 1000% I'm American and lived in China for 15 years (Guangzhou and Shenzhen area).
- Eating cats/dogs is extremely rare. Chinese love their pets and nearly everyone dislikes the practice. During my time in China, I saw one shop in a very remote village selling dog meat and one restaurant that I think had cats. Everyone knew about cat hot pot in Guangdong, but I never saw it on a menu or ate cat or dog. Or bat, rat, or monkey. Donkey, cicada (roasted), goose foot, snake, sea urchin, and some organs that I've never eaten elsewhere... yes.
- We can debate socialism vs communism, true democracy vs republic, free markey vs central planned economy...... On the streets, China is an entrepreneurial free market! There may be some echoes of communism in government doctrine and literature and the CCP control of major industries (energy, finance) but it's way, way easier to start and operate a business in China vs the USA! On a day to day basis, Chinese give little thought to the form of government. What's the price of pork today?
- Similarly with the legal system. There is a judicial system and laws concerning business and labor, but it's better to have a social relationship with anyone you're going to do business with.
- China has a large middle class. It provides the fuel to run the economy. Absolute wages are low, but the cost of living is very low. There's still a lot of "poverty' in the rural villages, but rice is cheap and you can grow vegetables, chickens and pigs, fish, so there isn't famine and hunger (starvation!) like in the bad old days. Inexpensive healthy food and good nutrition is the norm in China. $500/month is a living wage in China. I paid $200 for rent and utilities on $2000 salary. Can't find a job in the city? You can always go back to the hometown for a meal and a place to stay. The top tier cities? OMG! Beyond modern! Transportation is SO convenient! Bus, subway, ride sharing, high speed rail, flights. Mind boggling! And WeChat for paying everything by phone. Every shop and street vendor has QR codes. Mobile payments for everything. The last 5 years in China I never used cash or credit cards.
- There were 2 churches, Catholic and Anglican, near where I lived that had regular services and I knew Chinese Christians and Muslims. Religion is not a major part of daily life for most Chinese. Buddhism is the major faith and there are temples everywhere. Many people would burn incense, bow, make offerings but it was more for holidays and special events. It never seemed to be a big part of daily life. I didn't go to Xinjiang or Tibet or pry into the personal lives of Christians, Uyghurs, Muslims, or Buddhist monks that I met so I can't speak to any religious or cultural persecutions. The CCP is REALLY concerned with any disruption to social order (note 1.4 billion people and the entire history of China in the last century). So don't hand out Bibles on the streets or sell weed.
It’s so true .
It’s so true
In fact, Chinese people aren't much interested in religion and politics. I think essentially we're quite similar to Elon Musk. We focus on working, living, and then developing technologies that can send us to Mars, leading humanity into a new era! Hahahahaha
You are quite right disruptions to social order are not tolerated.
However, it is not the CPC that has concern about it. It is the Government that is concerned. When you say the CPC is concerned, it is equivalent to syaing in the US that the Republican/Democratic party is concerned about whatever.
And the Government is concerned about disruptions to social order not for itself, but for the people, its citizens, because disruptions affect the lives of the people.
@IndyBoater55 It's a good thing that the CPC controls certain industries so as to avoid monopoly!
"They eat cats and dogs"
Is like saying that Americans eat squirrels and raccoons.
Sure, some people in the US have historically hunted those animals for food, but you can't go to a grocery store or restaurant today and order grilled squirrels.
there are five dog meat resturants in my district. You are saying foolish things
@@stephendaley266 It is true in some Asian countries like China and Korea, people eats dogs because they have a long history of warfare and suffering . Food is scarce especially during winter times and even normal times. They eat dogs to keep themselves warm and restore their body. So over the long years, people eats dogs from time to time and become part of a habit. But as modern times arrive, rights of human and animal species become a hot topic, China was not spared from adhering to international norms . So over the recent years , dog eating has become lesser as Govt crackdown on these undesirable eating habits.
Ive lived in Florida and they eat Crocs tail there
OR Rattle Snake.
There are literally roadkill recipes books in USA
You have to ask why the Govt lies about China? What motives or agenda do they have? Who sponsor the news or reports? That will answer many questions.
You dont need to ask, it's clear that to their hegemonic dominating mind they are jealous that an Asian country can beat them fair and square so they cheated to get their win again
Clever
Hegemon must do hegemonic things.
The American people really need to think about this. Seriously.
Why don't you ask your own govt why it lies about the rest of the world. The answer is likely the same.
The Communist government is a system where the government works for the citizens and the citizens have a say more than we do in the US from the grassroots level on up. They have the right to travel as US citizens do. Freedom of safety not worrying about being attacked or shot or robbed.
@@gshep3151 It is not communist, it is socialist in China in name .However capitalism, communist practice like 5 year plan , Confucianism becomes part of the governance China practices to try to get things right. Right now, they are quite practicable. They don’t really follow a rigid system of governance but any practises that works are used.
Simply put. Rubbish. Please explain the Tiananmein massacre. Please explain the shutdown of Google and UA-cam in China. Please explain the repression of the opposition in Hong Kong. That will do.
I lived in China for 10 years. From my observation, the Chinese Communist Party does NOT work for its people only for itself.
Don't buy into the Communist propaganda, things are not that amazing in the Middle Kingdom.
China is ruled by the CPC, but in the way the country is run is eclectic and pragmatic. Where a problem needs socialist approach, then collectivism is used. Where it needs private capital and individual entrepreneurship, then individualism is encouraged. That's what's called "with a Chinese face".
In fact, as a Chinese person, I don't care what type of government my country has. What matters is that it has truly made our lives better. I'm also curious about why foreigners, like Americans, care about this. We ourselves don't even care. Haha.
A movie producer can influence half of the country to hate another country, religion or race simply by making up shit and dramatize it. More results if he added "based on true story". We are so easily deceived it's pathetic...
And a movie starring a woke/right wing actor or actress.
Imagin what a whole movie industry called holywoooood can do. ha..............................
Is that why China churns out movies that demonise Japan and the United States?
If you want to see movies, China Observer is great for all the movies you need posted by unhappy and angry Chinese citizens who blame the CCP for their misery.
The movies made me think Russians are pure evil. Now I know it's never true, and now I know why.
Media and Hollywood propogandas so called soft power @suckmemore
In general, the Chinese are about as free as the Americans. Americans suffer from lack of freedom, too. No country is totally free.
Only an Asian bugman would believe this lie.
@@MK_ULTRA420 Well, have you ACTUALLY been there? Only an idiot and ignoramus would argue when presented with facts from someone who's ACTUALLY been there. Not by some online troll. Distinguish fact between fiction, seriously. Holy shit.
I think Chinese people are freer than Americans. What is so-called freedom? It's nothing more than a safe move. Late at night in China, my wife and son can go out as they please without me worrying about their safety.
If somebody are totally free, the others must lose some free
@@bobdeng1886没错
I lived in China for 17 yrs. Travelled extensively in d country. I can tell u this. That I lived freely there as in my own country. D Chinese r free to do as they wish provided they don't disrupt public order or try to instigate movements agst d govt. Which is pretty much d same everywhere.
This is the part where the west failed to understand. People in China just go on their daily life as they do, not everyone are obsessed with politic, but the west make it sounds like they have no freedom which is a joke. If a person destroy things and not obey the laws, of course they will get interviewed by the police😂, I don't see any different in any other countries.
Really? I saw protests outside Canadian parliament every time I visited. I don't remember seeing any tanks on the street because of it.
@@wgemini4422wow, there's rarely seen outside china's parliament i think😮there's no need for us to gather there...
@@kuromiyadesu There are always needs. Most protests in Canada are minor. Some might want more affordable housing for the homeless. Some might want no affordable housing in their neighborhood. But people have the freedom to express their opinions in public.
@wgemini4422 How many times that US police cracked down mass protests? You forgot Wall Street Movement? And college students protests against Gaza massacre in 2024? By the way, before 90s, there was no armed Police force in China. When large violent incident occurred, the government had to use military armed force to deal with it. Nowadays, common police officers in China are still not equipped with firearms. But they do have a special anti-violence police force with equipment similar to US police.
Thanks for sharing the truth. America should not speak on other nations. Especially after all the wrongs in our country.
@@8081tk I think it's perfectly fine to criticize America's evils while also criticizing China's.
There's plenty of evil to go around.
Well said!
They keep talking about human rights in the west, but most of them don’t even have a right to protect himself from body damage. That’s a shame for irresponsible government so don’t preach other country in the world about human rights. Well, they don’t even have a basic human rights of their own.
Well said 👏🏻
Great respect for all your contributions which help to debunk the malicious lies about China. Thank you ! Wish you and your family a great year ahead. . .Good health, happiness and bountiful harvest in your farm.
Thank you! Happy New Year to you too!
The United States is on a downward trajectory. They don’t like the rise of China. We would all be better off to get along with one another.
My biggest concern is how we are going to survive all these financial and political crises, especially the power struggle in the US. The government has really made things difficult for its citizens and we cannot just sit by and suffer the consequences of bad governance🙏...
sweeping statement, please show some data to support.@@koschmx
How did americans survived The Great Depression without medical insurance?
The healthcare cost and splurging of tax money really drowning the Americans, and I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel, not even a flicker.
revolution
Is this the beginning of another checkoutmygreatfinancialadvisor scam-thread??
In fact, the countries that really eat cats and dogs are South Korea and Vietnam. As a Chinese, it is really hard for me to see people eating cats and dogs. However, China is a big country, bigger than Europe. There is indeed a place where dogs are eaten, and that place is close to Vietnam. Yulin, Guangxi, other Chinese people basically don’t eat cats and dogs.
Not aware of China or any other asian country eating cats ever.
@@kaiki8490 Except for a very few people in China who eat dog meat, basically no one eats cats, at least that's what I understand.
@@inmars2023I'm from Malaysia, before COVID I went on holiday to Vietnam, surprisingly I saw then BBQ dog on side , whole dog.
@@kaiki8490 Civet cats were how some flus got in to the human population by eating them. I saw dog carcasses in the market but not a sign of domestic cats.
I saw a civet cat in a cage in a restaurant but I just made sure they heard me say 110 (the police phone number) and it disappeared really quickly. My girlfriend laughed and said well that worked.
管天管地，某些人是不是管得太多了？
I stand with China, no matter what the Empire's propaganda says.
You should visit there, I did! People are very friendly, even they don't understand what you're saying, but they still be helpful much as they can, nice and polite!!
My cousin went to US as a student in 2005, and his host asked him 'so you came from China, why you don't have braids' with a sincere face.
He told me that it's really hard to tell if his host is really ignorant or it is just well acted racist.
when I came to Italy as a student in 2005, my Albanian classmate asked me if there are cars in China? If every chinese rides bike? So she is a little less ignorant than who you talk about.
@@koschmx u don't understand “braids“ says lot about u. time to go back to school!
Blacks I guess -- they see racism everywhere ("the weather is racist!")....
因为在中国清朝时期（1644-1911年）男人是留一个长辫子的，现在你可以从中国的一些关于那个时期的电视剧中看到，到了清朝末期（1840年中英鸦片战争以后）普遍认为是中国屈辱近代史的开始，中国从一个非常骄傲的国家沦为被迫割让土地、赔款循环反复的国家，被称为“东亚病夫”，贫穷、落后、内乱、被侵略、改革（剪掉辫子是发生在大约110年前后，也是改革中的一项），曾经自卑到甚至有学者提出要不要废掉我们的文字，是不是全面西化才能救国家@@koschmx
A Chinese international student got hit in the face in a bus here in Auckland for just being Chinese.
Thank you for your insight and clarifying what truly happens in China.
@@genghis288 he's not. He talks out of both sides of his mouth.
They don't eat dogs but oh yeah, they do eat dogs. Just not everywhere. It's not a myth if it's true.
This guy is a walking contradiction.
@@ZagnutBarAre you sure no one is eating dogs in the US?
@@ZagnutBar As a Chinese person, I’d like to tell you that we have a popular saying, "Dog meat is not fit for the banquet." This means that dog meat is not considered regular food. The majority of Chinese people have never eaten dog meat in their lives. On one hand, dogs are pets, and on the other hand, raising medium-sized carnivorous animals as a source of meat is not cost-effective, it simply doesn’t make sense. We Chinese people would regard the source of dog meat as suspicious, and we would never dare to eat it.
@@M-dv1yj Who told you that no one eats dog meat? China is a country with 1.4 billion people. If you have no concept of that, do you at least understand the concept of proportion? Proportionally speaking, eating dog meat is not a Chinese tradition. The percentage of Chinese people who eat dog meat is far lower than in Vietnam or Korea. If you haven’t had a proper math education, that’s okay too-I respect your way of viewing the world. However, you might want to relearn the meaning of the word "double standard."
@@M-dv1yj My mistake. After replying to you, I realized that you keep repeating the same notion under almost every comment-"China is bad." It’s unfortunate because this kind of communication is meaningless. I don’t know your background, but being hysterical and opposing just for the sake of opposition only serves to vent negative emotions. It won’t make the world a better place.
Thanks!
Thank you for the super! Hope you have a great week and 2025.
There was a famous singer in China. His house was to be demolished. He asked the government for a huge amount of money, but the government did not agree. After his neighbors moved away, he complained online that the Chinese government was going to demolish his house. In fact, his house was preserved, but the area had become a ghost town.
Because of my job, I often go to the countryside to do charity. The government gives free money to farmers whose houses were damaged by mudslides, so that they can rebuild their own houses. Some villagers were not satisfied with the compensation, so they stopped us and beat us when we went to the countryside. To be honest, the government doesn't need to subsidize these compensations because they didn't buy any insurance. They feel that the whole world has let them down, and people are greedy.
In this world, many people are ridiculous, including many Chinese.
It’s so true
A crematorium was built near his house. This was in the original plan. This crematorium would have been far from any residential area if his house had been demolished as planned.
Chinese government tend to carry on the original plan with minor modifications if possible. In another project, an entire village objected to the route of a major road, and the road had to be re-routed to another village several kilometers away. The villagers in the first village soon regretted it. The villagers in the second village moved to new houses and the new village was directly connected to the new road.
有时候看非洲人的短视行为，有种90年代下乡扶贫的感觉。杀鸡取卵，杀耕田的牛吃肉，盗窃修路的施工物资……等等。
isnt it 左小祖咒?
@@glacierjing 就是他，这个事儿都多少年了，他成为了一个笑话。。活该而已。
Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
At some point in every widespread famine, people have resorted to eating pets. It happened in Russia, Ukraine, Ireland, Ethiopia, and everywhere else people have suffered famine. This is likely how China got labelled in this way. China has had more than her share of hunger.
according to archaeologists, people ate people during a famine in Germany.
And people
Very very well said..
All the myths about China would have to be the most super annoying myths of all time. Easily!!!
Makes one cringe like no tomorrow.
Others to add to the list would probably be the social credit system, organ harvesting (ROL!!!!!) and the greatest propaganda of all time about Xinjiang.
PS, as a Chinese, there is still one breed of dog that I eat. Hot dogs, usually with sauce.
Ha ha hotdogs 🌭
你的说法没有信服力，因为你是中国人
Ant social credit system is real, the crack down on what pass as ideas from opposition parties is also real, control of catholic congressions and fathers are also real, the official government recognized catholic fathers are government appointed officials, not Vatican ordained.
Don't forget the "bat soup"! The Western propaganda machine. 👎👎👎
@@siewheilou399Are you a traveller from a parallel universe?
China has become a middle-income country. It is not poor.
Middle income country,😂😂
Your brain is so far up your ass
That is a sweeping statement. The rural area aren't that well off, altho not starving or living in mud houses.
@@deepone5005 what matters is the how they lifted poverty, still amezes me how I myself used to live in a mountain and had to gaze sheeps, but ended up having really good education and now earning five times the average salary in my city. And I'm not alone, most of people my age were from rural villages.
This video deserves millions of views, if not billions.
I am from Chengdu. I have three cats and two dogs. I and many of my friends have been rescuing stray cats and dogs and calling for national legislation to protect cats and dogs. I returned to Canada this year, but I have been participating in domestic rescue efforts through donations. The biggest comfort is that the younger generations are actively participating in the rescue of cats and dogs.
LOL. But do you eat other animals? What's the difference between eating dogs and cats and other animals??
Don't be extreme
I am Chinese and in all my 73 years, traveling around Asia and the U.S., I have eaten/tried crocodile, snake, eel, frog, tiger and rabbit but never once have I tried/tasted/eaten dog/cat/bat/mice or the famous U.S. Rocky Mountain Oyster.
@@koschmx (tongue-in-cheek) Maybe wolves eat Chinese people?
By the way, I have also eaten sheep (mutton and lamb), wild pig and kangaroo meat in Australia (tastes almost beef-like but very much leaner and thus healthier). Most of the exotice meats I have eaten are just out of curiosity but not repeated and weirdly enough, many such as crocodile, frog and rabbit tastes "like chicken" (mostly in texture).
@@koschmx
It wasn't an accident, the supplier cheated and mixed in horse meat to make the meat balls, Ikea didn't know that because no one could tell the difference, only when DNA analysis was done then the cheating practice was exposed. The cheating could have been for a long time before it was exposed.
I recall white castle was horse meat back in the days, but not sure how true that is. It is ok to eat cat, dog, horse if it is ok to eat pig, cow, sheep etc. Just because it isn't your norms doesn't make it wrong. Personally I think all animals have rights and they shouldn't be eaten even though I am guilty.
There were a couple dog meat restaurants right in the outskirts of Beijing near where I was living.
You should try North sulawesi... Cat, dog, bat are consumed
I have Korean roommate who told me that his past loving annual vacation in Korea for to enjoy dog meat.
They still have secret food serve there today.
Korean and Vietnamese people still love it.
Dogs have a bad name in most part of Asia mostly because the dog breeds there are different and domesticated for different a purpose. There are other reasons like they are seen as helpers of the wealth and privileged. They butter up the privileged. They fear violence but does not respect virtues.
Happy new year to you and all the best 2025!
Happy new year to you too!
Even if they eat dogs.. i don't understand where is the problem. I don't understand who decided that a dog has more dignity and rights than a cow. If you are thinking because they are intelligent.. you need to know that is scientifically proven that pigs are smarter than dogs.
Thank you! Its so hard to enlighten people who just won't look for themselves. Happy New Year!.
Glad you enjoyed it and Happy New Year!
I live in China, been here for 12 years, and yes dog is on the menu, I see it in the market everyday. The point to make is, it's a single breed that's breed for consumption just like cattle, sheep and other animals. The Chinese love their pets, we have a pet cat that's part of the family and treated like it.
Chinese system of Governance has 9 different parties including a democratic party ... each party members are elected based on meritocracy (Elections are according to Democracy with Chinese Characteristics)
Missed to mention that there are no ''homeless people''' inlike the States where homelessness is skyrocketing
Tell your lies. They are easily disproved.
Your theory doesn't hold up. China has always had one-party rule, with only the Communist Party of China as the ruling party. This meant that the only people who wanted to participate in political decisions were Communist Party members. Such a system will have many problems, but there is no perfect political party in the world, and such a system also has many advantages. China's top managers all have more than 30 years of ruling experience, and have experience in managing the livelihood of more than 200 million people. They have been sifted through the selection process for 30 years, so this system at least guarantees that we have a group of mature politicians, if the Chinese people have a common goal, someone to lead everyone to achieve this goal, the rise of the country is inevitable.
@arthurlincoln9093 disprove it then.
@arthurlincoln9093 in fact. it is true. there are 9 parties in China, CPC and 8 other parties. all Chinese know this.
@@nuo.not1033 NO
China has several political parties
Almost every minority has a political party and even the Taiwanese KMT has a political party in the mainland
The communist party is the biggest party so like in a good democracy the biggest party make the rules
Thank you for sharing! Happy new year! And happy Chinese new year!
Thanks, Happy New Year and Happy Chinese New Year!
There’s no law in the US against eating dog meat. Or cat meat for that matter. Trump famously claimed that some American migrants were eating cats in the US..
True!😂😂😂
american eat alot of beef too, try and ask some hindu how they feel about it.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for spreading the truth my friend! Happy new years!
我想以中国人的身份再阐述一下博主的观点：
1，关于狗肉。中国古代不允许老百姓吃牛，只有贵族和皇室才可以吃羊，所以中国普通人的肉质来源主要是猪肉，而乞丐和流离失所的人买不起猪肉，他们就会偷别人的狗来补充肉质，所以中国有句古话，叫狗肉上不了席面（任何正式的场合都不会出现狗肉），现在的中国只有非常偏僻贫穷的地方才会留有吃狗肉的传统，如今在中国绝大多数地区，你几乎找不到任何售卖狗肉的商店，任何一个城市中，你都能看到中国人跟动物和谐相处，最简单的例子就是野鸭，很多城市的湖泊中都有野鸭，在过去，这些野鸭子看到人就会离开，怕人们伤害它们，现在，这些野鸭根本不怕人，会带着自己的宝宝跑到城市的居民身边要食物。中国人爱所有动物，这里的宠物市场中你能看到所有法律允许的动物和昆虫，很多宠物吃的食物比人更好，我朋友家的哈士奇，每一顿饭都有鹅肝金枪鱼，当然我支付不起这种昂贵的生活方式，我自己养着两只狗两只猫，一只金毛叫菠萝，一只泰迪叫蛋蛋，一只豹猫叫八怪，一只布偶叫小咪，他们就跟我的家人一样，家中的长辈有人喜欢养鱼（主要是金鱼和热带鱼），有的喜欢养鸟（八哥，百灵鸟，鹦鹉等）有的会养乌龟，年轻人的宠物更疯狂一些，他们热衷于蜥蜴，蜘蛛，蛇，蝎子这些奇怪的东西，也有很多女孩子会饲养仓鼠，龙猫，猫鼬这些。根据美国专家所做的基因溯源，被驯化的狗最早出现在东亚地区，是东亚人最早把狼驯化成了狗。这里最大的可能就是中国，中国人跟狗有上万年的友情了，我们的十二生肖中就有狗的存在，很多人的属相就是狗，代表着忠诚可靠。对于西方人来说，狗却是舶来品，古代的西方只有贵族才能养狗，而中国所有人都可以养狗，这跟中国的猫一样，古代的中国，只有贵族才能养猫，猫是从国外传到的中国，所以十二生肖中没有猫，在古时候的中国，猫比狗更珍贵。
2，关于执政党。这里我实在没有兴趣多说什么，你们只需要记住没有任何一个专制独裁压迫人民的国家可以得到飞速的发展，自己来中国看看就懂了，14亿人，中国政府没有雇佣14亿演员的能力，也没有任何一个地方能提供给中国14亿演员。中国政府唯一的要求：不要推翻它的统治（我相信没有任何一个国家的政府会渴求人民推翻它）。除此之外，我们能做任何我们想做的事，例如彻夜在街边喝酒跳舞，去任何想去的国家旅游观光（每年都有上亿中国人出国旅游）。中国人生活越来越好，我们自己亲身体验，不论西方媒体如何诋毁中国，他们也没有任何能力可以说服中国人推翻自己的政府。兴，百姓苦，亡，百姓苦。执政者是谁根本不重要，我们根本不在乎它是共产党，还是民主党，还是共和党，只要他能认真负责，为百姓提供更好的生活，我们就支持他。就目前来说，我们的政府工作非常出色，不论是经济发展，还是环境保护，或许你们不知道，中国政府带领中国人民，花费了四十多年时间，把中国最大的塔克拉玛干沙漠用树墙围了起来，中国有些沙漠已经彻底变绿洲了，全世界只有中国政府能不计成本完成这个工作，功在当代，利在千秋。所有的农村都有政府免费修的路通往城市，遇山开洞，逢水搭桥，交通四通八达，农村有篮球场，健身广场，太阳能为村民提供免费的家庭用电，多余的发电量还能用现金返还给你，除了个别非常懒的人，或者家中遭遇了不幸的人，其他大多数的农民家中都住着二层的楼房，跟别墅一样，不需要交任何钱给国家，家中都有汽车，可以帮助他们更方便的去他们想去的地方，政府还会为他们配套公交车，只需要不到一美元，可以带他们去30公里范围内的城市中，你可以有很多选择。
3，关于宗教信仰。中国有非常多的宗教，西北有九天玄女，西王母等当地萨满教信仰，东北有地仙等当地萨满教信仰，东南有妈祖龙王等当地萨满教信仰，西南的更多，多到数不清，整个中国都有藏传佛教信仰，汉传佛教信仰，穆斯林信仰，基督教信仰等等，非常多，到处都有宗教场所。在中国，你可以信仰任何你想信仰的宗教，成立任何你想成立的宗教，但前提你不能做违法的事情：例如煽动自己的信徒去伤害他人，煽动自己的信徒去伤害自己，煽动自己的信徒颠覆政府，欺骗信徒的财物，欺骗信徒的肉体，等等，如果你有这些行为，你会被列为邪教，是违法的团体。与西方不同的是，在我们小时候，我们的父母就会告诉我们必须尊重少数民族的信仰，例如藏族不吃鱼肉，回族不吃猪肉，土族不是蹄子是偶数的动物，中国人讲究入乡随俗（去一个地方就要依照这个地区人们的风俗习惯来生活），客随主便（客人要听从主人的习惯），不论去哪里我们都会尊重当地的风俗习惯，这种行为已经持续了上千年，所以我们才能很多民族待在一起，组成一个大的家庭。汉民族是一种非常包容的文明，我们允许和我们不同的事物存在，根据古书记载，在三千年前的周朝，丞相姜子牙奉周王的命令在天下普及周朝的礼法，如果按照西方人的传统，所有人都得按照皇帝的命令遵守周朝的礼法，但我们正好相反，我们只需要你承认自己是周朝的子民，其他的所有制度礼法都可以按照你们原先的传统施行，不会对你们有任何影响，也就是中国现在一国两制的前身。中国在古代有很多的附庸国，这些附庸国跟西方的殖民地完全是两种概念，中国不会影响附庸国的内政，不会派军队去附庸国驻扎，不会向附庸国收税，相反，附庸国每年会自愿赠送给中国财物，因为中国会返还给他们更多财物（你的使者给中国进贡一千两黄金，当你的使者回国时，中国会赠送给你一千五百两黄金，以此彰显中国的国力，天子的威严）。唐朝时期，有很多的西方人来中国做官，包括中国的农历历法都是西方人帮助编撰的。古代的中国，拥有世界上最大规模的舰队，但我们的船里没有装载武器，我们的船里装着的都是中国的特产，例如丝绸，瓷器，茶叶等等，我们周游世界，跟所有碰到的国家做贸易，平等的交换双方的物品，这些都有上千年的历史了。所以不要用西方人的逻辑来思考中国人的行为，世界不仅仅有强弱之分，还有尊重，人情和公道。
你这中文长度我都看不下去，翻译成英文变论文了😂
解釋得很清楚
@ 哈哈，说的也是，估计翻译软件放不下
正确的
也未必是穷的地方吃狗肉，老家浙江还算比较富裕的城市，吃狗肉还是一个比较常见的习惯，属于当地传统美食了。 个人也不排斥，虽然我也养狗养猫
Thank you for this very informative video
👌🏻 Love your candid views and comments. You earned the Rights to comment the life in China, unlike other Western commentators who never set foot in China. Shame on them!
I believe you.
Thank you very much/
American exceptionalism is an outdated concept for quite some time but the media keeps it alive. Where our democratic way is heading, I don't blame the Chinese for not following inour footsteps.
Ye, good choice as it can keep the world. Peace
As for "Socialism with 'Chinese Characteristics,'" they do seem to take that quite seriously; it's just that they recognize (as did Marx and Engel, actually) that capitalism is unrivalled for production and productivity -- and what China needs for various reasons is production and productivity.
Basically, economic development comes first at all costs because there's nothing else to talk about if you're starving and poor...this is very muchin keeping with Chinese history and its cultural heritage; the people must eat, and then eat well; they must be clothed, snd well-clothed; there must be security from crime, security from foreign interference, including economic interference; the people muat be motivated to excel, which naturally results in insane levels of competition in a country with close to a billion and a half souls....
In short, the vast scales involved when it comes to China requires creativity and flexibility but it also requires the wisdom of a steady hand -- seemingly at odds and why it's impossible to neatly pigeon-hole China into clean easy categories!!
Most westerners don't understand that a Marxist idea of Communism is just the capitalist means of production without the profit motive.
Under communism, workers perform the same labor as under Capitalism, but the fruits of that labor are shared among the workers and the larger community instead of enriching stockholders and owners.
They should not ask women if they are pregnant. They need to improve more. I left China in 2013. I hope many things have changed and improved since . China is a very nice place to live. People are super friendly, and you never get bored in China. Great Nation.
Gosh one thing os clear to Me. Americans NEED TO TRAVEL. There is a humungous world out there, waiting for you to discover🙄🙄🙄. On more than a few occasions when i was visiting the US, I encountered the phrase the US is the 'best Country on earth' why would i need to Travel..😯😯😯😯
100%
So true!
There are Chinese people who feel the same.
You are the one who is telling what real China is. Thanks
Thank you, that was very interesting!
Excellent balanced view 👌 👍
Thanks for sharing your experience. The problem is that in United States, most people would rather believe in fabrication than truth, willingly.
Dog meat and cat meat are expensive, and are obsolete in most of China, only small parts and small number of people eat those meat in China.
I viewed all of your videos. Love them. ❤
Amazing video. Keep up the good work. Support
China's current visa-free entry policy hopefully will help de-mystify these kinds of myths about China. Seeing is believing.
The Western propaganda machine really did a number on most Westerners. My recent encounter reinforced my views. Not everyone who visits China really sees China and becomes more understanding. The seeing is believing analogy doesn't always work for people who have been deeply brainwashed by the Western propaganda machine since birth; they have deep-seated prejudice towards China. Example: the travel vlogger Where's Michael? (@wheres.michael) the partner of travel vlogger Josie lifts things. He didn't like my comment about Western propaganda, so we began arguing, and in those back-and-forth arguments, he finally showed his real views about China. Here's some of his appalling replies: "The rest of the China vloggers might be too dumb to see it but I see exactly what you little bot boys do. Get a life. I can pick you from a mile away. Every single argument is the same - same keywords, same lines, same shit. China is a good country that is serving its people well and growing quickly - also deeply flawed and has immense social problems, like a lack of humanity or care for others. Not to mention wanting to be a developed country but having no animal rights laws? You can abuse animals in China - even domesticated ones - and it’s legal! How barbaric.
Fuck outta here. Waste of space bot boy. I’m going to censor you so you can’t comment. I’m sure you’re more than ok with suppression of speech."
This is how prejudiced, ignorant, and little he thinks of China and its governance system. And yet, he shamelessly uses the China travel popularity for clicks on his YT channel. It just goes to show that some people are so brainwashed that there's no way to wake them up. No wonder the latest PEW report had 85% of Australians view China negatively. Chinese are too kind and naive to treat these Westerners like real friends when these people are just greedy and selfish opportunists who deep down have no respect and even despise China. China deserves better!
You are given a choice to board one of 2 ships on a journey across the pacific.
1) the captain and chief mate are elected by the qualified sailors and seaman among a group of high ranking sailors with years of experience.
2) The captain and chief mate are elected by the passengers among the passengers, including comedian, right before the ship set sails.
Yeah i always questions about election cause why dont we get to elect our trusted person to do operation when we need one. It's not the thurst issue but requirements of professionalism as top leaders in nations. Crowds do love actors and clown but is it the best system for country ? I doubt it.
#2 also the passengers that get onboarded illegally without permission, but somehow get stayed for long enough to vote 😊
Ive also lived in china and agree with it being capitalist.
As far as China’s economy is structured, they are not capitalist. They are socialist with markets.
Fiscally Capitalist, socially communist... so to speak?
中国不是完全的资本主义，也不是完全的共产主义。政府会允许私有经济发展，但是不允许私有经济成为控制政治和经济的财团。
Do an in-depth research video study on present day Native Americans who once OWN America and their progress.
A follow-up study on the slaves in US and their present-day progress will portray US as it really is without resorting to propoganda and stereotypes..
@@安全-o2p 你说的对，要保证这些大公司不会通过金钱来控制政治，而是让他们最终回馈人民，服务人民。
Dog is expensive. Common in certain regions - very common, but not nationwide
The problem is that most people have the wrong definition about comunism. That's why they think China is full capitalism.
Yes, he showed in this video that even he does not know what it means.
Thank you
Good video. Its a privilege to live in China and to witness and contribute to a progressive, competitive society
As a Chinese citizen i agree with you 100%, we have all the things aforementioned materially. And i am super proud of what our fellow people have achieved in just 3-4 decades. BUT: The only thing that's missing in our society is the opportunity to speak openly and freely against official narrative, like you are doing now (against 'your official narrative').
I criticize many specific things that the CCP have done, but i do support CCP as a whole 'leader entity'. I and many other Chinese people hate it but understand its intention. It's complex, i would call the CCP-- 'The Necessary Evil of this particular Historical Momentum'.
very nice vedio, like from China.
Thanks for telling the truth
Hi Miguel, thank you very much for telling the world the truth about China. You are always welcome to go back to China.
I think it is important to tell the truth I experienced, even if it is not popular. I will travel again in the future.
More and more people have found out the truth, the turning point is coming! You will be recognized as one of the whistleblowers.
@@TripBitten Hi Bro. I admire your honesty and courage. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Best wishes from China
Nice to hear from you again! I do see churches here and there, not as many as in US. Temples also here and there . I have also seen, in New Years Day, where the temples are jammed, jammed and jammed and you could hardly find and space to have short rest. Perhaps you can " take a vacation" and re-visit China again. Hope you have visited Megan and Harry ( UK ) who, allegedly, moved from California to Portugal.
A co-worker of mine shirt, shoes were all made in China but calls China a communist country. Lol
In fact, communism is a good country, but after the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the USgov interpreted communism as an evil thing and brainwashed people. Whether it is capitalism or communism, they are just different political systems. Only people living a good life is the main thing
'China is an oppressive state.' Such a Western sentiment, specifically an American one.
The biggest irony is they say this while they arrest, assault, and blacklist people for protesting against western backed genocide in Palestine.
For reference, more students were arrested by US police in a few weeks for demanding their universities, which they pay tens of thousands of dollars a year for, not invest in companies murdering children than the Hong Kong rioters in months.
China changed extremely fast in the past ~20 years, it in fact changed even faster than people’s opinion could. It’s understandable people misunderstood the country.
Miguel, I totally share your views on China. But it puzzled me. Was told many times the US is the greatest country in the world. The best universities are there. Yet the majority of Americans know so little or misinformed about the outside world. Something must be terribly wrong.
The ego and arrogance level had risen to unprecedented heights after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Regarding communism and socialism, the real myth is that its defined as state control, opposed to capitalism, self defined as "free" market and "small" government. Thats de origin of all misunderstanding. But the soviets gave enormous conttibution to this confusion. Soviet socialism is not the only socialism. Theres a thing called market socialism. And thats how chine defines itself.
Labor rights sounds like Denmark.. but we are little more extreme in the rights.. so you can't ask the if they are pregnant and denied them jobs... and if you do, you company will get ban for some years on the employee market.
老兄你确实是中国通了！ 尤其对劳动法和工人权利的解释。 资本家想剥削工人又不想承担怀孕妇女的社会义务，而政府则立法加以规范和平衡。 这是全世界都在做的事情，没什么特殊的。 但国有企业对于怀孕妇女待遇则好很多， 以至于有些女性，国企一旦录取当年就生孩子，然后一连生3个，整整5年都几乎没做什么事情。
关键还是要国家富裕，才有钱来处理这些事情，才更人性化。 不信看所谓的道德楷模老欧洲吃完抢劫殖民福利之后，所谓人权会退化成什么样子，德国在未来20年内就可以看到了。
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I would describe Chinese society not as communist but rather as authoritarian. Basically you can indulge in pretty much any behaviour considered socially acceptable so long as you don't threaten government control or attempt to avoid taxes.
yea that's fairly accurate, there is a process if you have issues with the gov't, they take complaints annually and tries to solve those complaints and they are obligated to answer these complaints from the people. If you go to a country just to screw around and threaten their gov't, no country likes that. In the US they probably just abduct you and make you disappear lol
Its funny people talk about Chinese eating cats and dogs. I'm not saying there aren't some people who do. The only people I have met who have ever eaten dogs did so in Korea.
Americans are obsessed over ideology. Asians do things very differently. Instead of caring about what others think of us, we make decisions based on what works best for us, both in the short and long term. It's not difficult to understand the system in china. Capitalistic markets are proven to be beneficial to the economy. So china does it. Political stability is proven to allow the country to adopt a strategy that pays off in the longer term, so they are a single party state.
if someone don't clear about china system, tell em its like Fusion music, Jazz-Rock, not pure Jazz not pure Rock, but its works, and sound cool.or Electro-Punk, also cool...... mix someting together always cooler, so Social-Capitalism, must be a cool genre
It is like people hate you when you are Rich and well . Common human being . World peace
Hi there! I loved your video!
Some ideas I have heard about China are:
- China does not like foreigners.
- it is hard to find work if you are not Chinese.
- China is racist towards foreigners.
Can you dispel these ideas by your experience?
Thanks again!
no, chinese don't eat cats, in some area they have a tradition that eat dog, but they don't eat pets, there is a huge difference. Just like if you pet a pig, you don't eat it, but if you go to the supermarket you buy pork.
Well said❤hope more ppl can go to check out in person
Putting aside if Chinese eat dogs or not. How do the pork, beef and chicken eaters think they are more noble than dog eater ? Hypocrite to its finest. 😮
Silently getting onto Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and just observing before the whole wave came in, and then finding this channel: I'm reliving the days after I left the cult I was born into..so many walls being shattered; hell y'all seem to have far more rights than I had and still don't have access too like affordable universal healthcare, job security and worker's rights..or being able to eat consistently, that's a new one for me and many more than before, here in the US!
What are your thoughts about this new flock over, in protest, to Xiaohongshu if you have any? (I know it was smaller before 'Tiktok refugees' came in but not sure by how much.)
The american Tiktok ban and the migration to Xiaohongshu might just be the best thing, that have happened to the Sino-US relationship on this side of the Kissinger-Zhou Enlai/Nixon-Mao talks 🙂
Not an american and not a chinese myself, but I must admit that seeing ordinary chinese and ordinary americans sharing stories and oictures of their everyday life, without government, media or influencer filters was touching. There might still be hope for 2025..
Interesting video. Enjoyed watching.
Re: human rights and workers' rights. The USA is hardly one to speak about this. The USA has a poor track record of human rights and workers' rights, too. There are many incidents of migrant labor exploitation. There are many incidents of the mistreatment of illegal immigrants. There are many incidents of systemic racism (e.g., "I can't breathe"). There are many incidents of forced prison labor. There are millions of Americans who are denied affordable health care, which is considered a universal human right; many of them go bankrupt over medical bills, or outright die from neglect! Labor hiring discrimination is commonplace.
Ha ha . US people loved to eat tree barks (cinnamon), tree saps (maple syrup), etc.
Commerce, markets, business etc is NOT inherently capitalist.
I just love how Americans who have no maternity leave, sick leave, very little annual leave etc., say that other countries have no human rights. 😂
Can you talking about Comparing policing enforcement in the U.S.A. and somewhere else around the world?
I don’t like how they give the people tickets here.
There are more mosques per capital for the Muslims in China than any other nations in the world, including the Islamic nations and definitely much more than in the US. Universities provide Halal meals by law, and many have several halal cafeterias on campus for the Muslim students.
Some Chinese, not so many, do eat dogs. But almost no Chinese eat cats. And they just eat those "meat dogs", not "pet dogs". It is just the common sense that people should not judge on what others eat. It is their freedom. In fact, there are some more "special food" in China than dog, such as some kinds of bugs😂
some think dog live is more matter than chicken, so much for equality.
@@yzy8638 True. And Chinese are not the only one to eat dogs. As I know, Korean used to eat them too. But Chinese are more "famous" for anything😂
Imagine if asian ask americans about eating roadkill
But a least in USA, you can criticize and condemn the state.
and then ~ the problem never solve ~~~ ha ha ..
Would it be fair to think of the political/economic model to be a fusion of Communism and capitalism?
@@koschmx eh?! That’s looks like AI generated word salad to me.
Oh theu can mix together. It's like telling an Italian to pit pineapple in pizza and he will say that does not match.. but we di eat Hawaiian pizza and like it.
@@koschmxit works in China.
China is Chinese capitalism with a bit Chinese socialism characteristics.
It resembles more to imperial china or the last 2 Chinese dynasties, the Ming and Qing, the Emperor, 5 councillors, and various ministries, governors and so on, you get selected into the government position via exams (many exams) and promoted based on your works, but ofcoz, with the latest communication and social media, it's hard for officials to stray.
7:20 Well, as a Chinese, I need to comment on the issue of "forced labor of prisoners". In fact, it is an idea rooted deeply in the Chinese culture, as well as in Socialism/Communism, that one needs to work for one's life. Living on social benefits while you can work is considered as disrespectable. With this idea, very naturally the prisoners will be asked to work (if they physically can) and the prisoners actually get PAID for their work, although the salary is not very competitive for understandable reasons. Besides, there are also classes, libraries, and other activities in China's prison. Working is only part of their enclosed life.
Basically, China is a new power who learned a lot from European countries, from Soviet Union and from US and now it is moving towards its own direction. Government structure and ideology are learned from Soviet Union, welfare system is learedn from Europe and Soviet Union, capitalism and city-planning is learned from US. I suppose for any wersterners or Korean/Japanese people who go to China will face some similarities there.
China's religious restrictions are aimed at emerging religions. You know what most emerging religions are.
As for normal Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, they have spread in China for hundreds or even thousands of years, and there is no reason to restrict them.
I remember Paul Newman playing in a movie as a white boy grew up with Indians and told the white “ladies” in the stagecoach that they would eat dog too if they got really hungry!!
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