China destroyed its tech giants. Here's why.

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  • @TechAltar
    @TechAltar  Před rokem +175

    If you would like to dig even deeper into this topic, you can watch my bonus video on Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-the-ugly-impact-of-chinas-crackdowns

    • @tkdevlop
      @tkdevlop Před rokem +5

      if only you promote this out of your free will :(

    • @jungtarcph
      @jungtarcph Před rokem +8

      It is amazing How little we hear from China. I even lived there in 2007 and in 2011 and yet even though I also real American news and European news daily there is SOO little shared knowledge....

    • @Obscurai
      @Obscurai Před rokem

      So were there changes at the China Supreme Court as well since they were instrumental in allowing the hyper-competition?

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus Před rokem +1

      No paid promotion ticked?

    • @RealLifeTech187
      @RealLifeTech187 Před rokem +5

      I would like to subscribe to Nebula but you need a credit card for that which I don't have. Can you guys please work on a way to include other payment methods like SEPA or PayPal?

  • @willmather4046
    @willmather4046 Před rokem +2842

    The speed with which the CCP can force through change is both Chinas biggest blessing and biggest curse. On the one hand the State can rapidly regulate emerging industries and put the kibosh on potential monopolies and harmful industries. Most places in the West have sluggish legislative bodies which can take years or even decades to catch up, especially in tech. On the other hand the ever changing and seemingly fickle decision making of the CCP can give the economy whiplash. I'm certainly no conservative but even I can see the wisdom on not shaking the bottle too hard.

    • @feelshowdy
      @feelshowdy Před rokem +364

      While their system has its disadvantages, I still think it's valuable to have a government that has the political will to just Get Things Done. As their infrastructure projects have shown, if the CCP sees an unfulfilled need somewhere they'll do something about it, and front the funds if needed. They're also more prompt with responding to changing economic conditions and new industries, like you've said. They may make bad decisions now and again, but that's still better than a dysfunctionally stagnant legislature like the US and my country has.

    • @poetryflynn3712
      @poetryflynn3712 Před rokem

      Do not forget the west actually does have "pullchords" in place than can be thrown around quickly. Typically these are autonomous government organizations such as the CIA, Federal Reserve, etc. In fact, the Chinese government themselves even cautioned the Federal Reserve to not pull the trigger too quickly.

    • @holycow343
      @holycow343 Před rokem +175

      maybe you're just conditioned to think that they shook the bottle too hard, but in reality they shook it juusst right.

    • @gund89123
      @gund89123 Před rokem

      Democracy is intentionally designed to be less effective by not giving one person full power.

    • @JxcksonSF
      @JxcksonSF Před rokem +197

      @@holycow343 true, since here in the west, we are just used to companies doing whatever they want, and the government been a bureaucratic hole.
      And im talking as a south american.

  • @chongjunxiang3002
    @chongjunxiang3002 Před rokem +1623

    Missing one context:
    While Apple and Samsung e-wallet are useful as financial tool in US. In China, Ant Group used to behave like a bank while do not follow laws and practice that banks do. They provide loan, run saving account with interest while run the e-wallet business. This cause a brief microloan crisis because Ant don't scrutiny on loans, as those loan are just for petty purchases (example, around 100 bucks, for some fancy clothes)
    Meanwhile Ant and other online stores heavily promoted consumerism behavior, uncontrolled buying happen, ended up a lot of people failed to pay debt for their uncontrolled spending behavior. Crackdown on e-finance is expected since then.

    • @willengel2458
      @willengel2458 Před rokem +54

      Ant Group is front for Wall Street interest.

    • @WangGanChang
      @WangGanChang Před rokem +173

      Just before the crackdown, Ant run an ad about a low income dad taking loans from them so his daughter can throw a huge fancy birthday party and not feel bad in front of her friends. They think this is an example of "doing good" and "helping people". It draw almost universal criticism online and is one the prompt for government to take action.

    • @sparkzbarca
      @sparkzbarca Před rokem +49

      That's not why Ant was cracked down on. It's because Jack Ma spoke out negatively about Chinese banking and called it pawnshop mentality.
      Ant was approved to do an IPO.
      Jack gave a speech criticizing the governments regulation of banks and how China banked.
      A week later he was called in for questioning, the day after questioning the already approved IPO was nixed.
      Then Ma disappeared, his company was fined hugely and he stepped down.
      He was allowed to give loans to poor people.
      He wasn't allowed to suggest China was less modern or sophisticated in some way to other nations.

    • @willengel2458
      @willengel2458 Před rokem

      @@sparkzbarca keep drinking that KoolAid.

    • @sparkzbarca
      @sparkzbarca Před rokem +8

      @@willengel2458 what kool aid lol? Do you have anything factually wrong with my statement?
      No just want to cry.

  • @ackomanah6486
    @ackomanah6486 Před rokem +1327

    I worked at an American Software company. The founder was a man who immigrated from Turkey. At 5-6 pm he would go and tell people: it is time to go to your home and family. His company did really well. He was very popular among the employees and well loved. That is how you run a company!

    • @parlor3115
      @parlor3115 Před rokem +55

      Cool story, you should email it to people

    • @evrenunal3644
      @evrenunal3644 Před rokem +50

      May I ask, which company was it?

    • @michaelngan99
      @michaelngan99 Před rokem +117

      "At 5-6 pm he would go and tell people: it is time to go to your home and family. " At 5-6PM, a Chinese Boss would tell their workers, if you don't stay working till 9PM, you are FIRED.

    • @ackomanah6486
      @ackomanah6486 Před rokem

      @@michaelngan99 China made it illegal. Good: Now Chinese get to live more normal than before. Much more required but is 1st step

    • @ackomanah6486
      @ackomanah6486 Před rokem +112

      @@evrenunal3644 It was "Kenan Billing". The founder was Professor Kenan Sahin. A Professor at MIT:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Sahin

  • @ashwinbhat95
    @ashwinbhat95 Před rokem +1345

    I like the bit about moving from 'high-speed growth' to 'high-quality growth'. Every nation needs to shift from a never-ending growth mindset to one that focuses on growth in the right places i.e. for human prosperity. Focus on improving critical factors like healthcare, education, and well-being of people. Arbitrary metrics like GDP do not correspond to the economic growth of everyone, but rather the rich. Growth for the sake of growth is the biggest scam that the Planet faces.

    • @sinOsiris
      @sinOsiris Před rokem +12

      nice

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 Před rokem +39

      Nah, the biggest scam on the planet is real estate.

    • @wyz9815
      @wyz9815 Před rokem +12

      So right! Growth model will not last

    • @raygutoski5079
      @raygutoski5079 Před rokem +59

      I very much like your comment. The belief that "progress" is defined by GNP to me is false. It negates the fact that the goal of any society should be the happiness or all people in the society especially those that are suffering the most at the bottom of the society. This is the real measure of the greatness of a country or society. GHL (Gross happiness level) is a much better measure of a society's greatness and in America our GHL has been declining for decades well before coronavirus and is continuing to decline..

    • @s._3560
      @s._3560 Před rokem +1

      The tech companies targeted became less focused on improving the lives of people, but rather increasingly amassing wealth at all costs in ruthless and illegal ways. They ought to crack down on and curtail those illegal practices.

  • @III-zy5jf
    @III-zy5jf Před rokem +1435

    I work 1 1/2 jobs in the US. I would like a crackdown here, too, where managers don't make millions while their employees are worked to death.

    • @GreenBlueWalkthrough
      @GreenBlueWalkthrough Před rokem +49

      Why do you live a life style where you need to do that?

    • @Dan-co4zl
      @Dan-co4zl Před rokem

      Still happens in china anyways... So don't pretend this improves worker rights in china lol
      czcams.com/video/l8wWoQ3_F00/video.html&

    • @strandkorbst9643
      @strandkorbst9643 Před rokem +355

      @@GreenBlueWalkthrough what kind of question is that, in poorer countries like the US not everyone can feed their families without working themselves to death

    • @shukracharya_
      @shukracharya_ Před rokem +57

      true
      entire world is so stressed
      everyone is tired

    • @dsnodgrass4843
      @dsnodgrass4843 Před rokem +232

      @@GreenBlueWalkthrough Systemic issues are not personal choice. Trying to conflate the two is dishonest.

  • @jeforiley8236
    @jeforiley8236 Před rokem +513

    It’s really refreshing to see a balanced and factual report on China for once! Good job!

    • @88billion
      @88billion Před rokem +47

      You watched those anti china youtubers everything china is bad😀

    • @FosFate
      @FosFate Před rokem

      @@88billion Just unfortunate that 80% of critical content related to China is either complete hatred for China or CCP propoganda...

    • @jokh9992
      @jokh9992 Před rokem +18

      Hogan000, you watched those anti america youtubers everything America is bad.😂

    • @salsa564
      @salsa564 Před rokem +42

      @@jokh9992 they’re not wrong lol

    • @g-rexsaurus794
      @g-rexsaurus794 Před 8 měsíci

      @@88billion This video literally paints China as a corrupt hellhole

  • @ganweidi1382
    @ganweidi1382 Před rokem +26

    I've heard some Chinese calling this as "trimming the garden", its painful but hopefully the garden will flourish better and not turn into a jungle

  • @roarlisfang2860
    @roarlisfang2860 Před rokem +743

    As a Chinese engineer in a tech company, I agree with your opinions that the internet industry soaked up too much resource.
    The most paid jobs before 2020 in China were usually tech-related, like programmers and App UI designer. This means thousands of talented people would abandon their dreams for such a job.
    It even creates a new word called 转码 (Zhuan Ma), which means "turning into a coder". The crackdown did work as our companies laid off most of the programmers that didn't come from Computer Science background, but this also punched the economy in the guts. The Hangzhou local government even reportedly told Alibaba to control the scale of layoffs for economic safety.

    • @user-wf4vv2dm7y
      @user-wf4vv2dm7y Před rokem +5

      @@onealmorgen2987 👍

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Před rokem +26

      @@onealmorgen2987
      'Physical exhibition' has a troublesome context in English and some European languages.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Před rokem

      Interesting to read your perspective. Thank you for commenting.
      As an American entrepreneur, I guess that youth in China are seeking a path to happiness, and wherever they look they are boldly told 'NO.' So they settle for chasing personal security and prosperity regardless of what they truly desire. The culture being created by drastic policy change & enforcement is what's creating this 'laying flat' culture, which exists even in America to some degree. Look up the latin phrase _libido dominande_ , it's from the writings of St. Augustine .

    • @roarlisfang2860
      @roarlisfang2860 Před rokem +36

      @@HuntingTarg Totally agree. Since China's policies and international environment are unstable, most young people don't feel secure enough to pursue their dreams. China does not have bankruptcy for individuals, which means you will be forever in debt if you are unfortunately caught in a financial crisis with mortgages. It also doesn't help that most parents suffer from such instability, as they lost their jobs when China turned away from a planned economy. With so much pressure from different sources(parents, society, international trading conflicts, etc.), 'lying flat' / moving with the tide is the only safe option.

    • @joemammon6149
      @joemammon6149 Před rokem +4

      if Guan Yu is the god of war, who is the god of coding?

  • @Link4750
    @Link4750 Před rokem +86

    As someone who worked in the "After-School Education" industry in China while the policies were pushed to crush it, I was lucky enough to be in a company that found a loophole in the system. A huge market in after-school education is English (both as ESL or EFL), and my company found that they did not break any rules if we just changed the subject of the lessons from English to just about any other subject (but taught in English). I have since swapped out from after-school education to a more traditional structure in a private school (still in China). But even private schools get occasional inspections to ensure they are following some criteria I am currently not fully aware of.

    • @TheSatyamsingham
      @TheSatyamsingham Před 8 měsíci +4

      Thank you for this information.

    • @DarkwarriorJ
      @DarkwarriorJ Před 7 měsíci +6

      Now this is a classic loophole backfire of a top-down policy! Beautiful in its elegance

    • @ARCANEmateCLAN
      @ARCANEmateCLAN Před 2 měsíci

      My wife worked for one in China. They just moved their "headquarters" out of China and offer the exact same tuition services. The office still operates in China and the company makes a healthy profit.

  • @stephendaley266
    @stephendaley266 Před 7 měsíci +5

    US corporations: "We own the US!"
    US government: "Of course, sir! Can I get you another tax cut?"
    Chinese corporations: "We own China!"
    Chinese government: "Oh really? We'll just see about that!"

  • @MagDrag123
    @MagDrag123 Před rokem +619

    A neutral coverage of China on CZcams? What a gem.

    • @la7dfa
      @la7dfa Před rokem +11

      The Chinese population on CZcams? Wont happen....

    • @kato2395
      @kato2395 Před rokem +54

      @Zack Smith yes agreed taiwan number 1

    • @kato2395
      @kato2395 Před rokem +27

      ​@Zack Smith Yes beijing part of taiwan

    • @kato2395
      @kato2395 Před rokem +19

      @Zack Smith "in the past" noted and agreed

    • @kato2395
      @kato2395 Před rokem +16

      @Zack Smith and so again in the past not in the present and future, agreed.

  • @leebaronbespokecustomtailo3734

    This is a great insight into the reasons behind these actions. Although they may seem extreme, it seems that the Chinese government wants to fix many problems that have gone too far, before they get to the point where they cannot be fixed... It is, perhaps, not a bad thing to slow things down so that the direction the country is taking can be steered towards ensuring that wealth and growth are more evenly spread throughout society. Very few governments actually take a keen interest in ensuring that everyone is getting the benefits of growth and prosperity and not just large corporations and wealthy tycoons. Thank you for giving us this viewpoint and understanding.

    • @stefanwong-
      @stefanwong- Před rokem +18

      However,the shift is just so rapid that people are now suffering great pressure in the labor market. A lot of fresh graduates are not getting a job after they graduate from universities. It gets even worse when government is enforcing pandemic lockdown, deteriorating the financial conditions of the citizens.

    • @theilliad4298
      @theilliad4298 Před rokem

      You don’t understand a communist totalitarian government.

    • @sephypantsu
      @sephypantsu Před rokem +25

      @@stefanwong- I think it'll be short termed. They are experimenting with relaxed pandemic restrictions already so I think by next year things will get better.
      Canada kind of went through a similar thing earlier this year, before the people got fed up and they had to pivot

    • @stefanwong-
      @stefanwong- Před rokem

      @@sephypantsu You are sooooo wrong! They are not losing the restrictions, instead, they are imposing more stringent ones. Take a look at what happens in China this week! More and more protests and riots are happening all over the nation. Yesterday, over 10 people are killed from a fire because the doors of their homes are locked up with chains by the local government for so-called pandemic prevention measures. A few days ago, the biggest iPhone manufacture plant also burst into riots because of pandemic prevention. People are all crying for justice.

    • @sephypantsu
      @sephypantsu Před rokem +1

      @@stefanwong- hasn't that been happening for months since the Shanghai lockdown?

  • @davadh
    @davadh Před rokem +653

    China didn't want their tech companies to have the power that companies like Facebook have, which is a platform that can heavily influence people, good or bad (such as the previous 2 elections). It's the reason why the supreme court has been grinding on all big tech companies recently, the only problem being that these companies had already become way too powerful for the US government to change dramatically, plus the US isn't like China where you can just take someone to the back room and teach them a lesson so these companies with the right lawyer can get away with a lot of things. Companies in China would likely face military force if they're too cunning, just look at Jack Ma.

    • @misterhill5598
      @misterhill5598 Před rokem +58

      Commerce ranked 4th on the scale of importance in China.
      Big businesses are forbidden to influence government official in anyway. They don't have any power over the government.

    • @anonymoususer3561
      @anonymoususer3561 Před rokem +2

      LOL if you don't understand what the last elections were for

    • @carkawalakhatulistiwa
      @carkawalakhatulistiwa Před rokem

      @@misterhill5598 People often forget that China is a communist country where power should be in the hands of the workers and have a dream where people only have to work 32 hours a week and still hear the minimum effort. CCP has tolerated the bourgeoisie for 40 years And what they are doing now is insulting the CCP

    • @misterhill5598
      @misterhill5598 Před rokem +64

      @@carkawalakhatulistiwa
      1. People don't forget China is a socialist/communist country. They forget China is not defined by socialism or communism. It just happens to be the most suitable model for China rejuvenation. China did try other models such as democracy and capitalism, both were the wrong fit.
      2. It's not CCP, it's CPC.

    • @Endoplexer
      @Endoplexer Před rokem +14

      @@misterhill5598 it’s CCP

  • @mikebikekite1
    @mikebikekite1 Před rokem +141

    What China was doing was portrayed very poorly in most outlets. This is the first time I've heard the reasons behind what they were doing and, in all honesty, I now agree entirely with with what they were doing.

    • @amossutandi
      @amossutandi Před rokem

      I think corporations in America fear what governments can do to them, like China is doing when corporations are taking advantage and abuse the public. They purposefully use their establishment media to twist the facts to fit their narrative and demonize China, so the people of the US won't get ideas to resist big corporations and demand corporations to respect and serve customers/consumers instead of vice versa. Now consumers are too busy to demand corporations to cancel and ban other consumers...

    • @Rex-ww4cw
      @Rex-ww4cw Před rokem +1

      That's because they're doing it on purpose. Everytimes when there's a good news happening in China, they either not report it or twist the story.

    • @badbadbadcat
      @badbadbadcat Před 8 měsíci +29

      The USA has decided it to be portrayed so and that's all we'll hear from now on. Even the existence of China has started to be portrayed negatively

    • @user-yc8yu8qv3q
      @user-yc8yu8qv3q Před 8 měsíci

      it's western propaganda in every possible way...from china's debt trap to uyhur genocide..to chinese government taking down rich people like Jack Ma...
      western brainwashing is beyond limit.. in china we normally have a objective view of what's going on in china and the world.. most westerners know china through colored lens...i can gurantee your news about china is 99% of the time false.

    • @bohanxu6125
      @bohanxu6125 Před 7 měsíci +7

      I don't know if I like being a contrarian or what... while what CCP doing is not as bad as most western media shows. It is also has a lot of problems. For complex issues like this, I think we should always have an question mark/uncertainty in the back of our head, instead of simply remember whether those polices are good or bad. (for instance, not just "good" or "bad"... but "good (or bad) with huge uncertainty" ).
      China between 70s and 2000s learned that huge government invention in the economy is often worse than small invention or no intervention, because the economy is too complicated to be micromanaged. When a policy crash 60-100% of an industry (like after school education industry) over night, it is typically not a good policy.
      Also even if the authoritarian tendency of controlling everything and crushing everything against the party, happen to give good result in this specific case, it is still very inconsistent in providing well being to its citizens. Such authoritarian tendency can easily become harmful to its citizens.

  • @vrealzhou
    @vrealzhou Před rokem +44

    China to crack down the after school education industry is not just for reducing student pressure. It’s to reduce the unfairness of overall education. Rich people can spend more so the teachers get more pay to serve the riches in the after school education and they won’t teach everything in the normal classes but ask students to pay more and learn in the after school classes. In the long run some talented students from normal families won’t get chances compared to the average students from rich families. And the younger generation will be layered by wealth.

    • @uwanttono4012
      @uwanttono4012 Před rokem +2

      @Ye ZHou Very well said and that is why I support the CPC move on cracking down on these education companies and private tutors!

    • @leosunaquamoon
      @leosunaquamoon Před rokem +1

      China also need to pay their teachers better so that teachers won't have to resort to after-school hours 'tutoring'.

  • @capybaraRed
    @capybaraRed Před rokem +523

    In many way, tech companies (and other large corporations) rule the US state directly. It's not the same in China, where having capital =/= having political power. It's an entirely different political system, and they follow a long term plan. We can't forget that actions and tactics reflect an overall strategy. Knowing the political strategy (read a 5 year plan, for example) helps understand why all of that happens.

    • @basillah7650
      @basillah7650 Před rokem

      Actually they normally let them do what they want in China until they talk against the govt then they get crushed.

    • @emartinez1320
      @emartinez1320 Před rokem +48

      i mostly agree except having capital is what gives corporations power. Here in the US corporations spend billions in lobbying to control the government.

    • @nuarius
      @nuarius Před rokem +40

      Politics is pay to play.... this absolutely is still true in the CCP

    • @seanonraet8327
      @seanonraet8327 Před rokem +5

      @@emartinez1320 how do you think they lobby?

    • @d.b.2215
      @d.b.2215 Před rokem

      Don't give a political party with no competition like the CCP too much credit for their wisdom. Much like the Soviet Union, behind the mighty and mysterious façade is a lot of dysfunction, corruption and incompetence behind the scene. When their economic model doesn't work anymore, suddenly the cracks expand at a crazy speed bringing the whole vertical structure down. And everyone will be like "well shit that was unexpected"

  • @kylewollman2239
    @kylewollman2239 Před rokem +277

    Disorderly expansion of capital basically describes the entire US economy. I think focusing on core technologies and becoming the world leader in those is a brilliant move. How many apps do you need to get a date or deliver food?

    • @ExecutiveChefLance
      @ExecutiveChefLance Před rokem

      You can't force water into a space that doesn't exist. Just like a bacterial colony Innovative Centers like Silicon Valley literally Poison future innovation through their own Shit and Waste. You don't force Innovation in Core Technologies. You create giant Educational Systems like the UC System in California. And perhaps extra federal funding for sciences we want to strive.

    • @Ottmar555
      @Ottmar555 Před rokem +12

      That's what following Marx does to a government. "The anarchy of production".

    • @chengdongli8434
      @chengdongli8434 Před rokem

      i can't agree more with you

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Před rokem +5

      '3 replies', CZcams? Why do I only see 2? "?#censorship
      Anyways...
      The US economy is asymmetrically regulated, often based on politics and PR. There is rapid expansion in crazy things like dating apps and food delivery, because regulations on other more risk- or capital-intensive sectors (that would expand or develop quickly with less or better rules) scares away the opportunistic capital looking only at ROI on a quarterly, or often at best an annual, basis, and not long-term growth.
      "I'm the most successful investor because I spread my calipers wider than anyone else."
      -Warren Buffett

    • @Rex-ww4cw
      @Rex-ww4cw Před rokem

      @@serikazero128 pretty sure they remove comment that has link on it as well

  • @Clbull118
    @Clbull118 Před rokem +124

    You know, watching this makes me far more supportive of the country's crackdown. Jack Ma's disappearance was framed solely as him disagreeing with the Chinese government's economic policies. Nobody talked about the crappy monopolistic practices that the Supreme Court let tech giants get away with.

    • @wrly1989
      @wrly1989 Před rokem

      framed? He deserves it, if you know what his plan was.

    • @Rex-ww4cw
      @Rex-ww4cw Před rokem

      You have no idea how much the western media love to twist the story in China. the Chinese goverment actually is not as bad as they portrait

    • @JulkerReviews
      @JulkerReviews Před 7 měsíci +19

      Your social credit score has improved.

    • @nonamepasserbya6658
      @nonamepasserbya6658 Před 7 měsíci +29

      @@JulkerReviews Salty that EU finally crack down on your monopoly Tim Apple?

    • @user-wn7fp3bw9b
      @user-wn7fp3bw9b Před 7 měsíci +1

      no need to talk for capitalists

  • @bkcalvine
    @bkcalvine Před rokem +7

    Thanks for saying all the names of the companies and cities properly. Great job.

  • @Rationalific
    @Rationalific Před rokem +322

    I'm not the biggest fan of China...and I love video games...but 90% of what China did to the tech space recently is a very positive development, in my opinion.

    • @antoniolewis1016
      @antoniolewis1016 Před rokem +42

      Yes, I'm supportive of the policies but not of the origin. I can start to see why Chinese people support their government if their government can oppose this corruption.

    • @chuzzbot
      @chuzzbot Před rokem +32

      Apart from the facial recognition stuff of course, that's creepy beyond words.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 Před rokem

      @@chuzzbot yeah, it's like admitting to the people that they don't trust them, which I understand they want to crack down on corruption.

    • @didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204
      @didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204 Před rokem +5

      @@chuzzbot Your phone and some apps won't do it lmao

    • @curtisalex456
      @curtisalex456 Před rokem

      @@krunkle5136 CCP cracking down on corruption is like the pot calling the kettle black. Corruption is the name of the game in China.

  • @nabilfreeman
    @nabilfreeman Před rokem +144

    Wow dude. This was 10/10. Detailed research and legit political analysis. I didn’t remembered your channel was this good! Going to keep an eye on future vids.

    • @slypear
      @slypear Před rokem +6

      This channel has always been this good, that said - this installment is next level awesome, for sure.

    • @JiajuChen
      @JiajuChen Před rokem

      This may look like 10/10 for non-Chinese, but this video just scratched the surface, lacking a few key elements causing all of this. For a CZcams video this size, it makes a 6/10 summary to me. You can trust this video to gain some basic idea of the whole picture, but he does not understand the bigger picture and all the strange behavior the government does, as his title claims to be.

  • @itsm3th3b33
    @itsm3th3b33 Před rokem +16

    Not just 7 pillars were targeted for crack down. There were many others. For example, housing development where most developers, previously considered "too big to fail" were wiped out practically overnight.

  • @Will_Zhao
    @Will_Zhao Před 8 měsíci +3

    Very well-informed and unbiased analysis. Good stuff!

  • @Good_Praxis
    @Good_Praxis Před rokem +31

    Isn't "lying flat" basically the same thing as our "quiet quitting"? I think the working class is just waking up to see their exploitation essentially globally

    • @paulskiye6930
      @paulskiye6930 Před rokem +8

      Actually similar but different in its core.
      Lying flat doesn't mean you quit your job. But you are not trying to do extra things to being promoted.

    • @njmeteor
      @njmeteor Před rokem +19

      @@paulskiye6930 that's literally quiet quitting lol

  • @gelinrefira
    @gelinrefira Před rokem +62

    A surprisingly nuanced and non slandering take on an issue about China. You have earned a sub.

  • @hoshi314
    @hoshi314 Před rokem +41

    The video games part about delays for 1+ year and mandated government SDK on games are spot on, that is why Tencent is now rapidly invensting and now want to buy developers outside of china to offset the mess their chinese main part is feeling.
    Mihoyo (maker of Genshin Impact) basically make a singaporean branch called cognosphere to get away from pressure from china to a certain degree.

    • @xky8124
      @xky8124 Před rokem +3

      hoyoverse is a shell for them to expand oversea. i dont think the crackdown is the reason

    • @xky8124
      @xky8124 Před rokem +11

      shanghai gov is actually highly supportive of mihoyo as it is actually one of the very few tech company originate from shanghai

    • @hoshi314
      @hoshi314 Před rokem

      @@xky8124 i hope so, but foreign games going into china? Kiss that idea bye bye for now according to an indir publisher, even the local games are playing the waiting list

    • @xky8124
      @xky8124 Před rokem

      @@hoshi314 depends on the type of game, if single person, go on stream
      It's a grey area as all stream games are available but not licensed
      On the other hand, non platform games, especially multi person with micro transactions are not so lucky rn. Riot have try hard with tencent to publish virolant in China but still no. It would be a huge loss to riot if they can't get Chinese market, especially eSports market with virolant when lol run out of steam, riot will lose more than half of their current value

    • @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263
      @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Před rokem +4

      They know the crackdown is coming, they also open branches in Montreal and I got sought by their HR lol
      Sorry as a Chinese I hate both of their games.

  • @apexghostx878
    @apexghostx878 Před rokem +1

    Great video, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the topic.

  • @hurbrowns5397
    @hurbrowns5397 Před rokem +169

    This is why ''China is a capitalist country just like USA'' is not true.. In China, the government still have strong grip on private companies. As said on the video, 25 tutoring companies got bankrupted and massive companies like Alibaba lost stock value. Imagine Amazon under the same circumstance. This kind of crackdown would never happen in USA, even a simple popular GDPR law like the one EU is not even talked about in US Congress.

    • @gund89123
      @gund89123 Před rokem +15

      Because USA believes in small government, less regulation.
      USA expects people to decide what is good.
      People should vote with their wallet instead of expecting government to help us with everything.

    • @user-in5kc9eu8b
      @user-in5kc9eu8b Před rokem +48

      @@gund89123 and USA failed to control convid....that prove" small government" Have shortcomings
      The government has the strongest strength. If the government decides to help the people, the effect will be the best. The United States has given up letting the government help the people, which means that it has given up its greatest power to help the people.. If China does not give up, China will make faster progress and eventually surpass the United States

    • @caspianjuniper
      @caspianjuniper Před rokem

      @@gund89123 which is why China is better. Their government actually bothers to fix things while the US government is lazy and doesn't do much to help their people. Democracy doesn't work as well as you dream it to.

    • @0mildoo
      @0mildoo Před rokem +23

      China absolutely has a capitalist economy. Industry is still in private hands, and while the state has shares in many companies they still more often than not operate with extreme latitude. The Chinese state remains the master in this relationship (unlike what you’ll find in the US) but even when the state uses its weight its reforms are not to be mistaken as socialistic. At best they’re the sort of reforms that can be seen in plenty of liberal democracies in which labor may be thrown a bone but the primary objectives are keeping industry sharper and suppressing worker agitation. Even China’s own state owned industries operate in ways that would make your average American middle manager blush. China does not have a laissez-faire capitalist economy, but in effect it really isn’t all that different from western relationships between state and capital.

    • @Zxv975
      @Zxv975 Před rokem

      USA is an oligarchy.

  • @lessemo
    @lessemo Před rokem +332

    Honestly that could be good for the chinese people, I hope their lives continue to improve

    • @daniel_960_
      @daniel_960_ Před rokem +5

      czcams.com/users/WalkEast
      I was mindblown watching these videos from China. I had no clue.

    • @basillah7650
      @basillah7650 Před rokem

      Kind of hard when they been under lockdown for 3 years they controlling the sheep.

    • @trevortrevose9124
      @trevortrevose9124 Před rokem

      @@daniel_960_ though i was gonna be rickrolled 😂

    • @daniel_960_
      @daniel_960_ Před rokem

      @Trevor Trevose you can clearly read the link lol

    • @Nintenboy01
      @Nintenboy01 Před rokem +24

      unless you're an Uyghur

  • @lorenam8028
    @lorenam8028 Před rokem +91

    I personally agree with every single one of the measures the CCP took to limit the power and capacity for abuse of those tec giants.
    There's other policies that have been implemented recently in China that I'm a bit more worried about, but the ones you just talked about? I wish the entire world would do the same.

    • @netwesker8955
      @netwesker8955 Před 8 měsíci +7

      there were good points mentioned, but others, like limit playing hours and bringing in facial recognition for underaged users?

    • @D4V33.
      @D4V33. Před 8 měsíci

      @@netwesker8955realistically this isn’t anything new since the government/ companies probably already does this with social media apps etc

    • @GIN.356.A
      @GIN.356.A Před 8 měsíci +4

      ​@@netwesker8955the problem westerners have while looking at China is the implicit but often overlooked assumption that chinese society and social relationships are the same as in the west.
      Domestic policies of the Chinese government is authoritarian if you think of them like a western bureaucracy.
      But traditionally Chinese government since the imperial days, have always been more like paternalistic strict parents.
      It makes more sense if you think of them in that lense.

    • @badbadbadcat
      @badbadbadcat Před 8 měsíci

      Communist Party of China, CPC

    • @catsNcode
      @catsNcode Před 7 měsíci

      @@GIN.356.Anailed it

  • @vladimircurkoski1455
    @vladimircurkoski1455 Před rokem +21

    Jack Ma learned quickly that he's not the one who runs things in China

    • @havenht
      @havenht Před rokem +2

      He forgot that he is just a fancy pleasant.

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries Před rokem +1

      and thats good, goverment and people of country should be the ones who run it. look at usa where zukenberg, bezos, musk have more power and influence in country than most governement parts.

    • @stpedro-ht9ng
      @stpedro-ht9ng Před 2 měsíci

      @@NostalgicMem0ries The average American trusts Bezos more than any politician

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries Před 2 měsíci

      @@stpedro-ht9ng probably truth

  • @murrrr8288
    @murrrr8288 Před rokem +97

    Based on information on this video alone, the changes seem to take China to better direction.

    • @laqueenawilliams4762
      @laqueenawilliams4762 Před rokem +1

      You know nothing! No one want to follow those kind of people

    • @ni9274
      @ni9274 Před rokem

      Where are the results ?

  • @Dutch-Maker
    @Dutch-Maker Před rokem +18

    8:35 In the Mainland China stock market, an upmarket is represented by the color red, whereas a downmarket is represented by the color green.

  • @futureshocked
    @futureshocked Před rokem +97

    I have a LOT of issues with China but their crackdown on the tech giants is 100% warranted. The one line from the video about 'disorderly growth of capital, focusing on a million new ways to deliver food, etc' is exactly how I feel about US tech right now. We're wasting a generation of our most brilliant people on shit like pet sitting apps, video games, etc instead of real problems that need to be solved.

    • @Cecilia-
      @Cecilia- Před rokem

      yes especially seeing the while ust and ftx scam bust and Jack ma going on about not having any regulations on his Alipay bank. thank duking god, china stop that or an FTX situation with Alipay and people losing their money

    • @jimzeus7761
      @jimzeus7761 Před rokem

      As a matter of fact, most of your issues with China are just bias from Western media.

    • @futureshocked
      @futureshocked Před rokem +4

      @@jimzeus7761 That's not true. I lived in Korea for a long time, worked in the tech industry and got to see China's effects on it's neighbors. So yeah I still have a lot of issues with China that have nothing to do with Western Media. You need to do some traveling and living bud.

    • @jimzeus7761
      @jimzeus7761 Před rokem +1

      @@futureshocked I used to work in S.Korea too, and of course some other countries in Asia and Europe.
      Maybe you should do some more travelling and living.

    • @futureshocked
      @futureshocked Před rokem +1

      @@jimzeus7761 Alright, apologies for the spiciness

  • @JohnBinay
    @JohnBinay Před rokem +1

    Wow! This is really high quality content and production! Thank you for sharing

  • @ebubechiibegbula5968
    @ebubechiibegbula5968 Před rokem +38

    Honestly say what you want to say about the CCP , I respect them for this decision....

    • @caspianjuniper
      @caspianjuniper Před rokem +10

      The CPC is doing pretty good with their policies. I’m hoping to go to China soon.

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem +2

      @阿孚 Taiwan 🇹🇼 is a free, democratic, rich and independent country and has been around for over 100 years and has never been under the control of the CCP. Not even once.

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      @阿孚 Taiwan has not been under the control of mainland China for over 75 years and they use a different writing system than the mainland

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      @阿孚 oh yeah sorry you’re right, Taiwan owns China, I forget, there is only one China, and that is Taiwan 🇹🇼, your “China” is a fake government lis made up by CCP when in fact it’s just an occupied region of Taiwan 🇹🇼.

    • @mirage_panzer2274
      @mirage_panzer2274 Před rokem +2

      @@Doughsz Taiwan is just another China. Back then you guys called yourself nationalist china while the other is communist china.

  • @LegionIscariot
    @LegionIscariot Před rokem +102

    EU, China, and US together could really do something about these giant corporations. Break them apart. Push them to be more pro- consumer less pro-greed.

    • @protocetid
      @protocetid Před rokem +13

      US regulators protecting their constituents as much as the EU alone would be huge because those are the world’s biggest markets. I envy Europe’s governments.

    • @NonchalantWalrusParty
      @NonchalantWalrusParty Před rokem

      No chance of this as giant corporations ARE the US government.

    • @teofilol2666
      @teofilol2666 Před rokem

      The chances of US carrying out any effective steps are slim. The big Corps there are really big.

    • @ademali8199
      @ademali8199 Před rokem +1

      Who owns the politician they basically have them in there front pockets

    • @Nancy-pt7hi
      @Nancy-pt7hi Před rokem +1

      However they are not working together….😂

  • @soothsayer2406
    @soothsayer2406 Před rokem +54

    That's a very wise move on their part...instead of the Corporations controlling the government.( Ie. Google, PFizer, Raytheon, Boeing etc)....which represent the people's power...its the Government that controls the corporations....the way it should be.

    • @personalemail9329
      @personalemail9329 Před rokem +5

      Right. Because communism and excessive government intervention has always led to great results and has never been abused. Completely agree.

    • @Meinan4370
      @Meinan4370 Před rokem +1

      State run companies are extremely inefficient and have a track record of low innovation

    • @cianmoriarty7345
      @cianmoriarty7345 Před rokem +3

      Bullshit. I take the point that companies can indeed can be an oppressor. But saying the Government is the people's power is wilfully blind. The people's power is their own agency. Which is curtailed by the government, hopefully in a way which only stops them using that agency to harm that of others.

    • @user-rj6pz5os1t
      @user-rj6pz5os1t Před 7 měsíci

      @@Meinan4370 不一定,中国的高铁确实连年亏损,中国的地铁,公交系统也是如此,但是国家企业没有为了盈利而提高售票价格,最终获利的仍然是人民。你不要忘记,国企是为人民服务的,并不是为盈利服务的,国企利润仍然属于所有人民,而不是私人财团。

  • @liamporter1137
    @liamporter1137 Před rokem +1

    Very well done reporting. Detail and most importantly, fair reporting surfacing the facts rather than sensationalization to get eyeball. Great work 👏👏👏👍.

  • @borissergijevic7357
    @borissergijevic7357 Před rokem +164

    China's growth dropped by a few % in the last few years, but this drop came along with massive reforms. It's not like things broke apart due to chaos. They intentionally and brutally efficiently imposed advanced laws that will defiantly be super hard to fulfill, but long-term successful achievements that will pay off.

    • @TheRealIronMan
      @TheRealIronMan Před rokem +2

      Literally the 1st long term thinker I have seen on CZcams for a long while lol Shame its from a commenter instead of ppl actually making popular videos, the west is so lack in long term strategic thinkers nowadays, once the last remnant of generational strategists like Kissinger die there will be nothing but bandwagon wishful thinking echo chambers in western media landscape.

    • @borissergijevic7357
      @borissergijevic7357 Před rokem +1

      @@TheRealIronMan Tnx, really appreciate your feedback!

    • @strigoiu13
      @strigoiu13 Před rokem +3

      only a serb or hungarian could have written such a false stament and twist the facts to fit the imposed narrative :) "successful achievements"? :))) thanx for the good laugh!

    • @borissergijevic7357
      @borissergijevic7357 Před rokem

      @@strigoiu13 China has risen to the greatest superpower of all time, in only several decades, faster and bigger than all superpowers in history combined. Something to admire as a hysterical phenomenon and achievement of humanity.

    • @foolishknight1666
      @foolishknight1666 Před rokem

      @@strigoiu13 bros from the Balkans 💀 💀

  • @Peichen01
    @Peichen01 Před rokem +121

    As economy and society developed, it’s necessary for laws to keep up and continue to improve and safeguard the lives of citizens.

    • @ni9274
      @ni9274 Před rokem +1

      Yes like stopping your citizens from accessing any information that isn’t approved by the state ?

    • @Peichen01
      @Peichen01 Před rokem

      @@ni9274 Yes. What’s the value of cult publications or foreign propaganda?

    • @wiritpollapcharoenporn3168
      @wiritpollapcharoenporn3168 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Peichen01Wisdom and competition. Natural psychology. The forbidden are always attractive and too much effort money and friction will be used to plug the dam. Eventually, you will be stuck in the island of yes-men and seeing enemy everywhere. Worst because every ideology have flaws, your citizen will be oversaturized with yours. Sooner or later, they either rebel or basically gave up.
      Outside perspective provide competition allowing you to drag your opponent to your level your method.

    • @Peichen01
      @Peichen01 Před 7 měsíci

      @@wiritpollapcharoenporn3168 So which country is on a witch hunt for CCP spy and sees every Chinese and Chinese company as tentacle of CCP?

  • @jared413
    @jared413 Před rokem +1

    These great content aside, why does it feel so comfortable watching your videos! Enjoying it alot man!

  • @amoggoma430
    @amoggoma430 Před 8 měsíci

    I remember uninstalling the 360 app from my friend's laptop. it's a nightmare, the app itself isn't really an antivirus, it does nothing than popup ads. the uninstall dialog only in mandarin and every button almost lead to cancel the uninstallation process (dark pattern)

  • @elhugo13
    @elhugo13 Před rokem +3

    I love how you did the intro. I thought the video already started.

  • @timergooff
    @timergooff Před rokem +108

    The crack down on for profit education is to prevent social economic classes from becoming permanent. Education is one of the main ways one can transcend social economic class. But if richer families have a permanent leg up by able to afford expensive after school programs, classes become entrenched, which is what has happened in the US/Japan.

    • @789know
      @789know Před rokem +11

      Also it affect kids mental health given the chinese mindset. Still ppl may find way to stuff kids with more after school studies.
      Government want to have their vision fulfill

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 Před rokem +11

      @@789know as much as cramming isn't too great, society being centered around education as a road to a better job is a great mindset.

    • @gbadspcps2
      @gbadspcps2 Před rokem +6

      Cracking down on people trying to earn a living by passing on their valuable skills to others is a terrible idea, and hits much more than just after school tutors.

    • @paulskiye6930
      @paulskiye6930 Před rokem

      Look at South Korea,bits even more insane.

    • @TL-fe9si
      @TL-fe9si Před rokem +17

      It won't really stop the rich families from hiring private 1-on-1 tutors secretly. I think this policy mainly aims to stop "an inflation of out-of-school tutoring". The more everyone takes extra tutoring, the more everyone needs to take these tutoring. It's just spiraling out of control, and people are in essence wasting their money since almost everyone takes such extra tutoring classes == no one takes these extra classes, and their money is just all wasted. As long as most families stop sending their kids to these tutoring schools, their money can be saved for something else, potentially boosting other sectors of the economy, and the majority of the kids will have less pressure from competitions that don't really improve their academic performance.

  • @dznuts123
    @dznuts123 Před rokem +4

    A pretty fair, comprehensive analysis for the tech crackdowns.

  • @regisd6497
    @regisd6497 Před rokem +40

    I'm a Chinese speaker, and your video is very inspiring. Thanks. Here's my comment. (Partially translated by google)
    The "market economy" has its bright side, but it also creates a growing divide between the rich and the poor, as well as ever-higher debt. China may want to step back a bit towards a planned economy in order to achieve "common prosperity", but the disadvantage is this may affect the overall economy amount.
    Until the next technological revolution comes, I don't think there is a best way to choose. As long as the choice didn't afffect social stability too much, I think it's still acceptable to me.

    • @sriramanvelayudhan230
      @sriramanvelayudhan230 Před rokem +6

      I think common prosperity is privately funded stimulus. Eventually, if the goal of lifting more people up and aid economic expansion is realized, the companies funded it will also benefit in terms of more consumers who can afford the company's products and services. Govt need to intervene when they observe things are disorderly to impact or decimate the vulnerable. Even the US resorted to QE to ride out of 2008 financial crisis brought about because of pure market driven philosophy. The rich elites got bailed out by the US government at the cost of average person on the street many of whom lost jobs and homes. Managed & planned pain is better than the US model of reckless market economy. Also, Chinese model seems have not stifled innovation either, given the sanctions US is applying on China because they dont want Chinese to outgrow the US capabilities

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Před rokem

      @@sriramanvelayudhan230
      1. China and the US, like most of the world, each run on a _fiat_ money system. Monetary inflation is a common problem in both economies, and both are getting hit hard by it.
      2. China is running into the same basic issue that the US has; a Pareto distribution of wealth. This is a natural consequence of open markets. I do not see it as an inherently bad thing, largely because command of larger amounts of capital can do good as well as bad, both in the marketplace and in philanthropy.
      Marketplace example: Elon Musk, both with his successes in engineering enterprises, and his purchase and promise to 'clean up' Twitter (he's getting back to his roots as a coder there).
      Philanthropy example: Andrew Carnegie. Many hundreds of libraries, schools and school facilities, auditoriums, performing halls, and conservatories bear his name across the U.S., including the famous Carnegie Hall. He was a coldly ruthless businessman, yet after his victories loosed his wealth to improve the cultural infrastructure of his native country. That doesn't make him a good-hearted person. It does mean that free and open markets, over the long term, do work for everyone.

    • @HuntingTarg
      @HuntingTarg Před rokem

      @@sriramanvelayudhan230
      In my own perspective, sanctions on China are the right thing for the wrong reason with the wrong timing. China is one of the worst human rights violators in the world, yet they sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
      Don't believe me? What about their "zero C0VID" policy, for starters?

    • @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263
      @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Před rokem

      There is no country in this world that is fully free market or fully planned market. In some aspect you could see US is even more “socialistic” than China

    • @willv88
      @willv88 Před rokem +1

      I feel that common prosperity is achieved through better education. The pre-college education in the US really isn't up to par (look at global education rankings) while the Chinese pre-college education is a bit too harsh - Chinese students often "give-up" after they get into university. The advantage the Chinese have is a culture that emphasizes education. Giving a homeless man an extra dollar means nothing if you can't give the homeless man an education.

  • @anon_y_mousse
    @anon_y_mousse Před rokem +270

    I think the real reason they cracked down on Jack Ma is that they didn't want a space alien telling them what to do.

    • @samwiseknows
      @samwiseknows Před rokem +11

      This is mean. Imagine if he read this comment, he would be so upset.

    • @trevortrevose9124
      @trevortrevose9124 Před rokem +4

      @@samwiseknows you think he uses youtube 😂😂😂pretty sure its banned in china

    • @gonzalos4379
      @gonzalos4379 Před rokem +17

      @@trevortrevose9124 Hi there, I'm commenting directly from China, LOL

    • @ashercoronel4925
      @ashercoronel4925 Před rokem +5

      @@gonzalos4379 what kinda Chinese guy is named Gonzalo

    • @astartes8621
      @astartes8621 Před rokem +3

      @@ashercoronel4925 an Expat...

  • @Randomdive
    @Randomdive Před rokem +242

    I used to teach part-time at VIPkid and a lot of teachers I know lost access to their students and sources of income overnight. The parents ended up setting up Facebook groups to try and find their children's teachers for private tutoring, but because the kids usually have pseudonyms it was really difficult . That said, the strain on Chinese children is intense so I'm not totally against scaling it back, I just don't know if it was the best way to do it. I think unilaterally ruining their domestic edtech companies the way they did was insane, their technology was advanced and could have ended up being exported.

    • @julioduan7130
      @julioduan7130 Před rokem

      Because these edtech companies created a lot of unnecessary education demands to suck money, which increased the living costs of every family in China. All the subjects were and are taught in the schools, not in the institution. Chinese government doesn’t want this kind of profit-driven companies to keep their businesses in China. Only non-profit institutions are allowed to teach subjects which are taught in schools.

    • @bobjones2959
      @bobjones2959 Před rokem

      I think it's more a symptom of the people running things. Smarter leadership is necessary but from what I see and hear about what's going on in the country, the current lot aren't very smart.

    • @Alex-ig2xr
      @Alex-ig2xr Před rokem +12

      Totally agree. My friend in Shanghai lost her English center due to the sudden change.

    • @shriramvenu
      @shriramvenu Před rokem

      i think it was also about the CCP asserting absolute control over childrens education (brainwashing). Xi Jinping is closing off china and doesnt want chinese people exposed to alternative ideas and the wider world

    • @user-DongJ
      @user-DongJ Před rokem

      Totally. This looks like a very risky gamble like the Covid lockdown, 1-Child policy, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward, Thousand cuts torture/executions, Wholesale Family executions, Book burning, Burying scholars, Mass genocide, etc. to change/control the society.
      Luckily/Unluckily for those who took the effort to understand war, power & nature from works like Sun Wu's Art of War, Karl Marx's Modes of Production & Richard Feynman's Meaning of Everything, s/he will realise there exist many who are seeking profits from these conflicts. This may explain why many elites/experts from states like US, China, EU, India, UK, Russia, AU, Brazil, etc. groups like IMF, WHO, UNP, RSF, ICC, WFP, TSB, POG, etc. & firms like Apple, Tencent, Samsung, Nestle, L'Oreal, Prosus, Tata, Linde, Sony, Gazprom, Siemens, etc. are already making their moves in the shadow space-time.

  • @lorenson
    @lorenson Před rokem +1

    Enjoying every episode! Thank you!

  • @iDimOS72
    @iDimOS72 Před rokem +1

    Thanx. I was wondered about all those

  • @ElJosher
    @ElJosher Před rokem +239

    Good on them for lowering education pressure and working hours. They severely needed it.

    • @tamask2172
      @tamask2172 Před rokem +27

      Education pressure is still there, but now instead of learning something possibly useful (like a foreign language), they need to study ccp propaganda.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 Před rokem +1

      Hope they don't let education slip from their fingers. "It's too hard, I'll just read the summary and that'll be enough".

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn Před rokem +83

      @@tamask2172 The crackdown was on after-school programs, which simply re-teach whatever the curriculum is. It has nothing to do with the school curriculum.

    • @andrewphillips8341
      @andrewphillips8341 Před rokem +1

      Well, when you use slave labor you don't need to worry about education levels.

    • @tamask2172
      @tamask2172 Před rokem +4

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn After school curriculum was the advertised target (much of which are English classes btw), but the very same time language education was also gutted and replaced by doctrine.

  • @desireco
    @desireco Před rokem +13

    I am subscribed to Nebula for a long time but kind of... as much as I love it's idea, I never go there to watch things, it is hard to discover new and interesting things and figure out what is available.

    • @willv88
      @willv88 Před rokem

      Just look at it as a way for these great channels to continue providing free content. Just an ad...

  • @SixOThree
    @SixOThree Před rokem

    I’ve had a growing interest in Nebula but Jet Lag’s cliffhanger tactics convinced me to pull the trigger. Excited to have some free time soon to explore.

  • @hanchengyu3119
    @hanchengyu3119 Před rokem +1

    This video is extremely precise. Kudos!

  • @emartinez1320
    @emartinez1320 Před rokem +21

    can we get a crack down here too? Rich people have it way too easy

    • @gund89123
      @gund89123 Před rokem +1

      They worked hard to earn that money.
      You are free to get rich too no one is stopping you from getting rich.

    • @user-hz9cm9qy3n
      @user-hz9cm9qy3n Před rokem +11

      @@gund89123 no .They get rich not only through their minds, but also by taking advantage of the environment established by workers and society. But they took away almost all the wealth they gained. This is obviously very unreasonable. unfair. This is the state in which capitalists exploit workers. No matter how smart you are, or how talented your mind is in business, you can't do all this by yourself. You need the society and people to complete with you, but you have taken most of the wealth. Don't say the law is right.

    • @emartinez1320
      @emartinez1320 Před rokem

      @@gund89123 no they didn't, the people peeing in bottles while working at amazon work hard. Meanwhile jeff won't take a meeting before 10! You see that and you like that? I hope you're already rich otherwise you just like being exploited

    • @caspianjuniper
      @caspianjuniper Před rokem +5

      @@gund89123 Yes, they did work hard to earn that money in the beginning. And now they’re paying their workers the bare minimum which isn’t even liveable. The rich should pay more taxes because they can afford it. They should also be paying their workers more. The rich are greedy. No one needs billions of dollars. They won’t even spend it all in their lifetime. Capitalism doesn’t work for everyone, period. And saying that poor people can just “get rich” is quite ignorant and shows just how little you actually know about Capitalism and what goes on within all of that.

  • @Prof16440
    @Prof16440 Před rokem +138

    This videos makes a point to me that for all the external criticisms of the CCP and Chinese government in their own unique way they care for their citizens. The ethics of this system might be questionable for those of us with western sensibilities, but western democracy is not for everyone. For the government to be willing to wipe out out trillions to curtail the excesses of "problematic industries" is in stark contrast to the Too Big to fail ideas prevalent in western economies.

    • @gund89123
      @gund89123 Před rokem +33

      If they care for their citizens then they should let citizens talk freely, and let them own a piece of land.

    • @user-in5kc9eu8b
      @user-in5kc9eu8b Před rokem

      @@gund89123 if talk freely then may cause "Color Revolution”,We all know that is not a good thing, because almost every country with color revolution has become a failed country. Look at Ukraine
      own a piece of land ?
      It means the free sale of land. China's thousands of years of history shows that this will only lead to the continuous annexation of land, which will eventually lead to more and more land for big landlords, and a large number of poor people have no land.. Finally, it triggered peasant uprising and national civil war. Why do Chinese dynasties generally last only 300 years? Because 300 years is probably the time when a large number of people have no land and have to revolt violently. The state owns land, which ensures that everyone can get reasonable land, and land annexation will not occur, thus leading to a large number of people without land. It also ensures the smooth construction of important infrastructure, such as highways and high-speed railways
      so i think CCP will rule china over 300 years. because CCP fix the problem of Land annexation

    • @thealexgamez7948
      @thealexgamez7948 Před rokem

      The CCP does this only for themselves, not for the citizens…

    • @augustday9483
      @augustday9483 Před rokem

      "They care for their citizens"
      Hahaha no. They care for their SLAVES, in the same way a man is careful about the tools in their shed. Citizens are property of the State, and are treated as such.

    • @lukey08
      @lukey08 Před rokem +33

      @@gund89123 Citizens do talk freely, and public policy debates are openly encouraged by the government. Chinese citizens just don't waste time dissing their government like what the US citizens love doing.

  • @atomicviking2497
    @atomicviking2497 Před rokem +67

    Wow. Just wow. I'm in awe at the sweeping hand of the Chinese Gov. From a US/Western point of view I admit, I'm a little jealous. This kind of move seems impossible politically in the US, even though we need it so much. Tech companies are basically predators in the US with so much unchecked power and monopolistic behavior.

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem +10

      Don’t be jealous, be thankful in fact that you don’t live in an autocratic state where the government can take away everything in mere seconds if you make one wrong move. A government having sweeping power over everything is never good

    • @mrhoneycutter
      @mrhoneycutter Před rokem +2

      While better anti-trust regulation is needed in the tech sector, I don’t think our government being able to eradicate entire sectors of commerce overnight is a thing to aspire to. While I think our government can be sluggish it’s better than complete control over every aspect of our lives.

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      @@mrhoneycutter true

    • @ouilar2816
      @ouilar2816 Před rokem

      ​@@Doughsz its not always a bad thing. if China didn't have unchecked power over the private sector they wouldn't have been able to stop evergrande from destroying their economy. They can play by their own rules, use every single weapon they have to keep the economy going, and tell the free makert to fuck themselvs. overall its a bad thing, but you gotta admit it has its perks

    • @jered1675
      @jered1675 Před rokem +10

      @@Doughsz Where did you hear that? From the BBC?

  • @gumbytron
    @gumbytron Před rokem +4

    Good. Hopefully this news reaches all corners of the US especially during this time of distrust towards corporations and big tech

  • @LZentertainments
    @LZentertainments Před rokem +3

    Fantastic video. I did my own (written) piece on all this in the beginning of it. Incredible to see a summary + some kind of ending to it.

  • @worldisone1975
    @worldisone1975 Před rokem +16

    Chinese tv brand are selling wall mount separately and charging more extra for it also if you don't use there wall mount then warranty would void....

    • @nishant54
      @nishant54 Před rokem +2

      No one will know.

    • @jonathanodude6660
      @jonathanodude6660 Před rokem +1

      no VESA? idk if you can lobby your local official, but maybe remind them about standardisation and/or cooperation.

    • @MuppetsSh0w
      @MuppetsSh0w Před rokem +2

      Good practice. 80% of people already have a compatible wall mount.

  • @lloydfromfar
    @lloydfromfar Před rokem

    Well done, thanks for the context, all that seems rather good after all.. :)

  • @TheAkdzyn
    @TheAkdzyn Před rokem +2

    This was insightful. Thank you!

  • @bruhder5854
    @bruhder5854 Před rokem +25

    This was a well presented and well informed video. You've earned a like.

  • @josereneticsay32
    @josereneticsay32 Před rokem +13

    I have bee wondering why it feels like Jack Ma suddenly disappeared, and now I know that he actually did lol.

  • @wgsmaster
    @wgsmaster Před rokem +7

    This is the simplest and most to the point explanation I have seen.
    And from a westerner nonetheless, is IMPRESSIVE.
    Best explanation video I seen about the crackdown.

  • @luisostasuc8135
    @luisostasuc8135 Před rokem +3

    Interesting priorities, and pretty good intentions behind them. I'll be happy if they do some good, maybe shake things up here in the us through spillover

  • @ChristianMueller
    @ChristianMueller Před rokem +24

    Thanks for your fantastic work!

  • @richwu6752
    @richwu6752 Před rokem +21

    They don’t want China to become like Japan or Korea, not sure if it will work, but they will try.

    • @zhappy
      @zhappy Před rokem

      Actually South Korea had also banned private tutoring many years back

    • @paulskiye6930
      @paulskiye6930 Před rokem

      @@zhappy yes, but there are always around the regulation.
      For example: having lessons in car, while being driven around the city

    • @richwu6752
      @richwu6752 Před rokem

      @@zhappy yep

    • @richwu6752
      @richwu6752 Před rokem +1

      @@paulskiye6930 of course, you can just hire a private home tutor, who is gonna know?

  • @rajindakodikara3471
    @rajindakodikara3471 Před rokem +24

    impartial and informative content... hard to find such material about china in western media... keep up the good work

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      You’re not supposed to be impartial on dictators…that’s like being impartial on Nazi Germany you’re not supposed to be like that

    • @rajindakodikara3471
      @rajindakodikara3471 Před rokem

      @@Doughsz that's your opinion. How do you no the Chinese are nazis or dictators have you lived in china. Who the hell are you to tell us " what we are supposed to be " looks like you are the dictator want to be egomaniac.. get a life mate

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      ​@@rajindakodikara3471 the ccp puts 2 million miniorities in concertation camps and it has killed it own citizens and it uses rape as a form of toture, why are defending the ccp so much? As an Indian, they claim our lands and they claim the lands of Bhutan, Vietnam, all of Taiwan, the Philipines, Japan, and they occupy Tibet and West Turkestan (along with Inner Mongolia). And then you use deflection againist me and you call me a dictator...? lol what im just some random guy bruh what

  • @katehobbs2008
    @katehobbs2008 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Perhaps the mega companies had become too powerful to control. The Chinese Government would have seen the example in Russia, how the massive privately-owned corporations that sprung up post-Soviet era, wielded too much power and were beyond law or government control.

  • @treefarm3288
    @treefarm3288 Před rokem +131

    Very good and well thought through video. I'm not a business person but studied Chinese history at university and have always found it a hard country to deeply understand. Thanks for providing this analysis. It remains to be seen how these rather extreme actions, which like you said, would normally have been taken over many years, end up affecting the country and its business and society. The privacy regulations are really a surprise, but of course the government is excepted.

    • @MrManny075
      @MrManny075 Před rokem +10

      You need to be neutral to see the actual picture prejudice is not good, You can say they took those actions because they can, they don't fear losing votes. what can't break you makes you stronger, so you can say those actions will bear fruit in the long run, It looks like the Chinese learn from other countries' mistakes first than their own,

    • @mikeandersson7962
      @mikeandersson7962 Před rokem +1

      Instead to study china and chinese culture u need to visit and stay there awhile or listen to these shits ytubers spesialisti china edition.

    • @Finnv893
      @Finnv893 Před rokem

      Not deep at all when you look at it sideways, the government body has been doing the same thing for the past 1500ish years, whenever there was/will be only ONE, not multiple in times of fracture; CCP policies are no different from imperial edicts from the first emperor and the ones that followed him. P.S there are two governments rn claiming legitimacy in case you are not aware, that's why both sides are butthurt as hell.

    • @ee-bz5em
      @ee-bz5em Před rokem +8

      事实上,作为一名中国人,在中国大学学习自己历史时,都会让人感到精神分裂

    • @scarletvan4749
      @scarletvan4749 Před rokem +5

      One good way to sort of understand China and some of its policy is to look at the single most influential cause of downfall of a dynasty throughout it's history, the peasant rebellion.

  • @deathdoor
    @deathdoor Před rokem +33

    They didn't really destroyed anything.
    Just watch this movie an think, anything they did is bad for the people? They just limited the power these big companies had AND wanted to use to abuse the market.
    I don't think this is bad at all.

  • @niclaszhang1076
    @niclaszhang1076 Před rokem

    我认为techAltar讲到的这部分政策基本上是与事实相符合的,所以我决定订阅并持续关注后续的信息。

  • @yennapallyvamshireddy3590

    I hope, India also does the same for after-school education for kids below 14. It's putting the burden on both the parents (Financially) and kids (Mentally).

  • @eddiestilll
    @eddiestilll Před rokem +35

    techaltar's quality never fails to disappoint. :) i was wondering why chinese tech companies seem to be less prevalent in the 2020s compared to the 2010s but this explains a lot!

  • @xenotiic8356
    @xenotiic8356 Před rokem +186

    Overall this is pretty good! Some parts I am not a fan of, like how in same ways this is an obvious power grab. With that said, I'll always trust a government more than a for profit corporation, even if I trust neither.
    Also the fact China has better Internet privacy laws than the US is absolutely hilarious, a sweet nectar of the finest irony.

    • @warrenjoseph76
      @warrenjoseph76 Před rokem +13

      Trust neither. Trust only in God

    • @xenotiic8356
      @xenotiic8356 Před rokem +4

      @@warrenjoseph76 Trust me, that's already what I do

    • @bobjones2959
      @bobjones2959 Před rokem +17

      Laws aren't what matter though, what matters are institutions and enforcement. China may well have more comprehensive laws but if they are only used as a bludgeon by the government to punish or suppress people and opinions they don't like, then what use are they to the people? And it's common knowledge at this point that China's security apparatus is pretty much as Orwellian as it gets in the modern world. Constant tracking, security cams all over the place, facial recognition tech, etc. I don't even inherently disagree with better social cohesion and a more communal, less individualistic approach to governance, but you have to draw the line somewhere when it comes to civil rights and liberties. So far most people in China seem alright with it, but the worry is that if they ever want to change their government but the government refuses to change, by then it will be too late.

    • @xenotiic8356
      @xenotiic8356 Před rokem

      @@bobjones2959 I completely agree with this. I don't trust corpos or govts, it's just my own personal pecking order

    • @auroragb
      @auroragb Před rokem

      Except that China has privacy laws on paper while violating their citizens privacy daily. The Internet monitors monitored private chat conversations between citizens to protest a bank that style their money and turned their health code red to prevent them from getting to the protest site as you need green health code to take any public or third party transportation

  • @haoruchen4216
    @haoruchen4216 Před 9 měsíci

    great journalism!

  • @cshan5424
    @cshan5424 Před rokem +38

    Greed, the giant companies, there are no differences from China to west. The only goal of them is making more money whatever they can. Jack Ma, he has Alibaba, TMall, Taobao, Ants..., the first 3 already monoply/big powder on retails(on line), export trade... etc. He wants Ants Group to control and change the Chinese Banking system to suit their advantages. And it could be happen to every area of life. If Chinese government doesn't hammer him at the right time, what will happen? It is quite scare!

    • @jparsit
      @jparsit Před rokem

      Ma is not a real Chinese, he is a whitewashed. Kick him out so he will hind under Biden skirt.

    • @wyz9815
      @wyz9815 Před rokem +1

      Exactly

    • @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263
      @youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Před rokem +1

      Is not just jack ma, Tencent as well. But regardless, in the end is just replacing those CEO’s with their own people. Is mainly about money lmao.
      To the ordinary Chinese it doesn’t change lol.

  • @subodhpareek18
    @subodhpareek18 Před rokem +18

    Incredibly fascinating video, in a completely unpretentious style

  • @liadsagi3
    @liadsagi3 Před rokem +3

    I love how your videos so different from my typical iphone-pixel-samsung reviews

    • @protocetid
      @protocetid Před rokem

      which can be thinly veiled advertisements

    • @Doughsz
      @Doughsz Před rokem

      @@protocetid disagreed, watch mrwhosetheboss’ video on phone review ads

  • @Cosmic_Hobo
    @Cosmic_Hobo Před 9 měsíci

    Inspiring stuff.

  • @len2063
    @len2063 Před rokem +1

    It will be interesting to see what the results will be in comperising to the western model.

  • @gjk8110
    @gjk8110 Před rokem +7

    This is very quality research and not like other channel plain anti china

  • @namanjain5763
    @namanjain5763 Před rokem +69

    As an investor who just love to study tech and even other companies.
    China is really very random in there own laws as stated with many tech industry examples in this video.
    Most people will think they also don't understand tech completely so make such decisions but when you look at automobile industry they almost collapsed the whole two wheeler market in matter of few years , have absolutely crushed there chemical company years ago, have made many rules that make there metal industry to be the best to worst to best again to worst again.
    This just shows how they can give full open hand and make there company world leaders and when they think it is getting out of hand make them even go bankrupt in just a few years.
    Many of these decisions stated were not even that new but a normal thing in China.
    They really favour what they like just in example they first favour niche chemical and they also ruin then after some years and that make them gain tech and also make comodity chemical be more there as it might create less value but is more important for our life overall.

    • @greebj
      @greebj Před rokem +3

      How much is just bog standard corruption hidden behind a smokescreen of altruistic puffery and how much is actual altrusim?

    • @ThePowerLover
      @ThePowerLover Před rokem

      @@greebj Almost all is just corruption.

    • @royk7712
      @royk7712 Před rokem

      China control on its economy is astonishing. But I do support on these uncontrolled capital expansion crackdown. It's so unnecessary to have 5 apps similar to didi or Uber. Also this apply to other industry as well. Overproduction is a thing, after it happen company is force them to sell at lower price and it damage the whole industry. Price war is a bad thing for everyone

    • @JimStanfield-zo2pz
      @JimStanfield-zo2pz Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@royk7712price war isn't bad, that's how you get competitive pricing. What's unnecessary is arbitrarily interfering in economic activities that idiots like you and the politicians that you support don't understand and never will. The politicians and their ilk need to be reigned in. All they want is unwarranted power, and they never have enough knowledge, creativity, or intelligence to justify or use that power in any kind of constructive manner.

  • @lizi1936
    @lizi1936 Před 6 měsíci +1

    There also a important information you forgot on Ant group. They were practicing financial crimes similar to what Lehman brothers did in 2008. In another word, China potentially stopped an economic crisis by itself.

  • @alexxx4434
    @alexxx4434 Před rokem

    I think similar "laying flat" symptom was also present in later stages USSR, as many stopped to see bright prospects in the future.

  • @havenht
    @havenht Před rokem +15

    These changes are actually good for the people and country. No company or anyone should be more powerful than the government. Jack Ma know his place pretty fast.

  • @rian4104
    @rian4104 Před rokem +20

    Cracking on gaming industry is the most important policy for future generation. I lost a lot of my younger years to gaming, and I regret it so much now. Gaming addiction is just as worst as drug addiction. Parents, please be very strict to your kids about gaming, they will thank you later as they get older.

    • @mhammadalloush5104
      @mhammadalloush5104 Před rokem +2

      As someone who until recently had a gaming addiction, I agree somewhat, but at the same time, what China is doing is making gaming a Boogeyman, much like how the west started a war on drugs and completely ignored alcohol, similarly, China is ignoring other potentially addictive activities on the internet that aren't gaming such as social media, video sharing platforms etc, etc...

    • @Ottmar555
      @Ottmar555 Před rokem

      @@mhammadalloush5104 Social media has its own regulations. For example TikTok can only recommend science and other educational content to children 13 - 18. The number of hours is also limited. Likewise pornography is banned.

  • @sephypantsu
    @sephypantsu Před rokem +1

    I'm a long time user of many Chinese software and in the past you'd need to carefully uncheck boxes and even block installations as they auto-install so much bloatware.
    Now, all of them are clean, very clean.

  • @steadyballer
    @steadyballer Před rokem +6

    I got burnt by these tech stocks. Thanks for the informative explanation, TechAltar. Feel better already knowing why 😅.

    • @sibeiho
      @sibeiho Před rokem

      So question is whether its time to buy these tech stocks now...

  • @anshukmitra
    @anshukmitra Před rokem +52

    My forever favourite tech channel 🌼

  • @henrys5506
    @henrys5506 Před rokem +7

    Great video! as someone from China, I find your content really accurate and informative

  • @EdwinaTS
    @EdwinaTS Před rokem

    Wow! Thanks for the explaination.

  • @kckfen
    @kckfen Před rokem

    Wow... very spot on. I fully agreed with your analysis. Is a rare gem that someone able to pick up this. Well done.

  • @jukio02
    @jukio02 Před rokem +8

    Everything China has done in the past few years will pay off in the long run. China will become a more pleasant place to live for it's citizens.

    • @gaoda1581
      @gaoda1581 Před rokem

      至少会让中国产党的未来变得十分pleasant 😷

    • @jukio02
      @jukio02 Před rokem

      @@gaoda1581 Covid Zero will eventually end, and when it does, China will be a lot better off. They will have to suffer for a little while longer, but it will all be worth it.

  • @lordlee6473
    @lordlee6473 Před rokem +4

    To say it’s a wild wild East is an understatement. I have yet to find a more entrepreneurial people than the Chinese, who when setting their mind on something will get anything done.
    And I think what China is doing should be what every other country should be doing. US is too dominant in certain industries and if China find it dangerous to be too dependent on American technologies, then I can’t imagine how absolutely vulnerable other countries are.

  • @cmkar1013
    @cmkar1013 Před rokem +1

    Hi, could you please make a video explaining about *ONDC* of India in bit detail, thanks...!!!

  • @calvingrondahl1011
    @calvingrondahl1011 Před rokem +1

    My daughter taught school in China over 20 years ago. Those children are young adults now and are going through these changes.