What Does Democracy Mean To The Chinese? [Street Interview] | ASIAN BOSS
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- Despite a recent report that China is poised to overtake the U.S. economy by 2020, China still remains very much a mystery in the eyes of the Western world and is often portrayed by the Western media as a communist country where its citizens have no freedom. So, we hit the streets of Beijing, China to ask ordinary Chinese people what democracy and freedom mean to them. This is what they had to say.
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It took our team over 6 hours to get a few sets of people on the streets of Beijing for this street interview and we did our best to get as many different views as possible. Given that we are a small media startup with very limited resources, we are simply not able to conduct street interviews in every city and every country to get the most "unbiased" (which itself is inherently subjective) answers. Rather, the purpose of our videos is to present a perspective and trigger a meaningful conversation/debate. If you consider yourself a part of the Asian Boss community, keep your discussions civil and try to understand different points of view. Thanks for watching and stay curious.
Asian Boss I think it’ll be interesting to have the same interview to Chinese immigrants overseas. To compare the results.
Pat C good idea!
You guys generally do a great job but life is ugly and we must confront the dark side of it and not be bystanders on the world stage.
@@euphony5552 I am a Chinese overseas, I pretty much agree with everything they said in the video. PS: I left when I was a teenager, it's been 10 years since I left China. I still go back to visit every couple of years. The drastic improvement amazes me every time I go back.
You should ask them what they think about Huawei CFO meng wanzhou arrest in Canada
and what do they think about the sudden arrest of many Canadians in China as retaliation against Meng's arrest?
How about redoing a similar interview but in Taiwan?
Or even a different region of China, like the north west region, East Turkistan.
@@snowballeffect7812 Turkistan isn't even in China
@McK Ode They literally ask at the end of a lot of the videos what region we would like them to ask next. I don't think he's being disrespectful at all.
Hvad Hvem in west, America, France, Germany, Italy, Canada etc... too.
@@jianghaowang2854 i think he's referring to xinjiang
People nowadays don't like to distinguish democracy and freedom... But actually, they are different.
You got the point. During the cold war the slogan of USSR is democracy and the slogan for the western world is freedom. How ironic
good point
Good point!
So true
Clever.
India is considered the largest democracy country in the world but still practices caste system and western countries have no problem with it.
No, Babasaheb scrapped caste system by burning Manusmriti that too like 50 years ago. The constitution itself is Anti-casteist and gives equal rights to Everyone irrespective of caste, colour, religion, etc. Congratulations 🥳 you just made a fool of yourself
@@61.pranamyajoshi23 yesss you r right.
@@61.pranamyajoshi23 As long as you believe it from the bottom of your heart, we outsiders are totally fine with that... scrapped it or not, you are still the largest democratic joke of the world...
@@61.pranamyajoshi23 only in paper, people still practice caste.
@@intheendshewillknowiwasntb5841 What matters is citizens' rights under the law. If everyone is equal under the law, then the caste system is not a valid critique of Indian democracy.
As a Chinese who studies abroad since teenage time, it is reli a mixed feeling because I see and hear two perspectives about my country and it’s always all negative from the western side, but every time when I go back to China, life there is always safe and colourful, now ppl don’t bring wallets because we can pay for anything with phones or cards, the infrastructure in cities are also extremely good and convenient, the high-speed- rail can reach 350km/h etc. People in the west world just has to know, not all internationals coming to your country is because their country is poor and has nothing to offer, at least for me, I just wanted to see the world and do not intend to change my nationality on my Passport.
Don't really have negative views on China and it's people, just the government tbh
@@Miguel-vz1mq interesting view, but not practical in reality in the case with China, where good governance has produced results for its people who are enjoying the benefits and a future where the people have confidence in. There is a direct link between the govt. & the people it serves which the west may not understand the level of trust between the Chinese people & their govt.
@@Wbliss Good for the Chinese then, but what about its neighbors though?
I mean, ASEAN countries are willing to negotiate the South China Sea, but the Chinese government just does what it wants and uses its military as a solution
And just a quick question, do you know about the whole Chinese Government debt trap it uses against other smaller nations?
@@Miguel-vz1mq debt trap？ The Western world colonized Africa and Southeast Asia for hundreds of years, only plundering, not even a few complete roads left after they left. Now China is investing in Africa, building roads, railways, ports, modernizing them, just a few minor trade disputes (of course China is not here for charity) and now the West is calling it a debt trap? So what has the West been doing for the past hundred years?
@@Super_Hao I'm not talking about the West, I'm talking about China here. How the hell do you justify targetting countries that you know can't pay certain amount of debt just so you can take their territory?
I'm in no way saying that the West are some kind of Heroes and China is the villain, China's action speak for itself, and what it's doing right now is no better than the West
" FREEDOM is relative!!" - that line hit me the most
that's the translation..... he actually mean Freedom is tasty in China.
@@NavinKumarIndia I can understand Chinese and that guy defiantly said 'freedom is relative' and not whatever the f you just said.
Yes, a very intelligent young guy. I feel good future for China
@@NavinKumarIndia Why you twisted it? What is your intention?
@@NavinKumarIndia bot, did you even understand Chinese language? You can just stick with your toilet
I'm born and raised in Germany, but my parents are Chinese. Growing up I used to be ashamed of my Chinese origin as the Western media influenced me a lot. I actually hated China. But my parents were always defending China, so I wanted to know more about the country, the people who are living their and their culture. I really wanted to know if all those things Western media taught us is true or not. After I graduated from "High School" I spent more than a year in China. And I started to love the country. It's so so so different from what I've been told. I really enjoyed the time and love the Chinese people. Of course there are some rude Chinese who are uncivilized etc. but this is just a minority. Now I'm traveling around the world. I've seen so many different places and people. And I have to say: The time in China is the best time I've ever had in life.There is no place I've felt that safe and peaceful and just happy. The culture is so interesting and the people are so respectful and lovely. Can't believe that I've been used to hate Chinese people and the country in the past. Now I'm visiting and exploring China a lot of times. I even started to study Chinese Studies at college to learn the language and learn more about the judicial and political system, the culture, history and so on. People need to stop listen to Media, stop judging and need to experience the country by themselves.
read your comments, feel very moved
There are rude people are in USA too,call them right wingers mostly MAGA trump supporter and you would literally gets shot down while studying in USA school in some random day. I don't know what's the wrong with western countries.
Germany despite being developed countries for so long still have homeless people but china have already lifted people from poverty and it's a miracle for 21st considering how a big devloping country is able to lift 800 million people out of poverty in just few decades 👍.
谢谢你
Welcome back to home😊
China need more people like you.
I love the way they convey their thoughts, really reflects how good they are educated
How well they are educated
Thank you for getting people's opinion and expressing to the world is a good way of connecting us all! I don't think everyone knows, but they would be shocked if they'd knew we are all connected...and related! There was a time not too long ago there were only a few of us and we stay together. But as our families grew bigger, we had to spread out for survival... Now we've lived on every continent of the world! And we've forgot that there was a time not too long ago, there were only a few of US! If people knew that everybody in the world is related... The world would be a lot kinder place to live, we are all different branches of the same tree! And in the end, all that really matters, is KINDNESS!!!
Democracy means different things for different people but even democracy in the West is completely different from each other
But they all have one thing in common. The people can choose their government.
@@adlerzwei are u sure and how about America
adlerzwei wow , trust me , that is a illusion .
@@malikanuur4298 Americans have a big election every 2 years. ;-)
Example: western citizens have the freedom to vote for their president, Chinese citizens have the freedom to feel safe late at night.
I've been to all of the tier 1 cities and most of the tier 2 cities in China and personally I feel these opinions in the video is fairly representative at least for the major cities.
And, just to set the record straight for those who'd like to say "it's not the people it's the government". The current membership of the CCP is around 100 millions, which is about 6.66% of the population. And if you consider their family and friends, you can almost say every single Chinese person has something to do with the Chinese government. Chinese government is literately of the people, by the people and for the people considering what it consists of and what it's done for the past few decades. It's the most efficient government that's best taken care its people on the planet for the past few decades. Period.
On the other hand, as an outsider who's been in China for the last 10 years, this ubiquitous censorship in every corner of China is something I can never get over with. It's a lot more serious than what's shown in this interview. It's not just the "wall". It's when you go on to the internet and discuss anything, you'll see people using funny abbreviations or mask their words with pinyin mixed up with kanji/hanzi just so that they don't get reported. Don't get me wrong, it's not that they're gonna get reported to the government. Chinese government doesn't bother itself with any nobody. You can say whatever the heck you want because you're no influencer. It's the forums, the hosting services or the companies that have their own censorship teams just to stay away from trouble coming from the government. It's not like the Chinese government cares much about what's said on the forums, but when they do, somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad. And as any smart businessperson would do, publishers of any kind in China apply their own censorship. Your everyday Chinese person wouldn't even talk about this not because they're afraid, they've got used to that and don't feel it at all. And say, when their threads get locked or reported, they blame the forum, not the government.
Still, if you're no Chinese citizen, none of this is really your business to mind. There are so many "non-democratic" countries in the world but they're just invisible to most people's eyes. You don't hear people talk about whether Singapore is democratic or not because 1. they're pro west; 2. they're modern 3. they're not as influential. China is exactly the opposite. It's not pro west, it's not as modern and it's a superpower. So it gets put in the spotlight and everyone seems to have an opinion about it even most never even been to the country or know one single Chinese person.
@Monsieur Tarzan
Is that so?
It's also people's government because unlike in the western countries, the elites do not have much power over the government at all and they can be easily got in prison for a crime (what isn't common in the west, where the money rules).
Love your work Asian boss. Keep up the great work.
“I think China is very democracy, but it depends on your social status.”
Wrong translation... 层次（ceng ci）!= social status
So pretty much like the United States
it’s the same thing in america
RareFaction oh sorry what does it mean I just read the subtitles
Jacobius Pineconalhotra she said “different aspect”, I guess you can interpret it that way too. But the main idea is that in China sometime there’s more freedom and sometime there isn’t any.
I really like this video because it shows such a different opinion on the principle of democracy. Many "western" people think that they can define what democracy is or what is "right " for a political system. But I think that exactly this opinion is problematic. I, as a German, would probably not like the Chinese political system because I'm used to other standards. But I honestly think that I wouldn't like the American system as well. Being used to something and thinking that it is right (or not) doesn't mean it is right for everyone. This thinking, to have some "better" knowledge than others has led in the past to big problems, as everybody hopefully knows. Therefore I really like this insight and how Chinese look at their system from a Chinese way. As mentioned in the beginning this cannot be called an "unbiased" study but for a first insight this is actually quite helpful.
jojo k , Democracy is subjective...Western system of electioneering system is just one and another form of Meritocracy (Chinese system) is another...The question is, which one is better? To me anything that can provide decent lifestyle like wealth is the utmost...Having nothing and bragging about free speech is just a deceptive form of Democracy an easy tool use by politicians to fool the ignorants...
I agree a lot with your use of the term "Chinese way". I'm a Korean, born in America, I don't have a strong definition of what that really is, but I could decipher the general attitude portrayed here. The biggest discrepancy in the way of progress in America, seems to be that the protests and general unrest are more of an aggregation of personal issues and personal attitude problems, rather than a fault of the system we are part of. I hear a lot of students loudly spout fallacious arguments about how x should be treated better, then go on to treat everyone else terribly. I hear a lot of country people from my hometown yelling about how hard it is to make a living, when those specific people were given the same education and life choices as us, and decided to drop out of highschool or whatnot. There are actual problems with the system, don't get me wrong, and I can't speak for all of us. But, even my father who works in the hood and owns a convenience store... He voted Trump, who just caused the government to close because he wanted some wall funded. And now the government shut down and the people who used to frequent his store won't have food stamps soon. And my father is the one complaining. And as I lay in bed here at a liberal college, the people protesting outside are talking about equal rights and debate about confederate statues, while graphs about how 1% of americans take 90% of the money it makes sit in corners of the internet. Theres a giant lack of focus on anyone but themselves, and theres a giant issue with learning and defining what life is. We should learn to live with the consequences of our life choices rather than spit at the system that raised us. Maybe this is all just me, but living here is suffocating to be honest.
Atleast democracies don't discriminate people on the basis of religion and unlike china
@@abinashdeka8550 whites discriminating the blacks? Democracy?
you support literal totalitarianism in china but let me guess you probably hate erdogan right? as a german
Actually in the west, we are always being watch, not by the government but by all the big companies that get our data from Facebook (meta), google (alphabet), and so on, we give them our information necessary to know everything about us
@Mr.Beant 🤣
All theses corporations work for the USA government. Any attempt of revolution can be repressed in the west.
Excellent… thank you for these rare objective insights … good journalism.
As much as I love your content, please for the love of god improve the translation. So many nuances lost and so many sentences incoherent ("cleaning-up of the society"...? what?), as a native Chinese speaker who has been abroad for decades and understand the controversy of the issue, whenever I look at that English subtitle, I am in fear of viewers from other cultural backgrounds getting the wrong impression of Chinese people due to meanings lost in translation. Please exercise caution and due diligence in curation when selecting such topics.
Edit: I would gladly help any Chinese translation efforts if need be as well
respect
that translation"depends on their social status" is also totally wrong. that girl actually said "there are different aspects". Sigh...
@EZ - 12CA 796485 Cawthra Park SS She was contemplating her word use and it did not came out very coherent, but the gist is that she thought the review and rating system (审核, in western context it would be something like the M18 rating system, in Chinese context it would be more of outright censorship under the whim of the state) serves as a form of control and moderation (she used the word 清理, which literally means declutter or cleanup) of the social environment (社会环境, a Chinese political term which means external factors that affect an individual, for example the media, social norm and etc).
In short she was overall approving of the state's measures and thought it helped clear bad things from entering the public.
Omg how's your wenzhounese!!?? you're a "chinese" speaker right??
@@eb.3764 Not all Chinese is from Wenzhou. China is huge.
I lived 2 years in China. If you ask me... they don't have this kind of problems liberals vs conservatives or lefties vs righties or whatever. Their society is not divided for the sake of clientelism. Some things are certain and not just appearences and there is no such fragmentation of small sectarian groups. Everybody agrees on the basics, it's not so hard.
And also, if you have some advice that might be positive for business or administrative organs, they listen carefully and consider. I think they are pretty democratic in that sense, more than us in Europe.
rockerdrake man, if you understand Chinese, you will find out their people are so naive. They can’t receive tons of news from local even news that is about their governments policies. Did you follow their news recently? About how their government encourages people to invest and that is a big mistake. It is not only let the market losing balance but also let the people distrust the government if their money just disappear in any ways. And my friends from China didn’t know the news! They even said if it wasn’t happened to their region then it must a fake news. That is interesting you know. How convenient their government working in several way to do money laundering. That is the problem why their TI is so low. You should be glad if something happens to your own benefits that your country handling. You can make sure what r they doing anytime. You don’t need to make any conspiracy. The only thing you need to do is search the data’s from the government. That is called democracy.
@ⵜⴰⵏⵉⵔⵉ Taniri every liberal democracy in the world faces the same problems with partisanship. Public opinion is disputed, divided and confronted to the point of mutual hate. Every party controls its own media and often lies and slanders the rest. When the opposition takes the government in a new term they only undo the previous government's policies and make shallow politics that fit their segment's convenience instead of worrying about the well-being of the country as a whole. It's pretty much like that in all of Europe and America. China on the other hand might have many kids of problems but it doesn't have the social conflicts that derive from such division of the society.
@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 1. I was there for studying, I didn't take advantage of the country as you seem to interpret.
2. I know right, It's definitely not heaven and I'm not claiming it is, as I've stated before there are many kinds of problems...there is economic classism, money-sickness, social competition - lack of a proper sense of shame and a certain degree of racism in other non-explicit forms. Plus it's very hard for foreigners to establish themselves there in the long run, laws are restrictive and changes abrupt
3. But people in China, I guess in Vietnam too, even in the worst of hardships they are still able to see the good side of the situation and the good in others and always have a praise even for those they don't agree or have a good relationship with. They can reach an agreement so easily and with far less arguing and Goddamn... avoiding the exaltation of sex, violence, drugs, crime in movies and other entertainment media has had an enormously positive impact on the society. If you've never lived in the West you can't imagine to what extent.
Of course reality is multi-faceted but in many ways power struggles seeking to involve the people tend to divide and confuse them. And in the end, one outcome or another doesn't really make a big change.
@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 you know china？
@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 and？Did I say China is better？
Very impressed by how your videos are made: you always present a first-hand Primary Source, quite literally xD.
The Concept of Democracy presented to most Mainland Chinese Citizens is Nonpartisan Democracy (since China is a Unitary One-Party State) focusing on mostly the part where the government is formed by the general population. As a person who lives in Beijing, I can confirm that many of the "Restrictions, Bans, Political Freedom of Expression" is not quite true. Whether or not this is the case in other parts of China, I am not sure.
Great job for creating this video 👍
Chill. You used a VPN to comment this and still say you are free? Lol
He hás free healthcare, you don't
@@Gnnesh
Are you saying that not a single app or website is banned in your country!?
@@hasanpasha01 I can't think of anything.
@@CWFpresentes there is no such thing as free healthcare, sir. Its all paid by tax payers money. US has one of the lowest taxes in the world.
awesome interviews. Thank you for your work!
I live in europe and I think the biggest problem is, that western people tend to project their values to other countries like china. Like "we value democracy, and I believe it's also the best for your country, and if your country is not like that, then your country should change for better". When I was in china a friend told me: Everyone has values and opinions, but don't judge what's best for other people by your own subjective norms, because you don't even know if those people like it or not. What's good for you doesn't automatically mean, that it's also wanted by other people
Hm. Almost sounds like everyone should have a basic foundation rights afforded to them, that should not be infringed, and beyond that the freedom to do as they please as long as they do not infringe the aforementioned rights. Like, I dunno, a constitutional republic or something.
but it's objectively worse and these people just don't see it. Ofc if you're taught in school that everything your country does is the best and other countries are bad you're gonna believe it
@@SgtSuissie how is it objectively worse? Do you realize that in American schools, we're taught that our country is the best and everyone else lacks the freedoms we have? Americans and westerners in general are coming from a POV that the way we live should be the standard of the entire planet when that's just not how it is.
@@TIENxSHINHAN jokes on you I'm swiss. China has literal concentration camps for muslims. There's so many inhuman things this country does. I don't know how you wanna excuse that
it reminds me of colonization. i can feel the spirit or the better word mental core of european people.
What I really want to know is: did that lady catch her dog at 3:04 ?
Lol
lolol it's actually something happens a lot in China and in terms of that, US ppl are doing a way better job
@MrAmsterdamCity1 Stfu racist pig
make me laugh, oh my god.
@inxtarobloxian2 people in China protest against the Yulin festival as well. Also, you probably eat pork in which case pigs and dogs are practically the same intelligence wise. Racist
great video, thanks!
It’s very interesting. I used to have an interest in chinese history when I was super young, then i got infatuated with japan (still am) and now with Genshin it does make me curious to learn more about China. I did get the luxury to try chinese food, not just the stuff you find commonly on tv in the US but I got to go to a gourmet Chinese restaurant. It was very eye opening and quite delicious. I can’t remember everything I had but the jellyfish and wintermelon really stood out to me as something very new and yummy.
I agree with your comment about being in China, I was there for three weeks on holidays, of course it is diffrent that the west and took some getting used to but I was never scared nor did I see sacred citizens. If anyone would want to go to China I recommend going there with an open mind and without prejudices :))
Flo ㅇㅈㅇ I went there too and it wasn’t different from California.
My ancestors visited Nanking and left without Naking ahaahahaha
Now some Western countries regard democracy as a religion.
It is like Catholicism and Islam. They all think that they represent God. Others are infidels. It is ridiculous that the democratic model that does not conform to the West is undemocratic.
Some countries in the West promote daily respect for the diversity of the world, but they are obliterating the diversity of the world.
Flo ㅇㅈㅇ Thank you. You are the type of westerner I can deal with.
Thank you
In conclusion, the younger Chinese generation has more confidence about their diplomacy and society. Nobody would know China more than Chinese themselves. Somebody always wants to enforce their own democrat way on China. I have to say just give up and get out of their way.
Yes Chinese troll
Bonney Dahlquist look at you pathetic boy,do you feel shameful for your ignorance？
@Erwin Lii China uncensored is one of the most disgusting channels from my stand
@@bonneydahlquist1857 yes, so you are the perfect production of “democracy ”and “free free thinking ”---- all you can do is ignore others well-built comments and speak out your stereotypes
@@zhao9828 hello 30 cent army
Very good interview 👍👍good topic , good questions , impressive opinions directly from young generation in China nowadays 👍 democracy that uncontrollable could be tresspassing the freedom itself . Thank you Asianboss to bring this issue 🍎
Great video, glad to hear people are prospering over there! ❤
I've been reading comments for this video. Lol at people's perception of China is like they were still in the 1980's.
Just go to China is you want to understand them better. You'll get both pros and cons of their society, but it will definitely be very different than what the western media tells you.
Sometimes it takes courage to visit a specific country you're skeptical or curious about. I went to Switzerland, and it wasn't as rosy as what the media portrayed. I went to Australia and there were good and bad things I saw that was not mentioned in the media. I went to USA where I see discrimination exist, yet is not chaotic. China isn't even half as bad as you think. Save some money and go there. There are a lot of expats and it's growing!
do they see the people in the video?? thats how most Chinese young people look alike. do they look like they are in the 80s and under poverty to them??? I love that girl's short hair btw
Roses Blue bro, you misunderstood him or her.
well, you have to know that some people just don't care, because china bad or good does not bother them at all. they don't want to save any budget for a truth.
Rick R yes i know. Today i fly back to China, a foreigner ask me a question seriously, can i take picture or video in China? I don't know why he have such idea. I told him, you should change your Samsung to HUAWEI for better image.
Westerns aren't really flexible in their opinions, just listen to their so called debates.
What the girl said in the beginning of the very is very interesting: democracy means letting everyone be in power. That one can interpret it that way. That is very interesting. I have never thought of it that way. Another interesting point is of the man saying that when a country is ran by many different governments that it makes running the country less efficient. And that is another valid point. Look at the current political climate in the US. The Iran nuclear treaty was made invalid because a new president came in and didn't like it. We all know the negative consequences of this. Iran and the US have stop a diplomatic ties and Iran is back again trying to do uranium. That is only one example of the inefficiency more than one political systems running the country. Of course I know for a fact thar the Chine government has oppressive policies. That is a fact. But I don't like to be a hypocrite either. I am aware that the US has bad policies also. And I am aware that not everything in regards to the Chinese government policies are bad. Which leads to many Chinese citizens supporting their government. Despite of the issues that China has, but they don't want to have the US telling them how and when to oppose their government. The US wouldn't like that if it were the either way around. What is a fact is that the US had directly and indirectly interfered in other country's affairs. Even elections.
That's very objective. I still want and Add a few of my arrogant opinions.
China is a pride nation with A long history, which includes great achievements and abundant of experience. Most Chinese tends to understand the western concept based on traditional concepts, which means what democracy means to Chinese is no exactly the same as the western. Chinese tends leave the professional jobs ,including politics ,to the professors. The professors should be responsible for the job as well as to anyone who gives him the power. So not everyone want to make difference to the formation of the politics. Thus Chinese focus more on their personel freedom instead of governors' policies.
too much democracy has always been a stumbling block to progress.
For example, my country Philippines. Past generations were deceived by the communists to overthrow the President. after he was overthrown, they elected a housewife as a President and "restored" democracy. Since then, the people have become less disciplined, the government officials has many mentalities which deprived the country to develop, many citizens are not obeying the law, student in universities were recruited freely by leftist organizations because you know "democracy to choose", too many organizations demanding for their rights on everything, media openly support anti-government plots and terrorists, political enemies openly support destabilization plots etc. Democracy created many many problems in the Philippines. This fake democracy has given corrupt politicians to bribe, corrupt people's money, kill their enemies, cheat election, silence anyone who will go against their families etc etc. The current president with "foul mouth" and "authoritarian-style" leadership was the result of people's frustrations to the Liberal government's too much democracy that hindered development. China's government is fine because their country is united through the government, there's no drama. they take an action immediately.
@@randomly_random_0 Well said!
Your point is very interesting. The Chinese government has shortcomings and has done a lot of good. Too much concentration of power leads to a lot of corruption in the government . But In my thirty years of life, life has been getting better. Things are always going to get better.
@@randomly_random_0 Aquino didn't get elected, she lost the election. She was made the president because it was handgiven to her by the americans.
Textbooks in Middle and High School in China will teach students how to overthrow the government. The content is very detailed. No second country in the world dares to do so.
what? do you have anything to further the topic? i'm very interested
@@gior987 I am not actually exactly sure what Green King is referring to, but China is a country that is built on multiple dynasties that often come from rebellions. And there is a lot of history and politics covered in Chinese middle and high school that is compulsory. The history part focuses on ancient china and modern history. I think it's because the Communist party rose out of a people's rebellion of sorts, and rebellion is just VERY Common in history (basically half the time dynasties fell to rebellions, the other half to invasions), that a lot of ground relating to overthrowing governments is covered? (I also find it interesting because China considers itself to be one continuous nation and indeed, the people are still the same people, and cultural buildings and influences from a thousand years ago is still prominent and kept in well conditions. The children also study a lot of ancient text and history in primary school that does deal with a lot of subjects related to war, loss, etc. There is never a sense of a new country, it's the same country with many different modes of government.)
Also on the political aspect, there is a lot of pro-gov propaganda but it also details how the government built China and goes into a detailed analysis of how they believe China should be run and how it will be in the future (I remember the first chapter? I think covered a lot about the construction and economy of modern China and its cities and economic zones.
@@gior987所谓：“王侯将相，宁有种乎”，以及“民可载舟亦可覆舟”，以及“君视民如草芥,民视君如寇仇 民不知有国,国不知有民”
Thank you for this! It’s extremely important for people in democratic countries to keep an open mind to the different peoples of the world and the difference between country governance and cultural values of their own citizens. As long as the peoples are happy and free in form of no forced bonding/oppression, the government has done a good job. Independent of what that looks like
I disagree with the notion that liberal democracy is primarily a phenomenon of only one country. It is a type of government. Liberal democracy is the most common form of government in the world. From Japan to Ghana, from Chile to Begium, there are reasons for its success:
-Being able to criticize the government through assembly and speech serve as a check on its power.
-A free press does a similar thing by keeping governments (and each other) accountable
-A constitution that limits the role of the government in order for it not to become abusive
-An opposition that can challenge the government and hold them accountable, by the possibility of wining an election
-An independent judiciary that applies the laws equally to all people, even government officials
In short all of these features boil down to one thing: keeping the government in line. The current Chinese government faces very few of these constraints.
But you can't say a country democratic if the people can't even criticise government
@@wiimooden that's what they say. The truth is everything states do is some form of war, economic, informational, political, etc. and interests are always prioritized. Liberal democracy leads to corporations gaining so much power than they've beaten the vast majority of the smaller businesses that used to exist in the west, have a hard time expanding around there so they pushed expansion in the former communist block and 3rd world countries. I'm in 1980s with this, they couldn't expand in communist countries that produced more than enough for themselves so around 1990 they sabotaged, and pushed into revolutions through corrupt ways. They also kept doing this in the meantime with communist dictators from 3rd world so that they expand there too. In return, all these countries can't develop themselves because everyone is working abroad or barely living, no one has money to invest and sell abroad, that means more power for western currencies, cheap labour and possiblity for resource extraction contracts. You can see western states' interests and justifications for NATO operations if there was no agreement for the change to liberal democracy, neither peaceful ways to solve disagreements.
Now that justifies how could this system expand as much but doesn't justify why wouldn't it anyway.
Corporations having so much power leads to liberal democratic states not doing enough for their citizens because it opposes some interests, the press being either outright bought or if it isn't bought and it opposes interests, sabotaged, I have seen that myself in Romania. It's exactly what socialist states would do if they had as much power, but through corporations. Socialist countries don't directly restrict foreign news and ideologies because they're just evil and stupid that they don't realize people see stuff and start revolting, but rather because they're in big disadvantage in the informational war overseas so they defend at home, especially since everyone knows English, not as many know Chinese or Russian. Corporations like constitutions and the whole status quo this way because it suits their interests. Since the state doesn't dominate and its power is spread so much, parties in power over a liberal democratic state must cooperate with many corporations and bureaucrats that even those political opponents they never agreed with DID cooperate, because it's in everyone's interest to do so. Although there are differences between parties, the electoral format can be in some citizens' interests, in the grand scheme of things elections don't really change anything. If they did, you would imagine corporations and bureaucrats opposing and putting pressure to weaken the state. About the independent judiciary, you only need enough power and you'll be immune, plus, they don't make/adopt the laws, other organs do.
I think that justifies why people wouldn't choose liberal democracy but are rather kept unaware of how much this system works against them. Despite big interests that work against people in both systems, if they could choose one, for more economic prosperity people would choose socialism. Democracy in the sense of "demos" + "cratos", people having the power, it cannot exist until we people will be so much evolved than the ones having power collectively would stop prioritizing their own interests and instead everyone's interests. That won't happen soon.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Well some of the interviewees said that they can
As a Chinese I have to say I know China is less democratic than other country. When I was a child I always admired the idea of democracy because most democratic countries were rich and had a better life. But when I grow up, China has already proved you don't always have to be that democratic to make economy progress. At the same time, I can feel people in other countries begin to complain about their democratic system. Great Britain has BREXIT, France has yellow vest, America has Donald Trump shut down and South Korea always impeached their corrupted president.
I just want ask one simple question: Are you really happy with your democracy? Are you satisfied with it enough that you feel obliged to encourage others to embrace it?
If you are not, please don't sell something you don't even have faith in. What's the point of freedom if your government can't solve problems? Anarchy is the most free way but is that what you want? If you really want to sell it, just prove it. Prove it by leaving EU with a reasonable plan, prove it by making a plan for a fair future, prove it by not having nationalist president to MAGA, prove it by electing a non-corruption president. If you can prove it, we are more than happy to embrace it.
Moon Jae-in and Obama have a pretty good track record
Q. I don't know much about Moon Jae-in because he only got to be president since 2017, I guess we'll need time to judge his performance. I do think Obama is a good president who served best interest for his country. Then it brings us the question again: If you are really satisfied with him enough then why Donald Trump? Hillary had Obama's endorsement and if she won, she'll continue the strategy Obama didn't have time to do during his presidency. So why this anti-obama authoritarian Donald Trump? Why this American president who acts like Putin and Xi, leaders of not so democratic countries?
lionstar2222 I respect that. Democracy is where western culture comes from and what made them who they are. I understand their pride in democracy. But before you sell something, you really need to make it work better than others. Freedom isn't the only thing to judge a government good or not. In fact government is everything against freedom. Without government, you don't have to pay tax, don't have to go to school, don't have to serve in army. That's called true freedom. But government's job is to get things done. To do that, you need to sacrifice a part of your freedom and that's what we are willing to do. To me, democracy in the western world is more like an excuse for nobody want to sacrifice anything to get things done. Just leave the problem there until they elect a saint to rescue them. That's so insane. I don't know if they truely understand what a horrible thing it is for Great Britain to leave EU without any plan. I really hope they can make a better democracy for the world.
Great Britain has BREXIT, France has yellow vest and China has a police state that executes political minorities.
@@Wha2les How people feel like they have control and how much they actually have control are completely two question.
Democracy can be seen as a process of selecting a leader people like, it could also be seen as a politics of neglect. With each winning, there will always be part of population that is underrepresented. More, what is democracy if there are less than half of the US population voted for the 2016 election. There is and always be will be a missing of politics for large section of population. After all, not everyone follows politics everyday.
Furthermore, voter's power under a democract system is extremely limited since they can only vote for candidate once for a while without actually participate in the policy making process and have no idea of how polices are actually being made for whose interest. Following this train of thought, wouldn't a democracy become a theater that drives people into different groups cheering for their favorite leader while diminishing their personal deliberation.
Really great video. I wish more people would listen to real Chinese people's perspectives like this instead of making assumptions. Great work!
Your a idiot
@@bonneydahlquist1857 "you're!" So who is the idiot?
@@bonneydahlquist1857 So you don't think people should listen to different perspectives because you dont trust them to make decisions on their own. Seems pretty brain washed to me.
Bonney Dahlquist brainwashed ????
@@bonneydahlquist1857 You must be brainwashed. You are not telling your real mind.
The girl who said she was happily walking eating her own snack, now thats true happiness! China is definitely a place i would consider visiting because i grew up watching many action shows from China and it seems like a really chill place
I think most Chinese people would say to the West "Leave us alone and mind your own democracy business."
Exactly! We must leave each other be. But, unlike its people CCP sure loves to horass other countries sich as mongol, tibet,taiwan and so on. Geez ive kost count
@@YSH669 every Chinese will tell you that Tibet and Taiwan are not countries, they are part of China. As for mongolia, it's a independent country, but inner mongolia is part of China either.
Making sure of your own government's standpoint about that before you harass us like an idiot.
@@user-bk5zb6sn9w Ok, lets put aside mongol for a moment. But not acknowledging Tibet and especially Taiwan as countries?? Now thats what I call brainwash and horrassment.
Free Tibet, Taiwan no.1 your ass and
please just leave countries and people that does "not" want to be part of China(I mean CCP to be exact)
@@YSH669 About the issue of Taiwan and tibet, I have more respect for what your government says than for an idiot's personal opinion!
Btw, which country do you come from?
@@user-bk5zb6sn9w Claiming to respect Taiwan and Tibet while not accepting them as country(Taiwan) and supressing their identiy by force(Tibet). It seems comedy is part of everyday life in CCP.
I've been to China 4x times (this year 5th) and the vibe I get from people in general (cities /and countryside) is a happy, content, relaxed, positieve, hopeful vibe.
Same about chinese ppl who does not like the chinese govt? lol
@@Adrian-qi5ii who for example
@@Adrian-qi5ii you Spanish huh
@@adamheckmann5132 those in Tiananmen?...huigurs?...tibetans?...ppl oppressed and murdered by the Communist party's dictatorship?
I'm spaniard yes
@@Adrian-qi5ii hablas de la españa racista donde el fascismo crece como nunca?
Love these videos. 这些视频使我明白换位思考的重要性。这令我更客观的看到这个世界。不被西方媒体的bias带歪，也不只在墙后面不明白世界另一边的事件。
Guys, how many of you really know about China's history and culture when you judge and try to change this country? Dont be silly about thinking Chinese are silly.
Chinese are fully aware of what rights they are lack of comparing with the west (e.g. speech freedom on specific topics). But believe it or not, that's not the most concern of Chinese.
If you dont know about China's culture and history(especially of the recent 2 centuries), you will never understand.
As an authentic Chinese, let me tell you: We know that one party government means uncontrolled power, but we concern more about the prosperity of the nation, and China is the fastest growing country in the world with the lead of the party you all criticize. We know that the cyber wall blocks us from the western world, but we concern more about not being controlled by another country, and China has built its own internet related infrastructure and developed domestic servers and companies while many other countries have to rely on large companies of the US.
There are over 1 billion people in China, even if 1% of them dont agree with what I said, that will make 10 million people. So you might find lots of Chinese complaining, but they always can choose to leave. It's okay. Dont forget the rest 99% would agree with what I told you. Think it's ridiculous to compromise individual rights and support the development of the nation? First thing, we live better lives. Second thing, we remember painfully the time when lives were so tough due to a weak and poor nation. We understand deeply that when you come from a weak country, you are nothing standing internationally. Still believe the western world wont treat you and your people differently? Do learn some history,.friends.
Stop being so arrogant and ignorant. Learn about China before you point finger at it. And start worrying about yourself. You are free to ignore my comment and even treat it like a joke. It's okay. I'm just explaining out of a good intention, not forcing you to accept anything.
Just saying but China isn't the fastest growing country in the world in population or GDP. Also, not to sound arrogant or anything but it just confuses me how they know what democracy is, know they are controlled by a one party system and yet say China is very democratic. Surely, if they are like you they should know that China isn't that democratic as they think but just not care.
Edit: Adding onto that youtube is banned in China and yet you are using it, of which is supporting a large western company.
@@MrDave1468 yes, I'm a youtube user. But I'm also glad that China has its own internet and platform provider, and I'm user of Chinese platforms too. So what's the problem? Dont be extremist.China wants to be great so that wont be controlled by and totally rely on other countries, but it doesnt mean other countries are not allowed to be great. As for democracy, when you speak for the theory based on the western context, China wont win in your game. I was trying to explain to you guys, not brainwashing you. When you believe without a shadow of doubt that China's current system is worse and less democratic than the western society, you are being ignorant and arrogant. Please learn China's history of recent 200 years, and you'll know what democracy that western colonization and the so-called democratic government brought to China. And maybe you'll understand why we think the demorcracy nowadays is better eventhough it has defects.
Edit: okay, I was not precise when saying China is the fastest growing country. So one of the fastest growing countries should make it right.
太对了哥，我支持你
Whether your opinion is correct or not, you are free to think so and your opinion has the right to be respected.
But there must be people in China who don't think like you. Their opinions deserve the same respect as yours. But the Chinese government oppresses them by force. Why is this?
What really struck me about this video is how well-spoken every interviewee was. Every person made very nuanced statements that demonstrate freedom from any sort of "thought control." They know what democracy is and they know what freedom is. They also know the difficult balance that every government faces between getting things done and upsetting too many people in the process. They pause just long enough to show you that they are putting thought into the discussion, while not pausing long enough to indicate that they were conflicted.
China is a country that worships its teachers, elders, and people who have success and high levels of education. They do not worship sports stars like gods. This is the biggest takeaway that I received from both China and Japan, they are just much more educated that we in Canada and America are in general.
@@VaioletteWestover rather than saying "more educated in general" I think it's more like China/Japan teaches things that extends outside of pure academics like manners that makes the average people look smarter.
It's interesting that that's how you interpreted it. I interpreted it as, these people have been brought up to know exactly what to say and how to say it. They've been taught this way. I wouldn't say it's true consideration of the question.
@@totallyfake2852 I've been to China various times for business. Respectfully, I think you need to look back at yourself at this moment and understand that you've been thoroughly brainwashed.
I've also been to North Korea. What you just said is LITERALLY identical to what North Koreans say about us in the West. Do you understand what is happening here and to you?
Travel is the best education and I think everyone in America and Canada needs to do much more of it.
@@totallyfake2852 They grew up in a different environment and also, they were supposedly randomly chosen. You don't "forcibly brainwash" people into speaking this eloquently, or else Beijing must have a magic pill going around in their schools. No, they don't view things like Americans do.......nor should we ever expect them to. At least that's what I got out of the video.
"In MY opinion,
Not having Democracy is the TRUE democracy..."
What...
They don't even know what is democracy and the June 4th movement.
NO, most of people know what is the June 4th movement,
@@torreswong3555 Almost everyone know it, so what are you talking about???
You don't have you be in the West to have democracy!!!
@@jakelaw9768 Very true.
You do, however, need to be allowed to participate in politics in any shape or form, regardless of your political views, before you can call a country "democratic".
it's so interesting to see the perception of citizens from both countries, I learned a lot thanks to this video
I did not expect this much openness and honesty from the public. Interesting.
You fell for paid propaganda...congratulations!
我是中國人，這些受訪者的觀點能代表我們的大部分中國人對於民主的想法。是的，我們知道西方民主很好，這種制度賦予了更多個人權利，人的思想不被約束，一切都很自由。但我們也看到了其後果，每個人（政黨）都只想著自己的利益，不懂得合作，所以只會陷入無止境的內耗，膨脹的個人慾望產生糟糕的治安環境。在這一點，中國人更懂得平衡，是的，我們願意犧牲自己一部分權力，來獲取整個族群的進步，因為我們相信強大而穩定的社會最終會回饋到個人，其實這也就是我為人人，人人為我。事實上，中國這40年的發展也驗證了這一道理，比如將發達地區的收入投資到西部的基礎建設，當然西方媒體會說這是加強對西藏新疆的控制， 但稍微用邏輯思考，就能知道這是帶有偏見的報導，在相信這些報導之前應該自己去看去思考，我十年前去過西藏，我看到了很多，但絕對不存在對於人種與宗教的壓迫，我看到的是漢人更擅長賺錢，這是利益分配的問題，説起限制宗教，我們限制的是邪教，耶穌教在華東地區就有幾百萬教徒，我在上海工作時遇到過幾位耶穌教徒的同事，我向他們詢問過相關的信息。至於新疆的百萬人集中營，這甚至不是偏見的報導，而是不存在的事情。還有香港和台灣，我在香港生活了二十年，除了媒體一直在渲染ccp的壓迫之外，實際並沒有發現哪裡被壓迫了，正如中國人很愛說的一句話，不要聽他說什麼，去看他做了什麼。假設壓迫真的存在，也是香港台灣壓迫大陸，港台在對中國的經濟貿易中獲得了大量的好處，港台人生活優越，而為此付出的確是大陸人，香港不用納稅給大陸，獲得最高水準的物資供給與貿易優惠，為了扶持台灣的果農，做出犧牲的是大陸的果農，這都是為了向港台釋出善意的冰山一角，結果成為了西方媒體口中的壓迫。中國人知道ccp做了什麼錯誤的選擇，做了什麼正確的選擇，我對因為那些因為錯誤的選擇受到影響的人的感到遺憾，但ccp是一個不斷改善的政黨，中國人的素質也在提升，特別是90後，00後年輕的一代，海外的華人要對我們的民族有信心。
I agree
absolutely agree
搞錯先後了，港台商人是怎麼把解放後的中國從農民經濟扶植起來的，對自己國家的經濟發展了解一下吧，連現在台港商人在中國經濟還是佔有很大的部分
You do realize that even a one-party leads to factions infighting until you get a dictator in charge purging all of his political opponents, pushes for more red books (jinping thoughts) and establish a cult of personality (by calling him "uncle"). In other words, having only one party produces sever consequences and abuse of power
@@gohanlopez5330 CCP's top level is the committee system, where one's leadership qualifications are generated by systematic long-term thinking, and the CCP's leadership system was regulated after the 1990s. The so-called failure of democracy in China arises more from the bottom of the system and the failure of the people's representation system, but it is not a problem of the system, but actually the low level of political participation of Chinese people, which is culturally determined, just like the culture determined that the Philippines and the US are the same system but the Philippines looks like it can never become the US.
To all the people here responding with your "how about asking those in Xinjiang/Tibet/Taiwan/HK"...all the "but they have no real freedom / rights....". Now of course you can keep picking on the classic issues with China to support your classic views of China. It is true that they *are* issues.
But this video clearly tells you several uncomfortable truths:
1. Most Chinese are too satisfied with what they have to bother and risk social upheaval, even if the more educated ones may yearn for more personal freedoms. They clearly place the economy, social order and stability, personal safety and good moral values above all else, so once these are attained, they have little appetite for change.
2. The average Chinese, especially those who have travelled or "climbed the wall" using VPN, no longer sees the Western brand of democracy as desirable. They can see the positives and benefits of living in liberal democracies, but they also see the negatives and problems, including dysfunctional governments (as well demonstrated by the current virus response). All things considered, they would rather have what they currently have.
3. The Chinese are not ignorant to their own government's failings, or what they lack. They didn't form their opinions because they don't know better, and need some enlightened Westerner to go liberate them. They know what the world is like, and they know their country can do better. But, they also feel that their views are heard and they are able to contribute to change, despite having no right to change their government.
Like the numerous Western governments hoping China will implode with its own citizens clamouring for democracy and freedom, but wonder why it has yet to happen....well, this is why. Ditto to the rest of you.
Thank you!
If you can read Chinese, you know that we abuse our government on our social media
Who told you we would be censored by the government? We know the world and you don't know China
Are you wumao?
@@hexyko4850 if you are referring to me, no. I am a Singaporean, and a major CCP-critic even. It will be rather generous of them to give me even a cent!
I hope the reason that they wouldn’t listen the explanation is arrogance but not stupidity.
I am from a southern European country and have been living in central Europe for a while. This video certainly is genuine and refreshing. I would just slightly object to the premise of the video itself though. I don't think that the majority or even many people in Western countries think that Chinese people experience no freedom. Personally, I think that at least in Europe we critisize the downside of our democracy as well. Democracy can be disfunctional. However, I do think that we are at liberty of saying literally anything we want within the boundaries of legality and decency. We can protest and raise our voice at will. The People's Republic of China, a one party Communist republic doesn't sound like democracy to me, the way western governments know it. Such type of government does have some more restrictions then a western type of goverment usually has. However, I wouldn't say that it is necessarily worse. The Chinese government is more united and can act more quickly on behalf of its people in emergency cases. There is less social unrest, more social security, more order. China has the fastest growing economy in the world. People can afford more and more every day. Private liberties seem to be increasing .... If anything, China is showing the world that Communism can work more than just fine after all. Why would anyone in their right mind think that this is bad? Speaking of communism though, which is supposed to be socialist too, it would be interesting to know more about how the Chinese government is coping with providing access to institutions that are known to be public in socialist states, like health care and free or at least affordable education. I have been told that health care is largely private, much like in the US. In the beginning I was almost shocked; health care in Europe is mostly provided for by the state. However, I read later why it came to be that way. I read that the government is working on cooperating with private institutions to extent coverage to those who can't afford, is there anything like that going on? How about access to university?
Healthcare and education are very cheap, comparable to Europe. Much of non-eastern Europe is democratic socialist while China is authoritarian socialist. Living conditions (adjusted for China's 30 years of developmental delays from before 1979) are not that different. If all of the West Roman Empire had continued being unified, Europe would be rather similar to China today.
You do splendid work! Keep on!
Democracy in America should be by the people but really it’s not. It’s by the rich and corporations. We got no room to criticize.
I think it’s true, America is also pretty isolated in another way than China, because a lot of people there only know a lot about America, even their education system focusses primarily on America itself.
@@redhidinghood9337 yeah why are female nipples sexualised while male ones arent, there is no reason its unfair
@@willl237 Maybe because they don't serve the same purpose ? It's not nipples alone, it's breasts, a fundamental component of the concept of motherhood and reproduction, both being part of what is attractive to males.
Male nipples are not specially attractive to females, so there's no point hiding them in public.
As Chinese, I am often annoyed by American arrogance and their biased view of the world.
@@amirboutabaa9028 it is a social construct, there is nothing inherently attractive about female breasts society has just programmed us to be that way.
2:25 holy moly the drip
Asia has been setting trends for the past decade. It's awesome.
exactly. asians fashion is awesome
I kinda want to buy an eyeglass chain because of her 🤣
@@emilymangiaracina54 Yeah, it just look more practical when you need to "take them off" without putting them away.
@@gilnahnu but not sub indians HAHAHA
The guy who said the country has good food made me wanted to visit China again for it! I had been to China once and I agree they've lot of interesting delicacies 😋
gr8 video!!! loved the content!
I'm Hungarian, I learned Mandarin for a few years and got some awesome Chinese friends; and I was in China for 2 weeks in 2017. In Tangshan and Beijing. My impressions about them is absolutely positive, everyone we met (I mean with my classmates) were incredibly kind and helpful, they really took care of us all the time. And not just our guides, but the strangers on the street, the staff in the shops and restaurants, and even the policemen(!) who we got to interact with were nice. We didn't talk about political stuff directly, but my impression is that average Chinese people (of course I can only form opinion based on those who I met) have a positive opinion about thier government. And as long as the people feel good about their leaders, we foreigners don't really have the right to tell them what to do, or what is good and what isn't. And also we shouldn't forget that in order to control a country with this size and population, you have to have a bit more strict leadership than for example in European countries.
For those who would like to visit China: go ahead, don't be afraid! We never felt ourselves in danger, quite the opposite. We felt we were safe all the time; we were looked after, but in a positive way. (Just one note: average Chinese people don't really speak English, so you must learn at least a bit of Mandarin or carry some kind of translating device with you.) :)
its not the people who are bad, but the government
@@rollroll7567 propaganda and brainwashing exists, did you go to elementary school?
only Chinese people can tell you if their government is good or bad, they are not fools!
@@verlax8956 If you really believe it, that means you are also brainwashed by your gov hahaha
@@verlax8956 that's BS n idiot that someone has never been to China or even speak Chinese but claim that they know China better than the Chinese. If you believe that 1.4B people are brainwashed, then you'd better retrieve your brain from the drain first.
well after reading 25-50 comments I can conclude that different people have different meanings of democacy and no place is perfect because It is made by human.
Yash Rajput, true.
Words getting different meanings because arrogant ignorant assuming the meaning of it.
That’s why definitions are important. People can’t just make up their own definition of democracy. That is insane.
Democracy just means majority rules, not necessarily freedom, it could sometimes even lead to dictatorship. But many common ppl are too shallow to grab the concept and have an emotion- based definition of it (good or bad).
It’s true and even within democracy it is ambiguous. The US isn’t a true democracy. We are a republic like the ancient romans were. The people vote senators to vote on laws on behalf of you. True democracy in its basic ideal form is YOU having the absolute power to vote for the law itself. Not having a senator/congressman vote for you by proxy.
thank you!🙏❤
Thank you for the amazing video. I really want you to remake it in 2022 when the covid lockdowns make the Chinese people's life more difficult and see whether they have changed their opinion.
As a chinese now living in nanjing city，been through the so-called lockdown。I feel much safer in China。everyone wear mask，care for each other。We follow the gov instruction to fight Covid_19 as a community。We constrain ourself but free the whole community。That's the concept of freedom most chinese share。Thank you
i really hope that AsianBoss will continue as a media and information platform. you are truly doing something that is beneficial to people around the world as far offering perspectives in Asian countries that ordinarily would go unheard. I am an american and i really appreciate every person who participates in these street interviews giving their honest thoughts on the questions asked.
indians have freedom,they have the freedom of pooing anywhere they wish to
though i do feel like this channel is putting people in a hard place. Political opinions in general is a sensitive topic in China and we all know what happens when u criticize the government
@@jerrysun0667 You just can't organize protests or anything that destabilizes social order. If you comment with your friends about recent events the police are not going to break your door down. Seriously, have you seen all the people yelling on Weibo about literally everything? There's a reason we call it "the garbage dump of the internet." It's no less chaotic than Twitter is.
Jai sri ram
@@jerrysun0667 In fact, this is just your guess based on the lies of the Western media. Modern China is not what you said. These interviewees are not fools. They know how to protect themselves. They dare to say that because they will not be threatened.
As a Westerner who used to believe in the China is so scary and authoritarian narrative, and after having lived in China for some time, I now can say.
我真TM的爱这个国家。
Homero Fierro hhhhh 谢谢你
I'm sure the people there are great. However, I wouldn't want to be caught speaking out against their government.
@@lelechim If you use Chinese social media, you can see there are people speaking against our government and they are still fine.
u can speak against the government, but not defame it by making up lies.
@@lelechim
No one catches you. China is not a police country at all，
No one is afraid of the government.If you fiercely oppose the government on social media, your posts will be deleted，thats all.
Only actual actions against the government will be caught, but this is the same in any country
Excellent video
Totally agree with one of the interviewees about China’s one party ruling, while not truest democracy, is super efficient in its decision making, which is perhaps the single biggest factor in China’s marvelous rise. In this process, not everyone was treated equal and not everyone’s voice was heard. As long as the ruling party continues to make informed and wise decisions, the country as a whole will just keep getting better. However, if the ruling party or leader suddenly decides to take a different direction, there’s no guardrail to stop it like how the American democratic system (barely) stopped Trump.
Trump didn't need to be stopped that was actually a good thing.
@@FlimFlamOG What if in 2024 Biden did the same thing and try to stop ballot counting, find votes he does have and claimed election was stolen, when every election official and court say otherwise in 2024?? Not saying Trump is wrong, but this is a slipper slope.......
I think we should not confuse the 3 separate concepts where. Freedome is not Democracy, while very closely related and also prosperity....There are many countries that are Democracy but with limited Freedome or not prosper, but still a democracies...While like the interviewees, they may feel free but is that becuase prosperity is current in play, what happens when decline and economic depression happens??? that would be interesting to have this interview in such time
@@chenglee1241 I mean I think it is kind've obvious corruption ran pretty deep when it came to biden and the election. He's been a career politician for 20 plus years and has only ever made things worse.
I am an American and was quite surprised when i worked in China for the first time. I always had the idea that people in China had no freedom and lived in fear of the government. My experience in China is that it is really no different from the USA except that there is more bureaucratic hurdles to deal with. Not once did i feel oppressed there. Sure I do not have access to youtube and facebook. I do have youku and weibo instead. People can have political conversations but will see trouble if they are trying to suggest a change of government. I have to admit that of all nations I have been to China is my favorite country. I have been to Canada, Brazil, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Chile, Peru and if you count airports, Argentina, Mexico, Qatar, Bolivia, and Malaysia. China is one of the few countries where I feel proud of the military and feel a sense of nationalism when I am there. Whenever i see a Chinese military parade I want to join the Chinese Military and I think the Chinese flag is so much more meaningful to me than the US flag. I would never leave China if I did not have to.
I live in Paris. There are +700 "no go zone" in France (confirmed by Nolan Petersen NY Times 01/15/2015). I prefer to be afraid of gvt than to live in these areas where the police do not even dare to inetervine in a so called State of law.
Thanks for providing your insights. I agree that the sense of nationalism is very strong in China and that’s why every Chinese is very proud of his or her country.
Use VPN to access website that blocked there
@@auroratan2126 I am not Chinese yet I am proud of the Chinese country, flag and military. I am a US citizen who support my troops which happen to be Chinese. I even enjoy going to the PSB station to renew documents as nothing hotter than Chinese police women. They can arrest me any day.
let's ask Uyghurs what they think, because their voice deserves to be hear too
The Chinese sound more informative & articulate in answering questions , than the average American.
It's hard to articulate what's inherently ingrained into a person. It's also very easy to take for granted as I see a lot of young kids do theses days. Yes I'm talking about the left.
This is what they want you to think.
that's not really surprising
I think the translation makes everyone sound much more sophisticated than they are..
Actually this interview took place in Beijing where is full of well-educated people from the whole China. The average Chinese people still have little understanding about politics and limited education level. Asian boss likes to interview in Beijing & Shanghai, these two cities is where all the elites gather. So it might appears to be that the Chinese people sounds better than you imagined, but honestly that's because they're the top people of China.😂
China is a country with the largest population in the world. Each region has it's own unique way of living. Sure the government is restricting some information from the citizens, but what matters at the end of the day, is they are happy with it.
Someone may advocate a democratic system will allow alternation of power. This would remove biases existing in administration and (in theory) reach some ideal balance. Do you see such balance to occur in all countries where multi-parties are allowed, or do you see just the polarization between the most powerful two parties fighting like crazy for votes and spending more energy (money) on dehumanizing the adversaries?
Like Taiwan
You're totally right. Our democracy is a room to or savagery
If this video was flipped and you asked Americans what Communism meant to them, they would completely flip out
I mean...Communism is known for genocide.
@@estonalexander704 communism isnt the cause of genocide, the people are the cause of genocide.
@@boyar1978 are you crazy? So you support ban of public property? Authoritarian govt? ...
Do you even realise that in communism you can't inherit homes ... Hell.. you can't even open a pastry shop if you want to
@@swapnilrawat9691 what do i care what happens to my property after i die.
@@swapnilrawat9691 Actually in China I can open a pastry shop and it would be easier to do than in the USA.
“Is China democratic?”
“Well, people are nice to me”
I see that you listened the whole conversation. Well done👏👏
Lol
The level of Democracy should be judged by how much people's wishes are being fulfilled by the government, in that sense, China has a higher level of democracy than the US.
@@newcrew4554 That's quite a mental leap you made there 😂
@@scottwales9178 That is a simple fact. Democracy should be the end goal, not just a fixed format.
Your doing a great job, I know each culture views other cultures and how it’s interpreted as misunderstood.
Yet the way they described there lives as similar or dissimilar was hesitant and a mix of wording to try to compare
"They shouldn't be defining what democracy is" THIS
I am born and raised in China in early 90s and spent my last 10 years in Australia.
I did have fairly well access to HK media and was huge democracy supporter.
I have now lost all faith in democracy and realizing that the reason i was in favor of democracy was only because of their living standard was better than chinese mainlander back then.
Same.
vince3214 Same here
Living in a crowded house won't feel happy
European and American politics can only be called Western democracy, and they are not qualified to represent democracy. China's democratic approach gives priority to ensuring the interests of most people, and then tries to satisfy the interests of a small number of people. Western democracy, which is boasted by the European and American media, does not guarantee the interests of most people, nor guarantees the interests of a small number of people, only guarantee the interests of the rich people :> and ,most westerner was brainwashed to believe they are better than Chinese.
And what are your chances of being one of the 0.001% of mainland Chinese who benefit from the newfound wealth. You make it sound like some new utopia has developed for 1.3 billion, when you know that's simply not true.
Great video. You never see these perspectives in western media.
@@chtp You are right. Propaganda is their thing.
Yeah, because CZcams is so chinese?!
@@julian7946 just my two cents. If you search in chinese youtube will start looking pretty chinese to you! Just my 2 cents :p
@g What's your point? Asian Boss isn't state run.
@Coelophysis western mainstream is not state-run , but they are big money corporate-run , who controls the state. It's pointless to say state-run or non state-run when you don't see where the real disease is. Western country elites are so good at deceiving this and many people are lazy to think, so that many people even have no clue about many disasters happened by design, for e.g. 1929 great recession, WWII. I don't even need to tell you 2008 subprime crisis. The people can have all they want ,as long as the money is controlled by a few people. China is in a completely different situation. So don't impose your ideology on China when foundimentally they are different. You can't run OS system on Windows.
Thank you for the video. I enjoyed hearing the views. I would love to go. Do you know of guides that offer an experience that is one the local community trust.
Haha..they don't even know meaning of democracy 😂😂😂...
u don't know either btw
neither do they care. Most people like enjoying life, not judging others constantly
@@paniniman6524 if you're being hurt and we're watching, its probably because we're concerned and not because we're judging.
Tell me how important is CCP for you?
@@Ducktility I was stating a fact. Concerned can be just another word for judging. You proved my statement wonderfully.
@@paniniman6524 Not really, that's not how logic works. On the contrary, you proved my point. You're not willing to think outside of your boundaries. Out of fear or loyalty?
democracy is a tool，not a purpose，any tool that leads to a better life of majority of ordinary people，we will support it，and if not we may try other tools
I agree with you... It's a tool for betterment of people.. system can be changed according to the time...
Maybe I'm just very western culturally, but I'd rather be free and live a hard life than be happy while sacrificing liberties. To me happiness
@@santaanna700 I guess you really do not know what a hard life is, while most Chinese experienced it and still remember it. for most ordinary Chinese, they have almost the same freedom as Westerners, they travel around the world, about 100million tourists per year, they do business, entertainment, sports, complain. that's enough freedom to ordinary people. if you want to play politics, you can just join the party, and play it inside the system, that's how it works.
@@pocayan3061 That hard life that Chinese people remember is from a time when China was least free though. It was in the 80s when Deng Xiaoping liberalized the economy when the standard of living drastically improved.
Antonio López de Santa Anna Your response is what I expected when someone said democracy is a tool. As a Chinese, I agree it is wrong. Democracy is not a tool, but the western political system is a tool for democracy. There are other ways to pursue democracy. When a Chinese say democracy is a tool, he means western political system, not democracy. It’s not his or her fault, because the western media confuse the two concepts all the time.
6.24 "FREEDOM TO ME IS LIVING A HAPPY LIFE" ---- i agree with you!
I truly admire that lovely lady~
Also China - You can't have more than one child
And if it comes at the cost of other's happiness?
@@JJay-sb8cu Now u can have two actually and before this two child policy,that has already been used for A FEW YEARS,chinese people from the rural area are alr allowed to have two children, it's just that now the government opened it up to ALL Chinese people, regardless where they live.
People complain that China has too many people so we implemented one child policy to reduce population , and now you people use this to attack us for having no freedom? So what do you want? A nuclear bomb that kills everyone so that we can now have less people and still be 'free '?
READ MORE BEFORE U POST ANYTHING THANKS.
@@JN-pb7oy I've also watched the Ted Talk about a girl who said she was embarrassed to have a younger brother because people snubbed them for having 2 children. What you dont realize is you are losing your basic right as a human and people are being shamed for something that's completely normal in the rest of the world.
China - we are overpopulated. Okay now every couple can have only one child
China later - Holy crap. Too many old people around here. Aight we screwed up. Go ahead and have two children.. we need more youth labour
stop asking young people. they've barely been integrated into society after school and they're idealistic and freshly programed by the state. talk to some old people.
???
Hello?
We know more about our country than anyone in the world
Totally agree. These generations are educated as Pink Fighters (粉红）now
People seem to fail to realize that freedom and democracy isn’t all about doing whatever you want, but rather a safety net. Of course most people in China can just eat, work, enjoy entertainment like any other countries, but what happens when you’re in a minority group and got sent to concentration camps? What about your home destroyed by military rocket debris and the government pays very little compensation? Or your passport got cut without a proper explanation from your own country’s customs?
Are you able to make your voice heard without being censored? Can you hold the wrongdoers accountable with either your vote or public opinion? Do you have any say in replacing the rulers who don’t have your interest at heart and sacrifice your well-being for “the greater good,” even when the good is in fact only for the few? Dictatorship certainly isn’t the answer, and even electoral college to some degree fails at it (since one state has only one color).
California was a democracy in the 19th /20th century, and the white mobs killed and attacked more ethnic Chinese immigrants than anywhere else. Democratic laws made it so that chinese americans weren't even allowed to marry. I don't think a democracy would necessarily guarantee minority rights.
@@extrastout1111 First, it's extreme nationalism at work; put extreme nationalist in other political systems and things would've been even worse. Second, how did the laws get banished? By some dictator saying "no" to it? No, democracy did. People were allowed to critic the laws and vote for lawmakers who will try to get rid of it.
You should ask them which of their leaders did they vote for and how did Xi get elected President for life.
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This is the meaning of democracy, feel free like what the citizens said. But not like as "because of your freedom, other people have to suffer."
Precisely.. if democracy has to be like what happening in Taiwan and Hong Kong, china won't have such great success. Happily living.. that is freedom
Democracy in Hong Kong is fake democracy. They are dictatorial. They destroyed those who disagreed with them.
NO
Democracy is where people own power.
That is why Singapore is not democratic but India is.
@@pinklove1596 Why is Singapore not democratic? Singaporeans have powers to elect their leaders.
@@pinklove1596 Western style of "democracy" is not even true. It can not help ppl to improve their life quality at all. In India ppl are still starving and live under poor life quailty, yet in Singapore no.
I'm a foreigner that has been living in China for more than 10 years, both Beijing and Shanghai. And I must say China is an amazing place to live. Really lucky to be here!
I'm a foreigner that has been living in North korea for more than 10 years, and I must say North Korea is an amazing place to live. Really lucky to be here
Prick Daniel What? Thats bait right? Thats gotta be bait
@@sieggehortjetztmir208 lol, simple, yet savage XD
I'm a Chinese...oopse I mean..I am a foreigner and I been living in China for more than 10 years, both in governments prisons...i mean...beginning Communism workshops...I mean...Beijing and Shanghai. And I must say...I really must or they will shoot me or imprison me for life...CHINA IS AN AMAZING PLACE! REALLY! Please, believe me...please kind foreigners or I will be shot or imprisoned!! sorry was I too spot on?
Rudolf Adler te envita They are all 3rd world nation, ppl there without any morality and education
I’m not Asian but I really appreciate the content of this channel.
I know these videos go through editing and cuts, but damn.. I feel like these answers are so much more eloquent and thought out than what you'd get here in the US if you went to ask random people how democracy or other ideals are defined.
3:04 the woman is literally chasing her dog lol
Poor dog, she must've eaten him
what
Poor dog must have got eaten
@@EzioAuditore-vr1oy so true
true freedom
Ok lol, I'm reading the comments and it seems like many people are paying no attention to ANYTHING these people said lol.
exactly, most of them were just made comments by looking at the title.
Agree, media shapes prejudices and stereotypes, why not just see how us Chinese people think and anyone who has been to China.
@Swolecard You are not joking? I mean, at least for the 21st century's China, this is totally nonsense.
@@larrychen4831 If you agree that media shapes prejudices and stereotypes have you ever thought to look at how the media you've watched throughout your life has influenced your prejudices and stereotypes or specifically what "democracy" means.
What do you expect from brainwashed people lol.. They see China they yell "Ouighour " "Tibet" "Chinese steal our JOB" "Cheap stuff"
Democracy is not an end goal for everyone. It really doesn't matter who you vote for if you have no clean water, education, health care... freedom from suffering doesn't always come with democracy. And who needs to vote for corrupt and lying candidates if your needs are met?
Most westerners mean liberal democracy when they talk about democracy. Which is basically gestures of freedom and pretending to care about the people when in reality their material conditions are never met.
The comments are very positive, welcoming of Asian Boss's endeavor of hearing it from the people themselves. But what Asian Boss and commenters here miss out on is the fact that interviewees are just average civilians and most them have little to none outside exposure and their reason, intellect and the lens through which they see and visualize things are shaped by the education system which may or may not include and instill a hefty amount of state propaganda. This is true for all countries, not just China. If Asian Boss visited to 12 century BCE Shang dynasty or Han China in 210 BCE, and asked around about slavery, people of the era would see slavery as a just another social institution which is perfectly fine, even slaves themselves would find much sense in that institution. Now, would we still say, "You cannot judge a country’s system without hearing from it’s people?"
i must admit when i was in beijing i was positively surprised to realize how safe i actually felt from criminal activity and such,, people were super nice and very welcoming. a lady offered me free tea and invited me inside to meet her family and see her house, a heartwarming moment i will never forget. people in shops were smiling and street vendors were super talkative and it really gave the city access to my heart. plus yES the food is amazing but most likely different from ur local chinese restaurant/takeaway 1. bc it has been somewhat western-fied to match ur tastebuds and 2. bc the chinese food in ur area is usually based off of the southern guangdong/hong kong cuisine. lmao this just got so off topic, but oh well i guess what my message was that,, don’t be scared of traveling to china. especially the first tier cities like beijing, shanghai, guangzhou or shenzhen etc. are comparable to cities like western hotspots new york and london in terms of conditions and to some extent modern architecture and skyscrapers (where i would actually prefer chinas skylines over a lot of other skylines). plus you have the amazing, super fascinating and breathtaking historical sites. here i would recommend the cities of beijing, xi’an and hangzhou, which are absolutely a must if you wanna see ancient buildings and oriental architecture. what i’m tryna say is, don’t hesitate if you are planning a trip to china. i can assure you that it will be unforgettable.
sorry this comment highlights a lot of different topics lmao, but yea, when this pandemic is over you’ll know my travel recommendations ;)
lol u might have almost got tea shop scammed
please google "beijing tea shop scam"
@@dont_trust_any1_even_ur_waifu Please come to China.Use your own eyes and brain to see the fact.
梅壮志 i have friends that have been victims of this in china.
@@dont_trust_any1_even_ur_waifu But I think the setting of camara provides more safe environment.It's not used to spy.We use it to avoid some thefts.
4:09 *social media has a large negative impact and the impact is severe.* That's what exactly happened in my country....
Is it the US?
@@madonut6836 Nope, Indonesia....
other countries don't want to admit that china actually made the right decision setting up the great firewall... endless access to information does not result in an informed public which completely defeats the promise of democracy.
@@buffdaddddddddy The problem with social media is that it fails to correctly label legitimate journalism, and allows falsehoods to masquerade as facts. Once this happens, people select the "facts" that they want to see and their biases are deepened. I know people who keep sharing articles that pander to their fears, and none of the sources are legitimate news outlets, all some rando freelance bloggers spreading things disguised as "news."
@@canto_v12 Your right.
Your all so kind I respect your honesty
This was really eye opening. The one thing I wish schools taught would defs be to have an open mind about how other cultures and countries function. As in, to not look at foreign issues through your own lens upon first impression if that makes sense . A bunch of countries have their different ways of governing and the way they do so is heavily based on goals, population size, history, and so on. I read a few comments that say America is always imposing their views on other countries who have completely different cultures and history and I've seen a bunch of creators say the same and I actually see it a lot too. Ofc it doesnt help when american media is constantly bashing a country like they are some 2D villain haha
I am a westerner living in China. All I can say people here are free and very happy. The country has so much energy and the outskirts are still developing. I can also see why it is beneficial to block certain media due to the vast bias news from the West. Look at the so call democracy and freedom in America. You cannot even walk the street at night without the fear of being mugged or murdered. In China, there is virtually no fear to do the same thing.
Gerard CZcams
I do agree with you, Westerners told me that back in their countries they have to look over their shoulders Everyday in their environment. They live in stressful environment.
Sure you are, "Gerard"
Zhenyu Wang yeah, that definitely makes worse than the Americans. But your guarantee for the rest of Chinese has zero value
Gerard CZcams I know three westerners living in Shanghai that has disappeared in the dead of the night. Three beautiful girls. Every year something like this happens and I see friends forwarding the missing person posts on wechat. So I personally don’t think China is that safe. I guess your view of China can only be as accurate as your personal experience.
EW Lim Really depends who you talk to and where they live in the States. I lived in NY, NJ and Cali all together for 30 years and I never felt unsafe or the need to look over my shoulder or known anyone who has been harmed through gun violence.
"Freedom for me is living a happy life and being able to eat my favorite snack". Actually a very good point in my opinion, small things that many of us take for granted.
Freedom to travel. Freedom to consume. Freedom to associate with literally anybody in public. These are all very basic freedoms that some countries, including US allies, do not allow, yet China does.
Happiness should not be confused with freedom.
@@augustolobo2280 Everybody has a different definition of "freedom." Holding political elections is just one ingredient, offering varying amounts of satisfaction in each country that it is applied.
@@canto_v12 There is the main problem. No, freedom is one single thing and is not relative. There's not my freedom, your freedom, there's only freedom.
@@augustolobo2280 OK, you are talking about absolute freedom. No country offers that.
If you’re talking about democracy in terms of a way a government is run, then by definition China doesn’t have it. I’m glad to hear the Chinese citizens are overall happy or content with their lives there.
What is your definition of democracy and why you think China doesn't have it?
@@user-ud5uo8fm4x per the dictionary, “a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting”. Which China doesn’t vote for their government leaders.
@@SpaceOutlaw_ But they do have elections. Did you think they decide who gets which position in a lottery or by performing divination sessions in Mao's mausoleum?
@@user-ud5uo8fm4x lol I hardly call the people in power putting only one name on the ballot with a very selected few voting an election. I guess you don’t know what an authoritarian state is
@@SpaceOutlaw_ They don't put one name on the ballot though... The Soviet style democracy had votes with one candidate on the ballot serve as a confirmation of the previously elected (during mass worker meetings) candidates approval. It was simply a safety measure against corruption, the real democratic process happened before it. That's how North Korea still operates for instance.
In China it's different. They still have some strong influences from the Soviet system (the sort of hierarchy of officials that form the government) but they did sort of fuse the mass meeting election part and voting to prevent corruption part. So they have multiple names on the ballot. Which isn't a good or a bad thing, that's just how it is.
Lol those who are bragging about democracy.. I'm from one of the most liberal democracy, but also the most poor.. 😁 They presume people are k1lled under dictatorship only..😁 What about poor democratic countries that are in absolute mess.. There is always murders & arson before and after elections. Roads are too bad, there are often accidents of vehicles; gang, k1lling and hood culture is there; kleptocracy is soaring; govt gives sh*te about poor people, hundred of thousands of people die due to hunger, poverty, pollution, gang violence, bad roads, corruption, state sponsored hooliganism, lawlessness, etc in poor democratic countries. Democracy only looks shiny and functioning in developed world. Even if it functions there I doubt it, seeing currently western countries too in chaos.
What country are you from?
Indeed. Not only mainland China, but Taiwan, South Korea, were among the poorest countries in the world in the 1970s, and all saw dramatic development in the recent 5 decades under a autocracy (Taiwan and S.Korea has become relatively democratic in the recent 3 decades).
Democracy itself does not help a country become richer and more stable. An effective government is what genuinely needed by those under-developed countries.
As an Indian I don't feel that's soo bad as it is shown in media. Even Sedition law in India is anti democratic. But Chinese achieved great economic progress. That's what India should learn from china.
In India, we get democracy only in 1 day, the voting day.
Also UAPA law, where police can arrest you without any warrant .
AFSA militry rule imposed in north east indian states.
500,00 military ruling kashmir by force.
All these things suggest that india is not that democratic.
Even BJP controls lot's of media in india
@Monsieur Tarzan even tho there's no democracy in China its still alot better than those countries who claim to have it. These people getting interviewed showed it very clearly.
@Monsieur Tarzan politically yeah china don't follow democracy , they follow there system..
Socially china is more democratic then many countries specially india Or other South East Asian countries...
Also ccp don't follow communism anymore, communism death with mao Zedong . They adopt capitalism long time ago that government is more of a totalitarian government...
Plus is also depends on culture, u thought about democracy in different way specially western way but chinese think about democracy in different manner and different way....
It's more of a cultural clash u can say..
@Monsieur Tarzan tell us what democracy is then .
These views are nice and thought provoking we're only taught certain things about other countries and even our own. Democracy on paper is a whole lot different than the democracy we see in America. We've always been taught that China is so restrictive and has no freedoms, and honestly they don't show much about the life there in China. I think that's why its such a culture shock when some of us go to visit. I hope we can right all the wrongs we have in our countries. God Bless
The thing is democracy can be interpreted in different ways, on paper democracy means that the population rules. The inventors of democracy in ancient Athens thought that the power should be distributed randomly ( lottocracy). Whilst the USA took the roman approach of democracy (think of the 2 major parties in USA).
@@bleromafia Yeah but democracy has its limits. That's how you end up having to choose between Biden and Trump. It's not a choice at all.
@@turinmiso8206
That’s down to how elections work. There are different types. I believe the best method for voting is letting people vote for as many candidates as they wish for. The US’s elections are extremely flawed and resulted in this horrible 2 party system.
Y'all are funny. They have 0 rights and get welded in there homes if they had covid to die. Ask them who they voted for lol
Maybe you will not agree with me, but it is important to know that the opinion of the people, especially the political opinion, is formed on the basis of the information in the media and the problem in China is that all media belong to the government or the state, Likewise, in China you cannot find any articles critical of the government in the newspaper. As a result, people only know the positives of their politics and their opinion emerged from propaganda. Let us also not forget the oppressed Uyghurs, or the oppression of people with different backgrounds in Hong Kong ...
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You're a bot right?
should do another interview after recent COVID shutdown in Shanghai
"Having spent some time in Beijing, we, ourselves, didn't get the impression that average citizens were afraid of their government." However the political climate is, it is good that the Chinese are not afraid of their government. A nation's people should never be afraid of their government, instead stand-up and remain resilient.
People should never be afraid of their government. The government should be afraid of its people!
@@tessmaria6682 The people should however be wary, and the absence of awareness here may show how far indoctrination has gone.
we are not afraid of policeman nor solider, the presence of policeman or soldier means security, being saved, problem solving safety to ordinary chinese.
@@ilonailona28 Exactly! When soldiers appear in Wuhan, we felt so much relieved.
Why would we stand up against and be resilient of our government which delivers its promises of protecting our prosperity, democracy, equality, security and harmony? I've lived in the U.S., France, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy, and I majored in Political Science in a top liberal arts college in the U.S. I understand why their people stand up against and are resilient of their governments because their governments don't deliver and their politicians don't care about their people. But those experience indeed reminds me of how lucky I am to be in a country where our government and leaders do.
When I visited Northern China, I generally felt very safe (outside of the severe air/water pollution), particularly in the case of attending large performing arts events at stadiums. Since I was a law-abiding visitor, I saw the lines of police officers and firefighters as keeping the event orderly and well-staffed in case of an accident or random violent attack.
In terms of the media, Mainland China's censorship is pretty blatant. However, the West's mass media is also stiff on its censorship if a news topic threatens its biggest financial backers. In this case, Western mass media just does a more tactful job of covering up events than its counterparts in Mainland China. Take for instance the release of the Panama Papers and the U.S.'s pedophilia scandal involving its ring-leader Epstein dying in an apparent "suicide." Relative to their potential impact, both stories were swiftly glossed over by either something far more sensational but more trivial matters.
Mickey Lee you got the point. the msm in the west is just a source of fake news in many occasions.
There is no censorship of media in the west. Freedom of the press is written into the USA's constitution. Whether big media corporations choose to cover events or not is irrelevant, that is not the same thing as censorship. Censorship is when the government forbids a media outlet from covering an event. Stop making excuses for the Chinese government.
@@roganmorrow The lack of nuance in distinguishing between what is considered government and private is a little naive. When you pay to restrict the ability of people to do so (FCC, courts, etc), that gives the option of using the "Freedom of the press is written into the USA's constitution" as a way to control opposition without the fear of being discovered. Different places are being covered up, but it's still the same goal.
@@berekexer56 You cannot pay to censor the media in the USA. The only way you could get the courts to "censor" the media is if they broke a law, such as committing slander.
Stop trying to compare Chinese censorship to the west, it's absurd. They aren't even remotely similar.
@@roganmorrow Why all politician in US is allowed to spend huge ad dollar to attack opposition, even president Trump call it Fake News. So fake news that cause market fluctuations is good while censoring out lie is evil? it's so confusing. Pls educate me.
Chinese society (for the past 3 millennium) has always been based on the structure of achieving "social harmony" - that is; when everyone one knows, what, how, and why they do something (for the society at large). Its not propaganda or nonsense that the west paint it as, but rather an exquisitely balanced society that through collectivism and the common goal of the people - achieve freedom, and prosperity for individuals. Philosophies of Confucious, Laozi, Mozi, and ShangYang have all been part of the teachings to the young about how the society should run'd and why western "democracy" is just an incoherent mess of different interests between peoples that have been trying to fight for power against each other as long as there isn't a national enemy or crisis to unite them against. This is also why every time someone tries to paint China as an absolute dictatorship government that oppresses the people to do what they want the people to do - I start LMAO
Surely you must be joking…
i can attest to this. i’m mixed and went to china for elementary school and i agree social harmony is taught and encouraged from a young age. westerners can see this in a certain way but in general chinese people have no problem with the government because of this. i’ll never understand why people not from china are so bothered when the people themselves aren’t. i think western media just likes having a scapegoat so they don’t feel the need to scrutinize their own issues
The last few decades have been a huge success for China in how they improved the quality of life for their citizens, and a one party system probably made that smoother and faster than a traditional democracy. However that doesn't mean that the approach is strictly better or without faults. Freedom of speech, freedom of press, transparency, and the power for citizens to provide checks and balances against the government were created for a reason, to protect against inevitable mistakes by those in power as seen throughout world history. You could argue that suddenly allowing these freedoms won't change the lives of most citizens in China, and that's probably true, but it might have helped avoid the suffering of the cultural revolution or future tragedies which often will happen when mistakes are buried where nobody can find and talk about them.
@@sampam123 Western individualism indeed has issues as can be seen with American noncompliance among our more far-Right citizens. However, Eastern Collectivism is not the answer. This mentality focuses on the greater good, which means that human beings are not free to question the status quo nor form their own opinion. Education is about rote memorization, not critical thinking. Subsequently, there is little capacity for innovative thinking, which is why China has to copy everything. Students and workers are known to lack basic common sense, and there is a blind eye to things like Animal Rights just because Mao said we shouldn’t have compassion for them.
Ultimately, collectivism creates a society of joyless automatons that view other people as merely parts of a machine rather than human beings.
@@heyjerry2511 the one-party system is an absolute joke and is wholly corrupt. Some students make a joke about Winnie the Pooh, so they ban it from the country. What kind of childish government does that, it’s as if you put a heavily-bullied 12-year-old in charge.
I am Chinese, I have been abroad, I think China is more democratic.