China in Europe’s Future and Europe in China’s Future - A keynote speech by George Yeo 

Just to elaborate on 1:05:30 "China treating minorities sometimes better than Han people' : From my experience, this is also true. For example, when Chiang Kai Shek was defeated and retreated to Taiwan 70+ years ago, the ethnic minorities were given extra credits on top of their total scores (25%) when taking the National Entrance exam into Taiwanese high schools/universities. It was a continuation of the policy from old China...the China in mainland also has the same policies for ethnic minorities in their NCEE 高考 (It is a HUGE deal if one knows the importance of these exams is in our societies). In China, there're plenty of inclusive policies like this for ethnic minorities, and the Western MSMs are claiming China suppresses ethnic minorities? In today's digital age, a simple Google on the statistics of the Uyghur population growth, the infrastructure and economic development of Xinjiang decades ago and now, the number of Muslim Mosques in China, and thousands of real visitors touring China's travel vlogs can easily debunk their lies. But the image of China surpassing minorities is set among Westerners, thanks to MSM, why is this even allowed to happen? I firmly support China's assertiveness and firmness on its ground against all smearing.

Taiwan doesn't want to be ruled by China

@@laraw840 Uighurs are first in line to those 'education' centers

@@laraw840 It's not the minority but mostly of the powerful from mainland China were given extra credit and better job offerings. The KMT discriminated local Taiwanese people

you should vote your traitor president out of office. she is a total disgrace

aka China lackey

However, the few pragmatic men u mentioned are in their 70's and 80's.I hope to see more scholars in their 50's and 60's emerged from the Singapore intelligentsia.

@@user-nq2sw6sg8q Prof Wang is in his nineties. Singapore needs young minds like theirs who dare to wander off into a larger landscape and seek reward on the world stage.

BG Yeo. Prof Kishore, Prof Wang Gungwu all the 3 of them are paid by ccp..,, cut the act. wumaos...

Yes, Singapore ‘s success is due to the meritocratic leaderships.

@@slly4276 utter bullshit.

Due to its size, design of its economy, and status as a free port for over 200 years, Singaporeans are outward looking almost by nature. We understand the nuance of global affairs for both academic and entertainment purposes.

@@MikeyJJJ please don’t say we, most of my friends are fucking idiots and only cares about eating haidilao and open bottles at marquee on weekend,the depth of knowledge George Yeo possess is due to his profession and well as his past position in the government, the everyday man in Singapore isn’t all that outer-worldly and care so deeply about current affairs, they just read on CNA and Straits Times like some gossip news, and I am speaking as an Singaporean.

​@@fhetfet6402you sound more like the dog you described

@@calvyncraven1141 very "mature" comment from u.

@@fhetfet6402 said the person who use dog to describe one of Singapore's most distinguished leader. 😒

😂😂😂

aka China lackey

China is an evil government that needs to be stopped at all costs.

wumaos....get a life.

@poohloveswarcriminals Still waiting inline at CIA dogfood dispensary?

@poohloveswarcriminals .

Wang Yi told Annalena Baerbock "We supported German reunification, we hope Germany will support our reunification when the time comes". And no Western media dared to report this. "Germany was divided because it was the aggressor, while China was divided because it was the victim!. The moral cause for China's reunification is on any balance greater than the cause for German reunification." TOUCHE!

Wumao, CCP propaganda. China does all the bad things that had occurred in the past by knowingly and there is no excuse for this.

No need to look at Marshall Islands. The creation of U.S., Canada and Australia were a product of genocide.

dude, you dont even have to go that far, indian "wars"?

everyone knows the genocide was a lie and propaganda. Only the western media keep lying and brainwash its people to demonize China non-stop.

but look at the views of this lecturer. The world is under control

No, no, no. The narrative is chinese spy balloons, russian spy whale. Be afraid, and we will protect you.

Educating the European view on China. Do you even realize how patronising you sound? Why doesn’t the educating go both ways?

wumaos....get a life.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

They helped spread the fake news about China. Don't expect too much. You can only expect them to act for the benefit of their own country. Not acting for the truth. Hope they could see the benefits of working together with China and the global south instead of blindly following the US.

I agree. But too much talk Vs do is two different things.

Fortunately European leaders will remember Chinese support for the Russian invasion.

​@Andy .P sadly European leaders forget that it was the US that was involved in the overthrowing of the democratically elected govt of Ukraine in 2014 that was one of the current war. Failure of people like you to look at history and the consequences of actions of so called self proclaimed democratic saviours like the US in the middle east, South America, Vietnam etc has an impact on future events.

​@@Andy-PChina would be the only way ending this war, if the US doesn't screw it.

I thought he would have make a good PM for Singapore! What a loss of talent to Singapore in selecting their PM!

Great comments Mr Choi

@@pahatpahat9566 don’t worry about us, we love George Yeo but we won’t see it as a loss, we are doing fine and our PM has done a great job by and large, go somewhere else to spread your hate and worry about yourself lol.

Arrogant? You mean free people...in so far as we can be free. China is incredibly arrogant because it hasn't learned that its policies collapse countries in the end. China has appalling stats and that is all due to the CCP. China is collapsing now. They won't make it past 2035 at the latest.

china should knows its place in the international stage, and so do you. go to the back.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

I am still wondering who betrayed the “One Country Two Systems” as in the joint Sino-British Declaration, the people of HK or the CCP?

@@tslow1829it was Winnie the Poop

@@tslow1829 CCP took it as " one country two standards" but HK backers read it as "one system two countries"

That is called bullying. Hong Kong shares nothing with China. They are now under a dictatorship and are no longer free.

@@qingzhou9983 Drivel. People were protesting as they didn't want to belong to the disgusting regime that is the CCP.

Please note CIA, MI6 were in HK to engineer the riots, Azov Battlion was imported to HK too.

​@@Whatis2468 These are lies, including yours. 😂 😂

China has severely breached the Sino British Joint Declaration. Read the Declaration ! Duke !

Singapore is succeeding because it is getting Hong KONG’s talents and money. Hong Kong is failing because of China. Go figure.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

These platforms do not make news but propagandas and misinformations.

Why would he have to waste time on those dogmatic, moronic people?

why would they since what he said about china are all lies. and since you china are so "strong", you dont need other countries understanding. hi wumao.

They won't.

Not really, I don't have a post graduate degree in China studies and I find it very interesting and informative! Academia fails when it creates a cast of "intellectuals" who believe that only their club is capable of understanding something. All it takes is curiosity and a strong desire to learn. You don't need a specific degree to have those!

@@knittingnirvana well said!

@@knittingnirvana That's good to know, thanks!

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

Oh I think they did.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

History can not change. The future history can. Tell me of anything that doesn’t change.

George Yeo is the new China mouth piece ?

Hello everyone! I am a worker with a Chinese "peasant identity" (under Chinese identity politics and household registration system, farmers are considered the lowest end of the population). After Professor Qin Hui's ideological enlightenment and awakening, I very agree with Professor Qin Hui's point of view: in the current context of globalization, the constitutional democratic system is being challenged by the autocratic Chinese model (that is, bad money drives out good money). Democratic countries around the world must deeply understand and understand the fact that since the CCP came into power in 1949, hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers have worked hard to pay public food, agricultural taxes The construction of water conservancy projects for free provided the CCP with the original financial accumulation at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Under the family planning policy, Chinese farmers were forced to have abortions, ligation and ring fencing, and payment of fines for excess births. Farmers were restricted by the household registration system in rural areas and could not move freely, leading a serf like life. During the three-year period from 1959 to 1961, there were no natural disasters at all. It was entirely due to Mao Zedong's policies such as the "Great Leap Forward" and "Great Steel Refining" that local officials, in response to Mao Zedong's policies, falsely reported ultra-high grain yields and plundered the surplus food of farmers, which resulted in the tragic starvation of 40 million people in human history. The vast majority of these were farmers, At that time, not a single Communist official starved to death. After China's reform and opening up in 1980, the first generation of farmers went to cities to work as construction workers, sanitation workers, cleaners, and miners Waiting for the most tiring and dirty jobs, China joined the WTO in the early 21st century under the background of economic globalization. For example, the second generation of farmers entered red sweatshops as workers, manufacturing cheap goods for the world. Due to the lack of independent trade unions to fight for their legal rights, they could not enjoy social welfare benefits such as work-related injuries, unemployment, medical care, elderly care, housing, and children's education in urban areas, Their children were forced to return to rural areas for education due to their household registration as "farmers" and the "school district housing" system, resulting in the world's largest tragic situation of left behind children and elderly people living alone in rural areas in China. Nowadays, the first generation of farmers have become old and lose their ability to work. They are ruthlessly driven back to the countryside and struggle to make ends meet with a monthly pension of over 100 yuan. The minimum standard for urban household registration is over 2000 yuan per month, which is more than 20 times that of rural household registration. Communist Party officials enjoy privileges and benefits, and the annual medical and health expenses are as high as several million yuan. National level officials spend one billion yuan on tourism in a year. Due to the enormous sacrifices and contributions of these two generations of Chinese farmers, China has become the world's second-largest economy. However, the Chinese farmer group has received exploitation and negative welfare treatment time and time again in the process of national wealth distribution and redistribution, while civil servants and high-ranking officials within the Communist Party system enjoy privileges and high welfare treatment. The Communist Party government utilizes the advantage of low human rights and cheap labor to attract a large amount of international financial capital investment, making China the largest red sweatshop in the world. The reason why cheap goods made in China are popular worldwide is due to the "low human rights" and "negative welfare" of the Chinese "farmer identity" worker group. Even if they work overtime for extended periods of time every day, they barely survive with a meager income. To change the Communist Party government's use of the "low human rights" and "negative welfare" system of China's vast vulnerable group of farmers in unfair competition in the globalized trade market, democratic countries around the world have the responsibility to supervise and pressure the Chinese government to demand an increase in the human rights and social welfare protection of hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers and disadvantaged groups, in order to solve the problem of trade fairness under economic globalization. The trade sanctions imposed by the United States and anti-dumping measures by the European Union cannot solve the problem of trade deficits. If democratic countries believe that the human rights and welfare protection of hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers and vulnerable groups are not related to you, it will gradually lead to a decrease in the standards of wages and welfare protection for labor in democratic countries (such as left-wing political parties in the United States proposing policies to reduce social welfare protection), because although labor in various countries cannot move freely, But capital is profit driven and can flow freely. Which capitalist doesn't like a labor market like China without strong trade unions. If the human rights and welfare standards of Chinese "farmer identity" workers cannot be gradually raised to align with those of democratic countries, then the human rights and welfare standards of democratic countries' workers can only be gradually lowered to align with those of Chinese "farmer identity" workers (this can be seen from the documentary "American Factory"). Democratic countries around the world cannot turn a blind eye to the history of labor tears behind China's "peasant identity" after enjoying nearly 40 years of cheap goods and economic benefits made in China. Please stop having illusions about the CCP and implementing appeasement policies. While paying attention to the human rights of Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and people in exile, it is more important to pay attention to the human rights situation of all Chinese people, Only by constantly putting pressure on the CCP to improve the human rights of all Chinese people and the welfare protection of vulnerable groups, cultivate the rights awareness of Chinese citizens and taxpayers, help China establish free and independent trade unions, learn from the welfare accountability of Polish Solidarity Trade Union, force financial openness and budget transparency, will China gradually embark on the path of constitutional democracy. A free and democratic China is indispensable for the stability and peace of the world, and it is also a responsibility that democratic countries around the world cannot evade, because we are all citizens of the Earth. I hope that people with conscience around the world can work together to make constitutional democracy overcome dictatorship, let good currency overcome bad currency, and make this world more civilized.

👏👏👏❤️👍

You believe Germans in Germany are subserviant to Germans in the USA? Please explain then how the USA, and Canada, targeted Russia after the war and elevated Germany going so far as to bring them into NATO to defend the "Americans'" invasion genocide and occupation of Natives lands. France maybe and Italy definitely with over 90 "American" bases in italy.

It is underway.

Few predicted that, actually the U.S. and allies active aided and abetted China to become a superpower by giving it most-favored trading status, a decision I'm sure they dearly regret now.

@@richardwills-woodward5340How much longer "underway" since it's been more than 30 years ? Surely, there must be a statue of limitation... even for predictions.

@@tweedy4sg It hasn't been 30 years at all. But now China is collapsing in on itself under the weight of communist dogma.

@@richardwills-woodward5340 do you get anything when China collapses? one penny or a dime or a bowl of indian cow dung courtesy of modi?

unfortunately you must also realise he sits on a large number of Chinese companies' boards (invited or otherwise) and holds alot of their shares...so...think again.

He is ethnically and obviously proud Chinese. Why don't you just say that?

i don't think truth cares about who he sits with@@takanna

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

he's probably the best of his generation, shame he left govt in 2011, your observations are very accurate

In this comment are what’s wrong in China, accept our perspective or you go fill the consequences of not agree with us.

I will die for Taiwan. Free people cannot be bullied by dictatorships that wish to invade others.

​@@hmmp7lol. Lol. Lol

China doesn't have Taiwan sovereignty. China lost Taiwan to Japan in 1895 in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. After WWII, according to the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1952, Taiwan is not a part of China. We have to admit honestly that Taiwanese doesn't want Taiwan to be a part of China. We must respect the wishes of Taiwan people.

why would they since what he said about china are all lies.

they won't, I've been living in western countries for over a decade and know the general posture of western media and politicians very well, which makes western ppl in general has too much of big ego and their respective sense of "superiority". The EU will most likely continue to follow the U.S. engineered political talkings, postures and cultures and such, few good examples would be EU's stance in Ukraine war, the promotion of LGDBTQIAPK or whatever happening in EU, or just look at how laughable the Lithuania's stances towards China in nowadays global geopolitical conflict, it's fascinating and makes me feel sad about the EU ppl, most of them are innocent good ppl.

@@ultrabear1583 what you had just described is exactly what china is. stop hiding behind... u wumao.

Wang Yi told Annalena Baerbock "We supported German reunification, we hope Germany will support our reunification when the time comes". And no Western media dared to report this. "Germany was divided because it was the aggressor, while China was divided because it was the victim!. The moral cause for China's reunification is on any balance greater than the cause for German reunification." TOUCHE!

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

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if you learnt anything from him, is to make sure you get paid by the ccp for speaking up for them.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

@@ACho168 it's no surprise that US would cook such a story based on some ingredients. There are some ingredients but what I'm delighted is the leading scholars of the law of genocide have uphold their profession to debunk US state departments. So, not all west are out for confrontation, just that we couldn't hear them. Rallying the crowd via MSM to construct images of good vs bad, kind vs evil, democracy vs autocratic etc could be dangerous and difficult to end. I thought US had enough lessons over past 70 years in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc you got your short term goal but the long term goal is sticky and tough to wrap up.

The US State Dept is even going against the advise of it's own lawyers who stated that there's simply insufficient evidence to qualify China's action as a genocide.. Actually China is just a victim of US domestic policy - Fatso Pompeo declared it a genocide on the last day of Tramps' presidency to trap the Biden & Democrats with little option to work with China and as payback for the Democrats for pass a legislation making sanctioning Russia for election interference mandatory by law a few days before Tramp took power. If you recall , just weeks before Tramp's inauguration, his national security adviser-designate Mike Flint was already negotiating with the Russians to lift older sanctions. This was leaked and Tramp was forced to fire him. Tramp strategy is to cooperate with Russia to confront CHina.

george bush said Iraq had WMD, where was it? It was saddham who angered bush on the floor mat photo of older bush and george bush wanted to punish saddham for that matter.

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

Hello everyone! I am a worker with a Chinese "peasant identity" (under Chinese identity politics and household registration system, farmers are considered the lowest end of the population). After Professor Qin Hui's ideological enlightenment and awakening, I very agree with Professor Qin Hui's point of view: in the current context of globalization, the constitutional democratic system is being challenged by the autocratic Chinese model (that is, bad money drives out good money). Democratic countries around the world must deeply understand and understand the fact that since the CCP came into power in 1949, hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers have worked hard to pay public food, agricultural taxes The construction of water conservancy projects for free provided the CCP with the original financial accumulation at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Under the family planning policy, Chinese farmers were forced to have abortions, ligation and ring fencing, and payment of fines for excess births. Farmers were restricted by the household registration system in rural areas and could not move freely, leading a serf like life. During the three-year period from 1959 to 1961, there were no natural disasters at all. It was entirely due to Mao Zedong's policies such as the "Great Leap Forward" and "Great Steel Refining" that local officials, in response to Mao Zedong's policies, falsely reported ultra-high grain yields and plundered the surplus food of farmers, which resulted in the tragic starvation of 40 million people in human history. The vast majority of these were farmers, At that time, not a single Communist official starved to death. After China's reform and opening up in 1980, the first generation of farmers went to cities to work as construction workers, sanitation workers, cleaners, and miners Waiting for the most tiring and dirty jobs, China joined the WTO in the early 21st century under the background of economic globalization. For example, the second generation of farmers entered red sweatshops as workers, manufacturing cheap goods for the world. Due to the lack of independent trade unions to fight for their legal rights, they could not enjoy social welfare benefits such as work-related injuries, unemployment, medical care, elderly care, housing, and children's education in urban areas, Their children were forced to return to rural areas for education due to their household registration as "farmers" and the "school district housing" system, resulting in the world's largest tragic situation of left behind children and elderly people living alone in rural areas in China. Nowadays, the first generation of farmers have become old and lose their ability to work. They are ruthlessly driven back to the countryside and struggle to make ends meet with a monthly pension of over 100 yuan. The minimum standard for urban household registration is over 2000 yuan per month, which is more than 20 times that of rural household registration. Communist Party officials enjoy privileges and benefits, and the annual medical and health expenses are as high as several million yuan. National level officials spend one billion yuan on tourism in a year. Due to the enormous sacrifices and contributions of these two generations of Chinese farmers, China has become the world's second-largest economy. However, the Chinese farmer group has received exploitation and negative welfare treatment time and time again in the process of national wealth distribution and redistribution, while civil servants and high-ranking officials within the Communist Party system enjoy privileges and high welfare treatment. The Communist Party government utilizes the advantage of low human rights and cheap labor to attract a large amount of international financial capital investment, making China the largest red sweatshop in the world. The reason why cheap goods made in China are popular worldwide is due to the "low human rights" and "negative welfare" of the Chinese "farmer identity" worker group. Even if they work overtime for extended periods of time every day, they barely survive with a meager income. To change the Communist Party government's use of the "low human rights" and "negative welfare" system of China's vast vulnerable group of farmers in unfair competition in the globalized trade market, democratic countries around the world have the responsibility to supervise and pressure the Chinese government to demand an increase in the human rights and social welfare protection of hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers and disadvantaged groups, in order to solve the problem of trade fairness under economic globalization. The trade sanctions imposed by the United States and anti-dumping measures by the European Union cannot solve the problem of trade deficits. If democratic countries believe that the human rights and welfare protection of hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers and vulnerable groups are not related to you, it will gradually lead to a decrease in the standards of wages and welfare protection for labor in democratic countries (such as left-wing political parties in the United States proposing policies to reduce social welfare protection), because although labor in various countries cannot move freely, But capital is profit driven and can flow freely. Which capitalist doesn't like a labor market like China without strong trade unions. If the human rights and welfare standards of Chinese "farmer identity" workers cannot be gradually raised to align with those of democratic countries, then the human rights and welfare standards of democratic countries' workers can only be gradually lowered to align with those of Chinese "farmer identity" workers (this can be seen from the documentary "American Factory"). Democratic countries around the world cannot turn a blind eye to the history of labor tears behind China's "peasant identity" after enjoying nearly 40 years of cheap goods and economic benefits made in China. Please stop having illusions about the CCP and implementing appeasement policies. While paying attention to the human rights of Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and people in exile, it is more important to pay attention to the human rights situation of all Chinese people, Only by constantly putting pressure on the CCP to improve the human rights of all Chinese people and the welfare protection of vulnerable groups, cultivate the rights awareness of Chinese citizens and taxpayers, help China establish free and independent trade unions, learn from the welfare accountability of Polish Solidarity Trade Union, force financial openness and budget transparency, will China gradually embark on the path of constitutional democracy. A free and democratic China is indispensable for the stability and peace of the world, and it is also a responsibility that democratic countries around the world cannot evade, because we are all citizens of the Earth. I hope that people with conscience around the world can work together to make constitutional democracy overcome dictatorship, let good currency overcome bad currency, and make this world more civilized.

China inflation is not dropping. Go to big cities food and transport every expensive. China is providing huge subsidies to control inflation. How can China inflation can be reduced if China printed trillions of Yuan for the past decade. China have printed more than 150 trillion Yuan from 2007-2021.

Beside housing and food, everything else dropped. But the food price increase is understandable. I lived in China during the 90s and 2000s.

@@zenlei8258 because for the printed money, these was inflow of foreign currency, and those money can be used to import a shit ton or raw materials?

@@commie5211 PBOC printed more than the inflow of China trade surplus of $300 - 400 billion. Surely this is inflationary. The only way to reduce inflation is to subside essentials food and energy supply chain. An average apartment in Shanghai cost US$1 million. You think this is not inflationary.

@@zenlei8258 Can you even compare with the amount of money USA printed?

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

traitors of Singapore ? mouth piece for China ?

习大大应多多学习🙂

é impressionante que nao Intendentes nada que ele disse e se há pais que fala em Excepcionalismo toda hora é os políticos dos EUA e se nao vivesses numa bolha saberias que o resto do mundo inclusive a china sabe mais sobre europa do que a europa sobre o resto do mundo e já tinhas reparado que a europa nunca esteve tanto isolada como está hoje duvido as guerras de procuração que europa faz sempre com a américa sanções a maior parte do mundo que a desdolarizaçao do mundo foi tao rápida como está acontecer este ano nao admira que o numero de países que pedirem a entrada aos Brics explodiram vai desde a Indonésia até ao México . E nem os lideres do sul global já nem tem medo de dizer o que pensam ao Blican e Macron mesmo na frente deles já estão fartos de sanções e de lições de paternalismo e nos chama de hipócritas até no youtube tem vídeos disso kk . Em que planeta vives? vai ver qual é o pais que mais turistas do mundo emite e qual dos países que mais turistas recebe vai ver os números antes de abrires a boca saberias que a china o nº4 sem incluir Macau e Hong Kong e o primeiro emitir .Sabes que 10 melhores universidades da Asia 6 estão na china ? nao preciso dele para saber que a economia do mundo está a deslocar-se para a asia e que africa é o continente onde a população mais cresce. O mundo esta a mudar tu é que nao queres reconhecer isso . E vai ver onde foram todas a comitivas empresariais europeias foram correr depois dos necons americanos ter explodido Nord Stream 2 po que sabiam que esses idiotas levaram á recessão e desindustrialização da Alemanha e verás que foram basicamente onde os europeus queriam chegar desde pelo menos a época de marco polo eles sabem onde está o mercado e quem é o principal parceiro económico da União Europeia hoje . esses lideres medíocres da europa em que a Liz Truss é um bom exemplo disso só escutam a si mesmos e vem com essas tretas de jardins e o resto é selva nao entendem nada sobre a cultura dos outros povos p resultado desastroso de todas as guerras que a europa meteu-se é prova disso tornamos vassalos da América e vens falar de fechado? Quem está fechado somos nós que só escutamos a nós próprios . E nao preciso de um ex ministro da Singapura ele nao disse nada que eu nao saiba e nao tenha escutados de vários asiáticos inclusive africanos que eu já nao saiba além de que estudo eu chines e cultura chinesa.

@Filipe Areias, então explique-me por favor.

Great comment, i agree with Yeo's analysis on some points but the same also stroke me: he wants to project objectivity, but he is just providing the chinese version, which on some points seems as lecturing the west just like he accuses the west to do

@@federicocampatelli1056 the issue here is the lecture is always one sided from the west and when even a Singaporean with Chinese ethnicity gives a lecture to the west, comments like this goes viral.

@@OnMusicSoon1 that s true, but on another note tell me, do you see possibilities for de-escalation and cooperation?

Benefit of the doubt, maybe just inexperience in moderating or unfamiliar with George

​​@@ruifenghuang1029 manners don't depend on experience or familiarity though. After watching the whole QnA I feel she was pleasant enough, without being overly ceremonial.

@@tuesdae666 Not always, that's why I said benefit of the doubt

I do think the moderator is direct on task and did not waste time on formality that is so entrenched in some culture (endless thanks and blah blah blah that add zero value to the discussion). I do see she did thank George Yeo at the end of the Q&A session at 1.35.50, so no reason to allege she is rude or show disrespect. She acted like a normal European would within its cultural context. No need to judge her badly.

She’s inexperienced and nervous, evidently out of her depth

大国崛起。The Rise of Great Nations.

@@Diderot68 Thank you very much.

He tried to tell the audience that you got to learn and understand your counterparts if you are to interact with them. That was how China learnt of the other countries from the series of "The Rise of Great Nations".