I'm a Chinese and I've lived in Australia since 2014. When I first left my home I was dumb I thought I wanted to live under a western culture with more "freedom". But now I think everyone just lives under society contracts. The way people distinguish free or not isn't really depending on the true freedom, it's on the political operations of these contracts. This coronavirus pandemic made me decide I'm going back to China in the future. Every country has pros and cons. But the arrogance I see from most western countries could be dangerous. The way and the contents western media talk about China actually block people's eyes. If western world sees China as an enemy, at least they and their people should know their enemy well. I see some inefficiency and inability in western world nowadays. They don't emphasise on STEM education as China does, even worse, they talk bad on what China is doing. I think those sanctions on China can't put China in danger, but it put US itself in danger. And as a Chinese, we never want to be top 1 and control other countries. An easier and safer and more stable life is what Chinese people want. And we can only achieve this by keep learning. This attribute is deep down in Chinese culture and history.
Honestly, nowadays it is rare to hear a brilliant voice like this, no bias, fact-oriented, and dive into the root cause of achievements in China. Good job!
Actually Chinese are already smart. Look at Malaysia, the Chinese always have the highest grade. Look at Singapore Chinese. The opportunity now in china is wide open for the brilliants of Chinese to shine now!
@Yen River, smartness has nothing to do with it. The Chinese culture induces, through the traditional family education (Kar Kau) concept, hard work to the children. Nothing can be achieved without hard work irrespective how smart one is.
Yen River, you are darned right. As I have mentioned elsewhere on this forum, Chinese are already smart, no way they can be smarter than they are. Not only in Malaysia but also in the land of the brave and the smart, the great US of A. There are more PhD students in the Universities there and ar the secondary level, Chinese students shine in Maths and Science. And even in English - would you believe it? Yours truly always got A plus or plus plus and the Prof said "this guy writes a alot better than you native American speakers." Americans do not speak the Queen's English, but the President's American.
What can I say, you did an excellent job, you hit it out of the park. Brilliant, absolutely honest and realistic description of what is currently going on in China and the west. Best of all you articulated in a clear simple manner. Top marks.
Hi. I found you via Gweilo60. I usually watch on smart tv so can’t see comments or comment myself Have had to use phone to make this comment. V difficult due to my disabilities. I was university lecturer before becoming disabled. I saw how hard working my Chinese students were and I started learning Chinese so I could be more welcoming to them Then my illness. Physical and cognitive. I can’t do much of anything anymore. Need carers. But I still help Chinese people practice their English online. I’ve even met a few in person. Their modesty, drive, ability, kindness, make an amazing combination I still continue to try to learn Chinese but my memory snd concentration problems along with frequent illness make this an arduous task. What others manage to learn in a year takes me about ten years even though I persevere and use all my efforts to do this. It helps me “escape” from my bed and gives me something to strive towards I see you use Chinese subtitles and I’m very keen to read these along with the spoken English. I understand most of the vocabulary. Are you bilingual? Are you HSK 6 Level and beyond? I’m teaching myself HSK 5 right now but my brain is not working too well at the moment. It’s wonderful when my brain works better for a while. I had about three months in 2018 when my brain worked a bit better and I made progress. Do you write your subtitles yourself? Thanks for connecting me to China. I’m English, too
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Actually my Chinese is not so good, we had someone do the subtitles for us. I'm not good at learning languages but my son is doing well with it.
Thank you so much for sharing your view and experience, this is very kind and inspiring. I've been studying many years in Europe and I knew how grateful and lucky it feels like when you have Professors, lecturers or classmates who have the kind of open and unbiased mindset as you showed. Of course China isn't perfect, but it definitely needs to be understood and discussed based on facts and reasonable judgements. Your kindness and open-mindedness would have great impact on the students you encountered, both Chinese and Non-Chinese. Hope you get better and would love to help if you want to practice Chinese!
I was educated in UK and spent few years working there. I totally agree with you. I found a very interesting thing when I was a part time lecture in one of the top University in UK. There are so few white British engineering students in the class. Majority are Chinese or Asian students. The top students always Chinese. that was in 2005.
Some Chinese are worrying about the abroad students may not come back in the future, because thay've seen someone who abandon their motherland and keep insulting it in the Internet. It really hurt the native Chinese's hearts.
@@brandtlai1247 Some overseas Chinese experiences discrimination in the West because of Trump's trade war, allegations of spying, and so on, so who knows, maybe these overseas Chinese will return back to the motherland. President Xi Jinping believes in 来去自由 and Chinese can travel overseas, but they are always welcome back to China.
@@brandtlai1247 don't worry about it. money is one key. and platform is another key. if China offers both of two keys, not only Chinese but also experts from other countries will come to China to work.
@@brandtlai1247 Research & Development also needs funding, and the Chinese government is literally pouring funds into R&D, making China the country with the *world's highest R&D spending* according to the following source: _Countries by Research and Development spending_ *1. China ($553.4 billion)* 2. United States ($511.1 billion) 3. European Union ($379.0 billion) 4. Japan ($165.7 billion) 5. Germany ($118.8 billion) 6. South Korea ($91.6 billion) 7. India ($66.5 billion) 8. France ($60.0 billion) 9. United Kingdom ($44.8 billion) 10. Russia ($42.6 billion) ... Source: _Wikipedia: List of countries by research and development spending_ In the West, researchers often have to worry about funding, so they write papers and cite other peoples work to improve their credibility, so that they can expand their academic circles, get approval of grants so that they can publish more papers. It has degenerated into an academic system and many researcher's ideas remain on paper, instead of being turned into actual products. Whereas in China, research funds are available at all tiers of society, from corporate to government sector, and a struggling research can easily get a $40,000 funding approval, thus freeing the researcher to concentrate on his/her research instead of having to worry about funding. The idea-to-product transition time in China is short too, so many researchers can feel a sense of satisfaction, witnessing their ideas being turned to actual products. So R&D spending might attract more overseas Chinese to come back to the motherland to conduct their research here.
@@brandtlai1247 Donot worry. There will be more people like me to come back home even after so many years aboard. I came back in 2013. Happy than ever.
Thank you Lee and Oli for sharing your thoughts about China. I truly appreciate your work. I'd like to add that some Chinese inventions that we use today are compass, paper, printing, toothbrush, gunpowder, umbrella, wheelbarrow, silk, multi-stage rockets, etc. The Chinese have never said that other nations have stolen their (Chinese) technology. We should strive to make the world a better place by sharing and spreading knowledge.
I'm Chinese but wasn't born in China but the other "Free" China, had been fearing, hating Communist but always love China, because of all the propaganda's we all do . And I and my family, as well as most friends, have completely turned around over the last two decades seeing what modern China has done, reigniting the hope of rebuilding China and seeing it become a reality in my lifetime is wonderful, as it was but a pipe dream before. China is doing a lot of things right as with China in the past 200 years doing almost all wrongs, the people are the same, but the government has been pragmatic in developing, planning, organizing and even go as far as changing the cultures, coupled with the underlying, hardworking, sharing, family oriented nature of the people, and shall I say much wisdom from the history, a new nation is reborn! China couldn't have risen up with learning from other countries(that opportunities exist for all other less developed countries too, and let's not use the stolen smear), but China only did after she had fallen to ashes after losing all its pride and confidence. There are many qualities that other countries could learn and adopt from China, and a few wise people would see that, but human nature dictates that majority would be in denials, or worse, and never come to terms until its too late! It's a long process and takes centuries to evolve, but we are just witnessing the change of powers! The Western people are repeating the same mistake the Chinese did in the past as history repeats itself!
@Phoenix you clearly don't understand China. No one cares or talks about communism in China any more. Freedom of thinking in the west? How about the thought policing sprawling across those so called freeland nowadays.
I remember being at Trinity College Dublin in 1979 and we had Masters students from China,we undergrads in Maths were in awe of them.They also taught us a valuable lesson of hard work and more hard work. I think they were shocked at our poverty a well .
Poverty, is not an enemy or something to look down upon. That’s what was taught by the Communist government. They believed that everyone should be a peasant to understand the labor and hard work that goes into it. Everyday trials and tribulations. The difference is the bourgeoisie who looked down on someone because they are poor, but don’t realize they would easily become poor without their riches they are born into and without a work ethic.
I'm a HK Chinese and lived in the UK for an extensive amount of time. I'm so glad people like you are sharing a far more balanced story that the mainstream media is portraying. Keep up the good work and would be great if I could meet you in person next time I'm in SZ. Best of luck and Cheerio!
Thank you for your positive comments about Chinese education. I, as an educator, know that we are not perfect, and still need to stay humble and learn from the western world, but still, we keep our own way of learning and developing. Being consciously and rationally in this massive world will help us to gain real respect from the western world. I hope we are doing that. Time will prove it!
I am a Chinses living in NZ, experienced racism at work and personal life. It is hard sometimes to defend your own country to use your second language, it made me felt very lonely. Nice to see the positive video towards my homeland, Thank you.
If the Americans know their history, they would be aware they 'stole' the mechanisation of cotton weaving from England in the 19th Century, something the English tried so hard to prevent so much so that they did not allow their technicians in those days to travel abroad least they take the technology with them. A smart Yankee actually visited several of the spinning establishments in Lancashire and memorised the concept and implemented it in America.
@Dust , I am not sure if you heard the whole video above. One of the points raised was the misconception that Chinese stole Western technology when, in fact, the technology transfer was one of the terms agreed in allowing foreign companies to invest in China. Being cheeky, I was merely reminding any American readers what happened in the 19th C when there was an actual theft of technology from England.
@@pplla7821 , you may have heard of the term 'standing on the shoulders of giants'. We all start from where others left off. Otherwise, we must all start by reinventing the wheel first.
America did not steal Brit technology. They were inspired by the Lancashire looms and by trial and errors, they achieve in days when took the Brits years to put together. America, the land of the free and the smart.
Thank you for sharing what you saw and experienced in China. Various voices and options about China should be heard on the world’ stage. Starting from there, individuals can do their own thinking, research or even come to China to explore. Don’t let biase media fool you.
Thank you for your fair comments on this topic,Barrett.I would like to share just one factor that may also help contributing the development of China is that the well educated elites not only abandoned lots of opportunities abroad and came back to China,but also they shared and applied what they learnt,leading more industries and companies to grow up rapidly.Respect them all.And also Xiaoping Deng in 1985 said that ‘let some people get rich first’.Guess it’s not only about the fortune but also about enrichment of education,leadership and spirit. I’m glad to see my own country developing like this,fast,with the efforts of all the people who dedicate themselves to their careers.That can be great sacrifices of entertainment,youth or even love ones,but we are still on the way thriving.最美中国红🇨🇳
Awesome Barrett. I really appreciate your honesty about these China related issues. Prior to my first visit to China in 2015, I was told by my close American friends on how evil China was, and how arrogant the Chinese people were. My experience has been exactly the opposite. I resonate with your videos very well, and agree with you that all this bias against China from western media and governments is because of the geo-political shift of power towards China, both technological and political. Keep on going. And next time I am in China, I promise to reach out and buy you a coffee :-)
Just more comments on this. I am a Chinese who lives in the west in the pasts five years. I met so many westerners showing so less knowledge and some biased understanding about China. I would say the mass meida should take the main resposibility. For this, I am so worried about the west as the current good living condition in the west is due to the comparative advantages over other countries. The relative decline of the west is for sure difficult for them to maintain the current living standards. In a word, the decline of the west in the future comes from their ignorance of the most dynamic power on the earth today. It is really high time for the west to get more objective knowledge about China and learn from the advantanges China owns nowaday.
Something like me when I come to China 1990. And some else I like to add in. 1989 Aug 26 is the first time I step foot into Cuba. I hear so many bad thing about Communist Country IS! But everything is difference from the news (U.S.)
Education and knowledge was always the top priority in Chines culture since ancient times due to the constant wars and dynasty changes, the philosophy behind this is that knowledge and wisdom is the only asset that can't be taken away and follows you where ever you go.
@@rpg1663 it's the same everywhere. Just like America wouldn't tell their people socialism is good and China wouldn't tell their people capatalism is good.
Kris Prista lol so not true.. also.. in America u have access to every kind of book or information.. in America u don’t learn what is good or bad, u are told about the facts and then u make up your mind about what is good or bad.. criticism is welcome and debates are common practice in schools lolol
@@lorrainenoneofyourbusiness And the US, after knowing it for months, has not taken any action until now, was too busy bashing China, brainwashing the public so to save the stock market
America does not need China's help. Trump has decreed that the nCoV will die in June.nCoV would not dare to defy the president of the great American Empire, or shall I say Emperor?
yeah after giving it to the rest of the world in a massive cover up, like all communist regimes censored everything they don,t like kill it off and cover it up, all the pandemics come from china , and spread around the world , ban everything from china
This is the second of your China videos I’ve looked at. The analyses are informed by detachment, rationality and a relentless objectivity. Full marks. Chinese achievement is rooted in the Chinese cultural mindset and in their rich history and traditions. The hostile attitude of the West is motivated by envy and racism.
Hard work and discipline have been paving chinese out of the poverty line and gradually into new China and the second largest economy in the world. It wasn't easy to encounter the enviromental control together with the massive labour force at the production line. Though there is a price to pay for the enviroment , the chinese are trying putting up a solution. Not 100% but workable solution in time to come. As a manfacturing factory in the world , china and the chinese are going in perfect harmony after the coronovirus crises , to make the world a better world for years to come.
"Hard work and discipline have been paving chinese out of the poverty line and gradually into new China and the second largest economy in the world. " Or that their government abandoned failed ideas (social communism) and adopted ones that work (capitalism). So once the government stopped holding people down, they were able to rise up. "It wasn't easy to encounter the enviromental control" And they are still failing hard. "going in perfect harmony after the coronovirus crises" Always perfect harmony, no matter the cost (which is actually not a natural harmony, but a forced one, even faked) "to make the world a better world for years to come." Is that how you see the export of the social credit system?
@@nagueryamjadlip5667 Oh man. The heavy-handed way it tries to deal with problems. It's the government getting directly involved with people's lives. If someone spits on the sidewalk, the people around them should voice that that behavior is unacceptable. Not the government restricting where that person can travel, or their ability to buy a house. It's great way to further limit freedom of speech (or attempts and trying to achieve some level of it). The Chinese government monitors and censors all online interactions. If you say something they don't like, heavy punishments can be put upon you. It can introduce more corruption into an already corrupt system. A person whose job it is to walk around a neighborhood, taking notes, and reporting those things to the government (which is the sole decider in what is deemed acceptable and unacceptable behavior) can be bribed (as many already are in China) to either report something, or to ignore something, enriching that person's life. So, what do you think is good about the Social Credit System the Chinese Communist Party is so proud of? (face recognition is now also a thing to be required for having internet access. so if the government doesn't like what you say online, they can prevent you from even having internet access)
I really like all your videos, especially when you points out facts rather than doing a smearing campaign against this country, unlike certain other individuals who will take every opportunity to create negative campaigne, bash and badmouth China. Thank you!
Rusdi Rusli Chua this guy just believes in ccp propaganda lies. The others and some brave Chinese tell the truth about incompetence,lies,greed, selfishness of ugly Xi and megalomaniac ccp- that’s the big difference!
@@justjacqueline2004 for many reasons I believe. Some are state sponsored, of course to act as a paid influencer for political reasons mostly. Some are just loosers. Cannot accept the fact China is rising to become one of the top global contenders in many areas. Maybe a competitor. So certain groups are definitely worried. Some could have lost their job in the process, especially most companies move overseas to cut cost, and are now really bitter about it. Some are just the ordinary guys who are unable to comprehend how the world works, or are too shortsighted to understand the big pictures. So doing blaming like their kind, is just the easiest way to show some sort of a solidarity. Others are just plain racist, because China is not one of their peers in the caucasian cohort. Also most are used to the norm only the caucasions have brilliant mind. And now whoa China?... what the heck is this. We got to do something. And this something is exactly what they are doing right now. Note: if i were to pick.... "feel free"... could most likely fall in point no. 1, or could also be no.2 Also i have been attacked most of the time for comments seemingly favourable to China, some labelled me "50cent army" or "on xi's payroll" or "xi's stooge" What the heck, i am never one of those!
Thanks Barret so much,I really appreciate your perspective about China. I’m born from China, study and work in China, and now working in Alibaba as engineer. I think China also has many problems needed to solve such as the high price of house and the unbalance nationwide educational resource. I hope you enjoy your life in China and welcome to Hangzhou.
@@alexwu4822 allow? people can learn everything they want. It's very difficult to learn Chinese though. If people don't respect China, don't like China much enough, won't have the enthusiasm/perseverance to learn it well.
I have noticed these and made a similar prediction with what you said when i saw those students sitting at the front of the lecture theatre are always asian faced. I don't know about other country but it was was always true If you go to any of the lectures happening in the UK, i was like"how can China not thrive with these hardworking patriotic kids.".
It's very eye opening topic. Not too many people talk about education in China causes the repid technological and economical development today. Thanks! It's really great to see China in a different angle.
Funny.... How come China do not have those technical universities then ? Why ?? Since those companies are so strong, then why are those company's "secrets" not released back into the universities ? Have you ever considered and thought about that for a single moment? What does the government, or those companies do not want you to know ?? How come you have to go abroad, and then back home in order to work for those companies ? And not directly from schools and then into unis, and into those companies? Do you not find this a little bit odd and a little bit weird ??
@pproust : Dream on. Really. Dream on. It seems like the country is running in dual and parallel.. political model within the country. That is what I think. Either that, or it is lawless.
May L You have little acknowledge about Chinese technical universities, most of the funds are not from cooperation with companies but from governments. Besides, industry, education and research work together, so professor also become boss of Masters and Doctors.
@@graceazlee most Egyptian today are European descent, they have been colonialized for so long, there is only one small village in that country still have some real Egyptian.
The success of China (since the early 80s) is based on quite a simple formula >>>> a) govt ensure the infrastructure ('soft' as in education & 'hard' as in roads) is in place to service to facilitate the growth. b) release the pend up entrepreneur energy the population had. c) not fixed on ideology [ie if it does not work, ditch it. If it has not been done before, no reason not to try it, etc.]
HT Remember Deng Xiaoping's dicturm It does not matter if the cat be Red (communism) or White, so long as it catches the mouse (so that as the coumtry prosper and the people are taken care of).
One country should invest huge amount money into her education system to boost economy rise, meanwhile another core thing is that there are a lot hard working people.
@johnlocke445 Many of those your accusation are true, but please be awared that China is still develping, don't judge much before you know the very deep side of us, our history, our developing road, our current living state. For many of those problems you mentioned, we have been correcting them and they are happening less and less, I personally think many of them are inevitable and it helps us to grow up, if you could spend a little time to do the research you will know that how's the difference has been made since last century. And guess what? Every goverment lies, what we really care is that how is the goverment leading us to a better future and to have a better life, Truth is, we are enjoying the changing and we do not regret from living under this western so-called dictator country.
That was a very well thought out video. It was rational and insightful. It's amazing how much you have learnt from living in China. Education is one of the cornerstones of Chinese culture / values.... you've hit it right on the head! Well done. I really enjoyed the video.
i remember when i did my doctoral in UK in the 80's, there were only a handful of researchers from China. many of them came to do a doctoral research but with no degree awarded. What i meant was at that time, Chinese were still not rich enough and they couldn't afford the school fee etc. However my university allowed them to participate in doctoral research work but with no degree awarded at the end of the course.
@@jiaxiangchen6743 Well, I am not sure what my then head of department did was out of kindness. He just wanted the cheap labour from China. He was not a very popular head of department. when he died, the whole department attended his funeral just to make sure that he was cremated.
I never trusted Chinese products but I thought to give it a try by purchasing a Xiao Mi Max 3 mobile phone to watch RU-vid and Netflix and it's nearly two years now , the 5500mAh battery never heats up and runs flat for whole day usage. Used to pay a grand for Samsung or Sony phones and only lasted two years. Their battery technology is great 👍. Only paid $350 aud plus tax
I also bought Samsung mobile phone, but it only lasted for two years, and because of the perm, all the programs could not be opened. In fact, its system is not fortified. Later, I changed Huawei's mate9 and used it for three years. Last winter, I changed mate30pro to prepare for the next three years
China seems to me the country of the future the more I look into it. It wouldn't suprise if the US did really infect China with that Covid-19 at this point, in order to at least slow down the development of China. Now it seems that Chickens will come to rost in the US🤣🤣🤣
What a horrible thing to say! You know, the people are not their government. We are all human beings. This childish battle between governments should not separate us from each other and our humanity.
@@sarahbrome5564 Tell that to other people. I mean, right now racism being justified against Chinese people because of consipirancy theories thrown against the Chinese government.
@@armandovaiandando6472 we all have our voice and opinions. I can only speak for myself- that my heart breaks for the suffering of the families in Wuhan (who could not even bury their loved ones), and I would never wish that kind of horror on anyone.
The western media will ask you if your cousin comes from China, then they might might make a conclusion say “yes, he did if he comes from China”, if not, vice versa. Haha...
The "stealing" happened in the 1980s... Cos that first wave of companies that entered China... Their technologies were not meant to be copied or shared or spread across the country. They were supposed to be, kept private, or locked. But the government did not take their sides... and this is how MANY foreign companies actually collapsed during the 1980s to the 1990s.... Did you not know this ?? This is what happened. And then subsequent financial crashes etc... So many people were not aware of the decisions and the actions taken ? Why do you think that people like Li Ka Shing addressed issues subsequently ??? I think you need to check... to see what went on. Your cousin did dentistry, but the techniques, and what she used, is standardised... or in her case is standard in the UK. Unless something is now commercially private.. and some private companies, can indeed have their own R&Ds. Those items and those techniques were patented. NOW... only in recent years, are copyrights really taken seriously in China. The Law Courts are now established IN China... Yeh, right.. after those who were rich got rich... I hope that China, will indeed prosecute, and subsequentially prosecute those specific individuals who did the bad deeds. A lot of companies may not rise an issue, because they may have settled in other ways. But mark my words... It should indeed be addressed. (Imagine this, those techniques were created based on man hours and man powers, and labour costs... What do you think makes the US run ?? What makes you think that makes a country run ? It was work. Work either created and sold now. Or work were calculated based on market value. China has zero acceptance of value or on pricing, or even costings !!! F!ck)
Thanks for this view on China. Underlying of course is a high moral and ethical way of life that is imbibed within its culture where the collective good is as close as the individual.
When you really get to know the 5 thousands years old of history of China and their cultures that you would know Chinese are always the smartest people in the world. They are not only getting smarter now, they are smartest before, and now they are even more smarter and China will be the leader in the world very soon.
One of the smartest people in the world,this is in line with the attitude of the Chinese. Some people in the west say that the 19th century belongs to Britain, the 20th century belongs to America and the 21st century belongs to China. Is it really so? We Chinese believe that the 21st century belongs to people all over the world.
Yes, that's why they invented television, the computer, refrigeration, landed people on the moon in the '60s, etc... it was all about race. What was that country that claimed to have the smartest people in the 30's and 40's? Germany, I think it was?
@@dans.7651 And you know why they didn't? Because ghost-skinned barbaric robbers and thieves created an allegiance in attempt to colonize us lmao and destroyed our homes and brought us back in time by a hundred years or so.
These foreign universities like America’s Ivy leagues aren’t educating Chinese students out of the goodness of their heart, these students pay full tuition for the opportunity. They’re also exposed to conditions in westernized countries which they hope would persuade them to stay and proffer their skills in the service of China’s rivals. But for those who return to China after their studies abroad they get the honor of helping their countrymen improve their lives. I don’t think too badly of those Chinese who choose to stay and use their skills for American (foreign) companies, but I respect those Chinese who return home to help their countrymen more.
Deathless Dude, “full” is not an accurate word, international students pay triple(at least) of local students tuitions. The universities are not being kind, it’s a so damn good deal for them and they want that money so bad.
I remembered during my young days, our Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew told Singaporeans to learn more from Japan. How? Be a copy-cat first, improve on the product and it becomes yours thereafter. Countries that put a lot of emphasis on educating their young population will surely reap the rewards for their homeland at a later stage. Good management is just as important. POSBCORD. P => Planning O => Organising S => Staffing B => Budgeting CO => Co-ordinating and lastly RD => Research & Development. In a modern technological world, R & D forms a very important part for a company to stay competitive and to succeed. We should spend more time on improving our product and not waste time complaining about others 'stealing our technology'.
