Is Containing China Making America Weaker? | George Koo Interview 

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If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive country, raise your hand ✋🙋🏻‍♂️👍

As an American who lived in China for over 10 years, I can appreciate that it is difficult for Americans to understand what’s going on in China. The Media really doesn’t help gain any understanding. As a libertarian I agree that we don’t live in a Democracy, we live in a Money-ocracy. Keep it up Cyrus. 👍

Totally agree. I came to US at its peak and I could clearly see how the US has changed and declined in the past 45 years. Our values have changed, capitalism has eroded democracy, and there is no longer a core middle class that upholds the key to our economic growth. The worst thing is that we didn’t realize these or we just chose to ignore these facts so we could blame everything to China.

Why haven't I heard of George Koo before today? He talks a lot of sense on geopolitics and I can tell he really knows what he's talking about, and also his choice of important points and issues that are relevant to the topic.

China is currently *at peace and not at war* with any country, since our last major conflict in 1979. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like _roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports,_ etc and investing in developing countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc. Whereas the United States is *warmonger* being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, Yemen War, etc, even in the 21st century. USA is bombing in those Middle Eastern countries and enacting regime change by cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place. If anything, it sounds like the United States is a threat to global peace and stability.

The western media is sooooo far off! Totally agree.

I believe the world would be a lot more peaceful if only half of Americans travel outside the US and read one non-Western newspaper.

It’s not many Americans that keep it real but you do! Appreciate the unbiased journalism 💯🙏🏾

Absolutely enjoyed your guest speaker Mr. Koo, his insights and knowledge are truly respectful and impressive! Thank you very much!!

I use to think all those US bases all around the world makes the US stronger, but now I know that it's actually a huge burden to the US. All that money spent on maintaining those bases, a waste of resources, with little to no benefits. All for the name of profits for the military industrial complex.

I grew up admiring America in the 80s and even believed in the misinformation on the reasons on various war on terror in the 90s Middle East.. but I begin to see how America transit from a nation that help emerging economies into a bully in the 21st century with regime change exercises purely for selfish reasons even when it damage its long-term interest & the world like climate change..

Sharing the wisdom of George Yeo, the ex external minister of Singapore, he said China desires a win-win situation with US, however US wants a win-lose situation, and if situation don’t improve China will move to lose-lose situation where there are no winners.

Mr Koo has been a great guest who can see the world through both lens, China and USA and this interview has been informative for me 👍 👌 👏

Cyrus and George, Great Partners in contributing to a better world

Thank you Cyrus for getting George onto your channel. George is an absolute joy - experienced, knowledgeable and reasonable. We need more of both of you. Great work.

I cannot express how much I share Mr. Koo's sentiment. He came over to the U.S. at the time China was being invaded thus a hell hole. I came over at the end of Cultural Revolution, thus another hell hole. Most Americans have no idea how much we appreciate the fact that we were given the safe haven to escape the hell we were in. The Chinese in us tells us that you don't crap where you eat. For that we are staunchly loyal Americans, and want the best for the American people. China now finally got out from the hell she was in due to all kinds of historic reasons. Even the early CCP committed grave mistakes, even crimes, but the current leaders are not the ones at the time, thus I don't blame my misfortune before on them. When 1.4 billions of fellow Chinese got out of the hell hole before it cannot be more gratifying for me. Having the potential to work with the U.S. to create a better world to end human suffering is within reach. Since we can read Chinese and know people back there, we can tell the MSM bias and misinformation being spread. It is really painful for us to watch such historic golden opportunity is being squandered by some scoundrels with hidden selfish agenda.

Mr. Koo mentioned CATL. If one had been following the Fortune 500 companies list and the Forbes billionaires list, one would have spotted something significant. China has about the same number of companies and billionaires on both lists. China has a new generation of internet, green energy, and logistics billionaires-Wechat, Tiktok, JD, CATL, EVs, while some of the largest companies in the US are oil companies, banks, insurance, as well as weapon manufacturers which in China, are State Owned Enterprises. In other words, China does not encourage or allow oilmen billionaires, bankers billionaires, or weapon billionaires but those who can contribute to society and the world. How can any civilized government allow oilmen to make billionaire when its people suffer from inflation? How can they allow bankers to make billionaires when evicted homeowners sleep in tents? And weapons, the shootings the wars, are you kidding me?

Since the 19th Century, many have grown so thoroughly accustomed to the notion of Western dominance, so much such that the very thought of a non-Western country like China eventually surpassing the USA someday in the foreseeable future, is simply too frightening for many to fathom.

Honestly I just hope that USA will continue down the path of containment towards China because that will speed up the demise of USA which is inevitable. This will shorten the misery of the world. The rise of China cannot be contained and the sooner it takes place the better. China is a peaceful country and that will be good for everyone.

It’s such an interesting piece of history that Mr. Koo grew up with. I’m also from Amoy and educated at Amoy University (now Xiamen and Xiamen Univ.) and what he said is so heartwarming when watched from the other side of Pacific. Thank you, Cyrus, for hosting such an honest conversation. And as always, your program is powered with love and passion for world peace and prosperity, not hate and prejudice.

China and other nations are not perfect, but the U.S. and the EU seems to have no will to adapt and succeed at making changes in a changing world. Progress politically, economically and even militarily is not achieved through coercion, wars, and as George said "you better do as we say and your not allowed to do as we do".

Insightful conversation by both of you! Love it.

I'm so impressed on the opening remarks of Koo, "it is my responsibility to criticize my own government than the others for I am a citizen".

Let the world develop naturally. China will advance and economically may surpass the United States it is also not outside the logic. Whenever the United States tries to stem China's progress, China's growth potential will not be affected, because it is a natural process, but instead the United States will potentially not only stagnate in its development, but also lose opportunities for improvement.

George Koo is a very wise man. Period.

As an Afghan Canadian observer of China, I agree with the video title 💯 percent. So true. China is the undisputed global SUPERPOWER, economically and militarily.

Thank you Cyrus for inviting Mr Koo to the program. Mr Koo is speaking the facts.

This was an awesome episode! Thank you very much! It gave me a little peace and hope the things can go better. I am a guy from Hungary. I am just watching the news nowadays and hoping the two big kid in the classroom not fighting with eachother because the whole class will be punihed with a test. :) And I am also thinking about what can I do to distribute these thoughts in my close environmrent, hoping they will distribute them toward others.. So guys please keep doing what you do, and try to create some peace and understanding between these big kids. As I am aging I want peace around me (and the world is smaller and smaller and highly interconected every day and day by day. We can travel in 12 hours to the other half of the earth with phisically and 12 miliseconds over the Internet we are just neighbours and I dont like to see my nighbors fighting because it is very noisy and it is not a peacfull environment ) Sorry for my engligh adn I wish the best for all of us!

A great down-to-earth and enlightening guest conversation!

Great respect to George Koo!

Can’t express enough of my appreciation of the interview, great work Cyrus and Mr. Koo, thank you!

I am glad to find this channel. Agree with both of you 100%! Thank you.

Cyrus, I love to listening to your comments as you are a very wise man. What you mentioned about the relationship between China & America is really true. Well done mate!

George koo speak rightly when he said one has to understand China by understanding her culture, history & her people & her thinking

WE learned so much from this wonderful gentlemen Mr. George Coo, Thanks Cyrus for bringing it up.

Thank you very much Cyrus & George for your truth analysis 🙏🇰🇭🇨🇳

This was the quickest 30min video. I mean, I wish we could talk out issues like this constantlyyyyy. With EVERYBODYYYY. But it will take generations to weed out the people who were raised to hate. My Grandfather was in Korea, so his generation and the generation after, and even my generation are still being trained to not trust the Asians! It would be best to elect people who are young enough to see through the hate and see the mistakes our country has made before our time. Like the Banana Republics, involving United Fruit Co. a mistake that many of us either don't know about yet or are trained to discredit or people trained to not even care. Well, I was frantic when I first realized we are on the brink of a war none has ever seen....I am almost accepting it. Cyrus, Victor Gao is so cool, do you think you will ever host him on your show? He might be to high up to get ahold of, but I just Love getting to hear him speak. First time I heard him speak was a video of him in Australia I think???? I was watching peoples faces and reactions on the video....Mr. Gao and the Chinese just don't get the respect they deserve and I almost feel like 1 of the few who can treasure a man like Victor Gao. Maybe that clip was the reason I like him so, as he had to take a defensive stance against....everyone. The whole world. Anyways, I like you too Cyrus, almost as much as Mr. Gao

Cyrus has done a great job for leading an different approach on the political views.

One of the top-notch and content-abundant inverviews I've seen for quite some time! Brovo and kudos to Cyrus and George! 👍

I was always number one in the class and suddenly I found someone scored high marks in examination and could affect my position in class. I told myself I should do whatever I can to stop him becoming number one. I therefore told everyone in class that he is a bad boy he copies my homework to score high marks and wants to get me down. I asked my classmates to tell their friends in other classes and not too long after the whole school shared different versions of the story. Is that what we should educate our children or instead ask them to work harder themselves if they don’t want to be replaced?

One of your best interviews

Enjoy every minute of this video. Thank you Cyrus and Mr Koo.

What an interesting and educative conversation, thank you very much to both of you.

Thank you Cyrus for having George here today. We just need more Americans who have the same values as you and George, and are motivated enough to really make positive changes.👍🇨🇦👏

It's difficult to see how the relationship between China and the US can ever improve when the provocations keep on happening over and over with no end in sight. I think the US is going to continue with their Taiwan playbook.

Great conversation. Looking forward to George Koo being one of your regular guests. He has great insights and would be a real asset especially to your new American audience with little or no knowledge about China or the outside world for that matter, and who rely only on local msm as their main source of information.

This is spot on! Thank you for the interview and insight!

Very entertaining and very interesting conversation I have been a fan of Cyrus for awhile and Cyrus thank you for being our voice and our news. With George on the show today is a PLUS, we need George to do more show…thank you George.

Excellent interview and insight. If only more western politicians would be more open minded the world would be in a better place.

Keep it up Cyrus. Educating the public about progressive optimistic cooperations so that there will be win-win scenario rather than tension and war

Cyrus, you summed up with one word, “bubble”... Watching CNN & FOX all your life and believing anything they say is not gonna get you too far in life... Huge % of the Americans don’t even hold a passport, never been to Canada or never ever left their state and want to talk about the world it’s a big problem!!! It’s is so nice of you to try to promote friendship and understanding between our two nations, but I don’t think that’s gonna have any result, because of our mindset... Love watching your shows, keep up the good work!!!!

Cyrus and George, I just hope more people will benefit from your discussions. Keep it up!

Glad I tuned in today! Lovely to listen to the two of you! I especially liked hearing at the end George’s examples of China’s desire, ability and proven success in being able to working cooperatively with the US for the sake of contributing to the both economies. I admire Xi Jinping and the Chinese approach very much! And am still upset at Trump’s incendiary rhetoric about China’s intentions. I believe he was pressured and misguided by the US MIC & CIA & other hegemonic advisors, because originally he seemed to want to maintain friendly relations with China, but was labouring under a gross misjudgment of America’s ability to become totally self-sufficient. No country on earth can be totally self sufficient!

Another great vid. George is definitely the right person to go to in interpreting the Chinese-US relationship

Cyrus, I always appreciate your efforts to promote the understanding between China and USA. Peaceful coexistence and understanding between China and USA are extremely important for the world today.

An enlightening dialogue between Cyrus and George! I wish the US would stop fearmongering about China, and instead, focus on fixing its own internal problems.

It's the combination of the *Red Scare* (phobia of communism) and the *Yellow Peril* (phobia of Asians overrunning the West) that's fueling Sinophobic sentiment in the West today.

Thanks Cyrus for standing with the truth and his dedication to China-US relationship.

Enjoy very much the conversation of Cyrus and George. Thank you both of you

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. It’s my first time hearing George Koo speak and am truly impressed!

The system of government in China is clearly better for its people and the world at large when compared with that in USA and UK and even Australia (where I come from)

Thank you, George Koo.

Cyrus, thank you very much for this analysis with Mr. Koo! This is the best analysis I read , I absolutely share your views. Like Mr. Koo I am also born in China and further my college education on the USA, now an US citizen! Mr. Koo and you hit all the most important points. Thank you, hopefully your messages can be read by more Americans!!!!

Cyrus, that's why I always so enjoyed to watch your programs habitually. Your comments are fair and most importantly, with common sense. Today's video is very much insightful. Thank you and your guest, Mr Koo

Very very very good program the best 👏 👏 👏 💯 👍 👍 👍 💯

Great show！

Well said Mr. Koo 👍👏 please take good care and thank you for speaking the truth. 🇨🇳❤️✌️

George Koo has some very interesting stories, stories that one does not normally see in mainstream media nor even social media. I'd like to hear more of them

Now, THAT is a REAL analyst. Not those idiots that uses satellite photos and a script.

Good program as always, thank you Cyrus!

I wonder if someone studied the 2 strategies: 1. drowning your opponent under the water, but the opponent is destined to get out of the water and will drown you once you're weaker 2. negotiating a new order while you still have power. Which way can you get out of it more in the end? I have a feeling that you may end up losing power earlier with nothing left for you in the end. I'm afraid that the US is choosing the first way. It's either get 100 or get 0 in the end. Is that a wise move?

George is a sage! Like to hear more from him!

Truthful speeches & realistic.

Two interesting point from George about Biden. 1. Not sure Biden can remember his good time with Xi during his Vice Presidency terms. 2. Biden doesn't speak in public anymore, he just reads.

If no war happens between the US and China, it is just a matter of time for China's GDP to surpass that of the States. The US has to face and accept the future reality and leave the world in peace. Chinese are humans who also have to right to enjoy prosperity.

Agree absolutely with both Cyrus and George especially about studying Chinese culture and history. It becomes blatantly obvious the lack of understanding by the western media and politicians.

Great conversation. George is the one who really knows the key issues between US and China.

Incredibly clear and balanced insights, so glad you're getting more attention man. Been with you since those 1000 subscriber days 👏👏👏

Very interesting guest you got today. Thanks. 👏👏👏🇰🇷

George is correct that this Biden is not that Biden.

I don't know why the West is always complaining about Democracy. Every Chinese person has influence in their government. Citizens vote for local officials who run local governments. Those local officials then vote for district officials, who then vote for regional officials, who then vote for National officials. Xi has the support of the citizenry. The local vote is literally the basis of his power.

If I could give this video 1,000 likes I would. Great interview with George. Thanks for what you do.

Cyrus and George, thank you for bringing up the positive spirit for China.

Thank you , great interview

Cyrus, you are great 👍

I totally agree to what George and Cyrus said, thank you for speaking the truth.

Proud to be related to Mr Koo in coming from the same city of Xiamen. Want to say thank you for what you have been doing on the internet. Keep up the good show

Excellent interview with George, very insightful.

Each year China have 6 millions graduate in science (doctor, engineer, scientist, etc). USA only have less than 250K. Lawyer & stock broker were consider good job in USA, not scientific job. There is no way USA can stop China rise because China have more engineer than USA.

Thank you both. I enjoyed this talk immensely! 👍

👏👏👏👍. Amazing perspectives. TQVM George Koo so very much appreciated. Cyrus your growth in this arena has been phenomenal within these 3 plus years. Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍.

Dear Mr. Janssen and Dr. Koo: Thank you very much for an amazing video. Hope Mr. Janssen will consider going into politic. We need younger generation to run for President.

Excellent advise and suggestions and agreeing that USA is the one needing to adapt and changing. Many countries and people were afraid, not agreeing with USA's policy and leaning, looking towards China. Hopefully, more discussion on the same topic.

Great interview and great insight. Thank you both 👍👍👍

Commenting just for the algorithm. Keep doing what you do, Cy. This world needs it

Well done Mr. Cyrus and Mr. Khoo. 🤗👍

Excellent analysis.

Iam from solomon island and love your channel for educating the world about relations between usa and china

Believe it or not? Professor Dennis Etler* American political analyst who holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley As I See It: “Why is it that the West is so preoccupied with China? The usual answer is that China's economic growth is challenging Western global hegemony which has held sway for at least 250 years. The Chinese military has also reached parity with that of the West, so it is no longer subject to Western intimidation and bullying. All that is true and reason for the West to want to savage China and portray it as the root of all evil.* But there is one other consideration that must be taken into account. It's not only China's economic prowess and military might that frightens the West, it is also China's success as a nation versus the West's failure. Moreover, China has forged a society in which there is harmony between its different ethnicities in contrast to the systemic racism that characterizes Western society. Western ruling elites and their media mouthpieces do not want to acknowledge the fact that China has eliminated extreme poverty while more and more of their own people descend into poverty. They do not want to admit that China has constructed a 21st century infrastructure while they lag far behind. They do not want to confront the fact that the Chinese people ⁹overwhelmingly support their government while people in the West have lost confidence in their own, they do not want to accept that China beat COVIDC-19 while they haven't, and finally they are loathe to accept the fact that a non-white nation has out performed them and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. In order to deflect attention away from these truths the West has concocted a series of lies and slanders that allow them to deny reality. Instead of poverty alleviation the West imagines "genocide." Instead of the advances in HSR, EVs, alt-energy and e-commerce they focus on "IP theft," instead of a socioeconomic system that serves the people, they accuse China of forced labor and forced sterilizations. Instead of seeing China as defending its national sovereignty in the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Taiwan, it's called an aggressor. *All the China-bashing serves multiple purposes but ONE of the main reasons is to make sure that people in the West do not get to hear nor see what the real China is all about because if they did they may get ideas that the Western elites don't want then to have, such as socialism works for the betterment of the 99% while capitalism works primarily to enrich the 1%.”