The Post-Western World 

Just ask the Iraqis, Iranians, blacks, native Indians of the Americas, Vietnamese, Peruvians, Columbians, black Africans, Thais, Central Asians. What do these people think about the West. Be careful how you treat people on the way up, because you will meet them on the way down.

The developing world has seen how the Chinese standard of living has risen and benefitted everyone while being a stable country trading and they want the same for themselves. The developing world has only been suppressed while being promised the opposite by the western world but mainly the US.

We will always respect China, Thailand 🇹🇭 always see China as a big brother. We hope to learn how China grew so fast and we are happy to at your success. The fact as China been our neighbors since Siam days has never invade us unlike Anglo Saxon. 🇹🇭 ❤️ 🇨🇳

The faster America decline, better still break up, the faster and better the world will enjoy peace and prosperity.

If the Developed Nations would listen and adapt... We in the West would still enjoy significant economic benefits through cooperation and peaceful coexistence.

Martin is right. China needs to learn how to communicate with the west effectively. Unfortunately, China faces an uphill battle with the west public opinion driven by ideology and influenced by biased media. Here is the thing, the US politicians are mostly lawyers, and lawyers are good at making arguments. Chinese officials are mostly engineers, and engineers are good at solving problems. As a result, the west politicians talk the talk and get elected, and get nothing done. Chinese officials walk the walk, solve problems, and improve people's life. That may be why the west is in decline and China is rising. Anyway, in the short run, the west narrative about China can produce a huge negative perception of China. In the long run, China will prevail by making its case based on what it has achieved.

East West will always b different. I don’t want to b like u. Nor do I expect u to b like me. But if u punch me, do u expect me to not punch u back? The world is beautiful. And it is big enough for d both of us and everybody else. U sought to create d world in yr own image. The world has a different idea. Abandon yr prejudices. Open yr big eyes afresh.

It does require extraordinary courage for someone to spell out the truth amid Western hegemony of media narratives, which are predominantly anti-Chinese, or against any people in the word who do not agree with USA.

More than Chinese openness...we require Western openness from the Cold War mentality...the fear of a superior socio-economic system.

To all chinese we Indian nationalist admire your nation and want our countries to be best friends as 21st century is chinese century

As a Chinese, I would really like to say to all China-haters: it is our great pleasure that my country has become such a headache for your country's government. We take it as a compliment! Haha

Mr. Martin Jacques you are a rare professor who always looks at China with a positive side compared to other western professors

Martin you have to understand the Chinese is coming out of a century of humiliation, traumas of such a kind needs time to heal. The cathartic process may stifle and cause emotional woodenness in its early stage so the West need wisdom to understand and not continue to judge ...in understanding and in tolerance, the West may find that China is not that much of a threat but rather a lifeline in the present challenges that they face.

First time listening and can only say thank you I’ll keep listening.

When a country falls apart, warlords will rise up to capitalize the situation. Likewise, when globalization falls apart, warlords can again enjoy their freedom.

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Truly agree with Martin Jacques on Chinese communication to the western public. Getting a great communication consultant would be a good start.

The Chinese officials groomed in the Chinese political environment will never have the communications skills to appeal to the western audiences, however, I did see more and more westerners working for the Chinese institutions as well as western educated Chinese that have both a good command of the languages and deep understanding of the culture differences, that can bridge the gap. Same goes for many youtubers that provide a lens into the ordinary people's life that will help the understanding, unfortunately, the number of views are so small, perhaps due to the restrictions placed by MSM!

It would be a much better world for everyone if we can understand and respect each others culture.

Maybe we're watching different things. I regularly watch Chinese media available and it is filled with lovely programs and discusions presented in articulate thoughtfull and engaging style. I also find the so called wolf-warrior diplomacy of its leading diplomats that dismay so many commentators to be most appropriate effective and impressive. Particularly for those who share the history of subjugation and marginalization, which happens to be most people on the planet it is an empowering inspiration. No matter what China does or says the hatred is being stoked by the most sophisticated ubiquitous propaganda machinary in history and it builds on deep rooted white supremacy assumptions that is foundational for all westerners, even the most progressive.

I'd like to hear Martin talk more about Western perception of China being closed, because I feel like there might be a cultural gap here aside from China's clumsy attempts at communication. For my part, I can't see how China has been reclusive at all. All the data is there. All the reports are published and accepted by all relevant international bodies. All the information is reported on by relevant medias, albeit often clumsily and dryly. So where is the closedness that Professor Jacques is talking about? Does Jacques mean for China to spin narratives and recast its work in progress and failures in a more positive light? Because if that's what he means, that isn't even how Chinese think about themselves, and I'm not sure learning such a powerful mental and rhetorical tool will be good for China in the long term. I mean, what good has it done for the West other than help social elites control their "inferiors"? Leaning on younger generations is a good suggestion though, because they are much better at communicating facts from a personal, human perspective. I'm just not sure how far Chinese should go to make themselves understandable the world when people around the world can also make an effort to understand the Chinese.

Sorry to say that Mr. Jacques doesn't understand Chinese ethic about the necessity of explaining one's behavior to others. In China the two most distinct - while most evasive - categories about people - also applicable to state - on moral standard is: "君子The superior man" and "小人 The mean". It is so evasive that Chinese have no complete language to give its concept thoroughly. But Chinese treat it by built up - from their infant through - a emotional understanding or a kind of intuitively practice to judge the actions as a 君子 or a 小人. If western want to understand Chinese really, the moral standard is the most essential one. Unfortunately, all the western Chinese experts have missed it.

excellent speech☝ ✅ 🎯💯📢🌍🤝👏📸. Just as several exceptional professors and academics have noted THE SAME...Jacques is spot on! Vijay Prashad, John Ross, Jeff Sachs, Richard Wolff and others. ALL 100% CORRECT.

The situation may seem complex , but ultimately it’s very simple: Might is Right. China has learnt that well from the USA.

A fair view on things to come

Thank you for your video Martin.

good points.. Biding time for China is about to turn into a new leading role? (Or Chinese people prefer to follow Dengs´advice - low profile)

thank you for your foresee. and. suggestion

Well delivered points, especially the closing part about China needs to be more open to allay fear from others. Human characteristics fear the unknown.

Martin Jacques please elaborate on the meaning of the phrase "the West". - Does it refer to the hegemony of the United States (empire if you want to call it that)? Or does it mean a coalition of European nations and their derivatives the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, each conceived of as being sovereign and thus free to choose their own foreign policy? And does that Europe include the whole of the continent or just its western part (viewed through a geopolitical rather than a purely geographical lens)? - Such a multitude of countries referred to by one term seems imprecise to say the least.

Good stuff as always.

It's like when you're the leader & along comes a challenger, the inevitable rivalry will occur. Unfortunately, we are not in friendly rivalry. It could result in nuclear war, where there will be no winners - sadly, we will all lose.

What does a country do when it loses its capability to negotiate and compromise outcomes in the best interests of its citizens (seeing its own "perceived" democracy deteriorating in front of them), and impotence with countries around the world? It pulls back and resorts to military empowerment as a misconceived means of showing power and dominance. This is exactly what the US is doing to counter its "lost diplomacy" and inability to collaborate with other countries to evolve solutions for global issues such as climate and inequity. It's fear that it is losing the fight to maintain "American Exceptionalism". It's Xenophobic fear and misunderstandings of China, an ever-aggressive Russia, and growing irrelevance by other countries. This is exactly what happened when the US House of Representatives recently voted to approved "by an overwhelming margin, to pass a bill to spend $778 billion on defense next year, $25 billion more than what President Joe Biden had requested. The Senate is expected to second the motion within days." "The sum-a five (5%) percent increase over last year’s defense bill-amounts to the nation’s largest military-spending bill since World War II, even adjusting for inflation" ...influenced by its hostilities toward China (misplaced model of competition), Russia and growing frustration by developing countries that the US has given "lip service" over the last 30+ years, while China offers concrete opportunities to improve their economics and the quality of life for its citizens. Do we see an "unrecognized" equivalency and ignorance by US policymakers and politicians that history might be repeating itself when Western countries were impervious to Germany's military buildup under Adolf Hitler prior to WWII? Is the US setting the stage for military conflict as it only recourse to try and stay on top? Sadly time will tell. Several of many References: Slate News - "Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?", F. Kaplan, Dec. 8, 2021 : slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/defense-spending-bill-778-billion-military-china-russia.html New York Times - " House Passes $768 Billion Defense Policy", Bill, C. Edmondson, Dec. 7, 2021 : www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/us/politics/defense-budget-democrats-biden.html Holland Sentinel - "My Take: Why is U.S. military spending increasing to new, outlandish levels?", L. Wittner, Oct. 29, 2021 : www.hollandsentinel.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/10/29/my-take-why-u-s-military-spending-increasing-new-outlandish-levels/8550781002/ Mother Jones - The Afghanistan War Is Over. But the Defense Budget Is Still About to Go Up.", D. Spinelli, Sep. 23, 2021 : www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/the-afghanistan-war-is-over-but-the-defense-budget-is-still-about-to-go-up/

There are a score or more of people who have emigrated from English-speaking countries to live in various parts of China and who regularly post their video productions on RU-vid. These videos do an excellent job showing the reality of life in China, thereby dispelling a lot of the ignorant prejudice created by western governments and media.

Sincere points of view! And wise! Thanks for sharing!

I think it would be better for China to stay secretive.

In short, China needs soft power.

great job

Martin, you are highly respected in my house !!! Great man !

Thanks fir such great thinking. The last ending part were rather enlightening and informative to the Chinese themselves to learn how to deal with the broader westerners.

We in Europe except a changing world, distance ourselves from American warmongering politics, tackle its grave problems and embrace the new and fresh opportunities from China and other developing nations.

对中国的建议十分中肯，感谢！

thanks for your wise message. as shortly mentioned at 4:12 you might want to have a closer look at development of crypto-currencies, especially sharded blockchains and decentralised finance related concepts.

China can certainly win over Europeans by dazzling us with their inventiveness and culture. We love that stuff.

Professor, my life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops.

Agree with Marin that China needs to focus on and improve its communication with the western public not the elite, by making it more informal and conversational. Indeed the TikTok analogy and experience is intriguing and worth to study.

As stiff upper lip is to British,so is to be humble and not blow own trumpet is in Chinese culture! Like to kiss in public or strip naked is taboo but recently now,adopted by Chinese.so understanding each other's cultures needs to be worked at? Am Chinese born in ASEAN,lived in West but still stick to cultures as taught by parents!!!!ears already closed to listen as propaganda already rooted.enter churches, mosques,temples as I travelled n welcomed by them because I dressed n acted with respect to all.Respect is universal and with ethical behaviours are accepted across cultural divides.loved listening to your talks.🙏🙏🙏

Do you prefer a friend who respect you truly and enjoy things with you, or who take advantages and bully you all the time ? China had changed upside down, from poorest and outraced to self sufficient ; had tried to please others in vain.now they do not care anymore, just focus on their own path. You cannot wake the one who pretended sleeping, why not leave him alone. A few countries freezed China inside the 40s frame, jumped into some ill paintd pictures, is this good for the world ? China and India are 2 most populated countries, and sure they have more important issues other than to please everyone.

Great point of view.

China deserves to be respected.

No critique of China is more relevant than the learned and well-researched historian and humanitarian Martin Jaques. I would only add that the west must offer a gift to China in sending their best engineers and scientists and environmentalists to help China conquer and tame at least one of her 3 deserts so that Chinese people can live there and alleviate its need for new land. The west of China is a no-mans-land, but it need not be. It could be terraformed and transformed into an oasis where agriculture and cities can thrive.

The US is losing ground big time. It doesn’t think it has much choice in the race than to trip other runners. I also don’t think that China is that closed a society at all. But it is orderly and safety-conscious , like people in Japan and Korea. The closed image is now getting very long in the tooth, and also has been closely cultivated by the US to demonize it. But how can you change that when most Americans don’t travel abroad, and they don’t follow world news? They don’t bother to learn the name of foreign countries until they have troops on the ground…

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China needs their own version of Russia Today

I totally agree with the opinion that there can be no peace and prosperity in the world till the complete demise of the American hegemony.

Thanks for the video.

China is very open, and to certain degree too open?and too trusting. The West needs to really get to understand China and its benevolence and generosity, instead of keep viewing it with bias and suspicions.

Merry Christmas 🎅❄️🌲

Very succinct treatment of the America-China divide!

"you are the one educated, you are the one to understand" (devout muslims said)...

All era will come to end economical and political .Too much for all jealous of another catching up and furthering their people influence time will be our judge you can do nothing but unite all people.

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From where I'm sitting, "accountability and openness are a necessary price of power and influence", if America had only done this itself, would things be different, My Two Cents!

Thank you 🙏🏼

Well argued with clarity the projection of the global trend. Thank you Martin.

Mr. Martin Jacques you are the same age as the German football legend Der kaiser franz Beckenbauer

Fascinating!!!!

I've just watched your 2012 u. melbourne talk where a member of the audience greets you with the words "ni hao comrade". Your' answer was that "I was a member of the communist party but that was a very long time ago when I was a student". That was an utterly dishonest answer. How can I trust anything you say any more?

Say hello to Klaus and Henry for me.

In summary. The sun is rising in the East. Fast setting in the West.

I agree with you that China needs a "different tone" to speak to its audiences, and be more open to others. China cannot be too sensitive and suspicious of others, instead it should be mindful of its EQ, be self critical and yet street-wise. It should get good counsel from diverse groups both from domestic and international.

You are right, Chinese too close, need open more, but I worry west will anti those 'open', which already happen. west don't want china's influence. But how to open without influence? can some one teach me?

We should divide the world just as the internet is divided. We should restrict travel permanently which would also be helpful to prevent disease and spare the environment.

能請配上中文字幕更多人可聆聽。

Very wise suggestions to China.

Attitude change always run into resolution.

There's not too much secrecy in China. They have too many stuffs through the accumulation of thousands of years. And the Chinese are just not too good in promotion.

Yes boss boss Dwane Blucher

China is doing just right! Be yourself, don't change to please others!

LOVE China!

COMMUNICATION YES - the main area where China is still way behind.

An old China hand opines on the Western worlds attitude toward a rising China.

It is 2030 , not 2035 ,that Chinese economy will be double the size of US.

这位先生生活在科学技术发展时代，为什么要去回到封建独裁的落后时代，是没有受到封建独裁的迫害还是单纯的理论基础太书呆子？

Only 20 percent speak the voice of 100% of human needs. 80 percent real needs are kept silent or surpressed by th 20 percent. Is that democratic and human rights itself?

THIS book will disabuse you of any misconception(s) you may have about the PRC -- THE CHINA MIRAGE : The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia by James Bradley. There is a reason and rationale for all action and occurrences.

Martin Jacques seems to be developing into quite a cult figure with many Chinese and westerners, who highly appreciate his perspective. Me, too. Mr. Jacques is a phenomenon!

@4:37 "Pax" Americana

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What about China's repeated failure to becoming the dominant chip player it's because China has been frozen out of the far superior technology of the West and Taiwan. Now we are witnessing the collapse of the Chinese property sector that makes up 30% of the Chinese economy. China is now suffering power cuts because of the self inflicted ban on the import of Australian coal . More and more western south Korean and Japanese companies are moving out of China and relocating to less authoritarian regimes namely India . China can only look to Taiwan for hegemony in chip manufacturing the next dominant industry of the 21st century. The only way that China can get their hands on semiconductor technology is by invasion. The only honest thing you said was China is seen by the West authoritarian and secretive as was clearly seen with the cover up of the Covid virus , Australia called for an investigation to the origins of the virus and China's response was to cancel the import of coal and other measures to inflict economic pain on Australia. Well that went well with China now suffering a self inflicted energy crisis and power cuts on a huge scale . It reminds me of the old saying power corrupts and in China's case absolute power corrupts absolutely.

China is VERY weak in soft power, but you can't blame China because it's had so little time to accomplish so much, and soft power is one of the places where it has neglected. Just look at Japan for example, it was the loser of WW2, the slave and servant of U5. How did it gain the interest of it's bombers? Comics, animation, Jpop, and the attitude of perfection in every piece of their product from crafts to cars, electronics to fashion.

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Too superficial of a view, presenting well-known threats and tendencies. China being an hierarchical, arguably autocrat oriented political government, also has a government led economy. More of a central command politics and economy. USA is still the land of democratic, independent thinking; though, this has lots of cultural problems. Recall that the richer, more organized, more numerous central-command Persians lost against the poor, more democratic Greek coalition. It's simply unclear that China will win, because its central command politics and economy is residual ideology of the emperor, filial-piety model. USA has tons of problems, and China does too. I'm placing my bets on distributive power sources, checks and balances, and democratic independent thinking Western ideologies. FYI, I'm a Taiwanese who immigrated to USA, and lived here since age 8.

Study Western European history from the Middle Ages through to modern times. Even before that, the Greeks and Roman Empires were full of militarism that was transmitted to the Western civilization. Slavery, colonialism, neo-colonialism, genocides across the globe, point to a deep spiritual disease. Politically speaking, it is predominantly about bloodthirsty warlords and states striving for empire and hegemony against one another. The West is steeped in self-aggrandizing arrogance, militaristic barbarism, and ignorance of alternatives, and will not accept that it has any serious flaws or is built on a pack of lies. The number of wars in Western Europe outstrip all of the rest of humanity by far. Most wars in the rest of humanity come about as a result of these Western Europeans coming into contact with others. How can they grasp the more peaceful mind-set of the greater majority of humanity? How can the greater majority of humanity tolerate the aggressive and arrogant West? I hope the Western bloodthirsty striving for empire and hegemony does not rub off on other nations, yet the West seems determined to teach the greater majority of humanity that this is what proper behaviour is. Humanity has no future if the West is leading it. The West is indeed Gog and Magog or Ya’juj wa Ma’juj. Ya’juj wa Ma’juj in Arabic is a harsh word and evokes such horror and fear to the core. No people in the world left their geographical region and spread across the globe at the point of the sword and devastated societies like the Western civilization i.e. the core nations of the Roman Empire. What is Full Spectrum Dominance? What is Rules Based Order as dictated by America and its allies? Any person who cannot decipher this is both spiritually and intellectually challenged and incapable to deliver or is intellectually dishonest for which the alert will read it on their faces and dismiss them outrightly.

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This man is talking nonsense if he thinks CCP does not demand servitude and tribute from other countries, its a centuries old Chinese part of government policy

Why America is so bad?

You can almost see the strings on this puppet.

The west should also adapt authoritarianism it is much more efficient and most people have nothing interesting to say anyway so there is no harm in making them quiet.