Xinjiang: From the eyes of an Australian British who cycled across China

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  • @eddiecheang1513
    @eddiecheang1513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1071

    Listen to this man carefully: "It's not really that I stand up for China, it's I stand against people who are wrong about China." What an honest, righteous gentleman! My respect and appreciation.

    • @FengChengNanEr-o7q
      @FengChengNanEr-o7q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Murdoch Ravenhill Could you please share your own thoughts after visiting China?

    • @jdemeulenaer123
      @jdemeulenaer123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      There are so many people who are "wrong " about China, and only a few like this man who know about the Chinese and their way of life. News about China today is completely twisted, warped and fake.. There are so many good people in China, the West would be, again, so jealous! Cooperation is so much better than war! We all must do that, go in that direction, there is no other way. The Chinese are least belligerent...

    • @moneyking2540
      @moneyking2540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jdemeulenaer123 Peace loving Chinese as compared to the descendents of the Roman Empire.

    • @9064peterpan
      @9064peterpan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @Murdoch Ravenhill I take exception to your comment that " if China wasn't so unwelcoming to foreigners ...." There is a large number of videos on utube posted by foreigners who live and work in China. The following are a few
      1. Blondie in China ( Australian )
      2. Barrett ( Brits )
      3. Nathan Rich ( American )
      4. Nico ( Brits)
      5. Cyrus Janssen ( American )
      6. Gweilo 60 ( Canadian )
      7. the Jayoe Nation ( American )
      8. numuves ( Canadian )
      9. Daniel Dumbrill ( Canadian )
      10. China Teacher Brand ( Columbian )
      I don't live in China but these videos gave me some idea how hospitable or inhospitable China is to foreigners. Most of these expats seem happy with their lifestyle and some are permanently settled in China. Naturally, I can't confirm they are not all paid by the CCP to post their videos. And of course no one is claiming China, or any country, is perfect.

    • @sgjner
      @sgjner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @Murdoch Ravenhill judging from your other comments on China related vids. Shall we just stop pretending you are giving some kind of honest observations? Haters' gonna hate. Why not just tell us this is who you are? It is really pointless to have any meaningful discussion with someone generalising 1.4b ppl in such a way that Chinese are homogeneous, oppressed, lack of independent thinking and some kind ideology freaks (my takes after reading your post).
      If you are not happy with 1.4b, you tell me if it is your problem or their problem? Perhaps you should start with being not narrow minded.
      I've been places, never for once did I judge locals by my own standards/experience or crying why they are different from what I think they should be; let alone generalising the entire population.
      My advice to people like you: stop being obsessed with something you find it hard to enjoy, leaving each other alone is a better way to manage your frustration.

  • @Gi-Home
    @Gi-Home 4 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    Xinjiang is huge and has incredible nature and scenery, definitely worth the extra security. Last visited Xinjiang in the spring of 2019 to visit my ailing father inlaw, aside from the extra security we enjoyed the visit. To the contrary we felt much safer because of the security. Jerry mentioned that Xinjiang is multi ethnic and that is part of the attraction, the Uyghur restaurants, food shops and people are wonderful. The Uyghur are thriving and it was amazing to see the changes since my last visit in 2013, they seem to have moved up the economic ladder like the other ethnic groups and Han. Jerry didn't mention that the security forces are also multi ethnic and have many Uighars that are often in senior positions of authority. Sadly, like Jerry I've had family and friends literally attack me when I speak of China honestly. I had to endure some very nutty abuse on the phone where they would yell vitriolic hatred towards a country they have never visited and call me brainwashed. Why were they hurling abuse towards me is even more sad, it was early March and I was warning them to take the pandemic seriously and sharing the success of the Chineses authorities pandemic measures and Grid Management. My goal was simply to help them avoid getting very sick or dying. Sad to lose friends and family to the non-stop hate propaganda doing its work in west.

    • @elsonsti
      @elsonsti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Years education of bias does root well. They choose to believe whatever media said instead of going there and see it themself. No difference than zombies

    • @bensky888
      @bensky888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      the sad reality is when people are bombarded with years and years of lies upon lies . it became truth in their mind. weak mind can easily be brainwashed.

    • @uyghurman1268
      @uyghurman1268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was long time ago. Uyghur families, businesses, social cohesion, social system, have been systematically ruined.

    • @DYan-bx2ci
      @DYan-bx2ci 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Gilles Milaire Don't worry about the people who are psychologically immature and those who are stereotyped by democratic lies and one-sided news.

    • @theeraphatsunthornwit6266
      @theeraphatsunthornwit6266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sad story T_T

  • @jasonliang9114
    @jasonliang9114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have great respect for this man. His stance (speaking out) against people who are wrong about China should be applauded. 👏👏👏

  • @lvpn144
    @lvpn144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Province is the heart of the belt and road initiative the CPC has invested billions into Urumqi, Turpan, and other cities in Xinjiang to better the lives of all citizens regardless of ethnicity or religion. Today Xinjiang has modern infrastructure and is absorbing massive investments from many countries abroad.

    • @mrcrazy8032
      @mrcrazy8032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uyghurs are being imprisoned, thats not bettering lives

    • @lvpn144
      @lvpn144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Python The Uyghurs are Turks no way getting around this tv e problem is not an identity one rather a Daesh extremist one that is coming from western powers to destabilise the region.

    • @thee6900
      @thee6900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Uyghur peoples still have their autonomous province while muslims in jammu & kashmir lost their special rights after artical370 been removed

    • @lvpn144
      @lvpn144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Social Distancing Yes that is 100% true

    • @DukeLM
      @DukeLM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Chinese Virus free usa

  • @M_Jono
    @M_Jono 4 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    I am Indonesian , I have a friend from Xinjiang , we went to Germany together and cycling from town to town there.
    I've been to China many times and witness many Uighur runs restaurants and working in Walmart in Shanghai etc , they are free practicing their religion without restriction or oppresion or any sort of bad information from western media.
    and about the Xinjiang concentration camp news blown by western media many islamic country including our government and biggest islam organization checked the facts by visiting the Xinijang , and all the bad news about Uighur and Xinjiang are being oppressed by China are lies by western media and only them and radical islam group spreading this lies .

    • @janicelmckee
      @janicelmckee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Good to know. It's all so one sided that it's becoming
      suspicious

    • @vtep6899
      @vtep6899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is where they get their ' information '
      th-cam.com/video/A8uZZjB4kfM/w-d-xo.html

    • @kama3422
      @kama3422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@user-xf9rl3fm6j Sure it's all Turkey's fault. It doesn't have anything to do with the CCP's extreme views does it? Not only are Muslims oppressed in xian jang but also Christians are oppressed too and iv also seen reports of Buddhist statues being taken down in China.

    • @seanshieh2068
      @seanshieh2068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kama3422 "Buddhist statues being taken down in China - it maybe true, but please learn more related info about it or even China if you want know the truth.

    • @seanshieh2068
      @seanshieh2068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      American people only want to know the info they want, not the truth.
      Western Countries think China is challenging their dominant status, and the main media are controlled by them.

  • @edwardtschan
    @edwardtschan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank goodness there are still decent people out there who defend the "truth"

  • @lifeofmichaely3556
    @lifeofmichaely3556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    He said something very enlightening regarding the Muslim language situation. Its very true in the west you would learn the national language ( in this case English or in Xiajiang would be Mandarine ) in school however they are free to speak their own language outside of school. This is a way to ensure ( as they all live in china ) a way for them to work and prosper in China, out of poverty or get a good job in various places outside of Xinjiang. So its not entirely about Language suppression rather ensuring their young to be competitive.

    • @yd4661
      @yd4661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true

    • @DUDIDUAN
      @DUDIDUAN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I remember my ESL teacher used to fine me $5 every time I speak mandarin in a Canadian secondary school. I didn't realize it was a concentration camp according to ABC BBC CBC CNN blah blah media. It is so harsh.

    • @wodemoshou
      @wodemoshou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I live in both country for 18 years each. You misunderstands what he meant. He’s saying school classes are taught in mandarin and text book are written in mandarin but he didn’t express that correctly. There is no limitation what language you want to say just like in US. Why I know that? Because I was one of the minority in those schools. The only time I was told to not speak chinese was actually when I was in ESL class in US.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How many Uyghurs have you spoken with about their treatment at the hands of the CCP?r

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is about language suppression and about religion suppression, and about culture suppression. It is cultural genocide.

  • @wanalan9958
    @wanalan9958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    What you said is the truth. I hv been to China many times myself.

    • @bernkoh343
      @bernkoh343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too

    • @院长大人-f8k
      @院长大人-f8k 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another chance to play again! Every time you come, it changes a lot (Use software translation😂😂😂)

    • @зорогрим
      @зорогрим 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What can you know about the truth Chinese?

    • @ankushzap
      @ankushzap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wan is liar try go to Tibet..you will be under 24/7 watch

    • @到青蛙
      @到青蛙 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perhaps next time, you would like to stay there.

  • @icyfok4602
    @icyfok4602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have been to Xinjiang three years ago to see the fall colour. I share similar experience. I saw no repression of the local people. In fact, I feel indebted to the hospitality of the local people.

  • @tccsingapore1101
    @tccsingapore1101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    This guy is good man. He speaks fairly and sensibly.

    • @ahhmm5381
      @ahhmm5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What, the Xinjiang concentration camps do not exist because he could go there? That is what you call sensible? Nice one.
      He is simply a hack for the Chinese propaganda machine.
      www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping

    • @ahhmm5381
      @ahhmm5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@MAGA Hahahaha nice try. I despise the CIA. I am sorry to break it to you, no one credible trusts the CIA in the west. They are not the all-powerful boogeyman the CCP has told you they are.
      As for Falon Gong, every credible paper has covered the organ harvesting.
      www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/china-is-harvesting-organs-from-detainees-uk-tribunal-concludes

    • @ahhmm5381
      @ahhmm5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @frank sayt Do you even know what Falon Gong is?

    • @g.c955
      @g.c955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ahhmm5381 When was the last time you were in Xinjiang?

    • @johnsoltan965
      @johnsoltan965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ahhmm5381 Xinjiang concentration camp does exit in much larger scale than reported in western media. The western media reported only a tiny fraction of CCP brutality in Xinjiang.

  • @jeanr9230
    @jeanr9230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    Even after years, I can't stop my tears when I watched the vedios that terrorists were attacking people in Xinjiang and Kunming, stabbing them with knives regardless genders, ages and ethics. Think about how the western hurt by 911. It is really hard to get the point that how security measures and reeducating extremists violate human right. People live in Xinjiang know what is for their best. FB provided the platform to terrorists and refused to close their accounts when the tragedy happened, but no one critized them for human rights? Thanks to the efforts the Chinese government has done, my parents travelled around Xinjiang last year and they felt Xinjiang is the safest place in China now. My friend spent three years in one of the poorest village in the south Xinjiang, away from his new married wife and families. He taught the Uyghurs Mandarin and also learnt the local language for better communication. He helped them to build family farms and shown them how to sell farm products via internet. This is what the so called CCP young men are doing in every single poor village right now. But what have the US government done for poor people here? Why can't they leave the other countries alone and do their own job given we have thousand people die everyday and I have been stuck in the room for half a year !

    • @gregohb
      @gregohb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How much does the Chinese government pay you? Is it really "50 cents" per post?

    • @xiaofeili5086
      @xiaofeili5086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah, when you can’t refute facts, resort to name calling

    • @thitran3080
      @thitran3080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@gregohb So stating facts about China is a lie? Your accusation with the "50 cents" thing is very old.

    • @uyghurman1268
      @uyghurman1268 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those terrorists have been killed on spot, jailed, their organs were sold to Saudi "Halal" organ transplants. China did not respects its laws when putting so many innocent people without any judicial processes. Those innocent people are living in torturous environment. . We Uyghurs are not terrorists and separatists.

    • @yumengwu9235
      @yumengwu9235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@gregohb That's rude,bro.I am the people who actually went through the terrorism in Xin Jiang.My aunt had been attacked four times,she still needs regular psychotherapy. And I was almost be killed in that day. You guys can't imagine what happened here. A math teacher and her boyfriend in my middle school were killed in that horrible day.

  • @alliec5212
    @alliec5212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    We need more people like him who’s not afraid of telling the truth.

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is lying 🤥.
      He didn't tell all the truth. He only said "He go there on 2005." What was his last step there?

    • @tinggao5983
      @tinggao5983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Clearly he said he has been in Xinjiang several times, and the last time was in 2019.

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tinggao5983 Which minutes? How long did he state? How many streets had visited? Talked with whom? Who with him when met original peoples (Xinqiang Uighur)? etc.

    • @xbcai4331
      @xbcai4331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@samsonptgt8583 and you. have you ever seen an airplane? Do you know where is China? Etc

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@xbcai4331 👎

  • @leizang5197
    @leizang5197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Speaking of security checks... I have been to India many times for business since 2011, all the hotels I have stayed are equipped with x-ray baggage scanner, walk through metal detector, and one channel for men, one channel for women, for the handheld metal detector check- don't remember if they also do the pat-down. They check the vehicles, trunk and underneath, with the help of explosive detection canine. (It's so hot in many places the poor dogs have to wear shoes.) You go to big shopping malls, security check required too. Hotels in Manila are the same. So, such measures are pretty normal, and needed, for places that experienced bad terror attacks. The first and most important human right is the right to live.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does this have to do with China? Or Xinjiang?
      There is a saying in America that to give up one's freedoms for security is foolish because soon as you do you will have neither.

    • @shirleyong6049
      @shirleyong6049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly.. and ladies need to enter a small room to be pad down

    • @白月清晖
      @白月清晖 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheIncongruent Yes, you are right, such as the 560,000 people who gave up their lives because of freedom? For example, the American people who are likely to die from gun violence every day? For example, the Iraqi people who suffer from the United States every day?

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@白月清晖 I came here to discuss Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

  • @najialqhfa7231
    @najialqhfa7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I am Muslim, the Uyugrs live better than the Muslim living in Islamic country, it is any religion dream to live under this great nation, having say that I am not saying China is Angel, no perfect country in the world

  • @0093tammy
    @0093tammy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    We visited Urumqi, Xinjiang in September 2018. Our experience there concurs with what Jerry Grey said. We saw local people carrying on their lives no different from any other part of China. Buisness was as usual at the Urumqi Erdaoqiao International Grand Bazaar, where one can get all kinds of Uighur food, cultural and essential products. Children were everywhere, so it is hard to believe that there is genocide going on as claimed by western media. Security was indeed tight and check points were set up on hightways to prevent the type of bombing attack that took place in 2014 again. It baffles me people will believe what they want to believe without questioning the authenticity of all the negative claims.

    • @grandwonder5858
      @grandwonder5858 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The reason the US government refuses to send its "human rights" watchdogs into Xinjiang is because these "human rights" watchdogs are controlled and run by the US government and their job is to make up stories about human rights violations against countries that the US government wants to destroy because these countries refused to follow orders sent out by the US government. Because these countries continue to run their country in a way that would mainly benefit themselves and their citizens instead of running their country in a way that would benefit the US only they were invaded by the US military and their governments were destroyed and overthrown by the US government. Once the US government has finished destroying these countries it then picked new leaders (Puppets) who would follow every order that the US government tells them to do. The US has destroyed countless countries that refused to follow its orders and play by its rules.
      For example, the US invaded Libya because Colonel Gaddafi refused to bowl down to the US's demands that he must privatize his oil reserves so that the US's corporations could own them one day, he must stop his close ties with Russia and other Middle East and African countries that the US did not like, and he must not avoid using the US dollar in his trading with other nations. Gaddafi refused to follow all of those orders and that was the reason the US invaded his country and had him murdered. It had absolutely nothing to do with human rights as the US government had alleged for the US is responsible for nearly all of the human rights violations and human sufferings that have happened within the last 77 years since the end of WW2. The US uses these "human rights" BS excuse to invade and destroy countless countries throughout the world. Some have estimated as many as 95 countries have been destroyed either directly by the US or with the US's involvements in some capacity.

  • @Djspeeda
    @Djspeeda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    I have a correction. This man wasn't telling 'his truth'. He was telling 'the' truth.

    • @grandmabente123
      @grandmabente123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Great interview .... having lived and worked in Asia for 12 years in many countries.... yes I have same experience....

    • @truefaith4200
      @truefaith4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I ask you Mr. Thomas: Have you ever been to XingChiang? Do have any actual proofd n evidences to prove him telling lies?

    • @Djspeeda
      @Djspeeda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      What's your proof, Western media? No, I haven't been to Xinjiang yet, but I have been to Beijing, Jinan, Nanjing, Shenzhen, and several other places that welcome the Muslim community...in fact, I cannot wait to go to Xi'an as the man in the video mentioned, which has an amazing Muslim community. How about you, have you ever even set foot in China? If you have, you'd see lots of lies are told in western media about China purely for political and economic gains.
      Anyway, my proof is here: www.workers.org/2019/12/44963/amp/ ; thecommunists.org/2019/12/31/news/blatant-hypocrisy-usa-lies-about-china-uighur-muslims/ ; thegrayzone.com/2018/08/23/un-did-not-report-china-internment-camps-uighur-muslims/
      Bear in mind that these articles don't need to provide citations, as these are quite well-established facts, unlike the arbitrary, unfounded allegations about "concentration camps" in Xinjiang.

    • @truefaith4200
      @truefaith4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Djspeeda western propaganda anti-Asia, spreading hatred and Racist just like Trump and Mr. Gigolo Pompeo

    • @truefaith4200
      @truefaith4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      David Thomas is just like Trump pand Pompeo, derived from the blood anti-asia. Promote liberal democrazy that failed to protect and rescue the USA people from suffering covid-19. Remember 165.000 USA citizens have died because of covid-19, because democrazy.

  • @MrHuofeng
    @MrHuofeng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    yes, i totally agree with you that 'i don't stand for china but stand against people who are wrong about china because they don't know'
    ME TOO just like u... :)

    • @panzerfaust3366
      @panzerfaust3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This comment is a Chinese bot with an Indian tag. .50 cent army.

    • @kianh1903
      @kianh1903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't u know that Chinese know about the great Mahatma Gandhi & praised him for freeing India from colonisation. India can go the way they like & same goes with any country, if one can see it helps & improved lives of majority of the population.

    • @MrHuofeng
      @MrHuofeng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@panzerfaust3366 i ve seen progress made by china and chinese people past 22 yrs by myself... just spoke what i ve seen and experience...no any country and system is 100% PERFECT but at present time chinese govt. is doing grt job for its people... just see COVID 19 management :)

    • @panzerfaust3366
      @panzerfaust3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrHuofeng KungFlu was overplayed. In the U.S. if you fall down the stairs and break your neck. KungFlu. If you get bitten in half by a shark. You died of KungFlu. If you die in a car accident. KungFlu. Americans realize only people with 2 or 3 existing ailments and of older age are expiring. It's not as bad as they projected. They have been adding deaths not related to Covid on the death roster.

    • @MrHuofeng
      @MrHuofeng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@panzerfaust3366 ask to respected Dr. Fauci and follow him when u have to deal with Pandemic and not Trump...

  • @hypersmudge1
    @hypersmudge1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you for posting this. People from all parts of the globe should view this with an opened mind and then judge for themselves what they believe. I would *love* to visit China. And perhaps one day I will be able to see it for myself.

  • @linhai69
    @linhai69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    This gentleman is really honest, sincere, well spoken. I respect him very much.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Lin Hai, appreciate that

    • @sleric3
      @sleric3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's important to debunk the lies from the West. It's going to get worse. Aim to create conflict and division although it will not prevent sanctioning of Chinese companies - this has to be addressed differently.

    • @miquelmarti6537
      @miquelmarti6537 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you weren't guilty, you wouldn't be excusing yourself.
      Also, China has a law that prohibits to say the true. But you already know that.

    • @sleric3
      @sleric3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@miquelmarti6537 but did you know that: When you speak the truth you should speak the whole truth. Not part only to distort the picture.

  • @jamesteo6395
    @jamesteo6395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    He is a great man speaking true!!!.

  • @globeharmony9652
    @globeharmony9652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent interview. Greatly appreciate the interviewee in sharing his experiences. The world will be a much peaceful and better place for all if/when we have more people like him.

  • @user-bt3iz7vi7q
    @user-bt3iz7vi7q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Mr. Jerry Grey, thank you for taking your time to speak the truth. wish you and your family good health, love Hong Kong. I wish people can cross check facts through trustworthy sources, in the case of Xingjing, people like yourself a former police officer from UK and World bank report on Xingjing, etc. The Western government in particular the US government have supported terrorists and try to separate Xingjing from China but fail because Chinese government implement tough securities thus peace is now been restored. US also back some political parties and organisations in HK which promote independence of HK and caused over 1,000 riots in 2019, thus China had to implement security laws to protect HK. While Western countries also have such security law and in US the penalty for separatist movement with highest punishment is death penalty which HK is just life imprisonment. US basically don’t want to give up their bulling dominance of the world because of the raise of China and they want to destroy China at all cost. This is a bad decision that US think tank have chosen to attack China, China will not allow US to destroy China because China is no longer the China of old and it will surely put up a fight because US wants to destroy China like they destroy Britain and Japan. A better solution or a wiser solution is for US to accept China and work together for the benefit of the world, if one understand China, China wants peace and harmony and not war or occupy others, beside how long does an average individual live on this planet? Why not set up a good system for your children and grand children to enjoy. Why waste so much money on military? Instead, utilise the money on your people to better their lives. Win win situation. God bless humanity.

  • @hadilee685
    @hadilee685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    Do I believe this gentleman? Yes I do, because I have been there too. Those unhappy trolls, let them do their stuff.

    • @etbuch4873
      @etbuch4873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Donna Chump - DRAFT DODGER , When faced with hard evidence and witness presented by rational westerners, you cannot accept the very simple fact that you have been ill-informed in the past, which makes you unable to think and see things from a rational perspective, and yet you still wanna stick to your unfounded blind belief based on bias and lies, so you cannot present any counterargument with reasons and evidence, but resort to name calling and bad-mouthing. How pathetic and lamentable of you and your kind.

    • @johnsoltan965
      @johnsoltan965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't believe him at all because I was born there and lived until the age of 27.

    • @etbuch4873
      @etbuch4873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@johnsoltan965 , Care to tell us all from what year till what year, counting 27 years during which you claimed to have stayed there?

    • @yitchanwan7265
      @yitchanwan7265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes everything he said is true.....I was in Xinjiang with my husband and daughter in November 2018 and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip there...yes lots of Security but you feel safe walking about discovering places, shops etc... go visit and find out for yourselves...best to see with your own eyes!

    • @johnsoltan965
      @johnsoltan965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@etbuch4873 I cannot cannot give this information because I suspect you are a spy of CCP and your job can be collecting data. As CCP cannot tolerate any criticism, a comment on internet in contrary to its propaganda is enough to put friends and relatives at risk.

  • @johndavies1336
    @johndavies1336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks! It’s very reassuring to listen this serious and reflective discussion about China.The explanations were lucid and cogent with revealing examples from the field.

  • @garysantos7053
    @garysantos7053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    List of mosques in China:
    This is a list of notable mosques in China. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the religion of Islam. The first mosque in China was the Great Mosque of Xi'an, built during the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century CE. Today there are over 39,000 mosques in China, 25,000 of these are in Xinjiang, a north-west autonomous region./WIKIPEDIA

    • @森田和義-k6u
      @森田和義-k6u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The mosque is under strict oversight and the Islamic symbol has been removed. In addition, the preaching by Imams is regulated and the use of Arabic script in public is prohibited. Muslim Muslims living in Henan Province in central China and in Ningxia in the northwest have been hit hard.
      2019-10-11 Wang Ichi

    • @garysantos7053
      @garysantos7053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@森田和義-k6u
      Many media and scholarly accounts of terrorism in contemporary China focus on incidents of violence committed in Xinjiang, as well as on the Chinese government's counter-terrorism campaign in those regions.
      There is no unified Uyghur ideology, but Pan-Turkism, Uyghur nationalism, and Islamism have all attracted segments of the Uyghur population. Recent incidents include the 1992 Ürümqi bombings, the 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings, the 2010 Aksu bombing, the 2011 Hotan attack, 2011 Kashgar attacks, the 2014 Ürümqi attack, and the 2014 Kunming attack.
      2014 Kunming attack
      Inside the Kunming railway station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, at around 21:20 on 1 March 2014, a group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers at the city's railway station.
      Both male and female attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed innocent passengers. Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot, and one injured female perpetrator was captured.
      The assailants killed 31 civilians with injuring more than 140 people. On 3 March, police announced that the six-man and a two-woman group had been neutralized after the arrest of three remaining suspects. /WIKIPEDIA

    • @PChan-yt4uf
      @PChan-yt4uf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@garysantos7053 I think the west is just so jealous that China is so effective in countering terrorism, so they make up stories just to discredit China. Or maybe is it because their converted efforts to destabilise China failed?

    • @natureaiaiai880
      @natureaiaiai880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      only around 2000 mosques in usa at the same time

    • @rickr9435
      @rickr9435 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@森田和義-k6u do you know that uyghur is written in arabic script and it's literally everywhere in Xinjiang?

  • @seanbay4222
    @seanbay4222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    I believe that Xinjiang got plenty of oil below, that's why US always............... Just use common sense and you will have the answer.

    • @Election-sv6ok
      @Election-sv6ok 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. The world needs to be re-educated just like the uyghurs. The CCP should invite everyone to sign up for the re-education camps. I am sure millions and billions of people will voluntarily have themselves stay in these centers for long periods of time.

    • @reneew5249
      @reneew5249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Election-sv6ok lol being sarcastic doesn't make your argument any stronger. Which terrorist-free country you are from I wonder?

    • @decafforlife8797
      @decafforlife8797 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reneew5249 Yeah, those who living in a peaceful terrorist-free nation shouldn't ever judge as they've experience the chaotic brought by extremism.

    • @tonychong5965
      @tonychong5965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The silk road starts from sinjiang China, that's the reason the 5eyes are trying to stop the progress. Its sad to see certain countries had fall into the US propagandas and some are actually supporting USA to contain China on this development.

    • @Election-sv6ok
      @Election-sv6ok 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reneew5249 Sarcastic? You mean to say the Uighurs did not volunteer themselves to be reeducated? That is so wrong then.

  • @hilarysexton1343
    @hilarysexton1343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have travelled widely in Xinjiang on a number of occasions. Your observations concur with mine.

  • @alllyrics9204
    @alllyrics9204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Yes CGTN you have to bring more US, Aus, EU members and students to tell the truth from their own citizens. Great China 🇨🇳

    • @chaodai0093
      @chaodai0093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Curry The Hurry I have and I agree with great china. Very busy streets give it a lively feeling. At 8 you can hear students singing songs in school. Food is AWESOME. Many attractions, yet no true Chinese citizen goes to forbidden city. Just a lot of stuff like great 5G internet, great innovations, and lots of other things.

    • @milinlim5211
      @milinlim5211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chaodai0093 not true "that no true Chinese citizens go to the Forbidden City" I was there about 3 years ago, 99% of visitors in the Forbidden City that day were Chinese.

    • @chaodai0093
      @chaodai0093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@milinlim5211 no no no, I was saying back then in the times when the Ming dynasty ruled, only people with relations with the royal family could enter. Now it is a tourist attraction
      Yes most people could go there.

    • @AndyMrSong
      @AndyMrSong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chaodai0093 Forbidden City is now a museum and it opens to everyone. I went there 2 yrs ago for a visit

    • @chaodai0093
      @chaodai0093 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AndyMrSong Yeah, I went there too. But the locals dont, it is kind of a unwritten rule lol.

  • @KK-xi7vh
    @KK-xi7vh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great interview. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Mr. Grey!

  • @r.a.8618
    @r.a.8618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I'm not standing up for China. I'm just against the people who are wrong about China."
    A very truly statement!

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But what he said in the video is by airplane, that is a big different to his Twitter about his 2019 cycling trip from Zhongshang to Xinjiang. So, he is lying.

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samsonptgt8583 Chinese people apologist will do anything for favour and fame. Isn't his wife a Chinese too...that explains it!

  • @chuenyeelau
    @chuenyeelau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Canada

    • @seandmello3793
      @seandmello3793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You live in Canada and receive the benefits of a free democracy, yet support a totalitarian dictatorship. Sad

    • @interviewforIT
      @interviewforIT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seandmello3793 This means you do not like the TRUTH, but enjoying the lies from so called "Democracy"! Sad.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome Henry, Cheers

  • @kckoay5562
    @kckoay5562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It is indeed encouraging to see more and more righteous men, like Jerry Grey, raising their voice for honesty and truth.
    “Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.” Wrote Charlotte Bronte, English novelist and poet.
    What Charlotte didn’t tell us is that prejudice can also be, and often is, the result of decades of propaganda, of miseducation, indoctrination and proselytisation.
    It is patently clear that many mainstream western media are not free from prejudice or bias, nor are they free from the propensity to deliberately disseminate untruthful or selective information.
    In fact, the dissemination of bias or fake news are often intentional, calculated at misleading readers, or to justify a certain narrative bias; and often with malicious aim - to demonise and to destabilise China.

  • @paulvandijck6476
    @paulvandijck6476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I am a Dutchman living in France and I lived in Down Under for 5 years, where my son lives now. I salute Jerry Grey and the hard working Chinese people! China lifted 800.000.000 people out of poverty and it is building highly sophisticated networks of transport in many countries. My admiration for China and for the Chinese men and women is very, very profound!

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Paul, I appreciate the comment. So will the Chinese people

    • @paulvandijck6476
      @paulvandijck6476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerrygrey5606 - I always pay attention to what people do! Not what people say! The Chinese people have shown great willpower and great discipline. The Western democracies/ NATO talk about "Human Rights" all the time, but their deeds has shown the opposite of their words: They destroyed Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya. Their next target will be Iran...if they can! Where is the respect for The West for the "Human Rights" of the Afghani, Iraqi, Syrian, Libyan and Irani peoples?????

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulvandijck6476 Exactly PAul, I can't believe that people read the papers and can't be critical enough to actually question this narrative

    • @paulvandijck6476
      @paulvandijck6476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jerrygrey5606- Thank you for your comment! I am 74 years old. I thought I had a little knowledge about human nature, but I appear to be wrong. I know nothing! I am deeply disappointed in people in western democracies. The arrogance and callousness of many western people to think it normal to destroy country after country, the horrible suffering and killing we have inflicted and still do on these unfortunate and innocent people, is mind boggling. BUT...the tide is turning! China, Russia and Iran are not countries to fool around with. It is a very dangerous game America and NATO is playing. The unrest it is creating in The EU, (apart from the corona virus) in the United Kingdom and especially in America is a bad omen. I think the chickens have come home to roost for The West. I hope I will be wrong! Thank you again for your reply, which shows to me you are a human being, who has not forgotten what compassion means.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulvandijck6476 I'm catching up with you Paul, I'm 63 in a couple of months. Retired from full time work and this is why I have the time to embark on these biking trips around China. I'm currently on another one, but not so contentious this time - we're going nowhere near Xinjiang

  • @zhugeliang007
    @zhugeliang007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Few years ago, a group of Indonesian clerics from the national highest Islamic authority were sent by the government to Xinjiang to see the situation in the region. When they returned, they reported what they saw which is favorable and claimed no oppression or discrimination there. Some hardliner group called them liars and they were bribed by Chinese government. Those clerics only answered "We can't lie and tell people what we didn't see there"

    • @panzerfaust3366
      @panzerfaust3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The clerics couldn't see it. Because they were all in concentration camps.

    • @oliviawutam
      @oliviawutam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@panzerfaust3366 Dummkopf = you ?

    • @mimiwinarto9164
      @mimiwinarto9164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Western countries will never give up their attempts to discredit China on Xinjiang issue. In July 2019, around 50 ambassadors to the UN at Geneva signed a joint letter to the president of the UN Human Rights Council and the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to voice their support for China's governance in Xinjiang.

    • @panzerfaust3366
      @panzerfaust3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mimiwinarto9164 Also the UN noted and has tried to intervene the organ body harvesting in China.

    • @binghong9813
      @binghong9813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@panzerfaust3366 , You got this from Falun Gong? The CIA financed lie tellers?

  • @harimau2009
    @harimau2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I think we will face more problems going to US and Australia than Xinjiang.

    • @MrFATSE
      @MrFATSE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The problem is blaming each other, tit for tat doesn’t work, no one likes criticism, the only way forward is to talk to each other, accept each other and work towards a better future. 🤝

    • @adenauerheesen2137
      @adenauerheesen2137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      right

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are Chinese CCP I am sure you are correct.

  • @mountkailash6127
    @mountkailash6127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I'm half Brit and have travelled thru XJ a few times too. Well said. I'm very confused why some want to distort the image of XJ.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Mount Kailish, the best thing we can do is to understand that most of the people who haven't been there are reading or viewing a distorted image

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerrygrey5606 liar on fire!.. what s there to see when they hide everything from view.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hectoOut Hector, when were you last in Xinjiang, if you don't believe me, you can go olnline find hundred, or thousands of testimonies to the contrary, you can find Vladimir Voronkov's report, you can read Alfred de Zayas articles and these people are world renowned and recognised UN officials - alternatively, you can read what you see in mainstream news and stop bothering the adults

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerrygrey5606 that s the catch phrase have you been to Xinjiang and you coppied it from the mouth piece! Mind you alot of so called UN dudes being bought with Chinese money. You gotta understand there two type of people in this these days. Those who work for Chinese to advance their influence and those who stand on principles and up hold rules of law. Of course you want to be an early dude!

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Come and visit Alaska. It is slightly larger than Xinjiang and offers amazing nature interactions. No re-education camps at all.

  • @francoisguyot9770
    @francoisguyot9770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Well Jerry Grey, thank you so much for this briefing. America is so inclined in stopping or slowing down China from displacing them as the world leader nation, that they've gone wild in spreading misinformation around the world, sanctioning allies if they don't abide by their rules. So it's refreshing to get a positive view from an Australian ex-cope who casually travels there.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is your story and you are sticking to it right?

    • @kylim9292
      @kylim9292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Anglophile agenda is more than just slowing China's growth. It is part of an active strategy to contain China by surrounding China with unrest and chaos. It's not just the instigation of Xinjiang but one should also look at it in the context of actions in Hong Kong, Tibet and the ASEAN nations

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kylim9292 America has employed super computer to master the game of GO.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks Francois, Appreciate the comments. I have a friend visiting there at this very moment, I think there will be more videos and blogs dispelling the myths soon

    • @yaphonghor4409
      @yaphonghor4409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheIncongruent That is mechanical, no human touch...

  • @chongfooyit8821
    @chongfooyit8821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This guy explanations is very clear and straight to the point. Respect this guy.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried but could get very little detailed information from this guys stories about traveling in Xinjiang. Where did he go? What did he see. What did he photograph? There were no exhibits of his photography. Nothing about where he went. To comprehensively travel through Xinjiang, if it is indeed almost as large as Alaska in the US, would require many months of travel and still you could not see it all on a bicycle.

  • @shiuleung5963
    @shiuleung5963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wish we have more people so understanding and honest to the real facts like this man

  • @Cys62
    @Cys62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Love your sharing. I always like those who has travelled widely and sharing their stories.
    Xinjiang, i believe is a nice place, and it has been developing very fast.
    There are several local xinjiang youtubers very popular in youtube and i have been following their daily life stories. Very interesting to me. In the video, i have noticed many ethnicities intermingled happily with each other.

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That s not true where you can use youtube in China. Only propagandists are allowed to use youtube for their purpose. Also beautiful place has nothing to do with Uyghurs living conditions!
      Also Han Chinese dont mingle with Uyghurs unless they need women and sex!

  • @bobbuilder1255
    @bobbuilder1255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I started going to China in 2002, after that I will go there once a year or twice a year. Been to different parts of China. Like a lot of people that never step into China, I rely on information from the media.
    I have my doubts and worry about going to China. What I didn't expect is the culture shock and how fun it can be. So far people I met are friendly and helpful.

    • @icie1500
      @icie1500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for going to China and see with your own eyes

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liar on fire Bob! What is there to see when they hide everything from view! You probably just hang out in the city square where you probly onky see nice girls hahaha.. you didnt go near to any concentration camps dude!

    • @bobbuilder1255
      @bobbuilder1255 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hectoOutIts your freedom to believe. But its my choice, where I want to go.
      At least I am happy, have enough for retirement. Have two properties in two countries.
      Enjoy my holidays in China, with good food, nice scenic view, nice people.

    • @bobbuilder1255
      @bobbuilder1255 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hectoOut Just a word of advice. Spend time travelling, see and hear for yourself from the locals, experience and feel with your heart.
      The truth is out there in the real world, not on papers.

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobbuilder1255 sure there is a Chinese say if it doesn't affect me I don't care!

  • @mickj2334
    @mickj2334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm Australian and my Wife is from Xinjiang she is living with me in North Australia and we go bt to see family in Yili Xinjiang when ever we can.

  • @freddiewen3568
    @freddiewen3568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love you, my motherland, I love Xinjiang.

  • @jumsaesiaw6890
    @jumsaesiaw6890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the best story I have ever watched. Thank you sir 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @aiziz1658
      @aiziz1658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here is evidence, if it not true why I’m not allowed to call my parents since 2016 I’m from Xinjiang.where Is my parents who can help me reach out.i been trying all passible you to concat with my parents eve all relatives .if you can help me reach out prof the true together.

    • @刘玉仁
      @刘玉仁 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aiziz1658 if what you are saying is true, how you escaped?

  • @epitelligencehk846
    @epitelligencehk846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My heart breaks when Grey shared his experience in the Hyde Park and he wish he could have the tech and stop the killing. The sentiment is shared.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many thanks - it was a tough day that lives with me still. I do know what terrorism looks like and how it affects people, believe me, there is no terrorism in Xinjiang now and the people there are MUCH better for it - even the Uyghurs

    • @zhangruyi3153
      @zhangruyi3153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still remember that day. I also remember how the buses and tube stations were bombed in 2001. London has suffered her unfair share of bombings.

  • @johnl8984
    @johnl8984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for speaking out for China! We need more people like you to speak up

  • @grahamrising5258
    @grahamrising5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This man knows what he's talking about. I have been to Urumqi and Turpan, yes there is security but there is no restrictions to where you want to go, great place,

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheers Graham, appreciate the comment

    • @grahamrising5258
      @grahamrising5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerrygrey5606 last time was there with my friend who lives in urumqi, we eat mainly in the muslim restaurants, great food. And around the Basa,

  • @Sovoko65
    @Sovoko65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    We know that Chinese people live in harmony and security for everyone living in China 🇨🇳 no matter what religion or ethnicity they are!!!
    Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪😀

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is lying, 🤥
      "A lot if kids in Boarding School"? What is the %?

    • @alexfengerson7982
      @alexfengerson7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@samsonptgt8583 without giving the statistics is called lying? Rip logic

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexfengerson7982 He mentioned a lot of kids go to boarding school in China, firstly and couldn't provide the %. But every one knows that it's only very few kids go to boarding school in China.

    • @alexfengerson7982
      @alexfengerson7982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samsonptgt8583 lol you mentioned only few kids go to boarding school in China without giving percentage. Based on your previous logic, can we assume you are lying 🤥?

    • @samsonptgt8583
      @samsonptgt8583 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexfengerson7982 yes, same as Jerry🤣

  • @lt4078
    @lt4078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I agree! I been there, it's a beautiful place!

  • @Zerpentsa6598
    @Zerpentsa6598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    UK police had, for some time since terrorist attacks, the power of stop and search. But in its colonies, Britain had draconian powers such as the infamous Internal Security Act under which anyone under suspicion could be arrested, interrogated (tortured in many cases), and jailed indefinitely. The power of deportation was often exercised in places where Britain allowed migrants into its colonies in order to exploit the natural resources.

    • @SerBallister
      @SerBallister 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're talking about Britain from another generation, are they not allowed to improve or change their world view since then ?

  • @charlieyoung2302
    @charlieyoung2302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a honest westerner who speaks about the truth! The world would be much better if we have more open minded and honest people like him!

  • @darylloeng
    @darylloeng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    It's ironic when people living under a rock argue about places they themselves have never been to or seen with someone who had first hand experience

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have visited Alaska many times during my lifetime. Maybe as many as 10,000. Still I haven't seen very much of Alaska, which is only slightly larger than Xinjiang. Something magic about Chinese people that all they need do is visit Xinjiang a few times and by osmosis acquire total knowledge about everything that is there?

    • @刘玉仁
      @刘玉仁 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheIncongruent maybe been there you are not able to know everything, but never been there you will know nothing. behind the 新疆东突份子 is C.IA

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@刘玉仁 Either you Chinese guys are unaware of what is going on in Xinjiang with the Uyghurs there. which wouldn't really surprise me much, or you are lying your asses off. Or you are trying to score a few points with the CCP by pretending to defend it.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have seen many photos from the "re-education" camps where no one ever leaves, it is like California Hotel th-cam.com/video/WnQlGS3sdrg/w-d-xo.html. I have heard people who are looking for their family and relatives who have disappeared there. I have seen satellite pictures of the camps themselves. Why would I have to go there to know about it? Same as why would I need to go to the moon to know what it looks like from astronauts visiting there with their cameras?

    • @刘玉仁
      @刘玉仁 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheIncongruent haha, we been fooled? for 35 year? Am I always living with my illusion? how could CCP make 1.3 billion people to believe their stories/lies but couldn't make the west believe? why you can be so sure about that your Media is not lying to you? if your Media play a movie as breaking news, are you gonna buy it?

  • @teaburg
    @teaburg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A brother was there at the Hyde Park bombing. It was his first, and last, night as a qualified paramedic. He still cannot get the smell out of his mind. Terrorism affects more than just the targets and has long lasting problems. I wonder if my brother and Jerry Grey shared any words that night. It tested even the most hardened first responders.
    Terrorist attacks need to be prevented. The question is how.

  • @szehianyap1092
    @szehianyap1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I visited Xinjiang in 2014. I totally agree with you about it. I believe in your description about Xinjiang. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @audrey72537
    @audrey72537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some well funded groups are desperately trying to prevent non-Anglo countries from rising and becoming influential in the world

  • @Samchan72573
    @Samchan72573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Beautiful and pretty ladies journalists in CGTN

  • @dps253
    @dps253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am an expat from Taiwan , so I wouldn't give unnecessary credit to any wrong doing of the current CCP government. I can attest to the words from this Australian gentleman. I have been to Xinjiang in 2019. I toured the northern part of the province for a full week as a foreign passport holder and an expat of Taiwan on the passport. If there was anything to hide from me because of my supposedly adversarial political standpoint, I would have been restrictive in my freedom of movement. But I wasn't. So were not the other six members of my group who were all Taiwanese.

  • @albyrnes3815
    @albyrnes3815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for posting, you’re a lovely, sincere woman, and I respect you and your Country, and hope to visit sometime soon.....and the Gentleman was straightforward and I appreciate his comments and knowledge!
    America is on an Evil Mission.....and hopefully this Disgraceful Administration will be Fired in November in America! All the Best!

  • @user-qt8tj3oo1b
    @user-qt8tj3oo1b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Respect to this gentleman for speaking the truth about his experience in Xinjiang even though he would be subjected to hate by anti China people who actually have never been to china but are quick to judge others. One of the sad things is that even though there are people who live or visited Xinjiang and speak the truths, these opinions get suppressed by youtube/western media algorithm that do not show these on searches. Its good that people continue to speak out and hopefully more people have the ability to travel to Xinjiang and tell the truths.

    • @aiziz1658
      @aiziz1658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here is evidence, if it not true why I’m not allowed to call my parents since 2016 I’m from Xinjiang.where Is my parents who can help me reach out.i been trying all passible you to concat with my parents eve all relatives .if you can help me reach out prof the true together.

    • @user-qt8tj3oo1b
      @user-qt8tj3oo1b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aiziz1658Thats distressing Have you tried to visit them to see what happened to them? Obviously I wouldn't know what happened, could it be that your parents were being preached by radical Imams who support terrorism and they were highlighted as being in danger of radicalisation and detained for questioning? Did you ask the neighbours what happened to them? Also the US is known for kidnapping terrorists to send them to Guantanomo Bay. (I am not saying they are terrorists but people might get mistaken for terrorists) Maybe you could contact Interpol if you know they are not in China.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-qt8tj3oo1b Funny. USA comes to Xinjiang to kidnap terrorists to send to Guantanamo Bay. oo

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Yvee, there is no oppression in Xinjiang, there is tight security - anyone who tells you they can't contact their parents is doing one thing - pleading to your better self. The reason anyone is estranged from family in Xinjiang is usually caused by the fact that the person, or their family are part of the terrorist groups this entire mess has been created to stop

    • @sheftfgchjj
      @sheftfgchjj ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@aiziz1658 我在新疆很多维族的朋友,不介意的话我可以让他们帮你联系。 如果你说的是真实的

  • @JohnnysCafe_
    @JohnnysCafe_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is Jerry who has a TH-cam channel Jerry's Take on China. I am subscribed to his channel because Jerry speaks from the heart and is a most interesting gentleman.

    • @smallflash2009
      @smallflash2009 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too,i just found his youtube channel recently

    • @JohnnysCafe_
      @JohnnysCafe_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@smallflash2009 it is good to get the true picture of China from the people who actually live there 👍

  • @cklam5520
    @cklam5520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Would like to visit Xinjiang after your interview.

  • @annannlow7056
    @annannlow7056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    U are right. I visit the country very beautiful place and people very happy. Those people did not visit xijang but do not HV the knowledge and just want to make the city not safe.

  • @cksee6237
    @cksee6237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you to tell the truth! I have been to Xinjiang for 3 times in recent 7 years, my observation and experience are the same as you! And, what's wrong requesting a Uyghur (a Chinese national) to learn Chinese? So the Western propaganda is for those who don't understand China to believe. They tried to separate Xinjiang from Mainland China, they want to present Xinjiang is a separate country from China.

    • @ihs51
      @ihs51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly and we can see in the TH-cam, many incidents where the Americans (Whites) are shouting at the minorities for not speaking English.

    • @macrick
      @macrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean forced a Uyghur to speak mandarin? There's no language called chinese. SB

  • @shint9711
    @shint9711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    some ppl prefer lies,when truth is always there。 🇨🇳👍

    • @howdareyou2517
      @howdareyou2517 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Chinese Virus free u mama free

    • @basshunterdota625
      @basshunterdota625 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/GRBcP5BrffI/w-d-xo.html the truth

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chinese people only listen to one voice which is the CCP. They only know one truth which is the CCP. I rest case

  • @billyyap9188
    @billyyap9188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Let hear the truth about Xinjiang from an ex policeman from UK.

  • @wt88.
    @wt88. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m from America and agree with Mr. Jerry Grey. Even in America, some schools in poorer neighborhoods have barred wire fencing to prevent crimes in school- so according to BBC definition we also have detention and re-education centers!

  • @MrFATSE
    @MrFATSE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The problem is blaming each other, tit for tat doesn’t work, no one likes criticism, the only way forward is to talk to each other, accept each other and work towards a better future. 🤝

    • @Aramsa-Khan
      @Aramsa-Khan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are many CIA paid cybertrooper who are out to demonise China. These people wont listen, let alone talk to those who are correcting them of their bigotries.

    • @katieli5097
      @katieli5097 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trump will NOT talk to you, he only wants to WIN his election and he will do anything to get that, no matter how EVIL his actions are!!!

    • @natureaiaiai880
      @natureaiaiai880 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      is it working by talking with usa? too naive

    • @SerBallister
      @SerBallister 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aramsa-Khan Is everyone that disagrees with you either brainwashed or a CIA agent then? Is that not a textbook example of bigotry ?

  • @handsoffsyria7759
    @handsoffsyria7759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    good interview, thank you

  • @ganeshshankarmishra8244
    @ganeshshankarmishra8244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Congratulations!!!Very well done!!! Best Wishes🇮🇳💕💥

    • @aiziz1658
      @aiziz1658 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here is evidence, if it not true why I’m not allowed to call my parents since 2016 I’m from Xinjiang.where Is my parents who can help me reach out.i been trying all passible you to concat with my parents eve all relatives .if you can help me reach out prof the true together.

  • @erikkuluo4131
    @erikkuluo4131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Before 1997, students in Hong Kong were forced to learn English as well. Did it mean the British government want to destroy Cantonese?

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cantonese plus English is not destroying anything.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Forced to learn English? Never was anyone forced to learn English. It was made available for those who wanted to learn it but never forced on anyone. Why you lie? Cantonese is not acceptable to the Mandariin speaking CCP Han Chinese anymore. They have pretty much killed it. How many CCP members do you know who speak only
      Cantonese?

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they also force yiu to use Japanese characters on your name?

  • @yiukongsang
    @yiukongsang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Am glad your guest tells the world the truth, what he saw. His remark is very pertinent. Pls find more guests like this gentleman for them to tell the truth.

  • @ashrafyousafzai9350
    @ashrafyousafzai9350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    quite plausible narration, the same impressions was conveyd by a group of my friends who travelled through Xinjiang in 1999s and am dead sure now that people living there are satisfied with the Beijing mega development prog for the region.

  • @Darknesssx
    @Darknesssx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    She is more beautiful then any Hollywood babe 😍😍

    • @doicarey1
      @doicarey1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @sneksnekitsasnek at least she is prettier then your mom.

  • @sextoncardew903
    @sextoncardew903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video. Keep up the good work CGTN.

  • @adisornpinijkulviwat9628
    @adisornpinijkulviwat9628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are a British gentleman. You can explain clearly and understandably with good examples. I admired you for giving the real information to the people in worldwide.

  • @huiqinjinxi4514
    @huiqinjinxi4514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As an average Han Chinese, it has never come to my mind that our fellow Uyghur Chinese are the same as those terrorists, not in the slightest way. We were educated the way that 56 different ethnic groups were the same, Uyghur was one of them, Uyghur people were good at singing and dancing, their traditional food was exceptionally delicious and Uyghur people were religious and never serve them pork etc. All other 55 ethnic groups other than Han have had all these different benefits from the government because the government wants them to have better opportunity to improve their lives which I have never heard any Han people being angry about other than a bit jealous.

  • @billzhang4138
    @billzhang4138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent interview! Go JJ!

  • @domingodeanda233
    @domingodeanda233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was pretty damn good!

  • @Liyangpillet
    @Liyangpillet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for telling your experience! The world need people who tells true 🙏

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're welcome. Thanks for listening

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerrygrey5606 the world doesn't need more liars and Chinese people apologists. How come these CCP apologists still remain in our free society and not moved to China yet?

  • @yuxiangniu804
    @yuxiangniu804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I grown up from a minority region in china. we could live with minorities very well. It is like what he observed

  • @mikef888au1
    @mikef888au1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video. I wish the Western Media would show this, or at least provide a link as an opposing view, to the rhetorical opinions entrenched in the minds of the Free World.

  • @chefongannabelli9815
    @chefongannabelli9815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Loved to see a British tells main steam media blinds the truth, or just shows whatever they want to say. It happen to my American husband too, his American friends think he may arrest to jail soon since he lives in Hong Kong

    • @bensky888
      @bensky888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      CHE FONG ANNABEL LI this british guy is not pro china but pro TRUTH.

  • @klleeful
    @klleeful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I m from Malaysia, a Muslim majority country. Xinjiang is a very popular tourist destination for our Muslim tourist. Their halal food and culture is so much celebrated back home in our country. There are indeed so many Mosque in Xinjang and freedom to practice different faith is embraced there. Those Americans who don’t believe should visit the country. You will be surprised how wrong the western propaganda is .

  • @umnuaysaehau875
    @umnuaysaehau875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I didn’t go there as a guest of the authorities. The first few times in group tours, the last two to do research on the local music. In both, I was unaware of any restrictions.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There are not restrictions for acceptable behavior. None that you would be aware of. You would only discover restrictions if you cross the line.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The tours didn't go to any palces that were restricted? Imagine that.

  • @kenso888
    @kenso888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy just make Vlog about xinjiang, He go there 2month ago th-cam.com/users/numuvesvideos
    And theres actually few uygur youtuber on ytb
    安妮古丽anni guli th-cam.com/channels/Rc63ZkXuzAWGzaJVEe_hxA.html
    阿依图娜 ayi tuna th-cam.com/channels/BuJWLhR0VJfR79YhWus_Ew.html

  • @poireiangom
    @poireiangom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    China was one of the country that I always want to visit . Hopefully I ll be able to visit.

  • @Add50326
    @Add50326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I found this to be very interesting. It is good to see someone that actually went to the region and travelled throughout the region and told us his experiences. The news is definitely not always right and some countries that don’t like China really want to spread false rumours about China and the Chinese people. This video seems to help me understand the situation a lot better now.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Addison

    • @Add50326
      @Add50326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerrygrey5606 没事

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Add50326 we are sick of the Chinese whining too much and talking too much about themselves. E.g you all want to be Wolf Warriors( was rated very low in HK! ) and then complain about racism and anti China!

  • @4561-n6r
    @4561-n6r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    菁菁,我确定你去过新疆!新疆不是神秘的国度,但很美丽,旅游很发达的地区!去过的人才能敢说大实话!

  • @cocopapa3072
    @cocopapa3072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍🏻👍🏻Good and brave man telling the truth!

  • @MrSky10101
    @MrSky10101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for sharing the truth.

  • @jdemeulenaer123
    @jdemeulenaer123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Having been there of course you know much more than most..

  • @stonejames135
    @stonejames135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    East or West we can still find some honest and upright people who speak up and speak out the truth rather instead of catering to any political agendas and this gentleman is a great person who is worthy of our respect.

  • @0093tammy
    @0093tammy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Talking about the language issue. When I grew up in Hong Kong, we were not allowed to speak Chinese at my Catholic school on alternate days of the week. We have prefects to monitor and make sure everyone speaks English at recess time. This, according to the school, is to facilitate the learning of English by immersing in an English environment.

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Were you given the choice to be there or or not? That makes a huge difference don't you think?

    • @yaphonghor4409
      @yaphonghor4409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is why the Brit system breeds traitors who have been brainwashed to hate their motherland!!!!!!!!

  • @thplas7269
    @thplas7269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I Totally agree,seeing is believing.

  • @alicialuolim3315
    @alicialuolim3315 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This man is very righteous and fair. We need more people like him in this world

  • @asura2902
    @asura2902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "It's the case of adding to that culture the skills they need in order to get out of the poverty" (Grey). Great!

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if they were much happier doing what they were doing before the CCP rounded them up?

  • @catfink4710
    @catfink4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This Chinese reporter is soo beautiful😍

    • @unclexisbestfriend796
      @unclexisbestfriend796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      she is from Taiwan

    • @catfink4710
      @catfink4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@unclexisbestfriend796 what's her name ??

    • @unclexisbestfriend796
      @unclexisbestfriend796 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catfink4710 I Dont know, and I really dont care. But she is from Taiwan.... Or was it Japan, or maybe even North Korea?

    • @catfink4710
      @catfink4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@unclexisbestfriend796 ok my chinese friend😊

    • @unclexisbestfriend796
      @unclexisbestfriend796 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@catfink4710 She is probably from Korea. They have the most beatifule women in Asia

  • @川建國愛拜振華
    @川建國愛拜振華 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a list of famous mosques in China. A Mosque is a place of pilgrimage for The faithful of Islam. The first mosque in China, the Great Mosque of Xi 'an, also known as the Great Mosque of Xi 'an, was built during the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century. There are now more than 39,000 mosques throughout China, 25,000 of which are located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Another says there are between 20,000 and 45,000 mosques.
    In China, synagogues are also called mosques by Chinese Jews. Mosque is also called Hui Hui temple, Hui Hui temple, mosque, zhenjiao temple, Qingjing temple.
    During the Qing Dynasty, the entrance to the Hui mosque was engraved with the ancient tablet of "long live the Emperor, long live, long live forever". Westerners visiting China have noticed the ancient tablets in mosques in Yunnan and Ningbo.
    Most mosques have certain features in common, but like other religions, Chinese Islamic architecture reflects local architecture through its own style. China is famous for its beautiful temple-like mosques. But in western China, mosques like those in Iran and Central Asia have tall, thin minarets, curved arches and domes, and unique multi-storey entrances. In northwest China, where Chinese Hui built mosques, both eastern and Western styles were blended, the Buddhist-style roofs of walled courtyards leaned outward through arches with small domes and minarets.
    The architectural style of Hui mosques varies from sect to sect. The Traditionalist Gedimuhanafi Sunnis, influenced by Chinese culture, build mosques that look like Chinese temples. Reformist modernists (but originally inspired by Wahhabism), the Ihwani built mosques that looked like The Arab style of the Middle East.
    So the question is that how many Mosque do U.S. have?

  • @barrievee
    @barrievee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great job here Jerry - it's most encouraging to see China getting the right idea about 'employing' people with integrity to disseminate some 'positive propaganda', based on facts and proven experience! Well done team China! .

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Disseminating positive propaganda for China.

    • @hectoOut
      @hectoOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You cannot trust the source that started with Best China Info!

    • @TheIncongruent
      @TheIncongruent 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hectoOut No one has mentioned Chinese social credit system yet. Why not?

  • @shiningstar6659
    @shiningstar6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So great to see you Jingjing. Great interview and perspective. The western media would never interview this gentleman because he doesn't fit their narrative.

    • @jerrygrey5606
      @jerrygrey5606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're so right - I received one request for an interview from an Australian news outlet - they asked one question only: Was I misrepresented or edited heavily? My answer was no, I wasn't misrepresented and yes, it was edited, they took out a lot of my more positive aspects - the interview was over an hour but the video only 15 minutes - after the journalist knew he wasn't going to get a story from me expect confirmation of what I've already said, he finished the interview