Hello Siming! Love your channel and your voice. I can totally understand your sentiment of living abroad for a while and then coming back to your home country and finding your identity and voice. I think you are doing a wonderful job with this channel. Love your vlogs! You have an amazing story and I look forward to seeing more vlogs and stories from you! 继续加油！
I'm a HK citizen, a Chinese who like you, spend some years abroad studying and living and finally settle down in HK during the 90s. I'm much older than you of coz. As I grew up with western education, I'm a typical sinophobia and during that time is totally understandable as China was still quite behind and we keep hearing some real stories from uncles and aunties who fled from China. I would also fear I would be caught in HK secretly and brought back to China and jailed without trial (even I didn't anything at all lol). I can't say I'm anti China, but I never feel any belonging on my identity as a Chinese ruled by communist party. I was angry at what happened in 80s but only after many years I began to see the other side of the story that I begin to analysis that no one is absolutely right or wrong. After what had happened in last few years in HK, my thinking has changed completely. I begin to appreciate what Chinese Government had done for bringing the nation to a status that everyone has to respect or at least know the importance or threat from China. I also get to understand how western countries, especially US Govt is trying to spread the so called "democracy" , distorted in my eyes and to create uproot in many countries' dictatorship, causing war, reaping natural resources and national treasures leaving a chaotic state after triggering all those civil wars. And China is lucky in avoiding such attacks due to the fact that US is busy in assaulting other countries over the last 40 years. China grow and grow, corruption comes with it as a byproduct and now President Xi is trying hard to bring them down which has gained a lot of my respect . The more I see how western countries trying to smear China and stirring up countries surrounding China, creating internal fear and hate in state of Xinjiang, Taiwan and most felt for me, my favorite city HK. HK is a great example and I had experienced the mockery of western civilization and her brainwashing technique. I have been travelling more frequently to China, feeling safer to travel than any other countries, the beautiful sceneries, the people and cultures uniqueness in different provinces , the great culinary experience and regretted I didn't do it more often in my younger years. I still have some identity crisis of who am I, but I am proud to say I'm a Chinese more than ever before. And amazed at the transformation of China under current govt party and leadership of Xi. China is no longer a second tier country and not by invading other countries, but by trying to coexist with mutual benefits and respect others which I admire truly. It took me more than 50 years to realize this and you have already getting close to the true answer. So well done! Keep it up with the channel!
I came to the United States because I hated China, and later I found out that the country I used to hate was indeed the best country in the world. Similar experiences to yours
@@leo7957 So many Chinese people hat. e their own country/motherland that raised them to be smart people all because they worshiped the west and got bra!.. washed.
A lot of people don't know this - the west put an embargo on China in the 50s and up to early 70s. That's why a lot of people left the country because China was so poor back then. You can understand why people hated the country that they had left behind. The west is trying to do the same again - isolation and stopping the China from moving up.
Re: Xinjiang, I have always maintained that the best, and perhaps only, way to understanding the situation in Xinjiang is to visit Xinjiang and see with your own eyes (as well as talk to the locals). This doesn't have to be an academic or scientific methodology, but rather a reliance on your common sense and intuition. I visited Xinjiang and I spoke to the locals. I saw elements of Uyghur culture everywhere. I saw many mosques and many worshippers in those mosques. I saw many happy Uyghurs plying their trades. Where was the "cultural" genocide that Western media spoke of? Where was the suppression of Muslim worship? I saw numerous foreign tourists in Xinjiang. Common sense tells you that no country is going to allow foreign tourism to a region where the people are violently suppressed or experiencing genocide. Was this scientific? No, but it was educational and informative nonetheless. I believe I uncovered the truth about Xinjiang, and about Western media lies.
Though I believe that I would enjoy it greatly, I doubt that I will ever have the pleasure of visiting Xinjiang, or even China, due to multiple factors, but I have especially been a nervous and infrequent flyer… like certain foods (not Chinese or Mexican!), I don’t “travel” well, so your insightful comments and impressions are of immense value to me! The western press, and most especially here in the US, is egregiously divisive, manipulative and totally into misinformation as well as disinformation! I can’t even bear to watch my Apple newsfeed, as it is all designed to instill dread, fear, and a sort of general pervasive angst! By way of contrast, the CCTV newsfeed on TH-cam is generally very calming and usually very culturally oriented! The “political” reportage is dignified, straightforward, and stays on the topics at hand exactly as I would hope and expect! But my favorite news feed IN THE WORLD, is still the “South China Morning Post,” as they, for me as a westerner, sort of supply “the best of both worlds” (much as does our dear Simming Lan, and with a similar “Sino-British” connecting element!), which gives me great hope for the world in general going forward! Like the wonderful, beautiful, and absolutely amazing Eileen Gu / Gu Ailing, this illustrates how expeditiously well East and West can learn to interface if given even half a chance! Thanks once more for your wonderful and so very well considered insights! Always your friend… - Namaste! Glenn Jones
I refuse to believe that every single Uighur diaspora has been lying or paid to lie about their or their family member’s experiences. Of course the two governments would prefer people believe some things rather than others, but I think there’s no need to justify peoples’ suffering out of some need to spite the US or the other way around
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608LOL you listened to 20 voices, all of which can’t back up their claims, many of which have ties to Western intelligence agencies. If you care that much about Muslims, tell the USA to close GITMO and tell Israel to stop committing ACTUAL genocide against Palestinians.
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608 "every single Uyghur diaspora" is a massive stretch and you are unable to substantiate it. There have likely been crimes against humanity due to the sweeping nature of government initiatives, but these are not as egregious as genocide, not even cultural genocide, and these have largely, officially, finished since 2019. Whatever human rights abuses exist in Xinjiang pale in comparison to many comparisons that can be readily made of certain other countries. We can acknowledge the human rights abuses, both in Xinjiang and holistically in its proper context.
@@unifieddynasty There are human rights abuses in ALL nations, without exception. It's a matter of degree. Is it worse in China than in, say, Canada or USA? I doubt it. You'd have to provide solid evidence to prove it.
Hi Siming, I'm Malaysian living in China. Watching this video reminded me how I understood the world once I lived in China. And you're right about identity politics, the whole world is influenced by the Western narrative that everyone can fight for their "own" rights with multi-labeling, and this created confusion in the world while I'm here living in China asking myself, why not just stay consistently fighting for equality as "human"? Are we not human? Why do we have to split into races,women, lgbtq, blacks, minorities, religions, etc? If the world didn't fall into this confusion it would be so much more peaceful and harmonious. I'm not apologizing for the Chinese gov but I very much agree with what they consistently did, they treat everyone equally under 1 label which is "human".
Because the underlying conflict has always been class struggle rather than the differences among identities. However, it's much easier to talk about the differences between "identities" than the gigantic gap between classes. And this is what most Western politics don't want to touch on because of the privileges they already have.
@@gregwang8628 Yes, and if you do, the Israeli mafia calls you an anti-Semite. The West is such a backward place when compared to China. It's warmongering attitude to most things betrays to me that the rulers of the Western World still live in the Stone Ages.
This is an excellent conclusion! As a Malaysian Chinese I can tell you the journey of finding your identity and getting comfortable with it is challenging, but when you find it, it is so… enlightening I could see you arrive at the same lightbulb moment as I did after studying in Australia and pretty much going through the same process you described here. I have been watching your videos since the beginning and I love watching your genuine desire to learn and grow. Keep it up!
"I'm only in my 20s I am always always more interested in learning and listening than telling people what they should believe. I actually don't want to be so certain about what I already know so I can still be challenged and grow into new perspectives. I'm here on this Earth to evolve and change. That is the biggest lesson I've learned in the previous year" -Siming Lan-❤
Yes, @mohdhazimzainuddin1898 you are here to evolve, not to change but to improve your human experience. Lift yourself to a higher vibration, it sounds like you are on the way. Good luck and ensure you don't take on any more experiences to bring you back to this learning Planet. Bao Zhong! xo
Way to go young man. Keep an open mind as you know learning is life long process. Keep your spirit up no matter what. Hope you'll find what you are looking for.
I love your being open-minded and your transparent thought process. As your channel grows, attempts willl made to "influence" you, subtle or otherwise and usher you towards the "right" opinion. Stay strong, incorruptible und transparent.
Yes this is exactly what I thought recently. Thank you for expressing and sharing your ideas. As a Chinese I don’t think I know my country well enough. I have been neglecting so many aspects of the development of China and was full of prejudice myself. I determined to learn more about China and the US from the basic and try to find answers on my own.🎉
Good! Be proud of being Chinese. No one is perfect. No ethnicity is perfect. We have 5,000 years of civilization and culture so that helps. Don't neglect your knowledge of China and be a beacon of light to enlighten the unenlightened. China will be and is on the way to light the world with knowledge and wisdom so honour your ancestors.
It's the same for people in other countries brainwashed with a particular narrative only to learn later what else the countries got up to. The west may have been more successful at this PR exercise in the past, but more people in the west are also slowly waking up to the fact that they've been victims of manufactured consent & have unwittingly condoned atrocities & injustices. Another thing to keep in mind is we & countries are ever evolving, and all actions have pros & cons as well as affect different people differently. Solutions of the past may create problems for the future. While it's human to want simple answers due to our cognitive limits, those simple answers don't represent reality well.
This prejudice is instilled into Chinese diaspora in the West. China is demonized so heavily that you want to fit in so badly that you start to try to prove that you’re not like “those other Chinese” We should be proud of who we are and not let Western jealousy muddy our pride
@@henriettasecker-shaoDo you know that white people are a group worshipped by women in China? Do you know that Chinese women are called Chinese easy girls?😂😂
Your journey of understanding your own country and the love-hate relationship with it helped me understand what kind of autochauvinism people deal with in Serbia, and the troubles they have with starting to love and respect themselves again. Thanks, you're doing a great job for many out there
@@antifacho9294, certain things were better in the very beginning, such as industrialisation, investing in the working class, rebuilding the whole country after ww2, building accommodation for a lot of people. The people were definitely happier for a couple of decades. Unfortunately, the system got corrupted eventually, with layers upon layers of idiot bureaucracy, similarly like in the Soviet Russia, and the country ended up with a lot of debt... For context, Brits supposedly financed the partisans, instead of supporting the chetniks in ww2, even though chetniks did most of the defending. They abandoned the royal family previously installed by them. They installed who they wanted in the office again after the war. It seems it was all a British project, and once they couldn't control it, they wrecked it. Imo, even the fake Yugoslav space program sounds like a very British idea. It got sold to the USA, so that USA ended up with nothing and had to fake the Moon landing, it pretty much lost that race. Unfortunately, pushing the Yugoslav narrative did a lot of damage to Serbian identity in general, especially after the dissolution. That's what needs repairing. We're still occupied by NATO countries, so we're still dealing with EU and NATO pushing for privatisation (read: deindustrialisation). We have soft occupation via politics and economy, and hard occupation of Kosovo and Metohija. So, Yugoslavia was the best of times and the worst of times at the same time. A lot of the events of the Yugoslav times aren't disclosed yet. Even Russia still won't disclose the info they have on that period and our relations. We won't have the full truth any time soon. It will take at least another 50 years to fully understand everything. But what we can is copy whatever was good and leave the rest, once we get liberated. Hopefully, the multipolar world will bring genuine change.
@HelerifiKtion I firmly believe that ultimately the ideology doesn't matter. What matters is whether the leaders are competent and are of good character.
@@HelerifiKtionI agree with most of what you said except the notion that the Chetniks did most of the defending. In the beginning this was only technically true, and later not at all. In fact, I’ve yet to see a credible historical source arguing this.
What I find most refreshing about your channel is that you are in your twenties and you don't believe you have the answer to every issue in the world today. Keep up the work, your videos are appreciated.
We all have one thing in common: we are human beings, and we sometimes show foolishness. Thank you for sharing your point of view with us; we appreciate greatly what you share. 🙏
I believe in seeing is believing. That's why I've traveled to numerous cities worldwide, including over a hundred in China. In my opinion, regardless of one's religious beliefs, it's essential to help others and bring joy. Similarly, any government, no matter which country it governs, should prioritize serving its people. I can see that China is taking better care of its people compared to Western countries. The streets in China exude a quiet, peaceful, and comfortable atmosphere, free from issues like drugs, homelessness, rats, scams offering items at no cost, and the widespread availability of firearms. There's no littering or public defecation, and these democratic values are truly admirable.
I agree totally. Quoting Abraham Lincoln's "government of the people, by the people, for the people", obviously every government is "of the people". "For the people" is the end and "by the people" is a mean. In today's and future technology the means can be ChatGPT. You only appoint administrators to work the ChatGPT, a science fiction now.
"drugs, homelessness, rats, scam" Bro those are all over China. You can find tent cities in Shanghai and people doing meth in the local KTVs. I'm not saying it's New York tier but there's no need to deny it.
Congratulations on another informative, thoughtful video. Great backdrops too. Reminds me of splendid times spent in the PRC interacting with ordinary Chinese people in a variety of settings (including bike riding around Beijing 🌝).
Hi Siming, I just watched your TH-cam videos today 9/9/24 from America. I am Chinese born in Vietnam. My grandparents migrated to Vietnam in early 1900’s. My Dad was born in Vietnam. I enjoyed & in love watching your videos because of your knowledge, your beauty, your sense of humor, and your love of China. My heart has been with China forever. Honestly, I am afraid that I will fall in love with you virtually the more I watch your videos.
Dear Siming, I am happy that you are questioning yourself and owning your identity, thank you for addressing this question. I have tried in the past to make you aware of the difficulty of trying to be more Western to placate China haters. I also enjoy the fact that your accent is less British. Keep up the good work. Africans stand with you.
Yes, I have tried to make her understand that too that she seemed to know the west more than her own motherland. This is the result of her loving(or worshipping) the west more than ther own country. Many Chinese people just like her get confused of who they are after years of loving and seeing the west with rosy glasses and then one day the ugly and painful reality has waken them up realizing that they have been manipulated by their favourit west and feel guilty of their past for not treating their own country better.
Very insightful thoughts. Last night my parents were listening to the republican debate (and we’re Canadian lol) and on the topic of China it was said that “China is the biggest threat to our national security” and the first thing I always think in response to that assertion in “why?”. If the US views perceives any other country potentially matching it’s level of power and threatening its status as world hegemon, then sure I guess it is a threat to national security. The US has shown many times that it’s allies and enemies are not based in purely ideological grounds. I’m sure China would still be perceived as a threat if it was ruled by the Kuomintang. But to live in a world where there can only be one global power is inherently unsustainable and we should stop using that as a sole basis to define each other as the “other” in opposition to ourselves.
"I’m sure China would still be perceived as a threat if it was ruled by the Kuomintang". Can't agree more. Don't know if you are "old" enough to remember when Japan was no. 2 economy how they were stopped.
@@joestki That’s an interesting example I hadn’t even thought of when typing that! I was born into the world of stagnant Japan so I would’ve never remembered that example
Very interesting. While working on my PhD in medicine, I also worked on numerous ventures and projects in which I made mistakes, despite knowing methods to prevent doing so. It’s a testament to the fact we are only human, are socially and contextually influenced - but it also gives us an opportunity to grow. What a better world would it be, if we would all learn, be open, and try to grow - like yourself. Great messages and video, have a great New Year 2024!
Such an interesting topic with stunning traditional Chinese architecture it's a great combo! As a person who is not Chinese but it's fascinated by the history and culture of the country, it's so awesome to see people like you showing us this fascinating country so we can learn and understand more about it. Keep it up Siming!
Hi Siming, I've watched a few of your videos and I don't agree that you have made mistakes... You've been on a journey and as you see more your learn and you grow... This is natural and a sign of authenticity... I agree, that social research rigour would have helped with that video... But it was a vlog, not a research paper :) You are genuinely a truth seeker and this is refreshing. It is clear that you love China, but it is also clear that you love mankind as a whole, equally. BTW I am from Jamaican decent and we have a saying.... When people have decide not to be open minded and fair towards you for their own reasons, they will give you a basket to carry water... I hope this proverb speaks for itself :) All the best.
Thank you so much. What a blessing to hear this encouragement, yes we are all on a journey to seek what truth is for us - this made my day! A big warm welcome!❤️
First, I admire your courage in your decision to become a Chinese political Vlogger. You nailed it when you said that two contradictory narratives can both be true at the same time. In a time when Chinese political Vloggers are either Wumaos or China haters, you stand out like a shining star - so refreshing in your lovely style, your sharpness of thinking, transparency in your thought process and your candidacy. As a political Vlogger, your identity decides your narratives! As a Chinese American, I side myself, when assessing the politics and actions of Chinese government, with most Chinese people (Chinese citizens, to be precise), not a small group of people (rich or poor, Han or minorities). I hope that is also what defines your identity.
It's always a great pleasure to see a young chinese woman come of age and question everything which i guess is usually considered anti confucianism. The good thing abt questioning aloud is that it invites different perspectives which might only be good to widen your perspectives. All this to tell you that Xinjiang should be looked at in the perspectives of what was done in similar cases in the past and also presently. The most obvious similar case is of course Israel Gaza vs China Xinjiang. If you delve into how the Israel gaza case was treated by the occupier ( Israel) vs Xinjiang against China (supposedly China as an occupier) , you can probably pick loads of stark differences right away and especially how the West narrative considered Israel as a democracy while conveniently ignoring the apartheid side of that oppression. You went to Oxford , so you tell me if the apartheid side of an occupation can be missed while they are nit picking on the re education of terrorists in Xinjiang and they're not reporting on how jewish settlers are appropriating palestinian land by force. There's no equivalency between the 2 cases and yet most of the media report exclusively on Xinjiang and ignored Palestine for the longest time. Also go back and compare other struggles such as ANC in S Africa or IRA in Belfast and don't listen to ppl selling the 'well xinjiang is guilty bcos it's not perfectly according to their standard. The struggle in Belfast was also pretty bloody. I hope these perspectives give you a better comparison frame for evaluating Xinjiang.
china occupy Xinjiang area in around 150bc, uighur come to Xinjiang in around 400ad. in this context uighur are in the place that's not belong to them. the best way for them is to leave or becoming chinese.
You are brilliant in the way you expose the hypocrisy of the West by making the comparison of the negligence of the West on all the inhumane crimes Israel did to the Palestinians and bad-mouthing of the West on the re-education effort that China made in Xinjiang to counter the influence of radical Islamism and restore peace and development in the region.
Most interesting! Honest take on China ... and about the challenges of learning and questioning who you are in the process of trying to understand and identify (actually more to make sense and be at peace to accept) with the tremendous changes that happened within 3 generations! Siming, well done!
Hi Siming, this is the first time watching you volg. I like your positive energy and the way you look at conflicting views of difficult subjects. This is part of being a good listener and at the same time sharing your own perspective. I just hit my 60 and have my fair share of making terrible mistakes in personal life and corporate life. These are part of learnings and you will grow as a more effective person in the process. Keep up with your good work. Cheers.
I like your use of identity politics to explain things. Here in the states it's rampant and people don't even realize they are driven by it. You overall presentation gives you great credibility.
I am much older than you and so I have the advantage many years and experiences to draw on. My hunch after a brief look at this video (and several others you've made) is that I have loads to learn from the great philosophers-- especially Lao Tzu. I hope you don't underestimate their value in your own journey. Sure, I can might something from man-on-the-street interviews of persecuted peoples or wealthy entrepreneurs or whomever. But Lao Tzu, Confucius, Siddhartha, Aristotle, and modern philosophers like Noam Chomsky (in the U.S.) show me how hear it. That is, how to make sense of what I see and hear in terms of the 'human experience' and an honest courageous life lived. I believe that we in the west (I'm from Boston) have much to learn from Chinese culture if only we can be open to it. Imagine the impact of Americans practicing Taoism? I do think you were brave to comment on the Uyghur situation.
Siming Lan, you have a great mind and I admire you from India. Mother Earth has given us a beautiful life to enjoy her creation. All wishes to you from India.
She is from China, but she has loathed her country(motherland) because she got brai. washed. She got brai. washed because of worshipping anything western. That is the problem to many Chinese people. They trust the west morey than their own country but they don't know that they have been manipulated. Once they are in the west, they are not liked by the west. That is how they get confused of who they are.
I enjoy your videos very much! I love how you were able to learn and grow from your own experiences. I am looking forward to your content this year as well 💖
I really enjoy your content. Keep doing what you do, it's refreshing to listen to someone with so much lucidity and awareness. You remind me how important is to keep a balanced perspective. At the same time I like what you have to say about the Chinese culture, which I admire, together with the undeniable accomplishments of the only nation in the world that is moving forward.
You're doing great! Very few people care enough to even try and to be fair and honest -- I personally very much appreciate your efforts and always look forward to your insights and updates -- keep going! Brian in Berlin
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences and being frank about not having to be apologetic to be Chinese to other people. You have my respect about this point. Oh, and your video today made me feel better on my personal level about my Chinese identity too. You brought out some really great points. Thanks. Greetings from Canada.
this was really good. the phrasing describing the path to a middle ground being through "articulating" the benefits of each side, that was perfect. china is so beautiful, thanks for sharing the hike
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Great video, it is always good to look back, and reflect on your past!! That is the only way to continue growing to be the best version of yourself. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more in the future. And that is one place I definitely need to get to to do a video of my own!! What a stunning looking place!!
❤❤❤❤Siming, you are very lucky to begin to realise who you are at such a young age. You are the becoming the right person, at the right time and we hope that you have found the right niche in the complex geopolitics. By the way, the pantheon of deities you pointed to are not ‘gods’ in the western sense but ‘deities’ and they are not “worshipped” but “venerated”. “Guanyin” itself (not necessarily feminine) is not a “goddess” but a boddhisattva that is inherent within everyone to become if one is willing to go through the discipline. May you be happy and well🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷😘😘😘😘😘😘
So happy I discovered this channel. I also lived abroad and then returned to my home country. I completely get it. People who go through this process should always seek to find their own voice. Even better when someone can share it with others and add positively to the human experience (and it's many editions). Well done!!
You are on your way to becoming a great China TH-camr. Your videos look great, great job of B roll. You are filling a hole in the market by having a Chinese native speak about China issues the West is obsessed about. Pretty soon, before you know it, you will be on The Point with Liu Xin and collabing with other China TH-camrs....
I strongly agree with what you said from 9:12 onwards. I have seen all the struggles, but until hearing what you have said, I think you hit the nail on the head!
Siming, you're interested in the truth and reality, and you're able to look deeply from all perspectives, so I don't think identity is necessary or helpful along that path. Of course, we may still enjoy wearing the clothes of various identities from time to time. I write this trusting that you feel secure in your being by now. Yes, you're a mystery beyond words, but also a very beautiful aspect of the universe. I wish we had your help on ending the ethnic cleansing of Gaza right now (best words I could find, beyond dishonest Western narratives), because the way you take an honest look can also also be profoundly heart-expanding. And _inner experiencers_ matter infinitely more than mental constructs.
I have been on internet to spread truth for 2 decades, until I had a stroke which is impaired my capacity to reach out. However I don't hethitat to up thumb you ❤👍, our efforts will not wasted, we can see more and more are waking up. 加油，✊
What a refreshing video! I have just discobere you, Siming, and I will continue to follow you. You have extraordinary courage -- the courage to be open-hearted, open-minded, and to allow your experiences to change you. You are so young! You have a foot in the east and a foot in the west. You dig deep without taking the weight of world on your shoulders. I will continue to follow you and send you my best wishes. You make me very hopeful about the future of our vulnerable world!
Well done, Siming. You share an ever-present joy of living learning and growing, some of us still striving in our later years to be on the journey 😅❤, most human endeavours of all persuasions, succeed when it is in service and demonstrated living, certainly not in conformity and domination. Love and hugs from Australia.
Your perspective is valued…..China is fascinating and rich in so many aspects, politics will also be challenging re western ideology….yet still I would far rather live in China than USA!
Hi Siming, you are just in your 20s, and wish you learn as growing up, nonstop. People like us wishing for a peaceful world maybe seem as naive, only we know we need to learn more, much much more to really be able to pull this off. There are warmongers, people believe in zero-sum games, aggresers, peoeple believe in violence, oppressors, people believe in mind-controls, that's all human, all part of our sociaty. One less of those people at a time, through our work educating ourselves while aducating the rest, sharing only truth nothing but truth, we can become better person, and remain hopeful. One day, we can rejoyce, or die trying.
U may be in your 20s but u r incrediblely Wise now because u see the world for what it really is, not through biases, opinions, views, etc. That is not something most ppl can do. Bravo!!! ❤
You hit the nail on the head when you said 2 contradictory narratives can both be true at the same time. We are trained to think in zero-sum debate-style polarities, while the truth is more abstract. Because it's not intuitive to think outside of these simple dualistic constructs...we are kind of imprisoned by them. It could be a political viewpoint, religious or ethical etc...we gotta escape the 1 dimensional representations!
As I get older I'm increasingly appreciative of some of the traditional Chinese philosophy such as the symbol of yin-yan. Within each there's seed of the other, and the two are inextricably interwined & ever revolving / evolving. What an elegant representation of reality that we need to learn to respect and work with.
While some unimportant things can be ill defined... Not everything is 1/2 and 1/2. We all agree there are facts/truth statements about the phsycial world. (Gravity for example) I extrapolate that "truth" exists in the philosphcial world as well. Can racism be both good and bad? No, the universal truth is that all people should be treated equally.
Don't worry, the stark dualities like racism vs equality and good vs evil etc will still be there and those certitudes will still be the default mode of how we think.
@@L-K-K Yes good example with yin/yang. Throughout ancient and modern knowledge is a fingerprint/pattern: Regardless of the civilization/religion/philosophy - the transcendence of polarity/paradox toward the "whole". Advaita vedanta, the holy trinity, hermetic philosophy etc. The details and symbology change depending on the context, but the power of a nested "division-becomes-unity" transition persists and is powerful. My personal version that helps me revisit this kind of thought is: Infinity and Zero are the same entity. Contradiction on the surface but leads toward something I think our ancestors would appreciate.
Thing is - be oneself - not caring what others think too much is key : otherwise, one is letting them set the agenda / control you. Besides that, China's success is now self-evident; let all all have their head in the sand, keep it there, as it is their choice (rather sad, but the best solution is simply to be an example rather than help dig another out of their sandbox).
I like Your videos, Siming. Its Simple, Direct, straight to the point. You look confident, you speak with confidence, you are ambitious, you've done a thorough research, you speak eloquently, great footage of relics and artifacts (using drones), you remind me of reporters from the BBC. You have a heavy British/Aussie Accent. (You make a great Journalist reporter) you are thought provoking, informative and not afraid to make mistakes, confess your mistakes and even correct your mistakes. (Honesty) Pleasant personality, professionalism, outfits appealing not overkill.. Overall you are unique as an overseas Chinese TH-camr trying to find your roots and discover the story of the Sleeping Dragon now that it had awoken.. 😄😄
Regarding identity politics, you are spot on. Everything, and I mean absolutely everything, we hear in Western media about China boils down to a clash of political ideologies. Western democratic values versus Chinese democratic values. There is an endless debate about which set of values is "right" or "correct", and which set of values works better for society. However, real world evidence shows which set of values actually produces better results. We have only to look at the state of America and Britain and EU to understand that Western democratic values have not produced desirable results. Their economies are suffering. Their people are struggling and unhappy. There are also signs of insurrection (notably January 6, 2021 in the US). Look at China. Anyone who bothers to visit China can see how prosperous the nation is, how peaceful Chinese society is, how happy the Chinese people are. Despite economic challenges, China continues to grow much faster than all the G7 economies. According to the Global Happiness 2023 survey from Ipsos, China is the happiest country in the world at 91% compared to 76% for USA, 74% for Canada and France, and 70% for UK. There's no question which set of democratic values works better for China. It may not work for the West but that's another issue. This debate should end.
Great videos, knowledge and appreciate more about what you talk about. That there're various angles & understanding to look at culture from a deeper level. I also believe there're unity in diversity if one learn & understand that everyone has a different perspective about many things and that the middle ground you talked about is the balance that we need not to be biased and take a just a one sided one. Thank you for your delligent effort to show all you can. Take care & be safe.
The best thing to do if one seek the truth to be honest and sincere and be responsible for mistakes ams admit it. Keep continuing to improve and seek help. This is just my belief. I love your seeking Spirit and energy as you are and have lots of potential. Love and enjoy your vlog very much.
I used to try very hard in the past to convince people to understand the real China. Not so much anymore these days because I realised most people do not like to be wrong or they only cherry pick what they want to hear. The west is good at war of information and soft power, no doubt about it. But at the end of the day, what are the foreign common folks' view of China doesn't matter much or even at all. Whether they like it or not, China will continue to grow, improves and be much more influential on the global stage. And despite countless "experts" on predicting the "collapse" of China, global brands will continue to invest in China and the supply chain in China is just too difficult to be replaced.
@@apollo2061 the funny thing is most westerners do not really trust their politicians and medias but when it comes to China, they would easily trust them. How silly is that.
There’re many layers about understanding. When people believe in individualism they like their own freedom to do things, therefore they take their own responsibilities for their failures or successes, rich or poor. When arguing right or wrong it really depends on the mindsets. In the area of neoliberalism FDR’s New Deal can be unfavorable.
I have lived in Xinjiang for 30 years. What I have seen and heard with my own eyes and ears has proved that the Western media’s reports on Xinjiang are wrong; at the same time, the rapid growth in income and population of China’s ethnic minorities in recent decades has further proved that the West Media reports on Xinjiang are wrong… Thank you for your fair voice, and then we will work together to share the real China with foreign friends, and we will always support your channel ❤
Siming- I greatly admire your grace, intelligence, honesty and strength of character. While in college I had a professor in Economic Geography who taught that all the wars over the last 200+ years boiled down to the question: on what basis can we re-unite humanity? Its time to include all of humanity in that discussion, being that we all have a stake in the outcome. That said- if you ever see two people who always agree about everything all the time - something is desperately wrong! One of them is redundant. It's not that we should always agree; each has valuable perspectives and insights that can help refine and modulate toward better results. We need to first set ground rules and afterward mechanisms. The present common values, agreements and mechanisms are simply too shortsighted, and thus ad hoc and inadequate. I wish that you will go from strength to strength, with ever-greater strength and ever-greater momentum. May you reach your deepest heart's desire.
I like watching LITTLE CHINESE EVERYWHERE, she is taking her viewer to rural areas of China in a non-political manner, introducing us to real common people with their many different traditions. And since China is a very large country, LITTLE CHINESE EVERYWHERE enables the viewer to get to know real Chinese people in their real environments... very beautiful and heartwarming!
I wish i was as good at realising that i am not always right at any given time, that would make me a smarter person for sure. (Yes, some times i realise that i was wrong after some time) I can only hope that in the future it will be common to respect our differences and see them as interesting in stead of something we should fear. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thank you for your content and for handling these cultural and geopolitical tensions with such fashion. It's so convenient to become an apologist or an outright critic, as we see in those "USA proud" or "China proud" driven channels on youtube. Thanks for standing out.
I am a U.S. citizen married to a Chinese citizen. It has been the greatest adventure of my life. And one thing I realized about living in both America and China... These two countries are very much a like in so many ways. People on both sides can deny it all day long, but the fact remains.. we are all human, and we all share something in common. And so do our country and culture. Thank you.
You are right. Our brains seem to be wired to highlight difference, but we all breathe air, drink water, like tasty food, clean our teeth, go shopping, hug our grandma......
This temple is so beautiful! I LOVE that you said the diversity of the Gods at this temple reflects the diversity of China and what it means in the Chinese experience. The massive Guanyin statue is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for the walk through the temple. I love your vlogs on China. You live in such a culturally rich, diverse and beautiful country. China has so much soft power it can share with the world. 🙏👍👍❤️
You're one of the best presenter on these very challenging political topics I've seen so far. Maybe another challenging angle to dissect for your next video - do the Chinese populace identify the CCP's values as interchangeable to their own overall personal values? Does loving China as a nation, must mean loving the CCP? How can one be "爱国爱党" when the "爱" is being dictated upon as an order? Is that truly "爱“ anymore?
Hi Siming, I just want to tell you that you are not doing „a lot of mistakes“. I really like the way you touch even critical topics like the Xinjiang one. I traveled the area with my friends in 2015 with my own car on the way from Shenyang to Munich. I had the chance to meet locals and I used it intensively, I traveled through the countryside, where you can’t hide deserted parts of villages. So I think you got it right. And I can’t wait to follow your coming videos
I think that is the right approach; you can educate and have as much dialogue as you want, but in the end, it is up to the audience to accept/reject what you have to say. Some may never be willing to accept your message so you have to move on. I feel it is a bit analogous to how Chinese diaspora have always maintained their culture more or less despite persecution and marginalization which have coalesced into Chinatowns all over the world.
I totally understand your feeling when exposed to 2 entirely different cultural environments and how your perception of thing have grown to a more matured level during your lives journey. I totally love your channel which portray a peaceful approach in viewing thing. Keep it up. I know it is sad when you realize that us is not what we believe they are and are not as fair as we want to believe them to be.
"We only know who we are when we know who we are not". Turning questions around is a valuable tool. It's a human character to approach a commentary and begin to throw out opinion, especially in cases in which there is potential for debate. I wish to ask of Siming Lan, acknowledging sometimes issues have gone well between China and the US, what have you learned that the rest of the world would benefit from by studying US/China relations? What is it that is working well that could be enhanced further? In my opinion, this is the question too infrequently asked.
Siming. In this video you say that you should have talked to local people in Xinjiang. Yes, that would have been great. So, why did you not talk to the local people at the Guanyin statue complex? Most people in the West think that China is an atheistic, state, but here (and in another 10,000 places in China) you can daily see ordinary people going to temples and monuments, lighting incense, bowing and having a spiritual experience. What were they doing? Why did the CCP not arrest them? It would be great if you could do a video telling people about the Guanyin legend, her origins in the Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva and what she means to Chinese people.
I just started watching your channel. So this is my second video. I don’t know what you said in the past. It looks like that you have lived aboard. Therefore, you know some geopolitics. A lot of people don’t know what is truly behind the scenes. Understanding that then you know why the spins on medias are about. They are influenced by “institutions” for their agenda. There is no question, people’s life has improved tremendously in China for the last 20 years. It matters!
Couldnt agree more! It is extremely hard to be non-judgemetal since everyone has bias to some extend. so just believe what you believe, we are on the journey of finding answer to the questions in our mind instead of evidence to persuade others of something. It is a great video!
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Hello Siming! Love your channel and your voice. I can totally understand your sentiment of living abroad for a while and then coming back to your home country and finding your identity and voice. I think you are doing a wonderful job with this channel. Love your vlogs! You have an amazing story and I look forward to seeing more vlogs and stories from you! 继续加油！
the ambassador of peace , youtbue world is small :)
The man Cyrus himself is here too!
I didn’t expect Cyrus to be here too! What a small world we live in.
What do you think of the fact that @SimingLan changed her mind about Xinjiang? In my opinion she is making a mistake.
Thank you Cyrus。 you are outstanding
I'm a HK citizen, a Chinese who like you, spend some years abroad studying and living and finally settle down in HK during the 90s. I'm much older than you of coz. As I grew up with western education, I'm a typical sinophobia and during that time is totally understandable as China was still quite behind and we keep hearing some real stories from uncles and aunties who fled from China. I would also fear I would be caught in HK secretly and brought back to China and jailed without trial (even I didn't anything at all lol). I can't say I'm anti China, but I never feel any belonging on my identity as a Chinese ruled by communist party. I was angry at what happened in 80s but only after many years I began to see the other side of the story that I begin to analysis that no one is absolutely right or wrong.
After what had happened in last few years in HK, my thinking has changed completely. I begin to appreciate what Chinese Government had done for bringing the nation to a status that everyone has to respect or at least know the importance or threat from China. I also get to understand how western countries, especially US Govt is trying to spread the so called "democracy" , distorted in my eyes and to create uproot in many countries' dictatorship, causing war, reaping natural resources and national treasures leaving a chaotic state after triggering all those civil wars.
And China is lucky in avoiding such attacks due to the fact that US is busy in assaulting other countries over the last 40 years. China grow and grow, corruption comes with it as a byproduct and now President Xi is trying hard to bring them down which has gained a lot of my respect .
The more I see how western countries trying to smear China and stirring up countries surrounding China, creating internal fear and hate in state of Xinjiang, Taiwan and most felt for me, my favorite city HK. HK is a great example and I had experienced the mockery of western civilization and her brainwashing technique.
I have been travelling more frequently to China, feeling safer to travel than any other countries, the beautiful sceneries, the people and cultures uniqueness in different provinces , the great culinary experience and regretted I didn't do it more often in my younger years.
I still have some identity crisis of who am I, but I am proud to say I'm a Chinese more than ever before. And amazed at the transformation of China under current govt party and leadership of Xi. China is no longer a second tier country and not by invading other countries, but by trying to coexist with mutual benefits and respect others which I admire truly.
It took me more than 50 years to realize this and you have already getting close to the true answer. So well done! Keep it up with the channel!
You nailed it brother 🤘🏼
I came to the United States because I hated China, and later I found out that the country I used to hate was indeed the best country in the world. Similar experiences to yours
@@leo7957 So many Chinese people hat. e their own country/motherland that raised them to be smart people all because they worshiped the west and got bra!.. washed.
@@leo7957 the west preach freedom of speech, just ask donald trump , you will get the answer
A lot of people don't know this - the west put an embargo on China in the 50s and up to early 70s. That's why a lot of people left the country because China was so poor back then. You can understand why people hated the country that they had left behind. The west is trying to do the same again - isolation and stopping the China from moving up.
Re: Xinjiang, I have always maintained that the best, and perhaps only, way to understanding the situation in Xinjiang is to visit Xinjiang and see with your own eyes (as well as talk to the locals). This doesn't have to be an academic or scientific methodology, but rather a reliance on your common sense and intuition.
I visited Xinjiang and I spoke to the locals. I saw elements of Uyghur culture everywhere. I saw many mosques and many worshippers in those mosques. I saw many happy Uyghurs plying their trades. Where was the "cultural" genocide that Western media spoke of? Where was the suppression of Muslim worship?
I saw numerous foreign tourists in Xinjiang. Common sense tells you that no country is going to allow foreign tourism to a region where the people are violently suppressed or experiencing genocide.
Was this scientific? No, but it was educational and informative nonetheless. I believe I uncovered the truth about Xinjiang, and about Western media lies.
Though I believe that I would enjoy it greatly, I doubt that I will ever have the pleasure of visiting Xinjiang, or even China, due to multiple factors, but I have especially been a nervous and infrequent flyer… like certain foods (not Chinese or Mexican!), I don’t “travel” well, so your insightful comments and impressions are of immense value to me!
The western press, and most especially here in the US, is egregiously divisive, manipulative and totally into misinformation as well as disinformation! I can’t even bear to watch my Apple newsfeed, as it is all designed to instill dread, fear, and a sort of general pervasive angst!
By way of contrast, the CCTV newsfeed on TH-cam is generally very calming and usually very culturally oriented! The “political” reportage is dignified, straightforward, and stays on the topics at hand exactly as I would hope and expect!
But my favorite news feed IN THE WORLD, is still the “South China Morning Post,” as they, for me as a westerner, sort of supply “the best of both worlds” (much as does our dear Simming Lan, and with a similar “Sino-British” connecting element!), which gives me great hope for the world in general going forward!
Like the wonderful, beautiful, and absolutely amazing Eileen Gu / Gu Ailing, this illustrates how expeditiously well East and West can learn to interface if given even half a chance!
Thanks once more for your wonderful and so very well considered insights!
Always your friend…
- Namaste!
Glenn Jones
I refuse to believe that every single Uighur diaspora has been lying or paid to lie about their or their family member’s experiences.
Of course the two governments would prefer people believe some things rather than others, but I think there’s no need to justify peoples’ suffering out of some need to spite the US or the other way around
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608LOL you listened to 20 voices, all of which can’t back up their claims, many of which have ties to Western intelligence agencies.
If you care that much about Muslims, tell the USA to close GITMO and tell Israel to stop committing ACTUAL genocide against Palestinians.
@@wheresmyeyebrow1608 "every single Uyghur diaspora" is a massive stretch and you are unable to substantiate it.
There have likely been crimes against humanity due to the sweeping nature of government initiatives, but these are not as egregious as genocide, not even cultural genocide, and these have largely, officially, finished since 2019. Whatever human rights abuses exist in Xinjiang pale in comparison to many comparisons that can be readily made of certain other countries. We can acknowledge the human rights abuses, both in Xinjiang and holistically in its proper context.
@@unifieddynasty There are human rights abuses in ALL nations, without exception. It's a matter of degree.
Is it worse in China than in, say, Canada or USA? I doubt it. You'd have to provide solid evidence to prove it.
Hi Siming, I'm Malaysian living in China. Watching this video reminded me how I understood the world once I lived in China. And you're right about identity politics, the whole world is influenced by the Western narrative that everyone can fight for their "own" rights with multi-labeling, and this created confusion in the world while I'm here living in China asking myself, why not just stay consistently fighting for equality as "human"? Are we not human? Why do we have to split into races,women, lgbtq, blacks, minorities, religions, etc? If the world didn't fall into this confusion it would be so much more peaceful and harmonious. I'm not apologizing for the Chinese gov but I very much agree with what they consistently did, they treat everyone equally under 1 label which is "human".
Because the underlying conflict has always been class struggle rather than the differences among identities. However, it's much easier to talk about the differences between "identities" than the gigantic gap between classes. And this is what most Western politics don't want to touch on because of the privileges they already have.
In the West can one openly criticize Israel at all?
@@gregwang8628yes u can have u heard of the free Palestine protests?
@@gregwang8628 Yes, and if you do, the Israeli mafia calls you an anti-Semite. The West is such a backward place when compared to China. It's warmongering attitude to most things betrays to me that the rulers of the Western World still live in the Stone Ages.
@@gregwang8628 Many people who dare to criticize Israel lost their jobs and became socially ostracized
This is an excellent conclusion! As a Malaysian Chinese I can tell you the journey of finding your identity and getting comfortable with it is challenging, but when you find it, it is so… enlightening
I could see you arrive at the same lightbulb moment as I did after studying in Australia and pretty much going through the same process you described here.
I have been watching your videos since the beginning and I love watching your genuine desire to learn and grow. Keep it up!
"I'm only in my 20s I am always always more interested in learning and listening than telling people what they should believe. I actually don't want to be so certain about what I already know so I can still be challenged and grow into new perspectives. I'm here on this Earth to evolve and change. That is the biggest lesson I've learned in the previous year"
-Siming Lan-❤
Yes, @mohdhazimzainuddin1898 you are here to evolve, not to change but to improve your human experience. Lift yourself to a higher vibration, it sounds like you are on the way. Good luck and ensure you don't take on any more experiences to bring you back to this learning Planet. Bao Zhong! xo
Sorry, @mohdhazimzainuddin1898 meant to say don't take on any more (negative) experiences. You are fine. You are on track.
Way to go young man. Keep an open mind as you know learning is life long process. Keep your spirit up no matter what. Hope you'll find what you are looking for.
I love your being open-minded and your transparent thought process. As your channel grows, attempts willl made to "influence" you, subtle or otherwise and usher you towards the "right" opinion. Stay strong, incorruptible und transparent.
Please continue your great videos.
We enjoy the multiple perspectives and vision.
You are beautiful with a professional demeanor.
人的认识都是螺旋式前进的，正所谓 “世界，即非世界，是名世界”，不排除观念立场仍旧会流转，保持一种谦恭和守正态度的探索就是成长本身。
Siming, Good job!
Yes this is exactly what I thought recently. Thank you for expressing and sharing your ideas. As a Chinese I don’t think I know my country well enough. I have been neglecting so many aspects of the development of China and was full of prejudice myself. I determined to learn more about China and the US from the basic and try to find answers on my own.🎉
Good! Be proud of being Chinese. No one is perfect. No ethnicity is perfect. We have 5,000 years of civilization and culture so that helps. Don't neglect your knowledge of China and be a beacon of light to enlighten the unenlightened. China will be and is on the way to light the world with knowledge and wisdom so honour your ancestors.
It's the same for people in other countries brainwashed with a particular narrative only to learn later what else the countries got up to. The west may have been more successful at this PR exercise in the past, but more people in the west are also slowly waking up to the fact that they've been victims of manufactured consent & have unwittingly condoned atrocities & injustices.
Another thing to keep in mind is we & countries are ever evolving, and all actions have pros & cons as well as affect different people differently. Solutions of the past may create problems for the future. While it's human to want simple answers due to our cognitive limits, those simple answers don't represent reality well.
This prejudice is instilled into Chinese diaspora in the West. China is demonized so heavily that you want to fit in so badly that you start to try to prove that you’re not like “those other Chinese”
We should be proud of who we are and not let Western jealousy muddy our pride
@@henriettasecker-shaoDo you know that white people are a group worshipped by women in China? Do you know that Chinese women are called Chinese easy girls?😂😂
@@henriettasecker-shaoyour words are very wise
Your journey of understanding your own country and the love-hate relationship with it helped me understand what kind of autochauvinism people deal with in Serbia, and the troubles they have with starting to love and respect themselves again.
Thanks, you're doing a great job for many out there
I m sorry but can i ask you what you feel about the Yugoslavia time? Was it better than now?
@@antifacho9294, certain things were better in the very beginning, such as industrialisation, investing in the working class, rebuilding the whole country after ww2, building accommodation for a lot of people. The people were definitely happier for a couple of decades.
Unfortunately, the system got corrupted eventually, with layers upon layers of idiot bureaucracy, similarly like in the Soviet Russia, and the country ended up with a lot of debt...
For context, Brits supposedly financed the partisans, instead of supporting the chetniks in ww2, even though chetniks did most of the defending. They abandoned the royal family previously installed by them. They installed who they wanted in the office again after the war. It seems it was all a British project, and once they couldn't control it, they wrecked it. Imo, even the fake Yugoslav space program sounds like a very British idea. It got sold to the USA, so that USA ended up with nothing and had to fake the Moon landing, it pretty much lost that race. Unfortunately, pushing the Yugoslav narrative did a lot of damage to Serbian identity in general, especially after the dissolution. That's what needs repairing. We're still occupied by NATO countries, so we're still dealing with EU and NATO pushing for privatisation (read: deindustrialisation). We have soft occupation via politics and economy, and hard occupation of Kosovo and Metohija.
So, Yugoslavia was the best of times and the worst of times at the same time.
A lot of the events of the Yugoslav times aren't disclosed yet. Even Russia still won't disclose the info they have on that period and our relations. We won't have the full truth any time soon. It will take at least another 50 years to fully understand everything. But what we can is copy whatever was good and leave the rest, once we get liberated. Hopefully, the multipolar world will bring genuine change.
@HelerifiKtion
I firmly believe that ultimately the ideology doesn't matter. What matters is whether the leaders are competent and are of good character.
@@jameswang362, yes, that's the most important lesson
@@HelerifiKtionI agree with most of what you said except the notion that the Chetniks did most of the defending. In the beginning this was only technically true, and later not at all. In fact, I’ve yet to see a credible historical source arguing this.
What I find most refreshing about your channel is that you are in your twenties and you don't believe you have the answer to every issue in the world today. Keep up the work, your videos are appreciated.
Surprised I never seen a young person have so deep thought about Chine before. I learn a lot from you.
We all have one thing in common: we are human beings, and we sometimes show foolishness. Thank you for sharing your point of view with us; we appreciate greatly what you share. 🙏
自己强大起来是最重要的。enjoyed all your videos. thank you for your great work!!!
完全同意 !!
I believe in seeing is believing. That's why I've traveled to numerous cities worldwide, including over a hundred in China. In my opinion, regardless of one's religious beliefs, it's essential to help others and bring joy. Similarly, any government, no matter which country it governs, should prioritize serving its people. I can see that China is taking better care of its people compared to Western countries. The streets in China exude a quiet, peaceful, and comfortable atmosphere, free from issues like drugs, homelessness, rats, scams offering items at no cost, and the widespread availability of firearms. There's no littering or public defecation, and these democratic values are truly admirable.
I agree totally. Quoting Abraham Lincoln's "government of the people, by the people, for the people", obviously every government is "of the people".
"For the people" is the end and "by the people" is a mean. In today's and future technology the means can be ChatGPT. You only appoint administrators to work the ChatGPT, a science fiction now.
You can vote for alt-right parties in your countries, and if they take power, your country will be much more similar to China.
"drugs, homelessness, rats, scam" Bro those are all over China. You can find tent cities in Shanghai and people doing meth in the local KTVs. I'm not saying it's New York tier but there's no need to deny it.
Congratulations on another informative, thoughtful video. Great backdrops too. Reminds me of splendid times spent in the PRC interacting with ordinary Chinese people in a variety of settings (including bike riding around Beijing 🌝).
Hi Siming, I just watched your TH-cam videos today 9/9/24 from America. I am Chinese born in Vietnam. My grandparents migrated to Vietnam in early 1900’s. My Dad was born in Vietnam. I enjoyed & in love watching your videos because of your knowledge, your beauty, your sense of humor, and your love of China. My heart has been with China forever. Honestly, I am afraid that I will fall in love with you virtually the more I watch your videos.
Dear Siming, I am happy that you are questioning yourself and owning your identity, thank you for addressing this question. I have tried in the past to make you aware of the difficulty of trying to be more Western to placate China haters. I also enjoy the fact that your accent is less British. Keep up the good work. Africans stand with you.
Yes, I have tried to make her understand that too that she seemed to know the west more than her own motherland. This is the result of her loving(or worshipping) the west more than ther own country. Many Chinese people just like her get confused of who they are after years of loving and seeing the west with rosy glasses and then one day the ugly and painful reality has waken them up realizing that they have been manipulated by their favourit west and feel guilty of their past for not treating their own country better.
Your clarity of presenting these videos can only be matched by your honesty!
Will definitely continue following.
Very insightful thoughts. Last night my parents were listening to the republican debate (and we’re Canadian lol) and on the topic of China it was said that “China is the biggest threat to our national security” and the first thing I always think in response to that assertion in “why?”.
If the US views perceives any other country potentially matching it’s level of power and threatening its status as world hegemon, then sure I guess it is a threat to national security. The US has shown many times that it’s allies and enemies are not based in purely ideological grounds. I’m sure China would still be perceived as a threat if it was ruled by the Kuomintang. But to live in a world where there can only be one global power is inherently unsustainable and we should stop using that as a sole basis to define each other as the “other” in opposition to ourselves.
"I’m sure China would still be perceived as a threat if it was ruled by the Kuomintang". Can't agree more. Don't know if you are "old" enough to remember when Japan was no. 2 economy how they were stopped.
@@joestki That’s an interesting example I hadn’t even thought of when typing that! I was born into the world of stagnant Japan so I would’ve never remembered that example
@@isimerias Japan is not the only one, all No. 2 GDP countries faced the malicious repression.
Very interesting. While working on my PhD in medicine, I also worked on numerous ventures and projects in which I made mistakes, despite knowing methods to prevent doing so. It’s a testament to the fact we are only human, are socially and contextually influenced - but it also gives us an opportunity to grow. What a better world would it be, if we would all learn, be open, and try to grow - like yourself. Great messages and video, have a great New Year 2024!
Such an interesting topic with stunning traditional Chinese architecture it's a great combo! As a person who is not Chinese but it's fascinated by the history and culture of the country, it's so awesome to see people like you showing us this fascinating country so we can learn and understand more about it. Keep it up Siming!
Hi Siming, I've watched a few of your videos and I don't agree that you have made mistakes... You've been on a journey and as you see more your learn and you grow... This is natural and a sign of authenticity... I agree, that social research rigour would have helped with that video... But it was a vlog, not a research paper :) You are genuinely a truth seeker and this is refreshing. It is clear that you love China, but it is also clear that you love mankind as a whole, equally. BTW I am from Jamaican decent and we have a saying.... When people have decide not to be open minded and fair towards you for their own reasons, they will give you a basket to carry water... I hope this proverb speaks for itself :) All the best.
Thank you so much. What a blessing to hear this encouragement, yes we are all on a journey to seek what truth is for us - this made my day! A big warm welcome!❤️
First, I admire your courage in your decision to become a Chinese political Vlogger. You nailed it when you said that two contradictory narratives can both be true at the same time. In a time when Chinese political Vloggers are either Wumaos or China haters, you stand out like a shining star - so refreshing in your lovely style, your sharpness of thinking, transparency in your thought process and your candidacy.
As a political Vlogger, your identity decides your narratives! As a Chinese American, I side myself, when assessing the politics and actions of Chinese government, with most Chinese people (Chinese citizens, to be precise), not a small group of people (rich or poor, Han or minorities). I hope that is also what defines your identity.
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It's always a great pleasure to see a young chinese woman come of age and question everything which i guess is usually considered anti confucianism. The good thing abt questioning aloud is that it invites different perspectives which might only be good to widen your perspectives. All this to tell you that Xinjiang should be looked at in the perspectives of what was done in similar cases in the past and also presently. The most obvious similar case is of course Israel Gaza vs China Xinjiang. If you delve into how the Israel gaza case was treated by the occupier ( Israel) vs Xinjiang against China (supposedly China as an occupier) , you can probably pick loads of stark differences right away and especially how the West narrative considered Israel as a democracy while conveniently ignoring the apartheid side of that oppression. You went to Oxford , so you tell me if the apartheid side of an occupation can be missed while they are nit picking on the re education of terrorists in Xinjiang and they're not reporting on how jewish settlers are appropriating palestinian land by force. There's no equivalency between the 2 cases and yet most of the media report exclusively on Xinjiang and ignored Palestine for the longest time. Also go back and compare other struggles such as ANC in S Africa or IRA in Belfast and don't listen to ppl selling the 'well xinjiang is guilty bcos it's not perfectly according to their standard. The struggle in Belfast was also pretty bloody. I hope these perspectives give you a better comparison frame for evaluating Xinjiang.
china occupy Xinjiang area in around 150bc, uighur come to Xinjiang in around 400ad. in this context uighur are in the place that's not belong to them. the best way for them is to leave or becoming chinese.
You are brilliant in the way you expose the hypocrisy of the West by making the comparison of the negligence of the West on all the inhumane crimes Israel did to the Palestinians and bad-mouthing of the West on the re-education effort that China made in Xinjiang to counter the influence of radical Islamism and restore peace and development in the region.
this is the best answer i have seen for xinjiang! @@wangyaohan8824
Siming , congratulations to your successful experience evolve from confusion to confidence 👍👍👍
Most interesting! Honest take on China ... and about the challenges of learning and questioning who you are in the process of trying to understand and identify (actually more to make sense and be at peace to accept) with the tremendous changes that happened within 3 generations! Siming, well done!
我住在中國台灣省，我愛我的國家，無論貧窮與富有❤
Hi Siming, this is the first time watching you volg. I like your positive energy and the way you look at conflicting views of difficult subjects. This is part of being a good listener and at the same time sharing your own perspective. I just hit my 60 and have my fair share of making terrible mistakes in personal life and corporate life. These are part of learnings and you will grow as a more effective person in the process. Keep up with your good work. Cheers.
Two videos in a week! We are truly blessed. Thank you Siming for always sharing your honest opinions and feelings about the real China.
I like your use of identity politics to explain things. Here in the states it's rampant and people don't even realize they are driven by it. You overall presentation gives you great credibility.
I am much older than you and so I have the advantage many years and experiences to draw on. My hunch after a brief look at this video (and several others you've made) is that I have loads to learn from the great philosophers-- especially Lao Tzu. I hope you don't underestimate their value in your own journey. Sure, I can might something from man-on-the-street interviews of persecuted peoples or wealthy entrepreneurs or whomever. But Lao Tzu, Confucius, Siddhartha, Aristotle, and modern philosophers like Noam Chomsky (in the U.S.) show me how hear it. That is, how to make sense of what I see and hear in terms of the 'human experience' and an honest courageous life lived. I believe that we in the west (I'm from Boston) have much to learn from Chinese culture if only we can be open to it. Imagine the impact of Americans practicing Taoism? I do think you were brave to comment on the Uyghur situation.
Siming Lan, you have a great mind and I admire you from India. Mother Earth has given us a beautiful life to enjoy her creation. All wishes to you from India.
Once you visit China, you will see the whole world like a vintage place.
Greetings from India
She is from China, but she has loathed her country(motherland) because she got brai. washed. She got brai. washed because of worshipping anything western. That is the problem to many Chinese people. They trust the west morey than their own country but they don't know that they have been manipulated. Once they are in the west, they are not liked by the west. That is how they get confused of who they are.
加油！我跟你差不多大，我好像在B站没看到你有账号？这样会更方便参与你的视频内容评论。虽然说国内平台鱼龙混杂，特别是你的内容讨论性也很大。但我相信大多数的年轻人都会认同你的的很多观点。至于新疆那段内容，我认为先不着急，说好中国故事，需要很多人很多人一起努力！最后的最后，你真的好漂亮！当然，美貌与智慧共存！
国内目前容不得这些内容，也正是类似这些管制让很多国人的身份认同遇到困惑
@@tomx887不是容不得，而是监管成本太高，十四亿人如果舆论控制不好很容易失控，这对保持国家稳定是很大的挑战。现在绝大多数app已经能做到初步的智能化屏蔽功能，但是依然可以通过其他方式将煽动性内容发布到网上，这个时候就需要审核人员人工鉴别了，这需要耗费大量的人力物力。所以，与其耗费资源，不如一刀切，关于这方面的内容全部不给通过，这样就不会有事。
Again, I felt so proud of you!
I enjoy your videos very much! I love how you were able to learn and grow from your own experiences. I am looking forward to your content this year as well 💖
I really enjoy your content. Keep doing what you do, it's refreshing to listen to someone with so much lucidity and awareness. You remind me how important is to keep a balanced perspective. At the same time I like what you have to say about the Chinese culture, which I admire, together with the undeniable accomplishments of the only nation in the world that is moving forward.
看了你新的一期视频，尽管我不是很同意你之前所做视频里说的内容，但是我跟高兴看到你有反思自己调查研究方法的不足，这样我解开了对你的误会。你不是刻意不分黑白在给英语国家的人“辟谣”，而是真的思考在探索中国，在尝试传达自己的想法。我和你一样是同路人，喜欢中国很多东西，但是却也确确实实讨厌它很多东西，这种爱恨交加的情感让我很多时候看到偏颇的两端立场都会觉得不舒服。慢慢喜欢上你的视频还有你好看的笑容，加油😊
I love your analysis and sharing of your thought process. Simply authentic!
You're doing great! Very few people care enough to even try and to be fair and honest -- I personally very much appreciate your efforts and always look forward to your insights and updates -- keep going! Brian in Berlin
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences and being frank about not having to be apologetic to be Chinese to other people. You have my respect about this point. Oh, and your video today made me feel better on my personal level about my Chinese identity too. You brought out some really great points. Thanks. Greetings from Canada.
this was really good. the phrasing describing the path to a middle ground being through "articulating" the benefits of each side, that was perfect. china is so beautiful, thanks for sharing the hike
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00:13 💡 *The creator reflects on a million-dollar idea related to their China-focused videos and acknowledges a significant mistake.*
04:34 🌐 *Acknowledges a serious mistake in handling the Xinjiang video, highlighting the importance of addressing the reality of situations and adopting a more effective research approach.*
06:36 🤔 *Reflects on the importance of methodology in investigating controversial topics, emphasizing the need for a diverse and anonymous data collection process.*
08:18 🌎 *Discusses identity politics and its role in the China debate, highlighting the evolving identity of China and the potential identity crisis it may create for other nations.*
10:37 🇨🇳 *Emphasizes the priority for the Chinese audience to learn about their country and grow as individuals without needing to be China apologists or seeking validation for their identity.*
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Your commentary from 9.55 - 10.10 is profound and I think completely accurate.
Great video, it is always good to look back, and reflect on your past!! That is the only way to continue growing to be the best version of yourself. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more in the future.
And that is one place I definitely need to get to to do a video of my own!! What a stunning looking place!!
❤❤❤❤Siming, you are very lucky to begin to realise who you are at such a young age. You are the becoming the right person, at the right time and we hope that you have found the right niche in the complex geopolitics. By the way, the pantheon of deities you pointed to are not ‘gods’ in the western sense but ‘deities’ and they are not “worshipped” but “venerated”. “Guanyin” itself (not necessarily feminine) is not a “goddess” but a boddhisattva that is inherent within everyone to become if one is willing to go through the discipline. May you be happy and well🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷😘😘😘😘😘😘
So happy I discovered this channel. I also lived abroad and then returned to my home country. I completely get it. People who go through this process should always seek to find their own voice. Even better when someone can share it with others and add positively to the human experience (and it's many editions). Well done!!
You are on your way to becoming a great China TH-camr. Your videos look great, great job of B roll. You are filling a hole in the market by having a Chinese native speak about China issues the West is obsessed about. Pretty soon, before you know it, you will be on The Point with Liu Xin and collabing with other China TH-camrs....
I strongly agree with what you said from 9:12 onwards. I have seen all the struggles, but until hearing what you have said, I think you hit the nail on the head!
Siming, you're interested in the truth and reality, and you're able to look deeply from all perspectives, so I don't think identity is necessary or helpful along that path.
Of course, we may still enjoy wearing the clothes of various identities from time to time.
I write this trusting that you feel secure in your being by now. Yes, you're a mystery beyond words, but also a very beautiful aspect of the universe.
I wish we had your help on ending the ethnic cleansing of Gaza right now (best words I could find, beyond dishonest Western narratives), because the way you take an honest look can also also be profoundly heart-expanding. And _inner experiencers_ matter infinitely more than mental constructs.
I love your honesty. Your videos are refreshing to watch.
I have been on internet to spread truth for 2 decades, until I had a stroke which is impaired my capacity to reach out. However I don't hethitat to up thumb you ❤👍, our efforts will not wasted, we can see more and more are waking up. 加油，✊
What a refreshing video! I have just discobere you, Siming, and I will continue to follow you. You have extraordinary courage -- the courage to be open-hearted, open-minded, and to allow your experiences to change you. You are so young! You have a foot in the east and a foot in the west. You dig deep without taking the weight of world on your shoulders. I will continue to follow you and send you my best wishes. You make me very hopeful about the future of our vulnerable world!
Well done, Siming. You share an ever-present joy of living learning and growing, some of us still striving in our later years to be on the journey 😅❤, most human endeavours of all persuasions, succeed when it is in service and demonstrated living, certainly not in conformity and domination. Love and hugs from Australia.
Your perspective is valued…..China is fascinating and rich in so many aspects, politics will also be challenging re western ideology….yet still I would far rather live in China than USA!
Hi Siming, you are just in your 20s, and wish you learn as growing up, nonstop. People like us wishing for a peaceful world maybe seem as naive, only we know we need to learn more, much much more to really be able to pull this off. There are warmongers, people believe in zero-sum games, aggresers, peoeple believe in violence, oppressors, people believe in mind-controls, that's all human, all part of our sociaty. One less of those people at a time, through our work educating ourselves while aducating the rest, sharing only truth nothing but truth, we can become better person, and remain hopeful. One day, we can rejoyce, or die trying.
Thank you for another sensitive, insightful video of your journey.
I, like very probably everyone here look forward to your future productions.
U may be in your 20s but u r incrediblely Wise now because u see the world for what it really is, not through biases, opinions, views, etc. That is not something most ppl can do. Bravo!!! ❤
You hit the nail on the head when you said 2 contradictory narratives can both be true at the same time. We are trained to think in zero-sum debate-style polarities, while the truth is more abstract. Because it's not intuitive to think outside of these simple dualistic constructs...we are kind of imprisoned by them. It could be a political viewpoint, religious or ethical etc...we gotta escape the 1 dimensional representations!
As I get older I'm increasingly appreciative of some of the traditional Chinese philosophy such as the symbol of yin-yan. Within each there's seed of the other, and the two are inextricably interwined & ever revolving / evolving. What an elegant representation of reality that we need to learn to respect and work with.
While some unimportant things can be ill defined... Not everything is 1/2 and 1/2. We all agree there are facts/truth statements about the phsycial world. (Gravity for example) I extrapolate that "truth" exists in the philosphcial world as well. Can racism be both good and bad? No, the universal truth is that all people should be treated equally.
Don't worry, the stark dualities like racism vs equality and good vs evil etc will still be there and those certitudes will still be the default mode of how we think.
@@L-K-K Yes good example with yin/yang. Throughout ancient and modern knowledge is a fingerprint/pattern: Regardless of the civilization/religion/philosophy - the transcendence of polarity/paradox toward the "whole". Advaita vedanta, the holy trinity, hermetic philosophy etc. The details and symbology change depending on the context, but the power of a nested "division-becomes-unity" transition persists and is powerful. My personal version that helps me revisit this kind of thought is: Infinity and Zero are the same entity. Contradiction on the surface but leads toward something I think our ancestors would appreciate.
Thing is - be oneself - not caring what others think too much is key : otherwise, one is letting them set the agenda / control you. Besides that, China's success is now self-evident; let all all have their head in the sand, keep it there, as it is their choice (rather sad, but the best solution is simply to be an example rather than help dig another out of their sandbox).
I like Your videos, Siming. Its Simple, Direct, straight to the point. You look confident, you speak with confidence, you are ambitious, you've done a thorough research, you speak eloquently, great footage of relics and artifacts (using drones), you remind me of reporters from the BBC. You have a heavy British/Aussie Accent. (You make a great Journalist reporter) you are thought provoking, informative and not afraid to make mistakes, confess your mistakes and even correct your mistakes. (Honesty) Pleasant personality, professionalism, outfits appealing not overkill.. Overall you are unique as an overseas Chinese TH-camr trying to find your roots and discover the story of the Sleeping Dragon now that it had awoken.. 😄😄
Regarding identity politics, you are spot on. Everything, and I mean absolutely everything, we hear in Western media about China boils down to a clash of political ideologies. Western democratic values versus Chinese democratic values.
There is an endless debate about which set of values is "right" or "correct", and which set of values works better for society.
However, real world evidence shows which set of values actually produces better results. We have only to look at the state of America and Britain and EU to understand that Western democratic values have not produced desirable results. Their economies are suffering. Their people are struggling and unhappy. There are also signs of insurrection (notably January 6, 2021 in the US).
Look at China. Anyone who bothers to visit China can see how prosperous the nation is, how peaceful Chinese society is, how happy the Chinese people are. Despite economic challenges, China continues to grow much faster than all the G7 economies.
According to the Global Happiness 2023 survey from Ipsos, China is the happiest country in the world at 91% compared to 76% for USA, 74% for Canada and France, and 70% for UK.
There's no question which set of democratic values works better for China. It may not work for the West but that's another issue. This debate should end.
Not to mention, China life expectancy is longer than US.
Chinese "democratic values" ...
mad respect姐妹💪看你反思总结的时候我其实在想 这样的话语塑造重担最后落在一个年轻中国个体身上实在是太他妈的沉重了😂你所做的工作按常理是要有大量资金和人员支持的（无论在哪个国家）
Great videos, knowledge and appreciate more about what you talk about. That there're various angles & understanding to look at culture from a deeper level. I also believe there're unity in diversity if one learn & understand that everyone has a different perspective about many things and that the middle ground you talked about is the balance that we need not to be biased and take a just a one sided one. Thank you for your delligent effort to show all you can. Take care & be safe.
The best thing to do if one seek the truth to be honest and sincere and be responsible for mistakes ams admit it. Keep continuing to improve and seek help. This is just my belief. I love your seeking Spirit and energy as you are and have lots of potential. Love and enjoy your vlog very much.
WOW! SO INTELLIGENT! AND JUST IN YOUR 20'S. I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. SUPERB REPORTING. GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR TRAVELS AN ALL YOUR ENDEVORS
I used to try very hard in the past to convince people to understand the real China. Not so much anymore these days because I realised most people do not like to be wrong or they only cherry pick what they want to hear. The west is good at war of information and soft power, no doubt about it. But at the end of the day, what are the foreign common folks' view of China doesn't matter much or even at all.
Whether they like it or not, China will continue to grow, improves and be much more influential on the global stage. And despite countless "experts" on predicting the "collapse" of China, global brands will continue to invest in China and the supply chain in China is just too difficult to be replaced.
You are absolutely right about how Chinese should respond to the Western war of information against China.
@@apollo2061 the funny thing is most westerners do not really trust their politicians and medias but when it comes to China, they would easily trust them. How silly is that.
There’re many layers about understanding. When people believe in individualism they like their own freedom to do things, therefore they take their own responsibilities for their failures or successes, rich or poor. When arguing right or wrong it really depends on the mindsets. In the area of neoliberalism FDR’s New Deal can be unfavorable.
I have lived in Xinjiang for 30 years. What I have seen and heard with my own eyes and ears has proved that the Western media’s reports on Xinjiang are wrong; at the same time, the rapid growth in income and population of China’s ethnic minorities in recent decades has further proved that the West Media reports on Xinjiang are wrong… Thank you for your fair voice, and then we will work together to share the real China with foreign friends, and we will always support your channel ❤
Never trust those cia funded people and I love your honesty and analysis- be strong and keep it up - never mind of those haters
Siming-
I greatly admire your grace, intelligence, honesty and strength of character.
While in college I had a professor in Economic Geography who taught that all the wars over the last 200+ years boiled down to the question: on what basis can we re-unite humanity? Its time to include all of humanity in that discussion, being that we all have a stake in the outcome.
That said- if you ever see two people who always agree about everything all the time - something is desperately wrong! One of them is redundant.
It's not that we should always agree; each has valuable perspectives and insights that can help refine and modulate toward better results. We need to first set ground rules and afterward mechanisms. The present common values, agreements and mechanisms are simply too shortsighted, and thus ad hoc and inadequate.
I wish that you will go from strength to strength, with ever-greater strength and ever-greater momentum.
May you reach your deepest heart's desire.
I like watching LITTLE CHINESE EVERYWHERE, she is taking her viewer to rural areas of China in a non-political manner, introducing us to real common people with their many different traditions. And since China is a very large country, LITTLE CHINESE EVERYWHERE enables the viewer to get to know real Chinese people in their real environments... very beautiful and heartwarming!
期待妳與YouTubr歷史哥，連線談論中外歷史與國際政治。❤🌏🚂🗽👍👍👍
I wish i was as good at realising that i am not always right at any given time, that would make me a smarter person for sure.
(Yes, some times i realise that i was wrong after some time)
I can only hope that in the future it will be common to respect our differences and see them as interesting in stead of something we should fear.
Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thank you for your content and for handling these cultural and geopolitical tensions with such fashion. It's so convenient to become an apologist or an outright critic, as we see in those "USA proud" or "China proud" driven channels on youtube. Thanks for standing out.
Great video. You're so articulate. So much depth for someone in her 20s.
You know someone is trust-worthy when this person admits his/her mistakes. Two thumbs up for the courage! 👍👍
I am a U.S. citizen married to a Chinese citizen. It has been the greatest adventure of my life. And one thing I realized about living in both America and China... These two countries are very much a like in so many ways. People on both sides can deny it all day long, but the fact remains.. we are all human, and we all share something in common. And so do our country and culture. Thank you.
yeah, we are very similar.
You are right. Our brains seem to be wired to highlight difference, but we all breathe air, drink water, like tasty food, clean our teeth, go shopping, hug our grandma......
非常认同你的看法。不管是东方还是西方，都是一个文明发展很长时间的地区，各自都有自己的文化和价值观来维护社会的稳定和发展，很难评判各自的好坏与对错
Another great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾hope you can make a video before/after the Chinese/lunar new year 😊
Awsome Video and Explanation!!! Chinas heading to the STARS!! Greetings from Mexico!!
This temple is so beautiful! I LOVE that you said the diversity of the Gods at this temple reflects the diversity of China and what it means in the Chinese experience. The massive Guanyin statue is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for the walk through the temple. I love your vlogs on China. You live in such a culturally rich, diverse and beautiful country. China has so much soft power it can share with the world. 🙏👍👍❤️
这是我第一次刷到你的视频，我只能说我没刷到你之前的视频是你运气好，我可能会火冒三丈把你狂骂三百字，因为你真的就是在帮西方继续往我们头上泼污水并且你自以为自己是中立的好人
当然这不是针对你现在的视频，我觉得你这个视频说得很好，有错误就更正，没什么好纠结的，人在成长过程中本来就需要各种各样的经验
加油
来自一个普通路过新疆人的留言
You're one of the best presenter on these very challenging political topics I've seen so far. Maybe another challenging angle to dissect for your next video - do the Chinese populace identify the CCP's values as interchangeable to their own overall personal values? Does loving China as a nation, must mean loving the CCP? How can one be "爱国爱党" when the "爱" is being dictated upon as an order? Is that truly "爱“ anymore?
CPC
Hi Siming,
I just want to tell you that you are not doing „a lot of mistakes“. I really like the way you touch even critical topics like the Xinjiang one. I traveled the area with my friends in 2015 with my own car on the way from Shenyang to Munich.
I had the chance to meet locals and I used it intensively, I traveled through the countryside, where you can’t hide deserted parts of villages. So I think you got it right.
And I can’t wait to follow your coming videos
I think that is the right approach; you can educate and have as much dialogue as you want, but in the end, it is up to the audience to accept/reject what you have to say. Some may never be willing to accept your message so you have to move on. I feel it is a bit analogous to how Chinese diaspora have always maintained their culture more or less despite persecution and marginalization which have coalesced into Chinatowns all over the world.
your articulations of thoughts are excellent! Keep moving and growing
You are so wise and definitely mature beyond your years! ❤
1st time here, i subscribed to your channel because of Cyrus' comments. However your identity exploration resonate with me, many thanks.
We can't wait to see your evolving and evolving of this channel
I totally understand your feeling when exposed to 2 entirely different cultural environments and how your perception of thing have grown to a more matured level during your lives journey. I totally love your channel which portray a peaceful approach in viewing thing. Keep it up. I know it is sad when you realize that us is not what we believe they are and are not as fair as we want to believe them to be.
"We only know who we are when we know who we are not". Turning questions around is a valuable tool. It's a human character to approach a commentary and begin to throw out opinion, especially in cases in which there is potential for debate. I wish to ask of Siming Lan, acknowledging sometimes issues have gone well between China and the US, what have you learned that the rest of the world would benefit from by studying US/China relations? What is it that is working well that could be enhanced further? In my opinion, this is the question too infrequently asked.
Siming. In this video you say that you should have talked to local people in Xinjiang. Yes, that would have been great.
So, why did you not talk to the local people at the Guanyin statue complex? Most people in the West think that China is an atheistic, state, but here (and in another 10,000 places in China) you can daily see ordinary people going to temples and monuments, lighting incense, bowing and having a spiritual experience. What were they doing? Why did the CCP not arrest them?
It would be great if you could do a video telling people about the Guanyin legend, her origins in the Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva and what she means to Chinese people.
忽然的连续更新，很惊喜啊！！希望持续更新，别断更太长时间啦！！
看到字幕说需要“勤更”，棒
Brilliant young woman and I certainly enjoy your videos. Thank you!
Proud Chinese here in the Philippines!
I love watching your videos.
Keep it up Dear!
I just started watching your channel. So this is my second video. I don’t know what you said in the past. It looks like that you have lived aboard. Therefore, you know some geopolitics. A lot of people don’t know what is truly behind the scenes. Understanding that then you know why the spins on medias are about. They are influenced by “institutions” for their agenda.
There is no question, people’s life has improved tremendously in China for the last 20 years. It matters!
Couldnt agree more! It is extremely hard to be non-judgemetal since everyone has bias to some extend. so just believe what you believe, we are on the journey of finding answer to the questions in our mind instead of evidence to persuade others of something. It is a great video!
True wisdom is based in curiosity, well done for making these enlightening videos