What I also find stupid with the autocracy vs democracy narrative is… the west is trying hard to work with Vietnam. And last I checked, it is also ruled by a communist party… obviously… it is autocracies when it cannot be manipulated/used by us, and it’s autocracies whenever they decide differently than us… even if the form of government is also democratic… like Hungary, Russia… Venezuela… and so on. If this is not the definition of double standard and hypocrisy… I don’t know what is
It's pathological geopolitics and psychological disorder of the West politician interest groups. US government needs an external rival/enemy to unite its people, and to distract people's attention from domestic issues.
I think Europe is doomed to decline. Look at how many European people listen to Pascal. And I just come from a video that a Danish professor has been fired because he explains the complicated reasons why Russia started the war. Long live Freedom of speech and Democracy!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Stefan-oi9nk So very few agreed with him he was removed "Recently, three other teachers of the university quit, because they refused to teach if Nielsen continued". In the free west people can have different opinions. But not abuse that position if their opinions are so diffrent from the vast majority then they will be marginalised by the majority.
21st. centuries, US is still dicussing slavery, and voted to against banning slave labour. What????? They just allow a nerd kids (FTX) to get away with more than 30 billions $$$$ fraud scheme with their leader, focusing on controlling and destroying any country that dare to chanllenge them, stealing wealth from poor developing countries to keep them poor, locking or banning the truth tellers, tearing up international agreements, broken climate pledges after pledges etc..
Any western viewer feels jealous that China has progressed. It does not matter the picture you put, but as long as China is making progress the "Collective Waste" will always see China negatively.
But the Western MSM don't show the modern China, talking with friend about China and the concensus amongst them was that China is still a poor country, so I showed them different TH-cam videos and even then they claimed that they were either computer generated or actually Japanese railways? Bridges motorways huge modern cities and shopping malls, No they still think "give them a bowl of rice and a bicycle and they are happy 🤮🤮🏴
The collective waste as you call it does have very big differences. But by calling it the collective waste the CCP alienate itself and they form a common negative opinion of the CCP. The CCP views American allies as "Vassals". Such views scares the smaller countries. They know if your a vassal of one country, and many have been so, then you can very easily be a vassal of another. Liberal-democracies will defend their freedom rather than become vassals of China or Russia. History has shown that andcontinues to show that.
China is a democracy, just not America's style of democracy. I've lived in China for 17 years and I can tell you they are listening much more to the people that the West has ever done. Just look at the Consultative Conference in China, for example. Also, there are 9 legal political parties in China and the President is required by law to meet with them and take guidance. Also, all politicians in China must be elected, the difference is that the votes are cast by people that are qualified to elect the next level. Also, Russia is also a democracy. This idea that they are both Autocracies is utter nonsense. Foreign census companies often report that Putin and Xi have 80%+ support of their own people, and I can attest to that being true.
As I have used to say before, in order to know & understand more about China, one has to go there to see for himself or herself. For those who only depend on twisted / biased news, they will be forever remain as ignorant sheeples.
Here I should mention one thing to your audience: democracy is not a superior policy that can benefit all societies, on the contrary, it is a weapon that Americans can easily use to unite people, especially in the West, by blaming or reproaching their enemies, such as China and Russia. One cannot believe how seven people can manage a country of 1.4 billion people without democracy.
@@Qbb0828 The US is not a democracy but a plutocracy, the rule of 1%, by the 1% for the 1%. The inequality among its populace is insurmountable - 67% of the bottom society live paycheck to payment, with hardly $500 in savings for emergency spending. It is not a democracy when there is no equitable distribution of wealth, and after a politician won an election, all the promises are forgotten.
When Japanese learned to make cars like the western countries, I don't hear anyone calling them a copy cat but in my life I often heard people called China a copycat. Many just cannot make sense of what is happening around the world.
@@Stefan-oi9nk I haven’t heard. But if they did copy initially, it was just a learning process and that’s how we all learned. If one develops something new from what they have learned then they have created something new. That’s no longer copying.
@e621keith I guess Japan totally forgot about it so they do not know the pain it inflicted on them. If they remember they may not try to collaborate with allies to impose it on China.
The Chinese mentality is that a country refuses to change according to new situation is like a dinosaur waiting for extinction, it have learned the hard lesson over a hundred years ago.
@@male19-ye9fg Looks like abandoning 0-covid cost a lot of lives but had to be done. Third plenum resulted in more of the same - state control. Or deep reform as the CCP call it
I'm Vietnamese, and I agree with you on many points but it is definitely not true that Vietnam is Washington's best friend, LOL. Vietnam also has a VERY good relationship with Russia (most trusted partner when it comes to our security interests), and even though the relationship to China is not without challenges, the Vietnamese government does have a mostly good relationship with China. Xi Jinping just gave Nguyen Phu Trong the medal of friendship some weeks ago. If Vietnam wanted to be Washington's best friend, the Vietnamese would not have driven the US out of our country during the Vietnam war. We also do not have any US military base on our soil for that very reason. Germany is US' best friend, Japan is US' best friend. Vietnam is definitely not.
Vietnamese mouth said no to US, but hearts says USA✊, USA✊, USA✊....hypocrites. US did more harm to viet than china, yankys slaughter viets like pigs and u guys still love them, it's sickening to see just by looking at those viets living happily for ever in wonderland, they just lovvveeee USA.
Great perspective. To me China is the only nation that is systematically and methodologically reshaping itself and it's people for the 21st century both inside and outside the country. The 21st is a century of disruptive changes brought about by technologies, climate change and geopolitics. China has the resources, politics will and the support of it's people to make the changes. Like you said change is the constant in China. This re-engineering of the nation, we can call it that, is comprehensive involving the visible and the intangibles (culture, structure and mindset of the Chinese people) to better fit into the new world. Yes. China has to be on our radar. China is showing what the 21st century can be like.
Without the help of Kissinger and Wall Street greedy elite, China go no way but still stuck in the third world living conditions. Chinese people have no talent to create anything original and novel.
@@loao9875 Nonsense. Other countries like India, Vietnam, mexico etc. can also make cheap products. China top leaders are very stupid indeed thinking theyy can cheat the world with subsidies exporter games.
I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
Good on you Pascal! Being a Chinese living in the western world I must say you do understand China and Chinese. Really appreciate your objective and impartial perspective on China and the world! I can also see from your amazing presentation that you are a real rider of waves guided by genuine apprehension of the international affairs. All these are due to the fact that you are standing on a much higher ground than many so called China experts in the west! Well done!
A quite deep understanding of China as a Westerner. A lot of westerners spent years in China with a bunch of Chinese friends, while the mindset has never changed. Really good points.
Pascal, I'm a layman who enjoys your presentation tremendously. Imagine how a layman can understand & appreciate it. Fantastically written & produced; just wonder how people from the West still view China in binary form when everything is physically visible! I recall the ostrich behaviour when felt imaginery threatened. Colonialism is dead!
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No one can stop China now. Just watch the videos below by searching in TH-cam for these increible videos to prove it: "Breaking! IBM Exits China: Over 1600 R&D Staff Laid off Within 3 Minutes "Six Major Crises Hit China Simultaneously; CCP Initiates Money-Grabbing Mode" "Shenzhen’s Economy Collapses Dramatically, State-Owned Enterprises’ Net Profit Plunges 93%" China’s Premium Manufacturing Supplanted by India as Apple and Foxconn Exit" "Visible Recession in Shanghai, the Wealthy Accelerate Emigration, 380,000 Left in a Month" "Din Tai Fung Exits China, Shuts 14 North China Stores; Nearly 30,000 Noodle Shops Close In Half-Year"
Why should China follow the path of the West? Doesn't every country have the right to determine its own destiny? It's not as if the Western path is so wonderful. There are many instances of failure in the West.
Thanks for this excellent presentation on China. I fully agree with you. While the superpower is falling apart on domestic corrals China is making steady progress without starting any destructive wars.
@@joshuahernandez3216You don’t understand the issue then. Taiwan for the longest time has been considered a part of China (UN is on One-China policy) - so if US interferes in China’s domestic issues by arming Taiwan to fight against mainland China, CPC gov won’t allow it. Think of it on reverse. Would US allow China to occupy and meddle in one of its states, for ex. Maine, to go at war with USA with the assistance of China? Do you think US would stay passive in that scenario? So don’t blame China for its intention of protecting its own territory.
@@erigerontriteleia Is Maine currently defacto independent of USA, does it wish to be? The historical anology is do the 13 colonies wish to be independent of Britain.
@@Andy-P That's a good argument. But that's sadly not why the US is supporting and arming Taiwan. That's to keep globale power. They don't care about d estruction of Taiwan. Just as they don't care about the destruction of Ukraine in their geopo litical strategy. So hypocritical.
@@harriemeeuwis978 If they didn't care they wouldn't be helping Ukraine or Taiwan. Just as the Ukranians don't want to be ruled by Putin, look at what he is doing in the occupied zones. Taiwan doesn't want to be ruled by CCP look at what happens tp people who resist the CCP.
It is one of the best and least binary (unbiased) analyses of China I have seen to date. It's always a pleasure to hear you, Pascal. Greetings from Shanghai.
China is concentrating on constructing infrastructures all throughout the developing world because it knows that the first step to bring development to these developing countries is to have good infrastructures in place. Western colonial slave owners were not interested in developing their colonies, rather to keep them poor and dependent on their slave owners.
Just started reading your book "Can we trust China?" Fascinating to read! Glad that you have laid out clearly various areas the West has concerns over China! As a matter of fact, I just saw a comment about the Chinese copying the West, so I answered back based on your book! I think your book should be a bible for us all to refer to whenever it comes to understanding China. Well done! Love to hear more about the situation with China and India in the future.
China copying the West is about as old as the West LOL..... youre going to be busy trying to correct western fearmongers warmongers! Japan faced the same demonisation and "Copyng" accusations in the 80s! Now the Japanese are innovators!???? Typical western double standards! China doesnt really need to stick up for itself.... facts do it plenty China India is more based on India lol..... China will work out ANYTHING you throw at it the right way..... China right now is in the driving seat, China is open to anything anyone.... If nothing has been worked out yet, its because India hasnt chosen to or not at that stage yet.... india imo talks a big game has numbers and population that conveys similarities to China but flatters to decieve.... Once India begins to release itself from the leash of the West that is when India will find its true voice! Thats when India will face its true test! defy the West and do its own thing or defy China and intentionally antagonise...... China Russia is more or less an unannounced alliance, Pakistan is aligned etc, Asia is aligned, Iran Saudis aligned... Its suicide economically for someone choosing to turn its back on China
I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
Being a Chinese American originally from China and ran a startup before pandemic in Beijing, I am humbled by your insights in China. It is challenging for western educated person, including me who grew up in China, to understand China's perspective. The main obstacle, at least for me, is our moral judgement against authoritarian regime. With individualistic lens on, we couldn't objectively observe and hence scare of this emerging power. I am not saying I am agreeing with let alone supporting the leadership. What I am saying is it will serve ourselves well when we can view the world in an objective way and not let our moral judgement get in the way of rational decision making regardless your motives.
@中美争霸兩個墙:美国的谷歌脸书TH-cam等 中共的百度阿里腾讯等 Using your analogy, while there is no good or bad between long hair versus short hair, each of us has the freedom to choose what we prefer. Being an entrepreneur, I am free spirited and prefer individualism over collectivism. It is my preference and mine alone. It doesn’t bother me if others make different choice.
@中美争霸兩個墙:美国的谷歌脸书TH-cam等 中共的百度阿里腾讯等 ehhh, you are losing me, sir. I am not sure what you are referring to as "bad thing". Did I offend you in some way? From where I stand, I don't believe I said anything bad. I hope you are not reading between the lines.
@@PascalCoppens Pascal Coppens, I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
Think China as a water sphere that what ever things drop into it will deform it a little for a while but will be absorbed by it and make it a even bigger water sphere than before. The principle used in the Chinese culture is to adapt and make reforms according to time and circumstances.
Yes. The ending of 0-Covid is evidence of that. Along with Common prosperity. Which the CCP are having big difficculties implimenting. Also reforming the property sector which is also proving problematic. The CCP isn't stupid. They see the issues.
Why does the West believe "control" is bad or wrong? Isn't the primary function of government to control a country's destiny, to control a country's safety, security, prosperity? Isn't the purpose of government to oppose anarchy and chaos? If it's a question of degree, I believe it's better to have more control than less. Look at what happens when a government has less control... - millions of people die *needlessly* from a pandemic - countries suffer terrible inflation and fuel shortages as they kowtow to US sanctions against Russia - endless warfare is waged around the globe (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, etc.) In the United States, we see the consequences of less control... - over a million Covid deaths - rampant gun violence - rampant homelessness - unaffordable health care - $31 trillion national debt due to endless money printing - crumbling infrastructure - January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riots - etc.
You can also add this one on top : A simple Google search shows that in the *ENTIRE* history of the US from 1775, there were *ONLY* 17 years where the US was not at war. Since most of these wars were NOT a result of another country going to the US to kill, they were clearly a case of the US going over to someone else's land to kill. And since no-one in the West complains about this, I guess this must be the West's core value of humanity.
A correction on your comment. Too much control: endless warfare is waged around the globe (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, etc.). The population wanted infrastructures built, better health care etc. Not endless warfare and bullying other countries.
And the costs of CCP control? China experinces some of the ills America does. Along with lack of freedom and the inability of CCP central government to control such things as Real estate & internal consumption. Just as America has vested interests so has China but more so.
Dear Pascal, thanks for your exhaustive explanation about China. Like you said, you have come to know China, and been in China for the last 35 years. You had a front roll seat of witnessing China’s economic transformation, and China’s socialist ideals reinvigoration! China never wanted capitalism in the absolute American sense, Deng XiaoPing said it in 1978. China always wants a robust economy with an equitable sharing by the mass, only can be guaranteed by a socialist ideology! China is a society of collectivism of 1.4 billion individuals. The collective West, US being the leading example, is a society of collections of Individualism. There is a huge difference in societal outcome! As to decoupling from China, advocated by US, who is also lining up its “allies” aka “Fodders”, China responded with BRI “ Belt and Road Initiative”. In final calculations, China will succeed. US is lining up 12% of worlds population in the collective west to decouple from China, while China is looking at the rest of 88% of the world’s population in global south, to make the BRI economic cake bigger, and eat it too! Brilliant strategy on Xi JingPing’s part👍
Thanks more than ever for this video as it summarizes exactly what is at stake if we in Europe decouple from China and how we will not see what will be coming our way later on.
If a political party says they will stop homelessness - and some do. Then all they need do is get elected. Is their no homeless in China at all? When do the migrant workers go when they cannot work? Go back to where they came from and what awaits them there?
Thank you Pascal for sharing your insights of the current Global challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in relation to China. What I like most about your video is that they are facts base and your view is fair and logical. Unfortunately, you can't see anything close to this in the Western part of the world, especially those called themselves an EXPERT.
what do you mean china will be back. china was never gone. in fact, china has grown stronger (technology, infrastructure, industrial production, supply chain, military etc etc.) while the west has grown diametrically weaker. not only that, china has the most responsible government in the world - one which is actively popping the real estate bubble and moving towards the goal of homes at affordable prices for everyone. china has vast amounts of land, there is no reason for property prices to be exorbitant or downright extortionary benefitting nobody but speculators and rentiers. in fact, the chinese government is actively going after all speculation and monopolistic practices. on top of that, china has secured a more or less endless supply of cheap energy via it's partnership with russia. and on top of that, china is leading BRICS which will represent 60% of the world's population (assuming saudi arabia and the other 12 potential applicants are inducted) and almost all of it's resources and industrial production. the belt and road initiative will link all of these countries creating a virtuous cycle of trade and resource sharing.
Very brilliant and indepedent insights wich is also a comprehensive introduction about China now and in coming years. Thanks for sharing your perspective, my friend Pascal...also reposted in linkedin..FYI
The best part is that in the US, he is treated like a 'real expert' on anything China & Chinese! What a joke! As GC is nothing more than a half breed born loser
Pascal, you are just incredibly excellent. Very deep and detailed analysis for anyone who wants to have an objective view on China. Five stars ! Keep up the good work!
It's always good to see there are still people from the so called "west" are TRYING to look at China objectively. I'm a proud Chinese, and in China we have a word for those who are unable to look at things objectively (or unable to comprehend the reality) - stupidity! I respect the speaker here and applaud to what he's doing, but why go through such length when you can just lay out a few simple facts: China is the 3rd largest country on the map, China is the largest country by population, China has the largest economy by PPP standard, for thousands of years China was 40% - 80% of the world's economy... So, whether you like it or not, the so called "west" are mostly a bunch of small countries. They became powerful because the seized a few opportunities (such as the1st industrial revolution, etc.) in the last two centuries or so. But a couple of hundred years are just a blink of eye in history, eventually most of these countries will be put back into where they truly belongs. If you fail to understand that, well, you might get hurt in the process and the result won't change. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to badmouth or disrespect what these countries have accomplished. I'm simply saying that the "western" thinking (come on, just admit it that many of you are thinking like this) that you are the best and everybody should just follow whatever you want them to is not only dangerous but also naive. Because it blinds you from seeing what's really going on. An ancient Chinese book named "the art of war" says: know yourself and know your opponent would bring you victory to every battle.
@@PascalCoppens First of all I have great respect for your work and at least you give a little bit of objectivity about China. I also saw in your speech that you, as a Westerner, are worried about the development of China and are trying to prepare the West to adapt to China. But I don't agree with your view of dividing problems into small and large, of separating the direction of things into only left and right, and of splitting the world into two camps, East and West. The world is not that big and does not need to be divided into two, as it is only a 10-hour flight from China to Europe, a phone call can connect the leaders of two countries in just a few seconds, and the new epidemic and the war in Ukraine affect every corner of the world. The world, which is temporarily dominated by human beings, is in constant crisis, and the current generation of world leaders is particularly incompetent, incapable of managing the world well, but instead constantly suspicious, accusing, creating chaos and crisis, of which almost everyone except politicians is a victim to a greater or lesser extent. China's 30 year economic rise has not relied on war, plunder, or at least not in a bad direction for the world, which has resulted in countries that relied on war and plunder being very unhappy. I have just checked your new book on Amazon for about 40 euros or so. I suggest you produce another book that aims at the well-being of all mankind, rather than the interests of a single country or group. At least encourage voters to at least be careful in choosing their own country's leaders, or at least not to choose a bunch of idiots to mess up the world.
@@Qbb0828 Pascal intention is not to look at one side of the story or related to elections (change mindsets as to which leadership is better) ... First of all, the West is creating the Divisions, not Pascal; He is only providing views to allow readers, listeners or viewers the opportunity to decide for themselves, the truth of the subject matter. In doing so, he has provided different perspectives, include co-existence, existentialism, diversity, being and eclectic.
"If you are not with me you are against me" is as I understand in the bible. I am not sure this is the spirit of democracy where tolerance of diversity is vital. How dare the Global West use this ideology and call themselves democracy! "Rule based order" is also used so often. Who set the rules? How many countries had a say when those "rules" were made? Let us look at a recent example. In the last United Nations General Assembly on Cuba embargo, overwhelmingly, 185 countries voted in favour of a non-binding resolution condemning the embargo, with the US and Israel voting against and Brazil and Ukraine abstaining. Agreed it is non-binding but where is the spirit of democracy? Fine, US and Israel companies do not have to trade with Cuba, but how about companies owned by the 185 countries? No, US can unilaterally make the rule that the embargo applies to foreign companies who do business in the US. What kind of international rule based order is this? It has to be changed.
Wow !! Love your analysis, insight and balanced review. As you put it : Don't avoid the tsunami & not running off the beach, but GO WITH THE FLOW. Why waste all your energy & effort to swim against the current !
Whem approaching and trying to make sense of China, what western can and should do is to firstly put aside any bias they received from MSM, and read thru youself "Can we trust china" for more in-depth research from expat in China. This is a prefect starter to familiar yourself with alien country like China. With curiosity and a little bit venture-mindset, I also suggest you can plan a trip to China to get yourself a true feeling of China. I bet you will never regret for all the surprises and wonders you are about to experience at the end of your China journey.
Pascal, this is one of your best videos explaining China. Overall, you are right on the mark. I think the fear by the west, the US in particular thinks in terms of the west and that China is fearful because it wants to be the hegemon. That narrative has been shouted out loud ad nauseum. The truth is, China is driven by business and success in business is in China's driver seat and it sees if other succeed, business will grow and be better. Business is good for people and its country. That underwater action is not appreciated by most in the west. China does not come from a colonial mindset. In fact, it was a victim of colonialism so it recognizes the pain of most underdeveloped countries. China's formula for success is being emulated around the world and that seems to escape the west, they always seem to think in imperial and colonial terms.
Pascal, thank you for objective analysis, you are one of the few experts who really understand China. Your in depth explanation makes us open our eyes. Keep doing the great job. People of the world need you to narrow the bridge between China and the West.
we view unfortunate is totally different from the West. There is a famous old chinese saying : Fortune is the place where unfortunate is hiding, Unfortune is where fortunate is leaning at. They are interelated to each other. Thats what we saw from the beginning of trade war started by US. we actualize what our view and the reality come to our way now.
Really like how Pascal borrow a quantum computing term, "qubit mindset" as a way to approximate how the Chinese (leadership and in some way individual) thinks differ from the binary classification the West usually use. It is common for Western analyst to see Chinese part of the "socialism with Chinese characteristic" as what they understand as Confuscian. IMHO, in terms of governance, the Chinese part is actually more Daoism (the philosophical part and none of the reliegious part). For example, there is a saying about glasses of of water from both the West and Chinese. The West sees a glass of water and wonder if it is the binary of half full or half empty. The Chinese saying goes something like: If a glass has water in it (full or partial), it can be used (drank to slate thirst), and an empty cup can hold water. So it is a bit more than the quantum superposition of it can be both states. It is also saying that even if the observation is made and the superposition collapse into disntinct state, there are practical uses or a place in the world for any resultant state. PS: I think at 28:50 and on, instead of "influence and influx". I think "influence and interdependence" better describe China seeks in trade and international relationship. Selling goods is nice, so is buying them. When two countries depend on each other, there is trust and thereby longer term peace. Yes, I did put the "longer term" there on purpose because Chinese recognize impermanance.
Kruidvat is Chinese. Action is Chinese, Blokker is Chinese. We all need good Products for Good Prices. I buy what I need in daily life in these Shops. My Solar is Chinese, Heatpump made in China,, Energy independent, my Cellphone is Xiaomi, My Wife Cellphone Huawei. I wait for NIO EV made in China. All Tesla Cars in Europe are Made in China. Asphalt Roads to our House in Suriname made by China Suriname Cooperation. The Regional Hospital Wanica in Lelydorp build by China Suriname Cooperation. Jakarta Bandung High Speed Trains made by China Indonesia Cooperation. Rail to Vientiane Laos China Laos Cooperation. Rail Thailand China Thai Cooperation. Next will be China Cuba Cooperation for clean Solar Energy in Cuba. Venezuela China Cooperation for Peace and Prosperity in Venezuela. And the Channel in Nicaragua, China Nicaragua Cooperation. Pascal, China is Cooperation, Respect for People and Countries. Africa China Rail and Road Cooperation. China is Cooperation. Xi Jinping says he wants China USA Cooperation. China Solar Products changed my life. My House is a Energy House. China is the Peoples Republic of China. The People Rule. Not some Companies or elected Rich Guy like Trump. China is Free and People Rule. And it is a big Succes. I support China, CCP, President Xi Jinping, he says what I think. Biden not, Trump not, Rutte not. Scholz not, Macron not. BoJo not, Truss not, Sunak not, Qatar not, Saudi not. Xi Jinping is the only one. Thank you Xi Jinping.
Yes our usa medical system would have literally crumbled during the Covid pandemic without Chinese PPE which could not be purchased from the suppliers here
A very good presentation. Insightful and very easy to understand through many applicable analogies and bite-sized thought-out analyses and breakdowns. Great job!
Pascal, thank You for you video! I'm 46 years old Russian, and I remember Marxist-Soviet narrative, that class struggle is main moving force of the history. Of course, It was artificial simplification. As I see, separation of countries on "Democracies" and "Autocracies" is looks very-very similar, difference is it's promoted by western MSM and ruling groups, not by Central Commitee of Communist Party of USSR. 😀And it is all about cold war (Cold War I then and Cold War 2 now). Hope, your efforts will help people to see, that our world is not black and white but have a lot of colours and semitones. At this moment such kind of simplification brought us to the abyss of global war.
Thank you for your insights and analysis of the global situation, with China in the lens. Hope more people in the West can watch your video with open minds.
Thanks Pascal for your mind-boggling presentation. Your comments and insights are very helpful for me to understand what I need to do amid all that turmoil and ambiguity.
Okay presentation, but underestimating the Chinese and CPC. Anyone who has a reasonable knowledge of The Long March will appreciate that China will represent a better future for large swathes of the world's population, whereas USA, UK and the rest of the west are major threats to us all, also to us in the west. Where in the west have we got politicians that care about anything else than their own well-being, with a scant concern for the less fortunate? And one thing is for sure, in its history since Europeans arrived in USA, they have proven time and again that nobody in their right mind would trust US Americans (or the British).
Proficiat Pascal! Heel veel informatie op een aangename manier gebracht. Jammer dat er maar Horslags in België zijn, die attentie van de mainstream media krijgen. Zo gaat men er nooit simmer van worden. Hopelijk zou ik je eens in persoon leren kennen, ipv ene of andere webinar van Bernard of Gwenn.😉 Mvg.
Pascal, it's all about western ignorance and arrogance (high horse), you are just one of the few (unfortunately) that can see through the real situation.
I am Chinese and currently living in Europe, I have spent more than 20 years in China and more than 5 years here, hence it's safe to say that I have a thorough understanding of both Chinese and western society. I can surely tell you, the Chinese know what they need and what is good for them. Is the CCP autocracy? Yes! I don't deny that. But is it wrong for the Chinese people and the country of China itself? Not really. Western-style democracy doesn't suit China, which history has already told us. So please don't only stare at the dark side. The Western world also has countless "dark sides", but we won't mention them all day because we know that you still have many things that we can peacefully learn from you. Vice versa. Besides, I strongly agree with the opinion in the video that Chinese history is cyclical. Throughout our history, we have had several golden ages that we can be proud of, and also have overthrown numerous horrible emperors who brought recession and even destruction to the country. During the past 200 years, we just experienced the "century of humiliation" brought by the western countries, and now we are ready to regain domination, which is "normal" in our history, but "being dominated" is rather rare. This means that the former "central empire" is coming back. 200 years roughly equals the entire US history. The US has obtained world domination through the two world wars and the oil dollar, and they seem to regard this as an eternal phenomenon and are trying to keep it at all costs. However, as I said, the "central empire" is awakening, and soon it will retake everything it has lost to the western world. As for the western style of "democracy"? No, a 5000-year-old civilization doesn't need a 200-year-old nation to tell it what is good and suitable.
Pascal, I love your content and "illustrations" on your videos to communicate your content. This time, I really liked the use of van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. Very good choice!. Greetings from Taiwan.
Why don’t western countries just mind their own business and leave the rest of the world alone. Do people really live happier under western style of " democracy "? If so just look at Europe now.
Do you have any suggestion on how to invest money in China ? I'm from France and I really want to secure my saving because right now they could be lost forever if a crisis in Europe affect French bank (like it did in 2008). I have been following China's growth for a while, as well as trying to understand this country (very hard). And if I have to invest into a country, I want to do it in China. And it's either I find a meaningful way to invest in China's economy, or I invest on a platform like masterworks. Obviously I won't take any advice at face value but still you are an investor / "expert" of China.
Look at the companies list in Hong Kong for Westerner. You need to do the homework yourself. Their no restriction for capital flow in and out in Hong Kong.
If you want to invest in China, then you must know how the gov think. If you invest in the opposite of China gov interest then your investment can be wiped out at any moment's notice. e.g. if you invest in education industry a few years ago, it looks really rosy, but these two years it got wiped out due to the industry going to the opposite of what the gov wants. i.e. cheap education for the masses instead of adding extra financial load to parents.
What I also find stupid with the autocracy vs democracy narrative is… the west is trying hard to work with Vietnam. And last I checked, it is also ruled by a communist party… obviously… it is autocracies when it cannot be manipulated/used by us, and it’s autocracies whenever they decide differently than us… even if the form of government is also democratic… like Hungary, Russia… Venezuela… and so on.
If this is not the definition of double standard and hypocrisy… I don’t know what is
It is
It's pathological geopolitics and psychological disorder of the West politician interest groups.
US government needs an external rival/enemy to unite its people, and to distract people's attention from domestic issues.
Exactly!
Russia isn't democratic. Maybe in CCP "double speak"
@@Andy-P how do you define democratic?
I think Europe is doomed to decline. Look at how many European people listen to Pascal. And I just come from a video that a Danish professor has been fired because he explains the complicated reasons why Russia started the war. Long live Freedom of speech and Democracy!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been trying to warn Europe for years...
What's the name of the professor?
@@AhmedMustafa-wb5ll the one I found is Jens Jorgen Nielsen
@@Stefan-oi9nk So very few agreed with him he was removed "Recently, three other teachers of the university quit, because they refused to teach if Nielsen continued". In the free west people can have different opinions. But not abuse that position if their opinions are so diffrent from the vast majority then they will be marginalised by the majority.
21st. centuries, US is still dicussing slavery, and voted to against banning slave labour. What????? They just allow a nerd kids (FTX) to get away with more than 30 billions $$$$ fraud scheme with their leader, focusing on controlling and destroying any country that dare to chanllenge them, stealing wealth from poor developing countries to keep them poor, locking or banning the truth tellers, tearing up international agreements, broken climate pledges after pledges etc..
Any western viewer feels jealous that China has progressed. It does not matter the picture you put, but as long as China is making progress the "Collective Waste" will always see China negatively.
But the Western MSM don't show the modern China, talking with friend about China and the concensus amongst them was that China is still a poor country, so I showed them different TH-cam videos and even then they claimed that they were either computer generated or actually Japanese railways? Bridges motorways huge modern cities and shopping malls, No they still think "give them a bowl of rice and a bicycle and they are happy 🤮🤮🏴
The collective waste as you call it does have very big differences. But by calling it the collective waste the CCP alienate itself and they form a common negative opinion of the CCP. The CCP views American allies as "Vassals". Such views scares the smaller countries. They know if your a vassal of one country, and many have been so, then you can very easily be a vassal of another. Liberal-democracies will defend their freedom rather than become vassals of China or Russia. History has shown that andcontinues to show that.
Agreed!
China is not progressing. It is just regaining it old throne what was snatched by western dacoits.
@@Maolana_ModiG Hence the western pushback. We are in a thucydides trap.
China is a democracy, just not America's style of democracy. I've lived in China for 17 years and I can tell you they are listening much more to the people that the West has ever done. Just look at the Consultative Conference in China, for example. Also, there are 9 legal political parties in China and the President is required by law to meet with them and take guidance. Also, all politicians in China must be elected, the difference is that the votes are cast by people that are qualified to elect the next level. Also, Russia is also a democracy. This idea that they are both Autocracies is utter nonsense. Foreign census companies often report that Putin and Xi have 80%+ support of their own people, and I can attest to that being true.
As I have used to say before, in order to know & understand more about China, one has to go there to see for himself or herself. For those who only depend on twisted / biased news, they will be forever remain as ignorant sheeples.
Here I should mention one thing to your audience: democracy is not a superior policy that can benefit all societies, on the contrary, it is a weapon that Americans can easily use to unite people, especially in the West, by blaming or reproaching their enemies, such as China and Russia. One cannot believe how seven people can manage a country of 1.4 billion people without democracy.
Yeah sure, the Democratic Party of China has literally been banned by the CCP.
@@Qbb0828 The US is not a democracy but a plutocracy, the rule of 1%, by the 1% for the 1%. The inequality among its populace is insurmountable - 67% of the bottom society live paycheck to payment, with hardly $500 in savings for emergency spending. It is not a democracy when there is no equitable distribution of wealth, and after a politician won an election, all the promises are forgotten.
China & Russia are not democracies
When Japanese learned to make cars like the western countries, I don't hear anyone calling them a copy cat but in my life I often heard people called China a copycat. Many just cannot make sense of what is happening around the world.
Actually they did
@@Stefan-oi9nk I haven’t heard. But if they did copy initially, it was just a learning process and that’s how we all learned. If one develops something new from what they have learned then they have created something new. That’s no longer copying.
Because Chinese economy is a bigger threat to the US so anything to slow them down from being the number 1 economy .
@e621keith I guess Japan totally forgot about it so they do not know the pain it inflicted on them. If they remember they may not try to collaborate with allies to impose it on China.
这叫井底之蛙
The Chinese mentality is that a country refuses to change according to new situation is like a dinosaur waiting for extinction, it have learned the hard lesson over a hundred years ago.
Good comment. Which new CCP directive is now working - maybe abandoning 0-Covid - lets wait and see
@@Andy-PDon't be the clown
@@male19-ye9fg Looks like abandoning 0-covid cost a lot of lives but had to be done. Third plenum resulted in more of the same - state control. Or deep reform as the CCP call it
@@Andy-P Lol this comment will age so bad, it already has 😂😂😂
@@Broodjemetbeleg we need more laughter in the world
I'm Vietnamese, and I agree with you on many points but it is definitely not true that Vietnam is Washington's best friend, LOL. Vietnam also has a VERY good relationship with Russia (most trusted partner when it comes to our security interests), and even though the relationship to China is not without challenges, the Vietnamese government does have a mostly good relationship with China. Xi Jinping just gave Nguyen Phu Trong the medal of friendship some weeks ago.
If Vietnam wanted to be Washington's best friend, the Vietnamese would not have driven the US out of our country during the Vietnam war. We also do not have any US military base on our soil for that very reason.
Germany is US' best friend, Japan is US' best friend. Vietnam is definitely not.
"We also do not have any US military base on our soil for that very reason."
Didn't Vietnam and The U.S. sign a mutual security treaty?
Putin has that medal too! *trophy pings* i wonder what requirements are needed to get that trophy lol....
@@AQuietNightWashington begged but Vietnam rejected. Neutrality is Vietnam’s motto.
@@tnt_pkk1311 Vietnam signed the dotted line. Just like the U.S. begged Vietnam
for trade :)
Vietnamese mouth said no to US, but hearts says USA✊, USA✊, USA✊....hypocrites. US did more harm to viet than china, yankys slaughter viets like pigs and u guys still love them, it's sickening to see just by looking at those viets living happily for ever in wonderland, they just lovvveeee USA.
Great perspective. To me China is the only nation that is systematically and methodologically reshaping itself and it's people for the 21st century both inside and outside the country. The 21st is a century of disruptive changes brought about by technologies, climate change and geopolitics. China has the resources, politics will and the support of it's people to make the changes. Like you said change is the constant in China. This re-engineering of the nation, we can call it that, is comprehensive involving the visible and the intangibles (culture, structure and mindset of the Chinese people) to better fit into the new world. Yes. China has to be on our radar. China is showing what the 21st century can be like.
Without the help of Kissinger and Wall Street greedy elite, China go no way but still stuck in the third world living conditions.
Chinese people have no talent to create anything original and novel.
要庆幸世界上还有中国，这样你们才能得到便宜又好的商品。要庆幸有中国这样的国家才不至于只能是美国说了算。
@@loao9875 Nonsense. Other countries like India, Vietnam, mexico etc. can also make cheap products.
China top leaders are very stupid indeed thinking theyy can cheat the world with subsidies exporter games.
I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
@@user-vp1vl6yp9t Sorry.
I do not understand whay you want.
Is high IQ important for economic development ?
Good on you Pascal! Being a Chinese living in the western world I must say you do understand China and Chinese. Really appreciate your objective and impartial perspective on China and the world! I can also see from your amazing presentation that you are a real rider of waves guided by genuine apprehension of the international affairs. All these are due to the fact that you are standing on a much higher ground than many so called China experts in the west! Well done!
Thanks! Appreciated!
A quite deep understanding of China as a Westerner. A lot of westerners spent years in China with a bunch of Chinese friends, while the mindset has never changed. Really good points.
Their imperialistic, white supremacist mindset will never change unless....
True, a lot of foreigners live in China to raise live and income and be immigrats but they failed to understand Chinese completely
The white always think they are superior.
Really? I lived in China, and never saw that. You are not a westerner, no one from "the West" calls themselves a "Westerner".
you lie
Pascal, I'm a layman who enjoys your presentation tremendously. Imagine how a layman can understand & appreciate it. Fantastically written & produced; just wonder how people from the West still view China in binary form when everything is physically visible! I recall the ostrich behaviour when felt imaginery threatened. Colonialism is dead!
Thanks
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No one can stop China now. Just watch the videos below by searching in TH-cam for these increible videos to prove it:
"Breaking! IBM Exits China: Over 1600 R&D Staff Laid off Within 3 Minutes
"Six Major Crises Hit China Simultaneously; CCP Initiates Money-Grabbing Mode"
"Shenzhen’s Economy Collapses Dramatically, State-Owned Enterprises’ Net Profit Plunges 93%"
China’s Premium Manufacturing Supplanted by India as Apple and Foxconn Exit"
"Visible Recession in Shanghai, the Wealthy Accelerate Emigration, 380,000 Left in a Month"
"Din Tai Fung Exits China, Shuts 14 North China Stores; Nearly 30,000 Noodle Shops Close In Half-Year"
Why should China follow the path of the West? Doesn't every country have the right to determine its own destiny?
It's not as if the Western path is so wonderful. There are many instances of failure in the West.
Indeed
Thanks for this excellent presentation on China. I fully agree with you. While the superpower is falling apart on domestic corrals China is making steady progress without starting any destructive wars.
They would if they could, they said this of Taiwan.
@@joshuahernandez3216You don’t understand the issue then. Taiwan for the longest time has been considered a part of China (UN is on One-China policy) - so if US interferes in China’s domestic issues by arming Taiwan to fight against mainland China, CPC gov won’t allow it. Think of it on reverse. Would US allow China to occupy and meddle in one of its states, for ex. Maine, to go at war with USA with the assistance of China? Do you think US would stay passive in that scenario? So don’t blame China for its intention of protecting its own territory.
@@erigerontriteleia Is Maine currently defacto independent of USA, does it wish to be? The historical anology is do the 13 colonies wish to be independent of Britain.
@@Andy-P That's a good argument. But that's sadly not why the US is supporting and arming Taiwan. That's to keep globale power. They don't care about d estruction of Taiwan. Just as they don't care about the destruction of Ukraine in their geopo litical strategy. So hypocritical.
@@harriemeeuwis978 If they didn't care they wouldn't be helping Ukraine or Taiwan. Just as the Ukranians don't want to be ruled by Putin, look at what he is doing in the occupied zones. Taiwan doesn't want to be ruled by CCP look at what happens tp people who resist the CCP.
It is one of the best and least binary (unbiased) analyses of China I have seen to date. It's always a pleasure to hear you, Pascal.
Greetings from Shanghai.
More people just see the part above the water, but Pascal can always see the part below the water too. Great job!
Thanks
Did he turn water into wine?
China is concentrating on constructing infrastructures all throughout the developing world because it knows that the first step to bring development to these developing countries is to have good infrastructures in place. Western colonial slave owners were not interested in developing their colonies, rather to keep them poor and dependent on their slave owners.
China one of the biggest and most important market in the world.
Also one of the country that can keep Murica on check. Else the hegemony is killing everyone.
I hope majority of the western public starts to watch your TH-cam programs. You have been very honest and good reporter on real facts . Thank you!
Just started reading your book "Can we trust China?" Fascinating to read! Glad that you have laid out clearly various areas the West has concerns over China! As a matter of fact, I just saw a comment about the Chinese copying the West, so I answered back based on your book! I think your book should be a bible for us all to refer to whenever it comes to understanding China. Well done! Love to hear more about the situation with China and India in the future.
China copying the West is about as old as the West LOL..... youre going to be busy trying to correct western fearmongers warmongers! Japan faced the same demonisation and "Copyng" accusations in the 80s! Now the Japanese are innovators!????
Typical western double standards!
China doesnt really need to stick up for itself.... facts do it plenty
China India is more based on India lol..... China will work out ANYTHING you throw at it the right way..... China right now is in the driving seat, China is open to anything anyone.... If nothing has been worked out yet, its because India hasnt chosen to or not at that stage yet.... india imo talks a big game has numbers and population that conveys similarities to China but flatters to decieve....
Once India begins to release itself from the leash of the West that is when India will find its true voice! Thats when India will face its true test! defy the West and do its own thing or defy China and intentionally antagonise...... China Russia is more or less an unannounced alliance, Pakistan is aligned etc, Asia is aligned, Iran Saudis aligned...
Its suicide economically for someone choosing to turn its back on China
@@antwango lol READ HIS BOOK, instead of arguing with me here. ;)
Hello. What was the commenter's comment?
@@ChinaSongsCollection not sure which commenter you meant. Best to refer to chapters in "Can we Trust China?". You will find answers there.
I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
Being a Chinese American originally from China and ran a startup before pandemic in Beijing, I am humbled by your insights in China. It is challenging for western educated person, including me who grew up in China, to understand China's perspective. The main obstacle, at least for me, is our moral judgement against authoritarian regime. With individualistic lens on, we couldn't objectively observe and hence scare of this emerging power. I am not saying I am agreeing with let alone supporting the leadership. What I am saying is it will serve ourselves well when we can view the world in an objective way and not let our moral judgement get in the way of rational decision making regardless your motives.
Thanks for sharing
@中美争霸兩個墙:美国的谷歌脸书TH-cam等 中共的百度阿里腾讯等 Using your analogy, while there is no good or bad between long hair versus short hair, each of us has the freedom to choose what we prefer. Being an entrepreneur, I am free spirited and prefer individualism over collectivism. It is my preference and mine alone. It doesn’t bother me if others make different choice.
@中美争霸兩個墙:美国的谷歌脸书TH-cam等 中共的百度阿里腾讯等 ehhh, you are losing me, sir. I am not sure what you are referring to as "bad thing". Did I offend you in some way? From where I stand, I don't believe I said anything bad. I hope you are not reading between the lines.
@中美争霸兩個墙:美国的谷歌脸书TH-cam等 中共的百度阿里腾讯等 您可能误解我了。我的回复并没有涉及民主或者专制的价值判断。就我个人而言，自由散漫惯了，更加习惯硅谷个人主义的行事风格，不喜欢被约束，不认同集体主义。这不是说我排斥理性看待中国的实际情况，相反的我提倡理性看待中国和世界其他国家的实际情况。在认识实际情况下，根据自己的选择做出属于自己的理性判断，不迷信其中任何一方，不接受任何一方媒体洗脑，您说对吗？
@@PascalCoppens Pascal Coppens, I'll give you another one. You should ask your child, and if you don't have one, ask any school-aged child you can find, be it high school or college. Ask them if they are smarter than their Chinese classmates. I guess their answer is no. Your answer is to kill those shoddy white genes.
Think China as a water sphere that what ever things drop into it will deform it a little for a while but will be absorbed by it and make it a even bigger water sphere than before. The principle used in the Chinese culture is to adapt and make reforms according to time and circumstances.
Excellent analogy for China
Yes China is very adaptable to challenges.
🙂👍🙂
Yes. The ending of 0-Covid is evidence of that. Along with Common prosperity. Which the CCP are having big difficculties implimenting. Also reforming the property sector which is also proving problematic. The CCP isn't stupid. They see the issues.
Why does the West believe "control" is bad or wrong? Isn't the primary function of government to control a country's destiny, to control a country's safety, security, prosperity? Isn't the purpose of government to oppose anarchy and chaos?
If it's a question of degree, I believe it's better to have more control than less. Look at what happens when a government has less control...
- millions of people die *needlessly* from a pandemic
- countries suffer terrible inflation and fuel shortages as they kowtow to US sanctions against Russia
- endless warfare is waged around the globe (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, etc.)
In the United States, we see the consequences of less control...
- over a million Covid deaths
- rampant gun violence
- rampant homelessness
- unaffordable health care
- $31 trillion national debt due to endless money printing
- crumbling infrastructure
- January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill riots
- etc.
You can also add this one on top :
A simple Google search shows that in the *ENTIRE* history of the US from 1775, there were *ONLY* 17 years where the US was not at war.
Since most of these wars were NOT a result of another country going to the US to kill, they were clearly a case of the US going over to someone else's land to kill.
And since no-one in the West complains about this, I guess this must be the West's core value of humanity.
As they say, one will not know bitter if he hasn't tasted it. They will value government after losing something important in an anarchy. 😂
yup, small governments don't mean losing function..
A correction on your comment. Too much control: endless warfare is waged around the globe (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, etc.). The population wanted infrastructures built, better health care etc. Not endless warfare and bullying
other countries.
And the costs of CCP control? China experinces some of the ills America does. Along with lack of freedom and the inability of CCP central government to control such things as Real estate & internal consumption. Just as America has vested interests so has China but more so.
This is one of the best analysis I had ever come across! Totally agree. We need to learn how to navigate the new world.
Multipolar world will prevent individual country from abusing their power and hence prevent injustice as well.
Agreed. We have seen what happens otherwise - the forever wars.
Dear Pascal, thanks for your exhaustive explanation about China. Like you said, you have come to know China, and been in China for the last 35 years. You had a front roll seat of witnessing China’s economic transformation, and China’s socialist ideals reinvigoration! China never wanted capitalism in the absolute American sense, Deng XiaoPing said it in 1978. China always wants a robust economy with an equitable sharing by the mass, only can be guaranteed by a socialist ideology!
China is a society of collectivism of 1.4 billion individuals.
The collective West, US being the leading example, is a society of collections of Individualism.
There is a huge difference in societal outcome!
As to decoupling from China, advocated by US, who is also lining up its “allies” aka “Fodders”, China responded with BRI “ Belt and Road Initiative”.
In final calculations, China will succeed. US is lining up 12% of worlds population in the collective west to decouple from China, while China is looking at the rest of 88% of the world’s population in global south, to make the BRI economic cake bigger, and eat it too!
Brilliant strategy on Xi JingPing’s part👍
Very well put 👏
35yrs in China? Wow, that's something. I can refer my studies bout China from u, Pascal
Look up " LAST WEDGE BETWEEN CHINA-USA RELATIONS " on yT.
Interesting conversations....
Thanks more than ever for this video as it summarizes exactly what is at stake if we in Europe decouple from China and how we will not see what will be coming our way later on.
Talking about democracy when these "democracies" have homeless living in the streets/slums and people going to sleep with hunger = empty words.
Democracy and human rights are per late Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew, unbankable 😂
If a political party says they will stop homelessness - and some do. Then all they need do is get elected. Is their no homeless in China at all? When do the migrant workers go when they cannot work? Go back to where they came from and what awaits them there?
Thank you Pascal for sharing your insights of the current Global challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in relation to China. What I like most about your video is that they are facts base and your view is fair and logical. Unfortunately, you can't see anything close to this in the Western part of the world, especially those called themselves an EXPERT.
what do you mean china will be back. china was never gone. in fact, china has grown stronger (technology, infrastructure, industrial production, supply chain, military etc etc.) while the west has grown diametrically weaker. not only that, china has the most responsible government in the world - one which is actively popping the real estate bubble and moving towards the goal of homes at affordable prices for everyone. china has vast amounts of land, there is no reason for property prices to be exorbitant or downright extortionary benefitting nobody but speculators and rentiers. in fact, the chinese government is actively going after all speculation and monopolistic practices.
on top of that, china has secured a more or less endless supply of cheap energy via it's partnership with russia.
and on top of that, china is leading BRICS which will represent 60% of the world's population (assuming saudi arabia and the other 12 potential applicants are inducted) and almost all of it's resources and industrial production. the belt and road initiative will link all of these countries creating a virtuous cycle of trade and resource sharing.
It will be back on the world's radar of opportunities is what I meant. 😊
@@PascalCoppens 😄👏
Unbiased channel. Well done Pascal!!
Yes, agree with your point. Been doing business with china some time now. We are laying down 5 year and 10 year plan.
Very brilliant and indepedent insights wich is also a comprehensive introduction about China now and in coming years. Thanks for sharing your perspective, my friend Pascal...also reposted in linkedin..FYI
Thanks!
Very rational assessment and observations, love the objectivity in your ideas
🤩🤩🤩iNDEED, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW WESTERNERS WITH AN OPENED MIND AND A BRAIN OVER THE SHOULDERS. cHEERS !!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks
Gordon Chang = China is collapsing, 20 years.🤣😂🤣😂
He said that about a 100 💯 years ago
The best part is that in the US, he is treated like a 'real expert' on anything China & Chinese! What a joke! As GC is nothing more than a half breed born loser
Pascal, you are just incredibly excellent. Very deep and detailed analysis for anyone who wants to have an objective view on China. Five stars ! Keep up the good work!
I’m with the Chinese people. I see strength forged through unity.
other nations like to go their own way separately differing from Chinese
@@patrussell8917 Like Taiwan.
Oh Europe will have to give in, only a matter of time. Just can't stop being a US lapdog.
It's always good to see there are still people from the so called "west" are TRYING to look at China objectively. I'm a proud Chinese, and in China we have a word for those who are unable to look at things objectively (or unable to comprehend the reality) - stupidity! I respect the speaker here and applaud to what he's doing, but why go through such length when you can just lay out a few simple facts: China is the 3rd largest country on the map, China is the largest country by population, China has the largest economy by PPP standard, for thousands of years China was 40% - 80% of the world's economy... So, whether you like it or not, the so called "west" are mostly a bunch of small countries. They became powerful because the seized a few opportunities (such as the1st industrial revolution, etc.) in the last two centuries or so. But a couple of hundred years are just a blink of eye in history, eventually most of these countries will be put back into where they truly belongs. If you fail to understand that, well, you might get hurt in the process and the result won't change. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to badmouth or disrespect what these countries have accomplished. I'm simply saying that the "western" thinking (come on, just admit it that many of you are thinking like this) that you are the best and everybody should just follow whatever you want them to is not only dangerous but also naive. Because it blinds you from seeing what's really going on. An ancient Chinese book named "the art of war" says: know yourself and know your opponent would bring you victory to every battle.
I do indeed make lengthy videos. 😊
@@PascalCoppens and I watched every second 😁. 🤝 The world needs more leaders with your knowledge and courage to actually lead!
最后一句翻译有误，是“百战不殆（败）”不是“百战百胜！”
@@PascalCoppens First of all I have great respect for your work and at least you give a little bit of objectivity about China. I also saw in your speech that you, as a Westerner, are worried about the development of China and are trying to prepare the West to adapt to China. But I don't agree with your view of dividing problems into small and large, of separating the direction of things into only left and right, and of splitting the world into two camps, East and West. The world is not that big and does not need to be divided into two, as it is only a 10-hour flight from China to Europe, a phone call can connect the leaders of two countries in just a few seconds, and the new epidemic and the war in Ukraine affect every corner of the world. The world, which is temporarily dominated by human beings, is in constant crisis, and the current generation of world leaders is particularly incompetent, incapable of managing the world well, but instead constantly suspicious, accusing, creating chaos and crisis, of which almost everyone except politicians is a victim to a greater or lesser extent. China's 30 year economic rise has not relied on war, plunder, or at least not in a bad direction for the world, which has resulted in countries that relied on war and plunder being very unhappy. I have just checked your new book on Amazon for about 40 euros or so. I suggest you produce another book that aims at the well-being of all mankind, rather than the interests of a single country or group. At least encourage voters to at least be careful in choosing their own country's leaders, or at least not to choose a bunch of idiots to mess up the world.
@@Qbb0828 Pascal intention is not to look at one side of the story or related to elections (change mindsets as to which leadership is better) ... First of all, the West is creating the Divisions, not Pascal; He is only providing views to allow readers, listeners or viewers the opportunity to decide for themselves, the truth of the subject matter. In doing so, he has provided different perspectives, include co-existence, existentialism, diversity, being and eclectic.
thanks again for your analysis. missed your blog lately. keep up the great work
Thanks
Very very good. Thank you showing me how to see changes from different perspectives.
This episode about China is quite stimulating and informative.
"If you are not with me you are against me" is as I understand in the bible. I am not sure this is the spirit of democracy where tolerance of diversity is vital. How dare the Global West use this ideology and call themselves democracy!
"Rule based order" is also used so often. Who set the rules? How many countries had a say when those "rules" were made?
Let us look at a recent example. In the last United Nations General Assembly on Cuba embargo, overwhelmingly, 185 countries voted in favour of a non-binding resolution condemning the embargo, with the US and Israel voting against and Brazil and Ukraine abstaining. Agreed it is non-binding but where is the spirit of democracy?
Fine, US and Israel companies do not have to trade with Cuba, but how about companies owned by the 185 countries? No, US can unilaterally make the rule that the embargo applies to foreign companies who do business in the US. What kind of international rule based order is this? It has to be changed.
It’s called hypocrisy !!
I learned about latest Cuba resolution myself lately and could not believe it.
Wow !! Love your analysis, insight and balanced review. As you put it : Don't avoid the tsunami & not running off the beach, but GO WITH THE FLOW. Why waste all your energy & effort to swim against the current !
I don't think staying on a beach when a tsunami is coming is good advice for a long life.
Whem approaching and trying to make sense of China, what western can and should do is to firstly put aside any bias they received from MSM, and read thru youself "Can we trust china" for more in-depth research from expat in China. This is a prefect starter to familiar yourself with alien country like China. With curiosity and a little bit venture-mindset, I also suggest you can plan a trip to China to get yourself a true feeling of China. I bet you will never regret for all the surprises and wonders you are about to experience at the end of your China journey.
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very well prepared and wise video!
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Thanks for the presentation, Pascal.
Great video.
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Salute. I hope your ppl and countries will listen to this guy. But no, it wont happen.
Pascal, this is one of your best videos explaining China. Overall, you are right on the mark. I think the fear by the west, the US in particular thinks in terms of the west and that China is fearful because it wants to be the hegemon. That narrative has been shouted out loud ad nauseum. The truth is, China is driven by business and success in business is in China's driver seat and it sees if other succeed, business will grow and be better. Business is good for people and its country. That underwater action is not appreciated by most in the west. China does not come from a colonial mindset. In fact, it was a victim of colonialism so it recognizes the pain of most underdeveloped countries. China's formula for success is being emulated around the world and that seems to escape the west, they always seem to think in imperial and colonial terms.
Awesome video
Great perspectives and refreshing. Thanks for your deep insights and analytics.
Absolutely like your seaside, bridges vs dam, and surfing the waves analogy.
Thank you Pascal.
You mean Gordon Chang has been wrong the past 20 years???
Of course
He is the only broken clock that cannot even tell the correct times twice a day.
I will put my bet against Gordon. 😂
As usual, detailed and professional in content.
Pascal, thank you for objective analysis, you are one of the few experts who really understand China. Your in depth explanation makes us open our eyes. Keep doing the great job. People of the world need you to narrow the bridge between China and the West.
we view unfortunate is totally different from the West. There is a famous old chinese saying : Fortune is the place where unfortunate is hiding, Unfortune is where fortunate is leaning at. They are interelated to each other. Thats what we saw from the beginning of trade war started by US. we actualize what our view and the reality come to our way now.
Very comprehensive commentary
Really like how Pascal borrow a quantum computing term, "qubit mindset" as a way to approximate how the Chinese (leadership and in some way individual) thinks differ from the binary classification the West usually use. It is common for Western analyst to see Chinese part of the "socialism with Chinese characteristic" as what they understand as Confuscian. IMHO, in terms of governance, the Chinese part is actually more Daoism (the philosophical part and none of the reliegious part). For example, there is a saying about glasses of of water from both the West and Chinese. The West sees a glass of water and wonder if it is the binary of half full or half empty. The Chinese saying goes something like: If a glass has water in it (full or partial), it can be used (drank to slate thirst), and an empty cup can hold water. So it is a bit more than the quantum superposition of it can be both states. It is also saying that even if the observation is made and the superposition collapse into disntinct state, there are practical uses or a place in the world for any resultant state.
PS: I think at 28:50 and on, instead of "influence and influx". I think "influence and interdependence" better describe China seeks in trade and international relationship. Selling goods is nice, so is buying them. When two countries depend on each other, there is trust and thereby longer term peace. Yes, I did put the "longer term" there on purpose because Chinese recognize impermanance.
Thanks for sharing
One of your best videos yet, Pascal...thank you and keep up the good work.
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Interesting list
Meanwhile china: thanks bot great job
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@@mohitaggarwal7583 yes, bot.
Yes our usa medical system would have literally crumbled during the Covid pandemic without Chinese PPE which could not be purchased from the suppliers here
Thank you so much for such an in-depth analysis.
Wow awesome 👏🏻
Very smart analysis, congratulation.
Thank you for a fair and balanced view with solid data and analysis
A very good presentation.
Insightful and very easy to understand through many applicable analogies and bite-sized thought-out analyses and breakdowns.
Great job!
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你们国家政治家有多少会中文的？有多少政治家在中国留学过？有多少人读过中国历史？有多少人了解中国文化？😂😂😂自己想想吧。如果你们想继续骂中国，或者觉得我们愚蠢，随便你们，我们也不会在乎，我们只会继续聚焦于自身的发展
Glad you had pointed out all positive thinking of China. Hope China will succee and the rest of the world will follow. Thx for your presentation
Thank you Pascal
Pleasure
Best video so far .
Pascal, thank You for you video! I'm 46 years old Russian, and I remember Marxist-Soviet narrative, that class struggle is main moving force of the history. Of course, It was artificial simplification. As I see, separation of countries on "Democracies" and "Autocracies" is looks very-very similar, difference is it's promoted by western MSM and ruling groups, not by Central Commitee of Communist Party of USSR. 😀And it is all about cold war (Cold War I then and Cold War 2 now). Hope, your efforts will help people to see, that our world is not black and white but have a lot of colours and semitones. At this moment such kind of simplification brought us to the abyss of global war.
Thank you for your insights and analysis of the global situation, with China in the lens. Hope more people in the West can watch your video with open minds.
Thanks! This the best exposition about China I have heard.
Thanks Pascal for your mind-boggling presentation. Your comments and insights are very helpful for me to understand what I need to do amid all that turmoil and ambiguity.
Nothing but words of wisdom!! Thank you Pascal! Hats off!!
Well said.Bravo.Cheers.
Great insight
WOW thanks for your Video - PASCAL
Pleasure
Profoundly insightful and wise. Great video blog.
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People always hear what they want to hear; see only what they want to see. Keep lying to self until the end.
Great one!
Okay presentation, but underestimating the Chinese and CPC. Anyone who has a reasonable knowledge of The Long March will appreciate that China will represent a better future for large swathes of the world's population, whereas USA, UK and the rest of the west are major threats to us all, also to us in the west. Where in the west have we got politicians that care about anything else than their own well-being, with a scant concern for the less fortunate? And one thing is for sure, in its history since Europeans arrived in USA, they have proven time and again that nobody in their right mind would trust US Americans (or the British).
Really? You watched the whole video and your take away was that this man is underestimating the Chinese and CPC?
very good analysis. thanks 🙏🏻
No, China will not be back, she has never left at the first place.
Great content 💪🔥
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Proficiat Pascal! Heel veel informatie op een aangename manier gebracht.
Jammer dat er maar Horslags in België zijn, die attentie van de mainstream media krijgen. Zo gaat men er nooit simmer van worden.
Hopelijk zou ik je eens in persoon leren kennen, ipv ene of andere webinar van Bernard of Gwenn.😉
Mvg.
Going on my Pascal playlist. Many thanks for the perspectives.
Good presentation
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Many thanks Pascal for another great show, much appreciated.
Countries shouldn't just blindly taking orders from Washington. Every country should decide from their own national interest. That's all I can say..
您能评价一下中国的一家半导体公司收购了一家英国快要破产的半导体公司吗？而这家公司负债累累，中国公司把英国公司救活了。前天我看到英国新闻，利用新的法案要求中国公司撤资，把这家公司归还英国。
Pascal, it's all about western ignorance and arrogance (high horse), you are just one of the few (unfortunately) that can see through the real situation.
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@@PascalCoppens NP, I watched your vids and know you are a horizon open, thinking deep, smart person
I am Chinese and currently living in Europe, I have spent more than 20 years in China and more than 5 years here, hence it's safe to say that I have a thorough understanding of both Chinese and western society.
I can surely tell you, the Chinese know what they need and what is good for them. Is the CCP autocracy? Yes! I don't deny that. But is it wrong for the Chinese people and the country of China itself? Not really. Western-style democracy doesn't suit China, which history has already told us. So please don't only stare at the dark side. The Western world also has countless "dark sides", but we won't mention them all day because we know that you still have many things that we can peacefully learn from you. Vice versa.
Besides, I strongly agree with the opinion in the video that Chinese history is cyclical. Throughout our history, we have had several golden ages that we can be proud of, and also have overthrown numerous horrible emperors who brought recession and even destruction to the country. During the past 200 years, we just experienced the "century of humiliation" brought by the western countries, and now we are ready to regain domination, which is "normal" in our history, but "being dominated" is rather rare. This means that the former "central empire" is coming back.
200 years roughly equals the entire US history. The US has obtained world domination through the two world wars and the oil dollar, and they seem to regard this as an eternal phenomenon and are trying to keep it at all costs. However, as I said, the "central empire" is awakening, and soon it will retake everything it has lost to the western world. As for the western style of "democracy"? No, a 5000-year-old civilization doesn't need a 200-year-old nation to tell it what is good and suitable.
Pascal, I love your content and "illustrations" on your videos to communicate your content. This time, I really liked the use of van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. Very good choice!.
Greetings from Taiwan.
Westerners should not destruct China's progress but learn to catch up with price and quality.
Why don’t western countries just mind their own business and leave the rest of the world alone. Do people really live happier under western style of " democracy "? If so just look at Europe now.
Europeans, especially UK, think their miserable life is the happiest life on earth.
Nope, sham elections, fake democracies, every 4 years a different course and of course coalitions, the biggest scam of the all 😂
Simply put CHINESE political system and their planning is the best in the world. So was the Soviet system.
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🌷💖谦虚学习，不骄不躁
🌷💖克服困难，勇于攀登
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Great analysis. Thanks for sharing. 谢谢你 🤎 from Europe.
Do you have any suggestion on how to invest money in China ? I'm from France and I really want to secure my saving because right now they could be lost forever if a crisis in Europe affect French bank (like it did in 2008). I have been following China's growth for a while, as well as trying to understand this country (very hard). And if I have to invest into a country, I want to do it in China. And it's either I find a meaningful way to invest in China's economy, or I invest on a platform like masterworks.
Obviously I won't take any advice at face value but still you are an investor / "expert" of China.
Try BYD shares but check its history. Also check Pascals video regarding BYD. Its an awesome company.
Look at the companies list in Hong Kong for Westerner. You need to do the homework yourself. Their no restriction for capital flow in and out in Hong Kong.
@@dkblack1289Yeah, I heard of the company, I will check Pascal's video on it. Thanks :)
@@billyip6401 Okok, ty, I will check this out.
If you want to invest in China, then you must know how the gov think. If you invest in the opposite of China gov interest then your investment can be wiped out at any moment's notice. e.g. if you invest in education industry a few years ago, it looks really rosy, but these two years it got wiped out due to the industry going to the opposite of what the gov wants. i.e. cheap education for the masses instead of adding extra financial load to parents.