I tried something a bit different for the translation of this video. When the Imam was responding to me, you can hear the first part of his response in his own voice, but then you can continue to see him but I overlay Kate's translation overtop of his image. I'm not really sure how I feel about the final result. It cut a good 20 minutes off of the video compared to listening to his whole response in Uyghur and then hearing the translation afterwards, but let me know how you feel about it and I'll have a better idea on what to do next time.
I am ok with your approach on this video. But I may be bias because I live in China and still to this day hate when I hear a translator speaking over a Chinese speaker. I tend to get caught up listening to both languages and I end up missing a lot of points.
You may want to do a story on the number of Xinjiang BBQ places there are throughout China. I think in my town it has been beneficial for local Chinese to get to know Uyghur people and also eat some great food.
Personally I would include his voice and have English/Chinese subtitle overlay. People can potentially mis-translate what he was saying and if you have viewers who can speak the Uyghur language then they can comment on what was actually said. That way people won't say you are hiding anything by masking out his voice.
Thank you Daniel for taking the initiative by going to Xinjiang. I love that opening statement....we never wanted people to say only positive things about China, instead we want people to be honest in what they saw here. Love it...look forward to more interviews and insights
Hi Cyrus, I‘m following you on your TH-cam channle, not sure if you regret coming back to Canada lol, seems China is a better place to live right now lol.
The MSM don't need to interview any Uyghurs in Xinjiang. They just talk to the China expert Zenz who has never been to the area. And include some random footage of barbed wire, security camera, a guard blocking filming and some sinister music. Job done for the BBC.
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER I see. Do you care to list all the other news outlet that is reporting on the CCP's crimes which came from a different reliable source that BBC and CNN is using? Preferably not US-funded. Every other source seems to either come from Adrian Zenz or ASPI.
The BBC story has that 70's supernatural doco music, DW's doco had some guy who's opening sentence used terms like communist, the Guardian had one which was like a rehash of BBC's one. The indication that these were hit pieces was them presenting unsubstantiated assertions as givens.
@@ValExperimenter Presenting unsubstantiated assertions and allegations as fact regarding China in the western mainstream media is all they do. They give a negative spin to pretty much any China related story and continue to spread outrageous lies. Anyone presenting a nuanced or even positive view is dismissed as propaganda.
Wow Daniel you have single handedly out done BBC, CNN, DW... With true professionalism and dedication to researching facts. Thank you so much for your sacrifice and bravery against tsunami of biased, trashy haters out there.
If literally anyone on TH-cam says something positive about the re-education camps people go crazy but here is what many do not know. When TH-cam channels like Acts17Apologetics, Apostate Prophet, Abdullah Sameer or even DCCI Ministries talk about the stuffs wrong about their culture people want to silence them, same goes for Trump, even third world countries like India where you can't talk about the religious persecution in the Mughal regime & Turkey where you can't speak about the Armenian genocide.
Yet, people laugh at him for being a bartender. Those journalists should be ashamed of themselves because of the fact that a bartender does a better job at their own profession.
He went to the same guy that Chinese State media goes to. Daniel is doing the same thing he is accusing other media of. He goes to the state sanctioned person to report on Kashgar. th-cam.com/video/4omEaTJyyCM/w-d-xo.html
@@sabinereynaudsf ...Daniel Dumbrill has many vlogs. His vlogs are "Made in China" under strict surveillance by Chinese state security agents . We lived in China. We worked as professionals and we are masters of Chinese language. We are experts of China. You cannot post anything in China without Chinese state security agents . Many foreign criminals are making "HAPPY UYGHUR" vlogs under strict surveillance by China's state security agents . WHAT he talking is all about to cover up China's Uyghur genocide . He is a paid troll of the disinformation campaign to cover up China's Uyghur genocide. Even he cannot say that " I WITH CHINESE STATE SECURITY AGENTS GO TO EAST TURKESTAN TO MAKE HAPPY UYGHUR PROPAGANDA VIDEOS".... what truth ? ... why he cannot go to East Turkestan without Chinese state agents ? ... Why he cannot meet up with any Uyghur without Chinese state agents and strict surveillance ? .... is disinformation Speaking truth ? . . What truth ? . . China paid foreign criminals are making disinformation to cover up China's Uyghur genocide . . Lei, lie, again lie . . . Some foreign criminals in China have totally lost their humanity. They are slaves of China . . . . China paid Foreign Criminals with Chinese State Agents go to Chinese army unlawfully occupied East Turkestan to make ""HAPPY UYGHUR "" Videos . If there is no UYGHUR GENOCIDE, why you cannot travel to East Turkestan to meet up with Uyghurs without Chinese State agents under strict surveillance ? . . . If There is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not ley any Uyghur from East Turkestan to travel to any other country ? .... If There is no UYGHUR GENOCIDE, why China totally cut off all telephone connections, internet connections, postal services and travel for ALL UYGHURS in between vast Uyghur East Turkestan and rest of the World ? . . . If there is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not let any Uyghur from any country travel to East Turkestan to meet up with their parents ? . . . If there is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not let any FOREIGNER from any country travel to East Turkestan to meet up with UYGHURS without China's state security agents under strict surveillance ? . . . Why China invited Muslims from Muslim countries to Beijing and China's state security agents take those Muslims to East Turkestan to meet up with Uyghurs under strict surveillance ? China already destroyed over 20,000 mosques and rest of mosques left for CHINESE TOURISTS . Mosques are not for tourists. Why China opened all Uyghur Mosques for non Muslim Chinese tourists ? STAND UP TO STOP CHINA'S UYGHUR GENOCIDE . FREEDOM, INEDEPENDENCE AND SELF GOVERNINF FOR EAST TURKESTAN, TIBET, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA, TAIWAN, HONG KONG .
As an Indian. I support China in every matter. Thank you Daniel uncle for this wonderful video. I really appreciate it. Keep it up. Xinjiang lives matter. I support Xinjiang cotton. CPC government done a great job to boycott H and M , Nike etc. ..... Serpentza, laowhy 86, Jenifer zeng, wion, fox news, BBC, CNN etc cannot digest these types of beautiful video 🙄 ........
Props to you too for wading through all the mainstream propaganda. My biggest wish is for both China and India to become the superpowers side by side while maintaining friendly and cooperative relationships considering both countries are the original cradles of civilisation. A world that is no longer dominated by western bombs and intimidation. I hear things aren’t going well over there right now with COVID so stay safe and stay strong brother!
Great Stuff again Daniel. I am pleasantly surprised with with how things have been going, your "balanced criticisms" through most of this video make me feel you're doing your best to wade through emotions to get to the "real stories", how terrorism effected the lives of locals, and how the "correction" is affecting locals as well.
Previously, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region used to be plagued by terrorist attacks perpetrated by misguided Ughurs such as the _1992 Ürümqi bombings, the 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings, the 2010 Aksu bombing, the 2011 Hotan attack, 2011 Kashgar attacks, and the 2014 Ürümqi attack_ But thanks to the latest government program in Xinjiang, there have been no more terrorist attacks in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region since.
@@albertlintos8183 I wish that I would get 50 cent! Btw I think you misused the label troll. If you look up the term troll you will see that the label troll suits you better. I’m just a Chinese who loves the motherland and tries to fight back the lies and hate.
@@scy3894 You believe in lies and propaganda told by your totalitarian dictatorship regime!! Your government murdered millions!! They lie about the coronavirus!! Even now nobody knows how many Chinese are infected because CCP hides their data!!
@@albertlintos8183 bla bla bla, same BS again and again. You sound like broken record player! Do you have proof? And with proof I mean real proof not some US or UK narrative!
I'm happy you are there doing what you do. I first visited China in 1980, and during a long time working in Japan, I visited China often. I have worked in Beijing, Shanghai, and HK for many years. People in the U.S. particularly need independent, honest, and nuanced reporting from China. *The U.S. surrounds Afganistan and will continue to "operate" there, make no mistake about that.
I was in china in 2000, then I periodically go visit every 7 to 8 years. It amazes me to see the development that took place. It's like I'm traveling through different eras each time I go back. If only the western medias also pick up the infrastructural growth and the quality of life improvements. They miss the point that how far china has come and other factors like population and even the militarization of the South China Sea. When you look at it exclusively, yes china looks like the aggressor. But as a whole picture it's just a defensive tactic to repel the military web the US has set up.
I agree. When west talk about aggression of China in South China sea, they never told following truth: 1) It was Vietnam ,Malaysia, Philippines who started the island claiming first, China only follow suite after them! 2) Vietnam occupies about 51 outposts across 27 features, by contrast China, a much bigger and stronger country, only has 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands. 3) In the Spratly, China controls 8 maritime features, while the Philippines occupied 9, Malaysia occupy 5. Taiwan controls 1outpost What would US do if they were in China position ? it will occupy them All!
@@wyz9815 Occupied features. It's more complex than people previously thought of. Lest we forgot the role of the French, Vietnam's former colonizer, in the overlapping disputes it had with China and neighboring ASEAN states. It has the most number of occupied features than any other state. Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei are latecomers to this since the 1970s and early 1980s. It simply inherited what they had left since 1954.
I agree. It should also be noted that China's claim came about from the _11-Dash Line_ published by _Republic of China_ 🇹🇼 in 1947, before the KMT fled to Formosa (Taiwan) and the _People's Republic of China_ 🇨🇳 wrote off 2 lines to arrive at the _9-Dash Line._ Even till today, Taiwan maintains its claims to all of the South China Sea, they even challenged Phillipines claims and was indirectly in favour of mainland China, over the Spratly Islands claims.
I read your GuanCha interview. It is really a difficult balancing act to try to give a balanced opinion on subjects that the other part will tear apart, deform and weaponize no matter what you say. The Soviets gave up after a while when they realized that nothing they could say or do would ever be interpreted in a positive way by the western media empire. We had these discussions in Chile under Allende in 1970-73. It's not just a question of getting "better" or more "professional" public relations people involved, because the whole philosophy of western propaganda/advertising is inherently cynical, it is designed to get people to believe in things that go against their own interests without even noticing. I'm sure that's not what you - or China - want to do. You simply want people in the west to see "the other side" as it is. What works best for me, as I'm trying to understand China better, are glimpses of real people in real daily life situations. You have been doing a great job on that.
Things are comlex, China has its own problem too, but in general, Chinese are working hard to improve their life, and goverment does the right thing(most of the time). And the result is that we will require more food, meat, oil, iron, etc. Which is absolutely a nightmare for the rich and selfish developed countries. In USA, people waste food, water and energy so much, that we in China are astonished, when firstly heard from friends from USA, describling their life in USA.
@@albertlintos8183 Daniel is an independent youtuber talking to real people about real issues in real places. Not a government or mainstream media robot talking to people with agendas in a studio.
I’d have liked to hear more about the water project you spoke about in the beginning. You say propaganda but I see it as amazing public works projects. It sucks that all gets lumped together.
Propaganda can be defined as the spread of information in support of a cause (usually political in nature) and in a sense, improving public works in China is a form of propaganda.
Exactly, I agree, it’s a government supported public project, we don’t call it propaganda in US if we go to an exhibition room about a construction project, why would Danial called it ‘propaganda’, pretty strange to me. Propaganda itself the word does not always imply negatively, but in reality it has been overwhelmingly used with negative implication, most people relate the word with ‘brainwashing tool’. I bet most people don’t relate the word ‘propaganda’ with public work projects. So I would use the word propaganda more mindfully, especially today with bombarded Anti China political noise are louder than ever.
That's the result of the narrative created by the MSM, nowdays it's really hard for anyone to not question himself's use of words again and again before he says anything positive of the chinese government. Because people dont share your experience will jump to a conclution and call you shill. It also shows how bad the chinese government is at understanding the nuances of western MSM and audiences. Daniel obviously went to xinjiang to debunk the so called genocide accusation. China now is literally nazi german according to some english speaking netizens, but ccp didnt get the severity of it and be thinking, oh a foreighner is here, let's first show off some things we did, instead of clearing our names. They make it look like propaganda even when it's not, and sometimes they are.
Pepe roni, The thing about Iraq is the liberal media at the time was sceptical about the WMD claims. A lot of people were. There were record breaking protests leading up to the war to decry the warmongering. So when the same media now pushes lies about China, they have an air of credibility. I have my theories about why it's different for China. One, as a longtime adversary of the West, the propaganda against China is much more established and entrenched. So much so that it's baked into the fabric of society. Two, the US gov learned something from Iraq and this time ensured that their propaganda efforts were more comprehensive. (Edit: I have to add it's not just Iraq. People came out massively against the Vietnam War. The Western world had a vibrant antiwar movement. I say "had" because it's dead in the water in the 2020s). At the end of the day, we have to keep countering these lies. Having a defeatist attitude that it's a waste of time only hurts ourselves.
Love what said at the end of the video. Doing good for whichever country you live in, talking about the truth, the world need more people like you Daniel!
Excellent interview. Thank you for your effort. I really appreciate your unbiased views. Living in china, of course, is not 100% perfect, no place is perfect for sure. China has some issues and i complain about them all the time, but i still deeply love this country. The only way to deal with the problems is being honest and facing them directly.
Thank you Daniel for showing this interview with us...I am from Kerala and I started to love China from my childhood ,I really don't know why i love china this much....from my high school time my mark for nationality was reduced bcoz of over talking about China....Those was a terrible day for me..but now it is a awesome school memory....I wish india and china work together one day
You probably have the affinity with China due to Kalaripayattu, a Kerala martial art form which was believe brought over to China from Southern India by Bodhidharma. Just saying.
It’s obvious it’s a fake bs interview. Ask local Chinese, they know the uighurs are being ethnically cleansed. The world knows. No amount of bs TH-cam China shills will change this
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER China had informed the World Health Organization of a mysterious pneumonia like illness on 31st Dec 2019. By 5th Jan 2020 China had identified and isolated the coronavirus strain in record time and by 12th Jan 2020 China had sequenced Covid-19 genome in record time and shared the information with WHO. China actually bought the West valuable time to prepare for the eventual arrival of Covid-19 onto their shores, but most Western countries just squandered the headstart that China bought them. (Source:nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/china-response-china.html )
@@valuedcustomer8922 About ethnic cleansing, the population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010 actually *tripled in size* from 3 million to 10 million Uighurs. That's because Uighurs aren't subject to the One Child Policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want. _Population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010_ 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 …… Source: _Demographics of China_ wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#Ethnic_groups
As the Chinese saying goes, travel a thousand miles is way better than reading a thousand books. Nothing beat bringing us to XinJiang with this great video. Thank you.
I have a few Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang and Qinghai here in Sydney, I thought they would be the perfect people to ask about this whole thing about the treatment of Muslims in China. They told me that the living standard is getting much better back home that many of their relatives do not want to leave China and they also told me that the Chinese ethnic groups are treated much better than the Han Chinese, they can have more than 2 children, free education, free school meals, free boarding school for the poor kids and free health care.
Beijing said "cut the hair", the local government said "cut the head", however, I think this is not totally negative...I mean, when Washington say "cut the hair", local governments of the states say "have a wash" and this is why the US is totally out of control.
It is in the Chinese culture that when an order come from the top, people below will do over and beyond of what is expected. That's how you get better and better.
...and a Karen in Trumpish states in the US would then say: "washing my hair is against my constitutional rights" :-p But overall it's a very nice allegory though which I also could apply to many other countries as well But maybe when all this ETIM issue is settled down a bit, there will be a less hardline local government. After what happened 10 years ago, I can understand the decision which was made back then. China has to protect the citizen from terrorist attacks.
One example is how China lockdown Wuhan for months, until coronavirus is gone from Wuhan, so they can reopen. Western democracies lockdowns are *half-baked,* they lockdown only 5 days and fully reopen afterwards, expecting the virus to be gone. The coronavirus doesn't follow man's timetable.
Thanks for the great work on interviewing the real Uighur on the ground. My suggestion is to use subtitle instead of the overlapping voice translation. Kate’s translation a lot of time is hesitant and viewers do not get the full meaning of what the imam was saying. Using his own voice, but with a subtitle is a much better option in my opinion.
Daniel is one of the very few Internet personalities who talk about China with true compassion and absolutely without malice. I think it would be great to hear him talk about the issues he has observed and his thoughts on what remedial steps might be taken. No government is perfect. A good government is one that can graciously listen to constructive criticism and take actions accordingly. In addition to his great efforts in rebuffing lies from western media, his objective, insightful and analytical views of the not-so-good, the bad and even the ugly would be exceedingly useful. His articulateness and his very tactful language, in addition to his genuine passion for the Chinese society would make him the ideal candidate to provide such inputs to the authorities concerned, so that appropriate improvements and corrections can be implemented. Daniel 虽是个外国人，可是他绝对不是外人。他家在中国，而他对中国社会的情怀，溢于言表。很希望他在反驳西媒对中国的谎言和抹黑之余，更能以他客观和透彻的眼光，用他一贯的委婉言语来指出他观察到的各方面尚不完善，有待改进之处。我完全相信他的评论和他的建议，皆会出自肺腑，是望铁能成钢 。也希望有关当局能明白Daniel的善意，而正视和考虑他的评语和建议，逆耳与否。
Daniel, 2:40 about the water situation for a small village. You should really go into deeper for that story. The way I heard it was that the Chinese government instructed the local officials to improve the lives of the old village which consisted of dilapidated houses, poor roads, no source of clean water, poor sanitation. So the Chinese government built a new village with well constructed houses and land for growing food, etc. But once the villagers moved into the new settlement, they discovered that they have to go 30 odd miles just to get water. Apparently the local officials either through incompetence or corruption didn’t consider installing a water system. So the villagers moved back to the old village since they figured that life isn’t better when you need to go so far to get water. When some villagers complained, and the Chinese government got hold of the news, a thorough investigation was made and the local officials were punished and the water system that you were referring to was installed. So this goes with your quote on the Chinese government said cut the hair and the local authorities would cut the head.. The point to this is that when Chinese people complain, the government listens. Of course, the reality is that not everyone will be satisfied but at least the people are not ignored. This also shows that there remains a lot of incompetence especially with the lower ranks of local governments. But it’s hard to blame them since they are the first generation to even own a car compared to North Americans now into fourth or fifth generation of automobile savvy. Nobody is blind to the fact that China is still a developing country. They are still learning to call jakes jacks.
Well said! Also the "mentality" and exposure level of rural China especially in the poor provinces can be considered "pathetic" in comparison with the 1st world BUT such phenomenon is NOT exclusive to the rural China. It's ubiquitous in every developing nations, even within the urbanites (including countries that had developed for decades). Fortunately the Central government of China is relatively very effective in monitoring and correcting the local governments. With ever improving central government's mechanism and the spirit of the Chinese people, I'm convinced those "rural" mentalities WILL SOON catch up with the rest of the nation.
@@JWscandi Government workers/officials throughout the world are always reactive to problems (maybe a fraction of 1% are proactive), because this human nature. When you have the job security like a government job, you do as little as you can just to get by.
Peace Daniel, You started this @ the Khashgar Water Department..... To you, that might be considered as PROPAGANDA, But to the average Khashqari..... when piped water was introduced (now to all of Xinjiang), that was when the people understood that the Gov was really interested in their well being. They like their Cha now that the water is no longer muddy.
I think Daniel doesn’t think that the clean water is a propaganda. He means the western media and western government always consider that is a propaganda, even though it is the truth.
Agree. I have no idea why anyone would consider 'bettering one's life' is propaganda. But the western media certainly does, especially when it comes to China. If you tell the people of Kashgar that their clean water is propaganda they would shake their head and wonder if you're stupid, which is what the western media certainly are...
@@williamwang9353 I think Daniel doesn’t think.... Peace, I've watched enuff of his vids as to be quite familiar with his interviews.... He himself was interested with the Project for his own edification but he knows people are not interested in how the CPC is helping China. He would rather concentrate as to why the Imam of Kah in Khashhar was never mentioned by the Western Media or why nio knows of the Murder by Terrorists of Juma Taaher.
@Maria_jikezee_sarungi TH-cam deleted my effort. I only said.... The CPC Built the Mecca Medina HS Rail and the World's 3rd largest Mosque in Algeria. Killing Muslims is not a part time job for the CPC. We are not BLIND.
Thanks Daniel for sharing your honest opinion and taking a risk to do this interview. Welcome to my hometown! I'm a Han from Xinjiang but live in Australia. Han and other minorities live in harmony in Xinjiang. My father was operated by an excellent surgeon who is Ughur minority. We were very grateful. Where my parents and siblings live is managed by friendly Ughur minorities as well. We see them as Chinese too although we are different in many ways. My sister works in a pharmacy and most of her coleagues are Ughur. They all just want a better life with a good income. If you stop importing cotton from Xinjiang, you are not supporting Ughur but disturbing their living. What western media propaganda and activist said about genocide is just bullshit! Ughur minorities speak their own language to each other. They can speak mandarin if they want to. No one force them to speak mandarin. However, if anyone is pro terrorism and seperalism, they would be put in jail for sure. Most of citizens want a peaceful life including Ughur. Remember one of my old school mate died from a bus explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang when she just graduated from university at age of 21. Why would we pro terrorism???
I just feel you are in an amazing position Daniel because of your search for the truth and to be true to your inner journalism spirit! The truth must be told!
I've tried to say the same thing here, in the United States, that Daniel Drumbill is saying here, and I get shouted down, even by my own close relatives, and then they call me a "communist", as if that is the biggest insult ever, and they just basically shut me down and refuse to listen to anything else I say. It is really frustrating to reason with people who are brainwashed to hate other people.
I feel you too. I am from Malaysia, some people here just outright hated Chinese government because of mainstream media influence, they can't tolerate any positive view on China. But on the other hand, I do see many muslim here have great positive view about China. They see how government do the right thing for its people, and don't bother at all by these media's lie.
if someone is far right enough，he could even see Trump as a communist. In such case it has nothing to do with ideology or political shits anymore, it’s all about psychical illnesses. You have to observe those relatives about their mental health Mr Malcolm. Mean it.
If you haven’t heard of, Xi fought lots of corrupted politicians, shut down lots of illegal activities, prostitution, smuggling and etc. How do I know? My friend works in China before Xi took power and he’s a Hongkie, and still working there currently. One of the biggest prostitution city that every Chinese in the world know Dongguan.
@@Eckt80 And thats why I think Xi is a good big brother. His political stuffs just save the CCP from corruption. Sothat young woman like me dont have to be the vergina or uterus of rich white old men like the ex-Soviet Union women do.
you know why, because they have bad intention, that why the western media don do this kind of interview, they wanted their type of news to show the west that china is everything bad bad bad.
when i started watching this video, the number of views was 5k. half way through around 20mins, it was 6k+. finishing the video, it was 8.3k. well done Dan!
@@bearie66 that's interesting. how about refreshing the page? i mean, that's a high viewership at this rate. and it shows 10.3k now. oh, by the way, YT has its own algorithm with the 'displayed viewership' that may not reflect reality, it's been happening.
Great work Daniel. I've been sharing your content to my friends here in Canada. True eye opener. My parents are visiting Shenzhen and I told them to visit your pub. They went last night and very much enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Great insight into the Xinjiang issue! As you allude at the beginning of the video, some local Chinese officials overreacted to the central government's orders to deal with the terrorist attacks a few years ago, causing some resentments from some Uyghur people. I heard the similar things too. When a series of terrorist's attacks happened in Beijing Tiananmen Square, Guangzhou and Kunming Train stations, and in Xinjiang, the Chinese government was caught off guard. China had never faced such large scale terrorist attacks before. The early government reaction was less than ideal, some officials took some simple and less balanced measures, such as limiting traveling in and out of Xinjiang. Some hotels outside Xinjiang didn't accept people from Xinjiang, not just Uyghurs, even Han ethnic people. The reason behind was that those terrorist attacks had been plotted in hotels and the local officials were reprimanded for not vigilant enough. Of course that hurt feeling of the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. But that had nothing to do with "genocide" or "ethnic cleansing". As I know the government took measures to correct the mistakes and traveling in and out Xinjiang is free now. I personally traveled to Xinjiang in Sep of 2019, I saw a beautiful and peaceful place.
Canada needs to send a delegation over to see how China is handling the water situation. Clean water is essential to our native populations. Unfortunately I doubt our government will invest $17 billion into such a project
Thank you Daniel for your courage wisdom and righteousness in making this video. This is really so revealing of the truth good or bad that surrounds daily life there and brings to us a new unbiased & uninhabited read of the existing situation
Thanks for the update and clarifications. It's always challenging to present an impartial view and lay out the facts. I appreciate your efforts in making a difference and showing the other side of Xinjiang for most of us. Never easy to go against the establishments. Good luck and be safe!
I'm an overseas Chinese and grew up in a democratic country. But since childhood and becoming aware of my surroundings I have already see what terrorism can cause. When I was a kid and once went to watch a movie, the cinema just beside the one we are in was bombed. And their were people died in that movie house. In my teenage years, there was one time at the middle of the nite a government office just near our house was non stop shot by Armalite for like 5min. My mom shouted us to get off the bed and hide below the bed afraid of any stray bullets. Even now in my 50's, our country still have not resolve these terrorism activities and it does affect everyone's safety and country's economy. It just a problems that cannot be easily resolved. I used to live in Hong Kong for 30 years, it's really sad when the violent rioting happened in HK. I really couldn't understand why a great majority of people supported all these violence and believed they are so oppress when they have a safe and peaceful city to live and make a living. Of course HK is not perfect but definitely it's not freedom, since it's very free and safe city. It's like HK is back pedalling themselves instead of improving while other democratic countries are still trying to achieve a safe and peaceful society of their people.
I would slightly disagree with Daniel on labeling this waterworks museum as "propaganda". Clean drinking water is a life changer for a people that never had it before. What matters is that the displays are factual and true (e.g. the pipes used for construction are accurately shown). I see no problem in a small museum and monument, educating people about some details of this massive project. Props for Daniel organizing the interview and going in with an objective attitude.
I don't think he labeled it so much as propaganda, but just noted that any reporting on it would be seen as propaganda. I fully expect local governments to celebrate the success of any project. Public relations and hype are part of the process. I think he was just calling out the double standard of Western media that doesn't critique their governments the same way. But read or watch any local news, and you similar stories everywhere, and most are just a photo op for the next round of campaign literature with little substance to back it up.
@@agnosticpagan He mentions it, in passing, around here th-cam.com/video/MO2jqDQfeko/w-d-xo.htmlm30s. Usually, the term 'propaganda' has a connotation of inaccurate or exaggerated information. Perhaps, he can clarify what he means. Public relations is a better term, is fine insofar as the messages conveyed are true/factual. Other than that, I agree with the spirit of calling out double standards and disinformation by a lot of Western media.
I think what he meant was that he cannot make a video out of the museum because the museum was built in a way that western people would shout 'propaganda' the first second they see it. He didn't want to a great achievement to be smeared into a 'propaganda'.
@@cathyyu459 That was my take away as well. A great project that would not be evaluated fairly in most Western media. I hope he does do a follow up on it. Projects like that are a huge part of the BRI, especially in central Asia and Africa.
I enjoyed reading your interview with Guancha because it’s a rare piece of bilingual/cross-cultural “journalism” on these issues I’ve seen so far. Even people who leave comments in the comments section are giving thoughtful reflection and discussions on the matter. We live in a crazy world where people feel free to distort and label someone ever to quickly just to make their own point, truth is lost and perhaps nobody really cares what the truth is anymore.
Hey Daniel, As a fellow Ontarian, thank you about pointing out the clean water issues with our Indigenous people. Sadly, since the closed borders of China, I haven't been able to get back with my Cdn Passport. The truth matters, and what the world network media has not really explain is the truth of what is going on in Xinjiang. Your valued interviews hopefully will open the eyes of the world. Thanks eh! P.S. I was just watching Fernando's 3 part series and he does a pretty good investigative report as well. You, JingJing, Fernando, Noel , Ja Yoe, The Barretts all rock!
@@africabalderson8636 I work with factories in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Korea...Since the lockdown of many countries there are many restrictions on entry or in some cases you cannot enter. I have seen facts and read narratives and nothing is black and white..No world is perfect.
Daniel, i cant helping feeling God gave you an immense talent in verbal communication, and a great analytical brain for this purpose - not exactly to help the Chinese people only, but as a service to humanity in revealing truths & exposing lies to the world! I could almost see a pair of angelic wings mounted on your back. God bless.
"They are here for a head line." You got it. They are not here to help, but just to fulfill their pre-defined job. And I do agree with you that the narrative capability of the Chinese government is embarrassingly low...
news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-16/Beyond-the-Mountains-Life-in-Xinjiang--Zui80BwyOc/index.html They working on it. Western media will say this is just propaganda - which is just the pot calling the kettle black. The West cannot stand fundamentalists either, unless they can be 'useful idiots' and hinder projects like the BRI. It is not a coincidence that Uyghur separatism wasn't an issue before that project was announced. But China is facing an uphill battle to steer the narrative in the West, but actions speak louder than words, and the participants in the BRI are seeing the impact and why most still support it (at least until the Quad or the Five Eyes support a 'regime change' in such countries.)
The Chinese govt is a new kid on the block when it comes to western spin doctoring. In a sense, they are more honest & when they do lie, the people can tell. bcos they aren't very sophisticated. Also they don't hv the need to pander to populism in a democracy. But as time passes, they'll become better at spinning because they also hv to keep up with the increasing sophistication of the population.
Agreed, the truth is that China's propaganda sucks. Many people just have a hard time believing Chinese propaganda, even when faced with actual statistics. But on the contrary, Western propaganda is very effective, people just seemingly blindly believe Western propaganda unquestioningly, without even visiting the place for themselves.
@@agnosticpagan Actions speak louder than words, that's true. But many people rather continue listening to _negative words_ about BRI, than to witness firsthand the _positive actions_ by BRI. The U.S senate even propose funding "independent media" to report on the "negative impact" of BRI in developing countries. _The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to give a lot of money to local media in BRI member countries “to raise awareness of and increase transparency regarding the negative impact of activities related to the Belt and Road Initiative.”_
based on the user id of the comment section, sadly, the one who believed in those lies and propaganda would still never be able to know the truth and change their mind. OR, they don't want to either. They also enjoy blaming someone on a moral high ground when they are doing terrible domestically. Sometimes it's not ppl believe what they see, but believe what they want to believe. However, something has to be done, and I am glad Daniel is doing the right things. You are changing the world bit by bit, hard but steady, good job
Well said. What journalism should be: find what is on the ground and then write about 'all' of them. What journalism looks like around the world right now: set the title and find what fits the title and ignore everything else.
Love this channel, which I accidentally came across not long ago. Real reporting, not slanted but realistic. “Western media is looking for problems to exploit” - extremely astute words. Thank you so much.
Wonderful interview. I think the translation approach can be improved by having the interaction between you and Kate be in mandarin (assuming that Kate is more comfortable in mandarin than in English), and then have english subtitles for it. Keep up the good work!
@@albertlintos8183 So sad that you've been brainwashed by the "free" western MSM so terrible that you cannot say anything other than "paid by CCP", "propaganda", etc.
@@albertlintos8183 narrow minded people always think everything that is not in line with what their preferred media have reported must be paid by the opposite side's government
Daniel's Mandarin might have been better than the Imam's. You could hear him speak for a moment and he had a really thick accent. That's why it was more comfortable for him to interview via the Uighur translator.
Respect from Nanjing, China, thank you for your objective voice for China, for Xinjiang. Some western politicians are just like crazy dogs, making rumors and misinfomations about China over and over again.
China actually invited Western politicians like Mike Pompeo to visit Xinjiang and see for himself that there are no human rights violations in Xinjiang, but Pompeo declined China's offer.
@@Shenzhou. That's because CCP is never honest with whatever they do!! They're trying to hide the fact that there's genocide against uighur populations!!
@@albertlintos8183 Have you ever been to Xinjiang, do you have any evidence to prove the genocide in Xinjiang. The truth is the population of Uyghurs has increased faster than the population of Han. According to your logic, I claim that you killed three people last night by no evidence, is that OK?
Thank you, Daniel Dumbrill! As a Chinese, I should express my respect to you. As you say, you are trying to find some true issues in order to make this place a better one. I watched your Tiananmen VS HK Protest interview as well and I am amazed by that. I have been using VPN to get outside content for 5 or 6 years since my graduate from high school. I got really negative issues from western media and once I thought the gov did hide truths from us. But when I came to those western media's purpose, I was lost. Bcz they are not the guy that Hollywood describes as a super hero whose duty is just to help others, even the "others" are foreigners. These guys were making a living. Did they care about what really happened before and be willing to sacrifice their time and money to help a foreign country out? I think not. Even till now, Africa has the most need to be helped. BUT have the western world done something well for them? Then why African people are still in poor conditions? "What would US do if someone camp outside the WH for three months?" They did work for votes, not work for people. Though China has many problems, as Daniel says, Beijing asks province to get a haircut but the province cut the head off. President Xi has made some good changes and will make more. Let's see what will be solved and what will happen. As a Chinese, I am proud of and thanks to those people who gave their life or lifetime to make this place better. Many foregoers gave up so many things including their freedom and now we can live without hunger without fear. We can't simply take these as a matter of so-called "human rights", they are not easy. In last two years, since the pandemic began, I should say western democracy is such a bullshit. If they can't protect people's lives, how could they ensure their human rights? There are so many deaths caused by DT's misleading info but he lives happily now. NO ONE was asked to be responsible for this, ridiculous.
Daniel thank you for conducting this interview. It will be helpful if in the future you can add English subtitles along with Kate's translation. At times it was difficult to comprehend what she was saying. Another I'd like to say is that the 5 times prayer, we refer to them as 'prayer' instead of service.
Bravo Daniel, thanks for doing this! To get across the essence of the interview more effectively, I suggest that you translate and condense the conversation into more fluent Chinese and/or English, either verbally or as sub titles. Then for people who question the authenticity of your transcription, put a link below to the original document.
Thanks for a great interview on a complex subject. I am American and have driving my car, alone, all through southern Xinjiang for the past 30 days. We must have overlapped in Kashgar (I was in Kashgar and Tashkorgan April 22 to May 1 2021). Saw fabulous scenery and met so many kind people but also had over 100 security stops, requiring police escorts for hours at a time and being followed for several days. It is daunting. The most difficult problem for me was dealing with the prohibition on foreigners buying gas for their car. Of course I needed to be by gas on multiple occasions and had to develop some strategies for do that it was very interesting. During my 30 days In Xinjiang I interacted with hundreds of people including Uyghur, Han Chinese, security, police and health care personnel. In all that time I did not hit one single person who was not very polite, very professional and very patient. Everyone had an honest desire to help me. It was a great experience. I just left Xinjiang today and I’m headed south now on the G 30 with my ultimate destination being Lijiang in Yunnan Province. Of course I have a lot of good pictures and a lot of good aerial drone footage and would more than happy to share it with you at any time if you so desire. I am looking forward to being a new subscriber and backtracking on all of your videos.
That must have been a wonderful journey! How did you get around the gas issue? I'm wondering the same thing as I'm thinking of driving my RV through in the summer.
@@DanielDumbrill I would park my vehicle outside the gas station and then ask people in line, waiting yo buy gas, if they would help me. Because my Chinese is marginal I would get my wife on the phone to have her help plead my case. I was more successful with people driving higher end cars like land rovers or Toyota Prados. Several times the person agreed to help me put the gas station gate guard would not open the gate even with their ID card because they just didn’t like the idea. The Chinese ID card must be swiped in a machine for the gate to open and then must be swiped again at the actual fuel pump. I eventually hit on a winning tactic. I would wait until there was a police checkpoint that was coal located with a gas station, or close to a gas station. After getting through all of the security checks I would then ask the security people (police) if they could help me get gas. In every case they bent over backwards to help me. In several cases they had me follow them to a gas station several miles away then got me into the gas station and use their own personal card at the gas pump. At every checkpoint they always asked me where I stayed the night before, the name of the hotel, and where I was going to stay that night and the name of the hotel. I don’t know how they will react to you wanting to park and sleep in your RV. They actually are very accommodating and willing to help you it just may take a little more discussion.
I really appreciate Daniel's insist on not receiving any support from his audience to maintain his impartiality and make sure his voice-out doesn't involve with any economical benefits. Meanwhile I'm a bit of fruastrated by the same fact: I can't support the voice of the real integrity, while those propaganda outlets are free to feather their own nest by stiring up hatreds and by catering to the prejudice of their audience. What a satirical scene we are having now.
Regarding the freedom of practice Islam in Xinjiang, there are more flexible and respectful than most mosques in Malaysia....in Kuala lumpar some mosques doesn't allow non-muslim to enter the inside. And great job done Daniel, I have to say there are a LOT false claims on YT talking about muslim don't have right to practice Islam in Kashgar particularly, who gain millions views.
I think I have watched one of those, came up on my yt suggested videos. It’s targeting middle eastern audiences. Had over a million views. That guy never really talked to or interviewed any local people in the video, but made comments about people being not happy, praying not allowed in mosques, locals not allowed to fast during Ramadan..... Seemed weird to me, but many people would probably take his words at face value. I went on trips to Silk Road in 1998 and 2019, I witnessed the development and how people of all ethnic groups have improved, they were living normal lives, so these genocide accusations seem really far fetched. I also went to HK during the protest in 2019, when we came back to Canada, we couldn’t believe how biased the news here was, describing the protesters as peaceful. What happened in the past two years have showed me the reality that I wasn’t aware of, it’s a belated disillusionment, but better than staying ignorant forever.
Hi Daniel, I presume you have on your to-do list or have great interest to go the museum on terrorism in Xinjiang, right? You will take us there? It is very very important to see this place. Thanks for sharing your conversation with Imam Mamat Juma. Kate did a real good job on this assignment. Thanks Kate. :)
I think most of people would like to know what the truth is,not just to know positive about China,even I am a Chinese who really love China. And like any other country in the world,there always are imperfections about government or regulations or policies. Love what you doing,Danielle. Thank you
Not so many people are seeking facts and truth, but Daniel is working hard on this. It's good to see there are both anti- and pro- videos. The facts and truth usually lie not exactly at but between these two boundaries. As long as there is no war causing unnecessary death, the pressure placed by USA on China's human rights has actually benefited Chinese people gradually.
@@olivergough5850 though independents like daniel and people from AP have different viewpoints they are still walking the same streets, meeting the same population and presumably with the same officials. Maybe the only perspectives not covered are of those who lean more on the radical side which only one party lends uncritical support to
No offense to Kate, she did a fairly good job. But it was quite difficult to listen to her struggle through translating, which made the ease of a listener getting through the interview quite difficult. One thing that might work, again, no offense meant to Kate, would just be to allow us to hear the Imam's voice, cut Kate out, and apply subtitles. That, or maybe you could record a voice-over yourself for Kate's translations and apply it on the video the way you did here. You've got a radio smooth voice which is really one reason why it's easy to watch or listen to your videos. Very comfortable. Kate's discomfort, struggling with finding the right English words, also passes on to the listener, which kind of made me have to force myself to sit through it. Unfortunately, that probably means people who are already have a bias, that we're hoping to overturn would tune out, while only the people in your audience who already agree with you would sit through it.
Very well put. This is such a serious and important topic to have somebody who is not actually fluent in English to translate it. Her mandarin sounded native so really she should’ve just done the translation in mandarin and just use English subtitles for the English speaking audience. She ended up transmitting no real useful insight just really basic phrases, it’s overall a disappointing interview from Daniel. Very low quality relative to what he put out before.
Hi Daniel! We love how you can be objective and critical of China. Those are valuable opinions and suggestions, which will make China become a better country. Thanks for doing this!
I tried something a bit different for the translation of this video. When the Imam was responding to me, you can hear the first part of his response in his own voice, but then you can continue to see him but I overlay Kate's translation overtop of his image. I'm not really sure how I feel about the final result. It cut a good 20 minutes off of the video compared to listening to his whole response in Uyghur and then hearing the translation afterwards, but let me know how you feel about it and I'll have a better idea on what to do next time.
I am ok with your approach on this video. But I may be bias because I live in China and still to this day hate when I hear a translator speaking over a Chinese speaker. I tend to get caught up listening to both languages and I end up missing a lot of points.
You may want to do a story on the number of Xinjiang BBQ places there are throughout China. I think in my town it has been beneficial for local Chinese to get to know Uyghur people and also eat some great food.
Personally I would include his voice and have English/Chinese subtitle overlay. People can potentially mis-translate what he was saying and if you have viewers who can speak the Uyghur language then they can comment on what was actually said. That way people won't say you are hiding anything by masking out his voice.
it works great, although the voice sounds a little weird with the image.🤣🤣
I honestly think that letting the audio go and put subtitles is much better, and then you don't need to add the translators audio.
Thank you Daniel for taking the initiative by going to Xinjiang. I love that opening statement....we never wanted people to say only positive things about China, instead we want people to be honest in what they saw here. Love it...look forward to more interviews and insights
谢谢你，你说对，批评有时候比赞美更能促进社会的进步。中国很大，政府也能虚心的听进去批评并且改进。
Hi Cyrus, I‘m following you on your TH-cam channle, not sure if you regret coming back to Canada lol, seems China is a better place to live right now lol.
@UClwK0v8ckoN_li9Bk1hi1lg haha，这是个神经病吧
@@hkwopczk1 it's a robot might from CIA😂😂
@@willylu88 你这话说的，人家从小北美长大，再怎么说也有文化认同，回去不是很正常吗？但是常回去中国看看也不冲突啊，不要过度自负。切记。
你真的伟大，因为你触碰了很多人不愿意触碰的问题，这种有深度的提问才能释放人们心中疑惑，更喜欢你的公正与客观，尤其客观是所有采访中最难能可贵的品质，我爱自己的国家，但是这也是一个有很多问题的国家，感谢有你这种能指出问题所在的人做中国女婿，这是中国之幸
The MSM don't need to interview any Uyghurs in Xinjiang. They just talk to the China expert Zenz who has never been to the area. And include some random footage of barbed wire, security camera, a guard blocking filming and some sinister music. Job done for the BBC.
Adrian Zenz is the new Joseph Goebbels!
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER BBC and CNN are the most prominent.
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER I see. Do you care to list all the other news outlet that is reporting on the CCP's crimes which came from a different reliable source that BBC and CNN is using? Preferably not US-funded. Every other source seems to either come from Adrian Zenz or ASPI.
The BBC story has that 70's supernatural doco music, DW's doco had some guy who's opening sentence used terms like communist, the Guardian had one which was like a rehash of BBC's one. The indication that these were hit pieces was them presenting unsubstantiated assertions as givens.
@@ValExperimenter Presenting unsubstantiated assertions and allegations as fact regarding China in the western mainstream media is all they do. They give a negative spin to pretty much any China related story and continue to spread outrageous lies. Anyone presenting a nuanced or even positive view is dismissed as propaganda.
Wow Daniel you have single handedly out done BBC, CNN, DW... With true professionalism and dedication to researching facts. Thank you so much for your sacrifice and bravery against tsunami of biased, trashy haters out there.
If literally anyone on TH-cam says something positive about the re-education camps people go crazy but here is what many do not know.
When TH-cam channels like Acts17Apologetics, Apostate Prophet, Abdullah Sameer or even DCCI Ministries talk about the stuffs wrong about their culture people want to silence them, same goes for Trump, even third world countries like India where you can't talk about the religious persecution in the Mughal regime & Turkey where you can't speak about the Armenian genocide.
Yet, people laugh at him for being a bartender. Those journalists should be ashamed of themselves because of the fact that a bartender does a better job at their own profession.
Max Blumenthal from the Greyzone is another excellent journalist, especially with regards to US imperialism.
He went to the same guy that Chinese State media goes to. Daniel is doing the same thing he is accusing other media of. He goes to the state sanctioned person to report on Kashgar. th-cam.com/video/4omEaTJyyCM/w-d-xo.html
@@sabinereynaudsf ...Daniel Dumbrill has many vlogs. His vlogs are "Made in China" under strict surveillance by Chinese state security agents . We lived in China. We worked as professionals and we are masters of Chinese language. We are experts of China. You cannot post anything in China without Chinese state security agents . Many foreign criminals are making "HAPPY UYGHUR" vlogs under strict surveillance by China's state security agents . WHAT he talking is all about to cover up China's Uyghur genocide . He is a paid troll of the disinformation campaign to cover up China's Uyghur genocide. Even he cannot say that " I WITH CHINESE STATE SECURITY AGENTS GO TO EAST TURKESTAN TO MAKE HAPPY UYGHUR PROPAGANDA VIDEOS".... what truth ? ... why he cannot go to East Turkestan without Chinese state agents ? ... Why he cannot meet up with any Uyghur without Chinese state agents and strict surveillance ? .... is disinformation Speaking truth ? . . What truth ? . . China paid foreign criminals are making disinformation to cover up China's Uyghur genocide . . Lei, lie, again lie . . . Some foreign criminals in China have totally lost their humanity. They are slaves of China . . . . China paid Foreign Criminals with Chinese State Agents go to Chinese army unlawfully occupied East Turkestan to make ""HAPPY UYGHUR "" Videos .
If there is no UYGHUR GENOCIDE, why you cannot travel to East Turkestan to meet up with Uyghurs without Chinese State agents under strict surveillance ? . . .
If There is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not ley any Uyghur from East Turkestan to travel to any other country ? ....
If There is no UYGHUR GENOCIDE, why China totally cut off all telephone connections, internet connections, postal services and travel for ALL UYGHURS in between vast Uyghur East Turkestan and rest of the World ? . . .
If there is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not let any Uyghur from any country travel to East Turkestan to meet up with their parents ? . . .
If there is no Uyghur Genocide, why China do not let any FOREIGNER from any country travel to East Turkestan to meet up with UYGHURS without China's state security agents under strict surveillance ? . . .
Why China invited Muslims from Muslim countries to Beijing and China's state security agents take those Muslims to East Turkestan to meet up with Uyghurs under strict surveillance ?
China already destroyed over 20,000 mosques and rest of mosques left for CHINESE TOURISTS .
Mosques are not for tourists.
Why China opened all Uyghur Mosques for non Muslim Chinese tourists ?
STAND UP TO STOP CHINA'S UYGHUR GENOCIDE .
FREEDOM, INEDEPENDENCE AND SELF GOVERNINF FOR EAST TURKESTAN, TIBET, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA, TAIWAN, HONG KONG .
As an Indian. I support China in every matter. Thank you Daniel uncle for this wonderful video. I really appreciate it. Keep it up.
Xinjiang lives matter. I support Xinjiang cotton.
CPC government done a great job to boycott H and M , Nike etc.
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Serpentza, laowhy 86, Jenifer zeng, wion, fox news, BBC, CNN etc cannot digest these types of beautiful video 🙄
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Namaste, which city do you live in?
Be safe if you were in India.
Props to you too for wading through all the mainstream propaganda. My biggest wish is for both China and India to become the superpowers side by side while maintaining friendly and cooperative relationships considering both countries are the original cradles of civilisation. A world that is no longer dominated by western bombs and intimidation. I hear things aren’t going well over there right now with COVID so stay safe and stay strong brother!
Stay safe
I'm touched by your comment. I hope the situation in India will improve. It's so sad to see people suffer.
Great Stuff again Daniel. I am pleasantly surprised with with how things have been going, your "balanced criticisms" through most of this video make me feel you're doing your best to wade through emotions to get to the "real stories", how terrorism effected the lives of locals, and how the "correction" is affecting locals as well.
Previously, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region used to be plagued by terrorist attacks perpetrated by misguided Ughurs such as the _1992 Ürümqi bombings, the 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings, the 2010 Aksu bombing, the 2011 Hotan attack, 2011 Kashgar attacks, and the 2014 Ürümqi attack_
But thanks to the latest government program in Xinjiang, there have been no more terrorist attacks in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region since.
Thanks Daniel! No one is saying that China is perfect but Chinese government and Chinese people are working hard to improve situation for all.
Another paid 50 cent troll!
@@albertlintos8183 I wish that I would get 50 cent! Btw I think you misused the label troll. If you look up the term troll you will see that the label troll suits you better. I’m just a Chinese who loves the motherland and tries to fight back the lies and hate.
@@scy3894 You believe in lies and propaganda told by your totalitarian dictatorship regime!! Your government murdered millions!! They lie about the coronavirus!! Even now nobody knows how many Chinese are infected because CCP hides their data!!
@@albertlintos8183 bla bla bla, same BS again and again. You sound like broken record player! Do you have proof? And with proof I mean real proof not some US or UK narrative!
@@albertlintos8183 hahhahahaha u live in a dream world friend
I'm happy you are there doing what you do. I first visited China in 1980, and during a long time working in Japan, I visited China often. I have worked in Beijing, Shanghai, and HK for many years. People in the U.S. particularly need independent, honest, and nuanced reporting from China. *The U.S. surrounds Afganistan and will continue to "operate" there, make no mistake about that.
I was in china in 2000, then I periodically go visit every 7 to 8 years. It amazes me to see the development that took place. It's like I'm traveling through different eras each time I go back. If only the western medias also pick up the infrastructural growth and the quality of life improvements. They miss the point that how far china has come and other factors like population and even the militarization of the South China Sea. When you look at it exclusively, yes china looks like the aggressor. But as a whole picture it's just a defensive tactic to repel the military web the US has set up.
I agree. When west talk about aggression of China in South China sea, they never told following truth:
1) It was Vietnam ,Malaysia, Philippines who started the island claiming first, China only follow suite after them!
2) Vietnam occupies about 51 outposts across 27 features, by contrast China, a much bigger and stronger country, only has 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands.
3) In the Spratly, China controls 8 maritime features, while the Philippines occupied 9, Malaysia occupy 5. Taiwan controls 1outpost
What would US do if they were in China position ? it will occupy them All!
@@wyz9815 Occupied features. It's more complex than people previously thought of.
Lest we forgot the role of the French, Vietnam's former colonizer, in the overlapping disputes it had with China and neighboring ASEAN states. It has the most number of occupied features than any other state.
Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei are latecomers to this since the 1970s and early 1980s.
It simply inherited what they had left since 1954.
I agree. It should also be noted that China's claim came about from the _11-Dash Line_ published by _Republic of China_ 🇹🇼 in 1947, before the KMT fled to Formosa (Taiwan) and the _People's Republic of China_ 🇨🇳 wrote off 2 lines to arrive at the _9-Dash Line._ Even till today, Taiwan maintains its claims to all of the South China Sea, they even challenged Phillipines claims and was indirectly in favour of mainland China, over the Spratly Islands claims.
@@Shenzhou. 每次见到您的神州图标，就知道又要来干货了，又要涨知识了。 为您点👍!
Dang dude, if I were religious I'd be praying for your safety. THANK YOU so much for doing what you're doing. Truly a hero in my book.
Agree, Danial is my hero for sure!
Absolutely no need to worry about him in China.
I think the safety concerns are for CIA, because they don't like what he's doing. So they will CIA him.
If paid CCP trolls are heroes in your book,your standards must be pretty low.
@@albertlintos8183 Daniel is anything but.
Thank you Daniel for being the voice of reason and peace. ♥️ We will always support ur work. Keep going !
I read your GuanCha interview. It is really a difficult balancing act to try to give a balanced opinion on subjects that the other part will tear apart, deform and weaponize no matter what you say. The Soviets gave up after a while when they realized that nothing they could say or do would ever be interpreted in a positive way by the western media empire. We had these discussions in Chile under Allende in 1970-73. It's not just a question of getting "better" or more "professional" public relations people involved, because the whole philosophy of western propaganda/advertising is inherently cynical, it is designed to get people to believe in things that go against their own interests without even noticing. I'm sure that's not what you - or China - want to do. You simply want people in the west to see "the other side" as it is. What works best for me, as I'm trying to understand China better, are glimpses of real people in real daily life situations. You have been doing a great job on that.
Things are comlex, China has its own problem too, but in general, Chinese are working hard to improve their life, and goverment does the right thing(most of the time). And the result is that we will require more food, meat, oil, iron, etc. Which is absolutely a nightmare for the rich and selfish developed countries. In USA, people waste food, water and energy so much, that we in China are astonished, when firstly heard from friends from USA, describling their life in USA.
Thanks Daniel for taking time to do real interviews and hear from real Uyghurs.
More like Propaganda by CCP!!
@@albertlintos8183 yes! everything is faked! you are living in matrix!
@@albertlintos8183 Daniel is an independent youtuber talking to real people about real issues in real places. Not a government or mainstream media robot talking to people with agendas in a studio.
@@s1050 Meanwhile his repeating propaganda spread by the CCP!!
Dainel ,you are a real friend to we Chinese people, with all my respect.
I think Daniel is much more a friend to the truth. 😉
@pepe roni it's reasonable to not get too wrapped up in anything or anyone. 😉
You don't speak for the Chinese people!!
@Lord Word Most Chinese people doesn't like the CCP, except for those paid and brainwashed ones.
@@albertlintos8183 How do you know? Do you live in China? Are you a Chinese?😂😂😂
These reports of yours are incredibly important. Thanks for doing them.
Being objective is the key. Great job Daniel!
A very good video and you are doing real journalism, thank you Daniel!
I’d have liked to hear more about the water project you spoke about in the beginning. You say propaganda but I see it as amazing public works projects. It sucks that all gets lumped together.
Propaganda can be defined as the spread of information in support of a cause (usually political in nature) and in a sense, improving public works in China is a form of propaganda.
Exactly, I agree, it’s a government supported public project, we don’t call it propaganda in US if we go to an exhibition room about a construction project, why would Danial called it ‘propaganda’, pretty strange to me.
Propaganda itself the word does not always imply negatively, but in reality it has been overwhelmingly used with negative implication, most people relate the word with ‘brainwashing tool’. I bet most people don’t relate the word ‘propaganda’ with public work projects.
So I would use the word propaganda more mindfully, especially today with bombarded Anti China political noise are louder than ever.
That's the result of the narrative created by the MSM, nowdays it's really hard for anyone to not question himself's use of words again and again before he says anything positive of the chinese government. Because people dont share your experience will jump to a conclution and call you shill. It also shows how bad the chinese government is at understanding the nuances of western MSM and audiences. Daniel obviously went to xinjiang to debunk the so called genocide accusation. China now is literally nazi german according to some english speaking netizens, but ccp didnt get the severity of it and be thinking, oh a foreighner is here, let's first show off some things we did, instead of clearing our names. They make it look like propaganda even when it's not, and sometimes they are.
I'd like to learn more about the water project too.
Pepe roni, The thing about Iraq is the liberal media at the time was sceptical about the WMD claims. A lot of people were. There were record breaking protests leading up to the war to decry the warmongering. So when the same media now pushes lies about China, they have an air of credibility.
I have my theories about why it's different for China. One, as a longtime adversary of the West, the propaganda against China is much more established and entrenched. So much so that it's baked into the fabric of society.
Two, the US gov learned something from Iraq and this time ensured that their propaganda efforts were more comprehensive.
(Edit: I have to add it's not just Iraq. People came out massively against the Vietnam War. The Western world had a vibrant antiwar movement. I say "had" because it's dead in the water in the 2020s).
At the end of the day, we have to keep countering these lies. Having a defeatist attitude that it's a waste of time only hurts ourselves.
Thank you Daniel for your amazing work!
Love what said at the end of the video. Doing good for whichever country you live in, talking about the truth, the world need more people like you Daniel!
Excellent interview. Thank you for your effort. I really appreciate your unbiased views. Living in china, of course, is not 100% perfect, no place is perfect for sure. China has some issues and i complain about them all the time, but i still deeply love this country. The only way to deal with the problems is being honest and facing them directly.
Thank you Daniel for showing this interview with us...I am from Kerala and I started to love China from my childhood ,I really don't know why i love china this much....from my high school time my mark for nationality was reduced bcoz of over talking about China....Those was a terrible day for me..but now it is a awesome school memory....I wish india and china work together one day
Yep me too. Btw that's a cute high school story! 😂👍❤️
You probably have the affinity with China due to Kalaripayattu, a Kerala martial art form which was believe brought over to China from Southern India by Bodhidharma. Just saying.
Or maybe you were Chinese in one of your past lives. Just saying.
@@Utube1024 May be
You have a "nationality score" in India? How do they measure that?
Looking forward to hear about your amazing stories.
Thanks for giving the people in Xinjiang a voice and giving us deep insight.
Very good interview video...! I am from 🇨🇦, we don't see such interview from the local people speech up from the western medias...!
It’s obvious it’s a fake bs interview. Ask local Chinese, they know the uighurs are being ethnically cleansed. The world knows. No amount of bs TH-cam China shills will change this
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER China had informed the World Health Organization of a mysterious pneumonia like illness on 31st Dec 2019. By 5th Jan 2020 China had identified and isolated the coronavirus strain in record time and by 12th Jan 2020 China had sequenced Covid-19 genome in record time and shared the information with WHO. China actually bought the West valuable time to prepare for the eventual arrival of Covid-19 onto their shores, but most Western countries just squandered the headstart that China bought them. (Source:nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/china-response-china.html )
@@valuedcustomer8922 About ethnic cleansing, the population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010 actually *tripled in size* from 3 million to 10 million Uighurs. That's because Uighurs aren't subject to the One Child Policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want.
_Population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010_
1953: 3,640,125
1964: 3,996,311
1982: 5,917,030
1990: 7,207,024
2000: 8,399,393
2010: 10,069,346
……
Source: _Demographics of China_ wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#Ethnic_groups
@PANDEMIC BY CCP AND XITLER Truth!
@@Shenzhou. are you a CCP bot? You keep copy pasting the same bs lies.
As the Chinese saying goes, travel a thousand miles is way better than reading a thousand books. Nothing beat bringing us to XinJiang with this great video. Thank you.
thank you Daniel. your contents are always inspiring!
Great journalism Daniel!!!! You're a truthseeker. Thank you so much for your invaluable work.
That is an impressive interview. You have done a great job, Daniel.
Thanks for keeping us updated with your Xinjiang trip, Daniel. Looking forward to more like this.
Thank you Daniel for the efforts.
I have a few Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang and Qinghai here in Sydney, I thought they would be the perfect people to ask about this whole thing about the treatment of Muslims in China. They told me that the living standard is getting much better back home that many of their relatives do not want to leave China and they also told me that the Chinese ethnic groups are treated much better than the Han Chinese, they can have more than 2 children, free education, free school meals, free boarding school for the poor kids and free health care.
Beijing said "cut the hair", the local government said "cut the head", however, I think this is not totally negative...I mean, when Washington say "cut the hair", local governments of the states say "have a wash" and this is why the US is totally out of control.
lol
It is in the Chinese culture that when an order come from the top, people below will do over and beyond of what is expected. That's how you get better and better.
A good one! lol
...and a Karen in Trumpish states in the US would then say: "washing my hair is against my constitutional rights" :-p
But overall it's a very nice allegory though which I also could apply to many other countries as well But maybe when all this ETIM issue is settled down a bit, there will be a less hardline local government. After what happened 10 years ago, I can understand the decision which was made back then. China has to protect the citizen from terrorist attacks.
One example is how China lockdown Wuhan for months, until coronavirus is gone from Wuhan, so they can reopen. Western democracies lockdowns are *half-baked,* they lockdown only 5 days and fully reopen afterwards, expecting the virus to be gone. The coronavirus doesn't follow man's timetable.
Thanks for the great work on interviewing the real Uighur on the ground. My suggestion is to use subtitle instead of the overlapping voice translation. Kate’s translation a lot of time is hesitant and viewers do not get the full meaning of what the imam was saying. Using his own voice, but with a subtitle is a much better option in my opinion.
This is a really thoughtful and insightful interview. Thank you for your work.
Daniel is one of the very few Internet personalities who talk about China with true compassion and absolutely without malice. I think it would be great to hear him talk about the issues he has observed and his thoughts on what remedial steps might be taken. No government is perfect. A good government is one that can graciously listen to constructive criticism and take actions accordingly. In addition to his great efforts in rebuffing lies from western media, his objective, insightful and analytical views of the not-so-good, the bad and even the ugly would be exceedingly useful. His articulateness and his very tactful language, in addition to his genuine passion for the Chinese society would make him the ideal candidate to provide such inputs to the authorities concerned, so that appropriate improvements and corrections can be implemented.
Daniel 虽是个外国人，可是他绝对不是外人。他家在中国，而他对中国社会的情怀，溢于言表。很希望他在反驳西媒对中国的谎言和抹黑之余，更能以他客观和透彻的眼光，用他一贯的委婉言语来指出他观察到的各方面尚不完善，有待改进之处。我完全相信他的评论和他的建议，皆会出自肺腑，是望铁能成钢 。也希望有关当局能明白Daniel的善意，而正视和考虑他的评语和建议，逆耳与否。
Daniel, 2:40 about the water situation for a small village. You should really go into deeper for that story. The way I heard it was that the Chinese government instructed the local officials to improve the lives of the old village which consisted of dilapidated houses, poor roads, no source of clean water, poor sanitation. So the Chinese government built a new village with well constructed houses and land for growing food, etc. But once the villagers moved into the new settlement, they discovered that they have to go 30 odd miles just to get water. Apparently the local officials either through incompetence or corruption didn’t consider installing a water system. So the villagers moved back to the old village since they figured that life isn’t better when you need to go so far to get water. When some villagers complained, and the Chinese government got hold of the news, a thorough investigation was made and the local officials were punished and the water system that you were referring to was installed.
So this goes with your quote on the Chinese government said cut the hair and the local authorities would cut the head..
The point to this is that when Chinese people complain, the government listens. Of course, the reality is that not everyone will be satisfied but at least the people are not ignored.
This also shows that there remains a lot of incompetence especially with the lower ranks of local governments. But it’s hard to blame them since they are the first generation to even own a car compared to North Americans now into fourth or fifth generation of automobile savvy.
Nobody is blind to the fact that China is still a developing country. They are still learning to call jakes jacks.
Well said! Also the "mentality" and exposure level of rural China especially in the poor provinces can be considered "pathetic" in comparison with the 1st world BUT such phenomenon is NOT exclusive to the rural China. It's ubiquitous in every developing nations, even within the urbanites (including countries that had developed for decades). Fortunately the Central government of China is relatively very effective in monitoring and correcting the local governments. With ever improving central government's mechanism and the spirit of the Chinese people, I'm convinced those "rural" mentalities WILL SOON catch up with the rest of the nation.
@@JWscandi Government workers/officials throughout the world are always reactive to problems (maybe a fraction of 1% are proactive), because this human nature. When you have the job security like a government job, you do as little as you can just to get by.
Great interview, Daniel. Love your videos.
Yeah great script written by the CCP.
@@jmac8092 be mind-opened and get out of your wall
Thank you Daniel Dumbrill for bringing us the truth of Xinjiang🇨🇳
Truth is your government murdered millions of Uighurs!!
@@albertlintos8183 One million... Can you actually give a name/place, please?
@@albertlintos8183 do your research don’t be like a 3 yr old
@@mengjiaozhang6789 My research concludes that CCP is the worst!!
Peace Daniel,
You started this @ the Khashgar Water Department..... To you, that might be considered as PROPAGANDA, But to the average Khashqari..... when piped water was introduced (now to all of Xinjiang), that was when the people understood that the Gov was really interested in their well being.
They like their Cha now that the water is no longer muddy.
I think Daniel doesn’t think that the clean water is a propaganda. He means the western media and western government always consider that is a propaganda, even though it is the truth.
Agree. I have no idea why anyone would consider 'bettering one's life' is propaganda. But the western media certainly does, especially when it comes to China. If you tell the people of Kashgar that their clean water is propaganda they would shake their head and wonder if you're stupid, which is what the western media certainly are...
@@williamwang9353 I think Daniel doesn’t think....
Peace,
I've watched enuff of his vids as to be quite familiar with his interviews.... He himself was interested with the Project for his own edification but he knows people are not interested in how the CPC is helping China.
He would rather concentrate as to why the Imam of Kah in Khashhar was never mentioned by the Western Media or why nio knows of the Murder by Terrorists of Juma Taaher.
Peace @@winstonkam5166
Thanks! You have put my point more elegantly.
@Maria_jikezee_sarungi
TH-cam deleted my effort.
I only said.... The CPC Built the Mecca Medina HS Rail and the World's 3rd largest Mosque in Algeria. Killing Muslims is not a part time job for the CPC. We are not BLIND.
Thanks Daniel for sharing your honest opinion and taking a risk to do this interview. Welcome to my hometown! I'm a Han from Xinjiang but live in Australia. Han and other minorities live in harmony in Xinjiang. My father was operated by an excellent surgeon who is Ughur minority. We were very grateful. Where my parents and siblings live is managed by friendly Ughur minorities as well. We see them as Chinese too although we are different in many ways. My sister works in a pharmacy and most of her coleagues are Ughur. They all just want a better life with a good income. If you stop importing cotton from Xinjiang, you are not supporting Ughur but disturbing their living. What western media propaganda and activist said about genocide is just bullshit! Ughur minorities speak their own language to each other. They can speak mandarin if they want to. No one force them to speak mandarin. However, if anyone is pro terrorism and seperalism, they would be put in jail for sure. Most of citizens want a peaceful life including Ughur. Remember one of my old school mate died from a bus explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang when she just graduated from university at age of 21. Why would we pro terrorism???
Thank you, Daniel, for putting so much effort into this journey!
“ cut the hair”
“Ok, cut the head!”
Yes you got the point!! We are all frustrated by this “ lazy policy “ mode.
I just feel you are in an amazing position Daniel because of your search for the truth and to be true to your inner journalism spirit! The truth must be told!
I've tried to say the same thing here, in the United States, that Daniel Drumbill is saying here, and I get shouted down, even by my own close relatives, and then they call me a "communist", as if that is the biggest insult ever, and they just basically shut me down and refuse to listen to anything else I say. It is really frustrating to reason with people who are brainwashed to hate other people.
I feel you too. I am from Malaysia, some people here just outright hated Chinese government because of mainstream media influence, they can't tolerate any positive view on China. But on the other hand, I do see many muslim here have great positive view about China. They see how government do the right thing for its people, and don't bother at all by these media's lie.
if someone is far right enough，he could even see Trump as a communist. In such case it has nothing to do with ideology or political shits anymore, it’s all about psychical illnesses. You have to observe those relatives about their mental health Mr Malcolm. Mean it.
If you haven’t heard of, Xi fought lots of corrupted politicians, shut down lots of illegal activities, prostitution, smuggling and etc. How do I know? My friend works in China before Xi took power and he’s a Hongkie, and still working there currently. One of the biggest prostitution city that every Chinese in the world know Dongguan.
@@Eckt80 And thats why I think Xi is a good big brother. His political stuffs just save the CCP from corruption. Sothat young woman like me dont have to be the vergina or uterus of rich white old men like the ex-Soviet Union women do.
That’s why they say truth is always in the hands of few. Take care
Excellent reporting, we don't see stuff like this in western media like BBC, CNN etc.
you know why, because they have bad intention, that why the western media don do this kind of interview, they wanted their type of news to show the west that china is everything bad bad bad.
@@ahweiqi BSB reporting, "China will collapse into an endless chaos" 😂
Even if you invite CNN and BBC come over they will twist the videos.
@@gliu1431
They can spin the white into black, angel into devil, right into wrong.
They can even say the sun is black
when i started watching this video, the number of views was 5k.
half way through around 20mins, it was 6k+.
finishing the video, it was 8.3k.
well done Dan!
I am watching now and it is 7.3k, haters are in action! lol
@@bearie66 that's interesting. how about refreshing the page?
i mean, that's a high viewership at this rate.
and it shows 10.3k now.
oh, by the way, YT has its own algorithm with the 'displayed viewership' that may not reflect reality, it's been happening.
Great work Daniel. I've been sharing your content to my friends here in Canada. True eye opener. My parents are visiting Shenzhen and I told them to visit your pub. They went last night and very much enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Great insight into the Xinjiang issue! As you allude at the beginning of the video, some local Chinese officials overreacted to the central government's orders to deal with the terrorist attacks a few years ago, causing some resentments from some Uyghur people. I heard the similar things too. When a series of terrorist's attacks happened in Beijing Tiananmen Square, Guangzhou and Kunming Train stations, and in Xinjiang, the Chinese government was caught off guard. China had never faced such large scale terrorist attacks before. The early government reaction was less than ideal, some officials took some simple and less balanced measures, such as limiting traveling in and out of Xinjiang. Some hotels outside Xinjiang didn't accept people from Xinjiang, not just Uyghurs, even Han ethnic people. The reason behind was that those terrorist attacks had been plotted in hotels and the local officials were reprimanded for not vigilant enough. Of course that hurt feeling of the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. But that had nothing to do with "genocide" or "ethnic cleansing". As I know the government took measures to correct the mistakes and traveling in and out Xinjiang is free now. I personally traveled to Xinjiang in Sep of 2019, I saw a beautiful and peaceful place.
this is great. thank you, daniel!
Beautiful content! Wish you bring more understanding and diplomacy to the audience. Keep it up 👍
Support!!! Thank you Daniel.
Canada needs to send a delegation over to see how China is handling the water situation. Clean water is essential to our native populations. Unfortunately I doubt our government will invest $17 billion into such a project
Thank you Daniel for your courage wisdom and righteousness in making this video. This is really so revealing of the truth good or bad that surrounds daily life there and brings to us a new unbiased & uninhabited read of the existing situation
You are honest！You are the example of being a reliable youtuber！ LOVE YOU！
Thanks for the update and clarifications. It's always challenging to present an impartial view and lay out the facts. I appreciate your efforts in making a difference and showing the other side of Xinjiang for most of us. Never easy to go against the establishments. Good luck and be safe!
I'm an overseas Chinese and grew up in a democratic country. But since childhood and becoming aware of my surroundings I have already see what terrorism can cause. When I was a kid and once went to watch a movie, the cinema just beside the one we are in was bombed. And their were people died in that movie house. In my teenage years, there was one time at the middle of the nite a government office just near our house was non stop shot by Armalite for like 5min. My mom shouted us to get off the bed and hide below the bed afraid of any stray bullets. Even now in my 50's, our country still have not resolve these terrorism activities and it does affect everyone's safety and country's economy. It just a problems that cannot be easily resolved.
I used to live in Hong Kong for 30 years, it's really sad when the violent rioting happened in HK. I really couldn't understand why a great majority of people supported all these violence and believed they are so oppress when they have a safe and peaceful city to live and make a living. Of course HK is not perfect but definitely it's not freedom, since it's very free and safe city. It's like HK is back pedalling themselves instead of improving while other democratic countries are still trying to achieve a safe and peaceful society of their people.
I would slightly disagree with Daniel on labeling this waterworks museum as "propaganda". Clean drinking water is a life changer for a people that never had it before. What matters is that the displays are factual and true (e.g. the pipes used for construction are accurately shown). I see no problem in a small museum and monument, educating people about some details of this massive project. Props for Daniel organizing the interview and going in with an objective attitude.
I don't think he labeled it so much as propaganda, but just noted that any reporting on it would be seen as propaganda. I fully expect local governments to celebrate the success of any project. Public relations and hype are part of the process. I think he was just calling out the double standard of Western media that doesn't critique their governments the same way. But read or watch any local news, and you similar stories everywhere, and most are just a photo op for the next round of campaign literature with little substance to back it up.
@@agnosticpagan He mentions it, in passing, around here th-cam.com/video/MO2jqDQfeko/w-d-xo.htmlm30s. Usually, the term 'propaganda' has a connotation of inaccurate or exaggerated information. Perhaps, he can clarify what he means. Public relations is a better term, is fine insofar as the messages conveyed are true/factual. Other than that, I agree with the spirit of calling out double standards and disinformation by a lot of Western media.
I think what he meant was that he cannot make a video out of the museum because the museum was built in a way that western people would shout 'propaganda' the first second they see it. He didn't want to a great achievement to be smeared into a 'propaganda'.
@@cathyyu459 That was my take away as well. A great project that would not be evaluated fairly in most Western media.
I hope he does do a follow up on it. Projects like that are a huge part of the BRI, especially in central Asia and Africa.
@@ExplorerBob I got that, but referring more to around 3:30 where talks about the problem of reporting positive stories. Sadly too true.
I enjoyed reading your interview with Guancha because it’s a rare piece of bilingual/cross-cultural “journalism” on these issues I’ve seen so far. Even people who leave comments in the comments section are giving thoughtful reflection and discussions on the matter. We live in a crazy world where people feel free to distort and label someone ever to quickly just to make their own point, truth is lost and perhaps nobody really cares what the truth is anymore.
Hey Daniel, As a fellow Ontarian, thank you about pointing out the clean water issues with our Indigenous people. Sadly, since the closed borders of China, I haven't been able to get back with my Cdn Passport. The truth matters, and what the world network media has not really explain is the truth of what is going on in Xinjiang. Your valued interviews hopefully will open the eyes of the world. Thanks eh! P.S. I was just watching Fernando's 3 part series and he does a pretty good investigative report as well. You, JingJing, Fernando, Noel , Ja Yoe, The Barretts all rock!
You’re an Ontario, dude? Sounds like you’d prefer to be in China. Hope you can get what you want ... and I hope it will truly be what you want.
@@africabalderson8636 I work with factories in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Korea...Since the lockdown of many countries there are many restrictions on entry or in some cases you cannot enter. I have seen facts and read narratives and nothing is black and white..No world is perfect.
Daniel, i cant helping feeling God gave you an immense talent in verbal communication, and a great analytical brain for this purpose - not exactly to help the Chinese people only, but as a service to humanity in revealing truths & exposing lies to the world! I could almost see a pair of angelic wings mounted on your back. God bless.
"They are here for a head line." You got it. They are not here to help, but just to fulfill their pre-defined job.
And I do agree with you that the narrative capability of the Chinese government is embarrassingly low...
news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-16/Beyond-the-Mountains-Life-in-Xinjiang--Zui80BwyOc/index.html They working on it. Western media will say this is just propaganda - which is just the pot calling the kettle black.
The West cannot stand fundamentalists either, unless they can be 'useful idiots' and hinder projects like the BRI. It is not a coincidence that Uyghur separatism wasn't an issue before that project was announced.
But China is facing an uphill battle to steer the narrative in the West, but actions speak louder than words, and the participants in the BRI are seeing the impact and why most still support it (at least until the Quad or the Five Eyes support a 'regime change' in such countries.)
The Chinese govt is a new kid on the block when it comes to western spin doctoring. In a sense, they are more honest & when they do lie, the people can tell. bcos they aren't very sophisticated. Also they don't hv the need to pander to populism in a democracy. But as time passes, they'll become better at spinning because they also hv to keep up with the increasing sophistication of the population.
I agree. Some human rights activists aren't here to find problems to solve, they're looking for problems to exploit. Like what Daniel said.
Agreed, the truth is that China's propaganda sucks. Many people just have a hard time believing Chinese propaganda, even when faced with actual statistics. But on the contrary, Western propaganda is very effective, people just seemingly blindly believe Western propaganda unquestioningly, without even visiting the place for themselves.
@@agnosticpagan Actions speak louder than words, that's true. But many people rather continue listening to _negative words_ about BRI, than to witness firsthand the _positive actions_ by BRI.
The U.S senate even propose funding "independent media" to report on the "negative impact" of BRI in developing countries.
_The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants to give a lot of money to local media in BRI member countries “to raise awareness of and increase transparency regarding the negative impact of activities related to the Belt and Road Initiative.”_
based on the user id of the comment section, sadly, the one who believed in those lies and propaganda would still never be able to know the truth and change their mind. OR, they don't want to either. They also enjoy blaming someone on a moral high ground when they are doing terrible domestically. Sometimes it's not ppl believe what they see, but believe what they want to believe. However, something has to be done, and I am glad Daniel is doing the right things. You are changing the world bit by bit, hard but steady, good job
Well said.
What journalism should be: find what is on the ground and then write about 'all' of them.
What journalism looks like around the world right now: set the title and find what fits the title and ignore everything else.
Love this channel, which I accidentally came across not long ago. Real reporting, not slanted but realistic. “Western media is looking for problems to exploit” - extremely astute words. Thank you so much.
Wonderful interview. I think the translation approach can be improved by having the interaction between you and Kate be in mandarin (assuming that Kate is more comfortable in mandarin than in English), and then have english subtitles for it. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for listening to all people here and there and state all facts without bias. Peace to you and their families, and the country.
Thanks Daniel for sharing and being honest to us ;)
Thank you for providing an alternative view to BBC and CNN alike.
Everybody knows that he's paid by the CCP government!
@@albertlintos8183 So sad that you've been brainwashed by the "free" western MSM so terrible that you cannot say anything other than "paid by CCP", "propaganda", etc.
@@yx214 You're just another of those 50 cents troll!!
@@albertlintos8183 Right, I forgot to mention "50 cents" in your pathetic vocabulary
@@albertlintos8183 narrow minded people always think everything that is not in line with what their preferred media have reported must be paid by the opposite side's government
Daniel's mandarin is really good, the Imam can probably have an interview with Daniel fluently in mandarin.
Daniel's Mandarin might have been better than the Imam's. You could hear him speak for a moment and he had a really thick accent. That's why it was more comfortable for him to interview via the Uighur translator.
The Imam has a northwestern mandarin dialect accent. Daniel probably learned standard mandarin.
Thanks Daniel for the great work.
Respect from Nanjing, China, thank you for your objective voice for China, for Xinjiang. Some western politicians are just like crazy dogs, making rumors and misinfomations about China over and over again.
China actually invited Western politicians like Mike Pompeo to visit Xinjiang and see for himself that there are no human rights violations in Xinjiang, but Pompeo declined China's offer.
@@Shenzhou. That's because CCP is never honest with whatever they do!! They're trying to hide the fact that there's genocide against uighur populations!!
@Lord Word Those are staged by the CCP!! Do not believe a single word from that totalitarian dictatorship regime!!
@@albertlintos8183 Have you ever been to Xinjiang, do you have any evidence to prove the genocide in Xinjiang. The truth is the population of Uyghurs has increased faster than the population of Han. According to your logic, I claim that you killed three people last night by no evidence, is that OK?
Great responses to Guancha interview and thx Guancha net for putting the whole English text below.
As always thumbs up for your excellent work.
Oh wow, Daniel, your Chinese at the end of the video was superb, first time I have heard you speak Mandarin, great stuff!
yes! honest is human nature , man, great job, thanks!
And dishonest is government's nature, and they have money and power to force people to follow.
Thank you, Daniel Dumbrill! As a Chinese, I should express my respect to you. As you say, you are trying to find some true issues in order to make this place a better one.
I watched your Tiananmen VS HK Protest interview as well and I am amazed by that. I have been using VPN to get outside content for 5 or 6 years since my graduate from high school. I got really negative issues from western media and once I thought the gov did hide truths from us. But when I came to those western media's purpose, I was lost. Bcz they are not the guy that Hollywood describes as a super hero whose duty is just to help others, even the "others" are foreigners. These guys were making a living. Did they care about what really happened before and be willing to sacrifice their time and money to help a foreign country out? I think not. Even till now, Africa has the most need to be helped. BUT have the western world done something well for them? Then why African people are still in poor conditions?
"What would US do if someone camp outside the WH for three months?" They did work for votes, not work for people. Though China has many problems, as Daniel says, Beijing asks province to get a haircut but the province cut the head off. President Xi has made some good changes and will make more. Let's see what will be solved and what will happen.
As a Chinese, I am proud of and thanks to those people who gave their life or lifetime to make this place better. Many foregoers gave up so many things including their freedom and now we can live without hunger without fear. We can't simply take these as a matter of so-called "human rights", they are not easy.
In last two years, since the pandemic began, I should say western democracy is such a bullshit. If they can't protect people's lives, how could they ensure their human rights? There are so many deaths caused by DT's misleading info but he lives happily now. NO ONE was asked to be responsible for this, ridiculous.
Great interview like always. Do think it's better to have both English and Chinese subtitles for the interview part. 平安!
Daniel thank you for conducting this interview. It will be helpful if in the future you can add English subtitles along with Kate's translation. At times it was difficult to comprehend what she was saying.
Another I'd like to say is that the 5 times prayer, we refer to them as 'prayer' instead of service.
The introduction was quite long... but a Yeah for you! I am from Kazakhstan...
Alhamduillah.
🙏🙏
Bravo Daniel, thanks for doing this!
To get across the essence of the interview more effectively, I suggest that you translate and condense the conversation into more fluent Chinese and/or English, either verbally or as sub titles. Then for people who question the authenticity of your transcription, put a link below to the original document.
Thank Daniel for being so fair to China.
Thanks for a great interview on a complex subject. I am American and have driving my car, alone, all through southern Xinjiang for the past 30 days. We must have overlapped in Kashgar (I was in Kashgar and Tashkorgan April 22 to May 1 2021). Saw fabulous scenery and met so many kind people but also had over 100 security stops, requiring police escorts for hours at a time and being followed for several days. It is daunting. The most difficult problem for me was dealing with the prohibition on foreigners buying gas for their car. Of course I needed to be by gas on multiple occasions and had to develop some strategies for do that it was very interesting. During my 30 days In Xinjiang I interacted with hundreds of people including Uyghur, Han Chinese, security, police and health care personnel. In all that time I did not hit one single person who was not very polite, very professional and very patient. Everyone had an honest desire to help me. It was a great experience. I just left Xinjiang today and I’m headed south now on the G 30 with my ultimate destination being Lijiang in Yunnan Province. Of course I have a lot of good pictures and a lot of good aerial drone footage and would more than happy to share it with you at any time if you so desire. I am looking forward to being a new subscriber and backtracking on all of your videos.
That must have been a wonderful journey! How did you get around the gas issue? I'm wondering the same thing as I'm thinking of driving my RV through in the summer.
@@DanielDumbrill I would park my vehicle outside the gas station and then ask people in line, waiting yo buy gas, if they would help me. Because my Chinese is marginal I would get my wife on the phone to have her help plead my case. I was more successful with people driving higher end cars like land rovers or Toyota Prados. Several times the person agreed to help me put the gas station gate guard would not open the gate even with their ID card because they just didn’t like the idea. The Chinese ID card must be swiped in a machine for the gate to open and then must be swiped again at the actual fuel pump. I eventually hit on a winning tactic. I would wait until there was a police checkpoint that was coal located with a gas station, or close to a gas station. After getting through all of the security checks I would then ask the security people (police) if they could help me get gas. In every case they bent over backwards to help me. In several cases they had me follow them to a gas station several miles away then got me into the gas station and use their own personal card at the gas pump. At every checkpoint they always asked me where I stayed the night before, the name of the hotel, and where I was going to stay that night and the name of the hotel. I don’t know how they will react to you wanting to park and sleep in your RV. They actually are very accommodating and willing to help you it just may take a little more discussion.
👍👏👏👏 i believe in humanity good job mann
Keep up the good work, being honest, being objective, the world is watching.
Thank you Daniel for telling us the truth and teaching us more about life in China 👍
I really appreciate Daniel's insist on not receiving any support from his audience to maintain his impartiality and make sure his voice-out doesn't involve with any economical benefits. Meanwhile I'm a bit of fruastrated by the same fact: I can't support the voice of the real integrity, while those propaganda outlets are free to feather their own nest by stiring up hatreds and by catering to the prejudice of their audience. What a satirical scene we are having now.
I think this is the manifestation that in the field of journalism, market is not the answer to produce real responsable and honest media.
Regarding the freedom of practice Islam in Xinjiang, there are more flexible and respectful than most mosques in Malaysia....in Kuala lumpar some mosques doesn't allow non-muslim to enter the inside. And great job done Daniel, I have to say there are a LOT false claims on YT talking about muslim don't have right to practice Islam in Kashgar particularly, who gain millions views.
That is because they are not real mosques but Chinese CCP buildings said to be mosques.
I think I have watched one of those, came up on my yt suggested videos. It’s targeting middle eastern audiences. Had over a million views. That guy never really talked to or interviewed any local people in the video, but made comments about people being not happy, praying not allowed in mosques, locals not allowed to fast during Ramadan..... Seemed weird to me, but many people would probably take his words at face value. I went on trips to Silk Road in 1998 and 2019, I witnessed the development and how people of all ethnic groups have improved, they were living normal lives, so these genocide accusations seem really far fetched. I also went to HK during the protest in 2019, when we came back to Canada, we couldn’t believe how biased the news here was, describing the protesters as peaceful. What happened in the past two years have showed me the reality that I wasn’t aware of, it’s a belated disillusionment, but better than staying ignorant forever.
Hi Daniel, I presume you have on your to-do list or have great interest to go the museum on terrorism in Xinjiang, right? You will take us there? It is very very important to see this place.
Thanks for sharing your conversation with Imam Mamat Juma. Kate did a real good job on this assignment. Thanks Kate. :)
Wonderful interview on the ground. Please do more like this. Thank you!
Great interview. I learnt a lot from this gentle elderly imam.
I think most of people would like to know what the truth is,not just to know positive about China,even I am a Chinese who really love China. And like any other country in the world,there always are imperfections about government or regulations or policies. Love what you doing,Danielle. Thank you
I am from Canada and i feel proud of your fight for the truth God bless you
Except the Chinese government hired this guy to cover up genocide
Greetings gentlemen,
Great insight
You're everywhere
Not so many people are seeking facts and truth, but Daniel is working hard on this. It's good to see there are both anti- and pro- videos. The facts and truth usually lie not exactly at but between these two boundaries. As long as there is no war causing unnecessary death, the pressure placed by USA on China's human rights has actually benefited Chinese people gradually.
Chinese central goverment: cut the hair
Local goverment: cut the hair as short as you can
lol, the local goverment scare to been fire off their job
Central Government: Cut the hair
Local Government: Shave the head
Thank you for your honesty
Reporting on the ground! That’s real NEWS.
he's on a state-led tour 😂
@@olivergough5850 I guess you only trust BBC and CNN led by the states right?
@@kuroxu6962 I subscribe to Daniel's channel, so obviously not lol. But a state-led tour isn't exactly 'real NEWS' is it?
@@olivergough5850 though independents like daniel and people from AP have different viewpoints they are still walking the same streets, meeting the same population and presumably with the same officials. Maybe the only perspectives not covered are of those who lean more on the radical side which only one party lends uncritical support to
As with all others here, thank you for taking the trip. Look forward to your compilation of your trip.
No offense to Kate, she did a fairly good job. But it was quite difficult to listen to her struggle through translating, which made the ease of a listener getting through the interview quite difficult.
One thing that might work, again, no offense meant to Kate, would just be to allow us to hear the Imam's voice, cut Kate out, and apply subtitles.
That, or maybe you could record a voice-over yourself for Kate's translations and apply it on the video the way you did here.
You've got a radio smooth voice which is really one reason why it's easy to watch or listen to your videos. Very comfortable. Kate's discomfort, struggling with finding the right English words, also passes on to the listener, which kind of made me have to force myself to sit through it.
Unfortunately, that probably means people who are already have a bias, that we're hoping to overturn would tune out, while only the people in your audience who already agree with you would sit through it.
Very well put. This is such a serious and important topic to have somebody who is not actually fluent in English to translate it. Her mandarin sounded native so really she should’ve just done the translation in mandarin and just use English subtitles for the English speaking audience. She ended up transmitting no real useful insight just really basic phrases, it’s overall a disappointing interview from Daniel. Very low quality relative to what he put out before.
Hi Daniel! We love how you can be objective and critical of China. Those are valuable opinions and suggestions, which will make China become a better country. Thanks for doing this!