Mainland China's worst Societal Problem!
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- Let's have a bit of real talk here, there is one thing that stands out above all and sullies Chinese society, and that is the unwillingness of people to help strangers in need! Let's take a closer look at this...
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20 years ago when I was still a teenager, I stopped 4 pickpockets in a local bus in China. No one said anything, not a slightest gratitude from the would-be victim. Went home told my mum, she freaked out and told me never do that again, if those pickpockets were to drag me out of bus and beat me, no one would do anything.
This is called tactitcal and spiritual sense. You need to know if you can act.. If you cant then do not.. The general rule is .. if you know how .. then act.. but if you have to think about this. then do not. Even if you do think and know you are responsible for the outcome . So people are more careful.
@@robertbrozewicz8003 You sir, are full of shit. Even when a mentally deranged person was doing 10k$ in damage to my car and trying to break into my house, my neighbors, who don't like me, actually stepped in and did something like call the police and A WOMAN asked the guy what he thought he was doing. Thieves, who are more practical than crazy guys, are even more "tactical" which is why 4 people will run off when one person just says "hey, what are you doing?" The world isn't like the movies bro. Your parents gave you good info OP....that's why society is bad because of unnecessary fear, uncertainty, and doubt passed on. FUD ruins society. Obviously, if you are in a bank robbery or some situation you know you can't control, then there isn't much you can do without an opening, such as someone having a gun pointed at you. Someone who isn't in that situation that witnesses it should, I dunno, spend the 2 minutes to call the police because in that kind of situation you are a victim. In China, I would think there is not even fear of the CCP being perpetrators, but they don't use such crude methods in the daylight in public.
There is this channel treeman and they are showing something totally different that Chinese people are very helpful etc etc
@@robertbrozewicz8003 what you're describing is the downfall of individual responsibility within society. There is absolutely no way to end their governmental corruption, because citizens are corrupt at an individual level.
@@sonalibaksi9035 treeman is 100% staged, just like Li Ziqi videos
The only way to get help is to shout “down with CCP” when being kidnapped. Police do come.
Oh yes that would work for a near instant painful euthanasia 😅
They'll stop the kidnapping by kidnapping you and making you disappear.
Get "helped" by the police and then get arrested.
Hahaha it's an old Soviet joke I remember
No, it won’t work, police come get you not the kidnappers....
Very true. I grow up in China, but have been living in Canada for 20 years. Few years ago, went back for a visit. I was just walking in a park and saw a guy pocket picking from a couple sitting on a bench. So immediately I stopped him. I thought he would run, but he just stood there staring at me. I walked away. He followed me! I was supposed to meet a friend at her apt. He and another guy followed me all the way to the building. Before I could call my friend, they came to me said if I tried to intervene ever again, they will cut my face. I was in shock of course. My friend was not home yet. So I left the apt. The couple I helped was waiting at the apt gate. They saw the guys were following me and wanted to make sure I was ok. They waited with me until my friend showed up. It was very nice of them. It was a scary experience. If I am alone, I would definitely think twice of helping someone in China. It is a very sad reality!
Good people outnumber the bad. I have stepped in many times. I will do it again. The only way evil prevails is for good men/women to do nothing. Personally, I ain't watching a guy take a female in the bushes and I do absolutely nothing. That's just me.
Maybe it's a stupid question, does the police not care if someone called to ask for protection from a pickpocket who followed the person who helped?
China just need a great reset
@liam Anderson Well, its always internal issues that cause decline, never external, applies to everyone, every gov and every situation. Life is short, never take human foolishness too seriously to make life shorter, chill n watch the FREE performance.
looks like best thing to do is knife the asshats
Thank you for this video. Sorry for using a throw away account-but I have to comment. I lived non-concurrently in Shanghai visiting family who had a job assignment there over 5 years (early 2010's; I myself having spent 12 months cumulatively there). I was upset at the "apathetic" attitude of people (this is saying it lightly) but I compartmentalized it as "this is the 'new york' of China+different culture".
Being a young man I yearned for adventure and traveled extensively during those 12 months. I was devastated to see that the complete disregard for human life was evident everywhere across mainland china. Even the small towns.
As a Soldier I have deployed to the middle east for the US military. I can say with complete honesty that I saw more people's souls leave their bodies and die in front of me in China than I did while in an active combat zone. I was not a fobbit, my job in the military is considered "combat arms"; I averaged a combat patrol every 48 hours.
I watched 9 people actively die in front of me in China and no one stopped to help. Due to my family's position and my military affiliation I was briefed very clearly I was not to intervene. I pleaded with others to help. No one ever did. My platoon actively did more to help ENEMY COMBATANTS WE HAD SHOT WHO HAD BEEN SHOOTING AT US MINUTES BEFORE than Chinese do for their own people. My final straw with china was walking back from the wet market with groceries for the family. I waited at the stop light to cross the street. A lady across the road (legally) crossed the street when her light changed. I watched a speeding taxi run a red light, destroy the baby carriage, and watched the baby fly across the road and slam onto the pavement head first, dead instantly.
The mother rushed over and was shrieking the most heart wrenching crying I have ever heard. Everyone walked by without batting an eye. This baby was the seventh human I watched die. I lost all hope in the mainland on that day.
I know no one will read this because the video is old, but it's very cathartic to finally get it out.
I am so shocked to read the incidents you described!
reading this hurt my soul.
I did read your comment and it is very sad to read.
HUGS!!
As someone else stated, reading your saddening account of multiple events, hurt my soul. What a soul crushing thing for you to have to experience once, never mind repeatedly. Especially being Forbidden to help. Just know that as you unburden your soul, others now willingly share the sadness.
May Blessings Befall You and Yours.
Yes. I am Chinese, and usually when there is an accident or violent event happening on the street, people around don't even call the police. I would be the only one who called the police, and people would give me strange looks. It is absolutely disgusting and frightening. Once I saw a man on the street bleeding, and people just walking by without doing anything. I called the police at once. If I did not do it, that man could have died! And this is in Shanghai, which is regarded as the most civilized city in China. I feel so fortunate that I am out of that shithole already.
Wow, that's actually scary
W D Chinese people and culture are beautiful and have influence all over Asia, and the rest of the world.
It’s the CCP and communist ideology that has destroyed the morals and humanity in mainland China.
Chinese people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, America, and Canada etc are great contributors to their respective societies.
I hope we see the downfall of the CCP in our lives.
When I lived in shanghai, there was an sweet old taxi driver getting his cab mugged by a bunch of thugs. I ran up to them, grabbed the ID card they try to steal, pulled the guy trying to drive the taxi out of the car, swore at them while the little old cab driver called the police. Everyone was watching, no one was helping. When the police showed up, everyone ran away, I helped the police write the report. That poor little old man had tears in his eyes offering me a free ride home, but i declined since i lived near by and was out jogging.
Keep in mind, I am a tall foreign female. If I wasn't there, what would happen to that man?
@@PeterHeang I've also met a lot of very kind mainland chinese within China and abroad. It's not everyone, its just a big problem. Like, so many Mainland people I've met in toronto and vancouver are very kind and generous.
@@user-ji1hp It happens very often that women get abducted or kidnapped on the street in China, and no one around would do anything about it. I once witnessed this kind of accident in Shanghai, and no one on the street even paid attention to it as if it was a normal thing! If it was in some rural area, I probably would not feel so angry. But it was Shanghai you know!
Kidnap a kid: Social score does not change.
Make a fuss and help the kid: Social Score -25 Points
Take his organs +25 Points
This might be a case where tweaking the social score system could help with all of this. They could quite quickly change society if they wanted to with such a system.
they don't want, mafia is used by government, organs trafficking, drugs, prostitution, constrution... all these are related to mafia and gov, make lot of money
Hahah
what is social score?
That homeless person helping the kid almost brought a tear to my eye. That's how you know the homeless man isn't a scammer.
a homeless person is more generous than any of the other citzen. he need that money more than any of the other people the kid ask who are richer than him, this is true virtue. not the one those political people on the internet who preach. his action speaks on how morale he is than anything on the internet
he is a beggar, doesn't mean he is homeless.
I have seen lots of rich, so called " successful" men that are super heartless, sly, stingy, low class inhuman
@@maxhope7691 The rich would create Corona to maximize their profit, for example by "longing" (trade term) gold beforehand
growlingbehemoth never heard of that , thanks for sharing! Where r u from , just curious
As a Chinese, I have to say you have a insightful vision of the Chinese social problem better than Chinese people themselves. I recommended your videos to my friends in US who want to know China.
When you are immersed in the culture, you don't see it. I live in a western European nation. It is routine here to be inconsiderate. People are not taught to be considerate of others , so they don't even think about it. When you visit places where it's not so much the case (Britain is a good example of where courtesy is expected), it really stands out.
Where are the police in china how come you don't see them anywhere
@@inyobillliar. They have done this same experiments in the western world and people help.
@@ronhofer1444busy tracking foreigners.
Try to do this in the US! Oh boy…
You need to read Lu Xun (鲁迅)'s novels. In his writings, he pointed out this exact social problem of Chinese society about 100 years ago. Nothing has changed. It's uncanny.
100 years ago? Any insight into why? Neither HK nor Taiwan is like this
HK and Taiwan are a lot more westernized
serpentza prefers to blame communism instead :p
@@AuraCraft Because the regime encourages this, as it is useful to stop people doing something when their neighbor gets dragged away by the authorities.
@@LucretiaYeh neither of those went on a cultural extermination…
As someone living in Finland this is almost unbelievable, this looks like some dystopian setting. In Finland it's crime to not help person in need, and I could prolly even leave my full wallet to some random cafe and I know someone will get it back to me all things still in the wallet.
Keep welcoming "melanin" people in your country and soon this will change.
@@maria369 What do you mean by "melanin" people?
@@k.g3349
I'm sure you can imagine
Edit: the algorithm doesn't like it when i write it
@@k.g3349 who is the large group that has come to Europe and is causing problems like crime etc.
@@maria369 People from Africa and the Middle East are very hospitable tho. In fact what OP says sounds no different than a place like Arabia where it's a crime to steal, and if you left your iphone or wallet in a public area, you can come back a day or two later and still find it in the same place because nobody will steal it.
When I traveled in china in the mid 90s, I noticed this too. Our host explained this as the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. The fear and suspicion people felt for their neighbors after a decade of people turning each other in to the party authorities has not yet been overcome, perhaps because the cause remains.
Culture revolution is the word, the origin of the changed human behavior in mainland China.
@Another MGTOW Monk if that happened in ww2, then i doubt china would be the only place. Those living through war will do anything to survive. Will you judge all of the people living in Europe and Asia at that time?
My history teacher once said cultural revolution too killed that innovative and philosophical china
@@tigoid except russia and the west are healing. China still seems sick
@@unsuspiciouscactus9026 China will always be the Sick Man of Planet Earth.
I noticed even in America the poorest people are THE MOST generous because they know what it’s like to be down on your luck.
The poorer people give an amount that is a higher percentage of what they have and that amount of money means way more to them. But the wealthy will give just a drop in the bucket
I'll never forget, I was on my last 20. Dude asked me if he could get a dollar because he was saving up enough to eat.
Went and bought him some food n water, threw him a $5. He looked at me and my beater car and tried to hand it back. "You need it more than me" and looked like he was gonna cry.
I'll never forget that guy. He had nothing and yet didn't want to take from someone currently struggling too, even if I was in a better position.
I ended up finding a $20 on the ground much later. So I got paid back by the Universe.
No country is perfect. American people have their own societal problems as well. Don’t glorify poor people. Many of them have vices like drug use or just too traumatized by abuse to get help. And of course our government can’t help them. I feel like homelessness has been at an all time peak since Covid, and it’s affecting the safety of people. This one guy tried to punch my friend in the face.
One time this guy grabbed my ass and he ran off. I chased after him and was calling for help, no one came to help. I ended up cornering him and he pulled a knife out on me. Luckily I was able to talk him out of hurting me but..like I said, we have our problems too.
This phenomenon of not helping people aka the bystander effect also happens in the US. I studied it in psychology.
@@Fapple I’m not glorifying poor people. Just saying that people who have been down on their luck, have more compassion because they have been there
There are studies that show that the richer people become the less empathetic they are.
As a chinese from the mainland i can confirm that 99% of the population will give zero shts if you are in trouble
That’s good to know!
Very scary!!
@@MrShou-nw7yv There is nothing wrong with acknowledging and pointing out the truth as I and many others have witnessed first hand, I also suggest you look at different news sources of instead of news from the Chinese websites like I do.
@@MrShou-nw7yv live recordings of the events happening are not exaggerated, be a little more open minded. also you should improve your english m8
@@ohnoa2 actually SCMP is a Hongkong based news site so it's not brainwashing like CGTN. But that bloke is chinese and very bad one at that. Just ignore, it's not good for the health.
There was a Chinese guy who stopped to help an old lady who had been knocked down. It wasn’t a scam. But she sued the good samaritan and the judge ruled against him saying, “If you weren’t the one who knocked her down, you wouldn’t have stopped to help.” That was an actual news article. It blew my mind.
When I was in China, my ex-wife (she was my girlfriend then) and I left a KTV and there was this young guy in the parking lot drunk as shit just screaming at his girlfriend. All up in her face. She had her head down and was just taking it. I immediately start heading over there to stop him, but my ex physically stopped me and starting yelling at me to not get involved. She was furious. Her reaction was very shocking to me. Afterwards she was like, “This is China. You don’t understand. Don’t get involved.” Just the usual bullshit they say. She couldn’t understand that it didn’t have to be that way.
I have a theory that Chinese people are conditioned to do nothing because it makes them easier to control. It’s easier for the CCP to keep power if the citizens don’t stand up to injustice. They have a vested interest in keeping the population meek and selfish. They claim to have this collective, but in practice everyone looks out for themselves. This way they won’t raise a finger when they see a neighbor get screwed over by the CCP.
Yes absolutely you got it right. Its all about control, its really shocking like I said its a big city thing, but with communism it makes it worse.
I think your analysis is spot on. On the one hand the regime says it's the patriotic duty to struggle for the benefit of the nation but on the other hand if you stand up for oppressed people even on a small scale you threaten the status quo because if people will take action against injustice it means they won't tolerate a neighbor being hauled off for criticizing the local or national government and it all starts to unravel.
It's called learned helplessness
This is very terrible.
Roger Wilco
You’re not wrong but I’m more inclined to say communism = slave/prisoner/inmate.
few years ago i got pick pocketed in Shenzhen , lost all my IDs and money, i was panicking and just trying to ask people where the closest place i can get help . everybody either ignored me or one even told me to fuck off. that is the time i began to lost faith in humanity in China. finally i called a friend in Hong Kong who came all the way to Shenzhen to rescue me.... Never set foot again in China ever since.
Wow
There was a Chinese female exchange student in my class where i studied 9 years ago, she had a weird habit of throwing trash on the floor in the class room. Another time her water bottle fell over on the table and soaked two other students PC's and got water on the floor, she didn't try to stop the situation, didn't say sorry and didn't even move to soak up the water she spilled, just sat there and kept on working on her own PC.
man, I'm telling u a slap wakes up anyone, regardless of their ethnicity, u guys cant communicate well.
Bugs
Kek
This made me chuckle… unfortunately
Don't people fight in China?
This is so dystopian, it's like another world....
China does not "adhere to international norms."
No, this is China today. And this is how they want the rest of the world to become.
resist the vax passports. the scamdemic was all to introduce it, its the beginning of a world system like china. its what happens when you give away freedom
that's what I thought when I came to China
To be fair you can't argue with the countries economic rise and maybe this is how they achieved it, through draconian beast behavior.
Yeh Winston is absolutely right. I grew up in China. Once, when I was 10, I tripped over a branch while riding on my scooter and hit the ground really hard. I was lying on the ground in pain for around half an hour and no a single passerby offered to help me.
The apathy persists when they leave the mainland. I've seen some shocking examples of appalling behaviour by mainlanders in Australia. They don't do themselves or their country any favours.
I live here as well. What did they do
Yeah, there was a case here several years ago in Australia (I believe it was in Melbourne, but I could be wrong; I'll try & find a link and post it here) where a female Chinese national hit and ran over a woman on a pedestrian crossing and then stopped and reversed over her, and then repeated this manoeuvre forwards and backwards over her body several more times to make sure she was dead. She then attempted to drive off, dragging the woman underneath the car and only stopped because the victim's body finally prevented the vehicle from gaining traction and continuing forward motion.
Immediately after the incident, when the driver was forcibly dragged out of the driver's seat by shocked bystanders while continuing to attempt to flee (her car was raised on top of the victim's corpse to the extent that the front driving wheels were raised high enough to loose traction and were spinning at maximum RPM's because she had her foot flat down on the accelerator pedal). The driver confessed to these witnesses that she actually tried to kill the person she had accidentally run over because of the following belief in her own Chinese culture: If you kill a person by accident, you will have to pay their family some compensation in a lump-sum payout and receive punishment under criminal law system (you may go to prison and/or receive a fine; depends on how well-connected you are with the local officials). However if you simply injure the victim badly and permanently disable them, you will be liable to pay for their rehabilitation and living expenses (and that of their dependents) for the rest of their (and possibly your) life. So in other words in Chinese culture, it it better to simply kill someone outright an accident and pay their family upfront, rather than simply injure them seriously and be stuck with looking after them & their dependents financially for the next 50 or more years.
When the case went to court, the driver had changed her story to something along the line of "I thought I had run over a bag of rubbish that was in the middle of the road which had got stuck under my car, and reversed back & forth several times to remove it". I believe she ended up getting a reduced sentence because the prosecution could not prove beyond reasonable doubt her intent to murder (her "confession" to witnesses at the time was deemed "inadmissible" evidence in court). Rumour had it that this lady was the wife/mistress of a Chinese diplomat or senior Party Member however the whole thing was quickly hushed-up and reporting of the court proceedings conveniently gagged.
@@philip4193 If true, that’s beyond messed up.
I'm from Australia Melbourne and live in Box Hill (a heavily Chinese populated are). I see it almost every day and people have even tried to scam me. I'm often stepping in to say something or stop something bad from happening to others to the point where i began to think it was because there's so many people in China that the value of human life was less through the peoples' eyes. Serpentzas' channel has opened my eyes so much to the control and why, I honestly feel bad for the people but at the same time I wont watch while the attitude corrupts its' surroundings. It's sad and sickening.
I've seen it here in North America too. Chinese immigration has completely destroyed my once very cohesive neighborly town where we used to all say hi to one another as we pass strangers on the street. I blame our government for bringing in huge waves of newcomers like this.
This is legit insane. I'm German and as others in the Comment section have already stated it's actually against the law to not help someone ("Unterlassene Hilfeleistung") in my country. If I see someone in trouble, I'm gonna try help that's how I've been brought up
That isn't really true though. People help women and children in Germany. I collapsed on the street once and people were just passing by for 30min before i got up by myself. A man could lay dead on the street without anyone checking in on him for hours in Germany. None will help a man getting pickpocketed or beaten up. None will help a man period. Helping men in distress isn't taught among Germans.
@@svansyQuite unusual. Might apply to men that some people consider drunk, though or drugged. In big cities in particular. I live in Germany, too, and on so many occasions I have witnessed scores of people rushing to help somebody, e. g. a pedestrian or cyclist who got hit by a car even in large cities. I even had the experience of them teaming up very quickly, everyone (including myself). And if e. g. an elderly or handicapped person is struggling to carry a suitcase up or down the stairs in a railway station, there is ALWAYS someone who offers help. Not so much the very young people, sadly, although there are exceptionally friendly and circumspect people among them, too.
The beggar knows how it feels like not to be helped, the beggar knows how it feels like to be hungry.
More likely the beggar has to do a decent cold reading on the person he's interacting with, and he's probably the only one there who knows he's not going to be targeted for a scam. So he actually is the only one in the group being tested who is equipped to see "well dressed boy who appears to need to go home, and who wouldn't normally talk to someone like me if he wasn't in genuine trouble".
He also knows the members of the local scamming gangs enough to see the kid is not in one
@Lon Spector The "White Male" built that FEMA death camp.
That might be true in your country. In China nobody is going to scam a beggar, not especially a kid so he was generous. Good day to you.
Also, scammers unlikely would try to scam someone who's clearly poor, because there's nothing they could get from him.
In 2002, I saw a cyclist that has been hit by a car on a bridge. He was laying down beside his broken bicycle in pain, and nobody stopped. I was with Chinese friends on a bus. I was horrified to see that nobody stopped to help, and they told me that there was a previous accident where people helped, and they were sued as being the ones that hit the injured person.
@@wongdatsui677 Yes it basically goes like "If you help someone who is injured you also 100% must be the one who caused the injury" its really fucking retarded, thats why no one helps anyone cause of greed.
@@wongdatsui677 And the old lady didnt tell them that they were just helping her and didnt actually hit her?
@@wongdatsui677 holy shit thats one discusting society
Yeah sadly those people's selfish actions have greatly hurt the Country as whole but I am sure there a long list of even more reason why people don't help going back to along time ago but hopefully things will change. I am Canadian but I have never talked to any one about this but I think change starts with you and you don't expect it to work but hopefully it will spread on and I hope in time enough people who have experienced needing help and being shunned and people with big hearts start to stand up and that it make a culture of change
I've seen the pickpocket thing a couple of times myself.
You're spot on about why they don't help - they're afraid to become a victim in a scam themselves.
My Chinese wife has this kind of behavior too, it's difficult for her to overcome this because of her cultural conditioning and upbringing.
I passed out on a national flight in China once with seizures. Luckily for me, another foreigner as on the plane. He was the only one who helped me, not even the crew would help.
The guy who laughed at the kid getting taken was literally a father...... That's rough
subhuman
What you're saying is absolutely true. I live in Shenzhen. I remember last year When I stepped out of a bus lifting two bags of groceries, I accidently stepped in a big pit on the road and severely hurt my anckle. I was so painful that I can't stand up. Even though there were so many people around, for more than 10 minutes, no one helped me. At last I was dragged rudely to the roadside because the bus driver thought I was on his way. I feel pathetic being a chinese because I have always been proactive to help strangers and then when I needed help no one tried to help. Sad.
That is so sad. Hopefully your ankle is better, now. 💕
@@therealdeal3672 Thank you. My ankle is OK now.
I used to live in Shenzhen too. I have personally experienced that. It’s not even strangers, it’s people who call themselves my ‘family’. It’s disgusting I know. I was abused by one of them and the rest blamed me for telling everything to the rest of them when I am finally away from them so I can be safe. From then on I have no false idea of them having the least of humanity. Now I know that’s part of what they call ‘culture’. How disgusting.
Gee, I wonder why knife attacks are on the rise.
Really sorry that happend to you, some say blood is thicker than water, but I maintain that family is chosen.
@@omega1231 You can't choose who you're related to, but you can choose whether you associate with them or not.
@@abbyalphonse499 both you and omega1231 are correct. As someone happily estranged from the surviving siblings, if there's no relationship, it's hard to call them family, anymore. I consider my family to be people I have chosen, over the course of my life. And my offspring. With whom I am close. Blood is definitely not always thicker than water.
This is a narcissist family. It happens all over the world. One or more violent persons and the rest of the family are enablers because they are afraid of or dependent on them.
In Germany we have something called "unterlassene Hilfeleistung" which roughly translates to: failure to provide help (it`s really hard to translate properly) and it is punishable by up to one year in prison. Meaning if you where to adopt this attitude you will at least catch a fine.
Kind of like "good Samaritan laws" in america. If you see a crime and are found to not of helped you'll be fined.
Good old Germany! Such a civilized country.
Seinfeld finale episode.
same in USA
@@MoejiiOsmanTV Good Samaritan laws aren't about making people help.
It makes sure that you cannot be sued pr punished for anything going wrong while you provide help.
Say you broke someone's ribs while resucitating them.
Without good samaritan laws, the victim could turn around and sue you for the pain and suffering.
Or maybe you try your best saving someone but make their situation worse/kill them: If intent was to help (and it's not obvious that you are harming them) you'll not be punished.
You need both good Samaritan laws as well as failure to provide aid.
The latter btw does not mean you need to endanger your own live. So if you are scared, all you need to do is call 112/911/999 and call it in.
Unlike this case in the US were man was drowning and a few teenagers filmed it and laughed but didn't even call 911. They went unpunished.
That's not how society with many different people can work.
The man that gave the little boy money was probably the only one that understood what it means to need and he was asking for such a little amount. All those other people were really rude
But the boy didn’t thank him in return. Just took the money and left.
I saw him say thanks.
I'd consider it one of the most Important pieces of footage in humanity
@@wl5841he did say thanks
@@wl5841
Eh, in his defence, he's probably been an orphan for a long time; and he _did_ grow up in China, so I guess that you can't expect too much out of them...
The Mainland Chinese societies way of thinking: "If I don't look at it, it never happened"
Outta sight outta mind
yes it's like in the movie "premium rush" when the gangsters try to kill the cops, the chinese people pretend not to see LOL
I highly recommend "The Five Stages of Collapse", and can't help wondering how the Mao years warped the societal structure of the country. So many starved to death and had friends/family executed around them; how could you keep the same societal empathy through those years? I look at photos and recounts of, for example, turn-of-the-century Shanghai. Bustling, prosperous, cosmopolitan., That society will be swept away, and many of those people are going to die.
Genocide like mass murder has extremely drastical and long lasting effects on society.
The absolute lack of value of any random human live is also apparent in Russia etc.
1.5B people. Everyone’s easily replaceable there. Life is dirt cheap, and self-interest is king. They’ve killed tens of millions of their own during the Cultural Devolution, and still hold public executions. What do you think that does to their psyche and personal empathy???
Unfortunately whites murdered millions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. All jhoo wars. Not the right people to be lecturing others on civility. :/
@@MossadDid911 he is projecting the other side of the story. He who is without sin. none of us are and your mindless quip suggest we white people shut up. I won't be following your suggestion.
The thing is not theres alot of street scammers in china that it must have created a distrust in these people, they might think hes a scammer
Doesn't matter where the f I m from. If I think China s behavior is wicked I will call it out. Beeing white, black or whatever. I'm not justifying any western war here, if I think something is off I will call out any western country aswell. Just sick of douches like u who say dumb shit like you shouldn't be allowed to say something because your from a certain ethnicity.
@@MossadDid911 Red herring. Not relevant to the argument about China.
For a culture focused heavily on honor this sure is shameful behaviour.
RIGHT!?!
There is no honor with atheism, materialism and communism.
@@CaseyJohn-ki8eo an honorable society doesnt need a god to make them behave
Dead ass but i feel like everyone is paranoid and terrified and also treated the same lmao
@@CaseyJohn-ki8eo Someone does not have to be religious to be honorable or a good person. Materialism and communism are bad, but being an atheist doesn't indicate depth of character. I understand that religion can help certain people devote themselves and focus on improving their lives, but a lot of people also understand that you can't rely on fairy tales when times get tough. For the most part, its true. Religion often comes about during uncertain times where life is fleeting and people need a justification for the absurdity and indifferent cruelty of the world. If you stepped outside your bubble for a little while and tried to understand the perspectives of other people, maybe you wouldn't be so judgemental.
The begger guy is going to heaven. The one who could least afford it helped his fellow man. This guy is bigger and richer than all those other people.
The sad truth is that that guy will probably never rise out of his poverty, and due to his lack of belief he'll go to hell
Did you notice he smiled at the child also, an approving kind smile. I'm shocked to learn that people are like this anywhere in the world...except poverty stricken super urban areas.
Lazarus and the rich man.
He is a virtuous man.
If he believes in Jesus Christ!
A people held in terror will never complain.
This is VERY astute.
Lon Spector you must not be talking about America, because people complain here all the time
I saw this first hand in Vancouver when Chinese first started moving there - they NEVER stop for pedestrians, even though it is the law to do so if a person is crossing corner to corner. They made themselves stand out because they are the way they are, then wonder why they can't blend in . . .
Also, if China is covered wall to wall with cameras that monitor every little thing, why did none of these incidents attract any police attention? People get arrested for 'spreading rumours', they are literally afraid of doing anything in case they get arrested
Time to start deporting the Chinese back to China - they are a fifth column in the West!
@@jeffersonaraldi7168 Couldn't agree more.
Jefferson Araldi do you realize you just went from “there are some bad guys” to “all Chinese are bad”?
Roman Pak Ph come on you are just being racist now.
@@jeffersonaraldi7168 Please don't deport the wrong chinese lmao
I saw this same thing happen in France. I was shocked as an American, because large numbers of people will always help in the States when someone is hurt or there is an accident
oh yeah, i dont know about now but 20 years ago in France, people would not help you. I needed help to answer a train officer and noone helped translate, after i asked if anyone spoke english, later when he left, a girl spoke up in perfect English, i asked her, why didnt you help me ? she said, you Americas are too friendly, we are not like that. I would hope that was not a judge of the whole country but 3 times i didnt not have a good experience in France, and swear i wont ever go back.
You have answered my questions about how they can treat animals so horrifically.
Jasmine Devereaux ok, and you don’t eat meat right? LOL... big brain
@@justiceforbreonnataylorand3622 no I don't.
bella kat eating healthy meat of controlled animals
Killed in an human way with all the precautions and the related things
Not killing everything that moves and eating it
Like dogs
It was an ancient things that disappeared because nobody need rn to eat dog meat
Probably even in Ancient Rome someone has eaten dogs
But NOT CERTAINLY in the 21 century
Like coronavirus
Eating wild animals poorly managed has this damn result
Chinese are in some ways great worker and they want to be the best possible
Although the society is shit and only som people are actually rich and can get goods and other stuff
What a shit place
I stayed there 3 weeks , in Shanghai
Despite the golds things about their colture the society is garbage
@@JasmineDev 🌿🌱🌿
Agreed. 💯
Disturbing is a understatement. Empty hearts and souls is what I see.
Like ghouls
To be honest, nothing's worse than the government
@Andy Yang it's still very sad. I would be very curious if the older generation was any different?
Man, the begger didn't even hesitate. He know's what it means to lack the essentials. Propably one of the rare cases of a real begger.
I prayed for him, hopefully he get's saved.
Meister Eder..... What a beautiful human being you are !!
Let's all pray for that kind beggar man😊
that is true virtue. he has a healthy soul. someone find this man and give him a home
Son Pumuckel...
Amen!
I was a foreigner in China and was not treated well. I'd be stared at and propositioned for sex (by one of the staff where I worked). I was with one of the very few friends I had in China one evening and he told me a group of people passing by thought I was Russian (Russian = likely prostitute). I'm from the UK. I was treated like shit by the school officials. I can totally relate to this video. This is a true reflection of the condition of China today....sadly.
Are you a man, or (most presumably) a woman, by that comment about propositioning for sex ? Would you say that that was an act of sexual harassment & inappropriate for a workplace environment ? Since he (most obviously enough) he wasn't asking for anything like a date, just like a one night stand ?
There was a man who collapsed while playing tennis in Taiwan, he had heart attack, immediately after another person from a different court ran to his aid and start CPR. That man survived after arriving at the hospital (I worked at ER and helped with the whole event), because a stranger helped him when he needed the most.
That's what most people would expect a nearby stranger to do in a developed nation (like Taiwan). The video dealt with the "not my problem"/"probably a scam" mindset on the mainland (which is likely a side effect of the social structure engineered by the party). There was no insinuation that this was a society flaw in ethnic Chinese society. As another poster commented, they remember seeing this behaviour back in other communist nations years back. Social trust is just shattered by authoritarian rule.
Taiwan is different to PRC. Taiwan is what China should have been if not for Communist BS
Stark contrast of generosity from the begger made me laugh out to tears.
It's usually those who have experienced pain that are the kindest ☺
“The measure of a society is found in how the treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” Jimmy Carter
Wasn't it Gandhi who said this?
@@aadityaphadnis8399 Stealing is in their DNA
@@abubardewa939 Gandhi was NO SAINT, he slept naked with little girls.....
@@TheRevering
No. He wasn't a saint. Nor was, well, anyone, as a general rule.
He was still right about a great many things, however.
sometimes a hard choice has to be made. i have been there before....on both sides. i understand sometimes the odds are to high. you try and go as far as you can...but you sometimes have to lose a few...if not you can lose them all.
Man this just makes me dislike China even more.
I was shocked by the kidnapping videos
china SUCK in almost everyway. u know it when even we a chinese ourself HKers taiwanese hated china. even the mainlanders oscar winning film director zhao something says the place where she grew up is full of lies
Have you seen the dogs in cages in Chinese wetmarkets?
If you had any seeds of hate, that will make them blossom.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 those I had seen before.
@@粗暴干涉 bet you made this comment on a Chinese computer........
@@geekay101 im not sure. Theres thousand parts in computer some might be made in china. But whats the matter? Are they free? Or ure saying the great china invented computer?
Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw that homeless man gave money to the kid without hesitation.
That guy is the real MVP. He knows true empathy.
It was a very beautiful man.
damn right
@@same2048 gayyyyyyyy. jk
I felt the same.
Serpentza talks real things, bless you brother! My Korean wife even gets caught up and tells me not to get involved, these criminals will come after you! Well so far I have only met bluffers.
Some people smoke 40 a day, they haven’t got cancer so they must be safe.
Probabilities don’t care if it’s right or not, eventually it ends up badly. I’m not saying be an uncaring reptile, but putting yourself in the middle of things all the time is no good.
Do not get involved. You will get stabbed from the back. There's no honor code in that country.
@@TheMonster50 In KOrea some rich Korean will sue you and make up a story! Do your job and get the f*&^Y(O out!
Korea has Chinese culture, this is why many Koreans feel socially isolated.
About 13 years ago I had a similar experience walking home on summer from middle school in Busan, South Korea. It was my second year of living back in Korea, and on my way home I saw a man and a woman standing over an elderly woman who was on the sidewalk, next to a steep hill. This was a busy street, with plenty of students and adults going about their business. She kept saying "I can get up I'll be okay" while the man was being wishy washy about maybe calling someone with his hands in his pockets and the younger woman just watched. I was pretty small but I insisted on helping her and managed to lift her up and half-carried half dragged her back to her apartment. When we almost got here, a hair salon owner started shouting at me telling me to let go of her and stop assaulting(?) her. The older lady explained what had happened and the hair salon owner thanked me, taking down the name of the school I went to and my name.
I arrived at my home drenched in sweat and told my mother about this, expecting some degree of praise. Instead she said that I was naive and retarded, that I should have just left her there, that kids get kidnapped "all the time". She then called my dad at work to have him "yell at me" to explain why what I did was wrong.
It felt like shit to be told this crap and even have my older siblings say "well that's just how things are". I just felt bitter and disappointed. It felt so contradictory and hypocritical for people to be this way in a country where "ethics" is a core class from first grade through high school. As much shit as I might get for pointing this out, I think the attitude that most people had/have, whether it was the very tight circle of concern, or over-emphasis on outward appearance and social status is definitely a shared characteristic with mainland China.
When I first saw a video, years ago, of a little girl being run over by a truck and saw that nobody helped her out I was appalled but thought that maybe people didn’t really see what happened; I actually gave Chinese people the benefit of the doubt. Now I know why they didn’t help out, because no one helps you out in China. My mind is blown!!
Man I'm already tearing up seeing that young to who no-one helped even if it meant just a little bit of money.
And you're telling me such things,
I've seen a video of a old man dying in shop from a stroke.
I know such things happen in mainland China regularly, that's why what you said is believable
But this just further breaks me
May be it's just my problem that I'm flimsy of heart but I think I'm losing all hope for humanity.
I remember that video. The child was run over by 2 more cars because nobody helped the kid.
wtf these people has in their heads, i already saw the video, thought china was a developed country, so sad, there are lots of reason to not go to china.
I remember that shocking video! So this is a systemic societal ill. Tragic.
I remember seeing that video. At the time I assumed it was staged or something, or the real situation was different from what the video showed (bad angle or something).
How chilling to find out that it was probably real...
I was in the most ghetto Rite Aid I have ever seen in downtown Louisville KY, 2 dealers posted up opposite sides of the store. My toddler tipped her stroller over and those dealer looking guys ran over bay watch style to try to catch her before she hit the ground. That's America.
How sweet 💕
Lol this is so true. Similar experience in Arizona
@@MossadDid911 even if that is true, what does this have to do with this comment
@@calenran988 don't bother responding, he's a CCP troll copying n pasting the comment everywhere
It must be difficult to step in to help a person being kidnapped when you can't be sure if the kidnapper is a government worker or an unaffiliated criminal.
Government worker employed to kidnap people?? Maffia underground gang is Government ?
@ॐ गणेश ॐ dont compare people with morals with chinese people
To be honest,even our country India is far more better than China if what Serpenta told is true. Because atleast in India, if these things like kidnapping gets seen by public. The public would note it down and would not hesitate to stop it and beat kidnapper. And all the crime would be highlighted by media. Initially I used to think law and order problem is worse in India but after looking at Serpenta videos, I understood that even after having law and order problems in India, it is far more better because atleast in most of case the law and order problems gets reported.
I wonder how they can be so indifferent and cold! This society is totally insane and sick!
Well, there was a famous court case where a man drove an injured woman to the hospital (I think she was a pedestrian hit by a car or something). The injured woman sued the guy that drove her to the hospital to pay for her medical bills, or just just because, anyways she won. The reason given by the judge was this: the man must have been responsible or partly responsible because why else would he feel compelled to drive her to the hospital. A guy that showed up after the fact and clearly had nothing to do with it. News of that case spread like wildfire throughout China and every one told their children to never, under any circumstances, help a stranger. Because you could put yourself on the hook for mind blowing amounts of money that will financially ruin you for life. I heard that some laws were passed so that strangers cannot be sued for helping someone in certain situations. But no one cares, no one trusts it, what's done is done.
Grand theft auto: China would be the easiest game ever. No stars.
Until you stop some random dude hitting an old lady with a stick.
Then you get an immediate 5-star because he was the cousin of a friend of the local business mogul 😀
😂😂😂😂😂
@Clarence Maggazz i wouldnt want that...i dont want my favorite franchise to bend the knee to the CCP...
Because of the pollution? Or is there another punchline I'm missing
Ironic considering that the flag has a default of 5
I’m Chinese born in Italy, when I’ve studied in China, I had to speak like a foreigner because no one wanted to help me. Just because I’m Chinese.
@Here Beforeyou try watching the whole video...
@Here Beforeyou why do u think dat? In my opinion, They prefer to help foreigner instead of chinese people, because They are afraid to be scammed by them. Infact, my mom always tells to me to not trust chinese people in China. It's too strange for me.
what is your opinion of Italy?
Redpill Knight Italy is like every other western nation, like Germany / France / UK and in some ways America, you can do whether you want and nobody will say anything to you, but they will help you if you’re in trouble, I personally have been helped several times when in trouble
@@DanielsY2J It depends on the persone. They are pretty different.
This dystopic society will abolish itself inevitably over the next decades
Or they will be destroyed from an outside source. F em
Imagine the show "what would you do?" in Mainland China lol
Lol. More like what would you not do.
So what you're saying is the Weird Al song "Why Does This Always Happen to Me" is a good description.
Bro it’d be so boring no one would do anything they’d just watch
The answer is nothing 😂
well, there is a show put on youtube for this, you can search 你会怎么做官方频道on youtube. There is bad and good in this kind of social experiment, on this channel it happen to be the bad side.
Thanks for all you have done for Chinese people.
While my wife and I were at the grand canyon about10 years ago we encounter this middle age woman coming up the trail from the bottom of the canyon. It was obvious that she had not gone far down that steep trail since she had abosolutly no backpack, water, proper shoes etc. As soon as she saw us, she began madly taking picture of the most mondane things, click click click. We figured that she needed help and found that she spoke only Chinese. We used sign language to get her to reluctantly follow us up the trail. We suspected that she became separated from her Chinese tourist group which we saw earlier in the day. My wife stayed with her at the head of the trail while I ran ahead and found a park ranger who radioed ahead to find the group who were getting ready to get on their bus. To make a long story short, the english speaking group leader brusquely brushed me aside and took the women by the arm an hustled her on the waiting bus. He never thanked me or the ranger and he actually gave me dirty look as if I was the cause of all this. Now I know why.
Control the visitors from mainland China from entering our country
@@savantianprince or at least try to get the ones who are from there to change their ways. Though that may be too difficult
THIS is soooo sad! ..I am so disappointed ...
Thanks to the two men in Belgium last week, they saved my daughter getting her out of a very bad situation.
Thank you for this video. I thought China its a save country..
Best regards from Germany
I've been doing research for the past year because i've always wanted to go to China. But after binge watching your videos i don't think i'm going to go. I've lived in some of the most run down cities in Florida with massive crime but China terrifies me.
I was there in 2016 and will never go again.
@@rick-be in china?
@@iborjack4745 Beijing and Great Wall,that's all
but met many of the 30,000 living there then.
YEP, FL is pretty bad for crime but like the Chinese government the FL leaders try to hide it so they don't scare off the tourists! And I am talking about Central FL around Disney and all the other Theme parks!! SO BEWARE!
Go to Taiwan instead.
Reminds me of when I was molested by this guy in China and no one helped. Or the second time I and other girls were molested by another guy and I was the only one talking back. It is a horrible feeling
Omg that's awful, so sorry that happened to you. I hope you're ok
Unfortunately whites murdered millions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. All jhoo wars. Not the right people to be lecturing others on civility. :/
Israel did 9/11 and USS Liberty you’re commenting this on someone who was violated by another human being. You’re a disgusting pig and a part of the problem. Fuck off.
Also Us Americans KNOW it’s fucked up what’s happening in the Middle East and majority of us never supported it. Bet you work for the CPP. Because you’d have known that.
I hope you’re ok now. I’ve personally experienced being violated. I’m in the US. It’s never ok.
Apathy isn’t just a China problem. It happens in the US as well. I was in a abusive relationship and my ex bf was choking me and abusing me in public NOT ONE PERSON STEPED IN and said “not ok” I was in a busy down town area.
13:07 If your boyfriend/girlfriend reacts like that in front of situations where people are being in danger, you better actually think if you really want to spend the rest of your life with that kind of person...
Prank channel caused a much needed break-up.
Yeah, but I guess the point of the video is showing us why people behave this way. We're all programmed a certain way because of society. It's not really their fault.
@@picknick21 It is their fault. Evil people choose to be evil. People get the government they deserve. They chose communism, then communism fully destroyed their morals.
Imagine the divorce lol. They will be capable of turning of their emotions and doing anything to you after you are no longer considered family.
The question is .. how many marriage natural would be left there ?! :))
It’s like you see scenes like that on National Geographic about zebras being eaten by lions, and other zebras just look at it ( actually sometimes they do help ) . It’s so bizarre! I remember almost passing out on a street in China , because I had a horrible fever …. No one… helped me … no body came to me and offered help. I felt bad in a shop and people there knew me, I live right next to them
The little baby wanted to help and started running after the pickpocket but then the mom stopped him. I guess the baby wasn’t fully indoctrinated yet.
the kid just wanted to ask the thief to show him a masterclass
It's raw and basic humanity !
I'm Chinese and the first time I visit my grandma in China many moons ago I hated going back because people there were so rude. Especially if you're grocery shopping, everyone cuts in front of you. The same goes for taking a bus, trains, etc. Service is just as awful. I haven't been back to China for over twenty-something years and don't plan to. Everything that Winston has mentioned on his videos is so true. I like him because he's honest and speaks the truth.
For six years, I've had a rental house for students in Canada, all of them have been mainland Chinese and good tenants. However, I see the same reluctance to 'get involved', as you point out here. I repeatedly ask them to tell me when there's some necessary repair, but they rarely do so, and it frustrates me... they didn't tell me about a water leak that went on for months until I discovered it when they moved out (which did cause extensive repair), but they always tell me when a light bulb burns out!
eric brufatto there is a culture in China not to get into trouble and try to be less confrontation. I think I have the same problem too actually. I don’t know how to change it. I am from mainland too lol
Also I think as a kid they may not notice the leak... tenants are not as careful as landlords.
@@007taino You assume a lot, you don't know my situation, yet you blurt out criticism and call me "friend" and "idiot." I've noticed that people with bad grammar (and uneducated), like to tell others to "get educated" and call them idiots.
So sad, you can see only the homeless man really cared about the little boy. Every one else is staring at him suspiciously or running away, but after giving the boy the money, the homeless man watches him as if he is concerned and worried about him. Heartbreaking!
I can speak chinese as a foreigner, during the time living in China, if I wanted some help to find addresses I had to speak English, because when I spoke chinese to them they just ignored me.
totally agreed, I'm of Asian descent and I'm able to speak basic mandarin. The first time when I travel to China, I thought I would be welcomed by the Chinese (considered how I can speak their language)...I've never been so wrong...they are cruel when they think you're one of them.
@Illegal Lettuce maybe you are stupid?
I'm so happy I live in Taiwan.
Take me with you
LOL
22:10 is gold, there is still hope for China. Peace for the US-Eu
All the Taiwanese people I have ever met are really cool and happy.
enjoy your time while you can. taiwan is constantly in danger of being absorbed by china
I was giving advice before by a Chinese friend when I came to China. She specifically told me, don't get involved if you see people in need of help. In general, mainland people are extremely selfish and really don't care about their fellow countrymen. What is always very amusing to me, because how can you be SO patriotic and not give an F about your countrymen?
Same goes for the 50 cent army if they didn't get paid to do what they do. They simply wouldn't do it at all!
Scamming is part of the Chinese society, and the West felt for it in many ways (and still does).
Huge loyalty to abstractions - things humans do.
Hi, I live in Beijing for more than 20 years, and I have been helped by many people, and also gave help to many people. Given
there are too many scams trying to take advantage of people’s compassion, It is not fair to say Chinese people are selfish. I do think the government should impose a heavy sentence on fraud.
@@MrShou-nw7yv there you go again. People like you are the real problem. When we point out something wrong in your society, you will point at other country. No. We are talking about this society don't change the topic and accept the mistake and then change it.
Good point.
@R Mc Call 100sqm
I can't imagine what it does to ones spirit for actually wanting to help someone in danger, but doesn't out of fear... fear of putting oneself in harms way, fear of not having any means to seek medical help if injured, fear of persecution, fear of potentially making things worse, and especially fear of ending up guilty by association and the impact that would have on ones family, livelihood, and social credit score. I feel like that's a lot of unnecessary stress for the average Chinese person to voluntarily subject them self to as I'm sure life is hard enough already.
Come to Japan, many old Chinese still calling us goblins but we are much more kind to both our own people and travellers even as stranger.
I think the Chinese don't want this Hate to go... I'm a German of Russian Decent. What the Germans did in the USSR during World War 2 was horrific. But they are really sorry about it and we are forgiving them. Our Goverments might not like each other but I never met someone who still hates Germans with Passion. We admire them, sometimes we are even jealous of them. They are great People. The Past is the Past and we should work together to not let something like this ever happening again.
shut up goblin from hell, all hail the all forgiving ccp! (i want my 50 cents)
@Vlad the Inhaler as a visitor I don’t doubt that you had a great experience. Japanese are hyper sensitive about how people of other countries view them. But the tendency to ignore other Japanese people in crisis is similar to China, but for perhaps different reasons.
Japanese people hate the Chinese and Koreans just as much as they hate Japan. Japanese people might be a little more polite on the surface, but the disdain runs deep.
@@serious_in_seattle6917 Not really. seems like you never been to japan lol. Japanese people never tried to abandon kanji if they were really hate Chinese, but they know how to separate between Singaporean Chinese + Malaysian Chinese and mainland chinese.
After 70 years of all sorts of political movements, people do not trust each other anymore, actually people are afraid of each other. What a society to live in, no human souls anymore.
C Y People never realize what worshipping the dragon really means - it is the devil
Sociopathic people inside just one country
Your channel is great! I just came back from a 3 week visit to mainland China and Hong Kong. After having watched many of your videos before traveling, it has been much easier to move around and to be prepared for anything out of normal. Thanks a lot and keep it up.
Reminds me of the phrase: No good deed goes unpunished.
Everyone says "Its too dangerous to stop a pick pocket" - A castrated people
Serpentza - You are right mate, Ive had the same situation happen to me, as you say there are many reasons, one is they are afraid they would or could be sued, i.e. the vase scam, I stopped a woman being beaten by a strong guy and nobody helped but the reason why are a few, people are afraid in China to help, also there is the losing face element, if they turn around and say they dont need help or whatever they are shackled mentally, but they are NOT bad people, as with the abducting kids YES it does happen and people are afraid of these gangs, these guys are criminals and people are afraid to get involved, when I saw this a tear from my eye fell and I had ended up crying cause this does happen, I was super stressed with my kids playing around without myself or my wife around, I seriously thought about somehow microchipping my kids so I can find them quickly if anything like this happened.
Winston - people hate you and some love you, but I say to those that HATE him, why? He makes money from his channel, he uses clickbait titles and subjects to generate interest and get you to watch, who doesn't? The question is does what he says actually happen? Is he lying? Well, the answer is no, it is true, I've lived in China longer than Gweilo60, more than Serpentza and the other guys, I was there at the turn of the century 1999/2000 and can tell you that so far what he has said is the truth. Yes, he may overemphasize some things but this is youtube :)
One must never forget that there are really great people in China, honest, hardworking people that nobody knows about, with ordinary and some with tragic stories to tell and others wonderful stories, once Winston started talking about politics his goose was cooked, or his time in China was numbered cause you can't do that and get away with it, IM not saying its right or wrong but the way it is.
I suspect he had many subjects in his mind to put onto video whilst in China that he could only attempt to upload when he left and I agree that he was probably itching to say many thing but couldnt.
Only one question to Winston if he ever reads these comments is this, now that you've left China and free to make these videos, isn't it dangerous for your wifes family as they could be targeted if you know what I mean, and you definitely know what I mean.
I mean is it not dangerous you making these videos if it shows China or the Gov in a negative light, dangerous to your wife's family I mean?
We had a family friend that stayed in China for a long time. And she never wanted to go back, she said she saw a horrific accident with a bus full of people and people just stood there look and smiled.
When I told this story to other people. I got called a racist or some weakened version thereof. Needless to say, I haven't retold this story up till now.
@@demammoet I've been going back and forth for fifteen years.
My response to being called racist is simply saying I'm OK with that. Honesty is more important than avoiding an overused label.
Shouldn't be dangerous - you've instantly got two people - you + the victim - against one. The thief would probably just drop the wallet if pursued - easier pickings elsewhere.
@@demammoet That does happen but there are also stories of people helping, only this week a 90yr old man jumped into a river to save a car that crashed into it, I know many in China especially in the small villager that if they did see a child being abducted etc they would should and say hey what you doing and gather together quickly to stop it, so its not all bad. I do agree to a degree with what you are saying though.
I’m Chinese from mainland China. What you said is so true. We have to ignore those people who need help because we don’t know they are blackmailing or not. You helped them and maybe later they said you made them fell down and ask you for compensation. This is quite often in china now because people just want more money. The law does not improve in this area either!
What caused this to happen? Why does people who help others got punished?
@@peachpink123 because maybe there is no camera in that area and nobody saw how the accident happened. You helped that person but then that person said you made this accident happen, and you don’t have any evidence to prove what he/she said is wrong. Then that person asked you for compensation. What you can do?
@@sweetbroccoli6847 Why does the person receiving help accusing the person who is helping? It's not normal isn't it?
@@peachpink123 yes they have absolutely no morality. They only want money because in China money works, in hospital in school in court. If you don’t get the things you want, that’s because you did not give enough money to those person who has super power with strong political background. I love China, we inherited such a good tradition and wisdom from ancestors but the current leaders just ruined most of them!
@@sweetbroccoli6847 I'm sorry to hear that, I think most problems worldwide is caused by moral issues. Education and practice of ethics is so important in society, especially to the young because human are not meant to be robots and just exist for money. I hope kind people have the strength to overcome this. It's hard, but if it's worth it in Life, we have to live for it.
the beggar has a heart yet the millions of others don't... very sad indeed
It is common that beggar-types often have more heart than the well-heeled. This is certainly true in the U.S., as has been shown in peer-reviewed social research studies.
Same here in France
Most beggars are on drugs.
Being as I used to live among them trust me.... Most of them are bad people and only some of them are innocent drug addicts because of mental disability's and life circumstances.
ninjazhu ... By "heart" do you mean that the beggar didn't make a connection between what is given up by working people in order to earn a wage and the actual coins that he held, then sure. Working people sacrifice in order to provide for themselves and their families, whereas the beggar has not made this choice, rather he is exploiting the charity of others, and consequently money does not hold the same worth to him, so he freely gives of it and does not demand value in return.
Not getting involved when people need help in an emergency is part of a society where the government is expected to take care of everything.
Utter rubbish. That's exactly the type of moronic nonsense I'd expect from a right-wing loser ranting about how good the poor have it because the government gives them food stamps etc.
If you knew the slightest thing about China, you'd know that the government does NOT "take care of everything". Their social welfare systems are significantly lower than most of the developed world yet this behaviour isn't seen anywhere else.
It is too awful to stomach. I'm glad you are making social commentary on these issues.
Being an oversea mainland Chinese, I feel so sad... Almost in tears. Thank u Winston.
J Lin 那傻子在国内上不下去了来国外了,别对他智商要求太高
Dude, if you buy any of this I seriously question your logical reasoning. Sometimes, people help. The vast majority of the time, nobody cares.
Look up 大树君 and you'll see a very different narrative. People do help, but like any other populated area, whether in China or the US, people simply aren't going to care the vast majority of the time.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
Thanks for this Winston, sadly this kind of problem has entered into South Africa as well.
Bad people have tried to turn good people into bad ones, and they have succeeded.
one person laughed because it looked like a poor stunt/scam thats common in china.
You are right. in addition, the police under Communist China is just thugs and rogues. Not sure if you have heard some actual case where Chinese police just arrested the reporters and beat them into confession to be the perpetrator. Yes, this is very disturbing, but in a totalitarian country such as China this is just the fact. Darkness in Communist China is unfathomable... Western Country can choose to ignore the plight of Chinese people, but at least I think they should not embrace the Communist regime for their own interest. The Wall Street, who epitomized the theory that capitalist are willing to sell a rope to hang themselves, is very despicable.
About the car crash. I was also witness car crash in Ningbo. One elderly man got hit by small car and got stuck under the vehicle with badly broken leg. As Europian(Finnish) person I run immediately to help and push the car to get the man away under the car but after a while i realize that NO ONE came to help me. Then I said to my Chinese wife that tell them to help me. After She shout to them they finally came to help and we get the man from under the car and I check is there any sever injuries. Luckily there were no immediate danger so we waited the ambulance. This was exactly the matter you were speaking. No one wants to get involved if it's not their matter.
Interesting that when your wife shouted to people to help you help the man, people DID come to help.
Well, at least we know that shouting helps.
@@sydneykendall7125 This is just anecdotal experience, but a lot of Chinese people seem to need 'permission' from someone else or authority to act, or 'consensus' from a critical mass of people. This is why the CCP is so afraid of large gathering of people. Once there's a critical mass, it just become one hive mind that acts as one. So the CCP want to make sure they are the one controlling that hive mind.
Chinese care not one wit about the suffering of others, whether they be humans or animals. When I visited in 2008, I saw a guy on a scooter crash into a woman on a bicycle. She went down HARD...and the guy on the scooter looked annoyed with HER. Nobody lifted a finger to help her. I actually stopped the taxi I was in so I could go help. What was particularly ironic is these communists think they care about each other, and Americans only have relationships that they profit from. It's the other way around.
The lack of smiling between strangers, to name the least, is weird that people grow suspicious and walk away when you just wanted to show kindness and socialize. The indifference and ignorance are depressing and sad.
Like robots
@@idontcare9797 Exactly how the society is set to populate, in a way easier to manipulate and safer to rule.
Well... Nobody is smiling at you randomly where I come from as well. In Russia its considered a Sign of Idiotism to randomly smile. We are friendly People but only when you are in the inner Circle. When we know you better we are very friendly.
I'm glad these backwards societies are miserable. It's like when America experiences endless mass shootings. Lazy and indifferent, herd instincts, total ignorance -- that deserves punishment in my mind. Clearly these "people" don't care and don't want things to change, so let them lay in the bed they've made for themselves.
That reminds of certain inner cities in USA dont go there.
I remember a video I've seen a couple of years ago where a kid was run over in a market with people who have seen the accident. And they just kept walking like nothing happened. The only one who approached the body was an elderly street sweeper who dragged the body towards the side to not impede traffic. It was disturbing to say the least and will never leave my mind until today.
I saw that same video-- I could barely believe it!! So bloody sad. And frightening!!
"..two very manly looking guys..." they start holding hands... "actually I take that back" haha made my day :-)
Also wearing capris lol not manly over here
Too much soy products in their diet, resulting in too much natural estrogen. The lack of statcher, body hair, ect. How else do the men pull off pink?
dude same hahaha ; was hilarious
@@hollyh1969 a real man can pull off pink
@@hollyh1969 a cow is a mammal so cow milk is natural mammal estrogen. Hint: humans are mammals
I like the way you called the cultural revolution as, “Cultural Devolution”.
Quebec had one too. I call it the Quiet Devolution inspired by Winston's expression.
It's the same as liberals calling their movent "progressive" when in actuality it's regression to population enslavement by elitists something which mankind had fought to escape for centuries.
or the "great leep backward"
English Translation: Selfishness, lack of empathy, and no "balls"...
Pinocchio sized balls ewual pinnochio sized men.
Yes!
There's more of a chance that the women are ACTUALLY being kidnapped than it being a scam. The guys in the video weren't thinking "scam", they were just pussies who didn't want to get involved.
In China, balls are not measured by bravery and courage (other than dying for their flag). It's measured by consuming testis of expansive exotic wildlife... 🙄
And what's wrong with being selfish, to them it's survival, unfortunately. While empathy, draws only nuisance and potential scammers rather than getting deeds of good doing good virtue.
@@noodlelicious. You know what I mean by having "balls" or "courage" or "bravery". It's not a literal meaning (eating balls), but a state of mind. Would you call their behavior in your culture "having balls"? Probably not...
I was also witnessed a car accident once in my life but didn't tried to touch anyone of the people with injuries. I was afraid since I have no training about these situations I might hurt them even more. Of course I called the health care system and the police to let them know about it and stayed at the point until they came . I believe everywhere in Europe is a crime to pretend nothing happened and move on.
Why would I ever wanna live in a country where someone would not call for help should I need it?
because they pay well 😁
u dont
If it means you can do what ever you need to defend yourself, then I'd welcome that policy. I hate how nosy Americans are. All they do is cause trouble, especially in their own country!
One thousand down votes for telling the truth? I remember seeing the toddler video thinking that was sick, but had no idea that it was common.
The U.S. put out soo many Chinese appreciation commercials. Now people are stuck speaking up for them, and don't know why.
yeah here they show the like and dislikes separately rather than adding both
I was thinking the same thing
@Decarabian he talking about dislikes
I wanted to cry when the beggar gave the boy money
So is your dad
Having lived there for 18 months, none of this surprises me. For a place that has so many people, the abject lack of humanity is surreal.
These reactions are abnormal. From a developmental neuroscientific point of view, we all have a natural innate need to 'help. This is not about us all being 'nice', there;s actually an altruistic centre in our brain evolved (just like a language centre, or maths centre etc)...because being altruistic benefits the 'pack' (the evolutionary explanation for this is for another time). However, when a society is SO twisted and SO disrupted, and SO unnatural, the human brain adapt and we lose our ability to do pretty natural things.
I love this guys channel. Super thoughtful, legit answers to really well observed issues in china
Excellent citizen journalism and interesting perspective
@Libtards Suck agreed
@Libtards Suck it has nothing to do with god or no god. Just the society has taught them to turn away
@Libtards Suck Nordic countries are atheist, but have a compassionate society.
@Libtards Suck calling people morons just because they don't believe in "your" God? That is exactly how "great" countries are born, isn't it? Thanks but no thanks. The world today has too many problems and non of them can be solved by praying
@Libtards Suck I don't know why you assume I like communism. But Nordic countries have a mixed economy. They consistently rank among best countries to live in the world, low crime rate, high human development index and happiness . I am sure a rational individual would choose a secular nordic countries to live rather than a country run by islamic, christain or any religious rules like Indonesia, Middle eastern countries(Iran, Iraq, etc),. And nobody owes to raise a family. It is not a selfish trait but a rather a fundamental freedom in life. And, it is better than bringing in kids, when you cannot afford to feed or provide for them properly. And when you try to make a sensible argument, try to calm the fuck down and stop name calling you idiot. Because, We can do it to each other like this and it will distract away from the main argument
Being a kid who lived in China until I was 9, 9:40 is pretty much spot on.
I was never told to be kind to others.
Me: Mom, can we live in a society?
Mom: No we have society at home.
Society at home:
LoL
American teenagers: Our society sucks
Some Chinese dude: Hold my ignorance
wow this really says a lot about our society. gangweed rise up.
Like other commenters have mentioned, this stuff seems dystopian. As someone from India , this type of injustice (stealing , kidnapping etc.) will get someone beaten to a pulp or publically shamed and detained. The police will come take what is left of the perpetrators. The mindset of the Indian public is if a person gets their rights violated and nobody does anything , tomorrow it could be my son/daughter/relative or even me. Then nobody would stand up for the person.
I am Australian, I remember once in Calcutta, quite late at night, we were being overcharged by a taxi driver and we started to argue with him. Two guys (complete strangers) came out of the darkness, found out what was going on, checked his meter, told us to pay him the correct amount, and then told the taxi driver to piss off out of there. Can't see that happening in China.
like the time this guy was cut in half after an accident outside mysore and people were taking videos of him? its there on youtube mate. this humko kyun jhamele me pdna mindset exists in India as well.
@@abhi.b8744 Yes, India can be fucked up at times, definitely, but there's a big "street justice" thing in many cities, whereby if a crime is committed in the street, mob justice kicks in.
As a white Australian, India is one of the countries I respect the most. It hurt me a lot to see them suffering through covid through no fault of their own.
@@abhi.b8744India is a very diverse place and an isolated incident does not fully represent the whole environment. Granted I do believe that some places in India have the same problem.
a cold society that cares more about LV bags than a child's wellbeing
A most unexpected result of the communist revolution.
Kate100294764 :
Get off that high horse. There are millions of children and no one can help them all.
It's a western society.
@@Scrat335 I'm in Norway a western society, and we love and protect our kids here. And in 1952, which was 2 years before my mom was born, Norway had 2 murders. Just to hint at our crime level.
@ My hat is off to you, Norwegians do it right. I think it comes down to your socialist system and sense of community.
Imagine the impression you left by being a foreigner more concerned with the wellbeing of Chinese people in distress than their fellow citizens. I'm sure the people you helped took note, along with who knows how many onlookers
In some sad, weird disgusting way maybe they thought "look at this arrogant white guy inputting his ego into other peoples problems". I could totally see the Chinese thinking that with how they've been brainwashed.
Their minds must rationalize their own behavior in one twisted way or another. But considering that they do have some rationalization, their conclusion must be to see him as foolish for lack of the same rationale. My guess is it's something along the lines of "枪打出头鸟" / "the bird that sticks his head out gets shot"
This is a strange comment upon first reading. How does one know that the people here shown being "kidnapped " are "Chinese " and not, say, Taiwanese, or maybe Korean, etc.? Why does it matter? Just strikes me as an odd comment because I see the situation rather than a nationality.
@ idk, they were in China?
But anyway I'm starting to think this whole channel is a bunch of CNP propaganda
The world needs to know this.
and they are trying to change Hong Kong into such place.
@@黄敬顺-j6e how is he silly?
周柯峰. 素质真好 your mom must be so proud of your education
It is valuable information but mainly Chinese children should be taught how this is bad like how most Countries are open about the negative parts of their society and past so that things can change. I do think it is important for people out side of China should understand because the mindset of the average Chinese person will help us understand the Country and why it does the things it does and just like understanding America and realizing they have allot of problems that effect the world almost more then it effects them and we should be more open about it because it might help them make a change. I have nothing against Chinese or Americans though and as a Canadian I see my Country is of all races and I love my American and Common Wealth Brothers but even I have to come to terms that America really isn't it much trouble and allot of their problems are from puppeting Countries for game and destabilizing governments and people and having it blow up in their and every ones face and Canada took part some times in these wars. I get respecting soldiers but some times you have to look at things evenly and understand that America was probably only in trouble from Japan in recent history but also I think that them dropping nukes made sense at the time because they just dealt with a long war and were going in alone on foreign soil with people so fanatic that men women and children would rather jump off cliffs then be captured and both sides were going to be going into a long hard war that would of killed millions of people and the nukes did probably save more people then it killed, doesn't make it right but war isn't right too. I am rambling but Winston, Cmilk and ADV China are telling things we all need explained to us because most people don't know and I know they are doing good and at great personal sacrifice to them, their relationships and probably to their wives some times so they deserve allot of respect.
Hong Kong and Taiwan don't want mainland Chinese in their back yards. I know why.
Hong Kong is already such a place most of Asia have selled their soul, for money, materialism, and success.
I think your actions with the car accident is admirable. When I live in Tianjin way back in 2000. I noticed a guy beating and dragging a woman by her hair. I wanted to go and help, my wife stopped me from going to help. I feel guilty for letting it happen. I once gave a jiao to a person begging for money. My family kept very close to me. I wanted to intrvene. So many memories of the shame. My prayers for these people. Especially you guys and your charity.