During the dynasty era of Chinese history, wasn’t the king called the dragon and the queen called the phoenix?

First, that looks nothing like a Phoenix, it’s a peacock with paint at best... Peacock is male.

No singing in the military *Russian solders singing barbie girl while marching*

you should express yourself more respectful i think and not make anyone look bad

Ryan you know you’re in a KZfaq comment section right?

Disney has been garbage for a long time.

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Easier said than done when they virtually monopolise the entertainment industry..

@@Arclight104 well, don't feed the main industry, do your best, if all do their best Disney will feel that hit in the guts

Arclight104 you can always pirate their movies as a way to not directly support them. But yeah, it’s really sad how they’re slowly taking over the entire entertainment industry

It's working if what you said is true.

@Mustiboi Salman That "film" lacked any heart compared to the first one...

Disney doesn't care about Americans they only care to appease China

@Mustiboi Salman "Everything wrong with modern Disney in an hour and 40 something minutes or less, the movie"

Disney is Sino-washed.

@Cartoon Judge! C.G. Or The Lion King remake with dead serious Nala, butchering of Be Prepared, and James Earl Jones sounding dull while reprising his role as Mufasa.

@Cartoon Judge! C.G. Or the Aladdin remake where we got the most boring actor for Jafar

I had a theory that the Phoenix was Mulan's dead brother reincarnated but nope

You sell your soul to the devil what have you gained. I hope this movie does not recoup its investment.

@Cartoon Judge! C.G. about half the movie, Jasmin's mouth is open. I swear female British actors just can't help themselves with the mouth thing.

There's already a live action adaptation that I've heard is cultarally accurate. They keep trying to make female characters superpowers and stronger than the men which really bugs me as a women

@@bidoof6871 What's it called?

@@facelessdragon1404 mulan 2009

You all are just projecting. The only men who look stupid in this movie are the same ones who I would look stupid in the animated version people swear they love. And you hate the agenda but Mulan is like the embodiment of that agenda. Animated or not. It's about a woman who pushes past. Who proves she belongs. At this point you're just saying you don't care for Mulan no matter how it's depicted

@@agonleed3841 Dude I adored the animated Mulan movie and enjoyed the 2009 love action, and the original comment wasn't talking about this film when they said dumbing down the males, the animated film had lovable dumb characters who were still good characters instead of being dumbed down for the sake of making the lead more powerful, one of the charms of the animated Milan was she used her smarts to pull ahead,ie, when she got the arrow, but everyone in the movie improved not just mulan, the animated film wasn't culturally accurate but it was still enjoyable and sent a good message, the 2009 mulan was more culturally accurate but they didn't give mulan powers of a phoenix , she had been taught c combat by her father since she was young which gave her an edge, but she still had to learn.

They also change other movies for them. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKliadeYnLXOkqc.html

Personally the fact that China is committing genocide they deserve to be overthrown and thrown into a prison cell and left to rot. The Chinese people who then are genuinely good people should take over and start over.

Ontas Bulent Walt Disney must be spinning in his grave. Not only is his company dealing with a communist country (in spite the fact that Walt was HIGHLY against it), it works with a country that's committing genocide.

@@jenneacubero1036 "despite the fact that Walt was against it" Sure, but not because he was against the idea of genocide. Let's stay coherent by not talking about Walt.

@@sillyputtyisfun7567 Yeah, according to the genocidal western press. In reality, no.

I wouldn't mind if her hair looked dirty or something. Instead, it looks amazing.

@@carlycrays2831 yeah, also that. It's just another part of the whole "flawless heroine" thing.

Even in the pre qing dinasty period, the hair of men was little bit shorter than the women, like just a bit below the shoulders.

@@yin_xing really? Ok scratch that then, they also messed up the hair thing. No matter how you look at it they keep messing up everything lol.

@@yin_xing So the animated version STILL got it right.... I have TWO Mulan art books from when the movies was released and I REALLY need to go back to them now because this reboot is only highlighting that a lot more work an research was put into the animated version than...this.

booze and nintendo

Well said! Totally right.

Anomaly Inc guys, our god has spoken.

Anomaly Inc Bruh nintendo is literally just disney but video games

45 bucks if you count disney+.

This happened with Star Wars too. They changed it to “You and everyone else can become skilled and better than others if you work hard to achieve it” to “you are born intrinsically powerful and you are better than other people because they are born less powerful than you.” I wonder who else had a philosophy like that?

@@ND62511 You know, when you say it like that, this sounds a lot like...you know, fascism.

Nick DeLisi wait, Star Wars didn’t have Luke born more special it’s the force? Oo

AshleyDawn No, he had to work to be force proficient. He wasn’t powerful at all until he was trained by Yoda. And before anyone brings up Anakin, need I remind you that Palpatine, the ultimate evil fascist dictator of Star Wars, exploited and manipulated Anakin using the very whole idea of “you’re intrinsically better than everyone else”, feeding into his overconfidence and inflated self-image in order to turn him to his side. (Also, even though Anakin has an insane midichlorian count, he still had to train for 10 years to be good at force usage.)

Exactly. My sister and I were so disappointed when we heard that Shang was not going to be in this film. But it ended up being a blessing lmao now they can't butcher him

Exactly! He didn't fall for her until the end of the movie. With the Emperors push

@@jethrosoobs3847 He did fall for her earlier BUT he did not make a move on her, because my man Shang will not abuse his power.

It’s also really annoying because it’s basically Disney admitting Shang likes Mulan even when she was pretending to be a male because the only time she was his subordinate was when she was pretending to be Ping. They’re essentially admitting that they accidentally made him bi and then removed him. Also yeah it was never a problem since they only dated afterwards Maybe I misinterpreted it but that’s kinda how it seems 🤷‍♀️

@@annadavis6679 And they certainly can't have gay stuff in their Chinese movie.

What makes no sense is the reason why they did it. They did it because he was wanting to join them for dinner but actuality mulan asked HIM to come invited for dinner and that the emperor and mulans grandma thought that they both were but that was for comedic effect and it was done perfectly.

@Devan Hale They aren't a monopoly, yet.

I pirate their films

@@TheAutistWhisperer They are incredibly close to one, but screw them anyway. They haven't made a film with passion in years and they would probably be losing money if they didn't own the MCU. But now that The Infinity Saga is over, the MCU won't be a draw like it was in the past 10\11 years.

@Devan Hale is it really 99 percent??

Disney needs to burn. The executives need to be dragged out and shot. They helped ruin America.

What happens when a bunch of old white guys think they can present Chinese cultural accuracy. I'm white and age 65; have *no patience* with the abuse my "sector" unleashes on our world.

What's the Fenghuang?

Stop. Actually these conplmaijnts are from weak minded individuals who lack any complex thinking. And refuse to grow up. The animated movie was great gvit was for kids. It focuses on one thing. The world is unfair to women. That's it through the whole movie. This movie is made for older kids who should know what unfair is, so don't need it to be slapped in their face multiple times. This one focuses on WHY it's unfair. What things make it unfair. It's the same message with just a very minute but or complexity. Nothing more

Exactly! We said the same thing in our review of the movie. In the animated version she was a strong woman and everyone loved it...no need for chi, Mary Sueness, none of that.

@@agonleed3841 Look at what you just wrote, lol. Now who needs to grow up? Is that your excuse? The world is not fair? What else is new? Classic Mulan was for kids? You okay bruh? LOL! Classic Mulan delved deeply into demographics better than this boiling piece of garbage you call a movie. This abominable blasphemy is more of a kids movie than the original if you didn't know. All the things that make the female gender special and strong in her own way is thrown out the window in this movie by making her this godlike creature of no substance at all. Even the wonder woman movie mopped this trash heap. Like I said earlier, if this movie was named other than Mulan, it would've been a laughable acceptance. The funniest part is that only brute force is the best way these mary sue creators present their characters as "strong". Plagiarist and non unique. You want badass female characters, go see G.I. Jane, Salt, Judgement day (Sarah Connor), Kill Bill, Aliens, Underworld, Edge of tomorrow, the matrix (trinity), yes madame, and many others. This Mulan 2020 trash has its problems already in some chinese regions (i'm sure you've read the news) based on some political affiliations. How's that for not fair?

@@agonleed3841 I'm cis female and I hated this movie. The world may be unfair to women, but I know that already. This movie, however, does not present me any comfort for this unfairness. It does not feel inclusive to me at all; it does not make me feel empowered. On the contrary, because this Mulan is already a super woman from the start, I only feel alienated and at times even disgusted. The only struggle she has is her hiding the fact that she's a super woman; a very boring woman with little to no character. Tbh, the way I see it, this movie is disrespectful to BOTH men and women.

@@jagonz70580 Mulan is not some super woman. All you're doing is following someone else's words OR you have shit critical thinking skills. Chi is ecpressely explained in the movie twice. The first is in the first few minutes. It's just the boundless energy in all living things. I'm more familiar with it's use as I've been watching kung Fu movies all my life so it's not some magical word to me. It's displayed in these movies in fantastical ways .but it's no superpower. It's just as it was explained. It's the belief of all the energy in us all. Some people tend to train themselves to benefit from it more. Take a look at Guiness biok lf world records. People who hit targets with expert precision. People who run faster than others people who do amazing trick shots you'd probably never make...but mainly you wouldn't because you don't train to. You don't train until you have the reflexes, the swiftness, the precision...and in Kung Fu movies they say...training your chi. Which is the energy that you become one with. In tune with. That gets you to better be aware of yourself and your surroundings. Compare this chi to the animated movie. Well .there is no chi. But there's a magical damn dragon and a humanoid cricket that doesn't die through all the shit it goes through. and the people are cartoons. Banking on the stupidity of people around them to not catch her fmdojg the things she does that would instsntly have a real person caught. And going against training...cause being a vet myself, you don't get to just break the rules for ingenuity. They say climb a pole or lift those buckets that's what you're doing. Not tying weights or using sticks hidden under your shirt. It's almost like you have to look past points and parts you KNOW aren't real and still get the message that's presented. Kinda like what you should be doing with this movie. You're right in the difference in HOW the message is presented. You're just wrong in which message you should be getting. I guess that's because there are songs every 20min telling you what you should be thinking and constantly reminding you which message it is. Thsts what the animated movie is like. The whole movie is a constant reminder and telling kids exactly what they should be focused on. Like a child's book vs a teen/young adult book. The teen an young adult books have more details more variety more pages and less reminders. They expect you to use your slightly more mature mind to see the mess within the story. The message isn't about being strong. It's about perseverance. In the animated movie its simplistic...cause it's for KIDS. Little kids that haven't actually been through anything and are still in a learning phase. So it's one simple message in a fun way. Life is unfair but you have to keep going....that's called perseverance. This live action isn't targeted to kids is it? It's targeted to teens. Teens and young adults should have the mental capacity and some exlerience to..like you stated.. already know life is unfair sometimes But simultaneously UNDERSTAND that Mulan's life and yours aren't the same. So you probably shouldn't be banking on a one to one match about what YOU are specifically going through. However, what do you see she's going through that you can relate to? "Well, she has chi, and sword fighting, and in the army, and...nothing I see nothing" Really? Grow up. You're a teen or young adult and don't understand to look past what you physically see and get the meaning of all this? The fact that they flat out tell you who is in EVERYTHING. But men are encouraged to be the warriors who bring honor while women are expected to simply marry and move on. Not allowing for such excitement and adventure? That she is one of those people who seek things out of her reach....she doesn't want to follow the norm. She sees another path for herself. She was given opportunity thanks to her father...like a teen who has taken classes. Like a young adult who has taken classes...and they see a future for themselves but everyone around them pressures them to go a path they don't care for. She has to persevere. She has to learn to take what she knows, what she's already learned, and use it in this opportunity given to her .or this path that she took. In the end.m.we see that if given the opportunity some people WILL do great things. .it's not about just being a woman. The fact that she is a woman is great and encouraging for women. But it, this movie, wasn't made JUST for you. Mulan was a story in Chinese culture way before the animated movie even existed. So it's very idea is for the encouragement of women. But this movie was made based on that legend but with the message to persevere. The message perseverance. Not be a strong woman. It never was. You are strong when you persevere. You are worthy of respect. You do bring honor to yourself. It is your truth if it is what you want. My younger sister.. actually my wife's sister...is in 10th grade taking college classes not just some. Like most of her curriculum. However her mother and father are weird..to me..in that they don't want her to go that path. They aren't exactly stopping her, as much as they are constantly getting in her way. They've had her playing soccer since she was a toddler. She plays on two teams one with her school and the other in recreational. And she has even traveled overseas for games. Sometimes the schedules have conflicts...the rec teams don't want a person who they fcant rely on and the program she is in for her college classes..if she makes a low GPA or misses two assignments, they cut it off. They simply don't want to be too much on her. Giving her the opportunity but not wanting to overwhelm her. SHE wants the college classes far more than the soccer games. Her parents want the soccer far more than her college classes. Figuring she can just do that later. SHE has to struggle to persevere. She has to use the skills she has been taught. She could just give up on the college program. The one she wants. I'm skipping slot...cause there were times she left to come to our house. She's cried and wanted to quit everything. My wife and I and her have argued with her mother. Intimately if she wants what she wants SHE has to make sure her grades are great. SHE has to get her studies done and her classes done in a timely manner to keep up with all the other things going on. She got a lucky break..in a manner of speaking because of this covid..but soccer is back up again around our area. She could hold herself back and follow someone else's path, or she can do what's true to her. You're old enough to understand that a story can be anything. But it means nothing if you don't understand the message. What if the story was about my sister? By YOUR logic, my cousin who wanted to be a boxer wouldn't be winning as she does cause this story about a girl persevering through school work doesn't inspire her to keep going and not letting others hold you back...because no one is getting punched in the face lol. I mean, really..how many of you cis females would be attempting to be great warriors just cause the movie doesn't show anything fantastical about the belief of chi? Seriously. If they showed a live version shot for shot...or even MORE realistic...shot for shot of just her fighting and she won...what were you going to learn and put to use? We're you going to go out and put on some armor and start swinging swords? We're you going to go to the gym more? What exactly did this movie take away from you that you felt like you would've gotten? People have been learning lessons off power rangers, iron man, Batman, Hercules and more fantastical stories but oh my God, Mulan was being theatrical with chi and that just won't do. Stop letting these insecure boys pressure you into pity do much that you have to side with them. Take this same movie, change Mulan to a man, and the plot being that he'd lower caste...and takes the place of a higher caste warrior...and everyone would be praising it for how brave he was and it would encourage boys to never let anyone tell them that they don't do something. Doesn't matter what it is. Cause it's not just about the fight in the movie. It's about the message overall. And you know it. That's essentially what this movie is. Mulan and other women are seen as lower caste. Not allowed to do certain things or get certain levels of respect. Doesn't matter what the fight is in the movie. It's about the message overall. And stop pretending Disney made this specifically to make women feel strong. It was a legend long before Disney even made the cartoon. The very existence of it from way back then was to encourage women

I feel like it's not just modern media. The people there have been ignored for as long as the CCP has been in power

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 wut the people there have been ignored since it became a part of china its a desert province bordering siberia and central asia populated by ethnic minorities

@@ricardomesquita8167 thats even worse tho

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 the only reason the USA out of all the Muslim loving countries care a out them is because a part of the Chinese railroad will pass through this region and because of the regional instability I central Asia I personally can buy and believe a good portion of the Hong Kong protests but this one seems way too strange if this was really true china would be facing some real consequences instead of media fire Why is it worse though? This region may seem big but it doesn't have nearly as much people for a central government to look after and its desert/Siberia border makes if very defensible on its own too

@@ricardomesquita8167 death camps are always bad tho

Raw silk

Mongols didn't exist at that time, neither Japanese ninjas,

Werent shuriken a ninja tool used for misdirection and closeccombat? Gaijinn Goombah said they'd be horrible for taking out an opponent.

@Eyecanic Yeah, exactly.

@@Emilechen What are you talking about? The Mongols are reported by ancient Chinese historian Sima Qian to have already been living in Inner Mongolia in 699-632 BC. The story of Mulan takes place during the Northern and Southern dynasties period (4th to 6th century AD.) The Mongols had been around for over one thousand years by Mulan's time. You're right about the ninjas, though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Mulan

OG Mulan = An awkward but otherwise normal girl who joined the army out of love for her father and succeeded due to her courage, wits, and ingenuity. Remake Mulan = The Chosen One that the whole universe bends over backwards to support.

Right this way

Disney: new star wars film Anomaly: ‘’I NEED A ROPE.’’

*hands him a Lightsaber* "You HAVE a Weapon!"

Welcome to the woke Era of dis ney

To be honest, most of this is just people hating on an otherwise alright movie. Willing to bet that most haven't even watched it, and most youtubers simply bash it for likes. It didn't actually massacre anything. If you watch it like I have, it was actually pretty good. At least better than most of the movies on Disney+

For once I actually agree with a boycott

The closest I got to wanting a boycott was when we thought that Sony was taking back spidey. Tom Holland is the best and after the Andrew Garfield movies I don’t think we need to see uncle Ben get killed another time. And no I’m not acting like into the spider verse never happened personally I think it’s slightly overrated I know I’m in the minority) and I prefer the raimi trilogy and possibly even far from home

I've been boycotting the live action movies all along, and will still do (even if they make a PG-13 Hunchback of Notre Dame adaptation that was very similar to the play).

@Jovien Yang Would you be ok if a movie, that insulted the original movie you loved, was filmed just a few miles from a concentration camp that was torturing ethnic minorities, even if it was one scene?

Trash costume, weird scene, communal home who exist 1000 years after mulan times

Mushu is a dragon. A dragon in that culture is to have respected. Mushu was a clumsy punchline. They took it out for that reason. Not because it wasn't realistic. And they knew we wanted magic, so they gave us magic. Chi isn't a superpower. It's the flow within us all. Some people train to use it more. In wuxia..kung Fu movies, since the 70s it's been displayed in fantastical ways. Balancing on a pole.grest precision when shooting an arrow or hitting something. Etfc. You can actually say all these people in Guiness biok lf world records used chi. They became in tune with themselves to achieve whatever that Goal was. Something that would seem super human to those of us who don't. And movies exaggerate. This is a movie about Chinese legend in China with Chinese people...so they used Chinese style of movie making...a style that is fcwry popular. Jet and Donnie have made movies like this since I was a child. Once upon a time in China. Black mask. Etc etc.

Too bad they used a Western Phoenix instead of a proper Fenghuang. Because Disney thinks we're all too dumb to appreciate proper depictions of non-western mythological creatures.

@@Borderose considering people are hating the movie for being a more Chinese style Kung Fu movie like Wong Fei Hong and such...they were kinda right. Westerners are dumb and don't adapt to other cultures very well

@Mustiboi Salman dont forget DreamWorks too, king fu panda for an example.

Oh, this is Much, MUCH worse than Captain Marvel in many ways...

@@jacksonbrickmedia939 yup. Atleast cap marvel is actually very powerful in comics too..

At least they stablished she's no match for a fully aware and fully hell-bent Thanos

@@lasuperchavasentai1907 Yup I was happy when Thanos punched ger out the movie.

@@Raccon_Detective. Yikes, just say you're sexist and go dude. Why are you even here

And this doesn't appear to be making much money.

I really hope you're right. If the audiences opinion doesn't matter to them, at least let the money do the talking (or the lack of).

OG Mark Hamill: carries a gun OJ Mark Hamill: carries orange juice and denies murdering his wife

@@samwallaceart288 If the prosthetic hand doesn't fit, you must acquit.

That was a stupid mistake ahahah... as long as we're having fun :D

They didn't want it implied that he was attracted to her when he thought she was a man.

@@carlycrays2831 my theory was that the relationship was too healthy for a Disney movie

@@carlycrays2831 i don't see why they even needed to imply there was any romantic attraction at all. why can't he just change his mind and think she's just a really great person with respectable attributes? could've just ran with that. Shang found out she was a woman and so did all the other dudes. They were seriously just overthinking everything.

@@carlycrays2831 well the new guy definitely gave off the same type of vibes, so what’s the difference there?

@@carlycrays2831 iirc Shang *did* take a while to fall for Mulan, didn't he? The first movie ended with Mulan coming home and Shang didn't propose until the beginning of the second movie. Doesn't look like he fell for Ping to me.

Hahaha lol I mean they’re quite similar , I mean they both have the chi power

Don’t ever come for Miss Wendy Wu like that again 😂😂😂

That was an attemtp to bring back the love of Kung Fu movies. Chi was a trope since 70s. All the way to jet Li movies in the 90s like once upon a time in China. It's not a power it's what we all have some people just train to use it more than others. And all it really is is the idea that you become so in tune with your body and your surroundings that you are able to quickly act and react. Movies..it's exaggerated. And that's what makes movies exciting

Namanouna Vang not coming at anything since I liked that movie to be honest. The Wendy Wu by the way 😆

That’s because Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior IS a masterpiece!

“You can’t even do that!”-Jim Hopper-Stranger Things 2

No, but it doesn't really feel like much of a sacrifice in the live-action one, since she knows she has god-mode powers.

@@easolinas1233 it's also pointless in tge new movie because they say every soldier that fails the training will be sent home

@@sedy5297 to be fair, mulan does get sent home when she is deemed unfit for war in ill make a man out of you in the original cartoon

The silk would not rip, making ot easier to pull out arrow as they would just slip out

When donning a suit of armor, what's the ideal place to put the silk at?

@@Necroxion You put it under your metal armor to provide padding and extra protection. As a gambeson(think a jacket with lots of layers of silk) It depends if your foot soldier, light infantry, heavy infantry, light cavalry, heavy cavalry or some sort of support like a cook. (Some light infantry went in with only a gambeson).

but shes chinese not a mongol

@@Dnite13 that was not my point, my response was to the comment about the silk stopping the throwing star. Silk absolutely could and would stop a throwing star, it can stop arrows.

I'd imagine it would be like Aladdin; with Herc pushed to the side, Meg front & center & the satyr gets a love interest.

Or he’s not included at all cuz saytr’s are masculine and will probably get replaced by a more feminine creature in Greek mythology.

Miss Unamused Nerd Sirens?

Meg was actually pretty awesome and she has a pretty interesting story. This could work if done right

Because you are normal

Just.... many?

Did you mean all?

You embraced the Chinese spirit better than the filmmakers doing that. Respect.

Disney Plus for me so it was kinda free......but yeah it was bad

I'm glad I didn't even pirate it

Why would you be glad wasting storage space for this?

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When donning a suit of armor, what's the ideal place to put the silk at?

@@Necroxion I believe they used a silk undergarment beneath any armour, as an extra. The armour would absorb most of the punch and if pierced, the silk would make the removal of the arrow tip easier.

@@Nuno.dos.Santos491 thank you

Cherie Wang Hey Tone how they scratch the walls of Auschwitz if they made of concrete

It would be nice to have li Shang because it makes no difference. There’s nothing unrealistic about him so they really have no excuse. The writing is lazy, mulan goes through no struggles, and her goals aren’t even that good either. Despite being a 2 hour movie, I felt like nothing happened

Nice break down. I believe you missed one very important subtle hint. The cartoon Mulan was about China when she was weak. Look up centuries of humiliation. The 2020 one is about a stronger and more futuristic China. Some info about about China century of humiliations. I’m from Malaysia. China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they had been the world’s biggest powers many times. Never once they sent troops to take our land. Admiral Zheng He came to Malacca five times, in gigantic fleets, and a flagship eight times the size of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, Santa Maria. He could have seized Malacca easily, but he did not. In 1511, the Portuguese came. In 1642, the Dutch came. In the 18th century the British came. We were colonised by each, one after another. When China wanted spices from India, they traded with the Indians. When they wanted gems, they traded with the Persian. They didn’t take lands. The only time China expanded beyond their current borders was in Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis and his descendants Ogedei Khan, Guyuk Khan & Kublai Khan concurred China, Mid Asia and Eastern Europe. But Yuan Dynasty, although being based in China, was a part of the Mongolian Empire. Then came the Century of Humiliation. Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn the trade deficit around, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing Dynasty in their tea and porcelain trades. After the opium warehouses were burned down and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British in a peace talk (Nanjing Treaty). The British owned 90% of the opium market in China, during that time, Queen Victory was the world’s biggest drug baron. The remaining 10% was owned by American merchants from Boston. Many of Boston’s institutions were built with profit from opium. After 12 years of Nanjing Treaty, the West started getting really really greedy. The British wanted the Qing government: 1. To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely, and tax free. 2. Make opium legal in China. Insane requests, Qing government said no. The British and French, with supports from the US and Russia from behind, started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace, the Qing government was forced to pay with ports, free business zones, 300,000 kilograms of silver and Kowloon was taken. Since then, China’s resources flew out freely through these business zones and ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor. In 1900, China suffered attacks by the 8-National Alliance(Japan, Russia, Britain, France, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary). Innocent Chinese civilians in Peking (Beijing now) were murdered, buildings were destroyed & women were raped. The Imperial Palace was raided, and treasures ended up in museums like the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris. In late 1930s China was occupied by the Japanese in WWII. Millions of Chinese died during the occupancy. 300,000 Chinese died in Nanjing Massacre alone. Mao brought China together again from the shambles. There were peace and unity for some time. But Mao’s later reign saw sufferings and deaths from famine and power struggles. Then came Deng Xiao Ping and his infamous “black-cat and white-cat” story. His preference in pragmatism than ideologies has transformed China. This thinking allowed China to evolve all the time to adapt to the actual needs in the country, instead of rigidly bounded to ideologies. It also signified the death of Communism in actually practice in China. The current Socialism+Meritocracy+Market Economy model fits the Chinese like gloves, and it propels the uprise of China. Singapore has a similar model, and has been arguably more successful than Hong Kong, because Hong Kong being gateway to China, was riding on the economic boom in China, while Singapore had no one to gain from. In just 30 years, the CPC have moved 800 millions of people out from poverty. The rate of growth is unprecedented in human history. They have built the biggest mobile network, by far the biggest high speed rail network in the world, and they have become a behemoth in infrastructure. They made a fishing village called Shenzhen into the world’s second largest technological centre after the Silicon Valley. They are growing into a technological power house. It has the most elaborate e-commerce and cashless payment system in the world. They have launched exploration to Mars. The Chinese are living a good life and China has become one of the safest countries in the world. The level of patriotism in the country has reached an unprecedented height. For all of the achievements, the West has nothing good to say about it. China suffers from intense anti-China propagandas from the West. Western Media used the keyword “Communist” to instil fear and hatred towards China. Everything China does is negatively reported. They claimed China used slave labor in making iPhones. The truth was, Apple was the most profitable company in the world, it took most of the profit, leave some to Foxconn (a Taiwanese company) and little to the labor. They claimed China was inhuman with one-child policy. At the same time, they accused China of polluting the earth with its huge population. The fact is the Chinese consume just 30% of energy per capita compared to the US. They claimed China underwent ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang. The fact is China has a policy which priorities ethnic minorities. For a long time, the ethnic minorities were allowed to have two children and the majority Han only allowed one. The minorities are allowed a lower score for university intakes. There are 39,000 mosque in China, and 2100 in the US. China has about 3 times more mosque per muslim than the US. When terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang, China had two choices: 1. Re-educate the Uighur extremists before they turned terrorists. 2. Let them be, after they launch attacks and killed innocent people, bomb their homes. China chose 1 to solve problem from the root and not to do killing. How the US solve terrorism? Fire missiles from battleships, drop bombs from the sky. During the pandemic, When China took extreme measures to lockdown the people, they were accused of being inhuman. When China recovered swiftly because of the extreme measures, they were accused of lying about the actual numbers. When China’s cases became so low that they could provide medical support to other countries, they were accused of politically motivated. Western Media always have reasons to bash China. Just like any country, there are irresponsible individuals from China which do bad and dirty things, but the China government overall has done very well. But I hear this comment over and over by people from the West: I like Chinese people, but the CPC is evil. What they really want is the Chinese to change the government, because the current one is too good. Fortunately China is not a multi-party democratic country, otherwise the opposition party in China will be supported by notorious NGOs (Non-Government Organization) of the USA, like the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), to topple the ruling party. The US and the British couldn’t crack Mainland China, so they work on Hong Kong. Of all the ex-British colonial countries, only the Hong Kongers were offered BNOs by the British. Because the UK would like the Hong Kongers to think they are British citizens, not Chinese. A divide-and-conquer strategy, which they often used in Color Revolutions around the world. They resort to low dirty tricks like detaining Huawei’s CFO & banning Huawei. They raised a silly trade war which benefits no one. Trade deficit always exist between a developing and a developed country. USA is like a luxury car seller who ask a farmer: why am I always buying your vegetables and you haven’t bought any of my cars? When the Chinese were making socks for the world 30 years ago, the world let it be. But when Chinese started to make high technology products, like Huawei and DJI, it caused red-alert. Because when Western and Japanese products are equal to Chinese in technologies, they could never match the Chinese in prices. First world countries want China to continue in making socks. Instead of stepping up themselves, they want to pull China down. The recent movement by the US against China has a very important background. When Libya, Iran, and China decided to ditch the US dollar in oil trades, Gaddafi’s was killed by the US, Iran was being sanctioned by the US, and now it’s China’s turn. The US has been printing money out of nothing. The only reason why the US Dollar is still widely accepted, is because it’s the only currency which oil is allowed to be traded with. The US has an agreement with Saudi that oil must be traded in US dollar ONLY. Without the petrol-dollar status, the US dollars will sink, and America will fall. Therefore anyone trying to disobey this order will be eliminated. China will soon use a gold-backed crypto-currency, the alarms in the White House go off like mad. China’s achievement has been by hard work. Not buy looting the world. I have deep sympathy for China for all the suffering, but now I feel happy for them. China is not rising, they are going back to where they belong. Good luck China. -Zeis Siez Zheng He's in Floating City: When China Dominated the Oceans kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpOjZK5mm7vLfWQ.html

Also chi is accessible to everyone because it's life energy and does not give you powers or make you a witch.

@@Raccon_Detective. YES ALSO TRUEE

Then all armies over the centuries should have fought wars covered in silk then.

They Phoenix comes from the Phoenicians and they are traced all The way back to 1200 bc in the eastern Mediterranean

Silk was used by some far eastern soldiers, the mongols definitively, not so much as to stop blows, but to facilitate the extraction of arrows, as the arrow tip did not pierced the silk, but dragged it into the wound. Provided the blow wasn't fatal, that is.

@@lpsfankanr1 and how would they afford that?

@@dark_fire_ice I see you failed to catch my sarcasm.

You do know that this movie was in the works since 2015, right?

@@kurtisrasmussen2156 Yeah but releasing it now... seriously?

@@jlinus7251 Really, thanks to Covid, they had no better time to release it. There is a very good chance that relations with China are gonna worsen.

This happened with Star Wars too. They changed it to “You and everyone else can become skilled and better than others if you work hard to achieve it” to “you are born intrinsically powerful and you are better than other people because they are born less powerful than you.” I wonder who else had a philosophy like that?

@@ND62511 yeah I know they're touting some female power narrative but I think these stories are intrinsically harmful to the supposed narrative they're trying to sell little girls. It goes from, 'you can make something of yourself if you work hard' to 'lol nah, you need magical powers and an op bloodline to get anything done'. Honestly if they wanted real equality for women in media representation, they would treat the main female characters like the main male characters. Have them go through trials and tribulations, fail once in a while, and still strive for victory... instead of becoming an op power fantasy 😖 God I want to get into the writing business now, just to tell this to these idiots

They did?! Is there any articles about that you can point me towards?

@@princessthyemis I am also curious about this

@@princessthyemis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_America

What's worse is that they left that in the credits. Like, really, why?

I didn't mind it. Probably the best part of the whole debacle

All she does over sing

She oversings *because she can* period, that’s why I don’t mind it, hardly anybody in the music industry can outsing Christina Aguilera and she knows it, that’s why she’s so arrogant 😂

@@nameisamine Delusional.

Poe how so..? She’s an extremely talented singer with an incredible voice. 🤔

Did you cry in greatness? Cause I sure as heck didn’t. Wanna know the best live action Disney movie? Alice in Wonderland (the first). And that’s possibly blinded by nostalgia. I’ve never liked a single one of their remakes, and it seems that each one gets sub-sequentially worse.

@@TheFunPop Cinderella 2015 is better than the original. They gave characters more personality and gave some reason for Cinderalla and the prince to hook up other than their looks. (though marriage after 3 meetings instead of 1 is still pretty stupid) Jungle Book is also pretty solid and has a more satisfying ending than the original. Others are uncreative shameless cash grabs though.

@@littlen8279 Admittedly I never finished Cinderella because while it may have expanded on the original positively, I simply found it boring. I never really liked the original in the first place soo. On the other hand, I was very excited for the live action Jungle Book but I actually didn't like the ending and that sorta ruined it for me. It's been a long time so I don't remember *why* I didn't like it, but yeah.

@@TheFunPop I love101 Dalmations with Glen Close, back when live action remakes was a new concept and everyone said "That'll never work". I was in high school and my group of friends went to the theater to laugh at the film, we came out of the movie loving it. Now Disney wants to remake THAT movie.

@@PrincessBunhead Yeah the 101 Dalmatians and Alice in Wonderland live actions, when like you say that was a *new* concept, were honestly pretty decent movies. Now they're nostalgic cashgrabs from a company who can't think of anything original anymore. I mean, I'm hoping their 2021 line up of Luca, and Raya and the last Dragon will be breaths of fresh air. But then again I had looked forward to Onward and it didn't end up impressing me too much so. Dragons are one of my favorite mythological creatures, so hopefully Raya is good....

Mulan 2020: You shouldn't be a man. You shouldn't be a woman, either. You need to be manly, but only with tits. And be incredibly gifted and super special.

Linda Disney: just wake up a perfect girl!

@@sniderealism2410 Nobody said you had to BE anything. It's a movie for god sakes, do you literally like try to copy superheroes in movies? Because that would be very very stupid and a very dumb thing to do.

@@user-bu8xe5jg7s lol someone is trigger happy today xD

Thank you! 👏

Which would be fine if they actually tried. But they didn't.

Right?

As they should.

Disney's soul died with Walt

sea of monster?

@@latviandragon2718 As in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

I didnt even know disney made that one lightning thief made me puke

Lol mulan is way worsttt. At least artemis has plot and some kind of character development lol

@@silentstorm5439 Yeah, it was made by the very same moron that f***ed up Eragon, so that explains everything...

That one was just lazy. They have all the money and talent in the world to make a better poster and they don't.

It’s actually male and female. Feng Huang in mandarin, Feng was male and Huang is female. Later they just lumped it’s together as female so they can balance the dragon which the royal counts deemed male.

It doesn't even do that good of a job of catering them. It's a subpar Mulan movie at best and China has plenty of better versions already

And it failed at that too. I know a lot of disappointed and offended Chinese people.

Hit the nail on the head.

You got it.

Wow Shan Yu had more respect for his war council and his hawk then the Morons has for a powerful witch.

Please be respectful and not use the term Moron to describe the Rouron clan from the Mulan tale. As also depicted in the Chinese 2009 Mulan adaption ---> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMqjrNOeqtqvYJc.html ... the clan's name is Rouron and not Moron.

... false. There are plenty of SJW, who loved the original Mulan. It has nothing to do with conditioning. Especially since an invader is an invader. If anything people see the aggressor as the bad guy. Though in a way you are right as well. Historically the Chinese emperor, who build the Wall and his armies were far from being as benevolent as the movie depicted, so from a historical standpoint the good and bad wasn't as clean cut as it was in the movie. And most SJW actually do know that. After all they aren't the ones who live under the pretense that the people who look like them are automatically the good ones.

80s and 90s. Jet li was in once upon a time in China..all 3. And Donnie yen was black mask and more. Yes .and it was great. One of the reasons I loved this movie

@@agonleed3841 that's the good thing about it but to based it on an animated movie and recon almost everything that made it great and funny is a dumb movie.

Please don’t insult those films with that comparison

@@ND62511 nah your right, I didn't mean to disrespect them.