I used to hold strong view against China due to media portrayal and ignorance. Ever since my first visit to China in 2018, I started to learn about her, everything including history. Like Wei Hong, I'm Chinese-ed and currently working in China. I'm also a Straits Chinese with ancestry dating back to Ko Chow (Gaozhou) and Palembang. I agree with Wei Hong that our biggest strength lies in our ability in being highly/fully conversant in Sinic, Nusantarian and Western civilisations. Not just the languages but also its knowledge systems and ways of life.

Keeping an open mind is important especially in this era, and you have demonstrated in this case, well done! Knowing what we don’t know and recognizing that is a big leap forward 👍👍👍

I don’t understand why he brought up Tibet, Xinjiang? Obviously either he never been to China those regions or his mindset already influenced by western media. Obviously he doesn’t believe what so many foreigners living in China or travelled those regions and debunked those accusations. As any overseas Chinese, hk protesters were violent and china military was not even involved unliked Americans and to think China was heavy handed towards hk is incorrect. Hk is still free to take care of its business.

As a host, it's your responsibility to learn more about China to be able to craft more nuanced and critical questions about China. Or to reveal such ignorance. At least you need to have a general ideas of different perspectives. Nevertheless, your guess is really awesome with his knowledge that decisively cut across Western propaganda and false narrative. Still, your humility and eagerness to learn is commendable. You have so many independent youtubers to choose from: Australian Jerry Grey with his Jerry's take on China; American Cyrus Janssen, Andy Boreham from NZ, and for more scholarly treatment, Belgian Pascal Coppens. An excellent Chinese perspective I would highly recommend is Carl Zha's historical account of China when interviewed by American Brian Berletics in his New Atlas youtube: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nc6UfriS3d-mqY0.html That perspective explains why China acts and behaves the way it does now.

Although you are starting to show doubt, you still give too much credit to western mainstream media. The US has a long history of inventing atrocities in “enemy states” so they can instigate regime change, coups and military intervention for “humanitarian reasons”. Recommend the book “Atrocity Fabrication and Its Consequences” by University of London scholar A B Abrams. The book has some great chapters on Xinjiang, Tibet, Tiananmen in addition to the well known WMDs in Iraq, chemical weapons in Syria etc.

Ya, before Tibet became part of China it was 90% a slave country. Today the GDP of Tibet is around US8K vs US1800 in India. Xinjiang a dirt poor area now has a GDP per capita of US12K with modern buildings, roads , bridges etc It is going to be the "Singapore" of BRI He just refuse to even report on the good of China

The world is divided & much confused bcos the U.S. & UK & white imperialists hv always assumed they are more superior & smarter than Asians & coloured ppl!!! However, Asian civilization is much2 earlier than the white!!! Look at the present latest scenario, China is @ the very3 top with India next! The U.S. & UK are in pale filthy beige with homelessness, drugsters, social unrest & unemployment & uncontrollable gun violence!!!

You are so right. Never trust or believe the utter lies and toxic propaganda being spun by Western media, especially the US.

Someone in TikTok said ky has made his entire career out of backstabbing mentors and comrades,he went to colonizer tongue school, Anglo-Saxon want Chinese to become half baked Britishers, colonizer used religion and language to colonize and subjugate their subject.

@@ACho168 ky went to colonizer tongue school,he can never to close to Chinese , Kishore believed he is ethnically interior,may be ky feel the same too

@@ACho168 white man success was build on stolen loot in the name of Jesus, said one Hindu, white man commit tons of evil earn tons of gold made women and children suffer in hell to become successful countries.

You are right. Now everybody speaks broken Singlish

I'm Malaysian, if I have to make a choice, I will side with Asia not the West. I'm pro Asia. I stopped buying Apple products since 2010. :)

Ha ha not sure if the host will have him back. I thought that the discussions were pretty shallow and one sided with poor examples like HK declining over the past 20 years or so. Not sure if this is factually correct. I thought HK declined was only in the last few years because of Covid , CCP National Security and US trade sanctions? Even if it were true HK was handed over to CCP in 1997 so whose fault was it for the decline??

yes i agree too

I am not sure that China is so ready to take in foreigners today to work in their local medical hospitals with 20% unemployed local graduates and have them rise up the ranks while working in China?

Only thing is hard migrate to China.

He did not update himself on the china current military advancement because china army grow too fast beyond his update.

In 2020, China tests fire missiles and successfully hit a moving target in the South China Seas. With the new hypersonic missiles, they can sink aircraft carriers in a matter of minutes! China's military capability has increased by leaps and bounds

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5uWYNSn08fGeI0.html

Why waste money fighting a war....cheaper buying Taiwanese politicians, Military Higher ups...takes a longer time....but China has patience.

Agree. You can see that US knows as they are very cautious when crossing the Taiwan Straits.

Should check where the money come?

How did he end up in Jail???

He is a paid actor, all they had to do was echo what the paymaster wanted him to say.

@@iechuanlee9326 He's not saying much now, is he, LMFAO!!!

DON'T THE CHINESE IN MAINLAND HAVE THE RIGHT TO OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY? THEY DO.

I agree with you. He does not even has any idea of what is happening in Hong Kong or Xinjiang or even the history of Tibet. He is so brainwashed by the five eyes. The interviewee is not much better despite claiming that he has been in China for umpteen years. What disappointing discussions,

As long as someone can read English, many will parrot Western media's propaganda.

That's bad ....such inability to know about western bias, how to be a fair & good host

Filipinos to teach english ...omg

Dont like the host's tone

By now, everyone should know that the West built their countries through plundering, and stealing from their colonies , and engaging in slave and indentured labor trades. Of course, the steam engine gave them an edge in the first industrial revolution. In short, the western dominance in the last 200-300 years is an aberration, and it's coming to an end. The West can't accept the reality and hence has started a negative narrative campaign to blackmail and contain China. Even the host used the word "authoritarian" to paint the superiority of democracy. Stupid, it is all about good and bad governance, it has nothing to do with the systems of the government.

Hi Sherrel you're 100pct correct. Wish I knew more about Chinese history and need to learn more. Will strive to do better! Thanks for your time listening though .

He didn't even know Nepal is an independent country and zero knowledge of China history.

@@DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife Your source of information are all from the west only. That's what I know from you points in this interview. Even you go to read china history, you may look for the biased source of china history from the west. My advice to you is go look for china source of information. Learn chinese language to get the first hand (non-translated) information. You will find out that there are lots of difference between source from china and source from the west, one example is the korean war history which the west try to avoid talking about it.

@@DoMoreTakeChargeofYourLife @frankyalferado6093 is correct, all these intl neoliberals just parrot the US state dept PR line about "democracy/freedum". But take a look at US domestic policy itself, eg healthcare/finance, and everyone can see it's driven by money, hence a plutocracy NOT democracy. But nobody can admit this any more than underlings can admit 2+2=4 when the boss says 2+2=22.

Fully agree with your comment. Must have been reading too much of WSJ, WP, CNN, BBC😂😂😂😂

Singapore look down on Malaysia,l said , we are successful bcos Malay Muslims not like white man land grab and commit unspeakable atrocities against other.

But sadly you can't get china citizenship with complication of hukou system . India gov been more forgiving with overseas Indian passport

No, the host's understanding is not even level 1... It's pre-school...

@@anjunadeep.8384 the host's mind is poisoned by Western propaganda. He needs to clean out those Western poisons fast before they kill him.

What's even funnier is ZoG does not really care about Malaysia ( only in reference to their main darling Singapore), so we can basically say what we want on this, and they missed their chance to really make a mark.

For sure. Just Hope Malaysian leaders will have the proper mindsets of bringing people of all races together for the common goals of prosperity, harmony and peace.

Actually studies have shown that the key contributor to declining births or replacement ratio is firstly migration to cities which drives up costs of living in cities. Also if these migrants had remained farmers without the option of living and working in factories in cities then they will be producing like rabbit# because they will need more hands to work the land to increase production

Agree with your comments on the host.... he should stop interrupting the guest with his "brain-washed" Western comments on China. LISTEN MORE and talk less... let the guest finish what he has to say, rather than interjecting him with Western bias thoughts. After all, the guest has been there, living there, visiting there. The purpose of the interview is anyway, to get the views of the guest on HIS experiences, NOT the host's Western perception of China.

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You did not mention HK was crawling with Western agents doing what they themselves know. They took advantage of the social-economic problems in Hong Kong. Those who stirrup trouble in HK and had to run away to the West are regretting it. Most of them carry adapt or of marketable value, except in HK. They can only speak Cantonese. Even Uni grads their English is not easy to understand.

Not true, we do know the value of ASEAN especially now.

Western parrot ...how to be a host

his only source of info and news is from the western media, and of course all tese media is anti-China. Not only do they twist the facts, tey actually lie and the general public believes them not knowing they are lied to.

We are very fortunate in malaysia as most of us are multilingual. Many People in the north of Malaysia can even speak Thai

Yes.. Is never wrong to learn another language or languages. Malaysia parents shld take this unique n advantage system we had in Msia. Hope n wish the current govt won't abolish it as it has always been a play card by the extreme opposition to shut it down!!

hi i am a Hakka Malaysian and been to Meizhou too

It's just a shame that China don't allow migration

A CHINESE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER WUD DO AS WELL AS ANY PRIME MINISTER OF ANY ETHIC ORIGIN.

Malaysia is not only hindered by racial economic issues but also by Islamic religious extremism, just like the countries in the Middle East, parts of Africa and also Xinjiang. Fortunately for Xinjiang, China did an excellent job of getting rid of the extremism there through re-education, vocational training and job placements... as a result Xinjiang's economy grew and people prospered. Hope Malaysia gets rid of its racialist policies and religious extremism.

@@jameskoh2945 when political and/or religious IDEALOGY becomes dominant in ANY country, the citizens lives will take backward step and in many cases the citizens suffer. Just look at the world over the last 50 or more years.

That's the fear isn't it. Sadly those two events are converging, and fast.

Countries especially smaller countries must have the guts to defend their interest and protect themselves against threats just like Ukraine. Trade , investments and economy are important to any country. But it cannot be a trade off when your country is facing an existential threat. Israel PM once said that he will destroy Palestine and Iran because these countries want to destroy Israel and drive the Jews out of Middle East. So to answer your question Singapore MUST have the guts to stand up to any threat especially because it is a small country.

@@MichaelLim0907 so who is the threat? Please go ahead and explain lol. Eh you watch too much cnn and fox

Agree ....didnt not read/listen enough ...how to be a host? Dont like his tone

The Philippines has yielded to the US pressure and has opened its military bases to the American. There is no more neutrality from the Philippines side.

Do not forget that the Phillipines was one of the original movers of SEATO & then ASEAN. Marcos was their president then.

What about 9 dashed lines? To surrender sovereignty of ASEAN nations & kowtow to a dictatorial state. To decouple or de-risking with a country without safeguard on human rights is the only way forward. To re-establish supply chains in SEA or Eastern Europe/South America with the help of Japanese/Korean/Korean industrial powerhouses. No human rights no trade.

@@giant108 Please elaborate human rights? Taking care and poverty alleviation of its people not human rights? What about the constant hate by Malaysian politicians against its minorities, human rights? Chinese, minorities hate human rights?How many ethnic groups in China? And they’re well respected and taken care of by the central government is not human rights? Be specific. Don’t use human rights like the Americans and allies pointing fingers to countries they don’t like while ignoring their records to others.

​@buddha199115 who don't know those were Xi's political propaganda. Half the population making less then 1000RMB , the inequality is so crazy. Those investment project on belt & Road mega construction project had poor quality and underutilised to a point that it is basically useless not to mention the debt to finance those project is crazy.

Aging population and bottom low birth rate is biting the CCP. I don't see why any point doing business with decline superpower.

Fully agree

Not to mention that they have lost their Moral Compass!!! LGBTQ, how sick is their Country!!!

Both host and guest not good enough. Host didnt not read enough ...how to be a host? Dont like his tone. Western parrot. Guest - tried his best but not good enough as an expert.

Obviously, you did not understand what the lecturer is saying. He said that the housing situation was in a dire condition. The economy has been faltering. This led to a lot of unhappiness and anger. Yes, the protest started due to some laws being introduced in HK. What the lecturer and some people are alluding to is that the protests were manipulated by the US and western agencies. Some people said it is common that the US manipulated genuine grievances on some social issues into protests against the government. Nury Vittachi, a well known journalist wrote a book on the protests called "The other side of The Story : A Secret War in Hong Kong". In the book, he detailed how the protests were manipulated and funded by US agencies like the NED. For you to say that an economic issue can easily be solved by just crossing the border to work in Shenzhen is an indication of a simple-minded person who doesn't know about reality. If the HK issue is so simple, why doesn't all Malaysians cross over to Singapore to work? Then, there won't be any complaint about the falling ringgit with its weak purchasing power.

Can't understand what you are trying to say!

China has been a superpower more times than the west, if it wanted to conquer you it would have ages ago. Chinese are not disgusting like the west

The current China does not claim any territorial that Qing Dynasty, the latest China before the Current One, did not claim, not some antient land China controlled once. This is the basic of a Country's Sovereignty. If China could not claim a land Qing had, then no current Country can claim any land they current have. Qing Dynasty/China was founded on 1636.

Greed and envy should never be the qualities a nation should have.

@@qingzhou9983 You are wrong to quote some old Chinese dynasty. Ancient China also controlled the Vietnamese, but they fought hard to free themselves from Chinese control. Though today you can still see the Chinese influence on their culture. Can you say that all yellow-skinned people are Chinese? The Thai people, Koreans, and Japanese have some similar looks to the Chinese, but they will never say that they are Chinese. They are proud of their race. Chinese Communist Party is interested to expand its territories and force others to adopt and adapt to the Chinese culture. It's going on in Tibet and the Northwest Territories of Sinkiang with the Turk's descendants. They are certainly not Chinese. The Chinese people are just the tool of the Communist Party government, and you cannot fool the world. I understand your racial affiliation and love since you are Chinese. Be realistic and see the world with a balanced attitude. I am happy to see the rise of Asia and China with India together they can influence the world to make it a better world for all, not the way the West exploited Asia and Africa. Friend, please think carefully and not be blinded by your feelings. Venga. Thank you.

@@Venga44 I have no idea what are you talking about. Qing is the previous Chinese Government before ROC. And PRC defeated ROC and gained the right to Rule China. This is how legitimacy of a country measured, except the newly founded countries from Colonial Rule after WW II. So quoting Qing Dynasty's ruling areas is the Direct evidence for the Legitimacy of ROC's claim, hence the PRC's claim. What is your objection to this argument?

@@qingzhou9983 Every race wants to be free and independent to develop their own race and culture without another race dominating them, suppressing them or force their culture on to these weak minority races or country. You only think of your pride and your race, what about others? Do you sincerely thinlk that they want to be dominated and kill off their own culture, language or whatever. Be realistic and not be influenced by your believes only. RESPECT OTHER LIVES THEY TOO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND DEVELOP IN ALL ASPECTS. THANK YOU. Enough said.

I agree the discourse is quite shallow as I stopped watching after about 25 minutes. But since when did Deng said he wanted global entrepreneurs even if they become super-rich? Also, when did Xi says he wanted only loyal entrepreneurs or are you just making wild claims? I don't know how you conclude China has abandoned Deng's economic policies since China is still as open to business as in the days of Deng's economic reform. Kindly explain! Also, your typical claim on China with regards to the claims on some territories in the South China Sea reflects the swallowing of western propaganda about China. Why is China the only aggressive nation when other nations like Vietnam and the Philippines are similarly claiming territories in the South China Sea? So, why don't you say Vietnam and Philippines are aggressive as well?

@@xervexczymycur6226 If you looked at Deng’s reform policies and some of his quotes you will see the divergence. Firstly Deng opened China’s doors to western capital and trade. He said that It doesn’t matter if the “cat is black or white as long as it catches the rat”. He allowed and encouraged private enterprise to take shape and experiment. He allowed these entrepreneurs “to become rich”. He traveled to other Asian countries to see and learn from them including small counties like Singapore and was much influenced by leaders like Lee Kuan Yew. ( Please read LKY’s books) . Deng had maintained that China should seek a low profile and not take a global leadership role and quietly but consistently improve her economy by adopting western management to improve productivity and efficiency. He encouraged trade and commerce for China to sell to the world and China prospered and accumulated wealth. Xi had shown impatience and is self indulging promoting his “thoughts “ right down to schools children across China. He jailed billionaires and recently caused extensive losses of huge and successful corporations going after them under the camouflage of common prosperity. Xi had shown weakness in policy administration and even flip flopping policies reversing them to pacify the masses. He had caused founding owners of huge Chinese corporations to hand over leadership and governance to CCP cadres and some even fled the country. I hope you can see the contrast and intended results achieved by both Chinese leaders With regards to the sea and definitions of international waters UNCLOS had clearly defined these boundaries for countries and nations If we seek to define where a country economic zone extends out to sea based on history of foreign occupation most western countries would be able to stake a claim not just on the oceans but the land mass as well. So the majority of the countries in the world agree to abide by the UNCLOS. China had taken a different approach and occupied islands with military bases even though the CCP government had agreed with Asian countries that they would not do so. I guess that the only way to resolve this issue is to go to war to redefine these boundaries again but unfortunately these Asian nations do not have the resources or the military might to reestablish their rights under UNCLOS. Some have chosen legal means and diplomatic means but these peaceful approaches are insufficient to deter or restrain the bullying thug in their neighbourhood. So the presence of US and their western Allies including Australia and Japan is a stop gap measure to maintain peace in this region and waters. Unfortunately the countries that are directly affected chose to remain neutral bowing to China’s soft power diplomacy for their own economic and political gain. This is merely kicking the can down the road and not sustainable. Ultimately Asian countries will have to take a position once they have realised that this situation has escalated to become an existential threat to their sovereignty and existence as a nation. Hopefully this realisation will not come too late. Once we reach this stage there are only two options to find a long term resolution. One is to tear down and rebuild United Nations to establish new laws to define territorial boundaries and international waters and hopefully a new rule based world order to clearly define the ownership of the South China Sea and give it a new name and allow the freedom of navigation to continue to promote and allow free trade across the globe. This is the most peaceful recourse to enable all affected parties to come to the table once again and renegotiate and determine boundaries, ownership, right of passage in a civilised manner. The other option is for countries to take their respective positions , create their military alliances and go to war to defend and take back what they think belongs to them. The victors will then rewrites history , draw new boundaries and distributes the spoils and territories and set up a naval defence force to enforce the new treaties that will be signed to bind the losers. As evident in the Ukraine war to date we cannot assume that “might” is “right “ and victory belongs to the side with the most military hardware and personnel. Both options will decidedly arrive at a new world order which is the only option to achieve settlement in this thorny issue.

@GOHSOOCHENG Thanks for your reply. But you failed to address my points. You said that Deng encouraged entrepreneurs, no matter how rich they get. My question is when did Deng ever said that China allows entrepreneurship, no matter how rich they get? Deng only encouraged entrepreneurship, which is where the quote about black cat or white cat come in. But did he ever said anything about unrestrained entrepreneurship which I think is your own interpretation? If so, please show me when did China allow unrestrained entrepreneurship? China, which practices socialism, will try to ensure the Chinese society is evenly balanced amongst the various strata of society. Unlike the US which has veered onto plutocracy. Also, I don't think you know the real reasons on why China cracked down on some businesses but you concluded simply that President Xi just wanted loyal entrepreneurs. If so, please show us where did China say they cracked down on some businesses because President Xi wanted only loyal entrepreneurs. Otherwise, you are just projecting your own prejudices. As for UNCLOS having clearly defined all sea boundaries, again you are just making your own assumption. In the wiki on UNCLOS, it is mentioned that UNCLOS does not get involved in territorial disputes. Since UNCLOS said that, there must be some on-going territorial disputes. There are some countries that are not even signatories in UNCLOS, eg the US so how can you say ALL sea boundaries are clearly demarcated. I would dearly like to see such statement from UNCLOS if you can prove it. If boundaries are so easily demarcated, why is China and India still involved in some land border dispute? What more a sea boundary! Also, since when did China agree with Asian countries that they will not occupy any island? Will be good if you can show us such an agreement or else I will conclude that you are again dreaming up such claims. You must be so naive to think that the US, Australia and Japan got involved in the sea disputes amongst the Asian countries to maintain peace. The US is involved in the disputes as it is clearly trying to get into a fight with China. It wanted to put China down which is why it is sailing its warships right next to China's border and claiming the nonsense about freedom of navigation. It is clearly trying to provoke a war with China.

Are you aware that your comment whether it is true or not opens you to legal action that will bankrupt you even if the judgement doesn't go against you. My point is that making that kind of comment without documentary or any sort of undisputable evidence shows your ignorance of the law.

Go and migrate to the country with no sultans in it. The Sultans have been in this country before the Western power came and conquered. This country is a Muslim country and the Sultans are the symbol of the religion and all religions can practice peacefully and don't forget that ONLY Malaysia allows other races Public Schools (Chinese and Indian) ABLE TO LEARN AND KEEP their Language and Culture. So be thankful to that. Don't become UNGRATEFUL person to live in this peaceful and Beautiful country.

The discussion is about China and geopolitical impact. Your comment doesn't reflect wisdom, and should not be directed in this manner. Malaysia Kingdom is more a country symbol, they do not have executive power. It is too much democracy causing a lot of problem, as it gives the possibility of endless quarreling in the name of freedom of speech. FOS is good, but to many abused it, without producing return to the country.

@jocheah4000 your comment is both foolish and illegal. If someone reported you to the police, you could be in real hot water. Best save your stupidity to yourself.