Although speaking Mandarin is certainly important, it must be pointed out that to many citizens of China, Mandarin is not their first language and many older people don’t understand it at all. Shanghai has its own dialect which is often unintelligible to people from Beijing.

@@gryblk21 Putonghua is the common language. Chinese is the language of ethnic Chinese and China's minority groups. A dialect is not a language. Guoyu is the term Mandarin in Taiwan. And the script is the same, whether you interchange traditional or simplified or not.

Hanzi is basically Latin (but alive)

Is the USA trying to undermine China? Or just trying to support friends that China keeps threatening to invade? Most famously Taiwan 🇹🇼 but really every country around China has border incursions and other conflicts. Chinese are great people and the culture and land are awesome too, but to clean up their international relations like they have their environment, they need to drop the policy of always trying to expand at others’ expense. The USA is not making this up. Just try getting to know any neighbor of China and see what their viewpoint is.

US government budgets a few billions $ yearly for their mainstream media to demonise China. Most of Americans and Westerners are still under d wrong impression that China is still backward without knowing that she has ways passed any big cities in d West in many facets. To see is to belief and not a single Westerner is disappointed after visiting China and that has rendered Western mainstream media’s false reports of China useless.

Oh yeah? Like zombies apocalypse, homeless, hate crimes against Asian, retail theft, jobless, LGBT, trans-g and street violence?

Apparently Your vision is corrupted

I collapse every night in corruption.

​@@clintonfong1958you live in the us?

You’re talking about the false narrative of China collapsing right?

😂😂 thanks for the laugh

Can’t really agree with that either. But at least the USA supports letting countries keep their current borders and isn’t trying to rewrite history.

Long-winded I know China or know it all comments, unless you're Chinese, you had no idea! Continuous civilization only means the country was held together with periodically time broken apart or conqured. It's our collective memories, we practice various customs from Han, Tang to Ming Dynasties, some lost, some remain of course! The one lost like practice of many villages maintain ancestry record for 1000 years until recently is the reality of morden world! Typical comments about two Dynasties rule by Mongol and Manchuian to dismiss Chinese civilization, those are of nomadic origin and to rule China they had to sinofied or will not be able to rule! Is like dismissing Spain's current cultures because they were invaded by Muslim and rule for hundreds of year! We don't lose our identity just as Indians don't rule by British 300 years very recently! No one is suggesting other civilizations don't develop. It is just in Western hemophere ebbs and flow of differences cultures is much greater! Just imagine the Roman Empire managed to hold it together until preent day! You wouldn't call yourself a Roman today, do you? In essence, Japan or Korea can claim to have the same long history as China. Only China is the elephant in the room and dominates neiboring countries when it's prosper! All the comments here are negative, are basically political statements based on consuming mainstream media in the West! Yes, they are armchair expert talking heads you listen to! Especially China collapsing theories crowd! Which is the truth? one industry after another China dominate from mineral mining, solar, EV batteries technology to ship buildings but will collapse tomorrow? Even Mao era didn't result in collapsed with US embargo, so? The fact US doesn't build anything anymore except military equipment or semiconductor, yes, I'm Chines American and truly understand both cultures! What if 10 years from now China also catch on those industries even dominate? All this talk of looming war is garbage! When there's war, whomever had greater industry capacity will do better! Just in WW2 US save Europe because of our industry might then! I'm not playing cheer leader for China! But just how skewed of these commenter perceptions astonishing me! Power of mainstream media narratives at play! Look up Mark Twain quotes about travel and go travel, son! Instead of thinking you know the world by consuming media!

​@idofdm7625 👍 You are so 100% correct. Most of the critics here are just armchair expert.

Europe did exist 2000 years ago, people lived in caves. China didnt exist in that time.

Another racist and ignorant person the professor speaks about.

You got it all wrong, it was India having 400 years of Mongolians cultural modifications, like the caste system live up to today's social fabrics. Mongolians did came inside the Wall and totally dissolved in the Han culture. Roman Emperors did not adopt Christianity right away. Please read up the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, and the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Overall, Roman culture was dynamic and multifaceted, blending influences from diverse regions and civilizations while leaving an indelible mark on the world through its achievements in governance, law, architecture, literature, and art. But Rome doesn't seat in the General Assembly of UN.

Are you sure???? Uncle Sam is in deep shit now with $35 Trillion in debt . You guys must be dreaming.

US is on top in gay culture, in violents crimes, in shooting, in rapes, in warmongers, in transgenders issues, blaiming others etc. Congratulation! 😂😂

Dream on.

Delusional nezi😂😂

Our debt is careless and stupid. Sanctioning Russia was very stupid. Nobody went to jail for 2008 and nobody will go for the current debt either.

ROFL….you call others caveman??? I guess you havent learnt about changing the playback speed to x2…..Sad you call other people grandpa…yet he is on youtube, travelled and well educated to look for PEACE and getting along rather than hate or division.

not hard to be nice and polite

Too impatient,kid