When the US says they want to help you by building infrastructure in your country, they don't mean hospitals, roads, schools, etc. They mean military bases.

China is a closed society with an open mind, whereas America is an open society with a closed mind. In China you cannot change the party but you can change the policy, whereas in America you can change parties but not easily the policy.

This help me understand China better. 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 Victoria 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. -C L

The world needs more people like Vijay Prashad who dares to openly expose all the ugly side of the USA and its western allies.

Americans are too proud to learn from others. They are too deeply buried under the American Exceptionalism. That's why their finger-wagging culture never stop. Regards from SEAsia.

Look what Emperor Leopold did to Congo. An ugly example of imperialism. 20 million plus Africans died, colonialism and slavery, not a genocide. 6 millions by Hitler, it is a genocide. The double standards and hypocrisies continues till today, never an acknowlegement.

CHINA IS AWESOME..What a humble and Great country. I am blessed to be living in this country as an expat.❤❤

This gentleman really hits the nail on the head. I am 78 years old. I have read tens of thousands of books, I have watched hundreds of KZfaq video discussions about China. In 2015, at the age of 70, I spent 6 weeks in China travelling around and mixing almost exclusively with Chinese people. Before I went there I hadn't paid much attention to China. What I saw and heard was a complete surprise to me. You could say that, in many areas of thought, especially political thought, my eyes were opened. The culture, the structure of society, the way people behaved to each other, the respect for religion, the number of minorities fully absorbed into the whole, the philosophy and the satisfaction with their government were all somewhat of a surprise to me, when I was actually living amongst the people. All countries leaders and people can learn from the Chinese modern way. We need to look carefully at our governmental systems and reform them so that we actually achieve "government of the people, by the people, for the people" instead of the "control of the people, by the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful".

Only smart and humble person can see, not like the arrogant countries

When you believe others are inferior, you are also convinced that you know what’s best for them.

While the CCP is fighting to alleviate poverty. The US is busy fighting each parties policy and not gets done. With the progress of what the Chinese government did over the last 30 years, it is a huge accomplishment in human history. No government is perfect but CCP is amazing for it did.

this man is speaking PURE facts!

Why Mr. Prashad isn't the PM or President of some country baffles me. So much wisdom and clarity of mind. The only thing about the US-West saying 'do this, do that 'is that it's really 'do as I say, don't do as I do'.

The way Chinese behave is part of the Chinese civilization, not just CCP - Confucian ethics. Being humble, win-win, prosperity, respect. And this approach is also seen at rest of East Asia, Asian Tigers, not imposing others of their success.

One of the wisest humans today! Respect to Mr Vijaya Prasad!

Excellent discourse by Vijay on the 'China way.' Americans, especially, should listen and learn from this experience, it would go a long way to putting America back on the right track.

*_Oscar Wilde_* says, _"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without (going thru' the process of) civilization._ 😅

That is so true. Other countries should go to the Chinese (like what the chinese initially did-went to learn the Singapore experience) and learn the chinese experience; send their youth to China to educate a core of youth that’s energized and tech savvy generation and incorporate what they can from China’s experience into their own country.

It’s from thousand years of history that Chinese government learned that it’s not one size fits all. China has gone through changes of dynasty over dynasty and controlled by different cultures and races. What Chinese gets to now it’s not easy but with wisdom and clear visions. Not to take the country to experience past failures but to move towards united and strong. It maybe a communism country but all the history and ancient Chinese philosophies are taught to younger generation. Chinese is still possessing the unique traditions and cultures.

Vijay Prashad is the kind of specie of mankind that the world badly need. Visionary, well-spoken and full of meaningful words and senses. The world need this quality of men and women to lead, not monkeys and donkeys that we have the world over, especially in the USA and EU. Their path to success and harmony is thru their bombs and guns, especially the USA.

Thanks Vijay for highlighting facts about Chinese economic growth and progress.

It’s ironic that champions of freedom loves to dictate what others can or cannot do.

CPC has good Policy. Cooperation CPC Government and Multinational Companies. Support China ❤️. Support CPC.❤

Actually, a country can follow the West's path as long as it is satisfied to be always lagging behind. This was what LKY didn't want when the Western advisor told him, "if Singapore did this, Singapore will achieve Japan's stage of development in xx years time." LKY told him, "Then when Singapore achieved Japan's stage of development in xx years time, Japan will be in the next stage of development." He basically told the economic advisor, "Thanks but no thanks" and Singapore found our own path of development.

Vijay is as brilliant and rational as ever ! The one thing which he missed (which can be excused because he is not Chinese) is that Chinese humility did not originate from Communist thinking but rather had its roots in Confucianism from 2,500 years ago. This type of mentality stands in stark contrast to the confrontational, aggressive and arrogant culture of the West.

China not only wants to prosperous them self. They are also want to prosperous the whole world. Common destiny for mankind

As a forty-year-old American whose childhood fell within the Cold War, it's heartbreaking to see the US repeat so many of the Soviet Union's mistakes- in short, the US is to China what the Soviet Union was to the US, in this Cold War II so many American politicians and political activists want to fight!

The American citizen is educated to believe their Country owns the truth, they are the good guys, and everybody in the world is happy to be their servants.

The only Indian that is very honest about China.

Vijay , a voice of reason. My favourite Indian

EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF THE CHINESE WAY OF DOING THINGS. IT IS INGRAINED IN OUR CULTURE TO ADAPT TO SITUATIONS. SIMILARILY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE TO DO IT THEIR WAY NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.

China learn and embrace the success of others, not tearing them down in order to remain at the top. China loves fare competition, not the Tonya Harding method.

BRAVO VIJAY FOR YOUR RATIONAL BRILLIANCE''

Vijay has great insights into China and their achievements 👍

Thanks Vijay. I always enjoy your talk. You are an amazing guy.

What Vijay Prashad is explaining, is the different approaches one party helps or attempts to get another to improve. One by shoe horning values and ideologies, whereas the other through coaching to tease out the best from the other. This conceptual comparisons can be made in such other dualities as Sales and Marketing, Training and Coaching. The former exudes a sense of command and control whereas the latter, humility and understanding.

Vijay is a very wise man with a good perspective.

China humble always learn and get more experience in the world. Never get enough through learning from others in this world. China never said I am the first or last.

In China the guiding principles have a long history and people are smart enough to use these guidelines to live their lives. In general, they are modest, hardworking, righteous, loyal and proud.

Mr. Prashad is a very good thinker. He sees a lot things and the logic behind.

The leadership of China reached out to Chinese diaspora and they answered in droves. Indians do not have that selfless attitude to help their country..

Those who can't control themselves will try to control others.

"How to win friends and influence people" was I recall the title of a best seller in the US more than half a century ago...Those who have been running the US have never bothered to read this message. China, on the other hand, keeps winning friends all over the world...without bases...

👍👍 Vijay!!!👏👏👏😄😄😄😄💪💪💪💪💪😍😍😍😍😍💝💝💝💝💝😍💝💝😍😍💝💝💝💝💝

Fareed Zakariya recent interview is also a good study about India's inabilities and lack of infrastructure there which are the major obstacle for quick growth and productivity. India might need a few good decades to reach the Chinese level.

It's not just the US. In western culture it is normal and expected to criticize others in public. That is why you see all those vicious debates on TV. In East Asian culture, people prefer to 'keep the harmony' in society, in other words, don't create strife and discord, but keep your opinions to yourself. That's basically all there is to it.

Chinese has learnt it's lesson about the perils of being arrogant. The west, especially the US, has yet to learn this lesson but they will soon.

They don't know the most powerful leadership is called "lead by example"

A lot of countries started to get closer to China now

The world is a huge card table. After thousands of years, only China is still there. Now, sitting opposite him was a boy who had just arrived, drawing a good hand of cards and looking very proud. And China has plenty of patience.

Love Africa from China❤❤❤

Love your videos Vijay 👍

That’s the truth plus American have too many wars.

Brilliant narrative. Keep up the good work to be shared with the world.

Chinese philosophy . What's best for me may not be best for you, but what's best for you may not be best for me. So to have the best for both of us is to learn from each of us..

Nice... Very well told... Thanks for the insight...🙏👍

China ask you, what can we help you? China makes assessments on your needs and make suggestions how to make or improve things better and cost effective. They don't demand this and that. Do it my way or the high way like other countries. And that makes China a unique country, being very humble.

Respect

That still part of Chinese Confucianism,even though we out of mainland, we still learned from that. Unfortunately the U.S government banned the Confucius Institute, it said it might have bad influences to locals😂😅😢

I love listening to mr prashad.

Well done Chaina

Your keen observations are appreciated. I follow your talks and like your objective views. 😊

You cracked it man!

Prashad, man with mind

Actually the ‘humble and respectfull’ attitude isn’t just a ccp thing. It’s the Chinese culture. Still, the ccp is currently doing pretty good.

Spot on man!!

Very comprehensive analysis....

I can say with certainty that the Chinese model will NEVER work in India! Why? Because you FIRST need a civil war to get rid of the large landowners to free the peasantry. THEN, you need a cultural revolution to destroy the shackles of the old feudal system to free the enslaved masses. In India that system is called the caste system. That feudal system includes the intelligentsia serving the old feudal system. Hell, they are part of that feudal system. AT THE END, you need an organisation like the CPC to guarantee that the country stays the course. The Indian so-called democracy is precisely the ill that will never allow the country to stay the course, even when that course is the right one...... India is today's India is NOT without a reason.........

We can all learn with what others have done successfully. That's what CCP has done. Learn from others' mistakes snd improve on it. Results & smooth operations are evident. Of course the culture takes pride in the hard efforts!

Mr Vijay.. Good job.. you so humble person.. respect your wisdom sir..!😊😊😊 Good day to you.. all the best wishes for you..! Thanks

The modernization of C H I N A in just a short span of time is just magical if not miracles. With just a blink of the eyes, u see high rise buildings n Rolls Royces n Bentlys running every where. Everything they do is super fast n now they have the fastest HSR. I m still scratching my head. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Uncle Sam is the master of the planet; either you're with us or against us!

Because Chinese culture tends to criticize oneself and each other if they did well, while American culture tends to encourage oneself and each other that they did a good job if they actually did poorly.

Well said!

Vijay you are and have been always 110% correct about the statement and the way you term the US amd the West hegemony and hypocritical behavior. The think the world is right to blame and condemn everything the US had done or is still doing. You are a genius Vijay.

Right explanation.

Greed and gullible leaders around the world and also afraid to stand up for their ppl and country

I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and seek more job opportunities. Chinese is not that difficult to learn as many people imagine. Chinese primary school pupils can easily learn 3000 characters, which cover 99 percent of Chinese characters in newspapers and books. I’ve spent lots of time in making many videos teaching Chinese in a humorous way. I hope somebody can give me some advice about how I can reach my target audience who want to learn Chinese.

precisely what you said

" You should do this, I will teach you how to do this....your way is wrong, follow my instruction" dead on man !!! .

Come back Bharat and change the system Vijay Babu......

Pakistan had enough with so called friendship with america, and we have suffered alot due to that. Now its indias turn

Good point.

Wow, agree with you 100%

Every country has its own peculiar problems. Hence there is no fix formulae to solve its problems. A good government will learn how other countries solve their problems, understand their concepts and policies of governance to resolve problems. Review and adapt the formulae to effectively to resolve your own problems in manners best suited for your country and your people.

Vijay, what is your opinion about this event when the US rounded up uneducated Chinese laborers in Canton or Hong Kong to build the railroad from California to Chicago and manage to finish before schedule. Isn’t that was the Chinese natural talent. The paranoia behavior started the policy of containment since then.

So true !

Great Great Outstanding commentary from Vijay.

America needs to get out of its ivory tower once in a while to listen & learn from others

The West: I am the boss, you have to obey us The Chinese: We are your friend, let's work and do cooperation

Vijay, U’RE RIGHT!

Mr. Vijay Prashad straightforward of his impression on the Chinese ascent of what is China today , specially the people's leader of their Diplomatic Culture , humble but with dignity in dealing leaders of other nations on the quest for economic change . Win-win on built road initiative !

He is really impressed by the WIN-WIN concept and the Chinese COMMUNISTS :))

Question : Who always tells people what to do ? Ans : Dictator or King

" If you do what the Americans say, your economy is destroyed, your standard of living drops, you are joining a war you don't need to fight, against a country who really isn't your enemy ......." Colonel Douglas Macgregor

Brilliant commentary and insights.

great analysis overall but i am sure the Chinese govt do tell their people what to do and finger wagging is ever more telling within their country. towards other nations they adopt a non interference approach and does not show arrogance or pomposity,. The Chinese have achieved a lot within a short few decades. The last time that the Han people achieved such heights in nation building was during the Ming Dynasty ( some might say it was the Tang ). So it was an achievement 600 years in the making, They had the courage to ditch their communism when it did not work for them and changed for the better. What they coveted most is actually respect and acknowledgement, for they actually have much to show for it, not humiliation, suppression and denial. They have suffered much for the past 200 years under colonial and empire building nations. China is still evolving and hopefully will help bring greater peace and stability to our world.

As an American please dont judge us by our leaders a lot of us do not agree with them. Personally i would want to trade with everybody as there is something you have i can use and something i have that you can use.

This person was s very smart, I really enjoy his conversation

i love this man!!