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This is a really fresh and fun song with a hook in Mandarin and the rest in English, sung by Nigerian singer Brazy. It’s really cool to hear Chinese language and culture find its way into a fun dance track like this.
This is a really fresh and fun song with a hook in Mandarin and the rest in English, sung by Nigerian singer Brazy. It’s really cool to hear Chinese language and culture find its way into a fun dance track like this.
This travel vlogger wandered into a free museum of the history of the Communist Party of China.
This video series put things into perspective very easily. Every story has two sides, and the western narrative so easily supports treason and terrorism against the Chinese government as normal. They see the government of China as an illegitimate regime and would rather see destruction and chaos against it than stability and progress.
Chinaās extradition law would be normal and even lax in the grand scheme of things. Every western state has the capacity to persecute people who make themselves enemies of the state by colluding with foreign nations or other serious crimes.
We were also not told the whole story of how destructive and violent the protestors were.
This is a normal travel vlog made by a European couple who saw China for themselves. It really is that simple. Go to China, speak with real everyday Chinese people, and see what lies youāve been told about China.
This cute British couple travels around Urumqi, Xinjiang and see how developed and peaceful it is. They see mosques and signs written in the supposedly suppressed Uyghur language.
This is a great video about some of the simple things in Chinese society that have a big effect on quality of life. I too was SHOCKED that fresh produce was literally pennies.
Climate change used to make me depressed until I saw that China is almost single-handedly saving the world. China just tripled their new solar energy production in one year. At just 17% of the world population, China is now home to 80% of the worldās solar production. They produce a third of all renewable energy, three times more than the United States, who is now producing more fossil fuels than any country in human history. Over the next five years, China will build as much renewable capacity as the rest of the world combined, plus an additional 30% more. Meanwhile, the US is restricting the trade of affordable Chinese solar panels.
China also plants more trees yearly than any country in the world. Theyāve been fighting back the spread of the Gobi Desert since the 70ās by reforesting as much area as the state of California. Chinaās Great Green Wall project is their second wall big enough to be seen from space.
Youāve seen the memes about Taylor Swiftās private jet. People are freaking out because air travel is easily the worst thing an individual can do for the environment. A single passenger on a flight from New York to LA and back is responsible for 10% of the average Americanās CO2 emissions.
Taking a train can cut emissions of a shorter flight by over 80% and actually save you time since high speed rail can travel over 250MPH. Yeah, train stations are easier to get to and donāt have hour-long security lines. Thatās why Iām freaking out over the fact that China built 68% of the worldās high speed rail in just 15 years!
Itās gonna be the only sustainable way to travel fast, and itās cheaper than flying too! It costs around $80, ā of the price of flying, to take high speed rail from Beijing to Shanghai. And if youāre on a budget, you can take a slower train for as cheap as $20.
Also, China is the leading producer and purchaser of electric vehicles, producing and purchasing over 5 times as much as the United States, whoās in second place. Meanwhile, the United States has banned Chinese electric car brands from selling their superior quality and much more affordable cars to us. Apparently there are now several smaller EV models that sell for under $10,000 in China, and theyāre actually nice and hi-tech. The savings come from the insanely efficient and automated factories theyāve developed.
Meanwhile Tesla, one of the biggest companies in the United States, manufactures over half of their cars in China. And the EU just hit Chinaās biggest EV company with a 13-month audit to make sure that the government hasnāt been unfairly helping the company develop its technologyā¦ to save our planet from destructionā¦ becauseā¦ markets? Theyāre also admitting that socialist economies have an advantage yet say socialism can never workā¦ uhhh.
Do you see how ironic it is that these capitalist countries have to use their governments to keep their failing industries alive because they canāt compete with China on a free market? Gotta save the corporationsā¦ at the expense of the consumer and the planet.
When I visited Shenzhen, the streets were covered with a brand new fleet of electric taxis. The entire world needs to follow Chinaās rapid pace if we want to prevent rising sea levels, massive crop failures, and extreme natural disasters. But the rest of the world is still subservient to corporations and profit. The only reason China can do all this is also the reason why theyāre the biggest polluters in the world. Iāll explain.
First, know that this pollution comes from development and manufacturing so much for the rest of the world. Second, know that China has taken over 28% of the worldās manufacturing. China is the biggest producer of coal in the world because itās the energy source they have today to build the renewable energy of tomorrow. And it still puts China behind 14 other countries when you divide by their massive population. China pollutes way less per person than Japan or South Korea while Australia, Canada, and the US all pollute almost 3x as much per person.
China has taken on over 28% of the worldās manufacturing and is the biggest trading partner of 120 of the worldās 195 countries. Look around at all the clothing, electronics, machines, and even the phone in your hand. So much of it was made in China. In a sense, the world is exporting all their emissions these products cause to China.
They do this because China made it so the corporations need what they have. Itās profitable for the corporations to play by their rules because Chinaās developed the best factories, have the most experienced workforce, and now have the largest middle-class consumer market.
China understands that controlling production is the only path to sovereignty in this capitalist world. They chose to use capitalismās short-term profit-seeking against itself to bring a large share of the worldās production under their control. They had to pollute their own country a ton for foreign corporations to profit, so they could bring that money in to build their own production.
Now they can afford to manufacture and develop all this green tech and focus on long-term goals. No capitalist countries can start a war with them or try to redirect their production to short-term profit-seeking because the corporations in charge of the rest of the world are too invested in China. They obey short-term profits while China is building the green economy of the future.
Here are some useful graphs I will use as graphics for the video I made on this subject:
This is a fantastic analysis of how the USās foreign policy relies on creating terrorism and the material reality of extremism.
Travel vlogs are some of the best way to get international political education and practice your media literacy. For me, it’s an amazing way to hear different perspectives directly and see the countries we are brainwashed about with our own eyes.
This YouTuber makes some fantastic points about the west’s narrative of “safety” in China. I encourage everyone to watch travel vlogs about the countries the US hates š
Time and time again, we hear leadership from developing countries praise China for their hands-off approach to development. Countries who work with China get competitive interest rates, no political intervention, and new vital infrastructure.
Itās important to lift the voices of developing nations US global leadership has neglected and even stifled for so many years. A new pathway has emerged that doesnāt require a leader. China is showing how itās possible to lead with win-win deals that honor both partiesā interests and autonomy, and theyāre leading with action not ideology.
Also, this interview in particular struck me as wholesome and enjoyable! These two had so much success and national friendship to celebrate!