Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
You need to listen to this guy He is honest and to the point about debunking some of the bad myth about China
China and America: Do the Chinese Really Love China?
32,964 views
Jun 19, 2020
There will always be differences between China and America and one of the most common statements I hear from foreigners about China is "The Chinese are all brainwashed". Is it possible for the Chinese to actually love their country and be proud of their government? We answer this question and discuss why many Chinese nationals actually feel very positive about the future of their country.
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I lived and worked in China for six years until July last year. I fell in love with China. I studied its history, talked to the people, enjoyed the food, immersed myself in the culture, tried to learn some of the language, visited many places, and married a Chinese wife. Since coming back to Australia, I get upset and defensive of China when I read and hear the negativity among so many people, including politicians, and the biased reporting by the media, against China. When I try to defend China, or say positive things about the country, I often get told I have been brainwashed, or that I can't like China and be a loyal Australian. I get the "whataboutism" - What about the persecution of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang? What about the Chinese government using Falun Gong practitioners for organ transplants and forced abortions? What about the monitoring of all the people by surveillance cameras for the social credit scheme? What about China destroying the One Country, Two Systems policy in Hong Kong? And so on, and so on. So these days I just bottle up my feelings and opinions and don't say much at all. And I feel bad about that, because there is so much about China, what it is really like, my experiences there, that I want to share. But you can give people the facts until you are blue in the face and they will continue to believe what they want to believe, or in other words, what they have been "brainwashed" to believe by the media and politicians. And when those people are often your own family, it makes it even harder to bear.
China and America: Do the Chinese Really Love China?
32,964 views
Jun 19, 2020
There will always be differences between China and America and one of the most common statements I hear from foreigners about China is "The Chinese are all brainwashed". Is it possible for the Chinese to actually love their country and be proud of their government? We answer this question and discuss why many Chinese nationals actually feel very positive about the future of their country.
I lived and worked in China for six years until July last year. I fell in love with China. I studied its history, talked to the people, enjoyed the food, immersed myself in the culture, tried to learn some of the language, visited many places, and married a Chinese wife. Since coming back to Australia, I get upset and defensive of China when I read and hear the negativity among so many people, including politicians, and the biased reporting by the media, against China. When I try to defend China, or say positive things about the country, I often get told I have been brainwashed, or that I can't like China and be a loyal Australian. I get the "whataboutism" - What about the persecution of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang? What about the Chinese government using Falun Gong practitioners for organ transplants and forced abortions? What about the monitoring of all the people by surveillance cameras for the social credit scheme? What about China destroying the One Country, Two Systems policy in Hong Kong? And so on, and so on. So these days I just bottle up my feelings and opinions and don't say much at all. And I feel bad about that, because there is so much about China, what it is really like, my experiences there, that I want to share. But you can give people the facts until you are blue in the face and they will continue to believe what they want to believe, or in other words, what they have been "brainwashed" to believe by the media and politicians. And when those people are often your own family, it makes it even harder to bear.