Political scientist Michael Beckley joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about modern China. When does the history of modern China begin? What do Westerners get wrong about China? Who is winning the current trade war between the U.S. and China? What about the tech war? Why would China ever want to invade Taiwan? Does China own American farms? Answers to these questions and many more await on China Support.
0:00 Join the bots down below
0:21 What do Westerners get wrong about China?
0:47 A Timeline of Modern China
2:12 Why would China want to invade Taiwan?
3:40 What China gets right
5:07 The United States / China trade war
6:10 Is China truly Communist?
7:41 Mao
8:57 Effects of the “one child” policy
10:36 Chinese ghost cities
11:21 Xi Jinping’s Power
13:10 China’s role in the COVID-19 Pandemic
14:27 Tiananmen Square
16:01 How does █ █ █ █ █ █ █
17:08 Skynet
17:54 China’s social credit system
18:40 The manufacturing GOAT
20:36 Pharmaceutical imports
21:02 War
22:39 TikTok
23:40 Russian bots v Chinese bots
24:19 Tibet
25:27 Chat is mom right
26:10 Confucianism or Marxism?
27:05 🎈
28:10 Tech Wars
29:00 Does China own American farms?
29:39 Hong Kong
30:34 QoL for the rural poor
31:54 The Uyghur Muslim population of China
33:11 China and worldwide communism
34:34 After Xi
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Michael Beckley
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Brett Van Deusen
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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As for us. The united States.. No we are not a decentralized system. It is very centralized (when the government want to do something it does it, no questions asked.) It just doesn’t do anything for the general public, unless the general public fights for it to no end and costs the government enough greviences to give a darn. As for the stuff it wants to do (for those in power). Public opinion is never a concern nor something to be considered. The only time the government asks for public opinion, is when it actually doesn’t want something to be done.
i thought only trolls and stupid people would believe ‘social credit system’. no, there is no such thing here. this very much discounts everything this man says.
User: “Is China Communist?”
MB: “Yes!” [Describes totalitarianism, not Communism]
American bot here. What was the question?
It seems that the world, or at least netizens, outside the PRC is no different compared to inside the PRC🤣People just love to put a big “hat” on others’ heads, saying you are something bad, like “communist supporter”, just because they don’t like it. What a freedom of speech.
total propaganda video
Anerican bot here *bombs possible maybe narco boat*
Polish bot here. Witcher is a good game
This was maybe the best “Tech Support” vids I’ve seen. Next need to see if this guy has a channel to follow.
wow, this dude is expert in China. WOW.
Surprisingly well thought out and nuanced takes, given the short answers possible inherent in this format. Well done!
Not confortable with wired videos anymore after this
Chinese no have bots. America paranoi. Have beeeeeeg deeeek. No worry chinabot. Beware vaccines bad. Vote for Trump he good for you…I mean us fewwow American.
China has low standards. I wouldn’t use there’s. Low qualtiy construction.
This guy doesn’t even know what communism is and is calling China communist…
Its easy to build a bunch of infrastructure when you do it badly, there is a reason people have started calling new buildings and infrastructure “tofu-dreg projects” or “tofu buildings” .
Taiwan majorly supports one government and officially is essentially operating as one government. This guy is spreading US state propaganda at every turn.
Some of his viewpoints are just ridiculous and nonsense.For example, the fifty-cents army，it is just a joke on the Chinese website😅It is used to mock people who believe those exaggerated pro-government statements. When seeing such remarks, comments might say, “Are you being paid 50 cents?”And this so called professional of China problems in this video think it’s real LOL
The china I went to when I was a young kid 10 years ago and the china now in the present is vastly different than it was 10 years ago the video is very well put together I can listen to it all day
I want the highest tech cameras nearly everywhere people are, except where they have a right not to be observed.