Comments by "F Liu" (@F_Liu) on "Ryan Chapman" channel.

  1.  @realryanchapman  China had been the largest economy (highest GDP) in the world for at least 500 years before the 1900s, clearly it wasn't luck that did it, therefore I would not put luck as a main factor for what happened in the past 30 years either, it is not necessarily a criticism to your point of view, it is just the other two factors are way more important in contributing to China's success.
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  2. 1. The "middle" in the "Middle Kingdom" (Zhong Guo/中国) historically meant "the middle plain" (中原) geographically in relation to other countries/states (non Han) surrounding it. And also meant the (Han) states/regions (original inhabitants of the ''middle'' plain on the Yellow River basin) that were centrally/directly controlled by the Chinese emperor in relations to other (non Han) tributary states. 2. It's CPC not CCP. The Western world and anti China people use CCP to insinuate its association with the CCCP, but it doesn't. 3. "(Free market) Capitalism" is not a new/Western/foreign concept to the Chinese, it is simply seen/interpreted as entrepreneurship and/or a mean of private business/trade ownership which has existed in China as long as China's history. The form of Capitalism China adopts is a fettered (profit limiting) one contrary to the US. And it was not adopted just to ''keep the CCP in power'', it was adopted as a part of Deng's experimental economical reforms, in fact Deng was criticised by many left leaning party members for being too liberal (right wing). 4. The ''flexible mindset'' can also be called pragmatism, another very important concept in the Chinese culture, this applies to the Chinese way of thinking and doing things, in its adaptation of foreign religions, diplomacy/foreign policies, business dealings etc. The most famous quote from Deng, ''no matter black cat or white cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat'' sums up this practical approach. And ''实事求是‘’ (seek truths from facts) is another famous saying symbolises this approach/way of thinking. Thank you for your otherwise well researched and objective presentation, the Linear vs Lateral thinking comparison is refreshing. I like the fact you used the ''Art of the War'' (basically a book on how to avoid war) example to demonstrate China is a peace seeking country since millennia ago, as it experienced too many wars back then to figure out the value of peace and stability. That was why China was united under Qin more than 2000 years ago with the goal of curbing division and instability.
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  3.  @NookDeSus  Never said he is at fault here just a general info that I thought him/people might want to know about. Wikipedia entry shows ''CPC'' is the official name and ''CCP'' as an informal name but yes it is the most used one across the West and its media and among anti China people (Western MSM is generally anti China). Since he appears to be neutral and factual on the subject, then he should have used CPC.
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