Comments by "F Liu" (@F_Liu) on "Blinken and Austin visit Elensky. Ursula visits India. RED LINES, Solomon Islands. Update 2" video.
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@willhall4037 Originally, I meant the Western political authority for the most part but also I am afraid to say a good percentage of population in the West, just my observation having lived in the West myself for many years, not a generalization. I am sorry if you find this offensive, but I still hold my opinion the same. You see I have a good reason for calling you projecting, because while you see yourselves being ''slaves'' and your government does not represent your interests, we Chinese don't see it that way, because the current Chinese government in power came from the poor therefore, at least in theory they work FOR the interests of their people. I reject, as a Chinese the Western concept of separating Chinese government from the Chinese people and of course reject implying the Chinese population as ''slaves'' of their government, but I am not stupid, I understand where you way of thinking coming from, but I am just telling you in my way how the Chinese see their government NOT the same as how you see your government. So just to repeat, we Chinese people are for the most part on the same side as the government, unlike some people in the West.
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@mattstevens9324 There are 800,000 foreigners living in China (Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan) for various of reasons, many of whom are Westerners, it is a known fact that in general Westerners are well received by the locals and often enjoy unique privileges in their day to day lives, I mean both offered by the local people and the country's authorities. Chinese people in general are (still) very (if not overly) friendly to Westerners, I would say a lot more welcomed than Chinese people in the West. You might be surprised that in general, Chinese people still are and have been showing good amount of admiration towards the West and its culture.
Anti China sentiments stirred up by the West in recent years of course has caused some anti West/Westerners sentiments in China but never to the degree of hate crimes the Asian/Chinese people experienced in the West. We respect and treat ''well behaved'' respectful Western people the way we would like to be treated, so you shouldn't worry, as I said the Chinese are generally very hospitable, prob more so than you would like. But you need to always bear in mind China is definitely not the West, there will be culture shock in all respects, for example, your idea of privacy, and I don't mean the so called surveillance, but of course, there are extensive use of technology that you may perceive as breaches of your privacy, but in China it is mostly for the sake of safety and convenience rather than intentionally limiting your freedom as the West would always portray. And China does it overtly, as in it lets you know what would be censored what would not. On the whole, China is not your typical Western society filled with ''liberal values and political correctness'', it is still a relatively conservative society.
Each person will have their own China experiences, some very positive, I believe it will be mostly positive for Westerners but some could be very negative it depends on how open minded you are, yes as I said China is very different from the West in many respects yet the same in others. There is of course NO perfect country, so never to idealise any country. There are plenty issues within China, but overall I myself see China going towards the right direction. If you really wanted to have a go in the East/China, then I suggest watching some China based Western YouTubers to give you an idea of how life could be as a Westerner in China.
About the West, I understand perfectly about the ''rot'' you are talking about. Yes it is quite depressing because it seems the ''rot'' is only getting worse, the sad thing is the majority of your citizens are oblivious to the rot or powerless and I personally agree with you, the ship is sinking unless some urgent and drastic change can take place. Your society is turning into such an ideology driven society, it seems most people have forgotten common sense approach.
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