Comments by "Patrick T" (@patrickt49) on "Guangzhou’s Economy Regresses 30 Years, Koreans Leave, Korean Town Empty, Big Firms Withdraw" video.

@kcw0809 Correction: Their work ethic under foreign management. Chinese can't produce anything good on their own without screwing consumers. "A subordinate, under hourly scrutiny, is capable of efforts often surpassing, individually those common in foreign companies. But a subordinate out of sight in a enterprise is a dangerous liability, an opportunist weighing the advantages of working for his employer or working covertly against him." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China)
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@DD-rs6mn They're talking about values. Japanese value quality and craftsmanship and the Chinese don't. Before you say otherwise, name a Chinese company that has lasted for a hundred years that has become synonymous with quality? I can't think of any of the top of my head.
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"They have industriousness and intelligence. But two other essentials, honesty and willingness to cooperate, they emphatically lack, and some deeply inner ingredient of character seems to mitigate against remedying this lack" - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) "But the worst of their deficiencies is their treacherous disloyalty. They seem ever prone to work against one another than cooperatively, though they are very fond of membership associations expressing a theory of cooperation, but never achieving it." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China)
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@kcw0809 Chinese who have experienced prosperity in modern times is not on the same level as during Ci Xi's time thereby creating a lot of resentment.
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Some people are already disputing if they still are second since they constantly lie about their GDP numbers on paper. Look up the "Martinez Method". He used mathematical methods to estimate China's GDP. They also used lights emitted by the cities as a benchmark for economic activity. They found that China overestimated their GDP which only enforces the fact that their GDP numbers are fabricated
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They have the mindset of a child despite being a civilization that has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years. It's honestly bizarre that they way they think has not evolved. Then again, their government does a stellar job of keeping them "stupid".
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The irony was China built those factories on their coasts. So all that pollution would blow over to South Korea, which is why they are struggling with air pollution from China now.
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@peterk3474 China isn't "unified" lol. It's a false impression they create. There's so much backstabbing that goes on in government - They've always been like this. The Chinese court was no different.
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"With absolutely no advantage to be gained by lying, in a thousand instances where the explanation is of no importance one way or the other, a Chinese will relate the most absurd sort of cellophane lie. High and low, coolie, or general, they will lie naively, reassuringly, always affecting surprised pain at your doubts, when within an hour or so the truth is certain to crop out." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" by Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) You guys have literally had thousands of years dealing with them. The only thing that changes in China are their rulers. Their nature has always remained the same. They view everyone as beneath them despite the fact that they act as one of the most uncivilized countries in Asia and the world.
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