Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "Actual Justice Warrior" channel.

@Kenshin6321 The problem is that Simu Liu said that Shang-Chi is finally giving people representation with Asian Culture, but this is not true. Like you said, there were Chinese actors like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, who were representing Chinese/Asian culture long before Simu Liu. Video: Forget Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee! Marvel's Shang-Chi actor says he's the FIRST Asian hero ever! youtu.be/qomtBkjKOmI
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In the comics, Shang-Chi's father was originally Fu Manchu, who was the very embodiment of the Yellow Peril mindset, so it's possible that that's one reason why China doesn't want this movie showing in our cinemas.
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@ActualJusticeWarrior At 4:30 , why do you think China was better pre Communist Party? China was dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past under the Republic Of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) where China was divided into various warring provinces controlled by individual warlords and even Japan invaded China during this weak period of Chinese history. It was Mao Zedong and the Communists who succeeded in herculean task of reunifying our divided country and founded the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949.
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@ActualJusticeWarrior At 4:30 , why'd you think every country was better before communism? Before the 1917, Russia was arguably the poorest country in Europe and technologically backward compared Western Europe and USA, but after the 1917 Communist Revolution, the new Soviet Union rapidly grew to become arguably the strongest country in Europe both militarily and economically.
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@davyboy9397 Why do you think China was better pre Communist Party? Before the Communist Revolution, China was dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past under the Republic Of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) where China was divided into various warring provinces controlled by individual warlords and even Japan invaded China during this weak period of Chinese history. It was Mao Zedong and the Communists who succeeded in herculean task of reunifying our divided country and founded the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949. So why do people still think China was better pre-Communist?
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@roberthold5624 Before the 1917 Communist Revolution, Russia was arguably the poorest country in Europe at that time. Only about 15% of the population lived in towns, and fewer than 10% worked in industry. Agriculture, provided the livelihood for 80 percent of the population and was dominated by peasants, whose traditional household economies were extremely inefficient compared to agriculture in Western Europe or the United States. But after the 1917 Communist Revolution by the Bolsheviks, the new Soviet Union rapidly became arguably the strongest country in Europe at that time, both economically as well as militarily (that's why NATO was formed in response to Soviet Union's rise). The Soviet Union was even the world's 2nd largest economy from 1960-1985 during it's heyday. So why does the uploader seem to think that every country was better pre-Communist? That's the gist of what I'm asking him.
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@lainiwakura1776 Can't the Chinese government block Shang-Chi because of comments made by the lead actor? Disney's Mulan actress Liu Yifei also made a statement that she supports the Hong Kong Police, and this made some Westerners hysterical and threatened to boycott Mulan over remarks made by the lead actress. So can't China boycott Shang-Chi over comments that the lead actor made?
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So if Disney's Mulan was boycotted after the lead actress Liu Yifei made remarks supporting the Hong Kong Police, that means that Chinese can also boycott Shang-Chi based on remarks the lead actor made.
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Well, if foreign companies want to come to China and set up shops, parks and a Disneyland in Shanghai, then it is almost expected that such companies have to cater to local tastes. Just like when Chinese immigrants left for America and set up Chinese restaurants there, they adapt Chinese cuisine to local tastes, birthing a whole new category of Chinese food called American Chinese. It's the same when American companies come to China.
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@Jasmineisnotonfire About censorship of flags, in other countries, the Nazi Swastika 卍 flag is banned, for example in France, Germany, Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, when taken outside of historical context. Even the Communist Hammer-and-Sickle flag of the former Soviet Union is banned in some countries like Ukraine, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, etc. But in China for example, you can display the Communist Hammer-and-Sickle flag proudly and no one will come arrest you for this. Besides, you can always watch Top Gun in its original length in the USA (in Netflix or other streaming websites I presume), what's the big deal when movies get edited to be shown outside of the USA? You can still watch the original in your country. About American manufacturing moving a lot of their jobs to China because its cheaper, that's just part of capitalism. After a job interview of two candidates, if one candidate is willing to work for lower pay than the other, the company hiring will choose the candidate with lower salary right?
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@ActualJusticeWarrior At 4:30 , why do you think China was better pre Communist Party? China was dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past under the Republic Of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) where China was divided into various warring provinces controlled by individual warlords and even Japan invaded China during this weak period of Chinese history. It was Mao Zedong and the Communists who succeeded in herculean task of reunifying our divided country and founded the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949.
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@emberfist8347 Could you explain how the Communists were the reason why China was so war-torn? Before the rise of the communists, when Dr Sun Yatsen overthrew the previous Qing Dynasty China and established "democratic" Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) China was divided into several areas, we lost control of Tibet, and various warlords ruled different parts of China and even Japan invaded China twice during this weak period of Chinese history. Dr. Sun tried to get help from the Western powers, but they laughed at the thought of China copying their democracy. They even gave away the Shandong province (which had been occupied by the Germans during WWI) to Japan, instead of returning it to China (even when China was part of the Allies during WWI). In the end, Dr. Sun died without ever realising a unified China under democracy. But then Mao Zedong came along, and he accomplished what the ROC could not, and reunifed China under communism, proclaiming the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949 and Tibet was finally returned back to China in 1951. If not for Chairman Mao, China today would still be weak and divided country, fighting among ourselves, instead of the strong unified country we are today.
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@bowden tv How are Uighurs second rate citizens in China? Ethnic minorities in China enjoy various privileges over Han Chinese, such tax exemption, free education up to 15 years, priority in healthcare, special bursaries and education application advantages. For example, if applying for a university course, if a Han candidate needs 500 points to qualify, then an ethnic minority like Uighur needs only 300 points (easier to qualify for the exact same course). Ethnic minorities are also exempted from the 1-Child Policy (unlike Han) so they can have as many kids as they want. The population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010 actually tripled in size from 3 million to 10 million Uighurs. Population of Uighurs in China from 1953 to 2010 1953: 3,640,125 1964: 3,996,311 1982: 5,917,030 1990: 7,207,024 2000: 8,399,393 2010: 10,069,346 …… Source: Demographics of China wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China#Ethnic_groups So how are Uighurs a 2nd-class citizen in China, you tell me?
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@emberfist8347 "神州 Shenzhou The Chinese Civil War began in 1927 so China didn't have war for at least a decade until Communism was popular." The Communist Party of China was founded in 1921 with only 50 members, but fast forward to today, and the CPC has survived for 100 years, and is among the world's largest political parties whose ranks have swelled to a membership of over 90 million (about the population size of Germany). And again, could you explain how were the Communists the reason why China is so war-torn? You said: "Also you can't say definitely China wouldn't be unified if it wasn't for Mao as that is a lie. Taiwan isn't part of the PRC and Hong Kong wasn't part of China during his tenure." Well, why did the Republic of China 🇹🇼 lose the mainland to People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 and had to flee to Formosa (Taiwan)? During the Chinese Civil War, the Nationalist KMT had massive wealth (they taxed peasants heavily) they had superior weapons and superior numbers over the communists, yet despite all these initial advantages, the KMT still lost the mainland to a bunch of dirt-poor, heavily-outnumbered, ill-equiped, starving communist peasants and had to flee to Taiwan. If anything, this demonstrates the KMT's gross incompetence in their right to rule the mainland, while cementing the communists' right to rule the mainland. As for Taiwan and Hong Kong, it's because the mainland was unified under Mao, that Taiwan and Hong Kong remain part of China. If you go and read Taiwan's constitution, it says that Taiwan is part of China under their own constitution. Since there hasn't been any amendments to Taiwan's constitution, then by default, Taiwan is part of China under their own constitution. As for Hong Kong's 1997, Chairman Mao reunifying mainland China is what made China powerful enough so that Britain had to return Hong Kong back to mainland China in 1997. Had Mao failed to reunify China, the British won't have returned Hong Kong back to.. whatever was in place of China at that time.
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@bowden tv The Uighurs attending re-education schools in Xinjiang are allowed to take the weekends off and the schools even charter buses to take students home during Saturday and Sundays. Which "detention camp" would allow their inmates to take the weekends off to be a home with their family? Video: Trainees can go home at weekends youtu.be/OrfBIH8d9Wc?t=182
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@TimPortantno In China's 5,000 years of history, Song (宋) dynasty China was previously been conquered by the Mongols, and the Mongol rulers eventually assimilated into Han Chinese culture and proclaimed their territories Yuan (元) dynasty China. Centuries later, the Manchurians conquered Ming (明) dynasty China and the Manchurians eventually assimilated and proclaimed their territories Qing (清) dynasty China. So China has a history of foreign occupation (by Mongols and Manchu) and eventually, foreigners assimilated into Chinese culture in the end. And the Chinese people under these rulers simply continued with their lives under foreign rulers.
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@TimPortantno Useless words? I'm explaining in detail China's history of foreign occupation (by Mongols and Manchu) and showing that Chinese people mostly went along with our lives under foreign rulers, until the rulers eventually assimilated into Chinese culture, how is that useless? I'm explaining to you Chinese culture, but if you are disinterested, then why ask me for info?
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@TimPortantno Worthless history? China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled. China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China has been successfully governed for millennia. Not all countries have to adopt Western democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this.
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@TimPortantno So apparently, you can't refute my points so you just dismiss my view altogether? Just because I voice a view that happens to differ from yours? Previously, China was once a dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past, but today, China has since transformed into the world's 2nd largest economy, the world's factory (Made-in-China) having world's 2nd largest R&D spending, protected by world's largest land army, the People's Liberation Army, funded by world's 2nd largest military expenditure. And it's all been achieved under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, despite Western anti-China propaganda constantly denouncing China's success all along.
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@TimPortantno About "might makes right," Chairman Mao Zedong once said that "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" (枪杆子里面出政权). Back when Dr Sun Yatsen overthrew the previous Qing Dynasty China and established "democratic" Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) China was divided into several areas, we lost control of Tibet, and various warlords ruled different parts of China and even Japan invaded China twice during this weak period of Chinese history. Dr. Sun tried to get help from the Western powers, but they laughed at the thought of China copying their democracy. They even gave away the Shandong province (which had been occupied by the Germans during WWI) to Japan, instead of returning it to China (even when China was part of the Allies during WWI). In the end, Dr. Sun died without ever realising a unified China under democracy. But then Mao Zedong came along, and he accomplished what the ROC could not, and reunifed China under communism, proclaiming the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949 and Tibet was finally returned back to China in 1951. If not for Chairman Mao Zedong, China today would still be weak and divided country, fighting among ourselves, instead of the strong unified country we are today. So where China is concerned, our political system has shown to be viable for our country (and extremely successful to boot) then what's wrong with the concept that "might makes right", when it works for China? Not all countries have to adopt Western brand of democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this.
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At 4:30 , why do you think China was better pre Communist Party? China was dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past under the Republic Of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) where China was divided into various warring provinces controlled by individual warlords and even Japan invaded China during this weak period of Chinese history. It was Mao Zedong and the Communists who succeeded in herculean task of reunifying our divided country and founded the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 in 1949.
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Doesn't Hollywood already have Asian representation from films from Chinese actors like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Chow Yun Fatt, and other Chinese actors? And even if you consider the Marvel Cinematic Universe, isn't Wong from Doctor Strange an example of a Chinese representation?
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@JTMsish I guess that he's too young to know about previous Chinese actors like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, etc. The problem (or my problem at least) is with Simu Liu's remarks claiming that he's the first Asian hero and that finally Asians have representation in Hollywood, while discounting all those previous Chinese actors and the films that they starred in.
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Why do you think every country was better before communism? Before the 1917, Russia was arguably the poorest country in Europe and technologically backward compared Western Europe and USA, but after the 1917 Communist Revolution, the new Soviet Union rapidly grew to become arguably the strongest country in Europe both militarily and economically.
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China reserves the right not to allow certain movies that violate the government's criteria to be shown in China. And if Hollywood was truly pandering towards China, they would have researched the lead actor Simu Liu's history for remarks that badmouth their intended market.
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