中国软实力不足

@theredbar-cross8515
I have never agreed with any video more than this one.
Yes, China, particularly the CPC is borderline autistic when it comes to cultural and media engagement with the outside world, not just the Western world, but even with countries like Russia, Pakistan and Iran.
And we all know China can do so much better than this. Chinese civilization was once the envy of the world. All her neighbors emulated Chinese culture and even adopted Chinese identities. Nowadays, even the Vietnamese are pretending like it's not "Chinese New Year" but "Lunar New Year".
I blame much of this on the Marxist obsession with material conditions. Money isn't everything. Culture matters more than most Chinese leaders realize.
But there is hope. You can see from recent changes in China's visa policy and promotion of influencers that they're beginning to understand the importance of soft power. But it's still too little, too slow.

我从来没有像赞同这个视频这样赞同过其他视频。
是的，中国，特别是***在与外界（不仅是西方世界，甚至包括俄罗斯、巴基斯坦和伊朗等国）进行文化和媒体交流时，表现得近乎自闭。
我们都知道中国可以做得比这好得多。中华文明曾令世界艳羡，所有邻国都效仿中国文化，甚至采用中国的身份认同。如今，连越南人都假装这不是"中国新年"而是"农历新年"。

我把这很大程度上归咎于马克思主义对物质条件的痴迷。金钱不是万能的，文化的重要性远超大多数中国高层的认知。
但仍有希望。从中国最近的签证政策变化和对网红的推广可以看出，他们开始理解软实力的重要性，但这仍然太少、太慢了。

@terrycheong2374
Hi Nathan, China does not seek to be a world leader. She prefers we all coe*st in a multi-polar world, each country contributes towards a sustainable, prosperous and peaceful world. The Chinese are very much influenced by the Confucious teachings. One of them is that: "A gentleman (scholar) should practise 1. Appreciate all things material (natural resources), 2. Cultivate one's inner-most attitude, 3. Look after your family, 4. Govern your country with good governance, 5. Bring peace to the world.". To be a world leader is not one of them.
Currently the daily worries of President * ** and his CPC are their 1.4bn people, if they are well fed, well dressed and living a middle class life. And of course trying to bring peace to the world at the same time. "Hel* to construct a community with a shared future for mankind, - * **.

你好，Nathan，中国并不寻求成为世界领导者。她更希望我们在一个多极化的世界中共存，每个国家都为一个可持续发展、繁荣与和平的世界做出贡献。中国人深受儒家学说的影响，其中之一就是 "君子（学者）当修 1. 格物；2.修身；3.齐家；4.治国；5.平天下"。成为世界领袖并不在其中。
目前，***和他的中国gcd每天担心的是他们的14亿人民，他们是否吃得饱、穿得好、过上中产阶级的生活。当然，同时还要努力为世界带来和平。"助力构建人类命运共同体”--***。

@twlamSG
For China to be prosperous China will need to lead. Like it or not, most countries are looking for leadership because having a leader means stability. Countries will know how to behave and work around the leader's expectation. And being a leader grants it huge benefits.

中国要想繁荣就必须承担领导角色。不管你喜不喜欢，大多数国家都在寻求领导力量，因为拥有领导者意味着稳定。各国将知道如何行事并围绕领导者的期望开展工作。而成为领导者能带来巨大的利益。

@sino-us-observer
I, a Chinese living in US, agree with you wholeheartedly. My generation of Chinese intellectuals lag behind China's success. They still live in the Western rhetoric. They need to wake up to reality. And hopefully new generation Chinese intellectuals will lead the task.

作为一名旅居美国的中国人，我完全赞同你的观点。我们这一代中国知识分子已经落后于中国的发展成就。他们仍然活在西方的话语体系中，需要认清现实。希望新一代中国知识分子能够肩负起这个使命。

@asw654
In my experience, you're likely in the minority.
Chinese living in the US that I met are:
mostly washed from birth, desperate to combat perpetual foreigner syndrome by acting as American as possible.
Taiwanese, Hong Kong, etc who are more inclined to identify with that subgroup to further distinguish themselves.
Mainlanders who came here to study and hate the pressures they had from the mainland and want to believe they got an advantage and that they are special for coming here.
Pretend to be neutral.
All of them somewhat influenced by decades worth of anti-Chinese propaganda.
So their opinions of China tend to be mildly negative.

根据我的经验，你很可能属于少数派。
我在美国遇到的华人群体大致可分为：
1. 绝大多数从小就被西化，为了摆脱"永远的外国人"的标签而拼命表现得比美国人还美国人。
来自台湾（地区）、香港（特区）等地的群体，他们更倾向于通过强调地域身份来突显自己的特殊性。
来自大陆的留学生，他们厌恶国内的压力环境，总觉得自己出了国就获得了某种优越性。4. 假装保持中立的人。这些群体都深受数十年来反华宣传的影响，因此他们对中国的看法往往带有轻微负面的倾向。

@sino-us-observer
@asw654 Yes. I am in the minority among Chinese Americans. When I arrived in US in 1990s, I am all for Western democracy. After 2008 financial crisis, I gradually realized there is deep problem in the Western society. Then I see China has made huge progress in all aspects. I hope more people can see that.

@asw654 是的，在美籍华人中我确实属于少数。1990年代我刚到美国时完全认同西方的民主制度。2008年金融危机后，我逐渐认识到西方社会的深层问题，同时目睹中国在各领域取得的巨大进步。我希望更多人能看清这个事实。

@George-k6o9t
@asw654 Agree 100% with what you have commented in on your observations of the different Chinese sub-groups. It's not that much different from the times when the Romans ruled much of Europe and North Africa and their influence upon the various local people they have come into touch with.

@asw654 对你关于不同华人亚群体的观察我完全赞同。这与古罗马统治欧洲和北非时期，对被征服地区各民族施加影响的历史如出一辙。

@ssrae-2229
Wait for good NEWS .. when Taipei finally reunited with the mainland, all good Chinese living in US will be going to Taiwan and given NEW Passports ROC .

等待好消息 ... 当台北最终与大陆统一时，所有生活在美国的优秀华人都将前往台湾（地区）并获得中华民国的新护照...

@deadbutmoving
I VERY MUCH disagree with you. China (And Asians in general) SHOULD NEVER become like the West in this regard.
The problem I have with Westernize Chinese (And Asians) is that they've adopted some very annoying habits from the West. One of the most annoying habits that they've adopted from the West is this attention seeking obsession of Western pop/social culture. Or perhaps the bullying and propaganda they have been subjected to makes them insecure about themselves and leads to them to developing an unhealthy obsession with other people's opinions of them. Either way, I think constantly seeking the approval of others is something Asians should STAY FAR AWAY FROM. As the old saying goes: "If you seek other people's approval YOU BECOME THEIR PRISONER". Wasting too much time endlessly arguing and seeking to win the validation of others is why the West is losing to China. Spend time on more constructive and productive things.
The Results of actions and deeds speak for themselves. Winning an argument and making yourself look good, might make you feel good in the moment, but in the scheme of things, it ultimately doesn't matter.
Thank god, I don't think most Chinese people (and Asians from Asia) want the attention and spotlight that Westerners crave soo much. We are much more secure about ourselves and our identity and less concerned about what other people think about us. This is our one true edge over the West, India, and the rest of the world. Let them argue and speak badly of us, it'll give them something to do to distract themselves, while we make more and more solid advancements in the world.

我完全不同意你的观点。中国（以及整个亚洲）在这方面绝不应该变得像西方那样。
我对那些西化的中国人（和亚洲人）最大的不满就是他们从西方学来了一些非常令人讨厌的习惯，其中最烦人的一个就是他们对西方流行/社交文化那种追求关注的痴迷。也许是因为他们长期遭受的霸凌和宣传让他们缺乏安全感，导致他们过分在意别人对自己的看法。无论如何，我认为不断寻求他人认可的行为是亚洲人应该远离的。正如那句老话所说："如果你总是寻求别人的认可，你就会成为他们的囚徒"。西方之所以输给中国，就是因为他们把太多时间浪费在无休止的争论和寻求他人的认可上。我们应该把时间花在更有建设性和生产力的事情上。

行动和成果自然会说明一切。赢得一场争论或让自己看起来光鲜亮丽可能会让你一时感觉良好，但从大局来看，这根本不重要。
谢天谢地，我认为大多数中国人（以及亚洲的亚洲人）并不像西方人那样渴望关注和聚光灯。我们对自己的身份更有安全感，不太在意别人对我们的看法。这是我们相对于西方、印度和世界其他地区的真正优势。让他们去争论和诋毁我们吧，这至少能让他们有事可做来分散注意力，而我们则会在世界上取得越来越坚实的进步。

@bhmcrumbs1348
With 1.416 billion mouths to feed every single day, leading China alone is a superman overtime job. I don't think her leaders get much rest at night

每天要养活14.16亿人口，光是领导中国本身就是一份超人的加班工作。我不认为她的领导人晚上能得到多少休息。

@IkeFromCN
Ruling a country is never a one man job. governments didn't show them but they are working

治理国家从来不是一个人的工作。虽然政府没有展示出来，但他们确实在努力工作。

@truthbearer888
China has no desire to lead the world as Western culture view leadership. China has always focused on its own citizens. It has 1.4 billion people. That alone is a monumental job to keep peace and prosperity within its own borders.
If other countries want to have win-win relationships with China, then that trust and relationship must be exhibited through their actions over time.
China can keep its economy going just by ciruclating its resources within its borders. It has all the resources and people to serve each other.

中国没有像西方文化理解的那样的领导世界的欲望。中国始终专注于自己的公民，养活14亿人口本身就是在自己国境内维护和平与繁荣的巨大工程。
如果其他国家想与中国建立双赢关系，那么这种信任和关系必须通过他们长期的实际行动来体现。
中国仅靠国内资源循环就能维持经济发展，它拥有用于相互服务的所有资源和人民。

@raymondwong3739
China has always been a great nation! Our confusism believes did cause China a diastrous dilemma during the late Qing Dynasty-WW2 era simply because we do not believe in controlling other countries by force and all people should live in harmony. Hence other countries should respect China in the same way! But China was robbed down to the bones by foreign invasions! Some even said China deserved it because it is China's false not to be able to defend itself!
Since it was proven to be wrong and New China since then had woken and geared up to protect oursleves but countries like USA, UK Japan still trying to slander China because they know deep down, they cannot do what they did to China during the WW2 era anymore and by accusating China to be TOO heavily armed militarily darken China world peace policies by the "communist" government!
The point is no one can point out the advantage how democracy can be better than Communism and democratic countries like USA did more inhuman operation throughout the past decades and left a lot of countries and lands ruined, millions of people died! If that is the best democracy can do to other countries, what is there to tell?
One man one vote does not meant anything and at the end of the day, we need to see what they did and doing to the world!

中国一直是一个伟大的国家！我们的儒家思想确实在晚清至二战时期给中国带来了灾难性的困境，因为我们不相信用武力控制其他国家，认为所有人都应该和谐共处。因此，其他国家也应该以同样的方式尊重中国！但中国曾被外国侵略者洗劫一空！甚至有人说中国活该，因为中国没能保护好自己是中国的错！

既然这已被证明是错误的，新中国从那以后已经觉醒并做好准备保护自己，但像美国、英国、日本这样的国家仍在试图诽谤中国，因为他们内心深处知道，他们再也无法像二战时期那样对待中国了，于是通过指责中国"过度武装"来抹黑中国***政府的和平政策！
关键是没有人能指出民主制度比共产主义好在哪里，而像美国这样的民主国家在过去几十年里实施了更多不人道的行动，导致许多国家和土地被毁，数百万人死亡！如果这就是民主能给其他国家带来的最好的结果，那还有什么好说的？

一人一票没有任何意义，归根结底，我们要看他们对世界做了什么和正在做什么！

@KaiserHooray
In fact, if you do a bit of digging, you will find lixs between many YouEss prez and the 3-letter agency. Their family or parents worked for the agency and they themselves were recruited before their political career. Then, the agency manufactures their rise in politics. That "first black prez" was a glaring example.

事实上，如果你稍加调查就会发现，许多美国总统与那个三个字母的机构存在关联。他们的家人或父母曾为该机构工作，而他们自己在从政前就被招募。然后，该机构就会精心安排他们的政治崛起，那位"首位黑人总统"就是个明显的例子。

@horridohobbies
To be a world leader is an awesome responsibility. Why should China seek this? Historically, when has China ever sought this? What's in it for the Chinese?
It is enough that China leads by example. China shows the world that peaceful development is possible. China respects all nations; she does not interfere in other nations' internal affairs. How other nations govern themselves is none of China's business.
When you are a world leader, you make yourself a target. Others will inevitably try to knock you off your perch.
China works within the frxwork of a unified world order to share peace and common prosperity. China helps other nations like a good neighbour should.
To be a world leader requires hubris and a sense of self-righteousness. China is not like that.

成为世界领导者是一项艰巨的责任。中国为何要追求这个？历史上，中国何曾追求过这个？这对中国人民有什么好处？
中国以身作则就足够了。中国向世界展示了和平发展是可能的。中国尊重所有国家，她不干涉他国内政，其他国家如何治理自己与中国无关。
当你成为世界领袖时，你就成了众矢之的，别人必然会试图把你拉下马。

中国在统一的世界秩序框架内工作，分享和平与共同繁荣，中国像好邻居那样帮助其他国家。
成为世界领袖需要傲慢和自以为是的态度，中国不是那样的。

@Extra-Celestial7
Proactively seeking world leadership by hooks or by crooks requires hubris and arrogance, being pushed into that role despite reluctance is another story.

不择手段地主动寻求世界领导地位需要傲慢与自负，而被勉强推上那个位置则是另一回事。

@一个说话大声的中国人
Sun Tzu's The Art of War says that knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. It is suitable for you that the enemy does not know you. Therefore, the rumors the enemy spreads about you are helping you win. If you want to win, you will only be happy when you see your enemies spreading rumors about you, and you may even cheer them on. Of course, average folks will be unhappy when others spread rumors about them. They are ordinary folks, not competitors, nor winners, because winners enjoy the losers' spit and curses.

《孙子兵法》说：知己知彼，百战不殆。敌人不了解你对你有利。因此，敌人散布关于你的谣言其实是在帮你获胜。如果你想赢，当你看到敌人散布关于你的谣言时，你应该感到高兴，甚至为他们加油。当然，普通人会因为别人散布关于他们的谣言而不高兴。他们是普通人，不是竞争者，也不是赢家，因为赢家享受失败者的唾骂。

@Djspeeda
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in". The seeds have already been planted, so let's continue working together to make the world a better place!

"当一个社会的老人种植他们知道自己永远无法乘凉的树木时，这个社会就会变得伟大"。种子已经播下，让我们继续共同努力，让世界变得更美好！

@15984398500
To be honest, as a Chinese, I don't think majority of Chinese want to see China as a "world leader". We simply want to be great AGAIN, to be respected, and help others to prosper as well.
We never or the majority of us never want to become another Qing Dynasty or another USA.
Great video

说实话，作为一个中国人，我不认为大多数中国人希望中国成为"世界领袖"。我们只希望再次变得伟大，受到尊重，同时也帮助他人繁荣。
我们从未，或者说我们大多数人从未想过成为另一个清朝或另一个美国。
好视频。

@leehun4044
China should just going its own way by respecting countries, doing great products and holding its promises. Anyone who is interested in China or its history should come to China and make his/her own picture and not listen to the media

中国应该坚持走自己的道路，尊重各国，制造优质产品并信守承诺。任何对中国或其历史感兴趣的人都应该亲自来中国看看，而不是听信媒体的报道。

@albw3275
Well, sometimes it's not a choice—fate often puts you in a position where you must lead. Then, as Nathan said, be a good leader: someone who knows how to communicate, be fair, open-minded, and so on—and not become a hegemon.
It's scary to become a leader, because the only direction from there is down. To be a good leader, one must also know how to be a good follower.
When the time to go down, then go down gracefully - not like the US now. Don't bring everyone down - just understanding that there is time to go up, and there is time to go down. It's natural.

有时候这不是选择——命运常常把你推到一个必须领导的位置。那么，就像Nathan说的，要做一个好的领导者：懂得沟通、公平、思想开放等等——而不是成为霸权。
成为领导者是可怕的，因为唯一的方向就是向下。要成为一个好的领导者，还必须知道如何做一个好的追随者。
当需要退下时，就优雅地退下——不要像现在的美国那样。不要拖累所有人——只要明白有上升的时候，也会有下降的时候，这是自然规律。

@Xlfdll
I think a "leader" is not necessary a bully one like US. In fact US-like leader usually creates more problems.
Thinking about leading a project team. You can be a good leader to: 1 set up environments so everyone can easily cooperate, and 2 provide required resources and assistance to clear obstacles.
I think China tries to move towards such cooperating role, which mainly focuses itself but also allow other countries to do their own things.

我认为"领导者"不一定要像美国那样霸道。事实上，美国式的领导者通常会制造更多问题。
想象领导一个项目团队，你可以成为一个好的领导者：1）建立让每个人都能轻松合作的环境，2）提供必要的资源和帮助来清除障碍。
我认为中国正试图转向这种合作角色，主要关注自身的发展，同时也让其他国家做自己的事情。

@obheng
As an ethnically Chinese person who was born and lives in Malaysia, I fully agree with you. Leading the world is a burdensome responsibility and definitely not a mandate from heaven for China. Becoming prosperous is definitely the priority even if it means going to the far corners of the world.

作为一名在马来西亚出生和生活的华裔，我完全同意你的观点。领导世界是一项沉重的责任，绝对不是上天赋予中国的使命。变得繁荣绝对是首要任务，即使这意味着要走遍世界的每一个角落。

@86soulx
also to be fair, given China's rapid growth, it doesn't really matter if majority of the Chinese want to see China as a "world leader". China is by definition, already a world leader like it or not. Sometimes a world leader needs to act like a world leader. With great power comes great responsibility.

公平地说，鉴于中国的快速增长，大多数中国人是否希望中国成为"世界领袖"并不重要。从定义上讲，中国已经是世界领袖了，不管喜不喜欢。有时候，世界领袖需要表现得像个世界领袖。能力越大，责任越大。