Finding Empathy for China Critics (as a chinese)

I thought it would be fun for us to explore a bit and ask the question we wouldn't usually entertain: what makes someone, given their worldviews and experiences, look at China in a way drastically different from mine? How did different cultural experiences influence this? Learning to think from different views has allowed me to look at the China debate with peace and clarity. Hope you enjoy!


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Source consulted:
Chen, V (2016) ‘All hollowed out: the lonely poverty of America’s white working class’: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/...

Lamp, N. (2020) ‘How Should We Think about the Winners and Losers from Globalization? Three Narratives and Their Implications for the Redesign of International Economic Agreements’, The European Journal of International Law Vol. 30 no. 4, PP. 1359–1397

Freeland, C. (2012) ‘As Jobs Go Global, U.S. Workers Pay’: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us...

Ball, M (2018) ‘Why Trump’s ‘Forgotten Man’ Still Supports Him’: https://time.com/5159859/why-trumps-f...

Pew research on the ‘left behind’: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/20...

Pew research on negative views of China: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/20...

Trump blaming China as an election strategy: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/...

China’s R&D spending in 2021: https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/st...

2018 China Business Report: https://www.amcham-shanghai.org/sites...

China’s strategic mistake in managing the American business community: Has China Won by Mahbubani, K chapter 2

Studies on forced technology transfer in China:
(By Oxford University) https://academic.oup.com/jla/article/...
(By Boston University) https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2020/0...


Timestamps:
Intro [0:00]
Why Chinese people love China [2:25]
Case 1 [4:12]
Case 2 [6:58]
Case 3 [9:24]
Chit chat [11:56]




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