风萧萧_Frank
以文会友
中国如今已成为全球潮流之都
杰西卡·伯班克 2026年1月19日
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAM3QABIGFQ
@jiewang2984 10小时前
我女儿在意大利上小学四年级，她们班的同学都特别喜欢中国，羡慕我女儿是中国人，会说中文，都喜欢和她玩。她班的一个同学还说，好希望自己是中国人，希望能去中国生活。这两年变化真是太大了！https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3X0b_buJlE
China Is the Global It-Girl Now
Jessica Burbank Jan 19, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAM3QABIGFQ
嗯，最典型的例子就是苹果茶，比如骨苹果茶。还有美国人。我想说“美国人”，但人们现在都不说“美国人”了。
他们说“usians”、“eion”，有点像“Asian”，但用的是“u”。这是因为美洲横跨两个大陆。所以我们说美国人指的是美国的人，但实际上，我们现在要说的是“eions”（亚洲人）。我已经决定了。我不喜欢“USen”这个发音，听起来很荒谬。这将会非常流行。所以这些“eions”都在晒他们的亚洲茶。嗯，里面有苹果。
还有枸杞。我以前以为“Juju Bees”（枸杞）只是个虚构的东西，我以为它是一种糖果。原来它是真的，是从地里长出来的。里面还有枸杞。你把苹果放在热水里煮，然后就做成这种饮料喝。他们只喝温水。他们认为我们美国人经常生病是因为我们喝冷水。所以我们现在必须喝温水了。所以现在美国每个人都在拥抱中国文化。这让我不禁思考，这是中国文化至上主义吗？当美国成为世界瞩目的焦点时，其他国家的生活是不是也像这样？我上初中的时候，学校里来了一个来自阿尔巴尼亚的新女生，她简直酷毙了。
大家都想成为像弗鲁特拉那样的人。她取代了之前最受欢迎的女生，成了学校的焦点。所以我们都追随她，想成为她那样的人，而不是像之前那样，像谢尔比那样。我还问过其他人。
我说：“很明显，她是我们学校最受欢迎的女生。” 他们说：“不，我以为是另一个人。你对学校里最受欢迎的人的看法都不一样。” 这对我来说简直是醍醐灌顶。我之前一直以为这种等级观念根深蒂固。但事实并非如此，我们对谁最受欢迎的看法都不一样。同样地，人们可能对中美争夺霸权也有类似的感受。我知道俄罗斯对此也有自己的看法，但基本上，美国女性都在接受这种观点。
我只在美国见过女性购买这些东西，对吧？韩国护肤品很流行，法国彩妆很流行，意大利皮革也很流行，但这些只是苹果和水而已。这是一种文化习俗，而不是从其他国家进口的产品。还有，现在年轻人都在说“我正处于人生中非常中国化的阶段”。另外，中国音乐在美国也很流行。所以，为什么我们现在都渴望成为中国人呢？我认为这表明，全球范围内正在发生一种向中国文化靠拢的趋势。还有，看看这个视频。
中国已经做好了战斗到最后一刻的准备，因为世界如此之大，美国并非世界市场的全部。所以，如果美国想要彻底将自己排除在中国市场之外，那就随它便吧。是的。中国将会失去美国市场，正如我所说，它占15%的份额。我们不在乎。我们不在乎。
中国已经存在了五千年。大部分时间里，美国并不存在，我们也生存了下来。如果美国想欺负中国，我们会在没有美国的情况下应对。我们预计还能再生存五千年。他这是在羞辱我们。呃，我都不知道该说什么了。现在他说了算。看完这段视频，中国就成了世界领袖。在美国，我们唯一能理解的就是被人狠狠羞辱。我们只理解那些有点咄咄逼人、自负的人所拥有的权力。
你可以拥有所有可能的资历，但不知为何，在美国这还不够。你还得走路带着自信，说话带着那种自负，好像你就是那个大人物。我知道这是一种文化现象。我搬到了中西部。谦逊是这里文化的重要组成部分。这是一种内敛的自信。你不会吹嘘。
这本身就是一种，你知道的，十足的[__]胆大妄为。所以，在我们领导人如此无能、令人尴尬的时候，这个人居然这样跟我们说话，说“现在你们说了算。中国说了算。”这就是为什么人们仰慕中国。我们只理解咄咄逼人的权威。我们只理解这种有毒的家长式作风。
告诉我你们说了算，我就相信。美国人就是这样被灌输的思维方式。我们并非都这么想。我们当中有些人思想开明，或者用另一个词来形容就是觉醒了。但我认为中国是新的超级大国。我们以前对其他国家发生的事情漠不关心。我记得大学的时候，有个活动，一些印度女性来我们学校教印度传统舞蹈。她们好像会表演，还会有互动环节。结果没人想去。
我一个朋友，算是宿舍管理员，说：“没人报名参加这个活动，我们都觉得很可惜。
我们想，不如去吧。去学学。谁在乎呢？不如去体验一下，以后还有什么机会呢？”对吧？于是，我们五个人去了，她们五个人。她们教了我们一整套舞蹈。就像一场睡衣派对，对吧？这是一次美好的文化交流。我一直在想，为什么其他人都不想去？
为什么其他人都不想学这个？因为美国人觉得，“我们最棒了。我为什么要学别的？”这不对。学习他人的经验，拥抱不同的文化，确实能丰富你的人生。但如果你已经是最优秀的，为什么还要这么做呢？这有点像美国人的思维方式。
现在不一样了。我们现在也想融入一些中国文化。那天晚上，我试着找一张我们俩的合照，就去了一个女孩的Instagram主页。我们以前关系特别好。她现在有个宝宝，有很多宝宝的照片。我不停地翻看，翻看，翻看。我仿佛回到了几年前，不小心点到了一张宝宝的照片。我差点就误点了赞。
偷偷浏览别人的Instagram是一回事，不小心点赞了一张宝宝的照片是一回事。被抓到偷偷浏览宝宝的照片，这可是极其变态的行为。好吧。我当时就想，算了，我以后再也不找这种照片了。这样下去，我的感知力会变得很差。
我可不想偷窥宝宝。我简直不敢相信人们居然要为此担忧。但不管怎样，总统是个恋童癖。这也是中国崛起的原因之一。2016年我在南非留学的时候，他们冰箱上都贴着奥巴马的照片。如果你去开普敦郊外的黑人居住区，你会看到他们孩子结婚照，冰箱上贴着奥巴马的磁贴，整个居住区到处都是奥巴马的形象。嗯，他们很喜欢他。这就是美国给其他国家留下的印象，而现在我看到中国也开始效仿。这种影响是渗透的，对吧？其他国家的人听美国音乐，看美国电视，穿美国衣服。国外总会有一些对西方的向往，而这正是因为美国造就了这种风气。你知道，这就是为什么我们拥有那么多军事基地。这就是为什么中央情报局过去50年一直很忙。你知道，我们一直想成为那样的人。但中国正在这样做。他们想这样做吗？很可能。
我从没见过中餐的广告，但我们家一直都吃中餐。前几天我在时间线上看到了。嗯，我从没见过中餐的广告。我也是。太疯狂了。
麦当劳、Arby's，还有美国食品，广告铺天盖地，烦人死了。
中国就这么默默地做着自己的事，让实力说话。现在他们居然还找了这么个人来宣传。所以，我们阻止不了他们。
不管怎样，我们阻止不了他们。不过，我以前住在别的国家时，美国在南非的地位和影响力着实让我惊讶。当时正值选举周期。我记得看过一个特雷弗·诺亚主持的每日节目的广告。广告里说这是专门为南非人做的节目。这是怎么回事？没错。当时我就想，这疯狂的美国到底怎么了？居然让这么个白痴，这么个橙色皮肤的白痴来竞选公职，还胡说八道。这些蠢货居然掌握了所有武器。幸好有这位来自桑给巴尔的朋友给我们解释了这一切。
我当时就想，原来这档每日播出的节目是这么宣传给南非观众的，好像是专门为他们制作的。我当时就想，天哪。我感觉很糟糕。我为自己身为美国人的身份感到羞愧。我有点尴尬。我想，要是他们给我看我上杰瑞·斯普林格秀（Jerry Springer Show）会怎么样？总之，《美国政治》（American Politics）是南非人每晚必看的节目。对他们来说，这就像是政治真人秀。即使在南非，食物也是头等大事。到处都是麦当劳和肯德基。有一次晚上我去肯德基想买点薯条，结果到了某个时间他们就关门了。你得开车去得来速。我们排队的时候，一个工作人员说：“你们不应该在这里。这是黑人的地盘。这是非洲人的地盘，你们不应该在这里。”这时，我来自土耳其的朋友哈坎开始说话了。他们意识到我们不是南非的殖民者，我们是来自其他国家的游客，我们是外国人。我当时就想，如果非要说谁站在你们这边，那我肯定站在你们这边。我觉得这片土地应该属于你们，而不是那些非洲人。但是，他根本不在乎这些。他只是因为我们在肯德基而生气，这很搞笑，因为肯塔基州在美国。
所以，这里是非洲人的地盘吗？我当时还没准备好讨论这个。我们现在在你们国家，你懂我的意思吧？所以其他人就说：“嘿，伙计，他们不是你想的那种人。他们是美国人和土耳其人。” 嗯，结果发现那家伙是南非最大的组织者之一，呃，青年政治组织者，而且在一周之内就组织了我们见过的规模最大的大学抗议活动。真是太疯狂了。我当时就想：“哇，我认识他。” 你知道，我们是朋友。我们经常一起吃夜宵。不过有趣的是，我当时和几个南非白人是朋友。
其中一个人觉得，这是个真实的故事。我不相信为了搞笑而编故事。上帝赐予你人生经历。如果你不能用有趣幽默的方式描述它们，那是你的问题。明白吗？别编故事搞笑。你懂我的意思吧？如果事情发生时并不好笑，那你就有责任把它变得好笑。但这个故事本身就很有趣，就像上帝讲述的那样。你知道，他赐予我人生经历，希望我能用它们给别人带来快乐。我知道这听起来像个蹩脚的喜剧桥段，对吧？但它是真的。正因为它是真的，所以才好笑。如果这是电影剧本，那就一点也不好笑了。总之，一个在南非长大的人竟然认为肯德基的标志——桑德斯上校的脸——是纳尔逊·曼德拉。
不然为什么曼德拉的脸会遍布全国？想象一下，当他发现那是桑德斯上校，那是肯德基炸鸡时会是什么反应。肯德基，肯德基到非国大。我简直无法理解他是怎么把这两者联系起来的。而且，他当时觉得曼德拉长什么样呢？我想，他大概是在十几岁的时候才明白这个道理的。你知道，小孩子什么都信，但我一直觉得这事儿挺搞笑的。所以现在我对肯德基的标志感觉不一样了。想想看，美国文化对南非人来说有多重要，以至于他们会觉得桑德斯上校就是纳尔逊·曼德拉，对吧？我们现在的情况就是这样。我们马上就要看到中国版的“曼德拉”了。马毛的脸马上就要出现在一家中国连锁餐厅的标志上了，然后某个孩子会以为那是唐纳德·特朗普。这比喻太糟糕了。曼德拉和特朗普。我收回刚才的话。虽然他们的脸型确实很像。但这不重要。真的不重要。对不起，纳尔逊·曼德拉。愿您安息。我实在想不出更好的比喻了。我也不打算尝试了。
我们就此打住吧。我们继续前进。我不是说中国社会完美无缺。好吗？这不是重点。这是关于我作为一名活跃社交媒体用户的看法。我看到很多年轻人，尤其是年轻的美国女性，想要拥抱中国文化，我认为这是中国文化优越性的体现，而不是因为美国比以往任何时候都更糟糕。
这绝对不是事实。中国也并非完美无缺。问题在于，中国一直在稳步发展，而美国虽然曾经进步过，但之后却迅速衰落。标准很低。没有哪个社会是完美的。但中国似乎做得更好。我认为这就是这种现象的根源，因为当TikTok被禁后，大家都转而使用Rednote，而Rednote也是TikTok母公司咬舞旗下的公司。所以我们说：“这个应用的功能类似。
我们去看看吧。”我们开始看到很多关于中国人生活的视频。我们感到好奇，非常好奇。
我们以前从未见过这样的景象。感觉就像探索另一个维度。我之前完全不知道他们那里有那么漂亮的建筑，干净的街道，大学学费也很便宜。他们每天上课时间更长。这可能并不有趣。但我的意思是，反正待在家里你又能干什么呢，对吧？没什么有意义的事，也没什么建设性的事。也许应该让孩子们忙起来。我不知道。但我看到了另一种生活方式。我们现在在谈论医疗保健成本。文化交流正在发生。这让美国人渴望去中国。也让中国人对自己所拥有的一切心存感激。他们有这种感觉是对的。所以，中国采取了“不作为也能获胜”的策略。
这真的奏效了。我想我以前从未渴望成为中国人。我曾经因为是中国人而被欺负，尽管我不是。嗯，有个女孩叫我花木兰。她为此道歉了，但我有斯拉夫人、意大利人和一点威尔士血统。我不是中国人，但我却因为是中国人而被欺负。不过，卡莉，现在谁才是赢家呢？我不该这么说。她确实道歉了，我也原谅她了。但再多的苹果茶也无法让你达到我的水平。
既然现在有了新的审美标准，那我就告诉你一些老一辈人可能不理解的事情。中国会赢的原因常常被低估，那就是美国年轻一代热爱中国。中国已经以一种不可逆转的方式在我们心中留下了印记。我担心。想象一下吧。
你是一个美国孩子。你犯了错。你的父母压力很大。他们付不起账单。
他们把气撒在你身上。不会有道歉，也不会有解释。你会被关进房间，泪流满面，心如刀绞，因为本该让你感到安全、被保护、让你感受到世界存在的人，却对你和世界都充满了愤怒。于是你被关进房间独自玩耍一会儿。你会做什么？你会拿起一个玩具。玩具上写着什么？上面写着“中国制造”。
当没有人关心你的时候，中国关心你。中国关心我。我爱中国。我为什么不爱中国？我对中国只有积极的印象。这种印象深深地烙印在我的脑海里。所以，你可以想象，当我开始听到“中国将成为世界强国”、“中国正在崛起”之类的说法时，我的感受。
所有这些。等你长大，中国会变得非常重要。我当时就想，我知道。中国对我来说就是一切。他们创造了所有我喜欢的东西。所以，我不确定我们是否能告诉美国的孩子们中国不好。我13岁生日的时候收到了一台粉色的任天堂DS游戏机，还买了一个学中文的游戏。好吧，我没学到多少，因为我没有被诊断出患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）。但如果你给我一颗药，再让我玩那个游戏，我肯定能说一口流利的中文。可惜我没那么幸运，所以我一直没学过中文。不过，也许我现在会学了。还有，中餐真的很好吃。每次点中餐，没有一个孩子会失望。他们都能找到自己喜欢的菜。我们家附近都有中餐馆。我去过美国很多小镇，大多数小镇都有中餐馆。你根本没法跟中餐馆竞争。所以，没错，美国最终走向了自我毁灭。
中国则像是在说：“我要做我自己。”这才是正确的策略。如果非要用嘻哈、说唱、beef（矛盾）来解释，中国就像50 Cent，而美国就像Diddy。纪录片马上就要上映了。这就是全球对冲基金的现状。我研究生毕业的时候，有个家伙跟我说：“哦，我真心希望你能找到个好去处。”但我当时真的没什么想去的地方。我想：“美国没人制定好的政策。我为什么要去Deote工作？”你知道，他们只是把公共预算里的钱输送给顾问，让他们用人工智能做幻灯片。我不想成为操控美国政府的咨询产业复合体的一部分。所以，我决定另辟蹊径。他说：“我帮你安排一次格雷厄姆·埃里森办公室的面试怎么样？
你要走申请流程，给格雷厄姆写一份备忘录。” 格雷厄姆是谁？格雷厄姆是一位学者，他提出了一个叫做“图西德陷阱”的概念，指的是当一个新兴强国和一个统治强国最终不可避免地会爆发战争。因为每当一个世界霸权出现，而另一个霸权出现并超越它时，十有八九都会爆发战争。图西德是一位作家，他写过关于斯巴达和雅典之间牛肉争端的文章。所以格雷厄姆·埃里森想找到避免与中国开战的方法。那么，出路在哪里？我们如何才能摆脱这种困境？美国是正在崛起或已经崛起的霸权国家，而中国是正在崛起的强国。
我们如何才能避免与中国开战？我的想法是，我们必须采取一些措施。我们必须制定法律，允许企业支付员工公平的工资。不仅要允许，还要强制企业与员工分享利润。我们必须让美国成为一个宜居之地。我们不能让这种情况持续下去：如果你出生在贫困家庭，无论你拥有怎样的成就、才华、技能和创造潜力，你都无法摆脱贫困的命运。这才是美国大多数人的现实。社会流动性极其低下，而经济正义法可以解决这个问题。如果我们想与中国竞争，就必须让穷人也能繁荣发展。
不用说，我没被录用，因为哈佛的教授和亨利·基辛格的朋友可不是这么看待世界的。真是匪夷所思。现在，我的人生正处于一个非常“中国化”的阶段，我对此感到很自在。我对此感到很自在。所以，我只是想谈谈这个。我看到了中国崛起的早期迹象。就流行文化而言，中国正在成为像美国曾经那样的世界文化中心，我有点想稍微融入中国文化。
味道真好喝。我泡了苹果茶。我在拍中国视频的时候一直在喝这个。喝苹果茶。所以，它很好喝。你也应该尝尝。加油中国！我们都可以成为朋友。这就是我的看法。谢谢观看。
爱你。
474 条评论
@stephenc6955 9 天前
主流媒体欺骗了我们，让我们对中国和其他国家产生误解。这是我们反抗谎言的行动。
@TheMichel200504 8 天前
去过中国两次去年我去了中国，一共待了20多天。我终于明白，普通中国人其实并不关心美国国内发生的事情，他们只想好好享受生活。
@TinaGKona66 10天前
你真的应该去中国看看。你会爱上那里的。中国并不想主宰世界，他们只想照顾好自己的人民，因为要照顾14亿人口（是美国人口的四倍，资源却比美国少）并不容易。他们想选择自己的方式治理国家，不需要其他国家来告诉他们该如何做中国人。
@twood2032 9天前
我不认为中国想统治世界。它主要想在相互尊重的基础上与其他国家进行贸易和交往。美国则恰恰相反，如果一个国家不喜欢它或者损害了它的利益，美国就会试图施压、干涉甚至改变其政府，直到它屈服为止。中国的做法基本上是：如果你不喜欢我们，没关系，等你准备好做生意的时候再来。五千年的历史让中国懂得实力和耐心。相比之下，美国常常像个拿着上膛枪的孩子，权力很大，却缺乏克制。
@chiriko7335 8天前
“中国正在慢慢好转”——轻轻松松就创造了人类历史上最快的经济增长奇迹。
@FromChaos2Cosmos 12天前
“如果我们想和中国竞争，就必须让穷人过上好日子”，这句话就足以说明美国为什么会衰落，哈哈。
@walterlippmann4361 11天前
美国例外论的神话让他们无法学习其他文化，哈哈。
@bryanfullerton2008 11天前
精彩之作。期待加拿大很快就能买到中国产的电动汽车。
@SicMundus24 9天前
我是德国人，但我有点想成为中国人，我爱中国
@jascforfun7576 9天前
中国对霸权不感兴趣。你做你的，我做我的。如果你想，我们可以贸易。如果你攻击我，我会揍你，但我们和平共处。这就是他们的理念。中国不追求统治，而霸权就是统治，他们追求的是和谐。
@wataric1600 7天前
中国不想成为霸权国家。那太累赘了。不值得。
它只想不被欺负，只想和世界各国贸易。不，美国就是不肯放过她，非要欺负她。简直像个流氓。
@X-jj9zs 11天前
我是美国人，最近一直在研究中国很多我以前不知道的有趣事物！这让我意识到他们生活在未来，而我们却生活在过去
@badeline562 9天前
我最近感觉自己很像中国人
@coolwalk11 9天前（已编辑）
中国做事的方式与众不同，可惜美国不理解这种务实的做法。苹果了解中国，并与之合作，而美国政客们却打着西方民主虚伪和可耻的双重标准的幌子，用毫无根据的指控抹黑中国。
@silferbuu86 9天前
虽然我本身就是中国人，但这段时间对我来说却充满了浓浓的中国风情。
@walhdamaskus2408 10天前
这是反抗美国深层政府寡头的标志。
@joeyp1927 10天前
你提到社会流动性很贴切，因为这个概念起源于2500年前的中国，孔子曾说过：“如果帝王之子没有才干，就应该降为平民；如果平民有才干，就应该升为统治者。”他认为教育能够推动这种精英制度：“教育中不应该有阶级之分，”他坚持道。公元初期，这种精英制度通过科举考试制度化，科举考试面向所有阶层开放。通过科举考试即可获得高薪政府职位。本杰明·富兰克林对这一制度赞不绝口，称之为“精英晋升”体系，并将其与欧洲贵族“精英降级”的制度进行对比。19世纪中期，英国人通过驻华总督了解到科举制度，并很快以中国的“官吏”制度为蓝本，建立了他们新近构想的文官制度。这种以标准化的衡量标准来分配权力和地位的理念随后传播到欧洲，并最终传入美洲，以社会流动性取代了土地特权。
@LostChildOfTime 12天前
我需要你拍个中国之旅的vlog。
@BlackDogMizukage 12天前
感觉自己要变成中国人了，我真的这么觉得
@Zimx02 12天前
真是疯了。这个白人女孩以为人们关注美国是因为美国是“潮流”国家，而不是因为正是这个帝国建造了死星，威胁着所有人的生命和福祉。这这就是为什么中国救不了我们。
@seatopiascuba3540 12天前
正当一切都让人难以承受的时候，杰西卡·伯班克出现了，感谢你为世界带来了一丝理智和美好。节目继续！
@Qwezzz-k8w
6天前
中国正在经历一场复兴！你应该去看看。杰西卡，听你说话我真是太震撼了！哇，我是一位上了年纪的华裔美国女性……你的话让我热泪盈眶。因为我真的很爱中国。我去过几次。我为我的祖先感到骄傲！你很棒，也很有见地……不仅仅是中国在关注。我觉得你比一般人理解得更透彻，也更有底气说出你的话！西方不能永远霸权，不能永远傲慢无知，也不能把世界其他地区视为平等的存在！我赞赏所有对中国感兴趣的人。也请了解一下中国的社会主义道路。中国之所以成功，是因为它真心实意地想为人民谋福祉，并保持主权！而且，它美丽的文明充满了艺术、创造力和智慧！感谢分享你的想法！祝你平安喜乐！
@Aladjinnx3
8天前
我2018年第一次去中国，它一直在稳步发展。我很高兴看到越来越多的人开始了解和欣赏中国。
@roastpork5437
9天前（已编辑）
新鲜的红枣美味可口，营养丰富。它们像小苹果，但没那么酸。
@shabao
9天前
我认为只有亲身前往中国，才能更好地理解身为中国人的意义。
@garethl738
3天前（已编辑）
自2003年以来，我去过中国20多次，主要都是出差。我热爱这个国家。我甚至还专门学习中文，以便至少能用中文和我的中国同事说几句话，以此表达我的尊重和感激之情。
他们给予我的热情回应真的让我感到无比欣慰。
@joeyp1927
10天前
“人生中的中国时光”其实并不新鲜。这种风潮最早兴起于17世纪，当时大量的艺术品和书籍开始涌入欧洲，引发了人们对中国文化和哲学的狂热。发明了微积分的德国哲学家和数学家莱布尼茨曾开玩笑说，他应该在门上挂个牌子，写上“东方学系”，因为他把大量时间都花在了研究老子、庄子等哲学家以及中国古代数学上。法国讽刺作家伏尔泰赞扬中国以理性、世俗价值观为基础的道德体系，并将其与基于教条宗教的欧洲体系进行对比。本杰明•富兰克林终生热爱中国，著有《孔子伦理学》一书；他尝试过丝绸制作，并改进了中国的集中供暖方法，但他遗憾从未去过中国：“如果他年轻时，他一定会想去中国，”他写道。受中国艺术启发而来的室内设计和建筑风格——中国风，在18世纪和19世纪的欧洲风靡一时。在美国，像乔治•华盛顿这样的富裕美国人的家中摆满了中国瓷器、壁纸、家具，当然还有茶。所以，对中国事物的迷恋其实由来已久；我们只是又重新拾起了这种迷恋！
顺便说一句，视频很棒。不，那根本不是一场混乱的讨论。我喜欢你那种意识流式的、兼收并蓄却又坦诚直率的对世界和时事的看法！
@zyguit
12天前
总有一天我会养一只名叫纳尔逊•曼德拉•桑德斯上校的吉娃娃。
@OGderkface
12天前
我们需要将医疗、住房、食物和教育社会化。
@shineluvslambiel
1天前
中国不想要霸权，他们想要的是一个多极世界。
@maisondav1d
9天前
维克多•高那句“我们不在乎”总是让我发笑。
@chromehuman
12天前
谢谢Ka！极具讽刺意味的是，中国从未忘记“百年屈辱”的历史教训，而特朗普却无视历史，重拾一个世纪前令美国失败的政策。如今，他又通过终止美国国际开发署（USAID）将全球影响力拱手让给中国。老一辈人眼中中国的种种弊端，特朗普正在美国重现：一场“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）的文化革命。奖励举报觉醒派教授和堕胎。Palantir公司对公民进行监控。美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）沦为新的红卫兵。国家主导的经济体制。我们何时才能拿到特朗普版的“让美国再次伟大”小红书？
@KenLau-x1z
8天前
西方对中国的一个主要看法是，中国想要成为霸权国家。这从来都不是中国的本性，也与我们的基因格格不入。我们始终相信并渴望合作与相互尊重。“双赢”是中国文化的核心理念。但西方总是认为中国会像他们一样，试图控制和欺凌世界。只需看看中国五千年的历史就知道了。我们在贸易中一直保持独立自主，并坚信每个国家都应在不受外部压力或影响的情况下，自主管理自己的主权国家。
@YoonJintae98
2天前
我是韩国人，一直以来都因为中国的宣传而讨厌中国。直到两年前第一次去中国旅行，我才意识到我们对这个邻国的了解是多么匮乏，这感觉真是太奇妙了。旅行结束后，我试图和朋友们分享这次旅行的美好，但没人真正想听。总之，我放弃了，但暗地里一直在攒钱，准备下次再去。
@John-yx6yz
9天前（已编辑）
中国和美国就像阴阳两面。美国喧闹、傲慢、咄咄逼人，到处宣扬自己有多么了不起。中国则更像一个书呆子，博览群书，数学也很好。他认真完成所有作业，然后默默地在卧室里捣鼓机器人。中国并不想成为霸主，早在哥伦布之前，中国就已经航行于世界各地，而且从未占领过自己的领土。
@Egal0190
9天前（已编辑）
也许我对“霸权”和“霸权”这两个词的理解有误，毕竟英语不是我的母语，但我认为它们不足以描述中国。这些词汇带有帝国主义色彩，意在征服他国领土，控制其人民和资源。
中国没有这样的意图。他们始终寻求贸易和互利共赢的合作。他们不会像北约国家那样，使用帝国主义的胁迫手段，例如饥饿制裁、轰炸、入侵、政变、暗杀等等，而这些手段恰恰符合霸权/霸权的定义。
他们只是发展自身，并帮助任何愿意与他们合作的国家发展。称他们为霸权主义者更像是帝国主义的投射，因为西方分析人士无法想象其他国家没有攫取财富、追求极致剥削的意图。中国追求的是共同繁荣，而非排他性的繁荣。
从这段视频来看，杰西卡并没有西方分析人士那种敌对的心态，所以我猜她用这些词来形容中国，更多的是指中国是世界上最先进的地区，而没有帝国主义霸权/霸权的暴力含义。虽然就我理解，这些词总是带有敌意，并且基于对独家利益的竞争。
@Hystericall
8 天前
哈哈，你让我笑了。中国在过去 5000 年里，有 4800 年都是最先进的文明。这仅仅是回归均值而已。美国人需要了解这段历史。1800 年，中国的 GDP 占世界 30-40%，然后英国和西方发动了鸦片战争，摧毁了中国，并使其分裂了一百年。直到1940年，美国海军陆战队还在长江巡逻。中国直到1949年毛泽东驱逐所有侵略殖民者后才得以恢复。我期待未来几年中国将迎来一场文化复兴，让世界为之瞩目。他们极富创造力和审美情趣。只要彼此尊重和信任，就很容易相处。
17
@tomrestajr
5天前
2:50 我在1998年读过英文版的《论语》。2002年之前我就读过《道德经》（对我来说，《道德经》更容易理解，也更容易应用到生活中）。1996年我在读《禅宗小伴》（里面肯定引用了一些中国佛教名言）。在那之前，我就已经开始吃“中国菜”了。的确，中国菜很美味。
@haiwattage
5天前（已编辑）
中国在达沃斯论坛上将自己定位为可靠的合作伙伴，并与东盟会面，其目的基本上是说“我们知道你们讨厌我们，但我们是你们熟悉的混蛋，而且没那么反复无常”。加拿大在达沃斯论坛上既与中国达成了协议，又联合中等强国来制衡美国和中国。
一些事实核查：
4分30秒出现的那个人是高维德（Victor Gao）。他曾在中国对外开放时期担任邓小平主席的翻译，现在是习近平的外交关系战略顾问。
RedNote并非字节跳动所有（14分52秒），它属于兴银信息技术有限公司，一家完全独立的私营公司。
另外，泡茶时不要把苹果和水一起煮，应该先把水烧开，再把苹果放进去泡。我说的“热水”可不是指热水龙头里的水，而是指煮沸过滤后冷却的冷水
来源：我是个中国移民
@Strawrbearry
9天前
我用Duolingo学中文已经66天了。我完全沉浸在这段“中国式”的时光里。
@miahorg
12天前
这简直就是梦寐以求的烟卷！
@mysticaleagle1625
12天前
这段视频的内容不仅精彩，你的叙事能力也很棒。让我想起了Jean Shepard。
5
@yongga-l7e
8天前
你太棒了！妆容和造型都很棒，但真正闪耀的是你的视角。
@wenerjy
8 天前
XHS 其实是字节跳动的竞争对手，你可能想到的是 Lemon8，它是字节跳动旗下的一个 XHS 克隆项目，也是 XHS 的竞争对手。
@EricLi-z5o
8 天前
恭喜！你在 Bilibili 上的视频已经有 5 万次观看，而且很多人都对你的观点给予了积极的反馈。欢迎您来中国旅游。从另一个角度，您可以体验一下与美国文化截然不同的国家是如何看待世界的。
@Hiddenuser713
2天前
Jessica，您可以考虑来中国旅游，甚至可以去中国教英语。那里的人们一定会喜欢您的！您如此美丽、善良、友好、聪明、务实、诚实、富有同情心。
3
@林北就是唱秋
1天前
谢谢分享
来自中国的问候
祝您周末愉快
@AntLovesChips
12天前
JB有好货。
@steves-machines
11天前（已编辑）
伯班克。我们唯一的希望就是黑豹党和/或蝙蝠侠了。我终于订阅了。
@FromChaos2Cosmos
12天前
最近我这儿一直在放熊猫快餐的广告，广告内容是……老太太们会喂你吃她们的外卖，好好照顾你
@andrewlau9873
6小时前
Jessica，你的视频我看得津津有味。不过你居然说美国小孩会把毛泽东的照片看成唐纳德•特朗普，真是把我吓了一跳
@tkam9
9天前
中国封禁了OnlyFans！！好好想想吧。哈哈！
@loganlee9593
8天前
14:49 Rednote的母公司不是字节跳动，而是星银信息技术有限公司。他们是竞争对手。
@guoli2199
2小时前
视频很棒，来自中国的问候
在Bilibili上看到你了
顺便说一句，我被你的声音迷住了
@maxnoit3869
5天前
你看起来真的很像欧亚混血儿——欧洲和亚洲的完美融合。为此感到自豪吧！
@junli6065
9天前
高以翔真是个奇葩
@nickylee1024
2小时前
说到广告，麦当劳、肯德基在中国也投放了大量的广告，但我们很少看到中餐馆的广告，即使是顶级中餐馆的广告也很少见。我们相信口碑才是分享和评价美食餐厅的最佳方式。
@G-spot09x
7天前
你太棒了！
@ionsilver557
11天前
1:07 一个不太有趣的冷知识：现代中国人喝热水的习惯其实并不古老。它起源于20世纪50年代初，当时政府发起了“爱国健康运动”。饮用前煮沸水被宣传为一种简单有效的消毒方法。政府发起这项全国性运动的原因是，当时美军被怀疑在朝鲜战争中使用生物武器。
@avil8686
2天前
顺便说一下，Rednote并非字节跳动所有。
@shaunnarine3974
3天前
嗨！刚发现这个。很有意思。我想说的一点是，中国的发展速度非常非常快。十年前，甚至三十年前的中国，与今天相比已经截然不同。八亿人摆脱了贫困。中国的科技发展以及政府有意识地推行财富共享政策，与美国的情况形成了鲜明的对比。
@bigheadrhino
9天前
从历史上看……中国的大部分扩张都是通过征服，然后凭借自身文化的吸引力同化征服者来实现的……我们现在是否正在亲眼目睹这一幕？
@Arnoldyt200346
1天前
非常喜欢这个频道以及你们对各种议题的报道——我是你们的忠实粉丝。
关于美国人对美国以外世界兴趣有限，而美国文化（名人、音乐、美食和艺术）却在全球范围内广受欢迎这一现象，我认为这种不平衡与其说是源于公众缺乏兴趣，不如说是源于美国媒体曝光的结构性限制——尽管名义上存在新闻自由。
例如，在克林顿政府时期，中美就中国加入世贸组织进行谈判时，美国要求中国采用美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的食品安全标准，而不是遵循进口国的法规。美国还要求中国向美国电影开放电影市场，却拒绝中国电影的对等准入。最终协议将中国电影进口到美国的数量限制在每年五部。
更广泛地说，美国以某种方式运用《外国代理人登记法》，实际上限制或禁止了中国和俄罗斯的媒体，同时又通过美国国际开发署（USAID）每年花费超过5亿美元资助海外媒体机构。与此同时，中国允许美国之音播出，但美国却禁止中国广播公司播出。
历史上，美国人对其他文化表现出浓厚的兴趣——从印度菜和日本料理到20世纪90年代的藏传佛教。问题不在于文化不宽容。而在于，世界大部分地区都能自由接触美国文化，而美国人却常常被隔绝于外国视角之外，形成了一种文化茧房，并被“我们不需要向外看”的观念所强化。
像TikTok和小红书这样的社交媒体平台已经开始打破这种文化茧房——许多美国人也开始注意到这一点。
我们被告知我们拥有我们拥有自卫权——甚至拥有持枪对抗政府暴政的权利——然而，任何涉及执法部门的抵抗，无论执法人员的行为是否合法，都被视为绝对禁止。我们被告知享有正当程序的权利，但行使这项权利往往需要耗费数年时间和资源，足以毁掉一个人的职业生涯，造成经济上的破产，而正义却迟迟未能到来。
我们被告知享有言论自由，然而信息环境充斥着虚假叙事、错误信息和虚假信息，以至于言论自由已无法可靠地揭示真相。与此同时，政府却与社交媒体平台暗中合作，以社区准则为幌子，推行“企业”审查。
我们被告知拥有自由市场，然而政府却以“经济增长”的名义，肆意补贴某些特定行业，或以“国家安全”为由，禁止某些产品。
总而言之，这些权利和自由都带有内在的条件——法律、经济和制度上的“陷阱”——使得行使这些权利变得困难重重、代价高昂或风险巨大。结果是，权利在原则上存在，但在实践中却常常受到限制。
因此，矛盾和讽刺层出不穷。美国或许是世界上纸面上自由最多的国家，但美国人往往也是最不了解世界其他地区的人群之一。这真的是美国人民的失败吗？或者，他们在某种程度上是精心构建的自由幻象的受害者？
@China-bizvalueinstories
3天前
喜欢这个视频，Jessica说得太棒了！我在中国社交媒体上看到了，然后就找到了这里。
@nickm455
12天前
每个电视节目里都有中餐广告，他们总是点外卖。这很狡猾。
@dragicadjuric3635
21小时前
这女孩肯定不会闭着眼睛过日子。她会观察周围，了解正在发生的事情。我觉得她对中国的评价完全正确。
@matan.saster
12天前
伯班克真是太搞笑了。
@lukehenderson5097
12天前
作为一个欧洲人，我期待着美国的衰落。我们将拥有古巴的肺癌疗法，伊朗工程师们在缺乏全球供应链的情况下被迫思考问题，他们来教育我们的孩子，以及中国式的富足——过剩的供应满足了人们的需求。不过，这之间的几年可能会很艰难。
@gelinrefira
2天前
你只能一时欺骗所有人。关于中国的真相不可能永远被掩盖。
@RuizheZhao3564
8天前
干得好，来自中国的问候！
@junoleung4818
3小时前
我来自中国广州。亲爱的美丽女士，您真是美艳动人，魅力十足，我非常喜欢您。您说话条理清晰、客观公正。中国会不断进步，继续努力与世界携手共进。欢迎您来中国访问！
@halsonli7315
3天前
在英国生活了20多年，我已经习惯了主流媒体将中国简化为“威胁”或简单地贴上“共产主义”的标签，却很少质疑西方民主制度如何将真正的权力集中在1%的顶层人士手中。我们颂扬言论自由，但在战争、种族灭绝、医疗保健、教育成本、公共安全或不平等问题上，大多数人对结果几乎没有影响力。你可以抗议、请愿，但体制依然纹丝不动。
作为一个十几岁就来到英国的中国人，我一直觉得人们如此随意地称中国为“共产主义”很奇怪。在中国公立学校长大，我们被明确告知，中国是一个具有中国特色的社会主义国家。纯粹的共产主义，即绝对平等和公有制，很早就被认为失败了。社会主义，包括资本主义的某些元素，是一种务实的过渡，而非意识形态的否定。更重要的是，人们常常只从政治制度的角度分析中国，而忽略了文化。权力结构几经变迁，但儒家价值观和古代谚语却传承了数千年。“王道”——即道德权威凌驾于强制统治之上——等概念仍然根深蒂固。正因如此，认为中国试图“征服世界”的说法，更多地反映了西方的恐惧，而非中国的真实面貌。
正如一句古老的谚语所说：“至善如水。”（《道德经》）
水滋养万物，却不争强好胜，也不求支配。
它不征服，而是吸引、滋养，自然流动。
@TheRandomness-k8k
8天前
在英国人出现之前，中国就已经强大了几千年，更别提萌生跨越重洋建立美国的想法了。
@ktchong5800
3天前（已编辑）
你应该追求中国霸权。“儒家长和平”指的是中国、日本、朝鲜和其他东亚国家之间相对稳定、战争极少的时期，大致从唐朝（7世纪）到李清时期（17世纪）。（仅有的例外/中断是蒙古大军入侵和壬辰倭乱。）长和平主要依靠外交、贸易、文化规范和朝贡关系来维系，而非像欧洲那样依靠持续不断的军事冲突。长和平持续了约一千年，随着西方列强的到来和对东亚施加影响，逐渐走向终结。
@martinzhu7996
8天前
来自中国的爱
@soowzz1330
5天前
哇，你今天的妆容真漂亮。
@lemanlie4921
2天前
太棒了
@madmaxsaturn
12天前
妆容和发型都像极了“红毯”。汗流浃背的人说：“今天就到此为止吧。”
2
1
@hanahusky
9天前
我们是一家人
@westlifecarlos313
8天前
鞭辟入里，也很有优势，部分角度很新颖
@Raytracer96024
2天前
中国的胜利就是全球南方国家的胜利，也是全球和平的胜利?
@thatsnothowyousaymyname
12天前
我们现在在干嘛哈哈
@ronglin2335
2天前
漂亮的女孩，你的视频
@marcustruong
6天前前
真搞笑！
@wardmclaughlin2123
12天前
为什么说美国像条狗？因为它不仅能轻易舔到自己的蛋蛋，还喜欢在你脸上舔。（比如：那个橙色的。）真是绝了！但想到这个比喻，西方再次意识到中国在玩弄长远。在人类历史的大部分时间里，中国一直是全球强国，而美国却希望少数人暴富，自己人吃得饱，于是让中国加入了进来。他们真的又回来了！我记得看过一部关于毛泽东/共产主义的纪录片，里面讲到，艰苦的岁月和饥荒教会了中国人“吃苦”。他们很擅长这个。谢谢
@attrauesquidling4783
12 天前
我强烈认为，即使中国成为新的霸权领袖，美国也会无视事实，并试图蒙蔽西方，让他们相信事实并非如此。而且，中国自 2000 年代中期以来就一直在崛起，我猜是 2012 年及以后。
@santanismofficial
12 天前
你当时嗨到什么程度了？超爱这集
@Rock-hi5lo
6 天前
喜欢你的想法！如果你能让朋友给你的视频加上中文字幕，轻轻松松就能获得百万点击量。
@handaxia1251
9 天前
中国能像那样把总统和夫人从宫殿里偷走带回家吗？不可能！所以美国依然是第一。
@timothychung4811
4天前
我第一次见到美国人！
@demonseed360
7天前
这取决于你来自美国哪个地区。在我成长的学区，我们学到，作为美国人的一部分意味着要拥抱其他文化。小学时，为了庆祝六年级结束，我们做了一个大型项目，邀请艺术家来帮助我们制作不同文化的纸浆面具雕塑。高中时，我们举办文化节和聚餐。感恩节庆祝活动的一部分就是大家带来各自的传统菜肴并分享。我们庆祝彼此多元的文化背景。
想象一下，南方人对“伟大的美国人”的定义完全不同，这让我多么惊讶。
@williamhuaor
8天前
你说过人们应该让自己的生活经历变得有趣，这正是这个人应该做的。这种观点让我耳目一新。
@NobHillSF
8天前
祝您享用苹果茶
@koolapope
5天前
我由衷地希望中美两国能够选择合作而非对抗。历史表明，在中国最黑暗的时刻，尤其是在日本侵略时期，美国人民和美国政府向中国人民提供了切实的帮助，这一点永远不应被遗忘。
如今，世界面临着任何国家都无法单独解决的挑战——气候变化、公共卫生、技术责任和全球稳定。大国之间的冲突只会带来恐惧和分裂，而合作才能为子孙后代创造机遇。
中国不寻求取代任何国家，也不希望看到世界分裂成敌对阵营。大多数中国普通民众的愿望很简单：过上更好的生活，和平发展，为建设一个更加稳定繁荣的世界贡献力量。
相互尊重、坦诚面对历史、开展对话并非软弱的表现，而是唯一现实可行的前进道路。
1
@funghiman8492
7天前
17:15 无论是玩具、智能手机、平板电脑、游戏机，还是日常文具，很可能都会在某个地方留下“中国制造”的标记。
以前从没这么想过，但这确实解释了很多……
@Jackthecandlestick
4天前
看看今天发生了什么，美国经济下滑，中国最高官员突然泄露机密。这些叛徒真以为不会受到惩罚。
@jellydamgood
2天前
中国并没有试图称霸世界。
@yiowd.768 6天前
原谅卡莉吧
China Is the Global It-Girl Now
Jessica Burbank Jan 19, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAM3QABIGFQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3X0b_buJlE
我女儿在意大利上小学四年级，她们班的同学都特别喜欢中国，羡慕我女儿是中国人，会说中文，都喜欢和她玩。她班的一个同学还说，好希望自己是中国人，希望能去中国生活。这两年变化真是太大了！
I want to talk about China. I feel called to discuss China today for a few reasons. My social media is showing me a lot of people doing very Chinese things.
Um, apple tea being the biggest one, like bone apple tea. And it's people in America. I I want to say Americans, but people aren't saying American anymore.
They're saying usians, eions, kind of like Asians, but with a U. And it's because America is two continents. So we say Americans referring to people in the states, but really it's eions is what we're going to say now. I've decided. I don't like the pronunciation USen. That sounds ridiculous. It's going to be yuge. So all of these eions are posting their Asian tea. It's um apples.
Juju berries. I I thought Juju Bees was just a madeup thing. I thought it was a candy. It's a real thing that comes from the earth. And then there's goji berries in it. You boil the apples in the hot water and then you make this thing that you drink. They only drink warm water. They think that the reason we get sick so much in the US is because we drink cold water. So we have to drink the warm one now. And so everyone in the US is embracing Chinese culture. And it has me thinking, is this Chinese supremacy? Is this what it was like to live in other countries when America was becoming the it girl of the world? When I was in middle school, a new girl came from Albania and she was the coolest thing.
Everyone wanted to be like Flutra. She displaced the previous most popular girl. She was the fluter. And so we all followed her and wanted to be like her instead of it was like Shelby before that probably. I asked other people too.
I was like, "Obviously, she was the most popular girl in our middle school." And they were like, "No, I thought it was, you know, this other person. You don't even have the same perception of other people as to who the most popular people in school is." This was groundbreaking for me. I was like, I assumed the hierarchy was ingrained in all of us. But no, we all had different perceptions of who the most popular person was. And similarly, people probably feel the same way about China and the US fighting to be the hedgeimony. I know Russia feels a type of way about that, but basically this stuff, women in America are drinking it.
I've only ever seen women in America make a purchase, right? Korean skin care is a thing. French makeup is a thing. Italian leather, but this is just apples and water. This is a cultural practice. This is not a product you import from another country. Also, the hrase, I'm in a very Chinese time of my life. kids are saying it. The other thing, Chinese music, it's trending in the US. So, why are we aspirationally Chinese now? I think it's a sign that the shift toward Chinese hedgeimonyy is happening globally. Also, take a look at this video.
China is fully prepared to fight to the very end because the world is big enough that the United States is not the totality of the market in the world. So, if the United States wants to go in that direction of completely shutting itself out of the China market, be my guest. Yeah. And China will lose the US market, which as I've said is 15%. We don't care. We don't we don't care.
China has been here for 5,000 years. Most of the time, there was no United States and we survived. And if the United States wants to bully China, we will deal with the situation without the United States. and we expect to survive for another 5,000 years. He's dunking on us. Um, I don't even know what to say. He's in charge now. He China leads the world after this video. The only thing that we understand in America is when someone big dicks us. We only understand power when it's coming from someone who's a little bit aggressive and egotistical.
You can have every possible credential and for some reason in America that's not enough. You also have to walk with the confidence and talk with the ego that you're that guy. I understand it's a cultural thing. I moved to the Midwest. Being humble is a a big part of the culture here. It's a quiet confidence. You don't brag.
That's its own kind of, you know, big [ __ ] big ballsing. And so this guy talking to us like that at a time when our leader is embarrassingly incompetent, you're in charge now. China's in charge now. This is why people look up to China. We only understand aggressive authority. We only understand this kind of toxic paternalism.
Tell me you're in charge. I'll believe you. That's how Americans were taught to think. We don't all think like that. Some of us are enlightened or another term for it might be woke. But I think China is the new superpower. We used to not care what was going on in other countries. I remember when I was in college, there was this event where some women from India were coming to our campus to teach traditional Indian dance. I think they were doing a performance and there was going to be an interactive portion. No one wanted to go. One of my friends who's like a resident adviser was like, "No one signed up for this event. We felt bad.
We're let's go. Let's go learn. Who cares? Let's go embrace this thing that when are when else are we going to do this?" Right? So, we show up, five of us, like five of them. And they teach us the a whole dance routine. It was like a slumber party, right? It was a beautiful cultural exchange. And I think about why why wasn't anyone else wanting to go?
Why didn't any anyone else want to learn that? It's because Americans are like, "We're the best. Why would I learn anything else?" It's not right. You enrich your life from learning from other people's and and embracing other cultures. But if you're the best, why would you do that? That's kind of the American mentality. Not anymore. Now, we want to be Chinese a little bit. I tried to find a photo of us on that night and I went to this girl's Instagram page. We used to be super close. She has a baby now. Lots of baby photos. I'm scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. I'm years back and I accidentally tap a photo of of the baby. I almost liked it on accident.
Stalking someone's Instagram is one thing. Accidentally liking a baby photo. Getting caught stalking a baby photo, that's unacceptably weird behavior. Okay. I was like, you know what? I'm not going to look for this anymore. It's going to turn me into a weird person perceptively. I'm not creeping on babies. That's I can't believe that that's a thing people have to worry about. But nevertheless, the president's a pedophile. Another reason China is on the rise. When I was in South Africa, I studied abroad there in 2016. They had photos of Obama on their fridge. If you go to a black township outside of Cape Town, there's like their children's wedding photos and then Barack Obama magnets on the fridge and their whole stay. Um, they love the guy. That's a that's the impression America has on other countries that now I see China start having. But it it permeates, right? Other countries listen to American music, watch American TV, wear American clothes. There's always a little bit of aspirational western stuff abroad and it's because America made it that way. You know, it's why we got all the military bases. That's why the CIA's been busy for the past 50 years. You know, we wanted to be that. But China's doing it. Are they trying to do it? Probably.
I've never seen a commercial for Chinese food, but we always eat Chinese food. I saw that on my timeline the other day. that um I've never seen a commercial for Chinese food. Me either. That's crazy.
McDonald's, Arby's, American food has an annoying amount of advertising attached to it. China's just out there being great, letting the greatness speak for them. And now they have this guy talking his So, we're not stopping them.
No matter what, we're not stopping them. It was surprising to me though when I was living in another country how much America was looked to and seen as important. It was an election cycle also. I remember seeing a commercial for the Trevor Noah hosted daily show. It was advertised to to South Africans as a show for them. What's up with that? Right. It was like what's going on in the crazy United States? If you have this idiot, this idiot orange guy running for office saying god knows what. These stupid people have all the weapons. Thankfully, we have this guy from Zanzi to explain it all for us. I was like, this is how the daily show is advertised to South Africa as if it's made for them. I was like, damn. I felt bad. I felt like bad about who I am as an American. I was embarrassed a little bit. I was like, Imagine if they showed them my Jerry Springer. Anyway, American Politics was a a regular nightly show that played for South Africans. It's like reality TV politics for them. But even in South Africa, the food is a big thing. There was a McDonald's all over the place. KFC. One time I went to KFC at night for a little French fry and after a certain hour they shut the doors. You got to walk through the drive-thru. So, we're in line and this guy, he says, "You guys really shouldn't be here. This is a a black space. This is an African space and you shouldn't be here." My friend Hakan from Turkey starts speaking. They realize we're we're not South African Afric colonizers. We're visitors from other countries. We're foreign. I'm like I'm on your side if anything. Like I think you should own this land and and not the African Africconers. But um he didn't care about that. He was just like mad that we're at KFC, which is funny because Kentucky is in the United States.
So is it an African space? I wasn't ready to discuss that. We're in your country, you know what I mean? And so other people were like, "Hey man, they're not the people you think they are. These are Americans and Turkish people." Um, and so it actually ended up that that guy was one of the biggest organizers in South Africa, uh, youth political organizers, and like within one week had put on the largest university protests we had seen. So that was crazy. I was like, "Wow, I know that guy." You know, we're friends. We get food late night together. The interesting thing though is I was friends with a few white South Africans.
And one of them thought, and this is a real story. I don't believe in lying, making up stories for comedy. God bestows upon you life experiences. And if you cannot describe them in a way that makes them interesting and funny, that's on you. Okay? Don't make stuff up that's funny. You know what I mean? That's your responsibility to make it funny if it's not funny when it happens. But this one is funny as God told the tale. You know, he gives me life experiences with the hopes that I use them to bring other people joy. I feel this it sounds like a bad comedy scene, right? But it's real. And because it's real, it's funny. If it was written for a movie, wouldn't be funny. Anyway, a real person who grew up in South Africa believed that the KFC logo, Colonel Sanders face, was Nelson Mandela.
Because why else would this guy's face be plastered everywhere in the country? Imagine when he found out this was Colonel Sanders and it's Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC, KFC to ANC. I just don't even know how the connection was made. Also, what did he think Mandela looked like, right? He understood this when he was about a teenager, I think. And so, you know, kids believe a lot of stuff, but I always thought that was hilarious. So now I don't see the KFC logo the same. But think about how important American culture is for South Africans to think Colonel Sanders is Nelson Mandela, right? We're out there. We're about to have a Chinese version of that. Ma Mao is about to have his face on a Chinese food chain and someone's kid is going to think that that was Donald Trump. That's a horrible comparison. Mandela to Trump. I take it back. Although he does have a pretty pretty similar face shape. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I'm sorry to Nelson Mandela. God rest your soul. I can't even think of a better comparison. I'm not even going to try.
We're just going to let that go. We're going to move on. I'm not saying Chinese society is perfect. Okay? That's not what this is about. This is about the perception that I have as an active social media user. I see a lot of young people and I see young American women wanting to embrace Chinese culture and I think that's a sign of Chinese supremacy and it's not because the United States is worse than it ever has been before.
That's definitely not true. It's also not the case that China's the best country with no flaws. The problem is is that China's slowly been getting better while the United States got better and then started deteriorating rapidly. The bar is low. No society is perfect. But China seems to be doing better. And I think that's where this is coming from because when they banned Tik Tok, everyone went to Rednote, which is a company also owned by Bite Dance, the parent company of Tik Tok. So we said, "This app has similar functionality.
Let's go over there." We start seeing all these videos of people living life in China. We get curious, very curious.
We've never seen this before. It felt like exploring another dimension. I had no idea they had that beautiful architecture, clean streets, university is very inexpensive. They go to school for longer school days. That probably isn't fun. But I mean, what are you going to do at home anyway, right? Nothing good, nothing productive. Maybe the kids should be occupied. I don't know. But I I see this other way of living. We're talking about health care costs. There's a cultural exchange happening. And it left Americans longing for China. And it left the Chinese feeling grateful for where they are. And they're right to feel that way. And so China's strategy of do nothing and win.
It's really working. I think I I never aspired to be Chinese before. I was bullied for for being Chinese even though I'm not. Um, I was called Mulan by by a girl. She apologized for it, but I'm Slavic and Italian and a little Welsh. I'm not Chinese, but I was bullied for being Chinese. But who's winning now, Carly? I shouldn't I shouldn't say that. She did apologize and and I forgave her. But no amount of apple tea will get you on my level now.
Now that there's a new standard of beauty. Let me tell you something that maybe older generations don't understand. There's a reason China will win that is underappreciated and it's that the younger generations of Americans love China. China has psychologically imprinted on us in a way that's irreversible. I fear. Picture it. You're an American child. You get in trouble for something. Your parents are stressed. They can't pay the bills.
They're taking it out on you. There's not going to be an apology or an explanation. You're going to get sent to your room teareyed with a hurting heart because the person that's supposed to make you feel safe and protected and the world is angry at you and the world. And so you get sent to a room for a while to play by yourself. And what do you do? You grab a toy. And what does the toy say on it? It says made in China.
When no one was there for you. China was there for you. China was there for me. I love China. Why wouldn't I love China? I have nothing but positive associations with China. Deeply ingrained in my psyche. So, you can imagine when I started hearing China's going to become the world power. China's on the rise.
All of this stuff. When you grow up, China's going to be so important. I was like, I know. China's everything to me. They've made everything. thing I love and enjoy. So, I'm not sure if we're ever going to be able to tell the American children that China's bad. I literally got a pink Nintendo DS for my 13th birthday and got a a game to learn Chinese to learn Mandarin. Okay. I didn't learn that much because I have I was not diagnosed with ADHD. But if you gave me a pill and you sat me down with that game, I'd be fluent. But it wasn't in the cards for me, so I never learned Chinese. But but maybe I will now. Also, Chinese food, it's good. There's not a single kid that was disappointed when it was time to order Chinese food. They all had something they liked on the menu. We've all had a Chinese restaurant. I've been in many small towns in America. Most of them have a Chinese restaurant. You can't you can't compete with that. So yeah, America led to its own demise.
China was like, I'm going to do me. That is the right strategy. If I had to explain it in terms of hiphop, rap, beef, China is 50 Cent. And the United States is diddy. And the documentary is about to drop. That's the global hedgeimony situation. When I was leaving grad school, I had this guy like, "Oh yeah, I really want to make sure you land somewhere good." And there was nowhere really that I wanted to go. I was like, "No one's making good policy in the United States. Why would I go work for Deote?" You know, just funnel money out of the public budget to pay consultants to use AI to make slide decks. I don't want to be a part of the consultant industrial complex that runs the American government. So, I I ventured to do something different. and he said, "How about I get you a interview with Graham Ellison's office?
You're going to do the application process where you write a memo for Graham." Who is Graham? Graham is a scholar who invented this thing called the Thusid Thusidities trap, which is when a rising power and a ruling power inevitably end up at war. Because whenever there's been a world hedgeimonyy and another one comes to surpass it in like nine out of 10 times there's a war and Thusidities was I believe an author that wrote about the the Spartan Sparta Athens beef dispute and so Graham Allison wanted to find a way to avoid war with China. What is the path? How do we get beyond this? As the US is the rising or the existing hegeimon and China is the rising power.
How do we not have war with China? And I was basically like, we have to lock in. We have to have laws that allow corporations to pay people a fair wage. That not allow but enforce corporations to share their profits with the people. We have to make the United States an enjoyable place to live. We can't have it be a situation where if you're born in a poor family, it doesn't matter what kind of accolades you have, talents, skills, inventive potential, you are stuck in a poor family. That's the reality of most people in the United States. Social mobility is abysmal and that is an issue that economic justice laws can fix. If we want to compete with China, we have to let the poor thrive.
Needless to say, I didn't get hired because that is not how people who are professors at Harvard and friends with Henry Kissinger think about the world. Go figure. And now I'm in a very Chinese time of my life, and I'm okay with it. I'm okay with it. So, I just wanted to talk about that. I'm seeing the early signs of Chinese supremacy. China's becoming what America once was to the world culturally in terms of pop culture and I'm kind of down to assimilate a little a little bit a little bit of assimulation assimilation with China.
Tastes delicious. I made the apple tea. That's what I've been drinking for the China video. Drinking the apple tea. So, it's good. And uh you should try too. Go China. Like we can all be friends. That's my take. Thanks for watching.
Love you.
474 Comments
@stephenc6955
9 days ago
Mainstream Media deceived us about China and other countries. This is our revolt against the lies
@TheMichel200504
8 days ago
have been to China 2 times last year. spent over 20 days altogether, I finally figured out the average Chinese don't really care about what is going on within USA, they just want to enjoy their life.
@TinaGKona66
10 days ago
You really should go to China to visit. You will love it. China doesn’t want to dominate the world, China just want to take care of their citizens because it is not easy to do for 1.4 billion people, four times more than US and have less resources than US. They want to choose their own way to manage their country and they don’t need other countries to tell them how to be Chinese.
@twood2032
9 days ago
I don’t think China is trying to run the world. It mainly wants to trade and deal with other countries on a basis of mutual respect. The US does the opposite, if a country doesn’t like it or goes against its interests, the US tries to pressure it, interfere, or change its government until it falls back in line. China's approach is basically, if you don’t like us, that’s fine, come back when you’re ready to do business. After 5 thousand years of history, China understands power and patience. The US, by comparison, often acts like a kid with a loaded gun, lots of power, not much restraint.
139
6 replies
@chiriko7335
8 days ago
"China is slowly getting better" just casually pulling off the fastest economic growth and miracle in all of human history
@FromChaos2Cosmos
12 days ago
“ if we want to compete with China, we have to let the poor thrive” and that right there tells you why the US is going down lol
@walterlippmann4361
11 days ago
The myth of American exceptionalism shuts them out of learning from other cultures lol
@bryanfullerton2008
11 days ago
Incredible work. Looking forward to the Chinese EVs we’ll be getting soon here in Canada.
165
3 replies
@SicMundus24
9 days ago
I'm German but I kinda want to be Chinese, i love China
125
6 replies
@jascforfun7576
9 days ago
China isn't interested in hegemony. You do you, I'll do me. If you want, lets trade. If you attack me, I'll fyou up but lets live in peace. That's their philosophy. China isn't interest in domination, which is what hegemony is, they are intersted in harmony.
@wataric1600
7 days ago
China doesn't want to be a hegemon. It's burdensome. Not worth it.
It just wants to be left alone n not be bullied, n trade w d world. No. America just wouldn't leave her alone. It just had to bully her. It's like a gangster.
51
@X-jj9zs
11 days ago
i am american an have been checking out tons of cool stuff on China i never knew about! it made me realize they are living in the future and we are living in the past!
136
7 replies
@badeline562
9 days ago
I'm feeling very Chinese recently
55
@coolwalk11
9 days ago (edited)
China does things differently it’s a shame that America doesn’t understand the pragmatism of doing things different. Apple understands China and collaborates while all American politicians talk about is smearing China with non-sense allegations under the fake guise of western democracy hypocrisy and shameful double standards.
39
1
@silferbuu86
9 days ago
This has been a very Chinese time in my life even though I'm already Chinese
18
@walhdamaskus2408
10 days ago
Its sign of rebellion against america deep state oligarchs.
29
@joeyp1927
10 days ago
It's appropriate that you mention social mobility because the concept originated in China 2,500 years ago with Confucius, who said that "if the sons of kings and emperors lack quality, they should be demoted the level of the peasants. And if peasants have quality, they should be elevated to the ranks of the rulers." Education, he believed, would propel this meritocracy: "In education, there should be no class distinctions," he insisted. In the early centuries A.D., this meritocracy was institutionalized in the imperial civil service exams, which were open to rich and poor alike. Passing the exam made one qualified for lucrative government positions. Benjamin Franklin spoke approvingly of this institution, which he called a system of "ascending merit," contrasting it with the "descending merit" of European aristocracy. In the mid 1800s, the British learned of this exam system through viceroys stationed in China, and soon modeled their newly-conceived civil service on China's "Mandarin" system. The concept of using standardized measures to assign power and position then made its way throughout Europe and then the Americas, eventually replacing landed privilege with social mobility.
38
2 replies
@LostChildOfTime
12 days ago
I’ma need you to vlog a trip to China.
57
2 replies
@BlackDogMizukage
12 days ago
turning [Chinese], I think I’m turning [Chinese], I really think so
44
3 replies
@Zimx02
12 days ago
That's crazy. This white girl thought that people pay attention to the US because they thought the US was the "it" girl, and not because it's the empire that inspired the Death Star threatening everyone's lives and well-being. This is why China won't save us.
17
@seatopiascuba3540
12 days ago
Just when it’s too much, Jessica Burbank appears, thank you for granting some sanity and goodness to the world. Keep the Show rolling!
30
@Qwezzz-k8w
6 days ago
China has a Renaissance going on right now! You should visit. And I am so floored listening to you Jessica! Wow, I am an older Chinese American woman…you brought tears to my eyes. Cuz I do love China. been there a few times. And I am very proud I have stayed proud of my ancestry! You are super and aware…not just China is trending. But I feel you understand and dig deeper than the average and could say what you say! The west cannot stay forever hegemonic, arrogant and ignorant of other parts of the world as equal! I applaud any body who is interested in China. Do read up its road to socialism as well. China works because it is truly interested in make progress for its people. And staying sovereign! And its beautiful civilization is full of arts, creativity and wisdom ! Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Peace and Love to you!
30
1
@Aladjinnx3
8 days ago
I first went to China in 2018, it has been on a slow rise. I’m loving every moment of others finally seeing and appreciating China.
11
1
@roastpork5437
9 days ago (edited)
Fresh jujubes are delicious and have so much nutritional value. They're like tiny apples, but less tangy.
22
@shabao
9 days ago
I think that only by going to China and experiencing it firsthand can one better understand what it means to be Chinese.
14
@garethl738
3 days ago (edited)
I’ve been to China >20 times mainly for business since 2003. I love that country. I’ve even been taking Chinese lessons to say at least a few things in Chinese to my Chinese coworkers to show them respect and appreciation.
The love I get back in return from them is really gratifying.
9
@joeyp1927
10 days ago
"Chinese time of my life" is nothing new, really. The trend first took off in the 1600s when fine art and texts began arriving in Europe en masse, fueling a craze for Chinese culture and philosophy. Leibniz, the German philosopher and mathematician who invented calculus, once joked that he should hang a sign on his door reading, "Dept of Oriental Studies," as he spent much of his time studying philosophers like Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu and ancient Chinese mathematics. Voltaire, the French satirist, praised China's system of morality rooted in rational, secular values, contrasting this with the European system based on dogmatic religion. Ben Franklin was a lifelong Sinophile, writing a book called "The Morals of Confucius"; he experimented with silkmaking and improved on a Chinese central heating method, but regretted never traveling to China: "If he were a young man, he should like to go to China," he wrote. Chinoiserie, a form of interior design and architecture inspired by Chinese art, was all the rage in Europe in the 1700s and 1800s. Back in America, the homes of well-to-do Americans like George Washington were filled with Chinese porcelain, wallpaper, furniture, and of course tea. So, the fascination with things Chinese is kind of the norm; we're just coming back to it!
Great video, btw. No, it was not a chaotic discussion at all. I love your stream-of-consciousness, eclectic but candid takes on the world and current events!
66
3 replies
@zyguit
12 days ago
One day I will have a Chihuahua named Colonel Nelson Mandela Sanders
23
1
@OGderkface
12 days ago
we need to socialize healthcare, housing, and access to food and education
46
12 replies
@shineluvslambiel
1 day ago
China doesn’t want a hegemony, they want a multipolar world.
1
@maisondav1d
9 days ago
Victor Gao's "we don't care" always makes me laugh
6
@chromehuman
12 days ago
Thanks Ka! A huge irony is that China never forgets the historic lessons from their “Century of Humiliation,” while Trump ignores history, bringing back the policies that failed the US a century ago. And now handing global influence to China by ending USAID. What older generations thought was bad about China, Trump is bringing to the USA: a MAGA Cultural Revolution. Rewarding snitching on woke professors and abortions. Palantir surveillance of citizens. ICE as new Red Guards. A state-run economy. When do we get our Trump MAGA little Red Books?
20
5 replies
@KenLau-x1z
8 days ago
A major perception West has on China is that it wants to be a hegomany. This is never a Chinese thing and not in our DNA. We always believe and want cooperation and respect for one another. Win win is Chinese culture thinking. But West always think China will be like them and try to control anb bully the world. Just look into China's 5000 year history. We have always kept to ourselves while trading and strongly believe each country is responsible for running their own sovereign country without outside pressure or influence.
10
1
@YoonJintae98
2 days ago
I'm SKorean and have always hated China due to propaganda, it was such a weird realization when I found out how little we know about them as our neighbor until I visited 2 years ago for the first time. After the trip I tried to share with my friends how good it was but no one actually wanted to hear. Anyway I gave up, but secretly been saving money for the next trip again.
5
1
@John-yx6yz
9 days ago (edited)
China and the US are like Yin and Yang. US is loud, arrogant and physical and tells everyone how exceptional he is. China's more like the nerd that reads every book and is pretty good at math. He gets all the homework done and quietly builds robots in his bedroom. China doesn't want to be the hegemon, it's sailed the world long before Christopher Columbus and has never occupied land beyond it's shores.
8
1
@Egal0190
9 days ago (edited)
Maybe i just don't grasp the words "supremacy" and "hegemony" correctly, as English is not my first language, but i think they are inadequate to describe China. Those terms are imperial terms, the intention to subdue foreign lands, to gain control over their people and their resources.
China has no such intentions. They always ask for trade and win-win cooperations. They don't use the imperialists tools of NATO countries of coercion, starving sanctions, bombing campaigns, invasions, coups, assassinations, which would justify the term supremacy/hegemony.
They just develop themselves and develop anyone else who is willing to partner with them. To call them hegemonic is more like imperialist projection, because Western analysts can't imagine that others don't have the intention to maximize exploitation for exclusive wealth. China is about common prosperity, not exclusive prosperity.
Telling from this video, Jessica doesn't have that hostile mindset of Western analysts, so i assume she meant the terms more like China being the most advanced region without the violent implications of imperialist supremacy/hegemony. Although as far as i understand them, those terms are always hostile and based on competition for exclusive benefit.
11
1
@chazzerau
1 hour ago
Mesmerizingly Captivating - keep going
@Hystericall
8 days ago
Lol, you made me smile. The thing with China is that they've been the advanced civilization for the 4800 out of the last 5000 years. It is simply reversion to the mean. Americans need to know the history. China was 30-40% of world GDP in 1800, and then the UK and the West came and waged the Opium wars which destroyed their country and cut it up to pieces for a hundred years. US marines were still patrolling the Yangtze river as late as 1940. China only recovered once Mao threw out all the invading colonials in 1949. I expect a cultural renaissance that will blind the world in the coming years from China. They are super creative and aesthetic people. Easy to deal with, just treat with mutual respect and trust.
17
@tomrestajr
5 days ago
2:50 I had an English translation of the analects of Confucius in 1998. I had read the Tao Te Ching before '02. (Which was a lot easier for me to understand and try to apply to my life) I was reading the Little Zen Companion (some Chinese Buddhist quotes had to be in there) in '96. And I was eating "Chinese" food before all that. And it is true, it's delicious.
5
@haiwattage
5 days ago (edited)
China at Davos positioned itself as a reliable partner, and met with ASEAN to basically say "we know y'all hate us but we're the asshole you know and not as erratic". Canada at Davos both made a deal with China and rallied the middle powers to keep US and China in check.
A few fact checks:
The guy at 4:30 is Victor Gao. He was President Deng Xiaoping's translator during China's opening period, and now a foreign relations strategist for Xi.
RedNote is not owned by ByteDance (14:52), it's owned by Xingin Information Technology, a completely separate and private company
Also, don't boil apples with your tea, boil the water than put the apple in to steep. The whole "hot water" thing doesn't mean hot tap water either, it means boiled and filtered cold water that has cooled down
Source: I'm a Chinese immigrant
2
@Strawrbearry
9 days ago
I'm 66 days into my duolingo for Mandarin. I'm locked into this very Chinese time of my life.
32
@miahorg
12 days ago
Dream blunt rotation right here
4
@mysticaleagle1625
12 days ago
Not only is the content of this video excellent, your ability to tell a story is also. Very reminiscent of Jean Shepard.
5
@yongga-l7e
8 days ago
You're incredible. The makeup and styling are great, but your perspective is what really shines.
2
@ColeHons
11 days ago
Love this! Thx Ka
3
@wenerjy
8 days ago
XHS is actually a competitor to Bytedance, you were thinking of Lemon8, which is a XHS-clone that Bytedance also owns that competes with XHS.
5
1
@EricLi-z5o
8 days ago
Congratulations! Your video on Bilibili has already been viewed by 50,000 people, and many have given your viewpoints positive feedback. You are welcome to visit China for a tour. From another perspective, you can experience how a country with a different culture from the United States perceives the world.
3
@Hiddenuser713
2 days ago
Jessica, you may consider visiting China and even teaching English in China. People there will love you! You are so pretty, kind, nice, smart, realistic, honest, and compassinate.
3
@林北就是唱秋
1 day ago
Thanks for sharing
Best regards from China
Enjoy a happy weekend
2
@AntLovesChips
12 days ago
JB has that good bud.
9
1
@steves-machines
11 days ago (edited)
Burbank. Our only hope is the Black Panthers and/or BATMAN. I finally subscribed.
3
@FromChaos2Cosmos
12 days ago
Recently in my area they have been playing Panda Express commercials that have a message of… elderly women taking care of you by feeding you their takeout
2
@andrewlau9873
6 hours ago
Jessica, I totally enjoyed watching your video. I must say that you scared the daylight out of me suggesting that the Americans kids would think Mao picture is Donald Trump.
@tkam9
9 days ago
China bans Only Fan!! Let that sink in. LOL!
5
1
@MartinLoo-l1b
2 days ago
@loganlee9593
8 days ago
14:49 Rednote's parent company is not ByteDance, but rather Xingyin Information Technology.They are business competitors.
2
@guoli2199
2 hours ago
Great video, hi from China
Saw you on Bilibili
Btw, I’m drowning in your voice
@maxnoit3869
5 days ago
You really look like an Eurasian - a beautiful mix of European and Asian. Be proud of it!
1
@junli6065
9 days ago
Victor Gao is really something
4
1
@nickylee1024
2 hours ago
Talking about the commercials, McDonald's, KFC also do huge amount of commercials in China, but we rarely see any commercials of Chinese restaurants, not even the top tier one. We believe word of mouth is the best way to share and review food and restaurants.
@lzeng78
1 day ago
赞
@G-spot09x
7 days ago
You are GREAT!!!
@ionsilver557
11 days ago
1:07 A not-that-fun fact: The modern Chinese habit of drinking hot water isn't actually that ancient. It stems from the early 1950s, when the government launched the "Patriotic Health Campaign." Boiling water before drinking was promoted as a very simple and effective method of sterilization. The government initiated this nationwide movement because, at the time, the U.S. military was suspected of using biological weapons during the Korean War.
5
2 replies
@avil8686
2 days ago
Btw rednote not owned by byte dance
@shaunnarine3974
3 days ago
Hi! Just found this. Very interesting. One thing I would say is that China has "gotten better" very, very quickly. China ten years and certainly 30 years ago is vastly, vastly different than it is today. 800 million people have been raised out of poverty. The technology and the deliberate govt policy of spreading wealth among the population stands in contrast to what the US has become.
1
@bigheadrhino
9 days ago
Hitorically… China has done most of its expansion by being conquered and then assimilating the conquering peoples through the appeal of it’s culture…. Are we watching this happen in real time?
5
3 replies
@Arnoldyt200346
1 day ago
Love the channel and your coverage across a wide range of issues—big fan of your work.
On the topic of Americans’ limited interest in the world outside the U.S., contrasted with the global acceptance of American culture (celebrity, music, food, and arts), I believe this imbalance stems less from public disinterest and more from structural limits on media exposure in the United States—despite freedom of the press existing on paper.
For example, during U.S.–China negotiations over China’s WTO accession under the Clinton administration, the U.S. demanded China adopt U.S. FDA food safety standards, rather than follow importing-country regulations. The U.S. also required China to open its film market to American movies, while rejecting reciprocal access for Chinese films. The final agreement capped Chinese movie imports into the U.S. at just five per year.
More broadly, the U.S. applies the Foreign Agents Registration Act in ways that effectively restrict or ban Chinese and Russian media, while simultaneously funding overseas media outlets through USAID at a cost of over $500 million annually. Meanwhile, China allows Voice of America broadcasts, but the U.S. prohibits Chinese broadcasters.
Historically, Americans have shown strong interest in other cultures—from Indian cuisine and Japanese food to Tibetan Buddhism in the 1990s. The issue is not cultural intolerance. Rather, much of the world has open access to American culture, while Americans are often shielded from foreign perspectives, creating a kind of cultural cocoon reinforced by the message that “we don’t need to look outward.”
Social media platforms like TikTok and Xiaohongshu have begun to crack that cocoon—and many Americans are starting to notice.
We are told we have the right to defend ourselves—even to bear arms against government tyranny—yet any resistance involving law enforcement, regardless of whether an officer’s actions are lawful, is treated as absolutely impermissible. We are told we have a right to due process, but exercising it often requires years of time and resources, enough to destroy a career and cause financial ruin long before justice is reached.
We are told we have freedom of speech, yet the information environment is saturated with false narratives, misinformation, and disinformation, to the point where free speech no longer reliably surfaces truth. At the same time, governments work quietly with social media platforms to enforce “corporate” censorship under the banner of community standards.
We are told we have a free market, yet governments freely subsidize favored industries in the name of “economic growth” or ban products under the justification of “national security.”
Taken together, these rights and freedoms are presented with built-in conditions—legal, economic, and institutional “catches”—that make them difficult, costly, or risky to actually exercise. The result is a system where rights exist in principle, but are often constrained in practice.
Hence the paradoxes and ironies. The United States may be the country with the most freedoms enshrined on paper, yet Americans are often among the least exposed to the rest of the world. Is that truly a failure of the American people—or are they, to some extent, victims of a carefully constructed illusion of freedom?
@China-bizvalueinstories
3 days ago
Love this video and Jessica loads! Saw this in Chinese SM and that has led me here.
@nickm455
12 days ago
Chinese food is advertised in every tv show, they always get take out. Its sneaky
3
1
@dragicadjuric3635
21 hours ago
This girl doesn't go through life with closed eyes,that's for sure. She looks around and she's seeing what's happening around her. I think she's absolutely spot on about China.
@matan.saster
12 days ago
Burbank is so fucking funny.
2
@lukehenderson5097
12 days ago
As a euroid, im looking forward to American decline. We'll get Cuban lung cancer cures, Iranian engineers who have been force to think about problems without access to global supply lines educating our kids, and the Chinese version of abundance, where oversupply meets people's needs. The years between will probably be rough though.
20
1
@gelinrefira
2 days ago
You can only fool all the people some of the time. The truth about China cannot be covered up forever.
@caneestudio
3 days ago
@RuizheZhao3564
8 days ago
great work, greeting from china!
@junoleung4818
3 hours ago
I’m from Guangzhou, China. Dear beautiful lady, you’re truly gorgeous and charming, and I really like you. You speak so well and objectively. China will keep getting better and keep striving to advance the world together. You’re welcome to visit China!
@halsonli7315
3 days ago
After 20+ years in the UK, I’ve grown used to mainstream media reducing China to a “threat” or a simplistic label of “communism,” while rarely questioning how Western democracy often concentrates real power in the hands of the top 1%. We celebrate freedom of speech, yet on war, genocide, healthcare, education costs, public safety, or inequality, most people have little influence over outcomes. You can protest and petition, but the system remains untouched.
As a Chinese person who arrived in the UK as a teenager, I always found it odd how casually China is called “communist.” Growing up in Chinese state schools, we were taught clearly that China is a socialist country with Chinese characteristics. “Pure” communism which is absolute equality and shared ownership, was understood to have failed early on. Socialism, including elements of capitalism, was a pragmatic transition, not ideological denial. More importantly, China is often analysed only through political systems, not culture. Power structures have shifted many times, but Confucian values and ancient proverbs have endured for thousands of years. Concepts like “Wang Dao”-The Way of the King - moral authority over coercive dominance - remain deeply embedded. That’s why the idea that China is trying to “take over the world” says more about Western fears than about Chinese reality.
As one of the ancient proverbs:“The highest good is like water.” (Dao De Jing)
Water benefits all things without competing or seeking dominance.
It does not conquer-it attracts, nurtures, and flows naturally.
1
@TheRandomness-k8k
8 days ago
China was great for thousands of years before the British were even around to spawn the idea crossing the ocean to form of the United States.
2
@ktchong5800
3 days ago (edited)
You should want China Supremancy. The "Confucian Long Peace" refers to the era of relative stability and minimal warfare between China, Japan, Korea, and other East Asian states, roughly from the Tang dynasty (7th century) through the early Qing (17th century). (The only exceptions/interruptions were the Mongol horde invasion and the Imjin War.) The Long Peace was maintained largely through diplomacy, trade, cultural norms, and tributary relations, rather than constant military conflicts that were the norm in Europe. The Long Peace lasted about a millennium, gradually ending as Western imperial powers arrived and began exerting influence in East Asia.
2
@martinzhu7996
8 days ago
love from China
@sd2wwas
4 days ago
在中国，不可能会有穷人会饿死或者被政府斩杀，但是就是学习学的太累了因为中国人口太多了，但是我们生活的非常安稳，安定
2
@soowzz1330
5 days ago
Wow, your makeup looks really beautiful today.
1
1
@lemanlie4921
2 days ago
amazing teority
1
@madmaxsaturn
12 days ago
The makeup and hair are saying "red carpet." The sweats are saying "done for the day. "
2
1
@hanahusky
9 days ago
We family
@westlifecarlos313
8 days ago
鞭辟入里, 也很客观, 部分角度很新颖
@Raytracer96024
2 days ago
A victory for China is a victory for global South and a victory for global peace ?
@thatsnothowyousaymyname
12 days ago
What are we doing right now lol
1
@ronglin2335
2 days ago
beautiful girl，your video
@marcustruong
6 days ago
Funny!
@wardmclaughlin2123
12 days ago
Why is America like a dog? Because not only can it lick its balls easily, but loves to do it in your face. (ie: the orange one). Exceptional! But with that image in mind, the west is again realising that China plays the long game. They've been global powers for most of humanity, and thru America's desire that a few get rich, and we get fat, let China in. They are seriously back in the game! I remember a MaoCommunist doc where the hard years and starvation taught the Chinese to 'eat misery'. They're good at it. Thx JB
1
@attrauesquidling4783
12 days ago
I have a strong idea that even if China becomes the new hegemonic figure head America will ignore and gaslight the west into believing other wise plus China has been on this rise since the mid 2000s my guess 2012 and on
2
@santanismofficial
12 days ago
How high were you? Loved this episode
1
@Rock-hi5lo
6 days ago
Love your way of thinking! If you could have your friends add Chinese subtitles to your video, if can easily get a million views.
@handaxia1251
9 days ago
Can China steal a President and his wife from his palace and bring them home just like that? no way! so Murrica still numba 1.
3
@timothychung4811
4 days ago
My first time seeing Usianans!
@demonseed360
7 days ago
Depends on the part of country you're from. In my school district growing up, we learned that part of being American meant embracing other cultures. In elementary school, to celebrate the end of 6th grade we did this huge project where artists came and helped us make Papier-mâché sculptures of masks from different cultures. In high school we had culture fairs and potlucks. Part of out thanksgiving celebration involved people bringing their traditional dishes and sharing them. We celebrated our diverse backgrounds.
Imagine my surprise that people from the south had a completely different perception of what being a "great American" meant.
@williamhuaor
8 days ago
You said that people should make their own life experiences interesting, which is what this person should do. This viewpoint is refreshing to me.
@NobHillSF
8 days ago
Enjoy your apple tea
@koolapope
5 days ago
From the bottom of my heart, I truly hope that China and the United States can choose cooperation over confrontation. History shows that in China’s darkest moments, especially during the Japanese invasion, the American people and the U.S. government offered real help to the Chinese people, and that should never be forgotten.
Today, the world is facing challenges that no country can solve alone — climate change, public health, technological responsibility, and global stability. Conflict between major powers only brings fear and division, while cooperation creates opportunities for future generations.
China does not seek to replace anyone, nor does it wish to see the world divided into hostile camps. What most ordinary Chinese people want is simple: to live better lives, to develop peacefully, and to contribute to a more stable and prosperous world.
Mutual respect, historical honesty, and dialogue are not signs of weakness — they are the only realistic path forward.
1
@EduardoRodriguez-du2vd
12 days ago
@funghiman8492
7 days ago
17:15 be it a toy, a smart phone, a tablet, a gaming console, or heck just some everyday stationary, chances are it would have the made in China marking on it somewhere.
Never thought it in this way, but it is explaining a lot...
@Jackthecandlestick
4 days ago
Look at whats happening today US is down and suddenly Chinas top official is leaking secrets. These betrayers really think there is no karma.
@jellydamgood
2 days ago
China isnt trying for hegemony tho.
1
@yiowd.768
6 days ago
Forgive Carly, Jessica.
@yjw-m9b
8 days ago
妆容很漂亮，保持微笑更美丽，少抬额头
@thedepthandbreadthofseth
9 days ago
I was very confused what an "IT girl" was.
@Ashdad99
12 days ago
Im in residential construction and I worked for a small company that was owned and operated by a black guy and his son (im white) whom i love and respect immensely. 90 percent of his business was in the black neighborhoods and 1 out of 4 customers houses had a picture of Obama hanging on the wall. I of course wanted to say Obama wasn't a great man but wouldn't dare. Also it amazed me how welcoming and appreciative black folks are when working for compared to most white customers. The Obama love always blew my mind though
1
@honesty_-no9he
4 days ago (edited)
Hot water is better. Warm water is dangerous. Tea should be HOT!
@wingzhang1380
8 hours ago
It's okay... I've quietly watched various media fabricate lies for more than ten years. China is collapsing, evil, absurd, has no human rights, lives like beasts, and is full of danger, yet this kind of China always poses a threat to the world... I just didn't expect things to change so quickly. I thought it would take at least another ten years of lies and deception for it to go bankrupt.
@MandT-q7w
8 days ago
We humans are important that all,that is what was taught for thousands of years in China
@seimeiqingqingqing6003
7 days ago
All in all apple tea is amazing my mom still makes it during the winter and it’s the only thing I drink in her house when I visit
@verarose1652
4 days ago
china is 50 cent, america is diddy has got to be the funniest analogy lmao
@ruipengli3969
6 days ago
As a chinese i appreciate the honesty and humor
@sght6012
5 days ago
Over the decades, the mainstream media has morphed into a propaganda wing of the US. The hypocrisy is stunning. While criticizing China's restriction on social media, the US does the same but covertly. We learn from Musk when he took over Twitter that their content moderation team was working in partnership with the FBI, not for the common good, but to suppress reports of Hunter Biden's criminal activities. So while members of Congress goes bonkes on China, the US does the same but secretly. It's all Rule of Law, US style.
@rickaliwalas7998
6 days ago
She was the fluture
@StormLee-ew2sp
4 days ago
I just watched your video in our platform in China, sounds great indeed. BTW,some comments in our side are pretty interesting, like you are beautiful like a combination of one Chinese super female movie star and another Chinese actress with gorgeous faces From my perspective, you look amazing and your voice of Accent sounds comfortable to me.
@?.CL-x2q
2 days ago
China's strength is for the benefit of humanity, and China's strength is for the human community. China will surely triumph and become even stronger.
@paperkittycat8091
5 days ago
哈哈哈
@tatiana4192
4 days ago
No hegemons, Multipolar-multinodal time. Ok, tripolar for the time beeing
@vadathai406
5 days ago
ain't just the women...
@yiluis1316
4 days ago
17:00 China democratized luxury and took all the contamination consequences that led products be affordable for the rest of the world. Some people have no idea how much poverty they lifted by just doing that, nationally and internationally, directly or indirectly. And the best part is that they're consistently trying to do commerce, not going around the globe with a stick in hand when they gained military power.
1
@N0tEnuffMana
12 days ago
Since Trump is God-Emperor of the US, we have to decide Xi Xinping's status. Here are the options I have come up with; Ethereal Supreme, Celestial Dragon Emperor, God-Emperor of the East, or Inheritor of Heaven and Earthly Demiurge.
