I Saw How China Is Preparing for a Post-Western World 🇨🇳 (America Falling Behind)
I went behind the scenes in China to see how they’re preparing for a changing world. From infrastructure and technology to long-term planning, what I saw surprised me. This isn’t about politics — it’s about what’s being built for the future, and why many Americans may not realise what’s coming. 🇨🇳
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September 2025 | Vlog 562 | Tianjin, China
13/34 Province
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42 Comments
Independent from the west. About time… Can't work with them because they want China to be subservient to them like the other 3 Asian countries.
Lenovo needs to stop using Microsoft!
Need more protein,mean food and breakfast
Truth is the most importen thing ❤
I have never been to China but what I can see is they have developed a system the west can not compete with. All I can say is well done to them.
There is nothing new about waste to power. There is a huge plant 5 miles from me in Runcorn. It's a common technology in the west
If U r at Chengdu, U have to go to see the SanXingDui Museum to see the strange ancient relics.
If you really look at history the trouble makers have always been the US and Europe. Its time for the west to fall or get out of the way. You are the global minority. Its time the global majority stand up. The US will fall and given its disgusting history domestically and globally i say it's well deserved. Good riddance
Lizzy is there as well !
You guys did a really great job to show the world what's been going on in China , well done 👍🏻
i remember when you had only 50 subscribers because i was the 50th person to subbed. you have grown so fast.
how is liz dating? is she a lesbian?
✨What a coincidence……I'm watching you guys on my new Lenovo laptop, I LOVE IT !!! 💙
When will you come to Qingdao, Shandong? It has quite distinctive local customs here.
18:40 the staff lady just my type lol.
I live in the uk people over here believed on western media propaganda about other countries.
Guys, the subway is much quicker and cheaper than taxis, and as well you should show your visitors it as part of their China experience.
Watching from London on my LENOVO Laptop, connected via the 5G hotspot on my POCO (Xiaomi) phone.
Below is a rewritten geopolitical analysis essay, structured, analytical, and depersonalized, while preserving the core arguments and strategic logic of the original text.
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A Geopolitical Analysis of Moral Selectivity, Power Hierarchies, and Alliance Fragility
Historical accountability and contemporary geopolitics are often entangled, yet selective moral reasoning continues to undermine the credibility of international discourse. Attempts to relativize or soften universally condemned atrocities—such as the crimes against humanity committed during World War II—tend to collide with both historical consensus and shared ethical baselines. Efforts to rehabilitate wartime collaborators or aggressors, regardless of rhetorical sophistication, rarely succeed in altering long-standing narratives rooted in collective memory and international norms. Strategic opportunism driven solely by short-term gain should not be confused with farsighted statecraft; moral incoherence ultimately erodes legitimacy rather than enhancing strategic autonomy.
This moral inconsistency is not confined to historical debates. In contemporary leadership, the absence of principled consistency often manifests in governance that prioritizes expediency over credibility. Over time, citizens and external partners alike internalize such signals. When genuine crises emerge, loyalty becomes transactional rather than intrinsic, as individuals and states default to self-interest. Alliances built on rhetoric rather than trust tend to falter under stress, revealing the limits of leadership that fails to align words with responsibility.
The Ukraine conflict illustrates this dynamic vividly. Despite significant sacrifice and resistance, Ukraine’s strategic value to its principal backer has proven conditional rather than absolute. Statements by U.S. leadership framing Ukraine as lacking “leverage” underscore a realist calculus that prioritizes power balance over moral commitment. This approach has also strained transatlantic relations, exposing asymmetries within alliances that were previously framed as value-based partnerships.
From a Russian perspective, Ukraine’s post-Soviet independence was never equated with unlimited strategic latitude. While Moscow accepted Ukrainian statehood, it did not concede the legitimacy of Ukraine aligning militarily with powers perceived as hostile, particularly when such alignments challenge Russia’s core security interests. Whether justified or not, this perception has been a consistent element of Russian strategic thinking and remains central to understanding the conflict’s escalation. The broader lesson is that geopolitical “bets” involving great-power red lines are rarely gambles in the conventional sense; they are structural confrontations with predictable risks.
Comparatively, Israel’s long-standing approach toward Palestinian statehood reveals another dimension of international inconsistency. Decades of limited progress toward Palestinian sovereignty stand in stark contrast to the moral urgency often projected in other geopolitical contexts. When smaller states selectively condemn certain actions while overlooking others, their claims to principled diplomacy appear uneven and politically motivated.
This pattern of selective alignment extends beyond the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In South Asia, elite attitudes toward China and the United Kingdom reflect lingering colonial legacies rather than purely contemporary interests. The irony is striking: colonial-era cartographic decisions that incorporated Tibetan territories into British India and simultaneously partitioned Pakistan continue to shape present-day geopolitical sentiments. Such historical residues illustrate how inherited narratives can override objective reassessment of current strategic realities.
Finally, tensions within the Western bloc itself suggest growing internal contradictions. Recent disputes between the United States and European technology regulators—framed by Washington as threats to free speech—signal fractures among long-standing partners. Accusations of censorship, visa bans, and retaliatory rhetoric point to a broader struggle over regulatory sovereignty and ideological authority. While the European Union’s internal fragmentation may delay open confrontation, underlying tensions appear to be approaching a critical threshold.
Taken together, these developments indicate a shifting international order characterized less by coherent moral leadership and more by pragmatic power calculations. As hegemonic capacity weakens and alliances become increasingly conditional, states are reassessing not only who their partners are, but also what principles—if any—truly anchor the global system.
Thank you for promoting my country and wish you have a good time in China. Although there are still bad places in China, it will keep moving forward until it is better
Guys….. "CPC" (Or PRC)
(CCP is for the Haters!!)
Post West = Post Usurious, the West in debt up to its eyeballs, is hostile to an economic system that works for the masses.
China has always planned, while the US government and corrupt politicians continue to destroy their own country. Our infrastructure and economy are a complete disaster!
The west has always tried to "contain" the global south, by exploiting their natural resources and people to enrich their own economies. Even till this day western charities are set up to mainly enrich the CEOs which only provide minimal assistant to impoverish nations. There's a saying in China – "To get rich you must build a road". They have managed this by investing in it's own infrastructure and becoming the no.2 economy in the world. They also want to enrich the rest of the global south through it's belt and road initiative to promote trade and reduce poverty. Yet, China still gets a criticized for being a threat. The US has just banned DJI from selling it's latest drones in America due to "national security concerns". 🤦♂
Keep up the good work in countering these western propaganda lies about China.
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圣诞节快乐！
you two and Lizzy are so so so so so😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
😂希望更新的速度可以快一点，等太久了😢
Trustworthiness is critical. We, your loyal audience 'pay' you to tell the truth 😂
just watched the video after finishing work on christmas day. how can you be paid by the ccp when there is no such thing (cpc). just having a couple of days with my wife before she goes to China for 10 weeks to see her daughters and family. we are both hoping see can also find us a house for when we retire
very Merry Christmas .
oh how much hate i get when saying china is better
anny 1 of chines egov message me
love your content
Shout-out to Lizzy..
How about the bad taxi ???
@ 26:00 This reminds me of Mark Twain's quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
Merry Christmas
Even though you guys are not CPC paid ads, you are the best China advocates, in fact. Thank you!
Total Plus.And TRUTHS NEVER DIE LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS PROMOTING WITH and IN CHINA.I WILL START SUPPORTING YOUR CHANNEL THE START OF 2026.Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Honolulu HI
Visit Guilin and Qingyuan
good vidio
You guys already back? I saw the Xmas tree in the video, let's go!💪💪💪