Americans hate China, but why?

It is no secret that China and the US are at odds with each other, but why do Americans hate China? I recently watched another video from a guy named Ben Coleman (linked below) and he didn't want to talk about the politics behind the hate, but I think the politics are really important and worth looking at to better understand the differences between China and the USA.

In this video, I talk a little bit about the history and why Americans are scared of and angry at China. What are your thoughts? Do you think the US is an empire that is scared to loose it's global power or is China really causing all the problems?

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[TripBitten]

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[hdbug]

I feel so smart now that someone speaks my thoughts. This is exactly what's on my mind! Im from the Philippines! 🇵🇭 What's the outlook of the amricans towards china is the same for the majority of the filipinos. Man, they dont know what they're saying and just basis their opinions on what media says to them.

[nightowl]

Brian Berletic of the New Atlas has always said China's military is a defensive one, as they are station in around their home turf.
Meanwhile, America's military is an aggressive and expansionist one...for the obvious reasons.

[yaoypl]

I agree with what you’ve said about the US being an empire. I would add my two cents. I believe Putin said that the US is an empire of the liar.

[Orwellian-Purple-Grapes-]

It's not just Americans who don't understand that their country is actually an empire. Here in Europe most citizens don't understand either that we are currently vassal states of the USA empire. Ignorance of not just their so-called "enemy" China, but also ignorance of the self is what will make this western empire crumble down.

[ricotheman]

It’s never about communism or democracy or whatsoever ideologies, it’s all about US hegemony. Remember Japan in the 1980s? Remember Plaza Accord?

[bunkerhillct]

I hope individual efforts by people like you can overcome the propaganda of cooperative medias, it is sad so many people are just take in whatever they are fed by the medias

[steveli]

Thank you Miguel for a great video. Most Americans may not necessarily "hate" China, but they definitely have a negative impression of / attitude towards China given the non-stop bombardment of anti-China propaganda, e.g. genocide in Xinjiang, from the media, politicians, think tanks, etc. It serves to divert the anger of the American people away from the failures of the ruling elites in the US, and the military industrial complex can always use a good boogeyman ! Tensions between the 2 countries will continue, if not grow, in the next 5-10 years, but it's unlikely that there will be a hot war between the US and China. More likely, the US will try to use Taiwan to goad China into a proxy war, hoping that it will destroy or at least delay its economic development. The reason is that the US is already no match for China in a regional war in the Western Pacific, and no US government or it people can accept the consequences of an all out nuclear war with China. The only winner in the latter scenario may be Russia and India (assuming they don't get involved). The real worry is whether China will take the bait of a US proxy war over Taiwan. By all accounts, China is still committed to a long term, non- military path to eventual re-unificatuon with Taiwan. If and when the day comes, it will probably draw comparisons with the re-unification of Germany. The US President may even be given assurances from the Chinese President that China will not expand militarily eastward, like what Gorbachev was promised. But I genuinely believe that the US will not disintegrate like the Soviet Union (unless it tears itself apart in a civil war). The UK is still doing relatively well long after the British Empire is gone. The US is a continent size country, well endowed in natural resources, and has a highly educated population. It will remain a global great power in the foreseeable future, and its people will fare better if their government focus more on improving their welfare and livelihood, rather than trying to police the world.

[firmansuryadibaskoro]

Since the colonial era, Western countries have always played the role of political propaganda of fighting against each other. If you are observant, you can notice the pattern. We in Indonesia have learned quite a lot, but sometimes there are certainly parties who fall for Western propaganda to be hostile to China, from the Chinese colonial era in Indonesia has several times become victims of violence or been used as tools .

[李金-xu]

China have no intention of replacing United States as the dominant position around world from the beginning, all the achievements china made from last two or three decades was due to the tireless efforts each one of Chinese citizens put in their work to make it happened. someone couldn't image how hard Chinese people work each and every day if he/she had never been China. Chinese parents are always willing to offer the best education opportunity for their kids even far beyond their own financial capability, and there is a fact that Chinese are reluctant to admit, but it is true, is that the achievement and progress as a whole country looks seemingly so great because you are from a very low start point. as an average citizen, I do wish more and more Americans have a chance to visit China personally and see what China really are, it maybe the best way for them to destigmatize the negative impression of China.

[ryanzhang]

For some people who are confused about the Chinese military, one of the key words: Unit 731. This is only part of the reasons, and if you know more about the Chinese history in the last century, you’ll know much better about why Chinese must be more defensive.

[beninchina]

Great video, Trip. When I say my videos are not about politics, what I really mean is I haven't studied politics so any point I make isn't because of what I know about politics. Of course I know some of the stuff I talk about is directly related to politics but I didn't do research to get my information. For example, I didn't know a single thing that you said in your video! Because I haven't taken the time to do the research like you have and learn the history between the US and China. Most of the stuff I say is just my opinion and from my experience.

[michael]

Excellent. You never went deep into this topic before. A key point you made is Americans don’t understand America being an empire which means it is the bad guy. First they don’t or they can’t understand the magnitude of mind control by the government and the corporations. Like Bernie Sanders wrote in his book It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism, 8 companies control 90% of what Americans watch, read, and hear. Obviously the same group own much of publishers of children books and textbooks, people grow up watching to the same cartoons and listening to the same songs, and attend schools funded and chaired by designated people. Can they fathom their beloved country with George Washington, Lincoln, Snow White and Indiana Jones to be the bad guy? That may sound as unreal as god doesn’t exist.
However, how can a country be a bad guy? Again per Sanders, “0.1% own 90% of the wealth, 60+% live paycheck to paycheck, no limit campaign financing, America is the best democracy money can buy.” -a description many Americans would agree. Therefore the country is not the bad guy but some people are. Who are they? Who are the emperors?
Well that question is the holy grail because they are almost always hidden under top secret. For instance, who own how many shares of the 20 trillion BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street funds which are notoriously monies of owners of the corporations and investments of military industrial complex. Or, who owned the patents to the nukes introduced to the taxpayers in 1945? How many billions on nukes were made thru all these years, by who?
Many people are confused that the military industrial complex is just military and weapon manufacturers but it’s not. At the start of WW2 the US had only 150, 000 soldiers in the army and no advanced weapons. There were the bankers and oilmen along with their industrial friends before there were big military.
Then again even 0.1% is 335, 000 people. Of course most are good guys but there only require a handful of Godfathers to control the complex. Some scholars say Exxon Mobile owns the State Department and The White House is run by Goldman Sachs. General and advisors take positions at weapon manufacturers before and after. And they run global networks with “allies”.
Ironically, while most Americans don’t understand America, those who do are also Americans. Thousands of so called leftist books have been written thru the years like Chomsky, Charlmer Johnson, john Perkins, Stephen Kinzer, Nomi Prins… They are hard enough for Americans and even fewer outside would read and understand. They can only cause some hiccups to the empire and allowed, I supposed. Otherwise they can become Assange and Snowden too.

[laowaiinchina]

Interesting take on the recent history between these two countries and the ignorance, not just of the US, but the west in general on how life here in China actually is.

[_Wai_Wai_]

The USA is not a democracy. Looking at how big money is involved in the Elections, and how power / wealth is highly concentrated in a small group of people, Plutocracy is a more fitting description of the US government.

[alanc]

Wow, this is really an excellent summary of what's happening, I couldn't compress it any further. Thanks.

[KennethWong-up]

Most comments i can hear the criticism is about democracy vs dictator, always about A vs B, ?? VS ?? Good VS bad, in fact the mainstream media always bring to a point to divide the world. It is really too simple and naive thinking about the two. Democracy is a progress only but how about the outcome? Many people expect to vote for people who can give them better outcomes such as live out of poverty, better roads, better health care, cheaper energy, cheaper water fee, cheaper food price and the fact is China seems doing better and the West are not seems doing too good in some outcomes. Many people didn't vote to go to war with the Russia'/Middle east/South East Asia/N. Koreas/unlimited fundings to Ukraine/unlimited support to Israel etc. The politicians who claimed they are elected but many of them always having a dictatorship character, over power to do propagandas as well. What i mean is everything has a good or bad, but not just too simple to determined which is the best and force others to follow the others.

[Wecareus]

This episode is rather spot on. Hate may be exaggerated partly because most Americans don't care much about foreign policies, majority truly believe America is exceptional including the so called the elites. If you can't beat them, why not demonize them?

[geopoliticalnutz]

Hey a little story time.

Basically, this bully doesn't like it when other students are getting better grades than him, so he goes around, stealing, tearing, smearing, burning other people's homeworks, projects, stationeries, etcetc, altering the test papers, beating up the other students, just so this bully gets a C- while the others who could potentially score a B+ to A+ get an F instead.. But if you're a lapdog of this bully, he leaves you alone, sometimes pretend to be nice to you, but sometimes forces you to do things you don't wanna do, but have to, or echoes**

You might ask, then why isn't the teacher doing anything about it, well you see, the teacher is the bully's mother. And the school principle is the bully's father. In fact, his entire family runs the school.

Initially there were 2 - 3 students who were standing up against the bully, so he starts targeting them, by lying about them, making false accusations about them, and do all sorts of bad and nasty things to them. The other students knew the bully is NASTY, but are just too scared to confront him. But now, more and more are standing up against the bully, to the point, the bully and the school knows that it's only a matter of time when everyone is sick and tired of the bully and the establishment.

What will the bully, the family and the school do the students who will be standing up against them ? I guess we can only wait and see.


**Cliffhanger Ending**

Hope you like my story.

[JustafewU]

I’m not Chinese but Asian American, and I am proud of China and US. No country is perfect. America and the West should respect and value other nations even if they don’t share American values.