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A hundred years ago, the Spanish flu destroyed the old world of European powers, and the United States successfully took over the world hegemony from the old European powers. Today, a hundred years later, COVID19 has once again destroyed the world hegemony of the United States and has severely damaged the old world of the West.

The law of development of human civilization is to spiral upward. The new world of yesterday is the old world of today.The old world will be overthrown, and the new world will come.This is the historical law of materialism, which is not shifted by the wishes of any country or nation.

The wheel of history once crushed Eastern civilization. Western civilization began to expand globally after the age of discovery, occupying Africa, Australia, the North American continent, and the Pacific Islands, all the way to East Asia and defeating China. This is the first time in the history of human civilization that Western civilization has surpassed and overwhelmed Eastern civilization and has maintained its superiority for 400 years to this day.

In the “so-called major changes unseen in a thousand years”, the essential meaning is the rebirth of Eastern civilization, surpass Western civilization, realize the coexistence and balance of Eastern and Western civilizations, and promote the realization of “a community of shared future for mankind”. In the process of achieving a “community with a shared future for mankind”, human society will continue to explore future development paths, and the wealth of human society will re-flow and distribute. Therefore, paying attention to such a grand and magnificent historical trend in order to stand on the forefront of history, a step ahead of everyone else.

The old Western hegemony has collapsed, and the new world in the East is coming for all of us. 

How can you shine in the new world? This is a question that everyone should think about.

If future historians re-visit 2020, they will most likely conclude that the COVID-19 epidemic has changed the world's political and economic trends.

From China's perspective, the epidemic is an arduous test of China's governance capabilities. The epidemic was first detected in Wuhan where the city faced a new and unknown virus. Due to the fact that scientific knowledge has not yet been established and some local government officials have been underperforming. From January to March this year, the entire Chinese society was full of doubts, fears, accusations, and even anger. At this time, some Western analysts predicted that the epidemic may become the Chinese version of the Chernobyl incident.

The United States, as the world’s only superpower, is also the object of many Chinese people to look up to. The various incidents encountered by the entire American society in 2020 have completely broken the so-called American system myth, and also allowed more Chinese people to see their own country objectively and established self-confidence.

The Trump administration's various anti-science and anti-common sense policies have baffled many Chinese. Even the basic action of wearing or not wearing a mask may become a highly politicized issue in the United States, and it has indeed rewritten many Chinese people’s perception of the United States. Today, a large number of Americans still believe that the coronavirus is a scam, and 40% of Americans say that they will not be vaccinated. In reality, although the vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna will be launched soon, the epidemic in the United States has also entered the worst and darkest moment, with the number of cases in one day exceeding 200,000. In many parts of the United States, the convoys of people waiting for testing and people receiving free relief food have been running continuously for several kilometers, which should not have happened in the most powerful country in the world. Medical staff across the country are exhausted, and the images they cry on TV are heartbreaking. The number of medical staff infected has exceeded 200,000, and the death toll has exceeded 800. There are also data showing that more than 90,000 people have died in nursing homes across the United States.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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On September 22, 2020, during the Seventy-fifth UN General Assembly, after a 30-year breakthrough, China made a shocking commitment: “to reach the peak of carbon dioxide emission before 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.”

The world was shocked . Even Western media who loves criticising China, have to uphold their principle of "environmental protection is the ultimate political correctness" and were forced to praise China’s commitment. 

Key points: Strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

The so-called carbon neutrality refers to the direct or indirect production of total greenhouse gas emissions predicted by countries, enterprises, groups or individuals within a certain period of time, and then through reforestation, energy conservation, emission reduction, and new energy substitution to offset their output carbon dioxide emissions. In other words, China will strive to achieve zero net carbon dioxide emissions nationwide by 2060.

We all know China has the highest industrial output and the most populous in the world.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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October 2020 was the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers’ going abroad to fight America and aid Korea. 

First and foremost, I have to clarify a  misconception about the Korean War. The war ended in a stalemate or a draw between the North and South Korea. But China won the war without question, why? When China joined the war, the American led “United Nations” troops were almost at the Chinese-Korean Border at the northernmost part of the Korean peninsula. When the armistice was signed three years later, the Chinese troops had pushed the American troops southwards for several hundred kilometers in the 38th parallel, the border that exists to this day. In other words, not only did Chinese troops stop American troops from taking over the entire Korean peninsula, but also defeated and drove them back southwards and held that position despite repeated American counter-attacks. The significance of this victory cannot be overstated.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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On 15 November, the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) signing ceremony was carried out via video link. This marks the successful start of the construction of the East Asia Free Trade Zone with the largest population, the most diverse membership structure and the greatest development potential in the world.

Let me introduce you to the RCEP. Members include, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the 10 members of ASEAN countries, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The negotiation of this agreement started at the end of 2012. It is considered to be the world's largest trade agreement. It covers 2.2 billion people, accounting for about 30% of the world's total population. The 15 member states have a GDP of 26.2 trillion US dollars, accounting for about 30% of the global economy. After the RCEP is signed, the tariff and non-tariff barriers between members will be greatly reduced, and the number of zero-tariff products in trade in goods will exceed 90%. This region has become a unified big market, and the circulation of resources, commodities, services, talents, capital, technology and other elements in the region will be more convenient. The advantages of this region will complement each other, the economic vitality will be stronger, and it will be more competitive than outside the region.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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What was China doing when Americans fought amongst themselves?

The answer is, China held a high level session to plan the country’s development in the next five years and agreed on the medium term objective to the year 2035. The official name is called the 5th plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee in late October. I understand that over a million people from all walks of lives were involved in drafting the plans. 

Since most people do not read official Chinese documents or fully understand their implications, this episode tries to explain the direction Chinese economy and society is heading in the next five years or possibly to year 2035.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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On November 5, the day after the voting day of the 2020 US presidential election. "The New York Times" published an article by the 2008 Nobel laureate in economics Paul Krugman, titled “Is America becoming a failed state?”

In people's impression, the words "America" ​​and "failed states" should never appear together. But in 2020, the United States is infinitely approaching the traditional definition of a "failed country", due to uncontrollable epidemic; Economic recession; intensified Racial conflicts; Election chaos and failed Government mechanism.

I, the New York Times and many people came to this rational conclusion after carefully analyzing the main contradictions in American society and the current institutional crisis facing the American government. This point of view was also echoed to a certain extent by Joseph Stiglitz, another American Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 2007 as well as the influential Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. China’s rise is part of the new global trend unlike what we have seen in the past one hundred years. Embrace the change and seize the opportunity.

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The death toll from the epidemic in the United States has exceeded 200,000, and the number of infections is close to 7 million. It is likely that the epidemic in the United States will continue for many more months.

I remember that when the epidemic broke out in China, officials in Wuhan did not respond properly at the beginning and led to a lot of public grievances. Western media began to spread a view that the epidemic would become China’s Chernobyl incident, implying that improper response to the epidemic will be the last straw to overwhelm the Chinese system. After just 2 months, the epidemic in China has been very well controlled, economic recovery has progressed steadily, and people's lives have basically returned to normal.

But in the United States, the Trump administration politicized the epidemic from the very beginning, and even on the common sense issue of wearing or not wearing a mask. In the end, the epidemic was almost completely out of control and the American people paid a heavy price. Looking back, the epidemic is more like the US version of the "Chernobyl" incident. It fully exposed the shortcomings and problems of the US system and broke the myth of the so-called superiority of the US system.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. More importantly, we will answer the million-dollar question: how can you, as an individual or a small business owner, also profit from the rise of China ?

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If business technology is a long-term, or permanent field of competition between China and the United States in the future, then discussing the core issues of business technology is not simply a specific enterprise or technology issue but about national potential and greater human dreams. 

What I want to say is that the issue of competition and cooperation between China and the United States is related to the destiny and specific direction of humankind. Because China has sufficient scale and historical independence, as well as profound cultural heritage and market space, from a longer-term perspective, it can nurture new standards and development logic. This is different from the development path of many countries. US cannot afford to lose but finds it too hard to defeat China

For example, if we follow the United States slow pace of developing 5G technology, I am afraid that it will take decades for the world to enter the 5G era. Were it not for China to take the lead in the 5G field, the global cost of popularizing 5G will at least double. It is like saying that if China hadn’t mastered high-speed railway technology, the possibility of cheap high-speed rail in many developing countries will no longer exist.

Many people may not understand what I mean. For example, the bullet train in Japan was built in 1964, but which developing country is it exported to? Since 2008, China has nearly 40,000 kilometers of high-speed rail, and high-speed rail has been built in several countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey. Today, the cost of high-speed rail in Japan is still more than twice that of high-speed rail in China. I have been saying that delaying China's development is actually weakening the welfare of all humankind.

China Explained will show you that because of China’s continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don’t be. More importantly, we will answer the million-dollar question: how can you, as an individual or a small business owner, also profit from the rise of China ?

Creating original content is hard work, your support is what keeps us going. Please donate to this channel: paypal.me/ChinaExplained