Hello everyone, this is Klaus.
As a Chinese, or an oversea Chinese,
you must’ve heard the term "Chinese characteristics" (meaning "a Chinese twist").
In our last video, we mentioned the definition of patriotism with Chinese Characteristics.
Today, let's talk about what "Chinese Characteristics" are exactly.
Also, we will talk about the real reason behind the Hong Kong protests,
and explain why China has only one time zone when the country actually has five time zones.
These seemingly unrelated things actually have a common thread.
I hope you enjoy this video.
I had a dream recently.
In my dream, I couldn’t make a lot of money making videos.
Eventually, I had to open a lamb meat restaurant to make a living.
But lamb meat was too expensive, so I used dog meat instead.
One day, a customer protested,
questioning the meat of my restaurant,
"Why does it smell so strange?"
I said, "It’s our special lamb meat."
The customer then asked, "Is your special lamb meat real lamb meat?"
I replied, "Selling authentic lamb meat is written in our rules booklet."
The customer said, "Don’t fool me with your shop rules.
I think you're selling fake lamb meat. Is it real lamb meat? Yes or No?"
I replied, "Our staffers know best.
Our special lamb meat is the most suitable for our restaurant's development model."
The customer was angry, "Of course your staffers know best.
But outsiders are not allowed to enter your kitchen.
I just want to know if your special lamb meat is real lamb meat or not."
I said, "I didn't expect you to ask such a stupid question.
Do you know how many people have been lifted out of poverty by our special lamb meat?
Do you know how many branches we have opened and how much we have contributed to the economy?
You question our restaurant with such inexplicable arrogance.
You have hurt the feelings of hundreds of thousands of my employees in our special lamb meat shop.
On behalf of every employee, I strongly condemn you and any foreign forces behind you."
In the end, the guest passed out and died after hearing my response,
and I was unanimously praised by my employees,
"Wow, amazing Klaus! Hail our lamb meat shop!"
I got a lot of fans, fame and fortune. What a great dream that was!
Have you noticed that the same tactics were used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
when answering questions about human rights, democracy, and freedom of speech in China?
Simply put, "Chinese characteristics" indicates that something is fake.
Logically speaking, to have a twist is to redefine what already exists.
For example, you buy an apple that tastes like a pear,
and ask the store owner why it tastes like a pear.
The shopkeeper says that he is selling special apples mixed with genes of a pear.
In fact, the "special apple" is no longer an apple.
It is a modified version of an apple.
Of course logically speaking,
just because this apple is modified does not mean it's better or worse than a real apple.
An apple has simply been changed into a new object.
In real life, things that come with special characteristics are fishy,
especially when we go shopping.
I believe everyone has had such an experience
where they got fooled by fancy packaging
or got ripped off by the seller's fancy use of language.
Some people might still remember that over a decade ago,
there was a major food safety problem in China.
It was the Sudan Red incident which was as notorious as poisonous Sanlu milk powder and Gutter Oil.
Merchants dyed duck eggs with naphthalene Sudan, and called them "special duck eggs".
They claimed that the duck eggs were free-range eggs and thus had special colors, and that they were healthier.
Red duck eggs quickly became popular.
For a time, almost everybody in China was eating red duck eggs.
In our daily life,
we all like people who are simple and straightforward.
We don’t like those who like to use fancy words and show off their well trained rhetorical skills.
But when such a person gains status and a lot of titles, why is he or she suddenly well liked by so many people?
This is the so-called "worship of authority".
Is being servile really part of our Chinese DNA, as Mr. Lu Xun said?
Is our ethnic group plagued with servility? I don't believe this.
Genetically speaking, human and chimpanzee genomes are 99% identical.
The Chinese are also homo-sapiens.
How come only the Chinese are servile?
This worship of authority must be acquired rather than innate.
Since it is acquired, it can be changed.
Since it can be changed, then Klaus who wants to be an educator is on a mission.
In fact, this inferior root of servility is also a Chinese characteristic.
Like the healthy salted duck eggs that were dyed red,
the term "Chinese characteristics" is also a façade,
an attempt to cloak social phenomena in China.
It fits the definition of "sugarcoat" in English.
This is our deduction about the term "Chinese characteristics" from a logical perspective.
Of course, the video would not be insightful enough if it were to end here.
It certainly wouldn't satisfy our viewers who have tremendous IQs.
I have another insight into "Chinese characteristics".
To have "Chinese characteristics" is to be devoid of special traits.
Please remember this line.
Viewers living in China might have discovered this.
Most places in China look virtually the same.
Places that look truly special in China were either left behind by our ancestors or by foreign colonizers.
Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing were ancient capitals, whose special traits were all left by our ancestors.
Qingdao, Shanghai, Hong Kong were all once colonies.
The pseudo-regime established in 1949 has given China nothing unique.
Also, we have all noticed one thing about the culture and language of minority groups.
Local cultures and languages have been destroyed.
Many friends of minority groups I know no longer have their own culture, and can no longer speak their own languages.
Many local cultures and languages ​​are also disappearing.
I think the greatness of the Chinese nation's culture lies in its diversity.
But to conveniently brainwash people, the communists have dominated all cultures and ideologies in China,
butchering the culture of the Chinese nation.
The Cultural Revolution was only the most serious period.
In fact, cultural genocides have never stopped.
In fact, the CCP has always tried to wipe out the Chinese culture.
This is also the real reason behind the Hong Kong protests.
Hong Kong has its own characteristics.
Even though Communist China says the word "characteristics" every day,
the last thing Communist China wants is "unique traits".
Having unique traits means being different. China simply wants to make Hong Kong the same as the mainland,
turning Hong Kong into Shenzhen NO. 2.
The people of Hong Kong, however, want to maintain their own characteristics.
This is the most fundamental conflict between Hong Kong and China.
China is so big, spanning 5 time zones,
and yet there is only one time zone, called Beijing time.
No other country in the world is like this. A Chinese characteristic indeed!
There used to be 5 time zones in the mainland under the Republic of China's rule.
But now Tibet and Xinjiang's sunrises are at noon,
by the will of Beijing who wants to strengthen the concept of centralization.
For the sake of power and unity,
even the laws of nature are rejected by the CCP.
What characteristics could they possibly give you?
Under the rule of the CCP,
the Chinese nation will have only one culture.
It's just a matter of time before there is only one language left in China.
Therefore, a country with Chinese characteristics is devoid of characteristics, which is a characteristic in itself.
I think my head just exploded.
The idea sounds self-contradictory, but it actually makes sense!
Alright, that's it for this video.
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This is Klaus. See you next time.