The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
I think him being a lib is precisely what makes the piece interesting.
It’s nice to see but …
I still find Kuo’s introspection insincere though. He wasn’t just an innocent lib commentator previously. He was actively pushing US propaganda before probably because of funding from NED / US State Department. SupChina disappeared once that funding dried up and China succeeded despite his propaganda efforts.
He could have travelled to Xinjiang at any time after COVID and done the bare minimum investigation. Plenty of everyday YouTubers have done it, proving he was lying about genocide the entire time.
He’s just following the zeitgeist now as if he wasn’t inaccurately reporting on China previously. He’s no different from The Economist. China was always on the verge of collapse and they weren’t actually growing.
The US government narrative has changed. The talking points are : “let’s industrialize”, “free trade bad” and “government interference is good”.
China is still “evil” and an “Authoritarian Dictatorship” but the US has to “catch up” now.
US won’t catch up. These are just excuses for the government to do shitty things both abroad and domestically. “Have to do it to modernize faster guys! Sorry I’m not Sorry!”
US economic success is detrimental to the rest of the world because it funds the world’s most destructive foreign policy. Until THAT changes it’s actually better that the US learns nothing from China’s economic growth.
I’m not saying he’s having some redemption arc. I’m merely pointing out that we’re at a point that even people like Kuo can no longer say with a straight face that their model of development is the one true way forward. That of itself is notable. We’ve crossed a threshold where nobody with even a shred of intellectual integrity can pretend that the west is doing better than China or that western model is superior.
I agree we have crossed a threshold. The Rednote moment ended the lecturing. IMO though Western media will come up with other ways of digging in their heels because they are actually part of the problem and not just observers.
It’s nice to see but …
I still find Kuo’s introspection insincere though. He wasn’t just an innocent lib commentator previously. He was actively pushing US propaganda before probably because of funding from NED / US State Department. SupChina disappeared once that funding dried up and China succeeded despite his propaganda efforts.
He could have travelled to Xinjiang at any time after COVID and done the bare minimum investigation. Plenty of everyday YouTubers have done it, proving he was lying about genocide the entire time.
He’s just following the zeitgeist now as if he wasn’t inaccurately reporting on China previously. He’s no different from The Economist. China was always on the verge of collapse and they weren’t actually growing.
The US government narrative has changed. The talking points are : “let’s industrialize”, “free trade bad” and “government interference is good”.
China is still “evil” and an “Authoritarian Dictatorship” but the US has to “catch up” now.
US won’t catch up. These are just excuses for the government to do shitty things both abroad and domestically. “Have to do it to modernize faster guys! Sorry I’m not Sorry!”
US economic success is detrimental to the rest of the world because it funds the world’s most destructive foreign policy. Until THAT changes it’s actually better that the US learns nothing from China’s economic growth.
I’m not saying he’s having some redemption arc. I’m merely pointing out that we’re at a point that even people like Kuo can no longer say with a straight face that their model of development is the one true way forward. That of itself is notable. We’ve crossed a threshold where nobody with even a shred of intellectual integrity can pretend that the west is doing better than China or that western model is superior.
I agree we have crossed a threshold. The Rednote moment ended the lecturing. IMO though Western media will come up with other ways of digging in their heels because they are actually part of the problem and not just observers.
Looks like even western media is now grudgingly changing their tone on China https://archive.ph/KieV0