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To combat COVID-19, countries have enforced city-wide shutdowns, stay-at-home orders and mask mandates — but the reaction (and adherence) to these rules has differed markedly in the East and West. In conversation with TED’s head of curation Helen Walters, writer and publisher Huang Hung sheds light on how Chinese and American cultural values shaped their responses to the outbreak — and provides perspective on why everyone needs to come together to end the pandemic. (Recorded April 16, 2020)
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Johnny Ke
May 26, 2020 at 10:13 pm
You should move to slavery system because it is so efficient!!!???
Jin Jun Liu
May 26, 2020 at 10:40 pm
Slavery is definitely not sustainable though, the best system is where everyone is or can be helped with being mentally and physically healthy. So it’s best to make everyone get a real happy life, this makes for better efficiency as well
Jin Jun Liu
May 26, 2020 at 10:41 pm
whichever system that is, is probably an impossibility for humans to practice though, so it’s just random thoughts
Cathy Garrett
May 27, 2020 at 12:17 am
@Jin Jun Liu Don’t forget about socio-politicly healthy. Gotta love on that social credit score, or your social credit score will go down.
Anti-virus
May 26, 2020 at 10:19 pm
Now TED is being used for CCP propaganda. Time to unsubscribe.
Maggie Ma
May 26, 2020 at 10:25 pm
exm？？？4:09 Who told you this, we are NEVER willing to give up our individual rights
Maggie Ma
May 26, 2020 at 10:42 pm
And yes as Chinese I am definitely proud of our technology, like WeChat pay. Given China has the largest population in the world yes sometimes the government has to do something, cuz people were dying. Yes CCP has a lot of problems no government is perfect, but that doesn’t mean that individual freedom is an abstract concept and its meaningless okay????? Dude I really doubt if you are born with a brain.
CryptoIndex 101
May 26, 2020 at 10:26 pm
This is the third propaganda video from TED, from an interesting and valuable initiative it turned in to a dumpster fire. Unsubscribing is the best decision.
Flx
May 26, 2020 at 10:39 pm
Shouting propagand when you disagree is as best laughable.
CryptoIndex 101
May 26, 2020 at 11:59 pm
@Flx doing overt Chinese Communist Party propaganda under the guise of exploration is laughable.
There are many country’s who are way better examples then a country who released the virus in the first place, arrested doctors, destroyed samples, downplayed severity, welded shut people in apartment buildings etc.
Calvin Lin
May 26, 2020 at 10:34 pm
At this point it’s not about Communist propaganda or failure in democracy, it’s how humans need to realize that to overcome this pandemic, a collective human effort from all parties is required. It is true that China and the US are two states that have very different cultures and histories, but that should not justify people to allow them to use unfavorable rhetoric against other people and calling them propaganda. If you seriously cannot put the bias to Communism, CCP, or China aside, just consider that the Chinese are also humans (if extremists wish to point some of them are not humans, then let’s take one more step back and say that they are biologically humans) who also want to live through this pandemic. This is a time when extreme nationalistic sentiments will rise, which makes the unity of global citizens striving to create a better future even more important.
Vinícius Chaves
May 26, 2020 at 10:43 pm
the CCP new about the virus human to human transmission as early as december, so they are guilty of HIDING and covering up that information, which resulted in a global pandemic.. the WHO was also in this game, so they’re all at fault there
not chinese people’s fault, just the CCP
Winzot Huang
May 26, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Compare to Chinese government, US adminstration is the truely artist of covering up and misleading in this pendemic. I don’t think Chinese government should be hold most accountable for Americans wellbeings. The centre government of China lockdown the city and mobilized all chinese to take a fight against this virus, while USA stood aside and laugh and did nothing for its people.
Shadrio
May 26, 2020 at 10:51 pm
I remember when I subscribed to this channel years ago it was a bastion of intellectuals giving their thoughts on topics of either utmost importance or not so urgent, but it was always interesting. Sadly, for the past few years the quality of the orators and topics has gone down considerably, to the point I rarely clicked on a video, though always stayed around in case the channel ever returned to being what it once was.
Now I see that this channel has truly gone off the deep end. In a time of social unrest, with immense frustration with the CCP forking off the blame to anyone and everyone that isn’t them, and desperately trying to clean themselves of the blood on their hands, TED comes out and mindlessly regurgitates CCP propaganda, basically flipping the entire world off.
You people are trash. The CCP has enough puppets around the world, and TED is just another one of them.
Jin Jun Liu
May 26, 2020 at 10:57 pm
that 3b1b ted talk was great though
Michael Huang
May 26, 2020 at 10:51 pm
It is so funny & sad to look at the comments area, so many bias, ignores here watching TED….TED is the place to discuss all sort of areas & problems and free of speech, just look at how many double standards are you here comments about CCP and unsubscribing, where is your so called free of speech? Where is your so called democracy??? Here is my answer to many of those. This kind of mindset is wrong, you can’t expect every culture have to follow western’s system, yes Taiwan did well during the pandemic, but it has nothing to do with its political system, you can’t put every success to its political system, in the other hand, Taiwan has developed way much slower and divided since it started general election, there are so many contraries (Iraq, lots South America etc) actually went backwards since they started the election. Second, what is the really democracy??? Just base on votes? Look at what America doing right now, extremely divided society, incompetent leader etc…every system has its both side, the most important part is not whether or not people can vote, it is how well the governor is, how much the governor care about their people and their country, how well the governor can improve the living environment to their people ( infrastructure, wealth, health etc) lastly, China didn’t fail fighting coronavirus, you are watching TED which means at least you had basic education, which means you know unless you see yourself or really go to the place, otherwise you can’t judge base on one side bias, non-ethics media/press report.
Lun Qing Fook
May 26, 2020 at 11:59 pm
Exactly, well said, many idiots don’t think like that!!
Felipe Oliveira
May 26, 2020 at 10:57 pm
Chinese ppl are submissive to their government and they seem to be ok with that….only because they dont know any other model. She said. Obviously if they ever experience with american model. Surely.they would never go back to china again, no wonder you see millions.of chinese in USA but you will.never see.millions of.americans in China
not Konven
May 26, 2020 at 11:16 pm
standing against government is not the way to show the spirit of freedom even if in a situation like this in America. Countries which have posed strict lockdown measurements have brought pandemic undercontrol. Its not the question about whether ppl in East or West would pursuit their rights recklessly or even brain deadly, its more about ppl in which countries can make more rational choices. For everyone, government itself is just a tool, not a parent, do not blend it with the concept of individual ideas.
Fyuuredhijgfzre Gjjygtdftyirguug
May 27, 2020 at 12:36 am
Maybe there are other possible “models”.
Key is the power of dis/mis information and deliberately poor education along with just enough – but not so much that people have nothing left to lose- financial pressure to keep the masses stupid and too busy to be anything other than quiet. That applies equally to the U.S atm.
InspectorKen
May 26, 2020 at 11:06 pm
So when people disappear in China for critizing the poor management by that government, that is okay?
ItsMingyu
May 26, 2020 at 11:29 pm
thats their problems stupid kid
InspectorKen
May 26, 2020 at 11:37 pm
@ItsMingyu says the person who doesn’t know how to use any punctuation… 🙄
Charles Deng
May 26, 2020 at 11:46 pm
So when the scientist got fired or refusing to manipulate the Covid-19 data by the US government, is that ok for you???
InspectorKen
May 27, 2020 at 12:09 am
@Charles Deng 1) I’m not American. 2) can you send me the link to this? I have absolutely no clue what are you talking about.
Pranav Dharmadhikari
May 26, 2020 at 11:26 pm
India is also having this app
Mr. Sharp
May 26, 2020 at 11:26 pm
Chinese values?
Pranav Dharmadhikari
May 26, 2020 at 11:31 pm
Do one thing eat veg food let live animal and human happily.
Scott Hannan
May 26, 2020 at 11:37 pm
Take a step toward the East, and watch as your freedoms go away. The state in China is the most important thing, Strangely echoing the divine right idea of kings in saying that the government rules over everyone, as opposed to our western ideal from classical liberalism that says the state is in place to serve each person with the recognition that there is a social contract in place limiting the power of government.
Cathy Garrett
May 26, 2020 at 11:38 pm
Always nice when the wumao comes out from the shadows to stand in the spotlight and defend the heinous decisions of the Chinese Communist Party “because that’s the only system the Chinese people have ever known.” Well, the American people know a different system, and the American culture is fundamentally incompatible with such authoritarian dictators.
rubadux
May 26, 2020 at 11:43 pm
What a well-drilled Chinese communist gangster government shill she is. TED is RED now?
Vincent
May 26, 2020 at 11:59 pm
this shameless propaganda is getting pretty scary now
Yeon Choi
May 27, 2020 at 12:05 am
I m living in China and corona is almost gone life is going normal. It’s really sad that’s there is still so many bias. USA and China have such a different system and there is no right and wrong. Just pray that corona is gone from the world
Sweetflower
May 27, 2020 at 12:21 am
🤔
Fyuuredhijgfzre Gjjygtdftyirguug
May 27, 2020 at 12:17 am
Other commentators (this time credible ones) completely disagree with this propagandist ocular fleece that claims everyone in China is amazingly socially responsible and happy to live under a dictatorship.
See the following linked discussion with a group of authoritative speakers:
Cited are a widespread absence of any sense of social responsibility whatsoever, leading to a comprehensive culture of authority evasion such that the moment lockdowns were suddenly imposed, there were mass exoduses to airports etc contrary to edicts.
Think of the power to swarm over social media presented by an administration with a headcount this high. Expect “5000 years old delighted to comply blah blah blah”
This talk was just one in several hundred lined up on the podcast playlist that entices so much more than this forum… but wow; the tedious diversion to discussion land had to be made. This sort of crud just can’t go unremarked.
Fyuuredhijgfzre Gjjygtdftyirguug
May 27, 2020 at 12:28 am
It’s possible to be socially responsible without being forced to it kicking and screaming. In fact unless we teach our kids higher level motivation our species will not survive this kind of assault. The downside for regimes like China’s: intrinsic motivation based on reflection and evaluative thinking are not very compatible with rule by fear.
David L.
May 27, 2020 at 12:32 am
It’s gonna be a war in the comments, please don’t.
thefucker ryan
May 27, 2020 at 12:41 am
Like average Westerners’ privacy ain’t already exposed to their govts. Forget Snowden?
Fee Stuart
May 27, 2020 at 12:50 am
I don’t like this cashless system and monitoring apps the government wants to introduce. It takes away my freedom to move and choose. The whole point of taking cash away is so the government can monitor where i get money from and what i do with it. Personally once i have earned my money it’s no ones business where i go, see, do, with my life and money.
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May 27, 2020 at 1:19 am
I think the obedient side of Chinese people are originated from their nationalism to the government rather than from the traditional Chinese values.
People of China are educated to love their government when they were very young. If you look at the Classical Chinese literature, their teachings are not so much different from the western/ universal value, not to mentioned large number of Chinese scholars are prosecuted during Cultural Revolution.
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May 27, 2020 at 1:26 am
It is clear that the Chinese Government trying to cover up at the initial stage of pandemic. Whistle blowers were prosecuted. Also some people from Wuhan have fled to other countries 1 or 2 days before Wuhan was locked down by taking medicine that can lower their body temperature. It’s all very clear and you can even these facts on the Internet.
Chinese government now trying to wipe out this part of history, similar to those part of history they don’t want to face/ let people know. In Jan or beginning of Feb, even the official media from Chinese government called the virus as “wuhan virus” and now they pretty much let the whole world call it differently/ forget the origin. That’s the power of China now .
Manting Zhao
May 27, 2020 at 12:43 pm
Its so funny that when majority of Chinese people living in China ok with their government, and the comments being: it’s big brother, no privacy, no human rights, as if they have lived or experienced it. Isnt your only source of info is all these big American medias?
Tony
May 27, 2020 at 12:44 pm
If the West needs to “collectivize” a bit more, it can start by looking at Japan or South Korea…not China
Tenzin Dawa
May 27, 2020 at 12:55 pm
I don’t at all think it’s obedience to the big brother whereas the correct term should be that there is no other choice for the people of China.
Bingming Wang
May 27, 2020 at 6:59 pm
no, if people don’t believe in government, they can choose to move to another country or revolution.
Chinese history is a history of revolution. every Chinese says that if Chinese government did what American government did in the past 3 months, the government would be pulled down.
however~
Ghost . EXE XD
May 27, 2020 at 1:15 pm
IS THIS SOME KIND OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDA ???
Ghost . EXE XD
May 27, 2020 at 1:17 pm
SHE SOUND LIKE A DIPLOMAT
Michael Hartman
May 27, 2020 at 1:29 pm
This woman takes a crackpot fringe group of Americans, and makes a blanket statement. She talks about how superior China’s “parent” is by isolating their “children”, yet she knowingly continues to have a dinner with a flu victim, and then travels abroad. Not exactly a “wise Chinese” isolate the sick child mentality. The vast majority of Americans have stayed in their homes. When the lower class income people were running out of money, and businesses going bankrupt larger groups spoke out. Concerning her superior Chinese health system, and our bad attitudes, she is full of it. China has open air markets with live animals and their feces. Conditions westerners would consider grossly unsanitary. These markets were reopened despite protest. China has repeatedly infected the world with pandemics. You don’t keep company with a flu victim for hours, and not expect to get the flu.
ERIC BOI
May 27, 2020 at 1:30 pm
pls stop broadcasting ccp propaganda ted, its disgusting
attlee2010
May 27, 2020 at 1:53 pm
Translation: “dictatorship says do this or you die. So the people do it and don’t dare complain.”
paglait G
May 27, 2020 at 1:59 pm
I feel pity for this person who was sent to defend a liar and shamelessly arrogant Communist Govt.of China
robinhere
May 27, 2020 at 2:01 pm
She makes it sound like Chinese are incapable of understanding what freedom is.
tyrrhena
May 27, 2020 at 6:47 pm
The whole point is that ‘freedom’ is subjective and there are degrees of it. No-one is truly free to do whatever they want anywhere on earth as we all trade some freedom for security, and people have different opinions on what amount of freedom/security people should have or trade. That’s the difference that she tries to explain between a society like the US compared with China. Regardless of what you believe is the right amount of freedom, others from different cultures will believe differently. The Chinese have never experienced freedom as US citizens have, and US citizens have never experienced the other side either, hence why it’s so easy to misunderstand each other. Sure, you may look at the other side and say ‘no thanks’ but the fact is both interpretations have their own advantages and disadvantages when it comes to governing society and dealing with issues.
Rooted Reality
May 27, 2020 at 2:06 pm
China and America acted like they were still back in grade school, playground mentalities! They were so busy pointing fingers back and forth, telling the world that each other were soo dirty and horrible. Maybe try being adults? ✋ Stop? Where it started doesn’t matter as much as fixing the problem
达达
May 27, 2020 at 2:14 pm
Never mind so-called “propaganda” wit. Haters gonna hate
Neeraj Kumar
May 27, 2020 at 2:55 pm
She keeps saying Chinese people dont mind this and that, did she take a vote ?
Chenie
May 27, 2020 at 4:10 pm
Of course not
This is first time I watch this channel, and it’s probably gonna be the last time
Horace and Pete
May 27, 2020 at 3:04 pm
CCP and chinese government shows responsibly and great world leadership in this covid-19 pandemic.
Only With Buts
May 27, 2020 at 3:35 pm
I don’t think miss Huang is talking about same lockdown…
You know, the one that everyone was screaming out of their windows for mercy in Wuhan and it was on internet immediately causing terror and panic? Yea that lockdown…
Clearly she sounds like she is on the side of the government more than the actual people she covers. Wow.
Bingming Wang
May 27, 2020 at 6:51 pm
scream？they were singing national song!
Mari Littlejohn
May 27, 2020 at 3:45 pm
Let’s not forget it was also “big brother” ccp welding people into their homes or forcibly removing people to quarantine facilities. I appreciate these conversations being held because it demonstrates the exact state of living we in a democratic republic have for the last 244 years fought against being our reality. I gladly live through the challenges that America is facing today, I still have my rights to freely speak, and live however which way I want as long as it doesn’t infringe on another person’s human rights. Our country was founded on these rebellious principals to live and let live. I don’t think societies that value the collective over the individual understands or appreciates the importance that our melting pot in the USA puts on individual liberty.
Tenzin Norden Thinley
May 27, 2020 at 4:12 pm
The way she talks, i feel she is Pro-Beijing without any doubts and that’s very Perceptible 😡
Programmer Parker
May 27, 2020 at 4:12 pm
When 1984 becomes a reality
Ken Choie
May 27, 2020 at 5:00 pm
One can never do good business with bad people/ organized criminals.
The CCP is in fact a criminal organization harvesting (?) and selling human organs on demand among other despicable things it does.
The glib talk by Huang Hung may sound soothing, but the world ought to decouple from the CCP as soon as possible before the entire human race becomes a host to the CCP parasites.
刘宇婷
May 27, 2020 at 5:29 pm
somehow many people in the comments are Chinese experts! I wonder how many of you have stayed in China for at least a few weeks that can make you guys comment so much on how Chinese live their lives? i guess no so many . So why u guys have so much to talk about? Do u just take that misinformation from western media?
Viganch0
May 28, 2020 at 12:40 am
I don’t care about China or how you live your lives there. I would never set my foot in China. So your way of life is of supreme indifference to me. What I do not want is Chinese people coming to our countries to spew their trash here. You stay in China and we will stay in our countries. Deal?
刘宇婷
May 28, 2020 at 3:37 am
@Viganch0 that is not sth u and i can decide on, ok? you talk like yr countries don’t have trash people in other countries.
刘宇婷
May 27, 2020 at 5:39 pm
every countries has its own issues, just like every family has its issues. Why don’t u guys mind yr own businesses first before u try to be a such a back-sitter to comment on Chinese ? Come on, if lives were that miserable as u thought in CHINA, Chinese would have figured a solution out. Like u can save the world with yr keyboard.
John Stiles
May 27, 2020 at 9:35 pm
As an Asian American I severely disagree with her assessment on security and Freedom. It really speaks on the human condition that is incline towards slavery rather than Freedom itself. This is what distinguish us Americans from everyone else is that We Americans value Freedom more.
John Stiles
May 27, 2020 at 9:36 pm
Give me Liberty or give me death
Predatory Mistress
May 27, 2020 at 10:46 pm
😍 🌞 👩🚒
5davi5
May 27, 2020 at 11:12 pm
@6:31 This is about both sides?
James Hsueh
May 28, 2020 at 1:36 am
So she basically just said, people of China are okay with whatever the government do to them, and they shouldn’t not be questioning if the decision is good or bad?
And then she tied to use the “Chinese value” BS to convince us that the people should mindlessly obey the government? I’m Asian and my mother does not educate me like what she told you! Yes, you should respect your elderly, not to the point where you obeying everything they told you to do!
Pretty Prudent
May 28, 2020 at 3:19 am
China needs to release something a little more potent.
Victoria K. Cliche
May 28, 2020 at 3:30 am
Do you view TED so as to live in a bubble? Very American to find a camp and stay in it – especially now. What happened to intellectual debate? How about arguing for the side to which you are vehemently opposed?
If the idea of moving more “toward the collective” seems like propaganda we may need to look at “American Individualism” also as propaganda – because it is. If you think we each do it all on our own, congratulations on being inculcated.
Lastly, if you know anything about Huang, it is that she is highly intelligent, creative and procative – with millions of followers globally. She is a global citizen, schooled in the US (literally) and has lived/lives in Europe and China. That we are debating this, is likely HER goal, not that of anyone else.
Shreyas Bharadwaj
May 28, 2020 at 4:29 am
TED? Really ? TED is bought up?
Unsubscribed!
A Y
May 28, 2020 at 5:30 am
She can’t even watch this video herself, it is on YouTube.
Kent X.
May 28, 2020 at 5:38 am
I do not think she means Chinese do not want to change the system because they do not “know” any other systems. That is wrong. The correct expression should be because they do not know any other systems that will work in China or any systems worked in the world.
Dusty Malone
May 28, 2020 at 5:54 am
Ahh… what a nice pointless video. Heart-warming to the least. Propaganda at the most. TED sucks!
Thế anh Hoàng
May 28, 2020 at 6:10 am
Chinazi
Yona McCrum
May 28, 2020 at 6:54 am
Yeah that’s the first point, nobody knows how many deaths China actually has
Q
May 30, 2020 at 11:12 am
Sounds like you or anyone knows how many deaths other countries have. They don’t even test like china does. They don’t test because they cannot even figure out how to test.
Going Merry
May 28, 2020 at 7:11 am
I hope America will help all the countries bullied by China.
supercharger
May 28, 2020 at 9:04 am
The explanation of 乖 (Guai) misses the main and most important part which is agreeing and behaving in compliance with a set accepted virtues. 乖 (Guai) is never used when someone is being compliant to or obedient to evil. There is an accepted sense of what is right within society and 乖 (Guai) can only be applied within that sense of what is virtuous and right. Though in this context, I think she misused that word 乖 (Guai) in an attempt to explain the greater sense of collective responsibilities within that society.
sumount liu
May 31, 2020 at 12:34 am
Agree, I think more people are misleading and misinterpreting by some trolls.
团结路彭于晏
May 28, 2020 at 10:48 am
I think we do not need a debate about whose government is right who is wrong since we all know China and USA, we are not have the same history, when Chinese people has been suffered by a variety of war and invade, USA people live much better than Chinese, especially in 1937.
here are the problems, the Chinese government has already control under the case in coronavirus,the cases number keeps going down and the city is recovering activity and children come back to school. no doubt that the CCP system saved 1.4 billion people. but we still have some mistake in the beginning pandemic period, like the WUHAN government try to hide some information, DR.Li has to receive a warning by local police. that is a mistake, But for now, the relative officer has already deposed,Dr li and other relative doctor to award the hero label. Also, relative law has further refined.
what about the USA government? yes we all know they belive freedom and democracy is everything, that’s right and reasonable,but this kind of the system will cause no any officer has been deposed, the results only let civilian bear. Also, their officer always said that “they did a good job, very good job, blame china, do not blame me”
But the problem is the cases still were high and dead rate closely 100 thousand people even their officer call on people try to use Disinfectant destroy coronavirus.
Is that really for democracy or just for vote? transparency and freedom speech is indeed a good solution, but it seems like the USA people still could not stop relative officer crazy words and behavior.
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May 28, 2020 at 1:14 pm
They are not gwai, they just don’t have option…
Open up the internet for a year then have universal suffrage …. with 0.9 billion ccp members it should have guaranteed victory right? After that you can said they are truly obey the government
Liger Dave
May 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm
Why do many attack her for her different voice? Embrace differences which are what make this world beautiful. Ted is about introducing different perspective. If you expect ted to tell stories in your way, quit
HH444
May 28, 2020 at 4:36 pm
She and now by extension, TED is the problem. Think twice about what you promote. #freehk
Huang Boyang
May 28, 2020 at 7:22 pm
In german the word “guai” is “brav”
Henry G
May 28, 2020 at 10:57 pm
This is just CCP propaganda
J.G. Ramos, HBAC
May 29, 2020 at 12:51 am
Unsubbing. Brian Rose’s TED talk video’s no longer here. Peace be with you.
Holly Golightly
May 29, 2020 at 2:48 am
“乖 ” is translable , it simply means “obedient”
sumount liu
May 31, 2020 at 12:29 am
No, “乖 ” means more, it also means this kid knows what’s wrong or tight. And obey the righteous rules, you just categorized it into slavery meanings. If a person do whatever things that other people ask him to do, it’s not “乖 ”, it “流氓”.
Richard William Swymeler-Sinor
May 29, 2020 at 5:20 am
I appreciated this video as we are global community, although ruled differently … when it comes to human health we all need to care #behuman #bekind oh my fellow Americans – you need China because you live for your knock off prices at Walmart, Target and other ‘so called great American Stores’ that really destroyed Small Town American business because you wanted it cheaper. Great job TED!!
Dogmatic Cat
May 29, 2020 at 5:21 am
China nicely silenced and killed people that brought the virus into public knowledge (e.g. the doctor who found the virus first). Then continued to lie to the whole world about the rate of infections and the seriousness of it all.
CCP shills are cancer and TED is blind to it all.
Catherine InToronto
May 29, 2020 at 5:48 am
Let’s see the results. It is too hurry to say this video is propaganda. We can see how many people dies, and the situation in each of the country we live in. Shut up and let’s see.
Every 30 Days
May 29, 2020 at 9:08 am
In every situation, there is a battle between collective safety and individual freedom. However, is there a scenario where you can have lots of both?
Vash Matrix
May 29, 2020 at 9:38 am
Fundamentally different values that are not compatible, socialism/ communism are anti freedom, don’t expect Ted trash to say that.
囧Deathtomato囧
May 29, 2020 at 6:11 pm
The world should never learn from China or North Korea about how they control the spread of virus, but they should learn something from Taiwan. Taiwan really made an excellent job in containing virus.
囧Deathtomato囧
May 29, 2020 at 6:18 pm
CCP spends hundreds of billion dollars to bribe companies and organizations around the globe, the whole world is censored now, the next step of CCP is to invade the whole world and making Xi the emperor of the earth.
X H
May 29, 2020 at 9:51 pm
洪晃本不想从事父母那样的外交工作，可是现在似乎做着和外交类似的工作！
I invented Google
May 29, 2020 at 10:51 pm
It’s laughable that we are looking at America the world is not
this isn’t a Hollywood movie were the US safes the world
Raj Agrawal
May 30, 2020 at 4:59 am
Another Chinese puppet trying to defend China. Let me tell you lady about the Chinese culture. Their government is arrogant. Not willing to take responsibility of such a massive human tragedy caused by their lack prompt actions. No one can believe on a country where government controls each and every move of people, media, internet and every other entity.
Q
May 30, 2020 at 11:16 am
Very few scientists know how the virus develops and yet we are talking about democracy here and hope the virus goes with the stupid pattern the democracy voted for.
Invox
May 30, 2020 at 2:16 pm
VALUES!? No, what the Chineses have is a Dictatorship!
That way is “easy” to control crowds… AND information. There is NO WAY China has ZERO cases. I have been there, I know.
Also, “Guai” is just obedience… And no father should “lock up” their kids. Dr. Lee was absolutelly killed by Chinese authorities.
I eard enough… I can’t believe TED actually posted this.
antonycao
May 30, 2020 at 5:23 pm
This is what an intellectual society should do: listen to different voices. It’s sad that many commentators simply dismiss the opinion just because it comes from a source you don’t WANT to believe. One of the biggest human congnitive flaws that prevent us from understanding each other.
Andre Alb
May 30, 2020 at 10:01 pm
London real
Thomas De Quincey
May 31, 2020 at 7:00 am
Is she kidding? In China you’ll do what the state says or you’ll “disappear.” It’s about fear. Listening to your elders has got nothing to do with it.
Lee Sean
May 31, 2020 at 12:34 pm
可以把耳機戴好嗎 看了好痛苦
Clay Lu
May 31, 2020 at 1:07 pm
I would like to kindly remind people commenting here that you too have been brainwashed and is also part of a propaganda attack by YOUR government also. On the internet there seems to be this high horse / holier than thou attitude that the “West” is so pure and good. I would ask everyone of you to look at your government closely also, and see pass what is presented to you.
Additionally, I would also like to remind others that the Chinese people come from a different cultural background, and are also at a different stage in their economical growth. With all these factors, then I would ask you to look at the history of economical growth of the west at a similar stage to China currently.
With the two points above, I hope to provide further points of discussion and thinking, instead of this “we are right your are wrong” attitude.