You explained this so well, thank you!

The rise of Chinese communist part in China is so complicated and counter intuitive, thanks to the cunning maneuver of Mao, that misled the western view on CCP. Professor Dikotter is one of the rare scholars who actually understands the true face of CCP by looking into the historical facts which continues in practice to this day.  Thanks professor Dikotter for enlightening us and keep up the good work.

I have to watch this.

lol the CCP bots must be crazy in the comment section. This is a great discussion, I hope more people get to understand the history of “how the red sun raises”. Too many people are starry eyed about CCP, too many “Snow”s in the west. Too many people believe they are not communist, talking about Confucians etc. it’s truly laughable, especially in the eyes of CCP.

We have a revisionist in Frank Dikotter on why Japan invaded China in 1937 - his idea is that Moscow rescuing Chiang from his kidnapping in Dec 1936 led to the KMT leaning towards the USSR and as the USSR was an enemy of Japan that led to the full invasion of China in July 1937.
We should all buy his book to learn more about this new version of why Japan launched a full invasion of China in 1937.

Dr. Dikotter is a unique expert who understands cruelty, the nature of the beast, barbarism, and the disturbing facts about China's horrifying oppressive history.

Frank is the greatest historian of modern china living and working today.

Sounds like Gordon Chang....Says it all!

These two minds are pretty much either black or white. How do they understand the sophistication of the reformed Confucius system in modern China? One of them says he doesn’t understand Confucianism at all, it’s confusing! How the hell can he understand China without having a clue of Confucianism?

Why Shanghai massacre is interesting ?! 😢😮 no historical sensitivities at all , yah no wonder he said he is purely based on fact, cold fact and probably  “ cold “ on fact too

I'm glad the CCP won China. There is a nation that is not controlled by Zionists and can stand up to bullies like the US

"As a Confucianism society, the Chinese were taught to obey their rulers as long as their rulers are benevolent, having the mandate of heaven. If their rulers have failed to deliver, the Chinese have the right and will overthrow their rulers as they have done for the past couple thousands of years. Chinese communist party maybe ruling China in the name of Communism, but the only reason they can still rule China is because of the Confucianism ideology. Deng Xiaoping and his successors managed to bring China out of poverty and turned it into a modern and powerful nation. Chinese people have no reason to turn against their government and CPC. That's why the Chinese people can never understand why the West keep telling them that they should overthrow their government when everything is going well for them or that liberal democracy is good for China." - written by another netizen.

Perhaps a discussion on whether the Dems and Reps are rising or declining.... And then as well Tories an Labour , etc...

Frank Dikötter, "the well-regarded historian on China", wrote:  

"Smoking [Opium] was a complex social ritual with inbuilt restraints on the amount of opium which could be consumed: it had no negative consequences for the health or life expectancy of the vast majority of users."

What utter nonsense from this 2 idiots. Haha. I have read both of them to know that both Hate China, and are part of the Anti China brigade that needs to make money and pay their bills. Jeez.

31 minutes in im done. These guys are 🤡

This dude called Orville knows nothing about the real China and has been misleading the American public for decades.

If someone like him could be called a Chinese expert, God helps America!

When someone says he only uses facts make sure you verify his facts.

This guy is just saying nonsense 😂