China does not interfere in other countries' domestic affairs but others interefere in her affairs. This is evidenced by support of the separatist Dalai Lama and now the terrorism-linked Uyghur woman.

Is that arrogance or superiority complex?

"Everyone hates the French" - haha so true.

Although he pulled back from it, I agree, Kaiser was precisely right about the French -- an irrational disdain for that country certainly unites the U.S. and Chinese public opinion. (Of course in the 1960s, it was rather French and Chinese public opinion united in anger at the Americans.)

If other viewers are looking for ways to cut this down, Kaiser Kuo makes his first appearance at 5:30 and starts his remarks properly at 6:30. He properly states his thesis somewhere between 32:00 and 33:00, when he starts digging into the events of spring 2008. He describes "Brutal slugfests in the comments section of blogs....a bruising, frenzied, people-to-people brawl that continues today." (36:00)

And other juicy sound bites like:

"A war between Red Guards and rednecks." (40:20)

Or thoughts like 42:55 -- the Belgrade Embassy bombing in 1999 took place in era of 8 million netizens; today 338 million (take that, Peter Hays Gries! the definitive author of _China's New Nationalism_ only scratched the surface of online impacts)

And then there is his talk of "hogs at the trough" of natural resource consumption (46:00)--

Using Kaiser's words, I'm not feeling particularly "bruised" or "frenzied" at the moment, but this is great stuff anyway! Very evocative, and it rewards repeated viewing. It seems that even more "bridge blogging" is needed.

Thanks to Jeremy for posting this.

Thanks for this.

could not agree more about the lack of asian history, as a huge blindspot in american understanding. I have had the feeling that the power of china will find its ultimate expression more from its artists then from its economics,(formidable as it is). A "bridge blog" on chinese art would be welcome. Prediction. The next flag on the moon will be Chinese, I dont consider that real important,but it will make me smile.

An excellent speech. Thanks for posting it!

The insight Kaiser provides about China is so real, I almost can visualize the scene Chinese talking about variety of topics, ranging from international politics to ethnic issues etc. I can't agree more about the ignorance theory,that can be valid for the rest of the world, so called clash of ignorance, as Aga Khan puts it rightly. I am looking forward to read his book. Thanks for posting it.

And this is why the CCP MUST enact political reform...so popular support doesn't funnel the nation into a choice of War or regime collapse

Interesting presentation and largely authentic according to my 6 years in China, however Kaiser takes pains to present an overly balanced feel. Clearly the biased media and fenqing in China are far worse than their American counterparts? I also don't understand the need to attack Fox News and American conservatives. Maybe he appreciates the laughs from academic circles, but it shows his own intolerance and alienates a large portion of the audience he is trying to convince to be more open minded.