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I was completely wrong about China. Welcome to China Uncensored, I'm Chris Chappell. Be sure to leave a honeypot emoji in the comments below for the algorithm, and check back every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday for new episodes. You know, I spent a lot of time, years, more than a decade actually, fighting the Chinese Communist Party and its influence. But you know what? I was wrong. I've been shown the error of my ways by hedge fund manager and self-proclaimed China expert Ray Dalio, who recently wrote an amazing article for the Financial Times titled China's Tribute System and the New World Order. The article, it's mind-blowing. I mean, I thought I knew China, but this article has really opened my eyes. Now I know that China is destined to be a world power. It's inevitable. And you know they're the good guys when you describe them in the same way as Thanos describes himself. So why will China be a world power? Well, it's because of its culture. More specifically, Confucianism. According to Dalio, the Chinese approach today is primarily Confucian, which is a hierarchical, family-like approach. And here all the time I thought that the Chinese approach today was primarily Communist, which is for certain 100% a Chinese ideology that did not originate on the other side of the planet. Man, I was confused. Turns out China uses Confucianism in dealing with all others, including people in China and in other countries. With the goal of having order, harmony, and prosperity for most people. Well, the ones that survive anyway. Yep, order, harmony, and prosperity. That's what China is all about. This is just China giving the Philippines fatherly discipline. Dalio also says that it's thanks to Confucianism that China can do things that the US can't. Like build high-speed rail and other infrastructure projects with amazing speed that never have any problems ever. At all. And it's also because of Confucianism that China is able to set up its tribute system of interacting with other powers in the world. Where relations are not between equals, but between superiors and subordinates that recognize the relative positions in the hierarchy. China, of course, is the superior. And hey, nothing's ever gone wrong from having an authoritarian nation try to take over the world because they felt they were superior. It's in the process of making even the US into a vassal state. But if that makes you worry, relax. Dalio says that China's operating on a system where the more powerful ones are to treat the less powerful ones well. And the less powerful ones are to treat the more powerful ones well, so that there's harmony. It's okay. China, as the most powerful country in the globe, will safeguard the well-being of its inferiors no matter what. Of course, there are caveats. If an inferior power treats the superior power inappropriately, the more powerful power punishes the less powerful one in some way, typically not violently, but through pressure, like denying them what they want. Though occasionally the punishment can be violent to convey lessons. Wow. See, all the time China was just trying to convey a lesson to the Philippines. And the Falun Gong. After all, it's incredibly disrespectful for the Philippines to treat China so poorly in the Philippines' own waters. How could I have been so blind to such horrible abuse? But what happens if the superior power, China, wrongs an inferior country? Well, I don't know. I'm not a China expert like Dalio, and he didn't say. But I'm sure he'll answer that in some later post. Consequences definitely go both ways, not just to those who offend China. But hey, China knows what's best for its inferiors. And that's great, because China is a non-violent country that doesn't have any interest in taking over other countries. Or nibbling at them bit by bit. Or subverting them from within. That's why China has only one overseas military base, unlike the hundreds of US military bases. Because it's not like China is manufacturing bases in the South China Sea on a massive scale. No, it turns out I was wrong. Ray Dalio knows China way better than I do. He's THE China whisperer. After all, he's describing the Chinese culture as it has been described to him by Chinese leaders. Who are not at all biased or trying to create a particular image of the country at all. They're just neutral observers. Okay, let's be real. A real China expert knows that if you're meeting with Chinese officials and relying on them to explain things, then you're not an expert. You're a CCP asset. What makes Dalio's article crazy is that he actually has some things correct. China really does prefer to win through manipulation and deception. And it really doesn't prefer to directly colonize countries, but instead co-opt them as vassal states. By linking the CCP to Confucianism and Chinese culture, Dalio helps both legitimize the CCP in Chinese society and make it sound like an unstoppable force. And by treating communism like it's just a set of ideas the Chinese leadership tosses around from time to time, not as a foundational organization in China, Dalio discourages people from thinking about how communism works. That's foolishness. It's literally in the CCP's name. That'd be like Burger King saying, What? Hamburgers? Never! We just serve napkins and pudding. And when it comes to Taiwan, well, according to Dalio, it was agreed that there should be peaceful reunification. Agreed by whom? He doesn't say. But I think you might know the answer. It's the people. In other words, the CCP. No other Chinese voices. Not Singaporeans, and especially not Chinese dissidents or the Taiwanese themselves. I'd say this is undemocratic, but the CCP understands democracy as well as Stevie Wonder understands magic eye puzzles. And his wording, the CCP loves it when people like Dalio describe China's conquest of Taiwan as reunification. Even though the CCP has never had control over Taiwan. Reunification is just a term that helps legitimize the CCP's groundless claims over the island. But perhaps the most unsettling thing to come out of Dalio's article are his claims that it is now inconceivable that the American public would support an American military response to Chinese pressure aimed at Taiwan. Or even the Philippines, which has a mutual defense treaty with the US. This kind of rhetoric is clearly aimed at destroying the willpower of America's partners, who also happen to be China's targets. I mean, wayward souls that just need to be taught a non-violent lesson. With tanks. It feeds into the idea that the US is so unreliable that allies like Taiwan might as well make concessions to China rather than risk losing, since the US won't back them. That's exactly what China wants. To sow so much doubt between partners that China will face much less potent resistance. And the way Dalio seems to almost automatically assume that any meeting with China is an act of tribute plays right into the idea that China always has the upper hand when that's not the case. But there is one thing I absolutely agree with Dalio on. That's when he says, take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Unfortunately, Dalio's article is just a symptom of a much larger problem. So many elites, including those in the mainstream media, almost seem to cheer at the idea that the US will lose and China will win. It's inevitable. But you and I know better. It's not inevitable. We can fight it. But I need your help. More people need to wake up and see that they shouldn't be blindly trusting elites like Dalio. They should be trusting handsome YouTubers like me. If you want to join me in this fight to put the final nail in the coffin of communism, join my 50 cent army by signing up to my website ChinaUncensored.tv. Plus, when you subscribe, you'll get access to a special chat community, exclusive live streams, and deep dive episodes made just for my 50 cent army. Just click this button here or the link below. Once again, I'm Chris Chappell. Thanks for watching.