China’s Gen Z overconfident and thinks West is ‘evil’, top academic says, cautioning against nationalism among the young

[FairAndUnbiased]

There are some academics who are typical cowards and try to hide lack of spine as moderation.

 

[MH.Yang]

There are some academics who are typical cowards and try to hide lack of spine as moderation.

No, they are right. We should destroy the imperialists, but we should not become new imperialists. We should uphold our original intention and guard against the erosion of populism.

 

[REhorror]

This is concern trolling.
How chinese youth feel has jackshit to do with academics and Western opinions, unless they fear self-confident people.

 

[Viet]

Yan Xuetong is right. The new generation has to be confident but not so over confident that it ends up getting blinded by patriotism like the american generations to the point that it drives the nation into jumping into unwinnable quagmire type wars like the u.s. did.

Nonsense the US youths are not interested in politics at all. most of them if you ask them don’t even know where Japan and China in Far East. Politics is a taboos topic anyway. It’s a death sin to talk on politics. People talk when meet on weather, where to shop, talking on sports, and or other topics, never politics.
Much the same in Vietnam. We say politics belong to politicians.
Interestingly, in contrast the Germans when they meet talk on politics they like to criticize everything on politics.
There are differences yes the western is evil but there are shades.

 

[REhorror]

Nonsense the US youths are not interested in politics at all. most of them if you ask them don’t even know where Japan and China in Far East.

That's not lack of interests of politics, that's purely ignorance.

I fully expect chinese youth to be able school these americans in matter of politics, history and even science at this point.

 

[Viet]

That's not lack of interests of politics, that's purely ignorance.

I fully expect chinese youth to be able school these americans in matter of politics, history and even science at this point.

Why should chinese youths do anything educational to americans youths? Makes no sense. Most Americans are not interested in domestic politics why should they have any interest in foreign politics?

 

[REhorror]

Why chinese youths do anything to americans youths? Makes no sense. Most Americans are not interested in politics in domestic politics why should they have any interest in foreign politics?

Really? You are telling me the americans (the youths) are not interested in their Repub vs Democrat clown show?
I have troubles believing that.

Anyway, it's not even foreign politics, they are ignorant about basic geography, stuff they learn in school.

 

[Viet]

Really? You are telling me the americans (the youths) are not interested in their Repub vs Democrat clown show?
I have troubles believing that.

Anyway, it's not even foreign politics, they are ignorant about basic geography, stuff they learn in school.

No they will not waste their time on this.
Don’t ask them anything political in small talk, you kill instantly the conservation.
Certainly they have personal opinions on politics but they don’t want to talk about it.

 

[Dungeness]

Chinese Gen-Z are simply pissed with non-stop Western propoganda and fake news against China and Chinese, and just responding with a middle finger, called it "overconfidence" or "nationalism" or whatever. Chinese "scholars" should just grow some spine and don't really have to be so apologetic.

 

[Stranagor]

Chinese Gen-Z are simply pissed with non-stop Western propoganda and fake news against China and Chinese, and just responding with a middle finger, called it "overconfidence" or "nationalism" or whatever. Chinese "scholars" should just grow some spine and don't really have to be so apologetic.

Yan Xuetong is probably concerned that confidence first turns into over-confidence, then into arrogance and finally, into ignorance and zenophobia.

That may be a real threat, but, the preventive measure is not to turn them into meek tape-recorders memorizing foreign ideas/theories passively to get a diploma and land in a job.

Confidence in rational, critical, and independent thinking is an asset, not liability. I guess Yan Xuetong himself is an intellectually confident person, as seen in his attemps to actually construct a social theory by introducing classical Tianxia concept into modern governance in China.

Maybe he wants his students to read his books only, LOL.

 

[adelphi]

Nationalism is a double edge sword, sometime it needs to be curbed.

It's far better than having slave mentality. Surely Chinease have their reasons.

Yan Xuetong is probably concerned that confidence first turns into over-confidence, then into arrogance and finally, into ignorance and zenophobia.

That's the cycle a nation has to take. A universal law. Better than having no confidence & living miserable.

 

[MH.Yang]

Nonsense the US youths are not interested in politics at all. most of them if you ask them don’t even know where Japan and China in Far East. Politics is a taboos topic anyway. It’s a death sin to talk on politics. People talk when meet on weather, where to shop, talking on sports, and or other topics, never politics.
Much the same in Vietnam. We say politics belong to politicians.
Interestingly, in contrast the Germans when they meet talk on politics they like to criticize everything on politics.
There are differences yes the western is evil but there are shades.

NO!
Western values are not evil, nor are Chinese values evil. Values only has suitable or unsuitable, it has not evil or justice.
Different countries suitable different values in different historical stages. Those countries and talents who think they are the only right are really evil.
Weakness is not a sin, ignorance is not a sin, arrogance is.

Chinese philosophy holds that only in the competition with our competitors can we learn from each other's advantages, make progress and survive. If we have no competitors, we will perish(生于安乐，死于忧患). Those who want to destroy other values and competitors are committing suicide.

生于忧患，死于安乐 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.m.wiktionary.org

 

[Dungeness]

Yan Xuetong is probably concerned that confidence first turns into over-confidence, then into arrogance and finally, into ignorance and zenophobia.

That may be a real threat, but, the preventive measure is not to turn them into meek tape-recorders memorizing foreign ideas/theories passively to get a diploma and land in a job.

Confidence in rational, critical, and independent thinking is an asset, not liability. I guess Yan Xuetong himself is an intellectually confident person, as seen in his attemps to actually construct a social theory by introducing classical Tianxia concept into modern governance in China.

Maybe he wants his students to read his books only, LOL.

Historically, China has never lacked the "rational voices" like his at the time of crisis. In the end, it is always the "radicals' who landed on the right side of history. Gen-Z's voice needs to be heard, laud and clear, so that the West know their propoganda against China backfired.

As for the threat the nationalism of Gen-Z may present to the ruling CCP, it's up to CCP to manage, and I believe they are more than capable of handling it.

 

[qwerrty]

that top academic should be put on foreign agent watch list. he's very suspicious. he's saying all the anti-china crap from western countries are all conspiracy theories fake news made up by chinese netizens. those foreign governments in western countries love chinese people. there's no anti-china at all.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

No, they are right. We should destroy the imperialists, but we should not become new imperialists. We should uphold our original intention and guard against the erosion of populism.

what does resisting lies have to do with becoming new imperialists?