Cyrus Janssen on the real China vs. conception of most Americans

This summer we went back to China, we traveled two months throughout China.  We were sharing videos on Instagram with our friends back in America and no one could believe.

This is China?  This is what China looks like?  The roads are this clean?  The cities this good?  The malls are this well?  The meals are this great?  The food is this fresh?  The people are this friendly?

This is the sad thing.  I think for most Americans their conception of China is still stuck in 1970.  It's still Chairman Mao suits, bicycles, poor country, underdeveloped, communism, no freedom, totalitarian society.  This is what the stereotypes about China are.  I lived in China for 10 years.  There's not really many freedoms that I didn't have.  There's not really a huge difference between the United States and China.

~ Cyrus Janssen, "Shocking Truth About China Told by an American," Max Chernov, 1:05 mark, October 14, 2024