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@University-ss6fy
14 күн бұрын
Lost in your eyes
@Anti-FreedomD.P.R.ofSouthKorea
14 күн бұрын
Aaaand of course, you completely took out the clear indications that suggest China's been doping their atheletes before the Olympics and buying out leeways for the tests. Congratulations, you now have altered the way information is presented towards the masses again! Be proud!
@gabrielseanwallace3979
13 күн бұрын
Hey, great video as usual! I wonder whether you could say what the 'Olympic Committee' footage was that you had to remove? I had the video paused, and then it was taken down before I could get to that part.
@-Timur1214
12 күн бұрын
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@_._._._._._._._._._._._._.____
11 күн бұрын
Random question @aini_ are you from Australia? :P You seem to have a tinge of aussie accent XD
@whizwart1
14 күн бұрын
I think you're right that most folks wouldn't say China is "sporty", but plenty of folks would say China is competitive, so I don't think many Western folks are surprised.
@user-kn1oo1be4r
12 күн бұрын
Young Chinese are doing exercise
@biketraintaxland
12 күн бұрын
meanwhile US has the most obesity. So if u said that, i dont think no country is deserved ur "sporty" title. Cuz u think obesity mean "sporty"?
@blengi
12 күн бұрын
in the ipsos Global views on Exercise and team sports china spends more hours exercising and practising sports than US per capita. Curiously the anglo saxons won the most medals by far. I count around 250 medals for anglo saxons.or twice as many golds as the hugely more populous china close to 10 times per capita
@clashnoobbeater274
12 күн бұрын
Why China is not sporty? What makes you think this way?
@thatdude9091
11 күн бұрын
@@blengi why are you referring to them as anglo saxons?
@camu9721
12 күн бұрын
Not every Chinese person is sporty, but many are quite active, even at old ages, China is known to have their old guys doing crazy gymnastics in their parks, and Chinese people are a lot more conscious about their weight and staying healthy than many in the west.
@jaechell8401
12 күн бұрын
bro's only information on china is from tiktok
@mwkcheng
11 күн бұрын
Many are quite active? Comparing to what country? Go to CCP China and you will find out how sports is so unpopular among majority of people. But if you are referring to some small proportion of retired people who have no where to go and hanging around in the parks, yes they are active.
@lolithighs
11 күн бұрын
have you been to china or have you just been on Chinese tiktok
@skinscalp222
11 күн бұрын
@@jaechell8401 As opposed to you whose information on China are all from youtube grifters?
@jaechell8401
11 күн бұрын
@@skinscalp222 no i live in china and I've never seen an old man do crazy gymnastics. they just swing their legs on the leg swingy set.
@Definitely_Melnyx
14 күн бұрын
Its honestly as simple as how much financial aid those nations put towards their athletes and training facilities. Germany shows greatly how a lack of invest can result in a downfall.
@이준희-f8k
14 күн бұрын
Yup also communist parties of the soviet union and china have been forced the young children to learn sports in their very early age like 4 or 5 years old only for medals and have trained them very harsh(It should have been child abuse if it happened in western countries). But all of that procedures and choices are rationalized by 'patriotism' and 'loyalty'. In capitalism, people choose the sport they want to do so usually, most people volunteer for popular sports like football or american football and then move on to another one and then finally settle on to unpopular one unlike communist countries. That's the main difference. Although China eventually made out some medals in Olympics, that's why they still suck at popular sports like football.
@johnjaehwan
14 күн бұрын
Investment - yes, I agree, but it depends on what kind. If you are investing in sports facilities, organisations and athletes to promote sports to the people, there should be more investments. Not if you are investing in sports-elitist-factories to farm gold medals and spew out anyone who didn't make it.
@90Rush
14 күн бұрын
Ironically East Germany was one of the most dominant nations in medal counts before the wall fell.
@me0101001000
14 күн бұрын
@@90Rush hardly ironic. The Olympics are a golden opportunity for an authoritarian nation to showcase their strength. It's a free soft power opportunity, so of course they're going to go in hard on it to the best of their ability.
@NeostormXLMAX
13 күн бұрын
@@이준희-f8klmao bullshit, amerimutts have their athletes all drummed up on adhd meds like amphetamines and asthma puffers 😂😂😂
@pennyshi6474
11 күн бұрын
For those you don't know, in 2022, the sports industry in China is worth of 452.164 billion US dollars. It's still growing at a rate about 6% every year. People I know in Chinese cities do exercises and sports activities quite often. Gyms are also everywhere and very affordable. You can't say it's not a sporty nation. People there love doing sports. They just don't like playing sports like American football, baseball, cricket...
@Anonymous------
5 күн бұрын
People who are brainwashed by the west always think only the things the west does are right and everything else others do is wrong. 😂
@princedoge4586
4 күн бұрын
Pretty bad arguments. By that logic the US having the most obese people per capita among major nations, means the most dominant force in Olympic medals isn’t actually sporty. Which leads to the real point: being well exercised does not mean “sporty”. Also mainstay Olympic events don’t include American football, baseball, or cricket, (sports that most people here aren’t even playing on their free time, but watching) and thus don’t contribute to average Olympic performance! I also say this as a big fan of Chinese weightlifting and table tennis. China is for sure an active nation, with the biggest basketball fan base on the planet, and a rich history of martial arts (the benefit of having a long history of war as well). But the primary barrier to entry for china breaking through the “sporty” image is having an organization that enables highly paid professional athletes, or having consistently high performing athletes in popular fast twitch muscle sports. Lu Xiaojun grew up as a sprinter, but you’ll find major athletes like Su Bingtian unable to make Paris Olympics without a suitable replacement
@Oceanatornowk
14 күн бұрын
By having the second most people and government funded programs that find children from an early age, specifically in sports where you can just grind out talent?
@mistahshade
14 күн бұрын
And Steroids
@NoRockinMansLand
14 күн бұрын
US takes gold in that@@mistahshade
@mistahshade
14 күн бұрын
@@NoRockinMansLand The US submits to drug testing. China doesn't. It's why the Olympic committee is threatening to the US for calling out Chinese athletes steroid use.
@tallest4eva
14 күн бұрын
Everybody that's good at the Olympics grinds out talent from a very young age. In the US, the grind happens at schools and private extra curricular clubs. The grind is the same though.
@alperry02
14 күн бұрын
Bingo
@joesligo1516
14 күн бұрын
I'm sorry but who thinks china isn't a nation that invests in sports?
@akba666
14 күн бұрын
China doesn't invest in sports. They invest in medals.
@joesligo1516
14 күн бұрын
@@akba666 And how do you win medals?
@akba666
14 күн бұрын
@@joesligo1516by finding sports that other people treat as hobbies then find kids to train in those full-time, sacrificing their education, social development, and future?
@theunbearables
14 күн бұрын
@@akba666 if youre competing in the Olympics, its not a hobby anymore, its your life. Also olympians don't get paid much and are sacrificing their lives for a chance for glory and hopefully a sponsorship to rake in the cash edit: even if i try to translate what you try to mean, the logic still doesn't make sense. e.g USA treats Olympic soccer as a "hobby"(in your terms) compared to basketball/football, it means that Spanish countries who love soccer should stop trying so hard because another country sees it as a hobby? Your claim also disqualifies the effort of the individuals and saying its 99% gov that won when in reality everyone competing has trained just as hard as the other to reach the top of the sport
@acojone6110
14 күн бұрын
@@akba666 funny how you're saying this to downgrade them, the truth is no country treats any olympics sport as an hobby. The reality is in some sports China is so advanced other countries can't even compare, that's it
@alperry02
14 күн бұрын
I mean... having a government funded sports program is a big part of it. Also...china has a lot of people.
@mariasol1545
14 күн бұрын
I wonder why they dont invest in Chinese football ... considering how famous ppl like Messi are
@asdkotable
12 күн бұрын
@@mariasol1545 I guess, besides the historical focus on specialized gold-medal events, it's that the ROI isn't as good. Previously, as mentioned, the ROI was good because they invested heavily in individual athletes which works as long as the talent scouts and coaches are good at their jobs. This is also why a lot of the team sports that China ends up being good at are sports that also have singles events (if that's the right word), like swimming/skating relay, ping-pong, diving etc. However, in order to get good at soccer, you need a good team. To get a good soccer talent industry going, you'd need to invest in many many children and many good teams, get them up to snuff in order to create a good competitive field so that the talents can actually come through and be able to work with other talented team members, etc...
@sanzhang-tx1zm
12 күн бұрын
@@mariasol1545 Football is relatively unpopular here. I don’t know the specific reason. Anyway, people prefer to play basketball, although basketball’s performance is average internationally.
@hoax-z8q
11 күн бұрын
india also has lots of people but they got no gold LOL
@itsover9008
11 күн бұрын
@@hoax-z8q Yeah, funding matters. India is more focused on team sports and less in the Olympic sports which get the most medals. Eventually, India will be competitive in the d**k measuring contest that is the Olympics, but for now, I think India cares more about other problems and increasing GDP than sports. Sports will come later automatically.
@aini_
13 күн бұрын
the IOC copyright striked my video so I had to cut out a part at 5:42 and later at 12:09 my point was that China decided to focus on artistic swimming because it was in the same category as diving and gymnastics, two sports they were doing really well in. China was able to transfer coaching knowledge, routine innovations and experience from those two sports to artistic swimming. Then, this year in Paris, China's artistic swimming team won gold for the first time. sorry I had to cut this part out, next time ill be sure to act out synchronised swimming on my carpet so I don't get striked
@LiviaGarrido9991
13 күн бұрын
up
@__-fu5se
13 күн бұрын
Just ask ChatGTP for the ascii version
@darrenzhan5302
13 күн бұрын
Getting striked for Olympic emblem instead of actual sensitive content 💀
@Keldorah
12 күн бұрын
You have four years to practice visualizing all the sport categories on your carpet before you need to make the next video, so you should be fine!
@kpunk
11 күн бұрын
IOC are such fucking assholes.
@blisswang957
12 күн бұрын
i actually completely disagree with the entire thesis that China's sports was weak before 1980s. China's badminton and ping pong were both very strong before 1980s, and China's man basketball and soccer were peaked out at 1990s, during the full centralization stage. Tang Xianhu's generation were the first generation of badminton players returning from Indonesia and they were the foundation of Chinese badminton. Ping pong was strengthened by Rong Guotuan's generation of players bring in skill sets that pushed Chinese Ping Pong program forward. What really was the issue of badminton and Ping Pong in the west was the lack of sponsors to push the sports, whereas China's system of athletic school since elementary really help create world champions and winners in the Ping pong and badminton category. If you look at 2004 Gail Emms, who was the mixed doubles silver medalist at 2004 Olympic in Athens for British badminton, she admit in an interview that she couldn't even make a living after she retired. Numerous current US badminton player had to crowdfund for their tournaments and even the Olympics . There is no money in ping pong or badminton in the US, thus require players to have a rich background before becoming pros. It is different in basketball where Lebron James could cash in on his talent once he was ready for NBA, same goes for any NFL, or MLB ready talent. The Chinese system benefit in the disciplines like diving and gymnastics, because students started young and train year round and started to make salary when you make it to province team, those athletes thrive on talent. US system needs to have money first for all the events without sponsors, otherwise they would need to follow an academic path that would require them to enter school with strong sports programs in their discipline. starting at junior high school, which may need to burn a lot of money before you succeed, this would push out the student with talent but no money in the beginning. But for all the major sports with money, most of the talents went there, because even in the backup leagues, you still make descent money. China's failure in the major sports like basketball and soccer can attribute to lack of junior programs to produce high level talents. Most of the clubs are separated from the athletic schools that produced talents. while no private academy picked up the slacks. while women soccer, basketball and volley ball still enjoy the same professional government program which produced more results. China's sport programs are a complete different track from common academic world, whereas US have sports integrated into their school curriculum, but there will still be special schools for special sports, like Montverde Academy and the top basketball college programs like UConn or South Carolina or Kentucky. So what you see is that US produce players if there are huge money in the sport. Track and field is the only exception, but US traditionally have very strong track and field program in college. China's programs will continue to produce in disciplines that require training from a young age, as well as disciplines where there is insufficient sponsors in the US. While its major team sports will continue to suck until some entities starts to create junior programs to produce talent and make it sustainable and profitable.
@hermesliteratus882
8 күн бұрын
Let's face it, the girl is probably employed by someone with an agenda. She is merely doing a job-smearing China and spreading hateful propaganda against the country. There are plenty of such channels on the internet. China bashing is big business.
@andriod8014
7 күн бұрын
Its odd as we literally had a ping pong diplomacy with them but she left that out of the picture.
@nuzhatmaliat9258
8 күн бұрын
The asian nerd stereotype has seeped so deep into ppl's brains that they refuse to acknowledge a country of 2+ billion ppl have variety in interests, dreams, physical and athletic strength.
@maryguty1705
11 күн бұрын
you missed out on a large factor of how science and technology in athletic training and knowledge of human physician has grown and changed over these few years. Chinese Athletes are trained and nurtured more efficiently and scientifically than before. This is quite clear in the many post-race analysises on Pan's neo swimming style, a clear sign of a intense techno result
@aruneelakkham5898
9 күн бұрын
I couldn't agree more.
@Atem_S.
13 күн бұрын
Sport is not for the rich, playing at high level is.. Trainer, nutrition, medicals, transportation, leagues fees, uniforms, .... That is what costing a lot.. Playing the sport isn't all depends what sport you play.. Soccer is just an ball, basket-ball a ball & net, Hockey a tick and a ball, ice hockey stick, puck, skate, league hockey, stick, puck, full equipment, skate, a rink...
@laifamily7804
8 күн бұрын
not sure what's the definition of a sporty nation. America has a small group of professional athletes that gets rich from sports, but the average american are out of shape and hates to move. China doesn't monetize its sports, so there is no way to make sports a career beyond being on the olympics team, but the average Chinese engages is alot more sporting activities.
@btlim4316
14 күн бұрын
i don't understand why you say china is not a sporty nation. every where i go in a park in china, i see people dancing, practising tai chi, exercising and moving. even in the usa, when i go to a park in the morning, it is more likely i see chinese people dancing. in fact, my grandma who is from china was a tight rope walker back when she was young, acrobat is part of chinese culture/street performing cullture, and that carries over to gymnastics beam. many moves in chinese acrobats also translate very well into gymnastics and diving. badminton is also huge. table tennis is also huge.
@Go4Broke247
14 күн бұрын
Chinese folks are more fitter than all of the American people.
@Ok-oo2kh
14 күн бұрын
Lol,uses ur brain
@jimmyhan8824
14 күн бұрын
yea but the youth in the americas are definetely more likely to play atheletic sports, such as track, football, basketball etc. and it's those youth that will go on to win gold medals, not the "sporty" grandmas doing taichi
@btlim4316
14 күн бұрын
@@jimmyhan8824 ok。what about martial arts? A lot of youth do martial arts like me when I was younger. Every home has a badminton racket. And of course acrobats which is part of chinese traditional street performing art of which my grandma was trained in. She never went to school but was trained to be an acrobat. Its deep rooted in chinese culture.
@cmaven4762
14 күн бұрын
I think it's less the overall activity of the general population and more the desire for high visibility wins. So China could be described as an active nation, but not a "sporty" one, as in prioritizing team and individual sports.
@kpunk
14 күн бұрын
I've wondered why China seemingly does not invest well in major team sports (basketball, football) given that the cultural power potential for them is much greater than winning gold in niche amateur sports. This video is very enlightening in explaining why. Yao Ming has been a greater Chinese ambassador than all of China's diving/swimming/table tennis gold medalists combined. Finding the next Chinese basketball/football star would pay dividends several times over
@Go4Broke247
14 күн бұрын
They do, the men's aren't successful as the Chinese women's team such Soccer and Volleyball.
@L-K-K
14 күн бұрын
pay dividends for whom?
@kpunk
13 күн бұрын
@@Go4Broke247 The womens soccer team is not good but the volleyball team shows great potential.
@kpunk
13 күн бұрын
@@L-K-K ??? pretty obvious don't you think
@L-K-K
13 күн бұрын
@@kpunk For the players and all the businesses who stand to profit? I guess if they all pay their proper share of taxes, then not a bad thing for the people and the gov. Question is do they pay taxes or try to dodge and hide their earnings and profits?
@fayeteg7807
13 күн бұрын
My parents were born in the USSR. They are way more into sports than my generation, and in general, way more athletic. Even though, they both grew up in the countryside, and didn't have any sophisticated gyms and inventory, playing sports was their favorite way to spend their free time. Even now they lead pretty active lifestyles and exercise daily. I can't even name one same age friend who's half as interested in sports as my parents and their peers. They literally keep up with so many different sporting events, while my friends and I barely watch even big ones, like Olympics. I always attributed their generation's heightened interest in sports to them growing up in USSR.
@arewecool177
9 күн бұрын
Our generation is more interested to be on instagram and laughing on memes😂
@white_skinned_bitch
7 күн бұрын
The Stan countries doesn't have that much sporting success. It was always Russia.
@Mr_faltuji1
4 күн бұрын
Rural flocks are always more into sports compared to urbans, Simple reason is LOT of open space but in urban area 😅 good luck finding that
@taaleyakhan3134
14 күн бұрын
Hi Aini, I love how clearly, I can hear you and appreciate your clear pronunciation of words without mumbling. and as always, the video is so well edited love the amount of work and research that goes into it. Have a great day
@Vinn_K
7 күн бұрын
In china, being a Olympian is your ONLY job
@1.4billion65
2 күн бұрын
What's wrong with that? Most people only have one job.
@Anonymous------
5 күн бұрын
People in China are the most active in excercising in the entire world, every norning and evenings the entire nation does excerises and dancing in the parks, public squares, in front if shopping malls, sea side, river side, coubtry side, anywhere people can do excerises and dancing. Obviously those who have never been in China don't know this. 😂
@ziggytheassassin5835
13 күн бұрын
Not to be rude but like... china has 1.4 billion people. Thats almost 5 times the population of the US. China isnt really an underdog...
@19may1Michelle
12 күн бұрын
Well, technically speaking, in the sense of physical strength, most Americans can definitely win over us Chinese. It's just how we are built.
@chrystianaw8256
11 күн бұрын
@@19may1Michelle what?
@khoirunnisa2801
11 күн бұрын
India has more than China. Lol.
@ziggytheassassin5835
11 күн бұрын
@19may1Michelle if you only count the top 360 million chinese theres no way america is still ahead tho.
@sleepysartorialist
11 күн бұрын
Never was. Behaves like one governmentally tho.
@retroenergy
10 күн бұрын
It might be the case that the average American is more physically active than the average Chinese, but the implication that the US is less deliberate in its investment is misleading. The sports incentives throughout American education system is made to make the US overperform in individual competitions that provides most of the golds. It's as deliberate as the Chinese 😅
@Jackie_Chan-w2m
14 күн бұрын
Any products exist China: we have a factory for that Olympics gold medal exist China: we have a factory for that
@qiwang3857
14 күн бұрын
wompwomp
@koreandersim
14 күн бұрын
Well, thats kinda rude
@MunggoloydLord
14 күн бұрын
@@koreandersim How so? It's a harmless fact
@Go4Broke247
14 күн бұрын
True, lifting 850 million people out of poverty by giving them sports factory.
@directxxxx71
10 күн бұрын
If only that easy
@nazerkem
14 күн бұрын
this was fascinating to listen to, thanks!!
@cmaven4762
14 күн бұрын
This was a good watch. I appreciate the insight into the Chinese perspective on sports generally. I mainly watched the Olympic swimming and the athletics, and I was interested to see some Chinese representation in the finals of both sports. While I think it's going to be a while before they challenge the powerhouse nations of the US, the Caribbean and East Africa in athletics, I noticed at least one athlete from China made it to about 70% of the events. It was also interesting to see some of the other East Asian nations win gold medals, and I'm wondering how their wins will influence youth in their countries to increase their participation in sports.
@Meolbwa7474
9 күн бұрын
idk the argument itself is kinda forced in the first place. USSR was a power house, why would China not be a power house? they are the most crazy nationalists in existence as well. it's obvious that they treat it as a task/duty/responsibility of the state. biggest people pool + insane funding? it's expected. kinda inspiring tho since they do prove that asians are capable of doing good at sports which were dominated by other races historically.
@sib9769
14 күн бұрын
I think the USA won the overall medal count by a very large margin to be fair… but other countries employ that same centralized strategy like 🇯🇲 encouraging track and field, 🇳🇿 with rugby, 🇨🇦 with figure skating/hockey etc but they are much smaller countries w/much smaller population sizes.
@pisablavatsky-cb3dd
8 күн бұрын
China gold medal was 42 US 40
@ctalcantara1700
8 күн бұрын
Canada's figure skating, hockey, and other sports programs are not centralized, they are decentralized. Athletes and sport organizations are funded if they perform well, to increase their medal potential. Canada does well in figure skating and hockey because of mass participation and those sports are part of Canada's sporting identity. Jamaica's track program is also not centralized. Their track program is very much a ground up approach- there is mass participation in track in their primary schools, high schools, and onward, furthermore they have many track clubs that produce athletes- so definitely not centralized. An example of centralization occurred in Australia in the 1980s when they created the Australian Institute of Sport where they identified athletes and put them Canberra to train in the best facilities with the best coaches- this improved their medal count tremendously. However, Australian sport has since become more decentralized as Sporting Institutes have formed in all Australian States, decreasing the emphasis on the national centers in Canberra.
@88Turbo88
14 күн бұрын
@aini thanks for making these high quality video
@fishfish8879
14 күн бұрын
“A great tactician creates plans. A good tactician recognizes the soundness of a plan presented on him. A fair tactician must see the plan succeed before offering approval. Those with no tactical ability at all may never understand or accept it. Nor will such people understand or accept the tactician. To those without that ability, those who posses it are a mystery. And when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with with resentment.” ― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn
@shanicestella2226
13 күн бұрын
Speaking about the Funding issue , the funding strategy will be effective if there is no corruption on it
@michaelmarchal4004
8 күн бұрын
Chinese women are actually good at most sports. Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball and even MMA.
@cow2076
11 күн бұрын
china's goal for the olympics is always the most golds. for their gymnastics team this year, they set a goal of 4 gold medals between men's and women's artistic gymnastics, which they ultimately didn't meet, so the funding for artistic gymnastics in the next quad will definitely lower. in addition, gymnastics is a unique sport where both team and individual medals are provided, but china almost always prioritizes individual golds over the team. when selecting the team, they will often stack the team with specialists that have a good chance of medaling on their own, which led to the national all around champion from this year, shi cong, being left off the team. it also hurts their chances at getting a team gold, since that is the most prioritized medal for other countries competing. i think this way of thinking needs to change. a team medal is just as, if not more valuable than an individual medal, even if it doesn't show through in the medal count.
@xiaochaoo
13 күн бұрын
It's just a smart and effective way to spot sporting talents as early as possible and groom them into becoming excellent athletes. Many wealthy countries have similar programs, US included. Not sure why this girl needs to use all the big hoo-ha words to politicize it just because it's China.
@nordan634
5 күн бұрын
Actually China is no.1 if we include Hong Kong and Taiwan
@AGuyIn
13 күн бұрын
I think the NCAA system is interesting because it gives elite athletes the opportunity for schooling. Whereas I think now in China athletes can go to university but usually it is a select few, some people are stuck in the profession of sports forever
@peekaboopeekaboo1165
11 күн бұрын
China have sports academy .
@Phoca_Vitulina
12 күн бұрын
Really interesting how different countries have different strategies and the argument of centralized and helping disadvantaged people or decentralized and having it only be for the rich which is more like how it is the US. Great job to both countries' athletes
@teagan8437
14 күн бұрын
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@sternshadowdude2
14 күн бұрын
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@deekay13
14 күн бұрын
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@user-bi7xd8ry5p
14 күн бұрын
@sternshadowdude2 Then you thank the universe for your luck lol
@chubbyface74
14 күн бұрын
Thank you for having a balanced view and non-critical. I've heard another youtuber who was very critical of this system. I think you can see how people compare China with India about the medal haul. Let's face it, winning matters, even from how the US always tries to measure total medals instead of gold. Their strategy is rather smart, but their educational system impedes sports as their hours are so long. Unless they can change their educational system, it might be hard to have grassroot promotion of sports.
@byakuya3603
10 күн бұрын
Actually, since China's return to the Olympics in 1984, it has pretty much always been in the top 3. Why does it seem like China's gold medals and podium finishes in the TOP3 are a recent thing? In reality, China has always been a strong contender in the Olympics. Events like table tennis, badminton, diving, boxing, shooting, gymnastics, and synchronized swimming are pretty much China's forte. Compared to that, it's more surprising that India, with a similar population, can't seem to win a single gold medal. If we rule out racial factors, then it can only be attributed to some issues with India's social system.
@huas5350
17 сағат бұрын
Banana people tend to have a more radical and harsh view of China than purely Westerners. This is a kind of master-seeking mentality that confirms the sense of existence. It is understandable
@tinkerbellss4533
14 күн бұрын
Even though I loved all your previous videos, this one really blew my mind! So so so much interesting, thank you so much for sharing!!
@monkeyman2233-g9o
14 күн бұрын
i was gonna goto work but guess i gotta watch this instead
@brokinfan
14 күн бұрын
You have a very nice deep voice, authoritative and natural presenter material. Interesting content and very well detailed researched
@christopherwaller2798
11 күн бұрын
The UK is probably close to Australia - for most sports represented at the Olympics, there will be a grass roots community [of varying sizes] but also National Lottery funding which is targeted towards certain sports. There are also definitely clusters of sports that we are competitive in, such as football and rugby; albeit our home nations are represented individually for those and some other sports such as cricket. The UK are competitive at the Olympics and Paralympics and a lot of sports originated from, or were codified in their modern form in the UK. That said, some of the most popular sports (e.g. cricket) aren't featured at the Olympics (although Twenty20 cricket will feature in 2028)
@white_skinned_bitch
7 күн бұрын
Cricket exists in only about 30 countries. I.e. india, eng, australia, NZ, south africa, pakistan, sri lanka, bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, Namibia, Nepal, jamaica, barbados, guyana, trinidad and tobago, antigua, saint lucia, saint kitts, saint vincent and grenadians, grenada, dominica, us virgin islands, british virgin islands, montserrat, anguilla, sint marteen, bermuda, wales (narrowly), Northern Ireland, uganda, bhutan, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands - in these countries. There are some others like Belize, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria etc. but at the minor stage.
@zeyuzhou4125
7 күн бұрын
China men’s national soccer team is so bad. I think it says a lot of things.
@user-ll8dj4kp5m
2 күн бұрын
China didn't have a strong sport culture but they always had a strong exercising culture. You see people practicing Kungfu, old men doing gym in public park everywhere in China.
@uranus9-nn1tk
12 күн бұрын
China centralized model is a reflection of its political system, the same way western one is reflection of its democratic/de-centralized system, but the fundamental remains the same: identify talent, training, funding, work culture & discipline.... which are really the key to success. Case in point, many countries with centralized system failed to deliver. Central Asia, East Europe, Vietnam, Laos.
@luisaguilar5343
11 күн бұрын
Fair point but I don't think it holds when this video and your own comment point to a country with a centralized system that is dominating and there are plenty of Western countries with decentralized systems that have failed to get any medals.
@uranus9-nn1tk
11 күн бұрын
@@luisaguilar5343 It does hold. Olympic medal table, top 10 are all western decentralized system, except China.
@jacksonklark6119
11 күн бұрын
@@luisaguilar5343the US also has the most medals by a large margin.
@luisaguilar5343
11 күн бұрын
@@uranus9-nn1tk and the USSR. So it doesn't hold. There's just as many countries with decentralized systems as centralized systems that have failed to deliver.
@luisaguilar5343
11 күн бұрын
@jacksonklark6119 except that China has tied them for gold.
@lenadong7848
7 күн бұрын
with 4x the population than the US, you think they wouldn't be able to find enough sporty people?
@handanyldzhan9232
8 күн бұрын
As a counter-example, Germany is a very sport-loving country, but their medal count is pretty underwhelming for a developed country with a high population.
@Gallalad1
7 күн бұрын
Because Germany mostly cares about team sports like soccer and isnt really willing to participate in state sponsored doping like China is.
@fishfish8879
12 күн бұрын
“Leadership and obedience are the two legs on which a warrior's life is balanced. Without both, victory cannot be achieved. Leadership depends on information and comprehension. Not so obedience. Sometimes a commander may choose to share details of his plan. Often he may not. In either case, obedience must be instant and complete. Such automatic response relies on trust between commander and those commanded. And that trust can only be obtained through leadership.” ― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn
@Xsksnssjccxghb
9 күн бұрын
As Chinese always feel bad for the Chinese gymnasts, young girls retiring early cause of injuries. Its almost as if they are expendable. If they protected them better they could become Simone Biles
@DavidPerez-q2r
7 күн бұрын
because they are the CCP just uses them they don’t even make that much money which is a damn shame
@ZacsCulturalCrossroads
3 күн бұрын
China's journey to its current global prominence began just 46 years ago, following a long period of hardship and challenges. Investing in sports has become a powerful strategy to unite the nation, fostering a sense of shared pride and community.
@allanwong3447
10 күн бұрын
This is an actual example of a usage of the Art of War by Sun Tzu, namely “田忌赛马(Tianji’s Horse Racing).
@troy5094
8 күн бұрын
Lol when you spell Tian and Ji together it sounds like you're saying 田雞
@golonawailus4312
5 күн бұрын
China is four times population of the US. Imagine just one fourth of ratio in China plays a certain sports than the ratio in the US, you would get the same number of competitors.
@gffhvhvh1253
6 күн бұрын
this video is so good. i loved learning new outlooks and strategies
@pavedmaloney1157
9 күн бұрын
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@shinlanten
10 күн бұрын
China an *_"Olympic Sports"_* nation, absolutely....as a sport nation in terms of *_"Western Sports"_* , obviously no
@nightowl7261
10 күн бұрын
I'm just here to say...watching Westerners freak out during the Olympic was lol.
@fishfish8879
12 күн бұрын
“No one can say where his path will take him, even for the duration of a single day. More difficult still is to see where one's path will intersect that of another warrior. A warrior must always be alert for such meetings. Some are generated by happenstance, and those may be benign. But others are arranged with purpose. Those must never be underestimated. Fortunately, there are always signs. Before any trap is sprung, it must be prepared and primed and armed. If one reads the signs properly, the pattern of the attack will be clear. But one must always remember that launching a trap is easier than defeating it.” ― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Thrawn
@johnwayne8475
7 күн бұрын
If you look at the Chinese culture, you will see it's national sport is martial arts and kung fu. Who would say that Bruce Lee or Shaolin munks are not athletic? Yes the Chinese are not naturally involved in sports like swimming, but neither would Australians until a deliberate training programs were put in place into schools for children.
@INDIANSARESICKMENOFASIA
8 күн бұрын
India dominated in the Olympics Games too but in the other less desirable category. WADA nominated them #1. 😆😅🤣😂
@radiodemoulin
2 күн бұрын
well if you live here it's kinda sporty, gov constructed so many sports facilities, plenty of people hiking, cycling, running
@urbielatenightgamingadvent567
9 күн бұрын
All top sports nations are focused on winning gold medals. Just look at the purple faces. There's no doubt about it. The centralized system has proven effective. Money well spent.
@sylar9068
5 күн бұрын
Now here's the question. Which nation is sporty? What race specifically is sporty in this sporty nation?
@houston4433
11 күн бұрын
Trying to make china look like the underdog is wild
@takudzwamashamba7453
5 күн бұрын
One of the things I love about the Chinese is how deliberate they are on winning. I think that’s life should be.
@yanzx01
6 күн бұрын
The reason Chinese team sports like basketball and soccer are complete garbage is because they’re moved by market forces. Aka the “hands off approach”. Chinese team sports did a lot better back when they were government funded. Honestly if China wants to salvage their soccer and basketball performances they need to apply the same “centralized” approach to those sports. Start massively funding and poaching talents at a young age using state resources just like with Weightlifting and diving. Then send them off overseas to compete and gain experience.
@springwaterusa2195
7 күн бұрын
China competes in every damn category in Olympics how come China is not a sport nation? 😮 China competes in many weird categories that the Americans never heard of 😅
@YUTAB-ck9rp
5 күн бұрын
I believe this is exactly why China sucks at Football/Soccer. Centralized system will never make players with more independent thinking ability which is crucial to the sport. I would like to see China doing better in Football/Soccer, so hope things will change...
@mattevans6752
13 күн бұрын
Was not expecting aini to come through with the Vince Lombardi quote!
@DiamondFlame45
11 күн бұрын
What an interesting video! China doesn’t have a sports culture but it has a culture that supports sports that secure medals! In the US, it’s more of a bottom up approach like you said while in China, it’s more of a top to bottom approach.
@user-lc7mi1zh2m
22 сағат бұрын
If they really cared about sports, with their sheer number, they could've dominated every sports category. Yet their male soccer team sucks ass.
@robertobossio8173
14 күн бұрын
Can we take a minute to appreciate: - the depth of the research behind each video - how clear the structure is to tackle such complex themes - how good her English is as a non native speaker - how easy the main message is to be assimilated I am astonished by the quality of your videos! Well done!
@acudaican
14 күн бұрын
...What? She's a native English speaker lol. She was born in Australia and grew up in Melbourne or something
@Homer-OJ-Simpson
7 күн бұрын
It’s well documented that 30-40 years ago China began looking at Olympic events that had lots of medals and where others weren’t investing much in. This is why a country with almost no access to shooting became a powerhouse in shooting
@peterg0
8 күн бұрын
In the west,everything capitalized or commercialized..You can't compare them with the same concept.
@Jppen
12 күн бұрын
If you normalize China’s medal count by their population size, they are actually extremely mid. Same number of golds (and fewer medals overall) than the US, and the US only has a quarter of the population size.
@polevanidr
12 күн бұрын
US actually sends MORE athletes than everyone else, including China. They also get non-Americans on their team like Africans from Africa for track. The Chinese team is exclusively Chinese from China. Not to mention they separated Taiwan and Hong Kong just to get an advantage.
@DccAnh
11 күн бұрын
The number of athletes that can be allowed in the Olympic do not scale with population, so your point is mood, China can literally send milions of atheles to the olympic if there's not a cap in the number for each country.
@00Julian00
5 күн бұрын
Maybe you could do a deep dive into what the americans have historically done to achieve Their medal countt specifically with black men
@fangjiunnewe3634
12 күн бұрын
After that absolutely terrible showing at the World Cup qualifiers losing 7-0 to Japan, I'd say focusing on prestige team sports is sorely needed
@Mystic-Dust
12 күн бұрын
Also needs a lot of money to support these sports. In general, the Olympics medal count correlates with GDP and GDP per capita. Any variations from that could be due to many factors, such as what strategies the country used to win more medals, the host country gaining a home field advantage, or just bad luck. For China, China wins approximately 70-80% of US medals, a direct correlation with China's gap in GDP with the USA. However, China is able to match USA in number of Golds, due to the strategy listed in the video. This is why using any per capita metrics is terrible for comparisons, because poor countries don't have the money to invest in these sports. For example, look at how terrible India is, not only are they much poorer than China, but also lack a centralized sports system to offset its academically oriented culture, and no particular strategy to gain Olympics medals.
@bradwolf1
6 күн бұрын
[wining] is winning. ~ Eugene Kwok
@argelsantiago5194
14 күн бұрын
Wait Chihayafuru is low-key one of my top 3 favourite anime of all time. I don't normally encounter other people who like this anime so I was kinda surprised. You've earnt a like and subscribe from me 😊
@a9udn9u-vanced
9 күн бұрын
According to this video, the most obese nation in the world is "sporty", while China, a country enjoys higher life expectancy with much lower per capita GDP, is not as "sporty".
@secondagent5998
12 күн бұрын
it's no doubt they've gotten so many, considering their attitude towards work
@secondagent5998
12 күн бұрын
also, for the next video, can you push the snorlax plushie fully in frame? thanks
@HEEHEEBOII
7 күн бұрын
Hold up - Ima have to stop you right there. Not known as a sporty nation? Maybe not NBA, NFL, MLB or Soccer but weight lifting, gymnastics, ping pong, badminton, diving and many other olympic sports that were traditionally dominated by China. Oh btw China use to dominate in volleyball too just not recent years except the female volleyball team.
@jazznik2
10 күн бұрын
Interesting video, Aini. I have been aware for a long time that the Chinese dominate certain sports, such as diving, in International competitions, but I wasnt aware that the Chinese government made such a concerted effort to win gold medals in these sports. I also find in curious that the Chinese do so well in water sports in light of my understanding that most Chinese do not know how to swim.
@violetmannose
5 күн бұрын
China is not a country with strong sport culture? Are you serious?
@seapeachy
10 күн бұрын
I love your videos !! so educational, thank you
@thearchitect0612
7 күн бұрын
What worries me is that in some cases they dominate too much, totally, without giving others a chance... Apart from a few rare cases. By doing so it becomes more of a rarity to be able to beat them and at the same time less fun to watch the races.
@stormzybanksy
8 күн бұрын
fascinating and insightful analysis!!
@parttimethinker7611
7 күн бұрын
Interesting topic. Thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. Love your video.
@holowhat4374
13 күн бұрын
is it just me or was there a lot of cut offs in the video
@aini_
13 күн бұрын
sorry! the ioc striked my video so i had to cut out a part at 5:42 and 12:09 🥲 i was just trying to say artistic swimming had a lot of similarities with gymnastics and diving so it was targeted. And this year, China’s artistic swimming team just won gold for the first time
@roro-v3z
12 күн бұрын
Awesome!! this is incredible analysis
@JBear-in1ql
11 күн бұрын
Sports evolved in our society for leisure before prestige/economic influence gained influence, so the state should always play a part to ensure that financial factors do not restrict participation. Also if China wants to be competitive in the “physical” category of sports, they will have to contend with the pervasive culture of doping in some of these sports, especially outside of the Olympics where testing is not as strictly enforced.
@MasterInHD
10 күн бұрын
China has 1.5 Billion population. It would be a disappointment if they didn't perform well. My country has a minute 3 million in Total Population. Every single medal for us is huge.
@lihe8820
7 күн бұрын
How to define sporty?Dose that means many students join sport team in hope to cut their sky high college cost? China's university is essentially free compared to the US. BTW, even just 1/5 of the Chinese are active, that is still the same number of US's population.
@BEASTMASTERTOAD
11 күн бұрын
Politically, China’s Olympics strategy has been great. Socially, I don’t think many people internationally care, especially since more people are invested in the big “ball” sports that China is conspicuously absent in. China’s presence in motorsport and competitive video games is also meager. They won’t achieve the athletic soft power they really want until they hit those areas.
@MN-vz8qm
10 күн бұрын
China has such a huge population that the last census had an uncertainity of about the size of the entire french population. That and the fact that this nation has economically grown, not yet as a 1st world nation, but close, and of course China will perform.
@juamu1132
10 күн бұрын
chinese just joined the olympics in 1984.
@eddielin6334
4 күн бұрын
What about Japan, the 3rd ranked nation with 20 gold metals in Paris Olympics, which is also not a ‘sporty nation’, also with 100% Asian athletes. Is there any nations who doesn’t invest in sports and just naturally win [Olympic golds] metals?! Even for team sports, didn’t US Olympic Committee also ‘invest’ a men’s basketball [all-star dream team]? Does that [all-star dream team] exist among the professional seasonal basketball teams?!
@Ron1840
11 күн бұрын
A genuine interest in sports dominating the countrys inherent culture (like the US) is something that takes more than just throwing money at it. They'll need a stronger motivation than just trying to prove themselves as thats just insecurity. It needs to come from them or just accept to prioritize other things in life
@czarkusa2018
11 күн бұрын
Success breeds success, young Chinese people inspired by their Olympians are going to have a broader interest in sports. The action they're taking is already the ideal route for expanding sporting culture in China.
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