CGTN | 24-Aug-2020 |World Insight with Tian Wei
A bridge between East and West, celebrity investor Jim Rogers talking on cultural understanding in a time of turbulence.
The world has changed rapidly, and many find themselves in a bind due to a failure to understand one another in international relations. Some people – like world-famous investor Jim Rogers – seemed to know how to roll with the times.
“21st century is going to be the century of China. I realized when I came to China in the 1980s, China would be the next great country in the world.
I used to tell people, teach your children Mandarin.” said Mr. Rogers when earlier CGTN host Tian Wei sat down with him and his elder daughter Happy Rogers. Mr. Rogers has long been curious about cultural differences. In 1988, a young and brash American boy spent 36 days on his motorcycle, traveling from Shanghai to Pakistan. He had his long ride filmed, and the journey gave him a firsthand experience with China that was then very remote to the western world, especially to the U.S.
When discussing the relationship between China and the United States, which is in the stage of great change, Mr. Rogers blames some U.S. politicians. “It is madness what’s happening in Washington. Some people in Washington have it in their heads that they need (to) bash China.” For his experience, everywhere he has ever been in China, the Chinese love Americans and America. “They don’t like Washington necessarily. I don’t like Washington necessarily. But it’s just amazing because together, we could just do fabulous things together. And Washington keeps messing it up.”
And he thinks the wisdom to get over this stage is “keep your head down, don’t get deep and dead, and don’t get overextended.” However, there is still uncertainty between the two countries. “The risk is when things go bad, politicians blame foreigners,” he said. “Doesn’t matter which country everywhere throughout history, foreigners have different skin color, different language, different religion. Politicians will stir up trouble. When things are wrong, it’s easy to blame somebody else.”
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