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This is a great. I follow lots of traveler youtube channels and honestly, this is the first one I've seen on Taiwan from them. I've had to specifically look up Taiwan on youtube before to see the content. It's great you are bringing attention to Taiwan and hopefully helps some people decide a trip there is worth it.
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Donuts are a food that there is a huge difference between cheap and expensive. As I got older and ate fewer donuts or pastries as I watch my calorie intake, I started to buy mostly only “premium” donuts and pastries. The $1 donut at Dunkin’ or Krispy Crème or other cheap stores just taste low quality but that $3-$4 donut is often so much better. It’s with that extra $2-$3 for something I only eat on occasion.
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Okay, this wins for the best ad / commercial of the year. Wow, brilliant, witty and funny!
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I haven't been there but I work for Taiwanese company...well, the American division of a Taiwanese company. I hope to go to their HQ. I really liked the Taiwanese individuals I've spoken to and learned interesting things about Taiwan.
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Caught this on nebula a few days ago. Great history summary that I wasn't as aware of. I've only heard a little about those teutonic knights then almost nothing from the time they conquered to WW2. Interesting how Prussia got it's name from the people that were originally conquered from that area.
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Great video. I didn't know many of the details that lead up to issues between KSA and Iran. I don't think this agreement is that important by itself. I don't expect it to solve much. But It might be a step in the right direction between the two parties. And for China, it's a win. Not a big win unless there are actual major progress on KSA-Iran. If nothing substantial happens with KSA-Iran, people will forget this agreement rather quickly.
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4:08 some viewers complained you didn’t talk about some news but you said you had covered it a few times in the past. I think the issue is that this is a daily show and most viewers won’t watch every episode. I think a solution is to have a weekly recap of actions in China. Or a monthly recap. This format makes it really difficult to keep up with every little update so with a recap episode, the viewer will be able to see some news they may have missed from your Channel. And more importantly, the recap will also summarize all the happening of any story that is constantly changing. For example, let’s take housing crisis. 3 weeks ago there may have been X bailout but today it’s now up to 2X amount of bailout. A recap would cover all the topics discussed in the week or month but with latest information only.
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Good analogy and spot on with the slippery slope. Considering some of the steps El Salvador president took on the media and considering what we have seen in lots of Latin America, I really do think he's going to continue further with his authoritarianism. Too early too say with confidence but I just don't have a good feeling about the situation in the long run.
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@mishmishitashan "Saudi Arabia isn't a product of WWI " The professor is referring to Saudi Arabia as an indepdent state. That's exactly what he was discussing at that start of that sentence where he states "While Iran's existence as an INDEPENDENT STATE goes back centuries, Saudi Arabia..."
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Japan has apologized numerous times before that there is a long list on wikipedia. Are there certain politicians in Japan that have said terrible things? Yes, but it's a relatively small number and does not represent Japan as a whole. It often feels that South Korea just keeps moving the goal post on what they need from Japan in order to move on. It appears that it's just used as political tool to stir up nationalism much how it's used in China. Is this a new era? Well, polling shows that China is now the most disliked country in South Korea so we may already be in a (slow) shift towards more normal relations between South Korea & Japan. And the reasoning for a shift towards more normal relations is likely both the threat of North Korea and the threat of China. It is indeed one of the most complicated and interesting relationships. Huge trading partners, relatively similar cultures, similar friends, and similar enemies. If they can just figure out this historic issue, they would be one of closest allies in the world.
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Another great video. I was aware of some of the basic facts of history but this was perhaps the best 'short video' on the topic I've seen discussing the relevant history and current situation. This wouldn't be a problem if Turkey 100 years ago had agreed to a free Kurdish state but they decided they wanted that region and war ensued. The past is unfortunately the past and now that the territory belongs to Turkey, there is no chance Turkey will ever allow it be independence. PKK have also engaged in terrorism making things more difficult to gather international support for independence even if the chance for independence was already close to 0. I don't trust Erdogan one bit and I'm sure he will take any opportunity to punish all Kurds if given the chance. Will he invade Syria? Depends on how much pushback is coming from his NATO partners. If there isn't a very high amount of pushback with some consequences, I do think he will invade.
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The scam is a scam but among scams it’s not the worse — you still get what you paid for. It would still upset me that I was lied to.
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@JamesKerLindsay you did great. Can’t expect you to cover all of East Pakistan history when the topic is about what’s happening right now I. Bangladesh
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Tony, I'm glad you don't have a narrative. The reason I come here is because it's not a circlejerk of pro China or anti-China. It's facts. I do like your occasional opinions & insight though, but the focus of the material is just facts & straight forward reports.
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Agent Nesty, love your content! You have such a funny and cool personality and it’s interesting to see inside of Russia — politics, entertainment, and even travel videos.
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Another great video. 4 videos in 2 days. I think India’s actions are indeed siding with Russia but India is conflicted on what is best for India. They aren’t criticizing Putin or Russia and increased purchases of Russian goods so actions suggest pro-Russia. With an authoritarian nationalist like Modi, this is what I expected. And given that 2/3 of Indians blame the west or blame both sides on war that is about the most black and white wrong vs right we have seen in decades, there is indeed some love for Russia in India. But I believe India is starting to realize that the future is with closer ties to the west and India is being impacted by Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine. The reasons why India may be starting to realize the future is with the west were many of the points brought up in the video. India’s biggest foreign policy concern is China, especially after another border clash. It needs the ‘global NATO’ to help counter China in the region. Continued close relationships with Russia will be a stain on India as well. And another major factor not mentioned in the video is that the west (plus allies such as Japan, South Korea, etc) is by far India’s largest trading partners. 18% of India’s exports are to the US alone, the biggest export market. India has had 30+ years to break the relationship. The US seems to be weakening their ties with Pakistan. It appears the US is putting together a military weapons package with discounts to help India break away from reliance on Russian weapons. Will it accept it and start making actual moves to align with the west? Or it’s also possible that India is just trying to milk both sides as much as it can. That nothing will actually change at least in the near future – India keeps it’s friendship with Russia and continues working with the west. Hard to tell.
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@JamesKerLindsay and interestingly enough, the second video I saw of yours had zero or one ad while the first hit me with 3 ads. I don’t know YouTube formula in deciding how many ads and how long the ad will be. I can watch the same video three times and each time will have different results on how many ads and how long.
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11 months later and 9 months after the invasion (it’s Dec 2022 as I write this). Interesting to hear what was commonly believed by geopolitical experts. It appears the sanctions against Russia where much more severe than originally thought nearly a year ago. The Russian army turned out to ineffective with serious logistical issues and low moral. Ukraine army turned out to be much better than thought helped in large part with some powerful western weapons which have become increasingly more powerful — HIMARS in the summer was a game changer and now Ukraine will get the Patriot missile defense to protect its cities. The war is now slowly moving but Russia is losing little by little at this point and not sure they can turn it around. The best hope for Russia is to drag this war out as long as possible and hope the west caves and forces Ukraine to negotiate with Russia but given how Russian troops have low moral, high casualties, and lacking supplies — it’s likely Ukraine will keep on fighting and if they cut Russian occupied territory in half with what appears to be their latest move going through the center, it’s very possible the western part of Russian occupied Ukraine will be tough to hold on to for long. I see this war this going back to 2021 borders in the too long future. Will Ukraine keep fighting beyond that to take Donbas and Crimea? Seems like Crimea might be east to take if they cut Russians occupied lands in half but Donbas might end up being part of a negotiation.
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@JamesKerLindsay I appreciate the feedback and you make some great points. In regards to going back to 2021 borders I was mostly speaking about the military difficulties of Ukraine taking Donbas back. If Ukraine splits the Russian occupied lands in half, they can easily take the western half including Crimea. however the Donbas bordering Russia would be easy to keep supplying, and Putin will have no problems throwing as many bodies as he needs to defend the eastern part of the territory. Ukraine will have to take and absurdly amount of casualties to take the Donbas or they will need to fight a very long several year war in the east. The latter might be determined by whether the west will continue to supply Ukraine for three or four or five more years. Will the west continue to provide such support for that long? Well, you Made a point I never thought of which would suggest the west will help so long as Ukraine is wanting support….many now that the integrity of the international system relies on defeating his land grab. A land grab we haven’t seen since maybe 1991 Iraq invasion of Kuwait and that was for a much smaller land. Plus the severe level of the war crimes just gives even more motivation for the west to keep up the support. With the ever increasing weapons that Ukraine is receiving (18 more HIMARS approved, Patriot missile defense system, and likely some new weapons not yet made available to Ukraine), Russia being isolated and seeing negative annual gdp growth for the foreseeable future, europe decoupling from Russia, and low troop morale for Russia but high troop morale for Ukraine, it seems that Russia can be driven out of Ukraine so long as the western support for Ukraine holds. And I thought this war would be over in a week after it started.
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Hey, just wanted to say this Channel is by far the best news and opinion coverage of the war I’ve seen. In fact, it’s one the best I’ve seen on any conflict topic.
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