Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "CaspianReport" channel.

  1.  @Tounguepunchfartbox  Nobody wants to solely side with the US and get caught up in a war between the US and China. At the end of the day, the US and China don't care who gets hurt as long as they win. Look at Ukraine. I've said what I've said.
    1
  2.  @Tounguepunchfartbox  I fully understand what you're saying. I just don't think it's a viable option for any Asia-Pacific country.
    1
  3. Huh???
    1
  4. it's correct
    1
  5.  @雷-t3j  Global South is in reference to the developing world (composed of middle income and low income nations - consists of most of Asia, most of Africa, most of Latin America, the Pacific and parts of Eastern Europe). Global North refers to the developed world (composed of high income nations - the definition is subjective but always includes Western Europe, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Israel). In the case of IP waiving, it was the governments of developed Western nations, Japan, Singapore and a few others that refused to waive IP. Most of the governments of the developing world supported the temporary waiving of IP. The current war in Ukraine has also exacerbated the divide between Global North and Global South. All Global North nations have supported sanctions against Russia, whereas the Global South hasn't. Unfortunately, this is the result of the Cold War where Russia (Soviet Union) was sympathetic and supportive of struggles in the Global South whereas the Global North (led by the US) was not. Many in the Global South fear that picking a side in the war will result in consequences. They fear that siding with the US will ruin their relationship with Russia and thus they will have nobody to support them in their own struggles. They also fear that picking a side will open their countries up to proxy wars and become pawns between the US and Russia like what has happened to Ukraine (also based on their past experiences, the conflicts of the Cold War era backed by either the US or the USSR were fought in Global South nations).
    1
  6. Do you think "brown people" are all the same? Do you think "brown people" are an group with a common ancestral heritage? If your answer is "yes", then you must be an American.
    1
  7. Had no idea Pakistanis, Mexicans, Filipinos, Tongans, Tunisians, Indians, Dominicans etc. were all the same.
    1
  8. Wouldn't be surprised if that becomes truer and truer as each day goes by because the Ukraine War has generated significant cracks in the world.
    1
  9.  @captainalex157  India's real opportunity is going down the drain because the US is never going to let India develop. Adani's collapse at the hands of a small American firm is ruining confidence in India's market for international investors and just yesterday, George Soros made comments hoping for regime change in India (as well as China), making references to Adani's collapse and Modi. India has no real opportunity to rise up if they let others step all over them.
    1
  10.  @dsnodgrass4843  Everything you said applies to the United States too, not just them
    1
  11. Northeast Indian people don't look Chinese or Japanese and Northeast India is very undeveloped. My lord, I'm not even Indian and yet I know more about your country.
    1
  12. It was about immigration
    1
  13.  @possiblyzero3582  India is the way that it is because it's constantly looking outwards instead of inwards.
    1
  14.  @ThatBasedGuy  Singapore will NEVER choose. K. Shanmugam, Singapore's Minister of Home Affairs infamously said in 2022 that Singapore will never pick a side even if it came to it. It will do everything it can to remain neutral.
    1
  15.  @possiblyzero3582  China has had border disputes with multiple other Asian countries that have been resolved such as its former disputes with Tajikistan, Nepal and Myanmar. The China-India border dispute is simply unresolved and China has attempted to make land compromises with India but India has refused. What did happen though was a breakthrough last week when China and India decided to pull back troops from the border giving end to a 4 year stalemate. That breakthrough is quite significant because it also paves the way for India to accept Chinese investments, which has been discussed for a long time. The Indians are finally realising for their success, they need Chinese economic assistance because most things are made in or sourced from China. So I wouldn't say China is trying to circumvent India, in fact Chinese state media has continuously prayed for India to "wake up", which is why Chinese state media praised the border breakthrough last week. Two countries can work together even if they don't see eye to eye on everything.
    1
  16.  @possiblyzero3582  Thanks for you reply. So the Myanmar dispute was resolved in the 1950s and involved both nations ceding small pieces of land to one another, China ended up recognising that most of the disputed territory as Burmese territory. China initially claimed the entirety of northern Kachin region and wanted to control it due to the KMT using it as a base. In regards to Tajikistan, Tajikistan ended a 130 year dispute with China by ceding 200km2 to China whilst China relinquished claims to over 28,000 km2 of Tajikistani territory. It was not done for economic reasons. China has given India the option of land compromise but India has continuously refused to accept anything. China once offered India a deal where China would keep Aksai China while India can keep Arunachal Pradesh but India refused. This was offered in 1960 and has been offered numerous times since. India has refused every single time.
    1
  17.  @possiblyzero3582  I wouldn't say India wants to dethrone China economically, even the most nationalistic person in India will know that that is simply not possible. China has a much larger economic output than India and India's current economic growth rate of 6% does not compare to China's 9.5% that it pulled decades before. What India wants is a multipolar Asia in which China is not the sole dominant power in Asia, something that China has alluded to agreeing with. There is no debt trap by the way. People bring up Sri Lanka but a close look at Sri Lanka's debt situation will show that the country owes most of its debt to Western-backed institutions. In fact, Sri Lanka has managed to get out of bankruptcy, albeit with a price of extremely high living standards, because of the IMF's stringent austerity measures. It's not China behind any of this.
    1
  18.  @karanvarma5789  No that's not the case at all. President Nixon who was a staunch pro-Pakistan and anti-India president, was from the Republican party. US presidents have never been pro-India because they've always been pro-Pakistan. Donald Trump is the closest you'll get to a pro-India US president. It has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat parties.
    1
  19. That has nothing to do with geopolitics
    1
  20.  @joelsherpa2187  Exactly. Nepal wants to diversify so as to not rely on one country.
    1
  21.  @Gizziiusa  There is a difference between economic clout and political clout. It would be seen as detrimental to many ethnic Chinese in countries like Thailand, Philippines, Laos and Cambodia to be treated as PRC Chinese and thus viewed as outsiders. The ethnic Chinese communities of all Thailand, Philippines and Cambodia are deeply assimilated into their respective countries. Ethnic Chinese in Thailand and Cambodia practice Thai and Khmer culture, speak Thai and Khmer practice Theravada Buddhism and see themselves as "Thai" and "Khmer". The same thing in the Philippines, ethnic Chinese in the Philippines are embedded within the native Filipino culture with most practicing Catholicism and speaking the native Filipino languages. Malaysia is the only exception, where the local Chinese community has retained its Chinese cultural heritage albeit developed it into a unique Southeast Asian-style Chinese identity with some additional influences from the Malay and Indian communities but nonetheless, culturally and ethnically consider themselves as "Han Chinese". Due to Malaysia's long history of ethnic disharmony, there is a large fraction of the Malaysian Chinese community who find more allegiance with China than with Malaysia and this section of the community are constantly questioned about their loyalty with fears that if relations between Malaysia and China deteriorated considerably, this section of the Chinese community would immediately side with China rather than their birth country.
    1
  22.  @Toon_With_Tune  Don't speak in Hindi, Idk that language!
    1
  23.  @Toon_With_Tune  I don't know Hindi, all I see are random Latin letters and it looks like some Indian language
    1
  24.  @Toon_With_Tune  Did I say it was the only Indian language? No.
    1
  25.  @Toon_With_Tune  I'm not Pakistani, I'm Australian. I know it's Hindi because I am interested in Indian culture and I know that's Hindi. I know a lot about India, hence why I replied to your comment. I know for a fact that that is not a South Indian or Northeast Indian language. It's Hindi and most of the people who talk about the "correct map of India" are from the Hindi belt. I never see South Indians or Northeast Indians who say that. So yeah it's Hindi. Anything else you want to say or are we done here?
    1
  26.  @JackSardonic  East Asian nations, Singapore and dare I say the Gulf Arab nations are way better than any nation located in Europe tbf
    1
  27. More US military bases? Absolutely not. To establish a US military base, countries are asked to sign a SOFA and the SOFA always includes clauses that override the laws of the country that is signing the agreement. It's not fair for local people to be caught up in the USA's desire to maintain hegemony. This is why there is severe anti-US military sentiment on Okinawa, Japan. Not to mention the fact that the native Chagossian people of Chagos Archipelago were expelled from their country so that the US could set up a military base on the country with the assistance of the UK. So no, we do not need more US military bases because it's always the local people that suffer. Plus, China doesn't have a plethora of military bases around the world like the US has, so why does the US need more?
    1
  28.  @ZontarDow  Are we living in the same reality cause all I see is the Global South increasingly backing Russia
    1
  29.  @god_slayer-restart  You must be Muslim
    1
  30. You should move to one of those countries. 🥰
    1
  31.  @deepakthakur1610  No the Kra canal should not be built because it will completely ruin the economy of Singapore which plays a huge role in facilitating trade that passes through the Strait of Malacca. There is opposition in Singapore and Malaysia to the Kra canal because of the damage it could do the economies of both nations.
    1
  32.  @deepakthakur1610  Yeah but then all of the trade will pass through the Kra canal. Nobody will ever want to traverse the seas of the Strait of Malacca and go to Singapore. At the end of the day, the number of ships that dock in Singapore will diminish. It'll be so much easier and less time consuming to go straight through the Kra canal and directly into the Gulf of Thailand and then into the South China Sa. Right now, all ships dock in Singapore and move through the Natuna Sea and into the South China Sea when they travel upwards to East Asia. The Kra canal will also turn the entire Malay peninsula (of which half of Malaysia lies on) into an island as it will be cut off completely from the Asian mainland. There is opposition to that.
    1
  33. Oh Sri Lanka, the country that Singapore's own Lee Kuan Yew marvelled at for its potential and strong foundations for future success but just simply could never truly overcome the destruction from its era of systematic ethnic violence. Mr Lee was right to lament at the destruction of Sri Lanka and what it could have been in one of his final books before his timely death.
    1
  34.  @lougerone  Oh my days, the territory is disputed. The map depicts the territory that India control and the territory China controls. Stop torturing us with your "use correct map" nonsense. The map is CORRECT
    1
  35. No he's not Russian
    1
  36. Yep and China wants control over all of those regions and they've done a lot to cement their position as one of the main powers.
    1
  37.  @illliiiiillliii6265  None of that is true. Global South is a synonym for the developing world (middle income and low income nations). China, India, Russia have all used the term to describe it.
    1
  38.  @dahut_  Plenty of nations in the Global South are civilised. None of you actually understand the term. In the world, there are three different economic brackets for nations: high income, middle income and low income. "Global South" is a term to describe middle income and low income nations, whilst Global North is a term to describe high income nations.
    1
  39.  @MattSinz  It's just a term to describe middle income and low income nations. Many nations in the Global South are newly industrialised.
    1
  40.  @baneofbanes  Nixon supported the genocide of Bangladeshis and gave full support to Pakistan.
    1
  41.  @ritemolawbks8012  To be fair, the European Union is Western and thus culturally similar to the US. The EU is also not a country and many European nations are part of NATO. Russia was ideologically/culturally different to the US and Japan was culturally different to the US despite being a democratic nation. The idea that India challenging the economic position of the US in the future won't lead to a confrontation between the two countries doesn't sound very plausible in my opinion. The talk of the Asian Century (especially in regards to the rise of China and India) has drawn out negative commentary in the US and the fact that Indian and Chinese IT workers were threatened with violence in Texas because of the belief that Indians and Chinese are taking all of the IT jobs is a testament to what could happen. It's just like what happened to Japanese/East Asian workers in the US when they were targeted during the 1980s. I hope this won't be the case but it's kind of hard to tell, especially with how things are in the world today.
    1
  42.  @ritemolawbks8012  Modi and Trump were close so I would say that's the reason why. Also, many Indian Americans are of North Indian origin. However, I don't think many Indians (outside of North India) actually like him. I have Indian friends who come from South India and they said that Modi is not popular at all in the southern states. This is because Modi is more of a Hindu nationalist and Hindu nationalism isn't a thing in South India. Nobody in South India also speaks Hindi so they feel really disconnected culturally and politically from Modi and the North Indian Modi supporters. Yeah I agree, the relationship between the two countries would have to be equal. Also, I agree with your points on the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council is severely outdated. France shouldn't even be there anymore. The idea that Western Europe is still important in geopolitics today is incorrect in my opinion. The international geopolitical landscape has shifted significantly to Asia and the emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America are the ones that are experiencing the highest economic growth in the world. These economies will eventually take a seat at the table and I think the UN Security Council needs to change. The veto rule is also very problematic in my opinion.
    1
  43.  @ritemolawbks8012  Yeah you're right. The veto rule basically protects all those on the UN Security Council. No, I'm not in India, I'm actually not of Indian descent but I like to read about and keep up with Asian and Pacific geopolitics because I live in Australia.
    1
  44. lol
    1
  45.  @yaldabaoth2  There is literally nothing democratic about the UNSC. Be serious 💀
    1
  46. Pakistan has been allied with the West (specifically the US) since independence. It pretended to be a partner in the War of Terror, hid the world's most wanted man Osama Bin Laden, gave rise to the Taliban and is linked to various terrorist groups. What exactly has it done to benefit the West?
    1
  47.  @johney3734  Uh no it's not. They haven't been able to stop anything.
    1
  48. I don't think they have an issue but even if they did, there's nothing they can do about it. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are part of India and the surrounding waters are part of India's EEZ.
    1
  49.  @winstonsmith1271  I don't think there are any diplomatic tools to hinder the project. I don't think they have anything because it's all within India's EEZ so legally India can do anything they want because the islands are under their jurisdiction and the Convention of the Law of the Sea allows this. Myanmar is also close to both India and China and India and China are some of the largest foreign suppliers for the Tatmadaw (the military that is controlling Myanmar). You may recall the Rohingya genocide in late 2017. The reason why Myanmar still manages to stand today without any embarrassment or remorse, despite backlash from the international community, is because India and China turned a blind eye to what was happening back then. Both countries have significant influence in the country. That's why back then, Western powers said that for anything to change in Myanmar you need to get India and China on board. As for Thailand, both India and Thailand perform maritime drills using their navies together in the Andaman Sea.
    1
  50.  @fx125320  Crimea was annexed in 2014, it was then made a province of Russia and has been so since 2014. So I suppose it's because it's older.
    1