Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Gravitas: How the world reacted to Putin's move in Ukraine" video.

  1. Taiwan is not independent country at all - it never declared any independence from ROC.
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  2.  @corinnem.239  By same token US never was American then. Taiwan officially calls itself China.
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  3. @blueocean There are limits to what Russia and China can do in order not to infringe on their friendship.
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  4.  @michanel888  God no, learn your own history. There is only one China. There are two rival governments. ROC is one China. PRC is one China. Same with Korea, one country, two governments. I.e. exactly opposite to what you say. Neither Korea sees other as legitimate and true and both claim all of Korea. When we refer to North Korea we refer to Korean government controlling the north, when South Korea, we refer to government controlling the south. But both governments want all of Korea & claim it. You need to separate common talk with specific, precise political situation.
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  5.  @shamanbhattacharyya9285  God, Taiwan is part of ROC, ROC is mainland China + Taiwan. Taiwan is not ROC, its part of, same as your arm is part of you. ROC is rival China - ROC is same territory as PRC. Nowhere does an arm, aka Taiwan stand independent no more then your arm is. Taiwan would need to call its own independence from ROC, only ROC announced its independence back in the 40s I believe.
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  6.  @amayoka  Taiwan was returned to "China". We cannot conclude anything - we have actual official government statements and documents - where Taiwan clearly states that it is part of ROC. And ROC claims all of China. The west did not recognize Taiwan, they recognized ROC - as legitimate "China" till 1970s when they switched from ROC to PRC as legitimate "China". Again, Taiwan is NOT ROC, Taiwan is just tiny part of ROC claim. ROC is around 1.3billion people. Taiwan is just an island ROC controls, tiny part of whole claimed area.
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  7. We see how it all ends. Its a big gamble and this guy says fortune favors the brave.
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  8. Nah, it's standard water issue, like 1000s of others. It's western invention.
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  9. @blueocean you do know Russia is one of your greatest allies, don't you? If not for Russia you better learn Mandarin.
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  10.  @mclongkock6678  Not really. The issue is not so much water or resources.
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  11.  @GwynBleys  Putin himself pointed out errors of Soviet Union.
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