Comments by "Yerris" (@yerri5567) on "Why Is Taiwan So Rich?" video.

  1. 5:43 "Japans education in TW mainly had to do with science. So when the Japanese left, there was nobody left who knew anything about politics"? What does having a science education have anything to do with politics? 6:07 So youre telling me they shipped fully installed machinery back to Japan after WW2? And Im pretty sure after WW2 TW was richer than before WW2 as the ruling Nationalist government of China then took all then wealth/gold/assets of the whole China to the tiny island. And without Japanese doctors they couldnt run vital medical services? Whats that suppose to mean? After Japan left there was a huge influx of doctors from China. Till this day, TW still heavily practices traditional Chinese medicine. 6:31 They didnt "lose" the civil war. The civil war never really ended. The situation is officially a ceasefire. And "TW becoming the Republic of China" is incorrect. The island was already part of ROC in 1945. TW is part of ROC, not is or "became" ROC. 6:59 No. They, ROChina, not TW (lets not be politically ignorant on a political topic), was already "allied" with the US. They were allied during WW2 to fight against Japan. 7:09 TW at this stage had a lot of money already. They took whatever they could take from the whole mainland China to the tiny island of TW. The whole national treasury of China was in their hands, as they were the official government of China then so they had access to everything. Thats why all of Chinas most important relic and treasures are in TWs museums. 7:20 Half correct. As this point is a about military strength, they had better technology because they literally brought the whole country of Chinas military tech from mainland China to TW. To the extent that they literally left the communist with literally no navy to even cross the sea. 12:53 Again, they didnt "lose" the civil war". Its still officially ongoing. No peace treaty nor armistice was ever signed. And the 1.5mil people were primarily militants and those already with wealth thats why they fled the communist as the communist were taking away their pot of gold. 22:04 / 23:22 / 29:00 / 36:57 TW isnt an "independent country". Theyre dependent on ROC, and ROC claims to be the country called China, not "TW". TW is just a part of ROC. Its in their constitution. You even mentioned a civil war. Civil war means war within the *same country*. So how did they become "another country"? The whole world recognises TW as part of China. Even the ROC government even recognises that themselves. Again, its in their very own constitution. If they themselves dont even consider TW a "country", who are you or anyone to say that they are? 24:21 No. For most of TW, they were under dictatorship. Period. They didnt even had elections so how are their "elections" rigged?
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  2. ​ @hywatha2011  "Qing only took Taiwan as colony, and only along part of the shores, so , no didn't belong." No. They were a province of Qing then. Province does not mean "colony". So they belonged. "ROC which claimed by KMT, retreated to Taiwan, they are government in exile, it's a state of ROC and Taiwan co-existing, not belonging" ROC claimed TW in 1945 immediately after Japan surrendered and left. They werent the "government in exile" then. "Taiwan doesn't belong to China now, nor ever before." Till this day, ROC still officially claims to be the country called China. And in their very constitution, it clearly refers to TW as a province of China. So TW does belong to China.
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  3. South Korea. Japan. Mainland China.
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  4. @sirius1701a1 You give too much credit to White people. Chinese people thrive everywhere they go. Whether its in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, HK etc, TW is no exception. The White engineering consultants you speak of and foreign aid programs are literally everywhere in this world. Why did other parts of the developing world that received their help not as successful? Give the Chinese on TW island more credit.
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  5.  @HistoryScope  Where was the "rich and educated" part stated? Moreover a few more points Id like to add: 5:43 "Japans education in TW mainly had to do with science. So when the Japanese left, there was nobody left who knew anything about politics"? What does having a science education have anything to do with politics? 6:07 So youre telling me they shipped fully installed machinery back to Japan after WW2? And Im pretty sure after WW2 TW was richer than before WW2 as the ruling Nationalist government of China then took all then wealth/gold/assets of the whole China to the tiny island. And without Japanese doctors they couldnt run vital medical services? Whats that suppose to mean? After Japan left there was a huge influx of doctors from China. Till this day, TW still heavily practices traditional Chinese medicine. 6:31 They didnt "lose" the civil war. The civil war never really ended. The situation is officially a ceasefire. And "TW becoming the Republic of China" is incorrect. The island was already part of ROC in 1945. TW is part of ROC, not is or "became" ROC. 6:59 No. They, ROChina, not TW (lets not be politically ignorant on a political topic), was already "allied" with the US. They were allied during WW2 to fight against Japan. 7:09 TW at this stage had a lot of money already. They took whatever they could take from the whole mainland China to the tiny island of TW. The whole national treasury of China was in their hands, as they were the official government of China then so they had access to everything. Thats why all of Chinas most important relic and treasures are in TWs museums. 7:20 Half correct. As this point is a about military strength, they had better technology because they literally brought the whole country of Chinas military tech from mainland China to TW. To the extent that they literally left the communist with literally no navy to even cross the sea. 12:53 Again, they didnt "lose" the civil war". Its still officially ongoing. No peace treaty nor armistice was ever signed. And the 1.5mil people were primarily militants and those already with wealth thats why they fled the communist as the communist were taking away their pot of gold. 22:04 / 23:22 / 29:00 / 36:57 TW isnt an "independent country". Theyre dependent on ROC, and ROC claims to be the country called China, not "TW". TW is just a part of ROC. Its in their constitution. You even mentioned a civil war. Civil war means war within the *same country*. So how did they become "another country"? The whole world recognises TW as part of China. Even the ROC government even recognises that themselves. Again, its in their very own constitution. If they themselves dont even consider TW a "country", who are you or anyone to say that they are? 24:21 No. For most of TW, they were under dictatorship. Period. They didnt even had elections so how are their "elections" rigged?
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  6. @KuanCGM To "conquer" needs not a country to step on every inch of its territory to claim full sovereignty over its land. Otherwise large countries like Russia, US, Canada, Australia, Brazil etc cant claim most of their territory that no man has every walked. Same as "control". Many countries dont have full control over their territory too, like India, Brazil, Russia etc, that doesnt mean the territory is not part of their sovereignty
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  7. @taiwansivispacemparabellum9546 And you became part of China again after 1945 when ROC regained control over TW. As long as the Chinese government of Republic of China is governing TW without any name change, then youll forever be part of China. Its stated very clearly in ROCs constitution that TW is a province of China.
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  8. @yaya5tim If China failed to do anything to TW, then why is TW so successful under Chinese leadership now? Unless youre a TW aboriginal, TW people are Chinese too you know? And the quality of life for any country that experienced cross-generational war would be low. But that is now changing since theres no war if you havent noticed already.
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  9. @lil----lil I mean...theyre all Chinese. And Chinese thrive everywhere they go. Regardless of place of birth.
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  10. Korea? You know? The only other actual colony Japan had?
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  11. @tonyyoung1991 A country needs to step on every inch of its territory to claim full sovereignty over its land. Otherwise large countries like Russia, US, Canada, Australia, Brazil etc cant claim most of their territory that no man has every walked.
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  12. @NorthKoreanLover89484 Funny though, that TW grew the most under dictatorship...
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