Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. Nobody else seems to be willing to do anything about religion's spread, so it's up to China to do what others don't want to.
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  2. Even if you hate Chinese people, that doesn't mean you should hate our language.
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  3. Chinese people have helped build infrastructure like roads, railways, schools, hospitals, hotels shopping centers, football stadiums and telecommunication projects in African countries like Angola, Nigeria, Kenya, etc. China has probably done more to help develop Africa in decades, as compared to what Westerners did for centuries in Africa.
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  4. Americans are complaining about Chinese "stealing their jobs" then consider this question: Are Americans themselves willing to work for the same low pay as Chinese workers? If not, then prices of American goods will be expensive as compared to Chinese goods, and that's why the US corporations seek cheaper labor elsewhere.
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  5. +MrTrashComaktor Agreed. The US marines stationed in Okinawa can sometimes rape the local Okinawans, and the Japanese government can't do anything about it. Governor Takeshi Onaga has already largely been the driving force behind efforts to get rid of the US base on the island since coming into power in 2014. Source: US Marine confesses to raping Japanese tourist in Okinawa rt.com/news/344560-marine-rape-okinawa-confession/
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  6. Research has shown that Asians (including Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Koreans, SE Asians) are among the most intelligent and diligent peoples. Westerners tend to stereotype Asians as smart, hardworking, good at math, sciences, engineering, computing, etc. Stereotypical Asian professions include doctors, lawyer, engineer, computer programmer, and even the lowly professions tend towards being hardworking, like chefs, waiters, telemarketers, salesmen, etc. Its just stereotype I know, but there must be some truth to the stereotypes. Today, China and India are the two most populous countries in the world, so statistically speaking, we should have the most brainpower and manpower of the world. Statistically, a larger population means higher percentage of "geniuses" to make plans for the future, and also a larger labor force to implement said plans. We just need to learn how to tap into our populations.
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  7. Uighurs are Chinese citizens, being taught Mandarin Chinese, Chinese history and that their homeland is People's Republic of China. Just like Hawaiian kids are American citizens, being taught English, American history and that their homeland is United States of America.
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  8. @Nolan Shay Modern China was built by the sweat, blood, tears and sacrifice of the Chinese people and the government, to turn a dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past, into an economic juggernaut today, a growing scientific and technological power, protected by world's largest land army, the People's Liberation Army, and China today has strong global presence as well as being influential player of world politics. And it's all been achieved under the communist party leadership. So while the Chinese Communist Party clearly isn't god, it has performed something miraculous by through its transformation of China from dirt-poor country, into a growing superpower today.
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  9.  @jabertagi3857  Xinjiang was part of China long before Islam itself was even born, and it was conquered by the Islamic invaders who converted the natives to Islam.
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  10. Those Uighur children from Xinjiang are Chinese citizens, and being taught Mandarin Chinese, Chinese history and that their motherland is People's Republic of China. It's like Hawaiian children are American citizens, being taught English, American history and that their motherland is United States of America.
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  11. I seen Hawaiian children being taught English, American history and that their motherland is United States of America. So what's wrong with teaching Uighurs in Xinjiang Mandarin Chinese, Chinese history and that their motherland is People's Republic of China?
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  12. BTC 8AB China is a big country, and of course Western China is not as developed as the Eastern China (right next to the seas). That's why the government is building infrastructure connecting the West to the East so that the wealth flows from the East to Western China.
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  13.  @thenutbrothers8726  Chinese food is delicious, and many people all over the world have professed their love of Chinese cuisine. Want something flavorful? Try our Sweet & Sour Pork. If you want something meaty, we have Peking Duck. If you want something light, we have Dim Sum Dumplings. If you're in a hurry, just grab convenient Baozi (Pork Bun) and eat it on the go. If you like mild spicy, care to try our Kung Pao Chicken? If you like very spicy, dare to try our Mapo Tofu? If you are vegetarian, we have vegetarian Springrolls. And we are tofu heaven. If you like rice, we have Fried Rice. If you like noodles, we have Chow Mein. If you like porridge, we have Congee. If you like soups, we have Hotpot. If you like seafood, well you're in luck, because Chinese love seafood too. Even other countries have adapted Chinese food to suit their local palette. America has Chinese food like General Tso's chicken, Chop Suey, Beef Brocolli, etc. Japan has Chinese food like Ramen (拉麺), Mābō-dōfu (麻婆豆腐), Chashu (叉燒), etc. Korea has Chinese food like Jajangmyeon (炸酱面) Jjamppong, Tangsuyuk (糖醋肉), etc. Australia has Chinese food like Lemon Chicken, Chicken Stir-fried, Chow Sam See, etc. Canada has Chinese food like Ginger Beef, Newfoundland Chow Mein, Thunder Bay bon bons, etc. Philippines has Chinese food like Batchoy (肉脆), Hopia (好餅), Kiampong (鹹飯) etc. ... Sources: Wikipedia: Chinese Cuisine, American Chinese cuisine, Australian Chinese cuisine, Canadian-Chinese cuisine, Filipino Chinese cuisine, Japanese Chinese cuisine, Korean Chinese cuisine, So many people love Chinese food both authentic or modified to suit their tastes, so what's wrong with Chinese food then? I heard that in America for example, there are more Chinese restaurants in United States, that there are Western fast-food restaurants like McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, etc all combined.
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  14. Why BBC change the meaning of the word 未来 to mean democracy?
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  15.  @Heythere-fz1ex  What is their motherland if not People's Republic of China? Xinjiang is part of China is it not?
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  16. China today is currently at peace and not at war with any country. Instead of making war, China is building infrastructure like roads, railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, powerstations, dams, ports, airports, etc, in developing countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan as well as African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Mozambique, Tanzania, etc. Whereas the United States is warmonger, being involved in Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, Syrian War, etc, even in the 21st century. The US is enacting regime change by bombing those countries and cutting off their "heads" (Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, etc) and then installing their own US puppet governments in place. Now it appears Assad of Syria and Maduro of Venezuela are next on this list. Just look at Iraqi Body Count Project to see how many Muslims America has eradicated.
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  17. The BBC purposely chose this method of audio work, in order to make the video appear more disconcerting the listener and induce additional feelings of anxiety and dread, in an otherwise normal experience. I mean, where's the supposed graffiti in the toilet? Did they really had to film the toilet with the lights off to make it more sinister? It's just a normal school where Uighurs get free education in both Mandarin and their own language, practice their culture, paint pictures, play instruments, play sports and learn job skills that improve their employability.
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  18.  @georgeshibley9529  If your country don't control religion, then religion will start to control your country. In July 2009, Uighurs in Xinjiang suddenly started attacking Han passers-by, stabbing them with knives and throwing stones, overturning vehicles, breaking into Han businesses to loot and setting the place on fire, setting vehicles on fire and so on. Here is video footage youtube.com/watch?v=j1gbwrLXYDM
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  19. Hong Kong had been under authoritian British colonial rule for over 150 years, during which Hong Kong did not enjoy democracy and virtually no elections were held by people of Hong Kong while it was a British colony. Only during the period of Hong Kong handover back to China, did Hong Kong people finally get to vote in elections for their favourite leaders. So shouldn't the people of Hong Kong be grateful to the mainland, that they finally get to vote in elections?
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  20. Indonesia is world's largest Muslim population country and Suharto banned expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion and culture and the ethnic Chinese were pressured to adopt Indonesian-sounding names. But Westerners don't care what happens to Chinese in Muslim countries, they only care about Muslims in China.
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  21.  @georgeshibley9529  Our country, our laws. Look at the West and they are literally bowing over backwards to accommodate Muslims. Muslim refugees are fleeing their conflicted Islamic countries and flooding Western countries like USA and Europe and are under little pressure to assimilate into predominantly Christian Western society, much to the chagrin of local Americans and Europeans. For example, Muslim men may marry multiple wives, and Muslim women continue to wear Muslim headveils out in public, and secretly, many Americans and Europeans are angry at this, but they are fearful of voicing their honest opinions, for fear of being labelled as racist or Islamophobes (fear of Islam) by those politically correct SJWs. In the end, many Muslims see Westerners silence as acceptance of their ways.
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  22. +James Russel "China, on the otherhand, is forced to rely on other allies, specifically ones that the IMF wouldn't lend money to on account of human rights violations, something China has no qualms about." Why can't China lend money to countries irregardless of their human rights violations? Such countries tend to be poor, war-torn, starving and plagued by unstable governments and civil unrest. How do you expect these countries to maintain a Western standard of human rights? Who do the Westerners think they are to judge other countries by their standards? China does not judge countries on their "human rights violations" and the government is willing to do business and build infrastructure in those countries, so that locals can find jobs and employment, to buy food to feed their families, all towards developing a stable country and China is helping build infrastructure in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and some African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, etc. Otherwise, how else do you expect these countries to ever develop? When your Western banks won't lend them the necessary capital for development?
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  23. China is currently at peace, and not at war with any country, since our last major war in 1979. China is helping drive the world economy, and building infrastructure in less developed nations like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and also African countries like Nigeria, Kenya, etc. But USA is warmonger involved in Iraq War, Afghan War, Libyan War, etc, even in 21st century. US strategy is to cut off those countries heads (Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, etc) and then install their own US puppet governments in place. Even now, President Trump is eyeing Syria and the Assad Regime is next on the list.
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  24.  @jabertagi3857  Uighurs had their own traditional culture long before the Islamic invaders came and converted them to Islam. Just search online for pictures of "Uighur Girls" and see how beautiful they look dressed in their traditional Uighur garb. Why Islam come and cover up their pretty faces with ugly black Muslim headveil?
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  25. +577AllWell The video already shows Chinese government offering them resettlement villages with schools and access to amenities, but it is the Yi people's choice to carry their supplies up a mile-long ladder to their high altitude and isolated village instead.
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  26.  @bobbuilder7952  Modern China was built by the sweat, blood, tears and sacrifice of Chinese people and the government to turn China from a once dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country, into an economic juggernaut today, the world's factory (Made in China) a growing scientific and technological power, protected by world's largest land army, the People's Liberation Army, and China today has strong global presence, and influential player of world politics. And its all achieved under Chinese Communist Party leadership, so why should China adopt Western democracy then? Because Westerners says so?
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  27. They maintain eye contact and aren't shy or looking away from the camera, so why do you still think that it's fake?
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  28. These Uighur kids are Chinese citizens, receiving a proper Chinese education, learning Mandarin, Chinese history and that their motherland is People's Republic of China. Just like Hawaiian kids are American citizens, being taught English, American history and that their motherland is United States of America.
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  29.  @ericcartmann  Look at Chinese culture, and we value hard work, being studious in school and industrious at work, so why can't Chinese government impart some of these positive virtues to Uighurs? The Uighurs weren't even Muslims in the first place, and Xinjiang was part of China long before the Islamic invaders conquered the region and converted the natives to Islam. Why can't Chinese government undo the damage that radicalism done to Uighurs?
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  30. 西方媒体非常傲慢与偏见。
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  31. As Chinese person, most traditional Chinese people view wealth, fame and status as indicators of success. Not that I agree with it completely of course, but that is the way most Chinese people think.
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  32. The United States deported fmore than half a million* illegal immigrant parents from their kids since 2009. Source: washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/21/this-is-what-would-happen-to-the-children-of-11-million-illegal-immigrants-if-president-trump-deported-them/ Their country, their rules, just like our country, our rules.
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  33. China is not altogether isolated from the rest of the world. World events have shaped China, and China has also shaped world events.
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  34. Western society was built on the backs of African slavery, causing genocide of Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals, occupation of their lands, and plundering of resources like gold. Western sciences, mathematics, astronomy, all had their roots in Asia, such as India, and inventions like crossbows and gunpowder actually came from China. Not just weapons alone, but Chinese luxury goods like silk, tea, paper, porcelain (precious china) also came through to the West from the East.
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  35.  @jabertagi3857  The Uighurs had their own vibrant culture, but were forceful converted to Islam by the Islamic invaders who conquered Xinjiang. And those Uighur women appear to be smiling happily and posing in their tradition Uighur garb, so who's forcing who? Why do you want to cover up Uighur girls natural beauty with the ugly black Muslim headveil?
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  36.  @perrychrispy1  Why not attempt to refute my points instead?
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  37. Ice age conditions? Did you notice how high the altitude of the villages are in the video? What about those brand new resettlement villages, being built to house these poor people, where they can have access to food, running water, electricity and gas, so that they don't have to cook their food over an open fire?
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  38.  @orangebanana845  If Westerner goes to Islamic countries, say Saudi Arabia for example, they obey the host country's laws, like women wearing Muslim headveil in public, must always be escorted by male relative or family member, and that women are forbidden to drive. Some Westerners might even convert to Islam But if Muslims immigrants come to Western country, they can do whatever they want. Muslim men can marry multiple wives, and Muslim women continue to wear headveil in public, instead of adapting to their host country culture. Muslim men don't even remove their hats if they step into Christian church for example.
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  39.  @georgeshibley9529  According to Human Rights Watch: Singapore ( hrw.org/asia/singapore ) Singapore’s political environment is stifling. Citizens face severe restrictions on their basic rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly through overly broad criminal laws and regulations. In 2017, the country tightened the already strict limits on public assemblies contained in the Public Order Act, which requires police permits for any “cause-related” assembly outside the closely monitored “Speakers’ Corner.” The rights of the LGBT community are severely curtailed: sexual relations between men remains a criminal offense, and there are no legal protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. That's sounds almost exactly like China's political system in many ways.
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  40.  @makeromaniagreatagain9697  What makes you think Chinese people are oppressed? Chinese people are free to travel overseas for work, study or play. I mean, Everyone has heard of Chinese tourists, visiting your lands and spending money on your economies. Your Western schools and universities are positively flooded with Chinese international students, studying the same topics as their peers. Source: China has world's most outbound tourists nationmultimedia.com/detail/travel/30355861 China now world's biggest source of international students scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1797429/china-now-worlds-biggest-source-international-students-more So what makes you think Chinese people are oppressed. Chinese people can be found virtually all over the globe today, since we make up 20% of the world's population after all.
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  41. Even if you disagree Chinese government system, China been peaceful for 30 years and have not been involved in any major war since 1979. But USA today is still bombing countries in Middle East, even in 21st century, so how is this considered lesser of two evils?
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  42. Peng Shuai was clearly avoiding the public eye for weeks, but Western media are behaving like paparazzi and trying to expose her private life for all the world to see, that's why eventually she appeared on video call to express her desire for privacy.
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  43. BBC doesn't want to show the entire picture. They rather focus on the poor's living conditions, than on the resettlement village that the government provided for them. So BBC frame China according to their lenses.
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  44. In the video, the Keriya Aitika Mosque is not destroyed, only the North Gate is demolished, but the South Gate and the prayer room is intact. The prayer room is a protected heritage site and even the footage shows that the Mosque is still alive.
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  45.  @christianrodm  If you watch the video carefully, the eye contact maintained by the interviewees aren't overly long, and neither are they too short, so what's your point? At 1:40 for example, the man looks at the interviewer, the translator, even the camera and seems natural to me. Not too long and neither too short a duration of eye contact.
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  46. China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest 'continuous' civilization still alive today, whereas other great ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since faded to history. Ancient China was a monarchy and has always been ruled by emperors since 3000 years ago, whereas democracy eventually failed. Athenian democracy failed, Spartan democracy failed, even Rome fell as a republic. Modern Western democracy has only 200-300 years of history so there is no guarantee that it will survive over the passage of time Yet China has survived the violent course of history following our own forms of governance.
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  47. @Jack Singapore has been ruled by authoritarian single-party PAP, for its entire life as a nation! For over 50 years, the PAP ruled Singapore with iron fist, and Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore's founder) jailed and exiled many of his political dissidents. But under authoritarian PAP rule, Singapore grew from a sleepy fishing village nation, into an world class country surpassing many of its neighboring countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, etc) It's because 50 years of PAP rule, enabled Singapore's leaders to make long-term plans for Singapore. Likewise, China has been ruled by authoritarian single-party CCP for 70 years, and that's why China is rising economic power today. Don't you see the similarities?
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  48.  @makeromaniagreatagain9697  According to some Christian experts, the number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America. Source: China on course to become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10776023/China-on-course-to-become-worlds-most-Christian-nation-within-15-years.html And why should China become more democratic you tell me? Why allow ordinary people to vote in elections regarding your country's future? Ordinary people may not know how to vote responsibly (e.g. they do not turn up to vote) or they may base their vote on emotions instead of logic (e.g. Many British dislike foreigners so they voted for Britain to leave the EU.) Or they may simply lack political awareness of the country's situation or get swayed by politicians. That's how Hitler was able to come to power by preying on German people's resentment towards the humiliating Treaty of Versailles and promising to make Germany great again (which admittedly he did). Similarly, Donald Trump was able to come to power by preying on gullible American's animosity towards China with false promises of making America great again. So why should China be more democratic then?
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  49.  @keelieinwonderland  But do you feel sad that Hawaiian kids are being taught English, American history, and that their motherland is United States of America? So what's wrong Uighurs being taught Mandarin Chinese, Chinese history and that their motherland is People's Republic of China?
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  50. 西方人从来没有了解过礼数的真意思。
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