Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "China's vanishing mosques - BBC News" video.

  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. @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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  3.  @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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  4. 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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  5.  @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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  6.  @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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  7.  @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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  8.  @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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  9.  @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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  10. 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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  11.  @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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  12.  @TheReubstar  China is removing mosques on Chinese soil, while other countries like America are allowing Muslims to build mosques on American soil, in Spotsylvania country, Virginia for example. Video: Anti-Muslim ranters ganged up on a Muslim man at a town hall meeting youtube.com/watch?v=INy4gaUrCL4
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  13. The old Uighur neighborhoods are very old and rundown, so what Chinese government is doing is to modernize the region by building proper paved roads, installing running water, gas and electricity, streetlamps, and other modern amenities. Otherwise, you want the Uighurs to live in their poor derelict neighborhoods forever?
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  14.  @soundbite290  Britain literally stole Hong Kong from China. During the 19th century, the British wanted to continue drinking Chinese tea, but China did not want what the West had to offer, so Britain waged two bloody wars with China, and forced Chinese to buy opium from them at gunpoint, which we didn't want because it made us sick and was poisoning our people. During this weak period in Chinese history, Hong Kong was taken and made into British colony to act as drug distribution hub to spread the addiction throughout rest of China. Even when Britain renounced ownership over its former colonies, Hong Kong was not even fully returned back to China. Instead China had to sign a 50 year treaty just for Britain to hand over what belongs to China?
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  15.  @ProfessorGlasgow  Westerners been oppressing Chinese in their own ways. The biggest lynching in America occurred in a Chinatown in Los Angelos Street, and Westerners once had Chinese Exclusion Act forbidding Chinese from obtaining US citizenship. Video: The Largest Lynching In US History youtube.com/watch?v=UpZZf7K12pU Even in Indonesia, world's largest Muslim population country, the Indonesian government persecuted Chinese in Indonesia by banning expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion, and traditional festivals and the ethnic Chinese were pressured to adopt Indonesian-sounding names. During racial riots that swept across Indonesia there was mass rape of Chinese women and rioters broke into Chinese stores to loot them and burn them to the ground.
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  16. Just barely... And he spoke Mandarin, not Chinese.
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  17. During 19th century, the British wanted to continue drinking Chinese tea, but China did not want anything the West had to offer, so Britain waged two bloody wars with China and forced Chinese to buy opium from them at gunpoint, which we didn't want because it made us sick and was poisoning our people. Port cities like Shanghai were forced open to act as drug distribution hubs to spread the addiction throughout rest of China and Hong Kong was taken and made into British colony. Even after Britain renounced ownership over it's former colonies, Hong Kong wasn't even fully returned back to China, and China had to sign 50 year declaration with Britain for them to handover what was originally ours.
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  18. ​ @eltyjamessmith3482  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, 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.
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  19.  @MoejiiOsmanTV  About Chinese students studying overseas, China is world's most populous country and its possible that not enough resources, not enough schools, not enough jobs for everyone in China. With such high student population, competition for top schools and higher education in China is fierce and intense. Some students don't qualify for local university, so they may choose to study abroad (especially if their parents have $$$). Some graduates unable to find job in China, so they may seek employment opportunities outside of China. That's why Western schools are positively flooded with Chinese international students, competing with your local students in tests, exams, for university places, and even job offers when they graduate. If they can't find a job in your country, they are always welcome to come back to China (thus saving China the resources needed to train this student to university level) and bringing foreign knowledge and technology to China. If they find a job and remain in your country, then they are depriving a local graduate of a job. If they rise to high position in corporate or government sector, they may get approached by CCP and possibly recruited as a spy in your country. Whichever way you look at it, China wins.
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  20.  @soundbite290  Most of Hong Kong's 7 million population aren't protesting, so how can you claim Hong Kong people do not want to be ruled by China? Shouting in capital letters doesn't mean that you are right. Look at the protestors and most of them are Hong Kong highschool students, who haven't even graduated from school and step out into the working world of adults. Yet these students already think they know the best way to govern Hong Kong already? Better than Hong Kong's leaders?
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  21.  @soundbite290  Why don't you attempt to refute my points instead of accusing me of being 50 cents? Those Hong Kong student protestors haven't even reach 21 years of age (which is the legal voting age in Hong Kong) so their minds haven't matured to the point of political awareness, so why should Hong Kong government bow down to theses "underaged voters" demands then? There is no logic to support your claim that people of Hong Kong are against the extradition bill.
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  22.  @tiarnan9793  According to the World Bank, China's poverty rate fell from 88% in 1981 to a mere 0.7% in 2015. According to UNESCO, adult literacy rate grew from 65.5% in 1982 to a whopping 96.4% in 2015, growing at an average annual rate of 10.39%. This is an impressive feat, considering that China is world's most populous country, yet achieving 0.7% poverty and 96.4% literacy rate. Source: Wikipedia: Poverty in China
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  23.  @eltyjamessmith3482  So because of a border dispute with India, China is somehow wrong? China has settled boundary dispute approximately of 20,000 km with 12 countries out of the 22,000 km and is yet to settle about 2,000 km of boundary involving India and Bhutan. -In 1961, Nepal and China signed border agreement. -In 1962, Mongolia and China signed border agreement. -In 1963, Afghanistan and China signed border agreement. -In 1963, Pakistan and China signed border agreement. -In 1991, USSR and China signed Sino-Soviet border agreement. -In 1992, Laos and China signed border agreement. -In 1994, Kazakhstan and China signed border agreement. -In 2011, Tajikistan ratified a 1999 deal with China. We solved our border disputes with literally all our land neighbors, only Bhutan and India remain. China has 21 talks with Bhutan and 19 talks with India, but still fail to settle our countries borders. Who's fault is it? Regarding Taiwan, the Nationalist Kuomintang lost the mainland to communists and had flee to Formosa (Taiwan). During the Chinese Civil War, the communists were mostly poorly trained peasants, their weapons were crappy, and they had far fewer numbers (only 50 communist members in 1921) over the KMT. The KMT on the other hand, had massive wealth (they taxed the peasants heavily) they had superior weapons, better training and superior numbers over the communists. Yet despite all these advantages, the KMT still lost the mainland to communists and had to flee to Taiwan? This demonstrates KMT's sheer incompetence in their right to rule the mainland.
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  24.  @soundbite290  According to your source, it was Hong Kong government that choose to ban Agnes Chow, so what has mainland China got to do with it? Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor insisted it had been done by the book. Source: scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2130714/hong-kong-activist-agnes-chow-banned-legco-election “Any suggestion of ‘Hong Kong independence’, ‘self-determination’, independence as a choice, or self-autonomy, is not in line with Basic Law requirements, and deviates from the important principle of ‘one country two systems’,” she said, referring to the city’s mini-constitution.
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  25.  @soundbite290  Why are you shouting in capital letters? Your source only mentions a single line about "pressure from mainland China" but where's the proof? You just believe that line that's all?
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  26.  @donjon6244  Who says you cannot force anyone into Islamic religion? Non-Muslims have to covert to Islam if they marry a Muslim, and many Muslims view people who leave Islam as traitors and deserve being stoned to death.
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  27.  @nurkholis6975  You are from Indonesia? The world's largest Muslim population country? Did you know Suharto even banned expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion, and traditional festivals and the ethnic Chinese were pressured to adopt Indonesian-sounding names? Since Muslims did such a thing to Chinese in Indonesia, then why can't China do the same thing to Muslims in China? Your country, your rules. Our country, our rules.
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  28.  @Jeff_the_Hobo  Those Uighur neighborhoods are very old and rundown, so Chinese government is modernizing the region by building proper paved roads, installing running water, gas and electricity, streetlamps, and other modern amenities. Otherwise, you want the Uighurs to live in their poor derelict neighborhoods forever?
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  29.  @eltyjamessmith3482  About South China Sea, the Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Văn Đồng had formally accepted that the Paracel and Spratly islands were historically Chinese, in a diplomatic letter he wrote to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1958. Here is the note itself, published in Vietnamese Newspaper Nhan Dan. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1958_diplomatic_note_from_phamvandong_to_zhouenlai.jpg But after it was discovered that the region contained rich deposits of oil and gas, Vietnam suddenly changed its mind and broke its word, and started claiming those islands as part of Vietnam territory. Why Vietnamese politician can just suddenly their minds just like that?
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  30.  @dustyeyer3573  Chinese government is helping reduce pollution by making the switch to renewable green energy, and China built world's largest hydroelectric powerstation, Three Gorges Dam, to supply China with clean renewable energy to fuel our growth. Video: The Largest Dam in The World youtube.com/watch?v=b8cCsUBYSkw This is has resulted in China producing more hydroelectric power than any other country in the world, producing 858 billion kilowatt hours a year. But of course, it will take time to make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable green energy. 1. China (858 billion kilowatt hours) 2. Brazil (411 billion kilowatt hours) 3. Canada (373 billion kilowatt hours) 4. United States (276 billion kilowatt hours) 5. Russia (164 billion kilowatt hours) 6. Norway (140 billion kilowatt hours) Source: China is the world’s largest producer of the hydroelectricity. https://ceoworld.biz/2015/10/14/top-10-countries-that-produce-the-most-hydroelectricity/
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  31.  @realgood537  If you are refering to Keriya Aitika Mosque, then it wasn't destroyed, and the prayer room remained intact together with the South Gate, while the North Gate was demolished. The prayer room is a protected cultural heritage, but the North Gate was “rebuilt” during 1997–1998.
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  32.  @soundbite290  "神州 Shenzhou you're laughable. Don't you realize how obvious your channel makes you look." What's wrong with my channel? I don't upload any videos so what makes you think I am online CCP government troll? For talking about Hong Kong?
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  33.  Mustafa Abu Bakr  Uighurs in Xinjiang live in China, so they are bound to China's laws, just like Muslims in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia are bound to Saudi laws. What's wrong with teaching Uighurs to put China above their religion? We are teaching them to put the country above their God/Allah that's all.
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  34.  Lolrtfyu Lolytfru  Xinjiang was part of China before Islam itself was born, and was first referred to as "Xiyu" (Chinese: 西域) under the Han dynasty, which drove the Xiongnu out of the region in 60 BCE (Han–Xiongnu War) in an effort to build and secure the profitable Silk Road. Then the Islamic invaders conquered the region and converted the natives to Islam, so why can't China convert them back to being Chinese?
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  35.  @eltyjamessmith3482  So you are willing to argue in defense against a Vietnamese politician who so clearly broke his word, upon discovery of rich oil and gas deposits in South China Sea, and use greed as an excuse to justify its actions?
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  36. ​ @eltyjamessmith3482  While the communists had indeed received support from Soviet Union, the nationalist Kuomintang (Taiwan) had also received US military aid to help them fight the communists. But the KMT were notoriously corrupt, having pocketed some 750,000,000 dollars worth of US military aid, until even US President Harry Truman made a remark about it and wrote that "the Chiangs, the Kungs and the Soongs (were) all thieves." Source: Wikipedia: Kuomintang Also, it was United Nation's own decision to kick out Republic of China (Taiwan) and to recognize the People's Republic of China (China) as China, through a democratic voting process back in 1971. According to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668, any proposal to change the designated representation of China at the UN would require a two-thirds majority vote and the poll results were 61 in favor, 34 against it, 7 abstaining and 2 non-voting. Next, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 was passed in response and the results were 76 in favor, 35 against it, 17 abstaining and 3 non-voting as shown in the following map. Source; Map of results of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voting_res_2758.png As you can see, the US voted against PRC so how did USA betray ROC? The resolution was then passed on 25 October 1971, and recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations" and removed the collective representatives of Chiang Kai-shek and the Republic of China from the United Nations. So PRC is recognized as the legitimate authority over China through a democratic voting process by UN countries, in which PRC won with two-thirds majority vote over ROC.
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  37.  @soundbite290  Hong Kong had been under authoritarian British colonial rule for more than 100 years, and during that period, Hong Kong did not enjoy democracy under British rule. Virtually no elections were ever held by Hong Kong people while it was British colony, only the period of the Hong Kong handover to mainland China, did the people of Hong Kong finally get to vote for their favorite leaders. So isn't this a vast improvement over their earlier status as a British colony?
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  38.  @JerjerB  It's fine if you want to live your lifestyle in your country. But China is not your country, so why are you virtue signalling here?
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  39. Since you vehemently oppose China's solution, then what do you propose yourself to solve the problem? Westerners are literally bending over backwards and over accommodate the Muslims. Refugees are fleeing their conflict ridden Islamic countries and flooding Western countries and are under little pressure to adapt to their predominantly host countries culture, much to the chagrin of locals. Instead of assimilating, Muslims continue their practices like Muslim men taking on multiple wives and Muslim women wearing headveil out in public, and secretly many Westerners are angry at this, but can't voice their true opinion for fear of offending someone's political correctness and being labelled as racists and Islamophobe. The Muslims take Westerners silence as accept of their cultures, which is why most Muslims are under little pressure to assimilate into their host countries.
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  40.  @kasperknutsen8283  "神州 Shenzhou china is a machine country" China is home to world's largest automation market, and investing heavily into Artificial Intelligence systems. Video: China International Robot Show defines the future of robotic industry youtube.com/watch?v=Sj8lK65fJic&
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  41.  @kasperknutsen8283  Statistically speaking, as world's most populous country, China has the most brainpower to come up with plans and ideas, as well as the most manpower to carry out said plans and turn ideas into reality. Larger populations have more geniuses, and China has 4 geniuses to every 1 American genius. Source: China's Statistical Advantage: http://iiipublishing.com/blog/2018/06/blog_06_07_2018.html Taken from the above: Consider two standard bell curves, say one with 1.4 billion people and one with 326 million. The number of average people in China is very close to 4.3 times the number of average people in the U.S. That is also true for those in the top 2% say, which produces scientists, the best business and government people, and the most competent computer programmers. Even there, China would have a 4.3 to 1 advantage, which would be quite an advantage, everything else being equal.
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  42. 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 At least in China, you must register your Christian religious belief with the government first, and as long as you are registered Christian and you obey Chinese laws while in China, then you can do what you want.
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  43. Even in America, mosques are being built on American soil like in Virginia and not all the Americans are happy about it. Video: Anti-Muslim ranters ganged up on a Muslim man at a town hall meeting youtube.com/watch?v=INy4gaUrCL4
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  44.  @tiarnan9793  The poverty figures were published by reputable organization like World Bank so they won't choose to publish those figures if they are inaccurate and risk damage to their reputation. And according to World Bank, China lifted 800 million people out of poverty from 1981 to 2015. Just for comparison, the entire population of African continent is about *1.2 billion*, so China lifted a figure equal to HALF of Africa's entire population out of poverty in just decades, compared to what Westerners been doing in Africa for centuries. Video: Historical Achievement: Take 700 Million People out of Poverty youtube.com/watch?v=sfNXK791kwA "China has lifted 728 million people out of poverty by international standards. The whole of the rest of the world has only lifted 152 million right?" - John Ross Well-known columnist in UK, Former Deputy Mayor of London
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  45.  @dustyeyer3573  China has pollution problems yes, because of our over reliance on coal power, so Chinese government is making the switch to renewable green energy, and China built world's largest hydroelectric powerstation, Three Gorges Dam, to supply China with clean renewable energy to fuel our growth. Video: The Largest Dam in The World youtube.com/watch?v=b8cCsUBYSkw This is has resulted in China producing more hydroelectric power than any other country in the world, producing 858 billion kilowatt hours a year. But of course, it will take time to make the switch from fossil fuels to renewable green energy. 1. China (858 billion kilowatt hours) 2. Brazil (411 billion kilowatt hours) 3. Canada (373 billion kilowatt hours) 4. United States (276 billion kilowatt hours) 5. Russia (164 billion kilowatt hours) 6. Norway (140 billion kilowatt hours) Source: China is the world’s largest producer of the hydroelectricity. https://ceoworld.biz/2015/10/14/top-10-countries-that-produce-the-most-hydroelectricity/
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  46.  @tiarnan9793  Besides dominating hydroelectricity, China also dominates in solar power, and the current largest photovoltaic power station in the world is the 850 MW Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, in Qinghai, China. China is also home to world's largest floating solar farm in Huainan City, Anhui, East China. Video: World's largest floating solar farm in E China youtube.com/watch?v=qKpYH5SYUeo
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  47.  @tiarnan9793  Besides dominating solar power, China also dominates wind energy, and the Gansu Wind Farm located in China is world's largest wind farm, with a 7,965 Megawatt capacity. Source: Wikipedia: Wind Energy: Wind Farms wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#Wind_farms Switching from fossil fuel to renewable energy is no easy feat, but at least China is showing great efforts to make the switch. President Trump on the other hand, promised to bring coal power back to USA and withdrew America from the 2017 Paris Climate Accord and no longer restricting US CO2 emissions.
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  48.  @Klaruza  Chinese in Indonesia were referred to as the "Chinese problem" (Masalah Cina) and Chinese Indonesians have become "the typical scapegoat" in situations where widespread discontent and social unrest becomes violent. Expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion, and traditional festivals were banned and the ethnic Chinese were pressured to adopt Indonesian-sounding names. There were even racial riots in Indonesia, resulting in mass rape of Chinese women (some girls as young as 11 years old) and they were gang raped in front of their families, by as many as 10 men. Indonesian rioters also broke into Chinese stores to loot and burn their property to the ground. Even today, many Chinese in Indonesian have lost their original Chinese names because of Indonesian government policy.
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  49.  @rioyoung1493  there is no spoken "Chinese" language alone, you have to define which dialect you are using, whether Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.
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  50.  @iloveporkandchicken4718  Source: Indonesia's Mass Rape Victims Are Waiting for Justice That May Never Come vice.com/en_nz/article/vv5jab/hundreds-of-women-were-raped-during-the-may-98-riots-will-they-ever-see-justice
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  51.  @iloveporkandchicken4718  You are Chinese in Indonesian and you can speak Bahasa Indonesia, because Indonesian government banned Chinese language and culture and force you to learn Bahasa Indonesia. So why can't Chinese government teach Mandarin to Uighurs in Xinjiang then?
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  52.  @holidaytrout5174 What?
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  53.  @dustyeyer3573  Besides dominating hydroelectricity, China also dominates in solar power, and the current largest photovoltaic power station in the world is the 850 MW Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, in Qinghai, China. China is also home to world's largest floating solar farm in Huainan City, Anhui, East China. Video: World's largest floating solar farm in E China youtube.com/watch?v=qKpYH5SYUeo
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  54.  @brambl3014  The Mosque's prayer room is still intact (even the uploader's footage clearly shows so) so how is the Mosque destroyed then?
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  55. ​ @brambl3014  Which mosques are being destroyed in the uploader's video? Could you at least name the allegedly destroyed mosques? The only mosques mentioned are Keriya Aitika Mosque (not destroyed, prayer room is intact) and Id Kah Mosque (not destroyed)
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  56.  @feonor26  "神州 Shenzhou This is not how you fight religion efficiently and correctly." How then? China is officially atheist under the Communist Party of China, then can't China reserve the right to promote atheism within our country, much the same as Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia do with Islam (or Christian countries do with Christianity)?
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  57.  @feonor26  "神州 Shenzhou How? Not by force or by making it illegal or by bullying people." What makes you think religion is illegal in China? China has nearly 200 million religious believers and more than 380,000 clerical personnel. The five major religions practiced in China are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. There are around 222,000 Buddhist clerical personnel and over 40,000 Taoist clerical personnel. There are around 20 million Muslims, with about 57,000 Islamic clerical personnel. Catholicism and Protestantism have 6 million and 38 million followers in China, respectively, with 8,000 and 57,000 clerical personnel. There are approximately 5,500 religious groups in China, including seven national organizations which are Buddhist Association of China, Chinese Taoist Association, China Islamic Association, Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, Bishops’ Conference of Catholic Church in China, National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, and China Christian Council.
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  58.  @feonor26  "神州 Shenzhou How? Not by force or by making it illegal or by bullying people." What makes you think religion is illegal in China? China has nearly 200 million religious believers and more than 380,000 clerical personnel. The five major religions practiced in China are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. There are around 222,000 Buddhist clerical personnel and over 40,000 Taoist clerical personnel. There are around 20 million Muslims, with about 57,000 Islamic clerical personnel. Catholicism and Protestantism have 6 million and 38 million followers in China, respectively, with 8,000 and 57,000 clerical personnel.
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  59.  @feonor26  China has nearly 200 million religious believers and more than 380,000 clerical personnel. The five major religions practiced in China are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestantism. There are around 222,000 Buddhist clerical personnel and over 40,000 Taoist clerical personnel. There are around 20 million Muslims, with about 57,000 Islamic clerical personnel. Catholicism and Protestantism have 6 million and 38 million followers in China, respectively, with 8,000 and 57,000 clerical personnel.
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  60.  @feonor26  There are approximately 5,500 religious groups in China, including seven national organizations which are Buddhist Association of China, Chinese Taoist Association, China Islamic Association, Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, Bishops’ Conference of Catholic Church in China, National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, and China Christian Council. At present, there are about 144,000 places of worship registered for religious activities in China, among which are 33,500 Buddhist temples (including 28,000 Han Buddhist temples, 3,800 Tibetan Buddhist lamaseries, and 1,700 Theravada Buddhist temples), 9,000 Taoist temples, 35,000 Islamic mosques, 6,000 Catholic churches and places of assembly spread across 98 dioceses, and 60,000 Protestant churches and places of assembly, Yet you said: "神州 Shenzhou How? Not by force or by making it illegal or by bullying people."
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  61.  @muntadar1655  "神州 Shenzhou what about your communist religion" Communism is inherently atheist and doesn't believe in the existence of gods, so how is it a religion?
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  62.  @feonor26  "神州 Shenzhou I know the Communist Party's views on religion. They want nothing but loyalty to The Party." Is there something fundamentally wrong with being loyal to the communist party? Previously, China was once a dirt-poor, war-torn, starving country in the past, but fast forward till today and China has since transformed into the world's 2nd largest economy, the world's factory (everything's Made-in-China), having the world's 2nd largest R&D spending, protected by the world's largest land army, the People's Liberation Army, funded by the world's 2nd largest military spending. And it's all been achieved under the communist party leadership, then can't the people of China choose the Party over religion? I mean, what has some nameless, faceless being up above ever did for China, as compared to the communist party?
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  63.  @feonor26  Earlier you wrote: "China still has an ideology called Communism where the a god has almost been replaced by the party leader." Communist party leaders, both past and present (i.e Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping) have done much to contribute to China's growth, transforming our country from a once dirt-poor, war-torn starving nation, into a prosperous, economic juggernaut and growing scientific power today, whereas what has some nameless, faceless being ever done for China? Then honestly speaking, can't Chinese praise the actual deeds performed by real people, rather than some god that did nothing for China? You told me that the proper method is to use debate, arguments and scientific reasoning, and those are the methods that I am employing. Communist leaders have enacted real tangible change in China as compared to nameless, faceless entities that did nothing for China.
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  64.  @feonor26  "When that party is authoritarian, power hungry and fundamentally anti-democratic then yes, it is wrong." China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled. China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China has been successfully governed for millennia. Not all countries have to adopt Western democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this. I meant, you told me that the proper method is to use debate, arguments and scientific reasoning, yet you're employing emotions not logic for your arguments.
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  65.  @feonor26  "When that party is authoritarian, power hungry and fundamentally anti-democratic then yes, it is wrong." China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled. China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China has been successfully governed for millennia. Not all countries have to adopt Western democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this.
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  66.  @feonor26  China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled. China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China has been successfully governed for millennia. Not all countries have to adopt Western democracy to be successful and China is living proof of this. Yet you're claiming "When that party is authoritarian, power hungry and fundamentally anti-democratic then yes, it is wrong."?
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  67.  @feonor26  Chairman Mao is the founding father of the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 and he succeeded in the herculean task of reunifying our divided country where the previous Nationalist Kuomintang failed during the Republic of China 🇹🇼 (1912-1949) period for 37 years. When Dr Sun Zhongshan overthrew the previous Qing Dynasty China and established "democratic" Republic of China was divided into several areas, we lost control of Tibet, and various warlords ruled different parts of China and even Japan invaded China twice during this weak period of Chinese history. Dr. Sun tried to get help from the Western powers, but they laughed at the thought of China copying their democracy. They even gave away the Shandong province (which had been occupied by the Germans during WWI) to Japan, instead of returning it to China (even when China was part of the Allies during WWI). In the end, Dr. Sun died without ever realising a unified China under democracy. But then Mao Zedong came along, and he accomplished what the ROC could not, and reunifed China under communism, proclaiming the People's Republic of China in 1949 and Tibet was finally returned back to China in 1951. If not for Mao Zedong, China today would still be weak and divided country, fighting among ourselves, instead of the strong unified country we are today.
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  68.  @dave_sic1365  Those people starved to death because of the Great Chinese Famine, which was caused by bad weather conditions like flood and drought, causing destruction of crops and resulting in poor harvests and mass starvation. Even Chairman Mao couldn't possibly control the weather isn't it? And even if he somehow could, he would have wished for fair weather and bountiful harvests, because his objective is to make China strong enough to resist foreign imperialism. And what makes you think Chinese culture is destroyed? China has many historical monuments like The Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, The Qin Emperor Tomb (China's First Emperor), the Terracotta Army, The Grand Canal (world's longest artificial river). If you look up list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, China actually ranks 2nd in the world after Italy. Countries by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as of July 2021 1. Italy (58 sites) 2. China (56 sites) 3. Germany (51 sites) 4. France (49 sites) 5. Spain (49 sites) 6. India (40 sites) 7. Mexico (35 sites) 8. United Kingdom (33 sites) 9. Russia (30 sites) 10. Iran (26 sites) ... Source: UNESCO World Heritage So unless you are Italian yourself, then China literally has more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than even your own country! Yet you're claiming Chinese culture is destroyed?
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  69.  @feonor26  "Yes China has been around for a long time in different shapes but so has other countries and people. China has not been the same for all these 5000 years." Take ancient writing scripts for example and Chinese characters constitute the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world, having been used since 1200 BCE and today, Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world by number of speakers. Whereas other ancient scripts like Sumerian Cuneiform (Mesopotamia) Latin and Egyptian Hieroglyphs are considered dead languages today, since they are no longer evolving with the times and no new words being added into their vocabulary. Source: Chinese characters wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters
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  70. ​ @feonor26  You said: "Your culture today is nowhere near the culture of ancient China." A bold assumption. Have you actually been to China and experienced Chinese culture for yourself here? Chinese celebrate many traditional cultures and festivals, like for example, Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth (Chinese Valentine's Day) Festival, which are long ago festivals that are still celebrated today in China. You said: "The culture you have today is a product of Mao's communism. That dude almost destroyed your country." China's current political system (under President Xi and the Communist Party of China) closely emulates the ancient Chinese system of governance under the Emperor and the Imperial Court. And what makes you think Chinese history and culture is destroyed? China has many historical monuments like for example, the The Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, The Qin Emperor Tomb (China's First Emperor), the Terracotta Army, The Grand Canal (world's longest artificial river). If you look up list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, China actually ranks 2nd in the world after Italy. Countries by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as of July 2021 1. Italy (58 sites) 2. China (56 sites) 3. Germany (51 sites) 4. France (49 sites) 5. Spain (49 sites) 6. India (40 sites) 7. Mexico (35 sites) 8. United Kingdom (33 sites) 9. Russia (30 sites) 10. Iran (26 sites) ... Source: UNESCO World Heritage
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  71.  @feonor26  You said: "Your culture today is nowhere near the culture of ancient China." A bold assumption. Have you actually been to China and experienced Chinese culture for yourself here? Chinese celebrate many traditional cultures and festivals, like for example, Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), Qingming (Tomb Sweeping) Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth (Chinese Valentine's Day) Festival, which are long ago festivals that are still celebrated today in China. You said: "The culture you have today is a product of Mao's communism. That dude almost destroyed your country." China's current political system (under President Xi and the Communist Party of China) closely emulates the ancient Chinese system of governance under the Emperor and the Imperial Court. And what makes you think Chinese history and culture is destroyed? China has many historical monuments like for example, the The Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, The Qin Emperor Tomb (China's First Emperor), the Terracotta Army, The Grand Canal (world's longest artificial river). If you look up list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, China actually ranks 2nd in the world after Italy. Countries by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as of July 2021 1. Italy (58 sites) 2. China (56 sites) 3. Germany (51 sites) 4. France (49 sites) 5. Spain (49 sites) 6. India (40 sites) 7. Mexico (35 sites) 8. United Kingdom (33 sites) 9. Russia (30 sites) 10. Iran (26 sites) ... Source: UNESCO World Heritage wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Countries_with_15_or_more_sites
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  72.  @soundbite290  If I had said that I don't work for the Chinese government, would you believe what I said?
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  73.  @Y0U54F786  The Keriya Aitika Mosque is not destroyed, only the North Gate is demolished, while the South Gate and the prayer room remained intact. The prayer room is protected heritage, and even the video shows this at 3:12 so what's your problem?
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  74.  @Y0U54F786  Firstly, we are talking about Islam many years ago, and Islamic invaders forced the natives of lands they converted to Islam. Muslims are told to fight unbelievers until they are either dead, converted to Islam, or in a permanent state of subjugation under Muslim domination. Allowing people of other faiths to live and worship independently of Islamic rule is not an option. Source: https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/forced-conversion.aspx Quran (8:38-39) - “Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief) their past will be forgiven... And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allah) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allah Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allah), then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.” Quran (9:29) - "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." Quran (9:5) "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them..."
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  75. @UCYGUIgoNdes5wabpmODQvyg China is imparting positive Chinese values to Uighurs, such as being studious and industrious, by providing free education and training them in skills necessary for the workplace. And Xinjiang was China's territory before Islam was even born, and even today, Xinjiang is recognized as part of China's territory. For example, if you draw the Map of People's Republic of China, territories like Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Hong Kong, etc, are located within China's borders. So why can't China deal with issues within our borders? Look at the West, and it is estimated that some 4,000 people have left their homes in the West to migrate to ISIS. Many have become jihadist fighters in the apparent hope of achieving martyrdom. So why can't China take immediate action to cull the extremist tendencies in Uighurs? China is helping reducing the number of potential recruits to terrorist groups by doing this I really don't care if you love China or hate China personally. China is China, not your country, so what makes you think you know the best way to govern China then? Why do you seek to impose Western values onto China, when China is not the West?
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  76.  @ohlawd3699  I have shown that Xinjiang was part of China before Islam itself was born, and was first referred to as "Xiyu" (Chinese: 西域) under the Han dynasty. You can't refute my points so you start claiming the whole world was part of China since ancient times?
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  77. ​ @Y0U54F786  Here is another source about forced conversion, this time of Hindu women to Islam in Pakistan Source: ‘Forced conversions’ of Hindu women to Islam in Pakistan theconversation.com/forced-conversions-of-hindu-women-to-islam-in-pakistan-another-perspective-102726 Exactly, we can't punish every German because of Hitler. So what China is doing is reforming the extremist Uighurs through education, so that they can receive a proper Chinese education and become productive members of society, instead of joining the terrorists. Those Uighurs who are not terrorists are allowed to continue their lives as per normal in Xinjiang.
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  78.  @nsms1297  Pakistan is our dearest ally, our "iron brother" and Pakistan always aided China in our time of need. And although India is older, it was Indians who agreed to partition British India in 1947 and give up their own territory to form Pakistan. Whereas China is not giving up Xinjiang, since it was part of China since before Islam itself was born. And about Kashmir, there have been numerous cases of rape of Kashmiri Muslim women by Indian Army forces, so why should China support India over our own iron brother in Kashmir? Source: Rape during the Kashmir conflict wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Kashmir_conflict
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  79.  Sancha Mezz  China has 5000 years of history and is among the world's oldest "continuous" civilization still alive today, whereas other ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Rome and Egypt have since succumbed to history. China has witnessed the birth and death of various other nations, the rise and fall of numerous other empires, yet China has survived the violent passage of time to modern times relatively intact, whereas even Rome eventually crumbled. China has always been under the authoritarian rule (and we still are today) of emperors and the imperial court, because that's how China been successfully governed for millennia.
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  80.  Sancha Mezz  Ancient Chinese nobility wore luxurious silk clothing since 4th millennium BCE, while the rest of the world wore mostly loincloths and "bedsheets" called togas. Silk was much prized by the rest of the world, so much that a lucrative trade route had been set up and named in honor of the precious material. Along the Silk Road, flowed Chinese luxury goods like silk, tea, paper, gunpowder, porcelain (precious china) which were in great demand throughout the ancient world.
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  81.  Sancha Mezz  Hey earlier you told me to learn history, now you suddenly switch topic to Chinese character and manners? I've seen Americans tourists with bad character. For example, this social experiment showed how Americans treat Chinese in America and also how Chinese treat Americans in China. Video: How Americans and Chinese treat Foreigners differently youtu.be/04sTkhTRmWE In almost all the instances the Americans were rude and unhelpful, while the Chinese were polite and helpful. Chinese were even willing to escort the man who lost his wallet to the nearest police station.
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  82.  Sancha Mezz  I've already shown you evidence of Chinese behaviour compared to Americans, yet you still claim I haven refuted your points? What more do you want me to show? And earlier you asked me to study history, so what has Chinese character even got to do with this discussion then?
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  83.  Sancha Mezz  According to World Tourism Rankings, as of 2015, China is the 4th most visited country in the world, after France, United States, and Spain, seeing some 62.9 million international tourists in 2018. Source: World Tourism Rankings wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings China is also the most popular tourist destination in Asia, seeing more tourists than Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Singapore, etc.
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  84.  Sancha Mezz  So because you have bad experience with your Chinese friend, suddenly means that all Chinese people have bad character?
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  85.  @pashakamaal236  The Mongols are always welcome to try and reclaim China if they want today. Genghis Khan killed so many people during his conquest of China (and also much of Eurasia) and the Mongols knew nothing of governance. Who grows the food necessary to feed the empire? The Mongols were nomadic tribesmen who lived off the land and simply moved to better pastures when times are lean. It was the Han Chinese farmers who worked hard to grow food and feed the empire. Who plans the towns and built buildings in the empire? The Mongols were nomadic and lived in tents (called yurts) so they know nothing about permanent housing. It was the Han architects and builders that built permanent housing and planned the towns. Who ensures that the day-to-day affairs of the empire is kept running smoothly? The Mongols know nothing about bureaucracy and running an empire, so it was up to the Han bureaucrats to ensure that the empire was running smoothly, taxes were collected, etc. The Mongols were barbarians who only knew how to fight, pillage food grown by farmers, burn villages, destroy people's lives, ruin priceless works of art, and violate women. It's estimated that 1 in every 200 men in the world today are descended from Genghis Khan, which is testament to the fecundity of the Mongols. And for what, when they don't know how to hold onto territory they conquered?
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  86.  @vipulsrivastava1856  "神州 Shenzhou not the oldest but one of the oldest" Did I ever said that Chinese civilisation is the oldest? And ancient Chinese nobility wore luxurious silk clothing since 4th millennium BCE, while the rest of the world wore mostly loincloths and "bedsheets" called togas. Silk was much prized by the rest of the world, so much that a lucrative trade route had been set up and named in honor of the precious material. Along the Silk Road, flowed Chinese luxury goods like silk, tea, paper, gunpowder, porcelain (precious china) which were in great demand throughout the ancient world. Take Han Chinese traditional clothing Hanfu (汉服) for example and it has 5,000 years of history and even the Japanese Kimono and Korean Hanbok clothing have their origins in Chinese Hanfu. Video: Beautiful Traditional Costume: Han Chinese Clothing (Hanfu) youtu.be/T6CucJxiWec?t=5
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  87.  @vipulsrivastava1856  Look at Chinese history and ancient Chinese invented the Four Great Inventions (四大发明) which have greatly influenced the world through their respective areas. Paper and Printing made the transcribing and transmission of knowledge easier. The Compass made navigation easier and dangerous journeys safer and more reliable. And Gunpowder has changed the way modern wars are fought.
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  88.  @vipulsrivastava1856  "Look at the development in the field of mathematics, music, art, architecture, medical, astrophysics, etc" In the field of mathematics and physics, the world's oldest decimal multiplication tables were written on bamboo slips (Tsinghua Bamboo Slips 清华简) dating to about 305 BC, during China's Warring States period. Source: Multiplication Tables wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication_table#History Tian yuan shu (天元术) is a Chinese system of algebra for polynomial equations created in the 13th century. It is first known from the writing of Li Zhi (Li Ye), though it was created earlier. Source: Tian Yuan Shu wikipedia.org/wiki/Tian_yuan_shu
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  89.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Chinese Music and Art, China has a long, rich history of music, and many Chinese musical instruments have been invented throughout our long history. Take the Guzheng (古筝) or Chinese Zither for example and this beautiful musical piece is entitled High Mountains, Flowing Waters 《高山流水》and dates back thousands of years to the Warring States Period of China. Video: Guzheng - High Mountain Flowing Water 古筝 - 高山流水 youtu.be/ffCKlqWOewo Here's more modern Chinese musical piece based on the popular Chinese movie Swordsman 《笑傲江湖》 theme song, also played on the Chinese Zither. Please take a listen and enjoy the music. Video: 笑傲江湖 Guzheng "Swordsman" Theme Song youtu.be/_3pLesuLT4w About Art in China, have you seen those beautiful Chinese landscape paintings, known as Shanshui (山水 "Mountains and Waters") featuring beautiful mountain landscapes? Here are some videos of beautiful Chinese mountain paintings. Video: Landscape Traditional Painting in Chinese Art youtu.be/NdT_Z1WXCC8 Video: Landscape Chinese Art Painting youtu.be/Bz5Y97-WwEA
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  90.  @vipulsrivastava1856  In the field of Architecture, Medical and Astrophysics, everyone heard of the famous Great Wall of China built by Chinese architects. Chinese architecture has influenced the architectural styles of Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc and the distinctive "curved roof" style of Chinese temples, pavilions and pagodas is iconic of Asian architecture. Video: Great Wall of China: Jinshanling to Simatai in 4K (Ultra HD) youtu.be/OEbZ5Y-sxAo The Forbidden City in Beijing is an excellent demonstration of Chinese architecture, and was the seat of the Imperial Emperor from the Ming Dynasty. The Forbidden City is the largest palace in the world as well as the most visited palace, surpassing even Western palaces by sheer volume of visitors. Video: Forbidden City, Beijing, China in 4K (Ultra HD) youtu.be/R9vcSWb6mug Video: Forbidden City From Above - The Largest Palace in the World youtu.be/6eGjDiO7Kzc About Chinese medical advancements, there's Traditional Chinese Medicine that is based on more than 3500 years of Chinese medical practice. Chinese acupuncture is also famous and been used for thousands of years to treat ailments. About Chinese astrophysics, Chinese astronomers kept detailed records of astronomical observations. For example, the supernova that created the Crab Nebula was first recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054, but wasn't recorded by European astronomers. The world's first star catalogue was made by Gan De, a Chinese astronomer in the 4th century BC. Source: History of Astronomy wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_astronomy#China
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  91.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Chinese Musical Instruments, besides the Chinese zither, there is also the Chinese Bamboo Flute, Dizi (笛子) whose notes are distinctive of East Asia. Just listening to the sound the Chinese Bamboo Flute makes, conjures images of the picturesque Chinese landscape, bamboo forests, misty mountains shrouded by clouds, cascading curtains of waterfalls, the occasional Chinese pavilion, and other images of Asia. Video: Dizi Chinese Bamboo Flute - Painted Heart youtu.be/-SyI0VvaKhA?t=28 Video: Endless Love - Bamboo Flute youtu.be/WwSoOVmO4gk?t=55 Video: Beautiful Chinese Music - Tranquil Departure - Bamboo Flute youtu.be/8GV7bzn5QoYt=30 Video: Beautiful Chinese Music - Bamboo Flute youtu.be/-5qhNRmMilI Archaeologists have discovered evidence suggesting that the simple transverse flutes have been present in China for over 9,000 years. Fragments of bone flutes from this period are still playable today, and are remarkably similar to modern versions in terms of hole placement, etc. The Jiahu neolithic site in central Henan province of China has yielded flutes dating back to 7,000 BC - 5,000 BC that could represent the earliest playable instruments ever found. Video: If Treasures Could Talk, What would China's Jia Hu Bone Flute say? youtu.be/NMLB-yy7AOc
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  92.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Chinese Architecture, the Forbidden City in Beijing is the most visited palace in the world, surpassing even the Western palaces by sheer volume of visitors at over 17 million. List of most visited palaces and monuments by City and Number of visitors 1. Forbidden City (China, 17,000,000+ visitors) 2. Palace of Versailes (France, 8,100,000 visitors) 3. Lincoln Memorial (USA, 7,804,683 visitors) 4. Coliseum (Italy, 7,650,519 visitors) 5. Parthenon (Greece, 7,200,000 visitors) ... Source: List of most visited palaces and monuments wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_visited_palaces_and_monuments#List Besides the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace (颐和园) in Beijing is famous for its Chinese architecture, Chinese gardens, lakes and was declared by UNESCO World Heritage as "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value". But don't take my word for it, here's some beautiful footage of the Summer Palace in Beijing. Video: Beautiful Summer Palace, Beijing youtu.be/dQHPb-NJCXk?t=140 Video: Summer Palace, Beijing, China in HD youtu.be/H8Ek76soHfY Besides the famous Great Wall of China, there's another marvel of Chinese engineering and architecture in the form of the Grand Canal (world's oldest and longest artificial river). Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River. Video: China's Grand Canal in foreigners Eyes youtu.be/Xr35Y0nKbzM
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  93.  @vipulsrivastava1856  Ancient Chinese mathematicians invented the world's first negative numbers. Negative numbers appeared for the first time in history in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, 《九章算术》which in its present form dates from the period of the Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – AD 220), but may well contain much older material. Liu Hui (c. 3rd century) established rules for adding and subtracting negative numbers. By the 7th century, Indian mathematicians such as Brahmagupta were describing the use of negative numbers. Source: Negative numbers wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_number#History For a long time, negative solutions to problems were considered "false". In Hellenistic Egypt, the Greek mathematician Diophantus in the 3rd century AD referred to an equation that was equivalent to 4x + 20 = 4 (which has a negative solution) in Arithmetica, saying that the equation was absurd. The historian Jean-Claude Martzloff theorized that the importance of duality in Chinese natural philosophy made it easier for the Chinese to accept the idea of negative numbers. The Chinese were able to solve simultaneous equations involving negative numbers.
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  94.  @vipulsrivastava1856  Ancient Chinese mathematicians invented the the concept of arrays and made use of them to solve linear equations. Matrices have a long history of application in solving linear equations but they were known as arrays until the 1800s. The Chinese text _The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art 《九章算术》 written in 10th–2nd century BCE is the first example of the use of array methods to solve simultaneous equations._ Source: Matrix wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(mathematics)#History Chinese mathematicians also invented the matrix determinant. In linear algebra, the determinant is a scalar value that can be computed from the elements of a square matrix and encodes certain properties of the linear transformation described by the matrix. Determinants were first used in the Chinese mathematics textbook The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art 《九章算术》Chinese scholars, around the 3rd century BCE). In Europe, 2 × 2 determinants were considered by Cardano at the end of the 16th century and larger ones by Leibniz. Source: Determinant wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant#History
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  95.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Chinese Musical Instruments, besides the bamboo flute, Chinese also have the Erhu (二胡) aka the Chinese Violin, which only has two strings, but produces a beautiful sad note, that sounds almost human-like, like the voice of a woman crying her heart out. Please have a listen to this Erhu piece and enjoy the music. Video: 雨碎江南 二胡版 Rain in Jiangnan Erhu Cover youtu.be/AVXejOoPECA?t=15 Video: Erhu - Ballad of North Henan Province 预北叙事曲youtu.be/7fdFGEg-9R8?t=50 Video: 旅愁 Sad Traveller Erhu youtu.be/Oge5T_JiZq4?t=10 But its not only capable of playing sad-sounding music, the erhu is also capable of joyous music when played fast, and you often hear Erhu in the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) celebrations.
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  96.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Medical advances in China, ancient Chinese physicians invented the world's first inoculation for smallpox. The earliest hints of the practice of inoculation for smallpox in China come during the 10th century. The Chinese also practiced the oldest documented use of variolation, dating back to the fifteenth century. They implemented a method of "nasal insufflation" administered by blowing powdered smallpox material, usually scabs, up the nostrils. Various insufflation techniques have been recorded throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries within China. Source: Vaccines wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine#History A Song dynasty (960–1279) chancellor of China, Wang Dan (957–1017), lost his eldest son to smallpox and sought a means to spare the rest of his family from the disease, so he summoned physicians, wise men, and magicians from all across the empire to convene at the capital in Kaifeng and share ideas on how to cure patients of it until a divine man from Mount Emei carried out inoculation. Source: Inoculation wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation#China The first clear and credible reference to smallpox inoculation in China comes from Wan Quan's (1499–1582) Douzhen Xinfa 《痘疹心法》 of 1549, which states that some women unexpectedly menstruate during the procedure, yet his text did not give details on techniques of inoculation.[4] Inoculation was first vividly described by Yu Chang in his book Yuyi cao 《寓意草》, or Notes on My Judgment, published in 1643. Inoculation was reportedly not widely practiced in China until the reign of the Longqing Emperor (r. 1567–1572) during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), as written by Yu Tianchi in his Shadou Jijie 《痧痘集解》 of 1727, which he alleges was based on Wang Zhangren's Douzhen Jinjing Lu 《痘疹金鏡錄》 of 1579.
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  97.  @vipulsrivastava1856  It is not confirmed that Bodhidarma is South Indian Monk. According to the principal Chinese sources, Bodhidharma came from the Western Regions which refers to Central Asia so there is a possibility that Bodhidarma is a "Persian Central Asian." The Western Regions was a historical name specified in the Chinese chronicles between the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD that referred to the regions west of Yumen Pass, most often Central Asia or sometimes more specifically the easternmost portion of it (e.g. Altishahr or the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang). Source: Bodhidarma wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma#Principal_sources The earliest text mentioning Bodhidharma is The Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang 《洛陽伽藍記》 (Luòyáng Qiélánjì) which was compiled in 547 by Yáng Xuànzhī (楊衒之), a writer and translator of Mahayana sutras into Chinese. Yang gave the following account: At that time there was a monk of the Western Region named Bodhidharma, a Persian Central Asian. And it was a Myth that Bodhidarma created Shaolin Kung-fu. Traditionally Bodhidharma is credited as founder of the martial arts at the Shaolin Temple. However, martial arts historians have shown this legend stems from a 17th-century qigong manual known as the Yijin Jing. The preface of this work says that Bodhidharma left behind the Yi Jin Jing, from which the monks obtained the fighting skills which made them gain some fame. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma#Principal_sources#Shaolin_boxing The authenticity of the Yi Jin Jing has been discredited by some historians including Tang Hao, Xu Zhen and Matsuda Ryuchi. According to Lin Boyuan, "This manuscript is full of errors, absurdities and fantastic claims; it cannot be taken as a legitimate source." The oldest available copy was published in 1827. The composition of the text itself has been dated to 1624. Even then, the association of Bodhidharma with martial arts only became widespread as a result of the 1904–1907 serialization of the novel The Travels of Lao Ts'an in Illustrated Fiction Magazine. According to Henning, the "story is clearly a twentieth-century invention," which "is confirmed by writings going back at least 250 years earlier, which mention both Bodhidharma and martial arts but make no connection between the two." So Bodhidarma did not teach Shaolin Monks Kung Fu, it was only because of 1900s Fiction Magazine that associated Kung-fu with Bodhidarma.
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  98.  @vipulsrivastava1856  Gautama Buddha was actually born in what constitutes modern day Nepal, not India. And Nepal is their own separate country from India, whereas Tibet is part of China today. "神州 Shenzhou you are talking about rapes as China is free from rape...this is bul**hit...and the world knows what chinese army has done to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Japan" When did I ever said anything about rapes here? And what did Chinese army do to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Japan? The Chinese Army did not even land on Japan (the Mongols tried to, but failed) so what did China do to Japan? But did you hear about what Japan did to China? And speaking of rapes, look at what Indian Army did to Kashmiri Muslim women in Jammu & Kashmir. Since the onset of the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir in 1988, rape has been used as a weapon of war by Indian security forces; comprising the Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security personnel, against the Kashmiri population. The numerous rapes of Kashmiri Muslim women by Indian state forces are generally ignored. Source: Rape during the Kashmir conflict wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Kashmir_conflict
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  99.  @vipulsrivastava1856  About Chinese Culture, Chinese people celebrate many festivals like Spring Festival (Chinese New year), Lantern Festival, Qingming (Grave Sweeping) Festival, Dragonboat Festival, Double Seventh (Chinese Valentines day) Festival, Mid-autumn Festival, and so many ancient Chinese festivals. Video: Dragon Boat Races Celebrate China's Ancient Past | National Geographic youtu.be/YlPExNPyPwQ Video: How Modern Chinese Celebrate Qingming Festival youtu.be/mFGYrPNXaLg The Spring Festival migration has been even termed the largest annual human migration in the world, according to Forbes Magazine. Source: Chinese New Year: The World's Largest Human Migration Is About To Begin forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/02/14/chinese-new-year-the-worlds-largest-human-migration-is-about-to-begin-infographic/ More people in the world celebrate Chinese New Year than even the Western Christmas celebration.
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  100.  @syedfaddy6887  "神州 Shenzhou go to hell. Corona virus" Why resort to insulting me personally, just because my views happen to differ from yours? I don't wish ill of others just because their view happen to differ from mine.
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  101. Pretty soon, even the phrase "viva the diversity" will be replaced by "Allahu Akbar!"
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