Comments by "神州 Shenzhou" (@Shenzhou.) on "The Armchair Historian" channel.

  1. +Dean Cutler China is the only country in the world to have a "One Country, Two Systems" policy, allowing Macau and Hong Kong to keep their own political systems, while the rest of the mainland to keep ours. No other country in the world is "open-minded" enough to tolerate more than one political system within their borders. Its as though North Korea and South Korea agreed to unify as Korea, but allow both to keep their own political systems. China has extended this "One Country, Two Systems" policy to Taiwan to allow them to keep their government while remaining part of China, but Taiwan has rejected this proposal, and yet to come up with a counterproposal of their own.
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  2. +Eric, The Fanboy Slayer Hong Kong's economy is in a major slump today, and HK relies on the mainland's economy. For example, look at how prosperous Shanghai is in the mainland, and under CCP leadership, Shanghai has long surpassed Hong Kong as a port city and world financial hub. Why is Shanghai in the mainland doing so well, and why Hong Kong isn't? Here's a short 3 min clip of aerial footage of beautiful Shanghai and look at how modern it's become. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=1cC-j4_NtvE
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  3. +Eric, The Fanboy Slayer World famous Shanghai is now a global financial center, a transport hub and the world's busiest container port, and so much more. Shanghai the largest city in China by population, and the second most populous city proper in the world. The port city has a long rich history, with British colonial buildings next to futuristic skyscrapers, curving highways, majestic suspension bridges, ancient Buddhist temples. At night, the city comes alive with dazzling lightshows, colorful neon light shows, brightly lit boats, and richly decorated temples. This short 4 min video will help illustrate Shanghai's modernity. Video: Shanghai Time Lapse youtube.com/watch?v=kI3Oc-sxSoA
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  4. +Craine Big Brother What about Korean "comfort" women? Japanese textbooks recorded Korean comfort women as "well paid" government prostitutes, even when many of them were forced to service Japanese soldiers in Japanese occupied territories. Many of the victims (now in their late 80-90s) are protesting outside the Japanese embassy.
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  5. Japan has a long history of invading China and Korea. Even in 1592, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea with the intent of conquest, and after hearing of the invasion, the Ming emperor dispatched Chinese troops to Korea (Joseon Dynasty) to aid the Koreans in repelling the invaders. Then we have the 1st Sino-Japanese war in 1894, when Japan invaded Korea again and Qing dynasty China, capturing Korea and Taiwan, and ruling over Korea for 25 years and Taiwan for 50 years. Next we have 2nd Sino-Japanese war here, in 1931, where Japan invaded China and South East Asian countries like Philippines, Singapore, etc. So who can rightly say that Japan won't invade China, Korea, or other countries in the future, given that for the past 300-400 years, Japan made numerous incursions into other countries for the express purpose of conquest, given this historical trend? Chinese never set foot on Japanese at all (Mongolians tried but failed) because Japan is low in resources, whereas China is rich in resources, which is why Japan made numerous advances into China throughout history.
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  6. +Rick Sanchez So Vietnamese should stop using fire, since their villages were torched by Americans and napalm bombs dropped on them. Every technology has the potential for beneficial use and for abuse.
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  7. +LaGG335 SBD3 Agreed. India is the world's largest democracy, with world's 2nd largest population after China. Republic of India was founded in 1947, whereas People's Republic of China was founded 2 years later, in 1949. Yet China has long surpassed India in many aspects.
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  8. China has invited Taiwan to join China under the "One-Country,Two systems" policy just like Hong Kong and Macau. That way, Taiwan can keep their own government, and China can keep ours. But Taiwan rejected the offer and is yet to offer a counterproposal of its own.
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  9. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic Its called "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" not "Communism with chinese character"
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  10. Taiwan was ruled by authoritarian single-party KMT for nearly its entire life. Only in 2016 (3 years ago) did another political party (DPP) finally took over KMT as Taiwan's goverment. Furthermore, before CCP took over China, China was under KMT adminstration from 1911 to 1949, and during that time, no elections were held, and China wasn't considered democratic under KMT rule.
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  11. The communist party had smaller numbers than the KMT, so the communists resorted to tactics suitable for a smaller force to oppose a bigger force, like guerilla warfare for example. You don't just charge your smaller force directly into the fray and get them all obliterated.
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  12. +The Sparkle Zone You quoted Sun Zi saying 'If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.' Which Japanese general ordered the Japanese soldiers to rape Chinese women and butcher Chinese civilians? Since Japanese generals gave no such orders, then the Japanese soldiers chose to rape Chinese women of their own accord and free will isn't it? Which part of this logic is too hard for you to understand? It is clear that the Japanese soldiers committed such atrocities of their own violation, without any orders being issued from the Japanese generals. So why are you quoting Sun Zi's about general's orders not being understood?
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  13. +Yetizrach China was under the KMT (Nationalists) administration from 1912-1949 (37 years) but how was China much more developed during that time? +Edward Lavaden By the time WW2 ended in 1945, the communists had about 1,200,000 troops (June 1945) whereas the KMT had 4,300,000 troops (June 1946) so the KMT still outnumber the communists 3 to 1. The Soviets only provided minimal support to the communists during the war, whereas KMT had the support in the form of USA military aid. But KMT was heavily corrupt and US President Harry Truman made a remark that "the Chiangs, the Kungs, and the Soongs (were) all thieves" having pocketed $750 million dollars of US aid.
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  14. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic It was the KMT that started the whole Chinese Civil War, when Chiang Kai-shek purged thousands of communists during the Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927. So how is Mao Zedong directing unlawful war in China? What do you even mean by unlawful war? Tibet was part of China since 800 years, and Tibet broke free of Qing dynasty China in 1912, but was reincorporated back in 1951 (after 49 years) so how is it illegal? In 1951, the Tibetans signed the Seventeen Point Agreement (Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet) acknowledging Chinese sovereignty over Tibet, so how is it illegal? Vietnam had invaded Cambodia and overthrew its government, so as Cambodia's ally, China retaliated to teach Vietnam a lesson that's all. Also, Pol Pot was not Cambodia's founder, Tsar Alexander the 2nd was not Finland's founder, and neither are Mussolini and Hitler the founders of their respective countries, so why are you just labeling them as founders?
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  15. Daniel Vedberg Sekulic "yet its prusumptous to think the roles whouldnt be reversed if the chinese won in 1896" As far as I know, China has never invaded Japan (Mongolians tried to, but failed) because Japan lacks the natural resources, whereas Chinese territories (like Manchuria) is rich in resources, which is why Japan has been invading China historically. Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea in 1592 for the purpose of conquest, and the Ming dynasty Emperor dispatched Chinese troops to Korea (Joseon dynasty) to help them repel the invaders. Next Japan invaded Korea in 1894 during 1st Sino-Japanese war against Qing dynasty, and captured Korea and Taiwan. Then we have 2nd Sino-Japanese war in 1931 (shown by the uploader). So according to history, China has never shown interest in invading Japan, whereas Japan has made numerous attempts at conquering Asia, because Japan lacks the necessary resources that China has.
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  16. Dean Cutler "The claim that the communists defeated the Japanese is almost completely false." The Soviet Communists defeated Japan when they invaded Manchuria, causing the Japanese to surrender. And since the Communist Party of China is allied with the Soviets, then why can't they give weapons and equipment to the CPC? Its like how US President Truman gave millions of dollars of aid to KMT, but KMT pocketed $750 millions dollars in US aid. Where did all those US aid to the KMT go to?
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  17. Frankly speaking, Mao Zedong was probably the more cunning of the two Chinese leaders. He knew how to utilise smaller numbers of troops to his advantage, pitting his two opponents superior forces against each and wearing them down slowly, and enabling the communist forces to eventually seize control of China, turning the small party (with only 50 members at the beginning of 1921) into the one of the world's largest political parties today (with over 80 million members) Honestly speaking, by many people's estimations, the small communist party should have been wiped out by the larger KMT (if it weren't for the Long March) and nobody could have predicted that such small communist party could eventually come to control all mainland China. Although Mao made some poor policies and was generally a poor governor of China, he was an excellent strategist during the war and the fact that the Communist Party could come to control China, right from the brink of extinction, is proof of Mao's superior tactics. At least in my opinion.
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  18. During Opium War, the British wanted to continue drinking Chinese tea, but had nothing of value to offer to the Chinese for it, so they 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 pump the addiction throughout rest of China, and Hong Kong was made into British colony. It was merely the beginning of the Century of Humiliation for China, where Western powers (and Japan) began carving up parts of China's territory (like a pie, as depicted in a French cartoon) and then dividing it up among themselves, while Chinese emperor is hapless to do anything against them.
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  19. Japanese forces committed wartime atrocities such as Rape of Nanjing, Unit 731 and "comfort" women, so much that even South Koreans victims protest outside Japanese embassy over comfort women issue. During the Rape of Nanjing, Japanese solders butchered unarmed Chinese men for sport, and many Chinese women were gang raped, their bodies were left naked and mutilated, with their genitals bayoneted or having sharp sticks of bamboo shoved in. Young children and the elderly weren't spared, and Japanese soldiers cut open young children's bodies in order to better rape them. Pregnant women had their swollen bellies bayoneted after being raped, and the unborn fetus ripped open from their wombs.
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  20. +Haruka ino What about Unit 731 then? During unit 731, the Japanese conducted human experiments on Chinese prisoners, including men, women and children. Prisoners were infected with various diseases, and subject to live vivisection, often without anesthesia. Japanese performed invasive surgeries into prisoners, organs were removed, limbs amputated, and then reattached to opposite sides of the body, all while the subject is kept alive. There are prisoners who even had their stomachs removed and their esophagus reattached to the intestines, presumably to see how long humans can survive without the stomach. The women had it worst during Unit 731. There were experiments with sexually transmitted diseases, by first injecting prisoners and forcing them at gunpoint to spread the infection to other prisoners. Women were raped and impregnated (sometimes by Japanese themselves) and then vivisected at various stages to study the effects of diseases on their organs or on their pregnancy. Some Japanese scientists even raped prisoners and then had experiments conducted on unborn children they fathered with female prisoners there. I mean, can you imagine if you are woman prisoner in Unit 731? Or that you are a man injected with STD and forced to have sex at gunpoint to spread it to other prisoners? Why not inject everyone with STD, instead of forcing prisoners to spread STD by sex? Chinese people only wanted to defend our lands that's all, and protect our homes and loved ones. But the Japanese invaded our territory, stole our lands, killed our men, raped our women and then conducted inhuman scientific experiments on our children.
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  21. +Haruka ino How is it the same comment? And even South Korea victims (now in their 80-90s) protest outside the Japanese embassy because of the "comfort" women issue.
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  22. At that time, China was hit by the Great Chinese Famine, which was partially due to poor weather conditions, causing flood and drought, destroying crops and causing famine and starvation. Even Mao Zedong can't possibly control the weather if it doesn't want to be cooperative.
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  23. -When China was strong, Japan much copied Chinese culture and language, including Chinese characters. -When Portugese Jesuits visited Japan, Japan obtained guns from them, as well as Portuguese words like Pan (Bread), Kappa (Raincoat), Tempura (Fried food), etc. -Now America is strong, so Japan copied English words like Kohi (Coffee), Aisu Kurime (Ice Cream),Sofuto Kurimu (Soft Cream) Anime, Baiku (Bike), Biru (Beer), Buruma (Bloomers), Doraibā (Driver), Konpyuta (Computer), Pinchi (Pinch), Faito (Fight), Keki (Cake), Imeji (Image), Konbini (Convenience Store), Terebi (Television), Tabako (Tobacco), etc.
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  24. 但是为什么你觉得中国必要跟着美国民主呢？中国都不是美国，美国也不是中国。中国应该走自己的路，不要盲目的跟着美国。
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  25. Prior to PRC, the Republic of China (1911-1949) was also governed by authoritarian single-party Kuomintang, and not a Republic. No elections ever occurred during KMT administration of China, and ROC was divided into several provinces controlled by individual warlords. Even Tibet broke free of ROC's rule in 1911 and KMT failed to recapture it even after 38 years of ruling China. But Mao Zedong managed to unify China (which the previous KMT administration failed to do so) under communism and founded PRC in 1949. Tibet was finally brought back to China in 1951, so isn't the communist party more competent than the KMT with regards to unifying China? I know the Western anti-communist media always label communism and Mao as bad, but if not for Mao, China today would still be fragmented and ruled by individual warlords (like shown in the uploaders video)
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  27. China today is hardly communist. In fact, China is said to be more capitalist than some Western countries.
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  28. Which of the above types of people are you?
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  29. The Nationalists wanted control of China for themselves, and the Japanese were invading China and occupying territories. If they ally, then whose going to control captured territories? Its like if Shanghai was captured, then do the Nationalists control it or the Japanese? The Nationalists weren't going to share China with Japanese (or the Communists for that matter)
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  30. "Well, obviously Japanese would have to return all of Chinese holdings to the nationalists." Then what will Imperial Japan stand to gain from an alliance with the Nationalists? Japan invaded China, Korea, Philippines, SE Asia, because they wanted to rule those countries isn't it? What's the point of taking Chinese territory by force, and then giving it back to the Nationalists from the Japanese viewpoint?
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  31. After WW1, the Western powers gave away Chinese province of Shandong (which had been captured by Germany during WW1) to Japan, instead of back to China, even when China was part of the Allies during WW1.
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  32. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic The Japanese also remember their wars by enshrining Class-A Japanese warcriminals in Yasukuni shrine after what they did during the war, and not just China, but Koreans themselves are also against the enshrinement of Japanese warcriminals in Yasukuni. I mean, why reward such people's behavior by enshrining their remains and worshiping them
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  33. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic Those people in China died from starvation, because of the Great Chinese Famine, of which is partially due to the weather conditions causing floods and drought, killing off crops, which was beyond Mao's control as a human. Also, Mao Zedong accomplished what the previous Kuomintang administration failed to achieve, that is to unify China under one banner, making him the founding father of the People's Republic of China. Which country would disrespect its own founding father? And that doesn't change that fact that Koreans are also protesting about Yasukuni shrine. I mean, even Emperor Hirohito himself is against the enshrinement of the Class-A Japanese warcriminals at Yasukuni. There is also a group claiming to represent Taiwanese aborigines led by politician Kao Chin Su-mei attempted to visit Yasukuni Shrine, with the purpose to request the removal of their relatives from the shrine, but were refused and they were blocked from entering Yasukuni by Japanese protesters and police.
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  34. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic What warcrimes did Mao Zedong actually commit? Those people died because of starvation, not because of warcrimes, so why sort of question are you asking here to warrant an answer from me? Since its my opinion, then why can't I be entitled to my own opinion? I have already shown that is not just the Chinese protesting about Yasukuni, but also the Koreans and a group representing Taiwanese Aboriginals. I never said anything about PLA being better than KMT here at all, so why are you talking about PLA and KMT here suddenly? I never said China has corruption, and in fact, China had corruption during KMT adminstration of mainland China (1912-1949) Before that, the Qing Dynasty (before 1912) had corruption in the government as well. Before Qing dynasty, the Ming dynasty was also heavy on corruption. You are correct that China has been this way, since the dawn of human civilization. But you are wrong that only be ruled by Power of Force, not belief, not cultural or social views. 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. But if this formula is successful to China's longevity as a civilization, then why can't China continue to follow our own path to success? Nobody says every country has to adopt Western democracy to be successful, and China is living proof of that. You claim I avoided your question, then aren't you also avoiding my question of "Which country would disrespect its own founding father?" Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) existed before Hitler so he isn't the true founding father of the nation of Germany here. I talk about founding fathers, but you talk about war heros and founding father of the 3rd Reich which are different matters from a nation's founding father. For example, Mao Zedong's face is emblazoned in all our banknotes, just like Americans have their presidents faces in their notes. Because those people are of great significance to the country. Like I said, which country would disrespect its own founding father? Can you actually name a country in the world that will disrespect is own founding father?
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  35. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic When did I said anything about ending China's Imperial Rule here? I am talking about the beginning of the Chinese Civil War, and it was KMT who started the civil war, when Chiang Kal Shek started purging communists during Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927 (also known as "White Terror") Who started the Chinese Civil war then, if not Chiang Kal Shek? Mao Zedong managed to unify China from its warlordism, in which the previous KMT administration failed to acheive during Republic of China era (1911-1949) You talked about those millions of Chinese deaths, but they were during a civil war, so of course Chinese will be killing Chinese. Its like the American Civil War, where Americans killed Americans, isn't it? The first president of Finland is Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, not Tsar Alexander the 2nd. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge was overthrown by Vietnam, and the People's Republic of Kampuchea. Suffice to say, Pot Pol is not the founder of Cambodia. And like I said, Mussolini and Hitler are not the founder of Italy and Germany. Why don't you do the actual research to find out which country's founders are? Dalai Lama himself signed the Tibetan treaty, and Chinese did make new seals for the Tibetans, but these were just personal seals with each delegate's name carved on them. Other than this, there were no forged government seals. And it was the DL himself to accepted the Seventeen point agreement making Tibet part of China.
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  36. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic I am having a hard time following your English. The 17 Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet was signed by the Dalai Lama in 1951, in which the Chinese Civil war was already ended or at a stalemate after 1949 when Mao proclaimed China as the PRC. The Dalai Lama had in his possession the seal of the governor of Eastern Tibet but chose not to use it. That seal, however, was not the official seal of the Tibetan government, so not using it did not lessen the validity of the agreement. How did China betray the treaty by seizing and annexing Tibet? Tibetan government already signed the 17 Point Agreement, so what was there for PLA to seize? The Chinese civil war was messy period, and there were indeed many other factions fighting each other for control of China, besides the KMT and the PLA. But the fact remains that Chiang Kal Shek STARTED the war with the PLA by purging communists during Shanghai massacre. And since PLA emerged victorious and gained control over China, then why did you claim earlier that Mao directed unlawful war in China? China during this warlord period is so messy but its thanks to PLA that China is finally reunified again and the KMT failed to unify China at all during 1912-1949. Even Tibet broke free of China's rule in 1912, but was eventually brought back to China in 1951, after signing 17 Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. Since you want to claim Chiang Kal Shek didn't do the killings, then I can also claim Mao Zedong didn't do the killings, those people starved to death under the Great Chinese Famine. I mean, you claim all this bad things of Mao Zedong, but if not for him, China would still be divided and fighting among ourselves and fragmented into various states like Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, etc. A country is strong when it is unified, and weak when its divided and fighting amongst themselves, like during warlord period. That was why a Japan was able to invade China and capture territories, because China is divided and fighting among ourselves. Even when the Japanese attacked, Chiang Kal Shek refused to ally with the communists against the Japanese, and two of his subordinates Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng had to kidnap him, in order to force Chiang into an alliance with Mao, and this incident is known as the Xi'an Incident. Otherwise, Chiang would have never allied with Mao against the Japanese.
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  37. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic Did you just copied an entire wall of texts (from somebody's argument) and just hope to explain why the treaty is illegal? Why don't you actually read what you posted instead and come up with your own argument? Accord to your post,"However, according to international law, this DOES NOT invalidate an agreement. So long as there is no physical violence against the signatories, an agreement is valid." Since there was no physical violence against the signatories (Tibetan government and Dalai Lama) then isn't the treaty considered valid then? Why is it one moment you claim "The use of newly-made personal seals instead of official governmental seals was not legal." then when earlier you claimed "That seal, however, was NOT the official seal of the Tibetan government, so not using it DID NOT lessen the validity of the agreement." Aren't you contradicting yourself here? And PLA tropps did not initiate "physical violence" so as long as there is no physical violence against the signatories, an agreement is valid isn't it? That's clearly what you said earlier. The government did not "alter the existing political system in Tibet." Tibet has its own political system and a new Dalai Lama in Tibet, so how exactly did China alter the political system in Tibet? Can you explain how China did not honor these commitments? According to statistics, Tibet's population was 1.14 million in 1951, but it has tripled to roughly 3.18 million Tibetans in 2014, and the population demographics are about 90% Tibetans and 8% Han Chinese. So why do you claim "As a result, Tibetans are now vastly outnumbered by Chinese migrants who receive preferential treatment in education, jobs and private enterprises." when Tibetans are still the majority in Tibet? Where's your statistical proof? Source:Facts & Figures: Tibet's population is.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/ChinasTibet/t427565.htm I have shown that over decades, Tibetans only had about 100 or so self-immolations. Look at India with over 1,000 self-immolations occurring every year. Isn't that a much more serious self immolation? You mean just because 100 Tibetans choose to self-immolate, means the 3,180,000 Tibetans must all listen to their demands is that it? What makes you think Tibetan self-immolators represent all of Tibetan's views? The United Nations still recognize that Tibet is an autonomous region of China. I mean, if you think that they don't, then why doesn't US President Trump bring up Tibet during his meetings with Chinese President Xi? Why don't Russian President Putin, or German Chancellor Merkel, or British PM Theresa May, bring up the issue of Tibetan independence to President Xi? When people draw the map of People's Republic of China, Tibet is always included as part of China. The Central Tibetan Administration is not even recognised as a sovereign government by any country (not USA, UK, France, Russia, Germany, China... even India, its host country) so what makes you think people will listen to its voice? If you want to know how Tibetans feel about China, then why not ask the Tibetans INSIDE Tibet, not the Tibetans OUTSIDE Tibet? Source:Central Tibetan Administration wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Tibetan_Administration The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a NON-GOVERNMENT organization, so it does not have the same powers as a country's government and therefore, cannot legally recognize Tibet as Independent. Even Britain and Russia had recognized China's suzerainty over Tibet in 1907 , Great Britain and Russia engage not to enter into negotiations with Tibet except through the intermediary of the Chinese Government, so how was Tibet recognized as its own independent state then? Can you provide actual Source:The Governments of Great Britain and Russia recognizing the suzerain rights of China in Thibet tibetjustice.org/materials/treaties/treaties12.html
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  38. +Daniel Vedberg Sekulic You said you quoted actual parts of both those who are Tibetan in exile as well as law makers, but how do you expect me to know who said what, if you don't label them at all? I have read and pointed out contradictions in your statement (such as saying on moment that "The use of newly-made personal seals instead of official governmental seals was not legal." then the next moment that "That seal, however, was not the official seal of the Tibetan government, so not using it did not lessen the validity of the agreement." So how do you expect me to know who said what when you don't label them? You claimed the Tibetans claimed duress when PLA troops occupied Tibet, but you said so yourselve that "However, according to international law, this does not invalidate an agreement. So long as there is no physical violence against the signatories, an agreement is valid." So since the PLA troops occupied that territory, but did not resort to violence against the signatories, then the agreement is still valid, according to your words. How did China broke our agreement? Could you be more specific about which part that China did not honor our agreement? The Panchen Lama was delegated by the Daial Lama to sign the agreement, and the Dalai Lama even sent a letter indicating his acceptance was also sent to Beijing in the form of a telegram on 24 October: "The Tibet Local Government as well as the ecclesiastic and secular people unanimously support this agreement, and under the leadership of Chairman Mao and the Central People's Government, will actively support the People's Liberation Army in Tibet to consolidate national defence, drive out imperialist influences from Tibet and safeguard the unification of the territory and the sovereignty of the Motherland." -Telegram from Dalai Lama to Beijing on 24 Oct 1951. I did not copied my statements about building universities and other modern technology from any source, and they are my own statements. Tibet has 5 universities and they were all established ONLY after they became part of China in 1951. That means under the Dalai Lama rule, there were NO universities in Tibet at all, Source:List of universities and colleges in Tibet wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Tibet The Tibetan Flag is illegal, because Tibet is autonomous region of China, and not its own independent country. I mean, which country formally recognize Tibet as independent? I have shown that even Great Britain and Russia recognized China's suzerainty over Tibet, so when was Tibet ever independent? Does President Trump of USA recognize Tibet as Independent? Does Russian President Putin? Does German Chancellor Merkel? Does British PM Theresa May? I mean, you claim China's occupation of Tibet is illegal, then why aren't USA, Russia, UK, etc, bringing up the issue of Tibet, during all those UN summits and meetings? You said the Tibetans get heavily discriminated by the Chinese government but how? I have shown that the population of Tibet has tripled from about 1 million in 1952 to about 3 million in 2014, with 90% of the population being Tibetans and only 8% Han Chinese. Its because Tibetans are exempted by the One-Child Policy (which only affect Han Chinese) and they can have as many children as they want. Tibetans enjoy special healthcare benefits and educational bursaries. For example, if Han Chinese require, say 600 points, to qualify for a university course, then Tibetans need only 400 points (easier) to qualify for the same course as Han Chinese. Tibetans also enjoy free education up to university and special tax exemptions that Han Chinese do not get to enjoy. So how exactly are Tibetans discriminated? In Religion? Here is a video about a foreigner's experience in Lhasa, Tibet, and you can see that so many Tibetans are prostrating themselves in prayer. The guy has been to Tibet before 10 years ago, and he remarks upon how much Tibet has changed, being more touristy now. Video:Welcome to Lhasa Tibet - Exploring the City (by Vafa Anderson) youtu.be/J-TfN56ETVM?t=301 I mean, if you really think that the 17th point agreement is illegal (and you believe you have enough evidence to prove your case) then why doesn't anyone directly confront the Chinese government about 17th point agreement then and bring China to court? Nobody stopping your countries from bringing up Tibet issue to the International Court of Justice for example. And in virtually every map of PRC drawn, Tibet is always included as part of China.
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  39. +Nathaniel Dance The DPP from 2000-2008 were in minority government and the DPP won less than 25% of the seats (38.2% vote share) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin (41.55% vs. 58.45%). And didn't all of Taiwan's great progress and development occurred under single party authoritarian KMT rule? Since Taiwan was progressing under a dictatorship, then why did Taiwan see a need to implement democracy then? Because the West said so? And what has democracy even done for Taiwan, except made its parliament more inefficient? There was even this fight in the Taiwan parliament, like that kennedy Chong mentioned earlier, where parliament members threw chairs and furniture at each other. Video: Massive fight breaks out in Taiwanese parliament youtube.com/watch?v=kXmPDLRt6hA
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  40. At first, the communist party was small and only had about 50 members initially in 1921, compared to the KMT's superior numbers. By many people's estimates, the communist party should have been wiped out during the Chinese Civil War, but instead, CCP survived from brink of extinction (through the Long March) and emerged to become one of the largest political parties today, with over 80 million members.
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  41. Jun Kitami Agreed. Chiang Kai Shek was even detained by his subordinates (Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng) in order to get him to form an alliance with the communists against the Japanese, an incident known as the Xi'an incident. Otherwise, under his leadership, the KMT would possibly never have allied with the communists against the Japanese, thus depriving the KMT of allies against Japanese forces.
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  42. Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea in 1592 while it was a tributary state of China, with the intention of conquering the Korean Peninsula and China. Upon receiving news of the Invasion, the Ming emperor mobilized and dispatched Chinese soldiers to Korea to help them fend off the invaders.
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  43. Personally, I think a two-party system is not a good system. The two parties will tend oppose each other instead of fighting for the good of the country (like what US political parties are doing now). China has succeeded quite well under single party authoritarian CCP rule, and even Taiwan been ruled for nearly its entire life by authoritarian single-party KMT rule. Only in 2016 (2 years ago) was Taiwan finally ruled by political party (DPP) that is not KMT, and ever since then, Taiwan's relations with China have suffered an all time low.
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  44. 我用VPN关着评论有什么事？谁说我住在国外呢？在中国里用VPN都不是犯法，所以为什么我不能用VPN？犯了什么法？ “民主是人类本能的渴望” 中国有五千年历史，在哪个时代有民主呢？中国没有民主还能活着，所以这代表什么呢？中国需要民主吗？
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  45. 我同意你说中国需要全世界的人才，但这不是自由民主的理由啊。你看，中国没有民主，但西方公司还在中国投资，所以为什么你以为中国需要民主才能发展呢？
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  46. 你去看全世界最大的互联网公司列表，虽然中国还不是第一，但是中国已经追上了美国很多，可以说中国是第二名。腾讯、阿里巴巴和百度，已经变成中国大名牌了，所以为什么中国需要自由民主呢？ 最大的互联网公司列表 zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/最大的互联网公司列表 English: List of largest Internet companies wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_Internet_companies
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  47. 叫我去看创新排名吗？好啊，没问题。世界知识产权组织和美国康奈尔大学等机构在纽约发布“2018年全球创新指数报告”。根据全球創新指數，中国较去年上升5名，居第17，首次进入前20名。 全球創新指數 Global Innovative Index Source: globalinnovationindex.org/analysis-indicator 2015年，中国排名第29位。(China was ranked 29 in 2015) 2016年，中国排名第25位。(China was ranked 25 in 2016) 2017年，中国排名第22位。(China was ranked 22 in 2017) 2018年，中国排名第17位。(China was ranked 17 in 2018) 每一年，中国慢慢的上升，所以这掉膘什么呢？中国不需要自由民主吗？ 到2020年，中国应该排名前15位 (By 2020, China should be Top 15) 到2030年，中国应该排名前10位 (By 2030, China should be Top 10)
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  48. 你整天问很多问题，我给你我的答案，你都不听。所以为什么我还要继续回答你问题呢？你也能在网络找答案，为啥你不做自己的功课呢？你在这评论里贡献了什么？ 在评论里我问过你 “中国有五千年历史，在哪个时代有民主呢？” 你也还没有回答我。
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  49. 你说过很多美国的先进研究，是由（一代）华人科学家做出的。虽然这些人在美国工作，但是一方面他们在中国人圈子活跃，从而带动中国科研发展，另一方面，随着中国的发展和美国华人的生存环境持续恶化，越来越多的人会选择回国（美国华人面临左派种族配额政策和右派排外主义两方面的压迫）。另外华人在美国公司遇到玻璃天花板，也是很多高端人才回国的原因。
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  50. 截至2017年12月 ， 中国拥有最大的高速公路合法轻型插件库存，拥有超过120万辆国产乘用车。中国在插电式电动公交车部署方面也占据主导地位，2016年全球库存量达到343,500辆，约为345,000辆。 Source: Electric car use by country wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car_use_by_country
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