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

This video sheds a lot of light on the seriousness of US-China relations. Lu Kang presented a strong and firm defense against the NBC reporters' attempts to rile him up. This has been very enlightening for me and I hope more people watch videos like this instead of the typical Western media.
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Chinese diplomat can speak well-guarded English better than the president that can potentially cause war by shooting his mouth off on twitter.
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Tom Kathy Just because we have a different political system does it mean we are evil? We have never gone around propagating our system to other countries like the Soviets or the US with democracy. You can at least tell that Lu Kang doesn't want to a war with US and China, but China will defend its sovereign if pushed to war.
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Americans need to face the fact that without China's help, USA would have zero chance of dialogue with North Korea, and only its sanctions to deal with North Korea. If Trump wants to take all the credit for China's efforts, then why don't Kim just visit Washington directly, instead of Beijing?
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+Erwin S Chinese workers earn only 10 cents for every dollar that the MNCs make. China slowly became wealthy after the accumulation of millions of 10 cents over the years. But can you imagine the profit made by the MNCs like Apple? By their nature, MNCs are not limited to countries. This is how Apples takes all the wealth away from Americans. Don't blame Chinese workers for the deal made with US companies.
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***** That was during civil war where Chinese killed Chinese. Like America civil war, Americans killed Americans. CCP has lifted millions of people up from poverty after modernization.
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Yes. Lu Kang shoulders the burden of US-China relations which is why he is careful about his words in case the media twist what he says. I'm not American but I hope Trump can learn that what he says in Twitter can be interpreted differently by media to escalate conflicts between our countries.
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***** Selling opium? Have you confused CCP with the opium wars with the British? That was during Qing dynasty not PRC period. Mao was against foreign influence like opium that was destroying Chinese youths and got rid of it. CCP has already admitted that GLF and Cultural Revolution policies were failures. Mao even admitted to poor planning during GLF. These events are taught in Chinese history and have both good and bad points. But people have to move on from the past. CCP only blocks websites like Facebook and Twitter, not the entire Internet. Most Chinese prefer Chinese language websites like Weibo instead of English ones. Chinese people only want peace. As long as there is economic progress, most Chinese are okay with the government.
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Britain was undisputed colonial power in 19th century, but has since been overtaken by America in 20th century. But prior to that, China had been economic superpower for over 1700 years prior to Britain, and our GDP made up over 25% of world's GDP according to world leading British economist, Angus Maddison. Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1_AD_to_2003_AD_Historical_Trends_in_global_distribution_of_GDP_China_India_Western_Europe_USA_Middle_East.png And its looks as though China is set to dominate the 21st century, if you follow the trend above. China is merely returning to our previous position as a world superpower before the rise of the West.
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+bob robertson Thank you for understanding. If you notice, this is basically China's first overseas naval base, and as far as I know, China is opening up the bases for emergency landings or disaster relief if needed.
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North Korea already have unstable leader. Why keep provoking it further and pushing it to a corner? China supports cooperation and always urged all parties to show RESTRAINT for continued peace in the region. Our own lives are at stake here. If war breaks out here in East Asia, 78,000 Americans suffer, but thousands more Chinese, Japanese and especially South Koreans may perish from Trump's stupid, provocative actions in East Asia. Japan is already evacuating 60, 000 Japanese civilians from South Korea. To Americans, Pyongyang is far away on other side of Pacific Ocean, but over here tension is very high. Even Russia is greatly concerned at US actions in Korean peninsula. Why not explore alternative options instead if the same method doesn't seem to work? China no longer follow Marxism like it did it in the past and the government is communist in name only and our policies are more geared towards socialism. Why USA only stubbornly follow the only path it knows with N. Korea?
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Lu Kang is only foreign affairs minister. President Xi Jinping is even more charismatic. In my opinion, they are competent for the roles.
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@슬라바우크라이나헤로 Many of Israel's people have dual citizenship and they have a place that they can go. However, the Palestinians in Gaza can't even leave their open-air concentration camp.
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(From Matrix) Agent Smith: When i tried to classify your species, I realized your not actually mammals. Mammals develop equilibrium with nature, but you humans move to an area and multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and spread to another area. There is another organism that follows this pattern... a virus.
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USA has 78.000 north American soldiers in the region, so why not withdraw all of them from the region instead? Since N. Korea missile can't reach USA mainland, it would result in peaceful solution for all parties. N. Korean citizen only support Kim because Kim focus their anger on USA. By withdrawing US troops, you take alway the focus of their anger, and they will turn it against their leader instead.
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+Banana Maybe USA can start slowly, like maybe 20-40% troop removal, then get Kim to sit down to denuclearization talks and promise more troop removal if he commits to complete disarmament. I also feel bad about South Korea having to fend for itself, but this is their Korean civil war and should be solved by Koreans themselves. Otherwise, is USA going to keep on shielding S. Korea forever? If negotiation with Kim failed, at least USA will have 20-40% less troops in S. Korea, making S. Korean government have to work harder to invest more resources in their defense. USA also saves money on upkeep of US bases. I heard Trump wanted to reduce military expenditure in NATO, so why not do the same thing in East Asia?
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+Croatian Knight So your typical response to force, is force? That would only lead to war, sooner or later. Might I add that Trump is the one sending aircraft carrier battlegroup to N. Korea and provoking it? N. K missiles cant even reach the US mainland so just how is the USA threatened by N.K actions?
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Rahuley Shar Most of China's military technology came from Russia. The Chinese aircraft carrier Liao Ning is actually based off an old Russian aircraft carrier.
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If USA has 78,000 troops in the region, and N. Korea's missiles can't reach US mainland, then why not withdraw those forces from East Asia instead? Trump has promised to reduce USA military spending in NATO, so why not reduce military spending in East Asia as well? Furthermore, N. Korean citizens only support Kim Jong Um, because Kim uses USA as propaganda for the citizen focus of anger. By withdrawing US troops, Kim no longer has an outlet for N. Korean's anger, and they will turn on him instead.
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China Uncensored is not a good source of information on China. The best information source is from the locals or CCTV news or others news like BBC etc... A good, relatively unbiased channel would be Chanel News Asia in Singapore.
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Lu Kang holds the burden of peaceful relations between the US and China on his shoulders.
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Matt Hoehn Even if such a railway existed between Washington and and Pyongyang, do you think Kim would even make use of it to visit Washington for disarmament talks? The last time USA and N. Korea had disarmament talks were during the Six Party Talks, and that was held in Beijing. The sanctions were UN sanctions not just by USA, and it required the agreement of all involved parties, including China's, for it to be binding. China opposed North Korea's missile testing which was conducted during the 2017 BRICS summit held in Xiamen, China, presumably showing N. Korea's defiance against China, so China agreed to sanctions as a way to punish N. Korea that's all. If Trump wants to take credit for that, then why does he often state that China's cooperation is essential to containing the missile crisis on Korean peninsula?
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Matt Hoehn How exactly is China being isolated? China is biggest trade partners with many countries, such USA Japan, Korea, etc, all despite China trading with N. Korea as well, so why do you claim China is being isolated for aiding the regime? Isolated by whom? The Korean missile crisis is primarily between North Korea, South Korea and USA, not China. China opposes N. Korea missile testing, but that does not mean China is threatened by it. North Korea does not threaten any Chinese cities so what threat are you talking about, that you want China to stop?
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Matt Hoehn How is North Korea a threat to China? Which Chinese cities are under threat by N. Korea missiles? N. Korea practically relies on trade with China to survive so why would China consider N. Korea a threat then? You said previously that China would be isolated for aiding the regime, but China has always been trading with N. Korea all along, and when was China ever isolated by other nations for doing so?
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Matt Hoehn If North Korea launches a nuke even against any country, then N. Korea will be wiped out as countries turn against it (USA, South Korea, Japan, even China) so why do you think N. Korea will actually launch a nuke at all, which will guarantee its own annihilation? You said previously that China would be isolated for aiding the regime, but China has been trading with N. Korea without being isolated by anyone. Even if China decides to go against the sanctions, would countries in the world cut off trade relations with China, their number one biggest trade partner? Their economies rely on China too much to cut off trade with China completely. Why do you insist China will be isolated then?
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Matt Hoehn If its "could have been" then how is North Korea missile a threat to China at all? So far, N. Korea has not launched any nukes, and its unlikely to ever do so (as it will be annihilated by countries including China) so do you really believe N. Korea's blustering? How do you know that these toughest round of sanctions will would label anyone supporting the regime with similar sanctions? Like I keep saying, China has been supporting N. Korea for many years already, yet other countries still continue to do business with China, despite China aiding N. Korea. So why do you keep insisting that China will become isolated because of N. Korea, when there hasn't been any proof of that so far? Even if China decides not to follow the latest sanctions, what makes you think other countries will completely cut off trade with China, given that China is biggest trading partner in many of these countries? Will they risk their own economies for the sake of China not upholding sanctions? Like I said early, the China followed the UN sanctions because China wanted to punish North Korean missile testing during the 2017 BRICS summit held in Xiamen, China, which China perceives as North Korean defiance against China. The UN sanctions were agreed upon by UN, not USA alone, so what has Trump got to do with this then, except taking credit for China's efforts?
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Matt Hoehn Like I keep saying, the sanctions were agreed upon by the United Nations members, not just United States alone. Just because Trump gave the speech, means that he can claim all the credit for the UN sanctions? Remember that China is UN security council member and can could always veto this UN decision if we choose to. China has done much better than Trump when it comes to getting North Korea to denuclearize. Beijing managed to extract word of Pyongyang's denuclearization from this meeting, compared to Trump's diplomacy by constantly calling Kim "rocket man" all the time. If Trump wants to claim all the credit for China's efforts, then why don't Kim just visit Washington directly for talks, rather than coming to Beijing? I mean, you talk about N. Korea being a threat to China and China supposedly being isolated by other countries for aiding N. Korea, but where is actual evidence for your claims?
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It is clear that imposing sanctions does not work against North Korea, so why push N. Korea over the edge? Remember that this is nuclear capable state that we are dealing with here, so China does not want drive N. Korea into a corner. If war breaks out in Asia, it will be Chinese, Japanese and Koreans that suffer the consequences here in East Asia, not so much Americans, who are still mainly at at the other side of the globe.
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