Comments by "Hiyuke La Vie" (@hiyukelavie2396) on "" video.

  1. I think it's because of scale In terms of land area and population, Chinese civilization has achieved a scale that more or less guarantees its survival even in a catastrophic event And more importantly there are two key points to note about the scale of Chinese civilization Firstly, it's the way it achieved this scale When Chinese civilization spreaded, it brought with it learning and cultivation Look at the areas in southern China like Guangdong For a very long time, this area was considered "wild", and it wasn't until the Tang dynasty that it was considered fully Chinese When Chinese civilization spreaded to Guangdong and the surrounding area, instead of genociding or enslaving the people there or exploiting them or discriminating against them, the northern Chinese instead sought to share their civilization with the people there, teaching them about culture and the Chinese way of life This process took more than a thousand years, but the end result is by the Tang dynasty Guangdong and its surrounding areas finally became fully assimilated to the Chinese civilization and is today an inalienable part of China Contrast this to the British empire, which mainly sought to exploit and oppress wherever it went. It's no wonder that people booted them out when they had the strength and/or opportunity to do so The second key point about the scale of Chinese civilization is the resilience that this scale provides It is almost impossible for a foreign power to conquer China by force alone, because of how massive it is In its entire history, there had been only a few times when China had been defeated and ruled over by a foreign power And each time this has happened, the foreign occupiers succeeded not because of overwhelming force The Manchus, for example, literally spent generations trying to invade China in vain, and in the end they only suceeded because the Ming capital was overrun by rebels, causing many Ming commanders to switch allegiance to the Manchus instead, and even then the Manchus spent most of their rule trying to quell popular rebellions It's the same with the Mongols. They also spent generations trying to conquer China but couldnt do it. Even though the Mongols had conquered northern China, the Song continued putting up such a good fight, killing a Mongolian Khan and inflicting massive casualties, that when they finally decided to surrender the Mongols were relieved and more than happy to grant them generous terms
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  2.  @Deepak_Dhakad  That's because unlike China India is a fake country There's no such country as India. India is just a collection of ex British colonies The various people of the Indian subcontinent have their own distinct cultures and have always lived in their own separate kingdoms, until the British came along and conquered everything and lumped everyone together into one super colony You cannot compare India and China
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  3. Not entirely true "Chinese people" are actually extremely diverse, there's no such thing as one "Chinese stock" One very obvious contrast is between people from northern and southern China People from northern China are generally taller and stockier, while people from southern China are actually more similar to people from SEA, like Vietnam for example The Chinese civilization began in northern China, so you might say that people in northern China are closer to what you may call "Chinese stock", but even then it's not really accurate, because people in northern China are mostly a mix of Chinese + nomadic stock TLDR, it's just complex, the "Chinese race" is actually extremely diverse and there really isn't such a thing as "Chinese stock" in terms of race It's more accurate to think of "Chinese" as refering to their culture rather than their racial make up
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  4.  @standin-dc4pf   No, you're wrong People from Guangdong and Fujian weren't fully assimilated into the Chinese civilization until the Tang dynasty There's a reason why in Cantonese and Hokkien they call themselves 唐人, while other Chinese people call themselves 漢人 in Mandarin It's also the reason why Chinatowns, which were formed mostly by Chinese people from these two provinces, are called 唐人街, instead of 漢人街 Chinese tea is called 唐茶, Chinese clothing is called 唐裝, heck China itself is referred to as 唐山 You can choose to deny it for your own reasons, but the fact is for people in southern provinces like Guangdong and Fujian, Tang dynasty forms the basis of their Chinese identity, not Han or Huaxia
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  5.  @TeleologicalConsistency   I refer you to an excerpt of my own comment: "Look at the areas in southern China like Guangdong For a very long time, this area was considered "wild", and it wasn't until the Tang dynasty that it was considered fully Chinese When Chinese civilization spreaded to Guangdong and the surrounding area, instead of genociding or enslaving the people there or exploiting them or discriminating against them, the northern Chinese instead sought to share their civilization with the people there, teaching them about culture and the Chinese way of life This process took more than a thousand years, but the end result is by the Tang dynasty Guangdong and its surrounding areas finally became fully assimilated to the Chinese civilization and is today an inalienable part of China" So no, don't be silly, no one thinks you "magically become Chinese" just by stepping on Chinese soil And you're still wrong in making references to a "Chinese stock" As I said, Chinese people are actually very diverse. You talking about some kind of "pure and unadulterated Chinese stock" just makes you sound like a delusional racist And it's also stupid to say China "stayed isolationist" China might have pursued a policy of "isolationism" (written in quotes because it's not what you think) at some point in its history, but on a whole China has actually been very open and welcoming to people from all cultures The capital of Song, Kaifeng, was an extremely metropolitan city Some of Tang's most capable generals were Koreans The Han also had a policy of encouraging the nomads to go settle within their borders and assimilate into the empire And so on Again, it's extremely stupid to look at one singular point of time in Chinese history and declare that China "stayed isolationist"
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  6.  @Deepak_Dhakad   Don't be stupid, Mauryan empire did not unite whole of India Or are you saying southern Indian states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu are not part of India? How about northeastern states Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and etc? Are they not part of India? An Indian who doesn't know the geography and history of his country LMAO
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