Taiwan's language is Chinese. Taiwan's culture is Chinese culture. Taiwan's ethnicity is Chinese. The only different is the minds of Taiwanese twisted by the West.
Taiwan's government is democratic and Taiwan is richer than China. So why should they follow the communist government when they have thrice the per capita income of China?
@@adee6467 Taiwan's population is 24 millions similar to Shanghai. Compare the two Shanghai is richer than Taiwan. Your reasoning and comparing is not logical.
@@ahjotco906 Taiwan is not a city, it's a country. And Taiwan has developed itself better than China. Higher average income, higher HDI better in everything. So why should a more successful country follow a less successful one
@@adee6467 obviously you could not understand the comparison of two similar size population to their economies. I let it rest since your mind and thinking is limited.
I'm from Taiwan. I support unification with China. No matter how the western media tries to portray, "Taiwanese" share the same culture, language, etc., as Chinese in China. (BTW, did you know we have ~half of the 5000-year Chinese treasures in Taiwan that we moved from China during the Chinese Civil War in 1949?) 98% of the people came from China. We're destined to be one country no matter how the West tries to stop it.
I`m from Sweden and we accept the outcome from any elections . What is your wiew if the Taiwanes majority of the people don`t whant to reunificate whit China
@Michael Rahm It’s the decision of 1.4 billion Chinese, not only 23 million Taiwanese. Those who don’t want to reunited can give up their Republic of China identity, leave Chinese island, Taiwan, to other countries. China will take back its land, no matter what, by force Or peace.
People can say whatever they want about China... my dad... Told me back in the 70s... Back in the '80s.... Never mind Russia..... China is who we are going to have to worry about..... I believe that reason to be Chinese are very resourceful and they have a very good work ethic.... And they are smart..... When you think about ancient China .....
Your Dad seem to know his world history, China was a strong and prosperous country up until the last 200 hundred years because it failed to modernize. It is now on its path to reclaim its place on the world stage.
Twenty years ago the demand for independence in Taiwan was far less an issue, they were growing closer naturally with trade , family connection and tourism. Since then the pro-independence faction have been spreading their agenda encouraged by the US without the best interests of the people of Taiwan. The US pretense of spreading democracy and freedom is false. The US has been a plutocracy for decades, the American people's demands are rarely supported; it is by the 1% for the 1%. The results of the US spreading "freedom and democracy" can be clearly seen in the ME and Central America. The US is just another hegemonic Empire with no honest values, Asian people should look at their history with western Empires and the young people of Taiwan should not forget 228 and the 39yrs of White Terror resulting from US interference. For The US, Taiwan is seen as just another addition to 800+ military bases from which to "contain and threaten " China.
@@stvdmc2011 There are indigenous tribes in Taiwan and they had a tough time under the Japanese and then the early years of KMT when they retreated from mainland China. Most westerners know little of Taiwan history. See the 228 massacres and following 39yrs of White Terror.
The most interesting sentence was even if people in Catalonia wanted to separate and voted in a referendum twice successfully to separate from Spain, this was not allowed with the approval of EU !!!! So what was good for the gander isn't good for the goose !!!! Why would Taiwan be any different from Catalonia ? US ready to go to war over Taiwan but won't budge about catalonians !!! Give me a break. Taiwan is just an excuse for the US to extend its hegemony !!! The West has no credibility on this issue.
Imagine if Hawaiians want their independence? NO WAY US ALLOWS IT. But unlike Hawaii, Taiwan is COMPOSED by people that was in China. Western countries trying to lead anything in Asian countries should be blocked. Nothing good comes from it
I am ordinary citizen from Taiwan, China. Yes, Taiwan is my hometown province, China is my country. There tens of millions of people in Taiwan share same or similar position about this. Our voice is not being heard or being reported by the Western authorities and media which is serving for Western governments ideological campaigns, of course. We are being oppressed by the pro independence separatists, they either attack you physically or orally in real life and online if you say you're Chinese you want to unification with mainland.
I know a lot Western audience will attack me as ccp shield, but honestly, if speaking out our own real opinion and meanwhile still get paid by any governments I would happily accept the money, so please share with me a e-mail where I can apply for funding for expressing my own opinion.
Unpopular opinion: China (Mainland) has been very restrained on Taiwan (so far, no direct "hot" war). Imagine if the US were in the same position as China, they would take Taiwan in a heartbeat, like they did to Afghanistan just a few weeks after 9/11. The US also attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro +600 times (true!!!), but did China ever do that to leaders in Taiwan?
You should vote out your separatist administration in the next election, they have put you in danger more and more by listening to the US warmongering.
What Xi said is right and I feel the same too from US. If Taiwan Chinese says they are not Chinese, then it is time to take back Taiwan province since it's been occupied by non-Chinese. Also, it is true that with every year going forward, the Taiwan Chinese will lose their identity more. Anyway, one way or another, China will get Taiwan back to where it belong.
Wrong, Taiwan was never ever became part of the CCP before, during or after the CCP became an independence country from Taiwan in 1972 with the helped from US illegally 😂🤣 Oh by the way Taiwan itself was originally founded by the indigenous peoples over several thousand years ago not the Qing dynasty (Manchurian), or the ROC or the CCP or the overseas Chinese hence they only migrated to Taiwan during the Dutch occupation of Taiwan 😂🤣
@@1313hyme The CCP doesn't have any legitimated claimed over any of the South China Sea territory hence the CCP only became a country in 1972 with the helped from US illegally whereas Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Philippines became a countries centuries ago 🤣🤣🤡🤡
@@1313hyme Inner Mongolia only became part of the ROC after the Japanese empire was being defeated in the mainland, Tibet region only became part of the CCP in 1948 after it's been annexed by the CCP, Hainan island only became part of the CCP in 1950 after it's been annexed by the CCP 🤡🤡🤣 ROC only became a country in 1911 thanks to the Japanese empire invasion of the Qing dynasty (Manchurian).
Uighur are not mistreated nor discriminated in China. Individuals can believe whatever religion they choose. Religion is not important in China as long as you practise yours in private.
Christians are regularly not allowed to practice true christianity, must have pictures of moa etc...uygers are in camps and slave labor..like wtf you talking about. Not even buddism is safe. they re write it into a non spiritual buddism.
I like this guy. He speaks my language. Chinese people are experts at suffering. American people are used to partying. Life is not about partying. It is about eating bitterness. He brings a dose of reality to what is really going on. .
Agree, American's priorities are to party and goof off. I saw it in American schools and at work. The 2 cultures are different like night and day. While Americans are bitching, Chinese just keep on truckin. Not trying to bad mouth the US, just calling a spade a spade.
Yeah, Russia is such a fine upstanding country that China would do well to emulate it. You know, corrupt to the core and invade all your neighbors regularly and commit war crimes while doing so. Looking at China's 'friends' shows really what China is in substance. Nth Korea, Russia, Venezuela and the big daddy of them all, Iran. What a grand group for the future.
@@christopherbegley6461 Your uncle sam only has no war in a 20 years period, the west of the 200 years history is invasion, killing and genocide to the native American Indian,
For thousands of years before 1800 ; prior to European and American ruthless imperialism overseas, China was a prosperous country and non- Western was relatively peaceful. History reminds us that the West has no moral right to speak about human rights to the Chinese for the atrocities committed against the Chinese by the British and Allied forces in the two Opium Wars (1839 - 1842, 1856- 1860) and in 1900 respectively. China's rejuvenation is restoring its geopolitical and geoeconomics positions back to where it was before the opium trafficking, Western military forces killed, plundered, looted , divided and destroyed peace on Earth.
Every single empire has done it. Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, Ottoman, Persian, Japanese, Dutch, Germans, British, and then US. This is nothing new. Empires rise and fall. We keep going through this stupidity of fighting and expanding one empire at the cost of another previous empire. Before Euro invasions, India and China accounted for majority of the world's GDP and it was plundered away. But CCP is expanding its empire through similar coercions as the old empires have done. When will this lunacy end? There are better ways to grow without coercion. CCP has literally engaging in shrewd and crazy ways: stealing US/West IP and tech, territorial aggression towards neighboring countries by force, building artificial islands in South China sea, predatory lending for less developed nations, running spy and bribing campaigns to bribe folks in the West etc India also wants to grow like China but it has no interest in growing through these cunning ways. China is better served to grow through its hard work and talent - and they can. Else, China may grow but no one is going to trust them. Most people still side with US and align with the values of the West. CCP does not have transparency, lacks trust, has distrust from many nations, closed markets and will be difficult for them to gain true trust and respect of the world with this mindset of force and coercion. I doubt they are going to change their aggression plans which in my opinion is the same lunacy as old empires have done - a mistake in my opinion.
China has never been peaceful. its been fighting wars within itself for thousands of years. China has never had good government. All you think you know about China is a lie of the criminal Communist Party
This documentary is less biased than BBC, CNN, or Fox news. But it doesn't have the direct voice from a regular Chinese in mainland China. Ordinary Chinese especially young generations are very supportive of their current central government, and they are more proud of current China's achievement than any generations before. They are like the Americans in the 80s when the US is at the peak in the world. Also, this documentary doesn't have voice from Taiwanese who are pro-China.
Because in the 80s America became a Hyperpower. And China will be achieving that Hyperpower zone soon..Right after, It is the next level. Keep Improving.
@@dodieodie498 Declining birth rates is a common issue that countries face as they become industrialized and developed. Toss in stiff competition with a toxic work culture and a lack of immigration, you have a problem that is most accentuated in the East Asian region (Japan, China, and South Korea). So birth rates is a factor more associated with socio-economics rather than the approval rate of their governments. Similarly, White Americans in the USA also experienced a consistently declining birth rate since America's peak in the 80s, a trend which begun even earlier. The American replacement rate today is largely sustained by immigration and, generally speaking, people in the lower tax brackets-regardless of their confidence in the US.
Taiwan is my province, China is my country. Both constitutions stated clearly, Taiwan and mainland belongs to one country China. Google it, Wikipedia it. Stop intervening our own family business.
I just feel its so weird other countries lecturing the Chinese citizens how bad their ccp goverment is, when they just experinced the best 50 years of their life thru this government. Its like telling bershire hathaway stockholders how lousy warren buffet is. Does it make sense?
The West wants to maintain colonies to loot their natural resources. Things are changing people all over the world are waking up...there has been too much exploitation a slavery on behalf of the US and European nations all over the world.
Why was that woman who does not regard herself as Chinese, speaking in mandarin? I don’t think she can speak on behalf of Taiwan, she looks like a bohemian artist, not a typical Taiwanese. Most Taiwanese still see themselves as ethnically Chinese, and as they aged, they value their roots, their cultures and traditions more.
Oh really? Go read the latest Pew survey on what most Taiwanese think then. 68 percent view US favourable and want closer economic ties with the democratic West than the autocratic mainland china. So yea I do think the lady represents the majority sentiment in Taiwan. China didn't care about Tibet and tried to take it by force and tried to wipe out the people and culture there. So this is typical.
Actually china has never change their policy to Taiwan for 30 years, China will try our best to avoid civil war with Taiwan if Taiwan not to cross a red line
But the US wants to push Taiwan over the red line, just like it did with Ukraine. Taiwan would be fools to allow Nato to turn it into a killing zone. I'm sure Zelensky will be regretting getting into bed with Nato and seeing its country destroyed because it couldn't keep to its promises.
If, for example, Californians decided to secede because the people did not like the way USA was governed, what would the US government do? Would it allow an independent nation of California? Suppose China or Russia decided to support and protect California? There is no question that the island of Taiwan is part of China. If the people of Taiwan do not like the authoritarian government of China, they can migrate, just as Chinese from the mainland have done. Californians who do want to live under the US government can also migrate, but the land of California will remain as part of the USA. So, why should USA be involved in the domestic affairs of China? Do we want to repeat another Vietnam fiasco?
"If, for example, Californians decided to secede because the people did not like the way USA was governed, what would the US government do?" If the sane portions of the US had even an iota of common sense they would shove California into the Pacific Ocean as soon as possible. California is totally full of certifiable nutcases.
Taiwan is not as democratic as you think! It shuts down opposition TVs, arrested opposition members too! Taiwanese attempt to dislodge its Chinese identity is hilarious and ridiculous! They use the same language and culture norms!
Silly 10 cent propaganda pieces trying to say how Taiwan is so bad when Chinese passports are being destroyed or not renewed. Taiwan doesn't imprison their citizens inside the country. Nor does Taiwan have a genocide on their hands in the form of the ethnic people. Non Han Chinese people are the enemy to a tankie.
Not everyone is so stupid as to fall for Han propaganda. It has no use but serving a foreign power. More countries should be smart enough to ban foreign poison. In democracy you get to use RU-vid. The only reason you can watch it is you live somewhere besides China, but most likely you are a VPN or paid troll. Either way.
To be honest I didn't expect this documentary to be balanced, but I was wrong. It shows perspective of both sides. It's not Chinese or Western propaganda. It's rare thing to see on RU-vid these days. Thank you for the upload.
DUDE ~ are you blind ~ it is Straight up the middle ~ PROPAGANDA for Communism ~ can you see that now???? We would all be better off with each other in one big hug .....
Have you lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China? In the 40s through 2022? If you have, you would not say this documentary is balanced. Maybe a little less biased than PBS or BBC nowadays.
What do you mean "balanced", its a documentary about China with not even one commenter living in the mainland, that's like doing a documentary about the US but you refuse to interview even one American. Also one of them quite literally works for British state media anti-China department.
Most Western media capture China’s economic rise by showing images of Shenzhen, Shanghai, as these images despite capitalism as perceive by the West. These images cannot capture the merits of the land reform and there implication to city planning, to high speed train development, to highway development, to containing port development, to canal development. They have not captured the most important element in economic development, which is the human capital development. This is more than just education. It is also about more freedom on career development. It is also about exposure. It is also about experience. When Shenzhen was first declared as a special economic zone 40 years ago, there were only 6 persons in Shenzhen had had a university education. Today you can easily find more than 6 persons in an average cafe in Shenzhen with a doctoral degree. This cannot easily be captured by visual images. The goal of US military since Pearl Harbor is to take wars outside US territory. China consider Taiwan as part of China. If China has to go to war, she would also want to take war to outside China’s territory. So think hard about it. Don‘r take things too far.
@Siu Hoi Lee, taking the war away from China seems to be the intent of Xi Jinping and the CPC planning. For example the goal to fully modernize the military by 2027 and then have the most powerful military in the world by 2049. While most military development had been for defensive purposes in the last decade, it is clear the PLA are rapidly building their offensive capabilities now to be able to "win wars on every continent and in every ocean" as Xi said in the last year. The development of China's blue water navy with the new Fujian carrier, Type 55 destroyers etc. will surpass the Americans very soon in not just the largest navy but the most powerful. In this respect China will soon be ready for the inevitable war with their American enemies. But it would be best for China to wait another 8-10 years though to be at peak strength. While China is probably invincible in the East or South China Seas, the PLA Navy need building and training before they try to fight the Americans or even India in non-regional naval battles. I am not saying this is what the Chinese are wanting, only that it is inevitable. The Indians know for example that their only chance to beat China in a war is to blockade the Strait of Malacca and any other choke point to Chinese merchant shipping in order to force the PLA Navy into a non-regional battle where they will be more vulnerable. The Americans are likely pursuing a similar strategy. For example they are already stirring up cold war era type attacks on Chinese overseas interests with tactics such as proxy attacks, coups, color revolutions. Anything they can do to undermine China globally. Eventually it would not be a surprise to see them attack the Chinese base in Djibouti through some kind of proxy.
@@levelazn You know, democracy has its good point but also its liabilities. For example, look at the President of the United States - an old man who is obviously senile and has no business running a major world power. But on the other hand, democracies usually are 'free' countries. It is really freedom which is most important to me; democracy is only a means to an end.
reunification whit military force ? Let the people of Taiwan decide in a democratic election. China is a country that values human life to about 2 dollars
I agree with the Chinese diplomat. Americans who party all the time and live beyond their means are not equipped to suffer long economic hardships unlike the Chinese. Chinese and Russians are tough people. They eat bitterness. Americans have to back off of Taiwan before they start loosing some of its key cities
It is an illusion to think that all of the west is "decadent" or living beyond their means unawares. Poverty also exists in the USA Europe and is similar to other regions , believe it or not. The West lived through two World Wars,famines and previous pandemics ( Flu) . They can endure and adapt.
Yes, what you say is true because the Russian and Chinese peoples were subjugated by bloody and cruel dictators (Stalin and Mao). These tyrants made these people suffer for several decades. Millions of people died by the cruelty of these murderous tyrants (45 million Russians for Stalin and 80 million Chinese for Mao). Today, the same suffering continues with ruthless autocrats. So these people have developed a resilience to suffering.
@@aristide2075 You should go back to the bitterness the Chinese suffered during the 100 years of humiliation and Japanese occupation. This is why you will never understand the meaning of eating bitterness. But if the West continues on this antagonistic towards China then one you will learn to taste bitterness.
The "west" is more of an ideology rather than ethnicity and geography. Japan, South Korea, ASEAN are part of the "west" but they are in Asia.....The west is the source of most of technology, commerce, and trade of the world, so yes they own the world.
james rey I don’t agree but for argument sake, the West as an ideology is Christian which is East Asian. The native ideology of the West is basically Barbarism, do you know what it mean?. Your so called economic or technological dominance is just a blip of these few centuries of colonialism against the millennia of human history of dominated mostly by successive great Asian civilizations . Exactly my point of the bloated ego of the West , that being dominant for just a while likes to talk as though they dominated all human history all the time.
@@mr.cosmos5199 Like I said the "west" is not based on religion, politics, geography or ethnicity. etc. It is a common universal doctrines promising freedom, equality, prosperity and human rights, including, security, commerce, rule of law, global responsibility, respect of national sovereignty, borders, and identity.. In contrast to dictators, tyrants, strong men, and authoritarian leaders, who are no longer welcome in the 21th century. In short it is the "west" vs Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran
Having lived in the UK, China, and visited Taiwan, I think that there are vast misunderstandings among people in these regions. For example, Taiwaness people' s understanding of China mainland probably matches the situation about 30 years ago. US views of evil China is just ridiculous. There is a huge change of attitude towards US in China in the past 10 years, especially among young people. Media plays a very important role in these misunderstanging. We need to have much better understanding of each other. Just visit each other, see the place with your own eyes and talk to local people would make a huge difference.
It's not just the US who has terrible views of China. Literally all of its neighboring countries along with the bulk of SEAS countries, including the Western countries all have negative views of them. It's not a misunderstanding. It's China's bullying and political manipulation which is giving themselves a terrible reputation and these countries are simply taking a stand against their BS now. I'm so glad it's happening. Definitely benefits the world to develop new supply chains, because everyone is sick of China's crap, and they forget that the USA built them up from the ground up by opening trade and investing in that country (along with technology transfers and overlooking the IP thievery China does because they're not smart enough on their own), and getting other Western nations to invest in that country. They got more handouts than any other nation before it, and they then decide to bite the hands that feed it? Lol 🤡 it's what happens when your head gets too big for the body that carries it. It topples.
We are enemy , and I always know it. and chinese look at you as enemy but you don't know it, or you don't believe it, I'm glad they finally baring the fangs.
Taiwan can and should be part of China peacefully. A war is too expensive for all parties. Most of the good cards are already in the hand of China, Taiwan's logistic traffic technically is one as mentioned by the Singaporean Professor. If US won't send troops to fight North Korea after 1950, do you think US will send troops to defend Taiwan? Almost all developing countries hope any other countries should not interfere and cause additional HUGE economic problem for the world. The world economy is so intertwined now. The effect of a regional war will be rippled to other parts of the world almost instantly.
Taiwan should be part of china, truth Taiwanese should dream of becoming one nation. Why would you be small island drefting in vast ocean to go nowhere, aleast with china you hangout with the big boys. No one can slap you around anymore.
@@Joseph-fy9rb because DEMOCRACY. No one wants to be a part of the CCP other than the CCP. The people of Taiwan enjoy their political and creative freedoms, something mainland Chinese people will never understand.
The most important documentary would be showing how Washington DC controls all of Europe's foreign policy, not only towards other parts of Europe but towards East asia. Most important thing journalists in your can do is show other being manipulated by Washington's interest, and that common prosperity means collaboration across Eurasia.
not entirely accurate! What you erroneously call the union jack or flag of the united kingdom is actually the union flag associated with The Kingdom of Northern Ireland and Imperial Great Britain. It is a trade organisation that usurped the united kingdoms government starting with the bank of england act 1694. Just over a decade later the trade act of union 1707 unlawfully introduced the parliament of great britain and illegal amendment clause! you can find your source learning about operation freedom, it never ended, it was extended far and wide.
Every country makes its own policy. How do you think the Germans became so dependent on Russia? Yeah that was American strategy right there! Just because America has hegemony doesn't mean it controls other states. It may have more control than others, but there will always be a hegemon. People like you prattle on about bad America when American hegemony has overseen the greatest period of peace and prosperity in world history. So no, they can report the truth. You can quit blaming others for your problems.
Well the US saved Europe from the Nazi’s, then rebuilt Europe then defended Western Europe from the dirty red army commies. Learn some history you dummy.
@@SamtheIrishexan Greatest period of peace? Your country has been in perpetual war for the last 2 decades. Or how about the illegal drone asassination program with no transparency or accountability? Or the US overthrowing democratically elected leaders and keeping violent dictators in powers, in countries all over the world, including Latin-America, which it has been treating like its own back yard (meddle as you please). It's always war and threats and division with the US. America is now at war with itself. Extreme inequality, extreme polarization, racial violence, gun violence, militarized police, culture wars, homelessnes, drug abuse epidemics. The US hasn't brought peace and stability. It's brought arms race, tensions, instability, exploitation. It is the largest historical contributor to climate change, yet for decades it has either stubbornly denied its existence or failed to take appropriate measures. It's imposed a neo liberal free market economic system which exploits workers and nature to the point of collapse. It has failed to show restraint at the height of its power, starting a war under false pretenses and at one point planned to invade 7 (!) countries in the Middle East (they called it 'manifest destiny'). So no, America's rule has been anything but benevolent and I cannot see how the world would be anything but better off with American power receding. Our continued survival as a human species is at stake here, as is that of a large part of the biosphere.
I have been living in western countries for 40 years after left China. I would say many western countries including people like me living in western countries for a long time and people from Taiwan have mis-perception of what happened in China. They only see one side of China but forgot all the progress that China made such as lifting up so many people from poverty. The commitment and resources that the government made to improve those disadvantage group of population and focus on internal affairs of improving their people’s living standards are far more than any western countries did. In general, the people are happier and support their government than any of western countries as we don’t trust politicians in general. So the western media is very one sided!
As an American whom been doing business in China for almost 20 years I can say with certainty the Western media is full of crap and propaganda. Of they were honest they would say how amazing the accomplishments of the CPC is over the past 40 years. On the other hand the Western powers were gifted the world after the second world war but they squandered it due to hubris. If you have the displeasure of having conversations with Americans of all backgrounds, they will tell you the most ridiculous things about China. They believe all sorts of nonsense but they swear they are well informed because they watch cable news 😂
And all that achievement of lifting the living standards of the largest number of people was accomplished without invasion and colonisation of other countries, unlike the West which got rich by colonising almost the entire world.
the other side is the dark side, oppression of xinjiang Muslim, organ harvesting of folan gong, 4th of june 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre , the true side of ccp, how about ccp corona virus coverup
A better world where these bloodthirsty and cruel tyrants murder their own people to satisfy their power, maintain order and reign. Is this the world you want? As you talk about history, go back to history too and you will see the number of deaths caused by the cruel tyrants of these countries, Stalin and Mao. Stalin caused the death of 45 million Russians and Mao 80 million Chinese. Today, this terror still exists in these countries. Assassination of opponents, disappearance of citizens, total control of the people, of the media, oppression, concentration camps. And this is the world you want to live in? This is your wonderland?
america and europe went round the world to rob , to rape and to murder on a massive scale and as if that was not bad enough they also remembered to preach Christianity !
@@wolfheadedconjuror in america we indiscriminately slaughter our own working class.. so europe can maintain control of it.. there are millions of homeless people here and it keeps getting worse. people excuse starving their own citizens to death so that ceos can take another vacation each week and buy their 3rd yacht.. grow up. eurocentric culture is pure garbage that has not once in its history, been a benefit to anyone but inbred rich people...
USA has always been a proxy for europeans to commit crimes against humanity. we're how they maintain plausible deniability. its like a mafia and we're the enforcers
Frankly China 🇨🇳 became economic hegemony in the world and I wish that Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 should form a alliance for defense in order don’t NATO reach Eastern Asia
Taiwan is just too small. 17 time smaller than Ukraine. Russia has already occupied 20% Ukraine, that is 3.4 bigger than full size Taiwan. Taiwan will be leveled to 3rd world if war is unavailable. There is no chance for Russia to blockage Ukraine, but china can do so to Taiwan. Let's hope the peace.
I still believe in peaceful reunification, Taiwanese are genetically Chinese, geographically part of one nation China until it was invaded and occupied by the Japanese in the early 19 century for 50 years. a declaration of independent by ROC to become Taiwan is an automatic declaration of war, i hope this will never happen.
@@derylhenriquez2962 that won't help, our entire country is way too small and US won't help us just like they won't help Ukraine, this is a lost cause anyway
World powers have changed all through history. The only worry is usually at the cost of death and destruction. Hopefully humanity stops thinking in terms of which piece of land has the most power and starts thinking of how powerful we can be together as a species.
Absolutely brilliant analysis. No bullshit nor any Western supremacy garbage. It's been a long time since actual reality was portrayed to the masses the way it is and not the way the West would like one to see. Extremely well done and thanks for such a valiant effort not to censor.
The West had Ruled the East Now it is the Time The East to Rule the West Then One Day Both Shall Shake Brotherly Hands And Live in Peace and Common Development Till His Second Coming
I mean, there is still a huge amount of bullshit like the British state media propagandist here 21:49, would this guy ever describe "The American Dream" in the same type of insane demonized wordings there? Not in a million years.
@@brainwashington1332 There are currently more than 2million Taiwanese studying in mainland and have businesses there as well. Most people in taiwan want to avoid a conflict but the NED backed DPP government wants independence
@@ameyapotdar461 No Indian mao. They want stable Taiwan as it exist i.e. status quo. The party that want "reconciliation" with CCP, was thrown out of power by people, and DPP which WANTS status quo was brought in. So, GTFO
China and Taiwan are indivisible? Are we talking about the same people on that Island that China has to intimidate with regular military incursions? They look pretty divisible to me. Unless every since person I have seen them interview is a CIA agent playing pretend lol
First time I've ever heard the point in a Western documentary re: China about how they are encircled by Allied powers, or countries with major US bases in them. Unlike the US, which is surrounded by allies and weak antagonists, and Russia who literally have pincers in Europe, South and East Asia - China is truly surrounded.
"Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization" are all evil things done by evildoers. Evil China is a major participant and benefactor of centuries-long global, - Slavery, - Colonialism, - Colonization worldwide. Just saying. 🤔
"Slavery, Colonialism & Colonization" are all evil things done and benefited by evildoers. [For honest truths, pls read the insightful multi-pages "Ole Fella" comment at, "China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN"]. China is a major participant & benefactor of centuries-long global, - Slavery, - Colonialism, - Colonization worldwide. 🤔
Even after how strong you have built your relation with the U.S. When Taiwanese enters U.S soil most of them will be treated like all other immigrant. When you said that "I am not Chinese, i am Taiwanese!" Americans will probably gonna say, "It doesnt matter because you all look the same to me" and they would probably going to say the same thing every immigrants are used to hear, "Go back to where you came from!" or "Speak English if you want to live here!" Yes, It is not only in America, I think i am as an indonesian will never be able to differentiate both of them either. There is no point to push the agenda of how different Taiwanese are if they aimed to somewhat deny their Chinese roots. At the end of the day Taiwan's differences to China can only be seen by the people inside those two countries not anyone outside. *The rest of the world would only know them as one ethnicity: Chinese.* I am an Indonesian of Malay ethnic. We love to point out how different we are to our Malaysian counterpart but at the end of the day, both of us identify as "Malay people" and the only thing that really seperates us is our nationality not our culture.
You are right if immigrants in a foreign country would make all effort to integrate that would not happen Immigrants to another country are suppose to take on the guest country ‘s customs as a gesture for gratitude to let them come there But in most cases they don’t they live in their own communities speak their own language shop in their own stores etc you know what please go back where you came from
Taiwanese people not calling themselves ''Chinese'' is more of a political thing. The Taiwanese culturally aren't really different from the people of the Fujian province(which is mostly come from anyway).
You have a misunderstanding of how things work in the United States. Someone who is immigrating to the US is not supposed to carry with them their flag of national or ethno pride. They leave that behind and go there to become an American. Those who go there to become a "malay living in America" or any other national titles are not respected by the Americans. Because they dont go there to become Americans. So they are suspicious of them.
What happens when China supports Native Americans, BLM, Aborigines, First Nation People, Norther Ireland, the Falklands and the Palestinians the way white colonist supports Taiwan? It's only fair right? China should support Native Taiwanese to liberate their Island to right.
Abstract from Prof Kishore's new book " Americans are proud of their democratic political system. But the facts show that America has increasingly come to resemble a plutocracy, where society is governed “of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%”. Is the United States of America still a functioning democracy or has it become, for all practical purposes, a plutocracy? And why is this question important? It’s important because the answer to the question of whether America has a dark or shining future will depend on whether it’s a democracy or plutocracy. Indeed, this question may well be the most existential question America has to address."
China is powerful. They got water and foods👏. My country Singapore got nothing only condominiums 😔. Everyday are waiting Malaysia to delivery foods for us 😔😔
Fareed, Taiwan is neither independent nor democratic, it is a vassal island. For the Taiwanese who says they are not Chinese, your language is Mandarin which is Chinese. Not only that, Taiwan called itself the Republic of China. What more can I say ? LoL
8:00 I highly respect the guy for putting a historical context on the current world affairs, but I disagree a bit, yes China and India will grow a larger share, but so are Africa, South America and Middle East, eventually as the colonial era wealth flows back into the global economy I believe in the end most countries will have similar GDP per capita, it may take a few hundred years tho.
The background music is really revealing the emotion of Anglo-Saxon facing the raising of a different civilization. Relax and respect others then you don’t need to be panic.
@@evelynn_teoh This made me lol. They're so honestly delusional. You know what that person from small city in the USA would say in Shanghai? "WHY ARE THESE LOCKDOWNS SO CRAZY. I HAVE TO GET TESTED HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK??? WAIT YOU'RE TELLING ME I ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE?!"
President Xi n President Putin rightly at the right place to run the countries for life as they truly deserved to stay put as Predident of their respective country. No others at this point in time can be a better men than these two men.
@@nanyanguo1 sorry ,but us Americans know that not all that 1.4 billion Chinese will not fight for China ok, this is a know and proven fact of China so oh well for China ok, hehe
@@stan121midling5 rofl this is funny . Show how ignorant and propagandised you pple are. Reality is the opposite of what you said. Just by army count , their army is already double the size of uS military . What is proven is americans can only fight countries smaller n weaker than them and even then still lost to several of them. Many of them wont want to fight the Dragon. not even the Bear.
Farouk Zakaria's assessment of China's internal CPC organisational department and the China-Taiwan unification is not entirely correct. The Shanghai guy is correct. The Chinese can endure difficulties and suffering, they call "eat bitterness" (Google translated 吃苦). But that was their forefathers. Will the new generations, likewise, be able to endure bitterness.
According to the comments, this document appeals exclusively to pro-Chinese and pro-Russian people who hate democracy from the bottom of their hearts and who have an irrational hatred for the US and the West. I haven't seen the documentary yet, but judging by the comments, I think it probably won't be objective.
What type of freedom’s do Taiwan want’s. The freedom to starving or the freedom of been homeless…. Or the freedom that Americans society are having…. Freedom of destruction and freedom of corruptions. Or freedom’s on loosing your job….. your people who wants freedom they must understand that a country with such freedom will never 👎 survive…. Laws and oder are the key 🔑 to successful society…. And a leader has the responsibility of leading the country to great society…. Including economy success. Similar to parents who raise children….. discipline is important to every child….. a house with no discipline will create difunctional children, and parents must discipline their children in a similar way that a government must discipline their citizens for not fallowing the law. Freedom with out oder shouldn’t never happen. It only destroyed the country and the individual’s who’s practicing. Chinese president as doing a great job and he’s examples of how the rest of the world should be running. And Taiwan is part of the Chinese territory and Chinese military forces should control those people. And take Taiwan back by force.
Human civilization led by the West is not failing. It had already failed. We were just lucky to get away with the Cuban missile crisis. Time is running out for humanity.
Lol America is not perfect lacks discipline and a lot of ppl are cry babies and spoiled, but as an immigrant who was damn near born in America came here when I was 2 yrs old I’d rather choose the American way of life than china where there is no individual freedom and the government watches ur every move and every word and it controls what websites u can visit,how many kids u can have and can take everything u owe in an instant if u don’t comply or support the government. U can give me a billion dollars it’s useless if I don’t have actual freedom.
I guess that this is the kind of question almost no one in the west asks. This video also fails to show how the US government uses brute force against its own citizens when they engage on some serious threatening activities such as independent journalism or broad protests such as the occupy movement.
Come on! That Taiwan interviewee even couldnt make an complete statement… Why people think different can't not be in one country? If that applies to the world, what chaos could it cause?
I do not agree that this is a balanced report. As I live for 25 years in Asia and do business with China and Taiwan, the balance is that the majority is seeking to prolong the status quo and unification when the time is right. Nothing can stop that.
Please kindly be noted: 1\ Taiwan and Ukraine is different cases. Ukraine is a sovereign state but Taiwan is not. Before 1949, Republic of China was a the state wherein China National Party and Communist Party of China were two comrade parties working together overthow the feudalist Qing Dynasty. During the revolution, China National Party stabbed the CPC from behind and embraced landords and Western government, thus the two former brother parties became enemy. Anyway, in the time of contension, China National Party was thereafter the ruling party was later defeated andfled to Taiwai Province. Anyway, as a result of many decades of close relations with US government, US has been successful preventing CPC from recovering Taiwan. Later on, China National Party's ROC government on behalf of China in UN was deposed and replaced by Mainland's CPC government of PRC. Mark this, UN affirms PRC is the sovoreign representative of China and Taiwan is an integral part of China. Though US double handed for its own interest, USA government also accepted this principle. 2\ Mainland Chinese has always cherished Taiwanese as own sisters and brothers, therefore peaceful reunification with Taiwan has always been PRC's preferred solution. Anyway, with so many years estrangement and political profiteering and manuvring, Taiwanese tends to reach for their independence. In a legal perspective, this demands a referendum by all Chinese, not just Taiwanese. At present, this will come to nothing. 3\ The worsening situation makes peaceful reunification very unlikely, but reunification by force will infflict huge damages and injuries to Taiwan. This is why PRC government has been indecisive for past 20 some years. However, as more and more Taiwanese pivot to independence, PRC government and its army and people needn't cherish this brotherhood. 4\ Further to the current Ukrain war, everybody see how West are taking advantage of Ukraine just to weaken Russia. As for Taiwan, as a province of China, no Chinese political party dare to reounce its sovereinty, most Chinese will spare no effort or cost to recover our own land in face of imminent foreign occupation or declaration of independence of Taiwan. Chinese people treasure land, esp. our own land. Chinese people may be not good at grabbing other people's land, but we will die for safeguarding of our own land. 5\ Those Taiwanese who don't want to be Chinese can well emigrate to antwhere, e.g. America, for their own good. Those Taiwanese who stay and stand for independence, for Chinese they are traitors, will be crushed with no mercy. ------This an ordinary Chinese feelings regarding Taiwan. We mean no hurt and evil, just in light of our instinct. Take care of 01-07-2022 and good luck!
@@user-pp9pu6qo7j brother no one in the world takes the un seriously anymore, especially after their mismanagement and pandering to the ccp in the early days of the pandemic, Communist china and the uns stock has never been lower. The us is in bad shape right now as well but our leadership is subject to change and will soon.
I find this presentation objectionable, as follows: 1. The young lady from Taiwan is articulate. She makes the case that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have drifted apart in culture, tradition and value system over the decades. As such, the Chinese people in Taiwan no longer regard themselves as Chinese, rather, as separate people independent from China. This argument is ludicrous. The Chinese civilization goes back at least 4,000 years. A few decades is a blip in the continuum. In 221 BC, the Qin emperor conquered 6 other feudal states and united China as one people sharing a common government and civilization. Over 2 millennia, the Chinese people have stuck together through thick and thin. All Chinese should be proud of our enduring unity. Unity and harmony are in the DNA of the Chinese people. In contrast, conflicts, chaos and divisiveness are in the DNA of peoples in the west. 2. Taiwan's estrangement from China is a direct result of the turmoil pressed upon China by the imperial and colonial powers from the west and Japan from mid 18th century to mid 20th century. The last thing we need now is for the west to weigh in on how China should resolve this estrangement. It's akin to setting your neighbor's house on fire and then lecturing them on how they should put out the fire. Lordy, lordy! Some folks just know no shame. 3. Have you ever wondered why we don't see think-tanks and journalists from China weighing in on the merits of the Catalonian independence movement, the Quebec sovereignty movement or Scottish independence? That's because China respects other countries' rights to deal with their internal affairs. It's none of China's business. And, China does not pretend to own the best ideas and values that others must follow. Why can't the west extend the same respect and reciprocate? Clearly, the west has problems aplenty, perhaps they should work on those instead of sticking their noses into other countries' affairs. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how many of these videos are propagated in the media, and what these "experts" espouse, it won't change China's instinct, yearning and aspiration to unify the county one iota.
China and Taiwan are technically still at war and have been pursing similar gaols, i.e the reunification of these two separate entities under one single ideology, may the winner win. What if Taiwan was much stronger and had hypersonic missiles and nuclear bombs that China doesn't have. Would the West have a different stance in that case and they've always backed Taiwan's goal of re unifying with China by overtaking China by force if necessary. I know, it sounds like fantasy that Taiwan can ever achieve their goal, but it's a goal they're willing to abandon when they realise they will have to embrace the mainland China ideology which they could have negotiated with to obtain a Hong kong style autonomy with certain bounds. But that's the price to pay when you're loser in a war, right ? Look at Japan which had to swallow the Plazza accords and abandon their ambition whenever the top dog ordered them to.
Taiwan embracing China is not such far fetched as you think. You assume that Taiwan was a bastion of democracy when it was a very authoritarian form of government much like the CPC led mainland till the late 90s. They had much in common before and even now. The China of today is far distant from the China of the 70s, or even to the late 90s. Aside from that the taiwanese people still have relatives in the mainland. Over 2 million live, work and study in the mainland. If you read western media, it seemed like the Taiwan Strait is about to explode from a tense and ticking time bomb situation. But the truth is without the US egging the present separatist taiwan administration, it would have just remained in the status quo.
@@rap3208 You are absolutely correct. The problem lies with the main instigator the US just like the current conflict in Europe. Continue to supply heavy weaponry to a proxy country and without diplomatic solution, the war will keep on going for years. The people from this proxy country will only suffer and not those instigators (US & NATO) who are rich and militarily strong.
And the Plaza Accord is the primary reason for Japans 30 year stagnant economy, all because it was poised to exceed US gdp on a capita basis. The US likes to promote the idea that competition is good (usually when they have an unassailable lead) but the reality is for all to see in this cold war with China.
America was founded on slavery and genocide, America want Chinese to use force to take back Taiwan , America since 1776 only 20 years didn't attack other countries, they are war addict.
Thank you, Russia, for what you are doing in fighting Atlantic terrorism at the Ukraine Stadium. All countries and peoples wish you victory and call you, even those client countries of the NATO, their people are with you.
Ummm. Not so much. The "West", those countries which value freedom, are horrified by what Russia is doing in Ukraine and are appalled by the suffering they have caused the Ukrainian people. My impression is that sympathy for the Ukrainians is extremely high in the West. Personally, knowing that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be catastrophic for all parties, I hoped that Anthony Blinken would at least compromise on at least one of the demands which Russia made, i.e., to not admit Ukraine to NATO and to commit to never letting Ukraine ascend to NATO membership. That would leave Ukraine in a weak state vis-a-vis Russia but perhaps some arrangement could be made to guarantee Ukraine's soverighnty. Maybe that would have averted this awful war. But Russia made 2 other demands which NATO could not accept as they were frankly unreasonable. I'm speaking of, for example, that NATO withdraw all NATO military presence and infrastructure back to the boundaries of the original 12 members. NATO has never planned to invade Russia, for God's sake, but Russia would be given a big advantage if NATO withdrew its forces while Russia did not.
@@DorianLS the news saying something doesnt speak for all of us. most working people i know are ready for european hegemony to end. we see they have no plans on letting poverty get better or investing into other countries so that they can get out of the "developing" category before the next 100 years - yes thats a real thing eurocentric countries actually do, try to keep other countries down instead of building them up. our leaders/rich people cant even do capitalism right lmfao. they think reducing customer pools is how to maintain exponential growth for some reason.
@@DorianLS you are one of those people that think only well off eurocentric folks are human beings tho. so your opinion isnt valid about anything anyways..
It's pretty hard just to get through the introduction without my eyes doing somersaults. Democracy last forever? Why would we think so. Russia following the playbook of the US in Iraq and Afghanistan - but it's okay when we do it? Totally delusional.
You know things could have been different for Russia and Ukraine. There for a minute it looked like Russia would join the EU but the United States had other plans.
Russia and Vladimir joining the EU? HAHA. Dude Vladimir hates and threatens Europe constantly all the time. He absolutely hates NATO and thinks NATO is the cause of all Russian problems when its Russia causing their own problems. Jesus, I dislike what America does but they aren't the source of all problems especially the Ukraine war. Russia should have just coasted off of oil and invested in their people for other jobs to bring back its manufacturing base, expand in technology both software and hardware, invest in hard sciences - work on infrastructure. Instead the Oligarchs take all the natural resources Russia is blessed with to get fat off of. Nah Instead Vladimir looked at history and said - I will be the one to restore Russia to its former glory - I will reunite the old Soviet Union and make it stronger and better! THIS will be my legacy! I will be talked about over the ages of the great phoenix who rose from the ashes and spoked the raging fire that burns within each Russian from today and henceforth! I will be Vladimir Putin the Great! You're smoking the same stuff he is. Paranoid too. Western or allied defense companies from America, Europe, to South Korea thank Putin immensely for all the money they are now receiving Also great real world data on effectiveness or issues of their weapons systems and tactics. At the cost of the average Russian who now has to bleed due to a man who gives zero fucks about them. It is about his legacy. No country has ever seriously considered attacking and invading Russia. He and China could've just relaxed and let the West bicker and fight amongst themselves. Instead he lit a fire and strengthened western unity, military, 😅 and showed exactly why joining NATO is a good idea.
Every superpower country always wanted to invite smaller up coming country. USA 🇺🇸 and Russia 🇷🇺 England always do that. why they across the sea and do what they want.
The director is obviously trying so hard to make the documentary look neutral and objective, however it does not change the fact that this is just another western biased shit. 😀
Thats why i hate it Ip not Chinese but what's makes china bad lol why usa is good Usa invaded iraq Afghanistan Vietnam usa is helping Israel to colonize another nation doing bad stuff all around China leader's just want Taiwan back and they are notwrong us people will never see Taiwan as brothers just as back for them to protect their border's China building and did the biggest fast train system in world they build roads in the far far difficult areas and more big projet to help leverage people lives Usa with its big economy and nearly small fraction of the Chinese population and yet they don't even own free healthcare How that make china bad lol Fuck usa anyway yes its still strong but i support change and Taiwanese should think twice usa will never help you or support you they just see you as protection for borders
$80 Levis may be expensive but if Americans, or entire West, bring back home all their factories in China and their people have jobs, $80 is nothing. It is better to have a job and CHOOSE whether or not to buy something expensive than to NOT have a job (and therefore, NO money) and not be able to afford even a $20, or $10 Levis. They should think like their great grand parents did in the beginning of the Industrial Revolution - HAVING money because of a job to buy expensive goods is better than NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD EVEN cheap goods because of NO Money without a job!
Yes that one or do you prefer to be dominated by a communist party led by one individual that suppressed its people. Learn your history. Look up the definition of communism.
I love my country but I love the world more...... Because I have Roots all over the world.... When the application asks me what race I am.... I think to myself what a ridiculous question they want me to divide myself up every which way.... But I am of the human race..... And we all are...... People need to look at life from that perspective.....
You are what you look(race). Unfortunately in this world, there is no respect of what you think are. Live in reality and don't idealize too much. You could be killed by the color of your skin.
Thanks to NATO, I now know Russia has 27 territories/republics some of whom are thousands of kilometers away from Ukraine and have zero idea what is going on there.
It is undoubtedly China is pursuing their self determination to ensure centuries of humiliation by foreign forces will not repeat or succeed. The world is very complex with different interests and forces, China is building up its strengths to protect the peace and harmony in the region or within the regions that China share the same objectives.
China bullies it’s neighbors Japan South Korea Vietnam India, Taiwan and Philippines all make claims to South China Sea - There is a reason why they have over 127 border disputes even with Russia
You make me laugh. You think China is playing it sweet. It is only one facet. China is starting to show its true face. Look what China is doing to African and other countries that have borrowed money from it.
I prefer that 1500 years ago, every country had its own way of survival and its own characteristics. At most, countries only traded with each other, rather than now, trying to change others
Im not anti-china im anti CCP. If China was a democracy which upheld human rights and strove to better mankind instead of an Authoritarian Oligarchy surviving by promoting the worst impulses of mankind I'd have no problem being 2nd. This is a clash of societies not an economic rivalry or some sort of geopolitical pride at stake. This is deeper than a cold war.
liar, NATO invaded the ukraine ousting the democratically elected government in 2014, while the government where negotiating terms to join the europan union! The russian federation have the consent of their own government! The autonomous states recognised in the minsk accord! And the duly elected president of the ukraine! Crimea they held a referendum to join the federation, then the illegitimate kiev regime perpetrated a crime against humanity/war crime cutting off their water supply. Later recklessly mining the water around their ports! Not even russia is able to assure safe maritime navigation within territorial waters of peaceful south east ukraine.
Nato invaded ukraine in 2014? Wat? Ukrainian people went to protests and pro-russian Ukrainian president who was against joining EU flew the country. Putin didn't like that, that's why he interfered in Ukraine and occupied Crimea with fake referendum and started war in donbass. People in donbass and Crimea were living in Ukraine peacfully from 1991 to 2014. Nato never interfered in Ukraine. They only support ukraine with weapons.
Russia wants only teritory from ukriane and nothing else. Open your eyes! They don't care about anything else. They don't like NATO on their border? Why they don't attack finland then? Nato didn't even guarantee Ukraine anything. Nato respected russian demands, that's why ukriane and Georgia haven't joined nato. It's funny how people are justifying russian invasion of Ukraine and at the same time criticize usa for a war 20 years ago.
The CPC government has promised to carry on with the one-China policy, allowing Taiwan autonomy to govern herself after re-unification. All the CPC government wants is to ensure that Taiwan does not become an unsinkable carrier for the US to mount another nuclear missile base to threaten China. Taiwan will have more to gain to take China's offer of peaceful reunification which is 100% better than the US offer of military aid. If Taiwan can't see this obvious advantage, Taiwan is stupid. If they don't realise that in the case of HK, the violent protests were a colour revolution organised by the CIA's covert arm, the NED and that the violent uprising of the students have resulted in HK's loss, they are even stupider. Take a lesson from HK and do not play into the hands of the West! Reunify with China peacefully for your own sake and to prevent WW3! The West has only one objective - to contain/destroy China and to use Taiwan to fight a proxy war on their behalf, like they are using Ukraine to fight a proxy war with Russia. As you can see, they refuse to put troops into Ukraine and only supply obsolete weapons and weapons which the Ukranians can't use to 'defend' Ukraine. Don't fall into the West's trap! Don't be used as a proxy as only Taiwanese and Chinese people will die. Why should Chinese people (most Taiwanese are also ethnic Chinese) kill each other to gladden the West? Taiwan wake up and don't fall into their trap! They have demonised China but you already benefit from trading with China and 2 million of you make a living by working in China! Why destroy your peaceful and beneficial relationship with China to help the West destroy your erstwhile benefactor?
Unfortunately, the world's media are dominated by the West which demonizes China and fund NGOs to talk about freedom, independence and divisive issues. US wants Taiwan to fight a proxy war using US's expensive weapons, with Taiwan and China paying a high price in lives.
@@stan121midling5 How idiotic you are! Taiwan is a tiny island, 1/25 the size of Ukraine. China has a land mass thousands of times bigger than Taiwan. It is only important to China for 2 reasons - preserve her sovereignty, territorial intergrity and security and to prevent the US from using Taiwan as an unsinkable carrier mounted with nuclear missiles.
