Lots of disinformation in your post. Perhaps due to long periods of CCP brainwashing?
As long as you speak the Chinese language and you write using Han characters, and you benefitted from when Jiang Jie Shi ran with the entire treasury of China over to Taiwan, you ARE Chinese.
You're confusing culture with politics. It's like saying that Austrians and Germans both speak German, therkefore they should be one single country. Last time the Germans tried that they ended up worse off than before.
It's nothing less than cultural bigotry to hold this over the Taiwanese's head as rationale for reunification.
Also remember that when CKS took over Taiwan, he systematically stripped Taiwan's industrial infrastructure (built by the Japanese), and shipped them off to the Mainland to fight his war with the commies. When he took the KMT treasury with him to Taiwan, I say he's paying the bills.
It is disgusting to see you try to justify the Japanese invasion of many Asian countries by saying they didn't destroy your country. Isn't it bad enough that your country was invaded? Isn't it bad enough that the Taiwanese government was turned into a puppet? Have you no respect for your culture?
I don't see him justifying the invasion. He's comparing the relative merits of the two occupying regimes.
As long as the Taiwan elite claim Chinese traditional art, Chinese traditional calligraphy, and the entire former treasury of China pre-1949, Taiwan IS part of China.
See point above. Besides, the Chinese already threw away their traditional characters by going simplified. Much of their traditional culture was wiped out during the cultural revolution. They should thank the Taiwanese for preserving their cherished Han culture for them.
Taiwan was an under-developed island of farmers before the Mainland Chinese came; now with the help of Jiang Jie Shi delivering the entire treasury of mainland China in 1949, you're a leading economic power.
At the end of WWII, Taiwan has the best industrial infrastructure in Asia outside Japan. As for the KMT treasury, see above.
Just to top it off, keep in mind that over HALF of the Taiwan populace supports re-unification. The Taiwanese constitution itself has the goal of reunification with the Mainland in it.
Don't you mean UNDER half? And we all know about the constitution issue. The Taiwanese would happily solve that problem for you if only Beijing would drop its threats.
This guy's been going on about the same thing for a while now. Never mind that Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, and PRC all lay claims to and maintain military presence on the islands.
Although posing as AC lends little scrutiny as to the history of his posts, it's safe to say that you can find a lot of his dupe posts here and elsewhere.
Well, he's taking the position that Taiwan is a willing accomplice in the butchering and subjugating of Tibet because the ROC (Taiwan) government officially recognizes Tibet as part of China. This of course does not take into account that changing the ROC constitution to remedy the situation may doom the island to a pile of radioactive rubble. And for that the U.S. should sever ties to the island and leave them to fend for themselves against the largest army in the world, the same army who subjegated his beloved Tibet. Yes lots of tin foil hat stuff on that website but since I can't believe anyone intelligent could take that seriously, or be so mean spirited to a loyal American ally, I'm inclined to call Troll. He deserves it.
Most Taiwanese view this as harmless cosplay. So it's ok to want to dress up as a Chinese general, but not a Japanese samurai? It's not as if he's wearing swatstikas on his arms and stuff. Unlike many Chinese nationalists, the Taiwanese do enjoy Japanese pop culture.
It's easier for the Mainlanders to spout the CCP propaganda than it is for the Taiwanese to swallow it, considering that any battle will largely be fought on the island of Taiwan. It's easy to believe in Manifest Destiny as long as your home won't be wrecked in the process.
This Troll has been particularly busy lately whenever the question of Tibet/China/Taiwan pops up and spouting the same old garbage. We should all just ignore him.
I HAVE gotten caught, just a few weeks ago, by BayTSP. So I have tempted fate, and got my comeuppance. I don't know about you, but I'm staying low for now. No need for lightning to strike twice.
Yet this is also troubling. It could be argued that the multitudes populating the planet have no ability and/or the inclination to do R&D. Some folks just aren't good with "book knowledge". What will happen to them?
There might be something unhealthy in too much automation. Remember the old episodes of Jetsons when George comes home complaining of buttons he pressed all day? We think it's funny, and even longed after a dream job like that, farfetched as it may have been. Well guess what many of us are doing nowadays? I wouldn't exactly call myself healthy. I press buttons all day, and still become dead tired by the time I get home. If we're heading further down in that direction I shudder to think what might happen to our society.
More desperate name calling by an AC nutjob. You give liberals a bad name by loving Tibet so much you forget who your real friends are. Direct your hate-mongering vitrol elsewhere. This topic is old, let it die.
You're just parroting the article, which takes common knowledge and twists them to fit the author's political aims.
As for your comments:
1) Plenty of other countries in the area claim the spratly islands, as you have said. Nothing new here.
2) So has Hong Kong and hordes of western democracies.
3) That's where the jobs are, duh.
4) We already know why Taiwan has to do this. Your attampt to twist this to fit your political view will not work.
No doubt you'd like the now-democratic Taiwan to be swallowed whole by the same totatalitarian government you claim to hate. But that's ok because it's not your pet cause.
*Taiwan's own constitution calls for eventual reunification of the mainland!*
That's because as soon as the Taiwanese change that, Beijing would declare war. Washington has also warned Taipei not to do so, most recently by Colin Powell during a visit to Beijing, saying that Taiwan is not a soverign country.
Most Taiwanese would tell you that they'd like to be left alone by Beijing.
Most Taiwanese would love to amend their constitution to relinquish ownership claim of Chinese Mainland, Tibet, and (gasp) Mongolia. But under threat of war from Beijing and warnings from Washington (most recently by Colin Powell who asserted that Taiwan is not a soverign country), that old dinosaur constitution will just have to remain unchanged for now.
By the way the Taiwanese have great relationship with Dalai Lama, who happened visit the island a few times, to the great annoyance of Beijing.
That website is created by a clueless idiot, possibly in the pay of the CCP.
Slashdot Mirror
1) "doesn't have internet on it", or ....
2) "doesn't run the internet", or
3) "doesn't have email", or
... yada yada yada
etc
I think if I take my Porter-Cable with Titanium-carbide bit against your Juniper Terabit, my Porter-Cable will win the battle.
Porter Cable, definitely. Everything's made to be compatible to their stuff, including Dewalt.
And now you regret signing up for the "Hot Latina Anal Action" website.
I can get that burning capacitor smell from my PC just fine, thank you.
As long as you speak the Chinese language and you write using Han characters, and you benefitted from when Jiang Jie Shi ran with the entire treasury of China over to Taiwan, you ARE Chinese.
You're confusing culture with politics. It's like saying that Austrians and Germans both speak German, therkefore they should be one single country. Last time the Germans tried that they ended up worse off than before.
It's nothing less than cultural bigotry to hold this over the Taiwanese's head as rationale for reunification.
Also remember that when CKS took over Taiwan, he systematically stripped Taiwan's industrial infrastructure (built by the Japanese), and shipped them off to the Mainland to fight his war with the commies. When he took the KMT treasury with him to Taiwan, I say he's paying the bills.
It is disgusting to see you try to justify the Japanese invasion of many Asian countries by saying they didn't destroy your country. Isn't it bad enough that your country was invaded? Isn't it bad enough that the Taiwanese government was turned into a puppet? Have you no respect for your culture?
I don't see him justifying the invasion. He's comparing the relative merits of the two occupying regimes.
As long as the Taiwan elite claim Chinese traditional art, Chinese traditional calligraphy, and the entire former treasury of China pre-1949, Taiwan IS part of China.
See point above. Besides, the Chinese already threw away their traditional characters by going simplified. Much of their traditional culture was wiped out during the cultural revolution. They should thank the Taiwanese for preserving their cherished Han culture for them.
Taiwan was an under-developed island of farmers before the Mainland Chinese came; now with the help of Jiang Jie Shi delivering the entire treasury of mainland China in 1949, you're a leading economic power.
At the end of WWII, Taiwan has the best industrial infrastructure in Asia outside Japan. As for the KMT treasury, see above.
Just to top it off, keep in mind that over HALF of the Taiwan populace supports re-unification. The Taiwanese constitution itself has the goal of reunification with the Mainland in it.
Don't you mean UNDER half? And we all know about the constitution issue. The Taiwanese would happily solve that problem for you if only Beijing would drop its threats.
Although posing as AC lends little scrutiny as to the history of his posts, it's safe to say that you can find a lot of his dupe posts here and elsewhere.
Well, he's taking the position that Taiwan is a willing accomplice in the butchering and subjugating of Tibet because the ROC (Taiwan) government officially recognizes Tibet as part of China. This of course does not take into account that changing the ROC constitution to remedy the situation may doom the island to a pile of radioactive rubble. And for that the U.S. should sever ties to the island and leave them to fend for themselves against the largest army in the world, the same army who subjegated his beloved Tibet. Yes lots of tin foil hat stuff on that website but since I can't believe anyone intelligent could take that seriously, or be so mean spirited to a loyal American ally, I'm inclined to call Troll. He deserves it.
Most Taiwanese view this as harmless cosplay. So it's ok to want to dress up as a Chinese general, but not a Japanese samurai? It's not as if he's wearing swatstikas on his arms and stuff. Unlike many Chinese nationalists, the Taiwanese do enjoy Japanese pop culture.
It's easier for the Mainlanders to spout the CCP propaganda than it is for the Taiwanese to swallow it, considering that any battle will largely be fought on the island of Taiwan. It's easy to believe in Manifest Destiny as long as your home won't be wrecked in the process.
This Troll has been particularly busy lately whenever the question of Tibet/China/Taiwan pops up and spouting the same old garbage. We should all just ignore him.
Hello Troll, so we meet again. Still spouting the same old garbage huh?
Probably the same troll who posted this
I HAVE gotten caught, just a few weeks ago, by BayTSP. So I have tempted fate, and got my comeuppance. I don't know about you, but I'm staying low for now. No need for lightning to strike twice.
Yes so let's all tempt fate.
You know and I know. But the judge and jury don't.
Yet this is also troubling. It could be argued that the multitudes populating the planet have no ability and/or the inclination to do R&D. Some folks just aren't good with "book knowledge". What will happen to them?
Construction jobs cannot be outsourced. Maybe we'll all end up surviving by remodeling each other's houses.
There might be something unhealthy in too much automation. Remember the old episodes of Jetsons when George comes home complaining of buttons he pressed all day? We think it's funny, and even longed after a dream job like that, farfetched as it may have been. Well guess what many of us are doing nowadays? I wouldn't exactly call myself healthy. I press buttons all day, and still become dead tired by the time I get home. If we're heading further down in that direction I shudder to think what might happen to our society.
Troll.
As for your comments:
1) Plenty of other countries in the area claim the spratly islands, as you have said. Nothing new here.
2) So has Hong Kong and hordes of western democracies.
3) That's where the jobs are, duh.
4) We already know why Taiwan has to do this. Your attampt to twist this to fit your political view will not work.
No doubt you'd like the now-democratic Taiwan to be swallowed whole by the same totatalitarian government you claim to hate. But that's ok because it's not your pet cause.
As proof of Dalai Lama's close ties with Taiwan: http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/03 /30/dalailama.taiwan/index.html
There is much more information from credible news sources to refute your source: a hack reporter with his website.
As long as you post as AC or resort to name calling we'll assume you're a nutjob or in the pay of CCP.
That's because as soon as the Taiwanese change that, Beijing would declare war. Washington has also warned Taipei not to do so, most recently by Colin Powell during a visit to Beijing, saying that Taiwan is not a soverign country.
Most Taiwanese would tell you that they'd like to be left alone by Beijing.
By the way the Taiwanese have great relationship with Dalai Lama, who happened visit the island a few times, to the great annoyance of Beijing.
That website is created by a clueless idiot, possibly in the pay of the CCP.
Like how Microsoft was sued for giving away IE?
Don't you know that your fingers fall off if you touch yourself?