A Super Quick History of China

Main Sources:
“A Short History of China: From Ancient Dynasties to Economic Powerhouse” (2013) by Gordon Kerr, Pocket Essentials, Harpenden, UK.
“The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850-2009” (2009) by Jonathan Fenby, Penguin Books, London.
“Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors” (2008) by Ann Paludan, Thames & Hudson, London.
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[@cheapaoe]

0:17 Taiwan is not a part of china

[@notJaybutZay]

What's the official name of Taiwan？ Republic of China, is't it? The People's Republic of China is a part history of China, so does Taiwan. This is taking about a quick history of China, not history of PRC or ROC. Be careful with your glass heart.

[@user-zj7iv6xv5o]

​@@notJaybutZay TAIWAN IS NOT A PART OF CHINA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UK = USA ??????????????????????? Australia = New Zeeland ????????? ROK = DPRK ?????????????

[@notJaybutZay]

@@user-zj7iv6xv5o If this is about the history of the Korean Peninsula, of course, North Korea and South Korea have to discuss it together. ROK and DPRK are both parts of Korea. What's the problem? This is not a question of whether Taiwan is part of the PRC. It's the whole story of China's history. The Republic of China is also part of China's history, isn't it?

[@user-zj7iv6xv5o]

@@notJaybutZay IF Taiwan is China , ok , then UK is USA , ROK is DPRK , you mean this ?

[@user-sl6pw5mc3g]

@@notJaybutZay In fact, if you delve into the history books, China already said that Taiwan was not a part of China and should belong to Japan during the Kangxi period. Second, Taiwan has already become diversified, which is not the same as PRC. Already have the cultural differences.Third, if it is about Chinese history, I would like to ask if the Yuan Dynasty attacked and occupied the East Europe like Ukraine and Central Asia, does the country like Ukraine and the country in Central Asia now belong to China?It is all a part of Chinese history,isn’t it?

[@brainstormhk190]

I saw your video of belgium and the first thing that I saw was your amount of subscribers and I was like... this cant be real, this man deserves more

[@hadi8699]

I agree

[@pendrewluo8327]

As a Chinese, your video is very accurate and outstanding!👍👍👍Video Liked

[@reeceperry8152]

Thanks for quickly, neatly, and accurately summarizing what would've been an hour or two of study.

[@oogalook]

Your content quality is excellent. Hang in there, the algorithm will eventually catch on.

[@codysanders5894]

How are you not super famous?!?!?! These videos are AMAZING!

[@kilinw]

0:17 I’m not expecting everyone to understand the relationship between Taiwan and China. But as a Taiwanese. I need to say that Taiwan is not part of China. We have our own land, people, currency, military, law and president. China doesn’t control any part of Taiwan. Base on facts, China claim that Taiwan is part of them is TOTALLY WRONG. Hope you understand.

[@user-zj7iv6xv5o]

Yes you r right !!! China never rule Taiwan from 1895 Today's China established in 1949 , and they also never rule Taiwan from 1949

[@aii_penguin9096]

curious how your password says republic of china

[@kilinw]

@@aii_penguin9096 you mean passport right? Do you know Republic of Guinea and Republic of Guinea-Bissau? Do you know Republic of the Sudan and Republic of the South Sudan? Do you know Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo? We have similar name due to historical issue. But we have different governments. But your question is on point actually. Nobody know or even care about this booger size country. So having such similar name as China do bothering us from staying away from China. Because of this, there are actually huge part of people that want to change the official country name to Taiwan. And China don't like this because we are "The part of China" in their dreams lol.

[@KingVermilion]

Easier to say, two Chinas fight in war, one lose and run to island but still claim big land. Big land claim island. Both are China with different land size and ideology, same history, same ethnic group and so on. But in the end, BOTH ARE CHINA. Again, one is communist and the other Nationalist.

[@kilinw]

@@KingVermilion That’s like 70 years ago. Things are different now. Government and new generations no longer think they are China nor Chinese anymore. Taiwan are trying to be themself. But under the pressure from China. Any huge political actions could made China starts a war. So we can’t do anything but maintain this ambiguous situation. It’s pretty hilarious. 70years ago We want to be China but we can’t Now We don’t want to be China but we can’t

[@UnclePutte]

Excellent, as usual. I genuinely felt a lurch of sympathy over the terrible bodycount of China's disasters through the ages. I think that testifies for the quality of narration.

[@chanmeng4370]

Amazing! Very objective and almost covers everything. Like all your videos. I search these for kid but at last I enjoy them.

[@msmity63]

I’ve known you for five minutes but I’d die for you.

[@noaht7000]

I want to help your channel man you make such great videos. Do you get any Ad Rev?

[@MrHistory1]

Not right now - I'm just focusing on making more videos. In the future I'll start taking requests to make what viewers want.

[@noaht7000]

Ok

[@johnyamba5388]

@@MrHistory1 I really love your channel, it is the channel that provides the best history videos 😊💕🔥

[@raaly123]

Thank you so much for this video!!!!!

[@rachelenelow5462]

Love u bro keep going!!

[@margaretlear1388]

Great video hope you’re channel Get’s big

[@margaretlear1388]

Biracial Boy my bad

[@theflaggedyoutuberii4311]

You're channel deserve at least a million subscribers!

[@yeashinhuang8343]

Great videos! But 0:17 map, please revisit. Taiwan is not part of China.

[@Svperiore]

PRC is not part of China. FTFY

[@Svperiore]

@amatrrosivi Are you stupid? All of China belongs to the Republic of China

[@joaquimfurtado4868]

Great episode keep going

[@vijaylaxmitiwari1236]

Great video

[@martinturon4799]

Read up on the Wikipedia page of Unit 731. Things the Japanese have done in China, it’s beyond cruelty.

[@oneartsychick1]

very useful!!

[@arjunsinha4845]

Where did you get all of these knowledge?

[@mrblazackin.1559]

What's the tune at the beginning called

[@Unintelligentful]

I subbedtoyou because your videos are too informative for this low sub count.

[@marcuslo4836]

your mandarin is surprisingly good, appreciate it(i speak cantonese)

[@e-jthompson6322]

It’s nuts that this guy has over 5.5k subscribers but this vid has barely broken 3k views

[@bucket6386]

you forgot about yuan shikai, would've been nice just to give him a mention but hey great video nonetheless

[@RevertFlovv]

Great video - but no word about Taiwan?

[@BasedChinese1949]

First Dynasty of China is actually Xia Dynasty which lasted from 2080 BC until 1600 BC

[@kikiso3196]

Bit curious why you didn't cover Tibet 🤔

[@seaweed6668]

I really think your channel at least deserved more subscribers and views

[@householdone7559]

With so many people shouting - how did china get so powerful economically... you say it.. the west sent all their production there.

[@joelfigurado833]

but you didnot tell about sino soviet war

[@Richy0326]

Whatever the future holds for China, let's hope it's a future with Pandas in it.

[@mafiagamesnf3280]

Great videos, please make one for india and usa

[@mlwee6796]

5k years of civilization, they were already building palaces for the emperors then...simply amazing

[@uriels4097]

6:26 I was shocked by the numbers, but it's true, it's estimate to between 20 million and 70 million lives. WTF!!!!!

[@Guangdong_Mapper_Backup]

The first dynasty is xia dynasty

[@catrinawang4929]

A few clarifications: During the Ming dynasty, China fought a war in Korea to repel a Japanese invasion. This was known as the Imjin War. Korea was a protectorate at the time and had requested aid, and it would have undermined China’s influence in the region to refuse even though the Ming dynasty itself was financially stretched. Second, technological advancement continued in the Ming but without the massive infusion of colonial wealth experienced by Europe. Spanish silver poured into China in exchange for tea, silk, porcelain, but China itself never controlled the silver mines. This created significant economic gyrations that ultimately weakened both dynasties. Third, an important reason the Ming withdrew from state backing of maritime trade was the perception that a preceding dynasty, the Song, had been hobbled by factional conflict between different merchant groups making their profits overseas. The Ming wanted to curb the power of these merchants.

[@lugd441]

+1M social credits

[@robertgreene2621]

Start selling Merchandise Mr. History! Teespring!

[@tntfragz1945]

To stop the argument Taiwan has a democratic and self governance goverment but Mainland China claims to control Taiwan as a province just with a very great amount of autonomy. If you see only 15 countries out of 195 recognize taiwan as an independant state so you choose if its seperate or not im just stating facts.

[@EvilDavid94]

Well, the fact is Taiwan has its own government. Just stating the fact.

[@NBrioDaZueraRules]

@@EvilDavid94 then why isn't everyone complaining about his video on georgia showing abkhazia and south ossetia as a part of georgia?

[@EvilDavid94]

@@NBrioDaZueraRules Then you should start it up. Not everyone understands the history of other countries, correct?

[@NBrioDaZueraRules]

@@EvilDavid94 then why are you complaining about him adding taiwan as a part of china?

[@EvilDavid94]

@@NBrioDaZueraRules If you have better understanding of the situation, why not share to the others. Raise the awareness of the situation, bring it to the table, and we will have a bigger picture of the situation.

[@el_chico1313]

u forget to mention the fire nation attacking the air nomads... xD

[@piripiripampam]

I'm sorry but Taiwan is not part of China. Don't include them in the map with the same color

[@binbasesatoktayyldran5236]

They have the same history tho don't you guys get why he did that?

[@wankawanka3053]

But they are the same people but with different mindsets

[@hei1048]

True

[@PurpleDoritos666]

China number 1

[@maria369]

You do make some mistakes, after all you're only human but i love you regardless ❤️❤️❤️

[@HW-sw5gb]

To everyone saying Taiwan isn’t a part of China, yea it 100% is. Ask the government in Taiwan itself. Both the Chinese and Taiwanese government officially claim Taiwan is a province of China. The only difference in their perspective is who should lead China. The ROC and PRC both claim to be the rightful government of all of China. Imagine if there was a Civil War in the US and one side was left only holding Hawaii. But both sides still claimed to be the rightful US government and President.

[@JohnDoe-em2xd]

Correct. I also do not understand why this is so hard to understand for some people. One country with two existing governments which hold different parts of the country.

[@iampetz]

@@JohnDoe-em2xd Because most arguing are not Chinese and have only been taught the very simplified Western version.

[@sakanoho9092]

@@iampetz exactly your point represents the whole internet

[@HW-sw5gb]

@Trevor Only if Australia also claimed to be the legitimate government of the UK and fought a civil war over it. It’s more like if the White Russian forces during the Russian Civil War had a hold out in Siberia

[@BasedChinese1949]

I am proud Chinese which my country has the best history, my country is very famous because of its history and culture 🇨🇳🇨🇳🗿🗿💪💪

[@NunyaBusiness_1993]

Yet here you are breaking your country’s law by using a VPN to access KZbin. How patriotic.

[@smoothbeak]

More Confucius, less Mao.

[@takeshi_fluffy]

Do North Korea 가 자

[@user-ng9fo4rm3h]

Love from China！Taiwan is a part of China！

[@tvbox66]

yes taiwan is part of republic of china

[@xtraordinarynetheriteingot2690]

I’m Neutral over China🇨🇳

[@Alexkiszl]

Love China from Hungary!, I Love their History! 🇭🇺❤🇨🇳

[@raysonraypay5885]

Thank God for 0.75 speed XD

[@CroatiaBall273]

#bringbackchinesedemocracy

[@andreiiiksavvv6054]

2:30 kingdom fans rise up

[@kingohfrfrerqewffsa3335]

maps 0:17

[@jhes52105]

0:17 Make you facts right, stop misleading people with wrong information, Mr. “History”.

[@tvbox66]

what do you mean prc and roc are both china

[@urimsylejmani4607]

Make a n episode on Kosovo

[@khannnnnn1471]

Starting is not so0 goo0d

[@c4nn0n43]

Your history needs to be reread

[@user-sn3vu5kz6r]

Taiwan is Taiwan, not part of China .

[@tvbox66]

no it is not it is controlled by republic of china

[@user-gs6hk8sr8l]

Taiwan province is a part of China,u know?😅😅😅

[@aldrickbanks3455]

Its very strange that people from Taiwan province don't want to speak their regime name "republic of china". You can say what you would like to fight for. But before you actually get it, which i doubt you can, refuting the fact is even more miserable. It is a regime name that is not recognized by the world, simple as that. But as long as it is printed on your id card and passport, you cannot deny it. Though i am pure pro democracy, i don't like fabricating history.

[@coconuttreez]

Maps are wrong, Taiwan is not part of China

[@KingVermilion]

Not in the eyes of the UN

[@tvbox66]

taiwan is a part of rebubic of china there is two chinas and zero chinas

[@Cano644]

-9999999999999 social credit

[@user-hg2fu2zy4n]

Of course part of China

[@FartBox_BeatBox]

Everyone knows western Taiwan is mostly irrelevant, at least militarily. Eastern Taiwan has the strongest ally the world has ever seen.

[@SunShaoGang]

做點功課再來教別人歷史吧

[@fancyturtle647]

0:17 1000000+ social credit😁🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@Exwardo]

8:15 -100000 million social credit 🇨🇳😡😡😡❌❌❌❌

[@jimjim7608]

stupid video. too much detail, without generalization and summary

[@Exwardo]

Go read Wikipedia then

[@user-jr2fe4fv4q]

This video is wrong