Interesting Maps of China That Teach You About The Country

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[@General.Knowledge]

Which other countries should I do this for?

[@Germ_f]

maybe Russia?

[@smarteasylearningalmanejaz6204]

2nd

[@igorsmihailovs52]

Actually Ukraine would be very interesting, but oh boy how controversial it could become 8-]

[@igorsmihailovs52]

Also, DR Congo! Very diverse country.

[@dreadnought2508]

I agree, Russia has a very interesting and massive geography to analize. In addition i believe that there are several less known ethnicities within it´s borders.

[@moldveien1515]

For the religion part its important to mention that the native chinese folk religions are often Not mutually exclusive with other faiths. Often buddhism is combined into it, taoism aswell, one must take into account that polytheism often has a very diffrent view compared to abrahamic religions.

[@jasonquigley2633]

Almost all Chinese that are not Atheist, Christian or Muslim are to some degree or another Buddhist, so most of china's population is Buddhist, not a minority.

[@rickr9435]

yeah, my home in china has a shrine with 3 layers for 3 different religions.

[@moldveien1515]

@@rickr9435 saw the same during my trip in Taiwan might be Mazu in one shrine and a relic from a buddhist monk on another within the same temple/shrine

[@zheyanbai5824]

@@jasonquigley2633 In practice, if you don’t stress which religious ceremony you would use when you are dead and to be buried, we usually use Taoist ceremony.

[@jayantkamble6082]

@@kalpajyotibhattacharjee5058 Actually, Hinduism is consist of brahminical shade of Indian folk religion and Vedic tradition, which make it polytheist but actually Hinduism or Vedas believe in supreme creator and another semi divine. In same way, Buddhism has been made polytheist by mixing with local animism. For instance, Folk Nat worship of Myanmar mixed with Teravada Buddhism.

[@LorrTube]

0,34% of the population being catholic might sound smale, but in China numbers that is nearly 5 million people.

[@davidnoverca1371]

and all are being persecuted... communism sucks...

[@simonjames9481]

Some sources says that the Christians in China are more than 80 Million people

[@vatsalsrivastav5195]

@@davidnoverca1371 that isn't really "communism" that is "communism in hands of wrong and ruthless leaders"

[@booaks2980]

@@davidnoverca1371 oh look another person relating Chinese people to the governing system, what an ignorant

[@aman_01ahmad33]

@@davidnoverca1371 You are right. The government is mentally and physically torturing them as well as the muslim minority i.e. the uighurs and holding them in custody against their will

[@werren894]

it's so hard trying to understand china when everyone on the internet is selling politic and stereotype

[@ReirtoRRNTX]

Yeah

[@nehcooahnait7827]

And misinformation lol. So many wrong or outdated maps. Dude thinks something from the 80s still works for 2020s’ China.

[@Minamee9]

It's simply best to learn their language and either visit the country or jump into their side of internet. That is if you want authentic on-the-ground experiences.

[@Daniel-sx6lr]

As a college student in China, it is also very confusing. China has over 5000 years of history and 1.4 billions of people and like video mentioned a crazy-size of land. It is so complex in every way : politics, food , religion even the way we talk varies from regions. The things video mentioned are only partially correct. It's nice to keep critical thinking and be alert to all the propaganda. China and CCP isn't perfect but we are trying to be better.

[@werren894]

@@Daniel-sx6lr do you think India is not older than you? your enemy is Arab and takes the western part of you back, probably do war with Turks, why goes to the southeast? the funny thing is that you are a coward but shame to admit, choosing a broken german ideology is the opposite of your goal it's even killing your identity, perhaps separate all of it into a different country?

[@nightmagister]

Very interesting video. Hoping this "series" continues to other huge countries such as Russia, Australia, Brazil and India.

[@johnhawkins5314]

I feel like countries with some degree of separatism movements would be interesting too. UK (my home), Spain and Morocco come to mind, but any other ideas are welcome. :)

[@michaeldelisieux]

@Cristian I Speaking about these countries ( and just having watched this video about China) it makes even more evident, the " miracle" that Brazil is, with its vast territory and huge population unified from North to South with one only main idiom and the " unity" of its population of compared with sizable countries like China and Russia, for example. Will wait ( anxiously) for the realization of your suggestion by General Knowledge! Cheers!

[@MisterPyOne]

Well only South Afrika left to complete BRICS

[@edgarlemus358]

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[@jorgeabrahamhernandez1209]

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[@jml732]

China and India are definitely underrated within the fields of geography. ... It's always Europe and America.

[@alistairt7544]

I completely agree. I'd love more representation from non-Western countries. It's equally fascinating!

[@General.Knowledge]

I think the next video of this type will be about India, it's such a vast country that I honestly don't know enough about

[@GhostXRizz]

@@General.Knowledge thanks !

[@meawwow]

@@General.Knowledge if you do make a video about India, or even study our country. . I'd say view it like you would view EU. That's the reason the British named it a subcontinent

[@tupolevi]

Today india is just an artificial country created by the British, whereas China's geography and history is a self propelling development by her own through the changing of time, circumstances and contributing factors such as wars & conquests, Chinese culture & Confucianism philosophy, Chinese civilization influential & power, and lastly her own never ending self adaptation and self evolutions ability. In short, india map is created by the British whereas China is by her own.

[@ryebreadthewhite3392]

“China is a big country, home to many Chinese” -Charles De Gaulle

[@warren5037]

Yes, the floor is made out of floor

[@based569]

Bruh

[@laocongge]

did he really say that?

[@ryebreadthewhite3392]

@@laocongge yes

[@d.esanchez3351]

I mean hes not wrong. Theres a lot of chinese in China.

[@raymondwen4210]

As someone from China, a big reason why the one timezone system work in China and not say, the U.S. is that nearly all the population lives near Beijing with ±2 hour timezone differences. As such, it doesn't heavily impact the day to day life say it would in the U.S. where there are big cities on both sides of the country

[@bobjones2959]

Question though: why have it at all? What benefits does it bring? Even if it doesn't affect most of the population, what does making everyone in, say, the far west follow Beijing time do to make it a worthwhile pursuit? Asking for real btw, genuinely curious about this.

[@25fpslagger81]

Because CCP doesn't give a fuck about the lives of people living in Xinjiang and Tibet region

[@yisexual6424]

@@bobjones2959 I'd assume it would be easier to use the same time across the entire country, so you'd always be 100% sure. afaik, people in the west of China just wake up "later" and do their things "later"

[@runhongqiu2938]

@@bobjones2959 China once making Multiple time zone, but it make a lot of chaos. To until the country, and making easy just making all in one.

[@raymondwen4210]

@@bobjones2959 in some countries it makes A LOT OF SENSE, like how in the U.S. it would be so difficult for people living in the West coast since it's a 5 hr difference. Now imagine for haiwaii where the timezone is almost 12 hours. It would be starting the day in the midnight. That's why timezone works. Also like Russia where the country is absolutely massive In the case of China, however, it doesn't since nearly all live in the east

[@josueveguilla9069]

Interesting Maps of Russia that teach you about the Country.

[@lionkidmg5125]

Interesting Maps of India that teach you about the Country

[@josueveguilla9069]

@@lionkidmg5125 Yes, please.

[@lionkidmg5125]

@@josueveguilla9069 Interesting Maps of Liechtenstein that teach you about the country

[@ryanvanderveer4263]

That would be interesting

[@save_sudan_and_palestine]

@@lionkidmg5125 The bigger countries have more interesting maps, so Russia, India, Brazil, Australia...

[@dankmemer2542]

thank you for this informative video!

[@TenOrbital]

Population east of the line is more to do with the fertility of the land than the presence of cities. The cities are only there because historically the agricultural surplus of the land could support them.

[@longzhou1752]

And season-wind

[@user-xl5fy4bq1d]

气候，降水，地形

[@sadas3190]

Chicken-egg, fertile land led to settlers which led to cities which led to economics and technology, and the means to support even greater population through immigration from the sparse west.

[@AChapman1997]

I'm very interested in Yunnan and the other southern provinces. They seem to have a distinct culture different from central China

[@Ooilei]

Because for most of it's history, places like Yunnan weren't a part of China, and not many Chinese people settled there until much later

[@xingjianfang5628]

The only province that has a very distinct culture in the south is Yunnan, other provinces you seen marked differently by languages (or I consider them dialects) in this video are actually not much different from the "central China" It's more like a continuum that culture of Guangdong could be much different from the northern province of Hebei, but their cultures are similar to the bordering provinces, and the cultures of the bordering provinces are similar to their bordering provinces, thus we got very different cultures throughout the nation.

[@xingjianfang5628]

@@Ooilei Yunnan became a province of China and thereafter during the Yuan Dynasty (the Mongols) in 1276, and was first being controlled by the central government in the Han Dynasty in 109 BC. I don't think that "for most of it's history, places like Yunnan weren't a part of China" is correct at all.

[@chienchengchu8119]

Xingjian Fang actually you meant topolect, linguistically

[@user-tv4ih2kq6r]

Its rather about ethnic groups native there. Not all Chinese territory were inhabitted by ethnic Chinese people. They are mostly found in southern, western, and northern provinces.

[@richardkammerer2814]

The 94/6 line also is roughly along the 15” isohyet, the region to the east receiving this annual rainfall.

[@sala7tt]

Love the new animations!!

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@ShyGuyRacing]

Brilliant video, thank you for this.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you for watching!

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video! Very interesting subject

[@Luboman411]

China is REALLY big. It's actually only 200,000 square miles smaller than ALL of Europe, and that includes the Russian part all the way to the Urals and that bit of Europe north of the Caucuses. So, yeah...

[@offgridutah]

china has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles), which is 2.2% larger than the u.s. land area of 9.1 million square kilometers (3.5 million square miles).

[@Nikioko]

What is a "square mile"?

[@islanoliveira]

@@Nikioko 1 mile is roughly 1,6 kilometer so 1 square mile is approximately 2,56 square kilometers. Americans love to use these crazy measures.

[@bobjones2959]

@@offgridutah Is that just the central continental part of the US, or including Alaska and the island territories? Because I remember that by some measure the US is slightly bigger.

[@offgridutah]

@@bobjones2959 Not sure on that.

[@leocremonezi]

Please, do this kind of video with my country: Brazil! Good job 👏👏🇧🇷🙏👊

[@Redcliffe_]

NO DON'T TAKE ME TO BRAZIL

[@peanutbutterman411]

@@Redcliffe_ COME TO BRAZIL 🇧🇷 HAHAHAHHAHA

[@dp_wynn5392]

fellow brasileiro 🇧🇷

[@General.Knowledge]

Okay! Obrigado :)

[@matpk]

@@General.Knowledge Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist Chinazi IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project before it's too late

[@SOOmanyMOVIE]

Nice one, map always interesting after fill in all the data we had learned.

[@joshuamtzchz2596]

Of course I'll like to see a video about diversity of religion in china.I really enjoy watching your videos pal haces Uno's videos muy Bonitos greetings from Guanajuato ⚽🇲🇽

[@justjj21]

That would actually be hard as organized religion isn't really a thing in China, Confucianism and Taoism aren't religions in the Western sense, and people can and do use rituals from different religions at the same time.

[@daviddsun9702]

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are often mixed together. In the famous novel Journey to the West, all these gods are mixed together.

[@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs]

There isn't god in Confucianism

[@German_K5]

both Buddhism and Taoism are pacified and unified by Confucianism hundreds of years ago.

[@theylaughatmynickname4860]

There’s no god in Taoism, you confused Taoism with folk religion

[@rickr9435]

@@theylaughatmynickname4860 i'm pretty sure 太上老君 belongs to taoism.

[@ct9245]

@@FreedumbSauceFriedFrogs @ Confucianism was found in the National religion of witch craft ( 巫 ） ， and Confucius dare not to confront it at his times , his school of thought just avoid it

[@mabo9636]

As a chinese, I find no conflict between the folklore and buddhaism

[@German_K5]

so is everything else besides western religions

[@greenscenery1974]

Buddhism is a cult originated from India

[@ct9245]

Malaysia Buddhism also used provisional teachings( folk lore ,simple religious stories , similar to heaven and hell stories ) to teaches the simple folks , illiterate farmers , and people suffering during wartime in the past . )

[@hyc1308]

@@greenscenery1974 Everyone knows but Indian abandoned it, they prefer Hindu and Islam.

[@pmv2015]

@@hyc1308 Dude, Buddhism co existed very harmoniously with Hinduism. Even today, majority of Hindus love Buddhism. We are very similar. After the Mughal invasions, the Buddhist numbers greatly dropped, which was very sad. But, we eastern religions have same roots. Let us be together.

[@vkk2040]

Great video

[@thseed7]

Love these

[@hkrohn]

China is definitely one of the countries I would like to travel all over. The nearest I've been is Hong Kong and Macau.

[@AthenaCannon]

You can’t travel all over China. Not even the local Chinese people can. There are lots of unpleasant things which the government don’t want local Chinese to see. Let along a foreigner. Go to Shanghai and Suzhou. Get your China culture fix and get out. That’s how China government expect you to.

[@hyc1308]

HK is like a mini version of China so it’s quite enough. Mainland China is too big to travel.

[@justinlzy]

@@AthenaCannon Pfft here we go again, lol

[@raspberrybitch4299]

@@hyc1308 That sounds like an unfair statement. Mainland China is absolutely travel able. With a living van, a stash of money and an adventurous spirit, you could absolutely travel around the PRC. And it sounds wonderful tbh.

[@staticshockfan]

Can you do this or the one you did for spain and Germay but for Ethiopia. It is a very diverse country but people usually over look the many people and their history and just call them one generalised Ethiopia. Also not that many people know our side of the world

[@General.Knowledge]

I did not know that! I'll look into the topic and maybe add it to my list

[@jacktan8096]

Thanks for this interesting video.

[@BalkansMike]

This channel is SUPER Cool and underrated

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Xun Zi (荀子) once wrote: "In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth"

[@omnomnom5359]

@Ronald Bloom and fight ww3 to demolish human race

[@user-rh2pv2kc5g]

@Ronald Bloom If you could……anyway who is we?you are a prolaitarian a working class and do not own jp morgen vw or apple

[@user-rh2pv2kc5g]

@Ronald Bloom I rather speak English in a way I like it…and we are the majority and would once make our style of English the orthodox English

[@user-rh2pv2kc5g]

@Ronald Bloom do not try to label or define others ...you are yourself.....if you try to judge others you already against the Jesus and against the heaven ....only the heaven can judge others not a mortal like you

[@omnomnom5359]

@Ronald Bloom no. there are no winners, jsut loosers in a war like that. Even if the us and china agreed to not demolish each other with nukes, do u think america can win a war aginst china at their doorsteps? Even if we win on the seas, how do u expect the us to attack china mainland?

[@vatnidd]

Ningxia and Guangxi are the names of the autonomous regions, not "Ningxia Hui" or "Guangxi Zhuang". The confusion stems from the full name "Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region". It's better translated as "the Ningxia Autonomous Region for the Hui people", and the same thing for Guangxi.

[@thelazyone1881]

I always wondered why are hui people considered their own ethnic group if they're just Han Chinese who practice Islam

[@musAKulture]

@@thelazyone1881 not really. many of us actually are descendants of persians and arabs.

[@joshhsieh1579]

@@thelazyone1881 Not 100 percent, Hui is a complex group which mostly descent from west Asia moving to China during the Mongol conquest in 13-14 century, they stayed and assimilate with majority Han Chinese, some of them are original ethnic Chinese converting to Islam, so they practiced muslin traditions and customs but also speaking Chinese as mother tongue. Similar to Jews in Europe before WWII. The only historical connection of their identity is the religion, but the race is diverse

[@liefuho2807]

Being in a Chinese family I just handed my offerings to 5 different gods/goddesses from 3 different religions in the past new year holiday. We are practical beings and when someone does not answer our requirements, we find a brand new god. Lol.

[@raspberrybitch4299]

Lmao, that sounds great tbh. One of my favorite ideas is in the ideal of Confucianism to meld with the other syncretic faiths around them. It makes things so simple, and eradicated religious infighting.

[@vanellopevonschweetz5814]

nice video, keep it up

[@edena276]

I'm impressed and amazed that I find that video ! Waa thank you

[@DarkSoulSama]

Macau has the best cuisine. Their francesinhas are great!

[@GlaciaDay]

It is a fusion between Portuguese and Cantonese cuisines. I'm almost certain GK is gonna love it as a Portuguese.

[@sallmandar1027]

Wait, they have francesinhas in Macau?

[@syncretism_]

@@sallmandar1027 yea, they were a former Portuguese colony

[@daviddsun9702]

@@sallmandar1027 Portuguese came to Macau in 1553.

[@b00zybee]

do u mind telling me where’s the place, i’m from there but i never knew we have francesinhas. caldo verde is very common tho

[@franl155]

That was very interesting, thank you. I can never get over how all the major rivers flow east-west; what is it in the environment-geology that caused that?

[@vatsalsrivastav5195]

Mountains of Tibet have huge glaciers I think

[@franl155]

@@vatsalsrivastav5195 - I wouldn't be at all surprised! They're high enough and long enough. But even if the rivers start in the east, why don't they flow south? It must be the local terrain-geology that forces the water always roughly westwards

[@vatsalsrivastav5195]

@@franl155 one of them does flow down into India

[@franl155]

@@vatsalsrivastav5195 - I - obviously! - didn't know that. All the rivers they show are east-west, and I heard that remarked on in another vid.

[@bismillahali7784]

I understand that it is a high region with glacier formed basins. So rain collects in that region and flows where gravity allows it

[@nikhilgajendra4861]

Thankyou very informative vedio

[@menaseven9093]

Nice video about the data map of China.

[@salazar3494]

作者查阅了很多资料，做了很多努力，值得表扬。但是很多信息还是比较片面，希望越做越好。

[@nehcooahnait7827]

5 color flag was originally the Beiyang Navi flag of Qing Empire. It vaguely referred to its military banners. It was just a flag that was convenient to use since Beiyang soldiers and their military commanders played an important role in the revolution. Ethnic harmony or whatever was an afterthought as Han chauvinistic rhetoric lost its purpose after Manchu imperial family was overthrown, Tibet self isolated and became self ruled, Outer Mongolia wished to be independent with Russian support and Muslims rebelled.

[@misterbacon4933]

Please make more maps about China. Very interesting!

[@frankae4668]

nice research

[@rafael44006]

Would love to see a video like that about Brazil 🇧🇷

[@mazl4267]

Very interesting video

[@OddRagnarDengLerstl]

Very interesting.

[@HEEHEEBOII]

Great video, I just have one question, why does the cover picture list Confucianism as a religion LOL? I play EU4 and generally was surprised that was a religion. Confucianism is our native philosophy, it isn't a religion. It is similar to Aristotle and Socrates' teachings.

[@ruiwang8024]

I belive Confucianism is not a correct name of this religion, but there is religion that takes Confucianism as its core theory? Like Taosim, it was actually not a religion at beginning as well.

[@user-ge8rh7oe2i]

@@ruiwang8024 emmm Actually,Confucianism is not a religion,it’s a method to rule the country so,it might more likely to be a kind of law.

[@IronKurone]

@@ruiwang8024 the correct name is Ruism.

[@raspberrybitch4299]

I think it's supposed to be there so you can harmonize with the other faiths in your provinces. It basically means "China has no religion, it has a bunch of religions that it accepts"

[@williaml.willowfield2220]

Hello Hongkonger here! You did a great job of explaining China, it is very informative. Let me explain a bit of correct pronounciation of the province. The shanghai I believe it is just kind of fast pronounce liaison, for reference it is chop down like Shang-Hai. Tianjin's 'an' is a little bit misleading. It is in fact a 'en' like energy in english. So thought it as Tien-jin will work. Guangxi is quite good, but 'zhuang' is a little bit tricky. I would say the closest pronounce in English of 'zh' is the 'Ger' from the word German, or 'Jer' from Jerry. Also 'Q' in chinese is somehow like a ch in 'China' but you don't round your lips. So it sounds like Chong-Cing.

[@francescakray233]

Thank you

[@D_R757]

Dunno if you do historical nations but a breakdown of the mongol empire and successor states throughout their history might be cool

[@klimkwan]

Hong Kong is not an autonomous region, but a special administrative region (SAR) with its special status ending in 2046. Great video. Thanks .

[@thetkyaw6201]

yes.

[@lionkidmg5125]

Can you do that with Russia ?

[@bkgames2]

I think he did it, im not sure however

[@General.Knowledge]

Yes!

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

你似乎很想強調宗教和文化的差異，但我可以明確的說這兩點實際上都沒有太大意義。 中國自古不可能存在宗教紛爭，因為不可能有宗教勢力能調整皇權。任何宗教在中國的結局只能是放棄其排他性並世俗化，在宗教多元主義體系下存在，否則必然被皇帝和其他宗教合力消滅。並且目前來說，共產黨治下對各宗教勢力的調和其實做得不錯。 文化上來說的話，漢族本身就佔了中國的絕對多數。儘管存在大量對少數民族的福利使得混血大部分選擇登記為少數民族，漢族目前還是佔了89%人口。（毛澤東時代是94%）這還是細分了很多跟漢族接近的民族出來導致的，例如壯族土家族。漢族必定是中華的主體。 如果少數民族地區尋求獨立的話，我個人覺得只有西藏還存在可能性。新疆最初是塞種人的土地，中國政權在2100年前就第一次征服了他們，並且在其後三百年附庸了當地邦國，反倒是維吾爾人先祖是1200年前才來的。在18世紀滿人屠滅准噶爾之前，准噶爾汗國內也是蒙古人漢人回民維吾爾人哈薩克人混居的地區。並且維吾爾人不但與漢人關係差，與回民和哈薩克人也是世仇，即使中國政權失去了對新疆的控制，他們也根本不可能建立維吾爾斯坦。內蒙古實際上接近一半部分土地按照傳統以陰山為分界都是漢族地區，而其東部到底傳統來說應該算滿族地區還是蒙古地區一直有爭議，並且內蒙古由於併入了這麼多其他民族地區導致實際上蒙古人佔比很少，不足15%，並且目前來說外蒙古不但經濟遠差於內蒙還敵視內蒙古的蒙古人。滿洲地區更加不可能，且不說東北三省漢族佔比甚至比全國漢族佔比都高，滿族如今也不可能離開漢族。延邊的朝鮮族本就是日本佔據朝鮮期間，逃難過來尋求中國庇護的，如果他們真敢幫助韓國宣稱當地，絕對會被要求回到鴨綠江以南。 西南少民絕大部分過去就是在山區中跟漢族通商貿易的，不可能搞脫離，其中確實有從江南被趕來西南的，但他們的苦大仇深改變不了地區的大局。 這些文化問題加起來甚至沒有如今南北漢族分歧大。

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

I hope Google translate it well

[@shoreZ]

@@RobertIIIdeOutremer it actually did really well

[@yanyanpin7924]

这视频就是故意的，好多说的都是错的，一看就知道他想干啥～

[@RobertIIIdeOutremer]

@@yanyanpin7924 确实，但我舍不得这个utuber，他算是有水平的了

[@musAKulture]

@@yanyanpin7924 他不是故意的，这是整个西方的共识。真正的罪恶来自英格兰。

[@Pigraider268]

Pls do a video about religions in China. It is really interesting topic

[@albertgaspa1670]

I dunno if there are accuracy problems in your video. But I found it amazing, very clear and structured. You may have interest on Marvin Harris Works, "kings and cannibals" and "Pigs,cows,Witches and wars" were he explains the link between rivers, climate areas and civilizations ( so cultures and languages) I see it goes perfectly on the maps you showed. Congrats. Keep on!

[@towaritch]

There are different evaluations of the size of China some sources give it a comparable size to the US it depends if lakes and waterways are included or not.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

It is like imperial system-- Nobody else is using it

[@419prince]

I love these videos of interesting maps, keep it up

[@Aaron_2.]

Can you do 1 vid like this of every country

[@madisonthecat88]

Also do the 56 ethnic groups of China

[@ZEKESasaMo]

All maps are interesting

[@edwardblair4096]

On the climate map, it looks to me that the biggest section in the east ans south east is "humid subtropical" with a small band of "dry winter subtropical" around it. The colors are almost the same, but the humid one has a little bit more yellow in it.

[@doc0core]

I am Chinese and I think your video is excellent. One thing is you seem to imply policies determine population and economic distribution. But I think actually, ultimately geography and climate is the root determinant. Agriculture and to lessor extent other primary production decide population distribution and in turn Top 500 companies, pollution and income distribution follow. It would be interesting too, to find maps of energy production and consumption.

[@rasoirwolf]

There are two big companies in Xinjiang, could that have to do with the Oil Industry at Aksu & Karamay?

[@zyghom]

I love Chinese food - the variety is unbelievable ;-)

[@ryebreadthewhite3392]

1.4 billion people will do that lol. My favourite Chinese food is sweet and sour pork, from the diaspora here in the west. What’s yours?

[@daviddsun9702]

@@ryebreadthewhite3392 and many Chinese have never seen General Tso's chicken and fortune cookie, because they are invented in the USA.

[@ryebreadthewhite3392]

@@daviddsun9702 that’s why I specified that I enjoy these foods from the Chinese diaspora (Chinese people outside China), as that is what I’ve had the most experience with

[@daviddsun9702]

@@ryebreadthewhite3392 Most of them are from Southern and Coastal areas of China, which I personally do not very like.

[@AthenaCannon]

Forget Panda Express, sweet & sour pork, general tso chicken (General Tso is a real person but he never invented his chicken dish btw). Go to any Chinese restaurant serves “Northern” China cuisine. Order “Hong shao pai gu” and “Guo bao rou” which are spare ribs in red sauce, and pot wrapped fried meat. You will be mind blown of how tasty they are.

[@maxbramwell.1598]

Can you provide links to download the maps for zoom and detail?

[@fb150185]

Please make a video on religión history in China!

[@gabrielt.3181]

You forgot my favorite one: hdi map

[@nygothuey6607]

India please. It is a country of incredible diversity and would be very interesting to see in map form.

[@Sigma3095]

What is the animation software you have used?

[@allenbell3734]

very, very good

[@COOL_GEEK_]

People : *The Chinese Government is so secretive that nobody know what are the demographics and facts of that nation.* This Guy : *Hold my maps.*

[@Alex-bf3re]

Literally nobody says that

[@xylonbanda]

Literally nobody says that

[@danielli6400]

@@Alex-bf3re Ever been on reddit?

[@Alex-bf3re]

@@danielli6400 bold of you to assume redditors are people

[@daviddsun9702]

You can check the demographics on every Census report.

[@abc_cba]

Do a video on India 🇮🇳 next !!???? Please 🙏🏻🥺

[@paulsiam1859]

yes, do one on chinese history and rekigion!

[@CastleBaudeau]

Next time you should state the Province's names when referring to them in the map charts. Would just be nice to hear!

[@Zhenpiaz]

The content is great! (Even though the pronunciation is not lol) This video is very accurate and helpful btw 7:23 In Republic of China, Hui actually meant Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, not the Chinese Muslim ethnicity

[@Nikioko]

The ones that the PRC is currently trying to get rid of.

[@heykau9874]

Because there's a lot of Han Muslim right?

[@niubi3923]

@@heykau9874 Most han muslims are called Hui people. Originally they were Han, but the central government decided to seperate them later on. If you mean "han" han people, no I don't think so, and least compared to christianity.

[@heykau9874]

@@niubi3923 but the comment above defined Hui as Uygurs? Kazaksh and other turkic.. Han Chinese is not part of turkic . Even if a Han is a muslim, doesnt mean he can change his ethnicity. So what exactly a Han muslim be called?

[@niubi3923]

@@heykau9874 He said "in the republic of china" period.

[@nadavweil6407]

DO THIS KIND OF VIDEO FOR KAZAKHSTAN!!

[@WOOKY27]

can you do the same analysis on India? will surely find more interesting stuff.

[@vikaarand7933]

My dude, have you heard of a low pass filter? I highly recommend it. Sounds like you're beatboxing in my living room.

[@hcjet]

Not very accurate in culture content wise but a good video generally (BTW, in fact you're only talking about PRC and ROC is not mentioned at all, they also claim CHINA legally)

[@Daniel-sx6lr]

Nice verb! Claim, lol.

[@thetkyaw6201]

the chinese civil war has not officially ended and the roc never declared taiwan's independence

[@rounaksethia5497]

Do one for INDIA also

[@ranelgallardo7031]

2:04 “at least was” Ouch

[@ntt-5041]

I'd say now in all the eastern cities of the PRC and also in Taiwan, Mandarin dominates. For the southern languages, each of them is linguistically at the same level as Mandarin.

[@Emanon...]

Thanks. China, not the US as many believe, is the 3rd largest country in terms of territory.

[@Gabrielus324]

Since I don't have a lot of time explaining everything, I'll just try to clear some stuff up, 1. Religion Most Chinese people are atheists (including agnostics and agnostic atheists). Regarding religion, it is more accurate to say that most Chinese people are irreligious. I can't give you the exact percentage right now but I'm sure if you search for the info carefully enough, you'll find something about it. As for the religion map at 1:33 I thought it was supposed to be 73.56% Chinese folk religion and unaffiliated. Another interesting thing about Chinese folk religion is that folk believers are more commonly found in senior citizens. 2. Food There is someone saying something about everyone eats rice in spite of different types of Chinese food. This probably can be categorized as troll comments, but still good enough for me to explain it just in case somebody else finds the topic amusing. Rice is an imporant type of grain that some Chinese people indeed eat on a daily basis. However, it is more commonly consumed by people from southern and northeastern parts of China. For northerners (except northeasterners), it is way more common to eat a type of steamed bread (a.k.a. Mántou) and noddles. In addition, eating Jiǎozi and bāozi are also very common in the northern part of China. For traditional northerner households, rice is rarely served. 3. Regarding some comments on politics: If you are really tough enough, please please please attack the People's Liberation Army instead of trolling the internet. And please please please give your best shot!

[@Gabrielus324]

​@Andre li I knew some people might bring up Buddhism to discuss atheism, and that's why I said "Regarding religion, it is more accurate to say that most Chinese people are irreligious." As for the Spring Festival and other traditional Chinese festivities, they are just public holidays now even though there were stories behind them. Some people might celebrate Christmas today but that does not necessarily make they Christians. I feel like you might have misinterpreted the differences between religion and culture, but then again, the distinctions can be very confusing.

[@Gabrielus324]

@Andre li If you disagree with my comments on the religion issues in China, there are only two possible reasons that I can think of: you were born before the 80s; or you are a southerner from a region that I know little about, for example, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan.

[@tommyma941]

Like the 1st picture you put, which tells the truth about China’s map.

[@ayaboga]

Correction for 0:59 : China and Russia both border 14 countries, tying for 1st place in that metric.

[@NFF_Editz]

Canada has 6 time zones... Newfoundland Time Zone, Atlantic Time Zone, Eastern Time, Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time Zone

[@oakonion8860]

thats because it is the 2 biggest Country not 3

[@NFF_Editz]

@@oakonion8860 Yes, and am Canadian too! So I know the time zones!

[@oakonion8860]

@@NFF_Editz North American gang.(I’m American)

[@NFF_Editz]

@@oakonion8860 Oh, lol! BTW do you have discord? Just curious! We can be friends.

[@NFF_Editz]

@John Barber o_o

[@lcta487]

Politics aside, Chinese culture science and philosophy are all ultra poggers

[@sini0071]

Sun Tzu moment

[@bedrantje]

Confucius says

[@biosaari]

I'd love to see that history of religion in China video that you mentioned. I've long been fascinated with the "Nestorian" Church.

[@biosaari]

@坤 王 Yes, but note that I put it in quotes. The Assyrian Church of the East does not prefer the moniker and claims that they were never Nestorian in truth. But then, many Early Church historians say that Nestorius was never Nestorian in truth. And the Assyrian Church of the East (the original remnant) still believes something rather radically different from the rest of Christendom. That said, imo, radically different doesn't mean so different as to not be Christian. They continue to affirm that Jesus is both God and Man. They just have a different way of looking at it - influenced by culture and language, as recent ecumenical synods have also affirmed. I don't *agree* with them on their Christology - but I also don't find it so radical as to label it heresy.

[@Emilien-hy3sy]

Air quality has incredibly improved. They took enormous measures to curb pollution, Beijing has now air as clean as some western European cities.

[@HindustanballAnimations1521]

Can you do India

[@thamesshylock5626]

The author has checked a lot of data, but still looks at China or East Asia from the perspective of Western culture. For example, religion talks a lot. For the West or other countries, religion is an important part of culture and social ethics, even the main part. But for China and East Asia, religion is less than 5% of culture and a small part of culture. It can be said that religion is not important to the culture and ethics of East Asian countries. Regional and cultural identity is more important, because this area is influenced by Confucianism. Confucius did not establish religion or God. He is just a teacher. It can be said that the status of the education system is the same as that of religion in other countries. My mother is a Christian in China, but it seems to me that religion has no effect on my mother's life, but as a personal hobby, she has basically no influence in her life and thoughts.

[@MohdSami-pz3dd]

Also make on Australia and Russia

[@frigginjerk]

Do a video like this for Greenland.

[@musAKulture]

lastly, again, there is no country of taiwan. there is RoC or PRC government, both of which claim all of "china". why is the concept of a civil war so hard for you to understand? even if it went on for 70 years it's still a civil war in progress.

[@joshhsieh1579]

Same situation as North & South Koreas... well, still two distinct countries in common sense

[@joshhsieh1579]

@@billyminer398 well...How much "recognition" doesn't do things to reality, EU does not recognize Crimea willing to join Russia. The US does not recognize the new Taliban regime established in Afganistan. Then, what would they do? hiding themselve from the realistic world and bend the fact? The UN is an interest group for only five major players whom actually have a say, so do you really think the UN is a "peace-making organisation" or the main criterian to define what is truth, or which is "country"? Before the UN ever existed, who was the criteria to define the "country", by your own sense?

[@beng1540]

@@billyminer398 Because the Taiwan has never been part of the PRC. "China" is the colloquial term for the PRC, much like "Taiwan" is the colloquial term for the ROC.

[@beng1540]

@@billyminer398 That is correct. The US simply "acknowledged the Chinese position" that Taiwan is part of China, they never recognized that as their own position. It's purposely ambiguous so the PRC would accept diplomatic relations with the US, without the US actually recognizing Taiwan as part of China. Think of it this way- You tell me: "The earth is flat!" and instead of having a debate with you about if the earth is flat, I simply reply: "I acknowledge your position that the earth is flat" - Am I agreeing with you that it is also my position that the earth is flat?

[@beng1540]

​@@billyminer398 Not getting in the weeds for me... I've studied this exact topic extensively in University and it's a hobby of mine. :P The United States does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, so therefore they have an "unofficial relationship". Essentially, the United States considers the Taiwan question as "unresolved" and therefore does not take any position on the question if Taiwan is a sovereign independent state. Instead of an official relationship, the United States has a de facto relationship through de jure binding law. While the United States does not have an official embassy, it has a de facto embassy as you point out called the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). The AIT is fully funded and staffed by the US State Department, and operates with the same power to do the same tasks as any other US Embassy. In 1979, the United States switched the diplomatic recognition OF CHINA (capital letters only because I can't italicize in KZbin comments) from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China. The United States however never recognized Taiwan as part of China now. The word "acknowledge" was used on purpose instead of the word "recognize". If the US recognized the Chinese position as their own position, they would have said such... as a matter of fact, the PRC used a word that more closely resembled "recognize" in the Chinese translation of the second Communique and Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher had to clarify that the word "acknowledge" as being the word that is determinative for the United States: “[W]e regard the English text as being the binding text. We regard the word ‘acknowledge’ as being the word that is determinative for the U.S.” (1) This difference of position between the US and PRC was made clear in the "Six Assurances" (2) which were sent to the Taiwanese government on the same day as the Third Joint Communique... specifically point 5 which stated that opening diplomatic relations with the PRC "has not altered its position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan" - which is that the government based in Taipei, has sovereignty over Taiwan. Last year, then US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (I am not saying I support his positions on anything) clarified this position by saying that within US policy, Taiwan is not part of China, and that this has been the policy of the United States government for "three and a half decades" (3): " Speaking in a U.S. radio interview on Thursday, Pompeo said: “Taiwan has not been a part of China”. “That was recognised with the work that the Reagan administration did to lay out the policies that the United States has adhered to now for three-and-a-half decades,” he said. " The Six Assurances are a cornerstone part of the US-Taiwan relationship. That is also why when the United States mentions the "one China" policy, they will say something along the lines of (quote from Biden's State Department last week) of the "one China" policy is: "guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three Joint Communiques, and the Six Assurances".(4) Also should note that the Taiwan Relations Act itself defines the "governing authorities" of Taiwan as: "the governing authorities on Taiwan recognized by the United States as the Republic of China prior to January 1, 1979, and any successor governing authorities (including political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities thereof)." And section 4 of the TRA for states that terms such as "country" "nations" "state" etc apply with respect to Taiwan. Two weeks ago the United States Army Command and General Staff College hosted a talk where Dr. Roger Cliff (Research Professor of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College) also does a pretty good job of explaining the US position on this matter... his explanation starts at 1:18:52: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWOTpadqqcdjf8k&ab_channel=USArmyCGSC (1) www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter (2) www.ait.org.tw/our-relationship/policy-history/key-u-s-foreign-policy-documents-region/six-assurances-1982/ (3) www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-usa-taiwan/china-warns-of-action-after-pompeo-says-taiwan-not-part-of-china-idUKKBN27T0XB (4) www.state.gov/supporting-taiwans-participation-in-the-un-system/

[@yashwanth2795]

On India also plz

[@hugohom2280]

thats going to be like 3 days long

[@sumit_narayan]

Plz make such a video about India!

[@nehcooahnait7827]

“Of mongolic and Turkic” heritage, not Mongolian and Turkish, which means people with Mongolian or Turkish citizenships, or narrowly referring to each nation-states’ ethnic majorities, as Vietnamese is often used to redder Kinh people, Japanese for Yamato, and Chinese for Han people, which can cause quite a lot of problems from some of those countries’ point of view.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

It matters in English language and they mean something very different from an academic perspective

[@gamermapper]

Mongolian = one people Mongolic = a group of similar peoples and the Mongols are only one of them. Same for turkic.

[@user-zy4yw9uw6n]

Turks are of mongol decent. A true turk has asian features.a turk once told me. He also noted that true turks are from inland Turkey. Dunno how true all his info was. Makes sense.

[@lx_xl2048]

you gotta understand that more than 99% of people speak mandarin in China, all others are like their second language along side chinese, kinda like how miami people speek spanish and malays in singapore can speak malay along side english

[@joshhsieh1579]

Mandarin is only "lingua franca" which means it is used between people speaking different mother tongue, but each regions especially in the south provinces have huge population speak Cantonese, Hokkien or other dialects in local communities more often, and many Tibetans and Uyghurs don't speak Mandarin fluently that's the truth

[@musAKulture]

@@joshhsieh1579 even mandarin speakers mostly cant speak putonghua fluently. it's just a bit more recognizable because "mandarin" project took place in northern china and had more time to develop, which then turned into the "putonghua" project.

[@joshhsieh1579]

@@musAKulture I did not dispute what you said, but this commentator claimed "99% Chinese speak Mandarin" is plainly wrong, I've been to Xinjiang and some south Chinese provinces years ago so I know this is not the truth

[@nehcooahnait7827]

No. There isn’t 99% of people speaking Mandarin. This is a false claim. Internet bullshit is so stupid I feel like I have to speak like a fucking robot repeating the same thing over and over again no that’s a false claim. No that is not true No that is wrong.

[@YoungV94]

You are wrong 99% 没有这么多 好不好 南方人大部分不会普通话 😑😑 Mostly southern China, they speak local language or dialect, their mandarin is really poor. Sometimes, i can not understand well.

[@tupolevi]

Chinese population in NE is majority muslims?! What are you smoking? The predominant religions in Northeast China (including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, historically also known as Manchuria) are Chinese folk religions led by local shamans. - wiki

[@sydhenderson6753]

The colors were screwed up.

[@historiasalternativas2758]

Do one with Brazil ^^

[@redthefire3635]

Interesting maps of Vietnam plz!

[@AzoiatheCobra]

Mano adorava pagar te uma cerveja

[@brunopimenta8204]

Muita louco este channel

[@swedishhedgehog9178]

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