#473

[@spyderfighter009]

Very thoughtful questions from the host - I’m surprised this doesn’t have more views!

[@johnm7267]

I’m not it is rubbish

[@mikael5938]

taiwan already belong to china. thats american politics

[@profriday]

That's Chinese fantasy.

[@rainbow2639]

@@profridayTaiwanese are Chinese , speak Chinese ,eat Chinese food, Chinese customs , dream in Chinese , think like Chinese ….

[@profriday]

@@rainbow2639 But, Taiwan remains firmly free from China.

[@monitoradiation]

So by that metric, the US is part of Britain, right?

[@jameschu512]

Half of Taiwanese love mainland China. It has family ties and over one million Taiwanese travel and work in China.

[@TheRuralPerspective]

So glad you're here doing interviews like this. You're awesome. I saw you in Boston and I miss your presence on Breaking Points. Would love to see you and Ryan team up!

[@charleymurray1099]

The going back to our support of the early soviets after the first world war, reminds me of our early history of embargo fight with Japan and how that eventually contributed to their attack on Perl Harbor.

[@amunra5330]

Why would the US get involved in the remnant of she Chinese civil war.

[@bathhatingcat8626]

Because computer chips and naval trade routes to Korea and Japan. China won’t allow free trade and will strangle Japan and Korea which will severely hurt the world economy. To give you a reason to consider caring- think of what would happen to the American economy if personal computers tripled in price.

[@profriday]

Because it is not a remnant of the Chinese civil war.

[@claudiaclaudia936]

I don't care about TAIWAN or ISRAEL I LOVE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA....😍

[@amunra5330]

K…?

[@davidzarazua8441]

Absolutely great podcast

[@themightyquyn]

Great interview.

[@Hypocrites-507]

Question how many Americans willing to die for 23million Chinese living in island 10,000 kilometres away from USA

[@Pazzystar]

social credit +50

[@profriday]

Not so sure about the answer, but Chinese remains highly cautious.

[@pikachus5m166]

First before they risk direct conflict, they'd expend their human shields in S.Korea, Japan and Philippines, then decide if it's worth American lives. Imperialists are cowards at heart.

[@johnm7267]

I wouldn’t put much faith in the broader coalition. The Asian countries say anything by that is expedient at the time. Sth Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have said they wont go to war against China

[@munnychinni5386]

American propaganda and lies 😂

[@juangotti9348]

Taiwan is a free country with a vibrant democratic form of government . their standard of living is much higher than in the mainland

[@johnm7267]

That is where you are lying. The standard of living is not higher than the main land. Its democracy is courtesy of China that has allowed it to exist for 75 years. China is Taiwans main trading partner with 95% of the people being ethnic Chinese,lots of whom work, study, holiday and trade in China there is a daily ferry service between the two. China believes that Taiwan will want to become part of the mainland voluntarily, that is without the interference of America. At the last election the pro American party lost control of the legislature a huge blow to the pro American govt

[@Avatar_2025]

How can someone else defend your legs from your hands?

[@qingzhou9983]

This so called expert is so biased he could not even feel his bias himself. He said China never full control Taiwan in normal situations. That is totally wrong. Qing Dynasty very effectively controlled Taiwan for long time, until it had to give it to Japan after its defeat by Japan. 2nd, PRC will fight a nuke war with US if that is what needed to take back Taiwan. PRC fought the peak Soviet army for a small island in the border river and fought the US army in Korean War for North Korea. Taiwan is much more important to China for historic, traditional, and geopolitical reasons than North Korean and the small island in a river. So according to him, US better to prepare another full out war with PRC, worse than Vietnam War and Korean War because PRC is fighting for its own territory, irrespective of what others think whether Taiwan is part of China. By the way, Taiwan issue is an unfinished Chinese Civil War between PRC vs ROC.

[@profriday]

Qing Dynasty only controlled the west coast of Taiwan, the central mountains and the east coast were beyond its jurisdiction. Japan was the first country that had full control of Taiwan. Secondly, a barking dog does not bite. When it barks for 74 years (since PRC's inception), it has long become a bluffing dog.

[@qingzhou9983]

@@profriday You should talk to Japan that they were stupid AND they did not need to defeat Qing and force a unfair treaty to get Taiwan. Just land on the east coast. In any case, you are entitled to your opinion. But the world does not run according to your opinion. It runs by majority opinions and major powers. So if your opinion is different. Then it is useless, unless you could change the view of majority and/or the key major powers.

[@profriday]

@@qingzhou9983 Chinese can talk all the talks for decades. At the end of the day, Taiwan is beyond China's control and jurisdiction.

[@profriday]

@@qingzhou9983 Chinese can talk all the talk for decades. At the end of the day, Taiwan is beyond China's control and jurisdiction.

[@profriday]

@@qingzhou9983 Chinese can talk all the talk for decades. At the end of the day, Taiwan is free from China.

[@winstonpeckson8019]

Pls comment on the Philippines strategy of China? Are they probing to see how far the USA will come to the Philippines’s defense and how long will Philippines political overlords foresee that its best interest is to align with the US if China does not cease in its bullying attempts? What is the USA’s Philippines strategy? How strategic is the Philippines to its position in deterring China’s invasion of Taiwan?

[@junyuanma4243]

You should ask United States how far they are using Philippines as a puppet? During Duterte, things was quiet. Remember that president was actually anti-US.

[@ruggeddiscipline6026]

The white man time is up 😂😂😂😂

[@rickb9327]

I think the overriding issue is the health of our allies. Our economies (Japan, ROK, Philippines) are very afraid of China’s ambitions. We need to see the larger issues. Also, we have no right to consider ourselves the most powerful nation on earth if we won’t come to our friends’ aid when they need it. The isolationist’s argument falls short if our friends think they don’t need us. No more global currency. Is this what you want?

[@zenairzulu1378]

Its a lame war we don't have to have and will cost so much

[@SCBlahBLah]

Yes yes so us lost its geographical supremacy and you’’ Pat 300%+ or more for any merchandise that is not made in us or Europe which is practically everything for the rest of your life. China will cut off Taiwan straight which ships 70% of world’s consumer goods so good luck

[@ruggeddiscipline6026]

Blood for hegemony you can’t make this shit up 😂😂😂😂

[@davidyeo7051]

Dmitri is behind time. US monopoly of space technology, chip technology ,and AI technology is over. Kaput.

[@qake2021]

🤣🤣🤣 FAKE expert🥸🥸🥸

[@EurasiaNaval]

Two ill-informed ideologues talking hot air. No substance, no knowledge and no logic.

[@johnm7267]

This guy doesn’t know what he is talking about. The west did not help Russia after the revolution. Far from helping The west sent 14 armies into Russia to try to put down the revolution. China has no ambitions in Taiwan, for 75 years it has said Taiwan will become part of the mainland on its own, it already has as China is Taiwans main trading partner. It is America that has ambitions in Taiwan, it wants it for a military base like it wants Ukraine for a military base. It is worth mentioning Americas history here. America has been at war longer than any country in history and has invaded more countries than any other country in history. It has also killed more people than any other country in history., two million in Vietnam alone. I don’t think I need say anymore

[@lolololololo97]

Wild idea: don’t

[@tdavani]

You mostly talk nonsense

[@yaoypl]

How to defend Hawaii 🤣

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Slava Rossiya (and China) 🇷🇺 🤝 🇨🇳 #FUkraine #LetsGoBrandon #UltraMAGA2024

[@RickyWashington-pl1jo]

Related to a different podcast, I would love to hear about how you think this election is a referendum on Biden’s economy/inflation and not how he lost his base? Or at the very least both.

[@greatsky8226]

"invasion" is the wrong word, because Taiwan is part of China and a country don't invade its own territory. The Taiwan issue is the domestic issue of China, if U.S. doesn't intervene the Taiwan issue, there would be no problem for the U.S.

[@JosephHarry]

Taiwan is the exiled government after the Chinese civil war. Both the Taiwan and PRC both think they are the one true China.

[@profriday]

Taiwan is not a part of China. Taiwan does not belong to China.

[@profriday]

Funny that "territory" has been free from PRC since its inception.

[@profriday]

"Taiwan is part of China" is just a Chinese dream, not a reality.

[@kanders7391]

Or we can make things in our own country & stop propping up multinational corporations with NAFTA at the expense of mainland business.

[@SCBlahBLah]

We can’t afford it, anything made in USA will be way too expensive and majority of the raw materials needed are NOT found in US. Unless you don’t mind paying $450 for your shampoo then sure, we can bring it back

[@medialcanthus9681]

Same old same old parroting from the guest.

[@johnm7267]

Delusional

[@unpluggedcovers]

I would like to hear more about the 50k plus benefits you were bragging about using your words for selling out that I saw on the @51-49 @jamesli KZbin channel?