Why China is OBSESSED with Taiwan

Formosa is a small island located between the South China Sea and the East China Sea, but its population density (about 23 million people) is very high and its economy is flourishing, although it has shown some signs of slowing down in recent years. We are facing the only disputed territory in the world that has full sovereignty within its borders: Beijing in fact considers it a Chinese province and forces any nation that wants to establish or maintain diplomatic relations with China not to recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan, nor have official diplomatic relations with it. Why? Let's talk about it in detail.
Sources used for this video:
M. A. Rubinstein, "Taiwan. A New History", 1998
J. Tischer, "The Changing Place of History in Taiwan, The Changing Place of Taiwan in History", Term Paper History and Antropology, 2017;
G. M. Davison, "A Short History of Taiwan: The Case for independence", 2003;
“The Horizons of Taiwan", Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), 2016

[@JackWiizard]

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[@aubreylear]

subscribed. so great to get a non-american perspective on these topics. well done.

[@haninditabudhi6574]

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[@frankborr3395]

@@haninditabudhi6574 he’s Italian! I follow him since I was kid on his Italian channel,he’s a great guy

[@chou3595]

but still a western perspective so dont change barely nothing!

[@aubreylear]

@@chou3595 it's better than Chinese state run tv

[@chou3595]

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Your english is just fine to me. I am American and I think your english is perfectly fine. I think these videos are very well done, and I like how they seem to not have as blatant of a bias as many other channels do.

[@JustNoble]

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[@stingray4988]

Your video is factually wrong in the very first minute... China's Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan in 1683 as Taiwan was a stronghold of Zheng Family who pledged loyalty to China's former Ming Dynasty that was replaced by Qin Dynasty. Qing Dynasty didn't pay too much attention to govern Taiwan until it finally decided to set up Taiwan province in 1885. After losing the Sino-Japan War in 1895 Taiwan was ceded to Japan in Ma Guan Treaty.

[@gatteo86]

no, that's not true, Qing self proclaimed ruler of the Island, but they never really controlled it. east was under natives, north center and south were controlled by local families that seldom paid taxes or enforced Qing laws. even Qings maps didn't show the whole island

[@tianko5609]

10:10 Sunflower movement is not due to unemployment/inequality. It was due to a planned signing of an agreement with China that puts Taiwan's economy too much in the hands of China, and had vague details which the government didn't reveal to the public. Very important distinction as it's where the turning point of the downfall of KMT since then began at. DPP keeps winning and winning elections after that event.

[@KashiARTW]

u r right.

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

Indeed - I live in Taiwan. Our unemployment rate is negligible. The LEAST of our problems. The protest was due to the KMT going behind the backs of Taiwanese to negotiate with the CCP - one of the MAJOR reasons for their humiliating defeat at the following election, and their continued fall into obscurity.

[@changchadchanamdong2668]

@@sebastianmelmoth685 . Because ktm are still consider them self Chinese . Litterally nationalist

[@gaebitch3200]

thank you

[@eatdawontonsoup]

guess what, in the past 6 years, Taiwan is ever more economically dependent on China, with or without the CIA-backed movements in 2014. we all know shit CIA has done to the world, how do you all think they wouldn't have done the same to Asia?

[@horridohobbies]

There is one other critical question that must be answered... China regards Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and it will do whatever is necessary to protect its territorial integrity (as all nations do). *Is it worth going to war with China over Taiwan?* Such a war would be most destructive for the entire world. It could even escalate to nuclear war. Your original question (7:19 "Is it legitimate to recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state?") is not really relevant. What's relevant is geopolitical reality and the practical consequences of war. War with China must be avoided at all costs.

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[@LiterallyWho1917]

In a time of such rampant anti-China propaganda, this well-researched and impartial video is so crucial. It's professional, academic and gives context to the situation that's often left out in Western sources. Keep it up, I'm already a fan of this channel.

[@leihtory7423]

This video is Anti-China Propaganda.

[@LiterallyWho1917]

@@leihtory7423 it didn't seem too anti PRC. It highlighted the white terror and the complex reality of Taiwanese politics.

[@ythunderboy8694]

How are videos being anti PRC = anti china as a whole?

[@Gurfi28]

@@leihtory7423 a perfectly impartial video about Taiwan would be anti-ccp..

[@rishabhkatiyar3808]

the broken english the best part of the video lovely

[@giobonsasha7415]

Indeed 🤣🤣

[@rishabhkatiyar3808]

@@giobonsasha7415 we are Safaring with same problem 😆

[@louisd6410]

Great to see a third party perspective for such sensitive issue. Which you won't see on US media

[@georgesamuels4511]

Horrible situation really, the kuomingtang were dictators, the CCP are dictators. It was two sides of a shit coin when it all kicked off in the late 40s

[@shivmalik9405]

You know it’s bad when you consider the rule of the imperial Japanese as the best part of you recent history.

[@Ecaea]

In the eyes of the western world , the CCP is the only dictators and KMT were the sunny and beautiful democratic group they yearn for. At least thats what majority of the western naive people thought of the China situation were.

[@shivmalik9405]

@@Ecaea I agree. Neither were democratic. It was more like CCP were communist and Kuomintang fascists.

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

The Taiwanese evolved away from dictatorship after many years of struggle. The Chinese embraced dictatorship and are fast running out of friends and options.

[@georgesamuels4511]

@@sebastianmelmoth685 of course but like i said when it all kicked off it was a horrible situation. I'd hate to think what would've happened back then if the west attempted to stop the spread of communism in China really

[@tung-hsinliu861]

As a Taiwanese myself, most people in Taiwan nowadays(especially the younger population) consider ourselves as "Taiwan", and not "Republic of China". We don't care the one China claim, we just want to retain our democracy and freedom, that's what matters. Also we have a GDP per capita 3 times higher than China's, and the HDI index as high as France. There's no way we want unification. (And also seeing what happens in Hong Kong)

[@VoidSpace9]

Don't worry, china gdp per capita will reach taiwan level and USA is already spending on Intel semiconductor manufacturing. In 5 years, no one will care about taiwan anymore as your semiconductors won't be useful for america anymore as america will be able to produce them domestically. From there china will be even stronger and capturing you will be even easier. You made a big mistake when you chose to forget your roots and motherland

[@tung-hsinliu861]

@@VoidSpace9 What a nationalist you are. Humans come from East Africa why don't you say the world united in East Africa's rule? Lots of Chinese people live in the US and western countries now, even CCP official's relatives. Hey why don't them to all go back to China if China is that good? I'm sure some of them forgot their "roots". Quick, tell them to go home! And funny that you say in a tone as if this will definitely happen as you wumaos expected. Like you ignored China has it's own problems. The title of the world's factory is fading away, economic growth is slowing down, population is getting old while birth rates dropped dramatically, national debt is getting higher, house prices are so high that young people are lying flat, the government keeps building projects that are not profitable at all...etc Yet the CCP builds up a facade that makes you think that China is the strongest, and will be the strongest in any shape or form forever. Next time you see CCP propaganda, think twice. Ah I forgot you can't, because every media in China is loyal to the CCP.

[@foxyfoxasd7943]

我们都有自己的想法。 但是我觉得，你肯定是一个一开战就跑美国，而不是为台湾而战的人。

[@accent1666]

@@VoidSpace9 youre very wrong, bc US will intervene to protect Taiwan's democracy and their self determination they arent in it for chips

[@VoidSpace9]

@@accent1666 Would USA protect ukraine democracy then? Or is ukraine an exception?

[@Xayver1082]

Your'e English is great! You already speak more than the majority of people!

[@SpacedudeProductions]

If you really wish, you can speak in the language you are most comfortable speaking with, and simply provide English subtitles. I’d listen anyways!

[@suzukijimny1832]

Both Simone and jacopo have channels in Italian, try them out if you wish they are very good, you can find both channels in the followed channels section of this channel, Simone has ‘nova lectio’ and jacopo has ‘parabellum’

[@redsamson0023]

i appreciate his efforts to communicate with us in english. the more he speaks english, the easier it will be for him to speak it

[@SpacedudeProductions]

@@redsamson0023 I know. I’m just saying he doesn’t have to force himself to.

[@thomasthomasthomas296]

@@suzukijimny1832 I thought Italian didn't use the letter "J"?

[@thomasthomasthomas296]

@@redsamson0023 this is true, and as a monolingual english speaker, I am trying my best to go about learning other languages, it hasn't gone too well so far....

[@samad3251]

Subscribed, for your neutrality. I support president Tsai ing-wen but she should esnure that her nation doesn't become a ground for proxy war between major world powers.

[@neilz.]

Jakobo, ya do good work. Keep it up ya'lls

[@kurapikakurutabr]

Simple. Taiwan is a REBEL part of the country. It's just like you asking me, what would the US reaction be if Hawaii, or I don't know, Florida, suddenly, because of political differences with the Federal government, started claiming the right to govern from their territories, the rest of the country; that's basically it, Taiwan was "founded", with the intention of absorbing the government from the rest of China and taking power for itself, not because it wanted to become independent. What makes peaceful reunification impossible is precisely US interference, which constantly exerts its "soft" and "hard" power over the island, which causes tremendous friction in relations that have nothing to do with the Americans, since the The situation is solely and exclusively of a national character for China, and there is no reason why the US wants to make the island their protectorate under the excuse of semiconductor demand, as everyone has been saying, because nobody is stupid and everyone knows that the US can well to even quickly create a production chain for this input within its own territory, as Biden recently started to do. The Taiwan issue for the Americans in my humble opinion is uniquely and exclusively REPRESSION, yes, a repression for having to share a post of influence with the country that in the recent past they look down on, with condescension and now have to put up with . Sorry for the grammar mistakes, I don't know how to write much in English. And don't misunderstand my point of view either, because it's a criticism of the government and corporations that have great influence in the US, not against its people, who for me are the biggest victims of the vested interests of the politicians and powerful.

[@godlyoblivion]

Taiwan is so different now than it was when Chiang Kai Shek first fled there. It would be unfair to impose unification on a country like Taiwan when it’s people don’t want to and because it is already so independent. Unification would just be needless bloodshed.

[@romebus4328]

The difference between the relation of Florida and the USA or PRC and the ROC is that ROC is NOT a breakaway state, it was always independent since 1912. By using Florida as an example, I say that Ethiopia has claims on the entire world

[@16psyco]

Why the UK is OBSESSED with North Ireland ? Irish reunification gogogo

[@minisnakali]

I actually didnt know that they were, why are they?

[@16psyco]

@@minisnakali Why can't they leave the Irish island to the Irish people ? Colonization should have been ended a long time ago.

[@minisnakali]

@@16psyco I'm sorry I really don't know, I don't really know anything about Ireland and the UK that's why I was hoping you could explain so I would understand I'm sorry to be a bother 😅❤

[@minisnakali]

@@16psyco I wasn't aware that colonization was still done in this age, I thought it the two nations were just kinda there I guess?

[@16psyco]

​@@minisnakali Now you're aware of it ^^ everybody can be mistaken, why the UK refuse a referendum around the Ireland reunification in 2016 ? you know the thing called : the right to self-determination... like we have done (am french) with our past colonized territories (the last one is the referendum for the New Caledonia self determination in 2021...)... Guess the brexit cooled off the UK leadership

[@FlavioCost]

A usefull and well made video, as usual. 🔥

[@Skyjy10]

As a Taiwanese, I'm impressed of your thorough research on Taiwan (Formosa). Thank you.

[@Hamsteak]

I loved how you used the Nuclear power plants from Simcity 4 👏

[@ellibertador64]

Ciao ragazzi ho mostrato il vostro video sulla Colombia a molti dei miei amici in Colombia e ne sono soddisfatti

[@a.bellizia5090]

Great idea to make these videos in English, thanks

[@Gurfi28]

I look at these things in quite a simple way: What do the people living there want? I don‘t care about historical claims, but only about what the people currently living there want.

[@accountantthe3394]

If that were the case - South ossetia; Transnistria; Somaliland; western Sahara; Catalonia; Hawaii; Palestine; Kashmir; north Cyprus; Abkhazia; Donetsk and Luhansk republics would all deserve independence

[@heavenbright2342]

The better question is why the world, especially the US, is obsessed with Taiwan. If there is no foreign interference, China would just maintain the status quo and leave Taiwan alone in all but formally as part of China. Similarly, China had to react when Hong Kong was being used by foreign anti-China factions, such as the NED which is part of the CIA.

[@sww3679]

if China takes control of Taiwan. China gains control of TSMC, the biggest semi conductor producer in the world. Taiwan is also an important see passage between the striat of malacca and countries like japan and korea. if china gains control of Taiwan, the sea routes will be much much longer and the commodity prices will inflate.

[@sendo82]

Fun fact the CEO of TSMC is from China...

[@rg9448]

I think Beijing would prefer to maintain the status quo, especially after Ukraine invasion by Russia and see how the majority of western powers reacts to it. China is in much more better situation than Russia, and the status of Taiwan is not as clear as Ukraine, so China should be able to pass through it better than Russia. But economy is the main focus of China, so causing international problem on such scale would be harmful for China more than it would benefit it. Just like HK, I heard that recently Chinese gov considers to leave the "one country two system" more than 2047 deadline if it works. I think they dont mind keeping with the status quo as long it doesnt bring problems to them. Ofc, if they want to "re-integrate" Taiwan, hopefully not with violence like Putin does right now

[@wojciechhoppe456]

@@rg9448 logically it's true. I would pretty much support your point of view. But there is one thing. Xi Jinping is ramping up nationalism in China to a degree that's not healthy anymore. Xi can reign as long as he wants to, but what we see now in China is that he gains more and more power and is changing China into a more autocratic country, internally he almost reached the same status like Mao Zedong. The longer a leader reigns the crazier they get and I believe Xi Jinping wants to achieve one great goal before his death. He wants to write History and become the greatest leader of China. And the world faced many tragedies with leaders who want to "write History". He is ramping up nationalistic feelings so much, that by now I believe that even Chinese would sacrifice their wealth for the sake of China "national rejuvenation". And for such a a leader, just look on how isolated Russia is now, he wouldn't care for his countrys situation as long as he can write his history and unlike in Russia, I wouldn't expect any backlash from the population

[@miliba]

Chinese imperialism

[@BBarNavi]

0:39 putting Penghu to the right of Taiwan was UTTERLY CURSED

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Taiwan is so successful despite everything it's honestly quite incredible. Hell, unlike most of the world, you can actually drink the tap water there! And something like 40% of their politicans are women too!

[@felixsubakti6907]

Their president is a bachelorette, just saying

[@Patricia-xz1vz]

@Olivier Verdys lol what?

[@ebefl]

Can you?

[@Andreazor]

Nothing wrong with tap water in Europe.

[@83pawnshopallsalesfinal97]

The commies ain't legit

[@iamilibitirenbetter3266]

What’s Taiwan?

[@sarkazm6011]

island

[@ucuppsani6767]

China people

[@clst3106]

A province under occupation of the kmt

[@yuhboijosiah8083]

@@clst3106 Funny how you're objectively wrong, but what can you expect from someone with a Lenin pfp?

[@dpgaetano]

Potresti farlo pure in italiano questo video?

[@Swissswoosher]

US: Hey Xi, Taiwan Xi: I don’t get it US: You never will

[@Swissswoosher]

@@PutXi_Whipped chill, it’s a joke.

[@themigthyhowitzer3213]

Wait, is it just me or was that BF4 music towards the end, or maybe just similar?

[@redsamson0023]

indeed, taiwan is china. i understand that many taiwanese don’t want to join the people’s republic of china. however, if taiwan relinquishes its claim to the chinese mainland, i could recognize taiwan. the way i see it, taiwan would rather be colonized by japan than be one with the rest of china

[@zz3OPEN]

I imagine we'd see a huge number of them immigrating elsewhere before living under the CCP. I sure as hell would.

[@accent1666]

it already relinquished, they no longer want the mainland, just be independent

[@redsamson0023]

@@accent1666 cool. as an american, my opinion doesn’t matter because there is only one china. however, i suppose taiwan should be recognized like somaliland and northern cyprus should be recognized

[@mxn1948]

@@redsamson0023 thats a no go though. because china is a P5 member along with russia with vast influence among the third world, so you are not going to be able to get the UN to declare taiwan as anything other than chinese. Second, its china we're talking about, they aren't somalia or turkey/cyprus. cyprus is the way it is because turkey cant take the whole thing with fighting a war with potentially the british/nato. china can already take taiwan regardless of who is in the war. At some point, whether the people on taiwan want it or not, china will take taiwan, and i doubt anyone will actually defend the island, since a chinese assault will be swift, Rand studies indicates china can probably take most of the island within a month now, and faster as time goes on. plus no one is actually under any obligation to defend them, there is no treaty. So the real question is when and how many must die -assuming it's not a peaceful one- before it happens.

[@nihil_hd1598]

@@redsamson0023 No.if the taiwanese want to be indipended ,let them be.

[@yung.alchemist]

Thanks for making these videos in English, im Italian but my Italian isn't all that great so I really appreciate the effort you put into these. They are well researched and interesting, keep up the great work my friend!

[@jamesmorgan2109]

"*perfect speaking for 30 seconds* you might hear my broken english"

[@iidentifyasaa-10warthogbrr10]

Ukrain and Russia Taiwan and China What next..?

[@neilz.]

Earth and Mars

[@GuyShōtō]

@@neilz. Don't get me started on those bloody Martians!

[@9_9876]

Usa and Cuba

[@ms1-Alex]

Morocco and west sahara?

[@georgesamuels4511]

British empire War crimes would be a good watch ngl

[@lorenzod3667]

- 10000000000000000000 social credits

[@GenericheroVII]

Subscribed! I appreciate the non-american take, because I get anxious about being assertive. Much gratitude, dudes! I honestly have a speech impediment, so I don't worry about English unless it get really confusing with similar words. Like Red and Read. Or Haul, hall and Hole.

[@psychromaniac3525]

So is Taiwan part of China? Taiwan: No. China: Yes.

[@redsamson0023]

Taiwan, Min Nan region, China?

[@DommTom]

Is Taiwan part of CHina? Yes! (according to both (officially)) Is China part of the PRC? NO!

[@the4lover]

Taiwan is not a part of Chine, Taiwan is China

[@redsamson0023]

taiwan is a part of china’s min nan region. the people’s republic of china is the legitimate china

[@DommTom]

@@redsamson0023 In your dreams. China shall leave others alone!

[@hz3068]

Silk road theme hits hard

[@FederationMapping]

It's weird I see no Westerners spamming "Taiwan is the real China"

[@yuliusjrt9917]

Most of these people are propagandists who spam the same thing over and over because they get paid per comment. Or they’re just part of the Reddit hive mind

[@extinction9313]

@Olivier Verdys Based

[@angelosorrisi]

Molto bello bravi 👏 pensate di tradurlo anche in italiano?

[@federicadaglia2911]

C'è gia nel canale di parabellum in italiano

[@junacebedo888]

One very important factor why the Mainland wants Taiwan is, Mao ordered all China's historical & cultural heritage DESTROYED . But, some of those historical artifacts went to Taiwan and was preserved

[@alexsiu8006]

It is hoped that Simone could further comment on all these matters.

[@Radaga92]

Mi fa strano che un video del genere, ben scritto e ben fatto, dopo così tante ore abbia così poche visualizzazioni. Che il PCC abbia fatto scendere i Social Credits di Nova Lectio International? It's strange, after a day this video has only 5k. A lot less than the other videos of the channel. Maybe the CCP did his deed with the Social Credits?

[@hrishabkumarsharma1355]

If I had a nickle for everytime someone made a video about the two china policy

[@wulfw.8452]

This is just a one-sided story of the white terror incident, my uncle's family and his neighbors were the victims of the mob since part of the mob's goal isn't about justice but robbing and raping women at the ease of chaos. Our family are Hakka.

[@ravenouself4181]

"Broken English", my Friend, You have perfect English. Much better than most Native Speakers, in fact. As for Taiwan being a part of China. I will try to express my views on it. Taiwan is a part of China, but as "China" as a whole - not of the PRC. As for the ROC's claims on the PRC and the rest of Mainland China, it technically lost the Chinese Civil War and as such can not be recognized as the "Government of China". If the ROC wishes to be recognized as an independent and sovereign country it should rename itself to the, for example, "Republic of Taiwan". That is my objective and unbiased view. As for my personal subjective and biased view, Taiwan is an independent and sovereign country and should be recognized as such. If the PRC would attempt to invade Taiwan, I highly doubt that Japan, India, Vietnam and South Korea would idly sit back.

[@User-jr7vf]

His English is way better than mine---and I have known English for over 6 years. Had I put in the same amount of effort as him in learning it, I could be better than I'm now. However I never really cared about learning English properly, yet here I'm typing this comment in English.

[@kilgoretrout413]

Taiwan 🇹🇼 makes such great 😊 tea 🍵 So underrated 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🙃 God bless them 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@natashatercera8536]

What you fail to mention is that Taiwan had a completely different, Austronesian, tribal population until VERY recent times. You also failed to mention that the one China policy was masterminded by TAIWAN under Chiang Kai Shek’s government. During his rule, “Retake the mainland” was the slogan!!

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

What happened to the original natives?

[@accountantthe3394]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Genocide by Chiang when he retreated to the island and declared martial law

[@sharwama992]

@@accountantthe3394but for some reason the Han in Taiwan are trying to convince us that they are indigenous 😂

[@kazaddum2448]

1. It's Communist Party of China (CPC), not Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Takes 5 seconds to find out. The fomrer is the official english name. 2. Those "air raids" are flights through the air traffic identification zone of the RoC. Said zone covers a huge chunk of southern China. Actual air space claimed by the RoC has never been infringed uppon, because, well, it's much smaller. 3. As for "is it China", yes. It considers itself so too, hence the name "Republic of China". Its the rump state of the losing side of the chinese civil war, which only persisted because the USA blocked the strait and was threatening nuclear war should the PRC try anyway.

[@obergruppenfuhrer-]

CCP b0t alert. Yt getting filled with Wum@os😂

[@sendo82]

You forgot the unequal treaty forcing China to lose Taiwan and HK.... At the beginning you should alrdy put it in

[@albertovela6171]

Pls work on your tone and success will come to you. Simone e' spesso piacevole da ascoltare a prescindere dalle informazioni fornite. Il tuo tono e' molto legato e sembra di avere un robot che parla. Ascoltare il video senza guardarlo per esempio non e' piacevole a prescindere dalla pronuncia corretta o meno di una lingua straniera .

[@novalectiointernational]

riconosco di dover lavorare ancora molto sul tono, con la pratica prima o poi ci arriverò. - Jacopo -

[@redsamson0023]

i appreciate that nova lectio international speaks english. i see what he is saying

[@bobbybandz9194]

A country is,or is part of,whatever its people allow. Titles mean little if the will of the people doesn't back its declaration.

[@ilmelangolo]

Commento tattico

[@leewang2902]

What do you mean? The Republic of China still considers the mainland as its territory.

[@姜磊-n5h]

When you take narrative completely form one side, your piece becomes extremely biased at best. In majority of the case it's called propaganda. I heard DPP government is spending big $$$ to buy whatever voice they can buy. Blillions for any country that recognizes them. A game less and less affordable these days. Mind you I hate CCP. But I equally hate DPP as they are just like CCP, plus a lot more stupid. In your video you conveniently ignored many facts. I wouldn't bother with those but just like to point out that the vast majority of the "pro-independent Taiwanese" are actually decendents of the mainland migrants, the Fukkienese.(The so called "Taiwanese language" actually is Fukkienese). The true locals are not really so much into "independence". Taiwan was ceeded to Japan in 1895. "Godfather of Taiwan Independence" was born in 1923. Yet he and his comrades discriminate the later migrants from mainland in 1945. If that's ok, can I migrate to any country and ask my son to fight for "independence" when he's 22 years old? Yup that's Fukkienese, a famous batch in China. Their mainland relatives are most famous for running scams on industrial scales. Whole village or city living by scamming others. For those interested, check the history yourself en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki#Treaty_and_Taiwan The US plays the game of ambiguity becasue that's to their best interst, not that they are angels. For quite a while they gave the ruling KMT in Taiwan bomber planes to bomb mainland China once in a while. They also sent U2 spy planes over the mainlan, just because they can. That vividly interpreted their belief, might is right. Even today Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone includes large piece of areas in mainland. If a plane takes off in Fukkien provice, that can be counted as "violating Taiwanese AIDZ". Check the picture yourself en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_defense_identification_zone#Taiwan Do you still insist Taiwanese have the rights to "independence"? "Xi wants to reunify Taiwan". Same lie as "Putin wants to restore CCCP". Why would Xi want to reunify Taiwan? Ask yourself, what does he get and what would he lose?

[@extinction9313]

He gains a big island

[@spagootest2185]

he gains a big island and the best semiconductor manufacturing in the entire world

[@姜磊-n5h]

@@spagootest2185 you think after the war those foundries will still be usable? Do you know how those work?

[@spagootest2185]

@@姜磊-n5h even if they were destroyed for some reason, everyone would have to switch to Chinese silicon

[@雷-t3j]

Xi has certainly been saying he wants Taiwan to be ruled by the PRC and that he isn't afraid of violence to get it. And Putin wants to restore the Russian Empire, not the Soviet Union, but he still wants to restore glorious russian imperialism.

[@Hinata0928]

The microchip industry was the reason PRC wants ROC under them.

[@makukawakami]

im just waiting for the 50 cent army to show up in the comments

[@aleksanderrubik.]

Lmao same

[@thomasau3204]

Like ya'll farming ur .000005 BTC from the CIA ? kek

[@joeblack4436]

Taiwan works. There is no need for anybody to to step in and help them with anything. Let alone some country just coming along and saying... Hey that's mine. Why? Is this the 17th century or something? Leave Taiwan be. It is culturally disparate from China. The indigenous people of Taiwan settled there thousands of years ago. Just because the Dutch and then China colonised parts of it during colonial times, doesn't give China any more right to it, than the British, the Dutch or the French or even Japan have to any part of China. You can't be against colonialism, and be an active colonial power yourself. Let alone in this day and age when the whole world sees what you are doing every step of the way. It was the same with Tibet. For a country that so desperately crave respect from abroad China seems to do its utmost to act in a way sure to lose it. The resentment because of Tibet is still festering strong, no matter how much China has attempted to sweep the matter under the rug. Strong! And it will continue to do so for an entire generation at least. What do they think will happen when everybody in the world sees them first annexing Tibet, then Hong Kong, then Taiwan, any more plans this century? Get ready for HATE. It's already at DESPISE for many.

[@sarkazm6011]

But do you realize that every country that is an island needs maybe not so much help, but support? For example, Japan has to buy a lot of raw materials. Is Taiwan Culturally Different? I don't know, I suspect that Chinese culture mixed with Japanese there. I know for sure that both Chinese and Taiwanese speak Mandarin. Tibet, however, is different from Taiwan, the story is different. Besides, the last time I checked, Tibet has theoretically been under Chinese care for a good dozen or so years, so? Don't get mixed up in Hong Kong, that's another matter. Hong Kong is part of China, not some country or I don't know what yet. Besides, some people in the world know what China is doing and support it, it isn't that everyone will be indignant at what the CCP is doing. There is nothing you can do about it, only show off on the internet, so I advise you to get over it.

[@joeblack4436]

​@@sarkazm6011 There was undoubtedly some mixing in of both Chinese and Japanese culture at one or another time, definitely in modern times. Taiwan was already settled by its indigenous people in 3000BC. That's 5000 years ago. Those people are still around in Taiwan. And at least up to the Qing dynasty was considered as outside of China's borders, and as an island, even unthinkable to consider for integration into the Chinese empire. During the Qing dynasty, after Dutch and Spanish occupation of the island, such ideas were first discarded in favour of having a presence, although not in the form of actual wholesale occupation. And the Qing dynasty still respected the aboriginal land claim and actually went to great pains to protect it, even from it's own. But as these things go. As more Chinese settlers arrived and well... settled in, things changed. That was not that long ago. Yes the Japanese empire also bunged in there at some point, but this was all fairly recent history in grand scheme of the island nation known today as Taiwan. Of course there was never a chance that in hell that China in communist times, with the cultural revolution and all that, least due to the strategic value of the place, would ever keep themselves from doing the wrong thing and just claiming it for themselves wholesale. China, like Japan, actually has very little reasonable historic claim to the place. Cultural influence is something else completely. I eat both Chinese and Japanese food every few months. Doesn't mean they have any claim on where I live. As another example US influence no doubt strongly influence Mexican and Canadian culture, but they are still separate fully independent countries with every sovereign right in the world to be so. Frankly I find culture-centric arguments in matters of territorial claims to be rather flimsy and from an objective view - Boorish. That's not how it works. And sure some people here and there support what China is obviously doing. Many of them former European colonies. Because China is shouting as loud as they can about European colonialism that China itself suffered under, many seem unable to even notice Chinese colonialism happening right in front of their eyes. Or do, but do not really care for the moral side of the argument, and are happy to have a few eggs cracked to make an ideological omelette. Then there is also that whole other part of the world, most of it, that China can only convince, with mixed success to look the other way by bribing them with trade. A situation that will not last forever as it really doesn't seem like China wishes to stop any time soon and will most likely push further if Taiwan falls to them. Then all the trade in the world will not stop more countries from actively opposing China's ambitions. In fact demand for goods from China will likely dry up altogether as it becomes existentially prudent to sanction trade with China. Cheap goods can after all not be considered cheap when it comes at the cost of one's sovereignty. That is not cheap at all.

[@AhmedSaid-pn5ws]

my favorite channel

[@MrLugine]

great info

[@draluca3115]

You are the future of umanity amici miei. Now ou're spreading the Truth all over the world, they tried to mute it specially at school, but thanks to you more and more people is becoming conscious about the world in which they live.

[@fengshuo2725]

The infrastructures built by Imperial Japan were tools to syphon resources and local population hardly had the chance enjoy the benefits from it. And the oppressions imposed on locals were beyond most modern folks imagination, i.e had to pick a japanese name in order to get to school, join IJA or IJN to have a better social status, females became sex slaves. And since you mentioned those unfair treaties at the beginning of the video, why not look a bit further back to see the forming of relation between Taiwan and the Mainland. Info involved remain narrow, and you need to know more.

[@nickm2558]

yup, my wife is from Taiwan and many people there hate the Japanese, they do like the modern culture and food etc but hate the people and what they did to them.

[@jameshodgson3656]

Even though I disagree on some points I do like the video

[@monarchyofjackalliancesind3937]

Very nice ❤️💖

[@revinhatol]

China (Beijing): I am you, and you are me. China (Taipei): No! No, this can't be true!

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

China: There is only ONE China. Taiwan: Indeed there is, so why do you keep trying to invade yourself? Please consult a mental health professional. We are worried.

[@jonaspete]

I don't know why they doesnt call themselves a republic of china if they want to gain a recognition as a true successor to China and Chinese civilization. Or else they only confined themselves to a little space like Hong Kong. In fact both of these two should do some treaty to gain a leverage over CCP China.

[@ranggaadi5179]

@@jonaspete there is no way they get leverage because Hongkong was a British colony that has been given back to mainland China and PRC and ROC are technically still at war because there is no peace treaty or ceasefire and the PRC are the ones who have control of mainland China and because of one china policy only small nation that recognize them and the majority of the world agree that PRC is the real successor, and the UN also consider Formosa island is part of china

[@MilanILoveU]

@@ranggaadi5179 Although China is a country run by the Communist Party, relations between China and the Soviet Union have been torn apart since the 1960s. China established diplomatic relations with the United States in the 1970s, when President Nixon personally visited Beijing and announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, when Mao was still alive. The Communist Party of China is only nominally called the Communist Party, but what it continues is the traditional Chinese path of independence. In the 1980s, China supported the Afghans to resist the Soviet invasion together with the United States, and together with the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, while the PRC’s The Olympic Committee was granted legal seats in 1979. Then in 1984, we played the first Olympics in Los Angeles. But we need to throw away some of the cultures in our heritage that don't match industrialization because we want to develop. If you go to China, you will find that this is a capitalist country, but the government needs to control the wanton spread of capital. We want to use capital, not to be ruled by capital. We don’t want to be a country ruled by Wall Street. Remember the 99% movement that took place on Wall Street in the United States? It was also suppressed by the United States. Also, if you know the history of Taiwan's military, they originated from the Whampoa Military School in Canton in the 1920s, which was funded by the Soviets and trained by Soviet officers. It can be said that Taiwan's army was established by the Soviet Union

[@modder15]

Taiwan deserves to be independent.

[@user-re5qf7xc3d]

No, it won't and won't dare

[@sarkazm6011]

Well, it depends. Can you give reasons why Taiwan deserves to be independent?

[@一片祥和台上台下]

America will never support that

[@accent1666]

@@一片祥和台上台下 and yet it does

[@一片祥和台上台下]

@@accent1666 where did you get your info? if you can provide a link? for my information, it doesn't America will never support taiwan's independency. if so taiwan will declare independent already

[@Louey_]

Not yet

[@davidsugijanto6935]

Good video. I learned some new information about this topic. However, this video still doesn't aswer WHY CHINA IS OBSESSED WITH TAIWAN?

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

“ Laugh” Even as a Taiwanese, I still couldn’t understand why

[@vermilion6966]

Youre really not that bright if you have to ask questions like 'why any country doesnt support separatism' The question is idiotic.

[@dsw86]

By sheer quantity, the Chinese can certainly grow to overwhelm Taiwan militarily and economically around 2025. But that doesn't tell a full story nor does it mean a takeover is inevitable. It's only fair to also point out the rampant corruption in the Chinese government+military, and domestic inequality/suppression/crime issues. It adds context where you simply mention a large military budget and the J-20 (which is completely limited in capability to engines Russia allows China to buy). Taiwan (along with Western imperialism interference) is much more useful to the Chinese government as a talking point to distract from domestic issues in the Chinese populace. The government also cannot risk war to destabilize the economy which fuels support and complacency among the middle-upper class. China's military, while huge and beyond the corruption, also does not have the capability to meaningfully execute an amphibious assault. As such, the status quo (news of China's growing military, ADIZ flights, verbal threats by foreign ministry, continued messaging of One China and that Taiwan will be reunified, etc.) is extremely convenient for the CPC to hold on to power.

[@thefrog6065]

WS10C is standard on J20A and WS15 is being tested. AL31Fs are phasing out on the production line.

[@kang7014]

is Vladivostok russia?

[@RTankist]

Per favore portalo sul canale Italiano

[@federicoargardi9339]

C'è già sul canale di Parabellum

[@moleash6465]

My families belong to KMT Chinese, I wonder what privileges I ever had.

[@GeneralGrayJay]

We should put Nato troops there to discourage an invasion.

[@lordsteppergod7269]

If China gets control of those Semiconductors, we're screwed

[@ivanf.482]

No vabbe pure in inglese? Non sapevo, grande!

[@pinguofthehill7635]

F for our social credit

[@mscottjohnson3424]

7:15 I don't think that is the right question. I think the real question is "Does China, in any form, have a legitimate claim to Taiwan." This includes the Republic of China. I'm an American who has been living in Taiwan since 2011, before the Sunflower Movement and the replacement of the KMT by the DPP as the dominant political authority in Taiwan. With the exception of some with strong ties to China, the vast majority of Taiwanese do not identify as Chinese, at least not nationally. They may identify as 華人, ethnically and culturally Chinese, but not 中國人, citizens of the Chinese nation. We also mustn't forget the many indigenous peoples of Taiwan who have become minorities in a settler-colonial state. The way I see it, the state known as the Republic of China illegitimately colonized the island of Taiwan after WWII and the Chinese Civil War. Since then, the people of Taiwan have largely taken control of that illegitimate state through democratic reforms. So while the rule of the elected leaders is legitimate (to the extend that representative democracy can be legitimate), the Chinese state apparatus is not. The peoples of Taiwan deserve to have autonomy and self-determination as an independent nation, and that nation has no reason to be the ROC of pre-civil war China. The ROC state is just baggage at this point, baggage Taiwan cannot shed because it is the foundation of China's (PRC) claim to the island. It's not simply a declaration that the ROC is an independent state that would trigger Chinese military intervention, the claim that Taiwan is an independent nation, not part of China at all that would be most offensive to the Chinese Communist Party. That Taiwan is willing to go along pretending it is, in some way, still Chinese is the only thing preserving the peaceful status quo.

[@MarkMiller304]

The non native Taiwanese were illegal immigrant colonists in the first place. The land should be returned to the natives and the Chinese colonists should either go back to China or accept a native ruled government. The same goes for America, European Americans illegally extorted and occupy native land. If we are taking about what is right, then the land should be returned to its rightful native owners.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

@Pluto Voltaire The Cuban people should have the right to self determination. I know there are some internal struggles in Cuba, but it is not the job of foreign states to come solve Cubans' problems. If the US were to attempt a military regime change in Cuba, I would support anyone who came to Cuba's defense. Also, the US has no military bases in Taiwan. It has bases in Japan and S Korea, but not Taiwan.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

@Pluto Voltaire Rogue Taiwan? Are you implying that Taiwan should belong to the PRC? I said China, at no point in history, has a legitimate claim to Taiwan. Not the PRC, not the ROC, not the Qing Empire. The people in Taiwan deserve self determination.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

@Pluto Voltaire If the US does not get involved, it will be colonized by the PRC. As Taiwan is my home, I am willing to take risks in order to prevent that from happening.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

@علي ياسر I want autonomy for Taiwan. I'm not talking about the US. I never said anything about the US defeating China. You're projecting.

[@ilromanzodeitreregni2669]

Like for Three Kingdoms' music

[@leihtory7423]

talks about China conducting Air Raids. Thats a Western Anti-China talking point. Chinese airforce did not enter Taiwans Airspace Air defense zone is not Airspace. Air Defense Zone is a self proclaimed not recognized by internationally So China has not entered Taiwans Airspace.

[@Jojo-oi3iz]

So according to you, as long you occupy a country through aggression (AKA Sino-Japanese War ) and make that country infrastructure better ( and take their resource ofcos to serve the mainland Japan much like what all other empires have done to their colonies) it is justifiable? You have a twisted sense of moral justice. Go tell that to the koreans too, that Japan has made your country better and should be thankful therefore deserved to be occupied. Oh, you forgotten about how Japan forced Tawianese chinese to fight against mainland China during the 2nd World War? There were some aspects of modernization under Japanese rule, like infrastructure improvements. However, these often came at the expense of Taiwanese well-being and cultural identity. Overall, the Japanese occupation was a period of hardship for the Taiwanese people. Textbooks acknowledge the occupation's brutality while also recognizing advancements in areas like education and infrastructure. You should not just cherry pick only good things and ignoring how people truly suffered. How younger Taiwanese view Japan currently is separated with the past historical events.

[@panchopanchopanchopanchopancho]

Do a video about chile, inmigrants and the cams are destroying the country

[@francescoioverno2937]

Interesting! I like in English!

[@Advaitamanta]

Taiwan is more of China than Alaska is of America

[@erichtomanek4739]

An excellent, well researched video. It's easy to listen and understand with informative visuals. As to your question: R.O.C. Taiwan is an independent nation. The communist controlled mainland is under occupation and in all honesty be referred to as West Taiwan.

[@uncleho3085]

😂😂😂

[@redsamson0023]

taiwan is a part of china, but has no jurisdiction on the mainland.

[@wangeliswangelis1464]

Are you delusional?

[@londoncrow500]

Respect your patriotism, but 'west taiwan' is funny.

[@zz3OPEN]

Taiwan is an example of what mainland China could be without the totalitarian regime of the CCP.

[@vstachen7761]

No need to ask why. Taiwan Island Chinese territory.

[@Bot-mx2sr]

Great content coverage. Please cover Palestine as well

[@hersin15]

There is Palestine video. Oh wait it doesn't exist.

[@raulmenedez2427]

It's easy to understand. It's all about territory. America is democracy

[@Pandorso]

Buon lavoro, tuttavia credo che l'accento sia ancora un po' "italico"

[@kaisersoze5155]

You told us after 1940s ... What about last 2000 years? Who ruled the island?

[@bluespy5813]

I have a question... When I was like 9 or 10 years old I searched the total countries of the world and Google specifically stated that Taiwan is not a country but in the recent years they did the opposite, what's the reason behind this sudden change?

[@felixsubakti6907]

Google is banned in china since circa 2015 , so they opened an office in Taiwan and call Taiwan a country as a big fat middle finger to china for not being a good marketplace (they also call Turkestan a country in exile). Google also produced some of their phones in Taiwan that didn't comply with Chinese standards to add salt in the wound

[@bluespy5813]

@@felixsubakti6907 I mean I can't blame the Chinese for banning American apps cause terrorist in Xinjiang use them to exchange information

[@ythunderboy8694]

@@bluespy5813 Ah yes ban all american apps of your 1B population because of few terrorists

[@bluespy5813]

@@ythunderboy8694 “Ah yes banning American apps cause of a few terrorists” It's not a “few” There's more than you think and besides Google censors a lot more info than one might think

[@godlyoblivion]

@@bluespy5813 well the problem of terrorists is highly overstated by the Chinese government because it allows it to enforce monocultural ideals on the Uighur population.

[@BioluminescentTree]

Anche questo canale è caduto nell'errore ahimè diffusissimo di utilizzare per rappresentare il Giappone di questi anni la bandiera con i raggi. Questa in realtà era ad uso esclusivamente militare. La bandiera nazionale era invece uguale a quella attuale, solo con un rosso meno acceso. Non è conoscenza esoterica, su Wikipedia l'Impero giapponese è sempre rappresentato da tale vessillo.

[@novalectiointernational]

E' vero, ho usato la bandiera con i raggi per motivi più che altro grafici (il cerchio rosso al centro sarebbe stato oscurato da immagini e video) - Jacopo -

[@Newellgk]

Nope.

[@cloud-tutorials]

i think you need to do more study

[@sovkunas3370]

i think the right question would be, why is america obsessed with Taiwan

[@MilanILoveU]

Very simple, because the United States wants to contain China's development, and Taiwan is a very useful pawn. This is the norm in international relations. Americans don't care about democracy and dictatorship. In fact, Saudi Arabia ranks first among the powerful allies of the United States in the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia is even a hereditary state with a dictatorship of a king

[@sovkunas3370]

@@MilanILoveU I already know the answer to the question. Taiwan is rightfully Chinese and US has no business in the Asian continent.

[@MilanILoveU]

@@sovkunas3370 America is not an idealist as they claim to be. They are 100% realists. Only care about interests, ideals are just excuses. When they want to join forces with Vietnam to contain China, America will only tell you that China is an evil country run by the Communist Party. But America will not tell you that Vietnam is also a country run by the Communist Party. And the United States never mentions the influence of those big capitalists in the United States. I remember that there was an "Occupy Wall Street Movement, 99% Movement" on Wall Street, but the capitalists suppressed these people and were selectively forgotten by the Western media.

[@JackTheSheep]

@@sovkunas3370 China has no right to Taiwan because the people of Taiwan hate the mainland. Why? Because the mainland is an Authoritarian dictatorship hellbent on the destruction of their successful democracy. China has no right if it is not the people's will.

[@BillySnider-yc2cc]

No

[@MAACH02]

For the algorythm!!