Why everyone’s mad about China’s new map 

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0:00 Intro
4:39 The New Map
5:13 Kashmir
6:44 Nepal
7:34 Bhutan
9:36 Arunachal Pradesh
10:47 Myanmar
11:24 South China Sea
13:21 Senkaku Islands
13:49 Taiwan
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[@johnnyharris]

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[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

You can also Search Chinese Geopolitics of Calling 5 Fingers of China, which Their Leader claim to take back those region in Himalaya. Those are :1.Nepal, 2.Sikkim, 3.ladakh, 4.Bhutan, 5.NEFA /Arunachal Pradesh. + Parts of Nepal and India which need to be Part of China. Trust me, Their Leader have already makes Claim of 5 Fingers of Himalaya, Btw, They got Aksai Chin part of India in 1962..now they Want all Rest of It.

[@wisdomhighschool9975]

That ain't Kashmir, It is LADAKH, Directly Administered by the Central Govt of India

[@moisescastillo6051]

When is your mormón video coming out?

[@wisdomhighschool9975]

That ain't Kashmir, It is LADAKH, Directly Administered by the Central Govt of India

[@moneyevin-xf5sb]

i hope US can help my country one day in Malaysia because i don't want china take over of my country

[@Drexler7]

At least Johnny and China have one similar obsession : Maps 😂

[@romystumpy1197]

😂😂 nice one

[@nickebert1265]

And dimsum I'm sure

[@LeanBackNplay]

What about Israel's map😂

[@mohammed_mubashir]

nice 😂

[@MrPoornakumar]

@Drexler7 The other side of the same statement is that the leaders of victim-countries of PRC, never ever look at the maps. To win over PRC, one needs to be heavily map-savvy.

[@x2neonn]

I’d love to hear more about the border fence between Myanmar and China.

[@buyichengxiang]

Use your steps to lead the eyes and don't be fooled! ! ! This so-called reporter is talking nonsense

[@markmagat9500]

@@buyichengxiang another chenqing bwaylaodaopao winnie the pooh supporter defending their greedy state

[@randell9667]

@@buyichengxiang Which part was nonsense? Seemed very coherent to me, and backed by facts, not just assertions. Also if you use your steps to lead your eyes, that's how you trip, you should use your eyes to watch where you step. Less tripping and falling on nuts that way.

[@caicymru2090]

🙋🏼‍♂️

[@skipper7152]

@@buyichengxiang gonna have to do more than just deny and refute, mr bot

[@lifeself123]

What I want to say is that China's map has always been like this. You can carefully compare maps from previous years; it's just that this year it has been brought up by various media.

[@HelinWang-ro7fx]

You are right

[@nrkaz]

And the map on the video cover is also not right,there is no hainan

[@Tespri]

It just proves that Chinese government is evil and is planning for world domination.

[@KJ-ml2zb]

according to my map, the whole world is mine. I compare all the maps I drew in the last 10 years , it also says the whole world is mine.

[@lifeself123]

@@KJ-ml2zb "I never respond to fools, and you are the first. My advice is for you to study seriously and consult relevant materials."

[@windupmerchant1679]

Interesting how the map of Israel changes all the time, yet nobody bats an eyelid. Also, the irony of JH being a US citizen and finding it eerie being so close to a country that's serious about exerting its power when no other country exerts its power more than any other nation as the US does.

[@wr3595]

Yep

[@user-kj9ci2ew1d]

Are you telling the truth here? Haha

[@brunocoolio6464]

HAHAHA

[@shwix6534]

I mean you ain't wrong tho, but i enjoy his explanations nevertheless

[@shavar67]

Ahh yes, an expert on foreign policy.

[@kelemenkaban2505]

Johnny's favorite topic (maps) combined with current geopolitical events... I would call this a win for the audience :)

[@calebkaitorres6020]

Yes please do a video on the border fence!

[@Kevin.Costner.]

+200 Credit Score🇨🇳

[@jaymarx]

Ignoring his own country doing a genocide but talking about others potential aggression… don’t you need to finish one war before starting another!?

[@circuitbreaker8314]

Well you can't blame china. Why should they hold themselves to certain rules and border rights if the same thing happening in israel is ok by the west but if anyone else does it, it is a shame. Arrogance..

[@leihtory7423]

Fails to mention China is not alone in building military islands in disputed waters. Vietnam has built more military islands in Philippine Waters. Fails to mention the 11 Dash line of Taiwan. Where Chinas 9-10 Dash line comes from.

[@lukelittlejohn_]

I’d definitely love a video on that fence with Myanmar, I’d be super interested to see how it’s effecting peoples that have mingled and traded for years and now have to give that up for the sake of control.

[@alexzhen179]

Maybe checking out southeast asian scam mills' human trafficking would help you to add up some other perspectives.

[@hb.raafay]

there is no conflict. China is just protecting smuggling. Johnny Harris misinterpreted the situation.

[@videochemistry3773]

need to go there in person

[@sinoroman]

Isn’t there a border fence between Mexico and USA? It has already disrupted life there

[@GamingLiveToday]

@@hb.raafay Did you use some kind of VPN to connect to this video?

[@halfmooner9977]

I like the part that when china is in control of certain area you say "it's CONTROLLER by China", but when India is in control of certain area you say "It BELONGS to india"

[@user-xl2eg7qx1x]

It's too ironic, this is a video promoting China as evil, he doesn't care about historical territorial ownership. As long as China is evil, that's okay

[@laveniaghosh8303]

@@user-xl2eg7qx1x but u can't deny that china has so many border disputers than is neighbouring countries

[@cardinalsd9810]

@@laveniaghosh8303 From a historical perspective, how much territory has China lost.

[@lamewater772]

The land he called as being "CONTROLLED" by China (in Kashmir region) was the one that didnt belong to China before, but is controlled by it now. But the land that he said "BELONGS" to India (Arunachal Pradesh) is a state which has been a rightful part of the Indian territory since its independence, ocuupied by Indian citizens and the claim by China is nonsense with no backing. They already have problems with their claim to tibet which is disputed, let alone this so called south tibet of theirs lol. As he commented, wishful thinking. China is doing this just to satisfy their vain ego, assert their power and pressurize India.

[@halfmooner9977]

@@lamewater772 The concept of a nation's "legal" territory is inherently subject to change over history, wars, and various events. If you firmly believe that a specific area objectively belongs to a certain country, you should take a look at the extent of China's Yuan dynasty's territory. The territories we discuss as "disputed" indicate that the narrator should not have any bias regarding their ownership. When you presuppose that a place strictly "belongs" to a particular country, your understanding of the word "disputed" has already been skewed. What you are doing is merely reinforcing and justifying your pre-existing stance with that same stance.

[@user-su7sw7gh5f]

So why is it legal for Britain to divide the Sino-Indian border?

[@vliusha]

王莽同学，这个问题很好

[@bg53rockylayek4]

If tibbet is a Chinese land it is also a Indian land india is so much connected with tibbet for centuries the budhhism brought from India , many Indians travelled tibbet as a tibbet is a very special place for Indians , if Tibet would independent it is ok for india ,but tibbet is now captured by china so in that case tibbet also belongs to us ,

[@bg53rockylayek4]

Because in that time British in power and tibbet has own power you people don't captured tibbet in that time but presently you people killed the sovereignty of tibbet

[@DavefromWork]

Whataboutism, the classic fallback.

[@user-su7sw7gh5f]

@@bg53rockylayek4 Simple logic, bro. If you are in power, you can legally demarcate the regional ownership, then China can be in power at any time, just as Britain once did.

[@elonwhatever]

The Russian island claim is very easy to explain: it's a test to see how Russia will respond. Russia has a lot of territory in Manchuria that it took from China during the century of humiliation. China wants it back. So they are testing Russia to see how strongly they can respond here and will use that info to determine how to push their other claims

[@trappist1-e301]

I think the Russians will simply ignore china's claims

[@PrograError]

well they are partners right? /s

[@ceosgamer016_5]

Well China does have some leverage over Rusia

[@rasyidpangrango4690]

pocking the bear too much wouldnt end well...

[@Nikolaievich9837]

@@rasyidpangrango4690ya just ask Ukraine lol

[@sharpfangs37]

A dying empire is like a dying snake. still dangerous, but not for long.

[@user-ll5fq3tl1j]

I'm very sure China is not yet a dying empire

[@CoolBoyYeah]

Did you call China a dying empire bro?

[@Kevin.Costner.]

Unless you're Australian like us we deal with those like nothin just another Tuesday arvo

[@Piglady00]

It sounds like America to me

[@cosmicluna5783]

​@@CoolBoyYeahChina is historically known for collapsing multiple times

[@howard4195]

According to your interpretation that the tenth dash line was added recently in this update. However, when I searched for maps published in 2019 and 2016, both maps already showed the tenth dash line next to Taiwan. Therefore it’s not a sudden change but a constant effort for Beijing to acclaim Taiwan as part of China.

[@ensla736]

是这样的

[@user-if6rq1bj7o]

If you look it up 70 years ago, 150 years ago, the maps still included Taiwan

[@rightrightis6477]

Did you even watch this video carefully? He said that 'it's not a first time tenth dash appeared on a chinese government map'

[@aramtime7368]

If u look It up China is Mongolia. There is no china

[@bdk5503]

@@user-if6rq1bj7o Take a map from WW2 and behold how big Germany was. Or the British Empire ... or ...

[@icekylin]

This video is extremely misleading, as the 2023 version of the China map does not change in any way from the 2020 version in terms of borders and landmasses, but only in terms of city labelling and so on. Spreading rumours about China on KZbin is a no-cost affair.💀

[@user-kc5fp4tj9y]

Myanmar-China fence was built to mostly prevent drug trade in that region. During WW2, ROC sent troops to Myanmar to fight Japanese, but as KMT was defeated by the commies soon after WW2, some of KMT's land forces retreated into the forest in northern Myanmar. After KMT fled to Taiwan, it couldn't afford maintaining supply and logistics of this military presence in Myanmar, and (I might be wrong here) subsequently decommissioned these regiments. However, instead of letting them to surrender to PRC or bring them to Taiwan, they just left them in Myanmar. These militants became the local warlords and started to grow poppies to finance/support themselves. Note, these aren't from creditable sources because it's a dark history for both sides. The true stories are covered by both sides. Only rumors and tales told by people from that region.

[@ztqbz9080]

But there are hundreds of thousands of drug dealers, illegal gambling, smuggle and even deal of organs are prevailing in this area, I knew some people who live near this border and is constantly harassed by warlords' troops and threatened, it's just a place of chaos, it's common to have small war there. As China is extremely strict on drugs due to its past history more than 100 years ago, the wall makes it harder for drugs to go into China as well as smuggle.

[@al5160]

诈骗，毒品，赌博，中国境内的亡命徒与缅甸北部的军阀勾结，诱骗了很多无辜的人去那里，中国政府不得不建起围墙。

[@Daniel-pk8li]

Because it's important to them, Huh selfish or do they know what havoc can be tested and proven as a break down in a countrys security safety and the people who are affected

[@cyc.4818]

Based on my understanding, those soldiers left/abandoned in Myanmar eventually moved to northern Thailand many decades ago (might have been kicked out by Myanmar). A lot of their descendants now live in Mae Salong and I visited it in 2012. I stumbled across a school which taught children textbooks donated by the ROC government.

[@darwinjagger9264]

你说的很对

[@tirairani]

⬇ people who wants the Myanmar/China border video!

[@johnnyharris]

🙌

[@nottim5712]

@@johnnyharrisgreat vid Johnny! More Myanmar info would be interesting, and also the Israel conflict would make a good video as well! Cheers, take your time and never rush

[@handlemonium]

Ditto that!

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

Failed country burma

[@briciolaa]

go ahead and make it we know you're dying to do it anyway

[@echoshadow69]

Please note that in the video, according to the boundaries defined by China, the people there are wearing the traditional costumes of Chinese ethnic minorities, not those of India or any other country. This strongly underscores a point.

[@cm6267]

I agree

[@user-xl5fy4bq1d]

It is indeed chinese minority nationality costume.

[@awesomechen]

Well what do you expect. This guy only speaks English.

[@user-xu5gw1hz4j]

i noticed this too

[@Adumbass21savg]

It doesn't matter

[@apango915]

First of all, it must be acknowledged that he has a strong storytelling ability. He always manages to appear very reasonable, and his animated editing is also very good. If you are not familiar with the topics he discusses, it's very easy to be deceived by him.

[@Eliamaniac]

indeed, it's just anti-china scare

[@yurigagarin9765]

What about the video would you say is wrong? Calling it deceitful but not arguing why is anything but constructive.

[@Eliamaniac]

@@yurigagarin9765 it's really ubiquitous so no real need to explain why. The author always operates on the presupposition that what is beneficial to the PRC is somehow just plain bad. "China did this, but at what cost???!"

[@GUfeng-py6oj]

If you can seriously study Chinese history, you can know that the orthodoxy of Taiwan belonging to China is even greater than the orthodoxy of all the states in the United States belonging to the United States, and if Taiwan does not even belong to China, then the United States should not exist @@yurigagarin9765

[@user-ff2hx8lt7y]

@@jackdrippr2891 US dog

[@i.amnasim]

I'm from the north-eastern region of India I think these assertion of dominance are concerning We people will never get along to those people We had disputes and what not This video should get viral here in India Rather than Indians focusing on the ongoing war on middle east This is my first time watching your videos And I'm hooked

[@GoodVibes9988]

Indian Keyboard warriors worrying about israel more than they should be worried about manipur. 😂😂

[@ManuSaraswat]

Adding to this, one of the most disgusting part about this ongoing conflict is, in an attempt to show China's supremacy China almost always downplays the death of it's soldiers, so many cases where Chinese soldiers just leave their own comrade's dead bodies and run away. Indian army carries all these bodies and tries to contact China every time to come and get their fallen soldiers, but they refuse claiming they aren't their soldiers but "terrorists", Indian army proceeds to give them a proper burial too.

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@GoodVibes9988 Your anti-India slip is visible. Don't worry about Manipur, we'll take care of it.

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@ManuSaraswat PLA that is deployed to fight the Indian Army isn't an Army in the usual sense. It doesn't belong to the Chinese people. It is the military arm of the Communist party of China.

[@Angam1992]

Where in the NE are you from?

[@kugul1683]

A Myanmar - China border video would be super interesting

[@supermaximglitchy1]

So in the thumbnail china disregarded one island and replaced it with taiwan

[@VictoroachPrawira]

Hainan island

[@popo-hb3yq]

没有台湾或者没有台湾和海南的地图我在KZbin都见过了，有台湾没海南的还是第一次见😂

[@AnnaNo8]

看到封面绷不住了

[@epiphanyNo]

可能把海南认成台湾了。😅

[@ishanvyas1990]

Finally.. someone is talking about India's geographical issues with China and not just political or military or economic issues... Edit 1: It is a healthy discussion down here in the reply-section. Don't worry. We are safe from any virtual wars :)

[@KoeddkHD]

Yet they are both part of brics right?

[@jaymarx]

This is political, it’s stirring new conflict

[@jaymarx]

But be careful for the hidden power who is actually putting out all the hateful narrative and addicted to profit from conflicts and wars at the moment.

[@ishanvyas1990]

@@jaymarxnot exactly "new".. China has been doing this since decades and a lot of geo-political commentaries have been already made on that... it has already led to 1 full-fledge war between India and China in 1962 and a lot more skirmishes later in 1980s to 2020s... My point was that this is the first time someone has actually talked about it purely from a geographical perspective

[@circuitbreaker8314]

They are all mad at china, but when israel does the same they clap their hands greatfully

[@PoliticswithPaint]

I think there is a major point missing in this video: Namely, that almost all of these territorial disputes have not simply been created by China’s Communist Party, but have been inherited (and later exacerbated) from the Chinese Republic and to some degree from the Qing era. These border conflicts are the result of the absolute mess that we call the 20th century, and unfortunately the video doesn’t really reflect that. By watching, one instead gets the feeling that these disputes have mainly been orchestrated by the modern Chinese government. And while there are plenty of gross violations of international laws and norms that one can lay onto Beijing’s feet, these border disputes have a far more complicated story than that. I also think that this outlook on China’s border conflicts actually minimizes the gravity of the situation, because one gets the feeling that if China was to become a democracy overnight, these problems would go away. Unfortunately, they would not, which may be exemplified by the fact that Taiwan holds almost the same, if not larger territorial claims. Taiwan also argues that the 9 (or 11) dash line is valid - and it has shown little interest to compromise on this stance thus far. And while I understand the message of the video was to make a point about the political weight of creating maps, its still important to at least hint at the complexity and debatable story behind these disputes - even if there is no time to explain them in a short video, which is of course understandable.

[@mike8055]

Exactly, it's well known that Johnny SIMPLIFIES much of his storytelling.

[@birdsnature6421]

You make great videos too , and way more in depth,keep up the good work

[@huangec]

Taiwan actually claims Mongolia as part of China.

[@brainwasher9876]

@@huangec ^That is outdated information. Taiwan no longer claims this, and hasn't for some time. Also, Taiwan is not allowed to change its claims without China getting very, very angry. No one in Taiwan wants to claim with a straight face that Manchuria is part of Taiwan, but the moment they don't claim that, they are saying that they aren't China, and then China threatens to kill everyone on the island.

[@kingace6186]

That is why the ROC still claims all of the mainland, Mongolia (not as much anymore tho), Tibet, Xinjang, and some Japanese-administered islands.

[@SK-vk9jf]

You often mentioned the international law in places where China breaks it, but when it came to Taiwan you just said it has been independent for decades, which in practice is was, but according to international law - it is not independent at all and it actually is a part of China, regardless of what political system one recognizes as the ruling one over China, which in practice is the CCP.

[@Jackiepku]

This is such a biased channel with tons of double-standard narratives.

[@Tritonnnnn]

​@@Jackiepkui gree with you

[@DavidMaldonadoR]

Try to declare independence from a bully country and see what happens.

[@Xiezi_0125]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@DavidMaldonadoR Taiwan government in 1950s lost the civil war with the current Mainland government, and they shamelessly ask US to bomb Chinese people with atomic weapons instead of fight back with their regular forces for “justice”. I don’t understand who’s really bullying the Chinese people and who’s actually protecting them from invasion of foreign imperialist. US knew that bombing your own people is absurd and unacceptable, they refused the stupid request and asked Taiwan to accept their failure. No need to mention the Chiang Kai Shek government constantly refuse and intentionally undermining China’s peace and democratization process. US in 1945 was helping the KMT in democratisation process, but Chiang Kai Shek only wants to be another new emperor and rule. The current independent idea of Taiwan has no historical background, political evidence and diplomatic support from most countries of the world, which means no body support Taiwan for independence internationally. Not because people are afraid of China or other bullshit, because Taiwan government was a piece of shit and it’s still like this, so no other country is happy that he’s back in UN and make everyone unhappy. And no legal reason or evidence in supporting the independence of Taiwan. The fun fact: if Taiwan should independent, then Northern Ireland should be independent from UK too. Because a simply fact: UK government was bullying Irish people and a part of Ireland is already independent. The Northern Ireland is a sign of colonialism and imperialism. Why American people don’t go to help Irish people to fight for their legal rights?

[@rightrightis6477]

​@@Xiezi_0125​ Your claim just doesn't make sense at all. Even after the chinese civil war ended and PRC gained total control over chinese mainland, United Nations kept denying that PRC is a lawful representative for Chinese people. And when PRC slowly re-gained global power with its military and world's biggest market, UN declared that PRC is a representative of chinese people. Not even a single country cut diplomatic ties with taiwan just because ROC is a piece of shit. That's just because they are scared of economic backlash. It's even nonsense to compare northern ireland to Taiwan. Northern Irish and British government officials signed 'Belfast Agreement' which makes northern ireland still be a part of UK. Taiwanese problem is totally different thing. And It's kinda reality that Taiwan is de facto independent country. I'm not saying that Taiwan is completely independent and international community broadly accepted it, but i just wanted to point out that your opinion contains a bit of misinformation and biased point of view.

[@tomming743]

Funny facts, China's territorial disputes with countries along the Himalayas stem from the borders that Britain arbitrarily drew on a map when it withdrew from colonizing Indochina (Pakistan and India's conflicts are due to the same reason). And the root cause of China's territorial disputes in the South China Sea is also due to the geopolitical needs of the United States to carve up the world at the end of the Second World War. As for Taiwan, it was included in China's jurisdiction eight centuries ago until it was colonized by Japan in World War II. As a youtuber, there is so much history you need to catch up on.

[@edwardmartin9802]

This is a political propaganda video masquerading as a geography science video.

[@julielingxu6278]

Finally, there is someone told the truth.

[@julielingxu6278]

The video was full of bias of China.

[@thisisforsteam2316]

10:00 If I remember correctly, when the Machanon line was drawn, Tibet said that it'd agree to the land transfer only if the beijing government was ok with it The Beijing government was not ok with it, but the british occupied anyway

[@user-tj9ri8hv2s]

You missed one border dispute. The one with Tajikistan that the tajiks ceeded to China ten years ago, they now have bases inside Tajik territory overlooking the wakhan corridor of Afghanistan

[@johnnyharris]

whoa I missed this in our reporting. thanks for calling it out. Im going to look into now

[@GTFO_0]

@@johnnyharris He will not make it rather he will Delete your comment and Just stay there as if nothing happened..Dude is Legitimate Mouthpiece of CiA's And he doesn't fear that He Is getting exposed and Brought out for his cia and anti China Narrative of this China Bad Content 😂Yet...No one Notices it He Can Try to divert the Anything with his Team of extremely Proper editors and his so called Map..yet Can't rule out that he is a CIA Mouthpiece and Has been Directly working for them to make theze type of china Threat and China bad content for years now

[@user-gf5dr5nq6l]

In 2011, Tajikistan ratified a 1999 deal (and a 2002 supplementary agreement) to cede 200 and 1,122 km2 respectively of land in the Pamir Mountains to China, ending a 130-year dispute. In the treaty, China also relinquished claims to over 28,000 km2 of Tajikistani territory, so its not a dispute anymore.

[@southkoreausasmaster8805]

@@johnnyharris First of all, the boundary agreement signed by the so-called representatives of Britain and Tibet was illegal because the central government at the time was the Qing government and the Qing government had never agreed to the boundary drawn by the British. The so-called Tibetan representatives were purely directed and acted by the British. Second, the territory of the East India Company that India illegally inherited has never belonged to India in history. Even India was the only regime to annex a sovereign country after World War II. India illegally annexed Sikkim. Third, the United States is the first country in the world to recognize China’s maritime territory in the South China Sea. In order to allow the Republic of China to fight against the Japanese Empire in the South China Sea, the United States proactively recognized the South China Sea. When China was managing the territory of the South China Sea, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam How could this sea area belong to these countries when they are not yet independent but are still colonies? The fourth channel is a common white baboon anti-China media that guides public opinion by fabricating false history, taking quotes out of context, and false implications.

[@iamWATCHINGYOUUU]

​@@johnnyharris Bro, when it comes to CHINA all COUNTRIES even if they are FRIENDS or ENEMIES have DISPUTE with CHINA. Just like CHINA has DISPUTE with RUSSIA, CHINA has DISPUTE with both SOUTH KOREA 🇰🇷 and NORTH KOREA. So you Must look all the COUNTRIES that share LAND, WATER, or even AIR with CHINA. Because CHINA will One day will even CLAIM MARS and MOON🌛 in the FUTURE. DON'T BE SURPRISED if they CLAIM THAT TOO!!!

[@autumn-mist711]

As a matter of fact, old atlases such as Philips Maps & Atlases published in the UK clearly indicates that Spratly and Paracel Islands are Chinese territories with the word (China) in parenthesis.

[@ryanb7385]

Too bad international law doesn't rely on old maps

[@ddpp9954]

@@ryanb7385 Too bad u need to translate your so called international law to Hebrews before u ever metion it

[@lixing1111]

@@ryanb7385so on what? u are talking about internation law, or power?

[@Dang-ren-bu-rang]

@@ryanb7385所有只能依靠导弹来测量。

[@Josh-tz6qz]

@@ddpp9954 is it difficult to fathom the concept of concurrence where both China and Israel have blatantly violated international laws?

[@PomegranateChocolate]

This video characterizes China as a land grabber, which is not surprising. I think even people with scant knowledge of China know that premodern China has never been a land-grabbing belligerent. What they really mean is that Communist China is a land grabber. But is it? Communist China's territorial management has been studied by Taylor Fravel, a political scientist at MIT, who published a book called "Strong Borders, Secure Nation," concluding that Communist China is a land conceder and has not land-grabbed any of its neighbors. Taylor Fravel is a China hawk, so even he has admitted that China is not a land grabber. There is a land grabber by the way and that is India. Today, the territory of India is much bigger than it was in 1947, and all the land it acquired was through invasion and subjugation. You should find out how India's 'Seven Sister States' became part of India. Talking about maps in 1912, the first full year of the Republic of China (nowadays usually referred to as Taiwan) after the fall of the Qing dynasty, the United States National Geographic Society dedicated an issue on China and with the issue it included a very large and detailed foldout map of China. If you go to the area close to Bhutan, you can see the town of Tawang and the surrounding area, which is clearly within China. Today, Tawang is occupied by India, and the surrounding area is called Arunachal Pradesh by India. In fact, as late as the late 1940s after World War II, the flag of the Republic of China (nowadays usually referred to as Taiwan) was flying high in Tawang. Today, it is the Indian flag that is flying there. And India is still promoting the narrative that India is a hapless victim of an expansionist China.

[@PomegranateChocolate]

Hi Johnny, since you are an investigative journalist, this map is available in the internet and you can download it and see what I am talking about.

[@mikeniu5636]

I recommend u to buy a china map recognized by US decades ago, and u will surprisingly realize China map is never a controversial, only become controversy because of propogand

[@PomegranateChocolate]

@@mikeniu5636 The real Chinese map is the map of the Republic of China which recognizes the mainland China and South Tibet (occupied by India since 1951) as its territory.

[@mikeniu5636]

he is no rational/investigative journalist, he makes videos about china because it got high clicks. He is creating tensions to make money. That's all@@PomegranateChocolate

[@Rain-hc1sv]

So true

[@user-zz8gq5dy9w]

I just want to ask one question, who has the most overseas military bases and whose aircraft carriers are roaming the doorsteps of various countries？

[@Youngkj777]

true😂

[@lli8420]

@@wzzgmgn你管人家的说话方式干什么？你来回复什么？给你脸了？

[@bdk5503]

Useless comment. The USA is not adding any territory.

[@user-zs3km8dt2j]

だから中国人にはコメントする権利はないんですね?さすが民主主義ですわ@@wzzgmgn

[@user-yo5rb7cq3o]

@@wzzgmgn 你的日本话也是

[@intheovaloffice]

"Maps aren't just maps" is Johnny's life motto

[@ManuSaraswat]

One of the most disgusting part about this ongoing conflict is, in an attempt to show China's supremacy they almost always downplay the deaths of it's soldiers, so many cases where Chinese soldiers just leave their own comrade's dead bodies and run away. Indian army carries all these bodies and tries to contact China every time to come and get their fallen soldiers, but they refuse claiming they aren't their soldiers but "terrorists", Indian army proceeds to give them a proper burial too.

[@Patrik6920]

seems part of Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Tajekistan, Kygesikstan, Mongolia, parts of Russia and India, and Taiwan, Indonesia, Palau Islands, Singapore, the Phillipines, and papa new guinea is now part of China lol...

[@michaelhuang7842]

@@Patrik6920 Yes, those territories originally belonged to China because Anglo-colonial invasions in the 18th century muddied the map of East Asia.

[@soragaming3653]

​​@@michaelhuang7842soon you people gonna say the world belongs to china 😂😂😂

[@bananapajamazzzz9533]

"They're tools of national power"

[@Kerryfangda]

- "The nine-dash line is illegal under international law! The fact means nothing! " --"I agree, and the same, according to international law, Taiwan has never been independent, it has always been part of China" - "No no no for Taiwan, we don't talk about international law, the fact is more important, it is about recognition of sovereignty" --"Okay if you talk about recognition of sovereignty, how about Israel?" -"Damn let's go back to international law"

[@itsnight772]

Lol sure thing China Bot

[@CH-yj2kw]

China has had no control over Taiwan’s governance since 1949. If it truly belongs to them, then it just shows their embarrassing incompetence to administer their own territory.

[@Kerryfangda]

@@itsnight772 yeah yeah yeah

[@bdk5503]

You clearly don't understand the difference between a) International law, b) recognition of sovereignty. *yawn*

[@Kerryfangda]

@@bdk5503 and you my friend, is an expert

[@wildwestbronco]

If there are conflicts. You need to think and confirm from two sides not just guessing and bullshits this long

[@bozidefiquet]

so true bro his type is american assuming

[@coolman06sms]

I lmao when Harris pops up at the very beginning of the video.

[@TheTurtlebot]

It's weird that China even makes such a big deal about these pockets as it's not like they even consider the people who may be in these regions to be Chinese or would treat them as such

[@jimmywijaya8926]

Ancient expansionism mindset which seems to infect every old ass authoritarian. These people are too dangerous, how they holding fast to power in modern times is just too mind boggling.

[@belldrop7365]

China see things in long term. They have no trouble making deals that lasts 100 years if it means winning out in the end. Those oppressed minorities would be chinese after a century or two of reeducation.

[@Boomerrage32]

​@@belldrop7365 I'm sure you meant 'forced re-education'. Scary shit.

[@mudit1]

​@@Boomerrage32Indeed

[@hnaku8748]

Sadly the people in pockets have little choice than to adapt when sandwiched between two giant nations, no matter which nation is in charge. I can assure you at least one of the disputed regions(South Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh) belonged to none of them just a century or so ago, it wasn't even proper Tibet, but now is Indian thanks to the British. It could easily have been other way too, and the people living in the region would have equally adapted.

[@herondesign4507]

I want to tell you an interesting fact. At the end of World War II, the then government of China was the Republic of China (currently in Taiwan). When the Chinese government went to these islands to re-erect boundary markers in 1946, because the Chinese government did not have the ability to sail far, it was the United States government that sent The warships transported then-Republic of China government staff to re-erect boundary markers on these islands.

[@MMLL369]

If you are aware the then, ROC government was a puppet of the US, your fact isn't as interesting as it should. It's still interesting, thanks :)

[@user-vx2zy5ru4t]

[@user-dt7iw2dp1q]

The Kuomintang, the Chinese government at that time, was supported by the United States, didn't you know that? The United States wanted to support a Chinese political party against the Soviet Union

[@xamashee]

Yeah right, the Chinese empires expanded beyond mountains for thousands of years were never there? Wet dream! Wake up dude!

[@mariotheundying]

@@user-dt7iw2dp1q obviously they would want to support the party that's not communist bro, and they're still to this day supporting the non-communist party

[@tigerwild1164]

Anyone have saw the map of China of its previous dynasty?

[@biggpicture2930]

Go to Taiwan parliament, and it is there. Even claimed by Taiwan for china?

[@MIZUHAYUKI]

1. The tenth dash line in the South China Sea has always existed; it's just that the previous maps were horizontal, and the South China Sea was displayed in a small section, where only nine dashes could be seen. The old version with Taiwan included has been available, so wouldn't it be reasonable to consult the old version map before making a video? 2. Originally, there were 11 dashes in the South China Sea, but due to the clear demarcation of the boundary between China and Vietnam in the northern Gulf, it was canceled. 3. When the eleven-dash line was drawn in the South China Sea, the surrounding countries were still colonies. If we really want to discuss it, their countries were established around China, rather than the eleven-dash line extending to their surroundings. As a victorious country in World War II, the South China Sea was within China's sphere of influence at that time (supported by navigation maps and historical records), and it was tacitly approved by the United States and others. Just because China is now a communist country and not your Western ally doesn't mean you can ignore historical facts. 4. There has always been a traditional customary line in the southern Tibet region, and the Chinese government (since the Republic of China) has never recognized the McMahon Line (falsified by the British government in 1935). Regarding the Sino-Indian issue, I suggest you look into the Sino-Indian War of the 1960s to understand who invaded whom and who initiated the war. India not only invaded Chinese territory beyond the traditional customary line but also crossed the McMahon Line before China counterattacked. 5. Taiwan (Republic of China government) used to make claims about the mainland, or it would be more accurate to say that the Republic of China government's claims were broader. This included present-day Mongolia, parts of the far northwest (part of West Asian countries), the Tannu Uriankhai (now the Tuva Republic of Russia). The Republic of China government also claimed that the Diaoyu Islands belonged to China.

[@himanshusirohi2403]

Can i know what are you smoking?

[@linhbat3008]

nếu thực sự đường lưỡi bò của TQ vẫn luôn có từ trước tới giờ thì mình chỉ có thể nghĩ được hai khả năng thôi, Khả năng 1: Bạn đã bị nhồi sọ bằng công cụ truyền thông của chính quyền từ khi còn nhỏ Khả năng 2: Bạn vừa bú cỏ và đang phê

[@ryanb7385]

Bro the claim in the south china sea is outrageous, just stop

[@Lexus28]

you chinese?😂

[@shouryadevsingh2257]

.the tibet was a Independent country which declared its sovereignty and was also supported all over the world , having a sperate goverment and peoles call themselfe citizen of Tibet NOT CHINA , while war tibet was gain support from CIA from USA and before war it was recognised by UK and thats why BRITISH GOVERMENT invited representative of tibet to conclude and sperate borders , and then MC mohn line was drawn in agreement of both reperesentative of india and tibet , Quing dinasty was not ruling tibet so , it have no rights to trasfer tibet to Republic of china without agreement of citizens and goverment of tibet , China done a full invasion and killing of Tibet and their people , and in Indo china war aslo in 1962 china invaded that area and some othe parts of india , and unfortunately we lost that battle but after 32 days the china returned behind MCmohan line , so that part again come under the rule of india , and previous maps also that part was not shown as a part of china its only resent maps they start including that part randomly .. and as for the interational recognisation the UN also recognise MCmohan line as final border between india and china and also arunanchal pradesh as integral part of india

[@hwp115]

You definitely should cover about China-Myanmar border. The border is infamous among local Burmese. During Covid-19 China shut down border checkpoints and trade posts without informing anyone which led to the financial crisis of local farmers and traders. And China sometimes built border fences and barriers within Myanmar's territory. The area is also known for gambling, drug production, human trafficking and arms trafficking.

[@lyxacii]

Wa State is pretty interesting

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Yunnan province of China is viewed as the "Gateway to Southeast Asia and South Asia" and it is now officially promoted as such. There are many Burmese people living and working in Yunnan who speak Mandarin and those border areas are a blend of Burmese and Chinese culture, you see it with the usage of both Chinese and Burmese scripts. You can find many Burmese Muslim men selling jade to Chinese customers and Burmese are the largest foreign group in China as of 2020. In northern Myanmar, in the city of Mandalay, there are also many Yunnanese from China living and working in the city to the point that Mandalay has become increasingly "Chinese" in atmosphere.

[@zhangburnham7226]

应该是缅甸因为纵容毒贩，诈骗和人口贩卖才在中国臭名昭著

[@RichMidasPapa]

Does Myanmar central government even has control over northen Myanmar？😂😂😂

[@sumtinwong3831]

Led*

[@lcb931023]

Just want to point out that "There's nothing wrong with this these maps" is a mistranslation. “一点都不能错” doesn't mean "it's not wrong [to use those maps]". It means "You shouldn't make any mistake [with using standard maps]".

[@adamwing7132]

thank you that’s quite important

[@nagratna793]

😂

[@yenhatesme]

Mis translation, interpretation is sometimes due to the viewers own agenda/existing stand point. However, in the end, the one with the bigger stick builds history

[@matasa7463]

I think it's better translated as " (this) must never be wrong." As in, we cannot be wrong about this map, what we say *is the truth* .

[@Rider0fBuffalo]

I like that translation even more! Especially since they are maps that have random offsets to both the latitude and longitude.

[@leoex1129]

Love the way you brought out some info in the video and hide other info. As you said, the Britans drew the line with India, and you gave it credit. However, the nine dash line also had a lot history behind it since 19 century till WW2, and you just covered it with "old hand-drew line". Again, about Senkaku island, you as a professional geopolitical youtuber, you should know the US interfered history behind it, which is not mentioned at all.

[@mobaiLee]

From your description of the Burmese-Chinese border, I almost know what you are

[@maxifiedler]

I’m looking forward to that video on the Myanmar-China Border! It’s time to shine a light on the little-known geopolitical situation over in Myanmar. 11:06

[@timothymaybury5541]

Yes definitely agree!

[@stevenmyo8455]

agree

[@dnguyen787]

Also Vietnam-China border please!

[@thesunsunkwok]

I am interested in the fence on the border.

[@dnguyen787]

@@thesunsunkwok Another try-to-be comedian! LOL

[@ThreeToedRooster]

As a Nepali it is incredibly disheartening to see our corrupt politicians hiding this from this issue from us.

[@baikeiast5255]

You people love to steal land from northeast

[@Rishi6901]

You Nepali thinks Indians are encroaching Nepali lands but the truth is we want Nepali people to knew that China wants to take their import land mass of Nepal. What we Indians do with Nepali land? Many Nepalis are like brothers and sisters for us. Your corrupt leaders are of communist party which is funded by China.

[@Flanker-L]

Worried about China? Sooner or later Nepal will become a state of India. Sikkim has disappeared.

[@AMAN-gh2hp]

@@Flanker-L a Chinese bot has come here ...... Taking other country land and then accusing others

[@shashipratap2820]

​@@Flanker-LWe have no interest in ceasing Nepal! Nepali people are hard working and honest (not like their Communist Politicians). They are always welcome here ❤ And, Indian Govt don't need to encroach on the land for projecting their view in the Subcontinent.

[@Catherinew2046]

UN SecretaryGeneral Ban referenced the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, and refused the motion. On 19 July 2007, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian wrote to request admission into the UN by the name Taiwan. Ban rejected the request, stating that Resolution 2758 defined Taiwan as part of China.

[@blinked025]

I feel like the phrase "recognized internationally" just means recognized by the USA

[@manaling7721]

As someone who was born in Myanmar, I’d love to hear more about the border fence between Myanmar and China.

[@xavierlau89]

You would better to hope your government to unify the local independent warlords in your country first

[@duyngotu2975]

china also built some in vietnam - china border. the difference is the place is desolated, they didnt trespass the border and paid for it so our gov have no complains, unlike on the sea...

[@user-qc9kz7hh8x]

Chinese are scared of these areas，because many China people have been cheated or abducted in the north of Myanmar, and engaged in electronic fraud activities in the parks there, it seems that the Myanmar government has been cracking down vigorously recently, but China people are still very afraid of the Myanmar border. By the way, the border between China and Myanmar has long been established, and there is no problem.

[@poiipoiipoii]

Myanmar have bigger problem on their own than the border between them and China. maybe stop the civil war first, and stop terrorize ur own people

[@lorili6885]

Some Chinese perspectives here. 1. The fence was build during the pandemic to stop the spread of virus from Myanmar, where there had been constantly people trying to cross the boarder to reach the more wealthy china. 2. There had been human trafficking happening around the boarder. Many Chinese men and women are kidnapped to Myanmar and subsequently into force labor or even killed. 3. Drug smuggling. The Chinese government AND people had been 0-tolerant about drugs and are determined to stop it.

[@Virtuous_Rogue]

As someone who watched the entire Vox Borders playlist after finding your independent channel, I absolutely want to see that video on the China-Myanmar border.

[@tye3630]

Don’t believe the guy in the video lol. Go search up Myanmar Human Trafficking you will know why. I remember VOA and CNA covered those. Almost Half of this guy’s content in this video are lies

[@thesovietshark8945]

what, about the telecrom fraud lurings?

[@user-wj6iy6tn7x]

guys, you can see the previous official maps. there aren't many changes between this map and the previous one.

[@user-wj6iy6tn7x]

a follow-up, the 10th dash line belongs to the east china sea.

[@hongkonger885]

Bro actually left Hainan out of the thumbnail 💀

[@alanbarrington733]

Thank you for this. An example of Micro-geography that needs to be known. Places that, to us, seem like tiny middle of nowhere places play a huge part in the world politics.

[@venanziadorromatagni1641]

I once read somewhere that Aksai Chin has (or maybe had, because of Climate Change) the only mountain pass road between Tibet and Xinjiang that is passable all year around. I can somehow understand how Beijing would be a tad paranoid about loosing control over a strategic connection between two provinces where its reputation in the general population might have, to put this tactfully, some room for improvement.

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@venanziadorromatagni1641 What is missed, is the terrain in this flat plain is above 15,000 feet (4.5 km) high, unlike any other place on continents elsewhere. It creates huge physiological (& psychological) problems. In all wars, from times immemorial till modern times, it is the troops on land, that hold the land for that country. 1962 war proved it. Air force's role is secondary & as pressure point sea-warfare is tertiary. It is the will of men on ground to hold that ground that is crucial. Galwan incident amply proved it. At these altitudes (& in winter particularly) aircraft may not take off & tanks may not move. The will hold the land was not there in the Indian Army in 1962 (though a heroic bunch of 105 defying orders of superior officers)held the ground at Rezang la. In the heap of bodies taken as dead, 5 soldiers were found alive. This time too PLA made repeated forays to take it but couldn't (his time Tibetans with Indian Army did it). India still possesses tactical advantages. Helicopters that are taken for granted, to land or pick soldiers & supplies, as made in the West are useless (Chinook & Apache of American make have service ceiling of 6km - there is no need to for them - while terrain demands higher performance). India saw that need & has to design own helicopters. In 1962, C-113 packet couldn't land or take off. Indian aircraft factory put a "jet pack" on top, to compensate for lower performance at these high altitudes. I heard that 18 ton "light" tanks with parachutes tied to each corner were dropped from air, as it is insane to ask for roads here. Many of them got reduced to heaps of metals & were cannibalised for those who were still mobile. It is a multi-dimensional warfare here, that if I start writing it'll become a book. Let someone write (not me). In these skirmishes (by the dozen) both sides can't use fire-arms as per pacts made as PRC claims that India is a friendly country after 4 decades of bloody incidents (only in 1990s the then Indian Defence minister, George Fernandes declared that PRC is India's No.1 enemy relegating Pakistan to a minor place). So one sees a comic show of troops from both sides doing Sumo-wrestling at altitudes higher than M. Denali - at times with a contrived smile on faces. It is painful that reminds Albert Einstein prophecy of WW III. It seems that one of the goals in their 5 year plans is (how much)territory acquired that year from the neighbour ! Chinese are inscrutable & have no doubts about it.

[@FFrra2446]

The guy was misleading us... The China map was made in 1989, so it means the map has never changed since 1989.

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@FFrra2446 You're right.

[@wenzhesun2663]

@@FFrra2446 He needs those nickels from the KZbin viewers.

[@garvitbapna9708]

6:26 Correction:- 4 soldiers died on Chinese side is claimed by China but according to various international sources Chinese casualties are more than 80.

[@baikeiast5255]

Indian love western media

[@Sujal9253]

​@@baikeiast5255Even Russian media claimed it was more than 40 Dead

[@user-ut4tn8hv7b]

印度新闻 笑死

[@hellosurvivor97]

the Indian government has published the names of 108 Chinese soldiers who were killed, but the names of those 108 soldiers are exactly the same as those of the characters in a famous Chinese book (Water Margin).

[@hellosurvivor97]

Why do you think that the Indian military can have a better combat damage ratio when their physical fitness, training methods, and equipment are not as good as those of the Chinese military

[@RelaxedSoul11]

Your video editing and designing skills are just amazing and very neat.

[@Indrakusuma_a]

I can never get over how absurd China is regarding the claim on South China Sea. I laugh a little everytime I read about the 9/10 dash lines. Oh, and btw, China also lay claim to part of Indonesia maritime border by that dash lines. Don't forget about that.

[@TCWG87]

You should see tiny Vietnam's claim

[@runajain5773]

Yeh it like they claim south east asia sea

[@J_X999]

The reason why is because ASEAN doesn't do anything about it. If Filipino boats fought back instead of taking it up the ass, I can guarantee you PLA boats would leave the areas. People are always talking about how ASEAN and other Asian allies would back the US in a fight, but they need to learn to man up and stand on their own, without Uncle Sam's reassurance.

[@chozer1]

@@TCWG87 so what your counter argument is whataboutism?

[@mzalendo24]

Indonesia should leave West Papua immediately

[@pratikmehta2604]

Please Correct in start of video, yes 20 Indian side casualties but Chinese even didn't back thier soldiers who died. From all major sources it is said Chinese side casualties were 40+ 5:42

[@magma9000]

No one cares

[@sanjithrithvik3548]

@@magma9000paxtani spotted 😂

[@pratikmehta2604]

@@magma9000 then why are you replying. Lol

[@mehmetpasha1]

All major sources? BJP news, Big india news or what 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@xiaoqiao8812]

1962

[@valerianwinterdrake7187]

so, when is US stop occupying Hawaii?

[@emmanuelfrancisco8383]

TaNong mo SA usa

[@ahabgaddis7277]

never, get over it

[@SuperPlayzYTEdixz]

As a Taiwanese I’m disgusted that China putted Taiwan as part of China And harm to society? Like no your map is a harm to society…

[@johnwang9730]

您国家的宪法第四条怎么说的？

[@SuperPlayzYTEdixz]

北約第 4 條

[@SuperPlayzYTEdixz]

中華民國現有國界之領土，非經國會決議，不得變更。

[@crabburger9292]

@@johnwang9730 兄弟，您称台湾为国家？已向网信办举报，好自为之。

[@johnwang9730]

@@SuperPlayzYTEdixz 那依您理解，这个国界的范围在哪呢？

[@Skexal]

Seeing Chinese and Indian militants have skirmishes on the battlefield with spiked clubs and shields like something out of a 10th century war was not something I was expecting to see today

[@riddledaily]

Militants ? Go kid get some education!

[@MMLL369]

Assuming you are an adult, I wouldn't expect you'd post such comment. It's a simple strategy to contain the situation without escalation.

[@krishnakant6545]

Did you just misspell militaries?

[@twood2032]

Who's fault is that? The British is the worst, the Chinese and Indian people had no issues for the past 5000 years, when the British comes, they created tension between the two country and mess things up for many countries around the world.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

@@MMLL369 Most childish comment I've seen today

[@FlambartPhotography]

11:11 - Yes! Please do a video about this specific border. It will be another great video! Thanks for posting awesome encyclopaedic educational videos! One of the best channels on KZbin!

[@user-ze8nv2yg7j]

Hainan province,my hometown,where everybody speaks Chinese and uses CNY,was wiped from your fake fricking map

[@tinghuang6385]

Taiwan is independent? According to what?

[@Health-Blitz]

China has gobbled up A lot of Indian Territory with this Map. Anyone can make maps ... But China doesn't have the guts to actually move troops in the Indian land that they have included in their ''Chinese map''

[@naturenurture84]

PM Modi said, “Na koi hamari seema mein ghus aaya hai, na hi koi ghusa hua hai, na hi hamari koi post kisi dusre ke kabze mein hain".

[@lyxacii]

The terrian of Arunachal Pradesh prevents any serious incursions, You can't really get many troops through there. Also, no country can really get away with doing something like that in 2023, with Russia serving as an example

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

The same can be said of India's claim over the Chinese "Aksai Chin" .

[@baikeiast5255]

Yeah india only exist because of british.....they should'nt have claimed the entire region of NorthEast india

[@hunar6833]

​@@peekaboopeekaboo1165Aksai chin was taken during the invasion of 1962 by china, no territory of India with regards to China was forcefully taken, it was all agreed upon by then presiding governments

[@mainaccount6320]

Interesting. Hope Johnny can talk more about the conflicts between India and China

[@Asmuk]

Thanks, great content. What about expanding more about the Russo-Chinese border?

[@shadowl6839]

In China we believe that's Zelensky's contribution, but just guessing though

[@soumyajeetchakrabarty6872]

This has been very very insightful thank you for the knowledge

[@olamideolanrewaju6581]

I remember reading that the Kashmir dispute was apparently exacerbated by British map makers who set an arbitrary area in the Himalayas to define the borders of each country

[@keshen297]

Not America, but British.

[@olamideolanrewaju6581]

@@keshen297 Thanks for the correction

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

@@keshen297yeah, if there’s a map dispute, the British are usually responsible.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Actually the opposite is true.

[@HoneyBrar-vi8nj]

We have a habit of blaming everything on the west. The Britishers, Indians and Tibetans were happy with the borders until China invaded it.

[@oowaoww8987]

Russia took the most land from China BTW 😂

[@AAAAA-in8xj]

Tell the big bro to give it back

[@llllll__]

Shameless

[@kafka886]

Yep, and the world had took a much larger amount of land from China(yuan dynasty), bet you forgot that, how shameless is the world right?

[@cracked8349]

Shut up with the dynasties lmao China just need a reason to claim others land everyone knows that​@@kafka886

[@IJUSTWANTOWATCHVIDEO]

The Brits contribute to at least 50% of border conflits in the world today

[@footlessbird1998]

Colonial countries are like this

[@nickpartha8643]

That doesn't means china can redraw it's map at it's will

[@IJUSTWANTOWATCHVIDEO]

the brits are the one who messing with the map, do you ever read history?@@nickpartha8643

[@omkar9783]

20 Indian soldiers died in clash but 40 to 50 chinese soldiers died....its just Chinese media dont want to claim it....Please verify the claim from both side before telling

[@user-dj7is6gm4m]

那请问你又是从哪得知你的消息是准确的？

[@moefang4973]

Perfect video for my dinner. What I always look forward to from Johnny Harris' content is about borders and maps. Thank you! I hope there is new content like this once a month

[@dontknow3318]

06:27 China has lost 42 soldiers in Galwan Valley clash not 4 While India had accepted that 20 of its soldiers sacrificed their lives.The Russian news agency TASS said that 45 Chinese soldiers died in a fight in the Galwan Valley.

[@itissarcastic3290]

yes

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

Funny false narrative. "sacrificed" ?... more like got killed while ambushing the Chinese.

[@user-qb6pi8ts3f]

yes, India wins again lol😂

[@glimmerdewdrop7594]

Yes india won bcz the chinese govt were hiding the numbers when india released theory numbers chinese army is very weak in combat.

[@user-xn2sx4br6i]

This video is very thorough and careful, but it must be noted that the creator has a subjective tendency to favor China's opponents. Territorial disputes often have many historical reasons and are not so simple that their causes can be summarized easily.

[@jiashizhao8121]

THIS!

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

Great video, as always Johnny. I do notice one small flaw, though. In the South China Sea sections, you are accurate that China also has disputes with other countries bordering the South China Sea: Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. However, there is one other country that also has disputes with the Nine-dash Line: Indonesia (my home country). The disputes with the other countries are mostly regarding the Spratly Islands, but not with Indonesia. So, Indonesia’s EEZ in the South China Sea overlaps with the Nine-dash Line, which is the source of the tension; I watched a video when Indonesia was planting an oil rig, presumably close to the Nine-dash Line (whereas it is within Indonesia's own waters), and that Chinese vessels were sent to patrol the site.

[@johnnyharris]

thank you for the correction and perspective on this!

[@GTFO_0]

@@johnnyharris He will not make it rather he will Delete your comment and Just stay there as if nothing happened..Dude is Legitimate Mouthpiece of CiA's And he doesn't fear that He Is getting exposed and Brought out for his cia and anti China Narrative of this China Bad Content 😂Yet...No one Notices it He Can Try to divert the Anything with his Team of extremely Proper editors and his so called Map..yet Can't rule out that he is a CIA Mouthpiece and Has been Directly working for them to make theze type of china Threat and China bad content for years now

[@sunilkumaryadav2183]

​​​​​​@@johnnyharris 5:31 hello Jhonny I really want to clarify that the part china is claiming is not kashmir but aksai chin which is part of ladak. Ladak and kashmir are not same. Before abolition of article 370 ladak kashmir and jammu were collectively called jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir in actuality is much smaller Also 4chinese soldiers things is wrong their were higher causilty than that but for some reason china never clarified it. Like they didn't release the official until the 30 days. That all have a great day

[@MrPoornakumar]

@@sunilkumaryadav2183 You're right. But there is another angle when Harris said "Kashmir" - he was referring to the princely state of Kashmir, whose king was maharaja HariSingh. In his state, Ladakh, including Aksai Chin were parts. Thus India as inheritor had jurisdiction over these regions. Yet, in 1950s, PRC built a road across Aksai Chin (that the Indian authorities hadn't got even a smell of it), nomenclature-d as G219 in their maps - to connect Tibet with Xinjiang. Aksai Chin is attached to their Xinjiang.

[@ReseCema]

another anti-Chinese propaganda video and fake news story

[@angelaavaoracle8183]

Always impressed by the amount of effort that goes into your videos Johnny!

[@ReseCema]

another anti-Chinese propaganda video and fake news story

[@Sitskier123]

The funniest part of China saying this all about maps being so important and that they must be right is that they don’t allow any maps to be made by companies outside of China so if you ever use google maps or anything to try to find your way around in China you’ll find that basically everything is wrong because it is all scrambled.

[@vonB-kw4th]

I think you’re wrong about this. Are you saying that China has to use maps made by Western countries, and that only Western products are right? I’ve done some research on the history. China and the US drew the nine-dash line when the neighboring countries didn’t even exist, and they later reduced it because it was unfair. China was very weak back then. The US has been trying to stop China and Russia from growing, and wanted to break up China like they did with the Soviet Union. But as China’s military power increased, China refused to accept being surrounded and humiliated, and started to take back the original borders. If there’s a dispute, they can argue it at the UN. You can’t just say that these countries own the coastline because they’re close to it. When China divided the coastline, these countries were still tribes.

[@Sitskier123]

@@vonB-kw4th I legitimately didn’t talk about any of that at all, so I don’t know what you’re even really talking about. It was even mentioned in the video that for security reasons Chinese companies scramble exact locations of things. Western based companies aren’t allowed to make exact maps of China and are forced to rely the ones China gives them. It’s a common fact that they do this. Now on to the random thing you brought up, there are countless instances in history of countries deciding and making territorial claims on their own or with just a small selection of other countries and those claims even though historical almost never hold up today. I haven’t done any research on this, but I can tell you that even if what you said is true which I doubt is true because there have been people living in all of these areas for long before the US was even a country. Even if you think this is wrong can you not see how incredibly hostile. China has been to their neighbors and how even after gaining more and more land they still push to get just a little bit more? I believe the UN should actually be much harsher on how it is able to treat countries that do things like this like Russia as well. It is clear that these countries and governments and leaders that have no qualms with taking land by almost any means necessary just because of “historical” claim (which we all know is just an excuse as it has been for many countries trying to expand their borders in history). The nine dash like in and of itself is completely incoherent with UN laws on claims on territorial waters. These rules are already stretched thin in the area as was also stated in the video with the drawing of various countries territorial water claims and how they all overlap. The fact is that China keeps changing their claims and exerting influence where they don’t belong in an effort to gain more control and that cannot be denied if you do any legitimate research.

[@vonB-kw4th]

@@Sitskier123 Isn't it normal for China not to recognize maps made by Western countries? Isn't that common knowledge? Would the U.S. allow China to create maps of America, marking Alaska or Hawaii as separate countries? Japan wouldn't permit China to mark Okinawa as the Ryukyu Kingdom on its maps, right? Everyone knows the U.S. expects the world to serve its interests and doesn't allow other countries to share the stage. Their tactic is to divide nations and interfere in their internal affairs. In today's world, only China and Russia possess this capability, with China being the most prominent. It's among the few countries not controlled by U.S. military presence in its territories. Countries hosting U.S. troops are hardly sovereign; they merely cater to U.S. interests. As for China's territorial waters, every nation claims its version based on historical evidence, right? It's not about trusting just China or other countries; it's about considering all evidence and letting nations worldwide vote or decide. Look at Israel and Palestine today; Israel labels Palestine as a terrorist organization, while Palestine claims Israel has occupied its land for decades and they're forced to retaliate. But power often dictates authority, even when everyone knows the truth. Lastly, why does the West overlook their own country's expansion and suppression of other nations' survival conditions while pointing fingers at others? Isn't that like saying 'I can insult or hit you, but you can't'? Do you understand what I'm saying? The West often holds double standards. What can small nations do apart from fearing the dominance of larger powers?

[@user-wx7di9qk2v]

@@Sitskier123为什么你觉得谷歌制作出来的地图就是对的？？？？？？？ 西方的就是对的？ 😅

[@ancaptain1690]

A very interesting point is that this map was actually drawn by Taiwan. Hahaha

[@kotletoschitos5853]

AHahah isn't that mean taiwan recaptured china?)

[@jordanzo7465]

yeah ofc with those simplified characters lol

[@tifKh]

This was great, I’d love to know more about the different border disputes, good work.

[@xsparro]

@johnnyharris you should definitely do an ep on your process of picking through maps. It’s fascinating how you process them to overlay and study

[@kubbhu]

This is not the actual map of Nepal. It was changed in 20 may 2020.

[@tonyk254]

Taiwan(ROC) themself never declared independence legally from 1949. Actually, in Taiwan(ROC)'s consititution, them claim that ROC represents real China.

[@kennedyjomoh12]

I am from Arunachal Pradesh and by looking at that map I can just laugh 😂😂 Jai hind 🇮🇳 🇮🇳🐂 Jai Arunachal

[@kishor.k8092]

i am from delhi we love you brothers.. we will die but will not let anyone separate you people and north east from us... jai hind 🇮🇳

[@hnaku8748]

Abhi toh sahi India ho gaya. Lekin history sunne/dekhne se toh self-governed independent community he tha forefathers, kisi major nation ka nahi hoke. Humlog ka to actual choice kamm he jo bhi ho. Sandwiched ho k. Sirf adapt karo. 😂

[@iamWATCHINGYOUUU]

🇮🇳Bro, WE are PROUD that YOU are an INDIAN 🇮🇳, Some People will be racist because they don't know the SERIOUSNESS of this ISSUE. WE WILL PROTECT NORTH- EASTERN PART of INDIA 🇮🇳 from "PRC= CHINA". CHINA'S Real Name is People's Republic of China, PRC. WE INDIANS 🇮🇳 WILL PROTECT OUR BORDERS FROM PRC!!! Jai ARUNACHAL, JAI INDIA 🇮🇳

[@loganwong3012]

好笑吗？中国西藏南边的土地

[@jackson-vo4gk]

@@user-kp8xg4rp1e maybe lord Shiva is gonna dance her way to Tibet and save the ppl

[@onewhoisanonymous]

I lived in China. I worked as a social studies teacher for a Chinese international school. We were allowed to have western textbooks but they were marked up and edited. Pages were torn out or blacked out if they disagreed with the Chinese curriculum and government. Western maps were either marked out or a giant stamp that states “this map doesn’t agree with the harmony of the Chinese people”.

[@KKKKB0]

Thank you

[@notcrazynotred1594]

@@annan7728The school and government won’t allow that. Once they were found, they would be reported and arrested.

[@yun-z]

​@@annan7728 all versions circulate within china since most people aren't aware of the differences, only when formally reported to officials, lets say, shown in a video, will anything happen. most of the time the person is asked to take down or censor the map.

[@Ulas_Aldag]

Good. Why should they allow the propaganda of western imperialists to poison their people.

[@umeshkhetan]

WTF! harmony of the chinese people...as if China does not exist on Earth. China cannot go against the sovereignty of its neighbours.

[@samcao3526]

Good to see the comments are much more saner than the video

[@davidliu7125]

Love how you removed Hainan Province but included Taiwan lmao

[@karthikk8]

2043 - Chinna map claims all Asia belongs to them..

[@philiphimmelstein9510]

Would love to hear more on the border fence between Myanmar and China as well!

[@cssstylescommand4]

It's only an issue for immigrants wanting to move illegally into China or refugees wanting to escape the ongoing civil war in Myanmar. Another reason I can think of is Myanmar's increasing Opium poppy cultivation. Drugs and drug trafficking are not tolerated in China given its history. China does not take illegal immigrants, refugees, or drugs into its territory.

[@user-wx7dr7ey1s]

你可以简单地将这样的事情与美墨边境墙进行比较

[@flower-ur3uh]

It like the border fence between America and Mexico

[@vernonthinker3121]

Please do the video on the border between china and Myanmar! It will bring some attention to the war going on there.

[@wasakawakawaka2028]

I’m kinda of sick and tired of governments fighting over “disputed” territories. If we were to carry on with this sort of thing. We all have territory that we can historically “claim”

[@SuperSky9]

China illegally occupied those territories. Its called expansionism. China has a fever dream of Imperialism while being an incompetent power.

[@Ryan-fq9dj]

The world didn’t have borders when it was created. Us humans created the borders, to mark their territory but it was never their territory to begin with! Nothing has changed and we continue to fight over it This shows just how civilised and advanced we are as a whole

[@mariotheundying]

@@Ryan-fq9dj so you want there to be no borders? That'll surely not cause chaos and a lot of death

[@YoursTruly78887]

I, as a descendant of of the first form of life, the cyptobacteria, lay claim to all of earth. My ancestors existed everywhere and dominated literally everything. The whole earth is mine fr.

[@Someguy-db3pc]

your values tell you to stop fighting. other people’s values tell them to seize the moment. it’s the tortoise and the hare.

[@petersanjur32]

Can we first give a round of applause to the intro for this video! The hook combined with the rising tensions of the music is absolutely superb! Now to watch the rest of what I assume is already going to be a great video!

[@The136th]

Go read some history. Also, according to the The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender. Japan's sovereignty is limited to the 4 main island, meaning Japanese claim of Senkaku Islands, Ryukyu Islands and any islands outside the 4 main Japanese island are illegitimate.

[@vivekmohanta2363]

It's surprising to see the content states casualties on the Indian side and Chinese side as of they are mere statistic. The Chinese side did loose 35-40 soldiers, which also was rugged off. Although the content is about map, these critical points should not be sidelined

[@timlecount8690]

Thank you as always, Johnny! I would LOVE a video about the Myanmar border fence! I love using your videos in AP Human Geography, this one will fit well with Unit 4!

[@Smartub-jy2mm]

Some mongolians blame and insult kazakhs for who can't speak mongolian well but in Kazakhstan over 130 nations living in peace and they even going to switch to latin letters while Mongolia changing to everything in Mongolian script in 2025. Difference is the one country switching to international language's letter while other one is going to get back Genghis Khan's script ☠️

[@edward_cullen.07]

As An Indian, I Support Freedom Of Tibet.

[@magma9000]

Hindu nationalist bot spotted 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@runajain5773]

​@@magma9000indian nationalist

[@J_X999]

You only support it because you don't like China.

[@am1tk_tales]

What's wrong with being a nationalist.. we are not mercenaries without borders.

[@theyellowflashoftheleaf5896]

​@@magma9000nah fam im not even indian and i support free tibet

[@guigui2831]

people think this video is detailed and just ignored the fact that the author is biased😢feeling sad about those who without second thoughts believe everything he said

[@user-lg5vp7sl5d]

Talking about the chicken neck, you've forgotten a country - Sikkim Kingdom

[@prateekyadav9811]

Oh sod off, that is part of India.

[@Nagvanshieus]

Also kingdom of Tibet

[@XYun1996]

你让我想起我小时候搬家之前的老家的墙上曾今贴有一幅有锡金版图的中国地图。我刚刚搜了下，中国方面是在2005年才接受锡金属于印度的，而我搬家早于2005年，那张地图则明显早于2005年，所以会存在锡金

[@shouryadevsingh2257]

Who is the ruler of Sikkim kingdom ?? Anyone in Sikkim even know about that ....😂 In that case I think we should start talking about Genghis Khan empire ....

[@photonext7]

India is focussing a lot in the east now because of how aggressive China is/has been towards Arunachal Pradesh. A lot of construction activities has been going on for expressways and highways which can be beneficial for the general public as well as military movements. Thanks for your insights for the world to know.

[@PrograError]

sooner than later, HSR is going to reach thereabout up there... just like china with it's Lhasa line...

[@k.k.c8670]

That is South Tibet. India has tried to portray itself as the inheritor of the British Raj which it isnt at all. Much of what india claims to be hers today was actually the UK colonizing others.

[@PrograError]

@@thezoldics7648 high speed rail ...

[@baikeiast5255]

All those chinkkkky in North East

[@LeanBackNplay]

Talking about map, how about Israel's map😂

[@pushslice]

Thanks Johnny from the Filipino people, for continuing to keep this issue on the forefront of the public eye. Maps in general are awesome but in this case, when part of a regime’s weaponization plan to bully and push around its neighbors… it’s just so devious.

[@ManuSaraswat]

One of the most disgusting part about this ongoing conflict is, in an attempt to show China's supremacy they almost always downplay the deaths of it's soldiers, so many cases where Chinese soldiers just leave their own comrade's dead bodies and run away. Indian army carries all these bodies and tries to contact China every time to come and get their fallen soldiers, but they refuse claiming they aren't their soldiers but "terrorists", Indian army proceeds to give them a proper burial too.

[@user-oo4ss6fd5v]

​@@ManuSaraswat又在这里胡扯，2020年中国向印度移交了至少30多个俘虏，在一个中国社交平台上可以看到，这里都没有那个视频里面很多俘虏受伤🤕，有给他们包扎。中国是团长冲在最前面阻挡印度士兵向前，这个视频里可以看到，他是幸运的活了下来，是我们的英雄。而印度由于种姓制度影响，士兵冲在前面。2020年那次印度死的士兵很多都是被打进加勒万河里冻死的。

[@someguy-_-3882]

Source: trust me bro@@ManuSaraswat

[@someguy-_-3882]

I’d like to see Indian soldiers have the same pay and enjoy the same civil and societal benefits as Chinese soldiers. You prob got that crappy story through hearsay or your very unbiased news outlets lol@@ManuSaraswat

[@Dorae-ur-mom]

What bs, Taiwan claimed 11 dash line, china is just following it up

[@adamrand3405]

Definitely do a video on the border fence 😊

[@Cuselin5525]

I would like to ask you what method you used to decipher the map of China, maybe you can make a video for us to learn and at the same time let the audience to verify the scientific validity of this method.

[@Surya-sp6xu]

China may have new map, But India and Japan have NEW military

[@davronazamatjon-hg1yq]

If they can indeed

[@ingstimated1873]

New military refers to-----------A military without stealth fighter jets and 80000 ton aircraft carriers

[@cecagna]

I wish every country had an event where they announced their new map and borders for next year. It would be even funnier for island nations like Madagascar.