i would not be surprised if the grievances were stirred up by a third party.I wonder if the riots inflicted on Chinatown were from the result of soft or hard power.
i would not be surprised if the grievances were stirred up by a third party.I wonder if the riots inflicted on Chinatown were from the result of soft or hard power.
Hey bud, nice to see you back around here.I'm from HK Canto, ethnic Han.
When I'm skinny during military time, my HK friends say I look Vietnamese.
When I am fat during undergrad, my HK friends say I look Korean.
Thai people think I look Thai, Korean people think I look Korean/Japanese/
Honestly, depending on your haircut and weight (BMI), you can look like different East Asian ethnicity.
The Germanic barbarians with the Anglo Saxons being the most backward and barbaric of them all, after they descended upon the civilized world, enslaved:On this point, historical enemies of China have all without fail either:
The Manchus were the ruling class of China not even 200 years ago, and now their language is dead and they are all but unrecognisable apart from any regular han chinese.
- assimilated by China, adding their cultural and genetic diversity to what's considered "Chinese"
- or for the lack of a better word: gone
Looking further back you have Khitan (hilariously the name Russians still use to refer to China, hence Su-30 MKK), Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie and more, all of them have disappeared in the river of time with some help from the powers from Central Plain. One wonders should this pattern hold, where would countries like the US or Japan be in 500 years time.
$10 million USD for one torpedo are you serious?Taiwan sought to purchase 18 heavyweight torpedoes for an estimated value of $180 million.
>Taiwan sought to purchase 18 heavyweight torpedoes for an estimated value of $180 million.
$10 million USD for one torpedo are you serious?
That's how economic influence works. And gradually Chinese soft power influence is growing there. The people from these countries visit China, and they see with their own eyes that China is the future.
I wonder the extent to which Central Asian elites are beholden to China because of natural gas and trade connections
I wonder the extent to which Central Asian elites are beholden to China because of natural gas and trade connections