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It is interesting to me that Southern India hasn't broke away from the north yet. They are far richer and developed, yet almost completely voiceless in New Delhi despite being heavily milked by the North. They have different cultures and languages as well, and the concept of an unified South and North India is almost completely a British construct intended for ease of their colonial rule. On top of that, in my experience, the Southern Indians are far friendlier to China and are reliable business partners compared to the Northerners.
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I think it is different from the way the Filipinos think. I have had a young Filipino man once tell me he prefers the U.S, because it has no corruption! I was initially shocked, but I knew what he meant; here, he is implying that in a "democratic country," because of the supposedly checks and balances tend to "self correct," and expose corruption, due to the two-party system that compete for political power, will try to expose the otherside. He was literally this naive! On the contrary, the many Vietnamese I spoke to did not really care what political system they were in as long as their material necessities and desires were satisfied. They view the superiority of the West, having more to due with the material abundance and opportunities as the defining worth of the country, and not necessarily tied to the political system of said country.
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supercat
Colonel
It seems a bunch of Americans don't know the difference between Taiwan and China.
In case you just landed on earth from your home planet and still have no idea why Douyin was forced to sell TikTok.
Yawn, I would be bored to sleepiness too if my own morality and ethics were challenged like this.
In case you just landed on earth from your home planet and still have no idea why Douyin was forced to sell TikTok.
Yawn, I would be bored to sleepiness too if my own morality and ethics were challenged like this.
I mean Trump did say TSMC or whatever is stealing their semiconductor business.
And we all know deep down Americans don't really care about Taiwanese. They're just another brand of Chinese anyway.
I mean technically speaking Taiwan was under Japan rule and was on the same side. So they helped supply/train/whatever Japan so it could launch attacks on western nation. It doesn't help that the guys who run Taiwan were the same ones that lost China so all western investments in that had to be written off. The US in particular as a capitalist nation doesn't like it when it loses money.
Thats geopolitics for you. On a bad day, Taiwan and Chinese Muslims who the west supports are its worst enemies.
When i read few first paragraph i thought: Hanoi should step up their internal security game! But read more i say nah it just normal Tuesday. Because those documents writing style is been taught to me and million of Vietnamese for 30+ years. Yeah we get taught how bad US imperialism since elementary school. And for high school and higher the always class call: Marx Lenin /HoChiMinh thought. Which means it became the fundamental clash between Communist ideas vs Neo imperialism. So unless the Vietnam government whole structure base on Communist party leading everything stupidly enough to abandoned and surrender their power to US then no way something like fully embrace US will happen. Besides since 1975 those most vocal anti Vietcong is base in US ffs. And your can search about Fulro group. Basically the seed of color revolution still active since 1950 to this day. Which mean those clowns in Washington thought VietCong is some stupid gold fish easy forgive and forget their constantly provoke.
broadsword
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What was taught about China in school?