Their value is pretty much swindling money from the PRC and using them on weapons that probably won’t ever be delivered.
Miscellaneous News
- Thread starter bd popeye
- Start date
Their value is pretty much swindling money from the PRC and using them on weapons that probably won’t ever be delivered.
I now think the 'one million casualties to take Japan home islands' thing is another of America's myth making, a rationalization after the fact. The allies had total air supremacy and their fire bombing of Japanese cities killed as many if not more people than the atom bombs. Japan was already talking through the Soviet Union about surrender.
From another perspective: I've been to the bomb memorial in Hiroshima. Not far from the memorial there is a little museum which displays letters including from like primary school students. (That museum might have been a school back then.) The letters show that the students were part of the Japanese war effort. By that point of the war, arguably any able bodied person in Japan was a participant in the war.
By the way, Kure is 50min by train from Hiroshima. For naval buffs, the Yamato and JMSDF museums are worth visiting.
I think it is debatable that there would be one million allies deaths for invading Japan. But it is one reason cited by the US after the war to justify using the nuclear weapon that resulted in so many civilian casualties as the US is facing a lot of criticism aftermath. However, it is difficult to say how many lives would be lost if the invasion had truly happened. Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles have resulted over ten thousands of deaths for American soldiers even after Japan warfighting capacities have been severely depleted. All depends upon if Japan is still willing to fight to the deaths or not.
I have no sympathy for the Japanese civilians as they have enabled the Japanese empire to wage the wars that caused so many suffering. A village a few miles from my grandparents' village were completely massacred for no reason other than because the Japanese can. My grandmother lost her second child after running to the mountain to hide from the Japanese soliders as they raid her village again and again. Japan lost the war and should have paid a price of it but it got away with little and no punishment. So I refuse to accept for Japanese to play victims in anyway or form.
UK is Japan, EU is China, both are island nations has the island nations mentality -hubristic, colonialist, paranoia, shit-stirrer and they are the vassal states of Mother of all island nations - the USA to provoke and prevent those land-locked mainlands to compete with them.
Look at President of Kenya sh*tting on Biden's "Summit for Democracy" at the Pan-African Summit two days ago. Whole floor gives him a standing ovation.
"Ferried in buses like school kids"
"Forced to attend group meetings because of threats and blackmail"
"50 heads of state, not given any time to speak meaningfully, lined up just for photographs"
I think Africa's role in shaping China's diplomatic approach is understated. A lot of China's foreign experience has come from dealing with them and it probably has had great influence in China's emphasis on non-interference, mutual respect and multipolar philosophy.
Not really. China’s unique relationship with the African nations started from Mao who wanted to export revolution to anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist political groups. Hint: There is a reason why Zimbabwe and China has really good relations. One can argue that he was the one who kickstarted China’s multi-polar diplomacy.
The encirclement of the Kwantung army, which had most of Japan's military power in it besides the IJN, was the main factor behind Japanese surrender. Japan could have kept fighting using the material in Northern China if not for that front being folded by the PLA and the Red Army.
That led to Japan beginning talks with USSR, the first country among the Allies that were contacted about Japanese surrender.
Using traditional culture and history of Silk road is such an enlightend approach.
Central Asian Ethnic minorities in China
English Name, Standard Romanization, Code, Simplified Chinese, Mandarin Pinyin, 2020 National Shares, 2020 Population, 2010 opulation, 2000 Population, 1990 Population, Year of recognition
Kazakh Kazak KZ 哈萨克族 Hāsàkèzú 0.1108% 1,562,518 1,462,588 1,251,023 1,111,718 1954
Kyrgyz Kirgiz KG 柯尔克孜族 Kē'ěrkèzīzú 0.0145% 204,402 186,708 160,875 141,549 1954
Tajik Tajik TA 塔吉克族 Tǎjíkèzú 0.0036% 50,896 51,069 41,056 33,538 1954 (though more Persian than Tajiks)
Uzbek Uzbek UZ 乌孜别克族 Wūzībiékèzú 0.0009% 12,742 10,569 12,423 14,502 1954
Central Asian Ethnic minorities in China
English Name, Standard Romanization, Code, Simplified Chinese, Mandarin Pinyin, 2020 National Shares, 2020 Population, 2010 opulation, 2000 Population, 1990 Population, Year of recognition
Kazakh Kazak KZ 哈萨克族 Hāsàkèzú 0.1108% 1,562,518 1,462,588 1,251,023 1,111,718 1954
Kyrgyz Kirgiz KG 柯尔克孜族 Kē'ěrkèzīzú 0.0145% 204,402 186,708 160,875 141,549 1954
Tajik Tajik TA 塔吉克族 Tǎjíkèzú 0.0036% 50,896 51,069 41,056 33,538 1954 (though more Persian than Tajiks)
Uzbek Uzbek UZ 乌孜别克族 Wūzībiékèzú 0.0009% 12,742 10,569 12,423 14,502 1954
Montana’s TikTok Ban Is Unconstitutional Twice Over
May 18, 2023
This article was allegedly written by a potential wumao law professor at some school.