Spent 18 months in Taiwan during the VietNam War. I fell in love with the People and was impressed by their desire for independence from Communist China. Even though I am old, I may still go there and do what I can if hostilities break out. God Bless Taiwan, God bless Hong Kong !
The whole world stands with free and democratic Taiwan. China is unnecessarily bullying Taiwan. Even Tibet is also forcefully annexed by China. There are 1.8 Million Tibetans living outside Tibet in various countries because of Chinese threats. Dalai Lama is living in India with his 1000s of followers since last 40 years. This is high headedness of China which should be crushed. Shame Shame on China.
Hao Wu He means at that time Taiwan was independent form communist China, this is true,Taiwan never ruled by communist China and after the world war 2 ,Taiwan ruled by China only 4 years until 1949, before 1945 , Taiwan was ruled by Japan for 50years, as a Taiwanese , China is just another country in our thinking.
@@kelvinann-o4v Actualy Farmosa was ruled by Japan. KMT loosing the civil war & retreat into Farmosa taking with him.millions of mainlanders, and displacing the actual Farmosan islanders as rulers.
You can replace that trade with Taiwan, Taiwan has a strong spending power compared to Mainland; the GDP per capita is higher than China which is impressive for such a small island with little resources
@@EzraMerr No China's GDP rate is 1.6 and Taiwan's is only .67 China - tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth Taiwan - tradingeconomics.com/taiwan/gdp-growth Australia do not recognize Taiwan as independent to China so that wont happen.
Filipino here...I love the Taiwanese continuous quest to maintain their freedom and way of life. I feel for the millions of regular mainland Chinese people who may never get a taste of freedom and democracy
Keith Thurman you have clearly never even been to mainland, we are def freer than you filippino that are forced to go abroad as housemaids due to poverty
In 2018 along, Chinese people had traveled to oversea countries for 150 MILLION times. 3 Million Chinese people traveled to the U.S. Seriously, Chinese people know the world much better than you know China
@@fatpigeon1066 Be really frank, Chinese people are very practical, higher living standard is much more important than a ballot. And it is getting more and more often when Chinese tourists see so many poor people , aging infrastructure, sky high or super slow medical system etc in those old western countries. Chinese people just getting more and more proud of their system
No there is a good chance they will take it militarily. When 90% of the people don't want anything to do with china. When China has a crack pot dictator who is overly ambitious.
@@johnyleans if 90% of the ppl dont want anything to do with China, Taiwan should cancel the ECFA, this is a very important step in isolating themselves from mainland
Yes, and don't forget Taiwan has it's own Currency/Economy and She (the People of Taiwan) know how to make friends and build long lasting relationships - like with Canada and USA for example
What is your free world, sanctioning is a form of dictatorship, bullying , dropping to a nation that has a different point of view. You know the biggest dictator of this world.
Bud, its not that we are cowards, its just that those in charge, those with the power, with the authority, do not feel it wise nor economic to commit our forces into armed combat that maybe detrimental to not only said forces (they are made up of people!, people, with families, feelings and friends) but to communities in general, both here and abroad... for instance... toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infestation that is spread by the transmission of feces from the feline species and damages infants, you would think it a child safety issue but its not, in fact... Australia has that little will and effort, that 70 million is lost per year in South Australia just from toxoplasmosis in sheep... i do not want to think of the value of loss when i consider other states and other livestock... the value must be hundreds of billions of dollars... and there is no novel legislation, no act of parliament... yet we expect people to invest here!, a land of promise and dreams... cant even collectively, as a society and a community, we cant even look after our kids... and the only real rights we have as Australian's, is the right to remain silent and the right to representation before a court of law
Taiwan has lived with freedom from the first day. Communist china party should respect other nations. Being chinese does not at all mean that they belong to CCP regardless of where on earth they are.
Voranart. Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong belongs to China. They are call zhong guo ren. Oversea chinese are call hua ren. There is nothing wrong taking back your countries. Democratic are just that the corporation control the govt. Communism control the corporation. Which system is better, nobody know including you. Proven is that China can feed her 1.2 billions people and bring them out of poverty. Millions left and go oversea every month but why they still go back to China by the end of the day. Simple,they love China.
@@allanang8709 Get f**ed mate. The US wouldn't be alone. There would be., NATO and the ENTIRE West behind them defending Taiwan. Along with nations like Japan and India. And 95% of the former Warsaw Pact, Russia's former NATO counterpoint, are now a part of NATO. Many more ships and planes than China, and an endless pool of manpower. In short, China would cease to exist. And the world would be a better place without their belligerence.
Politicians and their advisors sure do advocate for restricting a country like Iran and are not equally restrictive with China (though I understand a sensible reason being all the US UK and AU factories are home there).
@Michael Rich yet so many of the politicians and their advisors in Australia want or allow Chinese to purchase land in Australia, compromising sovereignty.
Australia should have terminated a relationship with China in recognizing Taiwan's independence before asking Taiwan to resist. Otherwise, talk without action is cheap and easy.
I sympathize and even partially agree with what you are saying. I sense that we both want China to be less of a bully, and that we want the people of Taiwan to continue to enjoy personal liberty. However, by "terminating its relationship with China," Australia would essentially be treating 1.3 billion people as if they do not exist. Very few (if any) countries in the world have no diplomatic relations with China.
@@Herman47 Australia will fail if they cut ties with China, the people in Australia will instantly feel the economic downturn, they aren't strong enough to resist the change in their lives to support others, not until China invades Australia.
@@Herman47 If China is a bully, they would have attacked Taiwan militarily. The real bully is the US. They even bullied their Allies, requesting them not use Huawei's 5G technology. Otherwise, they will not be sharing information with them. Isn't this action considered bullying?
@@kennyng2289 stop with your garbage. Huawei is a fraudulent company that has been proven guilty of sharing information with the CCP and is suspected of using 5G tech to spy on US citizens. Hence why the US doesn't want to share information with countries who use it. Its not bullying, its national security!
@@MrSilverfish12 No wonder you're a Fox. You're so easily brainwashed and manipulated by the US government. They always produce faked news. That's why China ban RUclips, Facebook Tweeter and Instagram. US can't even provide any evidence. It is the US government who spied on you. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor phone was tapped and spied by the US government when Obama was the President of US. Now, she approved Germany to use Huawei technology instead of listening to US faked news.
1LifewLittle A war between China and the US will be catastrophic. Unless the American empire collapses with the Anerican dollar. When you have no money you cannot wage war. Than China and Taiwan will hammer out the details of re-integration. No need for war. Taiwan knowing that America cannot interfere will not talk like Tsai Ing-wen
bro, the US would not stupid enough to protect Taiwan at all costs, it just isn't worth doing. If the US is stupid enough to protect Taiwan in real action, the US will have a huge price to cost and cannot guaranty to winning. However, China will definitely use military power at all cost and the price for China is far less than the US because the geographic position of Taiwan is so close to China.
@@1mol831 Australia would probably be the last thing on their agenda. In any case, just take a look at China's history - they have never been interested in conquering other countries. The case of Taiwan is that it was part of China in the past, until being wrested away by the Japanese during the first Sino-Japanese War (where Japan attacked China, and of course would later do so again in WWII - that's right the Japanese are not just friendly anime, Nintendo makers), and then briefly came again under Chinese rule during the KMT until the communists kicked them out in the 1950s. It was the period after the 1950s that has really made things complicated to present day.
@@DeepztBlu that is the biggest lie i have ever heard of just next to my ex gf. if you look again closely, they did invade other countries. its either you are too dumb or stupidly fed by propaganda. think again
@@sirmiles1820 Yep, definitely one or the other - since I live in a western nation of free thinkers, it must be the lead in the water I drink because there cannot be any propaganda outside of the PRC. All joking aside, because this video is full of it from multiple sides (shit and propaganda), rather than just making an essentially random unsubstantiated statement, you may consider going ahead and putting forth links to reliable references to counter my statement and put me in my lowly place. Otherwise, we're all just making silly youtube comments...which I guess is okay. But seriously, imperialism is not really what China is famous for (a definition Taiwan, China, and Australia, as well as the rest of the world, should be very familiar with given their relatively recent experiences with true western imperialism)... China may trade with, aid (and influence/deliver propaganda to win favor) other nations (see African countries today), but traditionally, it does not "take over" in the conventional sense. Now obviously, some degree of conquest was required when the various isolated independent warring states came together to form the empire millennia ago (see Qin Dynasty). However, the more peripheral aspects of its land mass have come about either as a result of China itself being conquered (see Manchuria and inner Mongolia) or come about during the period when those conquering outside forces ruled (see Xinjiang and Tibet). Apart from feelings of reclaiming what they believe is historically theirs and seized away by foreign enemies during a period of historical weakness (which occurred coincidentally during foreign Manchu rule), conquest is not really a big part of the Chinese psyche. Now I eagerly await your well-written response filled with references about island forming, etc.
Honestly, it goes to show a lot that in Taiwan, pro-Communist activists can march freely. Try waving a Taiwanese flag on the streets of Beijing and see what happens...
@@tsem.5484 I, think its overly easy to say like it is. Though I agree that Taiwan is more free in certain areas. But to be 'arrested' is a overly exaggerated, because there are people who have done saw at Tian’anmen for example, but nothing happen to them, you'll only get curious or strange looks . I went to Nanjing and there's the Republic of China flag in museum and temples, the can be seen everywhere. So you can find ROC flags openly on display in mainland China, so there isn't any stigma around it at all. :)
Not only were they waving the Commie flag, they blasted deeply controversial political statements over the loudspeaker and paraded the street in their retarded Mao attire. No one even bat an eye. That's how our democracy works. Now compare that to the behaviour of our neighbour. www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/tourist-beaten-up-over-forehead-tattoo/news-story/18357a8d00b46a86af78314cb3f98e8f
@@ruiylin9943 .. Yes. I got arrested for criticizing the Communist government and for speaking out against Tiananmen Square massacre. Now is this a country that the International Community should respect? I don't think so
I served in Kinmen during the 1970's, when they shelled each other every other day. By the '70's, the shells were just filled with propaganda pamphlets and broke up in midair to disperse the pamphlets. However, if you were unlucky to be hit by the shell, it could still cost your life. It once ricocheted and destroyed our TV set, no one was hurt fortunately. The shelling would start at night, so no one went out during those nights. In the morning, the soldiers had to go out and picked/cleaned up the propaganda pamphlets, but you were forbidden to read them, LOL!
Is it though? HK is a chinese territory. The gov of China has absolute power over it. It’d be a huge stress for it to try exert the same power over Taiwan and other SEA countries. HK was always going to return fully to China it was just a matter of when.
spod bod would you rather there be a sudden reintegration in 2047? By then the mainland would be very different from HK. Are you suggesting that if this protest happened in 2047 the government should have full right to use any force necessary to stop it?
Sometimes I am amazed by just how ignorant you guys are about China. Do you know the city of Shenzhen? You don't. It is the city bordering Hong Kong. It has double the population of HK and 1.5 times economic output and 4 times growth. It is home to the 'infamed' 5G tech giant Huawei, Internet conglomeration Tencent (Valued no. 7 in the world by market cap) and numerous other high tech unicorns such as DJI that dominates the global consumer drone market by 70%. Shenzhen has just been re affirmed as the model city for the rest of China to follow suit in terms of economic model, technology progress. This happened amid the Hong Kong Crisis. This obviously makes sense. the companies in Shenzhen hires people from all over China without discrimination and put them to work in high tech, online commerce and high value added manufacturing. What do companies in HK do? Banking for the ultra wealthy, constructing more micro apartments? Listen, Hong Kong won't matter, it will happen way before 2047. It will happen naturally if HK does not resist. If they don't, the process will be quicker. China does not need to show you Hong Kong. It is a bad product of mixure of colonial blood, capitalist greed and angry common people. It will instead show you a powerful, high tech fueled BUT obedient Shenzhen.
@10:37 Taiwanese Police Woman: "Even the government cannot guarantee that everything be fine, [that] the peace will last forever, so we have to make preparations for this". Damn right. I believe liberty and freedom must be secured by steadfast vigilance and preparation against those who seek to destroy such a way of life.
Love your optimism (and I hope for the same), but remember what happened to "free Tibet"?! And now the very 'free' Uyghurs... Hmm it's not looking promising under the CCP!
I have lived here for 15 years,have a wife and children.Taiwan is most definitely not China but people are scared for sure of the growing problem in Hong Kong. As a foreign national I have my personal opinions but it is up to the Taiwanese to resist or give in..
Taiwan is China. You dont understand being Chinese. Unity and peace is of the utmost important. Hopefully Taiwan and China can reintegrate peacefully together to be even stronger. We are the same people. Our fate is bound together whether you like it or not.
@@nsebast Taiwan is Republic of China (ROC), NOT People's Republic of China (PRC), get used to it. United Kingdom、Australia and USA, they're same people too, but are they one country?
Does the Queen of England talk about the descendants of the Great White Hunter who live on both sides of the Atlantic? Nonsense. Language in common does not imply national links.
Most people in mainland China would say they don't care about politics,but actually it involves in everyone's life.People have their own judge of themselves.
Its not politics its a question of freedom...In China the govt controls chinese media so its not free. So they can't make a form a good judgement...thats why freedom of speech is so important and needs to be protected...
@@eugeniovincenzo1621 oh,we're the same...My comment had been deleted for racism on youtube...but I just complained about the Jewish capitalist, is that wrong?
Taiwan should decry Beijing's call for incorporating Taiwan into China, Taiwan needs to declare that Taiwan is going to incorporate China into Taiwan and give all Chinese people their freedom to live their lives as they see fit...
Those pro Chinese elder should be grateful that Taiwan is a democratic country supporting free speech, otherwise they would be either locked up in jail or disappeared 😂😂
Why? Don’t you know Taiwan’s official name is Republic of China? Based on the constitution of the ROC, those who seeks independence of Taiwan are the ones who should put in jail.
@@jntiger1981 They are holding Chinese flags and welcoming the enemy's troops to "liberate" Taiwan. According to our constitution, they are the ones that should be locked up.
Majestic Marilag what is your problem? Republic of China (Taiwan) is the democratic China. According to its constitution, it must free and unite the mainland China which is under communist rule, but no where in the constitution says it can leave from China.
@@raydu7107 no apparently the government that is paying you to defend it online thinks the rest of the world is stupid. We ALL know what kind of government china has, we know the government monitors, dictates and controls every aspect of every persons life and execute anyone that says a word out of line against the government. We know the people of china are peasants to the ruling party... get real the communists are the worst people ever placed on earth. And not even the people of china want to be under the Chinese government.
@@raydu7107 How is this item biased in any way other than with respect to the basic human right of every people to choose their own government? The people of Taiwan have made it VERY clear that they will not be part of mainland China again. Most feel, to the core of their being, that Taiwan is a separate country. No economic or military war that president Xi wages will change that.
There will always be two sides of the coin. One side wants freedom the other wants oppression. Its only a matter of choice. For me Taiwan was always on its own country.
No, Dong Lee, it is not a choice between freedom and oppression. That is too simplistic. Freedom comes in different colors. Freedom from hunger, freedom from fear. Freedom to say what you want, to do what you want id meaningless if you do not have freedom from hunger, freedom from fear -- tow most basic of freedoms. In Hong Kong the rioters wanted freedom - they burn people alive anyone who dare to to have different opinion.The young rioters freely burn, destroy, disrupt everyday life, ruin the economy.
@@mjklein Yes, though that's not actually important, but helps set the stage. If Taiwan had never been ceded to Japan, KMT forces still would've retreated to Taiwan.
@@richardj6531 Thankfully not everyone in the PRC is as brain-dead as you Richard. But sadly, many are. And since you seem to be someone so interested in facts /s, the Chinese Civil War never came an official end. No surrender was signed, KMT forces were not completely destroyed, and the Republic of China never stopped existing. Why do you think China Airlines is not under the control of the CCP?
@@richardj6531 Get f**ed mate. The US wouldn't be alone. There would be., NATO and the ENTIRE West behind them defending Taiwan. Along with nations like Japan and India. And 95% of the former Warsaw Pact, Russia's former NATO counterpoint, are now a part of NATO. Many more ships and planes than China, and an endless pool of manpower. In short, China would cease to exist. And the world would be a better place without their belligerence.
Xiamen is my hometown, and I don't want to see a war happened. I've been to Taiwan, and I felt Hokkien traditional culture there where I can't feel it in Xiamen.
Man don't you understand it was just anti-terrorism that's all hahahahaha {× they'll never admit to the true massacre that happened that day rest in peace to the soles looking for true freedom in China
LOL do you even understood anything at all from this video hahaha? 1, this metal band uses independent as a platform. 2, China promised to attack if independent is announced. 3, Taiwan Has no chance to win.= STILL POSITIVE AND TOTALLY NOT SUICIDAL. You bloody morons.
Yeah, Freddy has been in the band for more than a decade, and though I never liked death metal music , but I do know that they were quite famous as a band and toured around the world.
@fatcrewz We fought off Japan already. We're up for the challenge. That is assuming China ever has a way of shipping (i.e. actually moving) its troops and equipment to Oz.
@@houseofshuffles449 China will have 2 full aircraft carrier groups soon. They maybe able to ship hundreds of thousands of troops. Provided that they defeat Taiwan and also control the South China Sea. In that scenario Australia will be threatened
@@ConstantineJoseph And China's aircraft carrier(s) are inferior in both quality and numbers to America - the USA has 11, with more on the way. Not to mention the crap Russian planes and under-trained pilots and seamen in China's navy. Paper tiger indeed.
@@houseofshuffles449 I meant if the US is not involved. But with the US involved they may not be able to target Australia. But if you give them another 2 more decades of development, they will challenge you lot. By then you're old and frail
@@houseofshuffles449 , Japan was able to invade the Philippines and Australia because it owned Taiwan which supplied the food, fuel and air and sea ports needed for the invasion. China will need to follow the same script when they decide to realize their hegemony dreams because as long as Taiwan controls the West Pacific, Australia will be safe.
As a Taiwanese American who served in the US military for over 10 years and a former police officer in LA. I hope one day the world will truly understand the tensions between the two governments.
18:06 Who the hell is this? Although we do have the freedom of speech in Taiwan, praising for military forced unification is still wrong. I'm a Taiwanese! Not a Chinese!
That’s is the true essence of democracy, it’s sad, but that is freedom. They don’t see that if you reverse the situation, they would be instantly crushed if they ever air their decent under a communist rule.
17:01 Well... my friend, you can always emigrate in China where you can enjoy all the [ *cough cough* ] freedoms that you want without taking away that pesky democracy from whom who like it.
Loud speakers from Kinmen Island used to wake up their opposition in China each morning playing the Tony Orlando & Dawn song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree. ; )
@@JamesDavy2009 That's the flag of the Republic of China, not Taiwan flag. As long as taiwanese deem themselves as citizens of ROC, it's totally fine, but if they ask for independence, then there is war.
@@wowyzaoy maybe we should look up the years before 1949? President Truman basically watch the communists take over China, probably with a certain point of satisfaction? since he hated Chiang kai shek and his gang so much. when he finally realized he should had helped Chiang's regime instead of economic and military embargo, was when the korean war started. aiding Taiwan wasn't even the main purpose, but to block the spreading of communism was hard enough already...China was too big to block.
@杨健 And thankfully CKS did take them. Now it is available for all to see at the national museum of Taiwan. Rather then burned and destroyed in the cultural revolution.
its amazing to think that countless amphibious assaults and bombardment and infiltration tactics failed in the 40s, 50s, 60s failed ...and now the Chinese want everyone to believe them taking the main Taiwan island is a piece of cake.....what rubbish...what evidence is there the Chinese can accomplish an amphibious landing ?
China: Give the Protesters, at Hong Kong airport, A time period to disperse . IF NOT round them up and SEND them to Siberia to work ...Russia can use them!. PS. GB and USA is behind the protests. GB and USA are the trouble makers on Earth
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin, "Reply to the Pennsylvania Governor," November 11, 1755
DEMOCRATIC 1st CHINA TAIWAN has been in EXISTENCE from Jan 1912 - 2019 CONTINUOUSLY ! ! ....Communist 2nd Red China ONLY BEGAN in October,1949 ! ! ........ .... Democratic Taiwan THE 1st China has NEVER BEEN a break away Republic of communist 2nd China ! Democratic Taiwan 1st China has always been the REAL China ! DON'T BELIEVE LIES of media nor Communists, please. Thank you.
I think most people in the world living under an authoritarian regime believes that US democracy was gifted to Americans. A dangerous precedence is being set in the west by giving asylum to people living under an oppressive regimes. The refugees should stay in their country and fight. Blood has to be shed to obtain democratic rule, sometimes a lot of bloodshed. It makes sense that Germany would give refuge to 1 million Syrians since Germany did not have to fight for their democracy. HK can get their freedom back if they want it but they are ruled by their pocketbooks so they don't deserve it.
In the age of nuclear weapons Franklins advice does not hold up. When liberty and public safety cross swords, safety wins every time. It would be foolish to try to stop China militarily.
Dragon Lee exactly.. the businessmen of Taiwan and Hong Kong know how much China helps their country from an economic sense and the western media dares to divide a country’s family matters further.
@@ecofriendly0 LOL family. Tribal nationalists. Taiwan and Hong Kong HATE your "family". Stop lying. No one here is from the west. We are all in Asia. And all of us think your country is a disgusting exploiter of the Chinese underclasses and a revolting user and thief of other nations's wealth.
I've wondered about that. I'd love to see interviews of people who side with China, perhaps out of nostalgia for the idea of One China or for sentiment that favors Communism. After all, many people have not benefited from this new economy and they struggle to make it everyday in HK. So, Capitalism doesn't appeal to everyone. Time will tell, if China allows this to draw out.
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B Different cases in HK and Taiwan. HK is controlled by real estate tycoons which essentially killed its innovative sectors (check out the first executive’s HK plan to build an IT industry back in 1998) but HK tycoons and people rejected and decided to continue to embrace real estate and finance. Housing prices got crazy high and young people have no future. Taiwan is just muddled by its own political environment, economy hasn’t really improved for 20 years (new graduate pay is less than 1990). Every single party just play the media and anti-China game to get elected. Once elected they just spend a bunch of money buying outdated military equipment and become corrupted (check out the recent cigarette smuggling case).
Speaking as a young person in Taiwan, it's not that we don't want peace, just not at the cost of our freedom. Besides, reunification doesn't necessarily mean peace. With China's human rights record, who's to say unification won't lead to Taiwan turning into another Tibet or Xinjiang?
La La Land for Best Picture What a condescending attitude! The history cannot be wiped out. When did British give the referendum to local Chinese in HongKong?
@@strumdo2727The Catalan leaders were arrested when they declared independence in October 2017 and the Spanish government claimed the movement was illegal , yet no one knows if the result was valid or not. The Catalan elections were held on 21 December and parties supporting independence again won a majority. 5 more Catalan ministers were jailed after the election. I wonder why no one is sympathetic to the Catalans.
Le Minh Republic of China flag is OK, but people waving Taiwan island flag will be arrested. Just like if you wave confederate flag in a black community, you will be beaten. Or in any major city in US, cops definitely will give you trouble.
Yifan Wang not even close. You could not be more wrong. If someone waved a Confederate States of America flag any where in the USA, there would be absolutely no interference from any government entity, such as police. Where as in China, if some one waved a Taiwanese Republic of China Flag, you would be persecuted by the government and deprived of any civil or human rights.
Question really is...can China handle Taiwan's power and influence? Deep in the background behind the scenes is the United Sates standing firmly behind Taiwan.
@@Zergcerebrates Its technology production and heavy affiliation with the western world to start with, why do you think want to bring them back into the fold. If this wasn't the case China wouldn't even give them a second thought as they are strong in their own right.
@Make Asia Great Again yes well lets just say the US have learnt the hard way not to meddle in another country's affairs. America relies heavily on Taiwan for its export products along with a few other large countries.
@@jackytang3683 Hmmm... the people of Taiwan call themselves Taiwanese. Taiwan also have their own currency and sovereign flag. . Australians from UK ancestry never call themselves British/English. . Taiwan is for the Taiwanese. Taiwan will have and always have a US umbrella of protection. Hopefully, Taiwan can be included in the Info-Pacific US alliance. . One China is dead!
Thank you I enjoyed the reporting very much. I was born in Taiwan to parents from the mainland, although we've immigrated to the US since I was 7. Taiwan is in a difficult place. Continue the military and diplomacy. Despite the unequal balance in power, a robust military can still put up enough deterrence so that a physical take over is not the easiest option for the PLA. Diplomacy is two part. One to strengthen Taiwan's tie with important allies (especially the USA) and the other to avoid directly provoking the mainland. A third approach is simply economic. Do everything to improve the economic lots of the typical Taiwanese. For example, every student should have a working knowledge of English (or other important languages like French, German, Spanish, Japanese) so they can compete in the global labor market. This also blunts disinformation by the mainland if folks access western media directly, where mainland influence is weaker. Teach as many as possible management, financial, and negotiation skills. Be fluent in the ways of foreign laws, especially common laws practiced in Anglophone countries. Achieve deeper professionalism. For example, be a program architect, not just a coder; a financial controller, not just an accountant; or a scientist, not just a tech assistant. Fourth, continue to nurture a common Taiwanese culture within the larger Chinese context. For example, there's a distinct SF and LA culture that is largely resilient to the larger American culture, now dominated by Trump and the GOP. Likewise each of the Anglophone country has its own unifying culture despite having descended from the UK. "Taiwanese" culture doesn't have to exclude "Chinese" culture. Military and diplomacy can help Taiwan reach the most favorable compromise with the mainland. At a minimum, it buys time until perhaps when the mainland is less authoritarian. Economics sustains the military and diplomatic efforts. And should the day come that Taiwan is absorbed into the mainland, people have the means to emigrate if they so choose. Finally, a Taiwan culture means that "Taiwan" in some form can still survive, both in the people that are forcibly reunified and in the Taiwan diaspora outside the physical island.
Emigrate to where? I wish the west would stop being the relief valve for people facing authoritarian rule. People should stand and fight for their homeland. If they flee, they never deserved freedom. Taiwan has a population of 23 M. If it comes to military conflict and the CCP is forced to kill off 10 M the backlash from the rest of the world would be relentless and 13M Taiwanese will have freedom.
Taiwan is more then just the a island nation. its is in fact the 109 near old Republic of China in exile. is is free China! and someday China true China free China shall have the banner of the blue sky and white sun over all of China!!! not just Taiwan!
My best friend who born and raised here in the US now lives in Taiwan and is married to a Taiwanese woman. I hope that China gives up the idea of taking over Taiwan but that is probably just wishful thinking on my part.
Guys remember China is every Asian country's biggest trade partner(apart from phillipines I think) so it's hard not to fall under Chinese influence economically
@@sliu8748 I am sure that it's not nice being in the thick of the protests. But you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. I hope that the people of Hong Kong will keep up the protests. There is no alternative. Meanwhile the Chinese is gathering troops right across the border. This could turn ugly.
Taiwan has advanced manufacturing capability, they should build modern weaponry by themselves and not rely on the U.S.. U.S. weapons are very expensive, Taiwan can save money by making weapons just like Israel.
they don't have the money, infrastructure, or knowledge. They don't have the "advanced manufacturing capability" for arms. That relies heavily on composite material manufacturing. It would be easier for them to build nukes than to star their own arms industry.
@mike zhang Don’t make nukes because China has nukes？ You must be kidding. Taiwanese is never afraid of any threat from China. We will fight back for any attack. China can attack Taiwan and Taiwan will definitely fire at the major Chinese cities at all costs. China is a paper tiger and has boasted about how strong China is for 70 years.
When a Chinese says "I am not interested in politics." what he is really saying is, "I am far too interested, that is why I dare not express my hatred of the CCP."
Spent 18 months in Taiwan during the VietNam War. I fell in love with the People and was impressed by their desire for independence from Communist China. Even though I am old, I may still go there and do what I can if hostilities break out. God Bless Taiwan, God bless Hong Kong !
The whole world stands with free and democratic Taiwan. China is unnecessarily bullying Taiwan. Even Tibet is also forcefully annexed by China. There are 1.8 Million Tibetans living outside Tibet in various countries because of Chinese threats. Dalai Lama is living in India with his 1000s of followers since last 40 years. This is high headedness of China which should be crushed. Shame Shame on China.
Thanks for supporting Taiwan!
Lie, during the Vietnam war, the Taiwanese people were all about Chinese unification by forcefully retake the mainland, not independence from China
Hao Wu He means at that time Taiwan was independent form communist China, this is true,Taiwan never ruled by communist China and after the world war 2 ,Taiwan ruled by China only 4 years until 1949, before 1945 , Taiwan was ruled by Japan for 50years, as a Taiwanese , China is just another country in our thinking.
@@kelvinann-o4v
Actualy Farmosa was ruled by Japan. KMT loosing the civil war & retreat into Farmosa taking with him.millions of mainlanders, and displacing the actual Farmosan islanders as rulers.
Well, to implement what you preach, Australia should build diplomatic relations with Taiwan instead...
that will never happen, China makes up 35% of all trade with Australia and it would cost over 300 billion dollars a year.
You can replace that trade with Taiwan, Taiwan has a strong spending power compared to Mainland; the GDP per capita is higher than China which is impressive for such a small island with little resources
@@EzraMerr No China's GDP rate is 1.6 and Taiwan's is only .67
China - tradingeconomics.com/china/gdp-growth
Taiwan - tradingeconomics.com/taiwan/gdp-growth
Australia do not recognize Taiwan as independent to China so that wont happen.
Aussie never recognise themselves being part of Asia.
OmnipotentPeaceMan So you say that money trumps human rights?
Man you got to love the true pure power of ROCK respect to Taiwanese senator
Filipino here...I love the Taiwanese continuous quest to maintain their freedom and way of life. I feel for the millions of regular mainland Chinese people who may never get a taste of freedom and democracy
Keith Thurman you have clearly never even been to mainland, we are def freer than you filippino that are forced to go abroad as housemaids due to poverty
@@keiththurman1045 never say never.
Palestine too resist ;)
@@keiththurman1045 u clearly never been to mainland, your country’s poverty is severe. Your freedom is working in the fields or what.
It's hard to go back under the heel of tyranny once you've tasted freedom. Good luck to the Hong Kong and Taiwanese peoples.....
Yh
In 2018 along, Chinese people had traveled to oversea countries for 150 MILLION times. 3 Million Chinese people traveled to the U.S. Seriously, Chinese people know the world much better than you know China
@@ruiliu5737 uh no.
They have not lived in these counties, just visited.
@@fatpigeon1066 Be really frank, Chinese people are very practical, higher living standard is much more important than a ballot. And it is getting more and more often when Chinese tourists see so many poor people , aging infrastructure, sky high or super slow medical system etc in those old western countries. Chinese people just getting more and more proud of their system
@@ruiliu5737 higher living standards?! Many many countries have much much higher living standards. You can't use that as an argument
It’s not China’s conventional military Taiwan has to worry about. It’s going to be through economic and influence.
Read Shun Tzu.
No there is a good chance they will take it militarily. When 90% of the people don't want anything to do with china. When China has a crack pot dictator who is overly ambitious.
@@johnyleans if 90% of the ppl dont want anything to do with China, Taiwan should cancel the ECFA, this is a very important step in isolating themselves from mainland
Sun Tzu there's no "H" in the translation.
Emmanuel Dark wow, you saved the day. 😂😂😂
Yes, and don't forget Taiwan has it's own Currency/Economy and She (the People of Taiwan) know how to make friends and build long lasting relationships - like with Canada and USA for example
THE METAL COMMUNITY IN THE FREE WORLD IS WITH YOU MY BROTHERS! KEEP ON FIGHTING!
why don't you go to the front line to be with them
What is your free world, sanctioning is a form of dictatorship, bullying , dropping to a nation that has a different point of view. You know the biggest dictator of this world.
GB ML Why don’t you go and immigrate to China?
Singapore stands with you, Taiwan - a wonderful country and friend :)
I want to laugh:) how dare your government?
@@chinahamyku6583 you should learn eng better lol.
May all ASEAN / Indo-pacific stand with Taiwan against the CCP!
@@nunyabeeswax3936 yes stand with taiwan
Taiwan is china
It would be so valuable if Australia backed Taiwan's plight more.
Bud, its not that we are cowards, its just that those in charge, those with the power, with the authority, do not feel it wise nor economic to commit our forces into armed combat that maybe detrimental to not only said forces (they are made up of people!, people, with families, feelings and friends) but to communities in general, both here and abroad... for instance... toxoplasma gondii and toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infestation that is spread by the transmission of feces from the feline species and damages infants, you would think it a child safety issue but its not, in fact... Australia has that little will and effort, that 70 million is lost per year in South Australia just from toxoplasmosis in sheep... i do not want to think of the value of loss when i consider other states and other livestock... the value must be hundreds of billions of dollars... and there is no novel legislation, no act of parliament... yet we expect people to invest here!, a land of promise and dreams... cant even collectively, as a society and a community, we cant even look after our kids... and the only real rights we have as Australian's, is the right to remain silent and the right to representation before a court of law
Resource economy....it will always be beholden to those who control the shipping lanes.
@@kotahurt What happens when China goes after Australia and conquers it.
lets all be honest here... money talks... and China has tons of it.
the biggest of the century
Taiwan has lived with freedom from the first day. Communist china party should respect other nations. Being chinese does not at all mean that they belong to CCP regardless of where on earth they are.
Voranart. Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong belongs to China. They are call zhong guo ren.
Oversea chinese are call hua ren.
There is nothing wrong taking back your countries.
Democratic are just that the corporation control the govt.
Communism control the corporation.
Which system is better, nobody know including you.
Proven is that China can feed her 1.2 billions people and bring them out of poverty.
Millions left and go oversea every month but why they still go back to China by the end of the day. Simple,they love China.
@@allanang8709 Get f**ed mate. The US wouldn't be alone. There would be., NATO and the ENTIRE West behind them defending Taiwan. Along with nations like Japan and India. And 95% of the former Warsaw Pact, Russia's former NATO counterpoint, are now a part of NATO. Many more ships and planes than China, and an endless pool of manpower.
In short, China would cease to exist. And the world would be a better place without their belligerence.
Dare Australia build a relationship with Taiwan?
Wy123 Australia these days has been infiltrated by leftist socialists too!
One-third of Australia's exports go to Mainland China.
Politicians and their advisors sure do advocate for restricting a country like Iran and are not equally restrictive with China (though I understand a sensible reason being all the US UK and AU factories are home there).
@Michael Rich yet so many of the politicians and their advisors in Australia want or allow Chinese to purchase land in Australia, compromising sovereignty.
@Texas Trad lol paper tiger just cause they don't invade other countries doesn't make them a paper tiger.
Australia should have terminated a relationship with China in recognizing Taiwan's independence before asking Taiwan to resist. Otherwise, talk without action is cheap and easy.
I sympathize and even partially agree with what you are saying. I sense that we both want China to be less of a bully, and that we want the people of Taiwan to continue to enjoy personal liberty. However, by "terminating its relationship with China," Australia would essentially be treating 1.3 billion people as if they do not exist. Very few (if any) countries in the world have no diplomatic relations with China.
@@Herman47 Australia will fail if they cut ties with China, the people in Australia will instantly feel the economic downturn, they aren't strong enough to resist the change in their lives to support others, not until China invades Australia.
@@Herman47 If China is a bully, they would have attacked Taiwan militarily. The real bully is the US. They even bullied their Allies, requesting them not use Huawei's 5G technology. Otherwise, they will not be sharing information with them. Isn't this action considered bullying?
@@kennyng2289 stop with your garbage. Huawei is a fraudulent company that has been proven guilty of sharing information with the CCP and is suspected of using 5G tech to spy on US citizens. Hence why the US doesn't want to share information with countries who use it. Its not bullying, its national security!
@@MrSilverfish12 No wonder you're a Fox. You're so easily brainwashed and manipulated by the US government. They always produce faked news. That's why China ban RUclips, Facebook Tweeter and Instagram. US can't even provide any evidence. It is the US government who spied on you. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor phone was tapped and spied by the US government when Obama was the President of US. Now, she approved Germany to use Huawei technology instead of listening to US faked news.
No... only reason China is not taking it back is because US is still backing Taiwan... when US stops backing Taiwan, Hong Kong will happen.
can china take Australia if the USA stopped supporting it?
@@1mol831 And what historical and geographical ties does Australia have to China? Can you see how stupid your question is?
1LifewLittle A war between China and the US will be catastrophic. Unless the American empire collapses with the Anerican dollar. When you have no money you cannot wage war. Than China and Taiwan will hammer out the details of re-integration. No need for war. Taiwan knowing that America cannot interfere will not talk like Tsai Ing-wen
bro, the US would not stupid enough to protect Taiwan at all costs, it just isn't worth doing. If the US is stupid enough to protect Taiwan in real action, the US will have a huge price to cost and cannot guaranty to winning. However, China will definitely use military power at all cost and the price for China is far less than the US because the geographic position of Taiwan is so close to China.
@@kenlin1426 it would make them look bad to the other 150 allies if they throw away the towel. What would Japan think? Italy? When they need the USA.
Imagine in the middle of a protest, a death metal band is playing
PRCseparatedChina Taiwan
Wat
Reminds me of 'From Dusk Till Dawn' lol
Modern day bards
Go Taiwan. Go freedom, love from Australia
if taiwan folds, imagine how much bolder china will become?
go after australia?
@@1mol831 Australia would probably be the last thing on their agenda. In any case, just take a look at China's history - they have never been interested in conquering other countries. The case of Taiwan is that it was part of China in the past, until being wrested away by the Japanese during the first Sino-Japanese War (where Japan attacked China, and of course would later do so again in WWII - that's right the Japanese are not just friendly anime, Nintendo makers), and then briefly came again under Chinese rule during the KMT until the communists kicked them out in the 1950s. It was the period after the 1950s that has really made things complicated to present day.
@@DeepztBlu that is the biggest lie i have ever heard of just next to my ex gf. if you look again closely, they did invade other countries. its either you are too dumb or stupidly fed by propaganda. think again
@@sirmiles1820 Yep, definitely one or the other - since I live in a western nation of free thinkers, it must be the lead in the water I drink because there cannot be any propaganda outside of the PRC. All joking aside, because this video is full of it from multiple sides (shit and propaganda), rather than just making an essentially random unsubstantiated statement, you may consider going ahead and putting forth links to reliable references to counter my statement and put me in my lowly place. Otherwise, we're all just making silly youtube comments...which I guess is okay. But seriously, imperialism is not really what China is famous for (a definition Taiwan, China, and Australia, as well as the rest of the world, should be very familiar with given their relatively recent experiences with true western imperialism)... China may trade with, aid (and influence/deliver propaganda to win favor) other nations (see African countries today), but traditionally, it does not "take over" in the conventional sense. Now obviously, some degree of conquest was required when the various isolated independent warring states came together to form the empire millennia ago (see Qin Dynasty). However, the more peripheral aspects of its land mass have come about either as a result of China itself being conquered (see Manchuria and inner Mongolia) or come about during the period when those conquering outside forces ruled (see Xinjiang and Tibet). Apart from feelings of reclaiming what they believe is historically theirs and seized away by foreign enemies during a period of historical weakness (which occurred coincidentally during foreign Manchu rule), conquest is not really a big part of the Chinese psyche. Now I eagerly await your well-written response filled with references about island forming, etc.
dafuq you mean never been interested in conquering countries ????
Honestly, it goes to show a lot that in Taiwan, pro-Communist activists can march freely. Try waving a Taiwanese flag on the streets of Beijing and see what happens...
Nothing happens.... anyways are you referring to the 'Republic of China flag' with the white sun and blue and red background?
arrested and accused of "conspiring to overthrow the state" and sentenced to ...
henry c - you haven't been to China, right?
@@tsem.5484 I, think its overly easy to say like it is. Though I agree that Taiwan is more free in certain areas. But to be 'arrested' is a overly exaggerated, because there are people who have done saw at Tian’anmen for example, but nothing happen to them, you'll only get curious or strange looks . I went to Nanjing and there's the Republic of China flag in museum and temples, the can be seen everywhere. So you can find ROC flags openly on display in mainland China, so there isn't any stigma around it at all. :)
Not only were they waving the Commie flag, they blasted deeply controversial political statements over the loudspeaker and paraded the street in their retarded Mao attire. No one even bat an eye. That's how our democracy works. Now compare that to the behaviour of our neighbour. www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/tourist-beaten-up-over-forehead-tattoo/news-story/18357a8d00b46a86af78314cb3f98e8f
"89 was a year about Anti-Terrorism" chilling
The propaganda and policing is too strong when even an old man like him is denying Tiananmen Square.
It was, but sadly the terrorists won
@@lalakuma9 the old man was brainwashed by the Chinese communist party ! How silly ! Yea sure the terrorist are students with books ! Lmao
Gwant u should checked very carefully how many police were killed in 1989, then u would understand what “anti-terrorism” mean
Wilson W and you should check who shot first
China is an authoritarian country that oppresses its own people. So why would Hong Kong want to be a part of China?
Have you ever been to China?
@@ruiylin9943 .. Yes. I got arrested for criticizing the Communist government and for speaking out against Tiananmen Square massacre. Now is this a country that the International Community should respect? I don't think so
@@EddieGee-cc4us看來你是華人咯。那個年代要是不採取鐵腕措施就有被西方和平演變的可能，和平演變的後果參考現在的烏克蘭俄羅斯。還有，請問天安門事件是怎麼發起的?你們是採取了什麼過激和危險舉動才導致軍警進入的?用正當手段表達自己的合理訴求不會嗎?
Hong Kong is a part of china
@@ruiylin9943 你为啥不用简体字。
I was brought here by the subject, I stayed because of the Metal!!!
lets just remember that there is a prominent politician in a metal band,and is publicly known for both
Can we just take a moment to appreciate a Death Metal Guy in Parlament? Like HELL YEAH!!
Yup
Chiang Kai-Shek was not the founding father, it was Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
Leon Huang BBC is just a polical tool
Chiang was just the General that led the Kuomintang to the Island.
Chiang was the founder of the ROC in Taiwan
@k jason
Yes, but not in Taiwan. The ROC no longer represents mainland China. It represents Taiwan.
@@sambland3903
He was also the head of the government of the ROC.
The situation of Taiwan and Hong Kong are totally different. Taiwan was never a British colony, it is Republic of China in Taiwan.
I served in Kinmen during the 1970's, when they shelled each other every other day. By the '70's, the shells were just filled with propaganda pamphlets and broke up in midair to disperse the pamphlets. However, if you were unlucky to be hit by the shell, it could still cost your life. It once ricocheted and destroyed our TV set, no one was hurt fortunately.
The shelling would start at night, so no one went out during those nights. In the morning, the soldiers had to go out and picked/cleaned up the propaganda pamphlets, but you were forbidden to read them, LOL!
The only way Taiwan can secure a good deal with the Chinese is providing them with vast quantities of high quality baby formula powder.
Nope, they are importing all around the world.
😂😂😂😂😂🤦🤦 underrated comment
MN
@@dinitis totally sceptic lol
I am chinese and I approve this message
Hong Kong is the canary in the coal mine, Will China show what it has in stall for for us all
Is it though? HK is a chinese territory. The gov of China has absolute power over it. It’d be a huge stress for it to try exert the same power over Taiwan and other SEA countries. HK was always going to return fully to China it was just a matter of when.
@@KrazyKevsta well, by international treaty which was signed by China, not before 2047.
spod bod would you rather there be a sudden reintegration in 2047? By then the mainland would be very different from HK. Are you suggesting that if this protest happened in 2047 the government should have full right to use any force necessary to stop it?
@@spodbod1100 Aboriginals got a few years of integration when white people came. That didn't pan out too well...
Sometimes I am amazed by just how ignorant you guys are about China.
Do you know the city of Shenzhen? You don't. It is the city bordering Hong Kong. It has double the population of HK and 1.5 times economic output and 4 times growth. It is home to the 'infamed' 5G tech giant Huawei, Internet conglomeration Tencent (Valued no. 7 in the world by market cap) and numerous other high tech unicorns such as DJI that dominates the global consumer drone market by 70%.
Shenzhen has just been re affirmed as the model city for the rest of China to follow suit in terms of economic model, technology progress. This happened amid the Hong Kong Crisis. This obviously makes sense. the companies in Shenzhen hires people from all over China without discrimination and put them to work in high tech, online commerce and high value added manufacturing. What do companies in HK do? Banking for the ultra wealthy, constructing more micro apartments?
Listen, Hong Kong won't matter, it will happen way before 2047. It will happen naturally if HK does not resist. If they don't, the process will be quicker.
China does not need to show you Hong Kong. It is a bad product of mixure of colonial blood, capitalist greed and angry common people. It will instead show you a powerful, high tech fueled BUT obedient Shenzhen.
*May Taiwan forever remain free.*
Herman47 zzz
@10:37 Taiwanese Police Woman: "Even the government cannot guarantee that everything be fine, [that] the peace will last forever, so we have to make preparations for this".
Damn right. I believe liberty and freedom must be secured by steadfast vigilance and preparation against those who seek to destroy such a way of life.
Freddy Lim is a legend!!
LOOKS LIKE A TEEN XI JING PING
Freddy Lim have a strong ideology, is a joke
Yes, we can 💪💪💪💪💪
Free Hong Kong 🇭🇰 💪💪💪💪💪
Free Taiwan 🇹🇼 💪💪💪💪💪
Free the world 🌎 💪💪💪💪💪
Love your optimism (and I hope for the same), but remember what happened to "free Tibet"?! And now the very 'free' Uyghurs... Hmm it's not looking promising under the CCP!
@@C2toC4 Friend, Don't give up. Free Hong Kong, free Tibet and Free Uyghur too! The world should be free
Let piss off China, specially CCP! The world should be free
Indeed, the world needs to be free from West exploitation, look at how most of the developing countries' living conditions is.
@yuxuan zhang 韭菜可好?武漢肺炎
I have lived here for 15 years,have a wife and children.Taiwan is most definitely not China but people are scared for sure of the growing problem in Hong Kong. As a foreign national I have my personal opinions but it is up to the Taiwanese to resist or give in..
Taiwan is China. You dont understand being Chinese. Unity and peace is of the utmost important. Hopefully Taiwan and China can reintegrate peacefully together to be even stronger. We are the same people. Our fate is bound together whether you like it or not.
@@nsebast Taiwan is Republic of China
(ROC), NOT People's Republic of China
(PRC), get used to it. United Kingdom、Australia and USA, they're same people too, but are they one country?
Does the Queen of England talk about the descendants of the Great White Hunter who live on both sides of the Atlantic? Nonsense. Language in common does not imply national links.
@@nsebast I'm Taiwanese. I have nothing to do with, or in common with China.
Most people in mainland China would say they don't care about politics,but actually it involves in everyone's life.People have their own judge of themselves.
Its not politics its a question of freedom...In China the govt controls chinese media so its not free. So they can't make a form a good judgement...thats why freedom of speech is so important and needs to be protected...
@@eugeniovincenzo1621 actually many Chinese young men have own opinions about politics and party
It's not wise for them to state their opinions publicly though. They might disappear.
PRCer can judge their own life? Are you joking me? 19:03
@@eugeniovincenzo1621 oh,we're the same...My comment had been deleted for racism on youtube...but I just complained about the Jewish capitalist, is that wrong?
Taiwan should decry Beijing's call for incorporating Taiwan into China, Taiwan needs to declare that Taiwan is going to incorporate China into Taiwan and give all Chinese people their freedom to live their lives as they see fit...
Gamer the end you sound like you been to China, but I know you haven’t. You sound like a person being brain wash by fake news.
@@chenglin4213 It sounds like you are in China right now. Is this arguing on youtube paying well ??? It sounds like realy easy career.
Those pro Chinese elder should be grateful that Taiwan is a democratic country supporting free speech, otherwise they would be either locked up in jail or disappeared 😂😂
Why? Don’t you know Taiwan’s official name is Republic of China? Based on the constitution of the ROC, those who seeks independence of Taiwan are the ones who should put in jail.
@@jntiger1981 They are holding Chinese flags and welcoming the enemy's troops to "liberate" Taiwan. According to our constitution, they are the ones that should be locked up.
Neil Lu According to your constitution, you should “liberate” the mainland China, not separating from China.
@@jntiger1981 ye but china is cummunist and taiwan is democratic
Majestic Marilag what is your problem? Republic of China (Taiwan) is the democratic China. According to its constitution, it must free and unite the mainland China which is under communist rule, but no where in the constitution says it can leave from China.
I want to like China, but they are making it really hard these days.
@@raydu7107 no apparently the government that is paying you to defend it online thinks the rest of the world is stupid. We ALL know what kind of government china has, we know the government monitors, dictates and controls every aspect of every persons life and execute anyone that says a word out of line against the government. We know the people of china are peasants to the ruling party... get real the communists are the worst people ever placed on earth. And not even the people of china want to be under the Chinese government.
@@raydu7107 How is this item biased in any way other than with respect to the basic human right of every people to choose their own government?
The people of Taiwan have made it VERY clear that they will not be part of mainland China again. Most feel, to the core of their being, that Taiwan is a separate country.
No economic or military war that president Xi wages will change that.
Obviously you don't have independent thinking ability.
@@navyvet8798 have you ever been ruled by communist party? How do you know this much? From where? Media? OK, got it. Brain washed.
There will always be two sides of the coin. One side wants freedom the other wants oppression. Its only a matter of choice. For me Taiwan was always on its own country.
No, Dong Lee, it is not a choice between freedom and oppression. That is too simplistic. Freedom comes in different colors. Freedom from hunger, freedom from fear. Freedom to say what you want, to do what you want id meaningless if you do not have freedom from hunger, freedom from fear -- tow most basic of freedoms. In Hong Kong the rioters wanted freedom - they burn people alive anyone who dare to to have different opinion.The young rioters freely burn, destroy, disrupt everyday life, ruin the economy.
@@jiaxiangchen6743 well said brother.
The guy using his free speech right, to take free speech away. Priceless!
@杨健 your point?
😂😂😂
It was shocking
I never know there’s someone like that in Taiwan. Hilarious!
The moral is the of these events are
“ do whatever you can do now, or you have many debts to do in the future”
Taiwan support Hong Kong freedom and human rights!❤️ Free China!👍
T D in ur dream 👌
GB ML Ok CCP bootlicker
respect to Chthonic!Taiwan should use its power of democracy to protect itself and the remaining chinese culture
A quick history lesson could've been included in this video showing why Taiwan is not, and never has been, part of The People's Republic of China.
The Treaty of Shimonoseki perhaps?
@@mjklein Yes, though that's not actually important, but helps set the stage.
If Taiwan had never been ceded to Japan, KMT forces still would've retreated to Taiwan.
LOL, if they didn't lose civil war, it wouldn't be even a problem. Loser has no rights. A word to Taiwanese: welcome to fight back, losers
@@richardj6531 Thankfully not everyone in the PRC is as brain-dead as you Richard. But sadly, many are.
And since you seem to be someone so interested in facts /s, the Chinese Civil War never came an official end. No surrender was signed, KMT forces were not completely destroyed, and the Republic of China never stopped existing. Why do you think China Airlines is not under the control of the CCP?
@@richardj6531 Get f**ed mate. The US wouldn't be alone. There would be., NATO and the ENTIRE West behind them defending Taiwan. Along with nations like Japan and India. And 95% of the former Warsaw Pact, Russia's former NATO counterpoint, are now a part of NATO. Many more ships and planes than China, and an endless pool of manpower.
In short, China would cease to exist. And the world would be a better place without their belligerence.
WOW...I did not know that Taiwan practices drills in case of invasion from China.
Yea im australian living in taiwan, i got pulled over by the police and got told to hide inside someone elses garage.
Oh come on, this is just political theater on the DPP’s part and absolute fear-mongering
I didn't know this as well.
Taiwan District(ROC) is trying to play political games, but without chips can R.O.C barely be a player.
Yeah that shit was funny lol , Hide in the basement e.t.c
Love Taiwán!
Xiamen is my hometown, and I don't want to see a war happened. I've been to Taiwan, and I felt Hokkien traditional culture there where I can't feel it in Xiamen.
How so?
还在做梦？人家都不承认自己是中国人了！
林凛 学习梁家河，马克思，毛语录，不忘初心，坚决反对西方民主自由，那叫做“中华文化”吗？到底谁才是正宗传统中华文化的守护者，谁是马克思唯物主义的乖孙子，大家心里都有数。中华文化的精髓不在马列中国，这就是为什么中共一定要消灭台湾的原因。想要侵略我们的国家发扬共产党那套斗争歪理，做你的終国梦吧！
Alpha Centauri classic!
So many Chinese culture heritages and traditions in China haven been completely destroyed in Culture Revolution thanks to Chinese communist party.
“不了解” OMG that dude not understanding why the PLA tank is there is priceless.
Man don't you understand it was just anti-terrorism that's all hahahahaha {× they'll never admit to the true massacre that happened that day rest in peace to the soles looking for true freedom in China
Israel Gallegos propaganda is a hell of a drug
shows Chinese high IQ level. this guy knows for sure. And I do agree with this dude such huge green balloon in a park is certainly inappropriate.
we can’t fault these people for not knowing about their history. chinese people are great people, its the ccp that are at fault here.
This is awesome, I think it’s great to see metal being positive instead of suicidal.
LOL do you even understood anything at all from this video hahaha? 1, this metal band uses independent as a platform. 2, China promised to attack if independent is announced. 3, Taiwan Has no chance to win.= STILL POSITIVE AND TOTALLY NOT SUICIDAL. You bloody morons.
If you delve into Chthonic you find a lot of pride for Taiwan's history and culture. Non suicidal themes in metal isn't a outlier either to be honest.
Yeah, Freddy has been in the band for more than a decade, and though I never liked death metal music , but I do know that they were quite famous as a band and toured around the world.
Taiwan can, australia cant.
@fatcrewz We fought off Japan already. We're up for the challenge. That is assuming China ever has a way of shipping (i.e. actually moving) its troops and equipment to Oz.
@@houseofshuffles449 China will have 2 full aircraft carrier groups soon. They maybe able to ship hundreds of thousands of troops. Provided that they defeat Taiwan and also control the South China Sea. In that scenario Australia will be threatened
@@ConstantineJoseph And China's aircraft carrier(s) are inferior in both quality and numbers to America - the USA has 11, with more on the way. Not to mention the crap Russian planes and under-trained pilots and seamen in China's navy. Paper tiger indeed.
@@houseofshuffles449 I meant if the US is not involved. But with the US involved they may not be able to target Australia. But if you give them another 2 more decades of development, they will challenge you lot. By then you're old and frail
@@houseofshuffles449 , Japan was able to invade the Philippines and Australia because it owned Taiwan which supplied the food, fuel and air and sea ports needed for the invasion. China will need to follow the same script when they decide to realize their hegemony dreams because as long as Taiwan controls the West Pacific, Australia will be safe.
As a Taiwanese American who served in the US military for over 10 years and a former police officer in LA. I hope one day the world will truly understand the tensions between the two governments.
18:06 Who the hell is this?
Although we do have the freedom of speech in Taiwan, praising for military forced unification is still wrong.
I'm a Taiwanese! Not a Chinese!
he has been brain-washed.
TZUCHIN LIN your right about that, you’re not Chinese but a Taiwanese. Taiwan is a country not a Province of China. :)
That’s is the true essence of democracy, it’s sad, but that is freedom. They don’t see that if you reverse the situation, they would be instantly crushed if they ever air their decent under a communist rule.
U got cat eyes meow
That man is simply a CCP bootlicker. Idiots like him should have fled Taiwan and immigrate to China instead.
Taiwan is a great country. Good people , They get respect from all over the world .
and they don't murder their opposition.
Lol you talk like Trump
Taiwan is a US Puppet not a country. Taiwan has never earned respect.
@@Marty3750 - I guess you haven't paid any attention to the people in this video.
you guys never recognize taiwanese from Asians.
17:01 Well... my friend, you can always emigrate in China where you can enjoy all the [ *cough cough* ] freedoms that you want without taking away that pesky democracy from whom who like it.
Stefano Leso you forgot to meantion living with facerec everywhere you go and credits ... yah such freedom
Loud speakers from Kinmen Island used to wake up their opposition in China each morning playing the Tony Orlando & Dawn song, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree. ; )
CCP wanted to build a bridge from mainland into Kinmen Island. Taiwan said "NO!"
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CCP is getting desperate!
Taiwan NUMBA #1
Almost all of the people around the world supports Taiwan excepts mainland China.. I support Taiwan I love this country. GOD BLESS YOU
You can tell the difference ! wot happen if you are going to raise a Taiwan flag in Tiananmen Square ?
first of all? what is a Taiwan flag?
@@funnycnn Red field, dark blue canton and a white sun in the canton.
@@JamesDavy2009 That's the flag of the Republic of China, not Taiwan flag. As long as taiwanese deem themselves as citizens of ROC, it's totally fine, but if they ask for independence, then there is war.
You can just do a simple google search to see how many Taiwan tourists waving that flag on the square. There're more in Nanjing.
@@JamesDavy2009 are you sure that's not former Chinese flag?
Thank you ABC for such an amazing episode covering this topic!!!
Has it not resisted Chinese power and influence from 1946?
a lot of shit happened, since 1949. Taiwan would have been taken then if the Americans hadn't interfered.
You should ask the USA government about this
Actually, the USA forced Taiwan to scrap its nuclear program, otherwise we wouldn't have to worry about China right now.
@@wowyzaoy maybe we should look up the years before 1949? President Truman basically watch the communists take over China, probably with a certain point of satisfaction? since he hated Chiang kai shek and his gang so much.
when he finally realized he should had helped Chiang's regime instead of economic and military embargo, was when the korean war started. aiding Taiwan wasn't even the main purpose, but to block the spreading of communism was hard enough already...China was too big to block.
@@edison7300037 I've a question, why is communism wrong?
It is really perceptive to reveal the Kinmen side of the story.
@杨健
Australia stands with Taiwan. 🇦🇺🇹🇼
我愛台灣人民
@杨健
And thankfully CKS did take them.
Now it is available for all to see at the national museum of Taiwan.
Rather then burned and destroyed in the cultural revolution.
its amazing to think that countless amphibious assaults and bombardment and infiltration tactics failed in the 40s, 50s, 60s failed ...and now the Chinese want everyone to believe them taking the main Taiwan island is a piece of cake.....what rubbish...what evidence is there the Chinese can accomplish an amphibious landing ?
I am Taiwanese I live in the US but I have family in Taiwan :( I’m sad lol
China: Give the Protesters, at Hong Kong airport, A time period to disperse . IF NOT round them up and SEND them to Siberia to work ...Russia can use them!. PS. GB and USA is behind the protests. GB and USA are the trouble makers on Earth
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, "Reply to the Pennsylvania Governor," November 11, 1755
Say it louder for the people in the back! Man you rock for posting this that is an awesome quote! God bless, stay safe!
DEMOCRATIC 1st CHINA TAIWAN has been in EXISTENCE from Jan 1912 - 2019 CONTINUOUSLY ! !
....Communist 2nd Red China ONLY BEGAN in October,1949 ! ! ........
.... Democratic Taiwan THE 1st China has NEVER BEEN a break away Republic of communist 2nd China !
Democratic Taiwan 1st China has always been the REAL China !
DON'T BELIEVE LIES of media nor Communists, please.
Thank you.
I think most people in the world living under an authoritarian regime believes that US democracy was gifted to Americans. A dangerous precedence is being set in the west by giving asylum to people living under an oppressive regimes. The refugees should stay in their country and fight. Blood has to be shed to obtain democratic rule, sometimes a lot of bloodshed. It makes sense that Germany would give refuge to 1 million Syrians since Germany did not have to fight for their democracy. HK can get their freedom back if they want it but they are ruled by their pocketbooks so they don't deserve it.
In the age of nuclear weapons Franklins advice does not hold up. When liberty and public safety cross swords, safety wins every time. It would be foolish to try to stop China militarily.
You got to love the Taiwanese
This how the WW3 started ok guys
Taiwan Will ALWAYS Be Free!
Very pleased that some young Taiwanese are brave to fight Chinese with rock!
Whoa wait the guy in Chthonic is in Taiwan Parliament?!
That's metal \m/
Leave Taiwan and Hongkong alone China. Dont try to make These beautiful places go down
@Dragon Lee Taiwan is still fine without China
@Dragon Lee LOL - nonsense.
@Dragon Lee LOL - peasant.
Dragon Lee exactly.. the businessmen of Taiwan and Hong Kong know how much China helps their country from an economic sense and the western media dares to divide a country’s family matters further.
@@ecofriendly0 LOL family. Tribal nationalists. Taiwan and Hong Kong HATE your "family". Stop lying. No one here is from the west. We are all in Asia. And all of us think your country is a disgusting exploiter of the Chinese underclasses and a revolting user and thief of other nations's wealth.
Taiwan and Hong Kong must always be FREE!!!!!!!! DB
There's a special place reserved in hell for dictators.
My support goes to Taiwan.
Long term the question is can China resist Taiwan? Their economy works, the Mainland's does not.
Older peoples of both Taiwan and Hong Kong want peace.
But younger peoples of both Taiwan and Hong Kong don’t want to unify
young ones are stupid with no education
I've wondered about that. I'd love to see interviews of people who side with China, perhaps out of nostalgia for the idea of One China or for sentiment that favors Communism. After all, many people have not benefited from this new economy and they struggle to make it everyday in HK. So, Capitalism doesn't appeal to everyone. Time will tell, if China allows this to draw out.
GaslitWorld f. Melissa B Different cases in HK and Taiwan. HK is controlled by real estate tycoons which essentially killed its innovative sectors (check out the first executive’s HK plan to build an IT industry back in 1998) but HK tycoons and people rejected and decided to continue to embrace real estate and finance. Housing prices got crazy high and young people have no future. Taiwan is just muddled by its own political environment, economy hasn’t really improved for 20 years (new graduate pay is less than 1990). Every single party just play the media and anti-China game to get elected. Once elected they just spend a bunch of money buying outdated military equipment and become corrupted (check out the recent cigarette smuggling case).
Speaking as a young person in Taiwan, it's not that we don't want peace, just not at the cost of our freedom.
Besides, reunification doesn't necessarily mean peace. With China's human rights record, who's to say unification won't lead to Taiwan turning into another Tibet or Xinjiang?
@@crochetfangirl1996 Taiwan will be the next Hong Kong. It is impossible to be the next Tibet or Xinjiang because Taiwanese are also Han
"War is insanity, it is insanity to think you can solve your problems by killing each other" General Norman Schwarzkopf.
sadly it is only one of the best solutions to problems.. welcome to being in the history od humanity
Support Taiwan independence and Hong Kong independence.
Georg Wilde You’re absolutely right, just the same as we support Scotland and Northern Ireland independence.
@@yinqiaomu ‘just the same as’. Scotland just had its independence referendum in 2014 but do you Chinazis dare to give the people of Hong Kong one?
La La Land for Best Picture What a condescending attitude! The history cannot be wiped out. When did British give the referendum to local Chinese in HongKong?
@@strumdo2727The Catalan leaders were arrested when they declared independence in October 2017 and the Spanish government claimed the movement was illegal , yet no one knows if the result was valid or not. The Catalan elections were held on 21 December and parties supporting independence again won a majority. 5 more Catalan ministers were jailed after the election. I wonder why no one is sympathetic to the Catalans.
If someone dares to waves aTaiwan flag in Beijing's they may end up in " labor camp " and that the differences.
Le Minh Republic of China flag is OK, but people waving Taiwan island flag will be arrested. Just like if you wave confederate flag in a black community, you will be beaten. Or in any major city in US, cops definitely will give you trouble.
Yifan Wang not even close. You could not be more wrong. If someone waved a Confederate States of America flag any where in the USA, there would be absolutely no interference from any government entity, such as police. Where as in China, if some one waved a Taiwanese Republic of China Flag, you would be persecuted by the government and deprived of any civil or human rights.
I love Taiwan and Taiwanese
God Bless Taiwan , As A Texan I Lived And Worked In Taiwan , Remember the Alamo !
Question really is...can China handle Taiwan's power and influence? Deep in the background behind the scenes is the United Sates standing firmly behind Taiwan.
Bill Tee What influence does Taiwan have on China?
@@Zergcerebrates Its technology production and heavy affiliation with the western world to start with, why do you think want to bring them back into the fold. If this wasn't the case China wouldn't even give them a second thought as they are strong in their own right.
@Make Asia Great Again yes well lets just say the US have learnt the hard way not to meddle in another country's affairs. America relies heavily on Taiwan for its export products along with a few other large countries.
China has already lost Taiwan!
Raptor Driver PRC never set a single toe on the island of Taiwan.
Taiwan formal name is R Republic of China and the Constitution in Taiwan is also a works of negotiation between CCP and KMT
@@jackytang3683 Hmmm... the people of Taiwan call themselves Taiwanese. Taiwan also have their own currency and sovereign flag.
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Australians from UK ancestry never call themselves British/English.
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Taiwan is for the Taiwanese.
Taiwan will have and always have a US umbrella of protection. Hopefully, Taiwan can be included in the Info-Pacific US alliance.
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One China is dead!
All my respect for Taiwan 台灣加油🇹🇼
Thank you I enjoyed the reporting very much. I was born in Taiwan to parents from the mainland, although we've immigrated to the US since I was 7. Taiwan is in a difficult place. Continue the military and diplomacy. Despite the unequal balance in power, a robust military can still put up enough deterrence so that a physical take over is not the easiest option for the PLA. Diplomacy is two part. One to strengthen Taiwan's tie with important allies (especially the USA) and the other to avoid directly provoking the mainland.
A third approach is simply economic. Do everything to improve the economic lots of the typical Taiwanese. For example, every student should have a working knowledge of English (or other important languages like French, German, Spanish, Japanese) so they can compete in the global labor market. This also blunts disinformation by the mainland if folks access western media directly, where mainland influence is weaker. Teach as many as possible management, financial, and negotiation skills. Be fluent in the ways of foreign laws, especially common laws practiced in Anglophone countries. Achieve deeper professionalism. For example, be a program architect, not just a coder; a financial controller, not just an accountant; or a scientist, not just a tech assistant.
Fourth, continue to nurture a common Taiwanese culture within the larger Chinese context. For example, there's a distinct SF and LA culture that is largely resilient to the larger American culture, now dominated by Trump and the GOP. Likewise each of the Anglophone country has its own unifying culture despite having descended from the UK. "Taiwanese" culture doesn't have to exclude "Chinese" culture.
Military and diplomacy can help Taiwan reach the most favorable compromise with the mainland. At a minimum, it buys time until perhaps when the mainland is less authoritarian. Economics sustains the military and diplomatic efforts. And should the day come that Taiwan is absorbed into the mainland, people have the means to emigrate if they so choose. Finally, a Taiwan culture means that "Taiwan" in some form can still survive, both in the people that are forcibly reunified and in the Taiwan diaspora outside the physical island.
William Fang, your lousy parents did not educate you well. Taiwan is a different province from Fijian, Canton province, that is the difference.
Emigrate to where? I wish the west would stop being the relief valve for people facing authoritarian rule. People should stand and fight for their homeland. If they flee, they never deserved freedom. Taiwan has a population of 23 M. If it comes to military conflict and the CCP is forced to kill off 10 M the backlash from the rest of the world would be relentless and 13M Taiwanese will have freedom.
Can Australia Resist America's Power and Influence?
it wouldn't need to they are allies, democracies, etc.
Can Pakistan resist China's power and influence?
Americanized Chinese = Taiwan and HK
>Americanised means believing in Western Values
Yeah okay Zang
Yeah, right. Taiwan and HK have universal health care. That would be slanders to the Taiwan and HK to be "americanized"
Russianized Chinese = Mainland China.
Taiwan is more then just the a island nation.
its is in fact the 109 near old Republic of China in exile.
is is free China! and someday China true China free China shall have the banner of the blue sky and white sun over all of China!!!
not just Taiwan!
we stand with Hong Kong and Taiwan!!
@k jason in spirit
Who care
Aussie: Democracy for TW!!! Wait our economy relies solely on Mainland China...NVM lol
pro-China = odd people
ati China =young people
Fishes were harmed during the making of these Videos
including coral reefs
My best friend who born and raised here in the US now lives in Taiwan and is married to a Taiwanese woman. I hope that China gives up the idea of taking over Taiwan but that is probably just wishful thinking on my part.
ABC news always has a good BGM and that's the only thing about it, period.
🇨🇳 vs 🇹🇼 + 🇭🇰 + 🇯🇵 + 🇰🇷
Guys remember China is every Asian country's biggest trade partner(apart from phillipines I think) so it's hard not to fall under Chinese influence economically
omg this lao wai speaks such good Chinese!!!
I like how they put oriental music over the chinese guy speaking XD
The irony is that Freddy looks like a young Xi Jinping himself..... :P
I had noticed too🤗
Excellent Video. Thanks. Out.
Huge respect to the protesters of Hong Kong.
Unfortunately they are not protesters any more. They almost kill a journalist.
@@sliu8748 I am sure that it's not nice being in the thick of the protests. But you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. I hope that the people of Hong Kong will keep up the protests. There is no alternative.
Meanwhile the Chinese is gathering troops right across the border. This could turn ugly.
I think the most precious thing in Taiwan is even you are favor in CCP .You always can support it freely.
Taiwan has advanced manufacturing capability, they should build modern weaponry by themselves and not rely on the U.S.. U.S. weapons are very expensive, Taiwan can save money by making weapons just like Israel.
the way that you talk is like how i fart. lol
they don't have the money, infrastructure, or knowledge. They don't have the "advanced manufacturing capability" for arms. That relies heavily on composite material manufacturing. It would be easier for them to build nukes than to star their own arms industry.
Follow israel, need to control media, bussines, politic, culture (from modest to sexy) in the US first, then can follow israel
@@Sunflower-rr2jn i like to see 20m taibazi killed by chinese nukes, if you wanna have nukes. lol
@mike zhang Don’t make nukes because China has nukes？ You must be kidding. Taiwanese is never afraid of any threat from China. We will fight back for any attack. China can attack Taiwan and Taiwan will definitely fire at the major Chinese cities at all costs. China is a paper tiger and has boasted about how strong China is for 70 years.
Long live Taiwan! ❤️
Taiwan is totally different from china... the rules are completely different and people also...
When a Chinese says "I am not interested in politics." what he is really saying is, "I am far too interested, that is why I dare not express my hatred of the CCP."
It’s better to the public sucking up to the US
@@ecofriendly0 US? What does this have to do with the US? LOL
Sebastian Melmoth lol stop acting dumb ;) you are only saying what is being preached by the powers you so worship
@@ecofriendly0 wumao shhhhh
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