Recent content by gpit

Well said! The following is my rough ranking from losers to winners of this war so far by degree: Losers Ukraine Russia EU . . India . China USA Winners Ukraine is the biggest loser. Small country has to maneuver deftly among big powers. Vietnam, IMHO, did very well. Ukraine did very shitty...

Collier's world atlas and gazetteer 1947. It indicates clearly Paracel Islands (Xisha) belongs to China. This atlas is published by P.F. Collier & Son: Collier's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't always assume the Chinese think what you kind of people think. BTW, when do you start poking your nose in SCS oil?

Vietnam (north) was a part of China (Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty...) for thousands of years. When you divorce, you haven't divided your properties in your way, have you? You PM Fan said those islands were China's just a few dozens years ago, for one reason or the other.

Beijing’s Top Envoy Warns U.S. Against ‘Anti-China’ Alliances - WSJ Ambassador Cui Tiankai defends China’s expansion on disputed reefs, objects to U.S. military activity NEW YORK—China’s ambassador to the U.S. warned Washington against “anti-China” alliances and a “Cold War mentality” as...

Why whine? The boarder is well known under dispute. If "provocation", it has been so for 60+ years.

Why? A sign of declining empire. Maybe.

LOL! :rofl:

Don't worry. There are only max 100k protesters, mostly are teens who have never made their life themselves but relied on their parents to feed them. In comparison, there are 7000k HKnese who are the quiet majority. Blue Ribbon is going to outnumber yellow ribbon soon... Don't be surprised...

I am not sure if northern Chinese are more Huaxia than the southern ones. In fact the reverse might be very true. Around "16 kingdoms of the 5 Hus" period (五胡十六国, 309AD-439AD), huge amount of Hans, especially those of well educated and wealthy, fled northern China and moved to the south, due to...

Okinawa independent candidate vows to invite Chinese troops stationed in Okinawa | EN NEWS 163 Japan’s ” self-sustaining independent Ryukyu executive committee” chairman of the city of Ho poetry recently made it clear that the election in November as independents Okinawa gubernatorial election...

Indian Government to Encourage Settlements Along Disputed India-China Border India’s new government will actively encourage development and settlement along India’s disputed border with China. Prior to its election, India’s new government was expected to be considerably more active in...

So we learn more how untrustworthy some Vietnamese are.

Hollywood Documentary Brings Diaoyu Islands Truth to New Audience Hollywood writer and director Chris D. Nebe screened a new documentary about the Diaoyu Islands at the REAL D Theater on Tuesday, saying he hopes to show Americans the truth about the territory. “Diaoyu Islands, The Truth” is...

Just want to throw in one word: Ukraine is another example of failed democracy. A country with no consensus on fundamental issues of the country and with too much external influence instead of its own independent core culture (in this case, for example, Ukraine should be more EU or Russian)...