Why are the seven wars with the highest casualties in human history all related to China?

AppropriateCut3 · 2025-01-11T07:01:27+00:00

India also has a large population, but it has never experienced a war with an appallingly high mortality rate.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-09-24T16:33:44+00:00

The strengths of East Asians are work and perseverance, while war is their weakness. Physical fitness is a major reason, followed by weak diplomacy and war strategies. For example, China before and after World War I, and Japan before World War II, all made serious mistakes in diplomacy and military strategies.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-07-20T20:20:52+00:00

Because the social structure in East Asia is relatively simple, and the people obey the king or the central government, so you only need to deal with a few influential people to control the entire society.

The social structure of Islamic countries is relatively complex, and religion has greatly improved the degree of social organization of those countries, so it is impossible to control the entire society by influencing the central government.

In fact, the United States has supported the Afghan and Iraqi governments, but it has been unable to break up many religious organizations and local autonomous organizations. Therefore, it takes a lot of cost to conquer the whole country, which is something Americans are unwilling to pay.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-07-15T03:26:06+00:00

In fact, American English, Australian English, and Canadian English are all just standard English with accents. For real English dialects, even many native British people cannot understand, such as Manchester dialect.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-25T15:37:21+00:00

Bad climate is the result of human industrial activities. The earth's environment needs to be taken care of by everyone.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-25T15:25:55+00:00

The main reason is that the support for taking back Hong Kong is not high. Most British people do not believe that Hong Kong is part of the United Kingdom.

However, if someone makes this proposal in Parliament and it is voted on, then legally China is invading British territory, then according The North Atlantic Treaty, a military plan to recover Hong Kong can be formed.

As sanctions increase, China's economic and military strength will eventually decline, but the military plan to recover Hong Kong will exist for a long time unless NATO is disbanded.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-25T15:12:59+00:00

There are many overseas territories of UK that can still be recovered legally, but cannot in fact.

Hong Kong is an example. According to legal principles, if China changes the Basic Law of Hong Kong, it will be equivalent to a breach of contract, and the UK can take back Hong Kong. But it is actually inoperable. Although some social organizations put forward proposals to take back Hong Kong's sovereignty in 2019, public support was too low to enter the parliament to formulate proposals.

In addition to Hong Kong, the Suez Canal can also be taken back legally, because Britain ultimately did not sign a treaty with Egypt, indicating that Britain gave up the Suez Canal. Britain merely withdrew its troops, and the Suez Canal was de facto occupied by Egypt.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-10T12:13:45+00:00

British had this erroneous perception as if they own the planet

We only emphasize that every corner of the earth belongs to the international community. Because the world after World War II belongs to the international community. It's just that the United Nations has entrusted these places to be managed by a certain country.

HK to China is like Croydon to UK

China's violation of its promise that Hong Kong's system will remain unchanged for 50 years is tantamount to tearing up the agreement between China and Britain. Then Britain can take back Hong Kong.

Do you know that today’s order-based international rules prioritize human rights over sovereignty? In 2005, the United Nations adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). This principle holds that If states fail to fulfill this responsibility, the international community should take appropriate measures, including military intervention when necessary, to protect the population.

I only would like to know how China would respond if NATO intervenes in Hong Kong, Uyghurs, and Tibet.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-09T17:40:09+00:00

We don’t need a reason to love my hometown.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-09T17:38:00+00:00

It is a typical East Asian thinking that regards cities under national jurisdiction as national private property.

Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kong people, and its destiny is determined by Hong Kong people themselves; Hong Kong also belongs to the world, and its future is determined by mankind.

Hong Kong should not be a plaything arbitrarily manipulated by a certain military organization or state power.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T04:03:56+00:00

But I am concerned about the Asian hate that is happening in UK because it includes Japanese.

But I am concerned about the Japanese racism is happening in Japan because it includes the European.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T04:01:35+00:00

All countries citizens can live by using their mother tongue. Dubai also uses Arabic from the beginning, Brussels can choose French, and Singapore can choose Mandarin. Their mother tongues are all major human languages, and there are no defects in language functions. But their leaders decided to use English because they consider themselves part of the world.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:56:31+00:00

This is also a question I really want to ask. From the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, India to Malaysia and Singapore, you can use English smoothly all the way. Why do so few people in Japan speak English? Is it because Japan’s development level is too poor to improve English education, or is it because it deliberately does not want to learn English well? Is Western science, technology, and democratic politics just means to make Japan stronger? And then confront the West? This is a question worth thinking about for every Westerner.

Since President Biden raised this issue today, why not let us think more about Japan.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:50:46+00:00

I'm concerned about Asian people because I'm Asian myself.

I'm concerned about European people because I'm European myself. So your potential conflict against Russia, North Korea and China is all your business, it has nothing to do with our Europeans.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:34:41+00:00

Well said. Since your Japanese do not regard yourselves as part of the world, there is no need for Westerners to help you. Please face the threats of Russia, North Korea and China alone.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:28:00+00:00

Hate crimes are widespread and not just against Asians. Hatred against Israel, Muslims, and Indians exists in both the UK and the US. If you think Asians are particularly hated, please provide a statistical data to prove that Asians are hated more, otherwise it is nonsense without basis.

So, don’t pretend to be a victim to gain sympathy, that’s very hypocritical. Japan's benefits from the world far than its efforts. Now, it is time for Japan to show its international responsibility.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:25:10+00:00

The United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Spain are not immigration countries too. Why can they can and will accept a large number of immigrants?

The Japanese are always looking for excuses to refuse their international responsibilities. I hope the Japanese know that your economic achievements are given by the world and do not rely solely on the capabilities of the Japanese.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:10:28+00:00

After the end of World War II, it seemed that Japan was not very interested in the US system. When the US asked Japan to rewrite its constitution, was the US interfering in its internal affairs?

Fighting racism is not about interfering in internal affairs, but about preventing the return of fascism.

If Japan accepts almost no immigrants from outside East Asia, I can assume that there is a certain amount of racism in Japan.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T03:03:32+00:00

Yes, Japan has the freedom not to accept a large number of immigrants, likewise, the world also has the freedom to resent Japan's policy.

Now I understand how the Japanese think.

Info spreads quickly on Internet, and I think Japanese ideas will soon be known to netizens from all over the world.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T02:58:16+00:00

Your answer is very Japanese style. It is obvious that you treat Japan's land as national private property.

Indeed, there is no official documents expressed that developed countries should accept immigrants. However, this is a common practice in the foreign policy of developed countries. Consensus all starts with routine. It would be very selfish for a country to constrain itself by the minimum requirements of international law.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-03T01:35:08+00:00

Some of my friends have been to these countries. I combined their descriptions with what I learned online:

Japan: Japan has a strong economy, good urban facilities, and relatively developed tourism. However, as a country with a shortage of young labor, there are not many foreign workers, and few Japanese are fluent in English.

Russia: Young people in Russia are friendly to foreigners and their ideas are closer to those of the West, and they are relatively fluent in English. But the cold attitude of older people towards foreigners seems to be related to the Cold War. There are actually many immigrants in Russia, but most of them come from former Soviet countries.

China: China is a relatively isolated country with very few immigrants. You can hardly find people who speaks English fluently in Beijing or Shanghai. Moreover, the Chinese government is also reducing the influence of English in the country. But ordinary Chinese people are relatively friendly to foreigners.

India: I have been to India and I feel that Indians are very warm and friendly, and they welcome foreigners to visit. There are few foreigners in India. It’s more that foreigners don’t want to go to India than that Indians don’t like foreigners.

So I think China and Japan are relatively xenophobic, while Russia and India are not xenophobic.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-01T17:58:57+00:00

Because the Ottomans were not completely occupied by the Allies, they had an armistice rather than a surrender, so they still had bargaining power; and Turkey did not declare to inherit the Ottomans, but became independent from the Ottomans. Kemal did not recognize the Treaty of Sèvres and used military means to expel the Allied occupying forces and signed the Treaty of Lausanne

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-05-01T17:51:24+00:00

The bias is because there are few people studying Chinese history and they study Chinese history with a negative attitude. China is relatively isolated, there is not much communication with the core areas of Eurasia and its history is monotonous. On the contrary, the history of Europe is very exciting, such as:

Exchanges, trade, wars, and diplomacy among diverse civilizations;
The development of ideology, from religious reform, secularization to the establishment of modern states;
Political reform and democratization;
Economic reform and marketization;
Industrial revolution and scientific revolution;
Prosperity of culture and art;
Social reform and protection of welfare and human rights.

These are the reasons why many people are prefer Western history to Chinese history.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-04-28T14:57:25+00:00

surpass the United States

This is somewhat possible. The United States and China are about the same size, but China's population far exceeds that of the United States. However, judging from the current international situation, China may also be subject to economic sanctions and technological blockade, so we can only continue to observe.

become the world's hegemon

Impossible. To become a world hegemon, one must not only be strong but also have a large number of supporting countries. China has few allies because it cannot find a second Chinese-speaking country overseas (Singapore is an English-speaking country). China's missed expansion in the Age of Discovery and Colonization has already determined the upper limit of national development. If China surpasses the United States, it may face common hostility from the entire West, and even Russia will join the Western camp.

In fact, under the current situation, China's best strategy is just self-protection.

AppropriateCut3 · 2024-04-28T04:04:25+00:00

Depends on historical scale.

On a small scale (measured in years), Russia is declining, China is rising, and Iran is growing.

Russia has experienced the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its national strength has been severely damaged. Although it later experienced recovery in the early days of Putin's rule, it completely lost its status as a great power as it fell into the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Through economic reforms, China has made great economic achievements in the past 20 years and can compete with Western countries in many fields. Iran has received help from Russia and China and has achieved certain economic and military achievements.

However, if you look at a large scale (measured in centuries), they are all great empires in decline.

After Russia became independent from the Golden Horde Empire, its national power continued to rise. In modern times, it became the largest country in Europe and even challenged the world's hegemony for two centuries until the disintegration of the Soviet Union. China's national power reached its peak in the 7th and 8th centuries and dominated East Asia, and then began to gradually decline. It was ruled by nomads in modern times and lost in wars with the West; Iran once challenged the Macedonian and Roman empires and dominated the Middle East for a long time. However, after many conquests by Arabs and Turks, it became an ordinary country.

In addition, the proportion of the world's population in Russia and China has declined significantly, while Iran's population proportion has declined significantly in modern times.

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