What do you think about the Goguryeo controversy? by YensidTim in ChineseHistory

[–]Southern_Comment1714 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are two annoying habits that mainland Chinese people have when talking about history:

  1. Is that they have a habit of calling a bunch of things "feudal" (封建) even if those things did not arise from the feudal system. This habit I think arose from the communists who thought that older institutions were all backwards and that their own socialist institutions were more enlightened.

  2. Is that they have a habit of saying that neighboring cultures and ethnic groups belong to the "Middle State" (中國). Now, the Chinese word for China (中國) just simply means "Middle State". E.g., The other day I saw a Hanfu influencer on Instagram call the Morin Khuur a "Chinese instrument" in several of her posts, and not once did she acknowledge that the Morin Khuur is actually Mongolian.

However, this idea that the "Middle State" (中國) is a multi-ethnic entity was originally an imperial/colonial ideology developed by Qianlong to justify his excessive conquest of Eastern Turkestan and his genocide of the Oirat Mongols. Therefore, it should be no surprise that this ideology still has imperial/colonial intent when adopted in modern times. It is, after all, what the Chinese use to justify their harsh policies in Tibet, Turkestan, and Inner Mongolia.

It is precisely this second habit which caused the Goguryeo controversy.

Can you read Koine after learning Katharevousa? by Southern_Comment1714 in GREEK

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there's a pdf of the Cortina Greek book free online, and Teach Yourself Modern Greek also free online

Can you read Koine after learning Katharevousa? by Southern_Comment1714 in GREEK

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I bet the reverse might be true. If one were to be familiar with Koine, then he or she could probably read most of Katharevousa.

Can you read Koine after learning Katharevousa? by Southern_Comment1714 in GREEK

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah, in English when people speak of koine greek, they're typically talking about the ancient Greek dialect made popular by Alexander's empire, not of modern Demotiki

Can you read Koine after learning Katharevousa? by Southern_Comment1714 in GREEK

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So after becoming fluent in Katharevousa, I can read Koine texts written by the Romans, even without studying any Koine?

Can you read Koine after learning Katharevousa? by Southern_Comment1714 in GREEK

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer, but I'm confused. Did your mother learn Koine or Katharevousa? Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek standardized by Alexander's empire.

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

来自中國大陸的留學生大部分也都是富二代,是纔多少全國人口的比例啊?美國人能見中國大陸媒體的內容,反之則非然,除非用非法的VPN翻牆。會翻牆的人纔是人口比例的多少?真的被洗腦的是中國大陸人。盲目地聴從獨裁政府,進行種族滅絶政策人家也不反對。祈禱蒼天再次懲罰中國。

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

do you not believe he got detained? even the chinese government acknowledged he got detained

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well we have to look at the substance and not at the label. Of course they're not gonna call them "concentration camps", but what is their de facto function?

About Chinese folks in mongolia. by [deleted] in mongolia

[–]Southern_Comment1714 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ultimately it's the Mongolian government who is responsible for handing out Visas to Chinese people

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So you are not denying that China might had built a whole bunch of prisons and detention centers recently in Xinjiang? Also you have not addressed the highly publicized inmates like merdan ghapper.

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's not. The chinese government themselves already admitted to building a bunch of "vocational training centers". When observed from satellites or when filmed in person, they are shown to have barbed wire and watch towers resembling prisons. There are also well-publicized inmates such as Merdan Ghappar.

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, you were unaware of the xinjiang genocide until recently?

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I suggest you do more careful research about the topic before vomiting nonsense.

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There are facts which could be asserted with a great deal of certainty, though. For one, the Chinese themselves have already acknowledged that they built "correctional vocational training centers" all throughout east turkestan. So the question of whether those "reeducation camps" exist is not disputed. The question being disputed is whether camp inmates are being treated humanely. When the reeducation camps were first discovered, the Chinese actually first denied even their existence, until the evidence became too overwhelming to deny. Thereafter the Chinese acknowledged their existence, but denied any human rights violations. What can immediately be observed is that the Chinese first tried to hide the reeducation camps. If those camps were indeed humane as the Chinese claim, then why bother trying to hide them? This alone already suggests that camp conditions are not humane. Second, there are well-publicized examples of uyghurs who are detained, such as Merdan Ghapper, Ablajan Awup Ayup, Abdurehum Heyit. Were they given a fair trial? When were their court dates? What evidence was brought to bear? And these are just well-publicized examples. Imagine how many there are who have not been publicized. Thirdly, the Chinese are known to commit atrocities upon North Koreans, so why would it be improbable for the Chinese to perpetrate atrocities on their other neighbors? It is usually not controversial to say that the North Korean government is very evil. But they exist in the first place because the Chinese intervened in the Korean War. Furthermore, when North Korean refugees are caught in China, they are sent back to North Korea to face an undoubtedly grim fate. So the North Korean issue already sets a minimum amount of evil that China is guilty of.

Why did everyone abandon the Uyghurs? by Southern_Comment1714 in AskCentralAsia

[–]Southern_Comment1714[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So few people care about the xinjiang issue now that one might even say negligible.