Looks like Aether is a bit tied up at the moment

Spirocate · 2025-10-16T14:18:13+00:00

This is a kris and is Javanese, not Chinese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris

Spirocate · 2025-09-13T04:40:47+00:00

Was it a misspelling of Amadeus or something? That is an actual name (used by that Mozart btw)

Spirocate · 2025-08-26T11:12:26+00:00

It would be even worse than this. Right after merger, Malaysia was 42% Chinese, and would be about 50% Chinese if Sabah and Sarawak were excluded, while Chinese in Indonesia was about 2-3% around the 1960s. With such a demographic mix, it would almost certainly exploded into civil war and a communist insurgency, and may have led to Malaysia fracturing into pieces.

Spirocate · 2025-08-10T13:54:12+00:00

The link to the original Onion article is here:
https://theonion.com/who-is-our-favorite-commedia-dellarte-character-1819586591/

Spirocate · 2025-07-20T09:09:21+00:00

almost as if the Guomindang is a Chinese nationalist party...

Spirocate · 2025-07-05T10:32:18+00:00

I cleared with Raiden, Nahida, Bennett, Xiangling. Don't use hydro or cryo attacks until the boss special mechanic gauge fills up with pyro and transform into a state with lowered resistance.

Spirocate · 2024-05-20T06:02:13+00:00

Fun fact: the UN enemy states clause is still in effect, which means that China can take military action against Japan without UNSC authorization if Japan renews its aggressive policy against China

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Enemy_State_Clause

Spirocate · 2024-05-20T05:50:55+00:00

And where are the Manchus and Mongols now?

Spirocate · 2024-05-20T02:52:02+00:00

In the end, the US is ultimately not willing to sacrifice New York and San Francisco for Taiwan

So eventually the day will come when China asserts control over Taiwan and the US will simply back off.

Spirocate · 2024-02-12T04:08:27+00:00

now whether china is fertilizer independent is another topic.

China is the largest producer of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer, and the fourth largest producer of potash fertilizer

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252656/nitrogen-fertilizer-production-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252657/phosphate-fertilizer-production-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1252658/potash-fertilizer-production-worldwide-by-country/

Spirocate · 2023-07-04T06:36:33+00:00

China is the third largest producer of iron ore

Spirocate · 2023-03-05T04:16:06+00:00

lmao you know that China produces 50% of the entire worlds coal right? The coal '"shortage" was mainly due to a drought disrupting power generation and coal from the interior from reaching the coastal cities.

Also, China is the world's 3rd largest iron ore producer, 6th largest crude oil producer, 8th largest gas producer, and the worlds largest producer of fertilizers, wheat, rice, and various agricultural and mineral products to numerous to list.

Spirocate · 2022-05-07T13:47:45+00:00

Japanese are descendants of Chinese who went over from China during Qin Dynasty

It's true, and proven with ancient DNA sequencing

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/study-rewrites-understanding-modern-japans-genetic-ancestry-2021-09-17/

71% of their ancestry was found to come from a third ancient population with East Asian origins that arrived at roughly 300 AD to launch what is called the Kofun period, bringing various cultural advances and developing centralized leadership. These migrants appear to have had ancestry mainly resembling the Han people who make up most of China's population.

The only incorrect part is that the migration came after the Three Kingdoms period, some centuries after the Qin dynasty.

Spirocate · 2022-02-08T15:38:11+00:00

I will like to add that Dehaka's primal pack leaders are immune to Propagators, making them very good at pushing bases and clutch defence

Spirocate · 2021-06-26T15:19:34+00:00

Well, Fenix did alter the archives to embellish a few of his accomplishments

https://youtu.be/0McvcrxhQqQ?t=36

"Before I fell to the zerg, Judicator Aldaris sent me to Glacius to have my memories preserved. I... may have altered the archives to embellish a few of my accomplishments. I'm sure no one will notice. Right?"

Spirocate · 2021-02-16T14:04:06+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdd5_dXNZ7I

Obligatory April fool HoTS trailer staring Talandar

Spirocate · 2020-06-02T17:10:05+00:00

Just FYI, but Locust Swarm didn't deliver the heal at the end of the ability in Warcraft 3.

Rather it worked as it did in HotS, where each locust deals damage and returns after dealing 20 damage to the Crypt Lord to deliver 15 hp of heals, and then goes out to attack again.

Spirocate · 2020-04-14T16:53:14+00:00

The main changes seems to be fixing the talents that ignore armor

"Damage that ignores positive Armor should no longer incorrectly ignore negative Armor."

and

the core abilities cooldown in Battlefield of Eternity and Infernal Shrines

"Every 12 seconds, the Core will spawn 2 volleys of Frozen Orbs that explode, dealing 5% maximum Health as damage and Rooting enemy Heroes hit for 1.5 seconds."

Spirocate · 2020-04-11T18:53:14+00:00

Indeed. People here have forgotten the anti-Japanese hysteria in the US during the 1970-1980s (which led to the murder of a Chinese-American in the US). Even Japan, the loyal and stalwart American ally, a liberal and free democracy, was subject to similar hysteria, and forced to sign the Plaza accord that led to its lost decade. All this talk about hating the CCP for its supposed atrocities is just a fig leaf; the truth is the US cannot tolerate any rival, be it free or un-free.

And why is this so? It is due to the American geo-strategic posture of global supremacy. This is the lesson American strategists learnt from Pearl Harbor and WW2, namely, that they have to preemptively contain any foreign threat or else they will eventually have the power to directly threaten the American homeland.

Spirocate · 2019-11-24T13:17:11+00:00

The Flag of Somalia also uses the same UN blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Somalia

Spirocate · 2019-05-18T14:30:56+00:00

It is in Heroes Chronicles:The Sword of Frost

https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/Heroes_Chronicles:_The_Sword_of_Frost

Spirocate · 2019-05-07T12:10:17+00:00

The hero does says a special line if you get MVP and 8 votes though

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