Very informative video about Okinawa (Ryukyu) and its people. Both Japan and US never treated Okinawa people with the respect they deserve. I do hope things will change for the better someday.
Ryukyu, Korea and Vietnam were tributary states to China. The relationship was ceremonial and political. China never stationed military in these states, unless requested by these states.
@@emiriebois2428 yup. No Chinese dynasty placed military bases in states like Vietnam, Japan, Korea and etc. Because in Han dynasty, spending too much on defence is putting heavy burden on the populace.
@@hananokuni2580 if american become bankrupt, japanese will become more vulnerable. Sooner or later ryukyu will get aid by china like american did to another country in the past. Japan dont have intelligence agency similar to China MSS, russian KGB, Israel mossad, american CIA. No one protect japan from the dark. They must make new intelligence agency like they did in ww2. I know PSIA, but they are worst than Kempeitai. I think modern Kempeitai must be formed.
very accurate depiction, Respect or ritual (礼) is the core virtue in Chinese tradition for thousands of year. Asia only started to be messed up when western colonialism arrived, especially when Japan adopted this notorious colonialism.
This is also especially interesting for me as an overseas Chinese with ancestry from southern Fujian, much like most Chinese people in Taiwan (~75%), Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia. We call ourselves “閩南人” (the Southern Min people). Most contact and interaction between Ryukyu and China was via the Fujian province (福建省). In Okinawa’s Kumemura (久米村) it is said that many Chinese people settled in the area and during the Chinese Ming Dynasty (明朝), the Chinese emperor sent 36 families from the Fujian region, mainly the cities of Fuzhou and Zhangzhou to impart Chinese culture to the Ryukyu kingdom; this was known in history as “閩人三十六姓” (Min people of the 36 clans). Many of the descendants of these Chinese people have settled down and blended into the local Ryukyuan community. In fact, Ryukyuan food shares many similarities with food from the southern Fujian cultural area in China. We have a similar dish to goya chanpuru, which is bittergourd stir fried with eggs (苦瓜炒蛋), braised pork (滷肉), especially the leg of the pig is a huge part of our food culture; and we also frequently cook pig organs such as the stomach in peppery soups. The fish cake found in Ryukyuan food culture is less similar to the Japanese kamaboko and much more similar to the type of fishcake typical of the Fujian region in China. In fact, most people of Fujian descent would find the food in Okinawa very familiar in terms of ingredients used, but different in terms of taste. Furthermore many Taiwanese people who also speak the Southern Min (Fujian) dialect have also settled in the island of Ishigaki (石垣島) as farmers during the Japanese occupation era in Taiwan and they have remained there till today.
interesting story you tell Thank you for sharing this history and this curiosity My maternal grandfather his father was from Okinawa I guess Okinawan people have Chinese blood
I once read that China also transferred their knowledge of agriculture to Okinawans. They are doing it again in modern times, transferring railway tech and knowledge to Indonesia, that‘s one of the main reason Indonesia chose China instead of Japan.
I've been watching a lot of your videos and sharing them on Facebook and with friends. I wish you the best of luck in achieving your goal in establishing the great country of LiuQiu. Also, I found you through Li Jing Jing.
Taiwan using minnan bcoz their ancestors were from Fukien as well. current mandarin is pronuncation from Qing Dynasty mixed up with northern chinese dialect. In Chinese history there are several different official oral language, but the writing are consistant. Fukien was closed to one of those before.
@@solosky99 Can you read Chinese? Try your language skills reading Pan Zhi-ren (潘智仁),: Searhc key words Pan Zhi-ren (潘智仁), Marie Lin （林媽利. You can look forward to your awakening moment.
you're 100% right. so sad that the Japanese had used Okinawan people in world war 2 for their military-shield . We China always have high valued and respect for Okinawan people ! 我们支持你 ！
In the 15th century, Zheng He sailed to South East Asia and traded with the kingdoms there. Never once China (at that time the Ming dynasty) harmed the kingdoms there.
in those times, how often people from other countries see so many ships that are bigger than football field? they're like modern day aircraft carriers projecting power
@@fatdoi003actually ships in south east asia was also big, even some estimated that it was twice to thrice bigger than european galleon ship, when they first arrived here in 16 century. you can look at junk java to read more about this particular subject. Even before ming era, yuan dinasty had already sent their naval armies several times to subjugated the free nations in SEA, in which some of them were resulting in failure, but it's understandable since yuan was mongol, everyone knows how mongol was like.
First: Organizing a Ryukyu Independent Organization. Second: Save Ryukyu culture action. Save Ryukyu characters, languages, costumes, songs and dances, etc. Third: Supervisors should meet regularly to discuss how to achieve Ryukyu independence.
Practiced my martial arts from an early age from a master from Ryukyu (Okinawa). He was the best ever instructor I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. I missed him so much. Respect and love to Ryukyu.
respect every okinawan and love the stories you shared. And that's the charm of acient eastern asia culture. most of time are peace, mutual respect and cooperation.. ^_^
Excellent explanation. The Tributary system was essentially one of vanity for Chinese emperors, but importantly, it was peaceful and prosperous and friendly and not based on dominance or subjugation or force.
I am a new subscriber on your channel I really like your videos that talk about the history of Okinawa Thank you very much for your informative videos. I am of Ryukyu descent For my mother her father her grandfather was from Ryukyu Okinawa
According to the one history book I read about Ryukyu, The Ryukyu Kingdom : cornerstone of East Asia, during the Ming Dynasty Korea and Ryukyu were ranked as the closest tributaries meaning that these two nations could send more missions and trade than another other country.
Mister Miyagi from "Karate Kid" refuse to call himself a "Japanese" instead he says Okinawa is his country. Miyagi even attribute his style of karate to China and made a point of his family's Chinese ancestry. Although his character is fictional it is researched on the reality that Okinawan is distinct from Japanese and that little more than a 100yrs ago it is part of the Ryuku Kingdom. After WW2 many Okinawans hoped to return to independent from Japan which they see as hostile occupying force but sadly the Americans returned their country to Japanese rule. Miyagi's character sit at the heart of postwar Okinawa sentiment, someone who had reluctantly served in the Japanese army by its oppressor and seek independent from Japan.
I lived in an island of Okinawa for 4 years. And I'd say I can recognize Okinawan by their appearance and/or by their family name. Back in Brazil, I once saw a coffee house lady owner and I was sure she was an Okinawan. I asked her is she was and where her parents were from. She answered actually she was mixed race. One of her parents was Japanese and other Okinawan ... BTW in Brazil call someone mixed race is not derogatory. Also they call people from Japan "folk from Yamato" which was how Japan was called some 1500 (?) years ago ... Okinawa is a very pleasant and interesting place.
China never ruled their "tributary states". Tributary state is a term the west used. China never dominate foreign relations over these states. They came to China to honor China. This was why they brought gifts. And China was #1 GDP in the world except last 100 plus years due to the western colonization and wars. China always rewarded them with much more wealth. It was getting too expensive for China, China actually limited tributary state to visit China. Ryukyuan really shouldn't call themselves Japanese since they had their own kingdom and culture until they were destroyed by Japanese. Yet somehow they are now supposed to be ruled by those people who did that to them is sad.
6:38 Besides wanting Chinese goods, they also wanted pretection from China. Their relationship was like brotherhood. The big brother protecdts the younger brothers.
Informative speech, ancient China didn't conquer other countries only keen for trade and co-exist with other countries. Current China still practices the same principle of trade and cultural exchange, coexisting with friendly countries. China respects the smaller countries, too. Hope the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, and other countries work closely with China for peace in this region. Okinawa should go independence and not be controlled by Japan and the US.
China only wants countries to respect each other, especially a small country towards a big country... as the saying goes.. you respect me one foot, i respect you ten feet....
If you would like to learn more about this subject, please check out my new updated video regarding China - Okinawa relations: th-cam.com/video/QQFCb1WvmNM/w-d-xo.html
There was this distortion that being a tributary state of China means giving lots of stuffs to the China one sided. It was actually an exchange of gifts thought the tributary state would acknowledge the leadership of the more powerful country. China wanted a tributary system is to ensure that her neighbours were friendly and have no intention to attack China's borders.
also china officially recognises those rulers as legit and any foreign invasions those states could call for help like what korea did when japan invaded
@@fatdoi003 China helped Korea greatly in the first Japan invasion of Korea in 1592 and the Korean king was very grateful to China(Ming Dynasty). However, current Koreans would dismiss it off and even twisted the fact that Ming Dynasty did little to help. It is true that Yi Sun-sin's naval victories had a big impact on the Japanese's supply line by sea, but on land, it was the Ming troops who actually repulsed the Japanese invaders. The Ming troops had a very good cavalry and cannons which did a lot of damage to the Japanese invaders. But by 1895, China(Qing dynasty) had been become very weak against the Japanese 'incursion' of Korea. By then, Korea was not Japan's main opponent but China. The defeat of the Qing army in Korea spell the end of China's tributary system with Korea. Korea was under Japan's control until 1910 which Japan officially annexed Korea.
Hi Rob. I am chinese from Mainland China. I always like 琉球 people, i am very intersted in History and i knew what happened. I hope one day something could change.
🤙🏽🔥🔥🔥 Hi brother Rob, I am a Kikuyama by way of my fathers Mother. We came to Hawaii from Okinawa to work… I wasn’t raised with my fathers side of the family… my Okinawan/Visayan side. My mother is American Japanese. New subscriber, love the knowledge and culture. Thank you! I will check, but is there content here about Okinawan contributions to Hawaii?
Thanks Rob, enjoyed your video. I was born in Koza, family moved to the states 14 months later. Been back 4 times, last time came with my Mom and my blonde haired wife. Loved to move to Luuchuu.
I learned the trade relationship between China and 琉球 back in elementary history classes, the trade prospered both countries, it's sad to see the China Japan relationship today.
nothing sad, it all bcoz of the fear. Japanese goverment or elites know what they did in World War II in China. As their understanding, Chinese will revenge back for sure. and right now they are not the size to fight with China, so they just holding USA and to be a barking dog to China.
Tribute and recognition for the right to trade with China. In Europe being a tribute means your resources are extorted for “protection”, being a tribute to China means a boon for your economy in exchange for political clout.
Hello, I come from China, and want to know a basic fact, that is: Is the idea of restoring Ryukyu's independence in Okinawa, Japan, the wish of the majority or the dream of a few?
Thank you for the video, for your information Japan did tribute in the past, but they soon lost their respect for China after they’ve mastering the gun technology from their foreign traders.
How ancient China respected their neighbours is what western countries cannot understand and believe, because Chinese civilization is so different. In Chinese philosophy, a great country should show generosity to others.
I went China for studying abroad program and many of Chinese friends said Ryukyu kingdom was in Chinese territory. Me as half Okinawa and Osaka(lol) was so disappointed and I tried hard to tell them it was just tributary states.
There were dozen of countries wanted to come for tribute each year and this was reason why that an emperor from Ming density set a rule for tribute from once a year to once four year cuz China paid extremely much for each tribute😂
The worst mistake nationalist made after Japan surrendered was forgot to liberate Okinawa, or atleast “return Okinawa first back to R.O.C. Along with Taiwan & can figure it out how to rebuild Okinawa later.
I born in China, honestly the difference btw Chinese and Anglo-Saxon are more deep and basic in both cultures. Chinese culture is Agriculture and AS is animal husbandry. So westen culture are far more aggressive, they demand every land and treat everyone outside their clan as slaves and livestocks. Chinese are more focus on their own business, growing stuffs from their land and exchange with other people. so even chinese has better sailing technology and earlier than Eroupean, they didnt use it to explore the whole world and just sailing in local region. So they always got beaten up by northern and other more aggresive counterpart. they drove away acient Hugarian, acient Turkish, but beaten by Mogolian and Man clan, recently white people.
Sorry for the late post. I am a typical Japan person. There is a lie in the comments here that cannot be overlooked. Chinese people are making comments pretending to be Okinawan people.At least the people of Okinawa don't want to be Chinese. Yamato, Ainu, and Okinawans are ancient Jomon people with the same Jomon genes (haplogroup D). (By the way, Chinese and Koreans do not have the Haplogroup D gene.) Since ancient times, genetically and linguistically, the Uchinanchu (Okinawan people) are the same Japan people as the Yamatonchu (Yamato people). Of course, I am well aware that the people of Okinawa have a unique culture that is different from Yamato. I love beautiful Okinawa, which retains such a culture. The people of the world must not be deceived by China's efforts to divide Japan and Okinawa. Don't forget that China are targeting Okinawa.
The Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of China. Not that it was ruled by China, but that it was an independent client state of China and honored this relationship through yearly tributes to China. As a result, the Ryukyu Kingdom had closer relations with China than Japan did. In 1609 the Satsuma Domain conquered the Ryukyu Kingdom, but hid this fact from the Chinese emissaries that would visit Okinawa regularly, thus ruling it through a puppet Ryukyu government. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Ryukyus were never subject to extensive Japanization.
Despite the timelines/duration , I say both countries, but the only different is one is a willing relationship by peace, and the another one is unwilling relationship by force.
My mom and older brother were born and raised on Okinawa. They’ve since moved to Hawaii but have always imparted on me the positive influence of China and hence the cultural similarities.
It must be China, and Japan has ruled Okinawa for more than 100 years.China's influence on the Ryukyus, at least700 years ，Ryukyu is not China's territory.But Ryukyu has always accepted Chinese culture.
Now the Japanese government only has the right to govern Okinawa, no sovereignty, sovereignty in the United Nations, the United States trusteeship.The United States will leave sooner or later.
Kajiwara Sensei everything you said is true. At that time China was not a communist state unlike today. Because of the LooChoo trade with China the Japanese wanted that trade and therefore attacked Ryukyu. Well there was a comment I read several years ago that China said when we want LooChoo we will come for Loochoo.
nope, Mogolian didnt know how to sailing, so chinese boat craftman tricked them, didnt make ocean sailing boat for them. therefore, the mogolian military all sunk in the ocean when they met storm. And Japanese never thanks Chinese for it, they thought their God punish Mogolian for them. there is a documatary for this, scientist salvaged the remain of the boats.
The US military base is in the center of Okinawa, and every time the plane takes off, 100% passes through the residential area.Other national bases are in the suburbs.
Very informative video about Okinawa (Ryukyu) and its people. Both Japan and US never treated Okinawa people with the respect they deserve. I do hope things will change for the better someday.
Thank you!
If they treated okinawans with respect they would allow them independence. Sadly, they won't happen without international interference.
Wtf in from Okinawa we hate china Fisher grabbing fish illigal
As a matter of fact, 琉球 is pronounced as Liu Qiu in Mandarin, similar to the Japanese pronunciation.
We Chinese love our 琉球brothers and sisters
Ryukyu, Korea and Vietnam were tributary states to China. The relationship was ceremonial and political. China never stationed military in these states, unless requested by these states.
was good during the old days. they seem somewhat reluctant today, despite the 'contrary'.
@Shabnam Afroz no one said japan was
japan took knowledge from tang and dipped afterwards
Never stationed military ? Really !
@@emiriebois2428 yup. No Chinese dynasty placed military bases in states like Vietnam, Japan, Korea and etc. Because in Han dynasty, spending too much on defence is putting heavy burden on the populace.
@@alantan9863 Han dynasty is only a limited period of chinese history darling
I hope Ryukyu can become an independent country and become the Singapore of East Asia instead of a missile silo for the US military
If China and Japan/Korea are powerful enough to counterbalance each other in East Asia, this can become a possibility.
@@hananokuni2580 if american become bankrupt, japanese will become more vulnerable. Sooner or later ryukyu will get aid by china like american did to another country in the past. Japan dont have intelligence agency similar to China MSS, russian KGB, Israel mossad, american CIA. No one protect japan from the dark. They must make new intelligence agency like they did in ww2. I know PSIA, but they are worst than Kempeitai. I think modern Kempeitai must be formed.
Technically SG is east Asia but south East Asia aka ASEAN country
I believe Ryukyu people are trying to get US and Japan military out and lived peacefully
I hope so too
very accurate depiction, Respect or ritual (礼) is the core virtue in Chinese tradition for thousands of year. Asia only started to be messed up when western colonialism arrived, especially when Japan adopted this notorious colonialism.
This is also especially interesting for me as an overseas Chinese with ancestry from southern Fujian, much like most Chinese people in Taiwan (~75%), Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia. We call ourselves “閩南人” (the Southern Min people). Most contact and interaction between Ryukyu and China was via the Fujian province (福建省). In Okinawa’s Kumemura (久米村) it is said that many Chinese people settled in the area and during the Chinese Ming Dynasty (明朝), the Chinese emperor sent 36 families from the Fujian region, mainly the cities of Fuzhou and Zhangzhou to impart Chinese culture to the Ryukyu kingdom; this was known in history as “閩人三十六姓” (Min people of the 36 clans). Many of the descendants of these Chinese people have settled down and blended into the local Ryukyuan community. In fact, Ryukyuan food shares many similarities with food from the southern Fujian cultural area in China. We have a similar dish to goya chanpuru, which is bittergourd stir fried with eggs (苦瓜炒蛋), braised pork (滷肉), especially the leg of the pig is a huge part of our food culture; and we also frequently cook pig organs such as the stomach in peppery soups. The fish cake found in Ryukyuan food culture is less similar to the Japanese kamaboko and much more similar to the type of fishcake typical of the Fujian region in China. In fact, most people of Fujian descent would find the food in Okinawa very familiar in terms of ingredients used, but different in terms of taste. Furthermore many Taiwanese people who also speak the Southern Min (Fujian) dialect have also settled in the island of Ishigaki (石垣島) as farmers during the Japanese occupation era in Taiwan and they have remained there till today.
Ty for sharing!
interesting story you tell Thank you for sharing this history and this curiosity
My maternal grandfather his father was from Okinawa
I guess Okinawan people have Chinese blood
thanks so much v v interesting
It’s a shame that many Taiwanese support the US military and Japanese oppression of luchu
I once read that China also transferred their knowledge of agriculture to Okinawans. They are doing it again in modern times, transferring railway tech and knowledge to Indonesia, that‘s one of the main reason Indonesia chose China instead of Japan.
I've been watching a lot of your videos and sharing them on Facebook and with friends. I wish you the best of luck in achieving your goal in establishing the great country of LiuQiu. Also, I found you through Li Jing Jing.
Thank you for telling more meaningful and deep history between Ryukyu and China relationship... 👍
I as Chinese support Okinawa's independence.
Leave taiwan alone
respect from China, we are friends, we both love peace
Stop the cap
meanwhile xinjiang uyghurs
@@sherwinkentpajomunoz2521 meanwhile American propaganda
meanwhile Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Black Americans.
@@sherwinkentpajomunoz2521 Xinjiang Uighurs are proud to be part of China.
Ryukyu independence.
i agree
My ancestors came from Fukien province . We speak Minnan dialect just like Taiwanese.
We pronounce Liu Kiu . In mandarin it's Liu Qiu.
Taiwan using minnan bcoz their ancestors were from Fukien as well. current mandarin is pronuncation from Qing Dynasty mixed up with northern chinese dialect. In Chinese history there are several different official oral language, but the writing are consistant. Fukien was closed to one of those before.
@@solosky99
Can you read Chinese? Try your language skills reading Pan Zhi-ren (潘智仁),: Searhc key words Pan Zhi-ren (潘智仁), Marie Lin （林媽利. You can look forward to your awakening moment.
you're 100% right. so sad that the Japanese had used Okinawan people in world war 2 for their military-shield .
We China always have high valued and respect for Okinawan people ! 我们支持你 ！
In the 15th century, Zheng He sailed to South East Asia and traded with the kingdoms there. Never once China (at that time the Ming dynasty) harmed the kingdoms there.
in those times, how often people from other countries see so many ships that are bigger than football field? they're like modern day aircraft carriers projecting power
@@fatdoi003actually ships in south east asia was also big, even some estimated that it was twice to thrice bigger than european galleon ship, when they first arrived here in 16 century.
you can look at junk java to read more about this particular subject.
Even before ming era, yuan dinasty had already sent their naval armies several times to subjugated the free nations in SEA, in which some of them were resulting in failure, but it's understandable since yuan was mongol, everyone knows how mongol was like.
@@ahyarhartanto1802 Both Hokkien-lang and Uchinaanchu get their technologies of Junk from, ...
Interestedly the Austronesians.
First: Organizing a Ryukyu Independent Organization.
Second: Save Ryukyu culture action. Save Ryukyu characters, languages, costumes, songs and dances, etc.
Third: Supervisors should meet regularly to discuss how to achieve Ryukyu independence.
Practiced my martial arts from an early age from a master from Ryukyu (Okinawa). He was the best ever instructor I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. I missed him so much. Respect and love to Ryukyu.
respect every okinawan and love the stories you shared. And that's the charm of acient eastern asia culture. most of time are peace, mutual respect and cooperation.. ^_^
Best wishes for you and. all the Okinawa People from China(Shenzhen,Guangdong)
Great video！ Thanks for your works! As a Chinese I am very happy to watch your video . I value a lot our good relationship between China and Liuqiu！
Excellent explanation. The Tributary system was essentially one of vanity for Chinese emperors, but importantly, it was peaceful and prosperous and friendly and not based on dominance or subjugation or force.
虚荣只是一部分!因为中国皇帝自命"天子"，授命于天，有责任照顾天下人。否则被视为有违天道。实际中，历史上有些中国皇帝在某些时候不愿意会见藩属国使臣，而只给物质赏赐。因为他们要求中国出兵帮助平定叛乱防御敌人等等!而这在中国没有钱的时候，是非常不利的。琉球就是在这种情况下被日本占领。看着吧!中国重回世界顶峰之日，就是琉球重获新生之时。😁
你是懂虚荣心的……儒家文化的最大缺点之一
I am a new subscriber on your channel
I really like your videos that talk about the history of Okinawa Thank you very much for your informative videos.
I am of Ryukyu descent For my mother her father her grandfather was from Ryukyu Okinawa
My first time watching. I am impressed. Looking forward to more videos.
China and its peoples will always appreciate the long history friendship with Okinara and its people,
According to the one history book I read about Ryukyu, The Ryukyu Kingdom : cornerstone of East Asia, during the Ming Dynasty Korea and Ryukyu were ranked as the closest tributaries meaning that these two nations could send more missions and trade than another other country.
Mister Miyagi from "Karate Kid" refuse to call himself a "Japanese" instead he says Okinawa is his country. Miyagi even attribute his style of karate to China and made a point of his family's Chinese ancestry. Although his character is fictional it is researched on the reality that Okinawan is distinct from Japanese and that little more than a 100yrs ago it is part of the Ryuku Kingdom. After WW2 many Okinawans hoped to return to independent from Japan which they see as hostile occupying force but sadly the Americans returned their country to Japanese rule. Miyagi's character sit at the heart of postwar Okinawa sentiment, someone who had reluctantly served in the Japanese army by its oppressor and seek independent from Japan.
Ha I see Karate kid brought you here too. I am fascinated by the potential stories that could be told of Miyagi's family.
Almost 150 now
I lived in an island of Okinawa for 4 years. And I'd say I can recognize Okinawan by their appearance and/or by their family name. Back in Brazil, I once saw a coffee house lady owner and I was sure she was an Okinawan. I asked her is she was and where her parents were from. She answered actually she was mixed race. One of her parents was Japanese and other Okinawan ... BTW in Brazil call someone mixed race is not derogatory. Also they call people from Japan "folk from Yamato" which was how Japan was called some 1500 (?) years ago ... Okinawa is a very pleasant and interesting place.
haha wat a load of steamy crap..."miyagi" was an asain american from hawaii...an hollywood stories sells...
China never ruled their "tributary states". Tributary state is a term the west used. China never dominate foreign relations over these states. They came to China to honor China. This was why they brought gifts. And China was #1 GDP in the world except last 100 plus years due to the western colonization and wars. China always rewarded them with much more wealth. It was getting too expensive for China, China actually limited tributary state to visit China. Ryukyuan really shouldn't call themselves Japanese since they had their own kingdom and culture until they were destroyed by Japanese. Yet somehow they are now supposed to be ruled by those people who did that to them is sad.
Hope some days your country can be free from foreign occupation.
6:38 Besides wanting Chinese goods, they also wanted pretection from China. Their relationship was like brotherhood. The big brother protecdts the younger brothers.
作为中国人，我在中学时学到过琉球的悲惨遭遇，很多琉球人被屠杀，被送上战场，受伤害程度超过了亚洲任何其他国家，甚至超过了犹太人。但不幸的是，他们并没有像亚洲其它国家一样逃离日本的掌控，没有能够独立以拥有保护自己历史文化的权力。在之后的几十年里，琉球的历史被抹杀，篡改，成为美军的基地，持续经历极端不平等的待遇，却没有任何国家敢于为琉球人民呼吁，在整个现代世界历史里都是最悲剧的。
很惭愧的是，中国在之前的几十年里贫穷而落后，又有台湾问题，并没有正义的站出来为琉球人民争取合法的利益。我认为这样的中国不配称自己曾是琉球的保护者。
最近几天中国发生了接见琉球领导人的事情，我们才开始重新关注这个问题，我了解到很多琉球人已经成为美国和琉球人共同的子女，在中美如今的对立情况下，琉球人可能又面临了新的挑战。不管怎样，希望未来我们可以为琉球做的更多，恢复琉球灿烂的历史和文化，琉球不属于任何国家，欢迎琉球国加入东亚大家庭。
Chinese people, stop lying. You should stop the genocide in Tibet and Xinjiang.
Rob it is a lovely message. I am from Malaysia. At least the real story i have heard. Take care.
Thanks for clarifying the definition of tributary state.
You're welcome
支持琉球复国。
可惜琉人已經被日本人殘殺所剩無幾，包括一戰前，還有二戰時被日軍逼迫跳崖的本地琉球人，有現代日本移民稀釋。根源是日本沒有中國人獨有儒家和諧文化
Informative speech, ancient China didn't conquer other countries only keen for trade and co-exist with other countries. Current China still practices the same principle of trade and cultural exchange, coexisting with friendly countries. China respects the smaller countries, too.
Hope the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, and other countries work closely with China for peace in this region.
Okinawa should go independence and not be controlled by Japan and the US.
China only wants countries to respect each other, especially a small country towards a big country... as the saying goes.. you respect me one foot, i respect you ten feet....
@@choonhockong8215 didnt conquer? What kind of history washing is this? Fk off with your propaganda
@@choonhockong8215 your country instigated aggression in the region and built artificial islands then put military base there. Go yourself with lies
If you would like to learn more about this subject, please check out my new updated video regarding China - Okinawa relations: th-cam.com/video/QQFCb1WvmNM/w-d-xo.html
There was this distortion that being a tributary state of China means giving lots of stuffs to the China one sided. It was actually an exchange of gifts thought the tributary state would acknowledge the leadership of the more powerful country.
China wanted a tributary system is to ensure that her neighbours were friendly and have no intention to attack China's borders.
also china officially recognises those rulers as legit and any foreign invasions those states could call for help like what korea did when japan invaded
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China helped Korea greatly in the first Japan invasion of Korea in 1592 and the Korean king was very grateful to China(Ming Dynasty). However, current Koreans would dismiss it off and even twisted the fact that Ming Dynasty did little to help. It is true that Yi Sun-sin's naval victories had a big impact on the Japanese's supply line by sea, but on land, it was the Ming troops who actually repulsed the Japanese invaders. The Ming troops had a very good cavalry and cannons which did a lot of damage to the Japanese invaders.
But by 1895, China(Qing dynasty) had been become very weak against the Japanese 'incursion' of Korea. By then, Korea was not Japan's main opponent but China. The defeat of the Qing army in Korea spell the end of China's tributary system with Korea. Korea was under Japan's control until 1910 which Japan officially annexed Korea.
Awesome video man!
I learned a lot about Okinawa dan its culture from both the speakers and commentators. Thanks for the knowledge! From Indonesia
Hi Rob.
I am chinese from Mainland China.
I always like 琉球 people, i am very intersted in History and i knew what happened.
I hope one day something could change.
Knowledge, humble and factual. Great work, support you!
CGTN lead me to you I fully support LuChu independance!
🤙🏽🔥🔥🔥 Hi brother Rob,
I am a Kikuyama by way of my fathers Mother. We came to Hawaii from Okinawa to work… I wasn’t raised with my fathers side of the family… my Okinawan/Visayan side. My mother is American Japanese.
New subscriber, love the knowledge and culture. Thank you!
I will check, but is there content here about Okinawan contributions to Hawaii?
A few years ago I did a video about the history of Okinawans in Hawaii: th-cam.com/video/I0HC87alk9s/w-d-xo.html
@@RobKajiwaraOfficial I watched and subscribed. Thanks!
thanks for rare history lesson
Thanks Rob, enjoyed your video. I was born in Koza, family moved to the states 14 months later. Been back 4 times, last time came with my Mom and my blonde haired wife. Loved to move to Luuchuu.
💗 Great Ryukyu.
Thank you for the information
Warlord of Japan abolished the used of weapons after they conquered by Japan and subdued their King to the Emperor of Japan.
I learned the trade relationship between China and 琉球 back in elementary history classes, the trade prospered both countries, it's sad to see the China Japan relationship today.
nothing sad, it all bcoz of the fear. Japanese goverment or elites know what they did in World War II in China. As their understanding, Chinese will revenge back for sure. and right now they are not the size to fight with China, so they just holding USA and to be a barking dog to China.
美丽的琉球王国。琉球人，男生女生都长得漂亮。
喜欢琉球文化 琉球语 琉球音乐 琉球语歌曲。
Great history! Thanks!
Tribute and recognition for the right to trade with China. In Europe being a tribute means your resources are extorted for “protection”, being a tribute to China means a boon for your economy in exchange for political clout.
非常好的视频，作为一个中国人听到曾经琉球人民后代讲述我们两国的友谊的历史，非常受到触动。祝愿琉球人民能够在这个世纪迎来独立自主的地位，让琉球回归琉球人民自己
Hello, I come from China, and want to know a basic fact, that is: Is the idea of restoring Ryukyu's independence in Okinawa, Japan, the wish of the majority or the dream of a few?
The dream of a few. It will take a third world war to change the status of the first Island chain.
几乎是大部分琉球人，不包括生活在琉球的80%的日本人。不过也有很多純琉球年轻人因为在出生就是被强行禁止说琉球话，禁止学习琉球文化，所以他们被灌输为“日本人”了.并且还被日本媒体一直洗腦如果琉球復国中国就是侵略琉球的谎言，所以那些年轻人在犹豫要不要独立。但是知道真相的老人几乎都想復国。请记住是復国，不是独立。
Ryukyu republic
Nowonder they say Okinawan prefer to join China than Japan back in the days.
Thank you for the video, for your information Japan did tribute in the past, but they soon lost their respect for China after they’ve mastering the gun technology from their foreign traders.
Japanese are cunning. They always pretend to be a good student of you until they get what they want from you then murder their teachers.
Japan did pay tribute to China, during the reign of King Yoshimitsu, in the fifteenth century.
Yes, but it was only for a very short period. That was actually the result of Luuchuu's mediation between China and Japan.
@@RobKajiwaraOfficial It's from 1372, and ended by 1870s when okinawa was invaded by Japan. Around 500 years.
Since han dynasty
Free Okinawa!
Respect. Respect one another. Peace For Okinawa. Peace For Our World!
11:29 Where can I hear the song? Any urls/links?
How ancient China respected their neighbours is what western countries cannot understand and believe, because Chinese civilization is so different. In Chinese philosophy, a great country should show generosity to others.
Fascinating!
This is very interesting 🤔
I went China for studying abroad program and many of Chinese friends said Ryukyu kingdom was in Chinese territory.
Me as half Okinawa and Osaka(lol) was so disappointed and I tried hard to tell them it was just tributary states.
Okinawa shall be independent
I'm curious why Okinawa did not become independent country?
WW2
because japan colonised and killed 1/3 of the luchu population around late 1800s. 😢
Antonym version of East Timor.
First video! awesome content! like and sub!
China gives Cambodia a lot of money according to Khmer king.
Support Ryukyu’s independence from Singapore. Hope you could go back to your peaceful paradise like centuries before❤.
琉球一直是个独立的国家，他和中国在古代是朝贡的关系，也有很多中国人移民去琉球。
Good bless from shanghai
There were dozen of countries wanted to come for tribute each year and
this was reason why that an emperor from Ming density set a rule for tribute from once a year to once four year cuz China paid extremely much for each tribute😂
Need more communications between Chinese and Ryukyuan about our history
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We need Okinawa independence. Have China support the independence. Okinawan sovereignty is a must.
The only moment where china became expansionist are during the Mongolian rule (yuan dinasty)
and Qing Dynasty (Manchu)
At that time, China was invaded by Mongolia, so there was no China at that time, it was the bad thing that Mongolia did!
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Agree
@@user-tl1bw4wp1c and then the Mongols were assimilated into the Chinese culture lol. Yuan Mongols were responsible for a century of China prosperity.
The world remember what Japan did to Ryukyu people, the massacre and culture genocide. We support you lucchu!
and they stole ryukyu art of karate and made it their own and raking in billions
だからこそ今の日本がある！後悔など無い👍
The worst mistake nationalist made after Japan surrendered was forgot to liberate Okinawa, or atleast “return Okinawa first back to R.O.C. Along with Taiwan & can figure it out how to rebuild Okinawa later.
I born in China, honestly the difference btw Chinese and Anglo-Saxon are more deep and basic in both cultures. Chinese culture is Agriculture and AS is animal husbandry. So westen culture are far more aggressive, they demand every land and treat everyone outside their clan as slaves and livestocks. Chinese are more focus on their own business, growing stuffs from their land and exchange with other people. so even chinese has better sailing technology and earlier than Eroupean, they didnt use it to explore the whole world and just sailing in local region. So they always got beaten up by northern and other more aggresive counterpart. they drove away acient Hugarian, acient Turkish, but beaten by Mogolian and Man clan, recently white people.
Sorry for the late post. I am a typical Japan person. There is a lie in the comments here that cannot be overlooked.
Chinese people are making comments pretending to be Okinawan people.At least the people of Okinawa don't want to be Chinese.
Yamato, Ainu, and Okinawans are ancient Jomon people with the same Jomon genes (haplogroup D). (By the way, Chinese and Koreans do not have the Haplogroup D gene.) Since ancient times, genetically and linguistically, the Uchinanchu (Okinawan people) are the same Japan people as the Yamatonchu (Yamato people).
Of course, I am well aware that the people of Okinawa have a unique culture that is different from Yamato. I love beautiful Okinawa, which retains such a culture. The people of the world must not be deceived by China's efforts to divide Japan and Okinawa. Don't forget that China are targeting Okinawa.
Okinawa independent.
Okinawa needs independence from Japan and US
The Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of China. Not that it was ruled by China, but that it was an independent client state of China and honored this relationship through yearly tributes to China. As a result, the Ryukyu Kingdom had closer relations with China than Japan did. In 1609 the Satsuma Domain conquered the Ryukyu Kingdom, but hid this fact from the Chinese emissaries that would visit Okinawa regularly, thus ruling it through a puppet Ryukyu government. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Ryukyus were never subject to extensive Japanization.
Which nation does Okinawa had more influence? China or Japan.
Despite the timelines/duration , I say both countries, but the only different is one is a willing relationship by peace, and the another one is unwilling relationship by force.
My mom and older brother were born and raised on Okinawa. They’ve since moved to Hawaii but have always imparted on me the positive influence of China and hence the cultural similarities.
It must be China, and Japan has ruled Okinawa for more than 100 years.China's influence on the Ryukyus, at least700 years ，Ryukyu is not China's territory.But Ryukyu has always accepted Chinese culture.
Now the Japanese government only has the right to govern Okinawa, no sovereignty, sovereignty in the United Nations, the United States trusteeship.The United States will leave sooner or later.
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its in between japanese and chinese culture. also the united states wont leave if china doesnt stop harassing it's neighbors!!!
tributary system = gifts giving network
Kajiwara Sensei everything you said is true. At that time China was not a communist state unlike today. Because of the LooChoo trade with China the Japanese wanted that trade and therefore attacked Ryukyu. Well there was a comment I read several years ago that China said when we want LooChoo we will come for Loochoo.
Ryu chu use Chinese language previously??
yes, it was simiar to minnan or fuzhou dialects from china
with China ,peace and money; with USA ,war!
Free Liuqiu!
The United States handed over Ryukyu to the rule of the invaders
My recollection is that Mongol didn’t invaded Okinawa but did invade Japan,can you clarify this?
nope, Mogolian didnt know how to sailing, so chinese boat craftman tricked them, didnt make ocean sailing boat for them. therefore, the mogolian military all sunk in the ocean when they met storm. And Japanese never thanks Chinese for it, they thought their God punish Mogolian for them. there is a documatary for this, scientist salvaged the remain of the boats.
支持琉球复国，二战后因该本有的复国权利
唐船到。中国当年被列強瓜分，自顧不及，沒馀力保護琉球，中国欠琉球一份忠义之情，但中国人和琉球人都没忘記。琉球必定会復国的。❤
i have heard 90% of ppl.were killed in.ruukyu 😢
琉球加油！
Yes, OKINAWA ( RYUKYU ISLAND) IS THE PROTECTORATE OF CHINA (dinasty).
Are you happy with that US bases are still in Okinawa?
The US military base is in the center of Okinawa, and every time the plane takes off, 100% passes through the residential area.Other national bases are in the suburbs.
Brian Berletic from New Atlas channel is an ex-USMC based on Okinawa. The locals hate the Americans.
@@tianwong7168 the locals are more 50/50 on how they feel.
@@theliambrand05 I can only go by what he says on his channel.
@@tianwong7168 understandable, I only chimed in cuz I’ve lived here as military/civilian for 8 years.
I wouldn't say I like the arrogance of people who are only a little rich and think they are superior.
My comments which show support to you were removed by youtub as they are pro Japan/US political needs.
kichigai
💪💪💪 Lew Chew independence n sovereignty
China and japan couldnt trade because they both believed they had the mandate of heaven