16:25 "If you asked the Ukrainian people a month ago, they wouldn't have been prepared either." I'm not sure how true that is. Part of Russia's problem is that the lower intensity war started 8 years ago, so Ukraine has been militarizing and training (and fighting in actual war is a kind of training) since then, and they were concerned about Russia's military build-up on their border for about a year before the actual invasion, doing things like amassing lots of weapons from sympathetic countries. Thus, when added with some more specific things I've seen about Ukraine, I think they were about as ready for invasion as you could expect them to be. (I guess there are more extreme things they could have done, like building massive walls or premptively arming and/or evacuating everyone, and there certainly were plenty of people who, like me, were not expecting an invasion right up until it happened.)
You are very correct, some people have this incorrect notion that 2022 Ukraine was 2014 Ukraine, they have been at war with the Donbas region for 8 years, and a lot of their troops do have some experience, this the Russians underestimated Whereas Taiwan has NEVER had ANY form of organized military conflict on the island for few hundred years, the last time was in 1895.
@@obsidianstatue Technically the government on Taiwan has institutional memory of the Chinese civil war and the few times Taiwan and the mainland have traded artillery fire since then.
@@obsidianstatue I think her point is that you don't know how prepared you are until the bullets actually starts flying. I do agree that today's Ukraine is not the same Ukraine of 2014, but for the people drafted by the mass conscription right before the war I don't think they're prepared.
@Samuel Jackson Riiight also, Ukraine surrendered and Russia's victory is complete right dear comrade? Go peddle your Russian propaganda somewhere else.
A lot of people don't know, including most younger Taiwanese, that the constitution of both PRC (China) and ROC (Taiwan) claims sovereignty over the whole "China", that is why the relationship is so complicated and unique. From the ROC's constitution, there's the "Fallen Mainland" & "Free Taiwan" regions . From Beijing's pov, there's the unclaimed Taiwan province.
When ROC was founded, Taiwan was part of Japan. Even less people know that: ROC did not claim Taiwan before 1940s, ROC even had a consulate of China in Taipei during 1930s. How ironic…
@@bctvanw Taiwan was part of China in the Qing Dynasty. Japan took over Taiwan because Qing lose the the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895. ROC is a Chinese government that overthrew the Qing government. So, when the ROC army defeat the Japanes invation of China in 1945, they took Taiwan back.
Taiwanese have to include the whole China in their constitution, not because they want to, but because they have to. Otherwise it would be seen as a declaration of independence by China and risk an invasion. Most Taiwanese don't really care about China aka Chinese mainland.
The most worrying thing is the growing gap between the new generation of mainlanders and Taiwanese. Hatred on the Internet has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Cross-strait exchanges are becoming less and less. A new generation of Mainlanders and Taiwanese faces a future full of uncertainty as their friendly predecessors depart. I hope the future is not war.
From 1949 till 1990, Taiwan's top military goal was to strike back mainland China. Around those decades, both Nationalists and Communities were prepered to start the 2nd Chinese Civil War. So as a Chinese mainlander, I would say our predecessors had much more serious relationship between each other than right now. The only difference is who is the stronger brother.
@@saint_matthias Winner takes all, that is the rule. When will the US government give their land back to their natives? How many dynaties have changed in China?
Or you know... Russia.. in Afghanistan, Georgia, Chechnya, Ukraine little green men, Ukraine ‘22. I don’t see where people see the rivalry between the USA and Russia, as the rivalry between global bully and a global dove (USA and Russia respectively). Every superpower has had significant wars *post WWii*... with the exception of China who has fought defensively for N.Vietnam and N.Korea, and offensively *only once*, during a campaign against Vietnam in 1979. Granted, your point stands. Basically every generation of USA’s professionally enlisted forces have had someplace they’ve been deployed.
@@smillman437 I’m not dismissing any of that. I just find it astonishing that there’s so much hypocrisy going around. When the US invades and destroys sovereign countries its noble. When Russia does it its terror. Makes zero sense. Not to mention this is pretty much the new Cuban Missile Crisis just in Ukraine and on Russia’s side this time. Consistency is essential to be taken seriously
When asked about an outright conflict between China and Taiwan that guy who answered, "I would be disappointed." really summed up my feeling about war. It's extremely disappointing that we haven't been able to figure out a better way of dealing with our conflict other than by using violence against one another. 😕 Worried for humanity.
Personally I dont think the Ukraine-Russia conflict is a good comparison to the Taiwan Issue, since both Ukraine and Russia are sovereign states recognised by the UN (as well as the vast majority of its members), while the Republic of China (or Taiwan if you’d prefer) is unresolved Chinese civil war, where both governments (PRC and ROC)claims to be the legal government of China (the region including the mainland and the island of Taiwan), and, as of now, the PRC is more internationally recognised.
Actually it's a very good comparison if you really know the context since 1991 like I do (my country, Belarus, is Russia's unwilling ally in this horror). It doesn't matter if Ukraine is recognized as a sovereign state by the UN, it only matters if Russia recognizes it as a sovereign state which unfortunately it doesn't, just as for Taiwan it really matters what China thinks of Taiwan and not what the rest of the world thinks of them bc it's China their only threat not the world. What the world around thinks about Ukraine is of no importance to Russia and short of nuclear bombing some sense into Russia there's nothing the world can really do. The comparison is actually incredibly apt. Russians consider Ukrainians ethnically as Russians who invented a new identity out of the blue and were let astray by the west, same as what Chinese think of Taiwanese. Just as they consider Belarusians part of the Russian world, too.
@@sir_humpy I’m no expert in Belarusian or Ukrainian history, but according to what you just said, you think that Belarus and Ukrainian are separate cultures and peoples to Russians, which I will not comment on since I don’t know much. However, the vast majority of citizens of ROC (or Taiwan), are descendants of Chinese mainland citizens who fled to the island of Taiwan with the KMT government, with the ultimate goal of one day reoccupying mainland China (which obviously failed). Therefore, unwilling to admit to its own failure, the ROC government would not forfeit the civil war, which gave the opportunities for separatists (i.e. the DPP) on Taiwan in developing a “Taiwanese” identity that is not Chinese, hence the current situation Taiwan. If the ROC recognised its failure in the civil war and just forfeited, there would be no such issue.
@@sir_humpy personally I think a more accurate comparison would be, in the American civil war, if the south didn’t just surrendered, but fled to Hawaii instead, and called themselves the legal government of the United States of America, with the goal of one day reoccupying the rest of the U.S. After failing to do so they decided that they’re not just gonna forfeit but call themselves Replublic of Hawaii, claiming Hawaii is a independent nation, but not part of the U.S.
@@johntitor8294, as far as I see it, rather cynically I admit, it doesn't really matter what the weaker defending side thinks of itself (Ukraine or Taiwan), it doesn't matter if they have or haven't developped a separate culture because the ball is not in their hands, they cannot act, they can only react. What matters is what motivates the stronger aggression-prone side to start aggression, what justifications the aggressor will use to sell the necessity and the righteousness of the impending conflict to its own people to support the war and here we find that Russian and Chinese narratives are a carbon copy of each other and both russian and chinese populations are already very much sold on that and the Chinese are obviously watching very closely how the world reacts to something similar to what they've had in their military plans since forever.
now we need russian perspectives IN russia, why i capitalize the IN because there is interview they make about russian people but not in the russia country itself
We should unify and attack the serpent which is America who installed a puppet taiwanese ministers. We will die and destroy America if they want to play with family matter. We’ll take down everyone who stands in the way
I’m from Ukraine 🇺🇦, to make it short, you shouldn’t count on your similarities, or that you share the same language. We had pretty same opinion about Russia and that war will never happen, so the best way to avoid war is to be prepared to it…
There is a great book I read written by an American elitist politician in 1996. It’s called the Grand Chessboard. It talked abt geographic politics and actually pointed out how important Ukraine is to Russia. It said if war happens, US and Europe need to try their best to stop Russia taking over Ukraine for the best interest of them. Nothing to do with so called "humanity". You can google it and I feel it’s worth reading.
@@vliushaFrom what I heard in this video, the Taiwanese do not understand this conflict; russians started this war because they hate Ukrainians and want to kill us, anti-Ukrainian sentiments have always been widespread in russia, Ukraine has long been the main topic of discussion on russian TV, when the average russian comes home, he turns on the TV and listens about how Ukrainians are non-humans and we need to be killed, they are obsessed with Ukraine; The notion that russia attacked Ukraine because of the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO is complete nonsense, Finland recently joined NATO, and russia did nothing
go, go Taiwan. go, go KMT !!!! The Kuomintang (KMT) or the Chinese Nationalist Party of Taiwan. KMT is trying to cool things down by dialogue. very refreshing. the China and Taiwan Cross Straight relationship will improve from the present DPP's worst time, worst troublemaker, with so many threats and warnings, to peaceful dialogue that brings forward PEACE and prosperity to Taiwan. One Country, Two Systems is crucial to taiwan's long-term stability and prosperity. One Country, Two Systems is the biggest respect for Taiwan…
10:30 The thing is Russia and Ukraine are also supposedly "brother nations" that share history, culture, and in some places, language. Sometimes the most vicious fighting comes between countries and cultures that are similar or identical.
@@caocao4266 Is acknowledgment by outsiders the only definition of independence wumao? If a place like Taiwan has it’s own area of land it controls, it’s own currency, military, separate political and economic system, and a population that largely identifies with belongings to said place it definitely is a de facto country even if other countries don’t recognize it as such because of the CCP’s bullying.
@@seanbinkley7363 The acknowledgement from other countries hold a deep meaning to one country status on the world stage organizations. I am not on anyone side on this topic. US is influential country, why dont they and their allies not support Taiwan to be a country in legal way and lift up their status? I almost forget they are the one who make the decision Taiwan is not a country in the first place.
ikr? I am taiwanese and I can sense how clueless the Taiwanese are about international affairs. HK incident was entirely china's domestic affair and they never had any form of independence! They got no military and a self-sustainable economy. Getting independence is merely a daydream for HK people.
Sure, per paper britain ended its rule over hong kong. But the people of Hong Kong wanted to stay independent of the central government in China. Now a lot of their rights of self-expressions are stripped. Dozen of thousands moved away. And dozen of thousands continue to protest. What a nice reunification. Everybody is happy :)
Hong Kong was unfortunately "returned" to a China that never owned Hong Kong in the first place. It should have remained with the UK, left independent, or joined Taiwan. China has clearly broken the treaty about the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China. In my eyes, it gives Hong Kong the right to leave.
@@ratchetjoker1317 Lol. It doesn't matter if people in Hong Kong wants to stay independent. That piece of land belongs to China since the very beginning. That city prospered by tapping into China's market. Even their electricity and water come from China. People like you would think they can survive if China shuts them out. What a joker.
@@peterfireflylund Sure, then it is within China's right to embargo that city, void them of electricity, water and common necessities. Let's see who will come begging.
It all come down to politics. The US first established an diplomatic relation with the Taiwanese ROC when they had control over China but later on decided to cut the tie and built new relationship PRC in which they recognize as the sole legal Government of China. It would be interest to see how the West and rest of world chooses this time.
@@saint_matthias ROC started out noble but after the founder died, it turned bad quickly, there were too much suffering, to the point where the majority of China decided to abandon that model and searched for 'something new'. They have founded that 'something new' in the PRC and China recovered from strength to strength since. The Christian faction within the KMT party took over the ROC and ran for many years. They did a good job kicking the Japanese out. Mr Mao could have easily taken Taiwan back but he decided not to. Overtime, the ROC became aimless and stuck in the past. The original old guards, the Hakka, were slowly driven out. This allowed the USA increase their influence and undermined the reunification. They intended to drag it out as long as possible. They wanted to use the Taiwan island as a proxy and as a foothold to fight China. USA already abandoned Taiwan in 1972 to establish normal relation with China. And USA still fully recognise the one China today in 2022. USA truly never care about Taiwan nor the Chinese living on the Taiwan island. It has always been about destroying China anyway it can If you truly believe ROC is the original Chinese political party, the one and only to rule China, that China belongs to Taiwan, then once your dream came true, you would end up with One China anyway. Realise this, whether ROC or PRC is in power, the USA was, is and will be your biggest enemy.
@@saint_matthias Yeah right, and the Qin dynasty emperor was the first to unify China so therefore all the rest are imposters After all even the country is called China, Qin=Chin, now go and restore the original government.
This was a great street interview on Taiwanese perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war. Just so many points on both sides of using the current global situation to relate it back to China-Taiwan tension.
@@saint_matthias no one is orginal or copy if you fight civil war and lose .....winner will get all loser nothing thats how it works Roc government loss the battle so they got nothing PRC won the battle they won the government power they are ruleinh ...history has been sayinv winner gets everything loser nothing example veto power winner of ww2
1:45 "I feel that having a war nowadays is really surprising. This is a more civilzed era. War seems like a thing of the past." This lady is not even aware that NATO countries initiated one war after another and kill millions civilians all over the world. Then this lady said 9:47 "I think Taiwanese enjoy rich info, and high freedom of expression"...........
This gentle and kind-hearted woman is saying what she believes. War is uncivilised and inhumane, all the more so if clearly unnecessary. She also says it’s a nightmare. Many in China agree with her. That there are still such large scale destructive wars is abhorrent wherever they are. Please understand this and quit being vengeful and trying to continue nonexistent vendettas like creepy gangsters. Taiwan citizens and others did so much for their cousins in Mainland China, as it was known then, in recent decades to lift them out of poverty. I feel very sorry for this girl who speaks from the heart and wants peace for her home. She is absolutely civilised and pleads to be understood. These interviews are excellent and informative for Taiwanese and others. They clearly caused stress but the interviewees did their best to give genuine, honest answers, and can all be congratulated. Peace and forgiveness, wherever, please!
@@paulgrieve7031 I don’t mean to condemn this lady. Her situation is very typical in taiwan. My point is that her opinion shows how taiwan “free media” works. People are fed on one side information and propaganda. Then they form opinions and make judgments based on selective facts, which make them easy to be manipulated.
1:37 I wonder if this fellow is aware of 2014 annexation of Crimea. Russia and Ukraine have been unofficially in War for the last 8 years. So I wouldn't necessarily call it an impulse. This is mostly about leverage, and natural resources, in this case wheat, natural gas and oil. In addition to this, Ukraine closed the river leading into Crimea after it was annexed which caused huge agricultural problems and Russia was forced to import fresh water into Crimea. Which is justified and understandable considering Russia is the aggressor.
Yea, it's almost as if there is no reason for russians who have been treated poorly by ukrainian government to want freedom from it... HMMMM. Interesting point. Too bad it falls into water. Ukraine openly supports nationalist paramilitary groups for the last 20 years and tons of incidents over the years where russians in ukraine suffered just shows how much Ukraine doesn't care about minorities, when they are just that. "Kijev Rus" or kyiv russians is what ukrainians are by history... This is just blatant neonazism... Could Russians leave Ukraine? Sure. But why would they? It was part of soviet union and it still is homeland to many russians no matter how you look at it(unless you look from logically false viewpoint) Moscow office is not the sole courier of russian culture, homeland and traditions. For all it is, ukrainians, especially after euromaidan government came into being(the moment people stage coup d'etat they are not innocent bystanders and are as responsible as politicians/leaders) are to blame for the escalation of the conflict. And Zelensky just shows his retardation/stupidity from day to day. He didn't have Crimea before the "invasion" and refused to rework/restate Donbas region and their autonomy. He is going to get out of the "invasion" still without Crimea, all while losing Luhansk and Donbas AND millions of lives. It is not even a discussion anymore. He openly said on multiple occassions during negotiations how he didn't plan on making any kind of "peace"...
@@shaco2731 If you don't like the Ukrainian government, vote don't try to put pro-russian puppets into government by force. Also you can just go to Russia if that government treats you better :DD Kremlin Bot or just washed?
14:53 "I feel that Japan would help us", what a naive gal...... These Taiwanese young people need to understand a key point in geopolitics: "Every country only cares about their own core interests", Taiwan is China's core interest, not Japan's core interest. 15:18 "And the US is kind of like a mom who protects her child" C'mon Miss, you're NOT her children, you're her pawns......I found that young Taiwanese often try to naively use simple interpersonal relationships to understand the international political situation, which is dangerous.
The mother at the end alluded to how if you'd asked Ukrainians if they were capable of standing up and fighting, there may have been doubt whereas now the everyday Ukrainians and taking none of this lying down. I think she was hinting that Taiwanese people likewise wouldn't know what they were capable of until they were up against such a situation. Cheers
Love hearing from people in Taiwan. More videos like this please, Asian Boss! In terms of war, I'll quote the movie Wargames: "The only winning move is not to play."
@@三囧-x7e than who drop the atom bomb on Japan? Who land the normady beach?? Did china did that?? I don't think so"~how about ccp?? Last time I check ccp is hiding during ww2 not helping fight back Japanese empire but gathering resources for their interests ~
I only learned recently after reading a biography of Chiang KaiShek and the Chinese Civil War, that actually China before 1949 could have been divided at the Yangtze River (so North Communist China and South Nationalists China) but Mao refused to listen to Stalin's recommendation to divide China, and the fact Chiang was unwilling to give into peace conditions with the communists. Taiwan was the only remaining solution as the nationalist lost region and city after the other. Interestingly enough, because China came under rule by the communists, this provided the catalyst to not repeat the fall of China to Soviet influence and for the American domino theory that would be the basis for Korean and Vietnam wars.
Taiwan was part of Japan with 6 million people living on it before CKS took over the island shipped by the 7th fleet. CKS is part of Taiwan’s history, but it will be misleading to learn about Taiwan only through CKS.
@@bctvanw But befor Japan looted taiwan, Which country did taiwan belong to? China.（Qing dynasty claimed itself as China) Who are those 6 million ppl? Are they Yamato?No, 90%+ are Han Chinese who were enslaved and exploited by Japanese.
@@lawrencezhang3050 Qing only conquered half of the island. Qing’s rulers are the Manchus. Were Taiwanese the Manchus by your logic? How about before Qing? Taiwan had Koxinga, Spanish, and the Dutch colonies. Before that ? Austronesian people. Taiwan has its own uniqueness. Stop Sinocentric way of thinking all the time.
I’m mainland Chinese ，and I don’t want Taiwan to be reunified for now。It will only cause problems if we do so，let’s focus our own development ，after ten or twenty years ，we’ll see what happens 。
Summary and observation from the interview: 1) Taiwanese: We know why russia attacks ukraine, the US and the west is partially the cause and forces russia to attack Ukraine. Also Taiwanese: I think the US will help Taiwan if China attacks. Me: Yes, the US will help taiwan fight China to the last taiwanese just like how the US help ukraine to fight russia to the last ukrainian. 2) Chinese thinks and treats taiwanese like their own kin (according to the interviewer), taiwanese treats chinese from the mainland like stranger at best and hostile enemy at worst (according to the younger generation interviewee). The older generation still have a sense of Chinese identity. Young Taiwanese do not support reunification. Cultural and economic exchange is useless while propaganda and regionalism are having the main influence. 3) Taiwanese thinks that war between mainland and taiwan is always a possibility, but it is very unlikely in the near future despite the ukraine war, but still clueless and guessing about the real reason there is still peace across the strait despite acknowledging that China can take Taiwan easily. 4) Many (not all) taiwanese thinks that the world = the west+ american vassal states. They claim that russia is against the world when clearly the majority of countries does not sanction russia. I would like to stress the effectiveness of american propaganda in spreading the religion of neo liberalism using the word "democracy" and "freedom" like the ten commandment.
I like your notes. As a Ukrainian, I will mention if you ask older and younger generations if we feel like we are part of Russia or that we are Russians, believe me, you won’t find more than 3% of people who would say “yes”.
Great interviews also reflect how precious peace we currently enjoy across taiwan strait and in east asia. A 40 years of peace we have is a true blessing
I was gonna debate with some of the points but I then realized there is no right and wrongs. Just different perspectives. So I wish everyone happy and let’s looking forward to a peaceful world! ❤️
except there are right and wrongs. at 6:01 the girl said russia saw ukraine as a part of them, which is totally untrue, as russia has officially recognized ukraine's sovereignty. Meanwhile, mainland china doesn't seen taiwan as a country at all, and all countries are faced with choosing between mainland china and taiwan via the one china policy in order to create diplomatic relations. and the fact is, the majority recognizes the mainland, not taiwan. therefore, if mainland china were to attack taiwan, it legally would not be the same implication AT ALL. This is what happens when you don't know the law or any history and just go by feel. that girl said many things that just were straight up factually untrue lol
@@TheHoonJin help taking care of the nazi nato problem that has corrupted Ukraine ever since pdobiden and his crack addict son started raping Ukraine for it's energy reserves. No innocent civilians are being killed, only violent nazi's and radical western thugs. zelensky sold out his own people, and ever since the US coup in 2014, he taunted and threatened Russia. Putin said NO MORE war, and went to task cleaning up Ukraine.
@@andrewcutler1380 I mean… 1.6 billion people vs 23 million people. Even if Taiwan draft and arm every adult men it’s a lost cause. The only possible deterrence would have been nuclear weapons a la North Korea, which Taiwan was close to developing in the 80s until a whistle blower told the US, who then forced a shut down of the program.
@@M0ebius the US penetrated the programme by placing a CIA spy in the Taiwan’s scientific department, which forced the Taiwan government to give up the materials for the nuclear weapons development due to the subsequent US interference The spy escaped Taiwan since then and now still lives in the US
@@JohnWick-cz3ph At that time, US valued their 'new relation' with China more because they would like to use it to encircle and press Soviet Union in the international stage.
There were many. The reason of the recent tension is simply because the current Tsai administration doesn't want to agree with the description of the mainland-Taiwan relationship that all previous Taiwan administrations agreed with, in the name of democracy.
I am a Chinese mainland and my girlfriend is Taiwanese. She told me that Taiwanese people have completely considered themselves independent. If China starts a war, then Taiwanese will resist the last one. To be honest, I do not agree with her. Because now is the missile age. If China really wants to solve the Taiwan issue, it will only need some missiles to solve it. Unfortunately, the Taiwanese are too naive. And deliver their own destiny to the United States, which will run away at any time，However, there will be many problems after the war. First, there are many Taiwanese in China. Maybe those Taiwanese will establish a Resistance Army in China after the war, which will have a certain impact on China. Second, western countries will not intervene in the war, but will take the opportunity to impose economic sanctions and blockade on
@@dianasweet2385 I think opposite, If China think that using war and missiles can fix the issue, that is naïve! it will only fall into the trap. It doesn't matter U.S or western support Taiwan or not.
@@dianasweet2385 1.During WWII Japanese empire’s invasion of China, China should have just given up. 2. It is ok to kill your girlfriend, girlfriends family, and friends if they don’t summit to China.
Ukraine at least had 8 years of civil war before the current war with Russia. Ukraine has been training their army and preparing for fights, but Taiwan does not.
@7 Wei Taiwan has got worse equipment. The US is shorting the ROC govt big time. Won’t ever get the F35 as they don’t expect Taiwan to hold out in case of invasion, and they don’t want the F35 to fall into the hands of the PLA. The West has been much more generous and trusting towards Ukraine
@@asw654 And we constantly have multi-billion dollar weapons sales to Taiwan. Taiwan can afford it is the the difference, so we sell, instead of just donate. They also get much nicer systems because Ukraine is still using old Russian/Soviet legacy tech. Taiwan’s ground forces are pretty sad, though, true.
Dude why keep miss leading the meaning when it come to topic related to China. That reporter ask 4:35 will china help russia in this war, the guy reply should be " there is just very little chance " for china to help russia. Instead you guys twist it to there is a small chance?? Even though both word is about same meaning but it is not same in this situation. Again and again and now I am convinced that you guys are intend to twist the meaning for sure. Many of your vids has proven again and again, disappointed
I don't have much words to say. But sharing a piece of text from the Literature Art textbook of grade 1 in China's Mainland: 一隻船，揚白帆， 漂呀漂呀到台灣。 接來台灣小朋友， 到我學校玩一玩。 伸出雙手緊緊握， 熱情的話兒説不完。 ----《歡迎台灣小朋友》出自中國大陸人教版語文教科書一年級上冊 Eng(please don't mind it's translated by website): A boat with white sails, Drift and drift to Taiwan. Pick up Taiwanese children, Come to my school, Hold out your hands, There is no end to warm words. ----"Welcome Taiwan children" comes from the first volume of the first grade of the Chinese textbook published by the people's education edition of mainland China NOBODY wants war🙏🙏🙏
@@christianli1578 you do realise if China thinks Taiwan will not be unified, it has said it is willing to use full and bomb all the Taiwanese families and cities in Taiwan cities? what do you think war is?
Ukraine seems to be holding off Russia well. I don't think Ukrainians ever seriously thought the US would intervene militarily on their behalf. It doesn't hurt to guilt the US for as much support as possible though.
@@KM-jf6bn Oh you know, they are just making money with this war... Ukraine will never recover its previous borders, lots of people are suffering (for 8 years actually) and EU's countries are acting against their vital interests... It's a really really sad moment for Europe, and it was absolutely avoidable, US weapons in Europe aren't a peace guarranty, all the contrary.
@@glegof999 The US isn't making much money off this. It's largely just giving weapons to Ukraine. Weapons manufacturors may make a bit more money but given the sanctions on Russia, US companies are losing far more in sales overall. To suggest this conflict is some sort of massive economic win for the US is hilarious. This is primarily a political matter. Because maybe people have more than just economic interests, I know, shocking.
"US is like a mom protecting its children" Joke of the century ft. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine and now Ukraine (Bringing leader of choice;Zelensky, and making them join NATO).
Haha funny... Chinese appreciate Chinese as peaceful lol Better to ask your neighbors for their opinions, such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines or India, not yourself
@@jonjeong1178 Sino-Indian 1962 ; Sino-Soviet 1969; Sino-Vietnam 1979; Sino-Indian border conflict 2020~present There is also the Korean war 1950 as well where China participated living now the north koreans in poverty and famine. Don't ever paint China as anything as good they are they are also as shitty as US or Russia in the everything as well
@@jonjeong1178 I showed your ignorance by high lighting the wars China did in the past few decades as well as border conflicts that are still happening now to debunk your ignorance of the peaceful China. Your view of China and your blindness towards the world reality is shown. I will say it again. China is the same as any other country. They are trying to wrestle political points by only highlighting their good points while ignoring their bad and you still cannot see that.
good to see that not all Taiwanese think like those lunatic green camp extremist. The couple girl who said China will not invade for now because they would've already if they want to is really smart and observant. Also the guy who pointed out using military force will remain in China's table regardless of Russia-Ukraine situation. I'm not sure what the interviewer is trying to get here, China's view on Taiwan is based on deep historical relation and it will not be strengthened or lessened based on arbitrary conflicts between foreign nations. Lastly the girl in pink hoodie is utterly clueless of what she's talking about. When she said Taiwan could be similar to Ukraine because Russia views Ukraine as part of their nation territory I facepalmed 🤦♂️
@@benzi19951 chinese so called wumaos think taiwanese peoples logic will be the same as them which is funny. You can't put authoritarian values and beliefs on to countries like taiwan
@@bobhair1554 Why funny? are you actually laughing? You said countries, which one? They never promoted their values to other countries. If you're saying Taiwan, I'm sorry Taiwan is not a country. Wake up.
But Taiwan's situation is not similar to the one of Ukraine. Rather, it's similar to the situation of Donbas. Neither Taiwan nor Donbas are internationally recognized countries, and both are "threatened" with reunification. In the China - Taiwan scenario, China would be like Ukraine: Trying to reconquer its own lost territories, while Taiwan would be like Donbas, trying to achieve independence, while the USA would be like Russia: a foreign country intervening to prevent the mother country (i.e, Ukraine and China) to reconquer its secessionist province (i.e. Donbas and Taiwan)
@@yanaya713 Yes, but people generally condemn whoever started the war without finding out why, like Pearl Harbor. Russia's present is Taiwan's future, forced to go to war first.
But what happens if other countries like Japan or the US continue sending supplies and trading with Taiwan? Do you really think China will be willing to shoot at them and start a war?
@@kingsteam3095 How do you stop cargo ships other than shooting them? And all by air is not impossible at all, have you not heard of the famous Berlin Airlift? And that was a long time ago too.
The people of Taiwan are more likely to absorb all kinds of true and false political information and have no clear international outlook. On the contrary, the street interviews on the mainland are more organized and more kind to point out problems.
Because that's how voting for a candidate for the presidency and freedom of the press work. The presidential candidate to win the election often relied on popular support and therefore say what the people want. Which doesn't help when the Taiwanese are encouraged to fear china and portray the USA as their savor. That's without mentioning the twisted history they should've done to convince the populace that Taiwan is a sovereign country and they're different from the mainland. Taiwan also believes in freedom of the press and therefore is susceptible to all kinds of information whether fake news, biased news or neutral ones.
Yes, because the majority of people in China receive their news from state-run media. Any speech remotely inclined towards criticizing the CCP is strictly forbidden. How can a governmental organization like the CCP be correct when they blatantly oppose any form of constructive critique?
@@kkomentor1037 I don't know what you want to say? Only the people at the bottom of China know whether China's development is good or not. Improving their lives may be their goal! For example, everyone in Taiwan talks about politics, but after entering the 21st century, economic development has stopped! If Chinese mainland is too like this, the false news is flying everywhere, there is never a main thread of thinking, what is the development? China used to be ruled by warlords everywhere. At that time, ideas were in full bloom. It may be more comprehensive to look at the problem with history.
Would like to ask the one who described USA as the mother character,"So, Ukraine is the abandonded child now?" How ironic and what a humiliation to the word,"Mother".
Mistake in translation at 1:44 . She said : "I am surprised that wars still exist nowadays" It's "讶异" not "压抑", meaning surprised not stressful. Yet later she also said "Taiwanese enjoys rich information". How ironic...
I know some Chinese people are kind, but they declaiming that Taiwanese people are their siblings makes me uncomfortable. If you really treat us like your family, you should not threaten us all the time especially sending missiles flying over Taiwan and bully us on international affairs.
Taiwan and Ukraine are completely different. Their parents were a group of Chinese who were defeated in the civil war, fled to Taiwan and took control of Taiwan. The old people call themselves Chinese and they want to fight back against the mainland. Today's young people want to be independent but dare not be independent. All in all, a bunch of poor people。🫡
Actually, most Taiwanese people are descended from people who came over during the Qing dynasty. People who came over with the KMT and their descendants don't make up more than 30 percent of Taiwan's population, and as you can see, by the third generation, even the KMT descended kids feel more Taiwanese.
I think most blue people can see that they lost, and can be convinced to embrace the communist government. In general, Chinese people realize that governments phase in and out of power all the time and if the current government is improving the country and livelihood of the people then they are willing to embrace it. There are really some distinction between "government", "country", and "people". Given the intense western propaganda, young people in Taiwan have an allegiance to a specific government (the dpp). Most mainland Chinese have an allegiance to the country, which the CCP is successfully leading at the moment hence support is given to the Communist government.
@@KM-jf6bn Waisenren/Mainlanders don’t even make up 13% of Taiwan’s population. Most people know about Taiwan through their point of view since they ruled over Taiwan from 1945 to 1990 under one party state dictatorship. The real Taiwanese’s voices were silenced. One of the girls is the third generation of Waisenren as she mentioned about visiting China with his grandfather. As you can see she has become a Taiwanese.
So casual & relaxed answers about the war. I was the same in 2021, hope US learned lesson in Ukraine & will do much more to avoid a war or at least protect Taiwan by own troops on the ground
5:09 Absolute false statement! The sino-USSR relationship was only in "honeymoon" for a decade...then turned sour in the 60s as Brezhnev constantly threatened with nukes, and China gets reformed in mid-70s after Deng's USA diplomatic visit
I want to remind you that it is thanks to Russia, in particular the USSR, that the Chinese state lives today, they liberated them from the Japanese army in 1945, they gave China the ideology, technology, the basic principles of socialism, and unlike other countries, China remembers this even if something happens will help Russia in difficult times
I think if your government stops being hostile towards taiwan and let taiwan have the lands they have now . they'll be cool with you. You know that your ccp stole the original lands claimed by prc
Good to hear the views from Taiwanese directly. Hope the Taiwan leaders start from Taiwan's interest, instead of splitting and winning in the election. If choose to be independent, get prepared for the worst case. Else use balanced diplomatic strategies. Don't count too much on US, like what Ukraine is doing on NATO.
@@saint_matthias It doesn't really matter. The PRC, for better or worse, is a "legitimate government" that won the civil war and govern mainland China. It's silly to quibble about this, the KMT lost the civil war and were horribly corrupt and autocratic themselves. Taiwan at this point has zero desire to take the mainland anyway.
I think you should ask them from the Donbas pov instead of whole Ukraine. It will be totally different and interesting. Just like "Do they want America acts like Russia to declare Taiwan to be independent and invade China?"
The Donbass prior to 2014 had zero desire to become independent - they wished for maintained autonomy. Then Russian special forces came in and Russia "didn't invade" the Donbass. On top of that, Taiwan has had 70 years to develop its own unique society. If the Donbass truly remained independent that long, perhaps it could claim something similar. Yet it seems that they're about to "vote" to approve Russian annexation.
Taiwan should strive for better cross strait relations with China by changing for a new and more enlightened govt. which should act rationally in the interests of it’s citizens instead of acting as protagonists for US pacific interests. The route for a peaceful reunification is much preferred for both sides.
@@Wbliss Hang on. Don't you think this framing is a bit unfair? Regardless of what motivations the US has, Taiwan very much desires to remain independent and self-ruled. Frankly, the mainland government will not allow this in the long term and therefore an alliance with the US is pretty much the only option Taiwan has to remain self-ruled. There is no point is trying to play nice with someone who ultimately threatens to annex you at gunpoint, no? The citizens of Taiwan overwhelmingly desire to stay independent. Please consider that most Taiwanese people are descendants of Han Chinese who went over during the Qing dynasty and have nothing to do with the Chinese civil war. When the 1-2 million KMT fled to Taiwan and imposed a violent dictatorship for 30-40 years, there were already 6 million people living there. Today, 外省人 and their descendants make up between 15-30 percent of the population. I say this as someone who has been visiting Taiwan often from a young age and have lived in the mainland as well. I have family who have voted for both KMT and DPP, so believe I hold a balanced view of popular sentiment in Taiwan. Unification is deeply unpopular in Taiwan and will only continue to be so, especially as China continues to pressure and threaten Taiwan.
US media? lol US doesn't even cover this. Not even on the radar. No one cares in the US about this. p.s 95% of Americans can't even point Taiwan out on a map.
@@elisabethholmes604 I mean im not sure where you are getting that from because I have seen a lot of talk on US media on the subject. I’m sad to hear that fun fact. Some of us do care btw 🤷🏻♀️
@@BBarNavi I believe that as long as the Taiwan government does not do things that threaten the mainland, it will not reach the point of martial arts. It's just that the Taiwan government has been pro-American
The status quo: 1. China wants to take Taiwan back, peacefully or not, because Chinese nationalism demands it. 2. Taiwan doesn’t want to be reunified with China, peacefully or not, because Taiwanese nationalism has already shaped and it demands independence as any nationalism would do. I don’t think the majority of Taiwanese people would want reunification even if China were an advanced well governed democratic country like the US. 3. Taiwanese nationalism is a natural product of long period of separation, and it only grows stronger as time goes. And China is very much aware of this, which gives them more incentives to take Taiwan back as soon as possible. 4. Taiwan has significant geopolitical importance, and thus if China takes back Taiwan, it would be too huge a change for relevant countries, such as Japan and the US, to handle. And thus these countries are very much determined to prevent that from happening, peacefully or not. 5. China thinks it’s an internal affair which other countries should not intervene, otherwise would be very offensive. 6. Other countries like the US think they have the right to intervene, because China’s attempt to change the geopolitical landscape will cause turbulence and thus very offensive. 7. There’s no way to align what China wants with what the other parties want, because it’s a meta disagreement on basic believes and interests. Unless one side gives in, there is no way out peacefully. And neither side would give in, so they have to use violence to force the other side to give in. 8. The US is very likely to help Taiwan in military conflicts, and clearly the American military has better hand. China knows about it, and therefore attempts to catch up. And such attempts are perceived as aggression, and will cause the US to intervene even more. Based on these status quo, I think the situation will go nowhere but get worse and worse, and a war is inevitable. China is likely to lose the war, and that would only add more feeling of being humiliated on the Chinese side and fuel more incentives to take another shot, so the problem is still there, just that China needs to take some rest in between attempts. The deterrence of the US military power can postpone the attempts of China, but it will not eliminate the Chinese intention to try. I don’t think this problem is ever resolvable in foreseeable future, unless there are some landscape shifts in geopolitics that are beyond our imagination (e.g. China collapses into pieces and are never reunified for centuries; the US declined as a global power, which cannot or will not protect Taiwan anymore).
As a Chinese, I believe that China collapses into pieces - being split by the western powers into dozens of smaller countries fighting with each other is the most likely and best result.
@@gordonzhao01 Nah. Clearly Taiwanese very much appreciate Chinese culture; it's just evolved into something unique, and into a society that values democracy and freedom of speech. If you've ever enjoyed these privileges by living/visiting a democratic country, you are being hypocritical.
@@Joy-pd8iq cultural tie share no necessity in connection to nationalist ideology, countries like the US or Australia appreciate European lifestyle but that does not prevent them from considering themselves as independent nations apart from Europe
@@CJONTHEHOUSE And by the Han Chinese as well. Early Han immigrants (including the Qing administration) treated the indigenous mercilessly. There were many genocides. Their situation got improved a bit under the Japanese and the KMT administration.
@@skazka3789 You mean they are pro-money. They naively think things would be better if unification did happen, when in truth the Chinese from the PRC are much more discriminatory towards the aboriginals than the ROC Chinese people.
Taiwanese are being used, but they are not willing to explain the reality. The vast majority of Chinese people regard Taiwanese as compatriots and brothers, but Taiwanese regard mainlanders as enemies. This is the pollution of the Taiwan government
@@pat5212 You can try your wisdom on your neighbor next door and see how they react. You can start by yelling to them that they are evil and how their children have no "freedom". Then try to setup a gun pointing at their doorstep.
@@saint_matthias Where is US navy in the Ukraine war? Just maintain the peace, and stop provoking. US cannot be trusted. They can't even take care their own people. Many believe a US civil war is comming soon.
Hundreds of Taiwanese businesses have relocated to mainland China, China can confiscate these businesses and send the Taiwanese factory owners home, Taiwan and China have been working together for at lease 30 years that I know of, it’s the job of the government to keep people fearful that’s how they control the population.
Very interesting and meaningful interview. As a mainland Chinese, I have a few Taiwanese friends, and I often fight with 1450 (some fanatical supporters of independence) on the Internet, but I have no way of knowing what most ordinary Taiwanese think. It's impossible for me to talk about any political content with my Taiwanese friends, it's too sensitive. I can only think of those 1450s as farting. From this video, I can see the thoughts of ordinary Taiwanese, and it is not as extreme as I imagined. If the exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are so peaceful and not hostile, in fact, many intensified atmospheres are unnecessary. Resolve by force has never been the first option in mainland China, and fighting at every time is not good. But in the end we will reunify Taiwan, and I hope everything goes well.
Just a question: if Taiwan wants to be independent, then how would you react? Why should they have to unify with China again after 50+ years of pretty much independence, I mean, maybe they like democracy?
If they are your friends, why don't you want your friends to be happy? Let them be independent and happy. A forced unhappy marriage benefits no one. Let them go. I'm Singaporean and I fully support Taiwanese independence and all my Taiwanese friends. Independence is always better. You can still remain friends even if Taiwan is formally independent. In fact, your relationship will improve. Malaysia and Singapore had a strained unhappy union. Tensions relaxed and things improved after they officially separated. If not, we might have had a civil war by now.
That’s ironic for you to say that the West is not important for China when most of Chinese immigrants, students and business companies are heading to the “evil western world” for their “evil western lifestyle and education” lol... why not go to seek for living with your “brothers” of the third world countries in Africa, Russia or Middle East? 🤣
Seeing multiple videos of Taiwanese and mainlanders in AsianBoss, it seems to me that mainlanders are much more knowledgeable and give more thoughtful answers even though they have censorship...
The comment about Taiwanese and Chinese being brothers and the same race is meaningless and ignorant. Ukraine and Russia are also brothers, share the same race, and have similar a language. Many Ukrainians even speak Russian and have Russian relatives and friends. Yet Russia invaded anyway. Being "the same" means nothing.
You misunderstood what the old guy meant. He meant, if you understood his language, as he’s trying to convey that he hopes that there won’t be any war since they have the same skin and language like brothers. This is why most people don’t think too favourably of Russia attacking Ukraine, though they could understand why Russia did it.
16:25 "If you asked the Ukrainian people a month ago, they wouldn't have been prepared either."
I'm not sure how true that is. Part of Russia's problem is that the lower intensity war started 8 years ago, so Ukraine has been militarizing and training (and fighting in actual war is a kind of training) since then, and they were concerned about Russia's military build-up on their border for about a year before the actual invasion, doing things like amassing lots of weapons from sympathetic countries. Thus, when added with some more specific things I've seen about Ukraine, I think they were about as ready for invasion as you could expect them to be. (I guess there are more extreme things they could have done, like building massive walls or premptively arming and/or evacuating everyone, and there certainly were plenty of people who, like me, were not expecting an invasion right up until it happened.)
Not to forget that NATO forces has trained the Ukraine military for modern warfare since 2014.
You are very correct, some people have this incorrect notion that 2022 Ukraine was 2014 Ukraine, they have been at war with the Donbas region for 8 years, and a lot of their troops do have some experience, this the Russians underestimated
Whereas Taiwan has NEVER had ANY form of organized military conflict on the island for few hundred years, the last time was in 1895.
@@obsidianstatue Technically the government on Taiwan has institutional memory of the Chinese civil war and the few times Taiwan and the mainland have traded artillery fire since then.
@@obsidianstatue I think her point is that you don't know how prepared you are until the bullets actually starts flying. I do agree that today's Ukraine is not the same Ukraine of 2014, but for the people drafted by the mass conscription right before the war I don't think they're prepared.
@Samuel Jackson Riiight also, Ukraine surrendered and Russia's victory is complete right dear comrade? Go peddle your Russian propaganda somewhere else.
A lot of people don't know, including most younger Taiwanese, that the constitution of both PRC (China) and ROC (Taiwan) claims sovereignty over the whole "China", that is why the relationship is so complicated and unique.
From the ROC's constitution, there's the "Fallen Mainland" & "Free Taiwan" regions .
From Beijing's pov, there's the unclaimed Taiwan province.
When ROC was founded, Taiwan was part of Japan.
Even less people know that:
ROC did not claim Taiwan before 1940s, ROC even had a consulate of China in Taipei during 1930s.
How ironic…
@@bctvanw but Japan give Taiwan back to china after ww2.
@@bctvanw Taiwan was part of China in the Qing Dynasty. Japan took over Taiwan because Qing lose the the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895. ROC is a Chinese government that overthrew the Qing government. So, when the ROC army defeat the Japanes invation of China in 1945, they took Taiwan back.
@@christianli1578 And more ironic thing is they are afrid of mentione that Japan got Taiwan by singing an unequal treaty with China.
Taiwanese have to include the whole China in their constitution, not because they want to, but because they have to. Otherwise it would be seen as a declaration of independence by China and risk an invasion. Most Taiwanese don't really care about China aka Chinese mainland.
The most worrying thing is the growing gap between the new generation of mainlanders and Taiwanese. Hatred on the Internet has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Cross-strait exchanges are becoming less and less. A new generation of Mainlanders and Taiwanese faces a future full of uncertainty as their friendly predecessors depart. I hope the future is not war.
From 1949 till 1990, Taiwan's top military goal was to strike back mainland China. Around those decades, both Nationalists and Communities were prepered to start the 2nd Chinese Civil War. So as a Chinese mainlander, I would say our predecessors had much more serious relationship between each other than right now. The only difference is who is the stronger brother.
ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
@@saint_matthias 南望王师又一年，王师还剩几个连？
@@nyxulric1846 English
@@saint_matthias Winner takes all, that is the rule. When will the US government give their land back to their natives? How many dynaties have changed in China?
“War seems like a thing of the past” Say that to the US and the Middle East
Or you know... Russia.. in Afghanistan, Georgia, Chechnya, Ukraine little green men, Ukraine ‘22. I don’t see where people see the rivalry between the USA and Russia, as the rivalry between global bully and a global dove (USA and Russia respectively).
Every superpower has had significant wars *post WWii*... with the exception of China who has fought defensively for N.Vietnam and N.Korea, and offensively *only once*, during a campaign against Vietnam in 1979.
Granted, your point stands. Basically every generation of USA’s professionally enlisted forces have had someplace they’ve been deployed.
@@smillman437 I’m not dismissing any of that. I just find it astonishing that there’s so much hypocrisy going around. When the US invades and destroys sovereign countries its noble. When Russia does it its terror. Makes zero sense. Not to mention this is pretty much the new Cuban Missile Crisis just in Ukraine and on Russia’s side this time. Consistency is essential to be taken seriously
@@ApexCalibre Brainwashing and public opinion warfare are also part of modern warfare.
古代 = pre-mordern times
The translation is garbage
@@ApexCalibre technically it’s been almost 20 years since the US invaded a foreign country
When asked about an outright conflict between China and Taiwan that guy who answered, "I would be disappointed." really summed up my feeling about war.
It's extremely disappointing that we haven't been able to figure out a better way of dealing with our conflict other than by using violence against one another. 😕 Worried for humanity.
If usa support China nationalist then we wouldn’t have this conflict issue
Unfortunally the world is lead by crazy people with a mad ego
@John Murkwater, it is sad indeed. All of that because of the same old Greed.
People are dying because someone wants more power, more...
Humanity is still struggling with finding a better way…
In Europe everyone figured it out other than Putin.
It would be interesting to have interviews with people from the mainland who live in Taiwan and people from Taiwan who live in the mainland.
They all subconsciously know ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
@@saint_matthias lol, who is loser ?
@@markchiu1716 Mainland Chinese people who didn't escape CCP
@@saint_matthias really? Then why the US worries about mainland China now? And only loser run away right? Who run to the island?
@@markchiu1716 we don't worry we are just annoyed that you don't know your place
Personally I dont think the Ukraine-Russia conflict is a good comparison to the Taiwan Issue, since both Ukraine and Russia are sovereign states recognised by the UN (as well as the vast majority of its members), while the Republic of China (or Taiwan if you’d prefer) is unresolved Chinese civil war, where both governments (PRC and ROC)claims to be the legal government of China (the region including the mainland and the island of Taiwan), and, as of now, the PRC is more internationally recognised.
Not many people who are from the western countries know about this.
Actually it's a very good comparison if you really know the context since 1991 like I do (my country, Belarus, is Russia's unwilling ally in this horror). It doesn't matter if Ukraine is recognized as a sovereign state by the UN, it only matters if Russia recognizes it as a sovereign state which unfortunately it doesn't, just as for Taiwan it really matters what China thinks of Taiwan and not what the rest of the world thinks of them bc it's China their only threat not the world. What the world around thinks about Ukraine is of no importance to Russia and short of nuclear bombing some sense into Russia there's nothing the world can really do. The comparison is actually incredibly apt. Russians consider Ukrainians ethnically as Russians who invented a new identity out of the blue and were let astray by the west, same as what Chinese think of Taiwanese. Just as they consider Belarusians part of the Russian world, too.
@@sir_humpy I’m no expert in Belarusian or Ukrainian history, but according to what you just said, you think that Belarus and Ukrainian are separate cultures and peoples to Russians, which I will not comment on since I don’t know much. However, the vast majority of citizens of ROC (or Taiwan), are descendants of Chinese mainland citizens who fled to the island of Taiwan with the KMT government, with the ultimate goal of one day reoccupying mainland China (which obviously failed). Therefore, unwilling to admit to its own failure, the ROC government would not forfeit the civil war, which gave the opportunities for separatists (i.e. the DPP) on Taiwan in developing a “Taiwanese” identity that is not Chinese, hence the current situation Taiwan. If the ROC recognised its failure in the civil war and just forfeited, there would be no such issue.
@@sir_humpy personally I think a more accurate comparison would be, in the American civil war, if the south didn’t just surrendered, but fled to Hawaii instead, and called themselves the legal government of the United States of America, with the goal of one day reoccupying the rest of the U.S. After failing to do so they decided that they’re not just gonna forfeit but call themselves Replublic of Hawaii, claiming Hawaii is a independent nation, but not part of the U.S.
@@johntitor8294, as far as I see it, rather cynically I admit, it doesn't really matter what the weaker defending side thinks of itself (Ukraine or Taiwan), it doesn't matter if they have or haven't developped a separate culture because the ball is not in their hands, they cannot act, they can only react. What matters is what motivates the stronger aggression-prone side to start aggression, what justifications the aggressor will use to sell the necessity and the righteousness of the impending conflict to its own people to support the war and here we find that Russian and Chinese narratives are a carbon copy of each other and both russian and chinese populations are already very much sold on that and the Chinese are obviously watching very closely how the world reacts to something similar to what they've had in their military plans since forever.
Lol US is like a mom to protect her child🤣🤣🤣 the most naive statement I encountered
@John Wick 15:12
yes，US is father and Japan is a big brother🤣🤣
China is like a stalker
@John Wick Nah man, one would love his/her pet, but barely do so to a pawn, or a cattle.
Most Taiwanese young people are naive
I think they should ask the question "do you believe that US will help Taiwan defend militarily (actually sending troops)?"
They did in a previous episode, the young said yes or I'd hope so. The elder ones said probably not and we're useful idiots and will be discarded.
Ask them how will they feel if foreign countries attack China their motherland and burnt it to ash?
they'll do the same as now in Ukraine, nothing more than sanctions to Russia. No country actually helped or will help Ukraine in the war.
Those who ask this kind of question like you. I would say that kind of person is mostly a Wumao
You have to admit the fact that Taiwan is an independent country and absolutely NOT one part of China(PRC)
Thanks for keeping us informed Asian Boss. It is always good to hear the different perspectives and so important for the rest of the world to know.
now we need russian perspectives IN russia, why i capitalize the IN because there is interview they make about russian people but not in the russia country itself
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
I hope you feel comfortable by them cutting away the "unpleasant opinions" and showing you only what you should hear 😄
We should unify and attack the serpent which is America who installed a puppet taiwanese ministers. We will die and destroy America if they want to play with family matter. We’ll take down everyone who stands in the way
@@helldronez and risk them getting jailed, poisoned, killed or worse?
I’m from Ukraine 🇺🇦, to make it short, you shouldn’t count on your similarities, or that you share the same language. We had pretty same opinion about Russia and that war will never happen, so the best way to avoid war is to be prepared to it…
你好，我想问一下你觉得俄罗斯发动战争的真实原因是什么？
There is a great book I read written by an American elitist politician in 1996. It’s called the Grand Chessboard. It talked abt geographic politics and actually pointed out how important Ukraine is to Russia. It said if war happens, US and Europe need to try their best to stop Russia taking over Ukraine for the best interest of them. Nothing to do with so called "humanity". You can google it and I feel it’s worth reading.
@@vliushaFrom what I heard in this video, the Taiwanese do not understand this conflict;
russians started this war because they hate Ukrainians and want to kill us, anti-Ukrainian sentiments have always been widespread in russia, Ukraine has long been the main topic of discussion on russian TV, when the average russian comes home, he turns on the TV and listens about how Ukrainians are non-humans and we need to be killed, they are obsessed with Ukraine;
The notion that russia attacked Ukraine because of the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO is complete nonsense, Finland recently joined NATO, and russia did nothing
@vliusha no nato nuclear missile in Ucraina, after they talk about this , Russia atacked. Maybe are more motives, but that was a important one.
Well, the thing is Russia and Ukraine are two independent countries whereas Mainland China and Taiwan are not, at least de jure.
The girl who said the uS would protect Taiwan like a mother protecting her child is out of her mind.
Tell that to half of Korea.
Sure America will protect Taiwan, if OIL 🛢 is discovered in that island 🏝 !
This is really difficult interview for both Taiwanese civilians and the interviewer.
Good job Asian Boss and thanks for providing this.
go, go Taiwan. go, go KMT !!!!
The Kuomintang (KMT) or the Chinese Nationalist Party of Taiwan.
KMT is trying to cool things down by dialogue. very refreshing. the China and Taiwan Cross Straight relationship will improve from the present DPP's worst time, worst troublemaker, with so many threats and warnings, to peaceful dialogue that brings forward PEACE and prosperity to Taiwan.
One Country, Two Systems is crucial to taiwan's long-term stability and prosperity. One Country, Two Systems is the biggest respect for Taiwan…
10:30 The thing is Russia and Ukraine are also supposedly "brother nations" that share history, culture, and in some places, language. Sometimes the most vicious fighting comes between countries and cultures that are similar or identical.
not sometimes but most of the times I would say. Examples:
1) South korea vs North Korea
2) India Vs Pakistan
3) China Vs Taiwan
4) Ukraine Vs Russia
The difference is Taiwan has never been a sovereign country.
@@clarkl7027 says the CCP who pays you in social credits ;)?
@@caocao4266 Is acknowledgment by outsiders the only definition of independence wumao? If a place like Taiwan has it’s own area of land it controls, it’s own currency, military, separate political and economic system, and a population that largely identifies with belongings to said place it definitely is a de facto country even if other countries don’t recognize it as such because of the CCP’s bullying.
@@seanbinkley7363 The acknowledgement from other countries hold a deep meaning to one country status on the world stage organizations. I am not on anyone side on this topic. US is influential country, why dont they and their allies not support Taiwan to be a country in legal way and lift up their status? I almost forget they are the one who make the decision Taiwan is not a country in the first place.
Why always equate Hong Kong with Taiwan, these two are entirely different. Hong Kong returned to China as early as 1997, this was doubtless!
ikr? I am taiwanese and I can sense how clueless the Taiwanese are about international affairs. HK incident was entirely china's domestic affair and they never had any form of independence! They got no military and a self-sustainable economy. Getting independence is merely a daydream for HK people.
Sure, per paper britain ended its rule over hong kong. But the people of Hong Kong wanted to stay independent of the central government in China. Now a lot of their rights of self-expressions are stripped. Dozen of thousands moved away. And dozen of thousands continue to protest.
What a nice reunification. Everybody is happy :)
Hong Kong was unfortunately "returned" to a China that never owned Hong Kong in the first place. It should have remained with the UK, left independent, or joined Taiwan.
China has clearly broken the treaty about the relationship between Hong Kong and mainland China. In my eyes, it gives Hong Kong the right to leave.
@@ratchetjoker1317 Lol. It doesn't matter if people in Hong Kong wants to stay independent. That piece of land belongs to China since the very beginning. That city prospered by tapping into China's market. Even their electricity and water come from China. People like you would think they can survive if China shuts them out. What a joker.
@@peterfireflylund Sure, then it is within China's right to embargo that city, void them of electricity, water and common necessities. Let's see who will come begging.
It all come down to politics. The US first established an diplomatic relation with the Taiwanese ROC when they had control over China but later on decided to cut the tie and built new relationship PRC in which they recognize as the sole legal Government of China. It would be interest to see how the West and rest of world chooses this time.
ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government. Diplomatic relations won't change historical facts
@@saint_matthias ROC started out noble but after the founder died, it turned bad quickly, there were too much suffering, to the point where the majority of China decided to abandon that model and searched for 'something new'.
They have founded that 'something new' in the PRC and China recovered from strength to strength since.
The Christian faction within the KMT party took over the ROC and ran for many years. They did a good job kicking the Japanese out.
Mr Mao could have easily taken Taiwan back but he decided not to.
Overtime, the ROC became aimless and stuck in the past. The original old guards, the Hakka, were slowly driven out.
This allowed the USA increase their influence and undermined the reunification. They intended to drag it out as long as possible. They wanted to use the Taiwan island as a proxy and as a foothold to fight China.
USA already abandoned Taiwan in 1972 to establish normal relation with China. And USA still fully recognise the one China today in 2022.
USA truly never care about Taiwan nor the Chinese living on the Taiwan island. It has always been about destroying China anyway it can
If you truly believe ROC is the original Chinese political party, the one and only to rule China, that China belongs to Taiwan, then once your dream came true, you would end up with One China anyway.
Realise this, whether ROC or PRC is in power, the USA was, is and will be your biggest enemy.
@@misterhill5598 too long didn't read
@@saint_matthias Yeah right, and the Qin dynasty emperor was the first to unify China so therefore all the rest are imposters
After all even the country is called China, Qin=Chin, now go and restore the original government.
@@saint_matthias Was that also too long for your attention span?
This was a great street interview on Taiwanese perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war. Just so many points on both sides of using the current global situation to relate it back to China-Taiwan tension.
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
@@saint_matthias 成王敗寇，現實就是如此
@@saint_matthias Cry more🤣
@@saint_matthias no one is orginal or copy if you fight civil war and lose .....winner will get all loser nothing thats how it works Roc government loss the battle so they got nothing PRC won the battle they won the government power they are ruleinh ...history has been sayinv winner gets everything loser nothing example veto power winner of ww2
@@kagamitaiga7055 nope the original government still exists lol PRC will forever be a rebel imposter government if it doesn't take taiwan lolol
1:45 "I feel that having a war nowadays is really surprising. This is a more civilzed era. War seems like a thing of the past."
This lady is not even aware that NATO countries initiated one war after another and kill millions civilians all over the world.
Then this lady said 9:47 "I think Taiwanese enjoy rich info, and high freedom of expression"...........
I know right? selective blindness or brainwashed beyond repair.
They probably just don’t follow international events. It’s a quite common mindset
This gentle and kind-hearted woman is saying what she believes. War is uncivilised and inhumane, all the more so if clearly unnecessary. She also says it’s a nightmare. Many in China agree with her. That there are still such large scale destructive wars is abhorrent wherever they are. Please understand this and quit being vengeful and trying to continue nonexistent vendettas like creepy gangsters. Taiwan citizens and others did so much for their cousins in Mainland China, as it was known then, in recent decades to lift them out of poverty. I feel very sorry for this girl who speaks from the heart and wants peace for her home. She is absolutely civilised and pleads to be understood. These interviews are excellent and informative for Taiwanese and others. They clearly caused stress but the interviewees did their best to give genuine, honest answers, and can all be congratulated. Peace and forgiveness, wherever, please!
@@paulgrieve7031 I don’t mean to condemn this lady. Her situation is very typical in taiwan. My point is that her opinion shows how taiwan “free media” works. People are fed on one side information and propaganda. Then they form opinions and make judgments based on selective facts, which make them easy to be manipulated.
Rich info = full of propaganda
1:37 I wonder if this fellow is aware of 2014 annexation of Crimea. Russia and Ukraine have been unofficially in War for the last 8 years.
So I wouldn't necessarily call it an impulse. This is mostly about leverage, and natural resources, in this case wheat, natural gas and oil.
In addition to this, Ukraine closed the river leading into Crimea after it was annexed which caused huge agricultural problems and Russia was forced to import fresh water into Crimea.
Which is justified and understandable considering Russia is the aggressor.
Yea, it's almost as if there is no reason for russians who have been treated poorly by ukrainian government to want freedom from it... HMMMM. Interesting point. Too bad it falls into water. Ukraine openly supports nationalist paramilitary groups for the last 20 years and tons of incidents over the years where russians in ukraine suffered just shows how much Ukraine doesn't care about minorities, when they are just that. "Kijev Rus" or kyiv russians is what ukrainians are by history... This is just blatant neonazism... Could Russians leave Ukraine? Sure. But why would they? It was part of soviet union and it still is homeland to many russians no matter how you look at it(unless you look from logically false viewpoint) Moscow office is not the sole courier of russian culture, homeland and traditions. For all it is, ukrainians, especially after euromaidan government came into being(the moment people stage coup d'etat they are not innocent bystanders and are as responsible as politicians/leaders) are to blame for the escalation of the conflict. And Zelensky just shows his retardation/stupidity from day to day. He didn't have Crimea before the "invasion" and refused to rework/restate Donbas region and their autonomy. He is going to get out of the "invasion" still without Crimea, all while losing Luhansk and Donbas AND millions of lives. It is not even a discussion anymore. He openly said on multiple occassions during negotiations how he didn't plan on making any kind of "peace"...
@@shaco2731 If you don't like the Ukrainian government, vote don't try to put pro-russian puppets into government by force.
Also you can just go to Russia if that government treats you better :DD
Kremlin Bot or just washed?
@@unknownentity8256 don’t even pay attention. They are singing the same song all the time. They are unchangeable.
I'd say Ukraine has been unofficially in war with its own citizens, not Russia 🤔 And it's 100% not an impulse, I'll agree on that.
@@TimmcraftJitney So what happened with Crimea? Clearly the Russian military was heavily involved with what happened in Eastern Ukraine.
14:53 "I feel that Japan would help us", what a naive gal......
These Taiwanese young people need to understand a key point in geopolitics: "Every country only cares about their own core interests", Taiwan is China's core interest, not Japan's core interest.
15:18 "And the US is kind of like a mom who protects her child" C'mon Miss, you're NOT her children, you're her pawns......I found that young Taiwanese often try to naively use simple interpersonal relationships to understand the international political situation, which is dangerous.
And she thought Russia invaded Ukraine because they claim Ukraine is part of Russia???
Japan and South Korea have both publicly stated that they consider the defense of Taiwan an essential part of the defense of their own countries.
@@peterfireflylund R u serious, they can’t even protect themselves….😅
@@peterfireflylund 中国是核大国，你觉得韩国和日本有任何立场和任何能力干涉中国内政？
yes , this girl is a gem😀
You missed the biggest question: if Taiwan was indeed invaded, would the Taiwanese people fight as severely as the Ukrainians.
Taiwan is too small to fight against China . It's a question that is best not questioned.
@@mindful47 Ukraine is also too small to fight Russia lmao
Reunification...not invasion. Invasion is what happened to Hawaii...Iraq..and Afghanistan..
@@evonnec1711 source
The mother at the end alluded to how if you'd asked Ukrainians if they were capable of standing up and fighting, there may have been doubt whereas now the everyday Ukrainians and taking none of this lying down. I think she was hinting that Taiwanese people likewise wouldn't know what they were capable of until they were up against such a situation.
Cheers
事實證明那兩位老人家是最理智的
Love hearing from people in Taiwan. More videos like this please, Asian Boss!
In terms of war, I'll quote the movie Wargames: "The only winning move is not to play."
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
Yes, thats exactly why US will never send troops to fight against Russia and China.
Usa didn’t directly take part in most of WW2, and he’s the biggest winner of WW2
Not to play and watch Taiwan become a colony of the US and block China within the 1st island chain?
Lmao for this logic
@@三囧-x7e than who drop the atom bomb on Japan? Who land the normady beach?? Did china did that?? I don't think so"~how about ccp?? Last time I check ccp is hiding during ww2 not helping fight back Japanese empire but gathering resources for their interests ~
I only learned recently after reading a biography of Chiang KaiShek and the Chinese Civil War, that actually China before 1949 could have been divided at the Yangtze River (so North Communist China and South Nationalists China) but Mao refused to listen to Stalin's recommendation to divide China, and the fact Chiang was unwilling to give into peace conditions with the communists. Taiwan was the only remaining solution as the nationalist lost region and city after the other. Interestingly enough, because China came under rule by the communists, this provided the catalyst to not repeat the fall of China to Soviet influence and for the American domino theory that would be the basis for Korean and Vietnam wars.
Taiwan was part of Japan with 6 million people living on it before CKS took over the island shipped by the 7th fleet. CKS is part of Taiwan’s history, but it will be misleading to learn about Taiwan only through CKS.
Read the short report of “Island Redoubt” in 1949 to understand the other side of the history.
@@bctvanw But befor Japan looted taiwan, Which country did taiwan belong to? China.（Qing dynasty claimed itself as China) Who are those 6 million ppl? Are they Yamato?No, 90%+ are Han Chinese who were enslaved and exploited by Japanese.
True, they do not want to be the guilty person of history, it is a fighting only one person can stand.
@@lawrencezhang3050
Qing only conquered half of the island.
Qing’s rulers are the Manchus.
Were Taiwanese the Manchus by your logic?
How about before Qing? Taiwan had Koxinga, Spanish, and the Dutch colonies. Before that ? Austronesian people.
Taiwan has its own uniqueness.
Stop Sinocentric way of thinking all the time.
I’m mainland Chinese ，and I don’t want Taiwan to be reunified for now。It will only cause problems if we do so，let’s focus our own development ，after ten or twenty years ，we’ll see what happens 。
We don't want, thanks we stay independent.
just mind our own buisness. what china is doing to taiwan now won't make things better. it's only pushing taiwan to have closer ties to the US
If China is democracy and free, Taiwan and China can be like USA and Canada or UK and EU.
@@bctvanw bomb brown children?
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
下面有些人很驚訝台灣人的想法怎麼好像離現實很遠。
以我觀察到的現象，台灣人的確享用資訊自由，但我看到的多數台灣人，並沒有好好運用這份自由去拓展視野。
尤其現在年輕一代很多只在乎台灣獨立，而無條件支持反中的任何組織，並聽信「綠共」的各種言論 。
因為中華人民共和國的「壓迫」，台灣人對自由與身份格外敏感，敏感到...會為了爭取自由而看不見其他東西。
比如當大家看到美國的陰謀時，很多台灣人還是會因為覺得美國會幫台灣對抗中共而支持美國。
這種盲目，何不也是被洗腦?
台湾年轻人真的太幼稚了
PAST IMPERIALISM DOES NOT JUSTIFY PRESENT EXPANSIONISM that's all I can say
Will you tell that to the USA?
So tell nato is stop expanding hypocrite.
战争很遥远？美国不是几乎天天都在打仗吗😂
她竟然说战争是发生在古代的🤣
Summary and observation from the interview:
1) Taiwanese: We know why russia attacks ukraine, the US and the west is partially the cause and forces russia to attack Ukraine. Also Taiwanese: I think the US will help Taiwan if China attacks. Me: Yes, the US will help taiwan fight China to the last taiwanese just like how the US help ukraine to fight russia to the last ukrainian.
2) Chinese thinks and treats taiwanese like their own kin (according to the interviewer), taiwanese treats chinese from the mainland like stranger at best and hostile enemy at worst (according to the younger generation interviewee). The older generation still have a sense of Chinese identity. Young Taiwanese do not support reunification. Cultural and economic exchange is useless while propaganda and regionalism are having the main influence.
3) Taiwanese thinks that war between mainland and taiwan is always a possibility, but it is very unlikely in the near future despite the ukraine war, but still clueless and guessing about the real reason there is still peace across the strait despite acknowledging that China can take Taiwan easily.
4) Many (not all) taiwanese thinks that the world = the west+ american vassal states. They claim that russia is against the world when clearly the majority of countries does not sanction russia. I would like to stress the effectiveness of american propaganda in spreading the religion of neo liberalism using the word "democracy" and "freedom" like the ten commandment.
Well said...couldn't agree more
asian boss interviews are little biased towards china
@@bobhair1554 How is this interview biased? I don't think any of the interviewee except for the old people views China in positive light.
Go do votes among young people of Taiwan. They don’t hate China, but they don’t think Taiwan and China are of the same country.
I like your notes. As a Ukrainian, I will mention if you ask older and younger generations if we feel like we are part of Russia or that we are Russians, believe me, you won’t find more than 3% of people who would say “yes”.
Great interviews also reflect how precious peace we currently enjoy across taiwan strait and in east asia. A 40 years of peace we have is a true blessing
I was gonna debate with some of the points but I then realized there is no right and wrongs. Just different perspectives. So I wish everyone happy and let’s looking forward to a peaceful world! ❤️
It's horrifying what Ukrainian military with Ukrainian Neo Nazi are doing to it's own people. Thank God for sending Vladimir Putin to help.
except there are right and wrongs. at 6:01 the girl said russia saw ukraine as a part of them, which is totally untrue, as russia has officially recognized ukraine's sovereignty. Meanwhile, mainland china doesn't seen taiwan as a country at all, and all countries are faced with choosing between mainland china and taiwan via the one china policy in order to create diplomatic relations. and the fact is, the majority recognizes the mainland, not taiwan. therefore, if mainland china were to attack taiwan, it legally would not be the same implication AT ALL. This is what happens when you don't know the law or any history and just go by feel. that girl said many things that just were straight up factually untrue lol
@@AUMINER1 help? Destroying a whole country and killing lots of innocent people?
@@NO1xANIMExFAN lets just save the argument and get out of our own little world. ❤️I hope people don’t die fighting others war!
@@TheHoonJin help taking care of the nazi nato problem that has corrupted Ukraine ever since pdobiden and his crack addict son started raping Ukraine for it's energy reserves. No innocent civilians are being killed, only violent nazi's and radical western thugs. zelensky sold out his own people, and ever since the US coup in 2014, he taunted and threatened Russia. Putin said NO MORE war, and went to task cleaning up Ukraine.
that pink girl is super funny. US is a big mum, lol.
很多还是挺幼稚的
Damn, I wish they can interview me lol. Maybe I should start walking in that area.
Haha, you're so cute.
what is your opinion, then? :)
@@dcar6530 judging from his name, I would say he's a part of the 5 cents army. I could be wrong tho 😂
@@12823matthewkao umm no lol
I like Asian Boss because "rich information" from media has very low value, which is true in every corner of the world.
"just the other day, our mirage 2000 jet crashed in to the ocean *again*"
Somehow I find that statement hiliarious lol
I found you are pathetic... making fun on a pilot life lost
It’s not. It’s very serious. It means Taiwanese aren’t militarily ready to take on China.
@@andrewcutler1380 I mean… 1.6 billion people vs 23 million people. Even if Taiwan draft and arm every adult men it’s a lost cause. The only possible deterrence would have been nuclear weapons a la North Korea, which Taiwan was close to developing in the 80s until a whistle blower told the US, who then forced a shut down of the program.
@@M0ebius the US penetrated the programme by placing a CIA spy in the Taiwan’s scientific department, which forced the Taiwan government to give up the materials for the nuclear weapons development due to the subsequent US interference
The spy escaped Taiwan since then and now still lives in the US
@@JohnWick-cz3ph At that time, US valued their 'new relation' with China more because they would like to use it to encircle and press Soviet Union in the international stage.
CHINA and TAIWAN should have a meaningful talk and find a peaceful solution
There is only one soulution： Taiwan reunify with China，peacefully or not, we don’t care.
There were many. The reason of the recent tension is simply because the current Tsai administration doesn't want to agree with the description of the mainland-Taiwan relationship that all previous Taiwan administrations agreed with, in the name of democracy.
guess who refuse to do that
ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government. PRC should surrender to ROC
@@saint_matthias They lost the war.
Thanks for giving us different points of view Asian Boss!!!
Ukraine is being used as a condom by klaus schwab and the WEF globalists....
I am a Chinese mainland and my girlfriend is Taiwanese. She told me that Taiwanese people have completely considered themselves independent. If China starts a war, then Taiwanese will resist the last one. To be honest, I do not agree with her. Because now is the missile age. If China really wants to solve the Taiwan issue, it will only need some missiles to solve it. Unfortunately, the Taiwanese are too naive. And deliver their own destiny to the United States, which will run away at any time，However, there will be many problems after the war. First, there are many Taiwanese in China. Maybe those Taiwanese will establish a Resistance Army in China after the war, which will have a certain impact on China. Second, western countries will not intervene in the war, but will take the opportunity to impose economic sanctions and blockade on
@@dianasweet2385 民进党真的祸害年轻人啊，这么多台湾年轻人都被洗脑了，他们只把国家的命运寄托给那以自身利益为最大的美国😔
@@dianasweet2385 I think opposite, If China think that using war and missiles can fix the issue, that is naïve! it will only fall into the trap. It doesn't matter U.S or western support Taiwan or not.
@@dianasweet2385
1.During WWII Japanese empire’s invasion of China, China should have just given up.
2. It is ok to kill your girlfriend, girlfriends family, and friends if they don’t summit to China.
The fighting between the KMT and CCP is very fierce with heavy casualties with millions dead. of course they are brothers. it's just brotherly love.
Ukraine at least had 8 years of civil war before the current war with Russia. Ukraine has been training their army and preparing for fights, but Taiwan does not.
@7 Wei Taiwan has got worse equipment. The US is shorting the ROC govt big time. Won’t ever get the F35 as they don’t expect Taiwan to hold out in case of invasion, and they don’t want the F35 to fall into the hands of the PLA. The West has been much more generous and trusting towards Ukraine
@@asw654 How do you figure, the US won't even help Poland give Ukraine outdated Migs, let alone F-16s.
@@KM-jf6bn The US has donated billions' dollars of equipment to Ukraine in the past few yrs. But you're right about the air force.
@@asw654 And we constantly have multi-billion dollar weapons sales to Taiwan. Taiwan can afford it is the the difference, so we sell, instead of just donate. They also get much nicer systems because Ukraine is still using old Russian/Soviet legacy tech.
Taiwan’s ground forces are pretty sad, though, true.
It's actually 300 years of Russian aggression.
Another great interview thanks Asian boss
The textbook was changed in early 2000s, after that the new identity was given to the young people. Is this a type of brainwash ?
Of course
Claiming Taiwan is part of PRC in textbook is a type of brainwash too.
@@黃郁軒-s1m how? ROC constitution does not say that? And ROC textbook did not say that before?
@@markchiu1716 I can't understand your words.
@@黃郁軒-s1m I man ROC constitution does not say Taiwan is not part of China?
American mom and dad will help Tanwai…there is even no military alliance agreement between them.
But USA must will provide weapons to Taiwanese to fight till last Taiwanese.😂
It's really funny that they think the USA would defend Taiwan because of "freedom".
Some interviewees are naive to think US will help them if war breaks out.
I think you’re naive if you think the US won’t intervene
@@Ivan-td7kb last time ukraine had been told the same thing
@@christianli1578 Ukraine is worthless for the US. Taiwan, on the other hand, is a precious ally.
@@akapilka precious ally?
@@akapilka usa will defend the country which she herself doesnot recognize as a country?
Dude why keep miss leading the meaning when it come to topic related to China.
That reporter ask 4:35 will china help russia in this war, the guy reply should be " there is just very little chance " for china to help russia. Instead you guys twist it to there is a small chance?? Even though both word is about same meaning but it is not same in this situation. Again and again and now I am convinced that you guys are intend to twist the meaning for sure. Many of your vids has proven again and again, disappointed
I don't have much words to say. But sharing a piece of text from the Literature Art textbook of grade 1 in China's Mainland:
一隻船，揚白帆，
漂呀漂呀到台灣。
接來台灣小朋友，
到我學校玩一玩。
伸出雙手緊緊握，
熱情的話兒説不完。
----《歡迎台灣小朋友》出自中國大陸人教版語文教科書一年級上冊
Eng(please don't mind it's translated by website):
A boat with white sails,
Drift and drift to Taiwan.
Pick up Taiwanese children,
Come to my school,
Hold out your hands,
There is no end to warm words.
----"Welcome Taiwan children" comes from the first volume of the first grade of the Chinese textbook published by the people's education edition of mainland China
NOBODY wants war🙏🙏🙏
Every mainland Chinese knows this poem
@@christianli1578 you do realise if China thinks Taiwan will not be unified, it has said it is willing to use full and bomb all the Taiwanese families and cities in Taiwan cities? what do you think war is?
However we don't want to belong to you, a country has no freedom 😮💨
From what happened in Ukraine, the taiwanese people should consider it's not a great idea to trust in the
USA to defend your future...
well it's more of a "it would be nice if you help, but i don't expect you would." attitude.
They were also very unlucky, to have to deal with Trump that tried to use Ukraine for his own personal gains.
Ukraine seems to be holding off Russia well. I don't think Ukrainians ever seriously thought the US would intervene militarily on their behalf. It doesn't hurt to guilt the US for as much support as possible though.
@@KM-jf6bn Oh you know, they are just making money with this war... Ukraine will never recover its previous borders, lots of people are suffering (for 8 years actually) and EU's countries are acting against their vital interests... It's a really really sad moment for Europe, and it was absolutely avoidable, US weapons in Europe aren't a peace guarranty, all the contrary.
@@glegof999 The US isn't making much money off this. It's largely just giving weapons to Ukraine. Weapons manufacturors may make a bit more money but given the sanctions on Russia, US companies are losing far more in sales overall. To suggest this conflict is some sort of massive economic win for the US is hilarious. This is primarily a political matter.
Because maybe people have more than just economic interests, I know, shocking.
"US is like a mom protecting its children"
Joke of the century ft. Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Palestine and now Ukraine (Bringing leader of choice;Zelensky, and making them join NATO).
The girl that said "War seems like a thing of the past".
Where she been? There are conflicts for the last 50 years.
Most Taiwanese young people are naive
Who normal would like to join a country where there is a communist system? which is a totalitarian system.
更加堅定我的看法，台灣年輕人真的眼光需要提升檔次
People in Taiwan even thought War is distant to them. It shows China is a real peaceful country
Haha funny... Chinese appreciate Chinese as peaceful lol
Better to ask your neighbors for their opinions, such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines or India, not yourself
@@JohnWick-cz3ph How many wars did China launch in these decades??
As a top power what about US and UK and Russia or etc??
@@jonjeong1178 Sino-Indian 1962 ; Sino-Soviet 1969; Sino-Vietnam 1979; Sino-Indian border conflict 2020~present
There is also the Korean war 1950 as well where China participated living now the north koreans in poverty and famine.
Don't ever paint China as anything as good they are they are also as shitty as US or Russia in the everything as well
@@klsan4249 2020’s one isn't war, No purpose, no benefit collide, just a small fight. and terminal with China‘s excellent action
@@jonjeong1178
I showed your ignorance by high lighting the wars China did in the past few decades as well as border conflicts that are still happening now to debunk your ignorance of the peaceful China.
Your view of China and your blindness towards the world reality is shown.
I will say it again. China is the same as any other country. They are trying to wrestle political points by only highlighting their good points while ignoring their bad and you still cannot see that.
Like a mom? Funniest joke ever heard today, keep dreaming
good to see that not all Taiwanese think like those lunatic green camp extremist. The couple girl who said China will not invade for now because they would've already if they want to is really smart and observant. Also the guy who pointed out using military force will remain in China's table regardless of Russia-Ukraine situation. I'm not sure what the interviewer is trying to get here, China's view on Taiwan is based on deep historical relation and it will not be strengthened or lessened based on arbitrary conflicts between foreign nations.
Lastly the girl in pink hoodie is utterly clueless of what she's talking about. When she said Taiwan could be similar to Ukraine because Russia views Ukraine as part of their nation territory I facepalmed 🤦♂️
I'm pretty sure pink hoodie having a brainwashed head
she really said "war is a thing of the past"....
@@benzi19951 chinese so called wumaos think taiwanese peoples logic will be the same as them which is funny. You can't put authoritarian values and beliefs on to countries like taiwan
@@bobhair1554 Why funny? are you actually laughing? You said countries, which one? They never promoted their values to other countries. If you're saying Taiwan, I'm sorry Taiwan is not a country. Wake up.
@@benzi19951 taiwan is a country, why not ? even the Chinese government doesn't recognize taiwanese passport
But Taiwan's situation is not similar to the one of Ukraine. Rather, it's similar to the situation of Donbas.
Neither Taiwan nor Donbas are internationally recognized countries, and both are "threatened" with reunification.
In the China - Taiwan scenario, China would be like Ukraine: Trying to reconquer its own lost territories, while Taiwan would be like Donbas, trying to achieve independence, while the USA would be like Russia: a foreign country intervening to prevent the mother country (i.e, Ukraine and China) to reconquer its secessionist province (i.e. Donbas and Taiwan)
the only different are , ukraine didnt have nuke , if us invade china , we will see nuke war
I really like what the grandpa in blue cap said. The whole situation could have being avoided if both side backed off and sit at a table to negotiate.
台湾很多人不想统一我也可以理解，但是把日本当爹，美国当祖宗的想法真的很可耻，能不能坚强一点。
because China is acting like some random aggressor dummy
@@bobhair1554 Taiwan is just a tool used by the US to provoke China.
The irony, ancestors died fighting invaders just to have their offspring seeking the very same people who killed them for help 😂
中國很多人不想台獨我也可以理解，但是把俄羅斯當祖宗的想法真的很可恥，能不能堅強一點。
很可能是台湾当下教育体系的结果，导致年轻一代不了解也不关心一系列历史问题。中国自清末以来都在挨打，切切实实地痛过。对美日等等之流看的很透彻，所以才不买"民主自由"的帐，发展自己才是硬道理。台湾的经历不同，再加上执政党和教育体系不同，他们有现如今的观点和态度也很自然。
China should not choose war, using warships or missiles can block Taiwan. Taiwan is an island so it lacks supplies. Taiwan also has no escape routes.
Blockage is war. Otherwise, NATO now can intercept Russian cargo ships.
@@yanaya713 Yes, but people generally condemn whoever started the war without finding out why, like Pearl Harbor. Russia's present is Taiwan's future, forced to go to war first.
But what happens if other countries like Japan or the US continue sending supplies and trading with Taiwan? Do you really think China will be willing to shoot at them and start a war?
@@KM-jf6bn no war.Just stop the cargo ship. All by air is impossible.Then it becomes a game of who will go to war first.
@@kingsteam3095 How do you stop cargo ships other than shooting them? And all by air is not impossible at all, have you not heard of the famous Berlin Airlift? And that was a long time ago too.
Thank you Asian Boss love these Taiwan videos
A very interesting thing is that young people immediately become less confident when they talk about PRC.
Their goverment even dont want to claim their name ROC.
“Taiwanese enjoy rich information and high freedom of expression”
She did not even know that Taiwan's constitution forbids independence
I guess she means free TH-cam access. She doesn't know how the TH-cam recommendation algorithm works.
you heard different opinions and a lot, so it's funny because a lot of comments are coming from people who only received heavily biased informations
@@yanaya713 still better then ch*na
When she said that, I cracked up lmao
This was so ridiculous that I became speechless
You should've asked Taiwanese people if they think they will be abandoned by Americans like Afghans
and used than abused like china
If the Nationalist party had won the civil war, would Taiwan today still declare themselves as an independent country?
Taiwan likely would have never had the chance. They wouldn't have had 70 years of self-rule.
The people of Taiwan are more likely to absorb all kinds of true and false political information and have no clear international outlook. On the contrary, the street interviews on the mainland are more organized and more kind to point out problems.
Because that's how voting for a candidate for the presidency and freedom of the press work. The presidential candidate to win the election often relied on popular support and therefore say what the people want. Which doesn't help when the Taiwanese are encouraged to fear china and portray the USA as their savor. That's without mentioning the twisted history they should've done to convince the populace that Taiwan is a sovereign country and they're different from the mainland.
Taiwan also believes in freedom of the press and therefore is susceptible to all kinds of information whether fake news, biased news or neutral ones.
Yes, because the majority of people in China receive their news from state-run media. Any speech remotely inclined towards criticizing the CCP is strictly forbidden. How can a governmental organization like the CCP be correct when they blatantly oppose any form of constructive critique?
@@kkomentor1037 The only thing you got right is china state-own media outlet, everything else are false.
viewpoints from countries like China are really different.
@@kkomentor1037 I don't know what you want to say? Only the people at the bottom of China know whether China's development is good or not. Improving their lives may be their goal! For example, everyone in Taiwan talks about politics, but after entering the 21st century, economic development has stopped! If Chinese mainland is too like this, the false news is flying everywhere, there is never a main thread of thinking, what is the development? China used to be ruled by warlords everywhere. At that time, ideas were in full bloom. It may be more comprehensive to look at the problem with history.
Would like to ask the one who described USA as the mother character,"So, Ukraine is the abandonded child now?" How ironic and what a humiliation to the word,"Mother".
我厭惡台灣人的狂妄，喜歡台灣政府的自信和強勢，我為中國軍力的膨脹感到驕傲，也為中國政府的軟弱忍讓感到羞恥。
那個說台灣和中國有著海峽相隔，中國就不容易打過來，未免太天真了。烏克蘭就是還有跟其他國家陸地接壤，難民才能逃難。若台灣發生戰爭根本無法逃難。四面八方都是海。
有道理。乌克兰难民能逃离多半是周围国家的陆路相通，乌克兰上方飞机已经禁航了。如果真有战争（虽然不希望有），台湾难民无法靠飞机逃难，只能靠轮船逃去附近的国家，日本、韩国、菲律宾等，这些国家比起欧洲国家的数量还是太少，能接受的难民也少。战争的时候轮船数量有限，可能也是一票难求。所以真的能逃走的少之又少，估计大部分也是达官显贵。
所以海峡挡不住飞弹，却是台湾难民逃难时难以逾越的鸿沟啊。
台海發生戰爭過就在金門打了2-3年,中國除了甲午戰爭打過一次海戰,台灣海峽確實是台灣屏障,台灣應該成為以色列全民皆兵,台灣要遠離中國就要武裝自己,如果要與中國和平對談,政府就不應該一直抗中引起雙方戰爭
放心吧，只要不法理台独就不会打的，你们把辜宽敏之类的人按住就行了
@@darrenwang1544 大陆海军可不是俄罗斯的老弱病残，以大陆的制海权，比起考虑坐什么船跑，不如在家缝红旗来的实在。
tbh it somehow amazed me that these people truly believe Japan the US are gonna fight for them
Mistake in translation at 1:44 . She said : "I am surprised that wars still exist nowadays" It's "讶异" not "压抑", meaning surprised not stressful.
Yet later she also said "Taiwanese enjoys rich information". How ironic...
I know some Chinese people are kind, but they declaiming that Taiwanese people are their siblings makes me uncomfortable.
If you really treat us like your family, you should not threaten us all the time especially sending missiles flying over Taiwan and bully us on international affairs.
Taiwan and Ukraine are completely different. Their parents were a group of Chinese who were defeated in the civil war, fled to Taiwan and took control of Taiwan. The old people call themselves Chinese and they want to fight back against the mainland. Today's young people want to be independent but dare not be independent. All in all, a bunch of poor people。🫡
'Poor people'?? Care to clarify? That phrasing carries a connotation that on its surface seems tremendously unfair.
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
Actually, most Taiwanese people are descended from people who came over during the Qing dynasty. People who came over with the KMT and their descendants don't make up more than 30 percent of Taiwan's population, and as you can see, by the third generation, even the KMT descended kids feel more Taiwanese.
I think most blue people can see that they lost, and can be convinced to embrace the communist government. In general, Chinese people realize that governments phase in and out of power all the time and if the current government is improving the country and livelihood of the people then they are willing to embrace it. There are really some distinction between "government", "country", and "people". Given the intense western propaganda, young people in Taiwan have an allegiance to a specific government (the dpp). Most mainland Chinese have an allegiance to the country, which the CCP is successfully leading at the moment hence support is given to the Communist government.
@@KM-jf6bn
Waisenren/Mainlanders don’t even make up 13% of Taiwan’s population.
Most people know about Taiwan through their point of view since they ruled over Taiwan from 1945 to 1990 under one party state dictatorship. The real Taiwanese’s voices were silenced.
One of the girls is the third generation of Waisenren as she mentioned about visiting China with his grandfather. As you can see she has become a Taiwanese.
So casual & relaxed answers about the war. I was the same in 2021, hope US learned lesson in Ukraine & will do much more to avoid a war or at least protect Taiwan by own troops on the ground
Great interviews. Kudos to the amazing translator and sub provider for an awesome job...........
English translation is not perfect. Many genuine meanings have been lost between lines. Way to improve.
5:09 Absolute false statement! The sino-USSR relationship was only in "honeymoon" for a decade...then turned sour in the 60s as Brezhnev constantly threatened with nukes, and China gets reformed in mid-70s after Deng's USA diplomatic visit
I want to remind you that it is thanks to Russia, in particular the USSR, that the Chinese state lives today, they liberated them from the Japanese army in 1945, they gave China the ideology, technology, the basic principles of socialism, and unlike other countries, China remembers this even if something happens will help Russia in difficult times
Brainwashed Well Frogs have no idea of the world.
@@RainlineX FACT : USSR recognized Manchukuo(A vassal to Empire of Japan) before WWII; USSR supported KMT rather than CCP. Thank you mother USSR!
Thanks Asian Boss, very interesting video. Greetings from China!
I think if your government stops being hostile towards taiwan and let taiwan have the lands they have now . they'll be cool with you. You know that your ccp stole the original lands claimed by prc
@@bobhair1554 Why u don't let the US return the land to the native americans and go back to europe😂
@@bobhair1554 the fact that they’re in China maybe doesn’t mean they’re Chinese lol
ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
@@kylew8944 by your logic nobody from any country deserves to be where they are at now 🤣🤣
虽然我可以写英文，但是这个评论我用中文写。大陆这边民众对于政府的信任程度是相当高的，从这两年疫情发生以来，我非常惊讶几乎所有人都积极配合政府。我现在上海，尽管又爆发了新的疫情，但政府还在给封闭的小区发免费的食物（我们其实可以买到食物），我们都相信疫情还是会被控制住。我在英国上过学，也有台湾的同学。我想说的是，其实大陆并没有武力统一的紧迫性（只要台湾不宣布独立），并且大陆政府相对于西方要负责任的多（我原来很不喜欢共产党的，但是相比西方国家的政府，共产党就显得正常多了）。美国在亚洲打不赢中国，美国这种国家也不会为了小国冒风险的（比如俄罗斯武力攻击格鲁吉亚和乌克兰时，美国什么都没有做，只是嘴炮说制裁，实际上对俄罗斯并无太大影响）。我原来不希望两岸统一，是因为想看看台湾民主社会是什么样的，后来发现整个西方的民主体系就是作秀和短视的，早先西方的发达也并不是因为他们所谓的“民主制度”，所以是否统一对我来说已经不重要了。我只想问几个问题：民进党很好嘛？国民党很好嘛？台湾停电，执政者反思和积极改进了么？作为民众，关心的不应该是自己的生活么。我希望大家的生活都能够越来越好，也希望世界上不要有战争。
其實大多台灣人本來就是這麼想... 各過各的就好 不搞獨立也不統一 本來可以相安無事
問題在於美中都想爭奪地區霸權 我們不選邊站也不行 即使知道美國人是在利用 但至少他們基本不會干涉我們自家的事⋯
而中共只是想吃掉台灣 徹底消滅中華民國 把我們變成像香港一樣連選舉都只能按北京安排的”特區”... 所以也不用怪大多台人傾獨親美 之間的差異再笨的台灣人都知道該怎麼選
@@JohnWick-cz3ph 中国人是有智慧的，其实本来根本没有人想要武力统一。虽然大陆是社会主义制度，但我们对台湾的自由民主还是比较向往的。很多人是想看看，同一个文明，两种制度同时发展，最后那种更好就选哪个的，或者两种制度永远如此也挺好的, 只要两岸人都认为自己是一个中国，甚至是同一个文明就好。但是，当台湾老一辈人逐渐逝去，我们惊讶的发现，台湾年轻人居然认为自己不是中华民族或者中华文明的一部分。所以，things changed. 台湾人可以反对中共，这是台湾人的自由，但为何从最初的反共变成反华了呢？哪怕台湾人念念不忘反攻大陆，我们都觉得挺好的。
@@JohnWick-cz3ph 其实，你说中共只是想吃掉台湾，是对的。但这其实代表了整个中华民族的意志，而这个意志就是统一。谁坚持统一谁就是中华民族的合理代表。当中华民国在台湾还有市场的时候，台湾就能体现中华民族的意志。但现在中华民国在台湾明明只剩下一句口号而已。
@@梁博搞宗教 笑死，看看香港，誰還要信你們的嘴臉啊？
Vietnam, Afghanistan, Serbia, Iraq, Libya, Syria....
Good to hear the views from Taiwanese directly. Hope the Taiwan leaders start from Taiwan's interest, instead of splitting and winning in the election. If choose to be independent, get prepared for the worst case. Else use balanced diplomatic strategies. Don't count too much on US, like what Ukraine is doing on NATO.
What if the people want to remain independent?
Yes. ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
@@saint_matthias 一个被抛弃的政权
@@李大人-m7p cry more
@@saint_matthias It doesn't really matter. The PRC, for better or worse, is a "legitimate government" that won the civil war and govern mainland China. It's silly to quibble about this, the KMT lost the civil war and were horribly corrupt and autocratic themselves. Taiwan at this point has zero desire to take the mainland anyway.
Does that one guy’s cap read “American University”? Lol
thank you! please keep making Taiwan content!
I think you should ask them from the Donbas pov instead of whole Ukraine. It will be totally different and interesting. Just like "Do they want America acts like Russia to declare Taiwan to be independent and invade China?"
Now that is the more accurate comparison.
The Donbass prior to 2014 had zero desire to become independent - they wished for maintained autonomy. Then Russian special forces came in and Russia "didn't invade" the Donbass. On top of that, Taiwan has had 70 years to develop its own unique society. If the Donbass truly remained independent that long, perhaps it could claim something similar. Yet it seems that they're about to "vote" to approve Russian annexation.
Taiwan should strive for better cross strait relations with China by changing for a new and more enlightened govt. which should act rationally in the interests of it’s citizens instead of acting as protagonists for US pacific interests. The route for a peaceful reunification is much preferred for both sides.
@@Wbliss Hang on. Don't you think this framing is a bit unfair? Regardless of what motivations the US has, Taiwan very much desires to remain independent and self-ruled. Frankly, the mainland government will not allow this in the long term and therefore an alliance with the US is pretty much the only option Taiwan has to remain self-ruled. There is no point is trying to play nice with someone who ultimately threatens to annex you at gunpoint, no?
The citizens of Taiwan overwhelmingly desire to stay independent. Please consider that most Taiwanese people are descendants of Han Chinese who went over during the Qing dynasty and have nothing to do with the Chinese civil war.
When the 1-2 million KMT fled to Taiwan and imposed a violent dictatorship for 30-40 years, there were already 6 million people living there. Today, 外省人 and their descendants make up between 15-30 percent of the population.
I say this as someone who has been visiting Taiwan often from a young age and have lived in the mainland as well. I have family who have voted for both KMT and DPP, so believe I hold a balanced view of popular sentiment in Taiwan.
Unification is deeply unpopular in Taiwan and will only continue to be so, especially as China continues to pressure and threaten Taiwan.
把内战成为侵略？到底你们学不学历史？到底有多无知才能说出侵略这话？反攻大陆也是你们喊的，现在你们说不想玩了，你不能打我，打我就是侵略？别像个孩子一样好吗？
美国不停的战争你却说战争是古代的事情？
"I think Russia was A LITTLE BIT IMPULSIVE"? I wonder if he would say the same thing if China invaded Taiwan.
Lol. I was a bit surprised when hearing that
Keep Taiwan Free!
It was nice to hear other perspectives outside just USA media. Thanks for this.
US media? lol US doesn't even cover this. Not even on the radar. No one cares in the US about this.
p.s 95% of Americans can't even point Taiwan out on a map.
@@elisabethholmes604 I mean im not sure where you are getting that from because I have seen a lot of talk on US media on the subject. I’m sad to hear that fun fact. Some of us do care btw 🤷🏻♀️
the awkward and offended looks on their face when they heard people from Shanghai see them as brother😂
nobody wants to see the shanghainese as "brothers", not even other chinese
Yes. The Chinese regard them as brothers, and the Taiwanese always regard the mainlanders as enemies. This is inevitable
@@jar4478 what kind of brother constantly threatens to wipe you off the map
@@BBarNavi Basically all countries say that Taiwan is China, don't you know that? Peace now means one country, two systems.
@@BBarNavi I believe that as long as the Taiwan government does not do things that threaten the mainland, it will not reach the point of martial arts. It's just that the Taiwan government has been pro-American
The status quo:
1. China wants to take Taiwan back, peacefully or not, because Chinese nationalism demands it.
2. Taiwan doesn’t want to be reunified with China, peacefully or not, because Taiwanese nationalism has already shaped and it demands independence as any nationalism would do. I don’t think the majority of Taiwanese people would want reunification even if China were an advanced well governed democratic country like the US.
3. Taiwanese nationalism is a natural product of long period of separation, and it only grows stronger as time goes. And China is very much aware of this, which gives them more incentives to take Taiwan back as soon as possible.
4. Taiwan has significant geopolitical importance, and thus if China takes back Taiwan, it would be too huge a change for relevant countries, such as Japan and the US, to handle. And thus these countries are very much determined to prevent that from happening, peacefully or not.
5. China thinks it’s an internal affair which other countries should not intervene, otherwise would be very offensive.
6. Other countries like the US think they have the right to intervene, because China’s attempt to change the geopolitical landscape will cause turbulence and thus very offensive.
7. There’s no way to align what China wants with what the other parties want, because it’s a meta disagreement on basic believes and interests. Unless one side gives in, there is no way out peacefully. And neither side would give in, so they have to use violence to force the other side to give in.
8. The US is very likely to help Taiwan in military conflicts, and clearly the American military has better hand. China knows about it, and therefore attempts to catch up. And such attempts are perceived as aggression, and will cause the US to intervene even more.
Based on these status quo, I think the situation will go nowhere but get worse and worse, and a war is inevitable. China is likely to lose the war, and that would only add more feeling of being humiliated on the Chinese side and fuel more incentives to take another shot, so the problem is still there, just that China needs to take some rest in between attempts. The deterrence of the US military power can postpone the attempts of China, but it will not eliminate the Chinese intention to try. I don’t think this problem is ever resolvable in foreseeable future, unless there are some landscape shifts in geopolitics that are beyond our imagination (e.g. China collapses into pieces and are never reunified for centuries; the US declined as a global power, which cannot or will not protect Taiwan anymore).
As a Chinese, I believe that China collapses into pieces - being split by the western powers into dozens of smaller countries fighting with each other is the most likely and best result.
@@gordonzhao01 Nah. Clearly Taiwanese very much appreciate Chinese culture; it's just evolved into something unique, and into a society that values democracy and freedom of speech. If you've ever enjoyed these privileges by living/visiting a democratic country, you are being hypocritical.
Clip owner, why keep hiding my replies from the public? You too are fabricating fake reports!
@@Joy-pd8iq cultural tie share no necessity in connection to nationalist ideology, countries like the US or Australia appreciate European lifestyle but that does not prevent them from considering themselves as independent nations apart from Europe
@@JohnWick-cz3ph according to your logic, all provinces of china have 'immigrants' from china all over the place, pretty stupid.
15:23 Miss you know nothing about murica
I wonder how the indigenous peoples of Taiwan would feel seeing the Han Chinese fight each other.
well most of them are killed by the japanese
Indigenous peoples in Taiwan vote overwhelmingly for the KMT and are on average more pro-China than ethnic Han Chinese Taiwanese.
Actually indigenous people are more pro-china
@@CJONTHEHOUSE And by the Han Chinese as well. Early Han immigrants (including the Qing administration) treated the indigenous mercilessly. There were many genocides. Their situation got improved a bit under the Japanese and the KMT administration.
@@skazka3789 You mean they are pro-money. They naively think things would be better if unification did happen, when in truth the Chinese from the PRC are much more discriminatory towards the aboriginals than the ROC Chinese people.
Taiwanese people sounds a bit immature tbh…my general impression. Are u guys doing interviews at or near campus?
Taiwanese are being used, but they are not willing to explain the reality. The vast majority of Chinese people regard Taiwanese as compatriots and brothers, but Taiwanese regard mainlanders as enemies. This is the pollution of the Taiwan government
Glad to see Taiwan people start to realize war is not something to joke around, and it is not wise to provoke your stronger neighbor
Wise people would know that whatever Taiwanese or Ukrainian people do is deemed provocative in the eyes of evil power
@@pat5212 You can try your wisdom on your neighbor next door and see how they react. You can start by yelling to them that they are evil and how their children have no "freedom". Then try to setup a gun pointing at their doorstep.
What are you gonna do? Invade Taiwan and get decimated by the US Navy? Lol
@@saint_matthias Where is US navy in the Ukraine war? Just maintain the peace, and stop provoking. US cannot be trusted. They can't even take care their own people. Many believe a US civil war is comming soon.
@@saint_matthias Sounds like a dog barking behind his owner... Get your fking knees off the ground and stand for you "country"! For real🤣
Russia is the Will Smith of nations
Hundreds of Taiwanese businesses have relocated to mainland China, China can confiscate these businesses and send the Taiwanese factory owners home, Taiwan and China have been working together for at lease 30 years that I know of, it’s the job of the government to keep people fearful that’s how they control the population.
ROC is the original and real government whereas PRC is a rebel and imposter government.
Very interesting and meaningful interview.
As a mainland Chinese, I have a few Taiwanese friends, and I often fight with 1450 (some fanatical supporters of independence) on the Internet, but I have no way of knowing what most ordinary Taiwanese think. It's impossible for me to talk about any political content with my Taiwanese friends, it's too sensitive. I can only think of those 1450s as farting.
From this video, I can see the thoughts of ordinary Taiwanese, and it is not as extreme as I imagined. If the exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are so peaceful and not hostile, in fact, many intensified atmospheres are unnecessary.
Resolve by force has never been the first option in mainland China, and fighting at every time is not good. But in the end we will reunify Taiwan, and I hope everything goes well.
Just a question: if Taiwan wants to be independent, then how would you react? Why should they have to unify with China again after 50+ years of pretty much independence, I mean, maybe they like democracy?
1450 was comming~~~
If they have no interest with China, just get over it. Taiwanese owes no duty to comply with a nationalist flapdoodle by Chinese
If they are your friends, why don't you want your friends to be happy? Let them be independent and happy. A forced unhappy marriage benefits no one. Let them go. I'm Singaporean and I fully support Taiwanese independence and all my Taiwanese friends. Independence is always better. You can still remain friends even if Taiwan is formally independent. In fact, your relationship will improve. Malaysia and Singapore had a strained unhappy union. Tensions relaxed and things improved after they officially separated. If not, we might have had a civil war by now.
要是我们私人讨论这件事情你可以吗? 我目前在中国留学, 所以我想更了解你们的看法和想法.
Taiwanese people also suffer from the "West = the whole world" syndrome. No countries except the West sanctions Russia.
That’s ironic for you to say that the West is not important for China when most of Chinese immigrants, students and business companies are heading to the “evil western world” for their “evil western lifestyle and education” lol... why not go to seek for living with your “brothers” of the third world countries in Africa, Russia or Middle East? 🤣
West matters the most
@@saint_matthias did you not watch the video? China matters the most.
In past 5 years China matters the most lol
@@avgustveter China always matter the most for Taiwanese for obvious reasons.
Seeing multiple videos of Taiwanese and mainlanders in AsianBoss, it seems to me that mainlanders are much more knowledgeable and give more thoughtful answers even though they have censorship...
The comment about Taiwanese and Chinese being brothers and the same race is meaningless and ignorant. Ukraine and Russia are also brothers, share the same race, and have similar a language. Many Ukrainians even speak Russian and have Russian relatives and friends. Yet Russia invaded anyway. Being "the same" means nothing.
You misunderstood what the old guy meant. He meant, if you understood his language, as he’s trying to convey that he hopes that there won’t be any war since they have the same skin and language like brothers. This is why most people don’t think too favourably of Russia attacking Ukraine, though they could understand why Russia did it.
I would love to see I'd you guys do this, but in the Philippines next. Since we have a lot of different opinions where we stand.