I think it's not about getting tea from it's about showing of their power

Michael H classic brits

Well, caffeine is a highly addictive drug. People forget that because it's legal

@@ufoash440 tea has no caffeine

@@saadwaheed465 It does. Caffeine occurs naturally in the tea plant. Any tea brew that hasn't been decaffeinated contains caffeine.

Bongorraunoch Totelonotel they should and find them selfs in massive debt (not Ireland)

@Bongorraunoch Totelonotel Scotland voted no to independence, Ireland is independent, and the isle of man is also independent. Where are you from?

@Bongorraunoch Totelonotel most scottish people i know what to stay part off great britain and to be honest i bet hong kong would rather be under british rule than chinese rule

Bongorraunoch Totelonotel I can tell you live in a largely metropolitan area.

@@Mjk10957 You must have missed the protests during their rule.

*hold my TEA

The opium came from India

@@manjulanilsson6011 Yes, but when the Opium War happened, India was under Company rule. So yes even though opium came from India, the Company and eventually Britain got the profits.

@@kamanashiskar9203 yes I know 😊 👍🏾

@@manjulanilsson6011 India was a British colony back then.

I'll delete this comment but 'sea' takes an 'a' Aight, I'll begone

The see....really? 😭

Sea*

@@poweredbysalt5786 I changed it -_- sorry if you were hurt, you must have a lot of free time.

@@bruhz_089 I changed it -_- sorry if you were hurt, you must have a lot of free time.

Haha you are a screamer lol

Anggong FX He should’ve asked fo 4ever

Doesn't matter, the Hong Kong island (the core part) was given to the british permanently, china got it back anyway

Kadal Ijo we actually still had control of a part of it but still gave it back I don’t know why Hong Kong was one of our jewels

@@Normalguy1690 brits imperialists,hands off of china

actually that would be the americans

IKNFLY666 The British simply took over what the Indians and the Chinese were already doing. The British didn’t ban opium in Britain until the 1920s .

and chinese was the biggest consumer of it what is supply and demand

Except that's false. The British simply gave the Opium to Chinese smugglers. There was no guns pointed anywhere, that's completely non-sensical and eradicates the point of ''Smuggling''.

Hippopotamoose no guns? Haha why do u think it’s called “opium war”? I should make correction it was not guns, but gunboats! British Empire was built by gun boat diplomacy, colonisation, slavery and genocide, and their opium smuggling is just a small part of their shameful history and crime against humanity, the list can go on forever.

Always wanted to visit Hong Kong, even as a child. After seeing how it was depicted in one of my favorite childhood movies, Double Impact starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, ironically taking place in the early 1990’s, HK just seemed like such an interesting and unique place to visit. I shop in a local Asian food store several times a month now, and each shopping trip envelops me in Asian Culture, almost as if I’m actually experiencing HK like in the movies. You were so lucky to have visited that amazing place 👍🏽

In Canada, where I grew up, all calls within about a 50 mile radius were free. So being in Toronto, I could call a few million people for free. I was astounded when I moved to the UK in 1993 that I had to pay for local calls!

@Keyboard Emperor But Chinese can not enter without a kind of document like passport.. To strange.

@Keyboard Emperor It’s reciprocal, people from hong kong can also come to Britain

@@user-bo4on8jz1n It’s to prevent mainland Chinese from staying in Hong Kong illegally. Hong Kong has limited land and can’t take anymore people.

Which the natives stole from other natives

@@gumballgtr1478 someone’s a patriot eh?

@@gumballgtr1478 even if natives took from other natives there still natives nonetheless 🤦‍♂️

@@gumballgtr1478 Your neighbor stole your TV. I stole it from your neighbor, then I got caught. But I still get to keep the TV because I didn't steal it from you...

YOU’RE TRYING TO KIDNAP WHAT I’VE RIGHTFULLY STOLEN

Agreed.

For me it's Almanac, but I love Borders too

Almanac and Atlas is good to me too.

I prefer Atlas but borders is good too

Earworm >>

I guess they were really hyped on tea lol

We like tea.

Tea duties made up 10% of the UK's budget. And yes, the UK financed the empire, not the other way round.

Tea is a serious addiction

@@gottjager760 India financed the Empire

Lets not be mistaken, international treaties are nothing but "gentlemen agreements", the moment you start to do lawfare tricks you better have the superior military might to back it up, its not the 1800s and the British def don't match well against the PLA now, hence they gave up HK without a fight, not because they "want to", because they "have to".

Wow, how old are you now? 99 years?

@@leealex24 70s of age. See plenty 70s war veterans in youtube comments like Vietnam or Bangla Desh.

I'm pretty sure India would too to be honest. Scones however... If something happened to my scones there would be a nuclear winter. And god-forbid if someone mispronounces the word 'scone' then they should expect me to throw my glove at their feet and we shall meet at dawn.

bakersmileyface Make sure to wear thy fighting for scone clothing, made by India’s cloth!

Meh.

Tea duties made up 10% of the UK's budget. And yes, the UK financed the empire, not the other way round.

Haha good one😄

And spices, spices the most valuable Indian resource.

@@firedskull5015 Ehm, don't forget the Dutch too

@@williemherbert1456 Dutch are irrelevant kid people only care about UK and USA

@@user-jo1bs9hl5x well, i live in the country which was once most valuable colonies of Dutch, colonizing our country through diplomacy, bribery, or war by VOC, only because want to monopolizing the spice market, especially nutmeg for hundred of years, even after VOC dissolve they still choose our country to be recolonized after Napoleonic War rather having South Africa that at least had permanent settlement of Dutch people, even after declaring independence after WW2, they still want us to be part of their colony, this all start because their frenzy with spices in our country, especially nutmeg. Because of us and our country being colonized, it help established the achievement of founding most profitable private trade corporation that function as state for Dutch, VOC

@@williemherbert1456 shut up kid your country is irrelevant

Ceuta and melilla

Well for one an unhealthy obsession with beauty pageants.

Pretty much only the Spanish names remained in the Philippines as well as some old people and many academics still being able to speak Spanish. However, the American influence is much stronger in the Philippines than the Spanish, except of the very strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church.

Or how the Dutch shaped Indonesia in roughly the same amount of years.

​@@nm2000 This! I got second hand embarrasment seeing when some ignorant western people said that the Phillipines and Filipino is Latin and Latino. Phillipines is Asian with Spanish influence of colonization. It's 300 years of colonization!

This is exactly what i was thinking. The story telling and the graphics is absolutely gem.

Yep English Hong Kong is more likely the American English

they sound like south east asian immigrants to south east australia

Isaac Yuen they speak English. (British English).

Gray Kin actually HKers sound more like British. They teach British English there.

More accurately speaking, it's a mix between British and Cantonese.

@Alias Sobriquet none expects the spanish inquistion.

@aeon *Ah you are a bold one*

The thing is, Philippines was simply Philippines the natives, until the Spaniards came in. And now, there’s barely any pre-colonial culture left, unlike Hongkong. Hongkong is China, and had Chinese influence until the Britons came. Hongkong managed to blend these two cultures together, while Philippines still tries to ignore all the pre colonial indigenuities. Local museum anthropologies would know. Very bad analogy there, bud.

Poverty and religion

300+ years of Spanish rule and 40+ years of American rule...

meeeee 🙋🏻‍♀️

Cancelled?

@@badabingbadaboom9251 I'm not sure, but I think this year's Borders season might had been cancelled due to various travel restrictions around the world.

Had there not been two world war, maybe Hong Kong would still be British.

w23857980 China wasn’t exactly a superpower in the 80s when the term to return HK was negotiated.

They thought China would just be so poor and so weak that they would never have any chance to negotiate with Britain to get Hong Kong back. Never say never!!

it doesn't matter how long they agreed on. As long as china gets its power, it would invade nearby countries, e.g. Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, East Turkestan. So Hong Kong would eventually be conquered anyway.

@@dogma308 So damn bias, like The US got all its land from GOD. No, even US kill locals and take their lands, every country did the same thing in their history, but history is history, Tibet belongs to China thousands of years ago, so please stop being so bias.

Haha

You know you a real American when you prop up dictatorships for cheaper bananas.

@@MrPear40 and oil

That's actually what I do in thrift shops hahaha

yeah, hong kong was huge on manufacturing back in the 50s, 60s and 70s

Software Man lol same still here

Hahah totally the same

Same, like, right now 😂

Software Man Please elaborate

I'm literally on the toilet right now aha

Trams too, though our trams are single-decker

Taiwan is not a country, it's china

@@vitadude5004 yeah, just keep thinking that. It's not like we have our own president, currency, legislations, and diplomatic ties.

@@tracese54321 still u cannot ignore the fact that taiwan in under PRC.. And America signed one china policy 2 times..

@@tracese54321 But the ROC and Chiang Kai Shek says that Taiwan is a part of China. Taiwan’s status is still a gray area. Even the USA does not recognize Taiwan or have an embassy in Taipei.

SciBlast Official r/billwurtzmemes

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (History Of Japan)

gunboats. they said "open up the country" "stop... having it be closed" and so it was

Diplomacy issues? Send a gunboat!

​@@yerischerries3010 more like "accept our opium" "stop taking our silvers"

,sis

Please stop

no s t o p

opium, you destroy everyone

Brilliant

I feel the same....

So there is no culture before British invasion huh?

@@qixichen4350 Never said that, just because I'm British doesn't mean I agree with what's happened in the past. Get off your high horse.

💯

@@ejc8858 We are Chinese, go to your mother UK

OneManShow 2052 Britain declares on America China: I am inevitable Britain: I am Britannia

*2020

Already happening in 2019

Don’t feel so good in 2019

fs in the chat

Who doesn’t?

mee tooo

the milk for our milktea is different to British tho

瓜 not a fan of the hot leaf water. I prefer the hot bean water.

@@Theactualstoic truly said😂😂👍

ikr? a criminally often ignored issue!

Invade? They sold their land of there own volition. How is it our fault the kingdom was corrupt with nepotism.

Yes! That would be a great idea. Its still sad how so many people overlook the fact that Hawaii was once its own sovereign nation.

And how Hawaii was never part of the British empire but put our flag on theirs to put off any foreign invaders.

Im from Hawaii and i love being part of the USA

We'd welcome you back at any time

I'd would argue that HK wants it's way of life, culture and uniqueness retained as oppose to being a regular Chinese city. If you go there, and compare with Shanghai or Beijing, Hong Kong is very much different due to British influence.

they may be influenced by britain, but they are china. you know, they were ruled as simply "colony subjects", and not british citizens.

I hope so

not HK, but some HKers, China is very happy to ship all of them back to UK.

I mean think about it this way, China considers HK a lost territory, why would they give it independence and lose the territory forever instead of re-integrating it?

They get the best of both world but it's always easier to play the victim

@@jonsong4592 Also because they know that they’re basically their enemy, those people there have a expiration date on freedom and I bet if China could, they would arrest the seven million living there.

The UK would have wanted to, but they said they would give it back, and if they didn't China was just going to march into Hong Kong

@@goopguy548 They controlled most of the infrastructure in Hong Kong, so rather then matching in they would have just cut off water and electricity to the city until it capitulated. It's one of the reasons why any attempt to keep it out of Chinese hands was doomed from the start.

真心好睇 :)

@@raymondlo1764 You guys play cricket?

@@aperture0 We do have people playing cricket here ,but not me xd

@@raymondlo1764 Woah! Didn't know that. BTW, who will you support in today's match? India or Pakistan?

makes*

Britain didn't think FTFY

Britain cannot even say no to China when it's not very strong date back to Deng's time which was 30,40 years ago.

@@mickeygoh25 then nothing, it is uncertain, I am trying to say, dont feel uncomfortable with a strong China because it has been always strong in the past.

China didn't think Hong Kongers would want to remain independent.

china is a third world nation gb is a first rate nation

Sadly...

Hong Kong is still there. Quit exaggerating

@Acul Mar There’s no hope for anybody. CCP has already won.

@@blackgold754 well let’s see about that

Hong Kong always belongs to China. While the British had developed HK, they have also milk the place dry from trade income etc

I juat saw another person complaining about the 750fr

too soon, man too soon

lol

Bruh 😂

A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet..

I'm still getting over it!

Lone Fondler really? Ive lived in NZ for 18+ years and ive only seen 1

Bowling alleys are hard to find in HK because they take up a lot of space.

I mean even if supporting independence is better than asking Brit to stay

因为他们感到所谓的自由，很大一部分香港人已经认为自己应该是英国人，应该享受和英国人一样富足的生活，所以他们要独立，但很可笑，就如进击的巨人中，这群人就是荣誉马莱人或是三体中的eto，but they are just jokers

Well I’m assuming the Brits weren’t as brutal to Hong Kong compared to let’s say the Indian Sub continent. However, Chinese living there were still given a secondary citizen status, so that part still haunts many Hong Kongers today.

@@timbat5324 britain made India.

​​@@timbat5324 How is British people building their own segregated communities in HK any different to Chinese people building Chinatowns in Western cities? People just prefer to be around their own kind. I'm sure Hong Kongers in the past preferred that British people live in separate neighbourhoods instead of moving into their neighbourhoods. People typically really don't like it when people from vastly different cultures move into their neighbourhoods.

"its"

It really is!

@@martinhenriksson8617 Uhh, no?

What? Real Engineering! I didn’t except to see you here!

> Real Engineering using the crying emoji in the same platform he uploads his content on My mind is confused trying to parse this

We are still under occupation

how long ireland had been colonized by the british? like a thousand years?

Prime Arch well fully from 1603 to 1641 and again from 1651 to 1919/21

i personally would prefer to describe us as modernised, globalised and taught to think for ourselves.

True. There is a culture clash between us and the Main-landers.

I have lived in Singapore and Hong Kong, I’m sorry I have to say Hong Kong people s English s not that good...

@@donnahong5188 as a a hker, i agree, it's true that alot of us can communicate in english are so used to seeing it everywhere, yes we can use it but most of us arent that prolific tho

@Pearlie Grace Forget about the past and move forward with new identity, British Empire is long gone. When Brits left Shanghai in 1940s and handed over the settlement to Chinese government after nearly 100 years, no Shanghainese complained. After Britain left Singapore after 100 plus year rule, Singapore built up its own identity and never begged British master to come back to recolonize Singapore. Hongkongers have to change their mindset rather than living in the glory of the past, after all you are yellow-skinned Chinese, Britain doesn't own Hongkong, it is a 99 year lease only. If you don't feel like you are a Chinese, reluctant to learn Mandarin and sing Chinese national anthem, you might as well move to Britain, Canada and elsewhere, as simple as that.

They also have different food from different cultures and countries too!

Dont forget that pastry is also an important part of HK dim sum.

I very much want to visit Hong Kong but unfortunately it is not safe now with the protests. I hope the protestors can come to an agreement with mainland China and get more freedoms!

oi remeber the pineapple bun?

We here in Hong Kong call it the "Usual Meal" In which consists omlette with bread toast, ramen noodles with satay beef or pork including a drink either coffee milk tea and ice lemon tea is served.

The guy making milk tea in the video poured both in at the same time. No argument for him.

I put milk last

I’m from hk

Mycroft Holmes yeah!!!! I actually helped in production of this video too

Yeo

The Nightmare Soldier lmao same

HK SQUAAAADDDDD!!!!!!

Me neither

BRO SAME

I've watched this over 20 times I guess. Something addictive and nostalgic about the video.

Then Hong Kong would basically just be Asian Gibraltar. Although this time, "taking back" HK would be a major point of contention between China and the UK.

it was more, the majority of HK workforce lived in the New Territories, so China could basically close the Border making it impossible for people to get to their Jobs, Hence whats the point.

@@davidrenton Nah, it's true that many people live in the New Territories, but the most important thing is, Deng Xiaopeng said to Thucheter, we can take HK back overnight if you don't plan to return it in 1997 as a whole.

@@jifa17 China could say what they want , I have a remarkably low opinion of Chinese military capability. For the most populous nation they are damm awful at war. China esp in late 90's would no way invade HK, it would put them back 50 years. It would be a mess, they would of been N Korea. The reality is simple , the British did a deal and kept to it. The NT needed to be handed over, but the only consequences for not doing so would off been diplomatic, reputation.

But the British never left. Their doctrine was still taught in schools, and British politicians still served in government. Today, they indoctrinate the HK youth with hateful anticommunist/antichina content using the media.

@@lofiandchill6062 Good.

Bas_ Lightyear One of the best thing living in the city is the fact that I can have Chinese food as breakfast, Japanese food as lunch and Italian food as dinner.

You can have that in Vancouver or Toronto, probably why so many HKers moved here.

Bas_ Lightyear It's not quite that English.

4IN14094 ....couldn't you do that in most cities?

Gozua M haha yeah you’re right, and I live in London! Video just got me hungry for tea is all 😅

Nobody gonna do anything cause Chinese money. I feel sad for Hong Kongers and their culture.

Only since allowing mainlanders to buy all the houses

actually Hongkong is not that small, housing is expensive just because people buy them for investment

@@someernie6179"not that small" it's literally so overpopulated... over 7 million people living in approx 1000km^2 of space

Rowan O'Mullane I know we’re an exception, but I’m just saying that most of the time, colonies normally become time capsules of an older version of a culture. Besides, Britain didn’t try to tear Hong Kong’s culture away by force, it just kind of settled in over time

like what?

Hongkonger here. I would say the entire way of doing things. In the British way, there are rule of law and systematic reasoning. In the chinese way, there are rule by law. They rule with emotional reasoning,namely "人冶". the ruling official hold a god like position. Every penny they spend on the people is gift not the right.

As a Hong Kong-er I do appreciate what the British colonial government have done for Hong Kong in the later half of the 20th century. The British were not very concerned with the wellbeing and demand of local Chinese during their early rule, but housing crisis and social problems became serious in the 50s, which resulted in riots and protests in the 60s. In response the British government actually reflected upon their administration and initiated a series of social policy reform, such as the introduction of free compulsory education, public housing programme, anti-corruption committee, etc. These efforts have laid the important foundation for the framework of a responsive government. In the 80s and 90s during the sovereign transition and negotiation period, our last British governor Chris Patten also introduced more democratic reforms and direct elections to us. This has important implication for our expectations on political development in this city. I would say Hong Kong people have a stronger awareness and desire for democracy and government accountability than other cities in China. And the colonial experience is an important factor in influencing these differences in values. These differences in political and social outlook however created contradictions and conflicts that are quite difficult to reconcile with the authoritarian Central government to this day. So while some may say the British exploited colonies and all those democratic reform efforts are just political manoeuvres, I personally appreciate what they had done for this city, for without them I would not understand the importance of democracy and why we should continue to fight for it.

Hmm, very interesting. I think regarding social reform in the 50's and 60's the UK was coming to the realisation that it wasn't socially acceptable to repress the citizens anymore and that it's power was slowly disappearing. I'm glad the decision was made to react properly and seek to improve things for the locals, afterall if they're part of the Empire they're citizens too. I find it quite sad that HK was given a glimpse at a democratic government only to have China regress on it all. Comments below have said that China is looking to wipe this history out, and "standardise" a culture which seems quite oppressive frankly. Seeing Prince Charles talking at 8:18 is quite humbling as well, I felt it was very genuine and sorrowful handover, and I think HK was one of the few successful stories coming from the English Empire, unfortunately illtreatment of citizens and controversial decisions will always surround the English Empire. I almost wish we could have renewed the lease and maintained a more localised authority government, so still being a British Overseas Territory but governed by the people of HK.

This will be ideal I think. Just like Gibraltar.

they don't really have to if they don't want to. In the first two treaty, the term is "perpetuity" except for the lease agreement of the New Territories (99 years). However, during the talk in 1984 Deng Xiaoping threaten Thatcher that they could takeover Hong Kong in a day, so making no choice for the cabinet.

yes.

freedom of speech becomes a joke now

1842-1997 is 155 years

they had no choice, they got themselves into this situation, and China would have invaded hong kong/embargoed britain otherwise.

The only problem with basing your understanding of history or anything for that matter on a youtube video, is that most if not all have not been reviewed for accuracy but more than the creator of the video. This means, you could just be accepting as fact something that could be made up. I don't think this video or Vox in general are unreliable sources for research, but it's always better to just get information from books that have gone through a more stringent editing and fact checking process. Wikepedia too is suspect, as it is written by whomever decides to take their time to submit information. Be smart and discerning or you will be easily manipulated.

@Aiden Jackson almost never

Hi from Hong Kong! I’d be interested to know what you got for your project?

@@crissw2471 this video let alone is better than any of the websites the teacher gives you

@@Hatbot-vn4py Lazy attempt. Seriously.

Not just Britain ever heard of the Ottoman Empire or Russian empire? Do some research then tell if Britain was the worst .

it'd be pretty weird if you had to cross a border to go between, for example, sha tin and mong kok. they are the same city, you can't seperate them with an international border

AdrianAtGaming I’m not saying that separating the city was the rightful solution, I’m simply stating that the video is misleading as it implies that the whole area was under a 99- year lease

lol you're right, but actually all of hongkongers say brits said the whole city was 99 years nowadays

I agree Cameron, Hong Kong was seeded in perpetuity about 1840, new territories were leased 57 years later, in 1897, they needed a supply of water because the population was increasing. The author needs to look this up and confirm for himself.

No Anime No. It was in both countries' interest to have Hong Kong as a whole to be returned to China. China's being to succeed in restoring HK and to remove the insulting scar from what they call as unfair treaties. Britain instead thought that HK must be whole to work. Imagine what problems that they would need to address if HK was to split in two.

J andy you are right , Hong Kong island and Kowloon were ceded to Britain

You’re right, but UK literally gave whole hk back to China

They gave the entire city back when they returned the other parts

With most of the Hong Kong population on the mainland and power and water coming to from mainland they thought it wasn't feasible to keep it. That and there were under pressure by the UN to return it to my understanding.

lee that's sad from my country. I believe its politics and trade deals with China, England, wants to do so, CCP told them give back, Hong Kong and you can have your trade deal

Dormious same

3 am here

12 am :)

5 pm in Hong Kong :)

12 am 😊

Cry me a river Then lol

Leave HK and go elsewhere...

@@icebaby6714 Sometimes its not as easy as "if you don't like it, leave" ;(

@@kaich369 Yeah I live in a city with problems and when a bring up stuff about online people say "just leave" (sometimes like "love or leave"). I don't have even money to pay a trip to the closer states.

l P no need to be rude mate

England will take u no problem

4 months after Hong Kong is turmoil

​@@DrBiBeatzl actually agree

It was either give it back or lose it like goa :/

We had no choice, for better or worse.

Return or war, both of the results are return, hypocritical British

99 years lease was up and the Chinese were not going to renew. British had no choice unless they wanted to fight a war.

it's the same for my country, singapore 😊mix of east & west, that's what i love about it!

As an American, who grew up in Arizona, where the Spanish revival style is so prevalent to the point it is hard to imagine we could have it any other way, I’ve been recently interested in Dutch architecture, and city planning, and I was wondering, what would the mix of it be?

Even in the Philippines too where Spanish and American Colonial Architecture have

If you'll do the math from the first lease to when Britain turned it back over to China it's very obvious something is off. 😁

Huskie indeed! I put a map during the history section that shows the three levels of concession of Hong Kong over time. The original script had more detail about all the treaties and timing but I streamlined it because it felt like to kick detail that didn’t really add to the story. So I went with the map.

It was 2 treaties to cede HK Island and Kowloon. But it was a lease to give NT to Britain.

I completely understand the need for brevity to keep people interested and make the video as entertaining as possible. Except the way you portray it in the video makes it seem like the British were just incompetent for getting a 99-year lease. When the guy who negotiated the 99-year lease (Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald) wasn't even alive at the time when the Treaty of Nanking was negotiated to end the first opium war. Both Kowloon and Hong Kong were granted 'in perpetuity' to the British in their initial treaties. I know it's difficult to fit in, but it might have been worth mentioning that the Americans and other Europeans were also involved in the opium trade, and their competition helped bring the price down, making it more available. Granted that's nowhere near as significant as the actions of the British. Also, by saying: "Eventually the Chinese government caught on to this illegal drug trade", you sort of make the Chinese seem completely incompetent by making it seem like they were completely unaware of what was going on. When their initial efforts to fight the opium trade preceded the beginning of the opium war by almost 60 years, well before the trade reached its zenith. They issued edicts against the opium trade in 1780 and a ban in 1796. Again, I understand that you need to keep the video streamlined and the video can't be 30 minutes long, but as it stands it doesn't really present a full picture.

Jesus Christ, you people are the worst.

American?

@@MeltedToast84 not just America, in Britain the only countries we are learned is in Europe, my year 4 (3rd Grade) teacher thought only America and Canada was in North America 🤣

@@islammaynul9322 I thought that education in my Argentina was bad, incredible that in developed countries too 🤦🏻‍♂️🇦🇷

​@@luciano2003. colonised countries.

That's because at the time most Western countries recognized Taiwan as the true legitimate successor to the Chinese state and referred to Taiwan as simply "China". BTW because of that it was Taiwan, who for the longest time (until 1971) held the Chinese seat on the UN Security Council despite it being much smaller and less influential in the region compared to the PRC ("Communist China").

Communist Captalist

"Communist China" is a common, if a little outdated term to differentiate between the PRC and Taiwan.

Shane W yes China is an economic powerhouse because its communist. Gonna roll my eye on this one

Deathless That's completely untrue. China's economy was backwards and in tatters until they relaxed government control on the economy and allowed private industry.

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