After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait.
As HMCS Ottawa entered the busy and strategically critical body of water at sunrise, it was flanked by three Chinese warships armed with missiles and torpedoes. They mirrored Ottawa’s moves for the entire 17-hour crossing.
Canada made the journey along with the USS Ralph Johnson, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, in what both countries describe as a freedom of navigation exercise.
How many rebellions triggered the overthrowing of the government? All of them - short of the Yuan dynasty, which simply conquered the Song Dynasty.
You are singling one aspect of emperial Chinese rule and making it the common rule, while if you put aside the Yi-Jing mumbo jumbo, you get political facts.
Fact, the yellow turban rebellion broke the financial and political hold of the Han dynasty and brought about the 3 kingdoms era.
Fact, the Zhou dynasty provided too much military and political power to each province ruler leading to individual rebellions that led to the warring states era.
Uncommon political/financial collapse - Tang dynasty, who mobilized an unprecedentedly sized army to hold off the forces of Islam in west China. The sheer logistical weight of the campaign drained the government, leaving it weak and eventually leading to it’s collapse.
I have a degree in asian studies. The facts don’t have to align to your perception of modern politics.
Uh, if they cared that much about Taiwan they would have taken it by now. They care more about economic stability than “unity”. If you have a degree in “Asian Studies” that includes the Warring States period, you wouldn’t know about political science or economics. You know, recent history?
The “Mandate of Heaven” is just an idea, but they don’t want to go putting ideas of incompetent government in people’s heads. That’s why they either try to respond well to disasters or cover them up.
It is your position that China doesn’t care about Taiwan. Really. I think you have allowed yourself to be baited in to a stupid position.
Since you’re being disrespectful and condescending, I’ll just just tell you to look up the Japanese occupation and the Korean war + Sino-American treaty as a reason why.
Also, I’m not a tankie. I just think differently than you.
Can you guys please keep arguing about chinese history? It’s very informative
Blocked him already.
China is interesting, ain’t it?
Yes i love learning about history. And thankfully China’s isn’t quite as convoluted as India’s so it is possible to learn it