China's Geography Problem
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I see you put Taiwan as an independent country. I also like to live dangerously.
Well technically China has been in a civil war against Taiwan sense 1927.
Lebron 21 Have you ever heard Republic of China? It's still alive...
I understood this reference
no, no it isn't
You mean Chinese Taipei? ;)
“Mongolia is a friendly country”
Ghengis Khan has joined the chat.
lol that's quite a long time ago.
try crusader kings 2
HoiNam Superior Southern Chinese vigina
because at that time there was no guns and artillery. time has changed.
why don'ts give back the indian lands in USA? then we talk about the independence of Tibet! Fuck you white colonists and genocidists!!!
Russia is NOT a friendly ally of China, it is a "regional" rival in Central Asia and at best the relationship between China and Russia is ambivalent. "The enemy of my enemy" kind of thing when it comes to dealing with the West but opposition when it comes to basically any other matter.
What conflicts? It’s obvious that CCP chose SEA and Taiwan as strategic areas rather than north China border. Northeast China bordering Russia has seen population decline for many years
@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj You clearly haven't looked at what happened in Central Asia regarding Belt & Road.
Belt and road? More like Bombard and Rape!!
Yeah, this analysis is one-sided. But I like how it reconfirm China centuries old sovereignty in Tibet. For a English Channel on CZcams, this is a little bit of new.
trueee, if west want to win against china it must not let russia go in the chinese camp
"An arrogant and complacent leader is sure to meet with defeat." - Dou Bobi, Tang Dynasty
骄兵必败 兵means soldiers/troops ,not leader
This was released in 2017. A lot has changed since then, including Trump, the coronavirus, and military clashes between India and China. A revision might be appropriate.
To be fair, the geography hasn't changed.
@@mattbowdenuh True. But the political dynamics have drastically changed.
It was a stupid video when it came out, I doubt he'd do better now.
@@thegrandimperialist168 More than stupid
@@leungkichang3220 Read Sun Tzu The Art of War. Geography is very important. Geography is why Germany cannot win wars....it is in the middle of Europe.
"With the Gobi desert there's no chance a land-based empire will invade."
Mongols: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
One word is Great Wall ????
Easy men easy. Have ever heard Manchurian nomads ? china was victim of nomads all time. Qing dynasty is not chinese. Qing dynasty was Manchu&Mongol's dynasty. china was victim of Qing dynasty. Go to read Taiping Rebellion and Manchu and Mongolian history.
@@EricYe-kx4uv 他说的明显是元朝被蒙古人统治的那会吧，这是700多年前的事了。
@Maggie Szpanelewska fuck china
Maggie Szpanelewska you have a case of severe brain rot
"When you have that much sex, the value of your peoples lives don't matter." - Hale Sage
At my age where can I get it 🍑🥒👍
@@magnuswalker7957 Your hands. Jill and Lill
as an indian i love the way how you just made a blunder and added chittagong district of bangladesh in myanmar
Yes i also notice that. Despite chittagong is very large and important city in Bangladesh.
You love this???
Can you accept kashmir being showen in pakistan???
@@nhrahat188 he doesn't really mean he loves it, he's just pointing out a flaw.
@@adityarathi8803 Ohh..Maybe I also blundered to understand..I also noticed a while back when I first saw the video..
@Change2021RS change If Myanmar dares to do this type of mistake..It will definitely breakout..
“Mongolia is a friendly nation”
HORSE ARCHERS
Age of empire 2
The Mongolian population in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China far exceeds that in Mongolia, but 80% of the population in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is Han Chinese，After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ethnic minorities in the north will never have the opportunity to invade the Central Plains again, Because they were assimilated
Mangudais
Concentration camps
Mongolia becomes friendly once gun powder was innovated.
I never realised Half as Interesting was your other channel!
I wasn't sure if he was joking about thay
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Haha same
shhhh
Ah right of the goal
Very interesting analysis! Would love to have an updated version of this video! 💕
1) When the video states that Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam are not insignificant neighbors with their own respective thick jungle topographies, this is not explaining only the potential military threat from those countries. The video is discussing geography, so I take it that any nation's military might ally with M-L-V to invade China from that defensible southern region.
2) The video states a disadvantage for China's geography is, it might be blockaded at sea from trading with rest of the world. However, if US and its allies (NATO) and partners (OECD nations) are blockading China at sea, who else will China attempt to trade with anyway? That would be Game Over for China's export-oriented economy.
3) China is double cropping its rice harvest, yet it still must import food.
The most satisfying part of this video is watching the lit-up boat do a water
"Drift" at 9:23
I bet the captain was listening to "Deja Vu"
なに? かんせいドリフト!
Hand-brake turn..
Chinese drift king!
i hate to be a buzz kill but... the video was just in fast forward and he did a common slow u turn to dock the boat on its port side so its easier to disembark. I did laugh at your comment and how it did look like a drift though:)
This video in a nutshell:
"Does China have a Geography Problem?"
"Well no but actually yes!"
This video is a nutshell: China bad
China has no border conflict
Nameste from India: doing yoga in south west..❤️❤️
Ok
Economically within the country yes however with Trade not so much.
more like an attitude problem
It's crucial to remember that while China would be devastated if its shipping were blockaded, the rest of the world (especially the US) would be devastated by the lack of Chinese goods. We saw this, to a certain point, during the worst of COVID. Especially the when China had locked down again during the first part of 2022 but the US had opened up. While we'd had supply issues for all of COVID, that's when pent up demand from travelling and buying Americans collided with the still-locked down production in China, and we had massive supply chain issues. We still do. Certain industries would grind to a halt. 90% of solar panels or components are manufactured in China. Walmart and Target shelves would be bare except for food. I think the US and China going to war is nearly as unlikely as nuclear war. For all our adversarial relationship, we are economically interdependent.
that's why the US is shifting rapidly to manufacturing in mexico and other friendly countries
Actually the statement at 2:19 is false because china's Yunnan Province (The one that borders all three of the countries) is mountainous and is the eastern end to the Himalayas, so the battle would be hard on both sides.
“It was only in the last 300 years that China took it over”
US with 244 yrs of history: Am I a joke to you?
Poker Face lol
Since the beginning of this year the whole world can see that yes, US is a joke to everyone around the globe
@@oper.m you accidently said US instead of China
@@criticalterror56 not an accident. Good luck with your virus, meanwhile ill be going to a concert tmrw :)
Btw, the only reason why Trump is going at China is to switch public blame from himself. He failed miserably, while other countries are controling the virus, its still going strong in the US. Even italy is already recovering.
@@criticalterror56 USA is a shit-hole right now. Lucky I'm not you
I think it is is more a geopolitical analysis than a geography one.
geograph problems involve geopolitical ones
Ghe video is based on a book called prisoners of geography, which is about geographys effect on geopolitics
ok
"Tibet is only 300 years in China" :D... North America is only 300 years in European hand. Ok let's have dill, every body go home.
also a bullshit geopolitical analysis
Thank you, I have been trying to learn more about China but have only learned enough to have more questions. In this one video you gave me insight into many 'whys'. Now I know how to expand my research. You are wonderful.
This information is incomplete and even too much wrong.
Did the author give credit to the man who wrote the international bestseller "Prisoners of Geography" Tim Marshall who inspired many derivative videos like this one?
You are misled by this video which is full of bias
‘Philippines has never had a bulletproof relationship with US’
2021: US sends state of the art helicopters worth billions to the Philippines and promise to provide military aid.
This is a modern term for colonization.
@@user-ye6ft4ly7r The Philippines requested the money, and equipment...
"state of the art" ok
The video was 2 years ago....
To be fair, in 2012, due to the Scarborough Shoal failure, the Philippines started moving towards China. It's only during the Trump administration that they started moving back, and the current administration is supporting that movement.
“Mongolia is a friendly country”
Ghengis Khan, "Hold this head."
成吉思汗，国际屠夫
jack ma translate
@@jackma5045 *Chinese considers the Mongols the ethic minority (just like the Jewish people, black people in the US). Gengishan was very loyal to the Chinese Empire and greatly expanded the Empire (every Chinese are very grateful for that there are statues of him in China) all the treaties signed with European countries at that time has to be presented in Chinese, all the Kingdoms in the Empire is subordinate to the central emperor. When Gengishan fight in France and two hundred miles from the Atlantic ocean signed the treaty Where is King of France at that time also in Chinese. China and the mongolian people have intermingled each other for centuries. There are all Asians. There are little different in terms of physical features, so stop putting them apart in serving western divide-and-conquer agenda.*
@@jackma5045 *On a final note, besides ethnically minority emperor, China also had a woman emperor, she is also a Chinese Emperor. As long as you work hard you can be an emperor, China is more tolerate to women and minorties than America, and less prejudice against minority.*
Robert Gittings what about those Uyghurs am I right or am I right
The rule book says: when unit is on jungle tile, movement speed is decreased by 50%
Vincent Skat-Rørdam According to my rulebook, you can’t walk on an ocean tile.
Dead Squid this is true. Until you have unlocked the Technology “large ships”, transportation on an ocean tile is impossible.
@@dotuix7064 Why copying and pasting the same irrelevant message everywhere?! Start a new conversation on this topic instead of parasiting other conversations.
The United States has only 240 years of history, and the Indians are Chinese. We ask the United States to return the territory
Vietnam grindin that +1 science to university buildings for having adjacent jungle tiles
Incredible video! Extremely helpful and thought provoking great work!
I just realised this :
Before: Bendover
After learning about history : wendover
CZcams: "China's Geographical Problem"
Trump: "I'm listening"
I laughed
"Trump's Geographical Problem..." especially of the South of USA.. 😂😂
Underrated commemt
@@q0qcky753 😢😢
Akhil Abraham Eapen LOL
"it would be significantly easier for Laos to invade China" very good joke
geography wise it is true, he was not talking about militarily. even if it was militarily, the US spent decades in vietnam because guerrilla warfare is incredibly hard to combat
@@eugeneng7064 ...
It's not about terrain, it's a point about choke points. It's always easier to invade from choke points rather than invading through choke points
@@eddy-currents what are you smoking? The video only mentioned mountainous terrain. But okay I'll bite.
On paper it looks like any Laotian force would be able to expand and move outwards in a fan, but in reality that is impossible because of the mountains in the way. It automatically funnels any serious Laotian force into the few valleys going running through the mountain ranges into nice chokepoints. Meaning, either way it's going to be hell, and the superior Chinese force would have a much easier time of both defending and attacking should something like that occur.
@@eugeneng7064 No, numbers do not actually favour military forces in choke points. Also, you are confusing operational efficiency with overarching strategy.
@@eddy-currents where did you get the idea of superior Chinese force equates to numbers from? I'm talking about the more mechanised, digitised Chinese force against a Cold War style Laotian force here. And it looks like you're covering your ass because you're wrong about choke points
my experience of having lived in Mongolia is that China and Mongolia are very much not friendly outside of economics
Mongolia had mire time being part of china than being a country
China: I have a geographical problem.
Many other counties struggling to secure their territories: ☺️
“Only for three hundred years”, I think that is longer than the history of United States.
Marcus Taber Stop being hypocritical. The US had a Civil War so it's states wouldn't be able to secede. An American calling for China's liberation of Tibet is ridiculous.
good comment bro. also good to see some brainwashed westerners.
Marcus Taber You are stupid!Dalai is cruel that they use human bones and skin to make stuff
Marcus Taber Tibetan is Chinese! Tibet belongs to China long before you born you stupid!
Yes and despite this it's now one of the most powerful countries in world history.
Indian officials and Generals watching this video: “Write that down! Write that down!”
we got Dalai Lama in India.
Well we are more powerful than your whole africa
@@darshankhandelwal7290 why be so rude!? He was probably joking! You do realise that your words unfortunately reflect on your country, don't you?
@@sweetrain9482 exactly... why you are making India suffer for your ego words... Indians are more civilized than some in comments...keep that in
especially after the border crisis recently
As a Chinese person, the analysis at the beginning of the video genuinely amused me. The author's lack of understanding of Chinese history and geopolitics leaves me incredulous.😅
How so?
I giggled when you named US as China's Eastern neighbour.
Bering Strait is between Russia and US and Russia is next to china so if you see from the map US and China are neighbors indeed
@@otterchenox506 space is between venus and earth and venus is next to mercury, so if you see from the map mercury and earth are neighbors indeed
'Mongolia is a friendly country'
Gengis Khan wants to know your location
*LMAO !!!*
today there is a shithole LOL
dian shen but but.. you're both have slanted eyes yellow men. Why shit on your racial cousin?
FYI, before 2012,🇹🇼 constitution actually consider Mongolia a part of 🇹🇼.
Hsin Huang mongolia is part of Taiwan? Dude, what are you smoking?
“China is a country both blessed and cursed by geography.”
The term you're searching is ‘blursed’.
Titazzo r/blursedimages
Blursed _adjective_
Blərsd
An object or entity with good and bad things in an almost equal ratio.
"China's geography is blurred."
🤣🤣
Ah most of Europe countries r a little dog for USA to take care of USA door.
argentina 🇦🇷
xD
Wow. Old video. I thought it was a different narrater. But on second thought, this is probably just a younger you and your voice has changed. Kudos to you for starting your success so young.
wow everything here can be looked at differently in our year of the lord 2020.
what happened to lord 2020? everyone hates him now
History has teached me only one thing Mongolia can be many thing but not friendly
Yes, that rather large wall wasn't built for decorative purposes
作为一个中国人，北面的邻居是制造“抵抗英雄”的邻居。并且让我们造一条万里长城。。。。。。。
*History has taught me only one thing. Mongolia can be many things, but not friendly.
Not trying to be an ass, just trying to help another English learner. It’s a tough language
There is a joke in China: the Mongolians are 🐺 when in Iron Age, but they are 🐑 in Modern Age.
It's taught not teached.
Lots of issues here. Geographically your analysis is fine, but geopolitically it is a bit of a mess.
1. Laos and Myanmar are not, and likely will never be, capable of invading China. Frankly, neither is Vietnam. I get what you're going for here, but these countries don't form any kind of a bloc against China in the way you hint at here. These states are poor and in some cases extremely disunified and have large internal military issues. Vietnam is a bit of a different story, but is really only poised to fight a defensive war (as they did with China in the late 70's).
1b. The reason Tibet is key is because it isn't just China's rivers that start there, but also all the water for SE Asia, India and Pakistan (as well as most of C Asia's rivers as well). Seizing Tibet was both defensive and offensive in this way.
2. There ARE several large mountain ranges between Tibet and Eastern China. Eastern Tibet/Western Qinghai/Western Yunnan is basically the most rugged terrain on earth, and really much harder to move through than the plateau itself. In effect it was these mountains which insulated Tibet from China for as long as it was.
3. China isn't really an ally of Russia. There are increasing connections, but it is also China's oldest and most contentious relationship with a neighbor (short of India). There is a lot of suspicion in Russia/Central Asia towards China, and they have fought battles in the past. Not to mention the history of the Sino-Soviet split. There is a strategic alliance here to counter the US, but also a lot of distrust and competition as they are neighbors with basically completely opposite problems (one has resources and no people, one has fewer resources and tons of people).
4. There are heaps of private corps investing in Africa as well. It isn't just SOE's doing this. These investments are also hardly unique to Africa.
5. Not sure why you spend all this time on Tibet and then neglect Xinjiang. It is in many ways a similar geographic issue for China, but has a higher non-Han population and is also much more open in some ways to external political forces like Islamic extremism.
Overall I think you have a great start here, but you kind of slide into geopolitics and it seems a bit underdeveloped on that front. If you want to do another China vid I'd be happy to offer my advice (I'm a PhD candidate studying China). Edit: two words.
Damn, well said!
Hera properly what The narrator is saying better listen before writing bullshit
Dang u know what's up in China niiice
*add generic Simpsons "Nerrrd" clip here*
Agree, it’s got a good start but with navies analyzing.
I would like to watch complete video but I see you have drawn incomplete Map of India. You still have a scope to Learn
China is like that old martial arts guy trying to cross a street. You don't know whether to help him, challenge him or if he'll give you a martial technique. All of which are confusing.
At this rate everyone has a geography problem
Vid_M *drags cigarette* "i remember my first geography. i didn't realize it was a problem until too late."
Except America. Closest thing to an enemy there is Mexico.
@Honda CRV Russia doesn't really have much infrastructure on that side so still not convenient for them to invade and even if they did Alaska is so isolated from the rest of of America it would be like invading two separate countries.
I can't wait for the "the human parasite problem" video.
Not the US. Honestly, trying to figure out a "geography problem" about the US is pretty tough. The only geographic issue I can find with the US is the US/Mexico border. A lot of it doesn't have geographic protection. Other than that, the US has it very well when it comes to geography.
Unless anyone here can name some geography problems with the US? I'd find it pretty interesting if someone can name some.
Tibet became a part of Chine "only" 300 years ago? I wonder how long does the US exist on this planet.
Nah not really it became part of China in Ming Dynasty.
and do you know when the esclavage finished in Tibet, you history expert?
Even so.. it’s been Chinese for 300 years. According to all international laws, it is Chinese and it makes sense. Typical double standards video.
qiuruoxiao So China is as bad as the USA? Got it.
timothy jennings if you think that china also invaded iraq, afganistan, syria, vietnam, panama, then as you want, i can t blame a blind man.
(Off topic) I was over here watching Ranboolive and this video has been playing the whole time and I was so confused...and I have to rewatch 10 minutes of the stream-
Thanks for not including Taiwan.
9:24 that was the best ship drift ive seen
shanghai drift
😂😂😂😂
Running in the 20s~
Hahaha
7:06 I'm glad you pointed that out. Many backseat generals are too stubborn to accept the strategic importance that the Philippines hold. Along with Japan and Taiwan to the North, and other archipelago's to the south, it acts as a barrier that can and will impede on China's access to the Pacific.
Phillipines' location was, after all, the reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. It sits right along the sea route to the entire southern ocean.
@Alex Mercer You are assuming that the rest of the world will support the CCP, rather than Vietnam, India, Philipines, Japan, SK, Australia, and others.
Operation Chinese Corona.
1) Indians Attack Western China
2) Japanese Attack North Eastern China
3) Philippinos, Australians, Americans, Vietnamese, etc Attack South China
Operation Date: September 1, 2020.
Or,
September 11, 2020
@Alex Mercer another ignorant one ... the Philippines can feed itself :-)
@@cesardelosreyes508 yeah agree, im a Filipino myself and altho most of the population are poor, but we're one of the most rebellious and adaptive people of all time, hahah and yeah, we may be lacking most of the military prowess and depends mostly to America for military aid, but still we can support and uplift ourselves quite a lot even in the toughest of times. just dont mess with our West Philippine fishermen HAHAHAHA
You increase our knowledge. You collect the knowledge with keen interst.
Any country neighbouring China : *exists
Mao : *M I N E*
“Mongolia is a friendly country”
well, now, yes. yes they are. back then, however...
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ghengis Khan has joined the chat
Mongolia called. It wants Inner Mongolia back.
@@sixiantan4755 Ghengis Khan think he is the king of china
傅唐
h e i s
Bruh potatoes are 31 million calories an acre.
Smiles in Irish
I heard somewhere that China had made efforts to partially switch to potato crops
@E Fox The worst? It's the best in human history. They were protected by an ocean and a navy. They were the first superpower of the world and they still exist. I have no idea what you're on about.
@E Fox Dude all wars are pure bullshit. You don't have to look past the first millenium to see that. But there are definitely purps we can persecute today. It's just that the NW has next to zero blood on it's hands now whereas Xi Jinping is literally harvesting people for organs.
It's kind-of controversial to attack a West that has rule of law where in China you would have to sneak painkillers into the camp just to have a half-peaceful death.
In the West the leaders are elected, in the East the leaders are chosen. There is represention for the West's actions, the East does not have such a thing, thus they get away with worse than Nazi shit. We don't even have a grasp on the true corruption in China.
Dude I'm pretty sure you would've wanted to join the Nazi's as well before the battle of Britain. They were helpless punching bags until the American front came. If it wasn't for America the Nazi's would've won by a large marging. Even Russia's efforts were completely saved by America. I believe it was late 1942 (Not sure just check for the lowest amount of armor that Russia had during ww2, it was at such a low level that they practically already lost) that Russia had a handful of current generation tanks left, then the first American armor delivery came and it went straight to the front within days. Much to Russia's embaressment of course.
@@hackersulamaster Elections are a puppet show. "No blood on their hands" is a media propagated farce.
How many of my favorite channels do you own my bro?
It goes to show, "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" is the motto for politicians of any country.
China with his double cropping.
Europe: WOW!
Brazil remembering his quadruple cropping: MMEEE.
Yeah, glad the Americas continent is controlled by US, since all of the imports and food supply mostly came from South America.
@@default8274 Sad
The title should be "How to defeat China if there's a war"
No need war english creat war inside china will never stop. Like Hong Kong like muslim inside china they give them support to bombs china daily we got Taiwan in other side they hit Chinese you got Tibetan they hit Chinese so china will have civili war the most dangerous think if china take over the world we are in big trouble the world his gona be hungry becouse Asian they are selfish thanks god for Britain and usa they are in charge otherwise........... greeting from Algeria
ABDELGHANI ACHAIBOU very funny and stupid to say USA, UK to rule the world is good
@@abdelghaniachaibou4286 1. Fix your English and 2. wars and politics don't work that way.
@@q0qcky753 fix my english fix seriously im not builder to fix first think im not English speaker but fix you the worst person to give advice
@@howardbinwek3252 haha，fuck you too my Lil fella
This video has impacted your social credit score
Very informative!
Yeah and potatoes produce 17.8 Million calories per acre. They were a big part in European population expansion
stratmoss plus it’s a really good crop for countries with not particularly weather and soil like Russia and Ireland
cherry picked facts
Potato came from America. They were't a major part of European expansion.
I know they came from America. I mean they contributed a lot to the European populations increasing, especially in cities
+stratmoss
I thought the industrial revolution contributed towards that.
No offense but Myanmar Vietnam and Burma invading China is a very sick joke
*Burma is the old name of myanmar
I think he was talking about how the landscape would make it easier to invade China, infrastructure would make it easier to invade as well.
China was invaded by Japan, a small country. I think China is very invadable. Vietnam won the war against US in the past. My money on the three countries.
but China can always breed more soldiers
sinister blade China was invaded during one of the times when the country fell apart, but this time was different because of industrialization and nationalism. If China wasn’t fighting a civil war and generally poor, the Japanese would have had a much harder time.
Turns out every nation has a geography problem except the USA
Pretty much.
Australia and Canada don't have geography problems except harsh weathers.
Counties have geography problem only when they have strong neighbors.
@@playerbruv9329 neither is liveable cuz shit land
Very nice video ..delivered perfectly
The rate at which I'm watching these videos with such close attention you would swear I have an exam on China's geography tomorrow lol
Then you are at a wrong place sweetie.
This is not a video about geography. This is actually a video about politics. So many anti-China information is hidden in the video, in a brain-washing way. You may prefer reading textbook than watching this thing.
@Portia De Clou
Good luck in exam😂
@@dannywang4673 Thanks Sam! I'm always open to learning, it's tricky when you don't know who to believe because there are so many different stories.
@@dannywang4673 How is it anti zhina ? Tell us , you are very fragile
I wonder if this video can be viewed in China.
Yes it can. I live in BJ... you just need a vpn.
Arthur Kimes definitely never,😂️
I’m doing it XD
You can, just go to Hong Kong or Macau to watch. You can also use VPN if you're in the mainland
Not for long lol
This was made almost 5 years ago and I still remember when it came out
Can you make a video about The Philippine geography? What are it's advantage and disadvantage as a country.
Fun fact: The Philippines has a mutual defense treaty with the US meaning that, if the US attacks China or is engaged in warfare with the nation, the Philippines must join it.
How is your comment 55 years ago?
An OEM User
I’m a time traveler
Oh no
not anymore says so by the video creator, not even mentioned PH as an ally
I don't think you understand how mutual /defence/ works..
Please do Australia next.
YES
yeah naa why not mate
" Australia - all surrounded by ocean " - Ok end of video..
bigfatdick5000 lol nice one. and if you have kangroo issue call Chinese. possible to make nice cuisine
actually i think chinese is gonna eat those predators off. They can eat anything .
Vietnam too in some ways :))))
Good video. Thank you
شكرا على المعلومات القيمة بارك الله فيكم
What about the western borders with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Afeghanistan and Pakistan? He didn't mention those.
Viniso arid as fuck
Viniso China needs to worried about that region is terrorism,since the majority of the population are oppressed Muslims
this video sucks, it's a bullshit made by a fake media
At least it is not state run media
Well, the border on those area are actually protected by a vast mountain range and deserts, so, like the case of India-China relationship, it is protected by natural borders, I think...
Excellent presentation. It's so much eye n mind opener even for me who for past 37 yrs do everyday 3 hrs of read, research, communicate on multiple world wide subjects like Economy, Politics, Sociology, Military might of each country. I m proud of you n your work. My best wishes. May you grow ever.
Thanks my Dear Indian
Virender Singh Mann you reply to ur self
0:51, 3:43 it is Nepal, not China, that's our rice field.
Tibet could have also been part of Nepal and also the Tibet video it came when you showed looks like it is from Nepal
People today tend to have a quirky habit of moralising international politics. They love to reduce politics into the battle between good and evil, which is very ideological and unfaithful to the reality of the world. Everyone thinks the side he happens to be on is represent eternal justice, and as a result what we have is only a far more antagonistic situation fueled by self-righteous people fighting each other for ideological reasons. Things perhaps would been moving smoother if only everyone is just rationally pursuing their self-interest without ideologizing it. It is nice that you make a video about Chinese geopolitics from a more realist's perspective, rather than blaming everything China does as a result of an evil totalitarian regime which must be destroy at all cost (despite the fact that the fall of the current Communist regime would very probably mean a disaster for the whole Chinese population). We have all seen what US propaganda have done on the Arab Spring, with it ideological liberalism that ignores real consequences of politically distabilising a region under the name of supreme liberal value which trumps the value of millions of lives.
CHC You do realize the only action the US was involved in related to the Arab Spring was Libya, which was a European adventure that Obama tried to stay out of for over a month. As soon as Gadaffi was killed Europe left the US alone to pick up the pieces. The only thing keeping Libya together was Stevens, and that is why Islamic militants murdered him.
People voting freely in Iraq and Afghanistan is a good thing. But democracies take time and are often very bloody roads. There are those who will try, and those that will not. The one certainty in life is you will get nowhere if you don't try. So being critical of that just makes you look silly.
"People today tend to have a quirky habit of moralising international politics"
People have always done this.
Iraq and Afghanistan are failed states. Kurds just voted to leave but what was US' position. Yeah muh democracy. Afghan corrupt government will collapse in 2 seconds when nato leaves. US is also in yemen helping saudis commit genocide and funded the wahhabis in syria along with Saudi and Qatar. Of course there's bahrain which everyone would want to pretend didnt happen
CHC of course people think their regimes represent moral justice maybe that's because their regimes actually represent their interests in life, pretty sure that whenever regimes don't represent the people's actual interests they usually don't last long.
Chad Leach Communist regimes are hard to dismantle unless if it is from within. Like gorbachev did with the soviets.
The Philippine president was actually attempting to form good relations with China, hence why we appear that we were "distancing" ourselves from the US when he acended to the office. This was a fairly unpopular move since a lot of Filipinos still favor the US than China. Just thought I'd add this small tidbit in.
kaiplue That dude is funny
You are really pretty.
Ser Devil A mere Mongoloid, I'm afraid.
kaiplue wendover is American... they're not hearing the real story, that PI and China meet monthly and billions have been pledged to be invested.
A filipina 😍
The picture at 0:53 is from Nepal. The people playing swing in the clip is typical of an activity popular during the biggest festival in the country. The video is about China so I thought that I would point that out.
3:00 The languages spoken by the Tibetans and the Burmese are in the same language family as those spoken by the Han, the Sino-Tibetan family.
english and german are also in the same language family, so are brits and germans the same ethnic group?
@@futuregmchess1561 actually yes,not just language, Anglo Saxons are actually west Germanic descendants ,they were conquerers who killed and replaced Celtic Britons who spoke insular Celt (the natives/locals) ,the conquerers spoke Anglo Saxon(aka old English,while modern English is mixed with 30% French ,so modern English isn’t actually purely a Germanic language anymore,and with immigrants coming to UK,the British are not purely Anglo saxons anymore too)
So in conclusion yeah,”British” and “German “ belong the same family ,and sadly those gingers （Celtic descendants）who are mocked by Brits today ? they are the actual owners of the whole Ireland ,Scotland and England
@@futuregmchess1561 today when we say “Celtic” we are basically referring to Irish, Scottish (Gaelic), Welsh, Breton
but actually the ancestors of Welsh were Silurist
@@futuregmchess1561 and the reason UK only includes Northern Ireland is that the rest of them (who are Celts of course) refused to be colonized by Anglo Saxons from England
Scottish are now 1/3 Picts(locals/natives,who are ethnically Celtic) ,1/3 Skots(immigrants from Ireland,but have Celt-originated culture,so they’re culturally Celtic too),and 1/3 Vikingers(Vikings from Northern Europe,who were the minority of Scotland)
Which explains why there’s up to 56% people voted yes on Scottish independence referendum,cuz they’re actually Celtic ,although British government never agreed 😂
"What's your favorite topic?"
Wendower: *"Chineese planes"*
Mr. Moffun this video is copying the book Prisoners of Geography Author Tim Marshal
Atlast notification bill ring again for *Wendover Production* channel.
FRANTIC this video is copying the book Prisoners of Geography Author Tim Marshal
Rice wasn't the only reason why China has such a huge population.
Bro you shown map of ind wrongly, you have removed large part of ladak and kashmir.
Invading....China? That is a very optimistic and bold assumption.
*Zooms out to entire Pacific*
US: "Hello there, mighty fine sea you got there. Be a shame if someone dropped a carrier group in it."
Only if y'all are using FUEL CELLS.
that hit me in the funny bone lol
China: Talking about carriers... Um... Hang on, one sec... Alright, we had just constructed three of them!
Fear not my friends, conventional powered of course, no nuclear involved.
@Huawei sucks sheisse in the event you describe the nukes come out to play. There will not be an occasion when China allows itself to be blockaded like that without resorting to nukes, nor will every other country that relies on China (read everyone) economically not do anything. It's almost as if you want to keep the war conventional when it really isn't like that. Nato did not dare to stop Russia when it took Crimea, what do you think will happen when you attempt to holdwestern standard of living hostage?
The only time a Chinese CVBG will engage a US CVBG will be in a limited conflict, and China will not engage unless with support. You know like with the bases in the SCS.
Again, no. The US learnt a lot of lessons over the years, many of which no longer apply. Unless China somehow starts using propellor planes again that experience is largely worthless. As for your thoughts on aircraft carriers being around, it's worthless. People say tanks are obsolete, yet they evidently aren't. It's likely in that time there'll still be a niche for them to fill barring ocps which we cannot predict so everyone, including the US, continues to use them.
No one cares if the CCP held them back or not. They care about the fact they are industrialised now. As for their behaviour, it's perfectly logical. Calling it a vanity move for an insecure China is like calling the US pulling a vanity move to put bases all over the world because they were so insecure that communism was going to spread everywhere. Or they were so insecure over an ally overtaking them economically they had to cut them down to size with a trade war. Everyone is insecure about something and the US is the most insecure of them all.
@Huawei sucks sheisse that's not how MAD works, something you seem to not understand. It doesn't matter if China burns in nuclear fire if the US is doing the same. The US can kill 7 billion people, and China can kill 300 million Americans. But China doesn't have 7 billion people, and America will come out from it no better. If doesn't matter who's dick is bigger if there's no one left to measure it.
As for oil, China has strategic reserves, while not enough to supply China, it will also affect Korea and Japan. You can bet all three countries will band together should the US blockade China, because they all survive off the same oil supply from the Middle East, and Korea and Japan would crash if China's economy ceases to function without going to war.
What I think you are talking about is institutional knowledge. When Japan modernised it did not have to learn how to operate Age of Sail ships, and went straight for pre-dreadnoughts and later carriers. It's the same for China. What the US has is institutional experience that is needed to maintain the current CVBGs which China is building now. As I have said earlier, what was applicable then is not always applicable now. Those lessons you're talking about is available online for all to see, published in journals and military magazines and taught in military academies the world over. It's not as if the Chinese do not learn from experiences drawn from others, which is one of the reasons China downsized her military because she saw how Iraq got trashed. You are a fool if you think they don't pay attention to what happens elsewhere. Otherwise Sun Tzu is an advantage China has because it is part of China's experience and not the American one. And Italy has Machiavelli and the world does not.
As for all problems going away should China become a democracy? No. You are wrong. The US destroyed Japan's economy, an ally mind you, just because it got too big and threatened America's position as the world's largest economy. A democratic China is a democratic enemy. I would like to ask how many Chinese have you actually met, because I have met many, and their positions on Taiwan and others mean a democratic China is one that will democratically choose to reclaim Taiwan by force. The CCP os doing us a favour by clamping down on that.
There are plenty of examples of democracies going to war because it is in their best interests. A democratic China at odds with the US would be no different.
China: My geography is perfect. I have 360-degree protection via the Greater Khingan Range in the northeast, the Gobi Desert in the north, the Taklamakan Desert in the northwest, the Pamir Mountains in the west, the Himalayas in the southwest, the Indochina Rainforest in the south, the South China Sea in the southeast, the East China Sea in the east, and the Great Wall in the centre. No one can invade me easily.
Western Imperialism: China has terrible geography. It can't invade anyone.
what's mine is mine. what's yours is negotiable. -china
I get the feeling this video is more about China’s Political Problem.
how so?
The video was about provocating China.
in what way though?
Himajama If you put this topic into Britain and talk about the geographic value of liverpool to Britain, you will see the point. Britain will not give up liverpool not because it has geographic values but it is a part of Britain. By the way every piece of land has its geographic meaning. That's also why no coutry exists without territory. The video was trying to convince the audience that China invaded and occupied Tibet for the geographic value rather than just controling, protecting and holding her own territory. That's basically a prejudice made by western narrative to meet the need of cold war.
+Junyuan Ma
your analogy doesn't work for numerous reasons, context being foremost. England conquered the Liverpool region for the same reasons they conquered the Scots and Irish; because the benefit of being an 'island nation' only come about when you are the only entity controlling the significant lanes of access to said island/s. it's a lot easier maintaining a strong navy rather than a strong army and navy. it's also a lot easier defending a coastline than open fields like those found in the English countryside. on a broader, more realist scale, if it comes down to a question of "demographics vs geography", governments will always take the more convenient option. in Britain's case, it was more convenient to put up with unruly Scots, Irish and Welsh than it was to have them as independents.
from a Chinese perspective, the same is true for Tibet, or more specifically, the Tibetan Plateau. because, as usual with the Chinese, any demographic problems that come along with administrating the plateau such as an unruly Tibetan population aren't significant while the geographical benefits are immense. from a security standpoint, there's multiple benefits. the most obvious one is that if China controls Tibet, then India cannot. for China, who two of their three major rivers (the Yangtze and Yellow) get their start on the Tibetan Plateau, it's a significant factor for their water and food security. militarily, Tibet could have been a staging point for anti-Chinese missiles with the entire population core within 2000km of those missiles and China surrounded, militarily, on all sides. now it's the reverse; if China chooses it, they could put missiles within 1000km of New Delhi and, with Pakistan on the left flank, India's heartland is within breathing room of China and it's allies. that alone is reason enough to annex Tibet. if i was Mao, i would have done the same thing.
now, i'm curious why you would assume China didn't invade Tibet in the 50s for that express purpose? obviously once upon a time Tibet was an independent state. why do you think China incorporated Tibet in the first place if not for the benefits of ruling it? it's like how they first (back centuries ago) incorporated Xinjiang despite the very clear difference between traditionally 'Chinese' and Uyghur peoples of which, i'm assuming, you're not going to deny. seriously, there is no such thing as a benevolent government; the very nature of government is control. for China, that means control over it's core territory and protection of that control.
also, i'm very curious as to why Chinese people seem to keep bringing up usually very weak cultural or political ties as justification for being in Tibet and Xinjiang. many Chinese people keep mentioning how many Chinese and Tibetans had common ancestors 3000 years ago as the reason Tibet should be in China despite all the cultural divergence that has taken place. what's the reason for this train of thought.
"Only in the last 300 years that China took it over"
Native Americans have joined the chat ---later booted by Mr. double standard
you are right man. western countries are double standard
But why? He just said 'China took it over', he didn't even say anything more
@@andresolmos8639 it means if you think "takeing tibet over for just 300 hundred years(actually 800 years) "is bad for its for state security ,there is no safe land for any country .
@@user-hl7sc7yh6x But where are you getting that from? He is only saying that China took Tibet over protection, as every other country in the world which has tried to expand to reach lands easy to defend.
@@andresolmos8639 we are focusing on different things." 300 years (actually 800)that China took it over ......it doesn't make sense for Tibet to be part of China ".300 years doesn't support this argument. if you don't hold double standard ,you could find this is so unfair
Now that I come to think of it I’ve never seen any landscape from china, only buildings and more buildings
Good analysis
Just 300 years??So what?
The United States was only 244 years old.
but US is the best country
Sherlock Holmes and in a few decades?
Sherlock Holmes you should try visiting other countries lol
@@sportexploreandfood3961 first of all,no! second of all,so?
@DRAXLER M name a better one...
China and Russia are "friends" the way Brazil and Argentina are "friends"
Don't know about Argentina and Brazil, but China is the most peaceful ally of Russia in entire history
Lazy Pictures you DO realize that there was a border war in 1969?
Border WAR?)
lolwut? A few days of shooting you call a war?
It's a couple days border conflict in a ~400 years of diplomatic relations. And it's all what you got?
Pathetic.
When people shoot at each other within common living memory, that's something. The claim that China "doesn't worry about it's border to the north" is beyond stupid. The USA doesn't worry about the border to the north, China certainly does.
Lazy Pictures yeah, two nuclear armed nations shooting at each other. Not a big deal
I'm sure the Russian military is totally fine with being supplanted by their neighbor to the south. I'm sure the Chinese are thrilled to have those paranoid fucks up there pointing their weapons southward.
There a hundred of better candidates for "best bilateral relations" besides Russia and China. You're just too stupid to do some basic research
Firstly use indian map correctly
I was watching with interest but then 5:54 OH MY GOD
Wendover: Makes video about China’s geography problem.
Also Wendover: Has clearly been playing a lot of Risk.
Cmon!
Its 2017!
Wars are fought with memes as weapons!
Yadnesh. If only lol
Meme wars: a meme Battle simulator is my fav game
Yadnesh. Where you destroy your enemies by showing them crappy impact font memes
War never changes.
It does and it Could.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd if not this would be the last one prolly so maybe let's be less flippant and trendy maybe.
But Fallout's a great game tho.
Only 300 years for Tibet, 😂 USA didn’t even exist bro
I am a simple man, I see a map I click.
I would like to watch India's geography in your channel.
Indias got lot of small rivers so that civilization can emerge in hintherland and does not always from grand river.
Takes over Kashmir and the north east. That's it lmao
Curry taco Indian guano
@@defjam137 what is 'takes here' supposed to mean? They're literally India's states and have always been. You must be from Pakistan. Must I mention balochistan?
You forgot the “one road one belt”, the new Silk Road. Sea blockade will not stop China.
MaverickIQ Roads and trains aren’t nearly as efficient as sea travel.
Toby Wallis not as efficient but a lot more cheaper
This is a video about China, OP's comment did not even mention India.
adrian1234544 witch is chaeper land or sea
Train, and faster, 14days from China to England.
Thank you I hope it's helpful.
great content