Hi everyone, this is Klaus
If you watched the unified and independent episode before from our channel
Then this video will be more profound thinking
May change all your previous perceptions of unity and independence
Stay with us, thank you
When we are talking about unity and independence
Have you ever thought that you really understand the definition of these two words?
For these two words
We all can read, write, and we all can make sentences
They are often heard and used
But because of this
Instead, it makes us think they are easy and clear
So we don’t think deep
So now please think about these two words with me
What exactly is unity?
1406 to 1407 AD
It was from 4th to 5th years of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty
Ming Chengzu attacked the Hu Dynasty in Vietnam and won
Vietnam merged into Ming Dynasty territory
Was this unification?
Doesn't seem very suitable
On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong's sovereignty was transferred
was this unity?
But at the beginning of the transfer of sovereignty, there was nothing changed in Hong Kong
Sovereignty is simply to change the name
Only the words People’s Republic of China were added to the Hong Kong passport
Sovereignty is nominal, so Deng Xiaoping opposed of
Britain's position of swapping sovereignty for governance
What's the use of sovereignty alone
It's like having a wife who doesn’t sleep with you.
Although you can say that you are taken, but what’s the use?
That’s why China intervened after the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty
For another example, if the United States changes its name to China, the two countries become the alliance and the others remain unchanged.
Are China and the United States unified?
It doesn’t sound quite right
Through these few examples,
We can see that the unified definition is not absolute
Between invasion, annexation, merger, union, etc.
There is no absolute boundaries
What exactly is unity?
Let's think about it
Get the definition of the word from its actual use
What we hear most often is the unification of Taiwan
Why does the mainland unify Taiwan?
What if we say that Taiwan unify the mainland
But the other way around seems to have different meanings
Therefore, unification has a subject and an object
And then look at what we said
There are no absolute boundaries between unity and invasion, annexation, merger, and union
But there is no active and passive relationship between merger and union
I merge with you, there is no difference when you merge with me
You unite me, it makes no difference if I unite you
Only invasion and annexation have an active and passive relationship
Does this become clear all at once?
The two parties of unification don’t have an equal relationship like merge and unite
It has a passive relationship like invasion and annexation
In other words, whoever has no advantage between the two parties is the one who is unified.
For example, if A takes advantage of B, then A unifies B
If B takes advantage of A, then B unifies A
So the colloquial definition of unity, that unity is to take advantage
Unity itself is a neutral word, between invasion and annexation and merger and union
But in actual use, it is a derogatory term that favors invasion and annexation.
And being promoted by people who want to take advantage of others
has become a commendatory term that favors mergers and unions
So from this linguistics, we can explain why Taiwan does not want to be unified
Because Taiwan doesn't want to be taken advantage of
If to say that the mainland and Taiwan merge or the mainland and Taiwan unite
I believe Taiwanese will not be so strongly opposed
Okay, let’s look at independence again
I watched a video recently
With hundreds of thousands of watching videos, the channel has more fans than us
But his fans are not smarter than my fans, why?
The video begins with a detailed historical analysis of the changes in Xinjiang
Xinjiang has experienced the Xiongnu, Gaoche, Turkic, Huihu, Xiliao and other regimes
Once ruled by different nations, it’s history after all.
So It sounds objective
But later, he’s saying that the Xinjiang people are descendants of Huihu.
Not Turkic, different from the Stan states in Central Asia
We must establish a correct view of history, not because of language or blood relationship
Became a national separatist
From here I sensed CCP-like
Sure enough, I checked many sources,
The Chinese government says that Uighurs are not of Turkic descent from Central Asia.
But the descendants of Uighurs from the mainland
Uses this to refute East Turkistan that wants independence
I'm not going to analyze blood relationship here
The logical fallacy of his film is straw man
Equate independence and nationalism
People who want to be independent in this way feel that they have no blood relationship with those people,
so they will not support them.
If these two things can be equal
How can there be Hong Kong independence and Taiwan independence?
Most Hong Kong people and Taiwanese people came from the mainland
We talked about in the previous video
Unification is not a goal, unification is only a means
Same for independence
If independence is the ultimate goal
Then if the united nation recognizes the independence of Xinjiang ,
then Xinjiang people can disperse and go home?
Independence is not a final goal
Independence is to oppose the CCP’s repressive rule
Oppose foreigners plundering local resources
Oppose unequal and discriminatory ethnic policies
Is to build a fairer government
This kind of confusion that ignores the real reason behind is to fool people
So what is independence?
In fact, there is no absolute boundary between independence and unity
Just like Hong Kong after 1997, under the framework of one country, two systems
China has only sovereignty but no governance
Hong Kong is between unity and independence
And one country, two systems is maintained by the Basic Law
Hong Kong’s Basic Law is the Constitution,
But the constitution is the name for a country
Hong Kong is not a country, so it is called the Basic Law instead of Constitution
The protests in Hong Kong over the years have been because China tried to change the Basic Law
Suppose there are 100 articles in basic laws
If all 100 articles remain the same, we can say with certainty that there is one country, two systems
If all 100 articles are cancelled, it can be said with certainty that there is no one country, two systems
Then cancel one article, is there one country, two systems or not?
What about canceling 50, 99?
So to what extent does the qualitative change happen?
So even the opposite concept will not have absolute boundaries
There is no absolute independence in this world
Absolute independence in theory means not being connected with any country and isolated from the world
The opposite is that 100% cooperation in all directions will become a de facto federal state
If a country can give people in a region enough freedom
Advantages that even independence does not bring
Who would want to fight for independence?
Just like Quebec
Once a French colony, most people now speak French
There was an independent movement
But most people still think it was more beneficial to stay in the Canadian Federation
So after two referendums, both ended in failure
Independence is the right and choice of the people of a region
But labeling the independence movement as nationalism and separatism is to fool people.
Alright, let’s enter the interactive session for netizens
In the last episode, we analyzed the massacre in Chinese history
And the changes of Han ethnicity
Netizen J.P. Tan said it doesn’t matter who we are
To be a rational and a good person is the most important
Netizen Anfisa Pan said he promoted in Hanfu sports in college
Later, he learned that China uses Hanfu to oppress other ethnic groups
Netizen Seele2015au replied
Hanfu is difficult to define, and the Li family in the Tang Dynasty was not Han
Probably when the Han nationality was the purest
Even clothes had not been invented
The so-called revival of traditional culture in recent years
Were all destroyed by the CCP before
The Soviet Union, which represented the leader of communism, collapsed, reform and opening up is Westernization
Now CCP uses to promote nationalism
After all, nationalism and communism can serve autocracy
Netizens Mu Shui Yang and Mars Huang said
Many people in the Communist Party of China clamor that they are not afraid of dying hundreds of millions of people
It is because China’s tradition of treating human lives as numbers
Netizen Zhang Fei said that he used to be fortunate for myself born in China
Later he realized that he was the leek in the greenhouse
But don’t want to grow in the greenhouse
Netizens Love Freedon said
The Han people who kill the most are the Han people themselves
Should the entire Han nationality commit suicide?
Finally, netizens said that China’s population base is large and it is difficult to manage
China’s population has a large base, but the base of administration is also large.
There are nearly 100 million party members alone, which is more than Taiwan’s total population.
If they form a country, it can rank in the top 15 in the world
Alright, this program ends here
Thanks to all the friends who participated in the comment discussion,
I’m Klaus, see you next time
