Well the technical official position of both governments is "China is one unified nation, including the mainland and taiwan, and we the [KMT/CCP] are the rightful government of China" though in reality it's more complicated than that.
I laughed at "$5 million spent on Mexico". Anyone who knows Mexico knows that out of $5 mil, the politicians would take $4.99 mil and the people would get a random statue in a park somewhere. Funny but actually really sad.
@@jonny5777 That registration fee is payable to me. My associate Jonny here will take care of the paperwork. We congratulate you on getting your very own country!
Having actually written a paper on this very subject, Tonga us s very interesting case. Essentially well, it's complicated by the fact that its a major logistics hub for illcit drugs from China. The locals tend not to like that.
Singapore: Delicate balancing (it has participated in the military Exercise Starlight in Taiwan/ROC since the 1970s but in early 2017 9 armoured carriers were impounded for 2 months by China/PRC while the ship the carriers were being transported on (back to Singapore from that exercise) stopped over in HK)
I’ve actually been to Vanuatu and it’s really nice but very poor And China built them a massive convention centre but they are so poor they can’t even turn the lights on there
Yep and now they're in debt. It's like modern day slavery. China is doing it the world over. If you can't pay it back. We take part of your country. Disgusting. So much money and power in the hands of a few.
@@Spratdragon LMAO, Bro, are you crazy? Countries that can’t afford the money belong to China? Please give an example, or do you live in parallel space-time?
@@etonxu3763 Those projects are funded through loans, not grants. Do you really think a poor nation can afford to pay back that amount of debt? And if they default, do you really think China will just forget about the millions it spent there? Or, do you think China would use the debt to exert influence over the country?
@@rabbits2345 Bro, that’s the relationship between the lender and China, I don’t understand why you feel so anxious? A very simple example, if you want to borrow money to buy a house, the bank will evaluate your credit value and your personal asset value. If your credit and assets are only 10,000 US dollars, but you want 100 million US dollars, do you think the bank will give you? In the final analysis, this is a problem between China and the loaning country. What does it have to do with you? What does it have to do with your country? Is it possible that the lender country cannot repay China's debts, and you and your country will help repay? Or does it mean that you and your country will shamelessly force China to cancel the debt of the loan country? You are not a participant, please do not blame others, it will only make you look stupid.
@@olefella7561 You said, "Britain and Russia have already Colonized half of Asia, stretching from Australia/New Zealand, to Siberia/Far-East, all in Asia-Pacific region; Native Asians themselves are fighting for a few tiny islands left out there. Obviously something is not right here, obviously so. More on Asia-Pacific at, blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807 I said, "Truth hurts, isn't it?"
@@olefella7561 Ole Fella 'Slavery, Colonialism and Colonization' are all evil things done by evildoers. China shall one day help liberate the Continent in Asia Pacific it sees as rightfully belonging to Native people of Asia Pacific region.
9:25 - "But at the end of the day, China just has so much more money. If China wants to win the political support of a small nation, they can just spend and spend and spend." You just described Civ 5's diplomatic victory
@@aorigele71 Damning with faint praise huh. Interesting... ;p Frankly they both suck, but faced with the realities of the world you inevitably have to pick your poison...
@@aorigele71 Yes,China sure act better at the start!Report to WHO at December,containing the influx and now they only got a couple hundred cases! Their mask supply system is decent,and there's no lock down or forced quarantine! pretty great for a nation so close to the first case's erupting point.
Bruh, people in this comment section are literally supporting a one party authoritarian state. Literally any democracy is better than no democracy, as history has shown. The US has A LOT of issues, but at least they are free to choose their government and way of life. China is increasingly turning into a police state. You can draw parallels to the the dystopian novel 1984.
I am from the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Swaziland) we have good relationship with Taiwan too.. there is an embassy here Taiwanese. they offer us Help in many forms tooo
not exactly, since another big difference tends to be that these giant projects Communist China does, tends to be done by Chinese companies. That's why they like to do big infrastructure projects. The companies doing them always being personal friends of said party leaders. Make no mistake, these "donations" are donations not to the companies they're building them in, but donations to their friends in the Communist Party, the means through which those gifts are laundered just happening to *maybe* actually benefit said countries' people. The CCP doesn't do charity, only corruption.
Wendover Production makes by far the best factual videos. I get so excited when his videos come out as they are just so well structured. Keep up the good work I love it!
The amount of knowledge I've gained from this channel has been massive. I have been a fan since I spotted your first videos 4 years ago. I'm just a poor college student on a minimum wage income right now, but someday in the future, I promise I'll support you through Nebula/Curiosity Stream or whatever. Thanks for the content so far, its been excellent.
@@Alex632 it's still a meme for his audience. I prefer that he continues it, it would feel weird if he all of a sudden stopped doing it. I'd say it's a mini game for us now. Trying to find the unrelated and sneaky plane mention in each video.
Ive driven on the 50 mil road. The bus driver said part of the deal was teaching the locals how it was done. Driver said the locals introduced the chinese workers to the kava and "island time" and work slowed down soon after!.
@Robert Trevaunance Why is Taiwan a part of the PRC? Taiwan has been controlled by the indigenous, then the Dutch, then the Ming, then the Qing, then the Japanese (Shimonoseki), and then ??? When Japan surrendered, it wasn't specified to whom Japan was supposed surrender the territory it occupied. It didn't name a specific country. It just said that they have to specify the territory. It didn't mention ROC, and it couldn't have mentioned the PRC since it wouldn't exist until like 4 years later. The PRC never occupied Taiwan either.
Taiwanese, can confirm this video pretty much hits the nail on its head. A couple things to add here: 1. US-Taiwan relations are defined by the Taiwan Relations Act (which is the only separate legal act in the US that defines its relations with any foreign government), which basically outlines everything that countries with normal diplomatic relations do have but stops short of referring to Taiwan as an independent country. This is why when Taiwanese people fill out any official US documents (for example, when applying online for visa-exempt entry), when they select their nationality as Taiwan, a disclaimer will pop up saying that the name "Taiwan" is in the list of nationalities because of the Taiwan Relations Act. 2. Our official name is still the Republic of China, because the constitution currently in effect here was written when the ROC government was still based in mainland China. Changing the name would necessitate a new constitution, but that would require a 3/4 majority in the legislature, which neither the pro-unification nor pro-independence parties individually have. Choosing to recognize the PRC or the ROC is actually not a silent rule per se, it also has to do with the fact that since the government on Taiwan is still called the Republic of China, and since (at least according to the constitution) the ROC is technically "China", when foreign countries cut ties with one to establish ties with the other, they are actually switching their recognition of "China" from the ROC to the PRC (or vice versa). This was highlighted when Panama cut ties; one of their ministers said that from their perspective they would prefer to have normal diplomatic relationships with both Taiwan and China, but because of the whole "exclusive recognition of China" issue, they can only choose one. 3. News just in today: the government of Somaliland has officially announced that they will open a representative office in Taiwan, although whether or not that entails official diplomatic recognition and an exchange of ambassadors remains to be seen. Somaliland, of course, does not have official ties with any UN country. It turns out that our government has been silently offering aid for basic infrastructure there for quite some time now, and Somaliland's foreign minister has actually visited Taiwan before, but none of this had been made public here until today.
Adding to what "Fornie" said, I hope that soon the US will place an embassy in Taiwan, or will switch the title of "Legitimate China" to your China instead. Long live the ROC, down with the PRC and CCP.
CommentControl what you are wishing is probably not going to happen,the USA won’t worsen relationships with China by recognizing Taiwan,and the PRC and the CCP won’t be replaced anytime soon,furthermore,it just might be Taiwan collapsing before China.
Personally I'd rather have our name be changed officially to Taiwan and forego any legitimacy claims to China-from the perspective of the US, the whole Taiwan Relations Act was to avoid the issue of which government is "China" (hence the title "Taiwan" Relations Act, instead of "Republic of China" Relations Act")
That's only in the Security Council, which doesn't have all members present only 15 in total. But in the United Nations General Assembly they are all equals!
Well, they count as 1 vote, just like how any person counts as one vote for trump or biden or ... Kanye. Its not like anyone can bribe someone on the security council... (no you can't bribe yourself)
@k jason except you are completely wrong. the united states voted against General Assembly Resolution 2758 which gave the PRC its unsc seat. the us actually tried really hard to torpedo the resolution, but when it became clear that the prc has most of the world's support, the us, attempted to revise the resolution so that even if the PRC got the unsc seat taiwan would still be a member of the un. that of course also failed. then the vote came and the us voted against, however as this is a general assembly vote and not a unsc vote, the us does not get to use its veto and thus the prc became the china representative in the UN and taiwan/ROC was kicked. in addition, many western nations had already established diplomatic relations with the PRC prior to this vote, for example the UK had recognized the PRC for decades by this point, France had recognized the prc for about 7 years by 1971
k jason Followup on your comment: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_2758 This resolution decided why the PRC government replaced the ROC government as the seat representing China in UN. Note that the US actually rejected the proposal of such a replacement, while most European countries agreed to such a replacement.
@k jason I can't speak for "western countries". Also diplomacy isn't some two sided emotional affair. It's hardcore geopolitics. The PRC has lots of people and thus a huge market and at the time, a solid ally against the Soviet Union. There is no "love" just a hard calculation that recognizing the PRC will bring their own country benefits that is greater than the loss off diplomatic relations with the ROC. Plus nations like the us gets the best of both worlds, its treats Taiwan as a nation in all but name.
@k jason It's interesting how you imply that Taiwan's politicians are "dirty" for doing what their citizens want them to do. You talk about freedom, but you don't seem to recognise it...
@Chicken Stealer I'm sure that if the Taiwanese wanted to reunify they would vote for a different government. Hardly stealing when the government is doing what the people want.
@Chicken Stealer "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for every other one we've tried" I'll take the form of government where I have a voice, however small, over one where I have none, every time
@Chicken Stealer What gives a government the right to not give voice to its citizens? Unfortunately, the same right that has existed forever, that might makes right. I. China's case, for example, their last best chance was 1989, and unfortunately we all saw how that turned out, despite the Chinese government's attempts to erase the tragedy from history. And now we see it happening again, with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and the muslims within their borders.
"Pft, at least China doesn't threaten and invade the territories of other nations unlike Amerikkka!" Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines, Brunei, Australia, India, Taiwan, Bhutan: *stares*
@@PrograError Nine dash line? You realize that the entire Pacific, including half of California, have been traditional Chinese clay for centuries, right? Everyone else is invading China, who so graciously bears the insult so others may bask in China's bounty.
@@Skeloperch the sad thing is that even though you're playing a satire of what Chinese supporters claim, it's pretty much indistinguishable from the lies and propaganda they actually do try to spread every day.
"I need something to eat"....(Taiwan) "here's some fishing nets and boats"...(China) "I'll install a 5G cellphone network for you" (what do you mean your people don't use cellphones?)
GREAT DOCUMENTARY! And it is on an increasingly IMPORTANT SUBJECT! WENDOVER, PLEASE SHOW THE HISTORY CHANNEL HOW YOU MAKE YOUR DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS! Thank you!
Well this was very interesting. Glad you pronounced Kiribati correctly, I know people that always pronounce that last part as "tee". I love the name Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sounds like a band. What time is it? *Tonga time*
I literally did a paper on this in university years ago and it is **super** interesting and can elaborate further than Sam's video here. Ask me anything!! :D What Sam didn't go into is the history of this diplomacy and the conflicts and difficulties of such diplomacy.
@@Hsiao-ChunLi mine was more focused towards the geopolitics side and relationship between China, Taiwan and these countries like Wendover states in the video. It's a good general overview, but doesn't go into the history or the geopolitical complications 'on the ground' in these countries of such 'dollar diplomacy'.
@@Hsiao-ChunLi Alao Sam didn't mention how this dollar diplomacy is favoured over say Australian or New Zealand 'aid' in these countries and the reasons why that is. Also well, the role of the US as well.
Do you think the high ranking members of the democratic progressive party will be tried for separatist actions when China finally reunites under the CPP rule? do you think Tsai in-weng will finally lose her virginity in prison?
Normally, KRplus channels just kinda mention Taiwan, but this one is really talking about our diplomatic situation and even strategies! Having said that, I do feel like it seems practical for us to help countries that could benefit us, but what I've learnt from working and living abroad is Taiwan really has its own unique way of doing things, there seems to be a goofy nature and naïveté found in Taiwanese, we know something is not practical or "serious enough" to do, but we got excited just thinking about how that might make people happy or feel positive, and we'd just... do it. I think this goofy side of Taiwan is what makes ROC (Taiwan) inherently different than PRC, where they actually banned Winnie the Pooh...
Australia: *reduces foreign aid to Pacific island nations* China: *offers lots of foreign aid* Pacific island nations: *sign alliance with China* Australia: *surprised Pikachu face*
@@wrecker8236 I am afraid the US is little different when it comes to the war crimes issue; they just tend to stay behind the scenes (propping up military dictators and such). There isn't really many options for alliances if war crimes are the limiting issue unfortunately.
While yes, the us is not perfect and we have many faults, the United States has never committed genocide, forced abortions on its people, cause over half the worlds pollution, arrest foreign nationals and hold them hostage. Publicly killed over 100,000 of its people in Tiananmen square. Steal intellectual property from other countries, force the rest of the world to rely on its manufacturing thanks to the blatant disregard for workers rights ie: slave labor, straight up kill Indian soldiers in a border dispute.... am I missing anything? I probably am, cause it’s china we don’t know what goes on in there.
RR 123 it seems everyone has forgotten maus great leap, look it up my friend. Tiananmen square massacre? Forget that one too? You get arrested for speaking against the ccp, they have a 99.9% conviction rate so if you get arrested there will not be a trial, like at all. Stealing intellectual property for literally decades, just look up fake Chinese products. And if you think it’s innocent to steal iphones or car designs, sure i agree. The j25 stealth fighter jet is a carbon copy of the f 35 fighter. Not so innocent anymore when they start coping our weapons. Just recently they clashed with India and killed 20 Indian soldiers, the news didn’t cover it of course cause they are all bought and paid for by Chinese companies. Do you want me to continue? I can go for hours
I was trying to figure out more about Americans Logistics and Supply chains but I’ve stumbled across a bit of a “road block” and was wondering if I could do a request for it👉🏿👈🏿 Mr. Wendover but I would love to get the reference that you use
00:59 with the exception of papua new guinea "show video of indonesia" lol oh and btw how abt the whole bougainville independence stuff going on there ? is it still on ?
Prins van Oranje the CCP will last a very long time. No other historical government in China has provided such stability and prosperity for its people.
@@nekolu America tried to do that, putting tariffs on chinese exports. Thing is, china just made most of the products taxed in china, exported them to a smaller country (that opposed china), finished the products and shipped them to america tariff-free. oldest trick in the book and I don't know why america even bothered.
The reason for the big flashy projects is simple. Fine a cheaper solution would work, but a cheaper less complex option is theoretically mantainable by the locals. Build something that big and oh kook suddenly china will gladly help eith upkeep since it put the thing there how inconsiderate of them to withhold maintaining this gift.... But if you suddenly start acting ungrateful, welp. Yur problem now.
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As an Aussie, I love how Wendover makes so many videos focused on the Pacific region.
Um, let's not go into how Australia has historically bullied the South Pacific eh 😅
Isn't it the middle of the night there? Go to sleep.
@@ChineseKiwi let's get into it. List some examples
@@Alex632 yeah you two go at it
@@Zerohourh let's watch
Taiwan: I am China.
China: No I am China!
Taiwan: Okay I am Taiwan.
China: No you are China!
It really be like that sometimes
Who won? It's a tie. No, Tie won!
Well the technical official position of both governments is "China is one unified nation, including the mainland and taiwan, and we the [KMT/CCP] are the rightful government of China" though in reality it's more complicated than that.
@@4473021 It really do be like that sometimes tho
I’m Taiwanese and we are not China. Just Taiwan
I laughed at "$5 million spent on Mexico". Anyone who knows Mexico knows that out of $5 mil, the politicians would take $4.99 mil and the people would get a random statue in a park somewhere. Funny but actually really sad.
Maybe if they feel generous a new highway and they will have a big propaganda campaign about it saying they care about the people
Most developing countries though. Turkey is no different.
india is same.... all developing nations are corrupt....
They making money
I can relate to you. Same goes for India.
So I should focus on buying a tiny pacific island, declaring myself an independent nation and wait for the money to start rolling in! Sweet
GOFUNDME!
You'll have to be recognized by the UN first.
BillyJoe TheThird. Yes good point but I’m sure it’s just a matter of filling out some forms and a small registration fee 👌
Better hope it rains a lot. Fresh water in sufficient amounts is a continuous struggle.
@@jonny5777 That registration fee is payable to me. My associate Jonny here will take care of the paperwork. We congratulate you on getting your very own country!
When Wendover said “In the 2010’s...” I felt that
Too real.
I wanna go back :(
💣💥
I want it to be 2012 again
@raffle baffle Your opinion is wrong
China be like :
Is it Tonga time ? I think it’s Tonga time
*C O L O N I S I N G P A C I F I C*
Reminds me of the villain from the Sign of Four
Having actually written a paper on this very subject, Tonga us s very interesting case. Essentially well, it's complicated by the fact that its a major logistics hub for illcit drugs from China. The locals tend not to like that.
You could make a religion out of this.
Tonga Germany
China and Taiwan: battling for good relationships to island countries in the south pacific
Island countries: *STONKS*
*Laughs in debt trap*
after reunification: STONK MARKET CRASH
Singapore: Delicate balancing (it has participated in the military Exercise Starlight in Taiwan/ROC since the 1970s but in early 2017 9 armoured carriers were impounded for 2 months by China/PRC while the ship the carriers were being transported on (back to Singapore from that exercise) stopped over in HK)
Taiwan/US
@@whafflete6721 philippines rn ^
Our president is an idiot
I’ve actually been to Vanuatu and it’s really nice but very poor
And China built them a massive convention centre but they are so poor they can’t even turn the lights on there
@@09feb1992 LMAO. You just made my day!
Yep and now they're in debt. It's like modern day slavery. China is doing it the world over. If you can't pay it back. We take part of your country. Disgusting. So much money and power in the hands of a few.
@@Spratdragon LMAO,
Bro, are you crazy? Countries that can’t afford the money belong to China? Please give an example, or do you live in parallel space-time?
@@etonxu3763 Those projects are funded through loans, not grants. Do you really think a poor nation can afford to pay back that amount of debt? And if they default, do you really think China will just forget about the millions it spent there? Or, do you think China would use the debt to exert influence over the country?
@@rabbits2345 Bro, that’s the relationship between the lender and China, I don’t understand why you feel so anxious?
A very simple example, if you want to borrow money to buy a house, the bank will evaluate your credit value and your personal asset value. If your credit and assets are only 10,000 US dollars, but you want 100 million US dollars, do you think the bank will give you?
In the final analysis, this is a problem between China and the loaning country. What does it have to do with you? What does it have to do with your country? Is it possible that the lender country cannot repay China's debts, and you and your country will help repay? Or does it mean that you and your country will shamelessly force China to cancel the debt of the loan country?
You are not a participant, please do not blame others, it will only make you look stupid.
Is Taiwan a country?
Governments: Yesn't.
well yes, but actually no.
more like : *looks at china nervously*
“The law legally requires me to say no”-incredibles
I just wan to tell USA, Stop asking us to buy your old shitty weapon.
@@juhotuho10 Hong Kong today, Taiwan tomorrow.
There's no friendship in politics, only interests.
True
@@olefella7561 You said, "Britain and Russia have already Colonized half of Asia, stretching from Australia/New Zealand, to Siberia/Far-East, all in Asia-Pacific region; Native Asians themselves are fighting for a few tiny islands left out there. Obviously something is not right here, obviously so. More on Asia-Pacific at, blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807
I said, "Truth hurts, isn't it?"
Correct. We Luxembourgers ADORE making tons of money out of your stupid little wars.
@@olefella7561 Ole Fella 'Slavery, Colonialism and Colonization' are all evil things done by evildoers. China shall one day help liberate the Continent in Asia Pacific it sees as rightfully belonging to Native people of Asia Pacific region.
@@supremelyeducated3273 China is an Authoritarian Dictatorship, and the closest thing to Nazi Germany since '45
9:25 - "But at the end of the day, China just has so much more money. If China wants to win the political support of a small nation, they can just spend and spend and spend."
You just described Civ 5's diplomatic victory
US just can't admit that chinese political system is better, look at how your government and silly people did in covid-19 outbreak. Fukin rediculous.
@@aorigele71 Damning with faint praise huh. Interesting... ;p
Frankly they both suck, but faced with the realities of the world you inevitably have to pick your poison...
@@aorigele71 Yes,China sure act better at the start!Report to WHO at December,containing the influx and now they only got a couple hundred cases! Their mask supply system is decent,and there's no lock down or forced quarantine! pretty great for a nation so close to the first case's erupting point.
@@aorigele71 As someone who´s not living in any of those countries I prefer to not compare cancer to aids.
Bruh, people in this comment section are literally supporting a one party authoritarian state. Literally any democracy is better than no democracy, as history has shown. The US has A LOT of issues, but at least they are free to choose their government and way of life. China is increasingly turning into a police state. You can draw parallels to the the dystopian novel 1984.
I am from the Kingdom of Eswatini ( Swaziland) we have good relationship with Taiwan too.. there is an embassy here Taiwanese. they offer us Help in many forms tooo
Live long and prosper, dear friend 🖖
🇹🇼ღ🇸🇿
"When its no longer useful, the pawn is first to be sacrificed"
Dam Wendover!
*cough* Hong Kong
Never underestimate pawns
@@PrograError woww soo true
The savage truth can hurt feelings and beyond...
@@PrograError 美国的香港人权保护法真是搞笑。自己人民的人权都搞不定。#我不能呼吸
"Why Taiwan and China are Battling by Donating Money"
Guam: *stonks*
Mr Beast on the international stage
Simp war
not exactly, since another big difference tends to be that these giant projects Communist China does, tends to be done by Chinese companies. That's why they like to do big infrastructure projects. The companies doing them always being personal friends of said party leaders.
Make no mistake, these "donations" are donations not to the companies they're building them in, but donations to their friends in the Communist Party, the means through which those gifts are laundered just happening to *maybe* actually benefit said countries' people. The CCP doesn't do charity, only corruption.
they are really the biggest simps
Wendover before pandemic: PLANES
Wendover during pandemic: CHINA
Wendover after pandemic: CHINESE PLANES
I though he had a China's geography problem or something that was all planes?
"after"
after I wish
True
Really exceptional and well-researched video as always! Awesome job!
Any border dispute in the world...
Europe: uhhhhhh
Soooo frustrating, we never speak up
Especially against China
listen bro, there was a time when we got involved in *EVERY* border dispute, and y'all niggas sure as hell didn't like that either.
migkillerphantom yikes
china and taiwan divide has nothing to do with europe though
Europe is responsible for a lot of those border disputes, so it's probably better they pipe down for a change.
Who needs tv shows when your world is a show. I like to call it “ Boy We never saw this coming in 2020”.
Your*
wonder what will happen in 202020
@@nutzeeer Yeah I wonder
@@veddaga1504 stay tuned for the next episodes of this season (summer)!
Let’s see what’s next, will the protesters win or will Trump send mean people to destroy them. Who knows?
I'm Palauan and wasn't expecting this from Wendover ... 🇵🇼 🤝 🇹🇼
Thanks
Filipino?
@@senorswordfish6019 no Pacific Islander
We Taiwanese really value our friendship!
@@alubto yeah, not like those communists who backstabs
Wendover Production makes by far the best factual videos. I get so excited when his videos come out as they are just so well structured. Keep up the good work I love it!
He pronounced Kiribati correctly, you can tell this guy does his research
In a previous video he didn’t pronounce it correctly, he probably just remembered that from the comments of that video
Yeah but he pronounced "Niue" as Nuey, when it's really "nyoo-ay"
Dispite this, he used a old Saint Lucia flag which was outdated in 2002 at 6:50 . The current Saint Lucia flag has a lighter blue color.
@@TheSecretPower That's the editor's fault not him.
He also said Niue and the Cook Islands were countries, which they aren't.
Papua New Guinea: *rules half of third largest island on Earth
also Papua New Guinea: I am tiny
*of
theres a lot of impassable jungles tho
Actually, New Guinea is the second-largest island on Earth.
Also, their population is 8.6 million which, while not large, is hardly tiny.
@@realname689 hol up, wasn't that borneo thought? i thought it was Greenland than Borneo than new guinea
The amount of knowledge I've gained from this channel has been massive. I have been a fan since I spotted your first videos 4 years ago. I'm just a poor college student on a minimum wage income right now, but someday in the future, I promise I'll support you through Nebula/Curiosity Stream or whatever. Thanks for the content so far, its been excellent.
That ending tho!
Gave me the chills, excellent job narrating!
6:32
He can't help it but to mention planes, it's just a recurring meme at this point
A recurring dead and dried meme.
Mate how the tf are u everywhere ? :)
@@Alex632 it's still a meme for his audience. I prefer that he continues it, it would feel weird if he all of a sudden stopped doing it. I'd say it's a mini game for us now. Trying to find the unrelated and sneaky plane mention in each video.
@@danielshaikhali5108 my only guess is that they're multiple people.
Don't worry guys, Planes will rise again.
Imagine being one of those islands where two countries are competing to see how much money they can throw at you
Taiwan: the most country like country that isn't a country
Fax
Somebody watches CGP Grey
Like Transnistria, which also uses ex-flag of Moldova.
I mean taiwan is pretty much a country
@@chalaars2939 Depends on who you ask.
Amazing channel. The best on KRplus of it's kind 🙏 it's clear the effort it takes to produce these videos
This video was made possible by airplanes, remember that this is the only reason why this channel is so big
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@@jaidengabriel1675 MAKE AIRPLANE GREAT AGAIN! (MAGA) KEEP AIRPLANE GREAT! (KAG)
0:44 Wendover listing all the future episodes of his extremities podcast
Out of the 50M spent on the paved Road, probably half went to the government personnel pockets
Ive driven on the 50 mil road. The bus driver said part of the deal was teaching the locals how it was done. Driver said the locals introduced the chinese workers to the kava and "island time" and work slowed down soon after!.
Great job at explaining this
Proud supporter of Taiwan 🇹🇼 from the biggest country that recognizes it Paraguay 🇵🇾
Thanks a lot for standing with us... !!!
Aguante Paraguay
@Robert Trevaunance Why is Taiwan a part of the PRC? Taiwan has been controlled by the indigenous, then the Dutch, then the Ming, then the Qing, then the Japanese (Shimonoseki), and then ??? When Japan surrendered, it wasn't specified to whom Japan was supposed surrender the territory it occupied. It didn't name a specific country. It just said that they have to specify the territory. It didn't mention ROC, and it couldn't have mentioned the PRC since it wouldn't exist until like 4 years later. The PRC never occupied Taiwan either.
Robert Trevaunance cringe bot
@Lúzia A Morta well.... yeah
So you know the other countries supporting Taiwan are even smaller lol
Poor Taiwan
"the porn is the first to be sacrificed."
Lockdown's been hard for Wendover
Pawn *
There are 69 likes on this comment. I don't want to like it and change it...
sacrificed for what, they basically get free money
@@TheSheiban I love that 😂😂😂
@MICHAEL CONSTANTINE HERLIJOSO ah not tried that category yet, it good?
Congrats Sam for another great video!
Keep it up with videos like these. Factual, objective analysis of the issue between the two countries.
INB4 something something airplanes
Edit: 6:28 There it is
4:55 I guess airports are close enough
Ofcourse!
Taiwanese, can confirm this video pretty much hits the nail on its head. A couple things to add here:
1. US-Taiwan relations are defined by the Taiwan Relations Act (which is the only separate legal act in the US that defines its relations with any foreign government), which basically outlines everything that countries with normal diplomatic relations do have but stops short of referring to Taiwan as an independent country. This is why when Taiwanese people fill out any official US documents (for example, when applying online for visa-exempt entry), when they select their nationality as Taiwan, a disclaimer will pop up saying that the name "Taiwan" is in the list of nationalities because of the Taiwan Relations Act.
2. Our official name is still the Republic of China, because the constitution currently in effect here was written when the ROC government was still based in mainland China. Changing the name would necessitate a new constitution, but that would require a 3/4 majority in the legislature, which neither the pro-unification nor pro-independence parties individually have. Choosing to recognize the PRC or the ROC is actually not a silent rule per se, it also has to do with the fact that since the government on Taiwan is still called the Republic of China, and since (at least according to the constitution) the ROC is technically "China", when foreign countries cut ties with one to establish ties with the other, they are actually switching their recognition of "China" from the ROC to the PRC (or vice versa). This was highlighted when Panama cut ties; one of their ministers said that from their perspective they would prefer to have normal diplomatic relationships with both Taiwan and China, but because of the whole "exclusive recognition of China" issue, they can only choose one.
3. News just in today: the government of Somaliland has officially announced that they will open a representative office in Taiwan, although whether or not that entails official diplomatic recognition and an exchange of ambassadors remains to be seen. Somaliland, of course, does not have official ties with any UN country. It turns out that our government has been silently offering aid for basic infrastructure there for quite some time now, and Somaliland's foreign minister has actually visited Taiwan before, but none of this had been made public here until today.
very interesting read, thank you! i hope the progress with somaliland is the beginning of more openness to taiwan!
Adding to what "Fornie" said, I hope that soon the US will place an embassy in Taiwan, or will switch the title of "Legitimate China" to your China instead. Long live the ROC, down with the PRC and CCP.
CommentControl what you are wishing is probably not going to happen,the USA won’t worsen relationships with China by recognizing Taiwan,and the PRC and the CCP won’t be replaced anytime soon,furthermore,it just might be Taiwan collapsing before China.
Personally I'd rather have our name be changed officially to Taiwan and forego any legitimacy claims to China-from the perspective of the US, the whole Taiwan Relations Act was to avoid the issue of which government is "China" (hence the title "Taiwan" Relations Act, instead of "Republic of China" Relations Act")
@@mongoose.official Switching recognition just means cutting all ties. You want a depression? Because that's how you get a depression.
Love the videos ! Very informative.
Now that is good content. Amazing stock footage, good research with plenty of evidence.
"When voting, every member nation has the same exact power."
Permanent security council members stares menacingly.
Russia vetoes the vote to remove veto power from Russia...
That's only in the Security Council, which doesn't have all members present only 15 in total. But in the United Nations General Assembly they are all equals!
I am from Fiji and I am so proud that Wendover featured us 🇫🇯🇫🇯
Great stuff. I love your content!
Amazing content, please make a video explaining how do ports work!
Last time I was this early, Taiwan still had a UN seat.
The same government used to be 1 of the 4 security council members
@@8b8b8b F in the chat for Taiwan
You mean republic of China
Ouch, this one hurt a little as a Taiwanese person
actually taiwan never had a UN seat, that seat belonged to republic of china
Short Answer: Tuvalu's recognition have the same count as the US recognition [without a veto power]
technically yes but no.
Well, they count as 1 vote, just like how any person counts as one vote for trump or biden or ... Kanye.
Its not like anyone can bribe someone on the security council... (no you can't bribe yourself)
This is why i love Wendover videos so much. He does videos about super interesting topics that you usually don’t think about.
That ending was so dramatic and epic! Great job
Short Answer: Because Taiwan can sort of be in the UN and China doesn't want that.
@k jason wrong. The china civil war is yet to end.
@k jason except you are completely wrong. the united states voted against General Assembly Resolution 2758 which gave the PRC its unsc seat. the us actually tried really hard to torpedo the resolution, but when it became clear that the prc has most of the world's support, the us, attempted to revise the resolution so that even if the PRC got the unsc seat taiwan would still be a member of the un. that of course also failed. then the vote came and the us voted against, however as this is a general assembly vote and not a unsc vote, the us does not get to use its veto and thus the prc became the china representative in the UN and taiwan/ROC was kicked. in addition, many western nations had already established diplomatic relations with the PRC prior to this vote, for example the UK had recognized the PRC for decades by this point, France had recognized the prc for about 7 years by 1971
k jason Followup on your comment: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_2758
This resolution decided why the PRC government replaced the ROC government as the seat representing China in UN.
Note that the US actually rejected the proposal of such a replacement, while most European countries agreed to such a replacement.
@k jason I can't speak for "western countries". Also diplomacy isn't some two sided emotional affair. It's hardcore geopolitics. The PRC has lots of people and thus a huge market and at the time, a solid ally against the Soviet Union. There is no "love" just a hard calculation that recognizing the PRC will bring their own country benefits that is greater than the loss off diplomatic relations with the ROC. Plus nations like the us gets the best of both worlds, its treats Taiwan as a nation in all but name.
@k jason It's interesting how you imply that Taiwan's politicians are "dirty" for doing what their citizens want them to do. You talk about freedom, but you don't seem to recognise it...
Countries need to stand up for Taiwan.
Taiwan province
Love Taiwan 🇹🇼 from Texas 🇺🇸 💕 💕, will never forget my two weeks spent there as an exchange kid
Love Texas! from Taiwan!
I'm from Taiwan and we love united states! I hope US could be one of the best allies in the world!
Taiwan is the hidden gem in East Asia. It has amazing food, friendly people and no hordes of tourist. Once the pandemic is over I'd love to go back
@@Cubeforc3 welcome back to Taiwan!! We hope you have a great expenditure in Taiwan.
i'm glad we were good hosts to y'all! and feel free to come back anytime! taiwan is for everybody!
Taiwan be like: "Work smart, not hard."
@Chicken Stealer I'm sure that if the Taiwanese wanted to reunify they would vote for a different government. Hardly stealing when the government is doing what the people want.
@Chicken Stealer "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for every other one we've tried" I'll take the form of government where I have a voice, however small, over one where I have none, every time
@Chicken Stealer What gives a government the right to not give voice to its citizens? Unfortunately, the same right that has existed forever, that might makes right. I. China's case, for example, their last best chance was 1989, and unfortunately we all saw how that turned out, despite the Chinese government's attempts to erase the tragedy from history. And now we see it happening again, with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and the muslims within their borders.
@Chicken Stealer I said that "might makes right" has existed forever, not democracy. And there's nothing brave about killing unarmed protesters.
@Chicken Stealer I think it's a stretch to say that China has no resources. And they obviously do have allies.
"Pft, at least China doesn't threaten and invade the territories of other nations unlike Amerikkka!"
Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines, Brunei, Australia, India, Taiwan, Bhutan: *stares*
*nine dash line gleams*
@@PrograError Nine dash line? You realize that the entire Pacific, including half of California, have been traditional Chinese clay for centuries, right? Everyone else is invading China, who so graciously bears the insult so others may bask in China's bounty.
Difference being that they don’t try to claim them as their own and then breed out the indigenous population. China is a scum nation.
@@Skeloperch the sad thing is that even though you're playing a satire of what Chinese supporters claim, it's pretty much indistinguishable from the lies and propaganda they actually do try to spread every day.
When your country won the arbitral ruling against PRC but they didn't respect your claim...
*Sad Filipino Fishermen noise*
"I need something to eat"....(Taiwan) "here's some fishing nets and boats"...(China) "I'll install a 5G cellphone network for you" (what do you mean your people don't use cellphones?)
Great video
Last time I was this early, CCP China wasn't claiming territories of other countries.
Taiwan : am I a joke to you? 😂
So you were never early?
So you were never this early?
China in general has always done that.
How else do you think it got so big?
This is the only original version of this joke I have ever seen.
I love your channel! Cheers from Japan! Yay
Ur name suggests otherwise
*Sus*
GREAT DOCUMENTARY!
And it is on an increasingly IMPORTANT SUBJECT!
WENDOVER, PLEASE SHOW THE HISTORY CHANNEL HOW YOU MAKE YOUR DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS!
Thank you!
Please do more island or aviation videos!
give me more simple documentary channels like this one
Following
Sidenote, Reallifelore, Reallifelore 2, Wonderwhy, Kurzgesagt
And HAI
And real engineering
mustard is a great one for airplanes, neo is also great for design
1:08 this airport is more likely Tacloban airport after it was hit by typhoon Yolanda(Haiyan) in the Philippines in the year 2013.
It is
Love your channels and podcasts. Please make a video about the US Coast Guard / how does the US monitor the coasts etc. Thank you
One of the few Wendover videos that end on a really really deep and sad note.
I see Taiwan as an independent Country and they are ahead in fighting the coronavirus than China.
Taiwan's government was the original government of the mainland until communism took over.
We have 0 local cases for more than 80 days...
taiwan is a part of China
@@aminboumerdassi2334 Communist is good
Most of these islands are drowning due to rising sea level, and guess who has the best island building technology in the world.
obsidianstatue singapore? Netherlands? China? UAE?
This comment made me laugh lol. Shit's good.
@John Smith what does your video have to do with the original comment?? John smith... Guessing you're a Chinese bot mate 🤣
The Dutch.
The Netherlands, Monaco, or The UAE right?
thank you
Well this was very interesting. Glad you pronounced Kiribati correctly, I know people that always pronounce that last part as "tee". I love the name Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sounds like a band. What time is it? *Tonga time*
I’m just surprised there’s no mention of aviation in the video.
6:31
4:50
There was a mention of a plane
He talked about an airport
I literally did a paper on this in university years ago and it is **super** interesting and can elaborate further than Sam's video here. Ask me anything!! :D
What Sam didn't go into is the history of this diplomacy and the conflicts and difficulties of such diplomacy.
Did you study KMT and DPP while you did those research
@@Hsiao-ChunLi mine was more focused towards the geopolitics side and relationship between China, Taiwan and these countries like Wendover states in the video. It's a good general overview, but doesn't go into the history or the geopolitical complications 'on the ground' in these countries of such 'dollar diplomacy'.
@@Hsiao-ChunLi Alao Sam didn't mention how this dollar diplomacy is favoured over say Australian or New Zealand 'aid' in these countries and the reasons why that is. Also well, the role of the US as well.
I do want to read your paper.Must be great . Aslo heis slightly biased
Do you think the high ranking members of the democratic progressive party will be tried for separatist actions when China finally reunites under the CPP rule? do you think Tsai in-weng will finally lose her virginity in prison?
thank you for this video about a region i am not very familiar with
hey wendover I love your vids. Question - is it time to switch to 60fps? those slow infographic pans are jarring!
30fps stutter definitely very noticeable on bigger screens
Literally nobody:
Wendover Productions: Makes almost every video on either China or the Airline industry
Also dead mean bro >.
Normally, KRplus channels just kinda mention Taiwan, but this one is really talking about our diplomatic situation and even strategies! Having said that, I do feel like it seems practical for us to help countries that could benefit us, but what I've learnt from working and living abroad is Taiwan really has its own unique way of doing things, there seems to be a goofy nature and naïveté found in Taiwanese, we know something is not practical or "serious enough" to do, but we got excited just thinking about how that might make people happy or feel positive, and we'd just... do it. I think this goofy side of Taiwan is what makes ROC (Taiwan) inherently different than PRC, where they actually banned Winnie the Pooh...
I guess it's just fitting to a Wendover video that there are so many planes in backgrounds of the stock footage :D
4:32 "This is what I call a concrete wall" (Final Years of Majuro, for those that don't get it)
Being this early makes me see this video as a freshly cooked meal
I'm a simple man in not simple times. I see a Wendover Productions I click.
06:50 "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" sounds like an indie rock band
I’ve not watched this channel for a few years and this guy sounds so much different wow
Covert cabal and wendover looking at each other like:
👺 👀 let's upload back to back
The two best channels on youtube
@@clairfayne glizzy gobbler
0:58 "With the exception of Papua New Guinea..."
Video : Showing clip from Bali
l love that an island was saved by money thats new and incredible. This fellow has good information. Thanks for the video it was owesome
My mother is from the federated States of Micronesia.
Thanks for making this informative and interesting video! ❤.
"And the republic of china, also known as Taiwa-"
China: *So you have chosen...getting this video demonetized*
"Papua New Guinea"
*Shows typical Indonesian roads*
It be like that sometimes
That last sentence was chilling! 9:52
Thank you for making a video about Taiwan's situation.
Australia: *reduces foreign aid to Pacific island nations*
China: *offers lots of foreign aid*
Pacific island nations: *sign alliance with China*
Australia: *surprised Pikachu face*
PyroManZII considering all the war crimes china commits it is pretty surprising.
@@wrecker8236 I am afraid the US is little different when it comes to the war crimes issue; they just tend to stay behind the scenes (propping up military dictators and such). There isn't really many options for alliances if war crimes are the limiting issue unfortunately.
While yes, the us is not perfect and we have many faults, the United States has never committed genocide, forced abortions on its people, cause over half the worlds pollution, arrest foreign nationals and hold them hostage. Publicly killed over 100,000 of its people in Tiananmen square. Steal intellectual property from other countries, force the rest of the world to rely on its manufacturing thanks to the blatant disregard for workers rights ie: slave labor, straight up kill Indian soldiers in a border dispute.... am I missing anything? I probably am, cause it’s china we don’t know what goes on in there.
@@wrecker8236 What war crimes did China commit exactly? Someone seems to have gone lost in their junior high history books.
RR 123 it seems everyone has forgotten maus great leap, look it up my friend. Tiananmen square massacre? Forget that one too? You get arrested for speaking against the ccp, they have a 99.9% conviction rate so if you get arrested there will not be a trial, like at all. Stealing intellectual property for literally decades, just look up fake Chinese products. And if you think it’s innocent to steal iphones or car designs, sure i agree. The j25 stealth fighter jet is a carbon copy of the f 35 fighter. Not so innocent anymore when they start coping our weapons. Just recently they clashed with India and killed 20 Indian soldiers, the news didn’t cover it of course cause they are all bought and paid for by Chinese companies. Do you want me to continue? I can go for hours
Taiwanese here 🇹🇼
As a proud marshallese, this is great content. *subscribed*
Totally thought this was going to be about The Spratly (and other South China Sea) Islands, but was pleasantly surprised with the actual content
Taiwan is not only fighting for tiny island countries, is basically fighting for its existence as a free democratic nation
The moment Taiwan is recognised by China they won't be fighting for these countries anymore.
unfortunately, yes
very well put.
not really
To be fair if China tries to invade WW3 will start.
Last time I was this early the world wasn't in shambles
@@jaywilliams9294 I mean, if you don't watch the news it's still in shambles, you just don't know about it
I used to live on the Marshall Islands and it’s really amazing there
I was trying to figure out more about Americans Logistics and Supply chains but I’ve stumbled across a bit of a “road block” and was wondering if I could do a request for it👉🏿👈🏿 Mr. Wendover but I would love to get the reference that you use
00:59 with the exception of papua new guinea "show video of indonesia" lol
oh and btw how abt the whole bougainville independence stuff going on there ? is it still on ?
Can’t wait to see the Chinese-American relationship after covid is over
@@KahruSuomiPerkele sad but probably true
China will probably just get their bootycheeks smacked as punishment, and they’re prolly the type to like that
It'll be strained until the CCP collapses, which won't happen anytime soon.
Prins van Oranje the CCP will last a very long time. No other historical government in China has provided such stability and prosperity for its people.
@@nekolu America tried to do that, putting tariffs on chinese exports. Thing is, china just made most of the products taxed in china, exported them to a smaller country (that opposed china), finished the products and shipped them to america tariff-free. oldest trick in the book and I don't know why america even bothered.
Props to Sam or who ever edits the video for putting the Holy See and not Vatican City.
Please do a video about aviation industry in Asia!
my fav airlines are China Southern and second is Air China.
The reason for the big flashy projects is simple. Fine a cheaper solution would work, but a cheaper less complex option is theoretically mantainable by the locals. Build something that big and oh kook suddenly china will gladly help eith upkeep since it put the thing there how inconsiderate of them to withhold maintaining this gift....
But if you suddenly start acting ungrateful, welp. Yur problem now.
White elephant diplomacy.
if the cheaper solution was obtainable by locals, they wouldn't need the aid taiwan is offering.