| "Is Taiwan a country? -YES. It is a country in its own right by any other definition that isn't chinese (I mean China-ish)" Taiwan is de facto a country, but not de jure. For starters, the United States does not recognise Taiwan as a country - it agrees with "the Chinese position that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China". "Just feeling sad for the chinese who knows almost nothing of the outside world, except from the manipulated input that China CCTV can provide." It's sad mainly because intelligent Chinese that wish to pursue further knowledge are limited in their quest. People here in America can, when they choose to (which is rare), find accurate information about any topic. However, for the majority of people, the ones that don't give a **** about knowledge, it's not sad at all. Chinese media present sanitised content, content that helps build social harmony. American news and pop culture portray little else but violence, unrest, crime, and hopelessness. It's an endless purveyor of antisocial cynicism. It may be a "free" country, but I don't have the freedom to take a stroll at night without risking being shot, stabbed, beaten, or worse. Criminals have more rights than victims here. I feel sad that many fellow Americans, who are supposed to be free, liberal thinkers, end up just as dogmatic as their communist counterparts. Here, we're taught that the individual good is always superior to the greater good, even when individual good causes greater detriment. There is nothing absolute about that philosophy - it's just a philosophy. Individual rights and group rights are more or less important based on subjective judgement. All that means is Chinese values are not conducive to American-style society, and American values are not conducive to Chinese-style society. One is not inherently superior to the other. |
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