tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6503520813698199201..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Senkakus Stuff + Revolting Video =UPDATED=Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67475095843879616892013-02-28T10:07:19.601+08:002013-02-28T10:07:19.601+08:00You have hurt the feelings of the [1.35 billion] C...You have hurt the feelings of the [1.35 billion] Chinese people! You'll be hearing from our lawyers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-45137405894264953112013-02-25T17:31:50.125+08:002013-02-25T17:31:50.125+08:00What's up with the video? It says it's pri...What's up with the video? It says it's private, was it taken down? What was the title, is it possible to find it elsewhere? Thanks...Hansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-76007018520230487272013-02-23T07:27:22.301+08:002013-02-23T07:27:22.301+08:00To 1ctCMalaysia:
Forces from the Shimazu clan, ba...To 1ctCMalaysia:<br /><br />Forces from the Shimazu clan, based in Satsuma (present-day Kagoshima)on the Japanese island of Kyushu, attacked and subjugated the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1609. For the next 260 years or so (up until the Meiji Restoration), the Shimazu ruled over the Ryukyus, but maintained the illusion of an independent kingdom paying tribute to first the Ming, and then Qing dynasties. This was done to allow the Shimazu clan to get around the closed-nation policy of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and conduct trade with China. Following the overthrow of the shogun's government in 1868, in 1872 the new Japanese government dissolved the Ryukyu monarchy, and then in 1879 formally annexed the islands as Okinawa Prefecture. <br /><br />If you visit Okinawa today, you might hear about how the Shimazu daimyo ruthlessly taxed and exploited the people of the Ryukyu Kingdom over the course of 2 1/2 centuries. What you won't hear is the fantasy tale being taught to students in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.Kaminogehttp://kaminoge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59555031468964962582013-02-22T20:55:06.504+08:002013-02-22T20:55:06.504+08:00According to Chinese history taught in Hong Kong, ...According to Chinese history taught in Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Okinawa was a small protectorate nation of the Ching dynasty, but was invaded by Japan, and the Ching was too corrupted and cowed to response to the call for help, so it became part of Japan. If you ever visited Okinawa, you can actually hear about the same version from the original Okinawa people.1stCMalaysiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488182963019120161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-51164231301436822012013-02-22T19:44:31.783+08:002013-02-22T19:44:31.783+08:00Sue Japanese gov't for "emotional distres...Sue Japanese gov't for "emotional distress"?<br /><br />If DJP was in power they'd have a goof chance. But Abe<br />might counter sue, and I hope he does.<br /><br />" ... with a transparently awful piece ..."<br /><br />from another awful Stephen Harner piece<br /><br />The U.S. Could Have Prevented the Senkaku/Diaoyu Crisis. Why Did It Not?<br /><br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2013/02/14/the-u-s-could-have-prevented-the-senkakudiaoyu-crisis-why-did-it-not/<br /><br />More to the most critical point, why did the United States—which could have vetoed Japanese ‘nationalization’ of the islands, the action that guaranteed a full blown crisis—not do so?<br /><br />Let me repeat: it was U.S. acquiescence in (if not encouragement of) the Noda government’s decision to nationalize the disputed islands—creating a direct and immediate challenge to China’s claim to sovereignty—that enabled this crisis.<br /><br />These articles are beyond awful. <br /><br /><br /><br />yankdownundernoreply@blogger.com