Xi jinping is screwed. The Hokkiens are coming.

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Otang asli in taiwan will insist on no unification. Otherwise end up like uighyrs. Chinese in tsiwan are just trespassers. Temporary residents.

According to your concept, man are all trespassers on planet earth and it belongs to dinosaurs.

 

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Dinosaurs extinct. Orang asli still persist. Under nationslist rule, they cannot even use their own name and forced to speak in mandarin, a foreign language.

 

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Dinosaurs extinct. Orang asli still persist. Under nationslist rule, they cannot even use their own name and forced to speak in mandarin, a foreign language.

All human extinction can be arranged. USA cowboys and carveries arranged and made many red necks extincted. Annihilated by whole tribes.

http://greenlining.org/blog/2017/native-american-genocide-american-exceptionalism/

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Native American Genocide and American Exceptionalism



Nov
21
2017

By Bruce Mirken

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In 1846, California had a Native American population of about 150,000. Just 27 years later, that figure had plummeted to just 30,000. I didn’t learn that as a schoolkid in southern California in the 1960s; I picked up that and lots of other facts I was never taught from a recent book called “An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe,” by UCLA history professor Benjamin Madley. And that got me thinking about “American exceptionalism.”

American exceptionalism, explains historian Ian Tyrrell, “refers to the special character of the United States as a uniquely free nation based on democratic ideals and personal liberty.” California’s 19th century Native American population didn’t experience much democracy or personal liberty, but Madley makes a compelling case that the original Californians did indeed experience genocide at the hands of white Americans, supported and encouraged by the U.S. government. If more Americans learned about these less uplifting episodes in American history, we might have a better, safer nation.
Madley’s book has been a difficult read – not that there’s anything wrong with his writing, but just because the subject is so depressing. While California’s Native American population suffered plenty of mistreatment before 1846 – including on Junipero Serra’s brutal “missions” that were more like forced-labor camps – it got much worse and more lethal when the Gold Rush hit and tens of thousands of Whites suddenly streamed into the state.
In one typical massacre, shortly after the Gold Rush began, U.S. soldiers massacred perhaps as many as 800 members of the Pomo tribe who lived in the vicinity of Clear Lake in northern California. Madley quotes a description from the Alta California newspaper:

They … poured in destructive fire indiscriminately upon men, women and children. “They fell,” says our informant, “as grass before the sweep of the scythe.” Little or no resistance was encountered, and the work of butchery was of short duration. The shrieks of the slaughtered victims died away, the roar of muskets … ceased; and stretched lifeless upon the sod of their native valley were the bleeding bodies of these Indians – [n]or sex nor age was spared; it was the order of extermination faithfully obeyed. [emphasis in original]​

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Note that word: extermination. Yes, U.S. military and other authorities literally talked of exterminating whole groups of the native population, and they succeeded. Some of the slaughters were carried out by local bands of vigilantes, but the U.S. and state governments actively supported the attacks and the military conducted many. Madley makes a compelling case that the near-complete annihilation of California’s Native Americans meets the legal definition of genocide.

I wish this represented a uniquely barbaric episode in American history, but Native American tribes in other parts of the country would likely disagree. And that’s before we get to the victims of other American brutalities, from slavery to Jim Crow and lynching, to name the most obvious examples.
Looking past our borders, we see U.S.-sponsored coups in nations around the world – often quite bloody — from Iran in 1953 to South Vietnam in 1963 to Chile in 1973. And we haven’t even gotten to other episodes, like the U.S. occupation of the Philippines – so brutal that Mark Twain suggested we commemorate it with a special flag: “just our usual flag, with the white stripes painted black and the stars replaced by the skull and cross-bones.”
What does this have to do with American exceptionalism? Everything. No, I don’t mean to suggest that the U.S. has an exceptionally violent and brutal history compared to other nations – sadly, we have lots of competition in that regard. But I do mean to suggest that the central notion of American exceptionalism, that we are better than other nations because of our special dedication to liberty and democracy, is just a crock. And it’s a dangerous crock, because it blinds us to the violence and injustice that form a running thread through U.S. history and that continue to plague us today.
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Fortunately, hokkiens do not behave like nationalist from mainland and orang asli genocide did not occur,

 

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HUAT AH! From Pee Sai Shangri La Dialog PLA GENERAL & DEFENSE MINISTER said, PRC will fight until LAST MAN if anyone try to mess with Taiwan Separating from China.










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【香格里拉對話】「若有外國欲分裂台灣」 中國防長魏鳳和：我們會戰到最後一刻！

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每年一度、在新加坡香格里拉大酒店召開的「香格里拉對話」（The Shangri-La Dialogue）正在進行中，集結數十國政要、軍事將領和專家的國際論壇，每年都成為中美兩強「正面」交鋒的場合。

中國防長提出「嚴正警告」

《路透社》（Reuters）報導，仍處於貿易戰、南海和亞太議題對峙狀態的中美兩國，在今年度的「香格里拉對話」上，雙方國防部長可說是火力全開。繼美國代理防長沙納漢（Patrick Shanahan）批評北京恐嚇鄰居後，中國防長魏鳳和也在2日對話上給予強烈回應。

Chinese defense minister says war with U.S. would be a disaster https://t.co/5508EmtJ3J pic.twitter.com/Qj66dqk3DC​

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— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 2019年6月2日​

魏鳳和指出，北京對於華府持續出售「自我防衛」武器給台灣和軍艦巡航南海兩件事情，感到相當不滿和抗議。
雖然他坦言，若必須與美國開戰，結果將是場災難；但同時他也對外提出警告，

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「若有外國勢力意欲將台灣從中國分裂出去，我們會不排除動用武力，鞏固『神聖既有疆土』，並戰到最後一刻為止！任何分裂台灣的意圖都不會成功，任何干涉台灣問題的力量，也都將會失敗！」​

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Chinese army is keeping in mind that Chinese territory is sacred and inviolable. Even an inch of territory cannot be lost while we want nothing from others: Wei Fenghe #ShangriLaDialogue (Photo:Li Aixin/GT) pic.twitter.com/mPuGrSFYTN​

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— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) 2019年6月2日​

台灣、南海和貿易戰議題交鋒

在此之前，沙納漢在5月31日公佈的「印度太平洋戰略報告」（Indo-Pacific Strategy Report）中指出，隨著北京對週邊施展的壓力逐漸升高，美國將持續忠實執行台灣關係法（Taiwan Relations Act，TRA），並向台灣提供武器，使其能夠保持足夠的自衛能力。

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美國代理國防部長沙納漢（左）和中國防長魏鳳和（右）握手致意，中間隔著新加坡防長黃永宏。（美聯社）
除了台灣議題外，在南海巡航一事上，魏鳳和直指美國道，「某些不屬於這個區域的國家，總愛假借自由航行（freedom of navigation）之名、在南海大行秀肌肉和武力之實。」

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新任英國國防大臣摩丹特（上）、地主國新加坡總理李顯龍（中）、日本防衛大臣岩屋毅（下圖右）和南韓防長鄭景斗（下圖左），都出席香格里拉對話。（美聯社）
「要戰要和、我們都準備好了」

他的報告中也對貿易戰做出回應，「倘若華府想打，北京將奉陪到底；但如果他們想重啟談判，我們也將永遠敞開大門迎接！」

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‘Fight? We are ready’: China will not be bullied, says its defence minister
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REUTERSChinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe delivering his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 2, 2019.
Published02 June, 2019
Updated 02 June, 2019

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SINGAPORE — Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday (June 2) ramped up the rhetoric in the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, saying that his country will not be bullied.
“If the US wants to talk, we will keep the door open. If they want to fight, we will fight to the end,” said the general at the Shangri-La Dialogue, annual security summit, in Mandarin.
“As what the general public of China say these days: Talk? You are welcome. Fight? We are ready. Bully us? No way.”
His retort came a day after Acting United States Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan, in a speech at the summit, slammed “actors” who seek to undermine the international order through activities such as influence operations and militarising disputed areas.
While he did not name these “actors”, the US has previously made similar allegations against China.
Both countries have imposed extra tariffs on billions of dollars of each others’ goods in tit-for-tat measures as their trade war shows no signs of abating.
The two sides are also embroiled in a technological dispute after the US put Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications firm, on a trade blacklist, effectively barring American firms from doing business with it.
In a 50-minute plenary session titled “China and International Security Cooperation”, General Wei vowed that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will “resolutely take action and defeat all enemies” should “anybody risk crossing (the line)”.
“The PLA has fought many battles and is not afraid of sacrifice. In the face of aggression and hardships, it has fought from victory to victory,” he said. “The more severe the pressures and difficulties are, the stronger and braver the Chinese people become.”
“The PLA has no intention to cause anybody trouble, but it is not afraid to face up to trouble,” he added.
Asked about the Huawei issue during a question-and-answer session, General Wei said that China is “opposed” to the attempt of other countries to put sanctions on private companies.
He described Huawei as a “private company” and “not a military company”. “Do not think that because the head of Huawei used to serve in the army, then the company that he has built is part of the military? That does not make sense because ex-servicemen (cross into the private sector) after their retirement from the military,” he said.
General Wei spoke about how “some” had been over-dramatising theories about “the China threat” while having a “hidden agenda of their own”. The senior Chinese leader did not name who he was referring to.
He said: “Over the years, some had been recklessly hyping up, exaggerating and dramatising theories about the China threat partly due to the lack of understanding of China’s history, culture and policies.
“But more likely due to misunderstandings, prejudice, or given a hidden agenda of their own.”
Stressing that the Chinese people “know very well” the value of peace and the cruelty and destructiveness of war, he added: “China sticks to the past of peace development. Such a commitment is to the people of China and the world.”
This position had been written into both the constitutions of the Communist Party of China and People’s Republic of China (PRC), he said. “If this is not convincing enough for some people, then we don’t know what they would believe.”
General Wei said that over the past 70 years since the founding of the PRC, China has “never provoked a war or conflict”, nor has it invaded other countries or “taken an inch of land from others”.
“In the future, no matter how strong it becomes, China shall never threaten anyone, seek hegemony, or establish spheres of influence,” he said. “History has proven and will continue to prove that China would not follow the beaten path of big powers — seeking hegemony when it grows stronger. Hegemony does not conform to China’s values and national interests.”
China’s military strategy, he said, abides by the principles of self-defence.
“We will not attack unless we are attacked, and we will surely counter-attack if we are attacked. China develops its military entirely for self-defence,” he said.
General Wei reiterated China had “never bullied or preyed on others”. “We shall not let others bully, prey on, or invade us either.”
This position is consistent with how the country used to develop nuclear capabilities on its own in the face of a nuclear threat, he pointed out.
In this light, China’s defence expenditure is “reasonable and appropriate”, he said.
Data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute had suggested that China’s military spending rose 5 per cent in 2018 to reach US$250 billion (S$343 billion), which accounted for 14 per cent of the world’s military spending. China’s is second to the US, which upped its military spending by 4.6 per cent — the first growth since 2010 — to reach US$649 billion last year.
General Wei on Sunday also took a question about the bloody crackdown on protests around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago. In a rare acknowledgement of the events of June 4, 1989, he said it was the Chinese government being “decisive” in stopping political “turbulence”.
It was "political turmoil that the central government needed to quell, which was the correct policy", he said. "Because of this, China has enjoyed stability, and if you visit China you can understand that part of history."
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