It's actually quite emotional to hear a western medium covering the actual details about the conscription here, including the 4 months term and the actual lack of training plus how the military is planning to tackle it. As someone who's just finished his service on the offshore island of Kinmen, I resonate and echo these statements very much.

@Kaxcer

2 жыл бұрын

Kinmen really ? Thats must be like the worst assignment lol

@nelsoncheng2674

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kaxcer I volunteered for it actually. Both my dad and grandad served there, so I thought I should be a part of the heritage. Plus, I also went to my Dad's old barracks; turned out it's being used by cost guard now. It's a shame but the thought itself is worth-cherishing already :>

@Kaxcer

2 жыл бұрын

@@nelsoncheng2674 nice, but must be dangerous being so close to mainland. So in your opinion will taiwanese fight if needed ?

@m3c4nyku43

2 жыл бұрын

Better to work on your career in other field. If war breaks out the PRC will conquer Taiwan within weeks and your death would be in vain, leaving many people hurt.

@exurgemars

2 жыл бұрын

@@m3c4nyku43 god, please just leave. You can cash in on your 50 cents elsewhere.

I’ve played conflict of nations before. It’s 100% pay to win.

@diegocelestine7684

2 жыл бұрын

not really i play for a while only 1 golder

@81Earthangel

2 жыл бұрын

Of course all most all mobile games are. The few exceptions are usually the ones which started off as browser games. Pay to win and grind to win.

@veevendetta3448

2 жыл бұрын

Learn to Hack/Mod it. Problem solved😉

@psychomaniak666

2 жыл бұрын

Not if your active 😂

@saranyoo4098

Жыл бұрын

Real life war is literally pay to win too

Used to watch this channel just as entertainment but due to the recent events, I now use this as a source of trustable information.

@redtesla

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Once served in Taiwan army years ago, I have some mixed feeling seeing a well-introductory video like this describing the issue Taiwanese army is facing. I sincerely hope that the authority can recognize and improve the situation more proactively...

@bigguyarmybruh8204

2 жыл бұрын

As an American I fully support your independence, and if push comes to shove and they invade I plan on joining my marines to help defend your country

@haldyordan2316

2 жыл бұрын

Failure to reinforce you is failure of other nations to defend their rights too......

@fizkallnyeilsem

2 жыл бұрын

Whatever happens you can thank Xi Jinping and the Peoples Liberation Army for that

@neohubris

2 жыл бұрын

The issue is the Taiwanese people themselves. A well trained 2 million man reserve forces can easily repel any PLA landing force. The key is a well trained reserve force with plenty of man portable guided missiles and access to drones. The ultimate key is for the Taiwanese people to believe in themselves and to be active in their defense. They need to make gun clubs and gun ownership a priority like the Swiss. They need to take active part in the defense of their own country. It's easy to do if they only believe in themselves.

@Raul_Menendez

2 жыл бұрын

If anything, its Taiwan's own fault for not keeping up their trainning and equipment. Yes, conscription is so called "slave labour". I've also been a concription, Singapore. The thing is, it's like Israel and Palestine situation. Yes, Palestine is morally right but they are wrong in a sense their own failure to defend themselves in times of crisis. The world is grey.

You just have to love how half of the comment section have zero idea of what they are talking about. Overall a really realistic overview of the Taiwanese military. Thank you for covering this.

Being in Taiwan while watching a puppet explain the military situation is a trip and a half.

@slslbbn4096

2 жыл бұрын

The US will stand by Taiwan just as it stood by the puppet Afghan regime, and now the Ukrainians. They are abandoning Ukraine as we speak and evacuating their own embassy staff and citizens while preventing Ukrainians from leaving to the US for safety, locking them into killzones and sacrificed in the hopes it can contain the Russians.. The US too hopes to see the Chinese on Taiwan (Republic of China 中华民国） kill each other - aiding their goals of eradicating all Chinese threats. The Taiwanese are also viewed as racially inferior in the US and in reality no different from the Chinese with the same eyes, faces, hair color, culture, history and language and surnames.)

@rbsingh7906

2 жыл бұрын

@@slslbbn4096 tell that to the chinese senators we r electing doofus

@Dark-sx3bd

2 жыл бұрын

@@rbsingh7906 you make laugh

@accidentalgenius8252

2 жыл бұрын

@@slslbbn4096 what r u on about

@QpertsChannel

2 жыл бұрын

@@slslbbn4096 this aged so poorly, my god

For someone living in Taiwan and served in Taiwan's Marine corps for nearly two years, this is most objective coverage I have watched so far.👍👍👍

@markmilam3152

2 жыл бұрын

As a American I stand behind you! Respects

@freedomloverusa3030

2 жыл бұрын

We all stand behind you guys, you have a Ton of Friends.

@Cheesecake99YearsAgo

2 жыл бұрын

@@markmilam3152 I stand behind you too Take my gun and defend Taiwan while I sip my tea

@TheLeaderr

2 жыл бұрын

Leaks from you side were saying they won't take arms against the PLA, and would surrender as soon as the PLA show up. Or are you guys ready for a Stalingrad / Grozny style street fight?

@kaibotski4939

2 жыл бұрын

中華民國萬歲！

The question is not "Can China take over?", the question is "Are they willing to pay the cost?".

@naungnaung2482

Жыл бұрын

Yes they do

I think that is always the wrong question. The question is: Can Taiwan make the cost of invasion so high that it prevents China from doing it? Because if it was for pure muzzle, Taiwan can’t stand a chance .

@user-gc1hg9sp9k

2 жыл бұрын

It is probably hard because most of Taiwan concript soldier have very short mandatory training (only 3 month). So the morale are not pretty high

@elsauce4873

2 жыл бұрын

If an invasion is attempted, there is no turning back for the CCP. It’s a matter of political legitimacy and show of strength, to such a high degree that abandoning the operation would mean political suicide. If you’re going to reply to this, please keep the discussion at a respectful and conducted level. I’m pretty sure neither of us wants this comment section to be a shitshow.

@NineSeptims

2 жыл бұрын

@@elsauce4873 its a military video they always have shitshow comment sections I just turn off my brain and laugh from the backrow seats.

@elsauce4873

2 жыл бұрын

@@NineSeptims Well, your name is comment section expert

@paulgurganus7734

2 жыл бұрын

That's right my friend and the NATO allies are that

Taiwan needs Emma and her two moms to defend them.

@quinnard9750

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@MikhaelAhava

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

"Which may not be unavoidable..." Damn. Binkov's an optimist.

@MostlyPennyCat

2 жыл бұрын

Actually he said, "Which _hopefully_ may not be unavoidable" Which is worse. And I'm going to assume it's lost in translation, because he's not a psychopath.

@derekburge5294

2 жыл бұрын

@@MostlyPennyCat Fair, I did miss the 'hopefully'... But I'm betting it was one of those "probably, kinda, sorta, possibly' type rambling structures that English really needs a name for.

Don't worry Emma and her two moms will protect you Taiwan.

@mio780308

2 жыл бұрын

we are fucked

@Vod_MacDuff

2 жыл бұрын

Emma and her two moms will be wiped out immediately, but luckily there are replacements. Every active duty member that is discharged from the US Armed Forces, is required to be on inactive reserves for another 4 years or so.

@Terry-em8ef

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vod_MacDuff China: Lets w8 4 more yrs till everyone have two moms

Most people commenting do not understand how much transport and supplies you would need for an amphibious assault. Most rational Chinese sources suggest to force Taiwan into surrender through missile bombardment and possibly a special operation to capture/assassinate its leaders. You could only send in a few divisions with all ships and planes combined. There are 200,000 ROC soldiers. A landing would be extremely costly even if it is successful. Taiwan has hundreds of modern mobile ASM capable of wiping out over half of the invasion fleet in the first hours. The SAM system is comparable to Israel's and the air force can hold its own.

@CrasusC

2 жыл бұрын

You are assuming that China will attempt an contested landing. Considering the vast gap between the PLAAF, PLARF and ROC military, China will most likely attempt landing only after they have degraded Taiwan's defences to a degree that landings would not be resisted in great strenghth. And also PLAN warships have world-class missile defence capability as well. What makes you think that Taiwan has the capacity to wipe out the PLA landing fleet? The ROC military is lacking in both quanity and quality compared to the PLA, it can't defend Taiwan without American help. The only way Taiwan can defend itself is with the direct help of the US or Japaneses military. Otherwise China will win.

@exurgemars

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrasusC and you believe Taiwan has not prepared for that eventuality?

@marvingulanes5577

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrasusC yes but the goal is to make it as costly as possible for china to invade so that they would be forced to sabre rattling only but not to the point of invasion

@fosterwilliams1073

2 жыл бұрын

taiwan only have 40 mobile anti ship launcher. while china can fire 160000 370mm rockets in a week

@kiuremneitor5425

2 жыл бұрын

@@exurgemars preparation as limits when you are facing a superior foe.

I can provide another prospective here, conscripts working with professional soldiers is actually a very competitive idea IMO. As a very high ratio (like 40%) of lieutenants and corporals are actually drafted conscripts from top schools, those top talents bring the newest ideas and technics from the campus into the military and makes the military system stay creative and the military becomes the ultimate societal forge. It's like you graduate from an university and join an one year summer camp, we actually did draft battle plan and participated in simulations and drills. And it is this co-operative environment that have hatched the spirit and confidence the we can defend ourselves.

@matthiuskoenig3378

2 жыл бұрын

It's how prussia worked too, and prussia is famous for its military eliteness

@semiramisubw4864

2 жыл бұрын

Doesnt mean anything. We saw it here in europe. When we atacked russia, they just spammed tanks and aircraft until our army want capable to cope it anymore. This will happen again with China and taiwan and china will outproduce the USSR by a large margin due to their insane economy.

@Andy-P

2 жыл бұрын

@@semiramisubw4864 When we attacked Russia????? Talking about Nazi Germany?

I love the videos from Binkov’s Battlegrounds! The subjects are relevant and or entertaining. Keep up the great work. 👍

Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face. ~ Mike Tyson

@hashtagunderscore3173

2 жыл бұрын

“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet” ~ Abraham Lincoln

@yulp1

2 жыл бұрын

@@hashtagunderscore3173 “Don’t write fake quotes.” ~ me

@hashtagunderscore3173

2 жыл бұрын

@@yulp1 I don't know what you're taking about. I saw that Abraham Lincoln said that in an announcement in a secret area of GTA V.

I listened to Lee Hsi-min, he is the retired Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Armed Forces, and he says that Taiwan needs more asymmetrical weapons to deal with a Chinese invasion. Anyone that is interested in this guy's ideas should watch "Taiwan Project Conference Keynotes | Hoover Institution" on youtube, the man has got some badass thoughts on warfare between Taiwan and China.

@llamaalpaca5563

2 жыл бұрын

I believe Lee and Huang (another former Chief of Defence Staff, ROC) have very different understanding on what "asymmetrical" stands for. While both are admirals the latter is a submariner who later became the master mind behind ROC Navy Indigenous Defence Submarine (IDS) project. Huang sees a stealthy, lithium (or AIP) battery equipped submarine the trump card against the PLAN landing ships and logistic train, while Lee seemed very much focused on (relatively) low-tech missile-boat swarms, something IMO would become very vulnerable against the rapidly modernising PLA naval aviation.

@Emilechen

2 жыл бұрын

Lee would be one of the first officiers who surrendered to CCP, since we know that KMT had a long tradition of surrendering without fight, kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5dnzK59lKfbdJM.html

@DanielMartinez-lz3ot

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock That is what Lee Hsi-min is trying to convey.

@DanielMartinez-lz3ot

2 жыл бұрын

@@llamaalpaca5563 yes he talks about unmanned attack boat swarms but that is only a fraction of his ideas.

@DanielMartinez-lz3ot

2 жыл бұрын

@@Emilechen Can you be anymore transparent? But let me point out the UBER OBVIOUS, o.k? If the KMT had such a long tradition of surrender, why hasn't the CCP been occupying the island of Taiwan for the last 70 years? The Chinese communists aren't just the worst communists, (sorry Venezuela, you are second.) but they are the most obtuse communists as well.

23 milion souls, you can hear that only from Slavic people and that is so nice, no one else uses word soul when we talk about lots of people. 🙂

@eps200

2 жыл бұрын

We British do but only in the context of those responsible for a ship talking about the souls onboard. I've never given much thought as to where that came from.

@Fablins-kt9ti

2 жыл бұрын

@@eps200well, Taiwan is like a large, stationary aircraft carrier

-1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 social credit score

I wish you talked more about sea mines, as I've heard that being a potential critical tool for defending Taiwan. I can imagine this become an even more useful strategy going forward with drone technology. Just flood the strait with drone torpedoes/mines denying almost any vessel from crossing successfully.

Short answer: no Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Excellent detail info

You should do one of these for Ukraine too given current events.

I have been soooo looking forward to this 💪🥳🙏 thanks Binkov!

Title: Can Taiwan defend itself? 0:15: but this video isn't about if Taiwan can defend itself.

@bingus6602

2 жыл бұрын

literally not the title

Really good content as usual sir.

We love you so much Binkov !!!

It seems like the war has already begun here in the comments

Just put your anti ship missile batteries on the roofs of the chip fabs. Hell of a dilemma.

@HaydenLau.

Жыл бұрын

Even if China takes the chip fabs they can't use them.

@justvibing278

Жыл бұрын

Haha

Supplying an army large enough to defeat the Taiwanese military across the straits would be a monumental logistical challenge.

Binkov: Time for a refresher on Ukraine vs. Russia!

China would need D-day like preparations in order to invade. Naval invasions by experienced nations are not easy. During d-day the allies had surprise, experience, numbers, and overwhelming air and sea supremacy(not just superiority) . An invasion would be extremely difficult if Taiwan decided to fight hard

@mauriciojaralopez2878

2 жыл бұрын

not only that, but the amount of ground troops and vehicles for the landing, the ships for said landing and the entire supplies and logistics chain would mean a massive buildup on the chinese coasts near Taiwan that would be difficult to hide, so unless the chinese do a masterful cover up and deception plan they would be noticed way before the invasion began

@thetruthhurts9750

2 жыл бұрын

Who knew that Taiwan is as powerful as Nazi Germany? Get real, Taiwan is a extremely small country in terms of Geography with a weak military. The war will be over in a week.

@elrond3737

2 жыл бұрын

@@thetruthhurts9750 Germany had to cover thousands of miles of shore line...From the artic to Italy and Greece. It was fighting 6+ million Soviets in the east and the allies in Italy. When D-day occurred Not to mention all its anti partisan operations throughout Europe. So, as you say Taiwan is small, so they can cover the landing areas much easier than Germany could. When you look at amphibious invasions through out history what you realize is that they are rare and difficult in the extreme. Overwhelming force and Logistics are the keys. If China got 50,000(Not enough) troops on the shore(I don't see how) they would have to supply them. And. Logistics is what separates arm chair warriors from real military leaders. How are they going to supply them? By sea or air... Not easy if Japan, Australia, the USA and their allies help defend Taiwan. Maybe Taiwan rolls over and gives up. But if they hang tough they will win. My guess is China is talking tough for domestic consumption(get people's minds off of problems) and for diplomatic (weak US leadership)reasons. I also think if they want to take Taiwan, it will be through subversive measures. An invasion is not likely.......more likely now than 3 years ago or 10 years ago but still unlikely. I will also add that I hope it doesn't happen. I hate the idea of war between nuclear powers. Rumor has it Taiwan might be a nuclear power and China and the USA definitely are.

@user-jq3zn4cf7h

2 жыл бұрын

@@elrond3737 On January 12, 1988, Zhang Xianyi of the Taiwan Institute of Nuclear Energy carried classified information on Taiwan's nuclear weapons research and development, and his family fled to the United States under the arrangement of the United States. He was a spy set up by the US Central Intelligence Agency. On January 13, 1988, Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo died of illness in Taipei. After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Lee Teng-hui took over. Lee Teng-hui proposed Taiwan independence during his tenure in 1990 and 1996, which led to the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996. The United States sent an aircraft carrier to the Taiwan Strait to interfere in China's internal affairs. On January 15, 1988, the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency conducted a surprise inspection of the Taiwan Nuclear Research Institute, dismantling equipment and taking away a large number of instruments and equipment. Under the control of the United States, Taiwan has no nuclear weapons. Chiang Ching-kuo was the son of Chiang Kai-shek. From 1948 to 1949, Chiang Kai-shek felt that his defeat in the civil war between the Chinese mainland and the Communist Party had been decided, and he was ready to evacuate to Taiwan Island, which was blocked by the strait. Before the evacuation, he took the central bank's dollar reserves, transported 2.775 million taels of gold and 15.2 million yuan of silver dollars. , as well as transporting various precious resources and cultural relics from mainland China to Taiwan, the banknotes and gold-yuan coupons left in the hands of 541.67 million people in mainland China are worthless, Chiang Kai-shek failed in the civil war, and Chiang Kai-shek did not take away his more than 500 million citizens, Everything else of value has been brought to Taiwan, so the people who stay on the mainland are not human? The civil war between Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait has continued to this day due to the obstruction of the United States and the fact that China is an agricultural country without its own industry.

Taiwan needs to put less emphasis on conventional methods of survival like its air force, and focus more on irregular systems to stop the inevitable rain of Chinese ballistic and cruise missiles as well as delay any invasion force to the mainland. More Patriot and Sky Bow launchers and missiles. AEGIS Ashore and other BMD shields. Modern diesel subs and fast mine deploying ships. A grounded air force is not a useful one.

Very informative, thank you. I had no idea. I always thought that Taiwan was well prepared. This was an eye opener.

@Hungabrigoo

Жыл бұрын

Taiwan is pretty modern and liberal and sadly that comes with a false sense of security and an unwillingness to commit to warfare. Let's hope they get to their senses.

Anytime there's a video about Taiwan and China, the comment sections turns into a dumpster fire.

@panzerbumbum469

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao same thing happens on basically any other similair content, Ukraine-Russia, Turkey-Greece, Israel-any arab nation etc.

@Gabe_harristheman

2 жыл бұрын

true XD

@casinoroyal93

2 жыл бұрын

Chinese bots

A great video overall. However, I did notice a couple of errors regarding the ROC Army's CM-11 and CM-12 tanks. The CM-11 tank is actually a modified M48A3 turret with an M1A1 tank's fire control system attached to an M60 chassis. The CM-12 tank was made with the retrofitting of the remaining 100 M-1A1 tank's fire control systems with the M48 tanks.

@RYTG

2 жыл бұрын

Nnneeeeeeerrrddd

you know what they say, TAIWAN no. 1!

Informative

When talking about the reserved force of Taiwan, the equipment bury in the backyard of barrack must be considered. It could easily equip an armor brigade if digging hard enough! (Meme)

@ItsJoKeZ

2 жыл бұрын

what.

@TNS10000

2 жыл бұрын

Context please

@dfgdfg_

2 жыл бұрын

Kindly explain the meme please!

@jameschan6345

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, it is a joke among Taiwanese that the hidden equipment in backyard of barrack. Background : Taiwan Army have a higher level equipment check regularly, your platoon must have the exact number of equipment as you are entitled or you will be in trouble. if you accidentally taken any from other platoon, the quickest way out is to bury it backyard. Joke: On the night before the equipment check, the technician yelling “OMG our truck's engine was stolen!”. The old sergeant remained calm and just grabbed a shovel and walked into the woods behind the barrack and then comeback with an engine with him. The variants of this joke from a firing pin to a frigate could be found on internet. After those jokes, another joke about the hidden treasures under the backyard of barrack started.

@TNS10000

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameschan6345 thank you

the modern soldier, Taiwanese of Chinese is not the same zealot of the Chinese civl war, they both have different priorities in life from those 75 years ago. I believe that even if China will somehow manage to conquer Taiwain, they will suffer so many casualties that it will shake the very foundation of Chinese society, with all the might of the aparatus of the Chinese government to supress dissent- the cries of thousands of widowers and mothers will not be silenced. there still is a social contract between the Chinese government and it's people, and the last thing the Chinese people want is to be return in coffins from a terrible war, and not even the idealized reunification of Taiwan will make up for how many losses such a war will create. it will simply not be worth it to lose so many sailors, soldiers and marines and than be isolated from the world even further just to take over Taiwan. I think China won't genuinely risk it, they gamble on the long run game, and the military threats today are simply a show of force for the Americans, and the rest of the world. I'm not sure China will be able to reunify with Taiwain "peacefully" either, the world will slowly but surely manage to recognize Taiwan and China will find out that it won't be able to contain this sentiment internationally. there won't be a grand war, there won't be reunification, I expect the CCP to abandon reunification and focus inward. the old guard of the CCP, the "Wolf Warriors" are the ones who push for reunification the most, but I'm pretty sure the more pragmatic leaders in the CCP see it as a lost cause better left for the pages of history.

@YouFool001

2 жыл бұрын

I love your comment. I hope it comes out this way.

The Ukraine video came true, I hope for humanity Binkovs success rate does not need to be tested again

Did you guys ever noticed the mountains all around Taiwan. It's going to be a long time War

@hominemundus

2 жыл бұрын

I m not sure about taiwanese's will to fight

@eliasjasondavid708

2 жыл бұрын

@@hominemundus Just look the Ukraine, you have to defend your country till kingdom come, look at the geology. US Will come, Japan is there, and if there's a spoiler, India with bad blood might try to pressure China. Look at it, Russian army isn't really that strong except for nuclear provocations. Who's to help China, N Korea also Nuclear bullshit. This is going to be interesting. With just a Button, we're all going to be Kentucky fried chicken, my friend

@user-gc1hg9sp9k

2 жыл бұрын

those mountain are useless because it isn't protect the big city, Most of taiwan big city are in the western side of formosa island and at the coast. Make it easy to conquer once china is land their troop

To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war. - Napoleon Bonaparte

@adammartin2846

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't work out for Napoleon or France though did it now?

@TallDude404

2 жыл бұрын

​@@adammartin2846 Yep, ironically Napoleon's army was at its greatest strength after 5 years of peace time. His new Grande Armée was reorganized into corps, deadwood generals were replaced and the army was intensely drilled for years. Then after 10 years of warfare the Grande Armée was a shadow of its former self.

Taiwan is a floating air carrier. It needs multiple C-Rams all over the island along with C-arrow missiles including concrete Forts built in the waters around the island like the Philippines.

Training the citizens now would be key to it all and asks them to do it on free time

Completely agree. Good job.

Truism: the best defence is a potent offence. You can defend all you like, but the best way to handle China is to inflict pain. Invasion of China or victory is out of the question for Taiwan, so the goal must be to make any attack on Tawain by the CCP a very painful exercise. So, where is China vulnerable? What are the pressure points? Shipping. Infrastructure (power stations, fuel). Also: domestic politics. The CCP is always fearing for its own safety, and greatly fears any military loss for the impact it will have internally.

@w0mblemania

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock The problem is that it would greatly harm Australia. Unfortunately, Australia is highly reliant on China for both resources exports, and imports, which is why China's bullying and economic warfare is so dangerous.

@taiwanno1wan126

2 жыл бұрын

taiwan would win easy, when china tries that landing and 70 percent of its forces are dead on the first day at what point do you think the generals will just give up. On top of that you have some attacks from outside countries on the china mainland and huge sanctions. that 70 percent figure only gets bigger with more reinforcements. The only way china can win is land 1 million plus in one hit and thats impossible. All those so called fishing boats will be wiped out very quickly. you underestimate what a home advantage can do. The US had a similiar fight once in the 70s i think with Cebu, if the enermy knows your coming the beach invasion just doesnt work

@w0mblemania

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock Fortunately, the Australian government has seen the light, and has been trying to decouple for the last few years. There are some recalcitrants (e.g. the Victorian Labor government, which still wants a Belt and Road deal with China), and business voices who'd rather see us appease China, but most Australians seem to understand that China is not a friend, but an aggressor. Even New Zealand is finally changing its fence-sitting routine. Mostly, this all comes down to how badly Xi and is minions have handled relations. They sought to kill the chicken (Australia) to scare the monkeys, but it hasn't worked.

@w0mblemania

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock Yes, really. Exports only tell one part of the story. There's gross sales of ore to China, but then there's Australia's defence posture and relationships with neighbours. Look at the re-emergence of the QUAD as an alliance against China. The CCP is super-pissed about it. And then improving ties with South Korea. And getting (maybe, one day) nuclear subs. And the crackdown on CCP influencers in Australia.

@w0mblemania

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock Sorry, I'm not interested in dumbing down the conversation to make it easier for you to understand. You'll have to do your own thinking.

Something that I don’t think is fully appreciated is China’s dependence on maritime commerce for raw materials. A fight in that sea would disrupt shipping and there’s no way they could reliably defend against raiding on the open ocean. Their navy would be too busy defending the landing force and subsequent occupation force’s supplies

@RobertA-oi6hw

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's why they're building all those subs

@qarmatianwarhorse6028

2 жыл бұрын

That's why they are banking so heavily on the Belt and Road Initiative, so that they reduce dependence on shipping for commerce.

@justinokraski3796

2 жыл бұрын

@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 B&R I has a great many applications for China and is really a brilliant policy to transition them into a post industrial economy. However it depends on underdeveloped nations being 1) stable enough to maintain the infrastructure and 2) their ability to enforce their ownership/repossession of assets which is unlikely if they’re penned into the South China Sea

@qarmatianwarhorse6028

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinokraski3796 Haven't they been leasing ports through debt traps/promises of investment throughout the indian ocean? Sri Lanka is the most prominent one that comes to mind, as does Pakistan (albeit this is Arabian Sea, mind you).

I think if we learned anything from afghanastan the question is, will they fight?

@gordonchen6370

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Taiwan will fight🇹🇼💪🏻

The Taiwan armed forces dont have to prevail. They only have to inflict losses on the attacking forces and on mainline China. China only wins if they win quickly with few losses and sieze Taiwan largely intact.

@kaibotski4939

2 жыл бұрын

Occupation is another problem for PRC. Since they are of same ethnicity underground movements will be difficult to quashed.

@user-dr8vh2gz8d

2 жыл бұрын

如果大陆老百姓有了伤亡。台湾只会变成废墟。本身大陆的老百姓对台湾武统的声浪很高。而且对于台湾动不动就造谣抹黑大陆怨念特别深。

@81Earthangel

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dr8vh2gz8d Nice Korea flag Mr. China

@kaibotski4939

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dr8vh2gz8d 你的中文好奇妙。好Kaiwaii.

@kaibotski4939

2 жыл бұрын

@@81Earthangel 他犯了國安法,不夠愛國。要做前線兵做弟一個去死先。

China has to balance its territorial and military ambitions against the economic sanctions it would inevitably receive from its wealthy trading partners. Russia is facing the same dilemma with its ambitions in Ukraine. It is obvious that China could successfully invade Taiwan (or any of its neighbours), but at what economic cost in future trade.

@aburetik4866

2 жыл бұрын

China is very self-sufficient and in control of world supply chain. It is YOU, not Chinese, should worry about the economic cost of a war with China.

@RYTG

2 жыл бұрын

@@aburetik4866 really, you think china can keep its economy running when the world stops buying their crap? I dont think so, sounds more like you're a bot.

@aburetik4866

2 жыл бұрын

@@RYTG You can't stop buying from China, bcz you don't have a choice. Only China has the capacity to supply the whole world. Without China, your money will be worth less than toilet paper and many of u will have to clean *ss by hand.

@RYTG

2 жыл бұрын

@@aburetik4866 what china sells is mostly copied junk anyway :p you should try not to get angry so easily over youtubecomments, have a good one

@aburetik4866

2 жыл бұрын

@@RYTG Whatever you call it, you are buying it and using it all the time. Your ppl's action speaks louder than your words. And you have no choice but pay money to the Chinese everday. It's you that is angry, bcz you hate it but can do nothing about it. 😂

As Ukraine shows: People who are defending their homes and families trump people who are invading because their tyrant says to do so. What Taiwan lacks compared to Ukraine is, size and numbers.

@takaharatanaka8818

2 жыл бұрын

@Marou S The Russians are going to have one hell of an insurgency on their hands. What Finland & Ukraine historically have in common is, their respective partisans love nothing more than to kill invaders, especially Ruskies. The country has been invaded by everyone and their grandmothers since the 12th century when the Kyven Russ Nation disintegrated. The only reason the Soviets managed to quell uprisings is, Stalin starved an estimated 3 to 8 million something Putin can't do. That is the one thing that would force 'Western Powers' to intervene.

@PerfectSense77

2 жыл бұрын

Being surrounded by water and with limited accessible coastline will do a lot for you though. It takes less people to effectively defend an island than a place like Ukraine.

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@randomcomment1673

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Binkov!

@JustSomeDudethe

2 жыл бұрын

Please make Brazil vs Venezuela

@prezmrmthegreatiinnovative3235

2 жыл бұрын

Make a vid bout Estonia vs the world

@randomcomment1673

2 жыл бұрын

Pls Uk vs Netherlands, im curious

@dtsai

2 жыл бұрын

You are too logical and don't have skin in the game and thus aren't thinking out of the box like a human. If you are going to lose in the long run, you might as well take a gamble in the short term and go on the offense so that you could at least increase the costs well beyond what is expected in hopes they will think twice about invading the main land.

2, good video 👏

That 40 day refresher courses per year in Finland is wrong information. Depends on the position but its usually something from none to 10 days in a year/2 years.

Think Ukraine have prove, the will of fight is equally if not more important than training

@michaelf.2449

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine has been preparing since 2014 training is the most important part besides actual suppljes

@deathtdow

2 жыл бұрын

Ukraine has had extensive militisation and sweeping improvements to its military since 2014 including training by nato countries extending not just to its active military but to the training of large numbers of high readiness reservists. Add to this military experience gained in loss of the Crimea and the following endless skrimishs in the donbass region, and you have a realitively well trained and experienced fighting force going into the current conflict.

@LunaticTheCat

2 жыл бұрын

Huh? Proper training is the main reason why Ukraine's military has been performing well against Russia.

@R3GARnator

2 жыл бұрын

@@deathtdow Exactly. if Russia had launched the current invasion in 2014, Ukraine would have lost. Going in piecemeal trying to make a new Munich Agreement with the Minsk Accords was Russia's failure.

How would they fare if they adopted the Swiss doctrine? A rifle in every house.

@reinerheiner1148

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a LOT of civilian casualties if practically every taiwanese is an enemy.

One aspect of war you did not include here was Jamming. China has one of he largest reserves of jamming equipment.

Update, people born after the 98th year of the republic (2009) would be subject to 1 year of mandatory military service.

The real war is in the comments section

Are you going to make an update on Ukraine?

@user-xr1bu8hi5v

2 жыл бұрын

Ожидается празднование Нового Года и Рождества Хр. - ранее февраля 2022, война исключена!

Let's hope this video isn't put to the test in reality any time soon.

Thanks for the analysis; there are going to be conflicting opinions on the topic on a range of points but it’s important to have the discussions. I would urge you to update or put out a video on this once a year as this is situation is changing. Also, for Taiwan I would urge them to play the hand they are given to the utmost; encourage support for increased spending on military capabilities and urge leaders to concentrate on asymmetric systems and national strategies that focus on presenting the mainland with a cost analysis that causes them to think things over. Prioritize mobile air defense in layers, man-portable anti-tank and anti-air system purchases, concentrate on electronic warfare capabilities and ESPECIALLY cyber warfare (have teams prepared to operate outside Taiwan to aggressively attack continuously) be prepared to mine on land and sea, and train, train, train your armed forces and grow them.

Why does binka refer to himself in the third person?

>us army training >shows Marines >ouch

*Simple answer is No.* Their Compulsory Military enlistment isn't like those of South Korea or Israel. Taiwans Compulsory enlistment only last under 3 months, and most of it (training) is behind a desk, and not in and on the field (excercise). There's a youtube video floating around of a Taiwanese Artillery squad manning a howizter (fire practice) and it took them almost 10 minutes from firing, reloading, and firing again, in that time where minutes count, the chinese army already taken the Beaches.

It would be interesting to compare more in depth things like ammunition reserves, oil, maintenance, etc.

@seandelaney1700

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Or not just an equipment, force unit breakdown but a terrain understanding for that will be key. Is it all beach? Are weapons hidden in hill caves, etc?

@thelieutenant7732

2 жыл бұрын

@@seandelaney1700 Maybe factor in too that China has the infrastructure to rebuild replicas of key locations or equipment for training such as the Taiwanese capital building and American carriers

@seandelaney1700

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelieutenant7732 Yes, I've seen video of those in Mongolia. They can train excessively for years for a blitzkrieg like shock attack, which is a significant strength, surprise and being well trained.

The “F-ck-1“: you really have to wonder if that's coincidence or a double entendre.

Imagine the chip shortage if China invades

@WBCY2024

2 жыл бұрын

@B J yeah I'm not talking exclusively about military chips.

👏🙂 Very interesting

Personally I feel like Taiwan should focus on fortifying the island, turning the whole thing into a gigantic fortress if possible, with underground bunker like systems running across the entire island.

@TwistedNerve1

2 жыл бұрын

They have done a lot of that already. Lots of airbases are dug into mountains etc. Their command centers are deep underground as well. But you still have to fight on the surface and against air superiority

Hope you discuss Ukrainian military capabilities 2021 against Russia

@user-xr1bu8hi5v

2 жыл бұрын

На Украине: не проводится мобилизация населения, украинских войск на всей границе с РФ и РБ, готовых к войне - тоже нет, госпитали/пожарные к войне не готовятся, президент Украины именно сейчас покинул страну и в столь трудное время, делает это регулярно )) ВОЙНЫ НЕ БУДЕТ, Россия не собирается оккупировать никчёмную Укр!

He who controls Taiwan controls semi conductor chip supply.

@freddiepizerhall8324

2 жыл бұрын

Not true

@donchen4906

2 жыл бұрын

sad, Taiwan is just a small section of chips which is a small part of semi-conductor. Taiwan is not irreplaceable

@genuinennessbefitting4734

2 жыл бұрын

92% of cutting-edge (below 10 nm)chips are manufactured in Taiwan, 63% of all foundry chips are made in Taiwan from several chipmakers. So when Taiwan stops producing them, China will go to hell first, as SMIC produces mostly low-end 65 nm shown on their financial report.

@doujinflip

2 жыл бұрын

No, Táiwān's chip production prowess relies on its human capital: the ability to get its most specialized engineers experienced and quickly redeployed to the fab station that needs the most attention as they start deviating from their subatomically tight tolerances -- this is why their biggest competitor is South Korea and not a more spread-out Mainland China, Japan, or US. A PRC seizure would see the irreplaceable loss of these critical Taiwanese brains, not to mention those fab stations that were knocked completely out of alignment in the process. Even if China manages to redevelop a native production level equal to that of today's Táiwān, it would already have been surpassed by the nimbler South Korea, maybe Japan, and probably even Singapore.

@donchen4906

2 жыл бұрын

@@genuinennessbefitting4734 BS, Korea and America also make chips under 10nm. Chip production will be affected in short term but soon there will be other firms from other countries take Taiwans' place, Samsung for one, will be very happy to do that.

There are several questions that need to be answered. First, how badly does China want Taiwan, because that's the primary factor. Second, how badly does Taiwan not want to be taken ? Everything follows those two questions. If Taiwan absolutely positively doesn't want to be taken, then China will probably not want to pay the price. All Taiwan needs to do is hold out for six months (or more) and China will regret ever trying to take it. But if Taiwan isn't "all out" in its defense then its over fairly quickly.

The thumbnail is cool Seeing tanks all lined up on the coast like that. Like godzilla.

The main question is does china truly have the capability to achieve such a large amphibious invasion ... Kinda like a Operation sea lion situation with the Germans and English the Germans just didn't have the capability

@joebloggs830

Жыл бұрын

Oh, the Germans certainly had the capability, you forgot though that Australia and NZ sent heaps of reinforcement to "Mother England", suffering huge casualties so that the English could hold their line.

@alexc4159

Жыл бұрын

@@crs9796 not so fast, by deploying man-portable anti air systems, truck anti air and well concealed stationary systems taiwan could stiffle chinas air superiority. Also keep in mind they have underground airstrips buried in the mountains. You also need to keep in mind the monsoon seasons, China can't afford to get bogged down in a quagmire or else the weather will cut off their forces for most of the year. Given the limited beach heads available for an amphibious assault making even getting a beach head a big if, not to mention the mountainous easy to defend terrain. Basically odds are unless taiwan surrender and don't have the will to fight China will be stuck in a quagmire with limited windows of time to keep their massive force supplied adequately.

@icutthings649

Жыл бұрын

@@joebloggs830 ??? The uk was there main trading partner and the uk had been help them alot

16:08 Named a plane F-CK-1 lol

They really should follow the Israelis model with a bit of Swiss, where everyone serves 1 to 2 years and everyone that does is in reserves until they are 35 or whatever age would be necessary. I would treat the reserve like the continuing education system for professional people. A set standard of minimum training per time alloted to meet their military qualifications need. Everyone would be issued Equipment which they would be expected to maintain. This way each reserve unit has equipment at their rally location and is well trained, and every citizen is capable of resistance in the case of invasion. They will need large numbers to hold even those few beaches that can support landings, and they will need them equipped and to post quickly.

Okay but Taiwan should rent out some space on some USAF bases I mean we're just letting them use our real estate it would be suicide for china to go for it

@Indian_Girl_Aarini_2713

2 жыл бұрын

American is weak AF. Got a base in Afghanistan ended up running

I can see the chinese and taiwanese are having a war in the comment section.

Do you what is funny? There are Tankies out there who think Taiwan is the offensive power here.

@alexsitaras6508

2 жыл бұрын

Tankies are as delusional as facists in my book

@ShadowDragon1848

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsitaras6508 I couldn´t agre more. And to be clear there are much more similar than they might think.

@yaz2928

2 жыл бұрын

They're far more intelligent than Americans who think their country wages war for freedom/defense.

@ShadowDragon1848

2 жыл бұрын

@@yaz2928 Oh here we go!

YES

In a vacuum? No. But Taiwan has a lot of allies in the area

I would increase conscription to at least 8 months with an incentive to join to Reserve Forces. Reserve Forces should get weekend training for at least 26 weeks of the year. Taiwan's biggest focus overall should be on guerilla warfare. Less focus on vehicles and more on AT rockets, AA missiles and Anti-Ship missiles. Trucks should be used to get troops quickly to the shore. Taiwan could even consider making Technicals.

@Emilechen

2 жыл бұрын

you really so idealist to think Taiwan strawberry soldiers will fight to the end by guerrilla warfare, lol?

@hwong1776

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock like trucks with an anti air cannon on the back???

@sys3248

2 жыл бұрын

Look whatever you think about Taiwanese is they're no Taliban who living in and out of their caves by jihad. They're modern liberal urbanite who wants nothing but keeping themselves comfortable. They'll tolerate changes of government and some stricter laws as long as they can keep their livelihood mostly unchanged.

@chaosXP3RT

2 жыл бұрын

​@Drew Peacock The neologism "technical" describing such a vehicle is believed to have originated in Somalia during the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. Barred from bringing in private security, non-governmental organizations hired local gunmen to protect their personnel, using money defined as "technical assistance grants". Eventually the term broadened to include any vehicle carrying armed men. However, an alternative account is given by Michael Maren, who says the term was first used in Somalia in the 1980s, after engineers from Soviet arms manufacturer Tekniko mounted weapons on vehicles for the Somali National Movement during the Somaliland War of Independence. "Technicals" have also been referred to as "battlewagons" and "guntrucks".

@chaosXP3RT

2 жыл бұрын

@Drew Peacock I don't see how this is a difficult concept to grasp. If the vehicle was made from the ground up with military intentions and weapons, it's one of many military vehicles. If the vehicle was made from the ground up with civilian intentions and no innate weapon features, but then later has a machinegun bolted to it, it's a Technical. What is this argument? Is a go-cart with a mortar strapped to it, a tank to you? What's your definition of a dump truck with a 105mm Recoilless Rifle attached to it?

I hope the Wu-mao crowd comes out early and often and in great force and collects their full fees. Hopefully that strains the budget that feeds them. The rhetoric is so transparent and infantile. Mildly entertaining.

@qarmatianwarhorse6028

2 жыл бұрын

Silly as they are many a time, they do highlight an important point. It's ch*na's backyard and they hold all the advantages in the region, especially against that sliver of an island.

@somewhere6

2 жыл бұрын

@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 "anisland"? What is the supposed to be?

All the military hardware will not help them they need to have Stalingrad tactics cities and countryside full of lone Wolf snipers

@jama5191

2 жыл бұрын

It will be urban warfare ☠️

@stc2828

2 жыл бұрын

There was no drone in WW2. In modern days, if you lose air control, you get swarmed by drones.

Watching this in mid 24 shows how different the battlefield has become via drones.

all i know is that they have better MREs

@MarkGoding

2 жыл бұрын

Slightly on the dry side , but unlikely to give you food poisoning like the Chinese ones.

@MsZsc

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@jaek__

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsZsc A Steve fan I assume

@MsZsc

2 жыл бұрын

Nice hiss

What I don't understand is why Taiwan doesn't invest into powerful submarines to protect its coast? France has few subs that they are looking to sell

@goukux5908

2 жыл бұрын

They are building thier own subs, but don’t talk about it very much.

@KennyNGA

2 жыл бұрын

US only has nuclear powered ones and france only offered them outdated subs so theyre developing their own

@alexlazar4738

2 жыл бұрын

Simply, because they know it's useless. The US with its 1.7 trillion budget (real number) cannot fight China. Expect Taiwan with 16billion budget can fight them it's 100 times less! insanity!

@peterhermina656

2 жыл бұрын

@Parsa Not if they are built in a hangar with a roof

@peterhermina656

2 жыл бұрын

@@KennyNGA Diesel-electric subs are fine for short-range missions. They are actually quieter than nuclear subs and more cost-effective. Nuclear subs are only good if you want to project your power 1000s of mi away.

Conflict of nations sounds litt

First line of attack with be cyber, followed by financial and economy strangling and cutting off water and electricity supply.

M60 was outdated even 30 years ago, not to mention M48 and M41. I am surprised they still didnt replaced it. Maybe relatively small nation just has not enough money for all aspects of its military.

@michaelrenper796

2 жыл бұрын

They don't expect a tank battle. And indeed, how would China land a large tank army in the first wave? Tanks are planned to be used for close fire support for the infantry. Prevent beachheads from expanding. Should China be able to create a large enough beachhead to land some tank battalions the war would be already lost.

@taiwanno1wan126

2 жыл бұрын

not really the new m60 upgrade makes it equal to the t90 in many ways. you do know the t90 is just an upgraded t72 a tank with a terrible real world reputation. The US fire control and range finder has always been better than russian and chinese tanks. in fact the m60 upgrade by Israel with a 120mm turrent makes the m60 equal to any other main battle tank out there. When all chinese tanks and even the m1a2 tank have weak spots everywhere it makes little difference. The ability of the m60 to fire first is the most important

@taiwanno1wan126

2 жыл бұрын

why would they need to replace it when the m60 is already equal or better than most chinese tanks. china still uses copies of t54,t62 t 72 not exactly high tech at all , still very primitive

@romanbuinyi

2 жыл бұрын

​@@taiwanno1wan126 Lol wat? M60 has almost no armor, it cant take a punch at all. New turret with 120mm gun makes it self-propelled anti-tank gun, not a tank because tank should be able to withstand some damage.

@romanbuinyi

2 жыл бұрын

@@taiwanno1wan126 What "most" tanks? Better than Type 59-of course, but not than Type 96 or 99.

These comments sound like a playground fight. Are all of them still in highschool? No citation, assumption built on top of assumption etc.

Japan needs to send some Gundams to Tiawan.

One aspect I didn’t hear you discuss was the terrain, in particular the beaches. An article I read some years ago claimed that Taiwan’s beaches are difficult to invade. The article said that the Taiwanese shore is covered by long mudflats, that are very difficult for a landing craft to cross, forcing soldiers to wade ashore very slowly across mudflats hundreds of yards deep. This gives shore defenses a big opportunity to destroy them. I don’t know if there are technological solutions to this problem (maybe hovercraft?). I would be interested to hear a discussion of this aspect.

@dark7element

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't WW2. Modern militaries won't attempt a landing until they have complete fire superiority over the landing zone. Even in WW2, brutal amphibious landings under fire from the defenders only happened because something had gone very, very wrong. Omaha beach was the result of a cascade of errors and bad weather leaving the landing divisions without their fire support - the original plan was that all of those bunkers and gun emplacements along the cliffs would've been turned into craters by the time the first landing boat got to the beach.

@yopyop3241

2 жыл бұрын

​@@dark7element The PRC doesn't have the luxury of time. Taiwan has truck-mounted missiles that can hit moving ships anywhere from Hong Kong to Shanghai. Those missiles will shut down China's ability to import oil. No one is going to sail a tanker through an active war zone, especially not when anyone is actively targeting commercial tankers. China's strategic oil reserve is three weeks worth. To win, China needs to have enough boots on the ground across the entire island to convince risk-averse shipping companies and their insurance-issuing backers that it is completely safe before that oil runs out.

@jntiger1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@yopyop3241 China is still world’s 7th largest oil producer. How many days can Taiwan survive without oil import?

@yopyop3241

2 жыл бұрын

​@@jntiger1981 Wrong question. Need to look at the overall picture. Taiwan: Two months of a collapsed economy and half normal caloric intake to defeat the PRC and earn universal international recognition of Taiwanese sovereignty. In the aftermath, the US, Japan, the EU, etc. provide huge support with rebuilding. PRC: One month of a collapsed economy and half normal caloric intake to end up losing to Taiwan. In the aftermath, the US, Japan, the EU, etc. place crippling sanctions on the PRC for the next several decades.

@jntiger1981

2 жыл бұрын

@@yopyop3241 China is a poor communist country so people has nothing to lose. They survived the 10 -year culture revolution, 3-year great famine caused by the Great Leap Forward. Shortages caused by a few month of war against Taiwan cannot get worse than that. Taiwan, on the other hand, is a prosperous market economy with people spoiled and no past experience of dealing famine. Remember Taiwanese is people who were out on street protesting the government merely for a day or two blackout.

I am a Taiwanese, 如果大家有什麼問題想知道的話，儘管問，我非常樂意回答所有問題，什麼問題範圍都不限喔～私人問題其實也可以，哈哈~ 如果我有說錯什麼也歡迎指責我~我非常樂意做出改進，Be Better , Bless you guys ~

@marshallyoung6523

2 жыл бұрын

请问台湾的外省人，原住民，皇民后代之间是什么关系？他们相互是怎么看待，又是怎么看待日本的呢？ 谢谢回答。

@Airdrifting

2 жыл бұрын

呱呱呱，今天又诈骗了几个人了？

@ss15s37

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshallyoung6523 1.外省人說實在的我親戚其實就有人是(他們家裡當時跟著國民政府撤退來臺灣)，我覺得他們或許不會去談到臺獨議題，因為他們大多時候都相對偏向中立，可能支持統一，但可能不會喜歡中共的那種，其實別說外省人就連普遍國民黨老一輩和那些不支持臺獨的，就可能有些都是這麼想的。 2.原住民部分的話，其實相對於民進黨，原住民他們大部分是是比較偏向國民黨的，其實我想這跟當初國民黨優先推出對原住民有益的一些議題和政策的關係(但說到優先，其實當時一開始也就只有國民黨一個黨而已)，所以我是覺得針對原住民這方面，國民黨和民進黨，會做的都應該差不多，但如果要扯到統不統一，我們沒資格要求他們統一，因為他們才是最一開始臺灣的主人，是各國(中國)去侵略他們才對，我們其實退一萬步說，都是所謂的侵略者，但就現在而言，我們並不仇恨彼此，因為我們是生活在同一塊土地的人啊～ 3. 皇民後代是指當初日治時代臺灣人與日本人的混血兒嗎？或留在臺灣的日本人嗎？，其實到了現在，大多數都已經不在仇恨了，對於過去的侵略者(日本或各國與其所有支持者)，但在當時戰時，和戰後的一段時間，日本人和皇民大多數是完全受到中國人和在臺灣人仇恨的(其實大多數臺灣老人，如果經歷過，還是會有所排斥的吧，但已經今非昔比了)，但有些日本人不太一樣(可能不是日軍身份，又是與當地臺灣人關係很好，或當地醫生有幫助過臺灣人的身份)，或許他們不會受到太大的傷害波及(在國民政府來了之前，但其實我也不確定國民政府有沒有做出直接肅清的動作，可能還要去稍微查一下)而在戰後，可以選擇離開臺灣回到日本的皇民，如果還是選擇留在了臺灣，你們認為他們這麼做代表什麼，戰後受到所有攻擊，成為眾矢之的是最基本的常識了吧，難道他們和其希望他們回去日本的人會不知道嗎? 4. OK,終於要結尾了~其實以上身份，放到目前的臺灣來說，不好意思，他們領了中華民國(臺灣)身份證，和認同自己是臺灣人的話，那他們就都是，臺灣人，所有過去的仇恨關係，在這面前都不值得一提，其實順帶一提，目前還跟臺灣劍拔弩張的只有中國(中共)，外省人，原住民，皇民，這些都是細分時，問他們時他們可能會跟你說的身份，但就臺面上來講，他們應該都會跟你們說他們是臺灣人，除非你問他們，其實我身邊就有原住民朋友(媽媽是阿美族，爸爸是臺灣人)，我親戚(嬸嬸)他們家就是外省人(戰後跟著國民政府來臺)，皇民的話，比較少，但老一輩人大概80幾歲範疇其實還是有一些人會說日文，但可能不是你說的皇民，但是受到皇民化運動影響沒錯啦～ 就像我剛剛說的，他們其實如果碰到一起，其實也不會怎樣，還是會很開心聊天(大多數)，因為他們對彼此都是臺灣人(生活在一塊土地上)，來說，但當然在當時戰時和戰後，很長一段時間他們都互相產生一定程度上的對立，尤其是外省人與臺灣人和原住民，對上(皇民)日本人時，那還是會造成很大的仇恨的，但從不鼓吹新的仇恨出現，才是身為一個國際公民，所應擁有的責任，但到了現在，我可以保證他們不會仇恨彼此(大多數)，雖然在聊到一些議題時可能會有所衝突，但不是大家所認為的那種仇恨，只是為了自己所認為的正確而去建立更多可信度和基礎而已，每個人都是這樣，現在對於我們臺灣人來說，他們也都是臺灣人啊，有差嗎？或許價值觀，和政治立場不同，但我們從不再仇恨一個民族和個人，單方面的只是對於政策方向或想法議題提出質疑，和不認同而已，但臺灣可以擁有這麼多元聲音的存在，也是我們所為之驕傲的部分(對於多元部分其實我還蠻喜歡的)，大家都在一起，不分種族，但就只是為了自己所認同的未來而努力爭取，而絕不把這份認同強加在他人身上，其實我對這方面還蠻喜歡的~ 哭啊～打了好多千字文，希望你的眼睛和心臟沒事，希望有回答的你的問題~，哈哈~ Bless you guys~

@marshallyoung6523

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ss15s37 哦哦，倒是没想到你真的认真回答了，感谢。 心灵受伤是谈不上的，因为像中美俄这种类型的国家，国土面积和资源比较丰沛，人民大部分自带民族自豪感，而且中国历史绵延几千年文化传承没有断代，相比美国这种国家更加有历史感和积淀。考虑问题的时候主要是以本土视角为主，边陲或者外国的意见只做参考可有可无。这点可能跟台湾省不太一样。 其实对于统独问题，拉长到历史维度下看，根本也不是问题。说到底台湾并不会威胁到大陆什么，相对来说大陆人民对台湾人并没什么敌意，这个台湾普通人可以放心，和对台湾执政党的态度不一样。 主流观点还是维持一国两制，两岸包括港澳都是华人社会，不同制度也可以相互学习长处，保持进步。 每年台湾到大陆工作的人大概200万，我身边倒是也有台湾朋友，台湾人相对来说还是很温和儒雅的。总之祝好吧。

@ss15s37

2 жыл бұрын

@@marshallyoung6523 哈哈，有回答到你的問題就好~感謝~ Bless you guys

Good job to tell the truth especially the last sentence to express the real situation in Taiwan. People always say they will fight but only know when it happens

Now that we are so close to WW3 I'm not sure sure I want to play a WW3 simulator game :P

The normal ratio is 1:1 static, 3:1 mobile, and 10:1 against an entrenched enemy. China would win, but it would lose a huge number of troops and materiel. Would that be sustainable, who knows?

@user-tq4dq5lo5g

2 жыл бұрын

Chinese rulers have been not vulnerable towards probable huge casualties, especially in "inner" (actually civil) wars (the current situation is like some former ones in Chinese history, for example like the period of Three Kingdoms when the Wei/Jin ("mainland") emperors wanted to conquer southern Shu and Wu kingdoms with Chinese inhabitants to reunificate China, although the mentioned inhabitants had new local identities without a strong idea of Chinese reunification and therefore didn't want to surrender).

China general watching this "write that down"