Why China is targeting military drills at Taiwan | Victor Gao
“China is doing what it is fully justified to do to defend the One China policy. And if anyone wants to play with fire further, they will be burned.”
Victor Gao, vice president at the Centre for China and Globalisation defends China’s military drills around Taiwan.
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Why do you give a platform to chinese propagandists?
@InterestedCitizen
Жыл бұрын
Platform shmatform!! We need to hear what the enemy is thinking!!
@hitrapperandartistdababy
Жыл бұрын
@@InterestedCitizen We need to hear aye, but we don’t need to promote it like its a sane viewpoint
@kurosai006ichigo3
Жыл бұрын
Yeah now there is Chinese propaganda to fit in with Russian propaganda. Idiots ignore that their enemy says. Sun tsu no military genius has ever ignored the view of the enemy. It is key to defeating them or deescalation. With closed doors , well as he says enjoy "the fire " As west speaks of diplomacy but cant listen to both sides. That is how autocracy works , its just autocracy on both sides. One autocracy is attack the other is defending both have head in sand "chanting war"
@ensiyeitu1012
8 ай бұрын
@@hitrapperandartistdababyYour brain tells you that only your opinion matters 😂
@hitrapperandartistdababy
8 ай бұрын
@@ensiyeitu1012 What part about military planes within another countrys airspace is a valid opinion to your little pea brain? 😬
Next episode: Lavrov explains how NATO started the war in Ukraine.
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
Lying Lavrov
@hansvandermeer7635
Жыл бұрын
Honestly can’t see how airing the views of CCP stooges is helpful to show multiple sides of the argument. The people of Taiwan do very wisely to keep their distance from the toxic regime that rules across the sea.
@livingtribunal4110
Жыл бұрын
Lavrov would be wrong being as USA started the war in Ukraine. But wait. NATO is basically USA so....either way he spins it, Lavrov would be correct
@din6675
Жыл бұрын
@@livingtribunal4110 Lavrov is as handsome as he is truthful.
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
@@hansvandermeer7635 Nominally, you feed them the rope the use to hang themselves. But Times Radio has chosen to be willing participants in spreading anti-West propaganda.
This Chinese guy‘s rhetoric reminds me of Putin‘s.
@PharisaerWatch
Жыл бұрын
to be fair....China did send most of their senior officials to then-SovietUnion universities and schools to learn the best of the Soviet world. Coincidentally Putin learned his stuff their too 🤣
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
Why is mr "ghoul" not demanding putin surrender Manchuria? Its time to give Taiwan nukes
@captives6479
Жыл бұрын
Not rhetoric. It's history, truth, logic and Chinese peoples' interest.
@vietnguyen4312
Жыл бұрын
@@captives6479 What Victor Gao states is BS. There are no internationally recognized treaties, policies or UN resolutions that state that Taiwan is part of China. I challenge anyone who can provide hard factual evidence to prove this wrong. Taiwan belongs to the people of Taiwan and the CCP have zero sovereignty.
@adventureinc517
Жыл бұрын
@@captives6479 Okay. One China then. The democratic Capitalist government in the Republic of Taiwan, which actually engages in real democracy with the people casting votes in elections, and who descends directly from the rightful Chinese government of World War 2 and before, is the true rightful government of all of China and the CCP is a rebel regime that illegally and violently rose up in rebellion under Mao the terrorist, and the CCP rebels must surrender power the The Republic of China government in Taiwan.
This Chinese robot is the Chinese equivalent of Russias Lavrov🙃
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
Lying Lavrov
@steveb1325
Жыл бұрын
Lets be fair, I haven't seen this guy laughed at like Lavrov was at G20. I doubt we will be waiting long considering the garbage coming out of his mouth.
love victor Gao, he is eloquently speaking out what chinese people think!
@criticalwokeracisttheory4645
6 ай бұрын
No Victor Gao is a mouthpiece for the CCP. Taiwan is an independent nation free from the CCP trash.
To Times Radio - Why have you removed GAO's head from the thumbnail? Take down the video in total. No one wants to see this guy getting air time to threaten Taiwan
@olivere5497
Жыл бұрын
I bet he works part time as an Uber driver.
@ambrose816
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your understanding.
@edward-cm4bp
Жыл бұрын
I like this video. He's a prominent spokesman for the government, but his words here reveal that he's a hegemon without good arguments.
@aussiepatriot
Жыл бұрын
@@edward-cm4bp communism is a domestic hegemonic system with both china and russia looking to turn it global. Leaders work for the people not people working for one guy. The people need to have the option to change that leader, particularly putin & jinping
@olivere5497
Жыл бұрын
@@edward-cm4bp is that like a reggae mon?
This One China argument is identical to Putin's rantings about "historical Russia'. Taiwan is separated from China by 100 miles of ocean: more than separates quite a few countries. It has a population of 23 million: a lot more than many other countries. It has been self determining for over 70 years. What it might have been before then is totally irrelevant. Taiwan IS now an INDEPENDENT country. Emperor Xi's argument is as valid as Adolf Hitler's were with regard to the Sudetenland and the Anschluss. His "military exercises" bear an uncanny resemblance to what happened prior to the invasion of Ukraine.
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
Indeed. The two have been separated far longer than the Koreans have and there are two Koreas today, not one.
@ensiyeitu1012
8 ай бұрын
If you talk about distance, how is Hawaii part of the US when it's located more than 2000 miles away from US mainland?
It is Chinese paranoia..
@steveb1325
Жыл бұрын
Its the same bs Russia tries as well. Twisting reality to the point where they can invade another country, and think the world will just sit idle while they do it. Putin ruined that one for the Chinese dictator.
Taiwan is Taiwan. China is China . It is up to the people of this island to decide their future. It is normal countries breaking up in different countries. Taiwanese have deserved independence.
@captives6479
Жыл бұрын
No, Taiwan becoming an independent nation poses a great strategic threat to China. Taiwan is China's territory now. It requires the consent of the Chinese people on both sides of the straight if Taiwan wants to become independent. Apparently 99.99% of Chinese people condemn Taiwan independence.
@peterflavian-ov4sh
Жыл бұрын
Tell this to Catalonia or Palestinians
@bin.s.s.
Жыл бұрын
OK, you then should also claim that Ireland is Ireland, Scottland is Scotish, or Barcelona is up to the people of their land. Don't be double-standarded on China. It's none of your familiy's business.
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
Barcelona is up to the people of Barcelona , fool
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
These places dont get threatened with military action and invasion. I understand you have new found military power and feel strong . You are a very young regime , dont make a mistake like Ruzzia did . Just because you have a military doesnt mean you have to use it.
Reverse logic, dangerous thinking, evil intention. This sums up this guy
I’m tired of listening to china and American guests talking about Taiwan. Why isn’t there more guests from Taiwan giving their opinions about what is going on.
@PharisaerWatch
Жыл бұрын
Because then, China would meddle again within UKs media landscape. Remember all the Chinese foreign ministry talk about how the West is portraying China falsely as an autocratic regime that lies all the time about everything including Wuhan Virus (why do you think it is called Corona Virus now. Never heard the Spanish government saying lets stop with the Spanish flu name calling) 🤣
@GrandmasterFU666
Жыл бұрын
They might not have access to this platform
@vietnguyen4312
Жыл бұрын
Look up Taiwan Talks on KZread. its excellent.
@sashwrin
Жыл бұрын
@@GrandmasterFU666 it’s not that Taiwanese don’t have access it’s more like these news and commentary channels don’t bring them on
This guy might as well be reading a north korean brief.
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
Both Beijing and Pyongyang are Communist and effectively joined at the hip.
@vwazp
Жыл бұрын
Which part did he get wrong then?
Taiwan is independent.
@taosheng7677
8 ай бұрын
But it’s constitution is saying otherwise….
"Separatist regime"?!? It"s hard to call it separatist regime because actually CCP has never ever sctually ruled Taiwan in the 1st place. Republic of China was founded long before People Republic of China.
@PharisaerWatch
Жыл бұрын
spot on. the important part is, how the Republic of China should actually start claiming rightfully ownership over mainland China as it was taken by a Communist uprising fed by the SovietUnion and in parts supported by the Americans.
@tedd_blackk
Жыл бұрын
Taiwan has been part of the ROC since 1945. In 1949 the new PRC forced the ROC government to relocate to Taiwan. In 1971 the UN recognized PRC as the only UN representative of China, but that did not make the PRC the government of Taiwan.
@michaelg4158
Жыл бұрын
Both are separatist regime lol. ROC was a separatist government who overthrew the Qing government. Funny how you're still defending the ROC. Both are equally bad.
@michaelg4158
Жыл бұрын
Both are separatist regime lol. ROC was a separatist gov who overthrew the Qing government. Funny how you're still defending the ROC. Both are equally bad.
If taiwan can decide itself independance, so does scotland and north Ireland
Sounds like a page taken from Putin’s recent play book.
It's been well established that US states don't have the authority to declare independence unilaterally. It is, however, entirely legal for Congress to grant a state independence.
So what happens when the Chinese president visits Putin, Russia. No one‘s rearing hairs get up with that happens.
the taiwan straight sea is only 30metres deep. on the other side of taiwan the continental shelf drops off to deep sea nuke sub depth. go figure.
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
I think it is MUCH deeper than just 30 meters otherwise nuclear supercarriers would not be able to travel through it. Nor would nuclear boomers.
@subvet3668
Жыл бұрын
@@davidford3115 It is definitely shallow water but yeah more than 30M. Maybe 300 to 400 feet max with a lot of shallower areas. Not very good for Submarines, however just fine for surface ships.
Chilling
The priority of the protection for Taiwan is to help Ukraine beat Russia in the battlefield as soon as possible. Putin is winning time for Xi to be prepared for conquering Taiwan by "peace" in cooperation with pro-CCP organisation and individuals within the island or by force with military. Thus, there is no time for the West to drain Russia's military and economy, which will gives more time for Xi to ready for his invasion. Ukraine's victory must come before the presidential election of Taiwan, since it will raise Taiwanese' courage against CCP and restrain Xi's ambition for the islands.
Not a clever move by Times Radio putting people like that on .
Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with the 2 mins of hate. Do we still hate Rogan and Musk? Thanks.
@PharisaerWatch
Жыл бұрын
lol. good one
In its defeat to the Japanese the Qing government signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, by which it ceded sovereignty over Taiwan to Japan. In Japan's defeat in WW2 it gave up control of Taiwan in the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty - but Japan did not say to who it gave up the island to. Countries int he UN at that time considered Taiwan's ownership to be undetermined, where it remains now. Why not just leave it undetermined? Why start a war over an island that China's Communist Party has never owned/controlled?
@cooldudecs
Жыл бұрын
Especially since america looks at this as national security
The cry wolf warrior policy works well.
So if I understood this right.... if the fate of Taiwan is decided by everyone in Taiwan and also everyone in China then every man and women will get a chance to vote for this decision, instead of the Chinese leadership just making this decision. I mean that is what he implied. Its the peoples decision not the one of the government. And of course there only is one China, but Taiwan is not part of it.
Another final warning from China. Stay tuned for more important threats.
I did not see at all Xi saying analogous things to Putin some weeks ago...
I clicked this video just to disagree with the thumbnail text, because it cannot be allowed to go unchallenged. Putting a statement like that in the thumbnail, even with quotes, is free airtime for the CCP and will gradually normalise their position with each one.
Wolf Warrior interview
As usual Victor Gao has it all wrong. CCP controlled China has zero legal sovereignty of Taiwan. Lets lay down the facts. 1: October 1, 1949, at 3:00 pm in Tienanmen Square the formation of the Central People's Government under the leadership of the CPC, the government of the new state, was officially proclaimed. Mao declared victory to the people stating “The poor peasants have conquered the country; the poor peasants should now sit on the country.” The CPC won the civil war and the PRC was formed and the ROC escaped to the still official Japanese island of Formosa in 1949 The war is over. FACT 2: The Cairo Declaration 1943 discussed the possibility of handing the island of Taiwan to the ROC. This discussion required a treaty to become official and was never implemented. FACT 3: The Treaty of San Francisco: When Japan relinquished its sovereignty of Taiwan with The Treaty of San Francisco after the ROC invaded the Japanese island, China was not even invited. The treaty was signed by 49 nations but both the ROC and CCP were NOT present. FACT 4: : The Taipei Peace Treaty: Due to objections by The Soviet Union The Taipei Peace Treaty 1952 was created. FACT Article 10 of the Taipei Peace Treaty stipulates that “nationals of the Republic of China shall be deemed to include all the inhabitants and former inhabitants of Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores).” Therefore the Taipei Peace Treaty transferred Japans sovereignty of Taiwan to ALL the inhabitants living of the island NOT to mainland China. FACT The inhabitants in 1952 were the ROC escapees, Taiwanese Aborigines, Japanese descendants, Dutch descendants, Portuguese descendants, previous Chinese descendants. THE ISLAND WAS NOT HANDED TO MAINLAND CHINA. FACT 5: One China Policy 1979: Does not state that Taiwan is part of China. FACT To quote directly from this US/CCP agreement: To quote directly from this US/CCP 1979 agreement: :"The Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China." This does not declare that the US agrees with China's position it simply acknowledges or recognizes their point of view. E.g I can acknowledge that my friend is a Republican even though my political stance may be Democrat it does not state that Taiwan is part of China. 6: Taiwan Relations Act 1979 (release at the same time as One China Policy): The TWA factually proves that the US is not meddling in Taiwan's affair it is merely fulfilling its obligations as per the agreement. FACT To quote from TWA: "Declares it to be the policy of the United States to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan, ".... "Authorizes the President or any department and agency to conduct and carry out programs, transactions, and other relations with respect to the people on Taiwan." Therefore the Pelosi visit or any official governmental visit is legitimate and of no concern to the CCP. FACT TWA also declares: "that the United States shall provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character and shall maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or social or economic system, of the people of Taiwan." Therefore again the US is NOT meddling into Taiwan/China affairs it is again fulfilling its obligatory agreement irrespective of the CCP's propagandist responses. FACT 7: “UN Resolution No. 2758 ruled in 1971, that the PRC had obtained the representation rights and all legal rights originally owned by the ROC in the UN”. It is true that UN recognition was handed to the CPC as they were the ruling government of China not the ROC . The officially written UN resolution does not state that Taiwan is part of China. FACT Therefore as clearly demonstrated above, Taiwan is not part of China. The only legal way that the CCP can unify with Taiwan is via an official written treaty.
This guy should do a couple of ayahuasca ceremonies.
@SanctuaryLife
Жыл бұрын
This is the same guy who sold me my Chinese take out tonight, he’s showing up everywhere in my life lately.
"one china", = china Owns the Planet !! Oh , i see !!
No it’s not.
Chinese propaganda is strong. Taiwan is its own territory and it's economic and technical achievements are its own. China has no claim to it regardless of what it says.
Need to stop having this guy on
Never ends Whats next australia start military drills to take new zealand
Ahhhh Victor, the Chinese Lavrov. Keep peddling your jibba jabba bro.
Taiwan isn't part of PRC, but the Falklands is definitely British territory
Fascist ….. and why didn’t she ask him: “what would happen if China just let Taiwan remain independent?”?
All countries recognise one-China without CCP ... What do you say about that Victor Gao CCP mouthpiece?
Better do it fast before Taiwan became the 51st state of US
If i were foreigner now in Taiwan get out. I had to flee ukraine with my wife and baby daughter from kherson last year. We are now in poland.
I'm a racist and I'm happy to be one now.
Can’t wait for the Beijing collapse DLC in 2024
The return of Taiwan in 1945 was to the ROC; and Taiwan was never part of the PRC created in 1949 after a revolution that did not reach Taiwan. An area not reached by revolution is not owned by the revolution.
@timshane954
Жыл бұрын
China is China, ROC is ROC, PRC is PRC. But ROC belongs to China as well as PRC belongs to China. that's the only truth.
@Michael-sq1nf
Жыл бұрын
the civil war between the two sides has not finished yet. Taiwan is not a country. It calls itself ROC like legally you said, so it means it still sees itself as China (or part of China it claims). But, there can only be one China in the world, therefore this is an unsettled conflict. ROC and PRC both claim China despite what separatists in Taiwan say. If Taiwan wants to be independent from China, it has to go through legal process, like changing the name of the state and the Constitution, and so on, otherwise its still part of China, the one and only China.
Taiwan are already separated from China and are far more advanced
Victor and Russians Sergey Lavrov they know everything what they say is nonsense still poker face 🎭😂😂
Well said
We know the PRC has never ruled Taiwan, we differ as to weather the USA would fight with/for Taiwan. I’m not sure how relevant these questions are now and will be in a few years. We know Xi and co are committed to controlling Taiwan, which is different to Moscow/Putin. Putin just wants to flaunt his power for what he probably thinks is fun. He has no plans.
@pkwong1940
10 ай бұрын
Nothing can change the fact, yes the fact, that Taiwan is part of the PRC.
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If China fights anything like russia, I dont think the Taiwanese have to worry anytime soon.😂
@honeybadger9425
Жыл бұрын
They would lose thousands upon thousands of men. Amphibious invasion warfare today is not like it was in WW2 with todays recon planes and satellites. Could you imagine the British and allies landing on D-Day but the Germans knew they were coming and moved everything to the area 24 hrs before 😱
@dpelpal
Жыл бұрын
@@honeybadger9425 USA has already said it will sink every single military boat going to Taiwan. Unlike in Ukraine, it _will_ involve the U.S.
@loneranger9376
Жыл бұрын
@@dpelpal Not when the chips have moved to be produced in their backyard
@dpelpal
Жыл бұрын
@@loneranger9376 US will defend Taiwan no matter the stakes.
@honeybadger9425
Жыл бұрын
@@dpelpal The battle would be absolute carnage I hope it never happens all side would take huge losses probably to the degree the Earth has never seen. The sheer amount of weaponry China and Taiwan have pointed at each other is another lv scary alone.
Give this man a statue 😂
Well what do you expect from an autocracy? Let's rather discuss the failings of capitalism, something we actually can change.
@heatrayzvideo3007
Жыл бұрын
No let's talk about monkeys
@watonemillion
Жыл бұрын
communism can be changed too
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
So it is okay to just accept the failures of autocracies but not the inherent weaknesses of capitalism? Nice to see you are not interested in honest debate.
@foilhat1138
Жыл бұрын
The problem isnt' that Capitalism is bad (it is), the problem is we have nothing better to replace it. Communism, no thanks, fascism, absolutely not. I really think all we can do is wait for AGI and hope the explosion in tech solves our problems.
You keep having this clown on ...
If i keep watching this i might get slitty eyed
the civil war between the two sides has not finished yet. Taiwan is not a country. It calls itself ROC like legally, so it means it still sees itself as China (or part of China it claims). But, there can only be one China in the world, therefore this is an unsettled conflict. ROC and PRC both claim China despite what separatists in Taiwan say. If Taiwan wants to be independent from China, it has to go through legal process, like changing the name of the state and the Constitution, and so on, otherwise its still part of China, the one and only China in this world.
If china would stop with the wolf warrior stuff. it could create a better line in the sand when it said certain statements. It's foolish because I take them serious as wanting Taiwan badly even if it didn't have those chips. Instead it's always barking and looks bad.
@youziyi
10 ай бұрын
我把你家的一部分拿走,希望你不要叫
@youziyi
10 ай бұрын
我知道你恨中国人
Wait until you push your luck too far and get to see what 5 or 6 carrier strike groups can do to the stability in the Taiwan strait.
Did Taiwan belong to China before WW2? Well, it’s not up for debate then, the only thing that is up for debate is which government is the legitimate government over China as a whole. Communist currently in China or Capitalists currently in Taiwan?
This guy is a parrot...repeats
Pfff again Victor👎👎
I'm not surprised to hear this. It's true that according to international law Taiwan is not a separate country. When Putin redraws the borders we go "that's not according to the internationally established rules based order", when Taiwan redraws the borders it's no longer the international rules based order we talk about, but democracy. In all honesty, this is hypocritical.
@PharisaerWatch
Жыл бұрын
it sure is....it is hypocritical from the Chinese to talk about international law when they took little islands in the middle of international waters (and are disputed) for their own despite the international court of maritime affairs having ruled against them. They just ignored it. It is only fair to ignore what the Chinese think what international law is saying regarding Taiwan.
@tonupharry
Жыл бұрын
Ask Putin to give Manchuria back
@peterbeer8657
Жыл бұрын
@@PharisaerWatch Yet I am still bothered about the fact that Taiwan in not an internationally recognized country. Why is the record not set straight?
@vietnguyen4312
Жыл бұрын
Whether Taiwan is considered a country or not does NOT automatically hand sovereignty to CCP controlled China. There are no internationally recognized treaties, policies or UN resolutions that state that Taiwan is part of China.
@vietnguyen4312
Жыл бұрын
@@PharisaerWatch No laws have been broken. Taiwan legally belongs to the people of Taiwan and the PRC have zero sovereignty.
This f’n guy again.
Taiwan and China aren't separate nations. They are the result of a ceasefire from the end of the chinese civil war in 1949. The communists took over most of China, while the anti-communists fled to and barricaded themselves in the island of Taiwan. Neither side declared independence from the other, they simply both claimed legitimacy over which one was the real China. The USA helped China against Taiwan by giving the former the latter's permanent seat at the UN security council. The USA officially severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognises one China. Taiwan is a rebel fortification which will eventually be taken down.
@SandyRegion
Жыл бұрын
Taiwan is therefore the true China and should rule, not the seditious CCP.
@davidford3115
Жыл бұрын
Are there two Korean nations or only one? Taiwan and mainland China have been separated far longer than the Koreans. That alone is reason enough to justify Taiwan's independence.
Everything he is saying is cut from reality. And the reality is that Taiwan is too important for the whole world. Unfortunately there is a possibility that the majority of Chinese thinking the same and don't understand the consequences.
@scsdlx
9 ай бұрын
What is the logic? Because Taiwan is important to many people, we cannot care about history and politics, but insist that Taiwan is not part of China? So many countries are talking nonsense about the so-called One China and that Taiwan is an integral part of China. You are not a double standard, you are just funny, let us only laugh at your low logic ability. Having said that, you don't need logic, you only think about your own interests, and you have been doing this since your ancestors.