Ode to the Motherland 歌唱祖国

Ode to the Motherland 歌唱祖国
This song brings tears to my eyes.Long Live My Motherland. China!

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[eteune]

I think the Chinese have every right to be proud of their country, warts and all. It's not like any other major power hasn't gotten to where they are without stepping on a few toes or subjugating or destroying a few peoples. All the European powers did, the USA did, Russia did, etc. etc. It was wrong in all instances, but let's try to make things better now.

[emilysgotchalk]

Wow I really hope i can go to China one day!

[TelpPov]

@EuphrasieF There was neither liberty nor prosperity in Africa as the resources were sucked away to Europe. That's why independence was the only way. China in contrast has poured in billions to develop the area. The average life span in 1950 was 35 and 65 in 2000. What you see is a portion of them still clinching to the old ways and want to be isolated and left alone by the rest of the world. It's like an extreme version of Indian reservations here in the U.S.

[EuphrasieF]

@TelpPov

As for colonialism - whatever the benefits or drawbacks of colonial administrations may be, the fact is that lots of the African countries you refer to actively chose relative poverty with self determination over relative prosperity with foreign control over their countries.

[EuphrasieF]

@TelpPov

My assertion was not that the majority would want to secede - I really don't know either way. My assertion was that Tibet was annexed by force in the 1950s.

[TelpPov]

@EuphrasieF no, your assertion is that majority wants to secede, to become what? another hell hole of human suffering? a fest of internal power struggle like all the former colonies of the West in Africa and Middle East? Most of Tibetans know, under the support of greater China, Tibet can enjoy steady development on all sides.

[EuphrasieF]

@TelpPov

So, in essence, your assertion that the Tibetan population could secede from China if they wanted to is highly doubtful.

[EuphrasieF]

@TelpPov

2,700,000 minus 432,000 is 2,268,000. The elderly (age 60 and older) are 13% of total population of China. Applying that estimate to Tibet, 2,700,000 *0.13= 351,000. So now we're down to just over 1.9 million Tibetans between the ages of 15 and 59. The Chinese Army, on the other hand, has 3 million members.

[EuphrasieF]

@TelpPov

The 2010 Census claims there are 3 million residents of Tibet, not 5 million. Two million down. A further 10 percent of those 3 million belong to non-Tibetan ethnic groups. So that's another 300,000 or so less. Now, out of the roughly 2,700,000 Tibetans living in China, you would have to also subtract the elderly and young children. Children under 14 are 16% of the total population of China, so if the same is true in Tibet, 2.7 million * 16% is 432,000.

To be continued

[TelpPov]

@EuphrasieF There are 5million Tibetans. If they all rise up, then the government won't be able to contain it. The Tibetans you speak of are the bitter descendents of former 1% ruling elites and high level monk class who had their slave labor society overthrown by China. They are now supported by various anti-china organization around the world to manipulate this into a human right issue, when human right did not exist in Tibet to begin with.

[4bitter]

Beautiful this what Karl Marx had in mind

[mastmanageangelatsui]

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