China’s supercarrier era has arrived – Here’s what it means
China has built a super carrier. They may also be building drone carriers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH3zue1Bqvc
Tag: Asia
What is China’s Real Population?
China’s population could be lower than we think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTS38Ihqmtk
The Forgotten War That Paved the Way for Islam in Central Asia
The Muslims defeating China led to Islam being prominent in Central Asia and to paper technology leaving China and changing the world due to captured paper makers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPegSsK3l5o
How Eating Wheat vs Rice Shaped The Vast Cultural Differences Between Northern and Southern China
Societies that primarily grow rice rather than wheat tend to be more collectivist due to rice requiring more of a group effort.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGJxJcM8IE
Explaining Imperial China
China is a conquest and assimilation empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYWTfoBSoIk
Why Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting
A group in Pakistan with ties to the Taliban attacked Pakistan and want to give Pakistani territories to Afghanistan. Afghanistan doesn’t recognize the current border, which was drawn by the British and separates ethnic groups. Afghanistan’s other borders also separate groups, including Persians from Persia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0X2rqzKTgM
Is China Beating Trump?
China’s stranglehold on the supply of rare earths is damaging America’s ability to build military equipment and commercial cars. So far, Trump’s trade war on China is costly with little to no reward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXd0dTfc2Pk
We’re All Sleeping on a China-Philippines War
China uses military forces to kill the Philippines and other neighbors by a thousand cuts, slowly encroaching on national waters. China is aggressively using military forces to take territory from its neighbors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TszXa5GsIw
Deadly Clashes Along Af-Pak Border
Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Thousands claimed dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnZHTbFDrSk
The Rise of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ and Its Political Shift to the Right | Big Take Asia
Japan’s first woman prime minister is somewhat populist right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwvVChYp2M