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Taiwan is an independent, democratic, sovereign state 

Not according to the UN, or most countries like US and UK. Probably in your head though.

Fun fact: most Taiwanese don't want independence. They want the status quo.

I always have to be reminded that he's Canadian. I always keep thinking he comes from Hawaii.

What are they saying which is misleading and how do you know it’s misleading?

People aren't allowed to speak Tibetan.

People aren't allowed to practise their religion. The list goes on.

Misleading? Just look at all the videos on YT from foreign vloggers.

Although I have to say, propaganda channels like the BBC have slightly soften their stance because they're finding it harder and harder to peddle their lies. Helped by the fact BBC no longer receives funding from USAID. I don't blame why Gary Lineker is disgusted by the BBC.

Australia will tow the line. They always do. Before you know it, it'll be as bad as the UK.

When I was a kid, in my home country we used to get snow up to our knees in winter. I remember being forced to do cross country in those conditions during school. Nowadays, you'll be lucky to get an inch of snow, if any.

Got rid of most of my vinyl and CD collection years ago. I now just have a collection of picture discs and half have gone too. Try and sell the rest soon. It feels great to get rid of things (records, books, hobby collections, etc) which are taking up so much space. I have well over a 100 albums on my smartphone and I'm satisfied with that. When I go, I don't want a relative to have to sort out my junk. I've had to do that myself before and it's stressful.

I've started wearing white ones. My arms are significantly darker than the rest of my body and I don't want it to get worse. Plus I want to minimize chances of getting skin cancer. I've seen more men wear them, but joggers have been wearing them for years. The summer sun in Japan can be brutal.

I'm shocked. I haven't really watched any of his stuff since he went to America, but I do remember him from Home and Away and his brief marriage to Danii. Apparently his mother didn't like her.

Happy Birthday. No hard feelings

Not long ago, he said he wanted to engage with China and did not seek independence for Tibet. I really do wish the CIA would make up its mind.

Accepting money from the CIA, making young boys suck his tongue in public, wearing Gucci shoes, running his hands up and down Lady Gaga's leg is not a good look for this former CPC member.

Those who have made the trek to Tibet will see there are no longer serfs, and that their standard of living is now a lot better. Certainly a lot better than those living in India. And the Tibetan language is alive and well - you'll see it everywhere in Tibet and on Chinese bank notes - a contrast to American and Japanese bank notes. The autonomous region is linked by a train that traverses the Himalayas from the north and will soon get a high speed rail link from the east. And there are plans for a rail link with Nepal. None of this development would have been possible had the CIA remained in Tibet. Just look at USA itself.

Peter14:

SCS has been a concern for many for a long time, you just want to poke people for a reaction you can get a giggle from.

Which part of 'SCS is nowhere near Oz or US' do you not understand? US already started a war with Russia and Iran. You think they can handle another one with China? The West needs to understand this planet doesn't belong to them solely. They're in the minority.

Thank god I did all my travels to Kyoto over a decade ago.

Farcical.

how about North Korea? 

That's why USA won't dare attack NK. Bullies only choose to bully the weak. Or those perceived to be weak, but USA still lost in Vietnam, Korea and Afghanistan.

This unprovoked attack was clearly another case of USA using someone else (Israel) to do their own dirty work.

I still wonder which of his friends got the contracts for those useless pieces of cloth.

I'm glad somebody finally addressed the elephant in the room.

Jay:

Funny how at the last Olympics, in the swimming, it was only the Americans who had purple faces after racing. Didn't affect other westerners or Asians. For top athletes, the Americans really do have a lot of 'conditions' which require medication. You know, heart problems, asthma, and all that jazz. They must be the sickest athletes on this planet.

Gambare:

This could have been any number of causes. Just another chance for you to push for Chinese jets, I guess

Here we have a tragedy where many innocent people have been killed, and here you are on another anti-China rant. You really are something. Shameful. I'm surprised you didn't blame this on China.

No to curry which is loaded with either lard or palm fat. I'll have Indian anyday, although the vegan soup curry they serve during winter isn't bad.

There are plenty in Indochina too

And China had to help Laos remove some of the bombs when they were building the high speed rail. Should have sent the bill to USA.

I prefer Basmati.

I remember the days when JAL was the snobbish one and their fares were more expensive. Then came JAL's financial problems, and the roles were reversed. Haven't traveled with ANA for years, ever since they made themselves the more expensive airline.

Yeah, people just always have to find someone to hate. How about facing your own problems head-on, instead of finding scapegoats? But I guess it's too much to ask a US vassal states. Grow a spine and reclaim your sovereignty.

Has anyone been held accountable for this man-made disaster yet? You know, those who ignored warnings of the possibility of a large tsunami and recommendations of a relocation of the plants?

It's stories like these which remind me why I was happy Chump won the election.

OK, who's going to be the next cannon fodder for the American empire?

I don't think I'd have the guts either, unless I was extremely desperate. How sad, especially when it's a young person with a long future ahead.

One each !

One what? One bag or one grain?

Yes, I still remember her in the pilot for Cagney and Lacey. Replaced by Meg Foster who herself was then replaced by Sharon Gless because producers thought she was too 'manly'!!!

“I think her next move was Vietnam. So I didn’t agree with that, but that’s what they wanted her to do.”

Yeah, from one US invasion to another.

Why not just do what other people do? Pay for the items.

shimon masada:

I knew there'd be a comment like this sooner or later. It's always so predictable, whenever there's some sort of uptick in Sino-Japanese relations, some bad actors on JT who are neither Chinese or Japanese (and usually from the same guilty country) try to stir the pot.

Always great to see both countries (and Korea) get along like they have for well over a 1000 years. They were most fine until the western colonialists came and used the divide and conquer tactics.