Crazy
Sensitive Content
🫣
I wrote it for myself.
Just some notes.
.
I'd like to apologize first.
Very sensitive.
Or
not.
The content could be.
.
I don't know...
I am not sure...
🫠
was not crazy.
Only got me shamed when discussing
it with an American professor.
I immediately realized my version
was full of prejudice and
wishful thinking 🥲 😅
And it was about the history of
my own country.
(To be continued *)
.
Thanks to the Third International.
Far East division.
The heirs.
The entourage.
And the powers behind.
.
Planting seeds in the minds of
kids from generation to generation.
And the generations to come.
.
Btw, South Korea and Taiwan are
both designated, under the table,
as the "middle ground" according to
the post WWII Yalta system.
May I ask
have you ever seen an American
professor who is not a liberal?
Yeah me neither.
.
My wake-up call was not about
left or right.
It's about
north or south.
🤗
.
The Left v.s. Right ideological
battle is too hefty for us.
We are only a small island.
.
Instead
the program (programming)
assigned to us is...
One China.
Actually my "discussion" with the
American professor was like this:
Me:
Blah blah blah...
(Feeling good. There were bystanders:)
But as soon as, in less than 10 secs,
he mentioned a word,
I knew. It's over. For me.
.
That word was
Beijing.
.
Not PRC's Beijing.
But ROC's Beijing.
😉
.
What impressed me even more,
as the professor was referring to
"the Beijing government",
was his no brainer attitude.
As a matter of course.
As a matter of fact.
.
So...
ROC's Beijing?
😉
.
There was no ROC's Beijing
(North capital).
Only ROC's Nanjing
(South capital).
Beijing was not a
"jing" (capital).
It was called Beiping (北平).
.
This is what we learned
from the textbooks.
.
Beijing - 北京 - North (capital)
Nanjing - 南京 - South (capital)
.
Is it possible for a country
to have two capitals?
Or this is sort of like a
he say she say subject?
Most of all,
how could he make it sound
like a no-brainer?
.
I had to swallow my words and leave.
Considering the track record
of our textbooks. 😹
.
For example:
- They said Chinese invented paper
(around 100 AD).
Hello! Papyrus was a crucial part of
ancient Egyptian life since 3000 BC.
- They said Chinese invented Movable
type printing (around 11th century AD)
with no concrete proof whatsoever.
Even till the late 18th century,
Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
(四庫全書, 1783 AD, 800 million words)
commissioned by an emperor was
still written by hand.
Related:
Gutenberg Bible was first printed
around 1454-1455.
~ The list goes on ~
.
Incidentally:
I did some field research.
We can confirm this kind
of programming, ongoing,
is global.
Beyond borders.
And way way way
beyond textbooks.
.
Brainwashing 101
Step 1
To make your subjects feel special.
Very special.
Please kindly note:
- ROC (now in Taiwan) was founded in 1912.
PRC 1949.
The Third International 1919.
- The professor never brought up
Third International by the way.
- Being a very timid person, usually
I'd skip this kind of conversation.
- Taiwan was part of Japan's territory
(1895-1945) when ROC was founded.
- "In 1951, Japan concluded the Treaty
of San Francisco with the Allied Powers.
It renounced all right, title and claim
to Taiwan and the Pescadores without
explicitly stating the sovereignty
status of the two territories."
- Taiwan = Formosa and Pescadores.
- Cairo Declaration and Potsdam
Declaration are only... declarations.
.
II
- Some of the documents declassified,
finally, in 2017, e.g. letters to 陳誠,
indicates that Chiang Kai-shek was
well aware of that
Taiwan was never ROC's territory.
Taiwan was merely in the
托管(custody? trusteeship?) of ROC.
- 托管 was in Chiang's own words.
What really happened was
in General Order No. 1 (1945),
General Douglas MacArthur directed the
military troops of Chiang Kai-shek to
come to Taiwan to handle the
surrender of Japanese forces.
- Is Taiwan (still) under the
"military occupation" of ROC?
- Is Taiwan (secretly) under the
jurisdiction of USMG?
Related:
- AIT*
- Status quo*
.
III
Mao Zedong too.
Well aware of it.
This is why he ordered attack on
only Kinmen and Matsu (1958-1978).
A test for America under the
banner of "civil war".
Since Taiwan means Taiwan island
(Formosa) and Penghu (Pescadores).
Kinmen and Matsu not included.
.
The pretext of "civil war":
foreign forces must not intervene.
.
IV
- According to the "UN General Assembly
Resolution 2758" in 1971,
"the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek"
were expelled "from the place..."
That was a Permanent Five place.
- Neither Taiwan nor ROC is mentioned
in 2758. But "expel", "representatives of
Chiang Kai-shek", "unlawfully occupy"...
I've watched a few courtroom
dramas to learn that legal documents
are very particular and precise
about word choice. [can't tell.
it's complicated... babe.]
- Hence Taiwan Relations Act in 1979.
.
V
- As per Aleksandr Dugin's plan
(neo-Eurasianism), Taiwan will
eventually be a part of Russia.
- Few people know we had a first
lady from Russia for almost a
decade when Taiwan was still under
one party/family rule.
She always looked so quiet and lonely.
From her pictures.
- Her handsome boys on the contrary.
Grandsons especially.
Remaining as headliners for years.
Until...
the global rise of K-pop!
Just kidding :)
.
VI
- To cultivate and foster
the anti-Japanese sentiment
is an indispensable ingredient in
the One China programming which is
fading away since the termination of
one-party/family rule in Taiwan.
Manga, anime, Japanese cuisine, tourism,
traditional culture, eco-friendly
technologies, Shiba Inu, and to some of
our male citizens, AV actress... All
prove to be impossible to resist.
.
VII
- "The Portuguese were the first
Europeans to reach the island in 1544,
and named it Formosa, meaning beautiful..."
- In the 17th century, the Dutch East
India Company ruled the southern part
of Taiwan (1624-1662 and 1664-1668).
Spanish empire the north (1626-1642).
.
p.s.
Portugal = Port of Graal
Portuguese were the first recorded
Europeans to ever arrive in Japan.
.
VIII
- Zheng Chenggong(鄭成功) once
controled the area around
Tainan (1661-1662).
- The so-called first regime
established by "Han Chinese"
in Taiwan's history (1661-1683).
- Zheng, half Japanese, was
born in Japan (as 田川福松).
His father 鄭芝龍 served a
Japanese feudal lord (田川七左衛門)
and later married the boss's daughter.
His brother, raised as Japanese
and a successful businessman,
financed his political ambition.
- 海賊王に俺はなる:
Zheng's father, a handsome man, could
speak fluent Japanese, Portuguese ...
- Zheng was famous for "ousting"
the Dutches from Taiwan.
Refs:
1 Verwaerloosde Formosa
(Neglected Formosa)
by C.E.S. pub. in 1675
Wow the typography
and the engravings!
2 The Diary of Philippus Daniel Meij
van Meijensteen (1661-1662)
- Zheng's name 成功 means "success".
Yes he died young. Too young.
Next year after setting up a
kingdom in Tainan. But boy
wasn't he successful!?
- First bestowed the family name of
the emperor of Ming (in exile).
Then, several decades after his
death, a slew of prestige and
accolades from the emperors of Qing.
Ming and Qing were supposed to be
nemesis of each other.
- As time went by, we see no
matter who's the king in Taiwan,
from Japan to KMT, he remained
revered like a god
(和藤內 わとうない の 逆襲).
Japan and KMT were supposed to
be arch rival of each other.
- From 祠(temple) to 神社(shrine)
and back to 祠.
From 牌坊(arch) to 鳥居(torii)
and back to 牌坊.
Seamlessly.
.
IX
- Qing(清) empire solely controlled,
in a very loose manner,
the western coastline of Taiwan,
since itself a sinking boat, before
the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895).
- The empire of Japan was the first
to put Taiwan, the whole island
and Penghu, into its territory
with actual jurisdiction.
.
X
- "About 70% of the Taiwan island is
mountainous, and it boasts numerous
peaks exceeding 3,000 meters..."
Easy to defend, difficult to attack.
- There was never a unified kingdom
in Taiwan's history. ⛰️
.
XI
- And our beautiful original people.
At least 16 indigenous ethnic groups.
From the sea. The Sanasai.
They are so kind to us latecomers.
Some say "Taiwan is the cradle
of the Austronesian languages."
.
XII
- The term Taiwan "originated from
the Siraya indigenous people who
lived near modern-day Tainan."
did the one-party/family
rule end in Taiwan?
.
a. Great leader selfless deeds
b. C I A
our democracy is still
too young,
fragile,
full of loopholes...
Waiting for Godot.
Waiting for AIT.
.
Last time, 15 years ago,
(written in 2025)
AIT stepped in. Saving
us from the nightmares
of getting rounded up by CCP's
armed police on the main street
of any hometown in Taiwan.
(Just one of the scenarios.
Others are in a different
league of dreadful.)
.
Me ve~~~ri stupiddd. I voted
for that guy. Twice (🥹 求原諒,
asking for forgiveness). After
his approval rating plummeted
to an all-time low (9%), I was
still like head-scratchingly
clueless. For years.
So AIT's intervention actually
overpowered the president.
If somebody asks me
"Do you support Taiwan independence?"
Hey hey hey :)
(Ah somebody finally popped the question)
"Nope!"
.
In my humble opinion,
Taiwan independence means
"Bye bye AIT".
.
According to "law",
not propaganda,
Taiwan independence means
"Bye bye AIT".
😹
honor and memorize those who
sacrificed their beautiful lives for
the freedom and democracy in Taiwan.
.
We are forever grateful to you.
Thank you so much!!!
Respect and Love!!!
.
Taiwan endured 38 years of
martial law (1949-1987).
.
Many Taiwanese people from the
last generation have a nostalgic
feeling about the Japanese colonial
period that they grew up in.
the tourism in Taiwan.
Who would come?
🥹 😅
.
My heart was broken.
Sinking and sinking
to the bottom.
As I was, one day,
taking a look at a variety
of pictures showing the differences
of the architectures between the
Japanese colonial period and
the "KMT colonial period"
in Taiwan.
.
They don't care.
e.g. 1938 Yellow River (man-made)
flood 花園口決堤
appreciation of
and
longing for
beauty
may
lead to
the budding of
individuality
and
spirituality.
go back
to the
"How could he make it sound
like a no-brainer" part?
.
Yes.
A-li-A-li-A-li-A-li!
wearing a vintage shirt with
a picture of Muhammad Ali on it!
.
Please take a look at
this picture.
(Not the one on the
pretty girl's shirt btw:)
.
But...
What makes a winner?
.
1. Opponent conceded
2. Recognition of third party
3. Both of the above
.
Thus here comes
the one, the only...
piece of paper -
"Imperial Edict of the Abdication
of the Qing Emperor" (清室退位詔書).
.
By a widow
on behalf of a toddler
in 1912.
.
319 characters.
No Punctuation marks.
That's a Western thing.
.
This piece of paper ended over
two millennia* of imperial rule in
a place known as "China"* today.
.
This piece of paper probably saved
millions of lives. Because in China,
a regime change is (almost) always
marked by decades of massive
destruction and bloodshed.
.
Not many people come to appreciate
the profound impact of this piece of
paper nowadays. Since the official
narrative, of KMT or CCP, had done
a great job at covering up the
elephant in the room. That widow and
that toddler, sans their titles and
privileges, were nobody like everybody
else. Possibly even worse 😢
.
For CCP (PRC) - The legal heir of Qing is
ROC. Not PRC obviously. PRC was
established in 1949.
.
For KMT (ROC) - Oh no. It was Yuan's
(袁世凱) ROC. Beiyang (North) government's
ROC. Our beloved 😵💫 Father of the Nation
was the insurgent. Our highly respected 🤪
Nationalist/KMT/Nanjing (South)
government was the rebel government.
.
This is why that American professor's
no brainer remark carried such a Punch(!)
to urge me to sit down, to search and to
reflect more...
.
Please let's go back to Muhammad Ali
for a bit. Ali was a winner because:
1. Opponent conceded
2. Recognition of third party
.
So Qing court had made it crystal
clear to pass the mantle to a republican
constitutional state (ROC) and to fully
authorize Yuan to organize a new government.
1. checked.
.
As for 2.
Who was the third party?
列強 (foreign powers)
of course.
.
After WW I, guess who was invited
to attend the Paris Peace Conference?
Yes the North. Actually ROC.
Beiyang government was the ROC.
.
Wait~ What's wrong with being an
insurgent or rebel? It's kind of cool!
Especially in a time of transition,
anybody could be an insurgent or rebel.
.
Exactly. Yet...
hey that punch came to hit in waves.
During my time of searching...
After Yuan's death...
p.s.
Why "China" why "Chinese"?
No China in China before 1912.
There was only Da-Qing, Da-Ming,
Da-Yuan... in China before 1912.
In 1896, Li Hongzhang (李鴻章), a
notable official embarked on a 190-day
round-the-world visit to Europe
and America on behalf of the imperial
Qing court. Although the original
purpose of this trip was to attend
the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II
of Russia, the tour caused a great
sensation in the Western media.
Li even received the rockstar treatment
in the America, drawing massive crowds,
more than half a million, to flock
to locations such as Fifth Avenue and
Central Park before paying a visit to
the White House. In the extensive
newspaper interviews and reports,
"清國" (Qing naiton) was the name
he used to introduce his own country.
.
Before 1912:
Chinese (spoken) → Mandarin (官話) or
other dialects.
Chinese (written) → Hanzi, Kanji (漢字).
.
But... How about "Cathay"?
🫣
I wrote it for myself.
Just some notes.
.
I'd like to apologize first.
Very sensitive.
Or
not.
The content could be.
.
I don't know...
I am not sure...
🫠
.
The hi-story I read at schoolwas not crazy.
Only got me shamed when discussing
it with an American professor.
I immediately realized my version
was full of prejudice and
wishful thinking 🥲 😅
And it was about the history of
my own country.
(To be continued *)
.
Thanks to the Third International.
Far East division.
The heirs.
The entourage.
And the powers behind.
.
Planting seeds in the minds of
kids from generation to generation.
And the generations to come.
.
Btw, South Korea and Taiwan are
both designated, under the table,
as the "middle ground" according to
the post WWII Yalta system.
.
* To be continuedMay I ask
have you ever seen an American
professor who is not a liberal?
Yeah me neither.
.
My wake-up call was not about
left or right.
It's about
north or south.
🤗
.
The Left v.s. Right ideological
battle is too hefty for us.
We are only a small island.
.
Instead
the program (programming)
assigned to us is...
One China.
.
North or South:Actually my "discussion" with the
American professor was like this:
Me:
Blah blah blah...
(Feeling good. There were bystanders:)
But as soon as, in less than 10 secs,
he mentioned a word,
I knew. It's over. For me.
.
That word was
Beijing.
.
Not PRC's Beijing.
But ROC's Beijing.
😉
.
What impressed me even more,
as the professor was referring to
"the Beijing government",
was his no brainer attitude.
As a matter of course.
As a matter of fact.
.
So...
ROC's Beijing?
😉
.
There was no ROC's Beijing
(North capital).
Only ROC's Nanjing
(South capital).
Beijing was not a
"jing" (capital).
It was called Beiping (北平).
.
This is what we learned
from the textbooks.
.
Beijing - 北京 - North (capital)
Nanjing - 南京 - South (capital)
.
Is it possible for a country
to have two capitals?
Or this is sort of like a
he say she say subject?
Most of all,
how could he make it sound
like a no-brainer?
.
I had to swallow my words and leave.
Considering the track record
of our textbooks. 😹
.
For example:
- They said Chinese invented paper
(around 100 AD).
Hello! Papyrus was a crucial part of
ancient Egyptian life since 3000 BC.
- They said Chinese invented Movable
type printing (around 11th century AD)
with no concrete proof whatsoever.
Even till the late 18th century,
Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
(四庫全書, 1783 AD, 800 million words)
commissioned by an emperor was
still written by hand.
Related:
Gutenberg Bible was first printed
around 1454-1455.
~ The list goes on ~
.
Incidentally:
I did some field research.
We can confirm this kind
of programming, ongoing,
is global.
Beyond borders.
And way way way
beyond textbooks.
.
Brainwashing 101
Step 1
To make your subjects feel special.
Very special.
.
IPlease kindly note:
- ROC (now in Taiwan) was founded in 1912.
PRC 1949.
The Third International 1919.
- The professor never brought up
Third International by the way.
- Being a very timid person, usually
I'd skip this kind of conversation.
- Taiwan was part of Japan's territory
(1895-1945) when ROC was founded.
- "In 1951, Japan concluded the Treaty
of San Francisco with the Allied Powers.
It renounced all right, title and claim
to Taiwan and the Pescadores without
explicitly stating the sovereignty
status of the two territories."
- Taiwan = Formosa and Pescadores.
- Cairo Declaration and Potsdam
Declaration are only... declarations.
.
II
- Some of the documents declassified,
finally, in 2017, e.g. letters to 陳誠,
indicates that Chiang Kai-shek was
well aware of that
Taiwan was never ROC's territory.
Taiwan was merely in the
托管(custody? trusteeship?) of ROC.
- 托管 was in Chiang's own words.
What really happened was
in General Order No. 1 (1945),
General Douglas MacArthur directed the
military troops of Chiang Kai-shek to
come to Taiwan to handle the
surrender of Japanese forces.
- Is Taiwan (still) under the
"military occupation" of ROC?
- Is Taiwan (secretly) under the
jurisdiction of USMG?
Related:
- AIT*
- Status quo*
.
III
Mao Zedong too.
Well aware of it.
This is why he ordered attack on
only Kinmen and Matsu (1958-1978).
A test for America under the
banner of "civil war".
Since Taiwan means Taiwan island
(Formosa) and Penghu (Pescadores).
Kinmen and Matsu not included.
.
The pretext of "civil war":
foreign forces must not intervene.
.
IV
- According to the "UN General Assembly
Resolution 2758" in 1971,
"the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek"
were expelled "from the place..."
That was a Permanent Five place.
- Neither Taiwan nor ROC is mentioned
in 2758. But "expel", "representatives of
Chiang Kai-shek", "unlawfully occupy"...
I've watched a few courtroom
dramas to learn that legal documents
are very particular and precise
about word choice. [can't tell.
it's complicated... babe.]
- Hence Taiwan Relations Act in 1979.
.
V
- As per Aleksandr Dugin's plan
(neo-Eurasianism), Taiwan will
eventually be a part of Russia.
- Few people know we had a first
lady from Russia for almost a
decade when Taiwan was still under
one party/family rule.
She always looked so quiet and lonely.
From her pictures.
- Her handsome boys on the contrary.
Grandsons especially.
Remaining as headliners for years.
Until...
the global rise of K-pop!
Just kidding :)
.
VI
- To cultivate and foster
the anti-Japanese sentiment
is an indispensable ingredient in
the One China programming which is
fading away since the termination of
one-party/family rule in Taiwan.
Manga, anime, Japanese cuisine, tourism,
traditional culture, eco-friendly
technologies, Shiba Inu, and to some of
our male citizens, AV actress... All
prove to be impossible to resist.
.
VII
- "The Portuguese were the first
Europeans to reach the island in 1544,
and named it Formosa, meaning beautiful..."
- In the 17th century, the Dutch East
India Company ruled the southern part
of Taiwan (1624-1662 and 1664-1668).
Spanish empire the north (1626-1642).
.
p.s.
Portugal = Port of Graal
Portuguese were the first recorded
Europeans to ever arrive in Japan.
.
VIII
- Zheng Chenggong(鄭成功) once
controled the area around
Tainan (1661-1662).
- The so-called first regime
established by "Han Chinese"
in Taiwan's history (1661-1683).
- Zheng, half Japanese, was
born in Japan (as 田川福松).
His father 鄭芝龍 served a
Japanese feudal lord (田川七左衛門)
and later married the boss's daughter.
His brother, raised as Japanese
and a successful businessman,
financed his political ambition.
- 海賊王に俺はなる:
Zheng's father, a handsome man, could
speak fluent Japanese, Portuguese ...
- Zheng was famous for "ousting"
the Dutches from Taiwan.
Refs:
1 Verwaerloosde Formosa
(Neglected Formosa)
by C.E.S. pub. in 1675
Wow the typography
and the engravings!
2 The Diary of Philippus Daniel Meij
van Meijensteen (1661-1662)
- Zheng's name 成功 means "success".
Yes he died young. Too young.
Next year after setting up a
kingdom in Tainan. But boy
wasn't he successful!?
- First bestowed the family name of
the emperor of Ming (in exile).
Then, several decades after his
death, a slew of prestige and
accolades from the emperors of Qing.
Ming and Qing were supposed to be
nemesis of each other.
- As time went by, we see no
matter who's the king in Taiwan,
from Japan to KMT, he remained
revered like a god
(和藤內 わとうない の 逆襲).
Japan and KMT were supposed to
be arch rival of each other.
- From 祠(temple) to 神社(shrine)
and back to 祠.
From 牌坊(arch) to 鳥居(torii)
and back to 牌坊.
Seamlessly.
.
IX
- Qing(清) empire solely controlled,
in a very loose manner,
the western coastline of Taiwan,
since itself a sinking boat, before
the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895).
- The empire of Japan was the first
to put Taiwan, the whole island
and Penghu, into its territory
with actual jurisdiction.
.
X
- "About 70% of the Taiwan island is
mountainous, and it boasts numerous
peaks exceeding 3,000 meters..."
Easy to defend, difficult to attack.
- There was never a unified kingdom
in Taiwan's history. ⛰️
.
XI
- And our beautiful original people.
At least 16 indigenous ethnic groups.
From the sea. The Sanasai.
They are so kind to us latecomers.
Some say "Taiwan is the cradle
of the Austronesian languages."
.
XII
- The term Taiwan "originated from
the Siraya indigenous people who
lived near modern-day Tainan."
.
So... why on earthdid the one-party/family
rule end in Taiwan?
.
a. Great leader selfless deeds
b. C I A
.
Butour democracy is still
too young,
fragile,
full of loopholes...
.
* AIT:Waiting for Godot.
Waiting for AIT.
.
Last time, 15 years ago,
(written in 2025)
AIT stepped in. Saving
us from the nightmares
of getting rounded up by CCP's
armed police on the main street
of any hometown in Taiwan.
(Just one of the scenarios.
Others are in a different
league of dreadful.)
.
Me ve~~~ri stupiddd. I voted
for that guy. Twice (🥹 求原諒,
asking for forgiveness). After
his approval rating plummeted
to an all-time low (9%), I was
still like head-scratchingly
clueless. For years.
So AIT's intervention actually
overpowered the president.
.
* Status quo:If somebody asks me
"Do you support Taiwan independence?"
Hey hey hey :)
(Ah somebody finally popped the question)
"Nope!"
.
In my humble opinion,
Taiwan independence means
"Bye bye AIT".
.
According to "law",
not propaganda,
Taiwan independence means
"Bye bye AIT".
😹
.
I'd love to take a moment tohonor and memorize those who
sacrificed their beautiful lives for
the freedom and democracy in Taiwan.
.
We are forever grateful to you.
Thank you so much!!!
Respect and Love!!!
.
Taiwan endured 38 years of
martial law (1949-1987).
.
Many Taiwanese people from the
last generation have a nostalgic
feeling about the Japanese colonial
period that they grew up in.
.
I am always worried aboutthe tourism in Taiwan.
Who would come?
🥹 😅
.
My heart was broken.
Sinking and sinking
to the bottom.
As I was, one day,
taking a look at a variety
of pictures showing the differences
of the architectures between the
Japanese colonial period and
the "KMT colonial period"
in Taiwan.
.
They don't care.
e.g. 1938 Yellow River (man-made)
flood 花園口決堤
.
Theappreciation of
and
longing for
beauty
may
lead to
the budding of
individuality
and
spirituality.
.
Shall wego back
to the
"How could he make it sound
like a no-brainer" part?
.
Yes.
A-li-A-li-A-li-A-li!
.
One day I saw a pretty girlwearing a vintage shirt with
a picture of Muhammad Ali on it!
.
Please take a look at
this picture.
(Not the one on the
pretty girl's shirt btw:)
.
But...
What makes a winner?
.
1. Opponent conceded
2. Recognition of third party
3. Both of the above
.
Thus here comes
the one, the only...
piece of paper -
"Imperial Edict of the Abdication
of the Qing Emperor" (清室退位詔書).
.
By a widow
on behalf of a toddler
in 1912.
.
319 characters.
No Punctuation marks.
That's a Western thing.
.
This piece of paper ended over
two millennia* of imperial rule in
a place known as "China"* today.
.
This piece of paper probably saved
millions of lives. Because in China,
a regime change is (almost) always
marked by decades of massive
destruction and bloodshed.
.
Not many people come to appreciate
the profound impact of this piece of
paper nowadays. Since the official
narrative, of KMT or CCP, had done
a great job at covering up the
elephant in the room. That widow and
that toddler, sans their titles and
privileges, were nobody like everybody
else. Possibly even worse 😢
.
For CCP (PRC) - The legal heir of Qing is
ROC. Not PRC obviously. PRC was
established in 1949.
.
For KMT (ROC) - Oh no. It was Yuan's
(袁世凱) ROC. Beiyang (North) government's
ROC. Our beloved 😵💫 Father of the Nation
was the insurgent. Our highly respected 🤪
Nationalist/KMT/Nanjing (South)
government was the rebel government.
.
This is why that American professor's
no brainer remark carried such a Punch(!)
to urge me to sit down, to search and to
reflect more...
.
Please let's go back to Muhammad Ali
for a bit. Ali was a winner because:
1. Opponent conceded
2. Recognition of third party
.
So Qing court had made it crystal
clear to pass the mantle to a republican
constitutional state (ROC) and to fully
authorize Yuan to organize a new government.
1. checked.
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As for 2.
Who was the third party?
列強 (foreign powers)
of course.
.
After WW I, guess who was invited
to attend the Paris Peace Conference?
Yes the North. Actually ROC.
Beiyang government was the ROC.
.
Wait~ What's wrong with being an
insurgent or rebel? It's kind of cool!
Especially in a time of transition,
anybody could be an insurgent or rebel.
.
Exactly. Yet...
hey that punch came to hit in waves.
During my time of searching...
After Yuan's death...
p.s.
Why "China" why "Chinese"?
No China in China before 1912.
There was only Da-Qing, Da-Ming,
Da-Yuan... in China before 1912.
In 1896, Li Hongzhang (李鴻章), a
notable official embarked on a 190-day
round-the-world visit to Europe
and America on behalf of the imperial
Qing court. Although the original
purpose of this trip was to attend
the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II
of Russia, the tour caused a great
sensation in the Western media.
Li even received the rockstar treatment
in the America, drawing massive crowds,
more than half a million, to flock
to locations such as Fifth Avenue and
Central Park before paying a visit to
the White House. In the extensive
newspaper interviews and reports,
"清國" (Qing naiton) was the name
he used to introduce his own country.
.
Before 1912:
Chinese (spoken) → Mandarin (官話) or
other dialects.
Chinese (written) → Hanzi, Kanji (漢字).
.
But... How about "Cathay"?