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Although the Han Chinese are also made up of many sub groups, they are far more homogenous than say the Europeans or the people in the former USSR. Han Chinese have been united since Qin Shih Huang more than 2,000 years ago. Even though they speak different dialects, they share the...

They couldn't do too much about Bo at first because everybody was corrupt and Bo had his own faction. If you expose me, I expose you. Stalemate. But once Bo's, or rather his wife's, crimes were exposed, he became a liability to the party. But to date, they haven't formally charged Bo...

You contradicted yourself with these examples. These examples show that China does not allow dual citizenship and they do enforce it. It is definitely not something they openly tolerate - unlike the Philippines. In Philippines, it is legal for congressmen to have dual citizenship...

That's a silly statement. First of all, how can anybody "notice" delegates with dual citizenship in the CPPCC? Second, China does not allow dual citizenship, and they are probably very strict about it especially if you are a senior CCP member. Also, the CCP is very good at digging up...

Very few developed countries have a truly flat tax system. For all intent and purpose, HK system can be considered flat because it is definitely flatter and much less progressive than other developed countries...

Not true. In terms of middle class income tax, US is comparable to Canada. And if you consider that Canada has better welfare benefits (e.g., universal healthcare), then US income tax is actually higher than Canada.

HK has a flat tax system. See the links below: http://www.businessinsider.com/america-take-example-on-hong-kongs-simple-and-efficient-flat-tax-2010-7 http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/18/hong-kong-tax-system-law-business-opinions-books-michael-littlewood_3.html

A progressive tax system can only lead to long term economic decline. Punishing people who make more money will drive away capitalists. Like electricity, capital always flow to the path of least resistance. Over the long term, money will move elsewhere. What is needed is a system of...

You are right. The Javanese were the only advanced civilization in South East Asia in ancient times. The Malays and Pinoys were just primitive tribes then. You can find some very smart Javanese. Malays are better and humbler. Some Pinoys think they are smarter than others in S.E.A...

Yes, you are right about the effects of environment. That's why in spite of the difference in looks, I think both Southern and Northern Chinese originated from the same closely related ancient ethnic groups living in Central Plains of China. However, many people here are of the opinion that...

Okay, you are right that the existence of aboriginal people does not mean much. But my point is that the Han Chinese were the majority when they arrived in Southern China, and the Min/Yue tribes were assimilated into the Han "race". Even without going into DNA, this is obvious from the...

Your theory that the Hokkiens, Teochews and Cantonese are actually sinicised ancient Min/Yue tribes is possible if there are no aboriginal tribes in Guangdong and Fujian today. But there are still aboriginal people in some parts of Guangdong and Fujian today. Why these aboriginal people...

Thailand has so many Teochews today because Teochews started emigrating to Thailand a few hundred years ago. They did very well and brought more of their relatives over. In fact, the only Thai King with Chinese heritage was from Shantou (Teochew area in China) ...

Is there such a thing as a pure Han stock? The Han Chinese is probably not a real ethnic group. I think there were probably a few ethic people living in the Central Plains of China in ancient times. And over time, this gave rise to a few kingdoms which were eventually unified by Qin...

First, I didn't say inter-dialect group marriage was taboo. I said as recent as half a century ago, it was frowned upon. You are obviously too young to remember. I only said inter-racial marriage was taboo. If you want to verify what I said, go to some villages in Guangdong. Go to...

Did you do any research to back your views? From many sources in the Internet (see links below), many linguistics experts think that southern dialects like Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese resemble ancient Middle Chinese (中古汉语) more than Mandarin. Ancient Middle Chinese is the language spoken...

Filipinos are of the Malay stock. That is, they belong to the same ethnic group as the Malay. http://countrystudies.us/philippines/3.htm "Negrito, proto-Malay, and Malay peoples were the principal peoples of the Philippine archipelago." If you look at the facial features of true blue Pinoys...

The Chinese word for Huan is "番" (fan). In ancient China, "番" is a derogatory term for anything foreign, uncivilized and barbaric. In fact, in ancient China, anything foreign was considered barbaric, because 2000 years ago, there weren't many advanced civilizations in the world, and China...

Okay, I agree that Chiang deserved credit for defeating the Japanese. What about the 1927 KMT-CCP alliance? Isn't it true that Chiang was the one who decided to break it leading to the Civil war? In fact, the manner he broke the alliance burned all bridges with the CCP. Chiang's...

Ha ha, you don't give up, do you? The Shrine is like a war memorial. It is not a cemetery where you go to pray to your dead relatives. Do you seriously think there would one section for civilians, another for soldiers, another for war criminals and the Japanese PM would only pray to the...