lol
i wonder how will you react if I bring indiea up with its not good sides
man you never learn

hello,
i'll totaly understand what your saying and I have nothing against it
the way I reacted was not professional but if you go ahead and check the last 50 posts of the OP, you'Ll get what I mean
but either way, this wasn't professional I'll kindly appoligise

and post number 2
I do learn from my mistakes and thus, this is the reason why I am thinking a thousand times before posting any post on this forum from now on.

My opinion is china do bad things to their people so we should move our manufacturing back to the west. Move our factories out of China and bring them to mexico, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Regions where they could get away with low wages and still be humain. Ah. If only Good old Pat was still alive...

I'm not a fan. I feel like we could put a mighty big dent in their economy by pulling our manufacturing business out of there.

@Ironcross. Too bad the big boys over in Detroit and California shipped away miliioons of American job. Europe and India are also pretty guilty in this Chinasiation of our manufacturing.

let me post the letter here

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday reiterated that the Indian media is free and it reports on issues on merit. The Ministry spokesperson’s response came a day after the Chinese Embassy sent an email to around 250 journalists asking them not to refer to Taiwan as a “country” or a “nation” while covering a special event on October 10 to be organised by the Taipei Economy and Cultural Centre (TECC) in India.
“There is a free media in India, that reports on issues that they see fit,” said Anurag Srivastava of the Ministry of External Affairs in response to a question during the weekly online media interaction.
The MEA response came a day after the note to the Indian media urged them to follow the “One China principle” with regard to the upcoming celebration of the “109th” anniversary of the “national” day of Taiwan.
The Chinese Embassy reminded the Indian media that Beijing does not recognise Taiwan as an independent country or a nation and the Indian media should follow that while reporting on the Taiwanese event.
“We hope Indian media can stick to Indian government’s position on Taiwan question and do not violate the One-China principle,” the Chinese statement had said.
India has officially followed the “One-China principle” and there has been no change in that stance. . The TECC does not have a diplomatic status here as India does not recognise Taiwan as a separate entity.
The Chinese statement drew widespread response on social media. Comments poured in from Taiwan, including from persons in Taipei. A social media post from Taiwan's “foreign ministry” hit out at the Chinese Embassy and accused Beijing of attempting to impose restrictions on Indian media.
However, the Embassy spokesperson reiterated Beijing's position on Thursday and said, “There is only one China in the world. Taiwan is inalienable part of China's territory. One-China policy is international universal consensus and long-standing position of Indian government, which China appreciates. It is wishful thinking to seek any “Taiwan independence”.”.
The exchanges took place hours after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar participated in the Quad ministerial meeting with counterparts from Australia, Japan and the United States in Tokyo where all sides reiterated common commitment to uphold a free and inclusive Asia-Pacific region of which the Taiwan Strait forms an important part.
The issues related to the Asia-Pacific region are expected to feature in the 2+2 dialogue between Dr. Jaishankar. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and their U.S. counterparts Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper. The MEA on Thursday confirmed that the meeting will be held this year but Mr. Srivastava did not give a specific date for the important event when both countries are expected to seal an agreement for geo-spatial cooperation.

Yeah it was pretty bold of the US to just  swoop in adn call themselves America. From what I can tell they were gonna call themselves Freedonia, or Columbia but Grand Columbia in the south emerged, and Freedonia fell out of favour, so America was chosen.

I always just tell people that I'm from the states

Over here, we believe in the freedom of speech and expression, so what the chinese embassy is trying to impose is wrong in my opinion. Thats like telling me that I can't selebrate independence day. Thats also why I could never stand to make my residence in such places that limit what you can say, because if someone does something wrong, I'm going to fall them out.

What is my opinion on China?

Well china has been around for a very long time, virtually ever since humanity started making ceramic pots, however it was the development of glazing techniques and the formulation of coloured glazes that utility changed to art form, leading to many asian customs such as tea ceremonies which exist to this day.

of course, with Victorian expantion and the obsession with eastern culture, glazed pots, and particularly tea became very important in England as well, indeed I have something of a fondness for willow pattern tea services myself, since I appreciate the ancient fairy tale story of doomed love.

Wait a minute? What do you mean this topic isn't about pottery?

Delicate subject matter, ancient cultures, and above all potential for lots of high heat flames to turn previously malleable substances into something hard and brittle?
Sounds about right to me.

Anyway, as I don't like the heat I'll get out of the kiln, and will have a nice cup of tea, or coffee in my case .

Oh, and for other matters, I personally agree with Kenshira in post 13,
generalisations are always wrong, America is a big place, and since I have no knowledge of what the situation between Taiwan and China is, I'll leave well enough alone before I break any crocks .

No one is brainwashed by their government in this thread, are they?

@拓海
I'm confused why Taiwan is regarded as a province of China. During the civil war the Kuomintang government retreated to Taiwan, and it was never conquered by the communist forces that took over the mainland. So it's not controlled by the same government. It seems to me like north and south Korea, where each country claims all of Korea, and the goal is to reunify, but at the moment they are two different countries with different governments. China claims Taiwan and wants to reintegrate it, but at the moment it is a separate country that has its own government. I also heard Taiwan claims all of the territory that was controlled by the Qing dynasty, including Mongolia, but I don't know if that's still true.