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Split in half. There's not so much semiconductor manufacturing, Korea is doing a lot more of that.

There has been a Free Tibet movement since the 1950s, and there has been increased interest in it among Westerners. Yes. Openly separatist parties are illegal, but parties arguing for greater autonomy are not. Currently the KMT-aligned Tibet Improvement Party controls the government in Lhasa...

Correct.

These are the statistics from 2000. Edit: Here's the actual link...

There will also be some of that.

There will be a portion of the far-right that supports China, especially in Europe as immigration increases, as they'll see China as standing up to Islam.

China was united in its desire for revenge for the Shanghai Subway attacks. The quest to find who was responsible and to bring them to justice began immediately. One militant was apprehended and gave information to Chinese intelligence. It was quickly discovered that the attackers had been...

A good observation. Also good observations. This is pretty much how it's going to be. Yes. There will be much more security in subways now. And adding to a general fear of terrorism airport security in China at least will be increased. I might write about it. The breakup was pretty...

There will be a little of that, but its mostly going to be about conflicting geopolitical goals.

I also didn't know, because in 2013 my interest in East Asia was mostly limited to Genghis Khan.

From the 70s to the 90s, Uyghurs fought in Afghanistan against the Soviets and in internal conflicts after the Soviet withdrawal. This was part of Chen Lifu’s strategy of using Islam to break the Soviet Union and world Communism. Chen Lifu, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Wang Sheng hailed them as heroes...

All I can say is wait and see.

There will be something that divides China and the US in the 2000s. It won't completely ruin Sino-American relations but it will cause a rift.

Zhou Enlai's family (Soviet Union) mostly chose to return. The rest lived in Mongolia and about a third of their descendants have chosen to come back to China. They're part of China, though Japan is still upset about this they won't do anything about it. Yes, but the writer was a Communist.

The song is being rehabilitated as a patriotic WWII song. There would definitely be some people who would see it as Communist, however. That's for another update I need to write. Chinese animation and music are popular in Asia, but haven't penetrated the West very much yet (there's still the...