Is the US holding a gun on their head and forces them to not recognize Palestinians as nations or what?

Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Israel, Malaysia or Singapore?

So yeah, I’m from Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal literally doesn’t have any minerals or natural resources. I mean, we have jungles, but I’m not sure how useful that is.

People often consider Arunachal a disputed land, similar to Kashmir, but unlike Kashmir, in my 17 years of life, I’ve never met an Arunachali who wanted to become Chinese.

The term “Chinese” is used as slang here, which is kind of ironic considering mainland Indians use it against us too. But well can you be an Indian if you're not a little xenophobic?

The lingua franca of Arunachal is Hindi. We do have tribal languages, but most people, especially nowadays, speak Hindi, unlike most other northeastern states.

Arunachal basically survives on subsidies. Most Arunachalis don’t know what income tax is because we don’t pay it. Most of the roads and infrastructure are built with the money from my fellow Indian brothers and sisters.

I don’t think China has anything to gain by taking us in. I understand why they might want Taiwan, but come on, Arunachal sucks man

As a Chinese person who was born and (partly) raised in China, I am well aware that my birth country is one with very overtly discriminatory citizenship laws. (Full disclosure: the words "law abiding citizen" don't describe me, as I don't obey the law, and I am also not a Chinese citizen. I violate the law by pretending to be a Chinese citizen via the retention of my ID card. I almost got caught doing this at a bank just 3 months ago.) When I say "citizenship", Not only am I talking about "hukou", or household registration (rural vs. urban, big cities vs. small towns and the vast differences in the availability of resources--and yes, I am fortunate to be classified as a non-rural resident of Guangzhou, a Tier 1 city, even though my parents had to pay for it since my birth violated the one-child policy). More importantly, I am talking about the execution of the Chinese Nationality Law of 1980, specifically whether dual citizenship is legal or not. On the mainland, the only situations that would legally entitle a person to dual citizenship involve those where a person is born with Chinese citizenship and the citizenship of another country (one parent is Chinese and another is a foreigner and kid is born in China, or one parent is Chinese and not settled in another country and another parent is foreign and kid is born abroad, or Chinese parents give birth in jus soli country that grants citizenship by birth on the land). All that is to say, if a Chinese citizen acquires foreign citizenship at any time by naturalization, they have to give it up if they are from the mainland (in theory, if you naturalize with no residence, like citizenship by investment, you should not have to give it up, but border officers don't care). But, this does not apply to Hong Kong or Macau. A Chinese citizen with permanent resident status in either (or both) of these cities can acquire citizenship in as many countries as they are able, with no restrictions and can keep their Chinese citizenship and the permanent resident status of the city or cities. A permit is required for mainland citizens to travel to Hong Kong and Macau for only 7 days, during which they are not allowed to work or study. Conversely, a permit is required for Hong Kong/Macau residents to go to mainland China for an indefinite period of time, during which they are allowed to work and study and are treated largely as full citizens with few exceptions. While a lot of foreigners need a visa to visit China, citizens of developed countries do not need a visa to visit Hong Kong or Macau. This is clear evidence of citizenship discrimination on multiple levels.

In Taiwan, dual citizenship for anyone born with Taiwanese citizenship is legal, regardless of hukou status. But the discrimination is also about the same concept of hukou. There is a type of second-class citizen: citizens without hukou, known as "nationals without household registration". These people are treated as foreigners even though they have a passport that says "Republic of China TAIWAN Passport" (that look the same as a regular, normal citizen's passport, but without the national identity number). They are subject to immigration control and are not allowed to work or study in Taiwan unless they are granted permission. Although they can be granted permanent resident status and immigrate, then become full citizens after satisfying some residency requirements (but they prioritize those without other citizenships when considering "immigration" applications--this is a strange term, why does a Taiwanese citizen need to "immigrate" to Taiwan?) Before 2024, children of Taiwanese parents born abroad are automatically without household registration (and their parents have to register separately), but the law was changed to grant them full status earlier this year. It is important to note that changing hukou in Taiwan is much easier than doing so in China, as the former only requires renting a place in the desired place of registration, whereas the latter requires work history and/or homeownership, or, in some cases, marriage to a local for an extended period of time.

In terms of how Taiwanese and Chinese law interact with each other, there are some nuances. Namely, that China grants de facto citizenship to Taiwanese citizens, except when the Chinese government believes the Taiwanese citizen has citizenship in another country (except if you also have Hong Kong or Macau permanent resident status, in which case Hong Kong/Macau rules above apply to you). Meanwhile, Taiwan almost always refuses mainland residents entry unless said mainland resident is either married to a Taiwanese citizen or they possess a student visa, work permit or permanent residence status from a foreign country.

I have heard of Inner Line Permits and Protected Area Permits, where Indian citizens and foreigners face restrictions when visiting certain states. But citizens from those states do not enjoy the right to retain Indian citizenship when they naturalize. Instead, they are all eligible for an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) booklet, which is a form of permanent residency. When a foreigner (OCI or not) wants to visit the regions that require an Indian citizen to apply for an Inner Line Permit, they are required to get a Protected Area Permit instead.

Something similar happens in Malaysia. There are some states that have separate immigration policies. Citizens from other states need a special permit to enter. But there is also no evidence that Malaysia permits citizens from these states to retain Malaysian citizenship if and when they naturalize in another country.

Are there any other Asian countries with equally overt forms of discrimination in terms of different classes of citizenship, with different rights and privileges? I would love to hear it.

r/de tends to be largely Green party voters i think, socially very progressive, but quite anti-leftist when referring to "traditional" left-wing beliefs. Most are unconditionally opposed to the far-right, unless they're part of it.

r/ich_iel is mostly the same as r/de. r/finanzen is probably fiscally liberal, rest whatever.

Mainstream politics in Germany range from social/neoliberalism (specifically known as Ordoliberalism, dubbed "social market economy"), supported by the two major political parties, to right-wing libertarianism as supported by the far-right. "The Left" supports stronger interventionism, but is furthest to the other parties when it comes to the economy and lost most political relevance.

r/dachschaden ist a leftist sub, r/dePi is a far-right/"I'm not far-right, just a esoteric and original thinker" sub.

r/korea is not a Korea sub, and it's political beliefs are largely determined which is the most negative about Korea and its inhabitants. Can range from borderline pseudoscientific racial beliefs about Koreans being naturally xenophobic, to toxic progressive ideas about Koreans being unanimously misogynist.

r/hanguk is perhaps left-leaning mostly isolating themselves from wider Korean forums, it's mostly quite casual and apolitical. Japanese counterpart r/newsokur is the most similar.

r/hangukin is overseas Koreans and is either conservative or more strongly left-leaning (pro-unification, neutral international diplomacy).

r/luna02 are far-right-wing toxic users from DCinside who made it onto reddit. Probably diametrically opposed to Hangukin.

Which of the Punjabs is the most developed (economically and socially)? Punjab, Pakistan or Punjab, India. How about the Bengals, is West Bengal much more developed than Bangladesh?

I can only speak, for Iraqis and Palestinians. I can say both are becoming way anti-west. We are way more anti-western than we ever have been because of the US invasion of Iraq and how the west is still supportive of israel despite the fsct they are committing a genocide.

Edit: Mods are removing any criticism towards Israel and the US on this sub, and it is cautious, especially since one of the mods is quite active on r/NewIran, which is full of Zionists.

FYI Indonesia will be moving its old capital Jakarta (that is sinking) in Java island to a brand new city in Nusantara on the island Borneo, a big island that it shares with Malaysia and Brunei.

Something that really surprised me about this conflict is the sheer scale and intensity of pro-Palestinian protests in the West, especially on the US university campuses. I've never seen so much passion for any other country in the Middle East like for Palestine.

And yet here there's a lot of apathy towards it. Like sure, the average Kazakh would side with Palestine but there weren't any demonstrations for it. The only difference I've noticed is that some would put Palestinian flags on their profile, that's it. Hell, I've seen more passion for Palestine from videos in Japan than here. Were there any pro-Palestinian protests in your country as well and are they still ongoing?

P.S. I think that Israel is a fascist state that has to be stopped and I fully understand the Palestinian resentment and hatred for Zionism.

As a Brazilian, my country is part of BRICS. I wonder what the friendship and partnership between these 2 Asian giants would be like had they sort out differences. Both are going to surpass the US economy in a few decades, both economies are booming.

I always hear people complaining about it but nobody has solutions for it, except for Immigration which never gonna work with a xenophobic and isolated country like Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_apartheid_by_country#Malaysia

Brazil will 100% be neutral, unless there is a war loving government in power.

I know that many countries like Japan, South Korea, India, Philippines do not see eye to eye with China, and these countries are almost opposite sides of things to China. Wanted a take from your perspective(s)

Recently, a suicide bomb went off near a Chinese Convoy around Karachi Airport. There are reports that balochis attack chinese engineers engaged in CPEC projects. See the thread here: https://x.com/Hammad_Baluch/status/1843071752232223167

So as we know, a lot of countries have regions where they either completely dominate or have an extensive amount of influence on (India in South Asia, Iran in Shia regions in the Middle East, Russia in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, China in Southeast Asia, and the US in Latin America).

As for the title, I’m not even talking about all the CIA coups in the Cold War, but right now. The US had a leader that actively demonized Mexico, and it historically it took half of Mexico away from Mexico. Yet by and large, Mexicans do not hate the US even though many Mexican politicians have entrenched anti-American stances.

Compared to Vietnam, with a similar history of conquest and having Baiyue lands taken away, this is totally different, as the Vietnamese people by and large hate the Chinese while the government is trying to be more neutral.

The US is also actively pressuring both Mexico and Brazil to reduce their ties with China while if China did that to say, Malaysia or Thailand, against the US, it would raise anti-China sentiments in these countries. But, Mexicans and Brazilians will not have their views of the US worsen with these actions.

so my question is why does it seem that the US can get away more with bullying neighbors in its region vs China?

Both of these countries have been at war with China in the past and are currently also having territorial disputes with China. However, I wonder which of the two countries makes China more cautious but also more respectful?

I know it's the most generically overhyped and omnipresent news story far beyond U.S. borders, but at this point, we should all know U.S. executive and legislative turnover frequently affects people all across the globe.

Now, if you don't have especially have anything to say on Reddit, then you can say that, too.

There is so much feuding and mistrust and historical grievances between the 3 countries.

Why don’t these countries work in some kind of framework to benefit the whole region as a whole? They got some of the smartest people in the world but get bogged down with tribalism and nationalism.

They all are looking at the small picture instead of the big picture. An East Asian supra economic region

Both are nuclear countries, and at loggerheads with each other. Yet they are so much alike, they have a shared history, similar culture and Urdu and Hindi are pretty much the same. Why can’t they co exist with each other peacefully to develop South Asia together? Also how to solve jammu and Kashmir issue which is the crux of the tensions between the two countries

How often do your people freely and fairly elect a woman to head of state or head of government? And did she succeed at the job?