19th century: Places in China named after Britain
21st century: Places in Britain named after China
Semi-related, but I wonder if the "free Tibet / Hong Kong / Taiwan" Americans are keen on giving Texas and California back to Mexico
They haven't pulled up stakes on the military base in Guantanamo Bay yet, so I'm not holding my breath.
hell, how many Americans are in favor of giving more autonomy to Puerto Rico, or giving Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba
or shit, how about giving Native Americans anything at all
China, I'm calling on you to PUT DOWN the protests in Tiananmen square!
They voted to consider lmao. They’re not going to even do this dumb useless symbolic petty gesture that nobody in China will give a shit about.
Democracy is when someone gets a majority in a first past the post election with 40% of the vote in a contest where only 60% of the electorate actually votes in a country where only 70% of the population is eligible to vote.
This would be equivalent to the Chinese locating the American embassy at Wallstreet Street, Latino Court, Minneapolis Road, and Puerto Rico hill.
edit: They refer to political controversies using words that are completely neutral to popular connotations.
Wounded Knee Ave.
Except a massacre did actually occur there, so I guess it doesn't fit.
True but the US embassy in Kolkata (a state in India that used to have communists in power) is located on a road named "Ho Chi Minh Sharani" (translates to the Abode of Ho Chi Minh).
"During the time of the Vietnam War, large demonstrations were held in India. In Calcutta in particular, the renaming of a street as Ho Chi Minh Sarani, the popularity of Ho Chi Minh sandals and the slogan “Amaar Nam Tomar Naam Vietnam” were symbolic of the huge popularity that Ho Chi Minh had."
“Amaar Nam Tomar Naam Vietnam” translates to "My Name, Your Name, Vietnam"
From this article: https://thewire.in/history/ho-chi-minh-vietnam
All things that China has to be proud of.
Proud of its Heavenly Peace square where proclamations were made and where Mao is buried.
Proud of its Uighur minority.
Proud of its major port and financial city, Hong Kong, now Chinese again after 150 years of being twisted away by British bullies.
Proud of its autonomous region of Tibet, which saw one of the greatest economic and social advancements of any subnational entity around the world in the 20th century.
Yes. Name the streets near the Chinese embassy after places in China. That'll really anger the See See Pee.
Very nice of them! naming bystreets with famous chinese landmarks and ethnicities!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_China,_Washington,_D.C.#Street_renaming_proposals
Many Chinese commented online, suggesting China do just that. Proposal included "Prisoners Abused Street", "Edward Snowden Street", "Osama bin Laden Road" and even "Monica Lewinsky Street".
:michael-laugh: so hard at these :LIB: s and their totally ineffectual actions
but what else is new, amirite?
How many British Empire atrocities can be commemorated? Probably enough for several large cities.
their council is already named after a place synonymous with executions, torture, and imprisonment at the whims of their own capricious monarchy soooo
