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- [Voiceover] China isn't actually called China.
Chinese people call their nation Zhongguo,
which means the middle kingdom.
The English name for China however
comes from the name of the very short lived Qin Dynasty
which was the first imperial dynasty to unify ancient China.
The name Qin is believed to be the etymological ancestor
of the modern European name for China.
The reason why this name was adopted
over another dynasty's name
is because around the time of the Qin Dynasty
Europe was becoming significantly more aware of China
than it had in the past.
The Chinese Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire
were in fact very much aware of each other
While the vast differences between these two famous empires
meant that the two could only communicate indirectly,
the two empires nevertheless
frequently came into contact with each other.
This is because around the same time
that the Romans were attempting to expand
deep into the Middle East
the Chinese were making military incursions
into Central Asia.
However, because of the powerful empire
situated between Rome and China
their mutual awareness was extremely limited at best.
This however did not stop attempts at contact.
In 97 CE the Chinese general Ban Chao
unsuccessfully tried to send an envoy to Rome
and several alleged Roman emissaries
made their way into China over the centuries.
Some historians believe that at one point
Roman legionaries may have even fought
against Chinese soldiers.
After the Battle of Carrhae in 54 BC
10,000 roman soldiers were captured by the Parthian Empire.
These prisoners were later transferred
to the eastern frontier of Parthia
where they later came into contact with Chinese forces.
We know Roman infantry fought against Chinese forces
during the Battle of Tzittzit in 36 BC
because one Chinese account of the battle
described exotic soldiers who fought
in a strange fish scale formation.
Which is likely a description
of the Roman testudo formation.
During the Battle of Tzitzit
Chinese forces prevailed over the Parthians
and the remaining Roman soldiers
were apparently captured and forced to resettle
in the village of Liqian in Yongchang County China.
It is possible that the village of Liqian
is in fact named after the Roman word legio.
DNA evidence appears to back these claims up
as later investigation into this strange village
found that a few inhabitants of modern day Liqia
had DNA from a Caucasian origin.
You can't even watch this video in China.
Ever since the internet made its way into China
the Chinese Communist Party has heavily sensored
and regulated it with their quote/unquote
Great Firewall of China.
The Great Firewall of China
is a massive system of sensorship
that blocks selected websites the government in China
deems as counter revolutionary
and filters the results from internet searches
initiated from computers in mainland China.
So unsurprisingly, China's government and YouTube
aren't exactly on speaking terms.
After YouTube was blocked in mainland China
in March 2009 it remains inaccessible to this day.
China is arguably the most intelligent country
on the planet.
This fact has only become more apparent
thanks to worrying information that has emerged
in recent years.
Some statisticians estimate
that people with genius-level IQs
occur only in 2% of all births.
This means that China could have
as many as 26 million geniuses that they could utilize
among their population of 1.3 billion.
By way of comparison,
the United States only has six million geniuses
at its disposal within its population of only 300 million.
China not only has the largest army in the world
but also the greatest population of genius-level IQs.
Despite this, China's chances of survival
are seriously in doubt.
This isn't to say that China's destruction assured
but despite having the largest military in the world
and one of the world's most powerful economies,
China has deep seeded problems that they must address
in order to survive the 21st Century.
Even though the Chinese Communist Party
harshly cracks down on anyone who opposes them,
China's on a collision course with disaster.
Many of China's problems stem from the outright destruction
of the country's environment.
Half of China's rivers and reservoirs are polluted
beyond what's considered safe
for any form of human consumption.
Also, according to the Chinese government,
by 2030 China will have used up all of its drinkable water
and according to the World Bank
every year 250,000 Chinese people die prematurely
because of pollution.
The Chinese government even tried to block
the release of this report
fearing it would cause massive social unrest.
If you are a Buddhist monk in China in order to reincarnate
you must first obtain permission
from the Chinese government.
Even though the Chinese Communist Party
is officially an athiestic organization
that didn't stop them issuing the State Religious Affairs
Bureau Order Number 5 in 2007.
This decree states that people who wish to be reborn
must complete an application
submitted to several government agencies
for approval before reincarnating.
The real reason for this bizarre decree however
is that the Chinese government
simply wants to be able to choose who will succeed
as Tibet's new Dalai Lama.
China executes more people every year
than the rest of the world combined.
While the official number of executions in China
is a closely guarded state secret
it has been estimated that China executes
up to 5,000 people per year
while the rest of the world on average
just executes 700 people combined.
And often the reasons for these executions
just outright confuse people.
In China, you can be sentenced to death
for failing at business, resisting arrest,
causing unnecessary pollution,
as well as many other strange reasons.
Because of the sheer number of executions per year
China has created a fleet of quote/unquote death vans
so that they can conduct mobile executions
as quickly and cheaply as possible.
The gender imbalance in China
is the worst gender imbalance in the entire world.
This is because during China's one child policy
many families aborted their female babies
in order to have a single male child instead.
As a result,
before the one child policy in China was reversed
118 boys in China were born for every 100 girls.
Today, men outnumber women in China
by at least 34 million.
This means that there are 34 million men in China
with absolutely no chance at finding a wife
thanks to China's skewed population demographics.
This is especially worrying
because the gender imbalance in China
could easily lead to massive unrest and social upheaval.
Male criminal behavior drops significantly upon marriage.
Without this effect,
millions of militarily aged men in China
will be more likely to commit violent crimes,
crimes against women, development addictions,
and engage in other antisocial behavior.
Discipline has always been harshly enforced
in Chinese military and police units.
This probably isn't surprising to most people
but many people are unaware of the bizarre methods
that the Chinese use to instill unwavering discipline
in their soldiers.
Chinese police and officers have sharp nails
inserted into their collars
so that if they fall asleep on the job
or even lower their head at all
their necks will be struck by the sharp pins
protruding from their collars.
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