I had the impression that your podcast was popular, so I'm surprised to see only one other comment.
This was a good episode: I like the format of lecture -> intense Q&A. Your greatest strength is your ability to ask direct, serious questions, and you did a great job here.
I thought that in some places the responses to your questions were less direct, but I suppose that's a cultural difference between academic and rationalist styles of conversation.
1. India did not recognize China’s sovereignty over Tibet until 2003.
2. China didn’t seize Aksai Chin (AC) in 1962 war. China always had AC & had military presence at least since 1959 when India began Forward Policy to invade AC.
3. China was also generous to India by supporting annexation of Portuguese Goa which western countries disapproved and tried to prevent.
4. India already doubled its military from 248k to 570k between 1947 and 1962…..
5. Nonlignment has nothing to do with China. It was neither a nonaligned country nor a NATO nor Warsaw Pact country.
6. Whatever Nehru said was rhetoric. US Presidents repeatedly claimed betrayed by likes of Noriega and Sadam Hussein.
This is amazing, thank you!
I had the impression that your podcast was popular, so I'm surprised to see only one other comment.
This was a good episode: I like the format of lecture -> intense Q&A. Your greatest strength is your ability to ask direct, serious questions, and you did a great job here.
I thought that in some places the responses to your questions were less direct, but I suppose that's a cultural difference between academic and rationalist styles of conversation.
Thank you!
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Tell me to disregard every damn bit and byte without telling me you are completely full of shit? Fuck off, I'm going elsewhere you silly cunts.
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Many inaccuracies in this lecture.
1. India did not recognize China’s sovereignty over Tibet until 2003.
2. China didn’t seize Aksai Chin (AC) in 1962 war. China always had AC & had military presence at least since 1959 when India began Forward Policy to invade AC.
3. China was also generous to India by supporting annexation of Portuguese Goa which western countries disapproved and tried to prevent.
4. India already doubled its military from 248k to 570k between 1947 and 1962…..
5. Nonlignment has nothing to do with China. It was neither a nonaligned country nor a NATO nor Warsaw Pact country.
6. Whatever Nehru said was rhetoric. US Presidents repeatedly claimed betrayed by likes of Noriega and Sadam Hussein.