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One of my students asked me a thought-provoking question that left me speechless and transfixed with confusion.

Please, what would be an apt response to his question? Help me out! Here is the question.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lm_IMVl8uM

owobokiri:
Chinese politics can spring surprises. So don't rule out reasonable ideological shifts with say the next government. Problem here is that Mr Xi and his group in the Chinese polituburu have managed to discard the term limits to Chinese presidency, which used to be the only time when any recognisable changes are seen in terms of policies as new heads try to stamp down their authorities. Apart from this, I don't believe that the new Chinese belligerent foreign policy goals, as justifiable as they maybe, especially in terms of their relationship with the West are sustainable for a couple of of reasons.

1) Economic
While China is a behemoth with enough local population to spur reasonable local economic activities, it still depends a lot on foreign exports and that is not stopping soon. To keep over a billion people in check, the communist party has used "urbanization and rapid economic growth" as tools. While this has led to the quickest change of fortune for the Chinese people, you still have hundreds of millions of people living in poverty, especially in some parts of North Eastern China. So a policy that attracts economic sanctions, restricts FDIs and joint ventures, puts an end to technology transfers and generally drives out investors as Western governments kick is surely not sustainable..

2) Chinese recent activities in Hong Kong, India, South China Sea and with Australia have kind of forced her immediate neighbors to reach out to the west. This is a huge problem from a Defence point of view. The Chinese hate to have western bases near them. This is why they grudgingly support Kim. You have Australia and the Philippines basically luring american military assets into the region to beef up their defences. These are countries that have made serious significant progress in terms of building up solid diplomatic relationship with the Chinese in the past. They're retracting their steps now.. These relationships are all crumbling now and you have to blame wayward nationalism on the part of the Chinese for this.

While the Chinese people tend to see themselves as the original world power that were pushed off their perch by both the failings of the rudderless Qing dynasty and ruthlessness of western imperialism in ancient China, they are not oblivious of the fact that we still live in a skewed world dominated by ruthless western powers. Unless America implodes under the weight of her unpredictable politics as they nearly did during the financial crises, I believe that there's a good chance of another Dao Xiao Ping emerging to discard some of these counterproductive policies, just as Dao did to Maos radical communists policies to invent a progressive capitalist China...I'm thinking that the next government in China might find a way to pull the country back from the brink and mend fences with the West. Though the urge to reclaim Taiwan, which is huge in China may prover a big obstacle to this..

Well said, but I don't think China is afraid of sanctions or any other punitive measures taken against it. As for technology transfer, China has stolen all the technology it needs from the west. The only technology they have not stolen is chip design and production but they are making giant strides in this regard.

I think no nation can sanction China at this point and make it change its ways. Only the US can sanction China and cause a little problem here and there, but nothing damaging to China's economy. Hauwei is an example of how damaging US sanctions can be for a Chinese company but China's economy remains unaffected thus far. And China has retaliated against American sanctions too. The fact that a lot of American companies like Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, etc rely on this Chinese market would give China leverage if the trade war worsens with America. China is also the biggest source of revenue for Hollywood.

China doesn't want to mend fences with the West. It needs the friction to whip up nationalistic sentiment which would, in turn, benefit the communist party. Most Chinese people wouldn't support the communist party if they didn't feel the west was hellbent on impeding China's development. The communist party wants this narrative to continue.

Werey! He was among those who brought Buhari to power, now he wants us to cry to God for solution. Werey!

owobokiri:
You do have a point there..
But when it comes to their relationship with the West/NATO, they bond together.
Their relationship is very complex based on certain established principles during the cold war. For instance, as you rightly pointed out, Russia sells arms to India. But at the same time, most of Chinese modern military advancements are basically offshoots of Russian military technology. And I think India started becoming a reasonable distraction to both most recently. While China and India did have their skirmishes in the past, they seem to have moved on for decades until the recent flare ups in the Himalayas..

Both India and China are huge powers in their own respects. That means a lot to Russia in terms of straddling in the center. Although the confrontations between China and India seem to be pushing india firmly into the hands of the USA, I'm not sure it will be long lasting. Unless the new guys in Beijing continue with their queer belligerent foreign policy posturing..... That said, You are going to struggle to find any instance in recent history, where China and Russia have disagreed vehemently and radically on any SERIOUS security issues involving the west. The two obviously recognize the fact that they need each other to win...

China and India seem to be pushing india firmly into the hands of the USA, I'm not sure it will be long-lasting.

I think it will be long-lasting. China has unwavering support for India's arch enemy, Pakistan. As long as this support continues, China and India will never see eye to eye.

I believe that in the future, Russia is going to be an ally of the West. I think Vladimir Putin is the glue holding the Russia-China relationship. The opposition is gaining traction. The guy that was poisoned and recently jailed ( I can't remember his name) would cause serious problems for Putin if a free and fair election is held.

Putin would go someday and a democrat would take over and pivot the country to the West. I don't see this happening in China though.

The damage done to the India-China relationship is irreparable. India has banned almost all Chinese apps. They recently excluded Hauwei from 5G trials. The revival of the Quad is prove that India is not firmly in the camp of the West.

owobokiri:
Russia is not Burundi! Let's get serious here...
Biden and his cohorts should stop heating up international relations with all these juvenile shows..
Putin can't be worried by these.. Dude is armed with worse materials.., has an ebullient China as a solid àlly and can boast of the best Air Defence System in the whole wide world...
This show is for the consumption of the local populations in NATO countries.. NOT for Putin..

China is not Russia's solid ally even though they have similar voting pattern at the UN and support each other diplomatically.

Russia supplies arms to India, China's foe. Russia would have suspended all arms trade with India if it was as close to China and they make people believe.

How did this post degenerate into tribal bashing?

Judging from the views this video is getting, it's obvious that a lot of people aren't watching it, but they are here commenting and throwing shades.

Revolva:
The matter of Suruche, who was accused of a stolen iPhone and the drugging of a young girl last week, that caused a stir on social media as well, doesn't seem over because this is yet a new allegation in which the hotel he lodged in Lekki is now accusing him of constituting nuisance and still accusing him of the missing iPhone

This footage given to me by Suruche's management shows how a Mopol security guard beat up Suruche's new girlfriend who visited him at the Atican beach resort hotel.

The Mopol security officer who was with him in the same case last week saw Suruche and accused him of being the man behind the missing IPhone and of resisting arrest, but Suruche was obliged to warn the Mopol that the case has been over and the DPO has solved the matter .

The girlfriend Suruche had to defend Suruche, in answer to the Mopol officer, saying that the mopol security officer, if he had noticed a missing telephone with Suruche before, so the Mopol would then need to notify the hotel's Attican Beach Resort manager later when the heat of the argument went up, the Manager had to order the Mopol security to slap her for the fact he claimed they are constituting nonsense in the environment.

Suruche was astonished when the manager ordered the Mopol personnel to take on the lady which he did, and it was such a sad scene for a station officer to attack an innocent lady.

Suruche was able to film it with his telephone, which confirms the attack.

WATCH VIDEO


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bHTA17tfo

Who is the idiot that is filming? So he couldn't drop the phone and intervene?

Thank God she fought back. The mopol is very stupid.

jaytii:
No.

But I felt embarrassed for a Sunday school teacher about 5 years ago.
He wore this very old coat to church for his usual Sunday school teaching. Few minutes into the sermon, he dug his hand into the inner pocket of his famous coat in search of his handkerchief unfortunately, an hungry looking rat jumped out of his pocket and disrupted Sunday school.

Come and see children of God jumping on chairs and screaming at the sight of God's beautiful creature.

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ifynicky:
People do not let go when there is no restitution.

With the way this fake nation is going the killing on the innocent people, we hope another war wont start.

When you say let go, there should be accommodation, restitution, repair, mend all the bridges, but unfortunately this cannot happen. crazy right?

With this high level of nepotism you think people will let go?
With corruption here and there?
With building railway to Niger republic and none in Biafra land you think people will let go?
With sending soldiers to go kill people in Biafra land you think people will let go?

Its painful the mistakes of 1963-67 is repeating itself. Really painful

The injustice is glaring. Even a blind man can see it. Buhari has been unfair to the Southeast, but don't think that we are having it easy in the North.

Last month, well-armed terrorists attacked a predominantly Christian community in Gombe state and wreaked havoc. Scores were killed and all the houses in the community were touched.

Every major Christain community in Gombe has a Muslim king. The only Christian king died recently and our fanatical governor tried to appoint a Muslim. It caused sectarian crisis and the police were sent to restore order. The matter is still in court.

Christians are being butchered in Southern Kaduna and the govt isn't doing anything about it.

I am trying to make you understand that we aren't having it easy in the North. Muslims aren't even left out of the madness going on. They are attacked and butchered by bandits and terrorists.

Buhari has to go for the nation to heal. He only cares about Fulani people and their cows and he makes no pretense about it. Nigeria has never been this divided. Buhari is bad luck. There can be no peace where injustice thrives, but we have to give it a shot.

I don't know what else to say. I recently read an article where it was stated that influential Muslims advised Buhari through the chief of staff to appoint an Igbo man as COS after the death of the previous one, but he ignored them. A lot of northerners, Christians and Muslims, are sick of Buhari's nepotism and lopsided appointments, but what else can we do?

davinchecodes:
The problem is Nigeria only understands one language, which is violence.

What's happening in the east, I believe is as a result of the extra judicial killings by the Nigerian govt.

And the annoying thing is that the soldiers deployed in the South-East are needed in the North. Bandits and terrorist are having a field day in the North. They are killing us like flies, but the government isn't doing anything to tackle the situation.

Criminals in the North have become law unto themselves. It's a sad situation.

As we commemorate the fallen Biafran soldiers on this day, let me narrate a story my father told me.

My father was enlisted in the army during the Biafran war and he fought for the federal government alongside recruits who were Tivs, Idomas, Ijaws, Urhobos, Itshekiris, Bini, etc.

When my father told me this, I didn't want to say he was lying, but I told him he was being economical with the truth, but he said lots of things that convinced me and I knew he was honest about his experiences during the war.

Atrocities were committed and they were sickening. You have to watch this video to understand the full gist.

Please, do subscribe to my channel, like and share this video. I want to know your thoughts about what my father said. Thanks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcRQgSYOzwU

After killing five students the bastards still got paid. Ogun will kill them for me. Jesus will destroy them for me.

Casper21:
Will u get paid for this ur long writeup? Ode

It's "write-up", the word is hyphenated. No, I won't get paid, but I am glad I educated you. Who is the ode? The one who doesn't know that the world is a global village and things are changing pretty fast, or the one who is knowledgeable about the world?

Casper21:
Nigerians need to understand that English is a foreign language and not a language of ours. I swear nobody no fit dare correct my English cos they will face a very big backlash. We carry English on the top head still we never achieve anything. See Asian countries wey no dey speak English dey beat America in technologies.

Ignorance is expensive. Asia is the biggest market for English teachers. In a few years from now, it is estimated that the people who speak fluent English in China will exceed the population of the United States. The craze for English in Asian countries is not something I can make you understand. Just do a google search.

Asian countries like Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc have English as a compulsory subject in their schools. And to teach English in these countries, one needs to have a degree and a TEFL certification. Thousands of Africans, including Nigerians, are teaching English in Asian countries.

Do you even know that some universities in China and non-English speaking countries like China, Poland, Ukraine, Poland, Japan, Hungary, etc offer degree courses that students are taught entirely in English? What does this tell you about the importance of other advanced countries but in the English language?

Do you know that companies in non-English speaking countries are adopting English as their official language? Japanese cosmetics giant, Shiseido, has adopted English as an in-house language. The company said internal documents will be written and meetings will be conducted in English for its roughly 2,500 employees in Japan.

Japanese, e-commerce giant Rakuten, introduced an English-only policy in 2010.

Japanese carmaker, Honda, made English its official language in 2020.

I am not making this up. These are information you can verify. Google "Teaching English in Asian countries" and you'll be amazed.

Parents in Asian countries believe that their kid's proficiency in English will give them an edge in life. That's why English centers are springing up in so many Asian countries.

Your comment shows that you know next-to-nothing about how rapidly the world is changing. Check out the "English Proficiency Index" on google and you'll see that citizens of non-English speaking countries like Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Singapore, etc speak better English than Nigerians where English is a de facto language. Your post reeks of ignorance. Educate yourself about the world.

Tohsynetita1:
Oral were taught to pass, not to employ. You will hear teacher saying 'in your exam' during class . Is learning only for exam?

I beg to differ. When I was in secondary school, my classmates and I would mock our teacher whenever she tried to teach us oral English. We didn't do it in her presence though. We said English is not our mother's tongue.

My interest in oral English started after secondary. When I watched the news, the famous newscaster, Cyril Stober, and Mrs Kehinde (the host of Sunday newsline)would pronounce words differently than I did. I started regretting not taking oral English seriously in secondary school.

Nollywood actors and actresses like Pete Edochie, Ramsey Noah, Bimbo Akintola, Genevieve Nnaji, Bob Manuel, Joke Silva, Olu Jacobs, etc made me appreciate the need to pronounce English words correctly. These actors don't sound like white people, but they pronounce English words correctly.

We just didn't pay attention in class, but I'm sure that most of us were taught oral English. We weren't just taught to pass. We were actually taught to use it, but we felt it was needless.

ItooWorWor:
You don't have to attack him to make your point, because that was his own point of view same way yours is different. My is also different, we don't have to pronounce those words same way the Brittish or Americans pronounce theirs, our pronouncation of those words doesn't mean we are wrong or right.

If you studied oral English in school, you should be able to pronounce English words correctly. Nigerian newscasters and some Nollywood actors and actresses pronounce English words correctly. They didn't fall from the sky. They are Nigerians.

There are American missionaries in Jos. They didn't just learn how to speak Hausa and other local languages, they learnt how to pronounce the words correctly. Learning how to pronounce a word like a native speaker doesn't mean adopting the speaker's accent.

Frand Edoho of Who Wants to be a Millionaire pronounces English words correctly. Does he sound like a white man? You can pronounce English words correctly without sounding like a white person.

In some states, beer is only sold in the army or police barrack because of sharia. In such states, where does she want them to relocate beer parlors to? The government house?

YungMillionaire:
Foolish Nigerians. U na carry colonial language for head like gala. For once make a youtube video about a real Nigerian language, not the one that was forced on your ancestors and used to steal, rape, and plunder your land.

English is our lingua franca and a global language. I have cousins working in the UK and the US because of their competence in English.

Chimamanda Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, etc are renowned because of their works in English. They could have written their novels in Yoruba or Igbo, but they chose English. Do you know why? I bet your dumbass doesn't know why. Artists from anglophone countries are more famous than their counterparts from francophone, lusophone, or Arab countries. Do you know why?

Do you know why Nollywood is now the world's second-largest film industry? It's because of English. Black people from the Caribbean are learning about African culture from Nollywood movies. Black people in the diaspora made Nollywood popular. And it's all because they understood English.

I am from Gombe state and my tribe is cham. We are not more than 200k in my community. If I make a video about my language, who would want to learn it? Go and tell the government to stop using English. Go and tell pastors to stop preaching in English.

The fact that you chose to criticize my video using English shows how dumb you are. I won't let you make me feel I don't love my culture or language. Cow!

In English, orthography, and pronunciation are not always the same. A word can be spelt in one way but pronounced in a completely different way. Such words are said to be non-phonetic.

Some of you are going to find it hard to believe that you have been pronouncing certain words wrongly all your life, but it's ok. English is not your first language, so it's not entirely your fault, but the Nigerian educational system makes provision for the teaching of Oral English in elementary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, so what's your excuse for not knowing what you should know?

Some of you are going to disagree with my pronunciations, and it's ok, but make sure you carry out your research. Ask an authority in Oral English to guide you.

This problem isn't just peculiar to Nigerians but other Africans. ESL students also face the same problem, so this video will serve as a guide to not just Nigerians, but anyone who wants to improve their articulation of English words.

If after watching this video, you are sure that these are words you can already pronounce correctly, it means you have a native-like command of English. Congratulations!

Please, SUBSCRIBE to my channel, like this video, drop a comment. I'd also love to learn from you guys. And please, share this video. It might be helpful to others. Thank you.


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SUPERPACK:
Ignorance is never an excuse.

Educate me then

SUPERPACK:
Why not go into freelancing and stop this slave job hunting. That amount is something you can get in two weeks from the comfort of your home. All you need is an android phone, and a little capital of 10k.

They have come again which kain yeye freelancing?

Misplaced priority. Terrorist are having a field day in the North East.

Please, check out DARIOSITY on YouTube and sub.

I thought they instructed members to obey the ban last week. What changed?

Please, check out DARIOSITY on youtube and sub. Thank you.

China is making great strides and its leaders don't pray.

I am not saying it's wrong to pray, but even the Bible says faith without work is dead.

You can't pray your problems away when you should be implementing the right policies and tackling problems head on.

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Exponential101:
Subscribe to your Chanel n watch your foolishness full time ba. I no sure say your foolish head fit correct till Jesus come.

Ok

Exponential101:
God will have to punish many of your Igbos. So they should remove Tinubu to please senseless Igbos like yourself. It is a must that God must punish you. How do foolish useless n hopeless Igbos like you n other lunatics from your tribe think you can decide who Yoruba want as their leader. This was the rubbish Azikwe n host of other dead brain dead with Awo now your Fools have started with Tinubu.

Your father mother, entire household n unborn generation can go to hell Tinubu is the only Yoruba leader on Earth 2023. Even Obasanjo can not dear claim to be Yoruba leader.

Thank you. Please, subscribe to my channel.

FYI, I am not Igbo

Exponential101:
Is any of them beta than Fashola. Yoruba first before any Igbo.

I didn't say they are better. I only made a list of Igbo people I find worthy.

Grayoso:
Lol. This coming from you who has unravelled a liar happy to taint a man's reputation with lies he "heard" only ?

I actually respect people's opinion and that is why I said I was about to commend you till I read all the blatant lies you levelled against BAT.

Those lies simply and undeniably means, at the highest level, you are not someone who is credible and certainly not an individual whose opinion deserves to be respected. Simple as that.

Next time , especially as OP who wants to be viewed as unbiased and fair, try to keep your prejudices and personal opinion out of things especially if doing so will lead to you telling desperate lies even my intelligent 10 year old child would dismiss you for as a dishonourable adult.

It is IPOBians and ethno-religiously hateful Igbos who always concoct stupid and imbecilic lies about Tinubu being wanted in the US and Buhari being a 'clone' and such garbage. When you join that group then don't expect other intelligent folks to take your opinion seriously.

There are many Nigerian political leaders I dont like but I wont ever deliberately utter preposterous lies against them because that would make me of lowly and dishonest character. That is the point you're not getting.

Ok, I may have been prejudiced against Tinubu because of the things I have read and heard about him. I'll verify some of these things to ascertain the truth.

liketerm:
The day an igbo man bocome the president of Nigeria, I will relocate to Benin republic.

What do you have against an Igbo man becoming president?

emmykingzy:
Oga, you are confusing people here. According to you, Obasanjo who is a pro Nigeria is bad because he didn't play tribal politics abi but Nigerians apart from Yorubas benefitted abi??
Then President Buhari who is a tribal bigot personified who has destroyed Nigeria and Nigerians by playing pro Fulani agenda is also bad and therefore,
you prefer a Pro Yoruba President with a Yoruba agenda I just don't understand

I honestly don't understand took.