Our Chinese Overlords - Geography For The Blind #2 Geography For The Blind

The much anticipated second installment of the VanDeGraph and Ibxtoycat podcast where we pay homage to our new Chinese Overlords

Follow up of Canadian Election Results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election

Local Chinese Elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_China#Direct_elections

Hukou Internal Passport system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou

Canada's Investor Immigrant System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Immigrant_Investor_Program

Apparently this program was ended in 2014
https://canadianvisa.org/canada-immigration/business/investor-visa

However Quebec has its own special immigration system which continued to have this program until it was suspended on November 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 which was before the recording date of this podcast on October 30, 2019
https://www.immigration.ca/quebec-immigrant-investor-program

Chinese Language Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic

Myriad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad

A time zone which certainly does not exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time

Peking vs Beijing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing

Beijing is the romanization as according to the People's Republic of China standard of 1958, where as Peking was the romanization by French Missionaries in the 17th and 18th century. During this time difference language shifts may have occurred as well as the specific dialect chosen as the standard may have been slightly different.

Torii Gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

Picture of people taking pictures of the Leaning Tower of Pisa: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/Travel/2016/September/pisa-pictures-of-tourists-l.jpg?imwidth=1400

Sino-Soviet Split: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split

China Three Worlds Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Worlds_Theory

Western Three Worlds Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-world_model

Crossover Episodes!

War of the Heavenly Horses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Heavenly_Horses

Battle of Talas with the Abbasid Caliphate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas

An Lushan Rebellion where a Turkic and Sogdian (Iranian group just north of Afghanistan in what is now Tajikistan) General launched a rebellion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion

Special Economic Zones of China:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_economic_zones_of_China

Hong Kong Canadians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Canadians

Passport Index: https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php

Chinese Dual citizenship is not recognized by the Chinese Government (except Hong Kong and Macau passports which are different)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_nationality_law

American Citizens living abroad may need to pay US taxes: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxpayers-living-abroad

Cantonese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese

Father of Modern China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen

United Front: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_United_Front

New Democracy (explains Chinese Flag): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democracy

Landlords who are no longer with us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Land_Reform

Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics

Kuomintang which still exists and can win democratically in Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

One China Policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-China_policy

Two Chinas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Chinas

One Country, Two Systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_country,_two_systems

Hundred Flowers Campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign

Five Barbarians (Wu Hu, who also are no longer with us): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei-Jie_war