Best Colleges for Asians more specifically Chinese/Taiwanese Americans?

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<p>Many countries that don't have de jure diplomatic relations with Taiwan still have de facto diplomatic relations with it in the form of TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural representative Office).</p>

<p>It is a pragmatic concession to one of the world's most powerful nations that also happens to be like a giant 1.3 billion pound baby that needs its nappy changed.</p>

<p>No country has the right to tell another "you don't exist, you are part of us." The KMT may have have done quite a number on Taiwan's own identity, but all the Chiang's horses and all the Chiang's men couldn't make Formosa into China.</p>

<p>Having ruled a territory at some point in the past is a pretty stupid justification for thinking you're entitled to rule it again. By that logic, England could demand it be handed northern France again--only to find that Italy is reclaiming both England and France because the Roman Empire had them.</p>

<p>And for that matter, Korea could claim most of Manchuria, and Mongolia could take the rest of China.</p>

<p>I can only hope that someday China has a government that is not so puerile as to make a mockery of millennia of Chinese cultural sophistication.</p>

<p>I have no doubt that China will ultimately prevail over Taiwan simply because China is so powerful. The only hope Taiwan would have for keeping its sovereignty is if a DPP wingnut came to power and announced Taiwan has made The Bomb...which would be a nice little bit of karmic payback for China's having enabled Pyongyang's bomb...</p>

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Having ruled a territory at some point in the past is a pretty stupid justification for thinking you're entitled to rule it again. By that logic, England could demand it be handed northern France again--only to find that Italy is reclaiming both England and France because the Roman Empire had them.</p>

<p>And for that matter, Korea could claim most of Manchuria, and Mongolia could take the rest of China.

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<p>Good point.</p>

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<p>hopetogetrice -</p>

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Chinese to be exact, and I honestly can't tell the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese...because to be friggin honest, THERE IS only ONE CHINA. Taiwan is not a country recognized by most of the World. not even the United States!

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<p>That's just politics due to China having a lot of clout due to its size.</p>

<p>But in reality, Taiwan is a separate country w/ its own govt., military, foreign policy, etc.</p>

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I KNOW that racism only exists if you let it exist.

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<p>So the Asian-Ams (and others) who have suffered hate-crimes did so b/c they "let it" happen? LOL!</p>

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And China isn't entrenching on any nations. For a country with that much flex and power, it is very calm and self-focused.

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<p>Hmm - I guess the PRC didn't invade Tibet, Vietnam and India during the past half century or so.</p>

<p>angryasianman -</p>

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There is also a difference between the Tibet issue and the Taiwan issue. Tibet has been a part of China since the Yuan Dynasty and has never really been an independent country from China. Taiwan on the other hand was under Japanese rule for about 50 years and is now a de-facto independent country.

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<p>Actually, Tibet was a separate kingdom for about a millenium and was never really part of "China" until the PRC invasion last century.</p>

<p>Tibet was conquered by the Mongols prior to the defeat of the Chinese Song Dynasty and the start of the Yuan Dynasty (keep in mind the Yuan Dynasty was a Mongol dynasty ruling over the MONGOL, and not Chinese, Empire).</p>

<p>Along this line of thought, the rest of Mongolia should be part of the PRC (or maybe Tibet should be a part of Mongolia), as well as Korea (since Korea was conquered by the Mongols as well), India, Pakistan, all the various -istan nations, and parts of Russia.</p>

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Taiwann became the way it is today when the LOSING National Party from China fleed along with a large chunk of what is today's Fujian, China to the small island as a refuge from the Communist party.</p>

<p>Prior to that, Taiwan would've gone back to China LIKE ALL OF THE OTHER LANDS JAPAN HAD TAKEN FROM CHINA in the past.

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<p>Taiwan was never considered part of China by Ming China and was ruled by foreigners (the Dutch/Portuguese/Japanese) at various times, as well by warlords.</p>

<p>Taiwan only became a part of "China" when the Manchu expanded their empire to include Taiwan.</p>

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<p>what a dumb thread.</p>

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<p>it talked of international relations and the scope of history and the plague of nationalism...which I guess is indeed dumb compared to debating Duke vs WashU or some similarly pithy topic....</p>

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<p>Well here at Tufts, there are a lot of foreign-born asian people. They tend to only hang out with each other, and speak their native languages to each other.</p>

<p>Georgetown, I don't think has a lot of Asians when compared to schools around that rank. (due to its emphasis on IR and no engineering school)</p>