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It says "Tang situational map", not "Tang territorial map". Neither Tibet nor Gok Turk was under Tang control. The latter was eventually defeated by Tang, but its territory was taken over by Uyghurs.

At least ROKAF tried to put up some A2A resistance, whereas RVNAF's lack of A2A loss rivalled its lack of A2A kills. Which is strange, given the stellar performance of RVNA ground units at tactical level.

Can't believe RVNAF failed to bring down a single VNPAF aircraft in A2A combat. South Korea & Taiwan did much better.

Scythian holster/quiver. What I don't understand is: why did western Christians in general avoided horseback archery?

A real dumb move by Dalai Lama. Guess a powerful India is more useful to him than his own Tibetan constituents, that he could afford to piss off Tibetan exiles to placate India.

From Korea to Hungary, Yakutia to India, the bow construction, archery equipment, & techniques are roughly the same. The bow is usually carried in a holster on the left side of the belt, the quiver on the right side. The stereotypical back quiver was almost NEVER used outside of Christiandom...

What 王可伟 got it right, and all other modern painters/recreators got wrong, is the ubiquitousness of archery equipments. East of the Catholic sphere of influence, every horseman carried a composite recurve bow. Ming cavalry: notice that beside the unarmed standard bearer...

Has to be Tang. It's cultural impact in East & Central Asia is comparable to the US in the Western world today. I can so imagine some 7th Centuryn Soghdian kid playing & singing Chinese songs much like youth around the world today are crazy about Hip Hop. Everything Chinese was cool, anything...

Cyborg rly?

OMG can't believe you mixed 李自成 up with 李世民. At any rates, I would rate Prince Regent Dorgon above any late Ming/early Qing commander.

Manchus, Mongols of certain time periods. Avoid Gok Turk.

Most Indians are not this delusional, so why post it in the first place?

We won't see anything that resembles the real article for another year or two, but I'm positive that China is working on a light weight stealth fighter, as J-20 simply appears too expensive to be fielded in sufficient quantify. And it will most likely become PAF's first stealth fighter, not...

Depend on what you consider Chinese, I would include SOME ethnic minorities, but carefully draw the line on the sand for other, to avoid hurting international sensitivity.

I doubt RR would transfer engine tech to China. Remember back in the 1980's, during the Sino-West "honeymoon", RR refused to transfer Spey 205 single-crystal turbine tech to China that would boosted the thrust of Spey 202/WS-9 by at least 10~15%. Snecma, OTOH, may just provide the breakthrough...

Didn't feel it.

Welcome to the Christian West.

BTW, she doesn't have a boyfriend yet, primarily because everybody fears her grandpa. Marrying a high-ranking official's grand daughter is either a short cut to prosperity, or quick way to hell. Be prepared for PAP (武警) knocking on your door, if you ever betray her. With sister...

And you wonder why I left WASPland for Mexico.

I'm not talking about political/gubernamental repercussions, but Western populace revealing their racist nature, Taiwan being "free, democratic" won't spare it from Western bigotry. I bet if she was executed in a predominantly White Christian nation like the US, nobody in Europe would make a noise.