Bateau de Pêche Chinois entre en Collision avec le Navire de la Garde Côtière Japonaise

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Voici une nouvelle vidéo qui fait le buzz, elle a été mise sur le Net le 7 novembre 2010. Elle montre un navire de pêche chinois qui éperonne délibérément le bateau des garde-côtes au large des iles Senkaku.

Ces iles sont situées au nord est de Taiwan et au sud est des iles Ryukyu dont fait partie Okinawa. Les États Unis ont administré ces iles comme faisant partie des Ryukyu jusqu'en 1972 lorsqu'elles ont été restituées au Japon. Dès lors elles ont été réclamées par le Japon, la Chine et Taiwan.

La dispute à propos de ces iles est un problème majeur entre le Japon et la Chine et entre le Japon et Taiwan. Il y a du gaz naturel dans la région, ce qui n'a fait qu'envenimer le conflit.

Ces iles ne sont pas habitées. Les iles plus grandes, Diaoyu Dao ou Uotsuri Jima, abritent des espèces rares, incluant la taupe de Senkaku, ou le Mugeri Uchidai et la fourmi Okinawa-kuro-oo-ari. La taupe est devenue rare à cause des chèvres importées dans l'ile en 1978. On en dénombre 300 à présent, elles devraient être tuées.

La vidéo diffusée ne devait pas être divulguée. Elle a probablement été mise en ligne par une personne se trouvant à bord du navire des garde-côtes japonais. Depuis la diffusion de la vidéo il y a eu des rassemblements nationalistes au Japon à cause de cet incident.

Kinesisk fiskebåt kolliderer med vilje i et japansk kystvaktfartøy

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Dette er en ny kjedevideo som lakk ut på Internett 7. november 2010. Det viser en kinesisk fiskebåt som bevisst kolliderer med et japansk kystvaktfartøy den 7. september utenfor Senkakuøyene .

Øyene ligger nordøst for Taiwan og sørvest av Ryukyu-øyene som Okinawa er en del av. De har lenge vært en del av Japan. Amerikanerne administrerte øyene som en del av Ryukyus fram til 1972 da de ble gitt tilbake til Japan. Siden da har de blitt krevet av både Japan, Kina og Taiwan.

Striden om øyene er et stort problem mellom Japan og Kina og mellom Japan og Taiwan. Det er naturgass i regionen, så dette har forsterket konflikten.

Ingen bor på øyene. Den største øya, Diaoyu Dao eller Uotsuri Jima, har noen sjeldne arter, inkludert den Senkakuske muldvarp også kalt Mugeri Uchidai, og Okinawa-koro-oo-ari maur. Muldvarpen er blitt sjelden på grunn av geiter som ble importert til øya i 1978. De teller nå 300, og de trenger å bli drept.

Lekkasjen av denne videoen var ikke ment å bli offentliggjort. Den er trolig utgitt av noen om bord på den japanske kystvaktens fartøy. Siden videoen ble sluppet, har det vært nasjonalistiske kriger i Japan over hendelsen.

Bote de Pesca Chino Choca Contra Buque de la Guardia Costera Japonesa

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This is the Spanish translation of Chinese Fishing Boat Collides with Japanese Coast Guard Vessel. Translator: Fabián Aguilar, a crazy guy from Bogotá, Colombia, who likes Saturdays.

Este es un nuevo video viral que fue subido a Internet el 7 de noviembre de 2010. Muestra un bote de pesca chino que deliberadamente choca contra un buque de la guardia costera japonesa el 7 de septiembre cerca a las Islas Senkaku.

Las islas están localizadas al noroeste de Taiwán y al suroccidente de las Islas Ryukyu entre las cuales está Okinawa. Desde hace mucho tiempo han sido tomadas por Japón. Estados Unidos administró las islas como parte de las de Ryukyu hasta 1972, fecha en la que fueron devueltas a Japón. Desde entonces, han sido reclamadas por Japón, China y Taiwán.

La disputa sobre estas islas es un problema mayor entre Japón y China y entre Japón y Taiwán. Hay gas natural en la región aumentando así el conflicto.

Nadie vive en las islas. La isla más grande, Diaoyu Dao o Uotsuri Jima, posee algunas raras especies, incluyendo el topo Senkaku y la hormiga Okinawa-kuro-oo-ari. El topo está en vía de extinción a causa de las cabras que fueron importadas a la isla desde 1978. Ahora existen alrededor de 300 cabras, deben ser sacrificadas.

El video filtrado se supone que no debió haber salido a la luz. Probablemente fue publicado por alguien a bordo del buque. Desde que el video apareció en Internet, ha habido manifestaciones nacionalistas por todo Japón debido al incidente.

Chinese Fishing Boat Collides with Japanese Coast Guard Vessel

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This is a new viral video that was just leaked to the Internet on November 7, 2010. It shows a Chinese fishing boat deliberately colliding with a Japanese coast guard vessel on September 7 off the Senkaku Islands.

The islands are located northeast of Taiwan and southwest of the Ryukyu Islands of which Okinawa is a part. They have long been held by Japan. The US administered the islands as part of the Ryukyus until 1972 when they were given back to Japan. Since then, they have been claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan.

The dispute over the islands is a major problem between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan. There is natural gas in the region, so this has heightened the conflict.

No one lives on the islands. The largest island, Diaoyu Dao or Uotsuri Jima, has some rare species, including the Senkaku mole or the Mugeri Uchidai, and the Okinawa-kuro-oo-ari ant. The mole has become rare due to goats being imported to the island in 1978. The goats now number 300, and they need to be killed off.

The leaked video was not supposed to have been released. It was probably released by someone on board the Japanese Coast Guard vessel. Since the video was released, there have been nationalist rallies in Japan over the incident.

Some Remarks on the Minority Languages Question

The recent posts on minority languages have elicited some interesting comments. Commenting on The Record of Communist Language Policy, silver, a Serb, notes:

In Eastern Europe, a similar thing occurred with the fall of the Communist regimes. In general, nationalist regimes took their place and quickly began attacking minorities and minority tongues. This has been most pronounced in the former Yugoslavia.

I'm not aware of Serbian nationalists attempting to suppress Hungarian or Albanian. Even throughout the supposedly nationalist Milosevic era I think Hungarians were able to graduate university in Hungarian (and, of course, Albanian in Kosovo). I'm pretty sure Albanian has fared better in Macedonia under independence than during Yugoslavia; little-known Vlach certainly has.

A new poster, A Jew Coming to Get You, who will be tolerated as long as he behaves, notes:

A relevant book discussing Soviet nationality policy is called Affirmative Action Empire. Regarding the Chinese dialects, dialect speakers don't consider themselves members of a separate nation, hence there is no demand for linguistic autonomy. In Taiwan the issue is politicized, maybe it will become so in China if ever it becomes a Democracy.

In Tibet (and in Xinjiang) you have a colonial situation which differs substantially with the relationship between Mandarin and the smaller Chinese dialects.

It's nice to hear that Milosevic's repression did not extend to national languages. He kept the Tito position (that I had never heard of) that allowed even Hungarians and Albanians to have all of their education in their native tongue, all the way through university. Impressive! A

And in Macedonia, while there have been serious problems, the regime has tried very hard to accommodate the often-difficult demands of local Albanians. And it's nice to hear that there is support even for little-known Vlach.

I would not really call the Macedonian government an ultra-nationalist regime, though. It's well-mixed with Macedonians and Albanians. Allowing national minorities to have education their native tongue seems shocking in a US context, but it's fairly common in Europe. Some tongues even get to take university courses in their native language, though that's not very common.

That book, Affirmative Action Empire, seems very interesting. The now-dominant line that the USSR was uniformly hostile to all non-Russian tongues was shown to be a lie. Nationalism for all of the non-Russian nationalities was encouraged by Lenin to make them less hostile to a revolutionary movement led by Russians.

Until World War, Russian nationalism, and not just Great Russian chauvinism, was not only not promoted, but was actively discouraged. Each large nationality was given its own republic, and many smaller ones were given their own autonomous republics.

In many cities, the local nationality was not even the most common nationality. In Tbilisi, Armenians were a majority for many years. In Kiev and Minsk, it was Russians and Jews. Prague had a German majority. Yerevan often had a Muslim majority.

The Soviets attempted to rectify this situation in their nation by moving members of the national ethnic group into the cities to make them a majority in their own cities. Amazing. These Communists could be seen as champions of ethnic nationalism.

Alphabets, grammars, school texts, etc. were created for nearly every tongue in the USSR. These were often the first attempts at literacy for these languages. At the same time, national minorities were expected to become proficient in Russian.

Attempts by local minorities to "become Russian" were actively discouraged! Ukrainian nationalists will be loath to admit this, but for years, a Ukrainization policy was actively encouraged. It is interesting that this attempt was not very successful. Most Ukrainians were not interested. They wanted a dual Russian-Ukrainian culture rather than a Ukrainian one.

In terms of the Chinese minorities, most still live in places where they form the majority. I think they all have a right to education in their native tongue and I think most of these small languages are still in very good shape.

The case with Mandarin and the other Chinese lects is different. Although these are full languages and not dialects, the fact that they are all Chinese is probably seen as evidence that they are competing with Mandarin. Hence, it is true that they are discouraged, but they all still have many speakers.

It is certainly true that Xinjiang and Tibet are colonial situations.

The aboriginal languages of Taiwan are not in good shape at all. Most young people are speakers, but not very good speakers. They speak aboriginal languages mostly with their grandparents, who are not very proficient in Mandarin. The kids' education has been in Mandarin, and this is the language they are most able to speak. I'm afraid that in 60 years, they might be history.

There are a few classes offered in aboriginal languages, but it only boils down to 1-2 hours a week, and it's not really working. Taiwan has no mother tongue education policy and for decades, aboriginal tongues were suppressed by the Nationalists (fascists). What else is new?

References

Lee, Hui-chi. 2004. A Survey of Language Ability, Language Use and Language Attitudes of Young Aborigines in Taiwan. In Hoffmann, Charlotte & Jehannes Ytsma (Eds.) Trilingualism in Family, School, and Community pp.101-117. Clevedon, Buffalo: Multilingual Matters.